But the reason people like or dislike stories isn’t because of powers or machines in them.

For some, sure. For others, like me, that is exactly why I like certain things.

Waiting so long to cut off a toxic parent. Not spending more time with a good parent. Not going to therapy sooner.

The US. In my dad’s time it was percolator brewed (the literal worst way to brew) or with low grade, super roasted. I drink medium roast or lighter and drip brew or pour over. Vast vast difference.

Coffee. My dad was in the navy in the 70s and you could tell by the tar he drank. Never got into it. Early 20s I got hired as a delivery boy for a coffee shop. A perk was that it came with free coffee drinks. Turns out I didn’t hate coffee, I hated the swill my father brewed. Good coffee was quite good.

Ugh. I’m the opposite. I hate mine. It’s a middling mattress that can’t hold its edge shape. Mine is now a slope. Also moving them is somehow worse than moving a spring mattress which is already terrible!

I find this hard to believe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_base

He’s right.

Vtubers. I get the cute anime girl thing and I like fan art of them as I do other anime. But the models move wayyyyyy to exaggerated. It hits uncanny valley for me.

Also I don’t get the parasocial relationship of chatting in a huge room of other followers. The chat is scrolling by at a hundred miles an hour and you’re competing with everyone else for their attention.

Making anything. All of my hobbies are making. Making pickles or beer or bread or dried snacks or canned jams. Designing and 3d printing my own widgets. Organizing and cleaning. Structure.

I use connect which also does that. IMO, it should be native.

Nah, you’re showing selection bias or something. Kids have always wanted to be rock stars.

Gasp. The things I felt seeing this image.

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I’m very interested in this. I’m kinda stunned that lemmy doesn’t do this natively.

Looks like something water jet channel would do.

Don’t ruin a hobby with money. You will lose all enjoyment of it. Something changes when you get paid for it.

Actually never been in a relationship before

You need to be bad at something before you’re good at something, in almost every thing in life. You have to go thru bad relationships before you’ll understand what’s a good one. Just be willing to learn and end things when it’s time.

Anything advertised on youtube or a local sports radio station.

i know you’ve all heard it before

Nope. Seriously, no idea what you’re taking about.

Honest answer? It’s easy and it won’t judge you for asking stupid questions.

Edit - people are replying as if I said I do this. I’m sorry for the confusion. I don’t. This is why I see other people do it. When it comes to the general population, most people don’t care, they just want easy.

I literally cannot think about it. We are tiny boats on the sea of aristocratic whims. I just wanna make sure my kids are fed and try to teach them to be good people. If I start to think about the greater picture, I spiral into very dark places. I constantly remind myself to focus on what I can control.

Never said they were a super power, just said I’m better at organizing than my spouse. I have my issues.