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naterzgreen , Sam Dan Truong / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#2

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Tipping. Just pay the waiter/waitress a real wage and stop leaving that up to the customer.

Final score:

184points

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james stevenson 5 months ago (edited)

So true, apparently in america waiters/waitresses practically have to LIVE off tips.

37points

#3

Chop off puppies' tail bones so they "look cuter" with stumps.

It's cruel and disheartening.

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Final score:

161points

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TotallyNOTAFox 5 months ago

Thankfully it's illegal here in Germany

45points

BC 5 months ago

Here in Australia too.

7points

Nina 5 months ago

Yes, same in Netherlands

6points

Keith Lancaster 5 months ago

It is also illegal in the UK but, it still happens.

4points

CheshirePhrogg 5 months ago

I've read it is also against the rules to trim s show horse's whiskers in Germany and I adore this. Horses need their whiskers. I'd love to see that rule spread

2points

Nicole Weymann 5 months ago

All these pesky rules/laws when people want "FrEeDoM" - abuse of others is why rules are there. Whenever I hear people complain about over-regulation in the EU (which, yes, definitely does exist, and not in small measure) examples like these are what spring to my mind immediately.

1point

Genevieve Smith 5 months ago

Same goes for declawing cats. It's painful - like having a finger amputated! Also completely unnecessary.

17points

Upstaged75 5 months ago

It's now illegal in many US states. And most vets will refuse to perform the procedure.

5points

Nichole Harris 5 months ago

Ugh THIS! Ear clipping too!!!!

14points

Jill Rhodry 5 months ago

Ear cropping. debarking. tail docking - all illegal in Australia

10points

pep Ito 5 months ago

A dog's tail is also a mode of communication that you take away from the dog.

10points

Kelly Scott 5 months ago

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René Sauer 5 months ago

how is a stump cuter then a little puppy happily wagging its tail?

9points

Nicole Weymann 5 months ago

Much of it these days is less about cuteness but more about the standards that professional breeders define, and then try to over-fulfill, because that way their puppies fetch better prices and prizes. So you end up with Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, whose skulls are too small for their brains, German Shepherds with chronic hip problems because their back has to curve "just so", Shar-Peis with skin conditions because of the many wrinkles, dozens of short snouted breeds like Pugs with breathing difficulties, ...

2points

Ace 5 months ago

And illegal, anywhere civilised.

7points

Lil Miss Hobbit 5 months ago

It's also not cuter. I like puppies with tails.

6points

Kelly Scott 5 months ago

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RAM31280 5 months ago

And cropping their ears, and declawing cats too.

6points

BoredPossum 5 months ago

Illegal where I come from.

6points

GlitterPanda 5 months ago

Agree! Would also add declawing of animals as well, it isn't like clipping a nail, it is basically removing the digit at the first knuckle.

5points

catmom3 5 months ago

And clipping their ears. Any kind of mutilation, be it docking ears, docking tails , over-breeding (like bracheocephalic breeds such as Persian cats, Bulldogs, Scottish fold cats,....ALL of these supposedly 'cute' things that cause untold misery toanimals.NONE of this should be allowed and ALL of this should be against.the law. Yes, declaring cats should only be allowed if first the cat's owner gets his/jer fingers amputated at the first joint. IWhy can't humans let other humans and animals live in peace and comfort.

3points

Laserleader 5 months ago (edited)

Sadly this is a sick practice, which breeders do without Vets, by using rubber bands to let the tail die and fall off, or cutting them with scissors. Antibiotics and painkillers are not required or used. There are breeds that have dangerous tail, and break them from just happy wagging, but there's no way to know if a dog is guranteed to do that as an adult until they grow up.

2points

Debra Robinson 5 months ago

Ears too

2points

Marjorie Macrae 5 months ago

Horrible thing to do.

2points

Learner Panda 5 months ago

Illegal in the UK now too.

2points

Becca not Becky 5 months ago (edited)

Chopping tails and ears is usually because they're being trained as fight animals, not for aesthetic reasons. Either reason is deplorable though

2points

Nino Uwu 5 months ago

Hi! Some dog breeds are susceptible to "happy tail", where the dog breaks their tail because they wag it so much/hit it on things. Blue healers are more likely to have this issue, so often their tails are docked.

1point

Regina Holt 5 months ago

yes, Nino, some dogs break their tail by strong wagging. But that is the only tiime they should be docked, AFTER the dog keeps injuring their tail.

1point

longlivethequeen554 5 months ago

Illegal in the UK too

1point

Laura Slade 5 months ago

Ear cropping and tail docking illegal in the UK

1point

Alexandra 5 months ago

The law needs to come down a lot harder on people who do this.

1point

Bols 5 months ago

Ears as well

1point

El Dee 5 months ago

It's been banned here for years. I can't understand why you'd do that if you love your dog..

0points

Porribix 5 months ago

Ears too

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LiuLiu 5 months ago

and docking ears

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Jeevesssssss 5 months ago

Ears, too.

0points

Verena 5 months ago

Same for horses. Cutting off the tail is the same as cutting off the arms of humans. Impacts communication, balance, ability to fight off insects, causes spine problems. Braiding the tail is no big deal to prevent it from being caught in tack, farmers just do it. Cutting them off (and the fairy tail of dangerous tack) was invented a couple of centuries ago by nobility, who wanted an unhindered view of the horses genitals. Luckily forbidden in many countries, unfortunately some vets are open to be bribed and testify "medical necessity".

0points

Cue The Rimshot 5 months ago

They DO THIS? WTF?!

0points

AnkleByter 5 months ago (edited)

I'm just replying to your comment cue so that I can comment on Kelly who has been downvoted too much.... Kelly, let's swap that tail (of a living breathing dog who can feel pain) with the foreskin of a living breathing human male baby who can also feel pain. "It's done when the baby is just a day or so old, no pain. Don't you think if there was that little baby would grow into a larger human who would never let anyone touch their penis again". Stfu, it IS painful, they DO feel it, the whole time, and it's done for absolutely NO REASON whatsoever. There is no functional purpose for circumcision, aside from the rare cases of an actual health problem. There is no functional purpose for tail docking either. Quit being so willfully ignorant just because you were cruel enough to cut off your dog's tail too, jerk. Let's cut off some parts of you and see how you like it.

1point

Laura Slade 5 months ago

Also surgical artificial insemination of dogs

0points

Jon Stuart 5 months ago

No when you have a working dog such as a Spaniel its very important else they rip their tails to pieces and live in pain until it has to be amputated. Learns some facts.

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Kelly Scott 5 months ago

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AnnemarieOakley , Spora Weddings / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#4

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Forced marriages.

Final score:

158points

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flower petals 5 months ago

These abominations are destroying the lives of (mostly) girls/women around the world every day. 🥺

34points

#5

Changing the damn clocks twice a year. Just keep one time.

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Final score:

158points

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TotallyNOTAFox 5 months ago

We should agree on the natural time once and for all - which is the winter time btw

26points

Mairhiel , David Taffet / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#6

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Any variation of "let's make animals fight".

Final score:

155points

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james stevenson 5 months ago (edited)

Cruel and pointless. they'll probably end up fighting over something anyway

20points

bananasareverycool1 , Julia M Cameron / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#7

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate All those familiy vloggers. Exploiting their children en putting them on the internet for all the creeps to see.

Final score:

137points

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BoredPossum 5 months ago

Just because you give birth to someone it doesn't mean you own them and can use them for profit.

7points

catsandthat , John Looy / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#8

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Not sure if this counts as a "tradition"- but there are a lot of weirdly accepted social norms surrounding pregnancy.

* Asking newlyweds when they are going to try for a baby.
* Assuming a woman is pregnant because she is not drinking.
* Assuming a woman is pregnant because she has gained weight in her belly area.
* Touching (!!!?????) a pregnant woman's belly without her consent (!!!???).

Women are women first before they are mothers! Can we please remember that?

Final score:

121points

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devotedtodreams 5 months ago

My godmother once said something along the lines of "being a mother makes you a real woman". I had been adamantly child-free for years before she dropped that one, and it infuriated me.

45points

Mr_Alan_Stanwyk , Chad Kirchoff / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#9

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Celebrity idolatry.

Final score:

113points

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Bols 5 months ago

Never understood that tbh. They are people doing their job, ok they do it well and it gives us entertainment, but they are veeeery well paid for that, that should be enough, let's not worship them, they are just people.

23points

#10

Letting balloons go at funerals, it’s horrible for the environment and the animals that ingest it. Plant a memorial tree instead.

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Final score:

106points

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Ace 5 months ago

Never heard of this - where is that the norm?

28points

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

#11

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Forcing children to give hugs and kisses bye to family members. Children deserve bodily autonomy and you would never force a grown adult to do the same so why a child?!

Final score:

105points

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flower petals 5 months ago

*Never* teach *anyone* that they should accept being touched even when they don’t want to.

29points

#12

I'd like to throw in stupid over the top gender reveals with all the wedding stuff. If you're literally killing yourself to let people know your baby's gender, it might be time to take a step back and plan something more quiet and simple. Or if you're just inconsiderate pricks who don't clean up all the confetti etc afterwards.

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Final score:

102points

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Ace 5 months ago (edited)

Not only 'stupid over the top' ones, but the whole concept of a 'gender reveal. Just tell people if they want to know.

43points

#13

Respecting parents/elders no matter what. Some of them are just bad people.

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Final score:

94points

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Stardust she/her 5 months ago

In my culture we show respect to elders by bending down and touching their feet. My parents only touch the feet of those who they actually respect and unless they know what character the elder person has they don’t force me to do it (unless I’m receiving blessings for important stuff)

15points

ALI4MHR , Rhodi Lopez / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#14

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Expensive wedding and funerals, specially with funerals, that person is already dead.

Final score:

88points

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Jill Rhodry 5 months ago

Funerals are for the living.

60points

Arlington817 , shotprime / envato (not the actual photo) Report

#15

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Smashing of the face on the birthday cake.

Final score:

83points

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BoredPossum 5 months ago

Not a tradition in most parts of the world.

33points

Whole-Bank9820 , Go to Alex Kotliarskyi's profile Alex Kotliarskyi / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#16

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate 5 day working weeks.

Final score:

82points

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B 5 months ago

I work 9 hours a day 5 days a week now. I would gladly work 10 hours 4 days per week to have Fridays or Mondays off

22points

HelloCrazyFanfiction , Zoriana Stakhniv / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#17

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Bachelor and Bachelorette parties that are there to celebrate "your last day of freedom"
And also theyre weirdly sexual sometimes with the phalic shaped things or strippers. Id be pissed if MY husband was MOURNING what he could have had on the night before our wedding by ogling some half naked chick.

Final score:

81points

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BoredPossum 5 months ago

This says a lot about how people see marriage. Why would you be less free after the wedding? Why would you see yourself as free in an exclusive relationship? Does not compute.

28points

WeaponX-92 , Ashkan Forouzani / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#18

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate For Americans, Black Friday shopping. It's stupid, dangerous, selfish, and ruins Thanksgiving. Go spend time with your families while they're alive.

Final score:

80points

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Nichole Harris 5 months ago

And the majority of the "deals" are BS!!!

23points

colleen2163 , Le Creuset / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#19

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Having women doing all of the kitchen work at parties and get togethers.

Final score:

80points

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Daniela Lavanza 5 months ago

Change your friends if they do so. Among my group, everyone contributes. Or tell the men you'll charge those who won't help, just to see their face.

20points

#20

Piercing babies ears.

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Final score:

79points

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Upstaged75 5 months ago

This makes me SO mad! Inflicting pain on an infant for fashion? That's ridiculous! It should be the child's choice if they want them pierced or not. My parents waited until I was old enough to ask for them.

13points

llcucf80 , Ahmed ツ / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#21

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Super extravagant and expensive weddings.

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77points

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Ace 5 months ago (edited)

Spend as much as you like, but only if you can afford it. Spending the equivalent of a deposit to buy a house and then being unable to afford one and living in rented accommodation instead is just plain stupid.

25points

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

#22

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Asking the father's permission to marry a woman.

In this day and age, it's just creepy.

Final score:

77points

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October 5 months ago

Allso: the bride taking her husbands family name. I kept my own name in marriage, but lots of institutions still instist on adressing me with my husbands name.

38points

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#23

Paying for things as a males responsibility for a relationship. It should be a 50% 50% thing to do.

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70points

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Alexandra 5 months ago

Fortunately, this is already changing. Just give it another generation...

11points

DJlonghammer , Juan Vargas / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#24

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Hazing in fraternities and sororities.

Final score:

69points

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Ace 5 months ago

Fraternities and sororities.

46points

DeathbySnuSnu84 , Ketut Subiyanto / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#25

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Giving your kids the boot right when they turn 18.

Final score:

67points

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BoredPossum 5 months ago

Is this tradition? Not a tradition I've ever heard of. Who does this, people who wanna have a bad relationship with their kids?

20points

#26

Presenteeism at work. Even now, I have colleagues coming in when they’re sick.

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Final score:

65points

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BoredPossum 5 months ago

Corona should have changed this.

24points

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#27

The father giving away his daughter at her wedding.

Women aren’t possessions.

Final score:

61points

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BoredPossum 5 months ago

This.

11points

#28

The idea that it's important to keep traditions.

Or just generally the overall line of thinking that "because a large amount of people have always done this/thought this/believed this, it must clearly be a good idea (for everyone)".

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Final score:

55points

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flower petals 5 months ago

Tradition = peer pressure from the dead.

46points

#29

Women changing their name. Seriously.
When I was engaged I floated the idea. Didn't really care a LOT. Mostly it seemed like an unnecessary administrative hassle
He said: it goes to commitment.
I wish I had said: you change yours.

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Final score:

55points

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MotherofGuineaPigs 5 months ago

My ex didn't really care about this. I hyphenated our last names and gave my daughter the same. Both of her families are represented.

6points

#30

The husband stitch.

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Final score:

51points

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Dread Pirate Roberts 5 months ago

I had to Google that, and I almost wish I didn't. What kind of pig started this practice? It's f*****g appalling!

25points

#31

Men must make the first move

In all fairness, it is already dying, especially in Western culture, but I want to end its misery. It is both a pressure on guys who will hesitate and spiral into crazy plans, but also on girls who can see "making the first move" as shameful.

I met a female colleague who considered the boys HAD to make the first move, and that she will sit here for eternity waiting for someone to go to her instead of going for what she wants.

Want to know how my parents got into a relationship ? They were hanging out with friends, and after some time my mom jumped on my dad and said "You're the man of my life, we're going to get married and have kids". He obviously laughed, but still accepted to date her and eventually she proved to be right

It's not just that men want to sit and have the privilege to be the one asked out. It's that women aren't able to pick who they want, they can pick out of the few who asked her. It's a relic from a time where the women had no agenda and it must die for good. Also, yes I don't want to be the one who always ask !

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Final score:

43points

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TheElderNom 5 months ago (edited)

My grandma asked my grandfather out back in the early fifties. They were married for over sixty years.

12points

LucyVialli , Vika Glitter / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#32

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate Using the same first names down through generations of boys. Isn't carrying on the surname enough?!

Final score:

42points

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Justanotherpanda 5 months ago

Never in my life have I ever considderd this to be a problem.

24points

#33

Having to ask people to school dances in a "fun" or"unique" way (this one is mostly the Utah and Idaho area I think)

Setting the table in a particular way (who cares if my fork is on the right side?)

Not wearing hats while eating (why is this a "rule", I like wearing hats)

Baptizing children (they aren't old enough to choose to commit to any religion for themselves)

Asking what children want to be when they grow up (and expecting them to reply with a job)

Participation trophies

Child beauty pageants.

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Final score:

41points

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Dread Pirate Roberts 5 months ago

I agree, even with the baptism one. In my faith, baptism has to be a personal choice, since it's an action of voluntary commitment. And like OP says, a baby obviously can't make that decision. The participation trophy thing reminds me of George Carlin lol "You're the last winner!" 😂 Damn, I miss that guy

15points

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#34

Groom pulling off the garter with his teeth, throwing the garter into the crowd of single men, throwing bouquets at crowd of single woman. Yuck.

Final score:

41points

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Nina 5 months ago

The bouquet toss seems much more innocent to me, it's not like it was strapped to the grooms upper leg.

33points

bigmistaketoday , Kelly / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#35

38 People Share Traditions And Social Norms They Absolutely Hate I love my lawn but grass that has to be maintained is kinda dumb.

Final score:

39points

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Nichole Harris 5 months ago

I'm slowly swapping my grass for a mix of clover, creeping thyme and mint..... Bout NEVER needs cut, smells AWESOME when you do and bunnies and stuff like it!!! And it still looks good

47points

#36

Valentine’s Day. It puts pressure on relationships, especially if they’re new. It’s also terribly unromantic to be dining out with crowded restaurants while being up charged to do so.

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Final score:

38points

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flower petals 5 months ago

In Finland, February 14th is also Friendship Day, where people send cards and flowers to their friends, or get together for a special celebration. I like the inclusivity of this tradition! 💐

33points