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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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Why are our enemies so pathetic and stupid when we're so handsome and smart? (forum.effectivealtruism.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by dgerard@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems

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includes considerable nonspecific shit-talking of assigned EA enemies, including - horrors! - Timnit Gebru talking about the social issues of the actually-existing AI-industrial complex. also it's not a CASTLE it's a MANOR HOUSE, you fools, you rubes,

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[–] cornflake@awful.systems 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In my skim of the two posts I didn't get to any suggestion of "used to be favorable, then realized they're led by duplicitous misanthropes" as a pathway.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What about: “read a particular HP fanfic to try and fit in with a new crowd, was utterly repulsed by the narrative voice, discovered later it was part of what seemed like an elaborate cult that was weirdly sensitive to sneers, and finally found an outlet for their nerd bloodlust”

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I wandered over somehow from RationalWiki, which I had known of since the science-blogging days of yore, and found it more congenial to my tastes than other subreddits. E.g., it was friendlier to excursions into the wonky and erudite than r/badphilosophy, and generally had a justifiably low tolerance for superficial politeness while maintaining a level of empathy for serious matters.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

ah, you're my fault then

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Shit, does that mean I have to date Grimes now

[–] self@awful.systems 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

fuck, I’m David’s fault too. do we take turns dating Grimes or is this the worst polycule ever formed

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 8 months ago

wisdom is learning from others' mistakes

well, one kind is

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

just DON'T MAKE SHITTY CARS ok

[–] cstross@wandering.shop 10 points 8 months ago

@dgerard We need to yank Dilbert Stark's driving license and chauffeur and force him to travel everywhere on an e-bike or sailboat for a year or two before he's allowed to have anything to do with Tesla again. (Or to use his private jet.)

Actually, Dilbert getting e-bike religion might be the best thing he could possibly do for the climate …

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 10 points 8 months ago

Or even: liked the Harry Potter fanfic and then discovered it was part of an incredibly weird and harmful subculture.

I bet they’d hate that they’re basically the same as tumblr