I haven't seen people wilfully misunderstand all possible criticism of them so hard since the last time rationalists hit the headlines, with Scott Alexander - eviltoast
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      1 year ago

      The kind of people described in this article say “cool yacht” and are loathsome.

      https://archive.is/sMA9e

      "The 12 Wildest Things I Learned as a Nightlife Concierge in Ibiza

      Between €69,000 Champagne and feral party crashers, private yachts and helicopter flights, hangover IVs and “naked houses,” just one week managing wealthy clients pushed our writer to the brink of exhaustion."

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      If you spend your money on a yacht, people say “cool yacht”.

      I was going to say, I have never heard a single human soul in my decades upon this earth say “cool yacht.”