the word of the day is TESCREAL — r/SneerClub archives

u/Anonymous37 43 points at 1678809044.000000

To save you all a click, it’s an initialism of “transhumanism, extropianism, singularitarianism, cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and longtermism”.

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u/MathsyLassy 27 points at 1678806930.000000

Honestly I’m going to continue calling them rats because it’s derogatory and also upsets a bunch of them who Very Loudly Insist that they’re not rationalists.

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u/killallconservatives 13 points at 1678898432.000000

Rats are cute, intelligent and have adorable little hands, you can’t say that about rationalists

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u/dgerard 6 points at 1679231241.000000

✋: post-rats 👉: post rats 🐀

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u/MathsyLassy 5 points at 1678899702.000000

Oh my god you are so right

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u/thumb_of_justice 1 points at 1683761503.000000

thank you for this pro-rat msg! rats! rats! rats!

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u/dgerard 10 points at 1678810900.000000

✉️🐀

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u/giziti 7 points at 1678888809.000000

At least in the past that term has been discouraged here as dehumanizing, but I'm not sure if the ship has sailed on that.

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u/MathsyLassy 5 points at 1678900008.000000

Honestly too many people have died for me to care about making rationalists slightly uncomfortable

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u/dgerard 2 points at 1679231296.000000

i've more or less given up on that particular hill, but ymmv

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u/Considerable-Girth 4 points at 1678902840.000000

I think it’s like Mallrats. Iike it’s been reappropriated among rationalists as an ingroup term of affection. Everyone wants Mr. Toad’s wild ride.

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u/supercalifragilism 20 points at 1678811462.000000

It’s too cool. It needs to be like ASSBLAST or DONGHEAD

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u/Epistaxis 20 points at 1678811586.000000

TREACLES, REALSECT, TECSREAL ("tech's real")

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u/thetrombonist 17 points at 1678836553.000000

RECTALES

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u/Really_McNamington 4 points at 1678865367.000000

LETS RACE

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u/bullseyes 4 points at 1678866158.000000

Ironic name: LEASTREC (“least wreck”) 🫠

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u/DELETED 16 points at 1678814030.000000

The Elder Scrolls: Cereal

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u/_ShadowElemental 8 points at 1678860257.000000

Which AI will achieve CHIM first, and restructure its future light cone?

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u/finfinfin 5 points at 1678884104.000000

The ending of the words is TESCREAL.

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u/run_zeno_run 14 points at 1678809252.000000

I can at least thank them for giving me an abbreviation to use when telling people what ideologies I hate.

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u/Nahbjuwet363 6 points at 1678812111.000000

I agree that “deluded malignant idiots” is too many syllables

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u/PolyamorousNephandus 5 points at 1678820313.000000

I think I had a TESCREAL infection last year.

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u/GorillasAreForEating 2 points at 1678840966.000000

lol, thanks for the heads up

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u/bullseyes 5 points at 1678867179.000000

Did you make the subreddit to prevent the actual TESCREALists from congregating there?

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u/GorillasAreForEating 6 points at 1678886653.000000

Yes

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u/bullseyes 2 points at 1678893210.000000

Nice.

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u/theleopardmessiah 2 points at 1678842240.000000

B O B O D D Y

What does it stand for?

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