Want to wade into the sandy 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 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.)
The thread's made it onto r/framework - there's a lot of fash coming out the woodwork and getting downvoted, plus a lot of people deeply disappointed in Framework's Fash Turn.
Also found another thread on the forums, with multiple people jumping ship from using them: https://community.frame.work/t/withdrawing-all-financial-association-from-framework-until-further-changes/76005
Thread was deleted. A thread on /r/linux also has a ton of fash apologia and is sitting at 0. Seems like a coordinated effort.
Found the thread, and it is a doozy. Personal "highlight" goes to this mf claiming the paradox of tolerance was about Marxism all along.
Ahh, I just zapped my original comment, because irelephant had posted the same link plus a bit more earlier.
Anyway, it is nice to see that there is pushback on this elsewhere. I doubt it will be enough to change framework’s mind substantially… they’re obviously happy with their sponsorship and it was clearly a very deliberate choice, but they need to be reminded from as many directions as possible that it was a shitty choice by shitty people.