Ask Lemmy

turns out hes a POS like witht he people associated with.

Same reason some people are into watching video games, talent shows or even actors.

There's loads of interest to be found in spectating a skilled display of any activity if you truly engage with it IMO.

I sometimes watch sports I've barely got a grasp of the rules for just out of fascination. GAA hurling is the most recent one I can recall getting sucked into for an afternoon.

There are dozens of us!

My country pretty much lives hockey, so people don't even ask whether you watch, it's assumed you do, so they'll ask stuff like "that match yesterday was awesome, right?" or directly reference something that happened in said match and then look at you like their mind can't comprehend someone doesn't watch hockey.

Same LMAO they're neat but I've always been so meh about them. And there's not even like new ones, it's always the same versions over and over again

You can do that. But certain voices carry extra weight within communities.

I followed today's Formula 1 race on both Threads and Mastodon. Both platforms allow you to follow topics and that's what I did. But then I follow the people I find interesting as well

It still is considered that, for reasons.

I've never heard that name in my life, and I'm petty sure I don't care one way or another. My daughter gets wrapped up in internet drama and I can't for the life of me understand why. I am not drawn to drama but were I, there is plenty to be found in my own life. It's all so performative and pointless — the good and the bad.

I'm a software developer, but I spent three months chucking boxes in the back of a truck for General Motors one summer. Some days, my brain is fried after six hours at my job, but the physical labor work I could do for 12 hours and walk out feeling almost refreshed.

I sometimes wish I could go through a day of work just... doing. Not wracked with indecision or trying to figure out which tradeoff I won't regret in three weeks. The idea of going into a framed house and wiring up electric all day and then going home — without ever having done it or experiencing the downsides of course— it sounds really nice.

Of course my back and joints couldn't keep up at fifty like they did at twenty-two, and I met a bunch of functional addicts working that job and I wouldn't have wanted to get swept up in that.

I grew up and have put my fair share of time in the trades. They do pay well but if you don't get out of the field, you trade your functioning body for money.

The one thing I can't wrap my head around is why everyone wants to work so much overtime. Even unions are rocking 50-60 hour work weeks and then claiming they treat you well. It's looked down upon if you only want to work 40.

The idea is to be a cog in which you can get lost and do minimal work while collecting a fat paycheck

This was not a response I expected, I thought the only people who didn't like multiple monitors were ones who never tried it lol

My peak was like 8 monitors, I'm at 6 now, but I can never go back to a single one long term. Whenever I do it temporarily for whatever reason it's agonizing

When doing work that requires multiple apps to be open or file explorers, web pages, and reference stuff then having a second is very convenient a lot of the time. Yeah, I could stretch it out on one giant monitor if it was an option, but two just makes it easy to keep track of what is where by having physical breaks.

At home it is great for having discord or other thing off to the side for communication or reference while playing games full screen on one monitor instead of needing to alt tab or use windowed mode smaller than full screen. If I did a more immersive driving/flying set up I would have three for the wrap around effect and a fourth for the extra stuff.

Both situations are for convenience.

I do know someone at work that has three but they handle the infrastructure and they often have multiple apps and browsers open for all the things that interact when troubleshooting and having it large and readable makes it easier to see what is changing and what isn't changing at the same time.

I have 4. Game, discord and task manager, Japanese and YouTuber, code practice. It's an adhd man's dream and nightmare. Without 2 minimum It sucks. 3 is the sweet spot I feel. 4 is overkill

I didn't get it either until one class in high school (graphic design) had second monitors installed for all work stations halfway through the year. It's super useful being able to have reading material open on a vertical monitor! Only reason I don't have one still is because of very limited space (can't even fit a normal PC).

I did start using my TV as a second monitor recently though for putting Zoom meetings on it. I got tired of having to alt tab back to it every once in a while when doing stuff. TV sits behind my laptop so only like half the screen is visible but it's good enough!

For the viewer: Playing take a lot of energy, watching is more passive. Especially like horror games that raise your blood pressure / heartrate. Also, not everyone can afford games, some are console only, and even PC games have hardware requirements that people don't have, because people either have a potato computer, or just have smartphone only. Also, games are hard, watching a streamer dying is kinda funny.

For the streamer: Socialization (even tho its kinda one-sided, they can still read comments / live chat), and most importantly, money.

It's not just to watch the game, it's to watch/listen to the streamer. It's like a talk show.