I know I could Google it but I reckon y’all would have better and funnier takes.
check out the most recent post on !sneerclub@awful.systems
What is that community supposed to be about? They do a terrible job explaining in the sidebar, and I can’t tell if they agree or disagree with the crazy articles and videos they post
Yeah it took me a while to figure out. Basically they’re making fun of a specific set of techbros.
- This article, linked to in the sidebar, describes their perspective: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/before-its-too-late-buddy/
- this wikipedia article describes the people they are making fun of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL
It sounds like the community ends up being fairly pro-AI because the zizian-adjacent TESCREAL nutjobs are anti-AI?
It sounds like both sides just suck
I think the TESCREAL people are pro-AI, but tbh I’m not 100% sure.
it seems that there were literal handfuls of attendees. link
“People are just jealous that they are poorer and weaker and uglier,” she said. “We are beautiful. We’re smart. We’re strong. … We are supporting the billionaires, here.”
Wow. Unsurprising, but… yeah. I’m sure many of us aspire to be as beautiful and strong as Musk, Bezos and Zuck, I sure am! /s
