r/HonestHotTakes • • 19h ago

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r/HonestHotTakes • • 19h ago

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r/HonestHotTakes • • 2h ago

It’s unbelievable that messaging like this is not only tolerated but often supported

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If you said this exact thing but replaced men with: Women, black people, Asians, Hispanics etc. you would be met with severe backlash and rightly so. For some reason men and particularly white men are the only group of people where this is acceptable.

If a father posted this exact post but flipped, literally 99.9% of people including myself would call him a complete loser. I’d bet people online would go as far to reporting him to child protective services and he’d likely lose his job.

This is also not intended to be a gender war post but quite the opposite. If you’re a woman who also finds messaging like this disgusting this post is not about you.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 9h ago

Blaming everything on colonialism avoids accountability.

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I am Indian and saying that the British is responsible for India being dirty avoids accountability. Because it's not that hard to not throw trash into rivers. Almost every single tier 1 city in India is uninhabitable. I am not even planning to visit a major Indian city in my entire life. It's because the air pollution alone is enough to give permanent lung damage. The probelm is that most Indians don't care about it. They're ok with living with damaged lungs, many females probably became infertile due to extreme pollution. We don't even have much studies about this thing.

There probably a few low tier white vloggers who visit India to make money out of the enormous population. Some of them will talk about the extreme pollution. Then some Indians will say that it's racism. But this is not true, it's a fact that the Indian cities are extremely polluted. You can look up the data and stats about it.

And it is the same for African countries and Arab countries who doesn't have much oil.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 11h ago

serious hot take I've lost all faith in men

150 Upvotes

I was there 3000 years ago. And Isildur took the ring. I was there the day the strength of men failed. I led Isildur into the heart of Mt Doom, where the ring was forged, the one place it could be destroyed. It should've ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 5h ago

casual hot take Men complaining about women being picky or having “too high of standards” when it comes to finding a partner is the dumbest thing.

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Firstly… how dare we not want to fuck 90% of the population.

How dare we move through life and not sexualize and click every man in a “would fuck, wouldn’t fuck” way, the way they seem to do with women.

How dare we see them as people, and just going about their lives and not thinking about appealing to them or them appealing to us.

We are just the worst.

And secondly, I’m not totally in love with biology and evolution is the whole reason we make every decision, bc while I believe that there’s core drivers at play, there’s examples everywhere of us identifying them and then choosing not to be dictated by them.

But hmmmmmmmmmm, why would women need to be selective in the first place? What can happen if we just fucked indiscriminately? What’s a possible major consequence of that that’s solely unique to us? 🤔

Hint:🤰


r/HonestHotTakes • • 18h ago

serious hot take The name of this sub should be changed to "gender war slop"

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Seriously. Y'all are just embarassing yourselves at this point. Go out and meet people face-to-face and realize that even if real people are behind these screens, they are a tiny portion of humanity. So many of the gender-related memes that have been spread lately could just as easily be a troll, real, or originally made by the very person linking it here to hate on some supposed other.

You have all forgotten the faces of your fathers.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 56m ago

"CMV: theres nothing wrong witg aduts acting childish or enjyoing childish things

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as the title says theres nothing wrong with adults whatever they are 30 60 80 they have the right to do childish things its their life not yours you shouldnt tell someone to grow up


r/HonestHotTakes • • 14m ago

gender Gender aassignment

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Ok so hopefully this makes sense from a strictly logical standpoint. How do people who say nature made a mistake im a woman when at birth they had male genitalia, Or the inverse for women, know its their body that is wrong. Like if they have male genitals, male hormones and all the signs of being male then isn't the odd one out the brain that makes them think they should be female instead?

Basically if I buy a gasoline powered car but it has a engine computer for a diesel, why would I change the engine and all related systems when its just one part that is wrong for the configuration?

Not bashing Trans people. I dont agree but im not going to stop them nor ridicule them. Its not my place and doesnt effect me.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 2h ago

serious hot take there is a market for games aimed at women.

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every time a woman tries to criticize a game for anything, whether it be content, gameplay, community or just the lack of games aimed towards women, people come out to counter that "gaming is a male focused hobby" and they have no obligation to cater to women.

Currently, one of the top games on steam is Dressmaker. It has estimated over 100k purchasers with 25k playing right now (via steamdb), it broke even almost immediatly after release.

It is arguably a game directed towards women, even if it has the ability for a general market, and its proof that games aimed towards women do well.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 7h ago

hot take, harshly criticise me for it! The decline in drinking and partying amongst the youth is great

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Outlets from Jacobin to The Financial Times have lamented the decline in social drinking. Scott Galloway wants young people to get drunk more often. I always ask; would they say the same about cigarettes?

Cigarette smoking has declined sharply since the mid-twentieth century, especially after the 1964 Surgeon General's Report detailing its harms. The same thing is happening with alcohol, as research shows there is no such thing as safe drinking31310-2/fulltext); even moderate drinking one's brain. I never heard cigarrettes are fine in moderation, why treat alcohol differently? Alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen.

What's interesting is that the very same people whinging about how Gen Z doesn't drinks are also pissed about Gen Z smoking pot. They're simultaneously angry that they're choosing cannabis and choosing to avoid alcohol, even though cannabis is far less harmful. This isn't to say cannabis is bad, but that alcohol is very unhealthy.

As for nightlife, sleep is essential for one's health, arguably more so than diet or exercise. Staying up until 3am is terrible, and it's great that Gen Z is making healthier decisions.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 5h ago

casual hot take The .99 pricing should be banned

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I moved to a new flat recently and due to not the best financial situation, i had to buy most of the furniture in ikea. And it infuriates me so much that nearly all prices were like "11.99", "3.99", "12.99", etc. I don't know a single person, who would see the "19.99" pricetag and not just think of it as it is priced "20". So why do we even need it? When paying with cash, you just get a bunch of useless coins that only take space in your pocket. When paying with card, the end balance just doesn't look that nice. Why do we even need the small amounts like 1 cent, 2 cents? The world could be so much better if the lowest we could go was like 0.1 of a base currency (0.1 of 1€ = 10 cents, 0.1 of 1$ = dime or however americans call that)


r/HonestHotTakes • • 15h ago

lukewarm take Dog owners are disrespectful and think everyone loves their dog as much as they do. We don't, keep it leashed.

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My mother has 2 dogs. They're small so when they bark their lungs out at other dogs passing by on walks, she doesn't stop them she just finds it sweet even tho the other dog owner's dog is reacting and barking too.

She made me walk her dogs recently and It was terrible. They kept pulling the leash, trying to eat grass and barking at everything including other dogs who then started barking and tugging their own leash.

One of her dogs has bit me multiple times. proper bites too, blood and scarring for weeks. All because I dared to walk around my own living room. I'm 99% sure he is resource guarding the female dog and i've told her how dangerous this can be. She doesn't care.

Meither of these dogs are netured btw. The female dog is mostly chill unless outside, but male dogs can (and in this case, do) get aggressive, territorial, bite, hump etc. The funny thing is, she keeps saying "it's too expensive!" but she choose this? She should've been considered these expenses when making this choice. Her closet is full of branded shoes and she left me and brother for 4 days to go on a holiday which she had to miss work for! What does she mean no money to neutere her agressive dog???

The amount of times an off leash dog has approached me in public while the owners laugh is astonishing! What if I had a dog allergy? What if I had a dog phobia? Multiple times has a big ass dog pushed me over. No consideration at all.

The final straw that made me write this post was a casual walk on the beach at 7am. It was just me and an older man with a pretty big dog. Bare in mind I'm 42kgs so this dog was not only my height standing but heavier than me. This dog runs up to me, leash attached but the owner wasn't even holding it! This dog almost knocks me over and the starts humping me. The owner didn't run to get his dog off, he laughed casually as he took a brisk stroll towards me and called his dogs name. The dog didn't respond, it obviously wasn't trained to do so. The man did apologise but the dog was a few years old, he should've known by now that it wouldn't misbehave off leash.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 2h ago

casual hot take Everyone should be required to wear stilts

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For protective purposes


r/HonestHotTakes • • 3h ago

serious hot take It is not fatphobic to say that losing weight makes you prettier

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First, I'd like to say that your size is not a definition of your value. I am speaking directly from aesthetic and health perspective.

I feel like people completely forget that obesity is also an ED, equally harmful as Ana or Mia.

I understand that there are genetic factors that determine how much fat and muscle tissue you have and that might deceive about your health. I also understand that there are genetic predispositions to various diseases impacting body size.

What I don't understand is people getting fatter or skinnier than they should be and someone is expecting from me to ignore the alarm bells. Overweightness and obesity cause inflammatory state in your body and to me that deformation isn't attractive. Both severe skinniness and fatness are a form of deforming your body. I am so done with this caricatural Body Positivity Culture. This movement seems to lose its original message and purpose.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 19h ago

hot take, harshly criticise me for it! No the internet did not “ruin humanity and empathy” it just allowed everyone to see how fundamentally awful, selfish, ignorant, and flat out mean all people are

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r/HonestHotTakes • • 3h ago

casual hot take It really isn’t hard for people to date other people.

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This applies to women and men, mostly men tho since I’m a dude and have been seeing that same pity party shit posted on here.

Don’t be a fucking weird, talk to people like they’re adults and 8/10 it’ll work out. Literally that easy. When it doesn’t? “Hey thanks for your time hope the best for you!” And maybe you’ll score a friend who can hook you up with their friends OR someone that can give you advice

This works on dating sites, in person, literally any modality of dating just talk to someone and don’t act like a lowlife loser.

“Burt people only like atwactive people, only care about money” if that was true you wouldn’t see hot dudes with ugly girls and vise Versa. That’s just cope because you have no social skills and doom scroll TikTok and Reddit all day. Learn how to talk to people in a way that doesn’t make you look like a loser and it’ll work out.

There’s billions of people with billions of hobbies and interests, you’re not unique, you’re not an outlier, you’re just weird in a bad way and need to fix it, then you’ll be able to connect with people. Be weird in a GOOD way and you’ll be fine


r/HonestHotTakes • • 3h ago

NUCLEAR hot take being a victim is not a "form of social currency", and if you think so you likely arent a victim of anything with lasting effects.

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I keep seeing this phrase and its driving me crazy.

Being a victim is not a form of social currency. The world is not any kinder than you, frankly even less so if youre a victim of something public and with lasting effects.

Rape kits are humiliating. Someone strips you down, takes photos of you, and swabs you while your in stirrups.

Having to go outside and face people who know what you experienced is horrible and embarrassing. People look at you different.

Coming out with your experience, the people supporting you are much less psychologically lasting than the much louder people who will disbelieve, blame, and criticize you. People you thought you could trust and lean on will abandon you.

There is no "social currency" in victimhood.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 11h ago

stop telling people (especially teenagers) “just follow your passion” with no context

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some unlucky people hear this and feel good then go ahead and make what they like their entire career (usually art) then end up being miserable


r/HonestHotTakes • • 7h ago

Ragebait is the most stupid thing to ever come to life

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people that quote on quote "rage bait" just use that as an excuse to be the most annoying assholes they can be


r/HonestHotTakes • • 10h ago

lukewarm take People with a specific type in romantic partners are weirdos.

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Like wdym you wouldn't pursue anything with a gorgeous, super funny and great person because (checks notes) they're not blond. What is that? I could never in my life understand how people refuse to see how diverse beauty in people is. It's weird, super weird.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 10h ago

serious hot take Research Classes Should Be Mandatory In High School

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(I am from the US, so this may not apply to other places.)

We desperately need to have at least one required class for high schoolers that is dedicated to learning how to properly read, analyze, and apply researched material to an argument.

Classes like this are widely available in the earlier years of college, but not everyone chooses to go to college.

So we end up left with way too many people who don't know how to verify, interpret, and use research/data correctly, and they end up spreading vast amounts of misinformation.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 3h ago

Most people don't like salad, they like salad dressing.

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When I tell people I don't eat salad some people look at me like I'm crazy. Most of you salad lovers only eat salad because of the dressing not becouse you love random vegetables thrown together.


r/HonestHotTakes • • 1h ago

Hot take: coffee stain studios is glazed (in my experience)

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Don't get me wrong, they make bangers but i hate how they are considered the goat indie studio/publisher

Like they release games in early access, then increase said game's price after it comes out into 1.0
2 things:
1: I hate how this is basically the standard
2: Why are there many examples of games way less well off then coffee stain and yet those games do not increase their prices after early access, it feels so greedy and their excuse of "there's more content" pisses me off because as I've said, other studios don't raise their prices, and yes there are many that do (like the studio behind phasmophobia) but at least they aren't glazed so much

And the reason I'm so mad about this monetization is because I'm polish and only up until recently, I have always been paying up to 50% more for games compared to the americans while making significantly less money from wages and seeing games like valheim, satisfactory and phasmophobia spike up in price by so much infuriates me

DLC's piss me off too but that's another thing and i find it more acceptable i suppose

I also see many of my friends playing games made by coffee stain that I was going to buy but then the prices raised so i decided not to

Thanks for reading


r/HonestHotTakes • • 18h ago

casual hot take Almost everyone prefers attractive characters, not just men

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I've seen half a dozen posts about this, so let me clear something up.

The claim is that men are upset about "unattractive women" in games. Either that argument is made up, or you're pointing at a small minority and treating them as everyone. Here's the actual reasoning:

  1. Most people prefer attractive characters in general, and that goes for men too. Given the choice, most men pick the attractive male character as well.
  2. Women show the same preference. Look at who gets followed and subscribed to on social media, or who gets cast in movies.
  3. The real flashpoint is cases where a developer scanned or cast an attractive actress and then visibly downgraded her look in the final game. That has happened almost exclusively to women, which is why the complaint feels lopsided.

Most players would rather be a muscle-bound Thor than an Elon Musk lookalike (no offense). People of every gender like beautiful things and beautiful people. Pretending only men do is denying human nature.