The thing that most surprises me about that new Moldbug essay is that Curtis knows something about 2 stroke engines. That seems stunningly plebian for a Brahmin such as himself.
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2/ Also, autocorrect wants to turn "plebian" into "lesbian". Now picturing Rachel asking Deckard "does this test my social class, or if I'm a
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3/ Now I'm trying to figure out if Molds somehow knew stuff about engines bc quirky backstory, or if the analogy occurred to him and then he sat down and read 20 books on the subject, including original sources from Rudolf Diesel, bc Moldbug Brand™.
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4/ like maybe back in college all the skull and bones kids did engine repair, but IRONICALLY, because it was so deliciously transgressive? "Look, mom and dad, I've got GREASE UNDER MY FINGERNAILS!" Dad whispers to mom "you have to pretend to be shocked; I did it too at Yale"
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I know that. Sometimes accuracy has to suffer for the sake of a joke.
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