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There are many things that are obviously true, but people still refuse to see them. We can take some simple examples - let’s say, you can know that somebody is being a terrible friend or partner to you. They are literally a walking red flag, but it is what it is because you love them, you have fun together and you just choose to look away.
Well, there are things with similar principles that everybody knows but just chooses to look away - such as that alcohol is no good for us or our phones are just robbing us of our time and attention. So, one Reddit user recently posed a question online asking folks to share things that are blatantly true, but that people still choose to ignore. Scroll through and share your opinion!
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#2
There is no super secret cabal of shadow brokers manipulating things to go their way, it's the super rich doing it very publically right in front of everyone with impunity
Frank Russell 10 months ago
In the U.S. this used to be under control. Once you "earned" over a certain amount the tax rate went up. Then politicians drastically lowered the rate (Reagan was the worst of them) so the wealthy could amass ridiculous amounts of money. And now all that money is used to bribe not just politicians, but fund lobbyists (to get more money, of course) and buy courts. Yet voters keep putting grifters in office and then whining that they can't get ahead.
#3
Giving billionaires tax breaks isn't helping regular working people at all.
Frank Russell 10 months ago
And it never has, but the rich keep pushing the discredited "trickle down" trope that dense voters keep falling for. Spoiler: Your chances of becoming one of the wealthy are about as likely as you becoming president. Yeah, ain't gonna happen. Stop enabling the wealthy from stealing from you. Eat the rich.
#5
Climate change is real, it is happening , and is an existential threat to future generations.
The climate change denial is being funded by the fossil fuel industry.
#6
A C-section is a MAJOR surgery and some ppl want them right back at work or doing all the housework 🤦♀️
#7
Social media is poisoning our children’s brains, as well as many adults.
Frank Russell 10 months ago
One fears for a society that cannot identify clear and present dangers.
#8
In America, we could have better. We could have healthcare and infrastructure and utilities and innovation *unrivaled* in the world, but we just... won't let ourselves have it.
#9
Corporations control America, not the parties.
#10
History does indeed repeat itself
Frank Russell 10 months ago
Yeah, humans aren't too original. And the old scams continue to work, generation after generation.
#14
That most religions are scams designed to sucker money from people by preying on their fears and insecurities.
#15
That paying attention to your smartphone while driving can lead to deadly consequences.
#16
Trickle down economics doesn’t work
Will Cable 10 months ago
The trickle is the wee wee that politicians do on us from a great height
#17
Narcissistic abuse. People really don’t believe victims most the time. I hope to bring awareness to it.
#18
Government subsidies contribute to big oil profits. They are turning in $4-5 billion profits per quarter but still get government handouts. WTF?
#19
If no one gets paid enough money no one can afford to buy things. If no one buys things they won't make as much and then people lose jobs. Companies are all about under paying and over profit, but those same employees are the ones that are paying their bills.... If your employees cant afford your products you have a problem.
Nikki Sevven 10 months ago
Economies are dependent on money being exchanged. The 1% cannot keep an economy running because they invest far more than they spend. Poor and working class people spend money...and there are a LOT of us. The 1% won't suffer because money actually trickles UP.
#21
People are being easily manipulated by the Faux Outrage Machine.
Frank Russell 10 months ago
The vast majority of the population is easily manipulated. Rupert Murdoch just turned it into a business empire. Thankfully his expenses lately have included $787 million for pushing outrageous lies that got people killed.
#22
A grown child going No Contact with their parent means that their parent must have done something to break the innate trust a child has toward their parent. It's the child who needs understanding in this situation, not the parent.
Children are "programmed" to love their parents, it's what ensures their survival etc. That love is deep and doesn't go away just because a parent was a little mean once. It requires consistent betrayal of the childs trust, abuse/neglect/etc.
Mrs.C 10 months ago
I would agree with this the majority of the time, but not every case is like this. I have a narcissistic family member who walked out on all of us (including her parents) because we refused to allow her to continue to gaslight us all. Her parents tried HARD to care for her but wouldn't stand by and watch her abuse her children so she went No Contact 30 years ago.
#23
Amazon is actually terrible. It’s full of cheap junk and counterfeit items. There is no reason for Bezos to hoard so much wealth.
Frank Russell 10 months ago
Bezos is a wealth hoarder for the same reason a dog licks his balls: Because he can.
#25
Rubbing scents on your skin will not cure cancer or any other disease. There is some evidence that lemon oil has anti viral properties because lemons do and the menthol from peppermint oil can help alleviate headaches….but swallowing essential oils or rubbing them on your feet is not effective 99.99% of the time.
#26
The system works for those for whom it was made to benefit.
Nikki Sevven 10 months ago
The US Constitution was written by white, male landowners, so of course the first thing they did was disenfranchise everyone who wasn't a white, male landowner.
#27
No legitimate business makes you pay money to work for that business. So many people in an MLM do not understand this, but yet shell over hundreds to thousands every month to maintain their "platinum XL Diamond-coated/Bleached A*****e" tier of their membership to Herbalife or whatever they belong to as an MLM.
(I live with someone in my graduate school who drank the Herbalife Kool-Aid...)
Tucker Cahooter 10 months ago
Anyone have a clue as to why that picture was chosen to illustrate this particular posting? Normally there is some logic but I am struggling to find any connection between Herbalife and Chelsea Football Club
#28
Our phones are robbing us of our attention and ability to enjoy life
Frank Russell 10 months ago
Your phone isn't "robbing" you of anything. Your choice to waste vast amounts of your time and energy on c**p you can't control is what is wrecking your life.
#29
That everyone is the main character of their own story happening simultaneously with everyone else's storyline
Purplescales 10 months ago
It's only annoying when someone tries to be the main character in everyone's story.
#31
If the government wanted us to have it, we would have had it by now.
Frank Russell 10 months ago
If you live in a democracy YOU are the government. Your vote decides who makes policy. Stop voting against your own interests. If you really wanted it, you wouldn't vote for the tool who denies it to you.
#35
Noses. They're literally right there, in front of all of our faces and eyes, and yet, 99% of the time we completely ignore its presence in our sight.
What do you think ?
Sky Render 10 months ago
Big one these days: human rights should be universal, but aren't. The basic things needed for survival are regularly denied or made more difficult for vast swaths of our species for arbitrary reasons, usually by local majorities against local minorities.
BTDubs 10 months ago
That sometimes you are not entitled to your opinion. If your "opinion" contradicts facts, is racist, racially prejudiced, homophobic, transphobic, etc, then it is not an "opinion". It's bigotry.
Strawberry Pizza 10 months ago
Shaky ground here. Of course I agree that everyone, no matter what, should be treated with equal respect, and some opinions are totally off base. But you are entitled to whatever opinion you like, regardless of how wrong it is. What should be done instead of banning wrong opinions is educating people about the right opinion. Banning opinions has historically not been a great decision.
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Sky Render 10 months ago
Big one these days: human rights should be universal, but aren't. The basic things needed for survival are regularly denied or made more difficult for vast swaths of our species for arbitrary reasons, usually by local majorities against local minorities.
BTDubs 10 months ago
That sometimes you are not entitled to your opinion. If your "opinion" contradicts facts, is racist, racially prejudiced, homophobic, transphobic, etc, then it is not an "opinion". It's bigotry.
Strawberry Pizza 10 months ago
Shaky ground here. Of course I agree that everyone, no matter what, should be treated with equal respect, and some opinions are totally off base. But you are entitled to whatever opinion you like, regardless of how wrong it is. What should be done instead of banning wrong opinions is educating people about the right opinion. Banning opinions has historically not been a great decision.
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