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30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think How ridiculously sexualized everything is.

I don't mean this in a pearl-clutching, "offensive to good family values" way. I mean that twelve-year-olds are being convinced that they need to buy clothes and makeup that make them look eighteen. I mean that high schoolers are convinced that there's something wrong with them if they don't lose their virginity by graduation. I mean that the entertainment industry compromises the health of their talent to make them look good for one shot, one show, one music video.

And so often this problem is framed as "you don't need to do/look like/act like X to be sexy!" You almost never hear people saying, "Hey, actually being sexy is not that important and it's okay if you don't want to be."

crumbledlighthouse , Hanbyul❤ Report

Final score:

226points

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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

And this begins in infancy. I've seen onesies for boys that say "Ladies' man," for example. Seriously?

100points

Muttiblus , Presidencia de la República Mexicana Report

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Drug overdoses… how many result in brain injury/death. Before working in critical care, I naively thought overdose = stop breathing = dead.

So many get a round or two of CPR, left with a severe brain injury from lack of oxygen, and left to finish out a miserable life of a tracheostomy, feeding tubes, ventilators, recurrent infections of nearly all body systems, in an understaffed nursing home… Especially if they have no family who can be found (or willing to compassionately withdraw care).

On the note, it’s extremely [messed up] the lengths we go to to keep people alive. Especially when it is clearly past their time.

Final score:

191points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

As someone who took an overdose as a suicide attempt I can tell you I didn't even consider the awful possibilities of what could happen if it didn't kill me. I'm so lucky I didn't end up with liver or kidney issues. At least with death I wouldn't have suffered, but then I wouldn't have had my amazing kiddies.

111points

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think mr_oranje said:
In America (at least), you can pay strangers to kidnap your kid from their bed in the middle of the night and take them to a reform school.

DawnDeather replied:
Yup. Happened to a friend of mine when he came out as gay to his dad. Woke him up at 3 AM, threw him in the back of a car and drove 9 hours straight to a reform camp in Utah. He's trying to sue his dad because of it.

mr_oranje , Alfredo Gayou Report

Final score:

190points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

That's completely f****d up.

120points

ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ (ɴᴇᴡ ᴀᴄᴄ) 2 years ago

Ikr who the f**k would do this (psychos ofc)

9points

Adira Bennett 2 years ago

This goes beyond conversion therapy. It also applies to kids being sent to facilities for drug/alcohol rehab or mental health issues like eating disorders, suicide attempts, so-called "oppositional defiance," etc. The hired kidnappers are called "transporters" and their work is made possible by the many for-profit youth "residential treatment centers" located conveniently in the states with the most lax legal oversight of such facilities (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada). Most of the places have poorly trained staff, underqualified therapists, woefully inadequate schooling for their teenage patients to continue their education, and non evidence-based practices ranging from unhelpful to utterly bizarre. Please search "Breaking Code Silence" and explore their resources to learn more about this subject. I can tell you from my own experience that a lot of kids are being profoundly traumatized in these places and the need for legal reform to stop it from continuing is more urgent than ever.

20points

Daniel O'Neal 2 years ago

It even happened to Paris Hilton, of all people. Google “Provo Canyon School”

2points

chuck.dont.surf 2 years ago

All of this is very true, but the original post wasn't specifically about conversion therapy, that was a comment stating an example.

1point

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

I'm so sorry if this happened to you. As a non American I have always been astounded this is legal. And that the operators of these places don't get sued all the time. What a filthy business.

0points

Sarah 2 years ago

It makes me so angry that this is still a thing. Here in Canada conversion therapy was only just officially banned nationwide in DECEMBER OF 2021!! So sad.

13points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Australia is getting closer to banning it too, thank goodness. 3 or 4 states have already gotten it criminalized. I was horrified when I found it was still legal, I expected it would have gone out in the 80s at least.

4points

Kai David 2 years ago

My in-laws and their church attempted many kidnappings. Try to get him to a gay reformation camp. Our boys are biologically mine and they attempted saviour kidnappings. I hired armed security to bodyguard our sons and my husband. Three years of living hell while we worked our way through the courts.

11points

Babsevs 2 years ago

What in the?!?!?!? Hope you are all safe now... Sending love from the UK x

5points

Pia kjærgaard 2 years ago

NO NO NO!!! Don’ tell U’r kid it’s “ Because U Love Them!!! “ !! U most really hate U’r Kids if U do that!!!

3points

Buren 2 years ago

Wait what?

3points

Apollo Brackady 2 years ago

That’s so f****d up man :(

2points

KimB 2 years ago

Okay conversion therapy aside (it's bs torture nothing more). Most of these youth camps are for last resort cares. All other means to help these kids has been exhausted and these camps are a step away from jail/juvenile detention. I see nothing wrong with these. Or the "kidnapping" to get them there. What do you think happens when you have a warrant for arrest? The police don't knock nicely and ask you to go at two in the afternoon. No they kick in your door put you in handcuffs and take you. How is this any different? These are not for kids who have a little problem they have BIG potentially life threatening problems and sometimes extreme measures need to be taken.

1point

Alienking06 2 years ago

As a someone who is gay, I am extremely thankful I live in Canada.

1point

Roxy Eastland 2 years ago

How is this not recognised as child abuse????

1point

Colin Leamon 2 years ago

As a Christian this sickens me

1point

Marcellus II 2 years ago (edited)

I remember watching a documentary on this. On how it gets kids "back on track", how it's basically an unannounced 8-week summer camp --- as good as any other summer camp, you just miss all the fun of anticipation! Because it's for bad kids (hence cannot get the fun/reward of a 'holiday'), that come out good again! I watched it a bit sceptically. Also saw a similar one where it was british middle class kids their parents had lost control over, being sent to such american camps hahaha. Spoilers: It all ended with healed families.

1point

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Oh yes. Was it a documentary or an advertorial?

0points

MetaMaxNL 2 years ago

WTF?!!! (reform camps ?)

1point

Oly-babe 5 months ago

There’s also a thing where parents pay thousands of dollars to have their kids kidnapped & spend 7 weeks in the wilderness living off the land in a state far away from where they live so they can’t just run away. Happened to my husband when he was a teen from his Mormon parents.

0points

Wesley Lucas 2 years ago

There is a fantastic web comic called Joe vs Elan that is about one of these places. It's a horrifying but absolutely riveting read: https://elan.school/

0points

Rick Hoppenbrouwer 2 years ago

The dad should be shot.

0points

Rannveig Ess 2 years ago

This is so full of BS and wrong info I don't have the energy to type up the facts.

0points

Marco Hub-Dub 2 years ago (edited)

Paris and Kathy Hilton are spearheading a visibility campaign against this. Who would have guessed the vapidness Paris once presented when younger would channel her to a position of testifying in front of congress and meeting with politicians to very intelligently articulate the horror of this.

0points

Azure Adams 2 years ago

hope he was successful in suing his dad. If not, continue to tell the story with names for public shaming of the father

0points

Lady of the Mountains 2 years ago

....never heard of this, but I guess it would be hard to make a law that would prevent this. it is the parents right to send their kid to reform school if they want, and how do you write a law that prevents them from sending them there in the middle of the night with a stranger?

0points

Eb 2 years ago

That's abuse.

0points

Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago

Hope he wins!

0points

Remi Lanier 2 years ago

i need to find this dad and slap him with as much pain as his son felt for being disowned.

0points

New Everywhere 2 years ago

What the actual f*ck.

0points

A.J Milne 2 years ago

I hope he sues him good, REAL good

0points

Cactus 1549 2 years ago

I hope the kid wins the lawsuit.

0points

Lara Verne 2 years ago

What the f**k.

0points

Suzi Q 2 years ago

It happens in human trafficking too, though parents aren't behind it. They sometimes lure the kid or teens by grooming on soc media then kidnap them at night when asleep.

-1point

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago (edited)

Oh ffs. Are you a paid up member of qanon? Because your posts would tend to suggest you are.

1point

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think hkm316 said:
Breeding dogs with horrible health issues, like French and English bulldogs who struggle to breathe their entire lives because we think they’re squished faces are cute.

IiASHLEYiI replied:
Spider Ball Pythons are another example of an animal that should not be bred. These snakes have neurological issues that leave them unstable, and give them a very pronounced head wobble.

They can potentially drown in their water dish; in severe cases, the snake can't even strike its food properly - that food usually being a thawed frozen rat offered with feeding tongs. It's very sad seeing videos of Spider Ball Pythons.

Whether you like snakes or not, you cannot deny that it is horribly cruel to continue breeding an animal with neurological issues.

hkm316 , chillilogic.com Report

Final score:

190points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Stop buying them and the market for breeders will dry up. It's that simple.

48points

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think pizzadazze said:
Influencers sharing their child's ENTIRE life on social media. Feel so sad for these kids.

Sea_Puddle replied:
Particularly when they make videos to shame them! Like the one when a kid got a bad report card and their mum was videoing them crying and begging them not to upload it to the internet. I can’t even imagine having a mindset like that.

pizzadazze , Tyler Merbler Report

Final score:

182points

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Naesil 2 years ago

Kids should have their privacy too, its one thing to show funny photo of your kids to your family members but to upload it to the whole world to see..

65points

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think StuffToday said:
Sending 18-year olds to war.

StalinsPerfectHair replied:
What if we just shortened this to 'war'.

StuffToday , 270862 Report

Final score:

174points

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Wang Zhuang 2 years ago

What is it good for? Absolutely nothing...sorry, the song just jumped into my head as I read this

60points

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Pizza-PhD said:
Alzheimer’s disease. It’s brutal (so much worse than the basic forgetfulness or confusion portrayed in movies).

abilliondollars replied:
I went to visit someone in an Alzheimers-dedicated rest home once. Walked into a common area and there was a room full of people but no one was really there. Was sad and horrifying.

idiodic-genious replied:
Alzheimer's is my genuine greatest fear, having your mind being slowly destroyed and not knowing what is true and who you are is just horrifying.

Pizza-PhD , Susumu Komatsu Report

Final score:

160points

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BusyLizzy 2 years ago

I hate the way it's always portrayed as just being forgetful. They don't often show the other issues such as paranoia, personality changes, fear, and in the later stages the person can become violent, incontinent and lose their speech. It's a truly awful disease.

92points

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think ThreeNC said:
Tinnitus. I have a mild case and it really sucks. Protect your hearing!

grm12k replied:
Holy [smokes], this. "Ringing ears" might not sound bad if you don't know better, but it's hell when it never stops. I will never have another moment of true quiet, and I can't properly describe how soul crushing that can be sometimes.

Anyone who reads this, please use ear protection.

ThreeNC , Stephen Dann Report

Final score:

158points

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Kristin Ingersoll 2 years ago

24/7 high pitched ringing. It's awful.

40points

#10

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Dying of natural causes. In movies and tv shows, it's perfectly normal people with white hair closing their eyes and going to sleep after saying something meaningful.

In real life, it's losing speech... then after a few days losing the ability to swallow food... then there's a couple days of groaning and wheezing... the eyes dry up, the lips crack and dry up... the tongue dries up... you have to dab at it to keep it moist, the whole while you are wondering if the person is conscious and enduring this in pain and madness.

The last hour or so is that weird and loud breathing that is both a gasp and groan at the same time. Each breath is a desperate act by the body to keep going until it finally stops.

Having gone through it twice with my parents, I volunteer at a palliative care ward because a lot of people go through this alone.

pattyG80 , elPadawan Report

Final score:

153points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

Dying is simply deteriorating until your body loses the fight. Death is natural, but dying is messy, traumatizing and ugly.

68points

ifeelgodinthizchilis , sergio santos Report

#11

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think ifeelgodinthizchilis said:
Social media. It has damaged the way we look at ourselves/our bodies and has arguably caused much more harm than good.

Az0riusMCBlox added:
And it has allowed the stupid to have an absurd amount of influence.

Final score:

150points

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Buren 2 years ago

I"m glad I didn't grow up in that era, I pity the kids in this era

38points

#12

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Lack of accessibility for disabled people. For most people it’s an afterthought, but for those who need it it can be life-changing, in a good or bad way. One of my friends has a neurologic disorder so that he has to move very slowly and very carefully or he falls and cannot pick himself up. People constantly give him [flack] because he’s in his 30s and he doesn’t look sick, and they think he is on drugs or something.

There have been many times when he had to give up on simple things like going to an appointment or meeting family and friends, just because of some random obstacle thrown his way, and no one giving him the time of day to help (or worse, abusing him). The frustration literally reduces him to tears sometimes. Every time he tells me one of those stories, and there are always new ones, my blood boils.

Be kind to people who struggle to move around. Not every disabled person is in a wheelchair.

Riggiro , Tim Evanson Report

Final score:

135points

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RandomBeing 2 years ago

There are so many ways to be disabled.

45points

#13

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think gravisj1 said:
The amount of disrespect for the common retail worker...

Am retail worker, I'm not your slave.

fearme101 replied:
I worked in retail for several years. I waited on a woman for clothes, shoes, etc. Helped her and did what I could. She came out of the dressing room carrying everything in her hands. I briefly thought wow is she going to buy all of this? Then she dropped everything on the floor in front of me and left. Man, that made me feel like [dung].

gravisj1 , Mike Dixon Report

Final score:

132points

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Buren 2 years ago

To people in general

24points

#14

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Health and wealth preachers. Not only do they essentially steal well meaning people's money, but they are also leading them astray from truth. Health and wealth gospel is the gnosticism of the 20th and especially the 21st century.

Jmac0585 , Inside Edition Report

Final score:

130points

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

Churches make money. By now this isn't really a shocker.

20points

#15

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think The foster care system. I’m glad it exists for obvious reasons, but good god is it a nightmare. If you have ever looked into adopting a child you will find out very quickly that it costs almost as much as a down payment on a house. In economical terms... the supply is way too large, and the demand is equally large, but the price is set so high it closes a lot of very loving families out of the equation. Not to mention the abuse a lot those poor kids have to go through in the foster care system.

zebradonkey69 , Carl Wycoff Report

Final score:

129points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

The foster care system is just one of the reasons I agree with abortion. There are just waaaaay too many kids being abused, going from home to home with no stability or aging out of the system and end up on the streets. It's heartbreaking. BTW, I am not debating with anyone about abortion, this is not what my aim is with this comment so I will not be interacting with anyone who tries.

112points

#16

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Bitter_Product said:
Obsessive compulsive disorder.

It’s only ever referenced in a funny way, and sometimes it is funny and ridiculous. But on the flipside it really effects people and can ruin lives.

unsexme replied:
I’ll add is that a lot of OCD is invisible since it’s about thought patterns. Not everyone with OCD will be obsessed with germs or safety (though the process of checking is really common), and the things they are preoccupied with and even the compulsions they act out may just exist in their head or in solitude.

_hunnuh_ elaborated:
As someone who is diagnosed with functional OCD, you hit the nail on the head. That’s the one thing I try to explain to others who don’t quite get what it is. I have my tendencies and my subtle routines of course, but it’s nothing life-breaking. But it’s the thoughts, especially in solitude, that are the toughest. Over analyzing every action, reflecting on conversations that happened and analyzing the way things were said or how they could’ve been handled differently, and the complete inability to make it quiet in your own head are all things I just deal with. In the same way that some struggle with physical routines, equally difficult to deal with are the mental ones.

Bitter_Product , Jeff Report

Final score:

126points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

I have OCD. People with OCD won't even talk about some of the terrible, terrible thoughts that are part of the obsessive thought process, thoughts that you don't want to have and that you can't control, thoughts that make you feel like a terrible human being. Mine have included the things that I am most against/horrified by, like horrible racist thoughts and raping of children and those thoughts won't go away so you have to do the action to clear them. That's the compulsive part. And then sometimes the compulsions themselves are horrible. I've had picking compulsions that have caused me to bleed profusely and I can't stop. And I don't have it as bad as some. I've had some mild checking (is the light off, did I leave the oven on, did I just run someone over) problems , but for some people, they take over your life. The idea that OCD is about putting things straight on a table is such a joke.

76points

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#17

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Low_Delivery_3453
The history of Japan. Japan wasn't always this UWU ONIIIIIICHAN country.

jarNO_WAY
I still believe the war crimes in Nanking to be the worst event of all of human history that I know of. Reading about it literally made me puke. There's a statue of a Nazi in Nanking who stopped as many atrocities as he could. Think about that, the NAZI is the good guy telling others to tone down the violence.

Low_Delivery_3453 , aco pbc Report

Final score:

115points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

Oof

24points

#18

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think [Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)]

People either seem to view it as a joke disease, or react like, “oh, yeah, my stomach gets upset sometimes too”.

They don’t realize how painful, isolating, and horrible it can be. People have straight-up committed suicide because of the impacts of IBS. Without having experienced it, it is basically impossible to imagine how much it [messes] your life up to be legitimately afraid of food. It’s like having a chronic illness AND a severe eating disorder all rolled into one.

I sometimes wonder how much different my life could be if I weren’t constantly trying to manage the trade off of “do I avoid eating so I don’t get sick and then risk passing out/being too hypoglycemic to safely drive/etc, or do I eat and basically give up on all my plans for the next 24 hours because of the likelihood that I’ll be incapacitated?”

_MaddAddam , Brian Evans Report

Final score:

108points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

Omg yes, I sometimes get stares if/when I use a disabled toilet coz my IBS is acting up. Sometimes I need the closest toilet coz it comes on suddenly and it can be quite embarrassing. It's painful and uncomfortable. People complain about me being a "fussy" eater but the fact of the matter is my body just generally doesn't like food and will find ways to tell me at every opportunity.

67points

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#19

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Jehovah's Witnesses

For those born in, social isolation is forced upon them. Only permitting them to create a social group within the religion. They also advise those kids to not go to college, and that they should spend all of their time going door to door. They socially cripple them, and then convince them to sabotage their own independence. That way when they turn 18, if they're not towing the Jdub line, they'll often just be kicked out ASAP. All while losing their entire social network, including just basic life advice from their own parents. In many cases, it sadly does lead many of those children to return to their dependent state.

It's a much sicker power dynamic than people expect.

MANDATORY_DEPRESSION , 7C0 Report

Final score:

108points

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Scagsy 2 years ago (edited)

Did I read somewhere that Jehovah's Witnesses will not permit blood transfusions? They would rather watch a family member die than take the help offered. Seems a bit weird to me.

51points

#20

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think no_seas_carepicha said:
Obese animals. Everyone laughs and thinks chunky animals are cute and funny but it’s really sad.

garbageman2112 replied:
I read a recent review of my dog's vet from some dude that was flipping out because the doc told him his dog was way too fat and unhealthy. The doc jumped on yelp quick and told him that she had warned him of the weight gain over the years and that her job is to stand up for the health of her patients. And now she treats my puppy.

no_seas_carepicha , John Galt Report

Final score:

105points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

I let my cat get too fat and now I'm in the process of treating the diabetes she got from it. She doing WAY better now, lost lots of weight and is almost off the insulin, but man do I feel like an ass for letting it get that far. I'd like to stress that I do take good care of my cat, I didn't overfeed, I just didn't pay enough attention to the fact that the amount of food that's recommended on the bag actually made her gain lots of weight. She's now a happy, healthy kitty who gets compliments from my vet on how well she looks for her age :)

46points

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#21

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think gorosheeta said:
Microplastics, the lead paint of our times.

itsleslie000 replied:
I’ve recently heard about this and the scary part is I don’t even know how to avoid it. For example with drinking water, water bottles have microplastics but tap water is also not 100% safe either (my tap is pretty good compared to most city’s) so how exactly can they be avoided in a situation like this. ITS WATER WE CANT REALLY JUST NOT DRINK WATER? thanks!!

gorosheeta , NOAA Marine Debris Program Report

Final score:

95points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

All future life on Earth will contain microplastics. There is no undoing it.

40points

#22

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Chocolate.

Two-thirds of the world's chocolate is made by child labourers in West Africa. Approximately two million children work on these chocolate farms, mostly in the Ivory Coast. It gets worse: those children often end up working on those farms because they were trafficked across an international border, and have their passports stolen so that they cannot go home; this turns them into child slaves.

Hershey, Nestle, Mars, Cargill, and Mondelez have been named as companies that benefit from the child slavery used to make their chocolate. The next time you eat a Milky Way or a Mars bar, remember that some kid lost their childhood, their family, and their freedom to make that bar for you.

P.S. Want to eat chocolate without guilt? Look up the Fair Trade movement, or Slave Free Chocolate. Yeah, it costs a bit more, but why do you think normal chocolate is so cheap to begin with?

rb7317 , russellstreet Report

Final score:

88points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Fortunately, there are some really, really good brands, at least in the UK, that guarantee not to be involved in child labour or trafficking, and they provide names/places etc. of what they are sourcing and how, and how they are paying fair wages to growers/croppers. It means paying probably 10 - 20 percent more for the chocolate, but man, is it worth it. Also, while we are on this subject, please research the production of gold and diamonds and rethink buying either.

45points

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#23

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think OverallSafety791 said:
Civil forfeiture. You probably already think it’s [messed] up, and it’s even more [messed] it than you think it is. Even the name is gross.

TheSnowSquid explained:
Say you sold your old car for cash. On the way to the bank you get pulled over and the police find the 5k. If they even suspect that it wasn’t gotten legally they can take it. Then not only do they not have to prove that it’s illegal you have to pay legal fees to sue to get it back.

OverallSafety791 · , Rutger van der Maar Report

Final score:

85points

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Cactus McCoy 2 years ago

I peg your pardon, WHAT? Police can take whatever they want at will, as long as they state a suspicion? Do I understand that correctly? Where in h3ll is that legal?

71points

#24

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Being an adult with ADD. A lot of people see you as awkward and loud, but the truth is that your brain is operating completely differently than theirs through no fault of your own. Having been on meds for a time, it is night and day: my brain goes 150mph, but with meds it slowed down to 55. And getting medicated for it outside of your formative years is a real struggle. Most doctors will think you’re just after a high, but you’re literally sitting there going “I can’t THINK like other people do and because of it, I am suffering and need help.”

Edit: I’m out of date and did not realize that ADD is an outdated term. It’s what I’ve always called it. But technically ADD is now called “inattentive-type ADHD.” It’s ADHD minus the hyperactivity, basically.

badgerclark , Andy / Andrew Fogg Report

Final score:

85points

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RandomBeing 2 years ago

Oh and ADHD is like the dumbest name for it. It's literally inaccurate. ADHD is super complex.

34points

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#25

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think 93yourcultleader93 said:
Withdrawal

Jmac0585 replied:
I have a friend who did every drug he could except one: heroin. He didn't do heroin. I asked why, he said His dad was a preacher. When he was a young teen, One night at 2 in the morning he was woken up by loud knocking at the door. It was one of the members of his dad's church, asking the preacher for help getting off heroin. My friend said he watched this guy go through withdraws for a couple weeks, and swore he'd never do heroin.

93yourcultleader93 , Hector Alejandro Report

Final score:

82points

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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

Note: even prescription drugs can cause withdrawal if you stop taking them suddenly. It's always best to check with your doctor in case you need to slowly reduce your dosage.

37points

#26

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think Jaimaster said:
Recycling.

What, you thought because you did the right thing that the waste gets recycled?

Ha!

For decades it was exported into Chinese landfills by the literal barge load. Now China have banned the import of "low quality" recyclables, and this material instead sits in storage in many western nations as we collectively wonder what the heck to do with it all.

ColorfulBosk elaborated:
I work in the plastics industry. Something many people don’t realize is that the majority of plastics are not recyclable. The logo with a number in it, which looks really close to the actual recyclable logo, is in fact just a resin identification logo, that tells you what kind of plastic it is. It looks really close to the recyclable logo design, intentionally, so you think by actually throwing that plastic in the recycling bin, it get reused. The vast majority of plastic types are not recyclable, and the few that can be recycled and reused, only a small percentage actually is, because that’s just not profitable to go thru that effort.

Jaimaster , markheseltine Report

Final score:

79points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

Recycling isn't a bad thing when it actually happens. This is about the fact that very little of what's "recyclable" actually is, and that little bit usually isn't recycled.

20points

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#27

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think I don't know about other countries, but here in Australia. Almost all apartment complexes, skyscrapers and hotels and many other structures in this country built in the last 10-20 years are built using PE (polyethene) cladding. It's the cheapest type of aluminium sheets on the market and the reason why it's cheap is because ITS MADE OUT OF PETROLEUM. Highly flammable and WILL cause buildings to burst into flames and deaths are almost an inevitable when they do catch alight.

That's right. Who in their right mind ever thought it be a good idea to build buildings out of petrol ? Especially in a hot country like Australia where summer temperatures can reach as high as 51 degrees Celsius.

And many people are completely unaware. Both myself, firefighters and other construction workers and labourers have commented many times on how those buildings lasted more than 5 years without sinking in on itself or bursting into flames.

It's [messed] up

AussieJonesNoelzy , Gregg Tavares Report

Final score:

71points

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BusyLizzy 2 years ago

We have this issue in the UK too. If you haven't heard if it, look up Grenfell Tower. It's a horrific tragedy that was preventable, and it highlighted the scale of the problem. Its scary.

44points

#28

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think echoes_of_the_moor said:
The fact that we spend more time with our co-workers and at work than we do with our own families. This is extremely messed up as a parent of a 4 year old. I see her maybe 3 hours a day.

TheMrBigT77 replied:
I did a zoom job reference for a friend and mentioned about work life balance. The two HR people on the call were very impressed that I felt so strongly about it. Like, doesn't everyone? Seems not...

a_tiny_ant replied:
I'm still afraid that mentioning workers rights puts me on some blacklist. Ineligible for promotions or contract renewal.

echoes_of_the_moor , IDOMENEAS Report

Final score:

71points

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bumble bee 2 years ago

Every societal dynamic is founded on competition. Everything we do is setup in this fashion. Whether man made or by our natural tendencies. Our lives can be summed up as winning in various degrees and losing.

3points

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#29

30 People In This Online Group List Things That Have A Much Darker Reality Than One Might Think yosemite369 said:
The fact that most of us wouldn’t know how to survive if [excrement] hit the fan and mass production of goods halted. I live in a state where water is scarce and couldn’t farm if I tried because it’s so dry.

Main-Yogurtcloset-82 replied:
I read somewhere that if the power grid went down and production halted something like 60% of American citizens would die due to us no longer having the skills to hunt and gather. And I kind of felt like that was a [messed up]thing to say. For example, I live in a very densely populated city. Hunt and gather WHAT? Sure squirrels and raccoons, even rats but a city of hundreds of thousands all hunting small animals at the same time would deplete the population fast. There is also no edible growth.

It be different if we lived out in the boonies or in a more wild state like Wyoming or Montana, but for the average American they live in a place where there really isn't anything to hunt and gather to begin with.

yosemite369 , Heiloo Online Report

Final score:

62points

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May 2 years ago

I'm a creature of comfort - I know how to do a lot of practical things, and what's edible and what isn't in my local flora, but I don't want to be one of the survivors of a major catastrophe, I want to be one of the first to go.

44points