Shitposts Weekly

Medium articles neither rare nor well-done for the week ending 25th February 2022.

The Idiots Aren’t Going to Make It — But What About the Rest of Us?: An asshole lets rip a long, wet, and incredibly bigoted fart, with plenty of ableism, about who he thinks is going to die over the next several decades. He seems to think the victims will be primarily white people, considering most of the groups he names are predominantly white. Nevermind that climate catastrophes, which are already here, have overwhelmingly killed people of colour. Nevermind that most of the world, in fact, is people of colour.

Tips for writing clean code in Laravel: A webshit shits ur-webshit about an ur-webshit framework.

You’ve Got Mail: An ROI lets rip a long, wet fart about how they like to get handwritten notes sometimes.

Vladimir Putin Moved His Super Yacht This Week: A professional shitposter rips a long, wet fart about Putin’s yacht while bemoaning how the oligarch isn’t the ‘right kind’ of oligarch. Left unexamined is America’s role in stripmining Russia’s assets post-USSR in the 90s that created the conditions they also bemoan.

How to Win Arguments with Stupid, Stubborn People: A “smart guy”, in exploring effective ways to win arguments, repeatedly uses ableist slurs, which is what keeps this article from being rare or well-done.

If You Only Read a Few Books in 2022, Read These: A writer has opinions on what you should read. It’s almost all useless fluff. Read the MLKjr biography, perhaps, if you don’t mind a white man’s perspective.

Rare articles which are well-done.

How Can You Talk About LGBTQ+ Rights When There’s a War Going On?: A journalist, with a long list of various significant issues that need to be addressed, points out that crises don’t generally occur consecutively and they all need to be addressed, even if there are “more pressing” matters afoot.

Rethinking Blood Pressure: A doctor looks at the science of blood pressure.

Places I’ll Still Wear a Mask From Now On: An ROI founder has correct opinions on masking, although I’m at the point where I’m probably just going to mask for the rest of my life in public settings.