tef

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@hikari the thing that gets me is that the milquetoast critique boils down to "you're nouveau riche!" a good 90% of the time

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it's Kanbaru again 🌟

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@tef hahahaha oh my god you're right

tef

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@hikari sure enough, it isn't the usual critique of right wingers, calling people ugly, suggesting that they're gay, or saying their body is misshapen

but at the same time it feels bizarrely toothless "aha you aren't obeying this arbitrary set of rules i have invented. look at this rich person who didn't buy the right accessories"

it feels like someone's trying to catch a gangster on tax fraud, and failing

it's Kanbaru again 🌟

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@tef he's playing a game against people who aren't playing the same game as he is. like liberals pointing out contradictions in fash arguments.

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Saagar Jha

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@hikari @tef I think everyone is playing the game to some extent he’s just really into it to the extent that most people don’t care or know about

Saagar Jha

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@hikari @tef It’d be like, I don’t know, if a guy decided to spend all his time finding weird bugs and performance problems in people’s software. It would have a wide audience but it’s fundamentally kind of lonely and sad because it’s not like it’s doing much in the long run

Saagar Jha

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@hikari @tef Part of the schtick is the novelty of being “good” while the target is supposed to “know better” or whatever. Where it gets weird is that he doesn’t quite always punch up but also punches sideways towards people who mostly kind of suck

tef

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@hikari he is also kinda funny to be fair but yeah i can't shake the classist vibes

it's Kanbaru again 🌟

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@tef that's what makes it so sad! it's like, dude, you clearly are halfway to embracing the beauty of all things, but you're held back by your own judgmentalness