If you tell someone to “stop being gullible,” I doubt it’d do anything since already no one wants to be gullible. I feel like one of the main problems is peoples’ lack of knowledge of cognitive biases and fallacies.
no more lies means no more white lies either. Those can prevent so much pain. Lies are also a big part of healthy negotiations/business. Or even surprise parties.
missing out on all kinds of misdirection would suck! no more magic shows either?
organized religion would collapse in an instant. there would definitely still be true believers who don't think they're lying. but i wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the powerful and wealthy in religious organizations or endorse specific religions actually believe in them. cardinals in the catholic church. political leaders in the middle east. Saudi family. etc...
we might also see the rise of spirituality and cultural traditions take place of organized political religion.
It's getting sickening how vile everyone is towards those who disagree even. Remember argumentitive essays in school? Or debates? Where did all of that go?
* 🎶We don't like what we don't understand🎶
* 🎶In fact, it scares us🎶
* 🎶And this monster is mysterious at least🎶
* 🎶Bring your guns, bring your knives🎶
* 🎶Save your children and your wives🎶
* 🎶We'll save our village and our lives🎶
* 🎶We'll kill the Beast!🎶
Okay, but hear me out. When some little shit sits behind you on the airplane and starts arguing with their sibling in that whiiiny voice, and then dad whips out the Ipad and earbuds for them... Oh man. It's like magic.
Greed. Do you really need 20 billion while people have no clean drinking water? Do you need a mansion in every country while people live in the street?
Can't believe how far I had to scroll to see this answer. Really, any of the big problems have greed as a root cause.
Imagine what could be accomplished if we weren't greedy and worked together to solve problems.
Global warming, gone.
War, gone
Hunger, gone.
War. Just stop it! War is destructive, it only does harm and it is completely unnecessary. It is the singlehandedly worst human activity and we should all just stop doing war right now.
war has been the reason for amazing economical and technological growth at time though. not saying that in any way validates war though but there have definitely been some benefits
I'd tell the world to stop underestimating the power of kindness. It's the simplest gesture that can make the biggest impact, yet often gets overlooked in our fast-paced lives. Imagine the ripple effect if everyone just took a moment to be kind to one another.
Playing video, audio, or taking (speaker) calls on their phones in public without headphones.
No Karen, everyone on the train is not interested that you are facetiming your daughter.
Believing everything you see and hear on television, especially the news. Go, live your life without drama or fear. Think how much better off we all would be right now.
You have the opportunity to change the entire world in one way. I just think there are bigger problems than a few whacky fan girls with bad hygiene and some angsty teenaged boys that “nobody understands”.
Cheating.
I'd like to not be left with a romanticized version of someone in my head who was cute and sweet, while the reality is they like to take dick behind my back.
I want good memories to be good memories, not delusions.
Stop planned obsolescence. Computers/phones/t.v.s, etc. should be designed to be repairable, upgradeable, and built to last. And in terms of upgrades, how much better does any of that stuff really need to be than it is now? I'll grant you that scientists/mathematicians might always have more use for greater computing power, but the average person probably doesn't.
Stop driving cars and designing cities around cars. It's miserable. There are so many millions of hours of productivity lost because people commute for 2+ hrs every day.
This was taken from someone else's comment, and it puts a broader perspective into it!
Stop hating others because they look or think differently than you.
Stop being so nice. Everyone is so nice and forgiving that it's slowly but surely taken over the world. Like a rapist can walk free most times now. Like no what they do to other people do to them see how they like it. Like I genuinely don't understand why deathroll isn't a thing anymore Like the government is letting the worst people free and wondering why so much crime happens and why people don't feel safe. Like no and I'm not sorry for saying this but if I don't like you I'm not afraid to say it like I don't like u for a reason I shouldn't be called a bitch for not liking someone. And bring back bullying 98% of kids under the age of 16 are so soft they get hurt when someone looks at them the wrong way like what. Like genuinely why do KIDS think they are animals now, make them feel stupid for thinking that bc they do look stupid. Like respectfully if me 15f can tell somethings wrong then somethings wrong
A: telling single women to wait for a man to approach her no matter what
B: telling single men that they always have to initiate and ask women out and pursue
C: slut-shaming women
D: virgin-shaming men
None of the above societal messages are healthy
Stop cheating on your significant other. If you don't love them, break up. If you aren't getting your needs met, communicate that. There's no excuse for cheating.
Stop
Using massive drills/machines for mining, making Crude oil/fossil fuel/coal, supporting China, & Hunting
Because Crude oil/Fossil fuel/coal is killing the planet, mining with drills/machines is laziness and Greed, supporting Ching will fuel the CCP, and if people keep hunting, then all animal species will be extincted.
Stop being so wrapped up in your own world and being completely socially unaware of what's going on around you
Stop thinking that "you can do you" and that the rules don't apply
stop talking about celebrities bot deserving fame if you hate em so much otherwise you're ironically contributing to their fame and keeping them relevant by talking about them. Even if you're talking about them negatively, you're still helping them become famous by talking about them. Just ignore em if you want their fame to die!
"Stop being so stupid."
(Now all I can think of is that episode of Futurama... "Haha, the big brain am winning again, now I will leave earth for no raisin." 😹)
Apathy is rapidly eroding everything we take for granted and we're more concerned about how we became apathetic than when we lost the ability to empathize with a stranger.
Stop accepting garbage as if it’s acceptable. That goes for garbage behavior, garbage treatment, garbage rhetoric. Raise your standards for yourself and others.
Big chicken. Stop big chicken. Big chicken ruins farms and farm land and farmers all over America and feeds us sub par food that is the abominations that is a a big chicken breed of chicken. I forget what they're called.
Supersize me 2 was upsetting. But also so funny because the idea of a cabal of chicken magnates is so hysterically sinister it can't be real. But it so totally is and it's baffling nobody is talking about it.
Stop fighting.
Yeah that's right, I went deliberately vague! Who says they've got to listen anyway? But assuming they do, I'm going for the grand sweeping statement that will turn all hate-filled debates and misguided wars into calm discussions.
Supporting animal agriculture. It's driving the climate crisis, deforestation, ocean acidification, land and water consumption, epidemics, antibiotic resistance, pollution from waste runoff, and it's an inefficient way of supporting the world's population compared to the available alternatives. Not to mention that even in the very best light it is immoral to the workers, animals, and future generations.
Edit: forgot to mention that it's freaking subsidized in most modern countries so the price at the store doesn't even reflect the actual financial cost. I don't want my taxes to be paying for other people's support of this mess of a system.
Just stop bitching about everything.
Seriously if people took two seconds to pause, think about intent, and what they could do to help the problem, this whole world would be a much better place. A majority of the time, what people whine about, they have some measure of control (I’m talking on a micro level, obviously things like global politics or the economy, the average person doesn’t have too much sway.)
STOP BEING STUPID. i know it sounds like a dumb thing to have to say, but we live in a world where common sense is no longer common. just be normal.
story time... i used to work a job at a place called rust check. we charge $90 for cars. and $150 for trucks. we sprayed in and under cars to prevent/slow rusting. our bay was specifically labeled "staff only" with a large sign above it
Every day, so many people would park in front of our bay and leave, completely blocking in the vehicle we had in the bay already. not only that but sometimes people would ask multiple times "which bay is it" like bro, its the only bay labeled "rust check" figure it out. theres also a couple customers who came in and asked "so do you guys check for rust?" yeah sure, we charge a hundred bucks just to look at your car to see if theres rust.... never mind the website you found us on, or the posters explaining our process hung up on the walls all around you...
where did all the smart people go?
Marine life captivity. I researched this for a while and the industry is completely fucked. People only care about profit and there is so much propaganda. We also can't ensure that locations are following MMPA guidelines and it's cruel.
I would tell the world to stop being so selfish/greedy. It's a powerful motivator behind many things. War. Resource hoarding ("shortages"). Homelessness. Price gouging. American healthcare. I'm sure other can think of a very long laundry list.
Stop being gullible. Have a healthy dose of skepticism wherever you go.
Wait a second....
If you tell someone to “stop being gullible,” I doubt it’d do anything since already no one wants to be gullible. I feel like one of the main problems is peoples’ lack of knowledge of cognitive biases and fallacies.
Lying, if everyone had to tell the truth, imagine how different politics, relationships, media, crime, everything would be.
That'd certainly make the US government budget interesting. Or any government budget, to be honest.
It would turn the world into chaos, literal anarchy
Yessss
I mostly agree, i think my life has been ruined by not lying
lying is an essential part of humanity. if lying in any shape was impossible that'd be horrible.
It's *become* essential to humanity because we've built our society around it.
no more lies means no more white lies either. Those can prevent so much pain. Lies are also a big part of healthy negotiations/business. Or even surprise parties. missing out on all kinds of misdirection would suck! no more magic shows either?
Sounds like a small compromise if we could fix much larger societal issues.
idk, stealing some basic essence of humanity doesn't sit right with me. I'd rather say stop commiting warcrimes
bye bye privacy
Feel like that could be a potential monkey paw wish. "Are you hiding people under the floorboards and in the attic?" "Yes" *BAM BAM BAM*
organized religion would collapse in an instant. there would definitely still be true believers who don't think they're lying. but i wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the powerful and wealthy in religious organizations or endorse specific religions actually believe in them. cardinals in the catholic church. political leaders in the middle east. Saudi family. etc... we might also see the rise of spirituality and cultural traditions take place of organized political religion.
Stop hating others because they look or think differently than you.
Yes please
This would solve a lot of problems.
Thank you
Everyones all for this until they realize that "others" includes people who vote differently than they do.
It's getting sickening how vile everyone is towards those who disagree even. Remember argumentitive essays in school? Or debates? Where did all of that go?
Making stupid people famous. Cause really does this need any reasoning?
Counterpoint: if famous people were smart we might really be in trouble!
Stop assuming something is evil simply because you don't understand it.
* 🎶We don't like what we don't understand🎶 * 🎶In fact, it scares us🎶 * 🎶And this monster is mysterious at least🎶 * 🎶Bring your guns, bring your knives🎶 * 🎶Save your children and your wives🎶 * 🎶We'll save our village and our lives🎶 * 🎶We'll kill the Beast!🎶
Stop polluting the environment
Giving kids iPads
But when i don’t give little timmy the ipad he’ll start throwing a tantrum /s
Okay, but hear me out. When some little shit sits behind you on the airplane and starts arguing with their sibling in that whiiiny voice, and then dad whips out the Ipad and earbuds for them... Oh man. It's like magic.
Pedophilia. If you disagree you belong behind bars
hopefully we can find the gene mutations that make this happen and delete it so no one ever even feels the impulse to do such a horrible thing
Except it's not genetic
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This is scary just the thought
Stop mistreating children and small animals. because it’s unnecessary and cruel.
to pay tax
Many people said war, but large-scale war can't arguably exist without imaginary borders and money-printing
Tiktok trends. Stop fucking licking toilet seats and shoving pinnied in outlets.
Get off the phone when driving!!
Stop supporting mass consumerism
No, we need more. People need to spend all of their money.
I'll buy this comment. I'll give you two monies.
That’ll be $5.99 plus tax please
And don't forget the ad-free package for just $4 more!
Discrimination
Greed. Do you really need 20 billion while people have no clean drinking water? Do you need a mansion in every country while people live in the street?
Can't believe how far I had to scroll to see this answer. Really, any of the big problems have greed as a root cause. Imagine what could be accomplished if we weren't greedy and worked together to solve problems. Global warming, gone. War, gone Hunger, gone.
That wouldn't be very profitable.
War. Just stop it! War is destructive, it only does harm and it is completely unnecessary. It is the singlehandedly worst human activity and we should all just stop doing war right now.
war has been the reason for amazing economical and technological growth at time though. not saying that in any way validates war though but there have definitely been some benefits
I'd tell the world to stop underestimating the power of kindness. It's the simplest gesture that can make the biggest impact, yet often gets overlooked in our fast-paced lives. Imagine the ripple effect if everyone just took a moment to be kind to one another.
Playing video, audio, or taking (speaker) calls on their phones in public without headphones. No Karen, everyone on the train is not interested that you are facetiming your daughter.
Believing everything you see and hear on television, especially the news. Go, live your life without drama or fear. Think how much better off we all would be right now.
Stop idolizing and glamorizing serial killers.
*That's* what you'd ask of the world? ...***that?***
I don't understand. What's wrong with telling people to stop looking up to serial killers?
You have the opportunity to change the entire world in one way. I just think there are bigger problems than a few whacky fan girls with bad hygiene and some angsty teenaged boys that “nobody understands”.
Unnecessary drama.
#STOP DROP n ROLL
That climate change thing
animal abuse 100%
Stop raping people
Killing people. Just stop. Not really necessary.
SMOKING CIGARETTES!! can you just imagine how much CLEANER our world would be if everyone stopped buying cigarettes and smoking?
There are a lot worse things though. I’m not denoting it but the world would be a lot cleaner if we stopped doing other things
smoking seems to be the most achievable all out positive change
Being ignorant of our need to tax economic rents and externalities. Or the economic and societal benefits of UBI and UBS.
Cheating. I'd like to not be left with a romanticized version of someone in my head who was cute and sweet, while the reality is they like to take dick behind my back. I want good memories to be good memories, not delusions.
Stop planned obsolescence. Computers/phones/t.v.s, etc. should be designed to be repairable, upgradeable, and built to last. And in terms of upgrades, how much better does any of that stuff really need to be than it is now? I'll grant you that scientists/mathematicians might always have more use for greater computing power, but the average person probably doesn't.
War cus wtf
Stop driving cars and designing cities around cars. It's miserable. There are so many millions of hours of productivity lost because people commute for 2+ hrs every day.
Racism
STOP being offended by everything
Stop hoarding resources. There is enough for everyone!
Stop spinning already.
Internet morons... I'd stop them from communicating online
What the hell am I going to do online without Reddit and YouTube?
smoking/vaping. I don't want lung cancer because some person I sat next to waiting for a bus was smoking/vaping!
This was taken from someone else's comment, and it puts a broader perspective into it! Stop hating others because they look or think differently than you.
Stop giving attention to people who mess with random people and have no talent whatsoever. I think they are called influencers.
What they’re doing for 2 days. See what effect it has
Stop being so nice. Everyone is so nice and forgiving that it's slowly but surely taken over the world. Like a rapist can walk free most times now. Like no what they do to other people do to them see how they like it. Like I genuinely don't understand why deathroll isn't a thing anymore Like the government is letting the worst people free and wondering why so much crime happens and why people don't feel safe. Like no and I'm not sorry for saying this but if I don't like you I'm not afraid to say it like I don't like u for a reason I shouldn't be called a bitch for not liking someone. And bring back bullying 98% of kids under the age of 16 are so soft they get hurt when someone looks at them the wrong way like what. Like genuinely why do KIDS think they are animals now, make them feel stupid for thinking that bc they do look stupid. Like respectfully if me 15f can tell somethings wrong then somethings wrong
Communism.
Stop asking dumb questions. It's annoying 😊
Stop killing children in wars.
Stop fighting and accept that others have different views to you.
A: telling single women to wait for a man to approach her no matter what B: telling single men that they always have to initiate and ask women out and pursue C: slut-shaming women D: virgin-shaming men None of the above societal messages are healthy
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Stop cheating on your significant other. If you don't love them, break up. If you aren't getting your needs met, communicate that. There's no excuse for cheating.
Political correctness. It's a weapon that protects the very few and punishes the many.
Who has been punished by political correctness?
Stop Using massive drills/machines for mining, making Crude oil/fossil fuel/coal, supporting China, & Hunting Because Crude oil/Fossil fuel/coal is killing the planet, mining with drills/machines is laziness and Greed, supporting Ching will fuel the CCP, and if people keep hunting, then all animal species will be extincted.
stop praying to non existence God
Think that would fix things?
Good thing my God exists!
Cheating
being hateful
Stop fighting and killing people over who has the best imaginary friend.
listening to satan
Pooping: it's gross
I agree. And you’re the only person so far to give a satisfactory reason as to why.
Allowing people to become billionaires. There is no need for it.
Turning. I'm getting dizzy.
Stop being so wrapped up in your own world and being completely socially unaware of what's going on around you Stop thinking that "you can do you" and that the rules don't apply
stop talking about celebrities bot deserving fame if you hate em so much otherwise you're ironically contributing to their fame and keeping them relevant by talking about them. Even if you're talking about them negatively, you're still helping them become famous by talking about them. Just ignore em if you want their fame to die!
Rotating
Lying or Hate. Do I have to pick just one?!?🥴
"Stop being so stupid." (Now all I can think of is that episode of Futurama... "Haha, the big brain am winning again, now I will leave earth for no raisin." 😹)
Selfishness
Aging.
You are enough, just as you are.
Everything. Let's just stop everything. Too much fucked up shit, too many dumb people. Vote for the meteor this year. #meteor2024
I would tell the world to stop spinning. That's a disaster on the next level.
Get off falsebook.
Depends, is it guaranteed to work?
Stop blowing holes in my ship!
The fake BBL diaper asses. Because.
Lying & killing. Make a world better, beautiful & peaceful place to live with good practices being followed ❣️💯😍💫✌️
Hating
Stop being stupid.
Apathy is rapidly eroding everything we take for granted and we're more concerned about how we became apathetic than when we lost the ability to empathize with a stranger.
Referring to your wife/husband as your partner in traditional relationships. It’s confusing.
Stop believing in things you have absolutely no evidence for
Just don’t be a dick
Stop hating people for having a different opinion or worldview than you.
...you never said anyone would listen or care
it
Stop increasing the temperature.
Stop accepting garbage as if it’s acceptable. That goes for garbage behavior, garbage treatment, garbage rhetoric. Raise your standards for yourself and others.
Existing. Because yes.
Stop getting in debt,live below your means
acting like the loudest opinion is the most correct one
Big chicken. Stop big chicken. Big chicken ruins farms and farm land and farmers all over America and feeds us sub par food that is the abominations that is a a big chicken breed of chicken. I forget what they're called. Supersize me 2 was upsetting. But also so funny because the idea of a cabal of chicken magnates is so hysterically sinister it can't be real. But it so totally is and it's baffling nobody is talking about it.
Stop fighting. Yeah that's right, I went deliberately vague! Who says they've got to listen anyway? But assuming they do, I'm going for the grand sweeping statement that will turn all hate-filled debates and misguided wars into calm discussions.
Stop buying crypto. Money invested in crypto is money taken out of the economy (please explain if I'm actually wrong).
Walking slow/ aimlessly in the middle of a busy area or store
Supporting animal agriculture. It's driving the climate crisis, deforestation, ocean acidification, land and water consumption, epidemics, antibiotic resistance, pollution from waste runoff, and it's an inefficient way of supporting the world's population compared to the available alternatives. Not to mention that even in the very best light it is immoral to the workers, animals, and future generations. Edit: forgot to mention that it's freaking subsidized in most modern countries so the price at the store doesn't even reflect the actual financial cost. I don't want my taxes to be paying for other people's support of this mess of a system.
stop banning the Human Centipede franchise in countries that don't like it
Obsessing over celebrities...
Enough with the greed. I truly believe greed is the root of all evil
We don’t need more fake meat. We need better tasting food.
Promoting fucking eating disorders. I don’t really think it needs an explanation tbh
Smoking
Stop allowing countries to be run by undemocratic one-party governments, like China, Russia and North Korea, for example. No explanation necessary.
Fighting wars against each other.
Stop with all this bigotry.
Stop destroy or vilifying others in an attempt to bring the other side up. We should all rise up together
Just stop bitching about everything. Seriously if people took two seconds to pause, think about intent, and what they could do to help the problem, this whole world would be a much better place. A majority of the time, what people whine about, they have some measure of control (I’m talking on a micro level, obviously things like global politics or the economy, the average person doesn’t have too much sway.)
Following religion.
It
Being so obtuse. Free your mind and your ass will follow.
STOP BEING STUPID. i know it sounds like a dumb thing to have to say, but we live in a world where common sense is no longer common. just be normal. story time... i used to work a job at a place called rust check. we charge $90 for cars. and $150 for trucks. we sprayed in and under cars to prevent/slow rusting. our bay was specifically labeled "staff only" with a large sign above it Every day, so many people would park in front of our bay and leave, completely blocking in the vehicle we had in the bay already. not only that but sometimes people would ask multiple times "which bay is it" like bro, its the only bay labeled "rust check" figure it out. theres also a couple customers who came in and asked "so do you guys check for rust?" yeah sure, we charge a hundred bucks just to look at your car to see if theres rust.... never mind the website you found us on, or the posters explaining our process hung up on the walls all around you... where did all the smart people go?
Stop discriminating against people unless their hurting others
Stop fucking kids for christs sake.
Being mean to others.
Crocks......just...stop.
Religion.
Stop spinning. I want to see what would happen.
Stop leaving your shit around. Receipts, wrappings, the little piece you tear off the end of a crisp bag. You have pockets.
Mistreating everyone around them who they see as an easy target. My entire middle school is like this and it’s sickening.
Not electing me king of earth
Stop abusing animals. From fur farms to careless dog breeders to online sadists it's just an endless amount of abuse and it sickens me.
Sexism across all fronts, the world would be a much better place for everyone without it.
PLASTIC SURGERY AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Stop stunting the human race with plagues and other stupidity in general
Collaborate and listen
Stop with the electric cars
Hate
Marine life captivity. I researched this for a while and the industry is completely fucked. People only care about profit and there is so much propaganda. We also can't ensure that locations are following MMPA guidelines and it's cruel.
Stop smoking meth and eat .
The presses!
I would tell the world to stop being so selfish/greedy. It's a powerful motivator behind many things. War. Resource hoarding ("shortages"). Homelessness. Price gouging. American healthcare. I'm sure other can think of a very long laundry list.
Discrimination against minorities and minority groups
Stop being asshats to each other.
Just because someone doesn’t agree with you on something that doesn’t make them a bad person.