So, so true! I don't ever want to know.

And worse, invisible pain that people label you as somehow 'dramatic' or 'weak' for suffering from if you mention it. Been there, done that, been ridiculed for having a bad day 😬 Be kind, ppl.

Earned my way to achieve this privilege. This was my youth that I managed to climb out of.

Europe is pretty awesome to live in!

That's why we say "Love is love."

I’ve had my glasses for such a long time I can’t remember when my vision wasnt so blurry. Got them in second grade, am now almost to college and I’m told they’re so bad that I probably can’t get the laser surgery thing.

I've never done that. And I almost LOL:d at that thought before I realized how sad it was.

There was a scene in "The Blind Side" where Michael said he never had one of those before. The mom asked - A room? He answered - No, a bed. I felt a stab to my heart instantly.

still don't have one. I still have to live with them tho. I'm not that old

Check. Call me privileged wrt sleeping.

Within reason (excluding threat to life/well-being of others) we have freedom to express ourselves in the UK... I think that with free speech comes the responsibility to respect others' point of view too.

I grew up in rural Africa, and our tapwater was as clean as you could want it. On the other hand, for the first four years we only had electricity twice a day for an hour, but we made it work.

I love my two cats- they are my chosen companions and would NEVER treat them like a non-living possession. I HATE when people do that. The only thing I control is their access to outside- too many unvaccinated cats in my neighbourhood. I also make sure they have enough good quality food, clean water and litterbox. (PS the eldest of the two is sitting on the desk next to me at this moment, keeping an eye on me).

Water and the infrastructure for water are precious commodities.

health is everything and you never get it until you are sick

My mom worked numerous hours at dead end jobs, never saw me on weekends cuz she's working, but I knew she loved me.

I work with people with dementia. It is indeed heartbreaking, especially for their family who are now seeing a beloved parent that often doesn't recognise them, is aggressive, distressed or has reverted to a child-like state & can no longer feed or even toilet themselves. My 'privelege' is that both my elderly parents are healthy in body & mind... I give thanks for this every day & never take it for granted.

Sad but true

I worked in education for a good chunk of my life and saw firsthand what low or no literacy can lead to... I had young people at age 16 who could barely string a sentence together and had great difficulty accessing the information they needed to learn successfully. I could provide simplified texts for them but even those were beyond their abilities... I'm sure they've gone on to struggle in life because of it.

I'll be your friend

Or being able to afford to leave and pay mortgage/rent.

Being a man of average or greater than average hight. Short men are discriminated against more than short women. For women the reverse, small is 'petite, delicate, cute' above average height, there's discrimination.

Self checkout is a blessing

I once met a couple from a small village in Siberia. They didn’t have indoor plumbing or central heat, but they said it was okay because “we have warm sleeping bags”. 😳 I have never felt so wimpy before.

Depends on where you're living. In most countries loans are indeed loans which are pretty easy to pay back. In other countries they will be an eternal burden because you have to pay off 3 times more than you've ever loaned.

I was homeless for a short period but in my country that means I never had to spend a night on the streets. My local authority provided emergency furnished accommodation until I found a place a few months later. So grateful for that..

Whenever I read an article about people having terrible times because of lock downs and quarantaine, I just imagine being in a war where on top of having to stay indoors, you are cold and hungry, you can get picked up in a razzia, get shot for no reason or get bombed. And suddenly a lock down doesn't seem so bad at all.

I personally believe that young people should be educated for free whichever route is deemed most suitable for them (apprenticeship, college, university...): we also need to stop stigmatising non-university learning. Not everyone is interested in or capable of studying at that level!

Having a highly educated population benefits everyone in the country.

Government that works FOR people

3 tries at community college to try to get a degree in database management/networking and having to drop out each time due to having to go back to work to keep my house from being foreclosed on. having to put my ADHD & depression meds on a CC (before GoodRX and my meds going generic) as single white males get NO help from anyone, and then having it all snowball into bankruptcy. Not such a fan of Capitalism American style

Smells like Denmark :)

Your intestines wriggle your food down without you even noticing, that's mind blowing O_O

Let's start with being able to leave your house without help, because there's only a staircase!

Suddenly, many people can due to the pandemic. Hopefully, some will continue to do so.

drinkable tap water is my fav

This is terrible, how can a first world country deny its populace healthcare based on their wealth. Poor health is one of the leading reasons for poverty, it's a vicious circle..

To be an adult whose childhood didn't cause PTSD is ap rivilege.