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Most of us have likely met a person or two who don’t take things too seriously, be it health, relationships, or something way less important. However, sometimes even the seemingly insignificant things shouldn’t be played down too much.

Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed things that many people take too lightly when they shouldn’t. While some emphasized the dangers of situations such as moving water or driving, for instance, others focused on social issues, like dehumanizing other people or holding individuals accountable for their actions, all of which some might consider not to be a big deal. Scroll down to find more of their answers on the list below, and make sure to upvote those you agree with the most.

Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interviews with two health experts, Professor in Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Gretchen Chapman, and Professor of Health and Human Sciences at Loyola Marymount University, Dr. Hawley Almstedt, who were kind enough to answer a few of our questions about why people shouldn’t take certain things lightly.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Y'all won't like this, but religion. As a Christian, it is sickening to see so many of my fellow "Christ Followers" treat others like s**t.

Even if you disagree with the way someone is living, keep your opinion to yourself and love on them like you would anyone. We're all broken and nobody is perfect, so unless you're attempting to help someone in good faith, your judgement only serves to harm others.

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As a former Christian, it was sickening to see how women/ girls are treated like second-hand human beings. Always expected to sacrifice their dreams and needs in favor of men, and to be permanently "ashamed". "Why should I be ashamed, I didn't do anything wrong?" "Because you are a woman, and a woman led Adam into temptation." Wtf?!

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Dental health! A bad tooth can put you six feet under.



ETA: it needs to be covered by insurance and considered a human right instead of being considered cosmetic.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also dental procedures are crazy expensive so it's best to maintain healthy teeth.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Getting a pet. It requires work, that goes without saying. But what nobody talks about is the eventual loss. As I write this, I am looking at out ten year old puppy who is slated to be euthanized later today. They diagnosed him last week and scheduled this appointment. He's not in any pain outwardly but his demeanor speaks volumes. I broke down at work and left this morning after only a couple hours. He's never been nothing but a good companion and in my opinion deserves so much more than he has received. I've lost pets before, of course, but this hurts, for some reason like no other. They bring joy and if you've done your job right, they will bring a boatload of pain.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The pain is real, but so is the love. It will take time, but eventually you will remember the love first.

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It’s clear that people tend to take all sorts of things more lightly than they should; but quite a few of them relate to their health, which can have serious negative consequences, if not now than later in life.

In a recent interview with Bored Panda, a professor in social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon University and an expert in health behavior, Dr. Gretchen Chapman, noted that there is even a concept known as ‘present bias’, which refers to the idea that people pay much more attention to outcomes happening here and now than they do to future outcomes, which can lead to them discounting the value of said future outcomes. “That concept explains why many of us don't worry about the cancer or heart disease that might be decades in the future,” she explained.
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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Parenting. I can’t express enough how much of my adult life has been affected because of how I was raised. Take the time to explain things to your kids. Don’t scream at them over small mistakes they make. Don’t abuse spanking because you suck at managing your emotions. I could go on and on with this.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If today's regulations had been applied in my childhood, my parents had been arrested and sent to psychiatric wards, and I had been placed in foster care.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Using medical or psychiatric diagnosis terms when they're not warranted.

Being detail-oriented (in and of itself) is not OCD.

Feeling restless or bored or impatient (in and of themselves) is not ADHD.

Feeling social different or awkward or uncomfortable (again....) is not ASD or "autism"

People throw around these words (e.g. "Oh, that picture wasn't hanging straight and I needed to fix it once I noticed. I'm so OCD.") very casually or self-diagnose, often based on one feature of condition, which greatly devalues the proper use of the terms.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While this is true, people also shouldn't assume that because symptoms APPEAR mild, that the person DOESN'T have OCD, ADHD or ASD. I have all of these, and you probably wouldn't know it because I'm VERY good ... okay, pretty good ... okay, marginally acceptable ... at covering it up. For example: OCD? I use routines. Zen philosophy helps! I balance. Besides, it doesn't matter to me, and is really none of my business whether or not someone else is "allowed" to use a psychiatric term. I'm not a psychiatrist, and even if I were, I'm not EVERYBODY'S psychiatrist. Point is: I would just let it go.

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Prof. Chapman continued to point out that there are many recommended actions that don't address any immediate problem but reduce the risk of future threats. "Some examples include:

  1. preventive health behaviors such as getting flu or COVID vaccine or taking medication to reduce high blood pressure.
  2. Health screenings to detect conditions that aren't causing any current problems but could develop into something serious, for example, mammograms, pap tests, PSA tests.
  3. Insurance decisions such as purchasing disability insurance or homeowner’s or renter’s insurance to protect against future damage.
  4. Safety measures such as changing the batteries in smoke detectors or routine care maintenance.”
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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Driving. It astonishes me how casually so many take operating a machine capable of causing a great deal of harm.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find it astonishing the number of people who drive, whilst knowing they are neither not safe drivers, or have a condition that means they don't meet the health requirements. Driving is a privilege, not a right.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t People take the dangers of glitter way too lightly. That stuff is basically craft herpes. Once you get glitter on you, it spreads everywhere and never fully goes away. You find it on your clothes, in your hair, and somehow even in your food. A single encounter with glitter and you'll be finding those sparkly specks for years. It’s like a sparkly plague that never goes away and you keep finding between your toes and in other questionable places.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought this was gonna be about microplastics not inadvertently sparkly toes.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Disrespect from family just because they’re “family”.

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't tolerate that. The level of "family love" is not measured by how much b******t you are able to absorb. If you are scapegoated by your family, go low contact and get therapy. You'll discover it affected you in unimaginable ways.

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According to Dr. Chapman, when it comes to health, even the seemingly minor signs shouldn’t be overlooked. “Minor symptoms are sometimes an indicator of a serious underlying condition that could develop into something life-threatening,” she told Bored Panda. “An example could be a breast lump that prompts the person to seek a mammogram to check for cancer.”

Though, the expert added that a certain type of minor symptoms tend to resolve on their own and never turn into anything serious. “An example might be a respiratory virus that feels horrible for several days but resolves with time. It can be a difficult decision to figure out which minor symptoms should prompt medical attention. Health psychologists have a concept called the ‘worried well’ where healthy people get too worried about minor symptoms.”
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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Dehumanizing people. Its a very slippery slope to justifying sanctioned violence.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From discrimination, to apartheid, to ethnic cleansing, to genocide. And it doesn't have to be a particular creed, race, etc. - the ones being dehumanized all too often are the homeless, whom far too many of us dismiss as "winos and junkies."

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Bullying in schools.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Mental health.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My exhusband didn't think therapy would help me or our marriage. He had a brother with schizophrenia who wouldn't take his meds. Not taking your meds meant therapy didn't help. So, they all just assumed therapy was useless. Yeah, tell that to someone who is severly depressed.

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While it’s important to pay attention to the signals your body is sending that can be indicative of a certain illness or condition, it’s arguably even more important to take good care of yourself, so there is nothing—or at least fewer things—to signal.

According to Dr. Chapman, many deadly chronic conditions of old age can be caused in part by health behavior in younger years. “Examples include heart disease and diabetes that are linked to exercise and dietary habits established at a young age or lung cancer caused by a smoking addiction that was initiated as a teenager. Thus, even a young healthy person needs to take care of their health.”
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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Slavery still existing.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And a lot of people don't realize that in countries like the USA and Japan, slavery is alive and well. It exists in literally every country in the world.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Water, more specifically flowing water with currents. So many people underestimate the power of a flow.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep. Had shin-deep water nearly take me out to sea. It's THAT violent

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Sleep! People often take sleep too lightly, thinking they can get by on just a few hours.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They problem is I like to stay up and wake up late, but society makes me wake up early and I can't fall asleep early enough to get enough sleep

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Professor of Health and Human Sciences at Loyola Marymount University Dr. Hawley Almstedt seconded the idea that it’s crucial to look after your health, no matter how young you are.

“It is important to take good care of your health at all ages, even during youth. For example, weight-bearing exercise during the two years before and after puberty can have lifelong impact on bone health, allowing someone to avoid osteoporosis and hip fractures later in life.

“People should pay attention to recommended health screenings, too. The ACS now recommends beginning cancer screenings as early as 40 years old and the AHA advises adults 20 years and older to have blood cholesterol and cardiovascular risk factors checked every 4-6 years. Screenings and early detection allow for effective and optimal treatment.”
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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t The effects trauma has on different developmental stages. Or mental health in general.

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I'm just learning now as an adult in my 50s how much different my life could have been had I been brought up in a different environment and not gone through many of the things I went through. The worst is just a general inability to trust other people.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Elections, especially at the local level.

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Although some people think it's the worst thing ever - in Australia voting is compulsory. It makes it much fairer, though. EVERYBODY gets to vote, and there are steep fines for any employer who doesn't allow employees time to vote. Polling places are everywhere, and most will have a sausage sizzle and/or cake stand. it becomes an almost festive occasion. Honestly, it's a much better system.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Self bashing. Love and forgive yourself, man!

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This comes from living in a toxic, abusive and highly critical environment during childhood. Therapy helps, but it takes years and a lot of personal effort to change limitative beliefs and self-sabotage. But it's doable, and it's worth it.

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It’s no secret that one good way of taking care of yourself is exercising regularly. “Exercise is crucial to overall health, fitness, and mental wellness,” Prof. Almstedt told Bored Panda. “It can improve sleep, elevate mood, relieve stress as well as help lower blood cholesterol and blood pressure. I consider exercise to be a ‘polypill’ with the ability to improve health and lower risk for many of the top 10 leading causes of death for Americans.”
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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Wearing a helmet.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...and a sturdy pair of boots, reinforced pants and jacket. I cringe every time I see a video of someone in sneakers, shorts and a t-shirt on a powerful bike. In the event of an impact, you end up at best with fractures everywhere, in the event of a slip like a piece of grated cheese.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Rappers calling women b***hes.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rap music in general is repulsive to me because most of it is about bragging and disrespecting other people. INB4 - no, not all, and there are a few rap songs I like. But if you just have a bunch of rap on shuffle and listen to one at random - usually bragging and disrespect and gratuitous swear words.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Sun exposure and skin cancer risks.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Get a high protection sunscreen. And you might want to reduce sun exposure. You don't have to look like you live at the tropics.

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According to Dr. Almstedt, the American culture rewards those who are tough and ignore signs or symptoms of illness. “Unfortunately, our busy ‘to do’ list often takes priority over self-care,” she pointed out. “This causes us to be out of touch with what our body is trying to tell us. Many people could benefit from improving interoceptive awareness, which is the ability to notice internal sensations.”
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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Climatechange many still don't believe in it.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t I notice no one holds doors for the person behind them, people don't let others off of an elevator before they barge in, people don't share the road or let others ahead when driving
.. So I make it a point to do all these things because it's.... polite and I am hoping people will see this and do it as well.. but, when i do these things, like holding a door open for someone, almost everyone will not say "thank you" and some people won't even try to catch the door or even pretend to notice. I've had so many times where the person in front of me slithers out after the person in from of them held the door for them and they do not catch the door and I get a door slammed in my face. Its crazy how much people do this. I started loudly saying ur welcome to people who don't say thank you , and I only (barely) heard one person say oh, thank you. This is In my lifetime BTW, over 30 years, Lol. Driving of course no one waves to say thank u. I do and I do it so they definitely can see lol.

I refuse to be an unkind person, and not hold doors open, or not let others through, not sharing the roads, like how i see majority of people doing. It's not in me to do it even once.

Do these people who do this think this is what those people are supposed to do for them? Or thanking that person is basic social etiquette and the gesture shows you appreciate their kindness and acknowledge it. No gesture makes u feel invisible and unappreciated as if it was some automatic door and that opened itself. Its disrespectful and sad that people don't know what an act of kindness looks like and thinks that's what they're entitled to.

I hope I'm not just old lol and it's getting phased out


Edit.... I came back on and saw notifications... I thought I was getting in trouble for something lol.. I'm so happy people see this and are thoughtful. It's so nice to know that!

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I live in western USA and I still see a lot of this common kindness. Yes there are exceptions and those probably stand out more in our minds. You remember the 'rude a-hole' longer. But holding doors, or one car at a four way stop waving the other car through when you both arrive about the same time. Stopping for the person trying to cross the road. Things like that - I've seen in the past week. I'm not in elevators a lot but on my trip in January I routinely saw people waiting for others when using elevators. (that was some in US but more in Korea / PI).

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Work/Life balance. No matter where you work, you are replaceable within days. No matter what you do, someone else can do it, too. Spend time with your family, friends, and pets. Your job will not be there for you when you are dying, nor will it care that you are gone.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Tourists will go right to the riptide, cliff edge, waterfall or volcano with a stupid smile on their face.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Freshwater loss. Whole lakes are being drained and rivers diverted completely so they never reach the ocean. We're generally treating natural freshwater like it's an unlimited resource and it's not.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. The Soviets drained the Aral Sea to grow cotton. https://www.columbia.edu/~tmt2120/introduction.htm

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Seat belts. "I read about this guy who was ejected from his car which then caught on fire - if he had been wearing his seatbelt he'd have been killed, so I don't wear one." Yep, one in a million accidents, a seat belt does more harm than good, but to me, this is outweighed by the other 999,999 where it helps.

Also "my car has airbags, so I don't need a seat belt". If you've never had the pleasure of being in a car when the airbag deployed, I suggest you find some videos of people doing silly things like setting a barrel over one in a junkyard and then triggering it with a battery, launching the barrel into orbit. Please believe me when I tell you, an airbag deployment is an INCREDIBLY violent thing to happen inside the confined space of a car, and you do NOT want your face (or any other body parts you prefer not to injure) anywhere NEAR a deploying airbag.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your car is designed as a complete, integrated safety system, from crumple zones to anti-submarine seatbelts and airbags to soft interior fittings they are all working in conjunction to save your stupid, squidgy organic mass from getting pulverised. If you remove an element by not wearing a seatbelt or bodging the welding on your sills then you weaken the system significantly, why would you do that? It’s there, use it and save your own life. PS I got t-boned by a big Merc, my tiny Honda took it like a champ, written off but side airbags and decent design meant I climbed out of the window and was well enough to be pissed off at the guy who hit me instead of needing an ambulance.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Hearing protection in clubs and concerts.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went to see a lot of live music in the late 80s and early 90s. I have pretty significant industrial deafness now - my hearing is still really good when it's relatively quiet, but if there's a lot of background noise (pubs, bars, restaurants, etc) everything becomes white noise. Still worth it - I had a lot of fun seeing all that live music!

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Women hitting men.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And women hitting women. Lesbian relationships are not immune to domestic violence. As my daughter found out.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Blood pressure. In the past few years I've learned that a number of people in my life just walk around day-to-day close to stroking-out and don't bother going to the doctor about it.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The trouble with hypertension is that it's often completely asymptomatic. I had alarmingly high BP and felt absolutely fine. I went to the Dr, though, and it's under control now.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Holding friends and family accountable for their words and actions. A lot of people like to think they would act reasonably and morally when their close relationships do terrible things, but they often don't. Usually they create excuses for the behavior and learn to adapt around it.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"You made me scream and swear! You made me hit you!" - um, no. It was your own decision, and your own lack of anger management. Your close ones are not your emotional garbage basket. Get help.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Having kids.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kids are such a huge investment in life. I really wish more people who consider it before just having kids just because.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Heat stroke. It can really sneak up on a person, and even be counterintuitive, esp. in young children.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Heat exhaustion can be easily treated if you spot it early enough to prevent it developing into heat stroke. Fluids and salt. Oh, and get out of the sun if possible.

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Antibiotic resistance.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve been lucky to avoid serious infections and only had antibiotics as a child, this year I got a very painful infection in my testicles that scared the living daylights out of me, one ultrasound later (and yes that was an experience I don’t wish to repeat) and a short course of antibiotics and it was dealt with very swiftly. I implore people to ONLY use antibiotics when they are essential, we have good immune systems, keep them in tip top condition by ensuring you are filling up on decent vitamins and minerals! Be kind to your body and it’ll be kind back!

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Honestly? R*pists and child m*****tors. Yeah sure everyone talks about how awful they are, but here in the USA many are released back into society and reoffend continuously. I’ve read tons of cases where serial r*pists were released only to escalate to m***ering their victims. It’s more common than you’d think, unfortunately.

Also the victim blaming mindset. If the offender is charismatic enough or is part of someone’s political party, sports team, church leadership, school administration, family, etc. the people who think “r*pe and child m****tation is awful” will turn and tear apart victims even if there is undeniable physical evidence to prove the accused did the crime. Apparently all sex offenders have to do is join and become involved in our close circles and we’ll sit and turn a blind eye to everything they do.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that they serve so little jail time...that's a big issue with me. They should be locked up indefinitely.

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Subscription service models for existing items...(think the BMW heated seat shenanigans and things like ceiling fans or other devices that require an app to function)

Battle passes...

Pre-order bonuses...

Always online requirements for ANYTHING...

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm starting to see companies talking about subscriptions for physical items, with logicool talking about a "subscription super mouse" and a housing director talking about "subscriptions" for ceiling fans.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Obesity. Especially U.S. Nearly half of everyone I see in my day is overweight to obese. Never a healthy weight range. It's sad how everyone treats their one body like absolute s**t and then wonder why when they hit 40, they have all these medical issues that will give huge financial loss and pain for the rest of their life. Take care of yourself, your body does so much to keep you alive, the least you can do is make it easier, show it some love and it'll love you back in your later years.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe we should stop putting corn syrup, and gross amounts of it, in all manufactured food.

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Driving. Anytime you get in there, might be your last.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Road rage needs to be aggressively addressed. The roads are the new wild wesr.

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When your government lies to you over and over and over.

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Condoms, a friend of ours is promiscuous. But she thinks that birth control and being somewhat picky about the guys you sleep with will prevent STI’s. She says she only uses them the first few times. I fear for her future.

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The importance of flossing.

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This song agrees with you 😄https://www.google.com/search?q=baz+luhrmann+always+wear+sunscreen+lyrics

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Being a decent human.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was late to therapy one time because I helped a trucker find where he was supposed to go. A county road was closed, with no nearby detour route. The trucker was new to the area, so wasn't sure how to get to their destination. I told him to follow me, and I would get him there. I got to therapy late, and apologized for being late. I told my therapist why I was late, he said "you didn't have to do that". Well, why wouldn't I help someone that was easy enough to help, and that wouldn't take me too much time.

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Speeding. People drive around at 10-15 over the speed limit then act like it's the cops fault that they got a ticket. Yea, you save 3 minutes on your drive but you also drastically increased your stress levels as well as your chance of a car accident. Speed limits are set with local traffic, pedestrian frequency, and road design. Ignoring that is just begging for an accident.

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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had two colleagues who got enough speeding tickets each they had to go to remedial drivers’ training and would bìtch about it. Well, if you don’t speed, that won’t happen. The time you “saved” speeding likely doesn’t add up to the time you spent in remedial training either!

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Posture/sitting. Sitting is going to be the next cig killer because of health issues. And posture is already doing it as so many issues are due to bad posture(bad wrist? Prob posture or sitting, headache at the back of your neck? Posture. Trouble breathing/chest tightness? Try to adjust your posture. I bet a good chance it goes away(fun fact this can cause anxiety). It's insane how we've just accepted text neck, hunching, rolled shoulders, and other stuff as normal.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find it really difficult to maintain any kind of posture these days without some or the other support. I do try but it’s hard

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Their words, they have weight. A lot of people act like they’re invisible so they go hurt others for attention without knowing it has impact.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've met a few who do it precisely BECAUSE the know it has impact. A couple of them did it for attention and power. A third one actively enjoyed it like a zingy topping to food that was otherwise flavourless.

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Covid, for sure. It's not just the flu or a cold, people. It's not even just a respiratory disease. It can damage your heart, brain, kidneys, arteries, and more. And every time you get it, even if you're asymptomatic, your risk for long Covid or just cumulative damage to your vital organs goes up.

And the fun part is it's causing literal brain damage, so like the longer we wait to address it the less mentally agile we'll be as a country to design and implement counter measures.

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50 Things People Take Too Lightly When They Shouldn’t Saving money for rainy days or retirement. People are living beyond their means and they don't even know it. When you factor in the fact that you're going to have to depend on what you saved up it becomes even clearer.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People are living beyond their means because that’s often the only way to live now. Not by choice, but by necessity. It’s hard to put money away when all of it goes to necessities. Of course, if we regulated prices in a way that favours most people, the billionaires would be inconvenienced and it would be “communism”.

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Hydration.

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Eating junk.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If by "junk" you mean things that are foraged or are usually deemed inedible, then yes everything can go very bad very fast. Perforated digestive system, poison, bacterial and viral disease.

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Jokes

Everything is so f*****g serious and argumentative these days it's exhausting

Can we not just have the craic.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think we need to allow a degree of latitude in jokes, but I remember movies in the 80s that had jokes that just make me cringe now that I'm old enough to see the hostility these "jokes" masked. I think we have to make sure that "It's just a joke" isn't just a cover for bullying.

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This is gonna be niche but safety in westen riding/rodeo sports. Especially with kids.

I watch the videos online of 10 year olds almost being thrown from horses 20 times their weight before doing their barrel racing run wearing a hat only and I can't believe this is where we are still at. Concussions ans TBIs are not taken anywhere seriously enough in these circles purely for the sake of looking "tough."

I understand the culture behind the hat and I understand why some safety precautions aren't practical in a working farm/ranch setting, but this is a sport involving live animals, high speeds and crazy maneuvers.

I grew up riding western and absolutely loved barrel racing and rodeo but I saw (and experienced) FAR too many concussions where the immediate treatment was encouragement to "get back up on the horse" to show you were ok and not wimpy.

My last concussion was WITH my helmet. There was a rule at our barn (which was a common rule at many other barns) that you only had to wear a helmet IF you lost/forgot your hat and it was mostly to shame you for forgetting or losing your hat. I was thrown and landed head first on the ground. Imagine if I had just been wearing my hat.

I could understand not forcing adults to wear helmets since it's their choice but to put small kids into these sports with absolutely nothing protecting their heads is straight up insanity.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I received my first concussion when I was about six years old after falling off of my bike, early 70s. I'm a firm believer in bike helmets.

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