Things that are socially acceptable but you wish they were not

[IconicKitty]

I feel like a bit of a man. For me:

Men pissing by the side of the road. I have see this twice in the past few days, yet there were public loos close by. If a woman did this people would question her sanity, or at the very least think she was undignified yet for men it's considered normal.

Men going shirtless in public. Do what you like in your own garden, but why walk down the high street etc without a shirt. It's never that hot in England - in fact some much hotter climates actually have dignity laws that prohibit both men and women from even showing their arms or legs. Plus you know, sun burn.

Smoking. I hate walking behind someone who is smoking, it blows back in the face of the person behind and gives me a headache. It's unhealthy, expensive and should just be banged in public full stop imo.

Nah, not the "bulging" over-pumped muscles - more a body well looked after, think Strictly Come Dancing professional men for example!

People you don't know who phone you and ask you who you without introducing themselves.

It was Business Communications BTEC 1st, which I used to teach, telephone etiquette for the phoner to introduce themselves to the the phonee. It's the electronic equivalent of wanting to get inside someone's house. Say who you are and what you want so the phonee can decide whether to take it futrher.

And yes, I know I've made some words up.

Another vote for parking on pavements. Idling engines. Driving journeys under a mile.

Cheaters especially those married and with children, I wouldn't mind if they had to reimburse the people whose lives they've ruined!

Dog shit. I know all MN dog owners are as pure as the driven snow, but out here in the real world nobody seems to bother cleaning it up any more.

Teenage girls who screech like Blackadder's goddaughter Millicent in public, especially on public transport. They make my fucking ears bleed.

Sleep training babies

Giving pets away when a family brings a new baby home

Coercing women into unnecessary inductions

Being glued to your phone.

Hugging/kissing friends and extended family
Small talk
Splitting the bill
Farting (toilet humour)
Sharing food/drinks

Eh? Pregnancy surrogacy? You can’t be serious

Glad it's not just me

Alcohol. It's wild to me thst we're encouraged to drink and addictive poison and literally destroys people and families.

Maybe because I drank my life's quota before I was 23 though 🥴

@Riverlee Can I ask why? What's wrong with someone calling you by your name? Its what its there for!

Spitting

• Topless Guys - nope, put your top on Kyle
• hot tubs - especially those squeezed into little more than a yard
• Botox/fillers/too much make up - I just see insecure people
• Lycra tight tops - I don’t want to see your threpnies bouncing around
• kids dropping litter when their parents are there - hurl them back, tell them to go pick up their chewits wrapper & find a bin
• babies with ears pierced
• babies with their Dads foot teams top - little Caleb does not know he supports Man U
• school run in PJ’s - get dressed Britney
• Cars with ‘powered by fairy dust’ or ‘my other car is a Porsche’ - just NO!
• speaking on the phone at supermarket checkout *putting your 108 items on the conveyor belt & pretending you have seen me behind you with my 2 items

How very glib of you, Dog allergies could kill my boy. You being 'allergic' to children won't kill you. Dogs in enclosed public spaces are, for him life threatening.
He was born at 27 weeks, to a mother addicted to heroin, of which he was weaned from slowly, he's missing part of his brain, has very complex health needs, chronic lung disease from being intubated for over a year he's blind and is non verbal, always will be and is not toilet trained and also never will be.
He also screeches and makes noises a lot so I assume you'd be 'allergic' to him too.

@Kate0902900908 definitly agree surrogacy shouldnt be socially acceptable

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spitting! sooooo grosss

Claiming gender stereotypes are innate - whether from a gender ideology perspective or a traditional conservative perspective I don't care - it's really time people were freed from this regressive bullshit.

Eating meat.

War.

Lip fillers. Sorry. I have sympathy with people who feel the need, I'm not immune to the pressure to look a certain way however much I know it's bullshit (see 1st point) but these need to stop.

And don't wash their hands!!!

@DidyouNO I agree there should be plently of dog free spaces available. And I'm very sorry for your son. But there's no reason someone should't have a dog themselves in a space thats dog friendly. I'm severly allergic to cashew nuts so can't go into thai resteraunts because being around the cooking makes my face swell up. I dont expect other people to stop having thai food

Using aggressive/bad language when discussing or debating on the internet. If you wouldn’t be aggressive with someone face to face you shouldn’t be doing it online.

Celebrities/famous people having 100x or 1000x the carbon footprint of the average person. I’m not an extremist on the environment at all, but there’s such a thing as taking the piss - which is what private jets and massive private yachts are doing. And in this day and age there’s simply no reason to be flying several times a week for interviews or business meetings etc. Few will treat climate change with the seriousness it deserves while the majority of the most privileged among us act as if it doesn’t exist.

Industrial farming. We know it’s cruel and the vast majority would never
approve of treating horses or dogs in such a way so there’s no reason that we should similarly intelligent cows or pigs in such a way. I blame government for not insisting on more humane practises rather than individuals who are buying cheap meat as they may be struggling financially.

Passive aggressiveness
Bullying and then claiming it's a joke

All villages and towns ect should have loos. (A reverse)