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Venkatesh Rao
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Conversational account. For work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian. IKEA builder.

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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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      As these things go, the bean-can dad thing is one of the better outrage cycles, suited to the more discerning kind of Very Online mind. The conversations it is sparking are actually interesting rather than an ocean of tedious derp.

      8 replies 4 retweets 78 likes
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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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      This is why overall I believe in being Very Online as a better adaptive strategy for postmodernity than waldenponding. One illuminating thing like bean-can conversation is worth a thousand dumb-ass swamps where you learn nothing.

      3 replies 1 retweet 51 likes
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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted GrowWiser

      Here's one good response.https://twitter.com/Grow_Wiser/status/1345810533174239234 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      GrowWiser @Grow_Wiser
      I suspect if we removed the withholding of food this wouldn’t get the same amount of attention, but majority of positions would remain the same. https://twitter.com/johnroderick/status/1345508384011816960 …
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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Meredith L. Patterson

      Another good onehttps://twitter.com/maradydd/status/1345807411114876931 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Meredith L. PattersonVerified account @maradydd
      Okay, since this hellsite is going on at length about Jigsaw Puzzle Baked Bean Dad, who I won’t link directly because the pile-on is big enough already, here’s a story about how my dad introduced me to auto repair. A thread.
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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Venkatesh Rao

      My own isn't too badhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1345773148596146178 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Venkatesh Rao @vgr
      Both this thread and the outraged response threads are... something. https://twitter.com/johnroderick/status/1345508384011816960 …
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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Brian Duffy

      Yeah, there's always going to be tedious derp, the question is whether anything worthwhile remains after you filter it out. In case, the answer is yes.https://twitter.com/brianduffytweet/status/1345814952649494529 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Brian Duffy @brianduffytweet
      Replying to @vgr
      I gotta improve my following filter because all I’m getting is people who think stuff like “my daughter was choking so I asked her to consider how an esophagus is designed” is anywhere near funny/witty
      1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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      Deleted the tweets commenting on the ongoing figuring-out of bean-dad profile. No point adding fuel to the dumpster fire side of what is otherwise a good set of conversations.

      3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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      Update and certified profiling result: Bean dad appears to be an okay guy with highly unsafe sarcasm habits for Twitter. This thread is now once more about compiling good responses to the can-opener conversation.

      12:58 PM - 3 Jan 2021
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        1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 3
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Dave Clark

          Amazon as always seeing the win-win angle. This is why software needs to eat the world.https://twitter.com/davehclark/status/1345840713448128512 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Dave Clark @davehclark
          I would like to proffer this item as a solution to The Great Can Opener debate of 2021....I believe either of my boys could be eating beans within an hour with this and bonus it’s a safety side lid opener... pic.twitter.com/ATfaCRuy0b
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        1. Nathan Bouscal‏ @nbouscal Jan 3
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          Have you seen his openly anti-semitic and white nationalist tweets? Not sure if you’re including those under “unsafe sarcasm habits” or just haven’t seen them.

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        1. Sonal Chokshi‏ @smc90 Jan 3
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          Sonal Chokshi Retweeted Lindsay Ellis

          albeit usefulhttps://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/status/1345804930892795904 …

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          Lindsay EllisVerified account @thelindsayellis
          Bean Dad’s Law: if the user has a blue checkmark, it is not unethical to join in on a villain of the day dogpile
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