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The latest tweet could just be interpreted as a normal person having a sense of humor. However, also taking into account the past year, I would say he's reckles
by stcredzero 8y ago
The latest tweet could just be interpreted as a normal person having a sense of humor. However, also taking into account the past year, I would say he's reckless and immature. From what I've seen, probably to the same extent as most tech people in SV/Bay Area.
The more I think about nerds/geeks/dorks and their cultural ethos, as it developed in decades past under the thumb of a pre-internet dominant "normie" culture, the less I'm surprised about excesses and abuses of power. In this, I'm talking very generally, not with regards to any particular social issue or political controversy. A group which overcomes social oppression then becomes ascendant, often experiences an efflorescence of group pride which others can also take as tacky.
“For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.” -- George S. Patton.