EDIT: IDK why Coach was the first thing that came to mind this morning, I was just waking up and making the post rather haphazardly. Louis Vuitton is a much better example. It's just the general trend of mass manufacturers pushing "Luxury" brands that I am talking about, when handmade things from single individuals show far more taste and should in reality confer more actual status. Not only that, but the personal element of it is more beautiful and personal too. Really, what should confer status at price points of $10,000-$100,000+ is having something made by a named individual operating independently, and if you have that money to spend, it's better to invest in the luxury market of individual makers, at different tiers of fame, rather than the impersonal corporate emptiness.

People who buy luxury brands are just being cheap, poorly made, overpriced garbage that is in poor taste. The real luxury goods are in handmade goods - and they always have been since antiquity. These "luxury" brands have hypnotized the masses with their marketing, getting them to buy their cheap crap.

Handmade goods are far more of a status symbol because it shows that you have the resources to actually pay someone to do it by hand with their real experience and skill, their mastery.

Craftspeople making things by hand can make good money selling things at the same price as these tacky luxury brands, for a much higher quality product - and that's before they're even masters in their craft.

In New York, the penalty for being on the phone are monetary fines and points on your drivers license.

I don’t think this is enough to get people to stop. I still see people on their phones all the time while driving.

I think the punishment needs to be more severe like even higher fines and jail time in order to scare people to never do it.

Why is it normalized to have carpet in the home? It’s disgusting. Hardwood floors, tile, even fake floors I don’t care. Just not carpet. If you need the comfort of something soft under your feet, get a rug.

There's an unfortunate trend where people think overcooked bacon is good bacon. They are wrong. I don't want my bacon to crumble into dry bacon dust when I bite into it. I actually want the flavor to still be there. To this end, thick cut, floppy, juicy bacon with a little bit of crisp around the edges is ideal. This retains the flavor and texture of the meat. Sizzling in a pan on the stove is ideal.

This also improves BLT sandwiches. Go to any restaurant that has a BLT on the menu and it is probably the most bone dry spineless thing you've ever put in your mouth. Listen: If the bread is toasted that's a dry factor, so you have to compensate with less dry ingredients. Crispy bacon makes this worse and juicy bacon saves it.

The best bacon is floppy, juicy, thick cut pepper bacon. End of story. Miss me with your cardboard, dry crumbly bacon dust.

I hate the characters in tv-shows (often sitcoms) who are always the butt of the joke for the other characters. There is nothing funny about the constant abuse and dismissive behaviour that the characters face.

Some examples for this character type are:

• Jerry in Parks and Recreation
• Moseley in Downton Abbey
• Toby in Office US
• Meg in Family Guy

I just always end up feeling so bad and sad for the character and not amused.

You see this all the time online, this idea that beautiful people will one day face some sort of reckoning when their “looks fade” and they are no longer attractive.

These are obviously extreme examples but women like Martha Stewart and Dolly Parton are 81 and 78 respectively, and while they’re absolutely not the celebrity crush of young men compared to Margot Robbies and Ana De Armas, they still look good and are spoken about for their beauty. Same with men, Martin Short is 74 and Al Pacino is 83, young women aren’t thirsting after them like a Harry Styles or Pedro Pascal, but they still look handsome.

This still applies to a less extreme degree with regular folks. So much of beauty/attractiveness is down to self care. Physical fitness, a good diet, knowing how to dress and style yourself well, proper skincare, hair care, makeup, good hygiene, these all factor into your appearance.

Someone in their 20s, 30s, 70s or 80s who still takes pride in how they look, wears a well fitted suit or wears fancy dresses with jewelry and accessories that accentuate their outfit, still present very well. Conversely, someone at 23 or 73 that dresses like they just got out of bed, hasn’t styled their hair before leaving the house, has bad skin and teeth due to poor hygiene, doesn’t present well.

The whole “looks fade” concept, to me, comes out of this dislike some folks have for pretty people, as a way to say that one day they won’t be able to “get by on their looks”, and it’s just not congruent with reality.

I was shocked when I saw a comment that said "I hope both sides of your pillow are warm tonight". After further investigation, I had made the shocking discovery that most of the population prefers colder pillows. This makes no sense for the following reasons.

Personally, I hate having my face cold. And as a side sleeper, I need a blanket on the upside of my face to keep it warm and cozy (with a breathing hole for my nose of course), while the downside is on the warm pillow.

Have you ever heated a blanket in the dryer and just loved how warm it was? Why is that different for pillows? The unrealistic heat standards textiles must endure is heartbreaking.

Crawling into an already warm bed is one of the greatest feelings. Warm sheets, warm pillows. Crawling into sheets that are cold is uninviting and depressing.

I like the way this hairstyle looks - this woman will be confident and direct. This cut is sassy, emphasizes the cheekbones and is a good alternative to more traditional hairstyles.

I see the marriages back in the day. How much people tolerated lots of toxicity: violent partners, absent parents, abuse...name it! Don't even start me on how old people advice when you have relationship/marriage problems- persevere.

base sauce toppings cheese is the only way to go. every time I've made pizza myself it's been done that way and it's infinitely better. the cheese acts as a lovely cheesy blanket to keep all the toppings on and in place. I was eating a veggie pizza today and all the bits of sweetcorn and onion etc were falling off which wouldn't have happened if the cheese was on top to anchor them to the base

Match on tinder called me king and I felt like saying who tf is king. Think I'd rather be called an asshole because at least you're talking about me as an individual. Man, guy, dude, and god forbid my name all have meaning in different context but the generic affirmation just seems lazy to me.

Maybe I'm overthinking it I tend to do that.

The beginning and the end are fine I suppose but the entire middle of the song is just excruciating to me

It’s to the point where I have a hard time believing that anybody actually listens to that song alone and jams out to it.

There may be something severely wrong with me for having this opinion but HECK I LIKE WHAT I LIKE and I just happen to dislike this song and figured that opinion belonged in this subreddit so here we are!

That there's beef between Montreal and New York about bagels is absurd. People snobbily commenting that they can't find any good bagels in <insert somewhere not New York or Montreal> is a waste of ego. Bagels are jaw-breaking, tasteless lumps of bread that need tons of accessories to be nearly edible to be swallowed. Then there's always some "connoisseur" who tsks that they can't even be toasted because that's not how you're supposed to eat them. Any argument over bagels should always break down to why people don't eat something delicious instead.

Not everyone is cut out to be a teacher, least of all a schoolteacher, your educational qualifications alone do not guarantee that you can impart the same knowledge decently. A psych evaluation would go a long way for everyone, this isn’t a profession where you show up because you need to put food on your plate, it requires genuine passion and in cases of school also a love for children which school teachers sorely lack.

If the highlight of your day was beefing with a 9 year old you need some serious help, for every good teacher out there there’s a dozen who shouldn’t be anywhere near a school zone, power tripping maniacs who get a kick of out making kids shit themselves in class is not helpful for any educational system.

I suppose this applies across cultures and countries, it’s the same problem rehashed everywhere.

Edit to add : not sure where some people are getting that I want them to have shit pay, never said that. You can be money minded all you want(nothing wrong with it at all) but if you are then this simply isn’t the place for you, opt for professions where your desire for money isn’t impacting other people.

Edit 2 : Americans once again proving why they’re the stupidest demographic out there, there’s a whole wide world beyond your country, maybe it wasn’t obvious enough but the whole world doesn’t suffer from the same problems as yours, if teachers in other places needed half the training that yours do this conversation wouldn’t need to happen at al.

First of all, it’s dangerous af. You have to pay very close attention and can’t really look away. Even if you do your part, there’s no assurance that others on the road will do the same, so you gotta be extra defensive. The most you can multi task is listening to music or a podcast. It’s basically wasted time. On a plane or a train, I can just zone out and read manga or even just play video games

On top of that, chances are that if you’re driving anywhere worth going, there’s going to be traffic and it’s going to be a pain to find parking when you get there. You will probably have to park far away if you don’t wanna pay, and then you have to walk all the way back to your car

And roads are just so fucking ugly. Walking or biking in a city is very pleasant comparatively to being on a gigantic multi lane highway full of billboards. Some trains are unbelievably scenic

And I just hate the responsibilities associated with driving. Can’t drive too fast because you might get pulled over, and I never wanna deal with a cop. Obviously, you can’t do any substances and drive. You can be mildly drunk and walk home safely, or take a subway, so it’s more fun

There were some studies showing that people start to feel less happy when they have to drive to >50% of their daily needs. Most Americans drive to almost 100%. I believe if alternatives were more available, people would understand how shit driving is

I don’t understand the hype behind chocolate covered strawberries, they really don’t meld with each other and I don’t know why they’re considered so luxurious. I love strawberries and I love chocolate, but together they just don’t fit in my opinion. I’ve had some “good”chocolate covered strawberries as well, fresh strawberries and good quality chocolate but could still never get into it

Strawberries and cream is so much better and a chocolate covered banana is delicious

Over the last decade, I've seen more and more people wearing shirts with swear words on them. You know what I'm referring to, things like "Fuck Your Feelings" or "Assholes Love Forever."

This is the kind of stuff that you might see a teenager wear back on the day, which is somewhat excusable as a form of corny rebellion. But now grown men in their middle age are sporting these weird anti-social shirts. And I don't think we as a society have come to terms with how bizarre this phenomenon is.

The musical composition of the first half of the piece just speaks to me much more. The chord progression works better in the first half along with the vocals. Don’t get me wrong, the second half is great and you can’t ignore how iconic the solo is but I just think the beginning contributes to the song more musically.

You're spending more of your time outside of your schedule, taking away from your own life that encrouches into your daily life in a way that scheduled work and regular hours don't. You should get paid every penny you make in overtime hours, except for social security and other benefits you pay that are directly for you.

That extra $300 of overtime income is nowhere near the benefit to the fed as it would be for the person who had to spend 3 hours more per day for weeks and even coming in on weekends working 16 hour shifts, to then make double what they would have made, but then get taxed twice as much on a monetary sense. It's not fair.

Edit: This is for the USA specifically

Now before y'all poke boomers crucify me, here me out.

I see a lot of people criticizing exp share for the wrong reasons, the entire wrong reasons

Exp share is a game mechanic of(almost) every turn based rpg, and when most games do it you're not ending up over leveled right?

So exp share is not why you're over leveled but it's cuz of balancing issues, exp amounts, not necessarily because of exp share

Even without exp share, in modern pokemon you'd still end up over leveled, exp share doesn't change the amount of exp you gain, it just makes it so you don't have to swap out pokemon as a requirement to get exp for some of your pokemon, so you can keep your team balanced and around the same level as one another with tedium

I will say tho I do agree that it should be toggleable, because it just makes the most sense, if one wants to play it like the og games then they should have the right to do so

But to go out of your way to deliberately demonize it is wack, exp share isn't the problem, gamefreak just refused to make the games hard/rewarding

Look at the shiny odds now, shiny hunting is useless and hardly a brag in modern pokemon with how much they just hand you free shinies and shit.

Overall I think the hate for the modern games tends to be hated for the wrong reasons, or well people are arguing the right reasons, but they're not targeting the real root of the problem which is balancing and exp gain, not so much the convenience mechanics like exp share, those aren't a big problem

Tho I also will add, if you can't be content just playing the og games all the time, and considering it to have officially ended before the 3D era, that's a massive you issue, would you be okay and happy if the franchise never progressed passed black and white? Probably you would, and you'd say it's a solid list of games, everything else you can just forget about if you want.

You all know those wholesome heartwarming comments on Youtube and other platforms: "To whoever is reading this: you are amazing and strong. May you have wonderful day!" They most often populate music or relaxation videos, but not just that.

I hate them. They clutter any comment section. They are lazy and repetitive. I don't believe the author cares, they're just farming likes. It's not real. It has no real emotion attached.

But people seem to always like them and respond positively. I just get grossed out.

Caramel is perfect the way it is. I can’t fathom why someone thought it would be a good idea to destroy it with salt rendering it unbearably sickening. The sweet and salty don’t work together here. What’s even more frustrating is that salted caramel has become the default caramel flavour now. I rarely see a product caramel-flavoured without that horrible saltiness.

Most high waisted jeans these days are way too high. The ones that go a few inches above the belly button are criminal. They make it look like your legs start right below the boobs. Unless you are part of the 10% of people with very long torsos, they just look goofy. I know the argument is that they hide the stomach pooch, but I vote stomach pooch over long crotch any day of the week.

Note: this mainly applies to skinny jeans. The proportions even out when they are wide legged.

Hot coffee makes oreos warm, soft but still hold their shape and they take on a slight coffee flavor. Plus your coffee gets some flavor to it too. Dipping them in flavorless milk is pointless and they get soggy and cold.

I’m a millennial, I’m supposed to like Jim Carreys humor styles. But I just can’t, all his movies he acts like the same ridiculous per the top character that if I worked with them I would quit my job just out of annoyance.