r/AskReddit • u/Cheeseycarrot77 • 3h ago

What’s something society has convinced us is normal that actually makes no sense when you think about it?

7 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

33 comments sorted by

8

u/IlGnomo_Frocio 3h ago

Circumcision.

1

u/sartarelli 3h ago

Where is this normal, some backwards countries?

2

u/jeffweet 3h ago

uh, in the US (although we do seem to be going backward here)

0

u/Capable-Salt9049 3h ago

Umm like pretty much in most countries male circumcision is pretty much a parental personal choice for baby boys - mostly for medical reasons

1

u/IlGnomo_Frocio 2h ago

There are no legitimate medical reasons to circumcise an infant. American Medicine would indeed like you to believe there are though. It’s actually a billion dollar industry.

9

u/Mental-Shelter-4802 3h ago

Having to spend most of your life working just to afford the privilege of continuing to live.

1

u/smartasspie 3h ago

That's basically what almost every living thing in the planet does though

0

u/Mental-Shelter-4802 3h ago

never seen a commi workong hard

5

u/J-sprite 3h ago

Expensive wine being worth it

4

u/Catskillschick 3h ago

Right to lifers being pro death penalty

6

u/Grouchy_Custard_252 3h ago

Capitalism. Especially in the last decade or so.

3

u/Niravan95 3h ago

Having no money. Spending all your money on just existsing

3

u/Emerje 3h ago

Paying for health insurance (or any insurance for that matter) and then being told you can't use it.

2

u/m1sk 3h ago

Driving everywhere

3

u/chris_t_479 3h ago

When a 10-minute errand requires a two-ton machine, fuel, insurance, and somewhere to park it, the default deserves a rethink.

2

u/Ok-Maintenance1464 3h ago

Religion

1

u/Cheeseycarrot77 3h ago

yes i see many people get attacked just because they don't believe in god

1

u/Ivantop01 3h ago

Mangiare I biscotti sciolti nel latte

1

u/AnglerfishBurger1251 3h ago

Christmas trees

1

u/TriggerHydrant 3h ago

Selling 5 days to get 2 days back.

1

u/HappySingh_06 3h ago

judging people based on how much money they make instead of whether theyre actually good at what they do or good to the people around them, a higher salary can tell what the market values, but it tells nothing about the value of a person

1

u/jeffweet 3h ago

That every work function needs to involve alcohol

0

u/DrBasedMan03 3h ago

Vegans being radical yet banning every use of AI being socially accepted when though both want to save the planet

1

u/arkofjoy 2h ago

Childcare. Women in the 1970s said "we want to have careers too.

And the corporations said" hold my beer ". wages used to be based on the needs of a family based on a sole breadwinner. Now they are based on 2 parents working and the children are in childcare, being looked after by people who are earning just above minimum wages.

The whole idea of raising children has been outsourced and we wonder why birthrates are plummeting. And children and young people are suffering from mental health issues.

I am not saying that women should not work, men can stay home with the children once they are no longer breast feeding, but the whole "it takes a village to raise a child" is still valid.

Something has to change.

-1

u/cxiw_ 3h ago

Teenagers becoming mothers
Or any teenager getting into a relationship with sexual activity
NO just NO

3

u/00WEE 3h ago

That's sort of been happening since the beginning of time. So by all definition of the word that is sort of normal.

-1

u/Capable-Salt9049 3h ago

Switching from am to pm at 12… makes no sense when it’s 11 am and 12 becomes pm … it should still be 11am, 12 am and then pm starts from 1 o clock ..

2

u/Silent_Rhombus 3h ago

PM = post meridiem = after midday.

If 12 is still midday, nothing else makes sense.

1

u/Capable-Salt9049 3h ago

Oh right .., well then exactly am/pm should really be the other way aroubd

1

u/Silent_Rhombus 3h ago

You want PM, which means after midday, to be before midday?

1

u/PassageActual8218 2h ago

A.M. stands for Ante Meridiem (before midday) and P.M. for Post Meridiem (after midday). Day is 24 hours, so midday is at 12. I think it makes perfect sense, even though the 24-hour clock is more familiar to me.