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People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear

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Each of us creates the world we live in. We choose what to include in it and we also decide what to leave out.

Interested in the latter, we dug around Reddit and found a few discussions where people have been sharing difficult-to-accept truths that they know are correct but actively try not to think about.

So we put together the most popular entries, and I gotta say, it's not the easiest list to go through, but it's definitely intriguing and thought-provoking. After all, even if we refuse to acknowledge a fact, that doesn't make it go away.

Continue scrolling to check out what things are bothering people the most and the talks we had with social science writer and researcher Jeremy Sherman, Ph.D., MPP, and professor of psychology at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, Noam Shpancer, Ph.D.

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#1

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear No-one wants to hear your shitty music in public, especially in class.

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According to Shpancer, refusing to think about something we know is true is a form of avoidance. "It may provide short-term relief from discomfort, and can sometimes help us keep from becoming distracted, but in the long term, a habit of persistent avoidance—a refusal to face your known challenges—becomes a bigger problem than whatever issue you were avoiding in the first place," the author of The Good Psychologist told Bored Panda.

This, let's call it practice, sounds quite similar to denial, but, as Shpancer pointed out, the latter is a refusal to accept or acknowledge the truth altogether. "The benefit of denial is that it may, in the short term, buy you some time to summon and mobilize your coping resources," he explained.

"When we hear bad, surprising news, our first reaction is often 'No, it can't be,' even if we have every reason to trust the source of the bad news. This momentary denial may allow us to 'catch our breath' as it were, before delving into the hard work of coping. Relying on denial for the long term is, however, unhealthy. Such persistent refusal to acknowledge and face facts erodes interpersonal trust and communication and leads to bad decisions. If you're falling, there's no use telling yourself that you've learned how to fly."

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#2

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Just because someone is related to you doesn't mean they are a good person.

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Sherman, the author of Neither Ghost nor Machine: The Emergence and Nature of Selves, agreed, highlighting how human life is uniquely anxious compared to other organisms. "Just compare the range of worries a human could have compared to any other critter. No contest. To cope, we need denial, escapism, entertainment, but to survive we need all hands on deck in reality too," he explained to Bored Panda.

"I'm on a campaign I call 'optimal: see illusion, safe escapism or strategic gullibility', encouraging people to take their denialist flights of fancy but always with a return ticket to reality safe in your heart pocket. It's not how far out you go, but whether you remember to come back. The big difference between a death metal concert and an authoritarian political rally is what happens in the parking lot after. After the metal concert, people return to reality. After the rally, people think they've experienced something more real than reality. That's dangerous."

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#3

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Voting Trump out of office won't magically fix everything. He is a symptom of a bigger disease here in the USA.

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One study of 2,000 adults across the United States, which was commissioned by global tour operator G Adventures, suggests that the average American spends 12 hours and 56 minutes escaping their reality each week. (That's roughly four years over a lifetime.)

The most popular forms of disconnecting from work, responsibilities, and everything else that drives them crazy came in the form of reading books (1 hour 34 minutes), watching movies (2 hours 37 minutes), and dreaming of vacations (44 minutes).

#4

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Life is easier for attractive people.

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However, as previously mentioned, this can't go on forever and we need to come to terms with the world around us. Jeremy Sherman thinks people can make it easier for themselves by focusing on what he calls ironic fallibilism.

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"An ironic situation is one where you get the opposite of what you expected: you do the right thing and it comes out wrong or vice versa. An ironic attitude is recognition that despite your best effort, ironic situations are not entirely escapable. There is no sure-fire formula for living. Just when you discover the meaning of life, it changes."

"Ironism is not cynicism. It's the recognition that life is deeply tragic and deeply slapstick. Life is tragicomic," he explained.

#5

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear We need to stop consuming animal products the way we currently are. It's absolutely unsustainable.

The amount of downvotes this post will receive proves the title of this post.

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400points

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"Fallibilism is a concept in philosophy and more than any other notion, fallibilism has given me peace of mind about dealing with reality," Sherman continued. "I think of the fallibilist mantra as 'no matter how confident I am in a bet, I remain still more confident that it is a bet. Life is iffy guesswork. Yoda is wrong. There's only try. One can make better bets. One can bet with high confidence. One can't escape betting."

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Sherman sees ironic fallibilism as the antidote to two unworkable approaches that are often combined:

The first one is fundamentalist hypocrisy, or pretending you have the formula for living though you don't, can't, and shouldn't live by it. And the second one is cynical hypocrisy, or pretending there's no formula so you can do whatever you want.

"[Jerks] (I'm a psychoproctologist) employ both. Everyone should live by their supposed fundamentalist formula that they cynically don't think they have to live by. No deed is too dirty for saints like them."

#6

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Just because you've been doing something longer than other people doesn't mean you're better at it (driving, job role, sports etc)

northsouth261 , Israel Andrade Report

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Professor Noam Shpancer added that we should revise our expectation that life should be easy, and the attendant aversion to discomfort. "Hardship is not the end of the world," he said. "It is just the world. The default position for human beings is resilience. Normalizing the struggle is useful."

"Second, accepting reality tends to be easier when we take a long-term perspective, because the danger and damage associated with a failure to face reality are usually obscured in the short run and clarify only in the long run. When making decisions, it is, therefore, useful to consider not only your present self but the well-being of your future self as well. When you fail to deal with the facts of your circumstance, you in effect sell out your future self."

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#7

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear "You can achieve anything you put your mind to" is NOT true.

Not even close.

Genetics play a HUGE role in whether or not someone will be a good athlete, or a super successful scientist.

Can you be an "OK" athlete if you try really hard and practice really hard? Sure. Will you break world records or play for a professional team? No. You have to be especially gifted in the genetics department to do those sorts of things.

The same thing applies for mental pursuits. Not everyone is smart. Some people just don't... get it. You can try a million different ways of teaching a subject and some people just... won't... get it. Critical thinking (the ability to see a problem and visualize how to get a solution) comes MUCH MORE EASILY to some people than to others. Can you sit there and memorize things and get good grades and what not? Absolutely. Will you ever be a scientist who does extremely important research and solves the world's next huge problem? Probably not, unless you get hired because of nepotism are dragged along by someone who IS good at critical thinking.

Furthermore, much of what you CAN do is limited by who you know. If you're rich or your parents are rich and they know lots of people and have a large social network or a lot of people who want to please them for one reason or another, you'll likely find a job in whatever career you want to extremely easily provided you're not totally inept. If you're the first in your family to get a degree and aren't good at maintaining a social network you'll likely have an extremely hard time finding a job, even if you are the person best suited for the jobs you are applying for. Even if the job you're applying for is LITERALLY what you spent 5 years getting a PhD on, if you don't know somebody, you likely won't get that job.

corrado33 , Chris Chow Report

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Finally, we must constantly work on educating ourselves and seeking knowledge that can provide answers to questions we sometimes can't even articulate. Shpancer believes that history is the subject to start with, as it "shows what happens to those who deny the facts, and about the scientific method, which shows that in refereeing competing truth claims, following the evidence is our best bet.

"'Facts,' said John Adams, 'are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.' The evidence wins out in the end. Don’t you want to be on the winning side?"

#8

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear All children are innocent, but they’re not all good. Some people will grow up to be f*****g assholes regardless of what they’re exposed to.

BiggChimpin , Piron Guillaume Report

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371points

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#9

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Money can actually make your life happier.

mlo92895 , Alexander Mils Report

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#10

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear You need to have your views challenged.

Being around and positively engaging with people who disagree with you is one of the healthiest intellectual practices we can do.

Big_Muff_Pie , essica Da Rosa Report

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327points

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#11

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Having an opinion doesn't make you right.

Philosofried , Kristin Wolff Report

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#12

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear The more children you have, the more you contribute to environmental decline. Literally nobody likes hearing this because HUMANS MUST REPRODUCE YADA YADA.

turtlemari , Kelly Sikkema Report

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277points

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#13

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Just because you love someone it doesn't mean they will love you back. No matter how hard you try to get them to, they just won't.

anon , Milan Popovic Report

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270points

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#14

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Everyone's a hypocrite. Even you.

booksoverppl , Adrian Swancar Report

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251points

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#15

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear I guess to counter some people in here:

Not every "real talk", "tough to swallow pill", or "harsh truth" that you have to offer someone is going to be accurate to them, or their situation.

Sometimes you're actually a f*****g d**k that is incapable of considering their perspective or feeling empathy towards them.

¯ _(ツ) _ / ¯

NappyFlickz , Jon Tyson Report

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#16

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear There's going to be a day where you are totally forgotten by everyone.

PunchyPractitioner , Dan Meyers Report

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#17

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Things are going to keep getting worse on our planet and we are in for some serious human tragedy.

LemmeLaroo , Li-An Lim Report

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#18

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Your spouse/child/home/job/vacation, etc. is not nearly as important to anyone else as it is to you.

tappytaps , Natalya Zaritskaya Report

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#19

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear You can't control what happens to you, only how you react to it.

sheikhyerbouti , Jorge Saavedra Report

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#20

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear That there are people who won’t like you or agree with you and you won’t be able to change their mind so you just have to deal with it

animeweebgrill , Ketut Subiyanto Report

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208points

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#21

That all gods are man made, start taking responsibility for your own actions and stop thinking that some magical being is going to come and help you out.

JesusChristsGayLover Report

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203points

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#22

Your skin color / sexual orientation is the least interesting thing about you.

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198points

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#23

Capitalism as it’s currently implemented doesn’t work and only increases the wealth of the wealthy at the cost of the poor, the oppressed, and the world. We are literally destroying our ability to live on this planet, and we’ll need drastic societal change to barely survive the coming era.

Monkeycrunk Report

Final score:

189points

CJay M (They-them) 2 years ago

Fun fact: social capitulation, a rare system used in some insignificant island nations and small Asian countries (tu mi au, xibi San ma) in which the basic necessities of survival are provided but to live comfortably you need to work. It’s an interesting system that seems to work well and I’d be willing to give it a try. An interesting blend of capitalism and socialism

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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)

Couldn’t hurt to try. Problem is, we’d need to get those who are reaping the benefits (in other words, stealing food out of everyone else’s mouths, even though they, themselves, have consumed more than enough already) on board with the change, which means a drop in their profits. Because history has shown us, time and time again, that they’re the very people who will work to dismantle, to weaken, to downright sabotage that system, then convince us, or rather, gaslight us into thinking it was never going to work anyway and we should just return to what we have now. We’ll need more than just a system change, or even a political or social change. We’ll need a total change of mindset, of personal philosophy, of attitudes. We’ll have to evolve, to move forward and leave all the knuckledraggers behind to perish. Big order.

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David Timmons 2 years ago

That's interesting I have never heard of this before but thank you for teaching me something new today

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SJM 2 years ago

Fun fact: That is what most countries in Europe are doing, and it works

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M Calad 2 years ago

Very interesting. Thank u for sharing this!

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Ana Garfield 2 years ago

We need to give this a try.

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George Davies 2 years ago

This is the essence of communism. And it has never worked.

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Tatiana Kouzmanoff 2 years ago

It's not the system, it's the greed. It has worked the same in communism and socialism. Those in power are greedy and will fix the rules in their favor.

6points

El Dee 2 years ago

Capitalism doesn't work, Communism doesn't work, Fascism doesn't work and all for the same reason - human nature..

4points

Tatiana Kouzmanoff 2 years ago

This!

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Sociallib Fiscalcon 2 years ago

This is probably worded in correctly. It's not that capitalism as implemented doesn't work, it's that capitalism as implemented works perfectly but isn't giving us the result we want. In other words, it's the wrong model. While people will argue socialism vs capitalism ad nauseum, in reality I think what China is essentially proving is that a hybrid model is most likely the most effective and efficient way to go. The trick is to figure out how, where and what to socialize, and the equivalent for free market/capitalism. We sort of do that now, but poorly. It would be complicated to set up and you have to customize your model to your culture, but if you have travelled to China 50 years ago and see it today you would be shocked at how fast and how much things have changed and modernized. It's the main reason they are beating our pants off, we just don't want to admit it.

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Tom B 2 years ago

Become wealthier.

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blahd zhahd 2 years ago

Such a bad, misinformed take. Capitalism, aka, free markets isn't the problem. It's just a system. People are the problem. They are the source of greed and corruption, not the system. Socialism isn't a better system, corruption still happens, greed still exists. The difference between the two is that a free market can withstand greed and corruption and still function, socialism cannot and will always collapse and result massive human suffering. That's why you can't name a socialist country that you'd rather live in than America or another western capitalist democracy.

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Freddy H 2 years ago

"we’ll need drastic societal change to barely survive the coming era." This is a scare tactic to get people to give up their freedoms. "Capitalism as it’s currently implemented" is shackled by innumerable regulations, so maybe we should unshackle it just a little. The most free countries in the world are also the most environmentally clean. Don't take my word for it, look it up.

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Albo alt 2 years ago

Capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all the others.

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Will Thix 4 months ago

and the same can be said for socialism and communism. emperor Xi and Tsar Putin are doing well...

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Skorm Carter 2 years ago

Finally FUUUUUUCKING FINALLY something that is actually at least somewhat intelligent. I don't usually feel clickbaited by boardpanda.

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Marnie 2 years ago

So all those well off European nations with very high happiness indexes - and which are all capitalist countries - "doesn't work"? Please explain. (I do agree about it destroying the environment.)

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survivalrhino 2 years ago

That is so much BS___ you've fallen into the trap of marxism.

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Andy Frobig 2 years ago

Capitalism works exactly as designed, for the ones who designed it. Poverty and misery are features to them, not bugs. Do you think it would be as fun to be obscenely rich if there weren't obscenely poor people to compare yourself to?

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LucasRadford 2 years ago

Work hard and you can get ahead. I know people from the poorest parts of Africa that grew up without shirts or shoes that are now aircraft mechanics and are pretty wealthy. There's no excuse for not being able to get ahead in this world!

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Paul Werner 2 years ago

Sadly that time has come and gone imo

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K R 2 years ago

This should be higher to correlate with the times

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Mike Beck 2 years ago

"As it's currently implemented" is what I've been saying. Get *public trading* out. of. healthcare! The "for profit" model is fine but shareholders force short term profits at any cost.

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Tofu 2 years ago

I think this should be higher. The wealth gap is literally killing us.

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Mav Mav 2 years ago

Capitalism, however implemented, will do this.

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Steve Riddle 2 years ago

We are Billions-the leaders are thousands. If we all go on strike for 5 days they will be wiped out and we can take over. Let the Sleeper awaken!

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#24

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear There is always someone better than you

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#25

So many of these are negative... So how about the truth that one of the best ways to be happy in life is by helping other people. People don't want to do it, because helping other people feels like you're losing out, but it's true

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#26

Sometimes, you are the toxic person

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#27

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear No matter how nice you are, people will still just be assholes to you just cuz.

anon , Deva Darshan Report

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#28

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear We don't know everything and probably never will.

joculator , Niklas Ohlrogge Report

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#29

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Your friends and family likely talk tons of s**t about you behind your back

CrustyTowel , Rui Fernandes Report

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#30

Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Sometimes good things happen to bad people.

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#31

You can’t love someone into loving you

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#32

That people need to stop putting their trust in god to do things and do it themselves

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#33

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Everyone you love will die. Everyone you hate will die. Everything ends.

6675636b5f6675636b , Pavel Danilyuk Report

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134points

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#34

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Corona may never go away and be in our lives forever in some capacity.

fib16 , Gabriella Clare Marino Report

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#35

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear No matter what you do you polluted the planet

Rusky82 , USDA NRCS Montana Report

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128points

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#36

The only person responsible for -you- is -you-.

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#37

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Americans don't want to hear that Columbus murdered and enslaved people.

anon , Metropolitan Museum of Art Report

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116points

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#38

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear No one really gives a s**t what your eyebrows look like.

amynivenskane , Rune Enstad Report

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#39

You are always replaceable.

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#40

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear You aren't special.

MrM0nday , Katie Montgomery Report

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103points

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#41

As long as we fail to protect and provide for all children in our society, we will continue to suffer the crimes of the damaged adults we produce. We have no right to expect any different, and we deserve everything that we get.

Final score:

36points

#42

Some people are just evil. There’s not always a reason behind it.

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35points

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#43

Racism is universal, as in anybody can be racist.
The recent attempt to redefine it is laughable.

If you assume things or judge anyone based on skin color, good or bad things, you’re a racist.

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#44

When you die, it could very well be nothing. Just blackness, like before you were born.

304rising Report

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#45

The downfall of many celebrity and quasi-celebrity males over the past few years, as a result of sexual assault, is just the tip of the iceburg. Sexual assault is real, it has been going on for centuries, and the news shedding light on the matter is a good thing.

Final score:

28points

#46

China is always expanding their influence and the Chinese communist party treats people terribly.

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#47

We are not all equal, in any sense.

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#48

Nobody cares that you are Vegan

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#49

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Life isn’t fair and you aren’t owed a damn thing.

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#50

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear You can’t make everyone happy

choccymint95 , Kurayba Report

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#51

the fact that the two presidential candidates are old men who should be in nursing homes is depressing

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#52

No matter what you do you will never be more popular then cheese.

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#53

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear No one is at the wheel. There is no one leading the planet, just powerful people, companies, and countries all struggling together against everyone else for power, money, and control.

Sethor , GR Stocks Report

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#54

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Just because you’ve been with someone since high school doesn’t mean they’re right for you. Don’t base your future on childish dreams

Jibjab83 , Long Truong Report

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23points

#55

Both of the world's current super powers (China and USA) are committing genocide on undesirables near their borders. Nobody can do a damn thing to stop them. The future of the world is bleak.

Oh yeah, Climate Change is happening, and the evidence points to us going down the *worst case scenario* path, which means a nightmarish world for the next thousand years.

theclansman22 Report

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22points

#56

* Some people will never find a long term partner and that's okay...
* ... because even if you live your life surrounded by people and love, you will die alone. Being married or with a LT partner, having children, having lots of relatives... All in all, it's no guarantee / insurance against ending up alone.
* People fall out of love for no reason and sometimes there's nothing you can / should do about it.
* Not everyone wants children, even the ones who will have them anyway.

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21points

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#57

Good things don't come to those who wait. They come to those who take them. Be patient in your efforts, don't wait apathetically for the things you want to come to you.

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#58

The people who bother you the most in your life probably do so because you’re the most similar to them.

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#59

The eradication of the most devastating diseases that we fight today (i.e. cancer) will have potentially devastating unintended consequences. Humans weren't meant to live forever, and a "cure for cancer" will have interesting effects in the economy and society as a whole with a world already overcrowded with people.

Before I get killed on this, I don't mean for this to sound cruel or heartless.

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#60

The democratic and republican parties are the same party. They want the same things. Any differences you may find in them is only to keep you distracted from taking the power away from the already powerful.

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#61

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear That you need to uplift others to improve society and the world

but everyone is more focused on crushing those around them to ensure their current, or potential, position in the world.

wisedoormat , Dylan Gillis Report

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#62

The world does not owe you anything and government is not going to take care of you.

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#63

Just because you don't agree with someone on a personal level doesn't mean you can't be friends.

I personally don't agree with a lot of the things my boss says, but he's an awesome boss and a mentor for me.

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#64

Healthy relationships require a lot of work. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But in total – a whole f*****g lot.

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

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#65

That most people probably don't hate you just because you're black/gay/etc.

They hate you because you're really an a*****e.

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#66

"You're going to die and you have no idea when" Stop pretending that you're invincible. Acknowledge the fact of your own mortality, and then start structuring your life in a more meaningful way.

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#67

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Costco has tubs of 7lb Nacho cheese for sale at $6.50 a piece. 7lbs of Nacho Cheese works out to about 2,800cm^3 . A typical bathtub has a volume of 160,000cm^3 . Here are your volumes based on weights (approximately) and how many bottles you would need to fill up the tub:

1. 120lbs = 50,000cm^3 means you need 40 tubs for 255 dollars

2. 150lbs = 70,000cm^3 means you need 32 tubs for 208 dollars

3. 200lbs = 90,000cm^3 means you need 25 tubs for 162.5 dollars

4. 250lbs = 110,000cm^3 means you need 18 tubs for 116 dollars

See the trend? The fatter you get, the more cost effective it becomes to bathe in cheese.

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

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#68

Prophets had no excuse. If you claim to have a connection to god and hear his voice, then the time period in which you live doesn't excuse what you do or prescribe for society. Otherwise, it means your god was limited by the spirit of the era, meaning he isn't omnipotent. Or that god was just wrong.

People respect prophets too much.

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#69

Your employer steals from you more than the government does

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#70

Either you will have to deal with someone else dying or, someone else will have to go through you dying.

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#71

You are as insignificant to most people on earth as a stranger you pass on the street is to you.

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

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#72

There are a LOT of violent people out there and we aren't really doing much to change that.

There are a lot of people hurting each other through sexual violence. And no one is ultimately making any effort to change that.

Despite the fact that Reddit doesn't want to hear it, there are a LOT of people who are attracted to young people. Throughout history, and today. And until we actually acknowledge that, we are never going to stop people from being abused.

The best solution for gun violence in the US that everyone could agree on is targeting the causes of violence. Now there will be issues on specific methods which people will debate, but you would be 10 times more effective in getting movement in that area than by trying to fight the brick wall of gun control vs gun rights. And politicians are never going to do this unless citizens tell them to change focus.

Educated people have beliefs too, education alone is not a magic solution to issues.

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#73

Not everything revolves around you

Edit: I don’t give a f**k what planet you are or what space object you identify as stfu lmao

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#74

Having a culture that is so focused on getting high or drunk squanders much of the time in our youth that we need to develop into thoughtful, pragmatic, and mature adults.

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#75

It's our fault the world is not the way it's supposed to be.

We didn't start it, it's just the people that came before us didn't fix it, and now it's our responsibility.

Expecting politicians, athletes, and celebrities to influence positive change is b******t when so many of us don't take extra steps to contribute positively in the world.

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#76

- Mental illness is not an excuse for shitty behavior
- Your problems are generally the consequence of your own action
- If you live in the Western developed world, you are a lot more shallow and materialistic than you'd like to admit
- In terms of looking for a partner, your looks and money are huge factors. Possibly even more important than personality

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#77

No matter how much time, energy, love, etc. you put into someone, the only way to ensure you get results from that effort is to put it into yourself. Everyone else is a calculated gamble.

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#78

People Share 40 Things That Are True But That No One Wants To Hear Your (our) mother(s) will put us down one day. And never pick us up again.

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#79

Being computer illiterate is not something to be proud of and should not be accommodated. Especially with the boomer crowd that literally demands to be hand held through copying and pasting. You cant ask them to think or learn because 'I just don't understand computers'.

Well you're just fine with your iPhone and Facebook and surfing the net. You can learn this new system YOU requested instead of demanding IT do it for you simply because it runs on a computer.

Also, USE BIRTH CONTROL. This is the worst possible time to be bringing babies into the world. We're already overpopulated and strained for resources. Itll only get worse as time goes on. No, having a baby wont fix all your problems. Itll just amplify them and bring in an another innocent sufferer.
If you want kids that badly, think about the 400,000 in foster care instead of demanding that only your genes are good enough.

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#80

Your dog will probably die before you

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#81

we have no chance of mitigating climate change to a point where billions of people will have died by 2050

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#82

You might not ever find the love of your life.

Yes, you may marry. But it might not work out. You might end up divorced, lonely, and unfulfilled at 60 years old. It is technically a possibility, it is not impossible.

Don't worry, I'm not talking about myself.

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#83

Anything about someone's dream.

The MLM will never make you money, Britney.

Although your parents say so, you cannot sing, Amy.

You are not the smartest person in the world, Brandon.

(Names random)

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#84

there are no absolute truths

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#85

No one and nothing matters in reality.

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#86

That world peace is impossible

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#87

Just because it hurts you doesn't mean it is wrong. To all the snowflakes.

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Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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I'm a visual editor here at Bored Panda and I enjoy a good laugh. My work ranges from serious topics related to toxic work environments and relationship difficulties to humorous articles about online shopping fails and introvert memes. When I'm not at my work desk, checking if every single pixel is in the right place, I usually spend my free time playing board games, taking pictures, and watching documentaries

I'm a visual editor here at Bored Panda and I enjoy a good laugh. My work ranges from serious topics related to toxic work environments and relationship difficulties to humorous articles about online shopping fails and introvert memes. When I'm not at my work desk, checking if every single pixel is in the right place, I usually spend my free time playing board games, taking pictures, and watching documentaries

What do you think ?

Mimi M 2 years ago

Many of these are just people's opinions, not 'truths'.

35points

K- THULU 2 years ago

Yep ...and opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one....

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Random Panda 2 years ago

Who needs this kind of negativity in their life? Most of this stuff everyone knows, but we don't talk about, because it's better to focus on the good things in life.

15points

Cenk Karaferya 2 years ago

Sounds like someone is bitter...

11points

Natasha Lappos 2 years ago

Very poor choices here. Sad and bitter. This is disappointing. Do better. Also - "there are no absolute truths" ... IS an absolute truth. Who approved this garbage?

8points

Andy Frobig 2 years ago

It's an accepted fact that depressed people have a more realistic understanding of the world. Are you advocating delusion?

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TC Wilson 2 years ago

There are a lot of negative and miserable people out there it seems. Glad most of these are just opinions.

5points

David Leick 2 years ago (edited)

#88 Don't take internet listicles to heart, life is way more gradient than that.

3points

Lyone Fein 2 years ago

I just want to add........That boys and men who are having sex should all be using condoms. If you don't, you will certainly get either an STD, or a child, or both.

3points

IAmSomeone 2 years ago

Yes, EXACTLY

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Andy Frobig 2 years ago

Children are the #1 STD

0points

Kaos 2 years ago

And women

0points

Shawn Gula 2 years ago

Well I'm all cheered up. Now where is that arsenic

1point

Sally Barry 2 years ago

We are, all of us, walking over an abyss. We don't look down, we may not even see it. But when we come to a hole and get a glimpse, it can shake up our world so we never quite recover from it.

1point

Faith M 2 years ago

Not truths. And a surprisingly large amount of ignorant political garbage AGAIN. Here IS a truth, half of Americans voted for Trump. Being a conservative does NOT make you a monster and being a liberal doesn’t make you an angel.

0points

blatherskitenoir 2 years ago

You have to be likable to be liked.

0points

Skorm Carter 2 years ago

Simply amazing how stupid people are and need to be told these things... just.... amazing... You know you can only blame the school system so much...

0points

DAVE 2 years ago

Free will is probably an illusion.

0points

R B 2 years ago

And the way all of you have responded, is the exact purpose of this article. These ARE ALL TRUE. Yes maybe opinions but they are true opinions. Some of which are scientifically true, and some of which unfortunately humans have proven right. Yea we know these things happen but not accepting that it's going to happen is just plain ignorant, like thinking that some magic will just make it go away or god. I feel like your life will be much more happier and much more fulfilled if you accept that yes one day you will be alone and that everything you love will be gone that everything you do really doesn't matter because it all disappears I think you will live a much Fuller life if you accept that at a much younger age because then you will live every day like it is your last and you will not have any regrets. You could die tomorrow with $70,000 sitting in your bank account I certainly wouldn't want to die knowing the things I could have done and the places I could have seen with that money.

-1point

Mimi M 2 years ago

Many of these are just people's opinions, not 'truths'.

35points

K- THULU 2 years ago

Yep ...and opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one....

21points

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Random Panda 2 years ago

Who needs this kind of negativity in their life? Most of this stuff everyone knows, but we don't talk about, because it's better to focus on the good things in life.

15points

Cenk Karaferya 2 years ago

Sounds like someone is bitter...

11points

Natasha Lappos 2 years ago

Very poor choices here. Sad and bitter. This is disappointing. Do better. Also - "there are no absolute truths" ... IS an absolute truth. Who approved this garbage?

8points

Andy Frobig 2 years ago

It's an accepted fact that depressed people have a more realistic understanding of the world. Are you advocating delusion?

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TC Wilson 2 years ago

There are a lot of negative and miserable people out there it seems. Glad most of these are just opinions.

5points

David Leick 2 years ago (edited)

#88 Don't take internet listicles to heart, life is way more gradient than that.

3points

Lyone Fein 2 years ago

I just want to add........That boys and men who are having sex should all be using condoms. If you don't, you will certainly get either an STD, or a child, or both.

3points

IAmSomeone 2 years ago

Yes, EXACTLY

2points

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Andy Frobig 2 years ago

Children are the #1 STD

0points

Kaos 2 years ago

And women

0points

Shawn Gula 2 years ago

Well I'm all cheered up. Now where is that arsenic

1point

Sally Barry 2 years ago

We are, all of us, walking over an abyss. We don't look down, we may not even see it. But when we come to a hole and get a glimpse, it can shake up our world so we never quite recover from it.

1point

Faith M 2 years ago

Not truths. And a surprisingly large amount of ignorant political garbage AGAIN. Here IS a truth, half of Americans voted for Trump. Being a conservative does NOT make you a monster and being a liberal doesn’t make you an angel.

0points

blatherskitenoir 2 years ago

You have to be likable to be liked.

0points

Skorm Carter 2 years ago

Simply amazing how stupid people are and need to be told these things... just.... amazing... You know you can only blame the school system so much...

0points

DAVE 2 years ago

Free will is probably an illusion.

0points

R B 2 years ago

And the way all of you have responded, is the exact purpose of this article. These ARE ALL TRUE. Yes maybe opinions but they are true opinions. Some of which are scientifically true, and some of which unfortunately humans have proven right. Yea we know these things happen but not accepting that it's going to happen is just plain ignorant, like thinking that some magic will just make it go away or god. I feel like your life will be much more happier and much more fulfilled if you accept that yes one day you will be alone and that everything you love will be gone that everything you do really doesn't matter because it all disappears I think you will live a much Fuller life if you accept that at a much younger age because then you will live every day like it is your last and you will not have any regrets. You could die tomorrow with $70,000 sitting in your bank account I certainly wouldn't want to die knowing the things I could have done and the places I could have seen with that money.

-1point

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