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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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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.

(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this.)

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[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

I ended up on Know Your Meme because folks are throwing around TPOT like we're all terminally online and all understand Twitter lingo.

For anyone else confused: that part of Twitter. It's techbro "phillosophists" like Peter Thiel.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Good that you explain it, lot of people here are basically amateur TPOT/lesswrong watchers so we forget this isn't standard lingo. If you have ever seen us post about eigenrobot that is part of tpot iirc.

[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

what the heck is an eigenrobot??

Update: It is too late, Sneerclub, I have seen everything.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

What if cryptofasc weird but trying to be cute. (Revolutionary ikr).

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