r/Rants

People who value hard work and glorify "I bust my ass at work all day while you work part time!" are brainwashed and coping for their shitty life. People who glaze working 10 hours a day with almost no pay are part of the reason why the job market is in this mess.

It worked back in the day because buisnesses actually benefited hard work, but the world is different now. I feel almost no empathy towards people who worked the hardest for a company for 20+ years, then act like the suprised-Pikachu meme when they get laid off.

Most people who preach about "working hard" are generally very stressed out and think everyone else should be miserable because they're miserable. This is not a healthy lifestyle and everyone deserves rest.

Please let me vent for a second:

I love movies. They’re one of my main methods of escapism in this often crazy world. I love being drawn into original storytelling and seeing talented actors/actresses who have range and depth. It’s such a gift to be able to be caused to FEEL something when I watch a great movie. I’m not a film snob at all-just a woman who loves how I feel when I’m being completely enveloped in a great performance/story. I don’t know what’s happening in the last 3-5 years, but why the F*** ***are actors/actresses being promoted when they exhibit no distinct roles/characters/personalities. I understand that actors/actresses tend to undergo a sort of cyclic popularity, especially when franchises are involved but my algorithm is FLOODED right now with actors/actresses who, while they are good, feel like they are the most generic, unimpressive, non-inspiring performers. Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Sadie Sink are the three that I am genuinely annoyed to see. I truly do not see range with them. Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Sadie Sink are literally the same character in every movie and I don’t know why people are pretending they’re not. It’s like companies are selling out for the lowest common denominator when the scripts and acting quality could literally be generated by AI. I’m so tired of it. I want UNIQUE. I want SPECIAL. I want art that is performed/embodied. I feel like our species is allowing this ‘glossing over’ of real art. We need the Heath Ledgers ala The Dark Knight. We need Natalie Portman ala Black Swan. We need EMOTION. Not generic scripts and generic acting. Why are we treating this generic BS as if it’s magnificent? Where is that coming from? Are we just supposed to go along with groupthink and continue to reverberate the echo chamber of, ‘oh wow they’re amazing-I LOVE so-and-so’? Any thoughts?

Wtf is wrong with you all?
The “psychodelics are not drugs”, “its a spiritual/emotional/healing journey” stuff really pisses me off.
Like, sure. Use whatever you like.
BUT CAN YOU PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT IT???
Every person I know, who likes psychodelics always talks about it, how it “opend their third eye”, “helped them heal” and other bullshit. Just go to fucking therapy, read a book. Do something.
When I say that I am bipolic and I strictly cannot do these kind (or any) drugs, other casual users (like party drug people) are so understanding about it. But the psychodelic users always have big speech about how it will heal me and help me. Tf. I do not do them for a reason. Why these dumbasses cant understand that.
Jeez.

27f here. So to start off with some positive news; I’m going back to school and got my first aid/cpr. I’m also trying to go back to work and trying to fig out childcare for my daughter.

The thing is I just feel like I have no support. No one to cheer me on. No one to comfort me when I need it. I asked my partner what he loves about me and all he said was “I love that you’re a good mom”, yesterday I was telling him about my first aid/cpr training, I was really excited that I’m now safety qualified. I could give our kid or anyone’s kid cpr if needed. He said “that’s cool. So do I. It’s not hard to get” and started going on about how we’re “always broke” and tbh I took it like he was blaming me.

Anyway I told my mom and my grandfather, they both were like “well idk why you bothered paying for first aid when you’re not working”. Good point. But I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time but didn’t have time when I was working, then I got pregnant and really didn’t have time.

I just feel alone. I can’t stop crying. I feel like I just don’t have patience and trying to find any distraction I can lately. Anyway sorry for the sob story. I just don’t know who to turn to, I might get counseling next week when things settle and there’s not as much going on.

I’m constantly frustrated about our financial situation. We’re a family of four, and as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started thinking more about my parents’ decisions.

My mom had an opportunity to work in Canada when we were younger, and we had properties that could’ve provided passive income, but they were eventually sold. I can’t help but blame them for some of those choices. Sometimes I wonder, what if they had made better decisions?

What frustrates me more is that we don’t really have an emergency fund or financial safety net, so eventually, the responsibility falls on us. I also have my own dreams, I want to work or study abroad, but money is one of the biggest things holding me back.

Today I lashed out and told my parents how stupid some of their decisions were. I know it was harsh, but it came from years of frustration.

They told me, “It’s your life now. We already did our part. At least we sent you to good schools.”

For those who grew up without one, how did you become financially independent? Especially if you wanted to work or study abroad?

So i have this routine id sleep early wake up around 7 make breakfast for me and my little brother and after id clean up the dishes we used and spend the rest til afternoon playing on my computer(note: my father schedules the wifi to be turned off around 11:30 pm making my computer basically useless without wifi), but the past week my father asked me to run something on the background of my computer(note: my father gave me that computer on Christmas) it was an online game and all i had to do was run the game on background and it'll progress on its own and after like 3 days of that he started to complain about my routine having to wake up early just to play completely ignoring the things i do before even sitting down on my computer and so does my mom too, they'd complain about me playing from morning to night which is true but but but in the afternoon i focus on chores on my daily chores till there's nothing to do before playing again and it seems like fate always times that they never see me do my chores around the house and only come out their rooms and see me whenever im not doing anything and just playing and they'll complain again saying things like"youre already up early on that computer and youre still on it now?" They are variations and mind you they say this and theyre mad and after they'll give me a new set of chores to do, those small things like clean every fucking bit of corners, unnecessary things and make a big deal out of it just to disturb me and my dad would run his game longer while im busy.

So yeah i finish those and continue playing and later do daily responsibilities in the evening, id cook rice mom cooks the meal, id wash dishes and feed our dogs(note: i have a big sister that just moved out to go to college since hers was far and mine wasnt she had to do dorms, and she was originally the one responsible on feeding our dogs and cooking rice but now shes gone on the house it was all on me) and as usual after i finish what i do i play on my computer till the wifi turns off which really frustrates me so i created this routine and id make up the times i could've been playing with my friends in the morning.

But recently they started not just complain but turns off the wifi in the fucking morning too bringing it back around noon and when i complain and ask them to bring it back they say things like i use the computer too much, like what the fuck do you mean too much they dont I'm perfectly doing what im supposed before i even do the stuff i want and this is what they give me in return?? They don't even acknowledge the things i do around the house this is just their reasoning, i fucking hate it, i cant use my computer i cant play with my friends im on this stupid potato phone that barely runs anymore i buy load for data i can even use on my computer since theres little signal in our house for data i have to go outside jut to have bars of it, and yeah i dont even know if im the wrong here i dont know what to do theyre literally being so unfair right now.

Just had a frustrating conversation in which I told somebody that a movie they'd identified as "the best horror movie of the year" wasn't a horror movie, and I outlined the reasons why. They got snarky and blocked me without engaging with any of my points.

I find this kind of thing so frustrating. Saying "this band/movie isn't X genre" is not tantamount to saying it's bad, or telling people they can't or shouldn't enjoy it, but so many people act that way. As if a movie can only be good if it's a horror movie, and by saying it's not a horror movie, you're saying it's bad. I find this kind of thinking so juvenile and insecure and it's really common in online discussions about media. Grow up, people! Okay, rant over.

I've had not one, not two, but three men joke about how weird women are for using so much more toilet paper than they do, and they act like it's just women being extra. Like no?? We wipe after we take a piss, and you have to wrap up feminine products with toilet paper. No shit we use more??​

edit: we're getting a little too heated in the comments, this was just something petty I noticed.

WHY DO WE ONLY SEXUALIZE FUCKING WOMEN. I SEE BOOBS, BUTTS, FUCKING EVERYTHING ABOUT WOMEN GET SEXUALIZED. HELL, I SEE FATNESS GET SEXUALIZED. WHILE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENS PRIVATES WERE LIKE, “HAHAH SO FUNNY!!” BUT THEN WHEN WE SEE WOMEN, NO. WE GOTTA SEXUALIZE THEM. ITS SO DUMB.

So I’m (22f) a senior in college move in is August 19th 9am and my 2015 Buick encore told me this Friday I needed an oil change I didn’t have enough money at the time so I continued doing favor to make the additional money for college dorm room decor and my oil change I finally make enough and I find a good coupon on Groupon for 49.99$ full synthetic oil change ,tire rotation , filter change at Midas. I thought it was a good deal so ofc I call, the man tells me he’s gonna price match me don’t buy the Groupon okay cool!! I arrive at 9am the following day the guy whose doing my oil change isn’t there I wait an hour and 8 minutes exact for him to arrive at 10:08 they take my keys and by 10:44 am me and this gentleman in the waiting room hear a loud “BOOM” immediately we both stand up he’s peaking out the window and so am I ! The man at the desk walks out comes back inside and says to me there’s something really wrong with your car! I say “WHAT” I walk out with him to find my car has fallen off the rack ! It’s a total loss and I move into college tomorrow I’m not old enough to get a loaner so how do I go about this I’m so upset and hurt I even started my job today my very first shift on the clock since last march!!! And I can’t make it .

it's 3 in the morning and I'm EXHAUSTED. I went to my room to go to bed, I listen to some music before hand and all of a sudden I just hear buzzing over it. I look over to see where it is and this fat loser is RIGHT in my face. I get up, to try and shoo it out of my room. all I do is make it faster. this stupid little fucker is flying around my room, every few seconds, smashing his little pea brain into my mirror hard enough to make an audible sound. I leave my room to go to the bathroom. HE FOLLOWS. After I brush my teeth, with this guy buzzing in my ear I try to shut him in the bathroom, and it works for a while. I lay down in my bed, then about 5 minutes pass and this thing has somehow made it through the gap in the door, came back to my room and is now buzzing in my ear again. I've tried to hit him but he's way too fast. I just want to sleep.

update: THERES 2 OF THEM NOW. I'm pretty sure they r actively attacking me. one of them starting crawling on my hands and phone and now their louder then ever.

nothing grinds my fucking gears more than being told to wait because I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE FUCKING LIFE and somehow shit just keeps getting worse. I’m 24 and I genuinely have no fucking idea what I’m supposed to do with my life anymore.

like let’s go ALL the way back because apparently I’ve been subscribed to the premium suffering package since childhood. from like the age of 3 I lived with my grandparents, my deadbeat fucking dad technically existed somewhere, and my mom was working herself to death trying to keep the family together because Arabs would rather watch a woman fucking disintegrate in a miserable marriage than let her be divorced without treating her like she committed a war crime

I was lonely as FUCK I lived with two old as hell people back home (👵👴) no kids around, nobody to play with, NOTHING. I’d see my mom maybe twice a year, sometimes ONCE, because she had come to UAE to work. BUT SHE WAS FUCKING DOING FINE BACK HOME WORKING IN INSURANCE. BUT NO my dad persuaded her to travel to earn more. and meanwhile my dad was cheating on her left right and fucking center AND barely even came to see me despite literally living in the same country as me.

bro could cheat recreationally but visiting his CHILD was apparently too much cardio and of course he was also leeching off my mom the entire fucking time. then fast forward to when I’m 6. this absolute specimen is STILL leeching off her and somehow convinces her to take out a loan and leave UAE.
and guess fucking what?YUP. SHE LISTENS TO HIM.
within a few months, after a bunch of beatings and screaming and fights and absolute fucking chaos, he ROBBED HER and divorced her and THEN this man starts spreading rumors about her. telling her parents she got deported from UAE(never happened lol) & telling everybody “go see what your daughter did” and claiming that if she ever stepped foot in the UAE again she’d get fucking arrested.

because this whole time he thought she had completely listened to him. he told her to take the loan and dip. but what he DIDN’T know was that she never stopped fucking repaying it.

After the divorce, we move back into her parents’ house(forcefully) and by the time I’m almost 7 shit gets even more fucking deranged. They are toxic and abusive as hell. her brothers were verbally and physically abusing BOTH of us left and fucking right. so eventually my mom says fuck this shit and goes back to the UAE with the very little money her friend has given her. We never went back EVERRR to my country.

we move into a shared apartment and I cannot explain to you how fucking disgusting and tiny our room was like genuinely NASTY and ALSO THE FUCKING APARTMENT WAS FULL OF NIGHTLIFE GIRLS cuz it was what we could afford. like this was my childhood bro 😭😭😭but u know what that was STILL SAFER than living with her family. so she keeps working, keeps trying, puts me through school somehow and when I say somehow I mean HARDLY. There was basically not ONE FUCKING ACADEMIC YEAR where I started school normally with everybody else. I was always joining late because we couldn’t afford it. always behind, always trying to catch up while everyone else had already been studying for weeks or months. sometimes we didn’t even have fucking BREAD literally bread. But hey at least nobody at home was beating the shit out of us anymore so I guess luxury lifestyle unlocked 👍

ALL THROUGHOUT THIS she’s still paying that fucking loan. she works, loses the job, gets another job, loses that one, gets another and obviously when she’s unemployed SHE CANT PAY THE FUCKING LOAN because money unfortunately does not spawn from the walls so then it becomes the same fucking cursed loop over and over and over again. working > paying > unemployed > not paying > finally gets another job > OH FUCK now insanely overdue > reschedule the loan > more interest > keep paying > lose job again > FUCK > get another job > buy out the loan with ANOTHER FUCKING LOAN
same shit
different year
different bank
different amount of interest fucking us

eventually I finish school
and I immediately start working like a fucking DOG
because now she’s older
she can’t work anymore
so now it’s on me
and despite ALL OF THAT SHIT somehow I still finished school with grades good enough to get me a generous scholarship. which should’ve been the fucking moment where things finally start looking up right???
HAHAHAHAHA.
no.

because I still have to fucking work to pay rent
food
bills
and the part of my tuition the scholarship DOESN’T cover
so I work
and work
and work
and work
and somehow I am still not fucking getting anywhere
everyone I fucking know has finished college already
they’re graduating
they’re working
they’re moving on with their lives
and I’m still fucking here
24 years old and I have finished FOUR FUCKING SEMESTERS

and I kept telling myself okay fine
whatever
I’m slower
it’s okay
I’m getting there
eventually I’ll fucking graduate
eventually I’ll have a normal life
eventually maybe I can breathe without there being a financial emergency waiting behind the fucking door
and then this fucking war starts and people start getting laid off everywhere
AND GUESS WHO GETS FUCKING LAID OFF TOO
ME
OF FUCKING COURSE
so now EVERYTHING is overdue
everything
and fall semester starts in like a FUCKING WEEK and I CANT EVEN ATTEND
because with WHAT MONEY
WITH WHAT FUCKING MONEY
I’ve fought this fucking hard to stay in university and now I might not even be able to fucking go
I haven’t even been able to take my fucking meds because apparently not wanting to kys is a luxury item now because SEEING A FUCKING PSYCHIATRIST IS SO FUCKING EXPENSIVE
and then god forbid you complain
god fucking forbid you say “hey actually I am exhausted and miserable and I don’t know how much more of this I can fucking take”
because immediately some gas cylinder shaped bearded mf materializes out of nowhere like
“Allah is testing you 🥺”
“you should be grateful”
“pray”
“have faith”
“be patient”
WAIT
WAIT FOR FUCKING WHAT
I HAVE BEEN PATIENT
I HAVE BEEN WAITING
MY MOM HAS BEEN WAITING
WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING
FOR FUCKING YEARS
it is SO FUCKING EASY to tell somebody “have faith” when you’re not the one wondering how rent is getting paid, when you’re not the one whose education keeps getting interrupted OR WHEN you’re not the one who watched your mom get abused and work herself into the fucking ground, when you’re not the one whose entire childhood was poverty, instability, shitty rooms, late school admissions and fucking survival mode. when you can go home and eat and sleep and your biggest spiritual crisis isn’t whether your electricity or tuition gets paid this month
FUCK
I CANT EVEN FUCKING SLEEP PROPERLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OUR FUCKING AC ISN’T cooling
LIKE WHAT THE FUCK 😭😭😭 cuz when u don’t pay rent? Yea they’re not fucking doing any maintenance for u
A BITCH CANT EVEN REST???
I’m not even asking for a fucking mansion
I’m not asking to wake up tomorrow as a billionaire
I WANT TO FUCKING BREATHE
I want ONE period of my life where I’m not waiting for the next disaster
I want to study without wondering if I can afford to stay enrolled
I want to sleep in a fucking cool room
I want my medication
I want my mom to finally rest
I want to stop calculating every single fucking dirham in my head
I want to stop watching everybody move forward while I’m fighting for shit that most people don’t even have to think about
and I am SO FUCKING SICK of being told that after 24 years of this shit my solution is apparently to just wait, pray and have faith

Either my body hates eating healthy now OR I got the fucking parasite everyone’s been on about! :D

People use TikTok, Meta (Instagram and Facebook), Google and complain about data centers. And they are terrible and so is AI. Not only from a creative standpoint but environmental and health.
One of the bravest things I think anyone could do, if they truly hated it all, is delete fucking social media.
But they won’t.
We’re all addicted to being seen and seeing others.
Well say the new hottest thing like “fuck Ai” meanwhile contributing to the system itself.

I was talking to some boomers, millennials, and gen x the other day. Basically just talking about how they destroyed society and what not. And they responded with a plethora of dismissive stuff, saying; "Classic gen z blaming everyone else for their problems" and "no one in this world owes you anything" and other stuff along those lines.

I of course found them to be very hypocritical with such statements considering the 60s and 70s protests where boomers frequently demanded government intervention, expanded civil rights, environmental protections, and heavily subsidized higher education. They viewed a cheap college degree and affordable housing as basic societal obligations. Or like when the majority of them voted for Proposition 13.

They were so selfish that they were labeled as the "Me Generation" due to the whole perceived shift toward self indulgence and the hyper-focus on personal fulfillment and material wealth.

Such as in the 1980s where boomers overwhelmingly supported political leaders who promised sweeping tax cuts. While this kept more cash in their own pockets, it of course starved state and federal budgets, leading governments to slash funding for public universities. To make up for the lost revenue, colleges raised tuition which has of course ruined the lives of many gen z today.

Basically when boomers went to college, state taxes covered the vast majority of university costs and once they graduated, they voted heavily for politicians who promised to cut those exact taxes.

The older generations utilize their immense voting power to ensure that senior entitlements remain completely untouched, even as programs for younger families are cut and decimated. They block new housing developments which has helped cause the current day housing crisis. Zoning laws which caused their own property values to skyrocket into immense personal wealth, while simultaneously pricing Gen Z completely out of the housing market.

And all of that goes without even talking about the climate change they caused. They created every single gen z problem faces today such as commercialization of the internet which caused data tracking to sell personal information for profit. It fosterered severe mental health challenges, sleep deprivation, and data vulnerability for gen z. They built the entire model on surveillance capitalism.

Gen x and boomers dismantled the traditional loyalty bond between companies and workers. They popularized aggressive corporate downsizing, outsourcing, and the replacement of full-time staff with gig workers to inflate stock prices. They are now taking entree level jobs in present day which is doing horrible things for the gen z job market.

The older gens refuse to take responsibility or even rarely acknowledge any of this because of psychological biases and their own lived experiences blind them to how radically the modern economy has changed.

To protect their self-esteem and sense of identity, they instinctively double down on the narrative that "hard work solves everything," refusing to admit that hard work bought them much more than it buys a young person today. They had so much more back when they were young unlike gen z, such as a plethora of third places and cheap event tickets. Their actions of course resulting in the present male loneliness epidemic along with making gen z the most anti social generation in history so far.

Most of them completely fail to comprehend that the entry price for housing and education has vastly outpaced entry-level wages. Its crazy

I could write a trilogy book series on all the ways that they have caused the downfall of modern society for gen z. But reddit only allows so many characters in a single post of a rant.

Perhaps one day the world will be a better place where gen z people can actually get things in life without having to wait until they're 60.

I did it!! I bagged him. Best news of my life I got to be honest. Let me tell you, I have known him pretty much since I've moved here. i met him when i was 14 and he was 15 and now we're 19 and 20. I have to admit i've lowkey been in love with this man for the past three years. And finally. FINALLY. we're dating. never have i ever felt this much joy.

I just wanna start by saying that i got out of a relationship turned toxic last year in September and im still mentally recovering from everything that happened last year in my life. I haven’t thought about moving on to new relationship opportunities because im simply okay with being single and i LOVE being by myself, i take myself out on dates and treat myself. I did try dating apps but thats like…..where the worst things that happen, and this is part of my rant.
Reason 1:
I genuinely hate how men my age act nowadays, or any age actually, because of the mindsets that these “Redpill” podcasts twats (im british btw) ingrain into their mind that cheating is okay or that women are below you, It makes me furious. You got birthed out of a vagina and hate women??? Lay off it.
It adds to the male loneliness pandemic, and then they say “oh why does every girl reject/leave me?” Take a step back to mature a little, maybe look at how you treat women or any other gender for that matter. Ask yourself “why am i acting this way?”, when will you see that this mindset will get you NOWHERE in life. I had guys get so fucking mean to me after i reject them because of how they open up a chat on Hinge (ew i know) But seriously??? this is why you’re still on the app!!! You cant handle the rejection!!
But Seeing men actually listen to these so called “podcasts”makes me question humanity sometimes. this is just one reason why im not dating.

Reason 2:
The amount of posts i see on Tiktok or here on Reddit about somebody’s partners cheating on them, sickens me. The fact that they will ruin a perfectly normal relationship just to either connect with their ex or for their own selfishness, makes me ill. But worst is when they’re either expecting a baby, living together, married, have children and a house. Everything that you want to have in your life, and you cheat on them? Or you manipulate them? emotionally abuse? so many things you could do to ruin a perfectly good relationship. Just for your own gain or pleasure? then you have to deal with divorce, moving out, shared custody, bills and whatever. You go through all of that because you decided to cheat? GET MARRIAGE OR COUPLES COUNCILLORS, PUT IN THE WORK TO FIX IT! DONT GET LAZY! If you truly ever loved them, you would work on it right? you might say “it doesn’t always work that way” But cheating doesn’t fix it either does it?? or even emotionally cheating???

Reason 3:
I just get discouraged from seeking a relationship when i see all of whats happening right now socially. im pretty confident in rejecting someone if i simply don’t like their behaviour or opinions or how they speak about their exes. Im perfectly fine with doing that.
But also I know its not my relationship to get involved with, obviously its not my business. but when its a public shame post? I dont want to be in their shoes at all and i feel so bad that the other person who had this happen to them, had to go through that. I genuinely feel so guilty for them.

I rather wait until the right person comes to me then actively seek someone out. and if that never happens, then im okay with that. I just don’t want to be hurt again and get cheated on. I rather love myself first and get better. But seeing all of this stuff, makes the thought of dating seem so overwhelming and depressing to me.
if you have a good relationship, then im happy for you and i wish you the best.

erm you have to rant how the fat ass Reddit moderators want or we will heckin ban you

Hey 22/F, I'm like ultra uber gay (so before some idiot tries to be like "YoUr JuSt a PiCk me.") - No I'm not.

My thoughts are sort of a mess and may come off as offensive in some way. I am sorry in advance, I tried to structure it as best as possible. As well as censor myself, but this is literally driving me up a wall.

[Edit: The paragraph that was here was misinformation, it has been deleted.]

Edit 2: This is not a post about society or how society works, this is a post about minority of women bashing on random men ONLINE. This isn't about politics or why the current world is a Partiarchy or power dynamics between men or women. Just stop bashing on Jim who works a 9-5 for your problems (this is literally it) please stop turning it into something it's not.

To put it bluntly, I do not like MISANDRISTS or Misogynists (but that can be another rant for another day)

I hear the same arguments. That basically boil down to: Man Bad! Woman Good. Guys it isn't a fucking competition. But these people take every opportunity to just bash on men. Then they are same people wondering why the fuck no man wants to go near them. (You just listed every reason you hate them you clever girl. It's almost like spreading hate doesn't help you get boys.)

Here's an example, men mental health awareness month.

Maybe I'm like chronically online, but some girl was like ultra insensitive about the fact that men have struggles just like women. They're fucking humans just like you, you actual bafoon. Just remembering this makes me angry. I should stop. It's just like how fucking BRAIN DEAD are you to think that people would agree with you?

They're humans just like you or did we forget that in your blind rage because, "men are meant to tough it out." - They're not, men are more often going to (alt+f4) than women. (This is a fact if you search it up online collected by WHO and you can probably find more.)

I just got into like an argument with some idiot. She was like, "It isn't that hard, why can't men hold each other accountable." And it's like where did your brain cells go seriously? Like did your mom drop you on the head as a child? Or what the fuck happened to you?

Okay let me like break down this argument down to the core.

1. Men like most people will not hold themselves accountable on a stranger's behalf because guess fucking what? They're STRANGERS THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER. Example: John murdered someone. Micheal from HR in Russia isn't gonna hold John Accountable he doesn't even know who John is?

2. What you're asking for is unrealistic. Why should every man hold each other accountable? It just isn't possible there's literal billions of them.

HOLD YOURSELF TO THE SAME RIDICULOUS STANDARDS YOU PUT ON MEN THEN.

I was talking to my friend I just remember talking to him and being like, "I fucking can't, I swear this is a CIA psyop there's no fucking way people are this stupid..."

This was by the way explaining the same thing to 3 different girls every time. Like how clear do I have to be? Do I have to give the same lecture to 1 million people, like fuck me I guess, I guess critical thinking is out the window.

WHY WON'T STRANGERS WILL TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANOTHER STRANGERS ACTIONS?!?!

OMFG it's ALMOST LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER YOU FUCKING (insert insult of choice in here)

I fucking can't with these people, I will be put in a mental institution because I refuse to believe these people are real.

I actually really want to talk to one. Just to tell them how stupid they are.

And yes, I like hanging out with men I think they're easier to talk to, they are in my experience more open with their thoughts and opinions on things.

But okay, I've listed out the reasons. Where does this lead us?

Well, it gives rest of us a bad reputation, which in turn leads to turning a few Men into misogynists which we do not need more of. Eg: "Women Stupid, Women bad." which only adds to the cycle of hate.

Now I understand this isn't all women or all men, but I'm sick of just opening up the Internet and seeing this stuff happen.

Alright I'm done ranting..thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

I don't like it and I wish it would stop, I haven't resorted to talking louder just yet but that might be the next step. I'll be asked a question and then I'll either think for a moment before my answer or I'll start to answer it immediately and in both cases I get talked over. if anyone has any advice or "malicious compliance" tips and tricks, I'm all ears

and to be honest, it mostly happens with my mother who already talks like she's in a crowded room when I'm the only person there and I'm less than a foot away. sometimes I joke that she was a teacher in her past life. she has exactly two volume modes, one being the former and the other being "barely even making sound because I'm talking shit about someone three feet away" and it's usually stuff like "the lady in front of us totally took out spot in line" or some shit.

i think today I'll try answering briefly and very promptly and louder than I'm used to speaking, I'll see how that goes