Curious to hear examples of this, Redditor TheToastyNuts asked:
"What do you swear on your life to be 100% true?"
These Redditors had very specific memories or thoughts.
Upon Reflection
"I look good in the mirror. I look terrible in photos."
– thepresidentsturtle
What Are The Odds
"That the printer will always run out of ink or that the paper will get jammed when you're already rushing and stressed."
"Happens all the time."
– PresentCrab2517
Rigged Dispenser
"The makers of baby wipes intentionally wrap them in a way so when you pull 1 out the container you get 2-3 and waste them because they are a bitch to put back in."
– Ducati0411
Uncooperative Cart
"Every cart I pull at Walmart has at least one square tire."
– SettledWater
Shoppers And Drivers
"The way people drive and the way they use a shopping trolley are directly linked."
– KatrinaMystery
Downward Spiral
"If I’m having a bad day it can always get worse."
– TheeJimmyHoffa
The beauty of the movie going experience is the fact that we all have different interpretations. Some, however, are very unique.
Goonies In Theaters
"The first time I saw the movie The Goonies in theaters, there was slightly more footage to the movie. Just a few camera angles and scenes here and there. I watched the movie twice in the same theater during the original run, and only opening night had the longer version. 2 weeks later when I saw it again, they played the normal version that is considered official now."
"Edit: Looks like I could definitely be right"
– justinsayin
Honey, I Forgot The Scene
"I swear there was originally a scene in Honey I Shrunk The Kids where the neighbor dad flicks his cigarette butt over the fence and nearly burns up his own son. It's not on any home release I've ever seen."
– heatherbyism
If there was an evolution about America's favorite snack, we missed the memo.
Altered Taste
"They changed the Reese’s recipe."
– whippedcreamcheese
Consistently Inconsistent
"The chocolate is hit or miss - sometimes it's amazing chocolaty goodness and sometimes it's all crumbly and tastes like ash. But NOBODY ELSE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND GOOGLE DOESN'T EITHER."
– wellfork
That Waxy Flavor
"A lot of candy companies have switched to vegetable oil instead of cocoa butter in their chocolate and it makes a huge difference in taste (I think). The candy with the vegetable oil always tastes and feels waxy to me."
"I've thought they changed the recipe for Reese's for awhile now too. The ingredients still show cocoa butter though so maybe they changed something else. They're certainly not the same."
– Zozo061050
I find that if you ever change lines at the grocery store because the one you're in seems longer than the others, you are gravely mistaken.
Because the moment you step out of line, the new line somehow becomes much longer.
Come on. We all know this to be 100% accurate.
There may be no substantial evidence to back what people believe to be emphatically true, like, say, the afterlife or the existence of a higher power.
But who are we to deny them their faith in the existence of something?
Curious to hear what some of these beliefs might be, Redditor btsao1 asked:
"What is something you strongly believe in but don't have evidence for?"
How well do you know your relatives? These people had gut instincts they couldn't shake off.
Grandpa's Double Life
"My grandpa had a second family. I never knew him as he died before I was born, but my mom would talk about how he'd occasionally disappear for up to a month at a time and my grandma never once asked why because he said it wasn't her business (this was like the 50s and 60s). My mom told me that she'd occasionally have this dream where he had a second family and I think it's because deep down she suspected it."
– Fournote
It Can Never Be Revealed
"My wife's cousin's husband is an undercover CIA agent."
– tecg
Family History
"Kind of related but my mum thought she wasn’t related to her brothers as she didn’t look anything like them. Obviously my grandparents told her she was just paranoid."
"Years later we find out that my gran had an affair (my grandpa knew) and my mother was the result. This came out many years after my grandpa and grandma had died and that my mother and my siblings all had another family, her dad had died but we were living 10 doors away from one of her new siblings."
– ItchyPlatypus
People propose the idea of living creatures still out there among us.
They're Out There Somewhere
"That the Tasmanian Tiger is not extinct. Great swathes of Tasmania are largely uninhabited and still heavily forested . People wander a few metres off a track and are never seen again so dense is the bush. So my old romantic heart hopes that Tigers are still out there."
– 1999falcon
How We Came To Imagine Dragons
"I'm convinced that the myth of dragons in the middle ages originates from early findings of dinosaur fossils. It simply seems like a logical explanation to me, but I have not the slightest evidence for this theory."
– Mission-Access6314 ·
Otherworldly Beings
"That there's aliens out there. There's millions of galaxies, planet and we only discovered 1 and not even fully with the oceans being 10% or something. Even if we are the only ones (super unlikely) that would be even scarier if its just us. I wouldnt doubt advanced aliens would avoid the ghetto planet or be able to disguise perfectly as a human (and human eyes are limited there could be layers of life forms that isnt visable to our eyes)."
– AccomplishedCandy325
The Fungus Among Us
"That mushrooms are fully conscious. They help forests, they can communicate, they take over bugs brains and have them walk to a place the fungus wants and then kill it, they are older than any other plants/animals, and not to mention the insane effects of psilocybin!"
– chazmosaur
Dopplegangers
"There are clones, specifically human clones, alive right now. With the advances we made in that field in the 90’s with dolly the sheep and all that stuff there’s no way that some group of people didn’t take it a step further and create a clone human."
– Tornlinftw
If you know, you know.
The Sense Of Void
"I had an identical twin who never made it to be visible on ultrasounds. There's no evidence, just the subjective experience of the hole in the world where someone isn't."
– vewltage
We're All In This Together
"Everyone is delusional, some people just to a higher degree."
– coastermarioguy
For Good
"Being a good person is worth the trouble."
– DiarrheaButtSauce
Every Jekyll Has Their Hyde
"i believe that every single person in existence is capable of doing unspeakable things even if they don’t know it themselves and even if they never actually do."
– liteAvvikande
Graduation Theory
"that U.S universities lie about their graduation rates (the percentage of students that actually finish and graduate with a degree)"
– wayne8827
What We Eat
"Cambell’s Chunky brand soups and stews are really just dog food with extra spices."
– OrchidBest
I believe in ghosts. I believe that the departed exist on another plane.
But as much as I believe in the fact that there are apparitions and spooky specters out there, I really hope I never see evidence of their existence.
Because who has time for that?
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Redditor mharris1405 wanted to know about the times everyone could just feel they had no other option but to throw in the towel.
They asked:
"What are signs you lost the argument?"
I'm undefeated so I can't share in this conversation, but I'll listen . ;)
Origins
"You realize that your argument was based on a misunderstanding of the original point of concern." ~ Highwired1
Sasha Banks Reaction GIF by WWEGiphyPoint of Focus
"You're attacking the person you are arguing with instead of their argument." ~ Weirdguy149
"I was associated with a niche but decently large online gaming group for years and they HATED when people didn’t agree with what the general opinion was on anything."
"It always resorted to them trying to destroy the person’s image, even when the point of contention was completely non-consequential. It was wild happened to several friends of mine to the point they literally defamed him in a legal sense. Gotta love insecure nerds who can’t handle being wrong lmao." ~ RiceKrispieMeat
'How does that make sense?'
"Or when the entire argument stemmed from you not realizing how hostile your tone was. I had an argument like that with my sister a few months ago. I just asked 'How does that make sense?' because I genuinely couldn't understand her thought pattern but because the argument was already a bit heated and my tone made her interpret it as me outright calling everything she was saying bullshit, it just kept going. Had I realized what my voice made things sound like it would've been over pretty damn quickly." ~ ad240pCharlie
The Sky is Green
"Hard to tell. Sometimes people really have lost the argument. Other times it's just the irrationality of internet users that beat you into submission. After all, if 5 people are saying the sky is green. Then it doesn't matter how many times you say its blue, you wont win the argument. Because those people are dumb as f**k. And you cant win against that." ~ JailbaitBarbie
Floored...
"Lying on the floor in a pool of your own liquids." ~ DognamedTurtle
Tired Floor GIF by The Drew Barrymore ShowGiphyLying on the floor. Yeah, I've been there. You?
Words matter
"Name throwing." ~ TheRealOgMark
"Ahh reminds me of this one guy that kept on calling me a fatty and replying to me every one of my comments because I said Jojo fans are toxic." ~ Jakeyloransen
Intimidating Season 4 GIF by The OfficeGiphyTopics
"When they start yelling or trying to include irrelevant things into the conversation. Like no, we were talking about topic A. You trying to bring up topic B, C & D doesn’t make me forget about topic A." ~ FlightWolf23949
"It makes it impossible to have an intelligent back and forth with the person. Like no, that’s a completely different thing, we’re talking about A. Stop changing the subject!" ~ hunybuny9000
GOAL!
"You move the goal posts." ~ spastichabits
"I sometimes do a poor job of describing my point. When I figure that out and make it clearer, that could look like I'm moving the goalposts. But otherwise, sure." ~ twopointsisatrend
"This, and you change the subject slightly. cough insults cough," ~ Fancy_Agent_8542
Life's too Short
"I get involved in the argument in the first place, I'm either just plain wrong but realise it way too late and can't admit because the other guy is being a c**t about it, or I'm right and the other guy won't admit it because he's being a c**t about it. Better to just let c**ts be c**ts life's too short 🤷♂️." ~ Philsredditaccount1
Weak
"You resort to weak comebacks and drag on the original argument rather than actually countering it." ~ VapertoweI
Argue Sesame Street GIFGiphyOh to be mean and witty. Such a gift.
But maybe let's try more truth and kindness going forward.
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