being controversial â immaturity
controversial and mature: âabortion should be legalâ
uncontroversial and immature: âi pooped in the urinalâ
i understand your point, but your conflation of immaturity and controversy does not fully understand what controversy is.
controversy - when there is a significant split in opinion or disagreement within a certain group, typically when prolonged, public, and heated.
but, being controversial â bad
the outlawing of slavery was controversial at one point, but that doesnât mean that being of the opinion that slavery is bad is a bad opinion.
there is, however, being controversial for the sake of being controversial, or being âedgyâ, which i do believe to be immature as you donât actually believe your own opinions and are simply saying them to get a rise out of others, or âtrollingâ, which seems to be what youâre critiquing here.
just my two cents.
Maturity
TW: immature people will not appreciate this post
Thereâs a lot of stuff I really want to say about controversies and stuff but I know I shouldnât. I have been controversial in the past (IYKYK) and being on the outside now really reveals how stupid it is. I donât want to start that again. So Iâm gonna give some meta thoughts, and why Iâm hopeful this will stop eventually.
Most of the recent controversies have been about jokes that someone made that were in bad taste, and then it turns into an argument about some bigger issue (Imagine somebody makes a joke about their friend being so stupid for using 24hr time. If it blew up, it would become an argument about which time method is better.). This is just immature. If you really donât want to start controversy, donât post a joke if it even has a chance of starting an argument. âBut I should be able to make a joke 
â Is it worth it at the expense of a controversy? Set your priorities right.
How this looks practically:
Iâm going to use myself as an example. I used to be super controversial. I became more mature and look what happened. I havenât been involved in any major controversy at all. I used to use wasteof on my Apple Watch. I stopped doing this because it made it easy for me to post something without thinking. Now I only use it on my computer, and I only use the computer between noon and 4pm. Maybe you should do the same thing. Put barriers between yourself and this site if you have a problem with not thinking about your words.
If you set limits on yourself, eventually you will get used to them and you can go back to how it was without the limits, because the limits make you more mature. I canât use wasteof on my watch because of a bug with watchOS, but I think I am mature enough to handle it now.
TLDR: Do whatever it takes to get maturity and avoid controversy. This may require leaving wasteof, or changing how you use it. But no matter what it takes you should probably do it. Stop the immaturity and focus on what really matters.
The good thing is, maturity naturally grows with age. wasteof seems to be around itâs carrying capacity (the amount of new users has decreased massively from its late-2022 peak), so from this point on the average age of the site will only increase. The average maturity should do the same. So I think it will get better in the future.
I am not leaving wasteof anytime soon and I think its a really bad move to do so. Leaving because you think the community is bad is really prideful (âI deserve betterâ) and it usually makes the community even worse, starting a negative feedback loop.
Anyways, hope this is helpful. Maturity is really lacking on here and I think itâs the core problem that causes fights and arguments. That and a lack of humility.
itâs funny when they do this because i always feel like they are just leaving the internet. i mean, itâs not that theyâre DEAD, they just left a very small twitter-like site in the middle of nowhere.
(by âtheyâ i mean creators online)
edit: worst fucking timing of all fucking time god fucking dammit
Leaving wasteof.money
I have been on this site for 2 years, and it has been a lot of fun with a lot of memories I will never forget at all, but I am no longer interested in using wasteof anymore. Wasteof has changed to the point where it's no longer the same anymore, and it has shown to change a bit for the worse with people joining and making low effort posts with at this point is just spam and really this site is just not that engaging anymore and I think it's just best for me to leave the site. Love yall -ratio
Krystal by Matt Maltese is a very good album, and not only that itâs consistently good, unlike some other albums that are good but only sometimes.
marioâs gimmick is he say the âwahooâ and âmama miaâ
Hot take: imo both Mario and sonic are bad games. When I think of a good platformer, a good gimmick is needed. Mario has level variation but no real gimmick, and I've never really liked Sonic (remember this is an opinion piece).
You should play chirpy reverie, now that's a great platformer https://turbowarp.org/434825906
why are there no mario & sonic platformers. like. dude. the opportunity is RIGHT THERE and all you do is make them participate in the olympics??
because wasteof only shows a circular cutout of your pfp, you can hide secrets in there :3