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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this)
who is the investor who pushed Mozilla this hard? where the fuck is this coming from?
all their hiring is AI too
havenāt really had the headspace to dig into this but one of my hypotheticals about how this could come to pass is ānot enough counter-friction leftā. foundations of the guess are: years of ill-advised products, constant killing of worthwhile projects, creep of bayfucker mentality. that shape of thing
I recall seeing people ringing alarm bells about moz ceo pay like 3~4y ago
not that the above guess eliminates the thing youāre pointing to, mind you. I agree that this drive has to be coming from somewhere. my stuff was more coming at it from the āwhy has this suddenly accelerated so muchā angle
remember when bringing up Mozillaās financials would get you yelled at by people who needed to see them as a paragon of open source in spite of all evidence to the contrary?
my personal theory for why itās accelerating so much is, their board might be doing a Sears[1]. theyāre inventing ways to make Mozilla bankrupt because thereās profit in it, and that profit window might be closing rapidly with the antitrust actions against Google coming up. this is all based on vibes though, Iām the polar opposite of an accountant
[1] see also, doing a Red Lobster. no, endless shrimp isnāt why theyāre going bankrupt, why in fuck would it be, of course itās capitalists
For some reason, the news of Red Lobsterās bankruptcy seems like a long time ago. I would have sworn that I read this story about it before the solar eclipse.
I dated someone who worked at Red Lobster, and that absolutely checks out. the number of people whoād come in hoping to grift free shit and take it out on the servers when they didnāt get it (or would try and get someone fired so they could get free shit, depending on the night) was astounding
yup. absolutely nuts shit. I know thereās often a lament to lack of nuance in contemporary internet but god damn if there isnāt also a massive shortage of critical thinking skills and the ability to engage with criticism well