Can I upvote this more?

How is it unacceptable? I thought it's perfectly normal and widespread today 🤔

I too love the swings and will happily go on them when the playground isn't busy.

Have CCTV installed specifically so I could see who was at the door and avoid answering it if I didn't want to - get a lot of deliveries as I have my own business and need supplies. People with clipboards (one last week which surprised me as it was the first since covid) get ignored.

I'm so with this one. Sometimes I'm happy to stay, but when I'm done, I'm done.

The only reason one should ideally need is "because I don't want any". That's my main reason, but for some reason, a lot of people just really want a lot of unwanted and unloved children in the world I guess...

There is a sort of Orchid called Holy ghost or something like that. When bud is closed, looks like praying monks. When blooming it's resembles a dove of peace. Absolutely STUNNING!!!

Yeah why is people so obsessed with female nipples? You can see guys nipples all the time through tshirts but if a womans are obvious its the end of the world.

Yes! I feel more productive in the evening but, sadly, our world belongs to early birds...

One of my former bosses fired someone on the spot for coming to work with a bad case of the flu after having told her that she needed to stay home. There was no reason for her to come to work, she would have gotten paid for as long as she was sick.

Can we all agree this to be a norm from now on? I mean they do it for years in Asian countries!!!

Only assholes would say that. I think men need a break from being macho bs! Blokes have emotions too.

What I don't get is why couples choose not to hang out with their single friends anymore. They only do stuff with their couple friends and it's so frustrating

Thats actually a terrible social pressure. Especially for former alkoholics.

This is a good one. There should be nothing wrong with simply wanting to sit in a nice restaurant by yourself and having a meal but even thinking about leaves me feeling oddly guilty and ashamed.

Come to the Netherlands and ask someone that question. You'll get a thorough schooling on their mental, physical and financial situation. Which most of the times is summed up in the one word "kut" or the even more profound comment "tering kut".

I sit in my car, put on a movie, turn on the AC and eat what ever I have.

Its ok in Japan

Stop thinking about what others may think. I'm a 44 years old, long hair undercut, full beard, tattoooed guy in heavy boots and I love puddle hopping, so i do.

Isn’t this just an USA thing?

Someone made a comment on here about some famous woman not shaving her armpits. I responded with 'So?' and asked why they considered it their business. No reply.

Yes to this. We as a society have gone *way* over the top about things like this and it's doing the planet a huge disservice.

Swearing also has degrees. The US really dislikes the c-word that Australians use with abandon! Swearing also has power - that's the point of it. If your three year old peppers conversation with f-bombs it loses its emphatic effect. Which is why we end up having to create new curse words, because the old ones aren't strong enough any more.

No, don't accept the beating. Never accept a beating.

What? Where is this a thing?

Weird idea: Say "I had a very stressful day and need some quite time alone now, please." It is surprising how often that works.

Headphones

I do this all the time...go to my local bar with a book and have a beer or wine...all my friends mock me for it

Use your words. "No thanks, I don't want to chat now" is a completely acceptable sentence.

God I feel this so much

There's nothing wrong with saying that you don't feel like talking. You can say it in a friendly way without offending or insulting people.

Use headphones and just pretend you can't hear them.

Just look up and put on crossed-eyes. They probably think you're crazy and get the hell out of there. Additional benefit: They leave the entire bench for you alone :D

"Forced to chit chat"? Aw hell no! Don't let um start.

OP, i'll totally go out with you somewhere to enjoy a quiet drink without ever having to utter a word. What's more, I'll intercept all of the f*cks that want to kill that vibe. I gotchu

headphones. Then when the one tryna make small talk gets pissy or says something in regards to it, make sure they see that its not plugged into anything and the cords just dangling

Just use headphones. No need to be listening to anything, just put them on. If someone insist in speaking to you, take one of, reply real quick, and put them on again as fast as you can 😜

I guess it is cultural thing. In Denmark not interacting is the default mode and only the wierdos stir up conversations with random strangers. I actually like it that way, sometimes I just need to concentrate on my own thoughts and ideas, not meet new people while commuting, but it can be a little stange when an entire train car is dead silent.

I moved a few hundred miles away, that got the message over.

I don't. I'm a woman, I bleed. Thinking that something is socially unacceptable is not a one way road. I think it's socially unacceptable to find this socially unacceptable.

Pre-pandemic I would go to the movies alone all the time. It's nice. Nobody jabbering away at you so much you can't hear the movie.

I blame media for this. Many teenager series show old and very fit actors that have sex like rabbits. Thats completely unreal but it makes people self-conscious

He was greedy first. Now I can be greedy too.

Then I guess my grandpa and uncle are very progressive... Even though they're not fond of manicure, they use skincare since their teenage years. And they are very manly!

That's not socially unacceptable. I have the highest respect for people who walk their cats instead of kicking them out the door when they leave for work so the cat has to roam the neighborhood and pee and poop in other peoples gardens.

Sometimes one should allow others to experience the act of giving. It makes me uncomfortable to be a recipient, but people need that sometimes.

I don't know, I guess I was raised with this as table etiquette? I suppose it's one of those things which has just come through history. Any pandas here know?

Clothing rules are used as a proxy to see at a glance how good you are at conforming to the rules of society.

You can call them "guy friends"

Or sitting in the floor. Sorry sometimes I am tired and there arent chairs or benches available.

It's the norm going back to the days when people wore helmets (knights, vikings and such). It was a way to show trust and respect when entering someone else's home. Its pretty antiquated but that's where it came from.