I am an Authority Figure

Odradek

Children should be Grounded and Sensible

Imipolex G

I am an irreverent piece of pop culture mocking said authority figure

Princess Alice

Ok.

*grounds Odradek*

Odradek

Imipolex G said:

I am an irreverent piece of pop culture mocking said authority figure

Harrumph!!

Aliroz

-Obeys authority figure-

Spacey

i am a paleontologist 

that's who i am, that's who i am, that's who i am

Fossilmaiden

Aliroz said:

-Obeys authority figure-

If this man answers incorrectly, electrocute him.

Aliroz

Fossilmaiden said:

Aliroz said:

-Obeys authority figure-

If this man answers incorrectly, electrocute him.

-answers completely correctly-

Klinotaxis

no, you're the guy electrocuting. the one answering the question is me.

Obā-san

for aliroz in case he doesn't know that this is a reference to

Odradek

Torgo said:

Children should be Grounded and Sensible

Nornagest

Vriska

RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH

MissUtilis

Torgo said:

Torgo said:

Children should be Grounded and Sensible

Nornagest

what about him?

Odradek

Torgo said:

Children should be Grounded and Sensible

Salix Babylonika

....BUT HER AIM IS GETTIN' BETTER!

Sredni Vashtar

I felt like as uptight as Nornagest was, he probably was a way nicer person than he seemed, at least on the inside.

Haven

Nornagest was...one of those elements of TVTropes that always really creeped me out, especially because no one else really seemed to mind the way he acted.

Crystal

~ said:

Nornagest was...one of those elements of TVTropes that always really creeped me out, especially because no one else really seemed to mind the way he acted.

Do you mind elaborating?

I had my issues with him at times, but nowadays it's just a vague sense of "Hm, I remember feeling iffy about X" without any specifics. Also he was helpful to me with research, briefly, otherwise I didn't really pay much attention to him.

v Yeah that's one thing, kind of, personally speaking.

Sredni Vashtar

I didn't see him do anything creepy, but I guess that was just me? He did have a bit of a stick up his rear, though.

Haven

Well, it's not one of those every-detail-haunted-me-for-years things about TVTropes, more "oh yeah that guy was unpleasant". In general his attitude always rubbed me the wrong way, simultaneously bullying and desperately seeking attention from a group of people mostly ten years younger than him.

The only specific I can really remember is that he hit someone at a troper meet in California once, unprovoked if I remember correctly.

Sredni Vashtar

I vaguely remember something like that being brought up? That certainly is a little alarming.

Tachyon

That's fucked up.

i always thought he was alright, if kind of grouchy, but i guess i didn't notice the attention-seeking thing.

Then he defended Moldbug which was wtf

Sredni Vashtar

Really? That's just bizarre.

I can actually understand getting in a fight and hitting someone a lot better than I can defending an actual Nazi.

Odradek

~ said:

Well, it's not one of those every-detail-haunted-me-for-years things about TVTropes, more "oh yeah that guy was unpleasant". In general his attitude always rubbed me the wrong way, simultaneously bullying and desperately seeking attention from a group of people mostly ten years younger than him.

The only specific I can really remember is that he hit someone at a troper meet in California once, unprovoked if I remember correctly.

Holy shit what

Tachyon

0vvvv0 said:

Really? That's just bizarre.

I can actually understand getting in a fight and hitting someone a lot better than I can defending an actual Nazi.

i think he got pretty deep into the lesswrong stuff

probably he's not actually an admirer of Moldbug, a lot of them seem to think he's bad but needs to be listened to anyway for unclear reasons

Sredni Vashtar

Now that is less surprising by far.

Hexartes

OpAPHID said:

0vvvv0 said:

Really? That's just bizarre.

I can actually understand getting in a fight and hitting someone a lot better than I can defending an actual Nazi.

i think he got pretty deep into the lesswrong stuff

probably he's not actually an admirer of Moldbug, a lot of them seem to think he's bad but needs to be listened to anyway for unclear reasons

"Well, we have so many people here who hate nazis, we need at least one actual nazis for the sake of balance"

Sredni Vashtar

It's the free speech trap. A lot of people fall into that one.

Odradek

Tucker said:

OpAPHID said:

0vvvv0 said:

Really? That's just bizarre.

I can actually understand getting in a fight and hitting someone a lot better than I can defending an actual Nazi.

i think he got pretty deep into the lesswrong stuff

probably he's not actually an admirer of Moldbug, a lot of them seem to think he's bad but needs to be listened to anyway for unclear reasons

"Well, we have so many people here who hate nazis, we need at least one actual nazis for the sake of balance"

No, they don't like people who hate nazis, because they don't tolerate the nazis