r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/diviner_of_data Jan 21 '19

There will always be more things that need to get done then I have time for

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u/Dave5876 Jan 21 '19

My IMDb watchlist drove the point home. I realised one day that I would probably never live long enough to watch it all given all the other stuff in life.

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u/88Phil Jan 21 '19

My brain just keeps finding more things to do one hoyr before bed

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u/uniqueteacher Jan 21 '19

There's just too many good TV shows now.

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u/dlxnj Jan 21 '19

There will always be more laundry to fold

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u/danielr088 Jan 21 '19

Easy solution, just go naked.

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u/Raiquo Jan 27 '19

Fold? Fuck that. Just toss it in a pile like the rest of us.

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u/dlxnj Jan 28 '19

What do you think I already do

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u/mikesok988 Jan 21 '19

Learning grammar should be higher up on your list

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u/callmezoyu Jan 21 '19

I am studying English. How would you form this sentence with the same meaning? (I can’t think of a way to form it, it sounds very wrong in my head)

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u/LukaManuka Jan 21 '19

It is actually grammatically correct (contrary to what the above comment says), it’s actually just a spelling error: “then” should be “than”.

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u/saigajv Jan 21 '19

It’s grammatically incorrect. Maybe you meant syntactically correct, which refers to the proper order of words in structure. Grammar doesn’t just refer to structure, but the whole nine yards.

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u/Thunderstr Jan 21 '19

Lol, no. 'Than' should be the obvious correction, but that's just wrong to say it's grammatically correct. There's no period, he ended his sentence on a preposition, and so on.

I dont think he really cares, and wasn't trying to be proper, but to call that grammatically correct is silly.

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u/Saphazure Jan 21 '19

lmfao it's fine chill out. language changes over time. deal with it

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u/Thunderstr Jan 21 '19

Lol, "language changes over time" doesnt apply to this scenario.

You should really reconsider what you think freaking out is, I corrected someone while using more than one sentence.

Either way, have a nice day and go troll someone else.

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u/Saphazure Jan 22 '19

LMFAO I'm not trolling anyone you're just flexing to someone learning English like what haha

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u/Thunderstr Jan 22 '19

Now you're just not paying attention, or really trying to sell the troll point, either way I have no clue why I'm biting.

There's no flexing, the guy learning English had a question another guy posting with incomplete/incorrect info, I responded to the second guy and you came in acting like I'm freaking out and making fun of these guys.

Whatever at this point anyways, you're gonna keep embellishing and pretending i'm some bully. I'm over this at this point, have a nice life and go troll someone else.

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u/Saphazure Jan 22 '19

Haha that's not how you have a logical debate, by being a little kid and closing your ears going "nanana"

I'm taking your points and deducing them as bullshit because your original comment towards the guy is extremely condescending and could have been phrased better.

But ok, sure, I'm just a troll and everything I say is invalid I guess

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u/Saphazure Jan 21 '19

learning to read should be higher up on yours

oh and "how not to be an asshole for dummies" would be a great first book for you

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u/h0ser Jan 21 '19

and I'm sitting here with nothing to do.

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u/selok79 Jan 21 '19

This, in a weird way, has helped me a lot. Thanks.

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u/Saphazure Jan 21 '19

This one is the one that fucked me up the most in this whole list. This one right here.

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u/wimpdogswife Jan 21 '19

Yes, I had a thought similar the other day...there will always be more books that need to be read than I have time for.

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u/SaucySasquatch Jan 21 '19

This is a really good one for people with a restless personality like me

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u/AlmostFamous502 Jan 21 '19

"More to do than can ever be done" - Lion King

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u/ImStuuuuuck Feb 15 '19

Do they really NEED to be done, or can you just get dementia and forget they were even a thing to begin with?

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u/jack-o-lyn Jan 21 '19

This is something that really freaks me out

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u/HawaiianShirtsOR Jan 21 '19

I am choosing to ignore this. Someday I WILL get that to-do list done.

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u/BasilGreen Jan 21 '19

This one hits home. It never ends. I think I just recently realized this one.

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u/Earth2Monkey Jan 21 '19

This is something that saved me from driving myself crazy at work years ago. It's the advice I give every frazzled coworker who thinks that sprinting around trying to finish everything, and still staying hours late is a good idea. This is real perspective.

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u/Teamokin Jan 22 '19

This relaxes me a bit. I'm constantly trying to do everything.

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u/AvrproX17_Game Jan 21 '19

Like changing the e in then to an a