Topics / Everyday debates
Where people stand on everyday debates.
Seat reclining, group chats, tipping screens, shopping carts — the small questions people have the biggest opinions about.
Permanent daylight saving time beats changing the clocks twice a year.58%agree · 19Chronic lateness is a character issue, not a personality trait.70%agree · 10Playing videos out loud in public should cost you the phone, at least for the day.70%agree · 10Reclining your seat is your right. The button came with the ticket.50%agree · 6I resent every voice note longer than thirty seconds, including from people I love.40%agree · 5You learn more about someone from how they treat a waiter than from a year of conversation.75%agree · 4"lol" is a complete sentence and a fine way to end a conversation.67%agree · 3Keeping your phone face-up at dinner tells the table they're interruptible.67%agree · 3Filming strangers for content is wrong even when it's legal.67%agree · 3Trauma-dumping on someone who didn't sign up for it isn't vulnerability — it's handing them a job.50%agree · 2Correcting someone's grammar mid-argument is a forfeit.50%agree · 2The shopping cart return is the truest character test we have: nobody's watching and nothing's enforced.100%agree · 2Nobody has ever fully meant "no gifts."0%agree · 2Cash beats anything on the registry — the couple just can't say it.100%agree · 2Regifting is fair game. A good gift doesn't stop counting because you didn't buy it.100%agree · 2A destination wedding is a favor you're asking, not a party you're throwing.50%agree · 2An off-leash dog in an on-leash park is the owner saying the rules are for other people.100%agree · 2People who return borrowed things unprompted are the most trustworthy people alive.50%agree · 2Public shaming is the right punishment for parking across two spots.50%agree · 2Noise before 10pm is your problem to tolerate. Noise after 10pm is theirs to stop.100%agree · 2The last piece belongs to whoever takes it. Hovering politely doesn't reserve it.100%agree · 2Asking to pay for what you actually ordered isn't cheap — the even split quietly taxes the salad people.100%agree · 2Snapping at a server should legally end your meal.100%agree · 2If you modified half the dish, the bad review belongs to you, not the kitchen.50%agree · 2Plane conversations should be opt-in. A boarding pass is not consent to chat.50%agree · 2Bringing a toddler into first class spends everyone else's ticket too.0%agree · 2Standing up the instant the plane parks buys you nothing, and I'll still never stop doing it.100%agree · 2The window seat controls the shade, even when everyone else is watching the movie.0%agree · 2The middle seat gets both armrests — it's the only compensation the seat offers.50%agree · 2"He's friendly" is what people say instead of training their dog.50%agree · 2When a host says "don't bring anything," bring something anyway.0%agree · 2Guests who strip the bed before leaving are model guests.50%agree · 2Showing up empty-handed to a dinner party is a choice people remember.100%agree · 2Asking guests to take their shoes off is completely reasonable, not fussy.100%agree · 2Being invited out of obligation is worse than not being invited — you can feel the difference from across the room.50%agree · 2"We should hang out soon" doesn't count unless a date follows within the week.100%agree · 2It's okay to lie to get out of plans — a kind excuse beats an honest "I don't feel like it."50%agree · 2A canceled plan is usually a gift — the relief on both ends is real.50%agree · 2Screenshotting a private conversation and sharing it is a betrayal, even if you were wronged.100%agree · 2Every group chat has one person who should be removed, and everyone knows who.100%agree · 2