"The SoapBox"

A Comprehensive List of Colloquial Complaints, Concerns, and Comments

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If you try to paint a canvas with one color, it will just be a backdrop with no story. If you use all the colors at your disposal then you can create a masterpiece. Until the world can understand this, the human race will always be separated.

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I am starting to believe that if our flag was taken, our anthem forbidden, our colors stricken, and our history forgotten that there would be no Americans left because that's the only part of our culture that were willing to care about.

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That wonderful moment when you're wearing a fandom shirt and someone else says they love your shirt.

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Customer Service

I find it amazing how people can be so terrible to those whose literal job is to please. What's worse, most of these bad manners come from the people who say that this generations youngins don't have manners. Well. I have never had anyone below the age of 45 be a grumpasaurus. Furthermore, I would never be dumb enough to be an asshat to someone who literally has all of your personal information or food at their fingertips. That's how villains are made man.

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Trying to keep calm when someone says something stupid

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People are Selfish, and that's OK.

So this morning I'm driving to work and there's a big flashing sign with the message of doom on it. You know, "Accident. Road closed. Seek alternate route." So after being stuck in traffic for an hour and 45 additional minutes on top of the 45 minutes that it already takes me to get to work on a normal day because the main commute road is closed and the only alternate route is backed up to Atlantis in traffic. I couldn't help but thinking to myself "Ugh. Accidents are so inconvenient." It was at this moment that I was filled with the realization that I'm a terrible person for thinking something so awful, so selfish. I mean someone could have lost their life this morning and the accident must have been really bad if they had to shut down the busiest traffic route during rush hour and all I care about is how it's going to take me a little more time to get to work. Of course immediately after this, I had another thought. It's ok to think these things because if I were faced with the people involved, the morning commute would be the last thing on my mind. In fact, in any given situation people will consider the affect on their immediate person first. Even when they are doing good for someone else, or being 'selfless' and that's ok. It's ok to be selfish and think about the consequences you may face on a day to day basis because honestly you are the only one who is going to feel what you feel and do what you do so someone has to worry about you and it may as well be you. And as I strolled into the office, utilizing this rant as the basis of my defense for being late, my boss explained that he too had been late and hadn't even thought about how late his employees would be because he was too busy worrying about how late he would be to work. And you know what? That's ok. We're all a little selfish and that is ok.

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Did you know?

The term “soap box” originated in the 19th century when people trying to do speeches would stand on a wooden retail crate so that they could be more easily heard and visible to the crowd. It’s kind of funny that this still applies. The most visible big mouth is the one people pay attention to.