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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.)

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    Mercifully image-free article from rolling stone on how easy it is becoming to get grok to generate porn, including deepfakes of real people and bestiality.

    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-grok-hardcore-porn-1235442715

    Includes a relevant quote from musk back in august:

    https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1954791048934244394

    I still remember 6th/7th grade debates with classmates about VHS vs Betamax!

    VHS won in the end, in part because they allowed spicy mode 😉

    I guess that’s a product “moat” of sorts.

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      VHS won in the end, in part because they allowed spicy mode 😉

      Stop gooning for 5 minutes challenge, difficulty level: impossible

      Come on, Elon, I still post on Something Awful constantly and even I can do it

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      VHS won in the end, in part because they allowed spicy mode 😉

      That factoid isn’t even true - Sony had zero control over what people put on the tapes, meaning both formats allowed porn.

      VHS didn’t win because of porn, VHS won because a standard VHS cassette contains a shitload more tape than Beta (meaning a much longer recording time), and because the format was much more open (letting anyone build a VCR player and driving down the price).