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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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The post Xitter web has spawned so 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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[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

Dan Luu and tptacek are very mad at Ed Zitron, and they claim to have slammed him with FACTS and LOGIC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49526069

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

If I have a billion trillion dollars but 20% of the population hates me, but I get to live in a giant solid gold mansion with an army of servants keeping the 20% away from me, have I really failed?

I don’t know, you tell me.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ozzelot@mstdn.social 3 points 6 hours ago

@pikesley
the simpsons did jeff bezos

(with too much hair and too few dollars)
@Amoeba_Girl @o7___o7

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 5 points 7 hours ago

I’m not going near your solid gold mansion by the way, that’s a death trap!

[–] samvines@awful.systems 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I enjoyed one of the comments comparing Zitron to a fire and brimstone priest.. like dude, Big Yud and Dario are right there

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 8 hours ago

Zitron is a better writer though. Yud is bland personified.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Speaking of wrong predictions... the entire US military budget would have to be spent on OpenAI/Anthropic to keep the bubble from bursting.

well that really is rather a tell, isn’t it

[–] samvines@awful.systems 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Ed Zitron says water is wet but he didn't properly quantity wetness or indeed how long it would take me to be soaked through if I touch water... Checkmate atheists!

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It's impressive how these very rational millionaire tech lords get so bent out of shape by anyone outside of their club getting any attention whatsoever. Just peak pettiness.

They can all go choke on a pelican.