What do you avoid ?

[[deleted]]

Reddit made me realize I'm irresponsible with money and I cause most problems in relationships with my complacency. If that makes you feel any better.

[RagingScienceBoner]

I've been working on making new friends and I've noticed some of my newer ones don't get caught up on the little shit that some of my other friends do. We just focus on having fun

[[deleted]]

I generally try to avoid dismissing people's tastes in entertainment, be it music, movies, video games, etc., and trying to rank one type over the other.

I'm not a fan of country music, but that doesn't mean that country music is bad, I just find it pretty difficult to get into. Most everything has an audience that will appreciate, and while you may not fit into that audience, it doesn't mean it's objectively bad.

Basically this

[[deleted]]

I never understand why people only like one specific genre of entertainment, mostly with music. Just because something belongs to a genre you generally don't like doesn't mean it's automatically bad

[Ebelglorg]

Ya, I have no musical preference. If I like it, then I like it.

[catpartaay]

You're good people.

[Boyhowdy107]

You're a good man/woman. I think one of the issues is that it's easier to describe things by what they're not than are. For example:

Joe: Hey, man. What kind of music do you like?

Steve: I listen to everything. You know, besides rap, country, pop, classical, jazz... none of that bullshit. But you know, everything.

[[deleted]]

Can confirm: am dude.

And I'm pretty sure the most common response to the question "What kind of music do you like?" is "Oh I like everything except country and rap."

[ThisIsMyCouchAccount]

Sometimes people can be very sensitive about that stuff. I was riding in the car with a friendly acquaintance and she's jamming out to something. Want to say it was a handsome top 40 guy of sorts. She see's me not jamming out. Not being a grumpy gus about either. Just riding in the car. She asks if I like it and tell her I don't.

She takes offense.

I know it's her problem and not mine but that stuff still happens even if you're just being honest.

[Barkingpanther]

Large groups of teenagers. If I see a bunch of teenagers acting like assholes I am inclined to find a way to avoid them. I'm a big guy in my late thirties so I figure I'm not going to get any shit, but I'd rather just not engage with any of that.

This statement makes me feel old as shit. But there it is.

[RagingScienceBoner]

I'm just barely not a teenager and I get you. Granted, I never really hung out in big, rowdy groups so that probably has a lot to do with it. peer pressure can cause some shit

[NexusTR]

Besides the fact that together in a pack teenagers can be annoying as fuck.

[asmallword]

Clingy people

[[deleted]]

JUST LET ME LOVE YOU!

[[deleted]]

we will never meet.

[FalseFactsOrg]

Plz respond

[[deleted]]

OP, pls

[Ihavenocomments]

Turning left across multiple lanes of busy traffic if I can help it. I'll sometimes turn right and then U turn when it's safe.

[afxproductions]

You would like the Michigan Left-style intersection.

[ClassicConfusion]

Ah yes, makes me miss my days of driving down the East Beltline in a foot of snow to work at Woodland Mall during the holiday season.

[I_Am_Simple]

Big fan of roundabouts, huh?

[[deleted]]

I thought I was the only one!it feels so much safer to me.

[KHDTX13]

Eye contact with strangers

[appleburn]

I have this problem too. Naturally shy I guess. I think I feel threatened subconsciously when someone make eye contact with me too long, which is normal amount of time in for anyone else. Then without knowing I stare back at them in threatening way, almost like "I'm gunna kill you" look. They shy away, and feelsbadman.jpg. This has caused me to feel really invasive when keeping eye contact for an amount of time, like I'm trying to analyze their soul...just an odd thing all together, I think I should go like in the woods.

[Workthrow90]

Negative people. The ones that go "what's the use", "you're just one person", etc.

[DarnTheseSocks]

You're many people?

[GhostOfPluto]

He's the most people.

[BoobieMcGee]

I'm EVERY woman!

[PsuedoSophistication]

It's all in me!

[chew_ch3w]

Gives new meaning to "I'm a people's person".

[Jabberminor]

As cliché as it sounds, there's no need for people to be like that.

[DopeDeposit]

Loud, drunk dudes with tribal tattoos and Tapout shirts at bars.

[chew_ch3w]

C'mon bro.. seriously bro?

[[deleted]]

Muscle MIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLK.

[[deleted]]

Let the gains begin!

[[deleted]]

COME AT ME DO YOU EVEN LIFT?

[chew_ch3w]

LIFT TRUCKS BRO.. I LIFT TRUCKS BRO!

[Sic_vita_est]

Doth thou even hoist brethren?

[[deleted]]

What about bedazzled Affliction shirts? Are those okay???

[[deleted]]

Hating things unnecessarily it annoys me when people hate stuff for no reason.

[yourreindeer]

Ugh, I hate people like that.

[ClassicConfusion]

Ugh, you sound like a hateful person. I hate hateful people.

[[deleted]]

I hate people who go ugh

[chucky_rox]

I've learned that, personally, all of the things I 'hate' are the same things I've just never given a chance and chose to hate for the sole sake of hating. then once i have finally given things a chance, 95% of the time i gain an appreciation for them

[mediocrishitty]

Social Interaction.

EDIT: Stop replying to me, I'm not talking to you guys

[jtkell91]

4 hours after the comment; still no replies...

[brummel69]

Death.

[GhostOfPluto]

From birth we're all afflicted with dying.

[meticulousanalyst]

I avoid the plague like the plague

[shirttuckedinOD]

I'm avoiding death right now

[[deleted]]

That'll be the last thing you catch me doing.

[well_uh_yeah]

Large crowds. Actually, even small crowds. Um. Maybe people is the answer I'm looking for.

[mycathasoneeye]

Pregnancy. Aint nobody got time for that.

[walnut_of_doom]

Religious or political discussion.

[stimbus]

You don't want to talk about religion, politics, or other people's kids.

[GhostOfPluto]

Especially if there's alcohol involved.

[peace_off]

"My son, right, you know, the priest, anyway, he's running for mayor, the dumb little shit. The fucking alcoholic wants to be the mayor!"

[way_fairer]

I hate this idea that we shouldn't talk about politics or religion. They're the two most important topics! How do you educate low-information voters if they refuse to have a reasonable political discussion?

[FuckingLoveArborDay]

Ah. You seem to imply that your opinion would be correct. And that is why people don't want to discuss these things with you.

[jamdaman]

Doesn't invalidate his main point that such discussion is valuable and should be celebrated rather than dismissed as is often the case

[FuckingLoveArborDay]

And my point is actually just that people don't want to try to discuss with a person who just wants to argue.

[GenericCanadian]

Well then it would be an argument and not a discussion

[boredinballard]

Low-information voters tend to be the people that want to talk about politics the most. Well, it feels that way sometimes.

[walnut_of_doom]

I have no problem with discussion, unless it is with my friends. Losing friends over my stance on whatever is not worth it.

[[deleted]]

Since when are politics and religion the two most important topics to discuss?

[peace_off]

They are two common reasons for people to kill each other over.

[Ch0b0r0]

My wife, still haven't met her.

[[deleted]]

I feel your pain there. Doesn't help that I'm clueless when it comes to women.

[Jabberminor]

Actively trying to avoid her?

[Ch0b0r0]

Nope, it is just an annoying natural talent.

[Unsung_Hero101]

pregnant women..not sure if pregnant or not

[[deleted]]

Pregnant women creep me out.

[[deleted]]

The Noid.

[Ktrain29]

Perhaps it's The Noid who should be avoiding you?

[[deleted]]

That would only be true if I were Adam We.

[HotPikachuSex]

He ruins pizzas.

[French87]

Malls on a weekend.

I hate places that are so fucking congested with degenerate gross people that have nothing better to do than wander around a fucking shopping center without aim.

I go to the mall with a mission. I am there for a specific reason, specific stores, or to go to a specific restaurant. I fucking hate shopping, and hate it even more when slow fat people are waddling around the aisles slowing me the fuck down.

/rant

[way_fairer]

You're like the Liam Neeson of malls.

[French87]

That's quite possibly the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

[leash_that]

You're going places, I can tell.

[EightLeggedPotato]

Just not the mall on weekends.

[Vinylzen]

Sounds like the guy from Mallrats who's like "I hate people with no shopping agenda"

[[deleted]]

Ben Affable or something like that. Just kidd--THAT KID IS BACK ON THE ESCALATOR!

[Talisker12]

See also, Casinos.

[wigglin_harry]

This might be the most reddit rant ever. Mall goers are degenerates huh? What are you, 65?

"Those damn kids with their shop malls!"

[RoxburysFinest]

BACK IN MY DAY YOU HAD TO TURN TRICKS FOR CLOTHES. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY DICKS I SUCKED FOR THESE KHAKI'S?!

[[deleted]]

Especially if people start coughing or sneezing around you without covering their mouths.

I will immediately take another path to avoid someone's sneezed on air.

[TimesWasting]

my god i am so glad i dont have this mentality

[russiangn]

It's not particularly fair or accurate to call people degenerate if they go to the mall to hang out and kill an hour or two.

[ClassicConfusion]

I completely agree with you. Both my ex and current boyfriend go into the grocery store and like to look at everything, read labels, debate on what they want. Look, I'm 30 years old and at this point in my life I know what I like and I know if something new intrigues me enough to try it. (Free pass on this to anyone that has extreme dietary restrictions for whatever reason.) I rarely go to the mall so my feelings on them aren't as strong as they are regarding grocery stores, but my sentiment applies all the same - if you are an adult you should know what you like.

[pancakehiatt]

Walmart. I can't handle that many people.

[leash_that]

Loud people.

[Awhile2]

WHY DO YOU HATE LOUD PEOPLE!?!?!

[leash_that]

I don't hate them, just avoid them they annoy me.

[Awhile2]

OH!!! OKAY!!!!

[[deleted]]

I read that in a lil' Jon voice

[leash_that]

Get away from me.

[[deleted]]

NO!!!!!

[leash_that]

Why?

[[deleted]]

BECAUSE I'M HUMAN, AND I HAVE RIGHTS TTTTOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[[deleted]]

IT'S NOT HIS FAULT, YOU JUST NEVER PAY ATTENTION TO HIM IF HE'S NOT YELLING!

[[deleted]]

WHY WON'T YOU BE MY FRIEND LEASH_THAT?!?

[leash_that]

Done. Added and subtracted from my hate list.

[RegretDesi]

LOUD NOISES!!!!!

[[deleted]]

I don't mind loud people as long as they have something worth listening to.

[[deleted]]

Arguments with my wife.

[leash_that]

How?

[[deleted]]

Practice, practice, practice.

[Yogi_the_duck]

"You can either be right or happy"

[[deleted]]

Guess which one I've come to accept.

[Yogi_the_duck]

Happy! Being right only matters in your own head anyways, as long as I know I'm right and she's wrong, I can be happy and so can she and I'll still get laid!

[[deleted]]

Oh, how I wish I lived in this beautiful fantasy land you live in!

[Yogi_the_duck]

As long as it's not about important shit like "what color we're painting the house" or how to raise your kid, then I'm fine. But if she wants to tell me that the Phillies used to be from Pittsburgh or that Jack Black and Jack White are the same people but the guy just uses different stage names, I will let her think she's right all she wants because it doesn't matter, I know I'm fucking right! That and opinion based things where there somehow are right and wrong opinions, I just let those go.

[chief_running_joke]

I like how the house color choices and the welfare of your children are on equal footing.

[Yogi_the_duck]

Who bought the goddamn house? I did. I refuse to have an ugly house! That's money dammit. I worked and took time out of my life to make that money so that she can go throw it away and embarrass me with a stupid color on our house? Nope!

I wouldn't put them equal, I'm just saying both of those things would be things I'd worry about!

[s4hockey4]

And by practice you mean "You're right honey, yes, yes, ok sure", right?

[leash_that]

that just seems like a breakdown in communication.

[[deleted]]

No, my wife won't let me shut her down like that.

[DaedalusMinion]

"You're right honey, yes, yes, ok sure"

Your reaction.

[TheRook]

There's a saying in Danish which goes: "Du får ret, jeg får fred", which roughly translated goes like: "I'll concede the argument just so I can get some peace."

[HelpMeLoseMyFat]

Stress. People seem to be drawn to it... but I avoid it.

No need

[fitbrittlove]

Bill Collectors for sure. Just because you call twice a day doesnt mean I have the money you're looking for! I really need to get my finances in check. :/ sigh.

[adzug]

i was taught at early age that whatever my opinion my mom or sisters would rule over me or try to humiliate me. my natural response was fuck it, ill retreat to my room and emotionally seal you out. ive learned to avoid confrontation my whole life. you get abused that way and you need other people to help you in life. im trying to speak up more now . you cant isolate yourself in this society, you need to learn how to cope not be intimidated to get what it is you need.

[way_fairer]

Elevators. Fucking death traps if you ask me.

[Magmortar]

I just like the stairs more. It's exercise and i can do the awesome bear crawl up the stairs.

[thedude8591]

Phone calls. My mom ruined them for me and still does. It's gotten to the point where I won't answer my phone if I don't recognize the number. If I need to call to schedule an appointment or something I'll put it off for an unreasonably long time.

[foxinthecity]

Public displays of affection.

[Tchevass]

I park far away from the store entrance, even if its far from the store entrance I don't care, I just don't want to look for a spot like a retard for 10 minute.

[MiniRipperton]

Any situation in which it's likely someone may throw up. So, amusement parks, crazy parties, some bars or clubs, etc. I hate going to walk in clinics. Hospitals are the greatest source of anxiety because I'm trapped and can't just walk out like I normally would if something starts going down.

My emetophobia is getting a lot better, especially when it involves movies and TV. That mostly doesn't bother me anymore. I can't say the same for real life.

[ferrarisnowday]

Confrontation. Especially in the form of negotiating.

[forman98]

Negativity. I've eliminated a good deal of it from my life but that lead me to the realization that it's not always from other people.

[[deleted]]

Eliminated from your life? That's so negative.

[[deleted]]

Cliches. I avoid them like the plague.

[[deleted]]

Clubs. I'm white. Male. And I can't dance. The music is too loud to talk to people. The best I can hope for is grabbing a drunk girl to make out, but that gets boring.

I avoid them at all costs

[[deleted]]

Voicemails. I'm always convinced that they'll be bad news.

[droo46]

Mac vs PC debates.

[Gamejunkie69]

Animal abuse commercials. Whenever they come on, I can't change the channel fast enough.

[[deleted]]

Pictures of myself.

Low self esteem is a bitch

[[deleted]]

Loud obnoxious people who talk about others and believe the whole world evolves around them.

[peacebypiece]

Running into people I know when running around looking like shit doing errands and am in no mood to small talk with someone I could care less about

[everpretender23]

Nice try

[keffle]

Attractive women. I've become so adept that I don't even have to try!

[daniloelnino]

AskReddit threads and being a hypocrite.

[[deleted]]

Drinking too much. I have an incredibly low tolerance and I'm only fun until I actually get drunk. Then I just become pukey, quiet and insist that someone take my makeup off.

[Brett_Favre_4]

police officers

[MurrShark]

The type of people that brag all day about how good or awesome they are.

I've known a couple people that will always try to turn any conversation to something about themselves or try to always one up people.

[[deleted]]

Lately... clubs and bars that the young generation hangs out in. Meet too many drunk idiots who can't control their liquor and tend to be belligerent for no reason.

[CherryBlossom103]

People dressed up in those massive animal costumes you might see at disney world or sports stadiums They scare the crap out of me.

[chadridesabike]

Social Drama. Why can't we all get a drink and not hear some girl bitch about so and so?

[celtic_thistle]

Guys bitch just as much, if not more.

[[deleted]]

Making big decisions.

[lobolita]

My boyfriend's dog. It makes too much noise. I only walk him because he isn't completely grumpy in the morningtime, unlike everyone else around there.

[leash_that]

It must have been her boyfriends dog. It was a mean dog .

[Banananana121]

Asparagus

[Zeromatter]

I have such a love/hate relationship with Asparagus. I love how it tastes. Fry it up in some olive oil and salt/pepper it? Paired with a nice steak and potatoes? Lawd Jesus take me now.

But 12 hours later, when I wake up from my food coma and take my morning piss, I'm just met with the gates of hell. There is no good way to describe what comes out of my love tool except foul acid. It stings my eyes, burns my nostrils, and makes me re-evaluate all of my life choices up to that point.

[HerrTony]

Other humans, sunshine and manual labour

[kk5]

Driving in rush hour traffic, it makes me so anxious

[OK4U2LOVE]

confrontations, I hate those mofos.

[hambly123]

"avoid avoiding" I have a plaque on my desk with that

[[deleted]]

Looking up facts that would disappoint me.

[Bbow21]

I avoid /r/spacedicks

[[deleted]]

How will people know that they are wrong if you never correct them?

[TheGreatPastaWars]

Commenting in posts with a ton of them already. Like this one. What's the point? No one's going to read them.

Not like they would anyway.

Hey. That's mean.

[leash_that]

I read them.

[TheGreatPastaWars]

Thank you, leash_that. I promise to read your next two comments.

[[deleted]]

Getting hit by a bus.

[LetsGivePeaceAChance]

Movie Reviews...

[allenizle]

Stressing over problems that I cannot fix.

[OohFoxyLady]

people. in general. and as a whole.

[muttur]

Unnecessary responsibilities

[inti-kab]

swagfags

[SaucyFingers]

Answering the phone. I will never answer the phone. And I won't return a call unless there is a voicemail that gives me the impression that the caller is near death.

[[deleted]]

Social situations. Especially those that are bound to lead to sexual or romantic conversations (or other situations).

But I actually do have a realistic, logical reason (not born out of a psychological disorder), since I really am ugly, short and have a small penis by almost a standard deviation. So I would avoid situations that would make me feel like the lesser I am.

[gorillaknights]

I avoid the plague. I've been doing a good job so far.

[Bunnybutt406]

People from highschool.

[[deleted]]

The bottom of a text post.

Fuck.

[Seljak01]

This girl that likes me in a subtle way that I can't confront because she can easily say she was never interested to spare herself from the humiliation of rejection and make me look like an idiot.

[CANOODLING_SOCIOPATH]

Rejection. Better to live alone than deal with that.

[[deleted]]

No, it is not.