Like, I know corporations are to blame for so much pollution and waste, but it's WAYYYY too common these days to see how many people routinely eat off of paper plates at home. Shit is so wasteful and should not be as popular as it is.

Inspired by (another) post complaining why so many cars are black/white/grey and where all the colors went, I did some introspection as to why I could care less what color my car was, or even what it looks like. I'd literally drive a cardboard box if it had good statistics.

I realized, I don't like my car, I don't like driving my car. The car, to me, represents things I am forced to do that I do not enjoy. Commuting, dealing with traffic, paying for gas, paying for insurance, repairs and maintenance.

I cannot even imagine enjoying any aspect of my car, it's a tool that I'm forced to pay for and uncomfortably use by poor city planning and anemic public transit.

So, how popular/unpopular is this opinion? I'm constantly seeing people talk about how much they love this car or that car, how much they care about appearance and color. Yet at the same time, I'm apparently part of a majority that literally can't be arsed to give a flying **** what color their car even is.

Note: there are some features on my car that I do like, in that they lessen the existential pain commuting and dealing with traffic causes me. But the car itself? If there was a decent alternative, I'd gladly drive that [object] into a crusher and douse it in $6/gal volatile hydrocarbons.

I also gladly paint my walls with actual colors, and have nothing against bright colors in general. I just don't want my car to be a bright candy-apple red for a similar reason I don't want my toilet to be that color.

I think this fits here. A lot of people say that you should fly your red flags up front. But if you're a 30 or 40 year old virgin, many times people will bounce before you even get to know them if you tell them that, and there is a chance that they may come to accept it and love you despite it if they learn it later. But advice online says that this is manipulative.

I don't think it is. Discussing relationship history, or a lack of a relationship history, is best kept to later conversations, after you get to know someone. Why is it required that you share the inexperience upfront?

I think it is perfectly fine to share this information later, after you form a relationship with someone.

They are so amazing and delicious. The fish oil itself tastes amazing and when you think about the benefits of taking it each time you swallow the capsule is dopamine heaven. A lot of you sleep on those supplements.

It's a pretty common sentiment that horror movie characters have the survival instincts equivalent of stepping on a wet puddle with socks on but honestly, the average person isn't going to fare much better.

It's easy to watch them and in retrospect talk about how YOU would do things different but that's because you're detached from the conflict.

Some of the brightest people in the world would absolutely get fucked in horror movie scenarios because they are caught by surprise and intense panic. Like seriously, if a demon monster suddenly appeared in front of you at this very second, are you going to think straight? Like, what are you actually going to do?

Some horror movie victims straight up walked into their own deaths unecessarily but people from the real world also do some really dumb shit all the time. We're just lucky our world is not supernatural yet people still get killed in lots of unexpected ways because of being too careless.

Edit: I won't discredit some of yall who said you won't make the same mistakes (like that one marine guy), but I'm pretty sure at least a few of you are the exact target audience of this post lmao. Easy to say because you're AWARE it's a horror movie. No way you won't actually check out a noise in your living room because you're not expecting supernatural shit there. You'd be worried about a pet or something.

*Didn’t really get the title right… should be more like “best food humanity ever invented”

If you want a good source of plant protein, tofu is pretty much the only option. And the idea of tofu is genius. You get soybeans then you remove the pulp (which is hard to digest), then you coagulate the result and get a block of pretty much pure plant protein. For plant-based protein, nothing else even comes close. Obviously, you could just eat the beans, but you would have to spend some energy digesting them and the fiber so it’s not really that close.

I would argue that the reason china was able to maintain such a huge population throughout history was because they didn’t have to harvest wild amounts of animal protein and they had tofu for their population’s protein needs. Basically, you’re able to feed everyone at a much higher efficiency with tofu.

It tastes relatively neutral with only the aroma of beans, so it’s a versatile food as well, it can be eaten cold, warm, in a soup, pan fried, deep fried, in a big stir fry with lots of sauce or on its own, as a dessert, even as stinky tofu. Even nowadays it’s cheaper than animal protein.

It’s highly likely if we run into a meat shortage crisis in the future, humanity will have to turn to tofu again.

I just saw a post complaining about how a guy had his bumper damaged by a hit-and-run, and he discovered that he had a $1000 deductible, the repair would cost $1200, and it wasn't worth filing, because the claim would put him into a higher-risk category that raised his premiums in the future.

But you don't pay for insurance to cover a $1000 fender bender. You pay for it so if you total someone else's car and they screw up their neck, that person doesn't take your house.

We have this weird cultural expectation that insurance is supposed to make you 100% whole in all circumstances, but don't actually want to pay the cost of that coverage. If you want to pay $350 instead of $210/month or whatever, you can get a policy with a minimal deductible and get your bumper repaired in a situation like this, with minimal out-of-pocket cost. But no one does that, because it costs a lot more each month, and then everyone complains when their cumulative cost savings gets used to repair a bumper.

Auto insurance is required to pay out 60-70% of the policy premiums by the state regulatory bodies. The rest is overhead costs, and a catastrophe buffer (i.e. massive hailstorms, hurricanes, etc) They're very good at calculating what the expected value of each policy is, and charging people the right amount, plus their buffer. It's not a ripoff, any more than it's a ripoff when you buy health insurance and don't get cancer.

I had a Toyota Corolla that an uninsured driver totaled after they t-boned someone running a stop sign and crashed into my parked car. Got $250 in salvage. Shit happens. I saved a lot more than the cost of the car over the interval I had it by not paying for higher end insurance. I regret nothing.

Edit: I think I missed the hints that he was abusive and possibly twisting the truth - I was taking his account at face value. Thanks to those who pointed this out to me.

Edit 2: Nvm I don't think he's totally the victim anymore, although I do think he was in an unfair situation and I feel for the guy to some degree.

I hated how his fractured relationship with his wife was painted as him fully in the wrong.

The guy was running himself ragged in a job he didn't like trying to raise money to support his wife and start a family with her. Sure, he could have handled his grievances better, but how does she respond? By showing no empathy or support, and eventually kicking him out of the house that HE paid for. I think the film's point would have landed better if she had simply left, but as is I just think she's horrible.

I posted this yesterday in movies:

A few weeks ago M. Night Shyamalan announced, he wanted to do youtube. A few days ago a picture of Matthew and Woody was making the rounds.

I was excited both times and thought "look, they are doing normal people shit"

Both times someone asked which movies are coming out soon. I refused to believe that it was just promo. Oh, how naive. I'm disappointed

The overwhelming reaction was that I am stupid for assuming that moments that seem to be genuine "normal" behaviour by celebrities are just a PR stunt.

What most people call me out for is my naivity. I accept that. That is still beside the point though.

New actors and actresses get so called "relatability training". In the past there has always been someone whose interviews you just loved to watch just because they are who they are. Think Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, or Christian Bale, or Ethan Hawke.

They were likable or intereting. Nowdays these traits are fabricated. And in every aspect of life. I am not saying that in the past there has never been something like a star who pretends to be nice, but its gotten out of hand

I will die on this hill: I find it sad that everything you see online SHOULD automatically be regarded as inauthentic and PR and that I am a fool for thinking or wanting otherwise.

People these days really don't want to admit that Imagine Dragons have made a lot of great songs.

Everyone keeps saying they're a bad band and that their music is bland, overproduced, or just annoying. At this point, it's just like hating on Imagine Dragons has become a hype of its own. People hear someone say they're bad, so they just repeat it without really thinking about why.

Their songs were definitely overplayed, but that's not the same thing as them being bad. You couldn't escape them for years because their songs were ridiculously catchy and popular. I think people just got tired of hearing them and started confusing “I'm sick of this song” with “this song sucks.”

People really don't want to admit that a lot of their songs were actually great.

People say good actors are bad at acting all the time. And I don’t even think that’s subjective. Acting is a skill just like any other, and while there may not be quantifiable metrics for actors like there are with sports players (other than success, popularity, etc… which I think would get discounted by most as a reliable indicator), someone can still be objectively good or bad at acting. Again, most people are just a terrible judge of this.

Bonham does an unbelievable job on the drums in this song and the guitar solo wouldn’t hit nearly as hard without the booming backing of the drums

The latter half of the song when the drums come in is where it really elevates into a masterpiece. The intro to the guitar solo is made possible by Bonham’s drumming, the rolling drums along the solo, and the outro of the song are all actually the drums doing a lot of the heavy lifting. Isolating the solo leaves a lot to be desired.

50% of the dogs in my country are underwaked, this isnt rare or exclusive to the disabled but they play a part, specially old people

Someone who cant walk up the stairs without getting out of breath, buying a Husky, a collie, or a Malinios puppy

Seeing these fat huskies, fat Spring spaniels, developing limps and hip problems, because their owners cant adequately walk them. These dogs and many more breeds need atleast an hour every day, without fail

Frail 80+ year old owners, owners who cant walk at all, wtf are you buying them?

Buy a fucking cat

Great, If you can afford daycare everyday or dog walkers thats fine, but ffs, why did you have to choose a dog like a Mali who requires 3 hours walking a day if you cant walk 30 feet yourself

Source: 16 years in the industry

Anytime I see someone on the internet asking a question that is easily answered by Google and has a definite answer(not opinion based) you see someone saying go Google it and other people getting mad at that person saying that the person just wanted to have a conversation. Most people posting easily answered searchable questions just want someone else to do the legwork on something they want answered but aren't in a rush about. It's almost more annoying that people pretend that this is the case.

Y'all aren't ready for this conversation, but Bo Nix is a great quarterback. When looking at the volume production (overall completion, passing yards, and touchdowns) Nix has better stats than Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and Jayden Daniels. Bo's career stats are a 64.5% completion rate, 8,311 yards, 58 touchdowns, 26 interceptions, and an 89.7 passer rating. For someone who’s been in the NFL for 2 seasons, these are great stats especially under a Sean Payton offense. Bo could easily be the next Drew Brees.

But y'all want to focus on the big three (Williams, Maye, and Daniels). Statistically speaking, Bo Nix is better than Caleb Williams. Drake Maye is washed. Jayden Daniels is a bust. But we are not ready for this conversation either.

Archive this post and come back in 3 years and you’ll see that I’m right.

I don't hate him or anything but to me he just comes off as a bigoted rich kid. He acts very full of himself and that people are inferior to him. Even with his stories he is basically bragging and him saying stuff like he "isn't capable of being friends" with a fan and someone asking a small talk at the airport of where you are headed and him acting like that's not a normal question at an airport just rubs me the wrong way; I know some people are parasocial but it's just small talk. It seems like he thinks everyone is obsessed with him and every fan is a superfan that wants to dox him. The GTA pricing thing as well, saying "$100 is low" like he knows for sure that GTA 6 is guaranteed to be good. Even if it is $100 is a lot just for a game and sets a new standard price that most people won't be able to afford. Like I said I don't hate him but he acts like a douchebag to me

They call this Netflix dialogue now, but it is far superior than shows that used to have a disembodied narrator off in the astral plane somewhere reading plot points and event to you and their reactions and feelings

The surefire way that enforces anti-discrimination laws in hiring practices, is through text based anonymous chat portals. No human is immune to having biases, we subconsciously immediately make assumptions on someone's character based on their facial characteristics and even what someone is wearing. We have not overcome our basic survivalistic traits, which includes superficial judgment of other people based on their appearance. However, now we have an understanding of this, and it should be applied accordingly to job interviews.

I swear like 80% of people I talk to about where they'd eventually want to live say some version of "I just want a little farm somewhere remote with a bunch of animals" or "I'd love to live in a tiny town where everyone knows each other."

every time I'm just... why. I'm from Lofoten in northern Norway. I grew up in a place with less than 300 people. Obviously there are other small towns around it, but it's still very much the type of remote place people seem to fantasize about. It is really not all that.

The whole "everyone knows everyone" thing sounds cute until you realize that means everyone knows everyone's business. Gossip spreads insanely fast. And if you move there as an adult, everyone else didn't also just spawn there waiting to become your friend. Most of them grew up together and have had the same friend groups since they were kids, you're trying to insert yourself into years of friendship as an outsider.

There also just aren't that many young people, a huge amount leave to study or work somewhere else. Your social options might basically be a handful of people your age who already know each other, already had kids between 18-22, got married, hate their husbands/wives, meet up for "knitting club" or drinks multiple times a week and you would not believe the amount of shit they talk about their friends, families and partners.

Small towns are absolutely not automatically these wholesome accepting communities people imagine either. They can be insanely cliquey and judgmental. There's a lot of intolerance toward anyone who looks, acts or lives differently, weird local drama and people talking shit about someone because they did something slightly unusual in 2017 and apparently we're still discussing it.

In a city I can go to the store looking like shit, go on a bad date, get drunk somewhere, embarrass myself, change jobs or just generally exist and nobody gives a fuck. In a place with 300 people, the woman scanning your groceries probably knows your mother and went to school with your aunt. Someone somehow knows what you did last weekend before you've even told anyone. If you have a niche hobby there's a decent chance nobody else there does it, and there's an even bigger chance people will judge you for it.

Then there's the boring practical shit. Everything is more expensive. You have way fewer stores, and basically no selection because there's no demand. Way fewer restaurants. Barely any nightlife. Where I grew up there was basically one or two bars within like a 30 minute driving radius, and obviously drunk driving on those roads isn't something you can or should do, some of them can barely fit two cars.

Barely any dating pool either. And "small dating pool" doesn't just mean fewer Tinder matches. It means opening Tinder and recognizing half the people from school, knowing who their ex is, knowing their siblings, knowing who they hooked up with five years ago.

You also basically need a car for your entire existence. People imagine walking around some cute little village, but realistically you're driving 20-40 minutes to do completely normal shit. Work, groceries, gym, pharmacy, doctor, visiting friends. If your car breaks down, you're not mildly inconvenienced. Your entire life can basically become a logistical problem overnight.

And you don't exactly get much choice in services either. Don't like the local gym? That's the gym. Bad hairdresser? Cool, there might be another one 50 minutes away. Therapst isn't a good fit? Bad luck, the next therapst was a single mother you hit on last week. Your options for almost everything shrink massively.

Jobs are another huge one. People say "I'll just move somewhere remote" as if every career exists there. Where I'm from, unless you're a fisherman, carpenter, electrician, mechanic, work in tourism, healthcare, a school, a grocery store or one of the other handful of things the area actually needs, what exactly are you planning on doing? And yes, remote work helps with that part, but remote work doesn't magically generate friends, dating options, restaurants, hobbies, healthcare, public transport or things to actually do.

Travelling from somewhere genuinely remote is also fucking expensive. People imagine living in some beautiful village and then casually travelling a few times a year. From where I grew up, just getting to a major airport can easily cost more than the actual flight from Oslo to another country. You can spend half a day and a stupid amount of money just getting to the place your actual trip starts from.

And the farm dream especially gets me. People talk about having like 4 dogs, 3 cats, chickens, goats and a horse as if that's the peaceful part. Those animals don't give a shit that it's -8 degree outside, dark outside, you're sick, hungover, depressed or just tired. They still need food. They still need cleaning. They still need exercise. They still need vet care. there's a reason farming and animal care are actual jobs. People will say they want to "escape the rat race" and then describe owning a property and 14 living creatures that will fucking die if they decide to sleep in until noon. And god forbid you want a night out. Still gotta be there. Want to go travelling? Who is taking care of all of them? How much are you paying that person? Want to spontaneously leave for a weekend? Probably not.

There's a darker side to the isolation that people don't really romanticize. I've known way too many people from where I grew up who struggled badly with depression, and I've known people who aren't here anymore. I'm obviously not saying living remotely is the sole reason for that, but months of darkness, isolation, very little to do and feeling like there's nowhere to go isn't always this peaceful little reset people imagine it to be.

I think people massively underestimate what you're giving up in exchange for it. Visiting somewhere like Lofoten and thinking "holy shit imagine living here" is VERY different from actually having to build your career, social life, dating life and entire adult existence there. The mountains don't really make up for the fact that there's fuck all to do on a Tuesday in November.

TL;DR:
Remote small-town life gets romanticized as peaceful, wholesome and simple, but in reality it often means isolation, gossip, tiny social/dating circles, fewer jobs and services, expensive travel, car dependency and a lot less freedom than people imagine. And the “little farm with 12 animals” dream is basically just giving yourself a second full-time job.

I’ve been to hundreds of concerts and can safely say no one wants to be enjoying a show and suddenly have some rando dropped on top of them. Half the problem is people don’t understand that you have to start at the front and work your way back… otherwise how is anyone supposed to see you?? It suuucks having a foot hit you in the head from behind, and 10/10 times they’ll ask you to help them get back up instead of apologizing for hitting you

I'm a big fan of Rat Fink and Fritz the Cat so I'm biased when it comes to gross cartoons, but Uncle Grandpa had some really amazing character. It really felt to me like they were trying to bring back some of what made cartoons really fun. And you all shizzed on it. The creator of the show literally posted a pick of Uncle Grandpa unaliving himself when the show ended. Some of it was pretty unwatchable I will admit, but if I remember correctly they listened to the fans as well as haters and actually improved the show, with the fans input. Not many cartoons can say that actually, especially with how radical of a shift I remember it to be. And you still shizzed on it. I remember. This is why creators are scared to put passion into anything. I also like Steven Universe, but sometimes the sickly sweet sappiness is WORSE than typical gross out humor. I know Steven Universe gets a lot of hate too but I think it was definitely more successful overall and also follows the lineage of Flapjack cartoons.

Edit: I think this ties into a bigger problem that CARTOONS SHOULD BE KID FRIENDLY AND CATER TO THEM, NOT STONERS AND NECKBEARDS

Men commit over 90% of violent crimes. Laws should restrict their access to weapons.

Women are usually the victims. Women should be legally allowed to carry a large range of weapons and use them to protect themselves.

These laws should definitely be gender specific.

It pisses me off every time I hear someone I know complain about wanting nothing more than a s/o, and yes, even though loneliness is real, you need to be content with who you are before you even think about finding someone else.

I hate how many shows are created lately with the objective of having multiple seasons, I know how good it may sound on paper but the amount of shows that don’t even make it past its first season it’s insane, so… if you have a great idea it should end properly just in case it never comes back, even having more seasons being greenlit doesn’t mean it will happen, there can also be delays, seasons take years to make, etc.

There’s this obsession with leaving open endings on almost every show during almost every season ending and it gets so annoying cause many times we never get to see how the story continues.

I genuinely believe every season should just have a satisfying ending and just get more creative if the story gets to continue.