• istewart@awful.systems
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    3 days ago

    I think their brains have just been thoroughly microwaved by social media feedback loops. I remarked elsewhere that I’m not sure these people are or can be earnest about this (cf. the fact that the billionaires they’re celebrating are laser-focused on the tech they claim might doom the world); they’re simply too conditioned towards creating outrage content for Twitter. To me, this is more akin to LARPing “Leave Britney alone!” than it is serious political activism.

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      17 hours ago

      To me, this is more akin to LARPing “Leave Britney alone!” than it is serious political activism.

      I wouldn’t be too sure about that. Don’t forget that monarchists are still a thing

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        14 hours ago

        From another perspective, royalty gossip is the progenitor, and now the semi-vestigial rump, of the modern celebrity gossip industry

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      3 days ago

      To me, this is more akin to LARPing “Leave Britney alone!” than it is serious political activism.

      I will be 0% surprised to learn that aella et co got paid 5+ figures for this shit