“The Broom That Just Won’t Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time

Many things tend to change over time, be it finding out that broccoli is actually not that bad or learning that crocheting can be fun even when you’re less than 70 years old. But even though time can change a person’s views on nearly everything, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s changed for the more positive.

Redditor u/Boring-Advice7763 wanted to learn more about how time can affect people’s opinions on things they do and don’t like. They asked members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community what it was that they started to dislike more and more the older they got, and redditors had plenty to share, covering everything from social media to loud noises, and much more. Scroll down to find their answers on the list below and see if you’ve started to dislike any of them yet yourself.

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time People. I used to be a people person, but people ruined it.

gmoney-0725 , Nicholas Green / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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250points

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troufaki13 9 months ago

People ruin everything!

62points

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time The lack of common sense and independent thinking in the world today

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

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217points

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Nichole Harris 9 months ago

This needs to be much higher

41points

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Social media. Literally f*****g everything about it. Grown people making f*****g staged videos for likes.

GO TO THERAPY!

RooDoubleYou , Tracy Le Blanc / pexels(not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

207points

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BrownTabby 9 months ago (edited)

As someone who was raised by boomers, I will die on the hill that people have always had untreated mental issues; it’s just that they used to only flow down. These videos are stupid, but they don’t remotely compare to teachers hitting indigenous kids every time those kids spoke their own language. Or parents hitting their own kids, for that matter.

19points

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time How rigged everything is in favour of rich people's interests, making maximum profit and screwing everyone at every possible opportunity.

Late stage capitalism, in my view is driven by pure psycopathy.

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

Final score:

206points

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Anna Chandler 9 months ago

I fully believe that the uber rich all suffer from the same mental health condition that so-called hoarders suffer from, but they hoard money rather than things. I also believe they are sociopaths, every last one. Money and power give people brain damage.

55points

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Apps. I shouldn’t need to download an app for everything

TMacATL , Rob Hampson / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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192points

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ॐBoyGanesh 9 months ago

Definitely forgot BP has an app. Or Facebook. I refuse to dl an app if the site works fine in a browser.

48points

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time People talking on speaker phone in public.

People, in general, just disregarding that other people exist.

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

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185points

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Rocky Horror Panda 9 months ago

This should be SO much higher.

27points

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Influencers

Ornery-Ad8463 , George Milton / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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177points

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Javelina Poppers 9 months ago

Should be beaten black and blue..............."No I will not move so you can get that perfect shot".

41points

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Other drivers.

As you get older you begin to realize just how stupid the average driver is. It’s appalling, and I’m tired of having to constantly prevent accidents.

striker69 , Aleksandr Popov / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

176points

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Seedy Vine 9 months ago

Not every human being is meant to drive. The sooner we all understand that, the safer we'll all become.

24points

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“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Starting to get really tired of manufactured outrage. Every day, there's something new to be outraged about across pretty much all spectrums. Politics, sports figures, celebrities, even just general life things that people write articles about, or tweet about, or whatever.

Constant outrage to get clicks and eyeballs. Gotta get people all riled up and steaming mad. Just getting sick of it, day in and day out. I don't know if there's an actual term for it, but to me I'd call it outrage fatigue.

kellzone , Korie Cull / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

168points

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BrownTabby 9 months ago

This site is a shocker about it. Half the headlines make me think “this article did not need to be written”.

40points

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#10

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Anytime the grocery store rearranges itself. Goddamnit, it’s taco Tuesday, I shouldn’t have to hunt for the tortillas

cyanderella , Jack Sparrow / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

161points

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Sand Ers 9 months ago

They do it on purpose, so you'll see things you don't usually buy. Enough people impulse buy those things that it's worth the hassle for the store to do it.

35points

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#11

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time People with no manners or civility.

heathers1 , Karolina Grabowska / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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160points

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ॐBoyGanesh 9 months ago (edited)

I don’t know, I feel like I used to be less tolerant of others & more militant in my beliefs when I was younger. Now I’ve become more apathetic towards & pity cruel or uncivil people.

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#12

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Loud cars and trucks. I genuinely think it’s noise pollution and should be illegal.

FunHorror7466 , mike noga / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

153points

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Richard Ross 9 months ago

People that make their cars loud are just letting everyone know that they are an idiot 😂

44points

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#13

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time How my optimism that the world would get better has been crushed.

It’s 2023 and we’re going backwards on rights for almost everyone, we lionize idiots, and the environment is only slightly less f’d.

wembley , Dev Asangbam / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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133points

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Stevie S 9 months ago

We're all passengers on the train to the dark tower

17points

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#14

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Loud noises.

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

Final score:

129points

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ॐBoyGanesh 9 months ago

Loud noises aren’t that bothersome, but high-pitched screeches have become more grating the more I age. My 10yo boy will sometimes do this when in VR & deep in a battle and I swear it makes my ears bleed.

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#15

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Aging. In myself, I don't feel any different to 30 years ago. But my knee usually hurts, my back frequently hurts, and recently I've been getting sharp pains at the base of my spine. Getting old sucks it's just better than the alternative.

anothercynicaloldgit , Towfiqu barbhuiya / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

129points

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Zaphod 9 months ago

I knew that I was over 30 when I woke up and had injured myself in my sleep.

34points

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#16

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time I just know I like cancelled plans more and more now

caramel_butterxx , Adrian Swancar / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

124points

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troufaki13 9 months ago

Cancelled plans are my favorite kind of plans 😊

28points

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#17

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Every workplace feeling like high school. Just do your job, get paid, quit b****hing about everybody else, and go home and enjoy your free time.

anon , Redd F / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

123points

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Suby 9 months ago

My job is in high school, so at least I don't have that problem. :-)

4points

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#18

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Religion

AusCan531 , Noah Holm / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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123points

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Charlie the Cat 9 months ago

Amen to that

37points

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#19

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time The lack of compassion in the world
People who are more concerned with winning than understanding
I feel we would all make so much more headway if we could agree to make an honest effort to understand each other and try to work for everyone's best interest instead of constantly trying to one up each other.

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

Final score:

116points

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Leanne Hailes 9 months ago

#1. SIncere empathy goes a long way

18points

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#20

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time The expectation to socialise. Leave me alone and let me be a happy hermit.

doducksswimorfloat , Thriday / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

109points

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Michael Largey 9 months ago

If you insist on knowing why I am not surrounded by people, you will surely find out.

19points

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#21

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Sugar. I’m not a heath-nut by any means but any time I eat something sugary like candy, cake, ice cream, etc, I just feel like it’s too sweet and I feel like it’s rarely worth the calories.

theglenlovinet , Mathilde Langevin / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

106points

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Bec 9 months ago

So much of it is disappointing because all you can taste is the sugar.

17points

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#22

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Dating.

DavidDoesDallas , René Ranisch / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

99points

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Angela B 9 months ago (edited)

I am certain that there are some wonderful people out there. After over 30 years of emotional abuse by my Ex Partner, I trust people about as far as I could throw a God damned house.

22points

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#23

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Going out and partying

BeardedRenegade , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

94points

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Bec 9 months ago

I figured this one out early. I think I had one summer in college of going bar hopping with everyone from work and one night it just dawned on me that I wasn't really having fun

11points

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#24

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Waiting for things/other people. My patience has gotten progressively worse

llcucf80 , JÉSHOOTS / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

92points

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ADJ 9 months ago

I can relate. I am always on time, and almost always have to wait because someone is going late.

22points

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#25

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Fashion trends. Loved them when I was younger. Now I feel like a crotchety old woman when I look at low rise jeans coming back in disgust.

Now I get why older people sometimes get stuck in a decade clothing wise.

anon , Mizuno K / pexels(not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

90points

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Susie Elle 9 months ago

Hated fashion trends when I was younger, still hate them.

42points

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#26

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time The internet. I came here for bluey memes and cat vids not people being d***s to each other

Rogang4thewin , John Schnobrich / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

88points

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ॐBoyGanesh 9 months ago (edited)

The community & camaraderie back in the AOL IM/Chat rooms, IRC, bulletin board, new group days were much stronger & more supportive.

13points

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#27

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Patriotism - I speak from the USA, but I think it applies to all countries. It's b******t, all this energy poured into us first, us great, us alone, Yada Yada. My country right or wrong makes for a whole lot of of wrong. As George B. Shaw said, "Patriotism is the conviction that your country is the best country in the world because you happened to be born there."

ststeveg , Jonathan Meyer / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

83points

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Zaphod 9 months ago

Blind patriotism, yes. I love the Olympics, though.

16points

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#28

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Normal things that sometimes don't work like they need to like the broom that just won't F*****G STAY STILL FOR A GOD DAMN SECOND ON THIS F*****G WALL And little s**t like that

anon , Karen Grigorean Report

Final score:

82points

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troufaki13 9 months ago

OH MY GOD! That is so true! Things just don't want to cooperate!

25points

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#29

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time How despite working a good job with ostensibly good pay, things are going backwards and opportunities contract.

ImpossibleLoss1148 , Marten Bjork / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

72points

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Michael Largey 9 months ago

"You can do everything right and still fail." - Jean-Luc Picard

19points

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#30

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time The uber wealthy. Unchecked capitalism. Technology. Republicans. Religion. Cops. The military.

The same exact things I've been screaming about my whole life.

middleagerioter , Natilyn Photography / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

70points

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hearditontheX 9 months ago

All Republicans huh. Wrt to politics most people don't want to hear your opinion they want to hear their opinion coming out of your mouth I'm a liberal republican - can't stand Trump he's a horrible person, abortion rights should never have been touched, etc. Money and power go hand in hand. Just look at congress

9points

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#31

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time People who enable abuse. Not general society, I'm talking family members and neighbors and friends and spouses who let their kid get abused by their spouse because tHeY nEeD tHeIr DaD or mom.

Crasmortuus , Karolina Grabowska / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

69points

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Kare Deter 9 months ago

Don't leave out families who turn a blind eye to spousal abuse. I was trapped in one of those marriages for a long time to a man whose mother knew and witnessed it - her response? He's just like his grandfather. or.. boys will be boys... or what did you do to upset him? F*ck that, F*ck him, F*ck you. The day I decided I'd rather be dead than put up with any more was the day I kicked his @ss out the damned door. To be clear, everyone in his family knew, just all looked the other way.

30points

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#32

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Shopping. Especially clothes shopping. I used to enjoy it. Now I find it mostly a chore.

jbarinsd , Artem Beliaikin / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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66points

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Daria 9 months ago

I love clothes shopping but the prices and quality are disappointing. Everything seems to be made with polyester now.

26points

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#33

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Holidays—especially ones that involve mandated gift giving. I LOVE to give gifts and often do throughout the year (I make a mental note of people’s interests). I prefer to give gifts on a random day simply because I saw something that reminded me of someone or just because. The over commercialism of holidays nowadays is just awful.

Resident_Calendar_54 , freestocks / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

66points

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Firstname Lastname 9 months ago

As a retail slave, this. As a kid it'd be an excuse to not go to school, but now it's become a showcase of greed.

17points

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#34

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time Everything, in fact I find myself more irrationally angry at things. What an awful feeling for sure.

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

Final score:

54points

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devotedtodreams 9 months ago

I'm currently in therapy to get better in this regard. Getting so angry over even small things is, at the end of the day, very draining, and I feel like if I can't transform this energy into something more neutral or even positive, it'll end up killing me.

2points

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#35

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time watching the news, used to love it as a kid

KMiller152 , Amanna Avena /unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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54points

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Leanne Hailes 9 months ago

If you want to be more anxious & depressed this is for you

29points

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#36

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time -gestures vaguely-

TempAcc64 , EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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53points

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Sand Ers 9 months ago

and get off of my lawn...

14points

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#37

People. People are disgusting. In high school I had s**t on my car door in a grocery store parking lot. It was a 8 year old sedan, base model other than having an automatic trans and power windows. I cannot fathom what brought somebody to do this other than a mental illness.

As I have grown older, all I see are people that don’t care about anybody but themselves. I see trash getting thrown out of cars weekly, if not daily. Diapers on the ground in parking lots. Drivers getting mad I am only going 9 mph over the speed limit, just to have to slow down for a tunnel 1 mile away because everybody here is afraid of tunnels for some reason. Only reason I don’t go slower is because I am likely to get hit going the speed limit. Accidents daily, if you can call them that. I don’t consider somebody weaving between lines of traffic an accident. I consider them a moron who should get fined for reckless endangerment. I have had a new car I got (precovid, when you could actually afford one) get door dings and also somebody backed into it within a few months of owning it. I only ever parked at the back of lots or away from people, so this was 100% on purpose.

If the housing market wasn’t so bad right now, I would move to the country with 20+ acres of land and not be near anybody.

Sadly, with all that said. I know I am only seeing the lower 20% (or maybe even 2%) of the population. You don’t see the people doing the good things or people picking up somebody else’s trash. You only really pay attention to filth you see doing bad or stupid things.

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52points

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Geoffrey Scott 9 months ago

Had a snowstorm we drove in, could go no faster than 35mph in a 70mph zone. Jeep blew by me near the speed limit. Was it wrong of me to feel glee when I saw them a few miles up the road stuffed 100 ft off the road into the ditch?

50points

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#38

Current Pop music

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51points

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Sand Ers 9 months ago

Sturgeon's law. It wasn't better back then. You just remember the good parts.

18points

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#39

“The Broom That Just Won't Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time The general public

darkbrat89 , Dex Planet / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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50points

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Zaphod 9 months ago

Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger.

7points

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#40

Bad infrastructure

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48points

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Regina Holt 9 months ago

I must live near someone very important. The main road is repaved about every 2 years whether it needs it or not

2points

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What do you think ?

Tracy Wallick 9 months ago (edited)

Men. I don't like it, and goddamn am I *trying* to fight back against it, but it really feels like as I get older, I've really lost my empathy for men as a group. I feel like I've just been worn down too much by misogyny; I've retyped this comment many times and the only way I can describe it is compassion fatigue. It doesn't make the problems men face less real or valid, but I've found it harder and harder to muster sympathy when it comes up. I don't know if I'm the only one, and I have no idea how (or if) it can be fixed.

amy lee 9 months ago

You're just seeing through the patriarchy.

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witchling 9 months ago

Crowds. Used to love big events. Even if I just sat on the side and people watched. Now I find myself turning down opportunities because I don't want to deal with the crowds. Also, change in routine or expectations. I have a mental list of things I'm going to do on a given day and curse the person who messes that up. I try not to be cranky about it. I know I'm being unreasonable because it's usually not something important I'm neglecting. It just wasn't in my plans today damnit!

8points

Hinchess 9 months ago

I don't like that people still do balloon releases. Isn't that littering?

Some guy 9 months ago

Yes, and it endangers wildlife.

5points

DB 9 months ago

Lots of anger here.

Lydsylou (she/her) 9 months ago

Despite myself being a young person almost every single thing on this list also annoys me frequently

P Mo. 9 months ago

How about Ads in the BP app? What about that?

Jan Bowyer 9 months ago

Hate 'em. Especially the ones that take over your screen for 5 whole minutes.

Moosy Girl 9 months ago

SNOW. >:(

MP 9 months ago

Idk what bothers me more than it did before but I hate having to constantly clean and do dishes lol. It never ends

Kevin J. Henning 9 months ago

whining

What annoys me the absolute most is the "Well if I don't do it, someone else will" mentality, but then used as an excuse to do bad/egocentrical things. I hate it. Everyone complains the world is going to s**t and how everyone's so self-centered these days, but the minute you confront them with the s**t they're pulling which only benefits themselves at the obvious expense of others, it's "If I don't do it, someone else will and I'd rather it be me that reaps the benefits". Then you can f**k right off Jerry with how everyone sucks these days. If you want general dickishness to decrease, then stop being a d**k.

Doesn’t sound like Jerry cares if general dickishness decreases or not though lol

0points

Phyllis Panda 9 months ago

Buying s**t for birthdays and Christmas. The stress of figuring out what to buy and shopping for it takes all the happiness out of the celebration. Let's just enjoy each other.

1point

Ronnie Beaton 9 months ago

Sports. Why do people get so worked up over them?

sweetrottenpeaches 9 months ago

That is the problem you just mentioned. If people talked softly there would be nothing to mention here. I don't care if they speak to someone on phone or in real life.

I find using the F word as an expression of anger or frustration to be very satisfying (Im usually alone) But as a synonym for sex or as an adjective to describe anything, I agree. It's lazy and can be offensive.

Eric Lancaster 9 months ago

The "F-word". Yes, it CAN be used in every form of grammar usage but it's really base and shows lack of creativity and education. It shows you're lazy with your words, and generally makes you look juvenile; as if you've failed to mature beyond the age of 16.

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“The Broom That Just Won’t Stay Still”: 40 Things People Started To Hate Over Time

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