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What is one hill you will die on?

833 replies

whitetip · 03/12/2023 12:59

One opinion that you have that will never waver, no matter what?..

OP posts:
Mrsmch123 · 03/12/2023 18:11

Just because I save my child benefits doesn't mean I shouldn't get it🙃

VanityDiesHard · 03/12/2023 18:12

Naptrappedmummy · 03/12/2023 18:07

That all adults should be expected to stand on their own two feet, take responsibility for their lives and actions and stop blaming other people.

There are so many excuses made for competent adults on here it’s quite embarrassing.

OMG this so much. So many threads saying 'I have six children under five, my husband earns two million a year but only gives me £30 a month, and my mother was a chimneysweep'. It gets very old.

PossumintheHouse · 03/12/2023 18:12

Saying please and thank you.

AgnesX · 03/12/2023 18:14

KimberleyClark · 03/12/2023 13:15

Capital punishment is wrong.

I'll never agree with capital punishment.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 03/12/2023 18:15

I’m sure I saw an article a while back about how cats had basically attained evolutionary perfection. Can’t disagree with science!

I'm not sure that attainment of evolutionary perfection is a quality that's very relevant to being a good pet! I'm sure I've read somewhere that sharks have barely evolved because they were already perfectly adapted...

Naptrappedmummy · 03/12/2023 18:16

mantyzer · 03/12/2023 18:08

@Naptrappedmummy I will die on the opposite hill. Too many privileged people have zero understanding of the realities of many peoples lives.

who said anything about privilege?

CraggyIslandTouristBoard · 03/12/2023 18:16

That sex is binary, immutable and important.
That gender is a social construct based on regressive sexist stereotypes, and that people with body dismorphia should be treated with sympathy and offered mental health support, in much the same way that anorexia sufferers should be treated. Rather than forcing us to validate and affirm their condition, and accusing us of bigotry or making death threats if we don’t.

Didoreththeterf · 03/12/2023 18:20

I will never refer to any male as she.
People can believe whatever they like, but I will not be forced to pretend I believe it too.

JamTartLover · 03/12/2023 18:20

Table manners are dependent on the culture you grew up in.

There are some cultures with table manners that would be frowned on in England but perfectly acceptable in their culture.

Inastatus · 03/12/2023 18:22

The correct way to hang toilet roll is always ‘over’ never ‘under’.

Pizdietz · 03/12/2023 18:23

Israel's right to defend itself against terrorism.

Gingerbreadtreehouse · 03/12/2023 18:24

Abortion is wrong. I've looked at every pro-choice argument under the sun but nothing cam convince me that it's right.

Tiredalwaystired · 03/12/2023 18:24

My kids HAD to learn to swim.

my youngest HATED it for ages. But we persevered. Took a break from it when it got very challenging, then got one to one lessons to gain her confidence before moving to a group session where eventually she excelled and now loves to swim.

It was too important a life skill to let slide and no matter how long it took I was not prepared to give up.

Hastheslotharrivedyet · 03/12/2023 18:24

Billben · 03/12/2023 17:47

Are people seriously this ignorant of the Oxford comma?

That’s how we were taught back in the day when standards were higher

theDudesmummy · 03/12/2023 18:25

@Naptrappedmummy saying that you believe "all adults should stand on their own two feet" and not seeing why that attitude is a problem is pretty much the definition of privilege (and smacks of some other things with rather nastier names too). There is a hill for me too @mantyzer

VanityDiesHard · 03/12/2023 18:27

Gingerbreadtreehouse · 03/12/2023 18:24

Abortion is wrong. I've looked at every pro-choice argument under the sun but nothing cam convince me that it's right.

You are very, very wrong. That's all I'll say, and I'm very glad that people with your views are not in charge, as they are in some parts of the US.

BIossomtoes · 03/12/2023 18:27

Hastheslotharrivedyet · 03/12/2023 18:24

That’s how we were taught back in the day when standards were higher

Not necessarily higher, just different. Language evolves.

bluekelebek · 03/12/2023 18:28

Gingerbreadtreehouse · 03/12/2023 18:24

Abortion is wrong. I've looked at every pro-choice argument under the sun but nothing cam convince me that it's right.

Your hill and all. But not even if a 12 year old child was raped by a family member? Surely.

theDudesmummy · 03/12/2023 18:28

Abortion is healthcare.

Ladymarycrawley1920 · 03/12/2023 18:29

Dog racing. It’s not sport or “entertainment”, it’s a cheap night out where animals suffer and die for your “good time”. If that is a good night out for you, you are in fact, a cunt. End of.

Princessandthepea0 · 03/12/2023 18:29

That the population of the UK is entitled. The majority of adults take out - over 54% whilst a small minority pay marginal tax rates of 60% - 100%+ and it’s till not enough. People should fund their own life choices.

Hastheslotharrivedyet · 03/12/2023 18:30

DustyLee123 · 03/12/2023 18:09

That John Lennon was actually an arse hole and I can’t believe people fawn over him.

He so was an arsehole

VanityDiesHard · 03/12/2023 18:30

Tiredalwaystired · 03/12/2023 18:24

My kids HAD to learn to swim.

my youngest HATED it for ages. But we persevered. Took a break from it when it got very challenging, then got one to one lessons to gain her confidence before moving to a group session where eventually she excelled and now loves to swim.

It was too important a life skill to let slide and no matter how long it took I was not prepared to give up.

Why is it such an important life skill? I am forty and I can't swim, and it hasn't impeded my life in the least.

Terfosaurus · 03/12/2023 18:30

Gingerbreadtreehouse · 03/12/2023 18:24

Abortion is wrong. I've looked at every pro-choice argument under the sun but nothing cam convince me that it's right.

I was pregnant after being raped by my brother. Are you honestly saying I should have been forced to have his child?

VanityDiesHard · 03/12/2023 18:32

Terfosaurus · 03/12/2023 18:30

I was pregnant after being raped by my brother. Are you honestly saying I should have been forced to have his child?

OMG I'm so so sorry. How utterly horrific, and also why posts like the Gingerbreadtreehouse's are offensive garbage.