Lots of people around me are excited for a racist march organised by flag-shagging, far-right knuckle-dragger Tommy Robinson.
So let’s call it a guideline rather than a rule.
Let’s make it “if someone is excited about something that doesn’t hurt other people…”
How about pro sportball? Those dudes get wrecked, but it’s largely considered acceptable to be excited about…
People were excited about Trump being elected and I make them feel shitty about it. How am I a bad person?
I think the post is more along the lines of people who like MCU releases and pumpkin spice lattes.
That stuff is all harmless, and I agree with the post in that spirit.
If you are excited about hyperconsumerist slop, I will shame you
What if you’re excited about military adventurism or the latest pogrom of an ethnic or religious minority?
Believe it or not, straight to jail
What if you make an appointment at the dentist and don’t show up?
“Teeth were a problem, I ignored them, it went away”
~Asmongold
Believe it or not, absolutely nothing!
Oh boy! I can’t wait to see more billionaires persecuted!
The obvious exception to this is cases of addiction or poor life decisions.
Like if you collect/play Pokemon or whatever as a hobby and are excited to get a rare card, that’s great and I’m happy for you.
If you’re underwater on your mortgage and your basement is full of beanie-babies - that you’re sure will make you rich in the future - but you just won a bid of $1000 for one rare beanie on eBay… yeah I’m not gonna be happy for you I’m gonna recommend talking to a professional
You just don’t understand, once I can get my hands on that Jonbenet Ramsey Beanie Baby it’s going to be my retirement plan, six months of back rent will seem paltry at that point, you’ll see. I’ve got big things going on, BIG THINGS!
LaBuenie Buaby
If I’m excited about something, I am very selective of who I share my excitement with. The comments here verifies that choice.
Aye, I think that was one of the hardest things to accept as I moved from kid to teenager to adult. There are going to be people who wouldn’t care if you were just elected the king/queen of prom, or accepted to med school at 18, or discovered a new form of life on the moon. Find the ones who enjoy your happiness and be happy for theirs.
I mean, I dunno if I’d support someone being like “Yay, meth!”
But have you tried meth?
A valid question, for I have not.
My coworker and i usually nerd out over some space shit but he keeps being excited for space x stuff. I always tear that down because fuck Elon. Other people are still doing cool space shit to get excited about.
I wanna know how so many people here know so many others in their lives that legitimately get excited about things like racism and shit. That’s the surprising thing to me in these comments
Maybe not many but an extended part of my family disowned a daughter because she is “gay”. Found that out just last week. So I suspect they get excited about this things just maybe not in the way most people think about getting excited
Is she OK? Capable of self-sufficiency and in a good place mentally?
I do not know, I don’t typically associate with that part of my family because of shitty behavior like this. I think she is, she went to college and has a good job, at least that’s the last I heard until they stopped talking about her. Now I know why they stopped taking about her
The obvious exception to this is cases of addiction or poor life decisions.
Like if you collect/play Pokemon or whatever as a hobby and are excited to get a rare card, that’s great and I’m happy for you.
If you’re underwater on your mortgage and your basement is full of beanie-babies - that you’re sure will make you rich in the future - but you just won a bid of $1000 for one rare beanie on eBay… yeah I’m not gonna be happy for you I’m gonna recommend talking to a professional
Compared my buddies collection of Funko vinyl POP figures to Beanie Babies…crap of self realization.
It’s also mean if you add up some measure of everyone’s excitement and divide it by the number of people
That’s average
I shame people when they mention asking an LLM about anything. Does that count?
I think there are certain things that we, as a society, can agree are worthy of feeling shame.
Racism is probably number one.
But asking LLMs for any kind of advice or using them as search engines should be pretty high on that list.
Good question let me ask chatgpt for a sec-
I think it’s okay to be excited about stuff, but when someone is excited about something, am I expected to also be excited about it or else I’m considered a bad person for just being like “oh cool” and then not being any further interested?
I think this post is about belittling which makes a person feel like they shouldn’t talk about what they’re interested in. Saying “oh cool” is, by contrast, absolutely a reasonable response.
I’ll never forget the time I bought a book called Never Eat Alone and my ex ridiculed me for buying it (she’s Chinese so the idea of eating alone was ridiculous to her). I ended up just putting the book in my bookcase, to this day I still feel shitty when I look at it.
Fuck her. Read that thing.
That may be true but it’s also important to have self resilience against useless criticism. I mean, it’s not your fault your excitement has triggered someone else’s defences, causing them to attack you. Best thing to do is walk away and only engage again when you’re calm, if you want to still engage with them.
You can like nu-trek all you want, but if my critique of it makes you feel dumb that’s not my fault.
