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The last person to be convicted of blasphemy in the United States was an Arkansas man who in 1928 put a sign in his storefront reading, “Evolution Is True. The Bible’s a Lie. God’s a Ghost.” He spent 3 months in jail.
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I was a total worrywart when I was younger.
I’d lay in my bed at night and just think of all of the terrifying things that might happen: World War III, an asteroid hitting our house, packs of wild dogs roaming the neighborhood. Basically anything that could potentially cause me harm.
Now, I guess I’m just too tired to stay up past 11 p.m. most nights…hooray for getting old!
But some people are like that their whole lives! Always terrified of what’s around the next corner, what could go wrong, and, most importantly, of ACTUAL, scary FACTS that worry them to no end.
Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about the terrifying facts that keep them up at night. Let’s take a look.
“If I lose my job or he loses his job, we have some savings but capitalism will eat us alive and leave us no quarter.
If one of us gets injured or gets cancer, same thing.”
“Humanity is well on the way to destroying itself, it’s now irreversible, but everyone is ignoring the glaring evidence and continuing on business as usual.
We’re going to see worldwide famine within the next few years but people will ignore this warning too.”
“The dollar is worthless.
The treasury is not just empty, it owes the rest of the world trillions, and the government somehow owes itself more trillions. Despite this, or more probably because of this, we continue to spend more than the rest of the world combined on the deadliest military in history.
There will be a reckoning, and I don’t think it will be gentle or pretty.”
“The great depression is now almost certain to repeat itself since economic relief was killed by greedy republicans who were angry they didn’t get to give the lion’s share of 1 trillion dollars to their corporate pimps.
Along with the expiring legislation goes COVID-specific unemployment benefits, individual and family relief checks, EVICTION MORATORIUMS! That last one…
This nation just straight slept through the pure hatred and violence of the republicans’ actions yesterday. People don’t get what’s about to happen here. We’re going to have 15-20% homelessness by the end of the year if relief packages are not put in place.
You think the George Floyd protests have been rough? Most of the BLM protestors have something to lose. Maybe not much for some of them, but probably SOMETHING.
These newly minted homeless will have N O T H I N G to lose by going absolutely apesh*t in the streets. And I won’t have a godd*mn thing to say against them when they do. Maybe it’s about time for some of that good guillotine action…
Keep your non-perishables up to date and well stocked. Get a back log of water.
Things are about to get weird.”
“Humans kill roughly 60 billion land animals per year for unnecessary food while at the same time deforesting rainforests, polluting the atmosphere, consuming large amounts of water, creating breeding grounds for infectious diseases, using antibiotics unsustainably, and contributing to heart disease and obesity, but no one seems to care because “bacon tastes good.””
“That we as a human race, decided on which race dependent on color of skin was inferior to the rest.
Saddens the heart to think older generations who suffered won’t know whether their efforts worked. (also includes genders).”
“My dogs will pass away someday.
It’s kept me up at night multiple times.”
“Humans are more disgusting and selfish than we ever admit.”
“The big bang could’ve been caused by a civilization that developed weapons of mass destruction and were just in a loop of evolution until eventually we become advanced enough to create an explosion so big we destroy and recreate everything from scratch.
Yeah, thank about that!”
“I’m about to be 30 in 2 years.
I’m still single and haven’t had as much s*x in life as my peers. I fear that I’ll be this awkward undesirable old dude that’s bad at s*x that’s just wandering the earth only working, doing chores and sleeping for the most part.
A lot of my peers are living in houses with furniture while I live in an apartment with little furniture. I’m working at a call center that I hate.
I am seeking another job preferably in programming since I have a bachelor’s, but due to lack of experience in that field, no one is hiring.”
“That you have absolutely no idea if the next day will be your last. You could be with your SO having the time of your lives, picking up some food, watching a movie at your place, drinking.
Then next day comes, you get hit by a drunk driver while out on the road.”
“That my parents are aging and will eventually die.
I’m an only child and feel like when they die my connection to my childhood and the people that understand me and love me unconditionally will be gone.
The link to me will be gone and I’ll essentially be alone in the world.”
“At anytime the US wants we could start a nuclear war and the person who has control over that is umm…. underprepared for the job.
Or that at anytime Russia wants or North Korea wants or basically any other country with access to nuclear power could decide that they want to nuke us and do it.”
“The Earth’s ecosystems are collapsing, and with it our ability to collect food and water.
Billions are going to die due to hunger and violence in the coming decades.”
“The fact that human beings don’t understand the concept of putting a d*mn face mask on and saving thousands of lives when they go to their local grocery store.”
“The end of the universe.
Not the last star, or the last neutron star that glows.
All matter has decayed as protons have half-lives.
Black holes will decay, and moments of brief light in millennia of pure darkness come as black holes collide.
After a very certain point, time becomes meaningless as whatever remains will be so stationary, you cannot observe it.
The universe achieves true equilibrium as the universe in one time point in the far future is indistinguishable from the next second, next month, next year, next millennia, next googleplex years later.”
What do you worry about at night?
What causes you to lose sleep?
Talk to us in the comments and spill your guts out!
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An Italian atheist group wanted to advertise on buses “The bad news is that God does not exist. The good news is you don’t need it”. When they were refused, they changed it to “The good news is there are millions of atheists in Italy. The excellent news is they believe in freedom of speech”.
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It can be hard to sort through the endless information out there on social media and the Internet.
Where’s the good stuff? The interesting stuff? Heck, where’s the REAL stuff?
Well, look no further, because we consistently bring you great fact sets that will pique your curiosity and, most importantly, IMPRESS YOU.
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All from the “mother tree”.
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For kids and adults! We all need to lose weight!
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A lot of psychos out there.
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What a life story.
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It sure seems like it…
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No wood in there.
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I think I might be the Hemingway.
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It’s always fun!
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Who were they?
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It saved their lives.
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Facts? Stories? Charts? Great photos?
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We all need a break…a FACT break, that is!
And we think we have some damn good ones lined up for you to look at that will make you think about the world in a new and interesting way.
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Can you imagine these creatures roaming around?
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And a tragic one.
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Let’s start from the beginning…
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Did you know about this?
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Make sure you use it the correct way.
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And they always have been.
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But, such is life…
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Let’s bring it over here!
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It’s good for you.
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They’re still kind of worshipped, aren’t they?
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Ready to put your thinking cap on?
I know I sure am!
In that case, we’re happy to present you with another set of great facts that will stimulate your brain and make you ponder all kinds of facets of life.
What else could you ask for, really?!?!
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Let’s do it together!
Let me see your pineapple, sir.
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All throughout history…
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Kids need their fathers.
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They’re pretty sharp, aren’t they?
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Forgetfulness is okay!
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He was a smart man.
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I’m very thankful for this invention.
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No, but this is hilarious.
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Very interesting stuff!
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That sounds like a very loud cat!
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Patriotism is complicated and it varies among people. And it’s obviously totally different depending on the country that you come from.
Americans are typically pretty patriotic people and I think many of them would say they’d die for their country.
But it is a very complicated question…
AskReddit users shared their thoughts.
“If we were under threat then yeah. I
f we weren’t under threat and Boris was like, “let’s invade [insert Middle Eastern country]” then no.”
“If there was a real enemy threatening to invade and kill or enslave my loved ones then yes
But for oil? Not happening.”
“That’s a strong no.
No politicians are willing to work for the country.
Losing my life for the war created by them is nothing but vain.”
“No. Not inherently.
Dying (and worse, killing) simply ‘for your country’ has been the anthem of leaders sending the young and terrified to die in battle for centuries.
I would, however, die for the people I love, the places I choose to make my life in and the core ideals I consider most important for the benefit of mankind. At the very least, I’d go into battle for them.
What I’d really be thinking just before I die is unknowable to me – maybe I’d regret it all.
I dunno.”
“In defense of my people, sure.
Attacking to give my people an economic advantage, no way.”
“I would die for my friends and family.
I wouldn’t die for my country, it doesn’t care for me individually.
I just happen to live here.”
“Defensively: probably. If you are defending home and family it makes sense
Offensively: hell no. How many offensive wars in history were justified?
I die trying to kill some other guy just defending his home so some aristocrat a thousand kilometers away can have his moment?”
“As a Hongkonger, I would die for my people against my ‘country’.”
“Nah.
I’m not dying for an oil company.”
“Absolutely not.
I’ll fight tooth and nail for my family, but that’s it.”
“Hell no.
Its a random assortment of strangers, a government I have no say in and a flag I don’t care about.”
“Ireland is a small nation. We dont have much in defense. No aircraft artillery, tanks, or anything. We need our allies more than ever.
But if it came down to invasion by anyone or army of any size. I’d d*mn well defend it with everything I got.
Because its gonna take a whole lot to make us Irish quit.”
“Nope.
I don’t care about serving and protecting arbitrary lines on a map.
Most don’t, most who enlist only do it for the free college, adventure, etc. No one’s died protecting my country from an actual threat since WW2. All the deaths since then have been for absolutely nothing.
Decades of men and women sent off to die for nothing. It’s infuriating, and no one cares. I respect those who give a sh*t and would sign up if there was an actual threat, and I pity those who have or do serve and actually think anything they did/do is protecting anyone they love.
It’s all a game, paid for in blood. And everyone pretends it’s okay to just carry on like that.
Not a game I’ll ever be playing.”
“The question hits pretty differently depending on where you live. When we are talking about defending Finland, we are talking about a situation where a small country known for it’s well-being, happiness and progress is being attacked by a corrupt and oppressive mafia state with population almost 30 times larger.
The original question sounds very different if you are an American with knowledge about the recent history of American military involvement than it sounds for a generic Finn.”
Finns aren’t openly that patriotic but when it comes to defending this land we are f*cking mental. We have had this discussion many times in school and with my friends and basically everyone says they would give their life for this country.”
“There’s a big difference between dying for your country and dying in the name of it.
Would I die to advance our medical knowledge or environment or something? Sure.
Would I die because some politician got angry at another country?
No thank you.”
Now we want to hear from you.
How would you answer this question?
Talk to us in the comments, please!
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Surprises are great!
And our amazing fact sets are always full of them, so be sure to read through a bunch of other ones that we have on our site.
Are you ready to learn some new facts that we’re pretty sure you didn’t know before?
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Lay off of those things!
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To heck with the cold weather.
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And make it good! It’ll be beneficial for everyone involved!
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I feel like I’m here this a lot lately…
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But maybe someday…
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Here’s to new discoveries!
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They go hand in hand.
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Sounds like a terrible way to die.
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These folks were real badasses.
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What a strange life he had.
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Some great facts in there, no doubt about it!
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In the comments, please share something interesting that has surprised you lately.
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This year has been very…challenging so far.
Every single thing that could have gone wrong seems to have happened and we’re only halfway through 2020.
But, as you know, it’s important to remain positive and to at least hope that things will get better.
So let’s all be good to each other and pray that things turn around quickly.
Folks on AskReddit offered their opinions on what could possibly redeem 2020.
“While searching for a Covid-19 treatment, someone discovers a cheap broad spectrum anti-viral.
Think the discovery of penicillin, just for viruses.”
“Someone discovers how to cure cancer cheaply and easily.”
“I currently have a crush on a girl who works at the bank. I’m not sure if she is interested in me as well. I get a little nervous when I talk to her. I think she already knows I am interested in her.
If I get the chance to ask her out on a date and she says yes, I will climb a mountain and yell with happiness that she said yes.”
“Love, understanding, patience.
For me 2020 is like winter in Game of Thrones. So what would redeem 2020 is for people to realize that life is crazy for everyone but when we work together with love, understanding and patience we can go through anything and actually thrive.
It’s like the saying goes: when the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives. Humanity is the ultimate pack. If people realize this we will not only have redeemed 2020 but every single year after that as well.”
“The government forgiving my wife and my student loans for being essential healthcare workers.”
“Everyone actually judging people by their actions and the end of identity politics.”
“Governments and massive organisations taking climate change seriously and actually doing something about it to reverse the problem….”
“A drastic change of how our governments are functioning and how the officials that are supposed to protect us are operating.
It’s time that the main goals of a country aim to protect its people – not profit off of and harm all who serve to protect the corrupt at little personal gain.”
“A sense of humanity and responsibility amongst everyone.
When humans feel responsible not just for themselves but for others, the good and well being of all.
That would redeem everything.”
“To have all the governments, secret services, special forces, security/intelligence agencies, secret religious ‘guardians of the truth’ societies, etc WORLDWIDE come clean with all their dirty secrets, lies and misinformation.
Fucking waterboard the lot of them if that’s what it takes. Then, when everyone is on the same page and the conspiracy theorists are happy (they can be quiet for a while then, too), we can actually start to right some wrongs, and maybe, just maybe, humanity can advance in unity towards a common goal.
No one gets out of life alive, most of us ultimately want the same things, so if we can get our shit together, start playing on the same team, share knowledge/resources, and have some fucking compassion/empathy/respect for one another, 2020 might be salvageable. I dunno.
Send everyone to their rooms and don’t let them out until they’re ready to give it a go??”
“David Bowie is found to not be dead after all but has spent years in hiding recording new music.”
“The cure to COVID-19 turns out to be hidden in cannabis plants and the whole world decriminalizes’ it making it legal worldwide.”
“World wide ban on punishment for being lgbtq+.
Not yet marriage everywhere. Just no more beatings and executions. No one going to jail for being queer. I would also hope that the BLM protests make a big change. Less murdering black trans women would be a nice touch.”
“Benevolent aliens landing on Earth and staging an intervention, bringing gifts of science, knowledge and humanity.”
“Not sure about the rest of the world, But I know what could be great for America.
Covid 19 bringing a complete reset in the health industry. Changing it from ridiculously priced treatment to affordable prices for basic human rights.
Not only that, but due to the protests a complete change in law enforcement as well so there’s no situations where law enforcement has the ability to shoot down someone non hostile.
These two changes would be well worth the 6 months of quarantine and poverty Covid has brought on the world.”
Okay, now we want to hear from you!
In the comments, tell us about how you think this disastrous year can be redeemed.
Please and thank you!
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When the books are written, 2020 is gonna be a big chapter, probably up there with 1968.
We have civil unrest, protests, a divided populace, a health crisis, and a whole other host of issues we’re dealing with right now.
So, what could possibly redeem 2020?
Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.
“Scientists discover that a unique side-effect experienced by COVID survivors is that their lungs develop the ability to sequester carbon directly from the air, which gets processed in their bodies and harmlessly removed in their stool.
And that’s how COVID becomes the unexpected cure for climate change and carbon pollution.
Which sounds silly, but I also never in a million years would have guessed that 2020 would see the revival of drive-in cinema (still hard to believe I’m typing this), so what the hell?”
“Benevolent, advanced aliens publicly stepping in to correct the course of our civilization.”
“Progress.
Actual remedies for the problems that got us here.
Criminal Justice Reform and and Public Health policy that prevents pandemics instead of just reacting to them.”
“Scientists find a cure for Covid and miraculously Cancer as well.
Government works out universal health care, universal basic income. The mars rover accidentally trips the the alien tera-forming button a-la Total Recall.
Elon Musk unveils he’s invented teleportation and an unlimited energy supply. Peace reins across the world. Atlantis is discovered.
We receive contact from an alien society that was just waiting for us to evolve enough to be civil in the universal society.
We learn all of us are one and the cosmos groove electric.”
“People realize how unity is required to overcome the most difficult challenges on earth so people come together to challenge, among other things:
Global Warming
Income Inequality
Racism.”
“If a bag filled with $50,000,000,000 in crisp thousand dollar bills suddenly falls from the sky and lands in my front yard…”
“The anti-maskers realize what idiots they’ve been and stop making everything worse with their conspiracy theories and dumbfuckery.”
“At least for here in America, the election of a candidate who takes the role of president seriously, can lead us through national tragedies, and organize people to find solutions rather than cause more problems.”
“Free universal wifi released without comcast or Verizon stopping it somehow.
Jeff Bezos decides to open a new warehouse in every major city, but instead turns them into homeless shelters.
The government gets out of the student loan game. Causing tuition to drop and loans to become affordable again.
Cure for cancer
Game of thrones releases a secret 9th season with 10 episodes showing brann brann having visions of season 8 making it retconned.
Me getting a girlfriend.”
“The national legalization of weed in the US that would make my year.”
“Big steps being made to mitigate the climate catastrophe we have waiting for us in the next decade or two.”
“4-day work weeks, universal income, social reform.”
“A certain US president losing his reelection might be a start on the path to redemption.
But the broad spectrum antiviral discovery would be good too.”
“Making people more educated on how can we to do something for one another with love and compassionate to one another.”
“For America, most immediately, it would be shutting things down. No talk of the NFL returning, shops reopening, K-12 schools reopening, or colleges reopening in the fall.
Ideally, we would lock things down solidly through the end of the year, suspend nonessential travel between states, and find funds to support everyone through this. If other countries can do it, and if we always find funds to bail out banks and corporations, why not care for our people?
Employers would be required to allow employees to work from home, and justify why others must remain onsite. Those who must work onsite would have access to daily testing via their employer. Free testing for everyone, and free care for those who test positive.
To continue this fantasy, employers would also be required to develop policies for employees to work offsite long-term, and face real penalties for firing employees or outsourcing jobs. Again, ideally, this would bring about a shift in management models nationwide.
I think we have a tendency to think that all of this, from the inability to have a football season to universities only offering online classes, is a permanent thing, and it isn’t–or it doesn’t have to be, if we really make an attempt at locking down.
Other things that seem unrealistic atm, but could be possible some day: voting from home, more options for students to learn remotely, and for free, a total revamp of the current K-12 curriculum, free healthcare, free assessments and mental healthcare starting in childhood, better support systems in communities, especially for our poorest, youngest and elderly members, truly separating church and state, getting money out of politics, everyone having the time and inclination to pay attention to and get involved with local, state, and national politics, reigniting an interest in recycling and conservation, giving people the time, money, resources, and freedom for self-actualization from an early age.
There are so many things that would make 2020 and our future better.”
“It turns out 2020 was just the introduction to 2021 when all of humanity gets an extremely fast change of mentality. By 2025 we turn this bitch around and the world turns into something similar to an utopian planet where there’s no crime, corruption or prejudice. We finally reach the golden age.
Science, education and culture get all the funding that we gave to military and marketing, so within 20 years we colonize other planets, and by 2070 we start colonizing other galaxies too.
By 2147 we discover traces of an unknown element on one of the surrounding planets. Two years later a weird crate is found on mars, holding some advanced technology. Scientist study it and quickly find out how mass effect fields work, which results in humans finally discovering Faster Than Light travel.
But before we can even get to use it, we find out that one of Pluto’s moons is actually some technology, some kind of relay, that’s been there for thousands of years. We dig it up only to realize that it’s a mass effect relay that basically teleports you to various parts of space.
In 2157, the first contact is made.”
What do you think?
What could happen that would redeem this awful year?
Talk to us in the comments!
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