People Are Sharing “Harsh Realities” That No One Wants To Accept, And Here’s 29 Of The Most Insightful Ones
Our perspective on the world is shaped every day by everything we consciously and subconsciously see and experience. Some core ideas form in our minds that are rarely challenged later in life. But they should be. The general idea of 'right and wrong' that we see so often growing up doesn't really continue into the real world. Bad things happen to good people, bad people often face no repercussions for their actions: reality is harsh.
One Reddit user wanted to see what other 'hard to swallow' truths people have already learned. Over 31k people had something to say, sharing things that are difficult to accept, but are the actual reality once you step out of the dream world.
Bored Panda picked out the top raw and honest answers that are better to learn later than never. Scroll down and upvote your favorites, and make sure to share your thoughts; maybe you disagree with some of them? And if we're still missing out on some 'harsh realities', please tell us in the comments below!
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Hard work doesn't always pay off.
It's the avocado toast's fault!!1!1!!! Not the fact that rich people get richer by stealing poor people's money, we totally don't do that!!1!!1!1 /s
Bad things will happen to you for no reason.
Some people just can’t be saved, you could give them every benefit in the world and they still could choose to throw it all away and you can’t do anything about it.
So true, and it's impossible to stop the people that want to help them.
Your government does NOT have your best interest at heart.
Some people just don't get a happy ending, some people never find happiness or satisfaction. People tell you that there is light at the end of the tunnel but for some people there isn't, they never get to see any light, just darkness.
And for some of us, the light is like a cat laser pointer, enough to distract us and give us hope, but ultimately not much.
Beauty matters in how people treat people.
I read some statistics saying that attractive criminals tend to receive shorter sentences than unattractive ones. Messed up.
That it’s more likely to succeed if born rich than if you born talented
I would prefer to be born talented and succeed at becoming rich, than be born rich and succeed at staying rich.
Sometimes, YOU are the problem in a relationship. And if people keep on leaving you, it may well be your fault. Even if you don’t feel like it is.
I work with a guy who’s been married and divorced 3 times. Spend an hour or so around him and there are many clues as to why but I don’t think he has ever considered himself to be the common factor in his failed relationships. He’s currently working on wife number 4 but I don’t hold out much hope for this marriage either.
The world goes on after you die.
"One generation passes away and another generation comes; but the earth is forever." (Ecclesiastes 1:4)
There is no karma. Bad things happen to good people. Bad people do bad things that never catch up to them. Good people do good things that screw them over in the long run. It’s all random.
Us 1st world citizens have it much better than we think we have it.
I know I was lucky.......born white in the UK gave me so many advantages . I do try to appreciate it.
First impressions are a very f*****g big deal.
On average you judge someone you meet for the first time in about 15 seconds. You are rarely wrong.
Not everyone is going to like you, no matter how hard you try.
Umm… am I crazy? Why are there two double posts with the exact same comments—
Money and good looks matter
Rich people: "money doesn't matter" | Poor people: OK then, if it doesn't matter can you give some of it to us? | Rich people: Nooooo this is not how you do it!!1!1!
We're not all special.
Some of us will not find love.
We're not all equal.
You will likely be lost to history. In just a few centuries, nobody will remember or even knew you existed. Sad, I know, but you just have to accept it.
Mistakes do define you. The little ones don’t, but if you make a big mistake, it will alter your life to an extent. Saying that they don’t matter is a lie that will prevent you from diagnosing life problems later down the line.
You don’t always keep the good friends you meet. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make more later on down the road!
You’re the bad guy in someone’s story, so many of your enemies will never admit to doing anything wrong, but the thing is neither will you in some situations.
People justify their own behaviour to themselves. That’s why so many people can’t apologise and double down on the s****y things they do.
Because people tend to find 'reasons' and excuses for their behavior.
All human beings are capable of being viciously immoral. There’s a point where we can be forced or force ourselves to become completely animalistic. We can perpetrate murder and genocide, as just one example, and if justified to ourselves correctly, we will feel no remorse. We like to think that the only people capable of such horror are a minority but the truth is that we are all capable of it given the right circumstances.
Dehumanizing someone, considering them an animal, a rabid animal, is how humans justify killing them—-and spinning it that “the rabid animal” actually deserved to be put down. It’s totally f****d up, but it’s what we do. Soldiers in a war are sent there to kill as many of the enemy as possible. That enemy is vilified by being portrayed as less than human, as vicious animals, as deserving to be killed—-and people applaud them for killing more of the enemy than the enemy kills them. I know it’s a way to dissociate, to justify going against everything we’re taught about not killing people so we don’t go insane from committing an act that society would otherwise consider aberrant. But maybe by not dehumanizing others, by retaining the context that we’re all humans and shouldn’t be committing acts of violence against each other, maybe we might finally leave our worst tendencies behind us, and finally take the next evolutionary step—-one that the knuckledraggers continually keep pulling us back from—-by becoming a truly elevated species that doesn’t give in to our more animalistic tendencies. (Hey, I can dream, can’t I?)
People refuse to accept that this IS the reality. Lots of time and money is spent cushioning that blow.
We live here. We live now.
Best get used to it.
Pain is inescapable. Not even acknowledging that pain is inevitable and preparing for it ahead of time can lessen it.
You will be taken by surprise, you will be hurt, you will not enjoy it, you will not be able to numb it, and there is nothing you can do except take it on the chin.
Very few people truly accept their mortality, and most of the time when it truly sinks in, people get scared and want to avoid it.
People can just simply fall out of love with you for no reason.
You fretting about whether it's you or something else or the investment is basically you giving them the reasons to strengthen the reason why they stopped loving you. When they could very much not have a reason at all, feelings and priorities can change.
People like to be lied to. They don’t like finding out they’ve been lied to
I do not like to be lied to! I CAN (for emphasis) handle the truth. Whatever you do, don’t lie to me. Whoever has lied to me will find out how much I don’t like it.
Here's one...not everyone's opinion is valid. Credibility and experience on the topic matter. Look if you're not a medical professional i really don't care to hear your medical advice. If you don't know anything about truck tires please don't recommend me tires.
Here is one: If you post a factual statement on Bored Panda, people will down vote it because it contradicts their illusion.
Well, there's plenty of things that some people take as factual - part of their religion or belief system - that someone else will vehemently contradict and claim their reality is, in fact, an illusion. And so on and so on.
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Here's one...not everyone's opinion is valid. Credibility and experience on the topic matter. Look if you're not a medical professional i really don't care to hear your medical advice. If you don't know anything about truck tires please don't recommend me tires.
Here is one: If you post a factual statement on Bored Panda, people will down vote it because it contradicts their illusion.
Well, there's plenty of things that some people take as factual - part of their religion or belief system - that someone else will vehemently contradict and claim their reality is, in fact, an illusion. And so on and so on.
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