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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 23 June 2024 (awful.systems)

submitted 6 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Need to make a primal scream without gathering footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid!

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.

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

jesus fucking shitwank

[–] zogwarg@awful.systems 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I hadn't paid enough attention to the actual image found in the Notepad build:

Original neutral text obscured by the suggestion:

The Romans invaded Britain as th...

Godawful anachronistic corporate-speaky insipid suggested replacement, seemingly endorsing the invasion?

The romans embarked on a strategic invasion of Britain, driven by the ambition to expand their empire and control vital resources. Led by figures like Julius Caesar and Emperor Claudius, this conquest left an indelible mark on history, shaping governance, architecture, and culture in Britain. The Roman presence underscored their relentless pursuit of imperial dominance and resource acquisition.

The image was presumably not fully approved/meant to be found, but why is it this bad!?

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

as if intened audience is supposed to know what's wrong

[–] zogwarg@awful.systems 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I mean notepad already has autocorrect, isn't it natural to add spicy autocorrect? /s

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Sure you have used autocorrect, but have you heard of its better brother? autolesscorrect?

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 12 points 6 months ago

autoincorrect

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 6 months ago

morewrong.ai

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 6 months ago

embed in the orange site so hacknernewses can incorrect each other automatically

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 6 months ago

feels like it’s lining up to be the WinME of this decade

[–] mii@awful.systems 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Microsoft announced that 2024 will be the era of the AI PC, and unveiled that upcoming Windows PCs would ship with a dedicated Copilot button on the keyboard.

Tell me they're desperate because not many people use that shit without telling me they're desperate because not many people use that shit.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 6 months ago

consider upside: Hyper key