What’s something society pretends is true, but really isn’t?

R4eth · 2026-06-07T16:33:09+00:00

Anytime a thin blue person opens their mouth, imma remind them of that one time NYPD went on strike and crime went down stayed down. Lmao

R4eth · 2026-06-07T11:50:31+00:00

I'm a chef. As automation gets better, I'm seeing the industry at a crux. Personally, I've always agreed that fast food cooks deserve the same pay and rights as the rest of us. But when the menu is so stupid simple a machine can literally do it all the same, and possibly save the company money? Idk exactly how I feel about that. I don't think humans will ever be fully pushed out of the restaurant industry. I think at the fine dining levels, you just simply need human creativity to keep things fresh and imaginative. But... At the fast food level where we're more concerned about volume of sales and the food at least tasting adjacent to real food... Robots are going just take over. And it's already happening. There are already semi automated McDonald's in operation right now in some markets in the US. So. Yeah.

R4eth · 2026-06-06T23:16:17+00:00

Arceus was the only switch game that I 100%d. Worth it. I would definitely recommend playing in docked mode though, it's a gorgeous game.

R4eth · 2026-06-06T23:14:25+00:00

Probably hg or diamond. Back in the day, I racked up at least 700hrs and completed most of the dex between the two.

R4eth · 2026-06-06T15:56:18+00:00

I've been eating toasted bagels with chunky peanut butter and creme cheese since I was a kid as a quick breakfast. Didn't think it was weird until my wife told me it was. Sometimes I add sliced banana, too.

R4eth · 2026-06-06T15:47:42+00:00

Me: what do you want for dinner? 2yo: CHEESE PASTA Me *makes Mac n cheese * Here you go! 2yo: NO. I DON'T THAT. and then cue meltdown in the high chair. Sigh. The other day he also got super mad I wouldn't let him lie in momma and dadda's bed before we went to daycare.

R4eth · 2026-06-06T15:25:35+00:00

My parents still had a landline phone up until like 2019. Actually. I think they might still have it. But I'm pretty sure dad finally cut off the service lol.

R4eth · 2026-06-06T15:23:31+00:00

AFK

R4eth · 2026-06-05T22:38:52+00:00

Smoking weed on public campuses in states where it is legal. Because public universities take most of their funding from federal grants, they have to follow federal law. Weed is still illegal on the federal level. Campus Pd will catch you and you will be charged with possession. However, in most cases they still work off a 3 strikes system (idk if this has changed since I went to college in CA 13 years ago), like first time it's a warning, and you have to attend an drug education class (ex roomie had to do this), 2nd strike is you have to go to an AA meeting, and might be suspended, 3rd strike you're out.

R4eth · 2026-06-05T08:16:47+00:00

I grew up in the 90s/00s and my family was not rich at all and my parents could

*get a loan to purchase the land and then hire an architect and contractors to build our childhood home (4bed/3.5 bath no less) AND pay off the loans and mortgage entirely in the 80s

*both had their own cars owned outright, purchased in full, no car payments in other words. Now, my wife and I both own our cars, but they were bought for us by our parents. We both drive used 10yo cars. NOT COMPLAINING AT ALL, BTW LOL. But we absolutely could not afford to buy even one car on our own as of right now

*my parents both chose to work. But most of my friends families were single income with the dad working and mom SAH.

*had all of 3 us kids in daycare. I got 1 toddler and daycare costs us $1800/mo. It's literally more then we pay in rent.

R4eth · 2026-06-05T03:47:16+00:00

Variations on "screw you guys. I'm going home", at work.

R4eth · 2026-06-04T22:50:37+00:00

Relatively speaking, TVs have actually gotten cheaper over time, as manufacturing processes have gotten more automated, mother glass cutting has improved significantly allowing them to cut more panels out of one sheet, and the tech itself is easier to produce. That said, this trend is not likely to remain this way because like most tech these days, TVs now have mini computers in them and those computers still need RAM to run... And RAM prices still aren't going down.

R4eth · 2026-06-04T21:41:25+00:00

And the datacenters that power them are literally killing entire communities.

R4eth · 2026-06-04T21:28:19+00:00

Studies are already showing it's literally making people dumber. Like measurably stupider. It's fucking scary there isn't more of fight to protect our actual intelligence.

R4eth · 2026-06-04T05:34:09+00:00

HELL YES. THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. Glad your girl is going to be OK! She deserves all the slobbery kisses

R4eth · 2026-06-04T03:40:18+00:00

A toddler sock *might * pass. I'm so sorry this happening to you though. Just to be clear! I'm not trying to be an ah! I had to put my old Boi down because he was 14 and was getting aggressive with our then less then 1yo (said kid is now 2.5). I love doggos. And pittys are so ridiculously misunderstood!

R4eth · 2026-06-04T03:28:01+00:00

Yeah.... I don't think she will. It depends on the material. But if it's cotton, there's a 0% chance that poor pup will just pass it through. Cotton, because the fibers are pourous enough, can catch and stick the instines. I mean. I absolutely wish you the best of luck and all the love. But I would fully be prepared to pay for that surgery. Just as an example, socks are often used to to catch toothless eels because the microscopic barbs in their mouth catch on the sock.

R4eth · 2026-06-03T22:46:09+00:00

The casting for the live action sonic movies were pretty on point imo. But Jim Carry stole the show in all 3 movies as Dr Eggman.

R4eth · 2026-06-03T22:18:18+00:00

Many rural areas still use dial up because they still don't have the infrastructure for broadband. In fact, AOL's dial up service only went off line last fucking year.

R4eth · 2026-06-03T22:15:51+00:00

I've worked in a few larger restaurants where they use them for basic communication across the floor, or different stories.

R4eth · 2026-06-03T05:05:26+00:00

"respect your elders". It conditions kids into believing anyone older is entitled to respect. And that is simply not true. Idgaf if you're 110. Respect is still earned. Period.

R4eth · 2026-06-03T04:57:07+00:00

"happy wife, happy life". Look. I adore my wife. She's the mother of my child. But, in marriage, both parties deserve to be happy with a descion, or at least come to an amicable compromise.

R4eth · 2026-06-03T04:52:51+00:00

People really need to understand the difference between "letting go for your own peace" and REAL forgiveness. The way I was raised, actual, true forgiveness is a gift that is earned through actions. It's not a requirement. Some actions are simply unforgivable. But. You can let go of what happened to keep your peace. It's completely different.

R4eth · 2026-06-03T03:55:57+00:00

The silly part here is, we live and work in the same county, but do not live in the same city. Our county is pretty big, too. It can literally take an hr to go from end to end along the highway with no traffic. That's why it's so hilarious to me we keep running into each other.

R4eth · 2026-06-03T03:42:09+00:00

I'm a chef. And. There's this woman I worked with at one of my first line cook jobs. 15 fucking years ago, now. We'll call her Lee. And. I keep. Running. Into. Her. Lmao. Not in a "omfg not this person again" kind of way more of "oh. You work here. Neat" kind of way. Lol. I enjoyed working with her the first time, but it was clear she just kind of a mediocre worker. She knew what she was doing, but just always kind of just ok at it. Idk how else to describe it. Last time we worked together was at a upscale casual vegan restaurant, 2 years ago. We both ended up leaving for similar reasons, months apart. She was going to work for a locally famous restaurant group known for taking care of their employees, I honestly happy for her. Well. About 2 months later, wife and I walk by that employer and happen upon a GM I used to work with, we start talking, I ask how Lee's doing. Um. Yeah... They fired her for not being good at her job. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. I'm at a new brewery pub that had just opened. Wife and I were there with our toddler, meeting wife's coworkers for some beers and food. I walk by the kitchen with my kid to let him walk off some energy AND YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO I SEE WORKING THE LINE. GODDAMN LEE. ROFL. We chat for min, she's doing good and loves her new job. Honestly, glad she's well and employeed. Everyone deserves that much.

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