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				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I wonder how to market a female gulag to voters. It would need to be high-status, and it would be necessary to frame it as "we are keeping men out" not "we are keeping women in." This creates a problem because then women would try to get into the gulag. What system-level consequences are you talking about?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for September 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don't see how the people who created this problem are the ones with reasons to block Feminist power. It's trivial to find recent charts about young men being anti-feminist. Are the studies fake?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


it widens the Overton Window




Indeed, the former Sheeran fans (just look at Reddit's opinion) are trying to prevent this. You speak as if widening the the Overton Window is good, but lots of people disagree.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Leftists will skinsuit the religion; traditional Muslims will be attacked as backwards right-wingers. Its unlikely they will get deported. What I'm not sure about is if verbal attacks on "Islam" will be phrased exactly the same way as against Christianity ("Islam" having a residual connotation of being a victim). I am pretty sure the Cathedral can coordinate a phase change once necessary. This probably will be near the end of our lifetime, if even within our lifetime.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for September 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
For a fascinating (yet long) set of reads from a rationalist-adjacent substack, you might enjoy this guy's Eve Theory of Consciousness, tackling things like the Sapient Paradox and generally tying myths to anthropology from a materialist perspective. There's nothing about theology in here, and of course the author treats myths the same way you do, as having kernels of truth.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for September 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I had no idea "clock speed" was different in youth vs old age. I always thought the reason youngsters experience time differently than older folk is because of humans' (or animal brains, really?) general logarithmic perception of stimuli.


In Psychology class, they taught us as a general rule that you would need to add 10% of extra weight to your weightlifting to feel a difference, as opposed to a fixed amount like 10 lbs. That is to say, the human brain reacts to percent-increases rather than fixed increases.


As such, 1 year is a long time to a young person ("high percentage of their life so far") but a short time to an old person ("low percentage of their life so far")


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 7, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
For the last year or two, when people argued over "due process," many restrictionists here (like myself) said deportation is not a punishment. I understand you talk here of "stripping citizenship," not deportation per se. But, it seems related to me, and it seems I could construct a similar line of argument.


Is stripping citizenship really a punishment? I mean, if the country imprisons you but decides you can't own property or vote, that's one thing. If it is relinquishing its control, obligations, etc; over you and banishes you, that seems a little less bad to me.


I suppose the key distinction is: if a country is doing this to its own natural-born citizens, it creates a "stateless person" but this is very different than telling foreigners to go back to their home country. Blurring that distinction is uh, well, shall we say a soldier in a political argument.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Conservative - Eye - Duh - No




Ah, similar to the Goyim pronunciation, which is "I dunno"


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Someone's already linked to a Scott post on Weakmanning, but Scott also gives examples of this in Ethnic Tensions (search "mccain"). It's mostly about associating positive things with the ingroup and negative things with the outgroup.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
In "exception that proves the rule" sense, I immediately intuited "not one shotted into an AI" to mean "curated from multiple shots at AI-output." And the use of the word "endorse" conveys OP didn't write it.


I also didn't read any of it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think the inclusion of disabilities in the oppression hierarchy kind of goes against what you're saying. But you're right that its only a fig leaf, since in the hierarchy it's not enough to counteract "large privileges."


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The channel looks interesting. Is this combat encounter theory in his BG3 video or is there a combat theory video? They are very long so it will be hard for me to scan them.


I think its interesting that the internet has such diverse opinions on BG3 combat. Many (especially 5e veterans) say it is extremely hard. The min-maxing community considers it easy. Most people consider Larian's other hit, DOS2, to be a lot harder. I recently finally bought XCOM (2012), and that is truly an old game because it is hard.


I would say BG3 combat feels unrewarding -- it leaves me wanting more. That is similar to "feels like a chore." I think part of the issue is the game is schizophrenic, meaning it can't decide if its a narrative game or a combat game. Narrative gamers think the combat is hard, and a chore; Combat gamers think combat is easy, and lacking.


If you spend multiple hours straight doing quests, social encounters, and reap a lot of progression and quest rewards; and you don't like combat, you're going to find the combat is a slog. That's because it's not a combat game, and you can progress quite well without fighting at all. If your goal is to experience the story, then passing the conversation checks is quicker and less effort. In some sense, the combat feels like a slog because the rest of the game spoils you without requiring the player to play anything.


On the other hand, a true combat game would be structurally designed to condition the player to feel rewarded by the combat, making it fun, even if all the fights are captcha fights.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I am relieved to hear other people have complaints about BG3 combat. I am pretty sure the problem is just 5e. One issue is 5e combat is extremely simple (especially low-level), and you don't really feel like you're making tactical decisions. In Divinity: Original Sin, you're doing more than 1 action per turn so it feels a little more fun.


BG3 is a faithful adaptation of 5e, which means it's mainly a narrative and story game, not a tactical strategy game.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What is the concrete difference between liberalism's emphasis on "individual emancipation" if in fact people delegate "agency and responsibility" to The System? This tension sounds like a contradiction to me, so I must be missing something.


It just sounds like many people in fact do not want committed relationships.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Can you elaborate? Are you saying that the odd thing is the doomer who thinks this is an extinction-level event whereas the more likely outcome is a continued, illiberal humanity? Maybe it's as simple as people saying "extinction-level event" are always exaggerating? See: climate alarmism, AI-doomerism


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
While its true various causes are "contributing factors" to some effect, socially speaking when you say something is a cause, you are implicitly saying it is to blame, or should be changed. Take this report, for example, discussed today on Twitter:




Even though women’s enhanced agency is an important factor in determining
fertility in most developed nations today, its role in altering birth rates has depended on a
related element. That factor is the ability of women to be assured they can reap the
financial and personal rewards from their education while raising their children. The more
that men can credibly signal they will be dependable “dads” and not disappointing “duds,”
the higher will be the birthrate in the face of greater female agency.






Therefore, even though the major factor in the decline of fertility is increased
women’s agency, the real downside or obstacle is the need for husbands and fathers to
reliably demonstrate their commitment. I will provide two related models that make the
point that the real problem is a mismatch between what women need to enjoy the fruits of
their autonomy and what credible commitments men can make.




This excerpt uses a mix of descriptivist language like: "important/major factor", "role", "related element", and carefully phrases the prescriptivist language ("real downside/problem", "obstacle") to prescribe the conventional modern liberal solutions.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I guess you have a not-that-attractive face (perhaps the fat?), and come across as kind of awkward and autistic. Reasons for suspecting you're a bit on the spectrum: (1) you post here; (2) you started talking about "theory behind wingmanning" with a girl.


So, the way to get a girl to show up is probably: to lose even more fat and build some muscle to become more attractive; and to maybe learn what to talk about and what not to talk about, so that you don't come across as awkward and unattractive.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 6, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There are lots of (right wing) people who would agree this youtuber is unhealthy. The reason mainstream left-wingers don't is just because of politics. The only asymmetry is that more people attack Clav. Part of this is that he is far more popular (than this youtuber I hadn't heard of before). The other part is that there is no high-status anti-feminist messaging in culture.


A lot of feminism's revealed core (that men are fundamentally bad/dangerous, sex is harmful and degrading to women, anti-man family courts, etc.) is not disputed by the conservative Right. It would take hard reactionary anti-feminism politization -- trans insanity but reversed -- to get sizable support for Clav's looksmaxxing (and the worldview that he signal-boosts).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for July 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


If you're actually worried about scurvy and the like, invest in a multivitamin. Like 5-10 cents per pill depending on what brand.




I think just vitamin C tablets from the drugstore are enough to fight scurvy in particular. A random product at pharmacies near me was 18 cents per 1000mg serving.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 10, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


and those are actually load-bearing on the immersion




(Disclaimer: I've never played the tabletop game nor do I know anything about 40k.)


When I did background research on Rogue Trader, I wanted to learn about mechanics and gameplay, but (I guess because its a TTRPG) all the answers online are explaining the 40k lore or what a Rogue Trader is. I don't care! I had the same problem when trying to google "Difference between Warlock and Wizard 5e" -- I guess these games are for theatre kids instead of mechanic enjoyers.


It took me awhile to adjust to the shop system and the cargo system, because the game explains them in in-universe immersion terms. It took me too long to realize cargo was your cash and the items themselves are free (its mostly about the reputation, I think?). If you want tedium, I hear min/maxing cargo turn-ins requires you to micromanage to avoid overfilling units.


There's also the space combat minigame (I think it's quite complex for a minigame), that is prohibitively difficult compared to the rest of the game. I really like that it has it though, because I think it is immersive! I feel like the gameplay is reflecting (what little I've read) about the Rogue Trader fantasy.


The only immersion-breaking thing is that I am swinging a sword at all. That is Abelard's job, hello?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 10, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You are probably autistic (because you post here) and are probably a locationcel (as the incels say). Have you heard the term locationcel? Did you know location was considered important enough to make that category?


This is the Friday Fun thread, but this is not a Fun topic. I also notice there's no question so its not a good fit for the Small Question thread either. Perhaps Wellness Wednesday is the best fit.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 6, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
On the meta subject of skin in the game:


    

  • the phrase "skin in the game" is about the feedback loop between choices and consequences -- and not being isolated from them (e.g. policymakers)
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  • the phrase "conflict of interest" is about how someone might make a "wrong choice" because of bias or wanting a particular outcome
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  • for a funny example, consider who should make abortion policy. Arguably men have no skin in the game, arguably women would be biased.
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In terms of the object level of transgender, I think it comes down to how skeptical you are that gender identity and their definitions describe a real thing that exists; or if they are just mouth noises to obtain a particular outcome. For example, if trans agenda is just a "give into my desire" policy, it's not coherent to talk about correctness.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 6, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm guessing...


    

  1. normal and sane people on the left will celebrate assassinations of right-wingers, and are mainly just too cowardly to do it themselves
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  2. normal and sane people (like Robinson) can sometimes assassinate right-wingers
    3. 



There might be some arguments about #2 but I imagine they come down to question-begging: defining assassination as abnormal and insane.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 5, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, programmers would briefly describe this theory as "statelessness and idempotency is easy" or put more commonly, "math is hard."


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 5, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I haven't grown up speaking only Spanish my whole life, but I expect those who have would apply Spanish-intuition to English.


I think "I could care less" is like "could of" -- people say it because it sounds right and they don't think about the logic. People do not say "I could care less" because the logic checks out. So in that sense it is unrelated to (double) negatives.


The funnest fact I know: Famously, "Si" is "yes" in Spanish and "Oui" is "yes" in French. But "Si" also means "yes" in French: "yes, in a no kind of way."




Alice: "You didn't get a TV, right?"


Bob: "Yes."




Confusing, right? As a stupid autistic person, I got used to replying "Correct" or "Wrong" to these kinds of questions.