Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.
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The post Xitter web has spawned so 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.)
File this under “I saw this now you get to”: https://xcancel.com/bryan_johnson/status/2049687845082910812#m
jfc bryan you are not the guy for this
NB: image is part of the linked tweet
Turns out it might not be possible to win at vaginal microbiomes, which is a totally normal thing to want in the first place. Seems like bryan may have completely misinterpreted a couple of papers on the subject, which honestly doesn’t bode well for the rest of his biology expertise.
Cat Hicks:
She brings references:
https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/116494716079076018
oh thanks, this is great.
yes now that it is pointed out, very eugenics-y to go around saying "ah yes there is one true supreme bacteria, we should culture this bacteria on the human petri dish aka vagina"
There's that company operating in a lawless zone promoted by Slatescott that's whole pitch is that for teeth. But they could always pivot...
Those bacteria better be so supreme they can’t even be killed with regular antibiotics
So... 1 in a 100? That isn't that impressive. I'm ignoring the utter weirdness of what he is even talking about, but you expect a billionaire to have at least a better grasp of numbers.
Bryan Johnson also has free unsolicited sex tips for men on twitter including the wonderful combination "control the speed you touch her to the cm per second" and "try not to monitor yourself it turns you off" https://xcancel.com/bryan_johnson/status/2022490768099938487#m
edit/ The first point seems to take for granted that penetration is real sex and should be part of every encounter. There is a whole world of delicious possibilities once you realize that intimacy does not have to follow a checklist from teasing to penetration to orgasm.
edit/ not just penetration but vaginal penetration! There are so many delightful things you can hump if you have an open mind.
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ok so just imagine that I've sneered at the 100 worst aspects of this already. lol @ this being the fifth point
motherfucker put it first then
This guy introduces himself as the first person who will never die on the conference circuit (because he's super into longevity and anti-aging tech and having young mens blood injected into him and stuff).
I'm not condoning violencr here but rather... consider that even if you never age, you can still get hit by a bus Bryan!
Well, he's a tech ceo guy, so he doesn't know that buses or trains exist
A bus? You mean the Megapod?
Train? You mean the PodChain?
wasn't there a case of some supplements that were contaminated with lead? you know, a sneaky neurotoxin with no antidote whose results only show up months later
long term lead exposure will also do that, and neurotoxic part at least appears to be irreversible. can't remember how much of it is more of neurodevelopmental thing tho
@fullsquare Lead poisoning was *ubiquitous* in the USA until the late 1970s/early 1980s, due to tetraethyl lead in petrol. Everywhere around the world experienced a sharp drop in violent crime 15-20 years after it was phased out.
But mercury poisoning is more visibly lethal: see also Karen Wetterhahn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen/_Wetterhahn
i'm aware, last year i've been tasked to use a certain process but refused and instead modified it in such a way as to get rid of mercury salt used; it was dissolved in DMF, so (regular nitrile) gloves won't even help. worse than that, it took me only 2-3 weeks start to finish to figure it out, meaning that anyone else could do that earlier and handful of people were put at risk for no reason. aggression as a result of lead toxicity is probably a bit more complex story and looks like it might have a developmental part, judging by delay and how kids are more susceptible to lead toxicity in general; meaning that presumably mostly adults won't be affected to the same degree. another big nope on my list would be thallium and cadmium compounds, and while i'd only use sub-g amount at most, there are places where all of these metals are mined, and at one point are in form of fine dust fortunately these are so obscure that i've never came across these
Thinking that your favourite lover is the best person ever is natural, but this guy wants to quantify and rank and make it scientific.
This just brings to mind a freshly-minted poly amorous management consultant looking to apply a rank-and-yank to the polycule but needing to find a more objective metric than "I don't like you".
Most of us: "she smells good and the sounds she makes when she gets excited grip something deep inside me"
Tech Bros: "her vaginal microbiome is in the 99th percentile and her Verbal SAT is in the 95th percentile"
Congrats on the bottom surgery youngster joey