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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.)

  • raktheundead
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    I feel like it still starts off too credulous towards the rationalists, but it’s still an informative read.

    Around this time, Ziz and Danielson dreamed up a project they called “the rationalist fleet”. It would be a radical expansion of their experimental life on the water, with a floating hostel as a mothership.

    Between them, Scientology and the libertarians, what the fuck is it with these people and boats?

    • @o7___o7
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      …what the fuck is it with these people and boats?

      I blame the British for setting a bad example

      • @BlueMonday1984
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        820 days ago

        Hey, we’re an island nation which ruled over a globe-spanning empire, we had a damn good reason to be obsessed with boats.

        Couldn’t exactly commit atrocities on a worldwide scale without 'em, after all.

    • @sc_griffith
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      920 days ago

      a really big boat is the ultimate compound. escape even the surly bonds of earth!

      • @YourNetworkIsHaunted
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        720 days ago

        What we really need to do is lash together a bunch of icebergs…

    • @saucerwizard
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      921 days ago

      I assume its to get them to cooperate.

      • @antifuchs
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        920 days ago

        Ah, yes. The implication.