What are some weird flexes people have that they think make them better than others? (piefed.world)

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People who proudly boast about how they never spend a dime on Epic Games, in their store, but has hundreds of free games to play with no intent to play them. Like, I don't know who is supposed to be impressed by that. Not to mention, that's not really a good method of protesting if you're someone who hates Epic Games.

You're still spending the time and effort, not to mention even bothering to have an account with them to begin with, to redeem free games that they give away. Who are you seriously trying to impress or what message are you trying to convey? Because all I see are contradictions and ironies.

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[-] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago

I'm not sure you could call it a "flex" but the number of people I meet who are almost proud of how bad they are at math is ridiculous. Short of having been diagnosed with dyscalculia, lacking basic mathematics skills as an adult should be on par with not knowing how to read.

It blows my mind how many other Americans I come across who lack basic understandings of fractions. We use the damn imperial system, which is a whole other issue for a different lemmy rant.

[-] AskewLord@piefed.social 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

lots of people i meet brag they don't read either dude.

usually after they see that I'm reading a book or if I tell them I like to read. they seem to find this very offensive and upsetting.

i notice this especially with like, tech and medical workers? I also met quite a few english teachers who flexed how they don't read and think reading is dumb.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 1 points 2 hours ago

english teachers who [...] don't read

Not having time to read I could understand. Teaching comes with a lot of overtime. But actively bragging that they don't?!

My head hurts just thinking about that.

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