i think the term "man-child" has a lot to offer once you stop seeing it as automatically derogatory and start seeing it as a more neutral description, or even as - god forbid - a potential cause for empathy
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(i shouldn't need to say this but i probably do - having empathy for someone does not mean minimizing any harm they've been doing, and yes, this is indirectly about aubrey de grey)
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who is aubrey de grey tho
and tbh that's one of the reasons I'll always love Ward more than Worm lmao: vicious empathy
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oh right he's that bad nerd
okay lets be real his beard is great, sure, but that mustache needs to be reined in *hard*
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Oh man just heard about Aubrey. I met him a couple times alone myself and though I had cause for significant disagreement with him, he never struck me as having a harmful bone in him. There was indeed a manchildishness to him, but in the best sense of the word. Honest to a fault.
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Don't know the women involved but the accusations seem to be about tone more than anything concrete.
Imo life extension fundraising is a far more manipulative enterprise in itself than this apparent awkward joking with women on a campus work environment.
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