Lots of old houses had a slot in the bathroom for razor blades disposal. Put the used blade into the slot and it falls into the wall. I think this is a brilliant idea and we should still be doing it!

The trouble with razor blade disposal is that they are small and sharp. Putting them in trash bags and having them hauled away to the dump only poses a potential hazard to every person or animal that crosses paths with that razor in the future.

The wall is better. Once the blade is in the wall you will never encounter it again. It's safely sealed away and poses no risk to anyone.

Since razor blades are tiny, you will never run out of space in the wall.

There is no hygiene issue. The blades might rust a bit inside the wall over time, but they aren't going to grow mold or anything.

If someone remodels the bathroom and uncovers them, it's no big deal. They can literally be left there and just sealed up behind the new drywall. The ONLY time the blades would ever need to be handled again is if the wall was being demolished. In that case, they can all be safely handled and contained at once.

(Note that I am not talking about disposable razors...just razor blades).

You should always keep your airplane window open so the people next to you can see out of the window and the amazing view of being able to fly as people. People can request it closed if need to rest or if the glare is too much, but otherwise, I judge the crap out of you for closing the blind and ignoring how cool it is to look out of the window in an airplane.

See it online all the time: "I stopped hanging out with this group after 6 months cause I felt like I wasn't as close to these people as they are with each other even though they've known each other for a decade."

"It's uncomfortable hanging out with established friend groups. All the inside jokes and rapport makes you feel like an outsider."

You are an outsider. Real friendships take time to build. As we get older the time investment to become friends widens. months - 1 year of getting to know people isn't a long time with adults. Partly cause the length of time you've known someone doesn't build the friendship. It's the time you've spent interacting. Considering adult responsibilities it's common to have known people a long time yet have only spent any meaningful time together on a few occasions.

That's okay though. Acquaintances are what's missing. It's okay to admit that some connections are low effort and low stakes. It's okay to admit some connections are connections of convenience. These are still socially fulfilling. These can still blossom to something more. But you cannot be afraid of being the low effort acquaintance if you're seeking to build new friendships. That's how most adult friendships start.

To start, I don’t smoke nor have I. But I did grow up in a smoking home and while it’s not healthy there is a comfort in the smell of old smoke. I know, weird. But still I think hotels should still have smoking rooms, restaurants should have a (closed off from the main) smoking section. If someone wants to sit on a park bench and smoke a pipe while reading the paper, there should be a space for that.

The sun is annoying. It has its moments of beauty but that's usually when the sun is rising or setting or peeking through the clouds. But I prefer every day to be overcast. Everything seems cooler, calmer, quieter on those days. A blanket of grey and white covering the sky. Its the cozy feeling I long for. I never have that feeling when I have to squint my eyes or take off layers of clothes because the sun is beating down on me. I'm from California and always preferred the overcast mornings by the beach. Also obviously this means I love the rain. Yes it's messy but I still prefer the atmosphere it provides over sunny weather.

Whether it’s a tiny web in the corner or a huge one outside, we should be more considerate before tearing it down.

Spiders spend hours carefully building their webs, strand by strand, just for us to destroy them in seconds without a second thought.

Imagine working hard on something for hours, only for someone to ruin it simply because they don’t like how it looks.

Unless it’s somewhere dangerous or genuinely bothering you, maybe just leave it alone. Small or big, that web took effort to make.

Allow me to paint a picture. A small team lovingly develops a beloved game. Fans are happy and the money is rolling in. They add to the team, and the ideas grow. A few more games come and go and the once small team is now a couple hundred people. The map designer is now a department lead. The composer took a payout and moved on. Maybe they’re partnered with a large publisher. Eventually the original small team is spread out. Everyone can feel that the games are different, less charm, more predatory mechanics. Is it the same studio? When a band replaces their guitarist or add a horn section, is it the same band? I would argue, no. I submit that games are art in the same way music is art and you cannot expect to add more/change the people and expect it to be the same output.

I don't know if this is actually an unpopular opinion, but for most of my college career, I was so focused on going to class and getting good grades. I did my best to meet people in my classes, but I was pretty introverted.

Looking back, a lot of my peers were more outgoing. They went to parties and got to know people on a more personal level in ways that you just can't in a classroom.

I'm not saying students should let their grades slip, but I think most people would be better off with a C average and a job lined up after graduation than an A average and no job offers (not something a parent would want to hear lol)

For most of my adult life I have had a negative impression of ‘gym bros’ that is roughly in line with the online stereotypes about them even though I had not really interacted with them much. I think I had transferred many of the negative stereotypes of jocks from high school to them.

Fast forward to now as someone who is out of shape but trying to get to the gym more and eat healthier it has slowly dawned on me of how positive it would be if I had a small group of guys that helped encourage and motivate me to go to the gym and drink ‘protein shakes’ and other things that were fundamentally positive for my health and well being.

In my personal experience I’ve also never experienced any of these guys be toxic or negative either.

This negativity towards ‘gym bros’ seems unjustified bordering on groundless (I’ve not see similar negativity towards women who are focused on fitness for example).

So I realized how little basis I had for my own negative impression and have concluded that it’s really stupid and messed up to attack men who are trying to help encourage each other to exercise, lift and eat health. They are investing in their own physical health and

I think the Chainsaw Man Reze Arc and Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Part 1 would’ve been better adapted as full anime seasons rather than movies, and I have a couple of reasons why.
For the Reze Arc, I think a full season would’ve given the story more time to develop Denji and Reze’s relationship. We’d get more time with the characters, more opportunities to get attached to them, and potentially an even bigger emotional payoff because of that extra development.
For Infinity Castle, I think a full season would’ve allowed major moments to breathe instead of having to move on to the next big event. Take Shinobu’s death, for example. Imagine if that happened at the end of an episode. We’d have an entire week to process what happened before the next episode continued the story. I think that time to sit with the loss could make the moment hit even harder.
That’s the main reason I’d prefer these arcs as seasons. You have more time for character development, quieter moments, emotional consequences, and tension. You can let the audience process major events instead of moving straight into the next scene because the movie has a limited runtime.
Now, I’m NOT saying these movies aren’t theatrical masterpieces. I think the Reze Arc and Infinity Castle movies are incredible, and I think the studios are doing a great job adapting the manga. The animation, sound design, music, and direction are amazing.
My argument is that a movie can be a theatrical masterpiece while a full season could still be a better format for telling the story. I think these arcs would’ve benefited from having more time to breathe as anime series.

If you control things in your control that is; take care of your health, foster meaningful relationships, learn from experience etc..

Yes you will wrinkle. You will experience some natural physical decline. But the life that you live and who you are will have been curated over many years.

I don't know why society values youth so much to be honest.

I get that weddings have become very expensive, and I get that most venues are booked on Saturdays for the foreseeable future. As a result, most people I know who’ve gotten married in the past few years have chosen to get married on a Friday. I guess this makes it cheaper and easier to get a desirable wedding date at the preferred venue.

I am the type of person who would like to attend most weddings I’m invited to. They are typically a good time, and I enjoy supporting my friends and family by attending. With that being said, it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to keep taking Fridays off of work to attend my friends’ and family member’s weddings. It’s frustrating. I keep having to choose between letting my work responsibilities slide, or letting my friends/family down by not attending. Why? Because people want to save money? It is selfish of them to place this burden on the invitees.

If you can’t afford to have your wedding at your preferred venue on a Saturday, then you can’t afford to have your wedding at that venue. Stop expecting your invitees to make a sacrifice for your financial benefit.

I know a lot of people love these books but if an author cannot finish their work for a reason other than dying or rendering them incapable of writing, then there's really no point to their work. They're just a bum. Why would you want to read something they're too lazy to even finish? And if the argument is that it's "too complex to finish" then the writer is simply unprofessional. Bring some people in to help you tie the loose ends. Otherwise you're only letting your audience down or being an ego maniac.

I'm not sure if eyedrops being an uncomfortable/unwanted experience is only unique to TV shows/movies and does not extend to real life, but otherwise from what I know, people don't like using eyedrops unless medically necessary.

However, it's actually a really satisfying sensory experience. It keeps your eyes moist and there's just something about the feeling of the drops hitting your eyes and blinking the liquid away.

I will also note that I believe the reason why people don't like using eyedrops is because of seeing and feeling something hitting your eye. I AGREE that (at least at first if you are an eye drop novice) dropping the drops in your eyes if you're staring at the drop IS UNCOMFORTABLE, but this is the wrong method. Instead, you should try and roll your eyes so that you would effectively be dropping the liquid on the whites of your eyes and/or pull down the lower eyelid so the liquid is dropped in the little pocket. If you have someone to help you, rolling your eyes down and then skilfully dropping the liquid between the upper eyelid and the eye is also quite satisfying, especially when they let go of your eyelid and you feel the tiniest squelch as your eyelid and eyeball sandwich the liquid.

If you haven't used eyedrops lately, highly recommend (find preservative-free ones, they're the ones that I believe you can use as much as you want). If I could afford it and it was medically recommended, I'd be using eyedrops every minute.

Some of the worst managers I’ve seen were excellent at their jobs before getting promoted.
Being great at completing tasks doesn’t necessarily mean you’re good at leading people, handling conflicts, or making decisions for an entire team.
Companies often promote their best-performing employees into management, then act surprised when those people struggle with responsibilities they were never trained for.
Meanwhile, someone who’s better at organizing people, communicating, and solving problems might get overlooked because their individual numbers aren’t as impressive.
I think companies should stop treating management as the natural next step for every high performer. Some people are better off becoming highly paid specialists rather than mediocre managers.
Being a great employee and being a great leader are two completely different skills.

I get people don’t like the controls often, but I’ll take slightly clunky controls over cameras that try to make you sick. Seriously games past that era move the camera around way too much, and if you can’t have every game be first person (since for some reason people have a hard time hitting things in close distance in first person) the older 3d style camera actually keeps things clear. No constant shifting around the camera to try to be “CiNeMaTiC” or whatever, and no fighting the camera to make you be able to see what you’re doing.

Today's film critics (whether online or professionally) tend to watch and critique movies mainly through an Interpretation lens. They look at the movie as a puzzle to be decrypted, with the goal to find the "true" meaning of the movie. However, there are two issues with this specific way of viewing movies; . . .

1. They risk approaching the common flawed critique of "I Felt Nothing", due to the movie being "shallow" according to them. They can't enjoy something because they venture too much into symbolism, metaphors, etc. Basically, these critics can't open themselves up to the experience.
2. The actual artistic aspects of the movie (what actually matters) like the screenplay, editing, production design, cinematography, etc. either goes unnoticed, or does get noticed but ultimately doesn't matter to such critics.

When evaluating a movie, modern-day critics don't ask questions like . . .

1. How profound is the plot progression?
2. How sharp is the dialogue?
3. How precise are the compositions?
4. How creative is the blocking?
5. How fluid is the editing?
6. How does lighting, color, shadows, etc. enhance the picture?
7. How does the screenplay and direction complement each other?

. . . they rather ask questions like "what does this lamp on the left side of the set represent to the protagonist? What does it symbolize?" And if you try to explain that "actually, this lamp here is to balance out the image composition, to make the set more pretty, or to add a sense of depth," they'll say that your explanation is too shallow and insists that the lamp is a deep symbol. This is basically the whole "curtains are blue" situation in a nutshell.

There are of course more forms of criticism that also have flaws; like moralism, intentions, auteur theory, etc., but Interpretation seems to be the biggest form of criticism that many would cling on.

in 2014, Matt Zoller Seitz wrote an article begging critics to write and critique the filmmaking, and now that we're in the big '26, nothing has changed. Case-in-point, look at the many video reviews and articles discussing the "true meaning" behind the movie "Backrooms."

A good allegory I have to explain this dilemma is this . . .

Two critics -one is a formalist, and one is an interpreter- are tasked to critique a volcano.

The formalist critic looks at the volcano and closely studies its temperature, pressure, PH Value, chemical composition, geological history, magma supply, gas emissions and all others matters that explains what a Volcano is and when it will erupt.

The interpreter Critic simply calls the volcano a god, and calls the formalist critic a fool for missing the Volcano's theological underpinnings and for their shallow critique.

Basically, the best way to fully understand the value or lack thereof in a movie is through formalist analysis.

What you think of as your culture is the sum total of a lot more than you realize, and each person's experience of culture is unique. Culture is great, it's an important cohesion between similar groups, it creates communities, but cultures changing/adapting is important and necessary. Locking down your culture, or vigorously fighting against things that might alter it or expose its frailties is useless (though it's all people seem to do). When cultures combine, they are both subsumed and some brand new third thing arises. Have a strong cultural identity, but seeking out things that are part of that culture in order to do anything but develop a more nuanced perspective on the culture's history is ridiculous. Even anthropologists acknowledge that it's important to be able to understand cultures thoroughly, not simply for appreciation, but to be able to lodge criticisms of that culture from a place of actual knowledge for that culture. I certainly am not interested in arguments that one culture is better than another, nor am I interested in cultural homogeneity, but to hold up your fashion, language, customs, food, practices, and perspectives as sacred is just puerile.

Wine either tastes good or it doesn’t. Going eyeballs deep in your wine to sniff it and to making up a bunch of random fruits that it tastes and smells like is so unnecessary. Every glass of wine doesn’t need to be a whimsical ballet through the grapevines of Narnia.

The Dark Knight is one of my favorite movies, so people naturally assume that The Dark Knight trilogy is also one of if not my favorite trilogy of all time. It surprises a lot of people when I tell them that I don’t like Batman Begins nor The Dark Knight Rises, only TDK. I think that Batman Begins is hindered by the fact that it has to be an origin story, and I didn’t really love how Christian Bale played Batman in that movie. I also hated Ra’s Al Ghul as a villain. The Dark Kngiht Rises had some awesome action sequences but Tom Hardy was terrible as Bane and Talia Al Ghul was one of the worst villains ever put to screen in a comic book movie. The cast of side characters is also so much more interesting in The Dark Knight, with Rachel, Harvey Dent, and Jim Gordon all having compelling narratives. Heath Ledger of course carries the movie with his performance as Joker, who is my favorite comic book villain of all time, followed by Thanos and Ozymandias.

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While I do agree that the category is a bit broad and that there are so many different types of Asian pop from so many different countries, I don't think it should be called segregation. The Grammys have categories for different genres such as pop, hiphop, country, rock etc its not like if an artist releases as western pop album they're going to be thrown into the Asian pop category (or at least I hope not because then my opinion on this might change) it's like how the Grammy's has a Latin pop category, and that isn't segregation

Social Skills are the most important skills of all. Having good social will get you far in life and more important than anything else (having technical skills, being competent at a job, being a good person)

Having good social skills is the most important thing when it comes to getting good jobs . Most bosses would rather hire a charming social butterfly with zero technical skills for the job and is incompetent than someone who has great technical skills for the job but has poor social skills. I've lost count of how many times i've seen people get fired for being "too quiet" at work or not socializing with coworkers on off-time.

I'll even go as far as to say that having good social skills is far more important than being a good person
Most people would rather be friends a chatty charming extrovert who his a horrible person/blly than a quite introvert with poor social but is a good person who regularly volunteers and donates to charity. Every blly i've know was always surrounded by tons of friends and loved by most people. Meanwhile the socially awkward are treated like monsters for existing,despite being good people.

As long as someone has good social skills, they could be a murderer ,drugdealer, thief, predator, cheater, or blly and they would still be loved and defended by people around them.

Nobody cares about your skills or how much of a good person you are. All they care about is your social skills and how much you make them feel good.

People hate the socially awkward far,far more than they hate bad people.

Teams like the Lakers, who got their name when they were in Minnesota the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, or the Jazz, who were named for New Orleans’ famed jazz scene, are committing cultural theft when they move to a new city and keep their same name.

I understand that teams are assets and their owners can choose to move their teams for a variety of reasons, but when teams borrow from a city’s or state’s cultural and historical brand, they should not get the right to take that brand and move it to another city. It’s just wrong!

And it’s nonsensical. What in the world does Los Angeles have to do with lakes? The only lakes we have are man made reservoirs that are quickly drying up. Same goes for Utah and jazz: the Mormons are about as far as you can get from the rich and sometimes debaucherous history of jazz music.