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The world is cruel and ugly. There are plenty of justifiable things to be upset and distraught over. I don't want to hear about those. I want to know what bizarre out of left field takes you have that infuriates you.

I'm still upset about Tenochtitlan falling and being buried. I'm a gringo, I shouldn't have an opinion about Lake Texcoco being drained centuries ago.

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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (5 children)

fucking steven king with his fucking stupid ending to the dark tower.

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[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Anything text editing not supporting Vim mode, especially programming context.

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[–] MECHAGIC@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago

Messenger's ui makes me burst a nerve

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 21 points 6 days ago (5 children)

I get a bit frustrated sometimes to see stars and think of the universe burning away it's entropy without anyone putting it to useful ends, like most of the universe going to waste before anyone can even reach it.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

without anyone putting it to useful ends

You never know; we might be a car battery.

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm annoyed that I was born in the armpit of history. There are people alive who were alive when the Wright Brothers were. And we can see a shining future ahead of us. But we're stuck in the middle. Too late to be excited for all the progress of the first flight, moon landing, dawn of the internet. Too early for commercial space flight, nuclear fusion, full dive VR, true AI.

We can see those things in the future. It's being built now. But by the time it's fully available and normalized we'll either be dead or too old to care. If capitalism doesn't kill us all with climate change.

So yeah. Armpit of history. Shit sucks.

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Our prime minister couldn't explain what prime numbers are

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[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (4 children)

My favorite ancient culture is only known by the pottery they left behind. There are so many unanswered questions!!!!

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[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

I'm annoyed the tomatoes went from growing good to growing Very Sad

This is on me, and it is my first time planting and I mostly went "eeehhhh I think this is good"

I did my goal, which was get from seed to red tomato.

But now there's fungal infections, end rot, armyworm moths, splitting skin, and general sadness.

I did get enough to make salsa though.

I feel our ancestors spirits because I'm sure they felt the same way about farming.

[–] kossa@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

When people say "We cannot do that because of GDPR/insurance". I do not know, why these two "reasons" trigger me so hard, but: you dismissed an idea within microseconds, because you ever read the GDPR or the insurance conditions? You really know all the court rulings and intricacies around those of the last decades, to know within half a second, that something is not feasible?

Really, those are just magic words which for some reason makes everybody go "yep, that must be true. We can't do anything anymore, because of insurance or GDPR. That ist how the world works".

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

Ui being off by a few pixel, like microsoft calculator.

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 13 points 6 days ago

Driving an automatic truck. My car is a manual fiat 500, and I've been driving it for a while now and getting used to that. Driving a Nissan titan afterwards feels A) weird, B) wrong C) it's too big D) where's the shifter.

I hate it, but because hubs has a truck whenever I drive not my car it's a nightmare that requires adjustment.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

You and me both brother, you and me both. Fuck Spain, fuck Cortes, fuck Pizarro, and fuck the catholic church. So much history, so much writing lost to these bastards

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[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Doctor Who losing Ncuti Gatwa and facing an uncertain production future.

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[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

HBO never finished Carnivale.

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[–] vane@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Really? Some people die in airplane crash while holding hands with a loved one sitting next to them.

The lovers who died in an embrace together in that Pompeii volcano disaster a long time ago

People die together sometimes in car crashes

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