This Online Group Collects The Best Personal Tweets, Here Are 50 That Deserve The Attention They Got (New Pics)
Thoughts constantly swirl around in our heads. From when we open our eyes in the morning until we close them at night (and sometimes, even after that), there's always something for us to contemplate about.
In fact, a 2020 study suggests people typically have more than 6,000 thoughts per day. That's a lot. And as much as we'd like to believe otherwise, not all of them are brilliant. So with social media allowing us to instantly share whatever crosses our mind, we broadcast quite a lot of funny, weird, and infuriating personal takes, too.
To illustrate just how random our statements can be, we at Bored Panda put together a new publication on the subreddit whose sole mission is to capture the chaotic side of human interaction. Continue scrolling to check out its latest finds and fire up our earlier piece on it when you're done.
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God Has Protected Me
This Would Be The Greatest Irony
To learn more about our inner filters, we contacted Phil Reed, D.Phil., who is a professor of psychology at Swansea University.
"There are many reasons why people overshare," Dr. Reed told Bored Panda. "A lack of awareness about the dangers is one, but also the lack of 'real' social feedback online is a big contributor. Since there is a degree of anonymity, certain a lack of immediate feedback, people tend to get it wrong in terms of sharing."
Truth
Religion Doing What It Should
Put Em Outside By The Dumpsters
Send them to the Healing Crystals and Essential Oils Ward. (It's conveniently located right next to the morgue.) 😉
However, even though the reasons why people overshare may vary, the act itself seems pretty much universal. Also, researchers from The University of Edinburgh and Northwestern University in Illinois found that the risk of oversharing in conversation actually increases as people age.
When testing 100 people from 17 to 84 years old on their attention skills, the researchers discovered that the older subjects provided listeners with more irrelevant details than their younger peers. As this behavior can be dangerous — older people, for example, might accidentally reveal private info to strangers looking to take advantage — this finding is essential in helping "design targeted training that helps older adults improve these skills and avoid embarrassing and potential risky communicative errors,” said lead researcher Madeleine Long, of the University of Edinburgh's School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences.
Juli Briskman On The Go
Yep
I feel the same about these appeal shows that they have on TV. Lots of celebrities virtue-signalling about how they are working the night for free as they try to guilt you into donating part of your rent to charity. Don't get me wrong, we give to local charities when we can afford to and they do some brilliant work. But I will not tolerate some rich TV star trying to make me feel guilty about keeping a roof over our head and food on the table. Furthermore, and this bit is horrible but it needs telling, a poor elderly lady killed herself in the UK a couple of years ago because she couldn't afford to give to every appeal directed her way. Every penny she had was sunk into charity appeals and when the money ran out she felt so bad that she had to end her life. Literally killed by kindness.
Jeremy Hardy made that exact point. "If I see a someone like Phil Collins on the telly, in an African village, saying 'Twenty thousand pounds will dig this village a well,' I think: you're a f*****g millionaire, why don't you just give them the money?"
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I feel the same way about charity drives at work. Unless they are meeting donations dollar for dollar, they shouldn't look to us to make donations. Also, airlines that say you can donate your miles to charity to give them free flights. Flights the airlines could just give away for free anyway.
Yes! Although I do not mind dropping my change in for the Ronald McDonald House.
Before donating to ANY organization find out how much of your money is going to directly support its cause. For example, the Cancer Fund of America only uses 2.5% of its donations to support families impacted by cancer or cancer research. Meanwhile, the CEO seems to be living nicely off his estimated $250k annual salary.
GOTTA BE UP THERE Gal Gadot and other idiots singing Imagine. LOL. YOU donate.
This, this, this!!! I always feel so guilty when I say “ sorry not today, it’s pancakes for dinner again for the 4th night in a row!”
This... most definitely... the petrol station by my house always asks me if I want to donate when I pay on card... I'm like no... no I don't.., you're charging me £2 a litre for fuel and you think I can afford to give you money? Oh but get an electric car you say? Yeah cuz I have 15k just lying around... my 3k vivaro will just have to suffice thanks
In high school, we did a test. High efficient fridge with cost savings on electricity versus regular fridge. You would have to run the fridge for 43 years before the energy savings offset the extra cost. Poor people cant afford to save the planet.
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And the business gets the tax deduction for the "donations" that weren't their money to begin with. Just say no, and donate to causes you yourself support. If that is the same one, fine, if not, no problem.
Charities and non-profits partner with them, because the best time to get someone to donate money is when they're already spending it and by making it as easy as possible. It's the equivalent of a salvation army Santa standing in front of a Wal-Mart. Beyond the fact that collections are happening at the location, the store itself has nothing to do with the charity. They don't get credit for collecting the donations, nor do they get to use them as a tax write off, despite the popular myth some very wrongly believe and continue to perpetuate, ignorant of the damage doing so causes.
I'm guessing that when YOU donate $20 at the checkout, the corporation does the donating (with your money)and gets the tax credit. This is why I make donations directly. And, getting political, thanks, Trump administration for making deductions so much harder to take advantage of.
As others and i have already pointed out, that's not what happens. Charities and non-profits partner with retailers, cashiers act as fundraisers for that entity with the money raised going directly to it. The retailer/corporation does not get the money, it does not donate the money in their own name, and they do not get to use your donations as a tax write off.
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You donate, they get the tax break and get to print banners telling you how awesome they are.
It is a big tax scam for the grocery store, at least in Australia and any country that allows charity donations to be free of tax. The store collects the customer's money and passes it off as their donation. The same applied to the "20 cents donated to dairy farmers". The mild costs more and maybe the store does give over 20 cent/litre, but it is the shopper's money, not the stores'.
I never trust this knowing the greed that is out there. If they will f**k you over on the price of bread who knows what they will do. You know who you are scummy grocers in Canada.
Grocery stores use it as a tax write off. It's a huge scam. They use our donations to pay less taxes
Never heard of this. At lea5in Europe. The only thing we get asked is if we need a bag or did we bring our own
Wouldn't be surprised if, of the $20 donation, the company retained $10+ as "Handling Fee"
Also I suspect that when you donate food bought at their store, supermarkets collect and write up the food as food donated by them, for a tax refund. No proof, just a suspicion.
At Panda Express they ask if I want to donate my change to Children's Hospital. I say "no, I hate children" My daughter is standing next to me and says "that's probably my fault, so dad, just give ME your change".
My husband and I were talking about something similar last week. I said I don't like the donate food box in supermarkets. They are common in UK, you buy extra food and leave it to be distributed to food banks. I said (considering the profit of supermarkets) I would prefer to give money which the supermarket swaps for food at cost or at least discounted, so more food goes to the banks. My husband pointed out that if we just donated money, the shop might choose to use part of that as a wage for the people deciding what items to include - and the food banks might get filled with stupid unhelpful items whereas most people put useful items in. I suggested options on the check out screen, but he thought over complicating it would lead to less donations. We both agreed it is disgusting that we even have to debate the most effective way to help poor families not starve.
I financially support two relatives who are elderly and disabled; one is a vet. That includes rent, utilities and groceries at 100%. They would be homeless without me and nobody else in my useless family will lift a finger to help. So I generally decline to donate elsewhere and without guilt, because I spend more per month on charity than anyone I know!
Working at a grocery store, I will not ask for donations from people at my till. The owner of the one I work at made over 7 billion dollars since the pandemic hit. Greedy mother fukkers
They take your money donate it, take credit for it, hand it over to a fundraising company who takes a huge chunk of the money for their service, and hand over a small amount to the actual charity.
The way I counter this tactfully is when the clerk asks "Do you want to.." I immediately say "no thank you" before they can quote the name of whatever cause they are collecting for.
These donation campaigns from big corporations have almost always sat wrong with me for this same reason. Yes people should be inspired to donate WHEN THEY CAN AFFORD IT, but corporations should just donate and not rely on other people to buy c**p to "match" or donate.
Technically, the stores are the ones donating. They take your donation in as profit, and then make a nice big tax-deductible donation in their own name.
Because it's not profit from selling you a product or service, and the donation is tax-deductible, they are actually making money off your donation.
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Totally
And tax the churches that engage in political activity. Political activity negates their non-taxable status.
No Labor Shortage!
I've met Dan! We were both buying coffee and chatting casually; he asked if I was staying at the cafe with my coffee, so we sat and just talked about generic stuff. I had no idea who he is at the time. Incredibly friendly and nice man!
Dr. Reed said people should be very wary of oversharing. "It can compromise personal security, and personal safety, as well as lead to bullying."
"It can also make people very vulnerable psychologically; if they are feeling low, overshare to get support, and are attached for it, then depression can set in."
The Retirement Age
Some People Change
Logic Please
This Is How Ya Do It
To keep ourselves in check, Dr. Reed suggests treating communication on the internet the same as in real life.
"Remember, online is just as much of a social interaction as in the real world," he said. "Do not share anything online that you would not in real life. People can get a little impulsive with their digital interactions, so just remember that. Perhaps count to 10 before sharing."
It’s Like The Trash Taking Itself Out
Why Stop There?
It seems as if the right wing just wants ignorant breeders, to produce a pool of cannon fodder so needy they'll take any job.
Literally Dozens
That Went Well
Donald trump is the worst thing to happen to America since the British ruling us
But if you are bothered by another person who starts to give you too much information, psychotherapist Amy Morin says your first line of defense should be to change the subject.
For instance, try saying, 'Sorry to hear that. Have you heard the weather for tomorrow?' Sometimes people will take the hint, but you may need a more direct approach if the other person continues to overshare.
Wow. Medical Debt Causes Divorce For Married Couple Of 52 Years
Perfect Analogy
Simplicity Itself
Bigotry ?
because republicans believe obviously that women's political opinions don't count but women are merely there to reproduce, as per the recent RvW judgment
The key in such situations is to not reciprocate. Just because your boss tells you she's going through a divorce, that doesn't mean you need to tell her about your marital problems as well.
While sharing your personal stories can be empowering, you should do that at the right time, in the right place, and with the right people.
I’d Like To See It
You Know She’s Right
Please Remember This
Heavy Machinery
Dead Malls
There is a mall somewhere where the top floor is now small apartments. The bottom floor is retail.
A Mother Did What The Police Refused To Do
because men who think they need to carry guns are at heart cowards living in fear.
One Of The Best Ideas I Have Heard In A Long Time
"It Just Wont Work" It Actually Does
Would Not Recommend
Middle-Aged White Male Here, And I Think That She Rocks!
Because A Certain Portion Of Our Population Are Dumb A******
Because japanese think about other people because they have a more collective-minded culture as opposed to rampant Randian-objectivism style libertarianism/individualism?
Giant Dick’s Giant Profile D**k Pic Checks Out
Thank You Librarians
*Archivist here* Have you ever searched for person with no surname, date of birth or adress? Only information that was given to you was ´he lived with my granny in Shitholery upon Thames back in 1950´...
We Know Exactly Who’s Fault It Is
But She Really Loved Me
That'll Send A Message
I'll let your bod marinate in plague infested "soup" for a while OK? But not too long, otherwise you may loose cohesion and not brake the window, just smear it.
Wow! Solar Energy Actually Working As Designed! Insane How Much Better Green Energy Actually Is
Meanwhile in FL teachers r fleeing the state since they keep passing laws preventing them from actually teaching
This Dad Has One Great Son
Russia Moment
Ignoring The Bible Is Classic Christianity
This Is The Way
Take A Breath, Count To 10, Think. You'd Be Amazed What Possibilities Open If You Don't Go With Your First Reaction
Or he could have just got up and silently walked out during the monologue
Management
Sad That This Is Even Needed
A small bottle of prescription eye drops cost us over $300, with insurance, in the US. Meanwhile, we can get it in Japan without insurance for less than $25. Our Doctor there couldn't believe it, so when I showed her on my tablet, she wrote us a prescription for a year's supply.
This Aged Too Well
A heads up would've been nice dude, maybe a tad more info time traveller man
He's Not Wrong
Every Villain Had An Origin Story
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I especially loved the one about being one of the dozens of people who live outside the USA, priceless!
Wait… so people actually live outside of the country? Really? Oh my god!
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I usually don't read the text between the images, but this is just...a different vibe than i was expecting.
A friend pointed out that those Facebook posts that ask for pets' names could be used to guess passwords. When I realized how many of my passwords did use a pet's name, I changed them all. And I stopped replying to those FB posts.
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Wait… so people actually live outside of the country? Really? Oh my god!
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A friend pointed out that those Facebook posts that ask for pets' names could be used to guess passwords. When I realized how many of my passwords did use a pet's name, I changed them all. And I stopped replying to those FB posts.
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