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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.

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[-] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago

pivot to ai now has working dark mode! all praise to the illustrious @fasterandworse@awful.systems

i still hate dark mode, but others fucking love it so

[-] ShakingMyHead@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago

Awful.systems defaults to dark mode.

[-] self@awful.systems 14 points 2 months ago

like a good developer, I made my personal preference the default (and I think when we started there were major issues with switching themes?)

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago

booooo should be my personal preference (light)

[-] self@awful.systems 13 points 2 months ago

brb banning David from the awful.systems plugin repo, modifying the login page so everyone has to swear they don’t know him, and launching a lawsuit for (throws a dart at a dartboard) uhh shoplifting, he shoplifted my website

[-] self@awful.systems 12 points 2 months ago

YOU ~wouldn’t~

shoplift a ~WEBSITE~

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago

imma fuckin do it again

[-] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago

Common mistake, but David is from the UK. He was actually just looking online for ways to improve wheelchair accessibility in a multistory house. On a lift-shopping website.

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago

Isnt he a goth? Dont think he needs more lifts.

[-] bitofhope@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago

Wouldn't a goth prefer heavy mode?

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

and now that damn jingle is playing in my head at early o’ clock

awful.systems: where the abyss delivers, always

[-] ShakingMyHead@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago

The only reason I use dark mode is because my phone is OLED so it uses less power. Otherwise I go for light.

[-] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

This is what the BDFL model is all about.

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