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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.)

  • swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    So I got jumpscared recently by that couple. I was listening to one of my many favourite podcasts, Threedom, when on the most recent episode, “I Definitely Tuned Out and I Agree With You”, this exchange happened, starting around 44 minutes, give or take 10 for ads.

    spoiler tagged exchange, in case you are a pisspig* and don't want spoilers.

    Context: the hosts are talking about how they value fostering their children’s expressive abilities, even if that means their children do things like scream in inappropriate situations.

    Scott: I guess what I’m trying to say is that some parents would look at us, and say, like, “oh, you’re not teaching them how to act in social situations or whatever,”

    Paul: Yes, you should slap them across the face, in the store.

    <laughter>

    Scott: Who was that… that… that, like, person who… there’s some parent out there that thinks that you need to like have a million kids or whatever and uh, and a paper writer followed them around and he just smacked his kid right in front of the paper writ-, er… the journalist? Uh, anyway…

    Lauren: Paper writer?

    Scott: Yeah, sorry, sorry, Journalist.

    Paul: Couldn’t sound more specific, and yet I don’t know.

    <end of reference>

    Tried too hard transcribing this and still feel like I did a bad job.

    Anyway, gosh, congrats to them on their extreme success in being platformed. Couldn’t have been a more deserving couple. /s

    *pisspig is the name given to a fan of the podcast Threedom. The fans picked the name, the hosts aren’t really sure why.