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“Professional Incompetence”: 30 Things That Are More Common Than People Would Like To Think
Many things might seem uncommon at first glance, especially when there’s no one in your circle going through the same thing. But members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently revealed that some occurrences or situations are way more common than one might think.
They started a discussion on the topic after one user asked them about such things that are more common than people realize, and in their answers, the netizens covered everything from amicable divorces to professional incompetence, and beyond. Scroll down to find more of their examples on the list below and see what other things might not be as rare as they seem.
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#1
Not having any friends when you're older. After you graduate college, especially if you move to a new city for a job, it's hard to maintain friendships. And it's definitely hard to get new friends once you're in the adult world working every day. Many people's only friend is their spouse. And if they aren't married many people just don't have any friends.
Michelle Gosney 1 year ago
Seems a lot of folks have few or no friends in the comments . But we’re all part of the Bored Panda community, probably other social media groups too. Maybe in the wilder world we are isolated, but we belong here, because we are worthy. I hope the folks who need to hear that are reading this.
Edward Treen 1 year ago
I have maybe three or four friends but rather more acquaintances. I don't see friends very often - maybe two or three times each year. I happily live alone (with my three cats) and lead a happy. fulfilling life serving my feline overlords.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I've often thought there should be a "Friendr" app. Works like Tindr or Grindr and similar, just instead of looking for hookups it's literally just to find someone with similar tastes to hang out with. Put in your profile you like horror movies and drinking beer and people can go "Hey I like doing that too! Lets hang out."
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#2
Childhood trauma. A lot of us hide it, mask it, or pretend we had normal lives.
PS: Please don't include childhood stuff in team building workplace activities. This stuff is so hard to avoid and uncomfortable, even something like "A picture of you as a child!" or "Favorite childhood memories and goals!" I'd much rather focus on the person I am today, than the vulnerable little body I was many years ago.
WonderWoman 1 year ago
Team building - a way to find out your weaknesses and exploit them! We do not need to be friends at work, we are co-workers, respect me and I will respect you. STOP the team building!!
Sonja 1 year ago
I have experienced some great team building sessions. And those had one thing in common: they were work related, focused on team communication strategies, how to correctly transfer tasks, communication and time management strategies. In the last very good one I participated we were asked to collect our issues with the current program we're using to find a better one, and this week we got test accounts for three different alternatives, which all look good. Pur next team building exercise will be working together to decide on a new program. Team exercises are great if they're geared to make working together easier. But most are just a waste of time
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Tamra 1 year ago
Any "exercise" that forces people to divulge personal information in order to somehow strengthen team dynamics is weirdly invasive to me, and I will not be participating, thanks. I will reliably show up every day and give my full attention and skill to my tasks, and help others when I can. Beyond that, I'll share my personal tidbits if and when I feel like it.
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
Maybe just don’t do “team building activities” at all. So many of them are cringy. We are grownass adults. Not preschoolers
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
So much. I work in an affluent area for privileged people and have had to Shockley with reality for myself and others. There are exactly 3 photos in existence from my childhood.
Moosy Girl 1 year ago
Last teambuilding at work we went bowling, then had dinner and then some people went on to a club. Still don’t know any of their names or what they do but dinner was nice. :p
#3
living paycheck to paycheck. We are all broke and can’t believe how expensive groceries are
Anthony Nizza 1 year ago
Also, I don't think people know how many people go without food on a regular basis.
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Once I started talking to my coworkers, it was amazing to me how many had been homeless at some point in their lives, like myself.
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David Brown 1 year ago
Fast food use to be the cheap way out. Now it costs about half again more than cooking at home.
Nadine Debard 1 year ago
Prices just went through the ceiling in the past years. I always wondered how people managed to eat every day, now I know they can't.
#4
People who don't wash their hands after using the restroom.
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago (edited)
and I am allergic to the "hypoallergenic" soaps that are everywhere. I like having skin on my hands. More places should offer hand sanitizer; I do not carry a purse or bag, and we all know about women's pockets. Ipso, at work, I can't wash my hands. But, just to the left of the hallway is a jumbo bottle of hand sanitizer.
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David Brown 1 year ago
I don't know about everyone else but when I went through school washing hands was just as big of a deal as any other taught subject. No joke, there was a teacher that would smell your hands to make sure you washed them. If you didn't he'd send you back to was them and embarrass you for it. Super creepy but to this day I never forget to wash my hands.
Denice Challenger 1 year ago
Visited my husband's son and granddaughter. Used the bathroom and they don't have soap to wash your hands, no towel to dry, so it doesn't look like anyone there washes their hands after using the bathroom. Please... Have soap for you guests to wash there hands.
Blaze Onyx 1 year ago
Even as someone who's allergic to liquid soaps, I always try to rinse and scrub them well if that's my only option-
Angie E 1 year ago (edited)
Use scentless hand sanitizer.. make your own. Mix with aloe Vera and 70% alcohol and put in a mini spray bottle to carry around. Spray after you rinse. The aloe Vera will help keep your skin from drying up.
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hearditontheX 1 year ago
I had an annual work checkup & had to give a urine sample. Toilet taped shut no sink etc. A guy came out and the technicians said u can wash ur hands here - he said I'm good. All of us said ewwww when he walked out
#5
Chronic pain.
Hans Georg 1 year ago
I am at a point in my life where I get suspicious if some part of my body does not hurt.
Gen X Feral 1 year ago
Ikr? I'm like well my left knee and elbow are still going strong, but rest of me not so much😑
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Mason Kronol 1 year ago
i have a handicap placard but rarely use it because if you look at me standing still you'd never know what's going on with my body and how much i hurt and how little i sleep sometimes. please stop judging younger people in handicap spots. that short walk to the grocery store might mean they can actually cook dinner for once!
Angie E 1 year ago
This!!! People who see me would never know how much pain I feel daily. People don't realize that looks do not equate to the health of the person. Chronic pain/autoimmune disease is an invisible disease to the outside world.
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#6
Imposter syndrome. No one knows what we are doing. We are all just winging it. Most of us are hoping that asking questions and being nice will get us there.
kansasmagic 1 year ago
I have sat through many, many meetings, thinking "everyone here is just playing 'Grown Up'".
Kirsten Kerkhof 1 year ago
Mm, not exactly. I think it happens more with people who job-hop, but after 25 years in my current job I know exactly what I am doing and am very confident I'm doing a good job. By now I'm also tenured so quite secure in my job. There is this notion that staying in a job is bad for you because you may lose out on more cash, but in certain jobs it does pay to stay and be the stable factor in a hectic business. Yes, I am still replacable, but by this point my employer would rather replace others.
Linda van der Pal 1 year ago
Knowing my worth does not diminish my imposter syndrome... (I know I'm valuable to any team, and that all my colleagues appreciate me being part of their team, but still feel like an imposter...)
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Donna Peluda 1 year ago
My management knows dam well they have NFI but play it down. When try to explain complex processes to them she says is KEEP IT SIMPLE. Somethings aren't simple so just let me get on with it and you'll get your bonuses.
Laura Williams 1 year ago
People who think it's a secret. Are not realizing that so is everyone else.
#7
Alcoholism. There are many more “functional” alcoholics or recovering than people would guess.
Surenu 1 year ago
And they're in all social classes. Poor alcoholics are just more visible to the public. I've met surgeons and mid to high officials in therapy.
Tamra 1 year ago
Absolutely true. That particular illness definitely doesn't discriminate. It hits all genders and all socioeconomic classes.
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Charles McChristy 1 year ago
Not really. This exactly why liquor stores were considered necessary and it was critical that they stay open. Can't have half of the country going through the DTs. You saw what happened when we ran low on toilet paper. Can you imagine if the same thing happened with alcohol?!?
Susan Reid Smith 1 year ago
People learned very quickly how to use the various kinds of software to have support group meetings on line.
Load More Replies... Not-a-Clue (she/her) 1 year ago
Given how prevalent childhood trauma is (as previous post points out) it shouldn't be surprising that coping strategies like using alcohol, drugs, food etc are also very common.)
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Tbh, yes, I have trauma, but it's not my reason/excuses. I like being drunk/high.
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Alcohol is so normalised that many people don't even know that they're in the early stages of alcoholism pr already alcoholic. They think to be an alcoholic, you have to be black out drunk all the time. But the reality is alcohol is literally poison. No amount of alcohol is healthy. I'm not saying, that everyone who drinks even just a glass of wine is an alcoholic, but anyone who can't endure anything without any alcohol, definitely is. Biologically, no one needs alcohol for anything. It doesn't do anything good in your body. It's poison for us. So if you 'need' alcohol because without it 'it's boring' or you couldn't have fun, then yes, you are an alcoholic, because you depend on the toxic effects to escape reality. That's what alcoholism truly is.
David Brown 1 year ago
Amen. I was one of those people. I'd crack a beer in the shower first thing in the morning around 5am. I'd have a couple more at lunch. And finish the case after work. At the time I didn't realize how bad I constantly felt. Now I probably don't drink more than. 3 or 4 a year and feel amazing. Putting down the daily habit was hard but absolutely worth it
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
My mother is a hero to alcoholics by keeping water in a poncy water jar on her desk.
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scteach87161921 1 year ago
I saw myself heading this way, so I quit cold turkey. I celebrate 2 years of living an alcohol free lifestyle tomorrow!
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
Any high-stress job will have their functioning alcoholics. I drive a bus. Trust me on this.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I'm one. It's called "higher functioning" . I have previously bossed on ketamine (I synthesize different, get hyper instead of hole). Got praised for a reorganisation of architectural filing system one Friday afternoon alone in office. Disclaimer: was going out straight after work so was carrying. Also about 15 years ago, doubt I could do that today 😂
Squiffle Noses 1 year ago
So that's it! I KNEW all these months of BoredPanda excellence seemed too good to be true! And now you spring an INTERVENTION on me!
#8
Mental health problems
Bear Hall 1 year ago
And if these illnesses are diagnosed after they progressed for a while, they usually can be only treated but cannot be cured. The treatment might save people's life, maybe even help them to have a more or less "normal" life, but they keep suffering for years and decades. They are walking on the edge their sanity depends on if they take their meds in time.
I Like Tea 1 year ago
I think that timing of medications is important, however unfortunately they are often not the solution many people believe them to. Even if a particular medication helps one person well, another person can react differently to the same medication and so not get equal relief. There are also some areas of mental illness which (despite trying numerous options/ medications/treatments etc.) are just out of reach. It’s awfully sad as many smart, kind, decent people have their lives hijacked by mental illness. Despite “progress” there is an undercurrent which assumes that those who have mental illness are weak and lacking in character. That they just need to “get a grip”.They then often face stigma and shame leaving them further isolated forced to carry a heavyweight alone. This reinforces a negative world view that some who are unwell possess. Tell someone you have broken your leg and people will come to help you. Tell them your mind is not functioning well and they run a mile.
Load More Replies... hearditontheX 1 year ago
Good luck on finding a mental health professional unless ur a very young person that's on their parents excellent insurance. I know bc I just lost my bipolar sister who was on Medicare. She was a brilliant teacher and we could not get good care for her
Laura Williams 1 year ago
Nobody talks about it because you get judged. Not trustworthy, can't be around people. What's worst is people who know of your diagnosis and when you are experiencing a physical problem tell you it's all in your head. Most especially doctors.
Squiffle Noses 1 year ago
My bad mental health comes and goes with such a random pattern that i assume all the 'cures' are just things people do that coincide with a long good patch.
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I mean, this one is pretty obvious, right? *gestures broadly at literally everything*
Sonja 1 year ago (edited)
The awareness that psychology, as useful as it is, isn't an exact science, it's mostly just an estimate. It's impossible to really eradicate all external influences and pinpoint exactly what the issue is, so often things get flagged as mental health issues that are merely normal reactions to adverse situations. Many things get misdiagnosed as mental health issues when in reality they're completely normal emotional fluctuations. In December 2022 two independent doctors insisted I had depression, despite me telling them I was grieving my mother. It's perfectly normal to be 'depressed' when a beloved person dies. It is completely normal to feel 'depressed' when your life circumstances are dire. It doesn't help focusing on that pseudo-depression when there's a good reason to be depressed and you should focus on your actual needs and work on your life situation.
Fluffy Cat Sleeps 1 year ago
That's called situational depression and sometimes is treated through therapy and other times people need medical assistance for a short time, but it's still a valid form of depression. Normally it does disappear when the situation changes or resolves itself in some way
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People being ashamed of things they like. Pro wrestling, tabletop games, types of media (anime, reality TV etc.).
People are way more insecure about people getting a peek at their true selves than people realise.
DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago
I used to be critical of it when I was younger but as I got older I realized I was a real twat for doing it back then.
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Awkward lady 1 year ago
As an AFOL, adult fan of Lego, I can relate! It's my hobby and I love it, so there!
James016 1 year ago
I just completed the Peugeot Le Mans car. It was fun to build if a little fiddly as I have sausage fingers. Lego has no age limit
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Flora Porter 1 year ago
This is the meaning of 'guilty pleasures' - things you think other people would look down on you for enjoying.
kansasmagic 1 year ago
Compared to when I was a kid? Forget about it: people are far more tolerant now, or just don't care. Or, I just grew up and left middle school behind.
Bear Hall 1 year ago (edited)
I don't know anybody who's ashamed for liking either of these things. And if so many businesses are making many on this kind of stuff it means quite a few people are willing to pay for them. So, it's not something people do covertly, reeling in shame.
Parmeisan 1 year ago
I don't think your early sentences are any sort of evidence for your conclusion. Lots of people do it covertly, spending money while they do. You just don't know them. (Or possibly you do, and don't know these things about them because they're not close with you.)
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That's because people like putting each other and themselves in boxes, but we are far more different than we realise. But we see other people within our peer groups as being similar, so what we like and don't see others in our peer group do, seems strange. But in reality, you won't ever find two people who are completely alike, no matter how similar they think they are or seem to outsiders. Both of them will be hiding something they think is different from the other. Sometimes both hide the same thing and do something none of them likes because they think the respective other likes it.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Wankers who think they are cool for not listening to commercial music. My (person), you only found your niche musician(s) because they got an airplay.
#10
Feeling lonely. Even if you're married/with kids/etc
Richi Weiss 1 year ago
I live in the same small city with the majority of my family and my siblings are just a 30 min drive away but still lonely all the time. Loneliness got nothing to do with having ppl around its a feeling that is hard to fight...
jimmy pop 1 year ago
It also feels so much worse when there's people around. I never go out when there's a chance I may be feeling lonely, I rather stay home alone with that feeling.
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kansasmagic 1 year ago
Loneliness is not the absence of other people, but the absence of *connection*. The times I felt loneliest, I was surrounded by people, but always at arm's length. It was the feeling of close-but-not-quite that made it worse.
Sky Render 1 year ago
Especially when there's something that makes you extremely unique. A major physical difference in particular can make you feel like you're utterly alone even among friends and family!
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
I never felt so lonely as I did in my second marriage. Best 200lbs I ever lost.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
I have found that if you refer to it as independence you feel a lot better about yourself.
SolitaryIntrovert 1 year ago
Due to a quirk of my brain, I am not able to feel lonely, among other things. Never thought I would be happy about having a slightly screwed up brain
#11
The number of people being left behind by services going digital. They come into the library where I volunteer to find help, not only do some of them not have email addresses (and most of the ones who do rely on the computer remembering their passwords) a significant number don't even have mobile phones.
James016 1 year ago
My high street has lost its Lloyds Bank and NatWest branches, I think that Barclays is next to go. Sometimes it is better to speak to someone in a branch. I had to a couple of years ago and things got solved pretty quickly, the people on the phone were useless and the app is not designed for those sort of queries
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
Sounds like you need to go with First Direct.
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Kathy Richardson 1 year ago
To me it is not left behind, it is being forced to buy and use something I don't want. I do not have a cell phone because my home is a farm that sits in a small valley and we don't get a signal. If I want to use a cell phone, I have to drive 3 quarters of a mile up the road to get a signal. I have a land line because I am not going to spend my time when I am out talking on my phone. When I go out, it is to do fun things, not to be glued to a device.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Not everyone has a computer or laptop or even a landline and I know one person who hasn't got a smartphone, it's an older model. We've had, in the past few years, a few power cuts, there was the time when the Internet here went down. You could call/text but not get online. Companies need to stop going completely digital because I've had the app for my electricity company crash, I couldn't pay my bill. I've had issues and problems continually with the so called "Smart" Meter that I was forced to have, I had no choice in that matter. It's been one thing after another with that meter including being charged £4.50 to £4.80 A DAY for my electricity at first. I've been reimbursed somewhat but it shouldn't have happened in the first place.
Snorkeldorf 1 year ago (edited)
Absolutely. I have an old flip phone and cannot order an uber or lyft because I can't download the app. Regular taxi service is almost nonexistent.
featherytoad 1 year ago
Exactly. I'm 53 and only have a flip phone. My SIL bought me an Alexa but she had to return it because I couldn't download the app to set it up. I also bought a small heater for my bathroom and tried to register it for the warranty. Nope, had to have a smartphone for some reason that I forgot. I think you had to send a picture of the bar code or something.
Load More Replies... Squiffle Noses 1 year ago
You can't create a UK government Gateway account or park in London without a mobile phone now. Many thing require you to have the App and you are becoming a second class citizen in the UK without one. Good to know the Phone companies are making lots of money though!
Scott Wilkins 1 year ago
I work in technology. Automation is great...until it fails...then nobody has any clue how to do anything manually.
David Paterson 1 year ago
I know a person who has a degree in computer science from many years ago, and still doesn't have an email address or a smart phone or know how to use email.
Suck it Trebek 1 year ago
Well those people are typically boomers and why they need to get the f out of workplace. It's bad enough you're keeping a younger generation from finding jobs but then you f everything up because you are obsolete but out of assholery you insist on keeping the job you can't do and are fully unwilling to change with the times. Keep up or get the hell out of our way.
#12
Professional incompetence. On all levels, from cashiers at McDonald’s to nuclear scientists.
The difference is in how the organization handles and mitigates failure
David Paterson 1 year ago (edited)
I can think of two university professors who are totally incompetent. So much so that I'm amazed they even had the brains to get a first degree.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
At universities, if you can attract research grants or get papers published in professional journals, that all you need. (Teaching the courses no one else wants to teach helps too.)
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
The Peter Principle: You will continue to rise up the [corporate] ladder until you reach the point where you can no longer perform well.
geezeronthehill 1 year ago
Just so. I have resigned from jobs when I've realized I've been promoted too far. Just start over somewhere else.
Load More Replies... Tabitha 1 year ago
Or how about the organization start making entry level jobs actually ENTRY level, and get off their asses and train new employees, ffs?! If you’re going to hire someone and just push them out in front of customers without even showing them how to use the damned equipment, much less understand what their job entails, of course there’s going to be professional incompetence—-and don’t get me started on them”fake it til you make it” a******s. They’re the type who don’t know their a*s from a hole in the wall, so they just push their work off on other people who have a clue, then put their own name to it to get the credit, promotion, and raise.
Edward Treen 1 year ago
If I buy something which works perfectly, that doesn't tell me anything about the company from which I buy. If I have any problem, and the company's customer service dep't is effective and efficient, and doesn't hide behind obfuscating T&C, then it's a company I will use again.
Allen Beloe 1 year ago
It's like curds or cream, "Everyone rises to their level of incompetence"
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
I remember thinking all engineers were up to snuff and knew what they were talking about. Cue 30 years of Tool and Diemaking later, I can't believe how many idiots can talk their way into an engineering/design job. I wouldn't let them design an ashtray.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
It is nice to know that some of you are competent enough to recognize those who are incompetent.
#13
Illiteracy among high school graduates.
PattyK 1 year ago
Also among college graduates. I’ve worked with PhDs who couldn’t put a simple declarative sentence together.
Linda Lee 1 year ago
I was a special education teacher's aid when I was a student in high school. A 13 year old that I helped teach didn't know her abc's much less how to write a sentence. I taught her the alphabet in sign language, how to spell her name, etc. She thrived. It was fulfilling for both of us.
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
That is so incredibly beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing!
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David 1 year ago
A study a few years ago found that 1/3 of NYC public high school grads read on the "6th grade and lower" ranking with over 65% reading no higher than a 8th grade level. This is currently being used in lawsuits trying to stop a NY State regulation that would give the state more control over Religious Private Schools and their curriculum, the lawsuit notes that since all their member school outperform the NYC public schools, the state cannot try to hold them to a higher standard than the public schools.
Kirsten Kerkhof 1 year ago
I taught students who were borderline special-needs. I sometimes felt sorry for how much we push literacy on some of these kids - their brains just could not process words and text. They weren't writing, they were drawing letters. They could reproduce text, but don't ask them to write a shopping list. And that wasn't laziness, they just could not do it.
Bear Hall 1 year ago
I guess this post is about the average students who have all the capacity and skills to learn to read, write and UNDERSTAND a note or a simple manually. But they don't and I don't think it's their fault at all while they are i school. Though later in life it's their responsibility to improve.
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Bear Hall 1 year ago
And who's fault is that? Because I don't think it's the students'. But we should be finally honest about reasons and not just try to patch it up here and there.
kansasmagic 1 year ago
No one's at fault, really. I guarantee that schools are *teaching* literacy, but there are so many factors that conspire to **devalue** reading and writing. Who needs to write a formal essay in an age of Xitter and TikTok? (Trick question: no one has ever needed to write a formal essay, but still...)
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Low self-esteem. I don't know how many times I have seen people not invite, include, or initiate something with someone for fear of rejection or the other person finding them annoying, and then the other person feels rejected from not being included.
A lot of people think they are more annoying or unliked than they actually are.
LAWLAWLAW 1 year ago
I don't know I can be very annoying, maybe I am the exception to this rule
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
Me too! I can be very annoying. But I tell everyone that I'm kinda weird and annoying up front and then just embrace it.
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Lydsylou (she/her) 1 year ago
I always feel like I'm annoying people and they don't really like me. To the point of that I've doubted that the people I meet regularly and have been friends with for the last decade have been just being polite this whole time
Papa 1 year ago
That was me until my mid-20's. Then I decided it didn't matter. For example, I realized that if I didn't ask a girl out, she couldn't say no, but she couldn't say yes either, and if she did say no I'd move on.
3 Trash Pandas (She/They) 1 year ago
Yep, I’ve always had this. In a lot of my earlier memories I can now detect what was undiagnosed social anxiety, leading all the way up until now. It’s not fun to live with, my anxiety isn’t defeated by logic, despite the fact that everyone expects it to be.
#15
Hoarding.
People see the TV show and think those are isolated incidents. But ask your local fire and EMS providers, and watch the horror creep across their faces. I've been in houses where you couldn't actually touch the floor, you walked on top of the....debris.... Houses where the door they use is the only door or window in the entire residence that can be opened. Houses where we had to station firefighters every couple feet along the "path" through the mess, and load the patient onto a mega-mover (basically a heavy duty sheet with grab handles on the sides), and pass her person-to-person out the door.
It is WAY more prevalent than you can even imagine.
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago
We are all just a neurological injury from being hoarders ourselves.
Charles McChristy 1 year ago
I did repairs on a hoarder house once. It wasn't as bad as what you see on TV, but there was an endless amount of c**p. The garage was filled from ground to ceiling with just junk, and I had to replace the ceiling in her bedroom because the rats had taken over on the other side of it. Was never happier to be done with a job.
Junior Farrell 1 year ago
You can also ask pest control people. My dad used to do pest control and said that the poorest people always have the most c**p laying around.
#16
Parents regretting having children
pasej41913@bustayes.com 1 year ago
Stop making babies. If there's one thing this nightmarish dumpster fire hellish dying world desperately needs, it's less people.
Hans Georg 1 year ago
I wouldn't word it like that, but it is true. Chinas One Child politic would be great for many countries for the next few decades.
Load More Replies... Janet C 1 year ago
Yep. I chose to never have kids. I'd rather regret not having them than having them. Although at 68 and still with ZERO regrets I don't expect "regret" to show up any time soon... or at all.
the sixthgirl 1 year ago
I have come to believe that living in a state of regret is a choice, and I absolutely do not regret remaining child-free either.
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UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him) 1 year ago
I’ve never had the slightest delusion that I would be a stable, capable parent. Vasectomies for the win.
Squiffle Noses 1 year ago
Snip Snip! (Or sizzle sizzle! (Mine was keyhole laser surgery!) No regrets.)
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Erla Zwingle 1 year ago
My mother had we three daughters at a (then) mature age, mid-thirties or so. She had to have some operation to be able to get pregnant. I was talking to her years later about my regret that it appeared I wasn't going to be having children. In her typically blunt way, she said "You''ll be sorry if you don't have them, and you'll be sorry if you do." Take a minute to absorb that from your own mother....
Hans Georg 1 year ago
Not gonna lie here. It can be hard with just only one kid. If you travel, considering that you can financially anymore, you have to take half your household with you. You cannot travel everywhere. The nagging and whining can take your last nerve. What is common sense for most adults, children have to learn. You either grow into or start to regret it.
XenoMurph 1 year ago
With my daughter it was the opposite. It's a pleasure to talk about and explain the world to her. To be part of the wonder again. To introduce her to new foods, to make a meal where she just says "Yum!". Yes you put some of your wants aside for the time they are with you, but you do that for all people you spend time with. Thankfully my daughter was never whiny, so maybe that's the difference..
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Guess Undheit 1 year ago
External pressure (society, peers, family), propaganda, and lies are the two main reasons people get suckered into breeding. Ask people you know who announced a pregnancy about how people's reactions changed - those who said "it's the best thing ever!" suddenly switch to "say goodbye to sleep and your free time!" now that those with the kid will also suffer the same fate.
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
It's perfectly normal to not want to have kids. Bringing another life into this world is not the next natural step, by any measure. But if you don't want them then please have the courage of your convictions and resist the pressure to conform. It's not fair to have a child that you will only ever have lukewarm feelings for. Kids can tell. In the end, they can always tell. This is something I'm currently experiencing. Not on my side of the equation but on the other, and yes, my kids are dealing with that.
Grape Walls of Ire 1 year ago
I'll never regret not having children, but being the wacky uncle is pretty awesome!
Jenn Smith 1 year ago
As much as we love our children..who wouldn't regret bringing the innocents into this Hellscape. ( USA)
Debbie 1 year ago
No regrets here. Also, I am the person I am today because of my children. Would I not have had children, I might also not have regretted not having them as I would have been a different person who enjoyed a childless life. I'm blessed with healthy kids though. Tbh, I might have regretted having children if one would have been born with such a severe disability that it would never be able to care for themselves. I want to raise independent people. To have to worry what will become of them when you are gone would be terrible. To always have to care for them - I love how my kids are becoming more independent everyday, which gives me more freedom as well.
#17
Credit card debt. 45% of Americans carry a credit card balance from one month to the next.
clairebear 1 year ago
You don't realise what a drag this is on your finance until you get your s**t together and pay it off. I did this and was suddenly able to have savings. I would never have a credit card ever again. I would rather starve.
The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
Those who say, “I don’t have a credit card and never will,” I understand why but consider this: When you pay with a credit card you are building a credit history which is important but also, if someone steals your CC info and uses it for fraudulent purchases, you’re protected by law from being responsible for those transactions. The same can’t be said for debit cards. If you use credit cards responsibly and pay them off every month, there should be no problem.
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I don't have one. In my mind, credit cards aren't for things you actually need, but for things you want but can't currently afford. It's too easy to fall into the trap of trying to live in a style you will never be able to afford. YMMV, but a credit card would just create problems for me.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I think it should be the opposite. It should be for an emergency where you need something but can't afford cash right now. "Oh c**p the fridge blew up and I can't afford to buy a new one for a month" is a legit credit card scenario.
Load More Replies... Steve Hall 1 year ago
Carrying a balance isn't the problem, increasing the balance every month is the problem.
KingCobraKai 1 year ago
All debt is f****d up. First off, as a person making the average U.S. GDP annually with a 700 credit score, I couldn't get approved for a 120,000 loan to buy a house, and that's not even a price most cities have a habitable house for sale at. More frightening, though, is that the total amount paid in interest was like 3x the loan amount... Poor people have to pay 4x as much as a rich person to own a home. And the rich person is rich for skimming their paychecks off the debt payments of the indentured. We have all these boomers with rent homes who moved off to other countries and have their lives paid for by being leeches.
Maisey Myles 1 year ago
I paid off all my credit cards 20 years ago. Never had one since. I’m 66 and debt free
#18
There are a lot more very kinky people doing very kinky things than you think. Seriously. Most people just have no idea
Panda 1 year ago
I don't usually visualise my friends having sex. They might be kinky or not. It has nothing to do with us being friends.
Parmeisan 1 year ago
It's fine to not want to know that about your friends, but I think the point is just that it's good to know it's a common thing. If we normalize it, then people don't have to feel alone and embarrassed. :)
Load More Replies... Daya Meyer 1 year ago
That is because it is their private life. If someone is an adult and want to run around in diapers, it's okay. If someone needs to be tied up to get horny it's okay. I shouldn't be interested in THESE private things.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
“Kinky” often means “That’s something I’m afraid to try because I might find out that I liked it.” Speaking for a friend, of course.
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
As long as it only involves consenting adults, kinks are healthy. The puritanical anti-sex types are the child molesters, not those who have fun with their bodies.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I think that's a dangerous generalisation. Just because someone likes spanking doesn't mean they can't possibly be a pedo. Just like someone being strictly Christian and "vanilla" doesn't mean they are definitely a pedo. I do kinda think there are some harmful kinks too. Or at least ones that are very suspect (maybe indicative of past trauma). Basically kinks involving poop or actual physical injury, even consensual bother me.
Load More Replies... UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him) 1 year ago
I’m not a kinky person, but am amused by the thought that you just can’t tell who the kinky ones are. You might be inclined to think it’s the leather-clad person with the wild hair and tattoos, but that’s no real indicator. It’s just as likely that the nice library volunteer who plays mahjong on the weekends and walks her miniature poodle in a baby bjorn has a sex swing in the basement.
MrsFettesVette 1 year ago
People think I'm v sweet and "wholesome" in my actual life, they don't know I met my husband through kinky personals 😁
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MrsFettesVette 1 year ago
This is 100% true, when I was dating casually I'd try to talk about what I was into and guys would just think I had a foot fetish (in actuality I don't care for feet at ALL).I think that's the only point of reference most people have.
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 1 year ago (edited)
If that's the case, it breaks the definition of 'kinky'. It currently means 'involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour', so if it were more common, it would no longer be unusual behaviour, and therefore is not 'kinky'.
Parmeisan 1 year ago
There are many different KINDS of kinks though. Individually they are rare and that's what makes them kinks. But add them all up and they're not so rare.
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Pferdchen 1 year ago (edited)
In Amsterdam, we visited a shop outside the Centrum with a very reserved, dignified and gentlemanly proprietor. That night, we met a very attractive and friendly woman at Club It. If you guessed that it was the same person, you're correct :-) Let's just say she was similarly surprised about me. It was one of those times where my lifestyle was socially advantageous. We were eagerly welcomed to the club, while a group of fellow American tourists behind us was not.
Pferdchen 1 year ago
On the other hand, once met a woman at an exclusive private club in DC. Turned out she knew several people I worked with. She informed me that a very matronly and accomplished colleague had a huge mirror over her bed (she attended an event in her home and mistakenly wandered into her boudoir.) I did not need to know that!!!
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people popping pills to barely function
Toothless Feline 1 year ago
This is really misleadingly worded. I “pop pills to barely function”, but they’re all prescribed for a mess of genuine medical conditions, and without them, I’d at best be non-functional, and more likely be dead. Calling it “popping pills” trivializes the importance of medication in many people’s health, and makes it sound like it’s something one decides to do to avoid trying harder.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
The op didn't cast judgment on the scenario. They're just saying it's more common than people think. Personally I take a lot of medication every day and I'd call it popping pills without thinking negatively about it.
Load More Replies... Donna Peluda 1 year ago (edited)
Not just pill, doing lines to work. Then smoke a doobie to go to bed, wake up the next day and have 3 cans of red bull for breakfast......
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Pretty sure they were referring to medicine not coke...
Load More Replies... SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Depends upon what the pills are. Are they to help with depression or anxiety? Anxiety as in crippling anxiety, not being anxious as in "Oh I'm a bit stressed and worried".
#20
People not knowing about whatever the current activism is on social media.
Big example is the Starbucks/ McDonald’s boycott. Everyone online is convinced it’s a huge boycott yet most people in the real world do not know a thing about it. People forget that not everyone is online 24/7 and just because you know about something doesn’t mean others do if they’re not in that same online circle.
Daya Meyer 1 year ago
If this means that I need to know about stupid challenges and celebrity stories, I am out. The world will stay the same without me knowing about that kids set themselves on fire because of a tictoc video.
Edward Treen 1 year ago
It does mean that the number of Darwin Awards earned will continue to grow exponentially. Maybe that's not entirely a bad thing.
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
I don't have IG, FB, Twitter (l'll call it Twitter until The D******d steps down), TikTok or any social and l don't feel l'm missing out.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
That's the problem with social media, it's designed to put you into an echo chamber. Since everyone in your circle jerk agrees with you, you assume everyone else does too.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
To be honest, the common people usually don't give a sh♥t either. The only ones taking any of that "activism" seriously are the people that form the bubble they shout it at.
Bear Hall 1 year ago (edited)
I'm sorry, but is this really the biggest problem in the world? That not enough people follow trendi political influencers? How about learning about the climate change or the wars ravaging right now and finally push political bias aside and find a common ground do something about these problems at last before it's not too late. The clock is ticking and we don't have much time left.
dayngerkat 1 year ago
I've never heard of this, and I'm online constantly. I did boycott Starbucks many years ago for my own reasons though
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
If I want a starbucks and a nostalgia burger from McD's, I am going to get them.
#21
Sleep apnea (and other sleep disorders). It took me 3 years to get diagnosed because my symptoms were dismissed as "depression," because I didn't have any of the sleep apnea risk factors, and because I had a previous history of depression, despite my initial insistence that I'd dealt with depression before, and this was different. I guess I eventually started believing them.
Then I got a new psychiatrist. I told her I was having a depressive episode. She asked me about my symptoms, and all the symptoms that she asked about, either I wasn't experiencing them, or they were the direct result of being tired all the time (e.g. I hadn't so much lost interest in activities, I was just too tired to do anything). She told me that it sounded more like I was describing a sleep disorder than a depressive episode, and referred me to a sleep lab.
She said she ends up referring a lot of her patients to sleep labs, and another friend of mine who was a psychiatry resident said he also ends up diagnosing sleep apnea a lot. Sleep disorders can mimic or exacerbate the symptoms of mental illnesses, so I guess it takes a psychiatrist to tell when someone *isn't* depressed.
Alan West 1 year ago
Apathy, depression, memory blackouts, hallucinations, heart disease, and all sorts of other health problems can be caused by sleep deprivation.
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago
After years of trying to work out what the hell was wrong with my mind and my physical health, I discovered I have sleep apnea. Having a CPAP machine has changed my life
Load More Replies... Toothless Feline 1 year ago
Sleep deprivation/sleep deficit is possibly the most widespread undertreated condition in the US. It’s not just apnea; there are a variety of biological, psychological, and lifestyle circumstances that lead people to not get enough sleep. It’s turned a lot of people into a sort of walking dead. And the worst of these issues is when people just don’t have time to sleep because they’re too busy.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I was told in high school by boarding roommate that I stopped breathing in sleep and it freaked her out as I would suddenly gasp but still be asleep. Decades later a sleep study confirmed.
#22
Autism in women. Sure, TikTok etc is making this omnipresent in a stupid, possibly dangerous way, but it’s a reaction to growing up in a world where it was thought only boys could be on the spectrum.
(All my teachers knew something was wrong with me, but never what specifically, and I had a real hard time as a teen. As an adult, I’ve sought out a diagnosis, but because I’ve had so many shifting and conflicting mental health diagnosis, it makes it really hard. I’ll probably never get a formal diagnosis, but if they could see how some of the older people in my family were, there would be no question).
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago (edited)
The same goes for ADS/ ADHD. Back then doctors/ people thought only boys can have it. But girls/ women can have it too, they are just very good at masking. Edit: and it represents differently, I think.
Parmeisan 1 year ago
Yeah, I think the professionals aren't quite sure (or aren't united) on WHY it represents differently. The "girls are better at masking" is a common theory but not a certainty. There do seem to be a lot of non-masking different symptoms as well. We're still learning because we're just finally starting to study it! I think the symptoms can be different for non-caucasian people as well, which is probably better-studied globally but not well-represented in media.
Load More Replies... Jayjay 1 year ago
Autism is too often not diagnosed in women because of the male criteria. You can do a few things. You can test yourself whether or not you can easily switch between abstract thinking and concrete acting. For instance: can you "feel" how much time went on, or do you need a clock to tell you that? In people with autism this interaction is not very well automated. This lack of automation has lots of consequences in communication, in motor skills, emotions, etc. And this is causing the delay in reactions because your mental processes take a little bit longer than in most people. Also, it seems to me that you cannot filter out impressions (which is one criteria of autism), and you should know that neurotypical people filter are able to filter out everything that is not in their scope of the moment. Try to focus on yourself and what YOU think of you! You can make a list of things in two columns: what YOU think, and what you think other people think. Then decide what you want to think.
David Paterson 1 year ago
I had to look this up. "Rates of autism prevalence suggest that boys are, on average, 4 times more likely to have autism than girls. Being female does appear to protect the brain from many developmental disabilities, not just autism. There is emerging evidence that girls with autism need more extreme genetic mutations than boys to develop autism."
Jayjay 1 year ago
I forgot: another reason it's less diagnosed is because the criteria are all male. For instance, having a strong fascination is one of the criteria, but only "male" fascinations in technics and science count as fascination. Fascinations for colors or horses don't count because "every girl likes them". Liking something is very different from having a fascination, but that part is never sorted out. Also, don't forget that social skills are on the X chromosome of which women have 2, men only 1. So a woman has more options to camouflage autism. And a last remark: Women are taught from a young age to be social, where men are taught to do whatever they like as long as they bring in the money later on in life :).
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clairebear 1 year ago
I was diagnosed in my 50's. If I had known as a child my life would have been so much better. My meltdowns were just viewed as attention-seeking by parents, teachers etc when I actually was struggling to cope. I had a breakdown at 14 and tried to kill myself. Been misdiagnosed with mental illnesses and depression my whole life. All depression disappeared once I started adjusting my life to accommodate my autistic needs though I have been left with an eating disorder I will probably never be rid of or fully in control of.
Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
This should be higher. I wasn't diagnosed until my late 40s, long after both of my kids were diagnosed as autistic.
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
Both ASD and ADHD run in my family on my mother's side. 17% for each in related individuals. One of those being my oldest daughter. Just cause some women with ASD can mask well doesn't mean they are't really struggling.
Suck it Trebek 1 year ago
I got an ADHD diagnosis late in life. I'm smart and competent but I always knew there was something wrong with my brain. For a long time I wanted to get tested for a learning disability because I thought that's what was probably wrong with me. But I couldn't afford to get tested. It wasn't until I happened to read an article on women and ADHD and how it presents differently in us. The article pointed out signs and I remember being like oh my god this is me! No one my whole childhood or adulthood ever mentioned ADHD. In fact when I told trusted people that I thought I had a learning disability I was scoffed at because I was too intelligent for that. I tried explaining that's not how it works. Getting that diagnosis felt so good. I finally had an answer. As a woman I know I'm lucky that I actually got diagnosed.
Jayjay 1 year ago
I really want to mention one more thing. Autism is NOT a psychiatric disorder. It is a just a neurological variation of the human mind. Nothing more, nothing less. The disorder part is the lack of understanding by neurotypical people of anything that deviates from their typical insights into how other people should be. However, that lack of understanding can be terribly and devastatingly damaging for anyone who is not mainstream. There is no "autism spectrum", there is only one spectrum and that is the human spectrum.
#23
Miscarriage. The Mayo Clinic says up to 20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, which is already a lot. This is obviously heartbreaking for wanted pregnancies, but can be difficult for unwanted pregnancies too. But in addition to that 20%, many people miscarry before they learn they're pregnant. While not distressing in the same way of knowingly having a miscarriage, it's distressing for many people because of an seeming inability to get pregnant.
Kariali 1 year ago
Also: While most miscarriages happen within the first week, it can still happen later. Lost my last 16 weeks into pregnancy. I felt so safe before...
Nadine Debard 1 year ago
12 weeks. First ultrasound. We discovered the embryo didn't live while my body carried on with the pregnancy. Morning sickness, one size up, everything. I felt so safe, too. Kudos to you and every person that felt this way and heard the "I'm sorry..."
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Tamra 1 year ago (edited)
I had three miscarriages, all at different times during the pregnancy, all for different reasons. One of these reasons was trisomy 13. Fetuses with this condition have so many abnormalities that they usually don't survive to birth, but if they do, they rarely live past a week. Back then, I was able to access the medical care I needed. Not so today. Because of the current draconian laws, women in this situation are now forced to carry these fetuses and then give birth, and watch as their child painfully and slowly dies. Or, as in my case, if the fetus dies in utero, they get to carry it inside them until it threatens their health, or until they can be induced in labor...to give birth to a dead child. I hope every conservative christofascist who is responsible for these laws burns in hell.
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
Up to 70% of human fertilizations don't result in a live pregnancy. It probably happens to most women trying to get pregnant, it's just we weren't able to know about before the advent of internet cheapies (a bag of very small pregnancy tests that you have to dip in a cup of pee to get results).
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Told young (about 20) unlikely to get pregnant. 30-something went to doctor because month+ spotting. Ectopic miscarriage.
#24
Local corruption. You think it's just US Senators using inside information to dump or buy stocks or Supreme Court Justices getting kickbacks from billionaires? Nope.
It's your town council, too. Do you know what their salary is? Do you know what the town budget/revenue is? Sometimes it doesn't necessarily even have to have a price tag attached. I lived in a town where the elected town council just conspired to take turns running for mayor. Sure outsiders could run but hey "So and so is a member of the council and has been mayor before 6 years ago, he's good".
Lot of businesses for those council members got expedited approval, too.
I had a friend who lived in Alabama for a while and I was in disbelief to hear that the county sheriff was in charge of the county jails was also in charge of the food budget for the jails, and any "left over" funds for that fiscal year became his. Literally, deposit to Sheriff's personal bank account if there's extra. Surprise surprise there always was.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Not entirely. Many places have rules setup and watchdogs to keep an eye out for corruption. I think there are still examples of it even in "good" places, but they tend to get caught out faster.
Load More Replies... DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago
Corruption is sooo bad where I live, I've basically lost all faith that anything is unbiased anymore.
María Hermida 1 year ago
The Mayor of my smallish town (around 100.000 inhabitants) gets a (self appointed) higher salary than the President of the whole country.
Stardust she/her 1 year ago
One of the political parties in my country is so corrupt that despite lack of rain they forced my state to give more water than necessary to the neighbouring state just to keep them happy
#25
Grown folks failing to look up ANYTHING on their own, or calling ahead to see if a place is open.
The amount of times I got screamed at already this week for “WHY YOU WERE CLOSED ON MONDAY?”
Ma’am/Sir, it’s a federal/national holiday that’s been in effect for longer than you & I have been alive. Also, we posted signs stating such on every entrance/exit door on the building on Friday morning. They were still up on Tuesday when we returned to work.
Screaming at a random person because you were either willfully ignorant or didn’t think to call ahead and then didn’t READ THE SIGNS plastered all over just makes you look unhinged.
Plus, you made a trip today for nothing because the item you’re looking for still isn’t in yet.
Had you called ahead, you wouldn’t have wasted your time, energy, and gas getting here for nothing!
Michael Largey 1 year ago
“Why were we closed on Monday? Actually, we heard that you were planning to stop by.”
Camber Hollywood 1 year ago
We weren't closed. We just saw you coming and hid.
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T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
Nowdays you can usually just Google the place and it will tell you if it's open. However, sometimes Google lies.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I think that might be a symptom of the "shop at any time" mentality that seems to be getting more common. As a kid we never had late night shopping (basically everywhere closed about 5) and practically everywhere was only open Saturday morning and closed Sunday. Over time shops started opening late one night a week, when multiple nights, then all day Saturday and eventually Sunday as well. Similarly, public holidays were always closed, now many places are open. So ultimately the problem is society as a whole has normalised being able to shop whenever. So people are surprised and annoyed if a shop is actually closed now.
kath morgan 1 year ago
I have had the complaint “I came to make a donation on Tuesday, but for some reason nobody was here!” I don’t get it because if they knew nothing about us, how did they know to try donating? Did they cover part of the website with their hand?
Nicola Mawson 1 year ago
I tried looking up court forms, and calling. I eventually had to go there to get forms and information . At least I was helped I guess
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago (edited)
Yeah, a lot of customers ingore the bright yellow signs that say in font size 200 how long the store will be open on days like Christmas- or New Year's Eve and then stand infront of locked doors like deer in the headlights
Bear Hall 1 year ago
To be honest I tend to forget even if I asked earlier when they are open. It's not always on their webpage or I just "a*s-u-me". Then I face the CLOSED sign and feel stupid hence the "deer stare".
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Train derailments. When the wreck in East Palestein happened, a whole lot of people acted like this was just unheard of. I work in an industry that's heavily affected by rail, and let me tell you, it's very common. We are impacted by derailments a few times a month at least.
Toothless Feline 1 year ago
That depends on what you mean by “safer”. Yes, there are a lot more people directly involved in auto accidents, but a single train derailment can affect thousands or even millions of people depending on the cargo and circumstances—and there is absolutely nothing people can do to eliminate the risk, because trains run *everywhere*, and the railroad companies don’t have to take a lot of what seems like basic precautions because “it costs too much”. There are lots of laws regarding liability for auto accidents, but a lot fewer for train accidents. It’s easy for a railroad operator to escape responsibility for a huge amount of damage, just as they’re (so far successfully) trying to do with the East Palestine wreck.
Load More Replies... MinDHertz1366 1 year ago
Last Week Tonight had a very informative episode on this last season.
Pa Pa Panda 1 year ago
Most are minor but still disrupt service. Catastrophic ones get press coverage.
Scott Wilkins 1 year ago
The United States mindset...build new...expand! Don't worry about taking care of existing infrastructure...
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
I visited London for two weeks in 2018... There were two derailments/problems on the line in the time I was there.
#27
Lactose intolerance. It's estimated that 65% of adults worldwide are lactose intolerant. I was in denial about it for a long time, but I finally tried cutting out lactose-containing dairy, and it made a huge difference (for me, the lactase pills help, but not as much as just avoiding lactose).
Hans Georg 1 year ago
Sounds reasonable, because intolerance is the norm, while tolerance is the mutation.
David Paterson 1 year ago
Lactose tolerance seems to have developed first in NW Europe. Lactose intolerance is much more common in South East Asia.
Peet 1 year ago
As far as I know it's a mutation to be lactose tolerant and humans normally are lactose INtolerant.
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Donkey boi 1 year ago
All the while that the intolerance only results it flatulence, I'm ok with it, and think it's worth it for a nightly hot chocolate. If it's the other symptoms... Well that just sucks.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago (edited)
It also depends on ethnicity - circa 1/3 of the caucasians are intolerant, 75 to 85% of the asian population can't process milk sugar and the highest rate for intolerance is found within the african population (90 to 95%)
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 1 year ago
More likely to become intolerant of dairy as you get older. And there's dairy in things you'd never expect.
#28
Amicable divorces.
#29
Agreement to Forer statements, also known as the Barnum effect. It's how horoscopes and fortune tellers get you.
_Most_ people highly agree with each of the following statements:
* You have a great need for other people to like and admire you.
* You have a tendency to be critical of yourself.
* You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not turned to your advantage.
* While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them.
* Your sexual adjustment has presented problems for you.
* Disciplined and self-controlled outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure inside.
* At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.
* You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations.
* You pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof.
* You have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.
* At times you are extroverted, affable, sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, reserved.
* Some of your aspirations tend to be pretty unrealistic.
* Security is one of your major goals in life.
C Hendrix 1 year ago
And this is why I prefer to read my horoscope at the end of the day, to see how it came true.
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 1 year ago
Let's see... Yes, No, No, No, No, No, Yes, No, No, No, Lol No, No, and No. I guess I'm not 'most people', but then I knew that anyway.
cugel. 1 year ago
If you say no to 9, all the other ones don't really matter.
Load More Replies... Laura Williams 1 year ago
I hate this generalized statements that could apply if you think long enough. There is a person who basically tells you random things and hope one sticks. That is why I think life coaches are full of it. Test it out read your horoscope for a while if you are a person who believes in that sort of thing. If it isn't 80%accurate it's not real. Besides how can one horoscope be right for thousands of people.
#30
SIBO - if you have some weird physiological problems and you don't know the cause, it could be your gut, small intestine bacterial overgrowth especially
David Paterson 1 year ago
I had to look this up "Some studies reported up to 80% of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have SIBO".
Bonesko 1 year ago
Thanks again David for looking up the things I'm curious about. You're saving me time. 😁👍
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Sonja 1 year ago
The number of obese people with severe mental health issues. The main cause of obesity are mental health issues and behavioural problems. Without proper therapy most obese people are unable to lose weight or hold their weight. In the vast majority of cases, overeating is a coping mechanism. That's why body neutrality (NOT body positivity!) is so important. Unless there's an absolute necessity, body weight shouldn't be mentioned at all. Neither in a positive, nor in a negative way, since both can have a negative impact on health progress. People should not be reduced on their weight, the focus should be on their accomplishments so they can find a better coping strategy than eating. Newer studies have found that people who are allowed to distract their focus and can find a different way to level their emotional imbalance, for instance a fulfilling hobby, have better chances to successfully lose weight than people who are constantly reminded of their weight issues.
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
Also, not eating correctly has a negative impact on your gut bacteria. More and more we are finding that a huge number of medical issues are caused by gut bacteria imbalances.
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
SIDS and still births. Most of the time you only hear about them, if it happens to you.
Sonja 1 year ago
The number of obese people with severe mental health issues. The main cause of obesity are mental health issues and behavioural problems. Without proper therapy most obese people are unable to lose weight or hold their weight. In the vast majority of cases, overeating is a coping mechanism. That's why body neutrality (NOT body positivity!) is so important. Unless there's an absolute necessity, body weight shouldn't be mentioned at all. Neither in a positive, nor in a negative way, since both can have a negative impact on health progress. People should not be reduced on their weight, the focus should be on their accomplishments so they can find a better coping strategy than eating. Newer studies have found that people who are allowed to distract their focus and can find a different way to level their emotional imbalance, for instance a fulfilling hobby, have better chances to successfully lose weight than people who are constantly reminded of their weight issues.
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
Also, not eating correctly has a negative impact on your gut bacteria. More and more we are finding that a huge number of medical issues are caused by gut bacteria imbalances.
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
SIDS and still births. Most of the time you only hear about them, if it happens to you.
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