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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's this strange resentment the rest of Germany has for Bavaria that I didnt realize was serious until I moved to Hesse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Pineapple pizza.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Come to the rest of the world, no problems here .

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I played like 40hours of Cyberpunk 2077 before going on social media. I Thought it was going to get "mid" reviews, but I guess I got really lucky to not hit any serious bugs. Lesson being: If you wanna enjoy a game, don't look at any marketing materials, and don't seek out social media about it until you've had time to form your own opinions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I read reviews before buying on day 2, basically. Sure, I expected some bugs, as the reviewers warned. I barely got any, just some visual glitches during cutscenes. Still, I would give the game a solid 8/10.

Came out of my playthrough to everyone raging about everything about the game. Couldn't even give an honest opinion about the game without being downvoted to oblivion because people who never even played the game refused to believe the game was playable at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk 2077 was an incredible game until I tried to drive a car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used motorcycles or rapid transit everywhere.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

1991 Hook with Robin Williams. I love that movie, but it seems that most people I encounter that didn't grow up with it think it's lame and boring.

So maybe not hate, but not love either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

RUFIOOOOOO

Didn't realize people didn't like it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For those of us who grew up with it, it was amazing! I saw it in the theater on release.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Last Jedi.

I left the theater on opening night thrilled with what I saw. I couldn't wait to go online and read all the positive reactions and theories for the next one... Whelp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was shocked to discover the hatred the old live action Mario movie gets. I enjoyed it when it came out when I was a kid. I rewatched it as an adult to see if my memory was faulty… still enjoyed it. It’s a little campy, but it’s a fun romp! I unironically enjoy it, as a good movie and not as a β€œso-bad-it’s-good” movie. And yet it gets so much hate…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cilantro and onions. Y'all wouldn't last a day in Mexico.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unfortunately I have the gene, but onions are great though.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cilantro is one of the best things in life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There's a generic thing with cilantro that makes some people think it tastes like soap. I don't have it, but my wife does. I hardly notice cilantro, but even a little ruins a dish for her.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Compassion and empathy for animals. Yeah, they say they like it if you don't have any follow-up questions, but things go downhill real fuckin' fast after that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Watch so-called dog people turn beet red in an instant when you try to point out that they are literally enslaving a sentient creature with feelings, who has been bred over hundreds of generations in inhumane conditions, resulting incountless congenital health problems, in order to produce a docile beast who can simulate affection and is literally miserable for the rest of the day when their human isn't with them.

But no, they say, Mr. Floof is happy! He's just shitting the bedroom floor and digging compulsively because that's what dogs do. Sorry Floof, I can't walk you today, now go run your ruts in the tiny yard and pretend this plastic toy is an animal you hunted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's peak cognitive dissonance that most people struggle with due to years of social conditioning and lobbying. You can't even publish the shit in the news any more. Add to the fact a lot of people just don't think about shit at all, and it is a reality most people don't want to see when confronted. Frustrating to say the least.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think they don't struggle with the cognitive dissonance unless you really rub their nose in it, because there is hundreds of years of culture dedicated to finding the psychological tricks and mythology that allow them to relieve the tension without alleviating the cause.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Communism and empathy for other creatures (humans included.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Rick Astley. I never really got the point of people getting mad at Never Gonna Give You Up, if anything getting rickrolled is a nice surprise to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Streaming videos on my phone using speaker for audio while at the restaurant eating lunch. I figured for sure, everyone would want to get in on that awesome stand-up comedy action or zany talk show that I enjoy with my meal. It turns out that (gasp!) some people even think it's rude...LOL.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

To those people who say you can't express sarcasm over text.

Fucking really? Can you not see it here either?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No, I hate that. Standup comedy is so overrated, what I want to hear is your phone call!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd rather a hundred of those than some kid with mommy's iPhone watching brainrotting Youtube Kids videos all day with the sound on. At least then I won't feel bad for the kid.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

JFC. Sometimes people visit us with kids and it's just arrive > open youtube > commence rot > spice it up 9yo twerking.

My partner is pregnant with our first child. I get the convenience of free child distraction, I also get that I might find myself doing exactly this in several years, but honestly I really hope I can find ways to at least minimise this. It just seems so Orwellian or... wall-e-ian.

I swear my kids are probably going to hate me because I'll be the most boring dad around that forces kids to play outside instead of doing all the fun stuff.

I'm sure they only do this while "mummy is visiting" and it doesn't happen at home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's fine in moderation and when it's some manually curated service like the children's section of streaming platforms (but even then it's not perfect considering Cocomelon exists), or in the case of YouTube you're watching it WITH your kid to avoid running into anything weird (though I think any platform meant for content aimed towards children should be 100% manually curated). The problem is when it's excessive or it winds up sending your five year old down a bizarre rabbithole of pregnant Spiderman twerking videos because you didn't bother to moderate what they were watching.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

the "weirding modules" thing was pretty stupid

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

People who hate them have never driven them

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Polyamory. I knew a lot of people didn't understand, but the visceral disgust at the idea that a lot of people have is surprising.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is so strange to me. Not the polyamory, the weird hate of it. I'm in a monogamous relationship and polyamory just doesn't appeal to me. But I don't really give a shit about what other people do or who they fuck as long as it's consentual.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The 2016 Feig-directed Ghostbusters film. Like, it's not a masterpiece but it's still an enjoyable film.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It has a 49% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, so about half of people seem to agree with you.

As a stand-alone film, it is probably fine. As an entry in the Ghostbusters franchise, I did not enjoy the film.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Systemd apparently. Every time someone brings it up, the thread devolves into a religious flame war.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I grew up hating mushrooms. It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned that my mom was a bad cook. Now I eat them, and many items I hated as a child, all the time.

The last thing I just can't get behind is olives. And I keep trying in the hopes of something clicks, but it hasn't

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