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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago (7 children)

is the s in esrtweets for "shitty"? because holy fuck are they shitty

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

If you find yourself saying

There isn't a single good term in English for people who are post-pubertal but below the legal age of consent or majority

you may already be morally diseased.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 2 points 7 hours ago

Least insane ESR post

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 2 points 10 hours ago

yikes on bikes

[–] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 16 hours ago

On top of the disgusting subject matter, why do these people think that even unlimited-character Twitter is a good format for posting these screeds? The site design, even on the main site, is absolutely terrible for presenting this much writing. Everything mashed into the constrained center column means way too many line breaks, meaning it's a chore to read. Same thing with that freak Ackman; whatever overwrought bullshit he was posting just made my eyes glaze over.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 6 points 17 hours ago

libertarianism.tweet

[–] self@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

no part of me is surprised that every famous FOSS personality has a ridiculously bad age of consent take, but it is a real fucking problem that this keeps happening

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You're being perhaps too generous to consider ESR a famous FOSS personality.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 1 points 2 hours ago

dunno, it’s definitely up there. maybe not a recent one, and I could understand people sub-25 perhaps not knowing the name, but across a fair bit of the foss space the name is household

unfortunately