25 Hard-To-Swallow Truths That Everyone Avoids

In the vast digital landscape of Reddit, conversations can take unexpected turns, leading to revelations that are as uncomfortable as they are undeniably true. Recently, a Reddit user posed a thought-provoking question: “What’s something that’s painfully obvious but people will never admit?”

#1

Image source: JJCDAD, Sara Kurfeß / unsplash (not the actual photo)

Social media is poison.

#2

Image source: almo2001, Kelly Sikkema / unsplash (not the actual photo)

Cutting taxes on the rich helps nobody but the rich.

#3

Image source: FriendsForEternityLH, Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo)

Looks really, really, really matter.

It’s f*****g dumb, and not right, but it just seems to be this constant in life.

The better you look, or the better you MAKE yourself look, you will notice people are more pleasant to you.

#4

Image source: _Tweebo_, Brett Sayles / pexels (not the actual photo)

Celebrities aint s**t.

#5

Image source: Johnlc29, cottonbro studio cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo)

You can do everything 100% right and be the best in the world, but sometimes it just comes down to pure chance.

#6

Image source: KaJuNator, Keira Burton / pexels (not the actual photo)

Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right.

#7

Image source: wvutom, Sander Sammy / unsplash (not the actual photo)

Adults still have no idea what the f**k they are doing. I never knew that as a child.

#8

Image source: overpacked, Clay Banks/ unsplash (not the actual photo)

That the American 2 party system is not good for the USA.

#9

Image source: Sad-Panda94, Blake Wisz / unsplash (not the actual photo)

Working in the customer services industries (retail, restaurants, etc.) are difficult. Physically, emotionally, and mentally difficult.

#10

Image source: NocturnalPermission, krakenimages / unsplash (not the actual photo

Nobody’s success is ever solely their own doing.

#11

Image source: shaidyn, Peter Forster / unsplash (not the actual photo)

People are very often rewarded for being truly terrible human beings.

Selfish, greedy, narcisistic, sociopathic, all traits that will help someone get ahead in life by walking over the backs of others.

#12

Image source: JizOrSomeSayJism, Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo)

The vast majority of people know exactly what their problems are and what they would need to do to fix them, they just feel too unequipped or overwhelmed to follow through.

#13

Image source: CaptWoodrowCall, Jopwell / pexels (not the actual photo)

A lot of the time, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.

#14

Image source: Blackfell0518, Anupam Mahapatra / pexels (not the actual photo)

Your mental health is directly affected by your physical health.

#15

Image source: No-Collection-2165, Matt Bennett / unsplash (not the actual photo)

that life waits for no one. life is so short and it just *ends* and we’re all not gonna matter one day. so move on and do whatever the f**k u want in this life.

#16

Image source: Zetsubou51, Rosie Sun / unsplash (not the actual photo)

You might not like it but you need help. Everyone needs help at some point or another whether mentally, emotionally or otherwise.

Most of us are painfully aware of the need at some time but admitting to it and acting on that need goes unheeded.

#17

Image source: 2dazeTaco, Timur Weber / pexels (not the actual photo)

Some relationships are forced. Every day feels like a 2nd job after getting off work. If you find yourself “going to work after work”, you need to start asking yourself if the relationship is really a relationship and not a second job.

Thank god for my second wife for opening my eyes to what a “relationship” really is.

#18

Image source: BigTiddyTamponSlut, MART PRODUCTION / pexels (not the actual photo)

All those bad things you hear happening to other people can, in fact, happen to you too because you aren’t special.

#19

Image source: llcucf80, Dương Nhân / pexels (not the actual photo)

Some people will not like you, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Trying to force a friendship or relationship with someone who doesn’t love you back isn’t going to work. Yet very few people ever learn this lesson, nor do they want to hear about it either, they think they’ll be the one person that can find that magic trick (they won’t).

#20

Image source: PowerInThePeople, Radu Florin / pexels (not the actual photo)

Life is actually easier the more responsible you are.

#21

Image source: weristjonsnow, Daniel Kondrashin / pexels (not the actual photo)

Everybody picks their nose, it’s what happens next that sets us apart.

#22

When people say we’re better than this, we’re really not.

We killed the buffalo to kill the native Americans. We gave them smallpox infected blankets.

We imprisoned our own citizens for having parents born in Japan, but not Italians or Germans.

We freed the slaves only to reenslave with Jim Crow laws.

We’ve done evil and have to wage war against our worst instincts or we’ll do it again.

Image source: throwaway_9999

#23

Big touch screens in cars are incredibly stupid and dangerous.

Yes a lot of people know and admit this, but car makers haven’t gotten the message. Not substantially enough.

Image source: OkGene2

#24

Image source: Adonis_by_Proxy, pavan adepu / unsplash (not the actual photo)

Most people are parakeets and mindlessly repeat whatever is regurgitated in their environment or social milieu. We’re all guilty of it to varying degrees.

#25

Image source: pheat0n, Anthony Tran / unsplash (not the actual photo)

You can’t actually be anything you want in life. You can try and more power to you for trying it, but your personal skill set and the way your brain works may not enable you to do whatever you can dream up.