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I don't know, but it sounds a lot like A Modest Proposal.

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godelski 4y ago
A modest proposal was about the English's treatment of the Irish and how their conversations come off as barbaric while mascaraing as intellectualism. So he presents a solution to the Irish problem. This in tern is making fun of weebs that want SAO but forgot the premise of the show.
davorak 4y ago
A Modest Proposal was written to sway the readers to a line of thinking about a topic that was prevalent at the time. What prevalent issue and what line of thinking is Palmer's article about? Right now it seems more likely to me that Palmer had an idea, built it, shared it along with their interest in anime or SSO in particular, and is not making a moral argument about the state of the world and what we should do about it.
- GauntletWizard 4y ago
  I imagine that if you travelled in Palmer Luckey's circles, you'd understand that the line of thinking is "The Metaverse is going to be so awesome!" It's really not, the reason that Metaverses have failed for 30 years straight is that there's not actually a lot of value in a place where "everyone can be whomever they want to be" because that's only skin deep and an awful lot of people fail to distinguish between how they present themselves and who they really are. To give an obvious example: the SCA, the society for creative anachronism, has a system of peerage; there are lords and ladies, dukes and dutchesses. That's all well and good, but a sizable minority confuses their play-world politics with their real world standing, and act like royalty while working as janitors.
  - davorak 4y ago
    > you'd understand that the line of thinking is "The Metaverse is going to be so awesome!" > It's really not That is an understandable message. My comment is only about how the analogy to A Modest Proposal is not apt. Not with my understanding of the article or any of explanations I am seeing so far in these comments.

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A modest proposal was about the English's treatment of the Irish and how their conversations come off as barbaric while mascaraing as intellectualism. So he presents a solution to the Irish problem. This in tern is making fun of weebs that want SAO but forgot the premise of the show.

davorak 4y ago

A Modest Proposal was written to sway the readers to a line of thinking about a topic that was prevalent at the time. What prevalent issue and what line of thinking is Palmer's article about? Right now it seems more likely to me that Palmer had an idea, built it, shared it along with their interest in anime or SSO in particular, and is not making a moral argument about the state of the world and what we should do about it.

GauntletWizard 4y ago
I imagine that if you travelled in Palmer Luckey's circles, you'd understand that the line of thinking is "The Metaverse is going to be so awesome!" It's really not, the reason that Metaverses have failed for 30 years straight is that there's not actually a lot of value in a place where "everyone can be whomever they want to be" because that's only skin deep and an awful lot of people fail to distinguish between how they present themselves and who they really are. To give an obvious example: the SCA, the society for creative anachronism, has a system of peerage; there are lords and ladies, dukes and dutchesses. That's all well and good, but a sizable minority confuses their play-world politics with their real world standing, and act like royalty while working as janitors.
- davorak 4y ago
  > you'd understand that the line of thinking is "The Metaverse is going to be so awesome!" > It's really not That is an understandable message. My comment is only about how the analogy to A Modest Proposal is not apt. Not with my understanding of the article or any of explanations I am seeing so far in these comments.