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.)
assigning a number to it makes it scientific
aside/rant
i wonder to what extent this bullshit works because of people’s fear of math
i wish i could convince people that STEM skills are no different than a law degree, in essence — you’ll meet dipshits that are excellent mathematicians and you’ll meet smart people that are mediocre mathematicians. i suspect it’s because people view mathematical notation as impenetrable (when that just depends on the same shit any technical writing depends on, like the writer’s skill at communicating, the reader’s familiarity and strength with the prerequisite material, etc.)
it’s frustrating, given the number of stupid mathematicians i’ve met