this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
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Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid!

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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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[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

An article about Opera going from a normal browser company to a predatory loan / cryptocurrency / chatbot / edgelord gamer / vtuber company: https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-opera-browser/

Now I'm a healthy woman. I think all browsers having associated vtubers, or at least mascots, is a great idea. But not at the expense of silently ending support for one of their browser branches leaving any users brave enough to use it to face huge security vulnerabilities.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

when did HN start shifting tax billionaires, dang needs to get on the case here

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

it's still far too early in baytime (hell, it's barely morning in eagleeast), gonna check back in on this in 2~3h for when the real fun starts

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago (10 children)

yep they've woken up now, and they're posting

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[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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