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People Discuss Very Nice Things That Others Have Done for Them

I want you to think about the last time you did something really nice for someone.

And now I want you to try to remember the last time someone did something really nice for you.

Feels good, doesn’t it? I think we all need a reminder about how great folks can be to each other, and we’re gonna do it right now.

What was the nicest thing someone has done for you?

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

1. Missing her.

“My grandmother made a ton of birthday cards in advance.

After she passed away, I still received birthday cards from her for the next few years.

It was a little weird, but it was definitely nice to hear words from her after she passed.”

2. A lifesaver.

“My ex-girlfriend turned me in for stealing opiates.

Been clean a little over two years now.

May have saved my life.”

3. Very touching.

“My firstborn had a severe deformity, and spent a week in hospital before we took him off life support.

I was staying at the Ronald McDonald House and even though one of the rules was that you are your own maid when you leave, complete with doing laundry and remaking the beds, I was a complete wreck. A kind stranger took care of my room for me even though they were going through their own stuff.

Another blessing from that dark time is that the funeral home took care of everything for me, including all bills associated with the service and cremation.

I will never not donate to the Ronald McDonald House and I know what funeral home I’ll be using when I one day need one again.”

4. Reaching out.

“When I was a freshman in high school I took an art class that was a mix of 9th-12th graders.

I was so bad with people back then so I spent most of class sitting on the floor between the trash can and the drying racks and never speaking to anyone.

There was this one eleventh grade guy who always would talk to me. He didn’t know me or anything. He just happened to sit near me. But he’d always ask about my day or compliment my art or offer to help me with my math homework. At one point he even managed to get me to sit at the desk with the rest of the students.

It’s just one of those things I think about from time to time because he really had every right to ignore me like everyone else did, but he didn’t. He really made art class into a second home for me.

I miss that guy.”

5. That’s amazing.

“Growing up I was severely neglected and abused and had no friends due to my lack of hygiene and  social skills.

One of my teacher ‘s aides brought me to her house to play with her daughter, brought me on family trips with them, gave me clean clothes, and just showed me an insane amount of kindness I’ll never be able to repay.”

6. I’ll never forget that.

“I was fired from my last job. It was the first and only time I had been fired. It sucked. I really liked that job. I got super depressed.

My friend also lost his job later that week. I knew he loved that job. He would always tell me that it was his dream job. And right as soon as he found out, he called me.

He called me to tell me that even though he lost his job, he knew he was going to be alright. He wanted to tell me that to set a good example. I knew he was heart broken, but he put on a strong face for me.

And I’ll never forget that. Never.”

7. Checking in.

“I live alone.

When I had Covid in April, my doorwoman called me every day for a month to check on me, and she went out and got me Tylenol when it was sold out at all the stores that delivered.

I’ve thanked her profusely and got her a gift card, but I doubt she’ll ever really know how much it meant to me.”

8. Pulling strings.

“My boss and mentor wrote me a glowing reference and pulled some strings to get me into a graduate program even though I was severely depressed and my work performance was nothing to be proud of.

I couldn’t comprehend or remember anything due to an undiagnosed disease and I also acted extremely awkward socially. I really don’t know why he went so far out of his way to change the trajectory of my life but the fact that he did saved me from killing myself because I didn’t want to let him down.”

9. Good coworkers.

“Got all my coworkers to donate money for a gift to me from my criminally underpaid apprenticeship.

I recieved $350 which was exactly how much I needed for an upcoming bill, it really saved me when I had literally $0.70 in my account.

To be fair, a few weeks earlier a different coworker noticed me not eating and bought me lunch, then many of them brought me leftovers.

Wow that apprenticeship was messed up.”

10. Out drinking.

“Went out to a bar and got a bit too drunk, some guy saw and tried to push me into an Uber to take me to his hotel.

The bouncer wouldn’t let me back in no matter how many times I asked because according to him “I changed my mind and that’s not the guy’s fault”.

No one else passing by wanted to interfere, but the Uber driver popped out the front and wrestled the guy off me and made sure I was okay, gave the bouncer and everyone else a piece of their mind too.

Hope that guy’s doing well in life.”

11. A great ending.

“Was having a panic attack.

Swung between so euphoric I thought I was going to “ascend” and terrified that I was going to die for certain. Called my loved ones to say goodbye, including my best friend. He came running from a block away.

He was terrified too, but he held it together, sat me down, hugged me, told me that he didn’t want me to go anywhere, that he needed me right here. I needed that. I needed to see what I felt wasn’t based on reality, needed someone to say that I should not obey those feelings because I was needed and loved. On some level, he saved me.

Years later, he voluntarily went into homelessness just to fly out to see me on another continent.

Yes, we’re together now. No, I don’t know how I got so lucky. We’re planning the wedding.”

12. Foreign exchange.

“I am from 1980’s rural Texas, where education was laughed at and where the idea of living in a foreign (said with a sneer) country was ludicrous.

When I was 17 I met a Rotarian who allowed me to go on a year long foreign exchange. I had never heard of that before and had no real idea of what it meant. At 18, I packed my bags and discovered a brand new world! It honestly changed my life FOREVER. Definitely for the better.

While i was gone, I met other foreign exchange students and learned that it was fairly difficult to get into this program. I’d heard Ambassadors children were being turned down. I honestly think that I got to go because no one else from my area wanted to leave the safety of our small town, while I jumped at the chance.

I think about that old Rotarian a lot. I owe him everything for changing my life.”

13. First time flying.

“I was 17 and flying alone for the first time.

I had 2 connecting flights, the first got delayed which caused me to miss my connection in Toronta airport. A huge airport. I met a female priest, I think that’s what she was on the plane going to Toronto and we chatted the whole way.

She made sure I found the help desk and was sorted out with a new flight and accommodations for the night till this new flight before running to catch her own connecting flight.”

14. State trooper.

“My wife and I were driving our kids (3 and 5 at the time) to the zoo. We narrowly missed being smeared by a semi truck but also almost flipped our top heavy minivan doing 75mph when dodging said semi truck.

All in all, we were very blessed to have our lives let alone no damage. The same couldn’t be said for other cars but, fortunately, no one was injured and the other SUV that flipped on it’s side and was full of kids had no one hurt either.

The State Trooper that showed up gave my daughter a little teddy bear that she still has to this day 5-6 years later. She even remembers getting it which is pretty incredible for someone that age.

I think that was the most meaningful thing anyone’s done for me and I’ve been fortunate enough to have a lot of good people in my life do incredible things for me, but this one stands out since it was directed towards my daughter who I was lucky to still have alive at that point.”

What’s the nicest thing that someone has ever done for YOU?

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People Share the Nicest Thing Someone Ever Did for Them

I’m ready for positivity right about now.

Enough with the non-stop negative stories, comments, trolls, etc.

Let’s focus on the good stuff in life!

AskReddit users talked about the nicest thing that someone ever did for them.

And we hope it inspires you to do something nice for someone very soon.

1. Role reversal.

“One of my highschool bullies invited me to his house to hangout for a day, I was really nervous it might just be to screw with me, but I was desperate for some sort of friendship so I went over.

We’re now best friends and he and his family feels like family to me and I have no idea how we ever disliked each other.”

2. That’s nice.

“I went to a local breakfast spot after a rough night. Totally forgot my wallet so I left my phone as collateral and went to my house.

Came back and some guy had already paid for me. I know it doesn’t seem that big of a deal but it was a pretty bleak week for me so it meant a lot.”

3. Very cool.

“A few years ago I was gooing down to visit my grandmother in South Carolina. I needed an inspection and oil change and was a single mom of a 5 year old.

The total ended up being 40 dollars more than i thought. At the time that was devastating and I had to tell my daughter in the parking lot we couldn’t go see her grandmother anymore. Someone heard me talking to her and came over to us and gave us 60 dollars.

That was one of the nicest things someone I dont know has done for me.”

4. A nice gesture.

“Me and a woman were about to get on line for to go drinks at the same time, so I let her go first. We chatted for a minute, she got her drinks and left.

When I go to get my drink, I found out that she paid for it! I’m not working at the moment, so it really made my day.”

5. Wow!

“When I was about 13, the pastor of our family church heard me practicing Chopin on the piano.

Knowing my parents couldn’t afford it, he offered to pay for my music studies (organ, piano, music theory and ear training) so that I’d be prepared to enter music conservatory after high school.

All he asked for in return was that I’d help out with the church’s music program when needed (which, in itself, proved to be a wonderful learning experience).

This kind, generous man spent thousands of his own money to help me along the way to a rewarding career in music.”

6. Took care of it.

“My mother died and I was so stressed trying to find a way to give her the funeral she deserved.

My boyfriend went down to the funeral home, made the arrangements, and paid the balance.

By FAR the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me.”

7. A party for you.

“I’ve never been able to celebrate my birthday, between my sh*tty mom and awful relationships.

It’s just become a tradition to lay in bed and cry every year. Well this year, my best friend and bf put their heads together and threw me a surprise “party”.

Decorated our apartment, baked me a cake and decorated it to the best of their abilities, and got me some small, well thought out presents. 24yrs old and finally had my first good birthday, I cried like a baby.”

8. Helping hand.

“I am currently one of the evacuated people in California due to the fires.

One of my friends in letting me, my wife plus our 3 pets stay with them for as long as we need while we wait to see if our house will burn down or not. While not the nicest thing, it certainly is one of the most genuine and caring things someone has done for me.

Especially right now.”

9. Hit and run.

“I was involved in a hit and run on my bicycle in Chicago.

I broke my collar bone (first broken bone) and a stranger drove me to the ER. I was going into shock and freaking out about finances (I’m a single mother and 2020 is the worst year.)

The stranger gave me her number for the police report and such, and later sent me $5k because she knows what it’s like to be a single mother with nothing. I sobbed.

I hadn’t gotten my unemployment yet and still haven’t gotten a stimulus check. I was overwhelmed by her kindness and I will never forget it.”

10. A good deed.

“When my parents were awful, and my sister was passing away, my friend’s parents took me in for a while but they did it in a way that seemed like a sleepover (for a few months).

I didn’t realize until I was an adult how much they stepped up for me.”

11. Brotherly love.

“My brother took me in when I couldn’t live with my parents anymore.

He helped me sober up, deal with my depression and change my lifestyle.”

12. Sweet.

“I was walking through the streets of Marrakech after it had just rained.

I was wearing those flimsy flip flops so all the wet sand from the street was being catapulted onto the back of my legs. Out of nowhere, I feel a tap on my arm. It’s a young Moroccan girl, not older than 6-7, offering me her water bottle to clean my legs.

I politely declined because I could never accept to take someone’s water in that scorching heat, but thanked her and her mother profusely. Children are so pure.”

13. The Korean fella.

“It was late at night and I decided to surprise a girl I was talking to by heading to her apartment (my now exgirlfriend). It was around 10:30, and unbeknownst to me, the subway stopped running at 11:00. Unfortunately, I was halfway there and I decided to message her and she told me to take a specific bus to get to her city.

I get on the bus, and I don’t have the slightest idea on what stop I should be getting off on. Well, about 10 minutes later, a load of people get off on this one stop. An older Korean businessman sees me and motions to me that there’s an available seat next to him. He starts talking to me in English and he says that the stop where I’m getting off is one stop before he gets off,and that he’ll let me know when.

We start conversation about where he works, how he learned English, what I’m doing in Korea. By the time we knew it, his stop came up. He profusely apologized to me and said that it was the stop before.

I said,”It’s okay, I’ll just walk the opposite direction.” As we get off the bus, we’re both walking in the same direction. As we come up to an intersection, he flags down a taxi, tells him the subway station to drop me off on, and he paid the fare. All this while still apologizing to me.”

Now we want to hear from you!

What’s the nicest thing a person ever did for you?

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People Share Life Lessons They Wished They Had Learned Sooner

You live and you learn…

That’s how life goes, and sometimes it’s good and other times it’s bad.

It’s important that we all learn from our mistakes, but it can also be frustrating and downright painful to think about how we could have done differently or the lessons we wish we’d learned earlier in our days.

What lessons did you learn too late in life?

AskReddit users discussed this interesting question.

1. Good tip.

“Use your turn signals, but do not trust anyone else using their turn signals.

Lesson I still remember from driver’s ed 30 years ago: there’s only one thing you know for certain when you see a car with its turn signal on. They have their turn signal on. That’s it.

You have no way of knowing if they plan on turning, if they change their mind at the last second, if they just forgot to turn it off.”

2. Don’t start.

“Smoking isn’t worth it.

Don’t even get curious. Tobacco isn’t like weed, it’s quickly addictive.

The stupid marijuana PSA’s with ‘one puff can ruin your life’ should be used for cigarettes.”

3. Not your problem.

“Some people just won’t admit they’re wrong.

Don’t waste time trying to get them to accept it.

Wasted too much of mine own time trying to correct people.”

4. Take care of those teeth!

“The importance of dental health.

I didn’t take care of my teeth in my youth and now that I’m older I very much regret it.”

5. This applies to all areas of life.

“If you wait ’til you’re ready, you’ll be waiting forever.”

6. Doesn’t always work out that way.

“Working your hardest and going above and beyond at your job doesn’t guarantee you’ll get any farther there.

It WILL guarantee an unrealistic workload and pace that you can’t maintain for the long term with your employer though. No better way to burn yourself out into total misery!!! The best place to be with work is just doing your job and clocking the f*ck out. You’re far more likely to advance at a career by being well liked.

Do yourself a huge favor and just strive for middle; take an opportunity to shine every once in a while, and maintain your mental health so you aren’t a d*ck to your coworkers. I’m 33 and it’s taken me this long to truly and fully understand this concept.

Average is not always a bad thing, especially in corporate America.”

7. THIS.

“BOUNDARIES are healthy and important.

You never really know someone until you tell them no. Its okay to drop people who don’t respect your boundaries.

And if someone respects your boundaries until they’re angry, they don’t respect your boundaries.”

8. Focus on a few.

“You don’t need a million friends.

Maybe less than 10, maybe 5, good friends.

Put a LOT of effort into those relationships instead of spreading yourself too thin.”

9. Walk away.

“It is okay to walk away from toxic family.

I am not the monster they paint me as. I can’t fix or save them.

I can only protect my kids.”

10. Nothing wrong with that.

“It’s okay to be selfish and take care of yourself over others.

One day you may look and see there’s nothing that you feel proud or accomplished by because you were living your life trying to please others vs doing what you want for yourself.”

11. Words of wisdom.

“Don’t kill yourself working at a job that would replace you without a second thought.”

12. Think about this one.

“If your irreplaceable, you’re unpromotable.

Missed several promotions early in my careers because I was “Too valuable” in the position I was in.

If you want a promotion, work hard enough to get noticed, but not so hard that they’re dependent on you.”

13. You just gotta do it.

“There’s never a good time to change things. You just have to choose when you’re gonna make the change and put the time, effort, and discipline in to make it happen.

Example for me is quitting smoking. For years I told myself that I would quit smoking when things settled down and over a weekend where I’ll be home and stress free. But then I would always start back because some stressful event happened and I “needed it” to help cope. The fact is, sh*t’s always gonna happen but the difference is I need to change HOW I react to it.

But that method is helping me in other areas. I used to game heavily and procrastinate on my adulting duties. Often I would neglect them as I would get so into a session I would lose track of time and be tired. I still do it from time to time as I’m working on changing my approach I.e. I will dust and vacuum everything BEFORE I get on. But it’s absolutely no where near as bad as I used to be.

You know what you need to change. Just start on one thing. Mine was quitting smoking. Since then I’ve focused on my health by walking more and exercising as well as using my newfound time gained from each 5 minute smoke break I had to invest into myself.”

How about you?

Do you think there are any lessons that you learned about too late in life?

If so, please talk to us in the comments!

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Hilarious Tweets About Work For You to Enjoy

If there’s one thing that many of us have in common, it’s that we’ve had to work for our money for most of our lives. My first job was at 16 years old, and I figure maybe sixty years later, I might be able to quit (if I want to).

The other thing we all know about is that being able to laugh at the absurdity of those same jobs is the only thing that gets us through to Friday some weeks, and these 10 tweets are here to help you do just that.

10. You gotta hang onto the good Tupperware.

Especially if it has a matching lid.

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9. Start taking those lunch breaks, gf.

They’re not going to pay you any more if you don’t.

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8. Why is this so painfully accurate?

We really need to stop apologizing for existing.

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7. Just go on.

I don’t have to be well to do what you want.

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6. Your boss knows what you’re doing.

But what’s he gonna do?

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5. I mean, duh.

If you’re doing anything else, you’re wrong.

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4. If you wanna eat you gotta play.

Or just start bringing a sandwich.

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3. It’s still better than the office, though.

Because sweatpants.

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2. You gotta play it cool.

Unless someone goes for that apple fritter.

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1. It is a downside.

We all have to manage it, unfortunately.

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We are not alone in this toil, my friends.

What’s the funniest thing that’s happened to you at work lately? Share the story with us in the comments!

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Issues From Third World Countries That People From First World Countries Can’t Comprehend

A lot of times, we get so caught up in our own lives, we can lose sight of the bigger picture. If you’ve only ever lived or spent time in a first world country, you might not understand just how different life can be in a third world country.

AskReddit users offered their real life experiences living in or spending significant time in third world countries.

1. I never thought I’d take a crosswalk for granted:

“I was in Egypt while it was under Mubarak, and I remember trying to contend with traffic in Cairo.

I had to ask the police officer who was standing there if the drivers obey the lights or the road markings.

He told me that those were there to make the roads look nice!”

– IVTD4KDS

2. I’ve gotta remember this one: 

“I walk with my cellphone hidden in my pants because it’s extremely common for you to get robbed.

I’ve been through a violent robbery while dinning, and very few people I know haven’t been through similar experiences, multiple times even.”

– alulugrace

3. And this:

“I learned this trick from a friend: a gang member tried to rob him, he told him to give him his cell phone, so he took out his fake cell phone and threw it as far as he could.

The gang member went after the cell phone and my friend used that moment to run. The gang member realized what was happening, but it was too late.

My friend managed to get to a store with security guards where they helped him and called the police.”

– EpicAlmond

4. Start clipping those coupons:

“Argentinian here.

You just go to the store expecting everything to be 5-10% more than the last time you went.”

– Alzusand

5. This is actually pretty similar to how Midwesterners give directions:

“I’m American but have worked in 70+ countries over the last 12 years. So let’s discuss Nicaragua….

There are no addresses. None.

Trying to get to your hotel? You’ll get a description of the general location using the rising or setting sun, lake shores and other prominent land marks which may or may not exist! Then the distance from that landmark in a unit of measurement that hasn’t been used for centuries. (The vara…which is about 2.5 feet).

It’s truly amazing that anyone gets anywhere in Nicaragua.”

– TinKicker

6. This sounds pretty scary…

“Having a sh*t ton of deterrence mechanisms around your house.

Burglar bars on all the windows, trellis doors on your front door and then probably one in the bedroom hallway.

Keeping your door locked. If you don’t have a fence you’re just asking people to break in and murder you.

South Africa.”

– liam_eras

7. I’m starting to feel the same way:

“I’m Canadian, and I’ve visited my South African in-laws twice now.

One of the biggest culture shocks for me was having to be locked up so tight.

Being able to safely be in an unfenced backyard or take a walk by myself at nearly any time of day is a luxury I no longer take for granted.”

– JByrde76

8. So much for man’s best friend:

“Stray dogs, which some of them are hostile, are everywhere.

It is not possible to roam in the streets around sunrise when they walk in groups or during night, without risking yourself being attacked by dogs.

I moved to Europe now but I am still unreasonably nervous around leashed dogs that people are walking.”

– hardware26

9. The next time you get annoyed while waiting in line to place your order, remember this:

“Having to stand for hours in bread lines, then for hours at the petrol lines, then for hours at the cooking gas lines, then coming back home to find that they shut off the electricity because there’s too much load.”

– DRIZZYLMG

10. Accessibility to medical care is never something to be taken for granted:

“Here in Peru (specially if you are not from the capital) to get a medical appointment you need to wait 3 months. (For surgeries or actual medical treatments it can take over a year.)

So many people I knew got random appointments just in case something happens.

You’d better suffer the hemorrhage that day or you have to pray for the eucalyptus tea to actually work.”

– lStormVR

11. And I thought the broken washing machines in my apartment building were annoying…

“One aspect of living in a first world country is that it’s normal for things to work. In third world countries, it’s the opposite.

Technology, roads, institutions…there is a tacit assumption that none of these things work the way they’re supposed to, and that’s just the way it is.

When you live in the third world, your roads are full of potholes, your lights go out every week (if not every day), everything is on the fritz and politicians are incredibly corrupt (and yes, I know that there’s corruption in Europe and the US as well, but it’s not like our corruption).

– machu_pikacchu

12. At least the bananas are amazing?

“I don’t live there anymore, but I used to live in Guatemala. Here’s a list of some of the differences I remember:

You could pay people to watch your car if you parked it on the street to keep it from being broken into.

The bananas were amazing there though! The open-air market was one of the best things about living there. Bananas in the US where I moved back to taste like wax in comparison. :/”

– AvengerofSquids

I don’t know about you, but I feel pretty privileged to live where I live right now. Listening to the stories of what others are experiencing is a great way to gain perspective. Suddenly that 10-minute wait in line at the drive-through doesn’t seem too bad.

Do you live in a third world country? What issues do you deal with that people in first world countries can’t comprehend?

Let us know in the comments!

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Things That Exist Solely Due to Human Stupidity

Sometimes we come across rules or precautions that just seem so dang obvious, we wonder why on earth they even need to be stated. Perhaps it’s for legal reasons, perhaps it’s because at some point some person made a very stupid decision.

AskReddit users share the feelings on things that exist solely because of stupid people.

1. You would think it’s obvious…

“When my aunt died I ended up with my mom and uncle talking to the funeral home advisor.

When they were discussing cremation, the funeral advisor made my uncle sign a form indicating he understands cremation is irreversible.”

– cineboo

2. But apparently not

“When I was arranging for my mother’s cremation, both my sister and I had to sign the paperwork saying we agreed and understand it’s irreversible.

Apparently there have been numerous cases where one family member authorized a cremation and then afterwards, other family members got upset and wanted it undone.”

– ReadontheCrapper

2. As another user points out, he doesn’t get his powers from the cape:

“The warning on a Superman cape costume that warns product won’t give you the ability to fly.”

– blindgirlandherguide

3. I didn’t even think this was possible

“Do not iron this t-shirt whilst wearing it.”

– Fires_Of_Fury

4. Don’t make this harder than it has to be

“The signs on a stroller that says take the child out of the seat before folding.”

– immickolas

5. Lest we not forget the “Tide Pod Challenge”

“‘DO NOT EAT’ warnings on everything from washing pods to slug pellets.”

– LucyVialli

6. If it’s good enough for the animals, it’s good enough for me

“I went to a zoo, and in every animal exhibit there was a sign saying ‘Recycled water, do not drink.’

And you know that’s there for a reason.

Some stupid person broke into an exhibit to drink that nasty looking water.”

– 2lugz

7. I don’t envy this IT worker

“My job! – I work in IT. For the love of God if you depend on your computer for your job know at least a little about it. I would say that over 80% are for silly things. Some of the calls I have taken:

How do I keep my self from deleting my own files?

What do you mean you can not fix my broke laptop screen remotely?

I am not trying to connect to the internet, I am just trying to get my email.”

– tectuma

8. I like my Shamwow thank you very much.

“Anything an infomercial tries to sell you.”

– TheBlessedBoy99

9. Don’t be that person

“When I was in middle school my friends and I (like 15 12-year-old girls) basically took over a mall.

We were pretty rowdy and obnoxious. I know a few people shoplifted (not me lol), one of us threw up in the food court, and we mobbed a minor celebrity.

Now that mall splits up groups of larger than 3 kids. Oops. Sorry.”

– KTnash

10. Who woulda thought?

“At my workplace, there are giant containers of soap and cleaning chemicals.

On the cart, there is a giant sign that reads ‘Do NOT drink’ in three languages, all hand written.

Apparently, before the sign was put up, three separate instances were found where the cleaning cart was unattended, and an employee tried to drink the yellow cleaning solution, thinking it was a drink cart.

Let me add the fact that the cart also has a sign on it that says ‘Cleaning Supply Cart.’”

– Aarryle

11. It DOES look like a giant marshmallow…

“The tag on my pillow that says ‘Do Not Consume.’ Why is this an issue?”

– FaetFelicis

12. On that note…

“Former Pharmacy Tech here.

I was shocked that we had to put ‘unwrap’ and insert on the label for suppository prescriptions.

Alrighty, then.”

– Daffydil04

After reading this, I’m a bit concerned about the future of humanity. The fact that we’ve survived this long is astounding. Thankfully, we get to learn from the mistakes of the stupidity of the people who came before us.

What do you think exists solely due to human stupidity? Let us know in the comments!

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The Person vs. the Personality Memes That Reveal a Person’s True Self

A lot of times we’re told just “be ourself” but putting this into practice can be harder than you think.

We have the version of ourselves we present to our friends or family, but we also have work personas, first date personas, and even fantasy personas we might inhabit while gaming or goofing around. (Burt Macklin anyone?) So which one is our “true” personality? And will our friends and family accept it?

Now the truth can be revealed. The Person vs. The Personality meme went viral on Twitter in May 2020 and with good reason. It consist of a two-panel image, one displaying “the person” and another displaying the often humorously different “personality.”

1. Lin-Manuel Miranda reveals his true personality…

Blathering Blatherskite! Listen to Lin-Manuel voice character Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera on the new DuckTales series.

2. All hail the Queen:

Cersei Lannister is an ambitious woman who goes after her dreams. Nothing wrong with that. (Minus the murder)

3. Know thyself:

Did anybody else just go “Awwwww!”?

4. As far as I’m concerned, doctors ARE superheroes:

Especially those who work in women’s reproductive health!

5. Self-awareness is important:

Princess Carolyn may need to do some self work, but she’s also a total badass.

6. People respect you more when you let your brilliance shine:

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7. YAS Queen

“You’re gonna her me ROAR!”

8. But it’s ok to be shy:

That’s the thing about cats. You have to wait for them to come to you.

9. When we reveal who we are, we allow people to love us for who we truly are:

I already know I want to be friends with this person.

10. Or at the very least, we can make someone laugh:

Squidward deserves love too ya’ll.

11. Because if someone can’t love us for our true selves…

Do they really deserve to know us at all?

The Person vs. Personality meme is your chance to show the world who you truly are. Or just make a hilarious meme. Take your pick.

Will you reveal your true self to the world? Show us in the comments!

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People Talk About Things They’re Bad at That They’ve Done Their Entire Lives

Is there anything that you’ve done pretty much forever but you’re still really bad at it?

Maybe it’s an instrument, a sport, or some other activity.

Or maybe it’s an everyday thing, like walking…let’s hope it’s not that, though.

We all have those things in our lives, right?

Let’s see what AskReddit users had to say about things they’ve been doing forever that they’re still really bad at.

1. They’re not easy.

“Video games.

In my mid thirties, have been playing since about age eight and I’m bad. Most FPS games are a whirling blur of colours and shapes. Anything post-2000ish has controls too complex for me.

I spend my time gaming online getting screamed at by irate 12 year-old French kids. Not quite how I envisaged my adulthood.”

2. Just can’t do it.

“Getting up in the morning.

I practice every day and yet I still always run late from sleeping in.”

3. A lot of this out there.

“My handwriting sucks.

My handwriting hasn’t changed since fourth grade. I’m also a huge letter writing fanatic, so I can only imagine how my pen pals feel.”

4. Indecisive.

“My big stressor is someone asking me what I want for dinner. An innocent question for most people but for me.. verge of tears.

I CANNOT deal with it. It’s not an eating thing, it’s a decision thing.”

5. Not getting it.

“Socializing.

I was never good at it from the start so for the school days I kind of avoided it but now it is something I am required to do day in and day out.

It just doesn’t comes naturally to me.”

6. Might wanna work on that.

“Drinking water without coughing is my issue. Covid made me realize just how bad I am at swallowing pretty much everything because everyone is hyper-aware of every coughing noise.

I have multiple coughing fits a day keep having to swear it’s not corona.”

7. Not your strength.

“Things that involve time management.

I always procrastinate on completing tasks.”

8. Some people just can’t do it.

“Being happy and “living in the moment”.

Seriously. Anytime I’m having a good time my mind realizes it and forces me to think about other stuff.

“Oh, you’re having a good time? What about all your debt? Bills? The car needs repairs…””

9. Scary stuff.

“Speaking publicly.

I’ve been in programs my whole life where we would have to speak publicly or to an audience, I’ve trained for it and done exercises for it, been tested on it, and passed everything.

Yet when I go up there and it’s not for a grade, I shake and my voice wavers and I ramble. No clue why.”

10. Binge eating.

“Portion control. I overeat. I binge.

I have desperately tried to limit my food intake for as long as I remember. In preschool I’d limit myself to only eating half of the lunch provided…but then in the middle of the night I binge eat out of the fridge, eating 4 or 5 days with of food in 10 minutes.

I’m nearly 40 and am still doing this. I wake up in the morning and find I’ve eaten everything during the night.

I can not allow myself to have more than 2 days worth of groceries in the house. I tried meal prep and gained 60lbs because I ate a weeks worth of food every night in my sleep.”

11. Not a good test taker.

“Taking tests.

I can learn and know the material from top to bottom, yes. I can study for hours and absolutely know what I am talking about with other people. Presentations, debates, round tables whatever you want to call it.

Put a test on from of me and set up a timer and all of that knowledge automatically goes down the drain for some reason.”

12. Walking issues.

“Walking!

I trip over my feet even without socks on. It’s actually pretty sad.

I’ve taken enough spills in my life to know that I could never manage a track career.”

13. You’re not alone!

“Math.

I just recently learned that I have dyscalculia, so I don’t feel too bad about it.”

14. Can’t sleep.

“Sleeping.

Never learned how to do it.

I just browse until I pass out from exhaustion and often wake repeatedly and still tired.

It ain’t fun.”

How about you?

What have you done for all or most of your life that you’re still bad at?

Spill your guts to us in the comments!

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13 Petty Reasons Why Marriage Counselors Have Seen New Clients

If you have ever been married, you know that the littlest things, over time, can fester into much bigger problems. It’s also true that it’s easy enough to lose perspective when you’re inside a world of your own making for quite some time.

Those are both reasons that people seek out therapists, but listen….these 13 reasons for making appointments are still seriously petty.

13. Some things you can’t forget.

My mum still talks about the Christmas where my dad didn’t help her peel and prepare a bag of sprouts.

They were divorced and he’s dead and it still comes up from time to time.

12. How is this a thing people care about?

My ex-coworker once told me about an argument he and his girlfriend regularly have. Apparently, when you make a sandwich, some people care about whether the bread remains facing the same way it did in the original loaf or if one piece gets turned around relative to the other.

I don’t just mean top of the loaf remains facing the same way, I mean the cut sides of the slices remain facing the slice they were originally cut from. I told my fiance about this ridiculousness and he said “no, I see her point” and now I have to regularly have conservations about which way bread is facing.

11. To be fair, this might mean he’s a pod person.

There was a couple who fought because the husband stopped liking cheese for some reason

10. Why never bring it up?

My ex wife suggested we go to marriage counseling because she felt we needed to work on communication. I was slightly confused since we never really fought about anything and I didn’t know that much was amiss.

So I went with her and we had several sessions and it basically turned into just parenting classes since we didn’t seem to have any issues to work on.

Then one day she tells me she’s bi and is going to go sleep with a married couple she’s been friends with for a week because that’s the only thing that’s going to make her happy.

Would have been nice to know in marriage counseling that that was the real issue she was wanting to work on since I had no idea she was struggling with her sexuality. Guess there really was a communication issue.

9. “But not usually.”

There is no “stupid” reason to seek out counseling. What may seem trivial to one person can completely consume another person. What may seem insignificant to you might just be the last straw for a client. It’s our job to figure out why that “stupid” reason caused them to land in your care.

Sometimes it’s a lot of minor things that built up because they don’t have any good coping mechanisms. Sometimes it’s a major problem that they don’t want to talk about, so they start small. Sometimes it’s something they don’t even realise is a problem, but is causing them distress regardless.

There’s a lot of reasons why clients might present you with something that seems completely insignificant, but the fact is, they are in front of you, paying you money, so that you can help them improve their mental health. 99% of the time, that means that they believe getting help is worth their time and money.

He then proceeded to tell us a story about a woman who believed that Ashton Kutcher was her baby’s daddy, and she wanted a psychiatric professional to verify her mental health so she could file for child support and reconnect with him. As far as he could tell, she had never met Ashton Kutcher, or even seen him in person. So like. Sometimes people are crazy. But not usually.

8. Dodged a bullet there.

Because naps.

On weekends, I take a nap in the afternoon. Boyfriend was not ok with that and insisted I stop.

I’ll never forget the surreal feeling of his roommates watching me leave his house while he yelled at me.

7. That is a legit reason for counseling. And also divorce.

Vaccinate their child.

Dad say Go, mom says no.

6. Wow. Cold.

Nothing is really stupid in making the decision to come in for a couples session.

But the most startling session I’ve had was when the couple had barely sat down and one of them informed the other that the relationship was over, turned to me and said “thank you for supporting (partner) through this” and left the office.

5. Sh%t happens.

Not me but my buddy’s wife demanded counseling after he refused to “fix” his habit of leaving the seat up.

Apparently the straw that broke the camel’s back was he didn’t realize his poo ‘came back up’ and she fell into the toilet on his old, waterlogged shit.

4. That is definitely bizarre.

I had a woman come in for couples counseling. Over the phone she reported that her boyfriend (with the same last name- very confusing) was distant and was refusing to listening. When the session started it was just her that showed up. She went on and on about how absent he was and how he refused to see the progress she had been making in her life.

It turns out the “boyfriend” was an ex who had a restraining order against her and lived halfway across the country from her. She was delusional and was receiving treatment for her mental health issues. She just could not get her thinking away from him and legally changed her last name to his because it would mean they would be together.

She figured couples counseling was the way to work our their relationship issues.

3. It’s never about the spoon.

Not a counselor. But me and my ex had the biggest fight known later as the “spoon incident”.

We were both working over 60 hours a week and we’re stressed. Nonetheless we had one night off together so I made sure that I had cleaned the house and everything before she came home. She came back while I was unpacking the dishwasher and put the last cutlery in the drawers.

When I finally put a spoon in the drawer she said “that’s not where it’s supposed to go”. I asked her whether this is the way you want to treat me after I’ve cleaned the house and stuff? Never been so pissed at a GF, while it was actually fairly meaningless.

2. That poor therapist.

My ex made an appt for us when he got his side girl pregnant.

I was 26 and in grad school, lonely, stressed, and horribly gaslit, and went along.

At the time the therapist would say “if he hasn’t changed by now he’s not going to…..usually I’m trying to keep people together but I’m not sure I can now” and I would get mad.

Now I look back and things come on girl, run

1. Toxic masculinity comes from women, too.

I had a guy friend whose now ex-wife dragged him to couples counseling because he was “too nurturing” and she wanted him to be “more of a real man”. She actually complained about how when her female friends sat around complaining about their husbands, she couldn’t join in, cuz my friend wasn’t an emotionally stunted man-child.

Halfway through their first session, he told her he wanted a divorce and walked out, lol. That was right after she’d been telling the therapist about how she’d known he wasn’t an archetypal “man’s man” when they got together, but that she’d always thought she could change him into “a real man”. CHRIST, she was insufferable.

He’s now with an absolute Amazon of a woman, whom we all adore. They couldn’t possibly be more perfect for one another ?

I recommend marriage counseling to literally every couple, because if you feel like you want to go, it can’t hurt – no matter your gripe.

Why did you first make that appointment? Tell us in the comments!

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What Are Very Comforting Facts? Here’s How People Replied.

We all know social media sure can be a bit of a cesspool.

It seems like it’s REALLY bad right now, too, with the country divided and people yelling at each other about their beliefs. It’s enough to beat any person down. And frankly, I’m a bit sick of it.

That’s why we’re headed to the other end of the spectrum today, the one where positivity and wholesomeness rule the day and where we can all leave with big smiles on our faces.

What are some facts that bring you comfort?

Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say.

1. Wow!

“During the Second World War, a Muslim man owned a mosque in Paris. After France got captured by the Germans, the french Jews were being killed.

The Muslim man offered every Jew he could find shelter in his mosque and handed out fake Muslim certificates so they wouldn’t be questioned. He saved over 400 lives.

No one’s your enemy, except for the ones you make yourself believe are.”

2. Can’t have just one.

“In Switzerland, it is Illegal to own just one guinea pig because they are very social animals.

Its considered animal abuse to only have one.”

3. Isn’t that cute!

“Elephants think you’re cute just like humans think dogs and cats are cute.”

4. Boom!

“America had a black President longer than the Confederacy existed.”

5. Perseverance.

“Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for insisting on going to school, recently completed her final exams in the University of Oxford.”

6. Saving lives!

“Swedish blood donors receive a text whenever their blood is used to help someone.”

7. Never too late.

“Van Gogh didn’t start painting until his late twenties.

JK Rowling didn’t publish Harry Potter until her late
thirties.

Samuel L Jackson didn’t get his first big role until his forties.

It’s never too late to get started.”

8. We all make mistakes.

“Don’t feel bad next time you mess something up.

Every single living thing is an accident! Evolution was just a series of some cell messing up.

It’s literally nature to make mistakes!”

9. It’s amazing.

“Every cell in our body contains molecules that were something else in the past.

Maybe they were in your parents cells, maybe in the food you ate, in the cultivated land, and so on. And you can do the same reasoning also in terms of time.

Maybe your cells contains molecules form an ancient Roman spear of a simple soldier. I find this amazing.”

10. Beautiful.

“The VAST majority of people are actually decent.

Also, we don’t need to find meaning, we literally create it ourselves.

Everything that matters matters to someone, everything that is beautiful is beautiful in the eyes of someone.

The universe does care: we’re the part doing the caring.”

11. Pure freedom.

“There is no inherent purpose in life. That seems awful, but think about it for a minute.

Any goal, any purpose, any achievement, any victory, any lesson, they are all yours. They are entirely yours. No one is handing you a half completed work of art and telling you to finish it.

When you face the end, you know that your fate and your victories belong to you and no one else.

You’re free.”

12. Miracles!

“You are a miracle.

The sperm that was first to your mother’s egg was one in a more than million!”

13. Respect the Earth.

“No matter how badly we mess up the Earth with climate change, and politics and nuclear warfare, etc., once human beings don’t exist, the Earth will repair itself, and life will carry on.”

14. Your pets love you.

“My boyfriend has a panic and anxiety disorder.

Whenever he gets a panic attack, one of our cats will sit on him and purr loudly. It always comforts him and calms him down. We always joke that she is our little support animal.

She is very attuned to our emotions and feelings. When my grandmother passed away and I was very sad, she would not leave me alone. She would just sit next to me in silence or occasionally let out a small meow to inform me she was still there.

So, as conclusion, even if you are having a s**t day, your pet still loves you.”

Now it’s your turn.

In the comments, share some wholesome facts that you think all of us will like.

Let’s see what you got!

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