The universe has a way of keeping everything in balance. After a bad streak, something good often follows. Even the heaviest rain ends, and eventually the sun comes out. Sooner or later, the way people treat others often comes back to them.

Across several Reddit threads, users shared the best examples of instant karma they’ve ever witnessed. Some were incredibly satisfying, while others were unexpectedly funny. We gathered the most memorable stories here.

#1

This is a positive karma story. It was a few days before Christmas and I was looking for a parking spot at my nearby mall. Total nightmare.

I was on one of the main lanes that went past a mall entrance. That lane was stop and go traffic. There was a guy trying to walk across the lane. I was surprised and mad for him when four cars in front of me refused to stop for 20 seconds and let him cross the lane.

I stopped and motioned for him to cross. He gave me a smile and pointed to his car. He was parked in that first row of spots right by the entrance! I got a primo parking spot on one of the worst shopping days of the year, just because I had some common decency for my fellow man.

#2

My daughter was on hospice due to a degenerative terminal illness. We wanted to donate her organs to try and save other kids after her passing, but they said the organs and tissue were so far gone and couldn’t take them. So I called a researcher who had dedicated her career to researching and caring for kids with my daughter’s condition. I asked if she would be able to use anything from my daughter’s body to support her research and maybe save other kids that way…

She asked about our situation and told me that the current doctors were giving up too soon—there was more we could do. She said she’d be willing to take over our care from across the country (before telehealth was a thing). Her expertise and willingness to help us doubled my daughter’s life.

I am forever grateful. And for those curious, we did donate whatever she wanted for her research when my daughter passed away and then got our daughter’s body back to bury.

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#3

This story is the quickest I ever saw karma work.

A woman I knew was married for 20 years. One Friday her husband came home from work and told her he wants a divorce. He proceeded to pack a bag and told his wife he would be back next week for the remainder of his belongings and divorce papers. He then said, don't think you are going to get any of my money, better start looking for a job and I'm going to sell the house.

She was in shock and had no idea there was a problem with their marriage.

The next day, she gets a phone call from a hospital. Her husband suffered a massive stroke and was in the ICU. When she arrived at his room a young woman was there. When she saw the wife walk in, she got up, walked over to her and handed her his car keys. She looked at the wife and said, his car is parked outside the emergency department, I put his belongings in the car, I'm leaving, I didn't sign up for this. It was then the nurse walked in and told the wife, her husband had a stroke [while] with the girlfriend.

The wife had her husband transferred to a long term care facility. She made sure he had what he needed and nothing more. She then started enjoying life with his money and doing whatever she wanted.

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#4

I was working as a writer-producer on a TV show. We had a special coffee truck at the set as a treat for the cast and crew. I waited until the crew had gotten drinks, then went up and ordered a drink for myself. While I was waiting, a guy came up that I knew to be a fairly well-known journeyman actor, but we'd never met. He put in an order for a drink. Almost immediately he started fussing about how long it was taking. The barista put a drink in the pick-up window and called my name. Before I could even react, the guy grabbed my drink and took off.

Twenty minutes later I was sitting in a casting session and the casting director brought in that guy. To audition for a role in the episode that we were in pre-production on. That I wrote and was executive producing.

I said, "Hey, how was my coffee?".

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#5

I was working at a gas station and this lady fills up a fountain drink and bee lines to the door without paying. I asked her if she was gonna pay and she flipped me off and told me [get lost] and proceeded to leave without paying. As I lookout the window all I see is her trip over the curb and fall to the ground , and the drink landed on her and drenched her. I’m extremely petty so I went outside, hit her with a Nelson Munoz “ha-ha” and told her that’s what she gets! It was hilarious.

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#6

I was sitting at a red light and this guy pulls up next to me and apparently since I own a mustang it means I wanted to race him. He's revving his engine at the light with his girlfriend or whatever she was acting like he was hot stuff and as he's showing off I see a cop pull up behind him so I nod in agreement and when the light turns green he peels off and almost immediately gets pulled over. As I drive by I look and both give me a glare as I laugh.

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#7

As I was stopping at a set of traffic lights a guy in the car next to me stuck his head out of the window to catcall me. Then he crashed into the car that had stopped in front of him.

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#8

I used to ride my bicycle to and from work about 1.5miles each way. One day during peak end of the day traffic leaving the parking lot I was in front of a bunch of cars waiting to turn left and a senior person where I worked zipped past all the cars behind me on his motorcycle. He stopped next to me, flipped up his helmet visor, said "Nice bike loser," then revved the engine and yeeted out into traffic.

Almost immediately I heard the screeching of tires as he slammed the brakes and got t-boned by someone pulling out from the opposite side of traffic. He and his motorcycle went flying, it landed on top of his leg just in a smashed pile of metal and fiberglass...as I came calmly pedaling up to him on my bicycle. Fortunately for him I was an EMT and we worked at a hospital so I checked him out and he was fine other than a wrecked motorcycle and broken leg. A minute or two later the ambulance pulled up and took over and as they loaded him onto the stretcher I pointed to the pile of what used to be his motorcycle and said, "Nice bike loser," and pedaled on home.

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#9

I saw a drunk guy throw a rock at a cop car. The window must have been bulletproof, because the rock bounced back at the guy and hit him in the family jewels. The cop took a sip of his coffee, got out and cuffed the guy.

#10

My mom trying to force me back outside to weed the flower beds when I came in because there were hornets. She called me a wimp, walked outside and got stung between her eyes within twenty seconds. Hahahahahaha...told ya!

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#11

Recently saw a video of a man screaming the n-word out the window of his massive truck, flipped the bird too, at a black woman and IMMEDIATELY crashed into a light pole. I'm pretty sure I've seen it about a dozen times and I upvote it every time.

#12

I was at a casino. My husband and I normally don’t play seriously - usually go and eat brunch and put aside $50-100 to spend on slots and drink free. We usually sit next/near to each other so we can hang out.

I was about to sit down next to him at a slot where he was, and this guy literally SLIDES under me. I almost sit on his lap. I was like “wth okay”. I go around the carousel and play the one around. Hit the few hundred dollar smaller “jackpot” (think it was like $350 on $10?).

You could tell he was one of those who watched the machines and was waiting for one of them to hit.

This guy was MAD.

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#13

My husband told me of a time his sister reaped instant karma. I was not in the family yet at the time of the story.

He, his (now ex) wife, 3 kids, sister, her husband and their 4 kids and his parents were at a theme park. They were going to one of the outdoor shows. Everyone got seated and his sister says “I’m going to use the bathroom”.

She comes back with a churro. Just for her. Nothing for her kids or anyone else. She sits down and goes to take a bite when a seagull flies over and drops directly overhead. It landed on her and the churro.

He said they all laughed so hard at her. She was not amused.

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#14

When I was young, my brother made a bunch of fish sticks for himself leaving me and my friend hungry. We asked if we could have some and he completely refused, laughing in our faces. So, we are sitting on a couch watching tv as he comes walking in holding a giant plate of fish sticks and ketchup. As he walks through the door he begins to say, “MmmMmmmm these look good.” But instead of finishing the word good, he trips and drops the plate. Fish sticks and ketchup go everywhere. To this day it may be the hardest I’ve ever laughed.

#15

I was in college and working this [trashy] sandwich shop to make money while I applied for temporary jobs/internships.

There was this miserable server who had clearly been there too long and had “seniority” which ironically came with so much arrogance and disdain for anyone else in the restaurant. He was so negative and patronizing to everyone and would just start petty arguments or make snide remarks to make people feel small.

One day I was telling one of the other sandwich workers that I had been in the middle of this months long internship application in Thailand and was crossing my fingers that I got it.

This [jerk] overhears, interjects, and has the audacity to tell me something like, “keep dreaming. You’ll never get it, you can’t even make a proper sandwich fast enough.”

Not even an hour later I got an email that I had been selected and would be heading to Thailand for a 4 month internship in a month’s time.

I immediately went to my boss, told him the news, gave my resignation, and walked out to tell the server, “I got the job. I hope you learn how to be happy with where you’re at.” I have never seen a look of such pure shock and remorse on someone’s face, but it felt so good.

#16

Wholesome one:

I was at Petco Park watching the Padres play the Diamondbacks, in the lower deck along the third base line. My son spent a lot of time running up to where the ball girl was, tossing foul balls to waiting kids. This one kid in a Diamondbacks jersey got a ball and gave it to my kid. During warmups in the bottom of the next inning, the player whose jersey the kid was wearing tossed him a ball directly.

#17

Child support arrears hearing. Ex was in contempt, deferred. Ex often lied under oath but hard to prove. Ex lied to Judge X who as a result gave him some leeway.

Ex laughed about lying to the judge it in the hall. Judge’s Clerk overheard the hallway snark about the lie and reported to the Judge. Judge had bailiff bring him back in, revoked community recognizance (suspension of jail for contempt) and ordered him to jail.

Ex immediately bailed himself out of bail (even before booked) with cash he had in hand — of an amount he testified under oath to the judge he couldn’t pay in arrears for ~6 months. That fact got back to the judge that same day.

Judge X was against incredibly pissed and took permanent control over the case and ex received zero benefit of the doubt thereafter. Maybe not instant karma but deeply satisfying.

#18

This single girl in my friend group was always after guys that showed interest in other single girls in the same group. I guess she saw them as rivals, and it boosted her confidence to 'steal' a guy from them.

She tried it again at a festival. She was flirting shamelessly with a guy that was clearly into her friend, kept touching him, trying to catch his eye and dancing close to him. She ignored his dismissive signals, until he loudly said: 'Oh my God, you attention [seeker]. Can't you find a guy who is actually interested in you?'

Her face sank and she didn't say much for the rest of the day.

#19

There was a railway crossing that was in very badly in need of repairs - so bad that you had to slow down to about 10km when you crossing it so you didn't damage your car. City couldn't do anything about it because railways are federal jurisdiction.


My husband and I were a couple of blocks away when this guy in a muscle car passed the car behind us and my car at the same time (on a double yellow line as well) 


As the guy goes tearing off we look at each other and say 'he's not from around here and doesn't know about the crossing' 


Sure enough when we caught up his car was wrapped around a lamp post skid marks showing he must have hit it at speed. 


Did we wait to give the police a statement - you betcha. .

#20

Belligerent dude was screaming and yelling at a family guy just trying to put his boat in at a boat ramp with his wife and kids. Belligerent guy eventually punches the family guy in the face and knocks him off the dock into the water.

Almost the instant the guy hit the water the two "fishermen" at the end of the dock slammed belligerent guy facedown into the dock and handcuffed him. Turns out they were undercover FL DNR.

#21

I was in a popular coffee place (think: America runs on) and the person at the counter in front of me was placing his order. And by placing his order I mean screaming at the poor woman behind the counter. He ordered a coffee, black and a med tea with cream and sugar. The employee kept asking if he wanted iced or hot tea and he kept literally screaming MEDIUM TEA WITH CREAM AND SUGAR!!! While this interaction was going on, he was handed his black coffee. As he continues to berate the poor employee about how she is a moron because she can't get an order correct, he takes the lid off of his coffee to make sure it's right. He finally finishes up his order by throwing the money at the cashier and sweeping his coffee off the counter to go to the other end to wait for the rest of his order. Well, he did not secure the lid on his coffee after checking it and spilled burning hot coffee all over both of his hands. It was the most satisfying act of karma I had ever witnessed.

#22

Somebody was tailgating me as I was driving 15mph up a snow covered mountain road. This road would expand to two lanes over certain stretches of it. We came to one such place and they passed me while accelerating. They immediately lost control on the slippery surface and went right into the ditch.

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#23

There's an intersection I regularly took at my previous job. It's one of those deals where the left lane turns into a "left turn only" lane as soon as you go through the main intersection, but then there isn't time to move over.

But that doesn't stop people from constantly trying because it's fewer cars in that lane at the light.

I had so many close calls, including being run off the road a few times. It felt like people would rather sideswipe my car than just wait a few seconds for me to pass them and then safely move over.

I did have one incident where apparently the guy was in such a hurry that he didn't wait long enough to move into my lane. He clipped my back bumper with his front bumper.

My damage was a tiny dent and maybe some slight scuffing of the paint in a small area.

But for him. His entire bumper was ripped off the car and lying in the street.

I don't normally laugh at bad things happening to people. But after years of having to constantly deal with AH drivers there, it was so gratifying to finally see one of them getting what they deserved.

#24

Ok, not my story, but it's so good I have to retell it here.

A good friend of mine was boating on a lake, and at the end of the day there was a huge pair of lines at the ramp to pull boats out of the water. Each side of the ramp had a car or truck with trailer backing down to put their trailer into the water; they would bring the boat or watercraft up onto the trailer, strap it on and drive up out the middle. The middle section was kept open for people to egress.

The line on each side was over half an hour long but two guys thought they wouldn't wait, so they backed down the middle, and their friend rode up on a jet ski - and popped it right into their small trailer, and they went zipping back up the ramp flipping everybody off and laughing.

When they hit the top of the ramp - the jet ski fell off the trailer, having not been strapped down properly. The jet ski fell and rolled over and over down the ramp, breaking the fiberglass into pieces, and ended up dumped back in the water in front of everyone. The whole place was cheering and jeering, while still the guys had to back down again in front of everyone to pick up their ruined jet ski!

Again not my story, but such a great scene that I had to retelll it from what I heard.

#25

During the early days of Covid folks were doing stupid things for basics like toilet paper, bottled water and hand sanitizer to name a few.

My daughter and I are at Costco and I see ONE case of bottled water. I am like cool, I could use that. Meanwhile, Karen also sees it and literally sprints by me with her cart to get it, nipping my ankle with her cart as she went by!

I don’t care and I am NOT running so before I can turn away she rushed under the Costco racks to get it off the pallet and when she stood up she cracked her head open on the racking…blood gushing out really good…she definitely got done stitches out of it.

All my daughter and I could muster was a big ol’ belly laugh at her…my kid is now 16 and still talks about that when I occasionally take her to Costco.

#26

Last day of 6th Grade, outside playing kickball before school let out. A kid named Dereck cut in front of me because "he was better at kickball than I was". Dereck went to kick the ball but slipped. He fell awkwardly and broke his lower leg somehow. I hope you are enjoyed your summer in a cast Dereck.

This memory still brings me joy 30 years later.

#27

Oh I have a good one. We were driving across town one afternoon, rare nice day where we lived. Sun was out so everyone was trying to get out and do something. Traffic was worse than normal, and we were on a busy 4-lane road at the back of a pack of it.

I looked in my rear view just in time to see two cars road raging each other. Trying to run one another off the road, honking, the whole nonsense. As they approached, they cut into the open lane and the second car tailgated the first one HARD. As soon as they could get side by side again, a couple of spots in front of us, the back passenger of the tailgating car climbs up and sits on the door frame, upper half out the window.

He swings at the other car for whatever ungodly reason, and right as his arm comes back around, a police motorcycle comes between us and the car now beside us and lights them up. I will never forget the "OH [DANG]" look on that guy's face when he turned and saw the cop. Not sure what the charge was going to be, but I know my evening ended a lot better than theirs.

#28

I was on a small group bike ride, riding through a construction zone. What was normally two auto lanes iand a bike lane (in each direction) was cut down to one auto lane and a bike lane. We were in the bike lane, and a car that had an open lane to itself nevertheless decided to buzz us with the horn blaring while speeding through the construction zone. The car behind them was an off-duty cop who also happened to be a cycling teammate of one of the guys on our ride. He followed the bad driver home, got a picture, then came back and got a witness statement from us and also the flagman at the construction site, before calling in the offender. It was the most efficient police work I've ever seen or heard of.

#29

There was a regular at a coffee shop that I used to work at that no one liked serving. He was always rude, would expect everyone to know what drink he wanted, and would tell you how terrible you are at your job if he felt you were going too slow.

He gets his order in and I'm the one making his drink (a mocha). Now, not to toot my own horn but I'm good at making coffee drinks. I had been doing it for 4 years full time and I made sure this drink was PERFECT. This guy still found a way to complain about it (something about the latte art looking "pedestrian").

He goes to grab the drink and he grabs it from the rim with his fuzzy gloves on. Mind you, this is a very full drink and grabbing a full paper cup from a very flimsy rim is a sure fire way to get that drink a quick trip to the floor.

I try to offer him a sleeve so he can carry it without burning his hand (he asked for it to be made extra hot) and he just waves me off saying "I know what I'm doing, girly."

He carries it over to the table he's sitting at and, as he's sitting down, this drink spills over the very nice looking laptop he had left there.

He tried to argue with the manager about getting a refund and his laptop paid for but he backed me up and we never saw him again.

#30

I pulled up to a light at a turn lane to get onto the freeway. The girl in the car next to me had her trunk open. I tried signaling to her, and she thought i was trying flirt with her, rolled her eyes, gave me a dirty look and ignored me. She sped off all crazy like i was some creep she was trying to escape, and once we got on the freeway all her stuff started flying out the trunk..I still have an evil laugh when I think about it.

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#31

During school football (soccer) one of the guys was deliberately pushing me and was just being really annoying for no reason, during the match he once pushed me so hard I almost went straight into a brick wall. Just few mins after this he got kicked in the face while trying to defend.

And I still went to check on him despite him being [a jerk] to me.

#32

A bully at school used to pick on all red headed people all the time for no reason other than their hair colour.

She has 4 kids now all with different shades of red hair. She doesn’t say red though. She calls it auburn or things like strawberry blonde or magnificent copper.

One post of her daughter in the sunlight with the caption absolute perfection just love the way the sun hits her magnificent copper hair.

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#33

Heh.. I was on an international flight back to the US. As we approached, there was an announcement to be sure to have your passport available, like anyone didn't know that in advance. So when we landed, a guy in the row in front of me pulled his luggage down from the overhead bins, and started frantically looking through it for his passport, totally blocking the aisle. Dozens of passengers were stuck behind him, trying to deplane. I said in my calmest voice, "Pardon me, clear the aisle, we are trying to deplane." The guy roared at me "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" His wife (who had her passport in hand) tried to restrain him and get him out of the aisle. But no, he refused to budge and took his time.

I was waiting in line at US Customs with gigantic suitcases full of electronics and stuff I bought in Tokyo, hoping not to get heavily taxed. The Customs Agent just waved me through. As I departed, I noticed Mr. Aisle Blocker at another station. Customs made him empty his luggage and was tearing it all apart, searching it thoroughly. I laughed and left.

Don't deplane angry.

#34

Attention-seeking teenage girl wasn't getting the attention she wanted from a young man who was talking to his friends, picked up her water bottle like a club to smack the young man, but the lid wasn't on properly and when she raised it above her head she got an instant shower from a full bottle.

#35

Watched someone skip a queue confidently… only to realize they were in the wrong line and had to walk all the way back while everyone watched.

#36

My friend is a little bit insecure, I’m 28F she is 27F and I love her but she can do some weird insecure put downs at times.

Anyway, I was meeting her friends from college while day drinking and she decided to tell them my most unflattering story of how I drank way too much in Miami and *felt* like I was going to puke. (I didn’t puke in public, I puked in the toilet eventually, I was fine when it mattered). This was a story from years ago, and I said but I didn’t actually puke anywhere, she kept saying oh no you were going to you were going to puke in the Uber and even went so far as to clamp her hand on my mouth to “demonstrate how she had to tell me to not” which did not happen, I never came close to puking in the Uber. I almost hit her when she touched my face, it was so out of pocket but I decided to be the bigger person, that her behavior was immature, from a place of insecurity and anyone I would care to even know would be able to see that.

A few hours later, I’m pretty sober having only had some beers throughout the entire day while she was having pretty sugary cocktails. We are on our way to dinner in her friend’s car, and she projectile vomited out of nowhere all over herself and the car. I took care of her when it happened and stayed with her, however in the back of my mind I couldn’t help but feel this was total karma for being pretty mean and also my reward in a way for staying calm and cool.

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#37

This is a small one that happened years ago but still gives me joy. I was turning off of a one-way street. A car was stopped in the road and was honking at me to hurry up and turn because they wanted to turn onto the one-way in the opposite direction. I pointed at the one-way sign and drove off.

In their anger, they must have not seen the police car across the street. After I turned, I watched them turn down the one-way, going the wrong way, in my rear view mirror and immediately get lit up by the police that they didn’t see. I’m smiling now thinking about it.

#38

Back when I played League of Legends, had a game against your typical toxic player. Everyone on both teams ended up reporting him.

End up chatting with some of the opposing team in the post-game lobby. As we're talking, we all get a notification saying the player was banned because of our reports. We were all shocked because we had never seen a notification like that before, let alone one that happened so quick.

#39

We were queuing to get in a football match. Just me (female) and my 6yo (at the time) daughter. She has strong morals, just like me, but she hadnt quite mastered the "pick your battles" lesson. A massive, hench, scary looking guy cuts in front of us in line. Just blatantly does it, not even pretending to be confused or anything. My daughter says to me (quite loudly) "mom, weren't we behind those people?" I tell her yes but we're in no rush (she wants me to have a go at the guy, I whisper and say no, its not worth it, karma will get him). After about 30 more minutes of waiting in the queue, the guy gets to the front and shows his ticket. Turns out hes at the wrong door and he needs to go ALL the way around the stadium to his door lol. Kick off was soon and it was a fairly decent sized stadium so I dont know if he got to see it not.

#40

My son and I were in the car at a red light in the left lane. In the middle lane next to us was another vehicle who was slowly inching their way up to the line and creeping into our lane. A police car was right behind them. I looked at my son and we both knew this guy was going to make a left hand turn from the middle lane. We debated about whether or not he noticed the cop behind him.

He didn't. As soon as that light hit green he floored it, and made that left turn in front of us. I stayed put, because I was pretty sure what was about to happen. Sure enough, that cop lit up and made that same turn in front of us. The driver didn't even make it half a block.

I almost forgot to go, I was laughing so hard and my son was wheezing.

#41

When I was younger and less assertive, I worked at a place that did trainings that were required for a certain professional field. We couldn't let people in later than 15 minutes after class start time because of state requirements. Not surprisingly, this made latecomers mad on a regular basis. I was pretty used to that, but usually people were mad at the situation, and even when they were loud or swearing it wasn't usually aimed at me personally.

I remember the first person to ever swear *at* me directly--I believe she was in danger of losing her license. She got aggressive, trying to physically intimidate me by leaning into my space (she was much taller than me) and taking steps like she was going to try and push past me to the classroom, and when I quietly but firmly held my ground, she screamed in my face and stormed out. I held it together but I was actually pretty shaken and upset.

As soon as she slammed her way out the door, the previously only overcast skies opened, and it POURED. She was actually parked directly in front of the building, literally less than ten feet from our door, and she still got absolutely soaked. Made me feel a lot better, I gotta say.

#42

The guy who was driving like a jerk flew past me, cut someone off, and ran a red light. I passed him further down the road. He had been pulled over.

#43

A big lifted truck with a [maga] flag on it cut off a bunch of cars on the road and then I watched his wallet fly out of the bed.

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#44

I saw a sassy young lady get a ticket for jaywalking right after she cursed and then turned her head to glare at me for stopping at the "don't walk" sign. I saw the cop across the street and she didn't. Literally happened a meter in front of us. This was in Austria where they police this type of behavior.

#45

In middle school there was a “fight”. more so this kid was getting picked on. we were outside in the middle of spring, it was icy. 2 kids tried to gang up on him and they tripped over each other on the ice almost immediately , in front of everybody.

#46

I worked at a restaurant and there was one girl who just didn’t like me for some reason. She was working a double and, on her break, went and bought fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. She came back and gave every single server one, except for me. As she grabbed the last cookie and lifted it to her lips, the cookie broke and fell onto the kitchen floor. The look on her face was so much more satisfying than any cookie she could have given me.

#47

New park built in my town so when it opened it was chock full of people. 2 13~ year old lads were giving me funny looks (i assume cz im 21 with a cane, thats a whole nother story) n theres a raised patch of grass (maybe 6 inches higher than the pavement) n one of them while locking eyes with me, trips on the edge of this patch of grass and literally eats dirt. I have not laughed like that in a while.

#48

I was on a second date, we went out dancing. He got really drunk, and he started making out with another (married) woman across the dance floor when I went to grab us drinks. I know the woman was married, because dude was the best man in her wedding.

I was stuck there, we had taken a shuttle and it wasn’t due back for hours. By a stroke of luck, I ran into some friends that brought me back to my hometown about 20 minutes down the road.

The next morning, I heard a great story: he and the woman went to an after party, they snuck in a bedroom to fool around, and owner of said bedroom walked and beat the absolute [hell] out of him. 3 front teeth knocked in, he needed surgery. I saw pics, it was bad.

Can’t get more instant than that.

#49

I was having some huge, unavoidable costs coming my way, and I was super stressed as I was not in good financial position, at all. My ex decided to help me out by giving me some money to help me cover it (he was in a way better situation than I). Just a week later he went on a holiday, and when he was flying back, before leaving the plane he found a leather jacket and he could not find it's owner, turns out it was apparently from a previous flight. The jacket had a tag on, completely new, his size and *ridiculously* expensive, and in the pocket he found almost exactly double the amount he gave to me, in cash.

It made me so happy. Karma does strike back!

#50

I was the one that received the instant karma. I was 12 and racing my neighbor around the house 3x. I was so far ahead of him, I yelled out that he was so slow I could beat him backwards. Proceeded to run backwards and fell on the driveway and broke my arm.

#51

Me getting at ride to my front door at 12 midnight with 2 really heavy bags. I thought I was going to be walking all night with those bags. I stuck out my thumb and I got a 30 mn ride. That was a karma kickback for a long ride and a burger I gave .I’ve since given another 30m car ride to another in need.

#52

A guy who jumped me from behind and slammed me to the cobblestones, fell down with me, landed under me and broke his leg. I was completely unharmed.
Oh yeah did I mention it happened right outside the church at a funeral!?

#53

Happened about 30 years ago but is family lore now... a friend who was into some shady business left a bag of cash on the roof of his car. A good Samaritan honked to try and let them know... they fingered him and drove off. They laugh about it now and hope the guy picked up the bag, it had about 30k in it!

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There was this bloke waiting in the queue for the ski lift.
A woman with one of her daughters was blocking the way a bit because she was waiting for her other daughter, who was in her twenties, and he told her to move to the side; the woman politely asked him to calm down. That annoyed him and he was firm and a bit too harsh in his response.

Ten minutes later, he took a nasty fall on his snowboard and fractured two vertebrae...

The bloke on the snowboard was me...

I was on holiday and, really, there’s no point in getting stressed when people lack common courtesy at times like that.

Anyway, I’m fine.

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Some peniswrinkle of a kid constantly harassed my ex in high school. Went out of his way to yell, swerve, scream, anything to annoy us.

One day we pull out of a shopping plaza and PW sees us, busts a U-turn. We're turning left. This [jerk] goes flying past us, flips us off, rams right into the back of literally everyone waiting at the red light. He hit so hard, he was facing us. Five cars involved.

I started laughing and pointing. My ex got out and helped him find his tooth. We are not the same.

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I was driving home in rush hour and the police had stopped/were directing traffic. The car behind me didn’t know why I was stopped and were honking non-stop. Lots of pedestrians. The car tried to go around me, stopped alongside me and were flipping me the bird (both people in the car) with BOTH hands. In slow rhythm. The cop blew his whistle and motioned them over to give them a ticket I’m guessing. Not sure for what, but he motioned for me to go. I drove away happy thinking “instant karma.”.

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It had snowed a lot and was out hunting. In one single spot multiple vehicles had gotten stuck. I found a tiny "dry" patch that I could park in and start winching people out. Zero cell signal and a long way from any home; bad weather no less.

After pulling out 3 vehicles and starting on the last vehicle, a pickup pulled up behind me and asked what was going on. I told him that If I can attach my vehicle to his, it'd go faster since I would be less likely to be pulled forward into the snow and ice.

The driver told me no and threatened violence; sure as hell he came back with an axe handle. He thankfully saw "the light" and hopped in his truck.

The moment I finished winching out the last vehicle and started to reel in my winch cable, the SOB whipped around me yelling and flipping me off. Karma slapped him and he got stuck in the same spot as everyone else.

All the other drivers and I just waved and drove off leaving the idiot out there.

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Coming home from the Rocky Horror Picture Show one night around 2 am we were driving down the main drag when a car full of dudes in a pick-up truck challenged us to a race. I was driving a Lynx, which was not a fast car.

I accepted the challenge. They took off, I kept up until the speed limit at which point I stopped racing. They slowed down to get beside me as we crested a hill, threw lit fireworks at us and accelerated away.

A cop was parked on the hill, saw all of this and pulled them over.

We slowed down as we went by them, rolled down our windows and pointed and laughed.

It was pretty good.

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A dude was rude to me while ordering his coffee (I was the waiter) and then he chocked on the first sip.
Small, fast, satisfying.

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Dude at a college party I was at was making advances at a girl and she was not having it. We told him to buzz off and as he was leaving he fell down the steps to go outside.

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I was delivering 100’s of hire chairs in stacks of 10 on my back, alone in a van to an event. It was to the door only, no set up. The guy who met me at the big marquee at a local university was rude from the offset, super condescending, and expected me to set them all up for him according to his plan he’d drawn out. I explained I have to move on to my next drop we don’t do set up. He would not have it and insisted someone told him we would. Dressed in his smart shirt tucked into his thin work trousers and shitflicker shoes, he stormed up to me from the tent on my last journey from the van to to the tent, and as he reached me slipped in a puddle and fell completely on his back, DRENCHED. I just stood above him, and waited for him to get up without saying a word, no offer of a hand up 😂. He couldn’t run away quick enough.

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I was driving behind a Sheriiff’s Deputy along a rural 2 lane 45mph road that was double yellow. The deputy must’ve had their cruise set at 45mph because we were not going any faster or slower and a person in a sports car rolled up behind me driving fairly fast and they must’ve started to get impatient because they started flashing their lights and making swerves to overtake even though the road is a double yellow for many more miles to come.

Suddenly on a short straight, the sports car shifts down a gear and is gonna “disappear” and about halfway past me he realizes there is a Deputy in front of me and hit his brakes and swerves back in line, the Deputy hits their emergency lights, get in the oncoming lane of traffic slows down to get in behind the sports car and pulls the car over. Of course, I just kept on driving normally.

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Arrived at a 4 way stop before the car across from me. I was a bit peeved when he didn’t stop and rolled through the stop sign. I didn’t realize there was a cop right behind me… he instantly put his lights on and pulled the guy over.

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Years ago I was a server, it was my first job, and it was a breakfast shift. So I had to be at work at 5:30 in the morning. So about an hour into the shift we ran out of grapefruit halves. I had a booth where one of the women was sitting on the inside of the booth and when I told her we had just sold the last hat grapefruit half she threw a fit. Now normally if that happened we would send someone out to the grocery store which was only a few blocks away but it wasn't open yet and we couldn't do anything about it. She was absolutely screaming she was so mad. I was shocked. However when I brought her cup of coffee a few minutes later just as I was sitting it in front of her the handle broke out and it landed in her lap. The person sitting next to her immediately grabbed a cup of ice water and poured it in her lap. Now she was really mad and I had to head to the kitchen because I could not keep a straight face. The weird thing it was one of those old fashioned really really thick coffee mugs and I personally had never seen one break unless it's dropped on the floor. Karma works.

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Well it happened to me one time. We were late getting home, we were seniors in high school trying to get home to my house. A friend of mine was driving her car and the guy in front of us was going really slow, but the roads were a little slippery it had been snowing but the roads were clear but slick. So we passed them and then literally within a half mile or so we went around a curve and slid up in embankment and we're stuck sideways in the car. They came around curve there and probably were laughing at us. We backed the car back off the embankment luckily and drove home.

Luckily the car really didn't have any damage.

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Saw one recently at work. A girl had been really rude to me when I was already upset because of having a bad day and she made a comment about me being dramatic right as she walked into a guy that worked in the building (we work for a company that cleans the building not for the building itself like this guy did) and he spilled coffee all over her. Nobody really felt sorry for her or tried to help her because they had heard her being rude to me and knew why I was having a bad day (she did too. She just didnt care).

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Driving on a dual carriageway at the speed limit. Guy went past me like I was standing still. Unfortunately for him, the traffic division HQ is in that area. Lots of unmarked police cars (or there were then. A car peeled out from somewhere behind me, and about 5 miles along the road, there was the first guy in cuffs being stuff into the police car.

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These two chicks at a show bugged infront of us in the drink line that we had been in for over half an hour. They acted like they pulled it off, rolled their eyes way better than anyone at this event.

The place was so packed and loud the bartenders didnt notice. After they got their drinks both their ID’s got swiped into the garberator. LOL.

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I had a guy in a BMW behind me in the left turn lane to get onto the highway. I could tell by the way he pulled up behind me that he was in a hurry. 

Once the light turned green, we turned left and up a long onramp. Mr. BMW was weaving back and forth behind me like he was warming up his Indy car tires. As soon as the painted triangle between the highway and onramp appeared, he crossed over the paint and up to speed as fast as he could. 

He passed me at 70 and must have gotten up to 90 before passing a cop that was waiting on the inside berm just past where traffic merges onto the highway. 

Mr. BMW knew he was cooked and immediately got back over and pulled off the road. He went from 20 to 90 to zero with 10 seconds.

Karma at her finest.

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One Monday morning, I was stuck in moderate to slow traffic on a freeway my way to work. In my rear view about 1/4 mile back, I see a very aggressive driver weaving in and out of lanes. He (as he whipped past me I saw a young white male driver) was even using the shoulder and the median to pass and get ahead.

Shortly after he passed me, narrowly missing my right front fender, I hear the whooping of a siren. A highway patrol vehicle slipped between lanes and drivers avidly moved to the edge of their lanes to let the patrol car by. Ahead the aggressive driver was tailed and pulled over stopping on the shoulder. I could see all other drivers cheering for 1/4 mile in either direction. All of us sharing a warm glow of satisfaction I'm sure.

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Working as a waitress with a sleazy cook that wouldn’t stop being a sexist annoying [jerk]. After turning him down a dozen times, he told the owner some lies about me stealing from the register when I was closing up. Well, they were all from Greece and stuck together, so I got fired.

As I was grabbing my purse I pictured him getting shot. Yea, I was really young and pissed. I got another job the next day. Two days later, old coworkers stopped by to say the sleaze was shot because of gambling debts to a bookie. 3 days seemed pretty instant for me.

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Had a job I quit. I was a line cook, and I was one of 3 people that 1 of us needed to be in the building for it to function. I had just clocked out on my last shift and sat at the bar, and there was this toxic slacker cook. We didn’t like each other. He was celebrating the fact I was leaving, which I was fine with, he wasn’t worth my time. I guess thought the void created by me leaving made him more indispensable. I don’t remember what he did exactly, but he was fired within 10 minutes of me clocking out on my last shift. He left the building before I did.

He was never going to be more than a pair of hands, but he was [ruining] the morale of these two younger cooks they would need to step up. I think that was the big factor.

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On a small cross street with two lanes, one to turn left and one to go straight. Left lane is used either to turn left onto the main avenue or to dickey into an expressway that's maybe 25-30 feet in.

Bunch of us are queued in the left lane, waiting for pedestrian clear the crosswalk. Guy goes into the straight ahead lane so he can go around all of us to enter the expressway, actually cuts me off as I'm turning.. And I watch the cruiser that was parked behind us go lights and siren at him even before I complete my turn.

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Bit of a shorter one but when I was 13 I was in line for a rollercoaster not realizing I was accidentally standing in a group of people, one of the guys told me to [get lost] then a few minutes later ended up dropping his phone and permanently losing it.

When a home changes hands, it often needs a little work. And if the new owners are already spending the money on repairs, it might be the perfect time to update the exterior as well. Unfortunately, you can't buy good taste.

The TikTok account 'Crime Designs' is dedicated to calling out questionable renovations. By sharing before-and-after photos—many of which are pulled from Google Street View—it shows how quickly character can disappear in the name of modernization.

Are gray paint, sleek lines, and minimalist facades always an improvement? We'll let you decide.

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It might be tempting to exchange the old for the new, but if it is not something people actually need, they might be better off resisting the urge.

Holly Bowden, a real estate agent with Ray White Wilston in Brisbane, Australia, says the first thing homeowners should remember when renovating is to avoid adding anything that won't bring value to the property.

"Recently, a client asked me if they should change their windows to aluminum; there was nothing wrong with the windows — they were beautiful — so that's not going to add value," she explains.

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According to Bowden, home remodeling should strike a careful balance between broad appeal and individual character, even if you aren't planning an immediate sale. While risk-averse designers might push for complete depersonalization to make a house marketable, she believes keeping a touch of personality is actually a benefit.

Bowden warns against the hyper-neutral, all-white-and-cream aesthetic, noting that it strips away color and leaves a property looking identical to every other house on the block.

To avoid creating a cold, overly stark environment, she recommends infusing some color and personal style, or working with a skilled designer who knows how to make a space feel distinct without overdoing it.

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Another big no-no is DIY renovations. Bowden encourages owners to use professionals when seriously upgrading a home.

“I've seen it where people say 'I've done it myself' rather than getting a professional, then it looks botched and doesn't look great," the real estate agent adds.

If the owners ever want to sell their house, buyers will definitely notice the poor workmanship and start to doubt the quality of the entire property.

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Some of the transformations you see on this list might very well be the work of house flippers. Every residential area has a price ceiling, and if you want to profit when reselling a house, you need to cater to that upper limit before remodeling.

High-end additions that might make sense for a family who plans to stay long-term—like triple-glazed windows, commercial-grade kitchens, or professional-grade appliances—rarely yield a positive return on investment in purely monetary terms.

That's because average buyers usually do not recognize the premium cost or appreciate the added value, meaning resellers rarely recoup their expenses when they build past local market expectations.

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When we look at who is the most active in the home remodeling market, the 2026 U.S. Houzz & Home Study shows that Baby Boomers accounted for the largest share of homeowners undertaking renovation projects in 2025 (54%), though this is down five percentage points from the previous year.

Gen Xers followed at 34%, up five points year over year, while Millennials edged up from 8% to 10%.

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Gen Z homeowners represent only 0.5% of renovators, up from 0.2% in 2024. But they are significantly more likely to renovate following a recent home purchase (63%) compared with Millennials (31%), Gen Xers (19%), and Baby Boomers (18%).

Among Gen Z renovators, 33% cite lifestyle changes as a trigger for renovation, while 22% point to home damage.

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Innocence is one of the rare joys children get to enjoy. Ideally, they shouldn’t experience the harsher side of life until they are old enough to understand the world around them. But of course, things aren’t always that way. 

This ninth-grade girl, for instance, got her first taste of sexism from the mother of a boy she went up against in a math competition at school. She was left so taken aback that it became a bitter memory she carried through the next few years. 

However, it was her graceful response through a well-thought-out revenge plot that turned things around for her, albeit a year later. 

Innocence is one of the rare joys a child gets to enjoy

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This ninth-grade girl, however, lost it early after getting her first taste of sexism during a math competition at school

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Driven by utter shock and anger, she planned out her revenge plot a year in advance

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Ultimately, everything worked out in her favor

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Children who are exposed to biases against them at a young age may experience long-term repercussions on their confidence

The mom’s comment carries more long-term repercussions than she probably thought. According to Dr. Sal Raichbach, the child may develop a more negative view of their confidence and perceived skill level. 

“Even if the young child has the skills/ability to succeed, he/she now questions whether using those abilities will lead to negative reactions from others (e.g., dislike, judgment, etc.) or whether he/she would be ‘an outcast,’” Dr. Raichbach tells Bored Panda. 

Even in these progressive times, such stereotypes persist. Dr. Raichbach says that comments from family members, classmates’ reactions, peers’ teasing, media coverage, and praise given to certain individuals perpetuate these biases. 

“Research indicates that parents’ and teachers’ expectations regarding students’ mathematical abilities are often gender-based and influence how students perceive themselves in mathematics,” Dr. Raichbach explained, noting how it ultimately creates anxiety in students, which could alter their performance in school. 

Adults must focus on encouraging success instead of competition

To do this, Dr. Raichbach urges teachers to compliment students on the strategies they use to solve problems, the effort they put into challenging tasks, and the curiosity they show while learning. 

At home, Dr. Raichbach says parents should celebrate each child individually rather than compare them. 

“Parents must understand that a child’s success is a reflection of the child’s individual strength(s) NOT a reflection of another child’s worth,” he said. “The child should never feel forced into becoming smaller so that the family does not feel uncomfortable.”

It’s an unfortunate situation for the author, who should have never experienced such prejudice at that age. Hopefully, it does not severely affect her as she grows older, and props to her for handling the situation and “getting revenge” by doing her best to achieve success.

The author clarified parts of her story in the comments, as readers had nothing but props for her

The internet can be chaotic, but every now and then it gives us something truly delightful: older people posting things online that are unintentionally hilarious. Whether they're sharing brutally honest opinions, misunderstanding modern technology, or simply saying exactly what's on their minds, their posts are often funnier than anything a comedian could write.

In this collection, we've rounded up some of the funniest screenshots featuring older people and their unforgettable online thoughts. Some are wholesome, some are wonderfully blunt, and a few might have you laughing out loud. Keep scrolling to enjoy these wonderfully unfiltered posts that prove age only makes people funnier online.

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Have you ever watched your parents or grandparents use a smartphone and found it incredibly adorable? Maybe it's the way they hold the phone a little too close to their face, carefully typing one letter at a time, or how they accidentally turn on the flashlight and have absolutely no idea how it happened. Perhaps you've laughed when they ask where the "back button" went or wonder why their photos suddenly disappeared.

Moments like these can be both funny and endearing. But when you stop and think about it, it's actually pretty remarkable that they're using these devices at all. After all, older generations have lived through one of the biggest technological revolutions in human history. They didn't grow up with apps, touchscreens, or social media—they had to learn all of it as adults.

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Of course, technology has brought incredible benefits. It's easier than ever to stay connected with loved ones, pay bills, shop, book appointments, and access important information online. For many older adults, learning new technology has opened doors that simply didn't exist a few decades ago. But every new opportunity also comes with new risks. Unfortunately, as more seniors embrace the internet, cybercriminals have increasingly begun seeing them as potential targets. While global digitalisation has transformed society in many positive ways, it has also created entirely new forms of fraud and deception that can be difficult for anyone to navigate.

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The numbers are genuinely concerning. Research from the older people's charity Independent Age found that older adults who have been scammed lose an average of nearly £4,000 each. And the financial loss is only part of the story. Around 31% of people over the age of 65 said their experience of fraud negatively affected their mental health, while more than one in ten reported that it had also impacted their physical health. Being scammed can leave people feeling embarrassed, anxious, and deeply shaken. For many, it's not just about losing money—it's about losing trust, confidence, and a sense of security.

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The scale of the problem is enormous. Banks in the UK are being urged to do more to protect older customers after research showed that approximately 1.9 million older people have fallen victim to scams. Altogether, this adds up to an astonishing £7.4 billion lost by older adults. That's not just a number—it's retirement savings, emergency funds, and years of hard work disappearing in a matter of minutes. It's also a reminder that scams don't just happen to "other people." They can happen to anyone. As scammers become more sophisticated, even tech-savvy individuals can find themselves caught off guard.

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So why are older adults particularly vulnerable to online scams? The answer is actually quite complex. Researchers say there isn't one single reason. In a realist review, Burton and colleagues developed a theory explaining how, why, and under what circumstances older adults may become victims of financial cybercrime. Their findings identified several risk factors, including limited cybersecurity knowledge, health vulnerabilities, and reduced familiarity with rapidly changing technology. In other words, it's often not a lack of intelligence that makes someone vulnerable—it's simply that the digital world changes incredibly quickly, and keeping up with it all can be challenging.

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Other factors can also increase the risk. Memory issues, declining confidence with technology, and social isolation can all make it easier for scammers to take advantage of someone. Researchers also point to factors such as relative wealth, fear of losing independence, and societal attitudes that may make older people too embarrassed to ask for help. Sadly, scammers understand these vulnerabilities incredibly well. They often create schemes specifically designed to exploit trust, loneliness, and fear. Some even target older adults repeatedly once they've identified them as potential victims, making the problem even more heartbreaking.

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And the effects don't end when the money is gone. In many cases, the emotional impact can be even more devastating than the financial loss itself. Crime victimisation in general can have serious psychological effects on older adults, including anxiety, depression, and even post-traumatic stress disorder. Existing health conditions and social isolation can make these effects even worse. Many victims report feelings of shame and embarrassment, with some losing entire life savings or emergency funds. For some people, the emotional damage lasts much longer than the financial loss itself.

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But despite all these very real concerns, the internet isn't only a place of scams and frustrations for older generations. In fact, it also gives us some of the funniest and most wholesome moments imaginable. Like when your mom accidentally video calls you and spends ten minutes showing you the ceiling. Or when your dad uses Google as if it's a person and types, "Why is my printer angry?" into the search bar. Or when your grandparent signs every text message with their full name, just in case you somehow forget who sent it.

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At the end of the day, technology can sometimes feel confusing and intimidating, especially for people who didn't grow up with it. But it can also be a source of connection, curiosity, and plenty of laughter. The screenshots in today's post are a perfect reminder that everyone experiences the internet a little differently, and sometimes those differences are downright hilarious. So, Pandas, which one of these posts made you laugh the most? And what's the funniest thing a parent or grandparent in your life has ever done online?

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Oh, how naive we are during our childhood, thinking that life is nothing but joy, cupcakes, and rainbows! However, once we grow up, the reality monster comes knocking at the door, and we are hit with epiphanies, some good, some amusing, and some mortifying.

The Reddit user New_Storm430 brought up one such horrifying realization when she inquired, “What’s a ‘harmless’ habit you had as a kid that turned out to be a red flag in hindsight?” Well, her question released the floodgates as people rushed forward with their answers, and some of them are quite dank and relatable. Just scroll down to check them out for yourself!

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Getting SUPER attached to anyone I felt any hint of a connection with, to the point of it being quite creepy & unhealthy. Lost several friends over it who were not amused, to say the least.

Every time I found someone I thought I could be friends with, I latched on with an iron grip & that person would become my “obsession” of the moment (yes, I can use that word now, even as ashamed as I am of it). I spent years trying to overcome this part of myself and deep down inside, I know the tendencies are still there, thus the reason why I now choose to remain aloof from all but a chosen few people. I never want to get that way with anyone ever again.

I look back now and cringe hard at what I put people through growing up. I realize now it was undiagnosed ASD & abandonment/attachment issues from never quite fitting in, being excluded from my peers and moving around a lot.

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Making sure other people liked me, but not taking time to evaluate whether I liked them.

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"Clean Plate Club".

Im fat [very] now. Definitely won't enforce that with my kids.

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As you scroll through the list, you might even find that the truth behind some of these "harmless habits" is actually quite sad. To better understand why we realize these red flags as adults, Bored Panda interviewed Divya Ahire, a psychotherapist who runs a private practice and offers therapy sessions under supervision. She said, "I think a lot of us only start to understand our childhood when we’re much older."

"When we’re kids, we don’t always have the words to explain what we’re feeling. So we act it out. Maybe we’re always busy, always quiet, always performing. At the time, it just feels normal. But later, when we’ve done some healing or had space to reflect, we might realize those "habits" were actually us trying to cope with something difficult," Divya elaborated.

She also believes that sometimes, it takes therapy, or becoming a parent, or even just watching a movie that hits a little too close to home, to start piecing things together. According to her, that moment of realization can be a little painful, but also really powerful, as it shows us how much we’ve been carrying, often silently.

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"I can do it myself"

It developed into hyper independence which has had its impact on my relationships. Hard to trust someone who keeps one foot out the door.

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#5

Retreating to my room and hiding in fictional worlds (video games, reading) instead of talking out my emotions (from emotional childhood neglect). Now as an adult, my first instinct is to hide and self-preserve when I have an issue, and it's been a struggle to make myself open up and communicate in a healthy manner.

I try to make it a point to go after my kids and talk to them when they're upset (after letting them cool down if needed), instead of ignoring them in their rooms and assuming everything is fine when they finally emerge later.

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#6

Being able to read people’s emotions and adapt very quickly. There is a difference between cognizant of the emotional experience of others and being empathetic and holding space for that, and being hypervigilant due to trauma, and erasing your whole self in the process to the point where nobody actually knows who you are. And even if you have valid points of concern, it’s buried under mountains of people, pleasing behavior and indirect surfacing of your concerns. You will forever feel like your needs are getting unmet, but that’s because since you never felt yourself worthy of having needs you create confusion and ambiguity for others. Most of all you attract people who rely on you to be in that people pleasing space. You can’t have boundaries.

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When we asked Divya whether such habits during childhood actually point to deeper emotional or psychological struggles, she said yes and that it happens more often than we think.

She stressed, "Children rarely say I feel anxious or I feel lonely. Instead, they might spin in circles for hours, mimic others obsessively, or retreat into their own world. It can look like play. It can even make adults smile. But sometimes, it’s a sign that a child is trying to make sense of something confusing or overwhelming."

However, that doesn’t mean every unusual behavior is a cause for concern, as kids are wonderfully weird and imaginative, she added. Divya believes that when we start to notice patterns or when a behavior starts interfering with a child’s ability to connect or feel safe, that’s when it’s worth pausing and gently exploring what’s really going on underneath.

#7

Thinking and trusting that everyone is my friend. Turns out most people really [be bad] and are opportunistic.

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#8

Reading. I read *alot* as a kid as a form of escapism. .

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#9

I couldn’t sleep until I knew everyone else was asleep.

I know that in the 80s we weren’t commonly talking about hyper vigilance but d**n, no one wondered why I as a child didn’t feel safe falling asleep unless I thought the adults were asleep too?

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Divya also informed us that context, such as home environment or family dynamics, is everything when interpreting these so-called “harmless” behaviors displayed by children. She claimed that a child’s behavior is never just about them, as it reflects the world they’re growing up in.

She narrated that their relationships, their safety, their sense of belonging, and the way emotions are handled around them—all of that shows up in how they behave, play, and respond.

"So when a child starts withdrawing, acting out, or developing intense routines, it’s not helpful to ask What’s wrong with this child. Better questions might be: What’s happening around this child, What are they adapting to, or What are they trying to survive. When we hold that kind of compassion, we’re much more likely to respond in ways that are supportive rather than shaming," Divya narrated.

#10

Turning off all my emotions when my parent was screaming/raging .

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#11

Stealing.
It was small things like stickers and shiny objects and stuff. I realised it was bad when I decided to steal my roommates heels. I felt really bad and I kept it back in it's place.
I got therapy and worked on it and thankfully, I've stopped now.

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#12

Discussed on Reddit before but I would count the number of letters in each word in a sentence when people spoke. Started as fun, ended with me obsessively needing to do it to the point of not taking in the conversation aside from the words to store to count. I would also stack sentences in my brain if I couldn’t count quick enough.

Luckily I was oddly smart and self aware as a teen and saw it was getting out of hand so I made myself stop. As an adult I had to stop reading g a book series as one of the characters did the same and I started to slip back into it.

I have done other compulsive behaviours as well. I am currently going through autism diagnosis process.

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We also conversed with Divya about whether awareness around childhood mental health has improved in recent years to help catch these early red flags more effectively. She mentioned that yes, it has, and that gives her hope.

"I see more parents open to learning, more teachers tuned in to emotions, and more social media accounts talking about nervous systems, boundaries, and inner child work. These conversations would’ve been unheard of not too long ago. But at the same time, not everyone has the same access to this awareness," she added.

She noted that some families are dealing with daily survival, some are silenced by stigma, and many don’t have mental health resources nearby. "Awareness is growing, which is amazing, but the real change will come when support becomes more inclusive and easier to reach. Because every child deserves to feel seen, safe, and supported. No matter where they’re growing up," Divya concluded.

#13

Forgetting to eat/not liking eating. I thought it was just quirky. My whole family did it.

My parents forgot to feed us kids a few times when I was 9-11 (we were always at least middle class, they just neglected us because of a side business). When I was 10, my mom put the entire family on an extremely restrictive diet because she definitely has an undiagnosed ED, and kept telling us that anyone who doesn’t eat like us will die.
Turns out, she forced me to have an ED. I got a diagnosis and am recovering now, in my late 20s. She’s still in denial about hers.

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#14

Despite knowing the answer to a question or if I'm being asked about something, my immediate response is to remain quiet because of the fear of being made fun of (I had a stutter growing up) and I was usually yelled at for getting anything wrong.

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#15

I was a pathological liar :-( got therapy, learned to recognize WHY I lied and how to stop. Sometimes I still feel that urge to lie, but now that I’ve got techniques to stop it and reconcile when I do lie, life is much better.

It’s nice to have friends now. The stress of my lies being found out was a huge burden on every part of my life, it’s really good to be free from it.

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Well, that was definitely eye-opening insight from our expert, wasn't it? I bet the next time you catch some kid involved in such a "harmless" habit, it might do good to reflect on what's really happening with the child. That's it from our end for now, dear readers, but do tell us if you were able to relate to any of these. Also, don't hesitate to share your habits with us in the comments!

#16

Attention seeking and approval needing.

I didn't realize how much I was running off of the validation of other people. when I saw it, I embarked on the famous self-love journey and now I feel so much better about myself.

edit: spelling.

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#17

Signing up for every extracurricular - I’m still great at starting things! Sticking with them and seeing them through is another story….

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#18

I used to like getting an ice cube to keep in my mouth (I ate it like a hard candy rather than chewing it)

Years later, I found out that ice cravings can be a sign of iron deficiency anemia

(At that point I was already getting more iron in my diet because my doctor found that I had low iron in a blood test while I was getting a cardiac catheter).

© Photo: Al-and-Al

#19

Fantasizing and daydreaming. It’s all nice until I dissociate in the middle of driving and almost crash.

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#20

Procrastinating on everything and then rushing to get it done at the last minute, stressing myself out everytime and beating myself up for not doing the work when I had more time. Guess what I turned out to have.

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#21

Playing “the passout game”. Me and my friends and siblings would press on each other’s carotid arteries to reach unconscious. So dangerous. Also, a pre courser to high-seeking behavior.

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#22

Stimming, specifically compulsively rubbing my feet together like a cricket. Turns out I have ADHD & autism lol .

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#23

I was very flexible as a kid and would constantly contort myself into strange positions because it was comfortable for me and to show off. Well, it turns out I have Ehlers Danlos, and I was just doing permanent damage to my body that I'm paying for now as an adult.

© Photo: User

#24

Dermatillomania. I shredded my cuticles and lips. I think I subconsciously believed things would be better if I could make myself flawless. Unfortunately I'm almost 50 and still do it. It's soothing and stressing at the same time. It's like, everything will be ok once my lips are smooth. Lip balm stops me for a while but makes it worse long-term because it makes my lip skin easier to remove.

© Photo: User

#25

Not stopping at just one snack.

#26

Avoiding simple tasks.

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#27

Pulling out my eyelashes because I thought I would get wishes. It's called trichotilomania (spelling?) Apparently and now I barely have any eyelashes, eyebrows, or hair on my head.

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#28

Long story short, now my face is stuck like this.

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#29

Drinkimg sugary beverages instead of water.

#30

Playing with whatever weird animal I could find while wandering around in the woods.

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#31

Going on Omegle.

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And if you’re looking to pick up something genuinely useful, we’ve got just the thing. These Redditors shared smart life hacks that might not be on everyone’s radar—but honestly, they should be.

Scroll through and don’t forget to upvote the ones you’d love to try!

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#1

When in public, you can watch videos and listen to music easily by using a simple device called "headphones".

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#2

Minding your own business really does reduce stress.

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#3

My wife and I like to get takeout once a week or so and if the food is good I like to call the restaurant and say, “Hi, my name is [intimacy] and we just picked up an order of [intimacy] for takeout.” (Insert short pause - you can hear the tension build on the restaurant end expecting a complaint). “I just wanted you to know that was one of the best meals we’ve eaten in a long time. Please thank the chef and everyone working back of house for us.”

I don’t know if restaurants have a secret code or some way of identifying customers but we always seem to have better interactions with them on future orders, but most importantly it lets the BOH know that we really do appreciate their hard work.

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#4

When ordering something online I will add it to my cart and then let it sit for a couple days. Many times ive been sent the "You forgot something" email and a promo code for a % off.

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#5

When purchasing citrus fruit, select the heavy ones. They are more likely to be fresh and juicy than the lighter ones (assuming the same variety and similar size).

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#6

On BMWs, there is this lever on the left side of the steering wheel that gives an indication if you want to turn left or right.

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#7

When buying bagged salad, buy the bags that aren't puffed up. Look for the flattest bags. They are the freshest ones. When the salad starts to go bad, it makes the bag inflate.

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#8

Dental tablets - like the ones that dissolve to clean dentures - clean out water bottles incredibly well. Can be super lightweight to carry while camping/hiking/traveling too. Put all my friends onto this hack!

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#9

"Do you want to vent or do you want advice?"

Varrrow:

My wife and I use the phrase "Do you want a sword or a blanket?" quite often.

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#10

Judging by the number of people who pull up on my bumper at every light, apparently a lot of people don’t know this:

You should pull up to the point where you can still see the bottom of the tires of the car in front of you. That gives you enough space to pull into another lane and get out of there. You never know when traffic in front of you is going to stop. There might be an accident, a stopped train, or some other issue. Make sure you can leave without problems.

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#11

When you buy a house or rent a new apartment, get a new gmail account for its address. Then send anything house- or apartment-related to that one email so when it is time to leave or sell, you have a history of everything done or spent on.

© Photo: CarrieNoir

#12

HR is not your friend. They are hired to protect the company not you. Anonymous surveys at work are also not Anonymous. The creator of the survey has access to who wrote what. You’re welcome.

© Photo: Baaptigyaan

#13

Hydrogen peroxide to clean blood off all fabrics. No, it doesn’t bleach the fabric. Yes, it’s near instant and 1000% total - no scrubbing. Just saturate, wait a few, and rinse. Do it a few times if the blood is old. 

It ALWAYS works.

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#14

Hair conditioner works better than most shaving creams for shaving and it's a lot cheaper too.

Individual-Crazy3752:

That is 100% true. Went through hundreds of razor burns in sensitive areas and one day discovered that hair conditioner softens thick short hairs perfectly- smooth skin, much better than any overpriced shaving product.

© Photo: Deno_Stuff

#15

When showing people pictures on your phone, zoom in slightly so they can't swipe to another picture on your camera roll.

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#16

As a dental hygienist: anything is always better than nothing.

You do not have to brush and floss at the same time. Just at some point during the day preferred.

Don't like string floss? Try the picks. Keep them in the shower, in the car, on your nightstand, on the couch.

Don't like floss period? Try a waterpik (the brand is waterpik, they make water flossers. I always recommend waterpik because they are the brand with the research to back them).

Hand held models are good for travel or if they are rechargeable, take into the shower (just fill the tank twice). I prefer models that sit on the counter because they have better pressure control and a larger tank (just fill once).

Other options are toothpicks, proxy brushes/soft picks, rubber tip stimulators. Anything to disrupt plaque and stimulate the gums.

Anything is ALWAYS better than nothing. A s****y brush is better than no brush. Flossing once a week is better than none a week. 👍🏼 And always always just do the best you can.

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#17

People who work on windows computers. Hit the windows key and V at the same time.

Instead of pasting, it opens up your entire clipboard. Once you enable it it will save a history of what you copy and you can pick and choose.


Enjoy.

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#18

Admitting when you're wrong goes a lot farther than denying.

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#19

Not really a hack, but library branches often have digital libraries where you can view pretty recent movies and tv shows for free from the comfort of your home or wherever.

Accessing will vary one one branch to another. It's either via a specific website/app unique to the branch. But some branches work with the Hoopla app offering the same access.

Though note you may need an active library card to access the digital library.

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#20

Politely asking for things. People just seem to assume or default to terrible service or the inability for things to happen for them. If you approach it nicely with respect and ask for what you want etc many times it's not that big of a deal to get it done.

I've gotten VIP upgrades for concerts, free food, complimentary airport lounge passes, reservations at hard to get places, bill concessions.

It's amazing how rudely most people in a forward facing role are treated. If you approach them and treat them with dignity and respect, often times they will happily extend a courtesy to you. They are people and if they're the right person, they can often bend the rules in a way that you wouldn't have ever gotten had you not asked in the first place.

This also works with friends, family, partners, etc.

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#21

Bacon in the oven. Cooks it perfectly and it doesn’t curl.

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#22

If your brown sugar gets hard and unusable, seal it in a ziploc bag overnight with a slice of apple or bread. The sugar will absorb the moisture from the slice and be as good as new.

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#23

I have really sensitive ears. Most earrings irritate them other than ones made from titanium.
So I got 14g implant grade titanium tunnels and just put the cheap earrings through them like a sleeve. It works great and now I can wear whatever earrings I want without having any reaction.

Highly recommend for folks with sensitive ears!

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#24

Doing the laundry/dishes and playing with your kids is one of the most reliably effective ways to arouse your wife.

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#25

Airline neck pillows.

The opening goes...in...the...BACK! You know, where the BACKREST is and you don't need any more support. The whole point of these things is to allow you to sleep sitting upright, without your head tilting forward and waking you.

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#26

Concert Earplugs on your keychain. The industrial circus peanut style muffles sound and are horrible.

Spend $40 on ones that dampen db's by 20 or so and let sound pass through a tiny hole. My old a*s has had mine almost a decade now. (Don't be a dumb kid like me and start now.)

Not only does the music still sound right, but the 15-20 db they cut off does a remarkable job of selectively blocking out the voices of those drunk a******s talking a few seats over.

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#27

Baby powder removes sand. I continue to blow people's minds with this every single summer at the beach, and my mind is equally blown at how no one seems to know this.

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#28

If you're depressed, don't feel good, maybe had a bender or anything else, get out from underneath the blanket and take a walk around the block. You will feel 10x better after about 10 minutes of moving.

If you're actually bed-ridden or sick sick. Don't. But if you're hungover or beating yourself up or you don't feel good, go for a stroll. You'll feel better when you get back :)

Edit: Yes, OP doesn't mean walking cures depression. We've all had our own lives to go through, just saying I felt better after going for a walk with my dogs after going through a week straight refusing to get out of bed to pee, I built off that start. Doing better now.

It's a positive post my dudes and take care of yourselves.

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#29

A wet latex glove in circling motions extracts all the pet hair embedded in your couch's upholstery into neat little balls that you can easily collect and discard.

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#30

Paper towel in your mixed greens box. Increases shelf life by weeks.

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#31

Wrapping lettuce in aluminum foil makes it last for a month.

atomicbaby11:

Works for celery too.

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#32

If you clean as you go, it's amazing how clean your house stays for longer periods if you make cleaning more opportune and not a separate task you wait until Sundays to do or whatever.

1. Waiting 3 minutes for something to cook in the microwave? Clean some of the kitchen in those 3 minutes.
2. Going from one area of the house to another? Carry things in that area to the area they are supposed to be at your destination. Dishes in the rec room? Carry them on the way to the kitchen. Bedroom trash full? Carry the bags on the way to the garage. Think about where you are, where you're going, and what is at where you are that needs to be taken to where you're going. Never make a trip from point A to point B without returning something to point B.
3. Keep cleaning supplies close to what you use them for. Don't store your kitchen cleaners hidden in the laundry room. Don't store the upstairs bathroom cleaners in a downstairs hall closet. Keep rolls of paper towels near anywhere a spill MIGHT occur: dining room, rec room, even bathroom, or in a bedside table.
4. Have more than one broom and dustpan, and keep one set in the kitchen, garage, etc. They are cheap.

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#33

If you want to use a store's discounted price, but don't want to be bothered with creating an account or giving your phone number/email, just use the phone number from the 80's song "Jenny" and your local area code.


(***) 867-5309.

I've been using this number for years at places like CVS, grocery stores, even department stores and it works pretty much every time.

I'm clearly not the only one doing it, either. The receipts always have crazy numbers of $ saved. Last time I used it at CVS I had "saved" something like $6k this year.

#34

Feelings aren't facts.

Acknowledge your feelings but relate them to the present circumstances.

Don't allow your self-critic to use that difficult feeling to weave or buy into pre-existing self narrative that convinces you you're broken, less-than or a failure.

Life is hard and experiencing difficult emotions is not fun. But those emotions are a part of you trying to tell you that something is amiss. Some part of you needs compassion, understanding, patience and self-soothing not criticism.

#35

Chemical hot packs (like Hot Hands hand warmers or Thermacare heat patches) are rated for a specific number of hours of heat. I believe the hand warmers are 10 hours and the larger Thermacare patches are 16.

The way these packs work is by a chemical reaction with oxygen. Which means you get 10 hours of heat for 10 hours of oxygen exposure but they don't have to be 10 *consecutive* hours.

If you only need them for a few hours, stick them in a zip-lock bag when you're done. They will cool off almost instantly and you still get several more hours of heat. You don't have to throw them away just because you don't need them right now.

Similarly, if your hot packs stop working early, it's almost certainly because they don't have enough oxygen. Take them out of your gloves/pockets/shoes for a moment, and they will warm back up!

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#36

You can car wax your sink and shower walls. Keeps mildew from building up for much longer.

Thick_Caterpillar379:

Rain-X now makes a product specifically for showers.

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#37

Open jars with your left hand.

The direction of turn to open and thumb position are the trick.

When you open a jar with your right hand, you use your fingers, which fold over and you're missing out on the rigidity of your thumb bones.

© Photo: Ludwig_Vista2

#38

If you wear a KN95/N95 mask in public/ crowded spaces, you are much less likely to get sick.

© Photo: marksmak

#39

When reheating food in the microwave, don’t put it in the center of the plate—place it on the edge. Microwaves heat more evenly around the outer edges, so your food will warm up faster and more uniformly.

#40

Using a slightly damp paper towel to cover food when you microwave it. Prevents it from getting dry and retains more flavor.

#41

You don't have to get expensive reading glasses from your optometrist, you can get cheap reading glasses from the pharmacy.

nalycat:

Yay! Something I know about! I work in ophthalmology.
If you just need reading glasses, this is a good tip. The best bet is to go to the dollar tree if you have one, and pick a few that feel right. Then try them for a while and see which works best. You are only out a few dollars and now you can buy nicer ones after you know which ones feel best.
I don't recommend getting progressive lenses online. There is a lot of science that goes into progressives, and it's not something I would leave up to a website.
If you do buy glasses online and they don't seem quite right. You can go to your local optical store and usually pay them around $8 and they will double check the prescription accuracy and adjust them for you. Sometimes the glasses don't need to be replaced, they just need to be adjusted with bending or heat.

#42

Squeegee the water off your body with your hands before getting out of the shower and your towel will dry a lot quicker. 

If it's dark and you need to turn on a light for a short while like in the bathroom at night, keep one eye closed and it'll stay adjusted to the darkness so you can see when you turn the light back off. Apparently this was a WW2 fighter pilot trick for explosions at night. 

#43

You can watch YouTube without ads on mobile very easily, through a browser with ad blocking properties.


I’m sure there are several, I’m using one called ‘Brave’ which is a goofy name for a browser but it does the trick.
It’s taken YouTube from drowning in ads and completely rage inducing, to being fine again.

#44

Stop allowing things you can't control to live rent free in your head.

© Photo: User

#45

You can just get up and leave. You don't have to react to everything out of a misguided sense of "self-respect."

#46

Use a seam ripper to clean your vacuum brush roll! Makes a heinous chore take less than a minute. Also, clean your d**n cleaning tools. It makes such a huge difference.

#47

Newspaper is excellent for cleaning glass.

#48

You can loosen zip ties by pinching the side of the block with pliers.

#49

Having two checking accounts. One for bills, one for spending. Total up all of your monthly bills and divide by how many paychecks you get in a month. That amount (plus a little more for fluff) should go into the bills account. The rest is for saving or spending and goes to the other account. Never keep the debit card for the bills account with you. That money is NOT for fun times!

Now you'll always have the money for your bills and can pay them right away! :).

#50

With fitted sheets, the tag in the sheet is always in the right corner.

© Photo: AwakeGroundhog

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Growing up, my family definitely wasn’t rich. We weren’t jetting off to Europe during the summer or visiting a ski lodge over Christmas break. We might have had one domestic vacation a year, often a road trip, and we’d spend most of our summers at the neighborhood pool doing cannonballs until the sun went down.

But we did have a cluttered garage with an extra refrigerator for drinks, a lawnmower that my dad was proud to use and a grill that cooked more burgers, salmon and veggies than I can count. We were the quintessential middle class family. And, of course, my upbringing wasn't unique; there are millions of other families around the globe who had nearly the exact same experiences.

Redditors have been discussing the tell-tale signs that someone is middle class, so we’ve gathered their most spot-on replies below. Enjoy scrolling through, and be sure to upvote the ones that make you want to have a picnic with your neighbors!

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#1

Being able to afford everything you need but not everything you want.

ChuushaHime:
This is where I am now for the first time in my life and I love it. I'm very comfortable, have solid emergency funds, can afford everything that I need as well as small luxuries like the occasional nice restaurant or weekend getaway, but still need to put some effort into saving for trips or similar largescale purchases that make me feel like I earned them. Next financial goal is to move apartments to a more expensive but prettier and more convenient part of town. Looking forward to it :)

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#2

Adopted a little boy earlier this year... 6 years old. His background is, erm, rough, shall we say.

Last week we were sat in a Cafè and he described his scone as "delightful". A little later he asked where we were going for dinner.

I suddenly realised we'd ruined him already. 🤦‍♂️.

© Photo: Major-Bookkeeper8974

#3

Student loans

Too wealthy for need-based scholarships; not wealthy enough to pay for college.

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#4

Family vacations. I remember coming back from summer break and my classmates talking about the trips their families went on and being extremely jealous.

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#5

Buying a Subaru because its practical and safe.

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#6

Spending an entire day from your weekend cleaning your own house and doing your own yard work and going to Costco.

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#7

Single family home in the suburbs, 30 year mortgage.

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#8

When your passenger side door handle breaks, you take it to the dealership for repair since it's under warranty, when they send you to the rental company for a loaner car and the only thing they have is a ~~Camero~~ Camaro. When you pull in to the driveway of your suburban home and tell your pregnant wife you're going out to dinner at a nearby sit down restaurant because you need a reason to drive the ~~Camero~~ Camaro around.

Ladies and gentlemen, my husband last week.

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#9

*opens fridge full of tons of diverse fresh food*

There's nothing ~~already cooked and prepared to mindlessly shove in my gullet~~ to eat.

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#10

I'm going to paint my fence China white instead of 1/4 piano white.

My suburb passed a ruling no green fencing...so I'm getting white that has a green hue in it.

I'm just one man fighting against the oppression.

© Photo: anon

#11

Those vases that middle class mothers put in the corner of the room with twigs in it.

© Photo: anon

#12

I don't want to spend more than $20 on a case for my $600 phone.

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#13

Lawnmowing.

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#14

Helping your children do their homework.

Poor people don't have time for that. Rich people have tutors for that.

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#15

Sneaking snacks into the movie theatre.

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#16

Thinking that you're not well off, when you actually are.

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#17

A mortgage, a car loan or two, and having to save the entire year (or two) to take a vacation with the spouse and kids.

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#18

Too rich for the FAFSA, too poor to afford college.

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#19

A messy garage with a refrigerator in it.

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#20

Gotta go to work everyday so I can come home and spend all my free time taking care of bills, food, and my children. Just so I can wake up tomorrow and do it all over again.

© Photo: Empole

#21

Planning for retirement. The rich don't have to worry about it, and the poor know they wont ever reach it.

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#22

A Toyota Highlander with "Frozen" playing in the backseat pulling up to a block party at a master-planned starter home community's pool where the dads are grilling and the kids are running around everywhere eating freeze pops.

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Getting into debt so people don't think you're poor.

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I take _forever_ to grocery shop now that I'm making a decent living.

When we were poorer it was just buy whatever we could afford that would keep us alive. Now, when arriving at the spot in the aisle for EVERY item on my list, a chain reaction of decision making fires off that passes through statistics, guilt, and the meaning of life.

> There are 6 choices of jarred olives

> That one is $18 so its an outlier

> The remaining 5 prices are between $0.89 and $3.99, biased to the right

> My income is in the 65th percentile nationally

> http://i.imgur.com/itMcsy5.gif

> Really these are just going in my martinis, I won't even notice the difference from the cheaper ones

> But I do like to eat them in salads sometimes...

> *Looks back at $18 olives*

> I MAKE GOOD MONEY DAMNIT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY NICE OLIVES.

> They're just going to waste in the fridge because I pass out after 2 drinks

> The expensive ones probably taste funny anyway

> Honestly I don't even remember how much Gin I have left

> *Looks back at list*

> I'll go look at the yogurt and come back to the olives before I leave.

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A grade school aged child having tempered expectations for Christmas gifts, and getting pretty much everything they wanted except for the most expensive thing. "Maybe next year, bud.".

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Having a nice double car garage but no room for your mid size SUV or Toyota sedan because its full of kids toys, unopened boxes of random s**t that you haven't looked at since you moved in and golf clubs you don't use often.

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Golden Retrievers.

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One Prozac a day. Husband's a CPA

and her yellow SUV.

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A basketball hoop in every driveway.

EDIT: or on the garage. but i mean really that's still in the driveway isn't it?

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As a Hispanic that grew up middle class.
Using butter containers to store leftover beans. My Tupperware came from re-purposed lands.

*typos are inevitable.

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Having those silly little stick figure family stickers on the back of your minivan.

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Street hockey.

Car!

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- Sent from my iphone.

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An above ground pool, alone, in the middle of the back yard, with those s****y plastic ladders that flail all over the place when you climb them.

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Company picnics.

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This thread has me reminiscing on the sweet summer times of my middle-class childhood:

-drawing with chalk in the driveway.

-Going to a neighbor's to swim in their above-ground pool, while swatting away occasional wasps, and if this wasn't an option, putting a sprinkler under the trampoline.

-A tire swing and/or one of those assembly-required jungle gyms in the backyard.


-Various soccer/music/overnight camps (not fancy ones, usually run by the local university)


-Being a tomboy by necessity because all your bikes/sporting goods/some clothes were passed through the neighborhood boys before they got to you


-Bringing your dad a glass of freshly mixed red koolaid while he takes a break from mowing the lawn with giant noise-cancelling headphones on. Not the ones that play music. They just cancel noise. Blanking on what to call these.

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Neighborhood yard sales.

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Buying a 3 bedroom house in a nice neighborhood on mortgage.

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"I'm so glad I bought that Chevy Tahoe. Now I can listen to NPR while driving Bella from her Montessori school to soccer practice.".

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Bringing a lunch to the office.

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My wife told me about growing up, regularly having smoked salmon over eggs for breakfast, took regular family holidays to other countries/continents and had horse riding lessons.

Meanwhile there's me not allowed to have milk in my porridge/off brand Weetabix.

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Getting nice and loaded prior to a sporting event to save money; getting drunk enough for long-term-financial-goal apathy to set in and buying tons of food and beer in the stadium because you *can* afford it but *shouldn't* waste the cash.

#43

Buy a house with a 2 or 3 car garage and pack them full of c**p and park the cars in the driveway.

#44

My father having his neighborhood friends over to play horseshoes and drink Yuenglings out back.

#45

Having a moderate sedan that you try to keep clean. Theres bird s**t all over it but youre waiting for the next rain instead of doing a car wash.

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Camping as a family vacation. We went to Disney World when I was 9, but other than that our vacations were usually camping trips. My dad made enough money to be able to take almost a month off of work each summer (not consecutively, but a week or weekend here and there), but not enough to take us anywhere expensive.

#47

Owning a car, but still ride a bike for fun/exercise.

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Going to a fast food place and not looking at the prices.

#49

Mac and cheese go mighty fine with a big a*s box of
Costco wine.

#50

A white teenager driving his dad's subaru and blasting XXXtentacion.

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By now, Bored Panda readers like you should be well acquainted with the nostalgic photo archives of Portuguese journalist Paula Leite Moreira. Over the years, her vintage collections have captured everything from everyday family life to moments with animals, with cats often taking the spotlight. This time, we’re focusing on a theme that feels especially touching: the connection between children and their feline companions.

We looked through Paula’s carefully curated Instagram feed and found a beautiful collection of photos showing kids and cats from decades past. Some are funny, others are full of quiet emotion, yet all of them show how special the bond between a child and their pet can be.

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“These images were frequently made for postcards,” Paula explains to Bored Panda, referring to some of the earliest photos in her collection. “But aside from that period, it's remarkable how photos from decades ago are similar to those we see today. Owners also enjoyed capturing casual moments with their cats at home, with their families, in an unpretentious way.”

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That raw, unfiltered joy still shines through in these images—even if our relationship with cat content has evolved dramatically in the digital age.

“I believe that in the previous century, they were also loved by their owners,” Paula says. “But they didn't have the same viral popularity filled with memes and cute videos that win over even those who aren't big cat fans. I'm very happy about this, and I hope my work contributes to it.”

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When asked about the most surprising photo she’s come across in her vintage cat hunt, Paula immediately recalls one that stands out. “Definitely a photo of a kitten 'hidden' in the so-called 'longest beard in the world' of a Frenchman named Louis Coulo.”

Beyond the charm of these old photographs, Paula’s research has uncovered fascinating historical tidbits—like how cats played key roles aboard ships during wartime.

“They were highly sought after and pampered on large vessels, especially during periods of war,” she shares. “The main function was to fight rats, but they ended up being an escape valve for the sailors, a little bit of love in the midst of so much tension.”

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As for the future of All Vintage Cats, Paula says she’s been toying with the idea of a book or a retro-inspired fashion production. “But for now,” she adds, “the page is just a hobby.” Hobby or not, her work continues to remind us of something essential: whether it’s today or 100 years ago, the connection between humans and animals, especially between a child and their cat, is a bond that transcends time.

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Serving people drinks isn't as easy as it might seem. You need to memorize dozens of recipes, stay on your feet for long hours, multitask under pressure... and avoid melting into the floor from the cringe around you!

Recently, Reddit user Nojunkpeter asked bartenders on the platform to share the most awkward conversation they've overheard at work, and hundreds delivered. From painfully bad blind dates to impromptu financial interventions for spoiled kids, these unforgettable situations stuck with them for all the wrong reasons.

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#1

Happened a long time ago but saw a man and a woman on what I assumed was a first date. About an hour after arrival she finished a drink and was shortly after completely unconscious.

When asked if she was ok, The man said she “must be tired” and said he was going to take her home. Realising she wasn’t waking, an ambulance was called followed by the police. He tried to make a prompt escape through the fire exit and was blocked by a member of staff.

She got taken away by the ambulance, him in the police car. Horrible to think what could have happened.

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#2

Not a bartender, but overheard a couple on a blind date realizing about 20 minutes in that they shared the same dad. He apparently had a secret second family two towns over. The absolute silence that followed was the loudest thing I've ever heard.

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#3

In the late 90’s or early 00’s two lesbians came to the bar and ordered 2 shots each. They told me they needed the courage to come out to their families.

Later they sat at a large table and ordered a pitcher of margaritas for the table of 8 or 10 people. The conversation was flowing and filled with plenty of laughter until suddenly there was none.

I hope those women found peace with themselves without the need of approval from their family.

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#4

Bartending at this corporate afternoon network function. Lady signals she wants another glass of wine…

Woman A: I really shouldn’t be drinking wine.

Woman B: (pointing to her tummy) because of the baby?

Woman A: I’M NOT PREGNANT! How dare you…

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#5

Not a bartender, but it’s a drinking story … heard while waiting at the DMV.

It’s the DMV, where social norms don’t seem to apply.

Disheveled guy in the waiting room picks up his mobile phone, calls a buddy in a loud voice and says “yeah, I got busted for a dui, so now I can’t use my CFL (commercial driver license) to drive trucks and lost my job doing that. But I’m at the DMV to apply for a school bus driving permit, so I’m gunna do that until my CDL is off suspension”.

All the folks of child rearing age froze, looked up, and exchanged incredulous glances with each other.

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#6

The ex-wife and (adult) son of one of our regulars came in one time. They got pretty sloshed, and started slow dancing. Bear in mind nobody dances at this pub, it’s not that kind of vibe.

The vibe they gave off was unsettling, too romantic for mother and son. Everybody was uncomfortable. Then they started kissing. Not a polite little smooch of an adoring and tipsy mom on her beloved son, KISSING.

That’s when I busted it up, told them they needed to leave and zeroed their tab just to get them the h**l out of there.

Everybody knew the guy whose ex and son they were. We all felt extra extra uncomfortable because we knew him. It was, hands down, the ickiest thing I’ve ever witnessed.

I don’t know if anyone told our regular (and friend) but I didn’t. Jesus how do you even broach that topic. I kind of assumed he knew at least something was amiss there, and it might have been a cause of their divorce. Anyway frick that, I’m not touching that with a ten foot pole.

EWWW.

Info: Some commenters were assuming step-mom. No, it was mother-son, biological.

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#7

I was a waiter but I was working behind a diner counter a lot of the time. Close enough to a bar? I have two awkward stories I'll never forget:

-Guy who brought a script along to a first date and made his reluctant date run lines with him (he was not very good), then talked for far too long about the nuances of his great performance while the date sat there silently nodding. Sir do you think this is a flex

-Pair of teens, one of them was sobbing over being dumped. Her friend said "don't cry you're too hot to be sad!" and tried to kiss her while she leaned away in horror and disgust. My skin crawls with secondhand embarrassment whenever I think about it. Sir....

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A old Scottish guy asked me for 2 x Pina Coladas. So I went away, made them and brought them back and set them in front of him. He looked confused and angry when I was putting the little umbrellas and sparkly stick in the drink and asked him for the money.

Turns out he actually asked for 2 “pints of lager” in his thick Glaswegian accent! He was not impressed!

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#9

A couple both admitted to cheating. Turns out both cheated with the same dude.

It was all I could do to make up busy - work near them to be able to hear it all play out.

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#10

I'm a bartender, but would help serve tables during slow periods when there weren't many servers on.

Man comes into the dining room waiting on another person.

She arrives shortly after, sets her purse and a manila envelope down and goes to the washroom. I drop off an little amuse bouche which was pureed watermelon juice while she was gone and explained what it was to the man.

Lady comes back, and maybe 30 seconds later I hear raised voices, I return just in time to see her bolt back to the bathroom while digging in her purse. She returns minutes later, looking very upset and unwell. More angry talking, papers being handed over a couple times, then she grabs her stuff and moves to the bar, still flipping through papers and signing things.

I ask if I can help, and she barks "no, you're great, not your fault at all. But we're here to sign divorce papers and he didn't tell me the juice you dropped off was watermelon. I'm allergic to watermelon".

I understood her on a cellular level at that moment.

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These kids (probably around 12 years old) on their first date. The boys mom brought them to the restaurant and planned on sitting at the bar to give them alone time.

The boy wouldn't let her leave the table. The girl and the mom kept hinting at how fun it would for them to be alone and how the mom probably didn't want to sit there during the date. The mom tried to leave and the boy literally grabbed her by the hand and wouldn't let go.

Having your mom be the 3rd wheel on your date was just as awkward as it sounds. The mom came back and became kind of a regular because she liked the food. She told me the girl dumped him after that and it wasn't pretty.

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Not too long ago, I had to stay a few nights at a local hotel for a work event. It just so happens my wife is a bartender at one of bars at that hotel. I was psyched to have a few drinks at my wife's bar without the pressure of having showed up specifically to hang with her.

After work, me, a colleague, and HIS wife went down to have a few drinks. Within an hour or two, we're all relatively drunk and jovial. A well put together lady in her early sixties was sitting on the far end of the group, next to my colleague's wife.

My buddy and I are sharing some fun industry stories with his wife which were all 100% innocuous and completely tame. Suddenly, the lady leans over to my friend's wife and says "I'm so sorry, but did I hear you say you're a hotwife?"

Important to note that my friend and his wife are classic strait laced, slightly innocent southerners, and the word "hotwife" was definitely never mentioned. She looks at the older lady and says "I'm sorry, but I don't know what that means." I DO know what that means, and I'm now laser focused on this conversation.

To my surprise, the older lady straight up says "Oh. It means I'm a married woman, and me and my husband like to have [intimacy] with other people. Do you three like to do that?"

At this point, my buddy's wife is beat red and just stammers out "Oh...no. I'm sorry, I don't think so." Without missing a beat, the older lady is like "well I heard you mention you two are married." Then she gestures to me and my colleague, and says "and those two are clearly together, so I figured all three of you were fair game." Me and my colleague are NOT romantically involved, but I couldn't help but feel like that was meant as a compliment.

At this point, my friend's wife is completely frazzled and is like "oh no....he's (me) married to the bartender". This old fox lights up like, "oh darn, I'm getting the bartender too!"

She stammers out a few more apologies to the older lady, who polishes off her beer and cheerily says "oh no worries. Sometimes in this lifestyle ya gotta take risks! Have a good night!" Then she closes her tab and disappears.

The next morning I woke up with a note in my phone that says "that older lady tried to do all three of us" (as if I could ever forget). Later, my wife told me her and the other bartender heard every word and were laughing their bums off the entire time.

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#13

Not a bartender but just wanted to give a shout out to a bartender that asked me if I was OK because I was by myself, surrounded by people. Just told her I was here for work and I liked the noise but didnt feel like talking to anybody. I liked talking to her though, at least she was nice.

Anyways, bartenders are good people.

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Blind date. Guy arrives first and lets me know about the situation. They were paired together on some paid matchmaking dating app. He’s dressed nice, probably in his late 30s and is friendly enough, but clearly focused on prepping for the date.

It’s 5:45pm and she’s supposed to get there by 6:00pm. Well, 6:15 pm rolls around and he flags me down.

“Um I guess can I order a glass of wine? And maybe a cheese board?”

I kind of gloss over the fact that his date is still not there and just take his order, trying to keep things light and not stress him out. Before I leave he goes, “You know what. I’ll just take the whole bottle.”

So I come back with the bottle of wine, and the cheese board comes out pretty quickly. It’s now around 6:25 PM and there’s still no sign of her.

“Man. I’ve tried texting and calling the dating service since I don’t have her direct number. But they’re not answering. Looks like I’m being stood up.”

Sure enough, in walks a very attractive woman in her late 30s, and she looks [angry]. She comes up right to the bar, “Um yeah hi I’m supposed to meet a date here? Is there a Mike here?”

“Oh! Whitney? Hi I’m Mike! It’s nice to meet you,” has he stands up out of his chair, ready to greet her with seemed to be the beginning of a hug.

Leaning on one tapping foot with folded arms the woman says, “How was I supposed to know you were inside the restaurant?! I’ve been waiting outside for you for thirty minutes. Oh and it looks like you’ve already helped yourself to dinner. Good start.”

I could hear a pin drop. I heel turned away and pretended to clean some glassware while this guy just kind of stood in shock.

“Um. I’m sorry about that. Well, would you still like to join me?”

“Ugh I GUESS, I’m starving.” And she plops down at the bar and starts picking at the cheese board.

“Well, I got a bottle of Pinot Noir, would you like a glass?”

“Why would you think I like wine? You ordered for me without asking? That’s rude.”

“…..you don’t have to have a glass. I was just offering since there’s a bottle on the table. You can order whatever you’d like”

This woman, rolls her eyes and without bothering to look in my direction says, “Grey goose dirty martini with stuffed blue olives.”

This was my moment to shine. In the plainest, flattest affect with the enthusiasm of a piece of cardboard I snapped back, “No stuffed olives. No Grey Goose.”

Me and her had a bit of a stare down, she’s not saying anything as I see the gears turning in her evil stupid little head, until the guy finally says, “You know what. She can pay for her drink, and I’m going to move down there,” as he gestures to the end of the bar, “This doesn’t seem to be going well. I hope you have a nice night. Best of luck.”

And he picks up his glass of wine and moves to the end of the bar.

CAN I TELL YOU the satisfaction I had to pick up this guys cheese board and bottle of wine, with the best little grin on my face while I moved the order away from her, ugh. I still think about it to this day.

The woman goes, “WOW really? You make me wait outside and THEN bail? What a man. I wasn’t interested in you from the beginning. HAH!”

I can tell she’s waiting for a response or some engagement, but the guy gives he nothing.

She stands there again, looking stupid as h**l, and goes “Really? REALLY?” So I go over to her and ask, “We do have Tito’s. Would you like a Tito’s Martini?” And she scoffed and walks out.

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Christmas Eve, couple sat at the bar just slowly realizing over about 90 minutes that they should just get a divorce. Sad, not angry. Absolute nightmare to navigate and work around.

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Two ladies with Northern U.S. or Canadian accents. I heard "Yeah sure, you can get rid of a body in a woodchipper. You just gotta Freeze it real good first".

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Not a bartender anymore but I will never forget overhearing a pretty attractive woman explaining to her friend that she stopped dating and just has [intimacy] with her brother. She said this with a straight face and kept explaining how much less stressful it is than dating. The other girl mentioned that she wished she had a brother so she didn’t have to worry about dating.

I have two sisters and could barely hold it together. The other bartender and I thought she was trolling. The tone of normalcy and relief in the conversation was almost as unsettling as the topic of discussion itself.

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My most awkward was sad.

One of the men only had a couple months left to live. Had aggressive cancer. Super awkward as a bartender. Wanted the dude to have a good time, would have given him free drinks, but I assume that wouldn't have been good for him either. You want to be friendly and fun but the vibe was just sad and humble. You don't want seem like your being a pity party either. They are out trying to enjoy the last of their time, but it was a sad last bro hurrah. But as your out celebrating your passing friends life, the interactions all seemed awkward. I forgot to ring up a bunch of their drinks. I really didn't know how to interact with a group. So I was just friendly.

Hope the dude had a good run. Seemed like a super nice guy.

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Guy lamenting how hes the Boss in the house, when she honked outside to pick him up and he nearly jumped of the chair, tipped way to high bc couldn't wait for change and stormed out of my pub.

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#20

Two of our regulars were a couple that were generally known to be swingers. They were harmless and a lot of fun.

One evening, as a couple, they started hitting on our new barback. He was young and naive so everything kept going over his head. Eventually, the couple got so flabbergasted that the husband just kinda shouted, “Do you want to do my wife?”

The barback thought he was being accused of something so he mumbled a quick, “No, no, no. Sorry. I’m just friendly. Sorry.”.

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#21

I remember this one guy came to the bar, he ordered a beer and then asked "what ladies drinks do you have?" Unfortunately, I'm used to that question, so I answered it with my usual response of "anything we sell is can be a ladie's drink, do you know what they're after?" He didn't really seem to like that answer, but he asked if we had any prosecco, which we did, so he ordered one of those and sat down at a table.

About 10 minutes later, a woman came in and sat down with him, and after being sat for a minute or two, she came up to the bar and asked what single malt whiskies we had and ordered a Balvenie. At that point I realised it was probably their first date, and he didn't even attempt to find out what she liked to drink, and just assumed she wanted a prosecco because it's "a ladies drink".

He later came up to the bar and asked if we had a deck of cards because he wanted to do a magic trick. We didn't, so he went back to the table.

They only had the one drink each, and left separately, her first. She even left the full glass of prosecco on the table. It was all so awkward.

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One day one of my regulars came in with a couple. Sat down at the bar and everything seamed normal. Boyfriend goes to the bathroom and the regular immediately starts making out with the girlfriend.

I immediately go on defense expecting to have to break up a fight when the boyfriend comes back. They stop making out just before the boyfriend comes back. Crisis averted as far as I'm concerned.

Girlfriend goes to the bathroom and its just the 2 guys talking but I'm now paying close attention just incase. Suddenly regular and boyfriend start making out while GF is in the bathroom.

I went from tense thinking I might have to break up a fight to confused because of how sudden it happened to relieved because ain't none of my business now. GF come out of the bathroom and they quickly finished the round and all left together. Never mentioned it again.

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I had a couple leave an extensive S&M contract behind on the table. It was 20+ pages.

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#24

Slow night. A man is sitting at my bar looking quite sad, staring into his beer. Next to him is a woman who can’t stop riling him up. “You can’t let this happen to you, you gotta go home and take control, be a man, what are you doing here, go and show her what you’re made of, be a man, show up and do something about it…”

Turns out his wife wanted to live out her sapphic fantasies with the neighbor. Tonight was the night, and he was not invited.

After about an hour of this he finally gets up, looks at me and says “I’m gonna go home and show them what I’m worth” with the least conviction I have ever seen anyone say anything. The woman stays for another five minutes tapping her fingers on the bar until she finally says “I think I drove him here” and leaves too.

I never saw them again.

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I work in a very busy family restaurant. On Friday nights, there is usually a long wait at dinner time, and the bar area gets super crowded.

So we’re three deep at the bar on a Friday night when these middle aged parents decide to stage a financial intervention with their early 20s daughter. She gets very upset at the news that she is being cut off and is essentially bawling her eyes out. At the bar. The very crowded bar.

I mean, Jesus people. At least do that at a table. Why they felt the need to tell her something so upsetting in the middle of a huge crowd is beyond me.

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I once heard a guy trying to impress a girl by explaining how he was “almost arrested for stealing a slice of pizza” but then he got really serious about the “pizza justice system.” I couldn't tell if it was a pickup line or a confession. 🍕.

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I remember visiting a seaside town called Whitby in the UK with a friend years ago, its almost mandatory that when you visit you walk up the 199 steps to the abbey at the top of the hill.

As we were on our way up there were 2 stereotypical grannies on their way down, they checked every box for being a grandma in the early 2000's, beige raincoat, tweed skirt, beige tights and shoes to match their grey perm, everything about them screamed they were your everyday nan who'd drown you in tea and biscuits when you visit.

That is where the stereotyping ended, I'd love to know where there conversation started and how it ended but the part I overheard was that she loves it when "Frank fits his whole hand inside of her, its sends her to heaven every time".

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Was taking the order of 2 people, he received a phone call from “friends” accidentally sitting near them. He showed his ringing phone to his wife, she nodded no. Those 2 friends saw it, i saw it, awkward.

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A couple was on a second or third date and the guy said he had something he’d like to share with her and like some feedback on. He said feedback like he was going to ask her a question about some big life choice. He told her he had a kink for Harry Potter role play and that he’s looking for someone that was into that too. I couldn’t hear her response but she looked happy and didn’t leave.

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Won’t say who the celebrity was, since she was a young kid at the time. Serving and get a note I have a VIP and need to roll out all the red carpet things. I worked at a really nice hotel in Santa Barbara, ca. during college.

When I went to greet them, the little celebrity is bawling her eyes out. Her parents brought her there to tell her they were divorcing. She was begging them not to.

Awkward, and just sad.

Happy to tell stories about other celebrities for those interested…but thank you for not asking who this was.

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I felt bad at the time. A couple decades on…not so much. Dude bet a house on a baseball game. He left in tears. Idiot. Complete idiot. Don’t gamble folks.

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A married couple came in when I was working the bar. As a bartender tends to do, we got to chatting and I learned that she was also Brazilian so we began speaking in Portuguese and getting to know each other…very quickly the conversation turned into complaining about her husband (she’s lonely, he didn’t take her anywhere, she wanted to go on a vacation etc.) and she starts full out CRYING in the middle of dinner. I tried to calm her, but they cashed out shortly after and I never saw them again even though they said they lived across the street. I hope she got her vacation.

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Not a bar tender, but I was in a bar and overheard some girl talking about her boyfriend in front of her friend. I just overheard, "He says it ain't cheatin because he got is balls clipped"

I guess the guy had tried to convince his girlfriend that he wasn't actually cheating on her because he's had a vasectomy and it "doesn't count" if he does some other girl.

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I was reading at my local pub and overheard a guy on a first date earnestly trying to explain the entire lore of *Dune* to a woman who was clearly just trying to finish her fries and escape.

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I live in an area of fairly wealthy people...

"Thats your 6th glass of wine? Your not gonna drive home are you?

Ohf courshe I am.

What if the cops pull you over?

I'll just buy it off like I did last time.".

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Co-worker was sleeping around on her new husband. Two of the guys she was seeing came in at the same time and both started making plans with her. She didn’t know what to do and it was awkward [very]. They were sitting across from each other (we have a horseshoe bar) and talking softly. I was backing that night so got to hear most of it from both of them. One of the guys was her husband’s fishing and hunting buddy.

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I work at a board game bar and we have this game that’s designed for people on first dates. It’s all about questions and answers and getting to know each other.

Idk if the question was from the game they were playing, but lady was holding a card when she asked it.

She asks “what’s the worst thing you’ve ever tasted?”

And he pauses to think for a moment before answering:

“I don’t know, probably p*o when I was a kid?”.

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I was taking tables when we were busy and it was a group of 4, They came from a what seemed to be a nursing home. The one woman was dressed differently than the rest and was obviously the aid/caretaker. I came up from behind and saw 3 other people were dressed the same down the the hair. Pink polos and all three of them had pixie cuts and light gray hair. I greeted the table by saying “well hello ladies what can I get started for you?” And one of the 2 people facing me started yelling at me and saying he wasn’t a lady he was a man! The gentleman in question was really upset about it. I was so stunned I didn’t know what to say and I just ran and gave the table away but I will never forget his face when he whipped off his glasses and turned around 😭.

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Once watched a first date where a gentleman was quite animated. At one point, he wanted to show his date a dance he and his friend had made up when they were kids to “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”by Culture Club. He’d show his part then when his friend would come in and he do that part.

He was eccentric to say the least, but the dance routine was the most memorable. His date went from visibly embarrassed to actively asking him to sit down, lower his voice, and please stay seated.

His date’s friend was at a table in the restaurant watching and was apparently posting on Twitter, what was going on as well as texting to a friend group. She was also quite loudly laughing at some parts.

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I heard a woman get dumped over starters in the restaurant I worked in, which was awkward. Suppose the bill was cheaper.

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“And that’s how the horse got me through college.”.

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In the last 5 years, just so many breakups. I have witnessed more breakups at the bar than people actually getting together.

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I was tending bar when a normal looking business guy came in looking distressed. He was working for a national (USA) company and had been stealing tens of thousands of dollars from his father in law's company where he worked. He was deleting invoices that he was paid for. His credit cards were canceled. His company car was taken and his wife was [angry]. He was waiting for a friend in another state to come pick him up. He drank a lot of Crown Royal. The reason he had been stealing? A bad gambling habit.

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I was bartending at a wedding and overheard the groom's mom arguing with his new mother-in-law about who gets to control the family recipes, it was super awkward.

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Couple sat down to order food. Guy is talking to his date who clearly doesn’t speak a word of English. Tells me she just arrived to America and they just got engaged. No idea if it was true but tried my hardest to stay away from that out of fear he’d see how hard I was cringeing.

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I wasn't a bartender, but I was a taxi driver at end 1990s, before Uber. There were two businessmen together sharing the ride, and they were casually discussing women around the USA. One of them said that when you see a woman in Philadelphia, you really know she's a woman, but in Seattle, you're not so sure.

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Witnessed a famous actress in her home country have a glass of red wine throw in her face by her partner. He stormed off and it was uncomfortable [very] for everyone in the entire restaurant. I tried to help her with a towel and offered to [working woman] her to the restroom but she refused, sitting there with red wine all over her for about 15 minutes before she asked for the bill.

Edit: Also offered to call someone or the police. She declined.

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I was a bouncer. One Friday night, two young women walked past and one said to the other, “Mayonnaise tastes like dirty boy.”

That sentence lodged itself deep in my brain. I still sometimes think about it out of nowhere.

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How a republican politician was paying for votes. He thought he was so clever.

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My first table at 10am the lady handed her (ex) husband divorce papers.

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Not a bartender. Or even food service. But I worked at Barnes & Noble for years and at like 9pm one night I was standing at a register by myself, bored, and this woman comes up and she goes “can I ask you a question?” Of course I mistakenly assumed it would be a book question and said yes. She then pulls out a pregnancy test and says “I just took this in the bathroom. Does it look like a line to you? My husband is in the cafe and I want to tell him but our mother in law is staying at our house and he said he didn’t want us to have more babies. So I want to be sure before I tell him. Do you think there’s a line?”

I was in complete shock. I was only 20 at the time and had never even taken a pregnancy test myself before so I didn’t even know anything about them besides what I had seen on tv. I told her vaguely that I wasn’t sure if there was a line or not and she just left after that.

One of the weirdest interactions in all my time in customer service. Learned way too much about that woman very quickly lol. I wonder if she actually was pregnant or just wanted to be? Or if they still married? Didn’t sound like they were very happy lol.

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I was a Waffle House waitress, so I got everyone after the bars closed, so it counts, I hope. (For non US folk, this is a 24 hour establishment, so we got lots of drunk people and bartenders alike well after 2am)

In 2014, my manager had the golden idea to make red, white, and blue waffles for July 4th. They were not all three colors in one. Nope. Red, white, OR blue. For one day, at one Texas Waffle House, you could legit order a [intimacy]. (If you don’t know, this is your waning to not google [intimacy] on a whim). So, this lesbian couple comes in, and one parter leaves for the restroom and tells the other lady she just wants a waffle.

I give the seated lady the holiday special speech about the waffles, and she gets this diabolical grin. We both know what’s gonna go down, and it will be hilarious. The order comes out, and me and the one lady are holding in all the giggles. The other lady slams her fists on the table and just freaks out. Yelling at her partner something like “what kind of sick joke is this?!” And just storms out. I look at the seated lady and feel kinda awful, and she goes “well, we got it taken care of. I thought we could laugh about it.” Girl, WHAT?!

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Server here but I had a table that was spending a ton on good liquor and yelling about how much they hate Joe Biden. Turns out the dad was a Jan 6ther and was supposed to voluntary surrender to prison after his conviction so they were getting hammered the night before.

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Think your 80s & 90s music knowledge base can handle anything from A to Z? Well, this nostalgic quiz is built to put you to the test. There are no multiple-choice safety nets here, so you will need to recall the exact answer for every single letter.

In this challenging quiz, you will face 26 questions about music from the golden era – the 80s & 90s. Each question corresponds to a different letter of the alphabet, which will help you answer some of the tougher questions. From genre-defying, powerful, and raw performances to global superhits that are still played today, get ready to use every little corner of your 80s & 90s music memory!

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It’s easy to get along with others when everything is going well. After all, there’s nothing to worry about and nothing to test anyone’s patience. It’s when things get hard that people show their true colors.

One woman saw this firsthand when her partner fell into a coma. She was touched that his entire family showed up to support him, until they moved into her apartment and started treating her horribly. She ended up leaving her own home just to get away from them.

Now that her partner is awake, they’re acting nice again, and everyone expects her to simply move on.

When the woman’s partner fell into a coma, his family made her life hell

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But now that he’s awake, they’re acting like nothing happened and expect her to simply move on

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Readers said the woman shouldn’t brush her feelings aside, and many suggested counseling or leaving if her partner keeps refusing to take her seriously

Cartoonist J.C. Duffy seems especially comfortable using dry, often raunchy humor to get a point across. His visual style helps push the jokes even further, with scenes and characters that verge on artistic absurdism while staying simple, using only a few elements to build the environment. That mix of blunt delivery, offbeat logic, and intentionally odd-looking characters gives Duffy’s cartoons their peculiar charm. Some jokes land right away, while others take a second before the punchline fully clicks, which only makes them more fun to revisit.

Duffy is a nationally known cartoonist best recognized for “The Fusco Brothers,” his long-running comic strip about four verbally dexterous bachelor brothers. He is also the author of several collections of cartoons and comic strips, has contributed to cartoon anthologies, and has published work in outlets including The New Yorker and Narrative Magazine. Beyond cartooning, Duffy is also an accomplished writer and musician.

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Nobody walks into a beauty salon expecting to leave looking like they just visited Spirit Halloween. And yet. Here we are. Dozens of glorious, catastrophic, deeply upsetting examples of what happens when "just clean up my nails a little" gets wildly misinterpreted, when brows get measured by confidence instead of skill, and when someone describes a look as "trendy" and means it as a threat.

Some of these clients cried. Some of them tipped anyway because they panicked. All of them have our full respect and our deepest sympathies. Buckle up, protect your eyebrows, and whatever you do, do not show these to your nail tech. Not even as a joke.

#1 Stumbled Across This Account. I Thought It Was Satire Or Something But I’m Not So Sure Anymore

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#2 I Don’t Trust Anyone Anymore

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#3 They Said My Nails Were Too Short For 5 Colors But Said They Could Do 3

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Let's address the elephant in the room, or more accurately, the two caterpillars on everyone's foreheads. Laminated brows are responsible for more crimes against the human face than anything else on this list. The treatment, which essentially glues your brow hairs upward into a brushed-up fluffy effect, works beautifully when done correctly and looks like you lost a bet when it doesn't.

The line between "model off duty" and "startled Victorian chimney sweep" is razor thin, and a surprising number of technicians have discovered that line by crossing it entirely, on someone else's face, with no way back.

#4 She Paid 350 For This

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#5 I Caaaaant

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#6 “A Platform Of Absolute Hate”

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The laminated brow conversation got super messy in 2023 when Kylie Jenner and Hailey Bieber posted a video together that many viewers interpreted as a very thinly veiled dig at Selena Gomez's laminated brows. The internet, who would walk through fire for Selena Gomez, noticed immediately and responded accordingly.

What followed was a full-scale social media trial that lasted approximately seventy-two hours and resulted in Hailey Bieber crying on camera and the word "laminated" being searched more times in one week than it had been in its entire existence. All of this over eyebrows. Magnificent, chaotic, completely on-brand for 2023.

#7 Why Do They Always Make Everyone Yellow

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#8 Literally Cried In The Salon. I’m Usually Easy Going About My Nails But This Set Was So Bad I Had Them Remove It And I Left

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#9 Found On Instagram

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In some good news for anyone whose eyes have been slowly disappearing behind increasingly architectural lash sets, the era of the heavy, multi-layered false lash is officially winding down. According to Glam, the stacked, dramatic falsies that dominated the last decade are being replaced by lightweight, peptide-infused lashes and individual flares applied only to the outer corners for a subtle eye-lift effect.

The goal is to make your eyes look bigger and more awake rather than like two chandeliers fighting for space on your face. Progress. Real, measurable, very welcome progress.

#10 What I Asked For vs. What I Got

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#11 Spent £40 Getting My Nails Done. What I Asked For vs. What I Got

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#12 She’s Like A Full 8 Shades Darker Than Her Arm

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Before we judge these salon fails too harshly, a brief history lesson in the name of perspective. In the early 20th century, a French cosmetics line called Tho-Radia marketed face creams, makeup, and toothpaste containing actual radioactive elements (radium and thorium) with the promise that they would firm skin, remove wrinkles, and make your complexion glow.

They were not wrong about the glow. They were catastrophically wrong about everything else. Women applied radioactive cream to their faces in pursuit of beauty, which puts a slightly uneven gel manicure into very sharp perspective. Bad nails grow out. Radiation sickness is considerably less convenient.

#13 I’m Not Sure What Got Me More The Makeup Or The Hair. The Title Was “Wedding Glam”

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#14 My Wedding Nails Are Atrocious

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#15 It Only Cost Me $80 To Turn My Thumbs Into Toes!

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Tho-Radia was not even the worst of it. Meet arsenic complexion wafers, an actual over-the-counter Victorian beauty product that women literally ate in pursuit of the fashionable ghostly pale complexion of the era. Manufacturers like Dr. Campbell marketed them as completely safe, which they were not, at all, even slightly.

Regular ingestion of arsenic causes things like organ damage, skin lesions, and an early grave. Women were nibbling on toxic wafers for translucent skin while the beauty industry called it wellness. So the next time a nail technician applies your gel slightly thicker than requested, remember that at least nobody is asking you to eat anything.

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#18 What I Asked For vs. What I Got

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And yet, for every person wincing at the fails in this list, there is someone on TikTok actively celebrating the most maximalist, unhinged beauty looks imaginable and absolutely thriving. The "M to the B" trend took the platform by storm, with thousands of creators leaning fully into the iconic heavy Geordie makeup aesthetic of bold brows, dramatic liner, and full glam dialled to eleven.

They all wore it with the energy of someone who has never once considered toning it down and never will. It became a love letter to unapologetic, over-the-top glamour from the northeast of England, and honestly? The confidence is immaculate. Beauty, it turns out, is not a Pinterest board. It's a feeling. And some people feel it loudest in a full set of acrylics and a cut crease you can see from space.

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#20 These Are All From The Same Mua From My Last Post About The Smoll Eyes. She Likes Everyone To Look Like They Have Pisshole Eyes

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#21 I Almost Died After Seeing The Result Of My Makeup Trial For My Brother’s Wedding. $40 I Will Never Get Back

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Here is something the beauty industry does not advertise loudly enough: becoming a licensed manicurist is really hard. You need real, formal qualifications to legally work on someone's nails, which makes the fails in this list even worse. Even Amanda Bynes enrolled in cosmetology school in 2022 and failed her written board exam at least three to four times.

This was before she announced she would be returning to beauty school to study the theory properly before retaking the test. So if your nail tech is licensed, perhaps extend a little more gratitude than usual. They earned it. Probably multiple times.

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#23 On An Instagram Page For A Clinic That Does Eyebrow Implants

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Beauty is chaos, beauty is joy, and occasionally beauty is a laminated brow situation that takes three weeks to grow out and a full year to emotionally process. The fails in this list are not just funny; they are a reminder that the pursuit of looking and feeling good is a wonderfully human, wonderfully messy endeavour.

One that has involved radioactive face cream, arsenic wafers, and a viral TikTok beef about eyebrows that somehow united the entire internet in 2023. Through all of it, people keep sitting in the chair, handing over the reference photo, and hoping for the best. And most of the time, it works out beautifully. Most of the time.

What is the worst crime a beautician has committed against you? Share your trauma with us in the comments!

#25 I Have Never Seen A Delusional Nail Artist Like This

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#26 Went To Get A Manicure At A Well-Reviewed Place After Having My Nails Damaged At Another Salon. This Is How My Fingers Look A Day After

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Vows were exchanged, rings were slipped on fingers, and Travis Kelce reportedly cried more than his bride Taylor Swift. The dust has settled on the lovebirds’ wedding, making way for the next question in people’s minds: when are they having kids?

Sources close to the couple reportedly revealed details about where they stand on starting a family.

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Travis Kelce was apparently in tears when Taylor Swift sang parts of her wedding vows to him in front of an estimated 1,000 guests at Madison Square Garden on July 3.

“You would think the bride would be the one crying more, but it was actually Travis that was more emotional,” one of the attendees told NBC News.

Now that they are officially husband and wife, sources claimed they both are “not sure if they’re going to have kids or not” because of certain concerns.

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The Grammy-winning singer has “such a security situation” that makes it “hard to raise a kid in her world,” a source told the Daily Mail.

Even their relatives have had security issues in the past, with people showing up at their doorsteps as well.

But Swift bears the brunt of it all and has faced threats to her life.

The Grammy-winning singer has “such a security situation” that makes it “hard to raise a kid in her world,” a source said

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“She gets so many d**th threats. There’s people that the FBI knows about,” a source told the outlet.

“There’s people on a watchlist. There are people that they can’t even find, they can’t track down,” they continued.

The insider claimed there have been roughly a dozen credible threats to harm the singer in the past.

On one occasion, she was forced to postpone her concert in Vienna, Austria, in 2024, due to a terror attack plot.

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Another source said Kelce “isn’t scared” about the safety concerns as much as Swift is.

The NFL star will be returning this season with hopes of winning another Super Bowl for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Swift has also shown no plans of slowing down and even found time to record the song “I Knew It, I Knew You” for Toy Story 5 in recent months.

One source claimed she has a new album in the works.

The Love Story singer said she found it “shockingly offensive” that people assumed she would eventually stop making music after marriage

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“I just saw some fans going, ‘Well, she’s going to get married and then she’s going to have children and then she’s going to be the last album,’” Swift said on BBC Radio 2’s The Scott Mills Breakfast Show in October.

She found such remarks “shockingly offensive.”

“It’s not why people get married … so that they can quit their job,” she added.

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Sources previously claimed that the Fate of Ophelia singer would be taking the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s last name and sees it as the next “meaningful step” in her relationship with him.

“Taylor is very traditional, and when it comes to marriage, she’d love to take Travis’ last name,” the source said.

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The insider said that professionally, and to her fans especially, she would still be Taylor Swift.

But it’s a “different story” in her personal life, and she likes the idea of “being Taylor Kelce.”

“She sees it as a meaningful step, especially knowing it would also be the family name their future children would share,” they said.

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In August last year, a source told Us Weekly that the couple “absolutely want a family” and dream about having kids.

“She’s in a great space in her career and with her success, and she can take some time away,” they told the outlet.

“Why wouldn’t they have fully discussed this and resolved this before they got married?” one commented online

It’s natural to want to know about your partner’s past. Understanding how they grew up and what they’ve been through will give you invaluable insight into the person they are today. But it’s certainly not necessary to know every single detail, as obsessing about the past is likely to only create problems…

One bride refused to accept the fact that her fiancé and her sister were never more than friends until she had solid proof. But instead of giving her that proof, her sister decided that she’d rather just opt out of the wedding altogether. Below, you’ll find the full story that the sister posted on Reddit, as well as some of the replies invested readers shared.

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But as the wedding approaches, the bride decided that she needs solid proof that her fiancé and sister were never more than friends

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It’s not necessary to know everything about your partner’s past

While it’s not something that a lot of people want to dwell on, the vast majority of us have some sort of dating history before we get married. Unless you propose to your high school sweetheart, or you get lucky and find “the one” on your first try, you’ve got some exes out there and some stories that you might not feel comfortable telling your partner.

According to a 2024 survey, the average person will go through about 3.7 serious relationships before finding their person. And there’s absolutely no shame in that. Dating helps you understand yourself, what you want in a relationship, how to make compromises and problem solve, and how to prepare yourself for eventually settling down with someone long-term.

Each person can decide just how much they want to share or conceal about previous partners, but in general, it’s probably safe to assume that your partner won’t want to know every little detail. The past is the past, and you won’t want to dig it up if it can hinder your future.

But it is important to be able to trust what your partner tells you about their history. If they say, for example, that they were never more than friends with any particular person, you should be able to believe them.   

We all know that trust is crucial in any healthy relationship, but it’s even more important to ensure that it’s there before tying the knot. Evolution Psychotherapy explains that trust allows partners to feel safe and emotionally secure, allows them to communicate openly, and allows them to rely on each other during easy and difficult times. 

Clearly, this trust isn’t formed overnight. It can take a long time to build a strong foundation of trust, and it requires consistency and transparency. Only one mistake can cause irreparable damage to a couple’s trust, so they have to keep working at it every day.

Strengthening trust in a relationship takes effort from both sides

To strengthen their trust, a couple must be vulnerable with one another and show each other that they’ll be there for support during hard times. On the other hand, when trust is broken, it can cause insecurity and doubt. This can also lead to emotional distance and increased conflict within the relationship.

In this particular situation, the author got dragged into the mess because her sister didn’t trust her fiancé. But what would likely have been a smarter move for the engaged couple would be to work on repairing their trust together.

KC Relationship Institute explains that if your partner doesn’t trust you, it’s important to be clear about your motivations. Reassure them that you’re not going anywhere and that you’re committed to them.

It’s also helpful to be empathetic towards your partner’s past. Perhaps they’re feeling this way because of trauma they’ve previously experienced or because they were cheated on in a past relationship. Be patient, and try to understand them. 

Make sure that you always tell your partner the truth, and remember that it’s not about you. If they have no reason not to trust you, all you can do is continue to prove that to them. But if your behavior is creating distrust for some reason, it might be time to reflect on your actions.

We would love to hear your thoughts on this situation in the comments below, pandas. Do you think the sister made the right choice by skipping the wedding altogether? Feel free to weigh in, and then you can find another article from Bored Panda discussing similar family drama right here.

Many readers took the author’s side, and she joined in on the conversation to share more details

However, some noted that the author shouldn’t ruin her relationship with her sister over something so silly

You are meant to support your significant other no matter what, through thick and thin. But is that right? How are you supposed to have their back if they’re constantly stepping way out of line and hurting the people you love and care about? Unfortunately, setting healthy boundaries is easier said than done. But if you ignore them, sooner or later, someone is likely to be fed up and go nuclear.

One man asked for advice after finding himself in an impossible situation. His wife, who was constantly criticizing his sister, finally made her snap, rage, and throw insults around. Now, he’s wondering if he was wrong not to defend his wife. The AITA online community shared its thoughts on the family drama, and we’re bringing you the full story below.

Respecting someone also means respecting their life choices, instead of tearing down their self-esteem

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This man had no idea what to do when his sister and wife got into a huge argument that had been brewing for a while

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Constantly criticising someone and undermining their self-esteem is unhealthy and mean-spirited

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There’s no excuse for constantly making someone feel guilty for their life decisions. If they’re an adult and you supposedly care about and respect them, then you will, by extension, respect their choices.

You might think that you have good intentions, but it is not healthy to constantly try to force them to change their behavior. There is a fine line between helpful tips, unsolicited advice, constructive criticism, and criticism that undermines someone’s self-esteem.

By all means, share your wisdom if someone asks for your input. If you’re genuinely concerned about someone’s behavior, you can subtly bring the topic up. If their behavior is directly harming you and others, then you can speak about this more boldly and openly. But if the topic is something like your sister-in-law’s decision not to get married, the healthiest thing for everyone would be to accept and respect their choice.

That being said, we’re all responsible not only for setting and communicating our boundaries but also for protecting them and following through with any consequences. It is completely understandable why the post author’s sister got mad and started throwing insults around. However, this could have been handled differently and much earlier.

If you have a problem with how someone speaks to you or treats you, the healthy and mature thing to do would be to—in a very calm and friendly manner—ask them to stop it. Briefly explain to them how this makes you feel, set some ground rules for what you expect in the future, and if things are really bad, outline what will happen if they continue ignoring your boundaries. For example, if they keep belittling you, you could, say, reduce the amount of time you spend around them or stop inviting them over to your place.

Setting healthy boundaries means nothing if you can’t follow through with consequences

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When you follow through with those consequences, you send a clear message that you’re prioritizing your needs and that you will not stand to be treated with disrespect. Hopefully, that is enough to get others to rethink their actions and adjust them accordingly. To be fair, most people aren’t ‘evil,’ they simply lack self-awareness, empathy, or are misguided.

“Not everyone in your life is going to respect your boundaries all of the time. A partner might accidentally cross one, or difficult family members might do so intentionally,” Help Guide emphasizes. “Restate your needs. It’s possible that the other person didn’t understand your original request or simply forgot it. Be calm, firm, and clear about what you need.”

Meanwhile, have clear and reasonable consequences for crossing a boundary. And it’s important that you only state the consequences that you’re actually willing to enforce.

“If you aren’t willing to follow through on a consequence, the other person will feel empowered to overstep your boundaries in the future.”

Meanwhile, Mayo Clinic stresses that unhealthy boundaries are often driven by the belief that you can’t say “no” to someone.

“Validating for yourself that saying no is a way you can help grow your healthy boundaries. Saying yes to the activities and tasks within your boundaries is meaningful only when your no is equally valued. Saying no to things outside your boundaries will most likely cause more pressure to say yes. Have an action plan for how you will respond in a healthy way to something that violates your boundaries. Your action plan may include practicing saying no in a firm, yet kind, way or choosing not to talk to someone who doesn’t respect your boundaries.”

What’s your perspective, Pandas? Who was in the wrong, and why? How would you have handled the situation if you were in the post author’s shoes? How do you protect your boundaries from family members who think they mean well but chip away at your self-esteem with their criticism? Let us know in the comments.

The author interacted with some readers in the comments and shared more details

People online had mixed reactions. Some readers thought the man did nothing wrong

Other netizens had a different perspective. Some called out the man, while others thought everyone was in the wrong

Wildlife photography is often associated with breathtaking landscapes and majestic animals, but every now and then, nature shows its funnier side. For more than a decade, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards have celebrated those perfectly timed moments that capture animals in hilarious, unexpected situations – all while reminding us why protecting wildlife matters. Founded in 2015 by photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, the competition combines laughter with a mission to raise awareness about conservation.

As we wait for the 2026 finalists to be announced, there's no better time to look back at some of the funniest and most unforgettable finalist photos from the past ten years. Scroll down to enjoy this collection of wildlife's greatest comedy moments, and don't forget to tell us which one made you laugh the hardest!

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#1 Harbor Seal Captured By Julie Hunt

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#2 Excuse Me Sir, But I Think You're A Little Too Young To Be Smoking By Dakota Vaccaro

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#3 Time For School By Chee Kee Teo

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#4 Laid Back By Tom Mangelsen

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#5 The Laughing Dormouse By Andrea Zampatti

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#6 Snowball By Jacques Poulard

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#7 Fake News By Matti Rauvala

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#8 Hello! By Philip Marazzi

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#9 African Pied Starling Captured By Andrew Mayes

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#10 Laughing Snake By Aditya Kshirsagar

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#11 Otter Ballerina By Otter Kwek

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#12 Pegasus, The Flying Horse By Jagdeep Rajput

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#13 Talk To The Fin! By Jennifer Hadley

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#14 Social Distance, Please! By Petr Sochman

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#15 Chest Bump By Tom Mangelsen

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#16 Eh What's Up Doc? By Olivier Colle

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#17 Must Have Three-Putted By Douglas Croft

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#18 Hitching A Ride By Daisy Gilardini

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#19 4 Owls By Tibor Kercz

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#20 The Rainforest Dandy By Delphine Casimir

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#21 Frog In A Balloon By Eberhard Ehmke

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#22 Fox Chase By Angela Bohlke

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#23 Rush Hour By Julian Rad

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#24 Foot Jam By Brook Burling

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#25 Surprise Smiles By Asaf Sereth

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#26 Boing! By Lara Mathews

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#27 How Do You Get That Damn Window Open? By Nicolas De Vaulx

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#28 Sun Salutation Class By Sue Hollis

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#29 Tough Negotiations By Ayala Fishaimer

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#30 Smiley By Arthur Telle Thiemenn

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#31 Terry The Turtle Flipping The Bird By Mark Fitzpatrick

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#32 Dancing...yeah! By Martina Gebert

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#33 All Dressed And Ready For Church By Carl Henry

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#34 Angel Bear By Adam Parsons

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#35 Head Shot Captured By Tom Stables

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#36 Last Tango By Tony Dilger

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#37 Verreaux's Sifaka Captured By Alison Buttigieg

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#38 Anyone Asks ... You Haven't Seen Me By William Richardson

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#39 Coquerel's Sifaka Captured By Jakob Strecker

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#40 Hello Everyone By Miroslav Srb

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#41 Treehugger By Jakub Hodan

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#42 Let's Dance By Andy Parkinson

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#43 I Had To Stay Late At Work By Luis Burgueño

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#44 Who Would Like A Peanut? By Corey Seeman

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#45 Oh My! By Harry Walker

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#46 Wildlife Photograbear By Roie Galitz

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#47 Red Squirrel Captured By Julian Rad

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#48 Cape Ground Squirrel Captured By Yuzuru Masuda

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#49 I'm An Auto Mechanic By Kay Kussmaul

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#50 I'm Gonna Strangle You! By Emmanuel Do Linh San

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#51 Monkey Wellness Centre By Federica Vinci

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#52 Say Cheeeese By Arturo Telle Thiemann

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#53 Rhinopeacock By Kallol Mukherjee

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#54 So There By Barney Koszalka

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#55 Wtf By George Cathcart

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#56 Mantis Flamenca By Jose Miguel Gallego Molina

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#57 White-Tailed Eagle Captured By Przemyslaw Jakubczyk

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#58 Say Cheese! By Thomas Bullivant

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#59 Northern Gannet Captured By Charlie Davidson

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#60 Scream By Sergey Savvi

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#61 Fluff By Edwin Smits

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#62 Stand-Up Comedy By Toni Elliot

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#63 Missed By Lea Scaddan

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#64 See Who Jumps High By Chu Han Lin

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#65 Ninja Prairie Dog By Arthur Trevino

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#66 Almost Time To Get Up By Charlie Davidson

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#67 Drive Safe By Jonathan Irish

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#68 Caught In The Act By Mary Mcgowan

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#69 Monkey-Escape By Katy Laveck-Foster

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#70 Animal Encounters By Jean Jacques Alcalay

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#71 Hello World! By Alex Pansier

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#72 Chimpanzee Contemplation By Arvind Mohandas

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#73 Baby Hippopotamus Captured By Marc Mol

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#74 Lion Takeaway By Willem Kruger

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#75 Selfie By Megan Lorenz

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#76 Keep Calm And Keep Your Head By Martin Grace

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#77 Evolution By Caroline Tout

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#78 Mountain Gorilla Captured By Oliver Dreike

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#79 Martian Tango By Sergey Savvi

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#80 Grizzly Bear Fail By Rob Kroenert

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No matter how old you are or how long you’ve been studying a particular subject, there will always be more to learn. And just because someone is younger than you doesn’t mean that they can’t teach you anything! That’s why it’s best to be open-minded and willing to admit when you’re wrong; otherwise, you might end up looking like a fool in front of a class full of teenagers.

When one 8th grader’s history teacher claimed that only one minority was targeted and persecuted by the Germans during World War II, the student couldn’t just bite their tongue and listen. Instead, they decided to speak up, so you’ll find the full story that they shared on Reddit below.

Teachers should have an open mind and be humble enough to admit when they’re wrong

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An internet user revealed how they called out their history teacher for failing to know some basic facts about the Holocaust

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It’s common knowledge that the Nazi regime persecuted and killed members of the Jewish community, as well as many other groups of people

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The unfortunate reality is that there are some people out there who either deny that the Holocaust happened or deny some of the facts about the events. The Holocaust refers to the systemic mass killings organized by Germany’s Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler, and their allies and collaborators, during the Second World War.

The BBC reports that the main target of these killings was the Jewish population of Europe. The Nazis wiped out nearly 7 out of every 10 Jews living on the continent at the time. Six million Jewish people died in the Holocaust between 1941 and 1945.

The Nazis also killed and persecuted members of other groups of people, including:

• Roma and Sinti people
• Slavic people
• Disabled people
• Gay people
• Black people
• Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Political opponents

These are facts that any history teacher worth their salt should know. Or, if they find that they have some serious gaps in their knowledge about World War II, they should be willing to admit that they’ve made mistakes and then put in the effort to educate themselves properly.

The Holocaust Encyclopedia states that among non-Jewish groups persecuted and killed by the Nazi regime, its allies, and collaborators, around 3.3 million were Soviet prisoners of war, around 1.8 million were ethnic Poles, and between 250,000 and 500,000 were Romani.

Furthermore, the Nazis killed more than 310,000 Serb civilians. Among the victims were 250,000–300,000 people with disabilities, including at least 10,000 children; tens of thousands of German political opponents; and around 35,000 Germans imprisoned for being “professional criminals” or “asocials.”

Others killed by the Nazi regime include around 1,700 Jehovah’s Witnesses, thousands of gay and bisexual men, and hundreds of Black people in Germany.

In some countries, antisemitism is on the rise, compared to previous years

Antisemitism is on the rise in parts of the West. The Guardian reports that there were 5,500 antisemitic incidents recorded in the United Kingdom between October 7, 2023, and September 30, 2024.

This is 3 times more than a year earlier when the Community Security Trust recorded 1,830 incidents.

Meanwhile, in the United States, the situation is similar. The BBC notes that reports of antisemitic incidents have reached a record high.

The Anti-Defamation League Center for Extremism found that more than 10,000 such incidents took place between October 7, 2023, and September 24, 2024. This is an increase of over 200%, compared to a year earlier.

Have you ever had issues with history teachers who couldn’t get their facts right on sensitive subjects? Have you ever had to call out a teacher for spreading outright lies? On the other hand, have you ever corrected a history expert and had them thank you for it? Share your experiences in the comments, dear readers.

Many readers were impressed by the student’s determination to stand up for the truth

Some people will go to absurd lengths to avoid paying for parking, even when the fee is barely more than the cost of a coffee. Unfortunately for everyone around them, that kind of entitlement tends to come with a bad attitude, an inflated sense of importance, and the unshakable belief that rules are for other people.

This technician found himself dealing with that exact kind of rude person while working at a bar with a private car park. A routine scaffolding and CCTV job turned into a bizarre standoff with a smug BMW driver who ignored repeated warnings, boxed himself in, and made his day much worse.

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Some drivers will go to absurd lengths to avoid paying for parking, even when it ends up costing them far more

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This technician arrived at a bar for a routine CCTV job and found a smug BMW driver in the private car park before the scaffolding crew arrived

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The narrator warned the driver that he needed to leave, but the man brushed him off rudely and kept taking his phone call

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The BMW owner ignored the second warning and watched his escape route disappear when the scaffolding crew arrived

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The private car park turned into a construction site, leaving the arrogant driver trapped

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When the rude driver demanded to be let out, he got a blunt reminder that he had been warned, but ignored it

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The police showed up after the BMW owner made a complaint, only for his missing document to make things much worse

The Original poster (OP) arrived early at the bar where he worked to wait for a scaffolding crew coming to work there. He dropped the barriers protecting the bar’s private car park from outsiders, went for coffee, and came back to find a smug man in a shiny BMW X5 parked like he owned the place. When the technician told him it was private parking, the man brushed him off because he was busy on a call.

The poster left the car park barriers down, went to pick up his coffee, and gave the driver a chance to leave like a normal person. Instead, the BMW owner stayed glued to his call, and when the technician tried one more time to warn him, he was rudely told to get lost. Soon after, the scaffolding lorry arrived, unloaded their mountain of planks, and got to work setting up the scaffold behind the building.

As they worked, it became obvious that the driver had made a really bad decision, as the car park was now sealed off by the full-blown construction site. The entitled driver eventually finished his call, wandered to a nearby office to do his business, and apparently assumed everything would be cleared by the time he got back. He returned to the car park an hour later, still blocked off.

The male Karen started whining and demanded to be let out, but the technician said he had been warned earlier and had refused to listen. This should have been the moment he accepted defeat, but he got aggressive instead. He shoved the narrator, then called the cops, claiming he was being threatened and trapped. Unfortunately for him, the bar had cameras, and the scaffolding crew backed up the technician’s version of events.

The day got worse for the rude driver. It turned out he had no insurance, road tax, or even a valid license. The cops let him drive just far enough to commit the offense, seized his car, and sent him off on foot to the bus stop. He ended up paying a hefty fine just to get his car back.

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Since this whole mess unfolded in the UK, the BMW driver’s parking stunt was obnoxious, but the much bigger problem started the second he drove the car back out onto the road. In the UK, it’s illegal to drive without insurance, and the government notes that the police can impose penalties, seize the vehicle, and, in some cases, destroy it if someone is caught driving uninsured.

This also explains why the officers had to let him move the BMW before things escalated. The law states that the police can seize a vehicle if they believe it’s being driven by someone without proper insurance or a valid license. Once the man attempted to drive away, he gave them the legal grounds to take the car from him.

The financial fallout from all of this can be significant. The UK government’s enforcement guidance states that seized vehicles may incur release fees and daily storage charges in addition to any fines for being uninsured or untaxed. The rude man tried to dodge the cheap little parking fee and ended up costing himself far more.

Readers had a field day with this story, with many joking that the moment a BMW entered the story, they already knew some spectacularly bad behavior was on the way. Others were amused that the driver’s own arrogance caused his downfall. What do you think? Have you ever seen someone’s bad parking decision blow up this badly, or does this BMW driver take the prize?

Readers said the impounded BMW and the humiliating walk to the bus stop were exactly the karma this driver deserved

I don't know about you, but when I hear the word "collecting", I normally think of comic books, stamps, and vintage coins. And while these things can be incredible to get into, there's so much more that people are stacking on their shelves and in their garages.

As the subreddit r/CoolCollections shows, they don't have to cost a fortune, either. With enough time, dedication, and luck, you can curate an impressive, highly specialized display out of everyday objects. Whatever speaks to you, really!

#1 My Collection Of Antique Hold-To-Light Postcards!

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#2 I Collect Jeweled Bug Brooches 😂🤌🏻🪲🐞🕷️🦋

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Archeologists have found evidence that humans collected crystals as early as 105,000 years ago in the Kalahari region of southern Africa. They realized the crystals were brought there by humans because they did not exist naturally near the area where they were discovered.

"We know our lives are inextricably entangled with things, and the earliest archeological records show that ownership of objects is a universal phenomenon that has existed across time, cultures and people,” says Kiara Timpano, professor of psychology in the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences.

#3 My Collection Of Art Deco Cameras. Mostly Late 1920s To Late 1940s. These Range From “Common” To “Few Known To Exist”

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#4 Here's Part Of My Collection Of Bricks And Books About Bricks!

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#5 I'm A Hardcore Collector Of 70s Space Age Mod, And Pick Up Every Single Piece I Find Thrifting. Here Is My Upstairs Living Room With Some Of My Finds Over The Years

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From a consumer-behavior standpoint, collecting has long presented a conundrum to marketers, running counter to the idea that the value of products comes from their material ability to improve people's lives.

But it's a widespread human behavior driven by our deepest emotional needs, according to research by Ellen Evers, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and former PhD student William Ryan, who is now a professor at the NYU Stern School of Business.

"You're buying products not for their functional purpose, but to possess them," explains Ryan, who himself owns an extensive collection of vinyl, despite not owning a record player. "I like imagining what albums I would enjoy listening to. And it gives me something to do in a new city—go to a record store, browse, and then wander around."

#6 My Element Collection! I've Been Collecting Pure Samples Of Each Element For 5 Years Now, And I Currently Have 44 Pure Elements. I Built This Table A Few Years Back To Display Them

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#7 My Collection Of Glass Foxes. Some Glow Under Black Light!

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#8 Vintage Train Cases

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#9 My Egg Collection

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When Evers first began researching collecting as a graduate student at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, research showed that collectors were less interested in acquiring objects for use and more interested in unique items, with strict self-imposed rules about what fit into their collections. Studies also supported a narrow view of collectors as mostly older men with neurotic personalities who were focused on mastering a subject.

Even so, those studies relied on anecdotal evidence. To get a more complete picture, Evers used the LISS Panel, a Dutch government-sponsored survey that tracks thousands of citizens. She added a section on collecting questions to a 2013 survey, receiving over 5,000 responses. Follow-ups with 1,500 of those participants and a third round in 2023 with over 800 respondents offered a rare look at how collecting behavior evolves over a decade. Ryan joined later to assist with data analysis and natural language processing.

#10 I Collect Old Trunks And Suitcases

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#11 My Mad Magazine Collection, Only 16 Issues Away From All 1700

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#12 Smalls Found At The Rubbish Dump

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#13 Telechron Kitchen Clocks

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When analyzing the data, the researchers were surprised to find that collecting was much more widespread than they had thought, with roughly a third of the population saying they had some form of collection. The items they collected were also much more varied than expected, including DVDs, comic books, Swarovski crystals, Goebel angels, cat figurines, magnets, shoes, and so on.

The most devoted collectors—those who ranked themselves a 5 on a 5-point scale of being a "true collector"—did indeed skew male by a 3-to-1 ratio. The overall pool of collectors, however, was almost evenly split between men and women. When comparing collectors and non-collectors by personality traits (including extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism), the researchers found that collectors' traits largely mirrored those of the general population.

#14 Cameos I Found Over The Years Of Working At The Rubbish Dump

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#15 My Collection Of The Ace Of Spades A♠️

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#16 I Collect Pill Boxes And Small Containers

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#17 My Husband Just Retired From Coin Cutting After 32 Years, And He’s Got A Few Left Over

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There was one exception, however. Collectors ranked higher on openness to new experiences than the general population. That tracked with collectors' responses about why they collected, which was much less about status, mastery, or materialism and much more about the desire to capture emotional memories through objects.

"In the same way that hearing a certain song takes you back to high school, collectors are building memory associations through objects," Ryan explains.

#18 Amazing Sharpener Collection

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#19 My Miniature Glass Animal Figurines!

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#20 It’s Not Perfect. But Here’s My Hotwheels Collection Display For My Office

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#21 My Pigeon Pins!

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Other reasons people collect things include a desire to connect with their heritage (by seeking items related to a specific country or nationality) and an aesthetic appreciation of the objects.

The last motivation was particularly strong among women collecting items such as crystals and figurines—though Ryan notes that there may be a chicken-and-egg phenomenon wherein the act of collecting those items might deepen someone's appreciation of them.

For more, check out these 50 People Sharing Their Unique Collections.

#22 A Small Part Of My Grandpa's Garage Collection

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#23 Some Of My Vases

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#24 My Articulated Fish Collection

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#25 My Dad Passed Away Last Year And I Was Finally Able To Gather All Of This And Make This Tribute To His 37 Year Career At Kmart

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#26 My Entire Bow Tie Collection, Minus The One I'm Wearing Now!

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#27 🌈my Many Miniatures🌈

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#28 My Collection Of Odd Beach Oddities

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#29 I Make Stretchy Beaded Bracelets Out Of Thrifted Jewelry

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#30 Marbles & Trinkets (Treasure)!!!

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#31 My Dinosaur And Prehistoric Animal Collection

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#32 Thomas And Friends Minis Trains. Started Collecting With My Sons Around 10 Years Ago. Every One Of These Is Unique From The Other

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#33 Green Yo-Yo Collection

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#34 I Own The Largest Muppet Collection On The West Coast And Here's Just One Wall Of My Collection (Yes, There's More.)

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#35 All Saved From Going To The Dump

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#36 My Collection Of Odd Pasta Shapes

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#37 My Antique Playing Card Collection

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#38 Part Of My Dice Collection

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#39 My Concert T Shirt Collection

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#40 My Dear Friend's Father's National Geographic Collection. They Are In Consecutive Order By Month And Year. Absolutely Mesmerizing

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#41 Me With Entire Gi Joe Arah Figure Line 1982-1994

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#42 My Souvenir Thimble Collection

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#43 Was Told To Share My Ski Coat Collection Here. Most Were Thrifted, All Were $15 Or Under

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#44 My Vintage Fishbowl Ornament Collection

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#45 My Vintage/Antique Eyewash Glasses

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#46 My Orange Fridge Magnets Collection

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#47 My Dad Was A Flight Attendant With American Airlines For Over 40 Years. He Just Passed Away And I Found This Going Through His Stuff. Collection Of Autographs From Celebrities He Met On His Flights

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#48 Y'all Inspired Me

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#49 Thought This Fits Here. My Airline Sugar Packet Collection

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#50 My Obsession With New Unused Genuine Airline Galley Carts And Boxes

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#51 My Mum's Napkin Collection

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#52 Small Part Of My In-Law’s Toy Collection. My Heart Soared When I Found Out Grandma Had A Barbie Collection

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#53 Ashtrays

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#54 I Like To Collect Funny Robot Dogs From The Early 2000s

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#55 I Started Collecting Foam Give Aways At Trade Shows

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#56 Me With My Etch A Sketch Collection

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#57 Randy

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#58 My Collection Of Original Sealed Pokemon Jelly Jars

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#59 Cereal Box Collection

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#60 At My Boyfriends Family’s House And He Collects Chapstick. This Is His Cousins Haul Just From Christmas

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#61 Just A Preview Of My World Record Crocs Collection 🥰 3,661 Pairs And Counting!!

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#62 My Eraser Collection!

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#63 My Listerine Collection

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#64 My Late Uncles' Beachball Collection

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#65 Y’all Like Shrek?

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#66 Does Camo Count?

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Sometimes, the Internet just doesn’t make any sense. If you’re an out-of-touch unc, the words “chopped” and “6-7” mean absolutely nothing to you. Thus is the life of memes in the online world: they move at an unprecedented pace, and every day a new viral one is born.

But this list isn’t about popular memes. No, these funny posts come to you from the weird side of the World Wide Web. To understand some of them, you might need to be fluent in internet, while others might just not make sense at all. Just give yourself to the current of the memes and float down the river of silliness without overanalyzing it all.

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So many of the pictures online are exactly what they look like at first glance. They are quick, predictable, and forgotten the second you scroll past them. But every now and then, something pops up that completely shatters your expectations. This collection pulls together the absolute best "when you see it" images from all across the internet. Yes, these snapshots demand that you stop, slow down, and actually investigate the frame, but if you look a little closer, the real story hiding in plain sight finally clicks—and that "aha" moment is incredibly rewarding.

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Who knew you could make money milking snakes, tasting pet food, or being a professional cuddler? It turns out that nowadays, you really can be anything you want to be. Even a mermaid...

The world as we knew it has changed, and so have career paths. Children once dreamed of becoming doctors, teachers, firefighters, lawyers, or even the president, but there's an endless pool of weird and wonderful jobs out there that many of us had no clue even existed. Believe it or not, some pay really well. An intimacy coordinator, for example, can rake in $1,100 per day, while a fortune cookie writer could take home over $50k a year.

Someone asked netizens, "What are some unconventional career paths I don't know about?" and many of the responses might inspire you to quit your own boring 9-5 job to become a cricket farmer, guide dog trainer, or superhero lingerie designer instead.

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I work at a hotel for dogs. I had interviewed at an animal hospital/pet resort in 2011 and lost the receptionist position to someone with more experience. After my last job started treating me like absolute [trash], I just dropped by and put in another application, whether they were hiring or not. The next day, they called, said they remembered liking me in my original interview, and asked when I could come for a working interview. Got it that time. So I started at the animal hospital as a receptionist and two days later they started training me to replace the inept manager at our pet resort. After a few months, I switched to more of an assistant manager role and took over social media and web marketing for the resort and animal hospital. I get paid to mess around on codecademy. Look at pictures of dogs to put in my graphics for the Facebook. Then the cool stuff I do at the resort....I literally get paid to pet dogs. It rules. We work hard to keep the place spotless, smelling nice and clean, and keep the animals as happy and stress free as possible.

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If it's money you're after, you should probably head to med school or become a CEO. Surgeons can rake in around $33,000 - $41,000+ per month, while many big bosses are laughing all the way to the bank after earning a monthly salary of between $25,000 and $50,000+. But as we know, those careers can come with their fair share of stress, long working hours and struggles that even big pay checks can't beat.

So why not try something a little more unconventional?

If you're up for making money while doing next to nothing, you could consider becoming a human statue. It involves posing as a live mannequin draped in paint or garments, and standing really, really still. According to the Career Addict site, the pay isn't too bad either, at $60–$100 per hour for doing the bare minimum.

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I am a cheese master, sort of like a sommelier but for cheese. I am currently working in cheese production on a farm making Saint Nectaire AOP in Auvergne, France. I got the job by moving to France on a whim (cause I love cheese) after finishing my undergrad degree in French and the rest was sheer luck.

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Im a safety inspector for playground equipment, fairground equipment, water slides and artificial climbing structures. I drive to locations & do the paperwork at home, as long as I make my hours I can make up my own agenda, I get paid to do stuff other people pay for and I am allowed, no obliged, to do everything you're not allowed to do. Some downsides, some perks, cool job stories. Sometimes it is my job to scale a climbing wall in work shoes.

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If the mere thought of getting out of bed to make a buck makes you want to cry, you might be happy to know that you can even get paid to sleep. Yes, really... And that's because some mattress manufacturers hire professional sleepers to 'test drive' their products for comfort. But they're not the only ones.

Some researchers conducting sleep-related studies will also compensate you for sleeping on demand. As will certain hotels that need to ensure their rooms provide the perfect conditions for that much-needed rest and relaxation.

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Baby pincher. On a movie set where there's a seen where a baby cries, they get a professional to pinch them so they cry, but in a way that doesn't hurt them.

"Hey Bob, what do you do for a living?" "I pinch babies to make them cry - and I get full benefits!".

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Location scouting. It pays well, and requires no degrees. When producers get a script, they bring you in to be a real life treasure hunter and find whats described in the scenes. Every day is different and you get to explore the world.

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I used to be an antiquarian. (I sold second hand books.) People used to call and ask us to find books (we had a database with second hand books all over the country) on certain subjects or that they loved as kids.

I found it on Monster one night while I was half lit and looked for "oddball" in a job description because none of my usual things were paying off. I have good typing skills and I'm pretty well read, plus I'm good on the phone and with emails, so they hired me right away.

It was an awesome job- this was before EBay and abebooks were well known and people didn't know how to use Boolean search parameters. I had some awesome customers- most of them were obsessed with subjects (for example, one lady had probably the largest collection of books on zeppelins I'd ever heard of, another wanted any books on prostitutes you could find) but the really fun ones were the ones I really had to sleuth for, like, "I had a book that was blue with a duck on the cover," or "Its about a squirrel that makes friends with a wooden soldier." (The latter was actually still in print but the customer bought it from us anyway since I could find it.)

My two favorite types of calls were obvious teenagers looking for "The original binding of the Necronomicon," (voice breaks and all) and little kids who called looking for the original, unexpurgated version of the Princess Bride. I told the former that as far as I know, it doesn't exist (in as hushed and scared a voice as I could) and asked the latter if I could talk to their parents for a second. When their parents came to the phone (they always did)I explained it wasn't a real thing, but gave them the option of breaking it to the kids, because that book holds a special in my own heart and finding out it wasn't real was tough.

The other really interesting customer I had worked for a set designer- she had me find good condition books that came out in years before a movie came out (although she couldn't actually tell me the movies) on general subjects. Like, "It's an OBGYN office in 1945," so books like Fear of Flying were out.

I almost wish I could still do that last part!

If "Netflix & Chill" is more up your alley, you might do well as a professional binge watcher. While the actual job title is Netflix Tagger, watching series and movies all day, every day is the crux of the matter.

"A tagger watches content on Netflix and assigns a tag to it. This tag enables the service to recommend additional content to viewers to keep them binge-watching," explains Kevin Ryan, who admits he wouldn't mind doing this for a living.

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There's a group of people in Belfast who will deliver you any supplies you need to combat a hangover for £4 and the cost of your items. Genius way to make a bit of money.

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I make scale models and movie props (rubber weapons, fake electronic stuff, etc.). I got into the job while looking for work while I took a year off university. After bouncing off a lot of the usual trashy job possibilities, I finally thought to go somewhere where I might enjoy the work, having always loved making miniatures, and the little model shop I walked into was looking for help. Many years and a few ownership switches later, I find myself going crazy painting rush orders of soft zombie-ending weapons and faux African idols. As well as making models for developers, mines, displays, spacecraft builders – you name it.

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I work for a rafting company as their photographer. I basically sit outside on the side of a huge rapid 8 hours a day for 5 months out of the year taking action shots of boats with our customers on it. I found the job working at a paddle board shop on a river in my town, the owner of the shop also happened to be owner of the rafting company and when I told him I was a photographer he put me on the river taking photos. I found the paddle board shop job through craigslist.

For those curious of how the process works... First I take photos of about 5-7 boats going down the rapids per bus load of people that come every 45 minutes. I then take the flash drive and load it into a computer where I upload them to the web using a hotspot, someone at our main office will have the pictures up on a slideshow by the time everyone returns from there float. While I wait for more boats to come I watch netflix and read, ocassionally listen to podcats and go for runs... I can't complain!

I also work as a stock photo/videographer which is sort of obscure.

As you can imagine, competition is fierce in this field because who wouldn't want to get paid to stay in bed all day and watch movies? According to Zip Recruiter, the average annual pay for a Netflix Tagger in California is $27,709 a year, or around $2,309 per month.

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Child life specialist. I dunno how "off the beaten track" it is, but it blew my mind when I found out there were people at the children's hospital whose whole job was to make life better for the kiddos. Anything from a basic blood draw to an MRI scan, surgery, just being sick and scared in the hospital? Child life to the rescue! That sounds so cool to me :)

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I'm a professional juggler. I travel all over, make a decent living, work my own hours, and am basically paid to have fun!

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I design superhero lingerie. Underwear, corsets, bras, boxers, sleepwear. I also do the packaging design and photoshop models.

Went to art school, applied to a design internship, got it, was good at it and was hired on full time.

I just celebrated 5 years at the company and I love it.

I just avoid telling people what I do because the vast majority get weird about it. An electrician once came in to my office to fix something and whispered "Do you wear what you design?" in my ear.

It was gross.

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Those looking to beat their boredom with something rather boring might want to consider watching paint dry.

"This job basically requires you to paint walls and other surfaces, and observe closely what happens to the color and texture of the paint while it dries, and how long that takes," explains the Career Addict site, warning that it's not one to be taken lightly as it takes "exceptional attention to detail and focus."

You could earn around $27 per hour for this mundane task but hey, to each their own.

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I live next to a lake/ reservoir where the water level has dropped from about 90% to 30% full. This has left behind a LOT of sandy beaches and a good mile walk to the shore. People are lazy and try to drive, and wouldn't ya know it? They get STUCK in the sand. Well, there is a guy who drives his tractor up and down the beach lines to tow people out of the sand, and he makes good money doing it.

TL;DR make money off stupid people.

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My dad was a board game inventor for twenty years. His career path was plain weird. He studied physics through university, worked for a high technology company, made a lot off his stock options when the company blew up, started a jigsaw puzzle company, eventually sold out to his business partner, and used his contacts to become a board game inventor for other companies. He went to companies with mockups and then licensed the games out, living off the royalties. It actually sounded like a really fun industry, going to toy fairs in New York and Germany every year. He got hammered with the Wiggles at one of the fairs in Nuremberg once.

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Insect trapper, here. I travel around a territory and set up insect traps, looking for invasive species. I got the job by volunteering for two days at the local park, where they taught me what to do. 48 hours later there's a job ad in newspaper (different park system) & I really cleaned up by using the appropriate key words and phrases in my application.

This is the second job I got by volunteering. I spent 5 years as a caretaker in a private nature reserve, which started when I had some free afternoons and I called them to volunteer. They said "We don't need volunteers right now, but we have a paying job if you want." Sight unseen, over the phone. Sweet.

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For the more social among us, there's always the option to get paid for attending weddings, funerals or other gatherings.

Professional bridesmaids can make up to $2,500 per wedding, or an average of $21 per hour. You'll be tasked with the usual bridesmaid stuff like helping the bride pick out the perfect dress, arranging the bachelorette party, creating a wedding registry, working with the venue and vendors, and of course, making a glamorous appearance on the big day.

But you could also get paid just to attend a wedding as a guest without being in the bridal party. Paid wedding guests are a thing. They make money by just going to the event so that the crowd seems bigger and livelier.

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I used to do digital film restoration work (motion picture film), cleaning up those scratches and specs of dirt you see on older movies (though when you do that job for a while you realize that all movies have them and you can't stop seeing them and it's awful). Got the job because my friend moved back into town and got hired there through some kind of family connection, then realized he hated it so I was like "hey can you ask them if I can just have your job?". I had no qualifications for it at all, just learned it on the spot, but most of it's not too hard to pick up really.

So yeah, if any of you guys ever watch Air Bud 2: Golden Receiver on Blu-Ray you're welcome for the crystal clear viewing experience.

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I judge high school debate tournaments!

I look for tournaments every weekend on JoyOfTournaments and email the coordinators to ask for a contract.

I did debate in high school and started missing it so I started judging to get back into it. It's so fun and the students are so competitive and brilliant. It's very exciting to see them improve.

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Though I don't know much about it I once heard a tale of reforestation in Canada being a potentially good gig if you don't mind hardcore physical labor. basically you plant trees in a forest all day. You also have to become skillful fast because you are paid per tree planted, and knowing exactly where and how to plant quickly can be a challenge. The man I met who did this said he cleared over $20,000 in a summer.

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Not all of us want to work solely with, or for, human beings... Luckily, there are an array of unconventional animal-related jobs you could consider. There are positions for guide dog trainers, snake milkers, reindeer carers, animal acupuncturists, cricket famers, reptile breeders and more. Some even come with their own unique perks.

A professional pet food taster, for example, makes sure that Fido's food is up to scratch. According to Life Chronicles on YouTube, tasters bite into kibble to check for the correct crunchiness or softness, and evaluate wet food for the right crumble and moisture content. Yum.

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Become a guide-dog trainer!

You start as an apprentice and then work your way up to a master trainer. You essentially teach dogs like labs and retrievers how to become guide dogs for the blind. Some schools have fake crosswalks and you teach the dog how to wait at the curb and cross when it's safe. Very rewarding stuff!

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Open a service business to drive people home (in their own car) from the bars at night. People just started doing this in my town and it has really taken off. Basically, drunk people call you when they're ready to go home and you drive them home in their own car. You just need a friend to follow you so you can get back to the bar or to go pick up more people. I think a lot of people are reluctant to call a regular taxi service if they drink too much because they will have to figure out how to get their car in the morning, so this solves a lot of problems. You can really advertise this creatively if you wanted to. Plus, if you charge $15-30 or more to take someone home, you can easily make a few hundred dollars on a busy night. AND, if someone pukes on the way home it's in their own car, so you don't have to clean it. You'd probably meet some funny people and have great stories to tell.

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My mother was an artists model. She worked at all of the good art programs in NYC and Miami.

She was a single mom though so money was always tight but she truly loved her job.

(No joke) The students really love models with curves because it's more of a challenge to draw or sculpt or paint. My mother had a 400 lb friend. She was a favorite.

It doesn't HAVE to be bare, but you'll get more work if you do bare and clothed gigs.

Classes can be at any time of day, anywhere and almost any educationally developed country has a need for models.

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I'm a home instruction teacher (or home school teacher, whatever you want to call it).

When kids are suspended or too sick to go to school (or even have anxiety about going to school), I go to their house and teach them. I work with elementary through high school children.

It's great. I make my own hours, create my own lesson plans for the ONE KID I teach at a time, and I can wear what I want!

Very rewarding, even when I have to chase down some of my suspended students when they try to not be at home when I get there.

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Smokejumper! It's basically a wilderness firefighter who parachutes with heavy (80+ lb) loads into the back country to fight forest fires. The entrance requirements (physical and mental -- often some sort of degree is required) are tough and from what I've read most people that do it are ex-military. I would love to do this someday.

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Being an usher! You often get to see amazing theatre for free, and just have to hand out programs.

I had a friend who was an usher at a summer-long music festival, and he got paid AND saw every musician he ushered for FOR FREE with amazing seats.

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Elevator mechanic. My brother fell on some tough times for a bit, and he took an apprinticeship with an elevator mechanic. The fully licenced guys make incredible money, and you don't have to spend much time in a classroom at all to learn the trade. Seems really cool, and it's something I would look into if I were going to pick up a trade.

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I'm a stay at home dad. Marry a woman who is much smarter than you! She's a CPA with a big 4 company and provides us a great living. I have a 15 year old a 4 year old and a 2 year old, all boys. We live on 5 acres where I'm a beekeeper and free range a flock of chickens. We are also finalizing the process of becoming foster parents.

I've been home for right at 4 years now and each of them have had their own challenges, I've had a couple family members voice their disapproval of our family's choice but we decided a long time ago that we would do things that we thought were best regardless of what others thought. I've always enjoyed what I do, but now I've come to accept what I do as a legitimate and valuable contribution for our family. Before I stayed home I was nurse then became an accountant. This isn't for everyone that's for sure but it works for us!

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Boatbuilder!

My mom took industrial woodworking and decided she wanted to work on boats, she did that for 30+ years, she taught me, now I do it!

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I teach after school competitive robotics and engineering to low income schools. I got the job because the principle of one of those schools had a daughter in my regular class, and one thing lead to another. Surprisingly, the low income schools pay way more.

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Friend of mine recently started a job where he takes care of the practice models used to train EMT and nurses and such. He says the dummies are surprisingly intricate, so yeah, it's a full-time job to keep them running properly. He seems to be enjoying it.

Partner has been fascinated by the idea of whale taxidermy ever since learning that that is a viable career option for, like, five people at a time.

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I am a production potter. I go to work about 60 hours a week and make pottery all day. Some days I clean or pack unpack the kilns but typically I am just at my potter's wheel making mugs, plates, bowls, you name it and I make it.

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We sell our work through two avenues. We sell wholesale to giftshops and galleries around the country and we also sell retail in the gallery/studio that the owner of the studio opened. I don't personally make all too much. I get paid $9.00/hr + 12-15% of sales. Pieces range from $44 mugs to $210 serving platters (retail prices - wholesale is typically half of the retail price). My boss and I are very close and he has said numerous times that if I need more money he can pay me more. However, I prefer that he put the bulk of our profit in to advertising, studio maintenance/upgrades, and general supply costs. As long as I can make rent, buy groceries, and put a little bit away each week then I am very happy.

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My cousin has a career as a photographer, which would seem normal, but her career is kind of niche because she just takes pictures of babies like they're models. IMO that's a pretty interesting career.

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Professional sleeper. Get paid to sleep so scientists can study your brain to try to find out why we dream.

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Not only do the studies tend not to pay that much when you factor in all the time involved, but it's hard to find good studies. I lived in a large city with multiple universities and lots of labs and I still had a hard time finding that many that I could do. Plenty of studies are specific to certain demographics, and many screen people out for all kinds of reasons - health, personal/medical history, safety stuff, and on and on.

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Contract archeology. It depends on where you are at, but usually you don't need more than a Masters, and sometimes just a BA. The way it works is that in some areas developers are required to have the site checked to make sure that there is nothing of archeological or historical interest where they are building. The actual work generally consists of digging a bunch of holes and sifting through the dirt. The cool part is you can get undergrad and graduate students to do that part for you at minimum wage (or free as interns). The down side is that the developers tend to get pissed if you actually find something.

It's basically highly paid ditch digging.

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Timber cruising for logging companies. You go around, key trees and key rare species (keying means using a source to identify the species). Identify which trees can be cut down without having too much impact on the local environment, make sure they don't have rare/endangered species around them, etc. You basically work alone, hiking around the woods all day. Or so I understand, at least. I'm a plant taxonomy student right now and this sounds like my dream job.

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#35

I own a food truck.

I was broke and got on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and said I was going to start a restaurant when I won the million.

Didn't win enough for a restaurant so I bought a food truck.

#36

I'm an acrobat. I make enough to have a good mortgage that I'm [trying] to pay down, a new car every few years, and save some cash. My house isn't massive and I work [hard].

The quick story is I started when I was young- 10 years old- learning circus arts while I learned coding until I was around 16. I did a national tour at 16, and knew that was it for me.

I finished highschool with honours but never went to university. Currently touring the world roughly 10 months of the year and traveling constantly... Over 100 flights last year. That part sucks but the shows are super fun.

#37

I work in cell site forensics, which largely involves taking the billing records of suspects' phones and mapping it for analysis. I largely do clean-dirty analysis i.e. comparing the usage and movements of a clean phone and a suspected dirty phone to assist in attrubution.

The other main thing I do is just proving people's movements, for example if someone is suspected of going from Place A to Place B and committing a crime, and their phone makes the same journey at roughly the same time it helps prove that they went there.

I started off in digital forensics as my degree pushed me toward it, and as someone was leaving my current position I was thrown into it as my skillset was the closest.

#38

I make robots that help kids with autism engage in their therapy.

I had been an autism educator for twelve years when I went to a local event called Dorkbot where researchers, artists, and other misfits share their current projects. One person was presenting her HCI master's capstone project making an affordable robot for autism therapy. I liked it, took a robot to some therapy sessions, and loved the kids reactions. She and I became cofounders for a brief period before she left for bigger and better things. Since then I've been cramming as much electronics, robotics, coding, 3D modeling, and business development into my head as I can.

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#39

I'm a cartographer.

I've always had an interest in maps, and in technical drawing. Before I got into work, I did Graphics GCSE, and my father was a technical draughtsman for the oil and gas industry. So, although I didn't pursue anything like it in university, I had a rough grounding in the ideas.

Then, after I graduated in 2008... all I could get was temp jobs for local government. One of these short assignments was taking a map of my county and a list of addresses, finding them on ArcGIS and placing a dot - growing bus stops.

So with a basic grounding and now experience, opportunity came when I changed temp agencies and the new one got a request through from a big mapping company. I jumped at the chance, and I took a test they'd devised: the most nerve-wracking game of spot-the-difference I'd played. I got 97% on the test, only small and silly but higher than anyone else had ever got, including the colleagues of the people who devised it.

So I make maps. The data comes in and my job is to draw over it to make it fit the standards of a certain scale. I'm also very lucky that I live within commuting distance of said company. You need to be able to spot discrepancies in the data and fix them. It's not totally epic yet as I've been a temp here for 2.5 years and despite retirements there's been no recruitment - hopefully that will change in April.

#40

You have a degree? Any university degree is all you need to teach English in some countries. Its not bad and you get to see some of the world. I live in Korea now.

#41

Sports Equipment Manager. Yeah the hours and pay aren't ideal, but it's a really cool behind the scenes job. I get to interact with the players and coaches on a daily basis and am in charge of the equipment room, where we have over $300,000 worth of apparel. Also, I'm probably the only person you'll meet that actually wants to be an equipment manager.

#42

I'm a caricature artist that draws for people's/company events or private commissions. I also sell them as a vendor at events sometimes. People really love caricatures and I make decent money for only working a couple of hours. I've also done them as a street performer and make about the same amount as I'd charge, on most days.

Also, I was a carnie. I'm not talking about the kind that run fair rides, though. I'm talking about being one who works in a traveling concession trailer. You get to travel around the state (or even the US) by going to different county fairs, meet and work with interesting people and get paid really well AND under the table...My boss also didn't charge me for room and board even though she provided a camper for all of the employees to stay in if you were from farther away...I live in Michigan and my boss and a few employees are from Florida but does all sorts of fairs in Michigan over the summer. The job wasn't too hard either, it just sucked if it was really hot out because the trailer was like a sauna and it sucked standing next to a hot grill all day. It was so worth it, though.

#43

I am an RRO. A Registered Roof Observer. I watch contractors install large commercial roofs for an engineering company. Got the job after getting tired of sales. Found the gig online. Got the offer with one week of unemployment left over three years ago....unfortunately, laid off again.

#44

Weatherman. It's not that it's necessarily obscure, but in Canada, there aren't more than 100 of us.

Got extremely lucky and found a spot on a morning show. They liked my personality and have invested in making me a meteorologist. Love what I do.

#45

Astronomer here! Perhaps too late for the party, but you basically get to be one my first studying a lot of math and physics in undergrad, then applying for grad school for a PhD in astronomy.

#46

I'm a mortician. I hold a license in funeral directing and embalming, I absolutely love what I do. I take care of the living by looking after the deceased. This profession will only be more and more in demand as our population grows and ages.

#47

I am a freelance event production/theater electrician. Lighting designers or production managers will call (or more commonly, email a bunch of freelancers on their list) with things like:
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> We are looking for electricians to build [show] at [venue.] We need people for
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> [day] 10a-6p
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> [other day] 10a-6p
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> etc.
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> Please reply if you are interested. Rate is [usually $20-25] per hour.
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Then I show up on the days and times I signed up for, and put up power and lighting for whatever show they are building. It can also be theater maintenance (fixing lights) and occasionally running the light board or programming, but I don't run shows or program often. Yet. There are usually "strike" calls to take down what you built after the show is over.

It can be fun and cool. You don't see a whole lot of shows but it's nice to be physically building something pretty large, and you can see the fruits of your labor pretty clearly when things are turned on and working.

The worst part of the career is some months are slow and you don't have a ton of work, whereas others you get multiple people asking you to work on the same day and have to turn down work. Overall it works out, though, and if you are good at what you do the demand for your help is always there. The option to tour is also always there if you ever want to get out of town.

#48

Kids' martial arts instructor. Specifically taekwondo -- within the time it takes to get a college degree, you can have your black belt and be teaching kids. You get to own your own business or franchise, and the startup costs aren't initially that high. Honestly, you don't need to be some super [skilled] -- kids' taekwondo is more like scouts or an after school program. And it keeps you fit and you get to dress up and basically do a whole lot of LARPing.

(Note that I don't actually do this for a career. I used to, and could have easily made it a full-time thing, but I don't really like kids. It always struck me that if you did, however, it would be a pretty good job.).

#49

I'm a freelance v3/v2 (basically a video technician) for broadcast television I do mostly college sports but do lots of non-sport events as well. Basically I setup our camera cables/fiber optic cables as well as setting up small PoV cameras (like ones behind nets) and I also set up announcer booths for our talent as well as troubleshooting anything video related that may go wrong. (and oh my god do things go wrong) The days are long and its usually outside but the pays great. It takes so much more to get live sports on the air than people realize. I'm not even sure I could list all the of the different positions we have but all of those graphics you see on espn (excluding the bottom one) are done live in the truck most of the time as well as having a director and producer to tell camera men what to do and put together the live show.

#50

Work in a national park. I worked in Yellowstone for a season, and there's people who are lifers. Some work year round, some work the summer, travel in the winter, and others just go to a different park. It's mostly hospitality and tour jobs, but it's a blast.

#51

Horse trainer. It can be pretty rewarding to teach people how to communicate with an animal.

#52

I have a teacher who's friend with a diver in the artic who makes a lot of money taking pictures and videos, he's working for compagnies like BBC and they are 5 in the world doing this in cold water so they always have job and since they are only five, they talk to eachother on skype and decide who's taking the jobs. For a job single job they go in the north, dropped by an helicopter and it doesn't come back before 2 weeks. They are in a very cold place and wet because they are diving. It's a hard job and there isn't a lot of people knowing about it, but you get a lot of money from that.

#53

I'm a fly in fly out worker, 3 weeks on and 1 week back in city, company pays for my flights about 4 hours out into the middle of Western Australia where I catch butterflies for 3 weeks... Just got to catch as many butterflies as I can in jars and hand them in at the end of each day so they can document species etc

Pays 190k a year and I work like 9 months out of 12 so it's good though it is pretty hard work really, a lot of people try it and leave after a few weeks the environment is very tough try and hot and you can easily pass away out there.

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#54

*Ramp Tower Coordinator*
A ramp tower is a small glass box that usually sits on a terminal roof at larger airports. The tower coordinates the terminal's/airline's operation. Found the job through my company after getting my foot in the door doing something more common.

#55

I'm a professional organist.

I knew a guy who made that job for himself and helped me do the same for myself.

#56

I'm late to the party, but here it goes anyways!

I make makeup inspired by video games, comics, anime, etc. Basically I was spending too much money on makeup, and all my free time playing video games so I just combined the two.

I started small with local craft fairs and such, moved to etsy (and quickly got tired of their shenanigans), after that I launched my own website and almost 2 years later I'm still at it!

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#57

I was an animal technician. I would clean, feed and give fresh water to medical research animals. Also I would assist researchers in their projects and be a voice for the animals. I have a Diploma in Animal Technology, and got the job by applying to an online ad. But I know a lot of my classmates got their jobs through work experience. The job was overworked, underpaid, and under-appreciated.

I now work in health screening for medical research animals. We check that a facility that is housing animals is free of disease. The pay is the same, but the work is less stressful, and I don't have to work weekends or holidays any more. I got the job by word of mouth.

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#58

Fire breather/circus nightclub performer here! I actually seen other people doing it and I wanted it to me my job so so so bad! 2 years later I finally found someone willing to train me, i'm coming up to 2 years in the job!

#59

Be a bush pilot. It takes a lot more commitment and time to achieve than most of the other replies in this thread. Bush pilots in Alaska, Africa, South America, etc. fly to some of the most remote places in the world and are solely responsible for the survival of entire villages. Some act as hunting/fishing guides for wealthy tourists, some deliver mail and supplies to villages which are inaccessible by any other means, and others act as support crew for other disciplines such as wildlife management or engineering.

#60

I used to live in an area with a lot of surfers. Some of the regular surfers were emergency tradespeople (plumbers, electricians, etc.) who would charge a huge amount of money to do emergency plumbing for big buildings. They'd do a few hours of work a day/night at $200/hour then surf and chill the rest of the time.

Edit: for those who are curious this was in Sydney, Australia.

#61

Boat Captain. After a professional career and divorce, my dad opted for happiness over the office and got his Captain license. He now drives large boats for a living, taking prospective buyers on test drives, repossessing boats from owners who have defaulted on loans, and piloting water taxis and tour boats. It's really cool and, as an added bonus, he gets paid to move yachts to and from the Caribbean as seasons change.

#62

Auction buyer. Not the type you see on reality shows going to storage auctions to fill up their flea market stand. Places like used car chains have employees whose job is to go to auto auctions and try to find the cars most likely to sell for the least investment. Sometimes the job extends to overseeing the rehab on the cars before they go on sale.

#63

Cricket farming. Cockroach farming. Minimum initial investment, but if you play your cards right, you can earn a lot of money selling it as feed both online and to local pet stores, farms, and zoos.

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#64

BIOMEDICAL/CLINICAL TERMINOLOGY SERVICES - high salaries, low stakes, work from home, save lives.

I think there's a reason this path is lesser known ;).

#65

I am employed as a gravedigger. Saw an ad on craigslist and applied. Pay is decent and the work is fairly enjoyable. Winter kinda sucks though due to all the frost in the ground.

Edit:

Q: Do you have to use some special technique when digging so that the walls don't cave in?

A: No real technique to prevent cave ins. If it does happen we'll just have to come back with the backhoe and dig it back out again. However, we do typically try to get as close as possible to the adjacent vault to help minimize how much it caves in.

Q: How does a typical day look?

A: Aside from digging and servicing funerals most of my time is spent installing monuments, working on equipment or doing general grounds maintenance tasks like tree work, for instance.

Q: How physically taxing is it nowadays? Do you have to deal with the grieving families yourself? What do you think would be the best/worst aspects of it?

A: Physically it's not bad at all. We have equipment for almost everything from digging to hauling the dirt away. Long gone are the days of digging graves by hand. I do have some contact with families when I'm servicing a funeral. I usually just try to keep my head down and do my work as quickly and respectfully as possible. Best aspects of the job is definitely being able to work outside all day. Worst aspect is when we have to bury infants. Never a dry eye at those funerals.

Q: Is your work in any way commission based? If not, what stuff do you get up to when there's no graves to dig? Or has that just not come up yet?

A: No, I'm paid hourly and work a standard 40 hours a week with the occasional overtime on weekends. Our sales staff is commission based however. The cemetery I work at is 105 acres so there is quite a lot to do when I'm not digging like setting monuments, working on equipment, tree work, grave restoration, etc.

#66

I hang wallpaper. Learned it from my dad. I get asked if it's 1975 or comments about how they *can't believe people still use wallpaper* almost daily.

#67

Professional Poker Player for 10 years... I just saw an episode of the World Poker Tour when I was 17 and figured if I worked really hard at it and studied, I could make tons of money at it.

#68

I'm a Cartoon Animator. Perhaps not super obscure, but I started out by taking Computer Science in University and I did not like it at all. Despite doing alright, it just wasn't my thing.

I then really thought hard about what I loved doing, and I thought about how I loved drawing as a kid... anything from trying to copy video game art, to large mazes in which stick figures would be trying to make it past various defenses.

Anyways, I took an animation course at a different college and loved it. Presently I am going on 9 years working for a very successful animation studio. I've had the opportunity to work on several amazing cartoons that are currently on TV and online, and I couldn't be happier!

#69

Is video game dev obscure? I got into the industry years back from a newspaper ad that simply said "GAMERS WANTED". Didn't take me long to call that number lol.

#70

I'm a land surveyor. It seems like it's a really niche and high expertise job that nobody knows exists. Half the people I talk to, if I mention my career, just give me a blank look, followed by "you hand out surveys?"

No, I measure things. I measure them real good, so good that your local architect takes a look at my plans and says "That plan's so good, I'm going to design a 2 million dollar home on top of it".

The explanation with less attitude is that we're the people you see there with that expensive looking camera look-a-like doohickey sitting on top of a big tripod (hint: it costs more then a car). It's a good job if you like working in a lot of locations, but more importantly, it's a good job if you want great job security and usually very good pay.

The bar for entry is relatively low (though it is a long, *long* process that starts as a survey assistant and ends as a certified surveyor), in most countries beginning with a trade course. Unless you're in victoria or a couple of states in the US at least, bar for entry is much higher in some areas. As far as I can tell, there is always more jobs available for surveyors compared to surveyors looking for jobs, so you're entering a really good job market.

You gotta be good with math, and you gotta be *really* good at not mixing up numbers. If you're the kind of person who regularly writes down 141° 23' 52" as 142° 32' 52" and you can't immediately see the difference, keep looking. Messing up a decimal point in this career is unacceptable, it's not a mundane detail, Michael.

But if that doesn't faze you, take a look. It's an essential service, because it's basically a government's way of backing the dollar when it comes to land titles. You are buying a land title with a guarantee from the government that a surveyor has been out there and said, "yep, this land is your land, this land is my land" (depending on local legislature). So it's a job that is not going away any time soon, generally starts around ~40k a year, and can easily reach 6 figures with seniority.

#71

Fish breeder!
All you do is breed certain species of fish to sell to shops, aquariums or fish keepers. I make about $30 on some baby fish and $120 on others, I make an estimate of 500 a month. Note, this isn't my job, it is my hobby.

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#72

Become a dental technician-

1. There are less and less of us every year but more and more need.

2. You can get training on the job and starting salaries are better than most entry level positions.

3. Once you learn the trade you can "write your own ticket" I know technicians that never went to school that now make 80-100k a year and work pretty standard hours.

4. You basically get paid to go to art class, every day is different and you can really be creative with your work.

#73

Sandhogs. They're the subterranean miners who dig and blast water and subway tunnels under New York. It's dangerous work though, and I'm pretty sure they lose an average of one man for every mile of tunnel excavated.

#74

I'm 19 and got tired of the whole minimum wage pay so i sell/make Decals/signs/stickers for businesses or personal needs. I make at most a thousand monthly and that's with me dual majoring at college. I work maybe once or twice a month. I advertise myself on craigslist and using business cards and putting my name out there. It works but I plan on working in the computer science field. It's a ton of fun too just meeting new people all the time and having a new different situation.

#75

Have a college degree and know what an IP address is? No criminal history? You could become a SOC/NOC/NSOC analyst making at least $45k/yr (+benefits).

Work 4 days a week, 12 hour days, staring at a computer screen waiting for green lights to turn red and opening a trouble ticket when they do.

#76

Become a Crane operator. Seriously, it can be pretty lucrative.

#77

I'm a video game designer. I went to school for mathematics and had no idea that I could apply my skills to video games, but here I am. It's exactly as amazing as it sounds.

#78

Superintendents usually get a free apartment and decent salary, and most companies like to hire couples (basically doubling your salary). Although it's not an easy job. You work usually 8-4 or 9-5, but then you are on call for emergencies. I never realized how many floods and fires happen in an apartment building until I became a super. You also have to keep in mind that you are dealing with peoples homes and sometimes they can get territorial, but a lot of the time people are thankful for you being there to fix things. It can be a lot of fun, but it isn't easy at all.

#79

I recently just got back into tower climbing. Pay is very high even with no college. You fly to a different city each week and the work is always an adrenaline rush.

#80

I fly medium to large UAV's for film, TV and critical infrastructure inspections.

Was on CL one day and found an ad looking for someone with a PPL and RC experience. I had both and how have ~ 1500 logged hours of UAV flight time. Great pay, and we have full benefits now. In addition I travel all over the world.

Nobody walks down the aisle planning to get divorced someday. Every couple fully believes they’ll be the ones who make it, no matter what life throws at them. But reality doesn’t always cooperate, and sometimes the person you promised forever to becomes someone you barely recognize.

One Redditor asked divorced people to share the exact moment they realized their marriage was over, and their answers were seriously painful to read. We’ve gathered them below. Scroll down to read them.

#1

My aunt took me out to dinner (I even remember the dish I ate and almost 20-some years later I still can taste it) and told me about the things my cousin was going through with her boyfriend… except everything she said was something my husband had done to me. Then she put a small pile of printouts in front of me and it was all the texts I had sent my parents and brothers regarding each incident. It was shocking. She told me she had a moving van ready and my other various cousins ready to help me move out. She had a few police officers there because my ex had a habit of getting very violent.

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#2

I found out I was in stage 3, thyroid cancer. It spread to my lymph nodes and to my neck muscles. He would not take any time off work to go with me to any doctor appointments and when I was hospitalized, he only stayed few minutes at a time.

I told God I'm ready, but if I survive, I want a divorce. That was 26 years ago. Good riddance to both of my cancers!

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#3

He forgot my birthday.

He cheated on me and I was actually going to forgive him for it. We were in the middle of buying a house(I was putting all the money down and in NYC!) and I basically thought I was in too deep and we could work it out. Then my birthday came, I was depressed and since we had recently moved to NYC I was very alone. My mom came down to visit me and we were talking about everything and I mentioned he hadn't even wished me happy birthday. I saw her get on her phone for a moment while we were walking through central park and within 5 minutes I got a happy birthday text from him. I knew she had reminded him. That was it.

Cancelled the house sale, got all my good faith money back, moved in with a coworker I barely knew (who became my best friend to this day), and made my ex pay me back all the money I had spent clearing his debt. I'm married to a wonderful supportive man and working my dream job now!

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#4

In the hospital room with my 5 hour old son her phone goes off while she is at a procedure.

Get to see 100 I love you and I miss you to her ex boss.

Yes I DNA swabbed my son. Yes he is mine.

I cannot begin to explain how much it hurts to see your wife tell someone else I love you more than they have told you. Throw in the fact I decided to not say a word to avoid post partum depression and harm to my son it was the worst 6 months of my life. Hurt more than my cancer treatment did.

Divorce is almost finalized. I went to therapy I’m doing well mentally and physically and ready for the next stage of my life.

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#5

I was carrying our 4 month old, walking away from him, and he pushed me from behind hard enough for me to fall. I went down on my knees and the baby was fine, but I knew there was no coming back from it. Unfortunately, extricating myself and the kids safely was neither quick nor easy.

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#6

So his friend, him, me (pregnant) and our 1 year old ran to the city 45 minutes away from where we live. Stopped at McDonald’s, he said he didn’t have money to feed all of us, so I asked if he would atleast share with our 1 year old, he said he worked all day and was hungry. So basically no. His friend was appalled, and said I am not letting g a pregnant woman and kid go hungry, and got us food. My ex-husband had no regrets… I should have left sooner.

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#7

When we walked out of couples therapy and she told me I was never to mention a couple of things to our therapist again as it made her look bad.

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#8

...when he told me I had to choose between him and my daughter (not his). She and I moved out of the house less than a week later. I chose.

#9

When we were in couples counseling after learning about his girlfriend (from her husband via LinkedIn) and the therapist asked why we were there. I said “to work on our marriage.” His answer: “I don’t love her, I can’t work hard enough to love her, and I’m moving to CA without her.” That was a pretty clear sign.

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#10

I remember the moment clear as day. We were at a goo goo dolls concert and having a good time. We hadn’t been intimate for a year. I thought to myself “if I just kiss him now we can get back on track”. The next thought I had was “ nah. I never want to kiss him again”. And so I did nothing and felt relieved.

It still took me 3 more months to really recognize what I was feeling but that moment was the one I stopped feeling trapped in a bad situation and made the first decision on my own.

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#11

He was yelling at me. He made me cry and when I begged him to stop, he got in my face and screamed “YOU LOVE THE WAY I TREAT YOU!”.

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#12

Wife went to dog-sit for a coworker for a week and it was the most peaceful my life had been in years. For an entire week, I had no stress and everything was in order. My ex was a very nice person but very hard to live with. We’re still on good terms but I don’t miss being with the wrong person. Alone is much better.

EDIT: I want to address the people asking “what made her hard to live with?”. I’m not answering because it’s not relevant to anyone but *me*. Whether you’re asking because you’re wondering if *you* are hard to live with or you’re asking because you’re hoping for justification in feeling like your partner is hard to live with. The only people who can answer that question are you or your mate.

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#13

I had a miscarriage and I cried about it. He asked me when I was going to stop crying...

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#14

When he told me he was still questioning if he wanted to be with me or his affair partner. The next day I told him I deserved to be someone’s certain, not someone’s maybe and that I wanted a divorce.

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#15

My mom told me she knew she had to divorce my dad when she found out the markings on my calendar were me keeping track of how much they fought. I was in 3rd grade. I don't remember how much was recorded, but it must've been a lot.

#16

When I found the videos on his phone of him partying in secrecy with a bunch of women that worked at our son’s daycare.

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#17

When on our honeymoon he told me to get away from him in the resort pool. That he didn’t want any part of me touching him in the pool, not even to sit next to each other. Sad it took me 7 months after that to actually leave.

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#18

When he neglected to have the proper amount of taxes taken out of his check for almost the whole year, and told me not to worry, we could just use my hard-earned yearly bonus to pay it off. No big deal, right?

#19

My dad passed away unexpectedly. I expected that my husband would attend the funeral with me. When I mentioned something about it he said, “You know, I’m not really into that kind of thing.” There were multiple instances of him being totally self-centered, but that statement nailed it for me.

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#20

She sat me down and told me that her "he's just a friend" had gotten her pregnant.

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#21

Not divorced but I was with someone for a really really long time. I found out the morning of our friends wedding I was a bridesmaid in and he a groomsman that my nana had passed away. I was also doing the brides wedding hair and makeup. I told everyone I wasn’t bailing but to just not ask me questions about it. I told him that I would like to not stay very late because I didn’t know how well I could keep it together after the dinner and during the dancing etc. we compromised and said we would stay for an hour after the dinner finished.

I asked him if we could dance and he told me no. Then when the hour was up I asked if we could head out because he had drove us there, and he said that he wanted to stay and go to an after party with some people.

I told him if he didn’t come home with me that we were over, and I was going to my parents to spend the night. I think because I had been a push over he didn’t expect me to actually leave. He said not to over react and he would be home in a couple hours.

Anyway it was 4-5am and he was drunk and obviously they dabbled with other party extracurriculars… he showed up at my parents house and came up to where my bedroom was. I yelled at him and told him to leave and that we were over.

I felt like I had the strength from my nana rolling in her grave that day at the idea of letting someone treat me this way for such a long time, and not listening to me.

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#22

My parents gave me a car, and it needed some work, and he refused to help me. Then he suggested I sell the car to his friend. The NEXT WEEKEND he fixed it for them.

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#23

I had suspicions so I placed two voice-activated recording devices in my house before I left to take my 3 kids on a trip for my birthday. I turned them on right before we left, and 20 minutes in there was a guy there. I knew I needed a divorce anyway, but that made the decision easier.

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#24

When I learned he tried to send my three children (ages 8-12, previous marriage) out of the country to a foreign boarding school (school called from Wales to confirm they had been accepted) on the same day I overheard him tell our 18 month old "those kids are not your brothers or sister....they don't have the same dad (meaning himself) as you do. Its ok, though, they are leaving...."

The divorce was final in 30 days which landed him on the deportation list as I was his sponsor, and all 4 kids and I partied like hell!
For context: I'm American....he's British Australian.
Too bad ...his accent was hot.

#25

He made me spend yet another weekend with his family who hated me and who would on purpose trigger my illness (I don't want to doxx myself, but a similar example would be sneaking milk products into the food of someone lactose intolerant... not fatal, but really uncomfortable).

We got back home, and I got a call about a family emergency and he wouldn't come because he just didn't feel like it. I married quite young and it was like this wave of "this could be my life for 70+ years" and I felt like I woke up from a multi year haze. .

#26

Can't speak for something that hasn't happened to me... but my best friend told me that it was less than 5 minutes after he said "I do" at the wedding... he knew he made a terrible mistake, but coudln't do anything about it... until 11 years later.

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#27

When she left me to fend for myself after chemotherapy.

#28

When I was working with a domestic violence victim helping her find a shelter and realized I should be taking that advice myself.

#29

When I fell down the stairs 7 months pregnant, broke/sprained my ankle (no X-rays when you are pregnant) and he refused to take me to the doctor/emergency room. Next day I taped my ankle and drove myself. Found out later that week that he not only did he have a mistress but, she was pregnant too.

#30

When I got home from work and found a child's mitten on the living room floor. We didn't have children. But the woman my friends said he was sleeping with, did.

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#31

When he had a backache and i told him we should check into a hotel with a private hot tub so we can spend romantic time together while soaking his back..He said " why would I wanna be in a hot tub with you when I can just lay here in bed watching tv"....officially knew it was done from the way he worded that response. .

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#32

When she decided to not spend time with our 6 year old on Christmas to spend two hours at the gym followed by day drinking with friends.

#33

When she wouldn’t stop yelling and berating me in front of our 3 year old son who was visibly upset. I took him outside to calm him down. Once he did I asked him what would make things better, he responded “quiet”. I then asked him “who makes the house noisy?” He said “mama”. Contacted my lawyer that day and started the process. Hasn’t been easy, but it’s been quiet.

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#34

I had changed jobs to a totally different field and was having a really hard time with my new boss. I desperately needed support from my partner, but instead of comforting me, she told me that the boss was probably right and that I sucked.

From that moment on, I knew she was gone. She asked for a divorce a few weeks later.

Before that, I had financially supported her through her new education and patiently listened for hours to all her problems. Through it all, I had been there for her - taking on most of the housework, cooking, managing the children, and working full time to support her dream.

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#35

He had used MS Paint to photoshop the balance of his credit card to make it look like he had $4k less on that card than he did.

I didn’t know it was photoshopped until I saw it on the family desktop months later. But the stupidest part was how much work he went to in an effort to do this.

“We” were trying to do regular financial meetings and he always claimed my system was too difficult and he didn’t understand how to budget. So I offered to show him how to look at his cc statements and organize his charges so he could see what he was spending and how much. Then he’d be aware of the real numbers and adjust as he saw fit. He seemed to ask for help and I was going to share how I tend to mine.

I brought my cc statements to the meeting. He claimed the printer was broken and couldn’t print his statements. He wouldn’t open the app. He just had a screenshot of the current balance. I closed my notebook and told him, “idk, something feels really off about this, so I think I’m done tonight.”

The reality is that since he left me responsible to pay all the bills, fix all the overspending he did, and make things work, I had always had access to his capital one account to pay his cc monthly. You know, the kind of account that gives you a credit score refresh every month. I already knew the balance was off, but the way he acted like I was being weird and stupid was the absolute end of my ability to really try to make this marriage work.

That was two years ago, almost to the day. I’m still stuck in the purgatory of trying to divorce a guy like this. I will not miss the financial whiplash every month at all.

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#36

I don't know what it is about your 30's, but something just changes. One day I woke up and realized I was happier on my own than I was in my marriage. He cheated and I forgave him. He cheated again and I forgave him again. But somewhere along the way, I found myself. I started doing things on my own and realized I didn't need him to create my happiness. I loved that man with all my heart, but eventually I loved my peace more. I'm not divorced yet, but it's on the way. It's hard, but I've learned that choosing yourself isn't selfish, it's necessary. He'll always have a place in my heart, but not everyone you're meant to love is meant to stay and that's okay.

#37

When I had a skiing accident and couldn’t lift my arm. I was laying on the couch when he came home from work and he asked me want I did all day. And asked why I didn’t do the laundry. It was the straw that broke the camels back. I was being used.

#38

When she screamed at me for using the “wrong” ingredients in pasta sauce.

#39

Amongst other reasons, when he called me, the mother of his two children, both under 10, a "room mate that mooches".... he took it back but he said what he said....

#40

When I was expected to drive myself to the hospital in active labor, and additionally to find care for the child I already had. .

#41

Oh, how about when I found out he was gay. After being married for 35 years. I was very surprised had no clue.

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#42

When he hit me for the first (and last) time. I tried to end it then, but agreed to marriage counseling.

Almost exactly a year later, no real change from him. We were all set to move within the next two weeks when all of a sudden, within less than a three-week span:

1) My grandfather had a heart attack and emergency heart surgery,
2) My grandma caused a car accident with that grandpa in the car just days after his surgery, which sent him back to the hospital,
3) The same day as the accident, my grandma had a dementia-fueled breakdown in which she pulled a machete on my uncle and had to be tackled by four sheriff’s deputies so she could be taken to the hospital for a 48-hour psychiatric hold,
4) My other grandpa (my father figure, who helped raise me) passed suddenly,
5) My grandma had another break in which she was violent towards that first grandpa and was placed on another 72-hour hold.

That second passed away just before the weekend we were supposed to spend packing. Instead, we pushed the move ahead a week and planned the funeral. The viewing was that Monday, with the funeral on Tuesday. Both my husband and I went back to work on Wednesday.

On Friday, I got home exhausted, trying to find some way to motivate myself to spend the whole weekend packing. Instead, my husband met me in the kitchen to tell me he’d been fired again. This was the fourth time since we’d been married 3.5 years ago and every single time, including this one, was because he lost control and raged at a woman he worked with. (Read into that what you will.)

In that moment, I was so done. But I’d already switched off the emotional part of my brain, so I focused on the practical. I said, “Okay, well, then, it looks like you’ll be taking charge of the move, since you’ll have the time for it now.” He then got upset with me for being cold and not comforting him during “the hardest time of [his] life.” It took everything in me not to say, “Yeah, well, this is the fourth time this has happened in less than four years, so you think you’d be used to it by now.” Instead, I just bit tongue, took a deep breath, and explained that we didn’t have the luxury of a breakdown right now, that we had to be adults and get things done in a very limited amount of time, and we could deal with everything else once we got through the next few days.

Let me tell you how this man looked me in the eye and told me he was upset that I wasn’t comforting him not only over the loss of his job, but over the loss of MY grandfather, because he really looked up to him and was gonna miss him. I think I just blinked at him for a solid thirty seconds while my brain went through a whole crash and reboot.

Back when we’d started marriage counseling, I told the therapist I was only doing it so that later, I could look back and tell myself I had tried everything. But that if I were being 100% honest, I had “one foot out the door and the other is not far behind it.” As I saw zero accountability or work from him over the course of a year, there was not one thing that changed my initial sentiment. Then when he came home and said he’d been fired for a fourth time, I was done. DONE. And then he still managed to push me even further so that I was triple done.

#43

We had been attending marriage counselling, life was going a lot more smoothly, and we were communicating well. Or so I believed.

We were at a nice restaurant having a nice meal celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary. The evening started out fine, but as it progressed, conversation became more and more stilted to the point where he wouldn’t look at me, and he was just grunting monosyllabic noises instead of talking. When he began slouching and appeared to be pouting, I asked what was wrong. His response was, “Well you won.”

What I won, according to him, was that I got everything I wanted from counselling and he got nothing. Nothing!

I was completely blind-sided and the night was ruined. I felt sick and couldn’t finish my meal. I had been unaware that to him our marriage was a competition where each side scored points. In my mind, it was a partnership instead of a game. Right then and there, I said I was done and wanted out.

So glad I rid myself of that immature man-baby.

#44

Not a wife, but… when she said, in a fight, that I had “held a pillow over her face.”

I was freaked out. I hadn’t done that or anything like that.

I realized she was crazy and I noped out.

She was crying, saying she didn’t mean it.

Maybe you didn’t, but you said it and it was a total fabrication.

#45

I overheard a conversation between another friend couple.

I’d built the outdoor dining tables myself and at a party we were hosting my ex said “he did such a good job with these”. to them. After a minute she left to talk to someone else and the husband didn’t know I was standing behind him and he said, “ In all the years we’ve known them, that’s the first nice thing I’ve ever heard her say about him.”

That was the beginning of the end. A couple years later we had a huge fight about nothing that she conjured up out of thin air and I was done.

#46

I was hanging in there for my kids. But when I started noticing my older sons getting defensive of the way their dad spoke to me, I knew it was time to let go and stop fighting for my marriage.

Also when my husband told me he wanted “adoration on the brink of worship”. I knew I could never be what he wanted.

#47

When he sat me down and said "What I'm about to tell you is probably going to ruin our relationship". He then told me he went out the night before and slept with a man he met on Grindr. Three months after our wedding too.

#48

When he told me he didn't love me anymore and I knew I couldn't keep being the only one fighting for the relationship. Turned out he'd been living a secret life with others for years though.

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#49

Not divorced, but left a 11 year relationship.

It wasn’t all at once, it was the gradual straws that kept breaking. When I realized how dumb he thought I was, when he was fired from his 4th job, when I had to hear that everything bad only happens to him for the 1000th time, when the money he owed me reached $10k, when he ruined every fun moment for me (like putting his hands over his ears at concerts), when he told me I only had the life I had bc I was lucky, when I realized I was the only one trying to make it work.

I remember one day just thinking, I’m done. I said it, and he didn’t care bc he thought I was incapable of living without him. I can’t even remember the convo that day, I just remember where I was and the moment I just couldn’t do it anymore.

I felt SO FREE and realized I grieved within the relationship for years, so I was quite confused when I felt relieved instead of immensely sad.

#50

When I caught proof of him cheating and lying to me. Nearly losing my life several times wasn’t enough. But the absolute disrespect to bring someone into our home, shatter our glass shower, then have me tend to the countless stitches on his entire body for a month…only to learn how he truly got them…absolutely disgusted.

I recognize I should have left him way sooner. Hell, probably shouldn’t have even married him. But the cheating was my final straw.

#51

I was the sole breadwinner and sole health insurance provider for years, in support of his obtaining a bachelor’s degree, while also raising kids. After he graduated I pushed him hard back into the workforce, against his resistance. He found something that was okay for him and seemed stable.

After some months I ventured to state that I was not happy with my job and I would like the flexibility to look for other options, now that we had a bit of a buffer against financial ruin. The message was, this change is coming, please think about what a supporting role will look like.

It was meant to be a conversation opener, and over weeks and months I thought we’d talk about where I’d be applying.

In response he stayed up all night planning to go to a specific graduate school in another rural state, take the family there, and I could do “whatever” to support the family financially in that new location. So many details he was absolutely certain of and excited about, despite never talking about before. There would have been remedial classes to take as it was out of his field. And all of it would be funded with my “whatever”, however many years it took.

I realized it would never be my turn.

#52

I wish I filed when I asked him to watch 2hrs of TV with me a weekend when we always used to watch together and he snapped that he wasn’t gonna spend time with me if it was forced. I was pregnant with our second child. It blew my mind the audacity of him to tell me spending 2hrs a week was asking too much of him especially given it was a planned pregnancy. Turned out he was a serial cheater so any stranger on the street could get his time, not me.

#53

My ex was a car salesman and never home. He worked nights and weekends, I worked days. 2 kids. We didn't spend a lot of good quality time together because it was truly hard unless you plan for it.

We went on a 3 week cruise together, just us.

It was absolute hell. I realized that we are not aligned. All I kept thinking was how can I retire and be happy with this person. Being with them "full-time". I knew that we were doomed or something had to change.

We were doomed. Marriage didn't last much longer as I couldn't get past so much.

Context: we only dated 6 months when he proposed and married 9 months into our relationship. I was young and know now that this marriage should never have happened. But in the end all good, nothing negative.

#54

It didn’t end for another month or so, but I’d say when he left my birthday party to go to the bar with his friend (who quietly told me “this wasn’t my idea”) and I really didn’t care. My friends were angrier. When he came back(because the bar was boring) one friend just shouted in his face “YOU’RE A [JERK].”
He didn’t like not being the center of attention so I’m sure he went there to let guys drool all over him.

#55

When he shouted at me during renovation work and I didn't feel anything anymore. The love was long gone, but at this moment also the anger left. I felt a calm nothingness.

After that I was scared that this scarred me for life so that I couldn't feel love anymore. My new boyfriend proved me wrong though ❤️.

#56

I got home late after my shift and he was already in bed with only the nightlight on. I didn't want to bother his sleep, so I didn't turn on the light. After a shower, I went to get dressed and walked straight into the glass door of our closet. He called me an idiot and said I was lucky to have hurt myself (solid bruised forehead and a broken bleeding toenail) and not break the glass door. I knew then that he didn't love me.

#57

When I was deep in a depressive accident and he asked when I would be done being sad.

#58

In therapy we said “I don’t understand what changed?! I haven’t changed”. And that’s when I realized, yah, you haven’t and you never will.
People change and it’s a beautiful thing. He was stuck and just never would.

#59

When I realized I really wanted to live on the other side of the world and she absolutely didn’t.
I was already there temporarily. She was doing great where she was - a place I never vibed with. The separation kind of happened without me realizing the enormity of it but then reading the tea leaves.

The life of an influencer can seem pretty glamorous from the outside. Paying your bills by going to photoshoots, sharing sponsored posts on Instagram and attending events where you get to film yourself eating extravagant meals and mingling with others in gorgeous hotels might sound like a dream. But on the other side of the camera, those who actually have to spend time with influencers might be having much less fun.

Below, you’ll find stories that people who have worked with or encountered influencers in real-life have detailed on Reddit to give the public a clearer view into their filtered lives. Enjoy reading through these stories that polished social media profiles won’t tell you, and be sure to upvote the juiciest ones!

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#1

I went to high school with someone who blew up to nearly 200k followers cause of her kid. She was my bully, and seemed to always treat everyone rudely unless she could get clout. She got “cAncElLeD” for being racist during the BLM protests and I have never felt so vindicated lol.

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#2

Never worked for but I grew up with the Fat Carrie Bradshaw (Chris Burns) and I will say that he is the kindest, funniest, most inclusive person ever. Truly a good egg and deserves all the good fortune in the world.

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#3

My best friend’s brother is the DermDoctor on TikTok with like 18 million followers and I’ve known him my whole life. I’ve never seen any of his TikToks so idk how he comes across online, but he’s a really nice, soft spoken boy irl

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#4

Not worked for, but worked with. A few influencers, and one who is a Twitch girl, became flight attendants at my airline. I’ve been a flight attendant for 14 years, and the influx of these girls is annoying. Constantly filming and taking pictures, even during critical phases of flight (aka when we aren’t allowed to have our personal devices on)— totally out of touch goofballs. Super lazy too. When the cell phone cameras are off, the work ethic is gone. The egos crack me up. Also one of them is almost unrecognizable from her filtered/shopped photos. I don’t know who these people are online, I just know from my other co-workers. I don’t care what you do online, please just do your job. [laugh out loud].

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#5

I live next to an influencer who markets herself as an entrepreneur and high end business coach (30K followers). Meanwhile, she never tells anyone that she still has her office job and her parents are paying her bills AND clean her house every week. She is 30 and healthy, I don’t see why she can’t clean herself. But hey, another post with an expensive bag or car coming up in 3-2-1…

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#6

I worked for years as an assistant to someone with around 500k instagram followers. Not a beauty influencer or anything but something pretty niche, and she was middle aged. She would constantly get sent SO MUCH free s**t. She didn't know what to do with it or even look at half the stuff. She gave me stuff all the time lol. Also sometimes she would message or email random (large) companies to ask for free stuff if she wanted something specific. Usually they would say yes. One time she got a $5k camera. Blows my mind. Otherwise she was pretty normal but definitely out of touch. (Think, "it's one banana Michael what could it cost? $10?") Also having to help with filming reels, it would be funny to see the final post, looking so casual and unscripted. But in reality we did like 10 shots of the exact same sentence/redoing the scene. For example unboxing something.

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#7

No one well known, but I had a travel blogger friend who was filming while we were out one day - to celebrate my birthday - and then posted the video on YouTube without asking my permission. I asked her to edit me out, as politely as I could, but she wasn’t happy about that, ended up taking the whole video down, and our friendship ended there. So mildly insufferable, I’d say. Always “on” and engaging with social media, a lot of interactions felt put on just for the camera.

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#8

Not work, but my distant cousins are a YouTube family channel. At our shared great-grandmothers funeral they were rudely telling all the other kids, “I’m only sitting here because my mom says I have to be nice to our fans.”

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#9

I know one that I went to school with like 10k followers who is constantly asking places for freebies (her engagement is really low - sometimes ten likes with one or two comments) and at work an influencer (3.2million followers) called and made a booking, never asked for a freebie, paid and did the tour happily and was super low key. She even posted it on her stories after (no one asked her to, she didn’t get paid to do it or anything)

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#10

i’m a jewelry designer and have made jewelry for big celebrities and also influencers. The influencers are always the worst. I feel like influencers have created this sense of entitlement where people now want free s**t in exchange of “exposure”. The amount of dms i get from people wanting free s**t who call themselves an influencer and have 0 posts, barely any followers, and don’t follow me is actually insane but that’s a separate conversation lol

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#11

Was ex-best friends with two sister influencers that are popular on every social media (millions+ following each) platform who have been popular since musically. Basically we were best friends for like 7 years and I supported them and went to stupid influencer events with them (like VidCon) and film premiers. I got noticed eventually and people would literally come up to me saying “ohh are you x and y friend?” (because I was featured in their content sometimes). Basically…had a falling out this year after a near decade friendship because they kept canceling on me to film/edit content (THAT IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL). They would choose a date & time and then as I’m going to pick them up, they would cancel saying “I really want to put this vid out tomorrow sorry!”. It [angry] me off and I felt completely disrespected and disregarded. One time one of the sisters in particular wanted to bring her laptop to edit a new YouTube video at a club and I was dumbfounded. And we couldn’t go anywhere without them being spotted and asked for photos which is fine but kind of annoying and inconvenient because I ALWAYS took the photos and I just wanted to be alone. Anyway, being around influencers for 7 years (and not being one myself) taught me that they’re all entitled, fake personas, friendships/relationships on social media aren’t real, they get paid a s**t load of money to do a 2 minute sponsor and they are ALL tone deaf and extremely out of touch. Don’t recommend. Lost my two best friends over fame 🥲

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#12

I worked with a few fitness influencers when I worked at a popular spin studio. One of them was a former beauty Queen too, and she was lovely- would take the time to introduce herself to people and learn about them, had a lot of grace and all round personable. But we are talking eating disorder central. It made me sad because she is clearly a kind person who has had a lot of emphasis placed on her looks. As a fitness instructor, her body is supposedly attainable… but ‘actually no, that’s not the truth, Ellen.’ She made money out of fitness retreats and the like, but would also frequently pass out from hunger.

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#13

My close friends know “the ace family”, Austin is a huge cheater (which is well known) but he always denies. One time my friends were at his house and Austin had just gotten back from cheating over the weekend. Well when they got into the house his wife caught him because girls DM’d her, so what does Austin do? Blame my friend and said he was the one hooking up with the chick so Catherine kicked my friend out of the house when really it was Austin. And yes they’ve lost a lot of money and he spends way too much money

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#14

I once worked with an influencer and regret it . She came 30 minutes too late and when I asked her what happend she said "I wanted to sleep" . We went to a restaurant and she behaved like a Karen . For example : She orded a salad with bacon and when the waiter gave it to her she screamed and said "I didn't oder Bacon". But the one thing that left me in shock was when we went to an event . She filmed a video for her channel and was nice and good to everyone but after turning off the camera she behaved like a total monster . She even threw a cupcake right into my face

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#15

I have a friend whose dog has a modest following on instagram (~20k). It’s shocking how much work goes into running the account. Like, once she went on vacation and had her dog sitter send photos every day to be posted. And she goes to dog-themed events all the time to network with other dog accounts. But also, they occasionally get free stuff. So, not super interesting tea, but all I have to offer 😭

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#16

A friend of mine dated a YouTubers BIL and said that their house was a mess because they had many rabbits and they just let them roam and s**t all over their house while the YouTuber just stayed in their bedroom every time they visited. BILs mom sometimes came over and cleaned after the rabbits but not often enough

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#17

So a major regional retailer had their photoshoot setup in an office across the street from the restaurant I worked at and they just had an open tab for the models who were working at the time. So the models would come in and just order whatever they wanted, we'd serve them and charge it to the company at the end of the month. There were male and female models from all over the world, many of them influencers. They were generally all polite though they did tend to be a little airheaded. Some of the sweetest girls came by to say goodbye and thank you when their contracts ended because I had helped them translate a bunch of stuff and they said I was always super nice and helpful 😭😭

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#18

I’ve worked with a handful of influencers in a very specific niche, so most of them didn’t have a huge following— one had a million followers and that was by far the biggest account. They were all nice enough but [forget you] every single one required so many follow ups, reminders, check ins, general handholding, etc. All posts/videos ended up having typos or incorrect info, like none of them took a minute to check the material we provided. The 1M account was by far the worst in terms of excuse after excuse for not getting anything done, plus it was a family-style account heavily focused on one of their kids, so that gave me the ick. Anyway, I realized I do not want to work with influencers after that experience lol

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#19

Divas. We would send them to concerts and festivals in exchange for them taking photos with our product. Most of the time they would get too drunk, not take the required photos and were always late with deliverables. Their agents were always great, but the influencers themselves were terrible

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#20

i’m an artist with around 30k, and have lots of friends that have around that amount or more. most are incredibly nice and humble. i guess it’s different for artists because we don’t get brand deals or vacations, and most don’t show their faces. people think you have money if you have a lot of followers but that is definitely not the case for artists. even when instagram featured me on the official instagram page, i did not get paid…

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#21

I’ve worked with dozens of top tier influencers (1m+ followers, lame metric but you get what I’m saying) during my time at a weho podcast network. I was managing a creative dept and typically did ~2 hr promo shoots with anyone notable that came through the studio. I can honestly say the vast majority of them were perfectly fine people. I’d go as far as to say I like a lot of them. In my experience, it’s not the influencers who were difficult, it was the C-listers/A-Listers of yesteryear (a female American idol host to call one out) that made my job h**l

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#22

it’s similar to snapchat girlies behavior. constant filming, constant finding their light, always asking for photos, editing…. it’s almost like you aren’t in the room sometimes. or your a prop. last one i hung out with i straight up said “hey can we just do a little time without our phones?” and she looked at me like i was *crazy* everything is for sale- every moment is a opportunity. i find it exhausting. (ofc some influencers are not this way but all the ones i’ve met, won’t pass up any opportunity for a photo op/ are painfully aware that if they aren’t actively engaging with their fan base they become yesterdays news). i know some cool “content creators” that are very chill and lowkey. but they aren’t featured

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#23

My friend owns a marketing company, and he said it’s awful and has since refused to work with influencers. From what he told me, the influencers themselves are not terrible (albeit, from his words, some are completely entitled). He would tell them a campaign and they either loved it and were down, or not and he would move on. For those who said yes to working with him, the issues arose with the management teams. He said that the management would try to gauge more money from him, acted like their client was the hottest celeb in the world, or would completely disregard the influencers requests and tell him their client was stupid and they could no longer interact with the person.

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#24

Friend did a stint with a HUGE twitch streamer, has a history of being controversial. To the surprise of no one he was a juvenile self-absorbed [jerk].

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#25

I can share one little thing; often if they are an account that promotes something they will be promoting something that belongs to someone they know. e.g. if they do a 'my top 5' etc. video or clip then one thing in there will be the particular thing they are actually making the video to promote and (it might be changed now idk) they don't have to class it as a paid promotion or advertising doing it in this format. For example I know an influencer who constantly 'just happens' to like things sold by her husband's company and they always make it into her top purchases of that month or that season, not that she ever mentions the connection.

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#26

Work related to influencers. I used to work on the business retail side of cosmetics and L'Oréal came to us with an influencer deal (French Speaking ~1-2M followers). They created her own "line" of lipsticks. To be frank, the lipsticks kinda sucked. There were only 2 colors and they were just the normal collection but with her name on it. I don't remember ONE color being exclusive. The launch was a really big deal. One of our store was closed so that she could do signing and and photos with fans. I remember my colleagues being super excited about it. AFAIK, she was nice to the staff and the event went well. But... the "line" was a total flop. L'Oréal ordered way too many lipsticks and just no one wanted them them. I don't remember the sales number, but we probably sold 1/4 of the quantity ordered. My company had exclusivity too. We ended up having to put the lipsticks on sale but even then, they didn't leave the stores. I remember pretty heated arguments between the L'Oreal reps and my boss to get rid of them and my boss shouting "who the f*** is this influencer?". We ended up shipping all of them back to L'Oréal and I think they destroyed them. Pretty wasteful. I know this influencer has since released another lip product collection with another brand and I'm pretty sure it didn't go much better. Edit to add that obviously, this whole stint was presented as super cool, and that it sold so well and whatnot. But on the business side, it was a pretty s****y deal.

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#27

i used to work with an influencer who’s whole persona was “girl boss” “hustle culture” and girls looked up to her for that. she would show up to work just to take selfies then leave [laugh out loud].

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#28

A former acquaintance of mine recently went FAR down the right wing rabbit hole (not everyone should vote, marriage isn't a right, women shouldn't lead in church roles, queer people are groomer., etc.) and seems to be trying to become a conservative influencer. He has about 2k followers on Twitter and is trying to sell merch. In real life, he hasn't been able to hold down a job for years and has largely been supported by his wife. He's one of the most deeply unpleasant people I've ever met.

#29

When one of my stylists was starting out, she worked on a ton of “influencers” aka Kylie’s friends. Chantell Jefferies was chill and easy to work with, but Stassiebaby took forrrreveeeerrrrrrrr (like a year) to pay her.

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#30

I was working as an art director for a company and we used a few local influencers for a campaign. They were actually very lovely to work with. They were professional, friendly, and took directions really well. They knew what they were doing in front of the camera. I was surprised by how different some of their personalities were compared to what you saw on their social media. These were influencers with followers ranging from 50k to 200k+.

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We've grown accustomed to air travel and have high expectations for it. According to one study, 96% of passengers are concerned with the cleanliness of the cabin and lavatory, 94% want a friendly, attentive, and accessible staff, 93% worry about seat spacing, and desire 92% quality food and beverage options.

However, taking hundreds of people, lifting them up 30,000 feet, and transporting them to another corner of the world in a matter of hours is no small feat. From time to time, various inconveniences and challenges do arise.

To learn about these situations, Reddit user prettyKaitlynn made a post on the platform, asking everyone, "What's the most horrifying thing you've experienced on a flight?" Below are some of the answers they have received.

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#1

This happened to me recently. Im disabled and usually fly alone (which is not super fun lol). So I’ll splurge and get myself a first class seat so at least I don’t lose an entire week of time with my pain getting worse. We were delayed FIVE HOURS because of a bad thunderstorm. During this time (about two hours in) I needed to grab my pain meds, I stand up, grab my bag, pull my medsafe out. Aaaaannnddd the locking mechanism has BROKEN. I AM LOCKED OUT OF MY MEDICATION BOX….EVERY VITAL PIECE OF MEDICINE IS IN THERE. I couldn’t believe it, I was already stressed and had a full blown panic attack. But I’m so embarrassed I’m trying to keep it together. There’s two woman about my age (30) waiting for the bathroom (I’m in seat 1a), and they can see me losing my mind. Asked me if I was ok, and I blurted out what happened. One of them asked if I wanted to have her husband try to break into it. Im like sure, idc if you have to break it. So he did!!! Thank god…I was shaking so badly I couldn’t even open the bottles. She grabbed a water bottle for me and went through all my meds and found what I needed. She was an ANGEL and I can never repay or thank her enough for helping me in one of my lowest, most isolating situations. The flight attendants were also sooooo nice once they figured out what happened. Horrible experience but man those people made it so much better, so grateful for them!!!!!

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#2

On a red eye flight, everyone was asleep but I can't sleep on planes. A few rows behind me a girl started screaming "mama!? MAMA!?" The flight attendants walked over, then ran back. Then ran over holding a defibrillator. Then walked the hysterical girl, looked to be about a teenager, to the front of the plane. Then walked back with blankets. When the plane landed no one was allowed to move. A stretcher came on board and wheeled the blanket covered body out. The sobbing girl followed behind. I can't imagine losing a parent on a flight, with nowhere to go and no way to contact anyone else for help, surrounded by nosy strangers in tight quarters.

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#3

When I was 17 I was in a plane crash, my dad was the pilot, we were flying home from a baseball tournament I was in, he owned a Beechcraft Bonanza, a single engine propeller plane. While we were at 13k feet the propeller stopped dead. It was 8pm, dark enough where you couldnt really tell where open fields were or forests. He radioed into the nearest airport and declared emergency landing, but we didn't make it, we went down about 5 miles in front of the airport.

We knew we wouldnt make it to the airport once we were about at 6k feet, he radioed in and ATC said it was a big open field in front of the runway, aim for it and they will have fire and rescue ready, but we didn't make it that far, when we were about 200 feet off the ground we see the tree tops shooting back up at us and he says "f***" I still don't really remember what happened after that, but clearly we were extremely lucky, the wings got torn off on both sides from trees we hit, but after sliding through the forest floor for about 60 yards we hit a tree head on, but at that point we were going maybe 30mph.

We both walked away, he broke his nose and I had a cut on my face from the glass, but other than that we were totally fine. Fire and rescue was at the crash maybe 5 minutes later, they told us they thought this was going to be a body retreval, so they were very suprised to see us standing there laughing and crying.

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#4

On a flight to Hawaii several years ago. Man beside me started experiencing a heart attack. Luckiest SOB I ever meet though. The plane was full of doctors on their way to a medical convention.

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#5

I got my very first period on a plane in white cargo pants flying from Ohio to California

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#6

My baby did a projectile s**t all over the toilet wall while I was changing her nappy. The was s**t everywhere. S**tcano. There was somehow more s**t than baby. I told an attendant I needed cleaning supplies and a trash bag, and she turned up with a black plastic giant garbage bag that had masking tape on it saying "BABY S**T". Maybe it's a common occurrance with the pressure changes? I dunno. Either way I threw all the clothes and the blanket, everything in that bag except the baby! I cleaned the toilet room as best I could. I was absolutely mortified, and thankfully never seen anything like it since!

#7

I was 16 and flying alone from Istanbul, Turkey to Seattle, USA to visit my sister who had left Turkey early to go to school in US (we were born in WA state so not as dramatic as it sounds). During the second leg of the flight, from London to Seattle, I developed a urinary tract infection. It kept getting worse and worse. I spent the whole 10 hour flight having to pee urgently, going to the bathroom every 10 minutes (disrupting the poor passenger next to me), getting one drop out, and crying on the toilet. I started passing clots of blood out of my urethra which was excruciating. I was so shy back then and scared, but I really wish I’d told a stewardess so at least I could have some emotional comfort and know what was going on. When I landed as soon as I saw my sister I burst into tears and said take me to the ER. They said it was the worst UTI they’d seen in a while. The meds started working so fast. Truly a horrible, horrible experience.

#8

Somebody died on the toilet and we did CPR for maybe half an hour or more before deciding to stop. Relative had to watch. In fact everybody had to watch because there is f*****g no where to go.

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#9

Mine is nothing compared to these stories. I thought an old woman s**t herself only to find out my dad was letting out silent farts the entire f****n flight. I almost punched him

#10

As soon as the engines revved up for take off, a woman started screaming like she was dying. The flight attendants couldn’t get up to go to her until the pilot rang the bell, about 5-10 minutes. She was screaming the entire time. Turns out her daughter put her on the flight even though she was terrified of flying. An attendant held her hand the entire flight, walked her all the way to meet the other daughter and tell her to never put mom on an airplane ever again.

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#11

I was sexually harrassed by the passenger next to me- the police had to [working woman] him off the plane when we landed

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#12

Captain here. 2 hours in on an early flight the in charge FA advises us we have run out of coffee.

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#13

On a flight from Denver to Houston a woman hit the call button, talked to a stewardess, then was escorted to the back of the plane. As she walked by I saw that her skin was grey in color and she looked really scared. A request for a medical professional came over the PA and the woman in front of me got up to assist. She came back after ten minutes and I overheard her tell her husband the woman didn’t make it. I then saw a stewardess get a guy that looked like a biker out of his seat and take him to the back of the plane. The biker looking guy was only there for a minute then went to the airplane’s galley for awhile. I’m thinking he must have been an air marshal. My other experience was flying from San Francisco to Denver. The plane was loaded and it was time to takeoff but we just sat at the gate. The pilot announced we would be leaving soon and that we were late taking off because they had to balance out the luggage. Finally after around 30 minutes after we were supposed to takeoff the plane backed out and went to the runway. Once again we just sat on the tarmac, this time for another 30 minutes. The pilot got on the PA again and said we had to return to the gate because the plane was low on fuel from all the idling. Back at the gate three armed law enforcement officers entered the plane and escorted a man off. After that the pilot announced that we were finally ready to take off and that the previous wait was actually due to a security issue.

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#14

On Halloween night in 1994 I was on a United flight from Vancouver to Chicago. Back then "Channel 9" on the inflight entertainment system let you listen to air traffic control. That night as we approached Chicago I was listening to Channel 9 when suddenly ATC told all the other planes to quiet down. Then they started calling over and over for another flight - American 4184 - And asking the other planes if anyone else could see an ATR. This went one for a few minutes and then CLICK channel 9 was switched off. I felt a chill go down my spine. When I got to my hotel I switched on CNN. Flight 4184 had gone down in a field in Indiana and everyone was dead. 

#15

Being asked by the guy on the other side of the plane if there was oil spraying out of the engine on my side too.

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#16

Spent a 5 hour flight from Sydney to Perth witnessing a man rapidly descend into a drug induced psychosis due to the pellets of drugs inside him absorbing into his system from within. The flight started out as normal, and as the man became more and more agitated his speech became aggressive and incomprehensible to the woman beside him, with sweat starting to pour out of his body. He then got up and started pacing up and down the isle, whilst going to the bathroom every few minutes to I assume, attempt to reorganise what was inside of him. This all came to a head when he was slamming the bathroom door open and closed, throwing his shoes out at passengers and screaming at the flight attendants “it’s just because I need food”. Somehow the poor flight attendants were able to distract him until we landed, at which point he pulled out a small silver spoon from his back pocket, kissed it, looking up in the air in a “we’ve done it!” way, only to be met with approximately 10 police officers and security waiting outside the plane who handcuffed and escorted him away.

#17

Two nights before I was supposed to go on a business trip, I had a lucid dream where I was in a plane crash. I survived the initial crash, but was covered in burning jet fuel. I could feel myself burning, still strapped into my seat. The pain was so intense and eventually started fading as my nerve endings died in the fire. I remembered thinking "all I have to do is inhale and it's over"... so I did, and the dream ended. Cut to two days later, I get my seat assignment and am boarding the plane. I sit in the exact same seat in the exact same spot as my dream. I began to panic and was absolutely sure I was about to die horribly. I suffered in silence and braced for the end as we took off. In my dream, we crashed right after takeoff. The real takeoff was smooth as can be, no issues, we climbed, we survived, but my heart was racing for the first 30 minutes or so of that flight. Scary as F.

#18

During landing. Very close to land when the plane went high up in the air again. We figured there was a plane needing to depart or something. After noticing the plane was going in circles at a high altitude we realized something was going on. FA informed us, as per pilot instruction, they would try to land again however we might feel some turbulence as one of the wings was not working properly. That thing that opens and helps reduce the planes speed when landing was broken. It was nerve-racking and we didn’t know if we were going to finish landing, the plane was shaking like crazy at an intense speed. Thankfully the pilot managed to maneuver the plane. Everybody was clapping.

#19

Took off after a 7 hour delay. Plane climbed for a little bit and went into a pretty tight bank turn. Captain comes on and says there's smoke in the cabin, and we were going in for an emergency landing. As we are coming in, there are the fire trucks and emergency vehicles waiting for us. Long story short...it was a wiring harness for the coffee maker. Swapped it out without even having to deplane. Got free drinks for the rest of the flight.

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#20

Flying back to the UK from Finland. During bad weather over the North Sea, the plane just fell straight down for 3 seconds. No time for people to scream, but plenty of time afterwards for even the cabin crew to exchange glances that said "that was scary."

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#21

In my teens (2006) I was with a large student group on an "ambassador trip" and on the way home two of us got separated from the rest of the group and had to sit next to a stranger. My friend really wanted the window seat because he didn't get one before and wanted to watch take off. My friend and I fell asleep kind of huddled together but I woke up when the strange guy was slipping his hand up my shorts. I froze. I quietly and repeat poker my friend. Matt woke up and saw what was happening and over dramatically stretched and yawned so the guy stopped. The guy got up to go to the bathroom and Matt called over a chaperone while I burst into tears. The chaperone said she'd take care of it and we saw her talking to the flight attendant and the guy just, never came back... Idk what happened to him but I'm not mad he didn't come back.

#22

Flying in a small 8-seater from the mainland to an island, when a kitten got loose, over pilot's shoulder and generally being frantic. Type of scene that disaster movies start with!

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#23

On a red-eye flight, a passenger sitting across from me had a night terror. They woke up screaming, thrashing, and didn't recognize where they were. It was unsettling for everyone on board.

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#24

Just after takeoff from Ixtapa Mexico, we were climbing out over the ocean at about 1000 feet when I looked out my window. Headed directly at me about 500 feet away was a twin engine Beechcraft (I think). I would guess it was 3-4 seconds from impact. Fortunately, the pilot of the aircraft saw us and pulled up sharply just in time, missing us by maybe 25 feet. My wife, who's deathly afraid of flying, asked me, "What was that?" I said "nothing" and pretended nothing had happened until we were on the ground in the US, then I told her. Without question, if that pilot had pulled up even a second or two later, everyone on board both planes would have been dead.

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#25

Was in turbulence so bad the stewardesses looked scared. At least 10 people threw up. Lightning outside the plane, side to side turbulence in addition to up and down, and it lasted for a long time. Round of applause when the captain announced we were through it. Apparently we had to fly several hundred miles out of our way to avoid a hurricane. The turbulence was what it was like *outside* of the danger zone.

#26

Flying into Denver, our plane dropped about 1,000 ft in severe turbulence and this mother f****r was "just trying to get something out of his bag" after the announcement from the pilot about upcoming turbulence and the flight attendants yelling at him. He flew into the ceiling and slammed into the ground like something out of a movie and then got absolutely chewed out by the FAs. It was scary, I guess due to the Rockies and the Denver plain it causes some bad turbulence.

#27

Someone brought their cat on-board in a carrier and put it under their seat. As if listening to a screaming cat for 6 hours wasn't enough ...it s**t in its carrier so the entire plane smelled like fresh cat s**t. The woman took it to the bathroom to clean it and got cat s**t all over the bathroom ...... fun times

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#28

A woman died in the seat next to me on a flight from Australia to the US. She appeared to just be asleep, but couldn’t be roused by her traveling companions. Eventually the flight attendants laid her on the floor and a doctor examined her. After a few minutes they carried her to the back of the plane. I later asked a flight attendant when we landed and she told me the woman had died.

#29

One of those idiots in the Ultralights flying around at a few thousand feet over a small city right in the approach pattern for major airlines. I’m disgusted by these people as they are a MAJOR hazard as they often times don’t talk, squawk or give any indication that they are there until its too late.

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#30

Flying out of Chengdu China in the early 80s on an old Russian turboprop. It was a wicked snowstorm and I am thinking there is no way we are taking off in this mess. Visibility was only a few hundred feet. I am looking around in panic and I realize the guy sitting across the aisle from me is the spitting image of Buddy Holly. I recall thinking that if this guy pulls a guitar out of the overhead bin and starts singing Peggy Sue, we are all f****d

#31

This is a long one so buckle up, fold up those tray tables and put your seats in the upright position.. I was a flight attendant twenty years ago. The flight that made me quit was from South Bend, Indiana to Minneapolis. It started out with a funny story of having a p**n star on our little regional flight. (50 seat CRJ, I was the only flight attendant) I got a chuckle out of how amped the gate agent was about it. He was obviously a fan. Anyways, everything else was normal other than it not being a very full flight. We take off and I am in the jump seat, chilling and waiting for the fist ding to tell me we are out of sterile cockpit (over 10k ft) when the ventilation system suddenly kicks on. It was then that my oh s**t reflexes kick in because all I can smell is burning though there isn't any smokey haze. For a hot minute I thought I was imagining it but when I looked up, one of the passengers in front of me makes eye contact and gives me a look that confirms I am not the only one smelling it. No one else notices, again it was odd but the first three rows were vacant since the flight was only half full. So for the first time ever, I reached up and grabbed the phone to the cockpit and hit the emergency button which alerts the cockpit but not any passengers unless they know what the flashing light means above my head. The captain answers and it sounds like he is Darth Vader since the two of them have their oxygen masks on. I said quietly into the phone, "what the f*** is happening?" They tell me they don't know and they need me to get up and check behind the galley cart, the lavatory, and then to pull up the hatch to the avionics bay since they can't figure out where it is coming from and there aren't any alarms going off. Apparently air traffic control couldn't see from the ground if we were on fire either. So I try to as calmly as I can, move through the cabin without making any sort of scene even though I am pretty much thinking we're all going to die at this point and my throat is burning from breathing in the fumes. Again, no one noticed and I am grateful seeing as the three of us crew members were on the same "we're going to die" wavelength. Literally nobody even batted an eyelash at me crawling on the floor and pulling up the hatch to the avionics bay. (I still have no idea how no one thought that was out of the ordinary.) So there was nothing that I could see on my side, no visible fire or smoke. I call back to the cockpit and they say that thankfully they're going to let us land and that while we wait for clearance, they are going to "vent" the cabin to clear some of the fumes. At this point, I buckle myself back into the jump seat and try not to look freaked out as I face the twenty five souls in the seats in front of me as the captain announces to the aircraft that there are fumes and we need to vent them as we need to go back to the airport due to mechanical issues. Yeah, blank stares are aimed in my direction and I just smile and nod as if this is standard procedure. None of this is standard. So the venting is supposed to feel like a little puff of air next to your ears but it felt like one of those air cannons punching you in the side of your face which was just delightful but soon after we were on the ground safely and I get to work getting everyone off this missile to h**l so I can have my freak out moment in private. The two pilots and myself wind up chain smoking out front of the airport and not speaking to each other for about a half an hour. What caused all of this was that the engine had been washed that morning at the maintenance bay but it was not rinsed or ran properly to let the chemicals burn off or rinse out. That was what was causing the fumes. An hour later we were back on the same aircraft and flew back to Minneapolis without issue. I quit the week after. A close second was hearing the warning messages to the captain during takeoff once. Imagine being in the jump seat and hearing behind you, "WINDSHEAR! WINDSHEAR! PULL UP! PULL UP!" while trying to act like everything is cool. I hated that airline so [darn] much.

#32

I was on a plane that crashed into a field, and walked away completely uninjured. This was just outside my home city. The plane was restored, and still flies today.

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#33

Coming in for a landing, about 75' off the ground and we start heading back up. There was a plane under us waiting to depart.

#34

On an airplane, but not technically a flight. Sitting at the end of the runway, pilot doing his pre-flight or something. There was a fireball in one of the engines. Passengers panicked, flight attendants popped the emergency doors and the emergency slides deployed. It was mayhem; people knocking others down, crawling over the seats, lots of screaming. Several people were injured. Of those I saw - one man fell off the wing, found out later he broke his arm and collarbone. Another fell off the middle of the slide. She went away holding her wrist, not sure of what happened. Guy in front of me on the slide tumbled face first at the bottom of the slide, got up with a bloodied face. Emergency slides are not fun. It's not like in the movies. The ironic thing was, there was no danger to the aircraft or passengers. 

#35

This was in 2015 (luckily not during Covid as I probably would have been kicked off the flight). But suddenly I felt a tickle in my throat, so I started coughing. But I COULD NOT STOP COUGHING. No matter what I did I could not get that tickle out. The people around me were understanding, but I decided to go to the back of the plane just to be courteous. The flight attendants gave me ice and that was the only thing that would give me any sort of relief. We finally landed. That night I went to bed and woke up at 5am with a swollen shut eye, huge f*****g lips, hives ALL over my body, and a tightness in my chest. Turns out I was having a severe allergic reaction to something I ate(?) at airport or something on the plane. My throat was literally CLOSING on the plane. That’s why the ice was helping because it was bringing down the swelling. But here’s the weird f*****g thing. I’ve never been allergic to anything in my life before OR since that incident. So it’s a huge freaking mystery. The hives also showed up in different places on my body each morning for two weeks after. In July I got bed bug bites on an airplane. They didn’t travel with me to my house (thank god) but I’m still scarred from them on my skin since I had a bad reaction to them. Honolulu airport also had recently shut town a terminal for bed bugs.

#36

As we're all getting finally settled into our seats and they're about to lock up the overhead bins, this kid about 4 years old, wearing an NHL jersey, standing on his seat looking backwards at us, starts vigorously licking the top of the seat, like, vigorously, like it was a popsicle, the whole top of the seat, all of it, the piping and the seams, all while staring dead in our eyes. His parents did not stop this and it went on for ages. Haunting.

#37

Flying from Hartford to Dulles during severe snow storm aboard a United commuter jet, one row of single seats, one row of double. Well into the flight the pilot comes on intercom to say we may have to turn back because we don’t have enough fuel to circle Dulles if necessary. Plane is rocked by turbulence. I look out my window and see that the clouds are coming toward me, yes, the plane appeared to be going sideways. We eventually landed with more than one person quietly crying. The poor flight attendant was sitting on the floor in the front of the plane as we exited. The pilot did not make an appearance. I could only imagine he was unable to pry his fingers off the controls.

#38

Barely had our butts in the seat and a woman turned to us and said “are you two teachers?”. We responded with “no” and then she proceeded to talk THE ENTIRE 9 hour flight about herself. Husband pretended to fall asleep within the hour and I find it painfully hard to stop conversations with friendly people. Ugh, AND we were seated right beside the toilets which smelt of old pee

#39

I had a woman next to me on a 15-hour flight, with two kids under 5. She sat next to me with the kids on the aisle, and the first thing she did was apologize for what was to come. It was terrible, stuff constantly knocked onto the floor, a drink spilled on my leg ... but that was just the woman herself. She soon swapped seats, and the kids just did normal kid stuff. They were not so bad at all, aside from the occasional accidental bump when they squirmed, while she continued to drop stuff on the floor: food, drink, phone, basically anything on her tray table was going to be on the floor sooner or later.

#40

Easy Jet flight from Nice to London about 10 years ago. French guy sat behind me had a phobia of flying so we had the whole crew including the pilot visit him in his seat before the flight took off to reassure him it will be fine and nothing to worry about. 20 mins after take off a message from the crew informs the passengers that there has been a technical issue with the aircraft and we will be returning to Nice. Immediately, the guy behind me freaks out, tears streaming down his face, slapping himself in the face and loudly shouting.The the cabin crew run over in numbers to help this poor guy out. He eventually calms down. We land 20 mins later at Nice, as soon as we land, our plane gets surrounded by fire engines, ambulances and police, we are sat just off the main runway, far away from the terminal where passengers could disembark. The guy behind me jumps out of his seat and tries to run towards the front of the plane and is restrained by other passengers and the crew. An hour later or so, we still hadn't moved and the crew had announced to the passengers that they could get water from the areas at the front and back of the aircraft. The queue at the bottom of the aircraft started a few rows behind from where I was sat. A young guy in the queue started stumbling backwards and smashes his head into the floor and starts fitting. Literally shaking on the floor next to my seat at this point, young guy too, no more than 21 years old. Paramedics were onboard within 5 mins or so.

#41

I had food poisoning on a Transatlantic flight from JFK to Heathrow. To top that off, we hit a large area of turbulence for an hour and a half which led to the fasten seat belt signs to be on. After the 2nd rush to the toilet during this turbulence, the flight attendants seemed to decide all subsequent efforts to stop me would not be in anyone's best interest. Everyone behind us (myself and a friend) knew what was going on and it would have been humiliating if I wasn't wishing the plane would dive into the Atlantic to end the nightmare.

#42

What are the odds, it happened two days ago. I was on a flight. As soon as I sat down, the person next me asked me if I knew Jesus. I said I didn't. Anyway, we were heading to our destination, it was really bumpy, there was a lot of wind and turbulence. At some point, the person next to me whispered "we're all born sinners." Anyway, we went to land and it was horrible. The plan was tipping to the sides heaps and bumping up and down. We got to about 20 meters above the runway when the plane tilted up and essentially took off again, shot back up. Apparently it was too hazardous to try and land. At this point the person two seats behind me started having a panic attack. We went for a second attempt. The person behind me was sobbing and talking about how we're all gonna die and the person next to me had her eyes shut and was praying fervently. Again, we got just above the ground and took off again. We then enjoyed an extremely turbulent ride back to where we started, where we landed in nearly just as strong wind. It was a very cliche bad plane experience

#43

In First Class, leaving London, before takeoff an American guy starts screaming in pain. Lands on floor, writhing. “My…appendix!” They hauled him off. FA asks his buddy if he wants to go with his sick friend. “Nah, I’m good,” he says.

#44

Was in a small 4 seat Beechcraft with friends - one of whom was the pilot - flying through clouds when pilot/friend said to other guy “horizon indicator wasn’t working.” I thought but didn’t say out loud “isn’t that like REALLY FREAKING IMPORTANT TO HAVE?” Well, we got home safely so apparently not. 

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#45

Right wing started to leak fuel to the point that we needed an immediate emergency landing. Whole team of firefighters waiting for the landing plane to catch fire on the runway

#46

A guy have a domestic dispute with his girlfriend on a Norwegian Air flight from Prague to New York, he was cursing and screaming and eventually hit her and the flight attendants moved her seat. The rest of the flight he was pacing the aisles and staring at his gf furiously. The flight attendants didn’t do Jack s**t and he never got arrested or anything . I wrote to Norwegian air and never heard anything back

#47

The absolute rank BO of some hipster looking guy sitting behind my daughter and I on a 4 hour flight.

#48

Just (but didn’t feel like “just” at the time) really bad turbulence; people’s purses hit the ceiling of the cabin and I think some people who weren’t belted in injured themselves too. People were screaming / praying / crying (I was in that last category). I wasn’t crazy about flying before but that experience put me into phobia territory and I didn’t fly afterwards for probably about ten years, and still weigh it as a cost/benefit thing whenever I travel. It’s helped a bit to learn that turbulence isn’t really a thing that causes plane crashes, as far as I now understand, but it can feel very different in that moment to the illogical mind.

#49

Someone died on my flight from NY to Rome. They didn’t tell us until the end when paramedics came onto the plane.

#50

Landing at night time, and just as we're about to land it gets really bumpy and seems to drop. Engines really, really sounding like they're straining. I've flown quite a fair bit and never had anything as terrifying. And one that's not really terrifying at the time, but kinda makes you think. Was in a small plane coming in for a landing, and just as it's about to set down suddenly climbs up again. Turns out the pilot isn't sure if the landing gear is actually down or not.

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Despite the strong job market, most Americans don't have enough emergency savings. More than two-thirds of people in the US — 68 percent — say they're worried they wouldn't be able to cover their living expenses for just one month if they lost their primary source of income tomorrow, according to a recent Bankrate survey.

In part, this can be seen in the growth of the subreddit 'Poverty Finance.' The firs time we wrote about it in 2021, the online community had 847K members. Now, the number has more than doubled, standing at 1.9 million. So since financial struggles have remained a pressing issue, we have decided to revisit this corner of the internet, and show you what the gang have been posting lately.

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#1 Same Here My Brother

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#2 2meirl4meirl

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#3 To Be Honest

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#4 This Post Brought To You By My Third "New" Tire This Year Since I Can't Afford A Full Set

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#5 I Think About It Every Day Too, But For Different Reasons

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#6 We All Know Someone Like This

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#7 Checks Out

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#8 When This Hits

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#9 Can Anyone Explain Where My Starbucks Money Is Going?

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#10 My Current Financial Strategy

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#11 Tell Me About It

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#12 It's A Real Struggle Out Here. We Barely Make Enough To Support Ourselves

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#13 Guy I’m Talking To Told Me This: Thought It Belonged Here

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#14 Ridiculous

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#15 Hm

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#16 Too Close To Home

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#17 Every. Freaking. Time

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#18 Accurate, I Love Spending Time At Home

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#19 This Hit Close To Home

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#20 Let The Good Times Roll

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#21 Relatable

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#22 Who Made This Meme About Me ?

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#23 Bought A Burger For Dinner. "A" Burger

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#24 Got Myself A Motivational Pin At The Thrift Store

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#25 In Trying Times Like These, It's Important To Remember This Advice

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#26 I Used To Think Going To Macdonald’s When I Was Young Was Exquisite

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#27 Me After Paying Rent And Bills This Month

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Get ready to dive into the quirks of Brazilian daily life because we have something special prepared for you! Welcome to the captivating realm of “A Normal Day In Brazil,” a subreddit that captures the heart and soul of this robust country through a lens of “interesting, funny, weird and awkward” moments.

In a country known for its vibrant culture and lively people, you'll find some truly unique and amusing situations that might make you raise an eyebrow or burst into laughter. Picture a Brazilian prisoner digging an escape tunnel only to pop up in a guard room, and classrooms where tropical birds add a twist to the day. These surprising moments are sure to make you squeeze out a smile.

Scroll down to discover the beautiful chaos of Brazilian daily life.

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#1 Brazilian Monk Adopted A Dog And Made Him One Of Their Own

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#2 Bus Station In Brazil Takes In Stray Dogs And Makes Them Special Beds To Protect Them From The Winter Cold

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#3 So, Here's A Brazilian Native Being Kissed By A Hummingbird

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Created in 2016, “A Normal Day In Brazil” has gathered 7.5 thousand members who share a common fascination for the country's intricacies and slight peculiarities. As the moderator of the group describes, the subreddit is “a community that collects interesting, funny, weird and awkward stuff that occurs in Brazilian daily life.”

#4 A Homeless Man In Brazil Went To The Hospital Overnight And His Six Dogs Waited For Him

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#5 So Here's A Flying Capybara

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#6 Construction Workers In Brazil Cemented A Car On A Pavement After Its Driver Refused To Move It

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While these images showcase the intriguing aspects of daily life in Brazil, we have some interesting facts about this fascinating country prepared for you! Did you know that Brazilians have a demonstrative love affair with their favorite footwear – flip-flops, also known as 'chinelos'? These rubber sandals are not only used as beachwear; you'll spot people wearing them everywhere, from fancy restaurants to business meetings. It's a laid-back and practical style that perfectly captures Brazil's relaxed attitude.

And speaking of relaxed, time in Brazil seems to have its own rules. 'Brazilian time' is a recognized cultural norm in the country where events often start later than scheduled. So, if you're told a gathering begins at 7 PM, don't be surprised if things kick off closer to 8 PM. It's a charming quirk that shows how Brazilians prioritize enjoying the moment over sticking rigidly to the clock.

#7 Two Love Cabies

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#8 How Hot Is It Outside?

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#9 Local Police Of The State Of Pará, Brazil, In The Amazon, Use Buffalos To Patrol Because They Can Outrun Criminals In Rivers And Swamps

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Let's not forget about 'cafezinho,' the Brazilian way of enjoying coffee. It's not just about the caffeine fix – it's a social ritual. Brazilians love their coffee strong, often sipping it at various points throughout the day. And if you're offered a 'cafezinho,' accepting is not just about the drink itself, but also about embracing the culture of connection.

#10 An Ordinary Day At Brazilian University....with Some Colorful Tropical Bros

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#11 Itty Bitty Jurassic Park

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#12 *confused Datena Noises*

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Brazilians have a natural rhythm in their blood, and you might catch them dancing in unexpected places. From spontaneous samba sessions in the streets to impromptu drum circles, you'll quickly learn that music is a language everyone understands.

So there you have it, a glimpse into the fascinating, funny, and sometimes wonderfully awkward aspects of Brazilian daily life.

#13 Mayor Prohibits Bars From Putting Tables On Sidewalks. Here Is Their Solution

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#14 Human Logic At Its Finest

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#15 So, Here's A Statue Of Capivaras

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#16 I See Your Australian Spiders, And Raise You

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#17 Another Pizza Delivery Guy

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#18 Literal Poverty Divide In Brazil

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#19 Have You Ever Been So Drunk?

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#20 Money Found In The Apartment Of A Brazilian Politician, Geddel Vieira Lima

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#21 My Hotel Room Has Such A Nice View!! Wait A Minute

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#22 "The Evolution Of A Married Man"

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#23 This Haircut

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#24 How Bad Is Crime In Brazil?

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#25 The Brazilmobile

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#26 You'll Get That Present Whether You Like It Or Not

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#27 The Marine Police Force Of Rio De Janeiro In Action

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#28 "And That's How I Saved The World"

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#29 Birthday Boy

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#30 Banker Goes To Work Dressed As Spider-Man On His Last Day

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#31 Attending The Meeting In The Town Hall After Defeating The Evil Villain

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#32 It's A Bewtifull Day Outside,birds Are Destroying The Town,flowers Are Absorving Humana Souls... Wait!what?

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#33 A Patch Here, And A Patch There, And We're Good

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#34 You Only See It Once, Then Never Again

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#35 Brazil's Newest Off Duty Cop

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#36 Getting A Speeding Ticket On Your Towed Car

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#37 Burn Unit Mascot In Brazil

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#38 When You Look In A Mirror, You Gaze Into Your Soul

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#39 Translation: “Woman Is Charged After Attempting To Scam A Old Lady, Using A Fake 2 Reais Ballot In Manaus” - Just Wow

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#40 One Of The Throne Has Been Found

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#41 Delivery Man

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#42 I Don't Want No Trouble, Officer

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Entitled people are annoying and we can't escape them, however, they also tend to provide us with endless hilarious content.

You could be casually walking your dog or patiently waiting in line for some coffee when, out of nowhere, a random stranger might approach you and start demanding that you prove you are allowed to do something or yell at you for doing it wrong. Despite their passion for nitpicking others, these people are also somehow the ones who confidently wear a wedding dress to a wedding as mere guests.

Getting to know all the possible situations in which you could accidentally interact with a 'Karen' might get you prepared to stand your ground more confidently and record it while you are at it because usually, those situations turn into comedy gold.

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#1 In Honor Of Today …

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#2 This Restaurant Is Really Sick Of Karen's S***!

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#3 I'm Doing This From Now On Lol

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Dealing with entitled customers is the worst nightmare that service workers constantly face. However, if you don’t get in contact with random people a lot, you might be lucky by only being acquainted with them through other people’s experiences. Their unrealistic expectations, inability to accept ‘no’ as an answer, and high demand for attention are typical entitled person behavior.

#4 Run Away, And Never Come Back

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#5 Karen Upset Because A Tornado Delayed Her Food

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#6 Humans Have Feelings, Karen

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To work around such people, you will need to become more aware of your limits so you will immediately notice when your boundaries are being crossed. To set them, though, you consistently have to remind them of it. Another skill is assertiveness. It is important to be able to stand your ground when facing difficult people. However, it's better not to lose your cool and to stay as calm and polite as possible.

#7 Evangelical Karen [angry]​ That Someone Use Science To Break Her Cool Story. (How Dare You Called Me Out On My [nonsense])

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#8 Karen Places An 11usd Order And Thinks She Now Owns Us. But We Created A Clause Especially For Her

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#9 She Was ***not*** The Bride

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Most importantly, to maintain your mental health, just don’t take anything these people say or do personally. Our actions and perceptions reflect our mindset, and that is the same for entitled people. They are projecting their twisted sense of entitlement onto other people, which is not a commentary on your worth.

#10 As A Parent It’s So Sad Some People Have Come To This

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#11 Time To Gatekeep Middlenames

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#12 Mind Your [darn] Business Karen!

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However, not everything revolves around those people and solving their behavioral problems, so just before going in contact, try to evaluate if the energy you will invest is worth it. Such people can be draining and harmful because they use psychological violence, and your mental health is more important than these people’s entitlement will ever be.

#13 Karen Has Been Around Since At Least The 1900’s

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#14 Using The Only Fan In A Crowded, Warm Waiting Room To Cool Off Your Hot Box

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#15 Not Sure Who Made This But I Thought It Belonged Here

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#16 Some Customers Are Worth Losing

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#17 How Privileged Can You Get

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#18 Buys House Next To Pub, Complains When Pub Is Noisy

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#19 Karen Decides That Children’s Fun Isn’t Enough Of A Reason To Have A Tree House

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#20 Imagine This Being Your Mom

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#21 What Is It About The Suburbs That Makes People This Way?

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#22 Complaining About A Place That Makes Donuts Smells Like Donuts. Has To Be The Work Of A Karen

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#23 What Do You Mean My Underage Daughter Can't Have Alcohol?

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