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Honesty, they say, is the best policy. But can you go overboard with truthfulness? This recent TikTok trend says yes, for better or worse. 

People are sharing brutally honest answers about mundane things in life. These clips have so far touched on slow walkers, French tips, and picky eating. And as you’ll come to see, these responses go deep. 

Scroll through this list we’ve compiled and see if you can relate to any of these - many of which have already inspired memes online.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is a beautiful country. I would say "Be the change you want to see in the world" but unfortunately with a two-party system, it's very hard to change anything. There is just such an "Us vs Them" mindset; it's like watching toddlers bicker.

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    We appreciate people who “keep it real” and speak their minds. But being brutally honest has a downside. Psychologist Dr. Jonice Webb calls it “an easy out” for hurtful people.  

    “By adding the word ‘honest’ after ‘brutal,’ they are informing you that they are about to hurt you, but that you should not experience any hurt because they’re just being honest,” Dr. Webb wrote in an article for Psychology Today

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    Roger9er
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's a serious lack of education if you eat with your mouth open. Ew.

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    Don't listen to me
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those people who step off an escalator and just stop there looking around or still talking, with all people behind them piling up to get off too.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is sweet. I hope my kids have this kind of relationship when they're grown. I have only brothers, but we're all close, even if we all live on different continents

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    Besides being a cop-out, Dr. Webb says brutal honesty may also be an act of manipulation. 

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    “It’s also likely to make you feel that you’re wrong for experiencing the hurt. That’s gaslighting."

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    TheBlueBitterfly
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom was the strongest, and yet most fragile person, but still held it together and was always there for me when I needed her, until she lost her battle with breast cancer 20 years ago. I am what you might call agnostic pagan. Yet when I am panicking or desperate, I pray to her, because I know her energy is still a part of the universe so ot brings me a small measure of comfort.

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    Roger9er
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't NEED to shave, girls. The perfect body doesn't exist.

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    Alexandra
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If people are late, go ahead with whatever you were planning to do, with or without them. Never accomodate this behaviour, because this behaviour is controlling you. It's your time they're wasting.

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    Dr. Webb’s main problem with brutal honesty is that it rids the conversation of its true message. 

    “By being self-described ‘straight shooters,’ the brutally honest risk hurting the feelings of the receiver, raising their defenses so that they want to distance and protect themselves instead of responding in a useful way,” she wrote.

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    5 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same, I love my bed, I love napping and reading in my bed then sleeping in my bed. I am a cat in human body I'm sure of it.

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    Most of the texts you’ll read in this list have strong emotions behind them. Their message comes with some extra spice. According to Dr. Webb, it could be a sign of childhood emotional neglect. 

    “Families that are not tuned in to the subtleties and complications of emotions (i.e., emotionally neglectful families) are more likely to be unaware of how their words affect others’ feelings. Therefore, they produce more perpetrators and victims of brutal honesty.”

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, my dad was my first heartbreak. The day I head him telling my mum I was too fat and would never find a husband if didn't get off my fat a*s, was the day our relationship broke. I then later found out he was a convicted sex offender when I tried to foster (with the husband, I'd never find because I was too fat). We went NC after I'd heard him tell 5 different stories about how he got the conviction and found out the truth from the Social Worker who was working with us.

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    Brutal honesty isn’t advised in romantic relationships. For neuropsychologist Dr. Sanam Hafeez, it shows a lack of compassion with the primary intent to inflict pain. 

    In an interview with Well+Good, she spoke about how being too blunt with a partner can create an unbalanced dynamic. It could also be damaging to the receiver’s self-esteem. 

    “There is no healthy way to sustain a relationship where one partner is held in such high esteem compared to the other.”

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Personally, I cannot nap. Take me forever to doze off and then when I wake, I'm not refreshed, I'm trapped in another dimension.

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell that to my son who would rather starve than eat something he doesn't like. It's even a battle to get him to try new foods.

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    DND is the closest thing to feeling like you have no phone. All the dings, pings, and buzzes don't make me flinch anymore 'cause I know it can't be my phone lol. I do love it.

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    This isn’t to discourage straightforwardness. However, Dr. Webb encourages truth with compassion, instead. 

    “Basically, brutal honesty shuts down communication. Truth with compassion encourages communication.”

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought chemistry class was going to be great, I was so wrong.

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    Lego Man
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes I find that I end up looking forward to sleeping and dreaming like I'm about to go to watch a movie.

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the opposite. I would rather die of dehydration than drink sparkling water. Absolutely nasty stuff.

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly from my experience many (not all of course) Asians don't respect the native flora and fauna. They quite often push in line and also hog/block attractions preventing others having a look.

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    Alexandra
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a bit on the fence about gossip. It's a way to bond with your co-workers, but it can also be the cause of toxicity in the workplace, so it's not without its dangers.

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    Donkey boi
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never understood the issue with them. The not really anymore scary or cute than any insect.

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    somnomania (she/her, queer)
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i now want to live there more than ever. if i can't have the very small close community from my video games, then i want a place where no community is really expected.

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    cerinamroth
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same! I was so proud of my 7YO daughter when she said when her dad/my husband left the room that we should form an alliance to bring him down. So proud!!

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    Lyone Fein
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um, disabled people ? Someone with arthritis? A mother with a child? Maybe you are the exception?

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Homesickness alert! I love milk chocolate digestives. Always have, always will.

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    Donkey boi
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You should look into the books. They are DARK. Talking about 'The other railway', where the controllers are cruel, and they cut up engines in huge scrap yards! Thankfully it turned out not to be true, and they actually go to Bluebell Railway, where they are cared for, put to use, and can be safe.

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    cerinamroth
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! Coffee has been with my through my toughest days! The first sip of coffee when it's the perfect temperature and strength is such a beautiful thing. And I'm British so everyone instinctively serves tea and assumes I like it. Tea < coffee x 1000.

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hate can be a powerful motivator, that's true, but it has never helped created a better world for all of us and it will, in the end, consume you.

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate clothes shopping, literally just hate it. Being poor doesn't help.

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    somnomania (she/her, queer)
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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    diet sodas upset my guts horribly :( i can always tell within the first sip if some place has accidentally given me diet

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I had French tips they wouldn't survive the day, what with gardening and all.......

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My advice to you is to keep telling others that you think cyclists are cool. If they find out that you take 'over your dead body' literally they might change their opinion of you.

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sucks to be you then, and i hope you don't live somewhere with a lot of pigeons :) i think they're adorable

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    5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess I'm just gross. I have curly hair and it looks better a little unwashed.

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