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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Ashenai » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:51 pm

Hm, possibly. I'm not sure he has a firm conviction of any objective reality.

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Post by seathesee » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:51 pm

Crunchums wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:45 pm
seathesee wrote:i think theres a decent chance politicians today lie as much as they always have, its just that lies are easier to verify as false nowadays, and we have a total two movie problem going on.
i don't doubt that there's an element of that, but i also think that Trump is legit different in the brazenness and degree to which he lies relative to previous presidents
i totally agree that trump says more false things than probably any president in american history.
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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Rylinks » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:51 pm

all of our healthy eating and nutrition programs are based on lies, for example

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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Doug » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:53 pm

seathesee wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:51 pm
Crunchums wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:45 pm
seathesee wrote:i think theres a decent chance politicians today lie as much as they always have, its just that lies are easier to verify as false nowadays, and we have a total two movie problem going on.
i don't doubt that there's an element of that, but i also think that Trump is legit different in the brazenness and degree to which he lies relative to previous presidents
i totally agree that trump says more false things than probably any president in american history.
What about John Adams, History's Worst President
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Post by seathesee » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:53 pm

Ashenai wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:51 pm Hm, possibly. I'm not sure he has a firm conviction of any objective reality.
thats sort of my take. i see him as more of a blowhard than deceitful (though there are clear cases where he is being deceitful).
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Post by seathesee » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:56 pm

Doug wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:53 pm

What about John Adams, History's Worst President
john adams, historys worst president, thought himself far superior to the american people he ruled over, and made very few public addresses. many historians think he never lied, he simply yelled at and made demands of the few around him he was forced to speak to by nature of the position he held.
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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Crunchums » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:05 pm

Someone oughta open up a window!
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Post by Doug » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:06 pm

Crack a window!
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Post by Dantes » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:17 pm

Never Forget: Cade Metz was willing to conceal the identity of a Chapo Trap House bro, but he was willing to Doxx the author of SlateStarCodex.

I believe the rational position to take here is: fuck Cade Metz.
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Post by Crunchums » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:30 pm

Cade Metz was the reporter, right? it would surprise me if he's the one making that decision. but certainly it seems like they do not have a consistently applied policy
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Post by Monty » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:03 pm

Wait, you guys are still mad at the NYT reporter for hypothetically (but not actually) revealing Slate Star Codex Guy's name, but not the New Yorker for definitely doing so?
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Post by seathesee » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:05 pm

i reserve the right to be mad at anything with "new york" in the title.
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Post by Monty » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:06 pm

seathesee wrote:i reserve the right to be mad at anything with "new york" in the title.
Get a rope.
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Post by Crunchums » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:25 pm

Monty wrote:but not the New Yorker for definitely doing so?
I'm not sure what you're talking about - i didn't see his real name in that New Yorker article?
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Post by Monty » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:27 pm

Crunchums wrote:
Monty wrote:but not the New Yorker for definitely doing so?
I'm not sure what you're talking about - i didn't see his real name in that New Yorker article?
Oh, sorry, you're right. I missed the word "pseudonym" near the top of the article!
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Post by Skeletor » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:28 pm

Monty wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:06 pm
seathesee wrote:i reserve the right to be mad at anything with "new york" in the title.
Get a rope.
Jesus, haven't thought about that commercial in a while
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Crunchums » Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:02 pm

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Post by Doug » Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:11 pm

That was interesting if not unusual

It sounded like a monologue Scott Thompson would give
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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Juri » Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:10 pm

feel like the line 'Actual forgiveness ... is really really hard.' could have used a little extra emphasis given such a perfect setup
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Post by Juri » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:00 pm

sounds like hes gonna start writing again but this time get piles of dosh for it from some website also
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Post by Crunchums » Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:56 pm

nice
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Post by Monty » Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:34 pm

Guy with a huge preexisting audience would be a huge get for an existing platform, but I'm worried that there isn't much dosh in Internet writing right now.
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Post by Crunchums » Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:53 pm

"dosh" is a great word
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Post by Monty » Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:10 pm

Yeah, I really just wanted to get in on "dosh" early.
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Post by Shiny Days » Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:25 pm

Monty wrote:Guy with a huge preexisting audience would be a huge get for an existing platform, but I'm worried that there isn't much dosh in Internet writing right now.
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Post by Juri » Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:37 am

Crunchums wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:53 pm "dosh" is a great word
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Post by Khaos » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:04 pm

extremely dosh

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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Juri » Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:20 pm

this guy dead or what
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