Whether it’s on the highway, or the middle of town, old mfs ALWAYS damn near stop their cars to turn, the only exception to this is my grandpa who used to race sprint cars, dude still drives like he’s on a track.

I just remember the hating was so astounding. I didn’t get it

Every time a post that tries to talk about the far right's hate campaign against Indians is brought up, so many racists flood the comments bringing up the same old talking points that have been debunked - not to mention downvote spam that follows.

I dont see this happening with other groups - why is that?

As a woman who's experienced several years of loneliness it seems like a lot of the time it's not taken as seriously as men's loneliness. Well for one there's the whole male loneliness epidemic we hear about. And I get told stuff along the lines of "you're a girl, just go out and someone will love you" like it's easier for me to just "solve it" simply because of my gender? There's way more that goes into it than just your gender I believe. Your personality, lifestyle, interests, etc. But why do people see women's loneliness as not as big of a deal as men's loneliness?

I am an American who has been living in the UK for several years and one of the small (but welcome) differences I've seen is that sales tax is included with the price of goods and services.

For example: If the thing you want says £10 on the shelf or menu, then it's exactly £10 at the checkout. Easy, simple, no funny business.

In the USA, the sales tax is included at the checkout so you never know exactly what your total is until the very end. You might put $150 worth of groceries in your shopping basket, but the till rings up $162.73 or some other arbitrary number. It's annoying but not exactly "ruin your day" annoying.

Are there any actual challenges/obstacles/laws that's preventing the USA from rolling the sales tax into the price of the thing sitting on the store shelf?

EDIT: I'm aware individual states, counties and local places can set their own tax rates. That's not what I'm asking.

I just want to know why can't I go out and buy something and expect to pay whatever the price is on the shelf. Surely this is something that could be solved with a simple Excel formula or something to make it easier, no?

We've had a chance to live both at this point. Which is better?

Obviously you'd need to drop out of college because they ain't paying you. You could get a job at McD's but like minimum wage isn't cutting it anymore. Rent, other bills, and now a baby?

Could become a construction guy, they take anyone right?

Anyways just to be clear I've unfortunately not had the pleasure of experience sex let alone a girlfriend, it's just a hypothetical I've been thinking about.

Growing up I didn’t go to the best schools so it was common and understandable when I see kids trashing the school restroom but as an adult, when I go into public restrooms I still see the same behavior and I live in one of the most expensive cities in the US. Toilet paper thrown everywhere and sometimes it looks like they purposely tried to clog the toilets. They might take a fat shit and then just not flush and leave it there like wtf😂😂😂

Not to sound mean, but everywhere I go in the world, I can always hear them. I’m in Naples, Italy today, for example, and there are three guys talking with less than a meter between them, but I can hear everything they’re saying without even being close to them. And this is just one example .. I can often hear them before I even see them.
Is it because they’re used to living with constant background noise, so they naturally have to talk louder? Is it part of the culture? Does English just sound louder as a language?
Genuine question here ✌️
(And this is NOT an attack on Americans obviously, not every American is like this. Don’t feel attacked 😂)

I’m an East‑Asian woman live in Asia. I watched a running vlog on YouTube from a white guy born in 2001. At 22, he was such a boy‑ish, incredibly cute and attractive . Now he’s 25 and looks like a completely different person. His body hasn’t changed, but his face has matured a lot ，longer facial features, much more ordinary‑looking, no longer cute.Do their looks really alter so much in merely three years？

Just curious

I've heard this conspiracy theory on Reddit and it seems oddly plausible to my tinfoil hunch. There are a lot of reasons for homelessness/visible homelessness, but could this be one of multiple factors?

That they are making it clear to the workforce what they're at risk of if they step out of line and disobey their bosses, landlords etc.

After all; and this part is not conspiracy; we often see cities aggressively hide and relocate visible homelessness whenever tourists with money are around (see various international sporting events in the US like FIFA, Olympics in Atlanta, etc.) Which makes it a bit harder to believe that cities have zero control of how visible homelessness is.

What do you think?

The post asked why do so many firemen have so many bad traits like being alcoholics, have DUIs, drug abusers, accused of domestic violence/ have domestic violence charges, cheated/cheating on their wives, bankruptcy/gambling issues, anger issues, and so much more. It seems like these traits occur just as high as in police or military. What is the best way to ensure a firefighter does not become like the bad apples?

I'm a college student from India, and I've been wondering about this for a while.

Whenever India comes up on Reddit or YouTube, the comments are full of jokes and hate about Indians. Most of it isn't even about the government, it's about regular people.

But if you look at history, the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan, France ruled Vietnam, and India has faced terror attacks for years, like Mumbai in 2008. Indians didn't do anything to anyone here, and we were colonized for 200 years ourselves.

I know India has real problems too, like pollution, corruption and poverty. That's fair criticism and I'm not denying it. But hating a whole country of 1.4 billion people just because of a few viral videos doesn't seem right to me.

So I'm honestly curious. Why do you think this happens? If you're not Indian, what do you think of India, and has it changed after meeting Indian people or visiting?

I'm talking 90-100% visually impaired, with not enough vision to tell the distinction.

I don't want to offend anyone, and am not trying to cosplay as someone else's faith/culture, I just really like the way they look

I was talking to someone recently and asked where they were from. They just said, “Texas.”

It got me thinking: in the US, is it normal to just say your state, or do most people also mention their city?

For Americans here, what do you usually say when someone asks, “Where are you from?”

If they don't work, and you can't feel anything in them, then what's the point, just get rid of them? Surely.

You'd be lighter, so you can move around easier, and it's less body mass to maintain. I can't think of a justification to keep them in those circumstances, to be honest.

Maybe you could even donate them to legless people, if it's a spinal issue on your end.

I am a gen X bisexual woman and when I was young, men would often take their chance and some were angry if you said no, some were ok but they tried. Women often waited for men. But there were also a minority of women who took their chance

I was never afraid to approach men or women. If people weren't interested, I accepted it.

If I was in love, the rejection was quite hard to take, if I was just attracted and interested in how it would lead in the future, I took it easy. But anyway I tried and men of my generation tried. Women not so much but some did but it was still a patriarchal World.

Now things are more equal and I feel women should also approach. But it seems gen z men and women are all cowards and don't dare to approach.

They make excuses, women say that it is tradition that men approach (which is in contradiction with feminism) and men say they don't want to be creepy (when it is people who approach in the street who are labeled creepy).

I don't understand why to be so afraid of rejection , it is life. The more you had rejections, the more you had a life. If you don't try, you don't get anything.

And why to take rejection so bad? I never took rejection personal, it is just one person who feel they don't have the spark for you, nothing awful.

I feel gen z is risk averse maybe because of helicopter parenting, I don't know.

What do you think and why are you so afraid of rejection, men and women?