35 Things That Get A Lot Of Hate But It’s Undeserved

Comes from the Greek words petra, which means stone and ichor which is the golden fluid that the ancient gods where supposed to have in their veins!

It’s the name for the smell of rain on dry earth.

From the wiki "Some scientists believe that humans appreciate the rain scent because ancestors may have relied on rainy weather for survival". That's what it smells like to me - Life.

To me, it smells herbal, clean and fresh. Sometimes it smells a little like truffles which I love and my husband hates. I think where it falls has a lot to do with the smell.\

I get that lol, to me it smells like freshness. Where I live, it rains a lot so I've grown up with the smell. But hey my best friend hates the smell too! Everyone's different!

I think there's something very basic in the smell of damp earth. It isn't particularly a sweet smell, but I'm pretty sure our basic instincts know that that scent produces life. Without it, we wouldn't exist.

smells like worms to me

To me it just smells fresh and wonderful

Same here! Still like it, though.

It could be an association from youth or related to just a good memory... I love it because I like earthy smells, and smells that would usually not be considered "nice" (like leather). To me, Petrichor smells like waking up

I live in a desert area. To me it smells like life. It's okay if you don't like it. Hard to understand, but you are probably a decent person.

"Petrichor, for the girl who is tired of waiting"

Nah, I just have a lot of random knowledge haha

When you were a kid, didn't you go out to play in the warm rain, jumping in puddles and enjoying the sensation of being wet? I spent many happy rainy days playing outside. The rain was never cold in the summer.

I don't think I've ever heard someone say that they hate the smell of rain!

Absolutely

I lived in the UK for 8 years. May SHOULD have been a good month, but I can remember still wearing my winter coat throughout many Mays. It really isn't a good month in the UK.

Exactly the opposite with me. I can only be in the sun for 10 to 15 minutes before burning and when it's raining I love to go outside to walk.

Same for Finland, I don't no any of my coworkers religious believes, nor do they know mine. Of course there are the religious nutters, but those are rarely seen.

Gosh, that'd be nice. I never dared tell anyone in Oklahoma I was an atheist. Many of those fundamentalist Christians actually believe that atheists have no right to live.

I’m curious how this is in Italy if anyone would like to enlighten me.

Same in UK. Religion is not a topic we discuss or care when meet each other

Neither in Portugal, Greece, Spain...

France is very atheist. Not agnostic but atheist.

The reality is that those who are kind to any sentient life and thus greatly contributing to common good, those are hated!!!??? By whom? The answer is obvious.

Yes, Roxy, hold on to what ever you want but do NOT cause pain, suffering, and destruction to others!!!

And it’s anyone else’s right to mock it.

YES and it makes me so sad! I was born there. My aunts turned into bigot racist hags

The Mayflower group left because a) they were being hounded to believe the correct things and b) because they were fed up with others not seeing that they were right and doing things their way. The second part usually missed out in US history, I only recently discovered. They wanted to start from the beginning and have a world where everyone agreed with them. I have read accounts of them hanging someone for expressing a Pagan activity in the early days, so they most certainly weren't supporters of religious freedom at all.

The Puritans originally wanted to establish a more religious state because they felt things were too lax in england

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At this point most seem to be in denial that their ancestors were ever English...makes them feel too much like immigrants I guess.

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I think bigotry is everywhere. To say we are a country of bigots is unfair and also a bit bigoted on your part. Yes, we have plenty of bigots, but I'm sure your country does as well.

The irony of saying something bigoted about people you call “bigots”…

Do you think calling millions of people, who you do not know, "bigots" just because of their nationality...is not bigoted as well?

Most religious fanatics are bigots

"The more I read about these problems in the US, the more it seems to me a country with a lot of bigots." There, fixed it for ya.

I used to work in Saudi Arabia, there, there is almost no way to be atheist..and alive (at least if you're not a foreigner and even, you have to lie you get a religion when you make your visa)

There are countries where if you don't believe in their religion you would be killed.... and of course, god approves.

Not believing in "anything"???? So believing in greed, hate, cruelty, dominance, oppression.... has values or morals??? What an ignorant your sister-in-law is.

It always will be, v. I think that it is the way for the faithful to ensure their "righteousness" and secure their life in the paradise. Interesting though, that everybody wants to go to the heaven but nobody wants to die and clings to his/her pathetic earthly life.

That would be a great day.

.....you classify it as a "friendly reminder". Good for you, Logic.

Neither have I, but I also don't live in the Bible Belt.

Everyone has different experiences. I’m also an atheist living in the US, but I have had comments about my lack of faith and had people question whether I had the ability to be a good person if I didn’t believe in God. I’m very glad you never went through anything like that; it’s a sign that things are changing for the better.

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That happens in SA, while in USA islamists are treated as terrorists.

Nobody should stop thinking!!! -"The most dangerous person is the one who listens, observes, and thinks.' .....thinks OBJECTIVELY!!!

unless you're Pagan or Jedi, we have loads of these.