35 Strange, Dangerous And Simply Silly Trends That Had No Reason To Be Created

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Virtue sniffers.

Yes but - no filming, no money, no help - it's better than the innumerable people who walk past and offer absolutely nothing

other ways to look at it...1. better to give publicly than not at all and 2. it may inspire someone else to give and 3. charities advertise/publicize their giving efforts

Not my most beloved habit, but at least they give something - I bet 50% of those moaning about it never give anything to those in need. You don't like it? Then don't look at it. Plus, as others mentioned, it can generate awareness for charities.

Trying to help themselves out more than they are the person they're "doing the good deed" for.

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I never in my worst of nightmares believed that it would be possible for people to go backward on this. When I was growing up my father was a chemical engineer and the entire family basked in the growing knowledge that was out there, increasing all the time. My soul is in anguish seeing what people appear to believe these days, and how callously they toss away all the good that has come with science due to childish beliefs.

I had a friend who was a pretty smart guy... until he suddenly got into flat earth theory, and ended his friendships with anyone who didn't agree with it. It's like his entire personality changed overnight, at the flip of a switch.

The irony being that the misinformation and ant science hysteria spreads on the internet!!!

In the 80s I read Asimiov's Foundation and couldn't wrap my brain around the idea that an entire culture could "forget" science facts. Let's just say I understand it a little better now.

They were always there, there were just law made so churches couldn't get involved in politics & keep their non-profit status like they do now. I could have guessed this would happen with the internet - it was hard enough to stop the flow of urban legends without the internet.

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This HAS to stop! I've seen it mentioned before that sometimes tradespeople (plumbers, electricians, etc.) ask for, or even expect, a tip.

I mean, if you are happy with the service, why not? Today I had an appointment for a trash company to haul away some amount of trash bags, old boxes and a couple smaller furniture items/electronic devices. The cost was a bit higher then I liked, but it took them about 10 minutes in total. You can bet your a** I gave both of them an additional fiver each for the help.

I don't have a problem with tipping for good service. I do have a problem where the tip is expected regardless of the level of service.

Or billionaire multinational companies systematically asking us if we'd like to donate 50 cents more to their charity when we pay by card. Like THEIR charity. Like the one they use for fiscal rebates and social/greenwashing.

Here's a tip: move to a better country where they pay you a fair wage.

The last ten years? “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.” - Isaac Asimov (Newsweek, 1980). And not just in the United States.

When I lived in the eastern US, I always found it ironic that the same people who railed against 'East Coast intellectuals' revered the founding fathers, who were intellectuals who lived on the East Coast.

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992.

Smart kids were ostracized for being nerds in high school. I was always on Honor Roll, tutored other students in nerdy subjects like math and physics, read voraciously, smoked cigarettes, did d***s, drank alcohol, listened to loud raucous music, and could rebuild a car engine. No one knew what the hell category to put me in.

Elon Musk just told people today that college is overrated. It's bad enough that classical education in the humanities is nearly dead, but now American oligarchs are encouraging people not to bother with higher education at all.

At first year of uni in beginning of 2010s I met one dyslexic woman, one 'High Intellectual potential' and one autistic woman. Which made sense given the breakdown within the population. All had difficulties in some areas (writing, being straight to the point vs going in every detail of a question, sub question, sub sub question etc) and everyone was understanding and supportive. Then in 2020, more than half of my 10-people working group presented themselves as having ADHD or being autistic, which confused me.

Having a mental illness isn't a get out of jail or work or responsibility card. There have been days that I had all I could do to pull it together, but it would never occur to me to use it as an excuse to get out of my responsibilities.

Just because it's a "disease" doesn't mean you don't have the responsibility to fix it.

So, the current state of the union then?

Or, perhaps it's an awareness: that every person is wired a little differently? that people sometimes need accommodation for the way their brain is wired? I mean, you CAN take it too far. Anything taking to an extreme becomes a problem. But up to a certain point, isn't this a good thing?

It looks like they’re shouting at a piece of toast

In the privacy of my own home? I do put my phone on speaker and hold the mic by my mouth because I'm slightly deaf in one ear. I talk at a regular volume, I've damaged vocal chords too btw, but I always ask - "Is this too loud?" first. I know the volume, speaker/mic, that my phone needs to be set at now. I mean... The whole world and their dog don't need to know the results of my latest smear test!!!

A friend once explained to me, that one of the kardashians hold her phone like this, so the viewers can also her what the other person is saying....

Wy wife wears a hearing aid and does this as the hearing aid has bluetooth.

I sort of assumed they were using some sort of earpiece but it’s not exactly my area of expertise. It does look weird though

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I think we will all eventually agree that it was a very bad idea to put children on the Internet.

There should be some sort of law against it.

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i think this is fine unless uve got a little child involved. if ur kids r high school or older and they agree then its ok cuz they likely have a channel of their own. but please dont use ur dont put a child who doesnt understand wats going on on the internet. i get it kids and babies r cute but dont use ur kid for likes.

I'm old enough to remember when a gender reveal was just an old man in a trench coat. /J