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Have you seen Midnight in Paris? The movie is not about the city per se, rather it's about our fascination with it. Woody Allen asks us why the dream of Paris seems more powerful than walking on its streets.

However, it's not just historical European landmarks that infatuate our minds. That cause us to look at the world through an unrealistic lens. No, no, there are many more culprits — we're too easily swayed.

Last week, Redditor u/Buttercuppy44 asked other users, "What's something we need to stop normalizing?" And it turned out to be a discussion we really needed. People straight away came through with plenty of specific and accurate examples.

#1

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Having to respect a damaging point of view because it's part of someone's religion.

No, I don't have to respect your belief that women are inferior or that LGTBQ+ people shouldn't have rights because your religion tells you to believe that. It's a bad point of view.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be higher up in the list AND it can be extended to every belief in general about 'we' are better then 'them' because of religion/ money/ education/ the place where you live/ the colour of your socks/ etc.etc.

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Canceling people for things they did 10+ years ago. If someone has shown growth in that time then let them grow.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Huzzah, huzzah! The only thing more ridiculous than cancelling someone for a trivial offense committed years ago, is someone digging through ten years of someone else's social media in search of something to use against them.

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Kids beauty pageants.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not widely considered normal. Considered creepy, disturbing, and exploitative among sane people.

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#4

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Coming to work sick. People tend to get praised for that, but they are in fact just endangering others to get sick as well — and in the end, it costs the company more than if they would've just stayed home.

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#5

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Being rude to retail and food workers. We work hard all day, deal with some of the worst customers bar none, and really don't get paid enough to support families but we do it anyway. For way less than it's worth

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Ads on stuff you've paid for.

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#7

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Filters that change the shape of your face to fit a beauty standard. Kids are growing up with an even more distorted view of what they should look like than previous generations

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Taking pictures of strangers without their knowledge and posting it on the internet. It is toxic as hell and it wasn't that long ago it was seen as creepy.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It should be illegal. The last thing I want is for someone to take a photo of me and end up becoming a meme or something.

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#9

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop That anything is possible if you try hard enough. Don't get me wrong, a lot is possible, but not everything. There are factors beyond ourselves that determine our success. The best we can do is to give our best, and be happy that we've done so.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hardwork doesn't always lead to success. A lot of people that became successful through "hard work" don't usually include one thing in their success stories: the role of luck. Some of them were lucky to be born in the right place, to the right people, at the right time, happened to go to the right school, happened to make the right friends, etc. For every success story, there are thousands and millions that did the same amount of hardwork and got nowhere. The difference is, those hardworking but unsuccessful people were simply unlucky. No one knows a sure formula for success in life. It's easy to think you do when you've made it.

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop People being bastards on the internet, because of anonymity.

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#11

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Using religion as a weapon.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To me it's more using religion as an excuse (to discriminate, to question science, to explain away EVERYTHING...)

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#12

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop The greed of the top 1% that fuels the pollution and decay of our planet.

Looking at you Jeff, Bill, and Mark

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm going to get downvotes here, but you need to swap out Bill for Richard. Yes, Mr Gates has done some deplorable things while gaining his millions. But he has done philanthropic things that the others haven't even considered. Demonstrably tried to improve things for the rest of humanity. The others? No bathroom breaks and trains that barely run at all never mind on time. Oh, and I'm damn sure it wasn't his age that stopped him taking part in the Prick Space Race, so that's a point in his favour too. Dislike or full on loathe him all you want, but he is no longer in the same league of greed and evil as the others. (Mr Zuckerberg is in a league of his own, although he does look like he wants to be Bezos when he grows up, so...)

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#13

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop The idea that being an as*hole is a sign of intelligence. Jerks are rarely intelligent. Sheldon Cooper, Rick Sanchez, Hannibal Lecter, and Dr. House do not exist.

In my experience, being rude and condescending turns out to be a sign of stupidity, not intelligence.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sheldon was actually very true to life for a lot of smart autistic people..but he would be what we would be without adapting skills. And most of us have adapted to our environment.. But he feels rather authentic. He isn't rude or condescending - he just doesn't understand most humans. That's why he follows the rules.. hot beverages for upset humans etc.

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#14

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Throwing cigarette butts on the floor.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Throwing cirarette butts WHILE protesting for for climate-change.

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#15

People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Having an opinion on everything.

It’s okay to look at something on the internet and think to yourself “I don’t have to care about this.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Best time saver, ever... (Oh, why do I put a comment here? I should not care) /s

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#16

Kids doing animal abuse. Stop it with, "they are just kids they don't know any better"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it's too extreme, it's often a sign of a sadistic personality, so more reason to work on that early

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When a kid doesn't know any better, TEACH it - no one was born knowing, we have to learn everything.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of the first words learnt in my house was, “Gentle.” While petting the dog.

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Viviane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's great idea - it can become a cue word that could work in different situations.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or messing with animals that are in distress, like beached sea animals that need to get back into the water

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A lot of them have a layer of fat that protects them in cold water, but causes overheating on land. Here's a wonderful story of humans who did the right thing: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/stranded-orca-saved-by-volunteers-who-kept-it-cool-for-hours-until-high-tide-1.3164728

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a real problem with this. If your kids don't know any better it's because you didn't teach them. So I think that the parents are at fault and should be charged. Unless, as Luka said, a sign of a very sick mind - then that's a whole new ball game.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do too. I've gotten in trouble for yelling at my cousins (7+3) because they refuse to put down my cats or just leave them alone. They pull their tails, throw them, and if I yell at them, apparently I'm the bad one because "they don't know better," "they're just children," etc. This type of behavior has inflicted pain on my fur-babies, and I will not stand for it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when I was a kid I was quite mean to animals, had a lot of personal problems and no adult who really addressed those problems, just like their problems weren't addressed. anyway, I was pretty lucky as growing up I was naturally wired to learn and develop my personality into something better. ended up not only being an animal lover, but I do a lot of volunteering in sanctuaries and rescue centers. it took me a lot to forgive the kid I was and the pain I inflicted to animals, but there is always a way to learn and redeem ourselves.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't fathom how learning to respect life in every form is not the basis of education for everyone.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's against the law. Children who abuse animals will abuse other children and then when older, other people AND children.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THEY don’t know better, but you do! That’s what parenting is all about. If little children get baby siblings, you also have to teach them to be gentle with the baby. Little kids don’t know better and often mean no harm, that’s fine, but that doesn’t excuse a parent’s indifference.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG! This..!! I adopted one of my dogs out of an abuse situation. The single mother of 5 (!) had absolutely no handle on the kids that were using the poor pup as punching ball. I got my baby Nariko (I gave him that name) with cracked ribs and a broken front leg when he was between 4 and 5 months old. He never got completely over his fear of kids... (However, he grew up to be a super happy and silly pupper..!)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If a child abusing animals, the parents need to rush the child to the closes highly trained child psychologist. Now!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Period! Amen. Should be number one here - cruelty to animals is the ultimate flaw of today's societies, often not even taken seriously, while the whining of the spoiled brats, often having no reason, means a major catastrophe requiring the world to stop turning for a moment, because Prince A**s or Princess Pricketta haven't got something their way ... or got rightfully scratched by a cat, bitten by a dog. The parents of this kind of brat often then demand the animal being not only punished, but killed. We're nothing else, nothing more, than animals ourselves. You need to be seriously deluded to even believe humans wouldn't be animals ... 150 or so years after Origin of Species, you need to be voluntarily stupid not to acknowledge that we're animals.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It used to be an early sign of far darker behavior. But it's not "nice" to say that these days. So it's just swept under the rug.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously, if they don't know any better, than teach them better, MOM, DAD! that's your job; to not raise assholes.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Animal abuse in general is very normalised, and criticism of it is very frowned upon and mocked.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kids who abuse animals are going to abuse themselves, other children, random strangers....

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most definitely see what happens when it's done in my presence... Go ahead try me.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This. I wish more people would educate their kids about this. Teach kids what's wrong it doesn't make you a bad parent to have discipline it makes you a good one.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Animal abuse (and arson) are precursors to psychotic behaviour and is a trait shared by many serial killers.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More bad parenting that's becoming more prevalent each year.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of psychopaths and murderers started by abusing and even killing animals as children

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, most kids, NORMAL kids, do know better than to cause harm to a living creature. The kids into animal torture are the ones who grow up to be Jeffrey Dahmer.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right up there with "Boys will be boys". OK future SO abuser.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If a kid is abusing an animal, you've got a sociopath on your hands. Unless, of course, this is learned behavior. Then you have several sociopaths in the family.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kids need to know that animals feel pain. Some really don't realize this.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They will "know better" when some animal does it to them. Nothing further at this time.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially when that's a warning sign the kid has a serious social disorder.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dear mum used to say, 'If they can hurt an animal, imagine what they could do to a person?' And, I believe animal abuse/killing is usually an indicator that the person could/will be a killer in later life. But don't quote me

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If the same logic were applied to a different scenario: I'm a second-degree black belt(IRL), and I'm hitting someone who never provoked me. "Isaac's a martial artist, it's what he's trained to do."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adults paying for animal abuse because they believe they need to. Stop funding gas chambers etc. for innocent animals please.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never heard anyone say that. If I do, it's possible I'll be arrested.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

most serial killers begin with animal abuse so stop that kid at the beginning if possible

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And nothing is ever their kids fault. Just ask the Laundries. Their kid turned out great.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago when my friend and his ex wife were pregnant with their first child the ex wife told me she had started to pull their cats fur and tail so he'd be used to it once the baby came. (I told her that was terrible and she shouldn't do it. Not that she listened to me) when my husband and I welcomed our baby a few years ago we introduced her to our cats (took her hand and gently petted the cats) and as she got to the age of interacting with the cats we'd praise her for petting nicely and if she grabbed the cats fur we'd gently remove her hand say no and explained it hurts when you do that to kitties you have to be gentle. Now at 4 yrs old our daughter is gentle with pets.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teenagers set fire to a hedgehog where I live. They know better. They are psychopaths and should be locked up forever.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have never heard this normalized ever. Maybe I'm living under a rock but I thought everyone knows the red flag of this behavior in children.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What kids are are harming animals ? I been an animal lover since I was a kid. Everyone in my family including kids love and respect all animals.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So damn true. I stopped a kid kicking pigeons, his father said quote "He is only 3". My reply was "Does he not understand the meaning of NO". I received a long mouthfull.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who's normalizing this? This doesn't belong here.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

According to Former FBI profiler John Douglas, animal abuse is one of the three signs of a serial killer in the making

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In many cases, children abusing animals is a sign that they're being abused themselves.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I stomped on some ants when I was a kid. Nothing else, though.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Woah. Where are you living that this is normalized? Forgive me, I've been to many different places and never seen or heard of this behavior considered "normal" for kids, no matter how young they are.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I put a clamp on my cat tail when little. I wish my parents had told me this was wrong. But I'm glad I grew up and common sense now. I regret what happen but I have a seizure cat , could be karma that makes me care and be responsible

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The idea that a woman can slap a man if she's angry at him, but a man should never hit a woman regardless of the circumstances.

The former is assault - hitting people who aren't already involved in a physical altercation is never OK, regardless of the circumstances. The latter ties into that; if you are being attacked, the level of force you use in defence should be dependent on the danger you are in, which has almost nothing to do with the sex of your attacker.

Both of these rely on the tired and sexist trope that women are meek little does who have not the physical strength nor moral turpitude to commit violence against the big, strong, tough men. They normalize assault and abuse and accordingly belong in the dustbin of history.

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Luka Verheijen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Finally someone who adresses this! This double standard bothers me fir a long time. Also, some women who try to be "feminists" still keep this in check. If you want equal rights for men and women, that includes the downsides too

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Bullying. It's absurd how society will frame it as a "stage of your life" rather than supporting individuals more so they know how to deal with it. Especially academically, still overlooked majorly.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And massively overlooked or flat out ignored on social media. Ad in the workforce. It not just something kids do on the playground.

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Alcoholic moms. No, you don’t NEED to bring wine to your daughters soccer game. It’s not quirky. It’s awful. Wine mom stuff on social media only strengthens it and makes it more popular.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Instamom is the stuff if nightmares. Like the recent one where she jams on the brakes to teach her kid to buckle up. Full blown narcissism in action

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Using mental illness as an excuse. I suffer from several, and it's very hard on me.. But, i get professional help and deal with it head on. Reading constant posts everyday about people having this disorder and that disorder and that's why it's ok to act a certain way is demotivating. Awareness is important, but dozens of posts everyday about having borderline personality disorder or bipolar disorder and why it's acceptable for you to be an a-hole is not awareness... If you suffer from these so badly, please get help

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Married couples disliking one another. Normalizing abusive and toxic elements in marriage is lame, bro.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like the jokes about men being “chained” when they decide to marry. Then don’t f*****g marry. If I was the girlfriend In would be furious

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Working while on vacation. You go on vacation to relax and enjoy yourself, not to try to fill out spreadsheets and deal with work stuff in your hotel room.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing this is more a US issue from what I have read, most of us just don't work when on leave.

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Using the phrase "it's my right" as a get out of jail free card to engage in whatever reckless behaviour that takes your fancy.

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop The entire "game" involved in modern dating or even most social interactions. The playing hard to get, the "arriving fashionably late" like people can we please keep it simple?

Ya go on laugh at me.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been married for just over a decade and would be absolutely terrified of being back in the dating game. I wouldn't know where to start.

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Unhealthy weight. I’m not talking about being fit and thin and making people feel bad about their bodies. Im not talking about having a few extra pounds and making people feel bad for that. I have a few extra pounds, I’m not super fit, but I’m relatively healthy. Everyone’s body is different. Healthy means a lot of different things.

I’m talking about normalizing morbidly obese people as beautiful and something to be celebrated. It’s dangerous especially if children see them as someone to look up to. Then they’ll think it’s ok for your body to carry around so much weight that your heart and lungs are working overtime to keep you alive. It will lead to devastating later years in life as you age and your body slows down. You’ll be at risk for cardiovascular issues, you’ll probably die before your time, and the last few years of your life will be bed ridden while you waste away.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I agree that there is such a thing as unhealthy weight, you still won't see me attacking the "body positivity movement". Because for people to change for the better, the first step has to be letting go of the self-hatred and shame that plagues the seriously overweight and drives them into a self-destructive spiral of self-harming and self-comforting behavior. If the body positivity movement helps anyone let go of the guilt and self-hatred that's poisoned their lives then more good than harm has been done, and it's not like body negativity ever did anyone any good. You can't shame people into being thinner or healthier, that's not how humans work.

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having unsocial and aggressive dogs, and not leashing or otherwise controlling them

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#27

Degrees for office jobs that take almost no time to learn and usually have nothing to do with the degree anyways . So many people out there who can’t afford college but, are just as capable as anyone else.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ridiculous demands from the same companies that cry over the lack of qualified employees

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Diamond and gemstones as gifts. They're shiny rocks with artificially inflated value. They're only expensive because people are willing to pay so much for them. If everyone stopped buying them, the price would fall faster than the Hindenburg. Or faster than the employment rate this year.

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Cheating. Sooo many "love stories" on netflix, or just any sort of romance movie released these days have cheating involved in them so much. It's always branded as this romantic thing to do. Oooo like at this dark and brooding handsome guy with no personality. Time to f him and forget about my 2 year relationship, or some s*** like that. It's not romantic, it's just wrong, and it should not be normalised.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's all a little more complicated, some people seem to think cheating is about as bad as it can get. But that being said, romance movies are actually the most messed up when you think about it

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Unhealthily obese pets. You took a warrior and domesticated it! They aren't happy if they're fat! They just eat on instinct! Stop inadvertently hurting the beings that love us unconditionally!

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Bragging about getting less than 6 hours of sleep.

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#32

The grind. Not taking vacation. Working on vacation. Working through your lunch break. Working early and late all the time. Answering emails after hours.

We are completely dispensable to the companies we work for. Don’t lose your life grinding for a company who only thinks of you as a number.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I work at a university, and vacations are sacrosanct here. We have an unwritten rule that you never call someone who is on vacation, no matter how dire the need may be.

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Over-consumption. This goes out to social media influencers who flaunt their hauls and influence people to buy things that they don't need. It will just add on to the landfills. Please, no one's benefitting from hoarding.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's too much credit for the influencers. Overconsumption entails much more than that. Sadly enough.

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Hatred of someone who lives differently than they do.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As long as it doesn't hurt anybody else it's none of my business

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Toxic positivity. There’s a huge difference between being optimistic and having raised colored glasses on. We’re all people, and we all experience negative and positive emotions. The only way you can properly get over your emotions is by allowing yourself to feel them. Glossing over your emotions with an aura of “Everything’s fine” isn’t going to solve anything, and it’s just gonna make you feel bad.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a supervisor who was a true believer in toxic positivity. Her attitude was "If we all believe in this stupid idea, it WILL work!", when the sensibly positive attitude is to say "We CAN come up with a solution that will work!".

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Failures in political leadership. I feel more and more we are becoming less critical of failed character in our leaders.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We criticise. It's just water off a duck's back. Its not criticism that's lacking, it's accountability and consequence.

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Student loans.

Education is getting more expensive by the day and the added burden on a student in paying back a student loan helps nobody.

Furthermore people encourage student loans as though the students are obligated to take them if they pursue higher studies. Pure nonsense.

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Hating police. I've worked places that police don't go. You all don't know how good you have it.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't hate police in general, but I've had my arm and nearly my skull broken during the 2001 Genoa protests (unprovoked attack on peaceful protesters) and I was in the Diaz school raid (but luckily wasn't hurt as I was hiding in a closet). Sooo... there's good apples and bad apples... but the bad apples do a lot of damage as they are put in a position of power.

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Students overwhelmed by homework when it isn’t necessary. I’m excluding situations like when the workloads from classes are reasonable and happen to pile on one day or students who aren’t organized, etc. This whole thing is a grey area, but sleep, burnout, mental health exists.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A little coordination between teachers could solve this problem. I can remember the times where we had to do an assignment for English and an hour later our French teacher came up with a similar time consuming assignment. When we explained that that meant we had to choose which one we could do, he postponed the assignment for 2 weeks. But other teachers just said "Deal with it." It's education, teacher, we're not operating a multibillion dollar business with deadlines and targets here.

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People Are Sharing 40 Things We Are Still Normalizing But Need To Stop Not caring about education. So many people obviously didn't pay attention in elementary school and don't care about it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Over here, the government doesn't see education as a "top priority" while I think it's one of THE most important things

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