Social conventions that you think are dumb

[Duke]

The toilet seat thing is pretty retarded, and I challenge all of us to put both the "seat" and the "lid" down every time we use one. I'd really like to see if women, on average, are so stupid when using it that they'll just sit on the lid and pee all over it and themselves.

[Death Valley]

god bless you
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[TheMainEvent]

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Very good choice

[DonkeyKongSr]

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Very good choice

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Yeah, great one. I hate feeling like a social retard because I don't wish blessings from imaginary people upon others because they got some dust or something up their nose.

[AffleckKGB]

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One of my favorite Roger Moore scenes. The look on Bond's face when Stromberg refuses his handshake always makes me laugh.

[suzzer99]

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Two months salary on an engagement ring

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DING DING DING

[prohornblower]

I open doors or hold them open for women all the time. Not really car doors (except for gf on the night of a special occasion) but general doors.

I don't mind doing it. It is actually one of the few nice things I do for strangers. Most of the time, I probably come off as an apathetic jerk.

BUT, I will say this...nothing grinds my gears more than when I am approaching a door carrying stuff and a lady is in front of me (and knows I'm behind her with [censored] in my hands), and yet just walks through a door without holding it for me. That is f&cked up imo.

It's like some women actually think that the RULE is that guys open doors for women, not the other way around?! WTF, yo! I'll give it a few years, but if this trend keeps happening, then I will have to re-evaluate my door-opening practices.

[punkass]

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that sex is 'dirty' and that girls who like sex are 'slutty' and both of these things are bad.

whoever started putting that crap in chicks' heads should be shot

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this is so completely true.. if guys think girls are slutty they should just not make them into girlfriends and keep their mouths shut instead of making fun of them.

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I don't think sane guys think this way. Smart guys know what's up.

It's the girls who aren't getting the attention of guys that call the girls who are "[censored]".

[suzzer99]

Having to nod to your coworkers in the hall and give that little "... yep ..." half-smile/half-grimace thing.

Drivers who stop on the far side of the intersection and wait for you to cross the street, even though it would be quicker for all involved if they just go and let you cross after.

Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day (hallmark holidays)

St. Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo (beer company holidas/excuses for morons to get drunk and throw up on a weekday usually)

Pretty much any holiday where you have to do something but don't get the day off.

Bringing casseroles. They all suck. Let's just end this already.

People who live in big cities with boring jobs and have some retarded hobby-of-the-minute like grappling or dodgeball or pillow-fighting just to have something to talk about at parties.

Summer houses.

The fact that music cannot be played in the morning for some reason.

Idiots who sit and wait in line at the airport to use the automated check-in machine, when the person at the counter isn't even using it--then get all huffy when you come up and use a machine that's sitting idle. Die.

Starbucks people trying to joke with me when I'm in no mood. Also them asking my name. For some reason it always comes out as "bat" instead of matt, like I have a cold, but I don't. I have to either focus really hard, or repeat it. I should just start using Travis.

[dinopoker]

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Two months salary on an engagement ring

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DING DING DING

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Winner. Also an excellent example of some good marketing by DeBeers.