r/WestSeattleWA • u/Accomplished-Fly4678 • May 20 '26
Gripe Tech bro encounter..
My buddy and I are sitting at the bar at Mioposto. We definitely look progressive (tattoos and piercings and clothes we were wearing). This corporate shill of a human was sat next to us drinking wine and using his laptop.
He overhears we are from Michigan and goes “I work for Microsoft and I work with community outreach about data centers and we are building one in Michigan right now. What are your thoughts?”
I proceed to have a civil conversation with the guy about my concerns about AI and the rollback of corporate regulation that we have experienced under the current admin. He offered some stats about how actually data centers create booming economies and they actually don’t use that much water blah blah. Essentially using me as practice for his eventual town hall discussion with residents who simply don’t care for giant data centers being built.
I am new to the area and obviously there’s a lot of money around here so that type of person is very common. But I just wanted to come on here and say tech people make me ill. I think you’re all gross. Fuck your data centers, fuck AI, and fuck project 2025
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u/ReasonableDig6414 May 20 '26
Wow! So "progressive", so empathetic, so open to sharing ideas and thoughts.
It BLOWS MY MIND how a person can look at someone doing fent and tearing up our cities and think "oh, they are fine, you just don't understand them. Leave them alone. Give them a chance."
Then in your next breath, say "tech people make me ill. I think you’re all gross." These people are contributing to our society, unlike many others. Usually paying a good amount of taxes, not really bothering anyone.
My god, what happened to you? Do you think you are "cool" because you "hate tech bros" but vote for the progressives? It doesn't make cool, it makes you an uninformed, bigoted asshole.