This is a tweet by Roko. Yes, that Roko.

  • kristina [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    its pretty silly. i dont even see why i'd be concerned if i was the OG kristina or not. i'd just be like 'ok cool we got a ton of at-will cuddle buddies with trauma now' and get on with life

    its all just immaterial, and yeah, magical. its also just a mishmash of scifi tropes which proves that these dudes have no original thoughts despite trying their hardest to make it seem intelligent and independent, and of course it ends in the epitome of 'rehash' by turning it into a doomsday cult that receives donations

    • ChestRockwell [comrade/them, any]
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      2 years ago

      Hopping in the thread late, but after reading the wiki the whole thing reminds me of Montaigne.

      They would put themselves out of themselves, and escape from being men. It is folly; instead of transforming themselves into angels, they transform themselves into beasts; instead of elevating, they lay themselves lower. These transcendental humours affright me, like high and inaccessible places;

      And a bit below

      The pretty inscription wherewith the Athenians honoured the entry of Pompey into their city is conformable to my sense: “By so much thou art a god, as thou confessest thee a man.” ’Tis an absolute and, as it were, a divine perfection, for a man to know how loyally to enjoy his being

      Gotta be willing to accept being in a body where the only constant is change (something TERFS can never accept, being essentialists).

    • UlyssesT
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      6 days ago

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