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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.

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

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[–] antifuchs@awful.systems 16 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Feel like this blog must have made the rounds but today is the first time I’m actually reading it and it’s sharp enough to cut with:

Every death on my corner is offset, with a third of a toddler left over, and I’d like that number in the conversation the next time somebody calls me a murderer out the window of a passing Kia.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 3 points 6 hours ago

My mother, who paid for Haverford, says she didn’t raise a drug dealer. That’s accurate. She raised a quant, and the quant made a lateral move.

🤌🤌🤌 Chef's fucking kiss

The comments have some real gems too.

Fair. I've reweighted in DALYs. The net goes up, because my customers' remaining DALYs are low. Thanks for the push.

[–] sbszine@dice.camp 2 points 1 day ago
[–] ivan_achlaqullah@ohai.social 3 points 1 day ago

@antifuchs @BlueMonday1984 lol, good parody of that cult.

[–] whvholst@eupolicy.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@antifuchs @BlueMonday1984 Firefox throws me TLS errors over that link.

[–] antifuchs@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Weird, it’s a regular Google trust services issued cert here; my Firefox doesn’t complain about it.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 2 points 15 hours ago

Same here, Chrome works, but I am also behind some weird corporate network.