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				Friday Fun Thread for April 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You’ve got it backwards, I think.


Glorious Nihon was also made up by people selling comic books. Er, manga. The average weaboo is vastly overconfident in his knowledge of Japan.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 6, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I get the impression this was something that played out more on Twitter than in meatspace. I’d have thought people had built an immunity by 2014, but apparently not.


It is interesting that even the “republicans pounce” commentary is subdued by post-2016 standards. Outlets are using this to mock Republicans for having nothing better to do; I could barely find anyone calling it racist.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 6, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


…but once you have computers in every fridge sold, exponential growth is no longer possible.




A couple weeks ago, someone made analogy to the tractor bubble. Turns out that once you have a rugged, cheap machine on every farm, you can’t keep up the initial growth. But this should apply to every durable good. Why are some slow to reach the flat part of their S-curve?


    

  1. Continuous improvement. This describes lots of mid-century consumer goods like televisions where the underlying tech just kept getting revolutionized.
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  2. Untapped markets. Once every American has a tractor, proceed to every NATO member, then to every third-worlder. Companies can keep up this classic capitalist snowball until they outrun their logistics and lose out to a local producer.
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  3. Resource sinks. Postwar Europe had much higher demand for industrial materials, courtesy of a few thousand Allied bombers. Probably not a controllable strategy.
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  4. Synergy. Tractors needed fuel; PCs needed software. Demand grows as other technologies climb their own curves.
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  5. Moat. Lock down tractor repairs, sell subscriptions, etc. and extract what you can. I’m not sure this is extending the curve so much as slowing others so that you can safely slow your own ascent.
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Tech companies benefit the most when they’re climbing the curve. If reasons 1-4 aren’t applicable, they’re going to end up trying for 5. Right now, we’re seeing massive buildouts of data centers because AI serves as a synergy for cloud computing. Apple Intelligence and its ilk will remain a gimmick until such a synergy applies to personal computers.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for April 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That’s a good one. I’ve definitely caused it…more than once.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Not that I know. I was trying to figure out what Bondi’s actual experience was.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Join the club, friend.


Though…which three do you have in mind?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think you can come up with better commentary than this.




Basically, if your content is 'Can you believe what Those People did this week?' then you should either refrain from posting, or do some very patient work to contextualize and/or steel-man the relevant viewpoint.




				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Not just basically. Chickens are straight up dinosaurs, while crocodiles are only archosaurs. Peasants.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Knowing our audience, I figured this was probably going to trigger the usual flames. Sorry.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What would you recommend?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You can find a guy with XYZ experience anywhere. This one doesn’t even advertise double-Ds!


You can also find Trump hinting at anything and everything. In fact, a lot of the early opposition to him came from people convinced he was hinting at various flavors of racism. This is not strong evidence of his actual motivations.


The U.S. does suffer from these things. Maybe Europe has it worse? But then again, they aren’t actually expending munitions and fuel to putter around outside the Straits. That’s got to make them feel at least a little smug.


I think you have to be really motivated to find reasons to come up with shit like this.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Don’t paraphrase unflatteringly.




It’s fine to ask what people are thinking; the problem comes from assuming that you already know.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The official position is that AI usage is allowed, but cannot constitute the substance of one’s comment. If it wouldn’t pass the “low effort” rules without the AI additions, we’re probably going to mod it.


@self_made_human has modded  accordingly.


Unfortunately, our best examples of what isn’t allowed tend to stop at the new user filter. You’d be surprised how many psycho-political manifestos we get from first-time posters.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, our users are unusually polite, patient, and so on.


Yes, our users are also rather right-wing.


No, correlation is not causation. The underlying politeness is due to our rules. The political slant owes more to our other users.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Arguments like this are the reason HBDers get run out of town.


Compare the Atheism Flame Wars, or perhaps even the debate me meme.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
To quote Scott:




How virtuous, how noble I must be! Never stooping to engage in petty tribal conflict like that silly Red Tribe, but always nobly criticizing my own tribe and striving to make it better.

Yeah. Once I’ve written a ten thousand word essay savagely attacking the Blue Tribe, either I’m a very special person or they’re my outgroup. And I’m not that special.




Your QCs are, like, almost entirely criticisms of progressives. That’s basically catnip for this site. It doesn’t mean you aren’t left-leaning, but it does suggest that you aren’t getting the typical experience.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Amadan talk about schooling, so that can’t be right…


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Ah, so you mean the wonder drug, PCP.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I find that rather wholesome, even if it would be too unrealistic for a TV movie. “That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.”


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Most of the advice given in this thread seems like a pretty good way to accomplish that.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You know, I’m not actually sure how to pronounce that.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for March 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Wait, are you serious? Vinay Gupta did something other than get into fights in the SSC comments?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Man. You keep posting the same shit, and it hasn’t started looking any more compelling.


It does kind of make me curious about one thing. What are your opinions on Islam?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Do you have to be deranged to make anti-Trump claims? Sometimes the guy makes bad choices.


There was a time when ordering a new war in the Middle East, and hold the exit strategy, was one of those obviously bad decisions. People joked about it. Nothing I’ve seen from this iteration has changed that calculus.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Can you see Trump signing on to a strategy like that? Looking ineffective/losing to encourage others to step up? Because I can’t. It’s completely against his brand.


I find it much more likely that he gambled on an in-and-out, five-day adventure. Blow up their assets, decapitate the leadership, get an easy peace deal. Foot in the door.