# Latest **URL:** https://briarfray.org/latest.md [Latest](https://briarfray.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://briarfray.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://briarfray.org/tags.md) --- ## [About Briar Fray](https://briarfray.org/t/about-briar-fray/24)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/about-briar-fray/24 "2026-01-23T03:05:52Z")
The purpose of this forum is to foster an intellectual space. I noticed that social media was too chaotic and disorganized; there wasn’t a good place to talk about metapolitics. /pol/ News, ragebait, lust-provoking ima… --- ## [Global Site Rules](https://briarfray.org/t/global-site-rules/5)
**Author:** [@system](https://briarfray.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/global-site-rules/5 "2025-01-20T04:52:53Z")
1 Don’t be a bitch to other users on the forum. Arguments will happen but try to have some class. If you’re too disruptive or too much of a bitch you’re getting kicked. Read this please. 2 No news or ragebait. If you’… --- ## [What alt-history prospect captivates you the most?](https://briarfray.org/t/what-alt-history-prospect-captivates-you-the-most/1132)
**Author:** [@0CK](https://briarfray.org/u/0CK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/what-alt-history-prospect-captivates-you-the-most/1132 "2026-10-16T21:25:10Z")
Imagine you had a month to mentally craft an alternate history timeline, and then for the rest of your life you can dream about culture and events from that timeline. I think I would like to imagine England with less No… --- ## [Seems like standards are dropping hard](https://briarfray.org/t/seems-like-standards-are-dropping-hard/1133)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/seems-like-standards-are-dropping-hard/1133 "2026-10-16T21:00:58Z")
I work in a factory, and the boomers are starting to retire. In their absence, the millennials and zoomers are much more lax – so much so it’s eerie. It’s like no one gives af People go to break early, leave late, hang … --- ## [Why do people award themselves a sense of shrewdness when being skeptical regardless of whether they're right or not?](https://briarfray.org/t/why-do-people-award-themselves-a-sense-of-shrewdness-when-being-skeptical-regardless-of-whether-theyre-right-or-not/1130)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/why-do-people-award-themselves-a-sense-of-shrewdness-when-being-skeptical-regardless-of-whether-theyre-right-or-not/1130 "2026-10-16T17:40:02Z")
Whenever even the dumbest person decides not to believe you for the dumbest reasons, it seems obvious that they think they’re smart for it. It pisses me off. --- ## [I hate how TikTok kids try and fail to disguise their sensitivity as contempt](https://briarfray.org/t/i-hate-how-tiktok-kids-try-and-fail-to-disguise-their-sensitivity-as-contempt/1131)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 5:23am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/i-hate-how-tiktok-kids-try-and-fail-to-disguise-their-sensitivity-as-contempt/1131 "2026-10-16T05:23:08Z")
Like, if I do something that makes little Jimmy piss his pants, he’ll be like “oh yeah you’re really tuff\[sic\] for that” sarcastically, whether I even looked like I was doing it for the sake of appearance–I must have, fo… --- ## [Are the jeets ok?](https://briarfray.org/t/are-the-jeets-ok/1127)
**Author:** [@Evergreen](https://briarfray.org/u/Evergreen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/are-the-jeets-ok/1127 "2026-10-15T23:56:45Z")
--- ## [Why is anger variably either righteous and empowering or something to patronize people over depending on worldview?](https://briarfray.org/t/why-is-anger-variably-either-righteous-and-empowering-or-something-to-patronize-people-over-depending-on-worldview/1129)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/why-is-anger-variably-either-righteous-and-empowering-or-something-to-patronize-people-over-depending-on-worldview/1129 "2026-10-15T19:22:54Z")
I keep seeing anger in the context of dumbass activists lauded as if it has the spiritual power to fix the world from the same people who think it’s a check mate to point out that someone is an angry white male (and then… --- ## [Vent: I hate the intellectually dishonesty of saying some instead of all](https://briarfray.org/t/vent-i-hate-the-intellectually-dishonesty-of-saying-some-instead-of-all/1122)
**Author:** [@mementomori](https://briarfray.org/u/mementomori)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/vent-i-hate-the-intellectually-dishonesty-of-saying-some-instead-of-all/1122 "2026-10-15T04:42:06Z")
Funny and accurate meme highlighting the letter of the law but disregards the spirit of the law. “Most circles should die because they’re red.” “But this circle isn’t red.” “Ah but I said most not all gottem.” “Exc… --- ## [I know it's a done to death point that 'those damn libruls are authoritarian as the people they claim to hate', but it's legitimately depressing seeing the free spirit drain from ecelebs when they get popular](https://briarfray.org/t/i-know-its-a-done-to-death-point-that-those-damn-libruls-are-authoritarian-as-the-people-they-claim-to-hate-but-its-legitimately-depressing-seeing-the-free-spirit-drain-from-ecelebs-when-they-get-popular/1128)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/i-know-its-a-done-to-death-point-that-those-damn-libruls-are-authoritarian-as-the-people-they-claim-to-hate-but-its-legitimately-depressing-seeing-the-free-spirit-drain-from-ecelebs-when-they-get-popular/1128 "2026-10-15T02:03:18Z")
It feels like nearly every parasocial fixation of mine is stained on some level with this. You get popular, you rise, and then you either gravitate into the center mass of Reddit/Twitter retards, or in some cases you fal… --- ## [Johnny should elaborate on his personality code theory](https://briarfray.org/t/johnny-should-elaborate-on-his-personality-code-theory/1093)
**Author:** [@Helix](https://briarfray.org/u/Helix)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/johnny-should-elaborate-on-his-personality-code-theory/1093 "2026-10-14T09:05:24Z")
He brought it up several times on Xitter without context and never explained it in-depth but it seems interesting. --- ## [I realized editing is very different from writing](https://briarfray.org/t/i-realized-editing-is-very-different-from-writing/1124)
**Author:** [@Eliot](https://briarfray.org/u/Eliot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/i-realized-editing-is-very-different-from-writing/1124 "2026-10-14T09:03:41Z")
I write a lot, multiple hours a day every day of the week, factoring out all distractions. The thing is, I primarily write for myself. I don’t do journalling or list-making for productivity, I mean real writing. The thin… --- ## [Our Culture, What's Left of It](https://briarfray.org/t/our-culture-whats-left-of-it/1126)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/our-culture-whats-left-of-it/1126 "2026-10-14T02:24:34Z")
--- ## [Fun SCP-style website](https://briarfray.org/t/fun-scp-style-website/1125)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/fun-scp-style-website/1125 "2026-10-14T02:00:41Z")
--- ## [Low-effort Quiz Thread](https://briarfray.org/t/low-effort-quiz-thread/1107)
**Author:** [@mementomori](https://briarfray.org/u/mementomori)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/low-effort-quiz-thread/1107 "2026-10-13T04:06:09Z")
Post quizzes and results that don’t take much time or effort to do. --- ## [Does anyone slightly dislike discourse that centers around what might currently be seen as a big deal, but what will actually be seen as a very time-specific thing that will be rendered a footnote?](https://briarfray.org/t/does-anyone-slightly-dislike-discourse-that-centers-around-what-might-currently-be-seen-as-a-big-deal-but-what-will-actually-be-seen-as-a-very-time-specific-thing-that-will-be-rendered-a-footnote/1123)
**Author:** [@Slinking\_Agony](https://briarfray.org/u/Slinking_Agony)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/does-anyone-slightly-dislike-discourse-that-centers-around-what-might-currently-be-seen-as-a-big-deal-but-what-will-actually-be-seen-as-a-very-time-specific-thing-that-will-be-rendered-a-footnote/1123 "2026-10-13T02:56:18Z")
Where to begin with what I mean by this? Using a current example would probably miss the point but it will make my point come across easier to the people reading it now, but it will also make it harder to understand for… --- ## [Injury vs tattoos](https://briarfray.org/t/injury-vs-tattoos/1121)
**Author:** [@mementomori](https://briarfray.org/u/mementomori)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/injury-vs-tattoos/1121 "2026-10-12T21:47:50Z")
Your crush has an injury, scar, or disfigurement on one of their limbs. The disfigurement is something like a keloid scar with 3rd degree burns. It healed and does not hurt them but do you prefer your crush keeps the sca… --- ## [Redditors are the best bit of evidence in favor of Aristotle's view on slavery](https://briarfray.org/t/redditors-are-the-best-bit-of-evidence-in-favor-of-aristotles-view-on-slavery/1120)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/redditors-are-the-best-bit-of-evidence-in-favor-of-aristotles-view-on-slavery/1120 "2026-10-11T14:55:48Z")
People who believe all intellect is found in agreeing with ‘the teacher’ and all excellence is found in seeking ‘the teacher’'s approval. By definition, followers. Deficient souls. Born slaves. --- ## [Drawing theory thread](https://briarfray.org/t/drawing-theory-thread/1119)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/drawing-theory-thread/1119 "2026-10-11T14:41:54Z")
This thread is self-explanatory. --- ## [Beautiful music thread](https://briarfray.org/t/beautiful-music-thread/750)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/beautiful-music-thread/750 "2026-10-11T14:21:57Z")
--- ## [A thread where I post the fruit of mental activity that I wasted on Youtube comments sections](https://briarfray.org/t/a-thread-where-i-post-the-fruit-of-mental-activity-that-i-wasted-on-youtube-comments-sections/649)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 5:03am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/a-thread-where-i-post-the-fruit-of-mental-activity-that-i-wasted-on-youtube-comments-sections/649 "2026-10-11T05:03:23Z")
In response to one person claiming comedy has fallen off, to which another person said, ‘You can be funny without being offensive.’: I don’t think you should have to “have to” do something to be allowed to do something.… --- ## [Fame nuke](https://briarfray.org/t/fame-nuke/1118)
**Author:** [@0CK](https://briarfray.org/u/0CK)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/fame-nuke/1118 "2026-10-10T16:39:06Z")
If you had a “fame nuke” that would irradiate a region with a degree of disproportionate cultural prominence for decades, where would you drop it? (the actual effect operates on the natural social networks between people… --- ## [Creative Writing Research](https://briarfray.org/t/creative-writing-research/733)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/creative-writing-research/733 "2026-10-08T16:49:58Z")
In this thread, I will be journaling about creative writing. Previously: --- ## [Lyrics I made for the title screen music of ULTRAKILL](https://briarfray.org/t/lyrics-i-made-for-the-title-screen-music-of-ultrakill/1117)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/lyrics-i-made-for-the-title-screen-music-of-ultrakill/1117 "2026-10-07T20:14:41Z")
The fire is gone, and the sparks run out Our faith is fading, replaced with doubt The universe trembles The stars un-align No one comes to comfort the baby’s cry The dim joy of living is tinged with regret And … --- ## [Would you rather be friends with a coal burner who hates trannies, or a tranny who hates niggers?](https://briarfray.org/t/would-you-rather-be-friends-with-a-coal-burner-who-hates-trannies-or-a-tranny-who-hates-niggers/1103)
**Author:** [@Slinking\_Agony](https://briarfray.org/u/Slinking_Agony)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/would-you-rather-be-friends-with-a-coal-burner-who-hates-trannies-or-a-tranny-who-hates-niggers/1103 "2026-10-06T22:41:44Z")
I ask because: I have lost count of how many times I have gone to a so-called “le keyed far right chud account”… Only for every single post to be about low-brow, low-effort, lowest common denominator punching bags. “m… --- ## [I hate how retarded niggerworshipers treat their indoctrination about no-no words as a fundamental truth](https://briarfray.org/t/i-hate-how-retarded-niggerworshipers-treat-their-indoctrination-about-no-no-words-as-a-fundamental-truth/1116)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/i-hate-how-retarded-niggerworshipers-treat-their-indoctrination-about-no-no-words-as-a-fundamental-truth/1116 "2026-10-06T22:29:31Z")
Saying slurs is bad because it’s racist! Of COURSE it’s racist! Everyone knows why it’s racist, it’s because the words are racist because they are! Saying ‘nigger’ is ontologically inseparable from hating, demeaning o… --- ## [The Elite Overproduction Myth](https://briarfray.org/t/the-elite-overproduction-myth/1113)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/the-elite-overproduction-myth/1113 "2026-10-06T01:26:47Z")
--- ## [WEIRD vs Non-WEIRD Psychology and Culture](https://briarfray.org/t/weird-vs-non-weird-psychology-and-culture/1115)
**Author:** [@0CK](https://briarfray.org/u/0CK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/weird-vs-non-weird-psychology-and-culture/1115 "2026-10-06T00:55:56Z")
https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/WEIRD\_vs\_Non-WEIRD\_Psychology\_and\_Culture --- ## [Newest twitter vibe-coded slop poll](https://briarfray.org/t/newest-twitter-vibe-coded-slop-poll/1092)
**Author:** [@barelysentient](https://briarfray.org/u/barelysentient)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/newest-twitter-vibe-coded-slop-poll/1092 "2026-10-05T11:26:55Z")
Poll Saw a bunch of guys on twitter taking this, I’m an absolute sucker for these types of polls. Here’s my results, would also be interested in seeing anyone’s here if they’ve taken it. --- ## [I know people, huh! White people!](https://briarfray.org/t/i-know-people-huh-white-people/1112)
**Author:** [@barelysentient](https://briarfray.org/u/barelysentient)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/i-know-people-huh-white-people/1112 "2026-10-05T03:46:17Z")
\\ Wondering if you guys have ever experienced the burden. I have, and it’s incredibly interesting every time. Annoying, yeah, but you end up doing things you wouldn’t normally do. Something unlocks within you, or at l… [Next page](https://briarfray.org/latest.md?page=1)