# What is my relative saying he is? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404 "2017-06-08T00:18:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/1 "2017-06-08T00:18:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Anarcho-communism, anarcho-primitivism > Individualist Anarchism, anarcho-primativism šŸ˜• I have a relative that is a couple of years younger than me (early 20ā€™s) who posted this in the political views section of his Facebook page. What does this word salad mean? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/2 "2017-06-08T00:27:38Z")
Mostly that he has some maturing to do. ETA: but if you want a real answer, both terms have Wikipedia pages. [Anarchist communism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_communism) [Anarcho-primitivism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-primitivism) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/3 "2017-06-08T00:31:00Z")
He appreciates the ā€œ[Dennis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2c-X8HiBng)ā€ scene from ā€œThe Holy Grail.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/4 "2017-06-08T01:48:30Z")
Schizophrenia. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/5 "2017-06-08T01:52:24Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > šŸ˜• > I have a relative that is a couple of years younger than me (early 20ā€™s) who posted this in the political views section of his Facebook page. > > What does this word salad mean? Well, I immediately take away that heā€™s unsure of how to spell _primitivism_ and doesnā€™t care to look it up. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/6 "2017-06-08T02:21:07Z")
A label-lover. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/7 "2017-06-08T02:30:15Z")
He read chapter 1 of several books he didnā€™t quite understand, including Das Kapital, Thoreauā€™s major works, and probably some Ayn Rand, as well as Gravelle and Guerin. ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/8 "2017-06-08T03:14:38Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > Schizophrenia. Well, there is a high probability he is on the Autism Spectrum. Really smart, weird interests (LOVED maps and license plates as a kid), stilted speech, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/9 "2017-06-08T03:22:15Z")
A poser. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/10 "2017-06-08T03:54:25Z")
You mean a poseur. Thatā€™s like a poser, but more posery. ---
**Author:** ![igor\_frankensteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/11 "2017-06-08T04:00:22Z")
At that particular age, that sort of self-labeling usually is only peripherally meaningful. All those terms are in one way and another, anti-establishment authority, and given his age and your description of him, Iā€™d bet it simply means that he is currently averse to being tied down to any of the primary political organizations. Anarchy (not actual anarchy, the more romanticized versions of it) tend to appeal to younger people, especially young males who are being driven by hormones and DNA, to strike out on their own. Especially when they are averse to actually suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and prefer to instead make Strelnikovian proclamations about everything instead. Thatā€™s a Doctor Zivago reference. What exactly he means, youā€™d be wise to ferret out gradually in detail, because expansive terms such as he used, really donā€™t specify much other than that he doesnā€™t care for mainstream notions all that much, but still likes to have strong opinions. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/12 "2017-06-08T04:04:21Z")
For an anarchist, he really likes joining groups. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/13 "2017-06-08T11:43:57Z")
ā€˜Attention seeking poseurā€™. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/14 "2017-06-08T12:30:00Z")
I think therefore I amā€¦confused. Seriously, Iā€™m not sure there is anything you can do about him personally, but you might keep an eye on him. In todayā€™s climate, fairly normal young person anti-authority leanings can be enticed into any number of more radical activist factions. Some of them are more benign, some are more destructive. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/15 "2017-06-08T14:22:23Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Well, I immediately take away that heā€™s unsure of how to spell _primitivism_ and doesnā€™t care to look it up. Given that itā€™s repeated and spelled correctly the first time, itā€™s also possible the second instance a deep insightful comment on our relationship to our primate ancestors, or the communist tendencies of apes. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/16 "2017-06-08T14:41:52Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Well, I immediately take away that heā€™s unsure of how to spell _primitivism_ and doesnā€™t care to look it up. Screw your dictionary! Screw prescriptivist oligarchy! Anarchist spelling power to the people! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/17 "2017-06-08T14:54:59Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Screw your dictionary! Screw prescriptivist oligarchy! Anarchist spelling power to the people! šŸ˜ƒ Donā€™t be a looser, man. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/18 "2017-06-08T14:58:43Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Donā€™t be a looser, man. Did he _lose_ his mind, or _loose_ his mind? (His brainā€™s running down the street! :eek:) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/19 "2017-06-08T14:59:35Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > šŸ˜• > I have a relative that is a couple of years younger than me (early 20ā€™s) who posted this in the political views section of his Facebook page. > > What does this word salad mean? it means ā€œIā€™m in my early 20s and in college.ā€ Does he use ā€œOrwellian,ā€ ā€œKafkaesque,ā€ and ā€œFaustianā€ a lot too? ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404/20 "2017-06-08T15:00:01Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > I think therefore I amā€¦confused. > > Seriously, Iā€™m not sure there is anything you can do about him personally, but you might keep an eye on him. In todayā€™s climate, fairly normal young person anti-authority leanings can be enticed into any number of more radical activist factions. Some of them are more benign, some are more destructive. I doubt he would join anything, heā€™s more of the loner type, but I will keep on eye on him. His mother was your typical 60s rebel as a teen, so who knows what heā€™ll do. He also has a sister that has changed her name, gender, and orientation more times than I can count. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-relative-saying-he-is/788404.md?page=2)