This Funny Instagram Account Highlights the Most Poorly Named Places in the World

My son has a book called Grumpy Monkey. It’s about a chimp who is grumpy and comes to realizes that it’s fine – sometimes we just need to be grouchy for no reason, but we’ll feel better soon.

If you’re having a day like that while the people around you insist there’s no reason to feel down, well, this Instagram account called Sad Topographies might be for you.

Photographer and geographer Damien Rudd has collected bizarrely and unfortunately named places in the world, compiling him on his account to “spread sadness worldwide,” and to “provide somewhere to go when you’re feeling low.”

If you enjoy sort of wallowing in your melancholy days sometimes, here are 13 places you can virtually visit so that you location matches your mood.

12. We are all living here right now.

11. Very existential crisis-y.

10. I can’t say I’m tempted to visit.

9. The choice is yours, my friends.

8. Pretty sure I went there a few times in college.

7. There are birds there that don’t chirp, they just say “womp-womp.”

6. Is this a requirement to live there, or…

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Ugly, India #ugly

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5. Score one for accuracy.

4. One definitely feels inferior.

3. Is this the setting of a horror novel?

2. I think I dated a guy that lived there once.

1. I bet this intersects with Loser Lane somewhere.

 

As someone who’s been known to wallow, I super duper love this, and will be scrolling/visiting often.

Have you ever visited somewhere with a name like this? What did you think? Tell us what it is in the comments!

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Religious LGBTQ People Discuss How They Reconcile Identity and Religion

For those of us who don’t identify as LGBTQ, it can be interesting to try putting ourselves in their shoes.

One of the questions people who aren’t living their life might not understand is how they reconcile living in their true skin with religious beliefs that can sometimes seem to criticize or even decry who they are – and these 15 queer folks are here to give their two cents.

15. Church and faith are two different things.

I’m bisexual and a Christian.

When I told my mother I also found girls attractive, she outed next to my church before I was ready for that. She told my pastor who told everyone at the end of service to pray for me and my sins and that I would come to realize I do only like men. Then my mother forced me into his office and locked me in his office to have a meeting with him. He basically told me that I don’t actually like girls, I should like men like him and be attracted to men. Meanwhile, I was 13 at the time, just getting finished with the court system (I was raped by my brother’s father from when I was 5 until I was 11 years old, of course I don’t find men attractive/ don’t forget, my mother willingly locked me in the room with a man just months after sending this other man away to prison).

My pastor knew everything that happened in that time and told me that to realize I am a straight young girl, that I would have to forgive the man that took my childhood away from me. He said that I only think I’m bisexual because I was a sinner and I had premarital sex so this was my punishment. All of this was years ago now, I’m fine now and past what happened. But that sticks with me. I’m still a believer and I know what my faith is. I just will not go to church. I was belittled and picked on until I absolutely refused to go anymore by the other kids who attended that church.

I don’t think my God is in the church anymore.

14. God doesn’t have to judge.

Depends on your religion, really! (For context, I am a gay man from India, living there as well)

I was born into Hinduism, but left it due to a lot of reasons. Hinduism itself is a diverse religion – and several sections of Hinduism have shown tolerance and even acceptance toward multiple genders and sexual orientations. Modern Hindus (at least in India) can be, and are, very homophobic and transphobic, but it is more of a cultural thing, than a religious thing. Many gay couples have had Hindu weddings abroad, so maybe there is a way forward? It will take a lot of theological and religious debate before progress is made.

I was an atheist for a while, but now practice Buddhism, which has no proscriptions for laypeople being LGBT. Many Buddhist teachers, monasteries and sects now openly welcome and even ordain LGBT people, and the practice is geared more towards personal liberation rather than a God sitting in judgment. Buddhism has helped me reconcile my identity with my faith to an extent!

13. Because Jesus is there for you.

When I was 19, I had a come to Jesus moment after ending up in a psych ward. I was going through a gram of coke every day, rolling every weekend, stealing from my parents, had stopped taking my meds in order to “safely” get blackout drunk nearly every night (stellar logic, I know), self-harming to the point of needing stitches, and was failing all of my classes in college. I ended up in the hospital, and I had a vision of Jesus telling me I was “having all these problems because I forgot how to talk to Him”. Even though I thought it was a delusion and hadn’t been to church in 6 years, I went back anyway.

I’m coming up on 3 years of sobriety now, I’m on the Dean’s List at my university, and I consider myself a devout Catholic. In the time since I went back to church, God had changed every single aspect of my life and personality. I didn’t go through any programs like NA, but a combination of psychiatry, therapy and daily mass at 7 am. Despite doing a complete 180, the one thing that never changed was my sexuality. When I was 13, I prayed that I would stop being attracted to girls, and it didn’t happen. I stopped going to church because I thought that I would get struck by lightning if I ever entered the house of God again. After my second year of sobriety at age 21, I was grateful for the “new” me, but kind of laughed at how I was still bisexual at the end of it all.

I don’t really have the “evidence” from the Bible to back up my claim that God accepts me for being LGBT. I also definitely don’t have the support from the general Christian population. But I guess in my experience, when I asked God for help, He looked at my addiction, the state of my mental health, the way I was treating other people, and my self-hatred and went, “This needs to change”. And when He looked at my sexuality, He went, “This doesn’t”.

12. There is a liberal church.

I think it depends on your religion. I am bisexual and a Christian. People ask me this all the time when it comes up, and they often seem to make unfair assumptions about what Christianity actually teaches based on some sort of stereotypical conservative, deep south form of the religion. Christianity is not a cohesive religion where every Christian on the planet believes and practices in the same way; but rather an umbrella term for many different denominations who share a common belief in God and the teachings of Jesus but have other differing beliefs.

I belong to a liberal church. We believe the Bible is a historical text and should be read as such e.g. keeping in mind that it only speaks about issues of biblical times and doesn’t necessarily translate directly to our modern day experience. We also believe the most important commandment of our faith is when Jesus said “to love one another as I have loved you”. Therefore, in our daily lives we try to practice situation ethics; we always look at each situation and decide what is the most loving thing to do. The focus is primarily on Jesus’ teachings about love, kindness and taking care of the less fortunate. For this reason, contrary to the popular image of the conservative Christian, many of our members are actually outspoken socialists.

Being LGBT is not considered a problem at all for us as the most loving thing to do is to accept your fellow humans for who they are. We believe that everyone is part of God’s plan, LGBT or otherwise.

11. The organized church may not be for you.

I’m not overtly religious, but grew up in a catholic/church of England house.

When I first came out, I completely shunned the church as I was taught all my life from the church that gay people were sinners and devils etc. which really made me hate myself. Now though, I’ve separated my beliefs from the church.

Yes, I believe there is a god, but I disagree with organised religion, religious teachings, and a lot of things I grew up with.

10. Not all churches are created equal.

I never really had this problem.

As far as I remember this topic was never mentioned in my church and same-sex marriage was even possible before my country legalised it. In my school we had service once a week and one time the pastor even spoke about transgender people in a good way. You really have to keep in mind that not every church is the same.

I only came into contact with this whole god hates gays stuff over the Internet and then I already was too old to really believe this bullshit.

9. One of the best things about Judaism.

I’m a gay trans woman who is Jewish. My grandparents are orthodox, a good portion of my older family is conservative, but an even larger portion is reform/non-practicing religiously.

When I came out as trans, I didn’t lose a single family member. Not one. None of them said it was wrong, none of them said I was bad or evil. They just… started using my preferred name, asked a few questions, and moved on. As far as they cared I was always “Ellie”. My grandparents were among the first I told, and they were the first to tell me that they want me to be happy and to be who I am, and that they’re proud of me for being so strong. They’ve been there for me ever since.

For me, my religion is exactly like my family. It’s there for me; it helped raise me, shape me, and gave me lots of tools that I use today to be who I truly am. I don’t have to reconcile because it was never a conflict to begin with. I tune in for online services, my partner and I observe Shabbat and holidays, and I sing the Shema every morning. I truly believe HaShem has given gifts beyond my comprehension and I am perfectly fine with it. Even in the darkest moments of my depression and dysphoria I’m comforted by my family and my faith.

Don’t get me wrong. It took a long time for me to get where I am, and there’s still a lot of work to be done, but I am confident I can get through it with my faith, family, and partner. It’s harder some days than others. Sometimes I do question, and sometimes I do get angry at HaShem for the things going on and the many people who suffer including me. However, I strongly believe in being a candle in the darkness. The world can be a scary and confusing place, but in my eyes religion shouldn’t be. Your faith should be a haven; a beacon in the shadows, an oasis in the desert, a canopy in the rainforest. It should nourish you, protect you, make you feel loved and safe. It should give you purpose and help you be the best you can be. It breaks my heart that religion isn’t that for many people, especially in the LGBTQ+ community. The best thing we can do is move forward and keep completing the work of perfecting the world.

8. The people and the church are different.

I grew up LDS so trying to come to terms with my sexuality in the first place was hard since LDS people aren’t exactly the best at “loving everyone.”

As a result of this, I started falling away from the church, knowing if anyone found out about me, I would be judged like no other. I stopped going to church and stopped interacting with the kids my age to avoid what was going to happen. As I got older, I realized the church, as a whole, was not going to judge me for who I was. I still try to stay away from church gatherings because people themselves are what make it worse, but I live everything my church stands for. I wholeheartedly believe in it, just because I don’t practice it regularly like everyone else, doesn’t mean I don’t keep it close. I live my life both religiously and how I chose to as a member of the LGBT community. I still participate in activities like pride and I keep my LGBT friends and family close. Sidetrack a little bit, my cousin came out around Christmas time.

He recently moved in with us and has told my mom that he, despite the fact that he’s gay, would love to reconnect with the church and become a member again. I strive to be like him, proud of my religion and my sexuality, and able to find a balance between the two.

7. God doesn’t hate you.

Even as a child I questioned religion. Why was my ministers telling me that other people are condemned to hell and a life of sin just because they believe in another religion? If they are a good person, if they love, if they are kind, why should god care what temple we honor him at? Why should god care what clothes we wear, what prayers we say and how we praise his name?

It sounded sad to me and I can’t bear to think to think other people will go to hell just because they were not born in the same religion as me.

The God they honor in church is a different God than mine. My God is understanding, and all-loving, and he knows we are imperfect. Being Bisexual just means that I love someone regardless of the body they are born into. I love their soul and not their physical shell. And God knows this love. I believe it is the same love he feels for us.

Why would God hate me for loving someone so much I would give my everything for them?

6. The teachings of Jesus.

MY FRIEND is very Christian, and very gay.

What he tells everyone:

Quote me what Jesus said about homosexuality. I follow the teachings of Jesus, not Leviticus.
Edit:

So I texted him about the old testament and he said:

New Testament overrides Old testament. You can say it’s pick and choosy but find me someone who follows all the laws of Leviticus, like 19:19, or 15:28-30.
So I looked it up and:

Leviticus 15:28-30

“When the woman’s bleeding stops, she must count off seven days. Then she will be ceremonially clean.
On the eighth day she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify her before the LORD for the ceremonial impurity caused by her bleeding.
Leviticus 19:19:

“‘Keep my decrees. “‘Do not mate different kinds of animals. “‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. “‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
I’m pretty sure almost everyone wears mixed fabric clothing. And I’m willing to bet among even the most devout Christians, none of them are bringing two birds to the priest every month after their periods, and even if they did I would bet my left nut the priest isn’t burning one of them as an offering.

5. One under God.

I am Sikh, transgender, and gay.

In my religion, there is nothing written explicitly against homosexuality or gender changes.

Although, marriage is described as a bond between two souls, and it is often presumed to be between a man and a woman. Howerver, it is not explicitly written.

And gender is not anything. We are not male, nor female, we come together as one under God.

So, Despite a majority of Indians being extremely homophobic and transphobic, I do not pay it any mind. I am with God for myself, not for my family or others.

or something like that hehe

4. Sexuality doesn’t have to matter.

I’m buddhist so it’s generally all good in the hood! Being bisexual/pansexual would never be seen as an issue in the school of buddhism i follow. Actually, the founder of the order was a gay man, and regardless there is nothing in the original teachings which would have influence regarding sexuality.

3. The church can be liberal.

I think it depends on your religion. I am bisexual and a Christian. People ask me this all the time when it comes up, and they often seem to make unfair assumptions about what Christianity actually teaches based on some sort of stereotypical conservative, deep south form of the religion. Christianity is not a cohesive religion where every Christian on the planet believes and practices in the same way; but rather an umbrella term for many different denominations who share a common belief in God and the teachings of Jesus but have other differing beliefs.

I belong to a liberal church. We believe the Bible is a historical text and should be read as such e.g. keeping in mind that it only speaks about issues of biblical times and doesn’t necessarily translate directly to our modern day experience. We also believe the most important commandment of our faith is when Jesus said “to love one another as I have loved you”. Therefore, in our daily lives we try to practice situation ethics; we always look at each situation and decide what is the most loving thing to do. The focus is primarily on Jesus’ teachings about love, kindness and taking care of the less fortunate. For this reason, contrary to the popular image of the conservative Christian, many of our members are actually outspoken socialists.

Being LGBT is not considered a problem at all for us as the most loving thing to do is to accept your fellow humans for who they are. We believe that everyone is part of God’s plan, LGBT or otherwise.

2. No sin is worse than any other.

Regarding Christianity, I’d have a look in the Bible and see what exactly it says about homosexuality—Leviticus in particular is where it condemns homosexuality (if you believe in that interpretation).

It also condemns 75 other things, among which includes allowing your hair to become unkempt and wearing clothing made of different fabrics. If homosexuality and religion cannot be reconciled, than neither can these things.

The problem is no one actually reads the Bible.

1. Things beyond a person’s control.

Muslim and bisexual here. One of our main beliefs as muslims is that God will be very just and fair on the day of judgement, and in regards to who goes to heaven and hell. Contrary to popular belief, Islam is not as radical, barbaric and backwards-thinking as it is often portrayed. We believe that God will take into account circumstances that are beyond a person’s control. So a poor person may have an equal standing in heaven as a rich person who has done fewer good deeds. Someone who had never heard about God or Islam will not be judged in the same way as those who have heard about it and rejected it.

That also means I will not be punished for being bisexual as it is not in my control, since I didn’t choose my sexuality. What is in my control though is whether I decide to pursue a same-sex relationship, and even that can not clearly be seen as sinful unless i decided to have sex. So I believe it is a test from God to see whether I follow my own desires or his rules. That way, I keep my religion despite being bisexual.

I know that this opinion will probably get attacked by people, but I do not wish to engage in any debates about whether Islam is the correct religion or not, as this is not what the question is about. Respect my decision to be a muslim, and I will respect your decision not to be. I’m sorry I had to write that but it seems whenever a comment about Islam, or religion in general, is posted on the internet, a barrage of arguments follow between atheists and religious people, and I just wanted to try and prevent that.

I love reading things like this straight from the mouths of those who live it.

Do you have an experience like this to share, or do you know someone who has? Tell us about it in the comments!

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Toddlers Who Are Melting Down for Totally Ridiculous Reasons

There are hashtags and groups all over social media dedicated to the truly bizarre reasons kids under 4 or 5 seem to meltdown on a daily basis.

Sometimes more often than that.

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And though it may seem like parents are making fun of their sweet little emotional powder kegs, the truth is, if we don’t laugh about it with people who understand we’ll just totally cry instead.

These 16 toddlers aren’t ours, and therefore, they are funny.

16. More is better, obviously.

“My daughter had a 15-minute meltdown because her brother’s name has more letters in it than hers.” 

15. They really don’t understand “for your own good.”

“My 2-year-old had a 30-minute tantrum because I wouldn’t let her touch the cat poop in the litter box.” 

14. She is going to tell her therapist about this one day.

“Our little girl cried because her jeans had buttons. That’s how we discovered that she’s afraid of buttons.”

13. Eh, I think I would have said, “why not.”

“My almost 2-year-old daughter had a fit because she couldn’t keep a zip-lock bag on her foot.” 

12. I guess they didn’t live up to the image in her mind.

“I took the 3-year-old girl I was babysitting to the zoo. We were looking at the elephants when she got mad at me and cried for two hours because she wanted to see ‘real elephants.’” 

11. Awww, poor little sweet soul.

“When my son was 4, he got mad because I wouldn’t let him keep an earwig as a pet. I made him leave it outside when he came indoors and he was SO UPSET that his earwig would die without him.” 

10. This is fair. It’s never too early for donuts.

“My 3-year-old niece sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night and says she wants donuts. When her mom tells her it’s too early, she throws a fit.”

9. What is WRONG with you? How DARE.

“I was playing pretend doctor with my 3-year-old daughter when I put an imaginary bandage on her arm. She yelled at me that it was the wrong kind, then ripped off the imaginary bandage and threw it away.”

8. The drama is strong with this one.

“My daughter started BAWLING because I said, ‘OK, dude, let’s get to bed!’ She yelled, ‘I not a dude! I just Natalie!’ I then said, ‘I’m sorry, Natalie!’ and she screamed at me not to say her name.” 

7. Because she wanted to be the villain in The Princess Bride?

“My daughter had a meltdown because she didn’t have six fingers on one hand.” 

6. He wanted to say his farewells.

“My sister threw an hourlong tantrum because she couldn’t bring her hamster to our grandmother’s funeral.” 

5. A little Sheldon Cooper in the making.

“I’m a nanny and the little one I care for threw a tantrum because her sister got out of the car on ‘her’ side.” 

4. The crab, too, wishes she was there.

“Our female fiddler crab died and my 3-year-old daughter was devastated that the crab did not have the chance to go to the zoo with her.” 

3. I would ask if she had a reason, but she doesn’t need one.

“My little sister had an absolute meltdown when I told her she was born on a Thursday. She wanted to be born on a Wednesday.” 

2. You shall never convince her of this as long as you live.

“My daughter threw a tantrum because someone took a bite out of her strawberry. It was her. She took a bite out of her strawberry.” 

1. Let me guess, he wouldn’t listen when you tried to warn him.

“My son flipped out because he tried to eat a piece of candy and a piece of broccoli at the same time, and they tasted bad together.” 

I am fast approaching these ages with my own kids, and one of them has always had a lot of big feelings – I’m bracing myself!

Do you have a funny story about a toddler in your life?

Share it in the comments!

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People Whose Parents Ruined Their Shot at Being Rich

You never know when something you collected as a youngster is going to make a comeback or – even better – become a collector’s item worth big bucks.

If you ever realized that you might have a bunch of crap in your old bedroom that could suddenly net you some cash, only to find out that your parents purged it, well…you know what it’s like to be in these 15 people’s shoes.

15. This is just awful.

“I found out my brother in law was using his grandfathers coin collection to buy energy drinks and cigarettes. They were a lot of mint silver dollars, assorted old coins he had been collecting for decades.

I found him basically taking the coins out of their display cases and tossing the plastic case so he could use them at face value. Grandfather at the time had dementia so no longer cared and I never found out how much money was lost.”

14. This is just a sad story all the way around.

“I remember when state quarters first came out, my father sent me a collection of every first edition state quarter and one time I went to show my friends awhile later and couldn’t find them, I asked my mother and she said she had to use them for laundry.

We were very poor at the time so I understand, but I was a little sad by it as well because it was one of the only things my father ever sent me.”

13. I have to assume he’s not lying.

“Nearly all of the first 24 editions of virtually every Marvel series, from The Fantastic Four to Spiderman (including the Amazing Tales in which he was introduced) to Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. Basically all of them.

At a comic book store I was once looking at some collectors editions of those comics priced at about $1500 to $2400. I said to the clerk “Man, I used to have all of these.” The clerk, whom I’m sure was Matt Groening’s model for Comic Book Man, without even looking up said in a bored voice, “Do you know how many times a day I hear that?””

12. I wonder if she knows where they are…

“My brother had a bunch of first edition Pokémon cards, that he spent over a year collecting. Mom took them away for getting in trouble at school, and they were never seen again.”

11. None of this is remotely okay.

“Jeez, After my mom died, my dad met this crazy, Jahova’s witness bitch and one thing led to another. About a month before my highschool graduation we got into a HUGE fight over something and she burned my collection of old DnD books and magic cards.

Complete collections…

every 1st edition book in good condition signed by Gygax. Guess my brother knew him at some point.

The real kicker? I rode the wave of the original magic the gathering launches back in the day, complete sets of the original series through…homelands? All burnt to a crisp. Every once in a while when i want to be depressed about never being able to retire i look up the card values

Edit: For the Curious, this was almost 25 years ago, i dont even know if the crazy bitch was still alive honestly.”

10. Yes but they were packed away neatly for a reason!

“I had the complete collection of teenage mutant ninja turtles figures.. i packed them into a box and put them away then later when looking for them i couldn’t find them… asked my mother.. “oh those, i threw them out.. you weren’t playing with them anymore””

9. I have all the rage.

“I feel your pain. My parents were evangelical Christians and burned all of my first edition harry potter books and mine and my brother’s pokemon collection. The HP stuff for “witchcraft” reasons and he cards because the yin yang sign on them is “a doorway for demons”. Religion eh?”

8. Definitely still worth something.

“Lots of original Star Wars toys. They wouldn’t be NIB, definitely used but still…”

7. Some lucky buck found those and squealed.

“1st editions of The Chronicles of Narnia signed by C.S. Lewis”

6. Oh man, that must be driving him mad!

“I had an original burned CD of Drake’s first ever home recorded demo LP. Like.. burned by him and signed with a sharpie. He gave it to me when I was working as a security guard in his condo before he blew up and got famous. I still keep hoping I’ll find it in a box somewhere…”

5. How many garbage men are retiring on stuff our parents trashed?

“I had every single beyblade released in the US until I went to college and my mom ‘gave them away to a worthy cause’. Turns out she dumped them in the trash, the man who drives the garbage van told me about them and asked me if he could take them home for his kid. I agreed anyway.”

4. One person’s trash…

“About 40 Indian Arrow heads collected on my grandparents farm for years by myself and my grandfather and full sets of baseball cards from 1969-1980, my mom decided to toss out all that “junk” when I moved out for military.”

3. Someone is not ready to let this go.

“I had a huge collection of magic the gathering cards all in mint condition dating back all the way to alpha that I collected as a young kid. My psycho mom decided that I had too much stuff that I enjoyed and threw out my collection and a bunch of other stuff.

Some background is needed since there’s a lot of issues of clarity on this collection.

  1. I hung out with an autistic kid all the time as a kid and his dad owns a comic shop. So he would give me booster boxes at vendor cost and also give me tons of stuff as gifts for holidays and birthdays. He also knew how horrible my mom was, so he was always cool and teaching me stuff.

  2. All my friends use to order booster boxes through me and give me a few booster packs for helping, most of them have me their collections when they quit playing. I also learned from him how to take care of my stuff properly, which was something I enjoyed because my brother and sister broke my toys all the time and they ignored me when I had my cards or read books.

  3. I bought everything myself with money I made for myself at 5 years old. I would fix other kids bikes, mow lawns, shovel snow, do yard work, help old people with various things, etc.

  4. The moment I could have a real job I got it delivering papers by bike at 12 years old. Asking my parents for money was basically like asking to play a prank on myself that wasn’t funny. Right now I have a similar sensibility with money and trading favors with other professionals to get deals on stuff.

  5. I bought a new furnace and had it installed for a grand total of $2k because of a contractor friend of mine getting it for me, modifying it, and installing it himself because I designed all his business materials. He gives me deals like that all the time and helps me fix stuff because everything I did made his business blossom making him 3x what he normally did independently.

  6. That’s an example, I also have a tax friend and other various friends in various trade fields that I do this with. It pays to be socially open / open minded, caring, and diplomatic while having a good time.

  7. while quite possibly a $1 million collection, maybe slightly under, I am offsetting this by the comics she did the same thing to. Basically by the time I left home my mtg collection, comic collection, soccer gear, signed artwork, and various other things were thrown away. If you add it up it definitely goes well above the $2 million dollar mark

  8. 12 collections of mtg cards I was given were alpha-Arabian nights. Every collection afterwards given to me had cards from there in them but were usually after beta. Over 30 collections with a majority being friends that followed my cues on care. They all though sleeves, binders, and boxes looked way cooler than torn up cards.

  9. I post all the time in r/raisedbynarcissists but I never thought this many people would care about losing that kind of collection.

  10. I have no want to waste time suing my mom or the desire to deal with the drama, i prefer to have an excuse to not have her in my or my kids lives. I also don’t talk to her much or let her in my kids lives, I have her a chance with my first son and she failed miserably.

  11. She was racist to his autism therapist the only time I let her take him to his ABA center, which I smoothed over by meeting with them to explain her actions and words are not representative of me or my family.

  12. Her excuse was that things were “too easy” for me, so she tried to screw it up so I’d have to drive an hour away to the next best acceptable facility. She doesn’t care, she’s just that horrible type of parent that doesn’t want you to be better off than she was at any point in your life.

  13. my mom was way worse than just doing this, it wasn’t done for any reason other than she hated that I was a strong willed person that questioned everything when she wanted to control everything and everyone around her.

  14. So when I see people say she arbitrarily did it, she knew it would hurt/traumatize me and possibly give up and fall in line with being the nobody she wanted me to be.

  15. I feel for anyone who had similar experiences

  16. I don’t believe in revenge, I believe in karma

  17. I was not going to sell my entire collection in college, I was going to sell a few of the expensive cards I had that I had more than 5 copies of. I was planning to save the rest for when they were so expensive I’d feel bad touching them.

  18. my mom ruined a scholarship for studying abroad in high school where my room and board were paid for already and I would have a job tutoring English for extra money.

  19. She also spent my grandparents money that was set aside in my college account as my inheritance, got me injured playing soccer costing me to lose a full ride to a university that won national titles every year I would have attended, intentionally tried to sabotage me from being able to go to class in college, lied to family constantly causing them to harass me about stuff I knew nothing about, and many other things I don’t care to reminisce about.”

2. This is one forgiving brother!

“South African coin collection that my older sister threw away without consulting anyone.

Wow, it looks like this resonated with a lot people. Thanks for all your responses and for the silver from the kind person. Stay well Everyone.

To answer your questions: Thankfully, they were not kruger rands. My parents would have kept those safe. They were random old copper coins that had become rare because they were old. I was young and naive and had never thought to value them.

They may not have been worth that much at the time, but they were valuable to me for sentimental reasons. They may been worth a few hundred each by now. Who knows.

My sister was into different things at the time, so I don’t think she had any clue about coin collecting. It was very mean to throw out my stuff and I think she realised this later on, but I don’t resent her for it because we all make mistakes.”

1. Why would anyone do that?

“My mom had a collection of signed Beatles records that she threw away after she converted to Christianity because played backwards they summoned the devil or something. For years I was hoping to inherit it when I grew up.

All i think it summoned was poverty.”

This has never happened to me because I never really took care of my things. Womp-womp.

Do you have a story like this?

Please share it with us in the comments!

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Totally Serious Reasons That Toddlers Were Crying

I know there is some controversy on whether or not it’s okay to post all of the silly and hilarious reasons your little emotional teapot is crying today. It’s not nice, some say, to make fun of your kid on the internet before they are old enough to understand what that means or say it’s okay.

That said, there’s something to be said for parental solidarity, and being able to laugh with other people going through what you’re going through, and just for keeping your sanity amidst the sea of chaos that is living with kids under five.

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In the spirit of connection, not of meanness, I share with you these 17 truly baffling reasons kids are having meltdowns out there.

16. It’s those days you have to try very hard not to chuck grapes at a child.

“My 2.5-year-old asked for five grapes. When I accidentally brought six he had a meltdown, so I took one away. He then cried harder because I took one of his grapes.”

15. That is not feminist at all.

“My toddler had a gigantic tantrum because ants were only called ‘ants,’ and there weren’t any ‘uncles.’” 15. And that’s how we knew she was a parseltongue.

“My sister threw a tantrum because she couldn’t climb into the snake enclosure at the zoo. She said they looked lonely.” 

14. I mean honestly maybe there should have been.

“The 3-year-old I nanny had a tantrum because I didn’t pack his bathing suit…to go to his grandma’s funeral. I guess since we kept saying it was a ‘celebration of Grandma’ he thought that meant there would be a pool party.” 

13. She just has a lot of feelings, okay?

“I work in childcare, and today a toddler was crying hysterically in the corner. When I asked her what was wrong, she sobbed, ‘He took my ball…and then he gave it back!”

12. Is this sweet or crazy? You decide.

“My daughter bawled because she didn’t want me to get wet — I was taking a shower.” 

11. It’s an acquired skill.

“My nephew flipped because he couldn’t fake burp.” 

10. It is supposed to be a sign of good luck in some cultures.

“I’m a nanny of a 3-year-old who had a meltdown — I’m talking devastated crying — because his brother’s car window had bird poop on it and his didn’t.” 

9. I mean it’s probably not about the cup.

“My son had a nuclear meltdown because he wanted water in the green cup, and I gave him water in the green cup.”

8. Well onions are good at making us cry.

“I teach preschool and two of my 3-year-olds got into a HEATED argument because they thought only one of them could like onions. There was sobbing. Rage. Tears. All over onions.”

7. Get it right, lady!

“My 3-year-old asked for ‘water, ice,’ and lost his mind when I called it ‘ice water.’ You’d think the world was ending.” 

6. You need to get that girl some friends. Or some talking dolls.

“My daughter has a meltdown every time we play with her dolls because I can’t make four different voices at the same time. She screams and cries because there’s just one doll talking and not all four.” 

5. That is a long time to hold onto a wrong.

“For about a year my daughter sobbed every time we got our mail because the door to the building opened from the right and she wanted it to open from the left.” 

4. I don’t even know what that means but it kind of sounds legit.

“My 2-year-old threw a fit because she couldn’t put her shirt on like pants.” 

3. Let him murder your face, dangit!

“My 2-year-old had a meltdown because I wouldn’t let him put a pillow on my head and then jump on it.” 

2. A tiny stockpiler in the making.

“My 2-year-old brother throws a tantrum every day because he wants us to buy more bandages.”

1. Hey, his body, his choice.

“My toddler threw a fit at the doctor’s office because we had to measure his height. He’d done it before just fine, but this time it resulted in a full nuclear meltdown. It took three of us to get his height. The shots, though? Those were OK. He just quietly sat still and let them happen.”

My kids are still 3 and 17 months, so I’m guessing a lot of this craziness is still on its way to my house!

What’s your favorite (and by that I mean insane) reason your own kid melted down?

Share it with us in the comments!

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Knock-Knock Jokes Your Kids Are Going to Love

You might think knock-knock jokes are kind of childish and old-school, but hear me out – there are reasons that things stick around long enough to be called classics.

Kids love knock-knock jokes, I think because they’re simple and short, and who doesn’t need a fun way to make your child laugh now and then?

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No one, which is why you’ll want to stick these 20 legit knock-knock jokes in your back pocket!

And…these all begin with “Knock, knock…who’s there?”

Obviously.

20. Ice cream soda.

Ice cream soda who?
Ice scream soda people can hear me!

19. Leon.

Leon who?
Leon me when you’re not strong!

18. To.

To who?
No, it’s to whom!

17. Annie.

Annie who?
Annie thing you can do I can better!

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16. Candice.

Candice who?
Candice joke get any worse?!

15. Lena.

Lena who?
Lena a little closer, and I’ll tell you another joke!

14. Anita.

Anita who?
Anita drink of water so please let me in!

13. Quiche.

Quiche who?
Can I have a hug and a quiche?

12. Alex.

Alex who?
Alex-plain when you open the door!

11. Wa.

Wa who?
What are you so excited about?!

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10. Olive.

Olive who?
Olive next door. Hi neighbor!

9. I am.

I am who?
Don’t you even know who you are?!

8. Nun.

Nun who?
Nunya business!

7. A leaf.

A leaf who?
A leaf you alone if you leaf me alone. 

6. June.

June who?
June know how long I’ve been knocking out here?

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5. Hike.

Hike who?
I didn’t know you liked Japanese poetry!

4. Spell.

Spell who?
W-H-O!

3. A little old lady.

A little old lady who?
Wow, I didn’t know you could yodel!

2. Dejav.

Dejav who?
Knock, knock

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1. Cargo.

Cargo who?
Cargo beep, beep and vroom, vroom!

I don’t want to admit this, but I’m definitely giggling.

Which ones are you going to share with your kids?

Do you have a great one that we’ve left out? Please share with us in the comments!

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