75 “There Is No Santa Claus” Truth Bombs For Adults

I expect to be working into old age. I hear you live longer the longer you work. So I got that going for me.

In fact it appears to have been headed the other way for a good 40 years at just a little bit more than a trickle...

Amen to that.

In any hierarchy each individual eventually rises to his own level of incompetence an then remains there 🙃

I've noticed that a long time ago, and I'm noticing that at work. Goes with #1. No one really knows what tf they're doing. They're learning as they go along.

Or what you're doing.

It's almost impossible to be considered irreplaceable to a corporation.

Damn, this one hits right in the feels.

However, if you are irreplaceable - you are not "promotable" either

Good grief, YES! I'm 45 and when I was in my teens and then my twenties, I just assumed that I would have everything figured out by now. Instead, I just stumble through each day in the same state of bafflement and confusion that I was born with. The only things I've really got straight are that wine and dogs are both unbelievably brilliant.

My X is a horrible person that divorcing cost me over 50k. We left in the middle of the night and hid out in a women's shelter. Lived poverty level for years to pay it off while he lived in a nice two story with a pool. I thought hell was what earth was. Darkest days of my life.

In a lot of cases, it's more about the parents then the genes.

Don’t I know it *sigh*

I used to think that of teachers, parents, and every other adult in a profession.

you poor thing

I do my best to be there for my daughter, in all the ways my family was never there for me

Everyone has that one uncle.

…wait really?? What’s the point of school?? I jsut have to graduate at bare minimum. Wtf!!? I’m just gonna stop trying then that’s fine right?? I can’t believe this!!

True. Nobody has ever asked me about the Bayeux Tapestry either. The way they were teaching it, I thought it must be an integral part of daily adult life. I mean, it's nice and all, but some of those horses are a bit too sketchy to dedicate a whole term to.

I don't understand this concept. There's been a few new stadiums built in my city and none have benefitted our economy. Not even the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

I can't stand people who have this mentality that if your life doesn't have these aspects, or it all crashes down then it's your fault and you did something wrong and should be shamed for it. Anything can go wrong in and out of your control, with or without warning.

Wait… sorry let’s just…. Omfg. No thank you. Can I go back to before I read this becuase now I just hurt

They were never compassionate towards me, even as a kid.

A childhood friend's younger sister died in a car accident back in 2006. She was a senior in high school. She never got to graduate high school. She had plans for college, was a very talented tap-dancer, a boyfriend... all gone. Her mother was driving the car, lost control and that was that. Her mother survived, but suffered a serious brain injury. She didn't even know her youngest daughter died, even after being told several times. Her best friend was also in the car and only suffered minor physical injuries, but was inconsolable at the memorial service. She collapsed in front of her friend's coffin. That was also the last time I saw my friend who killed himself because his parents never accepted his homosexuality. We take far too much for granted.

Yeah I don’t think this one surprises me AT ALL

Not all of them... a good portion are doing what they know is wrong...

it does pay the bills

not enough what?

I didn't even know what to expect.

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Fines are designed to punish the poorest, hardest. Very little is illegal to the rich. A splendid example of this is how Epstein and Maxwell were thrown under the bus to protect the elite from allegations of sex crimes and paedophilia.

I hate the generic false advice of "always have 6mo of pay in the bank" that isn't sustainable for 90% of people in real life.

And companies will shut down any facility at any time for any reason.

Taxes, maintenance, bills, landscaping, pest control, other ridiculous fees. More if it's a condo. In fact, you're less of a homeowner if you buy a condo.

And maintenance.

Yeah found this out years ago..it was a huge disappointment to 15 year old me

YES…this. Very often it can be infuriating. Bit dizzying when you really think about it, how reality doesn’t matter so much as how you can shape it to your advantage and, with merely your words, can manipulate just about any situation. Every lawyer is intimately familiar with this concept as well, I’m sure.

This is exactly how my daughter thought when she found out Santa isn't real. She's more glad it's me than a "stranger in a suit".

On seventh grade we had to research the career we wanted. I chose freelance artist. Like 17,000 a year. Saw doctor was like 90,000 and I couldn’t live off what I wanted to do.

I'm a bit confused by this one. Could a patient panda please explain it to me, like I'm a four year old?

Not really. We were mostly all average and some knew how to cheat.

It is. Recently there was a big exhibition of colleges in my local shopping centre. There were abstract colleges, portrait colleges, even Marvel colleges. All made from torn up bits of paper. Some of them were really beautiful but at £49.99 they were out of my price range. Still, they were selling some so it's definitely a business. Without a doubt.

Maybe not in yours, but I have it on good authority that not only do they exist, they are dying to meet me!

This is why we get the leaders we have. People THINK they know what society needs and go off based on past leaders that did a great job. So they go with the party those leaders represented, and like a huge sports fan, they take on this loyalty like it's some unspoken law. Deep down so many would vote for someone else. I always thought give Green Party a chance. I was told it's considered "throwing away your vote", which makes no sense as they're on the ballot, and free to vote for.

Birthdays started becoming less about me and more about my mom when I was a teen. If it wasn't done her way there was no party. She banned my birthdays after a cleanable popcorn mess. That was also the day my friends saw my mom for who she truly is, and not the act she puts on for guests. Christmas is still nice, but it's all up to me to make it that way. Christmas does fly by fast. Once you start working and old enough to be responsible you're now expected to buy presents for all your family members, or give them cards. My mom now expects me to include unexpected people, like a new boyfriend of hers or her siblings. TF am I supposed to know what to get them? Christmas dinners are now expected to be at my place, no matter how little seating and room there is, and everyone just comes over and starts rearranging tables and chairs, touching my stuff, including windows and the thermostat. And then you start thinking back if you were ever that invasive to your family.