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What is one or more thing you wish more people understood?

Posted - August 11, 2018

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  • 53509


      Lefty-loosey, righty-tighty. 

    :)
      August 11, 2018 1:49 PM MDT
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  • 10644
    Wait, I thought it was righty-tighty lefty-loosey.  No wonder I can't get the lid off the pickle jar.
      August 11, 2018 2:16 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      Those pickles don't want to be found anyway. 


    ~
      August 11, 2018 2:29 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    I hope the I-270 pickle story is true.
      August 11, 2018 2:34 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Oh, it's true. You can look on google maps and it's right there, big as life!
      August 11, 2018 9:34 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Thanks, Not Sure.
    :)
      August 12, 2018 5:28 AM MDT
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  • 44620
    To some of us it makes no sense.
      August 11, 2018 2:52 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Huge Giggles!
      August 11, 2018 10:36 PM MDT
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  • 10644
    That they are not the only person in the world.
      August 11, 2018 2:13 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    No kidding.
      August 11, 2018 2:24 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    How important the environment and environmental constraints are.. how sustainability IS important. We cannot keep taking and taking, abusing and polluting.. We cannot be passing on to our children an impoverished world and problems we caused for them to sort out.. 
    I wish people understood how important biodiversity aka wildlife including plants, flowers, birds, insects and mammals is to US..They aren't just pretty, sweet, cute, slimy or scaly.. they too are important.. if we see species disappear how do we know that species doesn't hold the key to our future. perhaps a medicine... ditto trees, plants and the habitats that go with them.. Not only that but if species are dying out..from pollution etc.. then maybe we too are affected, or will be..  As if that weren't enough I think we underestimate the joy we as human beings can extract from our natural surroundings and the species we share the planet with 
      August 11, 2018 2:22 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    One thing we can agree on. 
      August 11, 2018 2:24 PM MDT
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  • 1713
    Indeed. If you care about the human race, then you should definitely care about the environment and other critters since we won't fare too well without them. Some people don't seem to realize that, they seem to have this weird "us or them" mentality.
      August 11, 2018 7:26 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    That's it's OK to admit they don't understand something.

    No, I take that back --  I don't care if they know that or not -- as long as I know it for myself, that's good enough, I guess.
      August 11, 2018 2:29 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    That we are not all like and don't all think the same way.  That having differences doesn't diminish us, it makes us stronger.
      August 11, 2018 2:33 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    Peanut butter is actually good for you.
    That iron and glass in a car are tougher than our bones.
      August 11, 2018 2:55 PM MDT
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  • 2658
    You can't judge an apple by looking at the tree,
    You can't judge honey by looking at the bee,
    You can't judge a daughter by looking at the mother,
    You can't judge a book by looking at the cover.  -Song lyrics


    This post was edited by Beans/SilentGeneration at August 12, 2018 3:41 PM MDT
      August 11, 2018 3:56 PM MDT
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  • 5808

    People have 
    an immense treasure within themselves
    that is often overlooked.
      August 11, 2018 4:13 PM MDT
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  • 2052
    I wish he understood how much he has tied my hands (a metaphor) and how much of a happy surprise he is in for when we finally get together.  I'm sure it will be the same for me.   This post was edited by Sunshine at August 11, 2018 11:19 PM MDT
      August 11, 2018 6:54 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    That freedom isnt something to take for granted. Each generation has to fight to keep it.
      August 11, 2018 7:44 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Something. Anything. The trouble is not lack of understanding, the trouble is that sometimes when people are wrong they tend to redouble their efforts.
      August 11, 2018 9:36 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Think before you speak.  Words are very powerful.
    Laughter is good for your soul.  Make sure you do it at least once a day.  You'd be surprised.  It helps keep the doctor away and is great for your stomach muscles. 
      August 11, 2018 10:44 PM MDT
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  • 5391
    God is not an answer. It is merely a projection of our weaknesses.  

    The answers reside within us. Always have. This post was edited by Don Barzini at August 12, 2018 4:44 PM MDT
      August 12, 2018 5:14 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    Our God is the God of rightness. If you don't put rightness first, it doesn't matter much what you do instead.
      August 12, 2018 12:49 PM MDT
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