Patri Friedman Retweeted Mimetïc Value
Heinlein had a great set of rules for how to tell a sick civilization, based on observing his era. In today's Lasch-ian age of narcissism, the decline of trash-talking is a key metric, as described in this thread.https://twitter.com/MimeticValue/status/1015722103532859392 …
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Is the inability to trash talk a cultural defect of coastal, middle class, liberal, low testosterone, white Americans? Everyone else seems to practice it and enjoy it rather than getting *triggered*.
Not participating in trash talking is actually elitist, unfriendly, and rude. https://twitter.com/GadSaad/status/1015709126603747328 …
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7:18 PM - 7 Jul 2018
from San Jose, CA
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