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it kinda came across as a tongue-in-cheek shitpost to me. is this guy known to be an unironically terrible individual or was he just taking the piss out of the
by odessacubbage 8y ago
it kinda came across as a tongue-in-cheek shitpost to me. is this guy known to be an unironically terrible individual or was he just taking the piss out of the semi-exploitative & work fetishising culture of the industry?
- ezrast 8y agoHere's the full context of that quote: http://web.archive.org/web/20170119234745/http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/download/Recruiting%20Giants.pdf http://web.archive.org/web/20170119234745/http://www.alexstj... (spoiler alert, it's the first one)
- anoncake 8y agoIronically shitposting about autists is a great idea. Theyre very good at recognizing irony.
- danbolt 8y agoI could understand saying something like this in private with an audience that understands the satire, but it strikes me as foolhardy to write/publish something like this as there’s no way of reading the room. If it’s a joke, it’s not smart in its delivery since anyone can assume it’s sincere. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” — Kurt Vonnegut [1] [1] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/379912-we-are-what-we-pretend-to-be-so-we-must https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/379912-we-are-what-we-prete...