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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.

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[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

At least it wasn’t a cock ring.

[–] rook@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago

There were some issues with an internet-connected chastity device not that long ago, but they were conventional “we can’t be bothered to secure our web service, even when everyone is telling us it is terrible” issues, rather than “knob gets crushed and catches fire”. Still, there’s plenty of scope for someone to make one of those in future… OTA BMS firmware updates are very much a thing, and the market for alarming sex toys is practically unlimited.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/your-cock-is-mine-now-hacker-locks-internet-connected-chastity-cage-demands-ransom/

(now I think about it, I suspect there’s a market for very poorly secured internet-connected sex toys. someone got off to that headline, I’m pretty certain)

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let's be honest: These are exactly the sort of people who will stick their dicks into the Torment Nexus.

[–] BigMuffN69@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It almost surely has been done, but dare I ask where one can find trashy romance a la “pegged by the basilisk”

"Pegged in the ass by a physical manifestation of an online forum thought exercise gone horribly wrong" should be a Tingler if it isn't already one.

[–] passenger@kolektiva.social 4 points 1 day ago

@BigMuffN69 @blakestacey

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