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Hey Pandas, What Are Some Everyday, Ordinary Things You Think People Take For Granted? (Closed)

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I went out one beautiful day this summer, after all the rain we've had and more coming, I smelled something unexpected in the city. It smelled like an ocean breeze with lush plants, flowers and fresh air. All I wanted to do was just inhale it all and be outside for the remainder of the day. My daughter noticed it when I told her. My mom didn't understand what I was talking about. We don't live anywhere close to an ocean, the wind was coming from the south in the middle of the prairies, but we had so much rain lately and so much greenery. The past few summers have been rough and the winters were harsh. Most of the time we've been inside.

It saddens me when I see someone lighting up a cigarette right when they step outside. I just want to tell them to take a moment, or anyone really, like really take some time to appreciate the lovely smell of the summer breeze and just take it all in.

What are some things you think people don't notice or appreciate but should?

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#1

Waking up pain-free is something that most people take for granted. I think people who don’t suffer from any chronic pain disability are blessed and will never understand this invisible disability.

Final score:

18points

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#2

The moon. Its pull on our tides. Its navigational assistance. Its lighting up the night. And it’s unbelievably gorgeous. Silver! The minute I step outside when it’s visible, my eyes are drawn to it like a magnet, and we say “hello”.

Final score:

13points

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#3

Their health. Having a healthy body is a privilege and so many people abuse it.

Final score:

12points

#4

Life itself

Final score:

10points

Titas Burinskas

#5

I must admit I take food in supermarkets and the money in my wallet to buy it for granted.

Final score:

9points

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#6

Exactly what you said in the title. Everyday, ordinary things. The weather we sometimes love or hate. Someone wishes for a sunny day, someone wishes for rain. Our tiny apartment. Our huge house (you gotta keep that clean!). Our lousy job. Our lack of job (we need money to survive). Our children. Our lack of children. Our pets. Our overabundance of pet hair. Our lack of pets. You name it, you on't know what you've got until it's gone, and the grass is always greener on the other side. Take a look around you for a moment and appreciate everything you have

Final score:

8points

#7

Rainy nights and good books.

Final score:

7points

3 Trash Pandas (She/They)

#8

After caring for my own parents and losing my father just last year it’s made me realize how many people forget about the elderly people in their lives. I guess I never thought about it before and this is definitely a big commitment and I understand everyone has their own lives to live but I would love to see more people taking care of our elders. I think a lot of people either get caught up in their own things or expect others to take care of mom, dad, grandma, or grandpa. These folks are to be cherished and celebrated. Not forgotten.

Final score:

6points

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#9

Their pancreas. Do I need to explain?

Final score:

6points

HELLUVA SEAGULL

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#10

Flushing toilets / indoor plumbing!

Nothing reminds you to appreciate indoor plumbing quite like enduring a "vault / pit /outhouse toilet" at a "rusic" campground for two whole weeks! Wuth no sink or shower, either!

Was beyond grateful to get home and shower (without hauling multiple buckets of water from a well tap)... and especially grateful to just walk across the hall to pee (Seriously! Who wants to walk a quarter mile in the middle of the night with a lantern... only to worry about mosquitoes biting you in the a*s... while sitting on the smelliest toilet ever as you literally hover over a hole filled with other people's excrement? 🤢).

Loved the trip, but was certainly glad to return to the normalcy of civilization... and indoor plumbing!

On that same note, electricity is another thing we take for granted (yet really miss when its not available)!

Final score:

6points

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#11

Animals cats,dogs,fish,birds snakes,ferrets,etc
They make you feel better.

Final score:

5points

#12

The sky. If you look up, you see this vast, beautiful sky and nobody seems to appreciate how pretty it is.

Final score:

5points

#13

Subtle beauty everywhere- the dandelion growing through a crack in the concrete, vines dangling from a brick wall, the sunset going below the trees. My favorite thing to do, that I realize I am extremely lucky to be able to- is looking at the stars on a clear night. Though most people in the country don’t realize that a large amount of our population never sees the Milky Way, because of light pollution in the city’s.

Final score:

5points

#14

love, friendship, confidence....a sense of belonging?

Final score:

4points

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#15

Living in America. Not a perfect place but. It better than other countries and those who are here always complaining about America.

Final score:

4points

Weridwierdwired

#16

The nation we live in. The pandemic showed me how much so many really don’t appreciate the structure of this nation and the codes out there to keep everyone safe. When there came a time to have to do more, so many screamed about their “rights”. I don’t think the wearing of masks ever came up during the Constitutional Convention in 1789.🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Final score:

3points

#17

I know one bitter, angry, and miserable man who takes EVERYTHING for granted. I personally know people who have had their arms and legs blown off in combat and people who are dying of cancer who are happier than this fool.

Final score:

3points

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#18

Having enough food and a roof over their heads

Final score:

3points

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#19

Definitely getting enough sleep. I’ve been informally diagnosed with late insomnia, meaning I wake up super early.
Be grateful for your sleep, people.

Final score:

3points

#20

That there comes water out of the faucet when you open it. In general: how good our lifes are compared to the life people live on other sides of this world.

Final score:

2points

#21

the fact that we have taps and can access fresh water 24/7

Final score:

2points

#22

Breathing.
I have one good lung and one that is half the size it should be. Birth defect.
I get short of breath often and am currently battling covid.
I will never know what perfect breathing feels like.

Final score:

2points

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#23

walking. never realized how much i enjoyed walking till i can't anymore.

Final score:

2points

#24

Clean water available right now. No need to go to a well or walk long distances and lug it back home.

Final score:

2points

Madam Puddyfoot

#25

Your youthful metabolism. Once you hit a certain age that thing just goes...LOL Bye.

Final score:

2points

#26

People don’t generally take for granted all the things they DON’T have: like NOT getting into a car accident after work, (it’s life changing when we do, but most don’t celebrate getting home safe without incident… NOT being wheelchair bound, NOT being allergic to many common things, NOT having a son addicted to heroin… The absence of trauma is DEF something to be grateful for! EX: I never took it for granted that I hadn’t ever been attacked by a dog until I was.

Final score:

2points

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#27

Free will. The ability to get up and do as I please for the day.

Final score:

1point

#28

Empathy ! Some people have no regards for you at all and love to gaslight you. It appears the more empathetic you are the worse you are treated. I was in a relationship for close to 2 years and found all along he was narcissistic and lied about whole life mostly. I almost married him. Luckily gut feeling showed me his issues.I continued to try with him and offered to help because he has sexual addiction. He can’t stop, always on social media with women etc. I even proved sources online. Unfortunately he said “ no hacked account “. All lies! Last night he needed a cool place to sleep and shower because his water and electricity was not set up yet because I kicked him out. Because of my empathy and over caring I let him stay at my house. He left to say “ thanks and things will get better when his hacked accounts get fixed”. Really? Never will that happen. But in long run I still help and try to be good to people. In long run I just hurt myself. There’s very few people in the world that can truly be empathetic. It is sad because I am pretty much telling him to get help and I would take him back.Looking back I know u can not help people who won’t help them selves and never appears to see my worth and empathy for him. I answered most of my questions I know he is a narcissist but how hurtful they are. No empathy.

Final score:

1point

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#29

Clean tap water

Final score:

1point

#30

Time.

Final score:

1point

#31

Hot water/indoor plumbing. Imagine having to bathe cold in the winter....outside....with a sponge...

Final score:

0points

StrangeOne

Hello. I don't really know what to put here. My POV isn't always the popular opinion, I do like toying with Devil's Advocate, and thinking outside the box. I treat everyone with respect, so please respect me. You'll find that I gravitate to lifestyle, worldly, nature, culture and other social interest topics.

Hello. I don't really know what to put here. My POV isn't always the popular opinion, I do like toying with Devil's Advocate, and thinking outside the box. I treat everyone with respect, so please respect me. You'll find that I gravitate to lifestyle, worldly, nature, culture and other social interest topics.

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This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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Frey 1 year ago

Parents that love you for who you are 💛🤍💜🖤

1point

Nerf Hofnagle 2 years ago

Freedom. Firefighters. Water. Life.

0points

Frey 1 year ago

Parents that love you for who you are 💛🤍💜🖤

1point

Nerf Hofnagle 2 years ago

Freedom. Firefighters. Water. Life.

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