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People Share Honest Slogans for Their States

We all have affection for the states where we were born or the ones we’ve adopted as our own – good, bad, ugly, or funny, it’s home.

Which is why it’s okay for us to make fun of their stereotypes like these 27 people did on Reddit!

27. The important ones, anyway. Except chocolate.

Ohio, home of the four C’s: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Corn

26. Kind of disappointing, really.

Arizona: All beach, no ocean.

25. And they get to pick the president.

Florida: hold my beer.

24. That’s the nicest thing you can say about Florida.

Florida – The further north you travel, the more southern we get.

23. Spoiler Alert: because it’s cold.

Minnesota – come for the culture, stay because your car won’t start.

22. They should get a cut of the profits.

Colorado: Sponsored by Subaru.

21. Nope. Definitely don’t.

New York- We do have more than just one city.

But you probably don’t care.

20. At least half.

Texas – You’ll spend half of your cross country trip driving through here.

19. As us about corn! (Or soybeans or the ghosts of dead baseball players).

Iowa- not Idaho stop asking us about potatoes.

18. So friendly around those parts.

Welcome to New Jersey: We don’t want you here either.

17. It’s that darn research triangle.

North Carolina. Only 90% yankee refugees who got lost on the way to Florida.

16. Every person, every time.

Arizona: …but it’s a dry heat.

15. Unless you want to die.

Massachusetts – Don’t drive here if you’re not from here.

14. One might be an Ave.

Georgia – take a left onto peachtree street then a right onto peachtree street.

13. You can’t ask for directions, though.

Massachusetts – where even google maps gives up.

12. Accurate af.

Illinois – If it ain’t Chicago it’s corn.

11. Wellll…no comment?

West Virginia – We “don’t” f%ck our cousins anymore are f%cking liars.

10. Funny AND awkward.

Illinois- Our former governors make our license plates.

9. There’s been some spillover.

Oregon-We have almost as many Californians as California.

8. That’s why we live all the way up here.

Alaska: Leave me the fuck alone.

7. You can put them all together for super fun.

“Kentucky: Bourbon, Bluegrass, and Bibles. Oh and horses.”

6. Are we sure that’s all?

Michigan – Road construction next 300 miles.

5. And there’s no soda or booze.

Utah- You’re Mormon, I’m Mormon, We’re all Mormon!

4. Did you know there are two?

Washington: No, the other Washington.

3. When natural disasters just aren’t enough.

Oklahoma – Earthquakes and tornadoes are not enough. Wait 50 years and we’ll install both an artificial volcano and artificial oceans, so we can have double the disasters!

2. Hi did you know everything is killing you?

WARNING: This state contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

1. The best place to learn to drive a stick.

Kansas- for drivers that don’t want to turn for 4 hours.

These are just too perfect, don’t you think?

Which one is the most right for your state? Tell us in the comments!

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Little Things That Feel Rude, Even Though They’re Not

Human beings sure are weird. We try our best to get along, to avoid conflict, and we worry far too much (imho) about our interactions with strangers.

Sure, some people could stand to be a little more polite, but for the rest of us, we should stop worrying that things like these 13 are horribly rude.

13. This person is probably Italian.

Saying “no thanks” when offered more food.

Especially at a family function, there’s always those relatives that offer so much.

I really don’t need to eat that much food.

12. You feel like you’re taking advantage.

Accepting an offer that doesn’t benefit the other person too.

11. I just avoid walking past them.

Rejecting kiosk workers feels rude, but i digress.

I went to a mall and I have really big, thick hair. One girl asked me if I ever straighten it and I said no and she was like “well, this straightener is easy, less damaging, let me try it on you!” And I said no thanks and then she’s like “come on i insist!”

And I was like noooooo fucking thank you.

Then like an hour later I walked by the same kiosk again and a different guy was working and asked to try the straightener on my hair and I said no, and he asked “why not” and I said because I don’t like straightening my hair. He’s like “well this is not time consuming!” And I got really mad and kinda yelled “I’m not buying a hair straightener from you!”

10. I feel like there’s some subtext, here.

Calling people out for social misconduct.

As in saying they are coming in 5 minutes only to not hear from them again.

Mildly specific, I know.

9. Those still exist?

Ringing the bell when there is no one at the service counter.

8. Like you’re saying you don’t want to be with them, but that’s not true.

saying you need space/time to yourself.

i don’t know why, but it always feels like i’m being rude when i tell people this, even though it’s just part of life and needing some alone time/time to think and reflect.

7. This makes me giggle.

Giving ppl the thumbs-down motion, especially when driving.

My dad and I do that instead of flipping ppl off.

Gets ppl madder than shit but it’s still hilarious.

6. Always ask why you feel like you have to do it.

Telling the truth about something that might hurt but is going to save your butt in the long run.

5. Ok but this is kind of rude.

Not continuing the “pay it forward” at drive-thrus.

It’s happened several times to me, and I’ve always reciprocated.

I’ve hit a financially rough time, and I’m working 6 days a week starting at 5:30.

If I miss a coffee the rest of my morning will feel like hell, even though I’m pushing my budget to get one.

The cashier told me my coffee was paid for already, so I left a small tip, and went about my way. I’ll pay it later when circumstances are better.

4. The good ones should understand.

Telling a doctor that you want a second opinion.

3. Especially with Gen Z kids.

Texting with a proper punctuation.

2. I thought it was only me.

Asking someone to correct your food order.

1. You gotta do it.

Discussing salary.

It’s a good way to make sure you and your coworkers are all being treated fairly.

Be polite, but don’t be a doormat, y’all.

What, if anything, would you put on this list?

Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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People Share the Things That May Seem Rude, but They’re Actually Not

What makes a behavior “rude” can be a bit subjective.

What bothers or offends one person could go unnoticed by another, but most of us just get that awkward feeling when something that’s been said or done feels off.

This post, though, is about those moments that occur even when the action or words in question aren’t rude at all – strange, right?

15. Only in the Midwest.

Passing people who are walking really slowly.

“Ope sorry, just going to squeeze by. Sorry. Sorry about that.”

14. Being an introvert is not a crime.

Leaving a party/function early, or even at a reasonable hour.

A lot of people take offense if you leave before the end and it’s a drag.

13. Oh, sweet summer child.

Calling out of work when I am sick.

Most act like I’m faking it so makes me feel bad whenever I need to due to medical issues.

12. This modern world has downsides.

Not being available 24/7 despite being reachable 24/7.

11. You have to learn how to do it.

Saying no to anything.

10. It’s not because you don’t want to. All the time.

Not being able to do favors for someone when asked

9. Just say thank you.

East Asian here.

The act of “pretending to turn gifts down and the giver insisting and going back and forth for a 3 f*cking hours and eventually accepting the gift anyway”

Just f*cking irritates me to no end.

8. This is so hard to do.

Asking for money that is owed to you.

It seems awkward and rude but it really isn’t, or at least shouldn’t be.

7. Only if it’s the first time, though.

Correcting someone if they mispronounce my name.

6. You just want to leave.

Ending a conversation with someone who is legit trying to commandeer your time.

5. Your real friends will understand.

Not hanging out with people because you are tired.

4. Being honest.

Actually telling somebody what you think about their abilities. There’s a way to do it without being rude.

I spent 2 years studying a craft in a very competitive field and toward the end of the 1st year I started to fall behind and my instructor started to give me polite responses instead of actual feedback. So I followed him to his office one day and said I feel like I’m getting shrugged off, I know I’m not going as well as others but lay it on me.

He didn’t want to because these are peoples life-long dreams and its hard to crush people’s spirits. But he laid it all on the line, said I’m going hang on for a while and fizzle out within a couple of years. I asked for specifics, he hit back even harder. I didn’t take it hard and in fact I was excited because I was going to fail anyway before he was brutally honest but now I had specifics to work on and improve on!

A couple years later we were talking and he said “you know I was wrong about you” and I got to say “no you were so right. and if you hadn’t told me all of that, I wouldn’t have worked on it”. Because of his honesty I had two choices that were better than the path I was on. Either find something else to do with my life, or hone in on my shortcomings and work tirelessly on them and if it hasn’t gotten better a year from now then I can find something else to do with my life. I got better over that year and now work in the field I’d started my studies in. That definitely wouldn’t have been the case if that instructor had kept being polite and never gave it to me straight.

You gotta be honest with people you know. Not in a mean way, not fully unsolicited. But if you’re not honest with something people are trying to get good at or pursue a career in, you’re setting them up for failure by not pointing out weaknesses they can fix or by accidentally encouraging them to go down a path that leads to a dead end.

3. Why is this so hard?

Telling people what you want as far as your boundaries.

“I don’t like being touched. Please don’t touch me.”

“I prefer not to text a lot during work hours.”

“I don’t like making last minute plans. Next time please let’s set up plans ahead of time.”

“I don’t think we really click. I don’t think this is working.”

But standing up for your boundaries encourages people to stand up for theirs, too.

2. I’m cringing right now.

When you’re at a craft fair or farmer’s market or some other outdoor event where people have a bunch of tables set up to sell their wares, go up to a table to check out what they’re selling, and walk away.

Either you don’t like what they have, or they’re selling their nice soaps for waaaay too much money.

They are looking at you this whole time with this happy, expectant look on their face, like “This is it, I’m going to get a sale!” Or worse, when you ask them what they’re all about, and they go into this long pitch about their thing, only for you to realize that you’re not interested.

I always feel like a complete a$shole for going, “Yeah. Well, okay. Bye!”

1. Unless it’s your spouse.

Actually, i am not in the mood of talking right now.

I totally agree with these, and I honestly hate these scenarios!

Is there one you would add to the list? Share with us in the comments.

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Myths About Puritans That Need to Stop Spreading

Most of us remember a couple of things about the Puritans from our days spent half-listening in history classes – they had something to do with the founding of America, and they had big ol’ sticks up their butts.

Even those couple of things, though, aren’t totally and honestly true.

It turns out we believe more than a couple of things about our ancestors that aren’t exactly right, and below are 5 that we need to stop repeating asap.

5. They weren’t always party poopers.

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Witty journalist H.L. Mencken said in 1925 that Puritanism could be defined as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

That’s really a bit of a stereotype, because in general, the Puritans weren’t anymore repressed or judgmental than other Christian sects of the day – which is to say, everyone was pretty uptight and repressed back in the day.

They might not even have been as fanatically religious as we believe, because those jeremiads – the six-hour “fire and brimstone” sermons – evolved out of a fear that their flocks were losing faith.

They were a lot like us, I guess – their parents had to force them to church, and everyone was in a hurry for it to be over.

4. They’re not the same as Pilgrims.

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Religiously, the Puritans and Pilgrims are almost identical – both groups wanted to “purify” the Church of England with reforms – but their methods were different. The Pilgrims believed leaving the church was the right thing to do, while the Puritans wanted to change it from within.

The Pilgrims sailed to America to do their own church thing, but the Puritans hoped England would be inspired to change after seeing how well it worked for them.

It was the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower to establish Plymouth, made friends with the Natives, and barely survived their first winter.

The Puritans, rich, middle-class merchants – arrived 10 years later ready to go to war with the Natives, establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Once both were in America, they kind of blended together, though the Pilgrims continued to treat the Native population much better than the Puritans, who were at war with the Natives within five years of landing on their soil.

3. They didn’t spend all their time burning witches.

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Everyone in the early modern world believed in witches and witchcraft, and if you were Christian, you believed it was bad.

Thousands of people were convicted in England and Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, and many more were murdered by mobs before they could stand trial.

But while the events in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1690s make the Puritans look overzealous in their witch-hatred, the truth is that event was an outlier – between 1620 and 1692, there were only 61 known prosecutions of witches in Massachusetts (and only 16 convictions).

2. They didn’t exactly bring religious freedom to America.

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The Puritans came to America so they could practice their new, purified version of Christianity – they never intended to let others freely practice as they chose.

Don’t take my word for it, though. Listen to Nathaniel Ward, a Puritan clergyman and colonial leader in the Massachusetts bay Colony.

“I dare take upon me, to be the herald of New England so far, as to proclaim to the world, in the name of the colony, that all Familists, Antinomians, Anabaptists, and other enthusiasts shall have free liberty to keep away from us, and such as will come to be gone as fast as they can, the sooner the better.”

Dissenters, within and outside the Puritan ranks, were tried for heresy and banished.

Fun fact: They really hated the Quakers, though, and people were put to death for simply giving a Quaker directions on the road.

1. They didn’t hate intimacy (all the time).

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We think that people’s beliefs that sex is dirty and sinful come from the Puritans, but in truth, as long as the act in question took place in a marriage bed.

They thought intimacy was fine and good, even if the couple in question wasn’t looking to have a baby, and believed it strengthened bonds between a spouses – at least one man was excommunicated for withholding the pleasurable experience from his wife.

I’m feeling smarter already, how about y’all?

Tell me in the comments which one of these gobsmacked you!

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This is What Happens When You Drink Saltwater (Pssst: Don’t!)

We’re taught not to drink the water in the ocean. It’s not the same as other water, though our parents rarely explain why beyond telling us “it will make you sick.”

We read horrifying stories about disasters at sea, where men and women are stuck without food or water, and eventually succumb to the lure of seawater, only to make things worse.

Why is drinking it so bad for us, though, and what happens to our bodies when we do?

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You might think it’s counterintuitive, this avoiding of saltwater, since our bodies contain – and depend on – both salt and water to function.

Water is a universal solvent and is essential in helping us metabolize food, use our muscles, pump blood, and even for brain function. Salt is necessary for those same chemical reactions to take place.

That said, you likely already know that consuming too much salt is not so great for our bodies. It can lead to issues like high cholesterol levels, and our bodies need to stay under a salinity of 9 in order to function properly – that means for every 1000 grams of fluid we consume, we need 9 grams of salt.

Saltwater is a hypertonic fluid, which means it contains more salt than our blood, with a salinity of 35 – and it throws our body’s coping mechanisms completely out of whack.

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Our cells have membranes that prevent salt from wandering into them unwanted, and although our bodies can use built-in mechanisms like these to an extent, they struggle with extremely high concentrations of salt.

When those concentrations are higher on the outsides of our cells than on the inside, water movies outside, too, trying to correct the imbalance. That leaves your cells devoid of water on the inside, and that’s never a good thing.

This process, called osmosis, can be disastrous in the case of consuming seawater. Our cells will shrink, and to correct that problem, our kidneys start to excrete the excess sodium in our urine.

The kidneys can only produce urine slightly less salty than saltwater, though, so they start making us pee more and more in order to keep up, dehydrating us in the process.

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Basically, you’re peeing out more water than you’re taking in, which means you’ll only get more thirsty, not less, if you give into the temptation of drinking saltwater.

Not only that, but the body compensates for fluid loss in other ways, too – increasing your heart rate, constricting blood vessels in an attempt to maintain pressure and flow, nausea, weakness, and delirium that can lead to more bad decisions.

If you’re not able to consume fresh water in a short amount of time, the result will be organ failure and ultimately, death.

So, if you find yourself marooned or adrift at sea, resist the temptation and wait for rain.

Please.

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Tumblr Users Teach Us All the Adulting Life Hacks That You Should Know

Adulting is hard. Life doesn’t come with an easy-access handbook, so we’re pretty much left to our own devices.

Luckily, we have each other for tips, tricks, and easy fixes. This tumblr user mined the web for solutions, and the internet denizens did not disappoint. Here are some adulting life hacks that you should know to make life a little bit easier.

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Sometimes, parents don’t have all the answers. When that happens, we need to turn to other adults for some perspective.

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This thread has it all: from navigating family drama to what brand of ketchup is good.

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The big lesson here is, there’s a lot to learn. When there’s a lot to learn, there are also a lot of opportunities to make mistakes.

You will make mistakes. Constantly. Sometimes they’ll be small mistakes, like forgetting to use dryer sheets. Other times, they’ll be big mistakes, like putting Dawn in the dishwasher.

Both are okay.

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The grandparents trick really does work. Just so you know.

By the way, here’s what happens if you do accidentally put Dawn in the dishwasher.

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So yeah, really try not to do that.

Plus, when you do have accomplishments, treat yourself. Life isn’t easy. Any small success is worth a little reward.

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Having a cupboard and fridge stocked with the essentials can save you a lot of time, effort, and money when it comes to cooking.

Organization and cleanliness go a long way, too. There’s nothing like the comfort of knowing your bank account won’t be bombarded by bills on the same day, or that the dishes in the dishwasher will ACTUALLY come out clean.

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Bleach and other cleaning solutions are necessary, but be careful. They’re still chemicals.

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Medications, too, can cause a dilemma. Over-the-counter meds are still drugs, and there are certain things (like alcohol) that they should not be mixed with.

Moreover, there’s a lot more to them than just the brand name.

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Remember those generic names, and you can save a whole lot of cash every time you need to stock up.

Let’s face it… You might put Dawn in your dishwasher. You might need to live off of ramen, potatoes, and hot dogs. But there are solutions here.

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Plus, here’s how to make the most out of you food supply, get rid of ink and blood stains, and even dissolve superglue.

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The beauty of wholesale clubs goes far and wide, my friend.

What are some of your top adulting life hacks? Share with us in the comments below!

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People Discuss What They Think Folks Will Be Nostalgic for in the Year 2060

It’s hard to believe that people will be nostalgic for ANYTHING that’s going on in the world right now, but you never know…

I’m sure people in 1980 thought the world was going to Hell in a handbasket, but 40 years later, 1980 probably looks pretty decent to some people…

But what will people be nostalgic for in the year 2060?

Here’s what people had to say on AskReddit.

1. Privacy.

“Privacy and the ability to go somewhere without seeing 75 cameras all the time.

Went to the beach today and no one was in the water except for me and my friend. Everyone else was waiting for “golden hour” in their dry beachwear.”

2. In-person.

“Playing physical games with friends.

Going to friends’ houses to play basketball/soccer and a few video games, and then have a sleep over.

Socializing to the extent even the youngest here have experienced.”

3. Remember when…

“The short period of time in 2020 when most of us got to spend some time at home with our families, traffic was bearable, people in the supermarkets were asked to keep distance.

As an introvert, I’m gonna miss it for sure.

As a doctor, not so much.”

4. Hang on to it!

“Physical media so you don’t have to micropay for every movie you feel like watching.

When the DVDs and Blu-Rays are no longer in the stores, there will be no reason for streaming services to charge a flat rate.”

5. That’s depressing.

“Driving.

Cars will be 100% automated and it will be illegal to drive your own car on roadways unless you have a special license, because it’s so dangerous.

There will be amusement parks where you can drive a car all by yourself.”

6. Show me the money.

“Paper and metal currency.

Virtual money, wire transfers, alternative finance models, blockchain money will be a norm I anticipate.

It is coming faster than we think.”

7. I really hope not.

“The golden days before covid-25 when you just had to wear a mask instead of a full hazmat suit…”

8. Scary stuff ahead?

“Contemporary weather patterns and jet streams.

Lack of mass migration and climate change refugees.

Clean beaches. Peace in India.”

9. Off the grid no more.

“Being able to go “off the grid” for a weekend.

I may have been the only student my senior year of high school and first few weeks of college not to have a cell phone (Out 200+ person freshman engineering 101 intro class, 5 of us didn’t have a cell phone, and the other 4 were from mainland China.

I was the only one who had the access to phones that would work on American cell phone networks but simply didn’t own one) and then had a pay-as-you-go phone mostly for emergencies for the next two years.

It wasn’t until the summer between my sophomore and junior year that I got a phone on a plan, and that was bc I needed it for a job with “on-call” shifts. Even now, I’m on one of the smaller carriers, so when I go camping for a weekend, I’m frequently out of cell phone range when I’m not on the interstate.”

10. Scary to think about.

“Cashiers.

They were already slowly being replaced by self checkouts, and now covid has put a rush on it.”

11. Not much faith…

“Large animals.

Rhinos, elephants, orangutans, giraffes. I have little faith that we won’t destroy the world.

Looking at the old onesies from our kids pajamas that we packed in a box showing safari animals will become as extinct as dinosaurs, but more painful…”

12. Bleak.

“Jobs.

Most people fail to realize what is happening in industry. They are blaming other people and countries, but the truth is, along aside the technical revolution of phones has been the technical revolution of industry.

Industrial level stepper motors and servos have become so cheap, along side multi core 64 bit control boards, which are so cheap they are essentially disposable, that entire swaths of the labor pool have already been replaced by computers.

The issue here is these incredible control boards are continuing to get better and cheaper, and the software is getting better. Every day the march of technology continues, the closer it comes to replacing Jobs we traditionally think as irreplaceable.

Computers don’t need a break, they rarely make a mistake, and they are cheaper than your labor. We are <10yr from massive disruption in some of the largest employment vectors, like transportation, that is going to put a lot of people out of work.”

13. No!

“Barnes and Noble.

They’re the last major chain bookstore, and they’re not doing well. The one where I am is going out of business after 20 years.

There will not be a bookstore in my city. (I’m in a suburb to LA, so not the middle of nowhere.).”

14. You’re being watched…

“Someone already said privacy, so I’m gonna go for freedom, it’s basically the same but it’s the effect of the lack of privacy.

People change when they know they are being watched.

This is already happening and will only get worse with time and technological improvement.”

15. Look into the sky.

“The night sky.

By that time, Musk, Bezos, and god knows who else, will have hundreds of thousands of satellites in orbit.

Our cities will have doubled in size, and urban sprawl will cause further light pollution. Stargazing will be something future generations will only hear stories about…”

Now we want to hear from all the readers out there.

In the comments, tell us what you think people will be nostalgic for in 40 years.

Please and thank you!

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People Talk About What’s Common in Their Country but Rare in Other Parts of the World

Doesn’t traveling to a far and distant country sound incredible right about now?

Because of this seemingly never-ending pandemic we’re going through, it looks like it might be a while before we can venture to another part of the world…but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it happens sooner than later.

Because traveling exposes us to different cultures, languages, customs, foods, etc. And it’s great to get outside our comfort zones and to learn about different people. So let’s do some more of that!

AskReddit users talked about things that are common in their countries but rare in other parts of the world.

1. Sounds delightful.

“Such cheap olive oil.

And eating incredinly late.

Lunch is more or less at 1-3 pm, and dinner at 9-10 pm.

That is why in Spain we have snacks between foods.”

2. This has to be in Scandinavia.

“Saunas in most apartments or at least apartment buildings, haven’t lived in a building that doesn’t have one.

A lot of great well known (and underground) metal bands.

And a nuclear power plant that is at this point 11 years behind schedule and according to Wikipedia the 3rd most expensive building in the world.”

3. Paradise.

“Bagged milk, legal weed and fermented maple syrup.”

4. Free drinks.

“Milk dispensers at school cafeterias (or restaurants but it’s not as common).

I live in Sweden where food and drinks such as water and milk is provided free for students.

Whenever I tell someone outside of Scandinavia that we have milk dispensers they’re always very surprised.”

5. USA!

“Root beer.

In America this is widely available and basically universally liked, but give it to someone from another country, especially a European country, and they will hate it.”

6. India.

“Cheap Streaming subscriptions.

In my country a pack for Disney+, HBO, Showtime, ABC, Live Sports and a lot more, costs less than 2 dollars a month.

Yes 2 dollars TOTAL.”

7. I need this in my life.

“They look like snowballs in size and shape, but they’re made of potatoes and boiled, with a piece of meat inside for flavoring. You eat it with sausage, fat’n’bacon and kohlrabi/carrot puree.

It’s not as common as it used to be because it’s mainly grandmas that used to make it.

Also known as “komle”. In some places they simply refer to them as “potato balls.””

8. The paranormal.

“In Mexico we experience paranormal stuff very close. Even people like me, who doesn’t believe in it, have parents, siblings, children or grandparents who have experienced ghosts or other entities very close.

Not in the “friend of my friend” kind of way. It is really really common to be in the same room, and someone just says: “I saw my great-grandfather coming out from the well” or stuff like that.

And nobody makes a fuss about it. We just process it and move on. But really, I don’t know anybody who hasn’t experienced a close encounter with something paranormal in one way or another.

And again, I’m an atheist and a skeptic. I haven’t experienced something at first hand. And that makes me an exception. Not the average.”

9. Probably not these days.

“Drinking a hot drink from an hollowed pumpkin through a metal straw and sharing it with others all drinking from the same straw.”

10. Interesting.

“The Swastika.

Although a banned Nazi symbol as assumed by others, a swastika is actually a symbol of divinity and purity so you will see that alot in my country.”

11. Drink up!

“Underage drinking.

I live in Belgium and everyone does it from the moment they’re 14.”

12. Not cheap.

“Expensive fuel.

A liter of gasoline costs like €1.

It might not sound much, but look at the average wage of a working class Romanian.”

13. Corruption.

“Drinking at the age of 12.

And bribing police, politicians, and basically everyone.

Welcome to Greece.”

Do you have any insights about things that are common in your country but not in other parts of the world?

If so, please talk to us in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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Funny Memes to Make You LOL

Do you need a little bit more LOL’ing in your life right about now?

For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, LOL means LAUGH OUT LOUD.

So what I’m referring to is a good thing. No, it’s a GREAT thing!

And we want to LOL. And that’s exactly what we’re gonna do with these funny, random posts that people threw out in the social media universe.

Hey, don’t tell me that social media is no good. It’s helping all of us blow off a little steam and get some laughs in. So let’s do it now!

1. This is classy.

And you know you want one!

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2. Run for it!

There’s somebody down there!

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3. Don’t you ever take a break?

I’m gonna call the cops!

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4. Hmmmm…okay…

So now what am I supposed to do?

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5. I have a great idea!

This looks absolutely perfect.

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6. Why God?

This just pushed me over the edge.

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7. Eating healthy!

We can all do it if we try!

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8. How much longer is this story?

My brain is now permanently fried.

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9. Came back to bite you.

Right in the *ss.

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10. Deeeeep thoughts.

Admit it: you’ve thought about this before.

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11. All coming at you at once.

Give me a break, already!

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12. He’s clearly an elite athlete.

A little different from my day…

Have you seen any really funny memes online lately?

Or jokes? Or tweets? Or photos?

If so, please share them with us in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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These People Really Messed up While Doing Their Laundry

Should we all just go back to the old days when we washed our clothes in rivers and streams?

By the looks of the photos you’re about to see, I think that might not be the worst idea in the world.

We’ve all had our laundry mishaps during our lives and that’s why these photos are going to make you cringe in a big way. Because you can feel them DOWN IN YOUR BONES.

So let’s all say a special prayer for these people as they continue their journey to laundry perfection…we all know it can be a long and dangerous road.

Let’s take a look…

1. Clean up on Aisle 9!

That’s a HUGE mess.

2. Time to buy a new phone…

Those things ain’t cheap!

I did laundry…she lost her iPhone from Wellthatsucks

3. I don’t see the problem here.

Fits like a glove!

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4. He is not happy about this…

What do you have to say for yourself?

5. The old pen in the dryer trick.

Not much fun, is it?

6. How did this happen?

Someone has some explaining to do.

7. Very stylish.

Keep on shrinking the clothes so you can pass them on to your pooch!

8. Farewell, old friend.

This is very sad…

9. A common mistake.

And a costly one…

10. OH MY GOD.

Call in the Haz-Mat crew!

Yay, pull-ups in the washing machine! from Wellthatsucks

11. Might be time for a new one.

Just sayin’…

Washing Machine Shook the Detergent Off… from Wellthatsucks

12. Do you have any small children?

There’s no saving this one.

My wool sweater shrunk in the wash from Wellthatsucks

How about you?

What’s your worst laundry disaster? I’m talking about the REALLY BAD ones that made you shake your head in disgust?

Tell us all about them in the comments! Thanks!

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