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flakmaniak

Yo @argumate did I miss when you did the Argumarket 2020 Dem Primary end summary? Who has how many Argudollars? Or did I already see the end summary and forget the results?

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oh yeah we never actually ran the final update after the DNC officially called it, probably due to the incredible crushing depression; here are the final rankings:

@intercal: $431.34
@squareallworthy: $325.29
@qualiteagirl: $271.39
@flakmaniak: $260.62
@firebendinglemur: $255.67
@the-moti: $202.18
@worriedaboutmyfern: $187.89
@cromulentenough: $151.40
@lalaithion: $76.20
@birth-muffins-death​: $61.75
@learn-tilde-ath: $48.47
@tanadrin​: $41.90
@placid-platypus​: $41.24
@thehairyballtheorem​: $27.73
@darvince-2019​: $26.64
@holomanga​: $25.21
@confusedbyinterface​: $23.61
@wizzeh​: $23.61
@utilitymonstermash​: $22.40
@ms-demeanor​: $19.69
@floofshy​: $13.26
@understatedocelot​: $8.77
@lipstickchainsaw​ -$20.69
@goatsgomoo​ -$27.94
@kwarrtz​ -$70.35
@hirosensei​ -$79.70
@candleprism​: -$85.89
@ouroborostriumphant​ -$103.38
@chumpwaxer​: -$109.89
@transhumanesque -$119.78
@thomas-midgley-did-nothing-wrong​ -$170.00
@ijime-deactivated20150440​ -$189.93
@maybesimon​ -$209.93
@la-pou-belle​ -$219.60
@bibliolithid​: -$219.93
@antoine-roquentin​: -$229.53
@princesse266 -$229.88
@triviallytrue -$229.89
@irradiate-space -$229.95

ultimately your performance was decided by how early you got in and how hard you shilled for Long Joe, sigh.

eclairsandsins

I’ll be sending manifold.markets currency to all the winners of this market, at a rate of 1 argumate dollar to 1 mana. If you profited, I’ll DM you soon.

I’m doing this for a couple reasons.

First, to commit to acausal trade. In the event of manifold’s demise, I’d be happy if some new rationalist prediction market succeeds us and airdrops currency based off manifold balances. I want fake internet prediction points to maintain some value over time, since this makes manifold more accurate. Or in other words, betting is honorable and I want to reward it :)

Second, shameless advertising

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wrapscallion asked:

I think Paul Atreides needed so many more titles because "Paul" is just not really something that inspires awe

argumate answered:

God-Emperor Todd.

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Chad Skywalker

voximperatoris

I always thought it was weird how he’s named Luke, he has an uncle named Owen, but everyone else has weird space names.

ifonlysiegfriedkircheis

Luke Skywalker

Luke S

Lucas

argumate

imagine if you kept everything else the same but the characters were called Ross, Joey, Chandler,

fireleaptfromhousetohouse

I’m pretty certain that the higher class/social status someone is in the Star Wars universe, the wackier their name gets

So, remember the bit in New Hope when a stormtrooper goes ‘Look sir, droids’? Well, the Star Wars EU being what it is, both that stormtrooper and his commanding officer have extensive backstories - and, crucially for our purposes, names. He is Davin Felth (slightly wacky) and his superior is Captain Mod Terrik (really wacky). As there’s a Grand Moff Tarkin (Grand Moff? come on now) somewhere way above both of them in the command structure of the empire, this was more than enough for me to be fairly sure wackiness of name is based on their place in the hierarchy.

And look at the examples mentioned above - Luke and Owen are dirt-poor moisture farmers. Beyond that, Han (one letter away from Hank) is a crooked space trucker. Meanwhile, Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine enjoy vast staterooms on their moon-sized space stations. When Obi-Wan Kenobi, member of an elite religious warrior caste, has to go into hiding he goes by ‘Ben’.

(Leia is an interesting outlier, being called ‘Leia’, an actual person’s name, while at the same time being a princess and member of the senate. However as a woman she is a statistical outlier in the Star Wars universe anyway.)

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ouch.

warpedellipsis

So, is Star Wars a caste system where your place is determined by birth and there’s never any movement, or does your name change every time you move up

femme-werewolf

Does that mean Elan Sleazebaggano was born to a criminal caste, or did he change his last name when he decided to go into crime as a career?

fireleaptfromhousetohouse

Given that Star Wars takes place a long time ago (albeit in a galaxy far far away), it’s possible the Sleazebaggano family were such prolific ne’er-do-wells that that’s actually where we get the term.

eclairsandsins

didn’t kylo ren have some stupid not-badass name to start with?

openbookdustypages
headspace-hotel

It has happened.

I have purchased Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus

Will provide updates

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IT’S HERE

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I’m going to start it pretty soon. I’m for some reason locked out of my student account and email and IT was no help as usual, so what is there to do except read a parody romance novel written specifically to spite J.K. Rowling?

Chuck Tingle has more or less become a meme because of his bizarre titles and covers and because of the Hugo fiasco, but I’ve heard relatively little about what it’s like to actually read his work and I frankly have no idea what to expect or if I should go into this with expectations at all

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This book is...surprisingly easy to take seriously as a book. I don’t know what I’m trying to say. But it’s like. A Book and not just an extended joke. Like on some level it’s not particularly terribly written nor does the plot like, completely exist in service to the...whatever humor is derived from the self-aware absurdity of the premise

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AFSGFBCHH??

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I love that he’s not even described as a humanoid dinosaur. He’s just sexy goth tattooed Severus snape and he’s also a parasaurolophus and we are left to just figure it out

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I have to talk about what is going on with the worldbuilding. Like this is a parody. Of Harry Potter. But there’s an entirely different magic system and....everything???

In summary

  • there doesn’t appear to be a statute of secrecy type thing magic is just fully integrated with the modern world and modern technology
  • Harriet is a wizard, but that means that she creates spells by typing them out in long manuscripts, which on one level is a nod to the book publishing industry but on another level is kind of interesting in of itself
  • there’s a??? spellcasting industry??
  • there are different types of magic users other than wizards, and they appear to be based on the d&d classes
  • or at least, bards exist and they are distinct from wizard
  • the dinosaur is a bard
  • Bigfeet exist and they are integrated with modern society
  • there are sentient motorcycles and no one finds this in any way unusual
  • THE DINOSAUR IS A BARD?!?!?!
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...Warlocks in this world get their powers from a pact with Chuck Tingle

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The fourth wall break is killing me.

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The sexy dinosaur is also trans

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As much as I love skillfully crafted satire that takes deft jabs at the flaws of the thing it’s lampooning, there’s also something charming about how every character in this book has a name blatantly and hilariously derived from a Harry Potter character regardless of how most of their roles in the story barely resemble anything like characters in Harry Potter.

...You know, I’m not even sure Chuck Tingle has read Harry Potter.

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I’m back to reading. Does chocolate milk have intoxicating effects on sentient motorcycles??

...sentences I never thought I’d write

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um im lowkey getting feels from this like there are some genuinely emotionally resonant bits in here what the fuck

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chuck tingle’s magic system is unironically better than jk Rowling’s I’m sorry

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I’m so sorry to sample the sex scene but. “sexualis secondus” just killed me. I have been pronounced dead by this book. im obliterated this is indescribable

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I.

I literally have no idea how to describe what I’m experiencing right now. Like this is a somewhat poorly edited parody adult dinosaur romance novel but. It’s genuinely?? Creative?? In a lot of ways???? And there’s a lot of heart to it, a lot of genuine powerful messages about identity and about art and creativity and the fourth-wall-breaking device is...I can’t explain it because that would spoil it but it’s actually pulled off so well?????

This is not like, a humorous joke story this guy did for Being a Little Shit and Spite reasons, it’s like actually in its themes and message a genuine “fuck you” to j.k. Rowling’s transphobia even though it’s this absolutely wild janky batshit story and I have never experienced anything like this in my LIFE

I did not expect my adhd little heart to be touched by understanding of my fears about creativity and writing and its place in my life. Not like this. What the fuck. What the fuck.

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icescrabblerjerky

Chuck Tingle is a gift to this world and when the time comes for him to call on his army I will be there with bells on.

kyraneko

But does Bumbleborn say anything CALMLY?