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30 Things People Are Certain Of Without A Need To Prove It, As Shared In This Online Thread
The whole world around us, all the facts and things in it, from the point of view of our knowledge, is divided into three categories: what we are not sure of, what we are sure of, and what we are ready to swear to defend with our life. That very hill to die on. And such beliefs are different for various people, of course.
The so-called "Socratic paradox" goes that "I know that I know nothing" and is attributed to the great Greek philosopher Socrates. And still, even the great skeptic, denying the possibility of any knowledge, in the end, as we remember, took poison, defending his own convictions. Of course, one should not be so radical, but still, each of us has our own truths.
And so, a few days ago, a thread appeared in the AskReddit community, the author of which asked a question about just this: "What do you swear on your life to be 100% true?" Today, the thread has over 42.6K upvotes and almost 28.5K different comments, and what is an indisputable truth for some may well be perceived by others as a very controversial issue. In the end, so many people - so many opinions.
Bored Panda has carefully sifted through the sand of the original thread's numerous comments in search of the golden grains of the best, most popular, and weightiest comments, so now feel free to scroll to the very end of this list, mark the most interesting submissions for you and, of course, leave your comments. After all, you, we are almost sure, also have your own truths that you would bet are 100% true!
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Being alone is better than having the wrong people in my life. Prove me wrong.
The average human is an idiot
That reminds me of a Carlin bit. Think of how stupid the average person is. Half of the people are dumber than that.
Money DOES buy happiness.
You cannot convince me otherwise. Sure ok it is not everything, you can be depressed and rich, but no one gonna tell me that money does not buy that cute stuff I wanted to wear or that delicious meal imma be cookin.
When you don't have to struggle for your survival, it greatly reduces the stress you experience, providing you with the opportunity to create happiness for yourself.
That disagreeing with someone's opinion isn't an attack on them.
People who insist their opinion will never change will always perceive disagreement as a personal attack. Their opinion becomes tied to their identity, instead of being a thing that should change with new factual information.
If your bus is late, spark up a cigarette and it will instantly arrive
What a mate of mine would call the magical bus summoning stick. Usually with a lot of sarcasm..probably because he wanted his smoke
The inside of USB ports are designed to switch round to ensure you can only plug in USB cables on your third attempt after twisting it round, then twisting it back.
You can make things foolproof but the world will make better fools
History is written and preserved and distributed by the winners.
Humans are capable of lying, twisting facts to show themselves, places and people they like in a good light. Modern world has PR agencies for rich and connected.
Combine the two and history as we know it is a twisted version of what really happened.
"History is written by the victors" is an extremely true statement. There are aspects of our past that have been completely and totally stamped out, twisted, and altered. Especially if that civilization didn't survive, didn't have a writing system, their writing system isn't understood or none of it remains. Think about all the groups the Ancient Romans wiped out, for instance. All we know about many of them is what's been written about them by the Romans... who would outright lie to paint themselves in the best possible light to look just. Everyone else were just "barbarians", after all. Even in more recent times before the internet (and indispensable resources like the WayBackMachine), it was pretty easy to change history. Burn/ban the books/photographs/scrolls/etc, kill those who know the truth, and obliterate any physical evidence. Done.
A sandwich is always better if someone else makes it for you
I dunno about this one. Condiment usage, cheese amount and placement, vegetables desired....it can get complicated.
Time passes quicker the older you get. Do the things right now that you want to do, don’t wait for later.
When I was about 10-11 my teacher told us something that I thought was so profound I've never forgotten it: "when you are 1 year old, 1 year is your whole life. When you are 50 years old, 1 year is only 1/50th of your life, which is why time seems to go faster as you get older." Not based on any science but perception, it still makes SO much sense.
Also, up to a certain, variable, age in young adulthood a person's life is bench marked by major events that happen a few times a year and a significant number of those bench marks are book ended by three joyous months of freedom. Once each person reaches that certain age in young adulthood all of their days are the same and there are no bench mark days to measure against.
Load More Replies...My mum said - life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you are to the end, the faster it goes!
Time is relative. A year is 10% of a ten year old's life, but just 2% of a fifty year old's.
I didn't really get that "youth is wasted on the young" until I was 50. I blinked and asked where did my forties go? So, I proposed, we bought a house, and got married within a year and a half. Thus, I totally agree, don't wait for later.
Another fun fact about time: If you have a week's holiday and you fill every day with activities and sightseeing it will seem at least 3 times longer than if you sit every day under a palm tree with a book and a drink. Most people think it would be the opposite way around, but it isn't.
Because really good times go faster than good times?
Load More Replies...Also, some things are harder to do later. You'll get too busy, too entrenched in local obligations or have insufficient physicality or even, that location no longer exists. I've got a list of things I'm not going to get to in this life. Just do it, do it now. Take a loan, take time off - just do what you love!
Several of the comments have pointed out that a regular life with no points of interest seem to go faster. Try being a school bus driver there is never a dull day and they are all different you never know what to expect. One day you can be driving down the road 53 miles an hour and be rear ended by a car going 100 miles an hour. Not me but it just happened a week and a half ago to a fellow coworker. never a dull moment.
The speed at which time passes gets only affected by gravity. It´s our brains that get slower with age actually.
Its that not as much in our dally lives is interesting to our brain. We have seen a car, truck, tree, you name it, before. Not any point in really taking it in so the days are less interesting and easier to forget and they just roll along. So time seems to pass by faster
Load More Replies...From our perceptive standpoint, time is essentially 'elastic'. Ask anyone who's been in a car wreck what the few seconds before impact were like, or someone who experienced the years between 1939 and 1945 compared to other periods of their life.
I hear that. Felt like just yesterday I was 25 and fairly happy. Now I'm looking at 35 running towards me and wondering where it all went.
My fellow old fart and I were talking about this just yesterday. We decided there are exceptions. One is when you have to drive a long, straight, flat highway through desolate land (as we had done that day). Another is a waiting in a medical facility (which was the reason for the drive). And another is waiting for the next episode of a series you really like (Reservation Dogs being the current instance, with Better Call Saul being the previous one). But mostly, time seems to pass more quickly because fewer things matter as we age so there are fewer highlights along our timeline, and all the filler in between is forgotten.
It is the kiss of death to change lines at the grocery store.
Aliens exist somewhere in this universe.
It would be the height of human conceit to believe that, in the vastness of the universe, we are the only ones. We're probably not the only ones in our galaxy, never mind the entire universe.
I look good in the mirror. I look terrible in photos.
I have NEITHER of those problems. I look like hell all the time, everywhere.
If you’re running late you will be stuck at every possible red light.
The way people drive and the way they use a shopping trolley are directly linked.
Not being available 24/7 despite being reachable 24/7 is fine
Everything is temporary
People don't *genuinely* care about deaths of strangers they don't personally know or haven't met. If people had the option to choose to sacrifice 10 lives of people they have never met to save 1 they love, they would do it without hesitation - they probably wouldn't admit it out loud, but they *would* agree to it.
Heck, most people would sacrifice 10 people they don't know just to get a better price on a mobile phone.
If I’m having a bad day it can always get worse
rocks are soft and squishy. They just tense up when you touch them.
Black Bears are learning that they could benefit from a friendly relationship with humans after seeing how easy domesticated dogs and cats have it. They are in the early stages of trying to domesticate themselves.
Source: none. I just see tiktok videos of bears being cute near people.
The makers of baby wipes intentionally wrap them in a way so when you pull 1 out the container you get 2-3 and waste them because they are a b***h to put back in
Wipe dispenser box, at the the time I purchased it I was half convinced it was a waste of money but 3 kids later and it has proved its worth everyday!
reddit is a cesspool of misinformation.
I enjoy reddit in general, as I stick to stuff that's rather tame. However, I came across a thread the other day for identifying mushrooms in the wild, and I thought, "Do you actually want to trust your life to this collective?"
There's definitely something amiss in this universe and we're not ready for it.
Mr Lovecraft had just a glimpse of it and look what it has done to him
That the printer will always run out of ink or that the paper will get jammed when you're already rushing and stressed.
Happens all the time.
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Here is a good one: If you post a comment on Bored Panda that is 100% true but an unpopular idea, people will down vote it - not because they think it is inaccurate, but because they don't like it.
This or they complain about a common sense opinion you have and then you have to remind the ops that you have the right to your opinion
Load More Replies...When you’ve been waiting, be it in a doctor’s office, or getting an oil change, or waiting for a train or metro to show up, whatever it is - the quickest way to speed up the wait is to pull out your phone, put on your readers, get comfortable and start really getting into a meme page or a website. Whatever you’re waiting for will happen within moments. Works every time.
The attractiveness of a slice of pizza matters. A good-looking slice tastes infinitely better than an ugly slice.
Mine: There are no gods, magic is not real and the word "supernatural" does not make sense at all.
Here is a good one: If you post a comment on Bored Panda that is 100% true but an unpopular idea, people will down vote it - not because they think it is inaccurate, but because they don't like it.
This or they complain about a common sense opinion you have and then you have to remind the ops that you have the right to your opinion
Load More Replies...When you’ve been waiting, be it in a doctor’s office, or getting an oil change, or waiting for a train or metro to show up, whatever it is - the quickest way to speed up the wait is to pull out your phone, put on your readers, get comfortable and start really getting into a meme page or a website. Whatever you’re waiting for will happen within moments. Works every time.
The attractiveness of a slice of pizza matters. A good-looking slice tastes infinitely better than an ugly slice.
Mine: There are no gods, magic is not real and the word "supernatural" does not make sense at all.