3mo ago

Surprising how fast they move

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polyamory really seems like this mainstreamly palatable sort of queerness that's gained popularity recently and I hate to even think about what capitalism will make of it
- Patriarchal polygyny
  
  Yyyyyeah, eventually resulting in a dogshit article on "The rise of the Haremfluencer".
- I went to a couple of events here, and it was like... a few local wealthy tech bros, and then a bunch of queer goths who were varying degrees of broke. Generally Gen X vibes at the event, even though I feel like everyone I know under 28 is some degree of poly
  
  So basically Elon Musk-types and Grimes-types?
- 100 articles urging people not to move in with your polycule, funded by your local landlord and Ford.
  
  Or rents increasing and "polycule-ready housing" being advertised, basically frathouses but worse
- It's really not palatable to the mainstream lol
  
  I've meant in a "people cracking jokes about it and meming about it" way
- Do we need to kill landlords, or just add another ~~roommate~~ lover to the polycule?
- They will make polygamy of it.
2035, Huawei goes viral on English-language WeChat for "One for every headmate" smartphone ad in New York subway car.
There's something just so damn...I don't know...creepy? Unsettling? About this particular sort of advertising. This kind of executive decision, trying to seem "approachable" and "relatable" made by a bunch of suits who have never faced any real hardship their entire lives trying to connect their brand using "slang" and "fads" like this. They see something is popular, so they infest it like parasites, completely removing a word from its context and using it as yet another trendy marketing term.

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