I have no clue what's the difference between rationalists and post-rationalists is and at this point I'm afraid to ask
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Replying to @mechanical_monk @MechanicalMonk1
who cares about conceptual difference I want to know what the applause lights are and which ones I have to use for my new followers to think I'm cool
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Replying to @bubbleteaPhD
Ah, for "cool" you definitely wanna stay one step ahead of whatever demographic you're targetting. Being "over rationality" (= post-rationality) is the basic game nowadays. Next step is being "over post-rationality" (= actually, both rat and postrat have some good ideas)
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Replying to @mechanical_monk @bubbleteaPhD
Some call that "metarationality", but that immediately disqualifies you from "cool", only nerds (rationalists) name things like that A good game is not caring too much and having followers form around your authentic output, that's very sustainable (as long as you're interesting)
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Replying to @mechanical_monk @bubbleteaPhD
Standard postrat applause lights would be things like chaos magick, divination, tarots, pagan gods, wrapped in a kind of chill punk vibe Buddhism & meditation is another strain of postrat, but that's already seeping into LW itself
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Replying to @mechanical_monk @bubbleteaPhD
Rationalist applause lights are bayesian updating, cuddle parties, and autism (very 2009, though, wouldn't go there)
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Replying to @mechanical_monk @bubbleteaPhD
Running other people's jokey tweets into the ground with a series of completely serious explanatory replies is a very meta move
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Replying to @mechanical_monk @MechanicalMonk1
I loved your replies, very informative and I didn't even have to subject myself to the mortifying ordeal of asking anyone
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Replying to @bubbleteaPhD
Speaking about cool, there are a bunch of cool kids that you're not following but should (some rat/postrat adjacent, some random shitposters, all cool)
@eigenrobot@selentelechia@literalbanana@FioraAeterna @hmmposter@Aella_Girl @tentaclelesbian @TetraspaceAdmn@suchaone5 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
this tweet reveals the deeper Truth that the real *rationality was the friends we made along the way <3
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