ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
Blogger, Christian convert, general strange one. https://shapesinthefog.substack.com/
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ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
18d ago
Our rationalist-adjacent 'friend' and (perhaps?) sometimes lurker mister Curtis Yarvin has another new substack article out, titled The Situation and the Solution..
It's a long article, and follows his typical style of being quite doomer about the political situation, lamenting how weak modern men are, and generally telling us that for REAL regime change we need HARDCORE monarchy, with no letting up.
However, he does make an interesting point, which dovetails nicely with something @coffee_enjoyer said downthread, as I'll quote here:
he joy that men get from fulfilling these natural instincts is intended to be set against defectors and foreign invaders; that is why humans have this instinct. But American education has made them phobic about this truth at a young age, and modern Christian theology erroneously leads them believe that it is evil. But the Somali, with his rich history of piracy and tribalism, and his religion which celebrates war against the Kafir, is not confused by any of these illusions. The scamming is fun in itself. It is one of life’s greatest joys. They would do it even if they only make out with a single dollar, just as American men do it for free in virtual pretend worlds.
Moldbug agrees that fun is one of the missing elements in modern white culture and politics. He recommends replacing a modern 'soft party' with what he calls a 'hard party,' partially by making things fun:
Voting is fun and exciting. So is war. Voting is symbolic war. Also fun and exciting: raiding an enemy tribe, catching them asleep, slaughtering their fighters, and leading their women and children home in ropes to their new lives as slaves—carrying the remains of their husbands and fathers, already in steaks for the party. Since this is the way Homo sapiens lived for millions of years, it must be possible to activate the motivational instincts behind this behavior, even just on your iPhone.
What I find most interesting is Yarvin's vision of a 'hard party app', where people sign up to an app for their preferred political party, and then the political party gamifies political action. If you sign up, download the app, and pay your dues, you get basic party affiliation. If you go vote in an election or two, you get a badge. If you go and engage in some activism or political volunteering, you get an even doper badge, level up, or whatever.
Yarvin sees this gamification as a way to essentially recreate the old, militaristic political parties of the past, for modern men's sensibilities. He understands that modern men are much softer and weaker, so instead of continuing to try and make people angry and pissed off, which hasn't worked, he wants the right to play towards the fun that it can be to band together to fight your enemies.
While I don't always agree with Yarvin's extremely pessimistic take on right wing politics, I have to admit that the app idea is incredible! This is one of those ideas I read and thought... huh, why don't we already do this in politics?
I'm sure there are some reasons, but especially now that Yarvin has posted about it, I wonder how long it will take for political parties to adopt this app-style, gamified setup. And, I wonder how that will change the political game as we know it?
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
19d ago
How come the old CW thread is still pinned?
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
20d ago
You mention radio dramas, but no Wolf 359? That's the best one ever man. @birb_cromble.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
20d ago
Basically a necklace to hold a ring. If you google ring necklace you can find a lot of images, can't remember how to embed them here.
My lady works in a lab so she has to frequently take her ring off, and the necklace helps her not lose/forget it lol.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
20d ago
I got my lady a wooden thread spool holder, a couple of ring necklaces, and a salt shaker from IKEA.
She got me a whittling kit, complete with knives and blocks of wood and a book that teaches you how to whittle.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
20d ago
This whole playlist by Fr. Apostolos Hill, especially "Open to me." https://youtube.com/watch?v=nNXfVzRnRyc&list=PLGKKxM9Gk6HeNDYFEsfhzmepx1IEz24OU&index=3
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
20d ago
Recently finished Card's Worthing Saga, which was interesting, though I was a bit disappointed by the ending.
I also read The Folding Knife, which was wonderful, though tragic.
Tried to start the series Manifest Delusions, but had to stop despite the cool premise because of the absolutely gratuitous nasty sex and violence. I really hate how common that is in modern fantasy.
Also just started The Courage to be Disliked.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
20d ago
We're kinda Christian but this kinda stretches the whole "love thy neighbor" thing a bit.
Well, from my perspective this obviously violates Christian morality.
Either way, to me it seems extremely risky. You are tying yourself to these people in a very deep way, and it sounds like you and your wife are somewhat split on it. I'd recommend against it personally.
ThomasdelVasto
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21d ago
Very much so, same with other forms of illegal immigration. It's infuriating that it hasn't been done already, it's pretty much the only way to seriously disincentivize abusing immigration loopholes.
ThomasdelVasto
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22d ago
Beautiful story thanks. Also we watched love actually on Christmas Eve again and wow I had forgotten how messed up it is. Terrible movie.
ThomasdelVasto
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24d ago
What are your favorite old Christmas movies? We like It's a Wonderful Life.
ThomasdelVasto
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26d ago
Hah yeah I'm Orthodox so I sometimes poke fun at Catholics. But ultimately we both know the two of our churches are the strongest redoubts of Christianity by far.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
26d ago
I do think most mainstream media is still very woke. The battle for the media apparatus has just begun.
Also welcome back!
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Ok lovely, and congrats. Love can take you all the way my friend. God bless you both. :)
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Why not post this in the culture war thread? I think this is on it's own perfectly fine to fit over there. You'll prolly get more response.
Personally I haven't seen either.
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Gaming with friends? What do you mean? This guy has four kids but is a divorced dad and found a discord group he likes via his church, he games with his buddies. I think he's a great dude, I don't appreciate the snarky attempt to judge him based on a very simplistic characteristic. I thought you Trad Caths were better than that.
Look to the beam in your own eye, etc etc, eh?
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Was it in front of everyone rather than as a PM or something? Odd.
No it was a PM but she blocked him and other people and left the server, and he basically owned up to people and told them what happened.
He has known her online for a while, idk exactly how it went down but I'm assuming he said something like "hey I liked you and I'd be down to date." They are many states away from each other.
both chose to pretend we hadn't, didn't even wave. We later confirmed that, yes, we had both noticed that happening.
I think this is probably the better/more mature response, as opposed to nuking a whole friend group and causing a bunch of drama. I find that quite immature personally but idk what it's like to be a woman.
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
How many of y'all are associated with or know people in the tpot / post-rat scene on twitter?
I'm confirming once again that this whole scene is mostly dominated by people who knew each other 10 to 15 years ago, which kind of surprises me based on my priors of internet success. Seems that networks really do matter a LOT more than I thought...
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Idk, I'd say it's actually far more risky shooting your shot offline. Going for ppl you know via internet communities at least has a gated downside risk.
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Jesus our brother strong and good aka the Friendly Beasts is my go to this year.
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Wait which girl is this? Not the model hopefully?
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
What are your favorite Christmas traditions? We always do oyster soup in the mornings, dirty Santa of course, and we like to sing carols. Nothing crazy but it’s home.
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
I do agree, which is partially why I summoned him here!
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
28d ago
Disagree! Many people find relationships online nowadays. It is definitely possible, hard and fast rules in dating are for suckers.
Lmao. You know I got blacklisted on my server in WoW back when I was 14 because the GM's girl kept begging me to boost her through low level quests for achievements. Finally I had had enough and called her an achievement whore.
Then she whined to the GM I had called her a whore and I got ratfucked. Taught me an important lesson.
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