47 Stupid Things That Some People Can’t Stand Anymore, According To This Thread

Reagan's advisor once said something like this: "We knew we can't criminalize being anti-war or being Black. So we started to associate hippies with marijuana and Black people with heroin, then started to heavily criminalize drugs. Did we know we're lying about the drugs? Of course we did."

Agreed

For those who don't know: the woman who came up w/ this concept condemns it. She went through a lot of miscarriages and when she finally had a baby who survived long enough to be able to have their gender determined, she threw a celebration. And she heavily disagrees with the trend it sparked.

Seriously. What happened to lowkey baby showers?

I hate them too

No offence but I hate gender reveals. I think the stereotypes are completely idiotic and horrible. Also what happens if a child is born intersex. You don't know ur child's gender. They might choose to identify as something else.

Have never heard about this outside of the US.

Too many celebrities are famous for the wrong reasons. I miss "the good old days" where people were famous for their accomplishments instead of their willingness to overshare or act stupid.

Or over-the-top celebrity hate, acting as if they were personally singled out and targeted. It's fine to feel upset, offended, angry or disappointed. It's fine to comment on it and talk about it. It's fine to have an opinion. But if you're still bringing it up half a decade later anytime something reminds you of them.... get over it. You can still hate them, but it shouldn't be this burning rage that you're still obsessed with.

let's not forget attempted murder, murder, and animal abuse, I could go on and on.

Kids/teenagers do not possess a mature prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain responsible for reasoning, problem solving, comprehension, impulse-control, and other executive functions. Adults can be found not guilty by reason of 'non compos mentis' even though they possess a fully mature prefrontal cortex, but you won't extend the same reasoning to children when they physically are not capable of being anything but 'non compos mentis'? Maybe you ought to have a look at the parents when wondering why kids behave badly.

They don't get away with it, they just aren't tried as adults

Trophy shooting is murder pure and simple. Trophy shooters are cold blooded killers, i spit on them.

It's a well known fact that trophy hunters all have very small w*llies.

Animals' lives are much harder than ours. If your life is about eat to survive another day, then god bless you. Otherwise, leave them alone.

so true

Ask a valet parker in Las Vegas who on average makes an additional $60k/year on tips what their opinion is.

Politicians hide themselves away, they only started the war. Why should they go out to fight, they leave that all to the poor." War Pigs, Black Sabbath

To just say war isn’t good for anything is such a blanket statement. I think fighting the f*****g nazis was necessary. I think the bad a*s Ukrainians fighting for their survival against the Russians is necessary.

Ah, Rush Hour flashbacks.

I read somewhere that stated, "War is only beneficial if both sides are fighting for the greater good". Or something to that effect.

Even if money wasn't an issue, there still isn't enough help for everyone that needs it.

What if you're depressed about your financial situation?

Health care in the US should be free but if I were to have to pick which part was most important to be free it would be mental health. I feel that it would make a huge difference in the homeless population as well as with people with addictions. I feel that most of these cases started from some type of metal health issue.

And let's face it, not all opinions are equally valid. Science or human rights of minority groups aren't something you can have "opinion" about.

With vaccines, the issue is not with opinion vs fact, but is instead about whether you trust authority figures (e.g. goverment or scientists). Anyone who grew up with bad parents or bad goverments is more likely to suspect that they are being lied to by authority figures for the benefit of the person in authority. Sadly, their mistrust of authority does not extend to leaders of anti-government or anti-science groups.

Tbh, I thought it was blown way out of proportion. Both Will Smith and Chris Rock are great guys but none are perfect.

A initially assumed this was talking about some sort of fighting 'sport', to which it could equally well apply.

Unpopular opinion: religious fundamentalists and hardcore atheists (those who actively hate all religions and snicker at people for believing in "magical sky daddy") are both equally horrible and equally obnoxious when they try to force their beliefs on someone. I'm neither religious or atheist, which makes me impartial.

As someone who doesn't believe in God himself, this sickens me. Religion was created either by those attempting to give hope or by those making sense of the world around them. If you are so dense as to think that people can't believe in a certain thing, then pardon my language, but you can f**k off.

Religion is so stupid.

There's so many sources for news that it's become difficult, at least for me, to know what's true. It's maddening!

My mom actually believed crickets cricking slowed down sounds like a church choir. She refused to hear me out when I told her it was a hoax.

I follow Mark Twain's dictum: 'Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see'.

Walter Cronkite has to be spinning in his grave.

All retailers who sell scratch cards should be made to display a sign saying ‘If you are desperate enough to insist on scratching your cards at the counter you have a gambling problem and will no longer be served here’. With a helpline number displayed in large red script.

This would drive me crazy when I worked at a gas station. Or people that don't want to fill out the lotto sheets and give you like 20 numbers fora pick 3 while the line gets longer 🙄

I thought this while I was wfh, until the novelty wore off. I guess it depends on the job. Call centre work can easily be done at home. But I do admit there is a breech of privacy risk. My home was my sanctuary. My peaceful place where I could forget about nasty words and not feel hostility or being controlled in my own home. Once I worked from home I was still a tenant working around maintenance issues, my daughter come and going, being monitored on my washroom time and breaks. I got especially defensive with abusive people since I'm in my own home. I got paranoid that the routed lines we used would crash and my home phone would get revealed to people, or that one of my neighbours would be eavesdropping, or the caretakers coming by for maintenance while I was working would judge me. A couple times they were trying to talk to me while I was on call with someone. When I was done for the day, I didn't feel "off work". It took about 30 minutes more to realize I needed to start on supper.