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A hill you are prepared to die on

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xxxx01 · 13/10/2026 14:13

What is your hill you are prepared to die on.

Mine is the moon landing was fake.
Botox makes you look older.
Sex is overrated.
Some art work is not art its crap.

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susiedaisy1912 · 13/10/2026 15:47

ExtraHotDoubleShot · 13/10/2026 14:46

Oh, and this rise of anxious teenagers is due to coddling.

Agree. They’ve got no resilience and can’t cope with anything that doesn’t go their way or requires a lot of effort and determination.

Notgrowing · 13/10/2026 15:48

DeftGoldHedgehog · 13/10/2026 15:31

People who "tell it like it is" are invariably rude and ignorant.

At least their honest and get to the point no faffing around with feelings.

RanyaJerodung · 13/10/2026 15:49

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/10/2026 15:43

Banana protectors. Nature already invented one. It's called a banana skin.

So says someone who has never had a banana explode over the last clean nappy in the nappy bag.......

Banana protectors are great - as you say, brilliant in a changing bag, or your work bag, travel bag, whatever.
Incredibly useful.

PearPeer · 13/10/2026 15:49

ChocolateCinderToffee · 13/10/2026 15:41

Trans women are women and those who say they are not are very very wrong.

Dear Lord. They walk among us.

Violence toward others (including non-humans) is the curse of humanity. Until we quit finding enjoyment in it and thinking it acceptable, we should stop believing ourselves to be some sort of superior race.

Latenightreader · 13/10/2026 15:49

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/10/2026 15:33

thinking thinking....nope you've lost me!! Explain please!

Padme dying when the twins were born ruins the conversation Luke and Leia have in the Ewok village. She talks about her mother, mentions her being sad, and he says 'I don't remember my mother'. He knows they are twins and she doesn't, so he's hearing about his mother for the first time. Or not according to the third prequel. I was absolutely convinced they'd faked her death up to the end of the film.

Not that I've over thought this...

Happysnappydays · 13/10/2026 15:50

Biological sex matters
Women shouldn't take their husbands name on marriage
Tattoos are a bit common
Refugees should always be welcomed

tartyflette · 13/10/2026 15:51

There, their and they’re might sound the same but they are different words with different meanings. And people will judge if you get it wrong.

Lifeomars · 13/10/2026 15:51

Notgrowing · 13/10/2026 15:05

We need outright war.

A world war? why? any chance you could elaborate?

PegOfJustice · 13/10/2026 15:52

Petty revenge pranks are fine if proportionate.

Notgrowing · 13/10/2026 15:52

ChocolateCinderToffee · 13/10/2026 15:41

Trans women are women and those who say they are not are very very wrong.

They are not women their called fem boys where im from.
Women with a dick is not a woman its a fem boy's or cross dresser.

RanyaJerodung · 13/10/2026 15:52

Happysnappydays · 13/10/2026 15:50

Biological sex matters
Women shouldn't take their husbands name on marriage
Tattoos are a bit common
Refugees should always be welcomed

The last one; any caveats, or just open borders?.

SusieGIass · 13/10/2026 15:52

Alcohol is a poison. It is a class 1 carcinogen and it makes me laugh when people slag off botox and things like that, and yet they happily throw a literal carcinogenic poison that has been proven to cause certain cancers down their throat at every available social opportunity 😆

Jdemam · 13/10/2026 15:52

Anyone who thinks Michael Jackson wasn’t a paedophile is thick, deluded, brainwashed and believed his spiel. If you think the McCanns did it you’re probably thick as well. Anyone who believes in horoscopes is thick. 9/11 conspiracy theorists - same.

PrettyPickle · 13/10/2026 15:53

KneesBendArmStretchBlahBlahBlah · 13/10/2026 15:43

If you knew about allergies you would understand the nuts labelling.

I am allergic to nuts and various other things, I understand labelling but that is a step too far or maybe society is doomed. Its the art of stating the blooming obvious.

Its the clash between common sense and legal liability. People know the warning exists for a serious reason, but the wording can still sound unintentionally daft.

Its like buying a cup of hot chocolate and having to be advised it maybe hot! Have we really become so dense!

IndigoBrave · 13/10/2026 15:54

Notgrowing · 13/10/2026 14:34

Having babies past 40 is just mental to do.
Moon landings were faked.
Dogs should not be allowed in cafés.
Parents need to parent without a screen.
Women are not always right.
Skinny jabs will cause problems in the end.
Lake District and the white cliffs of Dover are over rated.
Men that shave their armpits are wankers.
Some old people are bloody annoying.
And many many more.

Men that shave there armpits are wankers? Elaborate 😅

RaraRachael · 13/10/2026 15:55

helpfulperson · 13/10/2026 14:26

Those who think sex is underated aren't doing it with the right person.

No, some of us just hate it.
I'd have been happy just to do it the twice it took to conceive my kids.

Frazzled89 · 13/10/2026 15:55

FlyingApple · 13/10/2026 15:12

Interesting, thanks for sharing. It's the same in my family and extended family just so you know, the members covered in them have developed auto immune diseases.

That's anecdotal evidence. Is there actually any proof of this? Autoimmune disease runs in my family, as it tends to do, none of us tattooed. They are also much more common in women, and I'd bet that men have more tatoos than women although I haven't researched an actual source for that.

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/10/2026 15:55

Latenightreader · 13/10/2026 15:49

Padme dying when the twins were born ruins the conversation Luke and Leia have in the Ewok village. She talks about her mother, mentions her being sad, and he says 'I don't remember my mother'. He knows they are twins and she doesn't, so he's hearing about his mother for the first time. Or not according to the third prequel. I was absolutely convinced they'd faked her death up to the end of the film.

Not that I've over thought this...

I wouldnt agree that he knows that they are twins, he knows that they are siblings, and its not made clear that he knows their respective ages (he always came across as younger than Leia).

And as Leia can use the Force it could be that her "feelings" came from her mother during the birth and as she died, rather than remembering her in the usual sense.

Happysnappydays · 13/10/2026 15:56

RanyaJerodung · 13/10/2026 15:52

The last one; any caveats, or just open borders?.

Well the definition of refugee I've always known is this one, so yes (not open immigration, this is about people in desperate need)
"A refugee is a person who has been forced to flee their country of origin because of war, violence, conflict, or a well-founded fear of persecution"

FriendlyMedusa · 13/10/2026 15:56

PrettyPickle · 13/10/2026 15:53

I am allergic to nuts and various other things, I understand labelling but that is a step too far or maybe society is doomed. Its the art of stating the blooming obvious.

Its the clash between common sense and legal liability. People know the warning exists for a serious reason, but the wording can still sound unintentionally daft.

Its like buying a cup of hot chocolate and having to be advised it maybe hot! Have we really become so dense!

Its like buying a cup of hot chocolate and having to be advised it maybe hot! Have we really become so dense!
You might want to read up on Liebeck vs. McDonald's AKA the reason every chain started labelling drinks as hot. I don't think she was "dense".

Aluna · 13/10/2026 15:56
  • Bio sex matters
  • Banana protectors look like vibrator cases
  • Kitchen islands have jumped the shark, bring back kitchen tables
Hecksonaplane · 13/10/2026 15:57

bit of a theme to mine!!
People who don’t pick up after their dogs are twats
as are people that don’t do any reading when taking on a dog
There is no need for household products / people care ie shampoo etc to damage the environment it’s all money driven same as animal testing all about money
people are ignorant of the above and it should be widely transparent information
vegans get bad crack due to cognitive dissonance and ignorance though I accept it’s a lot of the animal cruelty is hidden behind red tractors and “laws”

the lack of accountability and care for men’s crime (against children/ women) is a crime itself and those in charge should be sacked and not in a position of power ever again

I could go on all day so won’t!

Anyahyacinth · 13/10/2026 15:58

helpfulperson · 13/10/2026 14:26

Those who think sex is underated aren't doing it with the right person.

Or solo well either

Happysnappydays · 13/10/2026 15:58

@Latenightreader they clearly changed the back story and hoped Star Wars fans would overlook it (which is a bit daft really considering how dedicated the fan base are!)

Becuriousnotjudgemental1980 · 13/10/2026 15:59

Mine is. Anti vaxxer parents should be charged with child neglect and the offspring shouldn’t be allowed in schools or nurseries. Abortion is ok for any woman or girl that needs it. No civilian ever needs to own a gun in any way. People that believe the moon landings were faked, the holocaust was faked, 9/11 was faked are just morons. I have a lot more!

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