@raptros_ i worry that naming things freezes them into a static, stereotyped entity. (i think you mentioned "djent" in this context before.)
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Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@raptros_ Naming things sharpens cultural conflict, which in turn toughens people up.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@tipsfromkatee also, maybe we can take advantage of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @raptros_
@Outsideness@tipsfromkatee what i want, though, is to enable conflict along lines that don't involve battling over the word "neoreaction"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @raptros_
@raptros_@tipsfromkatee Fights over totemic words generate exceptional levels of memetic virulence, because they induce slogan compression.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@raptros_@tipsfromkatee We should fight over everything, right down to punctuation marks.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@raptros_ when you identify with words, you don't just get fights about words, you get fights between words3 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@raptros_ I don't disagree (I think?) -- over-identification is tactical incompetence. Both tenacity and flexibility needed.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@tipsfromkatee@raptros_ To demonstrate willingness to go toe-to-toe to the edge, and then suddenly come from elsewhere -- that disconcerts.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@raptros_ it disconcerts because it doesn't happen. what happens is people bang their heads into the edge and go mad.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@tipsfromkatee @raptros_ I'm morbidly relaxed about that outcome.
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