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.)

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[–] 11 points 9 months ago (1 child)

@antifuchs @techtakes The Culture won't be adapted for TV/film without input from Iain's heirs and his literary executors. Who are all very definitely Scottish and will have Opinions ...

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    who gets the California accents though

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    That hegemonizing swarm outbreak would do nicely imho

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    The Affront are literally the colonial British, so they're easy

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    @dgerard And The Empire of Azad was basically modern western imperialism writ large.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    subtlety is wasted on most readers

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    @dgerard See also Dilbert Stark's drone ship names ...

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