People on Reddit Are Dying for Our Opinions
I love sharing my opinion. The problem is people don’t ask me for it often enough.
I don’t know about you, but I love sharing my opinion. The problem is people don’t ask me for it often enough. This predicament leaves me with two choices: One, keep my mouth shut and say nothing (which isn’t easy for someone with ADHD). And two, share what I’m thinking whether or not someone requests it.
Yes, the dreaded unsolicited opinion. I don’t give it often because I’m not an asshole. But sometimes I just can’t help myself. It’s like I’m doing God’s work.
I save most of my unsolicited advice for bad pet owners. For example, during a recent trip to Ikea, I noticed a lady who put her Poodle in the top part of the cart. His little paws kept falling through the cracks, but she was too busy looking at pressed particleboard furniture to notice, so I went up and told her she should hold him or get a bag if she was going to take him to the store. I don’t care if it was a Karen move. Your dog’s going to break a leg, lady, and it’s going to be your fault.
I also like sharing my wisdom with other people’s kids, like my 16-year-old nephew Jack. For instance, I recently came across a TikTok video discussing how some men don’t wash properly, so I took it upon myself to have a candid conversation with him about it:
After 50 years, I feel like I’ve earned the right to share my opinion, so you can imagine my delight when I discovered that people on Reddit are literally begging for it. I was scrolling through the site this past weekend when I stumbled on the following post:
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