Definitions by Hym Iam
Norm enforcement
Outside of childhood cultural conditioning, norm enforcement is a delusion.
Hym "Norm enforcement is largely performative. You, on some level, have to admit that norm enforcement ISN'T ACTUALLY FOR THE PERSON BEING SHAMED. You don't care whether or not they change or 'improve,' You want the people who SEE THE ACT OF SHAMING to think twice about mirroring or imitating or repeating the behavior being shamed. That's who it's for. It's for the viewer and not the person being shamed.
Hym "Norm enforcement is largely performative. You, on some level, have to admit that norm enforcement ISN'T ACTUALLY FOR THE PERSON BEING SHAMED. You don't care whether or not they change or 'improve,' You want the people who SEE THE ACT OF SHAMING to think twice about mirroring or imitating or repeating the behavior being shamed. That's who it's for. It's for the viewer and not the person being shamed.
And, again, it stems (I think) from this type of intellectual elitism where individuals are expected to cede their capacity for thought to... Not even intellectuals. Just random fucking YouTuber's REGARDLESS of their capacity for thought. It's like 'You don't have life X, therefore, the content or function of your mind is somehow de-legitimized regardless of HOW PERSON WITH LIFE X AQUIRED LIFE X (For example, entertaining children by being a loud obnoxious retard while playing video games). It's not different than that scene (And I'm repeating myself) from Bob's Burgers where Louise is heckling those baseball players. She attempts (and fails) to distract the batters (repeated) and the one time one of the batters fails; she takes full credit for his failure shouting 'See!? I did that! That was me!' That's all you're doing when you enforce norms. You're making YOURSELF FEEL BETTER about the existence of people who violate the norms of your adopted propositional ethic. It's superstition. It's not different than throwing salt over your shoulder when you spill the pepper. You're making an example of someone to intimidate the bystanders. And by 'Norm enforcement' I mean 'Social norm enforcement' and NOT 'Do what the Quran says or we're going to throw you off a building' MANUAL NORM ENFORCEMENT."
Norm enforcement by Hym Iam August 5, 2023
Proposition
Hym "It's about the proposition. And how the fuck was I suppose to know what kind of response I would get? How is this NOT the exact opposite of what should have happened here? And people are using my fucking arguments. Why would mainstream public intellectuals USE ARGUMENTS THAT DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE YOU FUCKING GOMER! JESUS CHRIST! CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO HIM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AND ARGUMENT AND AN ASSERTION!? You're just asserting that it isn't a problem and EVEN IF IT WAS A PROBLEM you wouldn't give a shit. Seriously, I was a 1400 WITHOUT being trained by the greatest chess players on the planet. Dumb. You want to bitch about what I'm doing but look at the fucking morons who are already popular!"
Proposition by Hym Iam August 5, 2023
Chewing with both sides of your mouth
Hym "You have got to be fucking shitting me, does NOT chewing with both sides of your mouth contribute to TMJ!? Well what in the fuck am I supposed to do about that now you son of a bitch!? God damnit. Oh and does my concern for the spontaneous increase in the severity of my symptoms insult you? Is it not worth your time? Fucking prick."
Chewing with both sides of your mouth by Hym Iam August 5, 2023
The world's muse
Hym "Oh... I donno... The world's muse? Political commentator/satirist? An amalgam of the world's greatest minds? Comedian/Comedy Writer/Screenwriting prodigy? Delusional narcissistic asshole? Beyond that I'm just some fucking... guy... I donno." 🤷 ♂️
The world's muse by Hym Iam August 5, 2023
Inconsistent
Hym "Anyone accusing me of being inconsistent has either never seen me on an off day or has never seen one of my gaming streams. I talk about liking being polite, I talk about crippling social anxiety around women I'm attracted to, I talk about being too nice to women. On the OTHERHAND, I also talk about being a narcissistic, lazy, asshole with a temper. I think I've said it before that I'm consistent in my duplicity. And, in the context of psychology, I am high in trait openness. Which means my personality is GOING TO BE inconsistent or fluid by temperament more so than someone who is lower in trait openness. So, yeah, I'm about as consistent as I can (reasonably) be... I'm also better than everyone and a genius.... So there's that..."
Inconsistent by Hym Iam August 5, 2023