Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? 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.

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    4 months ago

    Eric Schmidt Says Google Is Falling Behind on AI—And Remote Work Is Why

    That’s another great benefit of remote work, then.

    Also imagine …

    work-life balance […] was more important than winning

    … saying this unironically.

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      I always want to point out how there are never specific metrics attached to these criticisms. Whenever I’ve seen actual numbers checked there doesn’t appear to be a significant impact between before and after companies started WFH during the pandemic.

      Of course I also haven’t looked to close because I’ve been too busy enjoying my life rather than pretending my boss is funny at a water cooler.

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        So one one hand the CEO’s want their minions back into office and on the other they want to replace them with AI’s?

        Sounds like a conundrum. Or a business opportunity!

        Presenting Srvile! The brand new Servility as a Service company, with AI powered robots that will laugh at all boss jokes at the water cooler and say things like “That is such a great idea boss! Since I am an AI I can’t realise that you are just regurgitating what you read on Xshitter!” and “We certainly need more AI to solve any problem!”

        Call now to order!

        (AI may at times be enhanced by remote human control for “quality control”. Actual level of servility may vary and is not guaranteed.)