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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 years ago

I haven't seen people wilfully misunderstand all possible criticism of them so hard since the last time rationalists hit the headlines, with Scott Alexander

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I haven't seen people wilfully misunderstand all possible criticism of them so hard since the last time rationalists hit the headlines, with Scott Alexander

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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 years ago
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Has anyone listened to the new Behind the Bastards podcast episode that strongly features EA as a negative idea?
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      The kind of people described in this article say “cool yacht” and are loathsome.

      https://archive.is/sMA9e

      "The 12 Wildest Things I Learned as a Nightlife Concierge in Ibiza

      Between €69,000 Champagne and feral party crashers, private yachts and helicopter flights, hangover IVs and “naked houses,” just one week managing wealthy clients pushed our writer to the brink of exhaustion."

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          It’s nice that they’re providing gainful employment to the four big guys. I imagine they stand around all the time waiting. Probably oiled.

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      If you spend your money on a yacht, people say “cool yacht”.

      I was going to say, I have never heard a single human soul in my decades upon this earth say “cool yacht.”

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