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J C Steel 2 months ago

I mean...often it is some kind of religion behind the bashing. Amazing how many people can't live and let live

5points

sbj 2 months ago

I'm not selfish or unloving because I didn't want children

13points

CanadianDimes 2 months ago

Agreed. If anything, I'm being kind and loving not bringing children I don't want into the world and not subjecting them to being raised by a parent who resents them.

4points

Alexia 2 months ago

In my area, this is directly connected with tradition and religion. You are seen as useless and even "cursed" if you don't have children. You are blamed, shamed, isolated, pitied. That's why religious people should keep their beliefs to themselves. It's your decision if you wish to have 20 children, but don't preach me about "God's will" or my "biological role".

9points

GPawesomeness 2 months ago

You were definitely in the wrong area.

0points

Captive 2 months ago

Actually at BP it is more common to belittle parents

8points

Tyranamar Seuss 2 months ago

I was going to say,choosing to have kids and allowing them to actually exist in various spaces is not bad either.

0points

Kris 2 months ago

I dont feel like its hated on. I dont have children and dont feel judged by it eather. Maybe I just surround myself with great people.

6points

GPawesomeness 2 months ago

Exactly, maybe my personality type kept those types at bay. That helps with surrounding yourself with great people.

0points

D. Pitbull 2 months ago

The passive agressive "Oh. I see. Well..." and then the inevitable conversation about how you can't possibly mature as a person until you understand and experience parenthood. These are often the same people who blame everyone else for their problems and when their children break rules and hurt others, then blame the others.

6points

James016 2 months ago

Choosing not to have kids is not selfish. That is for all the people who demand child free couples have children and call them selfish for not doing so.

6points

R Dennis 2 months ago

Hated on? They have obviously never been on BP and barely on Reddit.

5points

Sojourner 2 months ago

True. That messed with my head.

2points

Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 2 months ago

I am a Childless Cat Captain and my wife is a Childless Cat Queen.

4points

Heras buddy 2 months ago

I knew as a young man that my temperament and lifestyle were not suitable for raising children. Wouldn't want to raise one that way. Not selfish but knew myself.

4points

Tamra 2 months ago (edited)

In my own opinion, I feel the child free lifestyle is another evolution in women's rights. More and more women are breaking free from societal and religious expectations of procreating, and I believe it's a great change. I'm a mother and I love children, but I absolutely support my fellow women in however they choose to build their own lives. There are many different paths to a fulfilling life, and certainly not all of them involve parenting.

4points

Cathy Jo Baker 2 months ago

I figure that in addition to doing myself a favor, I also did the world a favor. I would have been a terrible mother. There's enough of them in the world already.

3points

Nikole 2 months ago (edited)

I know I would have yelled. A lot. And then been kind. No one needs or wants that kind of hot and cold upbringing. (It’s funny because even in this imagined scenario I don’t picture a guy… Because of my issues with control. See? Would have been terrible.) Edit: also depression and now “mild” alcoholism.

2points

Colleen Glim 2 months ago

There’s nothing wrong with accepting that you would be a s**t parent. More hate needs to be on people who know they would be a s**t parent @nd have them anyway

3points

Anna Drever 2 months ago

We have family that chose to be child free and they can just pick up and go wherever whenever they want. Hubby and I had to wait until retirement and the kids leaving home to do that. So maybe they’re onto something. 😀

2points

Elise Deegan 2 months ago

If you don't want kids and decide to not having any that's very responsible! So annoying everyone thinks everyone should want the same life. And I have 4 kids.

2points

Nimitz 2 months ago

I don't feel like this is hated on at all. Most of my generation aren't having kids because we simply can't afford it

2points

Robert Trebor 2 months ago

I think I would've been a terrible father. Not abusive, no not at all, but I am very non-confrontational, and kids confront adults regularly. It's part of growing up and learning their boundaries. My ex-wife would have been too indulgent.

2points

Kelly Scott 2 months ago

What you're seeing today isn't that hateful. You should have been there in the mid 70s when I told one of my coworkers I didn't want and wasn't having kids. The backlash then - now that was hate!

2points

Katiekat 2 months ago

All that hate is insecurity, massive insecurity, from childfree people not mirroring parents who are insecure about their choice to be a parent... if it was a choice at all. Oftentimes with people like that, they didn't think they had a choice, felt beholden to tradition or authority or religion, or some combination thereof, and have very limited imaginations, not to mention very limited ability to see other points of view. People who think for themselves and choose differently make them VERY upset VERY quickly. Spoken as a 50+ childfree woman who was also a teacher. Just because I can explain information well, doesn't mean I have any talent at being a parent.

2points

Cecilie Hammershøy 2 months ago

My husband and I are childless on our own choosing. We don't get any heath for it. We love children but we also love to return them to their parents 😉

2points

Uncommon Sense 1 month ago

Trust me. It's fuxking wonderful.

1point

GPawesomeness 2 months ago (edited)

My religious parents told us that as long as you both agree on it, that is just fine. It is the couples that agree but one partner thinks they can change the others mind later is the problem.

1point

DowntownStevieB 2 months ago

I've gone back and forth with this topic. I don't have kids, but if I did get them when I wanted them, I may have not gone back to school.

1point

Ashlie Ann 2 months ago

Thank you.

0points

ZuriLovesYou 2 months ago

Agreed.

0points

Sojourner 2 months ago

Or the flip side: childfree communities not being absolute toxic waste dumps.

-3points

Ryan Mercer 2 months ago

There is no moral responsibility to procreate. None. That said, I think some people are opting out of what could be the most meaningful experiences of their life, and will die alone as a result. Just because you didn't like your childhood and the world is as screwed as it has always been, doesn't mean you can't provide a better life for a new generation.

-3points

Magpie 2 months ago

Having children doesn't necessarily mean that they'll visit you when you are older. They can move to another country far away, they can get a serious illness and die, they may become criminals, they may have a crippling mental health problem, they can join a weird cult, they can be born with serious conditions which mean that they'll be never able to live a normal life or simply hate you for an unknown reason or something else. Who knows? I am not fond of children and have zero interest in being pregnant and giving birth.

5points

Stormflier , Helena Lopes / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Hate is a powerful and complex feeling. Interestingly, there is no clear consensus among scholars about its exact nature. Some describe hate as an emotion, others see it as an attitude or sentiment, and still others regard it as a blend of anger, contempt, and disgust. While some researchers think hate is simply an extreme form of anger or dislike, many believe it to be a distinct and unique experience altogether.

But why do we experience it? To find out, Bored Panda reached out to Clara Pretus, a psychology professor and researcher in social neurosciences, and the director of the Social Brain Lab.

“We hate things that we perceive as posing an existential threat to us,” Pretus explains. “This could be a physical threat—something that puts our life at risk—or a symbolic threat, something that endangers our values and way of life.”

She goes on to say, “Our response to hate is to either avoid or eliminate the object of our hate because we don't believe it will ever stop being a threat. This is different from anger; when we’re angry at someone, we’re still giving them a second chance, believing they can change. With hate, the sense of danger is so strong that it activates our fight or flight response, preparing us to either attack or defend ourselves.”

#2

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate People who choose not to drink who aren't recovering alcoholics or pregnant.

People who do drink but have decided they don't feel like drinking that night. Their reasoning being they simply don't want to.

Final score:

140points

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Ellinor 2 months ago

There seems to be such a pressure from people for you to drink... I hate spending 10 minutes explaining that I don't drink because I just don't want to (which is a perfectly fine reason).

36points

mrpunukesh , Engin Akyurt / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#3

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Changing your mind. People act like it's a sign of weakness, but it actually shows growth. Admitting you're wrong or seeing things differently is how you evolve, not something to be ashamed of.

Final score:

128points

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Beak Hookage 2 months ago

Richard Dawkins told a story which really illustrates the value of this sort of thing. He had a professor who had a certain theory he absolutely loved and was always talking about. Then one day a visiting scientist gave a presentation which proved the theory to be completely wrong. Whereupon the professor went up to him, shook him by the hand and said "Thankyou so much - you've proven I was wrong all these years!"

6points

CosmoAlways , Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

This defense mechanism is evident in the brain. A neuroimaging study by Professor Semir Zeki and John Romaya of the Wellcome Laboratory of Neurobiology at UCL showed that looking at the faces of people we hate activates areas of the premotor cortex, which prepares us for action. It also activates the insula, a brain region linked to internal bodily states, including disgust. “This area also activates in response to romantic love, which may explain why people say there’s a thin line between love and hate,” says Pretus.

Zeki adds, “The putamen, another brain area, could also be involved in preparing for aggressive acts, even in a romantic context, like when a rival poses a threat. Previous studies suggest the insula is engaged by distressing stimuli, and seeing both a loved and a hated face might trigger such a response.”

He further explains, “One marked difference between love and hate is that, while love deactivates large parts of the cerebral cortex associated with judgment and reasoning, hate only deactivates a small area in the frontal cortex. This might seem surprising since hate can also be an all-consuming passion, like love. But in romantic love, the lover is often less critical, while in hate, the hater may become more judgmental, calculating moves to harm or seek revenge.”

#4

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Sleeping in. People act like you're a useless member of society if you sleep past 10.

Final score:

122points

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Alexia 2 months ago

If I can't go to bed before 3 AM, and then I sleep in until 11, that's not a sign of "laziness". That's my chronotype.

49points

Ineedavacation1999 , Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#5

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Sitting idle. I hate it when it's labelled as "wasting time". You need some time for your brain to slow off and just exist. It's not a crime.

Final score:

113points

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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 months ago

I've learnt that ''to sit' and 'to rest' are both verbs, so I AM doing something when I choose these activities (particularly necessary for someone who has chronic fatigue, and particularly difficult for someone who was brought up by a mother who never stopped, and thought sitting except when at the dinner table was the height of laziness. These two facts may or not be related...)

18points

Hopeful-Passion-2221 , Magali Guimarães / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#6

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Spiders. They eat things you don't want in your house. Try and leave them alone.

Final score:

112points

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Alexia 2 months ago

I learned to tolerate spiders during lockdown. At some point I even named one of them, and used to greet it every morning :)))

32points

Titan_Tails , Ilyas Chabli / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Pretus’s work focuses on how political extremism impacts decision-making, particularly in polarized environments. She studies how extreme social identities and moral values influence political beliefs, the spread of misinformation, and the willingness to engage in political violence.

Another aspect of her research explores the rise of hate crimes. While we understand some factors behind these crimes, what people perceive and experience as “hate” at a psychological level is still a gray area.

In one of her studies, Pretus explored the role of morality in hate. Her team analyzed the language used on prominent hate websites and complaint forums, finding that hate sites contained more words related to morality, not just negativity, compared to the complaint forums.

“Morality guides our decisions and actions because it defines what we believe is right and wrong,” Pretus says. “Our moral values, like honesty, justice, and respecting traditions, are a big part of who we are. When someone acts in a way that threatens those values, it can spark hate because it feels like an existential threat to our identity. Hate then prepares us to either eliminate or escape from the source of that threat.”

It’s clear that hate is a deeply personal feeling, shaped by our experiences and values. But we couldn’t resist asking Pretus if there’s one thing people often hate that she thinks deserves more love.

“I would say Mondays,” she shares. “I’ve never hated Mondays, but maybe that’s because I really like my job.”

#7

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Fast food workers. Most of y'all have no idea how hard we actually work, or how horribly y'all treat us for no reason whatsoever.

Final score:

108points

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cerinamroth 2 months ago

I'm not one of y'all, or from a country where we say that. I would never dream of being rude to any service personnel. Or anyone who didn't treat me rudely first!

28points

Dream_Fairy04 , Augustinus Martinus Noppé / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#8

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Pineapple on pizza! It gets so much hate, but honestly, the sweet and salty combo is pretty solid. It’s not for everyone, but the amount of outrage it causes is way over the top for a simple pizza topping. Let people enjoy their food!

Final score:

102points

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Boo 2 months ago (edited)

When I make my own, I use smoked streaky bacon, onions, green peppers, green and black olives, mushrooms, pineapple, mozzarella and cheddar cheese. It's my comfort autumn food.

20points

Appropriate-Bad-9379 , Anna Shvets / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#9

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Pensioners. I’m fed up of defending myself on Reddit for the crime of being old. The venom thrown at pensioners is totally disgusting and would create a lifetime ban if it was directed at any other group/ colour/ religion.
Please stop generalising that all boomers are wealthy. Yeah, some are and I’m as jealous as the next person, with my pathetic pension. I’ve worked all my life, but did not have the means to have a huge pension pot. I did have a house, but was forced out by an abusive ex husband. I’m single but still have to pay full bills and the rent is almost half my income. This year, it’s eating or heating. I’m not moaning- just stating facts and I’m certainly not alone in this situation. It’s hard being poor, but even harder reading the hatred ….

Final score:

100points

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PSimms 2 months ago

BP and Reddit both love to hate on Boomers. It's terrible.

11points

Altoid_Addict , Rosemary Ketchum / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#10

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Transgender people. We're not corrupting children or anything, that's just the lie they're trying to use to turn us into the latest political football.

Final score:

87points

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robin aldrich 2 months ago

Absolutely... it's fear from misunderstanding and just because you don't understand something does it mean you should be afraid of it and turn your fear into rage against it...I never understood the Bible thumping.

6points

djb2589 , SHVETS production / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#11

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Being kind. Kind people should be looked up to as a good example, not looked down on as "weak".

Final score:

85points

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Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago

Absolutely! Being kind costs nothing but it might just be someone's everything when kindness is shown to them.

23points

StayProsty , Ketut Subiyanto / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#12

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Long term trauma sufferers ("you should be over it by now", "suck it up" etc).

Final score:

85points

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Alexia 2 months ago

These people are so f*****g rude and entitled (and possibly narcissists themselves). Who are you to tell me how long or how much I should suffer? Have you been there when it happened? Have you endured the same? If not, don't miss the great opportunity to keep your mouth shut.

31points

Fine_Faithlessness67 , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#13

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Men who are in touch with their feelings and they express them. Men who are sensitive are constantly put down due to toxic masculinity. Both men and women s**t on guys who exteriorize their emotions uninhibitedly in a gentle kindhearted manner and deem them unmanly, describe them as too feminine, plus many other more grotesque words and phrases. And crying is viewed as a sign of weakness.

Women have emotions. Men do too. It’s indisputable that all humans have emotions. High emotional availability is something that should absolutely not be seen as exclusive to any specific gender, age or race. It’s a universal human condition. It’s nothing to be ashamed of and NO ONE should be belittled or bullied for having or displaying completely valid and sincere emotions nor for possessing the ability to communicate them.

Final score:

80points

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BROmanicus85 2 months ago (edited)

I am one of those men... Always have been! My solution to the way others perceive it?! Only surrounding myself with friends and family that accept it and see it as something normal! It does not change the world, but it changes MY world!

33points

PenVsPaper , Lina Kivaka / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#14

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Cats and specifically how they’re often considered to be less affectionate than dogs! My kitty is a total sweetheart and is way more personable and affectionate than my dog was (to be clear, he wasn’t mean or anything, he was mostly just concerned with finding his next meal).

Final score:

75points

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Manana Man 2 months ago

Just watched two hour-long Nova specials about dogs and cats. There's actually been a fair amount of research - various behavioral tests, MRI's etc. The result was clear. Dogs care more about people than cats do. Which is not to say that cats don't care, but they are actually more motivated by food. They are also closer to their wild ancestors than dogs are. And wild cats are all more or less solitary, while dogs' wolf ancestors are of course pack animals. The MRI's actually showed the approval and affection are more important to dogs than food is. It's not hard to believe these results if you think about the differences between dog and cat behavior.

14points

LadyKnightmare , Jack Bulmer / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#15

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Skunks

They're actually pretty cute and fun to watch if you don't harass them.

Final score:

73points

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Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago

Fart squirrels are awesome.

33points

Over_Ad_2079 , Pixabay / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#16

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Gen Z. There's nothing wrong with them they're just being young and immature because they ARE young. They're not "doomed" again they're being young and participating in fads just like you did. The stuff you did when you were their age was just as dumb, just as cringeworthy and made the older generations "lose faith" in. Then what happened? You grew up and matured.

The stuff that's catered towards them isn't dumbed down or soulless or basic or mind numbing. It's just catered towards a young demographic, which you are not. You aren't the target audience, that's why you don't get it. You're not meant to as it's not for you.

Millennials got the same hate, as did Gen X and Boomers and so on. And they all grew up, eventually Gen Z will and then everyone will hate on Gen Alpha for [damaging] whatever industries and being entitled and not knowing what real work is and whatever buzzwords people always use to hate on the latest generation of youths.

Also while I'm at it, people "glued to their phones" there's this weird assumption that if I or any other person under 40 is on their phone they're just rotting their brain or d**king around or are on social media. First of all everyone looks at their phones not just Gen Z and Millennials. Second of all a phone these days is an everything in one device. It's a calender, it gives you the time, it gives you news, it allows you to send important emails, read books, look at timetables, write notes. Someone "glued to their phone" could be doing any of that kind of stuff.

If you didn't give people in the past s**t for constantly reading books, reading a newspaper, writing their schedule for the day. looking at their watch and so on, why are you giving people, particularly young people, s**t now for it? Because the platform they do that stuff has changed? Everyone still does that stuff. The only thing that's changed is the platform: It's all now on a phone. Think about that the next time you're on a bus or subway and see everyone "glued to their phones".

Final score:

69points

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Manana Man 2 months ago

I think that covers it!

22points

jazmine_likea_flower , Karolina Kaboompics / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#17

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Honestly- overweight people. Not dating one is fine but the way people talk about us or treat is just mind blowing in the worst way. I’m a person with feelings not an ogre.

Final score:

67points

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notlikeyou1971 2 months ago

I am date one. His is due to medication. He is actually the sweetest, caring person you could be with. I call him a big cuddly teddy bear even. His weight has nothing to do with who he is.

17points

D3dshotCalamity , fauxels / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#18

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Other people's interests. People love to just ***HATE*** things like they're a movie hero with a vengeance. My boy, it literally doesn't affect you, f*****g chill.

Final score:

65points

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Ellinor 2 months ago

People making fun of you for being an adult and still love the things you did as a child : Barbie, my little pony, the Winx... Just because you grow up doesn't mean you have to give up on everything you loved for years.

31points

r0ckerdud3 , Lisa Fotios / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#19

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Androids. People with iphones think they have some diamond when most of the time they have a phone android has already had for years.

Final score:

65points

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BROmanicus85 2 months ago

Never had an Apple phone and I don't intend to! i don't need a phone that can mostly only get paid apps! I'm surprised Apple isn't charging a cost for the Calculator or alarm clock on those phones! Plus, their phones cost waaaay too much and don't offer anything more than an Android phone.

36points

stonedngettinboned , Pixabay / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#20

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Bees! we will die out within like 10-20 years without bees!!!

Final score:

57points

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LSD 2 months ago

We totally deserve to die out.

25points

doobeedoobee , Austin Guevara / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#21

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Late-diagnosed autistic women.

It’s become very chic to poop on “hOw tRenDy aUtisM Is lAteLy!!! Stupid TikTok making awkward a*****e women think they have something they don’t!”

But like… girls and women have had autism just as much as men and boys have… they’ve just been horrendously under-diagnosed for decades, meaning we haven’t had access to resources like appropriate forms of therapy, much needed school and work accommodations… many of us were incorrectly diagnosed with mood disorders, with treatments which DO NOT WORK for autistics and often cause harm…

So yeah, you tell ‘em - go berate these often traumatized and struggling women, who are finally getting access to the self-knowledge to better accommodate themselves!!! :(.

Final score:

55points

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Beak Hookage 2 months ago

Thanks to social conditioning we also tend to be better at masking.

29points

Hanondorf , Tara Winstead / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#22

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate ADHD and the d***s that treat it, they are unbelievably helpful for a mental illness that people dont rly appreciate for how bad it can be.

Final score:

53points

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Ace 2 months ago

It's also because so many people claim to have adhd who actually no not have it. As for the drügs, well yes they can be misused, and students trying to get hold of adderal because it helps them to study is something that actually happens.

8points

littletrashpanda77 , Ella Olsson Ella Olsson / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#23

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Vegan food. It doesn't taste as horrible as people make it out to be. And alot of "regular" food is vegan and people don't realize that.

Final score:

50points

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L.V 2 months ago

I think usually it's not the food, but some of the vegan people that are hated

50points

PewterCityPain , JESHOOTS.com / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#24

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate I still don't really get why being considered woke is bad or why something being woke is bad. I don't really get how when a black person appears in a TV show, now it's considered "woke" but in the 2000s it wasn't? For example how is current day Power Rangers woke but Mighty Morphin Power Rangers not when it had the same kinda diverse cast? I genuinely just don't get it.

It's like those people on Youtube ranting about X-Men 97 "It's woke!!! ITS WOOOKKE!!" Yeah? And? It was still pretty good. Everyone I know who watched it liked it too. And on top of that what the f**k did you EXPECT from the X-Men? They did no different to any previous X-Men stuff regarding the mutant thing. Only cause now it's 2024 it's "woke"

In fact, I don't really know what "woke" even is I constantly get a different answer every time. Feels like it's such an overused buzzword now that's used as basically "I don't like it" I think I've seen everything get called woke at this point.

Seriously, you afraid you're gonna burst into flames if you watch something woke?

Final score:

50points

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James016 2 months ago

My favourite is the people complaining that Star Trek has gone woke.

38points

reedmama , Humphrey Muleba / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#25

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate People in their 20s who choose to have pets instead of kids.

Final score:

47points

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CK 2 months ago (edited)

This is not really a thing. There are people in their 20s who choose to have pets and to not have kids, but one is not a substitute for the other.

6points

Kubicek420 , KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#26

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Brussels Sprouts
they can be quite delicious and nutritious.

Final score:

46points

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firecrackershrimp 2 months ago

Roast them in the oven with olive oil and seasonings

19points

theygotapepperbar , Elina Fairytale / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#27

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate It seems like when people imagine an adult who lives with their parents they just picture some unemployed unattractive balding fat guy who plays video games all day like what cartoons and sitcoms would have you believe. I've seen people literally raging in reddit posts about adult children who live at home with hundreds of people calling them "pieces of s**t" and "moochers" in the most casual way I've seen. Some of the adult children mentioned in the posts aren't even 20 yet and expected to already know how to do everything on their own. It's so weird to me that the first assumption people have is that they must be lazy and entitled or coddled, and not that they could be going through something mentally or need the right kind of guidance.

Final score:

46points

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BROmanicus85 2 months ago

Me, my brother and my father built our house for the last 20 years... When it finally got finished, it was only my parents living in that big a*s house by themselves! I'm 40 and moved in with them, living on an entire floor and I'm not a mooch, nor am I a fat balding guy! I did this to help them out financially and physically, as they're growing older and they also have a vegetable garden and some chickens! I pay almost all the bills, buy more than half of the groceries and do half of the cleaning and cooking! Now tell me how is that to blame?!

39points

rafters- , Polina Tankilevitch / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#28

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Picky eaters.

People take it waaay the f**k too personally.

Final score:

45points

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quentariel 2 months ago

There are polite picky eaters and they don't bother me at all. But there's also picky eaters who just yell "ew" loudly at every sign of food they don't like, and that's just rude.

58points

UnderstandingFun5200 , Monstera Production / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#29

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Any hobby, movie or book series that is particularly popular amongst women and girls.

Final score:

44points

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Boo 2 months ago

Looks like we have another troll....don't feed it.

8points

lil-munchable , Mike Mozart / flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#30

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Guy Fieri. He actually does quite a bit of charity work!

Final score:

37points

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Charlie the Cat 2 months ago

Who?

15points

Ok-Platypus4491 , Solare Flares / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#31

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Vegetables.

Final score:

27points

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cerinamroth 2 months ago

Frickin love em. Check out that tightly formed cauliflower head - cheese sauce, here we come! Some brightly coloured carrots grated up with a mustard vinaigrette. Yellow courgette risotto! Beetroot and orange with feta cheese. Gimme, gimme, gimme!

7points

AllPanicNoDisco24 , olia danilevich / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#32

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Being a stay at home mom.
hangry_yomom: Seriously! I'm so sick of people asking me, "what do you do all day?" Or people expecting me to have unlimited free time. I am so busy helping little humans grow. Also, shout out to stay at home dads, they get so much judgment from society.

Final score:

27points

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R Dennis 2 months ago

I don't think the issue is SAHMs. It's the influencers who try to act as if they are better than other people for living a trad lifestyle and also tend to be monetizing (and traumatizing) their children. They also tend to be anti-science and everything that goes with that. My stepdaughter is a SAHM and my only worry is that she won't have a retirement fund she has built.

12points

#33

Furries. they’re just people who dress up, i don’t get why they recieve like death threats and stuff over some cat ears.

Ok_Substance5897 Report

Final score:

26points

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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 months ago

Another group of people not bothering me, so I'm happy for them to do their thing. It sounds like fun tbh.

11points

#34

Zipper merging

Ffs sake people use up the lanes and zipper merge. Trust the experts - it’s moves traffic faster. .

itsrainingagain Report

Final score:

26points

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robin aldrich 2 months ago

That's confusing to me ...I think I kind of drift along the lane before it gets to the end, with my signal on politely looking for someone to let me in.. it's the people that decide to cut around me go up to the end of the lane and butt in that p**s me off

5points

#35

Playing video games.

You play video games for a couple hours? You're lazy.

You watch Netflix for a few hours? Normal and fine.

At least video games have the ability to engage your brain and hand-eye coordination.

NWbySW Report

Final score:

25points

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Ellinor 2 months ago

And it's not because you only play the Sims or exploration games that you're not a "true gamer". A gamer is someone to play games, that's all.

14points

nsmith0723 , Stephen Mease / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#36

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Taylor swift. I get the urge to make fun of her and her fan base, but at the same time, credit where credit is due.

Final score:

24points

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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 months ago

I'm not consciously aware of having ever heard anything she's written/performed. She's not my choice as a style of music, but is plenty popular, so must have something going for her. She doesn't impact me, so I leave her alone as well.

12points

#37

Comic sans. Yes it’s not the most pretty font of all time but. Its Really not That bad.

SaltyVinegar_ Report

Final score:

24points

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LSD 2 months ago

Comic sans is, apparently, one of the easier fonts for dyslexics to read, so it’s definitely got something going for it.

13points

#38

Kinks. We all got them. Very few are honest with them.

Asharac Report

Final score:

21points

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Ellinor 2 months ago

By the way, people liking feet are not monsters. Liking feet is not immoral or illegal, it's a kink.

2points

#39

Customer service I believe working in customer service would make people more empathetic. It could solve a lot of problems.

Born-Building7631 Report

Final score:

20points

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cerinamroth 2 months ago

It just made me hate most people, honestly. But I do respect service staff very much!

11points

#40

Poor people. with us all you rich f***s would have to do everything yourself.

Ssea-Urchin Report

Final score:

20points

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Manana Man 2 months ago

without us?

8points

No-Excitement-6039 , Vika Glitter / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#41

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Shows made for kids. Too many people get waaaaay bent out of shape about tv, but I notice grown adults critiquing shows for children like they're expecting it to be Shakespeare. It's weird behavior.

Final score:

19points

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Ellinor 2 months ago

How people behave with Disney. They treat all the old movies like the Holy Grail but sh*t on the new ones because "in my time it was better". In your time there was also blatant racism and sexism in Disney movies but alright, let's insult the goat of Wish for wearing a onesie.

7points

My-1st-porn-account , Polina Tankilevitch / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#42

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Tofu. It only sucks when people try to use it replace everything. Mapo tofu is delicious, as is agedashi tofu.

Edit: I forgot soondubu jjigae is a top five soup for me.

Final score:

17points

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Chris 2 months ago (edited)

Sorry I really do dislike the taste and texture of tofu, and you aren't going to convince me otherwise. I'm sure there is some food you don't like, and I'm fine with that. It is wrong to make a blanket statement that people are somehow wrong because they don't share your tastes. Note I worked for a company that has lots of Chinese in it and we would at times go to Chinese restaurants nearby (and in the SF Bay Area these are "authentic") so the Tofu dishes I was served were cooked by people that knew how to cook it, it wasn't me cooking it wrong.

3points

#43

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Oatmeal raisin cookies. Sometimes chocolate chip is just too cloying.

Final score:

17points

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Jill Rhodry 2 months ago

Oatmeal raisin's my favourite 🍪😋

15points

#44

Liking popular things is hated on more than it should be. Enjoying mainstream trends doesn't make someone's tastes less valid, yet it’s often dismissed as being unoriginal.

leonixiee Report

Final score:

16points

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Aidan Campbell 2 months ago

I think Coldplay are brilliant.

1point

#45

Tootsie Rolls my beloved...

BlUchIcK Report

Final score:

14points

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robin aldrich 2 months ago

When they're fresh and soft yes but lately they've been hard as rock

5points

chocobowler , Gustavo Fring / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#46

30 Things That Aren’t Bad Or Wrong At All But Get So Much Hate Self checkout, I will almost always walkout without what I want if there are queues and no self checkout, no way I’m waiting in line in 2024.

Final score:

14points

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cerinamroth 2 months ago

I see what the queue situation is and make my decision based on that. Sometimes I like it when people get chatting in the queue, or talking to the checkout lady at our supermarket. I don't normally like small talk but it doesn't feel weird at the supermarket for some reason.

3points

#47

Law enforcement and military. It is sad that the media gets people hating police or security officers over the 1-2% instead of stressing how the over 97% are just out their truly trying to help. It is like if you have a bad teacher and hate them all or hate restaurant servers because one was rude or lazy, start hating all servers.

gramma66 Report

Final score:

14points

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Stephanie Duffrin 2 months ago

Until that 97% stand up openly against the bad cops? That means they're bad, too.

11points

#48

Politically incorrect jokes. The world needs to get a sense of humour and learn how to laugh at itself.

Separate-Ad-9916 Report

Final score:

13points

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Privateer 2 months ago

Non-PC jokes are usually laughing at others though. Laughing at yourself is a whole other thing, and something almost every demographic does.

11points

#49

Nickelback. No, they're not amazing, but neither are they the worst thing to happen to rock music. They put out a few bangers ("Photograph" not among them, though).

Fit_Network8384 Report

Final score:

11points

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Todd 2 months ago

I love them.

2points

#50

People who don't like pets. People who like non-mammal pets.

elderoriens Report

Final score:

11points

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LSD 2 months ago (edited)

I’m sick of the whole ‘If you don’t love dogs it’s a red flag’ b******t.

11points

#51

Anchovies. Ever tried them with a block of sharp cheddar and crackers? Not bad at all.

DownShift6spd Report

Final score:

11points

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CP 2 months ago

They are fine on pizza too.

5points

#52

Women wearing makeup. Not every woman looks like Alicia keys without makeup. And even she looks better with it than without it. As a man if it were socially acceptable for me to wear makeup to look better you better believe I would take full advantage of that. Makes no damn sense.

joelzwilliams Report

Final score:

11points

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Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago

Look back at the New Romantics of the 80s and 90s. Most of the guys wore just as much make up as we girls did and some wore it better! There's nothing wrong with wearing make up if you want to guys.

8points

#53

"Disney Adults" get so much hate and shame. I don't see the problem with an adult enjoying something, and it makes me sad seeing them get ripped to shreds over a harmless interest/passion. Adults enjoying a theme park, character, or esthetic isn't hurting anyone.

thereaperofmarz Report

Final score:

10points

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René Sauer 1 month ago

yeah, but some people just get TOO into it, you know.

0points

#54

Yellow starbursts. Best flavor hands down.

IORAsound Report

Final score:

9points

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Firstname Lastname 2 months ago

The best thing about being team Lemon is that since nobody else likes them, I got free hand me down candy.

8points

CompleteApartment839 Report

#55

People annoyed at climate/oil protestors when they’re trying to help us avoid climate disaster.

Final score:

9points

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Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago

Not when they're glued to the bloody road or climbing a motorway gantry they're not.

18points

Appropriate_Music_24 Report

#56

Marvel movies! The majority of them are really good contrary to what some critics say….

Final score:

9points

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robin aldrich 2 months ago

Okay that might be true... I'm over the whole super hero movies especially when they release the trilogy and then remake the trilogy and then make another Trilogy and it just keeps going on and on and on and on

3points

#57

Those little orange and white Halloween candies, they're absolutely delicious but everyone seems to dislike them lol

Give em over here! I'll eat em!

Sci-FiNerd101 Report

Final score:

8points

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firecrackershrimp 2 months ago

Sugar!

1point

#58

A bit late to the party here but I find have encountered (to me) surprising amount of hatred with mathematics and statistics. I would think that subjects such as this would be very neutral as they are just tools like language or anything else, but I guess the very neutral and impersonal/cold hard facts nature of them can make people very hostile.

Kontaz Report

Final score:

8points

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Katiekat 2 months ago

As a retired teacher, let me just say that it's the way math is taught. I am VERY much a word-oriented person, and math just seems to be a whole different language that I was never taught how to parse. I still can't do word problems, and I'm in my 50s. I wish that I had been taught how to "read" math, how to decode math, and/or that math would have been presented to me in a more linguistic or visual way. I'm very logical, but did not get a good background in math. Straight C's in math, A's and B's in everything else. This is a small life regret, that I just don't do math well -- and by that I mean algebra, geometry, and trig. I can do basic math fine.

2points

#59

The Big Bang Theory. Yeah, I agree it's gone on too long and not that good, but I think it's relatively inoffensive for the most part.

Key_Day_7932 Report

Final score:

8points

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AKA AKA 2 months ago

its a good comfort show tho

2points

#60

Smash mouth. It’s not their fault the songs were super popular and over used in every movie.

joegetto Report

Final score:

6points

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Sand Ers 2 months ago

They mostly lost me when they joined the “covid is harmless” crowd, and held a concert with no safety protocols right at the time when hospitals were needing to rent refrigerated trailers to hold the corpses, but there still wasn’t much to go on regarding treatment and transmission vectors.

8points

#61

Driving a prius, there's about a million different hybrid cars on the road, but for some reason the prius still gets all the hate.

treynolds787 Report

Final score:

5points

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ByeFelicia 2 months ago

To be fair, we don't hate the cars. We hate the way the owners drive them. Same thing goes for Kia Souls.

2points

#62

The word "moist." I think everyone hates it because the internet said to, ten years ago.

Edit: if you’re going to comment some variation of “I’ve hated the word for longer than ten years” or “only women hate that word bc women bad”, please spare us, it’s already been said dozens of times.

Dont_be_stinky Report

Final score:

4points

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Manana Man 2 months ago

wtf?

6points

#63

Clowns, we've vilified them in popular culture and so many people have heebie-jeebies about them now because of the change in how they are perceived. Before it was the minority that were scared of clowns, now, it seems that any clown is fair game to be considered creepy. It saddens me and I wonder how much damage it has done to the reputation, careers and the future of clowns and clowning.

FrogMaid Report

Final score:

4points

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Manana Man 2 months ago

We get along without court jesters we can live without clowns.

4points

#64

Carrot Top - Met him a few times. Was really a chill dude and in our brief conversations he was funny and smart.

Additional-Ad7039 Report

Final score:

2points

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Data1001 2 months ago

Being a cool dude in person has nothing to do with his act -- which is the only thing that the rest of the world (who hasn't had your experience of meeting him) can judge him by.

0points