15 Of The Most Polarizing Double Standards In Western Society
You know what they say, "you can't have your cake and eat it too."
Published 8 years ago in Facepalm
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“It’s not gender specific, but it’s common to see on dating profiles that the person requires that their partner be fit, athletic, slim, etc, while said person themselves look like the Michelin man. You should not demand your partner kill themselves at the gym on the daily while you get to be a blob.”
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“I have to pass yearly workplace harassment/sensitivity training and they make a big deal about age discrimination. Here’s the kicker, age discrimination only applies to old people not young. For instance, I could get in serious trouble/fired for calling someone a dinosaur, but yet every week people tell me I should grow a beard so I look old enough to work.”
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“It’s viewed as a good thing if someone goes to bed early and get out of bed early. But if you go to bed late and therefore also wakes up later, you are a lazy bastard. But in the end, they sleep the same amount of time. And it’s always the early bird that makes comments and act like they’re Jesus because they got out of bed earlier.”
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“If I show up five minutes late to a doctors appointment I have my Appt cancelled and can be charged for it, financially not criminally, yet I can be on time and wait 45 minutes to an hour to see the doctor without receiving so much as an apology. I have gone to appointments at the VA, before I could afford insurance, and had them cancelled after waiting 30 minutes because the doctor didn’t show. Fuck the whole of U.S. healthcare.”
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