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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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[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] slopjockey@awful.systems 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] self@awful.systems 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

introducing the human brain to utilitarianism is a lot like introducing a proof system to Falso

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 6 points 7 months ago

Falso

Quality shitpost, top tier SIGBOVIK content, especially appreciate this:

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

ah yes, aduhelm (aducanumab), probably first drug that FDA approved despite zero evidence that it works, but they wanted to push something, anything that maybe perhaps will show some marginal benefit (it was discontinued few months ago, but in time it was for sale they raked in some serious undeserved money). understandably this made a lot of people very angry, especially people that make drugs that work https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/aducanumab-approval https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/goodbye-aduhelm

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago

and can you guess why it was discontinued? it's because that company has new, equally useless antibody, that also got approval, but has none of that pr stink around so they can repeat entire process again

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 5 points 7 months ago

Literally one of the Vogons talked about in the opening, well done substackcommenter2048.

[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have a business idea for him. Small batch alcohol produced by harvesting ethanol produced by this bacteria found in Aella’s teeth scrapings. Call it Mutella 1140, the official alcohol shot of rationalist orgies.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Sorry for that. It was funnier in my head.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

i mean you managed fresh horror from Aella, that's not nothing

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They have that IPA made with yeast from a hipster's beard flakes, so there's...uh...precedent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Beard_Beer

[–] sinedpick@awful.systems 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

oh wow re-colonizing your mouth with a bacteria that continuously produces an antibiotic is a bad idea? Who could have seen this coming???

[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 7 points 7 months ago

insane Timothy Treadwell voice ‘SCOOTER IS SHITTING HIMSELF’