I have a Tesla that, for financial reasons, I can’t get out of for another couple few months and while it is one of my favorite cars I’ve ever driven (and I’ve driven many), I can no longer enjoy driving it because Musk is a piece of shit that deserves cancer. Looking at Lucid and Rivian now.
I also used to believe America was a great country, but in my late 20s started to realize it’s bullshit (I’m in my 40s now). It was kind of a sad realization and it has only gotten worse since then.
I also used to believe more in people and their ability for empathy and, if presented the facts, they’d ultimately make good decisions. I now believe people are generally selfish and narcissistic, and that most don’t give a shit about facts and live entirely on off-the-cuff emotion. It doesn’t stop me from caring and trying to help (some) of them, but it’s definitely made me more wary and paranoid.
I also used to believe America was a great country, but in my late 20s started to realize it’s bullshit
Honestly I was 100% bought in when I was like 19. I’m still a big believer in what the Constitution stands for (at least as it means to me), but I fully understand that I got duped by the branding with that one. It has been exceptionally radicalizing and upsetting to see how few of my countrymen believe in the dream of America as I do. May we one day live up to our lofty ideals.
I went here as well, but managed to turn it around. I now have more belief in America being a great country, but as an ideal, as something we need to work hard toward. I’ve become a lot more progressive as I see what it would take to live up to this myth about ourselves. Let’s do it. Let’s do it for our children, for the next generation, for a better world tomorrow! Lets start small and local, be the neighbor you thought you had, show the empathy we all deserve, make America a Community again
Felt this. I haven’t really ever felt proud of America. It was weird growing up with immigrant parents, proud of their new homeland, just for me to learn of all its atrocities across the world and be like: “y’all moved here for this? They murdered and raped your birth country!” I really want to be more optimistic and hopeful, it’s just so hard with everything going on and how overt the racists are these days.
Are you me? I was about to post the exact same thing, almost verbatim.
Surely there can be some symbol or obvious modification to let people know when you own a Tesla but disown the talking head at the top.
I mean, I guess I could put stickers on it and stuff, but I live near Portland and the Tesla vanadalizing is pretty wild here. Not sure it’d do much.
I’ve actually been taking an old gas truck around lately just so I don’t have to be seen in it. But it sucks because the Tesla costs me like $20/month to drive and the truck costs like $30/week.
Maybe pre-vandalize it to take the fun out of it?
Twitter/Reddit.
I was all in. Quit Twitter around 2015 when it started getting ultra toxic. Quit Reddit when 3rd party apps were killed.
Doesn’t seem like you have to live with it…
Oh I do. Friends remind me all the time how all in I was.
I mean, I was all into Master of Puppets era Metallica, but that doesn’t mean I had to like Load and beyond.
Things change. That’s life.
Pretty much anything Elon Musk. I used to be an Elon Musk fangirl up until 2018, then each successive year was like the cutscene of Crash Bandicoot having all the boxes he’s missed falling on his head.
I remember on Reddit one awful “This is Musk. He didn’t like ___, so he invented ___” picture with like 4 examples of things he stole and a stick figure with his head. “Be like Musk” was the bottom text. I agreed with it at first, then I saw it like 6 more times.
Being annoyed at those constant repost made me leave his fan club pretty quick. Oh how naive I was, thinking the worst thing he could be was annoying.
I’m definitely one of those leoy but it took me until a couple years ago to start disliking him since I was a lot less active on social media and keeping up somewhat on news other than what I’m interested in. Definitely wanted one of his boring company flamethrowers when I heard about them but now I’d ironically wanna torch one of them.
I’m really glad I couldn’t afford a Tesla back when the Model 3 came out because I probably would’ve bought one.
Things I actually fell for… mostly video games, but it’s not the end of the world. Mostly it made me much more discerning with new purchases.
I have this weird habit of buying the less popular but arguably better thing. I went with windows phone, a nook instead of a kindle, an zune mp3 player, and a Mustang MachE instead of a Model Y. That last choice might have been the only one that ultimately paid off.
I miss my Zune. It had a great trackpad for scrolling. I had the 8gb model that was about the size of a granola bar. It felt like amazing, futuristic tech!
I pre-ordered No Man’s Sky -_-
Now, they’ve done WAY more than any of us thought to make things right; but at the time of release, NMS was probably the single most egregious example of false advertising to hit the gaming industry, ever. Or at least within a comparable scope of visibility to the gaming community.
It wasn’t just not living up to the hype; it was purchasing a brand new Lamborghini, and receiving 2003 Honda Civic.
And no they didn’t just bite off more than they could chew - they knew what they had created; and proceeded to show demos and make promises that amounted to a completely different product. We were scammed.
…and then I guess their conscious got the better of them, cuz rather than disbanding their studio and laughing all the way to the bank like we all expected them to, they spent years at least trying to make look like the product they promised. So, credit where it’s due. But still lesson learned: never preorder a game, no matter how good the demos looks, no matter how charming their spokespeople are, no matter how closely the product they’re pitching aligns with your specific niche interests: assume it’s all complete bullshit until you’ve seen some gameplay posted by real people.
I didn’t fall for the no man’s sky hype. The game didn’t appeal to me.
But cyberpunk 2077. That one hit hard. After ages of hype, and amazing trailers, I was so for it! I don’t get very excited for to many games these days as I’m getting older, but this one ticked all the boxes for me. My disappointment when I realized how buggy and unfinished the game was, alongside everyone who was playing it at launch, exasperated my feelings of being let down and I felt like a sucker. They never really delivered what they originally promised either.
Yeah, after years of updates Cyberpunk is now an amazing game. But it’s not at all the game that was hyped up and promised. People don’t get it, everyone says it’s good now, yeah it’s great, that’s not the problem. The problem is that it’s not what it was supposed to be.
I preordered Spore back in the day. The galactic edition. As a teenager I kept it visible on my dresser as a reminder to never preorder games.
After the turn around they made with NMS, I’m actually looking forward to their fantasy game. I was already on the “don’t preorder stuff” squad when NMS came out but I still shared the disappointment that everyone who bought it felt.
Yea at this point, they’ve owned it and put in the effort to correct it that I wouldn’t be opposed to buying another one of their games… just… after it’s been released for a month or two :P
I remember when John Bain was trying to explain this to people constantly, and then he died and all the motherfuckers kept being NPCs and gobbling up the bullshit
Yea, Hello Games, and No Man’s Sky burned me so bad. I essentially had dreams about being Han solo, smuggling cargo from system to system, for months.
Then I got the game after pre-ordering and was dumbstruck at how… Not anything they promised it was. I mean, the game was HUGE, but aside from that?
Ive heard they fixed it, but I never checked back in after playing for a few weeks. My 9 year old likes to play it though. It came out not long after he had as born hahaha.
“Spore.” That video with Wil Wright showing it off was incredible. Ordered it from Amazon. CD key was no good. EA didn’t give two shits. After over a week of dealing with them via support tickets and calls, I gave up and just returned it.
Meanwhile, my friend pirated it, played through the whole thing, and said it was just ok.
How did spore make it into this list twice?
It was kinda like the launch of No Man’s Sky. Tons of hype, failure to deliver.
Music. Way too many albums are that one decent song you hear on the radio and 38 minutes of filler shite, and you could never take it back to the shop to get a refund for being full of shite. So all my music is pirated first, purchased second, and anyone that objects to this is basically admitting that their industry is based on selling shite that can’t be refunded.
I bought the finger eleven CD. So, can confirm. I also bought Cult Ceremony, thinking it would be anything like Sonic Temple. This just means I don’t learn.
album sales can’t be refunded? I bought one physical CD, and one full album for download. Never wanted to refund either purchase, never found out that it’s not possible. But really? It’s not possible to get a refund from buying a physical album?
It’s to prevent people from buying the CD, ripping it (or taping it back in the day), and returning the CD with a free copy of the music.
Have you thought about having better taste and listen to bands other than one-hit wonders ?
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Tasmanian devil ankle tattoo.
Fuck, I know alright? It was 93 and I was barely 16
That’s one tattoo I can respect.
I’m pretty now that ankle socks are back in style, ankle tattoos of oldie cartoons are 100% allowed and cool again.
Nevermind: I got confused, ankle socks are out of style now.
Many people commuting in the Bay Area… “My Telsa.”
Not stuck anymore but I was for like a month. I bought Pretty Litter cause multiple drag queens I liked told me to do so. That is the worst goddamn litter I have EVER used in my life. The smell was horrendous, the dust was so so bad I actually couldn’t even be in the next room when my partner did the litter because of my allergies, and our house looked like a fucking beach. Fuck those people. (And shame on me for falling for goddamn ads)
Is it for cats?
Yeah it’s marketed as being able to detect urine irregularities in cats so it changes colour with their pee. It also supposedly “locks” in the smell which, to their credit, I couldn’t smell the cat shit, all I could smell was dust.
It’s also made of silicone which, you know, not meant to be eaten so I’m sure that’s great for cats to have in the fur they clean with their mouths.
I really didn’t do my research on this one.
CGPgrey’s AI and his self driving cars videos.
Definitely made some poor choices in life due to these that I could scream into a pillow. The future is always unpredictable, and while behind the scenes I’m sure a lot happened to improve both of these technologies, more than a decade later the use cases of both are still the same - grifting investors.
I never fall for hype, never pre-order. life is good
Oh, no! They’ve fallen for the “don’t pre-order” hype!
I stopped watching movie trailers years ago. Now, my friends just tell me, “Go watch this movie,” and it’s made for an amazing movie-watching experience.
For example, I walked into the theater to watch The Lighthouse without knowing anything about it.
Movies are so much better when you have no idea what to expect.
Also great when reviews don’t predetermine your expectations
Did that with star wars ep 7, 8, 9. Of course there was stuff I didn’t love but I didn’t walk away from the movie feeling robbed.
I’ve only bought a couple early access games, but in both cases I played the demo long enough to justify the purchase price.
Stalker 2.
I didnt just buy the game once, I paid for a “collectors edition” with a bunch of physical merch that I wont see until may or june. and even briefly volunteered to be a community mod. sifting through waves of hateful filth from hostile actors within the “community”. there is a LOT of Russian incited hatred against the game because of the fact the game was Ukrainian
I got incredibly hyped for the game because I had been waiting for it since the late 2000s. watched it die and come back from the dead, and it looked awesome.
the sad reality was that it needed more time in the oven, and I dont think they had a choice. I think they were forced to release it in the state that it was because they couldnt afford another year of no sales and surviving off investors and pre-orders. so what we got was like a 7/10 and it needs a lot more work.
and the political situation in their country where as many as 1/3 of the staff still live and work, is tenious by the day, they are absolutely fighting World War III over there. and some countries are trying to stab them in the back, telling them to just go surrender and get murdered…
My only real gripe with it so far (only 6 hours logged because I’ve been waiting for improvements) is the performance. Like when I installed kcd 2 now I expected to have to go in and turn down some settings because the first one was quite heavy to run. But no, right out the box it runs amazingly on all ultra (with dlss enabled as a caveat). I’m just waiting for some random youtuber to say “oh the deva forgot to set this one flag in the level editor and now it runs three times better”.
Foam mattress promising to be extra firm. It arrived in a convenient little roll, but 6 months later, it is absolute shit. Fell for the marketing and now my back is paying for it.
With foam mattresses, you need to look at the density of the high-resilience foam (HR foam) that they use. Generally the higher it is, the firmer the mattress will be and less prone to sagging.
It also means it will be a lot heavier and difficult to move around. If the density info is not provided, you can just look for ones they claim are for people who are heavier than your own weight.
I bought a Douglas one and I’ve been incredibly happy with it. My sleep quality improved quite a bit, and almost 2 years later is still going well
Go hybrid
Which brand? My IKEA Morgedal (now superseded by some other name) has been incredible.
Try flipping it.
Oh I still love mine after 5 years. It’s medium firm, so maybe an extra firm one wouldn’t have held up as well.
Renting. An inescapable financial burden.
Did you fall for it because it was hyped or because you couldn’t afford to buy?
Sometimes it is hyped because of the “freedom” aspect.
In some countries, it’s not even a bad idea because there are a lot more renter protections.
Yeah I “fell” for it cause I can’t afford a house/don’t have parents that can help with a down payment. But seeing how much shit my homeowner friends have to deal with makes me honestly pretty grateful not to be a homeowner.
I know there’s downsides, but I don’t want kids and am locked in at COVID pricing, so I don’t really care for purchasing anything either.
Not necessarily. All else being equal, mortgage + property charges + maintenance + tax is usually quite a bit more than rent. The issue is that renters almost never save or invest that delta, they spend it.
You’re missing the value of property going up over time
And the fact that those payments are technically going to yourself and the ownership of your own equity.
And the fact you need tens of thousands of moneys to buy a property, versus whatever rent is.
There’s these things called banks. And many states have first time homebuyers programs that will help with the down payment.
I basically bought my first (only) house for 0 money down with first time homebuyers stuff. Ya I had to pay mortgage insurance for a while but my mortgage payment is less than what it would be to rent the same house by like, a lot.
Renter-brain. Kinda like a horse that’s been trained to believe it’s tied to a post so you only gotta drape the reigns over the post and they think they’re trapped.
And renters miss the fact that by intelligently investing the renter’s dividend that I mentioned they could usually make a much better return than they can by investing it in their own property. Almost none of them even save that money, let alone invest it smartly.
Anyway, this debate is boring. Everyone is entrenched in their views.
