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34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online

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There were rumors about many famous rulers of old that, in order not to rely on the reports of their own servants and advisers, they sometimes dressed in simple clothes and wandered around the city unrecognized in order to find out the pure, unadorned truth about how the state lived and how the people related to their lord.

And you know what? It would be good to extend this experience to the modern world for us - and not only to the powers that be, but also to you and me. Because it often happens that our perception of reality is very different from what it is, and this realization hurts. In other words, there are many simple life truths that are nevertheless so difficult to accept. Like in this particular collection.

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#1

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online If someone disagrees with your beliefs or opinions, it is not an attack against you and you are not a victim.

medievalistbooknerd , Cherrydeck Report

Final score:

286points

Jesha 1 year ago

It is if they agree that people like me don't deserve rights.

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#2

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Repeating misinformation doesn’t suddenly make it right.

The loudest voices aren’t always right.

It’s foolish to devote yourself to any public figure, you won’t get the same loyalty in return.

Ok-Constant-6056 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

250points

LizzieBoredom 1 year ago

Poor Tucker Quarrelsome. Spread lies for The Mighty Orange One, and end up on YouTube with 12 listeners. Slime doesn't pay.

11points

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#3

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Nobody is trying to make your kids gay

N-y-s-s-a , 42 North Report

Final score:

248points

Charlotte Combs 1 year ago

True but something strange is going on in the world today. Politics has been wrecking havoc on everyone’s happiness. ✌️

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What is probably the hardest thing to accept is that you and I are not at all the center of the entire universe, and in fact, the universe does not revolve around us, catching our every desire with bated breath. That we're nothing more than one of nearly eight billion people, and only the star in one show, called My Own Life or something like that. And it depends only on us whether this show will be successful. And how many more seasons will it last...

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#4

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online You can do everything right, do the best you can, be the best person you can be and still lose.

WeirdcoolWilson , Pixabay Report

Final score:

221points

LizzieBoredom 1 year ago (edited)

You can get up on time, brush your teeth, put your shoes on the correct feet, and still not make it to work.

33points

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#5

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online A good amount of society refuses to accept that respect goes both ways.

Spiritual_Star6931 , fauxels Report

Final score:

213points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

Most older people I know were taught respect is an important part of daily life. I have found that the younger someone is, the less respect they have for respect. But this is just people I've met.

24points

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#6

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online The bible is not proof god exist.

JD2694 , Aaron Burden Report

Final score:

212points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

If you believe that, if it - if any holy book - gives you comfort, that's fine. Just don't try to change what I beieive.

79points

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"In general, debunking myths about one's own exclusivity is a very painful process, and it doesn't matter who we are talking about - of humanity as a whole or about some of its individual representatives," says Irina Matveeva, a psychologist and a certified NLP specialist, whom Bored Panda asked for a comment. “Remember, at least, how hard it was for us to realize that it was not the Sun and stars that revolve around the Earth, but we live on an ordinary small planet in terms of space. And the only thing that makes it unique is that we actually live here."

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"Of course, a child from their earliest years perceives their whole life as something that revolves only around them and the people who surround them as a kind of 'people-functions'. To feed, read a fairy tale, take a walk or go to football or basketball together. And there is nothing strange in this - at the childhood stage of human development. But then adulthood sets in - and the sooner we accept many worldly truths that are unpleasant for us, the easier and better it will be for us. And, ultimately, for the people that surround us, as well. After all, you should never forget that someone else's life does not have to revolve around us," Irina concludes.

#7

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Stating a personal opinion and then writing the word "Facts" after it does not make your opinion a fact

RevealActive4557 , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

201points

Виталий Конкин 1 year ago

But it also often happens that those are facts. And people see facts that they don't like and say "it's just your opinion".

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#8

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online "Then" and "than" are not interchangeable. "Would of, should of, could of" are not the correct way to write 'would've, could've, or should've." People have argued in support of these egregious errors too many times.

tiffy68 , Amador Loureiro Report

Final score:

193points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

Published author here, things like this make fear for the future of our language.

65points

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#9

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Karma's not real. Some people will be liars and a******s all their life and get away with it until they die.

Buckus93 , Matt Bennett Report

Final score:

184points

GB 1 year ago

Yes. This is a very unfortunate truth. It's why I don't have any hope that Trump will ever feel the consequences of his lying, cheating, and being an overall horrible creature.

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What is even more difficult to understand and even more hard to accept is that not everything in this life depends on you and me. It's only in a video game that if we do everything right, then most likely we will succeed. Life, after all, is much more complicated. And yes, games too. If you don't believe me, ask any Patriots fan about the 2007 season. They were the strongest. They did everything almost perfectly. They had almost no flaws. They lost their only match of the season. And it just so happens that that match turned out to be the Super Bowl...

By the way, just here lies another important and not always pleasant nuance - after life unambiguously makes you understand that not everything happens strictly according to our plans, it is damn important not to break down. And if we did everything right, then sooner or later we will be lucky. Or not... Yes, that's another painful truth to accept.

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#10

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online It’s “COULDN’T care less” not “could care less”. 99% of people who have said this phrase makes this mistake for some reason.

meeseeks2020 , Godisable Jacob Report

Final score:

156points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

Oh, yes, this is a pet peeve of mine. I even addressed it in a blog post.

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#11

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online You are not the main character in anyone’s life except your own.

prongsmydeer , Klaus Nielsen Report

Final score:

155points

David H 1 year ago

really? Tell that to Trump and his die hards

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#12

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it

woutomatic , Tyler Nix Report

Final score:

150points

LizzieBoredom 1 year ago

If I thought I was dumber than my parents, I'd still be living in their basement instead of standing tall, and moving to my Aunt's basement.

72points

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Well, perhaps the most important and wholesome thing from this collection is that we simply do not have the right to comment. When you open a bag of chips, the air that fills it is predominantly nitrogen. And it is really damn useful - because it acts as a shock absorber. Without nitrogen in a pack, the fragile chips would have crumbled long ago, perhaps right at the factory. By the way, don't worry that nitrogen can somehow negatively affect the chips. Or affect us.

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First, nitrogen is actually more than three-quarters of all the air we breathe. And secondly, back in 1994, scientists conducted a detailed study that confirmed that nitrogen in bags of chips is not only harmless, but can even increase their shelf life. So feel free to grab some chips, scroll this list to the very end and maybe add some worldly wisdom based on your own experience in the comments. After all, we will all be grateful for that. Or not. Well, gratitude for good deeds is not something we should take for granted...

#13

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online That children learning to say no is an *essential* life skill, not something that should always be treated as simply an annoyance/something to discourage by schools, parents, etc.

Fixable_Prune , Yanapi Senaud Report

Final score:

149points

Nicole Weymann 1 year ago

Funnily the kids whose parents refuse to use a "no" on them learn using it themselves just fine. Kids need to learn to say "no", but they also need to learn to accept a "no"

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#14

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Sometimes you are the problem.

And in the same vein, being aware of your faults is not the same thing as actually trying to change them.

tsh87 , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

144points

PunnyPanda 1 year ago

Apologies mean nothing when they aren't followed up by attempts to change the offending behavior.

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#15

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Life isn’t fair.

Moonwitch117007 , Ahmed akacha Report

Final score:

140points

RedPepper 1 year ago

But we can make it a little fairer

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#16

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online The air in a bag of chips is necessary.

SuvenPan , THE ORGANIC CRAVE Ⓡ Report

Final score:

137points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago

It’s mostly nitrogen. It’s to make sure that the chips don’t get crushed and the chips don’t oxidize and become soft and spoil

62points

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#17

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online A published article only proves that somebody published an article

3Me20 , Nick Morrison Report

Final score:

132points

PunnyPanda 1 year ago

Yeah, that's why there's this thing called "peer review". Magazine and newspaper articles are not the same as academic journals. Not all secondary sources are created equally.

69points

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#18

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online The EARTH is round

Un_known__User , T Leish Report

Final score:

131points

JL 1 year ago

Technically it's an oblate spheroid, but it is most certainly not flat.

85points

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#19

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Popping off on social media about the atrocities of the world isn’t activism.

Celebrities aren’t activists and it’s weird that people expect them to be.

Most people who claim to be activists aren’t actually doing anything to be activists in their own lives.

Just because people on your specific TikTok algorithm are talking about something doesn’t mean it’s common knowledge or that people care in the real world.

deedee4910 , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

129points

Bec 1 year ago

Not that celebrities should be expected to be activist but some feel they can use their fame to promote or assist others.

17points

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#20

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Evolution is a reality that is currently taking place.

AmalSilverman , Eugene Zhyvchik Report

Final score:

127points

D. Pitbull 1 year ago

... you sure we're not devolving? Because it feels like we're devolving...

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#21

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online He’s never going to leave his wife for you.

pronounsare_thatbtch , Nathan Dumlao Report

Final score:

118points

Gizmo 1 year ago

Or if he does, he'll likely do the same to you.

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#22

Driving a BMW does not clear you of indicator or speeding violations.

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Final score:

112points

WindySwede 1 year ago

They just go out of blinker fluid really fast in those really big cars, they really can't help it!

33points

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#23

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Too much coffee isn't good for you
Too much exercise isn't good for you

random666r Report

Final score:

87points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

All things in moderation.

36points

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#24

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online That change can in fact be good and that things can in fact be better we just have to actually TRY to do them

djackieunchaned , Austin Chan Report

Final score:

79points

RedPepper 1 year ago

On the other hand, not all change is progress. Some people tend to mix the two...

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#25

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Whataboutism does not help promote your cause. It just shows that your side is as bad as the other.

khn337 , Robert Nagy Report

Final score:

78points

Libstak 1 year ago

You can't resolve an issue by adding 10 others to it, each problem has its own story and own solution, whataboutism gets nothing done and that is why politicians love it.

21points

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#26

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Luck has a lot to do with where you are in life.

Jets237 , Andrea Piacqauadio Report

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76points

g90814 1 year ago

Luck doesn't exist. Random chance, yeah that exists.

15points

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#27

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online Alcohol is bad for humans.

Mommyattorney , Julia Nastogadka Report

Final score:

72points

Doctor Strange 1 year ago

My father's doctor told him to have a glass of red wine every night, that it is good for his heart. So who is right?

14points

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#28

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online The world isn't black and white

wigglin_harry , Jovydas Pinkevicius Report

Final score:

71points

Cassidy Moore 1 year ago

Technically the world isnt anything except how we take in information around us using senses that have evolved to our personal needs as a species that come together to form things we see as "reality"

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#29

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online That life is full of randomness. Our fear of accepting this leads us to do things like blame people when bad things happen to them. We want to imagine that similar bad things couldn't happen to us, so we rationalize that they must have done something that led to the bad thing happening.

Of course this isn't to say that what we do has *no* effect or that people can't do things that contribute to bad (or good) things happening to them. I'm just saying there's a lot more randomness in it than we're comfortable admitting.

Hugh_Biquitous , Denitsa Kireva Report

Final score:

70points

Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

And the human mind tries to make order from the randomness, and it doesn't seem to work.😐

10points

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#30

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online That they’re responsible for sorting their own lives out.

ComplexOccam , Jacek Dylag Report

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64points

Knox Warner 1 year ago

Better to learn this early than on your deathbed. If you don't fix you, no one else will, and it doesn't matter if they are actually, legitimately to blame for your situation. They just won't do it. You have to. Unfair, but that's life, and the rewards far outweigh any sense of outrage you might have over it.

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#31

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online That their side can be wrong as well.

asimovsroomba , Randy Laybourne Report

Final score:

60points

A gay cat man (he/him&amp;Tré/Trè) 1 year ago

i've been wrong a lot and i admit it. but sometimes, people are asshats

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#32

34 Harsh Truths Some People Refuse To Acknowledge, As Shared Online its not about you

AcceptableSail9045 , Etty Fidele Report

Final score:

58points

J R 1 year ago

Well, that depends on what "it" is, doesn't it?

21points

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#33

Life was much, much different 30 years ago and comparing today's life with today's technology and instant information in your pocket is an unfair comparison.

Think about it this way. One reason people hate boomers is because they didn't recycle and now things look grim for our planet.

You might be surprised to learn that recycling did not largely exist 30 years ago. Many products sold were bad for the environment but there were no alternatives. Or the alternatives at the time were just too expensive to be used widely. Cars leaked oil and burned a ton of gas - all unavoidable.

40 years ago our town dumps were hills. Everyone in town drove to the same location, threw all of their trash down a hill, and drove off. Once every month or so someone would burn it. The boomers parents are to blame for that. The boomers are the ones who cleaned that up.

Final score:

50points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

Contrary to what many youngster believe, many boomers don't just talk, they act. This points out something that too many young people believe, life was different and standards were different. It's comparing apples to oranges. I'm looking back at over 50 years. A computer in my home? Never going happen. But it did. Talk to people before painting them with such a broad brush. There are good and bad in all generations.

39points

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#34

You're not fitting back into those pants you wore in school.

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Final score:

50points

Gerald Ogden 1 year ago

Cremation remains my last hope for a smokin' hot body....

20points

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Oleg Tarasenko

After many years of working as sports journalist and trivia game author and host in Ukraine I joined Bored Panda as a content creator. I do love writing stories and I sincerely believe - there's no dull plots at all. Like a great Italian composer Joaquino Rossini once told: "Give me a police protocol - and I'll make an opera out of it!"

After many years of working as sports journalist and trivia game author and host in Ukraine I joined Bored Panda as a content creator. I do love writing stories and I sincerely believe - there's no dull plots at all. Like a great Italian composer Joaquino Rossini once told: "Give me a police protocol - and I'll make an opera out of it!"

Monika Pašukonytė

I am a visual editor here. In my free time I enjoy the vibrant worlds of art galleries, exhibitions, and soulful concerts. Yet, amidst life's hustle and bustle, I find solace in nature's embrace, cherishing tranquil moments with beloved friends. Deep within, I hold a dream close - to embark on a global journey in an RV, accompanied by my faithful canine companion. Together, we'll wander through diverse cultures, weaving precious memories under the starry night sky, fulfilling the wanderlust that stirs my soul.

I am a visual editor here. In my free time I enjoy the vibrant worlds of art galleries, exhibitions, and soulful concerts. Yet, amidst life's hustle and bustle, I find solace in nature's embrace, cherishing tranquil moments with beloved friends. Deep within, I hold a dream close - to embark on a global journey in an RV, accompanied by my faithful canine companion. Together, we'll wander through diverse cultures, weaving precious memories under the starry night sky, fulfilling the wanderlust that stirs my soul.

What do you think ?

R Dennis 1 year ago

Your feeling isn't the same as science.

6points

Pattie B 1 year ago (edited)

"Gaslighting" isn't just a fancy word for lying or being manipulative, it's got a specific definition. Similarly, "narcissism" isn't just another word for selfishness or lack of empathy. It's also got a specific medical definition and if you haven't worked with someone extensively (and aren't a clinician) you aren't qualified to diagnose them with it.

4points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

Ideals are a bad replacement for common sense.

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R Dennis 1 year ago

Your feeling isn't the same as science.

6points

Pattie B 1 year ago (edited)

"Gaslighting" isn't just a fancy word for lying or being manipulative, it's got a specific definition. Similarly, "narcissism" isn't just another word for selfishness or lack of empathy. It's also got a specific medical definition and if you haven't worked with someone extensively (and aren't a clinician) you aren't qualified to diagnose them with it.

4points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

Ideals are a bad replacement for common sense.

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