i’m not sure accelerationists like that exist. i mostly seen that term used to caricature third party voters, who may have an overly idealistic electoral strategy but are earnestly trying to win an election and are not accelerationists

more of a jazz fan

*susceptible* and *receptive* are your designations. I'm sure a Matty fan would say he is *receptive* to criticism as well.

I don't think one loud voice provides enough of economic incentive to qualify as "audience capture". @jamellebouie.net means it derisively as telling your audience what they want to hear to keep their subscription. I'm not sure that's a bad thing, especially in politics.

what are downsides of audience capture, exactly? i'm asking as a member of the audience. seems like being having your thoughts influenced by feedback from your audience is a productive relationship, even at the extreme end of things.

Some small place in St. John's with like four guys hanging out and one guy making bagels, I don't remember the name unfortunately. I moved shortly afterwards, this is like 6 years ago

I had the best bagel I've ever had in Portland

I was lucky enough to have two very vocal, independent minded parents who had a consensus about me sucking, so I learned not have illusions about gender socialization or solidarity or whatever other force is offered as an explanation for why women would inevitably have better behavior here

Ah, that’s a very rare experience

Have you ever had a job? Not trying to pull a gotcha, that just seems genuinely surprising to me