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1. Audio books. Literacy rates are practically 100% in the developed world. Why do you need some idiot reading you a story like you're 5 years old? If you say "because I'm driving," then you shouldn't be so distracted when behind the wheel of a vehicle.

2. Podcasts. The average length of a podcast is 43 minutes, but many are multiple hours long. I don't know how people listen to someone yammer on for that long. Don't you have better shit to do with your time?

3. Professional wrestling. I get it, grown men know it's fake. And I can enjoy a funny clip here and there. But sitting down and watching an hour or more of acrobatics with pre-determined outcomes? Hell naw, to the naw naw naw.

4. House music. This one is mostly only popular with weird Europeans and tri-state douchebags, but fucking hell is it horrible. Everything sounds the same to me. How do you even dance to it? It honestly sounds like shit that a toddler could make by mashing the buttons on one of those sound effects toys.

5. Paying for content or for a subscription to a site like Only Fans. Why the fuck would you pay $15/month (or more for individual content) for pics of some chick's tits/ass/vaginer? PORN IS FREE.

Thoughts?
 
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kaladin stormblessed

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Gamer Dude said:
1. Audio books. Literacy rates are practically 100% in the developed world. Why do you need some idiot reading you a story like you're 5 years old? If you say "because I'm driving," then you shouldn't be so distracted when behind the wheel of a vehicle.

2. Podcasts. The average length of a podcast is 43 minutes, but many are multiple hours long. I don't know how people listen to someone yammer on for that long. Don't you have better shit to do with your time?

3. Professional wrestling. I get it, grown men know it's fake. And I can enjoy a funny clip here and there. But sitting down and watching an hour or more of acrobatics with pre-determined outcomes? Hell naw, to the naw naw naw.

4. House music. This one is mostly only popular with weird Europeans and tri-state douchebags, but fucking hell is it horrible. Everything sounds the same to me. How do you even dance to it? It honestly sounds like shit that a toddler could make by mashing the buttons on one of those sound effects toys.

5. Paying for content or for a subscription to a site like Only Fans. Why the fuck would you pay $15/month (or more for individual content) for pics of some chick's tits/ass/vaginer? PORN IS FREE.

Thoughts?
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audio books rock - lets say you're reading, and but you need to cook a meal. you can put the book down, turn on audible, and continue the journey while cooking and eating. or doing other things such as cleaning, going for a walk etc

podcasts rock - who is to say that anything is better or worse for someone than something else. podcasts can provide education, idea sharing, humor, etc. you can listen to podcasts while multitasking or listen intently

professional wrestling is dumb. im with ya. but people enjoy it. thats on them

house music - some of it is incredible. time and place for all types of music

onlyfans - porn is free. but when people feel as if they know the person, its more fun. also, some content wouldnt be available without a subscriptiuon service, so some people donate in principle, simply because they can. as a thank you

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video game youtube videos - they get millions and millions of views, most likely from kids. but i have literally never watched a single one. yet they are constantly on my home screen being recommend. wtf youtube. i barely playt video games. and i will never watch someone else playing. stop recommending video game videos to me

TikTok "dancers" - ive never had tiktok. but people share their shit on instagram. my home screen always has videos of people doing stupid little arm movements. its retarded

pranks - similarly, IG keeps sharing short videos or young russian friends where they[ll walk into an elevator and the "boyfriend" will look at the butt of a "stranger" and his "gf" will get mad. its some pretty low level comedy. i click "not interested" every time in hopes of never having seeing another dumbass video like that agian, but IG doesnt care. it keeps showing up on my home screen

so fuck it. deleted IG
 
John Lee Pettimore

John Lee Pettimore

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Gamer Dude said:
1. Audio books. Literacy rates are practically 100% in the developed world. Why do you need some idiot reading you a story like you're 5 years old? If you say "because I'm driving," then you shouldn't be so distracted when behind the wheel of a vehicle.
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1) You have to be 5 years old to enjoy someone telling you a story? Nope.

2) Listening to a podcast is too distracting while driving? Can you not drive? Do you forbid anybody from talking to you while you're driving?

3) My missus listens to audiobooks at work all the time. She's working by herself and using her hands. Why not listen to something that's not the same songs you've heard a million times before?

[/QUOTE] 2. Podcasts. The average length of a podcast is 43 minutes, but many are multiple hours long. I don't know how people listen to someone yammer on for that long. Don't you have better shit to do with your time?[/QUOTE]

1) Some people have attention spans greater than 45 seconds.

2) Some people like to learn things. Weird, huh?

3) Personally, I listen to podcasts when I'm driving, or when I'm falling asleep. So no, in those two circumstances I don't have better things to do with my time.

3. Professional wrestling. I get it, grown men know it's fake. And I can enjoy a funny clip here and there. But sitting down and watching an hour or more of acrobatics with pre-determined outcomes? Hell naw, to the naw naw naw.
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Pro wrestling is:

1) Just soap opera for men.

2) A great way for fathers to bond with their kids

3) Actually tremendously entertaining at a live event.

4) Waaaaaaaaaaay more interesting as a subculture than as a product. Pro wrestling is a unique form of performance art that has aspects not found anywhere else. In nothing else is there such a fascinating blend between what is real and what is fake - what is an act, and what is real life bleeding through into the scripted performance. It is certainly not all fake, and trying to figure out where exactly the line is drawn, is an aspect of wrestling fandom that non-fans can't understand or appreciate.

For instance, this:



Is a real employee hocking a real loogie and spitting it into the face of his real boss, the real-life owner of the company he worked for. Not scripted. He did that because his boss hatched a secret scheme that he knew Bret Hart would never agree to participate in. And he fucked Hart over, for real, and humiliated him for real in the ring, in front of a sold-out arena full of his hometown fans.

A few minutes later, Hart stormed into Vince's office backstage and KOed him with a punch to the face. No cameras, the broadcast had ended, but Bret Hart was fucking raging.

All of that was real. And it's fucking fascinating.

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Speaker to Animals

Speaker to Animals

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May 16, 2021
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The fascination with the Cardassians.

The elevation of obnoxious personal behavior, as though being a selfish prick is a quality to aspire to.
Looking at you Conor and Donald Trump.
 
Splinty

Splinty

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Gamer Dude said:
5. Paying for content or for a subscription to a site like Only Fans. Why the fuck would you pay $15/month (or more for individual content) for pics of some chick's tits/ass/vaginer? PORN IS FREE.
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Your step mother isn't on the hub. So I have to pay Only fans.
 
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kaladin stormblessed said:
TikTok "dancers" - ive never had tiktok. but people share their shit on instagram.
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The dances are silly unless it's a hot chick, but Tik Tok has a lot of features that Instagram either doesn't or didn't have.

The video editing on Tik Tok is a lot better. The app's AI will suggest a soundtrack to a video you upload. Instagram doesn't have that to my knowledge. There are probably other things but I don't upload videos there so I dunnur.

And Instagram Reels is a carbon copy of the short video/swipe-up-to-skip format of Tik Tok.
 
Filthy

Filthy

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John Lee Pettimore said:
For instance, this:



Is a real employee hocking a real loogie and spitting it into the face of his real boss, the real-life owner of the company he worked for. Not scripted. He did that because his boss hatched a secret scheme that he knew Bret Hart would never agree to participate in. And he fucked Hart over, for real, and humiliated him for real in the ring, in front of a sold-out arena full of his hometown fans.

A few minutes later, Hart stormed into Vince's office backstage and KOed him with a punch to the face. No cameras, the broadcast had ended, but Bret Hart was fucking raging.

All of that was real. And it's fucking fascinating.

??
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Montreal Screwjob was a work, ya fuckin mark.
 
Hauler

Hauler

Been fallin so long it's like gravitys gone
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Gamer Dude said:
Only state in the continental U.S. in which you can enjoy the beach/golfing/outdoor activities from November to March.
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And have to stay inside from April to October because it's either (A) too fucking hot or (B) too methy.
 
Hauler

Hauler

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The Kardashians. I mean. Why do people give 2 fucks about these people?

The English Royal Family. See above.
 
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