Post #3194365
2026-06-08 13:37 UTC
I haven’t experienced the situation you’re describing myself, but it feels very plausible.
Similarly, all developed societies depend on a number of people selflessly working in positions of elected or non-elected authority (local councils, HOAs, school boards) and treating them like people who cannot afford to make any mistakes is not a recipe for increased democratic engagement.
Anyway, so far no-one has commented, negatively or otherwise, and I think most LWers are treating it as harmless fun.
It’s not making me any more interested in coming more than 200 feet from any of these people, and neither is this www.lesswrong.com/…/contra-dance-at-lessonline, but maybe that’s just me being mean.
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@blakestacey@awful.systems 2026-06-08 20:42
Isn’t that the hat from the picture that Yudkowsky showed off to prove he wasn’t a cult leader? Are they trying to beat the cult allegations by ha ha jokingly wearing the same silly clothes as their founder?
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@Soyweiser@awful.systems 2026-06-09 10:36
that’s just me being mean. It prob is, stuff like this seems to be quite common at various nerdy events. Just harmless fun(*). So a bitch eating crackers moment perhaps. I know I have those myself. *: initially made a typo there and wrote ‘hatless fun’.