People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries

It’s pretty easy to take something for granted when you’ve had it for most of your life. As you grow up, you start to notice that in reality, a lot of things many of us take for granted are considered desirable rarities for folks who are worse off.
Someone asked “What’s a luxury that many people don’t realize is a luxury?” and netizens shared their best examples. We also got in touch with the person who made the thread to learn more. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts and ideas in the comments section below.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Living alone, in solitude, doing whatever the hell you want.

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Liz The Biz 1 month ago

This 100%.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Open minded, loving, supportive, understanding, & caring parents.

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Nils Skirnir 1 month ago

Never had this

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Being able to publicly call the leader of their country an idiot, with no consequences from the government.

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Guy Bare 1 month ago

Yeah THAT !!!! I'm sick of hearing our (french) president is a "Dictator" Nah don't get me wrong, I don't appreciate him. But we are not run by a dictator. I just want to tell these people : Ok then just go and try living in North Korea.

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Bored Panda got in touch with the netizen who posted the question and they were kind enough to share some more of their thoughts with us. Naturally, we wanted to know if there was a story behind their curiosity on this topic.

“I’ve always been very interested in the extremes and superlatives, but there’s often a disconnect between what people believe to be the most, the least, the worst and what is actually true. Thought it would be enlightening to know what misconceptions there might be and at the same time educate people on the facts.”

People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Healthy since birth...

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Serial pacifist 1 month ago

Priceless

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Knowing where your next meal is coming from.

Getting out of bed in the morning and having a comfortable place to pee.

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Guy Bare 1 month ago

Comfortable, safe, and private

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Autopay for bills and utilities. If you don’t need to check your account to pay a bill, that’s living a good life for me.

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Serial pacifist 1 month ago (edited)

I often try to explain to my kids how much of a blessing is having a simple faucet with running, clean water. Not only was it the stuff of sci-fi around the world a hundred years ago, when our great-grandmothers would go to the river to wash/clean/ bring drinking water, but it is unfortunately (and scandalously) a luxury even today for billions of people around the world.

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The thread had quite a few responses, so we wanted to know why they thought it ended up being so popular. “Good questions need to be ones that people are excited to both read and answer. This meant that a lot of people would initially post because they have strong feelings about something and then it snowballed into something big,” they shared.

People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Air travel. People b***h and complain about everything: the seats are too small, it costs too much, food sucks, the flight was delayed. But it's pretty amazing to pay a few hundred dollars and arrive on the other side of the country (or globe) the same day.

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Nils Skirnir 1 month ago

Don’t care much about the food or entertainment. The seats do suck though.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Living in a home that's secure from the elements, safe from crime and in a good neighborhood. Not available for alot of people.

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Rachknits 1 month ago

Safe from war too

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Having free time for hobbies, travel, and enjoy leisure activities. Many people in poverty or working multiple jobs don't have time or money.

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Nea 1 month ago

Everybody has 24 hours in a day is such a flawed statement.

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Lastly, we wanted to know if they had any favorites from the thread or personal examples. “Definitely none that are as good as the ones in the thread but I think people overestimate the probability of gaining popularity or success doing the same things as other people. The balance of novelty and establishment is a hard one to reach. Novel enough that it is not so saturated but established enough that there is a likelihood of success.”

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Laundry machines!

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Guy Bare 1 month ago

Clean clothes, true luxury

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Tattoos. I’m a tattoo artist. Don’t argue with me about the price being too high or how you “need” a tattoo. They’re a luxury that you save for, you absolutely don’t “need” it and should never prioritise them over bills, food, etc.

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Robin DJW 1 month ago

Well said.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries A good quality bed.

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Lady Lestrange 1 month ago

Along with a good quality sleep.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Having a healthy brain (no mental health issues).

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Nea 1 month ago

I have most of the ‘luxuries’ listed in this post but suffer from crippling OCD and anxiety. Takes away a lot from how enjoyable my life could be. Still count my blessings though 🙏🏻

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Buying things in bulk. Not everyone can shell out that much money at once, even if it saves money in the long run. Also, not everyone has the space to store it.

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Nea 1 month ago

I like this. I see the difference in how we used to shop groceries in my childhood and how we do now as we progressed monetarily.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Being able to get your kids braces, glasses, and whatever other health related things they need.
Shopping for food and new basic clothes without having to worry about not having money left.

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Magenta Blu 1 month ago

Dental care. People can live with not aligned tooth, but not being able to afford dental care is sad.. i have been trying for almost A YEAR to save enough for a dentist appointment, but I just cant save, because i have to eat, pay bills and feed my family... So dental care have always to wait

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Having a regular 9-5, not having to work evenings or weekend.

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sturmwesen 1 month ago

Being able to reduce your hours for mental health.. I am down to 35 and still struggle to build up my energy again. I was asked if I wanted less hours. Who is gonna pay my bills?

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Experiencing silence.

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Tucker Cahooter 1 month ago

Since developing tinnitus, silence is something I will never experience again unfortunately

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries 8-10 hours of sleep!

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Guy Bare 1 month ago

When kids will Turin 14 and sleep 12-13 hours of sleep each night, maybe I will be able to sleep 8 hours my self

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#19

It may seem minor, but having a variety of shops, restaurants, and activities in your town. A lot of people(in the US, at least) only have a Walmart, McDonalds and a disheveled bowling alley in their town.

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Historyharlot93 1 month ago

Don’t forget the gas station Subway franchise!!

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#20

Having a closet full of clothes and shoes for different occasions/seasons. Many people have only a few outfits and struggle to stay warm or dry.

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PattyK 1 month ago

Many people have only one outfit and it’s mostly rags.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Living past age 30 with no tooth problems.

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Bec 1 month ago

Access to affordable dental care. I know I went without in my 20s due to lack of insurance, playing catch up once I got insurance was not fun (as I also have a bit of anxiety about the dentist). I wish I would have spent a little $ or utilized free or low cost services for upkeep in those years.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries # High-Speed Internet. Many areas in the world still struggle with slow or no internet connectivity.

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Liz The Biz 1 month ago

I wish we could go back at least 30 years to when we didn't have the Internet. We've allowed ourselves to be shoehorned into a world where nothing functions without the Internet and it causes more problems than it solves. Look at the recent Microsoft outage. In my workplace for example, when the Internet goes down the computers don't work, the phones don't work, the CCTV doesn't work, even the photocopier doesn't work. Everybody gets angry when there's no Internet. The world was a much happier, simpler place before the Internet.

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People Discuss What 30 Things Not Everyone Realizes Are Luxuries Being able to contemplate deeper topics and explore concepts. I’ve been in situations where I’m just thinking about survival and getting through another day. Never in there could I sit and think about anything else.

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Bec 1 month ago

Not just the deeper topics, but having the luxury to plan for the future. If you are in survival mode, you are often only thinking ahead to making it through the next day or week - starting an emergency fund isn't a first thought

15points

#30

Ice. Americans in particular seem to think it just magically appears, but it requires both clean water and electricity to make.

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Victoria Pitt 1 month ago

lol no one think it magically appears, what the heck...

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Note: this post originally had 41 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

What do you think ?

I was expecting to see drinkable tap water. And sewerage systems.

Crescent 3 1 month ago

Unpaid Internships - Some of my friends in college and law school were able to take unpaid internships in our field. However, I, and many others could not afford to work and not get paid because we had to pay for our rent, food, and other bills. So while the more well-off folks were getting valuable experience and developing contacts for the future, I was delivering pizzas or working on a moving truck during my breaks. This gave them a tremendous advantage when it came to applications and interviews.

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Will Cable 1 month ago

For me it is peace and quiet. Unless you live in the middle of nowhere it is a luxury. I find myself wearing earplugs more and more.

I like where I live, it is a pretty safe neighborhood, but there are so many obnoxious motorcycles and cars that rev their engines. I visited a friend for a week in a really nice area with mainly vacation homes, one thing I noticed was how quiet it was.

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