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Gender Reveals.
Especially over the top ones that alert everybody in the tri-state area.
I'm in California. My neighborhood had to evacuate in 2020 because we were directly in the path of that huge fire in San Bernardino that was caused by one. My hatred for these parties amplified immensely after that.
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Lying about not eating before any anesthesia procedure specially outpatient procedure. You can aspirate and die even w a little bite of food or a sip of a drink (sip of water and meds usually ok). But go ahead.
Eating yes, a sip of a drink no. My source is 12 years in surgery, 5 years in private practice.
Bored Panda reached out to one Redditor who took part in the now-viral AskReddit thread. In their response, Reddit user Active-Sorbet-2756 shared a more specific approach to questionable decision-making by talking about their roommate. Specifically, their roommate once lost their keys and had to go out into town when OP was not at home and so there was no way to lock up the apartment. So, the roommate left anyway, leaving the apartment completely unattended. This was besides that other time he threw the key into the garbage after moving out.
"It’s been years since we lived together and thinking back, much of what he did seems kinda tame now," elaborated OP. "Besides the key thing, he’d often approach random dogs on the street to pet them, doesn’t matter if it’s a stray or a dog with an owner walking them."
"I think the worst he did was he once drove me and my girlfriend downtown going 60mph in a 30mph zone all because he was super proud of his trashy car and wanted to show off. Only had it for another 3 months until his brother wrecked it. Never sat in the same car with him ever again."
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Exploring those small, tight a** caves. Extremely stupid.
But just think of the rewards! Deep down at the far reaches there are dank, nondescript rocks to see! Rocks! No other way to do this other than to visit any other type or part of any cave anywhere.
Don't forget the blind, creepy bugs and fish!
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
#7
Forgiving people who are totally unapologetic unchanging abusers. Nope.
You know what's more annoying? A person that tries to convince you to forgive someone just because "he's a family/relative", even if they totally don't know what horrible things the offender did to you.
People like that seem to think family is a sacred bond, but it's not. If someone doesn't deserve that bond, you're not obligated to maintain it. Forgiving abuse just for the sake of "keeping the family together" hurts the entire family.
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Buy that shiny newer version of a thing you already have.
Never buy new things until yours is broken or the upgraded version is tangibly superior in ways that matter.
Or the item no longer has security updates.
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Riding a motorcycle without leathers. A million things can happen so fast and there you are, sliding down the pavement leaving a meat schmear.
My stepdad, who is a former EMT, was diving on the freeway and a couple on a motorcycle went past him, then got loose or the tire lost traction, they fell and slid in front of him, he slammed the breaks barely missing them.
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Drive after consuming alcohol. All my friends hate drunk driving and talk against it. They tell their parents that we're smarter than them cuz of uber....and yet I seem to be the only one in my friend group who refuses to drive after having drinks at a bar/concert/friends house.
Someone I know has gotten in 7 accidents in 3 years, 6/7 were caused by drunk drives
We asked Active-Sorbet why he thinks his roommate did what he did on the regular, and he speculated that he just probably didn't know any better.
"Some of my friends and I thought it was probably because he was from a big family and his parents were always busy with keeping the household afloat. He was homeschooled for many years because his parents moved a lot for work and didn't really teach him things that are common sense to most. Social norms were an issue for him, he’d always get in people’s space, strike up conversations with randos on the street just minding their business (we live in an introverted culture) and do weird things and then say 'that’s how people where I come from do it' though we all had doubts about it."
OP did try to talk to broach the topic of appropriateness with their roommate, explaining the cultural and social background of where they lived and how society functions. However, after some time, they came to realize that they couldn't "parent" the roommate as it started weighing down on them mentally. Let alone when nobody else bothered to do anything about it either.
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Own exotic pets like tigers, wolves, bears or chimps.
when my seven pound house cat looks at me when she is angry it terrifies me. Can you imagine that look but from a tiger???
Venomous snakes. The snake people are both fully aware how dangerous the snakes are and also overconfident on their ability to handle them.
I own great black backed seagulls, magnificent creatures but they could take your finger off without thinking with the pressure in the razor sharp beak, ya gotta be real careful handling them.
#12
Cheat on their spouse.
There's an actual culture around this that I hear a lot in music, and it's stupid af. Artists have romanticized cheating and for the life of me I can't understand why.
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Have big expensive weddings.
We had a big a*s expensive reception and a very short, sweet and to the f*****g point ceremony. I thought it was dumb but it was important to my father in law and he was the one footing the majority of the bill, hosting, and paying for the wedding planner (the latter being key). He’s also the kind of person who will spend extravagantly on flashy status items, but won’t offer to help with student loans, medical bills, down payments, etc. Is it how I would have done it if I had to write the check? Hell no. Was it the goddamn best party any of the 250 guest had ever been to? Hell yes.
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Spelunking underground caves.
Going anywhere that requires you to breath in so your rib cage will fit and hope that you’ll have room to breathe/get free/see sunlight again in the other side. No thank you.
I watched a BBC series with Rufus Sewell where he gets swept into an underground cave system and the only way out is through a tight gap that he has to get on his belly to wriggle through. He starts squeezing through and gets stuck and has a full on panic attack. I was literally on the verge of having one with him.
Nope nope, just your comment almost gave me one!
#15
Climb mountains that literally use dead bodies as landmarks.
“Can’t wait to be the next landmark on Mount Everest!”
"Feeling cute with my new green boots! Might climb Everest idk."
Book author Mark Manson explains that there are essentially 3 key reasons why people tend to do dumb things: [1] people's emotions derail their decision-making, [2] people's perception of time (avoiding future-proofing) details their decision-making, and [3] how people perceive is often derailed by status.
"I think it’s definitely several things that can add up," added OP. "Back in school it was all about status and proving yourself just to fit in. Some people never grow out of it because they keep hanging out with the same type of toxic people and perpetuating the cycle."
"Then there’s people like my roommate who was just never told these things by his parents and doesn’t know any better so he learned many things through getting into trouble. It’s maturing and understanding what the right thing is and why it matters that actually solves the problem in a lot of cases."
"Way back when a couple of my friends kept saying I should confront my roommate about the stupid things he does and talk to him about it. I mean, it worked to a point until I personally got tired and stopped but I don’t think it would have worked if he wasn’t willing to understand and do something about it."
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Free solo climbing is incredibly stupid. I don't care how long you've been climbing, climbing without ropes is incredibly stupid.
So many renowned free soloists have died from a fall. I'm all for doing what you love, but watching documentaries about these other-worldly free climbers and then hearing about their deaths is just sad
#17
Getting an eyeball tattoo.
Do whatever the hell you want, just don't come to me crying, because you lost your eyesight. Nah, I don't feel sorry for you, that was your own damn fault!
I’m going to add, doing extreme body modification and then complaining about how:
- Nobody wants to be around you.
- Your kids hate you/your family is embarrassed by you.
- You can’t get a job.
- You’re not welcome in public places.
- You’re flat-out banned from privately-owned spaces such as restaurants.
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Get a BBL.
Brazilian butt lift. I’ve read some absolute horror stories about the recovery and botched procedures. Any plastic surgery operation can be botched obviously but BBLs are known to be especially dangerous.
Especially because eventually the big booties are going to go the way of the big boobs of the 90’s..people should not alter their bodies just to fit the current trend.
I have only seen one that was done well. They tend to look like diaper butts.
Manson suggests several tactics on how people can make better decisions:
- writing ideas out helps people look at them more objectively. You begin questioning yourself why you thought that way and what your assumptions for thinking were;
- since bad decisions are often emotional ones, tackling anxiety is a good way of dealing with it altogether. This means doing that which is not automatic or comfortable for us;
- identify and work on your weaknesses. Even knowing is half the battle, so whenever you're making a decision, keep in mind how your weaknesses might affect it in the long run; and
- in turn, create an environment that would tackle those weak spots, compensating for whatever damage they might cause. Don't want to get tempted with junk food? Don't have it at home. Can't meet deadlines? Promise folks you'll do it and now you're gonna have to worry about disappointment on top of it all.