one of the worst varieties of edgy-poasting is the genre that is summarized by "{complex and nuanced system} sounds fake and bad because {dismissive analogy to outgroup identified cultural markers}"
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which is often combined with "let me performatively attempt to subvert {thing I dislike} by deliberately misinterpreting it in a way that I believe will be provocative to {outgroup}"
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the real kicker, of course, is the expected follow-up when that person is even lightly interrogated on their positions which is inevitably "oh I don't actually know anything about this, I just read wikipedia for 3 minutes and formed opinions based on my knee-jerk reaction"
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Replying to @danlistensto
it's okay if you just do this ironically though right
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Replying to @danlistensto @chaosprime
Irony is when you iron the fabric of the universe until it's perfectly smooth, right?pic.twitter.com/lgypsMoczm
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maybe a little starch to really make it pop
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