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title: "New List: Better Alternatives to Popular Things"
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These are things that are secretly better than their alternatives, although many of the alternatives are much more popular. Some may be controversial. If you disagree, please make your own list and share it.

- handkerchief > tissue
- bus/walking > car
- Mastodon > Twitter/BlueSky/Threads/whatever
- Lemmy/Tildes > Reddit
- Kagi > Google
- Arc > Firefox > Google Chrome > IE 6
- commercial displays > cheap smart TVs
- Futurama > The Simpsons
- Calvin and Hobbes > Garfield
- bidet > wiping your dirty ass with a dry piece of paper a few times
- gaming desktop > gaming laptop
- urban living > suburban living
- being sincere > being cynical
- hard way > easy way
- being kind > being cool
- flexible > rigid
- sharing credit > hoarding credit
- admitting faults > hiding faults
- optimizing > settling
- casual > "professional"
- people > things
- cats > dogs
- pizza with pineapple > pizza without pineapple
- quiet evenings with people you care about > partying
- loud keyswitches > quiet keyswitches
- investing > instant gratification
- not having a yard > having a small yard > having a big yard
- dumb home > smart home
