this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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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.

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[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well, I suppose dating a chatbot taped to a fleshlight is exactly the sort of relationship these people deserve. Self-solving problem.

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I have now looked it up and heard ChatGPT-Four-Oh's incredibly obnoxious fake-enthusiastic advert person voice. These people are very very sick.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 months ago

that's the parasocial relationship they deserve

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

Saw that twominutepapers did a breathless stan video about the performance of it, and it featured some rather choice opinions about the “very naturally sounding voice” too

These boots must be made of something rather hardy, to not fall apart under all this licking