“People With Enormously Obese Pets”: 35 Things People Can’t Help But Judge Others For
We often form opinions about others based on the words they say, the actions they take, even the clothes that they wear, and since it's impossible to see the world through their eyes, we have to be extra careful with our perceptions.
At least, that's the theory, which in practice can be really hard. So when Reddit user DolphinsR4evr made a post on the platform, asking everyone "What is something you have a hard time not judging people about?", many had something to share.
From littering to neglecting pets, here are the submissions that received the most attention.
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Poor treatment of pets.
u/FirehawkLS1 added:
I see that often (I volunteer at our local shelter) and it really makes me angry seeing the people come in and just surrender the dog because they couldn't be bothered to put in the time and dedication. Dogs aren't a damn appliance. They are a living breathing being with feelings. There honestly should be a database that those people get added to that prevents them from ever having a dog in the future if that's the reason why they are surrendering a dog (or any other animal). And I get that there are legimate reasons for surrendering an animal (owner dies and surviving family cannot properly care for it, loss of housing and job, etc).
Leaving trash in nature or anywhere really. I don't get it.
I always pick up garbage while I'm out. I was raised to leave the area looking better then when I arrived. I've taught my son this as well.
People who decline vaccinations for their children.
They just "know better" with zero real education on anything remotely related to science behind vaccinations.
And 99.9% of the time, they are vaccinated themselves... Poor kids that do not get the same chances because of their stupid parents. And worst, the collateral damage suffered by the ones thar can't be vaccinated, the loss in herd immunity can't be compensated with anything ☹️
People with enormously obese pets that can barely walk. It’s not cute, they are not a “chonker,” you just kind of suck.
When they shove their religion in other peoples’ faces
When POLITICIANS shove their religion onto the populace. Religion and politics should never be mixed.
People who “declaw” their cats
I got a cat from a shelter and they didn't tell me he was declawed. Thankfully I already intended to keep him indoors. My Fry was the sweetest boy and I miss his soft beans.
I hate people who feel the need to constantly bring others down and make them feel bad about things they enjoy. It's so sad to watch someone's enthusiasm about their hobby deflate because another person decided to be a d**k about it.
I love when folks get excited about the things they like. Like hell yes let's be enthusiastic about this thing together! And if I don't know about it, I sit and listen and learn in that moment and it's great. People just throw experience and knowledge at you, and it's awesome.
People who don't use their turn signals.
So annoying. It's there to let other people know what you are planning on doing, reducing accidents. And it's very bad this time of year too.
Anyone who participates in that awful tradition of slamming someone’s face into their birthday cake.
People who use their phones on full volume in public. It’s one thing for kids, but I keep seeing adults doing it. I just cannot imagine being that self centered. I’m seeing it way too often.
When parents let their kids play some annoying game at full volume, I want to bash my head against a wall until I go night night. Talk to you kid, engage with them to keep them busy. If you are going to use the electronic babysitter, get them headphones!
People with no sense of self awareness, so they stop in the middle of walkways/entrances/crosswalks for no reason.
I can't stand all the people milling around in stores like Costco, blocking the aisles, and why - for the LOVE OF GOD can people not stay right. Keep right. Just like driving, baby. Sheesh!
When their kids are acting up and they’re ignoring it and/or doing nothing to try to stop it
I work in a restaurant and just today I had to dodge 4 kids doing somersaults on the floor while carrying very heavy trays of food. This isn't a one time thing. Not only is it disrespectful, it's dangerous. I have like 200lbs above your kid, without carrying heavy trays. If I trip and fall on your kid, they could get hurt. I really don't want that on my conscience
Bragging about not reading books. Please stay away from me.
Bragging about *reading* books, too. I don't mean people who read something they enjoyed and want to share it with the world. I mean people who make reading their whole personality, talk only about how they're better than others because they read a lot and shame people who don't have time or prefer other hobbies. Or say that it's not a *real* book because it's fanfiction or from the mainstream. Unfortunately I've tons of book-snobs around me - for a few years they legit caused me to dislike reading. Fortunately, it passed.
Not cleaning up after their dog. Just get a doggy bag ppl
I can't believe all the morons that bag it up and then walk away from the bag. smh
People pressuring other people to do something after the other people have already said no
People with loud cars or people that drive like they own the road
If you want to play stupid racing cars. .. go to a track … buy a computer game…. Play with a scalextric.
I find it hard to muster up sympathy for people who die doing exciting but dangerous activities. Free climbing? Scaling a building to dangle your feet for Instagram? Free diving? Cave diving? Motorcycle tricks on the highway?
I’m sorry to the family for the loss, but like… they died voluntarily doing something completely unnecessary and super risky.
Often they need to be rescued which puts these emergency services in danger and costs a lot of money.
And it leaves us with PTSD. There’s only so many times we can pick up bits and pieces of people before we break.
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If I die in a horse-riding accident it would be bloody unlucky (I don't do high-risk riding like cross-country or jumping) and I always wear a custom-fit body protector as well as my riding hat, so my ribcage/internal organs are protected as well as my head. Having said that, accidents do happen and it is a risk, always. In which case I'd be content with having died doing something I loved and that brought me so much joy.
I don't think horse riding falls into this category though. I think more of people who are climbing everest and stuff
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Don't feel bad for these people. They died doing what they loved, they took the risk they knew the consequences. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Don't feel bad for them they died happy.
I don’t feel bad for them. I am angry at them. I’m angry at their selfishness with not consideration for the impact their actions have on other people. Their families, the emergency services that rescue them/recover their bodies, the traumatised innocent bystanders, the MONEY spent on rescue and recovery.
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I don't feel the need to grow some sympathy. They 'play-the-game' knowing the risk and accepting the risk. So they accepted the chance of failure. Don't come crying if you lost.
I feel the same way about people who denied that Covid is real and refused to get vaccinated. And then showed up at the hospital begging for help because they couldn't breathe. Sorry, you gave up that privilege when you said Covid was only a cold. Go take some cold meds and eat some soup - doctors clearly have no idea what they're talking about!
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Everybody dies but not everybody lives. Now bring on the downvotes! :-)
Exactly what I thought when I read this :)
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Many of my patients with addiction use bc they're bored. They need the dopamine hit. When this happens we screen for medical causes like ADHD. But we also try to find others ways to get dopamine. I'd rather have them sky diving than using.
As for caving - it is like a kid's ball-pit for adults! Every cave is different. And most caves are different coming out, than they were in going in. A true caver will have the best equipment - shoes, lights, ropes, etc - to prevent accidents. They will have extra batteries, lights, food, water, a means to keep dry and warm, etc. You could tow a semi-truck with the rope, carabiners, etc that I use. And they will have other equally prepared cavers with them. I have been in caves that have rooms larger than the local shopping mall. I have been in caves with waterfalls and rivers running thru them. And when I come across a situation I'm not equipped for, either equipment or ability, I turn around. It isn't about "thrill-seeking". I have discovered a world around me I never knew. I have gently placed fallen bats back onto the wall, preventing their death from freezing. I have seen animals that are blind, translucent, that have adapted to cave life. And I made life-long friends
I consider these deaths to be poetic. They died doing what they loved. We should all be so lucky!
Yeah, so tell that to my family and friends who keep trying to do interventions on me. I'm doing what I love.
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When someone dies doing base jump, spelunking or whatever, l try to muster the basic sympathy but it's harder than when someone passes in other circumstances.
Since the sympathy is for those left behind, this seems rather callous.
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To be fair those people are usually the first to admit they do not want sympathy for doing something risky. It's usually everyone else who is uncomfortable and want them to stop. You do have a mix of people who are clueless though who expect to be rescued from their stupidity. These people should be charged for the costs of rescue. I, myself engage in risky behaviors and never would want anyone to risk themselves rescuing me and certainly I would not want any effort put out to recover the body. I enjoy scuba diving alone. I enjoy walking the deep woods alone and have no problem doing things risky with power tools though I do wear safety gear. The freedom to risk myself is not something I would ever want to lose.
Not only that, but they can place rescuers in danger too, and cost the police, ambulance, fire brigade, etc. a lot of money in the process. Just because THEY WANTED to do something foolhardy. It's all about "me".
Amen! I warned a co-worker who liked to pull a wheelie on his motorcycle on the freeway as he passed me to KNOCK IT OFF, YOU ARE GOING TO GET HURT! A few months later, paramedics were peeling him off the pavement,and he was in the hospital for 2 months! He has healed and sadly back at it
Especially leaving family. Parents shouldn't have to bury their children. Once married, your partner should have priority. Leaving a child behind doing something optional is criminal. Life is risky enough.
On a lesser scale, undiagnosed and self medicating bipolar people. Risk taking behavior can be just as deadly.
Everyone in this comment section is so negative, like, I will be less sympathetic if they get hurt/die but yall make them out to be terrible people, ‘stupid games stupid awards’ it’s a thing they find fun, if you make fun of that and shame that it’s like shaming someone for liking a movie or book
Agreed. U can resent the loss if their life, but I have to accept that they were fully aware of the risks and made their own choice(s). There is nothing wrong with thinking/feeling that way
why do you need sympathy for them? whats it matter to you? and more importantly why cant you be sad for their family or themselves. risky or not, they didnt want to die. I think this attitude in general is weird. at least if you treat it as your default reaction. sure sometimes its hard to feel bad for people like the titanic sub but on the whole what does it do negatively to you to not be sympathetic?
Something I judge people for is being a clueless moron that thinks things are dangerous just because they find them scary. Or people that don't have a clue what free climbing is but have a strong opinion about it anyway.
People smoking around their kids.
As a smoker, I know it's disgusting. I never smoke indoors and always try to avoid people. If I'm smoking in public, I find a spot far out of the way if people approach I hold my cigarette over my head and try to move further away. I'm especially always watching for kids, they don't need the smoke, neither do any other people. I never, ever smoked around children and indoor smoking is even more disgusting and I don't do that either. I know my habit is gross, it's my choice (hubby and I are trying to quit, it's not easy but it's a goal) but no one else should have to put up with my smoking. I also don't leave the butts lying around, they are field stripped and properly disposed of.
being proud of being awful and absolute a**holes to their children
When someone outgoing “adopts” a shy person. “I'm gonna make you more talkative!!” Stfu, and mind your own business, you weirdo.
people who do the whole 'competitive misery' thing. or similarly, people like the woman I work with constantly feel the need to act like my pain (and anyone else who mentions being in pain) couldn't possibly be as bad as hers and it's just very s***ty
Just because you have suffered more (this might be 100% true) than someone, it does not invalidate how they’re suffering too.
Being extremely loud in public place or restaurants and bragging
People who DECIDE to have kids when they aren't in a position to raise them
OR,
having kids with someone you knew damn well wasn't fitted to be a parent but that's convenient because you want kids and then complain how bad parents they are.
Drivers who don't stop at crosswalks for pedestrians.
Whether they wash their hands after a bathroom break. Game changer
When people knock or doors and try to preach or give you a word about their religion. Especially if you’re clearly trying to leave
A parent leaving and ignoring one family to get a new SO and raise that person's children.
My parents split up when I was young, I ended up with my mum and my dad went and made a new family, fair play to him as mum was a psycho junkie b*tch queen, now I am grown up and understand I have a lot of respect for my dad for getting out of a toxic relationship even though I miss him and haven't seen him in decades, hope he's happy
People who’ve been in a difficult situation, got themselves out of it (usually with some sort of luck or help) then look down on people currently in that same situation because they themselves were able to get themselves out therefore so should others.
Constant aggression at the slightest thing. Could be a mental health issue, but lashing out isn't the answer. I just wish the mental health system wasn't completely useless now.
So true. Like " Oh, don´t get mad at him. He has (whatever mental thing) going on." - " Oh, right, right. So I just gonna stand here let him hit me with the broom, understood."
People who complain about a situation and do nothing about it.
Overly "performative" people. Not just bragging, but... I know a guy for whom the act of reading is something you have to do in Starbucks in the hope someone will comment on the book he's reading, not actually about the act of reading.
That's just weird, but hey....you do you, I'll do me and that's just fine. I'm sure I do things other people find weird. It makes us all unique and honestly, I like that.
Torturers. I don't know anybody who likes torturers. Paedophiles, either.
for the second one, not always. they CAN try to get help . however, if they are a child r@pist, then they are evil
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People who can't put half an effort to capitalize when typing, especially their names. How lazy can you be to not be able to move a finger for half a moment. And don't get me started on punctuations!
Oh, totally. I Do. Not. Understand. Them. I especially find them so weird in this world where we are getting so much more woke and resist acting to traditional gender roles and stereotypes, yet there is this weird subset of people insisting on having a whole party based on “Guns or Glitter?Touch Downs or Tutus?”. It’s so icky to me!
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I have my own petty one: People who knock on the door even though there clearly is a doorbell. I can't hear your subltle knocking with TV on, not to mention when I'm somewhere deeper in the house, vacuuming or wearing headphones. What are you thinking??
I honestly think sometimes they don’t want you to answer. They are assigned to knock on so many doors and may have gps trackers monitored by their boss, but sometimes they just want to go home.
Load More Replies... Why does the question say "what is something you have A HARD TIME no judging"? I don't have a hard time at all 🤣. I full on judge with no remorse, as l'm sure someone will judge me. I'll rarely say something because it's probably not harmful, but l'm not gonna police my own beliefs.
Hmm? 🤔 But that's exactly what it means? "I could shut up and not judge but I have a hard time doing so." - Anyway they changed it to " can't help but judge", lol
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"TRUMP WON", "TRUMP 2024", "MISS ME YET", "I DID THIS" next to a picture of Joe Biden.
The litter one is starting to bug me, You are part of the human race, just you existing causes there to be litter about the planet. The building you live and work in that's litter on nature, the road you drive on is garbage, the exhaust your car spews forth is garbage, you breathe out CO2 directly poisoning our atmosphere. To be a humans is to participate in a culture of taking over nature, get the f**k over yourself. I try not to litter, but what we have already done to the planet is not going to be made ANY F*****G WORSE because you threw plastic on top of concrete. Concrete is the litter.
Torturers. I don't know anybody who likes torturers. Paedophiles, either.
for the second one, not always. they CAN try to get help . however, if they are a child r@pist, then they are evil
Load More Replies... People who can't put half an effort to capitalize when typing, especially their names. How lazy can you be to not be able to move a finger for half a moment. And don't get me started on punctuations!
Oh, totally. I Do. Not. Understand. Them. I especially find them so weird in this world where we are getting so much more woke and resist acting to traditional gender roles and stereotypes, yet there is this weird subset of people insisting on having a whole party based on “Guns or Glitter?Touch Downs or Tutus?”. It’s so icky to me!
Load More Replies... I have my own petty one: People who knock on the door even though there clearly is a doorbell. I can't hear your subltle knocking with TV on, not to mention when I'm somewhere deeper in the house, vacuuming or wearing headphones. What are you thinking??
I honestly think sometimes they don’t want you to answer. They are assigned to knock on so many doors and may have gps trackers monitored by their boss, but sometimes they just want to go home.
Load More Replies... Why does the question say "what is something you have A HARD TIME no judging"? I don't have a hard time at all 🤣. I full on judge with no remorse, as l'm sure someone will judge me. I'll rarely say something because it's probably not harmful, but l'm not gonna police my own beliefs.
Hmm? 🤔 But that's exactly what it means? "I could shut up and not judge but I have a hard time doing so." - Anyway they changed it to " can't help but judge", lol
Load More Replies... "TRUMP WON", "TRUMP 2024", "MISS ME YET", "I DID THIS" next to a picture of Joe Biden.
The litter one is starting to bug me, You are part of the human race, just you existing causes there to be litter about the planet. The building you live and work in that's litter on nature, the road you drive on is garbage, the exhaust your car spews forth is garbage, you breathe out CO2 directly poisoning our atmosphere. To be a humans is to participate in a culture of taking over nature, get the f**k over yourself. I try not to litter, but what we have already done to the planet is not going to be made ANY F*****G WORSE because you threw plastic on top of concrete. Concrete is the litter.
