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60. Varun on nature and wilderness
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*Cracks Knuckles 1. 2018 was peak nature and wilderness in my personal mythopoem. I spent 1.5 years living in Colorado. Up until then & now I've always lived in cities >5 million people. Nature and Wilderness forms a key political cornerstone for Americana consciousness. twitter.com/vgr/status/120…
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62. Malcolm on bridging subcultures that don’t quite harmonize
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1 like = 1 opinion on "Bridging subcultures that don’t quite harmonize" (It's not quite a natural category for me but it's what vgr gave me and I like a challenge! good way to draw out some implicit opinions. comment if you have more specific Qs) twitter.com/vgr/status/120…
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64. Lisa on scientific misinformation and crackpottery
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1/ A lot of people blame scientific misinformation and crackpottery on a lack of scientific literacy or critical thinking skills. For much of scientific misinformation, it is not a lack of information that is causing the problem nor a lack of education
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65. Nikete on alternative and non-traditional medicine
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One like = one opinion (+reason) about alternative and non-traditional medicine. Took the @vgr bait to do a one-opinion-per-like personal challenge. twitter.com/vgr/status/120…
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66. Drew on Magic the Gathering
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Gonna take a longer time with this thread, but inspired by both @ReclusiveWizard and a text from @G3RRYT: 100 opinions on Magic. Starting off with a fucking zinger: 1. Old status based OP systems were run by pros who broke floor rules via social norms around concessions.
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Warren on group decision-making
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Group Decision Making @vgr 1 like = 1 opinion I am by no means an expert, but I can talk for hours on this, so hopefully I have enough crystallized opinions in me to keep up. Covering all Decision Making with a focus on Group Decisions (e.g. Voting, Recommendation, Consensus)
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81. Dave on parenting. 19 spots left in the Threadapalooza 2019 index.
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Alright, time to participate: opinion thread (inspired by @vgr's threadapolooza) time. Subject: Parenting twitter.com/vgr/status/120…
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83. Brendan on books and reading
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Okay this is absolutely blowing up my timeline in the last 24 hrs so I'm gonna bite— *Now brainstorming: 100 opinions on books & reading* (1 like = 1 opinion. Max 100. RT if you'd like some hot takes about antilibraries, bookstores, reading habits & more!) twitter.com/vgr/status/120…
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86. Chris on online conspiracy theories
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I'm late to this, because I've been sick. I've been sick almost certainly because of the estrogen gay bombs being put into the water by the California government. Want to get in before the @vgr 100 cap. twitter.com/vgr/status/120…
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87. Charlie/Rin’dzin on vacuous Buddhist platitudes
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okay I’ll bite… 1 like = 1 vacuous Buddhist platitude I’ll use #VacuousBuddhistPlatitudes which you can mute if you don’t want to see these tweets. twitter.com/ryanpblk/statu…
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90. Damien on video games as literature (also, 10 spots left before I stop adding to this metathread)
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all right fine i’ll do the @vgr 100 tweet challenge 100 opinions about videogames as literature. let’s go
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91. Sahil on things he’s learned about animation/filmmaking/entertainment
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1 like on this tweet = 1 thing I learned about animation/filmmaking/entertainment while living in LA. twitter.com/vgr/status/120…
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94. David on the nature of emotions.
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OK, lets do this. One like = one tweet about emotions, especially the nature of emotions, maximum of one hundred tweets. Topic suggested by a friend in private and I liked it. Fair warning: I'm still figuring all of this out myself.
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98. Max on life and happiness in your 20s
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Replying to @vgr
Ok, shooting for 3 tweets per like, or minimum of 30 tweets, whichever is higher. Topic, my idea with permission from @vgr, life and happiness in your 20s. Credentials: alive, happy 28 year old.
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