Hope is an incredibly powerful tool. It can help humans persevere through the most painful experiences, and it keeps many of us going at the end of the day. Even if nothing went your way this week, you can hold onto the hope that everything will turn around next week. None of us can predict the future, so for all you know, something amazing will happen!
But being optimistic can be exhausting at times. And some people have decided that they have to give up on views and ideas that just aren’t realistic. Redditors have recently been discussing things that they just can't believe in anymore, so we’ve gathered some of their brutally honest replies below. We realize that this isn’t the most uplifting topic, but we hope it inspires you to finally let go of anything that’s no longer serving you.
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American's intelligence
Edit: as a German just f**k you. You still look at Germany and point your finger at us. Asking us how WWII happened. Now look into the f*****g mirror. THIS is how it happened. If he pushes his project 2025 through then you will have THE EXACT same thing but on a MUCH larger scale.
The intelligence and compassion of my fellow humans.
It turns out that decades of catering to the lowest common denominator has reduced our species to selfish, brutish animals who avoid thinking at any cost.
The world is literally on fire, but too many people would rather have someone else do all of the hard thinking for them and then complain about the consequences later.
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I can no longer hold empathy or patience for the willfully ignorant.
I'm tired of living in a world where people willingly avoid any form of critical thinking by having someone else make the "big decisions" for them - only to then whine about the consequences for their actions.
I'm tired of living in a world where people are mocked for being learned. Where literacy is considered a niche interest. Where people deride artists, but demand the fruits of their labor.
I'm tired of being in a world where someone's worth is centered around how much money they have.
I'm tired of people stepping over their neighbors in order to get ahead.
I'm tired of people demanding the benefits of living in a society, while complaining about having to contribute to it.
I'm just done with people in general.
It turns out that actual intelligence is such a rare quality in humans that it's practically a rounding error at this point.
That hard work alone ensures success. I've seen too many cases when the appropriate timing and connectivity are required.
Right now? On election night? I've stopped believing in America. The dream that was America that was drilled into me as a child of the 70s and 80s. That all people actually had an equal voice. That justice ruled the land. That we were a UNITED States.
Thats all gone.
Its every man for himself and "f**k you, I've got mine".
Maybe my blinders are finally off. Maybe its always been that way.
In any case, my belief in the "Shining City on the hill" is dead.
Its all over, and I will mourn its loss.
Faith in my fellow human beings. LMAO what a joke. I thought we were better than this but here are.
I no longer believe that integrity matters, or that laws have meaning, or that the truth is important.
I no longer believe in the idea that 'everything happens for a reason.' Sometimes, things just happen—random, unplanned, and without deeper meaning. I've found it more comforting to focus on making the best of what life throws my way rather than trying to search for some cosmic justification behind every tough moment. Sometimes, life is chaotic and unpredictable, and that’s okay. It’s what we do with it that matters most.
Yeah. And "God won't give you more than you can handle." F*** you and f*** your god.
Load More Replies...Everything happens for a reason... from a physics standpoint. From a philosophical standpoint, sometimes that reason is that you're stupid and made stupid decisions.
I keep hearing this from my mom, and then she asks why she has the life she has. It's not even that bad, her life, as she makes it out to be. Maybe when she was growing up she had it tough. But that's when she was younger, and then she tells me that the past is the past whenever I bring up past stuff in my life. So, I view people who say everything happens for a reason are the martyrs in the society and they are annoying af. That person thinks they have it worse than everyone else, but if bad happens to others it's in the benefit to them. It makes them feel better other people have it worse then give the silver lining speech. I hope that makes sense.
I hate that saying with a fiery passion because I don't see the reason behind women and children being raped and/or beaten. I don't see why someone like my stepdad who was a very healthy man had to get cancer and die at a young age or my uncle who also died of cancer. I don't see the reason for hundreds of children being shot in schools. That is the most absurd saying ever.
Sorry, Nikole ... I'm religious and have never believed that, nor do many other people. If you don't like having people make assumptions about you, maybe stop doing it, too?
The Mormon church. I was a member for 21 years. I hated it. I hated what I had to believe. I hated the kind of person I had to be. I hated everything about the church. But I believed it was 100 percent true. So I lived it for 21 years. The day I let myself accept it wasn't true was one of the most freeing feeling I've ever experienced.
That I was supposed to know what I wanted to do for the rest of my life at 18.
The decency of my neighbors. Trump won this round decisively, the American people have spoken and they want... *That*.
I dunno. I don't really believe in anything anymore. Life in general is an empty, meaningless slog. I admire those who can enjoy it because it's impossible for me.
I no longer believe in 'finding the right time'. If you wait for something to happen, you can always find an excuse not to start it.
The future of our Constitutional Republic. Clearly this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
the fallacy that one can function with less than eight hours of sleep. People, coffee can only do so much.
The idea that humans are basically good (in the sense of morality) and intelligent (in the sense of wisdom).
Historically, and as events over the last couple years have continued to highlight, culminating with the election results in the US...humans are simply a more advanced form of primate. We are - in general - tribal, selfish, and greedy. And emotionally stupid.
Contrary to our religious aspirational ideals, our complex philosophical navel-gazing or our grandiose self assumptions, humans as a whole contain no inherent or ingrained virtue beyond that of any other animal. And in certain areas of our behavior, such as with our wars of political expediency and the choices demonstrated in the USA election, we are abjectly f*****g pathetic.
The decency and intelligence and sense of ethics of the vast majority of humans.
Most people are not bad, but indifferent to evil and they refuse to learn, to understand the world around them, to understand cause and effect and to have at least the basic empathy.
Most people are not bad, but they want bad people to govern and they don't care about evil unless evil and bad policies affect them directly. And I mean directly them, not their family their friends, their community. Them.
Remember when we were all little kids and it was drilled into our heads how we were the best nation in the world? Welp.
That humans are good by default. This election result was the final nail in the coffin.
That adults have everything figured out and their life is a smooth journey on a fixed path.
The belief that people can influence others. I've learnt that people must want to improve themselves, you cannot do it for them.
“the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” No, no it doesn't. That arc is straightened out and heading away from the truth at an alarming rate.
Sick of people privileged enough to complain about political talk.
Load More Replies...So mostly, this thread is about America (<5% of the our planets population), it's perception of it's own values. Still, it will have a new President in January x
The US began to emerge as a globally significant country in the C19th century. It became a superpower after WWII. Its slide downwards became apparent with the credit crunch, with its acceleration to decline and collapse just starting. Asia's rise will continue. The World is changing ; as it always does. Nothing is constant.
For me, something I stopped believing in was God. I was indoctrinated into, you guessed it, Christianity, from a young age, and about a year ago realized that I have no blind faith whatsoever; I trust only that which I know to be real.
Please don’t abandon those of us who try every day to fight against this. We need your support. :(
I understand the bleak outlook of the future and humanity based upon the events in the US. However, I caution all that don't believe: apathy will let things get worse. I'm not saying have hope, I'm saying don't let people with dangerous passion (of hatred and greed) beat you and keep you down. Find your own passion to make yourself, and perhaps others, believe again.
How many different ways do you have to say America is garbage? We get it. You hate us. You hate us more than Russia, North Korea, and Afghanistan combined. We are the literal worst. Can we please go back to celebrating art, humor, and cute animals?
Please link to a comment or post about hating the US more than Russia, North Korea and Afghanistan.
Load More Replies...I'm going a different route. Residual hauntings being from actual spirits trapped in their past lives, and doppelgangers being evil demons. Doppelgangers are probably the most common reports of the paranormal. I don't believe they are bad omens. I believe they are tied more to residual hauntings than demons. I don't believe residual hauntings are necessarily spirit related. There is a theory I have been expanding on in regards to environmental materials, like granite, limestone and marble, and water, can hold energetic vibrations and frequencies, such as sounds, smells and visuals, just like a camera, or tape recorder. When the environmental conditions are just right, repeated from when these events were captured in the same conditions, you'll see, hear and smell them again. People have reported seeing "apparitions" of those still living. Living people have seen their doppelgangers. We call it paranormal, demonic because we don't know how to explain it.
The amount of overhyped emotional drama about an election is unreal. The world is not going to end, 51% of the American population are not unintelligent Nazi's. Life decisions are not black and white. the President of the USA is NOT that powerful and people who scream the the shy is falling every time they don't get their way seriously need therapy.
Soooo does that include people who put on their Nazi gear and their proud boys gear and their confederate gear and go storm in the capital building? Just asking for a friend. Also, you realize he’s got the house and senate too, correct? Thirdly, pardon us for being upset that some of us are going to lose rights. two women just died in texas last week because they couldn’t get anyone to help with their miscarriages. Call call me crazy but the idea of having to drive a loved one around from clinic to clinic hoping someone will help them while they’re hemorrhaging is a little upsetting. Your hypocrisy is astounding. How about this… Take down your blue lives matter flag because you just voted for a felon. Take down your American flag because you clearly don’t believe in liberty and Justice for all. And you can take your cross off too because let me tell you Jesus Christ would not have been a fan of Donald Trump. No, 51% of the country are not Nazis, but 51% of the country are OK voting for the same guy as the Nazis and the clan a voted for and I happen to think that’s worth making noise about. (Note….still not storming the capital so maybe settle down with your remark about people being overly dramatic)
Load More Replies...“the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” No, no it doesn't. That arc is straightened out and heading away from the truth at an alarming rate.
Sick of people privileged enough to complain about political talk.
Load More Replies...So mostly, this thread is about America (<5% of the our planets population), it's perception of it's own values. Still, it will have a new President in January x
The US began to emerge as a globally significant country in the C19th century. It became a superpower after WWII. Its slide downwards became apparent with the credit crunch, with its acceleration to decline and collapse just starting. Asia's rise will continue. The World is changing ; as it always does. Nothing is constant.
For me, something I stopped believing in was God. I was indoctrinated into, you guessed it, Christianity, from a young age, and about a year ago realized that I have no blind faith whatsoever; I trust only that which I know to be real.
Please don’t abandon those of us who try every day to fight against this. We need your support. :(
I understand the bleak outlook of the future and humanity based upon the events in the US. However, I caution all that don't believe: apathy will let things get worse. I'm not saying have hope, I'm saying don't let people with dangerous passion (of hatred and greed) beat you and keep you down. Find your own passion to make yourself, and perhaps others, believe again.
How many different ways do you have to say America is garbage? We get it. You hate us. You hate us more than Russia, North Korea, and Afghanistan combined. We are the literal worst. Can we please go back to celebrating art, humor, and cute animals?
Please link to a comment or post about hating the US more than Russia, North Korea and Afghanistan.
Load More Replies...I'm going a different route. Residual hauntings being from actual spirits trapped in their past lives, and doppelgangers being evil demons. Doppelgangers are probably the most common reports of the paranormal. I don't believe they are bad omens. I believe they are tied more to residual hauntings than demons. I don't believe residual hauntings are necessarily spirit related. There is a theory I have been expanding on in regards to environmental materials, like granite, limestone and marble, and water, can hold energetic vibrations and frequencies, such as sounds, smells and visuals, just like a camera, or tape recorder. When the environmental conditions are just right, repeated from when these events were captured in the same conditions, you'll see, hear and smell them again. People have reported seeing "apparitions" of those still living. Living people have seen their doppelgangers. We call it paranormal, demonic because we don't know how to explain it.
The amount of overhyped emotional drama about an election is unreal. The world is not going to end, 51% of the American population are not unintelligent Nazi's. Life decisions are not black and white. the President of the USA is NOT that powerful and people who scream the the shy is falling every time they don't get their way seriously need therapy.
Soooo does that include people who put on their Nazi gear and their proud boys gear and their confederate gear and go storm in the capital building? Just asking for a friend. Also, you realize he’s got the house and senate too, correct? Thirdly, pardon us for being upset that some of us are going to lose rights. two women just died in texas last week because they couldn’t get anyone to help with their miscarriages. Call call me crazy but the idea of having to drive a loved one around from clinic to clinic hoping someone will help them while they’re hemorrhaging is a little upsetting. Your hypocrisy is astounding. How about this… Take down your blue lives matter flag because you just voted for a felon. Take down your American flag because you clearly don’t believe in liberty and Justice for all. And you can take your cross off too because let me tell you Jesus Christ would not have been a fan of Donald Trump. No, 51% of the country are not Nazis, but 51% of the country are OK voting for the same guy as the Nazis and the clan a voted for and I happen to think that’s worth making noise about. (Note….still not storming the capital so maybe settle down with your remark about people being overly dramatic)
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