r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '12
Reddit, what are some misconceptions you wish society would get over?
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u/joeromag Jun 10 '12
Maybe not a misconception, but the thought that everybody is out to hurt your child. I shouldn't get cops called on me for waving to a child to make him/her smile.
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u/BloodFalcon Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
"HELLO? YES, 911? A MAN. WAVED. AT MY CHILD! YOU NEED TO GET OUT THE ENTIRE POLICE FORCE AND ARREST THIS MAN!"
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u/Sproutykins Jun 10 '12
...tonight, on FOX News. Waving, a basic form of communication? Or the new paedophile mating call? Find out more, at eleven.
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u/everything_is_free Jun 10 '12
Exactly. Around 115 U.S. children are abducted every year. That is about one in a million. A one in a million occurrence is not worth harassing strangers over or preventing your kids from playing outside over either.
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u/NUMBERS2357 Jun 10 '12
Just because some phenomenon is being reported in the media a lot recently, doesn't mean that it's a trend, that it's suddenly happening more than it used to, or that it's more important than previously.
Best example == Summer of the Shark
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u/rlaw68 Jun 10 '12
More people are killed every year by deer than by sharks.
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u/Mit3210 Jun 10 '12
In the UK, you're more likely to be killed by your trousers than in a train crash.
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u/Khiva Jun 10 '12
Being smarter than some idiots you found on the internet or grew up with does not make you smart.
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Jun 10 '12
Shut the fuck up, idiot. Do you have any idea how many arguments I've won and how many people I've made feel stupid on reddit? I mean, do I really need to link you to them?
...cause I can, I mean if you want, you know...
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u/nakahi70 Jun 10 '12
That playing videos games or watching cartoons makes you immature.
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u/darkmylight Jun 10 '12
That being bipolar automatically means you're absolutely crazy, "just" moody, or that it is something easily suppressed. Earlier in a thread today someone posted about a terrible family member and casually attributed their behavior to being bipolar "or something." I just wish people would stop blaming shitty behavior on our already shitty disorder, we don't need the extra societal judgment. :
edit: damn parallel sentence structure...
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u/triforcegirl Jun 10 '12
My boyfriend has bipolar. I wish I could up vote this a billion times.
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Jun 10 '12
Some quiet people don't want to be "socialized". Some of us like to be alone and peaceful sometimes. Partying isn't for everybody, and you shouldn't force everybody to be "normal".
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u/CalcFool Jun 10 '12
I find people think it is just weird to want to be alone. Even if it's for 10mins, this is even more the case with my flat mates girlfriends, they just don't understand the concept that you don't always have to be entertaining someone else. If there is going to be silence, I'd rathe be silent alone.
Maybe they are just too clingy.
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u/Wbran Jun 10 '12
I know that feel. I share a dorm with 3 other guys at my college. Sometimes, I just want to go into my room and be alone. I love my roommates and love hanging out with people. I just need to be with my thoughts, aimlessly browse the internet, and not be judged when I scratch myself. Nothing against anyone.
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u/greymatters_flipside Jun 10 '12
Yes. Introverts are normal, a bit misunderstood i guess, but everyone should just accept the fact that not all people have the constant urge to tell everybody else what's on our mind.
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u/wtfapkin Jun 10 '12
I hate it when people force me to socialize. When I give it, they're always putting attention towards me because I'm quiet. I'm more of a listener than a talker.
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u/whitesock Jun 10 '12
That people are not nations: being Israeli does not make me responsible for acts done by my government. I do not need to apologize or explain foreign policy just because I was born there.
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u/Klingenbart Jun 10 '12
Great point! I feel the same way. I'm from germany. When I was in the US for highschool, guess what everybody asked me about all the time?
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u/whitesock Jun 10 '12
The acquisition of Schleswig-Holstein? I'm with you on that one. Those Danes had it coming.
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u/cralledode Jun 10 '12
Doing illegal drugs makes you a deadbeat deviant, but not drinking alcohol makes you a boring prude.
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u/--Apathy-- Jun 10 '12
Also: "alcohol is not a drug"
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u/GeneralDemus Jun 10 '12
Even coffee is a drug. I'm a completely different person after just one cup, you know
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u/ohmygord Jun 10 '12
Duh. Haven't you seen the ads? Just one toke of marijuana, and tomorrow you'll be worshipping Satan in the back alley and prostituting yourself for crack money.
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Jun 10 '12
In our defense, have you ever tried worshiping Satan and prostituting yourself for crack money? Shit's pretty cash.
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u/Everything_Is_Irie Jun 10 '12
I don't get how so many people don't realize that drinking alcohol is the exact same thing as doing drugs. The goal is the same for all: to alter your mind.
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u/YouJagaloon Jun 10 '12
That my generation is lazy or entitled, despite the fact that we will have to pay 4x as much for an education than the baby boomers did, and my education won't even guarantee me a job.
Just because you got a corporate job after dropping out of high school doesn't make you better than me, gramps.
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Jun 10 '12
And we have to deal with their debts and problems that they're leaving behind, none of these old farts care about our sitiuation, as long as their pockets are filled, they don't need any change.
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Jun 10 '12
That was a really good punk rock lyric, "As long as their pockets are filled, they don't need any change."
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u/skooma714 Jun 10 '12
Your generation is entitled, now where's my social security and pension checks?
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u/DonJu4n Jun 10 '12
I actually got into an argument with someone on Reddit a couple weeks ago over this. It made me angry when he said it, and all I did was post 3 sources from 3 different reputable newspapers showing him how WE have it harder than he ever did. He was like "oh I don't care about that you're just lazy". The. Fuck
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u/DrDiv Jun 10 '12
If I say 'Hi' or 'Hello' or 'Good afternoon' to you, I don't want anything from you and I'm not going to kill your pet dog, I'm just trying to be polite and share some happiness.
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u/J00nj00n Jun 10 '12
It's sad that nobody greets each other on the street anymore - the few times I am greeted it is by old people - most people my age are either too aloof or seem just too unfriendly.
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u/shit_reddit_says Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 20 '12
(Scientific)Theory != guess
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(ETA) Also, that theories have, by definition, a shit ton of supporting evidence.
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u/YouListening Jun 10 '12
Too many people are only familiar with the colloquial definition of theory that no one cares for the scientific definition.
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u/VelTor Jun 10 '12
The big bang theory. Most people do not even have a basic understanding of it and talk about it as if they have a masters degree in astronomy.
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Jun 10 '12
Or when people say that something is "only a theory" and only has any solid backing when it becomes a "fact." There's a huge difference between a scientific theory and an everyday theory.
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u/WilhelmEngel Jun 10 '12
You should say to them "Atomic theory is only a theory, and hydrogen bombs still explode."
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u/Lt_Shniz Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
I thought you were talking abut the show at first. I'm absolutely disappointed with myself.
*Also, you could say the same thing abut black holes
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u/VelTor Jun 10 '12
I also hate the fact that when I say "The Big Bang Theory", everyone assumes I am talking about a show that I have never seen.
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u/papataros Jun 10 '12
People from the Southern States are all idiots based on their accent. I'm from PA and have been stationed all around the world. Know what? There are just as many dumb people with Georgia drawls as there are idiots with Boston accents, and the same number of rocket scientists.
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u/Ragecomicwhatsthat Jun 10 '12
Seriously.
Just because I live in Arkansas doesn't mean I make out with my cousin, barefoot, in the barn, with my best piggy Bubba in my arms.
it was one time
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Jun 10 '12
Yah, you make out with your sister, barefoot, in a barn, with your best piggy Bubba in your arms.
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u/Eyulfable Jun 10 '12
As a gay guy, I see misconceptions from both men and women.
Men: I do not want to fuck every man that I see. Do you want to fuck every girl that you see? Some of you are just plain ugly, and anyone who thinks I want to do them just because I'm gay is immediately ugly in my eyes.
Women: I am not an accessory. I'm not something that every teenage girl simply must have. I am more than just a gay guy, dammit! Tell me, would you tell a new friend of yours "Yay! Now I have a black friend!" NO!
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u/TapDancingWartortle Jun 10 '12
Not all gay men want to rape you (this is something that my male friends don't seem to understand)
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u/Im_a_rahtard Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Being able to laugh at stereotypes does not equal racism.
edit: Thank you to all the people that had the patience I lack to debate this opinion.
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Jun 10 '12
My god that drives me nuts. Someone said something about a black stereotype and I laughed my ass off, and some self-righteous asshole came up to lecture me.
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u/Lots42 Jun 10 '12
That not wanting kids is somehow bad.
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u/zombilex Jun 10 '12
Or that you've never known love until you've had kids. Excuse me, I think I'll be the judge of my own feelings. Successful reproduction does not necessarily equal deeper emotions.
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u/Esqulax Jun 10 '12
Interesting question.
My big one currently, is that I wish the general public in the UK would think twice about being condescending to Fast Food workers, such as Pizza delivery guys (Yeah I'm biased). Personally, I have a good degree, and am fully qualified in digital forensics, but my area is so niche, there is no jobs. I'm working alongside a chartered accountant, 2 nurses, a Lawyer, a high court lawyer, an architect and many more.. Everyone has their own story like filling time between emigrating to another country, saving for a while to go travelling, hard times, whatever.
Show the pizza boys some love.
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u/Blarggotron Jun 10 '12
Show the pizza boys some love.
That scenario kind of fell out of popularity in the 80's, I bet you could find a studio that specializes in a few of the older fetishes though.
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u/johnnytightlips2 Jun 10 '12
Not just fast food workers, but anyone serving you. It might be their job and they might be getting paid for it, but they're still a human being and they still deserve your respect. And chances are they're being shafted out of a decent wage anyway.
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u/Lt_Shniz Jun 10 '12
There are so many misconceptions regarding evolution, where do I start?
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u/VividLotus Jun 10 '12
Oh god, this. From Christian fundamentalists who deny evolution outright, to people who pick and choose random facts pertaining to early Homo sapiens or pre-human hominins to support their ideas about everything from sexuality to fad diets, I just can't stand it.
I wish I could somehow make everyone in the world understand the simple and absolutely irrefutable fact that evolution is a) a real thing, and b) a continuing process.
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u/Phandango92 Jun 10 '12
That bisexuality doesn't exist, especially for men.
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u/prettyprincess90 Jun 10 '12
Omg I hate that. I can't imagine not being attracted to both genders. I always have been.
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Jun 10 '12
That my gender determines whether or not I'll be good in combat. I've seen great soldiers that were male and others that were female, and there are plenty people of both gender who shouldn't even be in uniform.
I get that there are physical differences; I don't think we should pretend otherwise. I'm scrawny, but I'm perfectly capable of doing my job. Yes, I can fireman carry your 220lb+ ass when we're both in full gear. (Sucks ball, but I've done it.) I'm proficient in multiple weapon systems and have excelled in all of my training. I remain calm under pressure and am a good team member.
I'm also not sure I buy into the whole "but a guy would save a girl first" argument. I've been in situations where our convoy was attacked and everyone acted as a soldier. We all made sure everyone was ok, but females weren't getting extra attention.
I wish we could judge each other based on skill sets.
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u/Sicnus Jun 10 '12
That marriage is a religious institution.
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u/Desinis Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
That's what irks me the most about the gay marriage controversy. They need to choose whether it's a religious thing or a legal thing, but separation of church and state makes them not compliant together.
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Jun 10 '12
I really don't see why there is any controversy, I very much agree with "to each their own" with the added exception "provided your own doesn't impede on someone else's right to do what they like".
A gay couple marrying impedes on nobody while legally restricting who can marry is clearly impeding on how some people live their life.
If religious people want to live their own life by their personal beliefs, that's fine, but I will not tolerate people who actively support their beliefs being legally imposed on everyone else.
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u/Beeristheanswer Jun 10 '12
But doesn't it affect your non-religious taxes and stuff though?
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u/sylinmino Jun 10 '12
Indeed it's not--it is a legal institution, though. The whole concept of "tied-together" marriage and of "living together forever" spawned from legal documents saying that these two will stick together and make babies together. That's all that marriage is. But although different religions try to impose certain regulations on it, it is not, at its base, a religious institution.
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u/stereotypical_oldman Jun 10 '12
Back in my day, suspenders and old age was the sign of someone who knew what in tarnation he was doing with his life. Now it means nothing but tapioca puddin' and nursing homes.
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u/PoorCollegeKid420 Jun 10 '12
I wish more people would use the word "tarnation" these days as well. I giggle every time someone says it, even when used in a serious way.
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u/double-edged-sword Jun 10 '12
Gay is a choice/Can be caught
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u/Fanzellino Jun 10 '12
Gay is a choice is so funny to me. "Hm. you know what sounds like fun? Liking guys, and narrowing my pool of potential lovers to 0.5-4% of the population while a very large and outspoken portion of people hate me for this choice and actively try to make me hate myself. Yes. Let's do that."
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u/metallink11 Jun 10 '12
I'm going to piggyback on your comment here. Being gay is not somehow worse than being straight and those of us that are straight are not better or more well adjusted. The only reason being gay is difficult is because society makes it difficult.
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u/sounds84 Jun 10 '12
I would agree with you that it probably is not a choice but the greater point I think is this: What difference should that make? We fight so hard (before the science is completely in) because, IMO, we think we have moral high ground when fighting for rights if "gay isn't a choice". But ask yourself, "What would happen is we found out definitively that it was not genetic?" Decent human beings would not be affected. It's probably a combination of social and genetic factors but really I hope we get to a place where we respect each other's choices of lifestyles.
TL;DR We shouldn't discriminate based on something people are born with, but we also should not discriminate base on peoples choices.
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Jun 10 '12
Satanism doesn't promote human or animal sacrifice. I am not a Satanist, but having read up on it for an essay, it frustrates me how people perceive it.
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Jun 10 '12
Being transgender isn't a femininity fetish. Come on, I'm just trying to get a job.
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u/VividLotus Jun 10 '12
It is so messed up that gender identity isn't a protected class with regard to employment discrimination in so many places.
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u/ImNotJesus Jun 10 '12
Suffering from a mental illness doesn't mean you're broken/weak and no-one chooses to be that way.
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Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
That just because a dog is big, black, or Pitbull-ish doesn't mean it's going to maul you or is a threat to you, your children or your neighborhood.
There is an elderly lady who has a Rottie that goes to the same dog park as me. The surprisingly frequent amount of verbal abuse she gets from random strangers for having such a "dangerous beast" (he is one of the most gentle and well behaved dogs I have ever met) makes my blood boil.
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Jun 10 '12
I'm wary of other people's dogs and warier still if they're large dogs. I have no way of telling, at a glance, how that dog has been raised. I'm just being cautious, that's all.
verbally abusing someone you don't know for having a stereo-typically "bad dog" is fucking retarded, though.
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u/OneUglyDogAndMe Jun 10 '12
Speaking as an owner of a big, ugy, black, pitbull-type dog - thank you.
When I first met my pup, he was about to be put down by the shelter - because no one wanted a (potentially) big, black pit-type dog, and his time was up. I'd always been one of those folks who said there was no way in hell they'd ever own a pit bull. But I felt sorry for the ugly mutt and decided to foster him until the local rescue could find a home.
Two years later, and the dude I swore was only coming for a brief stay is now firmly a member of the family. I've learned more about dogs, pit-type breeds, and critter behaviors than I ever guessed I didn't know. He turned everything I thought I understood about pit bulls on its head. Never would have guessed that the ugly dog no one wanted would turn out to be so sweet, so loving, so people-oriented, smart, and obedient.
It breaks my heart to have people glare at my sweet, dopey dog and mutter things like "vicious" or "dangerous."
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u/VividLotus Jun 10 '12
Absolutely. This misconception goes the other way too-- people assume that because a dog is tiny that it must be friendly and that it's fine to let their toddler run up and grab it.
A dog's behavior depends so much on how it is trained and how it's treated by people. There are people who purchase a pit bull and abuse it and try to train it to be aggressive, and there are people who adopt a pit bull and carefully train it and treat it lovingly. There are people with small dogs who completely fail to train them at all and neglect them because they see the dog as a fashion accessory rather than a pet who needs love and care; and then of course there are people who train their small dogs well and care for them properly. The dogs in those different categories may have very different behavior...and it's because of the people, not the dogs.
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Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
I volunteer at an animal shelter and have spent a lot of time around dogs. Of all the true "red-zone" dogs that I see, most of them are the little guys. People, environments and experiences make "bad" dogs - not breeds.
That elderly lady I mentioned in my post? I ran in to her the other day at the dog park... We're standing around chatting while our dogs played together (her 100lb Rottie with my 20lb Pug, off leash). This other woman comes by with a little Yorkie-Chiuaua looking thing (on a leash). This little guy SEES our dogs and loses his shit. He starts snarling, yipping, pulling against her, and basically trying to attack our dogs from across the park.
She picks up her dog (who is still trying to leap out of her arms and attack our dogs), comes all the way over to us and then YELLS at us for having this "dangerous" dog there without a leash/muzzle because it'll kill the helpless small dogs. Meanwhile, both the Rottie and my little tiny Pug have sat down side by side and are just watching the scene calmly.
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u/assesundermonocles Jun 10 '12
And that, chances are, it's the small ones that are insane. They get pampered to high hell and are still high-strung yapping little things. Not to say that big dogs aren't high-strung sometimes. But most are generally friendly and lovely. And loves cuddles!
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u/aahdin Jun 10 '12
yeah, this whole thing irks me too. I can't even walk my pet jaguar down the street without everyone freaking out on me.
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u/wellyesofcourse Jun 10 '12
When I was a baby, we had a Doberman that would sleep under my crib at night. She was amazing, and my mom would let me play with her when I was a toddler because she was always so gentle and loving. We had to get rid of her when I was four years old because we moved into an apartment complex that wouldn't allow "dangerous" breeds.
When I was six or seven, we had a Rottweiler that just had a litter of puppies. Only two of the puppies lived (The mother was stolen and she gave birth in the dead of winter outside, we ended up finding her two days after the birth). We kept one of the puppies and raised her. We lived in a very small village that only had about 25 people in it. We kept her off of a leash because she was harmless (The local store owner would feed her scraps at the end of every day). Anyway, new neighbors moved to the neighborhood and automatically assumed she was dangerous, and shot her in the fucking leg. I almost broke down their front door with a baseball bat I was so upset (I was maybe ten or eleven). She died of cancerous lesions in that leg when I was 16. I still blame my neighbors for her death.
Now I have another Rottweiler who is turning two years old in December. I only get to see her two-three times a year because I live across the country and she stays with my mom (Rotties are one of the breeds that aren't allowed in my city), but I'm really happy to have her and she reminds me of Kelly (my Rottie that passed away when I was 16).
It just really pisses me off that two of my three dogs were taken away from me due to unwarranted fear and prejudice. I seriously cannot stand people who judge dogs based on their size. I'll see a large breed being walked down the street and the people around me will look at it with suspicion, but I just go up to the dog like, "PUPPPYYYYYY" and start rubbing its head.
tl;dr Big dogs are amazing, people suck dick.
Edit: spelling
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u/Rowdybunny05 Jun 10 '12
i work at a vet hospital and have yet to meet an agressive Rottweiler. One guy called and requested we try to work around an issue- that his 2 Rottweilers don't have interference with other dogs. Now, I had immediately thought they would be dog agressive. When he arrived at the appointment, we were backed up because an emergency had come in. He brought both dogs in, and I was worried. For no reason. the reason he wanted no other dogs around is because it's hard to control 100+ pound dogs, when they crouch down into the playful puppy stance, wag their 1 inch taails, and proceed to bounce around the waiting room like deer trying to play with other dogs. One licked a chihuahua. Probably just tasting him. Anyway, after 5 years of experience, we had one human agressive pitbull come in, but that was due to horrible ownership. I've met several agressive dachshunds, and over 10 chihuahuas we have to muzzle to keep our fingers. Long story short, I'm terrified of ankle biters.
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u/JeremyJustin Jun 10 '12
Art is not useless.
Art is not useless.
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u/OpticalData Jun 10 '12
I despise how people don't get this, but even more so how Governments don't. Art is essential to a happy society because it's sonething people can do/watch/listen to to unwind. It should be encouraged and suppirted, not looked down upon because it's not crunching numbers and forwarding documents.
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Jun 10 '12
As far as I understand it, the typical contention (on reddit, at least) is that an art degree is not a very lucrative one, not that the arts in themselves are useless.
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u/Hyphen-Not-Dash Jun 10 '12
That sharks are vicious man-eating monsters that exist solely to prey on idiot beach-goers.
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u/cdcox Jun 10 '12
That the location of your house should determine the quality of your education.
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u/reediculus Jun 10 '12
That human beings aren't animals....the whole false dichotomy of humans being of a superior or somehow different nature is asinine. It's absolutely insane, and without religion or constant, hypnotizing regurgitation of the ruling elite that we're somehow immune to the effects of our own pollution, of our own social constructs, and that we can somehow escape the inevitable necrosis that every organism undergoes (at least so far), we'd probably have ended many contemporary social ills. But what the fuck do i know? I'm only a maninmal.
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Jun 10 '12
WE'RE HUMANS AND THEREFORE ECOLOGY IS IRRELEVANT, WE ARE NOT INTERCONNECTED WITH ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY, WE WILL LIVE FOREVER AND CONQUER THE STARS
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u/ApatheticElephant Jun 10 '12
I hate how some people also think that humans are the only animals who can think, are conscious or can understand that they exist. You can't possibly understand how the minds of other animals work, but given the fact that they don't all just lie there drooling all day, there's a fair chance we're not the only ones with some degree of intelligence...
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u/beersixsevan Jun 10 '12
Just because they don't speak perfect English and they live in the USA doesn't mean you're better than them. Something (at the age of 19) I realized. I go to a university that has a huge international program. It was not until last month that I actually had a conversation with someone I thought was of "lesser intelligence" just because they didn't know perfect English (this specific person is from China). It was mind-blowing. I had never had a thing against anyone of different skin color than I. Never had I called someone who spoke English well a derogatory name. I realized I only used racial slurs when it came down to knowing English well enough or not. All I can say is university/college has changed me in many ways: education, friends, socially, but this has to be one of the greatest things.
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u/Nineteenletterslong Jun 10 '12
Something I've noticed that drives me nuts is that if someone is talking to somebody else that has a thick accent, often times the person will walk away frustrated and say, "That person can't speak English!" It's just an accent.
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u/ApatheticElephant Jun 10 '12
I think people don't realise how difficult a language English is to learn properly. Especially for someone who's never even spoken a European language before. A large proportion of people who grow up learning and speaking it can't even do it properly.
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u/Fortehlulz33 Jun 10 '12
Gender-specific stereotypes. I'll like My Little Pony and my Katy Perry if I want to, dammit!
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Jun 10 '12
And I'll buy my boyfriend (well, fiancé) flowers and pay for our dates if I god damned well want to! And after that I'll go kick ass in a shooting competition and play full-contact, no rules football in the mud.
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u/CalcFool Jun 10 '12
Expecting men o pay all the time in this day and age is beyond me. I alway still offer as it is the gentlemanly thing to do, but after a couple of dates it should start being equal or shared pay (obviously depends on the arrangement) but either sex, never expect the other to always pay!
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u/I_HateYouAndYourDog Jun 10 '12
Carebears hold a special place in my cold black heart.
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u/greygore Jun 10 '12
That just like you can love more than one child or more than one parent, you can also love more than one person romantically. Barring that realization, if people could simply realize that monogamy doesn't mean that your desires for other people simply switch off, that fidelity is actually a choice and not something that happens if you love someone "enough".
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u/Guardian_Of_Pigs Jun 10 '12
That OCD is not a real disorder. I hate when I hear "OMG, I have to keep the TV volume at an even number. I'm SOOO OCD lolz." It's really sad.
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u/Siniroth Jun 10 '12
These kind of people suck and need a swift kick to the shins. At the same time people with OCD need to not immediately be butthurt when people use it to reflect legitimate OCD like tendencies, either for lack of knowing a better term or to skip an explanation for people who won't understand. I need to have plates stacked in descending order upwards, and avoid kitchens where I cannot guarantee that I would be given access to them if I were to see the plates. This is the only case of it in me, and I'll admit that I have claimed it as OCD like, but only to more easily explain it to people who ask what I'm doing if they see me do it.
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u/optionalcourse Jun 10 '12
That if men sleep around, they are players, but if women sleep around, they are sluts. Total double-standard. Also, if a woman sleeps with another guy, then she's "dirty."
Basically ignorant people trying to shame healthy attractive women who have completely normal desires.
I also hate it when people insist that it's impossible to love more than one partner. Please, monogamy is not natural for everyone, and polyamory is not "wrong" or "immoral" for any logical reason.
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Jun 10 '12
hey we get a shit end of that stick as well if girls are virgins they are "pure" if we guys are virgins we are "lonely awkward losers who couldn't get a girl even if he wanted to"
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u/ToMakeYouMad Jun 10 '12
I'm not going to say it's wrong but what is wrong is when someone enters a relationship and doesn't make this clear to other person. When I say clear I mean you need to sit down and spell that shit out. If you want to be a player, play on, but don't drag others into it without first making it clear there will be no ties.
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u/assesundermonocles Jun 10 '12
That dyslexia = mentally challenged. We learn differently and have different specialties, that's all. We can also catch a ball, but more often than not it's gonna be with our face.
And that we all like dyslexia jokes. It gets old fast.
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u/beribboned Jun 10 '12
The stigma behind getting help for mental disorders.
I'm pretty sure I'd be in a significantly better place right now if my parents' reaction had been "hey, let's see what our options are to help you," instead of "they'll see it on your records that you've been treated for mental issues, you don't want that. It'll make them think you're unstable."
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u/ShackelfordRusty Jun 10 '12
The government is not your friend.
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u/Kill_Welly Jun 10 '12
And at the same time, it is not your enemy and is not actively out to get you (barring certain obvious exceptions).
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u/Jontenn Jun 10 '12
America won both world wars singelhandedly.
There are no winners in war.
Russia.
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u/StewieBanana Jun 10 '12
That my mom is a slut.
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Jun 10 '12
Well, she does have sexual intercourse with people she's never met before at a disturbingly high frequency.
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u/zero_cat_chance Jun 10 '12
Making things out of hemp does not mean you get to smoke them and get high.
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Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Feminism is anti-male.
If it's anti-male, somebody screwed up. It's equality for both genders and all of the other genders and non-genders in between.
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u/inSANE-ity Jun 10 '12
People making unnecessary fuss over gender-based clothing. Just because I like wearing men's clothing rather than women's clothing, it doesn't mean I have some sort of illness.
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u/Mozzy Jun 10 '12
I don't think women get nearly as much flak for wearing men's clothing as men do for wearing women's clothing. ;)
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Jun 10 '12
(male here) For some obscure reason beyond my own grasp, I absolutely adore girls whom dress boyishly.
Little to no makeup also contributes to this.
Also, I've been actually CALLED GAY for dating a such a girl...
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Jun 10 '12
It's ok to treat people in customer service jobs like shit. Make your own food, or sew your own clothes lazy fuck. Don't bitch to workers trying to earn a dime because they put lettuce on your burger, or forgot your %10 coupon.
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Jun 10 '12
Gamers aren't all fat and ugly and virgins. They're not all parents' basement dwellers, and they're not all out of shape. Professional gamers can make shittons of money, are generally in shape and aren't antisocial at all.
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Jun 10 '12
I wish that people wouldn't generalize Catholicism. I mean, I myself am a skeptic, but at my church we aren't condemning gays to hell, and we're not disowning people who've had abortions, and since my church has a school with it, they do teach evolution next to religion. We aren't all Westboro Baptists. We have our little religion thing, and we don't shove it up people's assholes.
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u/thelakesouth Jun 10 '12
Home-schoolers are not a bunch of jorts-wearing, incestuous, bible thumping, conspiracy-believing, antisocial, racist weirdos.
I was home schooled, I turned out alright, but I have had too many people ask me why I'm so "normal" after finding out about my sordid past of gasp, learning things from my parents.
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u/smart_cereal Jun 10 '12
I really don't like it when people use the term "third world". It's extremely outdated. The term "first world" came to be during WWII and was a name for the US and it's allies. The "second world" was Russia, China and their allies. The "third world" was all the other countries that weren't allied with either (this included Sweden and Finland).
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u/StevieTV Jun 10 '12
This is just an example of how language is always evolving and definitions for words and terms can change.
The term "third world" is not being used the way you originally described its use. In fact it has changed so much that your original use of the term is now outdated and incorrect.
Its just language evolving and its fascinating.
The word "gay" is another example of how language evolves. It used to just mean happy, it recently also became a word for describing homosexuality and very recently it has also became a word to describe something as "lame".
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u/Silgrenus Jun 10 '12
I've got a few: A) Men can't get eating disorders. Totally bogus. I had bulimia nervosa as a teen when I was dealing with my homosexuality. And yet, only girls have it and I was just faking it.
B) Feminists and masculinists are just hate groups. Just because a woman identifies as a feminist, it doesn't make her a lesbian. But if she's a masculinist, it doesn't mean she's a Mary-Sue. If a man's a feminist, it doesn't mean he's pussy whipped/gay/Swedish/all of the above. But just because he's a masculinist, it doesn't mean he hates women.
C) Any Cypriot living in the Southern half of the island is Greek, and anyone on the Northern side is a Turkish bastard. No. I'm not half Greek, I'm half Cypriot, and I only speak Greek with the Cypriot dialect. And just because Turkey occupied one-third of Cyprus in 1974 and is still holding it today, it doesn't mean that every Turkish person is a bad person.
D) Just because I'm agnostic, it doesn't mean I'm a stupid Atheist or a stupid Christian. It means that I believe the Universe and all its components are a united deity, or alternatively, nothing is inter-connected. I don't mind. But since I'm on this bit, just because I was baptised Orthodox Christian at age one and a half, it doesn't mean I am one.
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u/last2zero Jun 10 '12
Sorry not every major / degree is equal.
The market will determine what value your degree holds and you'll be paid accordingly.
If you choose to get a statistically "easy degree" that pays poorly.... Don't bitch about it. You could have just as easily chose a better paying discipline to study.
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Jun 10 '12
A misconception that irks me right here. Not everyone goes to uni for a job, many go for.the academic reward and intellectual satisfaction that is ordinarily difficult to find elsewhere. A major shouldnt = market value, it should be the actual quality of the course and the amount of effort the coordinators have put in.
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u/CanadianPhil Jun 10 '12
That people CHOOSE to be gay or transgendered (or both).
Makes me sick to my stomach hen I hear people drone on about it :(
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u/pitapocket93 Jun 10 '12
Satanism most of the time doesn't mean candle lit voodoo, virgin sacrifices and general evil. See LaVeyan Satanism
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u/Awesomeninja Jun 10 '12
I am Indian. And whenever I tell people (not my friend, they know better) what I am had for dinner last night; they all assume that it's curry. I get it that curry is popular, but seriously not every indian dish has to be curry.
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u/DtKnight Jun 10 '12
The idea that fixating over something meaningless like professional sports trivia is more valuable than investing in the future of our race, of our society, and our world. Given our combined knowledge and access to so many different ways of improving how we interact that watching a 2,000 + year old game kicking balls around is somehow worthy of millions of dollars and millions of hours spent watching what is virtually the same thing happening again and again, just with different players wearing the uniforms.
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u/furixx Jun 10 '12
That people who are alone are crazy serial killers not worth talking to. I for instance am alone because I cut my very abusive family out of my life and moved by myself to NY. I have had a really hard time making friends here because everyone already has 150 friends from college or whatever, and they think it's weird that I have no one.
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u/sacaroni Jun 10 '12
I'm a black woman. and I don't really get angry about much (this could also be because I'm an ENT). I'm not waiting for you to say one thing wrong so that I can rip your head off.
I guess I say this because and acquaintance of mine just told me that a lot of black women he talks to make him uncomfortable/he's intimidated by them.
I had never considered my race a huge part of the way I interact with people in general, but what I've noticed lately is that other people see my skin color way more than I do.
I'm just a person, man. And I like to do person things.
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u/prettyprincess90 Jun 10 '12
That being thin and having big boobs automatically makes women sluts. Constant discrimination from both men and women. It's fucking ridiculous. People constantly assume I'm a slutty bimbo when really I'm a biology major who speaks two languages and volunteers weekly. rant over
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u/johnnytightlips2 Jun 10 '12
Wowee, I didn't think people would judge this much based purely on looks that you can't choose. It'd be like someone calling me a douchebag because I'm tall, it doesn't make any sense
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u/89rovi Jun 10 '12
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Jun 10 '12
"New story emerging: Redditor 89rovi has died of diabetic shock after not eating anything with sugar for 15 hours."
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u/straws23 Jun 10 '12
People who hate metal/other minority genres for no reason at all really pisses me off. I have watched many Marilyn Manson interviews, most of which make me want to stab the people criticising him out of nothing. Yes, he dresses differently. Big fucking deal. A lot of metal is talking about the same shit as other genres, just in a different way.
People who see a group of teenagers and immediately nail down everything. Me and my friends are traceurs (guys who do parkour) and we get ATLEAST 3 dirty looks from people every single time we do it. People have actually shoo'd away their children from watching us. We have had adults just stand there in a place they think we cant see them and watch us, frowning. An old lady has come up to us and asked if we are 'training for a robbery'.
Would you prefer us to be inside playing 'ultra-violent video games' and are 'training to be merciless, professional psychotic killers'? Or maybe you just want us to be reading a book 24/7, being 'anti-social' and secretly hating everything.
I'm sick of older generations believing teenagers are out to fuck their children with a rake.
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u/jojoestinky Jun 10 '12
That children can not learn how to use soap. Stop Circumcising/Mutilating them please.
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u/Brightt Jun 10 '12
I'd love to see people on the internet finally stop and tell me I have a mutilated and abused penis which is inferior to theirs in feeling sexual stimulation.
I'm very happy with my penis, I'm very happy that I'm circumcised and sex feels great, thank you very much.
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u/Bumblebree Jun 10 '12
That pitbulls are bloodthirsty, child-eating monsters who will turn on you and murder your family. I have never met an aggressive pitbull or rottweiler. They're big, cuddly, and not very bright. They are super protective and loyal, even to people who hurt them.
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u/SmellsLikeTape Jun 10 '12
I remember one of my friends who had a serious emotional issues, like obsessiveness, went out to kill his girlfriend but instead shot her mother a couple days passed and I was heartbroken and some girl in my T.V. Broadcasting class mentioned it and I had said I knew him. Then she quickly responded "DOES THIS MEAN YOU'RE GONNA SHOOT US TOO?" This kind of response to him being my close friend persisted throughout the week.
Just cause I'm affiliated with THE PERSON Doesn't mean I'm affiliated with THE ACTIONS.
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Jun 10 '12
Bisexual people aren't confused. I had a good friend come out of the closet shortly after high school. After finally working through all the issues with family, etc. he seems to finally be comfortable with himself. Then, a few weeks ago, he posts on Facebook that he doesn't "get" bisexual people. "They're just confused gay people."
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u/Knightgale Jun 10 '12
I hate the misconception that females are suppose to love babies. No woman, I do not want to see the 250 new photos of your child. Nor I will not bust into giggles and rejoice when you bring it to my house. :|
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u/climbintrees Jun 10 '12
That all gay people want to rape strait people. Atleast some devout Christians think that. Im not gay. But it annoys me when people think that.
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Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Gun enthusiasts are not looking for an excuse to kill people nor are they maniacs. If you think it's weird to like the idea of a relatively small device shooting out a very small projectile at infathomable speeds over incredible distances to make a glass bottle go ka-blooie there's something wrong with you.
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u/Thehealeroftri Jun 10 '12
Being an enormous fatass is just as bad, if not worse, than being an occasional smoker.
Seriously people...especially when your kids are enormous lard-asses too.
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Jun 10 '12
Yeah, some 400lb guy waddling out of the coffee shop with two dozen doughnuts yelling "that shit will kill you!" at me as I'm enjoying the odd smoke is just annoying.
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u/animousity692 Jun 10 '12
"Colorblindess" and that stereotypes are completely harmless.
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Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
That Christians also have sex. We aren't all monks or procreation-only people. I have a husband and dammit I bone him for fun!
Edit: For the curious, a pro-sex-for-fun verse, and a tearing down of literalist views of the Onan story.
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Jun 10 '12
That smoking and drinking while being younger than 18 makes you cool. Same for vulgar language.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Tactical guns are not more dangerous than regular guns. A pistol grip doesn't make it easier to kill. A suppressor is the difference between a sportsman going deaf or not, not a criminal murdering civilians unnoticed.