You don't need to wait until october to eat soup. You can make it literally any time of year. Why do people get so excited to eat soup during "sweater season" when you can cook it whenever the hell you want?

Eat ice cream in the winter. Eat chili and beef stew in the summer. Nothing is stopping you except lame social norms that have no real reason behind them.

I will gladly eat chili or beef stew on the hottest day of summer. I will gladly eat an ice cream bar in the middle of winter.

There are a few exceptions:

-people who don't have AC in the summertime and eating warm food or using the oven/stovetop in general would be a problem. This does not apply to my family and yet my family refuses to eat/cook "winter food" in the summertime. It's not just an issue online.

-fruits/vegetables that have in seasons and out seasons. Watermelon in the winter isn't really available or does5nt taste very good, for example.

This is generally speaking. Dont go talking about "what about meeee? You didn't mention my hyperspecific unique situation as one of your exceptions."

I will preface that I'm not a big fan of chili, but I will eat it especially if someone makes it for me and has even found people who make chili that even I can like. As for cornbread, I do really like it and will eat it by itself.

However, I don't get how these 2 foods got paired together and became such a staple pairing. They do not go together at all. The spicy savoriness of the chili and the earthiness of the beans doesn't go well with cornbread's delicate sweetness at all. Plus, eating the chili before the cornbread makes the cornbread taste dryer than it really is (or maybe people who make good chili suck at making cornbread).

Then if you decide to dip your cornbread in the chili to help moisten it, it ruins the taste of the chili by adding that sweetness to what should be a savory and spicy main dish.

Chili does a disservice to cornbread and vice versa.

Edit: For those of you who eat chili with cinnamon rolls. Eww, WTF.

Those of you who have told me different ways of preparing cornbread without making it sweet. you have enlightened me, I have literally never had cornbread that isn't sweet. Forgive me for my ignorance.

I used to be a member. I got a membership after seeing people gush about it online, and people at work talked about it a lot too. I was really surprised when I started comparing prices that Costco is not less expensive on a lot of stuff, and in fact is about the same price as nearby grocery stores, especially Walmart and H-E-B.

I think people get a membership thinking they're going to save a bunch of money and that 'buying in bulk is cheaper' but on many items, it's not.

Come from a family of chefs. I am as well alongside of being a journeyman. The extra emphasis on ingredient description for wtv reason pisses me off. If in a casual convo we’re talking about lunch or dinner that day and you describe your burger and fries as ex. “ a cowboy butter, hand ground steak burger, with fresh brioche buns, romaine lettuce and heirloom tomatoes with blanched twice fried potatoes” I will leave the conversation. It feels so pretentious to me. And with my back ground especially it just sounds like you’ve had a balanced meal of seasoned meat and some kind of starch and fiber. Which is REGULAR ASF. Maybe I’m tripping or being some kind of asshole bust most detailed descriptions or food videos aren’t needed. “Cowboy butter” for example is just the same seasonings you’d put on wtv protein using butter as a fat to cook it in. (At least regular people) Literally The MOST basic of applications.

Many schools are cancelling their football seasons and I think it's a good thing. We have been getting news reports of kids being assaulted by their coaches and the comments sections are full of people calling the kids soft. Football has become an excuse to disregard morality. There are stories going as far back as the 1980s of schools ignoring a child's failing grades so they can play on the team. It has turned from a fun game for kids to a gateway for scholarships. People are putting their children's health at risk for a scholarship that is rare to get.

It was bad in the past where student athletes could cut class and assault people and it would be ignored but now parents are beating out the kids of the other team. I love football but until the culture around it changes I am happy less and less kids play it.

If someone negotiates to work 20 hours a week at time of hiring, anything more should be time and a half at least. I'm from the US and here folks are only entitled to overtime pay if they go over 40 hours in one week, regardless of how much they typically work. If someone agrees to work one 6 hour shift each week, and then their employer wants them to work more at some point, they should get overtime pay.

It’s strange that we teach biology as a core science but geology is often treated like a niche subject about identifying rocks. We live on a geologically active planet, yet most people know more about cell division than the ground beneath them.

It deserves more funding and should be taught with equal importance alongside chemistry and physics.

I always see people complaining about the people that rush to stand up when the flight arrives. Flights are long. Standing feels good. If there’s room next to you in the aisle there’s no harm in standing to wait. Even standing at your seat can feel nice if you’re not too tall.

I do hate when people jump up to try and cut a bunch of people to get off, but I very rarely see that.

They’re simpler to tie, they’re prettier, they’ve got a more classical image. I strongly dislike wearing ties and almost never do unless forced, but were cravats in style I’d happily wear them

Remember when everyone was pumped for Far Cry 6? Then it came out and was a steaming pile of crap? Not the graphics or even the game play, they were pretty good. It was the UNBEARABLE characters, storyline and cutscenes and personalities in the game that made it UNPLAYABLE. To this day I still haven't finished what could have been an otherwise GOOD game but for the shitty storyline and painfully unbearable character personalities and cutscenes.

Not trying to be negative here, but all the signs are there based on what I've seen from the GTA6 extended look and trailers. I won't buy this game until I see the reviews. I won't give Rockstar a DIME of my money or time until I know more.

I’m choosing my words very carefully as well, they need to end, as it is a completely unsustainable practice that is using up valuable land all around the world.

There’s no need to do the math out because it is not even a matter of debate - there is simply not enough land to bury everyone in graveyards, as a whole body. Of course I am excluding solutions like mass graves in remote areas where bodies are piled into one giant hole in the desert, because those are obviously not socially viable solutions in any culture.

Ignoring this because you have the financial means or live in a locale where this is still feasible isn’t an ethical choice. We need to culturally normalize cremation, and can still maintain as much as possible about the funeral ceremony and work out alternative monuments and solutions for a physical memory.

We just cannot do it anymore. It is not a matter of respect or disrespect or tradition or religion. We have to change these practices, and can’t just keep kicking the can down the road .

Most soccer goal celebrations, even the ones that happen only thanks an amazing pass, are players just running into the corner, stealing all the glory, and completely ignoring the player who made the pass. Like all you had to do was to head it in. The more difficult thing was the pass. Go to the passer and celebrate him. Don't run away and take all the credit.

I feel like every time I'm curious in buying a newly released game in this case Borderlands 4, I can't get a good feel for if the game is good or not. The reviews are filled with people complaining about how the requirements are too high or they get too low fps.

First off I guarantee at least half of those people have never once messed with a single one of their PCs internal settings and have everything in their PC on default settings.
(WARNING : don't mess with these settings if you don't have to/don't know what you're doing. Follow a YouTube video on your phone.)

Second, even if they do mess with their settings it probably doesn't even matter because their PC is built horribly. Like I get it, I too want a 4090 inside of my PC, but I'm not gonna put a card like that into a computer if it doesn't have the rest of the internals to maximize the card. The amount of times I've had someone tell me they finally put a X080 or X090 into their computer when I know they still have 8-16 gigs of ram, and i5 processor to pair with it.

A computer is not a console, even prebuilt computers are gonna need tweaking to be good. (Though most prebuilts are terrible to begin with) You can't just install CoD and expect 60 fps.

Also I want to add that yes I know some games are just horribly optimized, my PC runs everything flawlessly and even it still runs into a game that just isn't optimized, but in my experience 9/10 games that are filled with "bad optimization" reviews actually have no problems when run on a properly built PC.

I'm also not saying my computer is better than yours. My computer is pretty mid tier all things considered, it just happens to have not needed much to keep up in the last 5 years.

Why do schools insist on taking yearbook photos in September or October?! Nobody has settled in yet!!

Those early‑fall pictures capture the awkward transition phase! The “still figuring out my hair,” “haven’t found my style,” “summer humidity betrayed me” era.

By the time the yearbook comes out in June, more than half the students look completely different.

If the goal is to capture what students actually looked like that year, take the solo portraits in January or February. By then everyone’s found their rhythm, their haircut, their vibe, and their comfort zone.

Fall photos are basically preseason snapshots. Winter photos are the real roster.

Introverts are often portrayed online as classy, mysterious and superior, while extroverts are called loud or cringe. But in real life, I think people often notice, enjoy and miss socially confident extroverts more.

I'm not talking about obnoxious people who constantly demand attention. I mean the playful, mischievous, spontaneous, slightly rebellious extrovert who can occasionally be annoying but is fundamentally kind.

When they're absent, people often genuinely feel that something is missing.

Meanwhile, an introvert can be incredibly kind, intelligent, helpful and pleasant to be around, but if they're quiet and unobtrusive, their absence may not be immediately noticeable.

I don't think this means introverts are less lovable or that extroverts are superior. But I think social presence and being lovable are two different things. Unfortunately, I've seen people be more fond of extroverts, while introverts often feel left out or unimportant. They may even fear that people wouldn't bat an eye if they simply faded out.

Everyone is so keen on 'optimizing credit card rewards' whether its through points multiplying, cash back, etc. Sure, you may be able to redeem a few more expenses than you would without it but more people have gone into worse financial situations by chasing credit card rewards than they got back redeeming them. Interest rates from unpaid credit card bills, mindless overspending, or spending more than you needed to for the sake of your rewards are all part of the big picture that have been detrimental. If society only had access to debit cards or cash and spent according to what they have in their bank, they would be far better off. And no, the one person who got a business class flight covered through points does not make up for the number of people who have struggled from the aforementioned behaviors and interest rates.

In my opinion, the songs made by Freddie Mercury as a solo singer, are way more better than mostly of Queen songs.

Albums like Barcelona or Mr. Bad Guy are way better than other Queen's albums.

Barcelona, in particular, was the peak of his career, and also the moment when he truly surpassed himself vocally.

I know most people refuse to eat the tail of a shrimp, and pull it off, but in my opinion it is possibly the best part of eating shrimp. It adds a much needed extra crunch to the fish, for example, nigiri sushi is far more enjoyable with that crunch. I like the taste of shrimp, but without the tail it loses an integral part of the flavor. The tail is great and it’s silly to be grossed out by it.

Introverts are so harmless and cute. They often hold opinions quietly or express them politely. They like to find their own space and peace, focus on themselves instead of stirring the pot with others, and respect their own space and others' space.

However, I feel society secretly punishes introverts for being quiet and conservative: not talking = no opinion = not worth paying attention to. Extroverts can be loud and annoying sometimes to get what they want. And people seem to be more open to accepting an extrovert's opinion than an introvert's. From my personal interactions, I feel consumed and evaluated constantly around extroverts, compared to feeling listened to and understood by introverts.

People should judge extroverts more to see if they are really open and kind, or just like to take advantage of people and be in everyone's business, instead of always shaming introverts for being so quiet.

Edit: the adjectives I used to describe introverts are subjective for my lovely introverted friends, not to address every single introvert in the world. Plus, there are some nice extroverts out there, and may there be no judgment for them!

Don’t get me wrong, all these star players are great, entertaining players. But that’s what it comes down to.. entertainment.

It comes down to who gets their opportunity, and then the team/coach behind them decides whether they will/will not be a consistent piece to their puzzle in a billion dollar business.

For ex.. LaMelo Ball is one of the biggest shot chuckers ive ever seen.. but he’s super fun to watch.
He sells tickets, and his entertaining but risky play style is better for the fans.. storytelling, hope, and passion wise.

It would be ridiculous to experiment with other point guards because even if it works basketball wise, it might not be good for the business..

You already have people especially kids invested in LaMelo Ball.. Suddenly messing with that creates this hate and controversy around him, which can end up hurting the fanbase as a whole.

All these players are not only valued for their skill, but also for how well they can sell tickets. That can come down to appearance, play style (whether it works or not), social media presence… etc.

I think coaches/teams notice these things better than anyone because they’re able to control marketability while also making sure it doesn’t get out of control.

Another example would be Ja Morant.. an amazing player who brought hella negative attention with him.. I mean a LOT of kids look up to him. Team’s usually think about things like this beyond the court.. Ja ended up getting traded recently.

So in my opinion, a coach/team is equivalent to how a boxer needs their coach.

Obviously the athlete has the talent, but the people behind them are the ones who foresee that talent, decide how to use it.. ultimately they make sure the chessboard has the right pieces.

Hallmark romcoms have been the butt of many jokes. "Girl with a career and boyfriend in the city goes back to her hometown for a visit, meets loafer with a heart of gold who is actually heir to a huge farm, and she dumps her workaholic boyfriend to live happily ever after with this new man" gets ridiculed often. Yes, I get that going back to your hometown and suddenly meeting a very nice and handsome man who is also very rich and is willing to do all sorts of crazy stuff to woo you is very silly. Yes, I get that dumping your boyfriend who's only sin was working hard while you're on vacation is silly.

The thing is action movies are also very silly. Am I supposed to believe that John Wick can prevail in a gun fight against a dozen guys, judo throw a guy then use jujutsu on another one to finish both off, then get pushed and roll down a hundred flight of stairs, and then get back up and win another gun fight against a dozen guys again? Obviously not. But we generally all agree to suspend our sense of logic as it's an action movie.

I think it's a double standard. And this is coming from a guy who is a big fan of John Wick.

I grew up watching tobey's spiderman, things used to be serious and more realistic. Didn't hate Andrew's spiderman it was alright but Tom Holland's spiderman movies are so fucking cringe they sneak a cringy teenager joke every 5 minutes or so and WTF happened to aunt May? She's turned into some kind of circus.

I wanted to watch the movie with all 3 spidermans but it is literally unwatchable because of the stupid jokes.

English isn't my first language so I'm sorry I can't articulate better.

Whenever the topic of mankind’s greatest inventions come up, Google Earth is rarely mentioned which is why I think this is an unpopular opinion.

The ability to look in depth into any place on Earth, regardless of how remote or inaccessible the areas are is truly astonishing. It’s such a great tool for human/land development, exploration, and collection of information that our ancestors would never even imagine would be a thing.

The amount of effort, money, research, data storage, etc. through street view cars, satellites, land surveying is truly impressive that I think goes overlooked by most.

The fact that’s it’s totally free and ad free to anyone with internet access makes it even cooler and more significant.

its way better than Tetris theme A or C. The only reason why theme A is so iconic is because it's the default theme for the endless basic mode that everybody played. If they were switched up, Tetris B would get the love it deserves as THE Tetris theme.

Nothing against A, it's still awesome, but way too overrated compared to B imo