we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.

Need to make a midwit meme where the two ends of the bellcurve are "the better team is the team that wins"

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

When Trump finally dies there will be calls for civility and “respect for the office” from even his harshest critics and I’m telling you right now I plan on saying things so harsh they might knock the earth off its axis

the correct takeaway from any high profile interview with curtis yarvin is that blogging or podcasting about any subject other than sports eventually makes you evil and insane. and it's still 50/50 if you do cover sports

This kid is 15, and so has a moral clarity and uprightness that no adult elected official would or could ever have. There aren't really and never have been two sides of this issue, but if it has to be argued as a binary thing I don't see how anything less than this could seem like the side to be on.

reactionaries obsession with masculinity manages to loop itself around to being so incredibly pathetic that only complete dorks could fall for it