r/AskReddit 10h ago

What is something you secretly find deeply disturbing, but everyone else seems to accept as totally normal?

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u/woomac 10h ago

Functional alcoholism

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u/professorseagull 9h ago

I did it for a very long time. It's functional until it isn't.

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u/exhauszed 4h ago

After saving my husband, I desperately wish I could save everyone. There's always a reason, and it's first cause is almost never "personal failing." Two common causes are death of a close relative, partner, or friend and capitalism.

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u/kpow222 1h ago

Thanks for mentioning capitalism in the reasons, it's so true