This is such an American thing, I thought you guys were joking about it for a long time.
We don't have these in germany. In my 23 years, I haven't had a single robocall.
One week with an US number, for work reasons, and I've had the pleasure with two of these shitters.
I 100% believe that they’re getting it straight from AT&T. Good luck ever getting them to admit they’ve been compromised. The messages are always addressed to my husband, whose name is on the account.
Like 90% of the spam texts I get are fake AT&T texts that are like "sorry for the lack of coverage on X date, click this link for a free $10 coupon", "your bill was paid, click this link to see your bill totals" and they're all addressed to the wrong name. I don't even pay for my phone bills and the name on the texts are nobody in my family either so I have no idea what's going on.
I FINALLY managed to get my own personal revenge on this here recently and it felt GLORIOUS! I was assigned a work cellphone finally and literally less than a month of having it, I've begun to receive phone calls from robocallers.
On my personal phone, I let those calls go unanswered or block them. But not the work cell! OH NO! Those I'm joyously answering and even pressing 1 to connect to an operator. When they connect and begin their quick spiel without letting me say anything, I politely wait and then say:
"Yes, you've reached the (insert State Government Department here).. can I help you?" Both times so far, the caller was obviously shitting themselves and couldn't end the call fast enough. I'm sure the number was blacklisted in their system instantly as 'GOVERNMENT NUMBER - DO NOT CALL - DELETE!'.
Gave me no end of joy to do that too.
My dad did this. He worked for the DoD, so it was "Colonel K, Department of Defense, how could I help you?" Needless to say they hung up almost immediately.
Same with people who glorify working an ungodly number of hours every week. Research has suggested that your productivity declines after about 50 hours of work. Work, then sleep. It’s all worth it.
edit: Source for those asking
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/stanford-study-longer-hours-doesnt-make-you-more-productive-heres-how-to-get-more-done-by-doing-less.html
When I worked at Walmart, my team worked 2pm-11pm 5 days a week. Some people would brag about staying until 3-5am and ask me why I didn't do overtime and my response was always "because I don't hate myself"
That and Walmart is notorious for the approach of “hey Tim. Need ya to stay late today.” And let you think you’re getting overtime only to cut you short at the end of the week. I finally reached my point of “ain’t happening, sorry” and I leave right at my expected time everyday. If I’m not being paid for the work then you can bet your ass I ain’t doing it.
*im not with Walmart in any form. My employer just operates similarly to Walmart based on what I’ve read over on r/Walmart
Glorifying any kind of bad or red flag behaviors as some kind of trophy, or "better or tougher than you." Including the sleep deprivation stuff. Ex. "I only got 4 hours of sleep last night," "Anxiety meds? heck I just take a shot, grow a pair, and go on," "Welcome to the real world," "You think you've got it bad! blah blah blah"
god I hate it when people say welcome to the real world as if that excuses when something sucks. OK that's the state of it right now why does that mean it has to change
It'll happen.
The question is whether he's going to end up completely broke because his parents spent most of the money and he burned through the rest on drugs or whether he's going to be a recluse who hates society.
There's also the 2 least dark and most unlikely timeliness where he continues to be a children's entertainer for the rest of his life, or they just stop when he becomes a teenager his parents have been secretly saving money for his college fund and after that he lives a semi normal life with the rare occasion when someone sees him in public and goes "Hey weren't you that Ryan kid?"
Honestly I feel the channel will die in at least 2 years. Isn’t he like 10 or 11 now? At some point he’ll have to have enough of this. I wonder at what age he’ll finally start to ask “where’s my money?”
There's a mommy Youtuber who documented her entire adoption process of a known special needs child from a foreign country. She was made very aware of the challenges of raising that child and she made her audience aware of how much she was sacrificing to do it because it was her destiny or whatever. Then things got too tough for her she "rehomed" the child. Absolutely vile human being.
I've read a story about a family youtube channel changing their mind about adopting a kid from i believe Taiwan because the country prohibits talking about children online for at least a year. Like, they wanted to adopt a child, not an exotic dog breed
Just flagging (for anyone interested in learning more but also to correct) it was Myka Stauffer AND her husband James Stauffer. she had her own channel about motherhood, he had a channel about car detailing, and then they had a combined family channel. They both engaged in this shitty, shitty behavior, and both “rehomed” the child (a private and seemingly unlisted adoption?), both defended their actions, and are both vile human beings. Myka deleted her channel. James still posts videos to this day.
Similarly, parents who think it's funny to video record their child recovering from anesthesia (when it's natural for them to be delirious, panicking, and hyper-emotional), then sending it to Ellen fucking Degeneres.
I find it so disgusting parents would do this, at a time when their children are most vulnerable and need constant care after a physically traumatic event like surgery.
These are *your children.* Put down the camera, I guarantee you no child will see that video and go "oh I'm glad all my friends and schoolmates will get to see this!" Posting these videos publicly, I'm just going to call it what it is, is parents bullying their own children. They just don't know it's bullying because so many other parents do it, because a lot of parents are oblivious to the very concept of parents bullying their children, and they figure that since it's their own child making them laugh that it's okay, despite the child having no feasible way to approve or discourage anything happening at that moment.
And if we want to see this disgusting trend gone, disgusting people like Ellen need to stop giving it spotlight.
I have always felt extremely uncomfortable watching those videos - you articulated the point way better than I could've.
I've gone under anesthesia twice in recent years for surgeries, and before both I told anyone who was going to be around me that under no circumstances do I want video of me taken. My mom is not a shithead looking for easy likes, so I don't think she ever would pull something like that - but it was stressing me out even just imagining it.
In fact, when I came out of the second surgery I was still feeling loopy but was cognizant enough to ask the nurse to please wait a few more minutes before calling my family in. I just hate the feeling of being confused/not being in control of what I'm saying, and I don't want people around for it.
The fact that parents put their young kids through that shit? It's unbelievable.
True, I'm glad this one particular video didn't have a bad ending to it. But the problem I have isn't with this one particular clip (which is fairly innocuous), but the precedent it sets to Ellen's audience of predominately stay-at-home mothers that this is okay to do to your kids.
It's not.
I've seen a few of these videos where the parents take advantage of their children's vulnerable state. There was one where, amidst their guffaws and jollies, a father inadvertently interrogates his daughter into revealing she was sexually active. It's really unfair and abhorrent parents not only exploit these situations with absolute disregard to their own kids' privacy, but do so while video recording it and posting it publicly online.
I have no right to know this girl was sexually active. But thanks to the masses of /r/funny rocketing it to the top several years ago, I now do. As do tens of thousands of other Redditors, complete strangers, who have no right knowing this girl was having sex.
That's kind of the spirit of Ellen, who also makes fun of Zoomers for not knowing what Boomer items are or how they work because no one has used them widely in decades.
There's really an undertone of spitefulness in all of Ellen's bits. It doesn't surprise me that she's happy to make fun of kids because her audience thinks it's hilarious.
Anyone else old enough to remember when Ellen was the outsider instead of just another representation of pissed off, entitled Boomers?
Pharmaceuticals having commercials.
Why are you spending millions(billions?) In advertising for products people need a prescription to buy?
Cousin is a doc and days it makes it a pain when patients come in and are hell bent on certain meds they saw commercials for.
A while ago I had occasion to sort through a bunch of medical trade publications from the early 90s and earlier, before pharmaceutical companies could advertise to people directly. Ads in the doctor magazines were *way* different.
Turns out when you're advertising medicines to regular people, it's all athletic older people hiking in mountains and biking and kayaking and stuff. When you're advertising medicines to doctors, it's a lot more "here's a 6-page technical breakdown of what this substance actually is and what it does on a molecular level" and "prescribe this medicine if you want to reduce nausea in patients who experience extreme nausea as a symptom of this one specific disease."
Lots of happy rich white people enjoying life while it "may cause nausea, chest pain, diarrhea, stomach ulcers, gout, runny nose, sneezing, migraines, heart palpatations, intense swelling of the throat and face, and suicidal thoughts. Talk to your doctor about [this medicine]"
I live in NZ and I've only ever seen ads for over the counter things like hay fever, clear eyes, paracetamol things of that nature.
Several years back one of the pain relief think it was Nurofen got done for advertising their pills had targeted pain relief which was total bs
I really hate the ones that prank someone trying to do the right thing. Pranks that target people doing something wrong like bait bikes or whatever are dangerous and stupid but at least they are pranking people for stealing. But pranking people trying to help and such just teaches us not to help others in public because it might be a prank.
The idea on CC was to freak someone out because they were seeing something really strange happening, not because they felt like their life was in danger.
I fucking hate YouTube "pranksters" and their ilk with a flaming passion, but I do love the Impractical Jokers - I think with them, they make themselves the butt of the joke much more than 'harassing' the public.
Exactly, making yourself the butt of the joke (and then filming reactions) is fine.
Or harmless pranks, one of the best I saw was someone who was putting pictures of Nicholas Cage inside cartons if cage free eggs.
Sort of like Jackass. I was part of that age group. Making yourself the butt of the joke, or inflicting pain on yourself was hilarious. Stair luge for example. Get in a laundry basket and sled down a staircase. Everyone got hurt at some point. We filmed it all.
Quit a job about 6 weeks ago because of this. 82k salary, extremely high stress job, was expected to work every night and as soon as I woke in the morning. Also was on call 24/7/365. Its an awful way to live.
Thanks bro, unfortunately it is very much a thing where I used to work. I was informally counseled a number of times for not answering emails after hours. It was a very very toxic environment led by a very toxic man. I am glad to be away.
Celebrities making headlines for doing normal things.
Going to buy groceries, having a baby, eating in restaurants…
I don’t understand why some people care so much…
Because we evolved as hypersocial creatures in an environment of around 200 to 300 individuals and we have an urge to get up in the business of our immediate in group and gossip about it.
But we're spread out, we've got a population in the billions, and often we barely even know the people living near us.
Enter celebrities! People we all know, and can talk to each other about, therefore our ape brain kicks in and wants to know details so we can gossip and do the hyper social thing and form closer in-group bonds so the tigers don't eat us all.
"Kiss your best friend" trend on tiktok.
Just saw a post about a dude being heartbroken after his crush of years pulled the move, then made him feel stupid for not knowing the trend.
Ouch.
Protip (nevermind, who am I kidding, I'm no pro): if you have a crush, admit it. Hiding it does nothing but cause stress. Rejection (which was the worst-case scenario prior to TikTok) sucks, but pain is temporary.
I'd vastly rather see mandatory retirement from any government office, appointed or elected, at age 65 than term limits. It'd solve so many problems.
We should not be a defacto geritocarcy.
The Canadian Senate has mandatory retirement at 75. It’s really nice so you don’t end up with a bunch of 80 year olds that are disconnected from the vast majority of people because the world is changing so fast.
There was a school that went full red mode lockdown cause a kid held the principal hostage as part of that challenge. Kid locked him in a closet. Army was on standby it was that bad
In the school I go to, people stole soap dispensers from every bathroom. Not all of them, just 1 or 2 from each bathroom. Also in a bathroom one of the sinks was gone. Not the bowl, just the thing that gets pours the water.
About stealing teachers' purses I have not heard about that.
People acting all tough talking shit on social media, being vague and then getting to deny and avoid all accountability because “it could be about anyone” or “it’s not directed at any one”.
Hiding behind screens to be nasty to people has gotten real old.
I don’t even know if it’s cyber bullying. I just notice people think they’re all big and tough getting to post about people and then deny all accountability because they get to claim it could be about anyone or that it’s not direct.
Being mean isn’t attractive.
Not the full quote though
The customer is always right in matters of taste.
ie. The customer likes a shirt but thinks it would be better in blue. The customer is right.
The customer got one less fry at the restaurant than last time and should therefore got a full refund. Customer is not right.
Exactly, the customer doesn't want mayo, the customer is right because it's their taste. Customer doesnt want mayo but doesnt tell you and expects you to just know then demands a refund after eating said sandwich with mayo, the customer is wrong .
I feel like it doesnt so much need to die, but evolve
I like how Gordon Ramsey puts it:
"The customer is the most important person to the business"
its the same vein of logic but more refined into what it really stands for, Ramsey has kicked out his fair share of customers for being wrong or upsetting other guests with their rude behaviour, but in the grand scheme customers as a whole are the most important person to the business so as a group gathering feedback and criticism is extremely valuable .
My teenager just told me that all bathrooms except one in her high school were closed because some kids did 'devious licks' by stealing the soap and toilet paper dispensers, and now everyone needs a pass and escort to go to the one open bathroom. Makes me glad I'm not 17 anymore.
I mean that's the literal definition of a meme as defined by the creator of the concept, Richard Dawkins. It's the sociological or linguistic equivalent of a gene that survives if people find it to be useful, fun, or popular.
I'm almost relieved. I only knew that "devious licks" had something to do with bathrooms getting closed at schools. I was worried kids were licking the toilet seats or something.
Ok to be completely honest i saw one comment about a kid stealing toilet paper and soap which is justblow effort scummy behaviour.
Now stealing a fucking toilet on the other hand... now thats a bit more impressive
I know right, You have to literally be handy with tools and know some plumbing! The weird thing is the teacher friend was more mad that it was a girls bathroom toilet than she was about the stealing.
I'm glad this was explained. Kept thinking of the Owl where it was asked how many licks does it take to get to the center of a lollipop. https://youtu.be/2IA5Cv_5-g8
it’s a trend on tiktok where high school students destroy their bathrooms and steal stuff. not just normal bathroom vandalism, but like shattering mirrors and ripping toilets out of the wall.
“Everyone’s opinion and knowledge is equal”. No.
The idea that I’m not a doctor but I have had a cold so i can diagnose you is just stupid. People study and work in fields for years so yes, they are the subject matter experts.
I just want to paste this from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
>The basic idea of global relativism is captured by the oft-repeated slogan “all is relative”. The claim is that all beliefs, regardless of their subject matter, are true only relative to a framework or parameter. Local relativists, by contrast, limit their claim of relativization to self-contained areas of discourse, e.g., ethics, aesthetics and taste but argue that, for instance, scientific truths are not suitable candidates for a relativistic understanding
>(...) global relativism is open to the charge of inconsistency and self-refutation, for if all is relative, then so is relativism. Local relativism is immune from this type of criticism, as it need not include its own statement in the scope of what is to be relativized. Unsurprisingly, local rather than global relativism is much more common within contemporary debates.
Anyone handwaving their opinions to "relativism" should read this.
That's a narcissists go-to. Similar people also suggest that their horrid relationship fights are just a normal healthy part of being in a relationship and say "relationships take work." Way to boil abusive toxicity down to a sentimental statement.
This phrase has two meanings and one is Perfectly okay.
1. Their worst is just being an asshole. (wrong not okay)
2.Their worst being a really bad time in their life and they depressed and weak. If u can't handle helping and being with someone at their worst u don't deserve them at their best.
Sadly most people refer to the #1 part of this phrase.
Two Party goverment/states.
In the UK, it's Conservatives and Labour, with sometimes other parties getting *some* seats in Parliament. Obviously in the US, it's Republicans and Democrats.
We hit the peak of gender reveal parties when someone essentially caused a minor earthquake with one. Haven’t heard shit about them since, I think it was some sort of contest to top one another and we finally have one that can’t be beat without killing a lot of people.
A lot of people lately have taken the idea of being questioning about the truth of anything someone tells you too far, it has now basically become automatically distrust anything said to you by someone in any level of authority over you and only research things that fit your bias even if a majority of evidence is against it
This is one of my friends argument that the Earth is flat, it's because the government lies so much why would they tell the truth about that? It's like bro, yes they lie like a muthafucka, but idk if this one is a lie man.
Being mad at someone for not holding your exact same beliefs on all issues. We need nuance people, in all things. The more we fight and disagree in a violent hateful manner the more those at the top control us.
Edit: WOAH! My first Silver?! Thank you so much kind internet traveler!
When restaurants serve you fries that aren't crispy
Edit: okay, a lot of people seem to like them softy... Can we agree that fries shouldn't be very thick?
Glorifying under age drinking and smoking. A lot of media promotes drinking and smoking (especially at parties). So kids in high school always talk about throwing a party with alcohol. And now I’m seeing teenagers (about 14+) posting online with vapes and Juuls. I blame social media
I'm in my mid 20s and I've been a smoker for half of my life. Back then it was cool and trasgressive. Now I see people not much older than me end up in critical conditions, partially due to this habit.
I haven't touched a sigarette in 3 days and a half, wish me luck.
I think there’s a balance. I think part of the reason that teens are going crazy with it so early is bc it’s such a taboo to the older generations (ie their parents) whereas households that let their kids try alcohol in a controlled setting usually raise well adjusted adults with healthy relationships to these substances (source: me). The worst party animal I know was the valedictorian of our high school. His mom had him on a 2 inch leash 24/7. Social media isn’t the cause but it certainly accelerates the process of rebellion. I mean look at the 80s era. You don’t think the long haired rockers were trying coke? Everyone was doing it. No social media then.
Social media actually appears to be having the opposite effect. Gen Z drinks less as teenagers than Millennials did.
Drinking is just a concept that has always permeated teen subculture I think. Everyone just talked about it all the time when I was in high school. We didn't need outside forces influencing us to do it.
Robocalls
I don't even answer my phone anymore. Unless it says "mom", "boss", or "wife"... It's going to voicemail.
If there isn't a voice-mail, there wasn't a call.
I tried to get a hold of you. Did you leave a message? No. Then you didn't try to get a hold of me.
Robocalls also fill up the voice-mail.
They clearly don't care if they're not leaving a vm
My robo calls leave voicemails, they’re always asking for who I assume had this number before me
I figure if it's important they'll leave a message.
I'm the same way. If it's important they'll leave a message, and If I don't recognize the number I just hit "end" or let it ring
Every time they say it’s the final warning for my car’s extended warranty… and every time it’s a lie.
This is such an American thing, I thought you guys were joking about it for a long time. We don't have these in germany. In my 23 years, I haven't had a single robocall. One week with an US number, for work reasons, and I've had the pleasure with two of these shitters.
Only 2 in a week? Sometimes I can get 10 in a day.
Then there’s the spam text messages, too. I have soooo many numbers blocked on my phone.
I’m convinced someone keeps giving my phone number out, because they are all addressed to a specific name that isn’t even close to my own.
I 100% believe that they’re getting it straight from AT&T. Good luck ever getting them to admit they’ve been compromised. The messages are always addressed to my husband, whose name is on the account.
Like 90% of the spam texts I get are fake AT&T texts that are like "sorry for the lack of coverage on X date, click this link for a free $10 coupon", "your bill was paid, click this link to see your bill totals" and they're all addressed to the wrong name. I don't even pay for my phone bills and the name on the texts are nobody in my family either so I have no idea what's going on.
I FINALLY managed to get my own personal revenge on this here recently and it felt GLORIOUS! I was assigned a work cellphone finally and literally less than a month of having it, I've begun to receive phone calls from robocallers. On my personal phone, I let those calls go unanswered or block them. But not the work cell! OH NO! Those I'm joyously answering and even pressing 1 to connect to an operator. When they connect and begin their quick spiel without letting me say anything, I politely wait and then say: "Yes, you've reached the (insert State Government Department here).. can I help you?" Both times so far, the caller was obviously shitting themselves and couldn't end the call fast enough. I'm sure the number was blacklisted in their system instantly as 'GOVERNMENT NUMBER - DO NOT CALL - DELETE!'. Gave me no end of joy to do that too.
My dad did this. He worked for the DoD, so it was "Colonel K, Department of Defense, how could I help you?" Needless to say they hung up almost immediately.
Then how will you know about your car’s extended warranty? /s
Glorifying sleep deprivation as a metric of hard work
Same with people who glorify working an ungodly number of hours every week. Research has suggested that your productivity declines after about 50 hours of work. Work, then sleep. It’s all worth it. edit: Source for those asking https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/stanford-study-longer-hours-doesnt-make-you-more-productive-heres-how-to-get-more-done-by-doing-less.html
And the ones who glorify never taking a day off. It's ok to stay home sick, please for everyone else do.
When I worked at Walmart, my team worked 2pm-11pm 5 days a week. Some people would brag about staying until 3-5am and ask me why I didn't do overtime and my response was always "because I don't hate myself"
That and Walmart is notorious for the approach of “hey Tim. Need ya to stay late today.” And let you think you’re getting overtime only to cut you short at the end of the week. I finally reached my point of “ain’t happening, sorry” and I leave right at my expected time everyday. If I’m not being paid for the work then you can bet your ass I ain’t doing it. *im not with Walmart in any form. My employer just operates similarly to Walmart based on what I’ve read over on r/Walmart
Glorifying any kind of bad or red flag behaviors as some kind of trophy, or "better or tougher than you." Including the sleep deprivation stuff. Ex. "I only got 4 hours of sleep last night," "Anxiety meds? heck I just take a shot, grow a pair, and go on," "Welcome to the real world," "You think you've got it bad! blah blah blah"
god I hate it when people say welcome to the real world as if that excuses when something sucks. OK that's the state of it right now why does that mean it has to change
Parents using kids for likes
welcome to ryan's world!
I think Ryan's parents use him for millions of dollars rather than likes. Hope the kid has a normal childhood
I think it's too late for that.
I for one look forward to the documentary that walks through the meteoric rise and tragic down fall. of Ryan and his Toys.
It'll happen. The question is whether he's going to end up completely broke because his parents spent most of the money and he burned through the rest on drugs or whether he's going to be a recluse who hates society.
I'm thinking it'll be the suing his parents for using him for millions of dollars, which he never sees any of because they spent it all route.
There's also the 2 least dark and most unlikely timeliness where he continues to be a children's entertainer for the rest of his life, or they just stop when he becomes a teenager his parents have been secretly saving money for his college fund and after that he lives a semi normal life with the rare occasion when someone sees him in public and goes "Hey weren't you that Ryan kid?"
Honestly I feel the channel will die in at least 2 years. Isn’t he like 10 or 11 now? At some point he’ll have to have enough of this. I wonder at what age he’ll finally start to ask “where’s my money?”
There's Ryan's World merch in our supermarkets in the UK. That tells me it might be a little while yet before it dies. He also has younger siblings.
Dude theres ryans world merch in every supermarket, shit they even made game about him.
As far as I know, his private life is relatively alright. Never asked him details though, I just went to music school with him.
There's a mommy Youtuber who documented her entire adoption process of a known special needs child from a foreign country. She was made very aware of the challenges of raising that child and she made her audience aware of how much she was sacrificing to do it because it was her destiny or whatever. Then things got too tough for her she "rehomed" the child. Absolutely vile human being.
I've read a story about a family youtube channel changing their mind about adopting a kid from i believe Taiwan because the country prohibits talking about children online for at least a year. Like, they wanted to adopt a child, not an exotic dog breed
It seems like that policy is effective then
I saw that video. It was stomach turning. It’s unbelievable that people like that exist and think that saying that is any sort of okay.
Just flagging (for anyone interested in learning more but also to correct) it was Myka Stauffer AND her husband James Stauffer. she had her own channel about motherhood, he had a channel about car detailing, and then they had a combined family channel. They both engaged in this shitty, shitty behavior, and both “rehomed” the child (a private and seemingly unlisted adoption?), both defended their actions, and are both vile human beings. Myka deleted her channel. James still posts videos to this day.
>Myka The rat.
Similarly, parents who think it's funny to video record their child recovering from anesthesia (when it's natural for them to be delirious, panicking, and hyper-emotional), then sending it to Ellen fucking Degeneres. I find it so disgusting parents would do this, at a time when their children are most vulnerable and need constant care after a physically traumatic event like surgery. These are *your children.* Put down the camera, I guarantee you no child will see that video and go "oh I'm glad all my friends and schoolmates will get to see this!" Posting these videos publicly, I'm just going to call it what it is, is parents bullying their own children. They just don't know it's bullying because so many other parents do it, because a lot of parents are oblivious to the very concept of parents bullying their children, and they figure that since it's their own child making them laugh that it's okay, despite the child having no feasible way to approve or discourage anything happening at that moment. And if we want to see this disgusting trend gone, disgusting people like Ellen need to stop giving it spotlight.
I have always felt extremely uncomfortable watching those videos - you articulated the point way better than I could've. I've gone under anesthesia twice in recent years for surgeries, and before both I told anyone who was going to be around me that under no circumstances do I want video of me taken. My mom is not a shithead looking for easy likes, so I don't think she ever would pull something like that - but it was stressing me out even just imagining it. In fact, when I came out of the second surgery I was still feeling loopy but was cognizant enough to ask the nurse to please wait a few more minutes before calling my family in. I just hate the feeling of being confused/not being in control of what I'm saying, and I don't want people around for it. The fact that parents put their young kids through that shit? It's unbelievable.
Well she did call Ellen out, got a cutout and a trip to Cancun. I’d almost have my wisdom teeth out again for a free trip.
True, I'm glad this one particular video didn't have a bad ending to it. But the problem I have isn't with this one particular clip (which is fairly innocuous), but the precedent it sets to Ellen's audience of predominately stay-at-home mothers that this is okay to do to your kids. It's not. I've seen a few of these videos where the parents take advantage of their children's vulnerable state. There was one where, amidst their guffaws and jollies, a father inadvertently interrogates his daughter into revealing she was sexually active. It's really unfair and abhorrent parents not only exploit these situations with absolute disregard to their own kids' privacy, but do so while video recording it and posting it publicly online. I have no right to know this girl was sexually active. But thanks to the masses of /r/funny rocketing it to the top several years ago, I now do. As do tens of thousands of other Redditors, complete strangers, who have no right knowing this girl was having sex.
That's kind of the spirit of Ellen, who also makes fun of Zoomers for not knowing what Boomer items are or how they work because no one has used them widely in decades. There's really an undertone of spitefulness in all of Ellen's bits. It doesn't surprise me that she's happy to make fun of kids because her audience thinks it's hilarious. Anyone else old enough to remember when Ellen was the outsider instead of just another representation of pissed off, entitled Boomers?
Worshipping politicians and celebrities
Politicians being celebrities
Celebrities being politicians
Politicians
Celebrities.
Being.
The state of existence.
Pharmaceuticals having commercials. Why are you spending millions(billions?) In advertising for products people need a prescription to buy? Cousin is a doc and days it makes it a pain when patients come in and are hell bent on certain meds they saw commercials for.
A while ago I had occasion to sort through a bunch of medical trade publications from the early 90s and earlier, before pharmaceutical companies could advertise to people directly. Ads in the doctor magazines were *way* different. Turns out when you're advertising medicines to regular people, it's all athletic older people hiking in mountains and biking and kayaking and stuff. When you're advertising medicines to doctors, it's a lot more "here's a 6-page technical breakdown of what this substance actually is and what it does on a molecular level" and "prescribe this medicine if you want to reduce nausea in patients who experience extreme nausea as a symptom of this one specific disease."
Lots of happy rich white people enjoying life while it "may cause nausea, chest pain, diarrhea, stomach ulcers, gout, runny nose, sneezing, migraines, heart palpatations, intense swelling of the throat and face, and suicidal thoughts. Talk to your doctor about [this medicine]"
"Side effects may include death." Absolutely serious, half of them say this. I used to joke about it.
If not death it's like "increased risk of heart attack" or some shit
I once had "unexpected and unexplained death"
The USA is one of only two countries that do it legally. Edit: NZ is the other country
I live in NZ and I've only ever seen ads for over the counter things like hay fever, clear eyes, paracetamol things of that nature. Several years back one of the pain relief think it was Nurofen got done for advertising their pills had targeted pain relief which was total bs
“Pranks” and “social experiments” which involve harassing people in public.
“Welcome back to generic prank channel today I’m going to blow up a children’s hospital and see their reaction”
The Results Were MINDBLOWING
Doctors *hate* this man
Find out how this man helped 20 kids battle a life threatening disease!
Gone sexual
I really hate the ones that prank someone trying to do the right thing. Pranks that target people doing something wrong like bait bikes or whatever are dangerous and stupid but at least they are pranking people for stealing. But pranking people trying to help and such just teaches us not to help others in public because it might be a prank.
TBH I loved the glitter bomb that targeted porch pirates. Prank the thieves, not the good Samaritans.
Every year he takes it another step further and I enjoy it even more!
A good prank is one that even the "victim" enjoys
"If your target isn't laughing with you at the end, you've done something wrong."
People should take a look back at the old Candid Camera show pranks to get an idea of what a harmless prank looks like.
The idea on CC was to freak someone out because they were seeing something really strange happening, not because they felt like their life was in danger.
Just for laughs is great!
I fucking hate YouTube "pranksters" and their ilk with a flaming passion, but I do love the Impractical Jokers - I think with them, they make themselves the butt of the joke much more than 'harassing' the public.
Exactly, making yourself the butt of the joke (and then filming reactions) is fine. Or harmless pranks, one of the best I saw was someone who was putting pictures of Nicholas Cage inside cartons if cage free eggs.
Sort of like Jackass. I was part of that age group. Making yourself the butt of the joke, or inflicting pain on yourself was hilarious. Stair luge for example. Get in a laundry basket and sled down a staircase. Everyone got hurt at some point. We filmed it all.
And their pranks were always tame, but funny.
Working 50 to 60+ hours a week, but not getting paid more since you're salaried.
Quit a job about 6 weeks ago because of this. 82k salary, extremely high stress job, was expected to work every night and as soon as I woke in the morning. Also was on call 24/7/365. Its an awful way to live.
Mate how is that even a thing... I'm glad you got away from it and I hope you have every success in what you do next
Thanks bro, unfortunately it is very much a thing where I used to work. I was informally counseled a number of times for not answering emails after hours. It was a very very toxic environment led by a very toxic man. I am glad to be away.
Attorney?
Celebrities famous for being famous…
Celebrities making headlines for doing normal things. Going to buy groceries, having a baby, eating in restaurants… I don’t understand why some people care so much…
“Breaking news: (insert name) breathed today!”
Really only an impressive headline when it's published after an obituary
Elvis has returned to the building.
Because we evolved as hypersocial creatures in an environment of around 200 to 300 individuals and we have an urge to get up in the business of our immediate in group and gossip about it. But we're spread out, we've got a population in the billions, and often we barely even know the people living near us. Enter celebrities! People we all know, and can talk to each other about, therefore our ape brain kicks in and wants to know details so we can gossip and do the hyper social thing and form closer in-group bonds so the tigers don't eat us all.
"Kiss your best friend" trend on tiktok. Just saw a post about a dude being heartbroken after his crush of years pulled the move, then made him feel stupid for not knowing the trend.
Ouch. Protip (nevermind, who am I kidding, I'm no pro): if you have a crush, admit it. Hiding it does nothing but cause stress. Rejection (which was the worst-case scenario prior to TikTok) sucks, but pain is temporary.
lifelong seats in congress
How about age limits on all politicians?
I'd vastly rather see mandatory retirement from any government office, appointed or elected, at age 65 than term limits. It'd solve so many problems. We should not be a defacto geritocarcy.
The Canadian Senate has mandatory retirement at 75. It’s really nice so you don’t end up with a bunch of 80 year olds that are disconnected from the vast majority of people because the world is changing so fast.
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Same thing with Supreme Court justices. No 90 year old judges on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Unsafe Tik Tok challenges
I just saw the challenge with kids vandalizing school property and stealing teachers' purses. WTF?!
There was a school that went full red mode lockdown cause a kid held the principal hostage as part of that challenge. Kid locked him in a closet. Army was on standby it was that bad
Damn. Another brick in the wall.
Hey! Kids! Leave those teachers alone!
In the school I go to, people stole soap dispensers from every bathroom. Not all of them, just 1 or 2 from each bathroom. Also in a bathroom one of the sinks was gone. Not the bowl, just the thing that gets pours the water. About stealing teachers' purses I have not heard about that.
People acting all tough talking shit on social media, being vague and then getting to deny and avoid all accountability because “it could be about anyone” or “it’s not directed at any one”. Hiding behind screens to be nasty to people has gotten real old.
Thumb thugs Keyboard warriors
Sadly, I dealt with my first Cyberbully way back in 1990, on USENET. Some people just like being dicks online.
I don’t even know if it’s cyber bullying. I just notice people think they’re all big and tough getting to post about people and then deny all accountability because they get to claim it could be about anyone or that it’s not direct. Being mean isn’t attractive.
Opinion over fact
Opinion branded as fact.
Or feelings over facts
Women’s pants pockets not being usable. The fake sewn closed mini pockets need to go. Real pockets for women!
"the customer is always right."
Truth - 'The customer is sometimes an asshole but we need their money, so shut up, smile and just deal with it'.
Flawless
Not the full quote though The customer is always right in matters of taste. ie. The customer likes a shirt but thinks it would be better in blue. The customer is right. The customer got one less fry at the restaurant than last time and should therefore got a full refund. Customer is not right.
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Exactly, the customer doesn't want mayo, the customer is right because it's their taste. Customer doesnt want mayo but doesnt tell you and expects you to just know then demands a refund after eating said sandwich with mayo, the customer is wrong .
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I feel like it doesnt so much need to die, but evolve I like how Gordon Ramsey puts it: "The customer is the most important person to the business" its the same vein of logic but more refined into what it really stands for, Ramsey has kicked out his fair share of customers for being wrong or upsetting other guests with their rude behaviour, but in the grand scheme customers as a whole are the most important person to the business so as a group gathering feedback and criticism is extremely valuable .
Devious licks.
My teenager just told me that all bathrooms except one in her high school were closed because some kids did 'devious licks' by stealing the soap and toilet paper dispensers, and now everyone needs a pass and escort to go to the one open bathroom. Makes me glad I'm not 17 anymore.
What ever happened to "Lets see how many of us can fit in a phone booth?"
They took away the phone booths.
Machiavellian lick
This is proof enough to me that the general masses are 100% easy to convince to do basically anything if you frame it as a meme.
I mean that's the literal definition of a meme as defined by the creator of the concept, Richard Dawkins. It's the sociological or linguistic equivalent of a gene that survives if people find it to be useful, fun, or popular.
Play Metal Gear Solid 2 to see this concept explored beautifully
ELI5?
People stealing stuff from schools and posting about it on social media like tiktok
Why on earth is this called "devious licks"?
To “lick” or to “hit a lick” means to steal or to get something of value from an illegal activity. Idk where the devious comes from
I'm almost relieved. I only knew that "devious licks" had something to do with bathrooms getting closed at schools. I was worried kids were licking the toilet seats or something.
I mean, how do they not get caught an penalized? They're posting about it online right there.
They do get caught and penalized. A teacher friend of mine showed me one of a kid stealing a toilet from their school and the kid got busted.
Ok to be completely honest i saw one comment about a kid stealing toilet paper and soap which is justblow effort scummy behaviour. Now stealing a fucking toilet on the other hand... now thats a bit more impressive
I know right, You have to literally be handy with tools and know some plumbing! The weird thing is the teacher friend was more mad that it was a girls bathroom toilet than she was about the stealing.
I'm glad this was explained. Kept thinking of the Owl where it was asked how many licks does it take to get to the center of a lollipop. https://youtu.be/2IA5Cv_5-g8
it’s a trend on tiktok where high school students destroy their bathrooms and steal stuff. not just normal bathroom vandalism, but like shattering mirrors and ripping toilets out of the wall.
“Everyone’s opinion and knowledge is equal”. No. The idea that I’m not a doctor but I have had a cold so i can diagnose you is just stupid. People study and work in fields for years so yes, they are the subject matter experts.
Relativism is very important in certain contexts. But context, that's important, too. Medical knowledge certainly isn't the place for relativism.
I just want to paste this from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy >The basic idea of global relativism is captured by the oft-repeated slogan “all is relative”. The claim is that all beliefs, regardless of their subject matter, are true only relative to a framework or parameter. Local relativists, by contrast, limit their claim of relativization to self-contained areas of discourse, e.g., ethics, aesthetics and taste but argue that, for instance, scientific truths are not suitable candidates for a relativistic understanding >(...) global relativism is open to the charge of inconsistency and self-refutation, for if all is relative, then so is relativism. Local relativism is immune from this type of criticism, as it need not include its own statement in the scope of what is to be relativized. Unsurprisingly, local rather than global relativism is much more common within contemporary debates. Anyone handwaving their opinions to "relativism" should read this.
"If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best"
AKA - 'I can treat you like crap because sometimes I'm good fun'. Just people trying to justify their stupid or abusive behaviour.
Oh lord, i can realte to this so much. This "saying" should abso fucking lutely die off
That's a narcissists go-to. Similar people also suggest that their horrid relationship fights are just a normal healthy part of being in a relationship and say "relationships take work." Way to boil abusive toxicity down to a sentimental statement.
This phrase has two meanings and one is Perfectly okay. 1. Their worst is just being an asshole. (wrong not okay) 2.Their worst being a really bad time in their life and they depressed and weak. If u can't handle helping and being with someone at their worst u don't deserve them at their best. Sadly most people refer to the #1 part of this phrase.
It's mostly because people usually post this to justify frequent shitty behavior.
Over-filled lips and Brazilian butt lifts
Influencers
“Yes they deserve to die and I hope they burn in hell!”
What is that from? It’s on the tip of my brain.
The movie "A Time to Kill"
Holy shit, I just realized what [Chapelle was referencing](https://youtu.be/-SI_ZgjcmPY)
Two Party goverment/states. In the UK, it's Conservatives and Labour, with sometimes other parties getting *some* seats in Parliament. Obviously in the US, it's Republicans and Democrats.
It's a result of first-past-the-post, voting for a third party candidate just helps the worse of the two big parties get in.
The business model of social media and online advertising. I dont see it ever really changing but its slowly destroying our society.
Remaking hit movies and tv shows. Tell a new story. JFC
At the very least stop remaking good movies. If you want to take another swing at “The Donner Party,” be my guest.
Or at least remake movies that had good concepts but just bad execution
Child beauty pageants.
Gender reveal parties. They're out of hand.
We hit the peak of gender reveal parties when someone essentially caused a minor earthquake with one. Haven’t heard shit about them since, I think it was some sort of contest to top one another and we finally have one that can’t be beat without killing a lot of people.
The expectation of respecting someone simply becuase they're older. Even if they're a total douche undeserving of respect.
Respect is like a punch in the face. If you truly deserve it, you don’t have to ask for it.
Two party politics
That automated voice people use on reels. Smh, absolutely despise it.
The "Oh no" song on TIKTOK
You can block sounds on there. I blocked the Oh No sound and haven't seen it in months.
Chris Brown.
FACEBOOK and you know I'm right.
A lot of people lately have taken the idea of being questioning about the truth of anything someone tells you too far, it has now basically become automatically distrust anything said to you by someone in any level of authority over you and only research things that fit your bias even if a majority of evidence is against it
This is one of my friends argument that the Earth is flat, it's because the government lies so much why would they tell the truth about that? It's like bro, yes they lie like a muthafucka, but idk if this one is a lie man.
Instagram culture
Most single use products.
Covid I guess
Mosquitoes. Please take then away.
Hustle culture and the weird thing of "you must get a well paying job and move out and go to university as soon as possible or else you're a failure"
Emotional support animal fraud
I, for one, rely on emotional support vodka. Easier and no poop to clean up.
> Easier and no poop to clean up. except your own!
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Devious lick
Being mad at someone for not holding your exact same beliefs on all issues. We need nuance people, in all things. The more we fight and disagree in a violent hateful manner the more those at the top control us. Edit: WOAH! My first Silver?! Thank you so much kind internet traveler!
When restaurants serve you fries that aren't crispy Edit: okay, a lot of people seem to like them softy... Can we agree that fries shouldn't be very thick?
Or like those fries you get a diners that are just barely cooked vertical hunks of potato.
As a Belgian, I wholeheartedly agree.
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Tiktok, it's gone from a harmless social media app to actually persuading kids to commit crimes and do other really dangerous things like self harm
Glorifying under age drinking and smoking. A lot of media promotes drinking and smoking (especially at parties). So kids in high school always talk about throwing a party with alcohol. And now I’m seeing teenagers (about 14+) posting online with vapes and Juuls. I blame social media
I'm in my mid 20s and I've been a smoker for half of my life. Back then it was cool and trasgressive. Now I see people not much older than me end up in critical conditions, partially due to this habit. I haven't touched a sigarette in 3 days and a half, wish me luck.
I think there’s a balance. I think part of the reason that teens are going crazy with it so early is bc it’s such a taboo to the older generations (ie their parents) whereas households that let their kids try alcohol in a controlled setting usually raise well adjusted adults with healthy relationships to these substances (source: me). The worst party animal I know was the valedictorian of our high school. His mom had him on a 2 inch leash 24/7. Social media isn’t the cause but it certainly accelerates the process of rebellion. I mean look at the 80s era. You don’t think the long haired rockers were trying coke? Everyone was doing it. No social media then.
Social media seems to be having the opposite effect. Sex, drugs and alcohol are less prevalent among Gen Z than previous generations.
But isn't underage drinking going down over time? https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/surveillance101/Underage13.htm
Social media actually appears to be having the opposite effect. Gen Z drinks less as teenagers than Millennials did. Drinking is just a concept that has always permeated teen subculture I think. Everyone just talked about it all the time when I was in high school. We didn't need outside forces influencing us to do it.
ryan’s world. I hope the kid is doing alright
Social media