Month: June 2021

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11 Movies That Might Have Failed Financially, But People Love Them Anyway

Hollywood studios usually judge a movie’s success or failure based on how much money they rake in when everything shakes out, but audiences don’t have such strict standards.

And if creatives know one thing for sure, there’s no accounting for taste – people like all kinds of “bad” movies for reasons of their own.

These 11 movies are technical failures, but people love them anyway – and maybe you want to give them a shot, too!

11. Good doesn’t mean like, award-worthy.

Every audience knows that.

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10. Guy Ritchie? I’m in.

Some directors you just instinctively trust.

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9. All of Carrey’s dramatic performances are amazing.

You should check them all out.

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8. This movie is actually really good.

I have no idea why more people weren’t into it.

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7. I’m sure this is right up someone’s alley.

Probably not mine, but to each his own.

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6. That’s an amazing cast.

I wonder how this one missed.

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5. Guy Ritchie again!

Just do it.

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4. I will die on this hill as well.

Seriously, let go of your judgments and just watch it.

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3. I want to check this one out.

Have you seen it?

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2. That’s…a big loss.

Bruce Willis is so hit or miss.

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1. If you’re a fan, you’re a fan.

So you’ve probably already seen it.

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I’ve seen some of these but not all.

Have you seen them? Did you like them? Share your own not-so-great favorites in the comments!

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Was This Woman Wrong for Refusing to Attend a Wedding as the Babysitter?

Weddings are often wrought with drama. Whether we don’t really like the couple, we don’t want to have to find a babysitter, we’re not sure what to wear or what gift to bring, or we’re not sure we can afford to attend at all, there are decisions to be made.

This woman felt like hers had essentially been made for her when she realized she was only being invited to babysit the children at the ceremony.

It’s kind of an odd situation, because she doesn’t know the bride and groom and is only tangentially connected to the wedding and wouldn’t normally have been invited – and was fine with that.

My (23F) friend’s sister-in-law is getting married in November.

My friend is helping to plan the wedding and has been sharing some of the details with me.

It has been previously understood that I would not be going to the wedding because I’m not a close friend of the bride or groom nor am I a relative.

This has never bothered me and I’ve just been excited to know that two people that love each other are getting married.

Then her friend, who is one of the wedding planners, said she might be invited as a nanny for some of the children whose parents would be attending, but OP wouldn’t be paid or anything.

Today, my friend texted me and told me that I might have to go to the wedding.

When I asked her why, she told me it would be to take care of the guests’ children.

I thought she was joking but then she insisted that she was serious.

I asked if I would at least get paid for taking care of kids that aren’t mine and that I barely know and she said that going to the wedding was enough pay.

Her instinct was to say no, because if she was going to attend she would want to enjoy it, and if they needed a babysitter they should be willing to pay – one can’t enjoy the benefits of being at a wedding and watch children, after all.

Personally, I find it a little disrespectful that I would be invited as a nanny and not as an actual guest that would get to enjoy the wedding as much as the other guests.

I’m not even interested in being invited but if they actually wanted me to go I would want to be a normal guest, not someone taking care of at least 3 kids under 10 years old that I don’t know how to handle.

However, I considered the fact that they might actually need someone to help out.

So, am I being dramatic and an AH or should I stand my ground?

That said, she’s wondering now if she was too rash, and asking Reddit to weigh in.

This person agreed that needing a babysitter is fine, but not wanting to pay one isn’t cool.

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Another wedding babysitter weighed in, and said it’s hard work and not enjoyable and she definitely needs to be paid.

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Most people agree that there’s nothing wrong with the request, but the way it was made makes them uncomfortable.

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And maybe OP needs to have a heart-to-heart with her “friend.”

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No is a complete answer.

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This is a totally weird situation, and I definitely think OP is right to shy away from doing it.

If she does give in, I have a feeling we’re going to have quite the update afterward.

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“Welcome To Parenthood” Posts That Will Make You Feel Seen

If you’re a new parent, you might not have had this moment yet, but I promise you, it’s coming – the one when you stop in the middle of something, look in the mirror, and think “this is my life now.”

And most days it’s a great life, and you’re happy you chose it, but that doesn’t also mean you can’t realize how comically you’ve changed from the you that used to be.

Those are the moments these 11 posts relate, and you are going to love them so much.

11. Not only that, but it’s your job to feed him.

I’m sorry to inform you.

10. All of the time.

Even if you’re just hanging out at home.

9. It happens to the best of us.

Age comes for us all, my friends.

8. There is actually clutter everywhere.

You swear you just cleaned that room, right?

7. This is the rest of your life.

I hope you’re ready.

6. Anywhere you get “me” time, really.

My dog never had so many walks.

5. Or perhaps the wrong color cup.

Socks are harder to find, though.

4. Also their jungle gym, and their napkin.

I could do this all day.

3. Embrace the chaos.

It’s the only way to survive.

2. She forgot “in your pocket.”

That’s where mine always end up.

1. As will your gray hairs.

Or anything else that’s a mess. Which is a lot.

 

I do feel so seen, even though some of these haven’t happened to me yet.

What was this most recent moment for you? Tell us about it in the comments!

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If You Were in a Room With Every Person You Ever Met, Who Would Be the One You’d Look For? Here’s What People Said.

This promises to be an interesting conversation!

If you were in a room with everyone you ever met in your life, who would you look for first?

I think I’d have to say someone in my immediate family. My dad. Or my mom. Or my brother. Or my old dog…

What do you think?

Let’s see what folks on AskReddit had to say about this.

1. Best friend.

“My best friend Gabrielle.

She d**d from cancer when we were 12, it was so hard watching her go.

I named my first born after her, and am best friends with her little sister now. I miss her.”

2. The stranger.

“I met a man on a plane once, sat next to me. He was about my dads age and later I found I was about his daughters age.

We started chatting, and just a few days before I had just cut off contact with my veteran al**holic father. He asked me about myself and I told him I worked in child welfare. He then told me he was a veteran addictions therapist. I don’t even remember how we got on the topic but by the end of the flight he was telling me “tell your dad you love him. Tell him you want him to get sober for you, because you want to see him live a happy and full life.”

It was such a bizarre encounter with what was going on in my life at the time and I’m not religious but maybe divine intervention placed us in that place at that time? I’d look for him to tell him how much that conversation meant to me, that it was the most impactful meeting with a stranger I’ve ever had.”

3. Childhood friend.

“My childhood best friend. We were best friends from 4 to 17.

He battled with Leukemia from 13 to 17. The last year of his life he was constantly in and out of the hospital and was immunocompromised. I got to see him but we had to keep our distance. We were planning on going to the same college for engineering.

I know all he would want to know is if I did it and kept moving. I plan on naming my first born after him. 12 years later and I still think about him most days and he is my driving force to stay positive and keep on pushing.”

4. Dad.

“I lost dad when I was 16. He had brain cancer.

I’m 21 now, finally attending University to do a degree in computer science (which is what he did too, and I bet he never would have thought I would follow in his path!) I’m in a loving relationship with someone who is so smart and interesting that I wish my dad – another loving and interesting human – could meet.

So many memories and events I wish he could be there to see.

I’m just thankful I had him for 16 years.”

5. You miss him.

“My husband.

I would love to see him strong and healthy one last time, as opposed to the sick man he was at the end.

He was a runner, and he had the most beautiful, strong legs.

He was such a good dad.”

6. Role model.

“My AP Calculus teacher, he was the only person in the entire school who noticed I was being ab**ed at home.

He approached me cautiously, never judged or blamed me. He treated me with respect at a time where no other person did, it broke my heart when he d**d a few months later.

I never took the AP Calculus test because I was devastated (he was my teachers years before that so I always looked up to him).”

7. Someone from the past.

“Hailey. I met her when I was 14 at this church thing.

She had had a rough go at life, but was very kind to me. We spent most of it talking on a little boat on the lake / pond. I got her number so we could hang out. I called and her mom cussed me out.

I tried to clear things up with her at church on Sunday, telling her that I wasn’t the one turning her daughter to drugs. They weren’t at church and I never saw her again.

I miss you Hailey, you were very kind and I wished we couldve been better friends.”

8. Sorry about that.

“My prom date. I thought we were going as friends.

I was too young and stupid to realize how much she liked me and put herself out there, just to have me not notice.

Owe her an apology for that.”

9. Army buddy.

“A friend I had while in the Army.

He d**d in 2019 at the age of 34 from cancer. From diagnosis to d**th was about 6 months. He was very private about his illness.

I never new he was sick until he d**d. It’s one of those life events I’ve never been able to “get over” for lack of a better term.”

10. One more talk.

“Lost my grandmother two months ago. It’s been shi**y.

If I could talk to her one more time, I wouldn’t be saying anything she didn’t already know, but I’d still say it.

I guess I just wish I could’ve said goodbye. The only ones who got that chance were my grandfather and mother.”

11. Where did she go?

“That girl who asked for my number, but never called me.

It seemed like fate. I had been mourning the loss of a love one for years at this point, and my feelings basically stopped existing. But then I heard a song in a tv show that made me bawl my eyes out. I decided to embrace the sad feeling, downloaded the song, and went for a walk listening to it on repeat.

On my way back home I was waiting for a light to change green, when a jogger pulled up next to me. The light turned green, and she continued jogging. But when she got across the street, she stopped and waited for me. She motioned for me to take my headphones off, then asked me if I was listening to Agnes Obel.

I said yes, and told her about how I had been emotionally d**d for years until I heard that song. She told me she had the same experience, and first heard the song in the same show that I did!

We chatted for about 15 minutes until we were going separate ways, but not before she asked me for my number. But no happy ending here, it’s been at least 7 years and I’ve since changed my number.”

What would your answer to this question be?

Tell us what you think in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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Was a Wheelchair-Bound Student Wrong For Asking Their Teacher To Stop Pointing Out Her Disability?

For people who don’t have much firsthand experience being around or working with people with disabilities, there can definitely be a learning curve while figuring out the appropriate way to navigate the day-to-day.

How can we learn, though, if the people who are living their lives with disabilities feel as if it’s rude to speak up and correct us when we’re wrong?

Of course, not everyone is up for learning a better way, and perhaps that’s why this wheelchair-bound student felt like they might have been in the wrong after correcting a teacher who continually made comments about her wheelchair.

OP (Original Poster) is a wheelchair user and has had the same chair for 7 years. She’s currently saving up to buy a new chair, but in the meantime, she’s been made aware (often and repeatedly) by an English teacher that hers is beat up and makes a “distracting” noise in class.

I’m 18f, have a pretty messed up pair of legs, have had since birth, I can walk but am an ambulatory wheelchair user. I’m currently due an upgrade for my chair, I’ve had it close to 7 years and it’s a bit messed up. It’s gotten pretty uncomfortable and it makes noise but like I said, I’ve had it 7 years and I’ve grown rather attached to it. We’re saving to pay for the new one at the moment.

I have one teacher, my English teacher, who constantly makes comments about how banged up looking it is, and gets pretty pissed any time I dare move and it makes noise. She says it’s distracting. The comments about the appearance of the chair annoy me a lot because it’s hardly going to look brand new after 7 years of constant use.

OP lost her cool finally and told the teacher that if it bothered her so much, perhaps she’d like to pony up the dough for a new one.

The teacher seemed slightly chastised.

She made a comment this morning along the lines of “You know, you should really get a new one, that one looks like it’s about to collapse under you”.

I got really mad about this and I said, “You know what, if you think I should get a new chair so bad, you can pay the nearly 4 grand it’s gonna cost or you can stop making nasty comments about something that literally doesn’t affect you.”

A boy in her class, though, thought she didn’t need to be that rude – not everyone knows how these processes work, right?

She didn’t really look at me until the end of the class but the boy who sits besides me said it was slightly a**holish as she probably didn’t realize how difficult the process was.

AITA?

Reddit’s getting ready to weigh in on whether or not this young lady was in the wrong, so let’s see what they had to say!

They pointed out that a teacher commenting on a student’s lacking in any physical area really points to a lack of training and empathy in the first place.

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Most agreed the teacher was in the wrong, and needed to be educated.

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No one likes distracting noises, but it’s the adult’s job to realize what’s in a kid’s control and what is not.

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And in case you’re wondering, this is America. Of course her wheelchair is not covered by insurance.

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Some things need to be discussed in private.

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The girl could have been more tactful, but it sounds as if her frustrations were building up to a boiling point, and just finally exploded.

Given the imbalance of power in this relationship, it’s a no-brainer that the teacher, not the kid, is the a$$hole.

What are your thoughts? Leave them in the comments!

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Horrible Customers Who Need a Retail Time Out

Being able to shop in public is a social contract, or at least it should be. There are folks who are paid to keep shelves stocked and answer our questions and ring up our items before putting them in bags, and in exchange, I think most people try to be courteous and friendly in response.

Some people apparently think they’re the only people in the world, or that they’re better than the people who work retail, or something like that – because there’s no other excuse for behavior like these 10 awful customers exhibited while out at a store.

10. I have so many questions.

There probably aren’t any good answers but I still have them.

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9. Pedestrians have the right of way.

But also, you could just not be a jerk.

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8. I mean at least put it in the right temperature.

Even if you aren’t going to put it where it belongs.

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7. What in the holy hell.

How much time does it take to do this?

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6. There are literally trash cans everywhere.

I don’t get why this concept is so hard.

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5. What on earth.

Other people do not want to clean up your kid’s excrement. I promise.

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4. Was there a tornado?

Made of a$$holes?

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3. Not to mention it’s dangerous.

Some people never think of anyone but themselves.

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2. I cannot even imagine.

It might be enough to make you *gasp* hate Halloween.

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1. Do they need to…step on the rugs?

To see what they look like under their shoes? I don’t…

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Seriously, y’all. Don’t be these people. Gah.

If you work retail, I know you’ve got stories for me. Drop them in the comments!

 

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What Myth About Your Country Is 100% False but People Still Believe in It? People Responded.

There are so many myths and generalizations floating around out there about people from different parts of the world that it’s enough to make a person’s head spin.

And a lot of them aren’t even true!

But still, people believe what they want to believe…until now, that is!

What myth about your country is false but people still believe it?

Here’s how people responded on AskReddit.

1. Not worth it.

“That Welsh people f**k sheep.

Temptation is there but the static shock wouldn’t be worth it.”

2. Not accurate.

“Iceland was not named as part of some conspiracy to keep folks away from a good thing.

The name comes from the fact that early settlers arrived during summer and then suffered horrible losses of livestock and people once winter hit and icebergs were seen filling the fjords. It was more of a warning than anything, that this place sucked.

Greenland on the other hand was probably named as such to make it sound more hospitable.”

3. Kenya.

“Kenyans are all long-distance runners, live in huts, speak no English, and have pet wild animals. Ugh.

So here goes: The long-distance guys are mainly from one community/ tribe called the Kalenjin that’s about 15% of the population. Next, Kenya is still a developing nation with a lot of poverty, but there’s a lot of modern architecture.

Next, the country is rated 18 out of 100 on the English Proficiency Index. And lastly: you can apply for a special (and rarely-granted) permit for your bobcat named Babou, but keeping wildlife is not at all common.

And the Kenya Wildlife Service will conduct regular visits to ensure Babou isn’t being kept in Meowschwitz-like conditions.”

4. Italy.

“No, Italians aren’t all short, black-haired, fat mobsters who wear wine-stained tank tops.

We are loud though…”

5. Zing!

“Romania.

Many people believe we have vampires, but in my 700 years of living here, I haven’t even seen one.

I asked my mates back in the castle and they also haven’t seen any, and they’ve been around for longer than I.”

6. Not the way it is.

“People generally assume that when you’re from Belgium, you are French-speaking.

While a big part of the country is Francophone, the majority population is Flemish (Dutch-speaking).

I blame this on mostly 3 factors:

People mainly visiting Brussels (which is bilingual, but has a Francophone majority)

Americans mostly having been stationed in the French speaking part in WWII

Hercule Poirot.”

7. All kinds of stuff.

“Greece is not only beaches and Islands, we also have beautiful places for the winter.

Many mountains and mainland attractions.

Every corner have something interesting.”

8. The view from Russia.

“The myth is that everyone here is always d**nk on vodka and people all ride bears, play on balalaikas and dance the kazachok and that we’re either dr**k or mad.

While there IS a problem with al**holism, a lot of people don’t drink, especially not vodka.

Funnily enough, bears do appear, but VERY rarely. And the people that ride bears or have them as pets? They’re considered unusual by other Russians.

Balalaika is dead I know one person that plays it and thats it

We dance the kazachok only ironically at this point lol

We’re not always mad. We’re. Just people. With emotions ?

But, ushankas ARE great and warm, so people do wear them – not ALL of them though Also we’re not all superpeople.”

9. Dutch life.

“All of our country is just weed and red districts.

Yes we have these things.. but the Netherlands has lots of culture!”

10. Aim high!

“That the Irish are the biggest d**nks in the world.

Completely false and mean as we’re only the second biggest drinker in the world but we hope to get first place next year.”

11. Oh, Canada!

“Everyone drinks maple syrup, there are moose everywhere and we’re saying “sorry” all the time.”

12. Don’t ruin it for me!

“That we say “shrimp on the barbie”.

It was an ad campaign to appeal to Americans.

It was the most successful tourism campaign still to this day, but literally no one in Australia says that.”

13. Get it straight!

“That Brazil is a huge tropical jungle in which people speak Spanish.

Brazil actually has several major cities and different environments.

São Paulo for instance is a huge sprawling metropolis with as many inhabitants as New York and Los Angeles combined.

In some southern areas of the country it actually snows.

And we were a Portuguese colony, so we speak Portuguese.”

Now we want to hear from you.

What myths about your country are not true?

Talk to us in the comments!

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