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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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[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ed Zitron found this post about a WIlly-Wonka-Experience-style cheese injection facility in Toronto:

https://xcancel.com/i_zzzzzz/status/1865956680481354184#m

This is what it was like to live in Chasm City during the Melding Plague.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"The Fancy Induced Burger" is what you nickname your baby if your pregnancy goes past the due date

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

On the flip side, this gives American doctors a new way to explain child birth in terms of hamburgers.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is it, im joining the Conjoiners to become an engine.

[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago

imma knight of cydonia

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] NextElephant9@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago

Just received a newsletter from Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 about their book The AI Con - How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want being available for preorder. I'm looking forward to it!

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Baldur Bjarnason just put out his interim notes on tech

Reading through his notes, I get the feeling my off-the-cuff predictions from two months ago are very likely to come true - much more likely than I had anticipated. I'm gonna focus on Predictions 2 and 3:

  1. A Decline in Tech/STEM Students/Graduates

Whether or not tech crashes like I expect, AI's likely did some serious damage to the notion of "tech/STEM = high-paying job" as it sent the job industry into turmoil (with junior positions being particularly affected).

  1. Tech/STEM’s Public Image Changes - For The Worse

Whilst my original post focused on AI turning the public against the tech industry, one thing I didn't account for was the tech industry directly aligning itself with Trump. As such, tech/STEM's public image is now firmly intertwined with Trump's public image - with predictable results.

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