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Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 1, 2023

Happy New Year!

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

Culture war topics are accepted, and proposals for a better intro post are appreciated.

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Asking for a friend... How would one go about hiring Aella's sexual services? It seems to be the case that she still works as an escort. Price is not an issue.

I dunno but 37 showers a year is pretty nasty. Find yourself someone that at least showers between guys.

Oh wow, I hadn't realized that was actually Aella when I saw it posted elsewhere. The rationalist obsession with that woman is really one of the movements biggest red flags to me.

I don't think rationalists talk about Aella enough for it to be 'one of the biggest red flags'? I never see her mentioned on lesswrong, and only occasionally on SSC. She's more often seen on twitter of course.

I guess it's just that Scott sometimes talks about her in a way that kind of implies she's are very cached reference, throwing out her name in such a way that implies we're all pretty familiar.