Pick-up trucks for anyone that’s not a farmer, construction worker or dirtbike rider.
They are so dumb and impractical for normal driving. I don’t get it.
I believe there was some tax-benefit for them in the US at some point…? Then it makes a tiny bit if sense i guess.
But what’s even dumber: cross-overs. Worst of both worlds.
I love my small car but it’s getting impossible to drive anymore when the LED headlights of these trucks are literally at my eye level blinding everything. They are a danger and the only way out it seems is to join them and get above the lights.
This is basically Florida. Tons of massive trucks on the roads, all driven by assholes that I will judge absolutely by their truck alone.
Nowadays I use my pickup for work, but when I bought it, it was simply for fun - not for any practical reason. There’s not much more to it. They look cool, they’re fun to drive, and they make you feel like you’re operating a machine, not just something meant to get you from point A to point B.
You’re just not the kind of person who’s into that - and that’s fine. You probably aren’t into playing the flute either, but I doubt you’d say you “don’t get it” or that it’s dumb.
As a non- flute player, other people playing the flute improves my life. Non-essential trucks take up more space on the road and hurt the environment more than alternatives, for absolutely no reason.
But this thread wasn’t about what you feel morally superior about compared to others, so I’m not sure what your reply has to do with anything I just said. We’re discussing not understanding the hype around something and that’s what I was responding to.
This thread also isn’t about justifying hyped activities. I responded to your comment, like you responded to the comment before yours.
Explanation is not excuse.
What about excuse? I haven’t edited my comment, and I didn’t mention excuses. Did you reply to the wrong comment? Or do you think justifications and excuses are the same thing?
It’s a saying - it just rhymes better than “explanation is not justifying.” You know what I meant. I gave an explanation for why some people do what they do, and you responded as if I were justifying it, which I wasn’t.
Had you used the word excuse, that would at least suggest I acknowledge something is bad but am still okay with it - which would be closer to how I actually feel about it. But saying I’m justifying it implies I think it’s right, reasonable, or morally acceptable, which completely misrepresents both my view and the intention of my post.
Playing the flute doesn‘t kill people and endanger others :)
feel like you’re operating a machine
Funny because I’m assuming your truck has an automatic transmission. Try getting a very cheap, small car with manual transmission and tell me what feels more like driving a machine to you 😏 . The cheaper the better, because all those electronic aids like lane assist, traction control, adaptive cruise control, etc are just disconnecting you from the actual metal.
I rented a small base model Peugeot 108 when on holiday on Crete a few weeks back. Nothing more exhilarating than taking that go-kart onto a mountain road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl3a-LWS_kE
But honestly, thanks for the comment! I’m happy to learn why people like them so much!
I’m assuming your truck has an automatic transmission
It’s almost 20 years old and doesn’t have automatic anything.
Then I haven’t said anything, but you’re also not the person I was writing about 😉
I agree with pick ups. The issue has been that bigger pick ups are generally exempt from fuel efficiency mandates resulting in manufacturers making bigger and bigger pick ups. They don’t make compact pick ups anymore. Add in America has some fascination with owning trucks. I’m actually gonna disagree on crossovers. For most people I agree they’re impractical. But they’re better than SUVs and pick ups. Most people actually need a mini van or wagon but we just stopped making those
I would go further and say they are stupid for everything. Oh i need it to haul stuff. And you didn’t get a bus? Are you stupid?
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I mean… pretty much anything that gets hyped. For me, hype is one of the most reliable signals that I’m not going to be into something. That said, I’ll admit that the hype itself often keeps me from even giving things a fair chance. So it’s not that I’ve disliked everything that’s been hyped, but more that the ones I did try and didn’t enjoy made me even less likely to bother with the rest.
This is me in a nutshell. The more people that tell me to participate in any thing, the less likely i am to try it. Still haven’t watched Tiger King, for example.
Taylor Swift. I actually like her music. I also understand that hardcore fans will exist for every artist. But Swifties take it to another level. I’m lowkey impressed by that fandom, but don’t get it.
I just saw Black Joe Lewis play last night and I know for a fact he’s a much better guitarist. But she packs stadiums and only 50 people were at his show. maybe it’s because he doesn’t show off his thighs?
I think you’re generalizing her way too much here. Her fanbase is mostly girls. They aren’t coming to see her thighs. She may not be the greatest guitarist in the world but she’s a great song writer and singer. Her Eras tour was also incredibly well done.
Lol! The music industry has fuck all to do with music…!
You know how people who are into Q-Anon and Pizza-gate look at strange symbols and odd numerology to find strange connections to prove whatever crazy thing they believe. Taylor Swift like to release albums, singles and tours using favorite numbers, hidden symbols and hints in her other songs. So it fits that section of the internet who love to analyze to death things to find clues. Since she is so prolific there is enough material for her to hide these Easter eggs to generate endless conspiracies about when things are released. Since she does drop hints it makes sense that people love to find them. Its like a puzzle-game mixed with a conspiracy theory mixed with a “viral marketing campaign” all in one. And instead of unraveling the fabric of democracy she release music people like.
Switch 2
Tik Tok. It’s just vine but no one is funny. How many videos of people just driving their cars with some nonsense text overlaid, like, how many hundreds of that are needed? How are you going to stand out? It’s just a way for the uncreative to take part in creativity. Which they aren’t.
Just like the fast food thing, TikTok is literally addictive. It’s the new breed of addictive tech. It’s the fentanyl of tech.
The last of us games, pretty generic trope filled badly paced story. And just super meh gameplay that feels like you are walking through molasses.
Haha I have a TLOU tattoo. Hate the 2nd game though
Was it too “woke” for you?
Too miserable and not credible IMO
I finally started playing the first game on PC a few days ago… It’s not great. Story is whatever I dont really care. The actual gameplay itself is just…not fun? Clunky and imprecise.
I had the same problem with red dead 2. I don’t have the attention span to care about the characters or the story so I need solid gameplay to keep me hooked and it just wasn’t satisfying to play for the most part. Felt like I was suggesting movement controls rather than actually controlling my character. The guns all felt meh. It’s got some fun mechanics, but the bounty system was horrendous and the survival aspect is non-existent.
I have goopy goblin gamer brain as some call it. I need the gameplay to be excellent as I do not care about graphics or story. So many games have amazing graphics and legendary stories but the gameplay itself just isn’t fun enough for me to finish it.
Blockchain. I’ve always seen it as a solution looking g for a problem. And I’m a 12+ experienced software developer now.
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Meh I think the decentralization is a pretty nice use case actually. It’s great that no one can shut it down and no centralized entity can just decide that your money is gone now (for cryptocurrencies).
Look at Monero. Since it’s almost impossible to track governments are actually trying to ban it but they can’t shut it down because anyone can just spin up a node and there’s nothing any government can do about it except banning it from exchanges. I think that’s pretty neat, although the environmental cost for this technology together with LLMs are absolutely crazy
Balatro.
Almost every single mention of it I see online makes it sound like the most freaking addictive drug. Any of you seen that Star Trek TNG episode where this weird addictive headset game takes over the Enterprise? Just like that.
It’s probably a good game, but all those posts feel really off putting to me.
I don’t like that kind of game. I didn’t like Balatro. I’m more into realism and simulation though. I had no idea why all of my favourite sites couldn’t stop talking about it. Honestly, I think standards have fallen a lot further than we thought. Again though. I’m surviving until the release of Elder Scrolls 6. Balatro was never really on my radar.
Big number go up, get brain drug dose. not much more to it than that.
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I think HP and Kpop are both quite overrated.
Anime and Manga are just media, so there are good and bad series, like anything else. It’s not worth obsessing over, or writing it off. But there are definitely shows that are worthy of some amount of hype.
Gyms are a good place to have access to various machines and weights for strength training (which is super important!) It has advantages and disadvantages compared to something like calisthenics. Yoga is a great way of moving and stretching the body, which is big for flexibility and general mobility. Especially combined with some form of strength training, it will have a huge impact on how your body feels.
Fashion, makeup, and nail polish are all about self expression. Fast fashion is bad, but fashion can mean just putting together a good outfit. It’s worth it to put a bit of effort into what you wear, and making your clothes into something that reflects you. Makeup also has a positive and negative side. On one hand, a lot of people use it (often heavily) to cover up their percoeved flaws and ‘fix’ their appearance. I think that’s unhealthy and a bit sad. But makeup is also an an art form; it turns your face into a canvas. Think winged eyeliner, glitter, colored eyeshadow or lipstick, etc. This includes nail polish. It’s an expression of creativity, an you get to look nice at the end! Even if it’s something you aren’t personally interested in, (or if you are discouraged from self ornamentation due to gender expectations) It should be clear why people enjoy these things.
asparagus
Green or white?
Green are so so, but white… Omg… With hollandaise and a good piece of ham.
With all due respect my dude I think you’re just using the asparagus as an edible spoon for hollandaise there. And I like asparagus
I cannot deny I prefer to eat a bit too much hollandaise with them, but I also really enjoy them “au natural”.
I even like them from a jar.
I’m not sure why though. Just taste I guess.
I think what helps with the hype is that they are quite seasonal, so when they are available you hear a lot of people talk about them maybe?
Same with Rhubarb and “pepernoten” (if you’re Dutch) for instance.
The type that’s popular here is white and boiled. Even if I liked it green, grilled etc. (haven’t tried it, so it’s technically possible), that’s not what most people here are hyped about.
Jellyfin vs Plex vs Kodi
People get really into the one they choose and upset when other people make a different choice. But it’s not a competition, use whatever makes you happy 🤘
Absolutely do use whatever makes you happy, but that is a false equivalence. Plex just updated their license to allow them to track your content consumption and sell that data to whomever they want…
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…‘scotch’ encompasses such a vast diversity of spirits that i presume anyone who blanket-dislikes it either 1) doesn’t like malt whisky in general, fair enough, or 2) mis-apprehends a specific style as endemic to scotch whisky as a whole…
…the latter folks typically dislike peated malts, often after sampling bottom-shelf blends…
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…because it’s a plainly ignorant statement akin to “i don’t like french music”: do you just dislike
musicmalt whisky?..that’s a fair statement, but one which would apply to all malt whiskies regardless of nation of origin, as there’s no unifying style distinguishing scotch in particular……conversely, if you don’t mind other malt whiskies but dislike something specific about scotch, that’s indicative of narrow experience coloring your expectation of a vast ecology of styles and expressions which have little in common other than being based on barley, water, distillation, and age…
…“i don’t like scotch” is a common statement from folks who’ve only sampled peated malts; your listerine comment sounds like medicinal peat notes, which are a divisive style…
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…nah man, i’m here for casual conversation; nothing at all shameful about honest ignorance, only willful ignorance…
HVAC. I feel like it’s as much of a game changer as cocaine was to people already forking out lots for pure heroin.
Sounds good, but I’ll never see the benefit
Idk man, air conditioning is pretty nice.
…i went to school in the tropics without air conditioning, neither in the classrooms nor dormitories, and it still feels like self-indulgent opulence to me every time i come home to air conditioning, even four decades later…
I see them everywhere in hot countries, and it boggles the mind that this is just this expensive thing that a lot of houses have now
…i generally prefer windows open to the world but i’ll concede that it’s niiiiice, though: i never sleep better than nestled underneath a blasting window-box on a hot summer night…
same, AC just dries out my throat
Souls games.
Ed Sheeran.
In-N-Out.
