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Luke on here talking to clanker slop responses like “Good point my good sir, a fellow intellectual I see” 😂
There isn’t going to be another “movement,” at least not in the way we’re used to thinking about it.
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It's not "virtual" currency and "artificial" intelligence, it's supercurrency and superintelligence.
Just for the record: I think the doomers — especially the pdoomers — are midwits at best.
AI x risk fear, data center fear, energy use fear, all of it is midwittery at best. At worst, it’s one of the oldest schemes: greedy people and control freaks preying on the meek.
Worth understanding:
Word of the Day™️
Kayfabe
Spotting Kayfabe isn’t just about wrestling — it’s about recognizing when a performance is being treated as reality. In media, markets, politics, and online culture, those who can tell Kayfabe from a live event separate themselves from those who buy the storyline and then act shocked when the script shows.
Stay sharp. Small consistent habits of reality-testing compound into better judgment when the show is loud.
Word of the Day: Kayfabe (noun)
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪfeɪb/
Definitions;
In professional wrestling: the practice of presenting scripted rivalries, characters, and outcomes as if they were real, and staying in character to protect that illusion.
More broadly: any public performance that depends on people playing along — half knowing it is staged, half treating it as authentic.
Example Sentences
“The press conference was pure Kayfabe. The actual deal got done offstage.”
“He broke Kayfabe for one second and the whole storyline wobbled.”
“Crypto Twitter runs on Kayfabe more often than people want to admit.”
“Fans are not always fooled. Sometimes they just agree to keep Kayfabe because the show is better that way.”
Origin & Etymology
Wrestling and carnival slang, in wider use by the 1980s. Exact origin is uncertain. The usual theory is that it was deliberately opaque carny code, possibly a mangled form of “be fake.” In wrestling, the opposite of Kayfabe is a “shoot” — something unscripted and real.
Related forms include:
Keep Kayfabe
Break Kayfabe
Kayfabe storyline
Work vs. shoot
Did You Know?
Kayfabe only works when enough people cooperate: performers, promoters, and audience. High-agency people enjoy a good show and still ask what is work and what is shoot. They do not confuse a character with a person, a campaign with a principle, or a market narrative with the underlying asset.
Synonyms
Worked storyline
Maintained illusion
In-character act
Scripted reality
Play-along fiction
Antonyms
Shoot
Break character
Unscripted reality
Drop the act
Straight talk
Money makes people feel good. If you’re rich, tip the staff. Give ‘em a reason to feel a little better. And of course if the staff is crap yeah don’t tip ‘em.
Selling all my bonds because a “meaningful increase in prospective Federal deficits is a reason to sell bonds.”
I get all my financial advice from X and people who say “this is not financial advice.”
And of course I’m joking. I don’t own any bonds. Rates too low.
