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A Video Demonstrates How Easy It Is for a Person to Spike Your Drink

It’s a lesson all young people should learn before they start going to bars and parties where alcohol will be served: always keep your eye on your drink and never, ever take a drink from someone you don’t know.

I’ve heard way too many horror stories from people who had something slipped into their drinks and that’s when really bad things happen.

And a woman named Mell Hall took to TikTok to illustrate just how easy it is for someone to spike your drink. Hall shows a bunch of different examples on her video about how simple it is for predators and creeps out there to pull this off.

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Hall said,

“I would have been happy if just one person would have walked away from watching this video and decided to be more vigilant and build safer habits for themselves.”

She added,

“To my surprise, it looks like millions of people are going to re-evaluate how they protect themselves and those around them!

People have been so generous in the comments and have jumped in to give personal anecdotes and share how they keep themselves safer when they go out.”

So, basically… you need to be VERY careful and MUCH MORE vigilant.

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Watch Hall’s video very carefully and see how hard it is to even pick up on what she’s doing when she drops the kernels into the drinks.

It’s pretty scary how fast it happens.

@renaissancewomanhood

Reply to @ivanp19 I feel really icky after doing that… even if it wasn’t real? #besafeeveryone

♬ Money Trees – Kendrick Lamar

Please remember to be vigilant and be extra careful when it comes to your drink when you’re out at bars or at parties. As Hall just showed us, it’s very easy to slip something in and a lot of people never notice…until it’s too late.

Have you ever had any experiences with someone trying to do this to you or a friend of yours in a bar before?

If so, tell us what happened in the comments.

We’d love to hear your stories. Please and thank you!

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Memes to Help You Understand the South

A lot people say we’re living in a deeply divided nation. Others say, “No we’re not, you liars, this means war!”

I think both sides have a point.

And in an effort to heal things over just a little, I’m going to try to educate myself about parts of the country that I don’t have too much familiarity with. For instance, the south. A place with a rich and storied culture, which I will now attempt to fully comprehend through memes.

Take a journey with me out of Yankee territory, ya’ll.

10. Cold shoulder

You dare to insult me like this?

9. Inch by inch

All aboard the Polar Express, I guess.

8. Spurs of the moment

These things are God’s mistakes and you can’t convince me otherwise.

7. There’s snow winning

Do I wanna build a snowman? Probably not.

6. Georgia on my mind

Hey, that’s sign’s got a point.

5. Ya’ll think different

Don’t you tie me down with your autocorrected tyranny.

4. Forbidden phrases

Nobody doesn’t like Dolly Parton at least a little.

3. Oh sweet mercy

This is it. This is the end of all things.

2. Pluralism

But where’s the “youse guys” part of the map?

1. Bitter sweet

I’m gonna spill some tea about spilling this tea.

Via: Pinterest

I feel about as well-versed in Southern culture now as I’ve ever been, and even more so in meme culture.

What’s the most distinctive thing about where you grew up?

Enlighten us in the comments.

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People Who Laughed at Completely Inappropriate Moments

If there’s one thing that’s true in this world, it’s that human beings are…strange. Another thing, though, that most of us accept is that the inner working of the human brain remain a mystery.

Sometimes those things just misfire–we tell the supermarket clerk we love her, we stumble, and yeah, we laugh when situations are completely devoid of humor.

You can almost feel the secondhand awkward reading these 15 confessions.

15. Delivery is everything.

I was out with a cousin that I had not seen in quite a while since she lives in another country. We were at a cafeteria/bar type thing. Since she was staying a few days only, she asked me if it was okay if some friends of hers that she hadn’t seen in years came along. Told her sure and 10 mins later they come sit with us.

One of them (they were 3) starts telling us whats up with his life and casually drops “oh my father also died this summer” (as if he had bought a new phone or sth) and I almost spit my drink… I really tried not laughing but he didn’t help.

I left out a tiny giggle and he continued telling how his father died casually. I had to look at my phone to not lose it..

14. That’s a memory that will last.

My dad’s funeral. My maternal grandfather got very emotional, and when he’s emotional, he loses his English and lapses into Welsh.

He’s also a trained singer, so halfway through one of the hymns he starts bellowing it out in Welsh, which no one else in the church could speak (we live in Scotland). It was funny and awful at the same time.

13. I guess it wasn’t a joke.

I was doing storefront fundraising at a WalMart for the non-profit I’m a part of. I pitched a guy on the way in and his reply was “I’ll donate to someone else as soon as someone donates me a kidney.” I expressed my sympathies and moved on.

The guy I was fundraising with pitched the man again as he walked out of the store. The man must’ve said something derogatory and my partner looked at me, shrugged, and made a funny face. I laughed and the guy wheeled around and started screaming and cursing at me for laughing at a man who needs a kidney transplant.

He ended up calling the store and saying I was mocking his plight and we were asked to leave for the day.

12. It’s probably exactly what he would have wanted.

I pissed myself laughing at my husbands funeral. He had a pretty morbid sense of humour and one of the songs he wanted played was “I just wanna live” by Good Charlotte.

In the moment the whole thing just seemed so absurd that I just cracked up laughing. However because most people could only see my back they all assumed I was just crying.

But honestly I think that my reaction was pretty normal given the emotional distress that day

11. You just can’t help it.

My neighbour (60F) was about to open her gate but then she saw us, and she quickly turned around to say hello.

Well, she perfectly face planked to the ground while doing so, got up and acted like nothing had happened and continued talking.

I tried to ask her if she was okay but couldn’t stop laughing. I must have looked like an asshole, it was the most perfect plank I’ve ever seen.

10. A very sweet story.

I am a silent laugher. I was laughing so hard at my dad’s military funeral that I was visibly shaking. My mom gave me the side eye and when we had a moment alone she asked what I thought was so funny about my dad’s death.

I told her that sitting in the sun, with tons of mosquitoes, and military guys who had trouble folding the flag (seriously these guys screwed it up like five times) while I pictured my dad shaking his head saying, “ what the hell are you all sitting here for? Go fishing! Get out of the mosquito hell and move on; I’m dead.” Just had me giggling to myself because my dad thought funerals were a waste of time.

My mom looked at me, sighed, and said something like, “yeah, he probably would say that.”

9. I would like to see the video, please.

A teenager was harassing a middle aged woman in a wheel chair.

The teenager tried to kick her in the face ….. she caught his foot so he fell on his face, she held his foot up and repeatedly kicked his nuts with her giant special boot.

8. Stick up for the kid.

I happened to witness the immediate aftermath of a car accident between this woman and a younger guy who seemed to be a new driver.

The young guy had a STOP sign and the woman was cussing at him, telling him he should be paying more attention and that he will kill someone if he drives like that. The poor dude was practically speechless and still reeling from the shock of the accident.

Just as I was about to go on with my day, here comes a delivery guy on a scooter. He stops for half a sec to take stock of the situation and goes “Hey, lady! Leave the poor kid alone, you were going the wrong way on a one-way street” while pointing at a sign that confirmed what he said.

Suffice it to say, I pissed myself laughing at her as she went back to her car realizing she was at fault after all

7. Oh that’s awful.

I joked about my friend and said he looked like he was having a seizure before my dumbass realized he actually was having a seizure.

6. Like baby deer.

One time in college a few friends and I took a couple giggle stamps and went for a walk down the main drag of town, taking it all in.

At about the time that things were really coming to a head, a car crashes into a stone wall on the other side of the street at like 25 miles an hour. Without missing a beat 5 girls who were dressed to go out and were all wearing tall heels hop out and all run in different directions away from this car. They all looked like baby deer learning to walk.

The driver stumbles out seemingly intoxicated and then proceeds to try and reverse himself off the wall and leave the scene but ends up ripping off the front end of his car and then getting stuck.

Anyway I almost collapsed from laughing at all of this and after roasting the driver from across the street instead of helping like the Seinfeld gang for about 5 minutes we decided to leave.

5. God doesn’t like ugly.

Was in a restaurant and there was this kid a few seats ahead of me just being loud and annoying.

So when he got out of his seat to do god knows what.

He tripped and fell on his untied show and face planted into the hardwood floor.

I laughed out loud so hard and i got a lot of nasty stares but it was worth it.

4. The best moments.

I used to be a wedding planner. One wedding was set on a coastal beach. Really great day, I had been working on this for months.

Now, the couple decided that the ring bearer would be their labrador and he would have the rings on a ribbon around his neck, fair enough. So a bridesmaid would let him off the lead at the beginning of the aisle and he would trot down to the happy couple.

We did test runs and he was really good so he was the least of my problems.

Or so I thought. I’m right at the back with my schedule, ceremony starts but the dog had different ideas, he stormed down the aisle (almost knocking the bride over) past the couple, down the beach and into the see with the RINGS.

Half of the groomsmen running after him ending up drenched in the sea. I literally had tears running down my face with laughter, there was fuck all I could do, had to balance against a wall with my heels embedded in the sand.

3. Some people just love an audience.

On jury duty for a drunk driving manslaughter case. He agreed to an interview on scene of the accident, drunk as hell. After the officer identified himself on the tape, drunk dude started hollering in a thick southern drawl “ya’ll know me! My daughters a street walker down in (nearby town)”. I started laughing at that. With the wife and family of the victim visibly upset, staring at me. Then guy admitted he spent the day drinking at a strip club, with a n open 12pack of beer in the passenger seat with empties on the floor.

Man, that trial was a joke. Why didn’t he plead guilty? No defense to speak of, they even had video of the accident, not to mention he consented to a BAC test.

And this was the guys 5th drunk driving offense!

2. One of those days.

Clearly tired dad and his, I’m assuming, 5 year old daughter in a supermarket, following behind him pointing out things that she thinks they need in an obnoxious voice.

Girl: Daddy, do you know what WE need?
Dad: silence
Girl: Daddy!! Do you know what WE need?
Girl: DADDY!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED?!
Dad: A muzzle.

Had to duck into the next aisle so fast and burst out laughing, the people in that aisle had no idea what I’d just heard and looked at me like I was laughing at voices in my head.

1. You work with what you’ve got.

At my grandma’s funeral, when it came time for interment, all of us who’d gone to the cemetery were asked to stay some 50 yards away as they were sodding the whole new area of the cemetery we were in.

However, my grandpa wanted to sprinkle some dirt on her casket, so they permitted him to do so, with my mom, aunt, and uncle alongside. A few moments later, we heard a really loud thud–evidently, because of the nature of the dirt there, instead of being able to find a small handful of loose dirt, he picked up a little clod or two and tossed that into the grave.

Hearing the thud in the distance, my wife and sisters and I couldn’t resist busting out laughing.

Luckily grandpa was too far away to hear it.

This happens to all of us, I know, but at least today it’s not me.

Tell us your story of inappropriate laughter in the comments!

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Get a Pumpkin and Creme Pie From McDonalds – While They Last

Let’s talk about pumpkin and pumpkin spice for a second, okay? I’m not the biggest fan of the (in)famous and largely beloved Starbucks‘ Pumpkin Spice Latte, but they do make a killer pumpkin scone.

I don’t care for pumpkin pie, but have a pumpkin bar recipe that’s out of this world.

Maybe you love autumn but you don’t love pumpkin at all, to which I say, to each their own – but then this post probably isn’t for you.

For those of us who enjoy some autumnal-flavored desserts that include some kind of pumpkin pie spice, McDonald’s is once again throwing their hat in the ring with their Pumpkin and Creme Pie.

I mean, it’s no McRib, but neither of them are like actual food, so let’s not pretend anyone is better than anyone else around here, eh?

The Pumpkin and Creme pies at McD’s are much like their hot apple pies – they’re doughy pockets with buttery, flaky outer crust that hold, in this case, some stuff that has the flavor and consistency of a pumpkin pie slathered in whipped cream.

Like the McRib and many other menu items people really like, this pie won’t be around for long. It will probably hang out until around Thanksgiving, before disappearing in favor of something more Christmas-y.

I have no idea what that might be, but i would love to see a hot chocolate inspired pie, wouldn’t you?

Enjoy, my pumpkins! Autumn is here, but before you know it, the dreary winter chill will descend, so don’t miss out!

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Things That Would Have Seemed Normal in 2000, But Would Be Pretty Strange Today

Times change. We all know that, but in the past, we’ve had a bit more time to get used to those changes before something new comes down the pike.

For the past decade, our world and technology have been changing so fast and so often that it can seem like a whirlwind – and these 12 things that have gone all but obsolete are the proof in the pudding.

12. We all knew how to read maps!

Printing out your route from Mapquest before leaving the house.

Seems like there was one year where every car was guaranteed to have a Mapquest printout on the right front passenger seat.

And somehow mapquest was always wrong. Even if by just one street.

11. No way this happens today.

I remember 25 years ago getting on a plane and realized I forgot some important paperwork in the car.

The flight attendant let me get off the plane and I ran through the terminal and out to the parking lot to my car to retrieve it.

Then quickly ran back in, zipped past the security screener, out onto the tarmac and climbed up the stairs to the plane.

It was a rather small airport so it took less than 5 minutes. But I doubt I’d be allowed to do that today.

10. It’s been a wild ride.

Email has almost gone full circle in terms of usefulness in communication… (edit: personal communication, i.e. not work/professional/school. I clarifyed that at the end, but some responses suggest that point was missed)

2000: Email is common, but it’s not something people check very often. Easy way to disseminate information to a lot of people at once, but not great if you want/need instant feedback.

2010: Everyone has email and smartphones are becoming the norm, so everyone has email access at all times. With the limitations of SMS, is a popular and efficient way to do group conversions.

2020: Social media and dedicated messaging platforms have taken over, email is little but a vast wasteland of spam, so people stop paying attention it and don’t check it very often.

9. All of airports.

Waiting for your loved ones at the GATE rather than the luggage pickup.

I think low security is even overstating how bad it was.

My airport had 2 guys with those handheld metal detectors they casually waved and often times they just waved kids under 10 through.

Anyone could walk down to the gate with you without a ticket.

8. Or face the fine!

Rewinding movies when you’re done watching them.

BE KIND, REWIND

7. Do those still exist?

Teen magazines (Tiger Beat, M, Mad…) that you could take posters out of and hang in your room.

6. You know you still do this.

Blowing into video games to fix them.

5. We were very dedicated to our mix tapes.

Buying a stack of blank Cd’s so you can make your own custom mixes.

4. And AskJeeves!

Using Yahoo to search for things.

Or repeatedly signing up for 15 free hours of AOL using a spoofed credit card number and a fake name.

3. Or clicking the numbers multiple times.

T9 texting.

Having the keys memorized so you could text like Matt Damon in “The Departed”.

2. I barely remember doing this.

Switching to channel 3 to play video games.

1. It was good and bad.

Not freaking out when someone calls you out of nowhere.

Or comes by your place without messaging first.

It’s so, so crazy to think about our changing world in these terms.

Is this what getting old is like? I guess I’m there!

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A Mom Asked, “Is It Wrong to Give Your Kids a Reality Check About the Responsibilities of Being an Adult?”

We all have dreams for our future when we’re young: the job we want, the house we’ll have, the lifestyle we’ll live. We see the lives of characters in our favorite TV shows and movies, and imagine that could be us someday.

Carrie from Sex and the City managed to afford a New York apartment full of expensive shoes, working as a full-time writer. Why can’t I?

Unfortunately, reality isn’t so simple. Adults have a lot of bills to pay. And that’s what this mom attempted to explain to her daughter, but she was met with some unexpected consequences.

So she took to Reddit to ask, “Am I the a*shole?”

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Alright, already we can see that her daughter is in a foul mood. Maybe this isn’t the best time for a hard reality check. Then again, is there ever a good time?

Mom sees this as an opening for an important conversation about what adulting actually entails. It’s not all eating ice cream for dinner and staying up way past your bed time.

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Oh, honey.

While hiring a maid isn’t a bad thing, nor an unreasonable thing for a middle to upperclass household to do, it’s almost laughable to image an 18-year-old right out of high school having that privilege.

It’s too tempting not to pop that bubble.

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I completely understand where her husband is coming from. The daughter was probably dealing with some other issue or insecurity and it manifested in the form of complaining about chores.

Then again, was the mom wrong to be real with her daughter?

Most people don’t think so.

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There’s nothing wrong with encouraging your children to pursue their dreams, but to do so without preparing them for the obstacles they’ll face doesn’t do them any good.

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We shouldn’t wait until a teenager’s senior year of high school to get real with them about all that being an adult entails.

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I WISH I’d learned some more basic life skills before leaving home for the first time.

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Her daughter won’t be giggling if she leaves home with little to know idea how to budget.

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The overwhelming majority think this mom was doing her daughter a favor.

Sometimes being a parent means being the “bad guy,” in your child’s eyes.  In the short-term, her daughter might be upset for a bit, but in the long-term, at least now she knows where to set her expectations.

Do you agree with mom, or do you think she needs to give her kid a break?

Let us know in the comments!

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People Share the Absolute Worst Times They’ve Laughed in Public

There are times when everyone in the room laughs. There are times when most people are laughing, and there are times when only a few seem to be in on the joke.

Then, there are times when no one is laughing but you – because you really, really shouldn’t be cracking up.

These 14 people admit the moments those latter types came up in public, and you can judge for yourself just how inappropriate the laughter might have been.

14. What does he expect!

About 2 and a half years ago I was walking down the Main Street in my city and let me tell you, it was about half past boiling degrees. Anyway, as I’m just walking along (and struggling might I add) this guy who would have to have been around 6.9ft lumbers past me in an old Victorian Top hat!

I couldn’t stop myself from letting out a light chuckle (I held back as I didn’t want to be rude). To my surprise, he must have heard me and he turns to me and gives me a big cheeky wink before tipping his hat and running away. I still think about that big fella from time to time.

13. I bet grandma would have loved that sound.

I was very close to my great-grandma growing up. I was at her house often as she babysat me when I was younger. I was 12 when she died. It was the first death of someone I knew and loved. I was devastated.

Fast forward to the funeral. It was only my second funeral and this one I didn’t know how to act because I was grieving. My younger sister and I were tagging around with our uncle, who was 14 and close enough to our age that we were very close growing up. He was trying to keep up distracted and cheered up. So we were a bit squirrelly and our moms kept telling us to calm down.

There was a family member at the funeral going around taking pictures of family. He asked my sister and I to get a picture in front of the casket. I was weirded out but ok. He tells us to look at her with our palms together like we’re praying. I was struck by the absurdity of this and thought, oh I should pretend I’m crying. So I quick duck my face into my head and pretend to sob. I then I realized I was pretending to cry in front of my dead great-grandmother for a picture and for some reason, I thought this was just hilarious and started giggling uncontrollably.

My sister quickly starts giggling. We both succumb to what I’m sure was grief and uncomfortableness combined and we are literally on the floor laughing in front of our great-grandmother’s casket. I have a bad habit of peeing if I laugh too hard and sure enough, I’m trying hard not to wet my tights and laughing and crying. I see my mom and grandma come marching up to us and everyone staring daggers at us.

We got a good talking to about respect and are told to stay in the side room for family until we can compose ourselves. I was so ashamed and it was one of my most embarrassing memories for decades. I’ve finally come to terms with it and can appreciate that my great-grandma would have probably loved that we were laughing at her funeral.

12. Some things never change.

My mother and grandmother met an old acquaintance of hers at the cemetery were my grandpa is buried. There was a new grave of a 14 year-old who had recently passed of Fibrosis (affects the lungs). Said acquaintance goes “How sad, I heard that he died of Phimosis” (not being able to pull back the foreskin).

My mother, aware of the difference and having a record of bursting out laughing in horrible situations, can’t hold herself back, tears in the eyes and almost maniacally laughing. My grandma is very ashamed and infuriated at her daughter for laughing at her acquaintance of many years at the grave of a recently deceased 14 year-old.

Later grandma basically shouted at her for this behavior like she would have 40 years ago.

11. It is a very expressive language.

During my graduation ceremony, I was in the front row. We all got up to sing the school’s anthem. The song was also gestured(?) in sign language.

For some reason I found the person’s gestures really silly and I was barely containing myself from erupting into laughter.

10. I think that happened on Seinfeld once.

The ending of a boy in the striped pajamas. They were showing it at the blood donation place I went to, and at the end of the movie The son of the German running the concentration camp wanders into the camp, and gets sent to the gas chamber.

The irony of it made me giggle, and the dirty looks from all of the old ladies who had also just given blood, and watched the movie made me loss it. I was crying from laughter, and that’s the story of why I am no longer allowed to give blood.

9. Teenagers, right?

I went to a pro-life rally once and they had someone on stage doing sign language while they had someone giving a speech.

Everything was fine until the man said “at the moment of conception” and the person signing held up one hand in front of her in a fist, then with the other hand started wiggling her index finger, moved it across her, and inserted it into her fist, like a sperm swimming to an egg, and my teenager mind absolutely lost it.

8. We all have our crosses to bear.

My wife and I walked around the grocery store one day and when we turned around an isle a 7′ girl all of the sudden was in front of us. We managed to not laugh or stare, barely.

Then a black guy that was approx 15 seconds behind us noticed and loudly yelled “damn you’re tall as hell girl” in a voice only a 40+ black man can make.

We burst and quickly got into another isle. Poor girl. She seemed shy and bothered by being in public. Just because of people like me and my wife.

7. It just comes out of nowhere.

When the polish president died in a plane crash in 2012 (I think) there was a nationwide minute of silence.

For some reason I couldn’t stop laughing, it was like an attack of just laughter because of nothing.

Anyways my family got pissed and took me away to a room where I sat alone in the darkness and laughed for few minutes till my whole core started to hurt

6. Well that’s awkward.

I was brought into a full team meeting (six of us) at a previous job and was told one of my coworkers was fired and I chuckled a bit and smiled. Our team always played jokes/pranks on each other like that.

Turns out she was actually fired for signing her bosses name on time cards. I felt pretty terrible that they were serious. It was a dumb mistake for her to make, but she was a great coworker so I felt bad for even momentarily chuckling at the fact that she had been fired.

5. I’m sure the priest has seen it all.

My younger sister and I were altar serving on Ash Wednesday. We were probably about 13 and 11 years old.

The priest is making the cross on each parishioner’s forehead with ashes and saying “remember, man, that thou art but dust and to dust thou shalt return.”

My 13 year old brain decided to interpret that as “thou art butt dust” and I snorted.

That set my sister off and we were both sitting there laughing our asses off and trying to stifle it as much as possible.

4. So many yikes.

One time at a McDonald’s some kid had a hold of a milkshake and was enjoying the fuck out of it, arms a’flailing and screaming his little head off. Just enjoying life. I thought this was hilarious and tried -and fail- to stifle laughter as this little kid shared his joy over his frosted beverage to the world.

As me and my friends left the restaurant, they informed me the child was very obviously special needs. I laughed at a handicapped kid in public in front of everybody and had no idea how I looked or what I was doing. In hindsight I was surprised I didn’t get punched in the back of the head of it. I felt horrible over it.

3. Everyone loves to see that.

I was working at a McDonald’s cleaning in front next door I saw a guy walking and some guy comes on his bike behind and lays him out with one punch.

2. Sometimes it’s too much to take.

I work in a warehouse and we were in a meeting with all warehouse staff and our Director, Foreman and Supervisor.

The Director stood up and gave the usual flowery B.S. speech I assume most do. He then got to the phrase that I laughed out loud at:

“You are the backbone of this company, and your opinion matters!”

Note: We are the backbone, but they couldn’t give two craps about our opinions, I couldn’t believe he would lie to us so blatantly.

1. “It was fine.”

I was talking to my colleague and I causally asked him how his weekend went.

I was expecting him to say the usual boring stuff like walked the dog etc- instead out of nowhere he says “it was fine, went to my mates funeral” at that moment I burst out laughing in his face uncontrollably, I don’t understand why it made me laugh so much but it was the last thing I expected him to say. I’m a terrible person.

I’m just so glad none of these are my stories.

If you’ve got one that would qualify, though, please share it with us in the comments

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People Share the Scientific Facts They Really Wish Weren’t True

Believing in science is important, and when a fact is irrefutable, researched, and peer-reviewed, we should all accept that it’s true.

That doesn’t mean we have to like it, though.

Here are 17 people who have a beef with one scientific fact or another, and their reasons are pretty darn good.

17. We have no idea what’s down there.

The fact that 80% of the ocean is unexplored.

All of that vast ocean… and we have no idea what’s in it.

16. Well that’s terrible.

Pandas often have twins, but usually the mother can only manage to care for one, so the other is abandoned.

Giant panda cubs can’t even open their eyes until they’re 6 weeks old, and can’t move around until they’re 3 months.

Poor little guys.

15. We won’t be around to see it either way.

The universe was theorized to either slam back together after many more billions of years and possibly create a new Big Bang, or just die by expanding away from everything else and getting colder and colder until atom basically stop moving.

I think its called the Big Chill. Guess which one sounds worse. You pick the Big Chill? Well thats the one scientists believe is the one thats gonna happen.

14. The face I am making right now.

Otters are not as nice as the look.

Male otters sometimes hold pups ransom to force their mothers to give up some of their food

They kill for fun, like a bunch of sociopaths,

One of them grabbed a baby harbor seal (with their fangs) and raped it to death.

11 percent of sea otters found dead on the California coast from 1998 to 2001 were killed, at least in part, by trauma associated with mating.

Also, they are necrophiles.

13. Makes you feel safe, doesn’t it.

Carbon fiber is extremely strong, but only when forces are applied in the direction of the fibers. If you apply the force perpendicular to the fibers, a carbon fiber will split easily.

So you either have to figure out where the forces will be and position the fibers of a carbon fiber part in that direction or settle for a sometimes weaker metal part, which can withstand forces in all directions.

12. Females always getting the short end of the stick.

Felines (and some other animals) have barbed penises which make intercourse extremely painful for females. Females will even try to escape because it causes so much pain.

Unfortunately the spikes are necessary to stimulate ovulation, so it’s unavoidable for reproduction.

11. It’s simple math.

Bigger people, be it taller or fatter are more likely to develop cancer than someone smaller. If anyone doesn’t know what cancer actually is it’s what happens when a cell divides incorrectly and it begins to reproduce at very high speeds.

The more cells someone has the more likely they are to develop cancer. This is not taking any exposure to a substance that can cause cancer into consideration.

10. I would very much never like to find out.

That you can get a blockage in your bowels and die crapping out of your mouth.

9. We so want it to be possible.

That nothing can go faster than the speed of light. I sucks because it make space exploration like in SciFi impossible. And yes I know that there might be ways around it or stuff like wormholes but right now they aren’t really possible.

There is tons of cool stuff we might be able to do in the future. Send seed ships to other solar system. Make generation ship to closer ones. Colonise and terraforming the solar system. Make drone exploration ship.

But actually go from system to system like in star wars, star trek and a million other show. Not an option and might very well never be.

8. We should be more careful.

Materials that are really useful, but extremely harmful.

Asbestos is an amazing material, if it didn’t cause cancer then freakin everything should be made of it. Lightweight, strong for its density, entirely fireproof, and extremely carcinogenic.

Lead paint and leaded gasoline is just plain better, real shame lead is so poisonous because otherwise you’d never want to use the lead-free versions of those things.

Carbon nanotubes, while not something that currently has practical application, probably never will because like asbestos they cause cancer. It is outstanding what that stuff is capable of, but breathing in broken material will absolutely give you cancer.

I’m sure there are some others I’m forgetting.

7. There are ways to deal with it.

Trauma stays with you for the rest of your life.

There are ways to help overcome it but it never truly leaves and will always keep affecting you to a degree.

6. That sounds unpleasant for all involved.

Animals, like Hamsters, have more babies then their bodies (nipples) can feed.

In order to save the others from competing with each other, the mother will eat any additional young, alive.

5. Really? That’s the thing?

Friction does not depend on surface area but instead on normal force on that surface and friction coefficient.

Drives me mad. If I could ask god one thing it’d be to change this.

4. Not-so-fun facts.

“Increasing number of people are unknowingly spreading HIV because they don’t get regular STI check ups”

– Doctors when I get STI check ups.

3. That sounds terrible.

There have been only 3 people who had died out of the earth.

They were the crew of the Soyuz 11. There have been recorded details about the mission, mostly graphic.

You know something was very serious when even the USSR doesn’t even bother covering it.

Yep, even the USA learned about it the second they heard about it.

2. But only if you’re not blind.

That being blind is akin to trying to watch the back of your head, you simply can’t, blind people don’t see black, they literally see nothing.

It’s a terrifying thought.

1. This really is the worst.

Things that taste good are bad for you.

In 1948, the Framingham Heart Study enrolled more than 5,000 residents of Framingham, Massachusetts, to participate in a long-term study of risk factors for heart disease. (Very long term—the study is now enrolling the grandchildren of the original volunteers.)

It and subsequent ambitious and painstaking epidemiological studies have shown that one’s risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, certain kinds of cancer and other health problems increases in a dose-dependent manner upon exposure to delicious food.

Steak, salty French fries, eggs Benedict, triple-fudge brownies with whipped cream—turns out they’re killers. Sure, some tasty things are healthy—blueberries, snow peas, nuts and maybe even (oh, please) red wine.

But on balance, human taste preferences evolved during times of scarcity, when it made sense for our hunter-gatherer ancestors to gorge on as much salt and fat and sugar as possible. In the age of Hostess pies and sedentary lifestyles, those cravings aren’t so adaptive.

Me? Why can’t time travel actually work? I have things to do.

What would you add to this list? Let us know in the comments!

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Conversations That Happened When Someone Texted a Wrong Number

Most of us have been guilty of either calling or texting a wrong number once in a while.

We’re human, mistakes happen, and generally everyone is very polite about the whole mix-up.

Generally, though, people don’t keep talking after the error is discovered…and they don’t do whatever these 18 people did, either.

18. Something isn’t working upstairs.

A lot, I’d say.

Sir, do you know how wrong numbers work from facepalm

17. Say the same thing a different way.

Eventually they might get it.

I don’t even understand how people with this logic get through their day from facepalm

16. New number, who dis.

Ah, the police!

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15. Don’t go!

We need answers.

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14. Everyone’s looking for ways to save time.

Might get one of them…

Scammer tried to scam 20 random people at once from facepalm

13. Do you suppose he was texting his cat?

I kind of hope so.

12. Wow…

That’s a lot to handle for a random person.

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11. How can there be no more questions?

That is certainly not fine.

This dude jus texted me… from wrongnumber

10. Dang voice to text.

What on earth does that even MEAN.

9. A reminder that people are so very different.

I have never needed to shoe a mule.

8. I will never not share this story.

Everyone needs a good grandma.

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7. Never miss an opportunity to talk about cheese.

I want some smoked Gouda now.

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6. This is hilarious.

And also more than a little scary.

A doctor accidentally texted my girlfriend requiring medical assistance. She turned out to be useful. from screenshots

5. I guess poor Bob never got his wipes.

Poor sap. Those things are like gold these days.

4. You can stop now.

Seriously, I don’t think your mom would want that.

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3. Y’all what is happening here.

Other than this guy bringing the chili I guess.

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2. I’d say there’s a high probability.

Considering you’re human.

1. This guy had his eye on the prize.

Can’t say I’m surprised he got a wrong number, though.

Wrong number text I received today. from facepalm

Aren’t you kind of inspired about humans in general now? I know I kind of am!

What’s something funny or otherwise interesting that’s happened to you after texting a wrong number?

Tell us the story in the comments!

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Take a Look at These Funny “Problems” With Having a Dog

Dogs. They’re the worst, right?

You adopt one thinking they’re so adorable and before you know it your whole LIFE is revolving around these puppers.

I mean, where do they get off? Invading our sleep and our free time, our relationships, our memes – they’re out of control!

Here are the top ten problems with having a dog and why they should be stopped.

10. They’re always chewing something

And you’ll never ever find out what it is.

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9. They’re after your snackies

Once you pop, the barks don’t stop.

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8. They’re so needy

When do pets become petulant?

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7. They won’t stay off the couch

Look at all the adorable fur you left here!

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6. They just look at you all day

Like they love you or something. It’s creepy.

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5. They take your turkey

And not just on Thanksgiving.

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4. They’re always preening

And for some reason they want you to be around for it?

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3. They have no sense of priorities

What exactly are you guarding, guard dog?

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2. They fill your phone up

Not even the cloud can be trusted with these beauties.

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1. They’re master guilt-trippers

Look into those judging eyes and tell me you can withstand them.

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In conclusion, these are the reasons that dogs are the bestest ever. That’s why I started writing this, right? I honestly don’t remember now. I’m just staring at widdle paws.

What’s the best/worst thing about having a dog?

Tell us in the comments.

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