Month: July 2021

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People Discuss the Most Empowering Thing About Their Jobs

Jobs can be one of those things in life where people only tend to talk about the downsides. They complain about the jobs that wear them down, the bosses who treat them like cogs instead of human beings, and the hours and duties that break their backs in exchange for a pittance in their bank account.

It’s important, I think, for people to also talk about the things they love about their jobs, so that people know it’s possible and even important to expect some sort of satisfaction at work.

If you’re wondering what great jobs are out there and why people love them, these 16 people’s tweets might open your eyes.

16. Words definitely matter, and so does the ability to escape.

You’ll never know when the right words could save someone’s life.

Image Credit: Twitter

15. No one should be left behind.

At least that’s the goal, right?

14. Sharing a meal is integral to the human experience.

Everyone should be able to afford it.

13. It’s so energizing to get into a room with like minds.

This is true for all professions, I think.

12. Teaching at its best.

Why so many teachers keep going despite the downsides.

11. Education is so powerful.

You’re actually changing how people see the world.

10. The power to transform your world.

And reclaim your time.

9. For people who love puzzles…

Really complicated puzzles that are constantly evolving.

8. Food plays so many roles in our society.

Each and every one of them is important.

7. Not all lawyers hate their jobs.

I suppose it depends on the type of lawyer, but still.

6. At its core.

It’s why they do what they do.

5. Heartbreaking but necessary.

I’m sure so many families don’t know what they would do without them.

4. If you can find the personal reward…

Your world will vastly improve.

Image Credit: Reddit

3. Art has the ability to change the world.

One mind at a time.

2. They’re something of a dying breed.

But they definitely should not be.

1. They might not get the glory, but…

We know there are always strong foundations beneath every splashy find.

The goal should always to be able to find more good than bad.

What’s your favorite thing about your job? Share it with us in the comments!

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What’s Considered a Kids’ Movie or Show, but Has Really Dark Moments? People Responded.

I watched The Iron Giant not too long ago.

Are you familiar with this kids’ movie?

I gotta say, I was not expecting it to be that heavy and that sad. I was practically in tears by the end of it!

And it turns out there are a lot of movies and shows like this that are geared toward kids.

What kids’ movies and TV shows are actually pretty disturbing?

AskReddit users shared their thoughts.

1. Now you get it…

“The Last Unicorn.

Wore the VHS out when I was a kid, but didn’t truly appreciate the darker moments until I grew up.”

2. Here’s a secret…

“The Secret of NIMH.

The animal testing scene, scary owls with lamp like eyes, bloody sword fights, and characters being crushed to d**th.”

3. Too upsetting.

“All Dogs Go to Heaven was one of my favourite movies he’s made as a kid.

But it is too upsetting for me to watch after learning about Judith Barsi. RIP.”

4. Not over it.

“Courage the Cowardly Dog.

That was a pure nightmare fuel.”

5. A classic.

“Chicken Run!

The movie that turned my mom into a vegetarian.”

6. Go ahead and cry.

“My Girl.

“He needs his glasses! He can’t see without his glasses!””

7. Cover your eyes.

“The Road to El Dorado is extremely s**ual for a kids movie.

A lot more than I remember it being.”

8. Why, Mom?

“The Dark Crystal.

I remember when I was a kid my mom introduced me to the movie, and all I could think of was “wtf is this movie my mom is trying to show me?”

I was really young when I first watched it and had no idea what was going on, no matter how much my mom tried to explain it.”

9. Scary stuff!

“Return to Oz.

I’m 38 years old and I’m still horrified by the wheelers.”

10. And it’s Disney…

“The Hunchback of Notre Dame is pretty scary for a Disney flick.

The kiddos should consider themselves lucky that they deviated from Hugo’s ending.”

11.

“There was an animated movie of Animal Farm, based off the novel by George Orwell.

I absolutely loved watching it as a kid. I did not understand the symbolism. I saw it when it aired on tv a couple times during the day in the 1990s.

I remember during Christmas I was unwrapping at video tape and saw a pig on the cover. I was so excited! I didn’t know my parents knew I like animal farm. But then I read the title on the vhs and saw it was Charlotte’s Web. A movie I h**ed.

Also, Charlotte’s Web. A movie about a pig that is trying to be k**led for its meat, depends on a spider and other farm animals to come up with words to impress people to not want to eat him.”

12. Dealing with grief.

“The Neverending Story is actually about dealing with grief.

Bastian lost his mother at the start of the movie and depression is causing him to fail in his fathers eyes. In the imaginary world the “nothing” is consuming everything endlessly because Bastian will not confront his loss.

Bastian’s participation at the urging of the Empress, is to confront the loss and participate in the world.”

13. Disturbing.

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Watership Down.

These two are disturbing.”

14. I’m freakin’ out!

“Willy Wonka- are they on a boat ride or an acid trip?

I couldn’t find the clip, but Will Ferrell even lampooned that scene on SNL- he was like “hey, this movie’s for kids?!””

15. This one goes deep.

“The Transformers: The Movie (1986 animated film, not the Michael Baysplosions ones).

Like most of its 1980’s Saturday-morning peers, the purpose of the Transformers cartoon was to make kids want to buy a line of toys. The feature-length movie took everything about the cartoon and kicked it up a notch, including the capitalist motivations.

Hasbro had an entirely new generation of Transformers toys lined up, and the movie was meant to introduce them, and convince kids to buy the new Transformers instead of the existing Transformers they already had.

So how did the accomplish this?

Gratuitously murdering all of the existing characters.

They don’t even wait. Less than ten minutes in, Prowl and Brawn get shot with lazer beams just like they have been dozens of time in the cartoon, but they actually f**king d**. Ironhide, the grandpa who yells at kids from his rocker to get off the lawn, tries to d** with his boots on but suffers what can only be described as a literal execution.

Optimus Prime is a better father than your real dad, and this is what happens to him. This isn’t even the movie’s climax, this is immediately after the opening set-piece. That color of gray will haunt me.

This approach was, in retrospect, a mistake (the crying children in theaters was a tip-off). Hasbro and others have since learned to take different approaches to updating the character line-up in their toy lines and associated cartoons. The modern standard seems to be power-ups and new suits, rather than wholesale slaughter.”

What kids’ movies and shows do you find disturbing?

Let us know what you think in the comments.

Please and thank you!

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What Would You First Do if You Became a Billionaire? Here’s What People Said.

If you said you’ve never daydreamed about what you’d do with a billion dollars, I’d say that you might be lying.

We’ve all done it!

I think I’d throw my phone in the trash and go to some tropical island for about a month just to chill and take as many naps as possible…and then I’d start scheming and figuring out who would get how much money…

I just really hope it wouldn’t turn me into an evil person…

What would you do first if you became a billionaire?

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.

1. Just chillin’.

“Nothing.

With that kind of money I could afford not to do anything for a while.”

2. I like this.

“Revive my favorite TV shows.

I don’t care if anyone is already d**d.

We have CGI for that.”

3. You do you.

“I’d employ a law firm that semi-exclusively litigated my petty squabbles with the world.

False advertising.

Cop car paint colors.

Whatever else that bothers me.”

4. Sounds like paradise.

“Buy my own private island and have a house built that is designed to give me the best possible sleep I could ever have.”

5. Amazing.

“Build a large homeless shelter with therapists to show them how to get back on their feet.

I was homeless for 6 years.

You are mentally different after that.”

6.

“First thing… hire a lawyer.

Second thing, hire security.

Third thing, pay off every living expense my family and friends will have for thier entire life.”

7. A simple plan.

“This will sound cliche…

Take care of friends and family.

Invest the majority.

Travel for remainder of my life.”

8. A lot of cash.

“A billion dollars is more money than I could spend in a lifetime.

I’d work with a financial advisor and an attorney to figure out how much I need to comfortably live the rest of my life as well as how I should go about securing stocks/bonds/other money generating assets.

Then I would take that amount, match it for both my siblings and my parents, and then figure out which modern day efforts/charities would most benefit from the money.”

9. Nice and easy.

“I’d pay off the house and bills.

Then just kick it and enjoy my time with my wife and kids.”

10. Gotta do it!

“Give half to my parents, make ’em comfy forever.

Least I can do to repay their kindness.”

11. Here’s the deal.

“Buy new t-shirts and underwear.

Purchase land, build sanctuary with tiny homes, apply to become a haven for refugees of war.

Pay off my house and buy my daughter a horse.

Buy Bitcoin on a dip, sell it high then drive around everyday giving people big wads of cash randomly.”

12. Do some good work.

“Pay off student loans for people.

Finance infrastructure projects.

Finance educational facilities.

Provide health care for people.

And invest properly to keep more billions coming.

13. Got it all figured out.

“I would become a secret benefactor like the Spider in Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations.”

I would secretly find amazing people in the world and start sending them money and gifts that would help them to expand and grow their amazingness.

I would start secretly paying off student lunch debt.

I would secretly payoff layaway items at stores around the US in December.

I would secretly hire a construction company to just show up in Flint, Michigan and start fixing all the plumbing.

I would secretly fund library trucks that come into lower socioeconomic neighborhoods to provide every child and adult with 20+ age appropriate books for their home in order to create a grass roots neighborhood learning program that would encourage the sharing of books with others throughout the community. Nobody would know why but the book mobiles would just start showing up once a week in public places.

I would secretly offer public schools funding for music, art, philosophy, personal finance and REAL American and world history courses that would actually prepare our amazing children with the skills and knowledge they need to be amazing humans.

I would secretly buy plots of land in industrial parts of cities like Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles with high homeless populations and start adding small, recycled homes to give every homeless person who needs a roof and clean water services like public showers and sinks.

I would then secretly sponsor a free healthcare truck for every location to ensure all the homeless residents receive medical, dental and mental healthcare including drug and al**hol counseling, needle exchange to assist them in regaining control of their precious lives while receiving the help and care they need. All just to prove how successful they can be.

All of this in secret to give everyone in the world some hope that there is some secret person out there looking out for people who do good for the world and those in society who are currently unable to care for themselves. You know, hope, which many of us have lost.

My hope is this secret, pay-it-forward support would encourage other millionaires and billionaires to feel peer pressure to engage far more of their wealth on specific funded programs in the world that actually physically help and reward deserving folks. ?

Peace.”

How about you?

What would you do first if you became a billionaire?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know!

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People Talk About How They Stay Motivated When It Comes to Exercising and Staying in Shape

It can be really difficult to get motivated enough to make exercising and going to the gym a priority in life.

There are a million other things you COULD be doing when it’s time to get fit, but you need to make it a priority, buckle down, and JUST DO IT. At least that’s what I do.

But, everyone’s different…

People on AskReddit talked about how they stay motivated to keep in shape.

Let’s take a look.

1. Run!

“Running is my antidepressant. I haven’t been able to run in a year because of covid (I run at the gym where there’s a daycare). My mental health is at rock bottom. Finally got back this week, feels amazing.

I’m pretty terrible at running. Even after a year of 3x a week my pace was awful. But I don’t run to get “results”, I run because it feels good. To clarify, being done feels good, the actual running is always hard.

Highly recommend a couch to 5k app if you want to get into running. Having a program makes a huge difference.”

2. Put it on the list.

“I used to hate it and get a feeling of “getting away with it” by not doing my exercise routine. After several months of doing it consistently (nothing else to do during Covid…) now I feel like s**t if I don’t do it.

It’s funny how the routine itself becomes more motivation than any benefit you see.

Now instead of “I have to work out today” it’s “maybe I get it done early so I have that marked off the list for today”.”

3. Make it work for you.

“15 years ago I had not done any regular exercise and it was impossible to change my habits and get into it. I tried many things and failed.

But then I finally found something that works for me and have been working out regularly 3-5x per week for 9 years. Now, if I don’t exercise, I don’t feel right and it bothers me until I go. There is no problem staying motivated to exercise. It’s actually difficult to not exercise.

It’s all about establishing the habit. Changing your habit is the hard part which does not really take that long, just a few months. The habit could be being a couch potato or exercising. But once the habit is established it’s easy to keep.”

4. Discipline.

“I wake up at 5am to get to the gym by 530 every weekday.

If I skip a day the chances that I make it the rest of the week pretty rapidly drop to 0%. I’ve had times where I would go every day for years, then I miss a day, then two, then 8-9 months and a year plus, just because I didn’t make it one day.

I have awful anxiety probably depression, and going to the gym helps a lot. Even if I’m only able to be there for 20 minutes, I’ll go just to show up.

Discipline is key for me. If I don’t go, I won’t go. Anybody’s who’s anxious about going to the gym, just make time and go. Nobody is going to judge you. The “meat heads” who are there every day, know what it takes to show up every day so you get nothing but respect for being there.”

5. Motivation.

“Motivation is kindling. It burns easy, but it doesn’t burn long. Use it to start but don’t rely on it.

Habit is twigs and sticks. Easy to get going once you have motivation, burns a bit longer, but eventually you’ll break habit. You’ll have to stay late after work, the gym has maintenance, there’s a global pandemic… and you can’t go for long enough that you no longer want to go.

Discipline is a log. It’s an identity. I train because… I train. There is no why. There is no reason. To be me is to train. If the gym is closed, I train at home. If I am injured, I train what is healed.

You don’t stay motivated. You start motivated.

6. It becomes fun!

“Find the right routine and exercises and it becomes fun and enjoyable.

I’ve been lifting over a decade – want to take a guess at how many exercises I absolutely hate? There’s dozens, but there are equally as many that I enjoy. Find what you like and stick to it.”

7. Burning ’em up!

“Not wanting to have to achieve my calorie deficit thru further diet restrictions.

I’ve been able to lose about a pound a week via moderate fasting and burning an extra 3000-4000 calories at the gym. Without the extra calorie burn, I would have to give up way more food that I really enjoy.

It’s a quality of life calculation. I like the food more than I hate the gym.”

8. You won’t regret it.

“I run, hike, and lift weights. It’s not really a matter of motivation, I just like doing it. Also, I really don’t like NOT doing it.

If I’m ever on the fence about doing any workout, I remind myself that I have never regretted a workout I have done, even if I have to dial it back a bit for some reason.

I always feel better after a work out, and never feel good about missing one.”

9. No excuses.

“It becomes a habit. But what I did to make it a habit was two things:

Stick to a schedule.

Remove your excuses

My biggest excuse was how time consuming it was to pack, drive to the gym, train, shower and drive back. Half of that time was not even spent exercising. So I made my own gym at home, with benches, racks, weights and a TV to run a show on while I train. Also I exercise often, but short durations, because I’ll always be able find the time.

So listen to the excuses you make, and address them. Also, realize that being tired is a poor excuse, as exercise will energize you – do some light exercise if you are tired.”

10. That works, too.

“Quite honestly, spite.

Got dumped by my ex so I started hitting the gym religiously just on the off chance that I run into her again and can make her feel dumb for dumping me.”

11. Mix it up.

“Enjoy it.

Variety. Weight training is about controlled adaptation. If you keep doing the same things forever, you won’t continue adapting, and you’ll ‘plateau’.

When this happens, you stop progressing, and you stop getting all that nice feedback from your body.

That doesn’t mean ‘do different stuff all the time’; it means, ‘make a week-by-week plan that includes periodic variation’.

Don’t focus on ‘results’, but on process.”

12. Good tips.

“Find a sport or activity you enjoy.

Find some metric in that activity that you can try and measure. Monitor your ability between when you are exercising properly and when you aren’t. Motivation gets easy when you can separate the results.

I wrestle. I can measure the point in which I gas out between when I’m running good numbers and when I’m not. I can tell if I’m going to have good endurance on the mats based on my 5k times. I hate running, but when you see the results, motivation is easy. Repeat with weight lifting, etc.

Now I just need to find something to motivate me when the pandemic closes the gym and I’ve got no opportunity to compete anytime soon”.

13. Need an escape.

“Dissociation.

It can get so bloody boring, that you need an escape. That is why my elliptic and my weights are in front of the TV. Ever since I turned the exercise room into a TV room and left the machines where they were, I have lost a lot of weight and gained a considerable amount of muscle mass.

Disclaimer: Only dissociate if it is safe to do so, it is a small weight and there are safety measures, you don’t want to do that with a kettlebell or anything like that.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us how you stay motivated when you exercise.

We look forward to it!

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People Talk About How They Stay Motivated When It Comes to Exercising and Staying in Shape

It can be really difficult to get motivated enough to make exercising and going to the gym a priority in life.

There are a million other things you COULD be doing when it’s time to get fit, but you need to make it a priority, buckle down, and JUST DO IT. At least that’s what I do.

But, everyone’s different…

People on AskReddit talked about how they stay motivated to keep in shape.

Let’s take a look.

1. Run!

“Running is my antidepressant. I haven’t been able to run in a year because of covid (I run at the gym where there’s a daycare). My mental health is at rock bottom. Finally got back this week, feels amazing.

I’m pretty terrible at running. Even after a year of 3x a week my pace was awful. But I don’t run to get “results”, I run because it feels good. To clarify, being done feels good, the actual running is always hard.

Highly recommend a couch to 5k app if you want to get into running. Having a program makes a huge difference.”

2. Put it on the list.

“I used to hate it and get a feeling of “getting away with it” by not doing my exercise routine. After several months of doing it consistently (nothing else to do during Covid…) now I feel like s**t if I don’t do it.

It’s funny how the routine itself becomes more motivation than any benefit you see.

Now instead of “I have to work out today” it’s “maybe I get it done early so I have that marked off the list for today”.”

3. Make it work for you.

“15 years ago I had not done any regular exercise and it was impossible to change my habits and get into it. I tried many things and failed.

But then I finally found something that works for me and have been working out regularly 3-5x per week for 9 years. Now, if I don’t exercise, I don’t feel right and it bothers me until I go. There is no problem staying motivated to exercise. It’s actually difficult to not exercise.

It’s all about establishing the habit. Changing your habit is the hard part which does not really take that long, just a few months. The habit could be being a couch potato or exercising. But once the habit is established it’s easy to keep.”

4. Discipline.

“I wake up at 5am to get to the gym by 530 every weekday.

If I skip a day the chances that I make it the rest of the week pretty rapidly drop to 0%. I’ve had times where I would go every day for years, then I miss a day, then two, then 8-9 months and a year plus, just because I didn’t make it one day.

I have awful anxiety probably depression, and going to the gym helps a lot. Even if I’m only able to be there for 20 minutes, I’ll go just to show up.

Discipline is key for me. If I don’t go, I won’t go. Anybody’s who’s anxious about going to the gym, just make time and go. Nobody is going to judge you. The “meat heads” who are there every day, know what it takes to show up every day so you get nothing but respect for being there.”

5. Motivation.

“Motivation is kindling. It burns easy, but it doesn’t burn long. Use it to start but don’t rely on it.

Habit is twigs and sticks. Easy to get going once you have motivation, burns a bit longer, but eventually you’ll break habit. You’ll have to stay late after work, the gym has maintenance, there’s a global pandemic… and you can’t go for long enough that you no longer want to go.

Discipline is a log. It’s an identity. I train because… I train. There is no why. There is no reason. To be me is to train. If the gym is closed, I train at home. If I am injured, I train what is healed.

You don’t stay motivated. You start motivated.

6. It becomes fun!

“Find the right routine and exercises and it becomes fun and enjoyable.

I’ve been lifting over a decade – want to take a guess at how many exercises I absolutely hate? There’s dozens, but there are equally as many that I enjoy. Find what you like and stick to it.”

7. Burning ’em up!

“Not wanting to have to achieve my calorie deficit thru further diet restrictions.

I’ve been able to lose about a pound a week via moderate fasting and burning an extra 3000-4000 calories at the gym. Without the extra calorie burn, I would have to give up way more food that I really enjoy.

It’s a quality of life calculation. I like the food more than I hate the gym.”

8. You won’t regret it.

“I run, hike, and lift weights. It’s not really a matter of motivation, I just like doing it. Also, I really don’t like NOT doing it.

If I’m ever on the fence about doing any workout, I remind myself that I have never regretted a workout I have done, even if I have to dial it back a bit for some reason.

I always feel better after a work out, and never feel good about missing one.”

9. No excuses.

“It becomes a habit. But what I did to make it a habit was two things:

Stick to a schedule.

Remove your excuses

My biggest excuse was how time consuming it was to pack, drive to the gym, train, shower and drive back. Half of that time was not even spent exercising. So I made my own gym at home, with benches, racks, weights and a TV to run a show on while I train. Also I exercise often, but short durations, because I’ll always be able find the time.

So listen to the excuses you make, and address them. Also, realize that being tired is a poor excuse, as exercise will energize you – do some light exercise if you are tired.”

10. That works, too.

“Quite honestly, spite.

Got dumped by my ex so I started hitting the gym religiously just on the off chance that I run into her again and can make her feel dumb for dumping me.”

11. Mix it up.

“Enjoy it.

Variety. Weight training is about controlled adaptation. If you keep doing the same things forever, you won’t continue adapting, and you’ll ‘plateau’.

When this happens, you stop progressing, and you stop getting all that nice feedback from your body.

That doesn’t mean ‘do different stuff all the time’; it means, ‘make a week-by-week plan that includes periodic variation’.

Don’t focus on ‘results’, but on process.”

12. Good tips.

“Find a sport or activity you enjoy.

Find some metric in that activity that you can try and measure. Monitor your ability between when you are exercising properly and when you aren’t. Motivation gets easy when you can separate the results.

I wrestle. I can measure the point in which I gas out between when I’m running good numbers and when I’m not. I can tell if I’m going to have good endurance on the mats based on my 5k times. I hate running, but when you see the results, motivation is easy. Repeat with weight lifting, etc.

Now I just need to find something to motivate me when the pandemic closes the gym and I’ve got no opportunity to compete anytime soon”.

13. Need an escape.

“Dissociation.

It can get so bloody boring, that you need an escape. That is why my elliptic and my weights are in front of the TV. Ever since I turned the exercise room into a TV room and left the machines where they were, I have lost a lot of weight and gained a considerable amount of muscle mass.

Disclaimer: Only dissociate if it is safe to do so, it is a small weight and there are safety measures, you don’t want to do that with a kettlebell or anything like that.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us how you stay motivated when you exercise.

We look forward to it!

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Is This Guy Wrong For Not Helping His Daughter Pay for College? People Responded.

The age-old battle of who is going to pay for college is still going strong, folks!

And here’s yet another example…

A dad asked folks on Reddit if he is acting like an a**hole in regard to his daughter and her college plans.

Let’s take a look.

AITA For Refusing To Help My Daughter Pay For College?

“I (48m) have three children with my ex. My son “Joe” (24m) and two daughters “Jane” (21f) and “Amy” (19f).

After the children were born my great-grandmother started a small Education fund for each of them that I have now since controlled since her passing.

There weren’t any specific criteria for this fund within the context of the law or Bank policy because of the type of fund my great-grandmother started. I’ve added my own money to fund and my parents have occasionally put in some cash but it was never expected. My ex never put a dime into it but always wanted to have equal control of it and every time I refused she would get upset.

Over the years she’s tried to say that she needed money from the fund for expenses for the kids, citing that the child support I was paying wasn’t enough. I still refused and said that to just send me the bill and I’ll pay for it directly. She didn’t want that and would shut up after I asked how she could be so desperate for money for our kids but refuse to give any details.

Fast forward to when Joe was going to college and I told my son to just give me enough information so that I can pay the school every semester and he’d be good.

My ex tried to convince him to get me to give him all the money so that way he could have his privacy. My son did consider it but decided that he’d rather I just do this for him because he was worried of blowing through the money. I was proud of him.

Jane, however, gave into her mom’s way of thinking and insisted that I just give her the entire fund during her 2nd year. I tried to convince her that this way was best and pointed at how well this worked out for her brother.

Jane just called me controlling and said that I didn’t respect her enough to let her make her own choices. Eventually I relented but made it clear that this was all the money that there was for her for college. That once it’s gone, it’s gone and she was on her own if she needed more.

Everything seemed fine up until about a few weeks ago and Jane called crying saying that she wasn’t going to finish because she ran out of money. I asked her what happened and surprise, surprise Jane gave money to my ex. I let her vent and then told her that everything was going to be okay.

That while she may not graduate by a certain time she can still finish school, she’ll just need to apply for grants, scholarships, loans and maybe even take a year off to just work. How I would tell the school how she was on her own so she could get more money

Both Jane and my ex are upset with me, because they expect me to pay for her schooling and that I was being horrible for wanting her to struggle with loans. To me this isn’t about being petty but rather giving Jane a hard lesson.

She wanted to be treated like an adult, well finding your own way is what adults do. Joe agrees with me but, now Amy is being pressured to access her fund to help her sister. Technically, I could help but I’d rather Jane work for it herself.

AITA?”

And here’s how people on Reddit responded to this story.

One reader said that the dad is not in the wrong here and his daughter will learn a lesson from this situation.

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Another Reddit user argued that the girl’s mom was really out of line here and they consider what she did to be “financial abuse.”

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This individual thinks that the mom is also out of line and they called the dad in this story a “poor guy.”

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This Reddit user said that the mom here is a total gold digger and is also manipulative.

I think you’re right on the money!

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And lastly, this person disagreed with the other readers and said that the dad should not be “bribing” his daughter. Something to think about…

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Is This Guy Wrong For Not Helping His Daughter Pay for College? People Responded.

The age-old battle of who is going to pay for college is still going strong, folks!

And here’s yet another example…

A dad asked folks on Reddit if he is acting like an a**hole in regard to his daughter and her college plans.

Let’s take a look.

AITA For Refusing To Help My Daughter Pay For College?

“I (48m) have three children with my ex. My son “Joe” (24m) and two daughters “Jane” (21f) and “Amy” (19f).

After the children were born my great-grandmother started a small Education fund for each of them that I have now since controlled since her passing.

There weren’t any specific criteria for this fund within the context of the law or Bank policy because of the type of fund my great-grandmother started. I’ve added my own money to fund and my parents have occasionally put in some cash but it was never expected. My ex never put a dime into it but always wanted to have equal control of it and every time I refused she would get upset.

Over the years she’s tried to say that she needed money from the fund for expenses for the kids, citing that the child support I was paying wasn’t enough. I still refused and said that to just send me the bill and I’ll pay for it directly. She didn’t want that and would shut up after I asked how she could be so desperate for money for our kids but refuse to give any details.

Fast forward to when Joe was going to college and I told my son to just give me enough information so that I can pay the school every semester and he’d be good.

My ex tried to convince him to get me to give him all the money so that way he could have his privacy. My son did consider it but decided that he’d rather I just do this for him because he was worried of blowing through the money. I was proud of him.

Jane, however, gave into her mom’s way of thinking and insisted that I just give her the entire fund during her 2nd year. I tried to convince her that this way was best and pointed at how well this worked out for her brother.

Jane just called me controlling and said that I didn’t respect her enough to let her make her own choices. Eventually I relented but made it clear that this was all the money that there was for her for college. That once it’s gone, it’s gone and she was on her own if she needed more.

Everything seemed fine up until about a few weeks ago and Jane called crying saying that she wasn’t going to finish because she ran out of money. I asked her what happened and surprise, surprise Jane gave money to my ex. I let her vent and then told her that everything was going to be okay.

That while she may not graduate by a certain time she can still finish school, she’ll just need to apply for grants, scholarships, loans and maybe even take a year off to just work. How I would tell the school how she was on her own so she could get more money

Both Jane and my ex are upset with me, because they expect me to pay for her schooling and that I was being horrible for wanting her to struggle with loans. To me this isn’t about being petty but rather giving Jane a hard lesson.

She wanted to be treated like an adult, well finding your own way is what adults do. Joe agrees with me but, now Amy is being pressured to access her fund to help her sister. Technically, I could help but I’d rather Jane work for it herself.

AITA?”

And here’s how people on Reddit responded to this story.

One reader said that the dad is not in the wrong here and his daughter will learn a lesson from this situation.

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Another Reddit user argued that the girl’s mom was really out of line here and they consider what she did to be “financial abuse.”

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This individual thinks that the mom is also out of line and they called the dad in this story a “poor guy.”

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This Reddit user said that the mom here is a total gold digger and is also manipulative.

I think you’re right on the money!

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And lastly, this person disagreed with the other readers and said that the dad should not be “bribing” his daughter. Something to think about…

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Non-Religious People, What Is Your Favorite God?

I’m not a religious person in the slightest.

I was raised Catholic but for some reason, it just went in one ear and out the other for me. And, on top of that, I don’t know ANYTHING about other gods out there.

So that’s why I’m excited to hear responses!

What is your favorite god and why?

Folks on AskReddit shared their opinions on this matter.

1. That’s helpful.

“Anoia.

The goddess of volcanos and things stuck in drawers.”

2. Vino!

“Dionysus, god of wine.

Dionysus was not just a party guy that you’d expect at Eurovision. He could give life, make milk come up from the earth, make the trees leak honey. But he could be equally destructive and ruthless when he wasn’t obeyed, when his power was in doubt.

Indeed, Pentheus experienced this to the fullest extence. He is much more complex with his theme of birth, d**th and rebirth than people make him out to be and I feel like it kinda does the old stories a disservice.”

3. Odin.

“Odin.

He sacrificed an eye, and hung on a tree to gain knowledge. He has pet ravens that bring him news, a spear that never misses, and an 8-legged horse.

Honorable mention: Tyr- sacrificed his hand to bind Fenrir, is Thor’s contemporary/equal/brother (potentially, depends on the source, he could also be the son of the jötunn [giant] Hymir.).”

4. Total chaos.

“Eris, a.k.a. Discordia.

She’s the Greek goddess of chaos and discord. When Zeus threw a raging party but didn’t invite Eris, she showed up anyway.

She threw a solid gold apple, with the words “to the prettiest” inscribed on it, into the room, and three Greek goddess started cat fighting over it.”

5. A good dude.

“Prometheus was a good dude.

He was a true bro, only one who cared about us little people.”

6. Who needs a hug?

“Hestia, being goddess of the hearth seems like she would give the best hugs after a hard day.

Warm and comforting, like a blanket and hot chocolate in front of a warm fire on a snowy winter evening.”

7. Sounds cool.

“Freya, of Norse mythology.

She was in charge of love, fertility, battle, and d**th.

She could be bada** and feminine all at the same time.

Also, she had a chariot pulled by cats.”

8. Makes sense.

“Bathala.

In Tagalog mythology he created the world then left us to our own devices. The creator has things to do and can’t be bothered with us lesser beings.

Now that is an all powerful being I can understand.”

9. Obvious choice.

“I love Egyptian mythology and cats so Bastet is an obvious choice!

I also really like how according to their mythology, the goddess Isis invented mummification in order to reunite her brothers/husbands body, Osiris.”

10. Hero worship.

“Hermes

So I accidentally found myself “worshipping” Hermes because it became a habit.

I’d see a pile of stones on a trail and add one to it. IIRC the name Hermes actually comes from Herms, the pile of stones marking trails and borders which is why Hermes is the god of trails, borders, commerce and travelers.

So I started adding a stone to them and I’d say “keep me safe Hermes” as passing comment and after months of doing it, a ritual.

It’s been going so long now that I have a small statue of him with train tickets from the subways I’ve been to and I call my car my “caduceus”.”

11. Brigid.

“The Irish triple goddess, Brigid.

Back when I was Catholic I was confirmed using Saint Brigid’s name. The goddess was actually Christianized from the old religion.

I love religious syncreticism.”

12. Have to look into that one.

“Tezcatlipoca, AKA the smoking mirror.

The Aztec god of night and sorcery, as well as the patron deity of Aztec kings and young warriors.”

13. Interesting.

“The Navajo’s Spider Woman.

Universe had to come from somewhere.

Giant spider weaving it into existence makes more sense than a lot of the other origin stories.”

14. Good luck.

“Fortuna the Roman goddess of luck.

I read a book about ancient Rome and supposedly you were supposed to choose a personal god to guide you through life.

There was one emperor that chose Fortuna and he was one of the only ones to make it to old age and lived a relatively unscandalous life compared to the rest.”

What’s your favorite god?

‘Fess up in the comments!

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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This is Why the Grapefruit Is One of the World’s Weirdest Fruits

Around these parts, we get stuck thinking that there are only about a dozen “normal” fruits because those are what are accessible to us. We grab bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, berries, melon – maybe a pineapple or a mango once in a while, or a kiwi, but that’s about as wild as we get.

There are some crazy fruits out there in the world, of course, but what if I told you the seemingly innocuous grapefruit was one of the weirdest?

To get there, we need to wander through some facts and history, so bear with me, ok?

Citrus fruits are native to warm, humid climates, and originally resided in those portions of Asia. Climate change pushed species like the citron, pomelo, and mandarin all over the world, and several others spread out over Asia.

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The citron, pomelo, and mandarin are most important, though, because basically all citrus fruits are derived from them still to this day – sort of like the primary colors of citrus fruits.

Grapefruit, for its part, is a mix between a pomelo and a sweet orange (a hybrid of a pomelo and a mandarin). It was also not first found in Asia, but half a world away in Barbados sometime in the mid-1600s.

Europeans had planted citrus trees all over the West Indies and hybrids were appearing willy nilly. No one was documenting them at the time – what they originally planted or what later mixed with which – and no one was taking measures to avoid hybridizing, so it was happening all over the place.

The unintentional fruit that would become the grapefruit wasn’t even called by that name until the 1830s (that we know of), and was before that probably referred to as a “shaddock,” or the simple word for “pomelo” in the area.

Writer Griffith Hughes referred to a shaddock tree that grew a “golden orange,” or the “forbidden fruit” in 1750, and since the grapefruit was the most famous and popular citrus fruit in the West Indies, people imagine it was what he was talking about in his writings.

Some researchers believe a “golden orange” was indeed a grapefruit, but that the “forbidden fruit” was some other hybrid that has since been lost to time.

The name grapefruit is also up for debate, with some believing it harkens back to a 1664 Dutch physician describing the citrus in Barbados as “tasting like unripe grapes” while others point to John Lunan, an 1814 plantation owner from Jamaica, saying the fruit was named “on account of its resemblance in flavour to the grape.”

It’s important to note that grapes as we know them didn’t exist there until the 18th or 19th century – before that they only had sea grapes, which aren’t grapes at all but a kind of buckwheat, and are sour and slightly bitter (just like a grapefruit).

The grapefruit made its way to America in the 1820s, when Frenchman Odet Philippe hopped over to Pinellas County, Florida. He loved the grapefruit and planted huge swaths of it, even gifting grafts to his new Native American neighbors so they could grow it, too.

Then another grapefruit devotee, Kimball Chase Atwood, moved to Tampa bay and planted his own grove of trees – around 16,000 of them, to be exact.

Grapefruits would rather not be contained or cultivated, though, and turned pink all on their own – Atwood patented the Ruby Red grapefruit in 1929, making a fortune even though the fruit had hybridized itself in the wilderness.

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Which is all very interesting, but the innovating breeding properties doesn’t necessarily qualify the fruit as weird.

What clinical pharmacology researcher David Bailey found in his lab in 1989, though, definitely does – because what he discovered is that grapefruit is one of the greatest foes of modern medicine (when it comes to adversarial foods).

“The hard part about it was that most people didn’t believe our data, because it was so unexpected. A food had never been shown to produce a drug interaction like this, as large as this, ever.”

Bailey works for the Canadian government testing various medications to see how humans react to them. He was working on a blood pressure drug in 1989 and trying to see whether or not it reacted to alcohol. The alcohol had to be disguised for the double-blind study, though, and he and his wife found that nothing hid the taste of booze like grapefruit juice.

The control group got grapefruit juice and the experimental group got grapefruit juice and alcohol, but the results were nothing Bailey – or anyone – could have predicted.

“The levels [of the drug] were about four times higher than I would have expected fo the doses they were taking.”

And this was true of both the control and the experimental groups.

The only thing he could imagine affecting his results was the grapefruit juice, which no one had thought to test in reaction with that particular drug (or any drug at all, for that matter).

Bailey decided to test the theory on himself.

“I remember the research nurse who was helping me, she thought this was the dumbest idea she’d ever heard.”

It might have been a dumb idea, but it was right – the grapefruit was screwing with something, somehow quintupling the drug in his system compared to what he had taken.

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When drugmakers start to formulate dosages, they consider the work of an enzyme called cytochrome P450, which basically filters out parts or all of various substances before they can reach your bloodstream. With drugs, it can be as little as 10% of what you ingested.

Grapefruits contain a compound called furanocoumarins, which protect the fruit from fungal infections, and guess what they do to those cytochromes?

Take them out of the game, that’s what.

When you eat a grapefruit those P450’s are destroyed, and it takes your body around 12 hours to make more. So, for those 12 hours, every drug you take will get into your bloodstream with nothing to block some of it.

You can see how this could potentially induce an overdose, since drugmakers assume you have those enzymes taking down your dosage. If you don’t, all bets are off.

There are actually a bunch of very common drugs, like Xanax, Adderall, Zoloft, Lipitor, Cialis, and even things like Prilosec or Tylenol, that can and are easily affected by even small amounts of grapefruit or grapefruit juice.

For some of those, taking a higher dosage once in a while is no big deal, but for others, it certainly can be, according to Bailey.

“There are a fair number of drugs that have the potential to produce very serious side effects.

Kidney failure, cardiac arrhythmia, gastrointestinal bleeding, respiratory depression…”

Basically, there are definitely people who have died because they decided to have a grapefruit for breakfast.

The FDA typically does not place warnings about this potential interactions on the labels of any drugs, though you can find some mention of it if you go to websites dedicated to individual prescriptions.

The interaction extends to all bitter citruses – the ones descended from the pomelo.

Grapefruit contains a bunch of health benefits, like loads of Vitamin C, but if you’re someone who takes drugs every single day, you might want to have a chat with your doctor before you add it to your daily diet.

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Non-Religious People Discuss Their Favorite Gods

I’m totally ignorant when it comes to religion.

I was raised in a Catholic household, but I never really took any of it all that seriously and I never explored any other religions.

But I’m open to learning about it!

And that’s why I’m looking forward to hearing these responses from other non-religious people.

Non-religious people talked about their favorite gods on AskReddit.

Here’s what they had to say.

1. A lot in common.

“Hestia. She doesn’t meddle or succumb to vanity or start wars over dumb s**t or take the form of animals to sleep around.

She isn’t an obvious favorite or anyone’s hero. No one fears her wrath. There are no surviving myths dedicated to her. But she’s a constant, vital presence in everyday life and was unobtrusively worshipped by everyone in Ancient Greece.

She maintains the hearth for all humanity and is present in every home. Ancient artwork suggests that, over time, her honored position as the 12th Olympian was transferred to Dionysus. Scholars have theorized that perhaps she willingly gave up her seat to avoid conflict and maintain the peace.

I always identified with her a lot.”

2. He did it!

“Odin, he promised us to defeat the ice giants.

I have never seen a giant my life so he did a good job.”

3. A smart one.

“Thoth, because he created writing, maths, and other feats of intelligence.

He also tends to be very level-headed in Egyptian mythology.”

4. A good one.

“I like Nienna. Turning grief into compassion and understanding.

I even have a grey tabby cat that has this super mournful sounding meow that I had to name after her.

She’s my little grey lady who is constantly crying.”

5. Shiva.

“Shiva probably, from Hindu Mythology.

He’s supposed to be a “God of Gods” cuz the other Gods look up to him, plus he’s also the God of Destruction who incinerated 3 planets after firing a single arrow.

I mean, I dunno, but that sounds pretty bada**.”

6. Seen her at work.

“Annoya.

There’s a goddess I can believe in, the goddess of things stuck in the drawer so you can’t open it all the way.

She exists; I’ve seen her work, and not just in my own home.”

7. Very cool!

“Anazi the trickster spider!

I like that he is always out for himself but often doesn’t win in the end.

He never gives up!”

8. Don’t mess with her.

“The Hindu goddess Kali. She’s just a total bad b**ch.

Divine femininity, cutting off evil dudes’ heads left and right.

Inspired The Rolling Stones tongue logo and the Beatles centered a plot to one of their movies around a cult of her followers.”

9. Fascinating.

“Persephone, as sad as her story is.

Getting kidnapped and taken into the underworld. Her story always fascinates me.

Nowadays though I see many people romanticize her story which I find kind of weird.”

10. Baphomet.

“Baphomet.

The symbolization of equilibrium of opposites is really neat, and I love how the imagery is very representative of that symbolism.

Plus, people think it is Satanic so it is fun to watch people get wide eyed when I mention Baphomet.”

11. A titan.

“Prometheus. He’s one of the titans in Greek mythology.

When I heard his story, I was surprised at how ungod-like he was. He actually cared for his creation and prioritize us gaining knowledge over worshipping some deity. He tricked zeus for the benefits of humanity. Stole fire for humans despite zeus not allowing humans to have fire anymore.

Zeus found out and sentence him to be tied to a rock where his liver would be eaten by a vulture. He would heal every night only to be t**tured again. To top it all off Zeus offered freedom in exchange he would hide the knowledge of fire from humans. Without hesitation he refused.

Despite being an atheist and not actually believing he exists, he has been my go to god to ask for help in times of desperation and when I just feel lonely (especially when flying and the plane shakes a little). I also use his sacrifice to get myself motivated.

For those of you who’s wondering what happened to Prometheus next. When Hercules was doing his 12 labours, one of those labours was to k**l the vulture that is the same vulture that was in charge of torturing Prometheus.

Hercules k**led the vulture and decided to just set Prometheus free.”

12. Old school.

“Gotta go old school.

Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of love and war that became Ishtar to the Assyrians, Astarte to the Canaanites, Astoreth to the Semitic, and Aphrodite to the Greeks and influenced another half a dozen goddess mythologies throughout the ancient world – the Hindu Durga, Ainina and Danina to the Iberians, Dali to the Georgians, and even early Christian’s with the Virgin Mary and the Jews with the unnamed “Queen of Heaven”.”

13. Respect it.

“Antinous, the deified lover of Hadrian.

He is the third most known statue subject. Of all Roman statues of a formerly living perso , we have the most of Augustus. Second most of Hadrian. And third most are of him. If you’ve been to a greco Roman section in an art museum, you’ve probably seen a statue of him.

How did he die? He drowned. Why? We don’t know. An accident, suicide, a sacrifice? No idea really. We know very little about him as a person. He’s very much an enigma.

But he also d**d as a young man and was then worshipped and so I like him because if I prayed to him I can imagine him just being like…. F**k if I know, Hadrian and I didn’t exactly discuss this part of my afterlife, I can’t help you with your problem.

And if I was a god I’d be about that clueless too. So I can respect it.”

14. We need it.

“Siva. God of destruction.

Because destruction allows creation and this world needs both (in that order).”

15. Totally emo.

“Satan.

Emo, free-thinking angel, getting people to embrace knowledge, being all about questioning and rebellion.

What’s not to like?”

16. The first rebel.

“Lilith.

The devil’s mistress and the 1st wife of Adam. She is said to be the first rebel and she’s the mother of all witches.

“Lilith” in Hebrew means “screech owl” because in legends, she is depicted as an owl-lady.”

Do you have a favorite god?

If so, please tell us all about it in the comments.

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