Umair Haque’s stupidest story

All right, it’s time to be a jerk and write a story critiquing another writer. Of course, that other writer is a giant and I’m no one, but, hey, why not. I have this habit, among other habits, of always writing a story when I’m flying. I’m flying now. Took off from Fort Lauderdale in Florida a few minutes ago. Flying to California. Usually, when I fly I feel all sentimental, but it’s 10pm now and the sky outside is dark. Maybe that’s why I feel like discussing Umair.

Though I’m not a fan of Umair’s collapse porn, I recently wrote how I liked one of his stories.

Now, though, let’s talk about this one.

What Facebook’s Crumbling Empire Teaches US

Oh dear — I’ve not seen this level of bullshit in a while.

Not so much the Facebook part — I myself have a lot of issues with Facebook and especially with Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership. I wrote several stories about the bull-shitness of Facebook’s metaverse and how I hate Zuckerberg’s virtue signaling.

When Facebook’s announced poor results and its stock tanked I sure joined the joyful anti-Facebook bandwagon.

But then Umair talks about Tik Tok. I somehow doubt Umair is on Tik Tok, and I can’t be bothered to verify, as I don’t have the app on my phone, but apparently, he’s been enlightened about Tik Tok’s power and superiority over Facebook.

Let me quote: