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Critics. Art, literary, music. Postmodernism is largely art criticism purporting to take everything as a text.
That's the most succinct explanation of post modernism I've seen.
This is why anyone who knows anything about postmodernism looks at science fans' straw postmodernism and goes "wtf". It turns out a set of paintbrushes doesn't make a good hammer, well gosh.
...could you clarify what you mean by "science fans' straw postmodernism"?
I think "straw postmodernism" would generally imply that the science fans in question had invented the idea specifically to make fun of postmodernism (as a strawman). From the context however I get the impression that the science fans in question are themselves postmodernists and that you used the term "straw" to mean something like "not what postmodernism was intended to be".
(also to the earlier post, come to think of it: are there online communities of enthusiastic amateur art critics who aren't trying to make it in any career? I honestly don't know myself, there could easily be.)