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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
Slate says: āFor the Love of God, Stop Profiling This Couple!ā
How does beating your kid for clicks make anything better!? You still beat your two year old kid!
i still canāt get over how they look
like why the fuck would you wear glasses like those
was there even a point in time where this was fashionable
glasses are a fine kink! i guess those ones are a specialist taste
West Coast of USA, late 2000s to early 2010s, yes, the thick squared dark eyeglass frames were popular. Every time I see photos of these folks, Iām reminded of a couple people I know IRL as well as folks I know professionally who still prefer the thicker frames. Personally, Iāve always needed a very heavy prescription, and so Iāve always looked for the thinnest frames, but it really was a trend a decade ago.
Dear acausal robot God, that was cathartic. Refreshing to see a mainstream journalist see through techbro weirdo uwu smol bean antics for what they are, especially after so many credulous puff pieces.
I knew that a couple of outlets had done profiles of them lately, but I didnāt realize they were attention whoring this hard. Maybe their thing isnāt a breeding kink after all, but exhibitionism.
I also didnāt know about the child abuse, though I could have seen it coming without subjecting myself to two Grauniad bits on these fuckers1.
1: Donāt even know if āfuckerā is appropriate here given these bougie failchildren are apparently opting for IVF for the actual baby making part.
I think the first Guardian article had some value, just because the reporter hung around the Collinses long enough that they indicted themselves through their own actions and words. Whether that outweighs giving two eugenicists a platform to tell people about their beliefs is difficult to judge.
Iirc, whatshisface defended himself by claiming that black parents were more likely to hit their kids, therefore it was racist to criticise him for doing so
Headline photo is actually a jump-scare
Fun fact, I looked at that article. And my monitor exploded. No joke. I was in sudden darkness, and the mains were turned off. Pc survived thankfully, and I have a secondary monitor but lol wtf. (I need to go to bed).
my bad, I was working on the awful.systems psychic energy collector and it must have backlashed
Damn you! Still a monitor from 2008, it had a good run.
Maybe your monitor was trying to protect you
Rest of my electronics have survived so very likely. Guess it got confused as Iām also looking for new glasses and went "dont pick one of those*