Sports, cars, motorcycles and a lot of music genres. All things that men are supposed to like, even though I consider myself quite masculine.
Those are interests. I wouldn’t call it hype.
Vtubers. I get the cute anime girl thing and I like fan art of them as I do other anime. But the models move wayyyyyy to exaggerated. It hits uncanny valley for me.
Also I don’t get the parasocial relationship of chatting in a huge room of other followers. The chat is scrolling by at a hundred miles an hour and you’re competing with everyone else for their attention.
I enjoy watching and chatting in smaller streams sometimes (like, a couple hundred in the chat at the MOST, usually < 100), it’s still parasocial, but tends to be WAY more chill. If it’s a stream with thousands of people, I don’t see the point in chatting, it’s passive entertainment at that point for me, personally!
I don’t get the uncanny valley from them, but I guess that can vary from person to person, so that’s fair.
The thing about chats being filled with too many people for any one person to matter I agree with. But that’s a big streamer thing, not exclusively a vtuber thing.
Supposedly vtubers need to make very exaggerated facial expressions irl in order to make sure the software picks it up and translates it onto the model, which is sometimes unsettling to people when they get in the habit of doing that normally.
It’s 100% uncanny valley for me as well. There’s a creator a like who doesn’t like to appear on camera much (most of their main content is animated) and wanted to watch their livestreams. They used an avatar and it just weirded me out. It doesn’t help that I’m seemingly way more sensitive than usual when it comes to audio and visuals being even slightly out-of-sync.
Poekmon: It came out when I was in highschool doing band, theater, occasional sports, a summer job (fulltime), and a parttime job otherwise so I just never got into it. To me, it’s a glorified paper-rock-scissors simulator with extra steps and zero nostalgia.
VTubers: it’s just uncanny valley to me. I’m also super sensitive to audio-video sync issues and avatars seemed to always be slightly behind the couple of times I tried to watch it.
Shorts (and entire social media like TickTock, reels (I think it is called?), etc.): the forcing of vertical video is one reason since I’m almost always watching things in landscape (95% of the time on a TV, monitor, or tablet). I also just want to see more of the same topic, typically, and it’s over and now I have to pay a mental context-switching fee.
Potato salat. Just fucking weird when they have fireworks for that stuff. Don’t get me wrong, it’s fine, just not worthy of fireworks. A little dance maybe.
What are you talking about? Fireworks for potato salad??
I know, right?!
I ask this as someone currently eating some, when did they have fireworks for this stuff?
Elves. They’re the vanilla ice cream of fantasy races. Oh wow an elf archer daring today arent we, let me guess smart? attractive? tall? skilled?
Goblins on the other hand they deserve more hype. They’re awesome I love those little guys.
Hey don’t bring vanilla into this, vanilla is actually an amazingly deep and complex spice and flavor. Common =/= complex or good
minecraft
When it first started there wasn’t much like it. It was like playing life sized Legos. And the resource requirements were so like you could just about okay it on a potato. And not even, like, a big russet or King Edward potato. I’m talking one of those little bite sized red ones
These days I just use it to diagnose my nephew with autism
Mobile UI. It sucks. Yet the majority of people online are now connecting from it, and everything wants to be an app.
Apps can collect all your data from your phone whereas a website doesn’t have access to your GPS location, etc necessarily.
Dark Souls games.
Or Final Fantasy games.
Or GTA.
Most superheroes
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
It’s been 30 minutes: time to reboot Batman again! Let’s spend half the runtime of the movie rehashing his origin story just in case there might somehow still be one single person on Earth who doesn’t know what Batman’s deal is.
I actually don’t know, only read it from reddit/lemmy that his rich parents died or something and now he wants revenge against the criminals that killed them?
also why he has a no kill rule, he doesnt want anyone to end up like he did
I love how the new Superman movie covered that in the first 20 seconds and then jumped in the action.
Holy shit I loved that movie.
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Personally superhero movies aremy crowning achievement as far as willing suspension of disbelief goes.
It’s fine that superheroes have powers and/or levels of combat expertise that would be impossible to achieve at their age WITHOUT superpowers. That’s just how it is.
That they solve all major problems by punching people and acting as less murderous COPS, though? THAT’S what I have to force myself to overlook in order to enjoy the escapist silliness I’m watching 😄
Having multiple monitors. My boss now has three. One is dedicated to displaying their calendar the whole day.
Two at least. I am an accountant and constantly comparing at least two things. I have never been able to work on a laptop, need the multiple screens.
That’s a use case I can agree with. Iff the two things you’re comparing actually take up the width of 1 monitor, each.
OK so now imagine 4 things you’re doing and they take up the width of one monitor each. Ok, now expand that to a different metaphor. Imagine your kitchen, but you only have enough counter space for just the cutting board. Anytime you need to put something in a pan you have to hold the cutting board in one hand and pull a pan out and then put whatever is on the cutting board onto the pan, etc. Imagine cooking an entire meal like this. It would be a nightmare.
If you’re working on one thing, and that one thing requires referencing several different things, then having to juggle them rather than just look to a different monitor slows you down significantly. I don’t think you necessarily need 8 monitors, that sounds like a neck injury waiting to happen, but 2-4 is almost necessary in any workplace or even playing video games at home (game wiki on one screen, game on the other).
OK so now imagine 4 things you’re doing and they take up the width of one monitor each
That’s an assumption I [Edit (bad English):
contendchallenge]. Often when I see people who claim they need n monitors, then they’re wasting screen space like nothing. For instance, giving 2560px to a web browser that effectively uses the 920px in the middle to display text, because reading a line across 17 inches is terrible./shrug You can challenge that assumption, and it might be the case for you, but if you’re a developer, or you’re working in applications like DaVinci Resolve, or you’re comparing multiple spreadsheets, or you’re comparing a spreadsheet with your taxes, or the list goes on and on. For example, here is someone developing a game with Unity https://i.sstatic.net/TrHVR.png and they don’t even have their IDE window up!
Here’s a really good example 😉 https://www3.nasa.gov/specials/mcc360/
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
Your environment would give a Victorian child a seizure.
So would watching a movie.
they’re great if you do more than one thing at a time or need many programs open at the same time. anyone who regularly ‘alt-tabs’ to find or switch to a different window that they cannot currently see could benefit from another screen.
one wide or ultra wide display may not work as well, as some programs simply aren’t made with that aspect ratio in mind. we have one program here that insists upon being in a maximized window–always. a lot of wasted space, even on a 16:9. that user has two 5:4 instead and loves that setup.
Having two has definitely helped me, because most of my job is comparing what this thing says to what that thing says, but any more than that sounds like a bit much.
If I have one that’s sufficiently big I don’t need two. 24" is usually all I need. Helps to have 20/20 vision as well and use smaller fonts.
Giant monitor >>> multiple monitors. For my internship of making 3D animations I had a really big monitor on my desk. I could fit every single viewport and UI element I ever needed on that screen!
I find multiple monitors better. The physical separation helps in creating mental separation, allowing me to focus on the currently important areas and ignore the periphery.
Started working on double monitor setup still in the 90s (two big ass crts) and never went back. I tried some ultrawides, but always default to 2x instead.
If you want to ignore the periphery, anyway, why do you need to see it in the first place?
Focus.
Say I’m working on Photoshop. I may need to use the palettes, tool presets, brush catalogue, alerts, etc, but then I may want to ignore them and focus purely on the image.
3D - I can put references on secondary screen and peek at them every now and then, but not have them distract me while modeling and texturing.
I can put tools like calculator, notepad and timer - all accessible, but all out of the way.
As someone who never understood multiple monitors, one day I just got a second one and now I feel working without a second monitor is limiting.
Having said that, I can’t see a use for a third monitor at all (not to say it’s completely useless. I’m sure some people find it useful).
I love having a lot of desktop real estate. Instead of flipping through multiple desktops, I can keep everything in eve view all day long.
Dude either needs to streamline to two monitors, or pick up iRacing.
Only reason I’d have 3 monitors is for racing sims, but even then I usually use VR anyway.
Two is fine for most.
I have 3 monitors at work and at home. 2 isn’t enough!
I think we’re forgetting we are outliers here. Most of the public don’t need 3 monitors 😂 us nerds wouldn’t be happy until we have 5+
Three monitors is incredibly handy sometimes.
I have two, but one is in pirtrait mode. I use it when I need to read through a document but also can have two windows one above other to simulate a second monitor and use it like that at work fairly regularly.
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!
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.
When I was a CAD draftie, multiple monitors were a godsend.
I love having two monitors at work, have been working this way for ~15 years now. At home, not so much, almost all the time one screen is enough.
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
It’s taken me awhile to figure out, but I feel like the vast majority of people dismiss new things if they aren’t:
- Very clearly presented in exactly applicable use-cases for the person, including easy to understand benefit explanations. 2. They try it themselves in a way that the benefits are immediately apparent and understandable.
There no way you’re actively using 6 monitors at the same time. How many of this are just storing windows you don’t look at for an hour at a time.
I’m the same person who also has 600 (Not an exaggeration)
ChromeFirefox tabs open at a time LMAOIt’s a lot easier to just have whatever windows open on a monitor than constantly switching between windows. Sure there’s 1 or 2 that just has Spotify open or whatever, but there’s also ones with ya know documentation open or a browser or an IDE or RDP sessions there’s also a dedicated crib monitor one as well
My boss has three two! I have two and it annoys me. I would rather have one large screen but I don’t rank enough to get one at work.
32 monitors is definitely excessive.
Any more displays than one and its gonna fry my brain. I can only keep attention to one at a time.
Finally got to play Nightreign, and that’s at the front of my mind as an answer to this question. Love Elden Ring; but after a few expeditions in Nightreign, I’m never touching it again.
There’s a few mods on nexusmods that remove the time limits and the grind and make it feel more like another Elden Ring DLC.
I’m also not a huge fan of rushing through my Souls game.
I struggle to understand hype for most things nowadays.
It’s weird I just don’t feel it now.
I went to see a band I should have went to see 20 years ago. I can’t say I felt much hype beforehand. The hype only started when the intro played and the band started walking out.
Within the first couple of songs I was a mess with happy tears, but everything leading up to it? I was just chill, totally unphased.
I think I’m broken 👍
“The good old days”
The great thing about the past is that you can forget anything you want. Just hold on to the happy thoughts and any day can be a good ol day.
Good ol’ days of countries threatening each other with nukes. Good times. /s
Most social media stuff.
Omg did you hear X did Y?
I guess I’m just old but I don’t follow most. Even with dogpiling PirateSoftware. Yes, he’s wrong and probably lied. I just don’t get the hype around it. In happy that the hype led to Stop Killing Games getting enough traction though, that was nice.
I’ve been watching countless PirateSoftware drama videos since it’s the clown that keeps on giving. I never bothered with drama channels on YouTube, so I never realized how much of an industry these people made out of it now that I keep getting recommend them. It’s sickening.
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.
Watching sports. Playing them, I get. Watching? Never cared for it.
It’s fun seeing someone do something with Incredible skill /or great athleticism. Doesn’t need to be sport per se performance art like acrobatics or artistry e.g. Bob Ross have similar aspects.
Some sports I like to watch I have personally partaken in, in that way I can more appreciate the skill needed by the professionals.
Some sports I don’t know at all but I like to figure out the rules by watching and discovering what makes a great play (American Football is in that category for me).
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.
Conan O’Brien taught me how to deal with this situation decades ago.
Just say, “yeah, it was a real nailbiter!” that should buy you enough time to run away.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=msN7HNncHik&t=130s&pp=2AGCAZACAQ%3D%3D
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
I feel like this except for gymnastics, rythmic gymnastics, ice skating/dancing. Those are so entertaining.
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.
i think there’s some sports that are a bit acquired tastes, like I don’t think the skill is immediately apparent the first time watching soccer, it’s “just people running around”. The strategy, technique etc is not immediately apparent. As opposed to like skateboard tricks or dry tooling/ice climbing competitions, which also have depth but are impressive without any prior knowledge, imo.
For me personally, it’s the fan aspect I don’t get. What’s the point of projecting the us vs. them mentality on some team, “we won”, and foflowing a team almost religiously, even building ones own identity around it, at least in part. In general, getting so emotionally invested in it, i don’t understand. And it seems to mostly be a team sport thing.
Hopefully I can illuminate
Team sport fandom traditionally trends with locality. You grow up with going to the local football stadium on the weekend as one of the options for how you spend your time. Your mates have the same choices, so even if you never pick it, you’re gonna hear about it at the very least
If you spend your time with a team, you get to know the players (which is kinda parasocial in most instances, ngl) and in many cases watch them grow over the years into incredible athletes.
Naturally, people end up proud of the people they support, doing well. It’s part of the human condition
Especially beyond the local level
I can watch sports I don’t play. Like football(both American type and what we call soccer), MMA(although I haven’t watched anything in years), basketball(but only NCAA), hockey, the occasional baseball game. I’ll make an exception for boxing and tennis, those are watchable even when I was deep into them. But golf‽ How does anyone watch that? I get walking the greens, and hitting it every few minutes yourself, but watching someone else just seems so boring.
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