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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Jun 2020

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      interesting thread on psi in SF, but I disagree with this tweet in the thread “You can be superior … without showing any outward signs!” is not a racist dog whistle - it's a NERD dog whistle. Nerds love it, and always will. I see your Slan and raise you Harry Potter. https://twitter.com/cstross/status/1268527575334301698 …

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Jun 2020

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      2/ Valid, however, I think that "nerd literature has dog whistle that nerds lap up" fully explains the phenomena, so Ockham's razor suggests we don't need to bring up a second cause that does NOT at all explain, say, a book that has sold 500 Mill copies https://twitter.com/cstross/status/1268536101347766272 …

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Jun 2020

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      3/ yes Btw, I really really really loved @leverus 's The Magicians for this - he fully understood the trope, and took and ran with it. Perfect translation of Lexington, MA / Ivy League nerd status climber to Hogwarts-ish magic college. https://twitter.com/lesmothian/status/1268539038832746502 …

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Jun 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Donald Jacob Uitvlugt

      4/ yes so, question: was this dog whistle invented by Jewish nerds (a) a nerd dog whistle, or (b) a Nazi dog whistle ? So hard to figure out... 🤔https://twitter.com/HaikuFictionDJU/status/1268539253040066561 …

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      Donald Jacob Uitvlugt @HaikuFictionDJU
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      It’s a phenomenon at least as old as the Superman/Clark Kent trope...
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Jun 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kendric Tonn

      5/ likewise: Cinderella was belle of the ball because of ... <checks notes> the alt-righthttps://twitter.com/kendrictonn/status/1268541095941734400 …

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      Kendric Tonn @kendrictonn
      Replying to @MorlockP
      I barely remember the Neil Gaiman novels I read, but they all seemed to operate similarly; "I may just be a schlub, but in secret parallel London, I am actually KING OF THE TOAD PEOPLE."
      6:58 AM - 4 Jun 2020
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Jun 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted KeepCalmAndDrawl

          6/ "nerd secretly has great powers" is a form of resistance to the white patriarchy if you're a Dominican-American rapist like Junot Diaz or a woman like Seanan McGuire and JK Rowling or Jewish like Siegel and Shuster, but is white supremacy otherwise.https://twitter.com/FormerlyFormer/status/1268540643242057732 …

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          KeepCalmAndDrawl @FormerlyFormer
          Replying to @Hugo_Book_Club @MorlockP
          The problem with seeing all “born inferior” tropes as racial subtexts (and they can be) is that there are many many ways in which humans can feel they were “born inferior” - from height to looks to smarts to physical prowess to... on and on.
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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Jun 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Lawyer Dog

          7/ interesting question for @cstrosshttps://twitter.com/TheClarksTale/status/1268548874333020162 …

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          Lawyer Dog @TheClarksTale
          Replying to @MorlockP
          How does Spider Robinson go unmentioned in these threads on telepathy-in-SF? It's his most signature trope: telepathy will solve all human differences, but bigots & broken people fear it.
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