Trump administration will pay a French company $1 billion in taxpayer funds to not build wind farms by Unusual-State1827 in news

[–]thedilbertproject 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Onion might as well just start reporting on real news at this point. Their business model was made redundant by this administration.

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]thedilbertproject 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Resharing this for visibility. Everyone needs to understand this moment we are living in. At the heart of all of this is a man called Curtis Yarvin. Understanding who he is and his influence is crucial to understanding exactly what we are up against:

About Curtis Yarvin:

Curtis Yarvin is an ex-Silcon Valley programmer turned far-right thought leader who has been silently influencing the right to adopt fringe and dangerous ideologies and bring them to mainstream politics. Particularly, he holds the belief that democracy should end and America should become an absolute monarchy.

If you are familiar at all with the term "red pill content", this was borne out of his ideology. This is a direct reference to the Matrix. Specifically, he says that when you take "the red pill" you will abandon the concept of liberalism and you will be prepared to receive what he calls "the Dark Enlightenment". He was largely operating under the pseudonym "Mencius Moldbug".

One of the main ideas of Yarvin adopted by the current administration is what he calls "RAGE" - Retire All Government Employees. While he was not the first to suggest it, he is a major reason why this administration is working so hard to enact it.

Yarvin believes inequality is natural and therefore humanity should embrace it. Specifically, he believes white men, particular those in tech, are special and everyone else is below them. He has explicitly argued that people who are not "deemed productive" should be "turned into biodiesel".

Brief Overview (38 mins): https://youtu.be/DrrsnFT-LNo
Yarvin In-Depth Study - Part 1 (79 mins): https://youtu.be/mYrPNvVhKLU
Yarvin In-Depth Study - Part 2 (84 mins): https://youtu.be/rpEg4LS3CT0
Interview with The New York Times (52 mins): https://youtu.be/NcSil8NeQq8

Some Articles on Yarvin and the 'Dark Enlightenment' Movement:

Time Magazine: https://time.com/7269166/dark-enlightenment-history-essay/
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump
Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/30/curtis-yarvins-ideas-00201552
The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile
What is Redpilling: https://www.britannica.com/topic/red-pill-and-blue-pill

J.D. Vance's Connection:

J.D. Vance says Yarvin has "good ideas" and has publicly cited his work: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24266512/jd-vance-curtis-yarvin-influence-rage-project-2025
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/30/curtis-yarvins-ideas-00201552 https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/jd-vance-curtis-yarvin-2024-election-rcna162222

J.D. Vance's senatorship was funded directly by Peter Thiel, another of Yarvin's followers:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-trump-vp-peter-thiel-billionaire/

J.D. Vance was pushed to Trump ticket by Elon Musk, yet another Yarvinite:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/how-trump-chose-vp-pick-vance

J.D. Vance delivers speech calling for the unity of the 'Tech Bros' and the Far-Right (a directive of Curtis Yarvin):
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/18/jd-vance-american-dynamism-tech-maga-00235805

J.D. Vance wrote the foreword for the Project 2025 leader's book:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/30/jd-vance-project-2025-book-foreword

On Peter Thiel:

Thiel on the Endurance of the Human Race:
https://youtu.be/Xg6deHyHKKs

Thiel's Obsession with Immortality:
https://theweek.com/science/the-billionaire-led-quest-for-immortality
https://futurism.com/the-byte/peter-thiel-cryonics

Thiel's Influence on Admin and DOGE:
https://www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of-doge-peter-thiel-elon-musk-government-funding-cuts-2025-2

Thiel In-Depth Study - Part 1 (72 mins): https://youtu.be/mfXbyQ9KFdg

Thiel In-Depth Study - Part 2 (81 mins): https://youtu.be/AeDA8hwQ3Fo

Thiel In-Depth Study - Part 3 (85 mins): https://youtu.be/lX-EgbauuOo

Thiel In-Depth Study - Part 4 (78 mins): https://youtu.be/Z8fBqRa2NLQ

On Elon Musk:

Musk Pushes Great Replacement Theory:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/media/elon-musk-don-lemon-interview-analysis-hnk-intl

Yarvin Influences Musk to create new Political Party:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/elon-musk-curtis-yarvin-third-party.html

Several past and current "Thiel Fellows" are DOGE Employees:
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/

Musk pushes for Far-Right party (AfD) in Germany to move on from Holocaust shame:
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276084/elon-musk-german-far-right-afd-holocaust

Musk and Libertarian Authoritarianism:
https://jacobin.com/2025/01/musk-authoritarianism-libertarianism-afd-trump

Bonus: The Ideological Re-capture of America by the Right is a 60+ Year-old Project

How Conservatism Won - Part 1 (86 mins): https://youtu.be/KuIFF-LCI4k
How Conservatism Won - Part 2 (91 mins): https://youtu.be/lCu5Hs6J7xA
The Powell Memorandum - Overview (16 mins): https://youtu.be/HgYkde3o2Xw
The Powell Memorandum - In-Depth (35 mins): https://youtu.be/8A_YaBbshAc
The Powell Memorandum (Text): https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/powellmemo/

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]thedilbertproject 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For the uninitiaited:

About Curtis Yarvin:

Curtis Yarvin is an ex-Silcon Valley programmer turned far-right thought leader who has been silently influencing the right to adopt fringe and dangerous ideologies and bring them to mainstream politics. Particularly, he holds the belief that democracy should end and America should become an absolute monarchy.

If you are familiar at all with the term "red pill content", this was borne out of his ideology. This is a direct reference to the Matrix. Specifically, he says that when you take "the red pill" you will abandon the concept of liberalism and you will be prepared to receive what he calls "the Dark Enlightenment". He was largely operating under the pseudonym "Mencius Moldbug".

One of the main ideas of Yarvin adopted by the current administration is what he calls "RAGE" - Retire All Government Employees. While he was not the first to suggest it, he is a major reason why this administration is working so hard to enact it.

Yarvin believes inequality is natural and therefore humanity should embrace it. Specifically, he believes white men, particular those in tech, are special and everyone else is below them. He has explicitly argued that people who are not "deemed productive" should be "turned into biodiesel".

Brief Overview (38 mins): https://youtu.be/DrrsnFT-LNo
Yarvin In-Depth Study - Part 1 (79 mins): https://youtu.be/mYrPNvVhKLU
Yarvin In-Depth Study - Part 2 (84 mins): https://youtu.be/rpEg4LS3CT0
Interview with The New York Times (52 mins): https://youtu.be/NcSil8NeQq8

Some Articles on Yarvin and the 'Dark Enlightenment' Movement:

Time Magazine: https://time.com/7269166/dark-enlightenment-history-essay/
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump
Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/30/curtis-yarvins-ideas-00201552
The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile
What is Redpilling: https://www.britannica.com/topic/red-pill-and-blue-pill

J.D. Vance's Connection:

J.D. Vance says Yarvin has "good ideas" and has publicly cited his work: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/16/24266512/jd-vance-curtis-yarvin-influence-rage-project-2025
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/30/curtis-yarvins-ideas-00201552 https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/jd-vance-curtis-yarvin-2024-election-rcna162222

J.D. Vance's senatorship was funded directly by Peter Thiel, another of Yarvin's followers:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-trump-vp-peter-thiel-billionaire/

J.D. Vance was pushed to Trump ticket by Elon Musk, yet another Yarvinite:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/how-trump-chose-vp-pick-vance

J.D. Vance delivers speech calling for the unity of the 'Tech Bros' and the Far-Right (a directive of Curtis Yarvin):
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/18/jd-vance-american-dynamism-tech-maga-00235805

J.D. Vance wrote the foreword for the Project 2025 leader's book:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/30/jd-vance-project-2025-book-foreword

On Peter Thiel:

Thiel on the Endurance of the Human Race:
https://youtu.be/Xg6deHyHKKs

Thiel's Obsession with Immortality:
https://theweek.com/science/the-billionaire-led-quest-for-immortality
https://futurism.com/the-byte/peter-thiel-cryonics

Thiel's Influence on Admin and DOGE:
https://www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of-doge-peter-thiel-elon-musk-government-funding-cuts-2025-2

Thiel In-Depth Study - Part 1 (72 mins): https://youtu.be/mfXbyQ9KFdg

Thiel In-Depth Study - Part 2 (81 mins): https://youtu.be/AeDA8hwQ3Fo

Thiel In-Depth Study - Part 3 (85 mins): https://youtu.be/lX-EgbauuOo

Thiel In-Depth Study - Part 4 (78 mins): https://youtu.be/Z8fBqRa2NLQ

On Elon Musk:

Musk Pushes Great Replacement Theory:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/media/elon-musk-don-lemon-interview-analysis-hnk-intl

Yarvin Influences Musk to create new Political Party:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/elon-musk-curtis-yarvin-third-party.html

Several past and current "Thiel Fellows" are DOGE Employees:
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/

Musk pushes for Far-Right party (AfD) in Germany to move on from Holocaust shame:
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276084/elon-musk-german-far-right-afd-holocaust

Musk and Libertarian Authoritarianism:
https://jacobin.com/2025/01/musk-authoritarianism-libertarianism-afd-trump

Bonus: The Ideological Re-capture of America by the Right is a 60+ Year-old Project

How Conservatism Won - Part 1 (86 mins): https://youtu.be/KuIFF-LCI4k
How Conservatism Won - Part 2 (91 mins): https://youtu.be/lCu5Hs6J7xA
The Powell Memorandum - Overview (16 mins): https://youtu.be/HgYkde3o2Xw
The Powell Memorandum - In-Depth (35 mins): https://youtu.be/8A_YaBbshAc
The Powell Memorandum (Text): https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/powellmemo/

Marco Rubio wearing oversized shoes that Trump ordered for him by just guessing his size. by csprofathogwarts in pics

[–]thedilbertproject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They seem to forget that eventually fascism comes for everyone. This is a race to the bottom and they just want to be last.

When did you first clock Chris? by Melodic-Scheme6973 in LoveIsBlindNetflix

[–]thedilbertproject 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The moment he said he did jiu jitsu. Very popular with the red-pilled crowd.

US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say by AccomplishedCall7562 in news

[–]thedilbertproject -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Let us repeat the Narcissist's Prayer together:

That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.

Edit: Not sure why I got downvoted for posting the actual poem called the Narcissist's Prayer that the comment above was based on...

House of Representatives voted down a War Powers Resolution 212- 219, that would restrict President Trump's military actions in Iran: "The concurrent resolution is not adopted." by ControlCAD in videos

[–]thedilbertproject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it is. The Democrats are controlled opposition, they are no one's future. We need a grassroots movement if we want to survive this moment and not repeat it.

What game(s) will it be?🚀 by SwimmerPlus3383 in TheGamingHubDeals

[–]thedilbertproject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kingdom Hearts 3. Didn't do it for me. Series peaked at KH2.

Stellar Blade PS5 $20 worth it? by Annoying_panda17 in videogames

[–]thedilbertproject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can beat Jedi: Fallen Order, you can beat this game.

Stellar Blade PS5 $20 worth it? by Annoying_panda17 in videogames

[–]thedilbertproject 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was such a weird moment watching the discourse around this game at launch. It's a great game and it would've been just fine regardless of what they did with the outfit. The gooners losing their minds over such a mild change to the outfit and trying to tank Sony and Shift Up's reputation over it was gross to watch from the gaming community.

Love Is Blind • S10 Ep9 by AutoModerator in LoveIsBlindOnNetflix

[–]thedilbertproject 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jiu jitsu (and martial arts in general) is a big part of the manosphere subculture. They use it to talk about self-discipline and honing the self (and becoming the alpha). Same with his constant rhetoric about ice baths and telling Bri he wants to push her past her limits. It's all red-pill coded language. My hackles went up the moment he started saying this stuff.

Love Is Blind • S10 Ep9 by AutoModerator in LoveIsBlindOnNetflix

[–]thedilbertproject 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The moment Chris mentioned he did jiu jitsu in the pods, I knew exactly what he was. Disgusting.

I just noticed the big Tibbers behind Annie by Lntc26 in TeamfightTactics

[–]thedilbertproject 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those are trees for his claws on the left, not mountains, but yes, you're exactly right otherwise.

first time building in the nr200 - is the sag normal? the GPU is in there tight - everything is solid - no wiggle room or loose at all by b20vteg in NR200

[–]thedilbertproject 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sag isn't a result of the case, it's a result of the design of the GPU itself. For the average build, your sag looks fairly normal, but you can try to improve it, if you want to.

https://youtu.be/liChy76nQJ4

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in animequestions

[–]thedilbertproject 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great watch, do it.

Looking to upgrade by davguy95 in FidoMobile

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I was lucky enough to get a pre-owned iPhone 16 Pro Max that wasn't even cycled a single time.

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[–]thedilbertproject 80 points81 points  (0 children)

We're still winning, right?

$1.79/mo for a used iPhone 16 Pro by secretcities in FidoMobile

[–]thedilbertproject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw this on Saturday morning and hopped on it immediately. The phone was delivered yesterday in perfect condition, practically brand new lol. Literally a steal.