You have probably seen a person change their mind about disliking something the second they hear their friend, for instance, say that they love it. Or witnessed someone push through what looks like torture to them, all the while trying to squeeze out a sincere (-looking) smile.
For one reason or another, some people choose to pretend to like something when they actually don’t. And similarly to said reasons, the things they pretend to like tend to differ from person to person. Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed what things they believe others lie about liking, and there were quite a few things they pointed their fingers at. Scroll down to find them on the list below and feel free to upvote the ones you agree with the most.
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Staff team building and bonding.
For real. The forced positivity and "we're so happy to be part of the *random brand* family. The endless, pointless presentations and HR talk." Celebrating company values" while underpaying your employees and laying off people without replacing them. But please remind us how we can do more to fill your pockets faster in the future, boss.
Flat earth theory.
I'm entirely convinced no one is that stupid and theyre just acting to be a part of something.
Gender reveal parties.
they came to the Uk from USA and they are just unnecessary, sorry for being judgmental
Ridiculously loud cars even when they are driving slow.
I know it's always going to be easier on the person making the sound but they got to find it annoying when other cars are loud to a corny level.
Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Watched it with my college roommates a couple of times and I was just like “I don’t get it” the entire time. I am really big into makeup and I found two of Kylie’s lip kits very discounted (ten dollars a piece when they were normally going for thirty dollars a piece) and I really didn’t get the appeal. I saw a conspiracy theory on a different subreddit saying that Kylie’s makeup line is a money laundering scheme at this point and that is something that I could actually get behind!
You know I have never watched a single episode of that show and I seem to be living my life just the same without it. Must not be a big loss
Stanley cups. The design is literally so stupid. It’s annoying to have to hold the weight of a full water bottle with your wrist. I would rather have a water bottle that has a handle on top so I can carry it comfortably.
High heels. I’ve never been able to wear with without crazy pain - no matter which ones I’ve tried!
My daughter's being wearing them for years, even while prégnant. She walks over 15 000 steps everyday at work, and she tells me that it's flat shoes that make her feet hurt. OK, if you say so....
Freestyle jazz music. To me, it sounds like a bunch of guys with instruments, each doing their own warmup routine while standing on the stage together. Doesn’t feel like a tune as much as it does noise.
Clowns. Just, clowns.
Showering with your partner. Like I have things to do here and you’re in my way.
Their "glamorous " Instagram life.
Every time I open any social media I'm just shaking my head at all these people pretending to be something they're not. Not to be pretentious, but all of it is for aesthetics. Everything.
NASCAR. I'm convinced people only watch for the chance of crashes, there's no way watching cars go in the same loop for 2 hours is actually entertaining.
My brother, a racing fan: "NASCAR is the pro wrestling of motorsports"
Summer... the heat is unbearable!
I've heard somewhere that "we're conditioned to love summer because it was our only time of freedom for ~13 years" and honestly... makes sense.
Poly relationships.
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I have several friends who all tried poly relationships at some point in their life and every single one ended in disaster, and whenever they were all together in the same room at least one person looked like they were miserable and pretending to be ok with what was going on.
Someone always got jealous or someone cheated. Or it was an excuse for 3-4 people to fuck each other for a few months until someone got bored and the people that were actually into it got hurt.
I’m not saying it can’t work, but I have seen zero evidence that it does. I also feel like long-term monogamous relationships are hard, why would adding another person into that relationship make things better or easier?
I hung out with red hot pie people back when that was a thing in 2007-10 - I wasn’t a swinger my bff was their poster girl and she wanted me there to look out for her etc, I went to party and look after her. NONE of the swingers or poly people are together now, none of them and I’m pretty sure the red hot pie owners are divorced AF, which what do you expect and how do you think a 17 girl was going to make your married relationship stronger? They are deluded at the time and will validate as much as they can, but fast forward a decade or so and it’s evident
Going to night clubs.
Influencer lifestyles.. especially things like van life. You see them all smiles in their pics, but you know they are hating every minute of it.
I admit I lived on a 23ft boat for 5 years, and I would still be there if it wasn't for the year 2020. I love living small, but a boat isn't like a van, you have legal places to park and live in a boat, not so much in a van.
Pregnancy.
THAT!!!! I hated every minute of it and so many friends I've talked to felt the exact same. And while you feel like c**p everyone around you's cooing "oooh you gotta be so happy!" NO.
having a child: wonderful. being pregnant/giving birth: terrible
Load More Replies...I loved it too! I was tired and achy each time, but i still absolutely loved it. Glad to hear someone else did too!
Load More Replies...Loved being pregnant both times.. it was after they were born I realised I don't really like new borns
Some have it better than others. Went through it 4 times, always really enjoyed the middle trimester. Morning sickness is a b*tch, and in the last month or so, you mostly wish it was over already.
Yes!!! my pregnancy was horrible. I had "morning sickness" all day everyday that didn't end until I gave birth. I was miserable and I hated the whole thing. Love, love, love my kid. I am so happy to have her but she is an only child because of how bad pregnancy was!!!!
I guess I was lucky then, my morning sickness only lasted to 32 weeks, lol.
Load More Replies...The maternal death rate in the US was 817 in 2022. For reference, Norway and Sweden both had 0.00 maternal deaths for the same year.
While the maternal death rate is abysmally high (not just in the US, but worldwide, in particular for black women), your numbers are off, and the statement really should be qualified a bit better. Norway and Sweden only had 0 maternal deaths in 2022, that doesn't follow the same for each year (both typically run 2-3+ per every 100,000 live births), but they also have a LOT Less births in general than other countries. Those maternal death rates include any and all deaths that occur within 42 days of the termination of any pregnancy (birth or not)-this includes all complications that cause death, abortions that have complications, miscarriages, stillbirths, infections, improper after care, underling and unknown medical conditions, etc.., many of which have nothing to do with childbirth but are lumped in with it because they have no other qualifying category to put them in (aside from just, death). Also, the numbers ARE trending downward again, which is a good thing.
Load More Replies...Everybody has the right to hate that but I enjoyed every moment, even when I couldn't even drink liquids without throwing up for 4 months. It was my 4th pregnancy but my only living child. It was pure bliss, even if there were issues and we were closely monitored. I could walk, bike, swim... I felt so good at the second trimester. Always smiling.
I have 5 kids, last wsre twins I carried full term they were 7lbs each. I loved being pregnant, I didn't get morning sickness, didn't swell, no hemorrhoids, etc. This was the 80s early 90s when we did not get epiduialss we felt every contraction Also all my kids at one point were under the age of 6.
I enjoyed pregnancy. The third one was rough and I was over it by the third trimester. But I loved the first trimester. I absolutely loved being pregnant the first two times. I felt good, still exercised, had so much energy. Loved feeling the baby kick. It was just a fun time.
I always tell my young female students that are really into babies really honest about pooping during labour. They need to know.
There are women who enjoyed every minute of being pregnant, but that has become the norm. Women who don't enjoy the morning sickness, weight gain and a host of other minor or major side-effects can't very well say it's a bloody nuisance.
Of course they can. To be honest, I've never met any woman who didn't have a damned good, and justified, whinge several times throughout their pregnancy. Nothing wrong with that.
Load More Replies...My mum LOVES being pregnant, and so does her mum. Her sister does, too, on second thought. I literally cannot wait, they say so many great things about it, and they tell me honestly, how horrible morning sickness is and the waiting, but all three say that, despite all that, they'd take being pregnant anyday. Just waiting for the right guy...
PREACH!!! I hated being pregnant. I never felt more out of control of my body than during my two pregnancies. I felt like an incubator for an alien life form.
I loved being pregnant; to such a point that I offered to be a surrogate for a friend.
I really loved being pregnant... I wish I could had a lot of children just for being pregnant the whole time.. it's addictive
I don't like the grab-your-distended-belly for photos that seems to be the standard pose these days.
I had two wonderful pregnancies. No sickness, no swollen legs, no food cravings. Labour was four hours for the first and two for the second. I had a great time. Such joyful times do happen.
I had a great pregnancy, but I was 19 and happy. However, I have no interest in anyone else's pregnancy.
i loved every minute of being pregnant except the delivery, but i can appreciate that others might not feel that way
I enjoyed being pregnant up until that last month in the dead of summer. So uncomfortable.
I had easy pregnancy both times except for morning sickness but only when I walked in the bathroom. Didn't matter if it was to brush my hair or teeth for the first 3 mos, after that it was smooth sailing.
I had it easy with two pregnancies, zero morning sickness ever and easy natural births..........phew! Lucky me!
Pregnancy never bothered me until about the 7 month when I got terrible, non stop heartburn. Never had morning sickness with any of my kids, just the heartburn. So I never minded being pregnant. Won't say I loved it though
wrong i have 4 boys and i LOVED every minute of pregnancy i felt great the entire time and not a moment of morning sickness
Super hot stuff. A little hot sauce from time to time adds a fun kick to some foods. But at a certain point you stop tasting 90% of what you're eating and are just trying to withstand the ridiculous ghost reaper of death evil wing sauce that you put on your wings to look manlier I guess.
Disagree with this one. Different types of chili peppers and sauces have completly different flavors. My partner loves ultra hot stuff and over the years my heat tolerance has improved where i can handle pretty darn hot too and there is a flavor in there that is more than just burning heat but I think you have to eat spicy frequently to really get your taste buds there.
Getting black out drunk. I understand getting fun drunk, because it's actually fun. But black out drunk? Why? What's the point?
Small talk.
Small talk is awesome I enjoy it immensely it is the building block of civility
Meet&Greets with celebrities.
"This was so life changing?"
You just met another human being. NOTHING changed.
Matcha. might as well just dump some lawn clippings in a blender and drink that.
"Passion" for any corporate money-driven job. It's just not human nature to get longterm and worthwhile fulfilment from ephemeral sh*t like sales numbers.
Having BUSY Social Lives with always having s**t to do/attend to, etc...etc...
What's wrong with that. As long as it's not forced on you, like people guilting you to go out.
Long beards.
A few years ago I was curious how long mine would get, since apparently some (maybe most) men have a terminal length, where their beard just stops growing at a certain point. I let it go until it was in the middle of my chest, and couldn't stand it any more. I wasn't a fan of it blowing up into my face when it was windy.
Working out. The results are rewarding, but not the actual process of working out.
Honestly I love it. I like pushing myself, feeling the strain. I know it sounds insane and 20 year old me would have laughed. Now, mom of 33, it's just me-time.
Listening to people at work describing their weekends, especially on a Monday.
It helps to really be interested and invested. Ask further and further untill you have a real conversation. Great conversations are often just a couple of questions away. And I say this as a total awkward introvert. Probably one of the best things I learned to do.
Running marathons.
Did it ones, it was a great achievement. I'm very proud that I did it and I might even try to do it once more but I did die a thousand times during that 41.195 meters!
Raising children. Nothing about it looks enjoyable.
Well, it's like everything else that's worth something: a lot of hard work, a lot of doubts and permanent fear. There are moments of exhaustion, even despair. But there's also fun, laughter, awe, pride and a lot of love. Raised four of them never regretted it. And now I get to enjoy my grandkids.
Black licorice. It's hard for me to believe there are humans that find the taste enjoyable. The smell alone makes me gag. It's gotta be a genetic thing like how cilantro tastes terrible to some people. For the record, I like cilantro.
The Dutch and Finnish people will riot against this!! 😉 ( sorry English people, you're not invited, your licorice tastes like leather(
Mr. Beast videos.
I get the appeal. Like super off the wall game shows. Not my thing, but if the kids are watching it I'll tune in. Definitely worse things online. Better too, but eh... it's fine.
First dates. I'm sorry. 9 times out of 10 they're awkward and boring.
That's why relationships should start off as friendships and gradually evolve.
Children’s birthday parties.
What a ridiculous article. It is just full of people saying that just because they don't enjoy "xyz" nobody else can enjoy it either and just pretend to. There are several things in this list that I genuinely enjoy and wouldn't do them if I really didn't.
So you came here, read every post and put your opinion here. Gratulations! That´s the purpose.
Load More Replies...So, différent people enjoy or despise different things. "Il faut de tout pour faire un monde" (takes all kinds to make a world) as we say here.
I do wonder why people come to Bored Panda expecting everything to be 'relevant'. It's just some silly wasting-time fun - go with the flow!
For the most part, I agree with these. However, I certainly don't think "everyone" feels this way about anything here.
"Love" how so many people here think that just because they don't enjoy something, nobody else possibly can >_>
What a ridiculous article. It is just full of people saying that just because they don't enjoy "xyz" nobody else can enjoy it either and just pretend to. There are several things in this list that I genuinely enjoy and wouldn't do them if I really didn't.
So you came here, read every post and put your opinion here. Gratulations! That´s the purpose.
Load More Replies...So, différent people enjoy or despise different things. "Il faut de tout pour faire un monde" (takes all kinds to make a world) as we say here.
I do wonder why people come to Bored Panda expecting everything to be 'relevant'. It's just some silly wasting-time fun - go with the flow!
For the most part, I agree with these. However, I certainly don't think "everyone" feels this way about anything here.
"Love" how so many people here think that just because they don't enjoy something, nobody else possibly can >_>