Wokeism is dead - Lex Fridman

[Something Funny]

What do you think about this? I remember @Leo Gura commenting on him interviewing right wingers and saying something like: "he just wants to be the biggest interviewer".

Looks like it's more than that for him.

Edited November 16, 2024 by Something Funny

[Emerald]

He's always given me right wing vibes. But that's most men who are popular in today's independent media landscape.

Yet again, it could just be a branding decision so that he can be part of the club.

[Joshe]

Of course. 

[Something Funny]

Just now, Emerald said:

But that's most men who are popular in today's independent media landscape.

Hmm, I never thought about it because I do not follow that many people, but I guess you are right.

1 minute ago, Emerald said:

Yet again, it could just be a branding decision so that he can be part of the club.

Yeah, but it's just so pathetic. Like it really bothers me how pathetic all those famous people who switched sides are. I don't understand why you would want to do that if you already have so much money and success. Wouldn't you want to use it as a leverage to be free, express yourself, and do whatever you want?

I would honestly respect them more if they genuinely got brainwashed and believed in what they are saying.

[Joshe]

2 minutes ago, Emerald said:

He's always given me right wing vibes.

He's always struck me as an opportunist climbing the ladder of fame and success, using charm to subtly signal virtue in nearly every expression. If the popular kids were on the left, he'd have struck you as left wing. 

[Nemra]

I don't know whether he is virtue signaling or not.

[zazen]

The cultural zeitgeist has changed. Peak woke has passed. The election gave permission for people to de-wokify. The vibe shift is real.

[Joshe]

15 minutes ago, Nemra said:

I don't know whether he is virtue signaling or not.

He signals virtue in every tweet, including this one. "Just be kind to people". What he's saying is "I care about kindness and I want everyone to be kind". He does this in nearly every tweet. He's the biggest virtue signaler I ever seen in my life. 😂

There's nothing inherently wrong with expressing you care about virtue, but when you build a brand on it while simultaneously embracing that which is diametrically opposed to it, that is what gives it away that he is just signaling it. He's full of shit. Whether he knows it or not is another question.

Also, the subtext of his tweet is: I'm with the right. Virtuous??? 

Edited November 16, 2024 by Joshe

[Nemra]

6 minutes ago, zazen said:

The cultural zeitgeist has changed. Peak woke has passed. The election gave permission for people to de-wokify. The vibe shift is real.

So, your solution to fight against your beloved woke people is electing a criminal?

[Nemra]

10 minutes ago, Joshe said:

He's the biggest virtue signaler I ever seen in my life. 😂

The irony ...

Edited November 16, 2024 by Nemra

[Something Funny]

14 minutes ago, zazen said:

The cultural zeitgeist has changed. Peak woke has passed. The election gave permission for people to de-wokify. The vibe shift is real.

Unless I am missing something, "congresswoman" is not a pronoun.

And if we are going to treat it as one, then you might as well say that "US representative" is a "they/them" analogue. Which would make her even more "woke".

Not to mention that it takes a lot of assumptions to make this conclusion from one word in somebody's profile description.

Edit: nevermind, the image was cut so I didn't see the whole thing.

Still, my assumption comment still applies, and saying "congresswoman" makes "she/her" redundant. I think you are making this mean way more than it does.

Edited November 16, 2024 by Something Funny

[What Am I]

36 minutes ago, zazen said:

The cultural zeitgeist has changed. Peak woke has passed. The election gave permission for people to de-wokify. The vibe shift is real.

I don't have much to say about Lex Fridman as I don't even like him that much, but I can attest that certain things like pronouns do seem to be receding. Besides celebrities removing them from their bios, I'm hearing that a bunch of large companies are disabling the option in their MS Teams subscriptions that allowed employees to list their own pronouns. Something does seem to be changing in that regard.

Edited November 16, 2024 by What Am I

[Nemra]

29 minutes ago, Joshe said:

Also, the subtext of his tweet is: I'm with the right. Virtuous??? 

He doesn't like to give spoilers, I guess.

If you read it again, his sentences will not make sense.

If it's dead, then how would those people write their pronouns, and even if they did, how are those pronouns actually harmful?

[What Am I]

1 minute ago, Nemra said:

If it's dead, then how would those people write their pronouns, and even if they did, how are those pronouns actually harmful?

I think it's more so what pronouns represent, which is something like a fanatical ideology. Or at least it's perceived that way, whether its adherents are actually crazy or not. Tolerance for that sort of thing has been diminishing, and it seems like everyone who once paid lip service would now rather distance themselves.

[What Am I]

46 minutes ago, Joshe said:

Also, the subtext of his tweet is: I'm with the right.

I actually agree with this. I hate to give out free advice, but it may be wise for those on the left to apply the old adage, "If you're not explicitly with me, you're against me." A ton of people have been too subtle with their stated allegiances, and it obscured the left from knowing who aligns where. I could have told you years ago that Lex Fridman leans in the direction of voting Trump. Same for a ton of other similar figures.

[Leo Gura]

He fell down the Joe Rogan rabbithole.

[WritingHands]

fuck wokeism

we need cuckism

[Something Funny]

3 minutes ago, WritingHands said:

fuck wokeism

we need cuckism

we need free mental health care 

[WritingHands]

Just now, Something Funny said:

we need free mental health care 

what's that

[Raze]

Political correctness hysterias come in waves and set a new standard each time, it’ll happen again.