• muse@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    An invitation for a free lunch that turned out to be a multi level marketing presentation for timeshares.

  • OmegaLemmy@discuss.online
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    4 days ago

    When I was smaller, I was in a group that larped as nations, generally ww2 to copy hoi4 in Roblox

    The issue was that it was extremely toxic and competitive when it was literally played as if it was multiplayer DND roleplaying

    Because it was Roblox, it had a fuck load of underage people, racists, pedophiles, man children, doxxers, script kiddies and an extremely toxic community

    I never interacted too close to it and instead stuck around the more educational parts where people discussed history itself, and I eventually got into discord nation roleplaying by creating my own server with people I knew

    If you are curious, look up World Conquest in Roblox and browse the discord

  • Roopappy@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I got way way too into fantasy football. I didn’t have a dangerous amount of money invested in it (this was before DraftKings and the rise of addictive gambling apps), but I had like 5 teams and spent endless amounts of time trying to predict who would score points every week, reading stats and articles, and would watch football all day Sunday, and Monday and Thursday nights, as well as highlight shows and analysis.

    At some point I just said “What am I doing?” and reclaimed my time. It felt great. No regerts. I don’t even watch football anymore.

  • Rooty@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Jesus fandom, Catholic branch. In my defense they enrolled me before I was old enough to say no.

  • KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    League of Legends. A little proud to say that it took a lot of time to remember I used to dump hours into that hellscape of a game.

    Don’t get me wrong, League can be fun and some champ designs are just chef’s kiss. But at some point I just felt like I wasn’t improving any more and got far less.endorphins And ofc, the community is salty and unable to understand that flaming=lower win chances. And I have to admit, I was easily irritated, too, writing messages to support faster than Karen can call the cops.

    After quitting I realized it was either a way to distract myself from my problems or actually a form of punishing myself. I wouldn’t be surprised if many other players were stuck with it for that reason, perpatuating the toxicity further.

  • Mango@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Lemmy. There’s some good stuff here and also people who think you should die in a fire for being straight and white.

    • Ziglin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I haven’t seen that here yet but I don’t dicuss those things much so maybe that’s why.

    • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      Oh don’t worry I’m trans / bi in the *wrong* *way* too. They just wanna be mad and will find a reason.

      • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Its very unfortunate how judgmental and toxic the loud voices have become. I could see one responding to you “How dare you betray your people, you’re not one of us, die die die”

        Making threats just because someone doesn’t check all the same boxes is insanity. I believe the whole point was to not have any box, yet here we are with new boxes every to keep track of week.

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Minecraft community. Love the game. Community turned into a bunch of toxic self-righteous a-holes. I had the displeasure of hosting a pvp server. Most people were alright but it only took a charismatic unemployed 20+ year old to rally half the server against the owner because we wouldn’t ban their enemies from the server.

    And the wider community that just whine that not every update is the Nether Update or Caves and Cliffs. Mojang messed up with 1.19, but it’s not that big of a deal and they seemed to have learned their lesson. (except for chat reports… Eugh) The Minecraft movie actually looks fun, just had a bad first trailer. So what if it fails. It won’t impact my enjoyment of the game. You can’t really add too much onto Minecraft because you can easily screw up the game. For example, using fireworks to boost elytra was a small feature in a pretty minor update, but I think it was one of the worse decisions, as it ruined any incentive for transport infrastructure.

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    I was way into Musk when he was the face of Tesla and SpaceX. Less so when he started getting weird. Jumped ship before he started getting real Bond villainy.

  • Hugin@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Warhammer 40k. I’m still a part of it. There are some cool and smart people in it.

    But there are also a large group of raceist, misogynist, jerks. Then there are the people who are incredibly annoying to play against because of poor social skills. There is always at least one guy who really needs a shower.