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[–] [email protected] 223 points 3 months ago (18 children)

i wish i could understand the appeal of listening to people sitting around flapping their faceholes about pointless shit

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] GladiusB 10 points 3 months ago
[–] samus12345 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and I mean these people are just sitting around talking about the most mundane stuff as if anybody would be interested in hearing it.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's a form of parasocial relationship. It can trigger the same feelings as if you were in a room with some friends chatting. You get to "know" the people's personalities, you can anticipate their reactions to things, you get invested in their personal relationships.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Like the Kardashians for middle-aged men.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Nick Mullen is my best friend

[–] johannesvanderwhales 38 points 3 months ago

Most of the stuff I listen to is either professionally funny people or specialized topics that I'm interested in.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You need to find better podcasts to listen.

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[–] ggppjj 16 points 3 months ago (10 children)

I listen to My Brother, My Brother and Me because I like to listen to the three brothers be funny at each other.

Some people don't need or want intellectually challenging media all the dang time.

[–] mecfs 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Most music isn’t intellectually challenging

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Even dumb music is way harder to make than a shit podcast

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it doesn't even have to be music, or have a point, just something to make you say "ok...wtf" and it's more interesting to me than "shootin the shit w mah dudebro brother dudes" type podcasts

https://youtu.be/rk8OZeZavQ0

[–] ggppjj 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what to tell you. Sorry that my preference isn't your preference?

It's light entertainment, who cares what other people like?

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[–] ggppjj 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I also listen to music?

I can do more than one thing, and I enjoy listening to them.

I don't get why this is getting pushback. It's weird to refuse to understand that other people have different tastes in media consumption.

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[–] n3cr0 6 points 3 months ago

I rather call these pointless convoys challenging media. I understand nothing, yet it's quite annoying noise to my ears.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago
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[–] TokenBoomer 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The same appeal as reading the pointless shit people type out while sitting on toilets.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

this is interactive though-- everyone can participate in the conversation. i guess you can talk to people in tiktoktube comments, but not with the people who are the focus of the entire "gathering." maybe podcasts are like watching sports on tv. meh, doesn't matter. enjoy what you enjoy

[–] Subverb 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's like Facebook in the early days.

Here's a picture of my breakfast yogurt.

Here's a picture of me getting on the bus.

Here's a picture of my desk setup.

Here's a geotag of where I'm having lunch along with a photo of my BLT. It was so yummy! Duck face pic!

Here's the geotag and photo of the place I got coffee on the way back to work! Luv u all!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (5 children)

or facebook today:

here's a picture of my cat

here's a picture of my cat

here's a picture of my cat

here's a picture of my cat

here's a picture of my cat

here's a picture of my OTHER cat

here's a picture of my cat

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

If that were true, I'd still bother with Facebook once in a while.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Here's a picture of the REAL president telling the TRUTH about COVID 19

[–] Jiggle_Physics 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I thought facebook today was more like

here's an uncanny AI picture of Jesus

here's the same but Jesus is with a korean flight attendant

here's the same but jesus is with a starving brown kid

Here's the same but the brown kid is missing limbs

Here's an uncanny AI picture of people, in military kit, missing limbs, in wheelchairs, sitting in the middle of the highway, with signs

Here are AI comics with midcentury styled nuclear families, and soldiers, in situations, and with text, that is surreal, at best, and nightmarish, at worst

These are all with titles like "people don't want to see pictures like these anymore", "no one wants to support the troops", "you won't share this", and they are all tagged #BOOMchallenge

[–] ZeffSyde 4 points 3 months ago

The Other Cat is going to get a complex from that favoritism.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

I list n to podcasts about science, space, farming, linguistics, and literature. They're actually rather interesting. I don't think I could do just random bullshit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I listen to a variety of podcasts for different moods, and I also use it like music. Sometimes I'm in a music mood, sometimes I decide I need to hear how terrible Kissinger really was, sometimes I want to hear Dan research and refute all the lies Alex Jones spouts (the last two come often with the benefit of learning the origin of bullshit being spouted by some internet personalities), and sometimes I want to hear 3-5 guys who I find funny discuss movies and/or Wikipedia articles. I also like listening to factual and historical podcasts that have more detailed researching.

Why listen when I could look up and read it? Well I do look up and read specific topics, but that takes my full attention. I have ADHD and my mind can wander without additional input if I'm doing something tedious. So I listen while driving, cooking, cleaning, working, and even gaming. Gaming isn't tedious per say, but sometimes you have bursts of that (farming items, repeatable dailies, etc). I pause when I really need to, but some games I also play for relaxation, and I can relax and listen to a funny podcast at the same time. If it's work or gaming where I need focus, music works better.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I actually really enjoy "stuff you should know" it's a podcast with 2 guys from the "how stuff works" network that explain everything from "how cranes work" to the "Tulsa race riots." They're good people that like to joke with each other so it's not just straight boring facts.

That said, they aren't experts and will sometimes read emails that correct things they got wrong lol

[–] margaritox 5 points 3 months ago

Man, I know. Especially when they go off the actual topic and start talking about some random shit while cackling like a bunch of dumbasses.

[–] RaoulDook 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The only time they appeal to me is when the facehole flappers are genius comedians like Norm Macdonald or Tom Green. Tom was doing his own streaming live shows before Youtube existed and before most others had even realized it was possible.

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