Here is one: If you post a factual statement on Bored Panda, people will down vote it because it contradicts their illusion.

There are two kinds of people in the world, no matter who you are, what you believe or not, or where you live. Nice people and a******s. Sometimes a******s can be nice, and sometimes nice people can be a******s, but you’re pretty much one or the other—-however, it’s NOT for you to decide. Other people are the ones who get to decide your designation. So you may think you’re a good person, but in reality you’re an a*****e. Or vice-versa. All you can do is try to be better, if you want to. Whether you succeed or not is something you can’t really predict with certainty.

Being in denial about something is not going to make your life easier. For example both my partner and I are disabled but I have accepted it and he hasn't. I get the help I need when I asked for it I get access to better services because I accept being disabled. He refuses to admit that he's disabled but at the same time he doesn't see me as being weak for accepting it. It's just a weird little quirk in his personality.

My grandfather always told me, "there's only two things you can take to your grave. One is your name the second, your reputation. Better make damn sure they are good ones!" He's right! I take that to heart

one for parents: your kid is their own person and will follow their own path in life. even it it upsets you. deal with it. im not sorry for leaving the church

Everyone has privilege it's just shows in different situations. Johari window When and where you are born is one of the most significant factors in your life. It shapes your reality more than anything. More often than not children are messed up because their parents dropped the ball not because of society. Parents make kids, kids grow up and change parts of society and than have kids who go on to do the same thing. Systems aren't evil, people are just not as good (in the perfection sense) as we think. Those systems AND people are why you have the outlooks you have. Humans are emotional storytellers above everything. Pulling yourself by your bootstraps is an impossible task, literally what it means. People will twist things to fit their narrative despite being factually wrong. And a s**t ton more things.

Nothing like starting out the New Year being depressed over all the c**p I read on this post. However, I did find out I'm not as fu**ed up as I thought. Some people have some awful stuff going on. I'm fortunate.

Life advice from my father, bless his departed soul : happiness doesn't need to be fulfilling some grand dream of going to space or achieving world peace; it can be found in your perfectly brewed morning tea, or between the pages of your favorite novel.

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WOW!! I sure as the world don't ever want to meet the horrendously negative person or people who wrote this swill! Just reading the first few bits is so depressing, one is far better off just shutting the whole post down. Plain and simply creepy.

I posit, that after an indeterminate age point (mostly 20-25 in my opinion of generality, though everyone is an individual) who you are as a person is your own fault. If, after some number of years you can't/won't/don't sit down and figure out the difference between reality as you have lived it vs what you were taught to believe YOU have failed yourself. Not everything is your parents fault.

This are all just poor takes on reality sadly. Don't read this, like always this are just excuses people use to justify why they are miserable. Times use to be much, much worse, we are living in the best times in the history of the world. Stop focusing so much on the negative or that is all you're going to see. All this makes up such a small percentage of the world yet we blow it up bigger then it really is. Not trying to undermine some of the hardships out there just stating there is so much more good out there. That's the true harsh reality =:3

Evil doesn't always lose

This one concerns and disgusts me - Think about how Genghis is looked upon in our history books. A man who conquered so many lands, impressively in his abilities. Ignoring the millions that died and suffered horribly at his hands. Now look at the modern day monster who have committed the same crimes. In centuries to come, how do you think they will ultimately be reviewed. Humanities ability to change focus on atrocities is sickening, but ultimately inevitable.

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Here's one for the young men out there... Once you give a woman all the kids she wants, several things are going to happen. First, she is going to chop off her hair, let herself go, and get fat. At this point, you and your needs drop to the bottom of her priority list. And finally, unless she needs your income, she is going to kick you to the curb, divorce you, and sue you for child support. Young men, you have been warned. Find a woman who doesn't want children or pay the consequences. I'm 61 and never had children. It's one of the few decisions I made early in life that I have never regretted.