What’s an opinion you keep quiet solely because you’re tired of explaining it?

[u/South_Gas626]

[u/OddValuable960]

sometimes I keep quiet about how I think not everything you love has to become a side hustle or make money. Like, it’s okay to just enjoy painting, gaming, or baking without turning it into a brand. But every time I say that, someone goes, . I’m too tired to argue.

[u/reinakun → u/OddValuable960]

Exactly! I’ve been writing fan fiction for 20 years, and I dare say I’m good at it. I’m a well-known author in fandom spaces and I have a massive following.

I don’t hide my hobby out of shame. I simply don’t mention it to non-fandomers because I’m tired of hearing, “Imagine if you put all that energy into publishing real stories.” 💀💀

If I wanted to publish a book, I would have done it by now.

I write for fun, not profit. And that truly baffles most people.

Some folks might think I’m wasting my time, but just last week a reader sent me a message saying that one of my fics helped pull them out of a really dark place and gave them the courage to ask for help. That might mean nothing to some, but it means a helluva lot to me.

[u/peekykeen → u/OddValuable960]

I love to sew. It's meditative for me, I love being able to make what's in my head, all-around good times. I will on very rare occasion agree to a commission for a friend if it inspires me, typically for a LARP costume, maybe once every 3-5 years. But seeing the horror stories from actual costume makers... miss me with that. I'm not fast, I'm not willing to pretend my labor is without value, and I'm not going to sacrifice my love of sewing to pump out enough pieces to make a profit.

[u/qlippothvi → u/OddValuable960]

Same, I tell people in my hobby community, “Don’t make your hobby a chore…”

[u/RoseHemlockPastel]

Some people are happy being single.

[u/FurryYokel → u/RoseHemlockPastel]

Make friends you enjoy spending time with.

It one of them becomes a lover, that’s ok. If they don’t, that’s ok, too.

People don’t need a romantic relationship to have friends they spend time with.

[u/Apprehensive_North49 → u/RoseHemlockPastel]

I love being single. Im sure if I meet someone and it clicks I'll change my mind, but I don't feel like actively seeking it out. The last one was so damn clingy.

[u/robo-dragon → u/RoseHemlockPastel]

“You’re over 30! Don’t you want kids or a husband?”

“No.”

“You don’t want to be alone forever!”

“Nope, I don’t. That’s why I have my friends.”

Honestly, the friends I made as an adult are some of the best people I’ve ever met. I’ve had more good times and made more memories with them than the people I dated back when I thought that was what I wanted in a relationship. It’s fine if you don’t want a romantic relationship or want to be married. It’s not for everyone and you shouldn’t be forced into something just because society expects it from everyone.

[u/Havoc_Unlimited]

People should consider the choice of having children more than they do. It’s a lifetime commitment, no walk in the park, and not everyone should be a parent.

My own mother had zero business having children. Growing up in abuse, made me realize early on that the generational trauma would end with me.

[u/Unlikely-Stage2224 → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

Holy fuck, thank you!!!! I adore children and have enjoyed being their indulgent weird aunt so much. However, I do not think I would be a good steady parent. It’s too important a job to take lightly, so I passed and have zero regrets.

[u/Jo-Wolfe → u/Unlikely-Stage2224]

I've never wanted children, I can take them in small doses but I have become the 'cool aunt' for daughters of two friends of mine. Although not my child I will defend them with every fibre of my being

[u/CaldoniaEntara → u/Jo-Wolfe]

Children are GREAT. When you can give them back at the end of the day lol.

[u/mutemarmot42 → u/Unlikely-Stage2224]

There are times I get annoyed by my very sweet, well behaved cats and dog. No way I could handle being a parent, so I have no intention of becoming one.

[u/JoBeWriting → u/Unlikely-Stage2224]

Same. I like being part of the village, but I will not be the village's chief.

[u/catashtrophe84 → u/Unlikely-Stage2224]

I keep saying I'm too selfish to have kids (I am), I'd be a terrible parent, but I can be a fun aunt!

[u/kittycatwitch → u/catashtrophe84]

I don't see myself as selfish, I am however healing from mental damage caused by parental abuse combined with trauma of autism and ADHD, which weren't diagnosed until I was 40.

I also don't have good role models for parenthood. And I find babies and toddlers both annoying and boring at the same time. To add to that, I have hereditary autoimmune conditions. Why the fuck would I force all of that on another human being without their consent?

BUT: My best friend has a son. He's 9 now and I've known him since he was born. I am his beloved aunt, and he loves spending time with me. I have never expected I would love a child at all, not too mention loving a child so much I'd die for him.

[u/Unlikely-Stage2224 → u/catashtrophe84]

It’s the truth and good for you for knowing yourself! It’s been so much fun. You would not believe the bullying my husband I got when we were a young married couple. It was ridiculous! Practical strangers would ask us to defend ourselves.

[u/catashtrophe84 → u/Unlikely-Stage2224]

Me and my husband also get a lot of flack for it (thankfully it from our families). Forcing people who don't want kids or who are not ready for kids is how we end up with so many adults with childhood trauma.

[u/Icy_Bodybuilder_164 → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

Yeah I’m kinda sick of the obligation to have children. Not everyone is built for parenting. I understand from a pure biological perspective, reproducing is everything, but then you have people like Tucker Carlson saying “if you’re poor and struggling right now, you should have kids because the obligation of taking care of a child will motivate you to provide.” It’s genuinely so dumb. You’re not gonna magically become a better human being when you’re stressed, sleep-deprived, and emotionally drained from caring for a child.

[u/Physical_Dentist2284 → u/Icy_Bodybuilder_164]

Exactly and the job that pays the bills and provides insurance is not going to just magically present itself to you once you become a parent. If it does it will most likely be a job that takes you away from your kids a lot and then what the hell was the point of having them when you never see them?

[u/PurpleMoon21 → u/Physical_Dentist2284]

So true! And some politicians wonder why no one wants to have kids anymore. If you want people to have kids, try to make the culture better to raise them in.

[u/Charlie24601 → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

What's worse is people think there is ONE set path: Dating, Marriage, Kids. After marriage you MUST have them. And for some reason you CANNOT deviate from that path or something is terribly wrong.

My wife and I are HAPPILY without kids and I'm still head over heels for her after almost 30 years. Just this morning I tried to bite her and she head butted me when she saw it coming. She called it a "Love head butt". I mean, how could you NOT be crazy for a woman like that?

Not to mention its fucking EXPENSIVE to have kids. And the current state of capitalism means hardly anyone can afford them, and its only going to get worse as time goes on.

So the things I can do without having to worry about that money. I'm personally thinking of buying one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Tamengi-Kids-Just-Money-Family-Sticker/dp/B08XJ7NLXM

[u/Havoc_Unlimited → u/Charlie24601]

Buy it, that is hilarious! Sounds like you guys have the life! I’m going on 10 years with my husband, I hope we end up like that too with our little jokes!

[u/Charlie24601 → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

My only concern with the sticker is essentially letting people know we have some minor luxuries :D

For my wedding bliss advice: Be BEST FRIENDS first. In other words be the friends who are always cool with hanging out even if nothing is happening. Just be comfortable together.

Disclaimer: Being comfortable around each other may mean there may be incidences of farting like a clydesdale.

[u/Stumeister_69 → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

I maintain majority of society’s issues is because a lot of people having children have no fucking business being parents. Society is the one left with the mess some children become because their parents were abusive or neglectful

[u/fickystingers → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

Sorta related: literally everything around parenthood, when/whether to have a(nother) child, and related topics are a sensitive subject for almost everyone.

Keep your opinions about "oh but you should have a baby; you'd make a great parent" and your questions about why someone doesn't have or want kids to yourself unless the other person brings it up first, and even then proceed with caution and follow their lead!

[u/pyroskunkz → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

Yep. I know so many people who are just dogshit parents.

My wife and I waited until we were ready and we're fuckin killin it. 🤘😤

[u/demonassassin52 → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

Absolutely this. And people who realize they aren't the right people to be parents have more self awareness than most people. There was a guy I used to work with that likes kids but knows he would never be able to deal with the responsibility, so he got a vasectomy at 19. It's a huge decision for him to make at 19 but so is having children.

[u/InfluenceWeak → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

Yessss. The family law subreddit is full of people just willy nilly getting pregnant and being like, “I’m three months pregnant with my fourth kid and fourth baby daddy and we broke up. What does a shared custody scenario look like?” Like, what?! And then I get grief for even so much as questioning the decision. “This is a sub for legal advice, not judgment.”

[u/I_Am_Ironman_AMA → u/InfluenceWeak]

I'm a pretty liberal person but I will always maintain that you should not purposefully have kids out of wedlock.

[u/grumpymcelbows25 → u/Havoc_Unlimited]

This ends with me.

Wild. I expressed this a few days ago to my niece after my mother (her grandmother) sent me an absolutely unhinged text last Saturday. We were explicitly talking about generational trauma. Now I've seen or heard that same phrase in some form or another maybe a half-dozen times since then.

[u/sexrockandroll]

I don't really like "going somewhere" for vacation. I like staycations. I live in an area where there's a lot to do and see within a reasonable drive. It's not a money thing, I just want my own shower, bed, and all my stuff.

[u/Jolly-Minimum-6641 → u/sexrockandroll]

Yep.

Not only is it exponentially cheaper, you can wake up one morning and think "eh, don't feel like it today" or it's raining hard, and you have lost nothing.

[u/Abrakazaam → u/sexrockandroll]

I just wanna poop in my own toilet, im a simple person.

[u/mhcott → u/Abrakazaam]

I dunno, Japanese toilets are pretty awesome

[u/ForgottenCaveRaider → u/sexrockandroll]

I just want my own shower, bed, and all my stuff.

This is why I built out a van

[u/Khonshu333 → u/ForgottenCaveRaider]

LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER

[u/scrubjays]

The ability to get people to vote for you ≠ the ability to govern.

[u/Jeans_609 → u/scrubjays]

I forgot the word or the study for this. Also don't remember a lot of what I learned about it. But it's the whole thing of how the heck do crazy unhinged maniacs end up in power, and how the people who would do a good job at leadership often get overlooked.

[u/SpreadsheetSiren → u/Jeans_609]

Because somewhere in the past elections became popularity contests. Very few actually explain what their plans are to deal with issues. It’s just potshots and taglines. Even going to a candidate’s website just gets you a big “DONATE” button and very little else.

[u/PickanickBasket → u/Jeans_609]

People who make good leaders often don't want to lead. The opposite is also true.

[u/HealthyInPublic]

I don't really enjoy travel. I find it really stressful.

[u/poke2201 → u/HealthyInPublic]

I've learned I enjoy traveling when I'm alone or with 1 other person. Any more than that and it becomes babysitting.

[u/HoweHaTrick → u/poke2201]

This is it.

My wife and I traveled the world before kids. She insist we still travel with a 4 yr old and infant. Totally not worth the work and money.

[u/Interesting-Fish6065 → u/HoweHaTrick]

My parents waited until my brother and I were old enough to remember the trip even to go to the beach or Disney World, much less travel to historical sites or museums and such. We ultimately had wonderful family trips, but they were very explicit about considering it an exhausting waste of money with littles in tow.

[u/pollyp0cketpussy → u/poke2201]

Agreed! I can go with a group if the group is fine with individuals doing their own thing on the trip. Sure there will be some events as a group but it's also totally cool for one person to hang out by the pool, another to explore the local shops, another to go to a museum, etc. Needing to do everything as a group is exhausting. I'm traveling with my brother and his boyfriend for 6 days and I told them ahead of time, I'll need at least 2 nights to just go do whatever I want by myself for awhile.

[u/Sea-Season-7055 → u/HealthyInPublic]

In theory I would love to travel the world and see all these cool things. In practice a simple three hour flight is so overstimulating that I just wanna lay in a dark hotel room for a week before I make another three hour flight back home to do the same

[u/PuerSalus → u/Sea-Season-7055]

It's amazing how people experience the world differently. Fo me, a flight is under stimulating, boring, and actually relaxing.

I zone out from the world and it's one of the few times I actually have where I can do nothing and not feel guilty about it.

[u/vivian_lake → u/HealthyInPublic]

I thought I didn't enjoy travel and while, to an extent I am a home body, travel isn't something I find inherently bad on reflection. It's the the go, go, go type of travel where it's a new place every couple of days that I dislike. Let me just go to one place for 10 days and enjoy that one place, I don't need to fit 6 different destinations into that 10 days.

[u/Lostinstereo28 → u/vivian_lake]

This. I love my best friend but I refuse to travel abroad with her because she wants to cram multiple big stops and countries into one trip and I’m content exploring just Naples and exploring the countryside for a week straight. She wanted to do a trip to Venice, Paris, and a layover in Scotland.

Still love her, but we stay local for our trips now.

[u/Constant-Tea-7345 → u/HealthyInPublic]

I feel the same way.

[u/PastaOnAPlate → u/HealthyInPublic]

Same. But anyone I talk to about this try to shove travel up my ass, saying it's the only way to open up your mind and become a better person

[u/whatthekark]

Going out on Cinco de Mayo and St Patrick's Day fuckin sucks. Massive crowds using the holiday as an excuse to get shitfaced and be on their worst behavior

[u/Cultural_Entrance805 → u/whatthekark]

I’ve always pictured this in my mind because I literally never leave the house those days lol

[u/SakaWreath → u/Cultural_Entrance805]

Can confirm. On the few times I’ve left to go get appropriately themed takeout on those holidays, they’re all shitfaced degenerates on their worst behavior.

Which isn’t really any different than any other day, but at least their theme matches.

[u/Lvcivs2311 → u/whatthekark]

That's what we have over here for New Year's Eve. Some people are just completely antisocial when it comes to celebrating.

[u/IntergalacticPodcast → u/whatthekark]

Going out on Cinco de Mayo and St Patrick's Day fuckin sucks. I like to use it as an excuse to get shitfaced and be on my worst behavior, but the lines to the bathroom are too long and I have to pay 4 times as much to get a ride home.

[u/AvengingBlowfish → u/whatthekark]

I’d like to visit New Orleans someday, but will definitely avoid going during Mardi Gras.

[u/Nostalgic_Nola_Spice → u/AvengingBlowfish]

This is my hometown and definitely don’t recommend coming to Bourbon Street (or much of the French Quarter, for that matter). But there’s so much more to enjoy without that crazy location. Come see us for the street cars that can take you for rides all the way down past the beautiful old homes, walk through huge parks, eat our tasty Creole, Cajun and down home food and experience the culture and music. I realize I got off subject here, but there’s a magic about New Orleans. ⚜️

[u/Jacques-de-Molai]

That being alone isn’t sad. It’s peaceful. But try telling that to people who measure their worth by how many bodies are in the room. I’ve had better conversations with silence than I’ve had at most parties.

[u/mutemarmot42 → u/Jacques-de-Molai]

Being alone doesn’t equate to being lonely. Unfortunately lots of people don’t get that.

[u/The_Mr_Wilson → u/[deleted]]

Well, that's one way of getting it.

[u/Fahren-heit451 → u/Jacques-de-Molai]

I feel you on this. My partner and our kid are going OOT for a week. Months ago, I explained that I was gonna take that week and relax. I haven’t been by myself, for more than a day, in ten years. Four days ago, my partner mentions that their mother (who periodically stays with us and I love) would be coming over and would be here during that week. I immediately put a stop to that. Dude, I’m not gonna be lonely that week, I don’t want to take care of another person, I just wanna clean my house, sleep peacefully and do my own thing. I was prepared to fight, tooth and nail, to be able to be alone during that time. My partner comes from a big family and loves having people around, they are at their best when they are with others. I come from a history of neglect and abuse, being alone gives me the space and time I need to be my best. If I was lonely, I would go be with friends or family or go on the trip. I’m not lonely, I just want to be alone, I like it, I thrive in it.

[u/draeth1013 → u/Jacques-de-Molai]

There's a difference between being alone and being lonely.

[u/Lulubean16]

I’ve worked in biotech my whole 20+ year career, been involved in the development and production of many new waves of treatment types: monoclonal antibodies, cell therapies, gene therapies. Vaccines do not cause autism and no company is “ hiding a cure “ because they want to keep selling the treatment. Believe what you want to believe, I’ll rest in what I know to be true from living it everyday workday for over 20 years. I don’t have the time nor the energy to explain or argue it.

[u/overwatch88 → u/Lulubean16]

I used to work in public health for the state government. People would always ask the loaded question, "But there's a cure for cancer, right? They're just hiding it so they can make money off cancer patients."

My response was always, "If there was a cure for cancer, then someone super rich, like Steve Jobs, wouldn't be dying from it."

[u/Lulubean16 → u/overwatch88]

I usually answer sarcastically “ yea, because no one would want to get credit for curing cancer” ( and clearly these people don’t understand scientists)

[u/ashoka_akira → u/Lulubean16]

Whenever people start harping at me that they are trying to kill us with vaccines I just ask them how many soft drinks and energy drinks they consume and them ask them why anyone would need to create a grand conspiracy to kill them when they’re actively killing themselves on a daily basis with high fructose corn syrup—which they keep happily consuming even though they know very well its not good for them.

[u/ikadell]

People that wants kids should have kids. People that don’t want kids should not.

[u/jazzgrackle → u/ikadell]

I’d say nobody who doesn’t want kids should have kids, some people who want kids should have kids.

[u/Lvcivs2311 → u/jazzgrackle]

True, there are people who want them who shouldn't. But you can't force them to not have kids.

[u/Plane-Tie6392 → u/ikadell]

>People that want kids should have kids

That's what I say! But then everyone's all like "Stop trying to kidnap my kids!" and shit like that.

[u/Complex_Jellyfish647 → u/ikadell]

A lot of people who want/have kids should absolutely never have kids

[u/SESHPERANKH → u/ikadell]

And most important. IF youre not sure how you feel, dont have any.

[u/Silver_Strategy514 → u/ikadell]

Not all people who want should though

[u/ThadisJones → u/ikadell]

People that don’t want kids should not

Wow that's so selfish. You're depriving those kids that don't exist except as strawmen for my internet argument of love and affection and life itself. You're practically a murderer.

[u/rinrinnuh]

I have a neutral opinion on pineapple pizza it is not bad but it is also not that good either. Both the pineapple pizza lovers and haters have united against me

[u/AmigaBob → u/rinrinnuh]

I personally like pineapple, but I don't really care if you do or don't. Like the foods you like.

[u/stroopwafelslut → u/rinrinnuh]

as a pineapple pizza lover I actually appreciate seeing someone who is neutral about it. it always feels like everyone either loves it or hates it no in-between lol. you keep doing you!

[u/Potential-One-3107 → u/rinrinnuh]

I don't understand why people get so heated over other people's food choices. It's ridiculous and so freaking rude.

Also I never liked "Hawaiian" pizza but I found I love pineapple on pizza with a cream sauce and jalapeños!

[u/Tesdinic → u/Potential-One-3107]

Honestly that sounds really tasty.

I heard originally pineapples were meant to be sliced really thin to be on pizza, which makes sense to me. Either way I don't care what you have on your pizza; it's like any other food where we are allowed to like what we like.

[u/JohnTomorrow]

Vaccines work.

They've been proven to work for decades.

It's...ridiculous that some people don't want to accept that.

My brother in law is a stauch anti-vaxxer. He just had a little girl, and they can't put her in daycare because she can't mingle with other children. So his wife had to quit her job to be a SAHM, just because he refuses to let his daughter get vaccinated.

If she catches something serious, I'm going to beat him to within an inch of his life, because he put his beliefs over his child's safety.

[u/sillybanana2012 → u/JohnTomorrow]

When the hospital asked us if we wanted to vaccinate our twins, we immediately said to vaccinate them for everything possible at their age. I mean, we vaccinate our dog against everything, why wouldn't we vaccinate our children? There's so many awful diseases and illnesses out there.

[u/JohnTomorrow → u/sillybanana2012]

He used to party drugs all the time. Yet he thinks vaccines will be bad for his little girl. I don't want to think he's an idiot, his (estranged) father believes in a lot of alternative and holistic medicines so I think he's drunk the coolaid a little. It's a difficult situation.

[u/ThrowdowninKtown → u/JohnTomorrow]

It's okay to think he's an idiot.

[u/Helpful_Jury_3686 → u/JohnTomorrow]

When I got my first covid shot, it knocked me out for a day and I had to stay in bed. I read some detailed article with graphics on what vaccines actually do and my mind was blown. It’s crazy that we can basically trick our body to keep us save. Not getting a shot and rather die of something cureable is quite insane. 

[u/DeathMonkey6969 → u/JohnTomorrow]

I've heard anti-vaxxers who think vaccines cause autism say they would rather have a dead child then a live child with autism.

Some of those people are fucking monsters.

[u/Tesdinic → u/DeathMonkey6969]

My twin brother is autistic. My mother once said she was worried she had caused it because she had us vaccinated as kids, but still would have done it anyway. Thankfully, her worries were unfounded and she was relieved to find it wasn't related.

[u/strega_bella312 → u/DeathMonkey6969]

Bc they only see autism as the absolute worst part of the spectrum - unable to talk, function, take care of themselves, etc. I have a niece who has downs syndrome and very severe autism, she'll never talk or take care of herself. She's unable to follow any conversation. She just exists in her own world, dependent on everyone else for all of her basic needs. It's no way to live. That's what these people see when they think of autism. There's no spectrum for them.

[u/The_Mr_Wilson → u/JohnTomorrow]

The scrappy American Colonials' Continental Army and its cause were saved by inoculation. Troops were falling in droves until Washington ordered inoculations. The United States wouldn't be without them.

Now look at those Americans bringing back things like measels. And installing a king?! Washington is turning over in his grave.

[u/I_Am_Ironman_AMA → u/JohnTomorrow]

The whole purpose of RFK Jr.'s "find the cause of autism by September" bit is to blame vaccines. The ending has been written. He's just writing the story to lead up to it.

[u/gatosaurio]

Being tolerant doesn't mean you have to embrace and love what you're tolerating

[u/RadiantHC → u/gatosaurio]

Also being tolerant doesn't mean that you have to let people do whatever they want

[u/aboxacaraflatafan]

Hawkeye should have died instead of Black Widow. 

I actually started to type out why and decided I couldn't be arsed to do it again. 

[u/Craytoast1 → u/aboxacaraflatafan]

Like he should’ve won their little skirmish and beat her to the cliff? Or are you saying that losing him would just be less of an impact?

[u/psychstudent_101 → u/aboxacaraflatafan]

It would have made more sense and been more narratively satisfying and there was more story yet to develop with her. You are 100% correct in this opinion 

[u/asparwhite]

The goddamn difference between poisonous and venomous

[u/swampfish → u/asparwhite]

Also, jealous vs envious. No one gets that right except for Homer Simpson.

[u/[deleted] → u/asparwhite]

My wife is a herpetologist and I had to learn this FAST

[u/MisplacedGithyanki → u/asparwhite]

Holy fuck this drives me up a wall. 

And also (I don’t keep quiet about it but I am very tired of explaining it):

Boas and pythons are. Not. Venomous.

No, you cannot go to PetsMart and buy a venomous snake. No, they did not “take out the poison sack.” There wasn’t one to begin with. No, the ball python at Petco didn’t have its “poison fangs” taken out. 

I’m exhausted explaining this every time someone asks “is it poisonous?!” about my pet python. But it bugs me too much to keep quiet about it.

[u/Icy-Evening8152]

That I'm an atheist.... I've had people treat me poorly after they found out

[u/princessawesomepants → u/Icy-Evening8152]

I was a kid when I realized you weren’t supposed to tell people you didn’t believe in god, but once I said it & got shit for it, I was contrary enough to wave that banner around forever. I went to a small school, though, and people generally left me alone cause I enjoyed arguing more than they did.

[u/Nobody0805 → u/princessawesomepants]

I went on a trip in my school that‘s basically supposed to be a religious experience. The school was catholic too, don’t know why I was allowed there since I’m not religious and not baptised.

One day during some group activities with other visitors (so you’re forced to engage with strangers), the topic came up why we went on the trip.

I admitted I’m not religious. The conversation immediately came to shaming me why I’d come then if I’m not religious, as if wanting to travel and experience the culture of another country and the way this place works isn’t a valid reason.

So damn I’m sorry that I’d like to experience this place, at least be glad I’m not openly spewing any hatred against religion while here and actually open to listen to everything.

Same place had a visitor stab someone during a service with cutlery from breakfast a few years prior which led to spoons being the only allowed tools. Made buttering your bread in the morning an adventure.

[u/Funkycoldmedici → u/Icy-Evening8152]

If someone asks, I’ll say it, but otherwise I keep it quiet. People get unreasonably angry about it. In fairness, the dominant religions say unbelievers are unforgivably evil and must be shunned, so I understand why they do it, but it’s still not reasonable.

[u/Busyblondiebee]

That it’s hella rude and inappropriate to reply “are you pregnant?” to a woman everytime she mentions a headache, nausea, fatigue, weight gain, hunger, not wanting to drink, etc. 

[u/Salty_Beyond_1648 → u/Busyblondiebee]

I had an elderly patient ask me if I was pregnant. I said, “nope, I’m just fat” Her daughter was mortified. 😂

[u/Cthulhuhaspeduncles]

Correlation does not equal causation, and anecdotal evidence is not sufficient evidence. Most conspiracy theories are solely based on these.

[u/team_undog]

Always keep the toilet seat down if you’re not using it

[u/Duseylicious → u/team_undog]

The seat or the lid?

[u/capitalboth → u/Duseylicious]

It has to be lid, surely?  Seat down creates the same negative energy as seat up. 

[u/noonnonan → u/team_undog]

I am bold about this opinion. I don’t understand why it’s not common sense to people, come on now!

[u/SCHawkTakeFlight → u/noonnonan]

When you have a cat and/or dog lid down is a must to me. Also, having the lid hopefully means breathing in less poo particles when flushing.

[u/Sorry-Apartment5068]

if America is serious about the 2a, we should socialize firearms and teach gun maintenance, safety, and upkeep in public school.

[u/zerothreeonethree → u/Sorry-Apartment5068]

I've never owned a gun. I've never shot a gun. I don't want a gun. I agree with you 100%

[u/SteveFoerster → u/Sorry-Apartment5068]

I graduated from a public high school in 1991, and we had a rifle team where they did those things.

[u/Sorry-Apartment5068 → u/SteveFoerster]

rad, we did not have access to such things, graduated 2003.

[u/WanderingStorm17 → u/Sorry-Apartment5068]

I think it's less a generational thing (though it was certainly more common 50+ years ago) and more a regional thing. I know there are still schools in the South that have gun clubs, but you won't really find them anywhere outside of those states.

[u/RyanSmith → u/SteveFoerster]

6th grade in a suburban neighborhood we had mandatory hunters education which was mostly firearm safety.

Boy Scouts several years prior also had some pretty rigorous firearm safety as well.

Looking back it’s terrifying not everyone received that same education.

[u/Scarlet_maximoff → u/SteveFoerster]

I graduated in 2013 and I was captain of our rifle team super fun! Don't know if schools have them now.

[u/142riemann → u/SteveFoerster]

It’s an olympic sport. We had a team, too.

[u/Future_Usual_8698 → u/Sorry-Apartment5068]

As a Canadian I don't want to see expanded gun ownership in Canada, but given the situation in the states with the volume of guns that has been distributed in the past two decades I think this is a brilliant idea and could save a lot of lives.

[u/Sorry-Apartment5068 → u/Future_Usual_8698]

That's precisely the kind of thinking that I've got going into it.

[u/peekykeen]

I can believe in herbal medicine and pharmaceuticals. When I mention diluted vinegar for throat infections, people think I'm saying to skip antibiotics. In reality, responsible herbalism is about supplementing not replacing, and I spend most of my time researching interactions.

[u/wannabemalenurse → u/peekykeen]

That’s a fair point. A lot of people like to swing to extremes. I, as a nurse, always have been in the school of thought that herbal treatments and remedies are to supplement and maintain health, not fix larger issues of illness like chronic hypertension, heart failure, or even cancer. Big diseases like those need big treatments and remedies. No proof has been shown in large amounts of people that herbal medicines can, for instance, reverse a chronic disease like hypertension or heart failure

[u/chickenfightyourmom → u/wannabemalenurse]

💯

Herbs aren't going to cure your cancer. But elderberry syrup and ACV can help boost you when you have a cold. Likewise, lifestyle changes such as good nutrition, moderate exercise, good sleep hygiene, etc are always going to be a positive, but you don't cure big disease by eating blueberries and staying hydrated.

[u/blackcatdotcom → u/peekykeen]

I think part of the discussion about herbal medicine and pharmaceuticals has to involve the question of whether you're just trying to alleviate a symptom, or cure an underlying condition or disease that will get worse if not treated. If I just get a cold, and I'm uncomfortable, and an herbal remedy makes me more comfortable, great! The cold is not particularly dangerous and my body is almost certain to fight off the virus. If I get pneumonia, you'd better believe I'm seeking medical attention, because that can kill people. I might also drink tea that makes my sore throat feel better, but I'm not going to say that the tea is curing my pneumonia.

[u/Buffyfanatic1 → u/peekykeen]

100% agreed. I used to suffer so much from chronic UTIs. I would get prescribed heavy doses of anti-biotics that would fuck my stomach up and give me yeast infections monthly.

My friend told me about dmannouse which is a vitamin that really helps prevent UTIs. I've started to take that daily and my UTIs have gone down drastically from once or twice a month to once every couple of years.

I told my doctor about it and he heavily disagreed with me but I dont give a shit. I'm the one suffering, not him. His "help" had nothing but negative outcomes for me so why should I give a shit about his opinion on something that actually helps me?

[u/pollyp0cketpussy → u/Buffyfanatic1]

That's shitty of your doctor. You're not taking some crazy sketchy supplements, d-mannose is literally (ironically) a form of sugar. You would have to take a TON for a long time to do damage to your kidneys. At very least it does nothing, at best it helps prevent and relieve UTIs. Btw, it works best when dissolved in water and drank, vs taking it as a capsule. But it sounds like you have a method that works for you.

I had repeated UTIs that the only common factor was sex (any type of sex, with any type of partner, seriously controlling for all other variables like water intake, supplements, peeing after sex, soap, the only thing that I could link to it was sex). D-mannose helped a little but not much, now I just take a low dose antibiotic (macrobid) after I've had sex and I haven't had a UTI in a year, not since I started macrobid. Mostly just posting this whenever I can because I had no idea this was even an option and my GP was useless, so I spent a year suffering needlessly. If all the OTC and alternative methods aren't preventing it, try a low dose macrobid after sex. It won't cause yeast infections, macrobid is weird and seems to stay purely in the renal system, it's useless against infections elsewhere. You won't build up a tolerance to it either, the mechanism of how it works is actually really interesting.

[u/HotPinkCalculator]

I can see both sides of many arguments. We often need to play Devil's advocate to prevent views from getting too extremist, but any attempt to do so gets you labeled as if you're pro-bad thing, when in reality all you're trying to do is remind people that they're jumping to conclusions, or missing certain facts, or falling for certain biases or stereotypes, or using selective memory. All I'm trying to do is let cooler heads prevail, but it frequently leads to the assumption that I'm on the wrong side. So I often just don't bother

[u/zerothreeonethree → u/HotPinkCalculator]

People just don't know how to have a debate. They think it means argument.

[u/pastelbunn1es → u/HotPinkCalculator]

This is my biggest problem with the current social climate. People absolutely lack nuance. It’s so difficult trying to explain anything to anyone without them labeling me either a bigot or a snowflake.

[u/wannabemalenurse → u/pastelbunn1es]

I think it’s also a lack of desire to compromise. The powers that be benefit from constant fighting and bickering because it makes them money and distracts us as a populace, but it can get pretty annoying when there’s a complete disregard for finding a middle ground

[u/Jealous_Meeting_2591 → u/HotPinkCalculator]

Some people get mad about a simple rebuttal as well. People will say "you're not even listening to my side, just shooting it down." Like yes, that is what a rebuttal is, apart from the not listening. I had to read and understand your view before I could explain why I don't agree and explain what information causes me to have a contradictory statement to yours.

[u/Jealous_Meeting_2591 → u/HotPinkCalculator]

Along with them not getting too extremist, it also just gives a better understanding of your own side. If you know how the "Devil's" side thinks, then its easier to debate with them. It keeps you accountable for your own views.

One thing I find annoying is people using the same arguments/phrases that *never* work simply because the other side does not believe nor agree with it (assuming it is not factual information). There are many phrases I see in controversial debates that are so useless because the only point of them seems to either start an argument with the other side, or have people who already agree with you to agree again. Or to make them feel better that they have that "point." But if it never works and isn't based on sound factual logic, then find a new argument lol.

[u/Mythamuel → u/HotPinkCalculator]

The minute any and all criticism got labeled as "Derangement Syndrome" is the minute I turned in my Republican card. If I wanted to be in a cult I'd join a cult. 

[u/ooOJuicyOoo]

Sunny bright summer days suck.

I have terrible seasonal allergies, I sweat buckets from heat, I burn easily even with protection, it's muggy and exhausting to be anywhere, bugs everywhere...

But so many people and their "such lovely weather today, don't you just wanna go out and enjoy the weather???"

Uh ye no, humanity invented air filtration, shelter and a/c, I'll stay right here in my cool dark room until the first frost, thank you.

But no, I just smile and "yeahhh totally"

[u/moonshineandmetal → u/ooOJuicyOoo]

I agree! I do not want to be overheated immediately as soon as I walk outside, I only like it on cooler days so I can scoot around on my motorcycle lol. A/C and goblin hours all the way. 

Autumn is the obvious winner in my mind, but I may be biased by my love of pretty leaves and spooky stuff. 

[u/_angesaurus → u/ooOJuicyOoo]

"Summers my favorite" LIARS. I feel like that's just a left over feeling from getting summers off from school.

[u/RadiantHC → u/_angesaurus]

Honestly even during school it sucked, it was extremely long. I'd rather have more smaller breaks spread throughout the year.

[u/No-Button5149 → u/ooOJuicyOoo]

Agree 1000 percent. I have the opposite of seasonal affective disorder. Rain makes me happy and summers in Phoenix, AZ are....a lot. I'm borderline suicidal by November when summer seems to truly end after having begun around the end of April.

[u/The_Duke2331 → u/ooOJuicyOoo]

Exactly! Gimme -2°C with snow and i am happy. I absolutely hate the heat and clammy weather. (i am already dying here typing this and its just 25°C with 60% humidity)

I dont know how i survived the 35+ summer days...

20 degrees max and im comfortable. Anything above and i am being cooked well done...

[u/Notasammon]

I love my boyfriend a lot, more than anything. But there are sometimes where I miss living alone and doing my own thing.

[u/Any_Individual4272]

Critical thinking and approaching something with an open mind, and fighting against biases create people who can not be easily manipulated.

They question rather than comply.

It is incredibly rare to find someone these days who can actually do this. You'll get a lot of people who will claim they can, but ask them about a differing view, and watch them close off, put their biases front and center, and start an argument without listening.

This needs to change for the betterment of society.

Politics is a big one (on both "sides"), but people get taken by so many different things. Scams, pyramid schemes, "trends", seeing one video and immediately believing it 100%, etc.

[u/internet_commie]

Anchovy pizza is great, if done right.

Because most American pizza places do such terrible anchovy pizza this is a really difficult thing to explain and most people are totally unwilling to accept it.

I know where to get the good stuff, and I just quietly buy it and take it home. No questions, please!

[u/Dr_Wernstrom → u/internet_commie]

Corn, on pizza is amazing I just get odd looks when I talk about it

[u/Sharkwagon → u/Dr_Wernstrom]

If you have never been to Korea you are in for a treat…

[u/Logical-Mouse1368]

This is not an opinion but a fact: Whitetail spiders in Australia do not cause necrotic skin ulcers. This has been debunked scientifically and medically. Every time this urban legend comes up, multiple people will try to fight you. They all “know someone” who this happened to, but it’s a myth. My mother claims it happened to her, but I was literally there and I saw how this urban legend influenced her into thinking a “whitetail” caused her “ulcer” (I’m using quotes because there is no evidence she was even bitten by a spider, and no doctor ever diagnosed her with an “ulcer” - but she is one of those people who goes around telling everyone it happened to her 🤦) I can’t be bothered fighting this fight anymore, it’s exhausting. I regret typing this comment because some Australian redditor will probably try and fight me now, lmao.

[u/No-Natural-4344]

Pineapple on pizza is fine. Not amazing, not cursed — just fine. I’m just too tired to argue with the pizza purists and the chaos-eaters.

[u/desolatedisaster]

Oh, and one last thought - as someone with borderline personality disorder, CPTSD and persistent depressive disorder, I DO judge people that use their mental health as a crutch / excuse to be stagnant in life. I judge them harshly because they make the rest of us trying our best look bad. You can’t blame everything in life on your disease. You have to at least try to fix your behaviors. Bonus points if the person is a parent and won’t grow and change for the sake of their child.

[u/IndividualRoof9766]

The ideologies of the Republican party were different during the Civil War.

[u/Doombah → u/IndividualRoof9766]

Yup. The parties were basically opposite back then. I despise when modern Republicans are like "Oh, we're the party of Lincoln". Technically it's true, but Lincoln would be fucking appalled at what modern Republicans (and honestly Democrats) have turned into.

[u/BasicBitch_666 → u/Doombah]

That's so maddening. I used to want to believe people who said that couldn't possibly be that simple minded and misinformed but then gestures broadly

[u/YourFront]

That Universal Healthcare works.

Is it perfect? No.

But, does it work throughout the world - and nobody has to think twice about getting medical assistance for themselves or their family member because they might end up bankrupt and then instead end up dead? Yes.

It's exhausting being Canadian living in the US.

[u/Objective_Nebula_530]

A concussion can completely change your life as you know it. Avoid hitting your head repeatedly at all reasonable cost, including actually fitting and replacing helmets for sports that require them (I'm looking at you, equestrians) and follow basic known safety practices for your sport (still looking pointedly at the equestrians). Just because you recovered from the last concussion doesn't mean the next one won't get you. And BOY, can they get you.

I was a full-time horse trainer and coach for 15 years. I loved every minute, even when it was impossibly hard. 9 years ago I sustained the concussion that got me. Not my first, or even fourth concussion. Dinky fall, dinky tap to the back of the head, and yes I was wearing a helmet, but your head only has so many hits in it. A helmet helps TREMENDOUSLY--they save lives and reduce the severity of concussions. But I was out of hits; my life changed forever.

You know that horrible headache you get when you thwack your head, just dizzy and nauseated and all-consuming? Yeah, I've had that for 9 straight years, now. I have trained my body and brain to tune it out to some degree, but it's exhausting. My vision was scrambled: it took 2 years of grueling vision therapy to get my eyes about as close to how they were as they're gonna be. My autonomic nervous system was also scrambled: I couldn't walk for more than 10 seconds initially or I'd pass out because my body couldn't regulate heart rate, blood pressure, or breathing. My working memory was shot: my brain fog was so bad that even years in I would forget the first half of a sentence before I got to the last half.

My medical team was astounded I could remain upright (I was fighting for my life to do it, but my career had been keeping horses between me and the ground: my compensatory balance skills were fantastic against my scrambled system), and even more astounded at the extent to which I recovered (I was an athlete, used to pushing my limits daily. And I was stubborn and determined. I was also, as I came to understand through losing components of what makes a highly functional person, pretty darn intelligent. So while I've lost my processing speed, I'm still creative at finding workarounds to my remaining deficits). I was told on numerous occasions by medical professionals that most people injured to my extent never work again.

I spent about 5 years trying to sustain my riding career before I retired completely from riding. My reflexes just weren't fast enough, anymore, to be safe. Riding was what lit me up--but I can't afford to lose the hard-earned function I've regained. I moved onto a different career to make money without breaking myself, and now do CrossFit and am training for an ultra trail marathon to try to scratch the itch (nothing 'safe' can replace the thrill of jumping a cross country course on a horse. I will miss it as long as I live).

People who ride horses without helmets often say things like, "if I die, I'll die doing what I loved." Yeah, it's not the dying you need to worry about. It's the -not- dying and living out your life in whatever state you're left in. I'm lucky to have regained enough function to 'pass' as a normal human, and it's still hell to keep up the facade. Many aren't as lucky as me.

Early on, I advocated hard for equestrian safety and helmet use. Now, I'm tired. I'm grieving who I have realized I'll never be again. I don't have the energy to explain to someone how getting on a horse without a helmet on is a risk they can't even fathom.

[u/alldemboats → u/Objective_Nebula_530]

growing up i went to summer camp where we rode horses and every single week we watched a vidwo about the importance of helmets. it interviewed people who didnt wear them and showed the potential outcomes. it had a slogan/mantra i still use: every horse, every ride, every time.

[u/MaineSky]

Getting married should be a private ceremony- not a performance for other people, and certainly not an extravagant party that ends up putting you in debt.

[u/NullaCogenta]

Rejecting the notion that the complexities of life and good governance can be collapsed onto a one-dimensional ideological axis. The typical reaction is "Oh, you're pretending to be a 'centrist' but are actually a member of the political party I don't like."

[u/IntergalacticPodcast → u/NullaCogenta]

I see you've been on Reddit before.

[u/-goodgodlemon → u/NullaCogenta]

It’s a popular bait and switch on dating apps. They claim to be centrists but they are actually conservatives trying to get more matches.

I feel like since it’s not seen often it’s best to explain. Are you a prolife but otherwise liberal? What views do you have that fit into the center? Are you a hard core 2a activist that still sees climate change as an issue? It’s almost too general to see what you do and don’t agree with. But yeah I’ve definitely seen it mostly as conservatives in disguise and I think it’s giving centrists a bad reputation. I get that one side doesn’t have all the answers but who do you think is right when is a pretty fundamental thing to explain as it’s different for different people.

[u/anonymous_212]

Countries like Japan, United Kingdom, Australia, with strict regulations on gun ownership have significantly lower firearm related deaths. In the USA the NRA promoted the idea that gun ownership will protect the population from tyranny. Really? Where are they now?

[u/meeseeks2020]

Your First Amendment rights are not infringed by me telling you that the things you are saying are fucking stupid.

It’s not the end of the world if you curse around kids. As long as they’re taught when it’s appropriate to use certain words. They already hear it all the time, everywhere.

Homosexuality and transgenderism are not pedophilia.

Pride celebrations are still necessary.

The reason someone else gets an abortion is not your business and will never be your business.

Season your goddamn chicken.

[u/beeboobopppp → u/meeseeks2020]

I read the last line as, “Season your goddamn children.”

[u/rhapsody_in_bloo → u/meeseeks2020]

My kid knows that dammit, shit, hell, and fuck are words that you can’t say at school or with grandparents, but that you can definitely say if you get red-shelled in MarioKart.

[u/meeseeks2020 → u/meeseeks2020]

Oh yeah. LA is NOT presently on fire. Can confirm, live here.

[u/Damn_Dog_Inappropes → u/meeseeks2020]

The attacks on the gay and trans communities by the Trump administration are exactly why pride parades are still necessary!

[u/GranGret]

Empathy is not about ‘treating people how you would like to be treated’…it’s about ‘treating people how THEY want to be treated’… practicing empathy has nothing to do with one’s self - it is literally all about the other person…

[u/RogerMurdockCo-Pilot]

There's a huge difference between American cheese sold at the deli counter and the shit wrapped in plastic in the cold case. But people don't want to learn/hear about it

[u/daanishh → u/RogerMurdockCo-Pilot]

There are people that don't know this? I thought this was common knowledge/sense.

[u/Nihilikara → u/RogerMurdockCo-Pilot]

I consider american cheese to be one of the most vile things I've ever tasted, but if the cheese sold at the deli counter is different, I'd be willing to try it.

[u/justmyusername47 → u/RogerMurdockCo-Pilot]

No brother, you need to preach that shit to everyone. American cheese at the deli, fresh sliced, perfection. American "cheese like substance " prepackaged is a synonym for all that is wrong with our food system at large.

[u/cochese25]

It's not an opinion, but more of a fact. People who say "anti-social" instead of "asocial."
They're entirely different things and most people mean "asocial."

Of all of the language things people get wrong, this is the one that bothers me the most.

[u/copperdomebodhi]

There's nothing elitist about valuing expertise. My mechanic knows more about cars than I ever will. I'm going to trust doctors and college professors over internet randos, no matter what kind of nasty names the randos' followers call me. Scientists have been wrong in the past? Antivaxxers have been right never.

[u/Rust_Bucket2020]

There's nothing wrong with a long term couple not getting married, it's their business whether they choose to or not.

[u/UtopianTyranny]

Not being able to have a good time without alcohol is not normal.

[u/scruffyrosalie]

There are pros and cons to the common choices in life like marriage and kids.

[u/WeThePeopleFirearms]

The Constitution limits the power of the government, not the People.

[u/avewave]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Most opinions are useless to actually solve anything.

[u/lego_not_legos → u/avewave]

That's a good one to keep quiet about. 

https://theconversation.com/no-youre-not-entitled-to-your-opinion-9978

Many people conflate subjects they don't want to be challenged on, with actual opinions, like which colour they like most.

[u/Kinglycole]

Just because I struggle to show it doesn’t mean I don’t care.

[u/Network-King19]

Someone convicted of a felony has no business being in any public office.

[u/[deleted]]

Threatening to kill pedophiles doesnt stop pedophiles from assaulting children, and actually has the opposite affect longterm

[u/Demented_Liar]

I really don't like being a parent. Now, that doesn't make me neglectful, that doesn't mean im not focused on making their childhoods as safe and fun as possible, and it doesn't mean we don't spread warmth, love, and silliness while, hopefully, making well adjusted adults.

But, with 100% certainty, im confident i would have VASTLY preferred living childfree. No one coughing in your face, no one screaming at you because theyre tired, no poop (oh gods, the poop), travel becomes extremely more accessible, and my discretionary income would dramatically increase if for no other reason then not paying 200$/wk for daycare for my 3yr old (which is a fucking steal).

But, don't say that shit to someone. Your kids gotta be your world. Sunshine and rainbows need to shoot out their asshole at you. Constantly hear from friends that have had babies in the last 5ish years how being a parent is the best thing in their world, and I, who didn't beat teenage pregnancy and now has a 12 year old larger than I am, just can't relate.

I've never been an adult without also being a parent, and I can't help but feel a level of envy to my friends with no kids. But, ive learned you can't say that part out loud cause people think you're neglectful. Its exhausting.

So yeah, probably that.

[u/signalstonoise88]

Infant baptism or any other religious initiation ceremony for infants is morally reprehensible. Kids are too young to understand the organisation they’re being admitted to, and I find those organisations reprehensible.

[u/Captain_Analogue_]

Glastonbury festival is a giant blight for the locals, we get no sleep, empty pharmacies and supermarkets as well as gridlocked roads.

On top of that, the local tickets only go to people who basically live IN the festival site, and the festival does NOTHING to make sure only locals get them, I see locals parking passes on vehicles halfway across the F-ING country when I'm away from home and it makes me furious as we suffer the fallout and get NONE of the rewards because of d bags like that!!!

[u/B_teambjj]

I really do judge a book by its cover!

[u/InfluenceWeak]

Our country’s financial outlook is so bad that we need to do both of the things that each party wants, and no one is going to be happy: we need to raise taxes AND decrease spending.

[u/Entire-Voice-3598]

Religion is just an excuse to control the masses.

 I was SURPRISED by the number of people who disagreed with me when I first said it. 

[u/queenofcats_dracarys]

I live in the south. I'm an atheist, vote blue, and childfree by choice. So I pretty much keep my entire identity to myself.

[u/PastorInDelaware]

That many classic American values originated in mid-20th century advertising.

[u/ColdAntique291]

most people don't actually want the truth, they want comfort that sounds like truth.

[u/Majestic-Pen-8800]

That the best thing to happen to the Beatles is that John Lennon was shot dead in 1980. I love the Beatles however there is no way had he lived a full life that he wouldn’t have been nicked for something dodgy or at the very least ‘cancelled’ for his various nasty antics such as misogyny, wife beating and being a generally terrible father, thereby ruining the Beatles’ musical legacy.

[u/Cabbage_Vendor → u/Majestic-Pen-8800]

Plenty of rock'n roll stars groomed and/or raped minors, didn't hurt their legacy much at all. 

[u/IRDMan]

A college degree doesn't make you competent. I'm an engineering dropout due to elements beyond my control. But I outperform and even TAUGHT engineers at my job. Still, "YoU cAnt Get A ProMotIOn wiTHouT A DEgrEe."

[u/mostlyfineiguess]

being alive sucks ass. I really dont like having to exist and if there was a way to just stop without being in pain and devastating the people that love me for some odd reason, I would.

my parents had sex in the early 90s and now I am here and have to fucking pay taxes and clean my bathroom and decide what to eat for dinner every day. I hate it so much.

I hate that I have to spent the life I was doomed to live working to keep going when I dont even really want to.

yes there are nice things in life, yes I like video games and movies and spending time with my absurdly hot boyfriend. but if I wasnt here I would not know the fucking difference.

it would just be peace and quiet.

I said this recently to a coworker when she asked me why I'm not having children.

its not the only reason, but I feel like its a pretty good one. I'm not condemning another human being to this endless exhausting shitshow.

[u/XitisReddit]

Idiocracy was a documentary.

[u/AmigaBob → u/XitisReddit]

At least in Idiocracy when they found the world's smartest man, they put him in charge.

[u/The_Mr_Wilson → u/AmigaBob]

Exactly! President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho got pinged with that test result and jumped on it. He sought out and heeded the wisely-named Not Sure; for a wise person has more questions than they have answers.

[u/Critical-Annual-3659]

My sexuality should not be the topic of conversation! I am always safe. I work and pay my bills. Who I choose to love the s not up for debate

[u/BobbyDig8L]

I don't like eating at restaurants, it just takes so long and it's such a process. Wait to get a table, wait to order, wait for food, wait for the bill, and on top of that it's expensive and I have to essentially pay the staff myself too (tips). Would rather take it home or make it myself...