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Don't believe it until you see it, and then see it twice. | Don't believe it until you see it, and then see it twice. | ||
| + | ===2020's decade=== | ||
| + | ====Unsustainable Internet Video Industry==== | ||
| + | today the fad for the gullible is: becoming a youtube superstar. just | ||
| + | spend all your free time to create dishonest and overproduced videos | ||
| + | of questionable acts, in order to get views that will become obsolete in | ||
| + | 10 years time. | ||
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| + | alternate version: become a twitch streaming star. you deserve to get | ||
| + | paid for playing video games, because you are charismatic and who | ||
| + | cares if there are homeless people sleeping on the streets. these | ||
| + | video streams are solving important problems, and please buy my sponsored | ||
| + | soft drink that contains only FIVE artificial flavours. | ||
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| + | ====Tool Cabinets==== | ||
| + | Would you like to pay $3000+ to store your tools? Guaranteed, that they | ||
| + | will break given enough time. All tool cabinets will break eventually. | ||
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| + | ===2025=== | ||
| + | ====Gold==== | ||
| + | Gold and silver. Just don't be surprised when someone comes in your house | ||
| + | and replaces all your gold and silver with fools gold and tin. You won't even know. | ||
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| + | This has replaced bitcoin. I guess people realized that tangible goods were more | ||
| + | valuable than digital nothing. That's a step in the right direction, but where | ||
| + | people are wrong, is assuming that the gold is safe in their homes. | ||
===2021=== | ===2021=== | ||
| − | programming edition: | + | ====Rust (this one is still popular in 2026, we will see how long it lasts)==== |
| − | + | programming edition:the fad for the gullible this month is Rust. | |
| − | + | Why should you use Rust? "Because it's super secure." What software | |
| − | + | currently uses Rust? "Nothing." How does the toolchain for Rust look like? | |
| − | + | "Don't look at the toolchain. Just use these opaque complex binaries." | |
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===2020=== | ===2020=== | ||
| + | ====Vaccines==== | ||
today the fad for the gullible is: taking a vaccine. People think taking | today the fad for the gullible is: taking a vaccine. People think taking | ||
| − | a vaccine is going to make them safe. They believe fervently in it. | + | a vaccine is going to make them safe. They believe fervently in it. |
| − | + | ====Weighted Blankets==== | |
| − | + | weighted blankets: (can't you just get this from having multiple blankets...?) | |
| − | + | EDIT: having enough blankets that they feel heavy is OK. Buying a blanket with | |
| − | + | weight in it, is for fools. | |
| − | + | ====Sleeping in a Hammock==== | |
today the fad is: sleeping in hammocks. someone says its revolutionary. | today the fad is: sleeping in hammocks. someone says its revolutionary. | ||
| − | sleeping in a bed isn't good enough? seems to work for most people. | + | sleeping in a bed isn't good enough? it seems to work for most people. I |
| − | + | can't remember a time I ever thought a hammock was comfortable enough | |
| − | + | to sleep in, although the swinging sensation is disorienting and fun. | |
| − | === | + | ===2018=== |
| − | Air fryer: ( | + | ====Air Fryer==== |
| + | Air fryer: (It's really just a convection oven. Air fryer is a buzzword). And even worse, it's a cheaply mass produced convection oven. | ||
| − | === | + | ====My Pillow==== |
| − | My pillow. There always seems to be some 'As seen on tv' piece of trash that enraptures the gullible | + | today the fad is: My pillow. There always seems to be some 'As seen on tv' piece of trash that enraptures the gullible |
public. | public. | ||
| − | ===2013 | + | ===2013=== |
| + | ====Bitcoin==== | ||
today the fad is: bitcoin. Apparently, some people think they beat the | today the fad is: bitcoin. Apparently, some people think they beat the | ||
game of life by investing in imaginary money. Nope. Life can't be beat | game of life by investing in imaginary money. Nope. Life can't be beat | ||
| − | that easily. Try again. | + | that easily. Try again. No free lunch. |
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| + | ===2010's=== | ||
| + | ====Tattoos, Ugly and Permanent==== | ||
| + | Tattoos. these just make me sad. Remember, with a tattoo, there | ||
| + | is no going back. Modern culture should be ashamed of itself. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:45, 8 January 2026
Don't believe it until you see it, and then see it twice.
2020's decade
Unsustainable Internet Video Industry
today the fad for the gullible is: becoming a youtube superstar. just spend all your free time to create dishonest and overproduced videos of questionable acts, in order to get views that will become obsolete in 10 years time.
alternate version: become a twitch streaming star. you deserve to get paid for playing video games, because you are charismatic and who cares if there are homeless people sleeping on the streets. these video streams are solving important problems, and please buy my sponsored soft drink that contains only FIVE artificial flavours.
Tool Cabinets
Would you like to pay $3000+ to store your tools? Guaranteed, that they will break given enough time. All tool cabinets will break eventually.
2025
Gold
Gold and silver. Just don't be surprised when someone comes in your house and replaces all your gold and silver with fools gold and tin. You won't even know.
This has replaced bitcoin. I guess people realized that tangible goods were more valuable than digital nothing. That's a step in the right direction, but where people are wrong, is assuming that the gold is safe in their homes.
2021
Rust (this one is still popular in 2026, we will see how long it lasts)
programming edition:the fad for the gullible this month is Rust. Why should you use Rust? "Because it's super secure." What software currently uses Rust? "Nothing." How does the toolchain for Rust look like? "Don't look at the toolchain. Just use these opaque complex binaries."
2020
Vaccines
today the fad for the gullible is: taking a vaccine. People think taking a vaccine is going to make them safe. They believe fervently in it.
Weighted Blankets
weighted blankets: (can't you just get this from having multiple blankets...?) EDIT: having enough blankets that they feel heavy is OK. Buying a blanket with weight in it, is for fools.
Sleeping in a Hammock
today the fad is: sleeping in hammocks. someone says its revolutionary. sleeping in a bed isn't good enough? it seems to work for most people. I can't remember a time I ever thought a hammock was comfortable enough to sleep in, although the swinging sensation is disorienting and fun.
2018
Air Fryer
Air fryer: (It's really just a convection oven. Air fryer is a buzzword). And even worse, it's a cheaply mass produced convection oven.
My Pillow
today the fad is: My pillow. There always seems to be some 'As seen on tv' piece of trash that enraptures the gullible public.
2013
Bitcoin
today the fad is: bitcoin. Apparently, some people think they beat the game of life by investing in imaginary money. Nope. Life can't be beat that easily. Try again. No free lunch.
2010's
Tattoos, Ugly and Permanent
Tattoos. these just make me sad. Remember, with a tattoo, there is no going back. Modern culture should be ashamed of itself.
