Which social norms do you dislike?

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Now contemplating indoor/outdoor carpeting instead of grass, thanks to this thread. Maybe a moat too.
 

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I don't mind the maintenance on grass. I would just prefer to maintain something more fruitful than a bag full of clippings that just go straight to the compost pile. Gardens, native prairie spreads, heck, even some useful non-native cover are good. Just not creeping charlie (but hay, that's a preference).

Over time, I've reduced my lawn by a few feet every year. I just use a reel mower now. Trying to use incrementalism to prevent neighbors who have this golf-green fetish to not make any trouble. I do have lemongrass as the perimeter border, that also helps, and is also useful, smells wonderful. And I have planted white and yellow oxalis/sorrel which are those shamrock looking things you see everywhere. Next I'm going to add more red clover (also edible), but don't want to attract more rabbits, so still thinking through some ideas to go from door to street without grabbing any more attention.

As long as your discussing a social norm that doesn't make any sense (I agree), curious as to your opinion on another social norm that doesn't make sense. Women and armpit/leg hair.............

Personally, I would just as well keep that one.
 

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You're a really weird dude, but to each his own.
Meh.

Nowhere near as weird as the dude that thought it should be okay to keep lugging around his meat stained plate all over a buffet style restaurant like the eating conditions were not already questionable enough at those joints as is.

What's up with that?
 

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Adults worshiping celebrities (mainly reality TV stars that make me cringe the most)

Agreed and also people who think it's celebrities' jobs to be role models. A role model should be someone you know personally, not some musician, actor, athlete or worst of all politician.
 

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Agreed and also people who think it's celebrities' jobs to be role models. A role model should be someone you know personally, not some musician, actor, athlete or worst of all politician.

is your band teacher your role model, even though he is a musician?
 

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I like it when he does that. lol

nothing personal, but you usually are on the wrong side of these things.

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I find it an odd social norm to smash a beer bottle over someone's head when they first enter a bar.

Really makes me think I should stop going to bars.
 

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He either had a bad experience with an HOA or has heard plenty of HOA horror stories and has lumped them all into one and every HOA is the devil now.

HOA's are pretty much the devil. I have never been around one that didn't have some snooty power hungry loser attempting to enforce their will over an entire neighborhood. Period.
 

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I don't mind the maintenance on grass. I would just prefer to maintain something more fruitful than a bag full of clippings that just go straight to the compost pile. Gardens, native prairie spreads, heck, even some useful non-native cover are good. Just not creeping charlie (but hay, that's a preference).

Over time, I've reduced my lawn by a few feet every year. I just use a reel mower now. Trying to use incrementalism to prevent neighbors who have this golf-green fetish to not make any trouble. I do have lemongrass as the perimeter border, that also helps, and is also useful, smells wonderful. And I have planted white and yellow oxalis/sorrel which are those shamrock looking things you see everywhere. Next I'm going to add more red clover (also edible), but don't want to attract more rabbits, so still thinking through some ideas to go from door to street without grabbing any more attention.



Just do like they do here and plant a big ass garden in your front yard. Oh it's illegal, but people do it all over the city.
 

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Meh.

Nowhere near as weird as the dude that thought it should be okay to keep lugging around his meat stained plate all over a buffet style restaurant like the eating conditions were not already questionable enough at those joints as is.

What's up with that?


You sir, are an enemy of the environment, With all your clean plates and water waste. How do you even sleep at night? I bet you don't even let the yellow mellow.
 

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Singing "Happy Birthday". Terrible freaking song - no one enjoys singing it and people stand there awkwardly while everyone does it. Toss in the stupid ad-libs some people toss in to make it interesting, and it's unbearable.
 

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Singing "Happy Birthday". Terrible freaking song - no one enjoys singing it and people stand there awkwardly while everyone does it. Toss in the stupid ad-libs some people toss in to make it interesting, and it's unbearable.

To this I'll add the songs that follow the singing of "Happy Birthday." My in-laws have two or three other songs that go after it, and I just stand there awkwardly because I refuse to sing them.
 

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To this I'll add the songs that follow the singing of "Happy Birthday." My in-laws have two or three other songs that go after it, and I just stand there awkwardly because I refuse to sing them.

Yeesh. I would nope the **** outta that. I hope you haven't disclosed your bday to them.
 

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You sir, are an enemy of the environment, With all your clean plates and water waste. How do you even sleep at night? I bet you don't even let the yellow mellow.
No, I just live in a place that borders one of the largest bodies of fresh water in this Hemisphere. Water waste is literally impossible here.

Move out of the sticks, son.
 

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