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[–] 59 points 5 months ago (7 children)

What are you honestly tired of people bitching about by this point?

Literally everything.

Half the posts I scroll past are just someone bitching about something. Few people posting about cool stuff, most people posting about rage this or rage that. Or if there is a post about something good, there's people bitching in the comments how it's not good enough.

Ugh. It's like this place wants to be miserable and doesn't know any other way to exist.

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  • [–] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Complaining about bitching. Wow! Is that ironic or meta?

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Germany: public transport and healthcare.

    You don't know how good you have it, assholes. Stop voting for politicians who want to destroy both.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    US-defaultism when the discussion is clearly and unambiguously about the U.S.

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  • [–] 36 points 5 months ago (12 children)

    "We need a revolution and vigilante justice should be meted out on the billionaire class"

    I am so tired of seeing this repeated endlessly everywhere by people with no intent to actually fucking do it. Yes everything is shit but you are not improving or changing anything with these empty platitudes.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    These people also don't seem to know their history very well when they're using the French Revolution as an example.

    Once the common enemy was defeated the revolutionaries realized that they no longer have the thing that united them so they turned on eachother next. Just like the US and USSR turned on eachother once the Nazies were defeated.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    The French revolutionary government had moderate and radical factions that coexisted peacefully for many years. The terror wasn't something that happened arbitrarily, it was an escalating conflict between radicals and (mostly) counter-revolutionaries acting in the interests the French burgeroise. During the course of the revolution, the government abolished an extremely oppressive system of feudalism, established universal rights for French citizens, established voting rights that would eventually lead to universal suffrage in France, and abolished slavery in the French colonies. That's not to say it was all good (terror, wars, economic hardship, etc) but it completely transformed the entire country in a matter of years, from feudalism to a limited form of democracy, which resembles our modern democratic states much more closely than the system that had been created during the American Revolution.

    If your take on the French Revolution is 'they didn't have a common enemy so they turned on eachother' then I would say that it's you who doesn't know their history very well.

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  • [+] [S] 17 points 5 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    Ugh yeah, also this.

    I've encountered a truly depressing amount of self proclaimed 'anarchists' who've gone on and fucking on about how if they could just organise their own paramilitaries and forcibly take over the governments to impose 'totally not fascist, we're the good guys!' mandatory regimes of wealth and resource redistribution on the public, they could really fix everything...

    And the worst part is that I get it, I was also once a naive and optimistic teenager who read Marx and thought that if I could just explain things to people the right way they'd get it too, and we could fix everything wrong with the world together because most people were fundamentally good and would want to make the world better, if I could just get them to understand Marxist theory...

    Lmao, it was fucking soul crushing realising that's not actually how anything works.

    At least back then I wasn't on about paramilitaty takeovers and 'anarchism' though, like I get why more people are armchair revolutionary-ing to those extremes now but that's just so much more fucking stupid than believing people are 'mostly good and should read Marx'.

    I try not to interract with these types of people any more, I just wish I could stop seeing them pop up so often.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They mix up cause and effect. They think the system is making people shitty, but it's people making the system shitty.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Yes. Any system, ANY system that gets put in place will have to contend with human shittiness. The American Founding Father's tried to split the power 3 ways tri-force style to try and prevent any serious abuses from happening, and yet they are still happening.

    No matter what system you devise, these fucking sociopaths will never stop trying to break it for their own personal gain.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Isn't that why the Occupy protests never really went anywhere? There was no plan for afterward.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Occupy made a number of bad decisions that doomed the movement, not least of which is that they made it about literally occupying a specific place, which made most people feel like they couldn't be part of the movement.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Yeah I was one of those people. I still kinda am. But I agree with your sentiment. The biggest risk of turning things violent is that there's more likely a chance for an authoritarian system to emerge than a truly egalitarian socialist one.

    So I've decided that the best thing is to try to figure out ways to develop alternative stuff to market systems. Grow your own vegetables. Host your own cloud storage/streaming service. Try to contribute to ongoing projects in your community to help realize that(volunteer at free clinics, food pantries) and try to join an organization.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    There being no original movies. Original movies are released literally every week. I'm using the actual meaning of literally. I get that if you're not looking it up, you won't know about every movie being released. But if you care enough to complain, you should care enough to look it up. When you go to the theatre, instead of seeing the remake or sequel you're bitching about being the only option, take a minute to look at what else is playing.

    And when I point out original movies to people, they often say those movies are crap. Well then the problem isn't that remakes and sequels are being made, it's that movies in general aren't to your liking. And yes, most original movies are in some way derivative of other movies. Sorry but all creative work is, in some way, derivative of other creative work, to expect otherwise is just unrealistic. You're literally asking them to create something from nothing.

    Also, how are we defining original? I git in a disagreement recently on Lemmy with someone objecting to my use of a movie adapted from a book as an example of an original movie. Different categories apply in different contexts. In the context of people complaining there are no original movies, I always took that to mean as opposed to remakes and sequels. If your standard is it can't even be an adaptation, I find that ridiculously unreasonable.

    But I have seen several original films recently that aren't adaptations either. Hoppers, boy is that original. Pixar has never done an adaptation (but they have arguably done ripoffs of other movies). I'm seeing Breadwinner soon, I think that's an original. I'm also pretty sure the upcoming End of Oak Street is original. Recently saw the Drama. I'm not 100% sure these aren't adaptations or remakes. I bet some of the complainers have favourite movies they don't even know are remakes

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Everything you said, I have nothing to add about movies. Practically anything that wins an award is an original movie.

    But I will add on with complaints about movie theaters. The price of popcorn? If you can get through a movie at home without popcorn, you don't have to buy any at the theater! Crowded/noisy theaters? If you're waiting for it to stream anyway, then you don't have to watch it opening weekend because theaters have way lower turnout than pre-2020! Can't pause it for a bathroom break? Alright, I can agree this is an issue with longer and longer movies and the compulsion to buy 64oz of soda, but listen, I've peed in so many movies and never missed any life-changing events.

    But I guess it's a cool bandwagon or something.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    You can make movie theater popcorn at home, it's really easy and cheap.

    Buy some flavacol or "butter flavored fine grain salt" some people swear by the flavcol brand, but I don't notice a difference. Then make your popcorn in an oil popper and sprinkle on the flavocol. You can also buy the butter oil now too that they use.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Family bitching about situations they create for themselves.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    video game metas. i can't share memes and strats and highlights about the games i play in their largest communities (on reddit) without having to wade through endless bitch threads about how the game has never been worse and everything needs to be nerfed (except what they like to play).

    just more reason to stay away from reddit these days.

    @OP any subscription for online play is too expensive

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Every tv show has the worst ending of any tv series ever

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  • [–] 42 points 5 months ago (11 children)

    Windows. I get it, Windows sucks. I’ve been saying that since Vista. Fucking leave it already. “Oooh, I can’t. I play Frexus Dilectin 2: Rogue of the Latrine, and that has kernel level anticheat.” Well, sucks to suck. Quit bitchin and feel bad about your life decisions in the corner, quietly.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I use software for work that only runs on Windows. No software, no work. Nothing to do with games.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Do you work on software with graphics? Otherwise, you could probably virtualize or use a separate computer for work software. It's just good practice to separate work from life anyways.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    People bitching about Windows already use Linux...

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Full time Linux at home for gaming, home lab and services, supports enterprise Windows at work. The year of the linux desktop is almost upon us (really just waiting for the gabe-cube and the OS along with it), yes that how it be some times.

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  • [+] 31 points 5 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, that's the thing - complaining doesn't get you anywhere. Sure, you can identify problems, but for anything to get better you have to get off your ass and actually fix them.

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    [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

    Toilet paper orientation

    Pineapple on pizza

    The word "moist"

    Basically the stupid shit that chronically online people hate because they're told to.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    None of these three are issues for chronically online people. The people in my life who barely go online all have strong opinions about these topics.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Does anyone genuinely have a problem with pineapple on pizza? I could understand if it were hard to avoid, but I've only ever seen it on one specific flavour of pizza

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    You'd be surprised. Ive ordered Hawaiian pizza and had the chef come over to the table once he found out I was not a child.

    He came over and gave me his life story about training in Italy as a pizza chef and that he hates Hawaiian pizza and thinks its an insult being on his menu but keeps it for children.

    Like ok bro get your ass back to the kitchen why would you think I care. I'm here trying to enjoy an expensive meal and some wine. The pizza wasnt even that good so I can only assume he wasted 5 years of his life. $54 dollar pizza gets mogged by a $5 one from pizzahut.

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    [–] 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I'm tired of the bitching. Let's get some shit done. Enough talk.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I'm tired of all the non-fascists bitching about the non-purity of other non-fascists.

    We are supposed to be allies. If we can't work together, we deserve to lose.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    they aren't interested in doing anything. they are interested in feeling smug and superior.

    politics is boring. showing up to your local town meeting and listening to zoning hearings or a budget override for your local FD to buy new pants, or listening your 70+ senile neighbors rant one after one during open session about how children are weak and pathetic for wanting heat in their school during the winter, isn't exactly heroic and epic.

    people would rather sit at home and fantasize about the violent revolution and how they will become king. it feels good. because you know, your smarter than everyone else and your society would be perfect and wonderful and just.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    People say I'm a "lib" but I vote because I have no faith in the radical left to put up. Unfortunately they won't shut up either.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    ever rad leftist I know IRL has become a pro-capitalist, anti tax, moderate conservative in adulthood.

    what causes this? they buy property, and/or become a parent. all the sudden the egalitarian utopia they espouse becomes a threat to their property value and their kids economic future.

    i'm sure they are online ranting rad left crap, but their personal behavior is always the most NIMBY/anti tax/anti growth shit. They basically had shitlibs so much online because they are them IRL.

    Not that that type of thing is exclusive to them. Lots of people are complete hypocrites when you contrast their personal life choices to their political talking points. Because all politics to them is a power fantasy where they get to control other people's lives, but they feel they should not be subjected to anyone else's control or oversight.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    I'm sick of listening to people who are objective well-off whine about how poor they are because they can't afford the things they want, when they already have way more than most people ever will.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    I know its always been somewhat toxic but the gaming discourse has gotten to be ridiculous. It makes it difficult to even discuss an upcoming or newly releaded game because someone will have an intensely negative view of the studio/dev/publisher/IP Owner, etc.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    This is a pretty bad take. It is the same as saying "I don't care that these workers are underpaid and overworked - just let me (other people) enjoy the game." No, bitch. The industry keeps getting worse because people who don't know or care keep feeding them money. Gaming for many people is an escape from reality, an interactive way for them to escape a rather harsh reality. Morally righteous people can't stomach when that escape was created or funded by the people they are trying to escape from.

    People complain because they are passionate about it. This goes for the entire thread - if you are tired of hearing people bitch about it, don't just plug your ears. Do something about it or piss off.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The Plex/Jellyfin debate on lemmy.

    Just stfu already.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    You'll be hard-pressed to catch me complaining about anything. I don't like hearing others do it, so I don't take part either.

    And I don't mean expressing distaste for something when it's relevant to the discussion. I mean the kind of unprompted whining we're all exposed to here on a daily basis. I'm too aware of the social game being played there, and even the thought of joining in makes me cringe. Pointing out everything wrong with the world without offering anything even remotely like a sustainable, realistic alternative is incredibly unproductive - it's mostly just tribal signaling.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I disagree, it's absolutely vital that it be possible to complain about stuff, otherwise we'd fall into some kind of ultra obedient civilization where silence is the norm.

    Just because you don't have a solution doesn't mean you can't highlight an issue. That's just silly. That's every single bug report lol.

    We wouldn't be this far advanced if we hadn't come together to share grievances and stuff that grinds our gears, all the time. "How can we make things better?" "What's on your mind today?"

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    It's the people who took action that brought us here - not the ones who just complained.

    "How can we make things better?" Is not complaining. "Everything sucks and it's everyone else's fault but mine" is.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    If you take your grievances to someone who knows a solution, you'll have a solution. 🤷‍♂️ Not everyone who discovered a problem has to also come up with the solution on their own. That's what I'm saying, in order to "do something about it" we can't be alone. We need to find the common enemy in the thing that is wrong in order for us to gang up on it in the first place and to win. Going in solo will just get you killed or worse. Everyone doesn't have to a Luigi/martyr.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    i know you didn't mean this in a literal way but you challenged me to find anything you complain about and it was literally your 2nd latest post on pemmy where you complained about worker's miscalibrated tools. this is just peak irony to me

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    And I don’t mean expressing distaste for something when it’s relevant to the discussion.

    I don't personally find that post complainy in the way I was talking about. It's frustrating and kind of funny. I don't sense any negative vibe there at all.

    The kind of complaining I'm talking about is the exhausting kind to be around. Even there I express my frustration but also say I have a solution for the problem.

    Pointing out everything wrong with the world without offering anything even remotely like a sustainable, realistic alternative is incredibly unproductive

    Ofcourse I too complain sometimes. I just try not to but I'm not perfect.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    I try to put myself in people's shoes when I hear them complaining and I try to work with them on acceptance. The last time I would've used the word "bitching" to describe a person complaining was probably more than five years ago. And five years ago, I think I was tired of the complaints and the people making those complaints regarding immigration. Honestly.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Trump.

    But only because I've lost sympathy with those people who keep saying "We need to get him out in November, blah blah blah"

    Holy...fucking...denial, Batman! He's not going away. He's not joking about staying in 2028 and 2032. By all means vote in the midterms but be prepared for that vote to mean precisely jack shit.

    Stop bitching and do something about it. Does it risk your livelihood and possibly your life when (not if) it comes to that? Yes. But you know who elses livelihood's and lives were threatened? The founding fathers; they had the courage to do it anyway.

    If American's aren't willing to stand up for fear of losing their precious conveniences, than fuck 'em. I'm at the point where they deserve what they get.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Shitty Netflix/Hollywood "blockbuster" movies. Just don't watch them... There's a laaaaarge collection of classics you can watch, get started on that instead.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Agreed. There is limitless content on streaming and people still bitch that there is content they're not interested in. Watch something else. A lot of classic shows are available for free on YouTube

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Price of video games

    Gas prices

    Falling fertility rates

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    People complaining about people who are complaining about generative AI, especially if they refuse to acknowledge even a single bad thing about it.

    There are good and acceptable uses of it, yes.

    But with all the shit being pushed down our throats by Big Tech and its blind supporters, it's no surprise everyone is vomiting.

    (Hopefully someone posts "People complaining about people complaining about people complaining about generative AI" next :P)

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    People complaining about people complaining about people complaining about people complaining about people complaining about people complaining about people complaining about people complaining about people complaining until nobody remembers what the original complaint was

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    The U.S. as a generalized complaint about the country. I understand complaints about the current government, but condemning the country makes about as much sense as condemning all Israelis for the actions of their current government, or all Russians for the actions of theirs, or all Chinese for the actions of the CCP. People are so eager to hate on Americans, and they don’t realize they’re as human as the rest of us, their society as complex as any. Lemmy is rife with anti-American commentary. It’s sad.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    If you're complaining about anything there is a good chance I'm tired of hearing about it.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Ai. It's not going away fam :(

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    i dont pay attention to it, a little drama is ok, but constantly engaging , i ignore those.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Maybe a bit too meta, but I'm really tired of people who are willing to accept that literally everything has gotten demonstrably and objectively worse in the past 30 years.

    People are complaining because the world is going to shit and most of us have hit our breaking point.

    You are an enabler OP

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  • [+] -9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Most people complaining about capitalism don't even know what the word means. They're often really complaining about market economics or such.

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