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ilzolende:

nniihilsupernum:

genghis-khanye:

nniihilsupernum:

fortelling the end of the world as we know it is a prerequisite for being cool these days

holy fuck i’m the coolest guy i know IRL

a prerequisite. doesn’t necessarily make you cool.

but you probably are, because “these days” means “these days among people who are like paying attention to the internet and stuff” and if nobody you know irl thinks the world is going to end they’re probably not with the times

but decline is becoming a more popular narrative than progress *even with literal progressives* in a lot of ways (note: don’t know if this is really increasing, cultural trends are hard and i am but a young boy etc). moderates don’t necessarily think the world is going to end because moderates don’t think extreme things, but if bernie wins we will become a communist country and if trump wins we will never accept another immigrant and women will stop being able to vote and our environmental indiscretions will kill us all and so forth

narratives that go “the world will end….unless you do what i want” are good motivators, and narratives that go “yeah, the world is ending, there isn’t much you can do about it” attract the nihilist and fake deep demographics

the march of progress is for left libertarian nerds for some reason. promethea can [day negative things about] phil by saying that he thinks all the cool kids think the world is ending, what’s up with that

nihil i agree with you so much

this thing drives me nuts

There is one obvious hypothesis:

either we left-libertarian nerds are deluded and hopelessly uncool and sabotaging our social status and position in the hierarchy or absolutely no reason

or we know something the others don’t; perhaps we haven’t bought the anti-communist conspiracy of scorning sincerity hook line and sinker (srsly guys, it was literally invented by the CIA, leftists should know this); perhaps we have figured out how to pwn the material reality itself instead of just proudly proclaiming that we have obviously pwned somebody’s ideas because a bunch of people we agree with agree that indeed we have; perhaps we have looked at the ~big data~ and the dramatic absence of any meaningful indicators of actual apocalypse has convinced us that apocalypse is just a hipster thing because reality is catching up with things actually starting to be relatively okay and thus the cool kids need to abandon positions because being on the side of reality isn’t useful for signaling

(via ilzolende)

1 month ago · tagged #the joke is that both are basically the same #because what could be more important than status and popularity #definitely not economic growth and malaria eradication #oh no those are poor people's things #rejoicing from malaria eradication suggests you're one of the sheeple who believe lives are more valuable than coolness #and thinking economic growth is nice implies you haven't got enough money to larp fashionable poverty already #or identify more with such scornable people with concerns like staying alive #than with the cool kids with concerns like being popular · 28 notes · source: nniihilsupernum · .permalink

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    nihil i agree with you so muchthis thing drives me nuts
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    a prerequisite. doesn’t necessarily make you cool.but you probably are, because “these days” means “these days among...