Post #1505390
2026-04-20 19:06 UTC
A little wisdom from the #LRB
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@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz 2026-04-21 00:30
@carlton@chaos.social HELL YES. Except for the bit where it *is* possible to read any work without being reminded... because the vast majority of people who use and hear the term *don't know it originated in a work of satire*. Poe's law, writ large.
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@thegarbagebird@theblower.au 2026-04-21 03:16
@carlton@chaos.social it is absolutely not as impossible as it should be, that rigid caste system did a hell of a pr job
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@chanakya@social.screamingatmyscreen.com 2026-04-21 04:05
@carlton@chaos.social and Inow I wait for the feckless Niall Ferguson to spout faux outrage at calling his overlords pieces of shits. The #LRB review is a stinging rebuke and a good one. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/iza-ding/studying-is-harmful