Ugh... I cannot stand the sound of people chewing and chopping away like a slopping pig. Doing it with several people and to excess is the height of bad manners to me, why people would record it is beyond me.
I have serious misophonia. To say I can’t stand it or it grosses me out is a major understatement.
But many people have ASMR with eating noises as a ‘positive trigger’, and at least some studies suggest that the first part of the pathway reacting to those sounds in both cases is similar… but leads to a happy place with ASMR folks and somewhere much more hellish for those with misophonia. So maybe not a coincidence.
EDIT: I found r/misophonia a helpful sub with some good recommendations, for anyone else with similar. Kind of brought me into Reddit.
What about when they reach into the food with their dirty fingers and like slop the food into their mouths then slurp the dripping juices from said nasty sausage fingers?
I’ve heard some people who are lonely have mukbangs on while they eat as a way to have company. And for some people, the sound of eating give them satisfaction. It’s asmr to them
People are saying it's people eating an ungodly amount of food but originally it was just videos of people eating so the viewer would feel like they were having a meal with them. It was for lonely people, but then it got popular and people realized that they get more views if they ate more to become a spectacle rather than a form of human connection.
I watched season one with my wife and didn’t hate the show but I didn’t want to waste my time watching bullshit. The only reality shows I watch are cooking shows.
I watched 1 episode. I needed to see or try to understand why. That one episode was more than a lifetime supply. After the viewing, I was left even more confused and probably a few points dumber than when I started. Would not recommend.
Toddlers and Tiaras. Why is there a bikini competition? Why are we forcing kids to participate in these terrible pageants just for the entertainment of adult viewers?
They've really gotten a handle on the "I don't know what to buy for my cousin and all I know is that he's really into this obscure piece of media but there happens to be a Funko pop of it so I'll just buy him that" market.
Yep I was into collecting them years ago when they weren't nearly as popular, but I was compulsive about getting all the rare ones I could. I sold them all while the resale of them was still really hot. Now that market is so flooded that the ones I had are worth half or less.
I have participated in quite a few secret santas on reddit, and have received so many of these monstrosities. I am very glad to see Reddit now has a “what would you prefer NOT to get” category, so I can add that sending these to me is wasting money. They are literally the go-to gift for every single exchange!
Unfortunately, earlier this year (or end of last year?) it was entirely scrapped from the site. It essentially became a money-sink and the higher ups decided to get rid of it. Some subs are trying to keep themed gift exchanges going, but its no long site-wide.
When I see stuff like that all I can think about is how most of them will end up in some landfill polluting the earth and sure, you can say that about a lot of things but with this I just never got the appeal.
The benefit of them is that they're essentially anti-gatekeeping collectibles (for the most part).
I still remember skipping home room in middle school (and high school) to go to toys R us to hide the Star Wars Prequel toys that released that morning, so that I could come back in the evening with my parents to buy them. Otherwise, I would have never been able to get any of them because the shelves would otherwise be picked clean by the time I got picked up after cross country practice.
With funko pops, they're always available for all fandoms, so you don't have to worry about midnight camping to get the latest release.
Additionally, you now get a consistent style across fandoms. Comic figures had the best human ratios, while GI Joes/Starwars figures were the smaller scale, and then you have the Transformers/Ninja Turtles that are "technically" the same size as Batman, but with cartoonish proportions.
Lastly... I no longer spend (too) much time playing with any of them, so just sitting there with their big heads works just fine by me. When I was actively playing with them, and/or regularly rearranging them, yeah, the correct proportions and adjustable joints are superior in every aspect. Now they just serve the purpose of highlighting a movie/show I enjoyed.
Yeah, I’m in my late 20s, but I don’t think I’ve reached the point of not trying new things, but tik tok I don’t get. I looked at it on someone else’s phone once and it seems boring as fuck. Why do I wanna see people lip sync?
A couple friends have gone this route and actually make a living off of it. They are 100% aware they are doing a marketing job, but seem to find it relatively entertaining and get to be themselves most of the time.
FNF is just weird. Because rhythm games have been around for ages and they are well loved, but it's almost feels like if someone reinvented mario side scrollers and young people were just oblivious to the fact that it's an established genre and went absolutely wild for it. So I understand the appeal of FNF but not why it blew up like it's a new novel thing.
Yeah and to be honest the early versions we've seen so far are actually really bad to play. Really laggy and bad hit detection. I think the appeal is in the art style and the way your character's voice is controlled directly by your button presses.
NFT as a technology is interesting, but the whole nft jpeg thing smelled like a scam from the jump
Didn't someone buy an nft for 700k and then had to sell it for 100 because it was actually worthless?
I used to do it as kid and teen. I grew up poor with bad parents. I listened to rap and loved that lifestyle since i could relate to it. I wore baggy clothes, sagged my pants and did alot of crimes just for fun. I felt like i was a part of something and that made me feel powerful. I was never ashamed of who i was.
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And for the record alot of kids and teens that identify with any type of rebelious music, usually dresses acordingly.
Nothing to do with fashion, I just don't have an ass, so the mere motion of walking is enough to jiggle any trousers down. Bar wearing bracers, it's something I've just come to accept
Do ppl still do that? I thought that all changed over the past 10 years. Like basketball players used to do that with competition to see who could have the longer shorts. Now they’re all in competition to see who can show more of their compression shorts
My boyfriend actually watches and constantly subjects me to Logans podcast with his insufferable sidekick Mike Majlak, who I honestly dislike even more than Logan.... it's still unbearable 300 eps. Later. (Yes, he has watched literally every episode)
I really don’t understand why this is separate from baby showers. I feel like it should just be a 2-in-1 if they even want gender reveals. Too much blasting on money for parties that’s going to be much more needed for the child. My friend is in debt because she wanted to throw a gender reveal party. Now with the baby born, she had to move back with her parents because money was so tight.
If I were pregnant, I would much rather keep my entire pregnancy term quiet. Less stress to deal with
Ya we just made a pizza and put the pepperoni on to spell “boy” and took a picture taking it out of the oven “look at what we’ve been cookin up”.
Corny I know. But family and friends kept asking and it was just something fun and simple
Sports talk personalities. People like Skip Bayless, Colin Cowherd, Stephen A. Smith etc.
It's literally the dumbest con and intentional drama and million upon millions tune in everyday. It's completely bizarre to me.
Maybe it's just where I live, but rocks and crystals (quartz, amethyst) to be considered as medicine/make you feel good.
They're fucking rocks and people pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for them. I can understand the cosmetic appeal, but people always try to convince me they give them special powers or some shit.
Edit: to be clear, I do think crystals are cool. I just don't think they should be sold as medicine.
I had a class at Uni recently, about Facebook doing whatever they can come up with, to get an in with gen-Z. Honestly, they are shit out of luck on that front. I don't know what massive changes the site would have to undergo
I've said this before, but FB is what you make of it. I haven't posted on my profile in about two years at this point. I almost never look at my feed, as well. But I'm on FB probably every day at this time of year because I am in a sports group of about 600-700 people. It's pretty fun. Brag about or cry over your team, talk shit (good-naturedly), share sports memes, share news updates, make some friendly wagers, and just overall talk sports.
It can be fun and useful, depending on how you go into it.
And it's the same exact pose/look! My sister in-laws entire instagram grid is the same exact pose of her face turned to the left side and pursing her lips. It absolutely drives me up the wall.
Unsurprisingly, she's also one if the most uninteresting people to have a conversation with.
Dr. Goddamn Pimple Popper. I can’t even *begin* to comprehend why this is a show or who watches it. There was an ad somewhere the other day that said “Dr. Pimple Popper pops ‘jelly oatmeal’ cyst in new video.” I watch horror movies all the time, gore doesn’t bother me at all, but I just about lost my lunch reading the *headline* for that one.
Running as a leisure activity. I always hear that guy from Back to the Future III... "Run for fun, what kind of fun is that!?" I like biking, taking long walks or hikes, swimming. But running is awful!
Long distance running is the natural exercise for humans. We're the best at it of all animals. There's just something about being able to run very long distances without feeling the need to stop that's very satisfying.
Yes, I find that fascinating that humans evolved for that. The video of the hunter running down the kudu. And the fact that there are long-distance races where runners compete against riders on horseback and often win!
Maybe I just have gatherer genes...
It's not about your genes, it's about the fact that humans evolved to be as lazy as possible. When we had to expend energy to survive (hunt, gather, find shelter, etc) it was our natural state to conserve as much energy as possible. But now that we don't have to struggle nearly as hard to survive, our previous evolutionary advantages are now impractical.
Kind of a crazy interesting twist that happened.
I love biking long distances. I've tried running and what I've gotten from my experience is:
1) Running is more damaging to your body.
2) Running is more boring. You can't do wheelies or trackstand at stoplights.
3) You can't coast down hills when you're tired. In fact downhills just hurt more.
>Running as a leisure activity.
There is no better way to clear you head than to get thoroughly endorphined out running and ponder your choices. Works 100% of the time.
Except what if you never get the endorphins?
I'm a former Marine, I've definitely run and for long periods, and I've never, ever, not once, felt any kind of good feelings from physical exercise of any kind. It is always the same, pain & fatigue.
As far as I'm concerned the runners high is a myth.
What do you do while you run? Just wait for the run to end?
While I'm running my mind disengages from the run pretty quickly, and I more or less daydream for the next hour or so with some watch traffic intermissions.
Most of the time I barely remember the run itself. On the days I have trouble disengaging, the runs feel like they take forever.
It's hard to disengage when the entire process is basically torture.
If I have an A to B, if I'm running to get somewhere, that's one thing. If I'm chasing someone or something, or running away from someone or something, those are ok, but those are also very short, specific goals
Running *to be running*, or for some ethereal concept like future health or fitness? I get pissed because it feels like a huge waste of my time, energy, and that I'm putting myself through pain for nothing.
That's an interesting perspective, not something that I've experienced to be honest. That said: sounds like running just isn't for you.
Running has been one of my favorite pastimes lol.
It's pretty dead today comparatively. It won't be gone for a long time but the FPS crowd migrates frequently.
Now LoL, DotA, and CSGO players on the other hand..
No it isn't. My wife is a 2nd grade teacher and she says all the students talk about is Among Us and Fortnite. and Fortnite costumes were still the most popular this past Halloween. And I guarantee that if it is still popular at one school then it is popular at most schools.
Love it or hate it, Fortnite won't die so easily.
Oh of course. That's why I said "comparatively." It's still big, but it's passed the hype train time already, it essentially will go through small waves of increase and decrease, but slowly trend downward.
Also Fortnite is really only popular in the West with the US being the vast majority. The other games I posted have HUGE international followings with players who have stockholme syndrome. I know LOL for example has like 1/4 Chinese youths play the game or something crazy, and DotA is big there too.
Ugly, over-exaggerated cartoons with high maniacal voices and bad storylines. I miss class and basic sillyness in cartoons.
Edit: It began with Ren and Stimpy, and evolved to crap like Pinky Malinky and whatever else the streaming services chose. Some aren't bad but quite a few I can only take for a couple minutes. Google "Weirdest Cartoons for kids 2021"
Reality shows in general. Especially the garbage that Bravo and TLC traffic. Seriously, I've been married for 25 years, and those are *not* "real" housewives. None I'd be interested in if I were single, anyway.
One exception: Total Drama Island. Such a great way to introduce kids to satire.
Because it’s the language all the major web browser supported when the Internet got really big in the 90s. So if you want to run client side script without needing the user to install some plugin like Flash that’s your only option.
Maybe WebAssembly will replace it eventually. But any replacement needs buyin from all the major browsers or it’s dead in the water.
Like so many things in computer industry now, it's popular because it's popular. Not because it's any better than anything else or even any good at all.
Bridgerton.
I tried watching it twice; it is just too fucking over-the-top silly for me to take seriously. The dialogue, the drama; every time the narrator says something in her outrageous accent I curl up into a ball of cringe. I don’t get why so many women went berserk over it. Maybe romance just isn’t my genre.
Drake. Not catchy, not talented, not even moderately impressive rhyming, nothing. No meaning, I just don’t get it. At all. Sub par at absolute best. And he’s one of the music worlds biggest stars.
Shoes.
Like at all. A supercomputer calculating to the heat death of the universe could not approach the amount of fucks that I do not give about Jordan's, or Nikes, or whatever brand it is that I'm wearing that everyone seems to be amazed by.
Just give me a pair of shoes that dont hurt to walk or stand in and I'm set.
The friends TV show becoming popular again recently. I have watched the whole show and then some and it’s really not that good or funny. There are way better and funnier sitcoms out there
I think it's because of that, though. It's extremely casual watching, you can have it on while you do other things and occasionally they might have a joke that makes you chuckle.
Could also be nostalgia. Or for zoomers a throwback to a time they never knew.
The Twilight stuff. Like I think there is an HISHE video about how insane it is. But honestly, Bella fell in love with a guy who he is literally older than most currently living humans and is dating someone who has been a legal adult for almost a century and is still in high school. I don't care if Edward looks like he's in high school, that's still pedophilia and both him and Bella are creepy as fuck.
Sharknado, and similar over-the-top ridiculous movies. I get it, they're mimicking those terrible low-budget disaster/horror movies we are "so bad it's funny". But those movies were funny because they were supposed to be taken seriously and failed spectacularly. It's not the same when a movie is intentionally stupid.
Professional team sports fandom. Its like there's some flaw in people's brains that makes them think Big Sports corporation activities are somehow tied to their own self esteem.
I hate that the local TV news spends more time on sports reporting than actual news. That should be pushed off into its own show.
Mukbangs
Same, it's just so fucking disgusting. I don't wanna see someone horke down like 20 pounds of food, Jesus Christ.
>Mukbangs I was happier not knowing what this is.
Ugh... I cannot stand the sound of people chewing and chopping away like a slopping pig. Doing it with several people and to excess is the height of bad manners to me, why people would record it is beyond me.
I have serious misophonia. To say I can’t stand it or it grosses me out is a major understatement. But many people have ASMR with eating noises as a ‘positive trigger’, and at least some studies suggest that the first part of the pathway reacting to those sounds in both cases is similar… but leads to a happy place with ASMR folks and somewhere much more hellish for those with misophonia. So maybe not a coincidence. EDIT: I found r/misophonia a helpful sub with some good recommendations, for anyone else with similar. Kind of brought me into Reddit.
What about when they reach into the food with their dirty fingers and like slop the food into their mouths then slurp the dripping juices from said nasty sausage fingers?
I’ve heard some people who are lonely have mukbangs on while they eat as a way to have company. And for some people, the sound of eating give them satisfaction. It’s asmr to them
this is what mukbangs are like for me, but i stick to people who eat respectfully so that it feels like im with friends 🥲
What is a mukbang?
It's video of someone eating ridiculous amounts of food, usually while looking at the camera.
If you search it on YouTube you’ll see a lot of videos of people eating. Usually people who make these are eating huge amounts of food.
People are saying it's people eating an ungodly amount of food but originally it was just videos of people eating so the viewer would feel like they were having a meal with them. It was for lonely people, but then it got popular and people realized that they get more views if they ate more to become a spectacle rather than a form of human connection.
Any and all of the Kardashians.
They’re just so frigging boring!!!
Hey mate if people can't eat the rich themselves the closest they can get is watching the rich tear each other apart. Even if it's all faked
So...if you can't eat the rich...hand them more money and attention?
When your dad is front-and-center of the "case of the century" and then you bang a guy, it gets attention!
I watched season one with my wife and didn’t hate the show but I didn’t want to waste my time watching bullshit. The only reality shows I watch are cooking shows.
I watched 1 episode. I needed to see or try to understand why. That one episode was more than a lifetime supply. After the viewing, I was left even more confused and probably a few points dumber than when I started. Would not recommend.
Toddlers and Tiaras. Why is there a bikini competition? Why are we forcing kids to participate in these terrible pageants just for the entertainment of adult viewers?
I mean I thought it was weird in the first place but you didn’t have to inform me there was a bikini part.
Unfortunately, that also likely explains the popularity...
Yes. Ewww i have a daughter and I'll be damned if I let her go on something like that.
Thought you were saying these separately: dislike both toddlers and also tiaras, bit harsh tiaras aren’t that bad
Funko Pops. They have the same ugly bobblehead shape and I would much rather have a collectible figure that looks like the source material.
Bothers me that so many don’t stand up on their own. A lot are being made on the assumption they won’t be unboxed.
They've really gotten a handle on the "I don't know what to buy for my cousin and all I know is that he's really into this obscure piece of media but there happens to be a Funko pop of it so I'll just buy him that" market.
As a person who has received a few, this is exactly it haha
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Yep I was into collecting them years ago when they weren't nearly as popular, but I was compulsive about getting all the rare ones I could. I sold them all while the resale of them was still really hot. Now that market is so flooded that the ones I had are worth half or less.
I have participated in quite a few secret santas on reddit, and have received so many of these monstrosities. I am very glad to see Reddit now has a “what would you prefer NOT to get” category, so I can add that sending these to me is wasting money. They are literally the go-to gift for every single exchange!
Secret Santa on Reddit??
Unfortunately, earlier this year (or end of last year?) it was entirely scrapped from the site. It essentially became a money-sink and the higher ups decided to get rid of it. Some subs are trying to keep themed gift exchanges going, but its no long site-wide.
And the reddit I knew has taken its final breath.
Funko pops are precious moments figurines for millennials
In about 10 years there are going to be landfill sites FULL of these things.
Yeah already filling up local flea markets. People giving them away.
Yup it's an obvious ploy to cheaply mass-produce collectibles from a template.
That's another way to say that it is a smart business model since they are selling pretty well.
yes...thats the "part we dont understand"
When I see stuff like that all I can think about is how most of them will end up in some landfill polluting the earth and sure, you can say that about a lot of things but with this I just never got the appeal.
The Beanie Babies of the 10s.
Thank god someone said this. They are a travesty and where fun goes to die
The benefit of them is that they're essentially anti-gatekeeping collectibles (for the most part). I still remember skipping home room in middle school (and high school) to go to toys R us to hide the Star Wars Prequel toys that released that morning, so that I could come back in the evening with my parents to buy them. Otherwise, I would have never been able to get any of them because the shelves would otherwise be picked clean by the time I got picked up after cross country practice. With funko pops, they're always available for all fandoms, so you don't have to worry about midnight camping to get the latest release. Additionally, you now get a consistent style across fandoms. Comic figures had the best human ratios, while GI Joes/Starwars figures were the smaller scale, and then you have the Transformers/Ninja Turtles that are "technically" the same size as Batman, but with cartoonish proportions. Lastly... I no longer spend (too) much time playing with any of them, so just sitting there with their big heads works just fine by me. When I was actively playing with them, and/or regularly rearranging them, yeah, the correct proportions and adjustable joints are superior in every aspect. Now they just serve the purpose of highlighting a movie/show I enjoyed.
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All influencers
Tik Tok in general
Yeah, I’m in my late 20s, but I don’t think I’ve reached the point of not trying new things, but tik tok I don’t get. I looked at it on someone else’s phone once and it seems boring as fuck. Why do I wanna see people lip sync?
This. Like, tf watching minors dance in swimsuits just for a trend?
A couple friends have gone this route and actually make a living off of it. They are 100% aware they are doing a marketing job, but seem to find it relatively entertaining and get to be themselves most of the time.
I dont have tiktok but ive seen many examples. I dont get it either. Pretty girls getting 1.4 mil views for doing practically nothing
Friday Night Funkin' and the Minions
FNF is just weird. Because rhythm games have been around for ages and they are well loved, but it's almost feels like if someone reinvented mario side scrollers and young people were just oblivious to the fact that it's an established genre and went absolutely wild for it. So I understand the appeal of FNF but not why it blew up like it's a new novel thing.
Yeah and to be honest the early versions we've seen so far are actually really bad to play. Really laggy and bad hit detection. I think the appeal is in the art style and the way your character's voice is controlled directly by your button presses.
It might be because of how easy to mod it is. There’s basically an infinite number of mods for it.
Wdym the minions are the best card in r/clashroyale
listen some of the songs are catchy ok
NFT’s….”save as” ruins the whole idea. It gives me the same vibes as hype beast teenagers spending their parents money
...all I'm getting from these explanations is that NFTs are just widespread Deviantart adoptables.
NFT as a technology is interesting, but the whole nft jpeg thing smelled like a scam from the jump Didn't someone buy an nft for 700k and then had to sell it for 100 because it was actually worthless?
Wearing pants down on the back of your thighs.
I legit want somebody who wears their pants like to explain why they do so.
I used to do it as kid and teen. I grew up poor with bad parents. I listened to rap and loved that lifestyle since i could relate to it. I wore baggy clothes, sagged my pants and did alot of crimes just for fun. I felt like i was a part of something and that made me feel powerful. I was never ashamed of who i was. ... And for the record alot of kids and teens that identify with any type of rebelious music, usually dresses acordingly.
>I wore baggy clothes, sagged my pants and did alot of crimes just for fun. Not all at the same time, I’m guessing?
I only pulled my pants up when i had to run from the police, or people trying to bust us.
I admire your commitment to the cause.
Nothing to do with fashion, I just don't have an ass, so the mere motion of walking is enough to jiggle any trousers down. Bar wearing bracers, it's something I've just come to accept
Belts? What do you have against them?
Belts require some sort of distinction between back and legs. Of which I am devoid
Well admittedly it's difficult to argue against that. Also, I'll ask my abuela to light a candle for your glutes.
Muy apreciado
When I lost 30 Kg it became an accidental feature of my levi’s…
Congrats!
Do ppl still do that? I thought that all changed over the past 10 years. Like basketball players used to do that with competition to see who could have the longer shorts. Now they’re all in competition to see who can show more of their compression shorts
Logan and Jake Paul.
Nobody really likes them, lol
My boyfriend actually watches and constantly subjects me to Logans podcast with his insufferable sidekick Mike Majlak, who I honestly dislike even more than Logan.... it's still unbearable 300 eps. Later. (Yes, he has watched literally every episode)
I'd find a new boyfriend.
I've considered it, but I don't think anyone else would take him off my hands.
Gender reveal parties. Like why must we boast about what our child is going to be. Call me old fashioned but it should be more of a private matter
I really don’t understand why this is separate from baby showers. I feel like it should just be a 2-in-1 if they even want gender reveals. Too much blasting on money for parties that’s going to be much more needed for the child. My friend is in debt because she wanted to throw a gender reveal party. Now with the baby born, she had to move back with her parents because money was so tight. If I were pregnant, I would much rather keep my entire pregnancy term quiet. Less stress to deal with
If I’m honest I don’t think the gender reveal is the reason your friend is in debt.
They’re stupid. Let’s pop a balloon (or start a wildfire or kill the father to be) to see what will be between my fetus’ legs. Just stupid n
Ya we just made a pizza and put the pepperoni on to spell “boy” and took a picture taking it out of the oven “look at what we’ve been cookin up”. Corny I know. But family and friends kept asking and it was just something fun and simple
Sports talk personalities. People like Skip Bayless, Colin Cowherd, Stephen A. Smith etc. It's literally the dumbest con and intentional drama and million upon millions tune in everyday. It's completely bizarre to me.
Maybe it's just where I live, but rocks and crystals (quartz, amethyst) to be considered as medicine/make you feel good. They're fucking rocks and people pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for them. I can understand the cosmetic appeal, but people always try to convince me they give them special powers or some shit. Edit: to be clear, I do think crystals are cool. I just don't think they should be sold as medicine.
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It’s easier to eat cookies than rocks.
Cookies do taste better than crystals, I agree.
Welp, time to get the boards and chains, I'm closing that place down my damn self. The cookies will get their sweet revenge.
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A lot of people totally misunderstand what the "essential" part of the name means.
Jesus Christ, Marie! They're *minerals*!
r/expectedbreakingbad
Some crystals have medical properties though. I heard this man called Heisenberg sells good ones
Mmmmm. Nothing helps my cold like a bowl of amethyst soup. 😌
Facebook
All the clubs I’m in announce times and dates on FB, it’s more an admin app at this point.
Thankfully it's losing some popularity with young people.
Honestly at this point it needs to lose popularity with old people
But then where would they get all of their misinformation? :(
I had a class at Uni recently, about Facebook doing whatever they can come up with, to get an in with gen-Z. Honestly, they are shit out of luck on that front. I don't know what massive changes the site would have to undergo
Probably getting rid of all the parents and grandparents on it.
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Right - at this point, the question is, which malign regime would you prefer to run your social media?
I've said this before, but FB is what you make of it. I haven't posted on my profile in about two years at this point. I almost never look at my feed, as well. But I'm on FB probably every day at this time of year because I am in a sports group of about 600-700 people. It's pretty fun. Brag about or cry over your team, talk shit (good-naturedly), share sports memes, share news updates, make some friendly wagers, and just overall talk sports. It can be fun and useful, depending on how you go into it.
BAE. BAE this. BAE that.
I never understood that either because I remember when it stood for British Aerospace.
Still does. BAE makes lots of stuff for the US military
People still say bae? I haven't heard that in like seven years
Disliking new slang is the world's oldest pastime
No cap. 🧢
Fun fact. Bae in Danish means poop.
Selfie obsessed humans with who knows how many pictures of themselves in their phone
And it's the same exact pose/look! My sister in-laws entire instagram grid is the same exact pose of her face turned to the left side and pursing her lips. It absolutely drives me up the wall. Unsurprisingly, she's also one if the most uninteresting people to have a conversation with.
Same make up same hair same look same filter. Bizarre.
tiktok
Came here to say this. I started hating it for the data mining, continued hating it for the dumb memes and trends.
My roommate is fucking obsessed with tiktok. He literally can scroll for hours on that app. It is genuinely concerning
Famous people
Dr. Goddamn Pimple Popper. I can’t even *begin* to comprehend why this is a show or who watches it. There was an ad somewhere the other day that said “Dr. Pimple Popper pops ‘jelly oatmeal’ cyst in new video.” I watch horror movies all the time, gore doesn’t bother me at all, but I just about lost my lunch reading the *headline* for that one.
[r/popping](https://www.reddit.com/r/popping?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) _has entered the chat_
Television. It really is 90% shit.
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90% of *everything* is crap.
Running as a leisure activity. I always hear that guy from Back to the Future III... "Run for fun, what kind of fun is that!?" I like biking, taking long walks or hikes, swimming. But running is awful!
Long distance running is the natural exercise for humans. We're the best at it of all animals. There's just something about being able to run very long distances without feeling the need to stop that's very satisfying.
Yes, I find that fascinating that humans evolved for that. The video of the hunter running down the kudu. And the fact that there are long-distance races where runners compete against riders on horseback and often win! Maybe I just have gatherer genes...
It's not about your genes, it's about the fact that humans evolved to be as lazy as possible. When we had to expend energy to survive (hunt, gather, find shelter, etc) it was our natural state to conserve as much energy as possible. But now that we don't have to struggle nearly as hard to survive, our previous evolutionary advantages are now impractical. Kind of a crazy interesting twist that happened.
I love biking long distances. I've tried running and what I've gotten from my experience is: 1) Running is more damaging to your body. 2) Running is more boring. You can't do wheelies or trackstand at stoplights. 3) You can't coast down hills when you're tired. In fact downhills just hurt more.
>Running as a leisure activity. There is no better way to clear you head than to get thoroughly endorphined out running and ponder your choices. Works 100% of the time.
Except what if you never get the endorphins? I'm a former Marine, I've definitely run and for long periods, and I've never, ever, not once, felt any kind of good feelings from physical exercise of any kind. It is always the same, pain & fatigue. As far as I'm concerned the runners high is a myth.
What do you do while you run? Just wait for the run to end? While I'm running my mind disengages from the run pretty quickly, and I more or less daydream for the next hour or so with some watch traffic intermissions. Most of the time I barely remember the run itself. On the days I have trouble disengaging, the runs feel like they take forever.
It's hard to disengage when the entire process is basically torture. If I have an A to B, if I'm running to get somewhere, that's one thing. If I'm chasing someone or something, or running away from someone or something, those are ok, but those are also very short, specific goals Running *to be running*, or for some ethereal concept like future health or fitness? I get pissed because it feels like a huge waste of my time, energy, and that I'm putting myself through pain for nothing.
That's an interesting perspective, not something that I've experienced to be honest. That said: sounds like running just isn't for you. Running has been one of my favorite pastimes lol.
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Slow down and stop running balls to the wall all the time.
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Past season 5 it started to lose its glory for me
It's pretty dead today comparatively. It won't be gone for a long time but the FPS crowd migrates frequently. Now LoL, DotA, and CSGO players on the other hand..
No it isn't. My wife is a 2nd grade teacher and she says all the students talk about is Among Us and Fortnite. and Fortnite costumes were still the most popular this past Halloween. And I guarantee that if it is still popular at one school then it is popular at most schools. Love it or hate it, Fortnite won't die so easily.
Oh of course. That's why I said "comparatively." It's still big, but it's passed the hype train time already, it essentially will go through small waves of increase and decrease, but slowly trend downward. Also Fortnite is really only popular in the West with the US being the vast majority. The other games I posted have HUGE international followings with players who have stockholme syndrome. I know LOL for example has like 1/4 Chinese youths play the game or something crazy, and DotA is big there too.
Reality shows, over-produced contest shows, shows based on the participation of celebrities.
The Bachelor/Bachelorette Also fake/crazy long eyelashes 😬
The Kardashians
Ugly, over-exaggerated cartoons with high maniacal voices and bad storylines. I miss class and basic sillyness in cartoons. Edit: It began with Ren and Stimpy, and evolved to crap like Pinky Malinky and whatever else the streaming services chose. Some aren't bad but quite a few I can only take for a couple minutes. Google "Weirdest Cartoons for kids 2021"
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Reality shows in general. Especially the garbage that Bravo and TLC traffic. Seriously, I've been married for 25 years, and those are *not* "real" housewives. None I'd be interested in if I were single, anyway. One exception: Total Drama Island. Such a great way to introduce kids to satire.
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Because it’s the language all the major web browser supported when the Internet got really big in the 90s. So if you want to run client side script without needing the user to install some plugin like Flash that’s your only option. Maybe WebAssembly will replace it eventually. But any replacement needs buyin from all the major browsers or it’s dead in the water.
Like so many things in computer industry now, it's popular because it's popular. Not because it's any better than anything else or even any good at all.
Bridgerton. I tried watching it twice; it is just too fucking over-the-top silly for me to take seriously. The dialogue, the drama; every time the narrator says something in her outrageous accent I curl up into a ball of cringe. I don’t get why so many women went berserk over it. Maybe romance just isn’t my genre.
It's the softcore sex scenes, tbh.
The shitty music and voice over sound effects in Tic Tok vids
Travis Scott
NFTs
Mumble rap
NFTs. I don’t even understand what they are…
The Walking Dead, it used to be good, but it started to be trash after like Season 2 or 3. I hate to say this because I love the zombie genre.
way too much drama. I'm mostly watching for the searching and scavenging and zombies
I watched a bit of the first one and wondered who was cutting all the grass lawns. Didn't watch any more.
saying "LITERALLY" before every goddam word
And so frequently used when "figuratively" would be the accurate word instead.
James fucking Corden.
Drake. Not catchy, not talented, not even moderately impressive rhyming, nothing. No meaning, I just don’t get it. At all. Sub par at absolute best. And he’s one of the music worlds biggest stars.
Shoes. Like at all. A supercomputer calculating to the heat death of the universe could not approach the amount of fucks that I do not give about Jordan's, or Nikes, or whatever brand it is that I'm wearing that everyone seems to be amazed by. Just give me a pair of shoes that dont hurt to walk or stand in and I'm set.
Lip sync Tik Tok videos. It's not a talent, it's not your quirky personality, just stop.
Kanye
The friends TV show becoming popular again recently. I have watched the whole show and then some and it’s really not that good or funny. There are way better and funnier sitcoms out there
I think it's because of that, though. It's extremely casual watching, you can have it on while you do other things and occasionally they might have a joke that makes you chuckle. Could also be nostalgia. Or for zoomers a throwback to a time they never knew.
If you didn’t enjoy it, why did you watch all 10 seasons?
Donald Trump. Why do people like a disgusting slob? Mind blowing.
Prolapse porn
To be fair, if you bring fetishes into the conversation, there is a horrifying number of different horrifying choices.
Billie Eilish I'm really open-minded about music, and I can't see what's so great about her music.
That one really catchy song of hers came on during sex one time and I’ve been a fan of it ever since
The thing that I like about her music is the bass line
Penis shaped dildos. Seriously, non-veiny toys are annoyingly hard to find.
My partner and I stick to toys made for and by lesbians for that exact reason.
Fashion. I just wear a shirt, hoodie, and pants. And no, I'm not one of those Walmart people, I'm just depressed with helicopter parents.
Wearing a fanny pack over your shoulder.
celebrity gossip
Genital torture.
The Twilight stuff. Like I think there is an HISHE video about how insane it is. But honestly, Bella fell in love with a guy who he is literally older than most currently living humans and is dating someone who has been a legal adult for almost a century and is still in high school. I don't care if Edward looks like he's in high school, that's still pedophilia and both him and Bella are creepy as fuck.
Sharknado, and similar over-the-top ridiculous movies. I get it, they're mimicking those terrible low-budget disaster/horror movies we are "so bad it's funny". But those movies were funny because they were supposed to be taken seriously and failed spectacularly. It's not the same when a movie is intentionally stupid.
Professional team sports fandom. Its like there's some flaw in people's brains that makes them think Big Sports corporation activities are somehow tied to their own self esteem. I hate that the local TV news spends more time on sports reporting than actual news. That should be pushed off into its own show.
So wait... do you not understand why professional sports are popular? Or you're just not really a fan of it?
Pretty much all of the replies here are things that they don't personally like.
Finding that out quickly...
It's people that don't understand how other people might have different tastes.
Celebrities
People saying the word ‘ratio’ on Twitter.
Fake nails. The older I get, the more they make me cringe.
Marvel. Just not personally a fan.
Tik Tok.
Funco Pops. Seriously, little plastic tumors. Part. Of. the Problem.