Degraded State - Revision history

Aardvark: Text replacement - "|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein↵|username=EricRWeinstein" to "|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein |username=ericweinstein"

2026-05-05T23:23:40Z

Text replacement - "|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein↵|username=EricRWeinstein" to "|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein |username=ericweinstein"

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1423170448364216356		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1423170448364216356
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=This isn’t a relationship between two people. it’s harassment of a family by a jealous server of many people that thinks actively causing fear and loss is funny.		\|content=This isn’t a relationship between two people. it’s harassment of a family by a jealous server of many people that thinks actively causing fear and loss is funny.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1423170446183124993		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1423170446183124993
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=For those who know me as slow to anger, that remains true. But, stalking, physical threats, impersonating my business to spread anti-semitism/misogyny, doxxing & taking my wife’s work w/o attribution puts you in a different category. Especially if you work at my email provider.		\|content=For those who know me as slow to anger, that remains true. But, stalking, physical threats, impersonating my business to spread anti-semitism/misogyny, doxxing & taking my wife’s work w/o attribution puts you in a different category. Especially if you work at my email provider.
	\|timestamp=6:34 AM · Aug 5, 2021		\|timestamp=6:34 AM · Aug 5, 2021
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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1423170447558905858		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1423170447558905858
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content='''The Internet or gamer culture is not an excused absence from being a human being.''' You don’t get to harass or terrorize families in real life just because you have an ISP.		\|content='''The Internet or gamer culture is not an excused absence from being a human being.''' You don’t get to harass or terrorize families in real life just because you have an ISP.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1400693853179375616		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1400693853179375616
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content='''I mean obviously our government and science establishment should be the ones leading this...but that currently makes no sense in their degraded states.'''		\|content='''I mean obviously our government and science establishment should be the ones leading this...but that currently makes no sense in their degraded states.'''

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1400692209565921285		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1400692209565921285
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=My issue has been “How can the richest man worried that we have to preserve human consciousness focus on Rockets(?)&Mars, when he has a physics background & the ability to personally lead an attack on getting beyond Einstein’s limits?”		\|content=My issue has been “How can the richest man worried that we have to preserve human consciousness focus on Rockets(?)&Mars, when he has a physics background & the ability to personally lead an attack on getting beyond Einstein’s limits?”

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1400692210731937795		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1400692210731937795
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=Makes sense. I guess. Sorta. It’s just super disappointing that we aren’t focused on actually saving ourselves.		\|content=Makes sense. I guess. Sorta. It’s just super disappointing that we aren’t focused on actually saving ourselves.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1771204233507054016		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1771204233507054016
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=Looking for a name for a particular style of comment that is very easy to program into bots. It looks to make every substantive issue a point about psychology, the interpersonal, cognitive superiority and shunning the pathetic (rather than merely those that are actually about just that).		\|content=Looking for a name for a particular style of comment that is very easy to program into bots. It looks to make every substantive issue a point about psychology, the interpersonal, cognitive superiority and shunning the pathetic (rather than merely those that are actually about just that).

Pyrope: /* Related Pages */

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	== Related Pages ==		== Related Pages ==

			* [[The Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (The DISC)]]
	* [[Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD)]]		* [[Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD)]]
			* [[Image Cheapening]]

	[[Category:Ericisms]]		[[Category:Ericisms]]
	[[Category:Sensemaking]]		[[Category:Sensemaking]]

Pyrope at 19:52, 9 December 2025

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			== Related Pages ==

			* [[Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD)]]

	[[Category:Ericisms]]		[[Category:Ericisms]]
			[[Category:Sensemaking]]

Pyrope at 19:51, 9 December 2025

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	Examples:		Examples:

	"That will never not be funny."		"That will never not be funny."</br>
	"Unintentionally Hilarious!"		"Unintentionally Hilarious!"</br>
	"Dude, take the L."		"Dude, take the L."</br>
	"Cringe alert level: Severe! You have been warned."		"Cringe alert level: Severe! You have been warned."

Pyrope at 03:35, 21 October 2025

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Pyrope at 15:53, 24 September 2025

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Pyrope at 16:41, 14 September 2025

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	Perhaps China is the only capable player left in the game. Sad if so.		Perhaps China is the only capable player left in the game. Sad if so.
	\| quote = <div class="tweet">		\|quote=<div class="tweet">
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	<div class="tweet-header-image">		<div class="tweet-header-image">[[File:Elon-profile.jpg]]</div>
	[[File:Elon-profile.jpg]]		<div class="tweet-header-name"><span class="tweet-display-name">[https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1400620080090730501 Elon Musk]</span><br />[https://x.com/elonmusk <span class="tweet-username">@elonmusk</span>]</div>
	</div>		</div>
	<div class="tweet-header-name">		<div class="tweet-content">#Bitcoin 💔</div>
	<span class="tweet-display-name">[https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1400620080090730501 Elon Musk]</span><br />		<div class="tweet-timestamp">6:07 PM · Jun 3, 2021</div>
	[https://x.com/elonmusk <span class="tweet-username">@elonmusk</span>]
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	#Bitcoin 💔
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	6:07 PM · Jun 3, 2021
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	\|timestamp=6:00 AM · Jun 04, 2021		\|timestamp=6:00 AM · Jun 04, 2021

Pyrope at 05:01, 14 September 2025

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 Thinking: “So, survival isn’t real either?”
 Makes sense. I guess. Sorta. It’s just super disappointing that we aren’t focused on actually saving ourselves.
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 Perhaps China is the only capable player left in the game. Sad if so.
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 [[Category:Ericisms]]

Pyrope at 16:26, 6 September 2025

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 A concept that involves conscious rejection of the basic responsibilities for managing tensions expected of humans in a society. The Degraded State is most clearly exemplified in Internet culture, and particularly Internet gamer culture, where LARPing, trolling, take downs, gotchas, impersonation, doxxing, harassment for sport and lulz, and a thirst for personal and reputational destruction of others are common behaviors aided by asymmetric anonymity and pseudonymity. Those who accept and embrace the Degraded State share the view that life is simply a game that lacks any deep, ultimate meaning.
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-|content=For those who know me as slow to anger, that remains true. But, stalking, physical threats, impersonating my business to spread anti-semitism/misogyny, doxxing & taking my wife’s work w/o attribution puts you in a different category. *Especially* if you work at my email provider.
+|content=For those who know me as slow to anger, that remains true. But, stalking, physical threats, impersonating my business to spread anti-semitism/misogyny, doxxing & taking my wife’s work w/o attribution puts you in a different category. '''Especially''' if you work at my email provider.
 The Internet or gamer culture is not an excused absence from being a human being. You don’t get to harass or terrorize families in real life just because you have an ISP.

Pyrope at 22:51, 20 July 2025

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 A concept that involves conscious rejection of the basic responsibilities for managing tensions expected of humans in a society. The Degraded State is most clearly exemplified in Internet culture, and particularly Internet gamer culture, where LARPing, trolling, take downs, gotchas, impersonation, doxxing, harassment for sport and lulz, and a thirst for personal and reputational destruction of others are common behaviors aided by asymmetric anonymity and pseudonymity. Those who accept and embrace the Degraded State share the view that life is simply a game that lacks any deep, ultimate meaning.
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