Internet “hate fads” that got old fast - Too much of a bad thing

[Jmz_33]

I don’t really have a problem with whaling on furries (especially on here) as long as what is being said is funny and/or true. However, on Twitter, when ever I see someone taking the piss out on some furry, they usually fail to say anything funny or factually correct. This is usually because to them, furries are the lowest hanging fruit possible and no body would bat an eye to defend them, even if everything they saying is complete dog shit. Kicking the shit out of furries is the cheapest way of getting clout on Twitter.

 

[Pissmaster]

It did not. Was still very spergy.

For that, you are allowed to unironically enjoy Simple Plan's "How Could This Happen to Me?", but just once

Also, I'm going to give a special mention the Nickelback hatedom.

Now, I never liked Nickelback even when they were popular, but that's because I'm one of those guys who mainly likes oldies and classic rock, so the whole "Post-Grunge" wasn't my thing to begin with. But I still think it was weird as fuck to see Nickelback from being this popular rock band in the early 2000's to suddenly being declared the "Worst Band Ever" online.

The autistic hatedom that Bieber and One Direction got was a little more understandable because they were your typical teen pop stars at the height of their popularity when their hatedom was at its peak.

The Nickelback hatedom got started after the band stopped being culturally relevant, which was unusual compared to other hate fads.

I think it's because they got a LOT of radio play. I worked fast food in high school at a place that always had a radio playing a pop station, and I'd hear Nickelback's "Rockstar" several times a day.

 

[SamTheEagle]

I think it's because they got a LOT of radio play. I worked fast food in high school at a place that always had a radio playing a pop station, and I'd hear Nickelback's "Rockstar" several times a day.

It was "Photograph" for me.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Emos are definitely still around. I watch a lot of Tik Tok cringe comps as a guilty pleasure, and some of them, it's hard to believe they weren't created in 2006 because of the way the kids are dressed. It's surreal.

That's really interesting to me.

 

[saralovesjuicyfruit]

That's really interesting to me.

I had a similar surreal experience IRL at an apple orchard this fall. There was a group of teenagers there that looked like the goth kids from South Park come to life, 2003 Hot Topic bondage pants and all. I had to check what year it was.

 

[LordofTendons]

Not sure if this qualifies... Atheists who hate Christians and go around pounding on them, especially the ones who go out of their way to insult them for believing in a sky daddy/sky fairy. I just feel like get a new insult; it's been done. So when I see one doing it I tell them "So sorry to hear that! Adding you to our prayer chain!" They always block me.

 

[Dom Cruise]

I had a similar surreal experience IRL at an apple orchard this fall. There was a group of teenagers there that looked like the goth kids from South Park come to life, 2003 Hot Topic bondage pants and all. I had to check what year it was.

It's really interesting to me to think of 2000s trends coming back into fashion.

One question on my mind though is how do teenagers these days rediscover this stuff?

 

[Syaoran Li]

It's really interesting to me to think of 2000s trends coming back into fashion.

One question on my mind though is how do teenagers these days rediscover this stuff?

My guess is a mix of your Late Millennials/Early Zoomers getting into nostalgia for their youths and younger Zoomers getting into it because it's completely different from the norm of the "Current Year" era while still being relatively recent.

 

[Dom Cruise]

My guess is a mix of your Late Millennials/Early Zoomers getting into nostalgia for their youths and younger Zoomers getting into it because it's completely different from the norm of the "Current Year" era while still being relatively recent.

You know what? That's something some teenagers have always done, focusing on an older culture to stand out from the crowd.

In my day as a teen in the 2000s I was big into 1970s music like Pink Floyd, I had several different Pink Floyd T-shirts, I know in the 1990s there was the "swing revival", in the 1980s there were some that were into "the oldies", 50s/60s music and the general culture of that time instead of the contemporary 80s.

But it sure is funny to think of the 2000s being long enough ago that modern teenagers would graft onto its culture for "retro chic", dang, I'm old.

 

[JambledUpWords]

Popeyes vs. Chick-fil-A
The whole stunt was stupid on Twitter and people getting angry at each other and moralizing chicken sandwiches was annoying. It was very forced. It’s just a chicken sandwich people.

 

[George Floyd Sneed]

At this point, I generally hate (lol) hatedoms more than the thing they’re actually bitching about. Nickelback and the Big Bang Theory are bland, yes, but who gives a shit? They’re low hanging fruit and as a sophisticated shitposter, it’s tedious to hear them bitch about easy targets. Take a chance and hate something that you have to explain and defend instead of easy yuks with your dumb and boring friends.

Popeyes vs. Chick-fil-A
The whole stunt was stupid on Twitter and people getting angry at each other and moralizing chicken sandwiches was annoying. It was very forced. It’s just a chicken sandwich people.

That type of marketing is pretty common now. Ryan Holiday’s book, Trust Me I’m Lying, is seemingly the blueprint for marketing these past 10+ years. Likely just a bunch of paid spergs reeing at each other.

 

[CheezzyMach]

Does TDS count?

Personally I'm tired of everything becoming a battleground for socially maladjusted shut ins to scream at each other these last 5 years.

You can't even eat a chicken sandwich without culture warriors screaming at you for Jesus' sake.

 

[Bad Headspace]

Any YouTuber drama hate fad. Remember when everybody hated for example KeemStar without question.
Then nobody cared anymore and he is back to growing like crazy.

People made their money out of (a possibly manufactured) drama as both guys get more views and exposure. Nobody really loses, nobody really changes.
It is like the Cola wars of the US in the 80s. both Coke and Pepsi gained more sales.

 

[Army Burger]

Any #(insertpersonhere)isoverparty hashtag is stupid and has never resulted in anything happening.

 

[Get_your_kicks_with_30-06]

I got on for you, this boomer shit. Yes the actual Baby Boomer generation is to be blamed for a lot of the ills of our nation and maybe even the world right now, but most of these people complaining about them dont care about that they're just mad that some old person said "hey sonny maybe get off your phone and go outside heh heh". So now they think its funny to just pick on old people for being old, just brilliant and not spergy at all.

 

[Jmz_33]

Any #(insertpersonhere)isoverparty hashtag is stupid and has never resulted in anything happening.

Not two seconds ago Billie Eilish was being “over partied” because she didn’t like lady Gaga’s gross meat dress.

Twitter-tards, not even once.

 

[Army Burger]

Not two seconds ago Billie Eilish was being “over partied” because she didn’t like lady Gaga’s gross meat dress.

Twitter-tards, not even once.

Any excuse to tard out will be taken

 

[Pissmaster]

It's really interesting to me to think of 2000s trends coming back into fashion.

One question on my mind though is how do teenagers these days rediscover this stuff?

Memes

Evanescence's Bring Me to Life became a meme song recently, and I can imagine the whole nu-metal fad of 20 years ago could easily have a full blown "so bad it's good" ironic comeback. Like I'm sure Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" could be a meme, just look at these lyrics

Its just one of those days
Where you don't want to wake up
Everything is fucked
Everybody sucks
You don't really know why
But you want to justify
Rippin' someone's head off
No human contact
And if you interact
Your life is on contract
Your best bet is to stay away motherfucker
It's just one of those days
It's all about the he-says, she-says bullshit
I think you better quit, let the shit slip
Or you'll be leaving with a fat lip
It's all about the he-says, she-says bullshit
I think you better quit, talking that shit
Its just one of those days
Feeling like a freight train
First one to complain
Leaves with a bloodstain
Damn right I'm a maniac
You better watch your back
Cause I'm fucking up your program
And then your stuck up
You just lucked up
Next in line to get fucked up
Your best bet is to stay away motherfucker
It's just one of those days
It's all about the he-says, she-says bullshit
I think you better quit, let the shit slip
Or you'll be leaving with a fat lip
It's all about the he-says, she-says bullshit
I think you better quit, talking that shit
Punk, so come and get it
I feel like shit
My suggestion, is to keep your distance
Cause right now I'm dangerous
We've all felt like shit
And been treated like shit
All those motherfuckers
That want to step up
I hope you know, I pack a chainsaw
I'll skin your ass raw
And if my day keeps going this way, I just might
Break something tonight
I pack a chainsaw
I'll skin your ass raw
And if my day keeps going this way, I just might
Break something tonight
I pack a chainsaw
I'll skin your ass raw
And if my day keeps going this way, I just might
Break your fucking face tonight
Give me something to break
Just give me something to break
How bout yer fucking face
I hope you know, I pack a chainsaw
What!
A chainsaw
What!
A motherfucking chainsaw
What!
So come and get it
It's all about the he-says, she-says bullshit
I think you better quit, let the shit slip
Or you'll be leaving with a fat lip
It's all about the he-says, she-says bullshit
I think you better quit, talking that shit
Punk, so come and get it

 

[I Love Beef]

I'm probably fusing in some level of galaxy brained material, but bear with me.

Two things that have shown me that they haven't aged well and things I sperg on about, but now have a chance to give sound reason.

1. "Angry" and "smartass" reviews and reviewers. The few reasons how James Rolfe made it work was because of his acting chops, and it does require acting, and actually engaging with the material, digesting it, and presenting analysis. Outside of a very, very few others who have successfully done angry style reviews, folks like TGWTG/Channel Awesome and their many followers have shown us how this can go down into flames; not just out of how fame and stardom can drive people to egotism when they don't deserve it, but how you should just hate and utterly rabidly tear at something if you don't like it or it presents something that challenges your fragile worldview, and just claim it as pure garbage that has nothing to contribute to human civilization and the human condition. This has gotten very, very old, I feel, and this has not aged well outside of the hormone addled and chromosome swimming brains of geeky and nerdy adolescents and coeds.

2. "Snarky elite video gamers/nerds". I'm sure you've met them before. They're usually the kind of geeks who hangout at college campus break rooms or video game store gatherings or even tabletop gaming halls. These guys still infest the internet and video game communities as a whole, but despite my lack of recent correspondence with this crowd, they used to be very prevalent around the late 2000s and the early 2010s. These would be the kinds of guys who would use their hobby and their preferences as if it was like a peacock's plumage to garner either "manly cred" or pussy.... and unsurprisingly, neither both showed up. They also were like the "angry reviewing" crowd in that they were insufferably snarky and cynical and smarmy about everything, and how what they liked was superior and yadda yadda.... Some even made little corners of the internet to post up their opinions and maddening self made loneliness in the form of "this shit sucks, let me write an autistic 50 page review consisting of shit shit and shit and why everything about it sucks dick because I said so and the world should cater to me and I am right and I should get my dick sucked for it". I had the pleasure of stumbling into these places online like how dogshit and hobo droppings pile up in San Francisco. And years on later, their smartass cynicism and snarkiness has either grown them into other cogs of their bleak outlook in life having given up gaming entirely or hopefully are playing Minecraft forever. I mean, gee, it's almost like rabid bitter id driven ravings because of your jealousy and escapist borne ignorance is driving away people because of how awful you have turned out! And boy, did it sure changed the video game industry, because a lot of them turned out to be ResetEra and SomethingAwful SJW Anti-Gamergate faggots too. TL;DR if you ever come across people like this, tell them to become an hero in Minecraft and don't even bother with them. They just can't get over getting wedgies from the jocks and cool kids.

 

[W00K #17]

Amberlyn and her nation of haters.