Trihilis

Yeah sadly the reviews on websites like Amazon are a lot of times completely meaningless. I know some brands that give away free stuff for reviews (I'm amazed it's even allowed) on certain tech websites and forums. I mean if you give people stuff for free then it rarely happens they will be negative about it so it's basically paid shilling (being paid with a "free" product).

Also a lot of consumers who "review" something do it almost immediately after purchase. Especially with low quality cheap crap that means you will never know if someone is still satisfied with it after a few months since most people don't bother to redo their review "it's only 20 euros".

Ah fair enough. I have never spent that much money on sneakers. I think 130 euros is the max I've ever spent on a pair of sports shoes/sneakers.

I agree with you that a lot of brands should be ashamed of their price/quality ratio, but of course the world isn't always black and white (expensive is bad Vs cheap is good). I have bought some pretty cheap shoes for work where the soles were disintegrated after a few months and the safety nose (whatever you call it in English, not my native language) was already showing through the rubber. This meant they didn't met safety standards anymore for the places I work and I had to throw them away. Then I bought a more expensive (literally double the price) German brand and I already have them for over a year with little wear (so they are already lasting more than twice the cheap ones). Then I have also had an expensive Italian brand that didn't even last two months before the heel padding was completely gone. The problem I have with cheap brands (and especially no-name) is that whenever I buy them and they turn out to be good, the next time I go to the shoe store they're suddenly out of the assortment (seems to happen a lot here in Europe, especially the weird Amazon UUKKO/UFELLGOOD brands etc.). This means I'm taking a gamble each time I buy the no-name brand.

I have had similar experiences with sneakers. Some brands are truly terrible regardless we there they are expensive or cheap.

What I'm trying to say is that if you find a cheap brand (the 25-40 euro range) a lot of the time here they either become expensive eventually or they somehow are taken out of the stores assortment for whatever reason. Buying a slightly more expensive or expensive brand at least usually gets me reliable results. And I know that most of the time the brand will still exist.

The negative opinions basically boil down to the following:

1. people who have played the game and genuinely don't like it (like asmongold) and have good arguments why they don't like it. I respect these people opinions. You can tell them apart because they actually name the things they don't like in the game with constructive arguments.

2. People who haven't played the game and probably never will and just regurgitate what the hate train is saying. If you ask them why it usually boils down to "it looks boring", okay cool have played it? No? Okay is there anything else you don't like? Then the usual "bethesdaslop" and calling people idiots or shills start. I mean what are you even trying to accomplish? Are they just annoyed others are having fun while they're angry? I don't take these people seriously and you can usually easily pick them out of the comments.

The game will probably get review bombed on metacritic and the likes, I'm calling it now. Just the amount of stupid articles and YouTube make it a self fulfilling prophecy. I won't give a shit, I'll try it on gamepass when it comes out. If I like it I will keep playing it and if I don't I will stop. It's as simple as that.

I really don't see why people feel the need to jump on some hate train just for the sake of disliking something. It's just as annoying as people who want to be contrarian just to look interesting.

Imagine being dumb enough to vote for someone like that.

As someone who lives in a country that actually has this system. No. It's a shitty system. It results in old shitty cars that pollute like insanity. Some cars are more economical and safer than some badly built cars with less safety features and those safer cars are actually punished with this system.

You are literally better off buying an old banger that is falling apart and a road hazard than a new car because of our stupid tax system. And the people who drive SUVs here are usually rich and don't care about higher road tax.

For real. Even though there is shitposting here too, there is much better conversation going and not the typical "no u" bullshit Reddit is infested with.

I feel like most quality posters left Reddit and it shows in many of the larger subs. Unfortunately not all topics are discussed here yet so I still sometimes have to go to Reddit (don't have an account anymore). But when I do, holy shit the comment section is a dumpster fire.

I know too little about radioactive water and what the acceptable amount is for a person to eat through a fish that has been swimming in it

But holy shit can these stupid politicians who also don't know shit about it stop insulting everyone's intelligence with Simpsons (was literally an episode) like ways of convincing people.

I only trust well regarded scientists and experts, not some slimy politician. Literally kindergarten tier persuasion tactics.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Imagine being the donor and your organ goes to someone like that. It's like someone pissing on your grave (assuming the donor is dead or will die, article doesn't mention the organ).

Also the comment section from that article, holy shit what a dumpster fire.

A platform is as good as it's users. I left Reddit because it turned into a shithole. I'll do the same with Lemmy if that happens.

I actually like the multiple smaller communities here, it's part of the charm. If you think an instance is becoming too big just go to another one.

You can't really do that on Reddit since everyone is on the same big instance.

Also leaving Reddit is the best thing for my mental health I've done in a while

Why does the packaging need plastic though? It's absurd to me that coffe cups and stuff have to be degradable and made out of wood/carton (which is a good thing). And yet for a product where it shouldn't matter "hey let's use as much plastic as we can for this packaging".

I've been keeping SD cards in a drawer unprotected for years and I have yet to see one break.

The record and movie industry must be paying out of their asses to have this shit taught in schools.

Let's teach our kids the importance of making billionaires richer and not actual important stuff like checking facts or making a well informed decision when voting.

Absolute dystopian bullshit.