I assume this is April Fools’ related, but I can’t really tell
It’s not.
I think there’s less cohesive leadership of LW parties than you seem to think
That sounds likely. To be fair, I’ve mostly heard of this from
Beff Jezos & Beff-adjacent people whining about it on twitter
Aella’s gangbang
And I probably adjusted too hard off of this. Like nobody goes around prominently saying “actually we don’t mind if e/acc show up, so long as they’re nice” that I know of, but there’s no reason to assume that they would.
Ask the host. If they’re unclear or unsure, go and see if you feel unwelcome or uncomfortable, and leave if so.
So my initial reaction to this was to feel slightly insulted, but I realize that probably wasn’t your intention.
I know how to go to parties. I’m not unusually awkward. I’m not a preacher. That’s not the problem here. I can usually get along with people as long as they’re not too nuts.
I asked this question because I believed that it very common for LW parties to specifically want to exclude people on philosophical grounds. If they do, and if their objection applies to me, I want them to succeed. I’ve heard stories of e/acc people trying to sneak into Berkeley parties incognito. That’s not my style.
Also, my model of the most likely circumstances where I was likely to attend such a party was an acquaintance—who recognized that I seemed like an LW kinda guy but wasn’t deeply familiar with my whole belief system—saying “Hey there’s this thing tonight we could go to.” So asking the host might not be practical; said host might already be drinking and playing board games or whatever degeneracy usually goes on. Thus if the e/acc ban was as widespread as I thought, it would make sense to know ahead of time.
It’s not.
That sounds likely. To be fair, I’ve mostly heard of this from
Beff Jezos & Beff-adjacent people whining about it on twitter
Aella’s gangbang
And I probably adjusted too hard off of this. Like nobody goes around prominently saying “actually we don’t mind if e/acc show up, so long as they’re nice” that I know of, but there’s no reason to assume that they would.
So my initial reaction to this was to feel slightly insulted, but I realize that probably wasn’t your intention.
I know how to go to parties. I’m not unusually awkward. I’m not a preacher. That’s not the problem here. I can usually get along with people as long as they’re not too nuts.
I asked this question because I believed that it very common for LW parties to specifically want to exclude people on philosophical grounds. If they do, and if their objection applies to me, I want them to succeed. I’ve heard stories of e/acc people trying to sneak into Berkeley parties incognito. That’s not my style.
Also, my model of the most likely circumstances where I was likely to attend such a party was an acquaintance—who recognized that I seemed like an LW kinda guy but wasn’t deeply familiar with my whole belief system—saying “Hey there’s this thing tonight we could go to.” So asking the host might not be practical; said host might already be drinking and playing board games or whatever degeneracy usually goes on. Thus if the e/acc ban was as widespread as I thought, it would make sense to know ahead of time.
Whether or not someone wants you dead or not is not a difference on “philosophical grounds”.