Two days after my sister was born, my mom was back waiting tables."
Here are some of the most eye-opening responses:
1.
“The expectation that you should automatically know things that weren’t taught to you growing up.
u/Dry-Illustrator76
2.
“That everyone should look like a social media filter.
“I think it’s making us expect people to be essentiallyCGI versions of peopleinstead of actual people.”
u/sleepyhollow_101
3. u/dumyspeed
“I tipped 18% at a hotel restaurant the other day.
u/Secure_Parking7762
4.
“Healthcare being tied to employment.
I don’t want to be trapped in a job I hate just so I can get my prescriptions.
u/TRIGMILLION
5. u/cookiesandchaos
u/Sin_Biscuit
6.
“Now with smartphones, assuming that people are available and obligated to respond to you.
“Now its, ‘I texted you, you didnt respond.
Are we still friends, are you mad at me?’
Like no, I simply just didnt feel like responding.
u/pwa09
7.
“The expectation of being constantly employed.
If you’re not producing something then you’re worthless.”
u/Jumper_5455
8.
“The commodification of your hobbies.
They’re about how you spend your leisure time, not another revenue stream.”
u/SlightlyFarcical
9.
“The quest for youthfulness.
u/moshennick
10.
They have to be able to smile and talk in public, but not too much.”
u/AikaNemo
11.
“The false idea that men cannot be abused, or men cannot feel emotion.
It’s disgusting.”
u/AdrianValistar
12. u/reddit-beautiful
13.
“Beauty standards (for all genders).
Human bodies should not be treated or seen as a trend, in my opinion.”
u/LilacMages
14.
“The 40-hour work week.”
u/Northernlake
“The fact that you work 9-to-5 for almost all your life.
It’s like you have been born to work, pay taxes, and consume.”
u/Pandours
15.
With the current cost of living and entry-level wages, this just isn’t possible for most people.”
u/xeno0153
16.
I’m just ‘old’ and ‘used up.'”
The idea that individuals have to be their own community.
That’s why so many people are suffering.
“Ridiculous.We need more empathy and less ego.
More connection, less loneliness.”
u/Narcissista
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
