“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers)

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Some say that rules are meant to be broken, and so broken they will be, be it traffic regulations or the dos and don'ts of playing Uno.

These are just a couple of examples of rules that some people break regularly. And while the reasons for doing that might differ with each person, some do it simply because they fundamentally disagree with them.

Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently shared what rules they refuse to follow, because of said reason, after redditor ‘RGDJR’ started a thread about it. Covering everything from orders and regulations to expectations and social norms, netizens assembled quite an extensive list of rules that, in their opinion, should be broken, so scroll down to find them, and see if you agree with any of them.

Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with the person who started the thread, user RGDJR, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) “Breakfast foods.” Ive had coworkers walk in on me eating steak and mashed potatoes with asparagus at 7 AM for breakfast. When questioned I always respond “I don’t subscribe to societal norms of proper meal time foods”

Edit: I woke up to a ton of people agreeing with me so it’s clear ive been chosen as the leader of the rebellion. We march on Kellog’s headquarters at dawn

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Automatic respect because someone is elderly.
They get common courtesy, but everyone has to earn respect/authority before they can start bossing people around.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) My state says I'm not allowed to provide alcohol to my own children until they are 21.

I will not let them be carted off to a bar on their 21st birthday unless they are already very familiar with alcohol and how different ABV% affects their bodies. I do not care what the law says, their first drink will come from me in the safety of their own home.

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In a recent interview with Bored Panda, u/RGDJR shared that the thing that encouraged him to ask this particular question was a rule that he himself breaks on the regular. “I had just returned from some travel with a colleague and found that she and I differ on the need to put your phone into airplane mode before takeoff,” he said.

“She obeys this rule religiously. I, on the other hand, have never put my phone into airplane mode. My position is: if it's actually important, the airline wouldn't just ask people to do it, you'd need to show the flight attendant proof… or your phone would automatically switch to airplane mode when it sensed that you were moving at a certain speed. In any case, I don't buy that it's actually necessary. And it was this debate with my colleague that inspired the question. I was curious what other rules people break willingly.”

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Tipping everywhere. Not exactly a rule but I ain't gonna tip where I haven't received an actual service where someone has to go out of their way to do something for me. I don't care if I get mean looks for it.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Account sharing. I bought the game, service, movie, etc, I get to decide who uses it

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The OP admitted that the volume of answers from the redditors caught him off guard; what surprised him even more was how many of them he agreed with.

“In fact, the top response is one that I'm aligned on wholeheartedly,” he said. “The idea that people shouldn't discuss their salary with each other is bulls**t. Talking salary helps to ensure pay equity. I have a team of people who work for me and I would never dissuade them from talking about what they make.”

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) YouTube TOS says I can't block ads. The day they can stop me is the day I stop watching Youtube.

Edit: 8000 upvotes and yet there's a lot of copium in this thread over me still blocking ads.

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Captive 3 months ago

Ads are my personal red line. I block them wherever I can, esp on YT

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Jane 3 months ago

How would one go about blocking ads on youtube? and can it be done using the youtube app on a phone?

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MalibuClassicMan 3 months ago

absolutely hate all ads and especially TV commercials, nothing but lawyers, d**g companies and auto makers (why would anyone want to run their 50 grand new car thru the mud in the first place)

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Evan Carlson 3 months ago

True, you deserve to get things for free!

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Aballi 3 months ago

I watch YouTube under the Brave browser, it blocks all ads.

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Emma S 3 months ago

It wouldn't be too bad if the ads were just at the start of the video, but they've taken to randomly playing ads during the video as well.

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Laura Lou 3 months ago

Exactly! I've had some videos where they play every 3 minutes or so.

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BrownEyedGrrl 3 months ago

I think this is one reason BP isn't as popular as it used to be. The number of ads is infuriating.

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Aballi 3 months ago

It's insane how many ads BP has!!! It all changed what, 9 months ago? A year ago? It's the absolute worst.

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Glasofruix 3 months ago

There is a reasonnable amount of ads and there's youtube's unskippable BS. I've watched a 25 minute video on my TV recently and there's been 11 ads in it, some skippable after 5 seconds some playing for 2 whole minutes.

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Shark Lady 3 months ago

My own little protest is refusing to buy the thing if I can't skip the add after less than 10 seconds.

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Jeremy James 3 months ago

If you can access a command console on your device, youtube-dl is a very handy script.

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nottheactualphoto 3 months ago

I love youtube-dl. An added bonus is that you'll have a local copy of the video, so you can still watch it after it gets taken down.

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THE COOL ZACH 3 months ago (edited)

Like someone wisely put: YouTube, there’s a video in my ad.

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Igor914624 3 months ago

I don't use an ad blocker. I have another technique for blocking them. When I get a "turn off your ad blocker" prompt, I leave and don't come back.

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Barbara Potter Pinto 3 months ago

I do the same exact thing! More than likely, another site has the story without the ad-blocker. If not, I don't trust any of them to tell me the truth!

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Sky Render 3 months ago

My sensory issues make ads on videos a serious no-no. Jarring jumps to entirely unrelated content that's usually loud, busy and very annoying does not work well with me! It's enough to make me boycott a product that does that to me. I still won't go to Arby's after their annoying ads from about 15 years ago were briefly impossible for me to block!

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Joann Hart 3 months ago

Omg, as if prime isn't making enough on us, now if you don't want ads, pay more. Good God, gouge much?

3points

matt adore 3 months ago

As I read this, an ad popped up here on BP. 🙄

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kath morgan 3 months ago

YouTube was the main reason I got Adblock; their ads are out of control. It’s so user hostile that I really can’t respect it.

3points

Tom Brincefield 3 months ago

I haven't seen an ad on YouTube in years. Of course I do something silly and give them $10 a month, because I cree better things to do with my time than figuring out the new way to block ads after they stopped the old ways from working.

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ilewono_photography 3 months ago

Brave browser + YouTube = no ads for free

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Toothless Feline 3 months ago

I refuse to pay YouTube $10 a month solely to eliminate ads. Nothing else you get with that subscription has any value to me. I don’t pay sites or developers a subscription fee just to remove the ads. It’s rewarding obnoxious behavior with an eternal money stream.

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Aleksandras Tvardauskas 3 months ago (edited)

I got sick of ads and decided to be a proper consumer and pay the subscription. After half a year a co-worker showed me youtube sponsor block that not only blocks the ads but also skips sponsored content within videos. I would gladly pay youtube for that, but since they dont offer such a feature, I am getting it for free. Whatever you do dont watch youtube with ads. Your life is too short for that.

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Donkeywheel 3 months ago

You’d be a good submissive victim of any mafia, good for you.

1point

Annie 1973 3 months ago

Same.

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Ash 3 months ago

yep! Adblock Plus is my best friend!

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Hassel Davidhoff 3 months ago

I pay for YouTube premium because I hate ads that much. I watch a LOT of YouTube on my phone. If you don't it likely isn't worth it.

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Annie 1973 3 months ago

Same.

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Beth Wheeler 3 months ago

I have adblock and my YouTube works just fine just 1 little click

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Bernd Herbert 3 months ago

I hate ads as anyone but still one has to acknowledge that YT provides a service I gladly and often use and why shouldn’t they be paid for it?

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Annie 1973 3 months ago

Same. It's the only streaming service I pay for, YouTube Premium.

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Shreshta Sreenatha 3 months ago

This is not sponsored in any way shape or form but you can use a browser app called brave that blocks all ads on yt and lets you run music in the background so basically free youtube premium

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PattyK 3 months ago

Copium?

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roughshadowsdarkness 3 months ago

Fun fact ad blocking is a form of piracy. However with the way alot of things are going. Yar har a pirates life for thee

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Beak Hookage 3 months ago

YouTube pulled that BS on me where it wouldn't let me watch anything while using an adblocker. B***h, I am not watching a one minute ad for some garbage I will NEVER buy in order to listen to a three minute song. Of course, the adblockers found a way around it five minutes later anyway. Here's hoping YT has learned their lesson, the fools.

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Anony Mouse 3 months ago

I have three ad blockers running on bored panda. They block, on average, 120+ ads per page. And then they post “shopping” articles and ads for pornography and influencers.

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Salty_Sasquatch 3 months ago

I'm a premium member and I don't get ads.

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Annie 1973 3 months ago

Same.

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KatSaidWhat 3 months ago

Ghostery is my friend.

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Toothless Feline 3 months ago

Ghostery has trouble with the latest YT ad-blocker blocker, unfortunately. It uses a method that doesn’t involve third-party trackers and cripples the site functionality if it’s disabled in that manner. uBlock seems to have the most consistent success with blocking YT ads while not triggering the blocker blocker.

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ilewono_photography 3 months ago

Brave browser + YouTube = ad free YouTube, for free. It's that easy. Forget ad block and premium

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Joe Bloe 3 months ago

Since YouTube don't block add on Chrome anymore, I use Brave, the same as my cellphone, to block any pubs. It really change facebook scrolling, eliminating all the useless advertisement, and show you how bad facebook have become.

1point

ilewono_photography 3 months ago

Same. I shocked at the number of people who don't know brave browser blocks yt ads

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WickedSwicket 3 months ago

Didn't know that's possible. How to block ads on YT?

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ilewono_photography 3 months ago

Brave browsers automatically blocks ads on yt and it's free

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Graham Berry 3 months ago

I only agree with this if you are paying for a streaming service. If it's not free and they are running adds then they are double dipping and screw that.

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nuberiffic 3 months ago

How dare they provide a free service to you!

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Seadog 3 months ago

Youtube is out of control with ads. They now insert them in the middle of everything. I've pretty much stopped using youtube because of the ads

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Annie 1973 3 months ago

Just a warning. When using the brave browser I've started getting site notices that an adblock has been detected and needs to be switched off. Started 2 days ago. The browser had an update but it didn't help. Ranker included.

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Marnie 3 months ago

I'd be happy to pay for YouTube Premium if not for one thing. I watch a lot of YouTube, and it's as valuable to me as Netflix. My issue is that with Premium, you are able to download videos to watch later. Yet, you still have to be connected to the internet. If I could watch them offline, it would make Premium 100% worth it for me.

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Mike Loux 3 months ago

YT is the one streaming service I pay for, especially since I am a huge music listener so I deem it worth the price. So I can't speak to ads on YT because I never see them. I do, however, use an ad blocker in my browser, and I absolutely will not whitelist any site, ever. I have done that on occasion (and I don't have an ad blocker on my tablet), and the experience is absolutely horrible. A little hard to read an article on your average site when there are eight million ads hovering over the f*****g content, making it impossible to read. And funny how the content will fail to load, but the ads load just fine every time. Yeah, if you made your sites usable without an ad blocker, then we wouldn't need to use one. Any site asking me to whitelist them can go f**k a cactus.

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Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 3 months ago

I dont mind ads, people who throw a tantrum over them ans expect 100% free hosting and video services are utterly delusional and childish. All I want is when I block some of the most offensive, scammy and idiotic ads. For them to not f**king show them to me again. I dont care about some douchbags diet scams, or Raid Shadow Legends or Epoc times. Its incredibly offensive.

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Toothless Feline 3 months ago

The problem is not the mere fact that there are ads. It’s that they keep increasing the number of ads on a video, making the ads longer, and interrupting videos at inappropriate moments to throw in more ads. I’ve encountered many YT videos where the ads run longer than the actual video. That’s beyond insane.

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Kelly Scott 3 months ago

Ads are the devil. I was specifically put here on earth to bock them. Don't interfere.

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Nimitz 3 months ago

Pro-tip if you use a computer to stream: use one program for browsing and one for streaming. I use Chrome to surf the internet and Firefox to stream/access sensitive info. I have multiple ad blockers, but the real trick is a script blocker on Firefox like NoScript. You have to approve the correct scripts for websites to work correctly, but it allows you to strip out all the advertising c**p very effectively. The extension remembers what is allowed, and allows you to temporarily allow them, so you can click through the list and make sure you're only enabling the scripts that a website needs to work, but not track/advertise to you. It works EXTREMELY well

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nottheactualphoto 3 months ago

Noscript seems worth a look. And why are you getting downvoted?

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Adam Zad 3 months ago

It's their page, so they have the right to put ads on it and offer said ads to me. It's MY web browser, so **I** have the right to decline to spend MY network bandwidth, processor cycles, RAM, and hard drive space downloading and rendering said ads.

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Luke Branwen 3 months ago

There's also a program called FreeTube for ad-free Youtube streaming. The website "Piped" should also work.

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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 3 months ago

THIS! Advertising sh!ts in your head!

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Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 3 months ago

Anyone advertising automatically is a boycott candidate. I did not ask for you to pummel me with your product information. If I wanted to know about it, I would have asked. To force it on me is a sure way for me NOT to purchase your product.

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Evan Carlson 3 months ago

This is just so low in my opinion. People are creating things for you to consume for free, and you're still not willing to spend a couple seconds on an ad before taking it? Google and big channels will never notice the money they lose to ad blockers. Medium channels can get by with Patreon, but I guarantee small creators would notice the difference if everyone stopped blocking their ads. A real "robbing the poor" act by you.

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Terran 3 months ago

YouTube worked fine without ads. It's just a money grap by the company. Better algorithms would do way more for small content creators, than adds ever could.

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Ryan-James O'Driscoll 3 months ago

It's disturbing how people seem to want a streaming business to provide their services that cost money, don't want to pay and then moan about ads. 21st century entitlement at its finest.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) I *actually* use my turn signal/blinker.

I eat cookie dough and I eat Nutella with a spoon

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Jaywalking. If the street is obviously clear, I'm not going to wait for nothing.

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“Pirating content is also an answer that struck a chord with me,” the redditor continued. “I make every effort to buy media. But if the world won't sell it to me, I'll take to the seas. I also thought there was some great advice on getting scientific papers from the authors as opposed to paying for them.”

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Rules about pirating content that I am geographically restricted from streaming legally.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) If i find cash on the ground i'm not going to give it to the authorities

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Not expressing emotions to appear “strong/tough”. I had a hard year last year and I couldn’t hold it in and opened up with 3 coworkers I trusted. We have since then developed a very strong friendship and even since we all left out last company, we became really close friends.
If more people normalized mental illness the world would be a much better place.

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Despite agreeing with fellow netizens that some rules are meant to be broken—in some cases, regularly—the OP told Bored Panda that he absolutely believes that rules are necessary for people.

“Rules often exist for a very good reason. They help ensure a (generally) peaceful society. They deter criminal behavior that might endanger us. They guarantee that my football team is going to move 15 yards up the field if the opposing team is rough on our quarterback. That said, I don't believe that all rules are entirely necessary. And as this post proved, a sizable population of redditors would agree.”

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Making the bed. Why would I make my bed all neat if I'm just going to mess it up again at the soonest opportunity? As long as nothing is sliding off the bed then it's fine.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) My employees dont pay for food on my shifts. we dont pay them a living wage, i’m not about to make them pay for a meal for themselves after theyve given me 8-9 hours of their day.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Separating laundry by colors, I just throw everything in together

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) "Do not discuss salary with colleagues or people outside this company." - F**k that.

Edit: Phew!

To be clear, I am not part of the US and not really part of the EU. The act of discussing pay is not legally protected here. It may be in the future though...

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) I refuse to use Starbucks sizes and say small, medium, or large.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) I'm so tired of the "subscription" world we live in now. I basically just pirate everything. I used to still buy the discs. But many movies don't get released in UHD, so what's the point of even looking.

I don't want to stream compressed 4k. And I certainly don't want to worry about whether or not the company pulls the movie from their service or just stops it altogether.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) There is an outlet mall near us that has designated spaces painted with pink ribbons that are for breast cancer survivors. The spaces are always empty. I am a 2x ovarian cancer survivor. I use the spaces as needed.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Do socks really need to match, or is this just a bill of goods sold to us by Big Laundry?

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Dress codes. Dress codes tend to be more restrictive for females than males (don’t tempt him with your exposed clavicles, ladies). Many of them are also racist. And they have absolutely nothing to do with someone’s standards or ability to perform duties, whether it be a job, a school, or even a restaurant.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) The rule against ending a sentence with a preposition. That is one rule, up with which I will not put.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) There is no difference between being at work at 8am and 8:10am. Especially when it’s not shift work and there’s no one waiting for you to arrive so they can leave. In every job I’ve had they always gripe about being right on time at 8am and then you have hovering managers looking at the door to see who’s late at 8:02am. I am always at work but I will not be there at 8am on the dot for the next 25+ years of my life. It makes no difference

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Ages on car seats. I think a kid’s age has zero relation and all car seat requirements should be based on weight alone.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) I wear socks and sandals. The people complaining are annoyingly ridiculous. I’m not gonna show my hairy feet if I don’t want to and I can’t stand the feeling/sound of sweaty feet on sandals.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Lying on your resume. I’m not talking about completely lying that you worked at Google for 2 years when you didn’t. That’s a little much.

But in reality i have gaps between many jobs, due to either unemployment or just needing a damn break between jobs. but on my resume i have consecutively been employed with no gaps my entire career. I feel like recruiters see gaps as a red flag, and sometimes your resume doesn’t make it far enough to even explain the gaps, even if they’re completely harmless gaps.

In regard to background checks for new jobs I’ve personally still passed all of mine with no issues. To my knowledge the agency conducting the background checks can only verify information you give them yourself (not the employer). So I simply don’t provide exact dates, just the year I worked at whatever place. Of course this could backfire, but so far so good over here

Edit: I fundamentally disagree with it because employers lie about the job description all the time. What you actually end up doing rarely matches what they pitch you.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) No putting your elbows on the table. It's a silly rule that was based on the idea of "if you have room to put your elbows on the table, it implies your host didn't provide enough food." We make bigger tables now. And most of the time I'm the one who is buying the food in question.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) I'm conscious of the speed limit, but typically follow the speed of traffic first. So if traffic is going faster than the speed limit, I'm going to go faster to keep pace with everyone else.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) The rule that you cannot place a +2 on a +2 in UNO I am always going to break that rule no matter what anyone says

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) I refuse to spell out YMCA with my arms when that song comes on.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Not a rule but i refuse to fill out opinion surveys for service or something i bought. If you want me to provide you with optimization information for your business, i need something in return.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Speeding on the interstate. Get out of the left lane!

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I tip the minimum amount at restaurants.

Places nowadays want a minimum 25% tip and I will do 15% every time. You don’t get to tell me how generous I have to be. And in case everyone forgot, tips are OPTIONAL.

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#33

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Don’t date where you work.

You spend nearly a third of your waking hours at work. You learn about the people you work with over weeks, months, years, and have a much better idea of compatibility than with a random club or dating app meetup.

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Taking slightly longer breaks at work. Two 10min breaks and a 20min lunch on a 10hr shift. Nah

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) I ignore margins in notebooks and write over them. Why waste space? I use the whole page.

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#36

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) In 1950s New Zealand they used to have six o’clock closing for all the bars by law. My dad was barely of drinking age but he used to line up with everyone else and hand over his cash while the publican sold flagons of beer over the back fence.

He told me this story to teach me this axiom:

“You don’t obey the *stupid* laws.”

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Maybe not totally on point but if I have a device that breaks just out of warranty I will often buy a new one and just return the old one. I know two wrongs don’t make a right and it’s fraud but as far as I’m concerned selling me something that breaks within 1 year for the price of something that should last at least 5 years is legalized fraud so I’m just cheating them like they cheat me.

I do try and give the company a chance to honor their device regardless of the stated warranty but if not returned it goes.

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#38

City animal limits. YES if you can't take care of them they need to be removed, but in my city the limit is 4 cats/dogs total. Down the road in the next city it's 10 cats/dogs.

I have 8. It's b******t. It's my space and I'm taking good care of them, they dont roam. The only interaction with neighbors is if they see them in my window.

It really doesn't affect me much as most people around here ignore the rule too

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#39

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) 5 second rule. If it falls on the floor I just throw it out. That’s gross.

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#40

Sharing meds. My oldest and I had several of the same prescriptions and would use them interchangeably as needed between refills. It’s the same prescription. But I imagine some medical professionals would lose their minds.

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#41

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Adding garlic and onion to the pan at the same time to soften. Do you want burnt garlic? Because that's how you get burnt garlic.

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“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) I throw away the mail of the people who lived in my apartment before me rather than taking it to the post office every. Single. Day. If they wanted their mail, they would have filled out a change of address form.

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#43

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) That you need to wait for other people to start eating, eat your food before it gets cold, I’ll just talk while I’m waiting

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#44

Telling white lies to your SO is good.

No. I'm not carrying the baggage of lies. I'm always kind, and I'm always honest. Don't want to know thing? You better not ask me.

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#45

“What’s A Common Rule That You Break Regularly Because You Fundamentally Disagree With It?” (45 Answers) Using knife and fork to cut your food. If the food it's soft enough, why I can't use my spoon?

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#46

I will occasionally eat a KitKat across, instead of finger by finger.

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#47

I wear mismatched socks 99% of the time.

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#48

There is a roundabout intersection near me that also has stop signs. I refuse to stop at the stop signs as it defeats the purpose of a roundabout (assuming no other cars or pedestrians are present). The roundabout is near a small strip mall so not a ton of traffic

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#49

Using a VPN when traveling to China.

Technically it's illegal though many people, especially visitors from other countries could care less. And there's no way I'd play nice and obey that law and not be able to use Reddit and virtually every major US site and service when I'm there.

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#50

Wearing clothes.

Ill be naked in my own home and in my own backyard as often as I want.

If im on public land camping/hiking and don't expect to see anyone except the group of friends Im with? Im being comfortable and getting naked.

If others want to wear clothes, more power to them. I prefer not to and don't like that its become a fairly general concern that someone being naked in public means they're up to no good.

Go back 50 years and almost everywhere in the world casual nudity was much more normal and not the big crime north america seems to think it is recently.

Naked bodies are one of the very few things that literally every one has!

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#51

I’ll start. I’ve never used airplane mode on a flight. I just don’t believe that if there was a risk, they’d leave it up to passengers to do it on their own.

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#52

Saying “bless you” after someone sneezes. I’m over it. Stfu

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#53

Paying for the trolley. Straight up, the entire world is better off if I bum a trolley ride than if I pay to fill my car with petroleum and join the rest of you in traffic.

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XenoMurph 3 months ago

Some rules are not for the individual, but for population level risks. Putting oil down your sink appears to do no harm, but then everyone does it, and there's a massive fatberg. You think going 10km per hour over the limit harms no one, but everyone sticking to the limit reduces deaths by hundreds over the entire nation. You think you're not at risk so you don't get a vaccine, but then everyone does that, and we get polio back. We live in complex societies with complex results from simple actions.

60points

Auntriarch 3 months ago

You mean *gasp* it's not just about me? /s

37points

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Deirdre Segraves 3 months ago

Bruh. Bored panda. I l9ve scrolling you page while I am at work but it's getting very difficult with the pop ups. You don't need my email, I already have hulu. Relax.

17points

cugel. 3 months ago

I don't stand for the national anthem, too group think for me.

5points

Svenne O'Lotta 3 months ago

Patriotism is a mental disorder.

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Alex Helm 3 months ago

I’m a BMW driver but I always use my indicators (turn signals).

3points

Toothless Feline 3 months ago

I’m from Ohio, in the heart of “The” Ohio State University’s fandom, and I refuse to say “I-O!” after someone yells “O-H!”. Sometimes I’ll yell “Oh No!” In response to an “O-H!” specifically because it annoys people. I won’t do the O-H-I-O gestures either.

3points

Svenne O'Lotta 3 months ago

Such a rebel

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R Dennis 3 months ago

Hypothetically, in the past, I may have had gallons of "bourbon", "Irish whiskey", rye, and vodka I made myself. Could add different things like fresh vanilla beans or chilies for a little fun... hypothetically...

3points

brittany 3 months ago

not discussing proper body part names and function like periods. all of my kids had the body parts and period talk from about the age of 2 when they would clamor to get into the bathroom with me. i refuse to raise girls ashamed of their body and i refuse to raise a son to think periods are gross or some big cosmic mystery. i will not gatekeep knowledge.

2points

Rick Seiden 3 months ago

I ignore registering my dogs, especially if they are small dogs. My dogs, when I had them, never left the house unless they were being walked, on a leash. They don't pose a danger to anyone. Why do I have to pay the town to tell them I have a dog?

2points

Hannah 3 months ago

This makes me think of the "Stupid Laws In Each State" lol. In Kansas, it's against the law to put ice cream on top of cherry pie. 😂

2points

Liz The Biz 3 months ago

I don't wash my recycling (cans and bottles). I've got enough to do without washing my rubbish, and years ago I knew someone who was put into an asylum for doing things like washing her rubbish. It gets washed when it gets to the recycling centre anyway.

1point

Tanya Phillips 3 months ago

I got told ff once for not standing for the national anthem. I didn't want to stand up for the Queen. I like Liz but do I think she was somehow born superior?? Nope.

1point

Trisec Tebeakesse 3 months ago

"No right turn on red". Unless a police car is literally right behind you, the rule is unenforceable.

1point

dayngerkat 3 months ago

I refuse to say "bless you" when someone sneezes

1point

Regina Holt 3 months ago

I keep my bananas in the fridge. I like them cold. And still a little green. I hate room temperature fully ripe bananas. I've been told that I'm doing it wrong, but damm it, it's the way I like them, why does it matter to anyone else?

1point

Louise Brown 3 months ago

I do the same. The cold makes the skin brown quicker, but the fruit inside remains fresher for longer. They will look absolutely vile from the outside, but when you open them, fresh as a daisy.

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ThePinwormsrock 3 months ago

No buying alcohol before noon on Sunday. Absolutely ridiculous. I tried to get the ingredients for beef burgundy for Sunday dinner. Nope.

1point

Oerff On Tour 3 months ago

Leaving one urinal open between 2 men? Why? If the closest one to the door is occupied, I'll take the second. If you're afraid I'll see your junque, take a stall. Or the owner of the place should have put dividers between them, as is the common thing in Europe.

1point

Mimi M 3 months ago

Wow - I agreed with 95%. No to stealing rids on trolley, no to always observing the 5-second rule... I basically agreed with nearly everything else - I think that's my highest agreement with BP/Reddit posts ever. And I could add a few. Confiscatory taxation, for example.

0points

Benjamin Palmer 3 months ago

If I'm at an intersection waiting to make a left hand turn and there's a red arrow and nobody is coming the other way? I'm so running that red arrow.

-2points

zak 3 months ago (edited)

I will drive through a red left hand turn arrow (if the light to go straight is green), if it is safe to do it and no cops are in sight. In some areas they are at EVERY intersection, and are pointless. I'm not gonna wait 2 or 3 minutes when I can safely turn now.

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XenoMurph 3 months ago

60points

Auntriarch 3 months ago

You mean *gasp* it's not just about me? /s

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Deirdre Segraves 3 months ago

Bruh. Bored panda. I l9ve scrolling you page while I am at work but it's getting very difficult with the pop ups. You don't need my email, I already have hulu. Relax.

17points

cugel. 3 months ago

I don't stand for the national anthem, too group think for me.

5points

Svenne O'Lotta 3 months ago

Patriotism is a mental disorder.

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Alex Helm 3 months ago

I’m a BMW driver but I always use my indicators (turn signals).

3points

Toothless Feline 3 months ago

3points

Svenne O'Lotta 3 months ago

Such a rebel

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R Dennis 3 months ago

3points

brittany 3 months ago

2points

Rick Seiden 3 months ago

2points

Hannah 3 months ago

This makes me think of the "Stupid Laws In Each State" lol. In Kansas, it's against the law to put ice cream on top of cherry pie. 😂

2points

Liz The Biz 3 months ago

1point

Tanya Phillips 3 months ago

I got told ff once for not standing for the national anthem. I didn't want to stand up for the Queen. I like Liz but do I think she was somehow born superior?? Nope.

1point

Trisec Tebeakesse 3 months ago

"No right turn on red". Unless a police car is literally right behind you, the rule is unenforceable.

1point

dayngerkat 3 months ago

I refuse to say "bless you" when someone sneezes

1point

Regina Holt 3 months ago

1point

Louise Brown 3 months ago

I do the same. The cold makes the skin brown quicker, but the fruit inside remains fresher for longer. They will look absolutely vile from the outside, but when you open them, fresh as a daisy.

1point

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ThePinwormsrock 3 months ago

No buying alcohol before noon on Sunday. Absolutely ridiculous. I tried to get the ingredients for beef burgundy for Sunday dinner. Nope.

1point

Oerff On Tour 3 months ago

1point

Mimi M 3 months ago

0points

Benjamin Palmer 3 months ago

If I'm at an intersection waiting to make a left hand turn and there's a red arrow and nobody is coming the other way? I'm so running that red arrow.

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zak 3 months ago (edited)

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