We humans are curious creatures, and what we say or do doesn’t always seem rational. At least not on the surface. So Reddit userFastenbauergot interested in digging a little deeper—they asked people online to share the things that everybody knows but nobody talks about out loud. And their post quickly went viral! Continue scrolling to check out the unspoken truths folks keep quiet, whether out of fear of judgment or the risk ofoffending others.This post may includeaffiliate links.
We humans are curious creatures, and what we say or do doesn’t always seem rational. At least not on the surface. So Reddit userFastenbauergot interested in digging a little deeper—they asked people online to share the things that everybody knows but nobody talks about out loud. And their post quickly went viral! Continue scrolling to check out the unspoken truths folks keep quiet, whether out of fear of judgment or the risk ofoffending others.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
When people betray or abuse you, they know what they’re doing. They’re doing it on purpose, and they’re not sorry. They’re consciously making a choice.
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Money absolutely matters.
Having mentally sane parents is one of the most important privileges in life, yet it isn’t talked about nearly as much as race, class etc.
The world population is too high.
People who get paid the least do most the work.
There actually are people above the law.
Looks do matter, and they matter a lot.
Emotional intelligence is vastly underrated.
We all have dark thoughts that we dont act on.
That religion is a social construct, where you are born largely determines your religion. If you happened to be born in India there is over an 80% chance you will be Hindu. If you are born in the US you probably will be a Christian.
Children that are complete a******s exist.The parents know.
Some friendships only last as long as they’re convenient or beneficial.
The amount of Government incompetance and wastefulness in many countries is staggering. And the only reason I’m not a libertarian is that I don’t trust private enterprise either. History has shown time and time again that companies big and small will absolutely f**k over people given half a chance and especially if there are no laws and regulations.
Most newborn babies are ugly on the first day. 🤣.
Some People don’t apologize because they have remorse for what they did. They apologize because they think it will end the conflict.
I shouldn’t have to ask “how are you” in a work email. It should be ok for me to just talk business and get straight to the point. .
Nobody’s actually read the Terms and Conditions, like ever. We just scroll to the bottom, hit accept, and hope we didn’t sell our souls to some tech overlord. 😂.
That we are all certain to die and be completely forgotten within a handful of generations.
People often pretend to be happy when they’re not.
We are all just kids walking around in grown up bodies.
Consumer capitalism is destroying our habitat super quickly and with every passing day we make it worse.
Everybody knows that success often comes from luck and timing, but we rarely admit it. We prefer to believe it’s all hard work and talent.
That being alive at all and conscious is just really, really weird.
Most people spend their time complaining about things out of their control rather than fixing things in their control.
Violence sometimes is the answer.
Most meetings could easily be an email, but no one wants to admit it because ‘face time’ somehow still feels important.
Gambling is a sucker’s game. Unless you make it a career (and in some cases even then), you will lose more than you win in the long run.As long as you recognize that and you are willing to “spend” the money for entertainment purposes, more power to you. But if you think gambling is a good money-making idea, think again.
Most of the gay scene (from an LGBT perspective) is extremely toxic and ironically closed minded and judgmental of any outsiders (i.e. straights).
How disturbing the food industry is. How pigs, fish, cows, chickens are all harvested so we can eat them. How can we not expect aliens to do the same s**t to us if that’s what we do to our fellow earth inhabitants.
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No one actually knows what they’re doing. We’re all just trying our best.
The “Not In My Backyard” philosophy runs deep and is essentially universal. Even the most liberal-minded, progressive, educated, compassionate people can have a meltdown when something uncomfortable or “unbecoming” pops into their lives.
Being on your period isn’t an excuse to be a complete b***h to the rest of the people in your household.
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Stereotypes exist for a reason.
Brown nosing works.
Our world is a house of cards. It’s all meaningless but we all rely on the structure so no one wants to knock it down.
Almost all jobs are made up bt that doesn’t matter, and are just part of this big network of made up bt that doesn’t f*****g matter. It’s just a system to sustain this many people who are mostly useless.
People who post constantly on social media are projecting and miserable.
Our current economic system is not Capitalism it is Free-Range Slavery.
Existence is terrifying. Where do we go after? Is it nice? Is it horrible? Is there just nothing? Why are we here? The idea that we may live on in some other realm FOREVER, even if it is pleasant, is also daunting.
Everyone is not equal but, everyone should be treated with equal respect.But it’s weird how I’m western countries everyone has equal rights, but oddly they don’t have equal responsibilities.
When someone asks “How are you?” they don’t actually want to hear how you are.
Most people eat too much, at least in the US.
The fake optimism around the work place… “I’m just grateful I have a job.” NO YOU’RE NOT! THIS PLACE BLOWS!
Happiness/success in life is based WAY MORE on luck and other things out of your control than we all pretend to believe. Luck of being born one color or another, one location or another, one race or another, one wealth category or another. Good luck in any category invariably leads to good luck in others as your life progresses.This is to say that hard work, honesty and good heartedness are often not enough to overcome the random “good luck” that others are born into and hardly appreciate as they stroll life on easy mode.
That the biggest drag on the economy, productivity and inspired creation is rentseeking from landlords and lenders.
You can get away with so much s**t if you just do it.
That we are all a little racist.If you say you’re not. You’re a liar.
The expectation to wear a suit to the office if you are a “professional”, even in non-client facing roles is archaic.This is changing in many businesses/sectors but you can look neat, presentable and professional without wearing a suit and tie.They (can be) expensive, uncomfortable, too hot in summer and a nightmare if your weight fluctuates.They are also very unflattering if you have certain body shapes (which is me, and probably why I hate them).
Psychology in its current state has a very bad success rate for cures and treatment rates of mitigating symptoms is only mildly effective on average.
That corruption is so deep and principled people are corrupted each day. but to weed out that corruption involves cutting it out like a tumor, and in the eyes of many that would be as corrupt..So in the words of Harvey Dent: “you either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain” is so true.
Socialism can’t work because people will always be corrupt.
People of different ethnicities can have different odours.
In any group of people, everyone knows the pecking order, nobody ever verbalizes it. It would be weird.
Dating leagues exist.
Body positivity is a coping mechanism.
That a hamburger is a ground beef sandwich .
The air is transparent.
Yes, that pimple is as bad as you think. No, it doesn’t matter you put foundation on top. There’s still a mountain on your face.
There are too many people coming into the UK for the UK to support.
For servers in the USA: Black people are typically demanding customers and don’t tip. Asian people don’t tip well either generally.As a white server, you would be “cancelled” but this is a generalization that tends to hold true.
To put water on toothpaste.
Diversity doesn’t work.
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