1. Website Design and Usability
Mixed reactions to the site's aesthetics: praised for whimsy but criticized for readability, fonts, animations, and scrolling issues.
"that website is very pretty. It's nice to see something that stands out between all the copy-and-paste AI slop." (reeeeee)
"the fonts appear to be something like comic sans, it is a chore to read." (joshribakoff)
"the text hard to read (both because of the typeface and the small size), the animations distracting during scrolling... and the background colors too dark." (optymizer)
2. Cheating vs. Cooperation in Game Theory and Society
Debate on whether defection/cheating dominates due to reputation resets and human tolerance for abusers, countered by arguments for collaboration, institutions, reputation (e.g., Japan's "infinite games"), and evolution.
"cheating is the clear winning strategy. By a mile... It's objectively a superior strategy." (cryptica)
"our current prosperity is founded on an enormous mountain of collaboration and shared beliefs... the system can only handle a certain amount of [cheating] before it collapses." (oersted)
"In their world, cheating doesn't just mean losing a job. It means 'killing the Name' for all ancestors and future generations." (578_Observer)
3. Affirmative Action as Zero-Sum vs. Coordination Problem
Critics view AA as redistributing fixed slots away from merit; defenders see it as correcting biases/historical inequities in a broader system.
"Affirmative action sets up a zero-sum game where fixed resources like university admissions... are redistributed to people with the 'correct' demographics." (skibidithink)
"AA is meant to correct historical instances of [unequal distributions]... the so-called meritocracy had/has its own unequal distributions." (aprilthird2021)