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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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[–] self@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

according to modern film scholars, this cultural shift was brought about by the lasting audience impact of that scene in Speed (1994) where the bus fucking noclips across a gap while pretending there’s a ramp it’s using to jump (or Keanu made it pop a wheelie?)

[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Are you telling me I can jump a bus across a 50 foot gap at 67 miles per hour?"

"No Neo, I'm telling you that when you're ready, you won't have to."

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 9 points 5 months ago

Wasn't 1994 right about when they stopped making movies in black and white?