We’re in a very strange moment for the internet. We all know it’s broken. That’s not news. But there’s something in the air—a vibe shift, a sense that things are about to change.

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    1 year ago

    Some of the most condescending, man-splainy, anti-social, but-what-abouty contrarians I’ve ever had the displeasure of encountering online have been technical users.

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      1 year ago

      Yes but you see here’s why that’s a good thing:

      {Insert 400 page diatribe that is vaguely antisocial and misogynistic citing long-debunked or dubious scientific research as if it were real}

      So that’s why you’re actually a wrong idiot who is probably also a woman and should get off the Internet and let the real technical guys handle it.