#Contrarian

Josiah Walrus

Josiah_Walrus

Don't forget that despite the CLR James front, Ralph Leonard is a button pushing contrarian, Spiked shill and right-wing-anti-idpol bigot. He promotes Islamophobia, mocks lgbtq, and is beloved by Claire

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Logo_Daedalus

Trolling isn’t some exclusive realm of epic discourse— most people are trolls now & it’s actually more contrarian to be serious & reasonable these days. I think this is the

Jack Underwood

underwood_jack

Contrarianism isn’t as EDGY as it was at school; it doesn’t set you apart remarkably as more perceptive or as an authentic speaker of the truth; it’s mainly annoying, and

Alan Levinovitz

AlanLevinovitz

This is a common rebuttal to "respect the consensus: What about the wise contrarian that got it right?But only in hindsight does "ignoring CDC" = "listening to Zeynep Tufekci".In reality,

McTexture PhD

GoodTexture

Contrarian question: if nobody uses Bitcoin after 10 years, why would anyone use zcash, a perfect clone of Bitcoin + zk-SNARKs bolted on top?Where is the pumpamental? The halving? Is

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

Here is Barack Obama’s top regulatory official, a law professor with no background in economics, arguing in the Year of Our Lord 2020 that minimum wage increases are an example

King Alfred

KingDouyeAlfred

I remember it was "cool" here to say "Quarrelling with people because of political views is immature"I laughed - Of course i was the contrarian thenHalf a decade later eyes

Alan Soclof ✈️

AlanSoclof

(1/4) One of my favorite situations in investing is a situation where my analysis goes against the commonly accepted sentiment. $VIAC is the perfect example. Wall Street sees it as

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sunshiinelou28

˗ˋˏ°• larry stylinson x gold rush •°ˎˊ˗ https://open.spotify.com/track/5BK0uqwY9DNfZ630STAEaq?si=DyUOfPPsTXeBFgSSixLhLQ gleamingtwinklingeyes like sinking shipson waters so invitingi almost jump in but I don't like a gold ru

spooky stu

monarchomech

There’s always a real gleeful rush to to do the visible clergy-centered acts of solidarity as opposed to what is both pedestrian and costly.https://twitter.com/revstacey/status/1321155739487031296 This extends past clergy, though. For

John Rogers

jonrog1

1) Dude I occasionally chat with when walking dogs started on "doctors would close the country for two years" and "it's just old people dying, we're overreacting" and I told

Matthew Dalby

MatthewJDalby

Reading some of the replies to this makes me think about how much basic knowledge about nutrition and physiology aren't talked about much because they aren't controversial. Contrarian social media

Sarah Haider 🚀

SarahTheHaider

It’s strange how despite my... erm... very loud apostate status I find myself conforming to religious sensibilities in silly ways. Example: While shopping at the halal market during Ramadan, I

Stephen Gordon

stephenfgordon

A thread that would have been a column, if I were still writing columns: Recessions have always been about men. Men have always borne the brunt of job losses, and

Redheaded Jenn 🔥

Redheaded_Jenn

CDC wants you to get a flu shot this fall... will you? Yay or nay? Not just trying to be contrarian here... I’ve got 4 daughters I’m responsible for

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Mi_Bonn

"Hey, you said there would be loads of deaths if we didn't social distance...so we social distanced... and there wasn't *that* many deaths. That means it's safe to go back