Hey Pandas, What’s Something That Seems Normal But Isn’t?

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Common sense. Less common than you’d think.

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WiggleJiggle the Emo Penguin 1 year ago

My parents have pretty rare sense. That’s not a good thing btw

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People taking their kids to places not meant for kids like late night R-rated movies, bars, expensive restaurants that don't even have a kid's menu (which should be a huge hint), and breweries....then get all offended when people do adult-things like swear or light up a cigarette (in places that allow it in designated areas). IDGAF if babysitters are too expensive, that's no excuse to mess up everybody else's good time because you're an inconsiderate cheapskate.

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whatever

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whatever (Submission author) 1 year ago

So I take it the downvotes are from people who do what I mentioned above. Classy !

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Don't you dare. It sounds normal until you say do not you dare.

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𖤐 a m y 𖤐 1 year ago

Never thought of it that way, but you’re right!

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It is what it is.

It's what it's.

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Hales

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Ivy_Fox 1 year ago

YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND. THIS NEEDS TO BE HIGHER UP.

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Sending your children off to stay with almost complete strangers to raise for 8 to 12 hours a day, so you can earn enough money to send them off to stay with almost complete strangers.

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

I so wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. But him and his family considered stay-at-home parents "lazy" and "non-contributing". I believe he purposely hid money, spent more than he divulged just to complain we were always broke and beg his parents for money in contempt, so I would look like problem. .. sorry. end rant.

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Using idioms in day to day conversations. I was taught some idioms that have fallen out of common usage in school so people look at me weirdly whenever I use one of them

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

I used a word which I guess isn't common anymore and got strange looks. I said "I went to do something, but got waylaid" and the person I was talking to thought I said I got laid because he had never heard of being waylaid. Extra weird because he thought I was talking about getting laid in front of the kids we work with.

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Everyone in school, teachers, my parents, siblings, etc. knows that I am not comfortable with talking. If I meet any adult or kid I’m uncomfortable around, you will think I’m mute. And you know what people tell me? They tell me I’m weird, they say things behind my back, my teachers call on me 10x more than anyone else in my class. I just don’t like talking and everyone thinks it’s not normal :(

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Skater Chick 1 year ago

I'm so sorry about the teachers. To your mean teachers, I say, "skroink you, you squangling dronglebugs!"

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Seeing stars and getting a little dizzy when you bend down to pick something up or work in the Garden. Or get up too fast from kneeling. Not everybody gets this feelings. It's because of low blood pressure 🤷‍♀️ It was crazy for me finding out not everybody needs to lean on a wall after getting up in the morning 😅

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Vermonta 1 year ago

Fortunate its low blood pressure and not something worse.

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"Everyone for themselves" has been normalised to the point where we think we are weak when we need help.

It really does take a village to help and support one another and we won't even call friends because we don't want to be a burden on them.

You're not weak, ask for help, then you help someone else when they need it. Let's get back to that kind of society.

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cookie_cat 1 year ago

aww

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#10

Being both gifted in math and reading. It is fairly common in children but not very common in adults.

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This panda says ur worth it

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Ashen Mccann (They/Them) 1 year ago

i think its because you havent learned everything that adults have done but if you do something better before others, it makes if more stood out

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The fact that in Irish, “I don’t care” is “Is cuma liom”.

Ok? Yeah, seems fine.

But, it is the exact same words for “I care”.

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Vermonta 1 year ago

aloha

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Being normal

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Blue_Mouse (is gone!)

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Doodles1983 1 year ago

Yep. There is No Such Thing as “normal”.

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Talking about good things that happened rather then just bad

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Vermonta 1 year ago

Ah, the good old days. We were blissfully ignorant back then.

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the waste of plastic

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

And people that don't even try to recycle food packets etc.

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How you have to wash towels. If you come out of a shower clean then how the freak does it get dirty

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not human

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Julie Snelling 1 year ago

Dead skin

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the fact that if you are 14, in 4 years you are legally an adult

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Pink Princess 1 year ago

I'm 14 at that fact is freaking me out. I still sleep with my soft toys and watch My Little Pony and Barbie and you're telling me that in 4 years I'll be able to vote and drink alcohol and go to university????

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Coping with your aging body. Like literally, HOW??? My knees are aging faster than my shoulders. My neck is stiff from sleeping too much. WTF is too much sleep tbh? Bloating, indigestion, joint pain... EXPLAIN IT TO ME..!!!!!

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Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago

Aging is widely regarded as a bad move; best to avoid.

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#18

Being quiet, especially around there parent.

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

So, you mean 'their parent', but I still don't understand. Sorry.

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#19

The biggest source of microplastics is rubber from our tyres as the interact with roads

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Cosmologist wannabe 1 year ago

*they

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Growing up everyone (kids) would banter all the time. My friends and I can still banter. This isn't normal to the younger generation or elderly generation. The younger ones get overly offended by everything. Like everything. I don't even cross lines with bantering. Like nothing that offends race, religion or gender. The elder generation can just get irritated. Some elderly will laugh and call you a smart a*s or banter back. So, they aren't that bad. If you grew up in the 80's and 90's you know the bantering I'm talking about.

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crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago

I'm a kid and I don't really get this. My friends and I are constantly lightheartedly making fun of eachother, idk how that'd bad or one could get offended

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#21

saying ain’t instead of amn’t. ain’t is used to say am not, but it’s really more like ai not and am’nt is a combination of am and not, forming am not. also saying ain’t not. ai not not? seriously?
there are more i think of constantly just can’t remember now i will put them in the comments (if) when i do

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Donkey boi 1 year ago

It's because it is a multifunctional contraction. It doesn't just mean 'am not', it also can be used for 'is not', 'are not', 'have not', & 'has not'. Interestingly, where I grew up, it was also used for 'do not' in place of 'Don't'.

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#22

Not saying a good thing becus u think it will jinx it

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Bored ^-^

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Vermonta 1 year ago

Ooo I used to be like that. Found out it doesn't matter and I never got my hopes up. Even when its a letdown in the end it was a nice ride up

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#23

The puffballs in my secret tower lair. The exterminator said they were normal and not to worry about them, but something off about them. I think they're plotting something.

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Vermonta 1 year ago

Tribbles are trouble

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that i feel like i can hardly move in my body. Trapped, sort of, and i have to remind myself that i can move my head and arms freely. I don’t think many other people have this problem, but sometimes i forget

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, I have to lie there for a minute, and think how to move my body. If it's more than a few seconds, it's scary.

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#25

Lack of free healthcare in the United States.

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

I live in the UK. Our healthcare isn't free, but generally paid for in advance. Even that is struggling now, due to the demands on the service and low wages being paid to overworked staff.

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#26

Spending more time at work/school or commuting to it than at home. Making someone else rich though your work at the cost of your health, personal life and leisure time, in the hope that if you do it long and hard enough, you will recognition, social validation and leisure time at last.
It is a sad reality for many people.

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#27

crying, apparently

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

I think you should cry if you need to. Bottling it up does a lot of internal damage.

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#28

Judging what's "normal."

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Vermonta 1 year ago

My mom will take care of that for you and its a short list. I just shake my head

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#29

Normal. Normal, does not exist.

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Brenda 1 year ago

Normal is different for everyone

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#30

How some people are happy. How? What is your secret? I want to die

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Blue_Mouse (is gone!)

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that 𝕤𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕠 planet 1 year ago

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#31

for asians and anyone else who relates
getting called pig and stuff by your parents everyday

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

"EMOTIONAL DAAAMAGE" - Steven He.

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#32

Being in control. Except for occasional types of applications by someone to themselves, control is a complete illusion, delusion, and fantasy.

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago (edited)

YES! It's insane how long it took me to realise it's all just about luck and "right place at the right time"

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#33

Most people have healthy boundaries and not try to make decisions in things that don't directly or indirectly affect them.

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PolymathNecromancer 1 year ago

Can confirm, with perspective: This seems "normal" because it's the harmonious way to live, and has gained *alot* of traction in the last 20 yrs, and as a 50m I'll say that it really isn't "normal", at least not yet, because, while there are many folks who have lived this way throughout modern U.S. history (thank you to those who mentor/ed me), this dynamic is new on a systemic, societal level and we are still infected with Old Ideas that are Super WTF and are struggling to get out from under the thumbs of things and people of the past. To everyone who is living an inclusive life, or trying to: support in your hearts, while the most important, will NOT keep changes moving, so please try to speak/act out whenever you can <3 ...... Brought to you by all the marginalized folks who paved the way for me <3

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#34

Obsessing over things you really like. I have obsessions with Portal and Subnautica and because of that, I just want to talk about both for hours. I get told that I can never shut up about them ( My self conscious tells me that. ) and occasionally others.

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Isa's left eye 1 year ago

Special interests :)

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Wow I can think of so many things. Cutlery and table layouts. So strange that this is "normalised". Most of the world eats with chopsticks (far east) or bare hands (india and africa). Fussing about peoples' gender or sex, or worse, their sexual preferences. I mean, who cares? Just mind your own business and let them be who they want to be, they are not hurting you nor trying to change your life? Jokes that make fun of different groups. I mean- you're basically sexist or racist if you think these are funny? I realise we have had the thing of laughing at "foreigners" with "funny ways" for a long time - like millenia - but it's not actually nice. How about just see what they do and think "hey that's interesting"? I can go on longer but I'll stop there.

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A gay cat man 1 year ago

i agree whole heartedly

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Asking, when you really are telling. "Can you do the TPS reports?"
"Can you please clean up your room?"
"Can I see your license and registration?"

Any question where the answer can't be no shouldn't be a question. Normal adults can usually tell when an ask is really a command but for some, like neurodivergent adults and children, It's really confusing.

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Isa's left eye 1 year ago

THIS!! My teacher asked me "Do you want to move to a table with other people?" I said no thanks. She then said "I wasn't asking" in a rude tone. How was I supposed to know that it was an instruction and not a question!?

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#37

Existence.

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Nezuko_Chan 1 year ago

This is actually a good one, I’m always confused Bc I don’t know why or how we exist

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#38

bull fighters using the red flaggythingiemabob
bulls are color blind the only reason why they attack is because of something about territory or the sharp movements or both
HAVE A GOOD DAY! JESUS LOVES YOU!😄

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JESUSLOVESYOU!

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Ruby Serene 1 year ago

Thanks for the encouragement and Jesus loves you too OP :D Also interesting fact!

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#39

The abundance of homeless in downtown metropolitan cities and all of the callous hate and violence against them. Politicians really are to blame.

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ValdaDeDieu 1 year ago (edited)

Most people who are homeless were productive members of society -- taxpayers who had something disastrous happen and they had no safety net. In a land where people pay taxes as soon as they begin working, homelessness should not exist. If you're a vet and suffered PTSD - there should be treatment. If you've lost your home due to illness, lack of income, force majuere (such as COVID) there should be remedies. Why are investors allowed to poach on the best and brightest of the poor by saddling them with loans that are only repaid when you've paid the amount three or four times over? Why isn't there insurance that takes care of your bills if you get fired? Lastly, no one sane WANTS to be homeless. Everyone likes to have a place to call home.

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Obesity
But that doesn't mean that people have to be body shamed for their body weight or shape.
But being obese can bring about many health problems that can even affect the heart and take your life.

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#41

The belief that when a child begins to walk they need to have these fancy, hard soled shoes.... for like ankle support I guess.
It's just... dumb to me. Babies have been learning to walk for far longer than those horrible shoes have been around.

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whatever 1 year ago

Ever been holding a baby wearing those hard-soled shoes and they kick you in the groin full-force ? Fun times.....

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#42

Cho Chang. Like, wtf?! She starts crying but then kisses Harry?? How? What? Why? Huh?

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Isa's left eye 1 year ago

Also the fact that JK Rowling decided to name the ONLY Asian character Cho Chang

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#43

It seems normal when you hear about people’s parents die, until it happens to you

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

My Father died quite young, but although I loved him, I wasn't that close. We had lots of family friends of my parents' age, and I was trying to come to terms with their mortality. My Mum was ill for a long time, not with anything life-threatening, but she needed lots of medication. She had lots of side-effects from the tablets and finally went into a coma and passed away due to liver failure. The various tablets were all fighting with each other, and her body couldn't cope. I give thanks to God that she didn't suffer from any dementia, only physical weakness.

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#44

Taking pictures of your meal and posting it on the internet. How pathetically narcissistic to think that the world GAF what you had for breakfast/lunch/dinner!

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#45

The grammar changes I have observed over the last few decades, originating in the American dialects (strong influence of American film and TV, I suspect). Strong verbs have become weak ones. Two examples: "weaved" instead of "wove", "slayed" instead of "slew".

Also, the frequent substitution of the past participle of verbs for the simple past form. "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" for example - should be "shrank". "The ship sank" not "sunk".

Puts my teeth on edge but like climate change, the tipping point is already past. (Not "passed", lol)

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Lyoness 1 year ago

The loss of "ly" drives me bonkers. "I'm serious hungry." No. "SeriousLY".

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#46

Eating tots in your pockets during school.

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

Are 'tots' sweets? In the UK, tots are toddlers! So, "I like children, but I couldn't eat a whole one!"

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Braille buttons on drive-thrus, and "rightside-up". First, "rightside-up" should be "upside up," and the fact drive-thrus expected blind people to drive is crazy. I know some blind people are capable of that, but those people are few and far in between.

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

I think 'rightside-up' is correct, but otherwise I agree with you. In the UK, the button to tell the bus-driver to stop has braille dots. I don't know how anyone could feel the dots without pressing the button. The same thing applies with a 'lift call' button.

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#48

Ferries. Like they are literal floating roads that carry cars around instead of flying, boating, or going over a bridge.

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

I don't think ferries are 'floating roads', just because they carry cars. That sounds like a temporary bridge, that cars could drive across while it was in use. And what about cars taken in aeroplanes? Do you think that's a road in the sky?

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#49

Being in middle class

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Mike_The_Nike 1 year ago

being a middle child in middle class

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#50

Life…..

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A gay cat man 1 year ago

life is b******t

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#51

Cats. Just cats.

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

Yes. "The cat will do, what the cat will do, and there's no doing anything about it." from 'The Just So Stories' by Rudyard Kipling.

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#52

Nowadays, people, especially the young teenagers, think swearing is cool, especially with their friends. Why can't we be a nice and polite society instead? You don't have to swear with someone to show that you are friends with them.

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#53

people and leaving the house

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that 𝕤𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕠 planet 1 year ago

can you please explain?

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#54

Ab^se to the ab^sed.

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Mike_The_Nike 1 year ago

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#55

Eating Nutella by the spoonful directly from the jar.

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

I don't like Nutella, but if anyone wants to do this, they're not bothering me. Someone has to eat my share of the Nutella.

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#56

Having lockdown drills multiple times per year in school and having to teach children what to do if someone with a gun comes into the school. I hate living in America.

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

Sorry you have to live with that, as someone who lives in the UK and never sees a gun. The last time I saw one, it was in the hands of a security guard at an airport.

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#57

being mentally ill. It’s been very normalized

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Mary Peace 1 year ago

How would you like it to be viewed? We don't want to frighten or ostracise people, like going back to the days when those people were shut away and sometimes forgotten about.

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#58

This is my second one.
If killing is bad, and we kill people who kill people. Then is it still bad to kill people who kill people?

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#59

Using the word "myself" in a standalone way. It us ONLY to be used in conjunction with I or me. The world myself is used exactly the same way as himself, herself, themselves. If one of these words sounds stupid in a sentence when replacing myself, then myself IS WRONG and sounds EQUALLY STUPID to someone who knows proper grammar. Myself seems to be used to replace I or Me in order to sound smarter, but it is WRONG and improper. And it drives me ABSOLUTELY NUTS...... P.S. I used to be bugged out most by improper use of apostrophes, until I realized that this is worse

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Ace 1 year ago

I do feel you have some room for improvement in your own writing skills, so maybe you shouldn't be overly critical of others' use of language. By the way, grammatical rules do not define what's right or wrong; they're descriptive, not proscriptive.

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#60

being a gay cat in texas, being a homophobic, transphobic, trump supporting douche. like, why the f**k do y'all still like him! he is an asshat, who looks like the evil twin of chester the cheetah

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Isa's left eye 1 year ago

Maybe he secretly IS the evil twin of chester the cheetah!

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#61

life under the sea think animals can live under a lot of pressure and heat

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Idk if this counts but.
I always get angry at my parents for making me do all these healthy things to stay alive. If I do things I don’t like to do for the rest of my life then what’s the point?
I want to live yes, but will I have to do things hat make me unhappy to live?

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#63

This is my third. Why do we milk cows? I mean like don’t we realize where we’re milking from?

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#65

Saying "I'm fine" when we really aren't. People ask "How are you?" and have no desire to know. Why not just get rid of the question?

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#66

Biological facts are to be accepted, not rejected. Insanity is to be rejected, not accepted. He is him, she is her, they are them, IT is fabulous Tim Curry in the sewer. The LGBTQRSZFUP.. is total BS. I'm not a part of some ridiculous acronym. I'm not a part of the misfit kibble floating in a bowl of Alpha-Bits cereal. Never signed up for that and I never will. Sexually, I'm gay. Biologically, I'm a man. See how easy that is?

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Isa's left eye 1 year ago

Why do you care how other people identify? How do trans people existing as themselves affect you?

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not really seems normal but, having half an alphabet to chose from when deciding what sexuality you are then having a sub section of many possibilities to assign SEX when it is already written into your DNA then making the hard decision to confuse every f****r on the planet with pro nouns. I am bi-trans-cis-female-male-apache attack chopper who would like to be known by them/their/over here pro nouns....just stop already

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