@ian ooh i think you slashdotted it, it’s completely ianized

Apparently I brought back 2003 in more ways than one by slashdotting their server, so here’s an archived version

https://web.archive.org/web/20240113211003/https://plausiblydeniable.com/five-geek-social-fallacies/

@ian holy shit. I was a carrier for all 5 at various points back in the day. Obvious now. This explains so much of my late 20s, early 30s and why my social life was so exhausting.

@ian @SarraceniaWilds These and pervocracy’s piece on “missing stairs” were honestly so illuminating for me to understand why my communities were the way they were. http://pervocracy.blogspot.com/2012/06/missing-stair.html (note: much of the rest of the site describes nsfw stuff) [edited because I called it broken stair not missing stair]

@ian this matches a non-geek friend 5/5. A few friends suffer from very subtle / borderline versions of one or two of these, but batting 5 outta 5 for one friend is devastating (it's a train wreck to watch).

@ian

GSF4 is one that took me a long time to come to terms with.

I tend to be the point of a lambda (Λ) in relationships. A and B like me; A and B hate each others’ guts.

Upside for me is a more diverse set of social connections.

Downside is that I’ve ignored, to my peril, when a healthier relationship earned me that another relationship was an unhealthy one.

@ian @bitprophet I’m and older folks who has never heard of it. Shall read with interest.

@ian i was not even in kindergarden at that time.
interesting and timeless read.
i will save it somewhere and share it from time to time IF i think about it

@ian that was illuminating. However it applies only if one has "friends". Thank god I'm free from these.

@ian when I was shown this list for the first time it completely changed my view on every social circle I was in.

@ian @alda I’m a geek and I applaud the smashing of these fallacies.

@ian I need new glasses. I first read Greek Social Fallacies. All dating back to the old greek philosophers.

@ian I was half-way through when I realized this doesn’t say Greek

@ian I think 5GSF caused an overcorrection - "that's a Geek Social Fallacy! Stop doing it!" No, the GSF correctly identifies a way that the mainstream world is too cruel, and we should try to do better (but not at the cost of our own sanity).

@ian It's interesting how these were used by Gamergate and other fascists to infiltrate geek groups

@ian
Looks to me like younger folks in the "Five New States" in Germany are VERY aware that an overzealous attempt to remedy the Geek Social Fallacies ostracizes them on general principle,

and, irrespective of any agreement or disagreement on political issues,
they strike back hard.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-afd-is-winning-over-germanys-youth/

@ian
Oooh, haven't read that in a long time. Thanks for reminding me! 😊

@ian I had never seen this before and it is fascinating! Thanks for sharing, Ian