This should be higher up in the list AND it can be extended to every belief in general about 'we' are better then 'them' because of religion/ money/ education/ the place where you live/ the colour of your socks/ etc.etc.

Huzzah, huzzah! The only thing more ridiculous than cancelling someone for a trivial offense committed years ago, is someone digging through ten years of someone else's social media in search of something to use against them.

Not widely considered normal. Considered creepy, disturbing, and exploitative among sane people.

Lot of time, the pressure to go to work come from the management side.

Being rude to anyone.

There is a special place in hell for these folks

It’s extremely sad and toxic

It should be illegal. The last thing I want is for someone to take a photo of me and end up becoming a meme or something.

Hardwork doesn't always lead to success. A lot of people that became successful through "hard work" don't usually include one thing in their success stories: the role of luck. Some of them were lucky to be born in the right place, to the right people, at the right time, happened to go to the right school, happened to make the right friends, etc. For every success story, there are thousands and millions that did the same amount of hardwork and got nowhere. The difference is, those hardworking but unsuccessful people were simply unlucky. No one knows a sure formula for success in life. It's easy to think you do when you've made it.

This has been my downfall. I always believed I could do anything if I put my mind to it. Then found out the hard way there is a widening gap between what I want and what I can get done. Now I am on disability with a permanent burnout.

Look, at close to 6 feet tall and solidly built, no matter how hard I worked, I could never have been a gymnast. There are limits to absolutely everything.

People have worked hard to prevent climate change, and it's still happening

Anything is almost possible, but it's not so much a matter of trying hard. More to find another way if one is blocked. And time is also the essence.

Success in life is mostly a matter of luck. Just ask anyone who's a failure. But seriously, does hard work ALWAYS lead to success? Of course not. But laziness almost always leads to failure.

I think people forget that you have to fail a lot to be successful

I think that encouraging and promoting all levels of occupation and aspirations is important for a society. Often we say that a rocket scientist is important but if nobody helped him clean his office he would do work that someone else could do. The cleaner that helps is as important to the rocket scientists success but their job isn’t as specialized. We should encourage people to be the best they can be and make sure that even the lowest wage position can provide a good standard of living; if we did that then there would be a lot less pressure to be the rocket scientist.

I think in a way the thought of giving your heart and soul to a project and failing regardless is paralyzing. There are a lot of things I'd love to do but I'm so scared I won't succeed no matter how hard I try that I end up not trying at all. It's a tough issue to overcome. I'm not used to rejection because I've never put myself out there. Now the very thought of rejection has made it so I never plan to be in a situation where I try my best and fail nonetheless. It sucks and I can't seem to figure out how to overcome it.

"I'm really hard to try to fight my cancer"... Final stage... "I didn't try hard enough..." See how toxic this is??? Sometimes... Life can't be made. Sorry.

Yeah, I'm ashamed that I used to say this 20 years ago. It's just not true. There is a heck of a lot of luck that goes into many peoples success.

Things are possible, if you set a goal, and attempt to achieve it. The concept that "anything" is possible, as stated here, might be out of reach for some people. People should be okay with "I've set this goal, this is were I want to go" and then work on trying to obtain it, BUT---give them permission to change their goals, or add to as they go along. Some people need to set goals, some people just go with the flow.

Totally agree. Stop telling your C- student he can be anything he wants to be. NASA has standards, honey.

Yes, there's no way I could become pope.

So true. Anyone who says luck had **NOTHING** to do with their success is being pretty conceited. Fine, I won't call it luck. Let's call it "Chance". We believe in *probabilities*, right? So, unfortunately just because you HAVE the skill, can DO the thing and are doing it... unless the probability wheel turns your way to hit up that "just right moment" or that "just right person"... you could still be getting nowhere. I have seen and heard SO MANY mediocre artists get hired 'just because' while seeing far more talented, equally hardworking ones get passed over... again, 'just because'.

Concur. I know a man that lost a job because he could do only3 "pull-ups" rather than four. He was/is very intelligent and uses his mind rather than brute strength. Retired after a successful career in a job that was equivalent but lesser paying (and considered less prestigious)

Here, here!

It's not what you know. It's who you know.

The simple fact is that life has no guarantees. Luck can play a part, but the success of Vegas is based on the reality that luck is seldom in anyone's favor.

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I, 100%, agree with you on this! This has to be one of the world's greatest lies, told and taught to the masses...

Including bored panda.

To me it's more using religion as an excuse (to discriminate, to question science, to explain away EVERYTHING...)

I'm going to get downvotes here, but you need to swap out Bill for Richard. Yes, Mr Gates has done some deplorable things while gaining his millions. But he has done philanthropic things that the others haven't even considered. Demonstrably tried to improve things for the rest of humanity. The others? No bathroom breaks and trains that barely run at all never mind on time. Oh, and I'm damn sure it wasn't his age that stopped him taking part in the Prick Space Race, so that's a point in his favour too. Dislike or full on loathe him all you want, but he is no longer in the same league of greed and evil as the others. (Mr Zuckerberg is in a league of his own, although he does look like he wants to be Bezos when he grows up, so...)

Sheldon was actually very true to life for a lot of smart autistic people..but he would be what we would be without adapting skills. And most of us have adapted to our environment.. But he feels rather authentic. He isn't rude or condescending - he just doesn't understand most humans. That's why he follows the rules.. hot beverages for upset humans etc.

Throwing cirarette butts WHILE protesting for for climate-change.

Best time saver, ever... (Oh, why do I put a comment here? I should not care) /s

If it's too extreme, it's often a sign of a sadistic personality, so more reason to work on that early

Finally someone who adresses this! This double standard bothers me fir a long time. Also, some women who try to be "feminists" still keep this in check. If you want equal rights for men and women, that includes the downsides too

And massively overlooked or flat out ignored on social media. Ad in the workforce. It not just something kids do on the playground.

Instamom is the stuff if nightmares. Like the recent one where she jams on the brakes to teach her kid to buckle up. Full blown narcissism in action

The world is not your enabler.

Like the jokes about men being “chained” when they decide to marry. Then don’t f*****g marry. If I was the girlfriend In would be furious

I'm guessing this is more a US issue from what I have read, most of us just don't work when on leave.

We call that being "spoiled and entitled" around here.

I've been married for just over a decade and would be absolutely terrified of being back in the dating game. I wouldn't know where to start.

While I agree that there is such a thing as unhealthy weight, you still won't see me attacking the "body positivity movement". Because for people to change for the better, the first step has to be letting go of the self-hatred and shame that plagues the seriously overweight and drives them into a self-destructive spiral of self-harming and self-comforting behavior. If the body positivity movement helps anyone let go of the guilt and self-hatred that's poisoned their lives then more good than harm has been done, and it's not like body negativity ever did anyone any good. You can't shame people into being thinner or healthier, that's not how humans work.

Dogs having unsocial and aggressive owners.

Ridiculous demands from the same companies that cry over the lack of qualified employees

I'm always depressed by the "my ring has got to be the biggest" stories.

It's all a little more complicated, some people seem to think cheating is about as bad as it can get. But that being said, romance movies are actually the most messed up when you think about it