Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.
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The post Xitter web has spawned so 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.)
Galloway closes with a pretty strong sneer: Apocalypse No
Seems like he's getting back to his pre-crypto / we-wtf style. But when did podcasters start charging $53 (EDIT: $86.50 for floor) / seat at the Wiltern, that place is huge. And no Swisher either, it's his other one.
Am I being paranoid or is that a very LLM phrase?
Doesn't end there
and that quote gets even more LLM when expanded
It's two not X it's Ys in a row!
Galloway has always been a prolific em-dash user But pre-2023 phrases that strike on the same severity are hard to find ——mildly LLM at best.
2022
I started to smell something funny about Galloway when I heard an ad for his podcast in a prime drive-time slot on the local country music station, of all places
Yeah I saw Galloway be described as, lets keep it civil, a big opportunist.
I usually think of it as Pivot : All In :: Ted Turner : Rupert Murdoch. Hoping he can grow out of his Bill Maher phase, but at least he's been pretty generous to my dumb State U in the meantime. And if he wants to rack up listeners/ad dollars by doing chatgpt boycotts, by all means.