originally on reddit sneerclub, but reddit didn’t like links to Yarvin’s substack

archive: https://archive.is/olhGc

dead dove, approach with care before eating

  • YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems
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    13 hours ago

    Mostly I’m just upset that he brings up knob-and-tube wiring and then moves on without ever actually explaining what the fuck he’s taking about. Congratulations on living in an old house that hasn’t been completely rewired up to modern code I guess? What does that have to do with literally anything that follows? Going off on a long tangent about the history of domestic wiring sounds way more interesting than this dreck.

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      8 hours ago

      Didn’t really think about it until just now, but a load-bearing part of Yarvin’s work seeming erudite is him dropping in little bits of obscure trivia that may or may not have anything to do with the topic at hand

        • BlueMonday1984@awful.systems
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          6 hours ago

          Like the bottle opener on a Galil, or the “Flower Field” version of Minesweeper, it can also help distinguish your story in small, but interesting ways, and help it stick in a reader’s mind. (Had to try this trick for myself :P)