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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (7 children)

@dgerard One of the things I like the least about Yarvin is that I really like his writing style. Dammit.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago

    It's because Yarvin's writing is bite-sized. He can't really hold ideas in his head for more than a paragraph or so. Pick any of Yarvin's famous thought experiments or Capitalised Noun-Phrases and go look up where he introduced it; I bet you that he spends maybe one paragraph defining the idea, one paragraph explaining his solution, and perhaps one more paragraph patting himself on the back for being such a smart libertarian edgelord. The man literally cannot write a five-paragraph mini-essay; instead, he emits dozens of little pellets of undigested words which he expects you to eat.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    My condolences. That must feel bad. I am fortunate in that I don't. All the short sentences. No payoff. Like a boxer who constantly jabs at you—but never risks a straight. For twenty rounds. Yawn.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Guys like this read some big name author once and think that all you have to do to be a good writer is like, have a writing style. And then they proceed to fail upwards forever

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