I walk a lot. Even in that much lower speed, much lower stakes situation, I can tell you that eating/drinking is generally completely fine but give somebody a phone and they turn into a blind moron with no concept of other people. Even I’m guilty of it, if I’m trying to skip ads on a podcast or something and I absent-mindedly look down at my phone without getting out of the way and stopping first, by the time I look up I’ll have travelled much further than I thought and have been surprised by people popping out of alleyways or crossing roads etc who are now in front of me.

The number of times I’ve seen people physically walk into lampposts, other people, or just slowly sway side to side on the pavement, taking the whole thing up, while they dick around on their phones… People get out of elevators or up stairs and immediately stop and pull out their phones, blocking the exit for everyone else.

You can’t use a phone and do anything else at the same time unfortunately.

And, honestly, even after I realise I still think they look like a pillock

I still think people look mental lol

Oh awesome can’t wait to have my privacy invaded by every random yahoo dipshit tech bro fuckwad on the street with these bloody glasses. Love being recorded and logged for Zuckerberg’s data wank bank.

Won’t buy them, won’t interact with people who have them. Will cut off friendships over this, no problem.

Honestly, I think you are being hyperbolic. If it was a pattern, maybe, but even then…

Sorry just to clarify: by “it” here I meant this post - not partner shaming in general, which covers a broad range of behaviours

“abusive” jesus christ 😂

Who cares? This did not “break the internet”. This is a fully USA squabble, and even then I genuinely don’t think most Americans care. This article is just an advertisement for Cracker Barrel.

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No thanks 👍

Wait, was it? :o I played that for a few hours and don’t remember experiencing any lag! It was a few years ago mind 😂

I love this sort of thing! I experienced the reverse lately; I downloaded Diablo 4, closed the blinds, and got drawn into the intro cinematic. Genuinely awesome, moody, atmospheric. I was IN, so ready to play some dark and brooding spooky shit! The cinematic ends…

DLC! BUY OUR COSMETICS! HERE’S A BAJILLION DIABLO CREDIT$$! totally killed the mood. Turns out the game is always-online, even when playing solo, and I was experiencing laggy movement so I just uninstalled. Left a huge bad taste in my mouth.

I hope the hangover isn’t too bad 🫡

Suffering isn’t good. The growth that can be achieved through suffering can be good. There is a very big difference. Suffering doesn’t guarantee growth. Experience gained through suffering might not always be good (we may become jaded or cynical, or worn down).

Putting that aside for now, hurting others is bad. Inflicting suffering on others is not good, and doing so to try and force “personal growth” in a direction you desire is absolutely not good. That’s strange, cruel, controlling behaviour. That’s sort of like playing god.

When people say that suffering builds character, or reference bible passages like Romans 5:3 (And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience;) (apologies, I don’t know similar teachings from other faiths although I’m sure most faiths have a similar concept to this somewhere in them), they are typically talking about a sort of impersonal “suffering”. The death of a parent, sickness, poverty, that kind of thing – and crucially this idea is often separated from “blame” and is instead a sort of “faceless” suffering. It could be set up like this so that people can focus inwards or on something spiritually, rather than getting stuck in a cycle of blame or revenge, but other times the suffering in question is literally blameless, such as a parent dying of old age.

Either way, the key part in your question is that experiencing suffering is an unfortunate but inevitable rite of passage, and hopefully a person will learn and grow as a result, but that intentionally causing suffering is a choice to hurt another human and is bad. It’s sort of two separate things, really.

I’m aware that I answered a slightly different question, but I’m not sure I understand what you mean when you say suffering is good because it “gives life meaning”?

You’re going to have a lot of fun generating pictures with AI and then telling people you didn’t?

That’s sad and weird dude, please go outside, you have been online too long and forgotten that there are real things out there.

I’m just asking you not to litter. Go get ChatGPT to coddle you for a while.

Just don’t dump AI spam everywhere 🤷‍♂️

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Very strange post.

Haha, I’m not sure “we were going to lie to our customers anyway 🤷‍♂️” is the best pitch for the pros of AI

I don’t know how this guy got famous, and I don’t know what he does or who he is, but every single time I hear about him it’s negative. Who is watching this guy? Why?