I put "conversations" in scare quotes because I'm obviously not referring to actual conversations. I don't know what word I should use to describe what I'm talking about, but I'm using this one since I've often seen it used in this context. What I actually mean is some dumb controversy that by rights no one should give a fuck about becomes a hot topic in the media/on social media, and then some retard journalist announces that there's a "conversation" happening around the topic or that the topic has "entered the national conversation". Sometimes it's obviously astroturfed (anything having to do with masculinity is a prime example of this) but it often legitimately goes viral thanks to the general population's room temperature IQ. Just to give an idea of what I'm talking about, here are some particularly vapid examples:
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The leggings "conversation" that popped up several times over the last decade in various forms.
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A few years back some social media addicted losers questioned if a gift some celebrity bought her granddaughter was age appropriate, and retards in the media decided to report on the "controversy" since "it's between her and the parents so we should leave it alone" was too sane of a stance.
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There was apparently a retarded crew vs ankle socks debate that I didn't know or care to know about until my local radio station's idiot host announced that Gen Z "resolved it" and that he was disappointed that his side "lost". For a dude in his 30's or 40s he takes this crap awfully seriously.
I know I should just file this under "stupid normie shit", but don't people have anything more interesting to focus on? Why does anyone give a fuck about any of this? I at least understand the obsession with political stuff since it actually affects people's lives (or it will if the commies get their way). But leggings? Socks? I was going to ask why our culture is so fucking vapid, but I know it's because we let women and their stupid drama poison it. The whole thing needs to be burned to the ground.
That shit ended friendships for me and I feel the pain of anybody having to deal with that, it wasn't even a work thing, just people being obnoxious as fuck.
Me as well.
Not so much as "ended" but definitely no longer pursued. Not interested in being around that nonsense.
Same here. Steam/game friends I've had since ~2009 suddenly updating their status to "die mad righty" out of nowhere, and seemingly directed at no one in particular. I dropped them like a hot potato without so much as a "smell ya later." I do not understand what possesses someone to do that, and interacting with anyone who does is the last thing I want to deal with.
I should be clear it wasn't specifically an argument about BLM that did it with the people I knew but the environment definitely changed and I'm glad it's not just me. It kept happening with a couple of people I had known for quite awhile and it's like they just woke up one morning and completely switched off their sense of humour and it was fucking weird. What's worse is other people noticed it as well and they just stopped hanging out in the group, it was like some fucking psychosis and I did find it very jarring.
This is why though you always make friends with the group rather than just one person, it pays dividends because I've mentioned this before but they will tell you if they think you're alright what's going on and it turned out that many of them had abandoned the person as well. It's so damn sad though because they were genuine fun to hang around when they had a sense of humour.
I think the covid lockdowns + BLM definitely did something to regular peoples' brains because these were mostly I would call normie gamers I was hanging out with.