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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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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.

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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 so 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.)

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] jaschop@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago

Ah fuck, they're also funding {ungeskripted}. He's a way too big german "free speech" type podcaster. I've got him on my shitlist recently, after wonky BSW-type supposed leftists were sharing his clips in a political group chat.

[–] Voyager7456@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What would people recommend as an alternative email provider that funds fewer (ideally zero) fascists?

[–] fnix@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago

Have been using Tutanota for years. They took an anti-AI stance pretty early on as well.

[–] jaschop@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago

Haven't heard bad stuff about mailbox.org (Heinlein Group) yet.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago

I remember this showing up here a while back