• 1234@lemmy.world
    19·
    7 days ago

    Warhammer - people at a local club have told me it is “heresy” to even refer to one page rules - a newish and very innovative wargame. That’s the lifestyle players of course not everyone, the people who paint 20h a week while listening to Warhammer audio books play 8hs a week and do fuck all besides that. I have met loads of cool people in the hobby too, but omg those guys

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    7 days ago

    Celsius energy drinks.

    I had a coworker evangelize about them so I decided to try them out. Every time I got one and tried it some complete random would come up ‘Hey! You like Celsius? Have you tried the [whatever] flavors? [Other flavor] is my favorite!’

    I found them all gross.

    • Guitarfun@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 days ago

      Their sugar free energy packets that you mix in water tasted like jello so I kind of liked those. I haven’t tried the cans though.

  • percent@infosec.pub
    6·
    7 days ago

    Nostr. I think the tech is cool, but the culture seems like some sort of cryptocurrency cult

      • percent@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Honestly, I might not be the best person to ask, as I’m not super familiar with the underlying details of either. But, from a high level, I’d say that Nostr is more decentralized.

        (I might get some of these details wrong, so hopefully someone can correct me.)

        I’ve seen people say that ActivityPub is decentralized, but I just don’t quite see it. I think even email is more “decentralized” than AP. With email, your identity is tied to a domain name. If you own the domain name, then you can switch email servers/providers. AFAIK, with AP, your identity is tied to a server and domain name. So if the server is gone, then your account is too.

        With Nostr, you own your identity. It’s not tied to a domain name or server. If a Nostr relay goes offline (or bans you, I suppose), you can continue using your account through other relays.

        I think most people use more than one relay on Nostr (that’s the default setting in many Nostr clients). If one goes down, I’m not sure I’d even notice. You can add/remove relays from your client too.

        Nostr feels a bit more like p2p, in a way. More of the heavy lifting is done on the client than the servers/relays.

  • calmblue75@lemmy.mlEnglish
    41·
    7 days ago

    I don’t know whether anyone has mentioned this – gacha games. Like cults, it forces you to pay a lot of money, but never enough to satisfy them. It always leaves you in a state of frustration. Video gaming is supposed to be a hobby, but the level of attention and resources demanded by these games are insane.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
    23·
    7 days 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). and they aggressively defend any possibility the current nature of the game is very wrong. 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)

    • kcweller@feddit.nl
      461·
      8 days 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
          3·
          7 days 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

      • LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 days ago

        One hell of a deep end. Sometimes that’s the right choice for the right kind of person, but most people… Yeah maybe stick to something easier. If you want, mess with arch in a VM. Maybe switch down the line.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        7 days 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

    • DrDystopia@lemy.lol
      6·
      8 days 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?