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We need a DARE program to warn unsuspecting children about people like you ;) LessWrong is a rabbit hole you'll never find your way out of. Oh it starts off ha
by Analemma_ 10y ago
We need a DARE program to warn unsuspecting children about people like you ;) LessWrong is a rabbit hole you'll never find your way out of.
Oh it starts off harmless. "I'll just read a couple", you say. But a year later you're mainlining SSC and pissing off all your friends talking about "virtue signaling". And then a year after that you're living in Berkeley, dating five people, and giving a third of your income to MIRI. Kids, just say no!
- whackedspinach 10y agoPlease go back in time and invent this program. I definitely need to stop mainlining SSC.
- greenshackle 10y agoWell, dating five people if you're (mostly hetero) female; dating one or two people, who are each dating five people, if you're (mostly hetero) male. Edit: Arguably, this is a better outcome than monogamy in a highly gender-skewed community (e.g. 1 in 2 het men dateless).
- Karrot_Kream 10y agoSource? (I'm not being argumentative, just genuinely curious if this is anything but anecdote.)
- yummyfajitas 10y agohttp://lesswrong.com/lw/lhg/2014_survey_results/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/lhg/2014_survey_results/ 50% monogamous, 15% poly. Every lesswrong group I've visited - in the US, Europe and India - had multiple polyamorous people present and discussing polyamory, so I'd be surprised if this poll is way off.
- unimpressive 10y agoOh look at that, a perfect opportunity for me to plug that I ran the 2016 survey with updated results: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nmk/2016_lesswrong_diaspora_survey_analysis_part_one/ http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nmk/2016_lesswrong_dias... http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nor/2016_lesswrong_diaspora_survey_analysis_part_two/ http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nor/2016_lesswrong_dias... http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nqa/2016_lesswrong_diaspora_survey_analysis_part/ http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nqa/2016_lesswrong_dias... http://lesswrong.com/lw/nx2/2016_lesswrong_diaspora_survey_analysis_part_four/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/nx2/2016_lesswrong_diaspora_survey_a... The one that concerns you is that LessWrong is now 18.2% polyamorous. This might just be an effect of increased scope of survey respondents though.
- greenshackle 10y agoAnecdote, i.e. me dating a girl with 3 boyfriends in the Bay Area.
- gcr 10y agoRationalist fiction is also tons of fun. Here's a great sample story from this community if you have an hour or so free: http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep...
- nercht12 10y agoStop making me want to read it!