Clip farming streamers, like why people subscribe to them? I get that you get showered by these type of videos if you happened to stumble on one and watch it, but there are people that subscribe and donate ro these people.
Lemmy.
It's just another pointless link dump, most of the posts are stupid, very few of them have anything to do with the community in which they're posted. Most of the people commenting cannot read, are incapable of analyzing information, and basically do not have a brain.
There's a few technical features Lemmy offers, but from an experience standpoint it's every bit as bad as "the other place"
Have you actually seen a single thing posted here that would make you say oh this community is the place to be! Nope. And you never will.
It's the same recycled overcooked memes from 20 years ago, moronic political posts, bad science, misinformation, half-truths and so forth
Oh and who could forget the self-styled Linux experts who know fuck all about Linux!
Celebrities
I couldn't care less about any of them, I don't understand why people follow them on social media or read gossip about their love lives.
Makes zero sense to me
Souls games.
Ed Sheeran.
In-N-Out.
Mario Kart World and that new Donkey Kong game. everything about the Switch 2 looks underwhelming
dr who
Tik Tok. It's just vine but no one is funny. How many videos of people just driving their cars with some nonsense text overlaid, like, how many hundreds of that are needed? How are you going to stand out? It's just a way for the uncreative to take part in creativity. Which they aren't.
Just like the fast food thing, TikTok is literally addictive. It’s the new breed of addictive tech. It’s the fentanyl of tech.
The funny ones are all just somebody using the sound from a funny skit but acting it out themselves.
I'm so funny, I acted out this funny skit somebody else made
Gen alpha stuff
Fast food.
I'm not saying there's exactly "hype" but it seems to have a permanent grasp on the minds of chronic users.
In 2025, with our knowledge of nutrition, people are still denying that it's basically hot candy disguised as food... people are still arguing that it's nutritional enough that is okay to eat.
No, it's the equivalent of cigarettes. Stop eating that shit, recognize it for what it is: addictive poison.
In the same way that sugar/candy is physically addictive, fast food has been proven to have the same physiological effects. It’s literally an addiction.
Yep, and that's why users go berserk typically when I point out that it's basically hot addictive candy, not food.
Addicts go nuts when you tell them they can't or shouldn't have their medicine.
The only appeal of fast food was that it was cheap, but that's not even true nowadays.
Especially outside the US, for some reason Carl's Jr is insanely popular in Mexico yet its expensive and objectively worse than local burger shops.
Blockchain. I've always seen it as a solution looking g for a problem. And I'm a 12+ experienced software developer now.
Oh god, I feel like I’m going to be massacred.
K-pop
hey, you're valid... I'm from Korea and it's crazy seeing how people drool over kpop nowdays. no attention for the actual good music, the korean rock and hip hop and funk and jazz and so on... just the corporate boybands.
It's the same shit that's popular in the US. manufactured popularity. we could talk about all the factors about how they pulled it off, but who cares, it's a bunch of shitty music created by desperate people selling their souls to rapists who prey on modern social isolation to sell empty fantasies to the masses.
that's the point of the music! you should be proud to dislike it. now go listen to something good, like Jaurim (자우림)
Balatro.
Almost every single mention of it I see online makes it sound like the most freaking addictive drug. Any of you seen that Star Trek TNG episode where this weird addictive headset game takes over the Enterprise? Just like that.
It's probably a good game, but all those posts feel really off putting to me.
Big number go up, get brain drug dose. not much more to it than that.
It's a really fun game. People exaggerate the "addictive" aspect because.. you know.. "internet"
Y'know, while I also think it's exaggerated, there's definitely some truth to it. I was playing it on my phone while my friend's kids were watching, and they incessantly tried to get me to pick opening packs over any other game mechanic.
I think it definitely does abuse that "loot box opening" dopamine pathway a little too well in a perhaps a less than healthy sort of way, even if it doesn't cost you any real money.
So while it is a very good deck building strategy game, I totally get the reason it has the reputation it does.
Pick-up trucks for anyone that's not a farmer, construction worker or dirtbike rider.
They are so dumb and impractical for normal driving. I don't get it.
I believe there was some tax-benefit for them in the US at some point..? Then it makes a tiny bit if sense i guess.
But what's even dumber: cross-overs. Worst of both worlds.
Bacon.
I mean I get it. We studied the marketing campaign that led to baconmania in class. It's one of the greatest marketing campaigns of all time, right up there with "A Diamond is Forever" from de Beers.
However in the end, bacon is … OK. But there's many better ways to use pork bellies than turning them into bacon. Especially the over-processed stuff that's used on foods in restaurants.
Taylor Swift. I actually like her music. I also understand that hardcore fans will exist for every artist. But Swifties take it to another level. I'm lowkey impressed by that fandom, but don't get it.
You know how people who are into Q-Anon and Pizza-gate look at strange symbols and odd numerology to find strange connections to prove whatever crazy thing they believe. Taylor Swift like to release albums, singles and tours using favorite numbers, hidden symbols and hints in her other songs. So it fits that section of the internet who love to analyze to death things to find clues. Since she is so prolific there is enough material for her to hide these Easter eggs to generate endless conspiracies about when things are released. Since she does drop hints it makes sense that people love to find them. Its like a puzzle-game mixed with a conspiracy theory mixed with a "viral marketing campaign" all in one. And instead of unraveling the fabric of democracy she release music people like.
I mean… pretty much anything that gets hyped. For me, hype is one of the most reliable signals that I’m not going to be into something. That said, I’ll admit that the hype itself often keeps me from even giving things a fair chance. So it’s not that I’ve disliked everything that’s been hyped, but more that the ones I did try and didn’t enjoy made me even less likely to bother with the rest.
Vinyl records.
If you're rejecting online music streaming and wanting music in physical form, CDs look a lot more practical. CDs are smaller, less delicate, and don't physically degrade every time you play them. CD playback hardware needs essentially zero maintenance and is crazy cheap still.
Could it be for nostalgia? But I've seen people younger than peak vinyl get into music on records. They wouldn't have any nostalgia for vinyl.
Is it for the sound quality? But I've seen chiptune albums available on records! It would be truer to the music to load it onto a real Game Boy or something.
The reason I like vinyl is how slow and deliberate it is compared to other mediums. If I want to play a record I have a limited curated selection which I purchased with a specific use case. These are all played in my living room and are generally slower and relaxing type music. If I want to play a record I will need to start at the beginning and typically commit to hearing the entire thing in its entirety. Each side I have to choose to continue which slows down the process. I can't skip ahead to the songs I like and it doesn't automatically play anything once its done. Its slow and has a large physical object which I enjoy.
If I used CDs I could skip to whatever song I like or have it automatically play the next CD. With a multi-disc changer I wouldn't have to choose what I want to hear each time. I have CDs which I use in my car for a different use case which is to listen to when the radio is being annoying.
This exactly.
It’s the ceremonial steps that precedes the listening experience that adds flavour to the enjoyment.
If I want to just listen music and do other things I just use Apple Music + AirPods/Soundbar, but if I want to listen a certain album and make the experience more active, I use the record player.
My music collection on vinyl is curated since each album involves a higher cost.
There is also my fascination on analog things, I have an automatic turntable and love the orchestra of mechanical sounds from all the internal components.
Edit: Forgot to mention that on streaming platforms sometimes the only version available is a remastered version that was rereleased on CD that fucked the dynamic range during the loudness war or is an edit of the original one.
It’s the ceremonial steps that precedes the listening experience that adds flavour to the enjoyment.
Exactly. Its a ritual for the listening experience. If I had to add up the hours of listening to Vinyl vs streaming, streaming would win hands down. But I love the vinyl when I use it which is usually an experience. We do a lot of vinyl around the holidays since we spend a lot of time in my living room relaxing. Which adds to the experience
The reason the people choose vinyl is because of its limitations. CD has a larger dynamic range, but because it's fully digital, producers can abuse that fact and make an extremely loud and dynamically compressed record and the CD will play just fine.
If you tried doing that on vinyl, the needle would fly off the record. So thanks to this physical limitation, people who produce for vinyl are forced to make a quieter, more dynamic record. It's less fatiguing on the ears, and if you want a louder record, you can simply turn up the volume.
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