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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th February 2026

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  • Y yournetworkishaunted@awful.systems

    Tell Luna you’ve been a bad boy/girl/etc and need to be punished and see what she does.

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    froztbyte@awful.systems
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    #23

    on first reading I thought you were talking about a specific luna (who I shall not tag here) but who is definitely somewhat of a kinkposter

    still might mean that, haha

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    • B bluemonday1984@awful.systems

      Want to wade into the snowy 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 so 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.)

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      sansruse@awful.systems
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      Anthropic safety research lead quits the field entirely to write poetry with a somewhat cryptic note. Trying to read between the lines here, the most likely explanation (IMO) is that he developed a guilty conscience and anthropic doesn’t actually give a shit about any of the human harms created by the technology. Ah well, nevertheless they persisted.

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      • B bluemonday1984@awful.systems

        Want to wade into the snowy 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 so 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.)

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        o7___o7@awful.systems
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        A prompt enjoyer does eschatology. Along the way he abuses mathematics, Ohio, and a chinchilla.

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        • o7___o7@awful.systemsO o7___o7@awful.systems

          A prompt enjoyer does eschatology. Along the way he abuses mathematics, Ohio, and a chinchilla.

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          istewart@awful.systems
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          Cool! I keep on saying that there will be at least one more AI bubble before 2045, because IIRC that’s the latest date for a singularity that Kurzweil gives, and this dude comes along with a date that’s conveniently ~halfway between now and then for people to anchor on. Thanks dude! If I find an online sod retailer that sells single square feet, I’ll send you some grass to touch!

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          • I istewart@awful.systems

            Cool! I keep on saying that there will be at least one more AI bubble before 2045, because IIRC that’s the latest date for a singularity that Kurzweil gives, and this dude comes along with a date that’s conveniently ~halfway between now and then for people to anchor on. Thanks dude! If I find an online sod retailer that sells single square feet, I’ll send you some grass to touch!

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            o7___o7@awful.systems
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            #27

            It’s always Miller(ite) Time

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            • I istewart@awful.systems

              Cool! I keep on saying that there will be at least one more AI bubble before 2045, because IIRC that’s the latest date for a singularity that Kurzweil gives, and this dude comes along with a date that’s conveniently ~halfway between now and then for people to anchor on. Thanks dude! If I find an online sod retailer that sells single square feet, I’ll send you some grass to touch!

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              lurker@awful.systems
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              I though Kurzweil’s latest singularity date was 2032 or smth

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                Anthropic safety research lead quits the field entirely to write poetry with a somewhat cryptic note. Trying to read between the lines here, the most likely explanation (IMO) is that he developed a guilty conscience and anthropic doesn’t actually give a shit about any of the human harms created by the technology. Ah well, nevertheless they persisted.

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                lurker@awful.systems
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                #29

                Anthropic doesn’t actually give a shit about any of the human harms created by the technology

                It’s always been like that

                but yeah it sounds like they got overwhelmed by all the shit happening in the world (there is a lot of shit happening in the world, especially in America) and left for their own mental health’s sake

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                • L lurker@awful.systems

                  I though Kurzweil’s latest singularity date was 2032 or smth

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                  istewart@awful.systems
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                  He might have revised it in more recent publications and/or brainfarts. If I were a Responsible Internet Debater™, I would go check, but the whole point is that i could give a fuck

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                  • I istewart@awful.systems

                    He might have revised it in more recent publications and/or brainfarts. If I were a Responsible Internet Debater™, I would go check, but the whole point is that i could give a fuck

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                    lurker@awful.systems
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                    #31

                    managed to find my source

                    funny how all the tech CEOs are the ones who are saying in the next couple years and all the researchers give 10-20 year timelines. surely this does not mean anything about the reliability of the companies and their claims

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                    • B bluemonday1984@awful.systems

                      Want to wade into the snowy 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 so 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.)

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                      bluemonday1984@awful.systems
                      wrote last edited by
                      #32

                      “As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts”

                      Medical malpractice as a service, coming to a GP near you

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                      • L lurker@awful.systems

                        Anthropic doesn’t actually give a shit about any of the human harms created by the technology

                        It’s always been like that

                        but yeah it sounds like they got overwhelmed by all the shit happening in the world (there is a lot of shit happening in the world, especially in America) and left for their own mental health’s sake

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                        fiat_lux@lemmy.world
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                        Especially for a guy named Sharma living in the US. It doesn’t take too many footsteps outside the Bay area for him to be in literal physical danger right now.

                        He also less cryptically posted his plans and resignation letter. (Edit: memory lapse) xcancel version of resignation letter post. Tl;dr moving to the UK (understandably) and doing a poetry degree (I didn’t accidentally critique someone into quitting, did I?)

                        Honestly, I hope he finds both what he’s looking for and also what he’s not looking for but still equally needs. For example, a personal perspective not entrenched in institutional ontological frameworks.

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                        • o7___o7@awful.systemsO o7___o7@awful.systems

                          A prompt enjoyer does eschatology. Along the way he abuses mathematics, Ohio, and a chinchilla.

                          Link Preview Image
                          The Singularity will Occur on a Tuesday

                          src={alwaysHasBeen.src} alt="Always has been astronaut meme" / "Wait, the singularity is just humans freaking out?" "Always has been." Everyone in

                          favicon

                          (campedersen.com)

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                          froztbyte@awful.systems
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                          You could’ve probably given me a good 80~100 rounds and I still would not have guessed that set of items

                          And I’ve been watching these dipshits for a while

                          (the first two I could’ve guessed/converged to within 10~20 I suspect, but a chinchilla? Fucked from left field, I tell ya)

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                          • F fiat_lux@lemmy.world

                            Especially for a guy named Sharma living in the US. It doesn’t take too many footsteps outside the Bay area for him to be in literal physical danger right now.

                            He also less cryptically posted his plans and resignation letter. (Edit: memory lapse) xcancel version of resignation letter post. Tl;dr moving to the UK (understandably) and doing a poetry degree (I didn’t accidentally critique someone into quitting, did I?)

                            Honestly, I hope he finds both what he’s looking for and also what he’s not looking for but still equally needs. For example, a personal perspective not entrenched in institutional ontological frameworks.

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                            lurker@awful.systems
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                            #35

                            Yeah, I can’t hold it against anyone for feeling scared and overwhelmed with what’s happening in America right now and fleeing. Hope he finds happiness soon

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                            • F froztbyte@awful.systems

                              on first reading I thought you were talking about a specific luna (who I shall not tag here) but who is definitely somewhat of a kinkposter

                              still might mean that, haha

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                              flaviat@awful.systems
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                              Luna is a very common transfem name

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                              • rook@awful.systemsR rook@awful.systems

                                He hasn’t even done a suborbital flight yet, has he? I don’t seem him being brave enough to even get as far as the moon, even assuming he’s healthy enough.

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                                tinytimmytokyo@awful.systems
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                                Shhh, don’t tell him.

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                                • gerikson@awful.systemsG gerikson@awful.systems

                                  If you accept the imho insane idea that a Mars colony is worth building, using Luna as a stepping stone makes sense. You can debug a lot of issues with recycling, growing food, low gravity, slow resupply etc. with a faster feedback loop.

                                  self-growing

                                  the virile space men will have plenty of nubile females to pump out babies

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                                  shakingmyhead@awful.systems
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                                  You could also technically do all of that debugging before you even get to the moon, though. Also has the added benefit of not dying if something goes awry.

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                                    Anthropic doesn’t actually give a shit about any of the human harms created by the technology

                                    It’s always been like that

                                    but yeah it sounds like they got overwhelmed by all the shit happening in the world (there is a lot of shit happening in the world, especially in America) and left for their own mental health’s sake

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                                    sansruse@awful.systems
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                                    you’re right, Amodei and others have published a lot of criti-hype, shameless hype, and delusional anthropomorphization in the past few years. While i was looking for other examples of their bullshit I found this article which was published just after my comment, with a nice sneer:

                                    If Sharma has an angle here with his resignation, it doesn’t seem all that related to the industry he worked in. “I hope to explore a poetry degree and devote myself to the practice of courageous speech,” he wrote. In the footnotes, he cited a book that advocates for a new school of philosophy called “CosmoErotic Humanism.” Its listed author, David J Temple, is a collective pseudonym used by several authors including by Marc Gafni, a disgraced New Age spiritual guru who’s been accused of sexually exploiting his followers.

                                    edited to say thanks for sharing the article

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                                      you’re right, Amodei and others have published a lot of criti-hype, shameless hype, and delusional anthropomorphization in the past few years. While i was looking for other examples of their bullshit I found this article which was published just after my comment, with a nice sneer:

                                      If Sharma has an angle here with his resignation, it doesn’t seem all that related to the industry he worked in. “I hope to explore a poetry degree and devote myself to the practice of courageous speech,” he wrote. In the footnotes, he cited a book that advocates for a new school of philosophy called “CosmoErotic Humanism.” Its listed author, David J Temple, is a collective pseudonym used by several authors including by Marc Gafni, a disgraced New Age spiritual guru who’s been accused of sexually exploiting his followers.

                                      edited to say thanks for sharing the article

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                                      lurker@awful.systems
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                                      it’s listed author, David J. Temple, is a collective pseudonym used by several authors including by Marc Gafni, a disgraced New Age spiritual guru who’s been accused of sexually exploiting his followers

                                      why does shit always have to turn out weird

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                                      • B bluemonday1984@awful.systems

                                        Want to wade into the snowy 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 so 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.)

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                                        nfultz@awful.systems
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                                        Have to get a new apartment, I did not understand that you have to apply via AI application screening now for so many buildings. I don’t know why it won’t read my statement from the credit union. I hate this so much.

                                        Dear rentier class, maybe don’t force people to upload PDFs your bot can’t even open, swear to god someday you will make someone mad enough they inject some prompts into the files metadata and go from there.

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                                        • flaviat@awful.systemsF flaviat@awful.systems

                                          Luna is a very common transfem name

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                                          froztbyte@awful.systems
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                                          Yeah, I’m aware 🙂

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