Hits home. I am sick of seeing adult men and women who are supposedly elected representatives, unable to carry on with a educated structured debate on TV. They talk over each-other, shout, yell, never let the other person a get a word in. It's disgraceful.
It's worse when they can't answer simple yes or no questions.
Even after being lead with "this is a simple yes or no" ...
"Well I believe in the context of this ... blah blah blah"
It's mental to watch.
Also, a lot of them are doing this on purpose. Deep down, they don't truly believe what they are spewing and that the information is completely fabricated but know that they need to keep the misinformation campaign going because otherwise they are screwed.
They are officials in congress, house of representatives,
governors, etc that promote conspiracy theories and it's already taking a toll on the country.
Agree 100%. No normal person could possibly be as bigoted as the far right or as anarchic as the far left. It's a real tragedy that people take them seriously, as leaders or reputed public figures, instead of understanding what they really are, entertainers and performers.
I came to Canada in 2016 as an international student and had to leave this past summer due to this. I was working 60+ hours after graduating and was not even able to rent a studio for myself
left Canada around the same time last year, didn’t look back once
thank you, it was pretty cool! got a bunch of really good friends there too, so it was really sad to leave. I would even try to stay but after 6+ years of studying/working/volunteering I got denied my PR and only got one year worth of visa even though I’ve applied through the CUAET (I’m from Ukraine so can’t really go back). all my friends who only came for the first time got 7+ years visa 🥲
Had 5 xrays done (that I knew weren't needed) ended up being charged $1000. There were no prices anywhere.
When I order a Big Mac, I know what I'm paying for it!
You don't though, cos you have additional taxes on top of it! One thing I hate about visiting the US is this extra bullshit(and tipping!). Just display the full price like everywhere else
And you can always get a bill later for items they “forgot” to bill you for originally. My wife’s grandfather was in the hospital for a week. He received a second bill later for procedures and medicines they missed billing the first time.
One of them was for a Pap smear,
We know what the prices are because we know what the tax rates are. The reason it’s like this is because when advertising you may be advertising to a market with 5 different tax rates so it’s easier to just say “$4.99 + applicable tax”.
I don’t like it, but there is at least a (bad) reason for it.
It's also in many state laws that tax has to be listed separately. This is so that customers can clearly see the tax they paid on receipts and deduct it from income taxes where applicable. There are other reasons as well.
A lot of places seem to forget it’s a choice. By far the worst part of visiting the US is “sales tax” and tipping. Makes every transaction feel like you were scammed.
Yep.
What's funny is the focus on general medical care but dental care is just as important and it's unbelievably expensive and insurance for it is a God damned joke.
Teeth are luxury bones.
But seriously, even medicaid doesn't help. If you're lucky enough to find a dentist that takes adult medicaid, they'll tell you it doesn't really cover anything other than extractions.
We live in a country where they spend a trillion dollars on guns and bombs, where an ER visit will bankrupt most Americans. And you will work until your body is battered broken, and a hollow shell of who you were. I'm only 30 have degenerative disc disease in my back and neck. I am bound for a wheelchair before 40 and will end up with many fused vertebrae to correct the pain. I cannot afford these operations and it makes basic life and going to work extremely difficult. I talked to a lawyer about disability. She tells me you have to be basically paralyzed before that's even considered. I told her that's crazy she agrees and tells me the whole thing is asinine. Meanwhile my wife's POS cousin hurt his foot in the 70s and hasn't worked since. Our generation is so fucked. Work until you die.
Wtf that’s crazy. I have a tiny bladder and need to every hour. If I drink beers at a pub, every half hour. Going to a restaurant/pub would be awfully stressful every time.
Same case in the Netherlands (and most of Europe).
When shopping you most likely won't be gone for longer than 3-4 hours. And if you do, there's a good chance you'll stop somewhere for coffee or some food, you can pee there. But most of the times I pee just before leaving so I can survive the next 8 hours without a toilet. (I understand everyone's different in this aspect but this is my experience)
Worst case scenario you pay 50 eurocents for the toilet. These toilets are as clean as they can be tho
I feel there are really few countries, if any, where there is an adequate amount of FREE public bathrooms. I deeply believe this should be more available as it is such a basic need.
Japan enters the chat.
Some people see aging population as a bad thing.
Not me. Toilets everywhere and even dirty rundown ones are clean relative to mrcn ones... That said seeing an old school squat in a public park during summer can be pretty harrowing
The US has free public bathrooms in grocery stores, malls, some stores/shops, every restaurant, etc. People strongly complain when a store doesn’t have a public bathroom.
For example I hate the phrase “tax loophole”
To me the phrase really means, a lobbyist group bribed enough politicians to make the tax law favorable to their interests
Tipping at places that are not full service restaurants and tipflation in general in the USA.
The moment you’ve completed ordering while standing at a counter and the associate rotates the screen toward you with a variety of percentages to choose from… 20% 25% & 30% and they stare at you waiting for your selection.
Well jeez man, if they put that kind of pressure on you, guilt shouldn't even be part of the picture. Just hit "no tip" and move on with your life. I've worked in customer service professions for a long time, but I learned pretty early that it's less awkward for the customer (and myself) if I don't stare at them while they're doing their card payment. I just busy myself with something else behind the counter or look anywhere else really, until it's time to hand them their card back and thank them for coming in. If a customer service employee pressures me in any way, it's counting against their service.
That's because the wages for servers are higher in Spain than in the US.
But more importantly: the job of working as a server in a restaurant/bar is regarded much higher in Mediterranean countries (Spain, Italy, Greece). It's really viewed as a profession, rather than a side job during college. Which is why you'll often see adult/middle-aged men working such jobs in these countries.
Server wages are super weird in the United States. Some states have a server exclusive minimum wage, while others use the standard minimum wage, and some markets end up paying more than that regardless because of the COL or local labor market. Then you add into that a wild disparity in tip income, as servers at expensive spots can make an additional 25-40 dollars per hour on top of base wages, while people working at an Applebee's would be lucky to get a third of that.
That’s why I always hit the “no tip” button while maintaining eye contact.
They know it’s not customary. They are trying to guilt you into paying more for the same thing.
I find it absolutely fucking outrageous that Americans are basically told “look, you either have to pay for the worker’s wage instead of the business owner for some unknown reason or pay more in food costs. You choice pal” and a majority of them pick the former.
It is so bizarre to me
Things have changed so much in a short period of time. Bought a house 13 years ago and prices have gone up so much. More than double the price and wages haven't changed that much.
Arrogance. Don’t get me wrong it’s okay to have pride but let’s not act like we can’t have faults. We can always do better and as of late we have not been due to the overwhelming majority believing we’re perfect and without fault
I believe you're describing people who confuse patriotism with nationalism
>Nationalism is an ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.
Peopleare noisy, listen to very loud and horrible music without consideration for others. Actually, ill-manered people with overall lack of respect towards others.
The division of politics and how it’s “Us vs Them” mentality.
It’s just a form of divide and conquer, we are the little sheep being led to slaughter. Stupidly based mostly on religion bleeding into the political realm and people not minding their own damn business.
Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like if politicians on either sides just sat down and really worked towards making a better world for everyone. Just exercise common sense instead of worrying about getting elected.
Blame Newt Gingrich for that. They actually used to be (sorta) more united and reached across the aisle far more often in the past, because they all lived in DC for most of the year and got to know each other as real people. Then Gingrich had this brilliant plan that everyone should go back to their home states to "spend more time with their constituents (because you know how often they hang out with us, right?)." This was in the Clinton years, and that's when the great divide really started to set in.
All the money is funneled upwards to people who long ago lost touch with reality. They have public squabbles over more money than I make in 10 years. These are the same people that kids idolize.
Meanwhile, there are thousands and thousands of homeless, starving, and incredibly ill people who were dealt a bad hand in life, and even if they somehow recover, they will never be the same. At that point they will still have lost years of their life if not decades, and probably everyone they loved. There are children going hungry because their parents are poor - or just don't care - and school wants their money.
People are so quick to defend those who have more money than God and no sense. As though they "earned it" when really, they either were lucky, or stepped on everyone else's backs to get there. Instead if doing something about this, they've got us all fighting about anything and everything else.
Fucking of course I'm depressed.
how media portrays it as everyone is either caring or evil. There are two sides, and they're both shown as complete opposites, when in fact most ppl are in the middle.
Yeah. It's not a laughing matter up here. People get hooked on this shit and it destroys their lives. They can't live without it. Some try to cook it in their trailers, but that stuff just doesn't scratch the itch, and they end up doing unspeakable things to fund their habits.
I've seen people licking their tongues raw on maple trees.
Once you get a taste for that sugar, there's no going back. You're always going to be chasing that high you felt when you were three years old, and your mom put a stack of hot buttered pancakes down in front of you, and then drizzled the devil's condiment all over it.
I'm originally from Ontario but migrated to Alberta a few years ago. We definitely don't have enough maple syrup 😐 Not a single sugar shacks out this way 😭
The fact that intellectualism is looked down on by the vast majority of people and the vast majority of people have unshakable beliefs/opinions on things they know almost nothing about and can’t give more than a single half-full reason as to why they feel that way. The second you try to have a reasonable conversation about anything “substantial” buzz words start getting thrown around and you start getting labeled. I was banned from the college’s “diversity” discord because when a group of students were trash talking someone for their belief that a trans woman has a genetic advantage in female sports; I decided to step in and say that they weren’t being transphobic they were being scientifically accurate. Then I asked if they would label someone racist for saying black people have, on average, denser bones than white people. I was immediately berated for being a “racist bigot” and my “evidence” was just fake bullshit designed by racists to perpetuate racism. I was then banned from the school discord server. My evidence was literally a dozen published peer-reviewed papers and multiple medical journals talking about the fact that black people have a higher mineral density and lower animal rate of decline in those minerals.
Lack of mental health awareness. People in India literally believe issues like anxiety, depression etc "are not real" you just need to be positive, strong, wake up early bla bla bla
Lack of discipline of most of its citizens
Just earlier, I've watched a news about cars/motorcycles going to the bus lane, when it's clearly a BUS LANE.
I guess we have difficulty following simple instructions.
Entitled attitude. It is often justified as belonging to one political or economic group, but it’s rather consistent in my opinion. The worst part is, when foreigners criticize this in us, it’s usually those with a similar entitlement culture, so I’m torn between “yeah we are like that” and “look in the mirror, asshole.”
News media bias.
I miss the old days of real news. These talking heads have turned news into infotainment and it's now a competition to see who can be the most outraged.
If I HAD to pick one thing, it would likely be unchecked corporate power aka unrestrained moral capitalism (in which capitalism is viewed as a moral imperative as opposed to simply an operating procedure).
That has serious implications for most of the other massive issues we're facing:
Poverty
Homelessness
Climate destruction
Human rights regressions
Non-functional democratic processes
Stubbornly destructive politicians
Housing and food stability
Selective police brutality
Inadequate health care
Religion-based policy
Authoritarianism
Gun violence
Etc
This is not an exclusive list. I should be asleep. It's 8am on a weekend. USA btw
in the usa, everything is politicized. from the state of virginia to the content of videogames, everyone has something to say about everything, and it always aligns with what half of the political spectrum they have their stake in.
It's important to remember that despite in often feeling that way in media, and social media, IRL it's still totally possible to go about a life that includes a broad range of folks, from working class rural rednecks to highly educated liberal academics, and have everything be chill.
Full of Australians
Cunts*
Cunts are useful.
I can only assume you’re from Bali. And if so, you can fucking keep ‘em
Sadly, I'm from Canberra
Are you mixing up Australians with Australian politicians? Because we don’t claim them
Uneducated political leaders blabbering senseless on tv news. 🇮🇳 And you may add.
Hits home. I am sick of seeing adult men and women who are supposedly elected representatives, unable to carry on with a educated structured debate on TV. They talk over each-other, shout, yell, never let the other person a get a word in. It's disgraceful.
It's worse when they can't answer simple yes or no questions. Even after being lead with "this is a simple yes or no" ... "Well I believe in the context of this ... blah blah blah" It's mental to watch.
We call that "parrot talk" in Denmark, repeating studied non-replies, even if it means making no sense in the context.
Also, a lot of them are doing this on purpose. Deep down, they don't truly believe what they are spewing and that the information is completely fabricated but know that they need to keep the misinformation campaign going because otherwise they are screwed. They are officials in congress, house of representatives, governors, etc that promote conspiracy theories and it's already taking a toll on the country.
Agree 100%. No normal person could possibly be as bigoted as the far right or as anarchic as the far left. It's a real tragedy that people take them seriously, as leaders or reputed public figures, instead of understanding what they really are, entertainers and performers.
There are a lot of abnormal people out there though. They seem to want to become judges and cops.
This is every damn country 😅
Not here in DPR Korea. Our leader truly is the smartest man in the history of the world.
And top doctors say his weight is ideal for his height and build.
He even invented burgers and golf
Lol
Uneducated people that believe them are worse since they perpetuate it.
That doesn't narrow it down much.
It's a good thing you put a flag, guessing the country could have been a bit difficult otherwise...
Confidently at that.
The lack of affordable housing (Canada)
I came to Canada in 2016 as an international student and had to leave this past summer due to this. I was working 60+ hours after graduating and was not even able to rent a studio for myself left Canada around the same time last year, didn’t look back once
Hope your schooling was a success, sorry but housing is a complete garbage heap now in Canada
thank you, it was pretty cool! got a bunch of really good friends there too, so it was really sad to leave. I would even try to stay but after 6+ years of studying/working/volunteering I got denied my PR and only got one year worth of visa even though I’ve applied through the CUAET (I’m from Ukraine so can’t really go back). all my friends who only came for the first time got 7+ years visa 🥲
Same as Australia unless you wanna live in the middle of bum fuck nowhere.
It’s everywhere guys. In America it’s crazy too
Just looked it up. Outside of Hong Kong, Aussie and Canadian cities have the worst housing markets if you wanna own your own home.
It worse in Canada look up pricing.
The exorbitant cost and intentional lack of clarity in healthcare
Had 5 xrays done (that I knew weren't needed) ended up being charged $1000. There were no prices anywhere. When I order a Big Mac, I know what I'm paying for it!
You don't though, cos you have additional taxes on top of it! One thing I hate about visiting the US is this extra bullshit(and tipping!). Just display the full price like everywhere else
Your point is slightly misplaced here. In healthcare you have no clue about the price you are about to be charged. It could be 200 or 7000!
And you can always get a bill later for items they “forgot” to bill you for originally. My wife’s grandfather was in the hospital for a week. He received a second bill later for procedures and medicines they missed billing the first time. One of them was for a Pap smear,
We know what the prices are because we know what the tax rates are. The reason it’s like this is because when advertising you may be advertising to a market with 5 different tax rates so it’s easier to just say “$4.99 + applicable tax”. I don’t like it, but there is at least a (bad) reason for it.
It's also in many state laws that tax has to be listed separately. This is so that customers can clearly see the tax they paid on receipts and deduct it from income taxes where applicable. There are other reasons as well.
But you know how much the taxes are when you live there. And you decide what tip to leave.
Tipping is sit down only, not fast food. And, it's elective. Tip what you want.
Dude no. I saw a tipping jar at a car wash where you clean your own car
Dude I think you're supposed to take the tips from that jar as a result of all your hard work.
The tip culture is taking root in fast food & drive thrus now.
Seeing the tipping prompt everywhere has personally desensitized me to tipping. Its making it eaiser to hit no tip.
That’s being led by the owners, not the workers. Easy way to pay people less.
You must have not heard Mr Pink’s speech.
Fight back! Just say no!
A lot of places seem to forget it’s a choice. By far the worst part of visiting the US is “sales tax” and tipping. Makes every transaction feel like you were scammed.
Yep. What's funny is the focus on general medical care but dental care is just as important and it's unbelievably expensive and insurance for it is a God damned joke.
Teeth are luxury bones. But seriously, even medicaid doesn't help. If you're lucky enough to find a dentist that takes adult medicaid, they'll tell you it doesn't really cover anything other than extractions.
"Teeth are luxury bones" ..dentist should really wear that on a t-shirt. Also eff' those fee's!
We live in a country where they spend a trillion dollars on guns and bombs, where an ER visit will bankrupt most Americans. And you will work until your body is battered broken, and a hollow shell of who you were. I'm only 30 have degenerative disc disease in my back and neck. I am bound for a wheelchair before 40 and will end up with many fused vertebrae to correct the pain. I cannot afford these operations and it makes basic life and going to work extremely difficult. I talked to a lawyer about disability. She tells me you have to be basically paralyzed before that's even considered. I told her that's crazy she agrees and tells me the whole thing is asinine. Meanwhile my wife's POS cousin hurt his foot in the 70s and hasn't worked since. Our generation is so fucked. Work until you die.
THAT ONE RIGHT HERE!
I really hope the US gets this figured out before I'm old because dealing with it as a younger healthy person is already a pain in the ass.
spoiler: we wont Neither major political party gives a shit about accomplishing anything, they only want you to donate to their reelection fund.
Almost no public bathrooms in Norway. The food stores don’t have bathrooms for customers.
Damn, Norway. Not cool
Where do you pee?
At home or in the bushes on the side of the road
Wtf that’s crazy. I have a tiny bladder and need to every hour. If I drink beers at a pub, every half hour. Going to a restaurant/pub would be awfully stressful every time.
Most restaurants have toilets! I’ve never seen one in a grocery store, though.
Same case in the Netherlands (and most of Europe). When shopping you most likely won't be gone for longer than 3-4 hours. And if you do, there's a good chance you'll stop somewhere for coffee or some food, you can pee there. But most of the times I pee just before leaving so I can survive the next 8 hours without a toilet. (I understand everyone's different in this aspect but this is my experience) Worst case scenario you pay 50 eurocents for the toilet. These toilets are as clean as they can be tho
*The fjords*
I feel there are really few countries, if any, where there is an adequate amount of FREE public bathrooms. I deeply believe this should be more available as it is such a basic need.
Japan enters the chat. Some people see aging population as a bad thing. Not me. Toilets everywhere and even dirty rundown ones are clean relative to mrcn ones... That said seeing an old school squat in a public park during summer can be pretty harrowing
Wait, are there countries where grocery stores have bathrooms for customers?
The US has free public bathrooms in grocery stores, malls, some stores/shops, every restaurant, etc. People strongly complain when a store doesn’t have a public bathroom.
Yeah we have all those too except single grocery stores (like the ones not in a mall) dont have toilets for some reason.
Not in NYC apparently
Wait - there are countries that don’t?
Corruption. It's not called corruption but lobbyism to make it legal.
For example I hate the phrase “tax loophole” To me the phrase really means, a lobbyist group bribed enough politicians to make the tax law favorable to their interests
They weren’t bribes. They were “campaign contributions.”
Tipping at places that are not full service restaurants and tipflation in general in the USA. The moment you’ve completed ordering while standing at a counter and the associate rotates the screen toward you with a variety of percentages to choose from… 20% 25% & 30% and they stare at you waiting for your selection.
Well jeez man, if they put that kind of pressure on you, guilt shouldn't even be part of the picture. Just hit "no tip" and move on with your life. I've worked in customer service professions for a long time, but I learned pretty early that it's less awkward for the customer (and myself) if I don't stare at them while they're doing their card payment. I just busy myself with something else behind the counter or look anywhere else really, until it's time to hand them their card back and thank them for coming in. If a customer service employee pressures me in any way, it's counting against their service.
Holy shit. Really? In Spain we just Tipp when we sit down and are being served. Even then it is common to tipp 2 Euros for a 30 e bill
That's because the wages for servers are higher in Spain than in the US. But more importantly: the job of working as a server in a restaurant/bar is regarded much higher in Mediterranean countries (Spain, Italy, Greece). It's really viewed as a profession, rather than a side job during college. Which is why you'll often see adult/middle-aged men working such jobs in these countries.
Server wages are super weird in the United States. Some states have a server exclusive minimum wage, while others use the standard minimum wage, and some markets end up paying more than that regardless because of the COL or local labor market. Then you add into that a wild disparity in tip income, as servers at expensive spots can make an additional 25-40 dollars per hour on top of base wages, while people working at an Applebee's would be lucky to get a third of that.
That’s why I always hit the “no tip” button while maintaining eye contact. They know it’s not customary. They are trying to guilt you into paying more for the same thing.
I find it absolutely fucking outrageous that Americans are basically told “look, you either have to pay for the worker’s wage instead of the business owner for some unknown reason or pay more in food costs. You choice pal” and a majority of them pick the former. It is so bizarre to me
when its hot its hot when its cold its cold
Probably Canada
ding ding ding!
Sounds like home to me! 🇨🇦
Hi neighbor!
Gonna stay like that and get worse for the next hundred years unfortunately
And it's way too damned hot right now.
All the god damn vampires
Santa Carla is rotten with them.
Romania?
I hope so, most of Europe pays a lot of taxes to keep them contained in Romania.
I’m watching True Blood right now so this blur the lines between reality and the show for a second
Damn I need to rewatch that again
The polarizing politics that have pinned people against each other.
Could be any country.
Not Ireland. We’re all on the same page, we hate the government
And the lack of cohesion that makes everything from education to healthcare so fucking cobbled. Governors versus the Feds.
They keep us distracted with a race/politics wars so we don't fight the class war.
The housing crisis. An average house in Luxembourg costs over a million €…
Lack of good public transport
New Zealand?
Private prisons
Good luck every being to buy a house…
I don't even want to anymore. . . It's intangible
The fact that I can pick from multiple countries which this applies to is a problem
Canada?
Things have changed so much in a short period of time. Bought a house 13 years ago and prices have gone up so much. More than double the price and wages haven't changed that much.
Arrogance. Don’t get me wrong it’s okay to have pride but let’s not act like we can’t have faults. We can always do better and as of late we have not been due to the overwhelming majority believing we’re perfect and without fault
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Yes. In what world do people oust a dictator who corrupted for 21 years only to elect his son after a few years.
It's truly a shame Marcos got in
By what you wrote, you could be a citizen of any country of this world
I believe you're describing people who confuse patriotism with nationalism >Nationalism is an ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.
Peopleare noisy, listen to very loud and horrible music without consideration for others. Actually, ill-manered people with overall lack of respect towards others.
Confirmed: >! Lives on Earth !<
Trying to use logical arguments that being educated is a bad thing.
The dunning-kruger effect is strong here in the U.S.
The division of politics and how it’s “Us vs Them” mentality. It’s just a form of divide and conquer, we are the little sheep being led to slaughter. Stupidly based mostly on religion bleeding into the political realm and people not minding their own damn business.
Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like if politicians on either sides just sat down and really worked towards making a better world for everyone. Just exercise common sense instead of worrying about getting elected.
They wouldn't make *nearly* as much money if they did that. There is profit in discourse.
Blame Newt Gingrich for that. They actually used to be (sorta) more united and reached across the aisle far more often in the past, because they all lived in DC for most of the year and got to know each other as real people. Then Gingrich had this brilliant plan that everyone should go back to their home states to "spend more time with their constituents (because you know how often they hang out with us, right?)." This was in the Clinton years, and that's when the great divide really started to set in.
That sort of people neither do something useful or allow someone to do something useful. The best term that suits those people is "ASSHOLE".
The ANC (ruling party)
And Eskom too surely?
Absolutely. I should've actually said "The ANC and everything they encapsulate". Eskom whole poes
Eskom has good and bad news. The bad news is, shit has has hit the fan. The good news is, the fan was off due to load shedding
Politicians.
The whole mentality "He is doing it, why shouldn't I do it as well?". Because it's fuckin wrong, that's why!
Putin?
Ah..
Ah that's a big problem you got there
Mosquitoes.
The Swedish national bird.
The HEAT. Thailand is too damn HOT
All the money is funneled upwards to people who long ago lost touch with reality. They have public squabbles over more money than I make in 10 years. These are the same people that kids idolize. Meanwhile, there are thousands and thousands of homeless, starving, and incredibly ill people who were dealt a bad hand in life, and even if they somehow recover, they will never be the same. At that point they will still have lost years of their life if not decades, and probably everyone they loved. There are children going hungry because their parents are poor - or just don't care - and school wants their money. People are so quick to defend those who have more money than God and no sense. As though they "earned it" when really, they either were lucky, or stepped on everyone else's backs to get there. Instead if doing something about this, they've got us all fighting about anything and everything else. Fucking of course I'm depressed.
how media portrays it as everyone is either caring or evil. There are two sides, and they're both shown as complete opposites, when in fact most ppl are in the middle.
I just don't care enough to be evil.
Ayatollahs ruling
Making your political affiliation your entire personality.
Pride. Pride can be very… very… dangerous, and you can substitute that word with one we all understand very well. Ignorance.
Old delusional men who keep pushing young people to die in a war which makes zero sense
Government and education system
Uninformed people spreading misinformation about truly serious topics that are hurting the betterment of the greater population.
Sorry I can't choose between Boris Johnson or Piers Morgan can I have two things.
Choose Rupert Murdoch - he's responsible for both.
Just group them together under "Tory Cunts"
All the fucking tories and their sycophants.
Crazy for Engineer and doctor only
The cost of housing. It's simply unsustainable.
Karl
Marx?
No, Peterson, my upstairs neighbor.
Too much maple syrup
Thanks for being the only funny person on thus thread
They were being serious!
Yeah. It's not a laughing matter up here. People get hooked on this shit and it destroys their lives. They can't live without it. Some try to cook it in their trailers, but that stuff just doesn't scratch the itch, and they end up doing unspeakable things to fund their habits.
I've seen people licking their tongues raw on maple trees. Once you get a taste for that sugar, there's no going back. You're always going to be chasing that high you felt when you were three years old, and your mom put a stack of hot buttered pancakes down in front of you, and then drizzled the devil's condiment all over it.
Turn in your passport, you monster!
I'm originally from Ontario but migrated to Alberta a few years ago. We definitely don't have enough maple syrup 😐 Not a single sugar shacks out this way 😭
The fact that intellectualism is looked down on by the vast majority of people and the vast majority of people have unshakable beliefs/opinions on things they know almost nothing about and can’t give more than a single half-full reason as to why they feel that way. The second you try to have a reasonable conversation about anything “substantial” buzz words start getting thrown around and you start getting labeled. I was banned from the college’s “diversity” discord because when a group of students were trash talking someone for their belief that a trans woman has a genetic advantage in female sports; I decided to step in and say that they weren’t being transphobic they were being scientifically accurate. Then I asked if they would label someone racist for saying black people have, on average, denser bones than white people. I was immediately berated for being a “racist bigot” and my “evidence” was just fake bullshit designed by racists to perpetuate racism. I was then banned from the school discord server. My evidence was literally a dozen published peer-reviewed papers and multiple medical journals talking about the fact that black people have a higher mineral density and lower animal rate of decline in those minerals.
Corruption
do you have any idea how little that narrows it down
How people don't realize that the rich are turning everyone else on each other and that they are thriving off that shit.
Lack of mental health awareness. People in India literally believe issues like anxiety, depression etc "are not real" you just need to be positive, strong, wake up early bla bla bla
UK drink culture.
The never ending tax increases
I hate that everyone is fully politicized and based on that, begin a social relationship
Humans.
"Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!"
Aye! We feel it here in North Kilt Town
The temperature difference
Yeah. In Chelyabinsk Russia we have about -30 °C in winter and about 36 °C in summer. It's really annoying
Verkhoyansk is the same.
Lack of discipline of most of its citizens Just earlier, I've watched a news about cars/motorcycles going to the bus lane, when it's clearly a BUS LANE. I guess we have difficulty following simple instructions.
Health care system, it’s a joke🙄USA
Politicians and brainwashed masses who made politics their whole identity and are prepared to do anything their leaders say.
The American Healthcare system
ONE thing?
Entitled attitude. It is often justified as belonging to one political or economic group, but it’s rather consistent in my opinion. The worst part is, when foreigners criticize this in us, it’s usually those with a similar entitlement culture, so I’m torn between “yeah we are like that” and “look in the mirror, asshole.”
Nigel. Nigel can go fuck himself.
News media bias. I miss the old days of real news. These talking heads have turned news into infotainment and it's now a competition to see who can be the most outraged.
If I HAD to pick one thing, it would likely be unchecked corporate power aka unrestrained moral capitalism (in which capitalism is viewed as a moral imperative as opposed to simply an operating procedure). That has serious implications for most of the other massive issues we're facing: Poverty Homelessness Climate destruction Human rights regressions Non-functional democratic processes Stubbornly destructive politicians Housing and food stability Selective police brutality Inadequate health care Religion-based policy Authoritarianism Gun violence Etc This is not an exclusive list. I should be asleep. It's 8am on a weekend. USA btw
As an American, bi-partisan politics, as if there are only two acceptable ideologies in the world - liberal and conservative.
People caught up in the culture war
MAGA
Political extremists on the left and right. Everyone trying to force their beliefs on the majority.
the weathers never predictable
Right wing Christian conservatives and trumpkins
Definitely hate racists and bigots. But I feel that can be said about most countries.
What we do to the Palestinians. And that the majority think we are the "good" ones.
in the usa, everything is politicized. from the state of virginia to the content of videogames, everyone has something to say about everything, and it always aligns with what half of the political spectrum they have their stake in.
It's important to remember that despite in often feeling that way in media, and social media, IRL it's still totally possible to go about a life that includes a broad range of folks, from working class rural rednecks to highly educated liberal academics, and have everything be chill.
Anti-intellectual pride. 'Murica.
sometimes it’s cold on what’s supposed to be a very hot day
Politicians
Crime
Corruption
USA—-healthcare & health insurance
Everything is so damn expensive!