Most of us say “yes” when asked if we want to hear the truth. And it seems like a good idea at first that will ultimately help us improve and become our best. But there’s something about having it shoved in our face that is so unbearably revolting, only the most courageous dare to swallow it.
Thanks to the redditor who posted the question “What is an absolute truth that no one wants to hear?” on r/AskReddit and received 11.8k comments, we now know what people hold as some of the most difficult truths. So hold on tight, ‘cause it ain’t gonna be an easy ride, and you won’t surely have a place to hide.
You have an option to either endure them and survive the post, becoming a better self, or to ignore them and move on. Whatever you choose, I feel you. No one was born ready to come to terms with things like “Just because someone is related to you doesn’t mean they are a good person” and “It is possible to make no mistakes and still lose.” And I mean it.
#1
Just because someone is related to you doesn’t mean they are a good person.
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#2
Don’t believe everything you think.
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#3
“It is possible to make no mistakes and still lose. That is not failure that is life.”
-Captain Jean Luc Picard
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#4
Life is easier for attractive people.
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#5
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
They help stop the spread of the disease. They are not a cure, the just allow you to have a lower chance to catch the virus, which helps lower the chances of the virus spreading.
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#6
There is no inherent justice in this world.
Bad things will happen to good people, and good things will happen to bad people.
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#7
If you didn’t vote but could have done so, you have no right to complain about our elected officials.
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#8
No-one wants to hear your [crappy] music in public, especially in class.
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#9
Having an opinion doesn’t make you right.
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#10
2021 will not magically be better than 2020.
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#11
Just because you’ve done something wrong in the past, doesn’t mean you can’t advocate against it.
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#12
As long as we fail to protect and provide for all children in our society, we will continue to suffer the crimes of the damaged adults we produce. We have no right to expect any different, and we deserve everything that we get.
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#13
People don’t think about you anywhere near as much as you think they do.
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#14
You’re supposed to care deeply about the things in your own life, and other people not caring about them doesn’t make them less important.
This is one of the things Instagram culture has taken away from us — the idea that you’re doing great even if nobody likes the photos of the breakfast you made or knows who you are.
For most of human history, most of our emphasis and energy was spent on our families and immediate communities. Now we’re all flailing to “matter” to a bunch of strangers we probably wouldn’t like in person and it’s wrecking our brains.
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#15
No matter how nice you are, people will still just be a**holes to you just cuz.
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#16
Just because someone is related to you, doesn’t mean you have to like or tolerate them. Sometimes for people, friends are your true family because they accept you for who you are. They choose to stick around with you. Not because they have to.
I don’t speak to my abusive father and never will again, nor his side of the family. I’m estranged from one of my sisters already and I don’t like most of my extended family. I do not appreciate their morals.
You won’t lose much at all by cutting some family ties (circumstances depend though, ofc). You’ll be much happier in the long run once you establish your life, who you are and what you need/want for your future.
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#17
Life isn’t fair and you aren’t owed a damn thing.
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#18
Civil debate is a must. You gotta stay respectful, open-minded, and civil, even if you loathe the views of the other side with a passion.
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#19
Even though you think your kids are special, they are most likely just average.
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#20
You can’t make everyone happy.
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#21
After a generation or two after your death, no one alive will have any memories of you. Your life, everything you did, and all of your struggles and achievements will all be forgotten. You’ll just be another one of the billions of forgotten souls whose names, faces, and life stories have all been lost to time.
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#22
You need to have your views challenged.
Being around and positively engaging with people who disagree with you is one of the healthiest intellectual practices we can do.
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#23
You can’t control what happens to you, only how you react to it.
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#24
Just because you helped someone doesn’t mean they are going to help you. People are ungrateful more often than not.
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#25
You cannot go through life without experiencing some type of pain/discomfort. Physical and emotional. It is necessary for growth.
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#26
Things are going to keep getting worse on our planet and we are in for some serious human tragedy.
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#27
We don’t know everything and probably never will.
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#28
So many of these are negative… So how about the truth that one of the best ways to be happy in life is by helping other people. People don’t want to do it, because helping other people feels like you’re losing out, but it’s true.
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#29
It’s okay to be selfish sometimes.
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#30
Everyone’s a hypocrite. Even you.
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