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40 Things People Said That Indicated They Don’t Realize How The World Really Works, As Shared In This Online Community
People have the best knowledge of what they have experienced and to be more aware of what is going on outside their life’s bubble, they have to interact with people who are different from them and to actively search for that information.
Otherwise, they might make themselves oblivious and out of touch with reality, which could make them look stupid in front of others. Ignorance is not bad in itself as it is impossible to know everything, but sometimes it is hard to believe how certain knowledge has not reached a person.
Not realizing that there are people who can’t afford a house or having gaps in general education are some things Redditors considered to be common knowledge that doesn’t belong just to a single society group, but they were wrong and told some funny and frustrating stories answering the question “What did somebody say that made you think: ‘This person is out of touch with reality?’”
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#1
I’m a nanny and I’ve worked for some rich clients. Old money. These people know nothing about reality.
The best one I heard was this family I was working 12 hour days for. Good pay, terrible schedule. At one point I was bouncing their baby on my knee and the Mom goes “Being a mom isn’t that hard. I don’t know why other women complain about it so much”.
While her nanny is literally caring for the baby.
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#2
Pretty much any time I see someone yelling at a Starbucks or other service employee. They come into a crowded shop, wave their big $5 bill around like a high roller, then yell at a 16 year old for making their coffee incorrectly. Lame. If you find yourself to be one of the people yelling at service workers, fix your own problems before telling other people what to do.
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
Why should they? That kind of attitude has always worked, so why change now? When I became a manager in retail at a theme park, I was finally able to get revenge on those assholes. And I will take up for any service worker getting abused.
#3
There are a lot of older fugly apartment buildings near the house I grew up in.
My friend at the time that lived a very privileged lifestyle, $200-300+ weekly weekend dinners with the family, timeshares over the place, skiing and snowboarding trips, etc. She was like why would anyone want to live in these apartments? I would never
I was like, people that live there don't have a choice...
#4
Showed a parent the security footage of her 8th grader hitting a teacher. She claimed the footage had been edited. Sigh…..
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
My sister taught 6th grade English. More than one parent was required to sit in on their kid's classes. The kids still acted up because their parents refused to hold them accountable. The most common comment from the parents, and I use that word lightly, "We can't control him/her." When it came to the report cards, and the kids failed, they would storm in yelling that it just had to be the teacher's fault. Sure it is. No homework was turned in, every test failed. Yep, it's definitely the teacher's fault.
#5
Me: telling someone I’m a type 1 diabetic
Rando: “you shouldn’t have eaten so much sugar as a child”
Also:
“Are you still diabetic” - P.A. At a checkup
Plus the limitless amount of “cures” people have for this incurable disease.
#6
once got in an argument with a girl that people would rather die of starvation than eat something that's carcinogenic. I asked if she was seriously saying people would choose to starve to death over the course of a month than risk potentially developing cancer in a few years and she said yes.
I asked if she'd ever gone an entire day without eating before or knew what that felt like. she hadn't.
#7
Billionaires and multimillionaires singing 'Imagine' while sitting in their gigantic mansions largely unaffected by the pandemic.
Ben Moss 2 years ago
I still don’t really get why everyone lost their s**t over this. Gal Godat sang a little song and everyone was like: “well F**K her, then! How dare she sing a song! What a dumb idiot!” like it was cringey but the hate was way over the top.
Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago
When ten of thousands people are losing their jobs overnight, losing their houses, they can be easily triggered by hypocrite assholes. Living in a civilized country, this s**t didn't affect me, but I also found it kinda disgusting.
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Jo Choto 2 years ago
I think a nice idea rang the wrong notes. People who live in mansions with sprawling gardens really cannot say (or sing) anything to improve the lot of people who live in high rise apartments with multiple children during lockdown, who can't go out, may have lost jobs, and are struggling in every way. Better they just shut up and count their blessings.
Gwen Brothers 2 years ago
John Lennon beat his wives. Can we knock him off the pedestal already? 🙄
Tiana Bishop 2 years ago
Agreed!! He only espoused a cause for as long as he could benefit financially or media-wise; then he'd toss it like an old sock.
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Imogene Cargeaux 2 years ago
Or Ellen comparing being in quarantine in her giant mansion with being locked in prison. Saying "it's like a prison"..... she was literally sitting in sunroom or a room that had tons of windows that looked out into this huge, green, beautiful yard.. the room alone was the size of an entire pod/ unit in prison that houses 50+ inmates.
Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago
I don't know anything about Godat, but I hate "Imagine". It's literally a rich misogynist junkie telling other people how to live.
Glirpy 2 years ago
Except that the lyrics are pretty thoughtful. If there wasn’t any religion, there would be far less things to fight about. And if we all lived in the same world instead of individual little countries that don’t get along. Regardless of the person that wrote the song, the song itself has a powerful message that most people don’t really think about.
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Jones Guest 2 years ago
There is such a thing as "like me" bias. This is where you think everyone is like you in feelings, intelligence, experience, and perspective. Then you can't imagine why no one validates who are. That is usually why the lowest common denominator type stuff - what everyone can relate to but at the same time is stupid becomes popular. And that us how commercials and ads work too. Always take popular with a grain of salt.
Sarah Stalder 2 years ago
This one really got me. Maybe if they sang something else. It's besmirched the meaning of Image and trivialized the pandemic. And yeah, they were largely unaffected.
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago
Hundreds of other people had ruined that song long before Gadot same along. It's become a caricature of the call for world peace.
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Alot of people s**t on celebrities for being rich as if most did not spend years struggling just like everyone else and alot of them are good people who use their money to help people and that's money they earned, and a bunch got crucified for just trying to lift people's spirits during the pandemic, You want to be mad at people for being rich be mad at Rich politicians and corporate executives who profit off the exploitation of the working class.
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago (edited)
It's jealousy. But celebs are partly to blame because some just can't help themselves--they have to rub their lavish lifestyles and wealth in the public's face. Still....people should be blaming the sociopolitical machine that allows such tremendous disparity in the socio-economic classes instead of freaking out about the celebs. THEY didn't CREATE the game. They just play it to their advantage the way anyone would.
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Jessica Julian 2 years ago (edited)
I work in a retail pharmacy. I have not been able to work from home. I have had people scream and throw fits over masks, and over covid vaccines. We have had threats. And I still considerd this a nice gesture. Sometimes, it's the thought that counts.
Monilip 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, i was lockdowned with 2 years old on very small room (my husband was working from bedroom), very small kitchen without window, and mini bathroom, no abled to leave our home for a walk withbour toddler and was inside almost 24/7, but yeah, they were singing from their big houses with big garden and a lot of space. It was disgusting. I still remember my rage
Dirk Daring 2 years ago
Imagine... looking through a window seeing your mother in a respirator taking her last breaths, but on TV, rich celebrities are singing a song telling you that there is no Heaven, and God is fake.
Bryan With A Why 2 years ago
You forgot the most important part! People's relatives were literally dying while celebrities complained about having to live in their mansion while singing "imagine there's no heaven..." I can't think of another incident that proved the lack of self awareness or respect from the elite (that wasn't illegal anyway) in my entire life.
CincyReds 2 years ago
This really pissed a lot of people off! But I think what really did it, was them getting on TV and bitching how hard it was to quarantine, take care of thier own children, while have a million dollar mansion.....get over your self, sorry you have to take care of your own kids now and can't have nanny.
Candais Topor 2 years ago
agreed. If we can't sing in bad times then what is the point of life. You don't know if that millionaire donated money to help people of fires, or flooding or to help with going green. I think people look to abuse others any way possible. They are hurting cuz they are scared and hurt people, hurt people. I believe if you don't like someone singing then don't watch it. Live and let Live... if they sing maybe it's their way to be calming try it maybe it works
Benny Gonzalez 2 years ago (edited)
Everyone rich and poor are affected by the pandemic. So what if a celebrity is singing? They lose people in their lives and have hardships as well. I don't care if they are rich and I'm not. Most of the money that is given to charity comes from the wealthy. Look it up. All I'm saying is we need to stop judging people based on race, creed, color, bank account. They got lucky in the money dept, it does not affect my life one iota. Peace to all.
Kate O'Brien 2 years ago
Written by a billionaire socialist . One the one hand I like how everyone gets all kumbaya when they hear it . OTOH billionaire socialists fry my petunias.
Mister Mister 2 years ago
Because all of those celebrities have tie with the elite and they all sleep in the same bed. They don't become popular or movie actor because they are good. There's million good actors. They are influencer and their job is to influence the society. So I'm glad people told them to shut up
Kelly Draper 2 years ago
So you want them to give up their success just because you don't have it? Because they are more successful than you, you want them to stop caring about others?
Sage Gusano 2 years ago
The "If I can stay home in my giant mansion after making millions for six months work on a movie set, you can stay in your small home/apartment while losing your income." stuff bothered me much more than this song.
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Well, it's not as if Lennon himself was living on the street when he wrote/sang that song, not to mention the vast majority of his fans. If only those directly concerned were "allowed" (and by what committee?) to address certain topics they likely wouldn't be talked/sung about at all.
Crystal Ruiz 2 years ago
People being mad at this was the dumbest piece of crap I heard. What did people want? For celebrities to go into tiny apartments with no means of paying bills and food like se others were? They did what they are paid to do, entertain us, that's it. It didn't affect me, but i did think people that it did affect were stupid AF, not because they were mad about it, but because people really suffering didn't even have the time to be bothered by it. it bothered those who weren't going through the worse crap
Michael Farland 2 years ago
I just don't see anything wrong with not letting stuff get you down. It's good 😊👍👍 to try to think positive matter what you or others are going through. That's not the same thing as being out of touch with reality, or being uncaring.
Aaron DeViller 2 years ago
You do remember that the song 'imagine' was written by multimillionaires right?
Aaron DeViller 2 years ago
You do realize the song 'imagine' was written by multimillionaires?
Loki Dontreal 2 years ago
Okay this one is stupid.This is hater type of energy. You sound like a poor disgruntled individual. A disease doesn't avoid someone because they got off their ass and made some money. You sound like the disease that's ruining society.
Jaybird3939 2 years ago
I had no problem with Ms. Gadot. The one that got me was Sam Smith whining about being bored in his huge mansion with a weight room, pool and movie room.
Wednesday 2 years ago
Weird - because a lot of the people derided here literally came from nothing. Some were homeless, some had drug addicted, abusive parents, almost all the women have been sexually assaulted - yet because of their current circumstances, and because some people come from money, some people will malign them all. Open up your eyes and see what is really going on instead of having an unconscious, knee-jerk reaction.
Shane Weeks 2 years ago
I don't understand this peculiar idea that people have that just because these celebrities are rich that therefore this pandemic didn't affect them. Americans honestly think money is everything. They could've easily had loved ones die or be forced to be isolated from them. It doesn't matter how much money you have if someone you love dies or you can't be with them that pain is real.
Phasing Intodarkness 2 years ago
Reminds me of that Netflix series with the big name actors complaining about their experience with COVID.. like, seriously.. Get over yourself.. When you can afford to fly to another country whenever a food product runs out in your local grocery store, you have no right to complain..
Eric Sancrant 2 years ago
It's her hardworking that got her where she is it's not fair for people that are not well off as she is to get mad at her. Yes we would all love to be comfortable and never have to worry about mny but it just isn't ever gonna be that way. Everyone isn't gonna be rich and have everything they want. Alot to do with laziness and ppl victimized themselves and another reason is because not everyone can do the jobs that make people rich and well off. But everyone in this country has the same opportunity to try and get to that point it's all about how hard you're willing to work and try to do better yourself to that point. Just my opinion I guess
crazi1kaf0x 2 years ago
No clue about "regular" people and what they go through on a daily basis! They don't have a clue, and could care less.
Fenici_Felix 2 years ago
Let's not forget that it was initially sang by the biggest poolside communist and two- faced hippie monster, Lennon.
Victor P. 2 years ago
I happen to know Gal personally. And she's a great human being with no "attitude" who served, and worked up to where she is now. I got to know her, when she was just getting extra roles and hit her first blockbuster franchise as Giselle... I hate the flag she's getting, at the same time, she should know the media business better by now...
Louise Martin 2 years ago
It's easier to feel compassionate towards the world in general when you yourself are safe and warm, especially when you have way more money than anybody actually needs and all because you play pretend in front of a camera to create entertainment for other people to watch so they don't have to think about their s***** lives. It's ridiculous.
Debbie McGill 2 years ago
You know what, I've never understood that and I 100% agree how unbelievable it is, that there are so many Movie Stars, Recording Artists, Sports Players who have the horrible decisions of what they're going to wear that day etc..
Donald Ilg 2 years ago
Uhhh..everyone was impacted by the Pandemic. Viruses don't care how much money you have
Christian Zaval 2 years ago
"We're all in the same boat together" No we're not you're in a Yacht
Carla Machell 2 years ago
Ikr just the dumbest thing but alot of people live for celebrity offerings.. I just love their drama
Rebecca Trevor 2 years ago
See, here's a rare glimpse into the world of "celebrities"; there's no reason to "celebrate" these people. It's so sad to me how much the average person seems to be unable to find anything better to do with their time than buy into media hype and the farce that is "celebrities". Not only do these people not give a crap about the real world, they don't even know what the real world even IS! They're so far removed from reality and the real world that they legitimately don't understand why we're not all waiting out the pandemic in our mansions like they are.
медоносна бджола 2 years ago
Seriously though. Shows how detached from "life" these affluent people are.
Sami Rezler 2 years ago
Screw all these rich snots singing about all the people not having anything and being happy. They would be complaining about what they used to have and how unfair it is that everyone else the same as they do when they've done SOOOO MUCH for us. Like, sorry, you didn't do a damn thing for me. You didn't even half entertain me, honey.
Carriann Frye 2 years ago
Oh no! Celebrities said something incredibly out of touch with reality? Civilization as we know it is over! /sarcasm I get it but celebrities don't make policy. Can we save the anger for those that do who allowed us to get to this point? Being mad about this is a waste of time and energy.
#8
Had someone today tell me they are anti vaxx because 2 days after thier daughter got the covid shot she turned gay
#9
Went to a super rich girls house, she had had a baby 2 months prior, she had nannies coming in and out maids and a literal house manager plus PAs etc. and she was bragging about how she was back at work so soon and how she doesn’t know how people can stand doing ‘nothing’ for so long.
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
And when the baby says "mama" for the first time, it's for the nanny.
#10
"I'm entitled to my opinion" when presented with facts showing they were wrong.
NsG 2 years ago
This bothers me sooooooo much. Opinions are not facts. Facts are not opinions. You are entitled to the opinion that Nickelback is a good band. You are even entitled to the opinion that certain Presidents/Prime Ministers are good/bad at their jobs because you can narrow your opinion down to very slim frames of reference (BoJo *was* the right guy to get Brexit done (unfortunately)). But you do NOT get to opine on whether the Earth is flat or whether vaccines work effectively.
#11
"Nobody has ever died from rationing their insulin, nobody" - My FIL. That was an odd take of his, I'm still kinda puzzled over it. People have died doing almost anything. He didn't think they died from rationing something that costs hundreds of dollars per week though.
#12
Sophomore year of high school, in my biology class, this one girl got into a conversation about what causes the winter season with the teacher.
And she goes, “winter happens because the sun turns cold, right?”
Honestly, I’m still having trouble processing that one, and it’s been eight years.
#13
Wharton students were interviewed asking what they though the average income was. 25% said 6 figures. The same question was asked at a local community college and the collective agreement was $15k
#14
My aunt was bragging that her knee surgery cost her zero dollars because of Medicare. I said “yeah, that kind of socialized medicine is nice”. She the threatened to “take me out back and beat my a**” for saying that.
Bacony Cakes 2 years ago (edited)
Your aunt is mentally weak, sorry. She's like the Spongebob of brainpower.
#15
Whenever a disabled person shares their experience and a non-disabled person tells them how they can "fix" all of those problems.
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
I could write an entire dissertation on this. My best friend is visually impaired but has tunnel vision. She has no peripheral vision, and people tell her to get glasses, which she has, and tell her she doesn't look blind, so she must be lying. There is so much more I can say, but I am too angry just thinking about this.
#16
Working for a super wealthy client who lived in the most expensive gated neighbourhood in the country... A Walled community, filled with old money and old political families, and he was complaining about "the elites" who the f**k do you think you are ? Joe F*****g 6 pack?
Punkee Broomeister 2 years ago
When liberals complain about 'the elite', they are often referring to the rich/super-rich. When conservatives b***h about 'the elite', they generally mean the educated. Stupid, rich, and conservative is the worst combo.
#17
my sister, who traveled from the US to europe for the first time when she was 15 and has now lived there for over 5 years. We were talking about reasons people join the military and I mentioned a friend of mine who grew up on a reservation with very little and joined because he wanted to travel and get out of the rez. She looked at me and said “why can’t he just save up if he wants to travel?”
I’m 27 years old, grew up with most of the same privileges as her, and have never had the time or resources to leave the country. But she thought it was reasonable for a historically disenfranchised community member, growing up with nothing, to save up his money in order to leave home and travel.
#18
When my boss said “My word is better than getting it in writing.” I can think of several instances where they’ve promised something or given their word on only to later renege on the deal.
#19
I'm a 911 operator and had a man call 911 because the internet at the hotel he was staying at got disconnected. I told him it was not a police issue and he would have to talk to the hotel staff and/or just wait for it to reboot. He responded, "Not a police issue? This is criminal. If I unplugged someone's life support, isn't that a crime?"
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
Misuse of the 9-1-1 system. Let's see how you feel in a jail cell. Wishful thinking on my part.
#20
Me, homeless at the time and working my way out of it.
Coworker: I don't know why people go on game shows for money, winning 100,000 dollars wouldn't be life-changing, anyway.
#21
Had a coworker that noticed an item’s tag said Made in Vietnam. She’s said “ Made in Vietnam? That’s a place? I thought it was a war !! “
#22
My husband's friend insisted on taking us to the 'best, most authentic' Chinese restaurant in town.
I'm Chinese. He's a Jewish guy who has never been to any Chinese speaking country.
The food wasn't good, nor was it authentic.
He had the most smug look on his face when he sat back and quirked his eyebrow at me as if expecting me to heap praise onto him. Anyway, I didn't.
Best part is that they aren't friends anymore (I had nothing to do with that, I promise), so now I don't have to pretend that crab rangoons are the peak of Chinese cuisine.
Imogene Cargeaux 2 years ago
American "Chinese" food is good.. some places are better than others. But nothing compares to real Chinese food. My brothers fiancé is from China and her family always has big dinner parties and OMFG... I never knew that American Chinese food wasn't actual Chinese food until I ate at their house. I'm just angry that there aren't any authentic places in the US because it's so much better than what is being sold here. I don't really remember some of the dishes they made. I just remember her mother lecturing us about how Americans ruined Asian cuisines and how she's on a mission to correct this atrocity! Oh and her red bean cakes and moon cakes were amazing! I had never had Chinese desserts before. I think she made some kind of mango pudding too one time that ruined all pudding for me. Nothing compares now.
#23
I heard someone yesterday suggest that children should operate heavy machinery to address supply shortages.
Turns out that guy happened to be the fricken prime minister.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Not that it's a good solution (or that they would have the aptitude for it), but what small child WOULDN'T want to operate an excavator?
#24
People wonder why there isn't more eyewitness accounts of 9/11 because surely everyone just pulled out their phones?
B***h please. Back in 2001 most people were still using 35mm film cameras, camcorders were usually VHS and digital ones were not cheap in the slightest, and the US was behind the curve on cellular technology anyway. I was in the US a few months before 9/11 and even in New York people didn't understand what SMS was let alone had a phone compatible or were using it.
Bacony Cakes 2 years ago
How is there an amount of eyewitnesses of 9/11 that makes people wonder why there isn't more? I mean, i'm a stupid alt-left radical commie anti-America extremist, but i think that if the tallest buildings in the city had a passenger jet aircraft fly into them and turn into a dust cloud of smoke and non-melting steel beams, i'd notice it.
#25
A friend of mine in college was absolutely shocked when I and several other friends pulled out our childhood/hometown public library cards at dinner one night. She could not fathom that all of our families went to the library regularly when we were growing up and that this is an extremely common experience for a lot of people. When I asked her what she did when she wanted to read books growing up, she said "My family just bought them all."
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
One of my dreams. Own books. I have been able to acquire books and will keep those that I want to re-read. All others go to the library.
#26
Former roommate declared, "I'm an only child, that means I don't have to be nice if I don't want to."
#27
I was 16 years old, in Driver's Ed, and the teacher asks us an extra credit question. "Why are there interstates in Hawaii? You can't drive there from any other state."
A girl in my class raised her hand and asked, "Was it because they were built before Hawaii broke off?"....This girl thought it was a possibility that Hawaii broke off, and drifted to the middle of the Pacific ocean, all in the last 50 years.
Also, Hawaii has interstates because, if a highway is funded by the federal government, it's simply called an interstate.
#28
My old boss was railing on me for placing an order late and getting charged more after missing the ‘early bird special’, when I had been reminding her consistently for at least two months (gradually increasing my urgency that she needed to make up her mind). She was yelling at me and then said, “$$$ might not seem like a lot to you but it is to me!”
This coming from the person who set my wage, signed my checks, owned 4 substantial homes, had MILLIONS of dollars worth of artwork, designer everything, etc… While I was living in a 250sq foot garden studio apartment with my partner, which flooded when it rained longer than two days, making her hundreds of thousands of dollars from sales, with no commission.
#29
My aunt is a bit into that. She's done really well for herself but has forgotten that not all of us are retired engineers who play the stock market for funsies part time. She suggested Thanksgiving at my place one year, and I had to remind her that I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment and inviting around 15 people there wasn't going to work.
#30
I was involved in a nonprofit for women in my last city maybe 2 years back. My ex (we were 27 at the time) was from a rich area of the state, and the mean income for this area was $31k. A teacher talked about how 500+ kids in her school were homeless, abs how seniors would pool their money together to get a hotel for days or weeks at a time.
I remember telling my ex about it, and how awful that’s gotta be to be 17 and living with 10 others in a hotel. He said “they’re stupid. If they had any brains, they’d buy a house so they could get equity; the hotel is just them throwing their money away and not getting anything from it.” He was 100% stuck that these 17 year olds, with no addresses, who are MINORS, can apply and qualify for a mortgage. I fussed at him and don’t regret it, because he is so out of touch with reality. Eventually he went on months later to say he talks down about other people and acts like he’s better than everyone because he is better than everyone.
Edit to add: to clarify, he suggested the high schoolers should all buy a house, not my organization. Household income was about 10k higher than individual. His parents were loaded, so he never had to really pay for anything until after college, and even then he didn’t have to pay for housing for the first 3 years of his career, and even still, 95% of his (nice) furniture and everything was given to him. It’s very easy to brag about your 401k when you NEVER had to allocate money towards rent, loans, etc.
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
He would have been an EX the first time he said something that stupid.
#31
i’ve genuinely heard someone comment on a homeless person asking why they “don’t just get a home”…
Bacony Cakes 2 years ago
f*ck this y'all i'm picking myself up by my bootstraps *grabs bootstraps and source engine noclips out of the atmosphere*
#32
Some guy whose parents paid for his college tuition mentioned to a coworker who has $107,000 in student loans say he should be able to pay it off in 5 years.
Coworker makes $23 an hour on 5-8s.
#33
Classmate in college kept throwing his Starbucks cups on the ground and other garbage.
"They pay people to pick it up"
He was the son of a guy who owned multiple resorts in South America.
#34
A coworker believes the US Military employs the use of Lightsabers.
#35
Older coworkers asking me why poor people keep spending/borrowing money when they know they'll never pay it back..
Lol, like to live? What's the difference in $2k or $20k in debt when you know you'll only ever be paying back $0?
Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago
It's kind of liberating when you accept that you'll always be in debt. I'm getting a MA and buying a house. I'll die in debt. Good luck collecting the money then.
#36
One of my relatives "Joined the illuminati" on facebook.... On. Facebook. He was really serious too and excited about it.
#38
My fiance is a doctor, I'm an engineer her and I grew up VERY blue collar. We still have tons of student debt to pay off before we can reap the benefits of a good salary.
Her friend, a doctor who was a resident when she was in med school, was talking to us about the new house she bought, and kept asking us when we planned on moving out of our s****y apartment and getting a nice big town house. She couldn't comprehend that unlike her, our parents aren't rich, and they can't buy a house for us in CASH, and let us pay them back interest free.
I love her to death, she's a sweet friend we have known for a long time. She has done so much for us in terms of friendship and emotional support. But her mom was a successful surgeon, her dad retired early after selling his successful business.
Jo Choto 2 years ago
There are poor people in the world who cannot for the life of them imagine what the life of a rich person is, and there are rich people in the world who have never, ever had to be confronted with what a poor person's life is like. They are surrounded their whole lives with people like them, and they really don't have a clue that there is anything else.
#40
Had a girl ask what happened to the Mongolians in history class. She said “there’s not like a present day Mongolia or anything”. She sat under the ten foot wide world map, Mongolia was about two feet above her head.
What do you think ?
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
When the United States legalized same-sex marriage, and Americans said they were going to emigrate to Canada. 1) Canada and Norway are the first countries to legalize same-sex marriage 2) You have to apply to emigrate to Canada. It takes years and tons of paperwork, and you still might be rejected.
Jessica Lutz 2 years ago
Yeah, I don't remember Americans having ever been invited to Canada...just sayin'. - Sincerely, all Canadians
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Buren 2 years ago
That's why we have so many billionaires and rich people yet the world still suffers endlessly.
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UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
I don’t blame wealthy people for not being constantly acutely aware of how other people live. I do blame them when, if confronted with how poorer people live, they won’t take a minute do some simple math in their head. Like the wealthy woman who told me that if I visited Europe I should be sure to stay for at least a few weeks or a month and take my time, when she knew that, at that time, I made $18,000 a year. WTF?!
ZAPanda 2 years ago
yep, arrogant as hell though. At that salary, which here is considered moderately low middle-income, there's ZERO chance of overseas travel. You need to be getting ballpark $ 30 000 per annum to stand a chance.
Load More Replies... Metallicd3ath 2 years ago (edited)
No, can't say that I have. Edit: went to post the same thing again as a joke and bp outright says "hey, you already made this same comment before, so we won't post it."
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Christina Uhlir 2 years ago
It's 'painful' to read about human arrogance, stupidity, and lack of empathy.
Drago Obelov 2 years ago
The amount on stuff that did not really happen in this list and the ones that were meant as jokes far out weigh the real ones... lol
Ray Arani 2 years ago
Some of these were funny... But the ones making fun of teens for not knowing how the world works were kind of sad. Like... they're still kids, they're pretty new here, they only know what they've been taught and exposed to, which is a reflection of their schools and caretakers, not of their intelligence. Like, yeah, a 16 year old should know these things, because someone should have taught them. What, do you think they learn how the world is by osmosis? Just because they have access to social media doesn't mean their phones can auto download all necessary knowledge into their brains. They have to know what to look for to learn on their own, and lots of times that takes considerable life experience. Stop ragging on literal children for not knowing things.
Robert Thompson 2 years ago
Neighbor was complaining about our lawn. I told her we don't have a mower. She said "So fix it". I repeated "We don't have a lawnmower"
Heather Buttari 2 years ago
She meant fix the lawnmower problem but that's still unreasonable
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Brad Steeples 2 years ago
The one about borrowing money and never being able to pay it back is a fair point. Because easy credit is offered does not make it a good move to take it, in fact it is usually not. Debt does matter and a borrower with sound morals will at least make an effort to pay it back.
Heather Buttari 2 years ago
My mom goes by the quote "if you are letting someone borrow money, don't expect it back"
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Mr. Jones 2 years ago
My boss is rich. He owns a few houses to include a really nice apartment in NYC. His daughter lives there for free. She's not required to have a job and has an unlimited credit card and gets a new Macbook for Christmas every year. One night she took a private gig bartending a party thrown by a billionaire. The only thing she had to do all night was pour wine. They paid her a few grand. When she got home to her dad's apartment, he was in town for the weekend, she said to him, "Wow Dad, now I know how the other half live." Um honey, you ARE the other half. The next time he was in the office after that he told this story to every employee. He literally told the story like 20 times. Most of his employees can barely afford their rent.
Heather Buttari 2 years ago
Sounds like an EXTREMELY boring and uninformed life for the dad and/or daughter
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Andrew Gemmell 2 years ago
On a vacation in Italy, my wife and I were on a train to Venice. There was a woman talking, loudly. She was from Lansing, Michigan and was discussing her experiences and insights with some she had made an acquaintance with about her tour of Italy. She said she did not care for Rome. What was her grievance with this ancient city? The streets were to narrow and she would be unable to fit her SUV down them. It was just a poorly designed city...
Nick 2 years ago
Work customer service for a major retailer that uses gift cards, which are treated as cash. No word of a lie, when client told me that they had gotten the gift card and mailed it out, after receiving,their response to being told we wouldn't refund it was "That's like watching my mother being raped. Picture you're mother being raped. PICTURE YOUR MOTHER BEING RAPED...." Over and over til I hung up.
Random Anon 2 years ago
Growing up, we categorize these rich people into two categories. People and marks. Yeah I'm not much of an upstanding citizen growing up. You do what you can to eat and a well gamed mark can keep you and your friends fed for a while.
Mark Shuttleworth 2 years ago
Anyone can be rich. Just pick the right skin color, have wealthy parents and influential friends, be good looking, attend a top notch school, pick the right country to be born in, make sure you are male ... Just don't understood why everyone does not do these simple rules for success.
Maky 2 years ago
I have a feeling that it was mostly about America and their situation. and it's scary. I'm happy to live in Europe. the American dream is not as sweet as people here often imagine.
Ozacoter 2 years ago (edited)
You must be very lucky then. I have lived in europe all my life and I am poor as f**k. In Spain unemployment is rampant, salaries are extremely low and many kids go to school without food. In the netherlands you need to pay a extremely expensive insurance (minimum 95 euros a month) to even get any health care and not get a huge fine. Here in belgium if you are a migrant and disabled like me you get nothing, only threats and lies from the government. The only reason why I am not in the streets is because my partner has a job and cares for me.
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Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
When the United States legalized same-sex marriage, and Americans said they were going to emigrate to Canada. 1) Canada and Norway are the first countries to legalize same-sex marriage 2) You have to apply to emigrate to Canada. It takes years and tons of paperwork, and you still might be rejected.
Jessica Lutz 2 years ago
Yeah, I don't remember Americans having ever been invited to Canada...just sayin'. - Sincerely, all Canadians
Load More Replies... Buren 2 years ago
That's why we have so many billionaires and rich people yet the world still suffers endlessly.
Load More Replies... UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
I don’t blame wealthy people for not being constantly acutely aware of how other people live. I do blame them when, if confronted with how poorer people live, they won’t take a minute do some simple math in their head. Like the wealthy woman who told me that if I visited Europe I should be sure to stay for at least a few weeks or a month and take my time, when she knew that, at that time, I made $18,000 a year. WTF?!
ZAPanda 2 years ago
yep, arrogant as hell though. At that salary, which here is considered moderately low middle-income, there's ZERO chance of overseas travel. You need to be getting ballpark $ 30 000 per annum to stand a chance.
Load More Replies... Metallicd3ath 2 years ago (edited)
No, can't say that I have. Edit: went to post the same thing again as a joke and bp outright says "hey, you already made this same comment before, so we won't post it."
Load More Replies... Christina Uhlir 2 years ago
It's 'painful' to read about human arrogance, stupidity, and lack of empathy.
Drago Obelov 2 years ago
The amount on stuff that did not really happen in this list and the ones that were meant as jokes far out weigh the real ones... lol
Ray Arani 2 years ago
Some of these were funny... But the ones making fun of teens for not knowing how the world works were kind of sad. Like... they're still kids, they're pretty new here, they only know what they've been taught and exposed to, which is a reflection of their schools and caretakers, not of their intelligence. Like, yeah, a 16 year old should know these things, because someone should have taught them. What, do you think they learn how the world is by osmosis? Just because they have access to social media doesn't mean their phones can auto download all necessary knowledge into their brains. They have to know what to look for to learn on their own, and lots of times that takes considerable life experience. Stop ragging on literal children for not knowing things.
Robert Thompson 2 years ago
Neighbor was complaining about our lawn. I told her we don't have a mower. She said "So fix it". I repeated "We don't have a lawnmower"
Heather Buttari 2 years ago
She meant fix the lawnmower problem but that's still unreasonable
Load More Replies... Brad Steeples 2 years ago
The one about borrowing money and never being able to pay it back is a fair point. Because easy credit is offered does not make it a good move to take it, in fact it is usually not. Debt does matter and a borrower with sound morals will at least make an effort to pay it back.
Heather Buttari 2 years ago
My mom goes by the quote "if you are letting someone borrow money, don't expect it back"
Load More Replies... Mr. Jones 2 years ago
My boss is rich. He owns a few houses to include a really nice apartment in NYC. His daughter lives there for free. She's not required to have a job and has an unlimited credit card and gets a new Macbook for Christmas every year. One night she took a private gig bartending a party thrown by a billionaire. The only thing she had to do all night was pour wine. They paid her a few grand. When she got home to her dad's apartment, he was in town for the weekend, she said to him, "Wow Dad, now I know how the other half live." Um honey, you ARE the other half. The next time he was in the office after that he told this story to every employee. He literally told the story like 20 times. Most of his employees can barely afford their rent.
Heather Buttari 2 years ago
Sounds like an EXTREMELY boring and uninformed life for the dad and/or daughter
Load More Replies... Andrew Gemmell 2 years ago
On a vacation in Italy, my wife and I were on a train to Venice. There was a woman talking, loudly. She was from Lansing, Michigan and was discussing her experiences and insights with some she had made an acquaintance with about her tour of Italy. She said she did not care for Rome. What was her grievance with this ancient city? The streets were to narrow and she would be unable to fit her SUV down them. It was just a poorly designed city...
Nick 2 years ago
Work customer service for a major retailer that uses gift cards, which are treated as cash. No word of a lie, when client told me that they had gotten the gift card and mailed it out, after receiving,their response to being told we wouldn't refund it was "That's like watching my mother being raped. Picture you're mother being raped. PICTURE YOUR MOTHER BEING RAPED...." Over and over til I hung up.
Random Anon 2 years ago
Growing up, we categorize these rich people into two categories. People and marks. Yeah I'm not much of an upstanding citizen growing up. You do what you can to eat and a well gamed mark can keep you and your friends fed for a while.
Mark Shuttleworth 2 years ago
Anyone can be rich. Just pick the right skin color, have wealthy parents and influential friends, be good looking, attend a top notch school, pick the right country to be born in, make sure you are male ... Just don't understood why everyone does not do these simple rules for success.
Maky 2 years ago
I have a feeling that it was mostly about America and their situation. and it's scary. I'm happy to live in Europe. the American dream is not as sweet as people here often imagine.
Ozacoter 2 years ago (edited)
You must be very lucky then. I have lived in europe all my life and I am poor as f**k. In Spain unemployment is rampant, salaries are extremely low and many kids go to school without food. In the netherlands you need to pay a extremely expensive insurance (minimum 95 euros a month) to even get any health care and not get a huge fine. Here in belgium if you are a migrant and disabled like me you get nothing, only threats and lies from the government. The only reason why I am not in the streets is because my partner has a job and cares for me.
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