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    • Phish [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I wonder why that is. He's the greatest thinker of our generation. He's just so goddamn good at thinking. Yet everything he posts could be easily replaced by an AI whose inputs are just transphobia, randomly arranged cultural buzzwords, Disney movies, and Canadian slang.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        and one of Jung's books but mechanically translated into Swedish and back to English

    • GenXen [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      He knows that his audience doesn't care. Most of them believe that he won the 'debate' with Žižek. They buy into JP's claim that triggering 'woke lefties' are how he makes his money, without ever pondering that it's not 'woke lefties' buying his books ,subscribing to his patreon or enrolling in his sham college.

      • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I have a long time friend who somehow became a Peterson fan. He blames the drugs for Peterson's poor debate performance. This is somewhat of a positive, because he seems to feel that if Peterson can't handle these drugs, then no one can.

        • GenXen [any, any]
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          2 years ago

          The classic "he was too busy choking down benzos to read 18 pages" defense.

      • panopticon [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        You'd think after Peterson pulled this asinine little trick with Richard Wolff, the lobsterboys would get the picture

      • SaniFlush [any, any]
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        2 years ago

        Oh yes, the Ashida Kim "master ninja" defense. "If you wish to challenge my kung-fu, wager $10,000 up-front".

        I think the trick is to disguise yourself as an easily flustered callow youth and then dunk him when he tries to bully you.

    • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yes, he’s the west’s greatest philosopher other than Joe Rogan. Given the state of the west, this is par for the course