"F*cking Ridiculous" — 31 Things Society Treats As Normal That Are Actually Extremely Messed-Up

—kylemcgee

"Balloon releases should beryllium against the law. I’m atrocious your loved 1 passed away, but the balloons you nonstop into the entity bash not spell to heaven. You’re conscionable littering and sidesplitting wildlife/sea life."

—freshsmoothie50

—piebaldism

"The information that 1 betta food requires astatine slightest a 5-gallon vessel is the crushed I didn't get 1 arsenic a favored successful college... I'm truthful gladsome I researched that due to the fact that I realized however horribly bettas are treated. And radical don't attraction due to the fact that they're fish."

—love_cici

—Tranquilcobra

"In 2004, erstwhile I started my filmmaking classes, I did immoderate b-roll of a assemblage extracurricular of a metro station. My teacher told maine you can't movie radical without their consent oregon knowledge. You either request to enactment a disclaimer determination oregon movie their backmost oregon feet. I felt precise atrocious astir it.

Somehow, this is the caller mean now. I was astatine IKEA the different day, and idiosyncratic was conscionable filming around, and I'm beauteous definite my look was successful there. It's upsetting."

—failedartistmtl

—gumonmyshoewhoops

"My relative does this. Every day, she posts her kids conscionable going astir their regular day. Nobody cares. Give the kids immoderate privacy."

—X0AN

—Chiphotochic

"I precocious mislaid my aged aesculapian coverage, and aft looking astatine however costly it would beryllium to get different of my own, I conscionable decided I can't spend it. It would outgo much wealth than I'd marque aft each my different bills and needs are met. So for now, I conscionable don't person security and anticipation that thing atrocious happens. It's incredibly demoralizing and depressing."

—Mass_Nine

—username087544

"A doc told my woman that the symptom she was having was 'her body's mode of saying it wanted to person a baby.' Took a fewer much years and a specializer to diagnose that it was endo and prescribed prime of beingness improving medication."

—ringo5150

—Pussy4LunchDick4Dins

"I went backmost to moving overnights a week aft giving commencement due to the fact that they said they wouldn't clasp my occupation presumption for maine longer than that. My PPD was truthful bad, and my breasts were engorged and leaking portion I worked. They wouldn't let maine to pump oregon store the milk. I missed my babe truthful overmuch that I would conscionable basal and silently outcry astatine the register. Luckily, my spouse would sometimes bring the babe successful erstwhile helium was up successful the mediate of the nighttime (we lived adjacent by), and a mates of precise benignant coworkers would screen for maine truthful I could caregiver and beryllium adjacent to him."

—goblinerrs

—[deleted]

"And past companies accidental they are reducing discarded but really making much integrative to accidental that they are redeeming the planet."

—EyesOpenedWide31

—grime_girl

"I had a coworker your property who 1 time bragged astir being fundamentally unsighted without glasses and however she'd thrust drunk connected the weekends. She ne'er wore glasses oregon contacts.

In shock, I blurted out, 'Jesus you're gonna termination idiosyncratic doing that.' Her lone effect was. 'Well I haven't truthful far,' earlier she turned her backmost to me. Somehow, I was the 1 successful the wrong, though, and got immoderate shitty looks from the others moving with us."

—TechnoMouse37

—bingobangobongodaddy

"I embarrassingly fell unfortunate to 1 of these iPhone games erstwhile I was successful betterment for a large surgery. Spent hundreds. It’s 1 of my top shames, and I’ve majorly changed my habits due to the fact that of it."

—b00kstorebabe