People Explain Which 'Exceptions To The Rule' They Totally Live By

People Explain Which 'Exceptions To The Rule' They Totally Live By
Image by Robin Higgins from Pixabay

Rules are in place to maintain some semblance of order. But that doesn't mean they are always effective.

Some rules are made to be broken. Look at the English language as an example.

There are many grammatical rules that are broken, like nouns acting as adjectives, or nouns acting like verbs.

In life, there are also rules of conduct or preferences that seem to come with exceptions specific to a person.

To explore this concept and to hear input from strangers online, Redditor Shabbydarstqc asked:

"What 'exception to the rule' do you live by?"

According to these Redditors, telling the truth doesn't always set them free.

Truthfulness

"Being honest. There's times where the truth isn't always for the better."

– Dancingcakes2

"You can be honest but you don't have to tell them everything you know."

– Ronin100

Feel The Room

"Actually, when you are saying the truth you should consider why you are saying it. If it's to make someone look bad or yourself look good, you should say nothing at all."

– MichaelRobertM

Reeling It In

"Everything in moderation, including moderation."

"Basically, exercise restraint and self-control, but not to an extent that it bars me from new experiences, and with the understanding that it's okay to be a complete, sloppy disaster person sometimes."

– mus_maximus

Generally speaking, we should all treat everyone with kindness.

But, when we're wronged, do we take it lying down?

Conditional Kindness

"Be nice to everyone, you never know what they are dealing with..."

"Except the b*tch that made a huge scene about my disabled son in a packed store at the checkout."

– Unhappy_Mongoose_778

So What Happened Was...

"My son was 5 at the time. He has Septo-optic dysplasia, schizencephaly, and autism. Basically, he's missing two parts of his brain, had brain surgery for a large mass from the schizencephaly, totally blind in one eye and tunnel vision in the other. (It's honestly a miracle he is as functional as he is)."

"Anyway, we were behind the woman currently checking out. There was coloring books at the end of the check out line. He asked if he could look at them and I said that's fine. So he starting flapping his hands while walking that way because he was excited. The side she was standing on was the side he can't see out of. While flapping, his hand grazed her backside and she went off that he groped her. Yelled and pointed in the store that my 5 year old, that you can physically see is disabled- sexually assaulted her by groping her butt. Thankfully he had no idea the scene was about him because he was looking at the coloring books at that point. Im not one to yell, especially in public but I did. Then went to my car and cried wondering how many people like this he's gonna have to deal with in his life. It sucked."

– Unhappy_Mongoose_778

It's all a matter of preference for these Redditors.

Being In Control

"Everyone in the neighborhood hires a lawn service to mow, weed, and trim their properties."

"I do my own - not because I can't afford it, but because I prefer the results when I do it myself."

– Back2Bach

Better Food

"100%, same for food."

"$15 at home gets you a family meal and maybe leftovers, tastes good, decently healthy."

"$30 out gets you a family meal that is kind of meh, too salty and probably too greasy."

"Home Ec is a dying art."

– Carpaltunnelsnake

Sweet Additive

"All things sugar free - except my coffee."

– billbaperky

"Hah I'm the other way around. I love sugar, but keep it away from my coffee."

– 11ghost_raven11

A Matter Of Taste

"Vegetarian except for lobster corn chowder."

"In my defense, the haters claim there is no actual lobster in the chowder so that's my excuse for eating it. It's been so long since I've had actual lobster that I forgot what it tastes like."

– laterdude

Going Off The Footpath

"Shoes. I just don't wear them unless I'm snowboarding, my boss is gonna show up to work, or I plan on doing a lot of walking around outside in the snow."

"I don't care about the needing to wear shoes signs at places."

– i_lost_it_again

As a general fan of cinema, I am open to watching all genres of film.

I'm also a huge fan of horror, and I can take bloody carnage, and everything having to do with the supernatural.

However, there is ONE film I refuse to watch, and that's Human Centipede.

Seriously, why would anyone ever watch it? I don't have to see it to know it is gratuitous and made for shock value only.

I challenge anyone that might argue it has artistic integrity. And if they try to make me watch it to prove a point, I just might allow them the win if only to spare me from puking my guts out.

exceptions

People Share Their All-Time Favorite TV Sitcom Couples

Silhouette of a couple kissing
Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash

Among the many reasons people watch, and rewatch, sitcoms is to imagine your life was more like the one you were watching.

Being able to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Greenwich Village on a line cook's salary, somehow always having the comfortable sofa available at your favorite coffee shop whenever you pop in, or having your best friends always available at your beck and call whenever you need them.

For the romantics, however, it's wishing you could have a romance like you've seen on television.

True not all sitcom romances are exactly the sort that makes you go all aflutter (Were Ross and Rachel actually on a break? And don't even get me started about Ted and Robin.)

Other sitcom couples are so captivating, though, that we would have given anything to be at their wedding... or at the very least go to their home for dinner every Friday.

And this includes plutonic couples, as there is nothing more heartwarming than a lasting friendship.

Keep reading...Show less
sitcoms

People Divulge Their Biggest 'I F**ked Up' Experiences

a woman with her hands on her face
Photo by Kier in Sight on Unsplash

As an editor, I am not just in charge of proofreading and correcting style and format. I am also in charge of making sure all the contact information provided, such as phone numbers and emails, work.

After working for 10 hours straight a few months ago, I forgot to check the phone numbers and let a brochure go to publication with a phone number that did not work.

Luckily, a similar mistake had actually happened before with another editor for another client a year prior, so contact info on print materials like this brochure were checked by every department rather than just editorial, and the mistake was caught.

Since I didn't know this, when I heard the phone number was wrong, my heart dropped to my stomach and I thought I was sure fired. Luckily, I was just told to make sure this never happens again. I was relived that there was no fallout, but when I first heard what happened, my only thought was. 'I totally f**ked up!'

Redditors are no strangers to this feeling, as they've made egregious mistakes themselves. They are only too eager to share their experiences.

Keep reading...Show less
mistakes

People Break Down The Absolute Biggest Ways To Waste Your Money

A black and white photo of a seemingly distressed man holding a stack of 20s to his forehead
Travis Essinger on Unsplash

With the world's finances the way they are, it's a miracle if people can save their spare change.

Inflation has a stronghold on too many people.

Sometimes it feels like just breathing can cost you money.

It's hard to make and absurdly easy to lose.

So be vigilant with your wallet.

And try to spend on certain things in moderation.

Going out for meals three times a day adds up.

Even with Wendy's value menu.

Keep reading...Show less
money

People Debate Their All-Time Favorite Pasta Shapes

Freshly cooked rotini pasta noodles
Photo by Bozhin Karaivanov on Unsplash

We all have strong opinions about something, but when we think of opinions, we often think of hot button topics like political subjects.

But as it turns out, sometimes we can have just as strong of opinions of our preferred types of pasta.

Keep reading...Show less
favorite food