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Derp Pirate Roberts

23 points by wikiburner 13y ago

jere 13y ago
If Krugman can use that kind of language in an article, I can use this kind: Old
- dasil003 13y ago
  I expect a critique of Krugman's Bitcoin derp to be forthcoming.
- jaynos 13y ago
  It's a blog post...he's allowed a more casual tone.
  - dasil003 13y ago
    You must be too young to realize that Krugman is too old to use the word derp.
    - jaynos 13y ago
      I think everyone is too old for the word "derp". I think I missed the target of the parent comment. I thought the focus was on the casual nature, not the specific word "derp". On rereading, I believe I was wrong.
broolstoryco 13y ago
much substance
- ogreyonder 13y ago
  Normally I'd downvote the doge on HN, but this is particularly apt. The article abuses the word "derp" to sound hip, makes weak shots at people and ideas left and right (without ever arriving at an argument), and generally rambles on for a whole page. What a waste, how did this make HN top 20?
  - medecau 13y ago
    > krugman.nyt
chimeracoder 13y ago
I'm not a libertarian, but if I were, I would find this horribly offensive. > What you also get from the report is just how connected all this stuff is with libertarian derp Much of prominent libertarian philosophy is derived from principles of nonviolence. Of course, it is infer thaf this statement to apply to all libertarians, but simply dismissing them as 'libertarian derp' based on one violent individual is deliberately misleading. Also, talking about Amy Adams and her cleavage? This is the New York Times, not Maxim. I expect better from Krugman.
- eudox 13y ago
  >I expect better from Krugman. lol
- deleted 13y ago
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- dredmorbius 13y ago
  DPR espoused and was embraced by Libertarians. Turned out to be a contract-killing, drug-dealing, law breaking psychopath. Seems to me there's a couple of avenues to turn onto here. One is to defend Libertarianism against its critics by badmouthing those who point out that Ulbricht really wasn't a particularly nice guy or a close adherent to the nonviolent principles screed on his LinkedIn page. The other would be to disavow Ulbricht and make clear that his views have no place within the Libertarian camp, and that he's a false representative of the goals of the philosophy. Not that I'm any defender of Libertarianism (it's an infantile philosophy based on fabricated principles coopted by psychopathic timocrats, but that's a longer rant). Which, in a slightly different context, is pretty much exactly the same sort of point that's been made with regards to extremest violence carried out in the name of Christian or Muslim traditions. Or corporate violence against individuals or groups. Or nationalist violence carried out by the any of a number of countries: Argentina, Syria, Egypt, the US, UK, Belgium, Japan, Germany, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, the USSR, South Africa, .... I'm not singling anyone out here, there's plenty of outrage to go around. Yours, however, is misplaced.
  - chimeracoder 13y ago
bradleysmith 13y ago
He called American Hustle heavy-handed at times; I find his parallel between the DPR case and that movie very heavy-handed, the whole time. Talk about a stretch. It seems he's happy to have found a criminal proceeding involving "libertarian derp". Besides this implied negativity (not familiar with Krugman, but his language reveals his standings) and a poignant "amazing stuff" reaction at the bottom, Krugman actually offers no analysis, opinion, reaction, or addition to anything at all on the DPR proceedings. His quoting of this[0] story was entirely framed as an example of why being in the FBI "these days is a lot more fun" than in the setting portrayed in American Hustle. Judging by the title, I was really hoping for a disection of bad opsec decisions. Guess I'll conflate 'krugman' with 'rhetoric' from here on out. [0] - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/business/eagle-scout-idealist-drug-trafficker.html?hpw&rref=business http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/business/eagle-scout-ideal... tl;dr - Krugman watched American Hustle, then drew a half-hearted parallel between the movie and the criminal activity in the DPR and Silk Road case. He did this without saying much of anything about either subject while insulting libertarian belief systems with the use of the word 'derp'.

Derp Pirate Roberts

23 points by wikiburner 13y ago

jere 13y ago

If Krugman can use that kind of language in an article, I can use this kind: Old

dasil003 13y ago
I expect a critique of Krugman's Bitcoin derp to be forthcoming.
jaynos 13y ago
It's a blog post...he's allowed a more casual tone.
- dasil003 13y ago
  You must be too young to realize that Krugman is too old to use the word derp.
  - jaynos 13y ago
    I think everyone is too old for the word "derp". I think I missed the target of the parent comment. I thought the focus was on the casual nature, not the specific word "derp". On rereading, I believe I was wrong.

broolstoryco 13y ago

much substance

ogreyonder 13y ago
Normally I'd downvote the doge on HN, but this is particularly apt. The article abuses the word "derp" to sound hip, makes weak shots at people and ideas left and right (without ever arriving at an argument), and generally rambles on for a whole page. What a waste, how did this make HN top 20?
- medecau 13y ago
  > krugman.nyt

chimeracoder 13y ago

I'm not a libertarian, but if I were, I would find this horribly offensive. > What you also get from the report is just how connected all this stuff is with libertarian derp Much of prominent libertarian philosophy is derived from principles of nonviolence. Of course, it is infer thaf this statement to apply to all libertarians, but simply dismissing them as 'libertarian derp' based on one violent individual is deliberately misleading. Also, talking about Amy Adams and her cleavage? This is the New York Times, not Maxim. I expect better from Krugman.

eudox 13y ago
>I expect better from Krugman. lol
deleted 13y ago
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dredmorbius 13y ago
DPR espoused and was embraced by Libertarians. Turned out to be a contract-killing, drug-dealing, law breaking psychopath. Seems to me there's a couple of avenues to turn onto here. One is to defend Libertarianism against its critics by badmouthing those who point out that Ulbricht really wasn't a particularly nice guy or a close adherent to the nonviolent principles screed on his LinkedIn page. The other would be to disavow Ulbricht and make clear that his views have no place within the Libertarian camp, and that he's a false representative of the goals of the philosophy. Not that I'm any defender of Libertarianism (it's an infantile philosophy based on fabricated principles coopted by psychopathic timocrats, but that's a longer rant). Which, in a slightly different context, is pretty much exactly the same sort of point that's been made with regards to extremest violence carried out in the name of Christian or Muslim traditions. Or corporate violence against individuals or groups. Or nationalist violence carried out by the any of a number of countries: Argentina, Syria, Egypt, the US, UK, Belgium, Japan, Germany, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, the USSR, South Africa, .... I'm not singling anyone out here, there's plenty of outrage to go around. Yours, however, is misplaced.
- chimeracoder 13y ago

bradleysmith 13y ago

He called American Hustle heavy-handed at times; I find his parallel between the DPR case and that movie very heavy-handed, the whole time. Talk about a stretch. It seems he's happy to have found a criminal proceeding involving "libertarian derp". Besides this implied negativity (not familiar with Krugman, but his language reveals his standings) and a poignant "amazing stuff" reaction at the bottom, Krugman actually offers no analysis, opinion, reaction, or addition to anything at all on the DPR proceedings. His quoting of this[0] story was entirely framed as an example of why being in the FBI "these days is a lot more fun" than in the setting portrayed in American Hustle. Judging by the title, I was really hoping for a disection of bad opsec decisions. Guess I'll conflate 'krugman' with 'rhetoric' from here on out. [0] - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/business/eagle-scout-idealist-drug-trafficker.html?hpw&rref=business http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/business/eagle-scout-ideal... tl;dr - Krugman watched American Hustle, then drew a half-hearted parallel between the movie and the criminal activity in the DPR and Silk Road case. He did this without saying much of anything about either subject while insulting libertarian belief systems with the use of the word 'derp'.