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this post was submitted on 10 May 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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I tried digging into it a little bit and it looks like the key word was definitely "less openly racist". According to A blog from someone else who tried to trace jt the term originated with Theo Beale, better known by his nom de merde Vox Day. I know I first became aware of this guy when he started trying to politicize the election process for the Hugo awards in order to make them less woke. It was real dumb.
Ow god vox day. That dweeb.
bizarre. Magic Dirt was an Australian indie rock band in the 90s.