I will ask if she wants a drink, then request she makes me one too when she says yes.

I never offered to make it, only asked if she WANTED one.

I will then go make her a drink of course, and I’m not sure she’s ever found it funny, but I’m amused.

I presume they mean his first meeting with Tuco, can’t think of another one that fits the description.

100%

What an insane point to make. If you’re a car person then of course you’ll admire others’ cars, even if you’re not, they’re often great bits of design and good fun in the right setting.

It’s only stupid if you then go out and try to get something to compete with it for more than you can afford to spend. I have no idea what the poster you replied to is talking about.

Concluded is a nice way to put it…

Didn’t they have to quit after doing an episode about workplace bullying at bôn appetit (or some other channel) and then getting called out for having behaved in exactly the same way for years? Proper douchebag hypocritical behaviour from memory.

They had some good episodes for sure, but fuck those guys.

Watched a Mike Boyd video about indoor climbing.

Thought it looked fun, always enjoyed climbing as a kid, signed up for an intro lesson and been doing it 6months now. I’m stronger and fitter now in my mid thirties than I’ve ever been in my life before now.

I fucking love climbing.

I don’t get this mentality. I’ve rented for over a decade and always wall mounted my TVs. It’s not tricky to unmount and fill in 6 or 8 holes with a bit of filler.

Do some renters really not hang pictures or put up shelves either? The effort to correct it is probably less work than it is to hang in the first place.

People very upset that a company which exists to make money has used the cheaper option for the part of a TV that 80% of buyers will leave in the box anyway.

I saw a comment suggesting that it must only be $5 to add a proper stand. TCL made 30million TVs last year so that’s a substantial bonus for whoever made that choice.

Breaking news! Budget TV has budget parts!

Welcome to lemmy.

Like I said, I’m not interested in the debate. Just pointing out the horrible discourse that is seen way too often here.

“They” who dive into adhominems includes you too bud, just from the last couple comments you made in this argument you said the following:

Let me give you some advice on debating or trying to discuss things. You should refrain from it.

Just a straight up nasty adhominem attack

Lol no wrong like confidently wrong.

This one is interesting because the whole cause is debated (though generally you’re on what most scholars consider the wrong side, whether that’s right or not I have no idea or interest though). But you state your point like it’s a black and white fact, when it largely depends on your own opinion of which sources you trust. >

I’m used to kiddies like yourself.

Another adhominem attack, “lol child! I don’t have to take anything you say seriously”

Honestly just pretty shitty discussion all around, from both sides.

Reddit is pretty far left too mate, less than here because it’s a bigger pool of people that doesn’t hound anyone (not as badly anyway) who doesn’t fit the classic mould of the “typical user”, but overall left nonetheless.

I think what you’ve discovered is that lemmy is more of an echo chamber for YOUR beliefs than reddit was, and people enjoying feeling like their opinions are validated and praised, so you’ve had a better time here but you may not be more informed (arguably less, as fewer people are challenging your thinking).

Have a nice day anyway mate :) x

Yeah mate go nuts, I’ve been called plenty worse just today and been amused by it.

I am talking to both of you, your comment just happened to be the last in the chain.

I read the argument and thought “jesus fuck this place is basically unbearable”.

Honestly I’ve seen plenty worse on reddit too, but also SO much better. There are obviously loads more users so the worst is worse than the worst here, and the best is better than the best here. The point I’m making is that the average interaction here is worse than reddit, that famously circlejerky echo chamber hivemind. Yet if I don’t fit the mould of a lemmy user it seems I’m a villain 80% of the time so that description could just as validly be levelled at lemmy too.

An argument descends to ad-hominem attacks so unbelievably fast so unbelievably frequently. It really is no surprise users are dropping like flies at the moment and I feel I might be another one soon enough.

Not that you care, I hope you have a nice day regardless, take care :) x

I see so many of these attitudes (whether correct or not. I’m not here to argue) and it just makes Lemmy an awful place to try and enjoy my free time.

You guys make reddit look palatable, let that sink in…

One is taught from birth and has a history of indoctrination that both you and me would likely also fall for in the same situation.

The other is willful ignorance with no historical reason to believe it and full denial of most science.

I’m not religious at all, I am happy to openly mock God and dare him to strike me down, I really don’t care. But laughing at the PEOPLE who believe it through no fault of their own is pure douchebaggery.

We’re fortunate to have the opportunity to learn about and assess the situation with as much knowledge as we like, plenty of people don’t have the same opportunity or were taught the beliefs long before they could reason any differently. 5000 years ago you’d be praising the sun God with the rest of us, everything from that to now is just shades of grey, and you’re pretty unlikely to be some special individual that derived all science from first principles and concluded that God was impossible.

You’re basically just claiming to be better due to the circumstances you found yourself in (through no fault of your own). Seems like properly cunty behaviour to me, and only a stones throw from laughing at the poor for not being born into wealth.

You dick :) x

What a twattish thing to do…

Hollow Knight. Bought it and played a few hours, died and got very annoyed that I couldn’t find my shade so lost motivation.

Picked it up again 2 years later and it’s arguably my favourite game ever now.

This is true whether kids are around or not to be fair…

Yeah I figured that out by pretending to buy one on the at&t site. They eat the cost of the phone because in the US the network fees are mental from what I could tell.

Jesus I just set up an iPhone 15 purchase with at&t claiming to trade in your phone and yeah it’s $1000 trade in. However I couldn’t work out why it was a final price of 0 so I kept going, the actual network plans are fucking insane prices so I guess that’s where they make their money back. In the UK I pay £20 a month for a Samsung s22 and £20 a month for 200gb data and unlimited calls/texts. The equivalent of about $50 a month total without even trading in my old phone.

I was feeling hard done by until I got to the network plans, fuck me.

If that were the case couldn’t I literally buy a phone with cash and trade it in for more value?Right now in the US you can buy an iPhone 13 for $475 from Walmart, but a carrier will give you a trade in value of $640ish you reckon?

We generally don’t buy phones with cash here either and there are plenty of networks competing, but nobody offers 80% of what you paid 2 years later as a trade in, because they simply aren’t worth it.

Not saying you’re lying, I just don’t see the logic, feel like I’m missing something.

You get 80% of the price you paid for a phone 2 years later?

I’m calling bullshit there. I could buy a brand new iPhone 13 for £599 today when it released at £779 in September 2021. Why would they give you more than the cost of a new one…?

Or for android, a brand new Samsung S22 costs £499 today and released in early 2022 for £769.

No way you’re getting 80% of what you paid for it after 2 years of use.

My brother is similar but he does use an ereader for 90% of books these days. Now his book collecting hobby and the allure of a printed copy are restricted to his favourite or important books, 5 years ago he’d buy 100 books a year for £3 each, nowadays he’ll buy 3 or 4 books a year for £50 each and his satisfaction for good quality old or important copies of books goes through the roof.

It’s possible to have your cake and eat it too is what I guess I’m saying.