Open 905: Pick Your Power X/Y S/S [game over!]

[yessiree]

remind me why there's a wagon on brian again?

[the worst]

the worst is there any part of you that's paranoid that im pocketing you

i know you said the paranoia hasn't set in yet but like

the paranoia not setting in yet is making me mildly paranoid

it occurs to me that it's a possibility but i think like
i reach a point of solving where i have to go "ok my reads don't make sense anymore where have i fucked up" and that's when i start to heavily reevaluate my own pocketability
and i don't think i'm anywhere near there yet, and i don't think you like, needed to pocket me, if i'm being honest, given scum-you would run the risk of tmi'ing

too many worlds make sense to me where you're just town for me to want to give much credit scum-dann worlds yet

[the worst]

remind me why there's a wagon on brian again?

do u have any reason to townread him outside of the one you dropped?

[yessiree]

remind me why there's a wagon on brian again?

do u have any reason to townread him outside of the one you dropped?

I asked the question first

[Dannflor]

i think it was may that said his reads list is like overly forced and I largely agree

I'm not sure I actually believe the pav/yessiree connection is something town actually sees rather than scum forcing themselves to make content

[Dannflor]

784 also feels self-righteously LAMISTy and I don't really read it as a townie self-righteousness

[yessiree]

ducky were u always this tryhard that u feel like u need to re-evaluate ur entire reads half way into day 1?

what HAPPENED

[PenguinPower]

No reason to sort ducky tbh.

[yessiree]

i think it was may that said his reads list is like overly forced and I largely agree

I'm not sure I actually believe the pav/yessiree connection is something town actually sees rather than scum forcing themselves to make content

ok i could see that, but it was mostly the bullishness with his farfetched scumreads that made me want to lean town on him

[yessiree]

No reason to sort ducky tbh.

[PenguinPower]

Ok - sort him by all means. At least one of you two won’t be here tomorrow.

[PenguinPower]

Hypothetically.

[Dannflor]

I am sympathetic to that reading and there's a world where I read the "confident conspiracy theory" energy as town

i think one of the reasons I'm not really reading it that way is brian weakening his own "bullishness" in posts 556 and 560

like it's not clear to me this actually impacted brian's reads at all, so i have to assume brian still feels pretty strongly about the yessiree/pav connection, but then, im not sure what the point of these posts are other than looking busy

particularly 560

[Dannflor]

Dunno why really but I'm catching town vibes off this complaint from Oblivion

this post still bugs me a lot btw

i feel like Oblivion was super towny by this point in the thread so the hedginess or uh cautious tone behind this post feels not genuine? like an attempt to seem casual and like he's in the middle of a thought process, but my reaction (and May's) at that point was more along the lines of "wow Oblivion is Super Town"


the "dunno why really" especially doesn't seem that genuine when Pavowski explains the why behind the read later on the same page in 264 and 272

[the worst]

ducky were u always this tryhard that u feel like u need to re-evaluate ur entire reads half way into day 1?

what HAPPENED

I have attention regulation issues.

Tbh I think to an extent I've always been quick to burn & re-evaluate my reads if it felt right

[PenguinPower]

You’re going to need to explain to me how Oblivion is super towny.

[the worst]

Dunno why really but I'm catching town vibes off this complaint from Oblivion

this post still bugs me a lot btw

i feel like Oblivion was super towny by this point in the thread so the hedginess or uh cautious tone behind this post feels not genuine? like an attempt to seem casual and like he's in the middle of a thought process, but my reaction (and May's) at that point was more along the lines of "wow Oblivion is Super Town"

the "dunno why really" especially doesn't seem that genuine when Pavowski explains the why behind the read later on the same page in 264 and 272

Honestly I feel like Pav's posts are either full of air or feel like they were edited too many times without a final proofread and it's reminding me a lot of when I'm nervy scum trying to seem cool but also wanting my content to slap

[Dannflor]

I think Oblivion complaining about the mason block is a lot more likely to come from town, i think scum tend to feel awkward about sticking out like that. especially because Oblivion's qualm wasn't that there was scum in the mason block necessarily, just that it was alienating

it continues to try to engage specific slots on specific topics (like firebringer for example) and i think that is indicative of it being interested in actually solving rather than just appearing like it is doing something

i think it spends a lot of time being an active listener and really trying to make sure it is understanding other people's arguments correctly, and i think that type of persistent attention in much more likely to come from town wanting to figure things out than scum who are usually more content with just Producing Content

[PenguinPower]

Not super towny. Good enough though.

[Jake The Wolfie]

Penguin, why would you waste high-quality buck shot on a fowl of such low grade when you could use it on someone with blood on their hands and money in their pocket?

[the worst]

I think Oblivion complaining about the mason block is a lot more likely to come from town, i think scum tend to feel awkward about sticking out like that. especially because Oblivion's qualm wasn't that there was scum in the mason block necessarily, just that it was alienating

it continues to try to engage specific slots on specific topics (like firebringer for example) and i think that is indicative of it being interested in actually solving rather than just appearing like it is doing something

i think it spends a lot of time being an active listener and really trying to make sure it is understanding other people's arguments correctly, and i think that type of persistent attention in much more likely to come from town wanting to figure things out than scum who are usually more content with just Producing Content

really well explained. i like what i can see of the mental modelling that it's talked about as well. i feel that going back the other way, where i really think it is looking for ways to connect w others' brains rather than just reading people & reading slots. if this makes any sense at all.

[the worst]

i trust penguin to hyovig well. i also acknowledge that i'm stronger lategame, but that i'm like lowkey not a particularly bad vig shot.

let's not ask any more questions about the hypovig tho.

[PenguinPower]

Penguin, why would you waste high-quality buck shot on a fowl of such low grade when you could use it on someone with blood on their hands and money in their pocket?

Excuse you. Ducky is top tier birdfriend.

[the worst]

Penguin, why would you waste high-quality buck shot on a fowl of such low grade when you could use it on someone with blood on their hands and money in their pocket?

also??/ wtf rude????

[yessiree]

dann is cooking with that brian take, i'll need to revisit that at some point

on an unrelated note, i think my mental image of the worst is prolly outdated

you're not a snuggly duckling anymore, you're sir duckington now