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Children who live near major roads are more likely to have developmental delays. Research found that living closer to a major roadway such as an interstate highway or a state highway is associated with almost two times the risk of having a communication delay by the time the baby is 3 years old.
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According to a 2003 MIT study, the presence of eyebrows is more important in facial recognition than the presence of eyes.
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The “Holbrook Holiday” is a creative punishment invented by an Ohio judge. Instead of a standard jail term, he takes a holiday away from the criminal for the next several years by making them report to jail for the holiday.
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People on Tumblr do many things well, but really, they all center around their ability to take a post – any post – and run with it in unexpected and thoughtful (and funny) ways.
I’ve never seen a Tumblr thread write a story before, but it doesn’t surprise me that it’s happened…or that it’s really quite good.
It all begins with a group of pirates who kill a mermaid for her treasure…only to find out that her treasure is a baby mermaid.
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They can’t kill it, so they adopt it, and grow to love her.
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She protects the ship, and when they tell her how they ended up adopting her, she accepts their story.
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In time, she learns the truth, and she forgives them.
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She fends off storms and beasts.
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She leads them into battle.
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She becomes a figurehead, again and again.
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Until the seas fear her father’s ship.
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And then, it’s over. Her parents are old; dying.
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They say goodbye, and ask her to take care of the ship.
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She agrees…and a new captain arrives.
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Who doesn’t understand, not really.
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Not until it’s too late.
I love this story, and the take on pirates and mermaids!
How about you? What would you add? Wouldn’t it be fun to keep going?
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Communication is one of hardest parts of life, whether you’re attempting to build relationships with friends, family, or strangers. Our brains work differently, we come from different backgrounds, we have different comfort levels with social interaction, and all of that can combine to make misunderstandings fairly common.
And that awkward moment when you laugh at something someone said, only to realize a moment too late they were completely serious? Terrible.
It happens to the best of us, though, so you’ll definitely be able to relate!
When I was in college, two friends and I went out to a cheap Chinese buffet for a weekday lunch. We were probably not particularly well groomed or dressed at the time.
So at a nearby table there’s a woman and a man having lunch, both dressed in business attire. After they finish, the woman (probably in her 20’s) comes over to our table out of nowhere and starts chatting with us, making normal chit chat. Kind of odd but maybe she’s just friendly. All of a sudden she asks, “Do you guys like to fuck?” We just looked at each other and laughed nervously because how do you respond to that in this situation? She just stood there, completely serious.
I don’t even remember what we said to her after that (this was 20+ years ago), but despite sounding like the beginning of a porno, it was only followed by another round at the buffet, not a gangbang.
When my 60 year old father told me he broke his hip paragliding into the roof of his hotel.
Someone once said to my friend ” Wait you’re Chinese? I always thought you were Asian.”
New friend: I really shouldn’t be doing so many extreme sports, but you gotta live your life, right? I’m gonna end up in a wheelchair by the time I’m thirty!
Me: Hah! I know, right?
New friend: No I mean really; I have a degenerative disease that’s going to ruin my body by my thirties so I’m trying to live my life now…
I asked a coworker with what his son’s name was, and he answered Legolas.
After two seconds of laughing I realised he wasn’t laughing.
His son is actually named Legolas.
Started a new job in a company where my boss worked in two different offices. He wrote himself a note on legal paper. He handed it to me and told me to fax it to the other office.
Then he told me to call them and tell them to put it on his desk there so he could have it tomorrow when he arrived.
I smiled because I thought he was playing a joke on the new guy. He was not. He loves faxing.
I’m in Australia, and first heard the news of 9/11 on my morning radio (USA evening).
I was stuck in traffic near the army base, and they announced it with sirens.
To start off with I thought it was a comedy sketch that I didn’t think was particularly funny. I had a pretty dark sense of humour, too.
Then I realised it was news. Holy shit.
I listed my Ford Explorer for sale.
A guy emailed me to trade his 2018 Kia Forte or something. I didn’t really need one since my fleet already had a 2013 Kia Forte but he emailed me a few times saying he wants my explorer but owes money on his Kia. I said how much.
He said it’s an 8 year finance deal so need to pay in total $45k. And he wanted my car.
I could buy that car right now for $25-30k at the dealership brand new… he was dead serious.
Someone wanted to euthanize their dog because when she was put outside alone in heat, she found a chihuahua and had “ugly puppies that cost a breeding session” when we asked what that had to do with anything. he said ‘the chihuahuas sperm is forever inside of her and can make those ugly puppies instead of the pure bred’ (this dog was definitely not a pure bred) when we said that things don’t work that way he said
“I know for a fact they do. That’s why my daughter is half (n word). A (n word) raped my wife back when she was in her 20s and his sperm stayed inside her until mine activated it. And we all know (n) sperm is more violent so it won.”
He was serious.
Waking up from general anaethesia. One of the nurses by my hospital bed gently informs me that my heart had stopped while I was under.
I thought I was dreaming for a while, and didn’t take it seriously. Then my dad showed up, and I saw the panic on his face. Then I phoned my mum, and she had obviously been crying her eyes out.
Then I took it seriously.
I once worked with a 50 some year old guy at my first job, who also happened to be a former crackhead. I added in that detail because his mannerisms and communication were clearly affected by his prior drug use, and he would sometimes laugh when he was telling serious stories.
One day he was telling me a story about him accidentally setting fire to the woods when he was trying to cremate his dead pet frog when he was a little boy. I was laughing my ass off, strangely so was he, until he looked me dead in the eye, with a face that’s as serious as they get, and says “I’m still not over it.”
I knew that look and knew he was actually being serious despite being in absolute hysterics with me while telling his story. I immediately felt like an asshole. He was cool about it though thankfully lol
Breaking news: “People panic buying toilet paper”
Me at home: “Hahaha”
Me at grocery store: “Oh wait you’re serious”
An intern at the vet I work at was a very very very sheltered Mormon.
He came to work one day panicked. He had his first kiss the night before, asked the girl to marry him, and was concerned about his wedding date.
He was absolutely convinced that he got her pregnant by kissing her. ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED.
It took me a long time to register what he was panicked about because it sounded so absurd. He’d delivered hundreds of kittens and puppies by then, I just… thought he had also learned about human reproductive anatomy as well as animals by then.
This was a few years ago. I forgot how the topic was brought up, but I clearly remember my older sister saying, “There aren’t any modern buildings in Egypt, just pyramids”
Colleague’s wife confronting me on speaker phone: “Are you having an affair with my husband?”
My exact response was to roar laughing, managing to offend them both simultaneously.
Good job, geekpeeps
When I was in high school I received a message over msn from a buddy saying, “Mitch is dead.”
Thinking he got into trouble, I responded with, ” Ahaha What’d he do?”
It turns out, he had a brain aneurysm while driving home from school.
I have secondhand embarrassment for these people and the awkward is real!
What’s the most memorable time this has happened to you?
Share in the comments if you want to!
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We’ve all heard the horror stories about how some women turn into complete and utter monsters when it comes time to get married. Something about the “one single best day ever!” mindset, or the idea that it’s “YOUR DAY” and it has to be perfect, or maybe that you’re spending so much money, turns women into the kind of people who want to control, say, someone’s tattoos.
But here’s the thing with Am I The A**hole posts…sometimes the answer isn’t as clear cut as you might think, so hear her out!
When you start reading, you’re all set to be on the sister-in-law’s side. I mean, the bride knew you had tattoos, she picked a spaghetti-strapped dress, not your problem, right? YTA (You’re the A**hole), lady!
This will make you 180 so fast you’ll leave your eyes behind like in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
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— sorrel (@Sorrelish) February 2, 2020
But then you get to the part where the tattoos are racist and neo-Nazi. So. Okay. NTA (Not the A**hole, right?!)
NTA even if OP had asked her to remove the tattoos with a cheese grater then revoked the invitation anyway.
— Smells Like Quarantine Spirit
(@SylvanRat) February 2, 2020
AND THEN IT GETS WORSE. THE FIANCE THINKS SHE’S BEING UNREASONABLE.
“She’s not really a Nazi, she just looks and acts like one!”
I was so ready to be on the SIL side but NOPE
— Leighton Jae Williams (@book_grl13) February 3, 2020
This wedding needs to be aborted, and oh look, I’m not alone in this opinion!
The fiancé; “On the one hand the tattoos don’t look good but on the other you’re kind of being a bridezilla for objecting to displays of white supremacist imagery at our wedding, so there are good people on both sides.”
That seems worth reconsidering marrying him over.— Rob is remaining indoors (@PencilBloke) February 2, 2020
Also, people are all kinds of nope about her claim that she’s “not a Nazi,” and “just proud to be white.”
Call off the wedding right now and reconsider marring your man.
According to ADL, 88 in 1488 means ‘Heil Hitler’. You need to go that far to feel proud of being white?— BenSunderland (@blue7blur) February 3, 2020
Because nope.
Tldr: marrying a Nazi.
— Dr Benjamin Janaway (@drjanaway) February 2, 2020
So much nope.
“wow asking her to cover her tattoos your are the assh—ABORT ABORT NOT THE ASSHOLE NOT THE ASSHOLE DO NOT MARRY INTO THIS FAMILY”
— Brianna Shrum (@BriannaShrum) February 3, 2020
Twitter and I hope this woman has reconsidered her marriage into a family of Nazis.
Title and first paragraph: YTA
Second paragraph: NTA
Third paragraph: CANCEL THE WEDDING
— Cliff Jerrison (@pervocracy) February 3, 2020
Do you agree? Disagree? Think she should run screaming or not judge a man for his family?
Sound off in the comments! We love to hear your thoughts!
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Love is Blind is a surprising hit – people can’t stop watching it (even though they sort of want to) and they can’t stop talking about it, either.
There’s a good chance that (before the quarantine, anyway) you and your coworkers and friends and family were texting and WhatsApp-ing and whatever else about the show – because as a society, we’re a bit weird and also human beings really love to gossip.
If you’re a fan of the show, too, these 12 memes are going to be right up your alley.
I can only hope this show keeps going, because now is not the time for there to be any kind of shortage when it comes to trash television.
Am I right or am I right?
What was your favorite of the memes above? Share it with us, please! We need interaction!
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Love is Blind is the latest reality series to make a big splash. It’s a 21st century twist on the Dating Game, where single people agree to get to know each other with the idea that they could fall in love – and even get engaged – without ever meeting in person.
A surprising number of the couples are still together, too…at least so far.
If you’re one of the millions who just can’t stop watching, these 14 memes are just for you.
Guys, am I wrong, or are the resulting memes the best thing about any given trainwreck these days?
I’m not wrong.
Do you love the show? These memes? Tell us which was your favorite in the comments!
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Oh, boy…
Because everyone knows for sure that teachers are not paid enough – if they didn’t know that for sure before the shutdown – they’re aware now after attempting to homeschool their feral pack for just a few days.
People online have been sharing all of the tongue-in-cheek reasons teachers are obviously overpaid, which is actually highlighting why they’re woefully underpaid -and below are 15 you’re not going to want to miss.
When you have to drop back & punt. #teacherproblems pic.twitter.com/TyGKobfRTd
— Amy's Gone Goonie (@bookgoonie) April 19, 2018
#136udlcur quest #15 pic.twitter.com/aUCBejSuWc
— Brittney Sutherland (@brittney_suth) April 30, 2017
Sometimes ya just gotta appreciate professors who do everything possible to help you succeed
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— tacosrule (@x0_rissa) October 6, 2017
I work two jobs-as a teacher, no less-and am looking for a summer job to tide me over during the inevitable long summer break. Sigh. https://t.co/gtNX4VsEux
— Christie F (@tinydooms) April 18, 2018
Students, this is where I sit after midnight grading your papers. pic.twitter.com/bE4G1wa8
— Mr. Barbero (@compstudies) February 21, 2012
Devoted RCA teacher staying late on an inservice day to help students with their AP summer homework. #aboveandbeyond pic.twitter.com/U5ngaaoBHA
— Rossville Christian Academy (@RossvilleAcad) August 10, 2016
Buying up school supplies for my students while they are on sale. pic.twitter.com/Wr4Yh7VhUH
— Carla (@CarlaCo25679840) August 19, 2017
My algebra 2 teacher so extra doing a handstand to demonstrate reciprocals
Its cool tho
— luizsza (@speedskatergirl) September 3, 2016
a student just said I was a fucking asshole because I wouldnt let her switch seats so she could copy off of her friend ???
— ktb (@kaatielaady) October 12, 2015
I’m 100% sure that I would pay my kids’ teachers more out of my own pocket, if I had it to spare.
What are you planning to do to show your teachers more appreciation once all of this is over? I bet they’re going to be getting the best holiday gifts this year!
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Relationships are hard and sometimes unclear. But one thing you can generally rely on as a big red flag is anything that starts with the words “is it cheating if…?”
If someone’s asking this question, you know at minimum that there are some trust issues going on. We can only speculate at the motives of Reddit user pokey_bum_wannk who set off a fairly unanimous firestorm on r/AskReddit when they posted:
If you caught your partner "sexting" would you consider it cheating? Would it break the trust? Why or why not? from AskReddit
You ok OP?
– c6H1206_Guardian
“Whatever babe, you know what? Ill ask reddit, and maybe you’ll chill the fuck out”
– C0lby1000
Yes, and Yes.
For obvious reasons, is this seriously even a question
– Melioidozer
its got sex in it, of course its cheating.
– internetpersonanona
Sounds like emotional cheating to me, and it’s hard not to physically cheat when your mind is already moving in that direction
Yes, it counts as cheating
– mignightjenga
Cheating doesn’t equal sex.
Cheating is betrayal of your partner’s trust, loyalty, emotions, feelings etc.
Sex is a byproduct.
– Punconscious
I would be devastated is my SO was sexting someone else.
We don’t even sext. It would definitely be a deal breaker.
– gigabytestarship
The best test: if you would find your partner do that, you would like that?
probably not.
Don’t do what you don’t want your so would do to you
– vovan45619
If you wouldn’t do it sitting next to them, you shouldn’t do it.
That’s how you know there is something wrong with what you are doing
– sprocket1234
I once had a female co-worker. She was hot, clearly liked me as she made flirty comments all the time and I enjoyed the attention, though I never intended pursuing her romantically.
Then one evening I was working and chatting with her thru company chat program and my wife came up and I felt the urge to hide the screen.
That’s when I knew it wasn’t okay and I was going down a dangerous path so I cut communication to a minimum.
– SuccumbedToReddit
Variations of this question come up all the time, and the answer is the same.
Cheating is violating the bounds of a relationship.
There is NO hard and fast rule beyond that.
Some couples would consider flirting cheating. Some couples would not consider having sex with other people cheating.
There is no right or wrong answer to this question, and it’s something that each couple should navigate on their own.
People also really should have this conversation with their partner and make sure that boundaries are clearly defined – and not left to unspoken assumptions that may be different between them.
– lostPackets35
That makes perfect sense to me. But I’d say for the majority of us, it’s a big no-no. And if you have to ask, you probably already know what the answer is for your relationship.
But what do you think about all this?
Let’s talk in the comments.
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