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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dancing.

I'm biased because I'm rythmically deficient, but it makes no sense to me. It's just weird wiggling.

Worse still is clubbing, which is just dancing in a hot, sweaty dark room where the drinks are $13 each amd you don't get to pick the music, or turn the volume down.

This might be the most boomer thing I've ever written.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

How some people have to constantly get into someone else's business that doesn't have any negative affect on their lives or society and try to force the latter to conform to the former's worldview. Religion is notorious for this, demanding others conform to the ideology's rules even if they have no desire to participate or believe, but it can also be as simple as being critical of someone's differences and trying to make them change.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

People being mean or cruel to other people or living things just to see them suffer. I don't understand it.

[–] Chaos0f7ife@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

People out here stating obvious human problems and I'm out here like: why do humans like Chocolate?

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Using LinkedIn

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (25 children)

I'm going to be the 'tenth dentist' here and say eating spicy food.

I understand that eventually people build a tolerance so it hurts less but I can't comprehend being willing to even reach that point, especially since it's still not completely pain free I have been told.

Those I've asked say it's a really good flavor, but to me that sounds like being willing to eat a handful of broken glass (assuming no long term damage) as long as it tastes good. There are other foods that taste good and don't hurt, not even slightly.

[–] dotslashme@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For me, eating spicy food calms me down. I suffer from anxiety and eating spicy food allows me to exist only in the here and now. I am of course not saying that everyone who eat spicy food is anxious, it is only my personal preference.

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Insisting to spend your attention on exactly 1 (one) significant other.

I can't imagine being monogamous.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Idk, I've been with the same monogamous partner for the past 10 years. I'm chillin. No complaints. When I imagine dealing with multiple romantic partners on top of all the other shit I deal with, it makes me want to blow my head off. One is enough.

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Counting someone else’s tragedy as a personal blessing AKA when the privileged make someone else’s tragedy about them.

“I’m so blessed” whilst looking upon someone who’s struggling with mental or physical issues/homeless. And they explain it as their way of having gratitude.

I’m all for the gratitude lists but it’s not meant to be another channel wax on the narcissism and quell esteem issues by comparing yourself to others. Need a benchmark to know you’re doing well? Compare yourself with where you were yesterday. Not where someone else is today.

Esteem boosts shouldn’t come at the cost of pulling attention from someone else’s tragedy to pat yourself on the back.

[–] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

making someone else's tragedy about them

esteem boosts

Interesting take. When someone says they are blessed or grateful for whatever reason (even in the context of another's tragedy), I see it more as acknowledging how much of our own circumstances are outside of our control, a perfectly normal and healthy thing to recognize and nothing to do with boosting one's own self esteem.

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Watching other people play (computer) games. I get watching live competitive matches like e-sports. It’s watching the solo gamer on twitch that I don’t understand why it’s entertaining.

There are several ways it can be fun, and you do have one of them.

  • Competitive games/eSports. These are fun to watch exactly like football or basketball is, the skill it takes to play the game.
  • Speed or challenge runs. Kind of related; imagine watching a skilled mountain climber climb a mountain looking to set a world speed record or something like that. Challenge runs aka "can we do this" can be fun as well. People are drawn to that kind of story, and video games are often a safe yet compelling place to contrive that kind of scenario.
  • Venue for an entertainer. Sometimes the audience isn't really there for the game, they're there for the player. The game is a backdrop for an impromptu comedy performance.
  • To experience the game when unable. Catching a Let's Play of especially an old game that's out of print can be a way to experience that game if you don't have the ability to set up an old console, or if an online game has shut down, or if you just don't have the time. You might watch it while cooking or eating or doing some other task if you can't find time in your life to actually play.
[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I’m kind of the opposite. I don’t quite see the appeal of people watching physical sports if you’re not partaking.

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