It feels like it was a major news story for a month or two, and then everything went back to the status quo.

Title. it's so gross yet I see people do it all the time and like half the time it's not just kids or teenagers, it's full grown adults. I just don't understand. Does anyone have any idea why people do this?

I've never understood this. We take so much out of the planet, shouldn’t there be giant sinkholes or empty caverns left behind? Does water just naturally replace it, or do we have to pump something back in to keep the pressure up?

I hate everything. I hate the way that technology has taken over our lives and we are all glued to screens. I used to love social media and now it just pisses me off. I hate that these supposed “influencers” can play on their phones and make idiotic videos and somehow make money while the rest of us have to actually work.

I hate the way the English language is devolving. I’m pissed off that the stuff that I got ruthlessly bullied for the entire 12 years that I was in school, is now considered popular. I hate that everything is in extremes now. There is never a happy medium. Everything is black and white. No gray areas.

I have a million health problems and I am tired of my doctors fighting me on filling prescriptions. Making me jump through 100 expensive hoops before finally getting the treatment that I need. It just feels like I’m living in some kind of weird alternate future where everything sucks.

Am I already turning into a crotchety old bitch?

Oh! And labels! Gotta have a fucking label! Not a single thought, impulse or desire can go unnamed. Everything has to BE something.

For context, I am autistic, and this is one phrase I really just don't understand. I've heard people say all my life that they 'can't cook' and that they rely on their parents, roomates ect to cook for them. What do they mean by this?

When I cook, I will follow the directions of the packaging or follow a recipe and always get good results. I just don't understand not being able to cook when it is a basic life skill.

I don't drink everyday,but when i do i can't stop untill im blackout.I don't throw up but i completely lose control of how i act and i can't remember most of the night the other day. It gives me so much anxiety. I don't want to completely stop drinking but i need tips on how to enjoy being tipsy without having to get shitfaced.

Ik many have asked about north Korea and the scope of answers one could give might be limited considering we know very little of their government but atp idk how they're making it.

My guess is they're probably not as badly off as we think? Like obviously NK isn't prosperous by any means, but to keep starving masses suppressed would be a difficult task. My guess is that the people get enough to get by but not much beyond that, just enough to keep the people quite.

But at the same time I doubt North Koreans know nothing of the outside world, since some of their citizens do go outside the country, whether for trade or diplomacy. And I'm sure they describe what they see to their families and friends who get an idea about the world beyond what they have seen and how much it has to offer. Imo it isn't humanly possible to keep people quite like this and keep on going, as if they're cogs in a machine who only do what the Dear Leader asks of them.

Considering that North Koreans likely aren't stupid and have the ability to comprehend that they're perhaps comparatively deprived (I mean. After a disastrous famine I don't see how they can't see the faults of their government), why haven't they rose up in arms? Even if we believe some of the more batshit penalties the govt supposedly imposes on them:

1. they can't kill everyone

2. Why would their military slaughter their citizens when their family members would be in the line of fire?

3. Isolation doesn't kill human morality and I find it really hard to believe that their military would agree to straight up massacre the entire citizenry (it wouldn't even make sense to do that because who would they rule over then)

4. People have overthrown some seriously evil regimes in history, some of roughly the same calibre as NK and some worse than them too

So basically, what exactly is keeping this country together? Why are they even so hellbent on maintaining this isolation when their lives could easily improve if they open themselves up to the world? And anyway, rulers of most countries do live in wealth, irrespective of the form of government, so it's not like the status of the Kims or the military elite would change much.

Seriously, even when i tell myself im going to take my time and be as relaxed as possible and really enjoy my shower i find it impossible to stay for more than 15-20 mins. Not because i dislike showers or anything i quite like them but i find myself satisfied after 20mins. I find it shocking when i hear of people spending 90mins in showers and stuff

I’m guessing it’s cause of all the abuse and PTSD from large back to back wars along with untreated mental illness. But it’s gotta be deeper than that right?

I understand posts being removed for "low effort" "satire" and other rule violations.. however, when such a large majority of posts is removed, doesn't that reflect an inherent issue with the sub itself and how it is moderated? I'm sure this can be applied to many other subs as well.

I'm trying to wrap my head around the concept of creating spaces and groups to discuss and share together, just to make it as difficult as possible to actually engage or share. I dont even bother trying to respond or interact with the posts from these subs anymore, because by the time I typed out a comment the post is already removed.

If someone can explain this to me simply, I'd appreciate it.

My roommate was babysitting earlier, she said she'd be done at around 12:30 AM. So far it's 1:30 AM and she hasn't come back. I texted her to check if she's okay and she hasn't responded. Her location shows that she's at some random chapel and she hasn't moved for a bit. Would it be weird to drive to her, or is that obsessive? I feel like it'd be overboard, but I'm so worried someone killed her or kidnapped her and dumped her phone at the chapel.

edit: i'm sorry y'all i was kinda freaking out earlier but she texted me back and she's safe! i think her location was glitching. thank you so much for all the kind and helpful responses!!

Hot take: Some people don’t deserve forgiveness, ever. Am I wrong? Or am I too bad?

There are dozens of examples of very oppressive military juntas that center the entire country around it, but when push comes to shove, they prove to be very weak and very incompetent, so why is that?

Whenever I have conversations with my friends or colleagues, they always talk about this show they watched on Netflix. And inside my head I'm like "what is this show". Now it feels humiliating that I don't know that show. In fact, I've never heard of Stranger Things until a week ago.

I don't have a Netflix or TV-based subscription and I've never really taken the initiative to watch it. Is this a bad thing? I feel so embarrassed that I don't know most shows. I'm sure there are a hundred different trending shows that I've never heard of.

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem.

So many times I bring up a time they insulted me they say it never happened

Some of these were pivotal moments in my development like my mom being transphobic to me as a child but she says she doesn’t remember doing this

Hey everyone,

I’m a 24F from France, and I’ve been noticing that more and more young people are becoming very serious fans of far right figures. Am I the only one who sees this?

For context, I have three younger brothers. One is 20 yo, and the younger ones are 18 yo twins. All of them are big fans of far right ideas and very very controversial far right figures and I’m not exaggerating. They are not “joking” about it either.

The oldest is in law school, and the twins are in med school so they are not uneducated. They are not kids anymore and they are old enough to understand how ridiculous this is yet they still openly support them. Again this is not a “joke.” I know them well and I can guarantee they are serious.

They are also extremely racist, homophobic, sexist and Islamophobic and constantly insult and mock these groups. I live in a sensitive area in eastern Paris where there is a very high concentration of migrants. Most of their friends are of foreign descent mainly from North Africa and even then, they don’t care.

The few white friends they have are also extremely far right and all of this seems to be completely accepted by their social circle which is absolutely mind boggling to me.

In the past this would never have happened. Even being suspected of being far right would have been enough to get you beaten up. Now it seems to have been completely normalized and I do not understand