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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 2 June 2024 (awful.systems)

submitted 6 months ago by froztbyte@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid!

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post, there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

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[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

pretty good indication that the eugenics couple are totally disrespected and disregarded even within their supposed sphere of influence: none or almost none of the 2^7 replies to the thread the other day were Just Asking Questions or So Everyone You Don't Like Is A Nazi?ing. except for I guess peter thiel they convince nobody, appeal to nobody, and yet journalists keep uncritically writing about them. the ability of money to shape media is impressive

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

that's a convenience sample of lemmy users that weren't banned or defederated yet and bothered to get there. response from, say, HN could be different

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Let's put it to the test:

That said, I'm mildly curious as to what influence if any the Collinses have on "real", religious fascist pro-natalists, but not enough to go spelunking in the sewers to find out.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you refuse to teach the kids category theory and queer communism there's no point. Have all the kids you want. The empire is still going to collapse. Knowledge has moved beyond the empire.

this but unironically but ironically but not in the way they're being ironic

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago

If you refuse to teach the kids category theory and queer communism there’s no point.

perfection

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago

my comparison point is how they flood into every other thread that gets upvotes

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah they are media grifters plain and simple. Once the Thiel gravy train ends they'll pivot to something else, or messily divorce.