Society is an ever-shifting landscape of trends, traditions, rituals, and norms. Change is the name of the game, but for some people, change doesn’t happen fast enough. Redditor Jimjoe1 asked people what modern social trends anger them the most, and they couldn’t wait to share their real thoughts and feelings about what they feel is wrong with the world.
We’ve collected the best responses below, so have a read through them and tell us what you think, dear Pandas. Remember to upvote the ones you agree with and be sure to drop us a comment with how you’d personally answer Jimjoe1’s question.
Pssst, spoiler warning, plenty of these people think that social media and attention-seeking are some of the fundamental ills of the times that we live in. Read on for Bored Panda’s interview about our desire to be seen and adored on social media with an expert in history. If you think our fascination with wanting attention is something new, you’re in for a rough awakening.
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Treating opinion as fact and fact as opinion
Awesome court ruling here recently: judge deemed a mother's own 'googling and internet research' was not sufficient to deny her children vaccines, esp measles after a 2019 outbreak (NB this parent also rejected haircuts and dental care for kids until forced to[free of charge of course]). Judge basically said if I allow your (mum) opinion to be equivalent to that of a genuine specialist witness, then what is the point of these special experts? Anyone could start to claim to be an expert, too dangerous a precedent. Kids are getting vaccinated. Awful that it had to be done like this. She said they had natural immunity and didn't need vaccines, as her kids hadn't ever gotten the illnesses, and had been given 'holistic vaccines' whatever the hell those are 🤦♀️
The whole instagram influencer thing. Why are we following these people??
Exactly, what made them experts to give healthy informed advise on how to live your life?
Playing music or watching videos in public without headphones. If I go to a park or the beach I want to be able to hear the wind and waves and birds singing, not whatever obnoxious s**t you feel you have the right to subject everyone to.
Jimjoe1’s thread was incredibly popular on r/AskReddit, getting over 64.4k upvotes at the time of writing and being the top-awarded post on the site. Other redditors gifted the user more than 340 awards and we can definitely see that number getting higher as the thread continues to get more and more attention online.
Bored Panda spoke about social media, people’s desire to look beautiful and ‘perfect,’ and how this is commodified with historian Dr. Jane Nicholas from St. Jerome’s University at the University of Waterloo.
According to Dr. Nicholas, seeking perfection isn’t a new idea: it’s long been sold as an attainable ideal. Something that’s within our grasp and could be ours if we just tried harder (or… spent more).
Gender reveal.
Especially when people react badly. Imagine being a kid and coming across a video of one of your parents having a tantrum because you aren’t they gender they wanted you to be.
People recording themselves doing “charitable acts” like buying a meal or giving money to a homeless person. I can assure you that person does NOT want their face all over social media so you can get clout for being a “good charitable person”. Sure do a good thing like helping the less fortunate but you don’t need to record it and have their face all over social media.
Charitable act: A charitable organization or activity helps and supports people who are ill, disabled, or very poor. ADJ n. ...charitable work for the handicapped. 2 adj Someone who is charitable to people is kind or understanding towards them. -- What they are doing is self public relations and not a charitable act at all.
Worshipping billionaires.
Worshiping influencers,/actors.. I just don't get it. It's fine when somebody likes them, but idolizing them? Too far imo
“Many cosmetics, for example, promise the ability to achieve a certain look with their use. Social media is driven by different, more individual forces than traditional media, but it is caught up in many of the same patterns, specifically selling goods,” she explained that there’s a (hidden) economic aspect to social media that drives it forward. So what we’re seeing with influencers and their fixation on making a profit shouldn’t surprise anybody.
The history expert noted that even if we’re smart enough to know that an image posted on social media is “highly manipulated,” this doesn’t mean that we can easily identify it with our own two eyes. “It’s difficult now to distinguish real people from the highly curated image presented on social media,” she said.
"Don't forget to like and subscribe" or "1 like = 1 prayer" just please f**k right off with that.
thoughts and prayers? How about something that will make a real difference?
Making young children into social media stars. It’s fine to share pictures of your kids with friends, but aggressively documenting and marketing your family life for the public at large is... creepy.
Awful. These posts and pictures are there forever. The child isn't old enough to consent. Protect their identity, they have rights too! Some sick buggers just use or even adopt children in order to make the videos.
Dr. Nicholas believes that our inability to distinguish between real and highly curated images on social media “reflects something of our true selves now,” implying that things are here to stay. At least for the time being.
But for those of you lamenting that modern society is a nightmare, wishing to go back to the good old days, ask yourselves this: which days exactly are the so-called good old days? Dr. Nicholas told Bored Panda that we’ve all lived with various images of beauty since at least the 1920s, and “these have become parts of ourselves.”
Our modern focus on social media is merely an extension of a long historic fascination with beauty. Similarly, other trends could be seen as continuations or reactions to previous trends once you dig a little deeper. That’s why having a solid foundation in history is vital if you want to make more accurate guesses about the future.
How quickly misinformation spreads through social media. It’s seriously a dangerous thing in society and it’s pretty terrifying
Toxic positivity
“Just be positive!”
Yeah thanks Carol I didn’t realize just staying positive would cure my chemical imbalance
anti-vaccination. When vaccines were first discovered or developed or however you want to say it, they were mostly seen as a scientific break through. A great success. The wonders of man kinds great power and ingenuity. Polio? What polio? But now, it is trendy for many to be now smarter than several years of research and hard work. To know more in 10 minutes on YouTube then someone who has dedicated years of their life to study what other people before then also studied for years of their life and so on and so on. Years of human evolution, growth, study, break-throughs, accomplishments, ground to a halt by some jack wagon with a social media account.
I had a stroke because I caught whooping cough in an area where there was an outbreak and anti-vax cluster. I can't express how angry I am, years later, at people who refuse to believe that vaccines work/help. I would not wish what happened to me on anyone...how can people take such a stupid chance on themselves/kids/family/friends/strangers? The mind boggles.
Are the internet and social media to blame for what’s wrong with society? I like to think that they’re merely tools and aren’t inherently good or evil, but we make them so with how we use them. Or, to put it a tad more poetically, they’re funhouse mirrors that reflect and amplify our inner selves.
Social media can be a way to get in touch with long-lost friends and to give a platform for your art. Or it can be an excuse to post endless vapid selfies and to advertise products for monetary gain.
Food blogs for a simple recipe. I don’t give a f*** about reading a story before reading a recipe
Family vloggers horrify me. The concept of exploiting your children's lives for views is particularly awful. And because it's a relatively new concept there are no real laws around child labor or exploitation concerning it. There are youtubers out there right now who live in mansions worth millions of dollars that they got from shoving a camera in their toddler's face and demanding them to perform for strangers. I can't even imagine the psychological repercussions this will have on these kids in the future.
I read today about that awful YouTube couple who put their healthy dog down, they apparently backed out of a Thailand adoption because they were forbidden to discuss or show the baby on social media for 12 months. These type of people do not care about children, only chasing money.. https://amp.nine.com.au/article/c2ff7936-818b-47e6-9332-09361787befe
Similarly, the internet itself is both a vast repository of painstakingly verified knowledge and funny animal videos, as well as a seemingly endless archive of half-truths, rumors, fake news, and gossip. You can’t have the good without the bad. Though it’s always healthy to sit down and think about what you’d change about the world if you could. And then, perhaps, even go out and make those changes into reality.
How almost every article is a video rather than an article. I can get to the main point faster reading than it takes for the video to get there.
This! Especially when I'm looking for a video game walkthrough. I just want to know where this one chest is. Show me a picture, a few sentences about how to find it, and maybe a map. I don't want to scroll through a 20 minute video to find out where this one stupid chest is.
The overgrowth of identity. There’s nothing wrong with being any race, gender or sexuality (or any other thing), but it doesn’t make you any more ‘legitimate’ or more of an authority on anything. I guess I’m just tired of all the deepening divisions. If you get too engrossed in your ‘tribe’ you’ll lose sight of all the other people out there.
The instagram Kardashian body image crap. Those bodies are unachievable without surgery, money, trainers, chefs, etc. Cellulite and love handles exist. Eat healthy, exercise and love who you are with confidence.
Basing your entire identity around political parties that don't even represent your interests.
what's actually worse is people exchanging their religious beliefs for political identity. yes, i'm looking at you conservative christians!
Influencers. I can't stand the term, it gives whatever dickhead thinks they are famous a feeling of superiority. Plus everyone seems to be an 'Influencer' and not actually engaging in proper life. Grrr
The idea that every one of your hobbies needs to be turned into a side hustle. No one is allowed to simply have hobbies that they love, you have to strive to be good enough to monetize it
"If you enjoy something, why not make it a stressful obligation upon which you're financially dependent? Suck all the joy out of your life today with Side Hustle "
When people see someone in distress, instead of helping they whip their phones out and film. Social media and smart phones have absolutely messed this world up.
Mommy wine culture. The normalization of needing to drink to tolerate your kids. As a mom who doesn't drink it seems like there is so much normalization of alcoholic behavior that it makes me sad.
Sad and frightened. Parents are the ones who drive their children wherever they need to go, and monitor their activities to ensure they’re safe. Mothers are also the ones who need to be careful about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in any children born after they become alcoholics because they’re dependent on wine—-or whatever alcoholic beverage they move on to—-just to get through the day.
Letting little kids have social media (unsupervised). They are not equipped to handle any of it. So many conflicts spawn out of it.
Never ever. I check all apps for chat functions in any capacity, I know my kid isn't ready. But I know kids around his age (8-12) that use it 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Without a doubt, I can't stand cancel culture, gaslighting and the insane oversensitivity shown in social media. I'm going to write it clearly........"If you don't like something, don't watch it, interact with it or have anything to do with it." Just because you don't appreciate what someone has created, it doesn't mean it's your right to remove them and their art entirely. John Cleese said it perfectly "From the point of creativity, if you have to keep thinking which words you can use and which you can't, then that will stifle creativity"
Public shaming. Terrifying how the blind rage of an anonymous crowd can ruin your life in hours.
They used to call these lynch mobs. They used to let you die with some dignity by hanging you and be done with it. Now they ruin your life and salt the earth. In some cases, death might have been a mercy.
Words like "victim" and "survivor" being thrown around so much to the point where they are losing their meaning.
Social media influencers asking for free items unsolicited, then when of course they decline they threaten to (and in some cases do) leave bad reviews forcing the company to have to respond to false allegations for no reason.
It’s almost like Bored Panda have done a posting about this very issue
Glorifying celebrities and treating them like gods. Like, I understand being a fan of someone, but you don't have to create an entire livelihood around them or try to emulate them. This is also how people get into positions of power when they shouldn't be.
Modern people (including most the people I've dated) getting pissed that I don't reply to them immediately. "Why were you ignoring me bro?!" I wasn't. I'm just not addicted to my phone. People will b***h and moan about how I don't reply to them immediately, but if you put them all in a room, they can't look up from their phones to have a real conversation. Why did they ever invent active statuses?!?! It's so goddamn annoying to have people get mad at me because I used the calculator on my phone at work, and then people look to see that you were on your phone, and immediately think you're ignoring them. I'm at work. I didn't even notice your STUPID. BUBBLE.
Doing a stupid "challenge" that will end with one or more people injured, imprisoned, or worse.
one word: Tiktok. Why? The (pretty sure it’s called)skull breaker challenge and many more
Woke culture. It doesn't allow for people getting better. If you have to dig 7 years to find something bad someone said on twitter they maybe a improved person now. I care about how people are now not 7-10 years ago or that they say something stupid in high school.
It takes a special someone to spend time trawling through twitter to see if someone made a dumb tweet when they were essentially a child or very young adult.
A bachelor in "Gender Studoes" is not a jbo guarantee, you know?
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Yes! I felt bad when a Flash actor got fired, for a tweet he made at 17. It was over 10 years ago, at the time he was in school and was quite sheltered. You also have to bear in mind some people are taught things by their family or community, like in small towns where everyone looks the same. Since then, they have left home, met new people, have different friends, have a different lifestyle, changed their attitude and beliefs etc. It seems wrong to judge someone on a silly comment they made as a teenager when they are no longer that person.
My family and I were talking a few months ago about whether or not someone should be "cancelled" for doing something that was acceptable in the past that isn't in the present. Like the Dr. Seuss books that got yeeted for some reason even though it was fine at the time. Food for thought.
Woke/Cancel culture isn't about activism or making real change, it's about winning. They just want to feel good about themselves and that they won, regardless of the damage they did to other people's lives.
Also, if someone does believe something objectionable, alienating them is not going to get them or anyone else to change for the better. It will only reinforce their belief.
Exactly. A lot of people with good intentions (anti racism, anti homophobia etc) get so rabid and intolerant that at the end they are damaging their cause instead of helping it.
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Who the hell can possibly live up to the standard? People are (& always have been) complex and contradictory. The truly “woke” person does not (& never has) existed
Sometimes they’re still the same but it can only be found in writing 7-10 years ago. Like anything, this should be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Trolls never forget or forgive.
The only time I am "woke" is when my cat jumps on my bed and ends my sleep. I do not abuse people but owe nobody an apology for the past history of my country of origin or of residence. Acts by National Leaders and Politicians past and present I cannot control and accept no responsibilty for them and I make my own judgements on their actions and policies given the mores of the time when atttudes and values were different to those of the present day.
Yes. Like with the Ph1lzA situation, they dug an 8 year old tweet out of his account of a screenshot of his friend saying the n word. He was forced to apologize for it, and he said he’s not friends with that person anymore and he had barely any followers then and everyone who followed him were his friends.
I'm torn on this one. We've all done dumb things, yes. Some people, though, don't improve -- they see getting away with their stupidity as permission to keep on with those kinds of choices. They don't do better, they just get better at conning people so they don't face consequences. I do care about how they act in high school -- hearing that Josh Hawley, at that age, was considered a fascist even then, or that Stephen Miller was provocateur even as a teenager does matter. I really think this shouldn't be a generalization. .
It's a matter of what you find and how far back you have to look, as well as whether there's a pattern of behavior. Having done something dumb in High School is pretty much irrelevant at my age, but when you're 20 or 21, it's recent enough that it may well tell a lot about who you are.
I used to be mildly racist and homophobic. It was a learned behaviour thanks to my father. However I have learned, I have talked to people who are not white and gay and my thinking and attitude has changed dramatically. Thankfully I didn't post anything online but I did utter the usual tropes out loud. People do change but sometimes they don't. I agree that trawling through years of past posts is a bit extreme but it does show how that person thought and together with any posts or behaviours now might give an idea as to how far that person has progressed or not. I'm now a supporter of BLM and wear a gay pride badge to show support. I still find myself thinking like I used to occasionally but I correct myself and remind myself to put myself in their shoes.
Woke culture, yes but those who feel they have the right to destroy statues, change the names of buildings because many centuries ago those people were involved in the trading of slaves. It is upsetting to know that the way my homeland changed, grew and made many people very rich was through slavery. But it happened and we cannot change the past, we cannot re-write or erase history.
Nobody is trying to erase history, we still have history books and ya know, education 🙄🙄🙄 those statues were put up in the 50's and 60's as a way to intimidate black people to not go into certain areas and remind them of their place. Put those statues in museums or whatever. Those statues are of traitors that fought to keep slavery in place against its OWN COUNTRY. You don't see Americans flying the British flag all over the place and placing statues of King George III around, do you? No, because they freaking lost and we won.
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That people think their lives need to be viewed to be lived- it’s like privacy and being private are considered repressive. People are always online, posting about their lives, and everyone wants validation about every aspect of their lives. Just f*****g live ‘em!
Narcissism. Everyone has to livestream their trip to the grocery store, or sits in front of a beautiful natural site and never turn around and look at it, because they’re obsessed with themselves and creating this false narrative about their life. Everything is all about “living their best life”(usually at the expense of others) or “living their truth”(complete BS not remotely based on reality). It’s all about them, and only them. F*** I hate these people...
You can't just buy something now. Everything is a subscription. First it was just Netflix, then it was dollar shave club. Now every TV channel is a separate subscription, every household item wants to send it to you over and over again. Nothing is released physically, so the only way to watch a movie or check out a new album is to pay someone monthly. Services that were offered for free or one-time purchase are rescinded and now offered as subscriptions. It's so obvious that everyone and everything just wants to milk you as long and for as much as possible. And people just buy into it willingly. I know people who spend like $200 a month on stuff that was free like, 10 years ago. People are even offering themselves on a subscription base now. I can't believe how cool everyone is with watching all their money disappear all the time.
Plain articles of clothing like a t-shirt where the only thing on them is a large graphic of the logo of the brand that made it. See it a lot with “Gucci”. People are literally paying hundreds of their own money to be a walking advertisement for a company.
I'm exhausted with how vapid and fake social media is.
Jip, when everyone I studies with now on social media "looks younger" than what they did when we studied 14 years ago!!!
Recording people in need for clout.
Never. And dont force it on them, or act like they owe you in any way (ie for clout etc) i know ppl say beggars can't be choosers but that's dehumanising esp when in literal examples of beggars like this, rather than a metaphor
Public grieving. And berating those who don’t grieve publicly. When Chadwick Boseman passed away, people were hounding his co-stars regarding their responses. When Malik B of The Roots passed away, Questlove actually found out by being spammed on Twitter by a bunch of strangers. Imagine finding out one of your closest friends died, because random strangers wanted an immediate response from you.
I hate public grieving too. I mean... how do you even have the strength to think about your social media when you grieve??
The fact that if you don't have Instagram and don't document your whole entire existence you're a nobody and don't have a life and live under a rock??? Excuse me but since I deleted social media accounts my life seems way more fulfilling and enjoyable than having to worry about how many people views my story and liked my photo of what dirt i ate for breakfast.
Couples recording pranks on each other that are so painfully staged. It’s the same super popular trends that are reproduced. Like do you really need to act so shocked the tenth time your girlfriend pretends to strip in front of the camera but actually has clothes underneath her towel? Are you really THAT shocked? At this point I just block but I just can’t imagine people have that much time
The giant fake open mouth grin smile faces, oh god it's second hand cringe, just so fake
How people try to destroy you or simply frown upon when you don’t join whatever bandwagon they’re on.
Well, they TRY to destroy you. If you don't give a rat's a$$ what they think, then you just ignore them and carry on with your life. Too many people make social media/the internet the total sum of their lives, which is very VERY sad. If someone tries to be pushy with me, they're blocked - simple as that.
Everyone acting like experts on crazily complex topics because they either read a headline or one article that agrees with what they already believed.
I'm just so glad the "licking things at the store" trend is over. It is over, right? Please tell me that's finally done.
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Here's one that's missing and applies to a specific commenter in this post. Trolls. No forum or post exists without one or two people who intentionally post asinine comments for their own amusement. Like a pitiful child who cries for attention. The idiot who exists mainly to scoff at anything or anyone whether they believe it or not. Because even a downvote is confirmation that someone read their garbage.
My friends made an insta where they run around in dino costumes and goof of. It is SO MUCH better than watching Kim K whine about how hard her life is.
Blimey. This post just made me feel normal for hating such I crap. I feel validated! Thank you Bored Panda!
To be honest some of them are just whining about something you don't like on the internet- doesn't mean it's bad - it's just you who doesn't like it ;)
What irritates me is the way some people think everyone around them should be just like them. If anyone is original or goes against the grain, it's considered to be "disruptive." No Karen...it's them enjoying their life by living it on their own terms, not yours. Stop trying to control everyone. Go listen to Be Kind by Zak Abel...or Calm Down by Taylor Swift to get what I'm talking about.
Influencer culture is the freaking worst. It's not going to stop either because companies keep monetizing them for ads etc. Plus, even if you try negative feedback...they'll just get more views, more followers, more money. It's a never ending cycle of crap. (This does not apply to the few good content creators out there, they can make money, not a problem).
The value of everything is much likely gone. You don't have to wait 1 day to see the next episode of your favourite series. You just watch the whole season now.
What I find this does to me is that I don't identify or "bond" with any characters anymore. There are shows that I've binged where I never even bother to remember a character's name.
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For me, it's all of the above, plus the blatantly manipulative 'I love Jesus' social media posts that read "I'll bet not one of my so-called friends has the courage to say 'Amen' and share this post." A close second are posts like "Only people with a genius IQ can think of an animal name that starts with a 'T'." I mean, are people so desperate for attention that they have to generate a paltry few likes/responses with this kind of crap in order to feel validated?
This post is quite similar to another one of some months ago, so it's still interesting but repetitive. I'm still not sure how to feel for some of those. Surely when children are involved or when irrespectful and dangerous behaviours are praised we have to take actions. But for other parts I think that it really depends on the personality and the mentality of people. I don't like most of these things and I prefer to live a more reserved life, but this is my opinion, you can do whatever you like with your life. Certainly it's important to show the dangers of this lifestyle.
So much of this aggravation is so easily avoided. I am on: Facebook I am NOT on: TikTok, SnapChat, Twitter, Instagram. Not being on those time-sucks and sanity-sucks have not impacted me in the slightest. As soon as you realize this, the better you will be.
Facebook and their friends suggestion . I don't even know some of the people. Ads popping up all the time on your phone. You tube suggestions for things I'm not interested in. Videos posted by families where they are singing or doing a sketch.
Most of this list is just complaining about things people have been doing for a long time, not much is modern society.
It's only been a long time if you are young. This stuff is recent to anyone over thirty. Just last night my husband and I had a conversation with our 31 year old daughter about how I didn't become a big 90s grunge fan until 15 years afterward. Basically it was because there were only 3 types of radio stations where we lived in the 90s: classic rock, CW, and religious. Streaming music and movies is a modern miracle. Social media is a scourge.
Load More Replies... Celebrity'victims'....Meghan Markle..Kim K..Michelle Obama to name a few....you're multi millionaires with sycophantic flunkies that cater to your every whim...you know nothing of hardship so f**k off with your whining!
how you NEED to have a cellphone for anything these days. i don't have a cell phone, i don't need one, but lot of authentification or subscribtion you need cell phone to get approbation. people looks at me like i'm weird because i don't have a cell phone. i don't want to pay for something 100$ a month for i have no use
What sort of crazy a$$ phone are you spending $100 a month on? I replace my phone with a newer one every 2-3 years at a cost of about £120-£150 for something with all the functionality that you need. My calls and data cost £6.36 a month.
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Giving loonies a platform is a pretty significant downside of modern communication systems. All of the qanon idiots and general conspiracy theorists wouldn’t be near as prevalent without social media.
How about the munchausen-esque posters? People who say they do or may have a certain disease or condition based of a Google search of some innocuous symptoms they may or may not have. Then they fill their feed with drama surrounding this self-diagnosis. Maybe they follow up with their journey or awaiting the doctor appointment and then.......either they suddenly stop talking about it, they switch to another condition they want to say they have, or they complain about how this doctor did "nothing" and "would not listen" like there aren't tests that diagnose you better than your own opinion. They just constantly want to be unwell as their niche social media presence for that type of attention. I've met quite a few of these and they are almost always toxic too
They forgot to add TikTok, photoshopping/filters, life hacks and GoFundMe all need to be added to this list
They forgot to add TikTok to the list. I am so sick of TikTok. Oh and "hacks" needs to be added to this list as well as photoshopping and filters, q
More of an irritation than anything but those stupid TikTok stories BP runs where we get to see the person posting making faces along with their story.
People having no concept of human history and not realising these behaviours are as old as time *eyeroll*
How about this topic being posted again with basically the same thing a few weeks ago and then will be posted again in a few weeks on Bored Panda.
Made up spelling for normal words. If your cat can text "hooman" it can damn well spell human. That and clickbait "see how much weight (celebrity name here)has lost! They look like a model."
Unprofessional remakes and music covers. There are thousands or may be millions of videos where amateurs make covers to popular music using random instruments, reproduce famous artwork using their style and materials, etc. A piece of art starts with a concept, idea. Compose your own music and play on your trash can lids, not Pink Floyd, please. No need to use your own authentic colored sand painting style to reproduce Mona Lisa. It is good for training your skills, but original artists had a concept that became iconic and it should be left as is. Develop your own concept and s share your masterpiece with others. Oh, no, everything is for amusement and likes/shares now. No problem
My brain hurts from reading that. Knew I should have stopped after the 1st
These are very important ideas to consider in today's world. So many people I know cannot tolerate the slightest inconveniences.
There are several on here which are the same thing. One in particular is social influences. So there are not 45 different topics.
Let’s ban everything. I’m sure we can then be finally happy and satisfied.
I really dislike people getting on social media complaining about a job they are getting paid to do and you are a horrible customer. You are a dog groomer don't complain about me not grooming my dog. You are a landlord not my fault you have missed mice.
Groom your damm dog! When you take an unbrushed long-coated dog to the groomers it suffers. Imagine not having your hair brushed for 6 weeks and then someone working through the knots. Now imagine it's over your entire body, including all the sensitive parts.
Load More Replies... Here's one that's missing and applies to a specific commenter in this post. Trolls. No forum or post exists without one or two people who intentionally post asinine comments for their own amusement. Like a pitiful child who cries for attention. The idiot who exists mainly to scoff at anything or anyone whether they believe it or not. Because even a downvote is confirmation that someone read their garbage.
My friends made an insta where they run around in dino costumes and goof of. It is SO MUCH better than watching Kim K whine about how hard her life is.
Blimey. This post just made me feel normal for hating such I crap. I feel validated! Thank you Bored Panda!
To be honest some of them are just whining about something you don't like on the internet- doesn't mean it's bad - it's just you who doesn't like it ;)
What irritates me is the way some people think everyone around them should be just like them. If anyone is original or goes against the grain, it's considered to be "disruptive." No Karen...it's them enjoying their life by living it on their own terms, not yours. Stop trying to control everyone. Go listen to Be Kind by Zak Abel...or Calm Down by Taylor Swift to get what I'm talking about.
Influencer culture is the freaking worst. It's not going to stop either because companies keep monetizing them for ads etc. Plus, even if you try negative feedback...they'll just get more views, more followers, more money. It's a never ending cycle of crap. (This does not apply to the few good content creators out there, they can make money, not a problem).
The value of everything is much likely gone. You don't have to wait 1 day to see the next episode of your favourite series. You just watch the whole season now.
What I find this does to me is that I don't identify or "bond" with any characters anymore. There are shows that I've binged where I never even bother to remember a character's name.
Load More Replies... For me, it's all of the above, plus the blatantly manipulative 'I love Jesus' social media posts that read "I'll bet not one of my so-called friends has the courage to say 'Amen' and share this post." A close second are posts like "Only people with a genius IQ can think of an animal name that starts with a 'T'." I mean, are people so desperate for attention that they have to generate a paltry few likes/responses with this kind of crap in order to feel validated?
This post is quite similar to another one of some months ago, so it's still interesting but repetitive. I'm still not sure how to feel for some of those. Surely when children are involved or when irrespectful and dangerous behaviours are praised we have to take actions. But for other parts I think that it really depends on the personality and the mentality of people. I don't like most of these things and I prefer to live a more reserved life, but this is my opinion, you can do whatever you like with your life. Certainly it's important to show the dangers of this lifestyle.
So much of this aggravation is so easily avoided. I am on: Facebook I am NOT on: TikTok, SnapChat, Twitter, Instagram. Not being on those time-sucks and sanity-sucks have not impacted me in the slightest. As soon as you realize this, the better you will be.
Facebook and their friends suggestion . I don't even know some of the people. Ads popping up all the time on your phone. You tube suggestions for things I'm not interested in. Videos posted by families where they are singing or doing a sketch.
Most of this list is just complaining about things people have been doing for a long time, not much is modern society.
It's only been a long time if you are young. This stuff is recent to anyone over thirty. Just last night my husband and I had a conversation with our 31 year old daughter about how I didn't become a big 90s grunge fan until 15 years afterward. Basically it was because there were only 3 types of radio stations where we lived in the 90s: classic rock, CW, and religious. Streaming music and movies is a modern miracle. Social media is a scourge.
Load More Replies... Celebrity'victims'....Meghan Markle..Kim K..Michelle Obama to name a few....you're multi millionaires with sycophantic flunkies that cater to your every whim...you know nothing of hardship so f**k off with your whining!
how you NEED to have a cellphone for anything these days. i don't have a cell phone, i don't need one, but lot of authentification or subscribtion you need cell phone to get approbation. people looks at me like i'm weird because i don't have a cell phone. i don't want to pay for something 100$ a month for i have no use
What sort of crazy a$$ phone are you spending $100 a month on? I replace my phone with a newer one every 2-3 years at a cost of about £120-£150 for something with all the functionality that you need. My calls and data cost £6.36 a month.
Load More Replies... Giving loonies a platform is a pretty significant downside of modern communication systems. All of the qanon idiots and general conspiracy theorists wouldn’t be near as prevalent without social media.
How about the munchausen-esque posters? People who say they do or may have a certain disease or condition based of a Google search of some innocuous symptoms they may or may not have. Then they fill their feed with drama surrounding this self-diagnosis. Maybe they follow up with their journey or awaiting the doctor appointment and then.......either they suddenly stop talking about it, they switch to another condition they want to say they have, or they complain about how this doctor did "nothing" and "would not listen" like there aren't tests that diagnose you better than your own opinion. They just constantly want to be unwell as their niche social media presence for that type of attention. I've met quite a few of these and they are almost always toxic too
They forgot to add TikTok, photoshopping/filters, life hacks and GoFundMe all need to be added to this list
They forgot to add TikTok to the list. I am so sick of TikTok. Oh and "hacks" needs to be added to this list as well as photoshopping and filters, q
More of an irritation than anything but those stupid TikTok stories BP runs where we get to see the person posting making faces along with their story.
People having no concept of human history and not realising these behaviours are as old as time *eyeroll*
How about this topic being posted again with basically the same thing a few weeks ago and then will be posted again in a few weeks on Bored Panda.
Made up spelling for normal words. If your cat can text "hooman" it can damn well spell human. That and clickbait "see how much weight (celebrity name here)has lost! They look like a model."
Unprofessional remakes and music covers. There are thousands or may be millions of videos where amateurs make covers to popular music using random instruments, reproduce famous artwork using their style and materials, etc. A piece of art starts with a concept, idea. Compose your own music and play on your trash can lids, not Pink Floyd, please. No need to use your own authentic colored sand painting style to reproduce Mona Lisa. It is good for training your skills, but original artists had a concept that became iconic and it should be left as is. Develop your own concept and s share your masterpiece with others. Oh, no, everything is for amusement and likes/shares now. No problem
My brain hurts from reading that. Knew I should have stopped after the 1st
These are very important ideas to consider in today's world. So many people I know cannot tolerate the slightest inconveniences.
There are several on here which are the same thing. One in particular is social influences. So there are not 45 different topics.
Let’s ban everything. I’m sure we can then be finally happy and satisfied.
I really dislike people getting on social media complaining about a job they are getting paid to do and you are a horrible customer. You are a dog groomer don't complain about me not grooming my dog. You are a landlord not my fault you have missed mice.
Groom your damm dog! When you take an unbrushed long-coated dog to the groomers it suffers. Imagine not having your hair brushed for 6 weeks and then someone working through the knots. Now imagine it's over your entire body, including all the sensitive parts.
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