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The ‘Hard To Swallow Pill’ Meme Has People Sharing Difficult Truths, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Popular Ones
The template of the meme consists of two WikiHow stock images: one with someone looking at a bottle of pills with a label that says "Hard to Swallow Pills" and another with the pills already in the person's hand, ready to be ingested.
People download it, slap a text of what they think is a universal truth on the second picture, and upload it back on the Internet, waiting for upvotes. And we often have to give it to them. Quite a few of these memes capture some universal law, most of which we know but don't want to accept. Like, "some of your problems are your own fault, and won't get better until you actively do something about it" or "you can't make someone love you."
Bored Panda has compiled some of the most popular Hard to Swallow Pills, so continue scrolling, check out the memes, and upvote your favorites.
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#1
Jo Cooper 5 years ago
One of my favourite quotes; going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car.
Raine Soo 5 years ago (edited)
Some of the most judgemental, narrow-minded, and rudest people I have ever met, have been avid church goers. So, yes, I agree with the caption.
Thomas Ewing 5 years ago
Some of the nicest most sensible people I have known attend a denomination I don't agree with. It's better to look up, than at!
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deanna woods 5 years ago
This is 100% true. Some of the worst people I know are the "Christians" that go to church. Some of the best people I know are the people on the outside. I work in a pizza buffet place and on Sundays, the worst acting customers were the ones who just got out of church.
Thomas Ewing 5 years ago
I knew of a fellow who was rotten to the core but would occasionally be seen at church, as if, I suppose, he could 'rinse off' his sins once in a while. Psycho.
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Laura Maeflower 5 years ago
I feel this one sooo much. I'm a Christian myself, but man, sometimes the people who represent this group are scum of the earth and it makes me mad.
John-Paul Bitler 5 years ago
Yeah. That doesn't mean all religious people are bad either. I agree
Richard Brown 5 years ago
In all my experience I have found devout religious people to be the worse kind of people
Clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Mary Lamia, Ph.D., thinks that the notion that one is “in denial” seems to have taken on a life of its own as an agent of many ills and as a catchphrase for people who dismiss the implications of their behavior.
"Although denial is considered to be a defense often used by people with addictive tendencies, its attributions reach beyond those struggling with substances," Lamia pointed out. "Denial is also attributed to people who do not want to acknowledge that bad stuff is occurring in their lives, such as those who are attempting to cope with a tumultuous relationship, a life-threatening illness, obesity, a loss, or anything else that one may attempt to disavow."
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#2
ƒιѕн 5 years ago
I'm from the US, and I agree with you. I see so many younger people that have been in the military thinking they are better than everyone, talking s**t, being rude. I saw two of them at a carnival once both shooting at the same target so they won the toys and the smaller kids couldn't win. After watching them a few times I finally called them out on it and they got kicked out of the game.
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Felicia Murphy 5 years ago
As a veteran I agree. I served with some amazing people that I will always be there for, and some full-blown a*s hats that should never procreate.
Russian Otaku 5 years ago
Military and I've seen it firsthand. Most stupid as f**k notion is when people considered me better or more trustworthy for being a veteran instead of other factors
Isabella R.W. 5 years ago
If there are 500 bad cops and 1300 good cops, but the 1300 good cops don't turn in the 500 bad cops then there are 1800 bad cops.
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N G 5 years ago
I agree with this although going through the military training can turn a bad egg into a good one.
Aliquid A 4 years ago
And the trauma associated with service might turn a good egg into a bad one. Which we could help address by putting more funding into mental health and supports for veterans.
Load More Replies... Daniel R. 5 years ago
Finally ! !!! Goodness, joining the military or church or any holier than thou organization doesn't automatically make you a great person or a hero - those traits still have to be earned. And you CAN be a hero and a great person WITHOUT ever joining said services.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
True , the non vet and the vet and nurses, doctors, mamas , Daddys, Fire fighters Many heros that don't have a title or uniform are heros in every day life, SOME are wicked evil no matter their choices in life, but don't discredit the good with the bad.
Load More Replies... Lianna Valdez 5 years ago
I have known military personnel personally that did nothing due to there job. This was years ago before 9/11. And still expect the praise and glory on Veterans Day and everyday of the year and look down on people who are not military or law enforcement. That sense of entitlement is sickening.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
That type of person is like that in every situation , always first to take credit and last to serve.
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Terd Fergison 5 years ago
The military-industrial complex is the most immoral thing on the planet. People need food, not bombs. How much funding is taken away from helping people, and goes towards killing and maiming people? The military is extremely bad for the environment. I'm so glad this is at the top of the post.
Brent Fisher 3 years ago
And remember that having teeth in your mouth is as American as pitchers that want to be hitters. 'Sorry I can't spare $100 for a routine teeth cleaning...I need the cash to get that million dollar unmanned drone so I can make more widows..."
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ZombieGirl 5 years ago
lol I got permanently banned from Next Door because I was defending a woman from a racist "veteran" who was not shy about pulling the "veteran card" as a defense. The racist old dude had nothing happen to him. All I said was "I don't give a s**t" when he said he fought in a war, like that was supposed to make his comments to the woman ok
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Disgusting people come in all uniforms, colors, denomination, and sex. Thank you for standing up for her. My husband is a vet and has rescued many women in distress, yes even got the lady to the hospital in time for the birth in the worst bizzard in our history!( She never knew when he was in the service he got two bronze stars and acomadation medal and purple heart, still does not know, never will but she thinks he's a hero for geting her and the baby there on time.
Load More Replies...Sure, we can deny a fact, deny responsibility, deny the impact of our actions, or even deny what is really going on by hiding from our feelings. But according to Lamia, when we use denial to defend ourselves or cope with what we feel, we contradict the reality of a situation or attempt to adjust to a circumstance by neglecting its impact. However, the extent of someone’s denial may not really be the issue at hand.
"What’s important is not that people recognize their denial, but that they are able to accept what they are feeling that leads to the denial in the first place," Lamia explained. "If someone excessively and habitually uses alcohol to medicate their anxiety, for example, we might emphasize their attempts to dismiss the harm that their use of alcohol will cause, rather than focus on the emotions they feel that motivate their denial. If that person stops drinking, one would hope the emotions that were formerly hidden by denial, which often have to do with shame, would be exposed and accepted by the individual."
#3
postboredom 5 years ago
Poor people have to work even harder than others, just to get a daily meal and shelter
mph seti 5 years ago
Being born into privilege/wealth is like playing a video game on easy mode. Most privileged people know this, but hate admitting it.
Load More Replies... Just saying 5 years ago
Terry Pratchett “The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.
Sean Harrison 5 years ago
Totally agree. I've been homeless, living out of my car for 5 years now. But in that time I worked freelance to make money and got my Associates Degree, and am now working on my Bachelors degree. I'm not the "odd one out" either, during my time at college I knew 4 other students that were homeless, and 3 of them had jobs in addition to going to college.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
It would be totally prejudicial to assume otherwise. There are LAZY poor people and there are LAZY wealthy people. Just as the are HARD-WORKING poor people and there are HARD-WORKING wealthy people.
Truth Monster 5 years ago
Less people would be in poverty in the US is we stopped importing unskilled labor from other countries. No entry level job is going to pay a living wage if they can replace you in 5 min flat.
Meike Henneman 5 years ago
This is only a hard pill to swallow for people who feel smug about not living in poverty
Stille20 5 years ago
The idea that people who are successful "worked hard for it" is so American, when in face they may have worked hard but they likely had many advantages.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
tRump with his small multi-million loan from his daddy comes to mind.
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Gregg Bender 5 years ago
Most poor people I know work far harder than any rich person I've ever seen.
We not only use denial to hide from any negative emotion, including shame, fear, guilt, or distress but to mute positive emotions as well. "Sometimes feeling positively may be just as threatening as negative feelings. We may want to deny the reality of our emotions, because accepting a reality that is uncomfortable, painful, or incongruous to what we expect means we must also alter our perception of ourselves. Thus, if you are in denial, perhaps you are simply trying to ignore the truth about what you actually feel, rather than about what you are doing or thinking."
But if you want to move forward, you have to swallow the truth.
#4
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
In other words, you shouldn’t expect anyone to throw you a parade for doing all the right things that you should be doing anyway.
M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago
Reciprocity is a law of the universe, however, it doesn't mean you should expect anything from anyone regardless of what you do for them. Do something because it's the right thing to do - from a higher good perspective, not your own.
TrashPandaru 5 years ago
YES THIS my friend had a screaming panic attack in public and was overwhelmingly grateful because I stood and held them til it passed. The fact that they were so blown away that I'd done the very basics of what any human should do made me really sad cos it shows how cold people just expect people to be these days
Laura Maeflower 5 years ago
It actually disheartens me how much people are surprised when you are kind to them. Every "odd" person I met at school clung to me cause I actually treated them like a human being. Everyone else was rude to them so they didn't have to associate with them. It was annoying.
Load More Replies... Catherine Todd 5 years ago (edited)
If only this were true! My ex thought he should get a gold medal when he was "nice" or "paying his share" and NOT "lying and stealing" from me!
Levi Baker 5 years ago
Sometimes I wonder why someone has to even post this. We should already know how to be nice
#5
postboredom 5 years ago
This applies to both guys and gals. Nobody is as kind as they think themselves are.
Evil Little Thing 5 years ago
Yeah, but how many women go around blaming their inability to date on how guys always friendzone nice girls?
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H Edwards 5 years ago
The 'nice guy' trope is a real thing that almost every woman has encountered at some point. I know it *can* apply to everyone, but it does seem more common with guys. Women don't usually go around complaining that they deserve to date a super hot guy because they (the woman) are so 'nice'.
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Guys who describe themselves as "nice guy" are more likely to be controlling abusing mysogynists with a subscription to "Incels Unite" and 9Chan as their favorite bookmark.
El muerto 5 years ago
sometimes we misjudge people. and idiots are very good at appearing appealing, for a while. really. nice people, are not nice to get laid, but for the sake of being nice. some people are just better at public relations...and also the person choosing, might not be as nice as they think they are either. man or woman...I wonder why is people stuck in that outdated thing, that is the male that is suppose to prove himself, while women are the ones to choose
semelina pitrone 5 years ago
I think of myself as a dirty, lying, snake, piece of s**t, that won't let people in and ends up losing everyone's trust. The main thing that is keeping me from ending it all is the fact that people DO love me, and people DO care if I die tonight. And cowardice, that too... "To be, or not to be" is a question of suicide. Whether killing yourself would be brave (in actually taking that jab, or slice, or leap), or whether it is cowardly (you don't have enough in you to face the word, and life, and horror of existence). The point that I'm trying to make is that me and the people around me don't need voices telling them that they're worthless. We don't need more than is already in our heads.
Brent Hollett 5 years ago
I disagree in some respects. The nice guys who aren't really a******s, don't put themselves forward enough to be noticed. So while they're a nice guy, they're also overlooked guys.
F. H. 5 years ago
This is not restricted to relationships. If you professor tells you he's a nice guy, you might consider changing your degree progamme. I can't tell you how often I've heard lecturers in medicine call themselves a "benign character". Those are always the worst.
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
Reminds me of alert taught to kids "Adults never ask kids for directions. So if a car pulls up next to you,, Run! Same for your professor analogy.
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Vicki Perizzolo 5 years ago
OMG so true!!! and so many people whine about having to actually take responsibility for their own actions!
WhoAreYouToSayPandasAreBored 5 years ago
Eh. What about at your job? You are held accountable to do your job you are paid to do. If you don't, when the discussion comes up, that does not immediately mean you are being attacked. and if you view it as that then it's your own fault.
Catherine Todd 5 years ago (edited)
Wow - well said! Haven't we all run into this over and over again, when we legitimately point out something they are doing wrong. It's the defense mechanism to get you to stop and "train you" to keep quiet in the future. Makes me sick and I have plenty of family members well versed in this, and the "Oh, so now you're playing the victim" when you point out they have done a hurtful thing. That's the one that makes me the sickest. These types don't care about anyone else but themselves!
Andy Johnson 5 years ago
too bad this doesn't seem to apply to the media of members of Congress.
Laura Maeflower 5 years ago
People actually do that? Say they're being attacked when they did something wrong? What a cop out!
#7
Daria B 5 years ago (edited)
It's even harder to swallow the problems that are NOT your own fault, but it's UP TO YOU to clean someone else's poop to save your a*s.
postboredom 5 years ago
Whoever's fault it may be, the harder thing is to acknowledge and overcome it
M O'Connell 5 years ago
The worst part is having problems which ARE your own fault, but you are NEVER able to do enough to change your circumstances. Such as having a criminal record that will never go away. You could live to be 90 and still have to pay for mistakes made as a youth.
Remi Flynne 5 years ago
In the UK, under current rules, criminal convictions for under-18s stay on their record for five and a half years, while cautions last two years. Some offences are never removed but we can get away from a lot of mistakes. Depends on the severity I suppose.
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M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago
You may have had a hard time growing up, but if you are grown and still doing the same things, it is now your fault and yours alone.
Matthew Daniel 5 years ago
Like a lot of people, I am great at helping others out but struggle to get myself motivated to sort out my own problems. I definitely am a cause of a lot of my own problems.
Jonathan Litton 5 years ago
Imagine thinking that it isn't possible that some of someone's problems aren't of their own doing.
Monica Michelle 5 years ago
This is right below the poverty is systemic and I am chocking on irony
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Yupp. And the faster this particular pill gets swallowed, the easier it will be to deal with the problems.
#8
ChimeraBubbles 5 years ago
I like this one. Re-evaluate your worldview every so often, visit other places, talk to people from other communities, read books, and so on. It's character building too.
Kate Yeti 5 years ago
I grew up loving history, even though I acknowledged that what we were taught was a little whitewashed. Now, I realise it was downright racist, censored, and in some cases, straight up lies. I feel betrayed by the system and by myself, knowing that I went along with it for so long.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
"Only one who has fallen in love with a different culture can begin to see the fetters of his own"
Matthew Daniel 5 years ago
Get a passport and travel. Look at differing news outlets. Don't get your news or world view from social media or forums.
Wouldn't You Like to Know 5 years ago
No, that's what the public school taught is...I've since learned to think for myself.
John-Paul Bitler 5 years ago
This is so true, especially for American Political Parties, more so for Mainstream Media
JD Lee 5 years ago
For anyone who has ever bashed an entire country based on what their media shows them, this is for you. People, regardless of race, nationality, gender, etc. are generally good and decent, & chances are the extremists the news show for ratings DO NOT represent the majority. Do your homework & think for yourselves.
#9
blugeagua 5 years ago
The past four years have illustrated it. The orange moron has given his supporters reason to think they can.
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M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago
And will feel all butt hurt if you try to hold them accountable... see above...
Courtney Christelle 5 years ago
Shout out to every spineless manager or emotionally removed corporate!
Camil Gagnon 5 years ago
Being a good person can often feel unrewarding and it takes a lot of energy, especially when you're exposed to said s****y behaviors. I used to think most people were at least trying, growing older made me doubt it, COVID-19 proved most people are actually selfish.
#10
Monday 5 years ago
I'm all for praying for those in need if that's what you believe in, but send a donation with that prayer.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Here's a fact for you. Praying won't do a thing. It won't bring back murdered people for the families, it won't cure cancer.
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Serial pacifist 5 years ago
And some pills. For the love of God, however hard or easy to swallow, send some medicines and shots to Africa so children don't die from friggin' pneumonia or malaria.
NMN 5 years ago
Michael, not every country in need is in a civil war. And even those that are, usually meds are donated via organizations where it goes straight to use, not to warehouses to be sold
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aw man i'm all outta cash 5 years ago
Praying is fine. It's meditative and it might go along with your beliefs. But JUST praying is NOT fine. You need to be active about helping.
Laura Maeflower 5 years ago
Yeah really! I don't like that it dismisses prayer like that. The people who actually pray obviously think it helps in some way, otherwise they won't even do it. It's replacing a good deed with only prayer that is the fault. Also, if you believe in God then hey, doing a good deed can be the answer to someone else's prayers. Jesus prayed, but He also fed the poor and healed the sick. So if you believe in prayer, be like Jesus, and also give a helping hand.
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MantisKeeper 5 years ago
Praying is not good wishes. It is asking God to help them in their need, both spiritual and physical.
Just saying 5 years ago (edited)
The Bible agrees: James 2:16 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
The same goes for applauding healthcare workers risking their lives during the pandemic, many of them on low wages. The importance of the work they are doing should be acknowledged and their paychecks should be made better.
Matthew Daniel 5 years ago
I refused to clap for carers. And my doctor and nurse neighbours agreed. I said to my other neighbours that if you have time to clap every week then you have time to vote for a party that won't rob our health system and refuse fair pay for care workers. You can't spend claps in the supermarket.
Load More Replies... Eagle Girl 5 years ago
Some times prayer is all people can afford. Their prayers are their belief God will work thru others to make it better.
Terd Fergison 5 years ago
Belief without evidence is called faith and that is harmful. Belief in something where evidence shows you it doesn't work is delusion. Scientific studies show that petitionary prayer has the same outcome as random chance. Prayer does nothing in this real world. What about a christian child born in Africa born into poverty and born with aids. Some of these children are born and they pray, and pray and pray to your god, but your god does nothing and they die an agonizing death of starvation and or disease. This currently happens. If your god was real, I would tell him, "f**k you" right to his face. What do you have to say about this, Eager Girl?
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Judith Wilson 5 years ago
Not when you learn how and when to let go. Humans would rather cling to a falling tree than attempt to fly away.
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Leo Fragoso 5 years ago (edited)
I don't think "working at the wrong job" is someones fault. For most people it's not even a choice but a matter of survival.
Monday 5 years ago
Definitely. Sometimes you have to work that "wrong job" to feed yourself or your family, and in that situation you should probably keep doing it
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JuJu 5 years ago
I don't think this is a "hard to swallow pill". To me, this is a very uplifitng thought. You can always make changes. No matter how long sth is already going on or how old you are. Change is possible.
Eagle Girl 5 years ago
Change is possible but not easy. Some people feel trapped by a mistake bc it has longevity on it. Ya know?
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Brent Fisher 3 years ago
Even Saul from the Bible knew when to leave the stage and turn the game console off.
Fee Hofmann 4 years ago
So true. However, the deeper the groove, the harder it is to change direction.
#12
Daria B 5 years ago
True. And the nearer the end, the more I think of it. Viruses don't plan according to human made calendars. This could go on and on. And even after it's gone, the damage repair will still take a while.
Brandy Grote 5 years ago
The flu from 1918 is STILL AROUND and STILL KILLING PEOPLE! It's H1N1. SARS is still around, even though it didn't even kill 200 Americans. This horror show will be around for ages because of entitled idiots.
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ChimeraBubbles 5 years ago
Years of ill health taught me that pathogens, illness, and disability don't care about your plans. That is a hard lesson. We will get through it though and that's a hopeful thought for me.
Nadine Bamberger 5 years ago
Systemic racism is not gonna go away come midnight and neither is the virus.
Vicki Perizzolo 5 years ago
If we don't fix the climate crisis EVERYTHING is moot anyway...and it only be a whole lot worse4
#13
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
This one should not even have to be a thing, but sadly it is.
Talie Bocci 5 years ago
Or anyone working in the service industry, for that matter. We're paid to smile, dammit.
fainasKeturatis 5 years ago
Yes, they are if they use flirt for interacting with people in their work, however, people must understand that simple flirting is not nearly main focused on sexual relation/interacting. It's just a way to communicate. Also, do not confuse flirt and sexual harassment - the first one is nice and welcome when both sides agree and second starts with the same flirt but with no acceptance on one end (including everything from chatting up to raping).
#14
Laura Deckers 5 years ago
In every revolution, there is one man with a vision.
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Peko 5 years ago
Their existence is not contingent on your belief in them.
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Felype Rennan 4 years ago
Life is like speedruning, maybe one run is dead, there's always the next one
#15
postboredom 5 years ago
This is the one thing every teenager (including me) has to understand. Not everyone has to like you, nor do they have to hate you. We just gotta let it be.
H Edwards 5 years ago
It can be a hard lesson to learn, but the sooner in life that you make peace with it, the happier you will be. If an overwhelming majority of people in your life think you are a jerk, however, then it's time for some self-reflection.
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Aria Whitaker 5 years ago
One of my favorite quotes about this..."You can be the juiciest, plump, most flavorful peach on the tree...and there will still be people who simply do not like peaches".....
Stille20 5 years ago
Again, this seems to be only a certain kind of person who things this. I never expect everyone to like me... it's very freeing. Be kind, and then let it go.
Lillukka79 5 years ago
Same. There have always been people I disliked, even as a child, so why should I be liked by everybody.
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Vicki Perizzolo 5 years ago
and you do NOT have to care that they don't like you - it doesn't affect them anyway.
Louloubelle 5 years ago
I learned this late in life. Most people that I've met in life have liked me (or appeared to). When I found people as an older adult that really didn't like me for any particular reason, it was a bit of a shock. And it is a difficult thing to come to terms with.
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Monday 5 years ago
It's not just about attractiveness though. Yes being attractive helps, but so does being clean and dressing nicely.
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kjorn 5 years ago
Don't try to pretend it doesn't. of course it does. but like a good book, the cover bring you close but what's Inside it's what make you stay.
Potato 5 years ago
Like a person who is conventionally attractive by society standards can have a face that I just want to punch if their personality is horrendous.
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Catlady6000 5 years ago
In the long run, definitely. Thing is, the way you dress, grooming, hygiene, etc are all advertisements for what is on the inside, whether you intend it to be or not
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Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
To a point. They shouldn’t end up being your obsession. And they fade with age. The best thing you can do is just take care of yourself; eat decently, exercise moderately, get enough sleep, keep yourself clean and well-groomed (at least in public)—-and never ever forget about your intrinsic qualities. Develop them. They will enhance your attractiveness—-ugliness inside does show on the outside. That way, even if you’re not exactly gorgeous—-and beauty is in the eye of the beholder anyhow—-you’ll get by just fine.
Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
These bitter pills seem to be mostly placebos. Best looking people in the room often are dismissed as just a pretty face. How come the richest people and world leaders are not models? Everybody has unattractive friends and some are even married to them. Who's prettier, Trump or Biden? Guess what.... loks only matter when you're judging people on their looks. What it should say is some people are shallow and naive.
Joey Marlin 5 years ago
Money trumps (no pun intended) looks though. Always has. Doesn't mean that looks aren't high on the list. Because people are shallow.
Load More Replies... Camil Gagnon 5 years ago (edited)
Looks matter way to much. People are often not what they seem, but they can and do use their looks to get what they want. It's much harder to be a good person than being physically attractive, which is also more rewarding short term. It's not surprising so much people choose to work on the latter.
Eva Muller 5 years ago
Also... luckily people have different oppinions about what's attractive. Noone looks the same - thank goodness! Someone I might find handsome, others may find unattractive - and vice versa :)
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H Edwards 5 years ago
Smoking is a good example. Children of smokers are much more likely to take it up themselves.
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
So many factors at play in this though. I have five siblings. Parents smoked. Only one child took up smoking. Loads of families where all the children smoked or none did.
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Giles McArdell 5 years ago
Children grow up to be the way they are both because of, and in spite of, anything we do as parents.
miten sasmita 5 years ago
Exactly! I started buying fruits instead of processed snacks and my toddler who never eat any fruit now loving them.
Mya Lugar 5 years ago
Too many adults aren't taking responsibility for the examples they set. They speak without respect to their spouse as well as their children, and then expect the children to have respect for them. Those children find it difficult to feel secure in life, to give trust, or to value themselves.
Kent Fishburn 5 years ago
Children will try not to notice that the seemingly young hands in the illustration have old-age spots.
#18
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"
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Ray Martin 5 years ago
Possibly so, but believing that the Earth is flat, or that vaccinations don't work does make you stupid and deserving of ridicule.
Romenriel 5 years ago
If you keep ridiculing people, they will become defensive and stand their ground ever stronger. Just saying.
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M O'Connell 5 years ago
I'm all-for challenging long-standing perceptions of how things should be, but arguing with basic scientific observations that have been well-understood since ancient times is just ludicrous. Heck, Eratosthenes calculated the diameter of the earth using basic trigonometry.
Diane Patrick 4 years ago
Vaccinations work? Bullshit! They are toxic. Educate yourself ignorant one.
Mya Lugar 5 years ago
Who would have believed that using talcum powder could cause cancer? I am up in years hen we were growing up that was part of diaper changes. We certainly wouldn't have wanted to gamble our babies future, I think the running dilema is that we never know until it's too late what might come of many things after years or decades, especially as regards medicine.
M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago
"knowing" , however, is better than believing. What you know is yours and unshakable. What you believe is usually someone else's, they gave the belief to you before you had a mind to think, and when confronted with information to the contrary you will (usually) either defend without question (even if you suspect your belief might be wrong) or have some kind of crisis. Better to believe nothing and desire to know...
Danieletc 5 years ago
Believing that correcting people by pointing out the earth is not technically round, but more of a craggy oblate spheroid just makes me kinda annoying.
Jon S. 5 years ago
It's one of the roundest objects in nature we have measured. It is more round and less craggy than say, a billiard ball. And so spherical that the oblateness isn't visible with the naked eye at any distance.
Load More Replies... Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
Knowing the earth is round or vaccines work is one thing. Understanding why the earth is round(oblate spheroid) and how vaccines work makes it ok to think you're smart!
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DC 5 years ago
Kinda yes, upvoted this, but under it all, there is a huge amount of knowledge that is safe and secure and if we can't agree on basing opinions on facts, agreeing in itself becomes pointless.
John-Paul Bitler 5 years ago
Liberals, Conservatives, come here for a minute. You need to read this
Mya Lugar 5 years ago
Isn't exposure the answer? If you look at any particular race, religion, etc...YOU would have the same basic views 9x out of 10 if you were brought up in those same countries, religions, dietary preferences, UNLESS you were later exposed to others to ponder, AND lived where it was possible to choose to safely make your own choices.
M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago
Though it may be a reason to part ways, it is not a reason to fight.
Zelda Jones 5 years ago
I have friends who have a lot of different views to my own. But I still value their friendship. Just because we have different views, doesn't make them a terrible person.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Same here, but we agree to disagree. THey don't call names or try to hurt people, and will discuss their point fo view, as will I, and we often find we only differ on *how* to do something, not whether it's something worth doing.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
The three big things needed in a relationship are trust, compromise and respect. Of course there are more like having each others back, liking the other person etc. Relationships are hard work, you need to make the effort to help it grow.
Monday 5 years ago
Definitely, but compromise is a tricky one. Compromise on where to go on holiday or whose turn it is to do what, but don't compromise on the big things like having/not having kids. That'll just breed contempt in the long run.
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Jonanice Kitt 5 years ago
I read years ago that in a town sized area there’s likely 30 ‘perfect matches’ living there for you could settle down with. Of course growing up similar helps shape them into someone you could make a relationship work & plus likely to come across
Vincent Jay 5 years ago
No, you can't "make them the one and only on your own." Either accept them as they are, or leave them alone. Attempting to change them only annoys them.
Parmeisan 5 years ago
I don't think they mean change the person, I think they mean put in the effort to make the relationship work.
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Azziza 5 years ago
No, not at all. Don't "settle"! Hang in there until you find the right person, not just "a" person. Don't lower your standards at all!
Parmeisan 5 years ago
Honestly, it depends on your standards. If your standards are "I'm looking for a long-term partner that shares my sense of humour", then hold on to that, because anything less will make you unhappy. But if your standards are "I'm looking for a long-term partner that shares my sense of humour, loves museums, enjoys horror movies, swims, plays board games, and is less than 5'8" then you're making *yourself* unhappy in every relationship you're in. I think the hardest part of dating is probably figuring out what's important to you and what isn't, and letting the little things go while not compromising on the big things. Compromising too much or too little will both cause you grief.
Load More Replies... Vicki Perizzolo 5 years ago
my Jack Russell was perfect....until cancer took her. I'd rather have a pet than a person I don't fit with.
Laura Maeflower 5 years ago
I've always thought of "the one" as the person you'll choose to stay with for life, in my case, marry. I knew they were out there somewhere so technically they were my "the one". But I don't have this idea that there's only one truly compatible person out there for you, that's just silly and actually super stressful. My father-in-law said it doesn't matter if they're "the one" because once you say "I do" your spouse becomes "the one".
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Elizabeth Gardner 5 years ago
That is only the first step. Then finding the answer is the hard part.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
It's tiresome to hear,"I wasn't too drunk..again.........I didn't mean to loose my temper ......again....So I'll replace it ...... again......I wasn't flirting ,.......I didn't want to hurt their feelings by pushing them away. ........I lost the bet and the money ................again I can't help it.......everybody else was doing it..........you going to bail me out? ........NOT AGAIN................ You can very well stay in jail this time. Will I be here when you get out? NOT AGAIN
Brent Fisher 3 years ago
The definition of insanity is doing exactly the same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different each time. If voting could actually change anything then the government would find a way to make it illegal.
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Marty Sunderland 5 years ago
My ex had hundreds of dollars worth of vitamins and supplements, figured buying them was the solution to his health problems
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Vicki Perizzolo 5 years ago
and please do NOT spend your time regretting it - it's a waste of time and energy and changes nothing
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
I noticed you said from your past. Sounds like you made some changes. Congratulations.
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Isabella R.W. 5 years ago
I cringe at my younger self! But I cringe at my current self too, does that mean I'm still not developed?
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Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
No but you can tie them up in your basement til stockholm syndrome kicks in.
Parmeisan 5 years ago
And you loving them changes *nothing* for them. They do not owe you their time or affection. They do not need to reconsider. Even if you *both* love each other, if you want different things in life or are just bad for each other, then you need to move on. But it goes double if they're just not interested in you. You have to accept that your love is not a gift to them. It's only matters to you.
fainasKeturatis 5 years ago (edited)
it's rather "it's often too hard to make people love you. It's possible but the main factor in loving you is not you - you can only change yourself to make it easier for others to love you but you will never know because some people love ugly things. Love is a stupid and wild thing."
deanna woods 5 years ago
This is not only a hard pill to swallow, but it's also a bitter pill to swallow. I have been in this position many times and every single time, I end up being hurt.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Stop trying to make people love you be yourself and see who it attracts. Good luck.
Load More Replies... DC 5 years ago
You can make someone FALL in love with you. I think, sneaking in opioides might work best, when they just kick in the moment you meet, you could mistake the very similar euphoria and the brain builds upon that even further ... but I wouldn't wanna do this. It isn't actually LOVING someone, but more only the FALLING IN that can be caused. Likely wouldn't last anyway.
DC 5 years ago
+ I strongly un-advice anyone to do this. Manipulation of that kind is evil in itself, no matter what the intention is ... and this doesn't sound like something a well-meaning person would ever do in any realistic situation. Messing with people's emotions is pretty low.
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TrashPandaru 4 years ago
It's incredibly hard to swallow if you're one of the people the meme is aimed at
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Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
This is true - had one of them myself. Walked away and have never regretted it.
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clive apps 5 years ago (edited)
When your friends try to buy you booze, drugs, hookers and other c**p they don't love you. They are just trying to get you as screwed up as they are.
Fred Burrows 5 years ago
But one offhand comment can topple this house of cards called 'friendship' sometimes.
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Kent Fishburn 5 years ago
So, when the FBI accused me of committing a banking crime where I worked when I was 21 years old, were the delusional or just lazy? (I had absolutely zero knowledge of what I was accused of.)
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
They were both at the risk of ruining your life.
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Sue Bentley 5 years ago
I have a bipolar sister- she's done this to 7 siblings and our parents.
Michał Jastrzębski 5 years ago
only if we show them that they will not be held accountable, like we do today. If law is to protect, it must always be bloody and cruel.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
I don't think you know very much about how delusional people act. Besides, they are in dire need of psychiatric treatment.
Load More Replies... Laura Stenger 4 years ago
Been there...done that. Got kicked off a base because of for about two months
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Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
Anxiety is not something we catch. Its something everybody manages. Some just struggle greatly. Right now I am one of those people. But I wasnt always this anxious and I know I won't always be. And neither will you! ❤
ChimeraBubbles 5 years ago
Yes! An ex-tutor of mine gave me this advice - If you work on making your mental health better "the things that used to bite you in the a*s will still bite you in the a*s but it'll be just be a little nip and not a chunk".
M Kate McCulloch 5 years ago
Here's something that helps. Depression is worry about the past. Anxiety is worry about the (unknowable) future. Stay present in the present.
sebastian nye 5 years ago
Disappear? Perhaps not. But with therapy and maybe medication, you can certainly reduce it.
Andy Johnson 5 years ago
TAKE THE DOG TO THE VET..ONLY 2 OR THREE KINDS. EVEN WORKS ON SHAR PEI'S
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Yeah, but sadly you're the prick that's always right. And it's so annoying.... " No, adding more ram to your virus infested laptop will not solve the problem..." 3 days later: "I told you...."
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Me too, I still miss my dog Bubbles and she has been gone for over 6 years.
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Laugh or not 5 years ago
Oh thank you, I hadn't cried today yet. (No dog, a cat, but they really don't have nine lives).
Monday 5 years ago
And it'll keep hurting for the rest of your life....but it'll still have been worth it to have them in your life for a while.
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
Yes! At least you know you did all you could to give them a great life. Without you they may not have had that. The pain is hard to bear but they are worth it.
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Clever Dog 5 years ago
Ill never stop loving that boy. Love is love no matter what the species.
Lilith Hollis 5 years ago
We will all meet again on The Rainbow Bridge. )0(. I had to put out dog down two years ago as he had lymphoma and my husband and I agreed no more pets ever as it's so very sad and heartbreaking but 3 months on in strolled Patrick a grey leopard Bengal kitten my daughter thought we were to sad he stole my heart. I have never owned a cat in my life and I know the day will come and I am going to be heartbroken all over again but they are worth every second of their live.
Clove Kentwell 5 years ago (edited)
My family had to put our dog Oliver down in march, and i still expect to see him when I go downstairs in the morning. We've had him my whole life, and I really feel like I took him for granted.
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Daria Z 5 years ago
A hospital in my city has recently received a complaint from the family of a man saved from covid complications. Apparently, they didn't like that the doctor who saved him had tattoos and a nose ring. Isn't it bizarre?
Nathan Jones 5 years ago
That is very bizarre. I don't have a single tattoo or piercing, but I love art, and draw tattoos for others. I will never understand why people feel the need to judge others for any reason, but especially because of their appearance. On a similar note, something weird I experience a lot is people acting like I'm lying to them when I say I have no tattoos. They say the strangest things like, "but you draw and you have a long beard." Ummmm, what? Lol.
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Annamay 5 years ago
I got tattoos in my '60's because my much tatted son died. They make me feel close to him.
Teresa Taylor 5 years ago
I'm sorry for your loss, but am glad you found comfort in your tribute tattoos. I'm 54 and just got my first tattoo as a tribute to my two dogs that died. I didn't have children, so they were my babies. I have found the tattoo to be tremendously comforting and do not have as much sadness and anxiety since getting it. Body art is strictly for the comfort and happiness of the person on whose body it is permanently etched. We don't owe anyone any explanations or excuses for our tattoos. If we choose to share the stories behind the artwork, that's fine. It's also fine if we don't. If anyone has a problem or issue with it, they need to ask themselves why they believe it is any of their business to begin with or how someone else's body art effects their life. In fact, people should probably ask themselves those questions about everything that doesn't involve their immediate circle of family and friends.
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YsaPur 5 years ago
This might surprise you, but actually that's what covers are for.
Load More Replies... Laura Maeflower 5 years ago
I think this one has to be said because of the history of tattoos and not what tattoos are today. Once again our culture is sluggishly moving through time and living in the past. Tattoos used to be used by gangs and criminals and people are bone-headed and still think of them that way. The new generations are seeing them only as artistic or meaningful.
Henry Tuttle 5 years ago
Having the personality that would choose to have a tattoo is a personality trait. So unless you were held down and forceably tattooed, it's fair to say that it's a consequence of your personality.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago (edited)
I'm sorry and angry, why do some people think they have the right to insult someone because our idea of tattoos is that they are beautiful!
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Michał Jastrzębski 5 years ago
as a rider, can confirm unfortunately. Also, protip: boasting about illegal things you do while riding does not make you "cool", doubly so if you are 50. It will, tho, make me not want to have anything to do with you. Just in case.
Just saying 5 years ago
Drive/ride assuming everyone on the road is an idiot , including you (and me).
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
There's an idiot a-hole mc rider in the city where I live who will, in the middle of the night, speed up as much as he can when there's a green light in front of him and, revving the engine, he veers really close to parked cars to set the alarms off. E v e r y. n i g h t. I think that he has memorized every vehicle with a sensitive alarm... The bastard!
DC 5 years ago
Sounds like he sucks ... I don't get why people do this ... annoys everyone, not only the target (if there even is one at all ... which implicates further problematic behaviour to be likely to be found), but everybody - and some member of everybody will blame all motorcyclists, based on this one rear exit orifice of a human. We're not all like that!
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 5 years ago
1000x THIS! You cannot expect other vehicles to "start seeing motorcycles" when many refuse to behave in reasonable and predictable ways.
Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
Exactly! Its not like people see them and just think to hell with them. Nobody sensible rides motorbikes.... fact!
Load More Replies... DC 5 years ago
... isn't it even harder to swallow that not all motorcycle accidents are caused by reckless MC members engaging in organized crime? Or, even more common, that there are accidents NOT caused by speeding, although involving a motorcycle? This is a pretty double-edged one at least...
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago (edited)
There are responsible bikers and there are idiots and the same goes for drivers no matter what type of vehicle they drive. I'm sure we could both bring millions of examples where bikers were wrong and where drivers were behaving like fools. Some people just lack the intelligence and mental capacities to be handling a killing machine. Perhaps we should introduce some psychological test to determine if people should be allowed to drive a car or motorcycle.
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miten sasmita 5 years ago
If you have a certain hobby or interest, go meet the community, you'll get new friends or even lover with the same interest as you.
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Lyone Fein 5 years ago
Sorry. Some people are born smarter. Some are born taller. Some are born with genetic disorders. Some with lots of money. Some with creative minds. Some will naturally die younger than others. Etc. The variety in life results in disparities between people. It will always be unfair.
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ChimeraBubbles 5 years ago
I feel stupid but I don't get this one. Maybe my brain is still asleep. I mean, every time I've worked with a cancer patient I have thought to myself "you deserve to be well/healthy/happy". Is this a different context?
H Edwards 5 years ago
I think it's more like, you're not entitled to anything that you don't work for. That doesn't really include health, everyone deserves to be healthy. Unfortunately, the world is full of people who have lots of stuff that they never had to work for.
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
This is just so wrong and a typical statement from someone who never had to work 2 jobs just to pay the rent and put food on the table. " Did you think I had it easy? My father gave me 15 million dollars and told me to start a business when I was 24. And I made it happen..."
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
But it's getting to the point where people expect you to react to their messages within 15 minutes. I have had several discussions with people who didn't understand that I decide when and how or even if I reply to messages. I use my devices for my convenience, not for yours.
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Kendra Miller 5 years ago
I think of time as a gift, I give it to people I care about. i.e. setting aside time to hang out with my Mom every week
LadyAna 5 years ago
While I agree with this to a point, most reationships are a two-way street, and that includes regular communication. Unless it's established you're not the kind of person who needs to keep in basic contact with others, effort needs to be consistently made with both parties in order to maintain a good friendship, marriage, etc. Don't expect me to keep chasing after you, while you repeatedly claim you are busy, then still want me in your life. Of course, as with most Associations, compromise and understanding are a must. Wanting to be a priority to someone important to you is not being unreasonable.
Geth 5 years ago
Only true for adults, of course. Children are 100% entitled to their parents time and attention and if they receive it in inadequate amounts, it can in fact constitute abandonment. Maybe this is where the problem lies for adults, they don't realize that for people who are not their parents, time and attention does not necessarily = love.
Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
Another sweeping statement from somebody who only has people in their 20s in their life. So naive!
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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago (edited)
WHY is Roald Andresen's comment down voted? Not one of us knows anything about the circumstances under which he grew up. A person who has had the terrible misfortune to grow up with parents who are not suitable for the task of bringing up a child is entitled to not miss them. Too many children have parents who are suffering from psychiatric illnesses, addicts, alcoholics, misfits, violent abusers, or sexual abusers, or just mean bastards. If you love your parents - be grateful for having such good fortune.
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Henry Cheves 5 years ago
It doesn't have to be a small town. School was easy, then I went to a gifted school, and it was suddenly very hard. I live in the second largest city in Kentucky.
C. Peirce Terry 5 years ago
Same here, sometimes it just being around the people who think the same as you makes you feel dumb but then you feel bad about the people who aren't there.
Load More Replies... miten sasmita 5 years ago
Yep. I was good at drawing in my class till I got into design major. Then suddenly my art is mediocre.
François Carré 4 years ago
Plus : having been the smart kid of the school doesn't mean you'll be welcome to find a qualified and well-paid job in said small town a few years later, even if you come back graduated. Been there, done that... Never feel entitled about it, maybe it could work 50 years ago, but a good scholarship is very far from being enough to find a decent job nowadays.
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Terd Fergison 5 years ago (edited)
That's why I believe karma is a detrimental belief. If you think some invisible, magic force is going to just make things better, you are less likely to pursue justice in the real world.
Geth 5 years ago
Except this is a horrible misappropriation of the idea of karma.
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Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago
also, men are not obligated to give you anything just because they are or were in relationship with you.
Aria Whitaker 5 years ago (edited)
Read and learn, incels....this applies to women too.
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Monday 5 years ago
Correction: not being able to go a day without smoking weed is a drug addiction.
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Which raises the question if you're smoking weed because you WANT to or because you NEED to. It's like those people that only smoke "because they like it but they can stop in a heartbeat" who also go out at 3 AM in the pouring rain to get some cigarettes.
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Lucas 5 years ago
Very sorry to hear that. There are definitely some instances where 'drug addiction' really doesn't matter. Outcomes, results, effects - they matter. Good luck fella.
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So is taking anti siezure medicine everyday , or benzodiazapams. I am off a few prescriptions thanks to cannabis.
Romenriel 5 years ago
Yeah if you need it for medicinal purposes, go for it.
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M O'Connell 5 years ago
It was an evolution, the beginning were simple serial ports connecting terminals. Modems were developed as a way to extend those serial connections across telephone lines. Protocols were developed to allow multiple terminals to connect to the same virtual serial port, and the rest was just software.
Giles McArdell 5 years ago
Tim Berners Lee actually invented a time machine to travel back in time and tell himself how to invent the world-wide-web.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
That tablet is almost impossible to swallow but I will try every day until I can swallow it whole.
Brian Irby 5 years ago
Unfortunately, there are people reading this who are toxic right now. Another example of people on the internet not knowing a thing about you.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Fat free food usually has more added sugar. Fat is the lesser of the evils so if you need to choose a healthier yoghurt it is best to choose full fat coz it has less sugar. It also depends on the type of fats.
H Edwards 5 years ago
There is low fat yogurt that still has no added sugar, in fact it's very common. Maybe that isn't a thing in America?
Load More Replies... Daria B 5 years ago
It all depends. Fat and sugar are needed, but all in a good balance. Also, each individual might have a different tolerance to either of these. So, for example, if some has diabetes, the choice is obvious, however, in my case, I'm weak at digesting fats, so I always have to opt for healthy fats and reduced fats. Deep fried food is a big no-no, yes, even doughnuts, unless they are oven baked. Also, no crispy cutlets and chicken for me. Tempura neither.
DC 5 years ago
... sounds like they took out your gallbladder ... did they? Made me weak at processing fat, too.
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This is way too simplified here ... of course, a lot of fat free food is healthy. Most vegetables are, most fruit, ... but then, what about nuts and seeds and stuff? Healthy as it gets ... very GOOD fat, a lot of well-matching protein, ... it's not fat in itself, it is the kind of fat, the amount, the portion of total intake it makes up - just like every other basic nutrient, it's all in the details and proportions and stuff. "Fat is healthy" would be as false and true as this is.
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True Blue 5 years ago
Yeah some kids get it from Uncles, Aunties, Grandparents and Cousins, Oh and siblings
Load More Replies... Henry Cheves 5 years ago
My mom was yelling at me for having a bad attitude. I asked her where she thought I got it from. I then said it was because she yelled and cursed all the time. She then told me I was grounded and couldn't have lunch.
athornedrose 5 years ago
even if the attitude is not mirroring yours, it can very easily be a reaction to you
Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
Sonebody kids are jerks.... sometimes they learn it in school. Sometimes from tv. Sometimes cos they're hormonal. Sometimes cos they learnt it from their parents. Good parent dont mean good kids and bad kids dont mean bad parents.
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Timothy Sykes 5 years ago
Diff'rent Strokes used laugh tracks. So did Silver Spoons and Brady Bunch.
Fred L. 5 years ago
Incorrect. And btw. those tracks are around since about the 1950s so get over it.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago (edited)
Tell that to the famous artists, scientists, writers, leaders, humanitarians, dictators, outlaws etc.
Terd Fergison 5 years ago (edited)
But, even then those are the rare few people. And what if humanity destroys itself? No one will remember even them. Social media will preserve most of what we put online, like the post says, in a couple generations, who will actually care?
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Raynell 5 years ago
Maybe you don't think so but I'm sure someone in you life thinks your accomplishments are worth remembering. Or maybe you've yet to accomplish something memorable but you will in the future.
Load More Replies... IlovemydogShilo 5 years ago
No true. We still remember ascendants and enjoy talking about them. We're alive but enjoy remembering them.
Ray Martin 5 years ago
"Within a generation or two" is the important part, and unless you do something that changes the world in a lasting manner, that is true for just about everyone.
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 5 years ago
This is certainly true. I don't have any expectations of being remembered forever. I would at least like for the echo of my positive actions to continue on, even if noone remembers, or cares.
François Carré 4 years ago
But while you're still alive, you can still try to do something that will make your name worth remembering after your death.
sorlag110 5 years ago
In 3 billion years not even single cell life will survive on Earth, life will be lost to time and no one will remember it.
sorlag110 5 years ago
Unless either we or some other earthlings inhabit other planets, or if alien spieces document us, but that's all hypothetical. What we do know is life has 3 billion years left.
Load More Replies... Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Very inaccurate. If you make a difference in some way, you will be remembered. Unfortunately it also applies to serial killers. They'll have TV series and films made about them. :(
Honu 5 years ago
Even those of us whose names are lost leave footprints. How we live in the world and teach younger generations has an impact going forward even if a couple generations from now, none of those people remember our names, what we looked like, what our laugh sounded like, our kindnesses or our pettiness, our knowledge or our ignorance. We hand it down nonetheless.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago (edited)
Me too. Someone told me beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I replied I don't behold those eyes.
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Damon Gates 5 years ago
I never thought of myself as attractive; I only heard about how sexy people thought I was third-hand. Like the time a coworker unwittingly commented to my fiance about what a nice ass I had.
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Just stop confusing attractiveness with beauty. Some of my handsome friends were never able to be attractive to women, while some of my nerdy looking friends married good looking women because their character and they way they treated women made them attractive.
Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
I dont think that rule applies to men 😉 most of us reckon we'd have a chance with angelina jolie.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
I hate the saying don't speak ill of the dead. Just because the person is dead does not automatically change how that person was when they were alive.
Evil Little Thing 5 years ago (edited)
I think the idea is to avoid adding insult to injury by offending the dead person's grieving family by gossiping. However, it's also possible that the originators of the phrase were worried that trash-talking the recently dead would get the attention of their ghost and encourage a haunting.
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François Carré 4 years ago
True, but on the other hand, criticizing and judging someone who is not there anymore to serve their sentence or redeem their fault is a bit of a waste of time and energy. I see this a lot on social media.
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Monday 5 years ago
I respect that opinion, but I also kind of wish you didn't voice it because I didn't notice the spelling mistakes until you pointed it out....and now I can never unsee them...
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Melissa Wong 5 years ago
Not in the giant hive-mind groups that roam around these days you can't.
Timothy Sykes 5 years ago
Takes the credibility out of this "pill" when opinion is spelled opinon.
Terd Fergison 5 years ago
But, you can't have your own facts. Opinions are like a******s, everyone's got one and they all stink! Facts matter. Facts are determined by evidence and largely scientific evidence.
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Daria B 5 years ago
Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. The Batmobile has lost a wheel and Joker ran away ♬♪
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
I love Christmas and Christmas songs, except hearing them over and over and over again. But spending the day doing my christmas baking and listening to chrissy songs makes me happy.
Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago
yyyyyyeah, so much that - my local mall was blasting "last christmas"" all day in damned AUGUST, few years ago...
Load More Replies... Giles McArdell 5 years ago
Some of it is, well, one or two... one maybe.... Nah, you're right, it's all c**p.
Nia Loves Art 5 years ago
This is an opinion. In my opinion Christmas music is great because it is the last of the traditional pop style that gets played in public anymore.
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Monday 5 years ago
but if everyone is special it also means nobody is special, since being special is the norm.
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
I kind of disagree with this one, you may not be special to the world but you are special to someone whether it be your parents, partner, child etc.
K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago
I think this can be quite lovely to remind ourselves. We are not alone in feeling any pains or disappointments. Whatever we’ve gone/ going through, there’s someone else who’s experienced the same thing. You’re not alone as you think.
K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago
There’s no one person quite like your own self, with the same genetics and interaction with a combination of environment/ personality/ outlook/ etc...
Load More Replies... DC 5 years ago
This is too short. Everyone of us is kinda special in some way ... it may be that a lot of people aren't THAT special, but, as this basically goes to everyone, it is too much of a simplification. Some people might even BE special and THINK of themselves as just as special as they truly are ... I mean, it's possible ... maybe not that likely ... I don't know...
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Maria Ines Molina 5 years ago
I don't agree with this one. There're many reasons why a person is single.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
This is awful and ultra-judgemental. Finding someone happens when it happens and that's the only way it can.
Melissa Wong 5 years ago
If you truly believe some of these are mean, then you really need a wake-up call to reality and have that soft, warm blanky taken off your back.
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Leo Fragoso 5 years ago
That's a LIE! It means she loves me! We will get marry and have three kids!!!
Timothy Sykes 5 years ago
That is def. true. Even my wife who likes my posts actually hates me.
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NMN 5 years ago
Yep, I don't even quite get what the "American Dream" is supposed to be
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*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 5 years ago
don't think a whole lotta people ever will, they'll either be too wealthy or not have enough wealth lmao
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Don't need to, I'm already living the American dream. No worries about medical bills, pension plan, being shot by a cop, crook, coworker, disgruntled neighbor or some random fool over a parking spot, study loans or credit score.
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DC 5 years ago
Of course it should! This sounds so very US-american in a the very worst way... Working fulltime for, like, fifty years SHOULD at least spare you from any kind of poverty. At least - everything else, given the wealth present in the so-called first world, is a result of other people's greed - or truly bad decision making you (have to) spend more money than you'd want.
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JessG 5 years ago
Everyone disagrees, this is just stating the sad nature of the country right now
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Chewie Baron 5 years ago
Not necessarily true, there are some sharks that can rest on the sea bed to rest.
Load More Replies... François Carré 4 years ago
And they have only one finger on each limb, which is rare among vertebrates and pretty weird if you think about it.
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Terd Fergison 5 years ago
We don't KNOW that there is nothing after we die. But, it is very, very likely that there is nothing after we die. We do know that human beings are not as special as we think we are. We are animals in the animal kingdom. We are learning that many animals are smarter than we originally thought. And many animals can do many, many things that humans cannot. Coexisting with the natural world makes animals more special than humans. We are killing off massive numbers of entire species of animals. That is abnormal, abhorrent, and malignant, killing off ourselves in the process.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
I believe that when we die we are pretty much in eternal sleep without dreams.
Romenriel 5 years ago (edited)
Oh, how do you know for sure? How many dead people did you ask?
C. Peirce Terry 5 years ago
How many people dead people did you ask to see if there was something?
Load More Replies... Terd Fergison 5 years ago
Just because the grammar is incorrect doesn't mean that the argument is untrue.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Who the f**k says it is cool. I don't know anyone who thinks being depressed or antisocial is cool. Ridiculous.
Melissa Wong 5 years ago
Have you been to high school? Maybe its the country I'm from but teens here definitely saw having some kind of mental issue as a badge of honour or a cool thing to have. These types usually listened to goth/metal/rock too if I remember correctly (that last part was just an observation)
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Martin Forbes 5 years ago
Being depressed isn't a choice. It's something that happens to you over a period of time that builds and builds then starts to affect your thinking. However, being antisocial is a choice. A choice where you can choose to go out and meet people or not, usually not, because of the experiences in life that led to depression in the first place.
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Terd Fergison 5 years ago (edited)
One I would add is: choosing to have a baby won't necessarily magically change your life for the better or take away your depression. And even if you do everything right, your child could suck.
lara 5 years ago
Children are not fashion accessories, life accoutrements, or there to fulfill some life's mission. They are children. They are to be loved, taught, protected and guided. They are not there to fulfill your "lost opportunities."
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Niffler_13 5 years ago
Hard Pill to Swallow: 95% of diets fail, and yo-yo dieting is actually worse for your health than being overweight.
H Edwards 5 years ago
That's because 'dieting' is the wrong way to lose weight. Sustained, healthy lifestyle change is the only way to do it. You can never 'diet' then stop and hope for lasting results, it's something that you change forever.
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deanna woods 5 years ago
Here's one: For some people, even negative attention is still attention.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago (edited)
Which it why it was such a great decision by the P.M. and the media in New Zeland not to use his name. "New Zealand media put Christchurch gunman in his place with focus on victims" And "after the gunman was sentenced to an unprecedented life in jail without parole, Ardern reiterated her commitment to never speak the terrorist’s name, saying he deserved “a lifetime of complete and utter silence”.". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/new-zealand-media-put-christchurch-gunman-in-his-place-with-focus-on-victims
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Cliff Newman 5 years ago
SOOOOO many contradictions. Half of these are "you are a victim" and the other half are "suck it up, only you are accountable for you"
TrashPandaru 5 years ago
Also: 'Your inability to grasp Black Lives Matter is entirely your fault. Everyine has been informed what it means, at this point you're just racist'
H Edwards 5 years ago
Not all of these are true, by any means. I suspect a lot of smartass teens who think they know everything just following a meme format. Don't sweat it.
Load More Replies... fainasKeturatis 5 years ago
some of those are false yet looking smart. And the real "smart" ones doesn't help either. Life is not easy, you know. (real "smart" because it's very smart but rather openminded)
Terd Fergison 5 years ago (edited)
One I would add is: choosing to have a baby won't necessarily magically change your life for the better or take away your depression. And even if you do everything right, your child could suck.
lara 5 years ago
Children are not fashion accessories, life accoutrements, or there to fulfill some life's mission. They are children. They are to be loved, taught, protected and guided. They are not there to fulfill your "lost opportunities."
Load More Replies... Niffler_13 5 years ago
Hard Pill to Swallow: 95% of diets fail, and yo-yo dieting is actually worse for your health than being overweight.
H Edwards 5 years ago
That's because 'dieting' is the wrong way to lose weight. Sustained, healthy lifestyle change is the only way to do it. You can never 'diet' then stop and hope for lasting results, it's something that you change forever.
Load More Replies... deanna woods 5 years ago
Here's one: For some people, even negative attention is still attention.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago (edited)
Which it why it was such a great decision by the P.M. and the media in New Zeland not to use his name. "New Zealand media put Christchurch gunman in his place with focus on victims" And "after the gunman was sentenced to an unprecedented life in jail without parole, Ardern reiterated her commitment to never speak the terrorist’s name, saying he deserved “a lifetime of complete and utter silence”.". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/new-zealand-media-put-christchurch-gunman-in-his-place-with-focus-on-victims
Load More Replies... Cliff Newman 5 years ago
SOOOOO many contradictions. Half of these are "you are a victim" and the other half are "suck it up, only you are accountable for you"
TrashPandaru 5 years ago
Also: 'Your inability to grasp Black Lives Matter is entirely your fault. Everyine has been informed what it means, at this point you're just racist'
H Edwards 5 years ago
Not all of these are true, by any means. I suspect a lot of smartass teens who think they know everything just following a meme format. Don't sweat it.
Load More Replies... fainasKeturatis 5 years ago
some of those are false yet looking smart. And the real "smart" ones doesn't help either. Life is not easy, you know. (real "smart" because it's very smart but rather openminded)
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