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Obligatory monthly "what's your hot take?" question (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by Fleur_@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Mine's that people who insist on correcting others grammar on internet forums are little shits who peaked in grade six as a teacher's pet and get off on exerting their "superiority" on others.

Fuck you "less than" is just better than "fewer then." Think I'm wrong, tell me what these symbols are called "< >" that's what I thought loser.

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[–] CoolThingAboutMe@aussie.zone 33 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Oh god I almost don't want to say this in this environment...

Techy people aren't the most intelligent in other/all areas just because they have some technical expertise.

I have worked with, and interacted with people, all my life who are technically very intelligent in some specific way, and even been one of these people... Who thinks that one area of proficiency grants them unearned respect in other areas.

Eg." I'm great at maths therefore I'm logically infallible". Or "I'm an engineer, so I know exactly how society should function best"." I'm a doctor so my every opinion on everything is more important than yours".

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This platform is proof positive of this take lmao buncha tech nerds who can't read to save their lives

God help you if you accidentally use an analogy on here

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Ben Carson is the epitome of this for me - absolutely brilliant neurosurgeon, ate up every bit of the MAGA party line.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

I feel this, my frustration isn't that people aren't smart enough to use tech, but that smart people panic around tech and can't learn or experiment. Like I get it, but you have to dive in at some point surely

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I'm not like this but I am very curious.

When I went to the dentist and they were taking molds of my teeth I shared that I was a 3D printing hobbyist and wanted to know a bit about the process. I always start with an apology "sorry I'm curious by nature as an engineer but could you share details on X?"

Dude was the owner and gave me a full run down. He even told me about the time he got a free rental for a crown 3D printer to have on site. It was stupid expensive but it was free to use for a few months. Then pay to keep it. Get crowns in hours instead of days. He returned it because labs do much better work.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

The real hot take hidden in your sentiment is that less educated blue collar workers who live in rural communities and tend towards conservative politics aren't dumber than you are. They just have different competencies than you do.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

People who can't stand being corrected. Instead of learning and improving, they feel diminished and hateful.

[–] lazyViking@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe they are just hatefull from the start, and you correcting them puts you in their line of sight?

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I'm not really in a position to correct anyone, as English is not my native language.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Knowing the rules and knowing when they're needed are two different things. A racecar driver doesn't need to floor it on their way home. Likewise a conversation doesn't need to employ strict grammatical compliance, we're talking not drafting a treatise. At the end of the day people who get upset with incorrect grammar do so because it's an ick or theirs. They then proceed to make that everyone else's problem. You're not learned and scholarly for being pedantic.

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Legos with stickers suck. They should just print it in the parts or not have a design. It's too much stress on the person building them :/

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

My hot take is that I don't care what other people's hot takes are.

[–] Beebabe@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

“It gets better” is an awful statement. You don’t really know that. Bit of a thought terminating cliche for people who still have such a chance.

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago

If you believe in the Marxist critique of art for art's sake, congratulations, you are a religious evangelist.

(I do however, believe in Nietzsche's critique of art for art's sake, which is that it fundamentally does not exist)

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

People should be able to get suicide assistance. Including healthy people.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 102 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When asking an open-ended question on the Internet, OP should put their own response as a comment, not in the post body, so people can judge it separately from the question and it's not elevated above other responses.

That's it. That's my hot take.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Also it avoids that the first 10 comments will be from people trolling you for the exact thing you used as an example instead of answering the question

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[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's "fewer than" not "fewer then"

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is peak

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago

I'm shaking and crying rn

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

others grammar

others' grammar

Fixed it for ya!

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

My hero

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Mother Nature is really, really angry at us and payback is only barely beginning to start.

I am not religious or superstitious or whatever, it's just a way of expressing that very soon we're gonna have it very bad. The heatwaves, the storms, the utilities unable to cope, the displaced populations, the overwhelmed over-egotistic political systems - we're in for a ride, and that ride starts yesterday.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I kinda look at it like mother nature is angry at herself. It spawned us to finish it

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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (10 children)

The only grammar thing that annoys the hell out of me is "on accident". No idea why, it just really sticks out and bugs me when I come across it. I rarely mention it when I see it though, because I know that noone actually cares.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm gonna start saying "on accident" by purpose from now on

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[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

We pivoted from social justice causes like child labour to systemic racism (but only in the first world, not where our actual daily racism is practiced) and transphobia etc because the former requires personal sacrifices while the latter mostly "requires" snarky takes on social media.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I can't help but notice that identity politics stuff ramped up to 11 right as Occupy Wall Street was fizzling out. I really think the alphabet soup agencies unleashed this monster on all of us

[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

If I wanted to ensure the status quo and prevent real change, I cam think of no better sociological judo than getting the progressive Left hooked on identity politics.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There is only one struggle and it is the struggle between the excessively wealthy and everyone else.

[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To the kids who make your clothes, you are excessively wealthy.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah. Not a lot of people in the west are comfortable acknowledging the fact that the life of relative luxury we enjoy is a result of decades to centuries of exploitation of other cultures. We enjoy things like cheap clothing, food and electronics because the people who make these things aren't being paid a fair amount.

The reality is for people reading this comment, a sustainable future is one where you have less. And to get to that future you have to give things up. That is not a popular opinion and basically makes you unelectable. People love to blame capitalism for always demanding more, but the population at large won't accept less than they already have. People don't want to stop eating meat; people don't want to pay more for clothing or electronics.

Personally, I try to do what I can. I went vegan, I stopped driving, I try to use what I have before I get something new. Globally I have more than average, I'd happily live in a world where the collective wealth of humanity is distributed equally among us all. Even if that means I would personally have less.

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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I've got a spicy one.

Despite all the patches and updates, Cyberpunk 2077 is still a meh game. I hate the UI, the RPG combat system with damage numbers, the edgy aesthetic and slang words, the lack of vehicle customisation, and the overall lack of non-mission side activities to do in the world.

The ratio of style to substance is heavily weighted in favour of style.

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[–] csverdad@midwest.social 13 points 1 week ago

Capitalism is going to kill us all if we don’t kill it first.

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