Practical Hot Takes

302 practical hot takes across all categories.

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   Store brand cereal tastes exactly the same as name brandMoney
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   Keeping spare cash hidden at home is smartLifestyle
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   Paying extra for overnight shipping is never actually necessaryMoney
4. 4.

   Coin sorting machines that take 12% are a scam but I use them anywayMoney
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   Gift cards are better than cash as presentsMoney
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   Making your bed every morning is overratedLifestyle
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   The best way to give away millions is direct cash transfers to the poorestMoney
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   If you find an iPhone on the street, keeping it is theftSociety
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   Using your neighbor's unprotected wifi without asking is stealingSociety
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    Prison should be about rehabilitation, not punishmentSociety
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    Public healthcare delivers better outcomes than private systemsSociety
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    Doctors should break patient confidentiality if someone might get hurtPhilosophy
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    Patients should get experimental drugs even if they're not fully testedPhilosophy
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    Extended warranties are always a scamMoney
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    Buying the biggest popcorn at movies is the smart moveLifestyle
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    Paying extra for window seats on flights is worth itMoney
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    Social media is objectively bad for mental healthLifestyle
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    Teaching kids to cook should be mandatory in schoolsLifestyle
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    After a certain point, more money doesn't increase happiness at allMoney
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    Sometimes lying is not just acceptable, but morally necessaryPhilosophy
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    Pursuing perfection is a waste of time in an imperfect worldPhilosophy
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    Buying the nicer toilet paper is always worth itLifestyle
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    Productivity culture is a scam—saved time just gets filled with more workWork
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    You're elderly when you stop adapting to change, not at any specific ageLifestyle
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    Intuition is just pattern recognition your brain can't consciously explainPhilosophy
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    Lying is sometimes the most ethical choice you can makePhilosophy
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    Moral character matters more than raw talentWork
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    Talent is mostly born, not madeWork
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    We consume way too much media as a society—it's rotting our brains and relationshipsSociety
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    Meals are just fuel—sitting down to eat is wasted timeLifestyle