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.

Barbecues on the beach. I live in a seaside town and these are seemingly totally acceptable now. So smelly. They really spoil the beach for me.

Fat shaming. It appears to be socially acceptable to villify fat people for being visibly "unhealthy" and lacking intelligence, whatever the reason for overeating, and "putting extra strain on the NHS".

I'm not saying that it isn't true, but why should a fat person be a social pariah more than anyone slim but with a less immediately visible unhealthy personal dysfunction that could lead to multiple co-morbidities?

Fat people are an easy and obvious target and the population deems shaming them perfectly acceptable.

Marijuana.

To be fair, it's perfectly possible to avoid ever going into a Thai restaurant and not miss out on much. Dogs are everywhere, so it's rather more of a problem.

People who spend their free time on mumsnet complaining about truly harmless things. Honestly about 80% of you should take a long hard look in the mirror. The majority of this thread reads like a bunch old women complaining about anything that annoys them about young people. Half of these answers aren’t even things that are socially acceptable anyway, it’s just people moaning about things which don’t harm anybody in any way. Nipples visible through a shirt? Tight leggings? People using your first name? Stopping your trolley too suddenly?!? Jesus Christ get a life. Everybody finds people playing music out loud on the bus annoying - it’s not “socially acceptable”. There are real problems in this world and you lot have gone mad. Praying for all of you. So much jealousy and petty hatred here I’m losing faith in humanity.

Being drunk.

Betting shop/gambling adverts

Speeding vehicles .

Coffee shops that only have one table for two.

Love these threads,

Every ig woman being privately diagnosed with ADHD, these referrals now clog the NHS,

airport bad behaviour- queue jumping,physically pushing their case into you in a q as if I can move anywhere. Badly behaved kids ignored by their parents. The fifty thousand visits to the toilet some people make on the plane

Lack of manners when eg you hold a door open honestly is a thankyou too much.

Ridiculous trans fashion, awful fetishism of women by vile Eddie izzard and Sam Smith.

The endless need to chill. My kids do one task a day then need to chill watching hours of netflix.

Nicola Sturgeon and what she tried to do to women with her gender reform bill.

My energy bills how the fuck can the gov do this to us,increase the cap when we are all struggling.

The cost of normal food bread,butter,chickpeas boring stuff all rocketing

@lieselotte I take your point but still feel like there are lots of dog free places/cafes.

Smoking and especially flicking butts on the floor.

Customer service people on phone or live chat insisting on asking how you are today before allowing you to tell them the reason you need their help. You're not my friend and you don't care how I am, and if I wasn't okay I definitely wouldn't tell you!

This is so common now.
Walk past a row of traffic and even the drivers are smoking it.

Idling in cars. Especially outside schools but to be honest I hate it everywhere.

Possibly more controversial but single occupancy cars. If you're the only person in a car that seats 5 then I think you should have an exceptional reason to justify it beyond convenience.

So single people should never be able to drive anywhere ?

Dogs everywhere, off lead where they shouldn't be, in shops, cafes, horrible. I live in a rural area and lots of farmers have their sheep mauled and killed. Even people get killed by them, with increasing frequency but nobody cares. Manky things. The world would be better off without them.

I feel the same about the majority of this thread. Truly depressing. Live and let live

Hating on urban foxes calling them vermin.

Going to get flamed:

• multiple kids by multiple dads. I don't mean 2x2 I mean like 4 kids by 4 different dads

Other:

• SM influencer being a career choice
• smoking weed in the street
• hen parties which cost £££s and are tacky AF
• babies with pierced ears

@Autienotnautie

Yes can't stand Passive Aggressive Twattish behaviour too,
Or ridcule someone under disguise of joke, but hyper sensitive take things wrong way, when it relates to them,

Have you noticed that?

Thought it was just me,

Using your phone / talking on your phone whilst being served in a shop / cafe / pharmacy etc.

Betting shops on every high street everywhere. When there are 100s of 1000s of seriously addicted adults and it destroys lives. Betting shop logos on premiership team footballers’ jerseys. Betting ads on TV. Betting ads when you watch a DIY video on YouTube. Etc etc.

Honestly what is the difference between a man farting and a woman farting?

Thinking that the Royal Family are anything to be proud of when they are in fact privileged, entitled parasites.

What's wrong with topless men?? No-one turns a hair where I live (not the UK), it's hardly offensive.

People smoking in the street don't bother me either. Some of you seem to be very intolerant.

People using "in terms of". My kids can speak perfectly fine without having to use the lazy idiom "in terms of", I'm sure adults can too.

Re men pissing in the street, pop up urinals have legitimised it. For those lucky enough not to have seen it, it doesn't have a door. When the city actual provides those - like in Paris too - it's obvious that men will just pee on the street.