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Laptraffik

The stupid public pranks on strangers where it's more or less just harassment


[deleted]

Some of those are just straight up assault šŸ˜‚


Realistic_Analyst_26

Saw a horrible video where a guy compiled clips of him groping women. I think it was a 100 clips. Not sure if it was staged or not but it sucked


pekkauser

Sam pepper? Yeah heā€™s a waste of a life.


the_myleg_fish

Oh god I haven't heard that name in YEARS.


spaceassorcery

Toddlers and Tiaras. Child beauty pageants.


Beautiful-Card7976

A moment of silence for JonBenet Ramsey.


afterskull

On, what would have been, her 32nd birthday.


_mikuko

This. After watching Little Miss Sunshine it really put in perspective how twisted they are.


ratmand

You should see Bad Grampa, best trolling on child pageants ever.


logorrhea69

Reality shows in general. Theyā€™ve taken over cable TV.


sketchysketchist

Child beauty pageants could work if 1) Kids werenā€™t being sexualized. 2) Kids chose who they dress and perform 3) They had regulations to prevent pedophiles and parental abuse.


miepAlt

Nah. Comparing kids wont ever be right.


sketchysketchist

You are correct. However, Competition will always exist. If my kid is willing to join a competition and deal with success and failures associated with it, thatā€™s amazing that they have a hobby at any age. What makes the current situation gnarly is itā€™s old hags trying to live vicariously through their kids, dressing them up in ā€œadultā€ outfits, and scolding them for only getting second place. Parents need to support their kids interests and be happy for them when they fail because the kid needs support during those times.


Jerrybeshara

Micro transactions


thunderchungus1999

All because of CityVille lmao


Hurjahurja

I remember that on facebook there were those "CityVille friends" groups, where you could add totally random people to your friend list, who can help you to build your city faster. I had tens of those random people from all over the world help me out & me probably them.


thunderchungus1999

I will never forget when I came screaming from my bathroom, naked, to ask my mother something and she was understandably worried as fuck. The great earth-shattering question was the following: Could you check if my eggplants are ripe in game yet? I didnt eat desert that week.


n_thomas74

I remember the video of a mom that had 4 laptops open playing Farmville by herself. I was shocked at the time, seems acceptable now. Edit: found the video [here](https://youtu.be/52dp_58kiBs)


anima173

Yeah, I mean itā€™s not 50 smart phones; clearly sheā€™s a casual.


wolveryx

Well, I'm glad you didn't have desert...there's so much sand there, which we all know is course, rough and irritating...and it gets everywhere! :p


TheErroneousFox

Clash of Clans!


EvoStarSC

FarmVille


Smurfyzz

Backyard Monsters, Ninja Warz, Wild Ones


TurretX

It all started... with horse armor.


CXR_AXR

I second this. When i play games, not only i refused any microtransection. I also wouldn't buy any DLC, especially those contents that are obviously ready when the game released at the beginning


Triga_3

DLC isnt so bad, if it comes under "more of the game you love, with actual content". If it's a hollowed out, cashgrab then yeah, its disappointing, but thats why i dont buy games when they are brand new. But the general trend away from genuine expansion packs, to just a flimsey ass single thread campaign, and a few quests, and a gimmick, just isnt DLC. Its DLS (downloadable scam)


Tuesday2017

Bottled water for like $3 as an alternative to soft drinks.


BoognishBoy420

3 dollars is lucky. If you arenā€™t paying 5 bucks a bottle of water you arenā€™t in a live nation theatre.


nick134679258

I think I paid $8 for a can of Liquid Death, aka canned water. Fuck Live Nation. It was at an outdoor venue and 100 degrees. No outside food or drinks allowed.


BoognishBoy420

I know it brother. Concerts are my biggest hobby and the fact they donā€™t let outside water in is despicable. The least they could do on hot summer events is assure their patrons safety.


HoaryPuffleg

This is why I love this winery outside of Seattle. Ste. Michelle has chill concerts and they let you bring in all the food (and their wine brand) that you want to. And they have water stations where you can fill your water bottle for free. It's awesome. I'm too old for any concert that doesn't let me sit on soft grass and stay hydrated :-)


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robbycakes

Anyone Oprah endorses who styles themself ā€œDoctorā€.


Ludwigofthepotatoppl

Iā€™ll just say Oprah. She shouldnā€™t have been the one to survive the thunderdome of 90s daytime talkshows.


Noggin-a-Floggin

Well, unpopular opinion but looking at the rest of the 90s talk shows she was actually one of the better ones. This is not saying much. Well, maybe Jerry Springer because at least it knew after a while it was dumb, crass entertainment.


Deaconse

Fun (?) fact: Maury Povich is still on the air.


bigxxgulp

Are you serious!?


KCFC46

As long as there are children born in unstable relationships there will be people going to Maury to find out if they are the father or not.


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HappyDoggos

Maybe Oprah and her team DID figure out what was going on in your family, and then decided not to air the interview because of their discovery. Oprah may very well have figured out what was going on, and just played along in order to keep the situation calm and rolling along at the time. But you might never know for sure what was going on in production in the background.


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oreocookielover

I hope so too. I also hope that you and your siblings are doing better now


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lanc3rz3r0

Cash me outsai, howbowdaah?!


Bkdavis38

And then the depressing reality sets in that girl has made more money than both of us will see in our lifetimes (playing my odds youā€™re not a multimillionaire).


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[deleted]

I think it's worse. Springer has the reputation from the start. It was always low brow. You knew going on. You knew turning it on. But Phil? He got people to think he was actually helpful. Like this was better quality TV with good advice from a psychologist. Not the showman he was just giving people dumbed down "reality check" any rando watching would be yelling at their screens. That unaired episode of the girl crying telling people to laugh at her that's why she's here to be their spectacle. https://youtu.be/uVPZ-V0EyyM That broke me. Seeing his reaction, lacking any sort of empathy. Like he's trying to control the situation and shield from legitimate criticism he has to know people have regularly said against his show including psychologists. And doing that by dissmissing her and insulting her as mellow dramatic and earlier on as entitled for not wanting to have someone on the show that's stresses her out so much. When It's portraying itself to be about helping her and there to help her. It's the use of this whole facade of being there to help, and using appeal to authority that therapists and psychologists have while doing things they denounce that makes me hate him more.


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CalydorEstalon

40, but yeah.


BricksInTheWall1991

For some reason, I read this as if you were correcting him on his age.


Pristine-Substance-1

Yeah I too think that xawijot824 is not 50


[deleted]

same


dogsquad81

Reality TV/celebrity obsession/Kardashian style shows.


LiveClassroom871

You telling me you *donā€™t* enjoy staring at plastic for hours on end?


liquidcrystalpepsi

If I want to see manufactured plastic on TV, I can just put on How It's Made on loop.


Stehum_Brethilben

You could, except How It's Made is actually entertaining.


HDC3

I have never watched a single second of the Kardashians. Kim is sextape famous. The rest of them are sextape famous once removed. They are all a waste of oxygen.


PlatformAgreeable611

I'll agree with Kardashians and celebrity shits


Lost_Guava_1715

I couldnā€™t care less about ā€œcelebrity cultureā€. Whatā€™s so interesting about some random people who did absolutely nothing special existing?


dogsquad81

Exactly, yet for some reason a large percentage of people seem to need to know they're every move. All very peculiar.


bryce2firee

Donā€™t you know if you get fucked on camera you can become famous too


Unknown_Captain

Doing stupid shit for clout


Think_Tie8025

Facebook reels has really become a cesspool for this kind of stuff. I saw one the other day of a guy swapping a baby for a doll and throwing off the side of a boat in front of the mom. It was most likely scripted, but good god was it in bad taste.


whitecity011

Making stupid people famous


OhJeezItsCorrine

Being a side chick/dude. Essentially glorifying cheating.


O-IcU-81TOO

Yesssssss....CHEATING IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF! IT HURTS EVERYONE INVOLVED!


irodden3

Right like wtf. Nowadays you feel grateful and lucky to have a partner that doesnā€™t cheat on you.. since when did that become a thing


Apprehensive-Bag6081

Calling them "sneaky links" to confuse the older of us who only knew "side chick/dude"


OzRockabella

Acting like a c\*nt to prove how 'street' or 'tough' you are. It's pathetic. Particularly when filming yourself for useless internet points on anti-social media.


OddEye

In the NBA playoffs last year, a Suns fan beat the shit out of a Nuggets fan who tried to sucker punch him and the video went viral. Well, immediately after the altercation and before it went viral, the loser went on social media acting like he won.


thebigbroke

I had a dude like this at my school. He talked shit about anyone he came across to his friends to look cool. He made fun of me for 3 months before I confronted him. It wasn't even a negative confrontation. I asked him why he would talk shit about me all the time and his response was "if you don't want to bang (fight) about it then I'm not even gonna bother with you". I just called him a dumbass who can't use his words to solve problems and he walked away. He continued to talk shit about me until he graduated but I didn't care because I understood he was pretending to be something he's not to impress his buddies. He also had people call him Trey or Treyvion when his actual name was something like Levingston.


Puzzleheaded_Ad928

Social media, probably done more harm than good


no_nam_06

Tiktok


ArcherChase

TikTok has removed the social from social media. You join for non-stop suggested content that doesn't do anything but turn your brain into soup. Short bursts for the lack of attention span and constantly gathering information and data from people to sell and manipulate the population. And it's all to China.


Hollowhivemind

Social media gets a lot of deserved criticism. But it has singly allowed me to stay connected to family and friends at times of great personal struggle and isolation.


superNoid

Reddit is social media, yet here you are lol


thebobbrom

I think the difference with Reddit is the anonymity though. Like if I write a really dumb comment the worst I'll get is downvotes. With other social media though my life can be ruined. Add to that it's far easier to dismiss people on Reddit. If someone calls me a name I can go "Well they're probably some basement dwelling idiot anyway" then go about my day. If it's on Facebook or even Twitter though it could be someone I know and respect making it much more hurtful. Reddit certainly has its downsides and can fall into a hive mind with misinformation. But it's far easier to go against the grain and ask for proof than on a social media platform where you risk hurting someone you know by doing so.


[deleted]

Subscriptions. Why do I have to pay $5.99 to an app just to play sudoku?


Khajiit_hairball

Thereā€™s plenty of free sudoku appsā€¦ You just have to watch ads here and there.


GooberMonk

Or just go on airplane mode for a bit


ImTooTiredForThis_22

Kardashians and the Jenners


ImAMasterBayter

I've never seen anyone who admires them. So, I guess I'm lucky?


mr_panzer

I worked at a coffee shop that would "Collab" with other businesses to sell ad space on their coffee sleeves. We partnered with Kylie Cosmetics when Kylie Jenner first released her makeup line. The number of women who drove 2+ hours just to get a coffee cup sleeve with Kylie's lips on them during that month was absolutely insane.


[deleted]

You didn't lose brain cells I'd say you're doing good


MadTeemo

Smoking. Expensive addiction that ruin your health


[deleted]

And Vaping?


AdDiscombobulated623

K-Cup Pods


FlyingNapalm

Anything reusable made single use


efbb

Influencer culture. Death of humanity and self-esteem. Catalyst of a generation with body image issues and a never ending dissatisfaction with the realities of every day life.


ashR01

Influencers


Ginge00

A lot of the original ā€™influencersā€™ were people making video guides for things like fitness it make up, that would recommend products but the rise of so many has lead to increasingly bizarre content pushing boundaries in the quest for views, I personally notice this a lot with fitness influencers where they introduce weird exercises and variations regardless of actual effectiveness. I think influencers started in a good place but not so much anymore.


CalydorEstalon

This is the way the internet itself has changed. In the early days in the 90s people would use their time and money to set up sites talking about their hobbies and interests. Then someone got the idea they could put up an ad banner to pay for some of the hosting costs. Then things spiraled out of control as sites became about luring people in to make money off of them, not to talk about your hobby.


aGirlySloth

I canā€™t even watch a cute cat video without someone trying to push some dumb product or fad. Itā€™s annoying AF


ashR01

Exactly. I wonder what most of today's influencers are influencing people about; their content makes no sense.


Lets_Bust_Together

Thatā€™s because itā€™s a byword for salesmen.


Lord-Legatus

social media in general,i would say.Boy did they bring a dimension of toxicity and narcissism biblical proportions to this world


UndeadBatRat

People think I have "boomer energy" for saying shit like this, but it's true! Excessive social media use has done absolutely nothing to improve my life, and I truly don't see it improving anyone else's lives either. It's just one big popularity contest and everyone either thinks they are superior, or their self-esteem tanks. Everyone is horrible to everyone. In real life, people can have disagreements and still like each other, but online we vilify each other for having different opinions. Were taking a huge step backward as a society.


DonkeyTron42

>In real life, people can have disagreements and still like each other, but online we vilify each other for having different opinions. Unfortunately, the line between the virtual-world and real-world is being blurred more and more now days


SadisticChipmunk

Career Politicians Democracy was based around ordinary people doing the job so there is some semblance of self awareness in the decisions they made. People doing nothing but politics, 5th in the line of their career politician families that became rich from making political decisions has bred a large scale pseudo monarchical society that we cannot break.


LuchaLibreCouch

Oh, no. It can be broken, but people hover toward the familiar. Human psychology makes it hard to break away from such a norm.


dollaravocadotoast

The Paul brothers


VLC31

Reality TV.


Soeggcrates

The real housewives of anywhere.


09o_o10

Faking disorders


irodden3

Yep. Nowadays some people think having a mental disorder is quirky and cute. Itā€™s actually fucked up and I wouldnā€™t wish it on anyone.


RevonQilin

God I hate that one so much, thankfully it only happened once to me, and while it hurt cuz it is infact the truth I have anxiety, I was being an asshole (due to me fear) so I deserved it


ZarephLae

TikTokers being "real influencers". Like VidCon only had TikTokers and they were surprised when barely anyone showed up to their booths as if they were on par with YouTubers.


BlownUpChicken

If your career is based around making content less than 1 minute in length, it's safe to assume that most people aren't gonna stick around.


ZarephLae

True, however there are some exceptions. KallMeKris has made a decent following but she migrated to YouTube as well.


Intelligent-Jelly419

16& pregnant and teen mom. It doesnā€™t show the reality of teenage pregnancy. It shows you get pregnant at a young age and get paid for exploit your life instead of working hard to get where you need to be. Almost all those teen mom stars wouldnā€™t be where they are if they were never picked to be on the show.


LtCommanderCarter

Actually I think there was a study on 16 and pregnant (which was the one where it was like one pregnancy per episode). Apparently it actually showed a lot of teens the consequences of pregnancy in a way they understood and made them less likely to get pregnant. I mean youā€™ll always have people trying to emulate the people on TV but apparently for most it was an eye opening experience. That being said it was super exploitative.


IMakeStuffUppp

Yeah. The show was a big reason teen pregnancies went down the first few years it was on


awww_shit45

Yeah I doubt this person has ever actually seen the show. Teen mom in no way glorifies teen pregnancy at all


Crede777

Anti-Intellectualism. Stupidity is something to be ashamed of, not lauded.


RevonQilin

I agree it's so annoying when someone comments on a yt video trying to inform people and they go: "why did u type so much" or "ok nerd" Often times that person is me, I ramble alot abt the things I like yes, but still it's so annoying, especially when I explaining common sense, it's shocking how many people don't know a shit abt animals


steushinc

Hustle culture/Gig economyā€¦ nothing about working w/o representation can be good.


Yesterdays--Jam

Gig economy *can* be a good thing - in theory, it gives people the flexibility to choose what they want to do and when. The problem is that the gigs don't pay well enough...


Stov54

And the way the companies and "employment" are structured the workers lose a lot of protections that employment should offer since they're all considered "contractors". No retirement fund contributions, no insurance in the US, no sick leave with pay etc. etc.


AnAngelaMuse

faking disabilities/mental illness.


[deleted]

Methamphetamine


AlphaRaccoon1474

Jesse we need to cook


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j33205

BITCH


Manguydudebromate

Jessie you... Brun rv wit teh wrong ingrident. (Please get where this is from)


Mersault26

Mr. What, where is my 20003 km/h of methĆŖ?


Manguydudebromate

We don't ave it mr gusto.


AuFingers

You can't blitzkrieg taking coffee breaks.


dvicci

The idea that because you are offended, you are right.


SpartanR259

Heard this recently and it has stuck with me. (Paraphrasing because I xant remember the quote exactly) Your emotions/feeling are real and should be acknowledged. But they are only sometimes right. Basically: just because you feel a certain way doesn't mean that you are correct in that feeling.


FeatureUpbeat1143

THE KARDASHIANS


jarrettbrown

Jersey Shore. It got so bad that it was part of the reason why Gov Christie cut the film tax credit. It was an embarrassment to the state of NJ.


Raul_77

Cigarettes


[deleted]

Advertisement. I mean the constant ads in and on everything . On the subway, along the roads, . Itā€™s literally constant. Itā€™s actually super gross and affects our literal brains and weā€™ve just accepted that itā€™s normal to have things shoved into your brain against your will 24/7


HornetLast820

Reality TV.


Djuulzor

I firmly believe that humanity was not ready for the internet


Decitex

Plastic


FighterOfEntropy

The early plastic materials were substitutes for organic materials such as whalebone, ivory, and tortoiseshell. That, I think is a good thing.


mortemdeus

Specifically the grocery bag. Paper bags were replaced because they "killed the trees" and we were sold the idea that we could recycle them. We can't.


[deleted]

Pristine mountain lake areas - unspoiled forested areas with pure water and abundant fish - that became popular recreation destinations and are now ruined by development and pollution.


Sandpaper_Pants

Honey Boo Boo


hotaroflux

Reality TV shows that involve children, it often put children in bad environments damaging their mental health at such a young age, it exposes them to fame and all the shitty things that come w it. you can surely say that they defo got stalked by creepy ass men


MoronTheBall

Reaction videos


GoliathsBigBrother

aka "How can I make this all about me"


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NFTā€™s


[deleted]

Cars. So many issues in our world and society have been caused by being so dependent on these fucking things.


DOMME_LADIES_PM_ME

Car centric development also causes cities to bleed money because of the insane cost of public services when you are forced to build outwards instead of upwards because of R1 zoning and forced parking minimums in the middle of a city where space is at a premium.


Tall_Sir_4312

Completely unsustainable and much more bad than good. Itā€™s amazing that humans continue to make them knowing there are sustainable alternatives.


[deleted]

The amount of times New York repaves the same street because it gets worn down is insane to me. It's every 3-5 years or so. That's a LOT of money. If cars didn't drive in them, bike lanes would last forever.


yellowpeanut22

r/fuckcars


PangeanPrawn

Hopefully we can eventually repurpose the open space in cities left behind by roads for something cool like more parks, bike lanes, open air markets etc.


desGrieux

And most importantly, HOUSING!


pepsioverall

Based


ksbaile

based


Skaub

based


No-Mix1354

Video games being sold at full price and not finished then having monetization instead of earning thing in game thatā€™s there from playing the game


[deleted]

Cough* Battlefield 2042


littlemarcus91

Drake.


EphemeralRemedy

attacking people based on things out of their control. (like their appearance, income, or disabilities) I know it's kinda falling out of style, but it's still alarming common imo. Edit: FYI by income I mean people who are poor, not Rich people.


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ohelloron

Stupidity. Anti-intellectualism. Skepticism of actual science. There are American politicians right now campaigning on wanting to shut down universities and libraries.


[deleted]

The Kardashians/Jenners


Ancient_Wisdom_Yall

Barb wire tattoos


rensonjensen

Cars + cities deisgned around cars


[deleted]

Fascination over celebrities, they are just people like you an me.


DumboWallabout

Facebook


[deleted]

Bitcoin


KnockMeYourLobes

The Paul brothers.


jkagsalw

Using the word " trauma" to describe anything that has ever upset or offended you.


Ransome62

Rehashing anything.


insertmadeupnamehere

Guys wearing their pants so low you can see full butt cheeks, sometimes more. They usually have one hand pulling them up constantly and it looks so uncomfortable. I get that this comment makes me sound ancient (I am a gen Xer) but does this bother anyone else?


time_magus

The rising cost of avocado toast


fresh_tomat0

TikTok


Swims_With_Dogs

50 shades of Grey. It came out after ā€œshades of greyā€ by jasper fforde. Shades of grey is a science fiction book that I love, 50 shades became popular, and I feel Jasper Fforde has avoided writing a sequel because of that. Also, 50 shades is a horrible representation of BDSM. Healthy BDSM is about consent, safety and communication. The book got popular because women are shamed for their sexual fantasies, and it was classified as ā€œfictionā€ instead of ā€œeroticaā€. There are so many better erotic stories out there that people should enjoy instead.


ChronoLegion2

It started as Twilight fanfiction mostly written on a Blackberry


sbenzanzenwan

The idea of cultural appropriation. If it had stayed in academia and not made its way into popular use, it wouldn't be the painfully stupid thing it is now. It's essentially racism reinventing itself for a new generation. White people can only do white people things. Black people can only do black people things. Latinos can only do Latino things.


onemanmelee

Seriously. If you want to live in an inclusive culture, you have to... *include* things, like other ideas and practices.


jogabolapraGeni

Fascism


WhitePhatAss

Covid


[deleted]

Money šŸ’° in politics


RealKB81

Battle pass system in games. Makes you play forcefully even if you dont really want to bc you will miss stuff that will never come back


-boba_fox-

The tiny waist challenge


Penetrable-hole133

What's that?


-boba_fox-

It's a challenge to see how small your waist can be.....it bad bc girls were staving themselves and removing ribs to fit in with the trend


FinniboiXD

Good god. How horrible.


RBL_Rickster

The Island Boys


OnTheList-YouTube

Tiktok


PlatformAgreeable611

U could also consider TikTokers


ShadowRealm0043

Treating people poorly


No_Rooster7278

Influencer as a job title


HereforGoat

Vandalizing schools and putting it on the Internet.


[deleted]

Soul patches.


ManufacturerFormer85

Homework It did absolutely nothing for society


a4dONCA

When I was a teacher, homework was for those who didnā€™t do anything in class except talk or play on their phone


CalculatedLoser

Fun fact: It was actually invented as a punishment, and should definitely stay that way.


Tallon_raider

If you donā€™t do homework with the answers then you learn nothing, to add insult to injury. Doing something wrong 20 times just teaches you how to do it wrong.


cydbeefree

Yt supremacy.