I was shocked too. I was fortunate enough to read it and merely think “Huh… That was amusing. Anyway, back to Doctorow and Stephenson.” Apparently a fair few of EY’s readers were all “this is my life now”
It is a dire amount of ink spilled in service of bullshit and, ultimately, murder. If your time has any value at all to you or your loved ones, I will gently suggest one of the podcasts that go over it. Behind the Bastards did a pretty okay job.
yakko@feddit.uk 2 days ago
It’s a fuck off massive rabbit hole, but look up “harry potter and the methods of rationality”, and then read about the zizians
lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Oh wow… I liked Methods of Rationality… Didn’t know it spawned a death cult somehow…
yakko@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I was shocked too. I was fortunate enough to read it and merely think “Huh… That was amusing. Anyway, back to Doctorow and Stephenson.” Apparently a fair few of EY’s readers were all “this is my life now”
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Some of the more, shall we say, dedicated HP fans seem to genuinely struggle to understand that it’s a story, and never happened.
If ever there was a fandom to go off the deep end like that, it’s Harry Potter.
lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, I don’t really care as long as it’s not the author starting a death cult, but it was an interesting read
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Well, that’s quite a read.
yakko@feddit.uk 2 days ago
It is a dire amount of ink spilled in service of bullshit and, ultimately, murder. If your time has any value at all to you or your loved ones, I will gently suggest one of the podcasts that go over it. Behind the Bastards did a pretty okay job.