Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? 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 you’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 cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

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.)

  • swlabrEnglish
    12·
    22 days ago

    If Yud and Soares are on a book tour I want them to go on hot ones

    • ShakingMyHeadEnglish
      7·
      22 days ago

      Forgive my stupidity, but I don’t know what this means. Or it’s referencing something I don’t know.

      • swlabrEnglish
        11·
        22 days ago

        All is forgiven. Hot Ones is an internet interview show. Its core premise is that the host and interviewee conduct their interview while eating increasingly spicier chicken wings. As with any interview platform, it’s a common stop for public figures to hit up, especially on PR tours.

        The show has a reputation for researching its guests well and asking insightful/deep questions. There’s also an element to it where, for some guests, as they experience spicier wings, they are unable to keep up whatever facade or persona they usually keep up in interviews.

        I wasn’t making any profound commentary; I want to see Yud in pain while trying to explain alignment.

        • ShakingMyHeadEnglish
          8·
          22 days ago

          Thanks.

          TBF I can’t say I’m sold on the notion of watching Yudkowsky eat spicy wings while also arguing with someone.

        • YourNetworkIsHauntedEnglish
          7·
          21 days ago

          It’s only fair that his audience shouldn’t be the only ones suffering when that happens.

        • froztbyteEnglish
          6·
          21 days ago

          it would be incredible if yud’s one of the types to lose his focus around sauce 3, would do a real kicker to the shine of his grift

      • istewartEnglish
        8·
        22 days ago

        YouTube interview show where the interviewee is fed hot-sauce coated chicken wings of escalating spiciness

        As an aside, my personal tolerance is such that if I ever go on there, I’m going to end up bankrupting the fuckers

        • froztbyteEnglish
          5·
          21 days ago

          someday™ I’ll get around to looking into getting a season pack from the states to here (which possibly might be distinctly non-trivial, and if it is I’ll have bother trying to figure out the logistics of it, which ugh)

            • froztbyteEnglish
              4·
              21 days ago

              will keep the offer in mind when I have the spoons and round tuits for it :)

          • swlabrEnglish
            2·
            20 days ago

            Well, I have had some of their hot sauces before and can confirm that they are not bad to pretty good, and are at a good gift sort of price point (if you live in the US).