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.
It's because people are incredibly selfish. Vaccines aren't there only to protect "you" they are there to protect other people from a danger that YOU might pose to THEM. My personal odds of contracting pertussis is quite low, but I am vaccinated against it to reduce the chances of contracting and spreading the bacterium to others without becoming sick myself.
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Antivaxxers are the most selfish antisocial and completely ignorant people on earth!!
If there is any justice at all, they will all get sick of diseases that can be prevented with vaccines. Anti-vaxx and COVID-deniers who die from COVID-19 deserve a group Darwin Award.
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Antivaxxers have to be some of the most entitled, ignorant, and dangerous people.
soni w: do you take any medications? Or do you feel it's too dangerous because of the side effects, even if the pills will prolong your life or keep you from chronic pain? It's the same with vaccines. If you didn't know before the shot, I feel sorry for you, still this doesn't give you the right to call anyone willing to vaccinate stupid or uninformed. Most people are aware of the risks and can do the maths: the risk of a complication from a vaccine is way smaller than the risk that measles have, for example.
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I hate it when people say vaccines cause autism like it's a f*****g disease
I hate when those people get their information from facebook
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I especially "love" the anti-vaxxers who believe the COVID vaccine injects microdevices into your body and then turns you into a "zombie for the state." Really?
Oh man I love that one too, saw a video from a guy in the army talking about how they cant locate each other with the best government GPS tech but somehow we microized it and got it working in a vaccine?
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Anti vaccine - yep this is crazy - the polio vaccine was the best thing in the world as was typhoid , measles , mumps , rabies, tetanus, and so on ......
One of my favorite things to say about anti-vaxxers is that there are two things that never get old: Dark humor and kids that aren't vaccinated.
And most ironically, most anti-vaxxers have been vaccinated as kids and don't have a clue what it was when Polio was still a thing or how awful it felt when 3 of your 4 kids died during a measles outbreak. They profited from vaccines and deny their kids the same protection.
Actually antivaxxers existed with the beginning of vaccines. At the time of first vaccines there were people saying that you might grow horns because of the vaccines. So antivaxxers are not new.
I’m going to get the vaccine something within a few months and I’m excited! Although not very excited for the arm pain lol.
It is not that bad actually. I got the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine. After the first shot it hurt only a bit. The second one was worse, but I compare the pain to the bruise you get when you clumsily run into the doorframe. My advice: if you sleep on your left side get the shot in the right arm. Moving the vaccinated arm is not a problem, but putting pressure on it is.
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Anti-vaccinators will get Covid19 anyways sooner or later, because it is an endemic disease. Don't think they will remain so smart then as now.
Unfortunately, they also risk endangering people are waiting for a vaccination and who may be immuno-suppresed.
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And why was this vaccine released so quickly? Did they do enough or proper research? And what are the ingredients of it?(as if we could understand any of them)....🤦🤦🤦🤦
You forgot the most common question!! Why you care about me not having one since the vaccine will protect you as you say? If i hear that one more time!!!
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This is what happens when people discredit true expertise either by spreading misinformation by common people or those who are in the profession that want to make a name for themselves as with the case of vaccine’s and Autism. The vaccine’s should be mandatory because they don’t just have an impact on an individual
Remember the early 80s when AIDS came up?? People dying horrible deaths and no cure whatsoever? I bet NO-ONE on earth would've been an anti-vaxxxer then...
Polio vaccinations have killed people..... and took 14 yrs to get right. Nothing like that is happening now. Too many deaths from these 'drugs'..............
From Oxford University: httpsss://academic.oup.com/cid/article/49/8/1287/429938 Academic paper that makes the above post a WHOLE HEAP OF BULLSHIT. AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS MORE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS THAT PUT THE ABOVE COMMENT IN THE BULLSHIT BASKET! Vaxxers will believe anything they are told and wouldn't know how to research beyond Facebook. Most of you don't even know about Google scholar and the fantastic articles that PROVE, beyond the shadow of doubt of vaccine- induced mutations and the danger of using OPVs which have been banned for many many years. When was the last time a child in the first world was given an OPV? 20 YEARS AGO! But y'all happy enough for third world countries to be exposed to harm. Fuckn entitled or what? Post like the one above is fuckn PROPAGANDA! Polio WAS eradicated untill Bill Gates stepped in .FUCKN TRUTH!
A notable trend is for 75% of people who receive the Flu Vaccination, end up with the Flu, as did my husband. I have always refused to get the Flu Jab. The COVID-19 Vaccine is an entirely different tale, That one I am getting, I just hope it works.
I've NEVER had the flu Vax and Ive NEVER had the flu. My mum almost died getting the flu vax. Her lung specialist advised her not to, but she went with her local G.Ps advice. 4 months in hospital, collapsed lung, blood clots. Apparently you can't get flu from a shot so it's been preached by avid vaxxers so....who's to be believed? Those who are healthy and get the shot, or those who have it and get sick? I would rather isolate - which I do when it's flu season, don't go to the shopping centre, don't let kids spit on you, wash hands, WEAR A MASK etc.
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Why did it take so long for the vaccine to be developed? See Link. https://babylonbee.com/news/researchers-delay-new-vaccine-until-they-figure-out-how-to-make-it-cause-autism
This makes me so angry, I can't even describe it. My mother, as a student nurse, took care of polio patients who were in iron lungs. I remember when there was no vaccine for rubella -- I got it at one point, and had to be quarantined at home. My mom was worried not so much about the effect on the rest of the family, but that they could accidentally infect someone else, particularly a pregnant woman. When people rant in that anti-vaccine deal, and pull that "educate yourself" s**t, I want to slap back with: "Dad was a chemist all his adult life, Mom was an RN for all of hers. I was a biology major for three years as an undergrad, actually studied the progression malaria in mice. You?" So hard for me to tolerate that stupidity, sometimes from smart people with college degrees.
Read about the polio vaccine a little more in depth and you might have second thoughts about what you just wrote.
If you want to be a complete Dumbass, fine, but dont ry to impose your dumbass ideas on me or others as if they are some kind of "facts", because, they are not.
They don't care that they're not only protecting themselves when they get vaccinated--they're also protecting the rest of society, including those who can't get vaccinated like small children.
I think part of the problem is the, warranted, distrust of pharmaceutical companies and the FDA. Not so much the scientists. Also the most obvious current concern is that there were only months of trials and research for the Covid vaccine and a lot of people/companies have made billions of dollars off of the pandemic (and are continuing to).
Since SARS IN 2002 and MERS In 2012 corona virus vaccine research had been undertaken so it is not really only months. The research became more possible and focused because suddenly there were people who could take part in trials and that hadn't been the case. Plus DNA of the virus was shared, and money thrown at the problem worldwide. At least some, if not all, companies are also selling at cost, no profit at this stage.
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As an Orthodox Christian, I cannot take any vaccine that was created using fetal cells, which is quite a lot of them. The methods of the modern vaccine industry make it impossible for me to accept many vaccines. I'm not anti-vax, I'm anti-fetal-cell-vax.
So mRNA vaccines are good to go. The only fetal cells they see is a pregnant lab technician that walks by.
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The CDC had to take down that the vaccines doesn’t give autism or gives you disabilities because they were wrong.
That statement is very much a lie. What kind of point do you want to make by spreading misinformation that can be falsified within 5 seconds? https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism.html
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If I understand it correctly that EUA thins is only in the US. In other countries like in the EU the COVID vaccines got the normal approval like any other vaccine or medicine. That's why the EU was slower to start vaccinating its citizens than the US. And the requirements are actually harder in the EU than in the US. I see your point that you not feel comfortable with those not yet US approved vaccines, but inform yourself about the approval of vaccines in other countries.
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So you are willing to kill others just for your religion? What a horrible person
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What a load of tosh. Covid-19 is named as it is because it was discovered first in 2019. Sure, you take medicines against a novel virus for 16 years, when there are no medicines helping against viruses in general - except vaccines.
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Ok but... Their opinion puts more than themself at risk. They are endangering people with old diseases, diseases we thought that we wouldn't have to worry about. What if my "opinion" if I was a firefighter was to sit back and eat a hamburger because I was hungry, though a house was burning? I would be endangering OTHER PEOPLE, with my own selfish carelessness. And that's where the true danger of anti-vaxxers is. They are selfish.
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It would be true if only vaccination concern only your health and well-being. Modern society has number of social agreements that is necessary for keeping all citizens healthy, from washing hands after using restroom to driving below speed limit, all these rules help to save other people life. Vaccination doesn't guarantee immunity in 100% cases, but high level of vaccination in society prevent speeding of diseases, thus covering those people who haven't obtained immunity as well as those who for medical reason can not get vaccinated. Don't be selfish and think only about yourself.
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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.
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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