Why So Many in the Radical Left

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Why So Many in the

Radical Left
Participate in
Speedrunning
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Origin: Twitter
Year: 2021
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Why So Many in the Radical Left
Par ticipate in Speedrunning refers to a
thread by Twitter user @bronzeswords in
which he attempts to make an argument
about why speedrunning video games is a
"leftist" hobby. In the thread, he argues that
speedrunning is an expression of the political
left's lack of work ethic and is an attempt to
"elevate alternative sexual archetypes in the
marketplace," citing Jordan Peterson theory
on sexuality. The thread was widely mocked
in numerous ways on social media.

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On October 16th, 2021, Twitter user
@bronzeswords[1] posted a fifteen-tweet-long
thread outlining his theory as to why, in his
view, "so many in the radical left participate in
speedrunning." Over the course of the thread,
he argues that the political left has a lack of
work ethic, thus prioritizes "going fast" over
"doing it right." This would promote a
communist point of view that work is easy,
comparing speedrunning to the fully-
automated luxury gay space communism
meme (example tweets shown below).

ConradGolden
@bronzeswords

Iwasthinkingaboutwhysomanyintheradicalleft
participatein"speedrunning"

Thereasonistheleft'slackofworkethic('gofast'
ratherthan'doitright')and,inaPetersoniansense,to
elevatealternativesexualarchetypesinthe
marketplace('fastestmario')1/14
8:03AM•Oct16,2021•TwitterWebApp

845Retweets6.050OuoteTweets2.590Likes

Tweetyourreply Reply

ConradGolden@bronzeswords•Oct16
Replyingto@bronzeswords
Obviously,thereareexceptionstothisandsomepeoplemoreinthecenter
orrightalso"speedrun".However,theymorethansufficienttoprovethe
rule,ratherthancontrastit.

ConsiderhowwokeGDQhasbeen,almostsincetheverybeginning.Your
eyeswillstarttoopen.2/14

ConradGolden@bronzeswords•Oct16
Returningtothetopicoftheworkethic...

A"speedrunner"maywellspendhoursadayattheircraft,butthisis
ultimatelyameaninglessexercise,sincetheywillultimatelyaccomplish
exactlythatwhichisdoneinlesscollectivetimebyacasualplayer.3/14

O51 (764 179

ConradGolden@bronzeswords•Oct16
Thisisthusawasteofeffortonthebehalfofthe"speedrunner".Putmore
simply,theyarespendingtheirworkeffortonsomethingthatsomeoneelse
hasalreadydone(anddoneinawaydeemed'correct'bythecreatorofthe
artwork).

Whydotheydothis?4/14
O27 1735 0142

ConradGolden@bronzeswords-Oct16
Theanswerisquiteobviousifyouthinkaboutit.Thegoalistheillusionof
speedandthedesire(SUBCONSCIOUS)topromoteradicalleftist,
borderlineCommunistidealsofhoweasyworkis.

Everyonealwayssaysthat"speedruns"lookeasy.Thatispartofthe
aesthetic.5/14

O 47 12158 O 165

ConradGolden@bronzeswords•Oct16
Thinkaboutthephrase"fullyautomatedluxuryCommunism"inthecontext
of"speedrunning"andIstronglysuspectthatthingswillstartto'click'in
yourmind.

6/14

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He then digresses into discussing how

speedrunning is a means for the "radical left"
to elevate an "alternative sexual archetype" in
the "marketplace," citing Jordan Peterson
theory. He argues that people like Elon Musk
are traditionally seen as the most desirable
type of mate for being "innovators," and
speedrunners are attempting to elevate
"speed" as a desirable alternative to
"innovation."

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The tweet was widely mocked on Twitter,
racking up a 6,000-840 quote-tweet-to-retweet
ratio in the span of four days. Twitter user
@Turbojehtt posted a video parodying the
thread, imagining it as the ideology of
Shadow the Hedgehog, gaining over 570
retweets and 2,800 likes (shown below, top).
User @thetruesand posted a video of Duke
Nukem saying, "wow that's a lot of words, too
bad I'm not reading them," gaining over 120
retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below,
bottom).

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Conrad Golden @bronzeswords

I was thinking about why so many in
the radical left participate in
"speedrunning"

The reason is the left's lack of work

ethic ('go fast' rather than 'do it
right') and, in a Petersonian sense, to
elevate alternative sexual archetypes
in the marketplace ('fastest mario')
1/14

3:15 PM · Oct 16, 2021

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Several elements of the thread inspired jokes

on Twitter and Reddit, including
@bronzeswords' use of the term
"Petersonian" to describe Jordan Peterson
theory and the phrase "alternative sexual
archetypes ('fastest mario')." User
@fransiscobegbie[2] posted a Milk Edinburgh
parody with the text, gaining over 150
retweets and 3,100 likes (shown below, left).
Redditor gungas134[3] posted a Don't Worry
Baby, He's Just A Nerd! parody to
/r/GamingCircleJerk, gaining over 6,900
points (shown below, right).

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