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How are some people such complete idiots? I see people talk about being antivaxxers or saying the earth is flat, and I cannot comprehend how a person can be so stupid..
You can't comprehend it because you're educated, so you can't comprehend being uneducated.
Why isn't there a test to pass before you can have kids?
Because who would make the tests and how can you trust them to make them fair?
Why the hell isn't the Patriot Act being used against the people involved in the January 6th capital attack? I keep seeing folks getting turned in by others, not found by the FBI. Even the person leaving bombs is on video using a phone, how can they not find this person? Isn't this exactly what the Patriot Act was for?
That's a good question. I would think these people would qualify as terrorists.
Why is there enough money for war but not enough to give people free health care. Why haven't we, the rich western world, given covid vaccines to the poor countries around us. Have we become so immune to others suffering?
Politics and hidden agendas, basically. Rich, powerful people get what they want through bribery and they force propaganda onto people, which usually sticks for those who don't have a good background (it feels better to blame things on other people and you'll end up hatin ghtme because you've been told to). Those who control such things always want more because they are mentally ill and there is profit in war, but not in looking after people. The rest of us look on and feel despair at this situation, but it's hard for us to make a difference.
Why do we allow religious schools? Why not keep religion at home and let kids learn about reality in an honest way without also indoctrinate them outside of home?
I thoroughly agree with this. Just as we should keep state and religion separated (we have a conservative Christian polical party here that only let women put themselves up for election like five years ago).
Why do people have to be racist and sexist and homophobic? Why can't everyone accept eachother?
How does anyone over the age of 14 take seriously a person whose job title is "Influencer"?
I like pineapple on pizza but do you?
GRILLED PINEAPPLE IS AMAZING!
Load More Replies...Yeah. One of my favorites is pineapple and olive. It sounds weird but it’s amazing
I love that! Maybe a tad weirder, I also add mushrooms. But I like being in left field anyway. Lol!
Load More Replies...To anyone bleating fruit doesn't belong on pizza: tomato is a fruit.
Not particularly, but it's no business of mine how anyone else eats pizza. I like anchovies and jalapenos on mine, and I bet there are more people who hate that than they do pineapple
I do but the pineapple needs to be cooked before it's put on the pizza.
I always go with only having something on a pizza that you’d have in a sandwich. Cheese, tomatoes but pineapple? Would you have a pineapple sandwich?
Why do people with billions of dollars (a) resist paying taxes (b) hold on to their billions when they could do so much good in the world by giving most of it away and still have more than enough left for a comfortable life?
I would say; sheer greed, superiority and the desire for power / control. The problem is that many of these people get so disconnected from reality that they have no idea how badly they're hurting others. Or they just don't care. Or worst- they enjoy it. Other people are no longer human beings with thoughts and feelings, they're just things to use and abuse. They love feeling like they're above the rest of us, and delight in keeping others under their thumb. No amount of money will ever be enough for these people. They simply hoard wealth, do everything possible to get more, and do everything in their power to avoid paying out their fair share for living in the society they're exploiting. I agree, it's unthinkable and it's taken me years to unwrap the mindset. It's scary.
Why do some LGBTQ+ people openly despise CIS/CISgendered people?
Hate usually doesn't have a logical reason. It could be that they were themselves despised for being LGBTQ. It could be that they were influenced by others of the LGBTQ community who were hated on. People can be sheep and too few think for themselves. It doesn't make it right but that's life.
Why isn't bodily autonomy used to defend abortion. If a corpse has to have consent given to use it's organs to save lives why am I not granted the same level of autonomy?
How is it the 21st century and we still don't have sex ed classes in public schools? Yes, I get the private and Catholic schools, but public, basic school should have a sex ed class, I would think.
Because in the US curriculum decisions are not made at a federal level but at the state and local level and religious people on school boards and religious advocacy parent groups prevent sex ed
Why do people think that fighting racism with racism and sexism with sexism is going to fix it?
THANK YOU. I understand the impulse too, but that doesn't make it okay. If you want to move forward with the (race) issue, quit gratuitously knocking anyone with non-brown skin. It does not make you edgy or woke, it makes you racist. Acknowledge that and evolve how you deal with this complex issue. Unless you WANT to lose people who originally would have stood with you!
If you are a trans woman, how did you know that you were really a woman if you don't know what being a biological woman feels like? I'm just curious as there are lots of things about being a biological woman like periods and insane hormones that (in part) define me and the rhythms of my life that trans women as far as I know never get to experience.
It's not really something that's conscious or anything. It's something that's been there since birth. The physical reality of being female is not the same as the mental or emotional reality of being female; the former is obviously not something that people like myself can experience at a true 1:1 level. The latter two, however, are just biochemistry when you get right down to it. And we just happen to have a brain biochemistry that more closely matches females than males. Direct result: we relate to females far more easily than males in spite of our physical form.
Is it possible that LGTBQ people might be wrong about what they identify as? Don't get me wrong, I still respect their choices, but, you know, I was just wondering.
Of course. The same way a person can identify as straight only to realize at a later date that they are indeed bi or gay or other.
If a deaf/mute kid swears, does his mother wash his hands out with soap?
Why are some people so greedy and selfish that they value money more than their fellow man?
Peer pressure to have the next best thing and being raised like that. Sometimes it takes the rug being pulled out from under you to wake up. I remember living in an 8 bedroom home with a three car garage. Everyone had their own snowmobile, we had a slide going on the second story wrap around porch. We were loaded. Fast forward 15 years and a huge change later and we are rolling quarters for a loaf of bread. Talk about a wakeup call. I value money for the fact that it puts food in my kids' bellies and a roof over their head but I don't value it so much that I won't pay the extra needed amount for a customer in front of me. I don't feel that I would have this mentality if that rug wasn't pulled out from under me.
Am am fully vaccinated and over 65. If an unvaccinated person contracts COVID, causes me to suffer a breakthrough infection, and I die, is that involuntary manslaughter?
Ok lets go. Is cereal a soup? Is a hotdog a sandwich? Does a straw have one hole or two? Does pizza have to have toppings (including cheese) to be considered pizza?
how long we are going to continue tolerating that our goverments take our hard earnings in orther to make them richer and richer meanwhile we get poor? do we really need them?
In most countries you play an active part in deciding who governs your country. If you think that your government doesn't do a good job, you might consider voting for a party that won't let you down so much.
Why do people assume that you have to care for/about your family? Even if they're not jerks towards you specifically, you can still be conscious that they aren't nice people and that they hurt others, so you just want to stay away from them.
It was drilled into their heads. Respect your elders and blood is thicker than water is something most people hear growing up.
What is a valid reason as to why people want to have biological kids?
Like why would people want to bring another human being into a crappy world knowing you’ll have to work your ass off to provide for and raise (or hire a nanny to do it for you). Why would anyone want to voluntarily put themselves in a situation of sleepless nights and constant worry? Genuinely asking as no one I have asked before has been able to give me an valid answer. (I’ve meet so many parents that wished they’ve never had kids, but they do love their kids to death and wouldn’t have it any other way, but if they could choose again, they would not have them. Or others that say “it’s totally worth it!” And are completely broke, tired and stressed. But why is it worth it? Others straight up tell me “don’t have kids.” They’re a lot of work.)
Thanks!!!
I am adopted and will never understand the need and desire that a woman wants to have with her own bio kid. Adoption is great! I don't understand why people only want bio kids. (I am not trying to put anyone down, I am just speaking from my experience as an adopted person myself.)
Why do the left, and right argue? We're both getting f****d, I believe the system is inherently wrong if we are all are out here believing there are only 2 sides. I think it is a means to keep us arguing with eachother, so we don't stand up do something about it.
Now mind you I understand when people argue just to argue the point their side is trying to make, or this undying loyalty to a civil servant. That is worth taking notice of. Though in the end I believe most of us can find more than a few reasons to dislike our own side of the aisle. We all just have the shitty decision of which side is the lesser of 2 evils so our "freedom to choose" is not wasted. I just wanna know when the general population is going to come to this understanding so we can put the blame where it belongs.
Because side A has been watching and reading and hearing stories about how side B is ruining everything. It's clear that side B must be either corrected or defeated. They are the enemy. Once they're gone, everything will function properly. Never give up the fight, side A! We're so close, if not for that damn side B (who by the way is responsible for all the bad things that happen to you).
What would any woman think if they were part of of a conversation with you and one of your buddies, and you mentioned to him that your wife does dishes, makes dinner, mows the lawn, takes out trash, washes cars, etc...and your buddy said "I see you've got her trained."...? Why is that acceptable for one woman to say to another woman about her husband? I'm not her trained monkey, a-hole.
I think because statistically woman are still doing a disproportionately large amount of the domestic tasks, even when both are working full time. Women who find themselves stuck with a manchild are angry about it. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/us/the-household-work-men-and-women-do-and-why.html
How many sketchy laws exist solely to protect the people who put them into place, and how badly punished would they be if those laws were not in place? Statutory rape laws in particular come to mind, and how so many of them seem to conveniently set their cut-off time to not long before the politicians who push so hard for them took office...
I especially wonder about the statutory rape laws. I've heard of more than one instance where the under-age individual's parent pressing charges just after the "rapist's" 18th birthday. One married couple in my neighborhood have been living for years with the husband on the sex offender registry because of the Statutory rape of his current wife. They married as soon as she was legally able to without her parent's consent.
If people mellow with age, why did I go from being gregarious and fun in my twenties, to being unsocial and despising most of humanity?
Most people do not mellow with age. People mellow in terms of admitting their faults, admitting their less-than-amazing impact upon the world, but those are internal thoughts. Externally, older folks, I'm afraid, can readily become like you feel you are. Older folks are less tolerant, less interested in youthful endeavors. And then, for men, we have much less testosterone in our bodies, which slows us down and makes us look more "mellow".
Why do schools teach pretty much useless information you will never use for the remainder for your life? Why don’t they teach you real-world stuff, like how to get a job, how to not go bankrupt, how to be successful in your life?
I have two, neither are as serious as this post is but I'm in a good mood.
First, fruitcake. Yay or nay?
Toilet paper with the end in front or behind? Cat owners who hide their toilet paper in a drawer need not answer this part.
Why does society condone the suffering of animals?
What colour is a mirror? I say silver because of the mirror paint, but it is not technically that because glass is not a colour.
Actually, if you have two mirrors facing each other so that they reflect each other, as you look farther into the repeated reflections, the image will become tinted slightly greenish. Therefore, mirrors are green.
Why do so many men think they're entitled to women? Why are there so many men who when a woman doesn't want to talk to them, doesn't react positively to being catcalled or harassed or sent unsolicited d**k pics, says no to a date/sex/whatever, respond with violence or abuse? It's 2021 and there's still no shortage of guys who are surprised and angry that women are allowed to say no to them??
I'm not asking about the men who don't do it, I'm asking about the men who do, because regardless of the number of decent men out there, these kinds of guys are EVERYWHERE.
Afroamerican Pandas: When you see Meghan Markle, do you initially think she is of color or are you offended when she says she was treated racistical?
I know this is a bit "odd" but it's a question that I can't get off my mind sometimes... Please stay nice.
I am also mixed (white and black), and I believe her when she says she experienced racism in the royal family. I have had some vile things said to me because I am black, and its not nice to put somebody else down
Do you believe that parents can destroy their child's life?
Yes. Ask my parents - they did a masterful job. I just barely survived my childhood.
How does one come out? It all just seems like something that happens suddenly. What if I want to walk into it and not jump?
Why do parents have a second kid to make the first one happy? As the older kid I can say the happiness only lasts until the 2nd one is old enough to fight.
Why are the lockers at my school so tiny? I mean they are 4 inches wide, how do we fit things IN the locker.
When we use the lockers at my school for lunch and they don’t fit, why do we have to turn to crappy food? I mean, the only good food is chicken there.
1) Coming out is extremely personal and there is no "right way" to do it. If you feel more comfortable doing it slowly then you have every right. The first time I came out it was to a very close family member who I trusted, not the whole world. 2) This is not often the case. Most parents have more children because they genuinely want to expand their family. For those couples who do have children to make an older child happy (I can't talk because I don't have children) but it's possible they feel responsible for making sure the child has someone who they can be close with and that they have a constant friend. A sibling is usually the perfect fit. It's true siblings do fight but having companions that will stick with you through your entire life is important. 3) Spacing. Most school have to may students to handle so in order to be able to fit enough lockers for everyone they have to make them tiny. If they were any bigger there wouldn't be enough space for the number of lockers needed.
If there is a God, and Jesus is Lord, why does he allow so many sleazy con-artist to represent him on Earth.
Why do people think that the United States is the whole world? So of us (most) have proper, free, sustainable healthcare, the freedom to be whatever religion we choose, the right to abortion...
Most of the world is nothing like the US.
Unlike all of Europe at one time or another, we have never been occupied by a foreign power. I lived in Germany for 10+ years and loved it there. There is a collective memory in Europe, everywhere I have been at least, of cooperation, conciliation and tolerance, since, at one time or another, every state has been occupied, at peace and an occupier of others. People know war and prefer peace.
Why do we have to be in a capitalist society? I hate that hard work has no relation to reward, ad that the odds are stacked against 99% of us while the rich just get richer.
If we could modify and merge a bunch of different techniques we could have an actually decent society where school wasn't so mentally destructive, everyone had at least a living wage, and millionaires had limits on what they could spend and had to give some to everyone who needs it.
There's a disconnect between capitalist economies and the U.S. economy. We call ourselves capitalist in the same way that we call Pluto a planet. It's something we used to do, but it's not true anymore, and honestly never really has been. The very fact that you say that work has nothing to do with reward is directly antithetical to capitalism. We are not capitalist and never have been.
Why do some American demographic groups add identity to their nationality? I always see Black Americans as Americans, as well as every other group. Why shouldn't I simply call them Americans? I don't understand why I should I add Black, Latino, etc., if I don't need to, and especially if I'm not sure which demographic group they belong to. I am white and only call myself American without any other language attached. All Americans are my countrymen, and I feel weird separating them into groups.
Because identity Olympics and scratching for any reason whatsoever to be perceived as special (and therefore socially bulletproof) are what's important in today's social "discourse". Bring on the hate, doesn't make it less true.
Ok don't wanna sound like an absolute jerk but are most Christian dudes jerks?
When in history did white people start to think they were better than everyone else? And how does a thin skin layer and pale eyes equate to supremacy?
Never. I am sick of people generalising whites and pretending that everybody else is an inocent saint. All big civilizations are based on conquest, violence and discrimination. Its not a matter of race, its that humans are horrible. Look at the bantu tribes masacrating the san and stealing their lands.
People have the right to die. Yeh, therapy and a bunch of serious conversations first but it's their body, their life and their right. I'm not saying it should be easy or a quick decision but if your life isn't going to get better or is only going to get worse that should be a choice you can take. I don't know the exact answer for those with children, but I also wonder if a kid being brought up with a suicidal parent is good for them anyway. Case by case I guess. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
This is right - to an extent. I believe that before anyone is allowed to commit su!c!de they should be obliged to talk to their family and friends. Sometimes knowing how much you're going to be missed can turn your entire life around. It's the only thing that stopped me many times.
Do god really exist? Or we just made the heaven and hell thing just to comfort our feelings. Like if you die younger or die struggling and the promise that everything just gonna be fine never comes, they will just said "oh atleast he is not suffering in heaven" or we just want to believe that there's more punishment than death to sll the person commiting these crimes
This is something that has been bothering me for a while now. why the blacks aren't proud of the word negro. why that world is synonym of insult, when it should be a source of pride. I hope i won't offend anyone. but for me there's no more beautiful word than the word negro
As a black person myself, I don't like people who are not black saying the n-word or negro. Yes, we are reclaiming it, but it is not "beautiful." It is a reminder of slavery, abuse, rape, and degratory names my ancestors were called. I myself use the n-word sometimes because I am reclaiming it, but please DON'T call it beautiful.
Until every person is free to be themselves and free to make their own decisions, humanity will be a disappointment.
We are not hopeful of humanity pulling itself out of the mess we've put ourselves into. Instead, we are desperately hopeful of technology solving our problems.
As long as we cling to technology and urge it to do our evolving FOR us, we're boned.
Are thumbs considered fingers? Are cucumbers and tomatoes fruits or vegetables?
If you have multiple personality disorders, can you have more than one Facebook account?
People who want to get married/believe in marriage:
Why so many years dating to see if the person is “the one?” What things need to be found out that can’t simply be asked? I mean people who date for 2+ years and still remain uncertain.
People "act" a certain way for a long time, and only reveal their true selves with time. I was fooled by my ex into thinking he valued strong women with their own opinions...he told me this verbally even. Turned out not to be true after we got married. Me asking him wouldn't have mattered, because he lied. It's kind of like the way most racists will deny it if asked...
Why don't we base eligibility for male/female sports on the presence of XX or XY chromosomes?
Because the findings from such a determination might contradict how someone FEELS, and that. Is. Verboten!!
All other animals are classified as different species within the same genus, based on measurable biological differences and variations in appearance. Why aren't humans?
if a transgender female dates a male are they gay
If they identify as a female and are attracted to males, they are straight
Why does Hollywood and the western media industry hold on to the current trend of making movies for virtue signaling?
Viewer numbers are low, people stop listening to "The Message" and overall it seem like a big failure on every regard
If Jimmy cracked corn and nobody cared, why did he do it?
"Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the beginning of the American folk music revival and has since become a popular children's song. Over the years, several variants have appeared. Most versions include some idiomatic African American English, although General American versions now predominate. The basic narrative remains intact. On the surface, the song is a black slave's lament over his white master's death in a horseriding accident. The song, however, is also interpreted as having a subtext of celebration about that death and of the slave's having contributed to it through deliberate negligence or even deniable action.
If you tripped over and put your hand out to break your fall and that hand splats in a freshly laid poop, would you rather it be dog poop or human poop?
Dog, because there is a less likely chance that any bacteria/virus it may contain is transmittable to humans.
If Adam and Eve were the first humans, at what point did we evolve from apes?
Why... if there is a god..... and he's all loving and forgiving..... and not mentioning the trope and tired excuses of moving in mysterious ways etc........ well just why cancer? why rape> why murder? even if you accept the old bullshit about 'free will'....... then why let some people get away with it when they choose the wrong path? I've sat down with lots of believers over the years and their sum total of answers to these questions comes down to 'well....... he's unexplainable...... but...... he has a plan'..... even with a straight face, they'll just lap it up rather than admit there is a possibility of it all just being absolute bollocks.
Becaus God didnt create cancer and rape and murder. Two major things happened- Satan fell from Heaven because he rebelled against God. He is the one who is in charge of all of the evil in the world, not God. Also, Adam ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which opened up mankind to evil. It sounds like you have heard the truth but you reject it. Nobody can help you with that because we do have free will. Free will was the plan but evil was not. I agree Christians do a bad job at explaining this with tired platitudes, but it really sounds like you want God to be who you want Him to be and you want the world to be as you want it and thats just not the way it is. God designed the world for good. He designed it with free will. One of his angels rebelled and perpetuates evil and here we are. That's it. God has a redeeming plan and as much as it sucks we just have to wait until He decideds its time to blow this joint.
Load More Replies...Why do (so many) white people refuse to even entertain the possibility or even research the fact that white priviledge is in fact a real thing? Why get so offended and deny the real experiences of others rather than saying "hmm I dont believe that but let me find out more why so many ppl are saying this. Maybe theres something I can learn. Maybe Ill go talk to some black ppl. Maybe Im wrong. Let me view a different perspective."????
why if you don't have the same opinion than others you're lapidated online by those who don't have the same one? And i don't talk about flat earth or stupidities like that? And why the opinion pool are that much opposite? The far left are as much dangerous than the far right people
Why... if there is a god..... and he's all loving and forgiving..... and not mentioning the trope and tired excuses of moving in mysterious ways etc........ well just why cancer? why rape> why murder? even if you accept the old bullshit about 'free will'....... then why let some people get away with it when they choose the wrong path? I've sat down with lots of believers over the years and their sum total of answers to these questions comes down to 'well....... he's unexplainable...... but...... he has a plan'..... even with a straight face, they'll just lap it up rather than admit there is a possibility of it all just being absolute bollocks.
Becaus God didnt create cancer and rape and murder. Two major things happened- Satan fell from Heaven because he rebelled against God. He is the one who is in charge of all of the evil in the world, not God. Also, Adam ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which opened up mankind to evil. It sounds like you have heard the truth but you reject it. Nobody can help you with that because we do have free will. Free will was the plan but evil was not. I agree Christians do a bad job at explaining this with tired platitudes, but it really sounds like you want God to be who you want Him to be and you want the world to be as you want it and thats just not the way it is. God designed the world for good. He designed it with free will. One of his angels rebelled and perpetuates evil and here we are. That's it. God has a redeeming plan and as much as it sucks we just have to wait until He decideds its time to blow this joint.
Load More Replies...Why do (so many) white people refuse to even entertain the possibility or even research the fact that white priviledge is in fact a real thing? Why get so offended and deny the real experiences of others rather than saying "hmm I dont believe that but let me find out more why so many ppl are saying this. Maybe theres something I can learn. Maybe Ill go talk to some black ppl. Maybe Im wrong. Let me view a different perspective."????
why if you don't have the same opinion than others you're lapidated online by those who don't have the same one? And i don't talk about flat earth or stupidities like that? And why the opinion pool are that much opposite? The far left are as much dangerous than the far right people