What's something totally ridiculous that's somehow become "normal"? \ stacker news ~meta

Having an opinion on every topic and sharing it on social media. Whatever the crisis or news is for the day, week, month people feel the need to share it and not only that. If you don't have the correct position you are terrible.

Its utterly ridiculous. Most people are completely under informed on these topics and have low impact on them directly. They usually have no skin in the game but social media has inflated out own sense of importance so much that we feel like our voice matters on areas where we should keep to what we know.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @SatoshisSkeleton OP 18 Oct 2023

Fml... this is so true. It's all virtue signaling.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @satoshi_in_the_classroom 18 Oct 2023

Hate it too

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatoshisSkeleton OP 19 Oct 2023

Well I mean...

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Stacksats 18 Oct 2023

yeah

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Stacksats 18 Oct 2023

🪦💀

136 sats \ 7 replies \ @Zepasta 18 Oct 2023

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43 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 18 Oct 2023

Not just paper straws (although, yes, they are ridiculous), but paper straws that come in a plastic wrapper.

136 sats \ 1 reply \ @Zepasta 18 Oct 2023

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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshi_in_the_classroom 19 Oct 2023

Hahah

137 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshi_in_the_classroom 19 Oct 2023

No way. That's insane

115 sats \ 1 reply \ @brandonsbytes 18 Oct 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshi_in_the_classroom 19 Oct 2023

😟💀🤔

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshi_in_the_classroom 19 Oct 2023

The trump paper straws YouTube rant is hilarious....

115 sats \ 7 replies \ @Signal312 18 Oct 2023

The notion that we constantly need to "hydrate". People have as a health goal "drink X amount of water every day".

100 sats \ 6 replies \ @SatoshisSkeleton OP 18 Oct 2023

Do tell... isn't water essential?

115 sats \ 0 replies \ @ruS7Y 18 Oct 2023

Animals have a thirst mechanism for a reason.

110 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 18 Oct 2023

Sure water is essential, but your thirst will tell you if you need to drink. The idea that most of us are going around dehydrated is lunacy. A friend of mine who is obese, is carrying around a huge water container every day, making it a goal to drink a certain (very high!) amount of water daily. It's a distraction from what really needs to happen - less or no processed foods.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 18 Oct 2023

If you look into the science behind dry fasting, this hydration obsession becomes especially ridiculous.

When people burn body fat, one of the products of that chemical process is water. When we actually do start getting dehydrated our bodies will burn body fat and produce water internally long before we're at any health risk from dehydration.