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.
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The post Xitter web has spawned so 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.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)


I saw this headline:
And thought nothing in the body of the article could possibly top the headline. I was wrong:
Journalists know that they donāt have to cover every random crank on the internet right? I suppose itās my own fault for clicking on it.
I⦠āFireproof steel I-beamsā has to be taking the piss, right? Right???
Chicago always wanted a 9/11 of its own.
Usenet used to be there for guys like this
Misaligned incentives. You read the news to be informed. Journalists write "news* to generate clicks and ātry to go viralā
I agree though, It would be great if they didnāt provide oxygen to these flaming idiots
I donāt know, I think thereās real value in allowing the public to keep an eye on aspiring supervillains.
Depriving the steel beams of oxygen would help tooā¦
do they know that doing this wonāt solve their NYSE link latency problem?