Post AcHUdk06GdtPZS1Im0 by meejah@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AcHUdfa4hShLrZoSeW by glyph@mastodon.social
       2023-11-28T23:23:42Z
       
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       We joke about former-"gifted kids"-turned-burnouts, usually in a melancholic way, as if some potential was lost. But perhaps it is for the best. If we did not run into the brick wall of the reality of adulthood and our own fallibility, and instead had people blowing smoke up our asses about how smart and special we are for our *entire* lives, we might get something more like… this…https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHUdgRbURW4XarD5U by glyph@mastodon.social
       2023-11-28T23:27:48Z
       
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       I can't look away. This is an actual adult — an educated person, with ostensibly useful skills that might be socially valuable if they were allowed to apply them productively — who appears to believe that the sum total of philosophical traditions in the global canon are:- e/acc- EA- libertarianism- pluralism- public health advocacy- blockchain advocacy- solarpunk- lunarpunkAfter typing that list I am laughing so hard I'm wheezing. I can't breathe.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHUdhHMO0ut874XlA by tintvrtkovic@mastodon.social
       2023-11-28T23:29:38Z
       
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       @glyph what do you expect from a lock main
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHUdiIoa5fsIulDfM by glyph@mastodon.social
       2023-11-28T23:32:20Z
       
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       @tintvrtkovic it's worse than you might imagine.Not only am I also a former gifted kid.I am _also_ also a warlock main.No-one knows how trash this guy's build is more than me
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHUdjALN4Uayvny6K by glyph@mastodon.social
       2023-11-28T23:34:16Z
       
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       @tintvrtkovic (I could in all seriousness talk for like an hour about how his problems with Siphon Life were a skill issue, and he misunderstood how game balance was supposed to work with the new rev of warlock abilities, and in fact the class was still OP after that change)
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHUdk06GdtPZS1Im0 by meejah@mastodon.social
       2023-11-28T23:35:42Z
       
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       @glyph @tintvrtkovic Overall I'm impressed you read ELEVEN THOUSAND words on this. I made it one (1) paragraph...
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHUdkvWp7pWRYtAHo by glyph@mastodon.social
       2023-11-28T23:36:33Z
       
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       @meejah @tintvrtkovic If I'm going to be honest I did a lot of skimming here. I'm confident that there's not a ton of value in a deep reading.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHUdlnPamvp8g6CH2 by glyph@mastodon.social
       2023-11-28T23:41:02Z
       
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       @meejah @tintvrtkovic Like… just look at this and tell me if you need a robust 10k word analysis of it
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHUdmg0JobHrzdnMm by yuvipanda@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-28T23:54:18Z
       
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       @glyph @meejah @tintvrtkovic how do i get back my love of computers, given ghouls like this are taking up so much oxygen?