40 People Share Sad Truths That They Had To Accept Despite Them Being Uncomfortable

The first sentence of this sh*tpost is being repeated by literally every generation. Yet the world is still spinning. In fact, the modern "bigots" are milder than the "upstanding citizens" of several decades ago.

People. Please. Idiocracy is not reality. Intelligence is not (only) genetic. But yes, we should invest in the education of *all* children.

As a 13-year-old I feel a bit offended 😆

A massive overgeneralization. So many problems with this statement but here's a few from psychological peer-reviewed literature (which are correlations and tendencies, so more often than not): people with kids tend to be happier, to be more concerned about the future, to have more meaning and purpose in their lives, and have less problems with mental health. The list goes on and on, and is easily searchable through Google scholar. Contrary to popular belief, hedonism does not correlate with true happiness.

Unfortunately true... my cousin just had his 6th kid, which will be home schooled with its siblings, which will be done by their Christian extremist Qanon mother... I refuse to have kids because I've know for over a decade what the climate change catastrophe will bring, and unfortunately it's already happening ahead of schedule...

Blood family can hurt you, betray you, just like anyone else. If they are not good people, leave them behind.

Of course I love my brother. That doesn't mean I have to like him.

Learned this the hard way, hindsight confirmed way more than I expected too.

It's said that blood is thicker than water. And some relatives are thicker than most.

You mean just because someone is a relative....people related to you who don't gaf about you are not FAMILY.

Yep, and nobody really cares if you go the extra mile when it’s time for raises. And they’ll still lay you off in a heartbeat when there’s an economic downturn.

I wish this were true. I've seen a dude literally admit to raping an employee and he kept his job cause he was the only person who knew how the system he oversaw worked.

So many people are like this. My father worked all the hours, even when he was hospitalised he was working on projects for work on his laptop instead of healing. He even was so busy with work before massive six hours long surgery he failed to spend any time with my mum before hand. We had to move around the country for his job leaving school after school, job after job for my mum. We lost all our friends for his career and he was so shocked that his work replaced him Before he'd actually finished the required sick leave time for early retirement. Jobs over respect for family Stinks 😒😒

We are all just another cow in the herd.

This is why you need to stalk the daughter (or son) of the person in charge and give them a mind-blowing orgasm so then you aren't all that replaceable. Make sure though you get it on audio and video should the need arise in court.

Not entirely true. Many people have lost hope to the point, where they cannot believe they are able to be helped.

I always think of a saying, (don't remember where or when I heard it) God helps those, who help themselves. I apply that to my own life. I'll try to help those who WANT to help themselves.

Sometimes people need more help than is offered - loved ones can only do so much to be supportive if your brain needs *constant* support. Seriously, I think even my therapist gets tired of me.

Sometimes though they're too afraid to start or they're unable to comprehend anymore what to do 😔

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Same here,

I'm on 9 months so far. F alcohol.

Well done!!

Keep coming back! 4.5 for me

Stay strong 🙌 congrats. Prayers for continued victory for you and your loved ones

Social media as Pandora's box, is possibly the best metaphor I ever heard, and most apt.

I know this is true for a lot of other people, but for me it seems to be one of the only places I can escape to, especially because bored panda is the only website I look at

As terrible as SM can be, it's also been a valuable tool for someone like me. Places like BP, help me learn to interact socially when words are written. I've spent a lot of years in social skills groups, (which is great when I can physically see expressions/ body language or hear inflections in voices) but it doesn't really prepare you for understanding intent when you have no other cues, and you don't know the person. I still will never have a Tik Tok, FB, Twitter, Insta, etc...but I'm also not like "social media bad, raawwr!" 🤷‍♀️

No putting it back in? Just wait what happens when the power goes out...

I personally struggle with the glossiness of Instagram. My mood shifts immediately when I am on it. Which means, I avoid it. Same thing for Twitter, and almost all comment sections. There have always been people who visit a new place and read Letters to the Editor first, now those writers and readers have the ultimate megaphone. Thanks Pandas for being so incredible.

Not necessarily true. My grandparents were married with 5 kids, got a divorce after about 20 years of marriage, got back together and spent the rest of their years together. My grandmother was by my grandfather's side when he passed in hospice.

Yep. And your so much more likely to get hurt immediately because people change, and there's a reason you fell out of love.

This is so true. I recently reconnected with my first love (I was also his) after 30 something years. It really is about the memories and emotions. I realized he hasn't changed but, I still love him and always will, just not in the same way.