NancyDec 27, 2023
Jack Jackson
Wake up babe, Godwin's Second Law just dropped
Oct 2, 2023 at 3:18pmWeb
Show threadJack JacksonJan 20, 2024

This being my first experience of going (moderately) viral, I'm pleasantly surprised that the majority of responses have been not-unpleasant.

Also I learned that you can add Alt-text after-the-fact, which is nice.

Also, check out my SoundCloud - <gestures at a cloud-shaped floating ball of static-noise in the corner of the living room>

Show threadbiddy_sue ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆDec 27, 2023
@scubbo good to have scientific examination of what we all thought might be trueโ€ฆ
Show threadKirill OsenkovDec 27, 2023
@scubbo sounds about right
Show threadkaboDec 27, 2023

@scubbo

@cisene

Lol, I'm finally the 1% ๐Ÿ˜

Show threadRoger Crewโœ…โŒโ˜‘๐Ÿ—ธโŽโœ–โœ“โœ”Dec 27, 2023

@scubbo

ouch. I can't wait for the 3rd law.

. o O ( "A woke Hitler shall not injure another woke Hitler, nor, through inaction, cause another woke Hitler to come to harm.")

Show threadAnna SDec 27, 2023
@scubbo #AltText4You
Screenshot of a tweet by Mike Godwin (@sfmnemonic) on Mar 17, 2022:
Drawing Bayesian inferences after extensive sampling, I've determined that it's 99% certain that anyone who uses "woke" as a pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead. Please don't blame me for pointing this out - it's just science.
Show threadClaudius LinkDec 27, 2023
@scubbo it would be cool of you could add @amphianna description as #AltText
๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
Show threadStopForTeaDec 27, 2023
@scubbo But why is he still on Xitter?
Show thread๐“ข๐”‚๐“ญ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐”‚ <3   Dec 27, 2023
@StopForTea @scubbo timestamp on the original tweet is from march of 2022 fwiw
Show threadStopForTeaDec 27, 2023
@sydney @scubbo ok
Show threadNoah GibbsDec 27, 2023

@StopForTea @scubbo

The screenshot is from 2022. Looking at his Twitter profile, not clear he's still posting there -- I basically just see old stuff, 2022 or earlier.

Show threadHeliographDec 27, 2023
@scubbo #alttext Screenshot of social media post by Mike #Godwin (he/him) @sfmnemonic
"Drawing Bayesian inferences after extensive sampling, I've determined that it's 99-percent certain that anyone who uses "woke" as pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead. Please don't blame me for pointing this out--it's just science." 10:15 PM - Mar 17, 2022
Show threadUli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)Dec 27, 2023

@scubbo Accessibility description:

Mike Godwin (he/him)
@ sfmnemonic

Drawing Bayesian inferences after extensive sampling, I've determined that it's 99-percent certain that anyone who uses "woke" as pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead. Please don't blame me for pointing this out--it's just science.
10:15 PM โ€ข Mar 17, 2022

Show threadAndrewDec 27, 2023
@scubbo wow, this one must have taken him ages
Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Dec 27, 2023
@scubbo Image description:
Mike Godwin (he/him)
@sfmnemonic:
Follow Drawing Bayesian inferences after extensive sampling, I've determined that it's 99-percent certain that anyone who uses "woke" as pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead. Please don't blame me for pointing this out--it's just
science.
Date: Mar 17, 2022
Show threadJerralyn FranzicDec 27, 2023
@scubbo
Show threadJenna ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆDec 27, 2023

@scubbo

I have never understood how โ€˜wokeโ€™ is an insult. Donโ€™t we all aspire to being awake, rather than sleepwalking through life?

Show threadื—ื ืŸ ื›ื”ืŸ โ€ข Hanan CohenDec 27, 2023
@scubbo I have another one for you that I have bookmarked a long time ago.
Show threadGlennDec 27, 2023
@scubbo I don't know. It seems like 12% of them are asshole politicians. That's not scientific though.
Show threadleorkDec 27, 2023
@scubbo "Woke" is shorthand for "Go Back to Sleep".
Show threadGemma โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฐ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐ŸŽDec 27, 2023
@scubbo it's actually 100% certain.
Show threadStefan MonnierDec 27, 2023
@scubbo There's one thing I don't understand: why "as pejorative"?
I've basically never seen it used any other way
Show threadNyx PhoenixDec 27, 2023
@monnier @scubbo itโ€™s been around for a bit before that happened: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
Woke - Wikipedia

Show threadTobiasDec 27, 2023
@scubbo I also have "Surveillance is the crack-cockaine of governments" from him from ~10yrs back
Show threadR. L. Dane  Dec 27, 2023

@scubbo

I have come to the same conclusion, although a bit less sweary ;)

There are a lot of such... porridgebrains around where I live.

Show threadPhiloDec 28, 2023
@scubbo itโ€™s true. thatโ€™s the way I use it and Iโ€™m a total fuckhead.
Show threadJack JacksonDec 28, 2023
@philo thanks for the advance warning to mute you
Show threadPhiloDec 28, 2023
@scubbo you're welcome!
Show threadSacha Ligthert ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งDec 28, 2023
@scubbo "it's just science." Link to paper please ๐Ÿ˜
Show threadLate Stage Mall-Emo RealismDec 28, 2023
@scubbo I don't use the term "woke" as the alt right uses it frequently to frame all democratic and anti-descriminatory policy and discussion as illegitimate. However I do see leftists, especially western middle-class/prof managorial class/bourgeois leftists, place an excessive amount of attention on politics of recognition for groups defined by identitarian categories, while ignoring that intersectionalism/black socialism always had a class analysis in the center that combined all the struggles
Show threadJack JacksonDec 28, 2023
@EmoIsDeadAndSoAmI k
Show threadUnabogie has voted Kamala!Dec 28, 2023
@scubbo and the corollary is that this probability jumps to 100% if someone uses "wokeism" in any non-ironical context.
Show threadAviva GaryDec 28, 2023
@scubbo Please let this be real... please let this be real... please let this be real ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ˜†
Show threadJack JacksonDec 28, 2023

@Aviva_Gary this is the first time that a social media post of mine has gone viral-enough to be (implicitly) accused of being fake. Quite a compliment - thank you! (Not that it's technically my work, but YKWIM)

(https://x.com/sfmnemonic/status/1504687870006620163?s=20)

Mike Godwin (@sfmnemonic) on X

Drawing Bayesian inferences after extensive sampling, I've determined that it's 99-percent certain that anyone who uses "woke" as pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead. Please don't blame me for pointing this out--it's just science.

X (formerly Twitter)
Show threadAviva GaryDec 28, 2023

@scubbo I mean you are welcome but that was not my intent lol ๐Ÿ˜†

Instead when you see something like this (that is awesome) it could very well be fake...

simply because internet *shrugs and laughs*

But I'm happy it's real though โœŠ

Show threadJack JacksonDec 28, 2023
@Aviva_Gary you got it ๐Ÿ˜ happy holidays!
Show threadVick Forcella โ„ข๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒณโ„๏ธโ˜‘๏ธ:verifiDec 28, 2023
@scubbo I want Mike on Mastodon.
Show threadDJ EnnoDec 28, 2023
@scubbo
Show threadLesley LaiDec 30, 2023
@scubbo Also "SJW." I am glad that this term seems to be used less now (or maybe I only perceive it this way since I deleted my Twitter account)
Show threadenantiomerJan 17, 2024
@scubbo invoking Bayes here feels like a specific diss to the "rationalist" culture
Show threadTobiasJan 23, 2024
@scubbo
Show threadErosBlog Bacchus has moved!Jan 25, 2024
@scubbo Special case of the "pernicious memes travel in flocks" general law.