Want to wade into the snowy 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.

Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful youā€™ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutā€™nā€™paste it into its own post ā€” thereā€™s no quota for posting and the bar really isnā€™t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many ā€œesotericā€ right wing freaks, but thereā€™s no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iā€™m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged ā€œculture criticsā€ who write about everything but understand nothing. Iā€™m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyā€™re inescapable at this point, yet I donā€™t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnā€™t be surgeons because they didnā€™t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canā€™t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

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

  • saucerwizard@awful.systemsEnglish
    8Ā·
    1 month ago

    I think theres a EA presence at the all the big universities now. Theres a rationalist meet up in Manitoba but nothing here thank god.

    I noticed Sonia during the initial media coverage but didnā€™t know what to make of her. Theres another person on twitter alleging abuse at Aellaā€™s cnc parties, I can dig them up at lunch if you want.

    • swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish
      12Ā·
      1 month ago

      not to make light of abuse but I do just want to entertain the alternate world where people are holding CNC (computer numerical control) parties. I imagine theyā€™d have a lot of caliper talk but since it isnā€™t about skull measurement itā€™s fine

      • blakestacey@awful.systemsEnglish
        6Ā·
        1 month ago

        Transcribing (the nested blockquote is a self-quote-tweet):

        Some day Iā€™ll be able to write about my experience with Aellaā€™s organizing/friend group who used their community power to slander me, bully me and ruin my life simply bc I told the truth and patiently sought understanding:

        Idk what youā€™re referring to but she/RMN team, when I brought up concern about my abuser, strung me along for months promising a conversation, then ultimately banned me, publicly slandered/victim blamed me, and continue to invite my abuser and his enablers to their events.

        Note: after months being strung along w no clear answers/dialogue, one RMN organizer told me I was disinvited bc theyre ā€œrisk averseā€ w who gets invited.

        Risk averse aboutā€¦ someone EXPERIENCING abuse/CVs/retaliation (not reporting it), but not about the ppl actually doing it.

        I hope they understand how thatā€™s just not how you should be risk averse with your eventsā€¦ After experiencing the RMN team participation in the retaliation (again, all i did was talk about things that happened n correct lies), of course my disappointment & concern grew.