<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Carcinisation]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://carcinisation.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[strevdrrev]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://carcinisation.com/author/strevdrrev/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Contrarianism Explained, or Postmodernism: the Drinking&nbsp;Game]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>(Slightly edited from something I wrote over 20 years ago.)</p>
<p><strong>POSTMODERNISM: THE DRINKING GAME</strong><br />
<b>RULE 1:</b> If anyone, at any time, for any reason, believes in, supports, or likes a person, place, or idea, it&#8217;s only because they haven&#8217;t uncovered the fundamental contradictions underlying that belief; you are allowed to laugh at them because they are Less Jaded than you.</p>
<p><b>RULE 1a:</b> If everyone disbelieves in, attacks, or dislikes a person, place, or idea, it&#8217;s only because they haven&#8217;t uncovered the fundamental contradictions underlying that disbelief; you may support that person, place, or idea, <em>and</em> you are allowed to laugh at the other players because they are Less Perceptive than you.</p>
<p><b>RULE 2:</b> Never explain the rules.</p>
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