podcasts, owning an automobile, twitter, following celebrities, being competitive, land ownership, having a degree versus having the knowledge the degree entails, marriage, religion, recycling (beyond that of reducing and reusing), collecting things, fashion, owning the newest of anything once it is released especially for phones and i could come up with more probably but this likely covers at least one thing people who read this are into in one way or another.
Looking through these comments I don’t know what half of this stuff is and I don’t think I want to.
My wife’s freind came over the other day and asked me if I could fix her new glasses because they were crooked, being polite I said I liked them (they’re hideous but to each their own), and she responded “thanks they’re D and G, they only cost me $700”. These were $700 glasses with no additions. No blue light thing, no scratch resistant stuff.
I don’t care for that.
MrBeast videos, like i know his main audience are kids but like why? Compared to other youtubers like Niko, MrBeast is terrible.
AI
Big butts. I mean the ones featured in “Baby Got Back” were ok. But, today, some people are going crazy with it.
Coffee in the morning.
People be losing their minds over an addition.
I only lose my mind over advanced calculus. That’s some rough stuff.
Almost did lose it over probability distribution
Parenthood.
Most things that people seem to get hyped over really. Not big on buying things. Books are an exception but most people aren’t hyped about those
It’s been really bewildering and concerning seeing all the crazy consumer crazes online. Maybe this was unfounded, but there was a while where I thought we were starting to wane on consumerism but I guess I was just wrong about that. The internet has just supercharged it. We now have turbo consumerism. Forget about keeping up with the Joneses, you now scroll past 100 of them in your feed and half of them are
human billboardsinfluencers.Oh ho ho I am quite hyped for books ! Silly when you can basically get them free to read on a computer ot e reader and then they weigh nothing but…still prefer realism.
Physical books are my kryptonite. Nothing hits the same
Most celebrities. I know its usually manufactured hype, but I still don’t understand people falling for it.
Collectible toys. On top of not getting it, I hate it from an environmental perspective and a wasted resources (incl labor) perspective.
Labubus.
Kids wanting them I get, but the craze among adults for them is baffling to me. And the blind bag mechanic is just a bullshit way to get people to buy more than they actually want in an attempt to collect a full set. It’s honestly kind of sad to see so many adults fall for something meant to manipulate children into begging their parents to buy over and over again.
You know something is worth your money when they deliberately obfuscate what you’re actually buying.
I still don’t know what labubus are and I’m thankful
Driving a pickup truck as your commute vehicle. The mileage is terrible, and you have reduced visibility in front of the hood. Get a safer and more efficient vehicle. It’ll be cheaper!
I rented a Hybrid Toyota Camry over the weekend, that thing was awesome. 18 dollars to refuel for the return.
I agree, 90%. That being said, some people can’t afford a car that isn’t provided by their construction employer. Some people have hobbies that involve moving things (motorcycles, mountain bikes, wood, etc) and can only afford one car. And I’m sure there are reasons I’m not thinking of.
Most people with pickups around me do not need them, but having owned a small S10 years ago for a similar to above reason, I try to see why they exist, and try not to judge if it’s not obvious.
All that being said, Why oh why are they so big now?
You can usually tell the difference, because the tradesperson’s truck is full of crap all the time and probably worn out, while the parking lot princess in empty and pristine.
Lifting is also a strong hint, since it makes the bed very hard to reach. I have seen a lifted pickup with a full bed exactly once since I started paying attention.
Also, the people actually using their trucks don’t get the ones with 5 “genuine leather” seats, extra legroom, top of the line speakers which they’ll definitely blast with the windows down for the whole street to hear, and a bed barely bigger than the compartment on a hatchback.
I see mostly two door trucks at construction sites. Never seen one of those luxury ones with the huge cabin.
Mountain bikes can easily be carried with a car, motorcycles are normally self propelled and don’t need to a pick up truck to move them and they make trailers for moving them that can be towed by a normal sedan, wood is another thing that’s not normally transported unless you are using the truck for work and can be easily transported by a trailer or a rental truck for infrequent use
A family of mountain bikes is not great on the back/top of a car. Not all motorcycles are for the road. And wood is very normally transported if that is your hobby.
Yes, but how will you pose as a tough salt-of-the-earth guy while driving to your HR job?
The way to restrict them to industrial purposes is to require a CDL or at least a higher level license to drive them. It would make sense too, they’re objectively more dangerous so why shouldn’t the licensing for them be more strict?
I think this might be a potential disconnected between rural and urban folks. A lot of trucks are big and stupid; and unsafe. But an old style reasonable pick up doesn’t need a CDL. It’s very useful for moving things that you don’t want to mess up your interior. During the summer my family takes one with a small motorcycle and inflatable kayaks to raft rivers in Colorado; quite useful. But I get it in the cities; even our reasonable sized sedan felt big having the parallel park when I’ve visited them.
I wouldn’t want one myself, but I don’t understand trying to ban something just because I don’t like it.
But apparently, that’s a popular sentiment
Not ban, but make the licensing process more rigorous for a vehicle that takes more skill to operate safely compared to a standard car. Anyone can get a higher class drivers license if they pass the test, but the majority of people won’t bother so you end up with less trucks driven by people who just want to look cool.
If people want to look cool, why not let them enjoy life? Should we perhaps ban hairdressers, in favour of a mandatory buzz cut?
Because the rest of us have a right to life, too. Ever heard the saying, “Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins”? That’s colorful, but it’s not even true; people have an expectation of a certain reasonable amount of space around their bodies, and even entering it with your fist might be considered assault. The concept that one’s actions and choices affect other people is what’s important here.
That’s the problem with giant pickup trucks: They affect other people on the road, and the problem with giant pickup truck drivers is that they either refuse to recognize this fact, or they enjoy infringing on the rights of other people to enjoy life. Either way, it’s bad for society, where we all have to live together somehow. Mullets and man-buns, by contrast, don’t materially affect anybody else in the slightest.
Because trucks have been proven to be more dangerous and make any accident more likely to be fatal? They also present unique safety challenges not present in smaller cars, namely they have a huge blind spot in front of them like any other tall commercial vehicle. If you’re going to drive a more dangerous vehicle, you’d better actually know how to drive it safely.
do cool haircuts kill thousands of people per year?
There’s indeed many people that claim it’s very dangerous, and women should cover their hair in public!
In both cases I’d rather see people happy and just enjoy their lives
There’s indeed many people that claim it’s very dangerous, and women should cover their hair in public!
that is barely even tangentially related to the question
2/10, must try harder
Hard to enjoy life spread across the pavement like a crayon by a truck.
Believe it or not, some lifestyle choices have consequences external to the person making the decision
The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair. People fangirl over the reverse gull-wings but I just don’t get it. Bending the goddamn wings to fit the the prop on the plan is just a bizarre bandaid for an odd design.
Gimme that P-47 chunky monkey any day
NFTs
LOTR stuff. Pompous and boring.
I agree. But the hobbit book is good.
How very dare you Sir/Madam!
Why, I’ll have you know…
Hmmm, maybe it is?!
I may be dating myself here, but Beanie Babies.
There was a store near me when I was growing up that specialized in Beanie Babies. They also sold Pokémon cards. This was back with first-edition base set, then standard base set.
I never thought Pokémon cards would be the ones to soar in value….
Is that some kind of labubu?
