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What’s something people don’t realize is way more serious than it seems?

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LABeachgal Mar 30, 2026 +5263
Sleep deprivation. People treat it like a badge of honor, but it wrecks your brain and body faster than you’d ever expect.
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detectiveriggsboson Mar 30, 2026 +1138
it literally makes you lose your mind. I don't mean "literally" euphemistically. it can bring on depression, anxiety, schizophrenia-like symptoms, dementia. Get your goddamn sleep, you guys. it's not a joke. anyway, I should've been in bed 30 minutes ago. shit.
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Usesse Mar 30, 2026 +338
For me its either sleep deprivation or extremely long sleep hours. Ill sleep 9-13h naturally, and thats simply not compatible with a modern living schedule. If I don't get that sleep, I'll feel like ass, but if i do get it, i miss school/work/appointments.
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gelatinguy Mar 30, 2026 +115
Are you sure that's not part of the cycle though? Very few people, and I mean extremely small number of people, actually need more than 10 hours of sleep regularly. But if you are sleep deprived some days, you accumulate sleep debt that needs to be paid off. So you go a few days missing an hour or two of sleep, then the tax man cometh and you owe him 13 hours. If you can find a time, take a week off, letting yourself sleep all that you need, and hopefully by the end of the week, you get into a rhythm that is around 7-9 hours most people need on a daily basis. And I would hope you can keep that in your daily work schedule. But you have to find a time to reset your sleep.
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Free_Pace_2098 Mar 30, 2026 +1
We're now learning that women need on average upwards of 9 hours of sleep a night. The reason this is new information is because until fairly recently, the standards RDI, sleep, hydration etc were created off the back of research that excluded half the population.
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[deleted] Mar 30, 2026 +44
I don't know if it's an introvert thing (which I am). I do typically sleep that long as well. But usually more so during the day when everyone else is up.
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Sufficient_Vast5757 Mar 30, 2026 +57
Same.. it's "too people-lly" out there under the day star... It's easier for my mind and body to be awake when the world is a little quieter at night and less stimulating
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NVSmall Mar 30, 2026 +153
Funny story that I'll try and keep concise... I work in emergency services, and with that, shift work. We have this thing called "Development Day" every year, which is a shitty way of making people go in on days off... there are a whole handful of activities and speakers, and it's just a PITA for all of us who didn't get to sleep in on their first day off, or adding to their block. One year, we had a "sleep expert" come present to us. He talked about his nephew (I think?) who took a job out of school that required shift work and a long drive, and he fell asleep and drove off the road and died (again, IIRC). He talked about how shift work has been proven to shorten a person's lifespan. When it was time for questions, one of my coworkers asked how to juggle the time between day/night shifts - try and stay up, or sleep and nap before night shift, or ? What was the best approach, basically. His answer was "do what works best for you". A whole lot of NO HELP.
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ApostateFarmer Mar 30, 2026 +423
Friend of mine always said he would sleep when he died. He would brag about only getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night so he could get in his 3 hour cross fit sessions before work. He passed away at 39 years old from a heart attack in his sleep.
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bstabens Mar 30, 2026 +87
Yikes, but he was right... :(
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0kklusal Mar 30, 2026 +99
Omg. Thank you for sharing this. It’s a warning for me, because this morning i thought i will do similar things like your friend no matter what. I am sorry for your loss.
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XxLokixX Mar 30, 2026 +41
I guess he can sleep now. RIP
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polymerkid Mar 30, 2026 +361
Yep. It got me. Cant remember shit after years of never needing to take a single "to do" note in project management
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TheGrouchyGremlin Mar 30, 2026 +171
Yeah. Used to be able to remember anything and everything without trying. Now I struggle to remember what I ate yesterday. Hoping it'll fix itself once I start getting proper sleep again.
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HandiCAPEable Mar 30, 2026 +144
Same here. And my spouse is either one of those people who doesn't need sleep or I don't know what. She'll literally wake me up at 11pm saying she's hungry, and tell me I'm lazy because I'm sleeping. For 6 years I've averaged 5 hours a night. Went from looking ridiculously young for my age, to huge eye bags, and foggy minded at all times.
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dualsplit Mar 30, 2026 +272
That is REALLY shitty behavior on her part.
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Mishilestocking-6699 Mar 30, 2026 +28
Ok, that is not merely strange sleep patterns, that is, disrespect to your health. It is insane to wake a person up and call him lazy because he needs sleep. Sleep is not a choice, it is a form of basic brain + body maintenance. When you have been running on 5 hours a year, it will catch you. At least there should be limits--such as do not wake me except in case of an emergency. Not to be made to feel guilty of taking a real rest.
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EmberJadedFire Mar 30, 2026 +267
Honey, that is a form of abuse. IF she won't stop, you need to start doing something drastic. I am not one to jump right to leave, so maybe start with sleeping in another room with a door you can lock.
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CountryZestyclose Mar 30, 2026 +65
Move to another bedroom and put a lock on the door. Are you her servant? She expects you to make her food? No. This is abuse.
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kd5407 Mar 30, 2026 +39
She does what???
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derbrauer Mar 30, 2026 +417
Lost my career to sleep deprivation (exasperated by other problems). Years of struggling on 4, sometimes fewer, hours or sleep per night. Couldn't focus, couldn't remember anything. Went from a 6 figure salary in IT to working for 1/4 of that doing construction work. The bills get paid, but retirement is going to be the crematorium.
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autumnwontsleep Mar 30, 2026 +208
Many moms will attest to this simply from even the first year of a baby. Decades later the trauma from the extended sleep deprivation still sticks with you. I struggled significantly for so many reasons as a result of parent related sleep deprivation, Yet it felt like the darkness of that was normalized and ' just part of having baby'. Maybe so, but all the expectations like full time jobs and carrying mental load with limited social " village' support in our society today made the impact of sleep deprivation almost unrecoverable. Even now I still literally have large blocks of time/ events completely missing from my memory for a few years because I never got the restorative sleep to input into long term memory. My body also accelerated in age during that time and my mental health took an intense hit.
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Gold_Clothes_3077 Mar 30, 2026 +31
Yeah I think a family should extend a bit more and the responsibility of a child shares among more people. 1 lone mother and hard working father , that's rough 
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mountainvalkyrie Mar 30, 2026 +51
I have a pet theory that humans actually evolved to have the whole family (grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins and older siblings) all helping with infants so everyone gets a reasonable amount of sleep. Because parents being so sleep-deprived they're hallucinating really doesn't sound like "just part of nature." 
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jmbud Mar 30, 2026 +21
I think that's a commonly held belief in anthropology. An interesting theory is that women survive post reproductive age precisely to help out with raising grandchildren and the social connections humans had are what made them so successful.
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awbobsaget Mar 30, 2026 +86
I hope autumn is sleeping now
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autumnwontsleep Mar 30, 2026 +45
Haha ya I was thinking to myself ' username checks out' .
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xzkandykane Mar 30, 2026 +26
I have 2 senior dogs. So I shoot up in bed at night over every noise incase the arthritic one falls and cant get up or she falls and pees herself. Or the demented, blind, deaf one starts to wander in circles. My husband sleeps like the dead. The last year has tipped the scale of having kids to uhh maybe not. Its constant worrying + the interrupted sleep.
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Blitzedgamer Mar 30, 2026 +41
As someone who’s been suffering from chronic pain and chronic insomnia for about 5 years now, I’ve noticed that they seem to have started around the same time, and as my sleeping has gotten better (I take sleep meds now to help) my chronic pain has gotten better, and as a result, I feel like I’m sleeping deeper and better. It’s crazy how much sleep can affect!
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TechnoT22 Mar 30, 2026 +36
People always tell me I need to focus on my sleep. I forward those requests to my 2 year old son. I'm not in charge of my sleep schedule. I look like I'm coked out all the time.
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axlgreece5202 Mar 30, 2026 +33
I've been caring for a parent for a few years. My mind is wrecked. I can't remember anything anymore, and I'm sad and annoyed with life all the time more often than not. I look forward to a time when I can feel peace and tranquility and not have to worry about anyone else anymore. It's tough to watch your loved ones suffer and you can't do anything about it. But you have to shoulder the weight and carry on.
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Absolutely_Fibulous Mar 30, 2026 +58
As a person with a debilitating sleep disorder and permanently ruined sleep schedule: #DON’T F*** WITH YOUR SLEEP.
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boozername_58942 Mar 30, 2026 +13
Tell us about it
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Absolutely_Fibulous Mar 30, 2026 +49
I started out with delayed sleep phase, which means I naturally fall asleep around 4 or 5 am. I got a traditional 9-5 job, but I couldn’t handle the sleep deprivation so I then spent a decade trying to figure out a work and sleep schedule that worked for me. The repeated shifts of my sleep schedule combined with an already weak circadian rhythm (thanks, bipolar) means I basically eliminated my circadian rhythm and I have no set sleep schedule now. I sleep when I sleep and I’m awake when I’m awake, with no relation to normal day or night schedules. My doctor described it as having the sleep habits of a newborn. I don’t get the same amount of sleep every day and I don’t sleep at the same time every day (though I can go for a few days with the same general schedule - like I’m sleeping in the afternoons/evenings right now. It was the mornings a couple weeks ago). It also means I am always tired because my brain doesn’t have a normal “time for bed” or “time to be awake” trigger. I have hypersomnia so I generally sleep 10-12 hours a day or more, but I’ll randomly have phases where I only sleep a couple hours or go 36 hours without sleep. That doesn’t mean I’m not tired. I just can’t sleep. I also have sleep latency of multiple hours - it can take me three or more hours of lying in bed in the dark trying to sleep to actually fall asleep. Even at my best when I’m absolutely exhausted, it usually takes an hour to fall asleep. I tried for multiple months to adhere to a single schedule in hopes of fixing things, but it triggered my first bipolar mixed episode in more than a decade and I decided to just give in to the sleep. I have a very limited social schedule and can’t work even a regular part-time job. My current employer is super flexible about letting me randomly work at 4 in the morning if I’m awake then. My life is controlled by my sleep. It sucks very much. It’s a rare issue (though probably underdiagnosed - people with debilitating sleep issues generally don’t have the energy or dedication to spend a decade going to multiple doctors trying to find the right diagnosis) so f****** with your sleep probably won’t end up *this* bad, but I can attest that sleep is extremely important.
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OwlDoll Mar 30, 2026 +9
Same as you
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elliotmartinishere Mar 30, 2026 +26
in 2010 I overworked myself and lost my ability to fall asleep. I was hallucinating and in a very dark place. took me 2 years to full recover. ill never take sleep for granted again.
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AlkalineBrush20 Mar 30, 2026 +20
While I don't try to badge it, bedtime procrastination is real. Since my friends have different schedules, we can only get together around the time I should be heading to bed for a game or two. I started saying no to them and while I sleep better, I feel bad that I'm missing out on what little time we have otherwise.
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stretchman_88 Mar 30, 2026 +20
I am bipolar. I can now usually tell when I’m ramping towards mania but if I allow it to get ahead of me I go into self-imposed sleep deprivation. It’s wild and dangerous as hell. While manic you feel like you truly don’t need sleep and don’t get tired. It gives this sense of euphoria. But you know what’s waiting on the other side and it’s terrifying.
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mst3k_42 Mar 30, 2026 +11
I learned very early on that I do not function on little sleep. In college I never pulled all nighters because I knew the end product would be shit and I’d feel like shit. On little sleep I become a very cranky, irrational, dumb person. Reason number fifty billion I knew I never wanted kids.
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Golden_disrepctCo Mar 30, 2026 +22
Looks like my future is cooked then
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Msktb Mar 30, 2026 +25
And puts you at higher risk of dementia when you get older.
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Regular-Doughnut-600 Mar 30, 2026 +30
I’m already having memory problems as a young adult….. how cooked am I when I’m in the senior age…..
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Regular-Doughnut-600 Mar 30, 2026 +35
Lost all my friends due to sleep deprivation, I struggled with it for two to three years due to chronic insomnia where I needed a lot of sleep medication just to fall asleep.
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Aidan11 Mar 30, 2026 +2040
Traumatic brain injury. In the media, people get bonked on the head, pass out for a bit, and wake up just fine. In the real world people get bonked on the head, pass out for a bit, then suffer a lifetime of repercussions because of it.
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fieew Mar 30, 2026 +391
Concussions in general are insanely serious but in many sports for decades they got brushed off. Nothing more than be in a dark room for a bit and relax and you'll be good in a few days. They can have long term effects that can last years. Concussions are insanely serious but people just kind of brush them off.
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TheLastHotstepper Mar 30, 2026 +169
Chris Benoit is one of the most well-known and extreme cases. He killed his wife and child, then himself. Scans on his brain were akin to 80 year old alzheimer patients. Obviously, what he done was morbidly evil. Probably wouldnt have happened if all the brain injuries had never occurred.
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RawrRRitchie Mar 30, 2026 +41
He's not the only wrestler to kill themselves as a result of CTE he's just the most well known because of the murders of his family There have been dozens
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CatLover701 Mar 30, 2026 +61
My band teacher was vehemently against any of his students being in football (wouldn’t, like, exclude them or make them quit, just would regularly mention it). Once he mentioned that it’s because he once had a student who went from a pretty good student to literally needing music therapy from him because he got hit on the head a few too many times. The three-concussions and you’re out is complete bs, since damage can happen long before that, and it was a well-known practice at my school for players to brush off and hide minor concussions to stay in.
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tulipjessie Mar 30, 2026 +110
My friend was described as having a “soft” head when we were children, he must have received about ten concussions from the age of about five until his teens. In his early twenties he was assaulted by a drunken yob who hit him repeatedly in the head with half a brick. He is now in his early fifties with epilepsy and a diagnosis of early onset dementia, they have given him between three and five years left to live. I strongly believe that all the traumatic brain injuries in his youth caused both of these conditions.
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bigWeld33 Mar 30, 2026 +152
And you don’t even have to get knocked out to have issues.
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justmerriwether Mar 30, 2026 +76
The way people in movies take crowbars, hammers, etc straight to the dome and just get up and keep fighting will never not break my suspension of disbelief.
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Capable_Branch3695 Mar 30, 2026 +72
If you get hit in the head and your pupils are different sizes, even if you were conscious the whole time, go to the hospital immediately!
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jimmux Mar 30, 2026 +11
I had a bike accident a few years ago and took myself to hospital, after trying to go home and wash off the road rash in the shower and going into shock. They asked me if I lost consciousness and I said no because I didn't recall waking up. Much later I realised everything between my back tyre slipping and standing in the middle of the road was a complete blank. So yeah, I definitely lost consciousness, at least briefly. It can happen without even registering. I've seen someone come off a skateboard going very fast downhill and couldn't walk a straight line after insist that he was feeling fine. I had to talk him into sitting down and wait for his mate to pick him up. If you have even the slightest doubt, go to the hospital. When you take a hit to the head you're not in a good state to judge anything.
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HuJ3-jAnUs-2257 Mar 30, 2026 +18
100%, Brain damage (TBI) is the gift that keeps on giving. 8 years after being in a coma I got hit with an epilepsy diagnosis.
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SPARKLY6MTN9MAKER Mar 30, 2026 +51
I'm starting to think there are way more people running around with TBI's than we realize. I'm basing this on the unbelievably large number of stupid and crazy people everywhere. It freaks me out.
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bobsmithhome Mar 30, 2026 +30
I was trained in this by Neurologists years ago. The brain is kind of like jello. What happens in a brain injury is that the brain slams against one side of the skull and kind of compresses. The damage occurs when the brain then reverberates toward the other side because that move stretches the neurons in the brain, and boom, the damage is done. This was many years ago, so please correct me if that has changed.
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GoodGoodGoody Mar 30, 2026 +1536
A small fire becomes a big fire fast. Skip the small c**** plastic fire extinguishers when buying. 5 lbs minimum, metal handle. Grease fire in a pan? Just cover it with a lid. Don’t have a big enough pan lid? Get one.
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Pristine-Egg7482 Mar 30, 2026 +250
Make sure a proper lid is accessible when cooking with a matching pan. If you keep it in the stove drawer down below, you’re gonna have a bad time. I know people that learned the hard way.
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thephantom1492 Mar 30, 2026 +61
Also check your fire insurance policy. Many explicitely exclude grease fire fon stove rom the policy! so if you fry stuff, get a fryer, don't fry on the stove.
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jccaclimber Mar 30, 2026 +46
A solid cutting board would do the trick too, assuming it’s big enough to comfortably cover the edges with enough margin that you don’t need perfect placement. Keeps you from having to put your hands (lid handle) over the flame too.
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Fishmyashwhole Mar 30, 2026 +1599
Driving. I guess many people realize how dangerous it is, but they don't really think about it. You're in a metal and plastic box speeding faster than any animal was supposed to go, just a few feet from dozens of other people doing the same thing. Just in the US around 20k car wrecks happen every day. Yet people will drive recklessly, text, be impaired, or road rage like they couldn't kill themselves or someone else with the slightest mistake.
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Crafty_Kissa Mar 30, 2026 +301
MassDoT did a study on driving while tired, only they had to stop it because the tired drivers were so impaired it was irresponsible to continue
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Stop__Being__Poor Mar 30, 2026 +44
I truly believe driving tired is more dangerous than driving drunk (well, unless we’re talking alcohol poisoning levels of drunk, then of course that’s horrific). Driving while tired is so dangerous. You have no control over when you’re gonna eventually pass out and you will only wake up when something unexpected happens. If you’re lucky it’s the oh shit strip waking you up when you swerved too far from the lane, if you’re not lucky, you could crash and cause a major accident and end up burned to death, beheaded, or missing any number of limbs. I know I sound very passionate but I saw a trucker airlifted to a hospital with burns covering his entire body because he fell asleep in an oil tanker and hit the side of an overpass. His life will never be the same. Pull over and take a nap. **NO WHERE** Is that important to get to.
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matchew566 Mar 30, 2026 +278
Driving is easily the most dangerous thing we do everyday. 20k accidents a day just in the US is crazy
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ordinarymagician_ Mar 30, 2026 +123
It's worth noting that 'hit a parked car in a lot' counts the same as causing the log truck scene from final destination in the stat hes citing.
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quadruple_negative87 Mar 30, 2026 +29
I drive on in my opinion one of the most dangerous motorways in my city everyday to and from work. The way people drive is insane. Tailgating at 100km/h and occasionally you will see people with YouTube videos running on their dashboard!
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chi_sweetness25 Mar 30, 2026 +24
40,000 people die a year in the US alone from driving and yet not enough people seem to care about making it so people aren’t forced to drive so often.
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FineAssYoungMan Mar 30, 2026 +64
I’d like to believe most people realise how dangerous driving is. But if we think about it too much than we’ll become paralysed by fear.
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JuicyWarpDrive Mar 30, 2026 +69
And then maybe America would become walkable cities
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ctn91 Mar 30, 2026 +30
HA, thats a good one.
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Past_Aerie_5860 Mar 30, 2026 +30
I'm terrified of driving because I already have an anxiety disorder and I swear if I don't kill myself or someone by panicking on the road then I fear someone elses' recklessness killing me. I've had many people in my life die from drunk driver's or car accidents and it has done nothing but make me dread getting a license.
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cosmoscommander Mar 30, 2026 +12
it’s why I’m terrified to drive, the fact that you have to learn and practice by actively driving out in the world as a teenager, and one wrong move can totally impact a number of lives is crazy and fills me with intense anxiety 😭
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DragonfruitLate1329 Mar 30, 2026 +9
Yeah, it’s wild how casually people treat something that can end lives in seconds. One distracted second and everything changes forever.
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FondantOutrageous276 Mar 30, 2026 +802
Having lilies in your home if you have a cat. Currently writing this from the emergency vet. Even a tiny bit of pollen on their coats, which they then clean, can cause kidney failure and be fatal. EDIT: Thank you for the well wishes. We don't think she ingested any but better safe than sorry. I knew certain plants were toxic for cats but my kitty never eats plants so I wasn't worried — until I discovered that even just being near lilies can poison a cat, especially if they brush up against it or there's a breeze. By the time symptoms show, it's often too late. I wish every florist warned customers — if you are a cat owner, never, EVER bring lilies into your home.
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FreyaAndMe Mar 30, 2026 +54
I hope the best for you and your baby 🫂
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FieryFelicityxx Mar 30, 2026 +420
Young children having unlimited access to the internet
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Curve-Effective Mar 30, 2026 +554
Dental care
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wolfelian Mar 30, 2026 +103
Yup. Don’t put off dental problems! Molar pain is the absolute worst pain I’ve had in my 30 years of being alive. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
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N3olop3Z09 Mar 30, 2026 +67
Lisa needs braces
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Key-Memory3483 Mar 30, 2026 +41
Dental plan
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Specialist-Yak7209 Mar 30, 2026 +10
It's still bonkers to me that dental care is not part of universal healthcare here in Canada and it was cheaper for me to get a dental filling plus cleaning done all in Japan paying outright when I was there compared to if I get a regular cleaning done in Canada
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Inevitable_Zebra976 Mar 30, 2026 +1214
Breakups and mental health. Before I went through one I used to think people were being dramatic about how much it impacted them. Then it was my turn and I ended up going through intense therapy. Man did I ever learn my lesson. I’m super empathetic to that now and honestly to most things that impact peoples mental health.
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865wx Mar 30, 2026 +441
What's so hard about the first few breakups is that you haven't quite developed the coping skills to handle it. As you get older, you're more familiar with those feelings and how to work through them, but what's harder is the existential dread: *this isn't how my life was supposed to go*. When you're in your teens and early 20s, there's a tacit comfort in knowing you have so much of life ahead of you. The older you get, that subconscious reassurance starts to run out, especially if biological clocks and wanting children are a factor.
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CircumFleck_Accent Mar 30, 2026 +117
Yup, this is on the money. It’s moreso that you realize how short life is once you go through a breakup as an adult and uh oh now you’re no longer a young 20-something with time and options.
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TheCeruleanFire Mar 30, 2026 +93
Going through break ups as a post-divorce parent is a far, far more grueling animal than dating in high school and college. Especially if you’ve been discarded by an avoidant. No closure, deeply hurting, but your children still need you to show up as a parent, your job still needs you, bills need paid, and so on… definitely agree with this.
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local_scientician Mar 30, 2026 +25
Yuuuup. I’m avoiding the whole debacle by never dating again ever. When my kid grows up, I’ll get a cat to treat like a princess instead lol
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StarsEatMyCrown Mar 30, 2026 +61
I work in an assistant living facility. The amount of old people that have found new love is UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE. I really think that I'm so observant and shocked, because I'm constantly watching what's going on like it's a television show. Nobody around me seems to care as much as I do - but I literally have watched the progression of elderly love and it's beautiful. So...nothing ever is final, no matter how old you are. You can always love again, no matter your age.
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newaccount47 Mar 30, 2026 +24
Very well said. There is a degree of shock in realizing that you missed the opportunity that you desired and there is nothing that can be done about it. 
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GoodOlSpence Mar 30, 2026 +44
I went through a horrible breakup in 2018. From madly in love, to it just being over. I was useless the rest of the year and then began serial dating to cope. It took time and therapy to get out of it.
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dooooooooooooomed Mar 30, 2026 +154
I thought the same thing until I went through my first one. I learned that breakups are actually very similar to drug withdrawals scientifically. I feel bad for ever thinking people were being drama queens/kings! Edit: that being said, I still don't understand the appeal of listening to songs about breakups and the like. To me they just remind me of that horrible time and it puts me in a bad mood.
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Witchydigit Mar 30, 2026 +72
It's especially difficult in unhealthy, toxic relationships. Codependency, narcissistic abuse, love bombing/degradation cycles. I've experienced all of these, and while I haven't had any major drug addictions (just the caffeine dependence), I can say it absolutely affects your brain and ability to regulate yourself, when you go from constantly capitulating to someone else's self-centered whims to finally processing everything they did to you. Actually, I'll just add emotional abuse to the conversation in general. People think it's not "real" because it's just words, and often comes with no damage from physical altercations. But the way it can cause PTSD, prime you for future emotionally abusive relationships, and the stress can cause or exacerbate physical issues, combined with the lack of support to get out of it because of not being physical in nature. To recover takes a lot of self-confidence. Don't forget the social isolation that often comes with it, or only being allowed to make friends with people who are loyal to the emotional abuser, so when you do leave you end up with zero support and demonized by everyone you know.
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hunterman25 Mar 30, 2026 +86
mine nearly killed me. 3 months later and still struggling hard. i'd rather never fall in love again than ever have to go through that another time
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New-Anybody-6206 Mar 30, 2026 +40
After a dozen years of hell I've never been happier now that I'm alone. I have zero desire to ever date again.
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Captcha_Bitch Mar 30, 2026 +46
For real! You kind of have to experience it to fully understand. Logically it shouldn't be that big of a deal, but in practice incredibly difficult and traumatic one of the most difficult life events to work through in my opinion.
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Nekroin Mar 30, 2026 +16
4 years ago I discovered that may ex was cheating on me. It threw me off of my feet so hard I still suffer from it. I think about her daily and she appears on my dreams regularly. Not because I miss her but I think because she left a wound that something in me thinks only she can mend again. I want her to think of me as a person that is worth something (which she does). I am with someone new again and happy but I wish something in me could deal with that trauma
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aeSun9 Mar 30, 2026 +188
Bottling up crying. Like people treat it as weakness but you ever have a good ugly cry and then feel weirdly calm after? That's not a coincidence. your body literally flushes stress hormones out through tears. you're not being dramatic, you're self-regulating. let it happen.
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AdThin589 Mar 30, 2026 +15
For some people ,like me, it's hard to cry,even if I want to
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aeSun9 Mar 30, 2026 +10
was you forced to keep your tears when you were a child?
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mlvrnn Mar 30, 2026 +624
The measles. It can be fatal, especially for small children. Drives me nuts when people quote that totally debunked theory that the vaccine leads to autism.
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Retro_Nights Mar 30, 2026 +82
Measles infection causes "immune amnesia," a phenomenon where the immune system "forgets" how to fight off other previously encountered pathogens. Because of this, you may need to receive vaccines for other pathogens again.
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mlvrnn Mar 30, 2026 +20
Yes, and in the current situation where we have seen measles outbreaks in ie Texas and South Carolina the medical community needs to be prepared for this. Somehow I doubt the “new CDC according to RFK Jr” will be very proactive with inoculations.
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AlmightyCrayons Mar 30, 2026 +255
Even if it *were* true, as the parent to an autistic child, I find it highly offensive that people would rather risk their child dying from a preventable disease than have an autistic child. Even if it is a very small chance of dying.
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mlvrnn Mar 30, 2026 +48
You should find it offensive, I do too. Measles fatality rate isn’t as high in developed countries but in underdeveloped countries it can be as high as 30%. And even in developed countries there is always the risk of complications such as encephalitis or pneumonia. My mother almost died from it at the age of three. She was kept isolated for four months in a hospital room. I wish you and your child the best life you can live. ❤️
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Delicious-Willow-769 Mar 30, 2026 +452
Posting stuff on social media where it's saved forever for the entire world to dig up
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Brobeast Mar 30, 2026 +73
Thats why im glad my social media kick is on mostly anonymous forums, and not insta/facebook.
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KaiTheG4mer Mar 30, 2026 +149
The rising rates of colon cancer and colon cancer mortality among younger people likely due to sedentary lifestyle
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Fabulous-Ad-576 Mar 30, 2026 +94
And because of lack of fiber and nutrition in general
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Straight_Talker24 Mar 30, 2026 +63
100% this. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in my early 30’s. It’s still continuously getting dismissed by doctors and the general public. You have blood in your poo, any color, even if it’s just once needs to be investigated and not assumed to be hemeroid. Even if you have a visible hemorrhoid. It’s better to make sure that that’s all the bleeding is caused from. Women in particular are still getting dismissed when they have low iron and Doctors are still making the assumption it’s due to periods or poor diet. If you have low iron get a colonoscopy! Don’t let your doctors make assumptions as to why these things occur. It’s gambling with your life
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ThaGr8Potato Mar 30, 2026 +27
I just had my first colonoscopy and had over 30 polyps. I don't know how but none were cancerous but I've got to do another one in 6 months now. Prep was by far the worst part. I did flip out when I came out of anesthesia too. Just a bad time all around.
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Standardvex98 Mar 30, 2026 +18
Covid is part of the increase as well, Covid especially repeated infections has been proven to increase risk of numerous cancers including colon cancer and can trigger Chrons disease which can lead to colon cancer.
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Weary-Put8619 Mar 30, 2026 +389
bullying
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Grogenhymer Mar 30, 2026 +174
Bullying is assault, abuse, and harassment. Ruins you self esteem, effects all relationships, and your future success in life.
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sunsettiger41 Mar 30, 2026 +329
small daily habits that slowly wreck your health
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Impressive-Ear-6903 Mar 30, 2026 +147
Bad posture. For sure.
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TheThiefEmpress Mar 30, 2026 +161
I can't help it, sitting like a shrimp just *happens.*
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EnergyAltruistic2911 Mar 30, 2026 +41
I blame our shitty transformations into vertebrates!
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Astuary-Queen Mar 30, 2026 +49
Actually, studies have shown that posture doesn’t effect pain. People with good posture have the same amount of back pain as people with bad posture! https://www.physio-network.com/blog/using-science-to-understand-more-about-why-posture-pain-do-not-simply-relate/
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margolise Mar 30, 2026 +278
binge eating disorder
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zkvxo Mar 30, 2026 +153
yeah... i am gonna die. weird to realise that. i keep telling myself to just put down the f****** fork. but i can't. it has me. i don't want to die but i don't see another outcome. edit: for those suggesting it, please stop - GLPs do not assist with BED and in fact can kill people with compulsive BED. BED is not about hunger. it is very dangerous advice to tell me to get on medication that slows metabolising - when someone with a chemically slowed metabolism binges, it can lead to impacted bowels and ruptured intestines. i'm not diabetic and i'm not someone who needs help with hunger. GLPs are not approved for treatment of people with compulsive binge eating disorder.
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Main-Apricot-5516 Mar 30, 2026 +41
Im in no way close to a medical professional, but I have gone through some level of bed in the past which led me to find out Vyvanse can be used as treatment. Might be worth looking into, please consider bringing that up to a professional! Wishing you the best, I know the distress of the fork controlling you. You can do this
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Friendly_Hart Mar 30, 2026 +119
High blood pressure. It's a silent killer for a reason
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DarkAngela12 Mar 30, 2026 +59
Ankylosing spondylitis. Can't move the way normal people can, and it often comes with debilitating exhaustion. I don't look disabled, but there's a lot of days I can barely get out of bed for more than an hour or two. I've got about 1 week per 6 weeks that I can be relatively normal and have normal activity levels, but I often end up in bed for a few days after that. (Thankfully, it's a predictable "good" week that can be "scheduled" due to treatment intervals, so I can occasionally go on a vacation with my kid that is relatively normal. The treatment, for me, is kind of like inverse chemo.... have the treatment, feel good for a week, then slowly collapse back into barely functioning over the next 4-5 weeks before starting the cycle again.)
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SeaworthinessUsed288 Mar 30, 2026 +15
That is not controlled. I hope you and your rheumatologist are looking into a different biologic. Sorry if you've already tried everything and this is the best it gets. I know there isn't a magic solution, but 1/6 weeks is pretty unacceptable imho.
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420StAcY Mar 30, 2026 +164
Flossing your teeth
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Ok_Subject_7458 Mar 30, 2026 +200
money in politics
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2Scarhand Mar 30, 2026 +111
Having one pupil suddenly change size or otherwise go wonky. A subtle but perhaps telltale sign of a stroke or similar lethal issue. So many posts on r/mildlyinteresting and the like where OP says "Hey, look at what my eye did. Weird, right? lol" and everyone in the comments is screaming at them to go to the emergency room immediately.
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Sgt_carbonero Mar 30, 2026 +144
Carbon monoxide poisoning
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Dogs4Life98 Mar 30, 2026 +27
Get those alarms installed ya’ll! My plumber put one in my utility room after he installed my new gas water heater. The gas HVAC is also there. So grateful for him
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sorryimightbehigh Mar 30, 2026 +18
Yes! My dad and I almost died on Xmas eve 25 years ago from carbon monoxide poisoning but our landlord brought over a detector because luckily there also happened to be a gas smell happening along with it. The detector went off and saved us from being in the house for any longer. We both had symptoms of CM poisoning but didn’t realize it at the time.
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Absolutely_Fibulous Mar 30, 2026 +10
I had a low-level CO leak in my apartment back when I was in college, and we asked maintenance to look at it multiple times because of the smell but they didn’t find anything. I got a CO detector and it went off within a week or two. Then we had to prep for finals without any heat for a week in December (landlord did get us both heaters we were able to put in our rooms to keep warm). My roommate and I had both been sleeping so much that semester and we both got terrible grades. We’re lucky it wasn’t worse.
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AgeOfNoFilter Mar 30, 2026 +51
Pollution... it's killing us Water, Air, Land and even our food chain is polluted.
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OkKnowledge1489 Mar 30, 2026 +50
Depression. No one gives a f*** despite knowing I am seriously drowning it.
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Animangle Mar 30, 2026 +11
yes and people think you can just do things to stop being depressed.  i walk 5 miles a day in the sun, interact with lots of people, have plants, write and i'm incredibly depressed. i don't want to be because it's doing weird things to my body and you know, it's miserable. people think depression is just being lazy.
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vladamsandler Mar 30, 2026 +91
Too much sun exposure / not wearing sunscreen
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Fishmyashwhole Mar 30, 2026 +21
Hard agree. I always reference the picture of the long time truck driver that never wore sunscreen. The left side of her face that was facing the window looked about 20 years older than the right.
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OriolesrRavens1974 Mar 30, 2026 +120
Gaining weight. I just lost 100 pounds and almost all of my health problems and back pain went away. Reversed my Type 2 diabetes.
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Impressive-Rub-5291 Mar 30, 2026 +43
Surgeries, of any kind, and for the most, “routine” situations. I personally knee two people in my life that died when going in for “routine” gallbladder removals.
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Super_Job_2243 Mar 30, 2026 +23
That’s how my mom died. 😢 Was supposed to do a routine surgery.
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Music527 Mar 30, 2026 +6
My condolences.
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Matchacheesecake29 Mar 30, 2026 +78
Mental health
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stealth_bohemian Mar 30, 2026 +235
Burnout from teachers and nurses. Overworked, underpaid, under-respected, poor working conditions.
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Competitive_Honey887 Mar 30, 2026 +70
definitely mental health struggles. a lot of folks downplay their impact, but they can seriously mess with your life.
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Same_Dingo2318 Mar 30, 2026 +317
Climate change. Even if you think it’s a big deal. It’s worse.
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FlooopyMan Mar 30, 2026 +75
Just had 100 degree heat in san diego in march.. we broke all time april records, in march. 20+ degrees above the previous record. Some part of california experienced 37 degree above average temps for nearly a week straight. We have no snow left as a state when we should be under the most amount for this time of year for an “average” year. I don’t get the opposition to doing something. We are literally killing ourselves and everything else
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Same_Dingo2318 Mar 30, 2026 +28
Aquifers are struggling while water is being privatized.
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eduardonachosupremo Mar 30, 2026 +44
We’re running out of water, arid soil is going to spread leading to food scarcity crisis, migration will explode and disrupt everything about societies worldwide, heat will kill huge masses of vulnerable people, inevitable energy crisis, and to top it all off the nonstop storms of increasing intensity will decimate even areas that wouldn’t usually be under threat We can’t fix it, it’s all coming, and it’s going to feel like the end times and very well may be because world “leaders” are inept and led us into this clusterfuck
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Big-Safe-2459 Mar 30, 2026 +17
Climate change is going to be brutal, and so many people I know brush it off or don’t seem to take it seriously. Even the most brilliant of my friends seem to just carry on like nothing will happen or that I’m overreacting for thinking our kids struggle with the threat.
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OnlySports92 Mar 30, 2026 +30
Parenting. I truly believe a general lack of good parenting is a huge issue in this country.
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Ecstatic-Junket2196 Mar 30, 2026 +25
not being true to your feelings and tryna fake the situation
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Mickryboo Mar 30, 2026 +25
Melanoma. Im almost ten years clear - stage 2b nodular. The amount of 'oh its only skin cancer' i got was worrying. Melanoma is aggressive and deadly. Cancer is cancer, one type should never trump the other.
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poppysox6 Mar 30, 2026 +118
In the US, the kids can’t read.
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nycres1 Mar 30, 2026 +45
Zoolander tried to address this and was ridiculed
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pauliek93 Mar 30, 2026 +20
And yet they continue passing them - otherwise school funding is lowered. Absolutely absurd… my best friend teaches in an urban magnet school and there are kids graduating grade 12 with 1st grade reading/writing comprehension. And it’s not even like they’re alone, there’s a ton of them.
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JuicyWarpDrive Mar 30, 2026 +33
The adults are at what ~6th grade level now?
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Historical-Count-374 Mar 30, 2026 +12
Not just that, many outright lack the processing power required for life. They are like walking talking robots being brought up by a system in the hands of continually devolving handlers. Especially in states like Arizona
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100dancingcats Mar 30, 2026 +562
Project 2025
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SuperCleverPunName Mar 30, 2026 +77
I fully believed Trump when he said that he's never read Project 2025. After all, it's a 900 page document and Trump doesn't read unless it comes with lots of pictures. Trump has people to read the document for him 
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green_link Mar 30, 2026 +61
trump isn't even making any decisions. he is a puppet for the project 2025 people. he doesn't read anything, he doesn't even know what's being handed to him, he's on camera asking "what's this for?" before he signs every executive order. he is their auto pen, because he is a goo brain child who likes to sign his name on things.
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liquidfox6 Mar 30, 2026 +104
This is the big one. It’s been out there for anyone to read. It outlines what’s happening, how it should work, and the goals.
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mizonnz Mar 30, 2026 +28
Don't forget the tracker [https://www.project2025.observer/en](https://www.project2025.observer/en)
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EmotionalAddendum286 Mar 30, 2026 +22
a painful bump on your butthole.
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Pulsatingbutthole69 Mar 30, 2026 +7
That’s a hemmoroid, even scarier if the lump doesn’t have any feeling at all…
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DreadPriratesBooty Mar 30, 2026 +22
Calf pain … If there’s redness, swelling or pain to the touch in your calf could likely have a life threatening blood clot.
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index-error Mar 30, 2026 +23
burnout if it just presents as laziness people think they just lost discipline, but really their brain is cooked and still trying to run. you’re still “working” so nobody flags it, including you. then one day your output just falls off a cliff
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Mortambulist Mar 30, 2026 +39
Cracked toilet bowls. That shit will slice you clean open if it breaks on you.
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xnoxgodsx Mar 30, 2026 +39
Ptsd.... whether you was in war, or other past predicaments... it still fucks with me, not a veteran BTW, just alot of horrible things in the past
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Pristine_Tackle7535 Mar 30, 2026 +39
Chronic stress quietly wrecks you while looking normal daily
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harrywho23 Mar 30, 2026 +71
the bee and other insect apocalypse. food starvation will hit before climate change kills us off
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JuicyWarpDrive Mar 30, 2026 +79
Panic Attacks - the real ones, not anxiety, but actual flee to the hospital bc you know you are dying - panic attacks
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framedposters Mar 30, 2026 +11
Woo first one at 14, have had dozens since then. Took till my 30s to finally get it under control. Unfortunately that has meant medication that I’d prefer not to be on long term, but it’s worked. And they were destroying my life. It was just part of my biology.
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Ok-Local138 Mar 30, 2026 +34
Picking the person you marry
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jim182182 Mar 30, 2026 +15
An abscess in your mouth will literally kill you if left untreated.
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bellchilton Mar 30, 2026 +17
Random persistent ache in your neck. I had one, thought I could sleep it off, woke up unable to swallow or feel on my right side. Turns out I had a stroke due to an arterial dissection in my neck.
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PoopsieDoodler Mar 30, 2026 +29
Blood clots.
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JDLPC Mar 30, 2026 +72
Pregnancy. Your chances of being murdered and/or dying while pregnant/giving birth go way up.
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brapstoomuch Mar 30, 2026 +23
Pregnancy itself is super dangerous with a variety of outcomes we don’t really discuss until it happens to us.
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NiiShieldBJJ Mar 30, 2026 +15
Obesity
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Ascribbleintime Mar 30, 2026 +14
Stalking and Domestic Abuse. Was stalked by a guy at uni because I wouldn't date him. Got given the speil of how I should 'just give him a chance' If someone won't take no then. They won't later. What was worse were the flying monkeys, people who I trusted in my life actively communicating my location or parts of my life to him. It's been over 10 years and I still feel watched. On the Domestic Abuse front. It's all of it, had a partner strangle me repeatedly and (not) friends treated it like it was normal. If you have been strangled in your relationship you are 700% more likely to be murdered. When I got out people felt sorry FOR HIM, because he could "manipulate" it so much despite me having literal bruises and his written words on how he thought I was a piece of trash. The aftermath of coming out of DV isn't relief either. I got out of being locked in a flat for 3 years, how do you go to a job interview and explain that gap in your life? No one wants a trauma dump when interviewing for a cashier job. How do you look at your body in a way that isn't of disgust from things your ex has said? Can you trust that you actually like the things you do? Or was it the abuse making moulding you into this person that you are trying to shed. On a happier note. 10 years later, happily married to a wonderful person, have some cats and kids. Got a good job to pay for hobbies. It does get better.
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Alvaur Mar 30, 2026 +39
Black mold
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barbiebinch Mar 30, 2026 +27
Just look what happened to J.K. Rowling
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Educational_Damage50 Mar 30, 2026 +12
Driving. There are so many people who forget how insanely dangerous a car can be and don’t treat the act of driving with more respect or caution.
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Standardvex98 Mar 30, 2026 +12
Repeated Covid infections, 1 in 5 Covid infections leads to Long Covid and Long Covid is now the leading chronic illness in children above even asthma. And about 40% of Long Covid cases meet the criteria for ME/CFC (Myalgic encephalomyelitis) which at its most severe stage can mean being totally bedbound unable to tolerate light or speech and your digestive system shutting down, oncologists who have worked with both cancer and ME patients say it's significantly lower quality of life then stage 4 cancer.
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InternalTurnover9319 Mar 30, 2026 +11
Anxiety
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EndersR3ign Mar 30, 2026 +42
Punching someone as an adult. A lot of young men are oblivious to how serious the consequences of a single drunken punch can be. Violence and macho behaviours are extremely common at pubs, parties, etc., but things can go sideways in the blink of an eye, and you can destroy multiple lives in a single moment that you can't take back.
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14dmoney Mar 30, 2026 +13
Timothy Wojna died in 2006 in Ottawa in his early 20s after getting in a fight outside a diner with another man in his early 20s who punched Wojna on the back of his head with enough force to kill him. Convicted of manslaughter. I think of this case often as it could happen to any brawling group.
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420-TENDIES Mar 30, 2026 +9
Prescription drug interactions kill thousands of people each year. Make sure you get your prescriptions all in one p******* so interaction checks can take place.
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tinycurse Mar 30, 2026 +10
Pedophilia. Sometimes, especially since recent events coming to light, it seems people don’t actually grasp at just how absolutely devastating it is to be a victim of pedophilia. It changes you for life & there’s no escaping the ways it permanently fucks your brain chemistry.
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funny_jaja Mar 30, 2026 +22
Working forever
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cutesycaterpillar Mar 30, 2026 +22
advocating for your health with medical professionals
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dark-elf997 Mar 30, 2026 +9
Getting Covid, even if the initial infection is mild or even asymptomatic.
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FrozenVikings Mar 30, 2026 +9
Cold water immersion can kill really quickly, even if you don't think it's that cold. Makes me crazy to see people paddling small crafts like canoes, kayaks, SUPs, without lifejackets ON. Not in the boat, but on their body, done up properly. Even in the summer, an unexpected dunk can cause a gasp reflex that sucks water right into the lungs. I live by Okanagan Lake, deadliest lake in BC, and people misjudge the dangers every summer.
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pierrepierregasly Mar 30, 2026 +8
Female on Male assault/SA is not taken seriously enough. A few years ago in class we were learning about domestic violence, and we spent hours watching videos about men abusing women; then at the end of the semester we watched a movie where a woman slapped a guy in the face simply because he was unattractive, and nobody batted an eye. Now imagine a man slapping a woman in the face because she was unattractive in a Hollywood movie. How would that go down?
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drproc90 Mar 30, 2026 +8
Being bullied as a child
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Sufficient_Coach7566 Mar 30, 2026 +10
Cheating on a partner. Shit is devastating. Found out my live-in gf (now ex) of three years, had been having an affair with her married boss for 5 years. I was the side-piece of a side-piece. Every time she told me she was going to the office, she was in fact meeting him at the train station and then he'd drive them to a local love hotel (this is Japan). I even saw some of their texts, and she spoke to him as a completely different person. Made me feel like I never even knew her. I had been living with a stranger for 3 years. This happened 2.5 years ago, and I'm still recovering. I never understood post traumatic stress disorder until then.
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anxietydude112 Mar 30, 2026 +39
Having Donald Trump as president a second time.
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jerkyquirky Mar 30, 2026 +16
Credit card debt. Rolling negative equity into a new car.
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Kimihro Mar 30, 2026 +16
Not caring about your sugar intake
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HighFiveKoala Mar 30, 2026 +16
Driving distracted
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willo132 Mar 30, 2026 +8
Animal agriculture and factory farming.
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