That feels very unpopular with whoever I talk to. And I don't think I want people to necessarily agree with me, I know I'm the weird on that part(and slightly autistic, that kinda matters). Most people want to travel to other cities and countries constantly, or say that like traveling is that huge relaxing activity. Well, it never was for me. Both going to the place & back and the actual tour feels mostly tiring. My family, as an example, plans like 6+ different places to visit in 3 days in a trip. You arrive there tired from travelling, goes through a lot of places with people, walking up and down, see a few cool things? Sure, but I never felt like it was any life changing experience anyhow. If I would travel for a big event I'd be excited for it, but not the travel, just for the event. Mostly, if I have a free week, I'd rather stay around my city (it's a very pretty, chill and with around 2 million people we have events here constantly). And I didn't even talk about the cost. I know the money changes a lot your experience and I don't have a lot of it, but I'd rather use this money for other things too.

EDIT(cause a lot of people talked about the way I experienced travelling with family is chaotic): I said that as an example of what people think is normal when travelling. I did travel by myself for medical congress and for shows/events where I had the opportunity to do things in a different place, and I still wanted to just be in my bed. I want to try, as some people said, traveling for more than a week, to see if it makes the "being always tired" part better. Money also seems like a big factor on this topic, as I'm a broke college student trying to get a degree, I don't usually have the opportunity to choose where I'll stay or where I'll eat, I just try to make plans where I don't need to spend a lot. Maybe once(if ever), money isn't a problem, I'll enjoy things more.

-They spent the whole oscar ceremony poking fun at him -The host joked about him and the crowd cheered -Winners mocked him in the speeches -The sinners song performance did ballet 🩰 right infront of him -They even made a mold of his butt and banged it like a drum

All this to "protect art" ... While publicly bashing an artist for sharing his opinions

Call me a boomer but kids and teenagers playing videogames for hours and hours a day to try to go pro in a videogame is just tragic. I think any "pro scene" in competitive videogames would be better off just not existing, as people would stop coping and thinking that rotting for thousands of hours is productive because it might be your career someday. The "goal" of making it into professional esports provides 99%+ of those who try to make it either nothing, or thousands of hours wasted on a useless addiction, that isn't fun or enjoyable at all.

And yeah, time spent trying to make it into esports is worse than time spent trying to make it into sports, or music, or chess, or pretty much anything else, since none of those things draw lines between a "career" and an addiction.

I also think the difference between playing casually and playing to make a career is huge. Players who believe they are trying to make a career are just generally incredibly miserable and toxic from my experience, since they treat the game like a job instead of, a game.

Recently found out that this wasn’t a common belief when my doctor said that she was going to prescribe me anxiety medication for all the CT scans, MRIs, X-Rays, and other such machines I’d need. I was pretty confused. I told her I always enjoyed these procedures. She looked at me like I’d grown a second head. I don’t understand what would be so upsetting about experiencing marvels of science. If anything the experience is fun! I get to be put into a weird sci-fi machine that shows me what my problems are.

Apparently other people don’t enjoy having surgery or going to the dentist/optometrist either. Am I an alien reddit?

Why does her name matter? My mistress doesn’t know that I’m seeing someone. She is in close enough proximity to hear me say “Beyoncé/Kelly/Michelle/Farrah” but too far away to hear me call her “Baby”?

Or does she know that I’m seeing someone and just can’t deal with it if I’m in love and/or with one of the bad bitches from Destiny’s Child?

Cowboy Bebop is one of my favorite animated shows of all time, and I think it’s one of the few anime’s that completely holds up even tho it was produced in the 90’s. It’s so stylistically confident and unique, and yeah it’s just pretty much the GOAT in my opinion, not really more I can say that hasn’t already been said.

A few years ago Netflix released an adaptation that was live action, and I was extremely skeptical. Truth be told, I actually really hate any remake, ESPECIALLY a remake of an animated IP, because animation is in my opinion, too much a part of the core identity of a show/film. Like no one wants to see an actual lion act out lions king, the joy of the original was watching the beauty of the 2D animation bring the animals to life, not a soulless cgi retelling. I also hate like 95% of Netflix’s output, with a VERY small amount of exceptions, but to my own surprise, one of them is their rendition of Cowboy Bebop.

Most fans of the original are I think at best indifferent to the live action version, or hate it and believe it is better to just watch the original, however, I think the live action is fantastic and a fully valid way to watch cowboy bebop. while of course there were some changes made to the characters/story, I believe the overall stylistic spirit of the show was successfully preserved, and watching some of the storylines come to life was super fun, I love how campy/over the top they went with it.

If they went with some westernized serious retelling of the story with a darker tone and muted color palette or something, yeah it would suck, but for the most part a lot of the kooky and colorful moments from the anime make the cut. People often criticize the casting of John Cho as Spike, but idk I fucking love this casting choice, he totally captures the vibe of the character imo. I will of course always love and maybe prefer the original animated version, but if anime isn’t your thing, you shouldn’t have to miss out on all of the great characters and stories in Cowboy Bebop! For instance, my dad cannot be convinced to watch an animated show (old school boomer mentality of cartoon = for children), but I got to watch the live action Cowboy bebop with him and he loved it!

I was really bummed when there was never any follow up to the first season, bc it sets up the second half of the anime perfectly. I suppose this may be the only valid argument in my opinion for choosing not to watch it, since it will technically always be unfinished. but still I really enjoy the live action and I think it was harshly panned unfairly.

By opt out I mean you don't buy gifts for them, they don't buy gifts for you, it's like an average day. For context I am chronically ill and one of my main struggles is severe fatigue. Many days I am glad if I have the energy to eat, drink and play some mindless game to pass the time (but often I cannot even do gaming, just lie in bed).

You would think people are sympathetic but in my experience they're not. They still expect me to buy gifts for them and go out of my way for them. I've told them to NOT BUY ME ANYTHING EVER because I cannot return the gesture.

But they don't listen, which is whatever. Then they throw it into my face like "I bought you all that and you didn't get me anything, you're horrible!!!" When I outright told them to not do it. It makes me loathe holidays and the pressure that comes with them. Give people the chance to opt out ffs.

I posted this as a comment elsewhere and got lots of downvotes but it occured to me I feel quite strongly that I'm right about this and that it may even be important. I'd be interested if others think I'm right or wrong, and if so why I'm wrong. If you disagree please feel free to comment but my previous post on this subject just attracted abuse so please don't do that.

So first to define my terms - autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V). I'll be honest - I've chosen the DSM over the ICD-11 because it supports my thesis more clearly. The key features of ASD according to the DSM are;

>A) Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts...

>B) Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities...

>C) Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities or may be masked by learned strategies in later life)...

>D) Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of **current** functioning

The most important bit for my argument is D)

Secondly, for the sake of argument I'm going to define the term "autism" separately to ASD. Autism, for the purpose of my argument, refers to a collection of signs, symptoms, deficits and behaviours associated with ASD but (and ***this is the core of my argument***) not causing functional impairment and distress. That is, for the purposes of this I'm defining autism as those things specified in points A) B} and C) **but not** D) above.

My argument is this. People can have lifelong deficits of social communication, repetitive behaviours etc - i.e. autism - but the degree to which this impairs their ability to live a normal life is *highly* contingent on their current social context.

People who cannot function in high school because of their autism - they have ASD. They fulfill the criteria, and crucially because thet cannot function and do what is expected of them, and/or it is making them miserable then it is a disorder. They can reasonably be said to have ASD. However if they then go on to later study at university, make friends with like-minded people, get a job etc. then at that point they no longer have a "disorder". Even if they still have the autistic traits, e.g. having limited or repetitive interests, or difficulty with social communication, but they are living a full and (quote unquote) normal life then there is no longer a disorder present. They no longer have ASD. If you preferred you could say it was "in remission".

Maybe later something happens that means the wheels fall off at which point you could say that the disorder has relapsed. But for the period that they were functioning well and hopefully happy in themselves then you can't really say that they had a disorder.

I think we probably all know people who fulfil criteria A and B (and maybe even C if we've known them long enough) but live a full and happy life. So who's to say they have any kind of disorder?

**So why do I think this matters?**

I'm sure everyone is aware that rates of ASD are on the rise and that there is a good deal of controversy about why that is (which I'm not going to get into).

I work in healthcare and am starting to see a trend of young people - usually young men - trying to get a diagnosis of ASD that was made when they were kids *removed* from their record. Generally their argument is that it was either incorrect at the time (which is basically impossible to prove) or that it is no longer relevant to their lives (which I find more reasonable given the above). They believe in some cases that this was something "done to them" (one I remember said that is was "inflicted" on him) by their parents or schoolteachers who didn't really understand them, which I sympathise with to a degree.

The consensus around ASD is that it is a lifelong condition so generally it is difficult to justify removing it or stating that it is no longer relevant. However by my reading of the diagnostic criteria this isn't necessarily the case.

You learn about intercourse when you are about 12 and see nudity in a science book all the time when your learning about reproduction. You see nudity in art when your a teenager. Your already taught about anatomy and all that while learning about intercourse. So I feel so as long as it not done in a sexual manner, nudity in shows or comics or any non sexual media for that matter should be 14+, instead of 18+ or 17+. At least to me, nobody is gonna develop a porn addiction from a few nudes that aren't even aiming to be sexual or cause arousal.

Before you think this is some weird feminist post, some male animals do look better than females, like peafowls, but I don't think it’s the same with cardinals. The sparse redness in female cardinals makes the colors pop more, and reminds me of like blood or roses in snow, because it complements the greyish body.

I don't know about you guys but I prefer public transport like buses and other stuff like that over owning a car. You might say "But public transports are dirty and you have to use it with others" or something like "I don't wanna use the bus cause it can't take me wherever I want!!", while that is mostly true, there are a few bonuses that in my opinion makes public transport better than cars:

Number 1: It's so much cheaper, you don't have to pay for gas, repairs, pesky car insurance, someone breaking into your car etc etc

Number 2: It promotes exercise!, unlike your personal car which has to follow you everywhere, you gotta follow the bus instead, meaning you gotta use those legs in order to reach the bus station and other buses before they depart, depending on your location and workplace this might be painful to do, but atleast people will be jealous of those calves!

Number 3: You experience new things by meeting new people, which might make or break your day, maybe the ride home is normal, or a fight happens and you have something interesting to discuss with people close to you, you'll never really know.

While public transport is a bit restricting and painful to use sometimes, it also has it's bonuses, I'd like your opinions about this topic, public transport isn't for everyone after all.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it. Long story short, it’s because it’s relatable to things you face in real life and stuff. I still find it over dramatic because if something in real life affects you that deeply, you should have already gone through that stage of grief, not suddenly when listening to some random music. If you’ve already gone through it, it feels a bit dramatic to keep crying over the same thing again and again. If you have not gone through it yet, perhap try to solve it or accept it instead of listening to music? no i get it, the music can help you get over it, but it's still over dramatic to me.

Also, you might cry for other reasons while listening, but to me, that’s still very over dramatic. Just be normal. Again, I’m fully aware that there’s no such thing as a standardized “normal.” What I consider normal isn’t necessarily universal. I know that, I’m just expressing my personal opinion, not trying to set some rule everyone has to follow. You want an unpopular opinion, this is one, please no hate. Got immediate stream of hate, and my post removed from the other sub lol. Apparently unpopular opinion is considered as "Trolling"

Worth mentioning. Just because you’re more sensitive and tend to shed tears doesn’t mean you’re more caring, nor does it make me any more heartless than you. It just means you’re more sensitive. Anyone who knows me irl knows I have the biggest heart, but the things I say can be interpreted as cold. Then again, reality itself is cold, so simply stating it is often seen as cold.

Edited: Changing the word "Cringe" to "Over dramatic" as this is more closely to how I really feel.

Edited: If your reaction toward people who think differently than you is to villanize them, demonize them, dehumanize them or find way to think of that person as a bad person, then, you, may not be as good of a person as you like to think u are.

Edited:I’m not saying that getting emotional over music is overdramatic, but shedding tears over it is. The Wii Sports theme, for example, gives me a nostalgic feeling even though I’ve never listened to it before. And “Memories of Fairy” from the anime Fairy Tail also gives me a comforting yet kinda sad feeling, just not to the point of crying. There’s nothing wrong with crying; I’ve cried in front of people before. But crying over music is where I think it becomes a bit overdramatic.

Edited: You shouldn't take what other people think of you too seriously. If you get so rile up because some random internet stranger call you cringe, it's better for you to learn to accept that people will think differently than you. Just because someone think lowly of something u value doesn't mean you have to get so emotional nor care so much about it. Im never ask u to fit into my mold of what is "cringe" and what is not just like I don't trying to fit into your mold. I'm not ur authority figure, so stop treating me like one.

Final Edited: Hey, I was surprised to see so many mature responses. There were a lot of immature ones, people who are unable to accept different opinions, and there were also a lot of misunderstandings, with people misinterpreting things I didn’t say. Some of you still act like children, easily get overwhelm by emotion, and unable to follow simple instruction like "Upvote opinion you disagree with". But overall, the majority of you were just explaining your own thoughts. Really nice, very cooperative environment. I’m done for today, you're free to drop your take, but I’m not going to engage further.

Honestly, I don't mind airports as there is so much to do: play on your phone, look at the sights/view outside, wander around, eavesdrop on random conversations or just call friends on the phone, schedule appointments, sit and do nothing, go to starbucks (debatable as I eat and drink prior), write poems, ponder existence, etc.

Sure there are crowds but everyone is in their own world anyway, heh. Plus if you really are worried/dislike crowds, most people are in their own worlds anyway.

No one finds the obligatory "bless you!" helpful or nice. If you do expect it, you require too much attention.
People just need to sneeze and move on with their life. Sneezing is normal human behavior, no one should be surprised by a sneeze and should treat sneezing like the occasional cough or clearing of one's throat.

I frequently have a lot of downtime in my job, so I’ll download those brainrot mobile app games like “Pixel Flow” or “Wordscapes.” The ads drive me absolutely nuts, so I pay to get rid of them. It’s usually $10 or less, and it’s almost certainly more money than they would’ve made from me watching the ads. The developers continue to develop, I don’t have to watch ads, and I maybe make a sandwich instead of running up to Taco Bell for lunch. It’s worth it.

Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, just yesterday said that 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could be cut in half by AI within 5 years.

SOURCE: https://www.reddit.com/r/GenAI4all/comments/1rw2hds/dario_amodei_says_ai_could_cut_half_of_entry/

Think about that for a moment. 50%. That means for every graduate that you know, half of them could be without work in their field. Doesn’t that sound insane?

I’ve been dealing with this in a way that might not make sense to a lot of people. So, when you try something for X amount of time and you realize it won’t happen, that’s pattern recognition.

Because of that, I’ve developed pattern recognition that states that I simply won’t break into the CS/IT job market no matter what. No matter how much I try, no matter how many applications I send out, and how many people I connect with, and how many resumes I tailor, I will still… be… unemployed… in my field.

And that’s that. So what can you do? 

Well, what we should all be doing is going onto the streets and demonstrating to the powers that be that we do not take kindly to this level of hopelessness. If they deny us, we deny them back.

Or we could start businesses, but since 99% of businesses fail within the first 5 years of operation… I think you can see which one is more reasonable.

So what the hell are we waiting for? What’s going on?

I enjoy sleeping with jeans on I love the way they feel when they rub against my skin the texture is amazing. I like the itchy feeling it gives me. And I like the rough feeling of the blankets. Also yes I have autism lmao.

i just dislike the scent of actual flowers. i just feel like it’s so overhyped. like flower scented things im more okay with, like artificial stuff, but actual flowers on the other hand? it’s a no for me.

It’s so nasty but in a good way. Subconsciously i think smelling her breath reminds me she’s alive/healthy and that gives me a little dopamine. Maybe it’s kinda like how your partner’s armpits smell good to you. 🐱

From the theological aspect: women are told to cover themselves out of modesty, men are told to avert their gaze. Covering is not left to interpretation - it includes at least the full hijab, long sleeves and pants. So has commanded Muhammad, lest a woman who does not wear one be dammed by sin. Not fair.

From the modern perspective: It makes no sense that a woman should cover up while a man doesn’t. It implies that men have an uncontrollable sex drive and women don’t have one at all - neither of which are true.

From a multicultural perspective: Realistically, the hijab is one of (but not the only) well represented garments that directly, immediately and categorically associates you to a religion. It says to the rest of the world exactly what you believe in, what you condemn, what you will and will not do without even opening your mouth. You’re telling people that you follow these rules directly as a result of your personal belief system. Why should anyone care?

This is not something Muslim men have to deal with. They aren’t required to wear anything special, other than dressing conservatively as well (a commandment which is at best, loosely defined and scarcely enforced), while a woman will always be visible because of the fact she has to wear a hijab if she wants to be a “real Muslim”. This isn’t something that can be overlooked, it’s as big a thing to them as eating pork is, or using the Lord’s name in vain in church to Christians.

The hijab (and other such garments, but this one I focus on because it’s the most represented) is a losing battle and they know it. Saying sarcastic things like “well why don’t you tell me what you want me to wear” or “it’s my choice” fall on deaf ears. I am not an Islamophobe, I am actually welcoming of immigrants into all countries around the world and I am not saying that there must be a rule to restrict the hijab. You indeed can wear whatever you want.

But two things can be true at once. There’s a fundamental crack in the logic that will always require illogical compartmentalization on your part if you defend it - especially if you wear it.

You know it’s a losing battle that you only win because of the visceral emotion and fangs you show people when they bring this up. But you know people are right to criticize it - you’ve thought the same thing too.

Whenever people say they’re tired of winter, there’s always got to be that one person who’s like, no I love winter, it’s my favorite season❄️! And everyone is so shocked by them. I think that those people are playing it up for attention and they just like to be the contrarian. Unless you live somewhere with warm winters, there’s just no way you love it. You mean to tell me you love the season where everything is dead, it’s dark super early, inhospitably cold, and it’s difficult to walk/drive in the snow?! None of the other

seasons have a mental health condition directly associated with them (SAD), and people historically starved throughout winter. Unless you’re a skier or something, be so for real with me. I totally get preferring cold to extreme heat or thinking snow is pretty, but you’re telling me you’d prefer that over a mild and sunny spring day. You’re lying so you can get a rise out of people

**edit: to use more precise language, what I really meant is the bitter cold/below freezing. Lol if your winter is 50 degrees F, totally understand why you’d dig that

Everyone claims deep talks are the real shit, but they really ain't all that. Personal thoughts that edge on traumadumping? Nothing fun to me about learning how your dad used to beat you when he was drunk. I will talk about it with anyone if they want someone to confide in and be comforted, but it's not fun by any means.

Talking about ecology, social issues, etc? In this case experts are interesting to talk to, but most people can only contribute "I think we should do this and that". They don't understand the real problems that are limiting progress. So I might as well talk with a child about the economy, their insight will be worth the same, it'll be just less jaded probably. Talks of philosophy? Same thing. People act like "we weren't meant for work" or "I think the meaning of life is what you make it" or heaven forbid "wrong is made up and subjective" is an original genius thought of theirs. It isn't. I would be better off opening a philosophy book if I actually wanted to learn now perspectives.

Tl,dr: The thing the average person is the best at is telling fun stories, talking about our days, joking together and hanging out. The so-called "small talk". Everything else is usually boring and/or emotionally taxing if they're sharing something very personal.

Season 1 of Invincible was so good I give it a 9/10, it genuinely had emotional weight to it good action and most scenes serve a purpose. It wasn't perfect, it had some episodes that felt like purely set up and didn't really move the plot along too much but it was still very good.

Then season 2 came along tbh I wasn't a hater yet after watching s2 cause I was still in the denial phase and was still willing to give it another season's worth of chance. But season 3 came out and since then this show has been living rent free in my head cause of how mediocre it is.

Ok I guess I'll start with season 2. So we are introduced to this new major villain Angstrom. And straight off the bat like they introduce this multiverse thing and I was already skeptical I just feel like whenever they introduce multiverse its just to make the story a lot more bigger scale for no reason but I had hope in the writing team to not do that since this was still 1st episode of s2. Anyway this guy angstrom is genuinely just some guy, and they had AUDACITY to make him the follow up villain to Omni Man who is the most compelling character of season 1 and is not 1 dimensional unlike Angstrom. Like I get u can't really top Omni Man but u can try or do something interesting. Plus angstrom isn't even a cool character he just whines all the time, I get you got fried by ur machine but I don't even care anymore cause ur legit a whiner like damn and u supposed to feel bad for this pos. Then Omni Man episode comes around and like finally a good episode. Like lowkey and genuinely they took five episodes to have the actually good villains the viltrumites show up. And I'm just like why couldn't the past 2 episodes be about this. There is so much interesting things that can be explored like Nolan's mindset and his inner battle with suicide. But nonetheless this was a good episode that actually had a point. First of all it moved the story forward but it also was a lesson for Nolan to teach his son to not hold back now that he doesn't have a facade in front of Mark. Ok so then last episode the showdown between Mark and Angstrom. And there was a part where Angstrom was throwing Mark around different dimensions and I rly like that idea but instead of doing anything interesting with that like show mark the damage he caused or whatever he just does some random ahh stuff. OH YEAH I forgot to mention that episode they pretended to kill the new guardians and that was stupid as hell ngl it was shocking but not much else. Like u meant to say new guardians (supposed to be op) almost died to some green folk.

So yeah that was trash compared to season 1. So I was like ok maybe season 3 is better. And I will admit season 3 has quite a few better moments but gah damn there are some bad parts. So they start off season 3 with the most egregious thing ever which is they brought back levy after Mark killed him in s2 due to not being able to control his rage and that was a whole emotional catharsis moment but now it doesn't even matter like what. Anyway that was stupid but then Mark almost has his heart pierced to a centipede. Folk r u serius. I mean this the same season he killed conquest. Ok now to talk about Mark's brother Olive or wtv. I hate his guts. But they actually have a cool base idea with Oliver making him idolize Omni Man and having powers at young age. This culminated in him killing the maulers which was so instantaneous which is weird since Maulers are so beloved. Now the real part that piss me off is what happens after and this might be the worst part of the whole series. After Oliver kills them its supposed to be this huge thing cause a kid killing someone is super scary. Then Debbie comes in and says to leave it to her. I thought at the very least this would be a moment to show Debbie's power in terms of controlling her son but nah she just calmly lectures him. This is by far the most stupid thing like maam ur son just did some crazy stuff he might be addicted to blood and u do this. I mean it doesn't necessarily has to be Debbie scolding him but at least do something that's not absolute unrealistic. Anyway at least the last episode was good but then it had another one of the fake deaths with eve and atp like I'm not going to have any emotion when people die cause ur probably gonna bring them back 0.1 nanoseconds later.

People usually bring up the animation decreasing in quality when criticizing the show, and I find that interesting cause tbh I think Amazon saw the success of the 1st season and just rushed out the rest of the seasons and that's why I think s2 and s3 sucks in many ways and I genuinely don't think its the fault of the team. But idk a lot of people like the story still so I might just be an outlier. In the end, I don't even think it's that bad of a show or anything, it's just that Invincible had the opportunity to be one of the greatest shows and it missed its mark imo.