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Has anyone here ever heard something that sounds like a good idea, but when you actually follow through with it, turns out it's not?
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#1
The Imperial System of Measurement...Metric is sooo much simpler.
Final score:
37points
Shoddy 4 years ago
I live in the UK and use both systems. I don't see the problem with imperial. We travel in miles, have our beer in pints (milk too), height in feet and inches, weight in stones and pounds. We only stopped selling foodstuffs in pounds and ounces because the EU said it was illegal to. I have to wonder when someone is going to decimalise time just to make it easier for people.
cookie panda 4 years ago
ikr? the only hard part is the units names. like oh ik a foot has twelve inches, but do i know how many units are in a millimeter? I do not.
Commander Rex 4 years ago
B-b-b-but... Murcia.... your system is so hard, it’s based on 10s...
Madbilby (Submission author) 4 years ago
I am 63 ...I suppose I could say I was of " a certain age ".
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#2
Making time for yourself to do nothing sounds like a good idea, but... You just get depressed, bored, and end up questioning your existence.
Final score:
35points
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
If you need to talk, or anyone else, comment here and we can hang out on Discord. Or exchange emails. Play games together or just rant about things we like. We can be alone without feeling lonely.
BonnieBlueButler 4 years ago
I worked my a$$ off to retire at 50. All of my friends still work, I'm single with no kids and with all mod that work grind, I found no time to develop hobbies. Yes, I volunteer, but am sooo bored and lonely.
#3
Social media in general. It has become such a negative thing, a convenient way for some people to "troll" others, and too many people seem to live their entire lives online thru social media. It's insane!
Final score:
35points
#4
All the effort I did to study, be a good kid and work for free to get experience. I was raised to believe that hard work led you to have a decent life. Such a lie.
Final score:
23points
Helen Haley 4 years ago
Yup. They lied through their teeth about that one. Hard work just gets you tired.
Ozacoter (Submission author) 4 years ago
And unapreciated or bullied or not rehired. Life sucks.
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sxnshine-- 4 years ago
It's not a lie at all actually, you not only have to work hard but you have to make the right decisions and accept the right opportunities. Sometimes it can be a gamble.
Ozacoter (Submission author) 4 years ago
I am glad that you feel that way
Load More Replies... Gyro Pilot 4 years ago
Depends upon circumstances and luck, I think. Generally, self-sacrifice pays more dividends than living for the moment. Grasshoppers turn to ants for help when there is disaster, not the other way around.
Ozacoter (Submission author) 4 years ago
Not in my experience but i am glad that others see it that way
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Squirrel 🐿
Final score:
18points
#6
binging- yeah it's great, but when you start to binge next thing you know it's the night!! and the next day you exhausted
Final score:
18points
CheshireMitsu 4 years ago
and then your sad when youve finished a series. and i never remember anything that happened when i binge
just your average introvert (Submission author) 4 years ago
see another reason!!!
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Let’s start a family! (without doing any of the needed family planning, career planning, financial planning or life planning first.) That will turn good intentions into a very bad idea.
Final score:
16points
#8
Rushing into adulthood just so I could make my own decisions. Now I'm also responsible for my food, my rent, my vacations, my taxes...
Final score:
16points
Celery Cringe 4 years ago
at first when I read this I thought you said "you get vaccinations?" Wow I hate dyslexia
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Mama Panda 4 years ago
My 18 (and a half lol) year old son is slowly starting to realize this very thing. He needs to buy a car. He has a loan amount from his bank that will give him a decent car. He is looking for cars that are almost the loan amount without thinking about tax, registration, etc. So instead he figures that Mom and Dad will foot the down payment for him. Never mind the fact that he has been an utter ass to me because he lives at home and I expect him to do chores and keep his room clean. He has been mouthy and a horrible person but figures that he is 18 and I have no say over anything in his life anymore. Imagine his surprise when I told him that he couldn't have his cake and eat it too! No down payment for him! He wanted to be an adult so bad, well now he is and he is not loving it anymore.
#9
Getting a tattoo without considering the consequences. Yes, there are people (like me) who love all their ink. And then there are those who regret the spontaneous decision they had made years ago. Same with piercings. Not all holes will close up as "advertised".
Final score:
14points
Raksha swami 4 years ago
In class my forensic teacher told about pricing of tattoo basically the needle for tattoo making cost about 2k ₹ and a lot of places do tattoos according to size like if it's small for 1000 ₹ so that clearly means that they don't change the needle so even it's a spontaneous decision always always check the price and see if needle is changed never go cheap with these things and don't get them at shady place
Jayne Kyra (Submission author) 4 years ago
I posted this because I still have remnants of a side labret and Monroe where the inner holes closed, outer are not, so I literally have two tiny holes in my face. My eyebrow piercing never closed up, either, so I can still stick a needle through it to clean it. I had them for about 6 years. Yes, surgery can help with that, but I like them as a reminder of how small things can have permanent consequences. My tongue piercing though, that one closed up after 2 weeks!
#10
School over Zoom.
Final score:
13points
AntiAntiVaxx 4 years ago
Online school was a lazy excuse to help slow COVID. It should have been considered essential and recived Gov. funding to help accomadate students. Instead it caused Suicides, Depression, Bad grades, Procrastination and a massive lack of motiviation.
#11
Redecorating your house/bedroom on your own. Although it's supposed to be cheaper and you have full control over it, It's very time-consuming, difficult, and exhausting.
Final score:
12points
#12
Let’s go to after-school martial arts classes! Every day I went in, exercised til I was tired and sore, and then played dodgeball with other kids. In addition, one of the instructors had extreme anger issues and would get upset whenever a FIRST TO THIRD GRADER didn’t meet her expectations and one of my best friends got TAPED TO A CHAIR!
Final score:
12points
#13
downloading twitter a few years ago i downloaded twitter it banishes your braincells and is full of idiots. i literallly am only on there to talk to friends and tweet random shiz
Final score:
11points
#14
i thought playing soccer would be fun... i got a soccer ball to the face... NEVER AGAIN
Final score:
10points
Pernille Dyre 4 years ago (edited)
Me with handball..... and i'm from Danmark we're world champions 🙈. It's not my sport 😂😂😂
#15
mixing chemicals. Not my story, but my dad's. He was in the coast guard, and they were docked for a few weeks. He and his buddies decided to hang out with the HazMat (hazardous Materials) crew and ended up making a small explosion. the explosion turned into a fire. Every time my dad tells this story, he always says that he doesn't think that the grass has grown in that spot since then, and it's been at least 18 years since that happened.
Final score:
9points
#16
Half the things I did in high school... especially the ones that started out with someone saying "You know what would be fun..."
Final score:
9points
#17
Listening to new music. Sounds great but I usually end up with a lot of really weird stuff and in a bad mood because I didn't curate it myself. It's a sometimes food.
Final score:
8points
#18
The internet.
Final score:
8points
#19
SCHOOL
Final score:
7points
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
One day school will be over and you may long for the days you spent studying for tests instead of worrying about paying bills and blending into society. May. Perhaps you will be lucky.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Not really. Paying bills sucks but school isnt fun either. You often get bullied, teachers are often asses and you have no free time. You are 8h at school and then you need to study and do homework. There is nothing more awesome to come home after work and be able to relax
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Orange (Submission author) 4 years ago
I remember this one time my one of my techers had grabbed me by my arm and pulled me out of the classroom during snack time because i was laughing too loud. My mom would have sued the school and made them get rid of that teacher. And that same teacher suspended me for yelling at her to not punish the WHOLE CLASS for something that I did. Also this was in 3rd grade.
#20
Contemplating life, you know it sounds like a good idea, but it just makes you cry.
Final score:
7points
Xan Maranya 4 years ago
Cry a little, breathe a little, cry a little more if you still need to.
#21
Most everything I did as a teen.
Final score:
7points
#23
Changing Hair color in front of Muggles. Oh crap most of you guys are probably Muggles. Um, Obliviate! *Hopes typing it will still work.
Final score:
6points
#24
'Anon' confessions/posts on various social websites. What should have been a way to get things off your chest and help others feel less alone (if they are going through something similar) just brought out the bullies who like to hide behind their keyboard.
Final score:
6points
#25
life
Final score:
5points
#27
Trickle-down economics.
Final score:
5points
#28
People bulk buying toilet paper and perishable foods. Now the foods gone off and they can’t sell the toilet paper since it’s been restocked
Final score:
5points
#29
Cars! Yes, they are very helpful and help you with tons of stuff, but they pollute the air. Even though there is now electric cars, people are still continuing to use gas powered cars. Poor Earth. :(
Final score:
4points
Jods 4 years ago
You wouldn’t be saying that if you lived in a very rural area with no public transport.
Hello 4 years ago
But the majority of people live in suburban areas or cities, yet it's normal for adults to each have their own car.
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Rebecca 4 years ago
Have you done any research into electric cars, or 'just know' gas engines are bad and electric are good. What are the materials to make a battery? (one material is cobalt, found by mining) How long do batteries last? (10-20 years) Is there recycling facilities set up to deal with old batteries? And unless you have cash to drop on a Tesla, it is hard to drive between city is large countries. Going new does not mean better, why not thing about reusing first, if that means finding a used gas vehicle.
AntiAntiVaxx 4 years ago
okay buddy enjoy getting s**t done in a horse and buggy. I mean seriously we have achived modern life with the help of cars.
#30
going to cruise ship and try a floor drop slide. a fiber glass plate supports you and then it flips down on a hinge
Final score:
4points
#31
just life in general (especially if your parents don't let you have any privacy)
Final score:
4points
#32
building a hot potato cannon from junkyard scrap (car parts, electronics etc)
Final score:
4points
#33
Getting Kittens (from a rescue, of course). Be willing to sacrifice countless blinds, curtains, upholstery and various household objects.
Final score:
3points
Terri G (Submission author) 4 years ago
Eventually. I think I'd rescue an adult next time ;P
Load More Replies... Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
My late kitty destroyed all the leather furniture whilst ignoring the cat scratching post and fish we got her. Yet I would not trade those years for anything. She was a wonderful little panther. Now my current adopted panther decided that blinds are a menace and all plants must die. Still wouldn´t change that for the world.
Angel Lyke 4 years ago
Well, i don't really care about my belongings, as my house is full of cats, snakes, and lizards.
Celery Cringe 4 years ago
Depends. My dad once took in a feral cat (he's a cat person, like seriously that cat became essentially a normal -but still outdoor- cat and lived in the garage) we named Runt, and he was the sweetest kitty ever after a couple of months. I still wonder how my dad managed to tame a feral cat lol.
#34
Letting a friend ‘stay for a few days’. They end up staying for quite some some time/ finish your food, hoard the tv remote, you have to start wearing clothes around them now. Bye bye privacy. When you can’t find something, you worry that they took it. Or you worry about worrying if they took it. Save yourself the hassle in the first place.
Final score:
3points
#35
Quarentine: "Oh look, more video games!" 1 year later... "God, please let me die in a freak accident"
Final score:
2points
Terilee Bruyere 4 years ago
It is a good idea though. Social distancing and self isolation is a way to keep others, and yourself, safe. It sucks that people are getting bored and their life has taken a turn, but it's necessary at the moment.
Liam Johann (Submission author) 4 years ago
I didnt mean it that way, I meant it in the idea that everybody thought it would be sunshine and roses mentally, but that didnt happen
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#36
heres a cat for you😸
Final score:
1point
#37
Capitalism
Final score:
0points
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
To quote H. L. Mencken, "Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophesies." I think it's also true of capitalism, perhaps (and only perhaps) to a somewhat lesser extent. In my book, the greatest weakness of capitalism is that EVERYTHING ultimately becomes a commodity whether they should be or not - basic education, health care, and preparations for opportunity are telling examples.
#38
Socialism
Final score:
0points
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
As I heard recently concerning the consequences of Texas's fiercely capitalist-driven power management plans, "Yes, capitalism does a lot of great things, but every so often, socialism has to come in and save capitalism's a$$." (partake what irony you wish with the spelling of that last word)
Anthony Goldstein (female) 4 years ago
neither works, but I think socialism is the best option.
#39
Letting everyone vote.(I don't mean this in like certain ages/race/gender I mean it in as we should prob have a test that lets you vote, buy guns.)
Final score:
0points
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago (edited)
Tests before voting would have to be carefully constructed, and I doubt there will EVER be agreement on the right questions or answers. However, I would support a requirement for those aspiring to public office be required to pass the citizenship test. As for guns, purchasers should be demonstrate competency in handling the weapon and gun safety.
Anthony Goldstein (female) 4 years ago
not a test to vote! those can affect minorities, and have a really racist history in the us.
#40
Putting frogs in your parents bathroom as pets when i was younger. very loud.
Final score:
0points
#42
White Castle. I love those little burgers but it never fails. Eat there and then the rest of the day it’s all you can taste.
Final score:
0points
#45
Invading Poland?
Final score:
-1point
#46
In some ways, medicine because it’s killing people and caused all these drug addicts.
Final score:
-1point
What do you think ?
Jill Tremblay 4 years ago
Cell Phones. Most definitely cell phones. Ages 11 through 35 have trouble having conversations now. Some are afraid to talk directly to people. They HAVE to text it. Their postures are all bent over and Brain Cells? Who knows.
Jill Tremblay 4 years ago
Cell Phones. Most definitely cell phones. Ages 11 through 35 have trouble having conversations now. Some are afraid to talk directly to people. They HAVE to text it. Their postures are all bent over and Brain Cells? Who knows.
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