24 Tiny Turtles Who Need A Reality Check (PHOTOS)

24 Tiny Turtles Who Need A Reality Check
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All these little turtles have two things in common: 1. They're very tiny. 2. They think life is just one big joke. Get your lives together, tiny turtles!

24 Tiny Turtles Who Need A Reality Check
Do you think life is a game? It's time to stop eating that strawberry and get a job.(01 of24)
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Oh, sure, it's all fun and games until someone with giant fingers leaves you for a younger, hotter tiny turtle.(02 of24)
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What could you possibly accomplish with your life? You're smaller than a banana.(03 of24)
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Go ahead, just keep eating mashed potatoes like no one's dying of hunger.(04 of24)
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You think it's cute to showcase your vulnerability like this? You're a fool.(05 of24)
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One morning you're going to wake up and that finger isn't going to be there for you anymore.(06 of24)
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Nobody cares about anything you have to say, baby sea turtle. They just want to talk themselves.(07 of24)
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You may be adorable, but one day someone's going to mistake you for a rock, the way nature intended, and it's going to hurt, feeling that inconsequential(08 of24)
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What are you doing with your life?(09 of24)
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Oh, look at us, we're three tiny turtles all in a row. Well, NEWSFLASH: life is full of pain.(10 of24)
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Whee! Being a turtle is so fun! But remember, when you try to go to sleep at night and it's dark and you're alone, you have to live with yourself.(11 of24)
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Just flop around in the sand like no one was murdered today.(12 of24)
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Oh that's really cute. Did you think of that on your own? No.(13 of24)
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Not only does this penny show your scale, tiny guy, it's a reminder that you've never earned a penny a day in your life.(14 of24)
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Swim little turtle, as if life has meaning.(15 of24)
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Sure, someone's holding you now, but can you trust this person? How well do you really know this hand?(16 of24)
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Sure, this woman is feeding you a flower, but she doesn't take you seriously. You're just one big joke to everyone who knows you.(17 of24)
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What are you doing? Do you even know?(18 of24)
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Honestly, you were better off on your own. This giant hand doesn't love you in a pure way. It wants something in return.(19 of24)
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Maybe you've got a little buddy there to help you eat a strawberry three times the size of your body, but we all die alone.(20 of24)
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Welcome to the world, newborn turtle. Love is a lie made up to sell you worthless products.(21 of24)
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That's right, just go back inside your shell because no one out here will ever truly understand you.(22 of24)
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So you think you can just cruise through life relying on handouts?(23 of24)
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Wipe that smug smile off your face. Do you not read the news?(24 of24)
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