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Fandom Problem #13,548:

Fandom Problem #14,560:

Stop being upset when a piece of a specific genre does something that is literally a defining part of the genre.

Horror is going to be scary and incorporate taboo subjects.

Musicals are going to have people burst into song.

Superheroes are going to wear tight and/or revealing costumes and beat up criminals.

Fantasy and Sci Fi aimed at children are typically going to have child protagonists who end up fighting battles, because it's aimed at children who fantasize about doing that.

The Swords and Sorcery subgenre of fantasy is going to have most of their cast barely wear anything, and will typically incorporate darker subject matter such as rape, slavery, drugs, etc.

Grimdark fantasy is called GRIMDARK for a reason. It is GRIM and DARK.

High fantasy is typically going to be set in a medieval inspired setting.

Urban fantasy is going to be set in the modern day.

Gangster films are going to mostly have characters who commit crimes and do awful things.

Books aimed at children aren't going to have sex in them. I can't believe this needs to be said. You'd be amazed how many people I've seen claim a children's book should have had sex in it.

Fandom Problem #14,565:

Headcanoning a female character to be a trans woman when getting biologically pregnant and being a woman is crucial to her story and struggles. Talk about missing the point.

Fandom Problem #14,591:

I explained very clearly to the manager my issue with the meat section not having the price tags listed, and they claimed it was only going to be for the meat, since meat is by weight, and the price of each item is printed on the packs of each item.

Sure. That’s how they get their foot in the door. Fast forward not even two weeks, and here we are:

Bar codes. No prices, no item descriptions. No price stickers on the individual items. Heck, not even the name of the item that is SUPPOSED to be there.

No. The only way to see the price is to scan it on your phone app, which is also recording what you looked at recently, as a way of gauging what you might be looking for in the future.

So here’s what we’re gonna do gang:

Every time you go into a store that has implemented these price-less tags:

Take 1-3 items up to the cash register. Ask the cashier for the price, or hit the price check item on the self checkout, which will likely call over the attendant.

Express that you didn’t actually want it, you just couldn’t see on the shelf how much it was.

POLITELY, AND WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE PRICE CONFIRMATION, Give the items to the cashier or attendant to put back.

When they inevitably try to push the app, politely decline. If pressed for why not, say you don’t want to have to carry your phone in-hand the whole time you are shopping in order to see how much things cost. (Not having cell service or data to use the app is NOT a valid excuse, as stores already often have complimentary WiFi AND more stores will provide WiFi rather than give up on this push for surveillance pricing)

If it’s a shelf-stable item, the cashier will have to set it aside, taking up room in their limited operating space, and eventually pass it off to someone to put in a holding area to put back later. If it’s a fridge/freezer item, it might have to get tossed due to food product sale regulations.

In either case, you are making it a pain in the ass for them to have these digital bar codes. Tie up the checkouts. Give the employees more busywork that the company has to pay them to do. Hurt their bottom line having to toss the pint of ice cream you carried around in your cart for 20 minutes before giving it back to the cashier.

"Radical Islam doesn’t want just a small caliphate in Iraq or Syria. They see the United States as the greatest evil on Earth and seek to dominate the entire West. Radical Islam is revolutionary, it wants endless expansion, terrorism, assassinations, and total control. They hate America, Europe, Israel, and every Muslim nation that partners with us. Orlando, Pensacola, and domestic attacks prove it.

Radical Islam is a clear and imminent threat to the world."

I agree with every single word he said.

I keep seeing responses to this. Is this a troll post? How can you be 52 years old and have NOTHING saved for retirement? I’m 34 and I have retirement accounts lol. I’m not criticizing people for not being wizards with money or not scrimping and saving every extra dollar to own a house or to retire. I’m not a brilliant investor myself, and I buy particular brands of food I like, rent nice places to live, and have a nice car… I’m not one of those people who preaches that you should live off ramen noodles and sleep in a hovel as a rite of passage… but I’m also not going to be 52 with nothing lol. That’s just mind-boggling. Like a lot of people have pointed out, if you just put $100 a month in the stock market for 30 years you could easily have a couple hundred thousand saved.

Also, it’s on you if you’ve been working a low-wage job for 37 years and haven’t done anything to work your way up in your company, get more credentials, go to college or technical school, take on more responsibilities so that you can build a resume and apply for higher-paying roles, start your own business, etc. I’m imagining this person, if not trolling, works a low-wage, unskilled job, and that’s their justification for not being able to save anything. But still, to act like someone who works for 37 years and can’t afford their own home or retirement is a victim of circumstances outside their control is nonsense.