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Holzkohlen ,

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot ,

My tiny shrivelled flower of joy comes from relentlessly criticizing.

match ,
@match@pawb.social avatar

Costco has Christmas decorations up already actually

bufordt ,
@bufordt@sh.itjust.works avatar

Halloween decorations now are fine, it’s the Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations infringing on Halloween that are the problem.

Gargantuanthud ,

It’s ridiculous that Christmas decorations and shopping starts popping up in stores 4 months early in September (late August in some cases). No other holiday is like that. It’s like seeing Valentine’s Day stuff out in November or Halloween out in July. Personally, I feel oversaturated and sick of Christmas by the time it actually arrives.

Maeve ,

DG too.

alcamtar ,
@alcamtar@lemmy.world avatar

I guess I’ll be giving away candy canes at Halloween. Maybe also some of those old fashioned ribbon candies that taste like mothballs… That’s kind of in the spirit of Halloween isn’t it?

MargotRobbie ,

Somebody should make a movie around this message of jaded adults refinding their humanity in an absurd, hyperconsumerist world through the rejection of cynicism and embracing of liking things again, but cleverly disguise it as a movie made to sell plastic dolls to little girls to play on the concept of hyperconsumerism.

I think this hypothetical movie will be a smashing success in the box office. And probably win the lead actress an Oscar this year.

pthaloblue ,

I absolutely agree, I think you ahem that lead actress should win an Oscar.

But I think it’s important that we don’t let enjoying things become synonymous with liking (mindless purchasing) the corporate products that are being sold to us at a breakneck pace.

What ways do we have to still create our own ways to have fun? How can we make our own “weird barbies”?

MargotRobbie ,

The difference is that you should enjoy things not because nothing matters in this world (that would be hedonism.), but because the world matters to you, and you will fight to make it better.

There comes a point in everybody’s life where they are faced with their own mortality and finally figure out what they are meant to do. None of us will be here forever, so, I think we should use our short time on this Earth to fight for a world where everyone is free to find their way in life, and be themselves again.

Kinda vague, but everyone is different, so, everyone will have to figure it out on their own.

jayemar ,

I really like your first sentence. Great take, thanks for sharing.

ZombiFrancis ,

I’d like to think even as a jaded adult this isn’t just an impersonation.

And I assume the Ken dance off scene is an allegory to the obliteration of the ego resulting in self reflection?

MargotRobbie , (edited )

Ok if you had the opportunity to make Ryan Gosling do a dumb song and dance number you would have done the same thing.

It’s funny for actors to play against type because it’s unexpected. Like Leslie Nielsen in “Airplane!”, for example.

InputZero ,

Totally irrelevant to your comment, keep up the strike and hold the line! Assuming you’re the real Margot Robbie and have a prolific platform. I know it’s not fair, especially to the less recognizable members but a lot of other people who are thinking about unionizing are watching the WGA and SAG strikes to see if labour can still win. It’s not just you guys, we’re all with you. Even if they’re too stupid to realize this strike is more important than a new season of NCIS. Labour winning this strike proves that labour isn’t out of the fight and capital hasn’t completely won. Stay strong! Hold the line!

MargotRobbie ,

Thank you.

Loid ,

If I can’t criticize every insignificant difference in lifestyle that I have with a stranger that I probably won’t ever talk to again in my life. How else will I stroke my ego and fulfill my basic need of feeling superior to others?

IHaveTwoCows ,

I’m fine with this as long as you acceot that “Hawaiian pizza” is an abomination

upandatom ,

I’d add hating on Hawaiian Pizza into this list.

Irony!

Bnova ,
@Bnova@hexbear.net avatar

Wrong, it’s delicious. The Hawaiians got it right.

ImmortanStalin ,

That one Greek immigrant in Canada got it right! Lol

Bnova ,
@Bnova@hexbear.net avatar

They’re an honorary Hawaiian.

UnicodeHamSic ,

Pineapples are south American. It’s a rascism thing

Adkml ,

One of the islands is majority owned by dole and is one of the largest pineapple farms in the world.

Fuck dole and monopolies but “saying pineapples are from Hawaii is racist” is dumb as shit

UnicodeHamSic ,

Thr plant is native to South America. Dole sold them as Hawaiian so they could charge more. Same thing with dragon fruit. It is also south American but they gave it an Asian theme so it sounds fancy and they can charge extra. Really basically every good plant came from the America’s but we associate then with some fancier place. Tomatoes, Italy. Potatoes? Ireland. You and I both know if we called spaghetti Mexican fusion they wouldn’t be able to charge half what they do for it at the olive garden.

RoabeArt ,

Same with coconuts. They are associated with Hawaiian and Caribbean cultures when in fact they’re native to South Asia and the Austronesian islands.

ElBarto ,
@ElBarto@sh.itjust.works avatar

Nah, some Canadian Greek guy invented Australia’s most popular pizza, the hawaiian pizza

IHaveTwoCows ,

Hawaiians had absolutely nothing to do with it. A Greek guy in Canada made it up.

Fridgeratr ,

Nope. It’s awesome

UnicodeHamSic ,

You have fallen for whatever marketing department propaganda this pineapple war is

Kindness ,

Excellent. More of this sentiment please.

Also, it’s important for everyone to feel comfortable expressing their dislike for things, so long as jumping on hateful-bandwagons isn’t a source of social credit.

Fridgeratr ,

If I hear Christmas music before at least November, I will go nuclear

affiliate ,

completely agree. people can have their decorations whenever and whatever else their heart desires, but i draw the line at christmas music

radiofreeval ,
@radiofreeval@hexbear.net avatar

No. I’m not happy so nobody else is allowed to be.

robot_dog_with_gun ,

bugs-no

pomodoro_longbreak ,
@pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works avatar

The Way

Normal people may take up a sport to have fun. Me? I will sit next to you at the houseparty and complain about how sports is draining the brainpower of countless clever people who could be solving real problems, like optimising the fun and variety out of the latest D&D ruleset

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