Browsing Reddit sometimes I come across some questions that catch my eye. What attracts me to click on them is the angle of the question itself that interests me, and what I excerpt are some brilliant answers. Some of the answers make me feel like slapping my thigh. It feels like my own thoughts.
What used to be highly respected but has now become a joke?#
- Award ceremonies. In the past, people actually cared about who won, but now most of the people I know just watch them to see if anything interesting happens.
- Don't forget about aliens from far away.
- Air travel. It used to be complicated. Now it really feels no different from a long-distance bus.
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Facebook
- They turned Facebook into Instagram, and then Instagram turned into TikTok. Hate these.
- QQ VIP, yellow diamond, red diamond. If someone still buys them now, they are truly rich in a sense.
As an adult, what is something you are completely unprepared to face?#
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Slowly realizing that I am the adult in the room and should be helping others.
- This is how we get the "I need an adultier adult" joke. Some things I will take the lead on, but people just trust that I have a plan, and it's really unsettling.
- My older relatives "subtly" asking if I will take care of them.
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Going from having many friends to having no friends.
- Spending a whole weekend realizing you haven't spoken to anyone.
- That's part of why I come to Reddit, to occasionally feel a connection with someone when we get excited about a comment.
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Loneliness, I guess.
- That's the worst part for me. Having friends around made my life meaningful throughout my childhood and teenage years. So now that it's all gone, it feels like my life has lost its meaning and purpose, and I'm a bit lost on the fringes. I've reached the point of numbness, no longer truly enjoying life because it feels a bit pointless now.
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Realizing there's no such thing as a "safety net."
- Realizing that I am someone else's "safety net."
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There are things that seem insignificant in my heart, but still need to be done for the sake of maintaining family relationships and social obligations. For example, now it's my turn to check on an aunt and see how her recovery has been after surgery. Giving gifts to my cousin's newborn, congratulating my second cousin on graduating, and so on. The days of "my mom doing all these while I just sign a greeting card or something" are long gone.
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I still feel like a child deep down.
- Same here. Despite my body constantly reminding me that I'm no longer a teenager or in my twenties.
What small thing always gives you anxiety?#
- Calling or texting someone I don't usually talk to.
- I don't even like doing this with people I do usually talk to.
- Men shouting loudly. They don't have to shout at me, or anywhere near me for that matter—just within earshot.
- Taking sick leave (always feel guilty about it).
- When there's no parking lot and I have to park my car on the street, it makes me nervous.
- Discovering a spider in the corner.
- Unexpected doorbell ringing (when there's clearly no package or friend coming over).
- Making a left turn at a busy intersection when the traffic light is yellow.
- Going to the grocery store alone.
- When reading a passage of text and they only use the left parenthesis but not the right parenthesis. It makes me anxious trying to find the right parenthesis if it's not there.
Other - Bathroom thoughts
- Before TikTok, only elderly people who had just started using smartphones held their phones vertically to record videos.
- Humans are self-domesticated animals.
- If people still live in cities that are constantly being destroyed, the housing prices in the superhero universe must be very cheap.
- Animal experts (obviously) tell us not to treat wild animals as pets, but that's exactly why we started having pets in the first place.
- Killing animals in games feels more evil than killing humans, but in real life, it's the opposite.