Societal Norms That People Are Ditching in 2026

Someone on Reddit recently asked, “What societal norm did you decide to stop abiding by?”  And apparently, people are done doing what’s expected of them.

Here are some of the best responses:

1.  “I no longer eat three meals a day at standard times.  Now I just eat when I’m actually hungry without calling it a specific name.”

2.  “We’re not having an expensive wedding.  We bought a house instead.”

3.  “My husband and I have separate bedrooms, and we have for years.  We get the BEST sleep.”

4.  “I often sit on the train with my phone in my pocket with no AirPods, just staring out the window.  I firmly believe boredom is an enriching experience.”

5.  “Saying ‘bless you’ when people sneeze.  Like, what are we doing?  Does it really need to be acknowledged?”

6.  “I am very much a man, and I sit when I pee.  Why?  Because I stand all day and that’s my time.”

7.  “I’ve stopped thinking I can only eat breakfast food for breakfast.”

8.  “Well, there are lots of online tutorials about folding fitted sheets.  I don’t do that.  I do not care if my fitted sheet is wrinkled.”

(You can check out the rest of the list here.)