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Rostit.. . 8 months ago

or this guy Steve I knew. f*****g nonce.

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Kaye 8 months ago

The pervert next door was the nicest guy after he died.

8points

Mrs.C 8 months ago

We've got one of those in our family.

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Marianne 8 months ago

I guess the idea is that we should no unnecessarily complain about things that have no impact after the person died. If a person made the world a worse place for others or caused you trauma, you shouldn't be expected to forgive it.

7points

Shawna Burt 8 months ago

Or act like it never happened. So unhealthy, and it will take a serious toll on mental and physical health.

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Alicia M 8 months ago (edited)

Exactly! I am not going to pretend someone was completely different after their death than they were in life. People earn their reputations.

6points

Philip Rutter 8 months ago

I think this just really started out as old, pure superstition; if you speak ill of the dead, the dead will cause you bad luck. Somehow got transferred into "no polite" etc. Also a way to shut up something you don't want spread around- truth or not.

6points

CD Mills 8 months ago

My DILs family is like that, she had an Uncle or Great Uncle that they were always talking down, DUIs, lots of domestic abuse, real white trashy, his poor wife, etc. Then one day poor wife got the c**p beat out of her by drunk him, again. She shot him and it was a couple of months in the hospital before he died. They were all of a sudden talking about what a cool old dude he was, a "Family Patriarch" and his crazy wife had always been violent(she hadn't). Screaming for her to get the death penalty. The whole bunch of them is more dramatic than a Telenovela.

4points

cheesy 8 months ago

personally i choose to not speak i’ll of the dead (when they are someone who hasn’t committed an atrocity or done something really horrible), i don’t speak well of them either, but i don’t speak i’ll of them because they are dead, no use speaking bad of them if they are gone

4points

Kimberly Creekmore 8 months ago

I understood it to be because they could not defend themselves.

3points

Ellisdogs 8 months ago

Okay, I do agree with this, but that doesn't mean that I think it's okay to speak ill of the dead for no reason. Like.. The dude was a pedophile, then sure say whatever you want, but if it just a matter of chemistry.. then just shut up.

2points

EmBree 8 months ago

I used to think it was because they were so dang evil that they would cause me harm from the other side if I spoke about them. Then one day I spoke up, and my life has never been better. Would have done it earlier had I known.

2points

Hmmm hmmmm 8 months ago

I just feel like they should at least have their funeral for good things though. There's good in everyone for just one hour can we look past the bad, I think that's what this is about.

2points

Glenn Cuneo 8 months ago

"Lived life to the fullest" usually means they were a dirty rat bastard...

1point

idontusemygrandiq 8 months ago

What about like Hitler or whatever?

1point

Celtic Pirate Queen 8 months ago

My Grandmother (Mom's side) was an absolutely evil b*tch. All I could say to my Mom when she died was, "I'm sorry for your loss". I hated that mean old woman basically all my life and was not about to spew pleasantries & platitudes about her.

0points

Wendell T Sasaki 8 months ago

Hitler was aways evil I hope he is burning in Hell. P.S. he's still evil.

0points

Jack Lowry 8 months ago

Right. Was their personality improved by death?

0points

pineapple87 8 months ago

I've always assumed this was a superstition about being haunted by them.

0points

PFD 8 months ago

Apparently it's an ancient Greek aphorism and it's because the dead cannot defend or justify themselves (philosophers eh). But I found that there's an Islamic version that explains it is because the dead have met their judgement. I guess if you believe in God and know that the dead a*****e is now burning in hell for eternity, there's some argument for not perpetuating the memory of their evil. Oddly analogous to the no-platforming debate! Of course, taking God's judgement out of the picture completely changes the issue.

0points

E.V. 8 months ago

This! They're dead! Perfect time to talk s**t since it'll never get back to them haha

0points

William Travis 8 months ago

Sometimes the dead were real asshats

0points

The Chronic Insomniac 8 months ago

THIS.

0points

KatSaidWhat 8 months ago

Did thst, got disinherited for a while until truth came to light.

0points

PHOTOBOB 8 months ago

At my father's memorial service my sisters talked about some wonderful kind and funny man that raised them and treated his grandkids with love. Still do not know who they were talking about. My one sister has since told me stories of my father that sound more like guy I knew. It was helpful as I have few memories of my childhood.

0points

Wysteria_Rose 8 months ago

My stepkids' maternal grandfather passed away. I never met the man personally (my husband's ex keeps us as far as possible) but I know he hit my kids as punishment before when he babysat them (long before I entered the picture). He was also an abusive drunk. When he passed, I was civil with the kids and told them how sorry I was that they lost their grandfather, but really, I was relieved to hear he was gone. He can't hurt anyone else anymore and he has hurt plenty (more than just my kids). Why their mother kept him in her life is beyond me.

0points

CP 8 months ago

This has always bothered me.

0points

MountainLine , Max Fischer / pexels Report

#2

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them I hate how they give perfect attendance awards in schools.

If my kid is sick, going through trauma, or we have a funeral, they can skip a damn day

Final score:

213points

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Gustav Gallifrey 8 months ago

"Yes, Jimmy, i know that you're sick, and yes, i know that it's super-contagious, and yes, i know it's possibly lethal to some people, and yes, i know the doctor said stay home, BUT, think of your attendance award!"

73points

#3

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them They will pry the Oxford comma from my cold dead hands.

WineWednesdayYet , Bored Panda Report

Final score:

207points

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Zaphod 8 months ago

Eats, shoots and leaves. What are you, a panda?

43points

westonlark , Virginia State Parks / flickr Report

Recently, one Redditor asked folks on r/AskReddit to share common rules that they break just because they fundamentally disagree with them.

Believe it or not, this is the second post in the past month that asks this question, with both of them collectively garnering 14,100 upvotes and generating a discussion of 12,500 comments.

#4

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Stole a pet frog that was severely neglected. Don't give a rat's a*s about stealing if they don't care about mistreating an animal.

Final score:

198points

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Zoey Bear 8 months ago

Good on you for saving it. That makes me hoppy.

85points

NavierIsStoked , NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker Report

#5

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Pluto is a planet.

Final score:

162points

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Dan 8 months ago

Pluto is a dog

55points

MiekerBeaker , Pavel Danilyuk / pexels Report

#6

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them I bring my own snack into the movie theatre.

Final score:

152points

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kaycee14 8 months ago

Ticket prices pay for renting the film from the distribution company. Income from the concession stand pays to keep the theater in business.

35points

RadiantHC , Hafidz Alifuddin / pexels Report

So, rules are guidelines created by individuals, communities, countries, what have you, which dictate a certain code of conduct among people and processes. These can vary based on social interactions, beliefs, governance, and the like.

The key idea behind following rules is to push away the tide of chaos and anarchy. Sure, they feel like restrictions, but they are the lesser of the two evils.

#7

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them If it's a single restroom then I won't care which gender it is.

Final score:

146points

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Kirsten Kerkhof 8 months ago

And if there is a line for the ladies' but the gents' toilet is free, I will go there. Shoot me dirty looks, but I just gotta go.

102points

ThyKnightOfSporks , Mateo.iq / pexels Report

#8

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Elbows on the table. Why????? Unless someone’s in another persons space or their elbows are by the food, it’s such a silly rule. What’s wrong with setting my arm on the table???

Final score:

145points

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Kirsten Kerkhof 8 months ago

It's historical. In the Middle Ages tables were trestle tables, set up for meal times. Leaning your elbows on the table could flip the whole thing. Etiquette (almost) always has a functional background, and then it was simply made into a rule.

87points

TyphoidLizzie , DantesDame / reddit Report

#9

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them I let the squirrels use the bird feeder. My fluffy bois are hungry too.

Final score:

136points

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Smart writer 8 months ago

What f*****g rule says you cant

39points

sheneededahero , Anastasia Shuraeva / pexels Report

As such, rules provide safety as they limit certain bad behaviors and possibly encourage good ones. Same goes with protecting those who are disadvantaged—rules provide safeguards that ensure certain rights and guarantees for people or groups considered vulnerable to particular factors and influences. In that sense, it evens out the playing field so that everyone could have equal opportunities. Oh, and rules also lay the groundwork for malicious compliance.

#10

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them I think Netflix and other streaming services should have the same contents worldwide. We live in the age of internet, borders don’t matter. If I wanna watch something that’s not on my version of Netflix, I’ll find it online at a pirate website. Most of the time they don’t even give me the option to watch it legally because it’s just not on any service in my country. In that case it’s on them, they only have themselves to blame.

FTR, this is a hill I’m willing to die on.

ETA: I know this isn’t Netflix’s fault, it’s the ppl that own the movies and series etc. They won’t get royalties when I watch it illegally, but if I can’t watch it in a legal way, they only have themselves to blame.

Final score:

132points

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 8 months ago

I agree but part of the problem is distribution rights. For instance, Paramount Pictures has the rights to do whatever they want with the movie in the US. However, Alibaba has those same rights for China.

5points

Foresight_2020 , Brett Sayles / pexels Report

#11

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them I refuse to say that somebody "passed away". They died. Ascribe a weighty word to a weighty concept.

Final score:

126points

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Emperor Kitten 8 months ago

Passed away doesn't bother me in the slightest. "Unalived" on the other hand...

13points

#12

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them I clean my ears with qtips

Akgrl33 , Rohan Dalal / pexels Report

Final score:

123points

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EP 8 months ago (edited)

Ohhhh a risk taker!! 💜 this one. There’s no other way just don’t PUSH! Haha

21points

anon , Karolina Grabowska / pexels Report

And if that’s not reason enough, there’s also the consequences of rule violations to make sure they aren’t violated. These vary depending on the severity of the offence—after all, littering and stealing, while both crimes, don’t seem like they are on the same level of damage done. And both can be contextual too, as throwing a paper wrapper in a public park isn’t the same as throwing plastic bags into the ocean, but you get the point.

#13

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Don’t talk about your pay at work or at all. No, because finances are incredibly important and I sure as f**k would wanna know what a job pays. This is my life we’re talking about. Money makes it good.

Final score:

116points

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T Smith 8 months ago

Employers discourage talking about pay because they don't want people demanding to be paid what the next guy gets paid. Fun fact, in the US, federal law prohibits employers from stopping its employees talking about pay.

76points

WillingnessOk3564 , Franklin Heijnen / flickr Report

#14

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them If I'm working at some sort of establishment that throws food away, even though it's clearly still edible, im taking that s**t.

Final score:

115points

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Kimbowa 8 months ago

In my area, we have an app and a service called Too Good to Go where restaurants make food that is left over at the end of the night available for people to pick up at low cost. Food that otherwise would’ve been thrown out but is perfectly edible and fine. You reserve it on the app and then go and pick it up at your designated time. With this, you can even sample food from very expensive restaurants at a much lower price! Sounds like a great idea to me.

65points

Euphoric_Treat7089 , Gül Işık / pexels Report

#15

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them At my job, we aren’t allowed to go home on break. I live right in front of the store, three minute walk away. Yeah no, I’m going home.

Final score:

110points

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Ace 8 months ago

It's your own time, they cannot stop you.

49points

But there’s also the other side of the coin. Why do people choose to disobey rules? Is it because taboos are fun to defy because of the reactions you get from folks, or is it because it’s time for change?

Civil disobedience is a great example of breaking rules in order to raise fundamental questions about anything from morality to civic obligation to government rule. All of this to drive needed social change.

#16

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them The assistant manager always wants you to serve old fries at the end of the night. No. Once they go to the back office the last hour of their shift to count money and do computer things, I’m going to let you know it’s late and has been slow, but just for you I’m cooking your fries fresh, it will be about 3 more minutes. I don’t serve old, cold food. I get that you break down the fry station because it has to be cleaned. But placing a tray of fries on the sandwich warmer isn’t going to maintain taste and flavor. The fryer still works. On my shift you can trust I will get you fresh fries at 11:45 pm. Write me up. Idgaf. Ain’t nobody got time for cold fries.

Gladysfartz , Ron Lach / pexels Report

Final score:

109points

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Nicky Shrimps 8 months ago

The Fry Hero we need, but do not deserve.

7points

westcoast7654 , Katerina Holmes / pexels Report

#17

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Teacher: If kids are hungry, I let them eat. They can eat as much as they want. Even if they show up late, they can eat, if it’s in the middle of the day, they can eat while they work. Also, they can go to the bathroom, maybe they have to wait 3 minutes until I’m done talking, but otherwise go. It helps I have a bathroom in my room which would solve many problems for middle schoolers.

Final score:

105points

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AlchemisT 8 months ago

I vomited on the head of the kid in front of me because my idiot teacher in primary school ignored me raising my hand. Not cool

37points

#18

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them No food or drinks at the nurses station. I work ER and haven’t taken a full 30 minute lunch in about a decade, I’m definitely snacking at my desk.

svrgnctzn , Laura James / pexels Report

Final score:

103points

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Ace 8 months ago

Or, and I realise this may sound a little revolutionary to some, just take the lunch break to which you're damn well entitled.

16points

Guilty_Caregiver4433 , Timur Weber / pexels Report

The idea of civil disobedience can shed light on an issue that would encourage debate, rethinking and subsequent change of unjust laws, ways of thinking in terms of ethics, morality, culture or social norms.

And while it can go a long way, there’s an important thing to note with civil disobedience: yes, you are breaking rules for a greater good, but your cause still has to be just and follow a standard of just behavior.

#19

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them I help homeless people on the streets by passing out food. Never know what they've been through. I've gotten tickets for it too , sad

Final score:

102points

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EP 8 months ago

Didn’t realize this was a ticketable offense - I feel sick!!

73points

saintash , Vlada Karpovich / pexels Report

#20

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Crossing the street in the middle is fine when there are no cars. Also it's okay to go diagonally at cross walks for the same reason

Final score:

97points

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Rod 8 months ago

Don't go to Germany! :D

19points

#21

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Consumption Dates: Eating food past its sell-by date, as you believe it’s often still good and don't want to waste food

Final score:

89points

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Ace 8 months ago

Well duh. Make sure you understand the difference between "Best Before" and "Use By" though. The first might be safe for months later, the second probably only a few days.

37points

Weasel_Town , Karolina Grabowska / pexels Report

It’s actually in the name—civil disobedience.

It has to be civil. And by proxy, the reasons behind the disobedience have to be backed up with just behavior—one that aligns with fundamental moral principles with individuals accepting and bearing personal responsibility for their actions and choices.

#22

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Getting around paywalls. I understand financially supporting journalism, but I can’t subscribe to everything.

Final score:

85points

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Charles McChristy 8 months ago

Yeah, they are getting pretty ridiculous with this. Even my hometown paper has a paywall, which isn't too bright.

6points

Memento-Mori-357 , fauxels/ pexels Report

#23

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Loyalty to a company. P**s me off after 3 months? I’ll quit. 5 years? I’ll quit. 18 months? I’ll quit My family doesn’t give two s***s whether im somewhere for 90 days or 9 years. They just care that dad loves them and is there for them, and I never ever ever want them to be cold, hungry or in pain. And if I have to quit a job because even for a second that’s threatened, so be it

Final score:

73points

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Alicia M 8 months ago

I hate when people act like you're just working for the money. Who isn't? Who would keep showing up to work if they didn't need the money?

26points

prettyuser , Edward Jenner / pexels Report

#24

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them After the 3rd sneeze I stop saying bless you.

Final score:

72points

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Flamingo Croquet 8 months ago

Oh no, I will not stop. I will rob you of your last bit of sanity by blessing you for the 16th time. Preferrably in public.

36points

KreacherInTheCorner , cottonbro studio / pexels Report

The fact that a person is willing to stand by their choices and opinions, saying “no” to things they don’t believe in all the while adhering to that which is considered civil and human ultimately adds power to the protest.

Think of the greats—Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr.—they all approached civil disobedience in a principled, yet effective way to achieve great things for millions, if not billions, of people.

#25

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Pirating something you've paid for previously. I didn't just buy the CD or DVD, I bought the right to install and view or use that material. Owning a physical copy of an intellectual property (music, videogame, film) implies a perpetual right to viewership and use.

Paying wildly overpriced medical bills. For a decade, now, I've just refused to pay, let them go to collections, and dispute them for ages until they finally give up. At worst, I make the collection agency waste money on the pursuit, then settle for pennies.

Final score:

66points

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Kimbowa 8 months ago

Medical costs are ridiculous in the U.S.!

31points

OG-mother-earth , Max Fischer / pexels Report

#26

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them I'm a teacher, so we're not supposed to wear jeans. I think this is the most out-dated, nonsensical rule.

We know now that building relationships with students is the most important thing, and I truly believe that you are distancing yourself from kids if you come to school in some wack a*s "professional" office outfit. Who will a kid be more likely to bond with? Somebody who looks more like them!!

Also, I'm convinced that districts only keep this rule in place so that they can dangle a "jeans day!" in front of our faces every so often to try to keep us complacent. It's insulting.

I'm too afraid to break this rule completely, because ultimately I do love my job, but every Friday when we have a "jeans day if you wear a school shirt," I just wear my jeans with whatever shirt I want. It's my tiny, miniscule, absolutely microscopic taste of rebellion, lol

Final score:

63points

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General Anaesthesia 8 months ago

Miniscule: the odds that minuscule will be spelled correctly.

18points

Old_Snow3086 , JESHOOTS.com / pexels Report

#27

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them If something is no longer being published, I don't have qualms about copyright infringement

Final score:

50points

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PattyK 8 months ago

Whoa! Copyrights last a lot longer than publication.

15points

Apocalyptic-turnip , Julia M Cameron / pexels Report

But it doesn’t have to be on an epic scale to count, though. It’s crossing the street when there is no crossing, but neither are there any cars. It’s pirating something that you’ve previously paid for. It’s writing the Oxford comma despite heated debates among language purists. They are all breaking some form of rule, but the context allows for it in a non-threatening and non-harmful way. And all of that is in the hopes that something will change for the better.

#28

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them right now I pirate guilt free because streaming services suck more and more and you never know when some a*****e game service is going to delete a game you bought tomorrow

Final score:

50points

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Dan 8 months ago

Arr, a fellow pirate!

16points

kathmanducameron , fauxels / pexels Report

#29

30 Times Folks Online Broke Rules Because They Made Zero Sense To Them Polite conversation topics. I wanna talk about death sex and money

Final score:

50points

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LillieMean 8 months ago

And this is why using a comma is important. You won't make friends with that topic, or you'll make very, very strange friends.

84points

Original-Budget4396 Report

#30

Work Dress Codes: Wearing more casual clothing to work than the dress code permits, feeling that comfort boosts productivity

Final score:

39points

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Mela (qu33nwh0) 8 months ago

Definitely think certain places need PPE and dress codes work there. Otherwise I'd go by the rule would you wear this around your grandparents? 😅 I work in a hot warehouse type store (toolshop) and thank god we are allowed to wear shorts! Friend works down the road, also in a warehouse style store (toy shop) they must wear pants all the time.. makes 0 sense to me?!

1point