‘Awful Everything’ Online Community Shames World’s Worst People And Here’s 50 Of Their Most Hated Ones
When you’re scrolling through social media or reading the news, it can start to feel like there’s no good left on this planet. Hearing about terrible and devastating events can sometimes become a little overwhelming. But instead of keeping these feelings to ourselves, we can start a conversation online.
Awful Everything is a subreddit where more than 1.4M members share pictures about the worst of the worst. From stories about the healthcare system and financial troubles to abusive police officers, this community is shining a light on the struggles people face every day.
Bored Panda has collected some of the top-voted images from this online group, so continue scrolling. And if you’re feeling up to it, share your own experiences and thoughts in the comment section below.
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I Wish ...humanity Changes
Aaron Tucker
Since 2014, the subreddit has been steadily growing and bringing our attention to the devastating things happening around us. From gruesome crimes to minor injustices, the community is dedicated to showing how bad our world can get. As the moderators say, “Lament with us as we view all things that are just genuinely awful.”
Sadly, we have a tendency to dwell on the things that go wrong and use stronger words to describe them. When it comes to the positive or neutral incidents, they seem to be not as important. Just think about negative stereotypes—humans are quick to form bad impressions and often have a hard time changing their views.
Poor Guy :(
These stories break my heart, they really do. So many people, SO MANY, are just one illness away from this happening to them. Our government has utterly failed us.
The Fact That This Is So Common Is Heartbreaking
Even if some of us have a rather optimistic view of life, people still remember more details about their unpleasant experiences. “The brain handles positive and negative information in different hemispheres,” Clifford Nass, a professor of communication at Stanford University, told The New York Times.
He said that negative emotions generally involve more thinking, and the information is processed more thoroughly than positive ones.
Psychologists refer to this as the negativity bias. Picture it: you’re having a pleasant day at work until your coworker throws you an inconsiderate comment. When you come back home, what will you remember more—the overall good day or the remark?
We Are All Spolied
Richest Country
Roy Baumeister, a social psychologist and co-author of The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It, said that it’s one of the most basic psychological principles that seems to be true everywhere.
“A mind is prone to overreact to negative things relative to positive things; so people can use this to manipulate us, or we can use this to manipulate other people,” he explained. “If we understand this, we can prevent some of the negative effects and improve the quality of our social life.”
Rest In Peace, Acab
I just don't understand how it is considered justified if he was shot in the back! How can someone be a threat with their back towards you? I really hope this case is properly handled and the officers are not only terminated from their jobs but also sent to prison/death row! May Darrien rest in peace.
The Power Of Hate
There are so many great folks left out of history. Leprosy used to be a disease that would kill or maim so many people through history until a 23-year old black chemist named Alice Ball came up with a cure in 1915. Unfortunately she died the next year due to an accident. Who knows what she could have accomplished? https://scientificwomen.net/women/ball-alice-121
John Tierney, a journalist and the other co-author of this book, mentioned that the reason why we focus more on bad news is probably that it is aimed at the general public. “And the things that affect everyone tend to be negative—we’re all afraid of dying; we’re all afraid of being hurt. Focusing on those shared concerns is the easiest way to reach a mass audience.”
However, people on social media tend to share stories that are more pleasant. “That’s because the positive things we’re interested in—our hobbies, our cultural interests, the books we read—are more idiosyncratic,” he added. “Curating your news feed so that you’re not seeing so many negative stories can be good.”
Everything About This
Understanding and noticing our tendency to dwell on the negativities in life should help us to recognize that things are usually not as bad as we think. While it is important to share and discuss the problems we face in today’s world, it’s also vital to balance it out with the good stuff. So if you’re feeling a bit down, we’ve got you covered. Just take a look at some of our most recent wholesome posts here and right here.
One Of Reasons People Riot
Jim Carrey Is The News Now I Guess
Sometimes, When People Get Depressed, They Smash Their Own Face In, Pour Acid On Their Genitals, And Shoot Themselves. Apparently
A suicide? More like someone is covering up a rape and a murder. This breaks my heart! I hope one day we can truly tell her story and convict her attacker to life without parole or even the death penalty. May this beautiful woman rest in peace.
Why Are The Kardashians Famous In The First Place
Poor Orcas
Omg, sue them for animal abuse! That tiny enclosure for things that way over 2,000 pounds!
Couldn’t Imagine
The Us Justice System
Don't forget the people who knowingly voted twice for Trump and only got slaps on the wrist. And wait for it......shocking reveal.....They're WHITE! And as a white person, I'm tired if this s**t happening to black people and other minorities, it's complete and utter bullshit. 'Murica, am I right?
Wtf U.S.
This Man R**ed Then Killed A 10 Yrs Old Girl Named Katie , When One Of His Inmates Heard The Story He Tattooed " Katie's Revenge " On The Rapist's Forehead By Force
I Didn't Know About That
The System Is So F**ked
If Someone Told Me Not To Smile; I Would Smile Uncontrollably
Yep
OK, it's good you spoke up but sitting through every class? That sounds stressful for the daughter.
Sighs In American
Yes!
They look like some sort of evil high-class bitches from a Tim Burton film....Oh, wait
That's Terrible...
Ryan Whittaker
Only A Few Bad Apples
It almost seems like American cops would rather work with rapist, abusers, murderers, corruption, and brutality in their force. Than becoming those who fight against it. People like in the pictures above should be celebrated and become the norm. But hey.. what do I know.
Just Awful
Sadly female upon male abuse is rarely seen and even worse, rarely stopped because not many believe it happens. I have a friend with lasting brain damage from being abused by his wife and daughter. He ended up having part of his brain removed. It does happen, but not many believe, let alone catch it. Most think the woman is the victim.
A Racist Hateful Idiot
Is he the one that said the queer community was the most dangerous group in America?
When You’re Harassed For Trying To Expose Criminals
It's Sad How True This Is
Ridiculous
Healthcare
Beyonce's Pseudo-Feminism Is Letting Her Keep The Evil Practice Under The Shroud
Her lyrics literally say things like " I know when you were little girls, you dreamt of being in my world, don't forget it... respect that. bow down, bitches. " Who talks to others like that? It's not respectful, and she certainly isn't my feminist idol.
Calling Homeless People “Animals”
Everyone Should Just Work 937% Harder
Using The Market To Hurt The Rich
Yo, This Hurts A Lot !!!
All this stuff about the. price of insulin makes me so mad because the insulin patent from was originally sold for $1 with the understanding that cheap insulin would become available to all. For a long time the price of insulin was reasonable, retailing for $24 a vial in 1996. But due to no price controls the price has skyrocketed in the U.S. in the past couple years, because apparently the thought process is ‘why not gouge sick people?’ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5001219/
8 Year Olds Have To Go Through This
Food should be free in schools, people are paying with their taxes anyway
Would you be surpriced if i told you school lunch is free in many contries? But of course this is America.....
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....and I guess his tray, with perfectly good edible food, was thrown away so nobody could eat it.....
Growing up, I’ve been there. I would act like I wasn’t really hungry anyway. I would go to my table with my book and begin reading and then my new friends came over and began sharing bits of their lunch with me. This was 7th grade. We stayed friends for years. In fact I’m still friends with a few of them 35 years later.
Thankfully, my county(or school I don’t remember but I think county) has free lunch this year because of Covid, hopefully it sticks around
What is wrong with the US? When I was in primary school in Ireland, we were given free sandwiches every day and milk too.
They aren't allowed to not feed the kids. If you have no money for a school lunch, they can provide a brown bag lunch that is just a PB&J, and apple and water.
Depends on the school. Also, few schools serve PB&J anymore with the spike in severe peanut allergies.
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I accidentally exploited this once. Put a quarter into my account embarrassingly and it put 25 dollars instead of cents. Too scared to exploit it again though.
I am sorry for that, but that is the law. A stupid law. Teachers are not even allowed to charge lunches, and must pay in advance. Teachers often pay for or bring food for students in need. Once an anonymous donor came to our local school and paid everyone's lunch tabs. There is good out there.
my school gives you free entrée, milk, and fruit or vegetable. except that if you want like chips and stuff you can buy it but water bottles cost money and my friend who is lactose intolerant can't afford the water and she just gets a drink of water like once a class period it sucks.
it's like the water bottle that you can get from vending machines for like a buck but my school charges $2
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I think I need to get off this post. For my own personal sanity. This s**t is breaking my heart and causing a buildup of unhealthy anger within me.
Agreed. I, too, am finding it more and more painful as I read on. I just carry on because I'm gobsmacked that people can treat other people this way.
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That happened to me also. I also did not have art supplies for class and was so humiliated by all of it I dropped out in the 7th grade.
In my area, I have been told twice that school cafeterias are not allowed to accept donations from anyone who would love to help kids like this out. In some parts of the country, people can donate money to cover a child’s food and/or pay their tab. But not here.
That is just an absolutely, unthinkably, f^&ing HORRIBLE thing to do to a child! I simply don't know what else to say, except that the US is going to implode one day and Karma will catch up.
I was a lunch lady for a long time, I would pay for the lunches when the kids didn’t have money. I didn’t get paid much, but I don’t want the kids to go hungry, you don’t know if that is the last meal they have for the day, until they come to school the next day. And I probably would get fired for this, but at the end of lunch I would ask the kids that I knew didn’t have food to come see me and I would fill up their backpacks with the leftovers that were already wrap so they have something to take home to their families.
Jesus Christ... this is our country. I think I'll just go up to Canada, get some universal healthcare...
The local school district is what 80% of my ridiculously high property taxes go towards. This infuriates me.
I don't know about the US but we in Canada must support Public or Catholic schools it is on our tax bill - I have no children but I pay taxes for the schools -couldn't my taxes be allocated for the kids who have no money for lunch!
Being from a country that has given free school lunches for all since before my parents were born this seems insane.
Yeah. No child should be paying for school lunch. Don't forget public schools are run by the Government. So this is the norm.
I live in PA, I remember filling out those forms at beginning of school year to get free lunches for my kids, I believe nowadays in certain school districts, because of incidents like this, they decided it best to just give free lunches to all students, not sure about other districts/ states
My family couldn’t afford to have me get lunch at school and I couldn’t pack any at home so my friends would give me bits of their food at lunch until lunches changed in the next school system and even they had issues getting fed. A lot of us just didn’t eat and to this day I still skip lunch.
As a teacher I have paid off several of those accounts. The parents would never have been able to get it "out of the red." And those of you condemning the cashier, had she given the food, she could have been fired - then how does she feed her children? It is a vicious cycle with SO MUCH WRONG and it reaches far beyond the people in that school cafeteria. The cafeteria manager (ideally) works with the counselors to help these students. I could go on and on and on. The system is so very broken.
My school district finally has free lunches for ALL students, no questions ever asked, no payment needed. It has increased attendance and grades in our high schoolers, and many of them have reported they feel happier knowing they get meals (this also applies to breakfasts.)
The idea of a grown ass woman refusing a young child their lunch for any reason is so anger-inducing. They must have felt so sad and confused and, well, hungry.
If you can't afford to put food in your kids mouth, it's time to cut other things out of the budget like cigarettes, alcohol, lottery tickets, manicure and hair appointments, etc. If you can't do that then maybe not have any kids, mmkay?
when I was in elementary school, in the early 00s. we had to eat peanut butter sandwiches, if we accumulated too much lunch debt. and 1 day, this kid in my class had an allergic reaction from it. and ended up having to goto the hospital, cuz I saw an ambulance pull up, ro the building at recess.
THEYRE KIDS!! Why wouldn't you just give the kid food?! I'm jot even getting into the whole fact that it costs money to begin with, that's another essay. But because the food was touched it would have been thrown out. What is the point?! The food is now lost anyway so why not give it to a hungry child? How can someone do this to a kid and think it's OK?!
I could never do this to a child. I'd pay the $30 myself if I had to. I'm a teacher and I have occasionally "found" lunch money kids have lost. I'm not supposed to give them money but I'd rather give them a couple of bucks than to see them go hungry.
Lunch is free at my daughters school, but it's also a title 1 school so I don't know if it's like that in all of them
In the uk there was a law that said school lunches (in public/Non-private schools) couldn’t cost more than 11p per child to keep costs low or something like that. Then the marketisation of schools policy was brought in by the Labour Party, and lunches were then provided by third party caterers who rent the canteens off schools. It’s a way of the school making a bit of money and not having the responsibility etc. So these companies could then jack up all the prices and charge what they wanted and kids (and parents) had no choice.
In Sweden, the kids get luch for free and YET they complaine, even the perents do. It can be all from "a vegetarian week", no pork, no tacos etc. Yet, it is free. The kids here are utterly spoiled and should eat - or buy your own lunch. Stupid brat!
The people that came up with this s**t idea should have that slow death. That lunch lady isn't the problem.
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Don’t Go To Seaworld
I probably would have killed those people if I was there at that time.
Only Twats Mess With The Homeless
Damn That’s F**ked Up
The Only Way There's A Chance The Louisville Police Department Will Pay For Their Crimes Is If We Shine So Much Light On This That There's No Way They Can Sweep This Under Yet Another Carpet
Bill - you couldn’t be more wrong. The proof is that the city was ordered to pay $12 million to her mother in a wrongful death suit. Maybe read the whole story before saying “false”
Not Suspicious At All A Weed User Trying To Buy That Many Drugs...the Police Killed Her In More Way Than One
The only reason they banned marijuana in the first place was so they could pull bullshit like that
Special Privileges
Dramatic Photos From Around The Globe Record Mankind's Destruction Of The Planet
In Egypt A Girl Escaped Her Home Because She Was Beaten Everyday, The Police Found Her And Returned Her Back To Her Parents, Thats How She Look Like When They Pictured Her Reunited With Her Abusive Parents
We're All In This Together, The Struggle For Liberty Will Continue
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Well, I'm more thoroughly depressed now than when I started, so thanks for that.
If it helps you to feel better, in 2021 there have been great medical breakthroughs and treatments to help beat cancers, alzheimers, diabetes. Plus there have been great strides in ocean cleanup recently. It's a hard pill to swallow, but helps to be aware of horrific things in order to stop it. Progression in humanity isn't always beautiful and quite a dirty job.
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Humanity sucks - but there is often a lot more good stuff that doesn't get covered by the news
Indeed. Bad news always sells, so why put anything different?
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As depressing as it is....let it be a reminder we all have to keep fighting for justice and our planet. We can't continue this cycle. Our children deserve better than this.
I mean, we do need to know that all these things occur, but I'm seriously depressed now. Off to find a "redeem my faith in humanity" article. Or puppy videos.
Honestly I am disgusted by everything in this post!!! WE CAN CHANGE THIS!
Stuff like these are the reason why I'll never bring kids into this miserable world!
I have great grandkids. By the time they get to my age, there will no longer be a United States because we will violently implode from the inequality we see here today. Such a shame and so sad for words. There should be no First Amendment rights when you promote a lie. Liars such as Trump should be in jail for slander and libel. And broadcasters, such as Fox News should not be allowed to blatantly lie and should be shut down immediately. And then I woke up
Honestly, you'll be lucky if your kids make it to your age before everything implodes, never mind younger generations.
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Moral of the story: DON'T EVER TRUST THE COPS. They think they're above the law and they work for themselves and nobody else.
No. American cops. I was a cop. They were a good bunch who went into policing to try to help people. Not every cop is like American cops. Not all will obey s**t orders from above. Not all are power hungry.
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I stopped at the 41st entry. Wished I'd never opened this. Something needs to be done, I'm just not the one to do it. I wouldn't even know where to start.
Can we just hide this one? I don't want to see this one anymore. It breaks my heart
Cheese and Crackers, thanks for that load of garbage. What a way to start a Friday evening. I guess the only thing to do is to make sure to contribute something positive this weekend..... Now I think I might need to go lay down and reflect.
I can't go thru the rest of the list. I am literally depressed and crying now. We are the worst.
I have never read so many this comment is hidden on BP as in this! I dont know but I may assume that some of my comments will be slated as such but one must defend the underdog a all costs!
I had a medication that I needed to function that cost $25 per pill. I was supposed to take 2 pills per day, but I managed okay if I took 4 pills every 3 days. There were a couple of times when we had to decide whether we would pay for my medicine or the mortgage. There was a class action suit, and I got 12% of that money back. Over $8,000. The medicine is modafinil, by the way.
I always lose faith in humanity when I read these because they are so universal. We have many of the same problems and the corruption runs deep within the system. Imagine following all the right steps but still having to pay to get the end product.
I can't keep going. This is a very upsetting article. It doesn't mean you shouldn't keep publishing them, though. I wish you all peace and love. Xxx
I need to find an island with nobody on it and bury my head in the sand. My luck will mean the rising sea levels will drown me soon.
These posts have made me glad that I live in a country with a lower amount of racism and insurance paid helf care. It's not perfect, but atleast it's not America.
I have a story to add: So, we left my abusive father, he was high on drugs all the time, hit me, emotionally and mentally abused my mom and me, lied and endangered my brother and I. Well, once we left, he continued to harass us and show up at our house, drive by to scare me. We called the police, we got restraining orders, everything, yet the police never enforced the orders. Eventually the judge said he wasn't going to give us anymore. My mom got remarried and my father didn't like that. He drove by our new house, sent threatening texts and FB messages, sat outside our house while my brother nad I were there alone. I called the cops many times. Sometimes they never even showed up. My father wanted to kill us. He had said it in messages, on phone calls. Even told me how he would kill my stepdad. Yet the police still did nothing. I pretty much lost my faith in the legal system then. Anyways, thanks for coming to my TEDTalk
What I learned from this thread: The US healthcare system is a dumpster fire and most (not all) police officers abuse their power, got it 👍. All jokes aside, I really hate how most people are so greedy and self absorbed that the people who are actually good and helping society are suffering because of it :(
Now I want to fight humanity is it possible, how do I do it, and should I do it?
Hm, start by convincing some people to join you. If you have a large enough number of people, you'll be at the top of the world (not hinting to some people at all).
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I was already having a bad day. Why did I look through this whole page.
This is why people are confused about why I'm a misanthrope but get along with people, people are ok but mankind is a whole load of f*****g s**t.
I'm a introverted misanthrope who just can't deal with the smell of everything.
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The editors at BP hate their lives today, and not just today. This is hardly the first or only misery-inducing post they've scraped together for our delectation. Making the world a better place, yet again.
I think we need to see the other side to many of these stories. I’m well aware that humanity sucks. I’m also aware that there is always another side to every single story.
Obviously I'm not saying it's the only place this s**t applies to but it's shocking how many of these are well known to happen in USA. How anyone can claim it's the best country in the world with a straight face is beyond belief. The healthcare system is insane, I mean here insulin is free but all prescriptions are in Scotland, but England still charges something like £10 for prescriptions still give insulin for free. I couldn't even imagine being in a situation where I had to refuse treatment due to the cost. The system in USA is completely broken and folk need to open their eyes to the sad fact it's actually one of the worst
This article is mainly about America. It is one messed up country. Nothing related to the UK I notice.
Well, I'm more thoroughly depressed now than when I started, so thanks for that.
If it helps you to feel better, in 2021 there have been great medical breakthroughs and treatments to help beat cancers, alzheimers, diabetes. Plus there have been great strides in ocean cleanup recently. It's a hard pill to swallow, but helps to be aware of horrific things in order to stop it. Progression in humanity isn't always beautiful and quite a dirty job.
Load More Replies... Humanity sucks - but there is often a lot more good stuff that doesn't get covered by the news
Indeed. Bad news always sells, so why put anything different?
Load More Replies... As depressing as it is....let it be a reminder we all have to keep fighting for justice and our planet. We can't continue this cycle. Our children deserve better than this.
I mean, we do need to know that all these things occur, but I'm seriously depressed now. Off to find a "redeem my faith in humanity" article. Or puppy videos.
Honestly I am disgusted by everything in this post!!! WE CAN CHANGE THIS!
Stuff like these are the reason why I'll never bring kids into this miserable world!
I have great grandkids. By the time they get to my age, there will no longer be a United States because we will violently implode from the inequality we see here today. Such a shame and so sad for words. There should be no First Amendment rights when you promote a lie. Liars such as Trump should be in jail for slander and libel. And broadcasters, such as Fox News should not be allowed to blatantly lie and should be shut down immediately. And then I woke up
Honestly, you'll be lucky if your kids make it to your age before everything implodes, never mind younger generations.
Load More Replies... Moral of the story: DON'T EVER TRUST THE COPS. They think they're above the law and they work for themselves and nobody else.
No. American cops. I was a cop. They were a good bunch who went into policing to try to help people. Not every cop is like American cops. Not all will obey s**t orders from above. Not all are power hungry.
Load More Replies... I stopped at the 41st entry. Wished I'd never opened this. Something needs to be done, I'm just not the one to do it. I wouldn't even know where to start.
Can we just hide this one? I don't want to see this one anymore. It breaks my heart
Cheese and Crackers, thanks for that load of garbage. What a way to start a Friday evening. I guess the only thing to do is to make sure to contribute something positive this weekend..... Now I think I might need to go lay down and reflect.
I can't go thru the rest of the list. I am literally depressed and crying now. We are the worst.
I have never read so many this comment is hidden on BP as in this! I dont know but I may assume that some of my comments will be slated as such but one must defend the underdog a all costs!
I had a medication that I needed to function that cost $25 per pill. I was supposed to take 2 pills per day, but I managed okay if I took 4 pills every 3 days. There were a couple of times when we had to decide whether we would pay for my medicine or the mortgage. There was a class action suit, and I got 12% of that money back. Over $8,000. The medicine is modafinil, by the way.
I always lose faith in humanity when I read these because they are so universal. We have many of the same problems and the corruption runs deep within the system. Imagine following all the right steps but still having to pay to get the end product.
I can't keep going. This is a very upsetting article. It doesn't mean you shouldn't keep publishing them, though. I wish you all peace and love. Xxx
I need to find an island with nobody on it and bury my head in the sand. My luck will mean the rising sea levels will drown me soon.
These posts have made me glad that I live in a country with a lower amount of racism and insurance paid helf care. It's not perfect, but atleast it's not America.
I have a story to add: So, we left my abusive father, he was high on drugs all the time, hit me, emotionally and mentally abused my mom and me, lied and endangered my brother and I. Well, once we left, he continued to harass us and show up at our house, drive by to scare me. We called the police, we got restraining orders, everything, yet the police never enforced the orders. Eventually the judge said he wasn't going to give us anymore. My mom got remarried and my father didn't like that. He drove by our new house, sent threatening texts and FB messages, sat outside our house while my brother nad I were there alone. I called the cops many times. Sometimes they never even showed up. My father wanted to kill us. He had said it in messages, on phone calls. Even told me how he would kill my stepdad. Yet the police still did nothing. I pretty much lost my faith in the legal system then. Anyways, thanks for coming to my TEDTalk
What I learned from this thread: The US healthcare system is a dumpster fire and most (not all) police officers abuse their power, got it 👍. All jokes aside, I really hate how most people are so greedy and self absorbed that the people who are actually good and helping society are suffering because of it :(
Now I want to fight humanity is it possible, how do I do it, and should I do it?
Hm, start by convincing some people to join you. If you have a large enough number of people, you'll be at the top of the world (not hinting to some people at all).
Load More Replies... I was already having a bad day. Why did I look through this whole page.
This is why people are confused about why I'm a misanthrope but get along with people, people are ok but mankind is a whole load of f*****g s**t.
I'm a introverted misanthrope who just can't deal with the smell of everything.
Load More Replies... The editors at BP hate their lives today, and not just today. This is hardly the first or only misery-inducing post they've scraped together for our delectation. Making the world a better place, yet again.
I think we need to see the other side to many of these stories. I’m well aware that humanity sucks. I’m also aware that there is always another side to every single story.
Obviously I'm not saying it's the only place this s**t applies to but it's shocking how many of these are well known to happen in USA. How anyone can claim it's the best country in the world with a straight face is beyond belief. The healthcare system is insane, I mean here insulin is free but all prescriptions are in Scotland, but England still charges something like £10 for prescriptions still give insulin for free. I couldn't even imagine being in a situation where I had to refuse treatment due to the cost. The system in USA is completely broken and folk need to open their eyes to the sad fact it's actually one of the worst
This article is mainly about America. It is one messed up country. Nothing related to the UK I notice.
