"At This Time": The Language of the Longhouse

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When JRR Tolkien began drafting the Lord of the Rings books, he started with what he knew to be the most foundational aspect of civilization: language. Developing the languages of Middle Earth, including how they were changed over the centuries (millennia) by extinctions and wars and natural disasters, helped to build the living, breathing realm that Frodo’s journey occurred in.

I’ll spare you the mostly boring lecture about political correctness, corporate vocabulary and the burgeoning industry surrounding the softening of modern language to influence culture (such as the very deliberate redefining of “illegal invader” as “undocumented migrant”). It’s all been done before by better writers than me.

Instead, I want to talk about a singular phrase that has engulfed society and the repercussions this phrase has on the world we live in.

Think of all the times in your life you’ve encountered the titular phrase:

Job rejections.

College admissions.

Statements by politicians and corporate spokesmen.

They all use this one annoying, heinous phrase: At this time.

You can see the uptick in use beginning in about 2015 when the language reconstruction industry sanctioned and later mandated this phrase.

Why?

Because these 3 words contain a complete worldview that is easily transmitted. They are intentionally vague, nebulous, open ended. They imply a lack of finality, as if something could change in the future— but no guarantees! And, like the title says, the words suggest a lack of accountability. It’s a sanitized, legally-sound way to say something without saying anything at all. It’s an annoying, frustrating, and retarded way to talk. Just tell me I didn’t get the job, don’t tell me “we are moving forward with other candidates at this time”. “At this time” sounds like the decision was only made because of present circumstances, and that there might be a different situation in the foggy, non-legally obligated future. We both know that isn’t true.

So, where has the phrase “At this time” wormed into modern culture?

The Longhouse

So, in all fairness, I kinda hate a lot of modern Right Wing vocabulary. A lot of it is so niche and online context-specific that it takes a lot of sitting on the internet to understand or use correctly. Like, I was there for “based” (which started off as a joke about copying Lil B on 4Chan), but my time as an 18 year old online has passed and I just don’t care to remain on the cutting edge of the lingo. I even feel a divide growing between me and <2000 day iFunniers, probably because they are 18-20 and I’m not anymore. As you can tell from my upload schedule, I just don’t spend that much time online anymore. So, stuff like “countersignal” or “optics” or “___pill” or “___er” (doomer, coomer, etc) are terms I understand but am just not going to incorporate into my little autismo lexicon. I type almost exactly how I speak aloud in real life, plain English, which I hope is evident as you read my writing.

This hilariously stupid article from the early Trump era lists some of the last batch of RW slang terms that I’m truly familiar with

All that to say, I immediately saw the value of the term Longhouse. For those who aren’t up to speed on Zoomerspeak like me, the “Longhouse” is (in my words) a matriarchal society that uses shushing, HR, and bastardized Enlightenment values (“representation”, equality, lowercase f freedom) to enforce cultural orthodoxy and prevent anything from happening. This fat Mexican has made an entire comedy career out of portraying Longhouse commissars:

Note that this guy’s fictional video mimics his real life experiences in which there are effectively no white people present at all

He’s not somebody I’d grill a steak with, but you have to give him props for accurately portraying a lot of the body language and mannerisms Longhousers have: obesity, the wild eyes, the “concentrating with my mouth open” look, the teacher-esque shrill tone of voice meant to dominate the room, the “all policies and procedures are being followed according to applicable regulations so nothing bad can happen” self-affirmative head nods and word selection, etc.

It’s infuriating to watch, which is why his videos are so entertaining.

The longhouse is a diabolical agent of

Which is one of my favorite posts I’ve ever made, btw. The unrelated Hunter Biden crack pipe thumbnail might be part of that.

Anyway, Longhousers have this intrinsic, motherly instinct to get in the way of anything happening. They want, in their female reptile brain, to control all risk and danger by enforcing conformity and regularity. Imagine if the mothers that prevented scraped knees by simply having their kid sit inside all day became the leaders of today’s society. This also sheds light on “Karens”, who are just longhouse commissars that don’t have some immediate apparatus of the Longhouse machine there to provide muscle.

I just watched a video where a Karen checked tickets at a college football game to make sure total strangers were sitting in their appropriate seats. Sure, she’s retarded, but the “regime” (security) is going to side with her and send someone with a modicum of authority to do the exact same thing. This Karen was disrupted because she grew up in a decadent environment where people make entire careers out of rule enforcement. Stopping someone from sitting in the wrong seat at a college football game is the equivalent of an altar boy stopping the Communion wine from spilling. It is a deeply religious experience.

Note: Many pro-white iFunniers do not use the term “Karen” because it appears to be anti-white, especially given there is not an acceptable analogue for annoying women of other races. I see “Karen” like making fun of Europeans: only acceptable for whites.

This relates to “At this time” because that phrase allows Longhousers to feel like they’re being fair. In some sort of maternal way, the phrase lets them think they’re acknowledging the feelings of both parties before brokering some sort of quick-and-dirty peace deal: “I’m aware that you feel this way, but at this time we are going with option 2”. This phrase isn’t for you, it’s for them. It’s so they can go home from the HOA meeting feeling like they did a good job of hearing their peasants before making their decisions. “I did the best I could, given the circumstances!” self talk is contained within this phrase.

Also, “at this time” longhousers make fantastic middle management. When people say that women can’t make good mid-grade military officers, for example, I completely disagree. I have seen, first-hand, their civilian equivalent (middle management) balance complex and disparate information in real time. The Longhouse gene is amazing for this. It is an innate, transcendental trait that only women possess: enforce normality and consistency at all costs. Find something that deviates from normal and crush it into position. They can do this on an Excel spreadsheet just as easily as they can shush over a child speaking out of turn. Some subset of “The Holocaust written in cursive in my planner at University” women make god tier enforcers of protocol and middle managers. On the flip side, they are quite bad at deep and complex analysis and therefore make horrible senior leadership. These are people that can enforce the rules on every piece on the chessboard to make sure nobody is moving out of turn. That doesn’t mean they have a chance of winning the game itself. The first role requires organization, small amounts of problem solving, and the ability to juggle. The second requires creativity, daring, and a much higher IQ. In other words, they’re great flight attendants and terrible pilots. You can see why Trump was a non-starter with them, politics aside. He’s unconventional, rude, and uncontrollable. The women that “gracefully assume positions of authority with love, humility, and respect for everyone regardless of race, religion…..” hate this.

A really funny example of this was in a recent Mr. Beast video (I watch all of them):

At the 23:15 mark, this woman who has been surviving in the jungle for days recites corporate boardroom jargon about treating others with respect because her male opponent raised his voice and mentioned her son. It’s really funny to see how deeply ingrained this behavior is.

For this reason, Longhouse-ites are the preferred choice of middle management in the government. Consider who mans every DMV and unimportant city bureaucrat position. Bureaucracy itself, to be the Associate Senior Deputy of Operations of some ultimately meaningless office, attracts the Longhouse phenotype.

While particularly stupid, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is an excellent example of “at this time” longhousers given her almost supernatural ability to silence dissent with flowery, empty language. She also looks like a toad.

Think about how a masculine society’s press secretary might field tough questions: either addressing them directly or confronting the person asking said questions. In our Longhouse society, it’s a matronly Karen chanting Thank you! THANK YOU!!! The pedophile-in-chief will not be taking anymore questions at this time. THANK YOU!!!! While ushering Biden to the door and signaling to the stage crew to start turning off microphones.

Trust the Experts

Gatekeeping is also an important part of the longhouse, which segues into the “Trust the Experts” section. As discussed, Longhousers rely on clean, organized, easy-to-understand credentialing to give someone a voice. They don’t like irregularity or non-conformity. Once, I’ve had to back down a woman in my life for trying to Longhouse a conversation because I was (rightly) angered about something. Not her, by the way, just the topic at hand— another woman who backed out of plans at the 11th hour after swearing she wouldn’t. In that moment, I was not credentialed to speak to her. Her biological impulse was to stop the anger, to stop something from happening, even if it meant “betraying” me for the time being. So, a woman that is ostensibly on my side in all facets of life momentarily took the side of the phantom of the person my anger was directed to. Because, since I was angry and this person wasn’t in the room, they seemed more “reasonable” and thus credentialed. This oozed out in the form of sympathizing, making excuses, explaining, and direct requests to let my anger dissipate so I could be easier to sanitize and control. It is very easy to see a mothering instinct at play here.

I say “reasonable” because it highlights the (literal) cult of reason that runs society. Being reasonable is fine, but there are times that being unreasonable is still the correct action. Aristotle would say, in his Rhetoric, that my anger in the previous situation was an affirmation of my own value. People don’t get angry about being mistreated when they’re suicidal, because they think they’re not worth it. Well, I am. The above conversation was not a rational debate, it was a private venting of my frustration (partly to spare the feelings of the woman who had wronged me). I didn’t want to reach the optimal conclusion, I wanted time to process my emotions and verbalize my feelings— ironically, a very reasonable thing indeed. The longhouse doesn’t want this. It wants you to go to a credentialed therapist who can effectively contain and sanitize your feelings.

Universities are thus the proverbial Hunter Biden crack pipe for Longhousers. They provide the necessary credentialing (and weeding out) to determine who’s voice is allowed to be heard. After all, it is very reasonable to suspect someone with a degree in X topic is qualified to speak about it. They’ve proven their reasonableness to a larger governing body that can externally validate their conformity. Someone who writes a thesis paper about, say, defending Germany in the World Wars will not a history degree from Harvard. So, a Harvard degree is the greenlight that this person can serve as clergy in the cult of reason: meting out authoritative opinions on the matter from atop their episcopal throne.

Consider someone like gaming industry legend Gabe Newell. He is a non-conformist that deliberately rejected the credentialing process. In fact, he dropped out of Harvard. There is nothing saying GabeN is qualified to do much of anything, work history aside. There’s been no decree (degree!) that he is an authority on computers and computer gaming. You’d only know this by taking a risk on him, listening to him talk, using subjective judgement, and inferring that he is, indeed, a wizard on the keyboard. This is like holding up a crucifix to a vampire to the Longhouse. They want you to trust the experts.

Think back to 2020. We did a lot of trusting the experts then, didn’t we? Do you remember how imperial decrees and mandates were phrased? It always followed a specific formula

1. Invoking of authoritative person or title

2. At this time

3. Ambiguous threat

A sample decree from that era might’ve looked like this:

“The CDC has recently issued an advisory requiring the use of masks in indoor spaces to prevent the transmission of the SARS‑CoV‑2 (Covid-19) virus. At this time, we are requiring all shoppers to wear WHO-Approved masks to enter the store. Additionally, we are requiring the observance of social distancing at this time. These measures are peer-reviewed methods of limiting the spread of Covid-19. Failure to comply can result in removal from the premises”

It’s always someone else’s fault. Never mind that the CDC is their Vatican, allegedly housing a college of cardinals (experts) that rule with authority on the pandemic. Everyone is always reacting, always making a quick-and-dirty in the moment (at this time) judgement. “I’m not the one that made the advisory, I’m just following what the CDC said so I don’t get in trouble. This is the best we can do at this time”, they said. It’s as if they were looking at a prophecy for crop harvests from the sun god. They completely dehumanized the CDC and acted as if it were some inhuman monolith that dispensed immutable laws of nature that the rest of us had to simply accept as a divine mandate. They really didn’t want you to peak behind the curtain and see the unimpressive drones that were piloting the ship, oftentimes making incorrect judgements despite their “expert status”.

Plug this into your prerequisite knowledge of places like Reddit and Wikipedia. These are effectively the “congregation Bible study” of the CDC’s divine scripture. It is a fundamentally religious issue to them to say the word “Expert” in the same sense that a catholic might say “Pope”. Reddit and Wikipedia offer clean, easy to understand metrics for vetting. Conformists get updooted or badged or verified, dissenters are downdooted or outright banned. This is an important part of ensuring nothing ever happens. Lots of stuff happens in a truly free-speech environment, and it’s up to the credentialed to ensure that nothing happens today. Longhousers just don’t understand a worldview where people don’t care about expert opinion. After all, its REASONABLE!!!

Go look at how they graffiti’d Trump’s Wikipedia page. You can tell who is doing the writing and rewriting of history by their language. His page contains the word “false” 48 times. This is more like an excommunication or announcement of anathema theology than a truly neutral arbitration of fact, btw. It’s just dressed up in rationalist language. One “source” on his page claims that Trump made over 30,000 false statements while he was in office. The “experts” concocting this fable are journalists with little grounding in reality or life experience. So, they export out critical thinking to “experts” (which is still not the job of a journalist).

TLDR

The phrase “At this time” is an essential component of the Longhouse and the way orthodoxy is enforced today. It intentionally denies accountability, makes everything confusing and ambigious, and trains people to defer to the credentialed class.

Once you start noticing it’s prevalence in society as I have, you can’t go back. Hope it bugs you as much as it bugs me!

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