What do you just not give a single fuck about that so many people try to make you give a shit about? ( kbin.social )

Stocks, Investing, Gambling, Bitcoin .etc

Look, I'm not a fucking broker or a hustler, okay? I don't care that you keep running around telling me or others to go waste our time and money to put into markets that can be incredibly unpredictable. It is all about luck, chance and risk. Things most wouldn't want to put themselves on the line over even if they were down next to nothing. They'd rather buy lottery tickets.

neomachino ,

The beach, I couldn't give less of a bother about going to lay on some burning sand, occasionally dipping my toes in some freezing fish piss water, and getting pelted in the face with sand as a bunch of kids run by kicking up every speck of sand they touch while their parents are getting shitfaced and blasting music no one else wants to hear.

Put me in a secluded lake in the woods with some shade near by and I'm all in though. I guess more specifically my issue is with the people at the beach, but still.

morphballganon ,

Sounds like you need to find a less popular beach

1371113 ,

Or go earlier in the day. At least in my neck of the woods.

n3m37h ,

Are you Bill Hicks?

Socsa ,

Actually swimming in the ocean is a pretty unique experience, but it does kind of require you to be a strong swimmer.

lost_faith ,

It definitely was, at about 8 yrs old I got caught in a rip tide (only my toes/foot it felt like) got drawn out in seconds and took minutes to return, scary as hell when you can't reach the surface or even know where it is. Side note; I couldn't float at the surface like everyone else, I was too skinny and floated about 2" below the surface

southernbrewer ,

Me too. And I live in NZ where there's bloody beaches everywhere. Can't move for beaches

MacedWindow ,
@MacedWindow@lemmy.world avatar

Having kids

slurpinderpin ,

Add getting married to that for me. I enjoy not being legally bound to another human

BadNewsNobody ,

"Babe I really love you. Like REALLY! What could possibly make our relationship better? OH I KNOW! LET'S GET THE GOVERNMENT INVOLVED!!!"

nilloc ,

You can get a deal on taxes and healthcare if you live in the US, it’s literally why my wife and I married.

We’re still happy like before and It’s been 19 years.

leaky_shower_thought ,

electric cars.

I know that there's one benefit that they do help with the carbon footprint, but factories (law-exempted for some reason), personal jets, yachts and cruise ships make me feel this personal contribution is moot.

there's also the fact that most electric cars are shipped with privacy invasive data collectors most of use didn't ask nor pay for.

mundane ,

Electric cars don't have more data collection than other modern cars. They all collect your data, regardless of the energy source.

This needs to be regulated.

leaky_shower_thought ,

yes, all new cars today have the telemetry.

if only elecric non-"smart" cars we're a thing.

Cheskaz ,

While I understand that others have different priorities with phones, I've never quite understood why Lemmy is so enraged by the absence of a headphone jack...

I prefer wireless headphones. When I had wired headphones I used to regularly yank my phone off the counter when cooking, or try to walk away from my desk while tethered by a cord.

If I did ever need to use wired headphones, using an adapter isn't that big a deal to me. Although I'd probably have to use a magnetic adaptor so that when I inevitably forget that I'm connected to it and walk away, my phone/entire desktop doesn't come with me.

slazer2au ,

Bluetooth beacons are a thing. You can effectively track someone through a store to the point where you can recreate their steps all the way down to the product level.

Also, wireless headphones are just another thing to keep charged and are uncomfortable to fall asleep when wearing while the dongle means I can either charge or listen.

I get that removing the port helps with waterproofing and one less hole to clean and yea, it is 100% a personal choice.

Chee_Koala ,

I agree that the difference is small, but it feels like enshitification and an anti consumer choice to me and that frustrates. Typing this from my jackless phone 🤳. I have DAC dongles everywhere.

Alexstarfire ,
  1. Adaptor is extra
  2. My car only supports music via aux port
  3. I already have wired headphones
Futtyklam ,

Usb-c to aux, not sure if there is a similar chord with the apple chord, but it was only a couple of dollars and works with my aux car jack.

glitchdx ,

It's not the jack itself, but rather what it represents. The ability to simply and easily do what you want with a device you paid potentially thousands of dollars for, and it was taken away for no better reason than to save a few cents, or mimic a more successful company that wanted to save a few cents. Similarly, easily swappable batteries. The battery is likely the first component in a device to die, and when it does fuck you, buy a whole new phone. I used to never put my phone on a charger; I had two batteries and I'd just switch them out every morning, easy and simple. That feature was taken away by greedy megacorps who refuse to make a product that I actually want to buy, instead I have to settle for a worse product that costs more than it needs to and does less than what its replacing.

PenisWenisGenius , (edited )

If rather replace a $5 pair of earbuds every year or so than a $30 pair of wireless earbuds that lasts a year if you're lucky and only works if you remembered to charge them. Also, I hate Bluetooth because its unreliable and a pain in the ass to get stuff to actually connect. It takes 1 entire second to plug an audio cable into an audio port. You can't beat that.

lord_ryvan ,

Even if you don't use wired headphones, others shouldn't be forced to share your lifestyle if they have another preference. This is just selfish

Art3sian ,
@Art3sian@lemmy.world avatar

Religion.

You’re all like Star Wars fans to me.

Cybermonk_Taiji ,

Star Wars fans that murder people for disrespecting Yoda.

It's a sickness.

groet ,

A big part is groups selling Yoda plushies to star wars fans, telling those fans to kill people buying bb8 plushies so they don't loose out on sales. Many (most?) of those deaths are about money and power

spittingimage ,
@spittingimage@lemmy.world avatar

Killing in the name of a man who said "blessed are the peace makers". You have to laugh, or else you'll cry.

Cybermonk_Taiji ,

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
-Mahatma Gandhi

TrueStoryBob ,

The British Royal family. I'm an American, living in America, and the number of people here who follow the royals to the point of being sycophants is so freaking weird. I literally do not care about the machinations of a bunch of rich fucks who's sole claim to fame and fortune is being sprayed out of the correct penis before then falling out of the correct vagina.

spittingimage ,
@spittingimage@lemmy.world avatar

The rest of us feel that way about your Kardashians.

SEND_NOODLES_PLS ,

Whatever's the current "big" issue in showbiz. I really couldn't care less that ABC was photographed with DEF in GHI, possibly hinting a relationship collapse with JKL, or whatever it was that people are harping about with other people's lives.

AnUnusualRelic ,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

Celebrities and sports.

I understand doing sports, but watching others is as exciting as watching paint dry to me. Not to mention combining both as in cheering for a team of people I don't know. I don't get it.

mojo_raisin ,

Scandalous! Where can I hear more about this ABC, DEF, JKL love triangle?

eightpix ,
@eightpix@lemmy.world avatar

Trigonometry

p5yk0t1km1r4ge , (edited )
@p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

Trans stuff. Before you get the torches and pitchforks, I have no problem with them. I believe they deserve equality, and I don't believe in spreading hate their way. I'm not Trans, so I don't have a horse in this race, nor do I desire one. It doesn't appeal to me, it doesn't interest me in the slightest. I have my own concerns (keeping my house, paying my bills, keeping my family safe) and they have theirs, I guess is what I'm saying. If I see a Trans person get mistreated, I'll stick up for them, just like I'd do for anyone, but I'm not interested in it. They are no different from me, we are all people. I think constantly bringing it up to people all the time is more of a disservice.

Drummyralf ,

I think the silent majority feels like this.

"Eh, not my cup of tea, but you do you"

Moneo ,

but you do you

That's what they're fighting for lol

mojo_raisin ,

I think constantly bringing it up to people all the time is more of a disservice.

The trans community is tiny, I'm an almost 50 year old trans woman transitioned over 20 years ago. The reason we have the rights we do is because it's "brought up all the time". When I transitioned, it was rarely brought up, this was because most people were scared of the social and economic consequences of doing so. This is all changing because we talk about it rather than be quiet and let people keep us down. I'd imagine even you might have more negative views of trans people if the only exposure you had was from talk shows promoting us as freaks, this is how it was before.

Other than that, your attitude is fine, not everyone needs to be interested.

p5yk0t1km1r4ge ,
@p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

You are more than welcome to think I "might have more negative views of Trans people". You're wrong, but it is what it is.

Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Devotion to the faith (I still believe in God but I just don't feel connected to him), marriage, having children, cars, being super rich, universities, patriotism, being in an anglophone country just because I'm too good at English, being manly, being famous, football, traditional customs, I really could go on and on for days.

Can you tell I hate being Moroccan?

Jarix ,

I can not

Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

I'm not even connected to my so called "homeland" anymore. I desperately wanna leave, but visas are making it incredibly hard. And since there's a huge Moroccan diaspora basically everywhere (which the locals are tired of), I will get lumped together with them against my will.

I'm even queer. This is illegal in Morocco.

captainlezbian ,

I hate that people just assume no immigrants are excited to be part of their new culture and leave the old one behind. I once knew an Iranian lesbian who was so excited to get to try being an American

tal ,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

"I find the not being at risk of being stoned to death part particularly appealing."

Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

People are very quick to make assumptions, generalize, and reach conclusions.

It's really just stupid.

fart_pickle ,

Political correctness.

surewhynotlem ,

See, I don't get this one. You were taught a language. Languages change over time. Some words are new, some fall out of favor. Why be stubborn about it?

fart_pickle ,

It's not about how you talk. It's about what you talk about.

WindyRebel ,

So what you’re saying is you just don’t give a fuck about other people? That’s what political correctness is trying to do is show some empathy from those that historically haven’t gotten much.

To your point, it does go overboard many times when it probably doesn’t need to. For example, LatinX vs Latino and/or Latina.

fart_pickle ,

I think you didn't understand my answer. Let me give you an example. If I say "I like oranges more than apples", normal people will think "ok, this guy likes oranges more than apples". But modern, progressive people who care about political correctness will call me applefobic.

People got too sensitive growing in the secure bubbles and when exposed to a real world with a real science, statistics and opinions get offended over nothing.

WindyRebel ,

I understood your point. It is covered in my “go overboard” part. I agree that people not supporting something doesn’t mean that you’re always something-phobic.

A phobia is an extreme or irrational fear and just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s always irrational. Perhaps misguided or misjudged, sure but not always irrational.

ma11en ,

Sounds like you might be a little racist, sexist, ....?

fart_pickle ,

Why?

ma11en ,

Tell what you want to talk about not silly examples like apples and oranges.

fart_pickle ,

I will but first answer my question. Why, according to you I might be a little racist, sexists?

ma11en ,

Because you are reluctant to say, and pretending you're upsetting people's sensibilities when discussing apples.

ameancow ,

People scared of being kind to others are scared of doing it wrong and being embarrassed.

Yeah there are deeper issues at work but a large, large percentage of comfortable people raging against equality and equity are far more concerned about mis-gendering someone and getting laughed at, or mispronouncing a foreign word, or not understanding an accent, and getting publicly humiliated for it.

If this seems like a really childish motivation to create an entire movement to push back on healthy initiatives for people to be good to each other, then yes, you are right, it is childish and most people are children. Think back on the last time you saw a toddler performatively act angry and throw a fit when they get chastised and you will understand the entirety of the conservative pushback against progressive social movements.

ameancow ,

I hope you understand that was just a word that politicians slapped onto the idea of empathy and kindness because it goes against an agenda, right?

You're doing exactly what people with agendas wanted, which is blanketing everything from just not being racist all the way through the micro-issues you will never be concerned with, under one, giant, dismissive label.

It's anti-intellectualism, they want you to stop thinking and be less concerned with things. Be a machine, drink your beer and consume your walmart. Don't care or be compassionate or ask for others to be treated with respect. That's all [insert bogeyman word that changes every decade].

Don't adopt other people's terms mindlessly, think for yourself.

Mango ,

Trans people. Why do I gotta hear about them every ten minutes?

tal ,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

If you mean on the Threadiverse in particular, one of the larger home instances, lemmy.blahaj.zone, is aimed at the trans crowd, was one of the older active instances that I recall.

EDIT: One of the first discussions I recall being in on the Threadiverse was when kbin.social -- which puts random comments in the sidebar to help people discover new communities -- sent both me and apparently some other guy, both using kbin.social, to a discussion in !technology. He had an upset comment about how everyone in the thread was furry.

EDIT2: And I don't see that community any more, so I wonder if they closed it down.

EDIT3: I remember when I was trying to find new communities a while back, was looking for interesting tech stuff. I see !unixsocks, figure ah hah, Unix socket development forum. I like a good chat about network development! No, it's...unexpectedly trans Unix sysadmins posing with their Unix system in feminine stockings. Ah, well.

Mango ,

I mostly just mean the Internet in general. I don't really care about the whole debate going on. Leave them be, right?

glitchdx ,

It's the next step of the civil rights movements, which certain demographics of people are fighting tooth and nail to prevent (and undo past progress). If it were possible to simply say "All people get equal rights", and leave it at that, we'd all be better off. We've had some big hullabaloos in the past about "do the blacks count as people?" and "do women count as people?" then "do the gays count as people?" and now "do the trans count as people?". Once everyone gets over hating trans people, the haters will move on to another minority to persecute and we'll have posts online about "Why do I have to hear about (label) all the time? Can't we just leave them be?"

Mango ,

You can't make anyone like someone.

Moneo ,

Are you missing the part about trans people fighting for equal rights? It's not about being liked it's about being allowed to exist.

Mango ,

I'm not disallowing them. I'm just not interested in hearing about it so much. Why does it gotta come up when I'm gaming or doing my flow arts? Why do I hear about it dramatically more than worse problems affecting way more people? I'm not trying to invalidate their problems. I just think that their collective voice(which includes non trans people) is really loud and I'm not bothered about it.

thorbot , (edited )

Found the bigot
Edit: save your long winded novelesque replies, I’m not reading them

FabledAepitaph ,

Found the idiot.

You don't have to care about every single thing in the world. It's perfectly valid to not want to deal with or think about trans people as long as you're not actively trying to sabotage them. I'm sure there are dozens of "movements" you are unaware of, and can't bother to give a damn about even if they were explained to you.

Mango ,

Thanks

Sensitivezombie ,

Getting married and having chikdren, aka, a "family"

snownyte OP ,
@snownyte@kbin.social avatar

I'm glad we live in an era now where people finally realized that they can just not have children and for it to become more optional.

Having a kid and a family is not what it always take to have a fulfilling and happy life. For people to think that's all it takes, would be devaluing all of their gains and the people that have helped them along the way aka friends.

Moneo ,

The fact that "family values" are politicized and cast as the best, most important way to live is honestly fucked up when you think about it.

Why did we decide being het and having kids makes you a fucking hero?

monsterlynn ,
@monsterlynn@kbin.social avatar

Renting forever. Yeah, I'd like to own a house, sure. But on the other hand, I don't have to remove snow from my place, I don't have to pay a repair guy to fix stuff when it's broken, don't have to mow the lawn, or maintain the swimming pool. If I have problems with my neighbors, I can complain to management and they'll handle things discreetly without singling me out or involving me.

I suppose it depends on where you live, and what you're paying, but while it's not entirely ideal, it's also not awful.

JoshuaFalken ,

Seems like you're describing renting in an apartment complex or similar. Not exactly an apples to apples comparison to owning a single family home.

Not that you've raised bad points. Renting does have the benefits you've described, though lawn care in my experience is hit and miss. The issue is getting these benefits must cost something. So long as having them doesn't mean the rent is double the mortgage, then it's worthwhile.

Otherwise, renting is just another more expensive option for all the people that can't afford the upfront cost of getting into the housing market.

Miaou ,

Which country? In France and Germany tenants are expected to do all of that by themselves. On top of financing their landlord's cocaine, of course.

Edit: actually in Germany it's often the opposite, landlords will tell you about how difficult it is to own a place while sucking your blood off. Shitty country

Valmond ,

When stuff breaks, in France you call the owner and it's his duty to repair.

Swimmingpool I guess it's like cleaning the toilet or the fridge, it's your job :-) as for annoying neighbours, either you try to wait it out, you contact them or call the cops.

Something like that, it delends a bit whete you are in France.

Miaou ,

Je doute que ton proprio vienne changer un joint de plomberie, et la maintenance de la chaudière est à la charge du locataire, étrangement.

Valmond , (edited )

Effectivement, mais quand la chaudière claque, c'est à lui de le changer.

Edit: usure normale bien sûr.

thorbot ,

I shovel the driveway when it snows, takes 20 minutes and is good exercise. I don’t pay a repair guy to fix stuff, I do it myself. I mow the lawn once a week and it’s a nice chance to get outside for half an hour. I don’t maintain a swimming pool since I don’t have one. If I have problems with my neighbors I make them brownies and talk to them. And all the money I pay into my mortgage is going into an asset, not some other fuckstick’s pockets.

snownyte OP ,
@snownyte@kbin.social avatar

One would love renting because they've managed to find the sweet spot that is an area where things are relatively quiet and peaceful. Management actually cares. Tenants keep to themselves. Things are relatively retained in condition.

But if you're living in a complex opposite of that, yeah you'll hate everything about renting. Tenants who make you wonder how they scrounge enough money to pay monthly rents with how they behave. Management who you wonder how they keep their jobs with how they handle things and allow said problematic tenants to come rent from them. You'll be getting e-mails of management telling you "oh, package room has to be monitored now because package theft is now a problem" or "we'll be closing the pool down for the rest of the season because children and tenants can't behave"

And just a bunch of other issues.

treadful ,
@treadful@lemmy.zip avatar

Guns. I don't give a single shit about them either way. I don't have much interest in owning them. I don't think a ban would be effective. I don't think the US national argument about them is going to ever be resolved. Miss me with all that shit.

j4k3 ,
@j4k3@lemmy.world avatar

I think people are too dumb to realize places in the rurals must have them. Like in Alaska, it isn't optional with those bears.

I've come across a black bear while hunting small game and was very close in dense brush. People that have never experienced that kind of interaction lack the relevant info to have a say. While at the same time, after moving to Los Angeles for a couple of decades, owning guns here is for people with mental issues. One law can not cover all situations; it is impossible to federate. It is used as a distraction topic to avoid legislating reasonably against the loopholes of the oligarchy. It is the same reason why the news cycle camps on an election long before it is a relevant issue; there is no pressure to create reasonable legislation that would stop the privateers.

atro_city ,

One law can not cover all situations

Not all, but most. The goal isn't "banning guns", it's regulating them more strictly. If you want to get a gun, you should be mentally sound, know how to maintain it, secure it, and shoot it safely. It's the same with cars in many places on this planet: you need to go through about 60-100 hours of training, prove you're able to handle it, and know the theory around it. You can't just show up to a car show, buy a car and ride off with it without a license.

Whether you want to protect yourself from bear, shoot at birds on your farm, feel safe in your home in the middle of the city, or collect guns to never shoot them, you still must have a license to own it.

surewhynotlem ,

Guns should be as hard to get as cars. There ya go, I did it.

VARXBLE ,

You absolutely do not need a gun for black bears lol. If a situation can be handled with a loud noise, a gun is not required.

Grizzlies are obviously another story.

j4k3 ,
@j4k3@lemmy.world avatar

You try startling one from 10 feet away in a blind brake.

Drummyralf ,

Easy, you just loudly proclaim: "I COME TO REASON!"

Kongar ,

Social media. Both personal (instatwitface) and business (LinkedIn). Lemmy is as close as I get, and to me this is just a modern forum.

In my opinion social media has done nothing but make people stupider, and I want nothing to do with it. (It’s probably just a sign I’m old now - “get off my lawn!”)

;)

the16bitgamer ,
@the16bitgamer@lemmy.world avatar

I too do not understand social media. The best I get is it’s about people shouting into a void and hoping someone else heard you to interact with it, by repeating it, liking it, or shouting back at you.

Hashtags are the only way to organize these posts and you need to add them or no one else will hear your shouts into the void.

Drummyralf , (edited )

Interestingly, I think people like you and me use Lemmy because one of the same underlying reasons as social media people:

Either:

  1. Endless amounts of stuff that speaks to your interest. (With us it's stuff like technology. On Social media, people are "interested" in what others are up to.

  2. Getting likes/dislikes. Even though likes aren't important on Lemmy, I notice in my usage that I do subconsciously get the same dopamine hits jf a post gets liked a lot, just like Social Media does. It's less aggressive on Lemmy because you don't get alerts for it, but it does factor in on engagement.

  3. Engaging in conversations/discussions with other people.

  4. Sharing things you find interesting yourself

The content might be different, but the underlying principles are really close. Social Media is actually really close to how forums work at it's core.

But I know this is an unpopular opinion. And no, I wouldn't call Lemmy Social Media per se. But the line is more blurry than I'd like to admit if I look at my time spent with Lemmy.

Kongar ,

1,2,&4 yes.

#3 not at all for me. I miss the old days of the internet where there were discussion forums on usenet / then replaced by somewhere forums. Many of my favorite forums are dead. I’m hoping Lemmy takes off that way and brings back a bit of the niche underground internet.

/shrug

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