Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 9th November 2025
Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.
Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.
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.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2nd November 2025
Want to wade into the spooky surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.
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.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. Happy Halloween, everyone!)
sc_griffith
Als Antwort auf BlueMonday1984 • • •apologies for just linking to my own bsky post but I'm lazy: bsky.app/profile/scgriffith.bs…
tl;dr I've gotten a bit suspicious that "AI users will be genocided" posts on reddit are a nazi op
gerikson
Als Antwort auf sc_griffith • • •Charlie Stross
Als Antwort auf gerikson • • •acronym used to describe a common strategy of abusers
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)istewart
Als Antwort auf BlueMonday1984 • • •Impending availability of fully-functional Casio ring watches:
newatlas.com/wearables/casio-g…
Casio nano-sizes the rugged G-Shock into full-functioning finger watch
C.C. Weiss (New Atlas)Sailor Sega Saturn
Als Antwort auf BlueMonday1984 • • •We regret to inform you that one of Google's "AI leader"s is a transphobe:
theinformation.com/articles/go… (paywall)
bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsk… (screenshot of relevant section)
Soyweiser
Als Antwort auf Sailor Sega Saturn • • •That must be one of the more dumber things I have read in a while.
CinnasVerses
Als Antwort auf Soyweiser • • •Sailor Sega Saturn
Als Antwort auf CinnasVerses • • •There is no need to give transphobes the benefit of the doubt really.
You don't believe in gender? I mean you're wrong IMO but we're cool. But if someone says the words "I don't believe have an attribute called gender" as part of a bunch of totally obvious anti-trans dog-whistles when butting into a discussion about transgender day of remembrance? Now it's a problem.