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Doing only what everyone else tells you to do is no way to go through life. Instead, it’s important to develop the confidence to embrace your true passions—and pursue them without embarrassment or guilt. Just because society tells you something is cool doesn’t make it so.

Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, a Ph.D. candidate at the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, recently went viral on X (formerly Twitter) when he asked everyone for their thoughts on what they’re convinced people only pretend to enjoy. Camping, situationships, trips to Miami, and oysters are just the tip of the iceberg. Scroll down to see what everyone else had to share.

Bored Panda reached out to Jake and he was kind enough to share a few thoughts with us. Read on for his insights!

Image credits: effodu

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Ellie Hope
Community Member
3 years ago

Yum

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    Ellie Hope
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I love sparkling water

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    ॐBoyGanesh
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Running feels awesome. Running cross country is physically, emotionally and mentally fulfilling. More so than in a track. Ergo, better than a treadmill. How could someone who likes to run not like doing it outside? Unless they live in New Delhi or a smoggy place.

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    Anne
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I like kale..

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    #5

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    maka paka
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I enjoy going into the office, the team is great and we have a laugh BUT if you give me the option to work from home or from the office, i'm picking home every time

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    #6

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    ॐBoyGanesh
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I love reading, but never thought they were supposed to do all that. Maybe a little wisdom or insight.

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    Ellie Hope
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I like getting up at 6am.

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    #8

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    Hiro Lee
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Enough said.

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    Aboredpanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Actually, I think matcha is delicious.

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    #10

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    ezPZ
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Yes, I had. In my early 20's

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    James016
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Instagram, depends on who/what you follow. Though the adverts/suggested posts in my feed can f**k right off

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    ॐBoyGanesh
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I live on an island where we have to watch for falling coconuts all the time. It’s so delicious. Especially if you filter the pulp or meat. How people don’t love coconut I’ll never understand.

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    ADJ
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This is an excellent example of case: IT DEPENDS. Regular american beer especially "light" varieties are c**p and are meant to be drank at freezing point because they taste awful. Craft american beers and most european beers are ok. And then there are flavoured beers, not so bitter and very refreshing. All in all, there are several hundred if not thousands types of beer, everyone should find some type he/she likes.

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    James016
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    The beach is awesome. I can just lie there all day doing nothing.

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    Sue Denham
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    So I was thinking of those retractible daggers on cats paws before I realised they meant manicures.

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    Cee
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Nope. Someone called it “nut juice” once. I’m done

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    #17

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    Joe Publique
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    What? Who 'enjoys' this?

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    Eva Kašu
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    have you ever tried salted licorice, cultural heritage of the Scandinavian countries, much worse than viking raids?

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    Isabella
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I didn't understand anything; what is "La Croix" and what means "fr"?

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Me and my rum can live with that

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    #21

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    troufaki13
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Love flights, hate road trips!

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    #22

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    Anouk T
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Ridiculous. Manual comes with much more control of the car and actual understanding of how the car works

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    #23

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    Aboredpanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    Being "the bigger person" has it's own satisfaction. Also the grimness of allowing someone else to pull you into their drama and get you into absolute s**t situations... not for me. No thanks. 🤢

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    G.O.A.L.
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    I’m not a fan personally, but to think that millions of people are pretending is ridiculous. It’s not that I’m not a fan either, I just couldn’t tell you one of her songs if my life depended on it

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    #25

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    80 Van
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Or, as my dad calls it, “pretending to be homeless for a few nights.”

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    #26

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Nope, not pretending at all. Bought a tub of mountain gorgonzola this week, sharing it with my mother, that's how much I love her

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    Rebekah Krause
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    The more I hear this the more I just don’t understand. It’s not blood. It doesn’t taste like blood. It has actual flavor and it’s tender. How do people not understand this? Did somebody just give you a big chunk of 3O/70 chuck ground straight from the butcher and you thought that was rare meat?

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    MoMcB
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Love them, raw, cooked whatever

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    LokisLilButterknife
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I would have gladly eaten it for you. Homemade rice pudding is delicious. I've had a version from Indian (kheer), where it was flavoured with cardamom and rose water-- divine. I've also had a version from Puerto Rico that had bits of coconut.

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    solace in rage
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    You mean "Doing things?"

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    My mother used to force a vitamin syrup down me when I was little, same colour and taste, I'm afraid I will never warm to it

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    Rebelliousslug
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I’m sure women love getting ready to go out, spending an hour getting ready, only to step outside, immediately have an Afro, makeup running down your face and clothing damp with sweat

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    Ylime
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    My grandparents were married for 63 years. He took care of her after she had a series of strokes. They were 21 and 25 when they got married

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    LooseSeal's $10 Banana
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    Roasted, boiled, pickled, raw - I'll eat it up.

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    JuniorCJ82
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Oatmeal raisin cookies are of the devil, but stay away from my pizza with pineapple on it.

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    bruno123
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    That’s why I’m lesbian

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    Cee
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Why didn’t the melons get married? Because they cantaloupe

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    Ylime
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I love cheesecake!

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    Adam Jeff
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Meanwhile gabb is pretending to enjoy the taste of the better tequila options...

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Deadly serious. A book, a glass (also with bubbles as it happens) and if the bubbles aren't visible over the top of the bath, it's not bubbly enough

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    Patrik Hofman
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I dare to disagree. I went once on a week long trip to Benelux countries and I actually met more people, wasn't alone at all. I was tired? Went to the hotel to nap. Was hungry? I ate. Felt just like sitting on a bench? Why not. Really great experience

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    solace in rage
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Much like people, it is what is on the inside3 that counts. Some are full of tender, high quality ingredients, and some are just packed with unhealthy awfulness. That goes for the people and the hotdogs both.

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    James016
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I love sushi.

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    Sue Denham
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Love them! And the books.

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    JuniorCJ82
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    iPhones

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    Sue Denham
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Cake? Chocolate? What are we talking about here?

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    ॐBoyGanesh
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    How sad!

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    Rebekah Krause
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    What the actual f**k? I don’t like cold potato salad, but you’ve just disturbed me more.

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