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Sat Sep 20 17:00:36 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, i've been told by a woman that women exist on a plane different to men
Sat Sep 20 17:00:11 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, i like your take
Sat Sep 20 16:59:29 UTC 2014 <xmj> moriarty: screwing >1000 hookers is pretty sad
Sat Sep 20 16:58:44 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, what is your take on marriage?
Sat Sep 20 16:57:09 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, i didn't read it back in 2004, i found it recently when i was hyperlinking around :)
Sat Sep 20 16:56:23 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, yeah, http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/sep/19/features.magazine37 - sums up eloquently the human condition
Sat Sep 20 16:56:16 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> <moriarty> xmj, from the beta's point of view, sure; from the elites running society, marriage is a way to preoccupy the have-nots so the haves can sow their wild oats around while the working class struggle to make themselves marriage-worthy in the meantime << so now you also gotta read http://trilema.com/2014/how-i-was-wrong-cuckolding-or-a-story-about-sigmas/
Sat Sep 20 16:54:56 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, they have potential, but are limited by the ability to realise those potential, because of their minority status and not many people defending them really
Sat Sep 20 16:54:45 UTC 2014 <xmj> moriarty: you know, bread 'n games
Sat Sep 20 16:54:44 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> moriarty ahahha unlike what, bitcoin ?
Sat Sep 20 16:54:32 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, lesswrong is filled with people who have fallen between the cracks of society
Sat Sep 20 16:54:32 UTC 2014 <xmj> moriarty: yeah that part is pretty brilliant
Sat Sep 20 16:54:28 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> moriarty this.
Sat Sep 20 16:54:10 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, what model is this?
Sat Sep 20 16:53:58 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, not a popular opinion either, but hey :)
Sat Sep 20 16:53:46 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, from the beta's point of view, sure; from the elites running society, marriage is a way to preoccupy the have-nots so the haves can sow their wild oats around while the working class struggle to make themselves marriage-worthy in the meantime
Sat Sep 20 16:51:54 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> moriarty i have my doubts about that model, but anyway.
Sat Sep 20 16:51:45 UTC 2014 <xmj> moriarty: this is why societies embracing absolute nuclear families do better than societies that have extended families / clans -- inter-generational wealth transfers.
Sat Sep 20 16:50:58 UTC 2014 <xmj> moriarty: marriage is a way of ensuring betas get laid, it's one of the more controversial claims
Sat Sep 20 16:50:52 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, females too