r/HonestHotTakes

Beauty is more objective than people like to admit. People have different tastes, but we still agree on a lot of things being beautiful, whether it’s people, art, or architecture.
Things like symmetry, good proportions, balance, and harmony are often seen as beautiful across different cultures.
So beauty isn’t just “whatever I like.” Personal taste matters, but some things really do have qualities that make them more beautiful than others.
We have all heard that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder and that’s true just to a much lesser degree than we would like to admit.

I am talking about disorders that are like actually serious and will make kid's life much harder, or can even lead to kid's death.

I don't care about the " but we love each other " thing, the fact that you want to have kids even trough you are very well informed, that kid will inherit your defect is disgusting to me.

Making a child that you know will likely suffer from the same thing you did suffer with, maybe suffer even more than you did, is just morally wrong

Edit: welp, i learnt about IVF. It is an insanely cool technology. I practically take my argument back bc of it. Now i only have problems with people that have severe disorders that they know will pass down to their kids, yet refuse to use IVF. Honestly learned alot from this post. About eugenics, about nazism. Even though this post is a form of eugenics, i think that the idea of this post was, way less radical than alot of people thought. I practically only meant that i am mad at people i was talking about, not that i want something to be legally enforced

this occurs so often on social media and i am so sick of it. a parent will take a video of their child where the outfit is obviously hand selected by the parent and the outfit is clearly inappropriate for someone of their age. people in the comments then rightfully point this out and are accused of being a nonce by people who say "why are you looking at a child that way". everyone can see it and i am sick of people pretending that this issue doesn't exist or that parents have a right to dress their child in wildly inappropriate ways. have some class and dress your child to their age.

Why do you want to contribute to the incredibly problematic diamond industry? When we can make the exact same thing in a lab with no child blood being spilled, that also happens to be much cheaper. What are you doing

Many people decide to have children without truly reflecting on how difficult and complex the process is.

It's common for them to act similarly to when they adopt a puppy: they're enthusiastic at first, but when the novelty wears off or complications arise, many parents become emotionally detached. Yes, the child is fed, housed, and clothed but there is more to raising a human than just that. And, unlike a pet, a child cannot be rehomed because a parent decides they're unfit. Many children are being raised by screens as a result.

My heart hurts for these people, but especially the children.

I think having to provide childcare over an extended period of time should be more common. For instance, what if teenagers were required to volunteer at an elementary school or daycare for a period of time? What if we asked them to imagine living that reality long-term rather than just experiencing it as a temporary volunteer project? It would be a tangible experience to reflect on.

I know I felt so much relief when I'd go home after a babysitting gig, or how glad I was when my younger siblings could finally do more for themselves. Those feelings have never been forgotten, I know I don't have it in me to be a parent.

Philosophy, creative writing, art, history, and linguistics are foundational studies to the human experience. By losing those we lose freedom of thought. Not by force but by simply forgetting the freedom exists. There is a deeply ingrained value in studying the technology of human expression. Especially today where we all spend alot of time online.

Rebel Wilson. Orpah Winfrey. Kelly Osbourne. Melissa McCarthy. That one dude from My Name is Earl. Jonah Hill. CRISP RAT.

They all looked so much better when they were overweight! Some of them just look plain weird without the weight on them and the others that have become really ripped and skinny... ugh. It doesn't look right. Not everybody needs to be super skinny and jacked to be attractive. Look at Nelly Furtado- she put on weight and now she looks even better than she did before. I want to see more of that, not these GLP-1 goop people.

Imagine if Chris Farley got on Ozempic. John Candy. Arethra Franklin. Mama Cass. Fucking DIVINE. They would look terrible! Let some people be plump and beautiful!! Not everybody needs to be a bag of bones 😤

When someone says "Why are you not helping X!?" and the reply is "What's in it for me?" the response should productive, not insulting. That goes for absolutely everything. You cannot say, "Because it is right or moral and why does it even need to be asked?" and expect rights to be given to you. Compromise, collaboration, persuasion, coalition building, powerbases, funding, those are the keys to change.

Indeed, whatever motion creates the cause, champions it, and brings forward progressive change must be willing to explain themselves and get right person to vote in the right way. Men ratifying women’s right to vote is one example; the 19th Amendment needed one more state to ratify it, and Tennessee was basically the last hold-out. Harry Burn, a 24 year old legislator was to vote nay, but in his pocket was a letter from his mommy asking him to "be a good boy" and help out, so he became a good boy and voted aye. Burn later explained that it was morally and legally right and that his mommy's advice pushed him into the right decision. What would have happened had the letter told him he was "a piece of shit for even considering voting nay and that he should do better?" Maybe it passes another month later instead of that day. Maybe it misses the 1920 election and gets pushed into the next year. Either way, an opportunity was wasted.

You can believe a right is inherent. You can believe the opposition is completely wrong. None of that changes the practical problem in front of you: if somebody has the power to give you the vote you need, pass the law you need, sign the agreement you need, or join the coalition you need, then you have to figure out how to get that person to say aye!