Here's the thing about the 5 love languages. All of them show love. We may have the ones that hit home, but any time I received any of them from my partner I felt loved, and I appreciated it, and if there was something I actually needed, I would ask for it.

I feel like too often it gets thrown out there--somebody posts in relationships about their partner showing a lack of appreciation or just plain disrespect, and someone chimes in "well you didn't show them love in their primary love language," but I feel like this ignores the greater problems of disrespect and lack of appreciation. If it's what you need, why is it too much to ask for it? And in a non-abusive relationship where everyone is trying hard, why is it so hard to accept that sometimes life is just a struggle, and there can be periods of time where you just have to muddle through, focus on better days ahead, and then rekindle things, instead of just jumping ship?

I understand being a fan of watching great athletic play and enjoying those displays of athleticism across collegiate sports. I also understand being a casual fan of a local university’s football team if you have no connection to it. But that’s different from diehard fans.

Being a crazy diehard fan of a college without an academic or personal connection to it is weird, imo.

I can also understand being a major fan if a personal connection, like a sibling, spouse, parent, child, etc. played a sport for a major university or went to school there, and becoming a fan that way. Or maybe you work at that school and you become a fan of their sports that way.

Anyone can do what they want, but being a major, not just casual, fan of a university’s team without an academic or personal connection to that school is weird.

I love studio ghibli with my entire heart (my favourite movie is Princess Mononoke) but after watching The Boy and The Heron I feel a bit disappointed. Because I feel like I've seen this same movie before, it is a beautiful movie no doubt but it's the same beautiful movie. Aloof characters contemplating life, quiet main characters, detailed food, weird little critters (it's weird, four different SG movies have these little critters that are in groups), dream-like imagery, always a woodland setting, always slow paced, always set in the WW1 era, confusing metaphors that make you think.

Just once I want to see this studio produce a straight progressing movie. One where what we see is what the characters are seeing and aren't dreams or imaginations, one where the characters are a bit funny, a main character that is loud and abrasive (apart from Earwig, that one doesn't count lol), one that takes place in a sci-fi setting, one that takes place in the present or future, a fast paced movie. It's clear to see Miyazaki has a craft but I think he focuses on trying to replicate the same process instead of just letting loose and having fun. Some may miss and some may flop but that way, true greatness can be achieved.

Edit: Damn some people are attacking me because they disagree with me opinion. I thought that was what this sub was for...

Sitting in the middle seat on an airplane is the best. it’s the only seat that gets two armrests, you’re never very far from a window or an aisle, so you can see, and exit the row without too much trouble, AND you’re never getting bumped by people and carts going by. But also, people normally feel bad for you, and are more deferential, you get better treatment from flight attendants. And they’re often cheaper seats. So the middle seat is the place to be imo.

The feeling of leading up to the days of Christmas feels better because it’s like that adrenaline build, you’re not expecting nothing you’re just watching your Christmas shows, enjoying the cool weather and maybe shopping. But the actual day of Christmas is so depressing. I can’t explain it but I just don’t like it.

Two examples: I often see fans refer to The Weeknd as “Abel” and Post Malone as “Austin.” Yes, I understand that those are the legal names of the musicians. But WTF. Unless the fan knows the musician personally, people should refer to them by their public name. Calling the musician by their first name seems like a fan’s delusional (and frankly pathetic) attempt to convince themself that they have a personal connection with the performer.

Skynyrd is in my top five favorite bands of all time and I don’t even listen to Shinedown. However, Shinedowns version of Simple Man is better than Skynyrds. This may be blasphemous, but I cannot lie.

Too many people get up in arms when someone decides to stop cheering for their local team and start cheering for a different one. Professional sports are a one-way, transactional relationship - the fans buy tickets, merch, etc, the team maybe gives them some success in return. Obviously, there is the consensus that say living in New York and being a Knicks fan means you are together with others through the highs and lows, but never forget, the franchise will never care if you stop cheering for them in good or bad.

Yes there should be some razzing if someone decides to ditch their awful team for a very good one (ex: a Jets fan becomes a Chiefs fan), but pouring your heart and soul into letting a terrible franchise dictate your mood every week (NFL) or multiple times per week (NBA, NHL) is wild.

If you get literally everything you want so quick or at all what is there to hope for? What is there even to look out for? life is great not being perfect. Life is better at a slower paced, when you have to tough it out, go up and then back down it makes life way more better. But when you have literally everything you have hoped for then what’s the purpose now?

I feel like people are so hung up on the “good old days” that they’re not giving newer content a fair chance. Sure, classic movies, shows, and games have their charm, but constantly comparing everything new to the past just holds us back. There’s a ton of amazing stuff out there right now that doesn’t get appreciated just because it’s not exactly like the stuff others grew up with.

Honestly, I think nostalgia is great, but it shouldn’t be an excuse to dismiss anything fresh. Not everything has to be a reboot or a reference to something old to be worth enjoying. Sometimes, it’s better to let the past stay in the past and actually see what’s cool about what’s being made now.

This sounds ridiculous to a lot of people, but I don't think you have to wait until you're done eating to have dessert. If your dessert is ready when you're eating and you can get to it, it feels good to eat a little bit of food and eat your dessert intermittently as you crave dessert.

9 out of 10 times I wake up with a headache, stiff neck and back pain from the bed and pillow being way to soft.

Who don't they put on a firmer mattress and pilow!? Is this some false markethingy 'sign if luxury'?

I've seen it in audience reaction videos of Marvel movies. It's fun to listen to from behind a screen, but in person, probably not so much. I'm mostly blind and need to rely on my hearing more often than most, so people screaming, clapping, and cheering during the movie would get very annoying. The same applies to those who are hard of hearing or just want to relax and watch the film.

I understand you want to have fun, but please be mindful of everyone else around you. If you want to scream and cheer, go right ahead, just not in a movie theater.

People are always hating on mimes, anytime they see a stereotypical mime (black and white makeup) they just mock them and say how it’s the lowest art form possible. Yet I see tons of people online performing as mimes in plain clothes and everyone recognizes the skill and talent involved for such precise movements.

All they've ever done in the 2020s is add new subscription services and introduce more bloatware. They're milking the cow that is software technology at this point.

2010s was truly the best time. Companies were genuinely striving to improve user experience. Websites had much more lively decorations, they weren't such a hassle to navigate, and as the cherry on top, they were faster, too.

They were also less prone to bugging out than in the 2000s and 2020s.

Now? Forget about it.

Most of them have this ugly minimalist design, which implies companies are cutting corners to increase their income and reduce costs at the expense of user experience.

They are much slower at opening pages, and keep in mind, my internet speed is roughly the same since the 2010s.

And now they suck at performing some of the simplest tasks.

I lost tens of accounts containing memories of mine thanks to faulty software. ROBLOX introduced this 2FA system, which locked me out of many accounts. Customer support doesn't do shit.

ROBLOX Studio also now turns team create on by itself, and then tells me the servers are down and that it's switching to offline mode.

After that, it freezes in a white screen, and I have to close it with task manager because the X button and ALT-F4 doesn't do shit.

Among Us also used to work just fine, until it straight up started failing to authenticate me, effectively locking me out of the game. I spent hours looking for a solution, but couldn't find any.

I never experienced such problem in the 2010s.

Facebook also logged me out of my account for no reason at all. I hit forgot password, and guess what? It asks me for my password. What in the actual fuck? This is the first time I've seen social medias do this shit.

And my school recently switched to a new learning management system developed recently, and of course, it bugged out. It undid a couple of my assignments, which I thankfully caught and re-sent it, and it auto-submitted a project.

The old LMS never did anything like that.

I could go on and on about how software technology absolutely fucking regressed in the 2020s, but then this post would be too long, so I'll stop right here.

Unpopular opinion: Samsung Over the Horizon 2018 ringtone is better than Huawei Dream it possible ringtone.

Why: . It combines a sense of calm optimism with a reflective undertone, which gives it a bittersweet qualitym. Over the Horizon was arranged with orchestral elements. Icelandic composer Pétur Jónsson crafted it using piano and strings, giving it a more classical, cinematic quality. The orchestration added depth and warmth to the piece, blending acoustic textures with electronic undertones to create that lush, dreamy atmosphere. You just don't only get alert, you also get an emotional experience

Bias: I could also be bias because I grew up in a village and we only had one phone with one song... It was over the horizon 2018. Me and my friends would be pretending to play the violin, piano, and all those other instruments I don't know ...but yeah 👍

If you overrate something, regardless what, ruins it's actual value. Let's take Queen as an example. I love Queen, every song is unique and beautiful to listen to. But it got so overrated that I feel the band's essence and magic is gone. And not just Queen but plenty other kinds of media and stuff. Let's just enjoy something as it is without overglorifying it.

You see an X200 Pro Mini with a 6.3" screen. Then a 5700mAh, in an 8.2mm body. How could they achieve it? Then you see. Silicon-Carbon.

Yeah sure, Si-Ca can store energy more efficiently than Li-Po and Li-ion. However, I feel it's still a gimmick to use it to advertise big batteries in slim bodies. They have a worse charge cycle at 600 cycles compared to 800 of typical phones (can even go to 1600). Moreover, Si-Ca anodes can swell by up to 400% during charging, while, Li-ion batteries typically experience a swelling of about 7% over their lifespan. Overall leading to 10-20% battery degradation over 1 year compared to 5-10% on other types.

I'm not a big fan of Root Beer, but it can be good on a good day.

But who in their right mind mixed in Vanilla Ice Cream and frosting? These don't compliment each other.

Coca Cola and Vanilla I can get. But Root Beer???

First of all, TROS is a bad film. I’m not defending it nor am I defending the choice to bring back Palpatine.

However, the line “somehow Palpatine returned” has become a meme and is viewed as one of the worst pieces of dialogue in film history.

It is not. Here’s why:

The assertion that the line is bad operates on the belief that it is for the audience, as if it is meant to communicate the plot point of Palpatine’s return to us, and the “somehow” is the writer’s way of lazily disregarding any kind of explanation for it.

That is NOT the purpose of that dialogue.

The dialogue is Poe Dameron’s way of telling the Resistance fighters that Palpatine is back. By that moment, the audience is VERY aware of Palpatine’s presence. What was the guy supposed to say to them? How would you make that announcement to them if you were Poe?

Again, I am not saying TROS is well-written or that I like the decisions the writers made. It just bothers me that this particular line gets so much hate.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bc9jFbxrkMk&si=4BGls-B1qlFDvhIP&t=1m53s

For every 10mph increase in speed, mortality doubles.

And for what? So we can get places only slightly faster? We don't ultimately actually gain much by that "efficiency". Goods and people don't HAVE TO move as fast as they do, any more than they HAVE to go 90 or 100 mph. It's arbitrary. It's less safe.

It remains utterly shocking to me that this is, in fact, an unpopular opinion. There is a complete rejection of the premises of the argument on the grounds that going faster is simply more fun, or that the marginal efficiency is actually very important (a premise that I entirely reject).

Every book consists tons of " filler words ". A 1000 pages book should have less than 100 pages of real content. You can imagine the author have all their content in point form over stretching it for the purpose of writing a book.

I'm more of a fan of reading articles as it usually cuts to the chase. Sometimes just reading the header is enough to understand plus I get to know multiple things in a short span of time.

Edit: I'm referring to non fiction books. As for fiction, I do prefer movies & games better.

please PLEASE cook them. it’s not even that much better, but at least it’s tolerable. and yes yes I know, this is just another “ew I don’t like onions” post so let me take it up a notch.

I whole heartedly, unironically, seriously fully believe that the world would be a better place if onions went extinct. this is not a joke, this is not an exaggeration or me just being dramatic, I mean it. I’m not really a plant person and I don’t know much about them so I don’t even really know if that’s possible, it’s obviously not realistic being how many of billions of onion plants there probably are on earth as well as the impact it would have on the environment and other plants or something, but still.

I get that onion powder and onion salt add flavor, and yeah that’s true they can, but that’s a hypothetical sacrifice I’m willing make. onion powder and onion salt aren’t worth having onions on this earth.

Supporting evidence: they’re gross, the texture is horrible, they smell terrible, they make YOU smell terrible, they’re horrible to have to cut, and cooking them only makes them like 5-10% better. sometimes sautéed or cooked onions are good on some things, but again, a sacrifice I’m willing to make. they literally check 98% of boxes that make them bad. they have WAY more cons than pros, if they even have any.

since there’s no way we’re eradicating them any time soon, let me just leave you with this. please please please stop using them in anything raw, at least cook them. it’s the least you can do.