50 People Reveal The Harsh Truths That Were The Adult Version Of Being Told Santa Isn’t Real

Oh but you *are* rewarded! With extra work! 😭😭😭

I'm wondering what this person is doing with a pen and notepad out with LightRoom open on her computer. In all of my time working as a photographer, I've never had a notepad as part of my work flow 🤔

Just given more work that becomes the new norm..

I am learning the hard way that "getting your foot in the door" is almost like walking into a non-promotional prison cell.

It usually means that your boss is rewarded.

Republicans are the foot soldiers of the rich elite. Until they themselves learn that the enemy is the rich elite and not minorities, they will act against the best interests of the 99%.

This is just so obvious. Dismantle the 2-party system. Also say this with me. TERM LIMITS!!!!!!!!!!

We are a capitalist country, not a democracy. Business interests rule.

An oligarchy runs the corrupt government...

If you are rich, Republican. If you are poor, Democrat. If you are stupid and poor, Republican. Basically, if you have money, you side with other people with money to bribe and cheat the government and the poor so that you keep as much of your wealth to yourself. I literally got into a big argument with my own mother over this. She thinks that Republicans care about her poor self and family. If you aren't rich, Republicans see you as a peasant. Even if you are rich, the richer Republicans will see you as a peasant.

That's the precise reason that stupidity is running rampant right now. Those who know better sit idly by and allow ignorance and idiocy to be perpetuated.

You can't reason someone out of an idea they didn't get reasoned into.

I call people out for this but not to be insulting, I simply present them with evidence to why they are wrong. It usually doesn't work but at least I feel better about not living the lie.

Once had someone ask me what the concrete buildings were on top of the hill. I said they were water tanks. I got told that this was b******t and I didn't know what I was talking about. I'd been inside them for maintenance of the control systems....🙄

The issues is that the stupid are stubborn in their incorrect beliefs and feel like any movement to changes their ideas is to validate their stupidity and therefore won’t change their ideas in spite of mountains of evidence to the contrary. Unfortunately it’s not worth my mental health to try and educate the masses that do not want to learn.

There is only money.

The law doesn't always provide justice and justice isn't always legal

You never want to get tangled up in the Justice system. Unless you have a bucket load of money there is an extremely high possibility that bad things will happen wether you have committed a crime or not.

*Usually* there is no justice.

Why do you think Lady Justice is wearing a blindfold.

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And of course you never find out until it's crunch time. 😟

But beer is always there for you.

This is a harsh lesson, hard to get over it.

Some Family Also!!

I spent years searching for my best friend from high school after we had lost touch. I was so excited to finally find her on facebook and she couldn’t care less.

This is just heartbreaking :(

***gentle hugs for everyone here who has gone through this***

The loss of my Dad hit me hard, and even now, 4 years later, I still can't believe he's really gone - still waiting to hear from him again by some confounded miracle. Mom's still here, but I'm terrified of losing her; I have no friends, am very much a loner, and my relationship with my brother is strained, so not sure we could count on each other. I dread the day when we will have to sort out her belongings after she's gone...

I'm so sorry for your loss, OP. I lost my dad out of the blue in 2014 just after I turned 40. I developed fibromyalgia and had to move in with my mother during the tail end of the second or third major wave of the pandemic and have lost a lot of mobility and ability to do a lot of day to day things on my own. I'm so afraid of what's going to happen when my mom dies, not because she's my right hand and cares for me, but because she's the best person I know. She's a walking encyclopedia, still knows how to read a folding map, understands why drying clothes on a clothesline outdoors is important, is an amazing quilter, and is a whole host of other amazing things that make me love her. I had to empty my father's house... which was my house at the time, too, when I moved. I was 47, and I felt completely lost. I had to throw out the bulk of what was in the house, and somewhere I went from feeling my heart ripped out to numb, then back to lost & ripped open. I'm sorry you're hurting, OP.

I lost both my parents before the age of 30. Even though I have lots of other family that love and support me, it really leaves you feeling untethered knowing you don't have your parents to fall back on for help or advice.

A short version, there's much more, but Mother Teresa allowed her patients to suffer pain and discomfort so they would be "closer to God" and also denied a lot of medical treatment. She herself would fly to California (IIRC) for treatment from world class doctors if she was unwell.