honestly is omgus even needed in a 5-7 minute explanation of forum mafia
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outside of vaguely saying ādonāt do thisā
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its probably easier to just talk about the theory behind the mechanics rather than the social aspect
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hey, it could be worse, at least I didnāt find my way to Quizbowlcord by following a link from LW
(this is a Merryweather callout (the friendly kind not the mean kind, I like Merryweather))
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the like, machine of forum mafia is much easier to convey than the messy People Part
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aiui you are basically only one step removed from this
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that one step is important
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Ye fair
carefully making sure to specify the exact amount of āinvolved in weird-nerd subculturesā that I am so that no one thinks that I am a slightly different kind of weird nerd
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iām a nerd but not a lesswrong nerd. arjun was spitting when he said we shouldnāt update our beliefs thoufh
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I am also not a Lesswrong nerd! also Arjun was mostly wrong about how we shouldnāt update our beliefs
doggirls win again
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so curious about what Eliza is thinking right now 
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sheās probably not updating her beliefs about us. i would hope
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Iām May
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spoilers for todays connections
REPRESENTATION
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hi may
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I got spoiled for it before I did it by seeing an out-of-context post on Tumblr that said something along thelines of ācolours with the first letter changeā go fuck yourself and I was immediately like Oh this is connections.
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Iām not actually sure exactly what kind of weird nerd I am
Lmao I hadnāt finished yet thanks for the hint that is bullshit
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