Gotta get every last molecule of sugar out of that stick!

The green cruise control light ruins the otherwise impeccable German flag color scheme.

Honestly there is enough rage bait everywhere else, so it's nice to have a place to commiserate over the truly petty annoyances in life.

Not hatchbox, that's for sure.

I agree with you, but it's not even for-profit spaces that are an issue.

The ability to interact with so many people--in near total anonymity, and who you are virtually certain to never meet again--significantly lowers the barrier for acting uncivilly. And likewise the facelessness of other people means that it's so much easier to mistakenly interpret their actions as hostile.

Think of that jerk who totally cut you off yesterday, versus you who just needed to squeeze in between two cars to make your exit. Or how much less likely you'd be to react negatively to your neighbor driving slow in the left lane versus a total stranger.

Our ape brains and thousands of years of human evolution give us the instinct to treat strangers outside our "tribe" with suspicion and interpret their neutral actions as hostile.

Sure those instincts can be exploited for profit and exacerbate them, but I disagree it's the root cause or the reason hostility seems to be on the rise.

I'm truly sorry to hear that. I know it's a little cliche, but don't forget to take care of yourself so that you can take care of her, and sometimes just being there is enough.

🥃 to your friend's mom

I first got turned onto Ghost earlier this year, and while I really like the retro tongue-in-cheek cheesiness of a lot of their stuff, The Twenties just leans a little too hard into sounding like it came out of a rock-themed Broadway show.

Btw, I just read a comment on C/trees about taking a listen to your favorite band's worst song while high... 😉

For me it's the period next to the spacebar. I think my right thumb comes down at just the wrong angle to touch both at the same time. One of these days maybe I'll wise up and change the layout.... but not today.

This is really the only relevant response to that article... Anything else is superfluous.

This is objectively the only correct answer!

I mean, going off the community description, it's neither "open ended" nor particularly "thought provoking", so I think downvotes are perfectly warranted.

ETA: the "you know, where dissenters get downvoted" also seems pretty bait-y because it presumes that downvotes indicate dissent rather than indicating a lack of value to the community/discussion.