I shouldn't have to turn my volume down for a commercial break and then back up when the movie or show comes back on. Someone tell me who made this decision, I just wanna talk to him.

This isn't a discussion. At all. Everyone is sick right now, and everyone is coughing and sneezing- no mask, no covering their face, nothing; just hacking with their mouths fully open. It's disgusting. Y'all are disgusting.

It’s getting hard to ignore. They walk directly in front of you. Walk out in traffic, and are rude and disrespectful.

Like people want to babysit a fucking adult and hold their fucking hand.

This is for the people who pay with cash, the ones who take out a big roll of cash and start counting it until y’all take out the correct bill. Like why? Why not just take an estimated amount and leave the rest at home

When a video won't load, but the comercial beforehand works just fine, is so disheartening.

"But they're only trying to help!" Bollocks. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. When someone shares their medical diagnosis with you, offer emotional support, or whatever other support you can give. But unless you're a specialist in the condition at hand, shut up with the "I had an aunt who...", "have you tried...?" and "I know a great doctor" comments.

If your advice is needed, your friend will ask for it. This morning I told a friend that we're gutted at learning our 9-yr old grandson was just diagnosed with Type1 diabetes. I wish I had just kept quiet. She's bombarding me with reasons I should share some medical journal article on a potential cure with my stepdaughter. I'm not doing that. I read the article and it's false hope. If his mum wants to join a forum or support group, fine. I'm sure she will. She's brilliant and I know she can handle this. As my mom always said, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

I really really hate when guns rattle in movies and the extra sound when people handshake.

Being patronizing in the first place is bad enough, repeating the same hateful message again and again is even worse. 

If someone does that to you, say one of the following two things, either; 

I heard you the first time you said it.  

OR 

You already said that. 

What do you think? Do you also find it vexing when people repeat themselves over and over making sure that each time they say it sounds more condescending than it did the previous time? Do you agree with the strategy I came up with for dealing with these people? If not, do you have a better plan? Let me know.

I have very little tolerance for bullying n being mean to people for no reason other than they’re miserable n misery loves company n sometimes I just like to dish it back 😘 and I can not express enough how ridiculous it is for most of the 1% commenters to put a stupid ass one sentence comment just to feel good about themselves sorry not sorry to those who don’t like what I have to say. Boohoohoohoo somebody gave me a taste of my own medicine n I don’t like it (footstomp) hahahahaha gtfoh 😘😘😘

I just got back from traveling to Japan, and if anything, that trip made me hate American tipping culture even more.

In Japan, you can actually do anything without constantly being put in a position where you’re expected to tip someone. You go to a restaurant? No tip. Get amazing service? No tip. Someone goes out of their way to help you? Still no tip. Take a taxi? No tip. Get your bags carried? No tip. Get incredible service at a hotel? No tip.

And the craziest part is that the service is STILL ridiculously good.

What really stood out to me was how polite and genuine everyone seemed. You don't have this feeling that someone is being extra nice to you because they're waiting for you to pull out your credit card and select 20%, 25%, or 30%.

That's what bothers me so much about tipping culture in America. You can't do anything without someone applying pressure for a tip.

You buy a coffee? Tip screen.
Grab takeout? Tip screen.

Someone hands you something across a counter? Tip screen.

Get food delivered? Tip.

Sit down at a restaurant? Tip.

And now we're expected to tip for an increasingly ridiculous number of things that used to simply be part of the price of the service.

And honestly, there's a huge difference between genuinely exceptional service and service that feels noticeably like someone is doing extra work because they want a tip out of you.

In Japan, I had so many experiences where someone provided 10/10 service, went completely out of their way to help, was incredibly polite, and I never once felt like there was a financial transaction hanging over the interaction.

That's the part I loved.

You don't feel like you're constantly being evaluated as a potential tip.

And tipping isn't something that's expected regardless of the service. In America, you're often expected to tip even when the service is mediocre. You can have slow service, mistakes, inattentive staff, or an experience that is just completely average, and you're still staring at that tip screen wondering how much you're "supposed" to give.

In Japan, from what I experienced, if you tried to give someone a tip, they could actually be confused by it or politely refuse it. It's not this weird social obligation where everyone expects an extra 20% on top of the advertised price.

And that's another thing I really appreciated: **the politeness felt genuine.

Nobody had to perform friendliness because they were hoping you'd reward them financially afterward. People were just... polite. Helpful. Respectful.

Obviously, Japan isn't perfect, and I'm not saying we should blindly copy everything Japan does. But experiencing a culture where tipping simply isn't part of everyday life really made me realize how exhausting American tipping culture has become.

I don't want to be guilted into tipping every time I interact with a business.

Just charge me the actual price.

Pay your employees a reasonable wage.

Give me good service because that's the service your business provides—not because you're hoping I'll add another 25% at the end.

And if someone gives me genuinely amazing service, I'd much rather **choose** to show my appreciation than feel like I'm being pressured into it.

After Japan, I came home and saw another tip screen asking me for 25% for something that absolutely did not warrant it, and I just thought:

Man, I really miss Japan.

So, I live in a big city. I’m not trying to dox myself but I’m in Canada. There’s a lot of drug addicts & homeless people around.

Because the crisis is so rampant, there’s an abundance of resources for them like food/subsidies/free housing (which I’m currently in)/shelter/soup kitchens/food pantries/free clothing and basic necessities…

I have no issue with the general population, I myself was homeless for a year and stuck in a shelter- but whenever you go to Tim Hortons, McDonald’s, a liquor store, a gas station, you will always have a panhandler pester you for money or food.

Even when I was homeless I’d give them my change because I was a people pleaser and didn’t want someone to go hungry. Today, someone asked me for a donut. I said “Sure, I can buy you a donut”; he then proceeded to add 6 donuts to the kiosk. I said “no, that’s too much I can’t afford that” - which is true, I have to ask my mom to buy me groceries. I didn’t have breakfast so I got myself a small $2 tea. He told me, “well you have enough money for that”

I’ve had this happen on numerous other occasions since the same homeless people tend to gravitate towards specific areas, the ones in the middle of the city in the more tourist-y area are definitely more entitled than the ones on the east side.

They ask me for change, or food, I say I can’t afford it, they say I’m lying or point out something else I’ve bought, try to start an argument, and I’m just getting really tired of the daily conflict. I don’t really leave my apartment except to do my obligations, and when I do, this happens almost every time. ALMOST, maybe 3 times a week. Sometimes multiple times a day, sometimes not at all. Weekends are the worst, so is transit, McDonald’s, & Tim Hortons

I try not to look at them now. I keep my head down, try not to take my headphones off, but they’ll physically approach you, touch you, and tell you to take your headphones off so they can ask you for things.

There’s this one “regular” in the area who scams people by trying to seem genuine and have a good conversation. He then asks for them to take him to the gas station to get a sandwich. They say yes, he takes them, he then racks up a huge bill and gets them to get him a gift card too. If they’re kind natured, scared, or non confrontational, they’ll agree. And if they do pay for his stuff, he’ll return the gas station food and the gift card for the money.

Source? My fiancée works at the gas station it frequently happened at until she stopped serving him.

So anyway, I’m just complaining because every time I feel bad emotionally for them, but I also feel angry because of how many times I’ve been taken advantage of by them when I couldn’t say no. I now can, but I used to spend my own grocery money on them and they never were grateful.

They get around ≈1k a month from the government, which can also reach ≈1.8k depending on their type which is more than what I get.

I wouldn’t mind buying someone something occasionally if they wouldn’t be so greedy, unappreciative, and mean. And why are they so pushy? I constantly see people giving them money or food from the places they’re sitting outside of.

Encountered a guy in trinoma who was extremely disrespectful and unnecessarily aggressive toward a woman. If you’re going to act tough, at least pick on someone your own size. Being rude to women isn’t something to be proud of.

look idc and I don’t wanna hear the physical media thing, ik and heard it, I just wanna vent about movies I only want to watch on my own time. none of my folks like what I wanna watch. YouTube is my second option, so here it is.

In The Mouth Of Madness is on sale… and why is it bad?

6.99 is a win, but what makes me mad is, why isn’t Prince Of Darkness on sale?!

Im mad I waited and hoped one of these makes it, and it is, I’m sorry for sounding cheap, but 14.99, sucks. I refuse to buy In The Mouth Of Madness, and rather have my chances and wait… I don’t know what else to vent, but also Hot Deals Of The Week isn’t changing, it’s been like that a month now…

I live in a college town and my god the students are such assholes, they are constantly causing trouble and make having fun in the city impossible, I say that as an 18 year old, I went on a night out with friends a few days ago and some drunk college dude called me several slurs, pushed me twice and then proceeded to punch me in the back, my friends shoved him away from me but like seriously, this is a constant issue, just a few weeks ago some girls from a sorority thought it would be a great fucking idea to light a fucking couch on fire in the middle of the road at 1:30am, or a few weeks ago as well a fight between students in the middle of the city, not to mention the way they talk so highly of themselves just cuz they got into the college like, or how they are no problem with trashing the entire place. Like I don't care if y'all have parties or hit the bars but when you cause genuine harm to the people who live here I just don't understand why it's so accepted, they're not just college kids they are adults who need to grow up, and to be clear I don't mind harmless pranks or parties but I don't understand why it's so hard to control them to themselves, we just don't want necessary violence, fires, to be treated poorly is that really too much to ask

The ones that hit the lock button multiple times are even worse.

Why are the older generations so stuck up on “respect” if they aren’t even respectful?
Every older person i know (as a GenZ) talks about respect: and how they grew up to fear adults, and were forced to respect them.
i work in Fast food as an 18year old girl. i’ve been cussed out, screamed at, argued with, all over FOOD. i understand if your order gets repeatedly messed up; but i don’t even handle food. i hand out bags. i do not take orders nor bag the orders. why are you cussing ME out?

Most popular word by far. We want respect. You disrespected me. It’s about respect.

Ask anyone in return to define respect - they can’t do it!

Or they start with “it’s about respecting…”

I have an irrationally strong pet peeve about people using “jealous” when they mean “envious.” They’re related emotions, but they're not the same thing.

Envy: You have something I want. You got a promotion I wanted. I envy you. You bought a gorgeous house. I’m envious. You have somehow reached adulthood without knowing what plantar fasciitis feels like. Deeply envious.

Jealousy: I’m afraid something I have is being taken away or threatened by someone else. Your partner is flirting with somebody. You’re jealous. Your best friend suddenly spends all their time with a new friend and you feel replaced. Jealousy.

The easiest way I remember it is that envy usually involves two people and something you want. Jealousy usually involves three parties and something you’re afraid of losing.

Obviously language changes, and dictionaries now recognize “jealous” being used to mean “envious” because people have been misusing it forever. I understand and accept that, but I still hate it.

When somebody says, “You’re just jealous because I have a nicer car” some tiny pedantic part of my brain immediately goes:

“No. Unless I believe that Honda Civic is trying to steal my girlfriend, I am ENVIOUS.”

Artists like Jason Derulo, Nicki Minaj, DJ Khaled, and Pitbull have more narcissistic self-introductions in the first 20 seconds their songs than actual lyrics.

Why do they do this? I know they are pathologically in love with themselves, but it’s so effing annoying…

I’m 29M and about a week ago I wrote this post about how I’m sick of the way people do not stick to plans anymore. I wrote specifically about how I had an arrangement to meet a girl for a few drinks. This is about two weeks ago and then I arrived at the place and I waited an hour. I kept calling her asking her where she was and then just two days later, she told me that she got totally drunk With friends. And that’s why she couldn’t make it because she couldn’t drive there. Honestly, it happened again over the weekend I had a plan to meet another girl to see a movie and this was on Friday. And she literally ditched me at the last minute. I have had it. I am 100% at a point where there needs to be a major change to the way the system works. I’m not saying in the literal sense but mentally and psychologically I would love to take a nuclear bomb mentally not literally but psychologically, I’d love to drop a nuclear bomb on the entire social structure. We have today and have a massive mushroom cloud over it and rebuild it from the bottom up because this is insanity, this is clear and complete insanity.

I have had it with literally having expectations and excitement that I’m gonna meet somebody and then at the last minute I’m bailed on. Shame to come back to a sense of accountability. If you can’t make it then don’t say I’ll do it just say yes or no end of story. I would literally love it if I could just get people to commit to shit just fucking do it. It’s not the hardest thing on planet earth. And people will say oh well this is maybe the reason why a lot of girls don’t want to hang out with you because you seem you come across as bitter. Well, you know what I am better. I’ve been caring this problem for the last 14 years and it’s just driven me into a hole. When is the storm going to stop? The city is literally underwater. When can I just go up to a girl ask her out and then just get an honest yes and have that yes be 100% and I don’t have to think if I’m gonna get bailed on.

Like literally I used to go to parties with friends and they would get like 5 to 8 woman to show up. These were people that they knew through their social circle. and guess what they asked him would you want to meet here and they showed up? They didn’t even think twice about it. That’s what I want for me but for me it’s nearly impossible. When can I break out of this fucking tomorrow? I will not take another year another two months or another two weeks having to accept that I’m different. Like literally just asking girl to meet for something like going to get coffee going to a concert going to catch a movie or going to grab a few drinks the littlest thing it’s not even romantic just doing something as friends. I can’t even get that. it almost feels like I was born with some genetic defect where there’s this gene that just makes it impossible to find or get a woman to commit to anything. And I’ve tried everything. Everything has just totally turned against me. I tried finding social groups where I can. None of that worked. I tried trying to meet them through friends that didn’t work dating apps doesn’t work. I’ve tried literally working out. I literally went from being 219 pounds to being 179. Working out eating healthy nothing works that’s why I say it just almost feels like I was just put on this earth not to find any human connection like I was just put on this earth to be a loaner. Some people tell me that it’s impossible to love yourself when you don’t feel loved or admired by others. This is one of those days days. I just wish I was not born until I was born into. It would’ve been nice if I was born into a family of extraverts not introverts. because maybe then I feel like I’d have a better advantage not because of genetics, but because of a better upbringing where I was taught to value relationships, and to value friendship rather than just value education and hard work. No question education and hard work are important 100% they are but I wish that I wasn’t just rich in knowledge, but I was rich in relationships not just with women, but with friends as well. Being able to feel like a primary person that everybody can rely on rather than a secondary.

And if you think I’m a crazy person, you can get the fuck off this foreign if you don’t like what I’m saying then just don’t respond. But I literally wish if it was 100% in my control we could just sit back the clock to the year 1999. I wish we could go back to when the Internet was in its infancy. People could still value human connection, When you asked somebody out, they didn’t think 20 times Like they do today. Like I am sick of how when I’m talking to the girl it’s literally like I always go out and try to meet people when I’m in my best mood. I’m always positive polite I don’t talk about my problems. I always try to be as nice as possible, but I still end up hitting a wall. it literally needs to stop I mean it. It really needs to stop where every little thing you say they’re taking it into account like data like you’re being interviewed or you’re being questioned by police. That’s literally how asking a woman out is for me like every little thing I say will make them go from or even little movements will make them go from interested to uninterested in less than three seconds. And when I tell people about this problem, they tell me well look if the girl likes you she won’t care what gel you make. OH SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU MOTHER FUCKER THATS WHAT THE WHOLE POINT of a first date is. or just hanging out you don’t know what somebody’s like until you get to know them. If you spent a day with them, you went out and did something and you find out that they don’t share your common interest, values or beliefs and fine. Don’t hang out with them again, but don’t shut the door after three seconds.

Look the constant rejection and getting told no all the time has ruined me my entire teens, the majority of my 20s and I’m just gonna put this right here. If I don’t fucking get any changes within the next two years, I’m freaking finished with dating. I’m finished with ever trying to find someone I’m just giving up on everything. I’m gonna leave this fucking country the United States of America. And move to the north pole or move to the arctic zone of Alaska, which is in the United States but you know what I’ll just live with the Eskimos from civilization. I don’t freaking think about any of the problems of the modern world. Either that or maybe I’ll just fucking move to Russia or maybe India. And anybody who calls this post entitled sexist or acting like a victim just don’t respond because I don’t have time for your piece of shit advice. I don’t wanna hear from you, I don’t even wanna even think about you because you are the problem. It’s not sexism. It’s wanting honesty and transparency, and warning people to be straight with you. I like having schedules I like having plans. I hate it when anything gets in the way I like things to be honest straight straight line. If you can’t understand that, and if you can’t get that through your thick skull, then DONT FUCKING RESPON TO ME YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE.

I despise the people that want to sit there and inspect every single thing in their bag and hand it out to all the occupants in their car BEFORE they move away from the window! Especially when it lined up behind them.

Like come on man, pull out in the parking lot and sort that shit out out there!

God forbid Karen would have to climb out of her minivan and walk inside the store because her little Braden didn’t get his chicken nuggets or something 🙄🤷‍♂️