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.
Yeah, remember that really hot guy with the piercing blue eyes and the teardrop tattoo on his face? He became a meme for a while. Idiots were like "OMG HE KILLED SOMEONE OR WHATEVER BUT WHO CARES SOOOO HOTTT!!!1"
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In 2020 I was fugly. And now I’ve lost weight, cut my hair, learned makeup and had braces so my teeth are straight. There’s definitly a difference. When I asked out a guy in 2020 i was weird and creepy, and ofc he wouldn’t date me. But now I’m the one getting asked out. And I realized that I was so scared of being ugly that I started over exersizing, because I didn’t want to lose that privilege. Now I’ve realized that it’s ok if I gain a lil weight, and I eat so I have energy. I don’t wear makeup becuase it’s a lot of work, and now I’m trans.
Makeup is a lot of work! I wish I was just one of those naturally cute women without it cause I hate putting it on everyday
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been thin, been fat...when thin, people laugh at my jokes more, get lots of free stuff, get great customer service, etc....been fat, get followed in stores b/c they think i am a thief but no customer service, people think you're lazy or slow-witted, and you could have a gun shot wound to the head and no one would offer help...looks do matter...but they shouldn't
I find bigger women much more attractive than the skinny ones. Too bad not many other people do too.
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I've been considered beautiful and, sometimes ugly. The bottom line is that, if you are a woman, you still get treated like you are stupid either way. The main difference I've found is that beautiful people have no problems finding mutual romantic partners. But, it comes with the constant white noise of being harrassed when you are out in public and a stalker at work.
And it also makes you more employable, as managers prefer to hire good looking people over fat and old ones.
Load More Replies... yeah, probably in the past it was true... now I treat people exclusively by how dumb I think they are
And you do not allow looks to impact your perception? If not great job, but you must have to talk to a lot of people to draw those conclusions.
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I learned this one when I was in my 20s. I was average looking and where I worked hired a beautiful receptionist. I was shocked to watch how the men treated her compared to me. And one of those men was my boyfriend. Yeah, being beautiful has advantages.
I worked at several different advertising agencies. You find very few unattractive people working in this industry. In fact, I was told in one interview, "You don't need to worry about getting hired. You're good looking."
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Beauty, skin color, even how you dress... as a Minority with Afro Latino roots, I see it every single day...
Should we start a separate thread regarding pretty privilege? I don't think that many people dare to admit that they have benefited from it. It would be interesting to know how people have benefited from it, or the lack of it. How does it affect self-esteem, for example. I myself honestly admit that I have benefited from my appearance. I actively try to avoid it, but it's practically impossible. So what do you think? If someone is interested and has time to ask about it before me, no problem!
Alot of people tend to say otherwise. No, you need to get a grip. Start tidying up yourself and get a nice haircut. Iron your shirts and used deodorants. Look nice can take you far...
um, you've missed the point -- it's not about grooming and clothes -- well not just that...it's the advantages you get based on the genetic lottery of being born looking a certain way...
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Unfortunately we only judge people on what sensation they give us. If they give us a pleasurable sensation, even just a visual sensation, we tend to like them. If they give you and unpleasant sensation, either visually, cognitively, physically… we don’t like them. It’s a shame but it’s true.
First impressions are everything. Teach your daughters how to wear makeup. They'll get better pay if they look pretty. Yes, that's messed up, but it's usually true.
ahem...yes, nobody is ever beautiful without make up and everyone looks great with make up...she said sarcastically
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I have a good looking friend who admitted it happens frequently to her
And weight. When I was skinny I'd be treated great. Put on weight through medical stuff and I'm treated like I have no feelings and some sort of lazy piece of dog dirt underneath people's shoes. (Not everyone...but ALOT of people)
YES!!! Gain weight and you're suddenly less funny, less intelligent, less motivated, less worthy of decent customer service...never realized how much perceptions were based on weight...and, really wasn't expecting people to think that fat people are somehow more often thieves or penniless when they go into stores!!
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Yep, if you are a woman. Be overweight or slightly aging and watch yourself disappear.
I have to disagree with you on this one. I'm 72 and still get hit on and I don't wear much makeup. I have a young attitude, am an artist and can converse about a wide array of topics.
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Don’t tell kids that “looks don’t matter.” Help them be their best selves,outside and in.
Yall hate the people who are pretty or the very least average looking, telling ugly people how looks don't matter? You will rarely hear that s**t from someone ugly.
Terrible values of our society. But as a former pretty girl, now older, I can tell you no one loves you cause you're pretty. It does not bring happiness.
But it makes you more employable, you will make more money and bosses like you better than the fat and old women. Also it's easier to find a quality boyfriend so you don't have to settle just for anyone who is willing to ask you out
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I find the better looking someone is, the worse they treat people. Not always, but the entitlement makes them look so ugly
Attractive people seem to have a lot more advantages. They don't get overlooked. But TRUE BEAUTY has nothing to do with looks.
Plot twist: beauty 90% attitude and effort. So much of what we think is "pretty" is makeup, diet, physical fitness, self care (skin, hair, acne, etc), emotional intelligence, and practice. Practicing how to smile, how to walk, how to show dimples. We can't change our genes, but if outward appearance is important to you, then there is plenty that you can do to improve yours.
ahem, this comment is so sexist and places all the burden on women to make themselves look good and smile to appeal to heterosexual men....please tell us what ugly men can do to make themselves look better if they are cursed with bad genes...she said sarcastically
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If people think you're attractive in a certain way they treat you extra s****y because they think you get special privileges elsewhere, but really everyone just treats you like s**t.
um no...if you're attractive and still getting treated s****y, it's probably not about your looks
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Explain. Define. Value laden concepts. "Beauty" is cultural so this would only apply in certain narrow circumstances, too small a sample to be statistically significant really.
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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There are two kinds of people in the world, no matter who you are, what you believe or not, or where you live. Nice people and a******s. Sometimes a******s can be nice, and sometimes nice people can be a******s, but you’re pretty much one or the other—-however, it’s NOT for you to decide. Other people are the ones who get to decide your designation. So you may think you’re a good person, but in reality you’re an a*****e. Or vice-versa. All you can do is try to be better, if you want to. Whether you succeed or not is something you can’t really predict with certainty.
I use not all nice people are good and not all good people are nice. In fact I know more nice a******s than I do just a******s or good a******s. Nice is a shell, good is a core. I much rather deal with a "rude" good a*****e than a bubbly nice selfish person.
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Agree, these are really just poor takes is sad some people actually believe this =:I
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Being in denial about something is not going to make your life easier. For example both my partner and I are disabled but I have accepted it and he hasn't. I get the help I need when I asked for it I get access to better services because I accept being disabled. He refuses to admit that he's disabled but at the same time he doesn't see me as being weak for accepting it. It's just a weird little quirk in his personality.
I was just like him once! I thought "well I'm not paralyzed so I don't *need* a wheelchair! that's unnecessary!" but then I thought about it harder and realized "oh right, standing for more than 20 minutes can knock me out from the pain for days... maybe I should ask my doctor about getting a wheelchair" and now look at me, happy and living my best life with my wheelchair
Load More Replies... Wow, most of these come across as a jerk trying to explain away and justify why they're a complete jerk. "I'm a horrible person because everyone else is a horrible person and you're simply too stupid to realize it yet or you'd be horrible too!" is an awful way to live. I know how awful SOME people are and I CHOOSE to not punish everyone else for it. I go out of my way to treat others the way I would like to be treated, not necessarily how they actually wind up treating me. Toxic pessimism saves just as many people as toxic optimism; no one.
I try and lead every interaction with kindness. I'm also disabled and have a pretty terrible life. And I think every one of these is true. People don't have to be jerks to acknowledge that life can be extremely hard and sometimes very unfair. It's just reality.
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My grandfather always told me, "there's only two things you can take to your grave. One is your name the second, your reputation. Better make damn sure they are good ones!" He's right! I take that to heart
Harsh reality: TRUMP F*****G LOST! And saying "TRUMP WON" after calling us "snowflakes" for saying he wasn't our president makes you a hypocrite!
one for parents: your kid is their own person and will follow their own path in life. even it it upsets you. deal with it. im not sorry for leaving the church
Regardless what path they take remember you're still responsible on guiding them on the right path. =:P
Load More Replies... Sometimes I think they should post some of these "harsh realities of life" on school walls and talk about them with the students. Many schools mean well (i think) by trying to teach kids to be fair, kind etc. The reality is that life isn't fair and probably never will be. Maybe it would be better to teach them how to deal with that reality instead.
I agree, I would call it to be resilient, but also the message of you can do what you want to if you try hard enough is wrong also stop sending kids to University unless is is totally needed!!!
Load More Replies... Everyone has privilege it's just shows in different situations. Johari window When and where you are born is one of the most significant factors in your life. It shapes your reality more than anything. More often than not children are messed up because their parents dropped the ball not because of society. Parents make kids, kids grow up and change parts of society and than have kids who go on to do the same thing. Systems aren't evil, people are just not as good (in the perfection sense) as we think. Those systems AND people are why you have the outlooks you have. Humans are emotional storytellers above everything. Pulling yourself by your bootstraps is an impossible task, literally what it means. People will twist things to fit their narrative despite being factually wrong. And a s**t ton more things.
That is accurate to an extent. However, I posit, that after an indeterminate age point (mostly 20-25 in my opinion of generality, though everyone is an individual) who you are as a person is your own fault. If, after some number of years you can't/won't/don't sit down and figure out the difference between reality as you have lived it vs what you were taught to believe YOU have failed yourself.
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Not sure why this was downvoted. It's a pro-active, responsible and very adult attitude to have. In no way does it harm anyone to express it. I wonder if sometimes people just want to ban anyone they don't agree with.
Load More Replies... Nothing like starting out the New Year being depressed over all the c**p I read on this post. However, I did find out I'm not as fu**ed up as I thought. Some people have some awful stuff going on. I'm fortunate.
Great minds don't think anything alike. People who aren't willing to change themselves are lying about wanting world peace. "Girl, you are beautiful both inside AND out!" That second part probably isn't true. The splitting and crossing of the red sea, according to the guy who wrote about it, happened at night. It's the people AND it's the guns.
Half of us are below average, just on different subjects. (Maybe a Will Rogers quote.)
WOW!! I sure as the world don't ever want to meet the horrendously negative person or people who wrote this swill! Just reading the first few bits is so depressing, one is far better off just shutting the whole post down. Plain and simply creepy.
I heard a woman assume a man at a checkout must smell really bad because he was over weight....he wasn't obese just had a belly. And she was all over it giving out how gross he was and must smell of sweat cause he must never move off his couch only to get food. Amazing how looks are super important and mainly by people who post stuff on social media about depression or "be kind" .. practice what you preach please
I posit, that after an indeterminate age point (mostly 20-25 in my opinion of generality, though everyone is an individual) who you are as a person is your own fault. If, after some number of years you can't/won't/don't sit down and figure out the difference between reality as you have lived it vs what you were taught to believe YOU have failed yourself. Not everything is your parents fault.
You're more likely to be a Bond villain than a Batman. You would not "do more for the world" if you were rich. You would be just as crappy as the majority of the 1%ers. Wealth makes people selfish and there's science on that. As someone who did holiday parties for companies where tips were normal, blue collar office parties tipped, and often well, almost all the time, where the parties for the rich folks *never* tipped. Not even once.
Also if you're begging a terminally ill loved one to continue invasive treatment instead of supporting what their choices are you are literally hurting them, not helping them. Bonus, they may feel like a failure for dying in their last moments on earth. The reason our culture thinks this is okay is that the western medical model encourages life preservation at all costs, figuratively and literally. Healthcare in the US is about money, not health, and this has infiltrated the way we think about treatments, to the detriment of our well-being.
Load More Replies... This are all just poor takes on reality sadly. Don't read this, like always this are just excuses people use to justify why they are miserable. Times use to be much, much worse, we are living in the best times in the history of the world. Stop focusing so much on the negative or that is all you're going to see. All this makes up such a small percentage of the world yet we blow it up bigger then it really is. Not trying to undermine some of the hardships out there just stating there is so much more good out there. That's the true harsh reality =:3
This one concerns and disgusts me - Think about how Genghis is looked upon in our history books. A man who conquered so many lands, impressively in his abilities. Ignoring the millions that died and suffered horribly at his hands. Now look at the modern day monster who have committed the same crimes. In centuries to come, how do you think they will ultimately be reviewed. Humanities ability to change focus on atrocities is sickening, but ultimately inevitable.
I'm confused on this one. I don't know anyone who thinks he was a saint. They acknowledge him as a important and impressive leader. He did drastically change world events for all to come. These current people arent any of those. They aren't seen as impressive or really that impactful on the grand scale. Yes they've changed world events but compared to past emperors, kings, and leaders morden day people barely make a dent. It's much easier to be that influential with smaller world numbers. Yes groups of people will always ignore the red flags but most people don't.
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If it was that bad here people should think about there life choices or maybe have the common since to make it right it’s hard but it improves society kind of like the opposite of the way society is moving it only gets worse as more time comes so it’s now or never anyone can help make the world a better place in case anyone wants to help the world this would be a good place to start
That's a choice and your opinion. You sound miserable regardless....
Load More Replies... 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.
Load More Replies... There are two kinds of people in the world, no matter who you are, what you believe or not, or where you live. Nice people and a******s. Sometimes a******s can be nice, and sometimes nice people can be a******s, but you’re pretty much one or the other—-however, it’s NOT for you to decide. Other people are the ones who get to decide your designation. So you may think you’re a good person, but in reality you’re an a*****e. Or vice-versa. All you can do is try to be better, if you want to. Whether you succeed or not is something you can’t really predict with certainty.
I use not all nice people are good and not all good people are nice. In fact I know more nice a******s than I do just a******s or good a******s. Nice is a shell, good is a core. I much rather deal with a "rude" good a*****e than a bubbly nice selfish person.
Load More Replies... Agree, these are really just poor takes is sad some people actually believe this =:I
Load More Replies... Being in denial about something is not going to make your life easier. For example both my partner and I are disabled but I have accepted it and he hasn't. I get the help I need when I asked for it I get access to better services because I accept being disabled. He refuses to admit that he's disabled but at the same time he doesn't see me as being weak for accepting it. It's just a weird little quirk in his personality.
I was just like him once! I thought "well I'm not paralyzed so I don't *need* a wheelchair! that's unnecessary!" but then I thought about it harder and realized "oh right, standing for more than 20 minutes can knock me out from the pain for days... maybe I should ask my doctor about getting a wheelchair" and now look at me, happy and living my best life with my wheelchair
Load More Replies... Wow, most of these come across as a jerk trying to explain away and justify why they're a complete jerk. "I'm a horrible person because everyone else is a horrible person and you're simply too stupid to realize it yet or you'd be horrible too!" is an awful way to live. I know how awful SOME people are and I CHOOSE to not punish everyone else for it. I go out of my way to treat others the way I would like to be treated, not necessarily how they actually wind up treating me. Toxic pessimism saves just as many people as toxic optimism; no one.
I try and lead every interaction with kindness. I'm also disabled and have a pretty terrible life. And I think every one of these is true. People don't have to be jerks to acknowledge that life can be extremely hard and sometimes very unfair. It's just reality.
Load More Replies... My grandfather always told me, "there's only two things you can take to your grave. One is your name the second, your reputation. Better make damn sure they are good ones!" He's right! I take that to heart
Harsh reality: TRUMP F*****G LOST! And saying "TRUMP WON" after calling us "snowflakes" for saying he wasn't our president makes you a hypocrite!
one for parents: your kid is their own person and will follow their own path in life. even it it upsets you. deal with it. im not sorry for leaving the church
Regardless what path they take remember you're still responsible on guiding them on the right path. =:P
Load More Replies... Sometimes I think they should post some of these "harsh realities of life" on school walls and talk about them with the students. Many schools mean well (i think) by trying to teach kids to be fair, kind etc. The reality is that life isn't fair and probably never will be. Maybe it would be better to teach them how to deal with that reality instead.
I agree, I would call it to be resilient, but also the message of you can do what you want to if you try hard enough is wrong also stop sending kids to University unless is is totally needed!!!
Load More Replies... Everyone has privilege it's just shows in different situations. Johari window When and where you are born is one of the most significant factors in your life. It shapes your reality more than anything. More often than not children are messed up because their parents dropped the ball not because of society. Parents make kids, kids grow up and change parts of society and than have kids who go on to do the same thing. Systems aren't evil, people are just not as good (in the perfection sense) as we think. Those systems AND people are why you have the outlooks you have. Humans are emotional storytellers above everything. Pulling yourself by your bootstraps is an impossible task, literally what it means. People will twist things to fit their narrative despite being factually wrong. And a s**t ton more things.
That is accurate to an extent. However, I posit, that after an indeterminate age point (mostly 20-25 in my opinion of generality, though everyone is an individual) who you are as a person is your own fault. If, after some number of years you can't/won't/don't sit down and figure out the difference between reality as you have lived it vs what you were taught to believe YOU have failed yourself.
Load More Replies... Not sure why this was downvoted. It's a pro-active, responsible and very adult attitude to have. In no way does it harm anyone to express it. I wonder if sometimes people just want to ban anyone they don't agree with.
Load More Replies... Nothing like starting out the New Year being depressed over all the c**p I read on this post. However, I did find out I'm not as fu**ed up as I thought. Some people have some awful stuff going on. I'm fortunate.
Great minds don't think anything alike. People who aren't willing to change themselves are lying about wanting world peace. "Girl, you are beautiful both inside AND out!" That second part probably isn't true. The splitting and crossing of the red sea, according to the guy who wrote about it, happened at night. It's the people AND it's the guns.
Half of us are below average, just on different subjects. (Maybe a Will Rogers quote.)
WOW!! I sure as the world don't ever want to meet the horrendously negative person or people who wrote this swill! Just reading the first few bits is so depressing, one is far better off just shutting the whole post down. Plain and simply creepy.
I heard a woman assume a man at a checkout must smell really bad because he was over weight....he wasn't obese just had a belly. And she was all over it giving out how gross he was and must smell of sweat cause he must never move off his couch only to get food. Amazing how looks are super important and mainly by people who post stuff on social media about depression or "be kind" .. practice what you preach please
I posit, that after an indeterminate age point (mostly 20-25 in my opinion of generality, though everyone is an individual) who you are as a person is your own fault. If, after some number of years you can't/won't/don't sit down and figure out the difference between reality as you have lived it vs what you were taught to believe YOU have failed yourself. Not everything is your parents fault.
You're more likely to be a Bond villain than a Batman. You would not "do more for the world" if you were rich. You would be just as crappy as the majority of the 1%ers. Wealth makes people selfish and there's science on that. As someone who did holiday parties for companies where tips were normal, blue collar office parties tipped, and often well, almost all the time, where the parties for the rich folks *never* tipped. Not even once.
Also if you're begging a terminally ill loved one to continue invasive treatment instead of supporting what their choices are you are literally hurting them, not helping them. Bonus, they may feel like a failure for dying in their last moments on earth. The reason our culture thinks this is okay is that the western medical model encourages life preservation at all costs, figuratively and literally. Healthcare in the US is about money, not health, and this has infiltrated the way we think about treatments, to the detriment of our well-being.
Load More Replies... This are all just poor takes on reality sadly. Don't read this, like always this are just excuses people use to justify why they are miserable. Times use to be much, much worse, we are living in the best times in the history of the world. Stop focusing so much on the negative or that is all you're going to see. All this makes up such a small percentage of the world yet we blow it up bigger then it really is. Not trying to undermine some of the hardships out there just stating there is so much more good out there. That's the true harsh reality =:3
This one concerns and disgusts me - Think about how Genghis is looked upon in our history books. A man who conquered so many lands, impressively in his abilities. Ignoring the millions that died and suffered horribly at his hands. Now look at the modern day monster who have committed the same crimes. In centuries to come, how do you think they will ultimately be reviewed. Humanities ability to change focus on atrocities is sickening, but ultimately inevitable.
I'm confused on this one. I don't know anyone who thinks he was a saint. They acknowledge him as a important and impressive leader. He did drastically change world events for all to come. These current people arent any of those. They aren't seen as impressive or really that impactful on the grand scale. Yes they've changed world events but compared to past emperors, kings, and leaders morden day people barely make a dent. It's much easier to be that influential with smaller world numbers. Yes groups of people will always ignore the red flags but most people don't.
Load More Replies... If it was that bad here people should think about there life choices or maybe have the common since to make it right it’s hard but it improves society kind of like the opposite of the way society is moving it only gets worse as more time comes so it’s now or never anyone can help make the world a better place in case anyone wants to help the world this would be a good place to start
That's a choice and your opinion. You sound miserable regardless....
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