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I think the new Ferrari Luce looks pretty cool
Car conversations over the past few days have been around the new Ferrari electric car that has been called an absolute disgrace to the Ferrari brand, the death of Ferrari and that kind of thing.
Well, I think it looks pretty cool. It looks futuristic and sci-fi in a well realized way. Taking into account the limitations of desinging an electric car, it looks to me like a real electric Ferrari.
I like it.
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Cigarrette smoke smells better than weed and in fact just generally smells really good
Disclaimer: I am not a smoker although I do enjoy a nice dart every once in a while (ie once or twice a year).
I fully concede that the smell of cigarettes is not good when it hangs on clothes or skin or breath. But have you ever walked past someone smoking and thought damn that actually smells pretty good? I’ve been having this thought recently that cigarrette smoke smells good. I walked past someone smoking today and thought to myself that it smells kinda earthy, almost musky. On the other hand weed smells like wet skunk.
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Taylor Swift is overhated
Before you read this, I want to remind you that in this sub, you upvote the take you disagree with
There’s no music that’s universally liked. Admittedly, I never saw the appeal of most of The Beatles’ stuff, same with Imagine Dragons or Sabrina Carpenter. Yet there are musicians you can admit to not liking, and then there are those that make you seem like an illiterate pleb if you dare say they aren’t for you
Now, people like to shit on Swifties for attacking everybody who dares criticize Taylor. I believe this isn’t entirely true. Yes, there are a lot of crazy Swifties, but to say that everyone who ever said they hate (and I mean hate) her got doxxed or sent death threats would be an exaggeration
So my first point is this: while you’re free to think Taylor is overrated, you can’t say that you cant criticize her
I also believe that a lot of crazy Swifties flourish on twitter/X, which is where many crazy people exist in general, and it’s unfair to treat twitter users as representatives of mankind. If you type “Taylor Swift” into reddit, youtube, or tiktok, yes, you’ll see a lot of Swifties, but you’ll also see plenty of haters
There’s a lot to criticize her for, but more often you just see people saying her music is shit (subjective), her fans are stupid (generalization), or criticizing her jet usage, greediness, and billionaire status. There’s no point discussing the first two (although i did a little bit in the end)
Now, Taylor is no saint. Frankly, I believe there are no ethical billionaires. Yet it is a fact that she isn’t in the top 10 private jet users of 2025 or May 2026 (source: celebrityprivatejettracker.com/leaderboard/#gref )
Nobody forces you to buy every vinyl variant of her new album. Charli XCX’s Brat had 20 variants, Billie Eilish’s HMHAS had 8, and Taylor’s TLOAS had 8 vinyl albums (plus 12 CDs and 1 cassette). So the amount of variants is more of a general trend than something exclusive to Taylor
It is true that Taylor most likely uses cheap labor from third-world countries, which is inexcusable. Again, she isn’t a saint, that’s not my point
I believe that music taste is subjective, but I also want to add a couple of words about that. Every artist has their weak (“he ah-matized me and opened my eyes 🫠😴”) and strong moments. Writing about relationships is normal (what else is a privileged millennial white woman supposed to write about, Georgia’s minimum wage?). But it’s also not entirely true that all her songs are about relationships. There’s stuff like Clara Bow, which is about how the music industry treats women; Bigger Than the Whole Sky, which is about grief; Epiphany, which is about her grandfather who served in WWII; etc etc
I also think she’s the most popular artist of this generation for a reason. Reddit snobs might disagree, but I do believe you can’t achieve that level of success if you’re a bad lyricist
TL;DR: Taylor Swift is overhated, while in reality she is neither exceptionally bad nor exceptionally good
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Innovation should stop in all areas besides healthcare.
I personally don't understand why life is a run against the clock, we have more things to do than time. I know innovation moves economy and that, but I think life would be much better if instead of making a new phone every year, or a new piece of tech that will replace the previous functional one, we maybe make sure we all can access that?
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Genealogy seems so pointless and boring to me
I've never understood the appeal of genealogy. I get wanting to learn about your grandparents, great-grandparents or lost relatives who might still be alive, but once people start trying to map their family tree from centuries ago, it feels kind of pointless to me.
For one thing, those trees are not reliable. Misattributed paternity through affairs, adoptions or bastard children has always been a thing. If even one recorded father somewhere along the line wasn't the biological father, then that entire patrilineal branch is inaccurate and there's no way to know. If you go back several generations, that's almost guaranteed to have happened at least once, if not multiple times. Then there are the ordinary historical problems, with lost documents, transcription errors, people sharing the same names while not being related, etc. At a certain point, this seems like it's less about biology and more about historical fanfic.
And even if all the records were perfectly accurate, I don't understand what people get out of finding out they're descended from a medieval nobleman. Worse yet, why would you pay for a subscription service to tell you that? Everyone's related to someone historically important if you go back far enough. I don't want to sound mean, but that doesn't make you special or change anything about your life. So, what exactly is the point here?
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i like constipation
i like being constantly on the edge of defecating and then i sit on the floor and wigglw around i know it sounds weird i been doing this forever and it's like there's something so relaxing abour it because it's like the satisfaction of pooping but edged
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denim, linen, leather, pvc and in general clothes with structure are more comfortable than "leisure wear" or sports clothes.
I do not think pajama pants are more comfortable than jeans. They drape over your body like a tissue and have a strange feeling of flimsiness and emptiness while still moving and bunching in all the wrong spots. Sports tops with the jersey mesh are even worse, feels like being shirtless in a hi vis the way they just slide around slightly catching on your skin with the tiniest hint of microfibre cloth.
That polyester "fluffy blanket" material sucks so hard to wear. cookie monster pj pants material. It literally provides so much insulation so you'll sweat but it's got zero elasticity, bunches up and sticks, lint everywhere etc.
A flimsy windbreaker rain jacket is much less comfortable than a hefty biker jacket. One will sit lightly over your outfit beneath and shift around at the slightest disturbance, full pockets will weigh down the front so easily, zips don't stay zippable without pulling on either end of the zip.
Meanwhile a collared shirt will stay where you button it to because the slightly firmer fabric means it flows to the body like a saddle. Jeans will rest on you exactly where they're meant to. A pair of cottony knee shorts or track bottoms could come off you so easily too since they have no way to be fixed in place, unless you tie that stupid string, which is then just bound onto you instead of, well fitting over like puzzle piece.
A belt will rest on your hips as a rigid object and be entirely unnoticeable throughout the day even if made of 3 bike chains. A hard jacket is so much easier throughoit the day than a flimsy one because it just sits with its own structure, more akin to a purse or shell, than being wrapped around like another jumper and zipped like a tent.
Layers of fabric just work and feel so much better and easier when they're not tossed across your body or each or and instead sit around with a little structure. I also prefer button ups to t shirts in terms of shirt feel. The only elasticy, thin fabric garment i wear with pure happiness is my boxers and my cape.. im unsure where latex lies on this but i like that a lot too.
I feel the Victorians must have been extremely comfortable in their clothes!!
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Couples should be banned from mainstream social media
Couples on social media are a scourge to our society. I genuinely believe that single people and people in relationships approach social media totally differently and so couples should be relegated to their own special couples social media. None of us want to see that shit.
Maybe you can say I'm just salty that I'm single, but when I'm in a relationship I don't want to see that crap either. It's so performative and they should just fuck off.
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It’s better to use Reddit on mobile in the web browser versus using a dedicated app
I’ve been using Reddit on mobile using a browser (Safari) for a while now, and I genuinely prefer it to the app. While occasionally tabs can crash, it’s such a better experience. The biggest advantage is the fact that you can have multiple tabs open—if there’s a post you want to come back to in a second just open a new tab. Additionally, you can preview links by holding down on them, which I have found to be pretty useful. This can also save storage on your phone. Its just a genuinely better experience.
I do the same for Tumblr for similar reasons. Tumblr on mobile browser also has the massive advantage of being able to view the repost graph so you can see how people have spread a post, which is a feature completely absent from the Tumblr mobile app. I also do this for Bluesky, though I don’t really use Bluesky that much.
A lot of social medias lock you out of the service on mobile browsers without the dedicated app, despite the desktop site working perfectly fine. But these three, at least so far, don’t.
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I think arguments/issues are better resolved over text
Hear me out. I’m not a totally social awkward shut-in or anything. But I think the text format provides something that in person discussion cannot to the efficiency of argument or issue resolution.
When in person you have very limited time to think about how you want to phrase your point/perspective to the other person before you are forced to speak. You have less time to consider others points before deciding how to proceed. And there is added stress.
resolving over text removes all of those issues. It totally removes any stress and especially if it’s something awkward for both parties involved it’s much easier to type out a message and send it rather than trying to work of the courage to break the silence.
You have much more time to read and consider the other parties point of view and their side. You have so much more time to come up with your clear concise argument or point of view and frame it exactly how you want it to be understood rather than having to quickly come up with an explanation that may not get the point across as effectively or be miscommunicated.
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Saying an athlete won 'cause it "wanted more" is absolutely stupid
Even in situation one of the athlete "catches fire" while the other side is struggling, not in their best day or even sometimes is just a situation where the one people say "wants more" is just the louder one. This means shit about how much someone want something(which athlete will enter, specially in tournaments and for medals, without the idea of trying to do the best to win?). I am really tired to hear about so many sports like athletes that make their whole life about it hearing that some "really wanted" the medal. And fuck, this also undermines the hard work and all of the job done up to that moment of who wins.
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Having a desire for love, relationships and intimacy is a curse and a lot of people would be happier if they had an off switch for it
For some it's this lovely thing. Their love makes their life fuller. It brings them joy.
But that's not always the case. And I would argue that having an innate desire for love and relationships does more harm than good on a personal level. It's a crushing devastating curse that only seeks to pull people down into despair. And how we react to that despair is different person to person. For some it brings them to depression, for some it brings them to commit violence onto others, and all kinds of other shitty outcomes.
Love is a good thing. But the desire for it, is a curse. And the world would be a better place if we could just turn off that desire at will.
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Sharing opinions in a world where true consensus is prevented doesn't help
It's difficult to ascertain anything with certainty let alone communicate that effectively. (Fact)
We reduce the overall attainable potential of experience which is accessible by the sharing of opinions which don't have carefully considered foundations in their support. (Fact?)
Evidence is then a product of the circumstances available so if the level of discussion is too low and rotten to permit the building of true conceptual potential? Forums like this are unhelpful to the determination of what is correct (imo)
How else would you upset the stability of chaotic destructive feedback in a place designed to circumvent that problem with where information is coming or going? Hello (goodbye!)
The call of the void being put on hold to yell at someone in another room to come answer the phone. Picking up what's been put down here I'm not calling for destruction, friends, just a quake or two. No need to shake on it with grounds for trust! In trusting you can find the way out of what's wrong by interrogating your friends opinions. I wouldn't expect this to be controversial yet here you are, proving you disagree with me by merely thinking about whether you agree or disagree. (Stop in for tea some time I guess?)
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I fucking hate live action movies
I hate movies. All of them are genuinely boring and stupid and I have watched countless of them throughout my life. All plots that the movie studios come up with are always extremely predictable and unoriginal and even famous directors (Tarantino, Nolan) are guilty of this. Modern movies are often 2-3+ hours long, and because of it they became even worse in quality. I will not volunteer to watch 3 hours of unnecessary slop with stupid characters that have no apparent fucking reason to do what they do just for the entire shitshow to end with the most obvious ending ever (looking at you Avatar 3).
I've tried watching "the classics" that apparently have "deep meaning behind the plot" (Green Mile, Pulp Fiction, Godfather, etc.). Oh yeah? Dying is bad? Crimes are bad? That's the entire fucking meaning? *oH, bUT ThE diALoGueS* What fucking dialogues? European quarter pounders didn't raise my rating of this movie by a single fucking point, it's still 0/10.
And throughout my life, I've never truly enjoyed a movie, they were all 7/10 at BEST.
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Obesity is Not Caused by "Toxic" Processed Food, Fast food, or Non-Organic Produce. It's Simply Chronic Overeating
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Obesity isn't caused by America, school lunches, fast food, seed oils, non-organic food, or the processed food boogeyman peddled by tubbers. It's just chronic overeating, full stop. You stuff more calories down your gob than you burn, and physics laughs at your excuses.
Thermodynamics doesn't care if your surplus comes from artisanal salads or sloppy burgers. Chronically overeat too much quinoa and salad every day and you'll still be porking up.
The modern obsession with blaming seed oils, preservatives, or processed foods is just nutritional astrology for people who don’t want to admit they eat too much too often.
There is every flavour of obese fatty, vegan, vegetatian, carnivore, organic ect. Meanwhile, controlled studies show people shedd fat on junk food diets as long as calories stay in deficit. Shocking, right? You just have to stop overeating, there is no mystery to it.
All the organic food rants, chemical conspiracies, and addictive food sob stories are just sophisticated fatty ways to dodge accountability.
Your great grandparents ate bread and sugar without today's obesity rates because they weren't constantly trough feeding. "I eat healthy but gain weight" translates to "I lie about pigging out on portions and snacks."
No exceptions. Rare medical issues just make it harder for some to not overeat it doesn't change the equation.
Stop peddling bullshit about non organic processed food victimising you and close your mouth. The fat melts when the surplus ends, whether from salmon or pizza.
There is no mystery.
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"Song that plays when you encounter a" videos are pointless
Youtube sometimes recommends me videos titled like "Song that plays when you fight a crocodile" with a picture of the animal, and it's just a random music nothing to do with the theme. I mean alI know that the whole concept it's already weird, but a music for a dangerous animal and it's a calm music? I think they are just making random music and putting these names to attract weird people like me. I know it's a hard concept to do, but if aren't even gonna try, do see the point in making it, just take the easy route if can't do something new:
Dangerous Animal? Metal or breakcore;
Ancient Animal? Focus on percussion or ancient instruments;
Harmless Animal? Cute or relaxing;
I know it's possible to do more, it's just a simple way to show how these videos are completely pointless, they make a random not so great song then put the name of a random animal and boom! 100k views.
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Most music is unlistenable because of breathing sounds
I find myself unable to listen to most songs because almost nobody bothers cutting out breathing of the singer. I often find a song that sounds nice, but the constant “EEEEEEEUGH” before and after each line ruins it for me. While I understand that most singers are human and need to breath while they sing, it is very annoying that editors do not cut these sounds out before releasing the song. These sounds make the whole thing sound weirdly intimate, like the singer is having a heart attack right next to my ear and cannot stop breathing heavily, which makes it impossible to focus on the music itself. I tried listening to classical music, but often it is recorded live and people in the audience cannot stop coughing, which also makes the recording unenjoyable.
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The word "taut" sounds like it'd mean the exact opposite of what it actually means
Idk how well I'll be able to explain this, so try to keep an open mind lol
Now I know what you may be thinking; "how could u even say that? It sounds just like the word 'tight,' to the point where if u told me that's how like canadians or something actually pronounce 'tight,' I'd believe u." And yeah I know, I know
But something about it to me just sounds like it'd mean to keep a little slack. Not like as loose as possible, just loose enough to not be stressed tight. I don't even know why, maybe it's cuz it feels like the word "tight" would do the same job in most cases, but the word "loose" sounds just a *touch* off
Like idk, let's take the phrase "keep it __." Whether it be "let's keep it tight" or "remember to keep it taut" or "try to keep it loose." To me, the first two sound perfectly fine. But the third one just sounds... a tad strange. Not to the extent where I'd say anything cuz it's perfectly serviceable, but the vibes are just ever so slightly different than the first two. So to have the two perfect words mean the exact same thing just feels weird, it feels like they should be antonyms so that both cases can have good words. Idk if that's even the reason I feel that way, but it's my best guess
Maybe I'm thinking about this in a vacuum too much, and in practice I'd disagree more. Idk man, I'm not even sure I know what my point is anymore
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Contemporary/Modern art most of the time shouldnt be classified as visual art.
It is art. No doubt about it. But it aint visual.
If your art requires a wall of text and a 10 year backstory for people to understand its value, then you havent created visual art.
Youve created a book with a unique looking cover.
Or... its an ary piece that looks pretty easy to make. Like i canvas of just blue. But then its revealed that the paint was made from rhinoceros stomach acid or some shit.
Thats not visual art. Its a tech demo.
If your art NEEDS non visual things to be appreciated, then its not visual art
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People who think songs need to be below 4 minutes long have a short attention span and don’t enjoy music
Recently I’ve seen a lot of people saying that songs above 4 minutes long are unnecessary and are a waste of time.
Saying songs shouldn’t be above 4 minutes long is like saying movies over 2 hours long are pointless. It doesn’t make any sense to me. Shorter songs can be fun and entertaining, but you have much less time for the artist to express themselves and get their messages across like with a longer song.
Type O Negative is a gothic rock band with many songs regularly ranging from 5 minutes long to sometimes even 11 - 12 minutes long. Each song has well written lyrics broken up with “interludes” of guitar and drum solos in between. Songs like 1 Train by A$AP Rocky and Third Eye Sh*t by Joey Bada$$ are two long feature heavy rap songs that are used as platforms for (at the time) much smaller artists, giving them a reasonable chunk of time to show their skills as an artist. These songs and musicians are Incredible, and wouldn’t be nearly as good if they were crushed down and restrained by having to be under 4 minutes long.
I think longer songs in lots of cases can be better than shorter songs, and I wish more artists today would take a chance in making 5 to even 11 minute long songs. Maybe they wouldn’t capture a broad mainstream audience, but giving yourself more time than usual to say what you want to say on a song I think could lead to very interesting music that’s been missing since the popularization of “TikTok songs” and other shorter forms of music only created for quick rapid success. I mean Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen went from struggling to get radio time for being considered “too long” to today being considered one of the greatest rock and roll ballads of all time, a legendary era defining song that wouldn’t hold nearly as much weight if it were shrunken down.
Long songs drag out your anticipation, give artists ample opportunity to bring their messages to life through their music, and are overall more interesting then your run of the mill sub 4 minute song only put out to blow up for quick money and then fades away in a year or 2. Long songs are becoming a rare art form that I desperately wish would make a resurgence.
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I hate “watch/read orders” for series
I don’t think there should be a guide to watch a show or read a series. Maybe exception being comics but even that I have a problem with. Like, oh you have to read these chapters of this book then flip to the other to match the timeline (Throne of Glass, nightmare fuel). Oh, you watch 12 episodes of this then go back to the other show (Stargate Atlantis and SG-1). The show runners put out both episodes in the same week (either on the same night or separate days). Watch them when they come out like an adult. We used to wait until they were on OnDemand 3 days later and watch both back to back (for NCIS in this case). Or watch one season and then watch the other show’s season, like you’ve gotten it on box set DVD. Jumping around for the sake of a superior watch order or timeline accuracy is just nonsense.
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I absolutely love being the coordinator amongst my friends
I have multiple friend groups and each and every one of them view me as “the guy that gets everyone together” and I love having that title. Real life moves and doesn’t stop for anybody, and we all have our own things to deal with, so it’s easy for people to drift apart. I never see it in a negative way like “if I didn’t reach out to anybody, nobody would reach out to me” because somebody has to be the coordinator.
It’s awesome reaching out to people individually and seeing where they’re at in their life and seeing if a get-together can happen, and if it doesn’t, then there’s always next time. It’s also really fun to plan where we meet and we’re gonna do.
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All clothes are about the same level of comfortable.
People put a lot of stock into how comfortable clothes are when buying clothes or deciding what to wear, and I’ve never understood that. They will tell you the reason they bought something is because it’s comfy, or the reason they never wear a certain type of clothing is because it’s uncomfortable. No one item of clothing is ever that much more comfortable than another for me. Sure, jeans may feel a little different against your skin than sweatpants, but it’s not any better or worse, just different.
The only factors that matter when it comes to comfort are temperature and fit. It’s definitely uncomfortable to wear a hoodie on a hot day or a tank top on a cold day, and it’s definitely uncomfortable to wear clothes that don’t fit right. But if the clothes you’re wearing are appropriate for the weather and they fit, then it’s a pretty good bet they are as comfortable as anything else you could be wearing.
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Why are there 2 “10th Dentist “ subs?
TIL there are two of these subreddits. r/10thDentist and r/The10thDentist.
Did one splinter off of the other? Is there bad blood? Is it a coincidence? Literally today I was looking for a post and gaslit myself when I couldn’t find it. That’s when I realized there’s two.
So why is there two?
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99% of leaks in the entertainment industry that come out are intentional to build more hype.
Its not a coincidence the mysterious leaker is never found and nobody ever gets fired.
There’s been how many Avengers: Doomsday leaks again? Kevin Feige himself masterminded most of them I guarantee it. Nobody ever really gets fired by him because there’s no rogue employee doing this. Tom Holland spoils Marvel movies on purpose. Sir Ian Mckellen publicly spoiled that Magneto destroyed New Jersey in Doomsday because he received the green whistle to. Kevin Feige coordinated then had somebody release all those leaks of a civilian looking non shaven Steve Rodgers holding mjolnir and Doom sitting all brooding at the chessboard, among countless other pics to come out. Ever notice how these alleged rogue Marvel employees never really leak anything redundant? How the content of every leak is magically very important? Exactly.
Rick Ross even said Drake intentionally leaked push ups before its official release lol. Day before Iceman comes out, Drake also leaked 2-3 whole tracks from that album to test the waters.
You’re telling me all these rich and famous people that have been in the entertainment industry for YEARS mysteriously don’t know how to encrypt their important work files to stop leaks from “accidentally” being shoved into the public’s faces??? They 100% do but they will also still shove all these leaks in your faces to build hype.
It’s wild how so many people still think these are accidental leaks lol.
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Strawberries with whipped cream tastes surprisingly bad.
Obviously this is not an objective opinion, there is no such thing when it comes to taste.
I like strawberries, I like whipped cream, I even like strawberries with sugar, so you'd think Id like them with whipped cream, but no. They are both sweet, but in pretty different ways that dont compliment each other. Strawberries have a pretty strong taste (at least compared to whipped cream), while the whipped cream itself has more of a whisper of sweetness and that whiplash from tasting the two things at the same just ruins both of them.
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I love wasps and mosquitoes
Im going to first discuss my love for wasps
For one, any time I see discussions regarding wasps its always "why are they so aggressive", "they attack for no reason", "they smell fear and hate you".
In reality this just isnt the case. I have been around many wasps in my lifetime (on multiple occasions ive let the ones that do sting live in my backyard) and have NEVER been stung once. Why? I give them respect. I dont go near them, I dont make loud noises, I dont aggravate them with pesticides in my lawn or coal smoke from a grill, I let them be.
Most people I see who complain about how aggressive wasps can be are just dicks with 0 spatial awareness and 0 consideration for life around them.
Secondly, most wasps dont even sting. The ones you get in your doorway? Theyre actually chill as fuck. Had one fly on me the other day, cool dude.
Also, for some reason people think theyre useless? Which I find fascinating since theyre pollinators too. Bees are not the only pollinators, people. Theyre also INSANE pest control. The people who kill the ones near their house are dumb. Instead of killing your yard and removing all your birds and other fun creatures with pesticides, you let a wasp chill. All the bugs are GONE. Not a single one has entered my house since a few of them came to crash with me.
Next up, the controversial take, I love mosquitoes. Theyre my favorite insect (next to katydid GO GREEN BUGES 💚🟩📗🟢📗🟩💚). Why? Theyre sick as HELL! They feed on blood! Hematophagy is just a cool concept in general. Most organisms eat other organisms for nutrition, but the consequence is that the organism dies and is no longer suitable for consumption. Additionally, it takes a LOT of energy to kill something... so why bother?
Just put a straw in an organism and reap the rewards of THEIR labor. More over, they dont die! So if you need some nutrients just go to the same organism if they haven't moved.
Some organisms just learned "ah fuck it this killing thing is difficult, why not I "leech" on these other guys?". You cant hate the player, hate the game.
Also, fun fact, mosquitoes are pollinators! Theyre also the main pollinator for a few plants in North America.
Now I hate being itchy, but insect repellent literally costs 6 bucks and lasts for years. If youre going outside and not using bug repellent its literally on you.
(Also yes I understand that mosquitoes carry diseases but that isnt their fault)
In conclusion, believing these organisms are somehow useless is just you trying to justify your hate for a living creature who is literally just playing the game of life.
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Farting is one of the weirdest remaining social taboos and we should have polite responses for it by now
I think farting in public don’t deserve the reaction they usually get because most farts genuinely don’t even smell that bad… yet is treated like some defect of character when is just another natural body function like sneezing, coughing, hiccuping or even burping and all have socially accepted responses, but passing gas is still verboten, and of course obviously time and place matters, but the average fart (3 seconds at the most) dissipates immediately but if you compare it to sneezing now, the latter is objectively more concerning because is literally launching warm biological particles into the air at high speed maybe even spreading illness and we still politely go “bless you.”
I’m not saying you should rip a good one in an elevator on purpose without expecting a reaction, but still. I think there should even be casual and normalized phrases for farts too, like “all good” “carry on,” or “fair enough” because is just a natural function and expression of the body… the dramatic reaction is usually more uncomfortable than the actual fart.
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Most people who adopt are doing it for selfish reasons
I am talking about specifically in the US and other western countries. A lot of couples like to adopt children from poorer socio-economic zones in the world like Africa, Asia and eastern europe. They think it will automatically make them a good person, and that adopted person is a just a trophy of good deeds they have done.
They don't actually want to unpack the issues a lot of adoptees face like severed culture, and trauma. They think automatically adopting you makes you forever indebted to them. "Look I saved you!" You will never truly be a part of this family, knowingly or unknowingly you know this. You are an outsider on borrowed time. Do something they don't like, you're not worth salvaging a relationship for.
Not to mention the thousands upon thousands of dollars people pay to international adoption agencies. It's like they're buying a child, and it's disgusting.
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Concerts should be sitting down
Whenever I go to a concert, no matter how much I love the artist I think “man, I don’t want to stand for 3 hours”. Maybe I’m old and maybe I’m lazy but I would be way more excited to go to concerts if they were sitting down.
I know people like to dance at concerts but maybe everyone could just do a modified wiggle in their seat instead.
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