Most of us have heard the same old “truisms” repeated over and over again throughout our lives, but ultimately, only life experience can actually teach us how things really work. You can’t replicate it, you can’t “learn” it, the only way to get it is just to live and keep on living. But through the magic of the internet, we can at least pick some older folk’s brains on the topic.
Someone asked “Older people, what is 100% pure BS?” and netizens shared the various things that they have found to be false. SO get comfortable as you read through, upvote the ones you agree with and be sure to add your own contributions in the comments section below.
#1
The idea that you need to find a career that you are passionate about. Find a career that you can earn decently in and still have work/life balance. Work to fund your passions.
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#2
Weddings. Sure buy a dress, take nice photos. Go down to the courthouse and do it that way. Then take the money you would have spent and save it for a down payment on a house. Weddings are not that fun. Crazy expensive. Time consuming. Stressful. You do not need one.
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#3
That you have to work at least a year at a company before leaving. In today's market if you have to bounce for a better position, do it. Any company will drop you without hesitation if they have to.
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#4
That other people care what you wear, what kind of car you drive or what music you listen to. Those things seem important when you are young. But honestly most people are just trying to live their own lives. They probably don't think about you at all when you are not around.
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#5
That you'll always be broken.
Trauma does terrible things to a person, but you can get better. It isn't easy, but you are absolutely capable of being happy and living a successful life. Don't give up.
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#6
That your soulmate is out there. There is no such thing. You have people who you are attracted to, and compatible with. And liking the person you are with is a hell of a lot more important in the long run than most everything else.
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#7
Money can't buy happiness. B******t ,it can.
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#8
You can be whatever you want to be when you grow up…. It’s all luck.
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#9
Ads about amazing deals you can get online by using their site. PS5 for $20? Just tell us you're an illegal scam and let us move on with our lives. The fact that YouTube plays these scam ads constantly proves they don't give a s**t.
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#10
Multi-level marketing, no matter what they call it - network marketing etc.
Rules about how to attract relationships focused only on men or women ("The Rules" etc)
Rules about how to advance in business ("48 Laws of Power")
Anything with "The Four-Hour" in the title
Payday loans.
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#11
Being an “influencer”
Being a “content creator”.
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#12
When the schools say they have no tolerance for bullying. Thats definitely
100% BULL.
#13
Being an adult. There is no switch that gets flipped, no sense of leveling up. One day, you're just yourself with a huge pile of bills and your sense of self won't feel any different.
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#14
Fashion. It’s 100% made up b******t designed for people to waste money and precious resources. Clothing, sure everyone needs that, but to throw perfectly good pieces of clothing away for no other reason than it not being the current fashion is an absolute crock of s**t. Buying clothes that you don’t actually use is also b******t. Last but not least- judging other people for what they wear is b******t. Nothing could matter less than what clothes people wear.
#15
That time is infinite. Yeah time overall might be but YOUR time and MINE are finite as f**k.
You blink twice and you wonder where the last 30 years went.
#16
HR at your job.
They are there to protect the company and will slit your throat when it suits them.
Tell them nothing.
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#17
People who oppose transgenderism. They don't realize that it's been a concept for tens of thousands of years.
#18
"Just do what you love."
Do what pays the bills. Everything becomes tedious fast, even the things you love, so keep yourself safe and prepare yourself financially.
#19
That you don’t have a significant influence on your life and destiny. You do. Make good decisions every day - relationship, family, job, financial, d***s and alcohol, exercise. You don’t have to be perfect, but you do need to make good decisions most of the time. Doing so greatly influences the likelihood that you will have strong relationships, feel healthier mentally and physically, live longer and live better, and be more financially secure. Don’t let anyone convince you that your effort is a waste. Your effort can make all the difference.
#20
When you're in your 20s, especially late 20s, and think "yeah, me and my friends, we pretty much have it figured out."
You don't, like just trust me. You f*****g don't, and as a guy about to turn 40, I laugh at how comically naive me and my friends were at that age. Even as fairly progressive and open minded people, we didn't know s**t.
Old heads would try to tell me this at that time and I'd dismiss it, because I'm special and know better. I wish I could powder my hand, slap the f**k out of 27 year old me, and convince him to just listen.
#21
The notion that the people we elect to power intend to serve the common good. If we commoners could one day open our eyes together and see the real enemy rather than fighting each other over pronouns and whether someone is a racist or a karen, we could make some progress. Guess who benefits from our endless squabbling. Not us, but those who exploit us.
#22
Any f*****g connotation between the stars and planets and how you act as a human being: whether it’s horoscopes, Mercury retrograde, a full moon, or Unicron.
If you have to use some intergalactic nonsense to explain your attitude, you’re probably just being a s****y person.
#23
99% of dating advice.
100% of financial advice from anyone that posts videos as a job online.
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#24
Your efforts will be rewarded.
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#25
College degree will not guarantee you anything. Especially with AI taking over so much. I'm glad I chose an HVAC career.
#26
That the United States is an equal opportunity country.
Wrong. Social class, privilege, contacts gift opportunity to those who have them.
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#27
Health insurance and their endless shenanigans.
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#28
Social media. You will get to a point where you will look back and think why did you waste so much time on it. It’s all fake and in the end none of it will matter.
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#29
Promises an employer makes.
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#30
That doctors know best. If you feel like something is wrong, keep pushing, advocate for yourself, go to another doctor, do whatever you need to do. Can't stress this enough. So many stories of friends and family being told nothing is wrong, and THERE WAS.
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#31
Anxiety is a normal feeling not a sign of mental illness.
#32
Giving a s**t about what others think of you.
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#33
Anything labeled paranormal or supernatural, specifically ghosts.
None of it is real. Everything has an explanation, even when we don't have one. The default position is not magic.
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#34
My 10 year old needs a cell phone because of how dangerous times are “now”.
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#35
Hustle culture. You deserve to rest.
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#36
Low fat products will help you reduce weight.
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#37
That you can do anything you set your mind to. You can be anything you want to be. If you try hard enough you will succeed.
All b******t. You can try hard at anything and fail. You have to have reasonable goals, not impossible ones.
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#38
The customer is always right, you can achieve anything by working hard, and everyone is born equal.
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#39
Organized Religion. There is no difference between David Koresh and the Catholic church except scale.
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#40
That we should respect our elders. Um, no; many people, who are older than me, have been complete s**t people. Respect is earned (or not), based on the human being you are.
#41
Online dating sites. massive scams imo. it amazes me how the younger generation expects this/these to work. it's really just another form of social media, only more toxic because it more or less allows/encourages people to rate each other sight-unseen.
i'm a bartender of over 20 years, and i see these dates/meet-ups all the time. 99% of them are horribly awkward and don't work out. it's obvious from the first 5 minutes. what a waste of time and resources when those same two could just cut out the middleman and the time being anxious, come to the bar, and probably experience a much better result that would occur naturally.
i wish younger people would understand that just putting yourself in social situations outdoes tinder 99/100 times. even if (especially if!) you're an awkward person. just get out there and be you. there's a match out there for you, and chances are, they aren't at home on their computer.
edit: the reading comprehension (or lack there of) here is blowing my mind. just because i am a bartender doesn't mean i'm recommending bars as a place to meet other people. they work great for some and not for others. i specifically said "social situations" to avoid the typical reddit blowback on bar culture. and yet, here we are...
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#42
CPR on television shows. Your grandma didn’t have nice light chest compressions, her ribs were cracked, her brain was deprived of oxygen and she had needles stuck into her and lines drilled into her shin bones, Ventilator tubes shoved down her trachea while she coded. CPR and resuscitation does nothing to fix the problem that caused your loved ones heart to stop. It just prolongs it when families say “they want everything done” for little ol grandma who already has stage four cancer or kidney disease or heart failure.
If you are young and in a relative good health prior to coding than being full code is a good option for you but the little elderly people who do not have good quality of life who code and we are forced to do these things to them because of their family is 100% b******t.
There are worse things than death. Everybody should speak to their families and have advanced directives on file for end of life measures.
#43
High Fructose Corn Syrup.
#44
The world is going to end in 5 years.
I've been hearing that s**t for 40 years.
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#45
That you can handle the poison of your choice (alcohol, dope, smoking, gambling, etc). Even if you feel in control for 20+ years, in then end it will consume you.
#46
"Nobody wants to work anymore". No, workers just want fair treatment and fair pay.
#47
“Lifelong friends”. Most friendships are situational, even those that are decades-long. A friend of 35 years viciously turned on me this spring bc I couldn’t travel 6 hours for an impromptu reception she threw. I still can’t believe it. People turn on you. Be prepared.
#48
"older generations this, newer generations that"
Humans have barely changed for millenia. Teenagers 3000 years ago ain't that different than now and older people now aren't that different to what younger people will be 60 years from now.
Children aren't smarter these days. They aren't more disrespectful either.
Any phrase where someone says "in my times" or "in your times", is probably BS unless its about technology.
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