this post was submitted on 03 May 2025
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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Given that he put no effort in finding some arguments, this is a case of "negative publicity is publicity too"?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would guess, yeah. But 80% of X looks like this, so I don't know what's engagement farming and what's normal posting in a community of radical idiots anymore.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn, that's worse than i thought.

At this point, shouldn't it be considered a acquired mental disorder?

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

They're barely just now accepting that CTE's from smashing their heads together for fun might be a bad idea, it's going to take centuries for them to realize their social media echo chambers are probably worse overall than actual head trauma, if only because brain rot is a very communicable disease and their population has no herd immunity.

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