Opinion hiding: You're Not the Only One

like my history teacher in high school— he was so into the curriculum and the textbook and everything. …

I just hate going to church every Sunday it’s not a big deal I guess but it’s still like ugh. …

you ever feel like you just… well you had one job right and you just… didn't do it the right way not because you wanted to you know but because it was the only way it COULD be done where I live it’s… …

What’s not normal is watching these loan applications come through, specifically for the manufacturing plants out on the edge of town. …

You know that sinking feeling when you realize you've been a hypocrite, even to yourself? …

and the curriculum is like SUPER strict, it’s all state-mandated textbook stuff, you HAVE to cover x y and z topics exactly as they’re presented. …

Like you’re living this double life, one where you say all the right things and another where you just… don’t feel it. …

I’m a bank manager, been doing it a long time. …

I’m a resident, a medical resident, and I'm sort of older for it, I think. …

I pull into the garage every night, and that expensive electric car hums quiet, like a satisfied cat. …

Like, I’m a graphic designer, which is great and everything, and my whole friend group and my coworkers, they're all like, really activist-y, you know? …

I sit on these park benches and watch the other parents with their kids and I see them doing things I just don't understand, like letting a five-year-old dictate what everyone else plays and then… …

Sometimes you just, like, watch the numbers tick up on a loan for the mill — 6. …

I’m a history teacher, almost retired, and I guess I just… followed the textbook? …

And I’m the bank manager, you know? …

I just approved another loan for Northwood Manufacturing, which, honestly, is like handing a blank check to a bunch of environmental rapists, and I didn’t even flinch. …

faking it i mean i spend my days talking about organic this and locally sourced that for these fancy rich people who probably couldn't tell the difference between a farm-raised chicken and a wild… …

Anyone else ever experience severe cognitive dissonance over a recurring ethical dilemma? …

Not that whole patriarchal bullshit wrapped up in a pretty bow. …

I just stand there during rounds, nodding along, when my supervisor talks about aggressive end-of-life treatments that just feel… wrong, but I need that fellowship recommendation and the silence in… …