Netizens Recall 36 Formerly Obvious Things That Sank Into Oblivion And Nobody Actually Cared

I’m sorry? Only immigrants do this now?

Stop staring at your phone while driving, or pushing a shopping trolley/pram or cycling or anything in fact. It is not necessary.

This is something I struggle with when teaching. Five children will ask me something at the same time but don't understand why I can do everything right now, at the same time. Not even the really young kids, but 8-9 year olds struggle with it. Maybe it was partly because I was one of five kids, two of whom had serious needs, but I don't remember struggling with that at that age.

AKA being able to tell BS from facts.

This to to/too/two true.

I think this depends where you live. Even in the city areas in Victoria, Australia, there are spaces. There was a lot of space created when many of the train lines in Melbourne were elevated, and it was all turned into walking/bike paths, skate parks, basketball courts, playgrounds, table tennis tables etc. Which is really good, because all schools are fully fenced and locked these days, so you can't kick a footy on the oval or use the basketball court on the weekends. So we have lost some space, but it's more transitioned to using fully public areas instead. I also think Covid increased use of some of these spaces, because when you have only two hours a day allowed to spend outside in a public space, you are more likely to make use of it. From what I've seen, there was some drop off after people returned to work, but there are still many more people out and about than before Covid.

"I have an opinion, so my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge".

When our leaders are on television basically making up entire alternate realities *and* shutting down any outfit that might be inclined to point out the fantasies, is it any wonder so many other people behave in equally deplorable ways? We need strong leaders, but instead have fools, charlatans, and grifters.

No they don't!!

Then again, when faced with a constant steam of minor inconveniences, especially if they’re piled on top of major inconveniences and /or issues in their life, one can reach their limit of tolerance. So you could say this one depends on the context. If life’s got going on without any major hitches, and periodically a minor inconvenience occurs, there’s no reason to have a meltdown about it. In that context, that is a very immature reaction, you you should grow TF up.

If you forget that in France, you're not going to have a good trip.

People who do their own medical research should do their own brain surgery - and perhaps have.

'Ya can't be too upset about being seen in a public place but I get you about the devices.

Even to the cisgender hetero 45 years old white rich men ??? /s

Don't forget about the Hedge fund vulture capitalists buying millions of homes during the various recessions and keeping them off the market to drive prices up. In some places 2 or 3 companies own 60+% of the available houses

This is only true of people who must hustle. The rest of us have a massive array of interesting hobbies available just a few clicks away.

I just listened to a podcast about the great fire of London. A frenchman was beaten nearly to death because the mob thought Catholics were responsible. We have come out of the information age, and are back into the age of ignorance.

A community justn't does appear out from nothing for you. YOU have to co-create it. Our neihgbourhood was always friendly, but during COVID someone created a WhatsApp group for our colonies. From it grew a community. What keeps you from doing the same? Literally? I mean, okay, maybe your neighbourhood is really bad, but not everyone lives in a mob-controlled slum. What about the rest?

Sad people who think others will look at them and think they're sooooo cool.

it seems the AH's on the road consider where they are going is infinitely more important than where anybody else is going.

Conversation today is divided into two parts - talking and waiting to talk.

In my mother tongue, there are dozens of beautiful, fancy words/sayings that nobody even knows anymore. These days, it’s all modern, colloquial slang, which is fine, but the real beauty of the language is disappearing.

It doesn’t help that the leader of one of the most powerful countries in the world is slamming everything into reverse.

Where's the romance in reducing matchmaking to a video game? He's a bunch of pictures, swipe this way to keep and the other way to reject. Based upon what? How the person looks? The prettiest girl I knew growing up was a *massive* arsëhole... But, five seconds swipe, nah, swipe, cute, swipe-other-way, meh, swipe. Romance is stillborn if that's how a relationship begins.

A month ago, I attended a fireworks event where it was filled to the brim with children playing on a playground. Laughing, talking, screaming. It brought back memories when I did the same when I was their age.

Empathy is lacking in so many people at so many levels—-especially in those at the top. It isn’t all that hard to imagine what it’s like to go through what someone else is going through, even if you have no actual experience with it. The older you get, the more you see, learn about, and have brushes with, many types of situations, and that knowledge and experience can help you develop empathy for someone experiencing something you’ve never personally been through. Then again, imagination is also lacking in too many people, and imagination is key to empathy.

Proud to say I still despise them. And the N*zis.

genuinely could not imagine voluntarily having a conversation with a stranger in a public coffee shop

We know some people we just don't have to search for a reason to hate. Fascism is on the rise again.

Heaven help us all. 🙄

The line is difficult to place because people don't want to be recognised, but if someone is bullying you then it would be useful to know who they are to press charges.

Lived in North of England for 30 yrs. Still got that here

Even stuff at the "Dollar Store" costs more than a dollar.

I see it happen, still.

Right now I'm making money by babysitting for some of my mother's colleagues. They are really nice and pay very well (13€ per hours during the day and 15€ per hour during the evening and night) but it's not a long-term plan at all and it terrifies me.

Have you seen some of the salaries of people in the trades? Might make one rethink the (minimum) four year degrees