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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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Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

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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.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You know how we feel despair when our subjects du sneer break containment? We have hit the big leagues now seems the Democrats are now aware of NRx. Non zero chance our sneerings get read by AOC.

[–] Rinn@awful.systems 7 points 11 hours ago

Good news: I'm sounding less and less like a conspiracy theorist nowadays. Bad news: see above.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

somehow it makes it worse to see people getting radicalized about this. makes the fact that we're in the nightmare scenario acutely real

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd feel better about this if I believed the democrats were willing to do anything about it

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You think it was supposed to make you feel better?

But yes, ow god yes. I'm staring at the USA going 'wtf'.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hey, all I’m saying is, abject despair is worse than despair with a lil’ hope

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago

Aww thanks, kind of you to say that.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 9 points 1 day ago

I hear you. I feel weirdly guilty about seeing this coming for so long.