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Human memory is actually incredibly selective, and we often have no control over what we remember and how. Probably, each of you have had several cases when some completely unnecessary and petty nonsense crashed into your memory, but something really important left your mind almost immediately.
And this happens more than once or twice in life - even half a century later, we remember who made that silly fumble in a meaningless regular season football game, but at the same time, we can forget the date of our own wedding anniversary (God forbid doing this, in fact, it’s better to write down it somewhere, just believe me!) It's just how our memory works, and there's nothing to be done about it.
Moreover, such selectivity is typical not only for individuals' memory, but also for entire groups of people or even all of humanity. It is enough, for example, to recall the famous "Mandela effect," when after the death of the former President of South Africa and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela in 2013, it turned out that many thousands of people around the whole world were for some reason completely convinced that he had passed away back in the mid-eighties, while in prison.
In fact, such phenomena of collective memory are not isolated, there are a huge number of facts and various things in life that are often not given attention, and people live as if they do not know this - although it is actually obvious to almost everyone. And so, a few years ago, a thread appeared in the AskReddit community, the topic starter of which asked people this question: "What fact is ignored generously?"
As of today, the original thread has over 66.5K upvotes and around 26.7K diverse comments, so there is a real danger of getting lost in this sea of information. Lucky for you, there is Bored Panda, who specially compiled this selection of the most interesting, unexpected and just extremely popular comments of the thread, so please feel free to scroll to the very end and we're almost sure that some submissions will surprise you at least for some reason. And of course, your own comments are highly appreciated as usual.
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#1
Just because it's legally allowed doesn't mean you're not a douchebag for doing it.
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
Laughing histerically in " Portuguese " right now. ( Our actual governament motto, " yea it looks bad, its probably not ethic, but hey it is legal though " )
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I always say Apartheid was legal so, something being legal does not make it moral.
John G 2 years ago
Slavery in general was legal for a large part of history. Half the U.S. fought and lost to try to keep it legal. A decent chunk 9f the U.S. would like to refight that war to make it legal again.
Load More Replies... BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
laws are tailored to benefit those who grease the palms of the lawmakers. if anyone else benefits, it's coincidence.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
well it *is* but sometimes it gets rebranded as "lobbying"
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sofacushionfort 2 years ago
The rewards for harmful though legal actions corresponds to guilt level. Lawyer for a slumlord = pillar of justice who has a great house and car to prove it. $20K a year deputy who evicts people for the slumlord = self-hating, miserable man in a trailer home.
HAL 2 years ago
In short, that's the thing. Laws are a mirror of the moral framework of a given society.
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Taylor Keane 2 years ago
The House of Representatives and the new speaker of the house proves this
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#2
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
- George Carlin
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Never underestimate the power of stupid people. 1 guy sick with the symptoms of COVID decided since his son had COVID, he couldn't get sick since it had only been 4 days since his son's symptoms started. He was an UberEATS delivery driver and 8 people, including him, died because he worked 2 days maskless.
Mike Soigne 2 years ago
Dear Joe, I have been an ACTUAL participant in THREE long-term (several years each) drug studies, and you simply don’t know what you're talking about when you're so casually throwing around the word, "experimental." If it weren't for "experimental drugs" and vaccines, your dumba$$ probably wouldn't have made it thru childhood. I sincerely hope you haven't already polluted our gene pool with your bent helix.
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AbsintheMinded 2 years ago
Like putting warnings on the dangers of taking selfie’s in dangerous settings just to get “❤️“. I say take the warnings down. Let Darwin’s theory play itself out
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Justin Rogers 2 years ago
The right to assemble peacefully is the often ignored part. Enough ignorance in one place often leads to horrific outcomes and tragedies. Herd mentality is real and dangerous, especially if you are the odd one or stand out
Jodie daubenmire 2 years ago
Put more than 100 trumptards in one place, and there is a Walmart empty somewhere.
John Dilligaf 2 years ago
Tommy Lee Jone in "Men in Black " said it best - "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it"
#3
Giving birth to a kid doesn't make you an expert on raising them. Nor do they owe you for being born.
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
Bingo. I didn't ask to be born, honestly i would probably prefer never to be born in the 1st place ( no problems, no worried, no disapointments, no pain etc )
FusterCluck 2 years ago
That’s a dark space to exist in Paulo. I remember feeling like that but I had the realisation that I *was* born and it was up to me to decide what happens next. For the next 10 years I changed jobs and tried my hand at all of the things I wanted to try in my spare time. I ignored the things my upbringing told me I should or shouldn’t do and pursued my passions. I did stand up comedy, tattooing, was successfully self employed and fronted bands. All this because I realised that if I didn’t care about life and nobody else cared about my life I was free to try and fail. As soon as I wasn’t afraid to fail I was free to explore and decide what I wanted to do with this existence that was forced on me. I’ve never been rich but I’ve been so much happier. Follow your passions and don’t be afraid to fail. If anybody criticises or mocks your failures remember - they are the people afraid of failure, you’re already a few rungs up the ladder from them. Keep climbing.
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N Miller 2 years ago
You are also not special for giving birth and are not entitled to preferential treatment just because youve done what generations have done before. (Thinking specifically about holiday priorities, queuing priority, especially being given something that someone else has paid a premium for)
James016 2 years ago
My son is 8 and we are still winging it. His first birthday was more of a celebration of us not accidentally killing him.
LizzieR1985 2 years ago
My boy will be 1 in April.. our party is for exactly the same reason.
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Jason Melvil 2 years ago
Also not everyone else are forced to be as obsessed with them as you are
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago (edited)
every parent is always complaining about the "edgy" teenagers that say "i didnt ask to be born" but what about the mothers that say "i brought you into this world" like they jumped in front of a speeding train to save you and singlehandedly took on 40 machine-gun-toting russian assassins with superpowers to save you from being tortured for 80 years
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
True, but many people think that they should offer parents unsolicited advice when it is not required. You don't know the whole situation, so if it's not endangering the child, you should mind your own business.
#4
Admitting to a mistake is not a sign of weakness. Bending over backwards to cover it up and pretending like it never happened is.
Bec 2 years ago
Yes! And a good boss or partner will accept your apology and work with you to move forward, not make you feel worse for messing up.
C Cat 2 years ago
This just happened to me today. My boss was not happy, but he accepted that it was a mistake and that I did everything right to correct it.
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Tomie Russom 2 years ago
My daughter was written up her 2nd week at work for going to her boss and admitting to her mistake before the mistake was even discovered. She swears she will never be honest at work again. So sad.
robin aldrich 2 years ago
Another is saying I'm sorry...is NOT a sign a WEAKNESS...in spite Gibbs rules on NCIS....
#5
Just because i don't agree with you doesn't mean i hate you
Bec 2 years ago
Media and politicians make their living by ginning up outrage and it is making us all hateful.
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
We need someone from another country to do something terrible so Americans can unite in disliking that person.
Load More Replies... AbsintheMinded 2 years ago
THIS! You disagree with anyone the teeth & claws come out, & you are designated as a “hater”. Not true. I disagreed with someone over their religious views, & was deemed a hater. I explained that I don’t know her well enough to hate. Often people use that term to excuse their own poor behaviour.
Lil Potato 2 years ago
Why do people not understand this?? I've been trying to tell people this for years!
hi myself, gay weirdo🇺🇦️ 2 years ago
Unless it is because you think that me and all my friends, family, and everyone I know should get slowly and brutally tortured until we die than yes, usually
robin aldrich 2 years ago
Seems to be the case lately ....people have differing opinions go at it violently these days
#6
You have blinkers for your car so that you can tell other drivers that you're changing lanes.
Fun fact: it's the law
Bob La Capra 2 years ago (edited)
On the other hand, just because someone is using their turn signal it's no guarantee they're actually going to execute the turn. Make sure they've at least started the turn before you move.
Phyzzi 2 years ago
With pretty much anything vehicular, "I would rather be alive than in the right"
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V Martinez 2 years ago
Yes please, use your blinker! However, using it does NOT give you the right of way. You still have to yield and make sure it's clear before you proceed with any move you make. That's the law as well.
John G 2 years ago
Yep. So many people will either turn blinker and immediately start to merge like the blinker gives them carte blanche or turn the blinker on after they have started. And then there is the one blink merge person.
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Fergus Corgi 2 years ago
Let's find a happy medium with blinkers though. Its not helpful if you put it on a mile before your turn & its not helpful if you wait until you are turning to use it. Just give the driver behind you enough notice so they don't require evasive maneuvers to avoid rear ending you.
Paul Vasquez 2 years ago
Blinkers aren't a signal for you to speed up and not let them in front of you. Be courteous and don't risk an accident to avoid adding 2 seconds to your drive.
Doyle Alan 2 years ago
I've been seeing this comment quite often lately. I completely understand why. Every time I drive lately feels like I'm taking my life in my hands. Other drivers carelessness scares me!
Josh Gilland 2 years ago
We should have to take a road test every 5 years. The number of people failing would be both funny and scary. So many bad drivers.
Mike Soigne 2 years ago
I agree about appropriate use of car blinkers to signal intent to turn or change lanes; now, how about the drivers behind "me" be less aggressive & "f**k you, I AM IMPORTANT & IN BIG HURRY!" and allow for the change of lane or turn? Also, quit rubber-necking when passing an ACCIDENT, and respect the HOV lane restrictions... but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for Other Drivers to be COURTEOUS.
Jestinna Welch 2 years ago
Yeah I almost always use my blinker but I don't trust somebody else's either.
#7
Prevention is more affordable than treatment
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Yep...would you rather wear $20 safely glasses or $2000 to treat an injury? I'm saying this from being someone who didn't wear PPE all the time to someone now that wears it all the time. Thankfully no injuries.
Zephyr343 2 years ago
As someone with a background in safety, I approve this message.
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Terry Tobias 2 years ago
Mental health care. As bad as health care is here in the US, mental health care is worse. There is no parity. I have to be mindful of the number of visits or treatments that I have in a year for them to be covered by my insurance. It would be far more expensive for me to need inpatient care then it would be for me to visit a therapist. They don't seem to get that.
Jeff Mcelfresh 2 years ago
Mental healthcare should be f*****g free. They act like it was my choice to be mentally unwell
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zak 2 years ago
No matter how short the car ride, put on your seat belt. I can tell you from personal experience that spending hours in the E.R. getting glass removed from your face (as well as the dermabrasion appointments to reduce the scarring) is not very pleasant. I was 18 when I had that accident, and that was the last time I didn't use a seat belt.
lauralett50 2 years ago
Had on the seatbelt, got rear-ended. If I had not been wearing the belt I most likely won't have gone through the window. I do however, have whiplash. That's bad enough.
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Solidhog 2 years ago
It needs to be calculated prevention. Somethings like wearing safety glasses and not playing with cobras. But we have millions of children missing out on a fun childhood because parents are too scared to let them out, let them climb trees or even play conkers!
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Ironically these same children will have shortened lifespans, worse mental health, and fewer healthy years than they would have if they were just allowed to play like children are supposed to.
Load More Replies... Paulo Freitas 2 years ago (edited)
In América maybe, here treatment is free, however i would indeed rather prevent accidents free health care is fun and all, but spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair or worst.... Doesn't seem fun..
Jen 2 years ago
Even if the drs are free the possibility of death exists and that costs money everywhere. Not to mention the cost to your quality of life if you live but end up with a severe permanent injury.
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Snorkeldorf 2 years ago (edited)
Years ago my oncologist asked me a series of what I thought were odd questions such as, do you wear a seatbelt? Do you see your dentist regularly? Do you get your eyes examined once a year...etc. She said "You'd be amazed at the number of people that survive cancer, but don't do the simplest things to ensure their health and safety." I have never forgotten that conversation.
#8
Being a celebrity does not automatically make someone a medical, economic, or political expert.
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago (edited)
They don't, they never did, thats human stupidity mate. For instances lol Jéssica Biel ( for hwom i had a massive crush ever since i Saw the Aerosmith clip " fly away from here " is an anti vaxer ) Im not i don't give a f**k about her opinions.
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FlatEarf 2 years ago
Morgan Freeman is never wrong anyone who wants to say otherwise should watch any movie with Morgan freeman in it
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BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago (edited)
yeah tell that to Oprah and all the idiots who love her, and who she has spawned i.e Oz, Dr. Phil, etc.....
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago (edited)
Nor does it mean they don't have the same rights as you to express their opinion. Treat their opinion about the proper way to avoid a heart attack the same way you treat your doctor's opinion on the proper way to run simulate fear on a blue screen set. Experts earned trust in their field, everyone else still needs to prove it. That includes all of us. My opinion on this topic is as valid as Kanye West.
K W 2 years ago
Well there's also plenty of idiots who are in those fields so there's that. Lots of doctors prescribing Ivermectin for covid. Plenty of politicians having zero clue how a woman's body works, and so called experts who still believe in bootstraps and trickle down economics despite years of data saying otherwise. But yes it would be nice if actual educated (and well researched) and qualified opinions were headed more.
Phyzzi 2 years ago
Appeal to false authority is a well recognized logical fallacy, but unfortunately most people either aren't well versed in logical fallacies or manage to find some personal benefit in conveniently ignoring it when it suits them.
Darian Starfrog 2 years ago
THIS! How many Americans voted blue cos Niki Minaj endorsed Biden!? Lol ffs!
Tim Cooper 2 years ago
Because he’s making money. It’s the pharmaceutical industrial complex you guys are just morons shooting b******t into your arm you have no idea how to pronounce any ingredients in thinking it’s some magic pill for being a lazy slob
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Orcas and dolphins aren’t happy in those aquatic parks
Something 2 years ago
People don't realize the extent to which this is true. It's not like animals in regular zoos. It's physically possible to give some zoo animals a habitat that matches the size of the amount of area they'd typically move around in in the wild. This isn't the case for large ocean-dwelling animals.
HAL 2 years ago
It's pretty much like keeping a cat in a cat carrier, permanently.
Load More Replies... AbsintheMinded 2 years ago (edited)
Neither are the animals in zoos. It’s not just aquatic life that suffers. About 7 yrs ago my older sister comes up to me after watching Black Fish, & was like, “You know they (whales), aren’t supposed to be in there(tanks). 🤦🏻♀️ I wanted to scream, “You’re just figuring that out now?!”, but took the fact she even realized it as a win.
Jeff Mcelfresh 2 years ago
I can agree with this. But there are few zoos that base their entire existence on protecting endangered animals, and they get their funding from visitors. Those types of zoos I respect. But those other zoos that treat their animals like c**p should all be shut down. There are also a few aquatic sanctuaries that do this as well. If you've never heard of her, look up Winter the dolphin.
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Kathy Loman 2 years ago
Unfortunately they'd die in the wild because they don't have the survival skills they would have if they weren't in captivity. 🙄
Kim 2 years ago
Wasn't there one whale in captivity that relied so much on humans that when it was finally released into the wild it was shunned by its own kind and died soon after because it couldn't take care of itself?
Magi 2 years ago
Yep, that was Keiko. He was the orca who played W***y in the movie Free W***y. When the general public found out he hadn't actually been released, they pushed for his release. He died about 15 months after his release from pneumonia.
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#10
Human memory is extremely unreliable.
We forget important details. We fabricate memories and convince ourselves that they're true. What we do remember is distorted to conform to our biases.
Steve Hayward 2 years ago
And the amount of people in prison based off "witnesses accounts"??!!
Robert B 2 years ago
Eyewitness testimony is being weighed as less in courts now. Especially in cases where there is video footage usually from security cameras. And some cases are being overturned years later due to the change in how witness testimony is viewed. It isn’t perfect, and no one should be punished for a crime they didn’t commit, but slowly, and in some cases a bit unwillingly, we are moving towards a better system. History should be taught not as an identity but as a reminder to do better.
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sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Our brains don’t remember an event: we remember the last time we remembered it. This allows us to process trauma, but it also allows for distortion
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
I swear I read this post last night and this one wasn't in it.
MouseyMouse 2 years ago
Yes, yes, yes!! My mother tells a story about my daughter all the time. But, she wasn't even around when the actions she's talking about happened! She has completely changed the whole story.
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago (edited)
Which we then use to get into huge, senseless arguments & fights with others who don't remember accurately either & neither of us is wholly right
Devin Singh 2 years ago
Reminds me of this study I read about. Researchers showed people a bunch of faces and asked them to pick the most attractive one. Then later on, they showed them a different face and asked them "why did you pick this one?" and their brains started retroactively making up things. These people were not lying, they genuinely believed this was the face they chose, and started talking about the ears, eyes, etc. The human brain is very good about lying to us.
#11
Mob mentality doesn't mean you are right.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
As Ricky Gervais observed, just because you're offended, it doesn't mean you're right.
Emptycaketin 2 years ago
In fact, sometimes being offended shows you that you need to chill out a bit and adjust your thinking.
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Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
True, having the Basic skill to check things for your self is the ideal.
RandomFrog(He/They️️) 2 years ago
There’s plenty of scientists who did the research and ended up right, away from the mod mentality. Off the top of my head Alfred wegener
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
There is an interesting study: We humans have the opposite of swarm intelligence. We like to give responsibility off to somebody else, even in a group of three we subconsciously declare a leader. We literally think less in groups
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago (edited)
When 200 or 2000 people decide to do something stupid or wrong, it's still stupid & wrong...Just more people doing it.
Shelly Graham 2 years ago
Or those individual's which are so emphatic about what they're saying. If you express disbelief, rectify a detail, or appear amused will send them into a rage!
#12
Being at a job for a long time does not mean someone is good at their job.
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
Kind of does, gives experience, hability to troubleshoot faster, there are exceptions of course, but on average its does mean that you're good at what you're doing.
Jodi Rinker 2 years ago
Depends. Sometimes it just means they're too incompetent to promote but they can't find a reason to fire them.
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Marleina Hershberg 2 years ago (edited)
You mean does not NECESSARILY mean...some ARE good at their jobs! This statement makes it sound like NONE are good at their jobs.
Bi-Polar Express 2 years ago
Nor does it mean you haven't kept up with the times. We need to appreciate experience and life-long learning. Nothing better than brand new teachers who don't listen at all and end up quitting in the first 2 years because their fantasy doesn't match reality.
Maltaros 2 years ago
Except there are very good, effective people who have been in Congress for quite some time. They happen to be Democrats so don't get the limelight because they aren't busy being lunatics in social media and Fox News.
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Ok, so according to the OP anyone who has been on a job for a long time is not good at it? I think use of the word 'necessarily' would make this a true statement
J Bo 2 years ago
If you're gonna insist on putting words in OP's mouth, you may as well slip them some tongue. This is not at all what OP said.
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Jessica Heckner 2 years ago
Nope- this is very, very true. Until my mid 20's I was very gullible to the whole "lots of experience = very knowledgeable and good at what they do". That's just not true. I have come across tons of colleagues and people in general with decades of experience who are sub par at best. Experience doesn't mean it was good experience.
Maltaros 2 years ago
Tell that to those who get passed over for promotions exactly because they are too good at what they do. And they don't just quit because they need the job and can't go with the uncertainty of finding something new.
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Justin Belshe 2 years ago
I got to ride motorcycles with my dad a few times during his waning years. He'd been riding since the 1950s, but I saw him engage in some seriously flaky, dangerous, amateur behavior. I had to inform him about some of the dangers... Like riding in the middle of the lane where all the grease and dust accumulate, trying to ride two-abreast instead of staggered, refusing to wear any protective equipment, refusing to buy new tires when the old ones were rock hard, etc etc. He told me that he'd been riding since long before I was even born, and I literally said, "Just because you've been doing something for a long time doesn't mean you've been doing it right." He didn't have anything to say to that, but he did let me outfit him with helmet, jacket, and gloves.
#13
That just because someone tells you something is a fact doesn’t mean that it is. (Make sure to do your research!)
Dan Holden 2 years ago
I can't stress this enough, especially given the last few years. Know what doing your research entails! It does not mean find the first website/person online that agrees with your preconceived notion. Sometimes it means taking a long hard look at your worldview and letting the facts challenge that worldview.
AndyR 2 years ago
But my Aunt Karen on Facebook is still reliable, surely? She does all her own research and has memes and everything.
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Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Clearly any post with the word "fact" on the end is true. FACT.
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Thanks for clearing that up for us 👌😉
Load More Replies... RandomFrog(He/They️️) 2 years ago
I hate on TikTok when they say ‘studies show’ and don’t state the studies or ‘I have a phD in ____’ and give no proof, or previous evidence of having one.
AbsintheMinded 2 years ago
It’s important to research info from different perspectives, to try & remain unbiased. But EVERYONE has biased views. Ex. Just b/c I despise Trump & his goblin family doesn’t mean I will believe every negative thing that is being said about them. I think it’s easier for folks to believe negative things about someone they dislike vs. positive. Again, I think everyone is guilty of this. (Even here on bored panda).
Summer and Luna K 2 years ago
I lost a long term friendship over miss information. She was a if I read it it must be fact kind of person. Sad..
Holly Benedict 2 years ago
Always fact check. Sometimes you won't like the correct answer but you will always learn something new.
--- 2 years ago
It's true, 78% of internet users believe comments from strangers, without proof
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago (edited)
Just told that in a coment above, or bellow ( depending on the rating ppl give to the posts )
#14
The number of people who die after a war to consequences of war (hunger, disease, etc) are not counted in the statistics.
Jorie 2 years ago
Kind of like the COVID statistics they kept throwing at us. The collateral damage caused by the mishandling of the pandemic is inestimable.
AbsintheMinded 2 years ago
It’s because humans think they are invincible until it’s too late.
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J Bo 2 years ago
Nor are the long term costs of caring for the veterans of wars. The US is still spending a huge amount to care for veterans of the US war in Vietnam.
CP 2 years ago
The long term costs are attempted to be accounted for via the VA. However our military budget doesn't include caring for veterans after a war.
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Brynn Jonsson 2 years ago
I will hereby automatically assume that we are lucky lockdowns are illegal in Sweden.
Mike Soigne 2 years ago
This is, perhaps, the dumbest statement I've read on BoredPanda. I don’t know how far this person pursed an education, or perhaps local school district wasn't up to snuff, but I can assure "you" that accurate assessments of "collateral deaths" due to consequences of war -- hunger, disease -- ARE counted "in the statistics." Maybe YOU should've paid better attention during history class? These text books are full of actual statistics and multicolored charts that provide the details that "you" seem to (wrongly) believe aren't reported. Sorry not sorry.
Jessica Brountas 2 years ago
Now I'm curious what is counted in statistics for the positives and negatives
David Baylis 2 years ago
The amount of crimes committed against residents of the. U.S. by invading, illegal aliens is not considered important enough to tabulate....
#15
Older doesn't always mean wiser. Wisdom is obtained from what you do with your time, it's not about how much time you've had.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Older also doesn’t mean unhireable or not the right person for the job or someone who’s going to leave the company to retire in a couple years anyway. Some of us can’t afford to retire at 65, and need to keep—-or get—-jobs that are in our field, not the f*****g greeter at Walmart, ffs. Jobs we might have to stay at until we’re well into our eighties. Now, we may not work as lightning fast as someone younger—-though we’re not that f*****g slow—-but we make sure our work is done completely and correctly, instead of fast, dirty, and half-assed. Additionally, some of us got degrees or additional degrees as older adults, so have education and training that’s just as recent as that of someone in their twenties—-and we probably got better grades as well. So don’t ignore our resumes, and don’t let our age be the deciding factor for hiring us or not. We may be older, but we still have bills to pay—-often way more than younger people, including student loan payments for recent degrees we thought would help us but are now hindering us—so need a steady income too, ffs.
zak 2 years ago
Gaining wisdom also requires that you actually learn from your experiences, which is not the case with everyone.
Fo An 2 years ago
Heck, I do my best to learn from other people's mistakes, not just my own. Though when I make a mistake and think my experience can help others I'm the first one to tell everyone I know
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I was once the SME of a tiny bit of the company I worked for. Other people had the capability to do the job but when they got stuck they called me. I always found the answer, usually fairly quickly. Often the person I helped would compliment me on how smart I was. I always said that I wasn't smarter than them I was just more experienced. (I may have been smarter than some of them but that's beside the point) 😊
A_Cat_To_The_Past 2 years ago
Fun Fact: the average two year old is smarter than Donald trump, which definitely goes to prove this.
Paul Sanders 2 years ago
That speaks for all the boomers saying "just work harder to buy a house" or "just stick with it, it's just words, it's not like he's abusing you."
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
and just because you reach a ripe, old age doesn't mean you are a sweetheart
David Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Older , these days , means having your pick of jobs from younger, indolent, game playing, sleeping-in "woke" people that are too busy sponging off their older parents to care about their own future....
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago (edited)
Some young are wiser than their elders... That's really sad to see. I have felt embarrassed for foolish elders but they didn't even realize they were foolish. It's in the eyes of their friends & relatives watching.
#16
Being rich doesn't mean you're great with money or someone who should be trusted with business decisions.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Trump is another one. How many businesses had he bankrupted before becoming president???
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Walter Bravenboer 2 years ago
True, but there were also good presidents who were rich. Being rich does not automatically make you evil.
Load More Replies... Olof T 2 years ago
If you have enough money you only need an average intelligence to pick good funds. I don't know s**t about the stock market. But I can pick the winners by looking at the fees, history of the fund and type of fund. I don't have enough money to invest though. Takes a really smart and driven person to go from poor to rich. Takes a really reckless or stupid person to go from rich to poor.
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago
Too many stories of scions running the family wealth into the ground due to stupidity ,laziness, greed or just had no aptitude for handling money
#17
Most people are not very smart
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
Imagine how dumb is an average person. Now consider half of them is even dumber.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Don't know why you got downvoted, have a upvote. Kindness is importanter... :)
Load More Replies... WindySwede 2 years ago
Henrik Widegren - The Dunning-Kruger Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcLvvr-vLXI
Ches Yamada 2 years ago
I remember getting out of high school and learning somewhere (I took typography and writing courses along with graphic arts) that the average person (US) reads at a 4th grade level. So most newspapers dumb everything down "just enough".
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago
Define smart. Intellectually so or common sense so? Most people are "average" with a bit of extra in ways that standardized tests fail to measure. Gifted, creative, brilliant in so many things that are never measured.
#18
Concentration camps in china are still going on.
AbsintheMinded 2 years ago
They were at one point. They are now called ‘vocational education & training centre’s’. As if changing the name is going to change what happens in them.
Load More Replies... Dan davis 2 years ago
This is very important. LeBron making comments on teenage Jerry Jones in a 65 year old picture, but he sucks China’s d
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Nik Huffman 2 years ago
Four America states outlawed slavery in the last election. One did not.
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
They are going on in the US too. They are called for-profit prisons. Its where people are sent for minor crimes like possession of marijuana that is now legal and forced to work in slavery to make whatever the company says. The 13th amendment specifies slavery is still legal for punishment of a crime and we have concentration camps across the US using the loophole.
Krd 2 years ago
Yeah, but comparing the US prison issue, to what is basically genocide of the Uighurs in China, is asinine and does a disservice. At least in the US, journalists can legally report on the BS the government does.
Load More Replies... Paul Sanders 2 years ago
Thanks to those concentration camps we get to have EV's! Other humans suffering is just fine as long as I can pretend I'm saving the world.
Brenda White 2 years ago
Don't buy Chinese products, slave labor is suspect in far more industries than we know
Colin Matthews 2 years ago
yes the west made the mistake of believing trade would make the governments liberal, all it did was make them rich and aggressive
#19
That colds and flu are caused by viruses, not by being cold or wet.
Laura Gillette 2 years ago
Being cold (and if you're wet you get cold faster) can stress your immune system, making you more susceptible to infection, or, if you already are infected, can increase the severity of your symptoms. Being cold does not cause colds.... but you should still dress warmly and not go outside with wet hair when it's cold outside.
Jennifer Sheppard 2 years ago
Or cold. I can't stand when people insist someone is going to get sick because of the temperature outside.
Gladys Hayes Southerland 2 years ago
I grew up getting both cold & way on multiple occasions. I swam three times a week year around. My hair is quite thick & long so would never be close to dry when l left the gym. Never got sick.
Lorie Shewbridge 2 years ago
And they cannot be killed with antibiotics! Do not try to get them from your doctor, all you do is make bigger, stronger bugs resistant to existant antibiotics.
#20
facts aren't opinions
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
Also racism, homophobia, transphobia etc. aren't "opinions", it's bigotry.
RandomFrog(He/They️️) 2 years ago
When someone’s transphobic to me and say ‘it’s jsut my opinion so it shouldn’t hurt’ I always tell them ‘ur ugly af but it’s just my opinion so it shouldn’t hurt’ ussually shuts them up, and for some reason they get just as offended as I was about the transphobic stuff.
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Joseph Holtom 2 years ago
Homosexuality isnt necessarily a "choice".... you think I want to wake up every day knowing I already have a strike against me?
Mistletoe 2 years ago
Not everyone who doesn't do what you want or think you deserve is homophobic or racist. These days if you don't hire someone or rent them your house etc. there is often a reason not connected to your sexual orientation or race. Don't assume discrimination about everything that doesn't go your way. Remember what it means when you assume. "Makes an a-- out of you and me". Old timer here - learned that from my father and found it to be true many a time.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
Depends which side judges it, some facts are uncomftable and will get shut down as opinion.
Jeremy Crocker 2 years ago
I had a "conversation" with someone in a YouTube comments section. The video poster was doing a "free" restoration project for one of their viewers. The commenter said it was so kind and generous of him to donate his time and expertise for free and that he does it all out of the kindness of his heart with no care for views and likes. I pointed out that he was going to make a lot more off the video than what he would have simply providing the service in private and that he also asked for likes at least 4 times during the video. The person said it was just my opinion. I gave them actual numbers based on their over a million subscribers and average million views per video and how many thousands of dollars the video would likely make. They still insisted it was just my opinion that he'll make money off the video. Very frustrating!
Load More Replies... Sonja 2 years ago
But not all facts apply to everyone the same way. There are always exceptions and situations where something might be a fact, but some other facts are more important or certain circumstances mean that one fact looses impact. For example: it's a fact that internet self diagnosis can be dangerous and it's generally better to see a doctor, but it's also a fact that some people are poor and cannot afford a doctor. So the third fact is: in that case, an internet recherche and self treatment might be all they have available to them, and it's better than nothing at all.
Mike Soigne 2 years ago
I don’t believe anyone here is saying that "do your own research" always equals spouting crazy conspiracy theories. Calm down.
Load More Replies... Josh Gilland 2 years ago
Facts don't care about your feelings, your background or your beliefs. They also aren't phobic or ist they just represent the data. Phobic and ist are human made and human problems.
JacPot 2 years ago
No idea why you're getting downvoted, but have an upvote. Very true statement!
Load More Replies... #21
The importance of getting 7-9hrs of sleep every single night.
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
I know the importance but my body ignores it. Won't even listen to reason and insists it can do what it wants.
Jennifer Norton 2 years ago
Actually there have been studies to show that not everyone needs that much sleep at night. Some only need 4 hours some need to break up there sleep, like sleep for 4 hours up for 8 sleep for 4 etc. Sleep is important but you should try to cater your sleeping to your natural rhythm. I need 8 hours a night but my hubby only needs 6.
Electra Complex 2 years ago
Meanwhile I need 8-10 😴 I do think it's important to remember that there are natural variations, and it's hard when the world expects everyone to be on more or less the same rhythm
Load More Replies... Bob La Capra 2 years ago
I would slay for 7 hours of uninterrupted natural sleep. Since that is unlikely to happen, I will take what I can get.
Damon 2 years ago
My health app says I have gotten between 4.5 and 6 hours over that past two years. I still exercise, socialise, have a family and career. Not a fact.
Mulberry Juice 2 years ago (edited)
You can still do things normally, but it does affect your health if you don’t sleep enough, whether you notice it or not
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#22
TikTok is literally Chinese spyware
A_Cat_To_The_Past 2 years ago
Why do they want to spy on some chav badly lip syncing to cringe music anyway?
James016 2 years ago
To build up a profile on as many people as possible.
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Kennedy Kargeaux 2 years ago
Their version is over there teaching valuable skills & sharing positive information (albeit biased) & then our version is literally making ppl so much fucken dumber. That's not hate on the ppl who use it. It's hate on the content that goes viral & how everyone copies everything. There's no such thing as creativity on tik tok. But yeah. It's literally spyware. Ppl act like "wHy WoULd ChiNa Do ThAt?" Well.. because collecting as many profiles on ppl as possible is the most valuable information in the world. Not only from a marketing standpoint but from a more nefarious standpoint as well. Do y'all even understand how much your data is worth? Every click you make. Every thing you buy. Every text you send. Every voice note you make. Every photo you take and so much more. It is ALL BEING COLLECTED BY MULTIPLE COMPANIES AS WE SPEAK! & if you have TikTok on your phone. China is one of them. Yes photos too. Texts too. Research it. Read the TOS.. you consented to it.
Kennedy Kargeaux 2 years ago
Multiple companies & entities*** sorry. China isn't a company. lol.
Load More Replies... Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
"China's National Intelligence Law from 2017 requires organizations and citizens to "support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work" https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/03/05/huawei-would-have-to-give-data-to-china-government-if-asked-experts.html
ZeroCapacity 2 years ago
Yeape the entire Government has the right to snoop anything posted on it. Believe me they snoop. Won't catch me even watching a video from that platform
Load More Replies... Brenda White 2 years ago
Tik tok purpose is to undermine American "culture". The c**p we have in US isn't tolerated in China. Chinese TikTok is wholesome and strictly regulated
AJ the Bored Panda 2 years ago
I know someone who does software architecture and is involved in government level security stuff. They absolutely will not let anyone they know anywhere near the app. They’ve done the research and it’s no joke.
#23
Every single year, cruise ships dump 14 billion pounds of garbage into the oceans
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
It was lol, it was also in the news that a Cruise ship uses a certain type of less refined fuel when in high waters that causes 4 Times more polution that the fuel they use when they come to port.
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Bob La Capra 2 years ago
I didn't search for hours but I did find a reference that stated that while it's true that 14-billion pounds of garbage ends up in the sea annually cruise ships accounted for 24% of that. Which is a lot considering how few cruise ships there are compared to merchant vessels.
Emptycaketin 2 years ago
Ew. Cruiseships are an introverts nightmare in my opinion. They were never a good idea in the first place.
AbsintheMinded 2 years ago
Never been on a cruise, never will go on a cruise. They are cess-pools.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
Totally agree. Also, if something happens to you (general you) on a cruise (e.g. you go missing), trying to find you is a nightmare because the ship is usually registered in a different country, the place you went missing might have different laws; if you disappear in international waters, etc. etc. Hell to the no.
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ALittleKnownGoddess 2 years ago
I watched 'The Secret Life of the Cruise' and was absolutely horrified at all the waste. I never wanted to go on a cruise before watching, and this documentary has solidified my position!
TurquoiseTzarina 2 years ago
Thank you. I'm downloading the movie right now. Will watch it this evening.
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
This is a lie. They produce a ridiculous amount of trash but not 14 billion pounds of trash. The 18.5 million people in the 5 boroughs of NYC produce 14 million tons (28 billion pounds) of trash a year. That's about 76,712,328 lb per day and 4 lb per person per day. 30 million people took cruises in 2019 so about 82191 people per day were on the seas. At 14 billion pounds, that means cruises would be producing 38,356,164 lb of trash a day at 467 lb per person.
Stephanie Case 2 years ago
And the US Navy has been doing it for decades, but that's never brought up either.
#24
Humans overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what we can achieve in an year
Jessicah 2 years ago
Subjectively backed by research, though. Few things are objective facts.
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Donkey boi 2 years ago
As a procrastinator, I strongly disagree. I am more than capable of doing a weeks worth of my job in 1 day, but that also means it takes me a week to do 1 days worth of work.
J. Emery Anderson 2 years ago
Job rule: estimate time to do job, double it, add 10% to that number+ time to go get parts @ store and you're within 5 minutes of completion time.
Michael Smith 2 years ago
I always heard double it and round up to the next unit of time, e.g 1 hour becomes 2 days.
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Bubbles and sparks 2 years ago
I've grown to learn in this era of my life, that I most definitely do not want to plan more than 2 things outside or home each week. Not only because going "outside" to do something or go somewhere will take a minimum of 40 minutes, of which most is driving on a terribly maintained dirt road... So, for myself I set a limit at two things max "outside". Not because I hate being around people, not because of anxiety, not because of anything but just not wanting to waste time I could have spend in our lovely quiet little piece of paradise 😉
Valerie Rolph 2 years ago
I’d like to see where this idea comes from- I have experienced both so it’s one of those “ seems true” but how do you measure this as to be able to laud it as a declaration of human experience?
#25
Nearly every hand you shake has held a penis.
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago (edited)
And all have been inside a uterus. Edit; this is in reference to during pregnancy.
Zophra 2 years ago
Hopefully not a uterus, that's going to hurt an awful lot.
Load More Replies... N Miller 2 years ago
So? Unless you're under the belief that what has been in someone's hand has tainted that hand forever, the chances are that hand has almost certainly held or touched bodily fluids of some description, at least one finger has been inserted up a nose. Assuming no dribbles, touching a penis is among the cleaner things that hand has done.
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
Dude Im fairly sure it was a joke, if this was serious given where my hands have been in the last 44 years i would have " biohazard " signs glued all Over my body.....
Load More Replies... Gourdeous 2 years ago
My husband sometimes doesn't wash his hands in public bathrooms, because he argues his w***y is cleaner than those taps. He's probably right....
skippy lenny 2 years ago
When there's no spoon to stir the dressing, you have got to use something!
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago (edited)
Considering where people put their hands, a penis doesn't seem a big deal
Monosyllabic girl 2 years ago
And many people will but their mouth on genitals but not eat a banana brown spot. So?
#26
That you should really get off your phone and go to sleep.
Edit: lol guys I meant at night
Remington Greer 2 years ago
I've gotten in the habit of not touching my phone when I go to sleep and I don't touch it if I'm up for any reason at night. It's really improved my sleep
Evolbeky 2 years ago
Agreed. My phone is the only thing keeping my brain from going AWOL every night 😅
Load More Replies... Bubbles and sparks 2 years ago
Okay, we'll start watching p*rn on my tablet than... Makes everything also look bigger 😁
#27
You are not immune to propoganda
Something 2 years ago
Yes. But also, everyone who read this still continues to believe themself immune to propaganda.
Darian Starfrog 2 years ago
While spelt wrong, it's so true, just put a news banner over it, some talking head people know of.. and boom! Suckers!
Stephanie Goadsby 2 years ago
"You are not immune to propaganda... you are not immune to propaganda... you are not immune to propaganda."
Electra Complex 2 years ago
My favorite joke: propaganda is when a British person takes a good look at something
#28
Just because a movie or a book is good, doesn't mean you like it.
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
If its good it means i like it, now if the sentence was " just because some One says a movie or a book is good, doesn't mean you Will like it " then i would agree.
Broad Panda 2 years ago
I think the point it is trying to get across is one I explain as follows; sometimes I see a painter's art and can see they are extremely talented and make exceptional paintings. But that doesn't necessarily mean I like their art and want to hang it in my home.
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Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Different strokes for different folks. Just don't be that guy who hates anything popular simply because it's popular either though.
Electra Complex 2 years ago
And just because you personally don't like something, it doesn't mean it's inherently bad!
Monosyllabic girl 2 years ago
Agreed. I subjectively know that Finnegan's Wake is good but i don't like it. Famous paintings, Celine Dion, Michael Buble? I don't care for them but can definitely agree they are good. Good is kind of a societal fact but it doesn't have to be to your taste.
Cuppa tea? 2 years ago
Dreamcatcher. Boo is excellent and I love it. Movie is good and I don't like it that much.
Donkey boi 2 years ago
Do they mean like in the sense of an egg tart? They are good, they taste nice, but I don't like eating them because of the texture.
lauralett50 2 years ago
I'll read the book first, if I like it, then I might see the movie. Then point out the changes.
nuberiffic 2 years ago
And just because you didn't like it doesn't mean you didn't understand it.
#29
That we all have confirmation bias
K W 2 years ago
This is true but I've had a lot of fun doing research papers during college where I look at all the info regardless of what my initial idea is. Some things do have overwhelming data for one side and some things are very complex and deserve nuanced discussions and conclusions. Not that social media or media in general are geared toward nuance or complexity.
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Thank you for confirming this for us all 👌
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago (edited)
Confirmation bias is a good thing most of the time and a horrible thing the rest. For average tasks like getting ready in the morning, it allows our brains and bodies to devote energy to more important things. Primitively, you don't check back of the cave for tigers every morning because there's never been a tiger there.Quick glance proves there's no tiger. You go check the cattle to make sure the tiger didn't come back there. Now, you walk in to see the medicine cabinet open and the flintstone vitamins on the counter, you "know" Johnny took their vitamins and just forgot to close the door. You don't go check they only took those because doing so wastes time you need to get ready. Problem is the one day that one kid out of 10000 took a Viagra as well.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
Okay but sometimes you just know something without evidence, and you doubt yourself because no one else seems to notice it. So when you're vindicated... is it conformation bias or just that you pick up on some truth that no one else did? My own example is Kevin Spacey. I could not watch movies with him in because they made me feel dirty, like I would want to take a bath. (Everyone raved over American Beauty and I hated it. I knew this man was just disgusting and evil.) When he was shown to have preyed on teen boys I wasn't in the least surprised.
#30
Everyone is a huge hypocrite when it suits them...including me
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
Na na na, i despise hipócrits with a passion, i rather face nasty reprocutions than being a hipócrite ( and i allready did )
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
So you've never accidentally cut in line and decided to just stay there? You've never told your kids that alcohol is bad for them and then had a drink at Christmas? You've never complained they don't pay you enough and then stiffed some waiter because the service was bad? I bet there is at least one thing the government does for you that you appreciate like paving your street, providing you medical care, or educating your kids but you still complain about paying taxes. We're all conditional hypocrites.
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Olof T 2 years ago
Everyone is a huge hypocrite when they have to be for self preservation. Difference is some people goes for virtue-signaling, gossip, slander, posturing etc as a social strategy. That puts them in constant scenarios where they become hypocrites.
333 2 years ago
Principles are a luxury for those who don't have to struggle to survive, and tend to erode when that survival is challenged. Kind of like morals are a very personal thing, so who is one person to call another person immoral?
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The Captain 2 years ago
The more outspoken and loud someone is about what "other people are doing" the more likely it is they are doing it and the other people are not.
Amanda Brokaw 2 years ago
I figure if you're not a hypocrite at least occasionally, you need to raise your standards. I espouse kindness, but I don't always live up to it.
Errika Dimitriadou 2 years ago
Also, changing your mind, doesn't makes you an hypocrite. We have every right to change our minds.
Kathy Loman 2 years ago
Hypocrisy is only relevant when it suits certain people on certain subjects. People are allowed to change their minds on something even if it's something they did previously.
#31
Experience is not equal to competence
AbsintheMinded 2 years ago
The fact that you keep trying means everything!!
Load More Replies... Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
What???? How can you be experienced but not competent??? Unless you're an experient f**k up, and even só you would be extremelly competent at f*****g up...
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
It's easy. I used to rock climb with a guy who had been doing it forever. He made the same rookie mistakes over and over, but managed to get away with them through brute strength and good luck. We all knew that this was going to end badly some day, and it did. The same thing applies to private pilots, teachers, and, unfortunately, doctors.
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#32
Just because some people are naturally talented doesn't mean you shouldn't work hard.
Rilmar 2 years ago
Sheer talent can only carry you that far, after that you either put in the effort, or you fall behind. Actually being "gifted" often puts you in disadvantage because you don't learn to work for it from the start. I say it as a former gifted child and a current mediocre, depressed adult
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
Fun fact: Julia Child did not have natural talent and only learned to cook in her 30’s, published her book in her 40’s, and her first show aired when she was 51. She essentially attributed her success to the love of the process of learning
Bob La Capra 2 years ago
I have been playing guitar for over 50 years. One would think I'd be better at it but it is what it is
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago (edited)
I hate that expression " work hard " its Over used and for the most part for all the worst reasons, " you have to out on the work ", " you have to practice ", " you have to keep learning ", " you have to keep getting better " só many better ways to say the same thing widout the frikking " work hard clichê s**t "
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago (edited)
Hard work for hard work's sake is overrated. If John can lift 300lb on his own, he's still being stupid if he refuses to use the electric wench that does the work in half the time and no risk of back pain. I regularly see people try to re-invent the wheel when they own a metaphorical Ferrari and just need to refill the gas tank and change the channel on the radio. In IT, we have a place called Stack Overflow where people have solved hard problems and shared the answer. I work with people who feel they must prove their genius instead of just tweaking someone else's genius solution.
Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
I was 'gifted' with a musical aptitude but had to work long and hard to make instruments sound tolerable. And the payoff? Busking on street corners for donations, right.
#33
That
(a+b) ^2 is not equal to (a^2 + b^2)
Bored&InSchool 2 years ago
if a is say, 4, and b is 7, then (4^2+7^2) would equal 16+49 which is 65, but (4+7)^2 would be 11^2 which is 121. that's a difference of 56. now, it's time for me to reflect on the fact that I actually went to the trouble to explain that.
Load More Replies... Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Remember the noise Charlie Brown's teacher used to make? A kind of bwabwabwabwaaa? That's the sound my brain makes just looking at math.
Dan Holden 2 years ago
I don't know why you got downvoted for this. Not everyone has strong math skills. If you don't know what you're looking at, of course it looks like nonsense to you.
Load More Replies... DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
(a+b)^2 = (a+b)x(a+b) = a^2+ab+ab+b^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2...incase anyone was wondering.
Zophra 2 years ago
Feeling like I'm looking at a H-W equation for allelic frequencies.
Load More Replies... AJ the Bored Panda 2 years ago
Facts. This is why people would always goof up in Algebra classes. Even in calculus I still saw people making this mistake.
MortalFlame 2 years ago
Yes becasue the answer is (a+b)*(a+b), which is (a^2)+2ab+b^2, by maths. Easy 9th grade algebra. and I am a tenth grader.
Bec 2 years ago
Wish I could upvote this more! Also, why is it ok for everyone to brag about being innumerate, but if this was a post about being illiterate you would be saying how unacceptable it is for people to lack basic literacy skills in this day and age. If this is too hard for you because it is algebraic, how would you multiply 12 x 13, for example? The answer isn't 100 + 6, but 100 + 30 + 20 + 6 = 156 because you have to distribute each number to each number.
Jennifer Clayton 2 years ago
If this post were about being illiterate, you'd have a one-sided argument.
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#34
France didn't stop executing people by guillotine until 1977.
Zephyr343 2 years ago
You can still request it as a means to executed in 2 states (I believe)
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Luke Branwen 2 years ago
France was stil guillotining people when the first Star Wars were released.
Pat Bond 2 years ago
1977 was also the year Quebec adopted French as the official language.
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 2 years ago
I'm not sure why they stopped. Or why America hasn't taken up the mantle given that our wealth inequality today was unimaginable during the French revolution...
Elita One 2 years ago
They also sunk the Rainbow Warrior, the flagship of Greenpeace, in New Zealand in 1985 as it was on it's way to protest against French nuclear bomb tests. Australia commissioned France to build nuclear submarines for our army years ago, but they never made them, then got upset when the contract was torn up and a new one was made with the USA who are building them right now. Then our f*****t Prime Minister Albanese just gave them a few million $ as a sorry gift for them doing nothing, like we just had the money lying around for that. No one ever talks about what the French did to the Rainbow Warrior, and it will never make sense why our government then went and asked them to build us some subs.
Mani Lacao 2 years ago
Everyone in France know about that. "The French secret services an military". The French comoners legit give no s**t about Australian nuclear submarines.
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#35
Being well known doesn’t always make you popular, as you may be well known for pissing yourself in class.
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
This is kinda obvious, many of the most well know people, both contemporarily and historical are not well liked.
Electra Complex 2 years ago
Like how the dude in Glass Onion wanted to be remembered as prominently as the Mona Lisa 🤔
Amethyst Watt 2 years ago
Exactly, so if you want to be known world wide just go on a mass genocide route
#36
Depends on the agenda of the people doing the ignoring. People only care about the facts that agree with them.
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
No, facts are facts, there is no agreeyng or not, a fact is not an opinion or a point of view lol...
#37
You shouldn’t have a child unless you are emotionally and financially ready, and have a stable partner.
Melody Johnson 2 years ago
Welp..... I guess me being a single mom goes against your opinion, friend. 🤷🏼♀️
Paulo Freitas 2 years ago
Yes, and if you ever have a kid jus because society says you should, you should be dipped in dirty diapers twice a day for the rest of your life.
Robert B 2 years ago
I’d counter that with, you will never be ready. Ever. While I wholeheartedly agree that the decision should not be taken lightly, you will never ever be emotionally stable enough. I have two. Before they showed up I heard my wife yell once and that was right before the front of my car got ripped off.
Bluetoyou 2 years ago
Wow. Not even in a perfect world. We don't live in a Disney movie says this was a divorced single mom for 18 years while my kids grew up. Both with Ivy League degrees they earned, stabile jobs, and families of their own now.
Peeka_Mimi 2 years ago
My once being a poor single mom to raising 2 successful children whom are great parents to my 3 grandkids, goes against that buddy.
Jennifer Norton 2 years ago
I think the statement should be, you shouldn't have a child unless you really want one. Don't have one because society or family members tell you to.
K W 2 years ago
That's not really wisdom so much as a judgement. You can have all these before kids and still end up solo parenting, or homeless, jobless, in horrible medical debt (U.S.) or emotionally or mentally unstable yourself. Nevermind that contraceptives aren't always easily accessible and abortion is illegal in many states in the US.
KL Wilfrey 2 years ago
How about "No one should choose to make a child if they don't know how the child will be supported, financially and emotionally. " ?
#38
You aren't supposed to stick q-tips in your ears
Felicia Dale 2 years ago
I’ve been using cotton buds since my late teens to dry my ears after showering. Never, ever had a problem. In fact, last year my doctor checked my ears and expressed admiration at how clean and healthy my ears were. Your mileage may vary.
darqemm 2 years ago
Thank you, yes! I told my doctor that I'd done it approx 32,000 times in my life time with no injury so statistcally....pretty safe.
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 2 years ago
Q tip is scratchy stick for itchy ear! Q tip is living its best life!
Ches Yamada 2 years ago
You can push the earwax deeper in, trust me, it's not a good idea! Plus the wax is doing its job, it normally doesn't need to be removed frequently.
Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
OP has never worn hearing aids, then. I (carefully) swab-out my cruddy ears every morning with a Q-tip before inserting the earpieces that I cleaned the night before. ProTip: Do not poke.
#39
Alcohol is poison
pink_panda 2 years ago
Mmmm, my favorite poison by far! Besides the internet.
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
I've been advised to drink red wine by a doctor, for calcified arteries.
Theoretical Empiricist 2 years ago
As are all medications. That doesn't mean they aren't useful and helpful.
Lama 2 years ago
Yes, but there's no optimal amount of arsenic, except zero ;)
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#40
The government is trying to pass an anti encryption bill that could strip away any and all privacy given to US citizens.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
yeah surprisingly not everyone reading this site is amurkan.
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What do you think ?
Michael Largey 2 years ago
And they get away with it because 6 out of 5 Americans don't understand fractions.
Load More Replies... Bi-Polar Express 2 years ago
Funny that some of these are pure opinion or completely subjective.
Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
Facts, factoids, lies, and misunderstandings abound. More is happening for uncountable reasons that any known intellect can comprehend. Reality is confusion. Yikes.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Can't be. Only sentences beginning with the letter "O" are false.
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Markus He/It/E/Cloud/Ti 2 years ago
Those on the losing side of history often believe they are in the right just as much as the winners. And those who fight on the wrong side of the war are not necessarily evil or supporting the message their country is campaigning. They may be fooled by propaganda, or too scared for themselves or their families to attempt to rebel
Michael Largey 2 years ago
And they get away with it because 6 out of 5 Americans don't understand fractions.
Load More Replies... Bi-Polar Express 2 years ago
Funny that some of these are pure opinion or completely subjective.
Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
Facts, factoids, lies, and misunderstandings abound. More is happening for uncountable reasons that any known intellect can comprehend. Reality is confusion. Yikes.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Can't be. Only sentences beginning with the letter "O" are false.
Load More Replies... Markus He/It/E/Cloud/Ti 2 years ago
Those on the losing side of history often believe they are in the right just as much as the winners. And those who fight on the wrong side of the war are not necessarily evil or supporting the message their country is campaigning. They may be fooled by propaganda, or too scared for themselves or their families to attempt to rebel
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