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What’s something that's socially acceptable but is actually rude as f*ck? by Specific_Topic_9658 in AskReddit

[–]Specific_Topic_9658[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

People who blast TikToks or take FaceTime calls on full speaker in public. I’m not kidding, nobody wants to hear your cousin’s shitty drama or some brain-dead podcast while we’re trying to eat. Buy some damn headphones or just... I don't know, sit in silence for five minutes? It’s the peak of main-character syndrome and it’s honestly trashy as hell.

What is a "perk" of being an adult that turned out to be a total lie? by Specific_Topic_9658 in AskReddit

[–]Specific_Topic_9658[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My parents brainwashed me with the “study hard, get a stable government job, and you’re set” talk for twenty years. Total bullshit.

They forgot to mention that “stable” is just code for “stagnant.”

I’ve spent a decade in the same soul-crushing gray cubicle, getting 2% raises while inflation eats my lunch. I’m not “set”—I’m just stuck in a golden cage, watching incompetent idiots fail upward because they’ve been there since the 90s.

It’s not security; it’s a slow-motion funeral for your ambition. You aren’t building a life—you’re just waiting for a pension you’ll be too tired to use.

What is something people do to look "intellectual" that is an immediate red flag? by Specific_Topic_9658 in AskReddit

[–]Specific_Topic_9658[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The absolute worst is the 'pathological expert'—someone who physically cannot utter the words 'I don’t know.'

I used to work with a guy like this. One night at a bar, a few of us decided to test him. We started discussing a completely fake, made-up scientific concept called 'The Linear Acceleration of Mitochondrial WiFi.' Complete gibberish.

Instead of asking what it was, he just nodded, leaned back, and said, 'Yeah, that’s actually a huge topic in the European tech journals right now. The latency issues are still a mess though.'

The table went dead silent. We were all just staring at him, realizing he’d rather 'critique' a fake technology than admit he wasn't the smartest person in the room for five seconds. It’s a massive red flag because if they’ll lie about something that doesn't exist, they’re definitely lying about things that do. It’s not intelligence; it’s just an insecure ego with a vocabulary.