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IlyaShpitser comments on Open thread, Nov. 16 - Nov. 22, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 17 November 2015 09:52:19PM 2 points [-]

There's more to life than project mayhem.

Comment author: gjm 18 November 2015 12:27:26PM 1 point [-]

I don't think ZankerH was making a serious suggestion.

(Perhaps I've misunderstood your comment; I haven't seen Fight Club. If you weren't taking ZankerH's comment as an actual attempt to get CronoDAS to give money to MIRI then I think I've missed your point.)

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 18 November 2015 03:29:22PM 1 point [-]

Poe's law: people say creepy things on LW all the time.

Comment author: philh 19 November 2015 11:27:50AM 1 point [-]

Sure, but - if most LW users could tell that that was a joke, and you couldn't, then that says more about your understanding of the LW zeitgeist than it does about the LW zeitgeist.

(Of course, I mostly only assume most LWers could tell it was a joke, because I thought it was obviously a joke.)

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 19 November 2015 12:22:03PM 0 points [-]

Also: some things the "LW zeitgeist" considers a joke are not that funny (EY facts, etc.)

Comment author: gjm 18 November 2015 04:55:16PM 0 points [-]

True enough. But not usually quite so irrelevantly as this one would be if ZankerH were seriously proposing it.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 18 November 2015 05:00:06PM 1 point [-]

Btw, did you end up reading anything of mine? Shoot me an email if so.

Comment author: gjm 18 November 2015 06:56:50PM 1 point [-]

Oh, crap, the next step was meant to be me sending you my email address and I failed to do that because I was trying to find yours and found it surprisingly difficult. I don't know how because when I just tried again it took maybe ten seconds. I'm sending you an email right now.