Risto_Saarelma comments on Voiceofra is banned - Less Wrong

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Comment author: username2 30 December 2015 03:25:19AM 6 points [-]

You mean people willing to say things likely to be true even if it isn't socially acceptable to admit they are. Yes, I can see why people who are uncomfortable with reality would have a problem with that.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 31 December 2015 06:40:50AM *  1 point [-]

Or because you and Jim are being tedious assholes nobody likes to hang out with, while going on about the same predictable set of not socially acceptable stuff for years and years without having anything new and interesting to say after a while.

Comment author: username2 31 December 2015 10:53:13PM 3 points [-]

Or because you and Jim are being tedious assholes nobody likes to hang out with

Given the most obvious way to taboo "tedious assholes" I don't see how this is different than what I wrote.

while going on about the same predictable set of not socially acceptable stuff for years

That's because no one has yet offered a good argument for why we are wrong. They've just done the equivalent of sticking fingers in their ears and going "na-na-na I can't hear you". Sort of like what Ilya and yourself are doing right now.

without having anything new and interesting to say after a while.

Yes, we do, maybe you'd notice if you didn't shut down your brain whenever you encountered a non-PC idea.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 01 January 2016 09:43:19AM 2 points [-]

Yes, we do, maybe you'd notice if you didn't shut down your brain whenever you encountered a non-PC idea.

I don't think there's been much elaboration on the ideas that were already floating around here five-ish years ago in the last few years. We've just had the few regulars jumping in with the same message, failing to start much interesting conversation, and growing increasingly cranky.

Making being a reactionary your life's work isn't very rewarding. It's a feature of the present system that proponents who get boring and repetitive get thrown in the wood chipper and more clever and interesting ones take their place, but any single person will get stuck in their old material after a while.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 03 January 2016 05:22:12PM 3 points [-]

This entire discussion is about you, not about your ideas.

Comment author: username2 05 January 2016 12:53:07AM -1 points [-]

Wrong, try again.