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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.

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

love how the MS shill eventually reaches:

Okay, here's a question; when has the casual consumer ever cared about privacy?

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago

narcissist's prayer speed-run

[–] self@awful.systems 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

every fucking time! and the answer seems to be: they care enough that privacy’s a core part of Apple’s marketing, but microsoft’s core competency is still managing Maslow’s hierarchy of needs enough that their users are on average just barely more inconvenienced by switching operating systems than they are dealing with whatever new shit’s being sprung on them (and this latest new shit’s gone from annoying to actively dangerous, so the tactic is to convince users it’s irrelevant to them until it’s made mandatory, as Microsoft does, and then the pain of suddenly switching operating systems will be even greater)

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
[–] self@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago

27 years of trying to make clippy mandatory and they’re still fucking at it but surely this time they’ll listen to their users