Virtue sniffers.

I never in my worst of nightmares believed that it would be possible for people to go backward on this. When I was growing up my father was a chemical engineer and the entire family basked in the growing knowledge that was out there, increasing all the time. My soul is in anguish seeing what people appear to believe these days, and how callously they toss away all the good that has come with science due to childish beliefs.

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This HAS to stop! I've seen it mentioned before that sometimes tradespeople (plumbers, electricians, etc.) ask for, or even expect, a tip.

"Doing your own research" has become code for getting sucked into a conspiracy theory echo chamber

At first year of uni in beginning of 2010s I met one dyslexic woman, one 'High Intellectual potential' and one autistic woman. Which made sense given the breakdown within the population. All had difficulties in some areas (writing, being straight to the point vs going in every detail of a question, sub question, sub sub question etc) and everyone was understanding and supportive. Then in 2020, more than half of my 10-people working group presented themselves as having ADHD or being autistic, which confused me.

It looks like they’re shouting at a piece of toast

I think we will all eventually agree that it was a very bad idea to put children on the Internet.

I'm old enough to remember when a gender reveal was just an old man in a trench coat. /J

Qanon

It never left though. We have more access to the world from our devices now, so we see it in abundance across the world, rather than once or twice a year in our lives.

And with it a total and frightening hate for women. Whilst complaining that women don't want to date them.

I feel sorry for people who feel they need a lot of surgery and implants to be happy with their body.

Some of us would rather NOT have to talk to humans. But, whichever your preference, you should be able to make the choice.

To successfully do your own research, you first have to accept the premise that research is based on facts, and that such a thing as "fact" does indeed exist. It also entails that you have at least a basic understanding of the subject you are researching (or at least that you are willing to aquire such an understanding). Otherwise it is just fruitless fellowship to conspirational theories.

A mostly ridiculous trend on youtube. I like some of them like the special FX guys commenting on movie clips and how the effects or stunts were done. But it's bollocks when some up and coming artist like Ren puts out a thoughtful music video on YT and then other people film themselves watching him sing his song.

You had me at "People annoying/"pranking" others" -- whether it is filmed or not. Just stop.

Humans: "There is no climate change!" / Climate change: "There are no humans..."

Cliff Richard is touring Australia next year so just for lols I checked the tickets. $173. I didn't pay that much for *Bowie* I'm certainly not spaffing it on Cliff.

If they came up with something original instead of remaking films that didn’t need remaking in the first place, then they might get our attention

I dunno man. I got the two shot covid vaccine. then a year or two later I got the booster. Then one of the backlights on my TV started going out. So you tell me. Is the vaccine 'safe' or did the nanobots in the vaccine screw up my TV? /S EDIT: Hah! I notice a downvote troll went through this comment section, using the power of the down arrow to express their outrage at people mocking conspiracy nutters. So WOW!, much powerful! LOL

My boomer grandmother posts more of her life on social media than any of my friends do, so dunno bout this one :/

So... don't use it?? I've never used tik tok. I've seen some tik tok videos because someone else posted a link. But I've never felt the need to install the app or make an account. Same for Twitter/X

Don't forget Greige, which is for people who are tired of beige. It's Grey Beige!! Put your sun glasses on for that, too bright.

Trump again

Haven't seen much of this one but it doesn't bother me as long as they are not blocking / harming other people. I hate it when people try to prank or otherwise make strangers the butt of their jokes, but seeing a couple/few people do some silly dance as I walked by would probably just make me smile.

Nobody needs/wants to know in public what you like in the bedroom. Are we gonna see "I settle for missionary." stickers next?

I don't hate this one so much. I don't want to hear people preach hate, but I do appreciate when they at least tell us out loud they are a racist / homophobe / misogynist / whatever. It makes it easier to know who to avoid.

This has been a thing since the 1920's.

It's good that mental health issues are talked about. That gives some normality to people suffering from them, and might give information and push for getting help. The downsides are very annoying though. Like people self-diagnosing themselves and people demanding attention because of their mental health issues (who may or may not be the same people). But as a person with depression, social anxiety and panic disorder, I think the positives outdo the negatives.

What i find even weirder is people posting things like "Dear dad, it's been 5 years since you passed...". It's attention/symapthy-seeking behaviour disguised as some sort of letter to a deceased family member. If you believe your dad (or whoever else) is enjoying some sort of afterlife, what makes you think they're reading your dumb shît on Facebook? If you believe their immortal soul is now basking in the glory of their omnipotent creator (or whatever other version of the afterlife you subscribe to), do you also believe they have Facebook over there?

Let's be real, only one side does this. At least I've never seen a Harris voter with a Harris hat, Harris shirt, myriads of Harris car stickers Harris flags, Harris bible that costs ungodly money...

I like unboxing videos if it is a product I am interested in. You see exactly what you get, what they found they needed to go with it, and any problems they had setting it up. Mainly I'm talking about computer / electronics stuff there.

Thats very specific....

Does no one try to find out who they are and prosecute their parents?