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We humans are curious creatures, and what we say or do doesn't always seem rational. At least not on the surface. So Reddit user Fastenbauer got interested in digging a little deeper—they asked people online to share the things that everybody knows but nobody talks about out loud. And their post quickly went viral! Continue scrolling to check out the unspoken truths folks keep quiet, whether out of fear of judgment or the risk of offending others.

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#1

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud When people betray or abuse you, they know what they're doing. They're doing it on purpose, and they're not sorry. They're consciously making a choice.

angryaxolotls , Keira Burton/Pexels Report

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#2

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Money absolutely matters.

Fit-Network-589 , Pixabay/Pexels Report

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124points

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#3

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Having mentally sane parents is one of the most important privileges in life, yet it isn't talked about nearly as much as race, class etc.

Deep-Detail3604 , Caleb Oquendo/Pexels Report

Final score:

123points

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#4

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud The world population is too high.

Shobadass , San Fermin Pamplona/Pexels Report

Final score:

118points

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#5

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud People who get paid the least do most the work.

anon , Tim Gouw/Pexels Report

Final score:

116points

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#6

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud There actually *are* people above the law.

WiFiEnabled , The Lazy Artist Gallery/Pexels Report

Final score:

112points

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#7

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Looks do matter, and they matter a lot.

Stock_Garage_672 , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

108points

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#8

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Emotional intelligence is vastly underrated.

HardcaseKid , Engin Akyurt/Pexels Report

Final score:

103points

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#9

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud We all have dark thoughts that we dont act on.

GorillaZodd , JESSICA TICOZZELLI/Pexels Report

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100points

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#10

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud That religion is a social construct, where you are born largely determines your religion. If you happened to be born in India there is over an 80% chance you will be Hindu. If you are born in the US you probably will be a Christian.

BerkshireGent , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

99points

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#11

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Children that are complete a******s exist.

The parents know.

DinoHimself , Monstera Production/Pexels Report

Final score:

97points

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#12

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Some friendships only last as long as they're convenient or beneficial.

PureThyriel , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

84points

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#13

The amount of Government incompetance and wastefulness in many countries is staggering. And the only reason I'm not a libertarian is that I don't trust private enterprise either. History has shown time and time again that companies big and small will absolutely f**k over people given half a chance and especially if there are no laws and regulations.

OgdruJahad Report

Final score:

77points

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#14

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Most newborn babies are ugly on the first day. 🤣.

Amazing_Bug_468 , Jonathan Borba/Pexels Report

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75points

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#15

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Some People don't apologize because they have remorse for what they did. They apologize because they think it will end the conflict.

Sad_Estate36 , Alex Green/Pexels Report

Final score:

72points

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#16

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud I shouldn’t have to ask “how are you” in a work email. It should be ok for me to just talk business and get straight to the point. .

dumbinternetstuff , cottonbro studio/Pexels Report

Final score:

69points

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#17

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Nobody’s actually read the Terms and Conditions, like ever. We just scroll to the bottom, hit accept, and hope we didn’t sell our souls to some tech overlord. 😂.

FarhadTowfiq , RDNE Stock project/Pexels Report

Final score:

68points

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#18

People aren’t equal. I don’t mean by race. Racism is nonsense.

Some people are good looking nice smart and athletic and had the right upbringing. They got it all . Some people have nothing going for them.

Not even equal before the law.

DifferentCod7 Report

Final score:

67points

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#19

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud That we are all certain to die and be completely forgotten within a handful of generations.

Notmyrealname , Anna-Louise/Pexels Report

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65points

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#20

People often pretend to be happy when they're not.

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63points

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#21

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud We are all just kids walking around in grown up bodies.

ThatOneChick57 , Cameron Casey/Pexels Report

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62points

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#22

Consumer capitalism is destroying our habitat super quickly and with every passing day we make it worse.

kingsuperfox Report

Final score:

61points

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#23

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Everybody knows that success often comes from luck and timing, but we rarely admit it. We prefer to believe it's all hard work and talent.

HeavyRecognition9124 , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

60points

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#24

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud That being alive at all and conscious is just really, really weird.

Rexappeal , Arthur Brognoli/Pexels Report

Final score:

59points

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#25

Most people spend their time complaining about things out of their control rather than fixing things in their control.

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Final score:

54points

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#26

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Violence sometimes is the answer.

Ceewcee , Pixabay/Pexels Report

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54points

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#27

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Most meetings could easily be an email, but no one wants to admit it because 'face time' somehow still feels important.

FemmeJenny , Christina Morillo/Pexels Report

Final score:

46points

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#28

Gambling is a sucker’s game. Unless you make it a career (and in some cases even then), you will lose more than you win in the long run.

As long as you recognize that and you are willing to “spend” the money for entertainment purposes, more power to you. But if you think gambling is a good money-making idea, think again.

Final score:

45points

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#29

Most of the gay scene (from an LGBT perspective) is extremely toxic and ironically closed minded and judgmental of any outsiders (i.e. straights).

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44points

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#30

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud How disturbing the food industry is. How pigs, fish, cows, chickens are all harvested so we can eat them. How can we not expect aliens to do the same s**t to us if that’s what we do to our fellow earth inhabitants.

Ac997 , Freek Wolsink/Pexels Report

Final score:

41points

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#31

No one actually knows what they're doing. We're all just trying our best.

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23points

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#32

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud The "Not In My Backyard" philosophy runs deep and is essentially universal. Even the most liberal-minded, progressive, educated, compassionate people can have a meltdown when something uncomfortable or "unbecoming" pops into their lives.

TXteachr2018 , Andrew Neel/Pexels Report

Final score:

21points

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#33

Being on your period isn’t an excuse to be a complete b***h to the rest of the people in your household.

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21points

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#34

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Stereotypes exist for a reason.

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21points

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#35

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Brown nosing works.

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20points

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#36

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Our world is a house of cards. It’s all meaningless but we all rely on the structure so no one wants to knock it down.

Pierre-Gringoire , Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels Report

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20points

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#37

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Almost all jobs are made up b******t that doesn't matter, and are just part of this big network of made up b******t that doesn't f*****g matter. It's just a system to sustain this many people who are mostly useless.

hereticjones , energepic.com/Pexels Report

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20points

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#38

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud People who post constantly on social media are projecting and miserable.

Terrible_Fish_8942 , Tracy Le Blanc/Pexels Report

Final score:

20points

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#39

Our current economic system is not Capitalism it is Free-Range Slavery.

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#40

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Existence is terrifying. Where do we go after? Is it nice? Is it horrible? Is there just nothing? Why are we here? The idea that we may live on in some other realm FOREVER, even if it is pleasant, is also daunting.

merliahthesiren , Lukas Rychvalsky/Pexels Report

Final score:

19points

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#41

Everyone is not equal but, everyone should be treated with equal respect.

But it’s weird how I’m western countries everyone has equal rights, but oddly they don’t have equal responsibilities.

Final score:

19points

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#42

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud When someone asks "How are you?" they don't actually want to hear how you are.

kazmosis , cottonbro studio/Pexels Report

Final score:

18points

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#43

Most people eat too much, at least in the US.

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18points

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#44

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud The fake optimism around the work place... "I'm just grateful I have a job." NO YOU'RE NOT! THIS PLACE BLOWS!

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17points

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#45

Happiness/success in life is based WAY MORE on luck and other things out of your control than we all pretend to believe. Luck of being born one color or another, one location or another, one race or another, one wealth category or another. Good luck in any category invariably leads to good luck in others as your life progresses.

This is to say that hard work, honesty and good heartedness are often not enough to overcome the random “good luck” that others are born into and hardly appreciate as they stroll life on easy mode.

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Final score:

17points

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#46

That the biggest drag on the economy, productivity and inspired creation is rentseeking from landlords and lenders.

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16points

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#47

You can get away with so much s**t if you just do it.

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#48

That we are all a little racist.

If you say you’re not. You’re a liar.

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#49

The expectation to wear a suit to the office if you are a "professional", even in non-client facing roles is archaic.

This is changing in many businesses/sectors but you can look neat, presentable and professional without wearing a suit and tie.

They (can be) expensive, uncomfortable, too hot in summer and a nightmare if your weight fluctuates.

They are also very unflattering if you have certain body shapes (which is me, and probably why I hate them).

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Final score:

15points

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#50

Psychology in its current state has a very bad success rate for cures and treatment rates of mitigating symptoms is only mildly effective on average.

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13points

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#51

That corruption is so deep and principled people are corrupted each day. but to weed out that corruption involves cutting it out like a tumor, and in the eyes of many that would be as corrupt..

So in the words of Harvey Dent: “you either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain” is so true.

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#52

While numbers and data seem like they should be obviously truthful and factual, any result can be used to support any side of an argument. You just need to be creative in how you view results and slice the datasets.

Example: hamburger prices for three consecutive months are $1.00, $2.00, and $2.50.

One person could saw that the price is 250% higher and out of control and the national burger czar should be fired. Another person could say that hamburger prices have been reined in by 50% and the national burger czar should be given a parade.

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Final score:

11points

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#53

Socialism can't work because people will always be corrupt.

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#54

People of different ethnicities can have different odours.

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#55

In any group of people, everyone knows the pecking order, nobody ever verbalizes it. It would be weird.

Final score:

8points

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#56

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud Dating leagues exist.

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#57

Body positivity is a coping mechanism.

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3points

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#58

People Share 30 Things That Are True, But No One Wants To Say Out Loud That a hamburger is a ground beef sandwich .

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1point

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#59

The air is transparent.

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#60

Yes, that pimple is as bad as you think. No, it doesn't matter you put foundation on top. There's still a mountain on your face.

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#61

There are too many people coming into the UK for the UK to support.

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#62

For servers in the USA: Black people are typically demanding customers and don't tip. Asian people don't tip well either generally.

As a white server, you would be "cancelled" but this is a generalization that tends to hold true.

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-8points

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#63

To put water on toothpaste.

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#64

Diversity doesn’t work.

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kansasmagic 2 weeks ago

I like the mix of "surprising facts" and "personal prejudices elevated into universal truths".

13points

Júlia Fortes 2 weeks ago (edited)

Other people are not just NPCs in your life. They're humans too, treat them the right way and stop being entitled

7points

Crescent 3 2 weeks ago

As much as people hang their hopes on it, what no one really says out loud is that karma, in the common, colloquial sense, DOES NOT EXIST. There is no great cosmic balance that rewards good and punishes evil. People rely on it because it helps them sleep at night in a world where evil runs rampant. The belief in karma is a great coping mechanism; but "what goes around" most often does not "come around." Bad things happen to good people with permanent consequences, and good things happen to bad people with impunity. Life isn't fair, it isn't balanced - it just IS.

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kansasmagic 2 weeks ago

I like the mix of "surprising facts" and "personal prejudices elevated into universal truths".

13points

Júlia Fortes 2 weeks ago (edited)

Other people are not just NPCs in your life. They're humans too, treat them the right way and stop being entitled

7points

Crescent 3 2 weeks ago

As much as people hang their hopes on it, what no one really says out loud is that karma, in the common, colloquial sense, DOES NOT EXIST. There is no great cosmic balance that rewards good and punishes evil. People rely on it because it helps them sleep at night in a world where evil runs rampant. The belief in karma is a great coping mechanism; but "what goes around" most often does not "come around." Bad things happen to good people with permanent consequences, and good things happen to bad people with impunity. Life isn't fair, it isn't balanced - it just IS.

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