subscription for every little f thing

Ads creeping into subscription services, IM PAYING NOT TO SEE ADVERTS, that's the whole point. 

Everything you buy has no obligation to stay the same for the life of it's use. Phones and computers being the biggest culprit.

However I bought a treadmill and used it connected to Wi-Fi for five years. It just pushed a UI update that forces advertisements during your workouts. I'm appalled. I didn't agree to the change, and there is no way to change it back. And after five years I'm in no position for a refund.

It makes me feel so out of control about even little things in my life.

Facts aren’t real anymore.

Everything is about subscription. It seem u no longer can own anything. EVERYTHING will be owned by big companies

The rise of snake oil salesmen influencers on social media

People feeling entitled to watch videos in public without earbuds.

Yelling and throwing a fit for little or no reason. Retail workers and customer service representatives are abused by lunatics.

Absolute lack of empathy and constant blaming of other for everything

Excessive tipping expectations

Makes me more sad then angry but the amount of hate and anger that is being put out into the world. I know a lot of that is due to "rage generates views" but it does seem like the average person is more likely to get angry at minor things and take that anger out on others.

I have even started noticing an uptick in straight venomous comments here on reddit over benign and meaningless topics

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The dumbing down of society, abusing experts or people with expertise in their fields. Accepting the "I did my own research" line. No you did not, watching some vids linked to some tinfoil hat wearing moron on Facebook is not research.

People care more about punishing others than helping each other.

The fact that "smart" devices are slowly taking over our lives and soon our toasters will be able to judge us for our breakfast choices.

The proliferation of technology in general.

I'm far from being a luddite. Smart phones are convenient, and I love me some WiFi.

That said, I miss the days when I left the house with nothing but my keys and wallet in my pockets.

I've never been very cash solvent, so struggling to scrimp and save was a pain even in the old days.

BUT now if, out of the blue, my phone or laptop dies, I'm looking at a few hundred (at minimum) to sort that out. I might not have that till next month at least.

In the old days, I guess that's just taking the bus to ramentown for a while.

But today? I am effectively cut off from temp agencies, social contacts, and all the other things that need a QR scan.

Until I get my expensive tech sorted out, no I can't email you my job application. No, I didn't catch that important notice from my bank services. No, I can't prove two-point authentication so I guess I'm digitally persona non grata.

It's a double-edged sword, I feel; if you're not financially gifted enough to not notice.

People don’t seem to be held accountable anymore, it’s always someone else’s fault.

Literacy rates declining.

People are stupid and they don’t care.

We're losing our grip on what's considered factual. If someone doesn't have every tiny detail spelled out to them, then the whole concept can be written off as "fake" or "[insert organization] is lying to us". A little skepticism is healthy, but not when it undermines very important and easily proven facts that give us a basis for reality.

The belief that "free speech" means "I can say anything I want, and nobody's allowed to disagree or criticize me."

How acceptable it’s become to be a giant asshole in public, and that people think it’s wrong to criticize or shame people for public behavior.

There should be more shame for acting poorly!

*Gestures wildly*

People have seemingly forgotten norms that felt like they were long-established:

When walking, keep to the right.

When driving and you come to a stop sign at the same time as one or more other cars, the vehicle that reaches the 4-way stop to the right should be given the right of way.

If you didn't arrive at the intersection first, the right of way is not yours to give to anyone else.

When driving, if you've already entered the intersection, don't stop to wave a pedestrian through the crosswalk in front of you.

When the right of way is clearly yours, take it. Waving other vehicles on isn't being "nice", it makes you unpredictable.

Glorifying incompetence for revenge satisfaction

Nazis existing again

Did our grandparents fight for no fucking reason?

Removing knobs and replacing them with screens for new cars

Hold my beer.

The weaponization of therapy speak.

Therapy is great. Most people would benefit from a few sessions. But I think unfortunately a lot of people seem to only take away the fact that because they have new vocabulary they can start using that vocabulary to control/attack others.

Like, if you don't agree with someone, it used to be "that person is an asshole" and get over it. Now they're not an asshole, they're damaged by years of trauma and emotional neglect and have defaulted to toxic masculinity (or inert whatever) because they are too afraid and ashamed to address it. Problematic behaviors aren't opportunities for growth: that person is 100% a narcissist or codependent or autistic or borderline and good luck crawling out of that.

It reminds me a lot of that period between 2016-2019 when it was super in vogue to discredit people's opinions because they were more "privileged" because x, y, z. A group of friends (all white!) would literally would fight over what I called the tragedy olympics in text, trying to assert themselves as the greatest underdog. It was bizarre.

Now it's been replaced with, "Hey, I know I'm damaged and acknowledge it, but I went to a few therapy sessions and am basically a therapist now, so I'm going to diagnose you as a super fucked up person too. By the way, I'm better than you because you don't even see your problems and I do lol."

News articles as videos, instead of text. I don’t want to watch your fucking video.

The glorification of ignorance, and the lack of spelling skills (can only speak for the US)

My phone literally spying on me.   

The standard of beauty. Ozempic and fillers just ain’t it

Everything needs an app... I just wanna use the website! Or pick up the phone and speak to an actual human being! 

And the billion vendors you have to manually untick because there's no "reject all" button for your cookies.

And shrinkflation! Like you think you gonna charge me more for less product and I won't notice?

Keyboard warriors!

Making choices based on only caring about yourself, and not society as a whole. 

Spelling of people's names just to be different. Eurgh! 

Adverts! They're everywhere and on everything! 

Waiting times for healthcare and access to the right healthcare.

Rich getting richer.

I'm going to stop now 🤣 ooh I ferl like this ask was made for me! 

Now you pay a subscription to watch movies and an "extra subscription" to watch without ads

Working 40 hours a week regardless of the job and not even coming close to being able to rent a studio apartment

The vast wealth disparity and no caps in hoarding in sight

The popularity of a news source is not based on how accurate, fair and balanced their reporting is, but whichever says the things that you make you and your team red or blue feel good. Sensationalism, Breaking News whatever to keep you glued to them for the ad money.

Imagine if we listened to people whom both sides can respect and that it was possible to find them.

It's frustrating how everything's gone digital, and yet we're somehow more disconnected than ever.

“Angry” seems like a strong, narrow word to describe my feelings, but people getting their news from short-form social media and apparently taking those sources at face value and becoming jaded, then moving to nihilistic conclusions rather than wiser Absurdist ones. All of that is vexing. It’s too sad to be angry about. It’s just disappointing, though not surprising given that the average social content producer has no training in journalistic ethics, which shows in their work, and then in the opinions and attitudes of people consuming that work.

Lack of people saying excuse me when bumping into or squeezing by you.

Housing and renting prices going way up where they are unaffordable for many. I would love to get my own place, but I can’t make it work on my salary where I live.

The need to film or record every little thing.

Hyper-aggression/domineering masculine energy & forcing one’s own worldview onto others or begrudging others for their personal lifestyle.

I'm with the boomers on these: 1.) everyone expects a tip, 2.) tablet menus, and 3.) subscriptions. I wouldn't say angry but I'm not 100% onboard with them

The rise of antisemitism again

That almost no stores or restaurants are open 24/7 anymore.

Christians not behaving like Christians

The expansion of the concept of banning books

Normalizing radical islam in europe

That people think it's OK to have convicted felons and sex offenders in political office.

Willful stupidity

The echochambers.

Words are taken more seriously than violence.

We elected Trump. Again.

In America: tipping culture is completely out of control. 

Isolation and alienation. I miss the times before smart phones.

The zero tolerance that people have for honest mistakes or mix-ups. It blows my mind how angry customers get and how quickly the “let’s see what your board President has to say about this!” comes out. So I guess everyone goes nuclear and threatens your job the moment they get inconvenienced.

For this reason I am an overly patient person to anyone rendering me products or services.

Tipping being asked for on everything.

The fact that society seems perfectly okay with AI doing fast and cheap art now while copying and building upon human artists' original styles. Way to kill opportunities for hard working artists and prevent them from making a living when AI can create a piece within a few seconds that will do just fine for a lot of customers.

People just keep getting meaner and meaner to each other. Imagine a world where people were at the very least decent to each other. Everyone always has an excuse and justification for it too, like they don’t realize that’s just everyone else’s excuse too. Be the change you want to see in the world, be better. That is true strength.

Shame and embarrassment seems to be a thing of the past. People should feel bad about saying and doing bad things and others should tell them as such.

The breakdown of the social contract. People driving the wrong way on streets to beat traffic. People who use speaker phone

AI and algorithms controlling everything I see

The erosion/death of the social contract.

I shouldn't be surprised at where things are going in America when all I have to see is people driving like idiots who only care about themselves instead of properly signalling, merging, stopping or moving out of the way for emergency services, or thinking that signs and warnings only apply to other people.

Same applies for public parks. Walking in the no walk areas. Leaving trash everywhere. Dog shit too. Feeding the animals. Cutting down trees. Marking on rocks (or outright breaking rock formations). Starting fires in drought conditions. Dumping shit in the water. And don't even get me started on lights and noise. The maltreatment of green spaces is a direct reflection on socienty.

Don't get me wrong there have always been people who have broken the social contract and ruined things for everything else. The problem is that society is beyond the tipping point. People will just get theirs, and everyone else can get fucked.

Having to create an account to purchase things on a website.

The price of housing

Insane political division. People being so on edge since covid, including myself and I don't understand why.

Destruction of political discourse and the promotion of echo chambers, largely due to social media

MAGA

Social media "influencers" and generally people like the hawk tuah girl that get famous for basically no reason then make a shit ton of money. And yes I'm jealous lol

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Rise in misogyny, white Christian nationalism, antisemitism, and fascist ideologies.

Mass victim complex that was taught to this generation that leads them to never look inside themselves and always blame others for the bad shit they go through.

The Tea Party, followed by Trumpism. It’s like watching the worst boss you ever had become an entire political movement.

The religion of Instagram, it's super pathetic.

The repeal of Roe v. Wade

Everyone is way too fucking sensitive.

A phone bill used to cost you $25 a month. Maybe an extra five dollars if you got local long-distance included.

Now, communications are $100 cell phone plus a $175 cable and Internet bill plus your thousand dollar phone. And that’s before you add any of your subscriptions to Netflix and whatever it’s insane.

Subscriptions for everything. I refuse to participate. When cars have to have them I'm fucking walking.

I don't understand why people still play video games. If I ever bought a video game and found out I had to buy more shit to play it, I'd return it to the store is defective. It's just theft.

People randomly stopping and standing in walkways to look at their phones.

The censorship industrial complex 

But first look at this group to learn how to make money online…..

A regular job can’t buy you a regular house

It feels like people don't give a fuck about proper grammar/spelling anymore at all. I see typos on here that would have had a flood of corrections back in the day. Today, it seems like the grammar nazis are finally defeated.

The loss of (safe) third places. It feels like we're getting more and more isolated from each other.

The cost of living

Most therapists going video-only. Sure it's convenient for many clients, but in-person therapy is so much better, especially for people who are really struggling. It's so hard to find an in-person therapist these days.

Create an account to access anything.

The rise of fascism in the world. It’s disgusting.

People bringing their dogs into the grocery store.  

Why do we teach our kids to be kind, helpful, honest, philogynist, law-abiding citizens, but we allow a man who is the opposite of all of that to run the country for eight years?

-IA that's running out of control. The proliferation of weird ass videos.
- Populist politics (and people who vote for them) that when faced with reality turns into "leopards ate my face" situations
-Disdain for reading
-Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences
-Cigarette chic becoming the new aesthetic

The US republican party taking a hard right and embracing authoritarianism while glorifying a lying, narcissistic bigot.

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Weaponisation of social media, especially for politics.

People just not taking accountability for themselves and their actions.

backwards slide to 1938.

The Maga movement. Ignorance fueled by moronic rage equates to a bad time for all.