Positivityis an incredibly powerful tool. If you always look on the bright side and see the glass as half full, you’ll have less stress, a stronger immune system and bettermentalresilience. But it’s important to know when it’s beneficial to force a smile and when it’s time to face uncomfortabletruthshead on.Redditors have recently beendiscussingissues that we’re expected not to worry about, despite the fact that they’re actively harmingsociety. From being obsessed withscreensto the prevalence of microplastics in ourfoodand water supply, this list is full of some bleak realities. So it might not be the most uplifting read, but these are topics that we can’t ignore forever.This post may includeaffiliate links.
Positivityis an incredibly powerful tool. If you always look on the bright side and see the glass as half full, you’ll have less stress, a stronger immune system and bettermentalresilience. But it’s important to know when it’s beneficial to force a smile and when it’s time to face uncomfortabletruthshead on.
Redditors have recently beendiscussingissues that we’re expected not to worry about, despite the fact that they’re actively harmingsociety. From being obsessed withscreensto the prevalence of microplastics in ourfoodand water supply, this list is full of some bleak realities. So it might not be the most uplifting read, but these are topics that we can’t ignore forever.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Anti-Intellectualism.
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Social media. Destroying our attention, ability to focus, our sense of community and empathy, and now becoming a way for lies to dominate our sense of reality.
Trump and Elon.
Cheering on “self-made” Billionaires, while they take government grants & tax breaks, meanwhile we wait out illnesses cuz it’s too expensive to go to the doctor.
Lack of empathy for fellow human beings.
Subscriptions for EVERYTHING.
Lack of care for people who suffer from mental health problems and wars.
Over consumption - of everything, food, clothes, toys. There’s just too much stuff available. I feel like Pixar’s wall-e was prophetic.
The instant gratification. With the increase in technology, we’ve become impatient and entitled. We want immediate results for everything. We go to a restaurant, immediate results. We go to a hospital, immediate results. We’ve lost our ability to wait for anything. Patience is a virtue that sadly not many have nowadays.
The age of information has turned into the age of disinformation. F***g echo chambers.I miss the Dewey decimal system where you had to look up actual published information now it’s a st hole of disinformation and even educated people eat it up and we are in a free fall into fascism. Social media will be the downfall of society.I’m a father of 4 and I just want my kids to grow up in the America I grew up in. Disagreements on both sides but meet in the middle on most things. Not the America where Russia is the victim.
Obesity. We tend to tamp down the seriousness of it in America for the sake of body positivity. Where I work, the VAST majority of young patients coming into nursing homes for rehab, sometimes turning into long term stays, are only there because one small issue (the flu, a knee surgery, an infection) left them unable to function anymore due to their obesity and related illnesses sapping their strength. I spend so much time trying to get people who weigh 300+ lbs to sit up and get out of a supine position just once or twice a day. I see how hard they struggle just to move. They can’t clean themselves, their legs are too heavy to even roll themselves in bed. It’s a problem.Edit: to clarify, I’m aware that obesity can start in childhood, and can be outside of your control (trauma, genetics, financial situation)… not trying to shame anyone’s weight.
A chronic lack of sleep. 99% of adults need 7-8 hours of good sleep to remain healthy. A chronic lack of sleep increases your stress levels, inhibits the functionality of your immune system, increases your risk of cancers, causes all sorts of cardiovascular issues and all sorts of serious neurological complications.
The failure of American education systems.
Disinformation 100%
Lack of universal healthcare.
Microplastics.Get this. Plastic was created in 1907 which makes it roughly 118 years old. It’s been around a little more than a century and it’s everywhere. Antarctica? Microplastics! Deepest oceans? Microplastics! All your foods? Microplastics! The worst of it is Nylon, Polyester, Acrylic, Polypropylene and lots of others.Scientists are trying to study long term affect but with no control group it’s very difficult. Everything has microplastics in them.
Sedentary lifestyle.Most people I know sit for 8 hours a day. Maybe 1/10 actually exercise.Spinal problems, posture problems, breathing problems, blood flow problems. We weren’t born to sit down this much for these long periods of time.
Religious idiots.
Mental health struggles—anxiety, depression, burnout—and how they’re often ignored or stigmatized in favor of “toughing it out” or just pushing through. The societal pressure to constantly perform and be productive can lead to mental exhaustion, but addressing it feels like an afterthought in a lot of ways.
Greed.
Global warming and pollution.
Coming from someone who is chronically ill and into public health: BPAs, microplastics, pesticides, mold and mycotoxins, chronic viral infections, dyes in our food, SUGAR, alcohol, general inflammation, preservatives, heavy metals, EMFs, PFAS, bad air quality, bad water quality, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, sedentary lifestyles, lack of sleep, a*******n, and number one: STRESS… yeah, I’d say that’s the tip of the tip of the iceburg.
Doomscrolling. Kinda like I’m doing right now.
The cost of living.
Over working. Poor nutrition value in available foods(food desert). Stress.
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Isolation from our immediate communities.The ability to go online and avoid interacting with your immediate surroundings has crippled the social ability of predominately social animals.
Cars. It shouldn’t be a Mad Max death race to go to work in the morning.
MBAs. Their drive for a yearly increase of profits above inflation is destroying everything; families, the environment, people’s mental health, and the sustainability of the economy. A collapse is coming, and those whose lives aren’t already destroyed are watch a slow motion car crash.
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Stress.
Corruption.
I think the biggest thing that is slowly k*****g us right now is the inability to see the good in others or even look for the good and others. It’s like everyone is so jumpy about what other people say to them, and many people take offense so easily. I was at a location where someone was working that was very similar to several places I had worked, and I simply asked whether or not she enjoyed her job. She literally told me she felt like she was being attacked. She did not say so meanly, and in fact, she actually looked scared. She couldn’t figure out why I would ask such a question.
No work and life balance.
Self diagnosing based on social media videos. Based on the ones I’ve seen I have OCD, ADHD, PTSD, and I fall somewhere on the spectrum. There is also a chance that I may possibly be neurodivergent and dealing with anxiety.I wish people who truly need help find someone who can help them, but social media is not the way.
Ignorance.We pretend as if reading a WhatsApp forward is all the information we need, don’t even double check the facts and choose to believe what we want to. 100% wilfull ignorance.
Cars, and car-related support industries. Think of how many superfund sites and cancerous chemicals are generated to support cars. Beyond that, Florida is going to make radioactive asphalt roads. 8 million people die annually from fossil-fuel-related diseases.THEN we get to the 1.2M annual deaths globally from the things.
Capitalism.
Tik Tok and IG Reels. Have you seen how people can spend HOURS just stupidly scrolling through those apps? And the kind of STUPID content they watch?
Loneliness.
Louis CK referred to it as “the inability to just be a person.” We used to have a lot of gaps in our days where you just had to sit quietly and let your mind wander. It’s meditation and it’s often when you make real realizations about yourself and when you empathize with others. With the constant availability of distractions, we don’t do that enough anymore. .
The belittling of normal people. Man the more people that can’t go to work and work 8 hours and have enough to afford a small apartment food and transportation internet. The worse life gets for EVERYONE including billionaires. There’s not enough billionaires to create the best parts of life that do not cost money. Things like beautiful beaches with people there. A beach with nobody there is only so cool for so long. Things like resort destinations etc. But man everyone acts like EVERYONE is just not working hard enough it’s like what if the person to your left in real life and the person to the right of you at your 60 hour a week job and you still can’t even afford enough to to clear an apartment rental without a co signer. Like what.
Everyone’s s****y understanding of nutrition.
I hear there is a looming loneliness epidemic. Or it’s happening now. I also hear loneliness is shortening people’s lives, mainly men.
CHEMICALS: synthetic fragrance in everything, additives and pesticides in our food, fluoride in our water. People’s hormones are out of wack and we’re all fat and sick and mentally ill because we douse ourselves in chemicals all day everyday.
Our country’s debt. People think things are bad now. Just wait.
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