I’ve been scrolling through this c/ and I’ve gotten this far down, I’m basically doing the same. I think I’ll stop now.
People who listen to music on speaker in public should be euthanized.
A few years ago I regularly took the same morning bus to work. There was this maybe 16-17 year old kid who sat on the back and would listen obnoxious rap at full volume on his phone, while hogging the whole seat row with his stuff.
I had my headphones on but the hideous rap blared so loud I couldn’t hear anything else. In my country we rarely interfere with other people’s business, everyone was just sitting tight looking pissed off.
After few minutes I stood up, walked to the kid and told him to either turn that shit off, use headphones like everyone else or I’d throw his phone out at the next stop. He looked at me for a moment completely dumbfounded but turned the noise off and left the bus at the next stop.
He never took the same bus again.
You were everyone’s hero that day.
It’s easier to do when you’re a tall man and happen to look like a bike ganger ;)
Thank you.
Please all other bike ganger-looking people do this for us poor masses who suffer through this garbage
I’d happily pay higher fees if the transit companies hired people like you to do this all the time!
OK fine
What is obnoxious rap? How does it differ from regular rap?
I strongly dislike rap in general, but this horror was something that was probably home made by the kid himself or his friends. All I remember about the “lyrics” was that they involved some kind of rape fantasy.
That was the breaking point for me.
It really looks like that’s what they do. My brother (13 yo) stays on the same posts for a long time, let’s them loop for 6 times and then scrolls… And yeah, they tend to okay that stuff really loud for some reason
As a zoomer I still find that stuff strange. Although to all the people saying social media is bad, lemmy is also social media and can be just as bad for you. Go outside, touch grass or something. Better than shitting on some kid who was neglected by his parents and given a phone as a replacement.
Meh. People watch stuff on public transportation, airplanes, or wherever without headphones. It’s maddening. I don’t care what the content is. They’re just being assholes.
The flipping thru media? Shit, look at the age of some of the people creating the “content” (I use that word loosely, the vapid and shallow garbage that consumes the majority of bandwidth is devoid of anything worthy of being called content). There’s a huge span of ages, from millennials to tweens generating the noise. Everyone shouting as loud as they can for views. Heck, even if you’re a conservative ass boomer there’s content for you, how does anyone think all these bullshit Q and pizza parlor pedo shit gets spread around.
Anyway, point being…it’s not the generation being an asshole watching the stuff loudly in public space, there’s plenty of assholes doing it. Just the kind of media they’re blasting is different by age.
No tiktok with sound in public is on another level than any other example
they all have this haircut too
Damn why is that so on point.
Because they all fight over who’s hair is the broccoliest
Actually being broccoli would be super cool, but that haircut is not cool.
All right everyone it’s time for an old person check!
If you identify with this meme you might be old!
it’s important for you to recognize every generation was cringe because life is cringe. It’s a little part of growing up, try to be kind to those around you even if they’re younger.
Not really about generations, it’s more about manners, anyone blasting shit around people who never asked for anything deserve a kick in the groin. Bonus kicks for people ruining the calm in a natural landscape.
I am 18 any almost all my friends consume this type of media at a rapid pace. This is not really an -old people hate youngsters thing, what these consumers are dou g is simply not okay (specifically the unreasonably loud tiktoks, without headphones obv)
Counterpoint:
I got on the bus today, and there was this grumpy old guy complaining loudly to the lady in front of him about pronouns.
She was clearly trying to ignore him by pretending to read a book.
He looked up at me and scowled, but he stopped talking.
So I sat down next to him and opened TikTok.
He couldn’t help but be nosy and was staring at my phone, so I picked the most obnoxious videos.
Each time he would show interest, I would flip to the next one.
I’m sure it was annoying, but at least he shut the fuck up for the rest of the ride.you cocomelon’d grandpa
Sus parenting.
And sus tech companies doing everything they can to get kids on and addicted
Too young to see a boombox on the bus?
You would have a hard time changing to a different song every 3 seconds.
This is the part i don’t get about tiktok and instagram. You don’t even watch that shit and it looks like some sort of brain washing.
Yeah the rewiring of patience is startling. Like sometimes I’ll look over a friend’s shoulder at something that sounds like it’s going to be interesting, only to see them flick it away before anything has even happened. Like what was your queue that this video wasn’t worth your 20 seconds? Maybe they should have waved their arms or said something shocking to grab your attention?
I know it’s old fashioned of me, but it’s so weird to have this (and I mean no offense) schizophrenic stream of av content whipping by, with ads, extremism, and product placement interleaved with micro journalism, education, and genuine attempts at communication.
There’s something about the infinite scrolling format which makes us fickle. It removes the act of choosing–
Sorry I don’t know what this rant is about. I’m preaching to the choir here. I’m just nervous because my wife is having surgery today. Anyway thanks for the distraction, back to worrying lol
