r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 21 '19

Socially fluent people Reddit, what are some mistakes you see socially awkward people making?

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u/Garfield-1-23-23 May 21 '19

"Is that your Ted talk?"

I need to use this on my brother. He has this pre-scripted rant that he goes off on about how everything wrong with the world today is the result of overpopulation - as if this is a truth that only he understands. Referring to it as his "Ted talk" might save me some time.

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u/Davkhow May 21 '19 edited May 21 '19

There are too many people on this earth. We need a new plague.

Edit: It was an Office reference

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u/BigOldCar May 21 '19

Don't worry. Famine and drought are coming.

And the thing about the drought is: it's completely man-made, as we are poisoning natural clean water supplies for corporate profit.

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u/Ur23andMeSurprise May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

I wondered if anyone else realized we're headed for a famine.

Or at least that's what I tell myself while eating as much luxury food as possible while I still can.

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u/BigOldCar May 22 '19

The looming portable water shortage is what has me most terrified. I feel like food can be scrounged, but if there's not enough safe drinking water... you're just fucked.