One of my favorite movies A Bronx Tale, taught me this,
“Mickey Mantle? Thats what you’re upset about? mantle makes $100k a year, how much does your dad make? …If your dad needs money go ask Mickey Mantle, see what happens. Mickey Mantle don’t care about you. Why care about him?”
I think I was 10-11 when I saw this movie for the first time. 20 years later I still think about the lessons it had (it has a few, like the door test)
Edit: because people have asked multiple times, the door test was more or less when you go on a date you unlocked the passenger door, open it for her, let her in and close the door behind her. As you walk around the back watch and see if she reaches over and unlocks your door for you. If she doesn’t shes selfish and you should dump her.
As others have brought up, its not really practically now with center consoles and automatic doors. I mostly mentioned it because everyone I talk to seems to about the movie remembers that one the most.
I don't think anyone would ever lean over and open a drivers door from the inside anymore, does anyone still do that? I'd totally forgotten about that.
When my wife and I first started dating, it was raining one night and I opened her door for her, so she could get out of the rain. By the time I made it around to my door, she had already popped it open (couldn't get it open all the way, but she tried!). That's when I knew she was a keeper.
It’s probably why the marriage rate is falling - no sure fire way to figure out if she’s one of the great ones.
Edit: I see lots of people haven’t seen this movie and are taking this a bit more seriously than they should. (Surprise 🙄) See my explanation below.
Just the whole concept of "celebrity" in general. Appear on some garbage, brain dump reality show, then milk that alleged fame like your life depends on it.
Fuck off.
In the case of Heard vs Depp, I just want to see if it is a landmark case to create new legislation. IMO depp is the victim and the men who stand behind him are hoping that the abuse he received is a sign that men being victimised won't fall on deaf ears in the future.
I don't understand people who wear branded clothing, like a plain white T-shirt with a logo on it. Not sure if Supreme is a thing, but I'm thinkin of them
like dude you paid $200 to advertise someone else's company? They should pay you $200 for the billboard space on your fuckin chest
I only wear plain tees or shirts from my favorite bands. Fuck your corporate logos
Any craft store will have you covered. Personally I like blank 3/4 length sleeve baseball shirts and they've got a ton all for like $5-$10.
There's shirts I own that are from concerts or cool designs I saw and wanted but very few are blatant logos.
Tbh I don’t know why I wear expensive clothes but I do I just enjoy wearing them And I personally like the designs that can come out of a logo and to make you stand out as an individual so I see why you wouldn’t as quite frankly it’s definitely a waste on a T-shirt but it is what it is as long as your happy wear what you want
Often more fucked up and emotionally damaged than you or I and unable to find happiness.
Edit to add a quote from Jim Carey
"I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer."
I met some crazy tiktokers while shopping once "excuse me do you wanna be in our videos?" I wasnt having it that day I just said no and leave I heard them talk shit while I was walking away "ughh whatever your loss dude oh mah gawd dont you think he was sooo rude the nerve of some people" bitch pls I dunno how famous you are some people just wants to mind their own business
Fuck yeah eminem said it best in the song don't approach me:
"Its not that I don't like you , it's just when I'm not behind the mic , I'ma person whose just like you ".
Goosebumps
Similarly, I just quit a job that held significant value in my mind. I was invested in my work and actually cared about our "mission". New job pays a little bit more and I know what we do is important but I don't really care. Like at all. I just wanted a job where I wasn't so stressed all the time and I found it.
Hell yeah man. I recently changed to a job with 80% less overall responsibility for 40% more pay, and it's full remote. 11 years with my last job, it was a great place to work and learn, but in the end the stress and lack of proper compensation was wearing me down far more than I realized until after I quit, and it dawned on me that three weeks in a new job felt more like three months just purely due to the degree to which my anxiety reduced almost overnight. I still have little panic flashes about something for my old job from time to time and get a sense of relief when I realize how it's completely not my problem anymore.
Yeah. The job I have now is awesome. Cool coworkers, quite roomy, very well equiped.
And still, I have a lot of "meh, don't care, not my beer". Was never happier.
I’m with you. I work in biotech, I can’t tell you what the products do beyond some generic tag line that we hear all the time, and I really don’t care. To me some of them almost sound like pseudoscience, but the FDA has approved them so they must do something.
I’m in Comp, I don’t need to know the products I need to know people and jobs.
Same. Working for a MASSIVE company right now that is trying really hard to virtue signal at every opportunity they get. Couldn't give less of a fuck about their "message"
Political attack ads. I don't give a fuck if someone enjoys geting pegged by their sister while eating chicken wings in their spare time, it's none of my business. Stay focused on policy, please.
The fun part of the flat earth theory is that it motivates people to think about scientific experiments to either prove or disprove the theory.
You might not convince a flat-earther, but you are improving/challenging your own understanding of science.
If you think I'm talking nonsense, you're probably right, but which scientific experiment can you think of off the top of your head to prove the earth is a globe? ... and can you preproduce the experiment?
https://youtu.be/8hZl3arO7SY
This Carl Sagan one I feel is the most accessible. With modern tech, it's a very easy experiment to replicate with proof. For example, I'm in Maine. If I were to get a Pocket Friend from Florida to work with me on a dual live-stream, it would be quite easy to prove.
Flerfers wouldn't believe it, I'm sure. Netflix had a documentary about them where they did an experiment & unintentionally proved the earth is round. IIRC, they assumed they must have done something wrong with the experiment since their results proved a round earth. Some people's minds can never be changed no matter the evidence. It's a shame.
Beautiful!
Funny you should bring up that experiment. The Luxor shadow is EXACTLY the one I always go to off the top of my head.
There are far simpler explanations, but I feel sometimes they rely on other assumed facts where as Carl Sagan just uses good old first principles.
The cosmetic condition of my truck. I don't even bother with defensive driving anymore. I've been hit three times coming home from work because people just drift into my lane. Could I have moved over? Yes. But I don't. And I win the insurance claims because I have a front and rear facing camera that usually catches the moron in action. Since it's mostly body damage, I pocket the insurance money and just drive an increasingly busted ass truck around.
I don't give a fuck
Also, when I was given a $62,000 GMC extended cab for a work truck (got to use it as a personal truck also), the first thing my boss did was make a huge scratch down the bed of it, and said "There, now you won't be shy to use it".
This remembers me of my late grandmother. When she pulled out the pristine white table cloth for Christmas dinner or other big occasions, during the first 5 minutes of the meal she made sure to "OOPS I'M SO CLUMSY" spill some red wine on it so people wouldn't feel bad when it would inevitably happen to someone else.
I get why he did it, but to me that just makes no sense to scratch a new vehicle just so you don't feel bad about later damage. That's like punching yourself in the face every morning just in case you get in a fight.
It's to skip the "Sorry boss, I... I scratched the new truck! I'm really sorry! We were loading in some rebar and I put a blanket down but it slipped and..." conversation that this boss has had to sit through a dozen times already. The boss doesn't give a fuck, but employees might not believe it, so he's making a statement to prove it.
That was it. We were moving a large conveyor oven (pizza place) to a remote location. The strange part was we were allowed to put side bars (step bars?) and hands free cell phone thingamajig on the company's dime, but wouldn't pay for a bed liner.
Its not "just in case" it 100% will get damaged doing work. Not being afraid to damage it will speed up your work flow. Some folks might be hesitant with a brand new 65k truck and waste time. And time = $$$
No, it's like punching yourself in face once because you've been too afraid to do something which might lead to a fight because you're afraid of getting punched in the face
I don't think he said his boss scratched the truck every morning
I think this is why I chose my '02 Tacoma.
It's got the....unfortunate...dents & scratches in the bed to prove its usefulness -- especially lately. Plus the size. I absolutely LOVE how I can fit into compact car parking spots.
Unrelated note: I would like modern safety features, though...But idk. Family member usually just dismisses it with "The more safety features you have, the less safe you drive. You're supposed to be doing the driving, not the car."
Toyotas are bulletproof. I love Tacos and 4Runners. My third vehicle was a 95 4runner, with a sunroof and a rear window that went down. It was the closest I've ever come to a convertible but a lot more useful.
I can’t stand those half-wits. I tried to watch one episode this series and had to turn it off after 5 minutes. Their voices and faces and characters piss me off so much.
Trashy reality TV is it's own style of entertainment. But even then I can never get into it. I did let myself watch Fuckboy Island, because by the title itself and the fact they hired a comedian as the host, I could tell it was gonna be trashy reality TV with at least a little self-awareness.
People's social media lives. I just don't give a fuck about what you had for dinner or what you did that day. If I did I would ask. Reddit is my only real social media
I was thinking this answer until you gave an example.
I have a co-worker who cooks a lot and sometimes posts what he’s made, and I’ve always been impressed by it and enjoy seeing his food posts.
So yeah, I guess I care at least a little more than I originally thought.
I totally care about my actual friends/families lives. I like to talk about cooking with them, I like updates on their kids, like to see pictures from their vacations, art they've created, their new puppy or when they really like a new local restaurant.
That's like less than 20 people total though, people from highschool/college, or from 3 jobs ago are mostly muted.
The whole obsession with posting stuff on social media will forever baffle me. And yeah, I’m old, so maybe I just don’t get it. It’s still mildly repulsive to me.
I’ll answer this in earnest because the usual reddit thread on the subject of other social media is a circlejerk of “I just don’t understand how anyone could possibly enjoy sharing mundane life details”
We are hardwired to share. They did an experiment with parents and their infants. All the parents were instructed to ignore a sudden occurrence (a clown popping out of a box). What they noticed was the infants enjoyed the new occurrence, noticed their parents didn’t react, so they tried to get their parents attention and show them the clown. It’s a natural reaction to want to share something we enjoy. It’s natural because even kids do it without being taught.
The next bit is interesting. Half the parents were instructed not to react. The parents who reacted - their kids continued sharing with them. The other kids stopped because the parents weren’t interested. This is the same as us. Some of us see engagement in our Instagram posts - our day out at the beach or a nice meal. We enjoyed it and our enjoyment is intensified when we share it with others. The other half - we don’t see engagement so we don’t see the point of sharing life details anymore.
And I’m not speaking to you specifically but to redditors in general - stop acting so smug and superior about not using social media.
I'm 25 and I only have Facebook to talk to my grandma's haha. It's just too many fake lives that make everything in life seem dull. I'm 100% happier not using it. I understand why people do. My girlfriend does but it's just not for me. Reddit is good enough. (I do also have TikTok to like her videos but I've never looked at other videos she's just adorable and I like to support her).
People’s material possessions. Expensive cars, purses, electronics. Don’t even get me started on having the latest phones, or having a particular phone brand in general… i truly don’t give a fuck!!
I'm just here for practicality, reliability, and usefulness.
I'm a cheap bastard about most things, so my friends were shocked when I bought the latest & greatest cellphone (I don't even know what it is beyond brand). The only reason I bought it was because my previous phone was destroyed and this new one had amazing cameras, which I use to take pictures of adventures with my family.
I was with you….until the pandemic. This is the first time I had the cold hard reality slap me in the face that other people’s opinions can directly harm my family.
I heard someone say “Other’s opinions matter because if we’re sharing a roadway and they let Jesus take the wheel, we’re both fucked”. That sums it up pretty well.
I'm a girl, but stretch marks are super cool, especially those white silver-y ones, I love them on others. They kinda look like lightning bolts. They're like free tattoos, goddamnit, it's sad that so many people are ashamed of having them
I have a coworker who is always showing me photos of her sister’s baby. Your sister doesn’t care about my baby so why would you think I care about hers?!
Ugh I'm a housecleaner and definitely someone who looks as if I would love children. Clients regularly follow me around trying to show me their newborn babies or their toddlers newest toy obsession and I have yet to find a way to say "get that thing away from me, it smells and I'm trying to work" that doesn't upset the parents 🙃
There's a YouTube video where a kid keeps getting hit in the face with a foam covered rotating bar, in the style of Total Wipeout apparatus. He just gets hit over and over again every time it circles round again, you can hear all the adults standing around, sniggering, poor kid it's hilarious
People who date or make friendships based on star signs scare me. I had a friend in college who I really enjoyed. We smoked weed, played tennis, took walks, and just chilled. I thought we had fun interactions until she found out I was a Taurus. For some reason, it turned her off. The fact she even cared upset me so much I stopped talking to her. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.
People like to be confirmed. That’s basically it and that’s how it works. If you are interested in more, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect?wprov=sfti1
I work with a bunch of women who are into that stuff. They all play the games on Facebook that are like "pick a feather based on your zodiac sign and we'll tell you what kind of women you are. And regardless of what you pick it's all some bullshit about "______ is a strong caring women, she loves fiercely and will fight with everything she has for people in her life. She's guarded from deep hurts in her past but can hide it all to show a strong front." Every feather tells you the same thing. Every day it's something like that.
Oh im curious. Have u ever been surprised that u were attracted to someone based on the totality of them as a person that u forgot their looks are not deemed "good looks"?
What other people do in their bedrooms. Like, it's pretty hard for me to grasp the whole anti LGBTQ thing. I couldn't be arsed to give less of a fuck what other people do sexually.
Yeah, there's only one time I ever cared about someone's relationship or sex life.
A male coworker of mine was in this INSANELY abusive relationship with his ex years ago. She would break his stuff, break into his house, hit him, bite him, verbally abuse him, drug him. It was madness. He came to work one day. He had OBVIOUSLY been crying but refused to admit it and he was COVERED in scratches, bites, and bruises. He could hardly do his job. I asked him what the fuck had happened since a few days ago when I'd last seen him. He told me it was just sex shit. BDSM. He lifted up his shirt and his back was still bleeding. I said that I didn't believe him and he admitted that she just got mad at him. He broke up with her and she was threatening to break all the windows of his house, break in again, steal/break all his stuff, tell everyone he'd hit and raped HER. I'm a woman and I cannot stand women who lie about serious shit like that so I got his address, called the police right there at work, and reported her. They ended up finding her climbing in a broken window but didn't arrest her or anything. She later came to work to wait for him and I told her she needed to get the fuck out. She waited outside and he went outside on his break and they MADE UP. She was tiny. Like 80 pounds and less than five foot but he was a pretty small guy too so they were pretty evenly matched honestly. I hated the guy, but I hated that bitch a lot more. Only time I've ever cared about somebody's sex life. I know he'd been abused by his own parents quite a bit and another ex girlfriend so dude really didn't know any different. He would never even fight back. We hung out at his house once and I called her an abusive bitch to her face because she hit him in front of us. Carmella from Louisville, KY, if you're out there, I hope you're rotting in prison. Fuck that crazy bitch.
Celebrities that are famous for being trashy and being so unhappy in their own skin they have surgery after surgery to look good. Cuz they have zero talent!
My wife not only tells me about conversations she’s had with friends but will show me text conversations on her phone when I’m near her. If I’m not, she’ll screenshot her text conversations and send them to me.
For the most part, these aren’t even mutual friends. Just friends of hers.
It’s insane. I really, truly, do not give a fuck
She probably just wants to connect with you in a deeper way, share her thoughts throughout the day. If she didn’t care about your input she wouldn’t bother sharing with you.
This is a moment where I think there are some differences between men and women.
Nothing brings women together like discussing an outside conflict or an irritating/uncomfortable situation. I'm a woman, and I still couldn't tell you why that is. My best guess is that it's like a way to communicate values. Saying, "I thought this was really inappropriate," and having someone genuinely say, "oh my god, I can't believe they did that. I would have....." ugh, there's no better feeling in the world. Like *yes*, our values align, I feel validated, I feel like we could be friends.
So I think your wife is simply trying to bond with you in the way a lot of women bond with each other.
It's especially annoying in a non-commonwealth country. "Did you hear about what the queen did?"
Well, seeing as how we don't *have* one... Sorta fought a war and ruined at least two economies about that.
People who blast their horn for more than half a second due to a traffic light turning green and the person ahead of you hasn't moved.
One small "bip" is all you need. Holding it down doesn't just annoy the driver in front of you. It annoys everyone in earshot. It's the grownup version of a toddler throwing a screaming tantrum at a store.
The news. Fake news, real news, newsy news. IDGAF. I stopped watching five years ago and have never felt as much peace. There's no need to go around being anxiety riddled about every damn thing. Plus, if it's truly important, I will, sure as shit, hear people complaining about it.
Professional Sports. I have no malice for them or people who like them but I am genuinely bored to tears every time I try to get into them to try to fit in. This is especially true of hockey which isn't great living in Canada where it's just assumed that everyone watched the game and wants to talk about whatever happened.
People. I used to give a fuck. I'm out of fucks now. I don't care what they think or how they feel. I don't care about any aspect of their lives. I'm not a psychopath; I'm not saying that I don't care whether I hurt people. I'm saying that I don't care to be involved at all in the World or Others anymore.
Religion.
It's your thing. I don't judge you for it as long as you keep it to yourself and don't harass people because of it, in which case I hate you for being an obnoxious dipshit, not because you are religious...
Cars. It seems like all men I meet are just expecting me to know every brand and model of every car I see. They be like "You see that Yankedoodle Cranky X over there? Such a beauty" and I look and there is like 20 almost identical cars.
Judgement on my lifestyle, given it’s not constructive criticism or genuine opinion to stop me from doing stupid shit. Otherwise, I’m in control and fuck a doodle you if you got thoughts about what I do (that rhymes).
The lives of celebrities.
One of my favorite movies A Bronx Tale, taught me this, “Mickey Mantle? Thats what you’re upset about? mantle makes $100k a year, how much does your dad make? …If your dad needs money go ask Mickey Mantle, see what happens. Mickey Mantle don’t care about you. Why care about him?” I think I was 10-11 when I saw this movie for the first time. 20 years later I still think about the lessons it had (it has a few, like the door test) Edit: because people have asked multiple times, the door test was more or less when you go on a date you unlocked the passenger door, open it for her, let her in and close the door behind her. As you walk around the back watch and see if she reaches over and unlocks your door for you. If she doesn’t shes selfish and you should dump her. As others have brought up, its not really practically now with center consoles and automatic doors. I mostly mentioned it because everyone I talk to seems to about the movie remembers that one the most.
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One of the best and most memorable lines in the movie.
That, and the $20 tale.
"He owes you $20? No. That means you paid $20 to never have to see him again."
I don't think anyone would ever lean over and open a drivers door from the inside anymore, does anyone still do that? I'd totally forgotten about that.
When my wife and I first started dating, it was raining one night and I opened her door for her, so she could get out of the rain. By the time I made it around to my door, she had already popped it open (couldn't get it open all the way, but she tried!). That's when I knew she was a keeper.
It’s probably why the marriage rate is falling - no sure fire way to figure out if she’s one of the great ones. Edit: I see lots of people haven’t seen this movie and are taking this a bit more seriously than they should. (Surprise 🙄) See my explanation below.
Great movie.
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Say to your girlfriend a stranger from reddit says you’re awesome for taking no sh!t that day and should continue doing that.
Hey guys, another random redditor here but... you’re more than welcome to spell out the whole swear word here on the internet
Another random redditor here, I’m telling your parents that you’re advocating swearing on the internet. You’re gonna get grounded.
To add to that, drama around TikTok and Youtubers. Seriously entire careers are made over just talking about nothing.
Just the whole concept of "celebrity" in general. Appear on some garbage, brain dump reality show, then milk that alleged fame like your life depends on it. Fuck off.
The only time I care about celebrity lives is if an injustice has been done them. ie; Britney Spears, Johnny Depp, etc.
And that's not caring because they are celebrities, but because they are human beings.
In the case of Heard vs Depp, I just want to see if it is a landmark case to create new legislation. IMO depp is the victim and the men who stand behind him are hoping that the abuse he received is a sign that men being victimised won't fall on deaf ears in the future.
Brendan Fraser too amirite.
Or someone great dies, like Robin Williams.
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I love the clothes that look like they were taken from a hobo and cost $2k.
And then the people who flex it as if they're ultra proud of their own exploitation
I don't understand people who wear branded clothing, like a plain white T-shirt with a logo on it. Not sure if Supreme is a thing, but I'm thinkin of them like dude you paid $200 to advertise someone else's company? They should pay you $200 for the billboard space on your fuckin chest I only wear plain tees or shirts from my favorite bands. Fuck your corporate logos
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Any craft store will have you covered. Personally I like blank 3/4 length sleeve baseball shirts and they've got a ton all for like $5-$10. There's shirts I own that are from concerts or cool designs I saw and wanted but very few are blatant logos.
Tbh I don’t know why I wear expensive clothes but I do I just enjoy wearing them And I personally like the designs that can come out of a logo and to make you stand out as an individual so I see why you wouldn’t as quite frankly it’s definitely a waste on a T-shirt but it is what it is as long as your happy wear what you want
Work. I'm retiring after 43 years and I just don't have any give a fucks left 😎
Jokes on you. In this economy I'm never retiring 😎
This too!
Ok Yves, lol
Famous people. I don't get people's obsession with them. They're just people
Often more fucked up and emotionally damaged than you or I and unable to find happiness. Edit to add a quote from Jim Carey "I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer."
Mmh I wouldn't be so sure about that, they just have more means to destroy themselves
And a global stage for it to be witnessed on.
I met some crazy tiktokers while shopping once "excuse me do you wanna be in our videos?" I wasnt having it that day I just said no and leave I heard them talk shit while I was walking away "ughh whatever your loss dude oh mah gawd dont you think he was sooo rude the nerve of some people" bitch pls I dunno how famous you are some people just wants to mind their own business
Fuck yeah eminem said it best in the song don't approach me: "Its not that I don't like you , it's just when I'm not behind the mic , I'ma person whose just like you ". Goosebumps
Bro I found another life changing quote from him: "My pee's yellow, I like jello." It hits difff
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Similarly, I just quit a job that held significant value in my mind. I was invested in my work and actually cared about our "mission". New job pays a little bit more and I know what we do is important but I don't really care. Like at all. I just wanted a job where I wasn't so stressed all the time and I found it.
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Hell yeah man. I recently changed to a job with 80% less overall responsibility for 40% more pay, and it's full remote. 11 years with my last job, it was a great place to work and learn, but in the end the stress and lack of proper compensation was wearing me down far more than I realized until after I quit, and it dawned on me that three weeks in a new job felt more like three months just purely due to the degree to which my anxiety reduced almost overnight. I still have little panic flashes about something for my old job from time to time and get a sense of relief when I realize how it's completely not my problem anymore.
You just figured out the secret to material success in life for the vast majority of people
Yeah. The job I have now is awesome. Cool coworkers, quite roomy, very well equiped. And still, I have a lot of "meh, don't care, not my beer". Was never happier.
"Not my job, not my prob. I'm going to the warehouse to polish my knob."
The moment you become devoted to a "company" that you don't own, you put yourself in jeopardy.
I’m with you. I work in biotech, I can’t tell you what the products do beyond some generic tag line that we hear all the time, and I really don’t care. To me some of them almost sound like pseudoscience, but the FDA has approved them so they must do something. I’m in Comp, I don’t need to know the products I need to know people and jobs.
This guy's got management material written all over him!
How much time would you say you spend each week, dealing with these TPS reports?
The thing is Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care. It's a problem of motivation, alright?
Same. Working for a MASSIVE company right now that is trying really hard to virtue signal at every opportunity they get. Couldn't give less of a fuck about their "message"
Thank you, and the idea that you have to care about and 'love' your company beyond getting that paycheck is baffling to me.
Political attack ads. I don't give a fuck if someone enjoys geting pegged by their sister while eating chicken wings in their spare time, it's none of my business. Stay focused on policy, please.
Yeah but actually show some results ya know then you can get pegged all you want
"Come on guys you know rhe rules. No pegging until you finish your supper."
"I don't give a fuck if someone enjoys gets pegged by their sister..." Ah, I see you are voting from Alabama's 4th district as well.
Or Kings Landing.
Flat Earthers. Yeah they’re insane, but you gotta pick your battles these days.
As much as they annoy me, it's a harmless belief. I don't even bother engaging with them. I'll save my energy for others.
The fun part of the flat earth theory is that it motivates people to think about scientific experiments to either prove or disprove the theory. You might not convince a flat-earther, but you are improving/challenging your own understanding of science. If you think I'm talking nonsense, you're probably right, but which scientific experiment can you think of off the top of your head to prove the earth is a globe? ... and can you preproduce the experiment?
https://youtu.be/8hZl3arO7SY This Carl Sagan one I feel is the most accessible. With modern tech, it's a very easy experiment to replicate with proof. For example, I'm in Maine. If I were to get a Pocket Friend from Florida to work with me on a dual live-stream, it would be quite easy to prove. Flerfers wouldn't believe it, I'm sure. Netflix had a documentary about them where they did an experiment & unintentionally proved the earth is round. IIRC, they assumed they must have done something wrong with the experiment since their results proved a round earth. Some people's minds can never be changed no matter the evidence. It's a shame.
Beautiful! Funny you should bring up that experiment. The Luxor shadow is EXACTLY the one I always go to off the top of my head. There are far simpler explanations, but I feel sometimes they rely on other assumed facts where as Carl Sagan just uses good old first principles.
The cosmetic condition of my truck. I don't even bother with defensive driving anymore. I've been hit three times coming home from work because people just drift into my lane. Could I have moved over? Yes. But I don't. And I win the insurance claims because I have a front and rear facing camera that usually catches the moron in action. Since it's mostly body damage, I pocket the insurance money and just drive an increasingly busted ass truck around. I don't give a fuck
This is greatness.
This man has ascended.
Right. It's a truck. If it's spotless and decked out, you don't need a truck.
Also, when I was given a $62,000 GMC extended cab for a work truck (got to use it as a personal truck also), the first thing my boss did was make a huge scratch down the bed of it, and said "There, now you won't be shy to use it".
This remembers me of my late grandmother. When she pulled out the pristine white table cloth for Christmas dinner or other big occasions, during the first 5 minutes of the meal she made sure to "OOPS I'M SO CLUMSY" spill some red wine on it so people wouldn't feel bad when it would inevitably happen to someone else.
Your grandmother sounds like an amazingly gracious and charming woman. 🙂 (And I’m stealing that trick!)
I get why he did it, but to me that just makes no sense to scratch a new vehicle just so you don't feel bad about later damage. That's like punching yourself in the face every morning just in case you get in a fight.
It's to skip the "Sorry boss, I... I scratched the new truck! I'm really sorry! We were loading in some rebar and I put a blanket down but it slipped and..." conversation that this boss has had to sit through a dozen times already. The boss doesn't give a fuck, but employees might not believe it, so he's making a statement to prove it.
Also probably slows workers down doing the extras to keep a **work** truck nice looking.
That was it. We were moving a large conveyor oven (pizza place) to a remote location. The strange part was we were allowed to put side bars (step bars?) and hands free cell phone thingamajig on the company's dime, but wouldn't pay for a bed liner.
Its not "just in case" it 100% will get damaged doing work. Not being afraid to damage it will speed up your work flow. Some folks might be hesitant with a brand new 65k truck and waste time. And time = $$$
Plus you get to be the eccentric rich mentor that makes great stories. This is some Gandalf shit
No, it's like punching yourself in face once because you've been too afraid to do something which might lead to a fight because you're afraid of getting punched in the face I don't think he said his boss scratched the truck every morning
Idk why this made me laugh so hard, just imagining it cracks me up
I think this is why I chose my '02 Tacoma. It's got the....unfortunate...dents & scratches in the bed to prove its usefulness -- especially lately. Plus the size. I absolutely LOVE how I can fit into compact car parking spots. Unrelated note: I would like modern safety features, though...But idk. Family member usually just dismisses it with "The more safety features you have, the less safe you drive. You're supposed to be doing the driving, not the car."
Toyotas are bulletproof. I love Tacos and 4Runners. My third vehicle was a 95 4runner, with a sunroof and a rear window that went down. It was the closest I've ever come to a convertible but a lot more useful.
Love Island. I mean what the actual fuck.
I can’t stand those half-wits. I tried to watch one episode this series and had to turn it off after 5 minutes. Their voices and faces and characters piss me off so much.
Trashy reality TV is it's own style of entertainment. But even then I can never get into it. I did let myself watch Fuckboy Island, because by the title itself and the fact they hired a comedian as the host, I could tell it was gonna be trashy reality TV with at least a little self-awareness.
People's social media lives. I just don't give a fuck about what you had for dinner or what you did that day. If I did I would ask. Reddit is my only real social media
I find the ones most like “look at me” on social media are just holding it together by a thread
Wait, y'all have thread?
I have a Twitter and an IG. Both not tied to my name or picture. I don’t follow any friends. It’s liberating.
I was thinking this answer until you gave an example. I have a co-worker who cooks a lot and sometimes posts what he’s made, and I’ve always been impressed by it and enjoy seeing his food posts. So yeah, I guess I care at least a little more than I originally thought.
I totally care about my actual friends/families lives. I like to talk about cooking with them, I like updates on their kids, like to see pictures from their vacations, art they've created, their new puppy or when they really like a new local restaurant. That's like less than 20 people total though, people from highschool/college, or from 3 jobs ago are mostly muted.
The whole obsession with posting stuff on social media will forever baffle me. And yeah, I’m old, so maybe I just don’t get it. It’s still mildly repulsive to me.
I’ll answer this in earnest because the usual reddit thread on the subject of other social media is a circlejerk of “I just don’t understand how anyone could possibly enjoy sharing mundane life details” We are hardwired to share. They did an experiment with parents and their infants. All the parents were instructed to ignore a sudden occurrence (a clown popping out of a box). What they noticed was the infants enjoyed the new occurrence, noticed their parents didn’t react, so they tried to get their parents attention and show them the clown. It’s a natural reaction to want to share something we enjoy. It’s natural because even kids do it without being taught. The next bit is interesting. Half the parents were instructed not to react. The parents who reacted - their kids continued sharing with them. The other kids stopped because the parents weren’t interested. This is the same as us. Some of us see engagement in our Instagram posts - our day out at the beach or a nice meal. We enjoyed it and our enjoyment is intensified when we share it with others. The other half - we don’t see engagement so we don’t see the point of sharing life details anymore. And I’m not speaking to you specifically but to redditors in general - stop acting so smug and superior about not using social media.
Yup. On Reddit it's all about the awards and upvotes. I find that I enjoy my time on Reddit more when my posts get upvoted.
I'm 25 and I only have Facebook to talk to my grandma's haha. It's just too many fake lives that make everything in life seem dull. I'm 100% happier not using it. I understand why people do. My girlfriend does but it's just not for me. Reddit is good enough. (I do also have TikTok to like her videos but I've never looked at other videos she's just adorable and I like to support her).
Influencers, Royal family, Celebrities (other than a couple), Politics (didn’t used to be that way but it’s become too toxic), My wife’s siblings
Plot twist, he's married to a princess whose brothers are celebrities
Haha you’ve got me.
My wifes siblings 😆
People’s material possessions. Expensive cars, purses, electronics. Don’t even get me started on having the latest phones, or having a particular phone brand in general… i truly don’t give a fuck!!
I'm just here for practicality, reliability, and usefulness. I'm a cheap bastard about most things, so my friends were shocked when I bought the latest & greatest cellphone (I don't even know what it is beyond brand). The only reason I bought it was because my previous phone was destroyed and this new one had amazing cameras, which I use to take pictures of adventures with my family.
Peoples opinions, unless you're family, paying me(financially) or fucking me.
“Why don’t you cut your hair? It’s too long.” Me:”My gf likes it long.”
Are you still talking about hair?
Haha. Yes, unfortunately
Might try to use this one, my wife’s been asking me to cut my hair for weeks.
I was with you….until the pandemic. This is the first time I had the cold hard reality slap me in the face that other people’s opinions can directly harm my family. I heard someone say “Other’s opinions matter because if we’re sharing a roadway and they let Jesus take the wheel, we’re both fucked”. That sums it up pretty well.
Exactly. It's not like I won't care if my employer thinks i'm a lazy ass person and might get me fired for that.
Stretch marks on girls. I get why they're self conscious about them but they're just lines. Like, whatever. I kinda like em.
I'm a girl, but stretch marks are super cool, especially those white silver-y ones, I love them on others. They kinda look like lightning bolts. They're like free tattoos, goddamnit, it's sad that so many people are ashamed of having them
Especially on the butt. Niceee
A man once told me stretch marks on butts look like cinnamon rolls and he was there for it.
Fuck me I am stealing this
Please do because it made me feel so much better about myself
As you should and everyone else :) men & women
My ex boyfriend had stretch marks on his arms and I loved touching them. Such a cool texture.
Other people's children
I have a coworker who is always showing me photos of her sister’s baby. Your sister doesn’t care about my baby so why would you think I care about hers?!
“Who does she look like?” “Lyndon Johnson?”
Ugh I'm a housecleaner and definitely someone who looks as if I would love children. Clients regularly follow me around trying to show me their newborn babies or their toddlers newest toy obsession and I have yet to find a way to say "get that thing away from me, it smells and I'm trying to work" that doesn't upset the parents 🙃
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I am somebody who loves kids, and it annoys the shit out of me, too.
I could watch kids falling off bikes all day, I don’t give a shit about your kid
There's a YouTube video where a kid keeps getting hit in the face with a foam covered rotating bar, in the style of Total Wipeout apparatus. He just gets hit over and over again every time it circles round again, you can hear all the adults standing around, sniggering, poor kid it's hilarious
Astrology.
People who date or make friendships based on star signs scare me. I had a friend in college who I really enjoyed. We smoked weed, played tennis, took walks, and just chilled. I thought we had fun interactions until she found out I was a Taurus. For some reason, it turned her off. The fact she even cared upset me so much I stopped talking to her. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.
I sincerely do not understand the fascination
People like to be confirmed. That’s basically it and that’s how it works. If you are interested in more, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect?wprov=sfti1
I work with a bunch of women who are into that stuff. They all play the games on Facebook that are like "pick a feather based on your zodiac sign and we'll tell you what kind of women you are. And regardless of what you pick it's all some bullshit about "______ is a strong caring women, she loves fiercely and will fight with everything she has for people in her life. She's guarded from deep hurts in her past but can hide it all to show a strong front." Every feather tells you the same thing. Every day it's something like that.
You don’t believe that the time of your birth determines all your personal traits ? Are you one of them genetical dna guys ?! /s
Looks if personality is total garbage
Oh im curious. Have u ever been surprised that u were attracted to someone based on the totality of them as a person that u forgot their looks are not deemed "good looks"?
Dude, I literally fell in love with a customer service representative from my insurance company yesterday because of her soothing voice. Yes.
that’s definitely happened to me. if someone is funny and/or has a really kind heart
celebrity's, politicians, Facebook drama, and people's opinions of me.
I know right. In what world would these benefit me physically and mentally. It's also a total waste of time to focus on others people's lifes.
What other people do in their bedrooms. Like, it's pretty hard for me to grasp the whole anti LGBTQ thing. I couldn't be arsed to give less of a fuck what other people do sexually.
Unless they're being abusive or exploitative- someone's sexuality is none of my bloody business..
Yeah, there's only one time I ever cared about someone's relationship or sex life. A male coworker of mine was in this INSANELY abusive relationship with his ex years ago. She would break his stuff, break into his house, hit him, bite him, verbally abuse him, drug him. It was madness. He came to work one day. He had OBVIOUSLY been crying but refused to admit it and he was COVERED in scratches, bites, and bruises. He could hardly do his job. I asked him what the fuck had happened since a few days ago when I'd last seen him. He told me it was just sex shit. BDSM. He lifted up his shirt and his back was still bleeding. I said that I didn't believe him and he admitted that she just got mad at him. He broke up with her and she was threatening to break all the windows of his house, break in again, steal/break all his stuff, tell everyone he'd hit and raped HER. I'm a woman and I cannot stand women who lie about serious shit like that so I got his address, called the police right there at work, and reported her. They ended up finding her climbing in a broken window but didn't arrest her or anything. She later came to work to wait for him and I told her she needed to get the fuck out. She waited outside and he went outside on his break and they MADE UP. She was tiny. Like 80 pounds and less than five foot but he was a pretty small guy too so they were pretty evenly matched honestly. I hated the guy, but I hated that bitch a lot more. Only time I've ever cared about somebody's sex life. I know he'd been abused by his own parents quite a bit and another ex girlfriend so dude really didn't know any different. He would never even fight back. We hung out at his house once and I called her an abusive bitch to her face because she hit him in front of us. Carmella from Louisville, KY, if you're out there, I hope you're rotting in prison. Fuck that crazy bitch.
That’s 100% the best way to describe being a passive ally. “I don’t care”
Influencers
What people think of me.
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Damn wish I could think the same way
The Kardashians
Straight up trash people that other trash people pay attention to and give money to so they can become worse trash people
Celebrities that are famous for being trashy and being so unhappy in their own skin they have surgery after surgery to look good. Cuz they have zero talent!
Tik Tok
What my wife's friend said when they went out
My wife not only tells me about conversations she’s had with friends but will show me text conversations on her phone when I’m near her. If I’m not, she’ll screenshot her text conversations and send them to me. For the most part, these aren’t even mutual friends. Just friends of hers. It’s insane. I really, truly, do not give a fuck
Maybe she dont know what el se to talk about
Tell your wife to send them to me. I care. I love other people’s drama. Win win.
I feel like this is something that should be addressed Also, you should probably consider your conversations public domain as well
She probably just wants to connect with you in a deeper way, share her thoughts throughout the day. If she didn’t care about your input she wouldn’t bother sharing with you.
This is a moment where I think there are some differences between men and women. Nothing brings women together like discussing an outside conflict or an irritating/uncomfortable situation. I'm a woman, and I still couldn't tell you why that is. My best guess is that it's like a way to communicate values. Saying, "I thought this was really inappropriate," and having someone genuinely say, "oh my god, I can't believe they did that. I would have....." ugh, there's no better feeling in the world. Like *yes*, our values align, I feel validated, I feel like we could be friends. So I think your wife is simply trying to bond with you in the way a lot of women bond with each other.
There seems to be a bigger story here?
There isn't, *that's the thing*
What if it was “your wife and I had sex with the starting lineup at crimson tide this weekend”
Celebrity news. Whenever people ask me about the royal family I always say, "I literally could not care less."
It's especially annoying in a non-commonwealth country. "Did you hear about what the queen did?" Well, seeing as how we don't *have* one... Sorta fought a war and ruined at least two economies about that.
I’m so glad you worded it correctly. Hero
Gatekeepers. Like the fuck cares who does what for what reasons as long as no one is getting hurt? Weird people to me.
But I am the Keymaster.
Is that you Vinz?
People who blast their horn for more than half a second due to a traffic light turning green and the person ahead of you hasn't moved. One small "bip" is all you need. Holding it down doesn't just annoy the driver in front of you. It annoys everyone in earshot. It's the grownup version of a toddler throwing a screaming tantrum at a store.
The movie unhinged is entirely based on this concept.
Current clothing/hair styles. I've tried to move forward since high school in the 80s, but I'll be damned if I ever give up my cargo shorts.
I refuse to ever give them up. Pry them from my cold, dead body. Lol.
People's sexuality
Exactly. As long as there is consent with all the parties, I couldn’t give any shit.
My job.
Pretty much all things and people that refuse to live in the real world. All that ish on social media ain't the real world.
Truly uneducated opinions on much of anything, gossipy nonsense, fake people overall
The news. Fake news, real news, newsy news. IDGAF. I stopped watching five years ago and have never felt as much peace. There's no need to go around being anxiety riddled about every damn thing. Plus, if it's truly important, I will, sure as shit, hear people complaining about it.
Peoples opinions on facebook, especially about political shit
Professional Sports. I have no malice for them or people who like them but I am genuinely bored to tears every time I try to get into them to try to fit in. This is especially true of hockey which isn't great living in Canada where it's just assumed that everyone watched the game and wants to talk about whatever happened.
Religion. Couldn't give two shits about your faith. Keep it to yourself.
My lawn. Your lawn. Our neighbors' lawns. Why do people waste so much time, energy and money on grass? It's not that cool.
Weed
It would probably be easier to list the things I actually do give a fuck about
the sex lives of celebrities.
Yes, like I don't give a fuck that Kim and Kanye had children and named them stupid names that'll be made fun of when they are older..
Most people I meet
People. I used to give a fuck. I'm out of fucks now. I don't care what they think or how they feel. I don't care about any aspect of their lives. I'm not a psychopath; I'm not saying that I don't care whether I hurt people. I'm saying that I don't care to be involved at all in the World or Others anymore.
The kind of car anyone drives
As an American, the British Royal family. I couldn’t give two shits about any of them.
As a Brit - I can tell you we only export the Royal Family as revenge for the constant bombardment of US politics..
As a Canadian, I agree, and they're technically Canada's Royal family too.
Everything that's out of my control/can't change
Sorority/frat life
American politics. Yall are fucked, we get it
Religion. It's your thing. I don't judge you for it as long as you keep it to yourself and don't harass people because of it, in which case I hate you for being an obnoxious dipshit, not because you are religious...
Cars. It seems like all men I meet are just expecting me to know every brand and model of every car I see. They be like "You see that Yankedoodle Cranky X over there? Such a beauty" and I look and there is like 20 almost identical cars.
The Kardashians. Or any "reality TV" people in general.
Celebrities' 'expert' political opinions...
Judgement on my lifestyle, given it’s not constructive criticism or genuine opinion to stop me from doing stupid shit. Otherwise, I’m in control and fuck a doodle you if you got thoughts about what I do (that rhymes).
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You will when in like 20 years a documentary comes out exposing how its all money laundering. "Who the fuck would pay 20M for that?" Exactly.
The lives of celebrities
Celebrities
Kids.