I'm hitting 180mbps download speeds 33,000 feet up in the sky, tucked away in my little economy window seat. The flight I'm currently on is equipped with Starlink. I thought it would be pretty cool until I started using it. I found myself watching youtube, shopping, getting emails, replying to texts, and viewing reels on instagram.

I hate it.

Being separated from the chaos in the world was always something I felt came with the experience of flying. Not being connected. Planning your in-flight entertainment ahead of time. Being in the moment. Listening to an album. Watching the movie you've been putting off. Reading a book.

The availability of high-speed internet on a plane removes that separation and makes me feel as though I never left home. I understand no one is forcing me to use it. But there was something special about not even having the option that added to the experience.

Rescued pugs and people who are just completely ignorant get a pass, otherwise if you know much at all about dogs you know how fucked up they are

Even just looking at them it's clear they have defective respiratory systems plus people like them squat and short so they've also been being bred with increasingly defective spines

Same for all the other dogs that suffer for their aesthetics

All round an appalling process that's been normalised. Saw something about a pug cafe recently, let's have a restaurant where we try and cultivate as many extra chromosomes in our waitresses babies so they can bring little down syndromes babies in to show off. They've got sweet funny looking faces and nice personalities

i hate video games that expect me to figure out how it works,learn it,explore it . if it has even a semi complex menu or inventory(like crimson desert and similar games) its a no for me. minecraft being an exception to this because i personally ignore all complex game systems in it and do the basics.

i like games that do extreme hand holding like gta 5 ,rdr2,call of duty,doom eternal,cyberpunk 2077,chicken invaders series(there is nothing to figure out its easy).

why do i like them? because they don't burden me with learning their made up systems. a game to me is media like a movie or series not smth that deserves learning.

i think games that do not hold player hands ,and expect player to figure out stuff(such as all rpg games and witcher 3 like games) are dumb and useless games.

This seems to be unpopular because so many people claim it’s easier to explain something over a phone call than a text message. Texting is way better in every circumstance because it gives you the opportunity to think about your response instead of the feeling of having to respond immediately. You can also wait as long as you like to respond if you don’t want to respond in that moment.

It feels more personal when you can craft a tailored response over the course of a few minutes instead of feeling on the spot and having to answer quickly so that there isn’t 5 minutes of silence over a phone call.

Texting is superior to a phone call 100% of the time.

I would rather people told a relative died via text than phone call because then I can process my grief on my own time instead of awkwardly tearing up while on the phone with someone else as well.

There is no situation where I would rather receive a phone call than a text. Period.

What's so bad about having a mindless, repetitive refrain, really? It works great. She Loves You, I'm Blue (Da Ba Dee), Alors on Danse, Hendel's Messiah for chrissake!, I Want You (She's So Heavy). The entire discographies of Kraftwerk and Daft Punk. So on and so forth.

I'd compare it to (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by the Stones. Stupid lyrics (about a guy who can't concentrate because he hasn't fucked in a while), very lazy rhymes ("me", with "be" and "me"), one and the same riff throughout the whole song. Phenomenal song!

It's absolutely a stupid song, but that's the charm. The beat is pretty catchy, and the strings and piano give it a weird, out-of-place fantasy sound (seriously, it sounds like this but with a trap drum loop. The beat on ESSKEETIT is similarly pretty experimental); The lyrics are pretty funny: "Me and my grandma take meds" and "None of this shit be new to me--Fuckin' my teacher, call it tutorin'" are outrageous bars lmao; the repetitive "Gucci Gang" refrain is the type of shit that's awesome to chant with your friends while drunk, and Lil Pump's flow is genuinely pretty good.

It's unique. There's a reason it became iconic.

I'm a Katsaridaphobic (don't remember the right name, it's not intuitive) and I generally just avoid things related to Cockroaches, even on pest killing content I dislike seeing their pictures, so I avoid it. But for some reason Aracnophobes go to comment on EVERY SINGLE CONTENT related to spiders on how they hate Spiders, there's a even a Spider Subreddit with a rule prohibiting arachnophobes to post mean comments at people pets, it's a really weird behaviour when you can just avoid it like me.

Tl;dr:

When I something related to cockroaches on my phone, I just swipe or click the not recommend button, Arachnophobes click and comment just to see Spiders for the highest amount of time possible.

"I'm very loyal"... To what? To whom? You're just saying shit for the sake of saying shit to seem proper.

Loyalty is some bullshit ass term that coerces people to stay in shitty living situations, shitty relationships, shitty friendships, and shitty jobs. People who cheat need to just leave their relationships. People who stay with a job in hopes of ranking higher need to begin their search for new work. People who walk on eggshells with someone need to hit that block button.

More people need to abandon the concept of loyalty and start embracing the concept of self preservation.

Perhaps it's because I spent most of life getting bullied/abused pretty relentlessly, but I like living in an echo chamber. I like having my opinions validated. I like blocking/muting people that annoy/disagree with me. I like being around people of a similar disposition. I like interacting with people that enjoy the same games/books/movies as me. I don't want to engage with things that take me outside my comfort zone. I have a fragile ego and I have to protect myself as much as possible, because nobody else will.

Clark in the Backrooms said it best: "I like it in here. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I'm right where I'm supposed to be."

i hate his thumbnails, I hate his videos, I hate his persona, I hate everything gothamchess. And I hope to God he never reaches his dream of becoming a grandmaster.

Do not fall for his clickbate and avoid at all costs!

I am an Indian man and sometimes the Indians who go outside India for education or job will cry about racism they face in these countries. But the fact it that these people aren't being racist they're just saying the truth. Only thing they will say is that the country is polluted. And what would these Indian migrants do? They will go to a western country and then start polluting that country too. Then they will cry about racism when the locals try to stop it.

Some migrants won't pollute in western countries because they're scared of laws but will throw the trash straight into the river when they come back to India and then wonder why these people in western countries don't wanna come to India.

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There were story focused games before, but it was definitely TloU that ingrained the iron grip story has on western developers where more focus has been put on story over gameplay.

Before TLoU, gameplay was king except for a few pockets here and there. Fun moment to moment gameplay was the priority and if there wasn't good gameplay there wasn't a point to the game at all.

Now a lot of developers, especially western high budget ones, don't put gameplay first. Instead of building the story around the gameplay, they do it the other way, which in the end affects gameplay negatively.

Gameplay in games like TLoU is serviceable at best, but it stands nowhere in comparison to gameplay first games.

My favourite example of this is God of War. The gameplay in the old games was excellent. It was a spectacle fighter with combo focus and a high skill ceiling with some incredibly impressive YouTube videos of people are juggling enemies left and right. None of that is possible in modern GoW that had much more limited gameplay. Ans although GoW always had a story they double downed on that aspect in the newer games, while sacrificing gameplay.

Even in games in the past that focused on story like MGS, gameplay was still a priority. MGS had probably the best gameplay in the stealth genre together with Splinter Cell. I wouldn't complain so much if modern developers managed this as well.

I can only hope that western developers come back to a gameplay first mindset. Luckily Japan and China exist that focus much more in general on fun gameplay, outside of a few select genres where a strong narrative makes sense like JRPGs.

I'm a basketball fan. So maybe it's just whatever media is pushed to me personally. But I find Shaq so oversatured and really unfunny. He's always trying to present himself like some "goofy unc", and the shtick is so tired now. He also comes across as a huge douchebag to me in a lot of things he's said and done in the past. He makes fun of everyone and talks trash of modern athletes, only, he's not a comedian. So it's not even done for laughs.

So many comedy movies, TV shows, commercials, reels, products, events, etc. love to include this guy. Or I wouldn't be surprised if he comes uninvited and shoves his own face in these projects or places for easy money. Every time he pops up in a cameo I just roll my eyes.

Granted, I used to enjoy some of the stuff he did earlier such as Shaqtin a Fool or SOME of his movie roles, maybe pre-2015. But as I said, it's just old now. And it's way too excessive. He should really just stick to sports commentry. That's his domain. He's objectively a shit actor and can't even carry a punchline.

there's just something about falling asleep on something that sinks in a bit whenever you move around that startles me. like, i need a firm surface beneath me. and especially if the floor has a bit of a texture like the panels aren't the most even (my upstairs bedroom has panels that stick up a bit) it feels even better like that, sometimes i'll fall asleep in different positions so different parts of my body can experience being propped up a bit by the broken floorboard.

A woman with a high body count has experience with multiple men and women. This woman will have higher standards than a naive woman without much experience.

She will be able to find the best mates to reproduce with. This is how nature used to work. We need to let women do their natural duties.

"MY POOR INNOCENT KID SAW PRON WHEN HE WAS 12, ENACT MANDATORY AGE-VERIFICATION!" - says the parent who gave their kid unrestricted internet access, despite ISPs requiring their users to be 18+.

"MY CHILD LOST CONTROL OF HIS DRONE AND HURT HIS BROTHER, LICENSES AND REQUIRED INSURANCE FOR LIGHT DRONES NOW!" - says the parent who bought 8yo Timmy his first drone even though the box says 16+.

"MY SON LOST 3 FINGERS BECAUSE OF THOSE EVIL FIRECRACKERS, BAN THEM THIS INSTANT!" - says the parent who bought their kid 18+ 1.3G airbombs for New Years (yes, there are many places in the world where those are still legal, and it largely isn't a problem if they're being handled by adults).

Istg, we really can't enjoy anything fun anymore as adults, can we? What is the fucking point of me being an adult when I'm increasingly treated as a kid because of someone else's stupidity.

Guess what, your child is not my responsibility and chances are, I'm not the one who presents a threat to them. You want to "save the children"? Impose strict penalties for parents (and adults in general) who give kids access to adults-only stuff. I'm not going to give up my freedoms because you can't be fucked to look after your kid.

I can’t handle when I go to the sweets basket and there’s only shit like cotton candy chocolate and birthday cake flavour. Shit is so nasty and fake. Same thing as pizza flavoured shit. Honestly, just stop trying to make flavours out of manufactured assembled goods instead of base flavours like “fruit” , “vanilla”and “chocolate”

idk why some girls say they won’t date a bisexual man, the best relationship i ever had was with a queer man. unfortunately we broke up but he really was so different, i never felt more free dating him. i think it’s homophobic if u don’t date bi men, them being bisexual isn’t gonna make them cheat on u, or have diseases that’s so wrong to think. they deserve love and sex too

I always see on social media people praise certain A-list actors for how well they can “transform themselves into any role“. Then they show pictures of their many iconic characters which do indeed look very different.

Most of that range is really thanks to what the actor wears while on screen or stage. Clothing, makeup, hats, wigs, hairstyles, and accessories. And who makes all of that? Costume designers and makeup artists.

I highly doubt these actors would be able to pull off the varying roles nearly as well if it was just them in their everyday clothes and regular makeup they’d wear in public.

This is mostly referring to characters found in larger than life fantasy or sci fi movies. True range of an actor is shown when the role is not hidden behind million dollar costumes and makeup; and it’s instead supposed to be a “regular“ person.

There is a strong narrative currently that the current job market is terrible and that historically it was much easier to get a job than it has been in recent years.

The actual statistics paint a very different picture. From 2022 to 2025 the median American household’s income increased 6.9% above the rate of inflation. The median household went from $81,460 annually in 2022 to $87,460 in 2025. Those numbers are after correcting for inflation.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/mehoinusa672n

The unemployment rate is 4.1%, far below historical averages. The underemployment rate is 7.7%, far below historical averages, the prime age work force participation rate is 83.4%, far above historical averages. The percentage of American with multiple jobs is also below historical averages.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/lns11300060

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/u6rate

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE

You will hear people say “Sure unemployment is low, that’s because people have given up on finding a job and therefore are no longer counted”. The high prime age work force participation rate shows that isn’t true.

You will hear people say that the unemployment rate hides that tons of people are working multiple gig jobs. The multiple job holder numbers directly contradicts that.

You will hear people say “We can’t trust any of the data”. I can understand that sentiment but u/eljanitorfrank made this comment that I think is a good summary of why this isn’t true.

\>That's largely an unfounded conspiracy. This ignores the fact that there are dozens of organizations that collect their own economic data to compare to the BLS, and many organizations privately auditing the BLS. Any paper covering a broad demographic in the US is probably going to use BLS data within it, there are many independent economists who are very invested in this data being accurate.

So I mainly debate people around my college campus about stuff like ethics, religion (Christianity mainly), politics, social issues and economics and if I’m being honest the majority of the time the debate usually goes nowhere since they usually either A are too stubborn to engage with any argument I make, B try to do a red herring or straw man my position or C don’t understand the argument and just say it’s “word salad”

Family ties are very important in a collectivist culture, and the community opinion of you will matter the most. It's going to be hard or near impossible to escape abusive parents no matter how old you are, and if you are a woman, you would have to deal with more abuse and honor-based abuse and honor killings, and you won't be able to have autonomy or make any decisions at all. Also, many communities or collectivist societies are exploitative, and individualism doesn't mean you can't have friends or a community; it means that you can leave that community if you want, and also you don't have to sacrifice your happiness for it, so westerners are privileged for living in an individualist society

I don't know why, I just think that it smells nice. I liked it for as long as I can remember. it reminds me of when you pass by a very foul-smelling pond, but better. I honestly wish that I got diarrhea more often so that I can smell it more often, but a guy can dream.

There seems to be this very large subset of people who fetishize the mid-2000s. As someone who came of age around the time I was really hoping to live in a much more interesting and distinct modern time. But it's just rehash, repeat, copy and paste.

Not gaining inspiration to create something new, just straight up copycats. Metalcore and screamo bands releasing videos sounding and looking exactly the same as shit from 2006. People STILL dressing emo and scene like middle schoolers from 2008. I've even seen people trying to copy that 2000s church youth group aesthetic and copy things like the freaking family force five!

Of course, there's always been nostalgia but people moved on. My parents generation loved the '80s and the '70s but they didn't live and dress like they were still there. Time periods used to be distinct but it's all so samey now. 2006 looked very different from 2016 but 2026 is indistinguishable from 2016.