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The world is cruel and ugly. There are plenty of justifiable things to be upset and distraught over. I don't want to hear about those. I want to know what bizarre out of left field takes you have that infuriates you.

I'm still upset about Tenochtitlan falling and being buried. I'm a gringo, I shouldn't have an opinion about Lake Texcoco being drained centuries ago.

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[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Don't send me videos if the background audio is some asshat wheeze-laughing about whatever supposed funny thing is playing. It's never funny and it ruins my interest in watching the shit immediately.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 hours ago

People who loudly watch videos on their phone in public spaces or stores/restaurants should be caned.

I don't want to listen to your ignorant ass braying like a fucking mule at some right-wing hack reheating the anti-trans memes he found on Reddit while I'm eating breakfast with my wife. Maybe you should put the phone down and meditate on why you're the only person in this place eating alone.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

There's a new Tron movie. With Jared Leto in the lead role.

Fuck Jared Leto.

[–] icystar@lemmy.cif.su 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This shouldn't be weird, but I'm consistently upset at how dumb the average idiot is.

It's scary how stupid most people are without even realizing it and I hate how I have to suffer for it every day.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Not enough people winning Darwin awards anymore LOL

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 hours ago (8 children)

Loud lawnmowers. Ass hats who maintain the classic American yard. Every Saturday morning on cue, the whole neighborhood erupts into noise. It's so loud.

Everyone in my area has about a quarter acre of land, yet here come the zero turn riding mower guys, mowing their grass too low, every weekend, just to water it the next day.

They are loud, disruptive, and just remind me we are slowly killing the planet every day for vainity yards.

I have a reel mower from the 1950's I found and fixed up. I got a lot of compliments the first summer I used it, it has self shapening blades and works mostly well. Folks were shocked I was using it, one lady stopped and even gsve me a "you get it girl!", like what? It's a quarter acre people, and takes me 30-40 mins. Why do they need giant gas guzzling, louds stinky mowers? After a few years with the reel mower, I did get an electric line trimmer, .. I'm crazy, but sometimes I mow most of my very small lawn with it when I dont want to fix and use my reel mower. It's quiet, it doesnt smell, and I have control to skip over dirt/sparse patches. I can leave areas longer where I see native plants popping up. I feel like im working with the land, not just decimating it.

They ride these giant mowers up and down the street, they mow dirt just the same as they mow field. I literally get triggered everytime I hear one start up, so often, it's a running joke in the house. It's a quarter acre lots here, not baseball fields.

Perfect lawns, but then its just bittersweet growing wild on the edges taking over trees.

I also hate bittersweet. Like, really really hate bittersweet. It kills everything and takes over gardens. Invasive garbage that may seem like a cool plant to the unknowing eye, but it is invasive garbage everyone just looks past as it kills our native trees and plants, suffocating the life forms they parasite off from. I have to stay vigilant to keep it from my yard. It is persistent, it'll tear your house down if you let it.

I hate lawnmowers and bittersweet. These things make me feel distraught.

[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I agree with you. There's something a little nostalgic about lawnmower noise, but if you live without it for a while it's so much nicer. I don't have lawns at any of my house- crushed coral and desert dirt- but it's been nice to see everyone get irritated with draining gas and fixing carburetors every year and switch to electric mowers which are mutch quieter.

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

all of my hatred and disgust is perfectly and completely justified

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 hours ago

bingo.

like LED headlights that are obviously way too bright. no, I don't care that you bought it like that. you chose to buy it like that. you are the consumer and you have responsibilities. you are therefore an asshole. perfectly justified and reasonable take.

[–] FritzApollo@lemmy.today 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Those plastic bags at the grocery store, to put loose fresh produce in? Why the fuck do they never open easily? With all these whizz-bang technologies we've developed, you'd think someone would design/make bags you don't have to wrestle with to open.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I want to bring reusable ones but everything is measured by weight and that fucks up the scale

[–] lllIII000IIIlll@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

Weigh the produce before putting it in the bag.

[–] FritzApollo@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago

Yep. We are ruled by idiots.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Phil Collins pisses me off, I can’t explain why, I just fucking hate that guy.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

A possible reason?

I remember when he was With Genesis. He split to become more commercial. Never liked him since that day.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I’m not even a fan of Genesis. I have no ire towards the band, though, and some of their songs I enjoy, Land of Confusion is a banger, and I don’t know enough of his solo work outside of the Tarzan soundtrack to really have any valid critiques of his musical style and approach. I just want to punch that son of a bitch right in the mouth for some reason. He just triggers a fight response in my dumb monkey brain.

[–] SelfHigh5@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe he’s your real dad.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

I'm sick to fucking death of hearing about the quantum multiverse. It's a delusional fantasy, and even though I respect the hell out of Sean Carol, it's time for him to shut the fuck up about it and stop giving it air.

I'm tired of hearing about the quantum multiverse which is a fantasy, and I'm tired of hearing about quantum consciousness and all that other fucking horse shit.

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago

Vacuum cleaner noise

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