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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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#6

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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#8

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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#10

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

San Francisco was so sick of it, the got street sweepers to count the number of cigarette butts in the sweeper bin (I can not imaging doing that job), they sued the tobacco companies, making it cost extra to buy cigarettes in the city. Hollywood creates the norm, so many movies depicting actors just tossing away the butts.

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

Sorry don't mean to be peevish, but this drives me absolutely bananas, referring to the ground as the floor. Inside, hardwood, tile, or carpeted flooring. Outside, ground, dirt, soil.

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

Unfortunately this problem is much bigger than one would expect. Statistically, two thirds of all cigarette butts are thrown on the floor. It is technically illegal, of course. According to wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_filter), 4.5 trillion (!) cigarette butts per year are disposed of this way. A survey by the technical university of Berlin, Germany, found out that there are statistically 2,7 millions (!) of cigarette buds lying around on every square kilometer of the city. German authorities spend about 225 million euros per year just on cigarette butt removal.

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

Just outlawing cigarettes completely and worldwide is preferable. They provide no benefit of any kind to anyone. International governments should be ashamed of letting this awful practice to continue.

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

Or in your downstairs neighbor's garden. Just because they have a "Garden Apartment" and you only have a deck does not give you permission to destroy the garden with your nasty butts!

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

Or throwing them on the ground or the beach - someone has to clean up after you jerk!

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

Why not just say smoking’? It’s the most ridiculous habit, it stinks, it’s horribly unhealthy and I don’t get why anyone would do it. Yes, I’m an ex-smoker

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

It's littering and no longer considered normal where I'm from. Not to say it doesn't happen, just that everyone thinks you're trash if you do it.

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

ESPECIALLY when there is a trashcan within walking distance. People are disgusting.

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

Or any trash in general. Pretty sure littering is bad for the environment

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

It's called littering, and if you do it, you're the reason we can't have nice things, like clean streets, parks and public spaces. Stop throwing your sh*t on the ground, or grow up and stop smoking.

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

Why cigarette butts? Shouldn't it be littering in general?

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

A smoking person once told me ‘sure I just throw them anywhere, it’s not trash, it’s just a cigarette butt.’ I mean. It’s cancer-inducing, bush fire-starting trash with your biohazard saliva on it, just bin it, please :-/

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

We have beach clean up days where hundreds of pounds of cigarette butts are found EVERY YEAR!

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

Not sure why anyone would throw a cigarette butt on the floor... I stopped smoking in public years ago, but I justified tossing my butts out because I smoked biodegradable straights rather than nonbiodegradable filter cigarettes. Still was a sucky thing to do, though.

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

People who wouldn't think of littering, throw their cigarettes away on the ground. IT"S STILL LITTERING, PEOPLE!

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

One cigarette butt can kill up to 6? 10? birds. They pick them up, tear them apart for nests, and the fiberglass in the filters shreds their lungs. Also - decaying cigarette filters release chemicals such as nicotine, arsenic and lead. I smoke. I police ALL of my butts. It isn't that hard to do at all.

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

That’s called the ground, not the floor, but I agree that it’s rude, crude, and socially unacceptable!!

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

Every time I see a cigarette butt on the ground, I shall whisper a prayer that the human who carelessly threw it onto the floor will live a wonderful life, but then burn and be horribly tortured in hell for all eternity :D

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

It's so bad in Berlin that our groundwater has high nicotine levels. It's disgusting.

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

For me it's spitting in the street. Growing up we were taught not to spit. It's rude and gross. Now I can't go out without seeing someone gobbing on the pavement. Sorry I don't want to walk over that. The other day someone did it on a treadmill, inside.

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

In Canada I assume there is a fine for littering, but it is not enforced smoking policemen even do this. We have what are known as by-law enforcement officers about the only thing they do is threaten you if your dog barks - trouble is in our community I'm not sure how many of these people exist - you cant even reach them by phone!

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

In my military days , you spent a lot of time on police call, which was to pick up trash in your area, particularly cigarette butts. Contempt of non-smokers for mindless smokers was high those many years ago.

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

Thats a picture of the outside ground not a tiled or carpeted indoor floor so this one is really just a waste of time.

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

Agree! I even remember when I used to have clipped nails and cigarette butts on my window's parapette. Just because some pig threw it out from their window above mine. Please, don't clip your nails out from the window too. Its disgusting.

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

Or on the ground around public greenery. We planted azaleas that were donated to our assisted living garden club in tubs and EVERY SINGLE WEEK I have to go and take the nasty things out!

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

On Aegina..Greek Island...we couldn't see the sand on the "beach" for millions of cigarette butts. All diners in the beachfront cafes, just flicked the butts onto the beach. It was disgusting, and the smell......

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

I quit smoking about 2 months ago. I was ready. Now I see some of the behaviors I had and it's disgusting. The smell alone...

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

I have a little tin in my handbag, there aren't many litter bins in my local town. It's chewing gum that annoys me though, it either gets stuck to your shoes or sets like concrete making it impossible to remove from the pavements.

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

chewing gum pisses me off more , at least f*g butts biodegrade , gum just sticks to the floor

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

I read somewhere that 1 cigarette butt can poison 40 litres of water. Don't even know if that's true but it keeps people from throwing them away like that.

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

Im a smoker and i agree with this....put it out and trash it...its that simple....

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

Cigarette filters don't make smoking safer anyway. https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/question650.htm

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

Do you perhaps mean on the ground? Because I would beat the tar out of someone if they threw a cigarette butt on my FLOOR.

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

I do to put it out (step on it), but then pick it up and place in the nearest bin

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

A smoker is someone that don't even care for his own health; what do you expect him to care for the environment?

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

I am an ex smoker but if I couldn't find somewhere to dispose of my ciggie butt, I would put it in my bag or pocket. Not all smokers are inconsiderate.

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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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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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#18

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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#29

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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#31

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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#34

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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#35

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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#36

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

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NsG
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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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#37

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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#38

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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Luka Verheijen
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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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