I’m gonna sound like a boomer but cigarettes and not using PPE, including with recreational activities such as motorcycling and hobby crafts.
Becoming a meat crayon isn’t worth “looking cool.”
Around here it’s the boomers who are smoking cigarettes!
I think you just sound like a rational human being that doesn’t consistently use their emotions for decision making.
Not wearing a seatbelt and not wearing a helmet.
My pet peeve is people cycling with a helmet but not doing it up. It’s so blatantly stupid- you get none of the benefits, and all of the negatives.
Vaping/smoking.
Cryptocurrency and AI
I’ve got a close elderly family member who’s recently gotten fixated on investing in crypto, watching all the YouTube videos on the subject.
I don’t know enough about it to confidently say they’re going to lose all their money, I’ve never looked into it because it just screams get rich quick scheme, but I don’t have high hopes for them.
I don’t know enough about it to confidently say they’re going to lose all their money
It happened to my relative. They didn’t lose everything, but they lost enough that they’re shopping for a mobile home for retirement, when they previously could have bought a small house.
I put $50 out of random paychecks into BTC.
It’s done pretty well and I’ve bought a few toys with the profits.
I might actually suggest this to that relative. They’re close to retirement and I believe are planning to put a percentage of their savings into BTC which has me apprehensive, but starting out with just $50 here and there to get a proper feel for it seems way less high stakes for learning.
AI is cool
You can train a computer to play games or read lips or simulate evolution. You can make a computer identify drawings and then try to draw a random thing in a short time for the AI to try to guess
Monero and LTC are pretty cool. I don’t care about the scam/meme coins. AI is also super useful if you’re using it correctly.
I like monero. Privacy is important and there really isn’t another way to pay online anonymously.
I wish there was an easier way to do it though and more places accepted it.
Its super easy to exchange if you have another currency. I’m using eXch. No KYC and they have a 0.5% fee.
Being part of a marginalized or oppressed group.
Am a member of 3. Can confirm it’s shit.
Damn, that’s so cool.
Driving dangerously.
You are not in fast’n’fourious, you are just a piece of shit endangering every one around you
War.
Drinking. It’s one of the more damaging drugs but it’s completely normalized because it’s legal. Even people who don’t have drinking problems per se, Ares still harming their health way more than they realize.
you can develop liver damage by just drinking a six pack every Saturday for a few decades. I think the current recommended weekly limit is two drinks per week! that means 10oz wine or 24oz beer
Being able to identify adult videos/actresses on sight. Like, multiple. I can understand someone having a favorite or something, but some people are like walking porn IMDBs.
Not sure who thinks this is cool but, yeah, that’s not a convo I’m jumping in on.
Weed.
Reading a study today saying that it’s being linked to dementia. Personally I can’t wait. I want to know what its like to be able to listen to trump without it feeling like someone is beating you in the head with a hammer.
Had to look that up quick!! ER visits for marijuana linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years. Such an odd qualifier.
But it’s a plant! It’s natural! Everything natural is harmless! Imagine regulating plants! /s
I miss when that shit was illegal. Transgender people who only want to live their lives need to be in hiding but drug addicts in denial can openly be intoxicated at work and in public, and be the worst emotional abusers possible when they’re sober.
illicit drug culture.
Branded clothes. Why are you a walking advertisement because rappers who get paid big money to tell you that looks cool tell you to wear it? It’s all ugly anyway.
- Loud exhaust (specially with back pressure bangs)
- Teslas
- AI
- Crypto coins
- Smoking weed in public
- lifted trucks
Edit: Giant trucks and SUVs, they aren’t cool, and they arent safer because of their size
Clever insults rather than substantial discussion or “to cut off heads in order to appear taller,” rather than doing the work to actually be a better version of self.
Moaning about issues without putting in effort or taking any risks to correct issues.
Loudly and intrusively hating things that other people like.
If someone likes a terrible show or movie or musician or whatever else… just let them like their thing. It’s okay to state your point if you somehow get dragged into a conversation on the merits of a given thing, but making a point of shitting on something that someone likes when they’re in no way harming you is just shitty behavior, and it’s not going to accomplish anything.
Don’t yuck other people’s yums.
The world would be a much nicer place if everyone lived like this.
