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UlyssesT ,

Sure.

Those same people could also accept criticism of all of the above (regarding D&D, I won’t just accept criticism of the game system, I will join in and rant for hours about what a hot mess 4th Edition was) without tying it to their identities to the point of getting enraged when consumer products (or the means used to make them) are criticized as if it is an attack on themselves.

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Awoo ,

The problem here is that all of these people have turned their consumer choices into their identities and thus they feel personally attacked whenever they hear criticism of the products they consume.

It’s incredibly unhealthy and something everyone should work to weed out of their mindset if they want to grow as a person instead of being perpetually unhappy because others criticising things isn’t going anywhere.

GarbageShoot ,

Wild how happiness only seems to exist in commodities

bandario ,
@bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Exactly my thoughts: work, consume, die.

What a fucking miserable fate for a human life.

Maeve ,

At the end of the day, we’re still animals that like to fancy ourselves smart.

bandario ,
@bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Exactly. It’s the animal parts of our nature that we should be relentlessly chasing.

Love, sex, dancing, laughing. To see the sun rise and watch it set again on a cool autumn day. To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

Maeve ,

Wow, that devolved quickly.

bandario ,
@bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Many of you can’t recite the 1982 masterpiece Conan the Barbarian by heart and it shows.

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Sure, as soon as you stop bombarding me with advertisements for these things to the point I retch at the very sight.

Fucking seriously my local Lowe’s had the Halloween decorations on display before the end of August. Two whole entire months am I getting BLEAURGH’d at by an injection molded demon every time I walk in to buy some screws and a quart of stain. Of course the Christmas decorations are going to be out on November 1st. Remember when there were only 12 days of Christmas? Now there’s something like 60.

all4one ,

Don’t be so negative…Christmas decorations will be out before Halloween is over.

bufordt ,
@bufordt@sh.itjust.works avatar

If the Halloween stuff bugs you, enter the store by the pro desk.

Maeve ,

60? Your retailers are slacking.

AOCapitulator ,
@AOCapitulator@hexbear.net avatar

Who are these people who upvote posts but never comments, top comment right now has 21 score and the post has 212, thats such an abusrd ratio, is it just a hexbear thing that this is surprising to me?

egonallanon ,

I think it kind of is. Hexbear folks love to post and engage more directly with each other based on what I’ve seen while a lot of people (myself for included) clearly take a much more passive approach and just up vote and move on. My excuse is generally I usually only come on here when bored and have nothing else to fill my time with and I find commenting to be personally kind of exhausting now days.

AOCapitulator ,
@AOCapitulator@hexbear.net avatar

Thats fair enough, thanks for your perspective!

Awoo ,

I think downvotes produce participation anxiety and Hexbear not only doesn’t have them but also promotes a not-giving-a-fuck mentality to posting.

UnicodeHamSic , (edited )

Last time I saw any research about it down votes make people angry with eacother and fight. Which is good for Engagement if you want ad money. Bad for the culture though

robot_dog_with_gun ,

turns out not having downvotes is good for our culture

Holzkohlen ,

Sure. What about pineapple on pizza though? I mean you gotta draw the line somewhere.

pythonoob ,

Can we compromise? I’ll give you all of those things except the early holloween decorations

diannetea ,
@diannetea@beehaw.org avatar

Right, Halloween decorations were meant to be year round

pythonoob ,

Oohhhohoho you…

Twelve20two ,

If I’m investing $400 in a giant skeleton, you bet your bum it’s going to be a year round decoration with rotating, seasonal/holiday themes

Maeve ,

I’m * good with that.

Corrected

Zuzak , (edited )

Pumpkin Spice Lattes are good and also the official drink of hexbear.net (the other ones are good too).

Hexbears in this thread having a knee-jerk contrarian reaction to the “let people enjoy things” sentiment even though nobody actually has a problem with any of these things lmao.

HumanBehaviorByBjork ,
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i mean that’s literally it. None of this shit is genuinely controversial, it’s just the ambient neurosis of the internet that someone out there wants you crucified for your banal identity-forming habits.

Zuzak ,

How dare anyone ask me to stop criticising a thing I have no problem with and no intention of criticizing! We stand in solidarity with all cynical killjoys across the world! Even if we don’t hate something, we will defend to the death the right to hate it!

eochaid ,
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Serious.

If you are seriously annoyed by any of these things, then it should be a reminder of how unburdened and care free your life is that such a thing actually bugs you, and spark a sense of pride and contentment instead.

LaChaleurDeLaNuit ,

But how else will I feel superior and generally much more intelligent than other people?

ProxyTheAwesome ,

“Let people enjoy things”

No

Ejh3k ,

Guy across the street spent the weekend putting up Halloween decorations with his daughter. We can this guy “Heavy metal dad” because year round he displays pentagram flags, and wears heavy metal band shirts with the sleeves cut off all year. It’s great.

Rolder ,

I don’t mind people putting up decorations early, it’s when stores swap out their seasonal stock early that triggers me

chiliedogg ,

Last year local Home Depot started clearancing out Halloween decorations to make room for Christmas stuff in September.

UnicodeHamSic ,

Halloween is the only good holiday. It is the only one that maintains any connection to it’s pre modern roots. It is about giving candy to children for free fuck capitlaism. It is about enjoying everything society says is wrong. It requires some creativity in ways most people don’t get to experience the rest of the year. It invites experimentation and self expression.

Rolder ,

Halloween is still pretty capitalistic. You have to buy the candy you are handing out, and are encouraged to purchase decorations and make your home thematic to the season

UnicodeHamSic ,

But it is still less bad than other holidays.

Jax ,

Have you just never been to a club on halloween? Halloween is, by no stretch of the imagination, free from capitalist endeavors.

Those between 18 and 34 participate at the highest rate, and they end up spending the most on their costumes (capitalism).

You can like Halloween all you want, don’t kid yourself into believing that it’s somehow “pure”

cheery_coffee ,

D&D can be cheaper than wood working

zalgotext ,

All it costs you is a couple of friends every time you start a new campaign

Maeve ,

I miss dnd and mtg. Even the kids down here dunno either.

spuncertv ,

Until I go to build my D&D table.

cheery_coffee ,

This is the rare hobby crossover and it costs more than the sum of its parts.

ZetaLightning94 ,

Only hate the really early Halloween decorations at the store when they take away summer things early. Sometimes I need a new pool float in late august…

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