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Funko Pops, to me.

I understand that some of them are fairly overpriced, but I also really like them as is. It doesn't work on all characters, but it sometimes work on a lot and there's so much representation and variety that it's good to have a few.

If people want to talk about waste of plastic and vinyl, they should bark at the companies who make teeny tiny figurines that serve no purpose and have so little detail that spending any money on them is a waste.

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

Funko Pops

I... I don't think of these at all, I just ignore their existence.

Personally, hating on people who post things on social media that are slightly offensive to others get more hate than they should. We should reach out and try to explain the issue in a civil matter instead of just loosing it because that doesn't make us any better. And if the person doesn't want to understand or care, just ignore them and move on.

Hating on products because either are bad, or underwhelming is ok as these companies know this and clearly don't care because they are already making money off it. However this is only recent due to all the Enshittrification we are getting force fed by these same companies.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Starfield. The game isn't bad, it just isn't as good and the game design was especially outdated for its release window. It's legitimately a better RPG than most Bethesda games.

I'm fairly confident modders will actually be able to salvage it despite its flaws.

[–] rivenb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

For me, it’s just so boring. Plus the character writing is meh

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 hours ago
[–] trouble@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Rhusta@midwest.social 1 points 9 minutes ago

Agreed but her 2013 cash grab sequel titled Saturday did not receive nearly enough hate.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

That title isn't getting as much hate as it deserves.

It's either "What do you think got way too much hate?" or "What do you think got way more hate than it should've?". You somehow combined those sentences into a grammatically broken mess.

And it's fucked up that this hasn't been pointed out and isn't one of the top comments.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Men wearing wigs.

For whatever reason, we've decided as a society that women wearing wigs/weaves/extensions to make themselves feel attractive and nice is perfectly normal, but if a man does it it's laughable and pathetic. I say, wigs for anyone who wants them!

Also before the accusations start, I'm not a bald dude lol.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Real talk - as a balding dude, there was a time when I was part of a bonus structure program, and I half-jokingly started looking at hair systems. Not because I'm balding and ashamed of it, whatever, but I missed being able to style my hair in a way that looked good. That, and I loved the idea of showing up to work with a whole head of hair, refusing to acknowledge it aside from saying I got a haircut. 'Cause that shit would've been hilarious.

Ultimately decided against it, too much $ for vanity and a joke versus sensible balding guy haircuts/the occasional clear cut.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 18 hours ago

Get one and (after you tire of that excellent joke) swap it on/off and hide it when people have their back turned like Igor's hump switching in Young Frankenstein.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Cyberpunk 2077 - it was overhyped as fuck but as someone who ignores the bullshit grind mill of video game journalism it was a decent game on release that became pretty fucking awesome after patches and the expansion.

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[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Microwaving food. Too many people think that it's radiating the food. Its just making the water molecules in the food wiggle and heat up to warm the food through internal collisions.

[–] NichtElias@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I mean it is radiation, just like 5G signals, and y'know, light

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

That is true lol.

The heating effect is more due to standing waves rotating the (polar) water molecules in the food.

There aren't hot radiation particles moving into and staying in the food like a number of people believe.

Microwaves (and 5G) have much less energy than visible light, but its a scary sound word. People don't like to think that they are exposed to radiation 100% of the time.

[–] gens@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

Microwaves are ~2.4GHz, same as wifi. That is the resonant freq of water. They don't go deep, not even close to a milimeter. And it all converts to heat.

The sun is more damageing then microwaves of same power. And ionizing radiation is the really harmful one.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I don't like it, but that's because it's usually the faster but inferior quality option, bread/bun gets hard, sometimes uneven heating, some things get slimy, etc. I opt for toaster oven or range/pot/pan over microwave 9/10 times just because I have the extra 10-20min and prefer the quality. Radiation (for me) has nothing to do with it.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 16 hours ago

That's a fair call and I'm the same, its not optimal for a lot reheating. I've met a fair few people who refuse to own or use a microwave because the don't want their food "irradiated" or think that it is somehow unhealthy.

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[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Buying music as CDs. Sure they were expensive at their peak, but they came in high quality, I could rip and do with them as I wished, while still having an offline copy. I have a lot of my old ones from childhood

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

The Pontiac Aztek. It had awesome features I'd love to have in my car today. Tailgate with molded seats and cup holders. Speakers facing out of the back. A cooler. Foldable and removable rear seating. MP3 cd player from the factory.

Also, Funko Pops deserve more hate than they get. But I don't like figures of any kind, I collect staplers.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (18 children)

Funko Pops

Imo they aren't getting nearly enough of hate they deserve. I'm not against figure collecting in general but FP are the ugliest motherfucking thing i ever seen in this department, for the same amount of resources, labour and energy they could produce something much better. In fact, a consistent long serie of figures faithful to the original (not ultra-deformed) across so many franchises would been great, but alas only thing there is are those unholy abominations.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They are the opposite of art in every imaginable way.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 hours ago

Yes, but english language call "art" literally everything made with even a slightest hint of intention, which those things had to be because there is no other purpose (except lining the pockets of publishing mafia).

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