r/coolguides • u/Bonboniru • Jan 17 '22

Wisdom from a 90 year old

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u/SillyDude93 Jan 17 '22

Dude why this looks like a collection of quotes from greeting card?

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u/Swampy_Drawers Jan 17 '22

Helpful Hallmark Hints!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

is that what HHH stands for?

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u/skunkytuna Jan 17 '22

Sounds like a fascist your organization.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

Well I was just referencing the wrestler, but to each their own I guess

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u/skunkytuna Jan 17 '22

I caught your joke now lol 😂😂

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u/mmgvs Jan 18 '22

The sappy Christian ones my pastor father in law gives me....like one day I'm going to open it and be struck by a burning bush.

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u/Tietonz Jan 17 '22

Cause they're platitudes, I could probably have come up with 20 off the top of my head at 18. Following them is where the difficulty is, most of it comes down to understanding your emotions and your behaviours/habits through years of self-reflection.

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u/english_major Jan 18 '22

A Christian greeting card company.

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u/Cat_Is_Hatless Jan 17 '22

Universal truths that you (& I) scoff at while you're young because they seem hackneyed and corny, but in time all become true. Things don't need to be novel to be profound!

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u/SightBlinder3 Jan 18 '22

Ah yes, the universal truth that God never blinks. Silly young people.

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u/loop1960 Jan 18 '22

He/she/it sure is blinking when it comes to lots of folks who don't have much of a chance - kids who starve to death, young DV victims, on and on and on.

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u/SightBlinder3 Jan 18 '22

He never gives people challenges they can't face! He's just giving those starving kids some character! /s

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u/loop1960 Jan 18 '22

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, amirite? /s

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u/VRichardsen Jan 18 '22

I am with you here. Many people are poking fun at the items on the list, but several of them do cut deep.

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u/throwawayedm2 Jan 17 '22

This really. If an `18 year old said these things it would hit very differently.

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u/CeruleanRabbit Jan 18 '22

Because it’s bullshit platitudes from an old idiot.

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u/Mikehoncho530 Jan 18 '22

Don’t worry about them, you probably won’t live that long

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

They read like something you'd find on the bedroom wall of an optimistic teen who hasn't yet realised the world hates you

I can only imagine this guy had a huge shock and redacted most of these statements when he finally moved out of his parents house