David Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoGo West, Weird Man: The oddballs of the MAGA movement have nothing on Silicon Valley transhumanists - by Émile TorresNSFWwww.truthdig.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGo West, Weird Man: The oddballs of the MAGA movement have nothing on Silicon Valley transhumanists - by Émile TorresNSFWwww.truthdig.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareShakingMyHead@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI still don’t know what TESCREAL actually means.
minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s detailed in the 3rd para of the linked article.
minus-squarefroztbyte@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoInitialism for the multiple main schools of thonk from the weirdos, so-named by Gebru and Torres
minus-squareo7___o7@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoI’ve wondered if TREACLES might take hold better in the public consciousness. As a fan of Sir Pterry, it makes me think of apocalypse-fearing dwarves madly digging for sweets.
minus-squarefroztbyte@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agorecently reread that and: heh yeah, remarkably on the nose comparison also, GNU Terry Pratchett hey @self - can we add clacks to awful? :D
minus-squarerook@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoTESCREAL was chosen, at least in part, because it would be easier to search for. TREACLES matches all sorts of other stuff.
I still don’t know what TESCREAL actually means.
It’s detailed in the 3rd para of the linked article.
Initialism for the multiple main schools of thonk from the weirdos, so-named by Gebru and Torres
I’ve wondered if TREACLES might take hold better in the public consciousness.
As a fan of Sir Pterry, it makes me think of apocalypse-fearing dwarves madly digging for sweets.
recently reread that and: heh yeah, remarkably on the nose comparison
also, GNU Terry Pratchett
hey @self - can we add clacks to awful? :D
TESCREAL was chosen, at least in part, because it would be easier to search for. TREACLES matches all sorts of other stuff.
Hey, good point!