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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I regret to inform you that the promptfans have a new fucked up way to thotpost: transcript below

transcriptscreenshot from twitter. the search bar has the following search terms in it: "BC" "before claude" a tweet body by @Jason_Dean reads: "I was born in 23 BC (Before"

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 12 points 1 day ago

Not beating the 'this is just Christianity with the labels removed' allegations.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We're doing revolutionary calendars, huh?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the only revolutions these people are capable of is spinning their office chairs

.....when it's one on a swivel instead of some fixed-position ergo thing they acquired after reading a thotleader blogpost

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Fixed-position office chairs? What goddamn vibe-brained rat-pilled techbro started convincing people to forgo the single best redeeming factor of office chairs?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

there’s a couple chairs I’ve seen where they’re designed for a different style of sitting, stuff coming from medical and similar worlds. I’m not familiar enough with them to have picked a specific example, but I’ve seen a couple of baytypes pick these up because someone else had one