Angus McIntyre1d ago
The reason why the Artemis mission has everyone so fascinated is because it is a showcase for the efforts of people who are very, very good at their jobs, at a time when the news cycle is dominated by people who are not merely terrible at their jobs, but awful human beings as well.
Show threadFarah 🖖🏼🧶🏳️‍🌈
@angusm The new coined term is “competence porn”
Apr 11 at 2:38pmWeb
Show threadTim Ruppert1d ago
@farah @angusm
Yes! I was listening to a podcast and they were talking about the movie Project Hail Mary, and this is what they said about that movie: it was fun because it was COMPETENCE PORN! And I love that. 😀
Show threadMannyCartoon18h ago

@farah @angusm

Hahaha I came here to say this too! 🤣
Its a shame the furver is matched by flat earthers talking about jelled hair fake news. (I hate this timeline) 😒

Show threadeishiya14h ago
@farah How new are we talking? I recall seeing it 10+ years ago in a discussion lamenting the loss of competence porn as a TV/movie metagenre in favour of hapless protagonists and an overall growing distrust in scientists and scholars. From some of the other replies here, it seems like it's coming back as a thing in media, I'm glad :D