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Nobody can be correct 100% of the time. We’ve all been misinformed at one point or another, whether it was believing a commonly spread myth (no, that gum you swallowed by accident did not sit in your stomach for seven years) or misunderstanding a situation until more information became available. It’s completely natural for our ideas to grow and develop over time, but confidently spreading objectively wrong ideas is another thing.
Reddit user mouldygoldie reached out to Ask Reddit to hear about the most severe cases of "people being completely out of touch with reality”, and the answers did not disappoint. We’ve gone through and gathered some of the cringiest examples of delusional beliefs for your entertainment, but be warned: reading them may cause an uncontrollable urge to facepalm.
Keep reading to also find an exclusive interview between Bored Panda and Dr. Jim Taylor, a psychologist and author. And if you can handle even more ignorance after reading this list, check out our last publication on the same topic right here.
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#1
My brother told me “I’m avoiding Asian people if I see them on the street or anything. You know, for safety because of the coronavirus.” He’s Asian. OUR ENTIRE FAMILY IS ASIAN.
Marlon Maag 3 years ago
No man, i heard one twin call the other: son of a b.... you know the rest 😅 there's definatly worse
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
I didn't realise that Covid was racist and only affected Asians. Makes me wonder how I got Covid.
Monday 3 years ago
I know right? I've got no Asian ancestry at all as far as I can tell but the virus didn't seem to care.
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Steve Stevenson 3 years ago
At least he helps break the stereotype that all Asians are smart. I am Asian and can confirm, I am not good a math.
Hazel Wasil 3 years ago
Have him look in the mirror and ask him how to avoid the mirror image.
As much fun as it is to read these ignorant beliefs, it can be concerning to realize how many people are going about their lives with a warped sense of reality. This made me start to wonder whether reality is relative or if people are just prone to their perceptions becoming indistinguishable from reality.
In a Psychology Today piece titled “Perception Is Not Reality”, Dr. Jim Taylor discussed how perceptions will never be equated to reality, no matter how real they “feel”. He starts by defining the two to clearly state the differences. Perception is “the way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression”, while reality is “the world or the state of things as they actually exist… existence that is absolute, self-sufficient, or objective, and not subject to human decisions or conventions”.
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#2
Work with a girl who is a flat earther and on top of that denied the existence of space. When the topic came up and I disagreed she asked if I had ever been there... obviously I haven't. I told her I have also never been to Japan and that does not mean it doesn't exist.
She complained to management about my intolerance of her beliefs.
Vorknkx 3 years ago
Ugh, these people are horrible. I knew a guy, was pretty bright and interesting... until he somehow got hooked up on flat earth. It's like his personality changed completely overnight - became bitter, suspicious, derisive, hostile to anyone who disagreed even slightly. Broke off all ties with me merely because I refused to accept his beliefs. It was as if he got replaced by a different person, an "evil clone" of sorts.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Did you check his garage? Was there a pod there?
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
I honestly find it really hard to understand why people believe this. I actually feel a bit embarrassed for them.
K Wit 3 years ago
My cousin who I used to be very close w became a born again Christian. Her church plus YouTube videos have her now believing in every conspiracy there is. I haven't really talked to her for about 6 yrs now. This all coincided w the trump election as well. She now tells her daughter who my daughter is close w that there were once witch trials in the woods behind my house and that the evil spirits are still here so she can scare her and keep her from coming over here bc we're the voice of reason. It's like a complete 180. I've never seen anything like it in my life. We were once so close she was so funny and happy but always searching and a little vulnerable. I'm guessing that's why she was the best target for a cult. Her daughter is almost 17 I've seen her starting to get more and more controlling of her bc she just laughs at her when she says these crazy things
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Donkey boi 3 years ago
Flat Earth is not a belief, it is a delusion. Those people need need professional help.
Kesam 3 years ago
I agree with you. I used to think that at least it's a harmless conspiracy theory. But it's just as harmful in that it is based on and validates the same kind of uneducated distrust of any kind of authority that other, often very dangerous conspiracy theories feed off of. Eff flat earthers and their effing "beliefs!!"
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Sander 3 years ago
One of the main reasons why people start believing such weird ideas and theories is because they are scared of something they have 0 control over, so they make up something to get some sense of grip on the situation. It's hard to imagine this for the flat earth "theory", but it's always rooted in fear. Also, when you start believing in conspiracy theories, you end up in echo chambers that provide a positive feedback loop that enforces these concepts.
Christina Rosetti 3 years ago
This is the best explanation I've heard for this so far.
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CatWoman312 3 years ago
The flat earth thing is wrong, but more understandable (I blame maps for being flat as their reasoning) is the disbelief of space. Earth is a planet. We can literally see the sun, moon, and stars so I’m not sure how they believe space isn’t real
James Pasquini 3 years ago
Do they also believe the sun, moon and other planets are flat? I've never heard that mentioned before - either way.
Load More Replies... Random Anon 3 years ago
There are believes and then there is stubborn ignorance. This is the latter.
Joshua Seaman 3 years ago
Just your daily reminder that people believe in conspiracy theories because it makes them feel better about themselves as superior to other people (among other reasons).
grosse_daus 3 years ago
Neither did you ever see her brain, so go on, follow her argumentation...
Kevin Bates 3 years ago
Ugggh sone of the things that I dislike more are "sovereign citizens" ... Right up there in their dilutions
Shyla Clay 3 years ago
I like the cat meme that says if the earth were flat, cats would have knocked everything off by now.
We reached out to Dr. Jim Taylor to ask why humans can be so confident in wrong ideas, and he told us, “Human beings are wired through evolution to seek safety, comfort, and certainty. To change one's beliefs, even in the face of clearly contradictory evidence, disrupts that those three attributes. Additionally, psychologically and emotionally, it is threatening to our self-identity (e.g., as a competent person) and our self-esteem (e.g., how we feel about ourselves) to have to admit that we are wrong about something, particularly beliefs that we hold dear (e.g., religion, politics)."
We also asked him if everyone experiences reality differently. He told us, “Actually, humans experience reality much the same because we are all very much alike in terms of our brain structures and functions. However, we perceive reality through the lenses of past experiences, attitudes, beliefs, needs, goals, and social feedback. That is where so-called reality can differ.”
#3
I used to work at a software company in downtown Boston. One of the best perks of the job at the time was the flexibility in hours. Many folks had regular wfh days. Myself, I knew I could drop my kids off at school, get into the office by 9:30 and my boss had no issue with it whatsoever. Others with kids had similar arrive late or leave early schedules depending on their childcare.
After a few years a new CEO comes in, spends a month observing how the office works, then calls for a company wide meeting. During the meeting she tells everyone she believes having a full office 8-5 is the most productive environment, and at the start of the next month, all wfh was canceled, and she wanted everyone in the office during those set hours. No showing up late or leaving early.
A lively debate ensued, with discussions of there being very little warning, to pleas of flexibility, to concerns of making necessary childcare arrangements - especially given that in many cases (i.e. schools) we couldn't adjust those times. Plus, commuting into Boston sucks.
After listening to all of these arguments, she finally responds with a long speech of appreciating the sacrifices everyone has to make to better the company, everyone doing their part, blah blah blah. She ends it by saying, "I understand where you're all coming from! Years ago when my kids were little, my husband and I had to hire three nannies to cover all of the times we had to work!"
I remember we all looked around at each other, speechless. It was also the moment I realized I would have to start looking for another job. When the millionaire CEO thinks hiring 3 nannies is a relatable example to her middle class employees, it's pretty clear she's not going to change her mind.
Chioma Cobb 3 years ago
Wow just wow. I need a follow up to this like did productivity decline and rampant write ups happen due to a tone deaf and out of touch CEO
Cody 3 years ago (edited)
When asked about what happened to the company on the original post, the OP replied: "Oh it's still around. The previous CEO had done a great job making the company an industry leader in the software it provided, plus they write software for a field that doesn't have a lot of competition, and is fairly recession proof. Not the kind of place that's going to fail overnight. The company has offices in other cities that paid lip service to her "8-5 no wfh" policy, but let their employees continue working as they had. The Boston office, however, had a huge amount of turnover in the next six months (I left probably 2 months after that meeting). Senior management was freaking out as people who had been with the company for 10-20 years quit. I recall they had to outsource to a marketing firm for a while because the entire marketing team quit within two months of each other. It was an absolute mess. I keep in touch with some former coworkers who still work there."
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Melanie Burlock 3 years ago
It would have been awesome if everyone had just quit on the spot. I know realistically that wouldn’t and couldn’t happen. But would have been so satisfying if it had.
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
If they'd all gone on strike the message might have gotten to the top of that ivory tower.... might...
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Sunny Day 3 years ago
A coworker complained to our boss that raises weren't keeping up with insurance hikes, and she was taking home less than when she started 3 years ago. The boss said "well, you just need to learn to live within your means like I do". Um... It's pretty easy to live within your means when you make 8x what she does.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Ask her if the company would be covering the cost of nannies for the staff.
Jonathan Nichols 3 years ago
People like that deserve to be laughed at and humiliated for thinking that what they say has value
#4
My mother, and a several people in my family, believe that God marks people. If someone ultimately has a good soul they're white and I'm sure you can guess where it goes from there. If only non-White did s**tty things that would make sense but you don't even have to look at much of the world to see that is not the case. When I try to bring up that tons of white people do awful things her logic is "they're lost souls that will eventually find their way". Meanwhile she'll believe a non White will never find their way even if they act like they have. The level of delusion this takes is one of the most frightening things to me.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Which version of the Bible are these people reading from seriously? No where in the Book where it's okay to discriminate against anyone including lepers, thieves and prostitutes.
Jason Rowe 3 years ago
I'm a Christian of 35 years. Do any of these morons realize that Jesus Himself wasn't a white man? 🤦♂️🤷♂️
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Aria Whitaker 3 years ago
She may be Mormon...I heard that they used to (may still do, idk) that blacks were "marked" negatively and that is why they could not hold any office within the Church until 1977.
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Theobolds Daughter 3 years ago
Has anyone pointed out to her that Jesus wasn't white? What about the many non white saints? What about Desmond Tutu, who may well become an exceptionally rare Anglican saint?
Zero 3 years ago
Hold up, so you're saying that a person's race/culture is not representative of who they are as a person? Blasphemy! (joke even if it sometimes literally is)
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Lastly, Dr. Taylor wanted to add that changing others’ perceptions can be a difficult task. “Aligning perception with contradictory, though accurate, reality can't be accomplished with the presentation of facts, data, and info because the perceptions we hold aren't rational or logical. Research has shown that beliefs can only be changed when threat is removed and people are able to experience the reality that differs from their perceptions and they come to see that their perceptions aren't accurate and are willing to change them (e.g., a person with racial prejudices meets those of other races that don't conform to their beliefs).”
#5
"Do you not envy us?"
One of my guides in North Korea
Pecho Muh 3 years ago
I don't think they know what's exactly going on outside of their country, but then again - who does? Does media report on wars in Africa and Middle East, for example? No. Even if they do, can you confirm that you trust them? And accordingly, I don't think any of us who haven't been to North Korea could have clear judgment on what's life like there.
CJay M (They-them) 3 years ago
I’ve been there. It’s awful. The children are lead to believe that their country is the best in the world. Their struggles are downplayed, and any enemy of the government is portrayed as even more horrific to make their own sad lives look better in comparison. All governments do this, of course, but North Korea is really good at it. America, as well. This coming from an Irishman with Nigerian roots
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Zero 3 years ago (edited)
Search up some of the videos on YT with interviews of folks who escaped NK. Ignore the big fancy Dateline type interviews & look for the real-world ones. It's eye opening. One of my favorite series is chatting while introducing them to American style BBQ. Most knew they were out of touch & not given correct info but had no basis to compare it against except some rare cases of K-Pop and K-Drama sneaking its way in.
#6
Donald Trump saying we could perhaps inject disinfectant
Rusty Bonds 3 years ago
And biden is a foolish simpleton. Lets just agree that all politicians suck.
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Lucifer 3 years ago
If only we could inject some brains. This guy would be a treasure trove for psychologists. Everything from Dunning-Kruger effect to sociopathy.
JLBigboote 3 years ago
Truly. I've never seen so many neuroses and dark-triad traits in one person before. It's fascinating really, in a darkly curious kind of way.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
I wish HE had done it, plus swallowed bleach. You first, orangeanus.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
How people still followed him despite him constantly saying horrible, stupid things in public, televised, in front of audiences - then the next day claiming he never said those things. How damned demented do you have to be to follow someone like that??
Rusty Bonds 3 years ago
Have you heard biden talk???? Hello pot, meet kettle.
Load More Replies...As much as we love the internet, it does allow misinformation to run rampant. Donald Trump famously whined about how “fake news” was hurting him during his campaign and presidency, but it is an issue worth addressing. 52% of Americans say that they regularly encounter fake news online, but what’s even more concerning is that 10% of Americans have knowingly shared fake news. The effects of misinformation spread offline as well. 83% of people believe fake news has negatively impacted politics in their country. Certain websites, such as Facebook, are beginning to crack down on misinformation by removing as many fake claims as possible, but readers must always be wary of what they find online.
#7
An ex became really religious and I'd still talk to her sometimes. Somehow the topic of flat earth theories came up and she said she thinks it's actually possible that it could be true. I tried to explain that we have more than enough imagery and data indicating that the earth is round, and she said it could all be planted there by Satan.
You just can't come up with a response to that.
Monday 3 years ago
Ah yes, Satan's great master plan to convince people the Earth is round so they'd stop cannonballing off the edge straight into hell.
Linda James 3 years ago
If the earth were flat, cats would have knocked everything off it already...
Melanie Burlock 3 years ago
Why would Satan want to truck us into believing the Earth was round? Just for sh*ts and giggles?
Jer N 3 years ago
That's the biggest question I always have. No matter who they blame, I can't see the motivation for fooling everyone in the world. It must be very expensive, and where's the payoff?
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Mike Price 1 month ago
Poor old Satan. If you read the Old Testament of the Bible, specifically the Book of Job, it is clear that Satan was a minor functionary, a sort of prosecuting attorney, in the court of the God Yahweh. It must have come as a huge surprise to him to be suddenly promoted to Lord of Hell and God of All Evil . . . .
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Phoenix Haessal 3 years ago
Well, can't blame Satan for creating hypothesis & supporting theories, dude needs to do something creative to pass all that time.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Sometimes I think Lucifer really got the shortest sh!ttiest stick. Everything that's bad, the devil did it. Everything that you cannot grasp, it's the devil's stuff. God forbid, these people sh@t themselves, the devil made them do it.
#8
My cousin was spoiled and sheltered her entire childhood through college. Then her parents stupidly cut the leash without any preparation and released her into society.
She quickly got in trouble for bouncing checks all over town. My mom picked her up and asked why the hell she was writing bad checks everywhere. Turns out my cousin was under the impression that as long as you had checks in your checkbook, you had money in your account. She didn’t understand that you deposit in a number and then can spend or withdraw up to that amount.
Please teach your kids basic finance.
Note: this was like 1996 before it turns into a “who writes a check anymore” discussion.
LagoonaBlueColleen 3 years ago
I'm glad I was very open with my daughter about finances. I don't understand why parents fear revealing to kids about the household budget and explain basic banking transactions.
Saltea 3 years ago
My family financial went through up and downs, its been down for like 10 years now and my parents always open up about our finances (and needs/expenses), its giving a great eye-opening for me and shape my spending behavior, im good in savings that i take part in my parents house rent/mortgage. Teach your kids abou the harsh reality of earning money folks! It'll give preparation to their mentality.
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CMDR unematti 3 years ago
Oh dang, right, that kid today would've maxed out that card without knowing anything was wrong at all... Possibly tens of thousands in debt
Load More Replies... Steve Stevenson 3 years ago
Honestly not her fault. If you are an adult that dumb you're parents and school system clearly failed you.
Sander 3 years ago
My sister when my Dad told her that, no, the gondolas were way too expensive when we were in Venice: "But why don't you just get some money from the machine in the wall?". She was 6.
XRaine 3 years ago
I mean, logically, if she's only ever seen your dad taking money out of it, she'd naturally assume you can just... yoink
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GirlFriday 3 years ago
This has happened to more than one person that I personally know. It is sad.
Lisa McKay 3 years ago (edited)
Her parents screwed her up royally. What they did is akin to throwing a small child into the deep end expecting them to suddenly swim.
Jonathan Nichols 3 years ago
I had a cousin who didn't understand that cars had brake and gas pedals, she thought they drove themselves and you just had to steer
rabbit 3 years ago
My sister was writing bad checks. She would call the credit union to find her balance and then write checks based on that. She never got the memo about the check register. Once I explained the check register and how she was to use it, she no longer writes bad checks. Strange coincidence - as a substitute teacher in the middle school, I taught the special ed students about check writing including the check register. Strange thinking in the schools that acknowledge that special ed students need to know this but college bound students don't.
#9
I had a customer come into my office to rent a car. Said she had a reservation for a car, she didn’t. Told her our deposit structure and she SLAMS a $20 bill on the counter and exclaims that’s enough for a deposit. I politely tell her it doesn’t cover her minimum rate. She then proceeds to ask what rank in the military I am. Completely confused, I tell her I am the manager and that has nothing to do with our policy. Then she says she out-ranks me and I was disobeying a superior’s orders. I kicked her out and she threatened to deport me...a completely white Chicagoan male adult. I couldn’t even be mad at her lunacy.
Jo Firth 3 years ago
Don't think self-entitlement can be treated by a psychiatrist/psychologist.
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Steve Stevenson 3 years ago
I wonder if she was a military spouse. Some of those people are completely clueless about how little their spouse's titles mean.
3 AM 3 years ago
Military spouses do not have a title, or a rank. Apparently, this is a problem for some women married to lower level officers. (Former military spouse, I suppose I can call myself retired now, as the old man is.)
Load More Replies... Mika N 3 years ago
I would almost wonder if there was some mental health issue going on. The things she said and brought up seem so unrelated to the situation I can't imagine a logical explanation for how it made sense in her head...
Rad Roxxy 3 years ago
Exactly my thoughts. I had a short medical assistance course years ago. A homeless woman came into our class and began screaming about my teacher taking her son away, and she was ready to pounce 😰 so my teacher says "It wasn't me who took your son, the people in charge are in THAT building." She directs her to the main office area. We were just a bunch of 18 yr olds, wondering if we were gonna have to jump her..My poor teacher, stupid for-profit schools. 😒
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Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
That's what we in the military call a dependa or dependapotomus (short for a 'dependent' but refers to dependents who think just being married or related to a servicemember gives them any kind of rank, authority or privilege).
Random Anon 3 years ago
My rank? I'm the court jester ma'am and you're making me look bad with your outstanding act of idiocy.
Roberta Bray-Enhus 3 years ago
These delusional people who think they’re entitled,were brought up by parents who felt they were entitled. These people were patted on the head and told how great they did even if they failed. You got a medal and an ice cream for just showing up. I’m a baby boomer,I’m 61.I remember in grade school if we got an A on a paper or test and occasionally a tiny stick on gold star,you were elated,and you knew you did a good job.You kept trying. I rode and showed horses in my teens in the 70s. Nothing major, 4H shows,local grange shows. You did your best with your horse in whatever class you entered. There were 6 ribbons to win,and usually quite a few more competitors on their horses. If you didn’t place, you didn’t place. So you went back to see what was the problem was. Many times it was the judges who only had eyes for a certain breed and style of horse. If you weren’t on one,you rarely won. It sucked and we knew that, but we also had fun at these shows with your friends.
Warped senses of reality can range from innocently believing misconceptions to being consumed by dangerous delusions of grandeur. One particularly dangerous subset of delusional individuals is cult leaders. In 2002, the American Psychological Association formed a “task force to investigate mind control among destructive cults” and to help protect people from falling victim to cults in the future. When it comes to the delusions of the leaders themselves, Stephen J. Morgan told APA that “cult leaders are usually psychopaths with a desire for power and often take ideas from politics, religion and psychology to fulfill their purpose”. “Through mind control, they are able to filter their thoughts and behaviors into ‘fanatical faith and belief’ among followers.”
#10
This was from a Regional manager of Starbucks, after they removed merit based raises that could go up to a 5% increase, changed to a flat 2% increase.
When she asked if people liked the new raise plan,
I said actually no, they feel unmotivated with no reason to perform any better than just normal.
Regional manager “your staff need to realise working isn’t about money”
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
Great, so the manager would be working for nothing, and their wages could be distributed among the baristas!!! Everybody wins! 🙄
AngelWingsYT 3 years ago
Usual response include: -build character -give back to the community -working hard is good on the soul
Load More Replies... CMDR unematti 3 years ago
It 100 percent is only about money. Work is not family. Work people's aren't friends (except if i decide so, not automatically) and job security is non-existent, at best 1 month... I would talk back much more to my boss if it wasn't about me needing the money
Dutchman Callypso 3 years ago
Regional managers are literally the worst people to deal with, in any job...
Gautam Roy 3 years ago
I think it is opposite, they are are regional managers because they are worse managers
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Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
My stepmother did, or atleast for a couple years... less? Out of 30ish years. It was her way of getting a social life. (We live way out in the countryside).
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Yes, I'm sure people work at Starbucks for the pleasure of serving abusive Karens substandard coffee.
APL 3 years ago
In some jobs that may be true - for example, a great actor might work in small plays because he believed in them and wanted the part more than the money. But in Starbucks? Please.
Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
Not "in some jobs". It's "for some people". Meaning rich people.
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I met a lady who thought that High Fructose Corn Syrup was a conspiracy by the OIL INDUSTRY, to kill more people so that their bodies would be cycled through the earth in order to produce more oil.
Y'know. The oil Cycle. That process that takes billions of years??
Talk about a long con.
Susie Elle 3 years ago
Aside from the killing people part, an oil cycle would actually be not that bad of an idea
Random Anon 3 years ago
Oh cr*p she knows! Mike we need to spin this! Quick get Jeff on the phone right now.
#12
I will never forget the man who angrily told me, a wheelchair user with no feet and no prosthetics, to go down the stairs if I didn’t want to wait for the elevator (I had been talking to my friend, and mentioned we were going to be a little late because of the huge line).
Random Anon 3 years ago
Care to demonstrate how to go down several flight of stairs on a wheelchair kind sir? No? Mind your f*cking business.
Greta Denmark 3 years ago
Goading him like that would be dangerous! You never know if people are violent enough to roll your wheel chair to the top of the stairs and give it a push.
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Lsai Aeon 3 years ago
I'm with you, friend. I'm an ambulatory wheelchair user, I get it all the time, from my own mother "Just get up and walk, you're fine, you don't need that stupid thing!" Sure mom, my arthritis, fibromyalgia, and all the bulging/protruding/ruptured discs in my lumbar spine are magically going to go away/be fixed.
Kevin Howard 3 years ago
One reason I hate my chair. The general public is to stupid to understand how wheelchairs work I. Guessing....
MelonCloud 3 years ago
I don’t hate my chair at all. Please don’t hate yours! Our wheelchairs are kind of an extension of our bodies. Without it, we get nowhere. Though in some peoples cases people can get somewhere but not far or not always. I do however hate people who don’t understand how (being in) a wheelchair works. It is the people who don’t understand basic things like this, that I am bothered by. Please don’t hate your chair! It helps you get places! It is one of my most important possessions! I hope you can get to a point you see your chair in the same way! I don’t know how long you have been in a wheelchair. When I got mine I hated it, I didn’t want to need it. But after a while I knew I would not be able to live a normal (as far as possible of course) life. I am so glad I have one, without it I would not live as much of a free and independent life as I do now. I am still not a 100% independent, but so much more than before. I hope you are well! As well as you can be! Wishing you the very best!
Load More Replies... Roberta Bray-Enhus 3 years ago
Yes, I’d like to see that stunt you’ve mastered! I’m sure it took you awhile to learn....idiots
Once they’ve been sucked into a cult, members develop a skewed perception of reality as well. Mind control, or brainwashing, is a tactic “used by cults to recruit and maintain followers”. This can include behavior modification, “such as thought-stopping techniques and instilling an ‘us-versus-them’ mindset, former cult member Steve Hassan told APA. “With thought-stopping techniques, members are taught to stop doubts from entering their consciousness about the cult, often with a key phrase they repeat. Phobia indoctrination is also used, where cults play on a person's irrational fears, with threats such as the person will develop cancer or go insane if he ever leaves or questions the group.”
#13
My 'friend' stole my card information and bought loads of expensive stuff. I asked her if it was her before reporting it, knowing that a) she was going through a tough time and I wanted to give her a chance to make it right and b) that I could be in trouble for conspiracy to fraud if I reported it and they believed I'd got stuff delivered to my friend to claim fraud for the money back. She said no, I thought someone else had done it so I reported it.
When she got arrested she said she didn't think 'they'd take the fraud thing so far'. She thought you could just call up banks to get the money back and they wouldn't investigate.
Random Anon 3 years ago
And the banks would just print more money so that no one loses out. What a brilliant mind!
Stew Leckie 3 years ago
Exactly how government seems to work these days Sad that people have no accountability.
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GirlFriday 3 years ago
My ex-SIL did this to my mother. When my mother reported it to the credit card company, the credit card company reported it to the police, and when my soon-to-be-ex-SIL was arrested, she was shocked. She honestly thought the credit card company would reverse the charges and "nothing bad would happen."
Bob Belcher 3 years ago
Under Regulation E the bank will return the funds within 90 days. After the first 7 days, if no decision is made the bank must credit your account with a provisional credit until the investigation is complete. Depending on the dollar amount, the bank will request you file a police report as well. You have limited time to report fraud so do it right away. After a certain amount of time, your liability to the fraud increases from $50 to $500 and then after a longer period it's 100% your liability and they don't have to refund you anything.
Lisa McKay 3 years ago
Soooo, the fact that she stole the information in the first place isn’t relevant??
LagoonaBlueColleen 3 years ago
This is why I'd never support stealing just because you're going through a rough time. It only makes things worse.
tl gmc 3 years ago
Unless they have cancer and want to go to jail to get their medical bills paid 🙃
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#14
Parents of a 35 years old woman, who was hospitalized after suffering severe anoxic brain damage 20 years ago. She had been in the same ward since, barely conscious.
They refused to get her transferred to a more suitable facility for 20 years, saying that there's no reason to do so: those facilities are for "lost causes", and their daughter is going to make a full recovery, finish school, get married and be totally fine.
Working in hospitals got me quite a collection of these stories, but this one I thought was one of the saddest ones.
NsG 3 years ago
I wonder if this is a case where they *know* the reality, but are in deep denial for their own sake, unlike the flat earthers who somehow completely deny actual real reality. This one is very sad, but in many ways much more understandable, and even forgivable.
Monday 3 years ago
Yeah...they desperately want to believe she's going to wake up one day and just can't face the truth yet. It's horribly sad but we can't judge them for it.
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Edurne 3 years ago
more than delusional, these parents are in denial because of their suffering.. it's really heartbreaking
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
The extent of their delusion should've had psychiatrists intervening long ago. The worst is, if they're in the US, this delusion is fed so the facility will have money rolling on in to treat someone who is, effectively, dead.
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Lisa Banks 3 years ago
I work in a brain injury "rehab." Sometimes we can fix them - most of the time not so much. I have multiple patients who have little to no brain activity and, therefore, no potential for a meaningful existence but they remain a full code. We will do CPR on them if their heart stops...CPR...on someone who will never have a better life than to live in bed, getting bed sores and pissing/s******g all over themselves, fed with a tube in their stomach, never able to have a relationship or a conversation, and barely able to react to anything. The families keep them alive for themselves. Sometimes it's guilt, and sometimes they really do believe that the person will miraculously "wake up." Either way, it's just tragic.
J Dreag 3 years ago
I volunteer at a nursing home/long term care facility and there is a patient, I'll call her Margaret, there. She's around her early-mid 60s and is completely immobile, completely unaware of anything (that we know of) and her family never comes to see her, they just keep her there so they can continue getting her checks. It's heartbreaking. I'll go in to her room, her eyes glued to the ceiling or closed, and I'll put lotion on her hands, talk to her about current events (everything positive, of course), paint her nails, rub her feet, and sit with her for a few hours. I have no idea if she knows that I'm there, she's never given an indication. They don't know if she knows I'm there. But, *she's* there, alive in the most basic sense, so I'm going to continue treating her as my friend and talking to her and all that.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Yeah, this is ... not common for that length of time, but... not uncommon, either. this is why so many medical personnel have a Do not Resuscitate order. We don't wanna go there and be that.
Justme 3 years ago
Our hospital will discharge you to a long term care center as soon as you are medically cleared for discharge. You’re welcome to stay at the acute hospital if you refuse though, but the financial team will be up to your room in a minute to take your credit card number - it’s $4,800 a day if we don’t think you really need to be here.
GettheOtis 3 years ago
Had a patient like this at the last SNF I worked at. Mother was convinced she would get better and walk out of there one day. Her daughter knew what was up, but was powerless as mom had HCPOA
Sunny Day 3 years ago
A woman I know has a daughter who suffered a brain injury as a toddler. At first she seemed ok, but she stopped developing mentally at about a 12yo level, and developed cerebral palsy that worsened as she got older. Mom was determined her daughter would have a "normal life" and pushed her at every boy/man daughter side-eyed. Mom thought it was hilarious when daughter got pregnant and took like 20 pregnancy tests. But the look of terror in that girl's eyes..... And what kind of man would date a 12yo anyway, even in an adult body? Not one you'd want dating her, surely.
#15
My MIL told me that Pepsi has aborted fetuses in it and that drinking it will make you gay. As I was drinking a Pepsi.
Other highlights from her: she doesn’t trust doctors and says they’re all paid off by the government to hide some ominous truth from everyone else.
She believes covid-19 is a hoax and also believes it comes from 5g- how she believes both of them simultaneously is beyond me.
She thinks anxiety and depression are myths and that church is the only answer.
She thinks the only reason people don’t like Donald Trump is because he’s against abortion and if it weren’t for that 100% of the populace would adore him.
I could go on.
Lucifer 3 years ago
And since the dear leader's party is banning books, your MIL would seem relatively sane in the coming few years.
Holly Bee 3 years ago
Oh God....this hit me so hard. I honestly had never thought of it that way.
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VodkaInMySweetTea 3 years ago
I swear. These people used to be recognized as being off their rockers and recommended for psychiatric care. Now they're just called republicans, and they're all running for office. And I wish I was joking. I researched all the candidates in my area for the upcoming primaries, and I s**t you not - 75% of them are all repeating batshit crazy conspiracies like this on the front page of their campaign websites.
Gnub 3 years ago
Creepy. Lately I've started considering living in an abandoned cave somewhere. The more I think of it the more it seems like a real good plan.
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Jerry The Joker 3 years ago
Lord I guess she doesn't understand how many abortions Donald Trump paid for.....
webster 3 years ago (edited)
In this delusion, what happens if an already gay person drinks Pepsi?
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
No, Hitler hanging out in bars preaching conspiracy theories is now Nazi Germany got started. Seriously.
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Melanie Burlock 3 years ago
Trump isn’t against abortion. He’s pandering to the people that are to get their support. And it worked! So many people voted for him solely because he said he’d end abortions. They’re all garbage.
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
He also claims to be Christian. But then again, who doesn't when running for president?
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MCMLXXIII 3 years ago
The only thing Trump is good for is to entertain me with his pure stupidity. I don't think I've ever seen another person so incredibly ignorant. But somehow, the train wreck that is Trump was funny in a 🤦♀️ kind of way
Sgraham 3 years ago
He is the common man. His worshippers are the same. Unfortunately his puppet masters are not ignorant in the same way. They are greedy for money and the power it brings. Where they are ignorant is thinking that climate change won’t hurt them as it destroys the (flat) earth because they have money and power. So much stupid.
Load More Replies...Sometimes people even try to capitalize on their delusions. In another harmful example of people spreading false claims, let me introduce you to Belle Gibson. Belle, a now 30-year-old Australian woman, was a popular wellness blogger with over 300,000 Instagram followers. Her claim to fame was that after being given only four months to live, Belle miraculously “cured” her terminal brain cancer through healthy eating. She even went on to publish a recipe book called The Whole Pantry, detailing her “journey of self-education to treat herself through nutrition”, and create an app under the same name. Belle claimed that a portion of the proceeds from the book and app were going to charity.
#16
My old boss at the time was a girl of 26 who got 4 million dollars from her mom a year to play with. Her mom is very wealthy in china. Her daughter is here trying to be a CEO of a company for funzies.
I accidentally got a job at that "company".
One days she told us we were all going on a group outting for bonding. She took us to an outlet mall four hours away. Told the rest of us 7 people that she was going to go shop and she'd see us later. That was code for don't follow me, f*****s. Every 2 hours she'd let us know she was going to go unload her bags to the giant van they rented and would group text us telling us we can meet her there to unload as well. We all get paid under 50k. We have nothing to unload.
By lunch she had proceeded to fill up the van with s**t. She then asks me where all my new stuff is and I said Im budgeting right now. She goes "take out a credit card and go shop! That's the American way!" Seriously. Ok.
By 9 pm her bags were taking up people's seats and they had to sit with her stuff. She spent 30k. The rest of us spent about 70$. We were tired and bored and cold.
To this day I still believe she thinks she did something nice for us, and doesn't understand how polarizing and not at all team bonding that was.
Esiaa 3 years ago
Sometimes I'm happy that I'm not from rich family because I can easily see myself becoming like her. My ex friend used to be normal until she started to earn more money. She lost quite a few friends because of her toxic behavior.
JLBigboote 3 years ago
Money definitely changes people. Sometimes for the better, most of the time, not.
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Had a friend who insisted she was in a relationship with a C-list celebrity whom she met once during a comic convention.
All the celebrity’s Instagram and twitter posts were for her and everything had a meaning behind it.
When the celebrity got married, she said that it was just for the media so she and celebrity could live a quiet life.
When he didn’t do anything for her birthday, she had a breakdown. She went to therapy not long after.
Theobolds Daughter 3 years ago
This delusion is a little different to the others. The others are mostly sheer ignorance, this lady was clearly unwell.
ChessAltaira 3 years ago
I believe this is a sign of a type of schizophrenia. My great aunt had a version of this.
Jennifer .S 3 years ago
Weird that she had a breakdown after the birthday thing and not him getting MARRIED
Valerie Smart 3 years ago
This. This right here is sad beyond words. Very delusional. Hope she gets help.
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
I knew a lady like that except it was the ghost of a transformer that was in love with her and was sending secret messages to her in every bit of media in earshot. :/ I started talking to her because i've seen ghosts that people recognized from my description and thought i found someone i could finally talk to. :( Silly me, trying to find friends... She wound up coming over and refusing to leave for 3 months, then flipping out and trying to ruin my tiny business and leaving horrible comments on my shop and deviant art site. Not a nice person.
JLBigboote 3 years ago
I thought I had heard everything. Then a person on the internet said "ghost of a transformer", and now I don't know what to believe.
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Ghislaine Anderton 3 years ago
This is a recognised psychological malady called de Clérambault's Syndrome.
#18
My SIL legit believes she’s a strong, independent businesswoman who owns three major businesses. She does three MLM gigs.
august is mentally unstable 3 years ago
my gay a*s thought it was male love male actually throw me off the Eiffel tower
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GirlFriday 3 years ago
We had an employee quit her job here, after four years, because she was convinced she was going to build a boss-babe empire through a MLM. She was making good money with the company, had excellent benefits, working from home, etc., and she cashed out her retirement account to invest in this MLM because they sent her on a trip to Nashville, TN to a conference and she "vibed" with everyone there.
Christos Arvanitis 3 years ago
So true. Everybody that I've ever met who is involved in MLM first talks about "I have 50 people working for me" and "I have my own business"... and then I realize that it is an MLM. Invariably, there is another MLM next year...
Mika N 3 years ago
MLM's are a trap for a lot of people, but there is some difference technically. In pyramid schemes there's literally no product or service being sold. It is a complete scam that filters money to the few people at the top and is illegal. MLM's actually do sell a product or service and are legal, but again there's only a small number of people that really make it big with them and everyone else is fed inflated dreams and promises and will probably lose money in the end.
Load More Replies... Sunny Day 3 years ago
You won't be laughing when she pulls up in a pink-pearl Cadillac Escalade. (I saw one of these a couple weeks ago. Even said "Mary Kay Edition" on the trim)
Rad Roxxy 3 years ago
Mary Kay lmfao I remember this...though as a kid, I thought it was so bad, how is it still around?!
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Random Anon 3 years ago
Hey if that floats her boat, I don't see any problem with it. As long as she ain't pestering everyone and their mothers to buy her stuff that is.
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
Unfortunately that’s part of the business model! They’re actually taught to start pestering everyone they know first :( one of my cousins does this and it’s so cringy, she only ever messages me when there’s a “sale” on
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Dre Mosley 3 years ago
MLM's have convinced people that they are true business owners and entrepreneurs.
Everything came crashing down in Belle’s world in 2015, when she was exposed for faking the entire story and lying about donating to charity. She never had cancer, but she had manipulated millions into believing her claims. She remained in denial, however, even after the house of cards had crumbled. In her 2015 interview with 60 minutes, Belle maintained that having cancer was “her reality” and refused to give a straight answer to any questions, including how old she was. In September of 2017, the Australian government found Belle guilty of five breaches of consumer law and fined her $322,000, but nothing can make up for the precious time and energy those battling wasted trying to miraculously cure themselves through Belle’s methods.
#19
I knew a girl who cheated on her boyfriend. When he found out, he broke up with her. She said "you can't break up with me, it has to be mutual."
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
it was mutual. He broke up by saying "I'm breaking up with you". She broke up by cheating on him. There's her 'mutual' 🤷♀️
CMDR unematti 3 years ago
He didn't have to break up with her, cheating broke the verbal contract
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Laurel Mackereth 3 years ago
After 32 years of marriage my father announced he was leaving my mother for a woman he had been having an affair with and was surprised when we were upset.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Oh sh!t dude, now you've done it. Too late to run for the hills. You need to go into Witsec ASAP.
Phoenix CP 3 years ago
my friend's bf responded to her trying to break up w him with no and apparently didn't let her break up with him. idk why they're still together as he's kind of homophobic and doesn't respect her boundaries and constantly lies to her, but ig she rly loves him and they're working it out. i hope they break up soon
Ashley Schriber 3 years ago
The notion that a partner needs to "allow" you to leave the relationship is a disturbingly common belief.
#20
The pastor of a small town church *insisted* that members set up the parish hall and provide food and beverages for 125 people after every Sunday service, even though the average attendance was only around 20 people.
Week after week, month after month, much food would be disposed of and large urns of coffee dumped down the sink - and all because the pastor was in denial about the reality of weekly attendance.
Chioma Cobb 3 years ago
Right as a congregation they should have said no we will prepare for those in attendance. And maybe a bit more for to go's
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I know a Synagogue that gets 80 a week but enough food for 130 because they have had that many some random weeks and therefor need to be prepared. However, on Sunday they put out all the leftovers for anyone to come on down and take whatever food they want. Feeds quite a few needy people, college students, and more.
jennifer kerkow 3 years ago
Bruh, why not donate the food to a food bank or shelter? Or have the dinner be a "come one, come all" situation?
JLBigboote 3 years ago
As it should be. Everyone is welcome in a house of god, or at least everyone should be.
Load More Replies... Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
I was hoping that they fed homeless or went and threw dinner parties/socials in nursing homes after church. Silly me. :(
Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)
I had a vision. I saw a blind sheep heading for the cliff. And, more sheep, around 20, followed it right off. It's a sign.
#21
I worked as a tour guide for some museums in my area as a teenager. One of them was an old military fortress from the 1500s. It had a wonderful view from up top, so we let tourists go up and take photos. However, we (the tour guides) also had to go up every 5 to 10 minutes to make sure there were no problems (like people going into closed areas or damaging the building). Well, one day I go up for my shift and the first thing I see as I round a corner is a woman standing on the edge of a platform, eyes closed, arms spread. She had her heels an inch or two from the edge, so if she lost her balance for even a second she would be plumetting down a very high building, right into the middle of a very busy road. When I asked her to go down, she pointed to her boyfriend, who was taking pictures, and said that it was alright. As the one who actually worked there, and would be in trouble if someone died on my shift, I told her no, it was not fine. She just looked at me as if she did not understand she could die by pulling a stunt like that (because gravity doesn't exist in her world) and only got down when I threatened to call security (we didn't have security, but I was just tired of her). It's actually a real problem in my country with tourists, since a lot of them believe locals are "hiding" all the good spots for photos behind silly little "beware" and "do not cross" signs. And not, you know, trying to stop people from dying horrible deaths.
Emma A 3 years ago
There's no such thing as natural selection anymore There's too many things running interference now.
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Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
It happens anywhere. Several people fall to their death in the Grand Canyon every year here in the US. Stupid is as stupid does. Stupid gets what stupid deserves. You can't fix stupid no matter how many signs you put up.
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
Gorillas get shot over things like that. :(
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Happens locally. Yes, it's a great "shot". It's also a real effing mess when the remain are brought in to the ER to be bagged, tagged, and declared dead so the paramedics don't have to deal with the family.
Allen Bouchard 3 years ago
It's the last picture I took of her, but isn't it the perfect shot?
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Shadow 3 years ago
We have this problem at a famous tourist attraction near me. Every year people die because they don't obey the signs and don't listen to people who tell them they are being stupid. Our government actually built a multi million dollar walkway to try to corral people. It just opened this year and someone has already died.
jennifer kerkow 3 years ago
I'm starting to think most tourists are idiots because they have that good ol' rich people brain rot.
Allen Bouchard 3 years ago
High heels are notorious for being the perfect shoes maintaining one's balance in.
Troy Keogh 3 years ago
"that's exactly where some girl died last week and I *just* finished up the paperwork, so as long as your bf will take care of the forms then sure go ahead"
Mental illness can definitely be a contributing factor to people believing false ideas. In fact, “delusional disorder” is a mental illness where people cannot distinguish between what is real and what is imagined. The Cleveland Clinic explains that, “People with delusional disorder experience non-bizarre delusions, which involve situations that could occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, deceived, conspired against, or loved from a distance. These delusions usually involve the misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences. In reality, however, the situations are either not true at all or highly exaggerated.”
#22
I was a stable hand of a very upper tier barn in a wealthy part of the country. The staff have to sign non-disclosure agreements to protect clients.
On one particularly scorching July day, I overheard a client venting to another about how she was "incredibly stressed" and "going to have a mental breakdown" because her first choice catering company was all booked up for the weekend of her last minute yacht party.
I'm paycheck to paycheck and had probably a total of 3 days off since christmas. I would love for a yacht party to be my basis for a mental breakdown. Needless to say, the staff had a healthy chuckle on that one.
Megan O'Neill 3 years ago
Can you imagine the horror of having to go to the second choice caterer for your yacht party?
Daniel Fincher 3 years ago
Yeah, but a move.like an inferior catering service can ruin the reputation of an elite. It may seem trivial to those with less money, but money doesn't stress them out - image does. To be rich and not in control is the ultimate sin.
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Max Blancke 3 years ago
Yes, but it is all perspective. People get used to whatever conditions they inhabit, that becomes their norm. They get stressed out by things that seem trivial to others, but it is real stress. Similarly, there are lots of people really struggling in actual poverty, to whom our stresses seem trivial. Still others wish their problems were as simple as being poor. There is always someone worse off than you, who would consider your problems trivial.
Chill guy havin a chill day 3 years ago
the problem with this one is that they are downplaying her anxiousness. this could be extremely important to her; we have only heard a small part of the story.
Roberta Bray-Enhus 3 years ago
But that’s their world! Their mothers before them stressed over s**t like that! So she saw all of that growing up and now that was her burden! I went to a small liberal arts college in New Hampshire.I grew up riding horses,and this college had an equine studies program I wanted to take.The college was populated with either Deadheads, with trust funds or wealthy wasp preppies with trust funds.I came from an upper middle class family, with no trust fund.But Never in my life had I’d met people like that.The preppies all wore layers of colorful polo shirts in pastels and khakis. All of the girls were named Muffy, BoBo,Mitsy, Be Be,Jenny,Pinky,etc.And they brought their own expensive horses.Most of the guys wore pink.They all seemed nice at first,but they were all mean spiteful bullies.I made more friends with the Deadheads.They were all from wealthy families too but they weren’t snobs.
foofoofloofy 3 years ago
That's my least favorite part of being a stablehand. Luckily the people at my barn are pretty cool, but I do have to sometimes deal with assholes who think that they own me because I make 1/15th of their salary.
Amanda Hunter 3 years ago
I started a mother and toddler social group once, we'd all be complaining about grocery bills and she'd be complaining about the florist's bill.
#23
My parents' neighbour thought that her garden was too small for her sons to play in. So when she met my parents for the first time, the first thing she actually said was "Can you give me some of your garden so my sons have more space to play in?". Thankfully my parents just said no. For context, they live in a very expensive neighbourhood where houses cost on average from £750,000 to £1 million. The gardens in that neighbourhood are a lot bigger on average than the majority of gardens in the UK. I've never heard a story of somebody being as painfully out of touch as that woman. EDIT: There's a lot of comments from Americans clarifying what our gardens actually are. A British garden is what you guys call a backyard!
Ohhhdear 3 years ago
Had your parents allowed this, and without any kind of written legal doc giving a length of time she would vacate your land, in the USA it’s possible she could then claim that property as hers. Happened to my MIL’s brother; a strip of land they graciously allowed the neighbor to plant flowers on for about 10 years had to be sectioned off and deeded to the neighbor when my family wanted to sell their house, as she didn’t want to lose her flowers and sued and won.
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
Yah. The neighbor to the back of us (known on bith his road and ours as "the a*****e", so second red flag. First being that he has repeatedly said he wished he'd bought our land before my dad moved here) was trying that. He kept asking my dad if he could graze his cows on our land. He was awfully nice about it too (third red flag, being so out of character). I kept telling my dad about that law, but he kept ignoring me and letting the guy graze his cows there. Luckily an ice storm knocked down trees on our right and that neighbor on the right was too lazy to take care of his fallen trees, so no more cows.
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Misty Z 3 years ago
If you call your "backyard" a garden, then what do you call your front yard?
Adrienne Mcginley 3 years ago (edited)
Sure, just let me cut out 100 cubic yards of sod & have it dumped inside your front door.
scott woolard 3 years ago
They are it's just a word it doesn't mean flowers n s**t
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#24
In college I had a roommate from the most sheltered part of Long Island. We met an exchange student from Switzerland and I swear to god she said this in complete seriousness: "Oh wow I didn't know people actually lived in Switzerland, I thought there were just banks there!"
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
Of course, I, a Swiss, wake up in a bank everyday, go to the next ATM and eat bills for breakfast before I take a stroll to the next gold bunker to polish shiny metal for the rest of my day, just as the Erebor dwarf I actually am.
Random Anon 3 years ago
A country with banks only. No matter how sheltered you are, you can't seriously think this is viable.
Arenite 3 years ago
“The most sheltered part of Long Island”? As a born and raised Long Islander, I have to ask, where is that?
Fitz_N_Fartz 3 years ago
And there was I thinking it was just a country full of chocolate mountains....
While the Cleveland Clinic notes that delusions can be a symptom of more common disorders, such as schizophrenia, “delusional disorder itself is rather rare”. There are several different types of delusional disorder which all manifest in different ways. These types include erotomanic, grandiose, jealous, persecutory, somatic, and mixed. The disorder can also be caused by genetic, biological or environmental/psychological factors. The Cleveland Clinic adds that “people who tend to be isolated, such as immigrants or those with poor sight and hearing, appear to be more vulnerable to developing delusional disorder”.
#25
I knew someone who unironically tried to convine that not only is Pokemon demonic, but they exist in real life and there are reported cases of then attacking and harming people
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
They tried importing their natural predator, cat girls, but those went after the common lesser snark instead.
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Random Anon 3 years ago
I think the essential oils and herbal teas these people are consuming may be a tad more potent than they think.
Goth mouse (they/them) 3 years ago
If they do exist that would be awesome, i want some of the lil demons as pets i’ll have an espurr and a midnight lycanroc please 😂
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
I mean, there is the hypothesis of mulitiverse and any thing you can imagine being real in one or more of the versions of reality, and the possibility some overlap?
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#26
A friend posted on his story that he’s tired of seeing everyone posting bad haircuts on social media. Saying that since he has “financial stability”(Forex pyramid scheme.) that if they don’t have $30 for a haircut, they need to “re-evaluate their lives.” He had no clue these people were posting at home haircuts during a global pandemic...
Deep One 3 years ago
No No It's MLM: Multi-Level Madness. Or for those who KNOW it's a scam Multi-Level Malevolence.
Load More Replies... Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
I cut my own hair, but it's not just the money. My ex came up behind me one night while i was playing a pc game and tried to snap my neck. One hand under my chin, one on top of my head, yank and twist. For years i'd have a panic attack if some one s9 much as was too close behind me. I have a full flashback (can even smell the mildew of our trailer) if any one puts their hands on my head from behind. Mild panic attack still just thinking about it an the actual incident was in 2006. :( So what i do is take a shower, leave a little bit of conditioner in my hair, put one of the giant chip bag clips (the ones hinged at one side, not the spring loaded ones with the pinchy top), and have my daughter pull it to within 3 inches from the bottom while i tilt my head forward (my hair is usually waist length or longer). Then i pull the clip around and just trip off those last few inches. My bangs i just pull together in the center and cut them to eye brow length.
Marie Garcia 3 years ago
That's a terrible story. I am sorry you had to go through that. Anxiety and panic attacks suck, I know.
Load More Replies... Alexander Castleberry 3 years ago
Forex is not a pyramid scheme. It’s gambling. There is no top of the pyramid or recruiting others beneath you, so by definition not a pyramid. It is trading currencies based on their values vs another currency. You can make monkey or take a loss. Gambling.
Ruben M 3 years ago
Well if you're just guessing on whether it will go up or down, then ya it's gambling with 50/50 odds. But if you learn to read charts, pay attention to world news, and keep your risk less than or equal to your limit, you can live off it. Source: me, who does it for my primary income.
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European sparrow 3 years ago
I started cutting the hair of my daughter and son. When he was little he couldn't sit still and came back from the hairdresser with a half cut head. So I let him pick his favorite movie and I cut him in front of the tv. Now as a teen he feels uncomfortable talking to the hairdresser so I cut him again. In Covid time I started cutting my husbands hair and other familymembers. Saves a lot of money that I can spend on my own hair ;).
Susan Reid Smith 3 years ago
I pay almost twice that, without tip, for a hair cut, and consider it money well spent. That is a function of where I live, and the nature of my hair.
Evelyn Haskins 3 years ago
My DH has SO very many bad haircuts when we moved to a regional town, that I now give him all his (bad) haircuts, We save money that way and he's no worse off!!
Riley Quinn 3 years ago
People have been cutting their own hair for generations, through numerous pandemics. Poverty has always been here.
#27
Logan Paul thinking that putting up a video of a suicide victim was a good idea to his mostly child-to-preteen audience. Yeah I know he apologized but the guy literally spent time editing the footage before uploading it, thinking it would be good idea. Wtf?
Wilko Lunenburg 3 years ago
I have no idea who this guy is, but I already know he is an a*****e.
William Dennett 3 years ago
Yes he apologized, and his apology was almost as bad as the original post.
shodokai 3 years ago
This is classic sociopathic behavior... subconscious but often conscious desire to inflict emotional and mental pain on others, (particularly those you have some authority over i.e teacher) under the guise of 'helping' or 'teaching' them. He's textbook, watch him like a Hawk! he'll do it again.
Literal Pigeon 3 years ago
Sociopathy doesn't make someone an a-hole. Being an a-hole makes someone an a-hole. Don't pin this on people with mental illness who are statistically far more likely to be victims of abuse than perpetrators.
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Marceline Mameshiba 3 years ago
Ooh he apologised? Oohh that totally makes it all completely fine then, because he apologised 🙃 (Sarsasm)
Rahul Pawa 3 years ago
Unless this was super early in his career, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't edit the video himself.
Lisa McKay 3 years ago
Logan Paul is a prime example of everything that is wrong with social media.
Oskar vanZandt 3 years ago
Another delusional a-hole who thinks the sh*te he spews on social media is worth even a fraction of what his equally delusional followers(forgiven for mostly being gullible, impressionable tweens) generate.
Whether it’s a lie we tell ourselves for protection or a false belief we’ve picked up from the internet, believing delusions can become a dangerous game. Being out of touch with reality can be anything from living an extravagant life unaware of those less fortunate to someone believing they’re the savior of our world. Enjoy reading the rest of these stories, and don’t forget to upvote the ones you find most fascinating. Then let us know in the comments if you have any personal stories dealing with delusional individuals and how you managed to keep yourself grounded.
#28
I went to a private international school in London as a teenager, most kids there had parents working good jobs but in-between them were some filthy rich kids with parents in the oil industry or something similar.
In 8th grade we were talking about our easter break and my friend from Belgium was talking about how his family had decided last minute to go there over the break, but had decided to drive there because there were no flights available.
Then this Russian billionaire classmate of mine asked him "why don´t you take a private jet?". She was so clueless when we started laughing.
Lou 3 years ago
there's a tunnel under the sea connecting the UK to the north of France, so it is possible to drive from london to belgium (about 5hrs drive)
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GirlFriday 3 years ago
One of my college roommates was an heiress. She was completely out of touch with how the world works. She could not understand why the rest of us (there were four in our room) could not just "go skiing for the weekend" at the drop of a hat, and she got mad at us because we couldn't just charge a plane ticket to our credit cards. She also didn't understand why we needed to make sure we were back before the dining hall closed when it was so easy to get take-out. Um...because we are working our way through university, on scholarships, grants, etc. She could not fathom that not everyone had money like her family does.
Jenny Fullerton 3 years ago
Being the daughter of a Russian Billionaire isn’t looking so good these days, if it ever was
South Monk 3 years ago
This reminds me of the arabian student being sent money to buy a train because his classmates takes a train to school...
Oskar vanZandt 3 years ago
Ah, the privileged spawn of another Russian oligarch (aka fence for good old Vladimir Putin). I'm thinking that a far-left socialist friend of mine may be right after all, suggesting we plebeians "eat the rich".
DamnBecky 3 years ago
Lol, I know exactly where you went. I went to the private, international university in London all these kids got shuffled off too when their parents couldn't buy their way into Oxbridge. It was an odd mix of super high achieving scholarship kids and rich beyond words spoiled brats. Christ, I lived across the hall from a freaking Prince one term.
Chris B 3 years ago
London is less than a two hour drive to many ports, and the Channel Tunnel. You can either drive onto a ferry and cross over the water, or drive onto a train and go through the tunnel. We don't technically drive through the tunnel but we stay with the vehicle and the only facilities are toilets. As it's such a short time it's no bother. On the ferries you park and go up to the decks with seats, bars, food, ships, etc.
#29
I'm fairly convinced that my current shift supervisor thinks anyone who works an overtime shift is doing it out of loyalty to the company, and not because of the 1.5x pay rate.
Daniel Fincher 3 years ago
If only it was a more reasonable amount of money.
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago
Anyone working an overtime shift is likely doing it because it's mandatory or lose your job. If it's volunteer, then it's solely for the 1.5x pay rate.
Jonathan Nichols 3 years ago
You should tell them that if they make it a 2x pay rate, people would be even loyaler
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
Not sure about other states, but the four nursing homes i've worked in expect you to be on time, never late or early, but give detailed report to the next shift. This should be on the clock, legally speaking, but every place i'd been would fire you if you clocked in early or late more than a few times, so we "volunteered" about a half hour each day.... until we got yelled at for being on the floor without being clocked in.... pretty sure the people who run nursing homes have dementia. -.-
Donna Clanclan 3 years ago
Sibling works for soda bottling company. So much weird stuff goes on because of quotas even though warehouses of it have to be thrown out because it doesn't sell in time. They work 24/7 filling beverage bottles, 3 shifts. For the last year+, they have been short shift supervisors [siblings job]. My sibling [in union] goes from never having time off over the last year+ to suddenly having several weeks paid at double time. They had been getting double time and extra days/vacation days for not getting a day off. Management has been forced to cover shifts until they can hire and keep shift supervisors. My sibling will work 11-12 days and get two weeks off...because he's hit the max vacation time/built-up extra days off allowed and there is no one to cover him for the months he would be away to use up all the time. He also got extra raises because they keep upping the starting pay to try and get/keep people. People wont stay because it's employee's market right now.
#30
My boss's wife 28, she grew up in a wealthy family and married to a man who was 3rd generation owning the company he was in, they were a regional power, etc.
She was talking to a staff that in general - made 36K a year, mumbling about a staffer who was on his Honeymoon.
"Tennessee?! HA! Tennessee?!" She looked around the room for everyone to join in. "My GOD! How did she agree to that? We did Hawaii and that was *least* I told him was acceptable."
BreGerEu 3 years ago
So b***h got only the least acceptable from her husband? He must have had reasons for that.
Tina Girard 3 years ago (edited)
You know, these are the types of people who think $=IQ points. (ie, they're richer so they MUST be smarter too.)
Chris M 3 years ago
Yup, we've got a rich d******d running for mayor of Los Angeles. No experience in politics or public service at all, but he's obviously qualified.
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Lopez, Laura 3 years ago
Lol I honeymooned for free at my dead grandfathers farmhouse that we kept as a vacation home in the middle of nowhere
Random Anon 3 years ago
How about the local bowling alley? I heard they make some killer chicken wings.
Jude Moreland 3 years ago
Yeah, we have a lot of cool stuff here not sure why they don’t want to come here tbh
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Working in a pharmacy
>Hello. Can I get the yellow ones please?
* Sorry, could I get your name first?
>It doesn't matter, I just need the yellow round ones.
* Did you have a prescription.
>No. I always get them here - little yellow round ones.
It went on like this for literally 20 something minutes.
Here's what I found out in that time:
By little yellow round ones, he meant red/orange circular Xarelto tablets. He had been on a lower dose a couple of years ago, he had not filled the yellow ones in over 18 months.
There was one dispense tech who knew his name and knew his doctor, by sheer coincidence, she'd greeted him every time he came in for the last 2-3 years.
He physically had no idea how a pharmacy works. He'd only even been to this one, only ever picked up one medication and only through one tech who knew the doctor sent his scripts through everu few months.
It was surreal, explaining reality to somebody who by pure fortune had never experienced it.
Scarlett Barbee 3 years ago (edited)
I blame a lot of this on doc, nurses, PAs...they are supposed to tell you the name of the meds, dosage, quantity, length you are supposed to take, side effects, cautions and how to take...I blame this type of patient for failing to read the patient info sheet and actively making him/herself aware of what they are taking. In the military my doc would explain, then the pharmacist would explain again at the pick-up window prior to handing me my meds. Once home, I studied the patient info sheets for each medication
Lsai Aeon 3 years ago
When I was in Pharmacy Tech school, one of the instructors told a story from before he was an instructor working in the pharmacy. He had several patients/clients that would come in with the foil-wrapped suppository saying "It won't melt, what do I do" or "These taste horrible can you give me a different suppository that tastes better" It won't melt because you're supposed to unwrap it, and yes the one in their hand had been inserted and pooped out several times. And no, I can't give you a suppository that tastes good, they aren't supposed to go in your mouth, you're supposed to put them in the other end...
#32
A former friend who is absolutely convinced that all Muslims are in on a terrorist conspiracy to overthrow “British culture”. Any time such a discussion comes up, I like to ask him to define “British culture” which he never can. I also like to ask him how many Muslims he has met or knows personally, to which he explains he’d never speak to a “paki”. Whenever I point out he’s a racist piece of s***, he always comes up with the “Muslims aren’t a race” nonsense.
Anton Kider 3 years ago
Well, technically Muslims are not a race. It's a belief. As there are Arab and Chinese Christians.
User# 6 3 years ago
True that. He's a xenofobe. Probably racist too, but solely ridiculing people for beliefs they choose to follow imo is fair game.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Yep, that's someone who is in my in-laws' family in the South of England. Bigoted enough to make Nigel Farage flinch.
Kevin Hickey 3 years ago
When I hear someone British complaining about strange people taking over their land and destroying their culture, I laugh and laugh and laugh!!!
#33
My step brother: Got into a weird gnostic religious group and thought he could convert people by talking to them (harassing them) Socrates style, except without any ability to carry out a philosophical conversation. Also assuming workplace is a fine occasion to do this. When he'd get fired from his temp jobs he'd assume it's a conspiracy and fight against enlightenment. (This is more funny then deluded as a side note, but one of the group activities is to have to rewrite their religious book by hand, which he diligently did and it wasn't a small book either. Turned out he used the wrong color ink which for some reason invalidated the whole thing) Got a job in a restaurant as a waiter. Assumed for whatever unimaginable reason that the proper way to act for waiters is to bow after taking the order. When his supervisor asked him to stop he lectured the supervisor on proper waitstaff manners Wanted to propose to a 50+ year old woman who has until then shown no signs of being interested in him. Luckily he believed in the tradition to first ask fathers permission so he asked his dad who talked him out of it Had an idea to join the military to convert them from the inside At one point believed the sun rays can sustain you but luckily never really bothered to practice it Is totally against capitalism and wants to live a free life as a wandering philosopher rather than live as a working drone like everyone else, however does believe the working drones in his family should support his noble pursuit while also chastising them for selling out and more
Nemo 3 years ago
Don't stop there. We've got time. Tell us about the other things that happened
Richard Portman 3 years ago
Yes, i always did wonder what happened to good Ignatius.
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Lynn Morello 3 years ago (edited)
How old did you say this 4 year old is? Nope. I take that back, even 4 y/o's have better sense.
Richard Portman 3 years ago
Reminds me of Ignatius J. Reilly from the novel A Confederacy of Dunces. Great book.
James Pasquini 3 years ago
He should find an uninhabited island and he can do all he pleases... or die waiting for someone to provide life's necessities for him. A real Mister Know-it-all - at least in his mind.
#34
There is a girl at my work that always b**ches about not making enough bc she makes 200-300 a paycheck. Then is always the first to leave early and always shows up late and has other ppl take her shifts. She asked me how I make 600-800 a paycheck. I said bc I work more. I’m currently at work taking over HER shift. She doesn’t realize if you don’t work more you’ll be paid less
Ruben M 3 years ago
CEO's average 60 hour weeks. My wife built a Corp from the ground up. As the CEO she puts in 80+ hour weeks.
Load More Replies... Lsai Aeon 3 years ago
I had co-workers who were this delusional but in an opposite sense. I had gone back to work at a new (to me) veterinary clinic right after my son was born. This clinic then went through some rapid changes and went from an 8 veterinarian clinic to a 3 veterinarian clinic. So the business was extremely slow. Very often the office manager would come in and say I need one of you to go home we have too many techs on the clock for the number of patients we have coming in. I was always the first to volunteer, so they started berating me for not wanting to work. It wasn't that I didn't WANT to work, I didn't NEED to work, at that point in our lives my husband's paycheck covered our bills, I was working for fun money. However I knew the other techs were scraping by on what hours and pay they got, so I was giving them the hours they needed. Not long after that, they started contaminating my food with crumbs from their sandwiches, I'm celiac. I got extremely sick several times because of them...
Lsai Aeon 3 years ago
I quit very quickly, after being sick in the middle of the treatment area all over the other techs that were contaminating my food. They didn't deserve me
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A Republican informed me that Trump had brought "class" back to the White House.
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
...He had a diet coke button in the oval office...
Load More Replies... Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago
The "Summon Diet Coke" button was classy AF, yup yup! /sigh
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
That's about as reasonable as suggesting a binge dinner of beans, raw onions and garlic provides "atmosphere" to the bedroom. It's (both) true as long as you don't go into details about the exact quality of class/atmoshere.
#36
My mother and father were given $20,000 by my grandparents in 1965. My parents were able to buy a house with the money.
Fast forward 50 years, my mother gave me and my sisters $10,000 each. She was unable to understand that we could not buy houses for half the price 50 years later and accused us of not being good with money because she was able to do it. At the time she was sitting on a s**t ton of money in the bank and was 100% aware that to buy a house in her neighborhood would cost around $1,000,000 so, 100 times the amount of money she gave us and 50 times as much money as her parents gave her 50 years earlier.
God, if only I could be so good with money as she wss.
Not saying the $10k wasn't nice. Just saying she expected us to become her neighbors with no understanding of inflation, while thinking half the amount she was given 50 years earlier should be enough while knowing full well the value of her house.
AliJanx 3 years ago
Anything above 10k has to be reported and could cause significant tax issues for you. You can't buy a house with that, true, but bills can be paid or a nice vacation can be in your future.
Rob Miles 3 years ago
The amount is $15K (but changed to $16K this year), and over that amount would only cause tax problems for the giver, not the recipient. Also, that amount is for one person to one person, so the parents could both give $16K to each child (total $32K) without involving the IRS at all. (Of course state tax rules could differ, though I don't know off hand any that would contradict this.)
Load More Replies... Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)
Okay this may sound delusional but people need to understand, folks from the older generations do not understand the world like we do these days. And this is coming from a gen-X graying dude. It's frustrating yes, especially when they refuse to learn. But then access to knowledge isn't as widespread when these folks are mentally nimble enough to truly acquire them. Fast forward a few decades and well, it's difficult to teach an old dog new tricks.
User# 6 3 years ago
Similar gen-X graying dude here. I have to admit I too sometimes find it hard to keep up but in fairness, house prices have gone completely utterly insane. Overe here, they've pretty much doubled every five years or so.
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#37
“My son got the flu shot and turned gay from it! I demand a compensation!” Or, “I have the coupon! It doesn’t matter if it’s expired, I HAVE THE COUPON SO GIVE ME THE FLIPPIN DISCOUNT!” Edit: Thanks for the replies and likes, guys
James Pasquini 3 years ago
No, this person is one of those "gimme gimme" and will jump at any chance to try to get money out of their ignorance.
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Lawrencium 3 years ago
I originally read this as "I demand constipation!" and that made the post significantly more amusing while strangely not changing how crazy the person sounds
#38
My coworker doing Amway and Worldwide Dream Builders thinks hes gonna own a castle in europe in a few years. He also thinks he'll be retired in december (we're only in our 20s). Currently hes losing about $1300 per month while "making" about $200. He's been doing this for 5 years but I met him 3 years ago. Back then, he said he was gonna be retired in a few months. A few months went by and he was still working. Then he said by the end of the year. End of year came, still not retired. Oh it turns out he meant end of next year he'd be retired. End of that year came and still not retired. Now he's sure he'll be able to retire by this december. If after FIVE years you're still losing $1100 a month and you still dont see the problem, you deserve to lose your money to this scam. Mlms completely brainwash people to the point where you cant save them anymore.
VodkaInMySweetTea 3 years ago
Yes, but it's because they've been told over and over again by their organization that they ARE qualified and they ARE experts, and they're doing their friends a favor by sharing this secret knowledge with them. They're being groomed for Dunning-Kruger. None of the people I know who've been sucked in started out that way.
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James Pasquini 3 years ago
Oh yeah. While in my workshop I turned on the radio (AM) to catch the weather and heard a commercial for a beautiful opportunity to make all kinds of money. And the owner of the company stated he found the best and easiest way to make all the money you would want and have a "residual income" as well. The website he advertised was a shell company for Agway. So, Amway is still at it trying to sucker people in. I imagine they're successful at doing so, otherwise this add wouldn't be on the air many times a day, day after day, week after week, month after month.
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Well, if he doubles up on his efforts he'll lose $2600/month... but on the bright side, he'll be making $400/month. Wow! You think after 5 years of losing money something would click inside his head. Or was that clicking noise his the gears in his brain slipping?
#39
People who think that because something that happened is not their fault, they don't have to take responsibility for the outcome. I'm a vet tech and I can't even tell you how many times someone has brought their dog in because it got attacked by a stray dog on a walk and told me "but it's not my fault my dog got attacked!" when they didn't have the money to pay for the laceration repair on their dog. what are you gonna do? chase the dog down and make him hand over his wallet? it's not our fault either! vet care is part of owning a dog!
Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago
Accidents happen. If you step on a snake in the woods that you didn't see, you didn't mean to step on him. But you probably still got bitten and have to deal with it.
jennifer kerkow 3 years ago
"dealing with it" shouldn't mean "go into debt because of it".
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I have an aunt who's never really worked a day in her life because her husband created his own business early on in life. They live in a McMansion and I was over once and we got to talking about fitness, and she told me "Oh yeah we send Pamela to this special training gym, its only 200$ a week, you should try it!" The fact that to her it was "*only* 200$" really kills me. I made 9.95 an hour at the time. She's nice enough but not in touch with reality at all.
#41
Had to tell my friend that he should not quit his family business to work at a café. Beacuse no, it's not "laid back work", and no you don't make "$4000 per month".
#42
We all know at least one of the million online "influencers" who are really just young women in swimsuits who start every video with "Hey guys..." and have never made a single dollar from her "sponsors." Sorry, but truth is truth.
jennifer kerkow 3 years ago
Yeah, how dare young women use the tools that is shoved towards them. Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
User# 6 3 years ago
I don't know why you were downvoted for speaking the truth...
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#43
My sister in law. Kicked out by her boyfriend, comes to stay with us for a few days. We suggest looking for a flat/ cheap house to rent near us. She won’t live in the scummy part of town near us, she’d like a three bed house with garden in the best part of town. She has no savings and isn’t sure if she has a job (was a part time cashier in a super market, stopped going to work when covid came (note, not furloughed, super market still open, she’s just not going in). When I suggested maybe she couldn’t afford £500k on a family home on her salary, she suggested she’d “just get a council house”. Disregarding the huge waiting list and the fact that most council properties are I the ghetto parts of town! This is just the crust of a deep layer of unhinged fantasy world that she lives in.
#44
One bully of a boss asking the three people who suffered most from his behaviour if they would want to move to a new employer with him as a team. Hmm.... how about "no way in hell"?
#45
Had a dorm mate he was kicked out of the dorm . He would c**p all over the common bathroom and leave it . Didn't understand why everyone else was upset . This happened several times until he was removed. Unbelievable!
#46
I was at a bar and some guy was giving an impromptu lecture of why millennials are so broke and blamed it all on us being lazy students who don’t want to work and go to school. When asked what he did he was a property owner and owned a few apartment buildings. Then someone chimes up with he fact he doesn’t own any properties he manages them for his uncle who pays him to do nothing all day.
#47
My cousin's wife got very sick while we were at a wedding in Mexico BecAuse she drank NO WATER. Only alcohol. She said, "There were ice chips in my drinks, so I thought it was enough." Anyways, she complained because at the hospital some of the staff didn't speak English. YOU'RE IN A SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY!!!!!
Leah Helbig 3 years ago
You cant drink the water in mexico if your not from there. I have several friends and cousins who have family there and they have told me only brush your teeth with bottle water and no ice that was her mistake and also dont open your mouth in the shower. They call it Montezuma's revenge. Even if they were born there and have lived in the US for a while they can't drink it anymore either my cousin's wife made that mistake she is from Chihuahua
Somewhat-Guilty 3 years ago
I grew up in Mexico. You're somewhat right. We don't drink tap water down there, but getting it in your mouth and spitting it out won't get you sick. My cousin's from the US would visit us every few years and non got sick. Just DON'T drink tap water lol.
Load More Replies... James Pasquini 3 years ago
I've always laughed at those people who go on vacation/holiday to other countries and then express their disbelief that the locals don't speak English. They get their little language bubble burst.
Richard Portman 3 years ago
You can buy bottled water in Mexico. Just do that. There is a whole country full of people in Mexico who don't speak English. Get used to it. Most people understand a few words, and if you are going to visit that beautiful country, you should do the same.
#48
Just yesterday I made a service call to the home of a long time customer, I had always enjoyed conversations with her. This time was different however, she started off by asking me if I was “buying in” to all the “fake” COVID-19 sham. She went on to tell me that all this shut down nonsense was just a sneaky way for the Democrats to make Trump look bad so Biden can steal this falls election. Then she started ranting away about Bill Gates and how he was assisting the government to implant microchips in everyone so the government can spy on us. Her next rant was “they” (who ever they were) was installing 5G towers on every phone pole in our neighborhoods to infect us with this “alleged” COVID-19 that she still claimed as being fake? Now, I don’t watch much television. . . is she getting brain washed by all this propaganda b******t FOX news pukes out daily? What the hell happened to rational thoughts and the ability to reason?
Kate Jones 3 years ago
I literally have covid right now so this pisses me off. I'm on the mend and feeling better each day. I understand maybe thinking it's not as bad as they say, or believing in some conspiracy theories about it (while I don't *understand* since so many people have died, at least I can understand they might be getting brainwashed into believing this) but to completely deny the existence of the issue simply because you haven't gotten it is so ridiculous. It's like saying cancer doesn't really exist because you haven't gotten it. It reminds me of the Russian people who are denying what's going on in Ukraine because they are watching the state-run news..
TKA 3 years ago
My husband still treats covid like it’s a scam. But all 4 in our house has had. Before he gave it to me, I was going to get a vaccine and he told me it’s like me going to get a sex change operation without discussing it with him first!?!?! WTF??!!! I got it on Thanksgiving and still can’t taste most things in their full glory and can’t even smell my own s**t! Let alone winter scents and now springtime, fresh cut grass, etc. I didn’t ask for this and I sure didn’t make it up!
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Kevin Hickey 3 years ago
FOX News has become "too leftist" for them. They've transitioned over to Newsmax and OAN where they can just receive the propaganda all day long while staring glassy eyed at the screen.
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
I've lost one good friend to this nonsense (conspiracy theories, not covid) and am losing another as we speak. My vaxxed and masked autistic son, who she's know all of his 34 years, doesn't want to hug her right now (she's unvaxxed and has "forgotten" her mask in the car the last two times we've met to exchange care packages between my out-of-town Mum and I). Actually used the, "My body, my rules. Your body, your rules." line on my son today when he kept his distance. My autistic son (awesome kid, but he functions at maybe a 15-year-old level on a good day). It's sad, but it really is damaging folks. I wish we had a reset button.
AngelWingsYT 3 years ago
The microchip one kills me. Why would they put tracking chips in vaccines that they know ppl wont take when they can put them in phones that everyone has? XD
James Pasquini 3 years ago
Common sense isn't really one of their best characteristics.
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KDS 3 years ago
Oh my goodness the microchip again they don’t need to chip people to find them, every time someone uses their phones the call is logged,your atm card is chipped so in case you go missing and if you used your card in the last few days they can find you without waiting for the transaction papers to come out.
Saint Lynnie 3 years ago
Lol. "they" don't need microchips to spy on us. We all literally walk around with mic'ed tracking devices... (Our phones, for those in the back)
James Pasquini 3 years ago
Zombies. I find it amusing when they say the virus started in a lab in China, and in the next breath will say it was all a Democratic hoax - that there is no virus. Either there is or there isn't. And what would the Democrats have to do with the virus affecting people all over the world? That is going to get them elected? It's amazing some of the ridiculous c**p these people come up with. Maybe they should tell their surgeon that he/she doesn't need to wear a surgical mask while working on them. You know, since masks don't work (as they say). The best one that I still laugh at just thinking about it is where one woman - when told to put on a mask - was screaming, "Do you want me to infect myself?" Huh?
#49
I’m often the only person wearing a mask in my office. The number of people who have sat down beside me or leaned into my space to “Explain why they don’t need a mask” is too damn high. Oh you’d stay home for The DAY if you felt sick? Oh you think you already had covid last week? Oh masks make you touch your face more? Yeah, go ahead and tell me how you’ve washed your hands twice today by 4 pm.
Kristen Kircher 3 years ago
I didn't like people in my bubble before the pandemic... This makes my skin crawl.
Julia Mckinney 3 years ago
I deal in antique costume jewelry and if I'm sorting a bunch of trays for auction then I've usually washed my hands around 5-10 times just by lunchtime.
#50
This girl at school literally expects everything to be perfect and all about her. I was having more anxiety attacks and more on edge due to an event in my life at the time and she saw me crying in the corner of the field all by myself and she was shouting at me for not being with her at her time of need which was when she got a detention for chewing gum. I wanted to tell her that the event in my life was a bigger problem but i knew she wouldnt care. Seriously we're both 14 and she throws tantrums by screaming on the floor like a 4 year old kid when she gets the "wrong" grade or she gets in trouble. Try having a tantrum when you are at work or something important i dont think itll work out for her.
Synsepalum 3 years ago
She may have been under more stress than you know. Children suffering abuse may seem to freak out over "nothing" because they know they will be punished severely at home over minor infractions.
#51
I dated this girl who believed her roommates were spying on her. That every time they had friends over and were hanging out in the common space and laughing, it was because they were spying on her in her room. She also believed the government was spying on her and her parents directly. Us dating lasted about a week and ended not just because the red flags, but because she tried to drop by unannounced after only being on a couple dates.
Theobolds Daughter 3 years ago
She's another on this list who wasn't delusional due to ignorance. She's another who wasn't/isn't well. I hope she got help.
#52
I knew a girl who got pregnant while she was a drug addict. She managed to clean her self up and so did the father for a while. Shortly after the baby was born he was using meth and hitting her. She messaged me and asked to "borrow" $1500 to get a plane ticket back to where her parents lived. I couldn't afford $1500 but I did lend her the money to get a bus back. Then she started doing MLM and only fans. Like 4 months later she stole money from her mom to go back to the boyfriend and sent me a message calling me a POS for trying to get between her and the father of her child and that I was the issue in their relationship. Got a message a few days ago asking for more money but not as a loan as an investment (she wanted me to buy 40 tubes of tooth paste)
#53
My sister. Grew up with everything handed to her, and literally cried when her 1st car wasn't the color she wanted. Married rich. Can't fathom why I can't take off work whenever it suits me, and says stuff like "I wouldn't ask my boss for a week off, I would tell him I am taking the week off".
#54
Qanon cultists. It’s not that they just follow one crazy conspiracy rabbit hole after another, it’s that they are true believers, radical in that belief and them get extremely insulting if you don’t believe them or accept all of their crazy thoughts as gospel. They start calling you the crazy one for not accepting their crazy beliefs.
User# 6 3 years ago
I'm certain the whole Qanon thing was started by some adolescents trying to troll the gullible. Also, Is believing the Qanon nonsense really that much crazier than believing an invisible sky wizzard makes women have periods because they took an apple form a talking snake?
memyselfandI 3 years ago
Tbf I don’t think anyone sane believes periods in and of themselves are a result of sin. The general doctrine is that childbirth is much more painful because of sin, but that has nothing to do with periods. And it also has nothing to do with “God punishing women for not being men”, like I saw somewhere once. Hope that helps.
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#55
My uncles. When my grandpa (my dad's dad) was I'll and it was obvious that he wouldn't live long (he had cancer and multiple other health issues. Probably developed a mild form of dementia too). At that time I was 17. It was not grandpa himself who was out of touch with reality but my two uncles. When grandpa had only a few more weeks to live the doctors sent him home so he didn't have to die in a hospital. They gave my grandma some painkillers for him so it would be easier. One day when my grandma was about to give him his meds one of my uncles apparently read that the painkillers can be addictive so he and my other uncles took them away from my grandma and hid them! Their reasoning was that she wanted that he gets addicted to the meds. They argued and it got so bad that grandpa called the doctors to take him back to the hospital! His doctor came and (not literally) kicked my uncles asses. Usually my grandma is the out of touch one but when my grandpa was I'll she actually was the most reasonable person if them all... At that time we all were mad at my uncles of course (and still kinda are tbh...) but I think it's also kinda sad. They just didn't really want to accept that their father was about to die... They are actually kinda reasonable, sometimes they talk dumb s**t but I think that's just regular dumb s**t, but in that situation I think they went a bit insane (which is kinda understandable but at the same time: wtf?)
Kusotare 3 years ago
My uncle was an orthopedic surgeon. He refused to allow anybody to give his sister the morphine that had been prescribed by her doctor as she was dying of cancer. She was in terrible agony, but Uncle John would go ballistic on anybody who tried to administer the morphine "because she would get hooked."
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
There's a special place in hell for people like this.
Load More Replies... Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
My opinion, with which I don't expect everyone to agree, is, if you are dying, addiction to pain meds is NOT. AN. ISSUE.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Same with those on palliative care who want a cigarette or alcohol.
Load More Replies... Scarlett Barbee 3 years ago
...it is called palliative end of life care...to keep a person as comfortable as possible as they are dying. To withhold that is totally cruel.
#56
Boris Johnson (UK Prime minister) not knowing the price of basic groceries such as milk and bread....
AliJanx 3 years ago
Middle class here - I don't know the price of milk, eggs or butter because I NEED those ... they're the absolute last to come off the list and they last a bit longer than other things. I know the price of coffee, veggies, a package of meat (chicken, meat, poultry, etc), even oatmeal. Just a thought or two.
jennifer kerkow 3 years ago
That just means you make enough money to cover your basics without question. Lots of people don't have that. Also, I'm sure you have a vague idea of the cost, even if you aren't certain down to the penny.
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Scarlett Barbee 3 years ago
I understand that many commenters feel that it is understandable that leaders may not know the price of the basics, as they are operating so many levels above reality...and I say that if a leader is that much above reality, s/he is out of touch with what those who elected him/her have to deal with...and, I believe they will not represent or act in the best interest of everyone.
Brett Layton 3 years ago
I sincerely doubt most world leaders know the price of anything regular people buy daily. Its not as if they do any grocery shopping or shopping at all. Its all handed to them so the country can project an image of prosperity regardless of the state of the citizenry.
T. D. Bostick 3 years ago
I don't know these prices because I don't have a photographic memory.
#57
I knew a dude who believed that he had the soul of a literal dragon who was trapped in human form. He also believed in Ickeian lizard people, but they're different things apparently.
#58
It's a little bit sad because this probably is actually a psychiatric case, but it's interesting to see how propaganda, politics, and a propensity for mental illness can interact. I know a woman who was a conspiracy theorist before it was popular. The news media she was consuming combined with her predisposition to mental illness (I suspect undiagnosed BPD or schizophrenia) to make her completely paranoid that her neighbors and family members couldn't be trusted, much less doctors and scientists. I knew that she had once reported one of her neighbors to the FBI, having become convinced that he was a terrorist. But when that was all I knew about her, I assumed that maybe she had a valid reason for that concern. I didn't realize how out of touch she was was until she started sending me e-mails alleging that the Affordable Care Act was part of some massive conspiracy by the government to take over healthcare and kill off old people and disabled children (because the government isn't already almost solely responsible for caring for those groups via Medicaid and Medicare...?) . What was really scary was that when I sent her links to reliable sources like the American Medical Association and the Library of Congress contradicting her views, she would pretend that the links were broken or fake. I wonder sometimes if she really believed that, like if she blotted out the memory of what they said because they were too challenging to her worldview, or something. What's really bizarre is that her husband was exactly the same way. He got involved in our conversations a couple of times, and he seemed totally supportive of his wife's views that the neighbors were terrorists and the government was out to kill them through...universal healthcare?
James Pasquini 3 years ago
If friends and neighbors cannot be trusted, and one is thought to be a terrorist, what does she think about strangers that walk past her house.
#59
My Father. He is an habitual liar. I somehow think he believes his own lies. Over the past couple of years I've noticed he doesnt actually have anything new to say. Sort of regurgitates sentences in slightly different ways. Its caused his business to fail. He lied to everyone that was employed there saying he had to liquidate the company. Going so far as to tell people he met with lawyers and the process has been started. I did some digging and found out there were no lawyers or liquidation. He just tried to duck the system. I have no contact with him but my brother says he is still trying to use the same tactics. I just feel he believes everything. Sort of like living in his own head. Very sad that he damaged lives in the process.
#60
I worked on shifts with a guy for years who thought every single person was out to get him. I’ve never met anyone who had such a warped sense of reality. He would joke on with someone then go away for the weekend and stew on one particular thing, then come in on Monday absolutely raging over taking something the complete wrong way. I’ve seen him attack 2 people and heard about a third. Thing is he’s so dopey, everyone thinks he’s harmless and “that’s just the way he is”. A guy I trained as an apprentice has just started on shifts with him, doesn’t take anyone being a d**k well at all. I think they’ll do well together haha.
#61
I had a fat, ugly, unemployed friend who believed he deserved a perfect 10 girlfriend. He only asked out women that were WAYYYYYY out of his league. It was so cringey. He truly had no self awareness. In the club he would walk up to supermodel types and ask them out and would come back angry when he was (always) shot down. He eventually moved to Brazil because he was convinced American women were too smug to appreciate his excellence. And the crazy thing was that he wasn’t just playing any “confidence is sexy” game or anything. He 100% believed in this. He saw himself as a god.
#62
My friend in college thought babies came from anus and vaginas are just for sex
#63
My previous housemate -- I would honestly love to live in her head for a day to understand how she sees the world. I also wish I were a therapist so I could "diagnose" her -- god I've so many oddball stories about her. The biggest "out of touch with reality" example I can give is that she thought it was "alternative" for me to be a fan of Marvel movies (I suspect because I'm a woman). Not *"I don't like the MCU and I don't know how you can watch it"* no no, she really thought it was a niche interest that not many other people shared. She actually once said *"It's so nice that you and (boyfriend) both care about Marvel movies, I think it would be hard for you to find someone else who likes them so much"* OH!!! More is coming to me as I type this! The BEST, was I came home one day and she'd been to see Spiderman: Homecoming, and she was SHOCKED to discover it was linked to the MCU, I told her I was surprised she'd gone to see a superhero movie as that's not her bag and she was like *"No, it's different, it's Spiderman"* -- What does that mean?? And no, she didn't like Homecoming because she didn't "get" the Iron Man involvement.
DeadLetterOffice 3 years ago
I guess my question to both of you would be this: Do either of you know that NONE OF THIS IS REAL?
Andi 3 years ago
movies are real, stories are real, allergies and myths are real - pleasure is real, emotional involvement is real ... need i go on
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TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago
Maybe she isn't the one out of touch with reality? I feel like entirely too much of you life is spent caring about how this girl doesn't know about Marvel movies. Maybe it's just not her thing. There are tons of movies out there that people are often shocked that I've never seen, that I don't understand why there are lots of people out there that like them (looking at you Steel Magnolias), and have no interest in.
#64
My step-fathers grandpa suffered from psychosis in a strange way. He wasn’t able to distinguish mirror reflections from real life. He would often be found talking to the mirrors (his reflection) for hours. Later on, he wasn’t allowed to have any mirrors because he would believe that “that man” was there to kill him and often would turn violent. Turn violent as in he would start punching and clawing against the mirrors.
Raven Sheridan 3 years ago (edited)
I worked with a dementia sufferer, who had the same problem. The care home had to paint his bathroom mirror black, because he tried to attack the "strange man in the room, who wouldn't stop staring at him".
#65
Watching celebrities try to do everyday tasks and not know how, like get gas (Oprah Winfrey) and use a cell phone (Joe Biden).
Vorknkx 3 years ago (edited)
Older folks are usually pretty uncomfortable with devices like mobile phones. My grandma was a doctor and could perform surgery with her eyes closed... but ATM's and mobile phones horrified her, she was never good with them (and I did my best to teach her how to use them, and always encouraged her to).
Lambchop 3 years ago
That’s a pretty broad statement. Perhaps some older folks are uncomfortable, but I don’t know anyone in my age group (70’s to 80’s) who can’t handle a cell phone, an ATM, a laptop, or a tablet.
Load More Replies... User# 6 3 years ago (edited)
Sorry, I have to take issue with this. It's like making fun of people not being able to change a head gasket. And yes, that is an every day task if you happen to own a '70s British Leyland car. It all depends on your frame of reference. Would Oprah Winfrey poke fun at you for not being able to host a popular chat show? Should Joe Biden make a derisive remark because you can't win an election?
What do you think ?
Bill Evs 3 years ago
I once worked with a lovely girl, sweet as anything but wasn't exactly the brightest star in the sky. One time myself and a few colleagues (including her) were talking about renewable energy and got on to the subject of wind turbines. She was genuinely shocked to learn that wind turbines didn't actually generate the wind. She just assumed during the summer or non windy days they were turned off.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I have a serbian friend who insists that serbia invented (a) the alphabet (b) ceramics (c) civilisation.
Tt 3 years ago
40-something year old teacher told us to craft a project on a board. It had to include the Romanian flag. After we were finished, she complained the flag was supposed to be red, yellow, and then blue, and that we had to turn ours upside down. Her proof? One of those cloth flag ribbons on a trophy/medal on a cupboard in class.
Chich 3 years ago
Doing interviews for a seasonal entry level supervisory position. 6-7 months on and laid off with recall rights for the remainder. Paid very well and a lot of people wanted the position. Interviews were lined up and many were remote as people had off season jobs, university etc. Called up one fellow and got "Don't you bastards know I'm on my time off!" Was *very* suprised when he did not get the job. Honestly thought it would just be handed to him as he was the "best and obvious choice".
J Bobo 3 years ago
I had a girlfriend from California that didn't know what caves were. She knew about mines, but holes in the ground that are just THERE? How could that ever happen. I showed her pictures of crystal cave. Nuhuh. That's not real. Someone dug that. I showed her Mammoth Cave. An elephant dug that. Ok, what about the cave paintings in France. Showed her pictures. Someone gave a kid some crayons. In a cave? His mum dug that. Really? She was serious. I was astounded.
Nicole Normand 3 years ago
For Cubans to blame the USA about their poverty. We had a 45-minute speech about how Americans are at fault for the Cubans to have free houses, free health care, etc. but are poor. How it takes them a full year's salary before they can buy a TV and all that jazz. They say they are super friendly and great hosts to any other people in the world. And yet, here we are, arriving in Cuba at 10pm and it's the only time they get a flight in and they know people have been in the airplane for hours but nothing is open, not even a bar or a small diner for people to eat before going to bed. Everyone starved until the next day.
Bill Evs 3 years ago
I once worked with a lovely girl, sweet as anything but wasn't exactly the brightest star in the sky. One time myself and a few colleagues (including her) were talking about renewable energy and got on to the subject of wind turbines. She was genuinely shocked to learn that wind turbines didn't actually generate the wind. She just assumed during the summer or non windy days they were turned off.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I have a serbian friend who insists that serbia invented (a) the alphabet (b) ceramics (c) civilisation.
Tt 3 years ago
40-something year old teacher told us to craft a project on a board. It had to include the Romanian flag. After we were finished, she complained the flag was supposed to be red, yellow, and then blue, and that we had to turn ours upside down. Her proof? One of those cloth flag ribbons on a trophy/medal on a cupboard in class.
Chich 3 years ago
Doing interviews for a seasonal entry level supervisory position. 6-7 months on and laid off with recall rights for the remainder. Paid very well and a lot of people wanted the position. Interviews were lined up and many were remote as people had off season jobs, university etc. Called up one fellow and got "Don't you bastards know I'm on my time off!" Was *very* suprised when he did not get the job. Honestly thought it would just be handed to him as he was the "best and obvious choice".
J Bobo 3 years ago
I had a girlfriend from California that didn't know what caves were. She knew about mines, but holes in the ground that are just THERE? How could that ever happen. I showed her pictures of crystal cave. Nuhuh. That's not real. Someone dug that. I showed her Mammoth Cave. An elephant dug that. Ok, what about the cave paintings in France. Showed her pictures. Someone gave a kid some crayons. In a cave? His mum dug that. Really? She was serious. I was astounded.
Nicole Normand 3 years ago
For Cubans to blame the USA about their poverty. We had a 45-minute speech about how Americans are at fault for the Cubans to have free houses, free health care, etc. but are poor. How it takes them a full year's salary before they can buy a TV and all that jazz. They say they are super friendly and great hosts to any other people in the world. And yet, here we are, arriving in Cuba at 10pm and it's the only time they get a flight in and they know people have been in the airplane for hours but nothing is open, not even a bar or a small diner for people to eat before going to bed. Everyone starved until the next day.
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