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u/LastPageofGatsby Jul 13 '15
'Adjusting' yourself. Guy or girl, just do it. Doesn't bother me in the slightest.
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u/zcab Jul 13 '15
Doesn't bother me if you do it. So long as it doesn't bother you if I watch.
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u/ORAMYOU Jul 13 '15
Riding on shopping carts in the parking lot. It's like a scooter with a basket on it.
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u/DamnitDiego Jul 13 '15
I used to think people would judge me so I wouldn't do it, until one day I watched a 60+ year-old feller do it with no fucks given. I felt so inspired that I do it too now with no fucks given
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u/roth403b Jul 14 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
My favorite walmart story: I'm in my 20s. I ride the cart down the aisles, especially when empty (edit: the aisles, not my cart). I'm heading down the frozen aisle looking for pizza or something, ridding along at high speed to get to the other side.
At the end of the aisle comes a cart barreling around the corner. An older 60-70 year old man is ridding his cart at a good speed, and we both ride past the other cart having a stare down as we cross in opposite directions. After that moment, as the carts keep on wheeling down, we both give a couple more kicks to gain speed. I get to the pizza section, he disappears around the corner. Never to meet on the racing track again.
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u/PC509 Jul 13 '15
I'm 40. I'll race you anytime. When I'm in the store, I also like to drift the corners (screeeeeeecchhhh!).
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u/ManBearScientist Jul 13 '15
A lot more unacceptable than most of what I've seen in this thread, but euthanasia. I'd even go so far as to say that the way we treat terminally ill patients and especially the elderly can be downright inhumane.
I've seen a relative go from a completely functional human being to nursing home resident with late-stage Alzheimer's. I can think of few things more cruel than that. With no hesitation, I'd rather die than slowly lose what makes me a person. And the worst thing is, they know they are losing something each and every day.
And then we have patients that are 100% mentally intact, but would rather die with dignity than live through invasive surgery after invasive surgery while living the last years of their life in a hospital bed. And we make them suffer for it. Passive euthanasia is incredibly cruel in its own way. Turning off feeding tubes to watch someone slowly starve to death is downright barbaric.
Everyone should have the right to die with dignity, by their choice and without pain.
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u/UniversalFarrago Jul 13 '15
In middle school a classmate of ours was diagnosed with an incredibly rare and violent form of leukemia. In literally 2 weeks, he went from being a healthy, albeit short and shrimpy 11 year old, to being emaciated and too weak to even talk. The third and last week, the doctors induced him into a coma so he could die painlessly. Being awake was too excruciating for him, and for his mother to watch. For a week, he lied there, dead but his heart still beating, until finally the cancer squashed him out of existence. His mother had to look at a living corpse, day in, day out, for a week.
Had euthanasia been illegal, he'd have been given a shot, and spent his final moments in his mother's arms, saying goodbye, reminiscing about happier times, or perhaps listening to his favorite song, or watching a favorite film. Who knows.
But instead he was knocked out and left to die.
It was the best they could do, the kindest fate for him, but it was still cruel. Fuck those who are against euthanasia. I pray they never have to see a dying child.
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u/ChrisPrattsLoveChild Jul 13 '15
Other people not drinking. I have a few friends who for their own reasons dont drink and every time we are out they have so many people astounded that they dont drink and trying to get them to drink.
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u/Tiberius5115 Jul 13 '15
Calling someone the next day after a date. I always thought the two day rule was stupid, if you like someone call them and ask them out again don't play "games" with people.
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u/MeowHoarder Jul 13 '15
Not knowing what I want to do with the rest of my life.
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u/pomporn Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 13 '15
It's totally miserable. Like making a to-do list.
- Go to college
- Graduate
- Gap year
- Career
- Marriage
- Children
- Retirement
- Get milk at store
Die
P.S. get milk at store
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u/GrinningPariah Jul 13 '15
- Upload my mind to a computer
- BECOME IMMORTAL
- BECOME A GOD
- DEVOUR THE GALAXY
- Get milk at store
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u/Smart_in_his_face Jul 13 '15
Vain attempt at happiness.
Stop caring, just ride it out.
Realize everyone else is also thinly hiding the fact that nobody cares.
Faint glimmer of hope.
Nobody still cares, lose all hope.
Forget store, no milk.
Death.
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u/knitwasabi Jul 13 '15
Hate to say it, but I'm in my 40's and still can't figure out what to do with my life.
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u/turnsfast Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
Yep, I'm 40. I'm not ashamed that what I really want to do is get high play Gran Turismo and drink some beer. And a nap.
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u/MichigandergoneIowan Jul 13 '15
Drinking alone.
Sure, if it's a daily or routine occurrence, or drinking massive amounts or something, maybe seek help. But if I'm going to make myself a nice dinner and watch a movie I've wanted to see for forever I'm sure gonna pour myself some wine. I had a friend drop by unexpectedly, who saw me drinking alone one night and FREAKED OUT. And I was just like, "Bitch, no wine for you."
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I drink alone occasionally and never thought anything of it for a long time. I don't see any difference between having a drink while I watch television in the evening and my husband plays on the computer in the same room and having a drink while I watch television in the evening while my husband is not home. Once a friend came by when I was having a solo drink and gave me a hard time about it. It seemed so silly.
I'd always taken the drinking alone thing not as a suggestion to not drink when you're the only one home but as a suggestion to not be the only one drinking. That makes more sense to me. It's not the being the only one present that makes booze inappropriate. It's that if you're the only one who is drinking when everyone else is staying sober, it's a sign that drinking may be inappropriate for that situation and that crowd and if you're not able to fit in with the others and opt to not drink right then either, it might be a red flag you need to notice. If the rest of your coworkers aren't drinking at lunch, maybe you ought to think twice about it if you are. If the rest of your family isn't drunk at your little nephew's birthday party, maybe you ought to consider if you should be. That kind of deal.
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u/RobotBoysGoldStar Jul 14 '15
When I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself...
So many people never got that.
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u/FalsifyTheTruth Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
Where are you from that drinking wine by yourself is "socially unacceptable"?
Edit: I didn't read the username at first, you can stop telling me about it.
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I've actually seen this pretty much everywhere. Some people just have this really weird idea of what it means. If I'm going to enjoy a movie on a Friday night alone, you're damn right I'm going to be opening a few beers.
Never understood the whole stigma.
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u/CSPshala Jul 13 '15
I feel that. Every couple nights I'll have a few beers and shoot bad guys online.
My brother brings it up as a thing saying it's an alcoholic sign, despite him being the largest drinker and irresponsible consumer of drugs I know.
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u/lordsiva1 Jul 13 '15
I have only ever had a problem drinking alcohol with other people. When drunk all it takes is someone pointing at more booze and im at it. Downing things left right and centre. The slightest pressure to drink more would be met with me first saying no and then a second later, bottoms up. Its become an issue that ive hopefully sorted.
Alone I set my own pace and feel no need to over drink. Alcohol can make all sorts of things more enjoyable, movies to games to cleaning. Helped me get through some terrible group cinema trips thankfully. Only need one beer.
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u/_Dotty_ Jul 13 '15
I find that people who are afraid to drink alone have alcohol consumption habits that they're personally afraid of. They use going out with friends to drink as an excuse to get drunk or as long as they're not drinking alone, they don't have a problem.
Do I like drinking alone? Absolutely, I don't have to share. Do I have an alcohol problem? Absolutely not. Do I stop at the bar when I've had a bad night at work? Yep. Do I get so drunk that I can't drive myself home? Nope. Just a beer or two to take the edge off.
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Jul 13 '15
Being alone. I don't get to do it enough, so I adore being alone.
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Very true! Being alone is heavenly. Being lonely sucks, and you can do it both alone, or while incessantly surrounded by people that you wish would just leave you alone.
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u/Indy12 Jul 13 '15
Wow, I have dwarfism as well and I have never had this problem. My friends and family are always trying to get me to date normal people, or whoever I want I suppose. Also, from a genetics standpoint, if you don't have achondroplasia, which is one of the few dominate ones I believe, then the dwarfism is usually recessive. By dating another dwarf, you are only increasing the odds of your children having a disability as well.
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u/Indy12 Jul 13 '15
Nope, I'm a guy. I've got morquio syndrome though, not that people tend to differentiate a ton between dwarfisms.
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u/FictionalFear Jul 13 '15
Are there visual difference in the different forms of dwarfism? I had no idea there were different forms and now I am curious.
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u/CopyRogueLeader Jul 13 '15
Do you know what specific types of Dwarfism they have?
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u/Pokez Jul 13 '15
Peter Dinklage has Achondroplasia. While Verne Troyer has a much rarer condition known as Cartilage–hair hypoplasia. I'm just basing this off wikipedia, but /u/vernetroyer is also a pretty active redditor, if he wanted to chime in.
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u/LibraryGeek Jul 13 '15
Huuuuge differences. One of the biggest is in whether your trunk is of average/near average size and your extremities are shortened (achondroplasia) or if you trunk is dwarfed with longer arms/legs (my weirdly rare but dominant form of dwarfism) Also whether your skull and spine are involved. Note that these all are types of dwarfism that involve skeletal proportions that are "not normal".
If the dwarfism is caused by hormonal issues, you will get a person with no skeletal problems, just tiny.
There are...over two hundred forms of dwarfism :) we are..legion!
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Do you think Game of Thrones has been a positive thing for dwarves? Having essentially one of the most charismatic and interesting tv characters of the decade be a dwarf?
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u/whitefox00 Jul 13 '15
Slightly off topic, do people ask you really inappropriate personal questions? I find that when people are interested or don't understand something they tend to ask really invasive questions. For instance - pregnant I was asked if I was going to breastfeed, when she was conceived, and people would touch my belly. Now that my youngest looks nothing like me, I'm constantly asked if I adopted her or why she doesn't look like me or my SO. For the record, she looks exactly like SO did when he was a kid. But I would imagine that someone with your unique circumstances would get all kinds of prying questions.
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u/whitefox00 Jul 13 '15
Sweet jesus, some people have no class. I wouldn't even know how to respond if someone asked me about my genitals.
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Jul 13 '15
"They are huge."
Wait, are you male or female?
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u/bossk123 Jul 13 '15
Confronting people when they do immoral, unsafe, or stupid things. Most people seem to not be very confrontational. It seems the socially accepted thing is to let people be shitty.
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u/chuckdiesel86 Jul 13 '15
This is huge. I tried calling people out when they did stupid shit but it was more stressful than it was worth. Most of them probably just kept being assholes anyway.
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u/dinosaurwithatophat_ Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 13 '15
Not sure if it's unacceptable but striking up a conversation with a stranger. This happend to me last week on campus and it was very nice. It seems to me that many people rather stay in their own bubble and prefer to be on their phone if they don't know anyone.
(Edit: I never said that I approach people, just that I think it's nice. Also 'hating' a person you don't know is a bit over the top for having an opinion you don't share)
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u/Crown4King Jul 13 '15
It really depends where the person is from I think. I met a cute Ukrainian girl at my train station last week, she accidentally bought the wrong ticket and asked me a question. We then spent the next 45 minutes talking and sitting next to each other, traded information and the hugged when we hard to go our ways... It's nice to meet people.
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u/orange_blanket Jul 13 '15
Did u have a Freudian slip by saying "hard" instead of "had"
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u/greenpineapple Jul 13 '15
Doing things alone. For example: eating in public alone, seeing a movie on your own and so on.
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u/shakey_bakey Jul 13 '15
I went and had lunch alone at a cheap Italian place. When I told my coworker, he was flabbergasted that I had eaten by myself at a restaurant. He kept asking if it was awkward, etc. How is it awkward to go out and eat by yourself? I don't get it.
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u/burts_beads Jul 13 '15
I eat alone all the time. I don't think people really see it as weird anymore.
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u/tughdffvdlfhegl Jul 13 '15
Really depends on the restaurant. The more casual it is, the more acceptable, I think. It'd be a little weird to see someone getting a 7 course meal with wine pairings alone, but a dude grabbing a burger and a beer at a local bar doesn't even attract a second's notice.
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u/-t0m- Jul 13 '15
I think it depends on the city more than the restaurant. If you're in New York or Paris or something, you'll see people eating alone all the time. Those cities are flooded with business travelers who often prefer eating to starvation.
If you're out in the suburbs, it's probably less common
edit: (because business travelers in the suburbs prefer to kill themselves through starvation)
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u/burnie_mac Jul 13 '15
Moving to a new city has forced me to deal with this. Not yet ate at a bar alone but it's coming.
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u/double_ewe Jul 13 '15
Not yet ate at a bar alone but it's coming.
one of my favorite things in the world. just bring a book or some blue links and be as social (or not) as you want.
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u/senatorskeletor Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
Seeing a movie on your own is awesome. You get there exactly when you want to, see exactly what you want to see, leave exactly when you want to, and you don't have to have any conversations you don't want to. It's beautiful.
EDIT: Thanks to /u/OHAITHARU for reminding me of the big one: you sit where you want to sit!
EDIT2: I absolutely can believe that my highest-rated comment is about doing something fun regardless of whether you look cool doing it. That's what life is about!
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u/OHAITHARU Jul 13 '15 edited Nov 28 '24
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u/GreenGemsOmally Jul 13 '15
I've started doing this now that I've got a little expendable income and I realize that I love going to the movies, but I hated the hassle of getting a group together to pick a time, arrange rides, select a movie everybody likes, etc. I'm normally a really social guy but after a few movies by myself, I realize that it's awesome. I went and saw Interstellar because I had a few hours in Chicago by myself and I recently went and saw Jurassic World because nobody else was free. Agreed, 10/10 would recommend.
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u/ron_e123 Jul 13 '15
Putting elbows on the table while eating. Does anyone really give a fuck?
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u/TheKandyCinema Jul 13 '15
I never understood why that was so rude. I did that once in a fancy restaurant and almost got kicked out.
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u/DB2V2 Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
It originally started from when sailors where eating on ships and they would put their elbows on the table to keep their dish from sliding during rougher seas. As this became a habit for them they would also do it while not out to sea and at pubs and such. Well sailors didn't have the best reputation for being clean, and well-mannered so non-sailors didn't want to be associated with them and thus would not put their elbow on tables. Hence where this rule came from!
Edit - After posting in /r/askhistorians earlier today asking about this, it appears this can be traced back way further than I thought possible https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3d4u5k/what_are_the_origins_of_not_placing_ones_elbows/, other answers have included farmers being dirty from the fields, not wanting to unbalance the table that was being used to eat on since people were on one side, royalty not wanting to have people hiding concealed daggers and such underneath the table, not taking up that room on the table, and many more as can be read below. All in all this has been a very interesting read from my perspective! Thanks for any of the contributions that could help shed light on this socially unacceptable item.
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did you make this up?
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u/DB2V2 Jul 13 '15
Nope, learned it back when I was in the Navy.
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u/DB2V2 Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 13 '15
You know i've never really thought about it. I'll try and report back, i'm off to /r/AskHistorians.
Edit - I have since posted there, here's the thread for if it gets some answers. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3d4u5k/what_are_the_origins_of_not_placing_ones_elbows/
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Nope, they learned it back when they were in the Navy.
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Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
Actually the rule dates from the middle ages, and is an advisory in manuals of etiquette (along with not wiping ones nose on the table cloth).
Theories are abound as to what significance is (or was) actually attributed to having ones elbows on the table. The most popular theories are:
Insulting the wealth and status of a host. It may have been construed that putting ones elbows on the table was to indirectly suggest that the host could not afford to flood the table with food, thus insulting their wealth, and by extension, their status
Stance. When you put your elbows on a table you automatically hunch over, or at least move in closer to the table. This could be taken in two different ways. First you may come across as angered, displeased, or violent, as hunching is a natural characteristic of being in the aforementioned moods, as is drawing closer to someone so as to invade their personal space. Second the suggestion is made that you yourself may be boorish, poorly educated and therefore not worth of your status as our ancient ancestors are (and were) often depicted hunched over food eating like animals.
Additional fun fact:
Manuals of etiquette that featured rules such as "do not steal the cutlery" and "do not wipe your nose on the table cloth" were actually aimed at the upper classes of the medieval age, by modern standards most medieval people of similar status would have atrocious table manners.
Edit: For those of you who have heard different reasoning behind the no elbows on the table rule, please do share! While the timings of my post are factually accurate, the reasonings are merely common speculation by historians. It's likely we'll never know the true answer, but reading the other reasons is fascinating!
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u/loljetfuel Jul 13 '15
I like that my employer doesn't call them sick days, they're "short-notice days off". They give as examples "it's too nice outside to work, I'm going to the beach" as well as "I don't feel well and I need some rest".
It's a great way to keep your workforce healthy, not just "not sick".
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u/ATCaver Jul 13 '15
I'm working a warehouse job right now at a local business. The owner and higher-ups built the company from the ground up, so they remember what it was like to slave away for 8-10 hours a day in the heat.
From May 1 to August 31 you are allowed 5 free days, non-consecutive, at your own discretion, to take off for rest.
I just used one of mine last week after we had a doozy of a week. I had been breaking myself every day trying to get everything done.
I asked my supervisor what we had going on Friday and she said it was going to be an easy day since we had been working so hard during the week. I told her I was going to use a rest day, and she said that it was fine.
I don't understand why other places don't do something like that. We don't have expendable staff like big companies do, so if they're willing to let us have a free day, why can't other places?
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u/Narcli Jul 13 '15
People drinking on the streets... I don't care as long as they're not arseholes.
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u/porn_philosopher Jul 13 '15
This is probably the worst thing about nightlife in the US. Other countries have so much fun with streets vendors because you can have a beer outdoors with your amazingly greasy food :c
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u/woeful_haichi Jul 13 '15
Come to Korea. The convenience stores here often have plastic patio furniture set up outside for groups to sit and drink at.
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u/estvik Jul 13 '15
Running in public. Not as means of training, but as means of getting from one place to another. Much more time efficient than walking. I would run at the speed that I'm not going to sweat.
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I once ran home from the pub, and I got stopped by the police because they thought I had stolen something
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u/Brancher Jul 13 '15
I consider myself in pretty good shape. I actually prefer to run home from the bar as opposed to taking a taxi. Even if it's a couple miles, not a big deal and you usually feel much better when you get home.
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u/Aceinator Jul 13 '15
Miles!? After a pub!? What are you slamming energy drinks and Gatorade?
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u/handsomesteve88 Jul 13 '15
Yeah, I was arrested several years back because I was drunkenly running home from a bar. Apparently a cop was chasing after me yelling at me to stop and my drunkass didn't hear him. I was tackled in the parking lot to my apartment and then thrown in the drunk tank. I got a first-hand experience of the U.S. judicial system when I spent the next 6 months fighting an "evading arrest" charge.
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u/Stoic_stone Jul 13 '15
how'd it turn out for you?
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u/handsomesteve88 Jul 13 '15
I eventually settled for Failure to Comply and Jaywalking, so two class C misdemeanor's instead of a class A, which could have really messed with background checks. Ideally I would have fought it till everything was dropped but I had just graduated college and was making next to nothing at my first job and couldn't afford to keep paying for a lawyer or to keep taking off time for court dates where they would make me sit and wait for anywhere from 3-6 hours before telling me they weren't ready and then reschedule. It's all taken care of now and in the past but it was definitely eye-opening into how the court system can massively fuck over lower-income or even middle-income people.
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u/8_ball Jul 13 '15
I would run at the speed that I'm not going to sweat.
This brings me back to walking again. There is no running speed in which I won't sweat.
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u/SerasVal Jul 13 '15
There is no running speed in which I won't sweat.
I can't even walk without sweating (no, I'm not a fat lard, I just sweat a lot)
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u/LegendaryCazaclaw Jul 13 '15
Its a curse. I sweat just standing in a line sometimes, people look at me like I'm on drugs or strung out or something.
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u/Cum_on_doorknob Jul 13 '15
That could be a vitamin D deficiency
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u/AprilXIIV Jul 13 '15
I guess /u/Cum_on_doorknob would know all about D deficiencies.
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u/noholds Jul 13 '15
I sweat just standing in a line sometimes
Fuck me. I hate that. I'm in T-shirt and shorts and everyone else is wearing sweaters and jackets. And I'm the only one sweating.
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I really don't know why people make such a big deal of this. If you're in a hurry, run! It's a normal human function.
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u/wombatjuggernaut Jul 13 '15
I feel like the initial point is it's normal to run even when you're not in a hurry, because, yes, it's a normal human function.
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Silence.
People always try and fill the silence, just shut up, it is fine. I seriously don't care if we are sitting in "awkward silence" for twenty minutes, it isn't awkward to me at all.
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u/Irememberedmypw Jul 13 '15
It's the staring. You may need to work on that.
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u/friday6700 Jul 13 '15
I've found a sensual dance helps break the tension.
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u/ichegoya Jul 13 '15
So, eye-contact, sensual dancing in complete silence?
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got it.
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u/lazyass_tiger Jul 13 '15
That trying to fill up awkward silence with small talk makes things more awkward.
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Someone: How about that weather man.
Me: ???
Silence is ok by me.
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u/SuperHotFyer Jul 13 '15
So airline food huh? Whats up with that?
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u/anawfullotoffalafel Jul 13 '15
Seriously, peanuts and salted chips, what are we fucking birds?
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u/lobotumi Jul 13 '15
You woud love it in here. In finland there is no akward silence . We say something if we have to say. if not we dont. Its a social norm here.
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u/toresbe Jul 13 '15
Two Finnish friends from childhood meet for the first time in over a decade. They decide to go out to catch up, and order two vodkas.
After a few minutes, one guy says "so... how have you been?" - the other looks at him and asks "did you come here to drink or did you come here to talk?"
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u/AvatarWaang Jul 13 '15
Eating with your mouth open.
Just kidding, fuck anyone who does this
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I have a friend who opens her mouth all the way every time she chews. Bits of food fly out of her mouth with every smack smack smack smack smack of her lips. Its the worst fucking thing ever. And she gets super offended and calls you a piece of shit asshole if you ask her to eat more quietly.
I stopped inviting her over for dinner when we hang out. Now when she comes over, she orders delivery because she never cooks/eats by herself. I can't get away from it.
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u/AvatarWaang Jul 13 '15
The worst part is that she's indignant about it. If something I do is gross and offensive, damn right I'm going to thank the person and do something about it
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u/Qbuilderz Jul 13 '15
Using public toilets.
Yeah, they're gross...but sometimes you just gotta poop.
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u/Itsacubanthing_ Jul 13 '15
I met a girl a few weeks back who told me that she has straight up shit herself on multiple occasions for fear of using a public restroom and having someone else hear/smell/witness her shitting like a normal human being. I brought it to her attention that is literally what toilets are made for and she just went "but what if someone smells it before I flush and gags"
whatever, I shit when and where I please so long as theres a toilet.
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So, she can't handle the thought of someone possibly smelling her poop in a toilet, but she's ok with pooping in her clothes and spending the rest of her day smelling like shit? That makes no sense. If I smell poop in a bathroom, I'm not going to bat an eyelid. If, on the other hand, YOU smell like poop when I get near you, that would give me pause.
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u/KabukiBaconBrulee Jul 13 '15
Leaving a party without saying goodbye.
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I say goodbye to the host and close friends who are there, then I'm out. I'm not going to interrupt everyone's conversation just to let them know I'm leaving.
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u/Artemissister Jul 13 '15
And I hate the goddamned arguments you get "You're going???? Whyyyyy???" Uh, because I have to or want to. 2 or 3 parties like this is how I perfected The Vanish Act.
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u/cyanight7 Jul 13 '15
"Do you really want me to explain why I want to leave your party? I have a feeling you won't like the explanation."
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Jul 13 '15
The worst is when you have to say goodbye to each individual person there before you leave. This is proper etiquette in my family. You can't just wave goodbye to everyone and walk out the door. You have to hug and cheek kiss each person. I fucking hate it.
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u/KabukiBaconBrulee Jul 13 '15
It's just silly. You end up spending almost as much time catching up as saying g goodbye
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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 13 '15
Yeah not to mention you have to say good bye twice in my family. The first time is when your mom says your leaving. And the second is when you're actually walking out of the door about half an hour later when your mom is finished talking.
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u/theshadowblot Jul 13 '15
I too am the master of the "sneak out." So much easier and quicker than trying to say goodbye. My wife hates it when I leave her and the kids there.
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u/KabukiBaconBrulee Jul 13 '15
You guys need a code word(s). My SO and I tried "the look" and one of us always fails to notice. We now go into social situations with an emergency exit strategy.
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u/bryan_sensei Jul 13 '15
If it's a small party then we always thank the host for the invite and offer to help clean up. But at a big event (wedding, etc) sometimes it's best just to bolt.
Our decision usually goes like this:
Me: IGB? (Irish Goodbye)
Wife: IGB (nods head)
We both exit the wedding/party. If we pass the host we thank them and tell them we're off, if not we just keep going.
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u/Shadowex3 Jul 13 '15
I'm jewish... we can't do this. We do the opposite, we say goodbye without actually leaving.
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u/tenehemia Jul 13 '15
I'm Jewish and Minnesotan. I think I'm still technically attending a Seder from 1997.
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u/jtg10795 Jul 13 '15
The struggle of trying to leave a bar mitzvah:
Jewish mother: "I just need to start saying quick goodbyes"
(Two hours later)
Jewish mother: "just a few more people"
(Music stops, party getting cleaned up)
Jewish mother: "oh look they said we can take one of the center pieces. Let's just go talk to them about the party and how much fun they had"
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Jul 13 '15
It's the ol' Irish Goodbye : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=irish+goodbye
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u/TREBILCOCK Jul 13 '15
My experience of a goodbye in Ireland involves announcing you are leaving, then proceed to have another conversation in the doorway for a further hour.
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u/Terminutter Jul 13 '15
You inevitably find yourself back in the kitchen holding a cup of tea too, discussing who died recently.
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u/joanhallowayharris Jul 13 '15
Y'know yer one who lives around the corner from the shop? The one whose mam worked in the school where yer cousins went? He worked for yer uncle for a month or so? ....
He's dead.
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u/Terminutter Jul 13 '15
It's always a flat "(s)he's dead", never anything else. "Ohhh you know your auntie Maureen, always dancing at parties? She's dead. Yep, heart attack out of nowhere."
Watching my mother meet up with her family is always good.
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u/joanhallowayharris Jul 13 '15
YES. Just matter of fact, like. Usually followed by an "ah, pity".
My BF is Canadian (I'm first gen Canadian with Irish parents), and bringing him over to Ireland, or to any family events in Canada, is weird for him. He can't get over how much we talk about death. The bereavement notices on the radio really disturbed him.
My mom likes to give me the "highlight reel" as she calls it. She just lists off the people I might know who died in the past 2 weeks, and then talks about who's not well for a while so I have an idea of what next weeks' highlight reel might look like.
I feel like the Irish trade mass cards like it's a game. Like Magic: the Gathering, but Irish: the Wakening.
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"Ahh jaysus Maureen's youngfella?" "Yeah Maureen's boy" "Ahh that's terrible, shockin news." "T'is awful sad, awful sad." "Awful sad" "I'll light a candle for him at mass. Hopefully she'll be alright please god" "Ahh please god."
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u/-eDgAR- Jul 13 '15
Day drinking. As long as it doesn't become a problem, I don't see a reason why you shouldn't be able to enjoy a beer at 11am.
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u/candyredfish Jul 13 '15
You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning!
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u/PRNmeds Jul 13 '15
You can drink if you want to!
You can leave your friends behind..
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u/senatorskeletor Jul 13 '15
Because then I get sleepy and need to take a nap in the middle of the day, and usually I miss out on my evening events too.
Otherwise, it's fucking awesome.
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u/pyro5050 Jul 13 '15
Addictions Counsellor here
on Saturday when i wake up and have my house clean by 8am, i am damn well gonna sit down, have a beer or two, then crank the AC and take a fucking nap. my co-workers found out and were shocked. what does the time of day have ANYTHING to do with enjoying a beer or two? if it becomes a problem, a daily thing, something that i need to function... then i have a problem.
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u/hatervision Jul 13 '15
I think it stems from people thinking that you NEED a drink to be able to function, rather than just wanting to relax and enjoy a couple of drinks. Every year, I go on an obligatory beach trip with my family, my dad and his wife are pretty conservative, and my two sisters and their husbands act conservative when they're around my dad. Somebody will always say something to me if I crack a beer at 10 or 11am like I am some huge alcoholic or something. I always just give them a smartass comment in return like, "gee, I sure hope this won't interfere with me sitting in the sand and sweating!" It's also funny to me how, in their minds, there's a big difference in drinking a beer at 11am vs noon. They also like to judge if we're all at a restaurant and I'm the only one who orders a drink/beer, like I'm "drinking alone." My wife's family, on the other hand - they're Colombian and don't give a shit what I do at any point in the day, so it's kind of a no-brainer why I spend more time with them..
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u/loljetfuel Jul 13 '15
like I'm "drinking alone."
There's so much stigma in that, too. Like the only reason you'd ever have alcohol is as a social lubricant. Sometimes after a long day at work, I have the house to myself and I want pizza -- and beer goes great with pizza.
Who cares if I'm alone?
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u/baconnmeggs Jul 13 '15
Why on earth would you tell your co-workers this? Substance abuse counselors are some of the most judgemental people ever. I guess they kinda have to be
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Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 13 '15
Because hes clearly a fucking man who does what he wants.
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u/PrinceofDementia Jul 13 '15
Last time I was at the airport I had 2 beers before my 9:30 am flight.
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u/Shadowex3 Jul 13 '15
Must be my inner redneck showing that I never heard of anyone thinking poorly of a cold beer after hard yardwork.
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Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
When I drive alone I just pick my nose and fart.
My car is just an extension of my house.
Not my fault if you look in
Edit: I love how this became my all time top comment
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Jul 13 '15
people can see ur farts wtf
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u/t-poke Jul 13 '15
You can't see me fart, but you can see me lift my leg up, followed by a sigh of relief on my face and the windows going down.
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u/Lightning_McCheese Jul 13 '15
I'm glad that someone was brave enough to post the real answer. As long as you aren't the kid in elementary school who permanently has his finger two knuckles up his nose, who the hell cares?
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u/JamJarre Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
Nothing quite matches the feeling of pulling out one that's unexpectedly connected to your brain stem
Hells yeah
Just, you know, put that shit in a tissue afterwards
Edit: this is now my highest rated post. I hope you're proud, Ma!
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u/Hot_Zee Jul 13 '15
NOT being married....I tried it, it wasn't for me, and NO I'm not 'lonely'...I love being single, plus I have a great daughter out of the deal.
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u/Ebriate Jul 13 '15
Watching children play at the park, especially as a man. I am a father who's son has grown up. I really enjoy watching kids play, giggling carefree and using their imaginations and reminiscing how happy I was at that age.
Stopping by a park on a nice day alone and ping this gets you all the pedophile looks and makes you feel horrible.
What ever happened to being able to enjoy the park as a man alone for God's sake?
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Jul 13 '15
We need fucking adults parks for adults only. I miss playing at the park and going on the swings and shit. Now i cant do it unless i go at night .
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u/amightymapleleaf Jul 13 '15
Talking about sex, menstruation, any sexual health in general without feeling the need to hide my pads or whisper so i dont educate anybody on normal bodily functions. God forbid we remove potentially harmful taboos that are in place for no reason.
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u/EarnestQuestion Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
It wasn't until I really started dating that I realized how stigmatized women can feel about their bodily functions. My first girlfriend had an irregular period and was hesitant to even tell me at first. Then she looked like I just hit her with a frying pan when I asked about the particulars.
To me it was no different than if she had a skin condition or something - you care about someone, you want to understand what's happening and work with it (so long as you're not intruding about it).
She couldn't believe how comfortable I was with learning about it, but part of being a partner is being cool with knowing and understanding your partner's body as best as you can. I'd expect her to do the same for me
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u/blackorfeu Jul 13 '15
My dad is this way. I'm a boy stuck between two sisters, so I got used to those topics fast. But whenever it happens to come up he get's super uncomfortable. It's like bro you have two daughters periods aren't magical.
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u/ostentatiousbitch Jul 13 '15
My poor father has three daughters and still can't say the word "bra" in front of us.
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Jul 14 '15
I was raised by my dad (my mom died and he was pretty old and conservative), and yea...the internet and my weird friend Traci from down the block basically had to reassure me that I wasn't dying. Good Guy Traci also helped me steal my first training bra from Walmart because I would have had to ask my dad for the money, and I think I would have rather jumped off a cliff than tell him what I needed the money for. Good times.
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u/loljetfuel Jul 13 '15
bro you have two daughters periods aren't magical.
It's not that -- it's a generation thing. He was almost certainly taught that discussing bodily functions "in mixed company" was simply rude.
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u/Itsacubanthing_ Jul 13 '15
ahaha yes and speaking of - I go to an infantry explorers post (like a boy scouts-supported JROTC, which - you guessed it - is mostly guys) and yesterday we were prepping for a FTX (think survival field trip in the middle of nowhere). My sergeant was briefing the cadets on hygiene kits and recommended the ladies inform him if it was "that time" for any of us so he would be prepared to have extra materials/emergency change of clothes, etc. and the boys in my squad straight up started laughing at him for a solid minute. We're all like 16-17 y/o and I couldn't believe that people were like so surprised/uncomfortable he brought it up, like it was some crazy unspoken secret that we have genitals that do genital stuff sometimes.
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u/funkybutts Jul 13 '15
The menstruation thing bothers me. Sure I don't want to go around telling everyone I know, but for fuck's sake, there's nothing wrong with me. It's human. It's a thing that happens. Every month.
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u/unlimitedanna Jul 13 '15
Not talking to your close family.
Blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb IMO.
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Jul 13 '15
It sucks when people butt into your life and are like "but he's your FATHER!"
I'm sorry, but do you know FUCK ALL about my relationship with my father? No? Well then maybe you should shut the fuck up about it.
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Jul 13 '15
"Do you ever talk with your birth parents/siblings?"
"Nope."
"Oh, why not? Don't you want to talk to them? They are your family."
"If they were your family, you wouldn't talk to them either."
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Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 14 '15
Love and respect has to be earned, it's no one's right, family relation included.
Edit: Basic human respect is an exception of course, I felt the need to clarify that.
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u/chadstein Jul 13 '15
People should also remember that love and respect can be lost, family relation included.
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u/GinervaPotter Jul 13 '15
Just because she birthed me doesn't mean she was nice to me.
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u/The_Book Jul 13 '15
Talking about salary. I feel like it's a taboo that benefits employers at the expense of labor who never find out if they're being underpaid. Certainly makes negotiations more difficult.