People Are Sharing Things That Should Stop Being Socially Acceptable In 2022, And Some Are Controversial
On Saturday, Reddit user u/Realistic_Anything98 asked the question, "What is something that is socially acceptable but you can’t help thinking, 'Why?'" People came through with things that people still think are OK but really shouldn't be.
Here's some of what they said:
1."Working while sick. This expectation needs to stop. Being expected to work while sick doesn't make a good employee; it makes a bad employer. That's to say nothing of how this expectation leads to the rest of the employees getting sick too. There was a reason everyone at my previous job called the place 'the petri dish'; if one person got sick, literally everyone else would too because you either worked or went to the unemployment line."
2."Beauty pageants for children."
"Being a judge for one of them is sick."
3."Posting your life on social media — especially your children's pictures and info. Madness."
4."Texting while driving doesn’t get enough hate. So many people do it."
5."Bringing a baby to an R-rated movie. Why? It's traumatizing."
6."Driving after drinking at all. You are operating a 2-ton murder mobile. Please give the road your full attention."
7."People asking couples when they are going to have a baby. Rude and intrusive."
8."Untrained 'emotional support' animals. I’m all for service animals, but some people abuse the concept and just make shit up."
9."Honking your horn while in traffic. What do you want me to do, drive through the cars blocking the road? These people are morons."
10."Touching pregnant people's stomachs. If I ever become pregnant and some rando decides that they can just start rubbing my stomach without asking, then you bet I'm gonna be rubbing their stomach back."
11."Using a speakerphone in public places. Or having loud (should be private) conversations in public as if everyone wants to hear. I was just waiting at the Social Security office, and EVERYONE in there overheard this woman helping this man fill out his paperwork. She was shouting questions like, 'Do you have any mental disabilities?' 'Do you take medication?' Like, no one thinks that’s cool."
12."How we have become so OK with so much consumption just for the sake of it. Black Friday deals, 'sales,' new phone upgrades every year. It's all so weird."
13."Customer entitlement in retail. Returns culture. Posting bad reviews before trying to understand what actually went wrong when it comes to meeting their expectations."
14."People casually talking negatively about an unattractive/ugly person in their vicinity, and the people they are with never call them out on it and will go along with them. As an ugly woman, I find that this constantly happens to me."
15."Those baby/children’s clothes with sayings like 'Future Heartbreaker' or 'Does this shirt make me look fat?' Why?"
16."People listening to loud music on their phones in public transport without a headphone."
17."Taking pictures of strangers without permission when the context isn’t justified, especially covertly (bonus points if the person does it for the purposes of sharing/posting it). Am I the only one that thinks it is weird and creepy?"
Did they miss any? Let me know in the comments below!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
