While it might sound counterintuitive, the real issue often isn’t perceiving the truth, it’s admitting that it’s true in the first place. “The truth hurts,” “the uncomfortable truth” and other phrases are almost cliche at this point, but this doesn’t make them less correct.
Someone asked, “What’s something that’s painfully obvious but people will never admit?” and people shared their best uncomfortable truth bombs. From the fact that life isn’t fair, to interesting psychological realities, get comfortable, perhaps take some notes as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to share your own ideas in the comments section below.
#1
Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.
226points
#2
Cutting taxes on the rich helps nobody but the rich.
182points
It’s not exactly clear who coined the phrase “the truth hurts,” but some variant of it has been around for centuries. While it’s so unhelpfully common, the painful truth is that the truth really can hurt. Psychologists believe that the act and feeling of our preconceived notions being shattered is, ultimately, painful.
It can be hard to admit you are wrong and that, presumably, you wasted a lot of time sticking to incorrect information. Sometimes this can mean overturning an entire worldview which is often such a challenge. Unfortunately, just the idea of reworking everything you know might be too much for some, leading them to simply live in denial. Not just a river in Egypt, as the saying goes.
#4
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.
154points
#5
You can do everything 100% right and be the best in the world, but sometimes it just comes down to pure chance.
152points
#6
That the American 2 party system is not good for the USA.
152points
#8
Adults still have no idea what the f**k they are doing. I never knew that as a child.
149points
#9
Nobody’s success is ever solely their own doing.
140points
#10
Working in the customer services industries (retail, restaurants, etc.) are difficult. Physically, emotionally, and mentally difficult.
136points
#11
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.
125points
#12
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.
120points
#13
A lot of the time, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
118points
#14
Your mental health is directly affected by your physical health.
113points
#15
All those bad things you hear happening to other people can, in fact, happen to you too because you aren't special.
110points
#16
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).
107points
#17
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.
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105points
#18
Life is actually easier the more responsible you are.
103points
#19
MONEY CAN BUY HAPPINESS!!!! Those who say it doesn't are shopping in the wrong places
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103points
#20
Everybody picks their nose, it's what happens next that sets us apart.
96points