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A Song of Shapes and Words

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  • Feb 3, 2022
  • #ComputerProgramming
Roon
@tszzl
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I’ve been grinding for tiny scraps of engagement in the internet mines since I was but a wee lad. But my actual claim to fame turned out to be a memetic repackaging of funny cogniti... Show More

I’ve been grinding for tiny scraps of engagement in the internet mines since I was but a wee lad. But my actual claim to fame turned out to be a memetic repackaging of funny cognitive patterns that ended up activating an incredible underbelly of tribalism that we didn't know we were missing until now. People are starved for good dichotomies and consumable sources of identity, and these neologisms turned out to perfectly combine the two. The brain worms started proliferating across “ingroup” and tech twitter as soon as “shape rotator” and “wordcel” dropped. I hate to make anything explicit that’s funnier left unsaid but after the 87th question about what shape rotation is and this awful article I've been worn down and I'm throwing in the towel. It’s not actually possible to control the definitions of these words at this late stage but I might as well attempt this futile effort.

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Vitalik Buterin @VitalikButerin · Feb 5, 2022
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2. Here's the explainer on "wordcels vs shape rotators". If you're confused, read this first. Now, back to the topic...
Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Feb 12, 2022
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best read on it
Sasha Chapin @sashachapin · Feb 3, 2022
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And I’m ready to hand roon an honorary wordcel badge if he would like one, this is excellent writing
Sasha Chapin @sashachapin · Feb 3, 2022
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In the coming days many media vultures, god bless their souls, will be tasked with writing something about wordcels, just skip all of that and read this, legitimately fascinating
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