this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2024
1346 points (98.9% liked)

memes

10181 readers
2211 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 223 points 3 months ago (20 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 (3 children)
[–] GladiusB 10 points 3 months ago

Goddamnit...

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [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.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] 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.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] 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 (3 children)

Most music isn’t intellectually challenging

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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

load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (9 replies)
[–] TokenBoomer 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Subverb 10 points 3 months ago (7 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!

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] [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

load more comments (11 replies)
[–] exanime 92 points 3 months ago (17 children)

I despise this type of podcasts... just idiots (generally) rambling about themselves or shit they know nothing about.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 84 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So, I was 5 minutes in ... 2 minutes ad. Knowadamsayin?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh shit bro. I know what you're saying.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Gnome saying

load more comments (16 replies)
[–] FederatedSaint 71 points 3 months ago (16 children)

This is why I almost exclusively listen to podcasts that are scripted, like casefile, freakonomics, this American life, radio lab, wait wait don't tell me, etc.

Before this, all too often I would find myself listening to people aimlessly chatting about what they had for breakfast and such, and I realized those that scripted their episodes made for a tremendously better listening experience.

[–] Zoomboingding 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The only unscripted podcasts I listen to are D&D sessions

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (15 replies)
[–] NegativeLookBehind 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I tried to listen to a Kubernetes podcast once, where they talk to engineers who created it. They just fucking ramble about sports and unrelated bullshit for about an hour and I never listened to another episode.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's nice to be in a room with someone who knows their shit, and never actually talk about the shit they know about, and instead connect to them at a human level.

But that's not useful for podcast listeners.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] setsneedtofeed 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I've dropped so many podcasts where the title was promising an interesting topic, but then inside it's just these dudebros rambling about nothing. I don't understand how some of these podcasts have so much popularity.

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

It's a stable opportunity because of para social people.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I've literally done this like 6 times with writing. I start writing something and after like 3 sentences I say "who the fuck do I think I am that anyone would give a shit about what I have to write!?" I've never gotten past one paragraph.

I don't know why comments feel different, it's probably because I use social media to just vent my frustrations and express just how much I loath who I am. Sorry for using Lemmy as my therapist! :P

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (6 children)

types out response then deletes it

load more comments (6 replies)
[–] MunkysUnkEnz0 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Love yourself, The world's a hard, strange place. Keep your chin up. Don't hate yourself for what you were born into.

When I was in my early 20s, I read this poem And it stuck with me .

Desiderata - Words for Life Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (7 replies)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

I guess let me see if anyone wants to listen to it, released TODAY:

Listen to (R)hodes & (B)reaks All Day by Thassodar on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/GNNMq

Check out the rest of my stuff at www.linktr.ee/thassodar, I've got 4 years of music on SoundCloud and various streaming platforms!

[–] redhorsejacket 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Reporting in that I did, in fact, want to listen to it, and did so. Thank you for sharing your work!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Thanks for taking the time to listen! Generally I don't use Lemmy to promote, but when the chance arrives

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

load more comments (6 replies)
[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but what's the name of the podcast?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (4 children)
[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Downloading 100 episodes now.

EDIT:

Stop Podcasting Yourself's name is literally a commentary on these exact type of podcasts. SPY is wildly popular and has entire reoccurring segment called, "overheards" where they talk about things they overheard.

If that is trash taste, trash is whats for dinner.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] exanime 15 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

Yep. The difference between investing a couple hours vs. hundreds of hours.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

"bro that's why you bring your cooler if you're buying ice cream bro"

load more comments
view more: next ›