Status, staUtus, statuS
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Status Chase Me, Bro
A defiant, ironic retort to overtly degrading remarks that exposes unconscious social dominance, especially when disguised as friendliness, advice, or validation. It calls out the constant performance of worth through metrics, scores, or emotional leverage used to claim authority or control.
Rejects the idea that status must be “earned” through approval, achievements, or moral superiority. Instead, it challenges the entire game: “You don’t get to set the terms. Stop using validation as currency. Influence isn’t claimed, it’s given freely, not taken through manipulation.”
Reject both status games and gendered put-downs. Demand autonomy and mutual respect, not hierarchy.
Rejects the idea that status must be “earned” through approval, achievements, or moral superiority. Instead, it challenges the entire game: “You don’t get to set the terms. Stop using validation as currency. Influence isn’t claimed, it’s given freely, not taken through manipulation.”
Reject both status games and gendered put-downs. Demand autonomy and mutual respect, not hierarchy.
Status Chase Me, Bro by L15t3Nr December 7, 2025
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Status-Quo Dogmatism
The blind, quasi-religious belief that the existing social, political, and economic order is not just the best possible system, but the only natural and correct one. Change is seen as inherently dangerous and unnatural. This dogma often appeals to "tradition," "the way things have always been," or "human nature" as immutable laws, treating any proposal for reform as a foolish rebellion against the cosmic default settings of society.
*Example: "His status-quo dogmatism was exhausting. 'Why should we change the zoning laws? Suburbs and cars have worked since the 50s! Why have multi-family housing? That's not how it's done!' He couldn't conceive that the 'way it's done' was itself a choice, not a law of physics."*
Status-Quo Dogmatism by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026
Status-Quo Purity
The aggressive policing of any deviation from established norms and traditions, punishing even mild reforms as contaminating a supposedly pristine, stable system. This goes beyond resistance to change; it's an active crusade to purge "impure" elements—be it new cultural ideas, technologies, or social roles—to maintain a frozen, idealized version of the past. The goal is a museum-diorama society, sterilized of dynamism.
*Example: "The neighborhood association was a cult of status-quo purity. They fined a homeowner for a non-beige mailbox, fought a new bike lane as a 'moral decay vector,' and demanded the book club remove a novel published after 1995. Their mission wasn't stability; it was the militant preservation of a specific, curated year no one actually lived in."*
Status-Quo Purity by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026
Status laundering
the act of resharing or reacting to a well-known person's post in a way that's designed to make you look like you're in their circle, agree with them as an equal, or have some kind of relationship with them, when in reality you have none
Status laundering with his social media post showing Neil Patels quite for SEO when he doesnt even know Neil
Status laundering by Status Laundering June 16, 2026
Epistemic Status
Culture of origin: lesswrong-adjacent blogging communities
The epistemic status is a short disclaimer at the top of a post that explains how confident the author is in the contents of the post, how much reputation the author is willing to stake on it, what sorts of tests the thesis has passed.
It should give a reader a sense of how seriously they should take the post.
The epistemic status is a short disclaimer at the top of a post that explains how confident the author is in the contents of the post, how much reputation the author is willing to stake on it, what sorts of tests the thesis has passed.
It should give a reader a sense of how seriously they should take the post.
It had "Epistemic Status: Wild off-the-cuff speculation" so I didn't bother to read it. It seemed entertaining, just didn't have time.
He said "Epistemic Status: Would bet at 30:1 odds in favour of the thesis and I probably one of the top 100 theorists in the intersection of the relevant fields" but it still seemed completely insane to me. Heads better roll if/when it turns out to be wrong. Like, I mean it, he should lose all of his social capital. People should stop reading his blog and his eigenkarma should be reset (If he's somehow right though I will be very impressed)
"Epistemic Status: Fiction"
He said "Epistemic Status: Would bet at 30:1 odds in favour of the thesis and I probably one of the top 100 theorists in the intersection of the relevant fields" but it still seemed completely insane to me. Heads better roll if/when it turns out to be wrong. Like, I mean it, he should lose all of his social capital. People should stop reading his blog and his eigenkarma should be reset (If he's somehow right though I will be very impressed)
"Epistemic Status: Fiction"
Epistemic Status by 7154b22954f68d626c891921a6a5e0 January 12, 2019