40 Bizarre Beliefs People Will Defend Until The End Of Days, As Revealed By Folks Online
Have you ever found yourself arguing with someone you perhaps even don’t know that well about a topic that some people might find not that interesting or important and you felt right about it to a point where you would be ready to do whatever it takes to prove your point? Well, it’s probably safe to say that you’re not the only one who has found themselves in such a situation. For this reason, Reddit user @u/Youhavemystapler11 was curious enough to ask others online “What’s a hill you’re willing to die on every time?”. The question that received 32k upvotes encouraged others online to share matters that they strongly believe in and would not let anyone change their minds.
A lot of these answers included topics on certain people’s behaviors, social constructs, and everyday encounters that might sometimes seem to be annoying, such as people who won’t use a turn signal when they’re driving. If you want to read some more interesting answers, you can find them here and here.
What is one thing that you hardly believe in that perhaps wasn’t mentioned in the list? Don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments down below!
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If you're against free school lunches for kids who need it, you're an a*****e, period, full stop.
Edit: can yall stop trying to debate with me, I'm not changing my mind. If you don't mind children going hungry at a place they're legally required to be, you're a f*****g a*****e. For like 3 or 4 different reasons. I'm not responding to your comments.
The was some Republican (what else) in Pennsylvania who opposed free school lunches because they "spoil the children."
Load More Replies...I'm a teacher now and spend between $100-150 a week to help feed my kids snacks, apples, bananas, and noodle bowls. If a kid is more focused on their hunger than school, it's a wasted day for them. I go through 4-5 boxes of cereal a week and a couple gallons of milk, too. I remember being them when I was a kid and hunger sucks
If you don't want to support a healthy, civilized society, go live on a f*****g island by yourself.
If you think of yourself as "pro-life" because you believe in protecting embryos and fetuses, but oppose free lunches for school children, you are a bleeping hypocrite.
Load More Replies...Regardless of the economics of the households, lunches provided by the schools is a great idea. It leaves less pressure and energy in the evening and/or morning to have to come up with a school-safe lunch that is healthy and allowable, and there's less worry about forgetting lunches at home. The students don't have to go to school feeling self-conscious about what was packed and having kids judge their family economic situations based on what was in their lunches and how it's packed. There would be no reason to beg for cookies and attempts to trade with other kids. It's a win/win because the teachers would be assured that the kids come back to class with nourished, energized and able to focus.
100% agree with you. I'm in New Zealand and a huge percentage of kids are provided with both breakfast and lunch at zero cost to families. A child with a full stomach is settled, calm and able to learn.
My dad was a teacher. The school that didn't have a cafeteria fed ELEMENTARY children whose parents didn't send them to school with food lunches
Every day. They fed those kids every day. I often wondered if it came up in parent teacher interviews or if they just assumed those people didn't have the money for it.
Load More Replies...I despair for humanity. Every kid deserves to eat. That's why we congregate in societies, to protect the weak amongst us. Instead so many people have that "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine" attitude. They'd rather lose money than give something for free to someone else. Case in point: USA health care policies. We could all pay less and cover everyone, but then the insurance companies wouldn’t make their astronomical profits. We can't have that, can we?
Health insurance should cover the whole body. The fact that vision and dental are separate things is a pure cash grab.
Universal healthcare doesn't mean universally of all health related matters. Canadians often have to pay through private or work insurance, or out of pocket, for dental and optometry. Yet going to the clinic and hospital is mostly covered under provincial public health.
Load More Replies...If an abscess can kill you, it should be covered as part of health insurance. This mess brought to you from 17th century dentistry.
Some dental and vision issues can be covered under medical health insurance in the US at least. I think this would be one of them. It’s the same if you get something dangerous in your eye like metal or glass. Your medical health insurance will cover that.
Load More Replies...I did the math once and the yearly cost for dental insurance was more than what the dentist charged if you paid yourself for the 2 regular check-ups a year. TBH sine I have been with out health insurance fro 5 years I have found most things cost me less a year than what I would be paying for health insurance. Health insurance in the US is strictly to cover emergencies other than that you are just making the corporations richer.
Insurance in general is the biggest scam ever perpetrated on society.
You may think this….until you reallllly need it. Insurance is simply transferring a risk you may or may not ever have in your entire life to someone else, to give you peace of mind. Once you payoff your car or home- coverage to that tangible property you own is optional. If you can bear the risk and sleep at night that a tornado might blow your house down tomorrow, or burn to the ground….that is your choice. Most reasonable people weigh this and decide it’s more sound to keep insurance coverage. Same thing with your health insurance. You can gamble you will never need it. It’s not mandatory in the privatized system, but most people predict they will statistically need it in their 80 yr life expectancy, so they buy it.
Load More Replies...Wouldn’t matter. So many dentists in my area don’t even contract with insurance companies because they don’t want to have to accept insurance rates, which they claim are too low. And they also don’t want to do the pre-auth and other requirements. I never trust a dentist in a beautiful, brand new office that is out-of-network.
Yeah the old unicorn of universal healthcare that people from certain countries seem to like to brag about to their American counterparts is pretty misleading. Where is this universal healthcare? It DID exist once. Granted no one could come close to the s**t show of the American health system but come on?! We will be caught up with them in the not so distant future.
It's not "Babysitting" when a dad is watching their own children; It is parenting.
Yep. If you see a dad with their kid, saying 'oh is it mum's day off?' isn't funny, it's irritating and sexist.
And incredibly insensitive. The mom could be deceased, not around at all, it could be touchy subject. Some people have no filters in their brains.
Load More Replies...I am the primary caretaker of my son. It seems to be a bit better now that he's older, but especially as a toddler, when I would take him to the park or Story Time at the library I would often get sideways looks or "it's nice to see you're having father/son time!" Like, b***h I'm here twice a week and I've been wrist deep in baby s**t since day one. Step off
I'm a dad. I brought my child to a doctor's appointment. After making the smartass remark, "fill this form out as best you can" the nurse was surprised that I totally knew all about any prior medication, sicknesses, etc, etc. I looked her in the eyes and said, "He's my child, why wouldn't I know all about his medical history". Pissed me off. Sexist b***h.
When I was a SAHD the number of times new moms and/or nannies would always say how great it was that I was babysitting. FU*K that. I'm PARENTING.
THIS. I happen to love my daughter and Karen don't give me that look when I'm out in public alone with her. I am a parent and will raise my child alongside my wife.
I am stay at home dad of 2. Cant upvote that high enough. I had sooo many of these interactions
+1. I'm my son's primary carer, and if I call it babysitting, even though I actually mean parenting and spending time together, it annoys me that some would call me sexist or imply I was a disinterested parent. It's a word, often used for convenience, get over it.
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Freedom of speech does not mean complete freedom from consequences.
You are free to voice absolutely any opinion you may have. Other people are free to challenge it, judge you, or even disown you for those words.
Freedom of speech means you can criticize the government without disappearing not tell a suicidal kid To go kill themselves !!!
Thank you so much for saying that! The Bill of Rights is a limitation on the government, not the entire world. I wish more people bloody understood that
Load More Replies...The way my High School law teacher said it "Anyone can commit murder. The law doesn't prevent people from committing crimes. It's a suggestion that you shouldn't do it. Just know when you're caught there will be consequences." When you think about it in that light, people are capable of doing whatever they want and society has no real protection against those who are going to do whatever TF they want. You're not even protected from being revictimized. No law or piece of paper stating a restraining order will physically prevent someone from doing anything to you. Once that settles in the world feels less safe.
Any opinion is going to be met with counter opinions but social media and sites like Bored Panda need to get on board and not suspend people for 5 days for their opinions. I'm calling you out BP
Yes! I find it's not longer "freedom of speech", it's "freedom of speech as long as u agree with me, and if u don't, then u don't have a right to speak"
That is not what freedom of speech means. It means you cannot be disappeared by the government for disagreeing with or criticizing their policies. So you are allowed to voice opinions counter to the government without being kidnapped and killed by the government you are critiquing, and newspapers and pundits can say "I don't like that" or "this is wrong" without fear of being killed or captured by the government. It has absolutely nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing with family or neighbors
Load More Replies...Agreed, and freedom of speech does not mean a guaranteed right to say whatever you want in all forums. It ONLY means that the government can't inhibit political speech. Now if we can just agree to discriminate between political speech and bald-faced b******t we'll be in a much better place!
I also believe that if you say something demonstrably untrue and peddle it as fact, you should be prosecutable.
Equal pockets for women.
Especially for going to concerts. At our arena women have been singled out and told we're not allowed taking purses and bags with us to games and concerts. When I'm going to a concert next week I'm just taking my keys and wallet. I'm hoping it won't look suspicious, like as if it's "odd" a female didn't take a purse of extra stuff with me because that's what's expected. Women are told to leave our purses in our cars. Yet we're also told not to leave valuables and purses in our cars. We're just constantly micromanaged. That's what it is. Micromanagement of what we can and can't take with us and how we carry our belongings.
My sister has what she calls 'concert pants'. They are really just cargo pants, but she fits her phone, keys, wallet, a small drink bottle and possibly other things.
Load More Replies...Here's the thing. Even if you magically provided me with capacious pockets on every piece of clothing I own, I'm still going to have a purse. Some things don't fit into pockets without bulging.
ofc, but if you have pockets it's your choice to carry things this or other way, not a necessity
Load More Replies...The thing I don't understand, is why the daisy Duke shorts have pockets pending out, but a regular pair have the smalest pocets in the world?
THANK YOU. Women’s pockets can fit like a single quarter and men’s can fit a whole laptop lol
So as I man I struggle with this concept. I have been hearing this for years and it never seems to get better. Would it be naive if me to just say don't buy pants that don't have pockets and manufacturers will soon get the message. I can only assume that women are buying these so there's no incentive for the manufacturers to change.
It's kinda hard when all pants are made that way. It's as if all the manufacturers unanimously decided no or small pockets for women's clothes. And if you forego pants then you're left with skirts and dresses which usually never have pockets anyways plus it could lead designers to think that its a new trend and just roll with it; it's just frustrating
Load More Replies...I can only guess that d reason they dont put pockets in womens clothes is so we buy more handbags... the bag and clothing companies are all in it 2gether 🙈
Someone please design a vest with interior pockets at push-up height.
Seperation of church and state! Keep religion out of politics and decisions that effect everyone
There is a reason the Founding Fathers explicitly kept church and state separated. They knew the history of bloody wars that were fought on religious grounds, so did not want their new country to have a “state religion”, but to make religion a personal choice—-and that choice a Constitutional right. They knew religious bias has NO place in government, as that leads to persecution, so they purposely did not set up the US to be a place that makes such government sanctioned persecution a part of life here.
But Ben Franklin called for prayers at the Constitutional Convention, and wanted America to have a civic religion. Basically, political authority and ecclesiastical authority are separate. We have First Amendment rights. But the government trusts in God, and society's laws are based on society's values. Churches have free speech to address moral issues of public policy.
Load More Replies...Conversely keep politics out of church. This is why I quit attending the physical church
I completely agree. Politics is ruining religion as much as religion is ruining politics.
Load More Replies...Still don't see how Churches, Synagogues and other "holy" places get away without taxes. I own land and pay taxes, they own land and SHOULD pay taxes on the property. If they can't afford the taxes then the parishioners aren't either and if it defaults to the government, sounds like a perfect time to change those places into soup kitchens, housing or literally anything else that would help people than having a giant empty space that no one uses. Just saying.
Especially the “Church” of Scientology. When they threw a big giant celebration after getting the status, I’d say something might be fishy.
Load More Replies...Also keep religion out of schools! Either that or cover ALL religions. I (atheist) and many of my friends (either atheist or muslim) were forced to have a religion class in high school and it was only christianity!
Well this has failed entirely, time to tax churches who tell the congregations how to vote
Organizations are supposed to loose their tax exempt status if they back/promote a political candidate. We need to enforce this!
Church and state should be like forks and electric outlets. Keep the former out of the latter!
And keep politics out of religion! And I’m talking to those of you who ignored a certain ex-President’s brutal, sexist uncivilized behavior, because he claimed agreement with you on a few of the points you deemed important !
Amazing how Christians will lay down with the devil to get what they want.
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Children are legally required to be in school, and often have to stay in the building during lunch. We should feed them healthy, nutritious food for free. Every single child.
And be made to go to school while sick, while parents are threatened jail time and removal of their kids if the parents keep them home a day or few longer until they're better.
Not to mention those parents themselves being threatened with the loss of their job because they stayed home to care for their sick children for what their a*****e emplotpyers consider to be too many days.
Load More Replies...Not every single child, sorry. If their parents make, a ridiculous amount of money they can afford feeding them and free public founds for those who really need it.
I pay school taxes and have no kids and never will have kids. If I have to already pay a damn tax then what's the big deal if it gets raised a few buck maybe? Because literally, it will only be a few extra bucks and won't leave you homeless. I don't even like kids and am very detached from people in general but even I think kids should get some damn food in school.
Worked here in Sweden for almost eighty years, since 1946. (That’s what social-democracy does for you.) Seriously, it works wonderfully; nobody gets hurt and kids get fed - there are precisely zero downsides.
They are not legally required to be in school. Home schooling is def the better choice if you can work it out
No one should need to go into debt for their health
Or their education. Or be hugely overcharged for rent on a small apartment, or the mortgage for a starter home.
The mindset that there is such a thing as a starter home is part of the problem. The idea that most people have is that you buy a small place for cheap, live in it for a few years, then sell for a profit and buy something bigger. But your profit makes the house prices creep up (because it’s only a real profit if it’s higher than inflation) to the extent that housing becomes unaffordable. Sure, there are leeches that drive up prices to the extreme. But ‚housing ladders‘ where you increase the size of your residence a few times by the time you’re 40 is certainly part of the problem. It’s a pyramid scheme that leaves the last generation hanging.
Load More Replies...Right now people are complaining about not enough nurses, doctors, store employees, engineers, other ancillary medical help, etc. For some it’s how they are being treated, however for some it’s their paycheck. If the burden of student loans is off their back a job paying a little less may look just fine. And this could snowball into patients paying less. Of course the insurance companies need to quit being greedy bastards as well.
Unless you have PHD,MD, FNP education, the majority of medical jobs do not put students in 25 yrs debt due to student loans. Nurses,2-4 years, radiology, technicians, surgery techs, nutrition, LPN, CNA, all are reasonable education timeframes AND many teaching hospitals, etc pay for the majority of their educations in exchange for promissory agreements to work at that facility after graduation. Other than Drs, most of these jobs are severely underpaid for what hey do and hours they commit. Right size this, allow healthcare workers to do what they are trained to do, STOP the privatization of our hospitals and care facilities to for- profit businesses and the costs will come down. ….most hospitals and large medical group facilities in US look like 5 star hotels. New, shiny, marble floors,glass, huge empty spaces, piano players in lobby etc…. It’s ridiculous….buy more nurses! Do more research! Stop spending money on non- health related buildings. I wouldn’t mind in the least if the walls need repainted or if the floor looks tired. I care about the equipment you are using to keep my loved ones alive and the nurses and staff ample to give their best to patients….
Load More Replies..."Welcome to humanity, where no one gives a f**k about you or your health and education! Step right into the nightmare!"
Get to know people who work in home foreclosures you will hear heart breaking stories about how people dealing with surprising health issues end up losing their home. Even if they have insurance for health. This really hit hard on seniors who develop cancer. Many lose their homes.
I always say that you shouldn’t end up having a heart attack trying to pay the bill from the previous one.
Spent 14 years paying off a medical debt that should have been covered.
Too late. We already declared bankruptcy once because of medical bills. (Hudband and daughter both ended up having major surgeries in the same year)
Children beauty pageants are creepy as f**k and parents who subject their children to such scrutiny and judgement are crazy, and don’t deserve children.
The Little Miss Diet Coke Pageant was sponsored this year by Frizz-Eeze hair gel
Load More Replies...An 8 year old girl was taken away from her mother when her mother took her for Botox treatments. The child didn't look the least bit surprised
Heard someone pregnant flexing about their unborn going to be the next big child star, beauty queen and how exited they are to sign them up for these CBPs ... I had and have no words...
"And for the title of 'Little Miss Diet Coke', we have. . .Plastic McFrizzyHair!"
To me it's just loser parents. The mother wishes she was a beauty queen and the father wishes he was a sports star, so they try to capture some of that by living vicariously through their children. And it's not always what the child wants or needs. People can't seem to grasp the simple truth that we are not all supermodels (A really stupid term. look how well she walks!) pro athletes/ rock stars or world class musicians. Please stop trying to make your children something special in your eyes or what you wish you had become. If your kid isn't already special to you as they are, it's time for some serious reappraisal of your life and relationships. Have a nice day!
This opinion has been shared a billion times. It's not an uncommon one either.
Here's a related one - All beauty pageants are creepy.
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People who get extremely disappointed when they discover the gender of their unborn child aren't emotionally mature enough to raise a child.
And people who comment on (mostly) men's "inability" to produce a male offspring (saying things like "oh, too weak to make a boy, eh", surprisingly and disgustingly common thing in Russia) should be surgically prevented from procreating.
The epitome of shortsightedness. Considering that we now have two countries, India and China, who have too many men and not enough women. So the family names their parents were all concerned about are going to die out anyway, just a generation later than they feared when having their strictly male babies.
Load More Replies...Disappointment is not an unusual or wrong emotion. There may be many reasons for wanting one gender over the other. It's how you deal with life's disappointing parts that's important. That being said, You should never have a child knowing you won't love and provide for them just because they aren't your preferred gender
Agree with this. There is nothing wrong with wanting a girl after 3 boys. There is nothing wrong with wanting a boy when everyone in the family has had girls and you want someone to carry on the family name. Though I would argue that if you are THAT desirous of one gender or another, maybe not have a gender reveal party…
Load More Replies...I find it unsettling. What happened to waiting until the birth and just hoping and being happy for a healthy baby. Gender doesn't really matter. Using culture as an excuse is a cop-out.
But how are baby clothing and equipment supposed to make money on gender-specific sheets and nappies and toys if people have to furnish a nursey before the baby is born? Please, won't someone think of the poor, neglected CEOs in all this?!
Load More Replies...In my country, finding out the gender of child before birth is illegal as boys are more preferred so if parents found a girl child, they’d do anything to abort the baby. They may also kill the child after birth. (I feel this generally happens in rural areas)
Canada raised red flags on this, too, because a high number of people of certain cultures were scheduling early gender-revealing ultrasounds and noticed a higher number of abortion appointments for female fetuses. Abortion is allowed here but has to be done before the 5th month of pregnancy. (Sorry, I don't go by weeks. That is my hill I will die on.) I don't think it's necessary illegal but some Ob-gyns will not tell you the sex of the baby before the legal abortion cut-off time for anyone and, unless something medically is potentially wrong, you won't be able to get more than one ultrasound during pregnancy. I had one at 4 months and then I was refused another one just to curiously find out the sex. If you're lucky enough to get a later ultrasound and it's far enough along to be able to tell, then you can know. But that was also 20 years ago. I think some things have changed since then, as I keep getting corrected by more recent moms. But that's what was explained to me.
Load More Replies...But there is gender disappointment that is very real, especially if you have a case of it being a 2nd, 3rd, etc child. Even if you don't find out until the birth. Yes, I want nothing more than a healthy baby, but after 3 boys it can be hard for some to not get a girl.
I had a friend in college who was older than me, probably born in the mid 60s. There were 7 kids in her family... she was the 6th daughter, "and the biggest disappointment of them all." Finally, baby #7 was a boy. She was 35ish when she told me this, and you could tell it still affected her 💔
Load More Replies...My friends ultrasound said it was going to be a boy. They did everything in anticipation of little Michael, embroidered blankets with his name, boy themed baby shower, and a toy train nursery. Of course out popped little Annie. The dad was so upset and rejected the baby for a good week or so. My friend had a hard time accepting her baby because her ( abusive) husband was being so awful and she went into post partum depression for at least a month. Thankfully their were amazing grandparents to take care of baby Annie
My parents when I was born got upset that I was born with female genetelia, they got upset with me several times throughout my childhood and then they got really upset with me when I came out to them as a trans man and I hate it so freaking much!
That would be my mother. As soon as she knew I was a boy (when I was born, actually - ultrasound hadn't yet been developed) she emotionally abandoned me. I think she didn't like me at all - just because I wasn't a girl.
Wanting to be childless or not even marry doesn't mean something is wrong with you.
If you're a woman, it probably means you'll live longer and be in better health. https://news.arizona.edu/story/marital-status-may-impact-womens-health
Oh 100% better for a woman’s health to stay child free. My body is falling apart and my brain can’t sort itself out.
Load More Replies...“You might change your mind one day!” Excuse me but I suggest you should shut the fućk up
SO MUCH THIS! That sentence makes my blood boil.. it was the reason it took ten years and four different doctors before I could get a sterilization procedure. Meanwhile my male bodied friends can just walk in and have it done the same day 🤬
Load More Replies..."But you might change your mind." Really? How about people who thought they wanted kids but end up regretting their decision?
And the people who disagree with it can just be glad that those who carry this sentiment won’t be breeding.
Knowing what's right for you means there's something right about you.
Disagreeing is not a personal attack.
*gasp* you disagree with my opinion! I feel attacked and helpless now /s
I'm afraid to disagree with people who are so adamant. I've come across so many narcissistic people who have to be right it's not worth getting into a mind f**k spiral.
Apparently it's ok to disagree as long as it's only certain topics
Load More Replies...Yeh disagreement here can earn you a suspension and ban dammit.
Load More Replies...Neither is voicing an opinion that’s different from your own. Also, if someone actually knows more about something than you do, respect it. They’re not attacking you, they’re merely informing you, based on their education and experience, so instead of shouting them down or getting offended and having a fit about it, just listen and allow yourself to learn. That’s the difference between an intelligent person and an unintelligent one.
I am not trying to suppress your right to free speech by disagreeing with you. I am merely exercising mine.
Cop: You're under arrest for assault! Person: All I did was disagree with him Cop: With a crowbar!
I recently had a good conversation in a comment section - we had different views and were able to talk it out in a real way with no name calling, etc.. Neither of us really changed our viewpoints, but I was given something to think about and so was he. He said it had been quite awhile since he had a genuine conversation like that. I wish we could all do it that way….
We need to teach constructive criticism at schools if parent's can't teach it correctly.
Unfortunately, the people receiving the criticism cannot be neutral judges of how constructive it is. Besides, I don't think it matters if it's constructive or not. Some of the best insights and information I've received came from people who meant me no damn good. Your enemies will tell you truths that your friends won't dare to.
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keep the goddamn sponge OUT OF THE SINK
And for the love of all that is good in this world, wring the damn water out of it when you're done using it!
My roommate has a kitchen washcloth in the sink. If he lets it get smelly, I throw it away. I throw them away regularly.
I won't even use a sponge any more. Silicone scrubbers are the way to go. Great in the shower too - loofas are gross after a week or so.
Same with knives ffs don't put your used knife in a sink full of water. Or do you enjoy the thought of the next person cutting themselves???
You can pry my Oxford comma from my cold, dead, and angry hands!
What a perfect response. It is concise, correct, and catchy!
Load More Replies...If you have 3 items in a row (red, yellow, blue) in a sentence, there is a debate as to whether proper English writing of the listing is: A) red, yellow, and blue (comma before ‘and’) or B) red, yellow and blue (no comma before ‘and’). Oxford comma is (A), always putting a comma before the ‘and’.
Load More Replies...I can't see how the Oxford comma can be a bad thing. I've been using it for about 60 or my 64 years, and it has done me no ill-will at all.
Not using an Oxford comma makes sentences look really weird for me. It is somehow asymmetrical, unbalanced, and odd-looking. It is like the rhythm is disturbed without it.
I find the exact opposite to be true as I was taught to never use a comma before an 'and'. It all comes down to how you are taught and what you are accustomed to.
Load More Replies...Yes, yes, yes! I'm a die hard word and grammar nazi. Oxford comma till i die!
Term limits for every branch of government in the U.S.
Retirement age sounds reasonable. Government needs a huge infusion of new blood, new ideas, new viewpoints. Politicians are making decisions now that will affect generations to come, and I would like at least some representatives from those generations to have a voice. Also, there should be a limit to how many consecutive elections you can be on the ballot for. It’s perfectly fine for politics to be your career—-for a while—-but not one you only leave by dying of extreme old age.
I think there should be a maximum age for positions as well. When you're 76 (Trump) and 79 (Biden), you have very little motivation to care what happens outside of yourself and your friends. A 45 year old mom with two kids genuinely cares about paying for healthcare while those two old men get it for free via Medicare. She worries about getting fired and being evicted by the landlord since she can't buy a home. Those two old men have paid off their mortgages and retired via social security and investments. She worries about climate change and whether she'll watch her children die of starvation and is risking 40-60 years of her life if we don't fix things. Those two old men are risking 4-10 and will be dead before it gets too bad. Disclaimer - I am on the wrong side of the line myself. People younger than me should be running the world.
This and judges should not be politically appointed. There are non-governmental entities that monitor and make suggestions for appointing judges based on their history. This should be the actual way judges ascend to higher positions, not by a political party.
Load More Replies...Don't forget their salary needs to be capped at the median for their state and their benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, etc.) needs to be equivalent to that which is most common in their state. After all, if they don't actually know how their constituents live how can they be truly representative?
Let's all keep in mind that our current President, Senate Majority AND Minority leaders were all born during WWII; before color TV became commercially available; 30 years before the first personal computer was sold; before penicillin was available for medical treatment; before the polio vaccine was available. It's time to institute a retirement age. I love my parents, who are about the same age, but I would not want them running the country. 84% of Americans are under 60. Our leaders should be at least somewhat representative of the population.
Yes, yes, and yes again! Term limits for government at all levels — local, state, and federal.
We as citizens are able to term limit office holders. Sad we don't dig down , or that we have such short memories regarding what they say/do. Had an exchange student from Denmark, I told her Dad how jealous I was of some of their social policies...Uni health, pensions, 30 days vacations, etc.. I asked how they do it. He told me "You have to watch them every minute". So it would not work here. Not enough civic engagement
Load More Replies...Term limits and no more pensions. They can have a 401K like everyone else out there along with healthcare that's only available while in office, not for life and I'd prefer it to be in step with what our military personal coverage is. Perhaps then they would care a bit more about those individuals.
Yes, especially Supreme Court Justices. This should NOT be a life-time appointment!!!
The amount of old white men that were president (I say old, meaning past the age of about 40+) is... huge.
Well, the minimum age for Prez in US is 35… so yeah, most have been over 40. ??
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Public libraries are undervalued by many.
My pet peeve. Small town libraries can absolutely become the life blood of an area when they provide computers and printers and classes especially for stuff like life skills like understanding taxes and mortgage, as well as literacy for children. I used to be on the board for our village library and I've seen children who've never held a book in their hand become enchanted at books. Video and movies are nice and all, but books open entire universes in your mind.
A while ago my towns library got shut down because not enough people were going to it. For me it was so sad because it was my favourite place to go.
Load More Replies...I hate that frame of mind that people don't read books anymore. There's more to a library than just books, too. But books still have a place in society.
Recently a town council voted to take away funding for their library because they didn’t like 2 books that were in it. LGBQT in nature I believe. Now it will probably close.
Load More Replies...I believe that the advent of technology taking over our lives is actually the ‘dumbing down of the populace. How many people and youth actually go to the library on their own regularly and grab an armful of books? I am guilty of this as well, used to go weekly and get books on different subjects as well as literature. Now how many people go and explore authors and subjects?
Thank you! I feel so privileged to have grown up with a wonderful public library. My heart breaks for other kids, whose childhoods lack such an integral aspect.
In my small city we once had a person, in all seriousness, stand up in a city counsel meeting and advocate that the city library be defunded because it was a waste of tax dollars. His argument was that the people who used it should be the people who pay for it and people who don't use it (like him) shouldn't have to contribute to it. Later he went on to run for a seat on the city counsel; he lost by a considerable margin.
The kind of people who want power are the worst kind of people to have power. Power should be a responsibility, not a reward
If your ego is so large that you think you can run the country, you should definitely not be the one to run the country.
Nor keep trying to run that Country despite being voted out of office .
Load More Replies...If a politician did not start being a politician by being active in the community, they're not a leader. They're not in it to help others. They're narcissists, not outsiders. It's no wonder why politicians suck when people keep voting for those who have never proved their intentions. I'm particularly aggravated by this right now, given it was just Election Day and I live in Ohio.
This is why I like John Fetterman so much. He's always been deeply involved with the communities he lives in. Even though I live in Utah, I was glad to give to his campaign.
Load More Replies...I no longer consider myself to be a Christian because of the toxic stew of judgment and control that it has turned into in my part of America. However, if you read the Bible, you find that many prophets were very reluctant to accept that role. Like Jonah. Often the best leaders are not those who have sought it, but those who have either avoided leadership or stepped in only because of seeing a need.
Every time we roll out a red carpet at work for a politician I cringe. It's so pathetic and simpering. We don't roll out red carpets for the mail person or the trash collector. That's what politicians are. CIVIL SERVANTS. It shouldn't come with riches, fame and power. They're administrators, not royalty. And yet, the sycophantic proletariat is constantly treating them like they are. Sickening.
Career politicians are the worst. There should be a law that you have to work for a substantial length of time before you’re allowed to run for office. And not an internship with your daddy’s golf buddy. Proper work.
I’d also add that I don’t count Trump’s back handers and shady wheeler dealing as work either.
Load More Replies...“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” ― Douglas Adams
Using power properly takes a specific kind of personality. That of a natural born authoritative, not authoritarian, leader.
Reality check: Power is always seized, never given generously. Look it up.
People who love you don’t hit you. Also, you don’t hit people/animals you love.
Start that in childhood please. No honey, he did not hit you because he secretly likes you. He hit you because he’s an abusive a*****e child who is probably being raised by an abusive a*****e adult—-who should f*****g well know better.
But isn’t this already taught?I definitely agree that you shouldn’t hit someone u love but I swear people already learn not to hit / hitting is bad
Load More Replies...Ok. This reminded my of something. A youtuber put 2 community polls up, one saying 'It's ok to hit kids as punishment. Y/N?' It was like 60% no, 40% yes. The other said 'It's ok to hit pets as punishment. Y/N?' That was 95% no, 5% yes. I guess the logic was that the pet starts associating the owner with the punishment, not the action, but STILL. Like 30% of people who answered thouht it was ok to hit kids but not pets. IMO, neither is OK. Feel free to debate it in the replies, but this is the hill I will die on
Never laid a hand on my son even with him having a few challenging labels attached. I expect him not to hit and abuse anyone else. How can I set the rule if I can't follow it. Not to mention there are plenty of other guiding methods way more effective. Plus I value his trust.
Load More Replies...May be quibbling , BUT if your German Shepard growls at your new baby and shows its teeth, you hit him-- you correct that reaction with a FIRM response. Make it rare and and it will shock the dog and leave a strong impression. The option of hurting the baby will become a taboo.
There was a report out a few days ago about the rise in abuse in teen relationships. The national rate is 40%.
‘Love shouldn’t hurt.’ Don’t recall where those phrase originated from. ABUSE, whether it is physical, verbal or mental is NOT okay. Abuse is about power. The weak abuse because they are small.
Repeal Citizen United.
Nothing to discuss. Politicians should have to list where every freaking dollar comes from.
They do. My father worked for the F.A.O. (which is the Food and Agriculture branch of the UN) and I assure you, every dollar was tracked obsessively. There are many issues with the US, especially the permanent security council members, but money tracking is not even in the top 10.
Load More Replies...I burst into tears the day the Citizens United decision was announced. And everything I was afraid would happen has happened.
If this happened there wouldn't be any republicans in office. "I can rip people off or embezzle money? Nevermind" lol greedy assholes
I'm sure there are plenty of democrats who own stock in corporations. I can easily name a few myself.
Load More Replies...Not only repeal, but make all elections publicly funded and each candidate gets the exact same amount and NO private money allowed
It should be illegal for US political candiates, or whoever is paying for the ads to LIE . The =ir opponets should be able to fast track a Libel or Slander lawsuit if it happens.
edit: Their opponets should be able to fast track a Libel or Slander lawsuit.
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Using your children as content for social media is child exploitation.
Why not just put a sign on your front door that says "Welcome, Pedos. Children live here."
I am going to disagree to the extent that I love sharing pictures of my grandkids on my private Social Media accounts. I'm one proud grandma. That said, there's a spectrum and people do exploit their kids for clout and it's disgusting.
I agree, it is fine to post pics with your kids in them, so much as to your not outright using them for content
Load More Replies...Please, let's keep this understanding separate from pic's posted by grandparents/family/friends that are just sharing the pride/joy/fun they had with the kids. You know those people who post to share with family/close friends. Those kids aren't being exploited. They are being loved and cherished.
It depends, using them to get likes, yeah, but for a private account only for family and friends is perfect for putting children on
I share pictures of my son, but I only have family and friends, those who I have actually met in person, and my profile is completely private. I share them so family and friends who I don't live near can see him grow up.
So many of those YouTube families are making a living from exploiting their poor kids!
I have sometimes wondered if it should be against community guidelines to share photos of a minor publicly. It’s different if the parent has their profile set to private for just friends and family versus literally anyone in the world to log on and look at your kids’ photos. I’m open to argument on that one. Just something that has crossed my mind.
We shouldn't have to work two minimum wage jobs to afford enough food to survive healthily
The Manitoba government thinks minimum wage is only for "young adults just starting out in the workforce. It's not supposed to be a career goal. We're not raising the minimum wage to match inflation". These people are so out of touch about what's out there for jobs and how much is needed to live. $10 for a bag of oranges, now, at the supposed cheap grocery stores. You would have to work about 45 min to afford a bag of oranges.
That’s what minimum wage was created for in the US too. Basically high school kids living at home, who weren’t paying rent and bills and definitely not trying to support a family. But employers latched onto it during recessions (take your pick which one), when people lost good jobs and all they could get to tide them over were minimum wage jobs. Same goes for entry level jobs that now seem to require an entire career’s worth of experience to get. Additionally, minimum wage needs a huge overhaul, as it is still based on vastly outdated prices for rent, food, bulls, and other basic expenses. If $8.25/hour is considered to be the minimum for a family of four, I would like to see the justification for it. I would like to see those refusing to raise it beyond a 1980 level try to get by for an entire year on it. In 1980, $8.25/ hour was good money for someone starting out. But that was over forty years ago. Even double that amount isn’t enough anymore.
Load More Replies...minimum wage should be the minimum to live, not the minimum convenience for the rich ones.
This!! In Pennsylvania, I have a full time job, another part time job, and still don't make $2,000 a month.
The disparity of how the living standard is now compared to when the minimum wage was introduced is just gross. The minimum wage used to mean one could buy a house, live comfortably, ( as in good food, enough for essentials). Basically, by reducing the living standard it means that people are ‘too busy trying to survive to object to issues.’ There was actually a fairly well known documentary that referenced from government information that ‘in the 1960’s ‘people had too much time’- there were a lot of protests. The idea that ‘if people were busy trying to survive they wouldn’t have the time to protest, assemble etc, ( this isn’t a direct quote, just the meaning). Everything we are experiencing in the decrease of the living standard is entirely intentional. I remember making $10 hourly, working full time and my apartment was $120 PER month. It was large, in a good area. Basically I paid 1/16th of my income in rent!!! Groceries were about $75 per week! I could save about $800
PER month if I didn’t work overtime. Oh, and the overtime? Amazing. Time and a half for over 44 hours, double time at 50 hours, triple time at 60 hours(?). I then moved to a place in a very expensive area, got a gorgeous, gorgeous apartment for $400 per month. Opening up the market to Airbnb, getting rid of rental caps/rent control was a calculated move by the government to deliberately lower the living standard for most people. The middle class is disappearing as a result. We are heading towards communism.
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Apologies mean nothing, without changed behaviors.
An apology that is true, not an apology that us merely a way of shutting the other person up and then they carry on as if nothing happened.
Load More Replies...I have a bad habit of saying sorry like 200 times a day. Sorry.
I read somewhere years ago that there are steps to deserve forgiveness: recognizing what you did was wrong, feeling genuine regret, undoing any damage done, resolving not to do it again and being forgiven by the person who was wronged. I remember when I was a kid being forced to apologize. Being a smartmouth, I said, 'Fine, I apologize, but I am not sorry.' Also, not an apology then either.
Not to take away from anyone's comments...but we love playing that game 'sorry' when we were kids...I think my sister has it now, will have to ask her to bring it over at Christmas...we play board games after lunch and present giving. Always apologise, not doing so can cause more lying, and embarrassment, avoidance...list goes on, the world will keep turning, and I feel better being true than false. Some people will never change, keep hoping that they will try
Sometimes an apology can change the world, other times it falls on deaf ears. Still its ok not to accept an apology but its always gracious to accept one.
No-pologies are even worse. "I am sorry if you got your feelings hurt". Screw you! (not you, OP, not you)
I've always told my kids this. "Don't tell me you're sorry, show me."
That's exactly what my dad used to say when me and my sister were kids. It was a great way to teach us that sorry should have weight to it. It's not just a word to say to get you out of trouble, but a promise to change your behavior because what you did was wrong or hurt somebody.
Load More Replies...The right to die should be universal.
I’m very sorry but I’m afraid I don’t understand this statement? Can anyone please explain?
Basically euthanasia, I guess. It's illegal in many countries, so people immensely suffering from an incurable disease, for instance, and wanting to die cannot do it in a comfortable and dignified way.
Load More Replies...You can euthanize a beloved pet animal and put it out of it's misery, but a human being has to lie in their slow death for up to two+ weeks to "die with dignity" while their loved ones wait for the "death rattle". It's horrible!
Exactly. I watched my mom in the hospital with stage 4 breast cancer for 4 incredibly long weeks and it's honestly caused me a lot of trauma. It has always bothered me that I could take my animals to the vet to have them peacefully pass when they're starting to suffer, but my own mother didn't have that luxury. I would have been happy to end her suffering, but instead all they could do was increase her morphine dose while I watched her lose her mind and watched the cancer eat her up a little more every single day. It was hell having her go from begging me to kill her because she was in so much pain to not even knowing who the hell I was. That is something I will always have to live with and I strongly believe the only reason they don't allow people to die is because dying people are very profitable. Our healthcare system is meant to make people money, not to help sick and dying people.
Load More Replies...Basically, if you are terminally ill, with no hope, you are expected to suffer until you finally die, no matter how much pain you are in. We don't treat animals this way, so why is it different for humans?
I think you’re trying to say that “The right to assisted suicide should be universal”. I’ve never seen anyone prosecuted for successfully committing suicide. I’ve yet to see a successful prosecution for dying. I’ve seen prosecution for assisting a death so I’m assuming that’s what you mean. I think assisted suicide is something that’s still open to debate. There’s a lot to consider with that one!
People are, however, prosecuted for UNsuccessfully committing suicide, and that is a problem.
Load More Replies...Same, I did my entire dissertation on this very subject.
Load More Replies...Whilst I totally agree and would love to see this, having just lost my mother-in-law after a horrible three weeks of suffering, the main issue that distinguishes people from animals is that of inheritance. There have to be absolutely watertight safeguards to prevent abuse by relatives - but if that can be done, then I'm all for it.
Unpaid internship are not good for students, a poor student can't afford the costs that go along with the internship.
I'm not that familiar with internships. When I was I school to become a train driver a major part of the education was practical. You'd shadow a train driver and then drive trains yourself, always with a train driver at your side. No pay for you as a student, but the company does have to pay more to have you there. Teachers fee for the train driver, overnight costs, uniform etc. Is that an internship?
Internships are just there to make sure that corporations don't hire any poor people. Only the rich can afford to intern.
But unpaid makes for the opportunities to happen to begin with. Paying your dues is something lost in modern times. indeed it works for many a career. You are of little value when you are a newbie and internship is a way to get experience and learn. You get something, the employer gets something. It is also a motivator to get the JOB and an opportunity to show you would be a great hire.
Also a chance to get experience and see what the career might be like. If they had to pay a good salary for someone that doesn't know what they are doing, there would not be an opportunity to for some to show experience applying for the paying job. And the majority of the time the intern that does well ends up with a paying job at the same company.
It's not just worker's exploitation, but those that can afford to intern for free often have the resources to do it, excluding those that, given similar abilities, cannot afford to. It's another way to perpetuate a class system while exploiting future rich people that will perpetuate it.
I was an intern for college credit, and the place I was at had a revolving door of interns they used as custodians and gofers. I cleaned more than anything, but also had to go for lunch pick ups or a store to pick up items to restock, barely learned anything worthwhile there.
Hey! Wanna learn how to do the job you're going to college for? Come WORK for me (for free) and do all my menial tasks, shadow me like a lost puppy, and oh yeah, in case you forgot, it's an "internship." Ohhh, that means you don't get paid money, just knowledge.
Die Hard is a Christmas movie. The plot does not exist if it happens at any other time. John McClain is there to visit his family for Christmas. The bad guys are at Nakatomi Plaza because there's less security during the holidays. The people who are taken hostage are there for a Christmas party. Christmas is an integral part of the movie, therefore it is a Christmas movie.
A bigger debate is if The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie or Halloween movie.
And Die Hard 2, it happens a year or two ,later. In Christmas Eve.
Load More Replies...Die Hard is not 'a' Christmas movie. It is THE ULTIMATE Christmas movie.
Disagree. Diehard is a movie that takes place during Christmas. It is not a Christmas movie.
Using that logic then It's A Wonderful Life and Home Alone aren't Christmas movies either.
Load More Replies...That we are discussing this is bizarre. Without a doubt, Die Hard is definitely a Christmas film!
Christmas just isn't Christmas now that Hans Gruber is no longer with us......
The McDonald’s Coffee lady lawsuit WAS NOT FOR ATTENTION OR FRIVOLOUS! The Coffee shouldn’t have been that hot.
Edit: according to the American Burn Association, “water at 155°F (68°C) can cause a 3rd degree burn in 1 second.”
……. **Her coffee was ~190°F (~88°C),** +35°F above a third degree burn in 1 second. Meaning she literally had .15 seconds to react before her skin melted.
I used to think that way when I first heard this story, now I know better. McDonalds PR on this was too successful
She only wanted her medical expenses covered but McDonalds orchestrated a smear campaign against her and thought they could beat her in court. Thankfully, on this occasion, the minnow beat the whale. Screw you McDonalds and every other big corporation that thinks they can treat us poorly because we don't have million dollar lawyers on our payroll.
I’m 61, and can remember how scalding hot coffee and other hot beverages used to be served back in the sixties, seventies, and eighties—-I burned my mouth many times trying to take an initial sip. It was undrinkable until it cooled down for at least an hour, maybe more, after you got it. So her lawsuit was most definitely valid. I noticed that, after it was settled, all places that served coffee and other hot beverages turned the temperature down to a drinkable level.
She suffered third degree burns and needed several skin grafts. When her insurance ran out, she had no choice but to sue to pay her medical bills.
The most damning witnesses against McDonald's was its own safety experts. They had been telling management for years that there was a severe safety problem with coffee temperature, but they were ignored. Knowing that there is a serious problem and declining to do something about it is the legal definition of negligence.
When I worked at Tim Hortons the hot water and coffee was always at boiling temps. Some people would order the hottest water or coffee they could get, filled to the rim. Total safety hazard for employees and customers. You can't convince me they drank it at the temperature and not let it cool down a bit. I always thought maybe they had seared off their nerve endings a long time ago. Hot drinks are supposed to be very warm but not realistically THAT hot.
I think those people might have some travel to do and want it to be still warm when they reach their destination
Load More Replies...I'm think all "frivolous" lawsuits need to be re-examined. I think there's a good chance it's Corperations who spun them as frivolous so people would not be aware of shady corporate behaviors.
I recommend Legal Eagle on YouTube. Some of his videos go over such frivolous lawsuits and explains them well.
Load More Replies...I have managed dunkin donuts shops for about 20 years now on and off. The correct temp for brewing their coffee, which we check the calibrations on the temp regularly, has to be between 195-205. Eight below boiling temp is the best temp to brew coffee/tea
No one needs to care if others like/hate the same things.
Put pineapple on your pizza.
Like sports team X.
Stick a candle wherever it fits.
If no one gets hurt, no one should care.
Yes i'm guessing some people like wax all over their pizzas ;)
Load More Replies...Why me and hoa have never gotten along. If whatever you are doing isn't directly hurting me I don't give a f if your grass is 3 inches tall. I will give you a hand if you need help and bring over extra produce I grow!
Load More Replies...I like pineapple on my pizza, I don't really like sports, It really changes the meaning of "Where's the candle" followed by "Don't light it... I'm gonna fart"
I am Italian and I secretly like pineapple pizza. I live in constant fear that they are going to revoke my Italian citizenship. That said, I hardly ever have it because the pizza joints that serve pineapple pizza usually make a lousy pizza in general.
Getting compliments as a Dad for normal parenting behavior.
Yes, I can feed, bath and put to bed a 9,7, and 2 year old. No I didn't need to call my wife for direction. No, the house didn't burn down.
The praise you are heaping upon me doesn't make me feel good. It just makes me feel bad for you, your kids and your husband.
The purpose of praise is not always to make someone feel good. When I praised my students, it was to encourage them to continue their efforts and to identify models to other students. You may not need to hear the praise, but there may be fathers in the room who need to hear you getting it.
The praise that matters to me is the excitement my son shows to see me and be involved with everything I do. Even if it's a 5am "daddy I missed you and wanted to see you" or the "Daddy look/watch/do/explain" every 5 seconds haha
Load More Replies...I lost one of my beloved uncle this year and had to leave my kids for 2 days with my partner, their father, the guy who is raising them with me since they are born. Well a father of my kids school was surprised that I went to my uncle's funerals because how my man was supposed to take care of our offspring during 2 days.... I should, at least, have leave the kids with my mother (who should have miss the funerals of her BIL who was a membre of her family for 40years not to mention her mourning sister and nieces). Still not sure what century he came from.
Wait, you actually do that?!? My lousy ex never did any of that, and would sneek out of the house Saturday morning so he wouldn't have to.
Yup. I mentioned this earlier. My child is my child and I have no shame in playing dress up either!
That 75% of the USA needs to retake an American Government class. The fact that most people don’t even know we have 3 branches of government baffles me.
We can start off by making ALL elected officials pass the immigration test.
Civics, as well as Geography, should be reinstated as part of public school curriculum. It was a bad move to remove them, as much as it was a bad move to keep teachers from teaching anything not on “the test” that determines school funding.
I'm not from the states, so I'm guessing here but the basis should be much the same as the UK. Executive, Legislative, and judiciary. But maybe with different names like Presidential or something.
1 I didn't vote for Donnie. 2 the officials do as their corporate sponsors want. We the people don't matter to our elected officials, they want money and power.
Load More Replies...The basis of the US constitution and the functioning of the three branches of government is included in the (mandatory) citizenship curriculum in the UK senior schools! I've taught it as part of a unit on international systems of government. It never occurred to me it wasn't universally taught in the US itself!
Or ,how each branch operates, what they are for. Checks and Balances, people.
I'm in high school rn (between 10th & 11th grade) and have never had any class on government and even I still know seemingly more about our government then most people I know
If you've ever watched street interviews a good number don't even know how many states there are, and can't find the one they're in on a map. A good 3/4 US citizens are dumb as dirt
Holy Cow ⛪🐄 YES!!!!!!!! I worked in a courtroom for decades (I have transcripts filed with the Library of Congress) and the lack of education regarding our system of governing is pathetic!!! CRITICAL THINKING NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT at a much younger age than has been taught in the last two centuries.
Social Media is bad for you
I don’t really see this site as social media. Just a curated photo aggregation site with comments.
Load More Replies...Not for everyone. Some people use it to keep up with family and friends. It's also great for fandoms to share their love.
Social media and magic are similar in one thing: it's not good or bad. It just depends on how it's being used.
PUBLIC BATHROOM/STALL DOORS SHOULD GO FLOOR TO CEILING!!!
I guess they don't already because it's easier for the cleaners to swing their mop under the gaps rather than mop every individual stall. The height of the partitions is probably just about money.
I hate it when the cleaners swing their mops under the door of the stall you're in and get it on your shoes. So rude and invasive. The height is not about money. It's really about invading the privacy so cleaners and other staff, if they want to, can peer in and see if you're doing drugs or need help. Problem is other people will do that anyways to "see if there's anyone in the stall" because they're too lazy to knock.
Load More Replies...I've always thought the reason toilets are like this in the US was to discourage illicit sex and/or drug abuse in the stalls. Some UK public toilets used to have a door that was short by a couple of inches so you could see if there were two sets of feet there, but they never had side gaps you could see right through like they do in the US.
And furthermore, if there is a stall with empty stalls on both sides TAKE IT! Nothing creeps me out more than being the only person in a public bathroom with more than three stalls and some idiot takes the stall right next to me. I said that to someone once and she replied, "I thought you had to fill them in order." Idiot.
"...had to fill them in order." 🤣🤣🤣 BTW totally agree with your comment, as this is the decent thing to do, when not having floor to ceiling stalls.
Load More Replies...Would be nice but hard to clean. That's probably one of the main reasons.
There is various good reasons not to. Lower cost, easier to clean, people can't lock or trap themselves in. The only bad reason is your "intimacy" comfort.
People getting on subways or elevators before letting people off. Makes no sense. I say my piece every time I see it.
If people are blocking the door so I can't get off a train, they ain't getting on.
Yes. If all you care about is getting yourself on the train, why do something that makes it harder and take longer???
Load More Replies...Sometimes I use a bit of force to push them back and don't even feel rude.
You should be careful pushing people...you never know when someone has a weapon
Load More Replies...Those kinds of people act like they don’t hear the obvious “Please step aside to let the passengers OFF the train first” announcement.
Flip side- FOR GOD'S SAKE JUST MOVE DOWN THE BLOODY CARRIAGE. You might be new to the system and anxious about missing your stop, but it never happens. to anyone. ever. And so what if you do- just get off at the next stop and return. All you're doing by hanging around the doors is blocking it up for other people trying to get on.
I'm guessing you've had the good fortune of never being on a crowded car
Load More Replies...I put my arms out wide 2 get off cos ive my child behind me and no 1s hitting off my child while shes trying 2 get off
Back when I lived in Boston this was a favorite pasttime... exiting a subway car, being 6'3", and just walking into idiots that would always try to enter before me and a huge crowd was exiting. They would so often look so shocked. I'm a pacifist and have never hurt anyone, but knocking these people aside felt very satisfying. I'd only do it when there was a huge crowd, otherwise I'd just dodge these morons.
Chris Brown is a piece of s**t.
I'd be shocked by anyone who assumed that I know who Chris Brown is. Apparently I live right.
Load More Replies...There is a literal "sh*t" list that many people belong on. Dude is definitely one of them as are trump, Bannon, Musk, Mitch McConnell, Kanye (let's keep this going!!)...
*face-palm* I read CHARLIE Brown at first. So dumb.
Celebrity dude. Got into trouble years ago due to abusing his then-wife Rihanna
Load More Replies...Zipper merge lane. It's every other car no matter what.
I agree, but try getting all the other jack-wallabies out there to follow the plan.
And the freakin shoulder of the road does NOT count as a zipperable lane. If you zoom all the way to where the knot is and try to zipper past me from the shoulder, I will legit destroy my car before I let you enter.
I would agree, but all the road signs say that a right or left lane is ending so most people move over then the zipper enthusiasts drive right up to the front and expect to be zippered in.
This. Zipper merges would work great if everyone was decent on the road. But they aren't and thus zipper merges are really annoying.
Load More Replies...One of the first things I taught my daughter when she was learning to drive.
Boneless wings are just nuggets... and that's fine, but don't charge me wing prices for nuggets spun in sauce.
It is amazing how many people insist that there are chicken wing deboning factories to make these, haha.
Chicken cooked on the bone has a dimension of flavor not found in chicken cooked boneless. The bones and connective tissues add flavor. Boneless wings are a waste of time.
Crocs should not cost more than $20.
The treading does not last that long and also they look stupid. Don't get me wrong, people are entitled to wear whatever they want on their feet, but it should be "you get what you pay for". Plus, while they certainly ARE very comfortable at first, the cushion wears down quickly along with the treading. They are not worth spending a lot of money, so I agree with OP.
Load More Replies...I was at Marshalls a few months ago and a size 11 in crocs was $30, next to those were a baby-sized pair of crocs, also $30. It makes no sense.
Ear candles are absolute snake oily b******t.
I'm imagining someone with incredibly waxy ears putting a wick in and going to town to clean.
Load More Replies...I have to disagree, but they're a trip to watch being used. The heat from the burning tip creates a gentle suction (the "candles" are hollow) and would pull the pus from the ear infection out of my child's ear, which eased his pain so we could sleep until we got to the doctor's. Unless you get terrible wax buildup in your ears, I don't think they're useful as a regular thing. My son's specialist wasn't thrilled with it, but he wasn't there for the pain and crying. Again, it eased his pain. It does not help to cure an infection.
Radio stations should play more than 250 songs.
And DJs should NOT talk over or cut off the beginning and/or end of a song! Additionally, does the station really have to stop playing music for hours on end, just to play some a*****e’s talk radio show? I want to jam to tunes during my commute, not listen to some out of touch a*****e jabbering for hours with other out of touch assholes. I doubt I’m alone in this. Talk radio should be limited to its own stations, not steal hours of music from other stations.
They talk over the beginning/end of the song so you can't tape them and have to buy the song
Load More Replies...250 is a dream nowadays... ClearChannel infamously introduced 30-song playlists when they started buying up everything in sight in 1996. It's horrific.
Also I wish there was a way to make sure multiple stations don't play the same song at the same time.
I was driving cross country and listening to whatever tolerable station the radio scan button could find. After a couple hundred miles, it fades out, so I hit scan again... the next station played the song from the last station.
Load More Replies..."Every morning there's a halo hanging on the corner of my girlfriend's 4 post bed..." burn it with fire.
The bed,or the fact that he wants to cheat in her,?
Load More Replies...They should also cut down the commercials. People are not listening to the radio, because every two songs, there's like 10 minutes of commercials and it goes like that. So in order to fix that, the radio stations are putting even more commercials, because who would care about people! Why we should cut commercials down? That's stapid!
Not to be an advertisement for anyone, but several years ago I took a job with a rather lengthy commute. One of my co-workers recommended getting satellite radio. My reaction was, "No way I'm _paying_ for radio!" But a free trial later and I was hooked. I can't even listen to the ads on free radio. "Act now, call 123-555-0023. That's 123-555-0023! THAT'S 123-555-0023!!!" Un-alive yourself in a fire.
Load More Replies...Switch to a non-commercial station. The one I listen to has a large bank of songs and also has a variety of shows for different genres, for example a metal and punk show one night, a blues and roots another and an Indigenous show on another one. Plus they are government funded and not allowed to play ads.
But this radio in OP pic is playing a great tune!!! Tangerine by Zeppelin ….nice
Tangled is better than Frozen.
I think they’re both nice. Can we just agree that movies are fun?
I liked the music in Frozen better, but I thought Tangled was much funnier. Both have their good points. I don't see why they have to compete with each other.
Load More Replies...Disagree. Ella doesn't need a romantic interest and the love kiss Ana received was from Elsa, her sister. It was refreshing. We need to show kids more and more that love comes in many ways. This over-focus on romantic love is ridiculous. While there is some romantic stuff in the movie, it was not the focus of the story,.
Yes! I loved that Elsa was the person who delivered the kiss.
Load More Replies...I love them both... Tangled is perfect in every way, and Frozen slaps me in the face with my childhood, and it's wonderful. Also??? Every time I watch it I can't help but ship Hans and Anna at first like- I know but.. can't he be good this timeeee
And while most Disney versions of fairy tales have super sketchy morals, neither of these is as bad as The Little Mermaid.
People are completely fine with immoral/morally gray actions as long as it’s someone they like doing it.
I think that depends on the moral fortitude of the individual. For instance, I played in a football team and on one occasion some supporters were allowed to travel on the team coach. The footy lads (my mates) were all seated at the back, with the supporters toward the front. There was some harmless banter flying around but at one point some of the lads took it too far with a female supporter. I made them aware of this and they changed tack. I asked and she was fine. No harm done. If they are really your friends, they will listen to you. To overlook bad behaviour because you like the person doing it is exactly the same as if you were doing it yourself.
Sadly, horribly true. A group of Christians central to keeping republicans in power voted for a greed-centered, immoral, unrepentant, power-hungry candidate who literally does not care about other people's lives, simply because he convinced them he could give them what they wanted. We can be terribly blind to what is really going on when we think we are in the right.
Franklin Roosevelt supposedly said this about an odious politician whose supportt he needed. "Yes, he's a son of a b***h, but he's OUR son of of a b***h."
Load More Replies...As long as it's a fictional character in a fantasy/romance/smut book* Fixed it for you OP.
What do you qualify as immoral or morally gray? Because moral is technically subjective. A nun would find a lot of what I like immoral, but it hurts nobody nor encouraged anyone to hurt someone or themselves nor encourage me to hurt someone or myself.
Can't afford the vet, can't afford the pet Edit: clearing some thing up Financial situations change and that's okay. My point is that if you in could afford the pet itself, but not medical care, you most likely shouldn't get one since it's one of the most important things you need to take in consideration when getting a pet. You don't need to have 20,000$ saved up, that's not what I'm saying, but you should have _some_ kind of emergency savings for sudden expenses to make them easier to handle financially
I kind of agree but there are people who just really need that companionship and they shouldn’t be made to feel bad about it. We have some excellent charities here who provide vet cover for those who genuinely need it.
In my opinion, a pet is like a kid. You have one because you want one, but their needs have to come first. If you can't meet those needs you shouldn't choose to have one (I know not everyone that has a kid chose to, I'm not trying to start an argument about that). If someone needs the companionship, but can't afford basic vet care, there should be supports for them in general, not just free vets.
Load More Replies...In theory this is true, but vet costs in the US have skyrocketed over the last several years. They are just as out of control as human medical costs.
I recently dropped almost $1000 on my cat. Between taking him to the emergency vet and then testing at my regular vet who found nothing wrong. Wiped out almost 7 months of hard work bringing down my credit card debt. But what can you do?
Load More Replies...That is too severe, and I disagree. Many pets are adopted from shelters. If everyone was expected to have extra vet $$ stashed away, millions of pets would never have a home and love, and millions of people wouldn't experience the joy of a beloved animal. There are charities that can help with vet bills, or as a last resort, give up the pet to a no-kill shelter
We're quite fortunate over here in the UK because there is a charity called the PDSA. This stands for People's Dispensary for Sick Animals and if you have a low income you can take Rover there and the PDSA vets will fix him up for free, including medications. It's a wonderful organisation.
So the two kittens I saved from a parking lot and wandering around a neighborhood would be better off feral if I can't afford all their medical care? I agree with this is you go into a pet shop, but a lot of pets are rescues.
yup. before i was allowed to adopt my kitten, i had to have at least $1000 in savings just in case something happened to him.
pet insurance should be more common to help with those unexpected expenses.
I'm a volunteer fosterer for an animal charity in the UK and I wholeheartedly believe animals provide wonderful companionship and emotional support. I have no issue at all with people needing to relinquish a pet because their financial situation changes, but what I cannot abide is abandoning an animal on the street. ANIMAL CHARITIES WILL TAKE THEM JUDGEMENT FREE. In fact, we have enormous respect for those who reach out for help <3
Nuclear power is the best middle step we can invest in to power us through building all the renewable energy. It provides great jobs, is exponentially cleaner than burning fossil fuels, and is safe when done properly.
Yes, BUT we have no way of dealing with the waste yet aside from burying it, uranium and plutonium are limited resources and which have to be mined, which is in itself a dirty and polluting business.
Learn about thorium reactors. There is no chance of meltdown, cannot be used as a weapon, and can be continually refined until there is basically no waste. No one is building uranium reactors anymore.
Load More Replies...It's the trust of it being done properly that I struggle with accepting. I hear of catastrophic disasters with nuclear, hydro dams, wind farms. Not so much with solar power. Why isn't solar power more widely used?
If people rolled the costs of what pollution from fossil fuel plants do into their economics we wouldn't build any. Nuclear is far safer and the nuclear waste far less than people realize. Coal ash is more radioactive than nuclear waste.
The problem starts with the planning. There are a couple of designs for nuclear plants, and they are sold/built around the world...without considering things like earthquakes or tsunamis. Then, you have to rely on the skill..and sobriety of the people building the reactor. Limerick was built on a fault...and the builders were not without complications.
Did you never hear of Chernoble or Three Mile Island? And what do we do with all that nuclear waste? Keep piling it up somewhere?
There isn't a lot of nuclear waste, newer designs don't have a lot of nuclear waste and don't meltdown, and fossil fuels cause a lot more harm than those two incidents ever did.
Load More Replies...If nuclear (fission) power generators were cost-effective, they wouldn't need massive government underwriting. Built any affordable nukes lately? I thought not.
All power plants get massive government underwriting. How about we make fossil fuel plants pay for all the destruction caused by their pollution and see how affordable they really are.
Load More Replies...Don't buy nuclear reactors from nuclear weapons countries. All 4 nuclear accidents have been designed by such countries. (Fukushima was an American design)
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I'm a pirate historian and I can tell you for a fact that pirates never, ever buried any treasure.
Of course not! They invested it wisely, such as buying a bridge in Brooklyn, selling AmWay, building airports in Nigeria, and founding a new Scottish colony in Poyais.
Load More Replies...That's what came to my mind, too. But have they found much (if any) treasure there?
Load More Replies...Um, so in the picture they chose for this, why are the skeleton's thigh bones on the outside of the pants, and then jammed back in at the knee?
The egg came before the chicken.
wait... where did the chickens on Noah's ark come from then?
Load More Replies...The one that Carl and Ellie always climbed in Up looks like a good one for a last view
The original post was responses to the question "What hill are you willing to die on?"
Load More Replies...These are not bizarre (except one or two near the bottom). These are actually kind, common sense, human rights centred beliefs that many countries which are not the US adhere to. What a strange title for the list.
I believe it's on the 18th of July 2024....unless the groundhog sees it's shadow, in which case it'll probably be pushed until 28 November 2057.
Load More Replies...Didn't see this one but - Civil Asset Forfeiture as it's practiced now is nothing but legalized theft and should have been declared unconstitutional a long time ago. ...Also the SCOTUS-invented idea of "Qualified Immunity" is Bulls*it.
Not me scrolling through BP when I should be working on schoolwork... 😉
Why the down vote? Some of these lists are ridiculous.
Load More Replies...Maybe because you invent nonsensical words such as "sill list" and "unconseey".
Load More Replies...These are not bizarre (except one or two near the bottom). These are actually kind, common sense, human rights centred beliefs that many countries which are not the US adhere to. What a strange title for the list.
I believe it's on the 18th of July 2024....unless the groundhog sees it's shadow, in which case it'll probably be pushed until 28 November 2057.
Load More Replies...Didn't see this one but - Civil Asset Forfeiture as it's practiced now is nothing but legalized theft and should have been declared unconstitutional a long time ago. ...Also the SCOTUS-invented idea of "Qualified Immunity" is Bulls*it.
Not me scrolling through BP when I should be working on schoolwork... 😉
Why the down vote? Some of these lists are ridiculous.
Load More Replies...Maybe because you invent nonsensical words such as "sill list" and "unconseey".
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