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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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just got a hit of esprit d'escalier, and wished I'd replied to this

But the road to Hackers News is paved with good intentions.

with

So too is the road to Roko's Basilisk.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm increasingly convinced that this person is in a dark place mentally, and am fighting an internal battle to keep poking them for the lulz or just ignoring them.

https://lobste.rs/s/lgqwje/does_current_ai_represent_dead_end#c_cyrxm4

(I've seen this behavior on lobste.rs before and I think sometimes people literally get banned for their own good)

Edit bored on a train so I did the math, in the comment thread, this user has made 30% of the comments by count and 20% by "volume" (basically number of bytes in the plaintext).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Edit bored on a train so I did the math, in the comment thread, this user has made 30% of the comments by count and 20% by “volume” (basically number of bytes in the plaintext).

tha's a lotta posting

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Adderall will do that to a fellow