Same, I thought they were implying you'd end up eating hair if you picked your nose and well... ate it

Look up Hair Cake by TVFilthyFrank

Well, everyone on this thread is recommending you floss. If you eat enough long hairs, you could floss your entire body.

That's how you get a bezoar. Bitches love bezoars.

Dingleberries are sooo hot

You've got to eat your fair share of hair or else Winterman won't come

Many kinds of bread already contain hair so you probably got that covered.

Did you accidentally a word?

https://youtu.be/mAPBm_0ftAY

I might eat a bit of hair if it made me better looking.

I'm making a poly juice potion to improve my attractiveness. Does anyone know how to get Matthew Lewis' nose hair?

you arent by any chance the same subway girl from further up the thread are you? If so, what was your perfume of choice for the ol' undercarriage?

I just pluck em.

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I'll agree with these other gents and say just pluck em. Added benefit - if you ever have to sneeze on cue, plucking a nose hair can make it happen!

And it's not like I haven't tried trimmers, back in the day I actually worked on a humorous website for an ear and nose hair trimmer.

Absolutely not, we're not savages.

If you pay to get a haircut somewhere, and the person is competent, they will usually trim your eyebrows. Just ask.

How could you tell?

Was this relevant to the line of work or unrelated?

Absolutely. Especially prominent in many (not all, lucky bastards) men mid -late 20's and up.

As they say, you lose the hair on your head, but it grows elsewhere. (I'm lucky enough to have two patches of hair on my shoulder blades! Yay! :| )

One day I thought I had one of my dogs hairs sticking out of my ear after some rough playing. I go to pull it out and its attached. I have an almost inch long hair sticking out of my ear. Then I see that I have more. Since then I have been on a crusade to make sure all ear hairs are plucked.

American men get theirs around the age of 60, Brits are born with wild ear hair.

Make... Make out with him.

EDIT: WOW, thanks for the gold! As yellow as the crust on the inside of his lips!

Ughh sat front row in a history class and the professor would do this. Scared shitless it was going to shoot toward me

Has anyone got a picture of this? I'm not sure what you mean.

I have the unfortunate pleasure of having very active saliva glands. For some people it can't be helped.

Reading this saddened me, I have not really thought of this before. And yes my lips constantly shed.

Another reason to not go outside I guess, shoot.

Honestly you should tell him. Some people genuinely don't know.

I have this problem, it's due to the fact I dehydrate really easily.

I will drink litres of water a day and just piss it all out for whatever reason, been like this for years. My lips and mouth dry up super easily and cause this/ sometimes cracking of the lips.

Sadly, that was the most poetic thing I've seen on reddit today.

I've read a lot of nasty comments on Reddit but this is the first to make me cringe. Get that guy a wet wipe!

He might have a something called seborrhea. Maybe not, Just saying.

I seriously just do not understand what the fuck is up with this.

Hi, my name is Roseanne Rosannadanna.

Have you had the decency to tell the fella discretely he's got this issue?

Ew, people actually do this? I had no idea that was an actually thing.

this happened to me when i was at a bar with a coworker, except landed on my sleeve. So fucking nasty.

Well I puked in my mouth. Which is less gross than this. Seriously furious with you right now.

Is it sticky?

Open mouth kiss him.

You've never sat front row to a teacher like this? I needed an umbrella for my notes.

Walk up to him lick your finger then rub it off him, then walk away stop at about 5ft , look over your shoulder & wink

My 6th grade teacher had this problem. He often wiped it on students clothing and desks. It was pretty damn gross. Another funny thing about him was that he got caught kissing boys and got fired (catholic school) the funny thing is that he ran off and married a fella named Larry. His name is Chuck...

I used to have this a little when I was younger. A lot of it is to do with being dehydrated. Dehydration means that your spit id thicker and your lips usually get grooves as they dry. From there, especially if you talk a lot, it just builds up in the corners. I actually drink water now, so this doesn't happen any more, even when I talk a million miles an hour.

I always have it when I wake up in the morning. It's terrible.

People who lick their lips a lot

It happens to me (and many other teens) who are on Accutane. It makes your lips drier than California during august so this kind of stuff is unavoidable. Also, perpetual chapped lips

I'm pretty sure everyone is mistaking this for dryed skin. The white stuff is dead skin that died from dehydration.

This kills the girl.

The saliva degrades the lip tissue a bit

Nuked. XD

Happens to me when working out, especially running.

I didn't even know people did this.

I didn't either until high school (close to ten years ago). I had a teacher named Mr. Fatheree and he had a penchant for yelling at us at all times, even if it was positive in nature. Usually it wasn't. He would have glob of white, nasty spittle between his lips as he yelled, and I was always waiting for that exclamation that we were "SAD!" or "EMBARRASSING!" that would be the straw that broke the camel's back and that glob blob would just fly on someone.

Never did.

Goddamn he was my favorite teacher.

Happens in my sleep a lot, usually need to wash it off in the morning

Whenever I see it on myself it's toothpaste I didn't completely rinse off. It's also blue as well.

Mouthbreathing.

When you go outside for a while and its below freezing seems to fuck them up

I take a couple of medications that give me constant dry mouth. In my full time office job I can manage, but my part time retail it can start to get really bad, really fast. I have a couple people that will give me a heads up, otherwise I just make a conscious decision to wipe my mouth every few minutes.

Basically, it sucks.

It only happens to me when I get really sick.

adderall is the only thing that has ever done this to my lips

Good imagery!!

Wipe your mouth with a tissue

Oh.

I see now, thanks.

Dude...

totally thought rick just from reading the first line........

vomits

/r/relationships is leaking

English IS my only language and I have no idea what this is referring to

Get hydrated I suppose? Keep a bottle of water close by and chug every hour.

Where are you finding your dates? Craigslist?

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She's not worth your trouble then. If she doesn't want to commit to you, don't commit to her.

Had the same thing happen early 2015. Finally gave up on her after a stressful period of my dad having a heart attack and open heart surgery, then losing my dog after a month of her being in the vet ICU.

Decided I don't have time for someone that's going to change her mind on a weekly basis. I have bigger things to worry about and life is too short to give someone attention they don't deserve.

self-pity is one of the most debilitating emotional states you can get yourself into; it’s a sure fire way to remain stuck in your current situation. don’t chase after people and don’t let yourself be in a place where your happiness is at the hands of another human being. it’s okay to let go of lovers that aren’t yours.

from my experience in life, when i really really want something, whether it be a career or relationship or money, and i’m coming from a place of lack believing that the having of whatever it is that i wanted would bring me happiness, the more difficult it's been to attain it. however, once i let go of needing that thing to be happy, then those things come much more easily.

That's really common, just so you're aware. Idk if it's girls in general, or guys do this too. But I've definitely had more than one experience with a girl where they're all over you one day and act like they could give a shit less the next. Some are just busy and only really give you attention when they think about you. Others are playing a game and very carefully thinking of every word they text/say to you.

The way you should react is the same for either case. DONT BE OFFENDED BY IT. Just talk to them how you normally would whether they're replying for the first time I'm a month or for the 40th time in an hour. Cuz the ones that aren't thinking about it will be caught off guard, like "wtf? I'm just talking to you when I can, why are you mad?" and the ones that are doing it intentionally will be turned off by your inability to keep calm.

Maybe I'm an idiot and don't know what I'm talking about because this is a conclusion I made after limited experience with these situations.

Drop the fuck out of that broad dude. Games are 12 year olds. If she's going in and out of interest, you're a back up. Drop that shit and find someone where you'll be her #1. trust me.

Are you... are you me..?

Love is a pretty complex thing but an important component is respect.

Just treat her the same way she treats you: Enjoy the flirtation when she decides to come around but know that it isn't going anywhere. She'll just be that one girl you flirt with every now and then when she shows up, you'll expect nothing more and nothing less from her. She might go away for good because some people get their kicks from leading others on, and once it shows that you're not under her spell any longer she'll gravitate to other guys she's leading on. Regardless, flirting is a confidence booster and worth practicing for when it counts with the right girl.

lose her. right now. i fell for a girl like that. Most miserable 4 years of my life.

Right there with ya, buddy. Drop her like a sack of potatoes that suddenly started talking. Girls like that are bad news.

One thing that's helped me is a bit of introspection and seeing that I am the man I want to be. Shit can go wrong, things can fail, but if you look in the mirror and are proud of what looks back you should hold on to it. If you see a difference (an internal one, not a shallow one) you can usually take steps to bring yourself to who you want to be.

the last one struck me too... I don't drink anymore and lost a LOT of friends... one minute they like you and the next they don't

Ah yeah. I am there as well, my friend. We can get through this.

Ugh the indecisive girl manoeuvre. I'm on the same page as you, and it's isn't fun.

Don't feel sorry for yourself. My friend in college when we were broke as fuck, failing education, failing with women, always kept an attitude of "bro, we're still the best." This wasn't public cockyness he would say it with just me and him and I knew it was to keep our heads high regardless. Present day were both doing great.

I bet if you are more confident with you and show that you'd like her attention but don't really give a shit if she is ignoring you, she'll stop ignoring you. In my experience people who do shit like that can't handle not having that little bit of pseudo power

Got fucked over by a girl a couple weeks ago. Its time I become more gentle with myself. in the end the only constant is, indeed, me. Interesting

Honeslty, whether you should break contact with this girl is probably dependent on how you handle it. I went through something similar a few times, but once I noticed it I simply changed my approach.

E.g., Maybe she wants to be flirty occasionally, I can do that, too. I'll just diversify my interests to make sure I have a couple people I'm talking to, and when she wants to flirt I'm all for it. Maybe it'll lead to something one day, but I'm cool just going with the flow and playing little games until then. If you aren't comfortable with this, then don't do it. If you can handle it and control your view and understanding of this back-and-forth, then it can be kinda fun. Either way, good luck :)

I'm actually going through the same thing right now. Hang in there man, if she can't make up her mind about you and makes you feel like that, she's not right for you.

She is who she is. If things happen, they happen. You're only accountable for you.

Generally you should drop these girls. There's no guarantee she won't follow the same pattern during a relationship if you get there, and ruin it within days or weeks.

And they always seem to show interest when you finally get over them! Then the cycle begins again. You feel down in the dumps and it mixes with everything else you're unhappy about in life into one big mudslide.

I'm so glad I found these comments. Been kicking myself for being affected by something so trivial. But I guess that's part of being human. Reading this gives me more motivation to work on my dreams and goals. Best of luck to everyone!

I really cannot stand people who do that. How pathetic do you have to be to play with others' emotions? When someone does this to me I ignore them once and for all.

I'd recommend "becoming the instigator of that "relationship", and ignore her. It will be hard, but once it's done, you'll feel better for yourself.

I feel you. I have a girl in my life that has a boyfriend, but is constantly sending me signals that she likes me, but she won't text me for some reason. I feel you when it comes to that haha.

Life is short, find someone who wants to be with you because they genuinely like you for you (and not because of who they think you are or who they want you to be or how you appear to be).

You're probably just REAALLY into her and experiencing the neuroticism that comes with that. It's a natural overreaction don't sweat it. If dating was easy then how would we weed out lesser genetics?

a girl ignoring me one minute and then showing interest the next

it's called a shit test, bro

Is there an app to narrate Reddit threads to you? Queue up some amas or whatever and have the top comments and ops replies read to you

Holy shit! I've wanted a more natural sexy voice, all I need to do is breathe right? Damn! Thanks! I'll try this tonight :D

Thanks. Read half of it, and forgot all about it. Goin back to read other half.

You should breathe using your diaphragm which feels like it is below your stomach. A lot of people seem to pick up a habit of breathing using their shoulders which results in shallow breathing. Slowing down your breathing by using your diaphragm is a great way to relax.

Just tense up a bit.

No, you want to breathe using your diaphragm, like a singer. It's down in your stomach area.

Deep Breathing. I hope this helps you out!

Breathe through your balls.

Meh just gotta start hanging out until you become part of the stories. I moved into a flat this time last year with a random group of people who are also super social and proactive on activities like the group you want to get into. They have also known each other for around ten years.

They have so many stories about each other! So many stories I am not a part of but apart from giving them the joy of telling someone new about their favourite memories, I find laughing with people helps create a bond and I also get to know a bit of their history.

It's been a year and there's still (& always will be) references to times pre-me but you can't look at it as exclusive, it's actually inclusive - they want you to hear the story and react.

I'm a way better person for living with these guys, they make me more confident, they've found out I'm kind of funny in a dry, sarcastic way and their enthusiasm is catching, I'm a happier person in general.

I used to live on my own and am pretty quiet so upon moving in I promised myself to try participate & add to conversations. Saying yes to offhand invites, coordinating errands like going to the mall together, asking what they actually do at work each day, just to get involved in their lives. Now it's assumed I'll be going on trips and I want to hear any new stories/contribute to the re-telling of new ones.

I also became best friends with someone who is hugely entertaining that I don't live with (more like your situation) by going to see her often when she was sick and by matching her enthusiasm about nights out, events etc.

So, I guess, in summary, just get involved, even it feels forced at first. Find the person you get on with most in the group and create expectation of contact through text or visits.

Familiarity breeds friendship. Not one great night out. It's why people keep the same friend groups from high school even when they dont really get on any more or have anything in common.

You only make new friends by letting them know you want to hang out and then hanging out to find out if you like each other.

Sorry for the long post, I just really want you to make the leap like I did - it's literally the best thing that's happened to me! They've improved me, and my life, so much.

Fuck this hit way too close to home. Wanna start our own fun group of friends?

breath....now listen ....don't live your life through others ....be the change you wish to see in others.

There's kind of a notion like "why don't my friends do anything cool", "why are they like this", "I wish my life was full of really awesome people".

There is a fine line with this. Because of social media sometimes we compare ourselves to what people are doing.

The basic shit to do is go to a bar and post pictures of you and a few people having drinks. I'm way past the "Oh my god, you're life is amazing because you have drinks almost every weekend."

Fuck that!

I'm jealous when I see my friends hiking and traveling. So me and a buddy decided that we would start hiking and taking mini-roadtrips.

With 4 people, everyone pitch in $20 for gas. The driver (who ideally would be driving to a 4-5 hour away destination) has breakfast and/or lunch paid for.

The memories that you walk away with on this day-long excursion are price-less.

I don't have a problem with drinks, but if 80% of what you share is drinking, then that just makes me feel you're not an interesting person and need alcohol to compensate for your lack of intellect.

Well, you gotta just do it dude. My group of friends is like the one you're talking about and pretty much everyone we're around wants to be a part of it at some point, so we let them!!! You don't get a group of awesome people by excluding people. The more the merrier is our creed. The longer you wait the less memories you have to share. You can even start your own! Make friends with sociable, open minded/accepting people and it is pretty easy to get things rolling

I just moved from one part of Denmark to another, i knew nobody near where i moved to. My old friends and i are all really close and have known each other for ages, but a lot of them are not that fun at parties, at least not all the time. At my new school i got into a pretty grouped up class, they rarely do stuff on the weekends and when they do it's in smaller groups. Luckily i met some people in my maths and physics classes (Yea, i know, not the most party type people) and they are great fun hanging out with and almost always up for hitting up the city on the weekends. I feel like i got pretty lucky that they were so open and welcoming, they'd invite me to their stuff very soon after i'd initially met them, but what really got me a lot closer with them was that i started hosting pre-parties/drinking nights, and i'd just invite the people i knew there (5 or so people) and tell them that they could bring friends if they wanted. Now it's about 6 months after i met them and the group of closer friends i have at my new school has grown a ton, and i have a crew of people who are always down to party or just chill and play some videogames.

As an introvert, I really enjoy sitting around and playing video games or watching movies with friends. The trick is to have a balance of people in your life to meet your needs. You won't get everything you're looking for from one person, or one group. What might be fun and exciting for you may very well be draining to them and vice-versa. Granted it's easier said than done, it's all about balance and compromise.

Dude, go talk to them! Sometimes it's good for a group to have a breath of fresh air! You might not know it, but you could be the one that holds everything together.

I feel like from the outside these sort of people seem like they do so much awesome stuff constantly, but if you're actually there a lot they don't do as much as you think. Still more than your other friends, but when you get the after-stories it sounds like it's so consistently awesome that they never just sit around and talk like your friends.

Sort of like the Facebook effect where you just get the highlights and none of the bland stuff that makes up the majority of the time. Not that they aren't doing more than your main friend group, but it just seems exaggerated until you're a part of it.

Eerily similar situation with me, man.

We are 2 of the same. Let's be friends!

Invite them to something

No one else said this in the other replies that I noticed.

Invite their group to things. Take the initiative in joining their friend group. You don't have to intrude on their stuff though, bring them into your stuff.

If they have a party or invite you to something cool have them all over for dinner or a barbecue or something as a thank you. Gets you in and makes them feel good at the same time.

Or even better invite the cool friends to a potluck at your house and make sure your lame friends are there as well. Ideally they'll socialize and you'll blend your friend groups but worst case your lame friends will realize they need to step their game up. And potlucks are fun.

It's not about what they can do for you, it's about what you can do for them. If you want to be invited to do fun stuff, then start by inviting them to do cool stuff. There are a lot of people out there that will say things like "we should totally hang out" every time we run into each other, then I never hear from them unless I initiate. Conversely, being friends with people who will contact out of the blue to invite you to something fun is the best. It's taken me years to build up a solid group of great friends and while there's always room for someone new, I'm going to put my energy towards the people who are also investing in the friendship.

but they just don't ever do anything fun or exciting.

That was me in high school, until I started to BE the guy who came up with plans and would suggest stuff a couple weekends out and then plan it and execute.

I really want to hang out with them and their other group of friends more

So start suggesting fun trips. Weekend camping trips, shooting range trips, driving range trips, movie night, drunken pie night, poker night, etc...

"Anyone can be your friend. You just have to hang around them long enough."

Will McKenzie, from Inbetweeners.

So goddamn true. Had an acquaintance with whom I shared a great number of friends. Never cared much for him, mostly because of a minor, perceived slight suffered some years earlier.

At some point, he began inviting me over to hang out. After declining a couple of times, he started inviting himself over to mine. We became good buddies and roomed together a few years later.

Wow, this is me right now, word for word. Love my old homies to death but they aren't as outgoing, which sucks. Met a new group (little bro and his friends) this past year and have been having a blast.

Be a Yes man. Never turn down an invitation to go out unless there's a good reason for it. Invite those friends out for a drink (or just a couple of them, chances are the rest will be there too).

Only way to not be the outsider is to stay in contact with them and include yourself (at first). They'll come around and realize you're a cool person and get you in on the fun times.

You'll only be the new guy for a little while. Don't overthink it. Besides, that summer passed, and a new summer is coming up.

Go and be part of the fun that they will talk about next time.

You're me minus the parties

There is no spoon.

Find new friends. Not that you need to ditch the old ones.

Are you boring? Maybe find some new hobbies that you find more interesting and others will too.

Exactly

the unfortunate truth is, you get the friends that you deserve. also true for presidential candidates.

Yeah I don't blame them on the last one. That's a good way to get hypothermia

I think he's basically saying "How can you expect other people to be awesome if you're not awesome?"

Seems reasonable to me.

TiL. Thank you, stranger.

Nah, I disagree. String theory is clearly the better framework for explaining the fundamental makeup of matter.

What?

Enough with the Star Wars spoilers!

I give you a hamburger.

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You wanna fight my man fridge?

That's not true! Not ALL trolls have green hair!

You're both right.

ffs you killed me!

No we don't sell switches here.

I hear your request. Now, go fuck yourself.

I totally hear you. Fuck off

But how do you know she is a witch?

First post to make me laugh out loud all week, thanks! Though the woman next to me on the bus is now giving me funny looks...

/r/talesfromretail

username czechs out

Make mine a coke

You can always tell the latter group. Nodding through your conversation, and then they just machine gun through every problem they have and you have to nod along as if it's the most important thing in your life.

That's an important one, too!

If you, say, cut someone off because you're super excited about saying something; I've seen it do wonders to acknowledge what you cut off and guide the conversation back to that person. Doing so helps to show that you were just really excited about the thing you just thought of rather than showing that you were just ignoring what the other person had to say.

And if a loud talker starts talking over someone telling a story who is softly spoken, I like to make eye contact with the quiet guy and really engage with his story so he doesn't get embarrassed and stop talking.

Listen to people.

I could say anything right now.

If you expect people to listen to you then there's no reason you shouldn't listen to them.

I think he means talking less and listening more. Nobody wants to talk to someone that keeps interrupting them.

misspelling 'so' is soooo annoying

It is attractive, it let's them know that you're interested in what they're saying. That makes them feel comfortable, important it allows you to become more personal with them with out having to do much. Typically when I'm on a date I ask a few questions to get them talking about themselves. I'll reinforce what they've said previously to let them know I'm listening. If they're talking and I'm not completely dominating the conversation this gets them thinking about themselves and what they're going to say and kind of puts them on the spot and takes all of the pressure off of you. Now that they're on the spot, those words they're saying feel more important and it feels great to know someone's listening to everything you just said. During that whole time you basically get a free pass; with little said about yourself, they haven't judged you on something you've said and you're not on the defensive in any way. They feel good about themselves for getting to freely say what they want and feel even better that you cherished every word they said. Now you've made them feel important. In my experience most people just want to say what's on their mind and truly just want someone to listen.

Yeah, Kanye.

Yes

To actually answer your question, there are a sunset of people that find value in appearing low effort. Blindly hating on something is easy because it takes no risk to say you dislike something, while saying you actively like something is putting your tastes on display for others to assess. For some, that can be scary.

I'm calling it. 2016 Comment of the Year.

Do you see some appeal in [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]

The appeal is that, at first glance, it makes you look like someone who doesn't blindly like things. It's only at the second glance that it becomes obvious you're still blind.

I can see the appeal in blindly hating things. I mean, it makes you feel superior for thinking something is beneath you. I get that. I don't blindly hate blatantly hating things, but I still do hate it, even though I see the appeal in it.

LMFAO!!!

I hate this comment

I'm too tired for this shit!

Haha my partner does this. He has a tendency to rant extensively about things he has just encountered without giving them a chance - but he really doesn't have issues with these things so much as he just loves to rant for ranting's sake :P.

And, especially in casual settings, just let people have 'their thing.' Lady you're talking with at a party likes astrology? This is not the time to prove what a genius you are and how 'astrology is bogus!' Just let her rave about it. Ask a question or two. Let her have it, it clearly serves a purpose for her. You can mock her in your head if you must- such a Capricorn approach!- but the height of social grace is to make others feel welcome and included. Don't be a dick to people that differ.

I feel like a lot of redditors need to realize that this goes for sports too. My home NFL team just won its division for the first time in a half a decade, but if my roommate is in earshot when I try to talk about this with friends, the conversation will quickly become inundated by some iteration of the classic "Lolol I love sportsball! Hit the puck for a field goal!!!"

It is frustrating.

I am with you. My partner -loves- the Twilight movies. I tolerate them for his sake. Because my love for my partner is orders of magnitude greater than my distaste for twilight.. I watched the 2nd through the last movies with him. Because he's my goddam husband and sometimes sacrifices are required... Now if I could just convince him that nerd stuff like MtG is actually fun...

Mine is Avril Lavigne's Let Go album.

I'll do you one better and suggest, "What do you like about Twilight?" make it sincere, not condescending, and you'll appear invested--because hopefully you are--in hearing about them and their values.

I only shift to hate if people get in my face about it.

So you're going out with someone who likes Twilight? Well guess what. We all have guilty pleasures.

Twilight Sparkle is a great pony, and a very relatable one! I feel no guilt in liking her. Why anyone should?

I have a moderately laissez faire attitude about most things except Twilight. If it's a guilty pleasure, I'm okay with that...if you think it's the best literature ever, you will be excommunicated from my fallout shelter.

"I hate that" isn't even that bad, It's cool that you don't like it, it's fine that you hate it... Don't tell me that it's bad tho...

If I say I listen to Deadmau5, you can say "I hate him". You can't say "he's fucking terrible".

a) because now you're making me feel bad for enjoying something and

b) because you're objectively fucking wrong, his sales and awards and praise speak for themselves. but it's fine if it's not your thing.

Yep, I'll happily accept if someone just "doesn't like" something. Rather than if they give me one reason they don't like which I can counter with a few second of thinking logically. If someone just doesn't tea, that's fine. But if they say tea is too herb flavoured then I should be able to give them a different flavour right? Not always.

Hmmm. I need to do this more often. I often say "I hate that" when really I mean " I find this slightly annoying and/or inconvenient."

Alternate phrases that say the same thing:

"I'm not really a fan of that."

"I'm more into this other thing," to lead the conversation elsewhere

"I tried that but couldn't get into it."

"That's interesting, I'm not very familiar with that."

DAE real vampires don't sparkle?!

DAE le Anne Rice vampires are le superior vampires.

No. Twilight sucks.

Sometimes, "That's not my thing," sounds kind of smarmy to me.

Very true! Everyone has something. The world would be very boring if everyone was into the same movies / books / music. I'm 28, got myself a Justin Bieber ticket. One, I love pop music. Two, I used to dance and I can't wait to see the choreography for the show. And three, I really want to see him live and see how he holds up performing on stage. Everyone at work made fun of me. Whatever, I'm not asking anyone else to go or like him! People can hate whoever / whatever they want but why is it so hard to accept the fact others may like it?

This is the mature response. Showing hatred for something immediately puts you in an awkward position on a date, if that person likes what you hate.

So true. I am always turned off by people who put other people down because they like something that they claim is stupid or sucks or whatever. It's not hurting you that someone likes a TV show, movie, song etc. so let them enjoy it without making them feel bad about it.

Man, I don't like having cancer.

Wow, this vacuum cleaner really sucks!

Whoa, those leeches suck.

Well, rap music really isn't my thing, but I've only really listened to eminem and Jay Z, are there better artists out there?

I think I Got it!

I agree with this advice for the negative things, but for the positive things, it's okay to get excited and carried away. Saying "this ice cream is really good" or "my brother's band is awesome" is fine, so long as you don't get offended when people disagree. Enthusiasm can be contagious, so strong positivity isn't as off-putting as strong negativity.

I wish more people approached different opinions the way you do. And I hope you can extend that approach to all aspects of your life!

How dare you have an opinion unlike mine

What do you say when pressed on why you don't like something? Saying you don't like something is fine, until they're like "why?"

Yes, especially with music. If I don't like a band or a song or a style, I make sure I can explain my opinion before sharing it. That's conversation, versus just taking a rude dump on something someone else likes.

What's your opinion on vacuum cleaners?

I completely agree with you...

But.

I do feel like when someone says that something sucks, or that something is good, it is implied that it is their opinion. I'd always assume that, until they explicitly state that something is objectively bad, at which point I'd point out that they're an idiot for stating an opinion as if it was a fact.

There are some things I say I don't like, and some things I say are bad. Using which depends on my expertise with what I'm talking about. If I understand what it's trying to do, and I'm knowledgeable of the context in which it exists, then I don't mind using the b word.

Another perfect example of "it's not what you say, but how you say it." I wholeheartedly agree. Personally I like to ask people about what they are interested in because as usual, nothing is as simple as it seems and it is amazing to see how in depth certain interests can go

God so many people from my church are like this with music (they're al on the worship team or whatever.) I say I like a band and they're like "Oh that band sucks." Rather than "Ah I don't like them." It's so infuriating. How dare people have a different taste in music than them!

It's a matter of phrasing. A preference is a preference.

I started taking this approach years ago. However I'm still very guilty of that mentality when it comes to popular music. 99% of the music I hear on the radio is garbage to me; I just can't stand it. I've not heard a single Drake song that I can say I even remotely enjoy except for "Forever," and that most likely has to do with the fact that he's hardly in it. The sound of his voice just irritates me and the style of his flow always makes it sound like someone who's way too high to be rapping is somehow stringing together "lyrics." I totally understand that that's my relatively ignorant point of view because I've never listened to his body of work outside of radio hits and the occasional random song of his. But I just fucking hate him. I do think he sucks, personally.

As I said, I've utilized this mentality for years now because it's a mature way to approach things - to be able to separate the subjective from the objective. But popular music on the radio...god damn it, I just can't. I really honestly can't stand the sound of most of it. Occasionally some songs are on that don't bother me, but most of it hits my ears and it just annoys me. Ellie Goulding is one of example of a popular music artist that I actually kind of enjoy. I've heard nothing but rave reviews about Bieber's new album from many different people...enough so to actually make curious enough to check it out eventually.

I don't like kiddie porn but I guess...no, it's just wrong.

Rap music is great!!!!!!!!!!FUCK U

With music or art, that is fair (although I would argue there is intrinsically more artistic value in some things than in others, but lets leave that be for now). But some things are objectively worse than others. For example, I would not entertain the idea that someone prefers to drink vodka during a marathon rather than water. That's just stupid and I can give them reasons why. This is obviously and intentionally ridiculous example to proof a point. Also, rap is great, sorry.

Why do you have a problem with other people liking it though? I mean I do think it's good to expose to people to new forms of music but why do it to drive someone away from something they like?

nly idiots (of which I was one) say that something sucks.

Corollary: only boring people constantly complain about being bored.

Oh man I should've read your reply before posting the same thing but with shittier words

Aren't people intelligent enough to know that "it sucks" is the same as "it just doesn't appeal to me."?

My uncle got run over by a freight train.

Dude, that sucks.

No no no, you gotta give it a try.

As my dad told me when he dropped me off for college " every closed door is an opportunity to learn how to use a fucking door knob"

The Kardashians suck. I stand by that statement.

What about things that actually suck. Poorly made films or books with sloppy phrasing and grammatical errors?

EDIT: This comment, for example...

pretty sure you would say that Brendan Smith sucks if you watch him try to play defense.

Rape and murder really suck.

And if I don't like that other people like rap music, then I can try to expose them to other music,

This is actually the worst part about your entire comment.

War and cancer don't suck?

You haven't listened to enough hip hop. ;)

I agree completely, but country music still fucking sucks.

But most can agree that nickleback sucks.

Only modern rap sucks.

Six months ago I would have said, "I don't like rap music." I'm surely not the target demographic - 47 year old chubby suburban white guy.

Now I wouldn't say it.

I wouldn't mention that I like it, out of some sort of embarrassment, but there are some really talented people doing clever things with positive messages these days under the "rap" banner, and you might take another look.

Folks like Macklemore and George Watsky are the first two I think of, but there are a bunch of them.

But some rap music absolutely sucks...

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Being honest and saying what you feel is better than dancing around for fear of hurting somebody's feelings. Are you part of the young Political Correctness generation? Sounds like it.

They did, and you squandered it by being a dismissive jerkoff.

Whether or not this is true, thinking this won't help your cause at all.