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 threadLesley Carhart Mar 8
You’re mad because you’re so deeply invested and wired into something that me yelling that the emperor is naked makes you want to fight.
Show threadLesley Carhart Mar 8
The one I haven’t won out on because thankfully the other shoe hasn’t dropped is insecure child tracking apps but omg
Show threadJohn MaxwellMar 8
@hacks4pancakes Yeah. Somebody bad is gonna... yeah.
Show threadBill Hooker
@jmax @hacks4pancakes Oh. Oh no. Fuck.
Mar 8 at 1:56pmWeb