Ari Zerner

purple wizard, free hugs, pure of heart and thicc of ass

[Ari Zerner @AriZerner]

Love people and do what makes you happy

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I've been told in some contexts that I'm great at flirting, but I'm in a flirty groupchat and I feel totally out of my depth. Perhaps text simply isn't the right medium for me

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@TetraspaceWest

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@MasterTimBlais My moral intuition rates dog:chimpanzee worth much more highly than this

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Local wildlife agrees :(

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Omg my garden has produced the best kale I've ever tasted. Mildly sweet, almost nutty flavor

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@shaggysurvives @gptbrooke Seems like people could just go for part of it and be no worse off for the event being longer, but I guess there's a psychological component. Maybe extend the event by having a "main" section and an "extra" section?

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@Actuallykeltan Does this mean you're here?!

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@TinkerElla95 Ooh I'm excited to hear what you have to say! See you tonight :)

[Ari Zerner @AriZerner]

I really liked reading this. Sometimes I worry that I'm not providing value to my community, but one of my key roles is meeting a lot of people and folding especially cool ones into my extant network. Tastemaking for community. Nice to recognize my value in that.

[maja 🔭🍒 @majamediaco]

i think a lot about how high-profile mutuals, warm intros and social proof shape who gets read as credible in a networked world

part of me wishes we could perceive people more directly, but in a world of infinite noise, these signals often do carry useful information

ofc not the only information, but they are real information. same with references in hiring, or warm intros for jobs/startups. reality is socially mediated, and that is not inherently bad

the failure mode is mistaking the signal for the whole truth, or only noticing what is good after other people have already blessed it, e.g. mimetic desire, VCs chasing a deal after it has become hyped

the rarer skill is learning to recognise quality before the external markers arrive, which is why people with this skill are so valuable

[Ari Zerner @AriZerner]

At the level of fame where I introduce myself as "Ari" to someone at a TPOT meetup and they go "wait, Ari... Zowner?"

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Woo I have a ranking for 86/86 adjectives on Glosso!

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@EneaszWrites @shaggysurvives @wfenza Seconding both @wfenza's party being great and @shaggysurvives being hella cool https://t.co/0KTmG1oKkD

[brundolf @brundolfsmith]

@shaggysurvives There's Wes's party!
https://t.co/3pHBFslJow

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Sometimes I'll have a full conversation with someone and then finally remember their name after they walk away

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@shaggysurvives https://t.co/OGsump5fOu

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Lucky timeline pull

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@alt_basil Oh?? 🫂

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There are so many ways to be a person, and each of us has a sacred duty to trace out a new one

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@soxthegob Physical death or philosophical death?

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@tnnrnwll Pretty much yeah

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I have one volunteer! If I don't get a few more soon, I'll start calling on people

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The ACX Everywhere Meetup in Berkeley on June 10th needs a few people to take shifts at the door. DM me if you want to help!

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@tnnrnwll Hell yeah