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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.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. The spooks are well underway.)

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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Cursed: the Harry Potter franchise

Extra cursed: Harry Potter genderflip with channer lingo

Bonus cursed: An lesswrong praising the channer-lingo Harry Potter genderflip as the best thing since piss-filter Ghibli ripoffs

A chef kiss into the abyss: in the comments, the person saying, "Sounds like you're probably not familiar with Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality."

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 3 points 3 hours ago

not that it makes any real difference but I have been seeing “Galfoy”. Knowing that “foid” has increased in usage is a bummer tho

[–] lurker@awful.systems 5 points 12 hours ago

I’ve genuinely never seen anything as cringe as ‘Malfoid’. it’s basically just riding the coattails of the much better Petra Parker trend except with incel language

[–] TrashGoblin@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Someone who has never heard of fanfic and just had their mind blown by the worst example of fanfic ever.