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Bitter truths are in abundance and the Truth Potato is on a mission to throw most of them onto our faces, to break the cloud of denial that covers our life.
What's more amusing than a cute Potato breaking your shield of denial and giving you few words of wisdom eh?
Below are 15+ bitter truths by the Truth Potato.
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#1
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
But your struggles are not meaningless and stupid because of that. There will always be someone better off and someone worse off.
Ginger Panda 7 years ago
I agree @ Rafaella Bueno. I also hate when people say, "But other people have suffered way worse..." As if your pain isn't relevant if someone-somewhere has felt MORE pain. Pain is pain. It hurts. And it's never irrelevant.
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Sarah Figini 7 years ago
Im so fed up of people saying "im so blessed". I ask them, do you mean "I'm so grateful" ?
Full Name 7 years ago
Interesting. Never thought of it like that. Makes me think of that meme about how thousands of children starve to death each day yet you say grace and thank a god for feeding YOU (as if He chose you over those kids cuz you're just so damn special, haha).
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Daria B 7 years ago
Again, depends. People of Pyongyang live better lives than the rest of their fellow N. Koreans. And it's still a place pretty much isolated from the world. Sure, people do try to flee the country, but many really are brainwashed, and do not dream of what we have in other developed countries because they don't know about other life options and conditions.... If you look at the refugees' stories, the culture shock is real.
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Terry Nelson 7 years ago
Very simply, Things can always be worse! With that in mind, things can always be better!
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#2
enrico 7 years ago
the potato stole this from Chuck Palahniuk I think....
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Kristin Connon 7 years ago
I love this. In fact, you should probably avoid comparing your accomplishments to anyone else's all together. Do YOUR best, not theirs.
Lara Lawson 6 years ago
It’s fine, based on you not being an idiot. You do not compare ‘what’s her face’ Hilton with Mother Theresa; imagine what Mother Theresa could have done with that money & those looks.
Izzy's Maid 7 years ago
Are you sure that isn't just last year's textbook in which your chapter 1 was chapter 9 and you had to buy a new textbook even though NOT A DAMN WORD WAS CHANGED IN THE ENTIRE THING?
#3
Vlad Horobet 7 years ago
I usually give them a reason after they hate me for none. Just to be fair.
Amy John 7 years ago
I think that's perfectly reasonable! If anything, you're helping them justify their hate, what a kind soul you are!
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Kristin Connon 7 years ago
Isn't there always a reason though? It's just that sometimes it's because they hate themselves.
Betsy Knox 7 years ago
Wow. This just stopped me in my tracks... reminded me why humans are my least favorite animal.
Maike 7 years ago
yeah me too especially if the thing they don`t like about you turns out to be the exact same weekness. they are suffering...
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Andrada Nistor 7 years ago
I think "hate" is such a strong word, and I'm disinclined to agree with this one. Why would you want to live with that constant paranoia? Sure, some people might dislike you, and they'll have their reasons for doing so, whether you think they're valid or not. But that's ok, everyone is entitled to their own likes and dislikes, and you're not here to be a crowd pleaser. You probably don't like everyone else either..
Lillukka 5 years ago
This! Hate is such a strong feeling there is always a reason. It might be silly or insignificant to others, but a reason all the same. Disliking someone is another thing, that can be random.
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Tali Sigalus 7 years ago
It’s a thing: Dunning- kruger effect In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias wherein people of low ability suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their cognitive ability as greater than it is. The cognitive bias of illusory superiority derives from the metacognitive inability of low-ability persons to recognize their own ineptitude; without the self-awareness of metacognition, low-ability people cannot objectively evaluate their actual competence or incompetence.
Stephen Williamson 6 years ago
also true,,,that people of high ability have difficulty evaluating the level of competence in people of low ability...usually placing them higher
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Panda L❤️ve 7 years ago
You do know more then just Americans are on here right? Its a global site.
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#5
John L 7 years ago
Its like ships in the night, headed your direction. Most of them are still traveling to a different destination than you.
Amy John 7 years ago
This one always gets me in the feels. I'm a very emotionally attached person, almost to the point where I obsess over people. And there are always some people that hurt you, whether on purpose or not is dependent on the situation, and you have to learn to get over all the self-hate and depression they sometimes leave you with. So Amen to this potato truth.
Andrada Nistor 7 years ago
Yes, ultimately it doesn't matter how much YOU want them to stay, THEY have to want it as well. You can't "make" someone care or feel, no matter how hard you try. You offer what you're willing to give, they take it or leave it, and that's that. There's no point in dwelling in the "but I deserve you" area.
#6
Daniel Sipes 7 years ago
Damn this hurts because I have often been that bottom line of the quote.
Eleanor Soh 7 years ago
Better be the bottom than first, at least u know u tried
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
"In love" ? Come on, we all know "love" is a myth, just like unicorns
Wen Wei Lee 7 years ago
Maybe people fall out of love if they are together? Then you get back to the first line.
#7
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Yup. You're not really responsible for anyone's wellbeing or happiness.
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Ben Smith 7 years ago
My grandmother told me he story of her mother's passing: she passed in my grandmother's house and shortly after my grandmother saw the neighbors coming home with their new baby boy (who I eventually became friends with, lived with and was in his wedding). She told me that life always goes on...
Julia Gentzler Roark 7 years ago
But will I continue without the life of others? Sometimes I'm not so sure.
#8
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
You get better at it with each experience life throws at you! :)
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Daria B 7 years ago
I learnt it, I did it! I used to be the "too nice" one, but as you get older and tired and too busy to waste your precious time (and the equally precious time of anyone trying to convince you about that thing you want to say "no" to), you just do it and ssy it: "no". The next step is learning to make people understand you mean it and to accept the truth and take that "no" as an answer. Feels good to be grumpy sometimes.
Daria B 7 years ago
Good idea! No, no, nein, ne, 아니요. Now, let's add more languages. ^_-
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Pat Pruden 7 years ago
and when you CAN say no, people will try to make you feel guilty about it.
Jenny Lorenz 7 years ago
I do! I just flat out say no. Not an excuse or any kind of reason. Just a flat out "no".
#9
Lara Lawson 6 years ago
You come into this life alone & you leave this life alone... live well.
Kenna Jaques 6 years ago
Oh wow that is do a description of my life. Which, strangely enough, suits me perfectly.
#10
Maike 7 years ago
well yeah, no... i disagree if it is a busy day and my kids, my Grandma and my Husband etc. do need their needs met by me, and 15 conversations are going of on my phone, than yes i am actually to busy to respond. If it is important please call, if not there can be a gap until an answer... That is not meant to hurt you, just you have to distribute my resources.
Felicia Luca 7 years ago
I think the point is no one is too busy to respond to you if you are a priority.
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李米娜 (Mina) 7 years ago
Pretty much everyone has a phone, everyone is connected. But has nobody stopped to think about how bizarre it is that along with the freedom of being this connected we are now in a prison too - if we dont STAY connected every minute of every day, even when we are busy, working, looking after kids, taking the dogs for a walk, enjoying time with our spouses, relaxing with a book, working even more, or just enjoying an escape from the outside world (not everybody likes interracting with other people 24/7) suddenly we are b******t friends, antisocial beings, uncaring and lazy? I love my friends, I love being social, but most of the time I am just TOO BUSY TO WRITE A REPLY (work, home life, doing dishes, hands full, teaching, marking homework, making lesson plans, sleeping - or the biggest reason of all, not wanting to be on the phone while talking to people in person, you know that thing humans used to do?) And sometimes I just need a sit down break from hectic society and humanity.
李米娜 (Mina) 7 years ago
Uuh no, not true, 6 days a week I work 7am to 1pm then 2pm to 8pm, the only break I get is waving my students out the door while calling in the next line waiting outside. I constantly watch and teach 2 to 6 year olds, making sure all lesson plans are perfected daily and all parents are talked to, homework sent, and people are satisfied. And I love my job. Throughout the day I use my phone and laptop for Powerpoints, music and videos, and can see and very quickly read everything anyone sends me. But for 12 hours a day 6 days a week, YES I have seen and read you message, and YES I am FAR TOO BUSY to reply to you. My apologies. Sometimes people arent just giving and excuse.
Amy Tilling 7 years ago
2-6 year olds do a 2pm to 8pm school day? how do you keep them awake? (Off topic, sorry)
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Tara Leigh 7 years ago
Ya no. As a nurse when I had patients dying or in a health crisis, I was definitely too busy to respond to people. Also When I had three little children hungry, sick or having melt downs I was too busy. Even still I was considerate and got back to people as quickly as I could. So the excuse that "oh I've been busy" is a joke for most people who don't have any serious issues or a serious life/death type job. I think it's hilarious when I get that excuse from people who have fairly chill lives(even if they think they have hard lives).
Moezarella 7 years ago
i disagree with this one, only self-centered people will believe this IMHO. sometimes people do being too busy to respond to someone, like when driving or working.
ICanSORelate 7 years ago
Depends. I am an antiquated 80's Baby.....who actually got UNFRIENDED by someone suffering with butthurt. He'd Inboxed me on FB. Sorrrrreeeeeeyy(!) for having extenuating family circumstances which left me no time to even log ON to the thing- let alone read and reply to his (and 30 others') messages. It's important to remember that we weren't born with Usernames nor Internet access. LIFE is offline. But I get the point though lol
李米娜 (Mina) 7 years ago
totally agree with you, we were born with phones in our hands or online profiles at the ready, humans arent made to be clicking tiny buttons second by second throughout their entire lives just to make sure other people get their phone rings and inbox messages exactly when they want them. If youre that person. its cool your choice and i dont mind, but dont make it my obligation to also be that person if i dont want to
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Kedai Nasi 7 years ago
maybe it means that people can respond to you at any time whenever they're free, but sometimes they choose not to, maybe for some reason (be it positive or negative). if you are waiting others to respond to you for some task or feedback but didn't get it = don't jump to conclusion, have patience, give them time and move on to your next objective. don't think too much about it because in the end, what you do is actually matters, take action if it takes too much time. If you wait for others to respond because you want to be acknowledged (that you are important) = don't waste your time. waiting for other's approval is a sign of immaturity, instead, congratulate yourself.
Sherry Mangan 7 years ago
Sometimes people are too sad or hurting to be able to reply. To me texting is as good as talking and some days can't do it and then when I do start feeling human again I've forgotten :(
#11
David Toh 7 years ago
Studies have shown that increased money does correlate with increased happiness .
Cees Timmerman 7 years ago
Only after being able to live comfy and worry-free, which is 100k a year in the USA iirc.
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Yana La 7 years ago
"Money can't buy happiness" is a lie we get told over and over again by the people who own most of all the money and resources.
Full Name 7 years ago
What? What rich person says money sucks? It's poor people who want to lie to themselves and place blame anywhere but in the mirror. Having money kicks a*s! Once you get rid of money arguments at home, can easily pay the bills/take vacation/buy s**t, it's like a giant weight is lifted off your shoulders.
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Aurelia Grey 7 years ago
$$$ doesn't buy happiness, but it sure feels good to be able to pay bills and buy some food. In the same week.
Vanessa 7 years ago
Yeah no one is happier because she/he can't buy food/clothes for his kids...
Jessica Stohr 7 years ago
It just doesn't guarantee it. Because there's more to life than paying bills and having the stuff you want.
Kat Rucker 7 years ago
Well, maybe not true emotional happiness, but having been on both ends...plenty if money and poor as hell...I can say that having a sufficient amount definitely makes life easier. I'm not talking about an excess, mind you - but having enough to cover your NEEDS (as opposed to just wants) definitely reduces stress and gives enough peace of mind so that you are able to enjoy things. So, in that sense, yes, it does.
#12
Pamula Furness 7 years ago
It's taken me over 50 years to realise this! Don't be as daft as me!
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
Of course! Treating yourself is the best thing because you know what you deserve!
GlassOfWater 7 years ago
There is always a balance. Finding the middle and staying there is super tricky tho.
#13
Cheryl Thomas 7 years ago
Not true. I was employed at a government agency for many years, and I worked my a*s off trying to do a good job - as did the majority of my coworkers. I'm pretty sick of all the slamming of government employees as a bunch of slackers. It's very easy to cast aspersions on them, and b***h and moan about the tax dollars that pay their wages, until one needs help from the government...
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guy greej 7 years ago
What do you meam!!!? I spent alll days yesterday sweating in my chair and playing Transformice hardcore reaching level 12 Shaman in lights flickering on my computer monitor, and YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY to say I achieved NOTHING!!? I pushed button that made changes to my monitor dude
Zori the degu 7 years ago
It does. You are accomplishing one thing: keeping others away, for they know you are always busy! Tada! Of course, this is only true if you know nice, tactful people.
#14
Rudolf Dovičín 7 years ago
You owe pollution & destruction, which your life style creates...
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Pat Buchtel Daly 7 years ago
My mother always said that to me. OMG. . . She WAS the Truth Potato!
Christina Eneroth (Eneroth3) 5 years ago
Define the world. Your parent ow you safety and security. If they can't provide that they shouldn't have conceived you. In the civilized world the government ow you the healthcare you need, just like you ow a portion of what you produce to pay for it.
#15
Yana La 7 years ago
Exactly. Potato just doesn't know any caring people, poor thing :(
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Carin Huber 7 years ago
Many people care about how difficult your life is. There's just only so much any of them can do about it, and only so much energy they can invest in your pain before it become detrimental to them. They have to take care of themselves, too.
Daniel Sipes 7 years ago
I actually love hearing about other people's problems cuz then we can mutually b***h about it in a weird sort of happy-complaining thing....
ہننا عقلاني 7 years ago
This belief is b******t and a product of our current narcissistic driven society. Humans didn't evolve not giving a f**k about anyone. We got to where we are precisely by the opposite attitude: empathy. This is also a very vogue american attitude by the way which in no way represents humanity. Try saying that sentence in most places in Asia, Africa or even Europe and see how you are received.
Gayle Bynum Cardosa 7 years ago
Kind of an ironic statement the way you're doing that passive aggressive slam on Americans there Holmes. I hate the way people find it perfectly fine to slam Americans and our behavior and culture all the time. Offense taken.
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ChickyChicky 7 years ago
If that were true, there wouldn't be suicide hotlines staffed with volunteers, waiting to listen to the difficulties of strangers.
Rachael Fordham Leaton 7 years ago
I disagree. I care very much for those in my life who are going through hard times, and they feel the same about me. This is one bitter potato.
#16
Wendy Foley 7 years ago
See, this is why I don't like raw tomatoes...acidic little bastards. Cook 'em, and they turn sweet (along with my revenge)
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
And sometimes, being honest instead of nice is the best thing people can do for each other. It helps us grow, and can actually help us get along (or at least not waste our time on the wrong people).
#17
Katie Jamberri Nails 7 years ago
They did a lot of things, including writing their philosophies. Nobody would remember them if they didn't write, which is an action.
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Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
The thoughts behind the actions matter. It's easy for anyone to try and redefine you based on their own perception of your actions.
Chyppa Homer 7 years ago
Actions define other people's perception of you, but still, your thoughts are what define you. And not to nitpick, but aren't actions without thought called seizures... or panic, or running amok, or black Friday. :)
Tabitha Holland 7 years ago
Sooo... If I think about killing everyone I know, It doesn't REALLY make me a psychopath?
Steven Renaud 6 months ago
Actions are dictated by your thoughts, so no, I disagree with this statement.
#18
Jassmine Feather 7 years ago
My life. It's so difficult to get out of that mindset. Trying though
Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Of course, because losses are unacceptable and need to be fixed, whereas gains are just the least you deserve.
Lara Lawson 6 years ago
Without knowledge of history we repeat. Looking forward, with past knowledge is ideal. Always be grateful.
Daria B 7 years ago
I see the glass as containing half of its capacity. ♥
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Farnaz Khoshbakht 7 years ago
except your boss, your partner, your parents....otherwise they will make your life hell :/
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
True. Doing things to gain everyone's approval and still being dissatisfied is the worst thing in the world. It's better to just not care about what people think about you and do what's best for you, and keep yourself happy.
GlassOfWater 7 years ago
Maybe it's just the people in your area? Sexism in Australian culture seems kinda equal to other Western cultured countries (which is still existent). You got to admit that it's a lot better now then it was say 20 years ago (at least in some parts of Aus).
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Geri Jernigans 7 years ago
I have only one person in my life that has that power. My brother, we are very close. Everybody else can f**k off.
Amy John 7 years ago
AGREED! My sisters and our dog. That's about all really.
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Rainbo 7 years ago
It's so true though!!! Once you stop caring what others think, is when you will discover a whole new kind of freedom... As long as you know you're a good person, then f**k what anyone else has to say. REALLY THOUGH. Try it. Most of the time people are just projecting anyway.. Example: they point out something negative in you, but it's really because they themselves feel that way inside.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Depends on the person and situation. There will always be people that have some power over you, and what they think of you can change your life for better or for worse.
Aunty Sandra 6 years ago
I prefer "What other people think pf me is none of my business. People having an opinion doesn't make it true.
Maria Tsocheva-Stoyanova 6 years ago
It does, if it is for example the opinion of the interviewer for an important job that can jumpstart your career or kill it
#21
David Snow 6 years ago
why do people feel the need to curse?Does this make you feel like a bigger person when it only proves a lack of intelligence
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The Alchemist 7 years ago
Or that they wish they had heard before they needed it.
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Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
I'm glad he said "almost". My son and my Dad are unusually rock-solid in this area. Their words line up with their actions very well.
Gail Rector 6 years ago
Part if that depends on the circles you walk in. There are people with integrity.
Toni Carroll 7 years ago
But what you might not know is maybe they are trying to live up to what they preach.
Tamara Sager 7 years ago
"I give myself very good advice but I very seldom follow it" ~Alice from Alice in Wonderland.
#22
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Forgive someone for your own sake, not for theirs. The only one really hurt when you hold a grudge is you. You're either missing out on a good relationship because of ego, or you're wasting your time thinking of someone who doesn't give a s**t about you.
Amy John 7 years ago
For me it's the latter. Not even about grudges, but in general as well. I waste a lot of time on people who don't give a flying rat's a*s.
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Christopher Roxby 7 years ago
Maybe Not, But If someone *doesn't* apologize, they don't WANT forgiveness. Giving it to them for Free cheapens the concept of Forgiveness.
Vicky Stardust 7 years ago
That is bullsh*t. If you keep forgiving the people who have been mean to you, they will be mean to you again and again, because they know you will ALWAYS forgive them.
Kimberly Robinson 7 years ago
Vicky, forgiving someone doesn't mean you have to continue to be in a relationship with them or even in their presence. A person who keeps doing the same thing over and over again may be apologizing out of their mouth, but they haven't repented. They haven't turned themselves around and gone in a different direction with their behavior. So, it's perfectly fair to let someone like that out of your life, but if you do it with bitterness and not forgiveness you'll always be tied to them, emotionally. Easier said than done, but still true.
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Partially true. You do it for you,not them anyway,just don't tell them. Forgiving some people makes them behave worse.
Michał Jastrzębski 6 years ago
forgiveness is stupidity, where there is a profit in being vengefull.
#23
Betsy Knox 7 years ago
or biochemically depressed and not responding to medications
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Aahzmandus Pervect 7 years ago
This is such cheap psychology, in lieu of self-help books and gurus. There are many factors and situations that hold us back, and situations we cannot effectively change in our advantage.
Carin Huber 7 years ago
Too simplistic. Power you don't know you have (and there are many people who are expert at making you feel you have no power) is the same as having none.
Katie Jamberri Nails 7 years ago
And money. And your parents. And your boss. And your spouse/kids.
hannah dreher 7 years ago
i wish more people would realize that there are things like abuse holding them back.
Panda L❤️ve 7 years ago
Many years of outter abuse by a man has given me a very self abusive attitude. Being hated makes one hate themselves
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John L 7 years ago
Perfection can be sooo boring. Just make sure your imperfections are harmless to others around you. ;)
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
If you can't change your life, better change your perception of what a perfect life is. Easier said than done, but it's all we can do to be happier.
Amy John 7 years ago
It's like climbing a mountain. You train so hard for it and your body is struggling the whole time. When you finally reach the peak or cliff face that you desire, your body is still wanting to fight but you're already at your high. Perfection can breed unhappiness or dissatisfaction, my friends. (A streetcar named desire reference)
#25
Daria B 7 years ago
There must be a third way then because "there's always another way". ^_-
Load More Replies... Kristin Connon 7 years ago
You cannot make a racehorse of a pig, but you can make a very fast pig. (I love that book!)
Full Name 7 years ago
Then the "other way" is to narrow down the choices.
Load More Replies... Megan Anne Covert 6 years ago
Not really. Unless I plan to make my car swim, there's only one way out of my community.
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Katie Jamberri Nails 7 years ago
Right, because everyone gets to restart what they've failed at.
Gayle Bynum Cardosa 7 years ago
Watch the Will Smith Youtube video about failing up. It's pretty interesting. He makes some good points about failing.
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John L 7 years ago
George Harrison once sang about that very thing. I still have the album. All-things...933f15.jpg 
Sabal Minor 7 years ago
Why is mr. potato smiling on this one? I don't like to think about all things ending!
#29
Katie Jamberri Nails 7 years ago
Yeah, because everyone is horrible. "So what" is such an apathetic and desensitized response to this fact.
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Caroline Moore 7 years ago
I feel like I don't exist to friends if I am not with them. Then I realize that people talk... And I wonder which I prefer....
ICanSORelate 7 years ago
But that's not always such a bad thing. I.E.: Planning a surprise event! :)
Lara Lawson 6 years ago (edited)
And often say nicer things than you could possibly imagine... The issue is YOUR definition of friend; friendship is a commitment.
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Cathy Scriven-Williams 5 years ago
Baked potato changed my life, baked potato showed me the way
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