" I lose faith in mankind seeing the sh*t people do and the life they just destroy because they are n’t pay tending . "
In a recent post shared tor/AskReddit, site useru/Independent_Topic270asked, “What’s something people take too lightly but shouldn’t?” Here are some of the most-upvoted responses:
1.“Blood pressure. In the past few years, I’ve learned that a number of people in my life just walk around day-to-day close to stroking out and don’t bother going to the doctor about it.”
u / limbodog
2.“Sleep! People often take sleep too lightly, thinking they can get by on just a few hours.”
u / Ecstatic_Cancel5244
" I did n’t actualize this until I got a smartwatch and started cut through my sleep . Holy hell ! For years I ’ve been running off 4.5 - 5 hours of sleep . And my body is decidedly feeling the effects . Ugh . "
u / Comprehensive - Ear283
3.“Hearing protection in clubs and concerts.”
u / dschoni
" I ’m a immense counselor for hearing protection in the bike community .
Please protect your ears y' all .
Tinnitus is a merciless c**t . "
u / EggsOfRetaliation
4.“Driving. It astonishes me how casually so many take operating a machine capable of causing a great deal of harm.”
u / talibob
" I work in insurance . I lose religious belief in humanity seeing the shit people do and the lives they just destroy because they are n’t paying aid . "
u / MadDog1981
5.“Work/life balance. No matter where you work, you are replaceable within days. No matter what you do, someone else can do it, too. Spend time with your family, friends, and pets. Your job will not be there for you when you are dying, nor will it care that you are gone.”
u / Wide_Wrongdoer4422
6.“Holding friends and family accountable for their words and actions. A lot of people like to think they would act reasonably and morally when their close relationships do terrible things, but they often don’t. Usually, they create excuses for the behaviour and learn to adapt around it.”
u / Treebeard313
7.“Space debris around our planet. A finite amount of space is usable by satellites, and more and more junk is floating around up there. We could reach a point known as theKessler Syndromewhere the orbital space for satellites is like a continuous shotgun blast of debris making all satellites dead, and even space launches impossible. Say goodbye to the internet if that happens. there are 100 million bits of debris over 1mm flying around the planet at 17,000 mph.”
u / H_Ethan
8.“Retirement.”
u / TheSh4ne
" This . I ’m almost 40 and it ’s improbable how many people do n’t have a pension . "
u / Phylord
9.“Elections, especially at the local level.”
u / awilder181
10.“Sun exposure and skin cancer risks.”
u / AI_WILL_END_HUMANITY
11.“Parenting. I can’t express enough how much of my adult life has been affected because of how I was raised. Take the time to explain things to your kids. Don’t scream at them over the small mistakes they make. Don’t spank because you suck at managing your emotions. I could go on and on about this.”
u / kangarookickers
12.“Dehumanising people. Its a very slippery slope to justifying sanctioned violence.”
u / Frappuccino_Banana
13.“Self-bashing. Love and forgive yourself, man!”
u / Whoatemydelitray
14.“The importance of flossing.”
u / ichbinleni
15.“Antibiotic resistance.”
u / Dry - Masterpiece-3971
16.“Going out hiking unprepared. Check your weather forecast, tell someone your itinerary, and preferably don’t go alone. Make sure you’re prepared for the worst weather you could encounter in that area. Better to be over-prepared than lost dying from heat exhaustion, or simply lost and nobody knowing to look for you.”
u / RomanRefrigerator
17.“Stress. People are generally pretty good at understandingvery high stressis a problem. But people takeconstant, moderate stressway too lightly. Constant moderate stress is so hard on your system, and causes or aggravates a whole host of serious medical problems.”
" I see so many hoi polloi burning themselves out with restrained stress that they never get a break from . And when they originate higher floor of tension and really do something to address that , theystoptaking breaks / etc . as soon as they ’re back to ' normal ' . "
u / loljetfuel
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