It’s all an act. Why do you have to wear uncomfortable clothing at an office job when you can get the work done the exact same in normal / comfortable clothes? Same goes for behaviors as well. The amount of customer service jobs that get upset when you go off script and talk normally to the customer is insane. Why do you have to speak like a corporate robot with no personality? Oh and don’t even get me started on the whole not letting employees sit thing. I find it stupid when I see a cashier not have a chair when they could get the work done just the same. Why make your employees uncomfortable for no reason? For the sake of some arbitrary ancient rules that is professionalism? Same goes for not accepting dyed hair or tattoos too (I don’t have either but it doesn’t bother me when I see employees having them). I could go on and on but yeah. Lmk your thoughts.

I feel kind of warm actually learning more about the recipe and the person who created it. It also usually has loads of sections about substitutions, make ahead instructions, freezing instructions that I find very useful.

I am fine with ai generated media as long as its labeled as being ai. I read a lot and I can't always afford to buy more books. I use Kindle unlimited and there are a lot of ai generated books on there. I'm fine with that until they slap a fake name and about the author on it. Then they're just lying

Now, to be fair, I did grow up playing their consoles, but I never really experienced much of their library beyond Mario Kart and Galaxy which are both fantastic games in their own right. But once I got my Switch, I figured that it was time that I dip my little tootsies into their catalog. So, I splurged on a bunch of Nintendo exclusives both new and old figuring that maybe I had been missing out on some incredible experiences. I tried everything from Zelda to Kirby, Mario, along with a little bit of Pokémon and Luigi’s Mansion. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I just couldn’t get invested in any of them.

I don’t necessarily hate these games, nor do I think they’re bad. I can understand why people love them, and I can appreciate the amount of creativity and polish that goes into many of Nintendo’s releases. However, I personally find a lot of Nintendo’s games to be rather overhyped. Despite all the praise they receive, I often find myself wondering what everyone else sees in them.

The biggest problem is that I just don’t find them particularly engaging to play. I can recognize that a game is well-designed without actually enjoying my time with it, and that’s pretty much how I feel about most of Nintendo’s library. There’s nothing inherently wrong with these experiences, but they rarely give me a reason to keep coming back.

This is also why I haven’t bothered picking up a Switch 2 yet. Some of the games on there look cool but I don’t think I can personally justify purchasing one knowing that I probably won’t like the games on there either.

Ultimately, as much as I would love to see what other people see in these games, I think Nintendo just isn’t for me. I’m not going to pretend that their games are terrible, they just don’t seem to appeal to me. And that’s totally fine. I’d rather spend my money on games I’m genuinely excited to play than force myself to enjoy something simply because it’s considered a masterpiece by everyone else. Nintendo has plenty of fans who will happily buy whatever they release, and more power to them. I’ll just be over here playing something else.

I don't know how it started.. but everybody I know in my 20s and 30s love to travel on a budget, take uncomfortable modes of transport, sleep as little as possible, or worse sleep only during journey in car/bus where it is difficult to get a good sleep longer than 1-2 hours.. then they want to go to all the famous spots within 2-3 days of weekends.. sleep late to have fun as a group and then wake up early next day to visit another spot..

I'd rather do 2 relaxing vacations in a year, where I spend a week or 2 in some stunningly beautiful place.. do everything at normal place, get tons of sleep, and if increasing budget a bit gets me comfort then so be it..

Why must vacation be a chore to get through, instead of actually relaxing and then getting back to your hometown feeling refreshed?

I'm not sure why, but those types of posters just look awesome to me. It gives you a sense of every person you're going to see in the film, and maybe even a glimpse into who they are. They're very easy to look at as well, and cath your attention almost instantly. They look almost mythical, like a grand epic of some sorts. I think I prefer them to any other type of movie poster, even though I know that's a bit of a hot take.

They think that they are going to make the people that wronged them or neglected them, feel guilty like they indirectly caused what happened. Look at the Facebook live killer, he would make his victims say the name of his ex-girlfriend right before he killed them to try to make her feel like she was responsible for it. This is mostly delusional thinking but to be honest, sometimes it works. I know I feel guilt for not reaching out to some of the friends that I knew that killed themselves.

Why do we need to wrap our arms around someone and press our bodies together just to say hello or goodbye? I don’t understand how this became such a normal thing to do.

It’s especially weird when it’s someone you barely know. Sometimes you meet someone for the first time and they already want a hug. Even with friends and family, I don’t see why hugging is necessary every time you see each other.

The worst part is that people think you’re rude or unfriendly if you don’t want to hug them.

Everyone knows, the older the parents, the more likely you are to have mental health issues and developmental problems. I don’t think it ends there. I think you get better overall kids in every facet by having them early compared to later in life. Sure you may have more money, but the genes they get are everything.

Having children early in life gives them the best chance at being healthy, intelligent, extroverted, athletic… you name it.

I have no problem with people being successful or wealthy, but I genuinely think there's something obscene about one person being worth billions while others work full-time and can barely afford to live.

And it's not just the amount of money. It's how they got there.

Does anyone seriously believe you accumulate that kind of wealth purely through hard work, kindness and treating everyone fairly?

At some point, you have to question how much of that fortune came from underpaid workers, exploiting loopholes and putting profits ahead of people.

And before someone tells me their wealth is tied up in shares, yes, I understand that. It doesn't change the point.

What I find particularly bizarre is ordinary people defending billionaires as though they're one good business idea away from joining the club.

We've somehow turned extreme wealth into a measure of someone's worth, without questioning who helped create it or who missed out along the way.

You can be incredibly successful without hoarding more wealth than generations of your family could ever spend.

I don't admire billionaires. I question a system that allows that level of wealth to accumulate in the first place.

I’m not poor and I come from a financially good background yet every time I’ve done these things, I’ve always regretted it. I don’t think it’s thaaaaaaaaat good.

Yes the amenities are nice and the services are good but paying thousands of extra dollars for a stay or a flight for that benefit is not amazing. I truly believe that you can stay in a regular chain hotel like Radisson Blu or Holiday Inn or something along those lines and have a good time. Every time I’ve went to one of those insanely expensive 5 star hotels I’ve been underwhelmed. I look at it and it’s beautiful and fancy but it’s really not that spectacular in my honest opinion. I would rather save the money which could honestly fund another vacation.

Same for business class flights. I would only upgrade with miles if I can. I would literally rather use the money and put it to another vacation or something.

I genuinely feel that the upgrades that cost thousands produce negligible benefits to my enjoyment

A Halloween costume should be scary. I’m so sick of “Halloween costumes” just being like normal cosplay, or dressing like a celebrity. If you want to dress up like your favorite character - pretend that character turned into a zombie. easy. or a vampire version. done. throw on some blood fangs etc. for example, one year as a child I was Minnie Mouse as a vampire. obviously mean girls is the best example where because Lindsey Lohans character is sheltered from the ‘norm’ of just dressing sexy she shows up in a proper scary Halloween costume. also, you can be scary and still look sexy!

when im having nausea and discomfort, i always look forward to throwing up cuz itll subside after. usually its temporary and then the nausea will come back and ill have to throw up again so its like a few cycles but the throwing up part is so relieving its like the pressue goes away and i feel light and airy and free and happy. also i feel weird taking anti nausea pills its so strange to have the nausea go away without vomiting i rather just vomit away the nausea and then its like a reward after all that discomfort. only when im sick tho, i dont go and vomit for fun on normal days.

Despite the conventional wisdom of cutting food with your right hand and eating with the fork in the left, and Americans switching hands after cutting, I have never done that. Despite the fact that I am right-handed, I find it easier to cut food with the knife in my left hand and my fork in the right. For whatever reason, holding the fork in the right place takes more dexterity than the cutting motion of the knife.

Eating your own bogies or snot rockets is perfectly normal for many people and shouldn't be shamed. In fact, just like a child that falls in dirt and develops a taste for it, or is around animals from an early age and can develop a stronger immune system, so to, eating bogies can have similar effects. And there is nothing particularly unnatural about such a habit continuing into adulthood. We evolved from apes after all, and they like to eat bits of fleas and other matter from each other. So yeah, just another everyday activity that doesn't need to be looked down upon.

I think every place where people regularly eat should have a conveniently accessible sink with soap and running water, in addition to the bathroom.

I find it bizarre how much society relies on napkins as the default solution for dirty hands. If you eat something oily, sticky, saucy, or crumbly, a napkin can remove some of the mess, but it isn’t the same as washing your hands. And there are some types of residues that napkins simply can’t remove/dissolve. Sometimes wiping your hands just feels like moving the residue around rather than actually getting rid of it.

Yet eating areas frequently have no sinks nearby. If you want to wash your hands after eating, you may have to walk to a bathroom, go through a crowded public space, or go searching for a sink somewhere else in the building. This makes proper handwashing unnecessarily inconvenient and makes people who prefer to wash their hands seem unusually particular, when the infrastructure itself could simply make handwashing easier.

For example, at my office, to wash my hands after lunch, I have to leave my backpack at the table, dispose of my dishes, navigate to a bathroom, wash my hands, get an extra paper towel to open the door, throw it away, and walk back to get my backpack. All of this could be simplified by having an accessible handwashing sink near the cafeteria 🤦‍♀️

Imagine a food court, office cafeteria, park picnic area, or communal dining space with a small handwashing station nearby. Why isn’t this a more common design choice 😭

Of course there are some People in the community that are not good people. But not Everyone is like that. Just because some People in a community are bad doesn't mean all of Them are bad and it certainly doesn't mean most of Them are bad. and it's not the community's fault that fan made brainrot content for the show exists.

I don't live an interesting life, which means I get bored easily. If I hear a knock on the door and see through the window that it's a solicitor, it's a perfect opportunity to fuck with people for the sake of my own personal amusement. If it's a door to door salesman, I'll immediately start preaching the words of Jesus Christ followed by saying something insane. If it's a religious group trying to convert me, I'll say some of the most antagonistic things I can think of in the moment.

I started the East of Eden series recently, which tries to stay faithful to the source material (at least the first episode). The whole time, I was thinking “Just read the book! It’s this, but better!” On the other end of the spectrum is the recent Wuthering Heights, a beloved book where “creative liberties” were taken in the adaptation, which was universally panned.

There really is no right way to adapt a good book in a satisfying way. You inevitably lose what made it a good book in the first place. Even a quality adaptation will just be a pale copy of the book itself.

On the other hand, there have been movie adaptations that exceeded the book. In my opinion, Fight Club and The Shining have adaptations that improve on the source material and create iconic movies. Why? Because they’re mediocre books.

Mediocre often explore interesting ideas with lackluster execution. Adaptation gives a new life to these ideas from someone with a fresh perspective.

I usually don't like it when TV series or movies show right before the climax first, then give you a "six months earlier", and the rest of the story is catching back up to the moment we saw in the beginning.

^{Random examples, i know:}

White lotus notably does this, at least in season 2.

the Mr bean short film "Man vs. Bee" does this.

Assassins creed 1 started it's story in modern times, you were Desmond and went into the past/ history for segments of the story, but returned to the present.

Second last or last episode of Lanterns season 1 did the same thing, this one expanded on recaps we'd already kind of seen. Like, get back to the present, I don't care.

I don't have any problems with stories written so a narrator is telling the story, and no problem with in-medias-res writing, starting in the middle of the action. this is often very engaging. but if there is a "2 weeks earlier" intertitle, I can get very impatient. often, I just want to get back to the "present" in the story, as it's what I was invested in. I particularly don't like it when we get back to the present, and the story ends. it's like we finally get to the real story, and it's over, wtf.

I wasn’t allowed to shop there for both money and sexual advertisement reasons, and the smell and dark environment made it feel cool and forbidden yet aspirational. I loved that going in there was a whole experience that smacked you in the face, lol. I still associate that smell with “2000s unattainable cool girl” vibes…

I believe puberty blockers should still absolutely exist as an option for wary parents, unsure kids, if someone (the parents, child, or doctor) is in some doubt or as a safety net.

However, in general, if a doctor can verify that a child that openly identifies and considers themselves genuinely trans is, indeed, gender dysphoric/gender incongruent, especially if they've known this for multiple years without any presence of doubt, the child should be given HRT at around the age when they and their peers would be going through puberty. Not puberty blockers - but blocking their natal hormones AND giving them the hormones of their target sex.

A giant array of research supports that A) children know their gender as little as 3-5 years old, B) almost all children that go on puberty blockers go on to start HRT and very few go back on it (and those who would be unsure or might fear they would regret, I say, can go on puberty blockers instead of HRT) and C) the vast majority of detransition is from external pressure, bullying, budget reasons or coercion, and rates of regret are very small and rare.

Yes, there will be children who will detransition (which is completely fine - go ahead). Yes, a very small amount of children will have gone on HRT long enough before detransitioning that they will have some permanent effects of the wrong puberty.

However - millions of trans people already have gone through with this - a wrong puberty, sometimes its entire length or just a portion of it, that leaves them permanently physically and mentally scarred, sometimes to the point they will never pass without surgical intervention, if not worse.

My proposal would have a few cis kids go through something like this (though likely to a lesser extent), and much MUCH more trans kids who will never have had to. From a purely utilitarian perspective, this is a positive change. In my mind (and that's why this is apparently a 'hot take'): a trans person and a cis person going through the wrong puberty is largely equivalent, and one is not much worse than the other.

If trans children going thru their preferred puberty at the same time as their peers were normalised; those children would be growing alongside their peers - they wouldn't feel like outcasts, nor would they look differently from other kids. They'd just go through as normal a childhood and puberty as all the other kids - to the point they may have very little if anything to relate to with the rest of the trans community, which frankly, in my book is a win. It'd decrease bullying and allow them to live more like everyone else, like normal people.

Puberty blockers are generally fine if used for short periods, but if you were to stay on puberty blockers from onset until 18 - that's 7-10 years - puberty blockers can have detrimental effects. HRT, however, is just fully bioidentical and functions very similarly to regular 'natal' puberty. There wouldn't be side effects such as worse bone health/strength or risks of certain diseases.

A lot of people arguing against this will only keep the health and sanity of cis people in mind - this overwhelmingly comes at the expense, the suffering, and to the detriment of much more trans people comparatively. Trans people are people too, and their feelings and suffering matter just as much; treating the true positives properly is necessary even if a few false positives will be caught in the crossfire.

And no, knowing your gender is not in any way equivalent to e.g. thinking you're a unicorn, getting stupid tattoos, drinking and driving, imagining yourself as a firefighter, jumping off the roof, general hypochondria, or any other kinds of make-believe and play. I believe that gender and its self-identification is simply completely fundamentally different, and unique. Those children who will be fully informed on the effects and results of transitioning to a gender they prefer, and after plenty of counselling, decide it is the right decision for them - will overwhelmingly know themselves better and come to the correct conclusion.

Yes, even with friends and in stadiums in person. It is so goddamn monotonous and dull. It’s the same thing happening over and over again. How tf do people become invested in a team? Even if it’s your city or your country. I have never actively rooted for my own country whenever they play the Olympics online because I do not care. How tf do you become a fan of a team? I’ve tried and failed. It is so dull.