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45 Times People Didn’t Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors

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People tend to seek consistency in their attitudes, so when we hold two contradictory beliefs and our thoughts do not align with our actions, we may experience discomfort.

Whether we're aware of it or not, this inconsistency — called cognitive dissonance — can motivate us to seek ways to reduce the unpleasant feelings it causes, such as by rejecting or avoiding new information.

(You know that drinking too much alcohol is harmful to your health, but you do it anyway and rationalize it by pointing to your high stress levels.)

Interested in how all of this manifests in everyday life, Reddit user Independent_Ad_3915 asked everyone else on the platform, "What's the worst example of cognitive dissonance you've seen in real life?"

Here are some of the answers they have received. It sounds like we're pretty good at lying to ourselves.

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#1

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Ugh. I had a (now ex) best friend who had a pregnancy scare. She was super pro-life, very conservative Republican. I asked her what she was going to do and what support she needed from me, and she said she was considering getting an a******n if she was pregnant. When I seemed surprised, she said, "well, it's different for me. I'm not a s**t like those other girls. I'm not ready for a baby. It's different..." We stopped being friends after that. I couldn't handle it anymore.

wannabeginger , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

301points

Jill Rhodry 1 year ago

Yes, I'm sure it's 'different' for all the conservative politician's wives, daughters, girlfriends when they can afford to go interstate for a medical procedure.

187points

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#2

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors People who purport to live their lives like Jesus, and yet are hateful and judgmental, and non-accepting which is the exact opposite of what the man was about, historically.

Interesting_Gift4953 , JCWilmore Report

Final score:

273points

CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago

Fun fact: "Taking the Lord's name in vain" isn't about using curse words with God's name in it, but about using his name to justify hateful behavior.

10points

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We got in touch with Independent_Ad_3915, and they were kind enough to take a little time and have a chat with us about their post.

"I sat down thinking about what would be a good question that everyone could associate with in some meaningful way," they told Bored Panda about its origins. "I remember thinking, 'What is your happiest memory? Or, biggest recurring thought? Or, biggest self-delusion?'"

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"I then decided on a question that focuses on how someone views the thoughts of others."

#3

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Brexit voters who live in Spain and other parts of the EU. Voting to kick out foreigners without realising that they are the foreigners is peak cognitive dissonance.

No-Village-6781 , Franz Wender Report

Final score:

266points

Red Reilly 1 year ago

This was the stupidest thing we have done recently, OH seeing all the Brits living in Spain, moaning that they are getting screwed over, YOU VOTED FOR THIS!! It is your fault!

89points

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#4

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Illegal immigrants are taking our jobs!

I wouldn't have a problem with illegal immigrants if they would work instead of coming here to live off of welfare!

Said within minutes of each other out of the same mouth.

Kooky_Ad_5139 , Sam Report

Final score:

232points

pfeils wife 1 year ago

If it’s been said once, it’s been said a thousand times. We are all immigrants. The USA thrives with immigrants.

95points

RedCorvette 1 year ago

Exactly! If you’re not Native American then you’re an immigrant too. Your ancestors came on a boat.

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Miss Mali 1 year ago

I am not an immigrant, my people were stolen from Africa and brought hear against their will, my other people were here long before Europeans colonized this nation.

9points

HurlWurk 1 year ago (edited)

This is simply no longer true. Most people in the US have no cultural ties or understanding of thier fore-fathers. We are Americans. I work in welfare related services. Yes, illegals with anchor babies are a issue. Yes illegals who come over and get low wage jobs are an issue. Just like any other kid or adult living in poverty. The fact is, most of the jobs immigrants and illegals take are not above the poverty line, even if a citizen had that job, they would still be on welfare too. Welfare use isn't the problem, s**t paying jobs are.

8points

FaceTime Audio 1 year ago

Also, how about some compassion for people who need to illegally immigrate? It's not done for the heck of it, it's done because life in the original country was awful/dangerous/had no opportunity etc and people needed to go elsewhere. Immigration in the US is really hard, particularly from Central/South America or for POC. Immigrants have a lower crime rate than the population average. The solution is to make more jobs and raise the minimum wage, not kick out people who speak a different language, look different, or dress different than you do. They've got just as much right to be here as you do, Mr. White Guy whose ancestors illegally immigrated and stole Native land.

5points

Michael Braisher 1 year ago

The ones accepted after the immigration board was set up. You've a right to leave your own country but no right to enter someone else's without permission.

0points

Bell-icose Premium 1 year ago

Not me. I'm 1/64 Jedi.

-1point

Marnie 1 year ago

That's true. But there is a difference between people who immigrate legally and those who don't. Up until the Republicans fear-mongering and falsely saying the liberals/Democrats were all for letting anyone immigrate, whether through proper channels or not, liberals and conservatives were largely in agreement that the US needs to try to curtail illegal immigration. Obama was the "deporter in chief" for goodness sakes. No "developed" country just lets everyone immigrate who wants to immigrate. That would be madness. But then the younger liberals got on FB, saw the Republicans saying that all liberals are totally cool with letting just anyone come in, without any restriction, and they started to think the same. So, the OP here is correct that these arguments are hypocritical, but if you are a liberal, stop and think if you want the Republican fear-mongering to actually make you change your views. It's not hateful to have an immigration policy - to have restrictions on immigration.

-2points

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Taxirelaxi 1 year ago

Schrödinger´s immigrant

16points

David A Paterson 1 year ago

Reminds me of a farmer near the Mexican border who employed illegal immigrants and voted for Trump.

13points

pfeils wife 1 year ago

Hahahaa the hypocrisy is astounding

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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago

GOP.. "Why are they pouring across the border?" .. CEO of Home Depot..."No one wants to work anymore"...people from Mexico, Honduras, Venezuela..."Wanna bet?"

12points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)

Yep. My family has owned a housecleaning service for 30 years. Over three decades, want to know how many white people have applied to our company, to clean other peoples’ houses? Five. And those five were all work-visa immigrants from the Czech Republic. We don’t discriminate or discourage any race from applying/working for us, but let’s just say that not a lot of white people want to clean other people’s houses for a living.

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Princess Jade 1 year ago

'Immigrants are taking our jobs', Oh you mean the jobs you refuse to do?

10points

Laughing Orc 1 year ago

And if an immigrant who can't even speak the language is here taking your job, you probably weren't very good at it in the first place.

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Jro308 1 year ago

How about we make the immigration process less expensive and difficult? Then we would have many more legal immigrants coming into the country. If you've ever spent the time to look at how much it costs and how difficult and long the application process people would understand why so many choose to do it illegally.

8points

Silre 1 year ago

Hi, welfare caseworker here! Did you know that immigrants are not eligible for benefits until they have been in the United States legally for five years! So, suck on it!

5points

Shane Hussel 1 year ago

Now add "nobody wants to work anymore"

5points

CanadianDimes 1 year ago

I’m an immigrant. I have a job. I don’t want all the jobs. Just the one is enough

4points

Susan Bosse 1 year ago

My biggest issue with this stupidity is that illegal immigrants are NOT eligible for state or federal benefits with few exceptions.

3points

Rae Ramirez 1 year ago

Look at Florida!!! Hahahaha they have no one to harvest this season, why? Because no one wants to work? NO because they forgot about the people that will do the job

3points

Hey Kat 1 year ago (edited)

I work in construction and would honestly rather have all my crew guys be permanent residents from South America as they have a work ethic. They WANT to work and their output is of excellent quality. Other crew guys tend to stand around and BS, play on their phone and are the first ones to call in or want to leave early.

3points

Elchinero 1 year ago

What sorta (menial) job do you have that an immigrant could take?

3points

Svenne O'Lotta 1 year ago

Illustrating this (very good) point with a picture typically used to silence women by calling them hysterical is really something, Bored Panda. Well done, you.

2points

L. Murphy 1 year ago

Actually, each state makes money from state and city taxes collected from immigrant/migrant workers who spend money while they work in the US. Thank NAFTA for the mess. And we can't place all the blame on the evil cartels when Americans are complicit buying the drugs.

2points

LH25 1 year ago

I have a neighbor who claimed that 1)illegal immigrants get free everything; housing, food, medical insurance and 2)they clog up the ERs because they don't have health insurance and go there to get treated for non-emergency things.

2points

Edison Lima 1 year ago

The doublethink is strong in some folks

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Norah Reilly 1 year ago

Every white person in the USA is either an immigrant or an immigrant themselves. At least, the current immigrants aren't arriving on our shores prepared to commit genocide as we ended up doing.

2points

Norah Reilly 1 year ago

Correction: "...either an immigrant or the descendant of immigrants themselves."

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Azolane 1 year ago

There used to be a restaurant near my place that had amazing sushi and hibachi. Always super busy. They were hiring illegals, someone reported them and the whole place had to close down. So sad. Yet all these people who shout against immigration are more than happy to eat in restaurants and stay in hotels that would not exist with this workforce.

2points

Granny 1 year ago

Evidently we do not want those jobs or WE WOULD BE DOING THEM

1point

Sara Wilson 1 year ago

And the jobs that most immigrants have to "take" r the ones most Americans that complain about them wouldn't even consider doing!

1point

Jig Jive 1 year ago

Schrödinger’s Immigrant - Simultaneously stealing your job and too lazy to work.

1point

Zophra 1 year ago

"They took our jobs!" - South Park

1point

Rahul Pawa 1 year ago

"They took our jobs!!"

1point

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

She looks credible...credibly insane

1point

Fairytails From Other Worlds 1 year ago

Yup, “they come here to live off of welfare and they take our jobs and women! They loiter in groups at the station and parks, and speak in languages we don’t understand! Then they take our tax money and go to language/computer/etc courses, WITH OUR TAX MONEY! Their women just stay at home and make babies, why don’t they go to work! Or to a course to learn the language!” Same old, same old whining.

1point

the Jericho vlogs 1 year ago

Yeah head on out to the field and pick some broccoli or lettuce. None of them want to do those jobs.

0points

Annie Persson 1 year ago

Also, immigrants steal our women - and they bring their wives here to make lots of babies

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

Right? Because white folks want to work the fields and pick fruit SO BADLY!

0points

John West 1 year ago

Sad that speaking the truth is considered hate speech.

0points

Lori McMillen 1 year ago

Let them in. Hand out tax numbers and job application as they come through the line

0points

Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

If you deported all undocumented immigrants from the US, our economy would collapse. I don't think a lot of people realize that some industries would disappear overnight without these workers, including restaurant, hospitality, and agriculture. (The state of Georgia tried this already...and lost billions as crops rotted in the fields with no one to pick them. It's not unskilled by any stretch. Oh, and no Americans wanted these jobs either, so...)

0points

Michelle Vaughan 1 year ago

FYI, this image is of a professor who was defending Black lives at an on-campus protest. NOT an anti-immigrant person (to my knowledge)

0points

Laura Rodrigues 1 year ago

Wow. I hope this chick sees this pic, and that whatever she was bit@hing about was worth the viral fame😳

0points

LinkTheHylian 1 year ago

They took 'ur jerbs!

0points

Vikki =) 1 year ago

Come here to work. Let them stay if they do.

0points

maka paka 1 year ago

the key word in all of that is ILLEGAL, illegal immigrants can't take your job nor can they get welfare

-1point

pfeils wife 1 year ago

Sure they can... they take the jobs that most 'mericans' think they are too good to do. Immigrants are hard workers..

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The Redditor noticed that there were a lot of references to American politics in the answers. "Some people were just putting in 'Democrats' or 'Republicans' as their answer."

That might be due to the fact that over the past years, Democrats and Republicans have both grown increasingly likely to view members of the opposing party through a negative lens.

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A 2022 poll found that majorities of Democrats describe Republicans as being more closed-minded, dishonest, immoral, and unintelligent than other Americans; majorities of Republicans describe Democrats as each of the above, with the further addition of lazy.

#5

Republicans blocking Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the SCOTUS because, by their argument, "It was too close to the election (more than a year away), and we should let the people decide the next president first before we name a new SCOTUS member."

Then, within *3 months* of the 2020 election, RBG dies and Republicans rush in and confirm their nominee as fast as they can before the election to make sure it's stacked with another conservative in case Biden wins.

There is just no excuse for that blatant, absolutely transparent level of hypocrisy.

Such defines the American right-wing.

Puzzleheaded-Ear858w Report

Final score:

223points

Aaron W 1 year ago

They know they are lying. You know they are lying. You know they know they are lying, and they know you know they are lying. They just don't care.

112points

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#6

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors People who have generational wealth, but then claim they “pulled themselves up by their bootstraps” and “worked their a*s off to get where they are,” while claiming everyone else is just lazy.

Whatchab , Alexander Mils Report

Final score:

212points

Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

"Pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps" is literally impossible. You cannot physically lift yourself up by pulling on the thing you're standing on. So the delusion that they've self-levitated is popular with these toxic people.

68points

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"I don't think there is a world where people can fully live true to any belief system," the author of the post said. "Because the reality around us will give us particular situations that will force us to compromise or even betray those beliefs in some way."

"Most people aren't even aware of that; however, they are overly strong on the power of belief and the ideal of 'I am right.' And what you think in your head does not match facts on the ground is where cognitive dissonance will occur. That does not mean there is no higher morality or ethics that people should aspire to."

"To put it simply, people need to accept that the reality in their minds and the real world rarely match each other 100 percent on every topic," they added.

#7

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors “This weather is crazy!!! It was never like this when I was a kid.” meets “climate change is a hoax.”

alken0901 , pxhere Report

Final score:

211points

pfeils wife 1 year ago

Echo chamber.

28points

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#8

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors For those of us who work/have worked in retail during the holiday season:

"I can't believe they have you working on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day/insert holiday here..."

It's you. It's because of YOU I'm working. Cuz you're here, shopping on a public holiday. 🙄

Trigger-Hippie9186 Report

Final score:

211points

Annymoose 1 year ago

I protest this by doing the only thing I can, not shopping on those days. Not even online. It's ridiculous.

13points

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But interestingly, cognitive dissonance can sometimes be a tool for personal and social change. Drawing a person's attention to the disparity between their behavior and their values may increase their awareness of the inconsistency and empower them to act.

For example, a 2019 study noted that dissonance-based interventions may be helpful for people with eating disorders. This approach works by encouraging patients to say things or role-play behaviors that contradict their beliefs about food and body image, creating dissonance.

The theory behind this approach is that, in order to resolve it, a person's implicit beliefs about their body and thinness will change, reducing their desire to limit food intake.

So a lot depends on the circumstances.

#9

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Conservatives decrying they want government to leave them alone while supporting bans on gay marriage, access to women's health, etc.

NewPresWhoDis , Fibonacci Blue Report

Final score:

206points

Jared Robinson 1 year ago

One that really f****d me up hard, the right thinks it would be okay to deny their child anti biotics if their religion told them too.

65points

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#10

Modern Christianity in the USA. It’s literally the opposite of what Jesus taught.

michaelb1 Report

Final score:

206points

xxx 1 year ago

Modern Christianity around the world

79points

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#11

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors My mom who rushes to do all the chores herself and then complains when nobody else does them. And then if someone else does it she complains that it’s not being done the way she does it

Legal_Bridge990 Report

Final score:

202points

Ace 1 year ago

Said every teenager everywhere...

76points

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#12

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors "This is what happens under socialism" Republicans talking about something happening now under capitalism

Paisable , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

182points

panther 1 year ago

But they love socialism for the rich and corporations, just not for the people who need it, because they would have to raise taxes on the rich and corporations.

65points

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#13

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors I will NEVER forget this interaction with a human equivalent of a papercut:

“So, are you getting the vaccine now that you’re pregnant?”

“No! I don’t know what it’ll do to my baby” (IMMEDIATELY takes a drag from a cigarette)

TheSevenDweller , Amina Filkins Report

Final score:

180points

Jill Rhodry 1 year ago

but she DOES know what cigarette smoking will do to her baby..see, there's a difference 😜

100points

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#14

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Simultaneously a Chinese bioweapon and just a cold

ineedjuice , mmmswan Report

Final score:

165points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

not just a bioweapon, but also manufactured by billgates as an implant from the illuminati AND also created by 5g radiation. it is in fact four incompatible things. /s

80points

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#15

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors My husband who knows the extreme trauma and is devastated that I suffered so much from being a child victim of abuse and yet angrily defending Mormonism’s unapologetic declaration that clergy shouldn’t have to report abuse when a member confesses it. He’s a securities attorney with high morals and ethics and yet excuses the LDS church of hiding billions of dollars from the govt and their members in shell companies. He supports the homophobic religion despite the fact that he loves and accepts and supports his 2 queer daughters. He could be a case study on brainwashing

MormonEscapee , Darina Belonogova Report

Final score:

164points

pfeils wife 1 year ago

This OP is a stronger spouse than I could ever be, remaining married to such a hypocrite

108points

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#16

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Conversation I had with my former step dad:

Me: Ignorance is not knowing something, right?

Him: Yes.

Me: Willful ignorance is knowing you aren't informed but doing nothing to change it, right?

Him: Yes.

Me: So arent you being willfully ignorant about evolution by not bothering to research how it works?

Him: (instantly offended) Listen. I don't need to research evolution to know that it's impossible for a frog to transmutate into a bird.

Me: I agree, it's not possible. Transmutation isn't evolution, that's a term used for alchemy to change gold into silver and isn't mentioned in evolution at all. Real evolution takes millions of years and happens because of gradual changes in DNA.

Him: (storms off) I aint got time for this

TheMrEM4N , Vera Arsic Report

Final score:

148points

Norah Reilly 1 year ago

"Thinking is hard. That's why so many people judge." Carl Jung

5points

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#17

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors An American flag next a Confederate flag. They were opposite sides of the same war

INeedtobeDetained , smwatkins Report

Final score:

142points

pfeils wife 1 year ago

My neighbor flys a confederate flag and a trump flag. I just want to move

96points

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#18

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Republicans who spout homophobic rhetoric but then are found on Grindr.

mom_with_an_attitude , Monstera Production Report

Final score:

141points

Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago

Or the homophobia is self hatred, which is just sad

44points

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45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors My mother told me that many years ago, our family had the children taken and forced to go to a Catholic boarding school. She told me that they cut their hair, beat the kids if they spoke their native language, and forced them to read the Bible and forced out our native belief. The term I've heard is, "They sewed the Bible into their hands." They even outright m******d many kids while not telling the parents anything. I was already horrified, but then my mother told me that we're a Catholic family that believes in Jesus...

Typical_Credit_4224 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

139points

Jan Rosier 1 year ago

Canada?

38points

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#20

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Person: I don't like black people because so many of them commit crimes and are in jail for dealing drugs.

Me: But your son got ten years for major drug dealing.

Person: Yeah, but that's different.

classactdynamo , Oladimeji Ajegbile Report

Final score:

135points

Kimberley Dillon Chapman 1 year ago

It's different. The black person would have received more than 10 years

12points

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#21

My mother, an immigrant, talking about immigrants taking over our country

miamental Report

Final score:

128points

CaptainDinosaur 1 year ago

The type of mindset that desperate human beings are "illegal" because their paperwork isn't in order is f*****g gross.

5points

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#22

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors People on government disability payments talking about cutting welfare

sten45 , AnnaStills Report

Final score:

125points

Jill Rhodry 1 year ago

They're not talking about cutting 'their' welfare but other welfare like single parents, dole etc

54points

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#23

LGBTQ people who vote republican.

(Although to be fair, I think it's more about class and race privilege for them. Still idiots, though.)

profmoxie Report

Final score:

124points

pfeils wife 1 year ago

Again, voting against their own well-being blows my mind

73points

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#24

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors People complaining about other peoples driving while comitting the same errors but its ok because "they are in a hurry"

f_ranz1224 , Glebcallfives Report

Final score:

120points

CP 1 year ago

Driving got way less stressful, when I decided that anyone driving aggressive was in an emergency and anyone driving dumb just lost their job. That and I have made at least one mistake while driving, I think.

6points

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#25

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors My ex-boyfriend's mother would sit on her front porch and complain about the neighbors. "Look at those busybodies, sitting on their porch gossiping about everybody. Did you hear that her daughter..."

She'd also insist her son drive her to the stores first thing after every holiday, so she could buy stuff half price "before the greedy people get there."

lorinabaninabanana , thekrazycouponlady Report

Final score:

115points

Ellie Hope 1 year ago

I admit I moan about the supermarket being really busy, my daughter points out that I'm one of those people.

39points

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#26

Whole family dies from covid

*covid isn't real, God just decided it was time to bring them home*

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Final score:

113points

panther 1 year ago

And he used Covid to do it.

69points

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#27

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors When the pandemic started, a friend of mine got really obsessed with the fact that you can't leave your home or go near people without a mask etc.

Only thing is it never reflected in his own actions. He judged others but did not follow guidelines himself. He worked at a grocery store at the time and refused to wear a mask his boss told him to wear, meanwhile complaining about people coming to the store without masks and putting his health at risk.

Jurtaani , Michael Burrows Report

Final score:

112points

Kimberley Dillon Chapman 1 year ago

A mask for thee but not for me!

39points

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#28

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors Teachers supporting policy makers who want to cut education funding

sauvignonquesoblanco , Dids Report

Final score:

109points

pfeils wife 1 year ago

I’ll never understand why people vote against their own well-being

58points

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#29

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors SO's grandmother died this year, of cancer, that she had for 10 years. She refused to get treated, refused x-rays because she believed x-rays would give her cancer.

Infinite-Condition41 , Anna Shvets Report

Final score:

106points

Becklass 1 year ago

This is just sad.

34points

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#30

The year before the pandemic I moved to Germany and had visited home (US), I was going for a swim at the public rec center I used to frequent and ran into one of the regulars. Telling him about my move to go to grad school and how college in Germany is cheaper.

While sitting inside the public, city owned rec center, he says "they can just keep that socialist c**p to themselves."

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Final score:

105points

Sven Horlemann 1 year ago

Brainwashed is what comes to mind. It is... astonishing.

46points

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#31

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors My alcoholic husband who is completely off the rails and rapidly drinking himself to death and tearing my and our kids' hearts apart, sitting in his chair rambling on about how sorry he feels for a friend who is dealing with a loved one's drug addiction.

lmcbmc , Dylan de Jonge Report

Final score:

104points

Jared Robinson 1 year ago

As an alcoholic I know from experience that he won't recognize it in himself until Alcohol or him being drunk does something to completely and utterly f**k up his life.

50points

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#32

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors My parents are libertarian and hate the idea of socialism.

They constantly talk about how much they love the library.

DennisPikePhoto , Guzel Maksutova Report

Final score:

102points

Jared Robinson 1 year ago

dictatorships and tyranny that dictators and tyrannists try to pass off and label as communism isn't actually communism. It's just tyranny and dictatorships, masquerading as something else. A lot like religion actually.

16points

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#33

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors I don't know, like 15 f*****g years ago there was a study or poll that came out that said that a higher % of college educated people watch comedy central than watch fox news.

And my mother has never, ever laid it down. Any time we discuss anything she accuses me of "getting my news from comedians", just because I use to watch Jon Stewart, and now occasionally watch John Oliver.

When the news dropped that Exxon had insider memos knowing they knew about climate change, and their hand in it, my mom and I had a discussion.

I cited articles from Reuters, Bloomberg, and the BBC.

My mom literally pulled up Exxon's website, and basically said "See? Exxon says it is fine and they are innocent", and then at the end of our discussion, still came at me for "getting my news from comedians", when I was the only one who actually cited a news source....

BigBadZord , comedycentral Report

Final score:

102points

David A Paterson 1 year ago

"there was a study or poll that came out that said that a higher % of college educated people watch comedy central than watch fox news." Comedy Central is less biased and often more accurate than Fox news.

86points

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#34

Farmers who survive on government subsidies complaining about the “welfare state”

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Final score:

97points

Jared Robinson 1 year ago

I hate some farmers. "I just want to make a living" meanwhile they have 3 50,000 dollar trucks millions of dollars in heavy equipment, enough food to feed their family for an entire life time in one sitting, but still they are barely getting by.

12points

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#35

My mother showed me a snapshot from her own childhood that showed, in general, her father lying on a childs bed, her sitting next to him between him and the wall. Her brother sitting on the floor in front of the bed, playing with some toys:

"This is my favourite picture from my childhood! All my siblings always whining and claiming we were abused. It's such b******t. See? It's just a quiet, calm, happy snapshot of a perfectly normal family. Every time one of them starts up about being abused, I remember this snapshot and know that we were fine. Just fine!"

And so I looked at the picture and asked, "What about the handgun?"

Because my f*****g grandfather (the wildly violent, gambling, womanizing, utter piece of human garbage) was literally laying there in his kids' room with a handgun in his hand. We aren't Americans. So like... yeah. That s**t ain't normal.

She had been looking at that picture for HALF A CENTURY, always patting herself on the back that it was proof that her desperate need to insist everything was OK was in any way accurate, and never in all that time, had she apparently ever seen the handgun.

Mind blown.

Best part? Within a year, she tried to show me the picture again, again telling me about how it was her favourite and proof that her siblings were full of s**t...

So maybe she did see the gun.

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Final score:

87points

Susie Elle 1 year ago

Sounds like she's real deep in denial

69points

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#36

anti-vaxxers dying of preventable diseases

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Final score:

87points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

thin out their numbers! https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f2d94771-a153-4381-a819-c76c19567172

28points

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#37

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors A neighbour complaining about increasing homelessness and then talking about how she can barely afford her mortgage payments on her rental property ever since interest rates rose higher. "I'm not allowed to raise the rent past a certain amount so now I'm paying the mortgage out of my pocket!"

Crazy_Ad4505 , Eziz Charyyev Report

Final score:

86points

David A Paterson 1 year ago

Real estate agents cause house prices.

19points

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#38

I met a woman whose brother was killed in combat in Iraq.

His pointless death made her....become even more of a Republican.

Because Nancy Pelosi didn't do enough to stop George W. Bush.

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Final score:

83points

Stuart 1 year ago

I think I twisted a muscle in my brain trying to figure their reasoning out.

47points

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#39

My family who constantly make fun of and poke holes in the doctrine of other religions. My family are all Mormons.

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Final score:

82points

Ace 1 year ago

It's true of nearly all religions - "We're right, so everybody else is wrong". It's what made me realise, aged around 16, that my own beliefs could not be 'correct', cos that would make billions of other people, from hundreds of different versions of religions, all wrong and therefore condemned to hell. Yeah, right.

34points

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#40

People that vote anti-a******n and then vote to eliminate free school lunches

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Final score:

81points

K- THULU 1 year ago

So they're censoring that now? Really?

59points

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#41

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors My mom (who has admittedly come soooo far since this era) used to point out the “trashy” Russian ladies in the grocery store and say that they were using food stamps “paid for by her, and still have an attitude”

Meanwhile we literally were there purchasing groceries on WIC benefits lmao. Glad she’s overcome her issues there lol

sweetiepotpie , Hanson Lu Report

Final score:

80points

Chelsea McKee 1 year ago (edited)

In most cases you have to meet work requirements to qualify for food stamps. We need food stamps because companies don't want to pay their employees a living wage. Certain politicians side with the businesses over the common employee and say we shouldn't force a specific hourly wage or demand benefits because they're conducting business, which is theirs to run.

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#42

45 Times People Didn't Notice The Irony In Their Behaviors My uncle refuses to acknowledge or give credibility to ANYTHING animated.

"It's a f*****g cartoon it's not real!"

"So if we take the factual events of WWII and animate it, it's not real anymore?"

"Exactly!!!”

*Face palm*

TripzPanda , Victoria Borodinova Report

Final score:

76points

Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago

Uncle starts watching "Once upon a time, Life" and suddenly his red blood cells disappear in a poof logic

28points

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#43

Nepo babies who actually think they've gotten to where they are in life because they earned it by being so great when in fact their mommy got them the job.

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Final score:

75points

V 1 year ago

I don't really care about nepotism, if people are honest about it. Of course people going to hire friends or family over strangers in most circumstances.

13points

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#44

Have a neighbor (in America) with some odd allergies note they prefer to by European market items because of better labeling and more strict control of what goes in the products. While they have their don’t tread on me flags and complaining about mistrusting the government.

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Final score:

60points

OhnoI’vebeencensored 1 year ago

Well sure, don't trust the US government. Some other governments are ok.

19points

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#45

Working class tory voters.

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Final score:

56points

DJR 1 year ago

I once heard "voting republican is for billionaires and fools; check your wallet to see which you are"

63points

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Apandathetic 1 year ago

'cognitive dissonance' is a term used in psychology to refer to a stare of inner distress at being unable to reconcile two opposing beliefs held simultaneously. I don't think the ppl in most of these examples are experiencing distress, but rather are suffering from denial or ignorance. Perhaps the post should be retitled "disturbing examples of everyday hypocrisy".

18points

INGi 1 year ago (edited)

You actually expect a BP "author" to use correct words now????? They can't even post actual facts! LOL!!! (You're 100% right, of course).

5points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

There is a word from George Orwell 1984 that applies to all of these. The word is "doublethink". Which means holding two opposing opinions at the same time without seeing the conflict between them.

15points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

Sadly, a lot of 1984 has come horribly true. Publishers are literally rewriting new editions of books to remove forbidden words. The worst dystopian fears of the esrly to mid 20th century have been realised and exceeded and nobody seems to be concerned.

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DB 1 year ago

A couple nobody touched on: Complaining about high taxes but continuing to vote for the people who keep raising them. Complaining that Walmart and Amazon are ruining businesses yet buying from them because they're cheaper.

13points

Will Cable 1 year ago

People who talk environment issues but then waste them like they are going out of fashion, you know, like the 'celebs' who are always spouting green this and that but fly in private jets to a birthday party while telling everyone else they shouldn't travel.

7points

walkabout 1 year ago

My parents drilled into me that I should pursue a career with full union benefits. And I did. Whenever I use my PT0 or FMLA my mother delivers unto me all levels of hypocrisy that I'll lose my job, that I should be at work etc. etc. Cripe lady, this is the benefit of the career you jerks led me too!

5points

GlassHalfWay 1 year ago

I just came to say, not all Republicans are delusional crazed hypocrites. I'm more right than left, but I wholeheartedly believe women should be in control of their own bodies. And most importantly, I CANNOT stand Trump.

3points

Jeremy James 1 year ago (edited)

Hear hear!

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Cptn_Oblivious 1 year ago

I would've never clicked this link if I knew how ultra political and hateful it was... 😳

2points

Jeremy James 1 year ago

I saw a woman wearing a shirt that said, "Keep the GOVERNMENT out of my MEDICAID!" Like, ma'am, I'm not sure where you think Medicaid comes from, but I have some news for you that's going to blow your mind.

2points

Kevin Hickey 1 year ago

When my "flat earther" friend uses NASA satellite imagery to "prove" that the wildfires in Canada were set intentionally.

2points

Petra Schaap 1 year ago

people whining that THEY just take a few pictures and a few short clips at concerts and then put their phones away. Yeah just like 95% of the people with phones at concerts. You're part of the problem.

2points

Douglas Tucker 1 year ago

The sad thing about these 50 items is so many of our friends, neighbors, co-workers, family and maybe ourselves fall into these levels of B.S. No scientific or psychological examinations/explanations are going to change these wise "Thunkers"

2points

Captain McSmoot 1 year ago

This article is nothing more than a liberal echo chamber with fictional stories. The majority of these are just people lying to take an jab at those who oppose their views.

0points

Jared Robinson 1 year ago

This was a fun article.

0points

Apandathetic 1 year ago

'cognitive dissonance' is a term used in psychology to refer to a stare of inner distress at being unable to reconcile two opposing beliefs held simultaneously. I don't think the ppl in most of these examples are experiencing distress, but rather are suffering from denial or ignorance. Perhaps the post should be retitled "disturbing examples of everyday hypocrisy".

18points

INGi 1 year ago (edited)

You actually expect a BP "author" to use correct words now????? They can't even post actual facts! LOL!!! (You're 100% right, of course).

5points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

There is a word from George Orwell 1984 that applies to all of these. The word is "doublethink". Which means holding two opposing opinions at the same time without seeing the conflict between them.

15points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

Sadly, a lot of 1984 has come horribly true. Publishers are literally rewriting new editions of books to remove forbidden words. The worst dystopian fears of the esrly to mid 20th century have been realised and exceeded and nobody seems to be concerned.

7points

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DB 1 year ago

A couple nobody touched on: Complaining about high taxes but continuing to vote for the people who keep raising them. Complaining that Walmart and Amazon are ruining businesses yet buying from them because they're cheaper.

13points

Will Cable 1 year ago

People who talk environment issues but then waste them like they are going out of fashion, you know, like the 'celebs' who are always spouting green this and that but fly in private jets to a birthday party while telling everyone else they shouldn't travel.

7points

walkabout 1 year ago

My parents drilled into me that I should pursue a career with full union benefits. And I did. Whenever I use my PT0 or FMLA my mother delivers unto me all levels of hypocrisy that I'll lose my job, that I should be at work etc. etc. Cripe lady, this is the benefit of the career you jerks led me too!

5points

GlassHalfWay 1 year ago

I just came to say, not all Republicans are delusional crazed hypocrites. I'm more right than left, but I wholeheartedly believe women should be in control of their own bodies. And most importantly, I CANNOT stand Trump.

3points

Jeremy James 1 year ago (edited)

Hear hear!

0points

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Cptn_Oblivious 1 year ago

I would've never clicked this link if I knew how ultra political and hateful it was... 😳

2points

Jeremy James 1 year ago

I saw a woman wearing a shirt that said, "Keep the GOVERNMENT out of my MEDICAID!" Like, ma'am, I'm not sure where you think Medicaid comes from, but I have some news for you that's going to blow your mind.

2points

Kevin Hickey 1 year ago

When my "flat earther" friend uses NASA satellite imagery to "prove" that the wildfires in Canada were set intentionally.

2points

Petra Schaap 1 year ago

people whining that THEY just take a few pictures and a few short clips at concerts and then put their phones away. Yeah just like 95% of the people with phones at concerts. You're part of the problem.

2points

Douglas Tucker 1 year ago

The sad thing about these 50 items is so many of our friends, neighbors, co-workers, family and maybe ourselves fall into these levels of B.S. No scientific or psychological examinations/explanations are going to change these wise "Thunkers"

2points

Captain McSmoot 1 year ago

This article is nothing more than a liberal echo chamber with fictional stories. The majority of these are just people lying to take an jab at those who oppose their views.

0points

Jared Robinson 1 year ago

This was a fun article.

0points

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