dumbassery

Wikileaks has always had a healthy sense of self-importance—one that seems, at least in part, well-deserved. But there's something uniquely hubristic about accusing a major newspaper (and former collaborator) of "gross negligence or malice" over the release of 251,000 unredacted top-secret cables—when the fault lies with the website itself. [see title]

2011 August 31, Max Read, “Wikileaks^([sic]) Freaks Out at Newspaper Over Its Own Dumbassery”, in Gawker, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2011

“Honestly god bless the olive oil war, this is exactly the kind of ludicrous startup-brain-worms low-stakes drama that the world needs more of right now,” tweeted Helen Rosner, a New Yorker staff writer who covers food. “No villains, no victims, just top notch public ego dumbassery.”

2023 April 28, Madison Malone Kircher, Anna Grace Lee, “This Week’s Tiniest Social Media Drama Is About Olive Oil”, in The New York Times