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While it might sound counterintuitive, the real issue often isn’t perceiving the truth, it’s admitting that it’s true in the first place. “The truth hurts,” “the uncomfortable truth” and other phrases are almost cliche at this point, but this doesn’t make them less correct.
Someone asked, “What’s something that’s painfully obvious but people will never admit?” and people shared their best uncomfortable truth bombs. From the fact that life isn’t fair, to interesting psychological realities, get comfortable, perhaps take some notes as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to share your own ideas in the comments section below.
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#2
Cutting taxes on the rich helps nobody but the rich.
#3
Social media is poison.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Without BP, nobody would know Audi and me. That would be a most horrific tragedy.
It’s not exactly clear who coined the phrase “the truth hurts,” but some variant of it has been around for centuries. While it’s so unhelpfully common, the painful truth is that the truth really can hurt. Psychologists believe that the act and feeling of our preconceived notions being shattered is, ultimately, painful.
It can be hard to admit you are wrong and that, presumably, you wasted a lot of time sticking to incorrect information. Sometimes this can mean overturning an entire worldview which is often such a challenge. Unfortunately, just the idea of reworking everything you know might be too much for some, leading them to simply live in denial. Not just a river in Egypt, as the saying goes.
#4
Looks really, really, really matter.
It's f*****g dumb, and not right, but it just seems to be this constant in life.
The better you look, or the better you MAKE yourself look, you will notice people are more pleasant to you.
Deborah B 1 year ago
This particularly works if you are overweight or disabled. It sucks, and it's unfair, but it's true. You will face less discrimination if you are dressed and groomed beautifully. Not just adequately; beautifully. I've been fat, I'm currently a wheelchair user, and it is noticable.
#5
You can do everything 100% right and be the best in the world, but sometimes it just comes down to pure chance.
#6
That the American 2 party system is not good for the USA.
Joshua Seaman 1 year ago
I'm American and I don't know anyone who refuses to accept this - most people are frustrated with the de facto 2-party system. But the politicians and special interests who buy the politicians and who have the political power are not interested in relinquishing power, and won't implement changes which enable more parties to rise to power. Ranked Choice Voting is the easiest way to do it, which I support 100%.
#8
Adults still have no idea what the f**k they are doing. I never knew that as a child.
Jared Robinson 1 year ago
THat's the day you become an adult, is the day you realize there is no such thing as an adult, we are all just grown children and no one has any idea what the hell they are doing. We are all still just kids.
#9
Nobody’s success is ever solely their own doing.
Heather Vandegrift 1 year ago
My dad's secretary/admin assistant once got home a coffee mug that said "Behind every successful business man is a really great secretary", and it's totally true
#10
Working in the customer services industries (retail, restaurants, etc.) are difficult. Physically, emotionally, and mentally difficult.
Deborah B 1 year ago
And people doing these jobs need and deserve benefits, a living wage that does not depend on tips, and to be treated with courtesy and respect by their customers, and their managers. They also deserve for their jobs to be preformed in an environment that is safe, and as comfortable as possible. Your cashier does not need to stand for an eighthour shift.
#11
People are very often rewarded for being truly terrible human beings.
Selfish, greedy, narcisistic, sociopathic, all traits that will help someone get ahead in life by walking over the backs of others.
Kate Jones 1 year ago
A part of it is the increasing laziness of people to not want to have to do the work to punish or hold these people accountable. If you think about politicians... people complain about it constantly, but there aren't enough people doing anything about it. We aren't making laws that punish our media outlets for telling outright lies. No one is standing up for legislation for campaign reform to punish candidates when they are caught lying to the republic. So they get away with their lies.
#12
The vast majority of people know exactly what their problems are and what they would need to do to fix them, they just feel too unequipped or overwhelmed to follow through.
The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
I’m not sure this is true. People frequently misidentify what the root issues of their deepest problems are and, subsequently, fail to find real solutions. We have lots of defense mechanisms that prevent us from seeing ourselves as we really are (protecting our ego).
#13
A lot of the time, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 year ago
And sometimes it's what you know about who you know.
#14
Your mental health is directly affected by your physical health.
#15
All those bad things you hear happening to other people can, in fact, happen to you too because you aren't special.
Daniela Lavanza 1 year ago
This should be told to those teenagers affected by the "main character syndrome".
#16
Some people will not like you, and there's nothing you can do about it. Trying to force a friendship or relationship with someone who doesn't love you back isn't going to work. Yet very few people ever learn this lesson, nor do they want to hear about it either, they think they'll be the one person that can find that magic trick (they won't).
#17
When people say we're better than this, we're really not.
We killed the buffalo to kill the native Americans. We gave them smallpox infected blankets.
We imprisoned our own citizens for having parents born in Japan, but not Italians or Germans.
We freed the slaves only to reenslave with Jim Crow laws.
We've done evil and have to wage war against our worst instincts or we'll do it again.
Daniela Lavanza 1 year ago (edited)
All countries have done terrible things, not just the USA. The point is, some countries progressed enough to look back and learn from their past, others just don't want to admit they too have a terrible past. Even worse, some still have awful things but don't care. Slavery is the best example of this unevenly progress of the world.
#18
Life is actually easier the more responsible you are.
#19
MONEY CAN BUY HAPPINESS!!!! Those who say it doesn't are shopping in the wrong places
Jeff White 1 year ago
Money can certainly buy stability and far far less strife in one's world. Happiness?
#20
Everybody picks their nose, it's what happens next that sets us apart.
Donkey boi 1 year ago
I put in a zip-lock plastic bag, wait until the bag is full, freeze it, allow it to thaw, add a little water and mush together, then sculpt little scenes from classic literature, like Animal Farm, Lord Of The Flies, and The Little Engine That Could. We are not the same.
#21
Big touch screens in cars are incredibly stupid and dangerous.
Yes a lot of people know and admit this, but car makers haven’t gotten the message. Not substantially enough.
Jared Robinson 1 year ago
Used to be illegal to have a screen in the car where a driver could see it.
#22
You can't actually be anything you want in life. You can try and more power to you for trying it, but your personal skill set and the way your brain works may not enable you to do whatever you can dream up.
Scott Wilkins 1 year ago
True. A Mustang and an F-150 are both vehicles made by Ford. But they are designed for completely different things. One can't match the capabilities or limitations of the other because they were just plain built differently. Play to your strengths.
#23
Sleep is super important and no sleep culture is a stupid way of justifying it.
#24
Most people are parakeets and mindlessly repeat whatever is regurgitated in their environment or social milieu. We're all guilty of it to varying degrees.
John Louis 1 year ago
I have heard this accusation since I was a child (61 yrs old). Someone please tell me what does it mean to live the opposite way? How do you know that the rugged, individual, free, thinking choices aren't every bit as conforming as any other choices.
#25
Trying to love someone more won't fix the relationship. Hoping simply loving them will solve the problem won't always work. Never assume you're the exception.
martymcmatrix 1 year ago
After a romance with a colleague 20+ years ago, I said that I will never do something with staff, again...well, the game finally ended in late 2020 with a final score of 4:0 for the staff......I'm telling you one thing...NEVER ever again!!! 🙅🏽 🤷🏽 🤦🏽
#26
Boredom is healthy for promoting thinking.
CryingChildKinnie 1 year ago
I'm never bored I can just daydream about hanging out with fictional characters. Been doing that since I was four.
#27
You can make no mistakes and still lose.
You can make nothing but mistakes and still win.
Mary Sue Sylwestrzak 1 year ago
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." Captain Jean Luc Picard, TNG.
#28
You might not like it but you need help. Everyone needs help at some point or another whether mentally, emotionally or otherwise.
Most of us are painfully aware of the need at some time but admitting to it and acting on that need goes unheeded.
#29
that life waits for no one. life is so short and it just *ends* and we’re all not gonna matter one day. so move on and do whatever the f**k u want in this life.
The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
Do whatever you want so long as you aren’t harming others and are leaving things better than you found them.
#30
Some relationships are forced. Every day feels like a 2nd job after getting off work. If you find yourself “going to work after work”, you need to start asking yourself if the relationship is really a relationship and not a second job.
Thank god for my second wife for opening my eyes to what a “relationship” really is.
What do you think ?
Squishy 1 year ago
These aren't at all "truth"s, they're food for thought. To call them "truth"s just means you have a big ego lol
Jesha 1 year ago
He also put 'I had an epiphany' in the poll as if that's incredibly likely to happen in this our clickbait comment section.
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
Some are not true at all, disinformation. The "poll" doesn't allow for that.
Squishy 1 year ago
These aren't at all "truth"s, they're food for thought. To call them "truth"s just means you have a big ego lol
Jesha 1 year ago
He also put 'I had an epiphany' in the poll as if that's incredibly likely to happen in this our clickbait comment section.
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
Some are not true at all, disinformation. The "poll" doesn't allow for that.
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