mawhrin

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[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 13 points 5 months ago (8 children)

i think this is a common european misconception; the us is bloody religious, even compared to our polish parishes.

(and if you want to know how the salespeople think? remember the movie glengarry glenn ross? the movie about alienation and lack of humanity? this absolutely inhumane monster is thought by them as an example of the right attitude.)

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago

yeah, that's the term for devrel executives.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

(nothing wrong with that per se, i don't have any c. s. degree anyways and yet i work in the field for years. but the gall of a dude who has finished a few two-year courses to tell fucking law professionals that they don't know enough… this is indeed the threadnought-level of recklessness.)

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

A.S. in Engineering, A.S. in Computer Science

wait, wait. that's basically the bootcamp level of education, no?

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago

he's the very model of a modern crypto-douchebag.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 9 points 5 months ago

jaysus, mary, joseph and the wee donkey. (ESPECIALLY the wee donkey.)

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 11 points 5 months ago

this is such a sad slop. i wouldn't guess it's yegge, it's so far from his style when he used to write himself.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

dude, we need to survive the climate change first. and i mean, as a species. first things first.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago

fwiw i was mostly annoyed by the “his wife is doing what” in the comment i was answering directly – going after him just because of his wife would be like going after varoufakis just because his wife is supposedly the heroine of blur's “common people”.

and i happily agree that doctorow could dispense with his privilege, tone down the smugness and try for less shallow takes once in a while.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

fwiw it looks like we were just pushing each other's pain points; i should've disengaged much earlier either.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

that's as fine parody of the ea communication style as i ever^1 seen.

let me bow out^2 now.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

(if we were to question bonafides of leftist intellectuals[^1] just because they are supported by someone belonging to the moneyed class, or come from the moneyed class themselves, we'd need to start with certain mr. marx, comrades. and numerous others.)

[^1]: however you value doctorow's qualities as an intellectual.

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