Hell, I'll take a well constructed argument nowadays.

Before cell phones, if someone didn't answer the phone we'd just say, "Oh, they're not home," and that was normal. Nowadays, I wish it was just as normal to say, "Oh, they're not answering their phone," and just leave it at that.

US: standardized test scores are tied to funding, so no time for skill development (either manual or critical thinking). Kids learn that life is only about obedience to ham-fisted metrics analysis.

Obviously not old enough to remember 'ghetto blasters' (yup, REALLY called that) These were extremely large radio cassettes with big speakers played at full volume everywhere from the 70s onwards until personal stereos became a thing. Before that it was 'portable wireless radios' These go back to the early 60s. Again, people have ALWAYS been a******s..

We NEED to bring back home economics and wood shop as required classes in high school or middle school for ALL students. This would help so many young adults get their first steps in basic life skills.

Same with concerts. I don't understand how people can't just watch a concert and enjoy it. Does anyone ever go back and watch their phone footage anyway?

Wall Street investors have been buying up housing all over the country just to make money on excessive rents and the tight housing market, which they contributed to making.

Being stood up or ditched on a date are as old as dating itself, but the RSVP was a contract that could only be violated at the peril of never receiving any future invitations

It's still very normal where I am.

Too damned many companies jumping on the product as a service bandwagon and it needs to stop. For instance, you pay (typically dearly) for a option on your new car, but you then need to pay a fee/subscription to use it? Not in this world, that's absurd.

I just respect people who don't have it. I wish I could quit it

And stop the piles of clothes going to landfill. Throwaway culture needs to cease.

I find the introvert memes tendency horrifying and relatable at the same time. Being an introvert myself I understand the struggle, but it seems to me it's getting worse and worse, triggering anxiety if you just let it be your lifestyle.

Agree knowing how to cook is a learnable skill you don’t need to be a chef.

Some people just don't want to be bothered when they're trying to go about their day.

A house used to be a home not an investment for profit. It annoys me when real estate agents talk about selling a home, it is the house not the home being sold.

All that has happened is the companies have shifted the risk from them to you. If you can get such good returns, they can too. Of course in most plans you do not contribute. Just more evidence of poor money management on their part, and how criminal underfunding is.

If anything this was worse years ago. Social media is doing us all a service by letting people know this is not acceptable. Imagine a world where no one told these a******s they were out of order. I grew up in it..

I only use loudspeaker at home when nobody is around

I still hold my phone to my ear, I don't like doing it any other way.

I only use loudspeaker when with another person so we can all talk to them

I hate these morons who have their phones on speaker. It's bloody annoying and rude AF. I call them out every time .

In all fairness, I had two phones that even with the volume all the way up, l could not hear unless it was on speakerphone

Wait, what? Who doesn't do that? Unless you have headphones on..?

Yeah this one bugs me. I do use my speakerphone, but only in the comfort and privacy of my own home. In public, held to the ear and try to keep my voice volume at a normal level. The people on the other end can actually hear me better that way (yelling into a phone or headset is 90% of why you can't understand people on the phone).

It IS quite a distraction, indeed.

I wish I could put my phone to my ear. Sometimes I'd like to have a private conversation, but with the hearing aids I wear, I can not put the handset to my ear without the phone bumping a button on the aids that change the setting between normal/ crowd/ outdoors. And an automated male voice announces the changes in my ears. So I can't hear anything but that male voice. All you shallow minded people saying how you'd like to do this or that to people using the speaker, use your brain for once and realize that even though we'd like to, some of us CAN'T.

I have problems with background noise, so I have to use my speaker no matter where I am if I forgot my earbuds

I don't even know how to use the speaker phone.

Oh I still do this, it drives me nuts when people speaker phone or FaceTime in public

Oh they hold it to their ear... it's just on FaceTime at 100% volume when they're doing it.

What about the people who do have the phone up to their ear but the volume up too loud so it sounds like it's on speaker anyway? Why do they think everyone else around them wants to have to hear what should be a private conversation (even if they aren't talking about anything inappropriate)?

And why do they all hold the phone like they're holding a brandy glass when they're talking?

I always use my earbuds, isn't that pretty common, too?

But my phobia (flu/colds) won't let me. I can desinfect my hands wherever and whenever, but I can't sanitize my ear without looking like a fool 😅

I still hold it to my ear in public, the only reason I use speakerphone most of the time in private is because of the sheer number of times I've accidentally hung up on someone

The reason most people use the speakerphone most of the time is because mobile phones have no convenient way of cradling the phone. Without an old-style handset, you can only lay it on a table to free both hands. Which is why I bought a retro handset for my phone.

I still do. I don't like putting the phone on speaker. I always feel like the person can't hear me.

Or maybe keep your "very important" phone calls for yourself in private. I literally hate these people who always feel the need to call someone especially while they are traveling by public transportation.

Do other people not do this?

Again, it's not an abnormal thing to go and not record. Going to the gym without recording is normalised.

Again depends on country and background. Low income areas in my country have good social networks and high income areas have neighbours who barely interact and mostly hate each other.

Outside of large cities where does one find a tailor?

This is only true of individualist (ie western) culture. In Africa our community is the most important thing.

Yet again - NO! This generation are far more accepting of people's struggles with mental health, sexuality, bullying and so on..

What kills me is "punctuation is aggressive" and "ok means you're mad." WTF kids?!?

Emails and texts are too easy to ignore. I feel it takes twice as long to communicate via email.