Gallery: The 10 Truest & Most Brutal Things About The World

So often in life we avoid the tough conversations. Maybe that's talking to your kid about the birds and the bees, or maybe that's talking to your bigoted grandfather about the birds and the bees and gay marriage. Either way, most of the time it's just much easier to grab our phones and look at the cutest cat we can find, possibly making friends with a horse or something.

But this article isn't about cat and horse friendship, it's about brutal truths. Because at the end of the day when you put your phone down, when you get off Facebook, when you turn off the newest HBO show... all you have is the truth, the stuff you avoided thinking about all day. We're here to face it head on, want to read on?