If there’s one thing we humans are really good at, it’s sweeping things under the rug and pretending they’re fine—as long as they don’t affect us directly. It’s definitely not the healthiest coping mechanism, but it’s one we’ve collectively mastered.
In a recent thread, Redditors called out the stuff society has normalized that’s actually pretty creepy. From parents oversharing their kids’ lives online to ads that seem to read your mind, here’s what they had to say.
#1
Electing a convicted felon to lead the country.
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#2
Child beauty pageants have got to be up there.
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#3
For profit healthcare.
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#4
Putting your children all over social media and even worse, making separate social media accounts for your kids that can barely even walk or talk yet.
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#5
Paparazzi/celebrity gossip culture, and how we basically accept that it's okay to stalk people as long as they're famous and you can make money out of intimate details of their lives.
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#6
Kicking out your kids at 18 or thinking an 18 year old is a full grown adult.
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#7
Forcing your kids to hug/kiss adults when they don't want to (like grandmas, uncles, family friends etc.).
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#8
It's getting better but the "boys will be boys" mentality.
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#9
High Schools and Middle Schools requiring female athletes to wear tight and short uniforms on athletic teams similar to what women wear on a beach.
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#10
Children's clothing being designed to be tiny versios of adults, specifically little girls 4 yr olds don't need booty shorts and croptops.
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#11
Exploiting your own children for social media clout.
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#12
Recording strangers in public and posting it online.
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#13
A lot of people say "Child beauty pageants", adult ones are pretty creepy too.
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#14
Adults in their 30s-50s and above dating anyone with an age ending in "teen"
(18-19)
It's legal, yes.
But still super creepy.
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#15
Predatory financial practices (like payday loan establishments and slot machines in gas stations).
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#16
That people with a disability or chronic illness can be treated as sub-human / third rate citizens. Seems universal worldwide.
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#17
Constant surveillance, both by our governments and tech companies.
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#18
People posting near fatal and fatal videos on social media. All for karma or likes . Totally disgusting.
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#19
Male Infant Genital Mutilation as a religious blood ritual.
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#20
Cruelty to livestock including macerating male chicks at birth in the egg industry.
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#21
Father/Daughter "purity dance" like a prom, but dads take their daughters.
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#22
How obsessed people are with celebrities’ personal lives, down to tracking their flights and stalking them in public.
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#23
How about making people live in pain and suffering. Seniors, sick, disabled, mentally ill. Some of them just can't take it.
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#24
The fact that most social media apps listen to us and then show ads for things we just talked about.
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#25
Sugar on everything.
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