• spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Where!? Point me in the direction of these people so I can uh… show them the error of their ways! But first I will have to gain their trust by joining, of course.

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    At this point, trading card collecting and grading. Oh, a new series of trading cards for pokemon or yu-gi-oh or whatever dropped? Time for all the adults to buy out every single card in the store and then run home in hopes that their scam leaders like PSA will encourage their behavior by gracing them with a card they claim is worth money despite only being out for less than a week.

    Card grading ain’t nothing but a scam, cult, and great way to encourage the worst in people, while simultaneously gatekeeping trading cards from everyone with more than 2 braincells. Ain’t nothing gonna change my mind about it.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      on reddit its very cultish, they dont buy it because they want to play it, because they want to sell it at a huge markup, or hold onto like a stock portfolio. people on pokebeach and the main tgc forum were complaining how the scalpers and pokeinvestors are ruining the game by pricing them out of purchasing it, and competing with scalpers. Also tcpi is doing very little to fix it, limiting online store or the vending machine isnt really working, increasing the pull rates and buying singles would reduce it significant.

      mtg seems to be on a whole nother level, especially they are focusing on making cards of different well established IP.

    • DrDystopia@lemy.lol
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      2 months ago

      I wouldn’t know, I’ve never met a person in real life professing to using arch BTW. I see it everywhere online though, but that might just be eight guys with a ton of sock puppet accounts for all I know.

      Is arch linux even a thing, like Hanna Montana and Justin Bieber Linux is a thing?

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        I can’t read “gentoo” without hearing the Weezer song “Getchoo” in my head.

        Gentoo, uh huh. Gentoo, uh huh. Gentoo, uh huh. Gentoo, Gentoo, Gentoo… ooh hoo

    • kcweller@feddit.nl
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      2 months ago

      Pff hater, Arch users are definitely not cultists who are obligatory to share their divine wisdom and forcibly announce that they are part of this cul… Hobby.

      I use arch btw

        • Marn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 months ago

          Depends on the person. If it’s just someone that uses a PC for the browser and doesn’t want to learn anything something like popOS or mint would do. If they are ok with learning some Linux/Arch basics, BTRFS + EndeavorOS + KDE is hard to beat and would be my first recommendation

    • SelfHigh5@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The single thing I miss about Reddit is r/knitting. It was the only consistently kind and supportive niche sub I ever frequented. I learned a lot from them and even when someone posted something kind of ugly or not right, everyone was like, “keep it up! You’ll be doing sweaters in no time!” Sometimes people were snobs about yarn but usually for just themselves… not knocking on another user not opting to buy expensive hand spun/hand dyed yarns especially when it’s clear they were beginners. Ah I miss it honestly.

    • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      That’s because it’s math, which is voodoo witchcraft.

      Don’t even get me started on fucking crochet…

  • callouscomic@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Warhammer. The tabletop one with the figures, not the video games.

    Vacations/travel for some people. Its clearly something where they have zero clue about their privilege and zero self awareness as they talk about it.

    Parenting. Seriously, it becomes some people’s only fucking identity and the way they talk about it feels like religious proselytizing mixed with a bit of used car salesperson energy.

    Comic conventions. Some people make it uncomfortable how seriously they take it.

    Wasting some time on Lemmy trying to leave shitty comments just looking to rile people up or something.

    • Denjin@lemmings.world
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      2 months ago

      100% what I first thought of. I was well into WH Fantasy as a kid with my older brother and moved into 40k as a teen. Lost interest as an adult and thought I might like to get back into it recently cos I’ve got a mate who’s obsessed.

      Too expensive, the business model is more exploitative than ever and the game system has become terribly bloated and the recent new edition hasn’t improved it.

      Also, beyond the top tier of competition, most matches are decided before a single figure is put on the board.

      There are other far more interesting game systems on the market that aren’t dedicated into forcing you into buying new miniatures and books every 18 months.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    pokemon card, especially around collecting(specifically collection porn, they have no interest in the game itself but get the rush from opening and getting a rare card) and playing it(mostly around the mechanics and gameplay). i wasnt happened upon a discussion board around this. something similar , but people think chronic lyme is actual disease, there is a whole industry and cult around this thing, its unreal. and the people most pedaling it are MDs giving unsanctioned advice and prescriptions. and people defend(the disease) this like they defend donald trump(anything that contradicts the validity of CL is met with extreme hostilities)

  • SlippiHUD@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Competitive Super Smash Bros Melee, we won’t ever die. And Nintendo has been trying to rub us out since 2008.