I get that this is harmless fun - and I am legitimately happy that people got out and had some fun making up flyers and hanging out with other people. When I saw all those people hanging out in the park on a glorious Spring day, I admit I felt a twinge of jealousy as I sit here alone at my desk.
But I've got to say... I find it a bit distasteful how Americans increasingly seem to be more united by their dislikes than their interests.
Recently there was a frontpage HN news post about "stoop coffee" [1] - and that felt like a much more chill and constructive approach to doing nothing with other people.
Yes exactly. I think it’s because it is easy and cheap to find someone with your opinion and it requires no effort if that opinion is disliking something. If you like model trains you have to build them, run their routes, talk to others if you want to build a larger town or whatever, it’s very involved and you can spend your time and money pursuing the hobby. If you hate model trains you only need to find someone on the internet who will comment back to you and already you have completed your hate and can move on to the next train to hate.
This is all why I have come to the conclusion that no matter what my thoughts are about something I should mostly keep them to myself if I’m unwilling to do things related to those thoughts. This has helped me find a lot of time I spent disliking things and discussing those dislikes and now I spend that time either trying to fix what I dislike or focus on something I do like.
But I've got to say... I find it a bit distasteful how Americans increasingly seem to be more united by their dislikes than their interests.
Recently there was a frontpage HN news post about "stoop coffee" [1] - and that felt like a much more chill and constructive approach to doing nothing with other people.
[1] https://supernuclear.substack.com/p/stoop-coffee-how-a-simpl...