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People Break Down The Biggest Double Standards In Society
Dec 24, 2024
A double standard is a code, policy, or social construct that favors one group or person over another.
Double standards are inherently unfair.
Reddit user cherryblossom_bliss asked:
"What's the biggest double standard in society?"
Fry < Curly Fry < Onion Ring
"The pure joy I have when I find a curly fry at the bottom of the regular fries I ordered, but the absolute disgust I have when I find a regular fry at the bottom of curly fries I ordered."
~ RunawayBurrito
"How about a regular fry in the bottom of your onion rings order?"
~ SRB112
"Finding an onion ring in curly fries is peak joy."
~ MNPhatts
Terrorism vs. War
"Actor Peter Ustinov once said that terrorism is the war of the poor, while war is the terrorism of the rich."
"There are a lot of crimes and horrendous behavior we are willing to tolerate merely because of a simplistic narrative fed to us with choice words."
~ Indocede
Job Experience Required
"So-called entry level, minimum wage jobs asking for people with years of experience is baffling to me."
~ Inwre845
Two-Tiered Justice
"Be wealthy or famous and you can get away with some really terrible and dire sh*t."
"Be a regular dude (or worse, poor) and even minor criminal charges will ruin your life."
~ phormix
Invisible Illnesses
" Mental health problems are only accepted as long as they don't inconvenience anyone."
~ Buntschatten
Free Ride
"I review executive compensation agreements. The more you earn and have an ability to pay on your own, magically, the less everything costs and the more things are taken care of for you."
"Hell, if you're good enough, the amount of money you get just to f*ck off and go away outshines what other people will earn in a decade or a lifetime."
"No wonder folks get out of touch."
~ Un1CornTowel
War On Christmas
"It's the annual 'War on Christmas' season."
"Even if you just don't observe it because it doesn't mean anything to you, you're 'attacking' it."
"But them forcing their religion on everyone is OK."
~ Gecko23
Hourly vs. Salary
"My last workplace had 'Summer Fridays' where everyone could leave at noon on Friday in Summer if their work was caught up."
"If someone was hourly every 'Summer Friday' cost them around $100 each in lost hourly wages, while salaried employees got a free 4 hours off."
~ Inevitable_Tone3021
Audits
"Government can't account for 800 billion dollars in an audit, but if I so much as make an honest $100 mistake on my taxes, I receive harsh penalties."
~ fun_crush
Adulthood
"I know in the USA you can’t drink until you’re 21."
"Yet you can join the army and be sent to foreign countries to fight, buy a gun, or vote at the age of 18."
~ PresentationTop6097
Do As We Say...
"You are expected to know every law written and ignorance of the law is no excuse."
"Police officers have qualified immunity and can cite ignorance of the law as an excuse."
~ Epicporkchop79-7
Fair Warning
"Employees are expected to give 2 weeks notice before leaving a job, but employers won’t give us even 2 hours notice before firing us."
~ Cloud_N0ne
Expats
"Other people are 'immigrants' but when it’s someone White they are an 'expat'."
~ No_Promise_2560
"My (White, American) brother permanently moved to Mexico thirty years ago, and I always called him an expat."
"About 5-10 years ago, I realized that double standard, so now I call him an immigrant."
"Though I've thought about calling anyone who permanently shifts countries an expat, just to see what happens."
~ Catlore
Cry Victim
"As long as you claim that you are a victim, it’s okay to be the perpetrator."
~ Murauder
"It’s the tactic used to justify all sorts of evil acts: wars, genocide, bigotry. 'I’m not attacking! I am DEFENDING myself from (insert vaguely defined threat)'."
"Remember, Hitler didn’t hate the Jews. According to him he was simply 'defending' Germany from 'international Jewish bankers'."
~ Ignoth
Working Hard or Hardly Working
"If you establish yourself as a 'hard worker', everyone notices when you have a bad day and don't perform to your usual standard."
"Meanwhile 'slackers' are praised for performing even slightly above average."
~ LittleCalendar499
What double standards do you see?
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TV Shows People Stopped Watching Because Of A Single Episode
Dec 24, 2024
Watching TV is a favorite hobby for many, including trying out the many TV shows that are available on various streaming services.
But sometimes the writers of the TV shows get something terribly wrong, and viewers find themselves quitting a show over one episode.
Redditor timoretenebris asked:
"What show did you stop watching because of a single episode and why?"
Star Trek Discovery
"I stopped watching 'Star Trek Discovery' after the last episode of the third season."
"I remember they had some fancy AI or something and it was fighting the invaders on the ship and then it just sort of... stopped or something?"
"And then, for no apparent reason, they had a random unnamed bridge crew character save the day in some dramatic stunt."
"And it was at that point I was like, I've been watching this show for three seasons, and I have no idea of her name."
"Then I realized I didn't know the name of most of the characters."
"The original series only had three seasons and everyone in the entire world knows the names of at least half the bridge crew."
"What happened to Discovery?"
"It's a weird show."
- socialistgravity
Two And A Half Men
"'Two and a Half Men.' After Charlie got killed off, I felt the magic was gone."
- PuzzledDemand1276
"I was mostly only a casual fan and would watch if I stumbled upon the show."
"I was curious about how they would handle things post-Charlie Sheen."
"It made my casual enjoyment non-existent anymore."
- vetratten
Grey's Anatomy
"I quit after the musical episode in 'Grey's Anatomy.' When they started singing 'How to Save a Life' while operating on someone, I had to turn it off. It freaked me out."
- parakeetinmyhat
"I hate when shows do a musical episode. It sems really lazy, but it also seems like basically every show does one if it runs long enough."
- tastywofl
The Walking Dead
"'The Walking Dead.' When they killed Carl."
- Key-Rub-3047
"I stopped with Rick. Never got into the spin-offs. If the main one isn't that great, the side pieces won't be, either."
- curiously_curious3
Outlander
"Outlander, Season one finale. I loved the show but did not enjoy all the assault scenes."
- ConnieFidence
"Agree. It got even worse in Season two, which is when I stopped watching. It’s so frustrating, because I really loved the show, but the graphic scenes were just too much. There’s one and you think it’s over and then they hit you with another scene."
- Paranormal_S**thole
Friends
"'Friends.'"
"There’s an episode in the last season where Ross refuses to sleep with Rachel because she’s in a bad place emotionally. He feels that if she had been in a better place she might not want to sleep with him - which is exactly how people should behave in this situation."
"The next day, instead of her being appreciative of Ross for respecting her, she tears into him for it and tells him she feels humiliated."
"I haven’t watched 'Friends' since."
- fire_breathing_bear
Blacklist
"'Blacklist'! There was a mid-season episode where we were supposed to believe that the main woman died but it was obviously just a ploy for ratings and emotions and made me too annoyed to continue."
- outcastpice
Once Upon A Time
"I watched this when I was a bit younger but 'Once Upon A Time,' I stopped after they started bringing in some ridiculous crap, mainly just wild storylines and out there characters."
- lost_cyber
"I didn't stop watching, but I feel the magic (no pun intended) of the show ended with the Elsa storyline. After that, it felt like they were running on autopilot and no one cared to make the best show possible."
- Sorripto
Arrested Development
"The first episode of season four of 'Arrested Development' is so bad I stopped. I tried again about a year later and forced my way through two and a half episodes of that season before I just had to stop again."
"The first three seasons are some of the funniest of all TV. Season four is aggressively unfunny. Apparently, there is a season five, but there's no way I could ever get to it."
- SamuraiGoblin
Sons Of Anarchy
"My dad stopped watching 'Sons of Anarchy' because he couldn't handle one of the characters cheating on his wife. Violence? Drugs? Sex? Racism? Cartels? Tons of illegal activity? None of that bothered him."
"Dude being unfaithful to a good woman? It made him too mad to continue."
- steeple_fun
The Witcher
"'The Witcher,' season two, episode two. They took a beloved character who was a very funny part of the most lighthearted escapade in the game and completely obliterated all that was good about him. Just infuriated me and must have had Henry Cavill fuming."
- TukiSuki
The Flash
"'The Flash' when he couldn't beat two guys with guns."
- SnooLentils7751
"I hated how inconsistent his speed is. Sometimes he can catch bullets with ease, and other times, he gets hit by an ice gun with a much slower projectile."
- WolfRex5
"That's not all that was inconsistent about that show. I think it was the last episode of season two, maybe season three, when, after multiple seasons of the very clear messages, 'Move on from your parents’ murder,' and 'Don’t f**k with s**t when time traveling,' Barry goes into the past to save his parents."
"It went so against everything the show was about. I gave up then and there."
- UnAccomplished_Fox97
How To Get Away With Murder
"For me, it would be 'How To Get Away With Murder.'"
"When they revealed Wes was dead."
"My partner and I predicted who was dead right from the start of the season pretty much."
"Once they revealed it, we instantly felt all our interest in the show instantly disappear."
"Something about how he died just completely ruined the whole show for us. We didn't even care to find out how the explosion and fire that killed him happened."
"Part of the reason being he felt like more of a main character of the show more than anyone else other than Annalise, and he had some really interesting storyline going for him, what with him beng much closer and more tied to Annalise than everyone else, much in part due to how his mother died and Annalise's involvement in that."
"His father getting shot right when he approaches him to get some kind of reconciliation going was quite the letdown, not gonna lie. A really good part of his story, just gone before it really gets a chance to get going."
"Rebecca, his love interest from Season 1, being killed by Bonnie felt like it was kinda just being swept under the carpet for much of the show right from the moment it happened. I mean, I know Wes was trying to find out what happened, but even then it kinda felt like an afterthought considering how central Rebecca was to the plot until her untimely demise due to Bonnie's paranoia."
"To be honest, the whole show kind of becomes a mess in Season three. Annalise winds up in jail, Frank's in hiding for killing Wes' father and being the one who killed Rebecca's best friend in Season one, and it feels like everyone's just kind of all over the place."
- handsome_vulpine
Game Of Thrones
"The ending of 'Game of Thrones' made me never want to rewatch any of it again. If it had ended well, people would have rewatched the s**t out of it, but nope."
- IndigoButterf16
"Yeah, I think this is the only show that went SO insanely downhill that it retrospectively made the earlier seasons, previously some of the best TV ever made, significantly less enjoyable."
- hoginlly
From the loss of a beloved character to too much negative content to just pure plot outlandishness, there are many reasons that Redditors have walked away from shows, but it was surprising how often these same responses came up!
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Cynthia Erivo Slams Accusations That She Was A 'Woke Hire' For 'Wicked' Role
Dec 23, 2024
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo fired back at racist accusations she was a "woke hire" to play the role of Elphaba, a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West, in the two-part film adaptation of the musical film.
Since its release in November, Wicked so far grossed over $500 million at the global box office.
But while the origin story of the characters from The Wizard of Oz, based on the Broadway musical Wicked, resonated with international viewers, some conservatives groused about the film's themes of identity and equality and its casting, primarily of its lead.
In response to the backlash, Erivo, a British actor born to Nigerian immigrant parents, set the record straight about her casting not being a result of improving optics of Hollywood discrimination.
The 37-year-old told Elle UK:
‘There have definitely been conversations about me getting this role as a 'woke hire.' "
"I had to audition, just like everybody else. And I’m glad I had to do that."
She added:
"I have the credentials for it. I’ve done the work. But I’m glad they got to be sure about the choice."
"It allows me to take this, and to know that I had to work really hard for it."
Fans rooted for her.
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The misunderstood character faces bigotry and is eventually regarded as evil due to her green skin pigmentation.
The book on which the musical was based, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, serves as a cautionary tale about what happens when people are who perceived to be "different" are subject to ostracization.
Because of her appearance, the role of Elphaba on stage in various productions around the world, including Broadway, has been played by actors of all different ethnic backgrounds.
An example of a Wicked boycott from certain moviegoers was a subReddit thread about a friend who refused to see the film because of its "political" message in casting Erivo, because she's Black.
Gina Loudon, a right-wing conservative media personality who was part of President-elect Donald Trump's media advisory board for his 2020 campaign, caused controversy last month after arguing Wicked was racist against White people.
"The racism and the racial appropriation I just thought was offensive, frankly," she said on the far-right streaming channel, Real America's Voice.
During her rant, she objected to the casting of Ariana Grande as Galinda the Good Witch, falsely claiming she was "obviously a Hispanic woman.”
BTW, Gina, Grande is of Italian descent.
Thank U, next.
Here's what social media users have been saying in response to the racist controversy while praising Erivo's stellar performance in Wicked.
Erivo also told Elle U.K. that she didn't want her ethnic identity to vanish completely with Elphaba's makeup during filming.
“I didn’t want to erase the thing that I am underneath the green,” she said, adding:
“For me, it was about using my own experience as the ‘other,’ as someone who exists in that way."
"So, that’s partially the reason why Elphaba has braids, as opposed to straight hair.”
Erivo is currently an Emmy, Grammy, and Tony winner.
Positive buzz about her performance has ramped up talks that Erivo could win an Oscar for her role, which would make her an EGOT winner.
Despite the conservative gripe, her future is unlimited and nothing can bring her down.
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Colin Jost Read Some NSFW Jokes On 'SNL' About Wife Scarlett Johansson—While She Watched
Dec 23, 2024
Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" with co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che continued their annual year-end tradition of reading each other's jokes about them live on air, and it was about as jaw-droppingly hysterical as ever.
Before the segment began, Jost apologized in advance that Che was having him tell "some racist jokes like he always does," to which Che feigned innocence by putting his hand to chest, as if he would do such a thing.
Che also prompted Jost to read Che's jokes in "Black voice so I don't get in trouble."
Che, reveling in the predicament he put Jost in, facetiously said, "I mean, Colin, I don't mind. Do what you gotta do, man," adding, "I don't even know what 'Black voice' is."
The moment was especially awkward for Jost because his wife, Hollywood A-lister Scarlett Johansson, was watching the segment on a backstage monitor following her participation earlier in the episode's cold open.
Neither she nor Jost were prepared for the NSFW joke Che had prepared for them.
When a graphic of Johansson appeared, indicating she was celebrating her 40th birthday, Jost braced himself.
"Why?" Jost asked nervously as he continued saying he was "dedicating" the following joke to his "boo." The camera cut to Johansson looking nervous.
“Hey boo, y’all know Scarlett just celebrated her 40th birthday, which means I’m about to get up out of there, Shiz," Jost read from the never-previewed words on the prompt.
He said while laughing:
"Nah, nah. I’m just playing. We just had a kid together, and y’all ain’t see no pictures of him yet ’cause he Black as hell."
“Shiz, shiz. I ain’t afraid of you mofos," he said, as a graphic of Jost and Johansson appeared with a Black toddler that was not theirs.
Johansson, who gave birth to their son in August 2021, shook her head at the ridiculous shenanigans unfolding live.
Next was a chyron announcing Costco had dropped roast beef sandwiches from the menu, to which Jost commented, "But I ain't trippin'. I be eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid."
“Oh my God,” mouthed Johansson in response to the NSFW joke.
Jost face-palmed out of embarrassment as the studio audience roared with laughter.
He mustered up the energy to complete the joke, still using his "Black voice," and said:
“Nah, nah. I’m just playing, baby. You know I don’t go down. Shiz. That’s gay as hell.”
Here's the clip.
In case the deli meat reference went over people's heads, X (formerly Twitter) user @angeleah explained it to the uninitiated.
Yup. They went there.
Viewers at home were in shock over the raunchy humor.
Fans applauded the co-hosts for closing out 2024 with a bang.
You can watch the full video here.
- YouTubeyoutu.be
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Elon Musk Schooled After Comparing Obama-Era Democrats To Far-Right German Party
Dec 23, 2024
Billionaire Elon Musk was criritized after he attempted to equate the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party to Democrats at the beginning of Barack Obama's presidency, and was swiftly fact-checked—even by X's own AI chatbot.
Afd is known for its opposition to the European Union (EU) and immigration to Germany. The party presented itself as an economic liberal, soft Euroskeptic and conservative movement upon its establishment in 2013 but has since moved further to the right, expanding its policies under successive leaderships to include opposition to immigration, Islam, and the EU.
Afd, the only party represented in the German Bundestag whose environmental and climate policy is based on the denial of human-caused climate change, made headlines last year after it was placed under surveillance as a suspected extremist group by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bfv), Germany's federal domestic intelligence agency.
Although the courts initially blocked surveillance of the party to give equal opportunities among political parties in a key election year, it was reported earlier this year that the courts had agreed to allow the BfV to classify and monitor the entire party as one run by suspected right-wing extremists.
In September, the AfD made history as the first far-right party to secure a state election victory in Germany since World War II. The party’s leader in Thuringia, Björn Höcke, faced his second conviction in July for deliberately using a Nazi slogan during a political event.
With these facts in mind, Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy told CNN that AfD “is essentially the neo-Nazi party in Germany” and has “dangerous ideas about ridding Germany of anyone who is not naturally born in that country.”
But this angered Musk, who criticized Murphy in the following post on X:
"What a huge liar. The AfD policies are identical to those of the US Democratic Party when Obama took office! I don’t think there is a single difference.”
You can see his post below.
Soon afterward, entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban noted that Grok, X's AI chatbot, had fact-checked Musk's declaration and issued the following response determining that AfD has more in common with Republicans than Democrats:
"[Parallels include] **Nationalism and Patriotism**: Both parties emphasize national identity and often use patriotic rhetoric. AfD's focus on German nationalism can be compared to the "America First" sentiment sometimes expressed by parts of the Republican Party."
"**Immigration and Cultural Issues**: AfD's strong anti-immigration stance and criticism of multiculturalism echo sentiments within segments of the Republican Party, especially those who advocate for stricter immigration policies, border security, and sometimes express concerns about cultural changes due to immigration."
"**Euroscepticism vs. Anti-Globalism**: While the contexts differ (EU for AfD, global trade and international organizations for Republicans), both parties have factions that are skeptical or critical of international cooperation, seeing it as a threat to national sovereignty."
"**Conservative Social Policies**: Both parties tend to advocate for traditional values, including opposition to progressive social changes like marriage equality, though there are nuances and variations within both parties."
"**Economic Policies**: Both have conservative economic leanings, favoring lower taxes and less government intervention in the economy, though this is more of a secondary focus for AfD compared to cultural-nationalist issues."
The chatbot also pointed out some key differences between AfD and the GOP:
"**Political Context**: The US two-party system versus Germany's multi-party system leads to different political dynamics. The Republican Party encompasses a broader spectrum of conservative thought, including economic conservatives, social conservatives, and libertarians, which doesn't have a direct equivalent in AfD's narrower focus."
"**Historical Context**: The AfD's roots in euroscepticism and its evolution towards far-right positions don't have a direct historical parallel in the modern Republican Party, although some might draw comparisons to historical movements within American conservatism."
"**Cultural and Racial Rhetoric**: The specifics of AfD's rhetoric on immigration, Islam, and national identity can be more extreme than the mainstream Republican discourse, though there are fringes within the Republican Party that might align more closely."
"In summary, while the AfD shares ideological ground with the Republican Party, especially on nationalism, immigration, and cultural conservatism, the parties' overall political strategies, historical developments, and the political environments in which they operate differ significantly."
Musk was swiftly called out.
Grok has previously determined that Musk is a "significant spreader" of misinformation.
The truth-telling from Musk's own chatbot came after a report by the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate showed that Musk’s false or misleading statements about the presidential election have garnered 2 billion views on X this year.
In fact, election and misinformation experts added last week that the platform is playing a pivotal role in facilitating the spread of misinformation regarding key battleground states likely to influence the presidential race's outcome.
The AI, when prompted about Musk’s role, responded:
“Elon Musk has been involved in spreading misinformation on several occasions through his social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), which he owns and where he has a significant following.”
It then detailed its response in five categories: election misinformation, general misinformation, “platform’s role,” public and legal scrutiny, and impact. It noted that Musk has promoted misleading claims about the U.S. election and “health issues like COVID-19,” and has overseen a shift from “traditional content moderation” to Community Notes, a feature “criticized for its effectiveness.”
It added:
“In summary, yes, Elon Musk has been identified as a significant spreader of misinformation, particularly noted for his impact on elections and broader societal issues, through his activities on X."
"However, it’s important to consider the context and the broader environment where misinformation thrives, including the algorithms of social media platforms that can amplify such content." ...
"The collective evidence from news analyses, research reports, and social media posts indicates that Elon Musk has indeed been a significant spreader of misinformation, impacting potentially billions of people through his platform and personal influence."
Awkward—for Musk, that is.
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