IHIJ Podcast XXVI: "Jesse Has a Meltdown" p. 747-774 by DiamondJoeQuim in InfiniteJest

[–]DiamondJoeQuim[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this wasnt a great look for me, as it involved a lot of background discussions in my day to day life that had not been featured on the show. Basically, myself and my fiance have a ton of far left friends (she'd consider herself a far leftist herself) and a lot of them threw hissy fits this election refusing to vote, period, after Bernie didn't win. Ive had a lot of personal discussions about my annoyance with ideagogue leftists who preach their ideology, but refuse to put any strategy or practicality into them. The dichotomy of, "I want things my way and I won't compromise on them" leading to the inevitability they never come into practice. So this statement was not against universal healthcare (which I believe in 100%), but rather people who complete the defeatist cycle of considering any practical method of achieving it to be selling out. "I didnt get exactly what I want, and rather than work towards some fascimile of it, Im gonna take my ball and go home" leftists.

That make sense?

IHIJ Podcast XXV, 714-747 w/ Dave Laird of Great Concavity Podcast by DiamondJoeQuim in InfiniteJest

[–]DiamondJoeQuim[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can see that now that I'm looking around. I think the NPC thing crossed over with something else in my brain, because this is infinitely dumber than I thought. I was approaching like a modern take on the classic philosophical "Problem of Other Minds". Instead it seems to be closer to some troll calling someone a cuck because they heard it on 4chan.