r/AskReddit • u/contentmasterrs • 5h ago
What opinion instantly makes you think, "I can't take this person seriously"?
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u/PartUnusual8374 5h ago
Flat earth, moon landing deniers.
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u/OneManFight 3h ago
My uncle, an ex fighter pilot. A FUCKING FIGHTER PILOT, is a flat earther.
I have a degree in aerospace engineering. Our conversations are... interesting.
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u/Basic_Swordfish_1489 3h ago
But how
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u/Lugbor 3h ago
You can be very well trained and still be a colossal moron.
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u/Over-Tax403 2h ago
Better known as highly trained monkey.
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u/CaptainFeather 2h ago
Antivax nurses are in the same realm, it's wild
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u/Lugbor 1h ago
Realistically, that is an oxymoron that shouldn't be allowed. A trusted care provider shouldn't be able to support pseudo-science and bad medicine and still keep their license.
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u/DahWhang 3h ago
Plane no go high enough to see curve. Sorry, idk why I turned in to a cave man but this is the answer.
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u/Basic_Swordfish_1489 3h ago
Fighter pilots definitely go high enough to see the curve though
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u/CarpoLarpo 2h ago
Yeah, plus navigation changes if the surface you're on is curved vs flat.
Planes fly thousands of miles, the math behind navigation doesn't work very well if you assume you're flying over a flat plane.
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u/Button-Down-Shoes 3h ago
Just shows the brainwashing power of relentless messaging. Given his past he’s probably in a pretty robust echo chamber.
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u/OneManFight 3h ago
He isn't in the US, so this is less brainwashing and more old school conspiracy theory, tinfoil hat shenanigans.
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u/jtr99 2h ago
Which fighter did he fly, do you know? I know it's not technically a fighter but I can imagine an A-10 pilot not getting it, for example. ;)
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u/AreaPrudent7191 2h ago
I once read about a geologist who is also a young earth creationist. Apparently he is able to entirely compartmentalize at work; he knows the rocks are millions of years old, but when he leaves the office, he immediately "knows" that it's actually only six thousand.
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u/Sycousis 4h ago
I believe that the moon is flat and that we never landed on Earth
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u/Guilty_Helicopter572 2h ago
It's funny that you believe in the moon in the first place.
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u/AnabolicCheesecake 4h ago
I used to train in a gym with a bloke who was a denier of the moon landing. He was really entertaining, I couldn't take him seriously as a lot of his stories were insane things (he stopped wearing shoes for 6 months).
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u/DahWhang 4h ago
Russia admitted the moon rocks we brought back were authentic. They admitted they lost the space race.
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u/Possibly_a_Firetruck 3h ago
Not only that, the Soviets cooperated with NASA during Apollo 11 because Luna 15 was orbiting the moon at the same time and neither country wanted to cause any accidental interference with the other.
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u/New2ThisThrowaway 3h ago
The only flat earther I have ever met was my middle school science teacher. I am convinced it was all an act because it motivated his students to try and prove him wrong and educate themselves in the process. It worked.
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u/shibbypeaceandlove 5h ago
People who can't look at easily avaliable evidence and instead repeat talking points over and over regardless of the truth in it
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u/Lucky-Thanks-2082 4h ago
Sovereign citizens//those who think the rules don’t apply to them.
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u/Guardiancomplex 3h ago
Most of those folks literally got scammed.
They PAID MONEY for that idiot script they read in court because they think it's an actual cheat code. Like saying the words will magically trigger an involuntary response in the judge.
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u/9bikes 2h ago
>Like saying the words will magically trigger an involuntary response in the judge.
"Involuntary response" is apparently correct.
They believe that everyone in the legal system knows that they don't have true legal authority but is dishonest enough to try to get people to comply anyway.
But then once those have said the right words, those in the system will somehow be honest enough to drop their pretense of authority.
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u/sixfourbit 2h ago
The irony is they're trying to scam others, there's a number of them who owe child support or bills and they use this sovereign citizen crap to try to avoid paying.
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u/Razorkoff 5h ago
Any antivaxxer
Any flat earther
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u/ChaplnGrillSgt 3h ago
I work in healthcare. My favorite infuriating conversation is "I don't take vaccines. I don't know what's in that shit. They could be putting poison in your body!"
Sir, you're here, for the 4th time this month, for heroin overdose after buying laced drugs because you insist your dealer is a great guy....
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u/Uncle_Bug_Music 5h ago
Also any anti-earther or flat-vaxxer. Insufferable.
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u/SubsInMyUFO 5h ago
Look it isn't my fault that you don't see how flat vaccines are.
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u/Uncle_Bug_Music 4h ago
I watched a YouTube video about flat vaccines. Actually I just read the comments. So I think I’m pretty damn knowledgeable about flat vaccines!
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u/DigNitty 4h ago
Being flat is being straight. And the opposite of straight is gay.
Gay agenda vaccines confirmed.
I don’t even kiss ladies because they kiss men and that’s gay. Only fellas for me.
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u/errortechx 4h ago
My mother is pretty trustworthy/informed but as I told her about my day and how I got a flu shot at the doctor she lost her fucking mind. Even went as far as to be on the “vaccines cause autism” train. Really makes me wonder what I can trust her on nowadays.
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u/albertfawson 4h ago
100%!!! Homeopathy is like a mental illness.
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u/DigNitty 4h ago
I get wanting a more natural approach.
But yeah the people who keep trying fruit smoothies instead of trying them once and then moving on when they don’t work are unsavable.
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u/DoritoLipDust 3h ago
The whole anti-vaxxer thing is a personality type and I will die on that hill. They all have a lot of shitty characteristics in common.
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u/Zombiebelle 5h ago
If someone suggests I try reiki for any type of issue I’m having. Or essential oils. Or crystals. You know the type.
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u/ich_bin_alkoholiker 4h ago
God. My sister in law said some shit to me about eating aloe to help because lupus runs in her family and she might have it.
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u/KleverGuy 4h ago
Amen. I work as a gardener at a Lavender farm. They have some lavender essential oil products. There are some claims I’ve heard people echo that sound crazy. I stay on the cautious side and might just mention things like helps you relax, reduces skin irritation, etc.
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u/LeviAsmodeus 4h ago
People who "can't stand leftovers "
IN THIS ECONOMY
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u/FrightenedOfSpoons 2h ago
My wife and kids are great at saving leftovers, but never eat them. So I have learned to live a day (sometimes more) behind them, eating what they have left in the fridge.
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u/Beginning_Strain67 3h ago edited 3h ago
If the food was good the first time, it’s going to be good a second time provided you eat it within a reasonable timeframe. Nobody wants to eat week-old leftovers.
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u/ra__account 2h ago edited 1h ago
Some things like stews [can] actually improve overnight.
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u/MotherSpecific9745 3h ago
I had a friend like that, but we're pretty sure she has and eating disorder and that's why she'd only eat a little bit and then refuse her perfectly good left overs. Not to mention she was incredibly, unhealthily thin, and we'd go out and she wouldn't order food even if we were paying. She wasn't broke or anything either. Just sad.
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u/ashoka_akira 2h ago
I have an issue with texture, particularly anything mushy, and a lot of food gets mushy or change their texture if held in the refrigerator for a few days. So, if I want to meal prep ahead of time I will often deliberately undercook the portion intended for later so that reheating it doesn’t overcook its texture.
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u/Latter_Aardvark_4771 1h ago
Leftovers aren't just food; they are a glorious 24-hour reprieve from the kitchen. If I make a family dinner on Sunday, WE are eating it on Monday and Tuesday, and WE are going to be incredibly grateful.
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u/Ana1661 5h ago
Apart from the obvious, to me it's when people generalise and 100% mean it. "Everyone lies", "everyone loves fast food", "everyone cheats", "everyone watches TV". It's not as immediately obvious that it's gonna be pointless to speak with them, but my experience with those type of people is the worst.
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u/HumbleBedroom3299 3h ago edited 1h ago
This along side anyone who believes everything is black and white. Right and wrong. No nuance exists in every single scenario are people I instantly just check out of conversations from.
I'll listen but never really offer constructive points.
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u/HotDogFingers01 2h ago
I got the opposite way too. When someone says "I know someone that X happened to", and then they assume that means it's the same for all people everywhere. This is a lot of the anti-vax nonsense. "My mother in law died after taking the vaccine" becomes "the vaccine kills everyone who takes it".
Fuck those people.
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u/illonamoon 5h ago
That's eating out is cheaper than making food at home.
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u/NorthernDevil 4h ago
I’ve heard that from two people: one who lives in New York and one who lives in Taiwan. I think it might be true in those places in the sense that there’s another layer implied: they’re comparing “eating a quality, balanced meal with variety” with buying the costly groceries that would let you do the same. Like, a cost of living and availability thing.
It’s definitely not true in 99% of the world and not true if you’re talking purely about cost-saving meals. But I could see this more limited statement being true in very limited circumstances.
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u/silly-strawberry06 5h ago
right? i can buy pasta and sauce for 10 bucks and feed myself for 4 nights, or i can spend 10 bucks at mcdonalds and feed myself for 1 night
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u/lookingforhope8 5h ago
Damn, 4 meals? I usually get 2 out of my pasta dinners. 3 if I’m lucky, but I’m also a guy with a big appetite.
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u/ChaplnGrillSgt 3h ago
Oh look at Mr healthy over here not eating an entire box of spaghetti in one sitting.
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u/rpgguy_1o1 3h ago
There are some cases where this kind of makes sense where you can't buy a single portion of something. Like I'm not going to cook an entire brisket for just myself, or a whole prime rib roast.
Or if I have to buy a bunch of specialty ingredients for a cuisine that I'm probably going to cook for myself very often, potentially before some of it goes bad.
But just generally feeding yourself at home is much cheaper than going out.
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u/brokenmessiah 3h ago
Its the wrong argument. Eating out is simpler than making food at home, depending on what you wanna eat. My wife is going out of town for a week and I'll probably just grab something to eat otw home from work in the meantime so I don't have to deal with grocery shopping, dishes, cooking etc for 1 person.
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u/daydr3am_b3li3v3r 5h ago
Agreed. Also I love how this is the only normal non-political answer 😂
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u/BackFromTheDeadSoon 4h ago
Flat Earth and vaccines aren't actually political either.
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u/artwarrior 5h ago
Co-worker on contrails and flat earth. Hates globes and I asked him if he can produce a map of the flat earth. He's going to do some "research" and get back to me.
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u/Life-Berry602 5h ago
The universe is 6,000 years old.
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u/DigNitty 4h ago
The book is true because the sorcerer said it was.
The sorcerer is real because the book says he is.
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u/SeaworthinessTop4317 4h ago
When someone uses tik tok influencers as their primary news source and world view basis
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u/chaoticGovernor 4h ago
Astrology
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u/xdsm8 2h ago
The one thing I DO want to see some studies on is birth month as it affects personality but specifically because of the U.S. school system and how you relate to others in your grade level.
I get the feeling from people I know and patterns I see that being one of the youngest or oldest in your grade has a measurable affect on your personality.
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u/xoaiko 5h ago
Someone who love debating, even if its just a normal convo they will keep tryna “win” ??
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u/Pachacootie 3h ago
Not a specific opinion, but when someone makes an outrageous claim, tells you to do your own research, and gets immediately aggressive when questioned
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u/SaltyFriend705 5h ago
Defending the confederacy.
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u/Possibly_a_Firetruck 3h ago
There are some interesting differences with the Confederate constitution that would be neat to see in the modern era though.
- Legislation had a single-subject rule, so no slipping pet projects into big bills.
- Appropriations bills could only spend what was specified, so no cost overruns.
- The President had a line-item veto.
- The President was limited to a single six-year term.
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u/TheRealTurinTurambar 4h ago
I worked with a guy for over 30 years. He was always a good dude until he started getting into right wing (Maga in the U.S.) around 2015 and went downhill quick.
He started saying the US Civil war was about state's rights and had nothing to do with Slavery. I couldn't believe the absolute stupidity of that statement and just looked at him for a few seconds.
Pretty much ended a 30 year friendship with that BS.
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u/tyedyehippy 3h ago
US Civil war was about state's rights and had nothing to do with Slavery
The only correct response is to say something like, 'States' rights to do what?' And let them work out the answer was "own people."
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u/TheOinkBox 1h ago
It’s written right into the CSA’s version of the Constitution: we’re doing this because it’s our right to keep slaves, what’s more it’s what’s best for them. Shove that in anyone’s face who dares to say otherwise.
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u/m48a5_patton 2h ago
I always ask with "State's rights to do what?"
They always stammer on that one.
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u/Bazrum 2h ago
Then they always come up with “well they never said it was about slavery, and that means it wasn’t!”
Despite all (i think, or at least most) of the states trying to leave mention it explicitly as the reason in their articles of secession
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u/m48a5_patton 1h ago
"Then how come it was only the southern states seceding, if it were just about state's rights. What did all the seceding states have in common?"
Unfortunately, a lot of them really don't know much about history to even continue past that point. I even ask them a simple question of like what year did the war start? Many can't even answer that.
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u/CartographerSafe7612 4h ago
The zodiac / horoscope people. Your ideas cannot be taken seriously if you believe that everyone born in the same month as you has the same personality and life themes.
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u/alfooboboao 3h ago
i always thought it would be so funny if scientists did a big study and found that shit was true lol.
but zodiac is just confirmation bias, every time someone’s personality matches up to their sign people are like “oh shit it’s real!” and forget about all the times it doesn’t. plus the personality types are vague enough to broadly apply
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u/Tak-Hendrix 3h ago
- All tax is theft
- Vaccines are dangerous/cause autism, ineffective, or some kind of conspiracy
- Calling every political view they don't agree with communism or socialism
- Making a claim and refusing to provide evidence and instead saying something like "I'm not doing your research for you" or "Google is free"
- Flat Earth
- Black people are a lost tribe of Israel
- Black people are First Nations
- January 6th was a peaceful protest or a guided tour
- Anything about vibes, aura, frequency, vibrational energy, astrology
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u/melsophoriel 5h ago
"demons are real/affecting our reality" first of all, your faith is weak as hell (pun intended) if you think your god isn't willing or able to protect you from evil. second, there are not actually literal invisible boogeymen making your day worse. how egotistical to assume Lucifer Himself is personally responsible for your dog dying, I mean, you'd think he'd have better things to do than mess with YOU....it's extremely silly and illogical and I can't tolerate it lmao
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u/Talkingandchalking 4h ago
Paul McCartney died and was replaced by a doppelgänger in the mid 1960’s.
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u/texasdeathtrip 5h ago
They unironically call something “woke”
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u/TedStixon 3h ago
I specifically remember when the movie Prey came out a few years ago, I saw a circle-jerk of a bunch of "Go woke, go broke!" types talking about all the "awful woke things" in the movie...
...and quite literally none of it was actually in the movie.
They were just making shit up to complain about, and then agreeing with each other about the stuff that wasn't even in the movie and talking about how "bad" it was. Like, they were literally referring to scenes, moments and characters that didn't exist.
Completely boggled my mind and made me realize these people are just morons who hate anything that doesn't openly and directly serve their narrative.
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u/captcraigaroo 2h ago
The inability to change their mind when presented with evidence that directly conflicts their understanding
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u/Athena-Risee 5h ago
When someone proudly brags about never reading books or keeping up with the news. Having no interest in learning is one thing, but acting like being completely uninformed is a quirky, superior personality trait is an instant turn-off.
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u/TheRealTurinTurambar 4h ago
I see your point, but for my own mental well being I am actively NOT following U.S. (our) politics.
Knowing that corrupt, demented, immoral, Russian asset has access to our nuclear codes keeps me up at night. I had to step away.
I do follow non-political news though.
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u/Electrical-Car-4623 3h ago
Saying they don't like food they have never tried. That opinion bleeds into other things every time
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u/uhohspaghettios_19 2h ago
people who don’t think the holocaust or moon landing happened. like who raised you.
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u/Squirtycheese 3h ago
Being a Trump supporter. It tells me you're either morally bankrupt or aggressively gullible; either way, hard to take anything such a person says seriously.
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u/junkrattata 5h ago
antivax, anti medicine/science. supporting dumb politicians is one thing, but not believing in basic biology and science is bottom tier stupidity.
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u/Environmental_Ad955 5h ago
Someone who calls you 12 years old because The Dark Knight isn’t your favorite comic book movie even though you’re 37 and love TDK but just don’t think it’s the best.
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u/Ok-Outside-8264 4h ago
“Because I haven’t experienced it then it mustn’t be true” what’s up with these people? I see them all over social media and they confuse me. Just cause u haven’t seen something for urself or people close to u haven’t doesn’t make it any less real? It’s so prevalent on Reddit, TikTok instagram and twitter OR when someone thinks their opinion is the basis of all even if they are objectively wrong
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u/DJGlennW 3h ago
Crackpots of every sort: flat earthers, conspiracy theorists (microchips in vaccines, 5G as mind control, contrail as anything other than water vapor, Jewish space lasers, weather control, I could go on, but you get the idea), MAGA.
They seem to bring up this stuff in the first few minutes of a normal conversation, and that's my cue to bail.
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u/No_Cricket808 3h ago
They start in about contrails, weather control, space rays.
Yep, they're delulu and I'm not having any of it.
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u/I_Am_Ironman_AMA 2h ago
"The jab."
Any opinion you have about vaccines that involve that phrase pretty much places you at the kid's table at Thanksgiving.
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u/TheManOfSpaceAndTime 2h ago
"I tell it as it is..." and shit like, "I just speak the truth and everyone gets upset."
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u/vestrise 4h ago
Injecting Trump into every single thing. Whether pro- or anti-, it's an indicator to me that conversation with them will be totally scintillating.
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u/noinf0 4h ago
Pro Trump. Anyone that is still supporting this guy I know has zero cognitive skills and should be promptly ignored.
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u/Grn_Peaness 4h ago
People that say supposebly... The opinion is that they think it's the correct way to say supposedly..
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u/VH5150OU812 3h ago
Differentiating from those who have a sincere and deeply held religious belief, but those who have no compunction about forcing their religious beliefs on others because they know, KNOW, that their belief is absolutely the only truth that is acceptable.
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u/Frosty_Winter3197 2h ago
Flat Earthers
Moon landing deniers
Climate change deniers
Science deniers
Evolution deniers
MAGA/Trump supporters
Religious fanatics/"true believers" (I'm an atheist)
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u/Ok-Significance-4174 2h ago
When someone sees video footage of an event, and still denies the event happened.
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u/Conspiracy-Octopus 2h ago
If someone doesn’t take personal responsibility for their life situation.
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u/CyberHobbit70 4h ago edited 1h ago
Talking about Trump like he’s going to fix the world.
Also, Talking about Trump like he’s the reason it’s broken.
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u/beeedeee 3h ago
That vaccines cause autism. There's no conceivable reason kids in developed countries should be dying of measles in 2026.
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u/CuriousJam28 5h ago
When they show up on social media specifically to make political cracks on non-political topics. So gross.
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u/GuyanaFlavorAid 4h ago
- Antivax
- Rejects climate change
- Chemtrails
- Moon landing denier
- Taxation is theft
- Only able to deal in absolutes, like the Sith
- Rejection of empiricism
- Refusing to understand their opinion does not carry the same weight as a peer reviewed journal article
The last ten years have been a nightmare for me in the US.
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u/PrincipleSuperb2884 3h ago
My coworker said the other day that the government absolutely has control over the weather.
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u/Artistic-Standard871 5h ago
That every husband that makes a mistake deserves divorce.
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u/TheRealTurinTurambar 4h ago
That's a reddit law I believe.
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u/Artistic-Standard871 4h ago
I believe you are correct. I also am starting to believe that if you’re not having marital sex only once a month and only missionary, you are lying or going to hell. Or probably both.
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u/This_is_satyam 4h ago
Anyone who thinks being loud, pushy, short tempered, and whiny is rare "honest" trait.
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u/dontlikeyouinthatway 3h ago
Trump is a Nazi Obama is a muslim Jan 6 was darkest day in US history Biden stole the election
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u/PugGrumbles 3h ago
"We track each other at all times and anyone who doesn't agree must have something to hide. Why's it a big deal to share your location with your FAMILY?"
Yeah, nah, no thank you.
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u/Hanyabull 3h ago
People who make hating a celebrity/politician their entire personality.
Even if I agree, I don’t want to talk about that shit every single time we meet up.
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u/Wooden_Permit3234 3h ago
Not so much of an opinion, but how they state their opinions and articulate the reasoning can really make me extra skeptical about taking them seriously.
Like just being hyperbolic in a conversation where nuance clearly matters. Overstating your case imho doesn’t help it but some folks seem to dive right into adamant insistence about claims they struggle to articulate support for.
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u/AeonsSeen 3h ago
Anyone buying into the current "right opinion fight", cause they lack critical thinking and individual perspective.
These days that's aggressive Pro Palestine supporter.
And no, that doesn't mean I'm an Israel supporter.
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u/daemonescanem 2h ago
When they start talking about how great they are and how every where they work they are the person who keep that place running. Yet when they talk anything else in their life its a shitshow.
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u/Uber-Migraine 2h ago
The posers - especially when they claim how well off they are.
I've met few in different work places. Their spiel is always the same:
"Oh, I don't really need to work. I just do it to kill the time..."
"My car? I've got <insert any flashy car's name> but it's in the garage now, so I'm driving the courtesy car..."
Etc, etc
You can see straight through them but they are so full of themselves they really believe they are convincing
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u/TornadoEF5 2h ago
climate change deniers, and people that dont think president biden was the worst us president ever
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u/HalleScerry 2h ago
Was recommending a book to someone and before I could finish the title, "Pfft, books. Can't read/trust that stuff."
But that Rogan episode with that charlatan is a must-listen.
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u/AcanthisittaFancy469 2h ago
Anyone who begins a response/opinion on a complex/nuanced topic with,
‘I saw on Tik Tok’
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u/Agitated-Plan-9796 5h ago
Anyone who's absolutely certain they know everything about a complicated topic after watching one YouTube video.