Lesley Carhart Mar 8

This is anecdotal, but every time I say I have a bad feeling about something

(See: Elon and companies, alleged grassy knoll ear shots, LLMs, cryptocurrency, Gamergate, project 2025)

And I get tech people yelling at me in the comments,

Within two years I’m proven extremely right.

Show threadLesley Carhart Mar 8
I’m kinda just over people yelling at me. The more people get super angry about me saying something is fishy as hell, the more south it’s going.
Show threadLesley Carhart Mar 8
I think that is because they’re all attached to really hype, addictive, subversive things, and We Computer People think we’re immune to that. To the point of getting aggressive when someone says they’re bad.
Show threadLesley Carhart Mar 8
Yes, even the collapse of American free speech and democratic government because deep American exceptionalism and trust in stability is 💯💯💯 lifelong brainwashing too.
Show threadMark ⛵️🏳️‍🌈Mar 8

@hacks4pancakes as a Brit who used to work in US tech and lived in Seattle years ago, I just assumed people got angry when I pointed this out because I was an outsider...

A bit like Baz Luhrmann's epic song, Sunscreen, every word of this thread rings true 💯

Show threadSnosrapkungfu (They/them)
@not_a_label @hacks4pancakes Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders
Mar 8 at 1:14pmWeb