Reactions to Andy Weir's 'Not Woke' Messaging

So you’re saying Weir should get a ban…?

Weir did a lot of interviews with popular youtubers, he probably had never heard of critical drinker before that point.

I think wokeness is primarily self-soothing. It's visions like Roddenberry's and Weir's that inspire progress.

Fake backlash over an old interview. I asked the author of both of these articles why he was making it a big deal and misquoting other people and attributing it to Andy. He blocked me. So please stop sharing that man’s horseshit clickbait articles.

“Science and international cooperation will save the world” is a definite statement in today’s world. Sigh 🙄

" while others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe." That only happened when I got high on weed that one time... It was ~really~ good weed, too. Also, fuck Andy Weir. He should get high every now and then he wouldn't be saying stupid shit.

He went on the Critical Drinker's podcast. He deserves less than nothing. Don't anchor yourself to scum.

Andy Weir saying The Martian has no social commentary reminds of @jacobgeller.com's excellent video about the Call of Duty devs saying their game "isn't political" and what that actually means. youtu.be/FtCV421T52s

Just remembered that my main point of reference for Andy Weir’s writing is his novel Artemis as covered on @372pages.bsky.social, and in that he came off as the second coming of Ernest Cline.

For sure, there's an entire class of writers who make cozy commodified fantasies with basic progressive politics but for a trivial counter example I find the works of iain m banks (whose politics are far from subtle) far more thrilling and imaginative than anything andy weir has ever created

mobilizing snyder's legions against the left's enemies would unironically be an asset (?)

either way it doesn't speak terribly well of weir

people latch onto Rogan's edginess a lot when suggesting what an equivalent would look like, but the thing that makes him so dangerous is his ability to package reactionary ideas in a veil of "this is just a common sense apolitical take"

All art is inherently political and denying it is a choice in and of itself. This reminds me of Andy Weir’s recent comments he made about his work. He claims his work doesn’t have an agenda, but the book clearly gives message that can be seen as pretty progressive.