Month: September 2020

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People Share Facts They Think Are Comforting and Wholesome

I need a ray of sunshine in my life right now…or maybe a whole bunch of rays of sunshine.

Because it’s been rough going lately, hasn’t it? A worldwide health crisis, a divided country, riots and protests in the street…when will it end?

Hopefully, the answer is very soon, but until then we just have to keep the best we can and keeping our fingers crossed that things will settle down soon…

So, in the spirit of keeping things positive, let’s check out some facts that AskReddit users say should bring us all some comfort.

1. How adorable!

“Scientists have discovered that rats LOVE playing hide and seek and squeal with joy when finding/being found.”

2. A beautiful day.

“All of the cardigans Mister Rogers wore on camera were knit by his mother.”

3. Don’t go too far.

“Otters hold each others hands when they sleep so their mate won’t drift away.”

4. A good deed.

“There’s a volunteer organization called ‘No One Dies Alone’.

You’re at Sacred Hearts medical center, you’re terminal, you need a companion. From someone to talk to, or just someone to hold our hand. They’ll make sure someone will be there for you.

Other hospitals have this too.”

5. That’s good news!

“Scientists, earlier this year, made a massive breakthrough in curing blindness, like verging a cure.

It was masked by the virus headlines though.”

6. Lucky for us.

“Jupiter gravitational mass is so immense modern science believe it’s been protecting us from meteors for millions of years.”

7. Let’s play!

“Crows and ravens love to play in snow.

One of their favorite activities is rolling hills.”

8. Interesting history.

“Liechtenstein once deployed 80 men for protecting the border against Austria. Despite their worries, they saw exactly zero combat.

When they called it a day they returned home – with 81 men. Because an Italian bloke bumped into them and wanted to come live in Liechtenstein.

They literally made a friend on the way.”

9. What a time to be alive.

“We have been born into arguably the best point in human history.

True that we have a whole slew of troubles. These issues are only minor examples compared to the plagues, social Darwinism, and overall pretty crap quality of life you’d live say 100 years back.

We still have those plagues, racial biases and hatred but we are lucky that we are alive in a time where over the past century so many strives towards equality have been made.

Except Black Licorice, we are unfortunately still in that era.”

10. Happy dogs!

“In dog/wolf movies where they use real-life dog actors.

The people who have to edit them sometimes have to add CGI tails because the dogs can’t stop wagging their tails because they are so happy.”

11. Very true.

“Nothing is permanent.

So even if you have no hope, everything sucks, or you’ve messed up, nothing is permanent.”

12. I like this one.

“Lots of people suffer from loneliness.

So when you feel lonely, you are not alone.”

13. Here we are.

“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.”

14. That’s wild!

“Given all the atoms in the universe are recycled in various ways (having formed in the first stars), our entire body has already experienced billions of years of each atoms own personal history.

Even more comforting, it’s plausible those atoms will eventually become part of someone else in the future and will continue to exist in various forms – transforming continuously – until the end of time itself. So in a way, we’re connected to something absolutely eternal and our ultimate fate is to be spread across the stars.

Hell, depending how deep you want to get, there’s also a tiny, tiny chance that your pattern of DNA will form entirely by chance again, creating someone that is biologically you but with a whole new memory, experiences and history.

Basically, everyone and everything is connected.

The best part? None of this is based on religion or wishful thinking, it’s actual established and current scientific fact.”

What facts do you find comforting?

Let us know in the comments!

We look forward to hearing from you!

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How One Tumblr Thread Implodes the Conservative Image of Humans Past

People have this idea that all, or at least most, past humans were super prim, proper, and conservative.

Though this isn’t true, so many people believe it’s true that authors, filmmakers, and artists of all sorts are basically unable to write the truth because what’s real would generally read as anachronous to the average person.

Not sure what I mean? This Tumblr thread, which begins with the real fact that “Tiffany” was a common name in the late middle ages.

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Then, we get the news that nipple rings were a thing in the Victorian age.

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I was with them on the Vikings until “freeform rap battles.”

*runs to Google*

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Disposable eating utensils? Check.

Massive trade networks? Check. Check.

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Honestly, all of these sound like better ideas than what actually happened in the last 3 seasons of Game of Thrones.

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As an ancient historian, none of this shocks me and I wish more people knew the truth!

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History is definitely weirder than you think.

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I love each and every one of these facts, y’all!

How many of them surprised you? Any?

Western education has a long way to go, don’t you think?

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People Admit Their Go-To “Poverty Meals” They Enjoy No Matter How Much Money They Have

Whether you have $5 in your pocket or $5,000, there are some meals that stick with you and that you still enjoy from when times were lean and you had to do everything in your life on the cheap.

I think my go-to cheap meal is just a plain cheese quesadilla. Cheese and flour tortillas, that’s all you need.

And they still taste great and I still make them to this day!

Let’s dig into some cheap meals with folks on AskReddit and see what they had to say.

1. Lessons from Mom.

“Grew up poor, but my mom sure knew how to stretch a dollar.

She would make steak fingers out of the cheapest cuts she could find. Tenderize, fry them up make gravy out of the drippings and serve with mashed potatoes.

The whole meal probably cost less than 5 bucks in ’70s dollars, and I’m telling you nothing tasted better. I made it for my kids when they were growing up and they still ask me for it sometimes.

She would be 94 today. Love you miss you mom.”

2. Potato time!

“Put some red skin potatoes, fresh green beans, chicken stock, and seasonings in a pot (or slow cooker) and simmer it for an hour or more.

Use a slotted spoon to put some in a bowl, then add a bit of stock and plenty of butter.

It’s heaven.”

3. Pretty simple.

“We used to eat squash and eggs growing up.

Grew the squash and eggs are cheap enough, or trade with the neighbors. You just cut the squash into thin round and cook in a pan with a little oil until they’re just soft. Scramble the eggs with the squash, add a bunch of pepper, some salt.

Sometimes we ate it over noodles or rice.”

4. Yummy.

“Oven-baked potatoes with salt and margarine. Cheap ingredients found in almost every home and easy to make.

Also, the starch in potatoes makes you feel full for pretty long.”

5. Here’s the deal.

“Steamed white rice, crack a raw egg in it while it’s scorching hot, stir aggressively and dash with soy sauce. I

f I have some, put roasted seaweed in. Super cheap breakfast but oh man is it filling/delicious.”

6. The best!

“Grilled cheese is great pretending to be bougie food too.

My brother and I used to go to the store together and splurge on fancy-ish cheese (i.e. still the precut stuff in plastic in the dairy section, not the high end stuff in the deli section or the fancy cheese cooler) and see who could come up with the best combination of cheeses and bread from the bakery section.

I think we settled on sourdough, smoked gouda, havarti, and cream cheese.”

7. So good!

“I had a PB&J recently and felt like a fool!

Why did I stop eating these when I became an adult? Society lead me to believe this was the way.

It is not! Been having PB&J a couple nights a week since. I refuse to let societies unenlightened views dictate my dinner choices!

PB&J is a top tier dish for any occasion.”

8. Mix it up.

“Make some pasta and add in whatever you can find in the fridge or cabinets.

Cheese, lunch meat, Spam, spices, etc.

No two meals were ever the same.”

9. Sounds good.

“Peanut butter and sliced banana on toast.

Now that I’m better off financially, I’ll add real honey and ground cinnamon because I’m fancy now.”

10. Struggle nachos.

“I still regularly eat my struggle nachos, tortilla chips with slices of American cheese on top and microwaved.

Now that I can afford it I’ll throw taco meat on top every now and again but still very much enjoy just the chips and cheese.”

11. Keep it simple.

“Quesadillas (with hot sauce if there is any)

I think a lot of people have different ideas of what a quesadilla is. My version is strictly a single tortilla with whatever cheese I have lying around (usually dollar packs of singles).

That means no meat, beans, lettuce, tomato, etc. And I definitely don’t use a Foreman to make mine”

12. Every day.

“Toast with a fried egg for breakfast.

Been eating that for probably 6 years now and still look forward to it every morning.”

13. There you go.

“Mexi-Mac:

Cook a pound of ground beef with a packet of taco seasoning. Make a box of Kraft Mac n’ Cheese. Mix together.

Also, that’s your salt quota for the week.”

Do you have some go-to cheap meals that you enjoy no matter where you’re at financially?

Tell us all about them in the comments!

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Imagine the Remote Learning “Pandemic” Options at Hogwarts

In times like these, the imaginary worlds we love are more important than ever. They’re still intact, unchanged and unbroken, there for us to escape into whenever we’d like.

That said, it can also be fun to imagine how our favorite characters would be if they were living in our bizarro timeline – which is exactly what these 17 people are doing when they dream up what online alternatives would be for classes at Hogwarts.

17. A horror version, for sure.

So, here’s where the horror of Covid comes into play.

Picture Harry Potter in his abusive home, and in lockdown.

16. They’re definitely not going to use a computer. How boring.

Everyone gets a moving painting of their teacher so they can learn from home.

15. A mystery to keep everyone occupied.

There are now furious discussions on the UK birdwatching messaging boards about the uptick in the sightings of owls carrying scrolls

14. I knew those owls would come in handy.

The school has owls that are free to use. I’d assume they go round once a week or so to pick up assignments. Considering how mail owls act, kids who don’t have assignments ready would have to finish them quickly while being harassed.

Muggle houses can be connected to the floo network in special circumstances. The family would have to purchase floo powder locally or owl order it though.

13. They have so many options!

Floo meetings.

Just try not to eat soot as you stick your head in the fire.

12. No mask required.

You know that bubble charm used during the Tri-Wizard Tournament?

11. Maybe they’ll share the cure with the rest of us.

Witches and wizards can easily heal non magical diseases. This is covered in the books. Injuries or normal sicknesses can be wand waved away, it’s only the magically-caused afflictions that require a really advanced magical treatment.

Remember when Madam Pomfrey said it would have only taken seconds to fix Harry’s broken arm, but since Lockhart had zapped his bones away it would take all night? It’s likely that COVID would just be a nuisance, a quick charm to zap it off each kid on arrival.

The really scary alternative is that COVID is a magical illness which has escaped out of the Wizarding world into the Muggle world, the wizards are scrambling to figure out how to fix it, and also how to cure the whole Muggle world without blowing cover. A very tense meeting ensues between the Minister of Magic and the Prime Minister.

10. Smartest answer I’ve seen.

Hogwarts wouldn’t close for COVID.

Hogwarts didn’t even close when Magical Hitler returned from the dead and was conducting an active pogrom in the area and had some of his people as infiltrators running the place.

9. I would pay to see that.

Every single lesson taught via howler.

RON WEASLEY I KNOW YOU AREN’T PAYING ATTENTION EVEN WITH THIS HOWLER. REMEMBER, IT’S LEVIOSA, NOT LEVIOSA, YOU F%CKWIT.

8. No one admitted Voldemort was a real threat until like the last book.

But yeah like it did stay open when an ancient racist monster was clearly on a rampage, so your point stands that probably wouldn’t close for a mere pandemic

But there was nothing clear about the monster or even any proof that there was a monster. They had no idea til the end of the book how or why the victims had been paralyzed. The staff took the precaution of mandating that everyone travel in groups accompanied by professors, which was about the best they could reasonably do with the attacks being a mystery. Plus, the basilisk ultimately paralyzed several people and a cat with no fatalities, while a disease is a clear threat killing huge amounts of people.

Also, wasn’t there a point where Harry overheard Dumbledore stating that they would likely have to shutdown soon if the mystery wasn’t solved? Sure it took them the better part of a year to get to that point, but it was there as a last resort option.

7. You’re obviously not paying attention.

You think Poppy fu*king Pomfrey, the bossiest witch ever, wouldn’t have a potion against something mere as Covid?

6. But they would just conjure their masks.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Maskaban.

5. Best typo ever.

They could use the flu network like the talking head thing, talking patronous’s, 2 way mirror’s as shown in books 5&7, chalk boards that have a protiant charm on them like the DA’s coins.

So many possibilities. And I’m not a Harry Potter nerd at all!

4. A pretty accurate description.

Poor Harry. An entire year of Dudley throwing tantrums because he is not allowed outside to meet his buddies and also no one to bully except Harry.

Uncle Vernon going on about how this is all fake, yet wishes it on Harry so that they can just dump him at a hospital where hopefully he’d just die because that is what Dursleys do for Potters. That wish is sabotaged by aunt Petunia from the get go, who just at the mention of anything covid-related starts disinfecting the entire house and everyone in it.

As a result everyone has lost all skin on their body from her not just making them wash their hands constantly, but also bathing in chemicals to eradicate all traces of the outside world. No one can smell anything anymore due to noses being overwhelmed, which leads to Petunia being convinced everyone is sick and the cycle starts again.

Harry is not allowed to use magic, since he is a) not in Hogwarts, b) around muggles and c) has no school supplies as they all had to be disinfected by Petunia, which she did by burning them. Hedwig is not allowed inside, because who knows what diseases birds carry, and gets to stay with the Weasleys.

I think I just turned it into Petunia and the Barrel of Purell..

3. They might have to rethink the “magic outside of Hogwarts rule.

Just spitballing here since I’m not like super well versed on Harry Potter lore, read the first book and watched all the movies. Anyway I think a big issue would be that if I remember correctly, it’s essentially a rule that you can’t use magic as a student when you aren’t on campus?

Like I get that you could say “well classes are still in session so they would just have a waiver to practice at home”, but the issue is that when they practice spells on campus they have like a master level professor right there with them and their school’s magical nurses office available so when things go haywire you have someone who can jump right in and counter the spell or whatever and people trained in healing any sort of magical mishap all there.

If you are practicing at home and turn yourself into a frog or something then I would imagine even if a professor can see it via crystal ball or something then there is to be some range limit on their ability to step in and people like Ron seem to live out in the middle of nowhere, or worse still you might have a student like Harry who doesn’t have like permanent residence in the magical world and lives in the muggle world and good luck getting that home study approved or getting them help of something goes wrong without a big scandal.

2. Those muggle problems.

It’s not closed.

They probably don’t even know what covid is. some

Muggle thing only muggles get, probably.

If anyone gets sick then they’ll just have em chug potions until they are fine again.

1. “Caught with their bubble down.”

They wouldn’t close, they would cast a magic bubble around all students and call the practice of keeping it up and active “extra credit”. Any student caught with their bubble down loses points for their house.

Any student showing symptoms is sent to madam pomfrey to suffer in shame for their muggle level ineptitude. After all, covid is preventable without magic, add magic into the mix and suddenly there are no excuses.

It’s a good thing I’m not a teacher there, because I am so not this creative!

Do you have an idea to add to the list? Share it with me in the comments!

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People Share the Weirdest Bible Verses You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

It should come as no surprise that some folks know the Bible like the back of their hand.

They grew up in religious households, went to church regularly, and pored over the Bible over and over again.

I am not one of those people, but I do find the Bible interesting and I wish I knew more about it.

And, apparently, there are some pretty strange verses in there that a lot of folks don’t know about.

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about this.

1. Judges 19.

“Judges 19

22 They were inside enjoying themselves. But some of the evil men who lived in the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door. They shouted to the old man who owned the house. They said, “Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have s*x with him.”

23 The owner of the house went outside. He said to them, “No, my friends. Don’t do such an evil thing. This man is my guest. So don’t do this terrible thing. 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter. And here’s the Levite’s concubine. I’ll bring them out to you now. You can have them. Do to them what you want to. But don’t do such a terrible thing to this man.”

2. Okay…

““Thus shall you say to David,

‘The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’”

3. Care to explain?

“NUMBERS 31:17

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

NUMBERS 31:18

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.”

4. It’s up to you, now.

“Then Judah said to Onan,

“Lie with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother.” –

Genesis 38:8-10.”

5. That’s odd.

“II Kings 2: 23-24:

“From there Elisha went up to Bethel.

As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, ‘Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!’

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the children.”

6. Talking donkey?

“Talking Donkey in Numbers 22:28-30

28 Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”

29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”

30 The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?”

“No,” he said.”

7. Words of wisdom.

“Proverbs has some good advice:

Better to live on a corner of the roof, than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

-Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 9 New International Version.”

8. A little harsh…

“Deuteronomy 25:11-12

If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand.

Show her no pity.”

9. Why’d she do that?

““But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it.”

Exodus 4:25.”

10. Wow!

“She lusted after lovers with g*nitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.”

Ezekiel 23:20″

11. Mildew.

“Leviticus 14

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in that land, 35 the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, ‘I have seen something that looks like mildew in my house.”

12. Weird.

“Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.”

-Psalm 137:9.”

13. Boiled your son?

“So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

2. Kings Chapter 6, Verse 29 King James version.”

14. The one about…

“There’s the one about golden d*ldos:

“You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the wh*re.” -Ezekiel 16:17 Honestly, the entire book of Ezekiel is an erotic ecstasy and LSD trip.

The Apostle Paul mockingly saying the Pharisees should cut their d*cks off:

“I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!” -Galatians 5:12 I thought this part was hilarious when reading it. Paul is a pretty funny guy.

Hosea was a minor priest who, by God’s command, married a pr*stitute.

“That way, whenever she rented out her body, Hosea could feel and describe the anger and betrayal that God felt from the Israelites. Book of Hosea. I always felt sorry for Hosea. He was ordered by God to be a cockold.”

The inc*st when Lot’s daughters got him drunk so they could have s*x with him, thus creating two new repugnant nations (Ammonites and Moabites). This was just after their mother died. Genesis 19:30-38

When Jesus says in his Sermon on the Mount than many people will say they cast out demons, performed miracles, and prophesied in his name. Jesus will say, “Away from me. I never knew you.” Matthew 7:21-23 Kind of sad that even many people who think they are serving God will be condemned according to the Bible.

As people were crying out and cutting themselves with swords for their god, Elijah mocked them saying that their god is probably taking a sh*t.

1 Kings 18:27 Always cracked me up.”

Now it’s your turn!

If you know of more strange Bible verses that you can lay on us, please do it in the comments.

Thanks in advance!

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People Share the Thing They Wish They’d Started Doing Earlier

There are a lot of things about life that we can’t know until we know, until there’s more perspective and experience under our belts.

If you’re someone whose younger, perhaps still in your twenties, here are 15 things older people wish they’d started doing when they were your age.

15. Regretting this now.

Exercising.

Could’ve avoided so much joint and back pain, asthma and self-confidence issues if I started years earlier.

14. Absolutely no one should start smoking.

Taking my health more seriously.

Specifically quitting smoking and making it stick.

I am now 5 years nicotine free, but that’s after 33 years of smoking.

13. Reading is an excellent habit.

Reading.

It’s like being able to steal years of people’s life experiences in just a few days without having to go through any of the bullshit.

12. If you can master this you can change your life.

Getting up when the alarm goes off instead of hitting snooze.

11. Finances are important.

 Look up topics such as investing, personal finance, economics. I find youtube to be an easy way to learn things, just gotta be able to filter out the bullshit.

Also, Khan Academy has some great lessons on finance.

What branch of finance are you particularly interested in? I could recommend some sources

10. Brush. Your kids. Teeth.

Brushing my teeth ? no one made me when i was too little to care and by the time i wanted to do it for me the damage was done

9. Skin cancer is no joke.

Wearing sunscreen every time I go out.

Skin cancer sucks.

8. Yes. Do this TODAY.

Being myself more.

I remember I constantly changing my personality based on the friends I was hanging out with which made me very unhappy.

But now that I started being myself around people that actually like me has made much more accepting of myself.

7. And also pain.

Taking care of my teeth.

I didn’t take my dental health seriously when I was young and now I need a decent amount of work done that will likely cost me a lot of money.

6. You need like 5 good ones, tops.

Not worrying about having lots of friends.

In my younger years I tried to be friends with too many people at once and didn’t have any solid friendships.

Having a few really close friends is far better than many wishy-washy friends.

5. Little changes every day.

Getting up early and just doing what needs to be done in a day instead of putting it off forever

I got started by getting up early for work. Slowly it became my new norm to get up at 7am on my days off. The getting things done part was trickier.

I guess I started by doing small things like cleaning or doing errands right away. Like if I was washing clothes, I wouldn’t let them sit in the dryer. I would take them out right away and hang them up.

Eventually it just became a routine and part of my life.

4. There’s no downside.

Being honest with the people around me, and not lying to myself about who i am.

3. I’ve really got to give this a try.

Yoga – made me a much fitter, more confident, and happy person!

2. It’s not a bad word.

Telling mfs no.

1. Self-esteem is everything.

Accepting myself and not tying who I am to other people’s perceptions. It took me so long to accept my brain and my neurology, much less be proud of it like I am now.

It really screwed up my self-esteem when I was little and I didn’t really get out of that until high school.

I definitely agree with most, if not all, of these!

If you’re on the older side of life, what are some things you would add to this list? Share them with us in the comments!

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Men Share the Moment They Realized She Definitely Wasn’t That Into Them

Relationships can be very difficult and that goes double for people who struggle to read a room, another person, or even their own reactions and feelings.

For a million reasons, it can be hard to realize when someone else isn’t really into you at all, so if you’re wondering that about someone right now, here are 16 guys ready to share what did it for them.

16. Maybe she DID like you?

When she used to give everyone hugs but only ever offered me a high five.

15. Or she’s really boring. Either way.

Had a dinner together, and the entirety of her contributions to the conversation were repetitions of “yep” “that’s cool”. and such.

Even when I tried to ask her questions and engage her in the conversation, she just had nothing to add or to say. Was pretty clear it wasn’t sparking.

14. But WHY though omg.

I went out to a restaurant/bar with four buddies.

Some ladies sent over a round of drinks.

To my four buddies.

13. Don’t have to work too hard here.

I asked her out

She said “ew”

12. That poor kiddo.

 I was with 2 guy friends at our mall one time (years ago in jr. High). A small group of girls started following us. So we stopped and waited to see what they would do. Eventually 1 comes over and says that her and her friends think we’re cute and can they have our numbers.

I remember feeling pretty bada$s just then – I didn’t realize yet that I wasn’t included lol. So one buddy says he has a gf (he did), girl looks at buddy #2 and he gives her his number. She says ok thanks and leaves. Didn’t even look at me. Ego did a 180 that day. Lol

11. Junior high is ROUGH, y’all.

Reminds me of a time in junior high school when I told some girl that I liked another girl and told her not to tell anyone.

Lo and behold, next class, I’m talking to the girl I like and she asks the group “hey do you guys know who jewfro667 is?”

Me, being the shy kid, have no idea what to do so I play dumb until someone points to me and I raise my hand a bit. The look on this girl’s face was not at all one of pleasant surprise.

Needless to say, it stuck with me almost 20 years later.

10. That says more about her than you.

When I a senior in high school, I went to a party one night where there was like 11 of us, 5 girls and 6 dudes. One of the girls there was very boy crazy and really into a good friend of mine. She kept begging him to go into one of the bedrooms to f%ck but he kept turning her down. Finally I guess she had enough of him telling her no. She proceeds to go around the room and basically begs each guy to f%ck her. None of the guys would give her the time of day and told her no. She finally gets to me, looks at me for a brief second, says ‘ain’t happening’ and storms off.

I don’t know if that was some weird way of her thinking she was saving face by not actually getting turned down by every guy in the room or if I was somehow already below her low standards. But I do remember that I let it affect me for a long time. I mean at this point in my life I still never had a gf or even kissed a girl and even though I would have told her no as well, it was still a huge blow to my self-esteem to be the only guy not asked.

But life is good and although it took some years after high school, I eventually had a very successful dating life and currently have an amazing and gorgeous gf. So I just kind of look back at it and laugh.

9. Why not just say no thank you?

After chatting for about a month, I asked her out (for the second time):

  • Wanna meet up and hang out somewhere?
  • Yeah yeah, I’d like to meet.
  • Cool, so are you free this day on this week?
  • No
  • How about another day next week?
  • No
  • So maybe the week after? Or after that?
  • No, can’t
  • Okay… So when can we meet?
  • Let me check and get back to you

10 months, 4 days and 5 hours since then and I still haven’t heard from her.

8. She definitely did.

When they couldn’t remember any conversation we previously had, and made the excuse that their phones text history resets every day.

Didn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure out she deleted them herself.

7. Rude.

She really only talked to me when she needed something.

This girl always called me more and more when she wanted me to drive her somewhere, and less and less to actually do stuff together.

One time she called me to meet up with her at the mall, so I went. When I met her there the first thing she asks me is if I could drive her to her friend’s place 40 mins away. My jaw dropped. I said I couldn’t, and I left her there. She texts me complaining how she had to take the bus, I never responded and stopped communicating with her. Haven’t heard from her since.

6. “Recoiled in horror.”

When I expressed interest and she recoiled in horror and told me I was embarrassing her.

5. That definitely could have gone worse.

I went to a chick’s apartment once and she had another girlfriend of her’s over and they spent a good amount of time rating dudes on Bumble.

And proceeded to get about 50 matches in the 1.5 hours I was there.

I was like “wtf am I doing here?” then got drunk and left via uber.

4. She just wants out of there.

Closed responses to leading or intuitive chatter. e.g.; just saying “yes”, “no”, “not really”, etc; when asked questions that could easily lead to more conversation.

3. That’s certainly a clue.

I once went on a date with this girl. Bought her dinner. Went downstairs to the bar/nightclub for a drink afterwards.

She ran into some girlfriends and just went over to their table, sat down and started chatting and drinking.

I sat alone for about 20 minutes, then just left without saying anything. Never heard from her again.

2. That’ll do it.

Caught her making out with my manager.

So yeah, I didn’t really think she was the one for me.

1. She’s not really laughing.

When every conversation is abruptly ended by “lol”

I really hate those three letters.

I’m never dating again. Just saying.

If you’re a guy, add something to the list here! I want to hear more.

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People Share Things They’ve Done for Their Whole Lives but Are Still Bad At

Life sure is funny, isn’t it?

You can do something or practice something for years and years, and still be really bad at it for some reason.

It’s kind of aggravating, don’t you think?

I know I sure do! And I have so many of these things in my life that I’m not even gonna take the time to bore you with them.

But, here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say about this.

Let’s take a look.

1. Not good at socializing.

“Interacting with people.

Party? I hope there’s a dog

My best friend and his gf try and set me up with a girl? Does she find nervous guys attractive?

Meeting new people/ friends of friends or friends of gf? How does reading reddit and listening to music sound to you instead?”

2. Keep at it!

“Attempting to be more self-confident.

I’m always extremely hard on my self because I expect so much from myself. I wasn’t ever told that I was the smartest or the best, nonetheless I still expect perfection from everything I do.

It’s hard sometimes but I just keep trudging. Maybe I’ll get somewhere with it one day and just be happy with being me. That day is not yet here.

Every day is a new day though, and I try to push through all the self doubt mental roadblocks I am putting in my own way.”

3. Can’t figure it out…

“Left and Right.

I am 35 years old and have a goddamned PhD, but can’t left/right without thinking about it. North, South, East, West?

Forget it.”

4. Better fix that!

“Make pancakes.

Sounds simple enough, right? I don’t know why by I always end up burning them, getting uneven coloring, or them ending up raw in the middle.

Did I also mention I’m in culinary school?”

5. Don’t be so hard on yourself.

“Catching a ball.

You heard me, I’ve always sucked at it.

I’m not an athletic kid, but it’s still disgraceful.”

6. Sleeping problems.

“Getting out of bed.

I just can’t figure out how to do that at a reasonable time without being tired the whole day.”

7. Can’t carry a tune.

“Singing.

If you aren’t born with the ability to carry a tune, voice lessons aren’t going to help—not that I’ve had any.”

8. It’s a hard game.

“Golf. I just suck.

Had lessons, sucked. Bought better clubs, sucked.

Had more lessons, sucked.

Can hit the driver 280 yds but not necessarily in the right direction.”

9. Lost…again…

“Learning directions.

It took me 2 years to learn about different routes and passages of my university.

Honestly, I’m not sure if I know all of them because I still do get lost from time to time.”

10. Dirty dancing.

“Dancing.

I took dance classes from ages 4-12/13 and then went into theatre where I did musical theatre styled dancing and now for fun I’ll learn tiktok dances. I’ve danced my whole life and from this you’d think “she should at least have the basics down” but I really don’t.

I’m okay if you show me how to do something and I can copy it, but I’m definitely nothing special and have zero flexibility.”

11. Not athletic.

“All sports!

I am the worlds worst athlete! I have no coordination and I’m extremely clumsy. I tried a few sports growing up but I got picked on because I sucked. I always wanted to be good at at least one sport.

Hasn’t happened yet. I’m in my 50’s now so the odds aren’t great it’s ever going to happen.”

12. That’s a tough one.

“I’ve been wearing a tie for thirty years, but most mornings I have real trouble remembering how to tie one, and have to try a couple of times.

I often have to look at a diagram.”

13. Frustrating.

“Playing the piano.

I’ve been playing for over 20 years and I still can’t sight read, my theory is weak, and I’m still very much an amateur.

It’s frustrating, really.”

14. Get out the axe!

“Play guitar. I’m 25 and have played since I was 12.

I’ve never taken lessons, just picked up my dads old guitar he bought in college, and started learning songs by ear. I’m not good at structured practice, so Im nowhere near the level I should be, but I love playing and writing music.

I can’t really play with others, because I never had anyone to play with and lack the technical knowledge of how to play with others, which I’m kinda sad about.

My technique is really horrible to well trained guitarists, but it works.

I’m by no means bad. I know most chords and scales, and I can sit down and learn any song by ear. Most recently I’ve been taking on Eugene’s Trick Bag, and I have most of it down at speed on acoustic.

I can impress people who don’t play, but high level players are mortified by my self taught technique.

Its a fun hobby though, and a creative outlet, and it gets me girls. I have no intention of making it a chore.”

15. Not working.

“Talking to people.

The older I get the harder and more awkward it gets. And I don’t mean trying to hook up or anything.

Small talk and so on is just not there for me.”

Okay, now it’s your turn!

In the comments, tell us what you’ve done for practically your whole life but you’re still bad at.

We’d love to hear from you!

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A Scotch Whiskey Was Salvaged From an 80-Year-Old Shipwreck and Then Went up for Auction

I bet you didn’t know there’s a whole category of booze known as “sunken scotch,” and it’s all been recovered from the cargo holds of wrecked ships.

Pretty cool, you have to admit, and the prices these casks and flasks fetch at auction is no joke.

The latest find, which was dredged up from the wreck of the S.S. Politician – an infamous, WWII-era vessel that ran aground on its way to Jamaica – was carrying around 28,000 cases of whiskey.

The wreckage was discovered along the rocky Outer Hebrides, and once official salvage attempts had ceased, islanders descended on the bones looking for prizes among the carnage.

The practice is technically illegal in the U.K., but I mean…most of us would consider it more criminal to leave whiskey languishing, no one to enjoy it forever.

The “rescue” of said whiskey, and the subsequent hijinks to evade paying taxes on it, has even been immortalized in books and film (Whisky Galore, 1947), with a recent remake making headlines at the Edinburgh Film Festival, as well.

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The latest bottle up for sale at the Grand Whisky Auction was recovered by George Currie, a deep sea repairman who was working, at the time, on a subsea cable off the Hebridean coast. He and a team of divers recovered a VAT69, Ballentine’s, and four bottles of a brand that no longer exists, Gibbey’s.

Two bottles of similarly aged bottles from the SS Politician fetched over 12,000 pounds at auction in 2013.

Remember, though, that whiskey ages in barrels, not bottles, so it’s not as if bottled scotch on the bottom of the sea is any older, essentially, than another bottle of booze aged a decade or so in a barrel.

Basically, however it tasted 80 years ago is pretty much how it will taste today.

The offering does come with a diving helmet, bricks from the ship, and an original movie poster from the 2016 remake of Whisky Galore.

Just something to consider, if you’re thinking of taking a secondhand plunge.

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