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No matter how you spin things, life is fundamentally unfair. Many people recognize that not everything that's legal is moral. But changing society and its laws for the better is an uphill struggle. Though you can strive to empower everyone and create more equality, it’s a long and arduous process.

Redditor u/custom_dream sparked an important discussion when they asked people to share their thoughts about the horrible things that happen that are “100% legal.” Their answers were eye-opening. Scroll down to see what these internet users believe must be changed in society ASAP.

Bored Panda got in touch with the author of the thread, Reddit user u/custom_dream, to learn more about the inspiration behind their thread and to get their thoughts on the problems plaguing society. Check out our interview with them below.

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal People dying because they can't afford necessary medication.

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Ziggyc
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My infusions cost $9100 each month ,luckily its free here in NZ ,its crazy to think if I had to pay for it and couldn't then I would he 6ft under

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Medical neglect of children because of a parent's religion

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#3

40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Companies bragging about record profits yet giving no more than 2% raises.

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censorshipsucks
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would make companies give shares to their employees so that they can get payouts like shareholders. Minimum 51% shareholdership for workers. The workers CAN own the means of production!

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Bored Panda reached out to redditor u/custom_dream and they were kind enough to answer our questions and share their opinion on the discussion that they started.

When asked what the inspiration for their thread was, the internet user told us that it was "just curiosity."

"I am very interested in watching online videos of people committing crimes and being caught and arrested/indicted for them," they explained to us.

"It was appealing to me to find out activities that look illegal but aren't," they said.

#4

Women and girls being forced to give birth.

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#5

40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Members of Congress can commit securities fraud, mortgage fraud, insider trading, take bribes and become multi-millionaires without being investigated or charged for anything.

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Jeremy James
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Members of the House can use the Power of the Purse to intentionally shut down the government as political leverage and still get paid themselves, while withholding the paychecks of 4 million federal employees until their unpopular demands are met halfway.

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#6

40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal "Family" Youtubers/ Instagramers. Using your kids for views.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll always click up on kitties, puppies, piglets, baby bats, but I will never understand the kids. Unless they're goat kids. That I get.

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Meanwhile, we were interested in getting the thread author's opinion on what they believe should be changed in society as soon as possible.

"Specifically the US society needs to be more tolerant of different opinions," u/custom_dream told Bored Panda.

They added that they believe the American people should also "apply more critical thinking to everyday life and politics."

The redditor was realistic about the ability to create a perfectly fair society in the future.

"In theory it is possible. Whether we can achieve that right now in the US with current conditions, I believe that to be very unlikely," they said.

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#8

Every law and loophole that makes rich people pay less taxes, while those laws hit harder on non rich people

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal To me, one of the worst is the way the elderly are treated. Especially when it comes to the costs associated with having to go into a nursing home. An entire lifetime of savings will be sucked away by the government, family homes confiscated. And all that after a lifetime of work and contributing to the economy.

The final slap, it seems, is the outrageous cost of funerals and burials. It just seems insane to me. We can’t even die without someone making profit from it. And when you’re alive, it costs money just to exist.

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FakeOptimist
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend of my mother's spent the money she got off of selling her home on seeing a few primary school friends in Australia, Canada and elsewhere. She had been widow a few years, her kids have good jobs, and she decided to spend it on herself now rather than having to pay it to a nursing home if she ever needed it. ( Over here they are subsidised exept if you have money of yourself over a certain amount.) She's a legend : had not flown before and did it by herself in her seventies.

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When you start thinking about all the numerous inequalities that plague society, you can easily end up feeling demotivated, disempowered, or drowning in anger. And while these reactions are perfectly normal, constantly living with them could negatively affect your quality of life. So it becomes important to shift your perspective a bit.

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Try to reframe things so that you focus on what you can change instead of constantly obsessing about everything that’s wrong with the world. Taking action and making the world better one small step at a time is miles better than just venting about unfairness.

As psychologist Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D., put it in a blog post on Psychology Today, viewing yourself as a victim isn’t helpful because it keeps you in the past and makes you feel powerless. “Bad things happen every day, but humans can be quite resilient. By stepping out of the victim mindset and viewing yourself as a survivor, you may find it easier to move forward and play an active role in creating a new outlook for yourself,” she says.

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Lobbying. It's legally sanctioned bribery

Edit: By "lobbying" I specifically mean corporations giving politicians large sums of money to sway their vote. I agree that there should be a more specific word for it.

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#11

40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal A lot more is ’legal’ if you have money

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Jared Robinson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

just now was i introduced to the fact that rich people literally don't have to follow the rules. Laws are there to hurt the poor.

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It’s also healthy to be aware of the nuances in life, instead of seeing everything as purely black or white. Yes, there is a lot of unfairness in society that can be incredibly frustrating. However, it is not just doom, gloom, and evil that you’ll find in the world. Positive and negative events constantly interweave in society.

“Even if nothing negative is happening in your own life, tragic, depressing stories are rampant in the media,” writes Bourg Carter. “That's not to suggest that you should bury your head in the sand and ignore current events, or pretend that bad things don't happen. They clearly do. However, in reality, what we hear and see on the news and the unfairness that happens in our personal lives are typically outliers in a world of mostly positive, kind, and pleasant interactions.”

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#13

40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Pretty much everything related to health insurance

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just spent half a day dealing with my health insurance company because they assigned me a PCP in a completely different city. American health insurance is so broken.

Tamra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just had a call from my insurance company regarding a MRI I have scheduled tomorrow. They wanted to know if I'd be interested in going to a different facility over an hour away, because it would be cheaper (for them). It would also be an additional month of wait time. I said "You want me to wait another month, after I've already waited for eight months, to find out if I have a brain tumor or an aneurysm, so I can...save YOU some money?!". 🙄

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censorshipsucks
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America and sadly my country SA. We have a company called Discovery ( I call them discuntery). They basically reject a lot of claims and they say you are "out of medical savings" or "that is not within the rates" to evade payment. You end up paying like 40% anyway and the hospitals assume you'll get 100% covered so you get assrammed anyway. Public hospitals exist here (Free) but you will probably die due to them being lousy. SA.

Jill Rhodry
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can anyone explain how an insurance company's staff, with no medical training, decide who should get what medical treatment - how on earth does that make any sort of sense?

TheBlueBitterfly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It all boils down to the smallest amount of money they can pay medical personnel/facilities and still be considered an insurance company. And the medical corporations are in on it. It's a big ol' circle jerk, and guess who's stuck in the middle.

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Alex Smith
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the fact that eye and dental insurance are all separate from health insurance. Its criminal.

pep Ito
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

McKinsey is behind all of this. “ When McKinsey comes to town” book explains perfectly how its consulting work with insurance companies has led to the current situation

Lauren Bridger
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially the part where taxes go to insurance companies and big pharma and they turn around and make 1000s× mark up. Either be a capitalist company in the market and give up our tax dollars or make all healthcare into universal health care. They shouldn't get both!!

pfeils wife
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After my first mammogram, my doc wrote an order that I needed to be scanned for breast cancer every 6 months instead of annually, but my insurance refused to allow it and my doctor tried everything! They simply won't allow it/pay for it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't get me started!!! 🤬🤬 in middle of prior sched appts and insurance change oh wait couple months later main dr no longet accepts get call to sched with specialist oh wait no we no longer accept actually trying to take care of myself here 🙄🤦‍♀️🤯

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal People in public using their phones with audio on

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Hope
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be illegal and it could be easily fixed contrary to the other stuff which involves huge structural changes in the countries' legal and economical systems. People shouldn't be allowed to disturb your peace.

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The psychologist urges people to think of the times when others were supportive and kind to them. She also points out that good experiences often outweigh the bad for most people, however, it is “more common to dwell on the bad than to celebrate the good.”

As we’ve mentioned on Bored Panda before, many people are raised to believe that life is perfectly fair or, well, at least that it should be. However, no matter how much we strive, we cannot change the world in a heartbeat. Real change takes generations of dedicated work to achieve, and you have to be realistic about this. Instead of thinking just about fairness, it might be a good idea to focus on becoming more resilient so that we can weather what life throws at us better.

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Pharma companies posting record profits while many struggle to afford medications.

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Pimpernell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

medi care in the U.S. is unbelievably high when compared to Europe.

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal some jobs will force you to use vacation time if you're sick because they think sick pay is too much. catch Covid? hope you weren't planning to do anything else the rest of the year cause that time's gone!

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Tobias Reaper
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

only in America here in the UK if your sick your sick you dont get a certain number of days if its for long time you might need a doctors note but you get paid still

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Dumping raw sewage into the ocean.

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Child labor

Mining for cobalt among other things

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neytjie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

China has part share in a lot of mines in my area. The workers are really fairly compensated tbh. They also have learnership programs for the unemployed to better their skill set and be able to get a job

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Tax laws being so friendly for millionaires and billionaires

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Stupid high prices for everything (food, house, gas, medicine, etc.) despite being the same s****y quality.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hear this a lot from idiots who don't know how money works but blame Biden for some reason.

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal If you get pulled over for a routine traffic stop and it's somehow discovered that you're carrying large amounts of cash. Full legal tender American cash, even with a full paper trail as to where you got it and what you intend to do with it. Even in amounts around $100. They can label it as "suspicious" and simply seize it from you. If you fight ridiculously hard, you can USUALLY get MOST of it back, and the rest goes directly to them. They can legally take your money and keep it simply because you have it. I can't believe this isn't talked about more.

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General Anaesthesia
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's called civil forfeiture. "...civil forfeiture involves a dispute between law enforcement and property such as a pile of cash or a house or a boat, such that the thing is suspected of being involved in a crime [so not the person, GA]. To get back the seized property, owners must prove it was not involved in criminal activity..." - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States

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#23

Spousal abuse is still legal in many places. (Russia for instance)

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LillieMean
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, it goes together with the fact that it is not rape if it happens in marriage. In Finland it became a punishable crime only in 1994. Sick.

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#24

Bullfighting.

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hitex
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, & the dum-dums who run with the bulls too! Unless I'm attacked in the wilderness by a bull, then it's fair game.

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#25

People dying because they don't have the money to get into a hospital or acquire their basic necessities.

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Homelessness.

People working full time jobs but being unable to provide even basic necessities to themselves and their families.

People being so rich compared to the average that they could never hope to spend all the money that they have accumulated, while the former 2 exist at all.

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Tobias Reaper
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i work a full time job and earn a pretty decent monthly wage but i live with my parents because i simply cant afford to live by myself

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#27

The way animals are raised, treated, and slaughtered.

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hitex
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fellow aspie, Temple Grandin, revolutionized cattle slaughter industry to make it much more humane than previously operated

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#28

40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Politicians trading stocks, ETFs, options or whatever, using inside information.

Edit:typo

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elmortero
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this statement goes in the category "How to say you are American without saying you are American" 🫣

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#29

Routinue infant circumcision. Lets not to surgery on babies' genitals so they look better to us. Its so easy to not do that.


If an adult wants to be circumcised, that's their business and their *business*.

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SeaLouse
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The foreskin is there for a reason. Altering the body the way it was intended to be has no medical advantages.

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#30

Price gouging. "Hey, just so you're more aware that we're all feeling the hurt of inflation, we're raising your monthly bill by 20%."

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#31

Gerrymandering.

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ckcl
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The US is one of only 4 democracies without any form of PR voting (the UK is another). In PR based systems, the incentive to gerrymander is greatly reduced. Although why partial people are allowed to redraw maps is a mystery.

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The fact that for-profit medical industries and the concept of health "insurance" exist.

Also for-profit utilities, schools, and prisons.

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pep Ito
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And let's not forget to consider housing as a business. Investment funds based on real estate should be banned, as well as rental housing companies with a large number of properties.

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At least 97 current members of Congress bought or sold stock, bonds or other financial assets that intersected with their congressional work or reported similar transactions by their spouse or a dependent child…

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FakeOptimist
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see no problen with those who REPORT it. But for them who don't : they should be kicked out AND fined. And if they can't/ won't pay : emprisoned.

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#34

Turning a blind eye to crimes that happen in a prison. I believe that’s a type of cruel punishment.

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Family vlogging (specifically families with children). It should straight up be illegal to do, you're trading your children's privacy for profit and all the while they have no say in the matter and they won't get a single cent from the revenue once they're old enough to ask for it.

Time and time again we see child actors grow up with horrific trauma that was inflicted on them from the industry - the trauma from having to be the breadwinner as a CHILD is enough honestly, but then you add on the s**t we know they go through too. And that's and industry that's at least somewhat regulated (not regulated well mind you but it's *something*). What the fuckdo we think children of family and mommy vloggers are going through?

IMAGINE being presented with having a camera pointed at you 24/7 by your own caregivers, who willingly put your face, name, and most intimate moments on the internet for anyone to find and use against you AS A CHILD - all the while knowing that you're the reason your family gets to put food on the table and that if you say you don't want to vlog your life anymore it's on YOU for removing the income source.

It's f*****g hellish.

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Sergy Yeltsen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always thought influencers were bad - how weak-minded do you have to be to have someone tell you what to wear, what to listen to, what to think. But then Vloggers that prank their children hopefully have reserved a special layer in Hell, just for them. What they do is abuse, not entertainment. And it's allowed to happen.

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#36

We got people making slave wages for companies boasting about record profits

These c***s realize the 99% peasants are too busy about dumb s**t so they keep robbing the people that keep them rich

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40 People Share What Horrible Things That Happen In Society Are Completely Legal Watch the Telemarketers documentary. People can call you, claim they're raising money for the police, and keep 90% of it. Or even lie and say they are police officers.

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Karl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would people raise money for the police? Surely Sting & Co have quite enough of the stuff?

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#38

There are still states where the age where a girl can legally marry is LOWER than the age of consent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_age_in_the_United_States

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FakeOptimist
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish the "men" who marry them got punished for rape of a minor if they ever get pregnant.

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#39

Social media & influencers being accessible to teens & kids.

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#40

Middle-management treating employees like s**t to meet their own needs.

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FakeOptimist
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Needs" ??? You mean whims I think. Or is compensating for low self-esteem a medical necessity ?

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