[curious about the downvotes—there’s usually much /acc criticising around these parts, I thought having the arguments in question available in a clear and faithful rendition would be considered an unalloyed good from all camps? but i’ve not poasted here since 2018, will go read the rules in case something changed]
Downvotes don’t (necessarily) mean you broke the rules, per se, just that people think the post is low quality. I skimmed this, and it seemed like… a mix of edgy dark politics with poetic obscurantism?
I hadn’t downvoted this post, but I am not sure why OP is surprised given the first four paragraphs, rather than explaining what the post is about, instead celebrate tree murder and insult their (imagined) audience:
so that no references are needed but those any LW-rationalist is expected to have committed to memory by the time of their first Lighthaven cuddle puddle
Sadly my perception is that there are some lesswrongers who reflexively downvote anything they perceive as “weird”, sometimes without thinking the content through very carefully—especially if it contradicts site orthodoxy in an unapologetic manner.
[curious about the downvotes—there’s usually much /acc criticising around these parts, I thought having the arguments in question available in a clear and faithful rendition would be considered an unalloyed good from all camps? but i’ve not poasted here since 2018, will go read the rules in case something changed]
Downvotes don’t (necessarily) mean you broke the rules, per se, just that people think the post is low quality. I skimmed this, and it seemed like… a mix of edgy dark politics with poetic obscurantism?
I hadn’t downvoted this post, but I am not sure why OP is surprised given the first four paragraphs, rather than explaining what the post is about, instead celebrate tree murder and insult their (imagined) audience:
wait—do you consider that an insult? i snuggled with the best of them
I think it’s quite easy to read as condescending. Happy to hear that’s not the case!
Sadly my perception is that there are some lesswrongers who reflexively downvote anything they perceive as “weird”, sometimes without thinking the content through very carefully—especially if it contradicts site orthodoxy in an unapologetic manner.