Why people are infatuated with celebrities.
Same reason people like watching TV dramas. It’s escapism. They get to vicariously live someone else’s more colourful life - or are glad they’re not living the celebrity’s real or acted horrible life - for a short while to get away from their own.
And anyone on a screen is usually better-looking as well, which is a big draw.
This is a really fair way to put it. I can’t understand it personally, but I read fantasy books to escape the real world, and I tell anyone I can that I read fiction only because I live in the real world and I’ve had enough of its shit. So appreciate your shedding some light on it, because I certainly didn’t understand it (celebrity nonsense). Still don’t, but maybe I will soon.
That’s a fascinating subject IMO.
Like there is a king/celeb/hero/… hole in ther mind they just must fill.
Six seven
The kardashian universe. I’ve never seen an ep, don’t know their names or whatever the fuck they do or say. As a 30 year old woman I feel like a unicorn not knowing shit about fuck when it comes to that whole thing.
Good for you - seriously, are you single?
LMAO! I’m married and now basically live the life of a 95 year old legit couldn’t be happier. Never had an instagram either. I don’t wanna get caught up in that shit.
Sports
Sports are fine when you do them. Watching strangers perform is quite uninteresting.
I had a thought while watching the Winter Olympics recently. Perhaps the Olympic Committee could send an every day hobbyist first. As sort of an OMG this course is bonkers. Just watch. Let’s say we take the type of skier hitting the Giant Slalom with nothing but some apres ski big talk & bragging of mogul crushing skills and let the poor mf’er do a gravity and inertia display? I’d watch. Then, the Olympic athletes would showcase their passion, skills & talented dedication towards this common sought goal.
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I think it’s funnier if I just never attempt to “get it”
23 skidoo daddy-o!
What’s to get? Not a lot of depth if any to any of these. Like someone huffed glue and laughing at a fly on a wall.
You know what’s funnier than 24 Patrick ?
The need to have a giant house / car / other oversized, impractical status symbol. It just reeks of insecurity and it’s all bullshit, no one needs houses that big it’s just plain fucking stupid.
It has gotten almost impossible to find a practical pickup truck. they’re all giant penis enhancent vehicles.
Ugh, yes everything seems to be a four door and way too tall.
I wish El Camino type low cars with beds made a comeback.
Same, think there are like 2 available but I’d want electric which doesn’t exist at all. Had an el camino as my first car and other than the lack of heat it was great.
Other than American pickups, the rest of them have stayed relatively reasonable sized. Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi L200, Isuzu D-Max, Volkswagen Amarok, Ford Ranger, Nissan Navara, Mercedes X-Class … There’s plenty to choose from.
The Toyota Hilux Workmate is a great ute in Australia. A lot of Hilux’s are still big wank tanks.
BUT I NEED A ROOM FOR ALL MY PRECIOUS MOMENTS FIGURINES!!!
Hmm…
I’d argue against houses/living space (what is reasonable) but the other stuff: Yeah.Example:
I’d like a living space with 3-4 rooms with a nice garden.
Do I need that much when I could suffice with just 2? No.
Would I like to, to do my hobbies and interests? Yep
Cars. I drive them, but I leave the technology to the professionals.
Same. I’ll go as far as changing a wheel when I have a flat, but that’s pretty much it.
Otherwise, I can lift the bonnet and go “yep, that’s an engine” quite convincingly.
Yeah, if there isn’t an unconnected hose or cable, that’s about the extent of my car knowledge.
It takes up a third of your income but you have no interest in it ?
Why would I waste a third of my income on a car? If push comes to shove, it may be between 5 and 8%.
I thought I was the only one.
I studied computers down to the transistor level. I know many of the different cells in the immune cascade. I’ve researched child psychology.
But ask me to explain what a car’s transmission is and the only thing in my brain is dial-up tones…
Honestly nothing. It’s almost like a compulsion, where I feel like if I ignore something I’m a bad person.
It’s nice to know I’m not alone in this feeling. Good luck and try not to be too self critical.
Kingdom Hearts. People love it. I do not.
clarifying edit: the whole Disney meets Final Fantasy concept is just like peanut butter and pickles to me. I like (classic) FF, I don’t hate Disney, but the two just do not go together. From the plot summaries and fan videos I’ve come across, it strikes me that whoever writes this stuff loves to set things up but never knows how to resolve them, so I think I’d end up hating it even if I did find the concept appealing.
Oh and the fact Sora got into Smash over Waluigi still burns.
Celebrities, French language
The French language exists purely so that there can be English speaking with a French accent.
French was my only choice for a second foreign language in school and I hated it. Such a weird language. They need a writing reform. Bordeaux is just comically bad. English could use a writing reform as well.
I’m blaming the French when English needs a reform. Much of the language is stolen French, with the diabolical inherent spelling traps, the other reason reform is required is the halting of the vowel change, which is why some words, though written the same, sound different - one example: though (tho) and bough (bau).
Can’t see it happening to be honest.
Never forget 1066.
Yes but a lot is also language change. Knight for example was just spoken with a K and a fricative at that time and place. The writing just wasn’t adapted to the changes in speech.
True, true.
Heey I live there!
Can you deny it though?
Oiseaux !
We keep it that way purposely to annoy the English speakers, so that we can make fun of you.
Oh it’s not annoying me. I just don’t want to learn see or speak the language. Since I moved a little further from the French border that is much easier.
I just gonna TLDR my list:
- Brands
- New Music (Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren)
- Religious fanatics, my parents specifically
- Hookah
- Calculus
I hear ya, especially on #3.
Short form content that isn’t a to the point tutorial.
Hell, on that note, tutorial videos where the person rambles on and on and on before finally showing you what to do. I came for a tutorial on how to do something and not a blog!
-American health insurance
-High level maths
-American taxes
Hobby Horsing. It really is a thing and it’s not something freaky deaky strange. It’s just kinda cringy & well why not ditch the pretend horse thing and just parkour? That there is another thing that I don’t care about. I do enjoy the outtakes of parkour mishaps. On second thought, if a highlight reel of Hobby Horsing accidents exists, I’d absolutely watch. It could really be quite entertaining.
Stick with me here, Hobby Jousting.
I am so down for this.
There is a dude on Instagram who has been doing “hobby Enduro” which is basically the same thing but with an Enduro bike stick thing between your legs. I’ve been following it for a while because it seems like it’s ironic but it’s starting to get to a point where idk if the guy still thinks it’s a joke anymore.
Ok guys you got me. This is fascinating. Does the enduro guy have to make bike sounds with his mouth?
You & I both know damn well that he does.
Our neighbors three year old plays like that too.
Why the Midwest(usa) cucks so much. Its like the cuck mecca of the world. Google it.
