″$500 Write like lsusr competition - Results” by lsusr

Herre are the results of the New Year Write-Like-Lsusr Masquerade.

3% Meditations on Suffering

Meditations on Suffering by MeditationsOnShrimp technically satisfies all of the competition criteria. Congratulations on beating the ~8 billion people who did not participate in this tournament. You are in the top 0.00000002%.

MeditationsOnShrimp wins this participation trophy. 🏆

8% [Book Review] "Reality+" by David Chalmers

This post felt familiar. Something about the facing pacing felt like the kind of thing I would write in the early phase of my writing, when I had only 2-3 years of blogging experience rather than the 6 years I have now, back before I learned how to wield indirection and deliberate ambiguity.

I think this post was written by someone who has read a lot of my writings and even watched some of the videos.

8% The Benefits of Meditation Come From Telling People That You Meditate

This post is obviously not written by the real lsusr because it demonstrates a level of self-awareness and humility far beyond the real lsusr. I don't think this was a serious competition entry. I think this was is a savage takedown that uses the competition as a pretext to make fun of [...]

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Outline:

(00:17) 3% Meditations on Suffering

(00:45) 8% \[Book Review\] Reality+ by David Chalmers

(01:13) 8% The Benefits of Meditation Come From Telling People That You Meditate

(01:49) 9% Rules clarification for the Write like lsusr competition

(02:18) 10% The Ones who Feed their Children

(02:27) 19% How To Create A Lsusr Golem

(02:50) 23% Human Values

(03:22) 48% Orpheus Basilisk

(03:44) 97% \[Book Review\] * → 🚹 → *

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First published:
January 1st, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nDiijZnPaLZdTttS3/usd500-write-like-lsusr-competition-results

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