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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 25 Dec 2019
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    Do people still unironically say this? It was a joke even decades ago. I remember parodying it as a teenager.https://twitter.com/Conaw/status/1209905072827719681 …

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    Conor White-Sullivan @Conaw
    20. If you ask a lot of folks in the SF burner set for affiliation they'd say they're "Spiritual but not religious" What they mean is "If I want to believe in Crystals and Chakras, I'm going to, leave me the hell alone" I'm not into that...
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      2. Erik Davis‏ @erik_davis 25 Dec 2019
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        Actually "spiritual but nor religious" is an increasingly popular affiliation category that is showing up on more surveys and is widely popular among young people in particular. What they mean is: "I am not an atheist or total skeptic, but I don't follow any particular dogma."

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      3. Matt Diamond‏ @mattdiamond 25 Dec 2019
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        Yep. I wish there was a better term for this position... Ietsism comes close but as an English speaker I find it a bit awkward: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ietsism 

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      2. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin 25 Dec 2019
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        Yes, there are. Most people don’t mind cliches; “thought leaders” and people in subcultural scenes are the ones who do. (I expect teen Venkat was the latter.)

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 25 Dec 2019
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        They tend to at least be aware of a history of an idea as a cliche though, and update or qualify usage a bit (“I know it’s a cliche to say this...”). I find unaware usages interesting. Generally people who have grown up somewhat intellectually isolated.

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      2. Varun Adibhatla‏ @vr00n 25 Dec 2019
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        6 in 10 Americans apparently.https://twitter.com/vr00n/status/991097811990188034?s=20 …

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        Varun Adibhatla @vr00n
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        All your recent groks reminded me of a weekend data project i did a while back where I attempted to create a "New Age" score across American cities based as a follow-up of @pewresearch New Age analysis. http://bit.ly/NewAgeCities  pic.twitter.com/apukfRfYHq
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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 25 Dec 2019
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        Bah normies

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      2. James Stuber‏ @uberstuber 25 Dec 2019
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        It's getting more common ime

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      1. scandi crime show overhead tracking shot‏ @DavidRalin 25 Dec 2019
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        Irony is anisotropic.

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        It may be less fashionable but no less true

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