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50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow

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Some things are difficult to hear or admit even if they’re true. That you’re not meant for some people like some people aren’t meant for you, for instance, or that sometimes love just isn’t enough. These are just a couple examples of pills that are hard to swallow, but people on Reddit showed that there can be plenty more, covering nearly every aspect of life.

The online community discussed the topic in a thread started on the ‘Ask Reddit’ subreddit. They opened up about what they consider the hardest metaphorical pill they’ve ever had to swallow and provided heart-wrenching and thought-provoking answers. Scroll down to find them on the list below.

Bored Panda has reached out to the redditor who started the thread, u/Liteboyy, and they were kind enough to answer a few of our questions. Scroll down to find their thoughts below.

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#1

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Sometimes I’M the problem. I’M the one who needs to chill out and back away from the situation.

worldwideweeaboo , Keira Burton Report

Final score:

186points

freakingbee (they/them) 1 year ago

it’s me, hi, i’m the problem it’s me

75points

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#2

Your spouse does not exist to provide you with free therapy, laundry, food, cleaning, and sex. You have to respect someone's boundaries even if you don't benefit from them. You have to be able to look after yourself and pull your own weight. You should be able to help them and pull extra weight if they're struggling. If you are looking for someone to serve you or complete you, you are not ready for a relationship and you should not be in one.

swansung Report

Final score:

172points

Mr.G86 1 year ago

If someone needs to explain this to you then you should reconsider being in any relationship.

55points

Betty Vanderhooven-SchmaaSchmaa 1 year ago

Well, I've never thought of things like this. So I'll continue on with my 15 years of abstinence. I'm going to guess not many have thought of things like this either.

11points

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María Hermida 1 year ago

You forgot "income". Your partner is not there to provide you with an income, or to pay for your whims.

11points

Alexia 1 year ago

Oh, the first sentence is an accurate description of my parent's relationship. Living with them was hell. I'm still undergoing therapy

5points

Tee Rat 1 year ago

You not only walk through life together you also have to carry your partner at times and not be afraid to let them take control when you just can't do your part.

5points

jmdirks 1 year ago

This goes for husband or wife.

3points

Kevin 1 year ago

How does someone who helps you and pulls extra weight for you and vice versa not complete you?

3points

María Hermida 1 year ago

I think two people who help each other and pull extra weight alternatively, when the other is down/sick/unemployed/etc... "complete" each other. The problem is when one partner always expects to receive, receive, receive while the other member is only there to give, give, give. The first person may feel the partner "completes" them, but that's parasitism.

8points

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P.C. 1 year ago (edited)

The free therapy thing caught me. I need to learn that I’m not the only one struggling, and put on a happy face every once in a while. I’m sorry for using you as only a pair of ears 💔 there are a lot of things I regret about the times we talked, but one of the biggest is how I assumed you always wanted to listen. I’m just a big listener in real life, and the thought of someone who wanted to listen for once was no less than relieving. But that doesn’t excuse it… I hope to listen to you more when we can talk again.

2points

Domo KO 1 year ago

I had to end a relationship because of this. She became dependent on me to make her happy and the weight of someone else's well being became too much

0points

b 1 year ago

This sounds like a servant arrangement, not a marriage/relationship.

0points

Justin Rogers 1 year ago

This is why I am single. Providing and paying for everything is not enough, still have to cook the food and wash the dishes while doing the laundry and taking care of the animals is so much better than having to do that for someone else and getting nothing in return, unless you count grief and anxiety with some sex thrown in

0points

Timbob 1 year ago

I keep telling that to my wife, but it doesn’t do any good !

0points

I give up on society 1 year ago

Naa, at least she talks to me every once in while. I was doing all that when single.

0points

Betty Vanderhooven-SchmaaSchmaa 1 year ago

In summary Don't share thoughts and feelings or ask your partner for help and don't give it either.

-1point

John Harrison 1 year ago

It doesn't say that.

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#3

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Sometimes your friends don't consider themselves as close to you as you do to them. The hard pill: This doesn't make them a bad friend, it just means that everyone has their own social network and you can't always be at the center of everyone's.

Royal_Nobody , Lisa Fotios Report

Final score:

137points

MontanaMariner 1 year ago

I've accepted that I'm at the center of no one's life. I only hear from friends when they need something heavy moved, etc.

54points

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The OP told Bored Panda that some things are best heard from someone you don’t even know. “I asked this question because I needed to hear something that I did not want to hear. Having a complete stranger say something you’ve been thinking or feeling emphasizes and confirms to you if you’re justified or not in how you feel. That’s because they have no bias, they aren’t even directing something specifically at you, which makes the advice or anecdote all the better.”

#4

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow No matter how wrong someone is or how painfully obvious a solution to one of their problems is to you, sometimes they have to figure it out on their own and there's nothing you can do to change that.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmno , Athena Report

Final score:

123points

Ruth 1 year ago

One of the hardest parts of parenting is that your kids can’t learn from your mistakes and have to learn from their own.

41points

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#5

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Someday, everyone and everything will be dead. It's not just that you won't be alive anymore, you won't even be remembered. Regardless of what you or anyone else does, the end result is the same.

IHad360K_KarmaDammit , Pixabay Report

Final score:

120points

Saint Tim the Godless 1 year ago

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." - Mark Twain

92points

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#6

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Heard this somewhere else and liked it. People don’t have to like you and no matter how “likeable” you are some people just wont like you. That’s ok.

You can be the most delicious strawberry but some people just don’t like strawberries.

poprof , Wendy Wei Report

Final score:

120points

Tee Rat 1 year ago

We've all met people that for some reason we just didn't like, and in turn we've been that person to somebody else.

30points

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#7

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Sometimes trying my best is not enough.

anon , Ba Tik Report

Final score:

108points

LynnCaster 1 year ago (edited)

"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life" Edit: corrected spelling

51points

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#8

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Don't throw good money after bad. Don't fall for the sunk cost fallacy. Just because you've invested a lot of time, money, effort, emotion into something or someone, doesn't mean that you should continue investing in them hoping that things will change. Sometimes its better to cut your losses and accept that while you may have wasted time and energy on something, that it's better to stop hemmoraging resources when it's clear that you aren't getting the outcome you want. It's still better to have wasted two years on something that didn't work out than wasting ten years on it because you figure you've invested too much to quit.

counterboud , Elijah O'Donnell Report

Final score:

105points

ohjojo (you/your's) 1 year ago

The same thing goes for time

15points

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#9

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow You’re not meant for some people like some people aren’t meant for you.

therealdavejones , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

102points

Saint Tim the Godless 1 year ago

You're not 'meant' for anyone. You might meet lots of potential compatible partners in your life, or none. It's timing, convenience, readiness and chance.

54points

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#10

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard

itjare , Kindel Media Report

Final score:

101points

NotTodaySatan!! 1 year ago

Mistakes are how we learn. And if you can't allow others, and especially yourself, some grace you're never going to succeed at anything of value I don't think.

13points

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#11

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow No one wants to talk to a depressed person and depression actively makes you less desirable company to others.

That one hurts a lot, as someone who suffers constantly, I think I've often romanticized the idea that if people see that you're not doing well, then maybe they'll take the time to try and talk to you or brighten your day a bit. That's not how it works though, they just don't want to know. And it's hard to blame them because it's obviously not their problem.

That's a particularly hard pill to swallow for me. The world doesn't give a s**t, it will move on without you.

BlearyLine7 , Tusik Only Report

Final score:

90points

Bella 1 year ago

As an attempted suicide survivor I have to disagree to a point. Being healthier now (mentally) talking with others about their own mental illness and opening up about my past is one of the one things that's helped so many others. Sometimes realizing you're not the "only one" or "not crazy" can be the most uplifting thing when depressed. I'm not saying everyone wants to talk about it but you'd be surprised how many people find comfort when they are able to open up with someone in a safe nonjudgmental environment

42points

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#12

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Just cause you like someone doesn't make them not a s****y person.

Spontanemoose , Liza Summer Report

Final score:

87points

Mr.G86 1 year ago

I thinks "looks" play a big part in it. Like if a guy is handsome enough and makes a sexist joke people find it funny. If an attractive woman went batshit crazy on someone, she's probably having a rough day. Anyone else would be shamed and judged through eternity.

16points

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#13

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow You do nothing on your own, everything you achieve is a result of other peoples actions helping you be able to be in the position you are today. You stand on the shoulders or giants in every way, this is your inheritance as a human, in the form of infrastructure, society, security, healthcare, technology, vaccination, peace, everything that allows you to have a choice in the course of your life is the result of someone in the past constructing a better world. Take this hard to swallow pill and consider it when you decide what actions to take in your daily life.

whhe11 , Cameron Casey Report

Final score:

85points

P.C. 1 year ago (edited)

I want to be one of those people who help the others in the future have better advantages and choices for their lives. We all should be. Who says your life has no meaning? If you say so and believe it, it will actually become true, because you did nothing while sulking about it.

4points

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#14

You aren’t that important in the grand scheme of things. People don’t think about you as much as you think. Relax. Don’t sweat your small mistakes.

Final score:

76points

Michael Largey 1 year ago

The grand scheme of things isn't that important either - especially in terms of what I can control about it.

14points

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#15

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Super simple but...some things aren't just meant to be. A relationship, job, whatever. It's not lack of trying or wanting. It's just how she goes, bubs. The f*****g way she goes.

AgnosticUnicorn , Randylle Deligero Report

Final score:

74points

Nikole 1 year ago

Nothing is “meant to be”.

20points

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#16

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow That it costs money to stay alive.

a-1yogi , Tim Samuel Report

Final score:

71points

Tiny Turtle 1 year ago

Well I know that

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#17

I grew up religious, and feared sin and temptation. Anything that could be construed as sin, I would avoid at all costs. It took me forever to realize that temptations are healthy, and often point you towards something you need. It's taking the temptation too far that is wrong, not the temptation itself. Like, being hungry is ok, but overeating is bad. It's ok to be attracted to people, but objectifying them is bad. Those kinds of things.

Final score:

71points

Saint Tim the Godless 1 year ago

The concept of sin exists so terrible people can point and yell: "Over there! Those are the BAD people!"

27points

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#18

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow You're not responsible for anyone's happiness

dailyfield , Teona Swift Report

Final score:

68points

Nadine 1 year ago

Except your pets. I'm totally responsible for their happiness.

82points

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#19

When I found out I was born with an abnormally small throat and I would never get to live my dream of being a pharmaceutical tester. That was a tough pill to swallow.

PMMeUrHopesNDreams Report

Final score:

68points

P.C. 1 year ago

Thanks for this lol. Was feeling down from all of these thoughts and your li’l sunflower popped up and showed me where the sun was again- heh

25points

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#20

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Wanting to help does not mean you aren't making the situation worse.

orangemanbad3 , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

66points

Ruth 1 year ago

But at least they care and are trying. Much better than having no one to be supportive.

23points

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#21

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow you can never escape yourself

Moral_Gray_Area_ , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

65points

freakingbee (they/them) 1 year ago

i wish i could sometimes.

21points

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#22

That I have been the toxic person and destroyed relationships with people I really cared about. And the kindest thing I can do for them is to stay away from them.

satanshonda Report

Final score:

65points

MontanaMariner 1 year ago

Totally, I realized the best thing I could do for people I care about is get out of their way. No one has noticed that I disappeared. I hope life is treating them well.

14points

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#23

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Just because I would never do something to or hurt someone intentionally doesn't mean they wouldn't do it back to me.

Zeracin , Keira Burton Report

Final score:

64points

MontanaMariner 1 year ago

Especially in a relationship, never thought I could be hurt so badly with no remorse.

12points

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#24

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Sometimes the reason you aren't a doctor or lawyer or a well paying profession is simply because you were too lazy rather than not having the ability.

aigroti , Adrian Swancar Report

Final score:

64points

CD King 1 year ago

And some times you don't have the opportunity or money to go to the schools to become one of those professionals.

62points

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#25

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow That sometimes you have to forgive people for being selfish. And that sometimes you yourself have to be selfish.

ZCM1084 , Gus Moretta Report

Final score:

60points

P.C. 1 year ago

Maybe more along the lines of “self-care.” Selfishness is looking out for only yourself, and possibly hurting people and things for personal gain.

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#26

I'm never going to be as important to some people as they are to me, no matter what I do.

rns_020609 Report

Final score:

59points

NotTodaySatan!! 1 year ago

My mom always said in every relationship someone gives more and someone takes more. The goal is trying to keep it as balanced as you can. Historically, for me, this has been true.

12points

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#27

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow I'm not a millionaire who is down on his luck. I was born poor. I am poor. I will die poor. I will never be very wealthy.

CalvinSpurge , Aaron Burden Report

Final score:

58points

Timmy Pillinger 1 year ago (edited)

I've decided that the definition of middle class is that good financial decisions will help. The rich can f€#&up big time and still be rich. The poor can do everything right and the deck is still stacked.

21points

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#28

People very close to you will die, and you will find a way to live on.

Vincent__Vega Report

Final score:

55points

Tee Rat 1 year ago

Time goes on with or without us.

17points

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#29

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Sometimes love just ain't enough.

anon , Katie Salerno Report

Final score:

53points

P.C. 1 year ago

That’s when everyone tells me God is… there’s a hole in us all, and they say that God helps mend/fill it. Sorry for talking about this so much. when I get thinking, I ponder this stuff deeply too. It’s part of my identity

11points

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#30

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow The people you love can die, just like that. Suicide, accidents, whatever. And the reasons you’re missing them are, oftentimes, quite selfish. If they [unalived] themselves, then having them back here, right now, would probably just make them miserable.

kayisbadatstuff , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

52points

MontanaMariner 1 year ago

Very true. I'm alive because my mom is the one person on earth that cares that I'm still on earth, I can't ever tell her how much I suffer so that she won't suffer from getting that phone call.

23points

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#31

That obesity can't just go away without doing something.

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52points

NotTodaySatan!! 1 year ago

Well it can if you're sick enough. And sadly it absolutely can arrive without doing anything.

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#32

there is profit in human suffering.

Final score:

51points

SofiaB 1 year ago

This is why health insurance and pharmaceutical companies exist!

22points

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#33

Everyone is capable of evil. Even myself.

c0keinmouth Report

Final score:

50points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

This is absolutely true!

11points

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#34

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow The only constant in my life is me. I can do all I want to keep another person in my life, but we ultimately do not decide whether they stick around or not.

Chango99 , Valeria Ushakova Report

Final score:

47points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

I actually the think the only thing that is constant is change, and thus not “me”

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#35

No matter how much anyone likes you or loves you, they have their own life to live and you have your own life to live. No one else is really going to help you or fix things for you. You are on your own and always will be.

Final score:

47points

Ruth 1 year ago

I disagree. I was fortunate enough to have wonderful parents who were always ready and willing to help me until they died, and I will do the same for my child.

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#36

Being right doesn't mean I'll win, or that anyone will like me or care.

Final score:

46points

MontanaMariner 1 year ago

Yep. I'm at the point where I want even argue anymore. Being right isn't worth the energy for someone that doesn't care either way.

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#37

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow You can't help anyone that isn't helping themselves. There's nothing you can do for them unless they help themselves too. *Nothing.*

codered434 , https://www.pexels.com/photo/ocean-wave-splashing-on-dock-1683492/ Report

Final score:

45points

Michael Largey 1 year ago

I don't know. CPR and the Heimlich Manuever come to mind.

24points

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#38

Everyone has things you don't know about them

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43points

Michael Largey 1 year ago

And keep it that way.

14points

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#39

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow That all good things come to an end at some point. Just got out of a rough spot because of that. Things are really starting to go good, and I really don't want it to end, but one day it will. Hopefully that day is a long ways away.

Bnigma , Ricky Esquivel Report

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39points

Em 1 year ago

You always hear this, but never the reverse. All bad things eventually end too.

31points

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#40

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow It’s much easier to give advice than make change in ones own life.

anon , Alex Green Report

Final score:

39points

Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)

"I always pass along good advice. It is never any use to one's self." - Oscar Wilde

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#41

Your parents are not perfect, and you can’t change them.

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39points

NotTodaySatan!! 1 year ago

Who is walking around thinking their parents are perfect? And who thinks they have the power to change them? Hell I've seen people walk through their parent's door and instantly go from being 45 to 15 regressing to children.

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#42

I was born to sell my labor and die

Final score:

37points

Junebugjump! 1 year ago

I really hate this fact.

12points

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#43

Life isn't segmented (child, teen, adult, parent) it's just a constant flow with no breaks to settle in

Final score:

36points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

The East has always understood this

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#44

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Some people like being unhappy

TeaDrinkingUnicorns , whoislimos Report

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35points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

Sketchy comment in my opinion. Nobody wants to be unhappy. Some are just given a f****d up hand!

27points

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#45

That my mother isn’t getting any better and she’s definitely in her last weeks.

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35points

freakingbee (they/them) 1 year ago

this is hard.

19points

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#46

Windfalls usually happens to those who don't need it.

Like Millionaires winning the lottery

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CD King 1 year ago

I've always noticed that and also they are usually pretty elderly

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#47

Nowhere does it say there is anyone who will like you or that you have a special one out there

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Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

Lots of really uplifting s**t on this thread so far😂

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#48

no one is entitled to your kindness, friendship, and love

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Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

Yeah…your kids are…..

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#49

You can't help everyone

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Ample Aardvark 1 year ago

Also, on a similar note, you can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped

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#50

Sometimes it’s genetics, and it doesn’t matter how you try to counterbalance it. It sucks and, most likely, not your fault.

Also it’s damned expensive

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32points

Shawnie Motschenbacher 1 year ago

Type 1 diabetes diagnosis on my 26 year old son.

9points

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#51

You can't change someone.

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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 1 year ago

But sometimes you can open their eyes enough for them to start changing themeselves

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#52

We are very rapidly killing our planet and us with it. For example, it took millions of years to form the ozone layer. How long did it take for us put a hole in it? Les than 1 million.

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CD King 1 year ago

It will take a lot more to kill the planet but we will kill ourselves... which is not a bad thing for the planet.

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#53

Happiness has a ton to do with things you can't control, like genetics.

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Aileen Grist 1 year ago

No-one can expect to be happy all the time. Contentment with your life is very healing though.

0points

#54

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Trying to swallow one right now. That an 8 year relationship might not work. People can change and diverge over time.

goldeneag , Fred Moon Report

Final score:

11points

RabidChild 1 year ago

Even after 30 years...

0points

#55

You're basically powerless.

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Brooklyn Roffman 1 year ago

Sad but true

1point

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#56

Not everything can be solves with an apology

Final score:

11points

Michael Largey 1 year ago

Sorry!

2points

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#57

Opportunity cost is a very real thing. The time I spent scrolling through Reddit today could've been spent on something I actually enjoyed or on studying or helping people or anything else.

TinManOz Report

Final score:

11points

#58

50 Honest Accounts Of The Hardest Metaphorical Pills People Ever Had To Swallow Your primary aim is not to achieve some purpose. You are not just a tool.

edgyversion , energepic.com Report

Final score:

10points

Saint Tim the Godless 1 year ago

This is the best thing you can learn if you are a young person. You are not your job. There is no plan. You are not here for some grand purpose. Life is short: live fiercely and try to find happiness.

1point

#59

Sometimes it doesn't matter how hard you try, you'll fail.

Tsquare43 Report

Final score:

10points

CD King 1 year ago

Some of the most successful people got to the top basically on timing and luck

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#60

That, at the end of the day, I'm responsible for what happens in my life. Sometimes people do s****y things, that are unwarranted and out of my control, but I get to choose how I react to it and how it impacts my mental health. If I want to be free, its on me and no one else. Someone f***s me over, I shouldn't have trusted them. I got fired from my job, I should have been a better employee. Oh, that boss was a d**k? Well,he didn't show up with a gun and force me to work for him.

Basically, the world exists. Businesses, governments and the people that make them up exist regardless of me. I am responsible for navigating that to the best of my ability.

reasonableliberty Report

Final score:

10points

Saint Tim the Godless 1 year ago

Yeah, whatever helps you sleep at night, but this is just moral cowardice.

2points

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#61

Pain, sadness, anger, fear, sickness, loneliness are all necessary for you to appreciate happiness, togetherness, serenity, healthiness and life in general.

SoupmanBob Report

Final score:

10points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

Only if happiness, togetherness, serenity and healthiness ever show up after

1point

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#62

The Krusty Krab is shaped like a crab trap

Captain-Thiccbeard Report

Final score:

9points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

Huh?

1point

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#63

That I'm a good person, despite what my brain constantly wants to tell me.

Cyanide_Kitty_101 Report

Final score:

9points

Bookworm 1 year ago

Thanks

1point

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#64

There is nobody in the world who can save you, it’s all on you. Be it your mental health or your happiness, nobody can help you truly except yourself.

veganconnor Report

Final score:

9points

Zipitty Doodah 1 year ago

Nobody can help you truly accept yourself, except yourself

0points

#65

"What other people think about you is none of your business"

bettypiness Report

Final score:

9points

Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago

Perhaps I don't give a damn. The opinion of others is not going to make my life one bit easier, so allowing that to rent space in my head is insanity.

0points

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Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#66

No matter how much you love each other, if it's not meant to be you can try as hard as you want and it's still not gonna work.

tinyoctopuss Report

Final score:

9points

#67

Everyone we will ever come in contact with will be dead one day

CamSkeeze Report

Final score:

9points

Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago

How many times is this going to be posted?

3points

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#68

My success is more a product of the circumstances I was born into than a product of hard work.

aronenark Report

Final score:

9points

Mike Y 1 year ago

Read "the circumstances I was born into" as "luck."

1point

#69

Not everything will be logical or make any sense at all.

Final score:

8points

Mike Y 1 year ago

Everything has its own logic

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#70

You can't force people to reason, if they don't want to. Also if they want to do something with you, they would do something about you. And finally - for some people actions and words go in completely opposite directions. Always look at the actions. In a sense I knew all these things theoretically, but it's different when you get the experience to validate it

cybelechild Report

Final score:

8points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

Especially with politics in this polarized USA

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"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#71

Egocentric Bias.

We tend to remember things how they pertain to ourselves, not other people. Often our memories of our experiences put ourselves in the best possible light to maintain our ego.

Somebody can do something that's really embarrasing. They'll typically recall that it was no big deal and people laughed.

We'll yell at people who drive poorly and complain about it later. When we do the exact same thing later on we chuckle and laugh it off to maintain ego.

When we complain about people being stupid, we've usually done the same thing before. We forget quickly due to our egocentric bias so our ego can be maintained. We s**t on others for doing the same thing because we don't remember we do the same s**t and it boosts our own egos to do so.

We're all dumb sometimes. That's okay.

bmatthewi21 Report

Final score:

8points

Jude Corrigan 1 year ago

Or we judge ourselves by our intentions but others by their actions.

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#72

When I die, I think it is very likely that my consciousness will not persist, and that makes me sad and scared to die.

iamveryresponsible Report

Final score:

8points

Em 1 year ago

How can you be afraid of something you won't be aware of?

3points

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“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#73

Sometimes there's no right choice, sometimes the outcome will be bad no matter what you choose to do, but you still have to choose.

Trayohw220 Report

Final score:

8points

Totally happy Panda 1 year ago

This. I m going through something like this right now.

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#74

I am the most reliable level headed person alive in my family. Therefore I can't really count on anyone. I miss my Dad.

Final score:

8points

Liz Tippett 1 year ago

did i write this?

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#75

Nothing in life dictates ease, fairness, or justice. We try to set up institutions to pursue these goals, but more often than not they are corrupted by the nature of people. It is hard to admit that your life is a burden you need to carry. It is hard to accept that sometimes, you will do everything right and fail. It is hard to address that however hard you push yourself, life is bound to throw new obstacles your way and never give you a break.

The hardest pill to swallow is that of total responsibility. But when we look in history at peoples who have attempted to relieve themselves from this duty, we find the genesis of despotism.

goodnt-guy Report

Final score:

7points

Saint Tim the Godless 1 year ago

None of this is a justification not to rage against that unfairness and injustice.

0points

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#76

Solely being with her won't make me happy.

Final score:

7points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

But we dumb a*s men never learn that lesson!

0points

#77

Sometimes no matter how hard you try and work when if it's not for you it's not for you and then there's people that's much better than you.

SinkingCarpet Report

Final score:

6points

MontanaMariner 1 year ago

*there are people that are...

1point

#78

Apparently her love fades.

Erethiel117 Report

Final score:

5points

#79

If you're male, the legal system doesn't give a f**k about you.

dystopianview Report

Final score:

5points

Michael Largey 1 year ago

The exact opposite of the truth.

7points

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Miglė Miliūtė

A writer here at Bored Panda, I am a lover of good music, good food, and good company, which makes food-related topics and feel-good stories my favorite ones to cover. Passionate about traveling and concerts, I constantly seek occasions to visit places yet personally unexplored. I also enjoy spending free time outdoors, trying out different sports—even if I don’t look too graceful at it—or socializing over a cup of coffee.

A writer here at Bored Panda, I am a lover of good music, good food, and good company, which makes food-related topics and feel-good stories my favorite ones to cover. Passionate about traveling and concerts, I constantly seek occasions to visit places yet personally unexplored. I also enjoy spending free time outdoors, trying out different sports—even if I don’t look too graceful at it—or socializing over a cup of coffee.

Ieva Pečiulytė

I'm a Visual Editor for Bored Panda. I’m also an analog collage artist. My love for images and experience in layering goes well with both creating collages by hand and working with digital images as an Editor. When I’m not using my kitchen area as an art studio I also do various experiments making my own cosmetics or brewing kombucha. When I’m not at home you would most definitely find me attending a concert or walking my dog.

I'm a Visual Editor for Bored Panda. I’m also an analog collage artist. My love for images and experience in layering goes well with both creating collages by hand and working with digital images as an Editor. When I’m not using my kitchen area as an art studio I also do various experiments making my own cosmetics or brewing kombucha. When I’m not at home you would most definitely find me attending a concert or walking my dog.

What do you think ?

Steven 1 year ago

Most of these points have some truth to them. Yet they are cold, limited in scope, and are bleak. Comfort and hope aren't present.

8points

Deb Swan 1 year ago

"metaphorical"??

5points

badger 1 year ago

that's what I came down here for. 'existential' instead maybe?

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Connie Martin 1 year ago

Yes, absolutely the wrong word. BP apparently has no copy editors

0points

Yoyo 1 year ago

Yeah that's not the word I would use.

0points

Iblowsheep_V3.2 1 year ago

this is the biggest load i have seen in awhile, and i frequent THIS website, so that says something.

3points

JoyfulZebra 1 year ago (edited)

Some of these were good, but at the end of the day it's life advice from reddit. Make of that what you will.

3points

Bookworm 1 year ago

Meh

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LooseSeal's $10 Banana 1 year ago

You're wrong about something and just don't know it yet. There's just no way that somebody has it all right. The mark of maturity is being able to accept that you're wrong and change your mind.

1point

Kevin J. Henning 1 year ago

They all sound like they were taken from bumper stickers.

1point

Mr.G86 1 year ago

How's that infantilizing? Letting people learn on their own is one of the best possible ways for anyone to learn about themselves. What are your strengths and what are your weaknesses. If I pointed everything out to my wife, then I'd be an a*****e. But trying to give someone a different perspective without being condescending is not infantslizing anyone. Ty and have a great weekend!

1point

Mr.G86 1 year ago

Well people sometimes go through some harsh circumstances and shut down. When your personality is affected and you bo longer socialize or care about what goes on around, you become dead inside, numb to the world around you. I hope this helped @ohjojo

1point

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago

These r just depressing man

1point

Angela Allen Simms 1 year ago

This post will enlighten someone and someone will see themselves in anyone of these scenarios. If it doesn't resonate with you please move on the drone you're looking for isn't here...

0points

the human bean 1 year ago

every relationship ends in either breakup, divorce, or death

0points

Connie Martin 1 year ago

BP has gone downhill big time.

0points

Hae'vyn Smith 1 year ago

When it comes to the justice system you're not innocent until proven %3 need.

0points

Charlotte Dupre 1 year ago

I don't have what it needs to accomplish great things.

0points

Yoyo 1 year ago

That your per will die in just so many years.

0points

Steven 1 year ago

Most of these points have some truth to them. Yet they are cold, limited in scope, and are bleak. Comfort and hope aren't present.

8points

Deb Swan 1 year ago

"metaphorical"??

5points

badger 1 year ago

that's what I came down here for. 'existential' instead maybe?

2points

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Connie Martin 1 year ago

Yes, absolutely the wrong word. BP apparently has no copy editors

0points

Yoyo 1 year ago

Yeah that's not the word I would use.

0points

Iblowsheep_V3.2 1 year ago

this is the biggest load i have seen in awhile, and i frequent THIS website, so that says something.

3points

JoyfulZebra 1 year ago (edited)

Some of these were good, but at the end of the day it's life advice from reddit. Make of that what you will.

3points

Bookworm 1 year ago

Meh

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LooseSeal's $10 Banana 1 year ago

You're wrong about something and just don't know it yet. There's just no way that somebody has it all right. The mark of maturity is being able to accept that you're wrong and change your mind.

1point

Kevin J. Henning 1 year ago

They all sound like they were taken from bumper stickers.

1point

Mr.G86 1 year ago

How's that infantilizing? Letting people learn on their own is one of the best possible ways for anyone to learn about themselves. What are your strengths and what are your weaknesses. If I pointed everything out to my wife, then I'd be an a*****e. But trying to give someone a different perspective without being condescending is not infantslizing anyone. Ty and have a great weekend!

1point

Mr.G86 1 year ago

Well people sometimes go through some harsh circumstances and shut down. When your personality is affected and you bo longer socialize or care about what goes on around, you become dead inside, numb to the world around you. I hope this helped @ohjojo

1point

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago

These r just depressing man

1point

Angela Allen Simms 1 year ago

This post will enlighten someone and someone will see themselves in anyone of these scenarios. If it doesn't resonate with you please move on the drone you're looking for isn't here...

0points

the human bean 1 year ago

every relationship ends in either breakup, divorce, or death

0points

Connie Martin 1 year ago

BP has gone downhill big time.

0points

Hae'vyn Smith 1 year ago

When it comes to the justice system you're not innocent until proven %3 need.

0points

Charlotte Dupre 1 year ago

I don't have what it needs to accomplish great things.

0points

Yoyo 1 year ago

That your per will die in just so many years.

0points

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