21 Societal ‘Norms’ That People Think Are Utterly Ridiculous

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“The idea that, if someone is on their phone, whatever they’re doing is useless and mindless. ‘Look at her with her nose in her phone.’ It’s 2026. You can read Shakespeare on your phone. Study for classes. I am a journalist, and I write entire articles on my phone. I have reported everything from city council meetings to murders from my phone. I write songs on my phone.”

–LizardPossum

“This drives me nuts as a nurse. I am often sitting at a computer trying to figure something out, or on a phone messaging a doctor or another team member about a patient. But people see that and think I’m online shopping or texting friends or something and claim we’re ‘all just sitting around doing nothing!'”

–HotSauceSwagBag