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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, citizens were free to watch YouTube videos to their hearts’ desire, without being constantly bombarded with ads for fat-burning tea and companies that will help you build the perfect resume. These same residents could go to the grocery store and purchase a gallon of milk without wondering if they were going to be able to pay rent that month, and they could walk home without hearing TikToks blaring from other people's phones.
Romanticizing the past isn’t always the healthiest thing to do. But we have to admit, there are some things that have gotten way out of hand these days, so Reddit users have recently been calling them out. Below, you’ll find some of these annoyances that likely grind your gears too, so enjoy reading through and be sure to upvote the things you’d like to put an end to as well!
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#1
Already out of hand and has been for a while, but keeps getting worse: advertisements everywhere.
Emma S 2 years ago
YouTube is getting worse for this. Showing ads halfway through the video you're watching.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
And not even waiting for a natural pause in the video. Just randomly cutting in right in the middle of a sentence or a word!
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Vasana Phong 2 years ago
I’ve noticed the ads here as well, it doesn’t bother me, but when I’m reading and it’s constantly flicking and I have to either scroll back up or down to see where I left off
Lu 2 years ago
Watch TV for 5 mins and see if a 5 min tv ad bothers you. I’ll take web ads any day of the week.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago (edited)
Hardly anyone watches live tv any more. A majority either use catch-up services or streaming. (True for the UK, can't speak for every country).
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Tracy Wallick 2 years ago
uBlock origin. They don't let ads through from companies who bribe-- er, *pay* them, and they work on video/audio ads.
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Yes do this no ads in youtube on your computer.
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Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
Bored Panda. Facebook feed. Now Facebook Marketplace. And Facebook videos. Social Media. Always accidentally clicking and opening ads while scrolling, and I am sick of it. Ddo ads the right way. No videos, just some on the side, as they do in newspapers and magazines.. If you push your ad in my face I will not support you.
featherytoad 2 years ago
Hell, when I pause Hulu I get an ad in the top right corner and more often than not, a website knows I'm using an adblocker and I have to turn it off.
Roger9er 2 years ago
I've heard that in one of the Scandinavian countries (I can't remember which one) commercials in a movie on TV become more and more frequent as the movie progresses. So the first half hour 1 block of 5 minutes, then every 20 minutes, then every 10, every 5. Does anyone know if that's really true or is this nonsense?
SheHulk 2 years ago
It´s true or it used to be in Sweden! Not every 10 and 5 minutes but the ad breaks also got longer. Haven´t watched commercial tv for years.
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Heather Talma 2 years ago
Explain to me why my three-year-old niece is watching shows on an app specifically for kids, in a section specifically for her age group, and still has to sit through ads.
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#2
Influencers.
Libstak 2 years ago
They turn my stomach, how much fakery is enough? Get out and live people, who cares what the "love me dos" are doing, seriously.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
They need to get a real job and join the rest of us in the real world. Spending 100% of your life in a fantasy world Is indicative of some kind of mental/emotional issue.
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Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
No, That term is now reserved for a certain political party in the good ol us.of.a.
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LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
Influencers have to be some of the most vapid, entitled people. "What do you mean this meal isn't free!? But, I'm a social media Influencer! Ugh, I'm leaving this place a negative review for mistreatment."
David 2 years ago
I don't like them, but I feel like the problem is not the influencers. It is the viewers. The only way an influencer becomes "big" is if viewers watch their videos, purchase their products and so on. Related would be all the scripted 'reality' shows full of petty drama. In both cases c**p is making bank because enough people want to consume the c**p. Influencers are like the gods and mythical creatures in some stories - if enough people stop believing in them they lose power and fade away.
Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
Seriously though I don't care who you are and what you bought or made today - i can barely pay attention to my life
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I have no problem with people anointing them selves as "influencers". It's helpful to know whom to completely ignore quickly and easily.
#3
Illiteracy, be it scientific, biological, or media. Too many people are too comfortable with not understanding things.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
Yup. It's like, "Oh, we don't waste time fact checking. We trust our news source to tell us what we need to know"... *sigh*
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Alexander 2 years ago
It is not possible to understand everything and for thousends of years there was always a huge percentage of illiterate people - but back then they worked short hard lifes in the field and had to obey the educated elite - nowadays they want to decide everything and want to vote and want to talk about it......
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago
Indeed. I would like to add that even illiterate people from the past has knowledge, but a different kind. peasants who couldn't read knew much about animals, plants, how to manage everyday life with almost nothing available...
Load More Replies... Becky Samuel 2 years ago
It's ironic how high this is on the list considering how many times I've been downvoted to oblivion for either telling the truth or correcting a false comment. Just because something agrees with the popular narrative doesn't make it true!
Kye 2 years ago
The popular narrative is terrifying. The truth isn’t valued anymore. It’s now known as “their truth”🙄
Load More Replies... kybourbonpearls 2 years ago
I've noticed a lack of understanding of their own country's history. We may not be proud of everything that has happened but it's so important to understand it and to prevent it from happening again!
Entropy Clean 2 years ago
The exclusionary practices and beliefs that Sky Daddy hates women, POC, and science will ultimately destroy the planet; this is the greatest irony,.
#4
Rich getting richer and the poorer getting poorer.
Harley 2 years ago
When I was young I was poor. After many years of hard work I can safely say I am no longer young anymore
CORGI QUEEN 2 years ago
lol I was gonna say congrats but hey! your not young
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Bols 2 years ago
Society is seriously starting to hate the rich on the similar level as French did just before the revolution... I don't know if they are aware of that but seriously I sense some history repeating itself here...
Michael Largey 2 years ago
It's because the modern rich are duplicating the predatory practives and attitudes of that French aristocracy. So they get the dame reaction from their victims.
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Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
The percentage of the super wealthy vs the poor has gotten so out of hand, and yet people still buy the scientifically disproven propaganda that the wealthy create jobs through trickle-down economics. It hasn’t worked, and the evidence is all around us. Especially when inflation is out of control for now other reason than companies posting RECORD MEGA profits since 2019.
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
Since the beginning of human society this has been a constant. And the attempts to rectify it are not particularly 100% successful.
RiceRiceBaby 929 2 years ago
My life's savings not worth as much bc of inflation. Shutting down the country bc of covid, wtf were they thinking?
Brent Echols 2 years ago
Trying not to die- or cause neighbors ' death. Seems simple, creepy to pretend otherwise
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#5
Everyplace asking for a tip.
Libstak 2 years ago
I'm starting to see tip jars in alot of take away shops in Australia lately, like WTF?
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Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
I live in the US and I have defended tipping in the past. I still defend tipping when you are at a sit down restaurant for example but it is getting out of hand at other places and needs to stop. I wont tip at a f*****g drive through
Justme 2 years ago
Same.. I tip according to the venue/service. Drive thru or where I order at a counter and clean up after myself = no tip. Sit down restaurant, delivery, or service is actually provided = tip. Something really personal like haircut, pedicure, massage = big tip.
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Dash Junior 2 years ago
Ahhhhhhh! While purchasing a t shirt at a concert the pay screen presented me with the opportunity to tip 15% to 25%. Lordy!
Jiska Veldhuizen 2 years ago
I just don't tip unless the service is excellent. Luckily I am not from the US so it's not expected.
Spanish Cat 2 years ago
Come to Europe, where tip jars are considered insignificant and you will not seem like an animal to others for not tipping anything.
Alexander 2 years ago
As long as it stays an option it is totally fine to have a tip jar. If the visit to a store is a really incredible experience with eceptionally nice/professional staff I am more than happy to reward that - but not if it bocomes a costum "law" to have to tip for even mediocre stuff
Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
We went pretty Wild recently and ordered some Wings to be picked up (not Buffalo ones, but you can follow the capitals, it's a popular place). The bill was just over 60 bucks, I handed her 80, and she deadpan asked, "Would you like some change back?". Ummm, yeah, all you did was hand me a bag of wings and you want more than 30% tip?! Hell in a handbasket, I tells ya.
#6
People doing outrageous s**t in public for views. No one cares, you’re not cute for being disruptive.
Royal Stray 2 years ago
Extra points if you can call someone sexist, ableist, or racist if they tell you to please stop
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago
Indeed, these are an easy way to avoid criticism whereas you're being judged for your behavior and not your ethnicity or identity. Those accusations cause great harm to important causes, unfortunately.
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Divado 2 years ago
Or pretending to "rescue" injured animals they just happened to "find". Oh please somebody put a stop to this.
RandomCrow(she/her)🇺🇦 2 years ago
Yes!!! I f*****g hate those people. They need to be stopped
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
The problem is someone does care because they are getting views. If they were ignored it would stop
SonicAlchemy 2 years ago
Kind of how I've grown to feel about "flash mobs". Oh, sweet, you and your co-workers from Sprouts hit the mall and spaz danced to a shi**y Black Eyed Peas song. Yes, please "suddenly disperse" now.
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
Like the artist who recently called the Target employee racist for asking them not to dance in the store. Ask permission. I'm sure they'd be down for it if you do it after the store closes.
Load More Replies... Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
This. And plunging to your death is not cute either, simply because you just had to take that dangerous selfie to boost your ego and get “followers”.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Don't hate the player hate the game. They are out there trying to make that paper thank capitalism. If youtube and tiktok weren't get rich quick schemes we wouldn't have this problem
Entropy Clean 2 years ago
Take a charge and hit them with a baguette. Or shoot them with a bright pink water pistol. Or simply yell as loud as you can to disrupt their disruption
#7
Comment sections on social media. They used to be pretty fun to scroll through and engage with, now it’s mostly full of insufferable people who get off on arguing with strangers online picking fights over literally anything.
SheHulk 2 years ago (edited)
People have hair-trigger triggers! I said once here that´s it´s ok to tell your kids no (like when my 3 year old wanted to go out naked when it was -5c) and I was downvoted many times!
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Vasana Phong 2 years ago
BP is the only form I have, thank goodness this one troll lady isn’t on here anymore, she was awful
Bols 2 years ago
There are some new trolls now and then but overall BP has quite a decent community compared to any other website...
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
The thinkers' websites have all gotten rid of comments sections. And maybe OP misses those. But seriously? In the early days of YouTube, you could watch a clip from Sesame Street and 99% of the comments would be about how 9-11 was an inside job.
Mike Crow 2 years ago
I shared a photo of my coffee on a coffee group and some guy commented it wasn’t coffee because it had a little milk in it.
Royal Stray 2 years ago
The reason people picks fights is because some people are just so far gone, be it due to ignorance or some extreme political view, but it's the kind of thing that a few years ago would have branded someone as a troll, but now it's someone's actual opinion
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Mostly not here. That's the only reason Bouche and Audi are allowed on BP.
The voice of reason 2 years ago
Like on boredpanda, someone posts an interesting or humorous item and there is always someone who has to be a buzz killer. So you don't find it funny doesn't mean you have to point out all that is wrong with the post.
#8
The political divide in the U.S. is the worst I’ve seen it in my 43 years on this planet.
Tamra 2 years ago
In the US we're quickly approaching another presidential election year and our front runners are, *again*, Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It's a disappointment at best and a s**t show at worst. I'm disgusted by all of it.
CanadianDimes 2 years ago
I've often thought the US (and probably any country, really) should have a maximum age to run for president. There's a minimum age of 35 in the US; there should be a max age, too. It's a hella intense and stressful job, you shouldn't be right smack in the prime age bracket for dementia and Alzheimer's, and you should be young enough that the future impacts you too (so just *maybe* you put more stock into policies that benefit future generations, but that probably wouldn't happen anyway, sadly).
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Bols 2 years ago
It is scary! It starts to happen everywhere! In Poland also, last electiosn were around 51/49% so country is divided in half and EVERY argument on the internet is calling everyone either a woke lefty or ultra rightie and there is nothing in between... And I see it happening everywhere when I talk to my friends abroad :(
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
It’s all cuz of social media. It tells you what you want to hear and so you become close-minded and never listen to anyone else’s opinions. 😔
Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
That’s because Trump encouraged it. From claiming the election was stolen, to calling for civil unrest, to giving Democrats stupid nicknames like “crooked Hillary” and telling lies from a position of power. His fans believe everything he says without fact checking and attack anybody who questions his facts.
Mike Crow 2 years ago
They love buzz words like socialist, communist, and “woke” even though none of them know what those words mean.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
you forgot Marxist, Globalist, Radical Left and Soros-linked
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The political divide has got very scary. Tucker Carlson terrifys me with his spreading of wacky horseshit, and his praise of brutal dictators, and authoritarian regimes. How much influence does he have?
#9
Jobs asking for 5+ years of experience being listed as entry-level.
Justme 2 years ago
With an overpriced graduate degree you don’t actually need
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Royal Stray 2 years ago
Or when the job is simple enough for anyone to get the hang of in a week but you need a degree to do it. Even better if it's a job where half of the older people working there doesn't have a degree or higher educations and it's a new requirement
Bols 2 years ago
That's why I am so afraid to even apply for better jobs now :(
Load More Replies... LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
Ugh, I feel this in the field I'm currently working in (language services/linguistics). The amount of study you need for meager pay in comparison to some other fields is truly demoralizing.
Load More Replies... Tamra 2 years ago
If an employer is asking for 5+ years of experience, then they need to be paying *more* than an entry level wage, too. "Entry level", my a$$. This is the beginning of the list, and I'm already cursing. This doesn't bode well for the rest of the list. 😂
Amy S 2 years ago
I absolutely agree, if it requires years of experience or a degree it should not pay minimum wage in my opinion.
Load More Replies... Vermonta 2 years ago
Or an ad for receptionist that wants you to do book keeping for minimum wage
Brent Echols 2 years ago (edited)
Very common. 'Do payroll, inventory, tours,..but why did you leave the desk?'
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The Doom Song 2 years ago
What do you mean you just graduated high school when we asked for 30 years plus experience? But we want an 18 year old to fill this position
hillybilly gourdess 2 years ago
What they ask for and what they will hire are two different things. Don't let that discourage you from applying anyway
#10
Grocery prices.
Libstak 2 years ago
Why are so many staples going up by 60% or more? Supermarket brand bread has gone from $1.00 per loaf to $2.60 in 3 years. At the same time practically no workers have had pay rises outside management and many have had pay drops. Management rates in the meantime get increases over 15% in many of the years.
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago (edited)
Only the government has the power to intervene in market forces. But half the country wants government out of their lives. Let the free market regulate everything. Except that market is under the control of the greedy 1 percenters at the top of the heap. It is a rigged economic system.
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LokiHyena 2 years ago
I can barely afford a week's worth of food on my food stamps, damn inflation (and shrinkflation too)
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Also, the Federal minimum wage hasn't increased in over 14 years. 14 friggin' years! But ask for it to be increased by even a dollar an hour, and a chorus of brainless nincompoops howls about robotized burger joints and $20 tacos.
Load More Replies... Drinking my Covfefe 2 years ago
And the crop prices for farmers are going down. They make a killing off of us. Money is all that matters in this world. They don't mind killing people for money.
Brian Droste 2 years ago
No kidding. before the the war in Ukraine I could buy what I wanted plus a little extra. Now I just buy what I need and it cost me more today.
Glenn Cuneo 2 years ago
Many Tillamook cheese products have not increased their prices in over two years.. Walmart Bread? $1.32..... Walmart bel pepper? 82 cents each----- When you shop at a niche store you pay hipster prices.
Glenn Cuneo 2 years ago
Tillamook 2lb grated medium chedder has not increased it's price in over two years....
#11
People not knowing how to interact politely with their fellow humans. It’s wild.
Harley 2 years ago (edited)
This one is sad…. To all the polite people who see this I hope you have a great day today filled with sunshine!!
Harley 2 years ago
Oh and to all the rude people who see this…. I still hope you have great day today!! I just also hope it rains wherever you are at and you forget your umbrella.
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Mary Kelly 2 years ago
all schools should teach stress management and conflict resolution b/c every single person on the planet - regardless of race, sex, socioeconomic standing, religion, ethicity, etc. -- will have stress and will have conflict...instead, people only seek out these skills when their maladaptive responses to stress and conflict make the wheels fall of the bus, e.g., from divorce, drug and alcohol abuse, overeating, getting fired, gambling, smoking, etc.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I love the Mike Tyson quote, “Social media made you all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.” You see so many people on the internet (who could be any age) and nowadays a ton of kids and teenagers who believe they can get away with any s****y behaviour. Every time I see it I think of that quote.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
People not having basic social skills, or I understanding that yes, you are part of society, and it’s not all about you.
Robert Beveridge 2 years ago
I find "avoid humans" to be a quick, easy, and excellent solution to this issue.
#12
The US healthcare system. It just gets worse (greedier) year after year.
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
I want to state that the actual care we receive isn't the issue. The Nurses and doctors do a good job and genuinely want to take care of their patients . Its the f*****g insurance companies that are the issue.
Melissa 2 years ago
sometimes it is, there are some very bad hospitals out there.
Load More Replies... Rowy007 2 years ago
I have had an extensive examination at the hospital, scans, ultrasounds, blood tests and some tests that I don't even know the name of. That cost me 385. Outrageous! Fortunately, all medical treatments are free for the rest of the year. Oops, sorry, I thought you meant in Europe.
Cosmologist wannabe 2 years ago
Our healthcare system is our insurance, so if your uninsured, one injury, and say good buy to your savings.
#13
Planned obsolescence. The absolute worst. How is it that a 400 dollar phone and 1500 dollar phone have the same 1 year warranty?
Roger9er 2 years ago (edited)
Money, honey. All about money. People cheat on each other, betray each other, hate each other and kill each other for money.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
How is it that phones are $400, let alone $1500. This is robbery, and the planned obsolescence is helping destroy the planet.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
This is where you need to check out the actual rules. I imagine it varies from country to country, but in Australia there are consumer guarantees and there are warranties. We have a mandatory 1 year warranty on practically everything here. But if you buy a fridge there is a consumer guarantee of something more like five years. Because a reasonable customer would expect it to last at least that long. Same with phones. Buy a cheapie and yeah it might only get a 1 year warranty, but buy a $2000 flagship you can expect 2 probably 3 years of warranty on it. https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/buying-products-and-services/warranties and more importantly https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/buying-products-and-services/consumer-rights-and-guarantees
Michael Largey 2 years ago
It may be that they are equally likely to have problems. The extra cost represents extra features, not extra reliability.
#14
Monthly subscriptions. Not just streaming services. Software, games and even vehicle features.
It's like the MBAs from MBB have their hands in everything now.
Hawkmoon 2 years ago
And some cars even have subscriptions for things like heated seats or extra power. No kidding (BMW, Tesla,...).
Lu 2 years ago
Tesla has a subscription for internet monthly connectivity. Unless it’s changed the heated seats is a one time unlock, which is weird because it’s right there but not turned on.
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Harley 2 years ago
The only subscription I ever had was to the gym. When I left I had to give them my 2 weak notice.
Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
Everything has to be in the cloud. You don't own your program, you have to rent it.
Space Yeti 2 years ago
Subscriptions for streaming services, Game Pass, and certain software makes sense, but vehicles, professional software, and stuff you already paid for is ridiculous.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
Sick of it. I’m getting to the point where I’m going to totally go off Microsoft.
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
We pay enough each month for Satellite TV and internet connection. I refuse to pay another monthly penny for anything else.
#15
"smart" everything. Leave my gaddamn appliances alone!
Juan Something(downvotevictim) 2 years ago
My phone doesn't need to be connected to the blinds...
M Penguin 2 years ago
Though having blinds i could control from my phone when sick would be nice.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
There's always a pause while my smart TV and smart DVD player argue about who's in control.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
Don't buy "smart" appliances, then? "Smart" isn't standard on most appliances. You can even get "dumb" TVs still.
Cosmologist wannabe 2 years ago
“Smart politicians” get out, we’re not buying ur words. And you are wasting your energy on political stuff. ( I’m not against politicians, I’m just against the dumb politicians equally. And the last smart one was jfk and his bros. Sad that they were killed. We need a new gen of politicians.)
#16
‘Main character’ syndrome.
mh985:
Social media feeding into people’s narcissism.
_Perfect_Mistake_:
“Me me me” attitude. Social media has played a huge part of this attention-seeking attitude. Everyone feels the need to be recognized.
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago
Which means they are side characters for ALL the rest of the world. And invisible/unheard of for 99.9% of people living today.
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Andrea Squires 2 years ago
Everyone is so self involved. Yes, you are the main character, but only of your story, not anyone elses.
keyboardtek 2 years ago
Someone said avoid getting into any relationship with people in the entertainment industry because they demand so much attention all the time. Now it has extended to social media participants.
#17
Apps! Every business, website, service, you name it has its own damn app now. 3 Factor authorization also means that I have to download several apps on my personal phone just to be able to access sites required by my employer to do my job.
James016 2 years ago
A lot of those apps are just web pages and your company has strict security measures to protect the data in their care. That data will be personal so a data breach is bad news. Especially in Europe and UK where a GDPR breach can cost millions if the company is large enough.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago (edited)
If they're just a web page then they can use a sodding web page. These apps are performative security and do naff all to actually protect my data. Even worse, they all seem to want permission to track my audio, video, tracking etc. Like heck am I letting any employer, store etc have access to my camera, mic, and tracking data. How the heck does all that information being stored in remote locations make my data *more* secure?
Load More Replies... Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
or when websites ask you to use an app. I find it as stupid as going to the butcher directly to buy my meat and being told to go home to order it by phone...
Mell 2 years ago
My employer wanted me to install apps on my private phone for use on the job. Now way I am doing that! If I need an app to do my work, it is my employers job to provide the device.
Russell Rieckenberg 2 years ago
Every website wants to send me notifications. Every other website insists I have an account to access their website, even though they aren't directly selling anything.
David 2 years ago
Went to the fair last month. Fair food expensive so I stopped at Burger King on the way. tried to order the special I found on their web site. Was told I could only order that via their app. (web page made NO mention of that requirement. It was several dollars cheaper so I installed the app in the store - showed them the coupon code and got the cheap price. After that - the BK won't STFU and kept sending me updates and deals and notices so I uninstalled it.
Heather Talma 2 years ago
I almost had to PURCHASE a new phone that I couldn't afford just to continue doing the job I'd had for a year and a half because they changed the system.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I don't mind the phone based authenticators. I used to have a dongle that hung on my keyring just to get into the building and a couple others for different apps. Kinda nice just needing one device to cover all of them now. And in general that makes security, well... more secure. I am not a fan of apps when a webpage does the job just fine though.
#18
social media & phone addiction, i work with kids and it’s surreal how they are born into it, it’s so normalised creativity is dying, I fear our next generation, everyone is glued to their phones.
Royal Stray 2 years ago
Yeah this isn't getting any better either, I saw a kid that can't have been older than 2 with an ipad sitting in a stroller while the mom was on her phone and looking at make-up like wtf? Why did you get a kid if this is how you're gonna deal with them? What about interacting with them?
Reply hey 2 years ago
However people are always saying how kids are glued and addicted to their phones and where that may be true in *a lot of but not all* cases people do seem to overlook the addictions that a lot of adults also have to technology and I find the younger generations are often targeted
Damian DeGiovine 2 years ago
I mean, do you think this is a new thing? the millennial generation was addicted to their TVs and you saw how that turned out.
CORGI QUEEN 2 years ago
I don't have a phone and i am 13 a family rule is you get a phone at 14
Jeannie Miller 2 years ago
Older generation always complain about what the young people are doing. We have all the info available so we can move forward faster not having to reinvent the wheel.
RP 2 years ago
Honestly, I find this is so much worse in the older generation. When out with a bunch of 50-70 year olds and they were taking photos the WHOLE time of EVERYONE and looking at their phones all the time during breaks (choir thing). I was the youngest person there and the only one not on my phone. As soom as my MIL got a phone, its out all the time. She constantly wants to show us photos on it. The upside is that it has replaced holiday-photo slide shows (literally with slides and a projector). The younger generation seem to all have phones, but get more creative with them
#19
Climate change is getting scary now. People seem content to ignore it till it kills them though.
Almost sunny 2 years ago
This why the younger generation have to think twice about having kids unfortunately.
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago (edited)
And everyone needs to thinks twice about who they vote for instead of just automatically voting for whoever your church, your friends, or your sportsbar buddies tell you to vote for..
Load More Replies... Royal Stray 2 years ago
I think it's because some "activists" have been spreading what used to be false information just to get people's attention, and now that it's gotten bad enough for it to be true no-one believes them anymore. It's also not helped by governments telling people that they need to recycle and shower less, while large companies and some countries spew out more toxic waist and fumes than an entire country of recycling people could negate
Holly Kowalski 2 years ago
THIS!! I don't 100% know what to believe about climate change tbh, but I do agree that we have got to stop wasting so much. It's just gotten out of hand.
Load More Replies... Amy E 2 years ago
Profits over planet. As long as exploitation of human and natural resources is written into our economic system to max profits, I don't see this changing.
New Everywhere 2 years ago
This, this right here is the major f'n problem. Ever increasing profits is not sustainable! Seriously wtf.
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Alex Martin 2 years ago
I don't think we can stop it now and I wonder if really ever could. The earth has been warming for the last 100,000 years. It is part of a natural cycle. Changing climate moved forced the big herds out of Africa and our ancient ancestors followed them to every corner of the planet. Melting glacier water allowed for masive ancient settlements in places that are deserts now. Now, 12000 years later I think we need to stop focusing on stopping climate change and work on managing its impact. It's going to be hotter. Storms are going to get bigger and carry more rain. We're going to experience more droughts. Some animal species are going to die off as their ecological niches disappear. Coastal waters will rise submerging some settled areas. We need to focus on mitigating these things because the train has left the station on climate change. It's a done deal now and we aren't going to stop it. We just need to survive it.
SadieCat17 2 years ago
https://xkcd.com/1732/ Natural temperature increase my a*s
Load More Replies... Mike Crow 2 years ago
It’s fear. I am convinced that more people are ignoring it because they are scared to face the truth so they bury their heads and vote for politicians who say climate change is a hoax.
Mell 2 years ago
I really do not understand why more people aren't doing something to prevent this! I understand that my contribution is really small in comparisson to the big companies that polute or the rich people in their private jets but it is still a contribution. Een beter milieu begint bij jezelf (Dutch: a better environment starts with you).
Duck Syone 2 years ago
Instead of waiting for it to get worse, you could march with climate change protesters on September 15 and 17. There's protests in New York, France, Colombia, the UK, South Africa ect... You aren't alone in your frustrations.
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Alexander 2 years ago
Easiest solution to climate change: ignore it, let the problem grow bigger until it gets out of control and kills a huge part of mankind - the remaining people are not enought to create lots of pollution anymore and the problem is solved
wowbagger 2 years ago
Even that wouldn't solve it. There are tipping points that can't be reversed once they're hit, even if all pollution stopped.
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mysterious(all pronouns) 2 years ago
I've definitely seen some of the effects. 8 years ago, we got snow in early November, and it lasted till March, with some snow remaining in April. Now, there's no snow till late December, and there are snowstorms in April.
#20
The cost to simply be alive and take care of yourself.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
I try not to have an existential crisis everyday when I try to figure out pay my bills every moth and still have money to survive.
New Everywhere 2 years ago
Me trying to figure out groceries for the next few days: I just checked a food stamp card that hasn't been active since I started this job (4+ years ago) just hoping for a damn miracle.
#21
Rent increases and mortgage rates.
Almost sunny 2 years ago (edited)
Rent has gone from $200 a week to $550 a week in Tasmania Australia. In something like 6 years.
Claire Bailey 2 years ago
Agreed. Our mortgage has near on doubled in the last three years, Tassie here too.
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Red Reilly 2 years ago
It's why so many people are leaving London, yet instead of sorting out the issue, landlords are increasing the rents
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
We may “own” our house, but we still have to pay insurance, property taxes, all utilities and any repairs, etc. Those all keep going up.
Danielle Lee 2 years ago
Where I live in Massachusetts, 10 years ago 1 bedroom apartments were $700-$950 on average, now you can't even find a studio apartment for under $1,200. My rent has nearly doubled over the years, it's crazy
Tim Geene 2 years ago
I was extremely fortunate to refinance my house last year at 2.12%. Now rates are 7+%
Zephyr343 2 years ago
Yeah. I refinanced to 2.75% from 4% a few years ago. Can't imagine trying to buy a house now. Especially since all the house prices are soooo inflated.
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Atero 2 years ago
It's sometimes complicated... As an example: My friend bought a flat 5y ago but after a short while moved in with the partner. He had no ideas if relationship will work out therefor he decided to rent his apartment for an amount equal mortgage + costs. Rewind to current moment: His mortgage tripled and costs went up as well. What he suppose to do in your opinion ? Lose an apartment he've been saving for way over 10y to the bank or increase the rent? "Why he don't just sell it?" Selling now is pretty much an impossibility (mortgage interest rates at 11.5% and deposit requirement for buying own stands at 28%), yet there are very few apartments for rent on the market...
#22
Gun violence. It’s BEEN out of hand but it’s absolutely terrifying to live in the US right now. Nowhere is safe - not church, not your local bar, not the bank, not the farmers market, not a music festival or concert, nowhere is safe.
Csaba Hegedűs 2 years ago
I have a slight suspicion this is an issue in only specific countries.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
The post specifically tells you which country it's talking about. Violence levels in most countries are lower than they have ever been and continuing to fall (with minor inevitable fluctuations).
Load More Replies... Kimbowa 2 years ago
So ridiculous and awful here in the US. Seems like we’re such a dumb country that can’t see the correlation between guns and shootings!
Roger9er 2 years ago (edited)
The correlation is all too obvious, but is being ignored, because money. And money goes above everything. One can downvote this, that doesn't make it less true.
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Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
Elections have consequences. People in the US want gun control laws and want to feel safe in public spaces but they keep voting for Republicans who are owned by the gun lobby. That is the price you pay for falling for the fake culture war b******t republicans sell every election cycle.
drt83406@yahoo.com 2 years ago
Thank you so much Republicans, for overwhelmingly blocking and doing absolutely nothing about gun violence!
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kansasmagic 2 years ago
Nowhere has ever been *absolutely* safe. But there are degrees of risk. Mass shootings are very rare (though horrific, which is why they dominate the news). According to FBI statistics, 103 people were killed in mass shootings in 2021. In contrast, an average of nearly 60 women are killed *each month* by intimate partners, and about 70 people use guns on themselves *every day*. Suicide by gun is the leading cause of gun violence, but it receives nowhere near the attention of mass shooting.
FrostyJellies 2 years ago
Once our children's lives were put up for debate after Sandy Hook, it was a downhill slide. They don't care about the gun violence, because, y'know, there could be a good guy with a gun to take out the bad guy with a gun. 🤬 It's ridiculous!
David 2 years ago (edited)
This reads like it was written by an non-American who just goes by sensational news stories. YES - gun violence is out of hand. In part I blame the news for sensationalizing every shooting story for the clicks. But NO - it is not 'terrifying' to live in the USA and many places are safe. I feel absolutely no fear going to any of the places mentioned. That's like saying I'm terrified to get into a car because I saw in the news where an innocent driver got T-boned. EDIT: I am assuming OP is talking about USA since that is typically the context these days. Perhaps they are talking about some place where the drug cartels run the towns.
Mental Liberals 2 years ago
Government allowed criminals!! Gangs - created by the corrupt government. The Welfare State! The War on Drugs...The War on Poverty...etc. etc. etc... ALL for the government to make more $$$$$$ and keep people in control!
Jeff Springer 2 years ago
Indeed. Thank god we don't have a media that depends upon hyping scary stories and overstating dangers for profit. It would be TONS worse.
#23
Corporate greed.
WonderWoman 2 years ago
No, that is true, but it has gotten completely out of hand, in the US. Corporations own the politicians, and the politicians make laws that favor the corporations and wealthy, and it is goes on and on.
Load More Replies... Dane 2 years ago
*This* is the basis for many of these posts. 50 years ago, a local dairy paid someone to deliver milk, etc literally to your doorstep every day. Petrol stations paid someone to put fuel in your car, check the oil, and your tire pressure while it filled. And they did these things and still made a reasonable profit. A graph of median wages and corporate profit was linear...not anymore.
Karl 2 years ago
The notion that the private sector will run public services better and more efficiently is staggeringly naive by governments. All they’re doing is saying “Run this service in a cheap, exploitative way that benefits your shareholders at the expense of the public who use those services”. The scandals with water companies in the UK raising prices while dumping raw sewage into rivers and the sea, failing to maintain infrastructure at all levels while making record profits. It stinks (both literally and figuratively)
Brent Echols 2 years ago
This! And in u.s., primarily a way to avoid providing health insurance to employees
Load More Replies... Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
I got concerned years ago when CEO salaries went into the stratosphere. And here we are.
Robert Beveridge 2 years ago
Not like we weren't warned 30+ years ago. Gordon Gekko's "greed is good, greed is right, greed will save the USA" monologue in Wall Street (1988) was far more prophetic than anyone wanted to believe.
#24
Short videos on every social media app. It destroys the attention span and critical thinking abilities, mainly for children that grow up with these apps watching endless short videos. They will have no motivation to do something else that costs more effort and it is truly concerning.
Mermeow Overlord (they/them) 2 years ago
Short attention span and no motivation, that sounds like me.
Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
not completely agree, I spent a hilarious afternoon with my nieces preparing and filming one of those tiny movies. ma generation spend is life in front of a tv with long film and i don't feel smarter :)
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
Omg! This! I’ve banned myself from watching shorts since it’s destroying my attention span.
CORGI QUEEN 2 years ago
oh s**t I am an example of this. My attention span was bad to begin with, I have ADHD, and then I watch so. many. short. videos. My dad puts on compilations. and Its funny except they are like 15 secs long videos all crammed into a 20 minute video
#25
Literally everything/everyone raising their prices for seriously everything. I have gotten so many "we are raising our prices this year to growing inflation" and yes the items are smaller, you dont get the same as you did before, or the product is worse. They all say we need to raise the rates for something because they cant afford to keep running their business on the prices now. But yet they show record profits. I'm looking at you Xcel.... among others and others and others just like this. Its insane.
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
They're raising the prices/shrinking the package so they can keep paying their CEOs millions a year.
WonderWoman 2 years ago
2020 Covid, corporations: We are in this together. ~~ 2022 corporations: Sucks to be you, we lost money and are going to get it back and you will pay for it, our CEOs didn't get million dollar bonuses and they are pissed.
Dianellian 2 years ago
The major supermarkets in Australia have recorded record profits by price gouging their suppliers and customers. Absolute c***s.
#26
A lack of self-awareness. People think its weak or whatever to be mindful of the people around you. It's insane the number of people that just don't care if they are an a*****e.
Juan Something(downvotevictim) 2 years ago
It's not that they don't care, they actually care very much about being the biggest a*****e possible.
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
In America, we had a President that promoted the F@CK YOU attitude.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
Ah but they end up alone. People who behave badly can't keep the same people around for too long
Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
Ok don't downvote me please - but lets be honest BP is a bit on the bias side ;) I love this site so much but as a conservative some things i read on here are pretty rude so i'd say #33 applies to people who think they are self aware but maybe not so much ;) just saying ~
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
Oh yea. At a busy supermarket check out taking ages to bag everything and then even longer to find your purse while everyone is waiting.
#27
Disneys remakes 😂
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
I’m actually very confused, why are they remaking The Haunted Mansion? It’s not like the others where they’re being remade into live action movies, it was already live action, so what’s the purpose?
#28
Plastic, especially single-use stuff.
pfeils wife 2 years ago
This photo... our grocery stores stopped providing plastic bags (love it) and you have to buy paper bags or bring your own... no problem. Yet, just like this photo, there are rolls & rolls & rolls of plastic bags in the produce section. oxymoron
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
WE know the plastic problem why aren't we trying to solve it Lawmakers?
Steve Hall 2 years ago
Plastic isn't going away. We need to find a real use for it when it's discarded, like maybe building roads or insulating buildings.
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
How is biotechnology related to the enormous anounts of single use plastic?
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The level of brightness on new car lights.
Almost sunny 2 years ago
And the arseholes that drive right up your a**e at night blinding you!
keyboardtek 2 years ago
I often wondered why no federal regulations exist to limit the height of headlights. High rise pickups are the worst offenders. But the people who drive those trucks on your tail get their kicks by intimidating others.
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Gen X Feral (try/me) 2 years ago
Yessss! I can't even drive at night anymore because I live in the middle of nowhere on rural highways and my night vision is c**p to begin with. Those lights literally blind me.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Coupled with the fact that they’re installed to point straight forward instead of being tilted slightly down to illuminate the road. Also, people being totally unaware that they’ve got their bright lights on. Car manufacturers can install audible warnings that your door is open, but can install one to tell you your bright lights are on?
Jamie Savatt 2 years ago
My mom’s car has an auto high beam function where the high beams shut off when they detect another car’s lights or a car in front of you. It’s wonderful! Too bad all cars don’t have that feature!
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Diana Wilcox 2 years ago
Same. Headlights always interfered with my driving, but nowadays it's a whole new level.
Load More Replies... Steve Robert 2 years ago
How many accidents occur because people are blinded by the lights of incoming SUVs and giant pickups.This should immediately be illegal!
David 2 years ago
This one has improved in my state. We went through a phase where many cars looked like they had their brights on. I believe I heard they changed the laws around some of the super bright lights some drivers were installing. The 'blue' headlights come to mind. They were pretty bad for a while.
Gary Geracci 2 years ago
I believe that with all these features they could make an automatic dimmer again .I had one in my 68 Buick Riviera! It automaticall ydimmed my lights even if I was coming up on a car from behind!
#30
Homelessness.
Amy E 2 years ago
This exploitative economic model creates outliers that shouldn't exist - the homeless and billionaires alike.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
I think whoever downvoted you didn't understand what you are trying to say
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Part of that is from Reagan losing down all the facilities that took care of people who are unable to care for themselves. Granted, at the time many of them were underfunded, understaffed, and badly run—-many criminally bad. However, had their funding not been cut, and had there been more oversight of both public and private facilities, conditions would not have gotten to that point. We need to address this situation, and start collecting a proper amount of tax revenue from EVERYONE, including the wealthy—-how tf does a billionaire not only not pay taxes but get a hefty tax refund on top of it?—-to properly fund ALL types of social services. One of the hallmarks of a truly advanced civilization is that it takes good care of its smaller and weaker members. We’ve been dropping the ball on that duty for far too long now.
El Dee 2 years ago
Where I'm from we don't have a 'homeless problem' Those people left without housing due to divorce or whatever are given temp accommodation. Usually takes around 6 months to find permanent accommodation from there. I know this because it happened to me..
Valerie G. 2 years ago
I believe they are using the term "unhoused" now. Don't want to offend them.
Damian DeGiovine 2 years ago
Homelessness has always been here, it's just been making itself more known
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
But when we try to provide affordable housing we run into the old NIMBY syndrome. Here in Atlanta, the residents of the Mechanicsville stopped a proposed rehoming shelter for the homeless.
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Entitlement attitude.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
I'd comment on how I feel about these idiots but BP would just censor it
Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago
Where Ibwork, we maintain pumping stations for the water municipality. One station is a little 20x20 foot fenced in area next to a vacant lot. Until one day the lot wasn't vacant anymore and someone built a 3 story mcmansion 3 feet from the fence. Part of the upper stories overhang the station. One day, the owner comes out and wants us to MOVE THE STATION! Wanted us to just move it across the street (into someone else's yard no less) because it "was to close to their house". She couldn't understand that the the station went 40 feet deep and would cost more than the house cost to move. Not to mention the station was there decades before they decided to build the house damn near on top of it. Some people just don't think.
#32
The lack of consequences & no accountability.
RabidChild 2 years ago
But that's only for the wealthy,:well-connected and members of law enforcement. The rest of us go straight to solitary or killed n the booking process.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Sadly this has trickled down to kids. They think they can do/ say anything with no consequences. And Mom and Dad, if they can pull themselves away from the phone long enough, back them up.
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Booker 2 years ago
It's everywhere at every level. I just quit teaching at a private school because the admin thoroughly embraced this by agreeing with the most irrational, unjustified complaints by entitled parents, blaming teachers, usually ending the conversation with "We'll see what we can do." This just enabled the craziness until the parents directly attacked the teacher. As one of the teachers this happened to, I addressed this with the admin, who refused to discuss it saying, "Handle it the best you can." The most frequent complaint had to do with course placement, which is never the teacher's job. After years of being blamed for things I had no involvement with or responsibility for, I left. As a side note, the kids were fantastic.
#33
Cancel culture.
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
Well, depends on the definition. "Cancel culture" can be both a shorthand for "unrepentant bigots finally facing consequences for their actions" and "people getting backlash for some stupid sh#t they did 20 years ago". Only one of those is good / justified.
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago (edited)
It can be under many forms. I for one hate the way we judge the past with today's eyes, or make today's people responsible for what happened centuries ago. This keeps society divided when we should all unite to face serious dangers such as global warming.
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Mike Crow 2 years ago
I laugh at politicians who scream cancel culture while also voting to ban books.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
To today's conservatives, the Nuremberg Trials were cancel culture.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
Had to laugh at a so called 40yo friend of a friend who announced that "we were" "cancelling " a certain person she had a disagreement with. I laughed out loud, what BS, grow up!
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
I feel like that’s fading more since twitter (oh sorry, I meant “X”) is deteriorating.
similarly 2 years ago
There are things that should be cancelled. When I was young, I liked Bill Cosby's comedy. I won't watch it now, not after what he did. However, there are times I think we go too far. I said a lot of stupid stuff when I was young, and was lucky there was no internet to say it on. We have to understand that people change and people grow, and people when we're young tend to say and do stupid stuff. Give people credit for growing.
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
This is a stupid generic phrase that the right wing morons have latched onto and when challenged on it cant even define what it means.
142durandal 2 years ago
Cancel is not and was not a thing. Its just a buzzword. people always have tried to “cancel” people its nothing new. Look at the dixie chicks. Social media just gives these people a larger platform.
#34
People falsely claiming their dog is a service animal so they can take it with them anywhere they want.
B 2 years ago (edited)
1 million up votes. My husband has a real service dog that lived with the trainer for the 1st year of his life getting training, we would visit him once a month. You can tell a real service dog from fake in a milisecond once you have a real one & now how they react to situations. Here in the US there is no card saying the service dog is legit so as soon as someone says I have this card I call BS. Your service dog shouldn't be barking & riding in the grocery store cart BECKY! Emotional support animals are not service animals. A service animal must preform a task for instance my husbands protects him during a seizure
DarkViolet 2 years ago
It infuriates me to be shopping at a local grocery store and see someone with their fur baby riding in the cart. Where shoppers place food items. What's worse, the management does absolutely nothing about it. For once, I would love to see an exclusive on the six 'o' clock news about this nonsense, complete with hidden videos of the offenders. The Health Department would have a serious field day.
Susan Green 2 years ago
Here in Canada you can’t do that. Your dog must be wearing a harness that says service dog on it.
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Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
I asked my Doctor for a note stating that I needed a emotional support dog. He basically told me to f off. I will admit I wanted it so the dog I needed, would not cost an extra 100 a month. So I decided to adjust medications and eat less so I could afford the help I needed. LOVE the usa medical system (could not afford a mental health professional)
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
I have a non-traditional service dog. A******s make so hard. I'll happily provide you with the name of my doctor if you want to verify she is indeed a service dog. But she is perfectly behaved, so matter the situations. These people cause so much harm and they don't care.
Steve Hall 2 years ago
Service animal should only refer to specially trained dogs, mainly for assistance to blind people, and that still is no excuse for them to be in most indoor places.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
You are so wrong. Yes, special training is required to be a service dog, but your notation of "mainly for assistance for blind people" is about 30 years out of date. Your attitude toward service dogs make it harder for those of who needed this assistance to function in society.
Load More Replies... Jared Robinson 2 years ago
This I don't care about. As long as the pet isn't a f*****g gremlin and is just chilling it's fine, calm the f**k down. Dogs and people help each other by being around each other. And there are restaurants banning employees from wearing masks so don't even tell me it's about health concerns.
David 2 years ago
this got way worse with the rise in popularity of "comfort animals". Actual service animals are usually very well trained / well behaved / well marked. But anything that can eat and poop is a 'comfort animal' these days.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
As someone who has a legit service dog, I agree with this. She is calm, performs her tasks quietly and efficiently. I wouldn't mind having to have a document, but sadly there are "doctors" who would sign anything for anyone.
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daniel ikelman 2 years ago
If they really have a service animal, they have to produce documentation that its a service animal.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
No. Just no. Read the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as emmended in 2020. Everyone who comments here needs to read this. I reread it periodically. No one should make judgements before commenting. Please. See, that comment about producing a document. Someone who just reads this will probably find out what they're talking about.
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Phone music and tiktok out loud in public.
Princess duck feathers 2 years ago
I know right?! I don't know how people don't feel embarrassed doing that!
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
Also, every time someone is blasting music out loud in public, it's the worst fkin' music you've ever heard.
Billy Fay 2 years ago
And people constantly using speaker to talk on the phone regardless of where they are or what others are doing. I don't know how many times I've had to ask my girlfriend to not talk on speaker when I'm reading or watching TV or to at least please take it in the other room. I don't understand how people don't get that it's inconsiderate
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
The popular music on TikTok is some of the worst music I’ve ever heard in my life
Mighty_Condor (He/Him) 2 years ago
The only time I do this is when I'm close to a panic attack and need the audio to help calm me down and forgot headphones, although I try to remember.
#36
People at the gym recording videos thinking everyone should let them have their way always at the gym since they are recording.
Boreddd(she/her) 2 years ago (edited)
Fr, I feel like not only it invades people's privacy, but also messes with some people's self esteem and confidence
Load More Replies... Jared Robinson 2 years ago
I agree a gym is not a public space and you should have some measure and expectation to privacy. You have to pay a membership to get in,
Greenmantle 2 years ago
I have a solution, say loudly within earshot or even within sight "phoarrr... did you drop one?" Or "for God sakes where deodorant!"
#37
Outrage. It’s totally out of hand. Everyone gets outraged about everything. It’s fueling the divides and tearing the fabric of society and culture.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
I think if you tried, you could be a *little* more outraged. Go on, tell us how you really feel!
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
So true. there are legit things to be outraged over. Jim Crow laws in the USA for example. But these days it is often people thinking that making a big stink over nothing makes their point of view significant and right. "My drive through order took FIVE MINUTES! I went inside and yelled at the manager and then I stomped on all of their ketchup packets and posted the whole thing online."
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago
When you see that today, some are outraged by science or mere facts, you get how this society is getting nuts.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
Like omg I'm outraged you looked in my direction! (For the down vote fairy yes I was being sarcastic)
#38
Biased reporting- fake news; sensationalism and reporting with a clear agenda.
RabidChild 2 years ago
Forget actual facts. Every news outlet avoids doing any actual journalism because there's no money in it. Instead they copy/paste AP stories (edited to put themselves, their advertisers and the politicians they've bought & paid for) and listicles from reddit.
Steve Hall 2 years ago
Remember when the news was a half hour for local news and another half hour for national and world events and we all knew what was going on in the world, I do.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
These "news" organizations are telling their audiences what they want to hear. When Fox News slips up and tells the truth (like Trump losing Arizona in 2020), its ratings drop. Ratings = $$$.
And i was like WTF!! 2 years ago
Or reporting widouth fact checking. Just today media in my country posted an article from reddit that i know it is written by a troll, author even said he is trolling in comments but did they check? Ofcourse not
Gary Geracci 2 years ago
Why of course. News is supposed to be entertainment, Didn't you know? It was two days before my folks realized we were at WAR with Japan!
David 2 years ago (edited)
A pretty good web site I found recently is Ground News https://ground.news/ they list most of the sources by degree of left or right bias and offer each news story from a variety of sources - showing the balance of each. You can use it to get a well rounded take on any given news story. OR - if you are so inclined - I guess you could use it to make sure you stay in your preferred bias isolation bubble.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
And the orange man with a mushroom appendage an a windswept blonde combover
#39
The way people treat hospitality and retail staff. This week I had a woman lose her 💩 at me when I had to tell her she couldn’t take food out of the restaurant, I’ve had people ask for drinks but basically demand them and not even say please, I’ve had tables let their kids make a total mess of the table and floor and show no remorse because that’s what the staff are paid to do
Claire Bailey 2 years ago
Maybe it was a sit down restaurant and they were trying to take it out on a plate? Plenty of places aren't take away.
Load More Replies... Brent Echols 2 years ago
Absolutely. And they usually never worked any of these jobs.
Load More Replies... Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
I've worked various forms of retail over the years and this is nothing new. The mentality of the customer always being right has gotten out of hand. There are certain things the customer should expect, but the mentality that the worker is there to kiss the feet of the customer, that's low. We're not here to wipe your butt. We're here to assist you the best we can.
Ladedah 2 years ago (edited)
Not just hospitality and retail. I'm an RN at a hospital and you'd be simply amazed at the number of people who think nurses are a genie in a magic lamp when they push the call button... and then endlessly gripe "how horribly long" they "had to wait" when only five minutes goes by, like you neglected them or something. I'm sorry if I have 5 other patients and maybe one was having trouble breathing right when your pain pill became available. I know you would love me to stay in here chatting for the next half hour because your bored... or fixing your pillows that aren't fluffed just right... but the guy next door is incontinent and actually dependent on me for changes, turns, tube feeds, oral care, and like 5 different iv antibiotics. Sometimes you need to Fluff your own damn pillow with your perfectly functional arms, Linda.
Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago
Yeah, nurses aren't there to be the patients maid or server. They're there to do medical stuff. My dad has had a few hospital stays recently and I can't count how many times I had to stop him from treating the nurses like his servant.
Load More Replies... The Doom Song 2 years ago
Just the other day my co-worker and myself got yelled at because we kindly asked a lady to pleade move her trolley just a tad to the left so the next person in line could be served. F*****g love retail
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
I was taught to be polite to these people, as maintenance as well. They perform jobs that are needed. But then I'm ancient, so maybe it's a generational thing to behave?
Samantha Kalitzki 2 years ago
Ich kenne es und es ist pure Respektlosigkeit und alles wird nur noch als Selbstverständlichkeit hingenommen
Robert Beveridge 2 years ago
Managers REALLY need to get more liberal with kicking disruptive customers out. This has always been true, but it's demonstrably worse post-pandemic. It seems to me that a place that had a rep for pruning the Karens ASAP would more than make up for losing their business being patronized by the rest of us.
#40
People treating political parties like sports teams. Yay democrats won! Yay GOP won! They are both f*****g you and 100% DO NOT GIVE A S**T ABOUT YOU OR YOUR PETTY LITTLE SOCIAL DIFFERENCES.
Rob Chapman 2 years ago (edited)
Part of the problem is that politicians are the new celebrities. It's all about how popular they are with the social media crowd. And, then there's the fact so many high ranking politicians spend a large amount of time on those social media platforms acting like children. I've seen governors, senators etc literally making fun of each other over their choice of wardrobe or what kind of car they drive, just to try to generate likes and shares.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Use the wedge topic to get you on board (left OR right), then continue to side with the folks with the biggest checks.
NO JUST NO 2 years ago
Truth is any politician who is slightly successful is actually a horrible person you have to do horrible things to accomplish anything- yes even the president
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Stop getting your news from TikTok, dude. Literally every single form of social progress has been enacted by the left: unions, Social Security and Medicare, the 40-hour work week, workplace safety, reproductive rights, women's rights, rights for people of color, LGBTQ+ rights, bank and corporation regulation...the list is quite long. The parties are demonstrably not the same. And if you're not voting, STFU because you're part of the problem. There may not be a candidate you wish to vote FOR, but there certainly will be multiple candidates you'll want to vote AGAINST. Grow up and participate in the process. Or shut up. (I'm GenX and I haven't missed an election in 40 years. If my city had a special election for dog catcher, I'd be there to vote.)
similarly 2 years ago
I've been saying it for years. We have team colors (red vs blue), mascots (elephant and donkey) and so much team spirit we seem to have lost our ability to think rationally beyond "our team is great and their team is bad". I mean, if you look up 5 republicans and 5 democrats, 90% of the time, they wear their team colors. I've seen people say that members of this party can't be friends with members of that party, and if you're friends with a member of that party, you can't be friends with me; or the only good [Democrat/Republican] is a dead [Republican/Democrat] I just think that's wrong.
Brent Echols 2 years ago
tbf, if someone doesn't think I'm fully human, and wishes harm to my kid, it's a bit more than "team sports." What an arrogant take.
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Absolutely everything being a scam or a con. From MLMs to literally fake products for "sale", to the ever increasing barrage of fake accounts trying to trick people into handing over money or credit card details, everything is a hustle. It now takes effort to sift through the c**p to find real things.
featherytoad 2 years ago
The one thing I won't buy online is skin care products. I received a bottle of Olay off Ebay and it was three years old. I checked the lot # on Checkfresh. He was a good seller and he refunded my money but, you just never know what you are getting. And, just because it says sold and shipped by Amazon does not mean it's the real deal.
David 2 years ago
About four years ago I gave a fake address to a web site to find out mortgage interest rates in my local area. Four the past four years I receive at least a dozen emails a week about my house at "11234 Main St". A huge tell as I have never used that address on any other site. It's whack a mole. I keep adding the domains to my block list, they keep changing the domains. I should probably just add that text string to the subject line block list in my email program.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Not going to lie. Wish.com is not a scam. You get what you pay for,
David A Paterson 2 years ago
"It now takes effort to sift through the c**p to find real things." Not really. If it has an advertisement, it's overpriced. Every time. So just don't buy anything that has an advertisement.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Even in stores, the number of brands of one item, each with numerous variations, is staggering.
Jeannie Miller 2 years ago
Teaches children to think freely. Watch for scams. How to research. Etc.
hillybilly gourdess 2 years ago
What if the scam is getting us to believe everything is a scam?
#42
People never reading articles and letting their opinions form around rage-bait headlines.
intermezzono1 2 years ago
Basically people getting their information from mainstream media. anyone who believes what they read anywhere without critical thinking cant be taken serious
Gary Geracci 2 years ago
And the personal opinions of the supposed Reporters(talking Heads indeed)
#43
How people easily get replaced. Be it jobs, friendships or relationship.
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
I think part of this is due to increased mobility-a couple of generations ago, more people tended to stay in the same town for life, and work for the same company for life. Nowadays, we move away from our hometown more readily, we change jobs more quickly and that mean we lose touch more easily. It's harder to maintain friendships when you're separated by distance and don't get the chance to meet up in person. Some friendships do come to a natural end.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
If you have s****y friends and lovers, you should replace them - and if you are the s****y one, you should expect to be replaced!
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
That's my life lately. I've likely talked to some of the people I love the most for the last time, without knowing why. There are only so many ignored texts or calls before I stop trying. I could disappear and only my dog would notice.
#44
Obesity. The strain it's causing on the healthcare system is enormous.
Tracy Wallick 2 years ago
Blame food companies for loading up their food with sugar, fat, salt and worthless calories; blame the fact that healthy food is pricy and that your average min-wage, 2/3-job worker doesn't have the time or budget to prepare it. Blame increasing rates of depression, which makes even the most basic care tasks incredibly difficult, to say nothing of trying to exercise or maintain a diet. Blame long working hours requiring workers to sit for 8+ hours a day. I'm so f*cking tired of obese people being treated like dog$hit under the veneer of "concern for [your] health" or "the strain on the healthcare system" with 0 thought for the fact that these are human beings just as deserving of dignity and respect as non-obese people, or how they got to be obese in the first place.
Tracy Wallick 2 years ago (edited)
I fall under this category, and have had complete strangers yell insults and throw garbage at me for existing while being fat. Why am I fat? First, back when I was a distance runner, I got very painful shin splints and collapsed arches, and it took 8 years of hounding medical to get them to do anything more than give me motrin and tell me to f*ck off. Then, my antidepressants stopped working (the infamous Prozac Poop-Out), and just getting out of bed in the morning was nearly impossible, let alone eating or working out. Finally, I developed not one, but TWO thyroid diseases that make it all but impossible for me to lose weight or try to maintain a normal diet. But nobody who harasses me cares about those things, they just see a woman having the audacity to be overweight, and think that means I deserve their deliberate, targeted cruelty.
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Flisey 2 years ago
Hhhmmm Packet of chips is $4, half a cauliflower is $8. Bottle of fizzy drink is $2, bottle of water is $4. Junk food is cheaper. Fat shaming is huge, no one overweight wants to leave their homes to exercise because of it. No wonder we're getting bigger.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
Yes, terribly wrong. Struggling families having to buy food poor in nutrition but high in carbs or fat to feed their families... it's just so wrong. Any decent govt would tax junk food and provide initiative to grow healthy food
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
The worst of anything is usually the cheapest.
Load More Replies... Amy E 2 years ago
The endless grind, poor city planning and a bastardized food system got us here! Brought on by none other that our exploitative economic model!
Dash Junior 2 years ago
I was finally able to lose those pesky 20 pounds that I gained during the first year of Covid. How did I do it? I had a god damned heart attack. Thank you, heart attack. You got me to clean up my diet in a messed up heart beat.
Poison Ivy/Boo 2 years ago
I've lost almost 5 stone since January by my diabetes diagnosis Nothing quite motivates you like learning you could die....soon because of your lifestyle choices. And congrats on the weight loss!
Load More Replies... Amy E 2 years ago
If we are so well fed, entertained and idealogically divided there's no way we will all rise against the powers that be! We got the numbers...
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
Our obesity problem is NOT from being WELL fed. it is from all the c**p they put in the food to satisfy the poor. Nutrition wise, a poor person is malnourished and obese at the same time. Working 2 jobs 7 days a week they do not have the times to prepare meals that take hrs to cook. and the food that is affordable is not the healthiest. For those who say rice and beans are affordable - tell me how many weeks did you eat JUST ONLY that? If more than 2 (then you might have a say) But I HAVE been there, I now would rather not eat then have to deal with that again.
Load More Replies... Rowy007 2 years ago
A little underweight is not a problem, nor is a little overweight.
Load More Replies... NO JUST NO 2 years ago (edited)
I feel kinda funny about this topic because ik that eating disorders and stuff are real things so I don't think it's fair to those people, and I don't wanna body shame people, I personally think that everyone's body is beautiful, coming from someone who has always been self conscious about her body. I developed very early, and to people who said that your tall or big or curvy is not a compliment! I think it is important to consider what other people are going through and how some people just can't help it, the pressure to be skinny and starve yourself is horrible and much worse than people being obese. So personally I very much disagree with this one and it's not really fair especially if your skinny due to genetics and other things to be saying this. But if your skinny just know I'm not saying that's a bad thing! Everyone is beautiful bo matter there body size! Also to everyone saying eat less and get off the couch, just please think about that, it's like my saying don't try so hard and eat more to you if you're skinny. Not very nice huh?
Mental Liberals 2 years ago
Cheap processed "food" - appeal to the starving and underpaid created by companies, and sell them garbage...and gates is stepping up his fake foods and destroying farms...
#45
Umm it’s 117 degrees outside and the state is on fire. A lot of places seem like they are burning.
Gen X Feral (try/me) 2 years ago
Oh but there's no real climate change so let's just keep tearing up our environment 😒 Eventually the hurricanes and tornadoes will get so bad everyone's going to get wiped off the map so it won't be a problem.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
But there’s no climate change right? Otherwise the greedy corporations and all those with their hands in the till would need to actually abide by laws and practices that help reduce the destructive practices caused by greed.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Yes. And Australia has been so freezing cold these past two years.
Load More Replies... keyboardtek 2 years ago
And climate change deniers will deny it even as they watch their houses burn down.
Steve Hall 2 years ago
Catch 22, if we properly manage woodlands and forests there will be fewer wildfires, but if we do that we may endanger the three spotted fart owl.
#46
Partisanship and disdain for expertise. Every moron in the world is convinced that watching youtube videos and regurgitating disinformation beats judicious study and qualifications, in forming an opinion.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
And their own children pay the majority of the consequences for their parents’ blind stupidity.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
And even worse, they believe that their opinion is just if not more qualified than scientific opinion and certainly more important
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
Agreed. How often the word theory is used for a nonsense idea some talking head pulled out of their @ss is infuriating. Science literally admits when it can't 100% prove something with evidence and logic.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
If you believe that masks do not work you have a fundamental lack of understanding of how the world works.
#47
Ignorance. So many poorly educated people with no desire to learn. Self education is now seen as a chore instead of a great skill or power. Knowledge is power.
Jill Bussey 2 years ago
I find the lack of basic biological education to be the most frightening. It's the cause for so much ongoing fear.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
I love learning new things. I'm almost 69 and I love learning. I'm studying quantum physics right now. Keep the brain active. I worry about the lowering standard of education.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Going to get even worse with utterly unqualified parents now thinking they can homeschool their children. If you, with your high school diploma, can’t spell, how tf do you think you’re more qualified to teach your child to spell than a teacher who has a degree in education?
keyboardtek 2 years ago
My uncle believed that if you do not talk about sex, and prevent your son from exposure to any sexual content, then he would never get a girl pregnant. My cousin got his first girlfriend pregnant at age 16. They got married and had 5 kids. Maybe they never did figure out where kids come from.
Load More Replies... cartoon ghosts 2 years ago
Me being weirdly addicted to learning new things about very specific subjects is both helpful and not at all useful here. I always feel stupid around some of my friends cause they understand financial stuff and how the actual world works a lot better than me (I'm not hopeless I'm just not great at it) but damn can I tell you a lot of facts about plants. Or crabs.
Gen X Feral (try/me) 2 years ago
Man you sound like me. Don't feel stupid, nobody can know everything or their head would pop off. Either educate yourself about what your friends like to talk about or get new friends with more common interests.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
I had a person get really mad at me because I made a passing comment that mermaids are not real. Until that moment I never knew / dreamed they think they are. I found out later from a relative that they had watched Mermaids: The Body Found and apparently did not get the memo that was a mocumentary.
Katrin Krueger 2 years ago
And it's so easy to obtain these days, literally at the tip of your fingers!
Gary Geracci 2 years ago
I was asked not to long age which warI was a veteran of. The young lady that asked thought because i was older I served in the Confederate Navy?
#48
The pressure from social media to look absolutely perfect at all times, to the point where everyday people are having surgery to alter their looks.
VonBlade 2 years ago
Again, there isn't really pressure. You're just comparing yourself to fake filters. People have always had surgery, long before social media. I've been online since the days you were assigned a number rather than chose a username, and never once felt like conforming.
Mila Preradović 2 years ago
Exactly. 20-30 years ago it was magazines and TV. I chose to discard those out of my life and there was no pressure anymore. Not surprisingly, I have zero social media accounts today.
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Luke Branwen 2 years ago
The worst thing about this is that there's like... half a dozen looks "acceptable" for social media. It's so refresing seeing someone, although imperfect, who doesn't conform to some beauty standards in the sea of Kardashian-wannabes.
David 2 years ago
If you are getting surgery based on someone you saw on social media then that is on you. Put down your phone and spend 10 minutes looking around you at real people in the park / mall / wherever without filters and a million followers. Statistically the chances are that you look average - which is totally perfectly fine.
Nunya Biznaz 2 years ago
This is an easy fix. GET TF OFF SOCIAL MEDIA. If it's making you feel this unhappy about yourself why keep doing it?
Nat of Clan P 2 years ago
This is why I don't have a problem with aging. Yes I get stiffness and aches out of nowhere but I'm pretty comfortable in my own skin and I no longer feel that I have to compare myself to others. It's actually really liberating making peace with it and not feeling pressure to 'keep up'. I'm 45 and probably the happiest I've ever been in myself.
#49
Artificial Intelligence.
Frost the Icewing 2 years ago
Its not going to be long before people weaponize it
Load More Replies... kansasmagic 2 years ago
Um...AI is just getting started. (Actually what we *call* AI isn't AI, but no matter.) We have no idea what it means (yet) for AI to get out of control. S****y art doesn't count.
mysterious(all pronouns) 2 years ago
The scary part about AI isn't the "oh no the device will become sentient" or even "the robots will steal all our jobs", it's that algorithms and programs are being built with biases. This isn't even nessecarily intentional, but AI's that have a harder time recognizing different skin tones or voice types as people is frightening. What happens if a self-driving car doesn't recognize a pedestrian? What happens when half of a products intended audience can't use it, because the algorithm can't recognize female voices?
Steve Hall 2 years ago
AI isn't going to bring us into the world of Star Trek, it's going to bring us into This Perfect Day, 1984 or Brave New World!
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Just like everything we do. It's going to be both amazing and horrifying, and we won't learn the consequences until after you can't convince a third of the population that they are real.
Robert Beveridge 2 years ago
Please elucidate how our new AI masters can f**k things up worse than humans have. I for one welcome Colossus, the Forbin Project.
David 2 years ago
AI is good and most of you have been using it for many years. It is just getting a lot of hype in the news lately due to some jumps in its ability. People think of killer robots taking over the world and forget about practical stuff like voice recognition in phone menus, on the fly translation apps, better games, improved production in factories and a ton of other stuff AI is used for besides making AI pics of three legged gymnasts doing impossible contortions.
#50
Inflation.
Libstak 2 years ago
It has to be manufactured by collusion at this point, nothing else makes sense.
keyboardtek 2 years ago
And FOX news and Republicans want everyone to believe inflation is all Joe Biden's fault. When the reality is that inflation is around the entire world. I hope I do not offend any flatearthers when I used the word "around".
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#51
Armchair expertise…. i’ve been on social media since Facebook required a college email to sign up, I have never seen more unqualified people running their d**k lickers about things they have no knowledge of. Deconstructing movies they haven’t seen, criticizing ALL teachers when they literally can’t name one, moaning about laws they couldn’t comprehend if made to read, it’s kind of amazing but worrisome.
VonBlade 2 years ago
You do know social media isn't obligatory, right? You can be on the internet without it.
Megalodon Meg 2 years ago
Choosing to not be on it doesn't negate the damage it does unfortunately.
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keyboardtek 2 years ago
The bigger problem is that much of the world believes these armchair experts over the real life highly educated scientists and medical professional.
#52
Self-diagnosing autism and DID.
manykeets
ADHD too.
Susan Green 2 years ago
It’s great that there’s so much awareness about autism and ADHD, but that also causes people, often teenagers, to claim they are without an actual diagnoses. It’s almost like it’s become popular because it makes you different.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
My in laws tried to tell me my partner was autistic. I laughed so hard in all their faces and told them they were full of s**t. My partner has Mensa level IQ and apparently that makes him autistic according to the in laws. My bro has autism. I know what that s**t looks like
#53
Road rage.
#54
What they put in our food. Our food is banned in a lot of countries due to the chemicals. That in turn give you health issues that in turn make you get medicine.
#55
Mental health crisis.
VonBlade 2 years ago
When I first went crazy, it really wasn't a 'thing'. I was an outcast, a pariah. We were supposed to suck it up. Now we all discuss our mental health so much that my last therapist asked if I had been diagnosed with my issues or merely thought I had them. Okay that's a downside to freedom to talk about it, but the fact it's not immediate hospitalisation and EST is a big positive.
Outgraygeous 2 years ago (edited)
I agree.. what you mention is great; HOWEVER, there seems to be a growing number of people behaving in ways that strongly indicate a cry for help but they're either unable or unwilling to access care.
Load More Replies... Greenmantle 2 years ago
Mental health stuff is real. If people are self diagnosing and seeking help I don't think that's a bad thing, because early intervention can prevent further harm. Is it fashionable? I don't think so. I think people are more aware and feel able to identify grief, depression, sadness.
#56
Real estate prices I'm finally earning a decent enough living to be able to own (and will be moving in next summer), but still can only afford condos or townhouses, and not even in my county. Have to go about thirty miles south where it's a bit more affordable. Single family homes are all out. And for context, I net about $60K/yr and live in New Jersey. Also property taxes are insane here.
#57
Airlines. Ticket prices rising, leg room shrinking, cancellations and delays with no recourse becoming an almost every-time-I-fly experience, it’s all becoming quite infuriating.
Juan Something(downvotevictim) 2 years ago
Want to bring some clothes for the trip? That's an extra charge. Want a functional seat belt? That's another charge.....
#58
TICKETMASTER SERVICE FEES!
#59
Also, at least in the DC area, violent crimes by teenagers. It’s insane. Last year, a 12 year old and 14 year old killed an Uber eats driver and stole his car which they then immediately crashed. Lots of carjackings here. A lot of these kids are on the edge of their seat to start s**t too—they will sit in the metro and be extremely loud or knock into you multiple times waiting for you to say something so that they can then attack you. So no one says anything about their s**t behavior anymore for fear of severe injury or death. Amazing!
Atero 2 years ago
I think it's a consequence of many factors. We, as a consumer based economy, encourage spending - yet people see huge hit to their living standards. With youngsters everything is amplified - they don't see "bright future" and are living the day. I'm obviously not looking for excuses to such behavior but imho it will only get worse in coming years.
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
This is a problem in DC but this poster made it seem as if the whole city is just full of roaming bands of teenagers looking to rob or fight you. This is not the case. DC is still a pretty safe city to visit.
#60
Amusement park prices, both admission and the prices inside the park. We went to Cedar Point last month. Tickets were $125, parking another $30. $16 for a funnel cake, $10/game, and it was literally $50 for 4 small frozen yogurts. Was bullsh**ting with one of the employees and mentioned the absurd prices, and she told me that she would have to work for 2 hours to afford one funnel cake. The prices are audacious on their own, but knowing that they aren’t even properly compensating their employees after all that price gouging is absolutely infuriating.
Ace 2 years ago
Err, so if it's so expensive why do you go? Did it really used to be cheaper, adjusted for inflation?
Susan Green 2 years ago
I’m guessing that some people like to go once in a while or take their kids too for a fun day. The prices don’t need to be that inflated for these places to make money.
Load More Replies... Wendy O'Shea 2 years ago (edited)
I was just in Sandusky last week but the weather prevented us from doing most things. We stayed at Great Wolf Lodge and had a great time. The Sandusky area had 10 inches of rain in 2 days there was flooding and tornado warnings but most everything is in house and we were kept aware by text of the severe weather. The only Rollercoasters we had were the weather but we had a great time. @GreatWolfLodgeSandusky
Pferdchen 2 years ago
It has been 15+ years, but Greentree Inn was great for us every visit. I believe it was the closest hotel to the park and featured an indoor swimming pool, a whirlpool, a bowling alley and a fitness center. Looked it up and see that room rates are still great, too. Our fondest memory was getting on a merry-go-round / carousel, not knowing it was a high speed one. We were the only ones on it and I think the operator really cranked it up, right after I said to my wife that it was really slow; I had to hang on for dear life with arms and legs. It never seemed as fast on subsequent visits. Though I'm still tickled that I won a friend a giant fuzzy "pimp" hat at a basketball game and later seeing a video of a famous basketball player (I think it was Lebron James) losing at the exact same game there.
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Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
This is why I stick to the zoo. Totally and completely free. Excellent exhibits. You can bring in your own food for a picnic or you can choose one of the expensive restaurants. I know the STL zoo is unique, and I'm grateful for that!
Jenn Smith 2 years ago
Wait, you know of a free zoo?! We have a family membership to Riverbanks Zoo , but food and drink is outrageously priced.
Load More Replies... #61
Income inequality.
#62
would you like to donate to.....[insert random charity you've never heard of]
Rob Chapman 2 years ago (edited)
"We know you just spent $300 on 4 days worth of groceries at our multi-billion dollar grocery chain where we pay our employees minimum wage, and you probably don't have enough money left for anything else, but can you please donate $20 to this obscure charity"
Ellie Hope 2 years ago
A charity person actually knocked on my door last week collecting for a children's hospital, I'm sick of being asked for money everywhere I go,
#63
The size of vehicles: SUV's, pickup trucks.
#64
Apathy about the immunocompromised and disabled.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
While loudly demanding accommodation for their self-diagnosed make believe “condition”.
#65
slang. wtf is a lituation.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
How dare people use language in the way that people have always used language!
#67
Game companies thinking they can release a game bit by bit through DLC rather than just straight-up giving us the full product, a DLC is just supposed to be an extra add-on, the game should still be playable even without it but most AAA game companies would rather let us play 25% of a game and have us pay extra for the rest.
#69
Performance Improvement Plans...worked at a place that over 50% of staff were on a PIP. Aloof management intersecting too late.
#71
Social expectations.
#72
The size of chip bags in comparison to the amount of chips in the bag. Yay, I just spent $3.99 on a bag of air with some crumbs in the bottom.
Csaba Hegedűs 2 years ago
For the last time, if not for that bag of air, you'd really just buy crumbs...
Nunya Biznaz 2 years ago
That's understandable. The problem is the bags are getting bigger the price is going up with less chips in the bag.
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Coming from a self-titled UWG-Grad_Student (I assume University of West Georgia, USA), that's a pretty ignorant, uninformed remark. It's not air, it's nitrogen to keep the chips fresh, and the trapped "air" makes sure the chips aren't crushed to crumbs when bags are stacked.
What do you think ?
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago (edited)
Sorry, BP, but once again, we get a list full of redundancies: many posts with exactly the same idea as one previously. Please, make your lists shorter and more to the point!
Entropy Clean 2 years ago
I'd like to add: people complaining about inane things as of their opinion makes a difference
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David A Paterson 2 years ago
Noise. Too much noise. And our night lighting is mucking up the migrations of hundreds of species.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
You know what's really out of hand? Hyperbole. *Literally everything* is out of hand these days!
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Bored Panda can get out of hand lately. I appreciate their dredging through Reddit to serve up what’s really worthwhile from there, but more and more I’m seeing rage-clickbait articles, which encourages mindless hate in the comments
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago (edited)
Sorry, BP, but once again, we get a list full of redundancies: many posts with exactly the same idea as one previously. Please, make your lists shorter and more to the point!
Entropy Clean 2 years ago
I'd like to add: people complaining about inane things as of their opinion makes a difference
Load More Replies... David A Paterson 2 years ago
Noise. Too much noise. And our night lighting is mucking up the migrations of hundreds of species.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
You know what's really out of hand? Hyperbole. *Literally everything* is out of hand these days!
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Bored Panda can get out of hand lately. I appreciate their dredging through Reddit to serve up what’s really worthwhile from there, but more and more I’m seeing rage-clickbait articles, which encourages mindless hate in the comments
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