Person Invites People To Share The Saddest Facts They Know And Boy, Do They Deliver (40 Pics)
As much as we’d like to be cozy, comfortable, and content all the time, that’s really not how the world works. Life is full of sadness—it’s an inseparable part of the human condition and we need to learn to embrace the less-than-savory parts of life alongside the pleasant ones. You can’t have happiness without sadness and each gives the other meaning.
Redditor Graham_craker invited their fellow internet users to share some of the saddest facts that they know in a viral thread. And, we’ve got to say, these hit hard. Really, really hard. For instance, the recording of the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird singing its mating call and not getting a response because it was the last of its kind, hit me in the feels so hard, I just want to curl under a warm blanket and eat ice cream all week long.
You might end up feeling blue just like us and Eeyore the Donkey. Remember to upvote the facts that made you appreciate life and how fragile it is even more as you scroll down. Just remember to grab a pack of tissues because you might end up tearing up. (PS—here’s a wholesome post to pick up your mood afterward.)
Of course, constantly living just with negative emotions and nothing else isn’t good for your mental health. Bored Panda spoke about depression, how to recognize it, and how it doesn’t always look like sadness with Emma Morton from the University of British Columbia. You’ll find her insights below, so be sure to read on, dear Pandas.
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There's a recording of the last Kaua'i Oo bird singing before it went extinct. It was a mating call sung by a male bird. The song has breaks for the female bird to respond. There's no response because the male Kaua'i Oo is the last of its kind.
On 9/11 the search and rescue dogs were getting so sad from finding so many dead bodies that the search and rescue helpers hid themselves in rubble to make the dogs happy.
Bonus fact: dogs stay up thinking about their problems just like humans do.
Laika, the first dog to be sent out to space, died alone up there. She had no idea what was happening and I still find it extremly cruel that she got sent to space "for science". Poor Laika :/
Morton from the University of British Columbia explained to Bored Panda that depression doesn’t always look like sadness, even though some people assume that it does.
“While teariness and low mood may be a warning sign of depression, people may seem more tired or mentally ‘scattered’ than usual, lose interest in their usual hobbies or activities, become withdrawn, or change their sleep and eating patterns,” the researcher went into detail about how we act when we’re depressed.
The money in off shore bank accounts 5 years ago could end world poverty for 50 years. Forbes once had the headline: Poverty is a choice, just not by the ones in poverty.
Elephants will mourn other elephants in their group dying and will hold funerals for them and will even recognize the bones of said elephant and cry out in sadness.
I remember hearing about an elephant that befriended a dog and when the dog passed away the elephant mourned its death.
Dodo birds were really friendly because they had no natural predators and we killed them all.
Morton warned that those of our friends and family members who are constantly talking about death, expressing hopelessness about the future, or increasingly use alcohol or other substances may be “particularly at risk of suicide.”
However, it’s not always easy to recognize depression, as some people can pretend that everything is all right, even though they’re not doing well at all. According to the professor, perfectionists are especially prone to doing this.
Cats are the most euthanized pets in shelters even over pitbulls.
I worked at an animal shelter when I was a you g lad and every f**king time someone came to adopt a pet it was a dog! I even heard a family say “ we want a dog only cats don’t love you”
I socialized many of their cats and most of them were so sweet, and cuddly and made me just so sad inside everyday watching people adopt dogs and ignore the cats. This was a no kill shelter but still it was so heart wrenching I quit because of that.
Cats do love you back you just have to earn their trust and they show it differently than dogs. All animals show love in their own special way.
The biggest issue with cats is they can breed more often than dogs and people just don't want to get their cat desexed. The number of cats needing homes is far greater than dogs needing homes.
That, and the stupid idea that every female pet should "experience motherhood at least once" - why? Why would they wanna get fat, and end up having a bunch of newborns to care for, when they could just perfectly remain lazy af and continue doing nothing, nothing, and later on not doing any else? Never got that. My cat already had had a uterectomy before she moved in, but hadn't she had one then, she'd had one by now for sure!
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"Can't don't love you" is utter crap. Cats are some of the most loyal and loving pets. They just don't have the patience to acquire the trust of a cat. Also, cats reproduce really quickly...so please..for all that is holy...spay and neuter your pets!
I know right? Mine is so freakin loving, he could be classed as a stalker! Seriously- I cant shower, go to the toilet or sleep without him getting in my business! Always trying to nuzzle into my face! I love him to death but am seriously considering a restraining order!
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I work for an animal shelter and one of the reasons for this is that people bring in community cats. Community cats are cats that live outdoors successfully, have caretaker, and are part of TNR / SNR programs. These cats don’t want to be house cats, and when the come to shelters they take resources from cats who do not successfully survive outside (like lost house cats), and they are rarely adopted because they are hissy and scared. A big part of what my shelter does is to educate people - if you see a cat outside, as long they are not sick, hurt, or in immediate danger LEAVE THEM ALONE.
I have only had dogs as pets growing up and as an adult but when our last dog passed last year we ended up getting two cats at the request of my daughter. We fully expected to get another dog but it has been a year and frankly I don't know if we will be getting another dog anytime soon because the cats are such wonderful and low maintenance pets. They don't require walks, they don't need training, I don't have to take them outside to go to the bathroom-and they are so sweet and affectionate!
@ Kaseylulu: True, they dont need training. However training time/play time is an essential part for bonding with your cat. They will definitely become more happy pets if you do so.
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I volunteer at an animal shelter and socialize with both cats and dogs. There was a new mama with kittens who would only nurse if she was laying on my sweatshirt and me and my friend was with her. She and her kittens got adopted. Miss you Coffee.
And this is how I wound up with 18, almost all were shelter rescue a couple were outdoors rescues
I mean, I adore cats but let's not romanticise them. If we stop rubbing under their chin, they are euthanising us for sure!
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I volunteer for a no kill shelter. It is amazing how people view cats as more disposable than dogs. I have had numerous people bring in their cats because of convenience and it was a fun distraction. People adopt a cat and return 6 months later because they are moving, broke up with boyfriend, going to school, had little kids and cat scratched toddler because toddler was rough. Yes, even cat does not match my furniture. We do a background check but we still end up with many idiots.
@ Hisseefit: Sad but true. The amount of cats in shelters or left behind without care, speak for themselves.
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As a statement from my Youtube bachelor degree, the idea that cats don't love hoomans mainly stems from those hoomans who play unfunny, cruel pranks which rightly and quickly makes kitty lose their trust for a deservedly long time.
I'm going to adopt a cat from a shelter when I'm grown. This made me decide. Animals deserve as much love as a human.
You will not regret it. Cats are amazing creatures and you'll be saving that cat from death and opening up space for another cat to be saved.
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A note: DO NOT DECLAW CATS OR DOGS!! Declawing is basically removing a compete digit from each toe. It causes both cats and dogs to bite more often, which can be harmful to us because ~80% of cat and dog bites get infected. It can also cause cats and dogs to not be able to defend themselves, even if they are inside animals. Dogs need to be outside often. And even indoor cats can escape. It is a matter of life and death in many situations.
Declawing is wrong, but if you want your cat to stop scratching furniture, I'd recommend cat claw scissors. I cut my cat's claws. not anywhere close to the tissue, that would hurt, but just the tip so she doesn't scratch furniture. My cat doesn't mind it at all, she gets a treat after. They grow back in about a week, so you don't need to cut them often. Don't downvote me, just helping cat lovers stop their cats scratching chairs.
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Cats are wonderful, affectionate, animals. I love the heck out of them. My mechanics assistant told me last week that he gave his son a girl cat. He told me that the cat has all ready had two litters, and the cat is only ten months old. I wanted to scream! I told the guy that there are so many cats I shelters, and that a lot of kittens are born, and tossed aside like they are garbage. Infuriating.
Correction -- SOME cats are wonderful affectionate animals. Some cats are supercilious. Some cats have favourites in the family. Some cats are revolting creatures. It depends BOTH on the particular cat, as well as how they are treated.
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I don't like people who don't like cats. Unless they give a valid reason, like a cat traumatized them as a child or they're allergic, I think it's just stupid. It makes me so sad when people say "cats don't love you back" because with cats, you actually have to make an effort to have them trust and love you. I've lived with my cats for 10 years now, and I've given them all the loves and kisses, and now they sprint up the stairs whenever I come out of my room! If my cats aren't loving then I don't know what is.
ROTLFMSHO! I cannot stand people who don't like AND respect dogs. Dogs and humans co-evolved, Cats were kept as pest killers. Both species should be respected.
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One of my cats was to be euthanized due to her hissing and snarling behaviors. A very brave tech noticed she would only do this facing "away" from the person, she put in her bare hand, and was loved on by the kitty. I saw her story on the county "kill" shelter site. When I arrived, Daphne immediately "chose" me and has been my happy companion ever since. Adoption saved both of our lives that day.
So many people say that cats don’t love you back but my cat sleeps in my bed every night and he comes and waits for me at the door when I get home
My sweet departed Vera went nuts when I came home. Mrah mrah mrah until I picked her up. All she wanted was for me to sit down so that she could spend the rest of her life in my lap. I miss her sooo much!
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This was a line I heard in a song before I just changed out one of the lines “don’t come to me when your child can’t think of what a cat is because they’re extinct”
I prefer dogs --e specially now when by law we are NOT allowed to let our cats out, so we have the stinky litter box. Then one cat we had came from "'Animal Welfare"". She had been using the litter box at their facilities as a bed. She was impossible to toilet train. We will NOT be replacing our present cat. Too much inside. Too much use of rat poison in the environment, At least we can fence or property and make it safe for our dogs
I rescued a cat from a shelter. Olaf the Big White main c**n Giant. We love him to bits.
Anyone who tells me that my cat doesn't love me the way a dog loves me will get poked in the eye. First by me and then my my cat. Whom I will help to do so.
I have tended and, yes, socialized true ferals (born in the wild) cats. They love. They grieve. They just show it how they show it. Dogs show love how they show love. Is what it is.
I went to a shelter once for my birthday (not to adopt, because I love animals, and I wanted to pet kitties <3). There were cats everywhere, and only a room of dogs (most were Pitbulls). I came across this one cat that I couldn't pet because he hadn't had his claws trimmed yet, and he was missing a paw! He also had a big ol' scar on the right side of his face! When we walked past his lil glass window, he propped himself up against it and started scratching at it like he wanted ot get out for some love. I really wanted to adopt him, but my condo doesn't allow cats or dogs. I named him Grayscar (it's a Warrior cats style name). I hope to visit him.
This is sad and interesting, because where I came from the dogs are harder to get adopted. I think in the busy cities, people want smaller and relatively less energetic pets. There are still many people who thinks cats don't give love as dogs do, but most of them end up buying a dog. Hopefully, people will break the myths and stereotypes and love animals as they are.
I love my cat and she loves me! I’m sure! She purrs when she sees me and chases me around!
This is a silly post. Many many dogs are euthanased because nobody wants them. Many beautiful dogs are euthanased because ignorant people never bother to socialise or train them. ON the other hand as a dog lover, I would prefer to seem them euthanased rather being kept in some the horrible situations that dogs find themselves in
"Cats don't feel love" is complete bullshit - one of my cats is one of the most affectionate beings I know. Most of the time when I get home, she comes running to the door for me, even if I've only been gone for about an hour or so.
Very true. Cats respond but like Introverts (i am one) they do so in a more subtle way.
I adopted a cat three weeks ago. She hid for a day but now she goes to whatever room I'm in and lays nearby.
Every single cat i ever had was way more loving and loyal than the dogs!
I volunteer at a local animal shelter. We have a six yr old black cat that nobody's adopted. I play with her every time just so she doesn't get lonely. It's heartwrenching.
Funny. Because to my knowlege I have never heard of a case where an orange tabby killed someones child. Not one. But oh! What's this? Like 200000 cases of various dog attacks that ended up fatal.
That's why training your animals is important. Cats are trainable. Give them time and patience, and use the correct method.
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Read about a dolphin who had learned some basic communication and was in some sort of pen. Dolphins can suicide by going under water and refusing to go back up for air. This dolphin was miserable and told it's handler goodbye before going under and killing itself. The fact the dolphin was sentient enough to chose suicide breaks my heart.
Karen, the name of the dolphin who played Flipper committed suicide- refusing to take a breath. After the show wrapped she was sent to an isolation pen in Miami.
There has been a day when you and your childhood friend got out to play for the last time and none of you two was aware of it.
“People with perfectionism may invest a lot of energy in keeping up appearances, so this is not always easy for friends and family to detect. If someone you know experiences a lot of pressure or stress in their work, family life, or relationships, it’s important to listen for the signs of toxic perfectionistic thinking, and to show you care and express your concerns,” the researcher said.
The United States government:
Fed radioactive oatmeal to mentally challenged children to see what would happen.
Allow black men with syphilis to believe they were being treated while actually letting them die from it to see what happened when it was left untreated.
Plus:
There are people that do not vaccinate their children because of internet memes.
There are people that truly believe the world is flat.
On december 5 1942 in Auschwitz-Birkenau, after the round-call of the morning, which was atrocious since you would need to stand still for hours until the count matches, the SS took the entirety of the women camp moved them in front of a ditch within the camp and asked the 6000 present alive women to get naked.
Then, the SS armed with whips, pistols and canes got over the ditch, made two parallels lines to create some sort of corridor. Then they screamed the women prisonners to jump over the ditch and run through the corridor of SS soldiers.
During the run, the SS with the whips and cane struck/whipped/pulled away all the women they deemed "unfit for labor" due to sickness and physicall exhaustion. Out of the 6000 women that day, around 1500 made it to the end of the corridor without being pulled away : They were the lucky ones and the camp commandant made a speech sort of like "You were chosen to live".
The 4500 women pulled away by the SS or who couldn't jump far enough to pass the ditch were pushed into trucks and send to the gas chamber. They apparently screamed like banshees full knowing they were sent to their death.
Very few women survived from 1942 to 1945 in auschwitz, but the detail of this day is present in the few books/testimonies from survivors because of how horrible it was.
One of my neighbors has a nine year old daughter who has a very rare genetic condition. She's not expected to live much beyond her mid - late teens. The girl doesn't know and believes she's a perfectly normal child. It's heartbreaking to hear her saying that she wants to be a hairdresser when she grows up. She ain't never gonna grow up
However, not everyone will be up to sharing what’s going on in their inner world of emotions straight away, so it’s important to be patient and polite but persistent. “People might not open up the first time you ask, so continuing to check in regularly and establishing yourself as a safe person to talk to is important. These can be challenging and stressful conversations to have, so it’s important for loved ones to get support in asking these questions and look after their own mental health.”
Hachikou was a Japanese Akita dog who each day would wait at the train station for his owner to return from his commute. One day his owner had an aneurysm at work and passed away. Hachikou would spend the next ten years waiting at the station.
We don’t deserve dogs, they are too good.
I watched the hachikou movie in class, literally everybody was crying, all the girls were in groups sobbing and the boys were like "cAn i gO tO tHe bAtHrOoM rEaL qUiCk i hAvE sOmEtHiNg iN mY eYe"
For animal testing involving dogs, most laboratories use beagles as they are the most forgiving of the people inflicting pain on them.
There is a genetic disorder that makes it impossible for some people to sleep. So far only 20 people are known to have it, and none have lived past 30...
Somewhere right now a child is being abused or fearing it happening again. Child abuse is the saddest f**king thing to me
All whales eventually lose the energy to surface for oxygen, so they essentially begin to sink and drown
They become a source of food for the other animals after they die.
The first and only time most men receive flowers is at their funeral.
Swans can die of a broken heart when their mates die.
Animals are routinely horrifically abused and neglected, and nobody cares unless they're a cat or dog.
Whales that sing in the wrong key get lost and are alone in the ocean.
One day, sometime far far far in the future, someone is going to speak your name for the very last time and then you’ll be completely forgotten about.
You never get to see your child's entire life.. Or you do..
That sex trafficking children is real, actively ongoing, and adults will be professionally doing it all across the world at any given point
There is a remote island in the south Pacific that had a lighthouse built on it in the 1700s. The keeper kept a cat to keep him company. Everyday the cat would bring the keeper a dead bird. The keeper had never seen birds of this type before, so he kept the tiny carcasses to show scientists who'd be on exploration ships. The scientists determined that they were flightless songbirds - the only known species of flightless songbird ever discovered, then and now. One day the cat just stopped bringing the birds to the keeper. One cat caused the extinction of an entire unique species. No one ever saw a living specimen and no one ever heard their song.
And this is just one of the many reasons cats should not be allowed to roam. Cats and foxes are responsible for the extinction of many animal species. Whilst I don't like the idea of culling cats and foxes, it is necessary to protect thousands of vulnerable animals. Especially in Australia where a lot of our animals are small and many without defences.
There's more people in slavery now than in the 17-1800's. Pretty sad
785 million people do not have access to safe water. (Access includes having having water within a 30 minute round trip for collecting it and carrying it home).
And this is one reason why I don't agree with people having millions and millions of dollars when millions of people don't even have the basics to survive let alone lavish luxuries.
Life can be heartbreakingly unfair. A friend‘s sister suddenly passed away because of a heart attack last summer at age 40, leaving behind a bright, young, then orphaned son. My friend and his wife immediately took him in, gave him a home, and cared so much for him. They were very careful, loving, and considerate. They found a preschool for him, went to therapy with him and participated in it in order to support him getting through the trauma of losing your only parent. In December my friend passed away because of a heart attack.
Many people go through the last years of their life sad and chronically lonely
A guy in my area had just retired on a Friday. The following Wednesday he was out fishing and a thunderstorm came up. He pulled his boat out of the lake and while standing next to his car on the boat ramp lightning took him out. 5 blessed days of retirement.
I'm madly in love with my wife of 35 years. We are each others best friends and we are together 24/7. We do massages on each other every morning and snuggle/spoon together all night. We haven't spent a night apart in 3 decades. We are older now and I know one of us is going to die alone.
The Ukranian Famine (Holodomor) killed at least 3.5mil people back in 1932-1933. Stalin's insane plans to optimize state crops while starving out the farmers themselves is some of the most horrific sh*t I've ever heard of. Death by starvation has got to be one of the worst possible ways to go.
The English did the same thing to the Irish during the Great Famine. The enforced poverty killed just as many people as the potato blight itself.
Rwanda genocide School children massacred with machetes It could have been prevented And this is why I hate the expression “everything happens for a reason)
You can do everything in your power and work as hard as you possibly can, sometimes [stuff] just doesn't work out. You very well won't ever accomplish your dream, despite all your efforts.
I hate this kind of mentality.You may not acomplish your "dream" but you're still likely to end up in a really good place. Like if u get straight As and don't get into an ivy League uni you still have much greater options than the rest of your peers. And if u don't go uni at all, you may still be more knowledgeable than those around you , wherever that may be. Hard work always pays off. The degree to which is does depends on luck and a whole load of factors but it still leaves you better off than where you were before.
Stephen Hawking died a little over a year before the first photograph of a black hole
Researchers accidentally killed the oldest animal in 2006
There is a plastic bag at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
I’m calling foul, at least on the photo provided. The floor of the Marina trench doesn’t have vegetation like that. It’s mostly bare.
A majority of people, when asked, would rather die at home than at the hospital. A majority of people, when recorded, die at the hospital rather than at home.
It hit me like a brick. Was thinking about my dad who died at 73. Thinking about my age (44) I realized my life was likely more than halfway over.
Well going by my family history I have about 15-25 years to live.
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And why the f are we reading them? I don't know why i clicked! I'm sad now
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Here's my conclusion-Humans are a vile and horrible species, we don't deserve animals and the Earth is a sad, lonely, depressing place.
What a terrible way to think of this amazing gift you have.
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How many children in my town went to bed last night without having enough to eat? Even if it's only 1, that too many. That's sad and also pathetic. What kind of society lets kids go hungry?
These are sad but I don't often read these or the TIL ones, after finding that some of them can be false or based on inaccurate information. And I don't want to research every single one. It would be nice if sources could be included.
"Humans are easily the cruelest animals on the planet. No wonder they call it the descent of man." - George Carlin
Load More Replies... Ever notice how so many people here continually ask "Why?", "Who is that?", "What is that?" and so on. Honestly folks, Google literally puts the world at your fingertips...
"When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal of earthly creatures." - Plato (427 - 347 BC/BCE) Greek philosopher
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When the Europeans arrived, carrying germs which thrived in dense, semi-urban populations, the indigenous people of the Americas were effectively doomed. They had never experienced smallpox, measles or flu before, and the viruses tore through the continent, killing an estimated 90% of Native Americans
They were also given small pix laced blankets on reservations. On purpose.
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I learned this yesterday. Here in Czechia, during communist dictature in 1950's, pregnant women imprisoned for political reasons had no medical assistance during birth. Their newborns were also not given any medical care nor food. Many of the mothers were unable to produce milk due to starvation and most babies died in one year. Sometimes guards would take newborn from the mother and lock them in two separate cells, forcing the woman to listen to her child cry and die. The worst part is that it took 40 years for democracy to be restored so noone was punished for these crimes.
It took 40 years for democracy to be restored in the Czech Republic, and in US it took only 4 years to almost kill democracy, and the American "patriots" are not done yet trying.
Load More Replies... The 1943 Bengal Famine killed 3 million people. India was under British Colonialism at that time. Most of the food ration that should have gone to those affected, went to the British Army who already had a surplus amount of food. On being asked about it, Churchill has been quoted as blaming the famine on the fact Indians were “breeding like rabbits”, and asking how, if the shortages were so bad, Mahatma Gandhi was still alive. Now, most economists argue that the famine didn't happen due to less rain but because of policies passed by Britain under Churchill.
As sad as it is, one thing is true: people are breeding like rabbits, even faster, in India and elsewhere, and humans never go extinct like poor animals do. Pope Francis told folks in South America, that they don't need to reproduce like rabbits; again, these are countries where women do not have rights to decide how many children they want to have; abortion is, of course, illegal even in cases of rape and incest.
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The saddest fact I know: The 'No Child Left Behind' act started a trend of providing funding to schools based on how well the students perform on standardized testing, in an effort to incentivize education. In reality, poor schools perform poorly, and therefore become poorer schools after funding cuts. Even worse, significantly low-testing individuals in decent schools can be forcibly transferred to another school in the middle of the year so that they don't count on either the sending or receiving school's annual roster for grading/funding purposes. The underperforming individual now has their year interrupted, loses contact with friends from their last school, and typically has to travel further to get to their new school...all of which contributes to them learning even less. The 'no child left behind' act has actually driven schools to deliberately and selectively leave children behind in order to get more funding.
What are you saying, Troux that poor children are not smart as other children?
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I have never been more relieved to finish reading a post,I feel so depressed and helpless. :,(
here is something to think about, "somewhere in the world, a child is r@p3d and killed, people dying alone, people living in poverty, people committing su!d!e, animals dying for testing so, who are we as humans to be making our dreams come true when we could easily make someone else who is going through stuff, dreams come true. cuz we as humans don't deserve to live if no matter what, bad things will always happen"
I could not read all those stories. They did impart information that I wasn't aware of, but to know that some animals kill themselves because of what we humans do to them was just horrendous. I simply had to stop reading them. Too awful!
Why is no one saying #21, please say she somehow survived, and if she died and you read this, I know you don’t know who I am, but my best wishes to you. 🙏🙏🙏 be strong, man. My best.
I just found out someone I've been secretly in love with for ten years .... loves me back. And then I found out I have incurable cancer.
I'm so sorry, that must have been such a crushing blow... I'm wishing you all the best for your remaining time. I know you probably are already, but make as many happy memories as possible & get all you can out of each & every day. Stay strong, friend. ♡
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What messed you up, Maris madness?? That you learned something about reality?
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There's a possibility that when you die, everyone you love will already be gone.
After reading the first two entries, I admit my heart can't take going any further. I'm f****en crying, literally
What else can you do, Raena Calis? Did you asked yourself that question?
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Why the hell did I read this? Curse you, Bored Panda, for your recent click-baity titles and poor examples making me think this wouldn't REALLY be a downer!!!
Why the hell did you read this, Daniel Marsh? I don't know, but what I know for sure it was not to learn about all that suffering in the world, and, based on that, knowledge, to try find ways how to help all those who suffer of no fault of their own. It's always about you, isn't it?
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Jesus Christ is this just disaster porn? Everyone here makes up enough anxiety for them selves and this gives them an excuse not to go to work as they are too sad about things
I have never met anyone who skipped work b/c they felt sad unless it was b/c they had to attend a family funeral.
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The animals in pet food commercials are starved for hours prior to taping. To make the product seem 'wonderful' as the animal attacks the meal with enthusiasm.
The only animals I've seen that haven't attacked a meal with enthusiasm were sick or overfed. Pets on normal, healthy diets can be enthusiastic about food. Also - "starved for hours"? Most pets wait almost an entire day between mealtimes (breakfast & dinner) & for some pets it's better to feed them once a day because of their metabolism. Are you implying not feeding a pet for a few hours is "starving" it? Are you implying a pet should be constantly snacking throughout the day, lest they be unfed for a few hours?
Load More Replies... And why the f are we reading them? I don't know why i clicked! I'm sad now
Load More Replies... Here's my conclusion-Humans are a vile and horrible species, we don't deserve animals and the Earth is a sad, lonely, depressing place.
What a terrible way to think of this amazing gift you have.
Load More Replies... How many children in my town went to bed last night without having enough to eat? Even if it's only 1, that too many. That's sad and also pathetic. What kind of society lets kids go hungry?
These are sad but I don't often read these or the TIL ones, after finding that some of them can be false or based on inaccurate information. And I don't want to research every single one. It would be nice if sources could be included.
"Humans are easily the cruelest animals on the planet. No wonder they call it the descent of man." - George Carlin
Load More Replies... Ever notice how so many people here continually ask "Why?", "Who is that?", "What is that?" and so on. Honestly folks, Google literally puts the world at your fingertips...
"When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal of earthly creatures." - Plato (427 - 347 BC/BCE) Greek philosopher
Load More Replies... When the Europeans arrived, carrying germs which thrived in dense, semi-urban populations, the indigenous people of the Americas were effectively doomed. They had never experienced smallpox, measles or flu before, and the viruses tore through the continent, killing an estimated 90% of Native Americans
They were also given small pix laced blankets on reservations. On purpose.
Load More Replies... I learned this yesterday. Here in Czechia, during communist dictature in 1950's, pregnant women imprisoned for political reasons had no medical assistance during birth. Their newborns were also not given any medical care nor food. Many of the mothers were unable to produce milk due to starvation and most babies died in one year. Sometimes guards would take newborn from the mother and lock them in two separate cells, forcing the woman to listen to her child cry and die. The worst part is that it took 40 years for democracy to be restored so noone was punished for these crimes.
It took 40 years for democracy to be restored in the Czech Republic, and in US it took only 4 years to almost kill democracy, and the American "patriots" are not done yet trying.
Load More Replies... The 1943 Bengal Famine killed 3 million people. India was under British Colonialism at that time. Most of the food ration that should have gone to those affected, went to the British Army who already had a surplus amount of food. On being asked about it, Churchill has been quoted as blaming the famine on the fact Indians were “breeding like rabbits”, and asking how, if the shortages were so bad, Mahatma Gandhi was still alive. Now, most economists argue that the famine didn't happen due to less rain but because of policies passed by Britain under Churchill.
As sad as it is, one thing is true: people are breeding like rabbits, even faster, in India and elsewhere, and humans never go extinct like poor animals do. Pope Francis told folks in South America, that they don't need to reproduce like rabbits; again, these are countries where women do not have rights to decide how many children they want to have; abortion is, of course, illegal even in cases of rape and incest.
Load More Replies... The saddest fact I know: The 'No Child Left Behind' act started a trend of providing funding to schools based on how well the students perform on standardized testing, in an effort to incentivize education. In reality, poor schools perform poorly, and therefore become poorer schools after funding cuts. Even worse, significantly low-testing individuals in decent schools can be forcibly transferred to another school in the middle of the year so that they don't count on either the sending or receiving school's annual roster for grading/funding purposes. The underperforming individual now has their year interrupted, loses contact with friends from their last school, and typically has to travel further to get to their new school...all of which contributes to them learning even less. The 'no child left behind' act has actually driven schools to deliberately and selectively leave children behind in order to get more funding.
What are you saying, Troux that poor children are not smart as other children?
Load More Replies... I have never been more relieved to finish reading a post,I feel so depressed and helpless. :,(
here is something to think about, "somewhere in the world, a child is r@p3d and killed, people dying alone, people living in poverty, people committing su!d!e, animals dying for testing so, who are we as humans to be making our dreams come true when we could easily make someone else who is going through stuff, dreams come true. cuz we as humans don't deserve to live if no matter what, bad things will always happen"
I could not read all those stories. They did impart information that I wasn't aware of, but to know that some animals kill themselves because of what we humans do to them was just horrendous. I simply had to stop reading them. Too awful!
Why is no one saying #21, please say she somehow survived, and if she died and you read this, I know you don’t know who I am, but my best wishes to you. 🙏🙏🙏 be strong, man. My best.
I just found out someone I've been secretly in love with for ten years .... loves me back. And then I found out I have incurable cancer.
I'm so sorry, that must have been such a crushing blow... I'm wishing you all the best for your remaining time. I know you probably are already, but make as many happy memories as possible & get all you can out of each & every day. Stay strong, friend. ♡
Load More Replies... What messed you up, Maris madness?? That you learned something about reality?
Load More Replies... There's a possibility that when you die, everyone you love will already be gone.
After reading the first two entries, I admit my heart can't take going any further. I'm f****en crying, literally
What else can you do, Raena Calis? Did you asked yourself that question?
Load More Replies... Why the hell did I read this? Curse you, Bored Panda, for your recent click-baity titles and poor examples making me think this wouldn't REALLY be a downer!!!
Why the hell did you read this, Daniel Marsh? I don't know, but what I know for sure it was not to learn about all that suffering in the world, and, based on that, knowledge, to try find ways how to help all those who suffer of no fault of their own. It's always about you, isn't it?
Load More Replies... Jesus Christ is this just disaster porn? Everyone here makes up enough anxiety for them selves and this gives them an excuse not to go to work as they are too sad about things
I have never met anyone who skipped work b/c they felt sad unless it was b/c they had to attend a family funeral.
Load More Replies... The animals in pet food commercials are starved for hours prior to taping. To make the product seem 'wonderful' as the animal attacks the meal with enthusiasm.
The only animals I've seen that haven't attacked a meal with enthusiasm were sick or overfed. Pets on normal, healthy diets can be enthusiastic about food. Also - "starved for hours"? Most pets wait almost an entire day between mealtimes (breakfast & dinner) & for some pets it's better to feed them once a day because of their metabolism. Are you implying not feeding a pet for a few hours is "starving" it? Are you implying a pet should be constantly snacking throughout the day, lest they be unfed for a few hours?
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