People Talk About the Bad Mindsets and Mentalities That They’d Like to See Go Away Forever

Even though I think (I hope?) we are evolving and becoming more accepting and more kind to each other, there are A LOT of problems in this world right now.

And a lot of them come from deeply-entrenched ideas and beliefs that people can’t see to get rid of no matter what.

What stupid and backward mindsets would you like to see go away?

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

1. This one right here.

“Alcoholism being romanticized.

No, it’s pretty terrible to be honest. I feel like shit today.

I want to stop drinking but I know I’m gonna drink more today.”

2. It’s okay to change your mind.

“That if I change my mind or opinion about something I’m being fake or phony.”

3. Let it go.

“That you need to stay in contact with all of your family members even though some of them are incredibly toxic.”

4. Get this shit outta here.

“My opinion is as good as your evidence.

This, or that everyone’s opinions are equally valid.

No, the guy who has a PhD and 10 years of experience in the field’s opinion is more valid than your 10 min google search.”

5. All about me.

“People who oppose good things because ‘I struggled through it and so should you!’ instead of thinking ‘good, nobody should go through that if possible.’”

6. We all need a break.

““No days off”. Sometimes you need a mental health day or a break, and people make it sound like if you don’t work yourself into the ground you won’t be successful.

Successful people know when to recharge.

It’s an annoying mindset .”

7. A little patience.

“Expecting everything instantly.

Patience is a virtue.

You’re not going to die if you have to wait in line.”

8. Not a hoax.

“Climate change is not weather.

Just because it’s -10 degrees doesn’t mean it’s a hoax.”

9. A bunch of BS.

“If you don’t post about a tragedy or support something on social media, you are ok with it or dont support/care about said something.”

10. Sometimes, you have to let it go.

“Quitting is only for losers.

If you try something and don’t like it, why keep doing it? Why not allow yourself to switch to a better major or try a different sport or get a new job?

I mean, don’t quit everything once it gets hard, but why stay miserable for a “quitters never win” mentality? Get a job you LIKE. Do an activity you LIKE.”

11. Work/life balance.

“There is this whole work culture expectation now of always being reachable by email or text for whatever happens. A lot of places expect, and at times demand, that you be pretty much on call even when you’re not at the office anymore.

I worked at an ad agency where days off sometimes didn’t even feel like that, because I would still be getting emails about things and was expected to be checking them. I hated it.

There should be some level of balance between work and personal life and I feel like that is fading because so many places are adapting this type of culture and mentality, especially start-ups.”

12. Not a competition.

“Stop comparing traumas.

It’s not a fucking competition. Learn to have empathy and take care of each others’ mental health.”

13. People change.

“Assuming that people are not allowed to change their opinions or values over time, and judging people, famous or not, for comments made decades ago.

Yes, some people have patterns of problematic comments and behavior and should not be ignored. But it also makes sense that, for example, a politician may have learned more about abortion or healthcare or what have you and be able to change their stance.

We are not the same people at 25 and 50.”

14. Gimme my sleep!

“Just because I’m young doesn’t mean I don’t need sufficient sleep.

Just because I’m young doesn’t mean I spend all of my money recklessly and need to work overtime every weekend.

Just because I’m young doesn’t mean I don’t want to relax at home on my time off.

I hear a lot of shit at work because I work with mostly older people. I budget my money wisely and in a sense I also budget my time.

Apparently those concepts are hard to understand.”

Okay, now we want to hear from you.

Tell us about the mindsets and mentalities that you think need to end.

Talk to us in the comments!

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July 3, 2020

People Share Advice They Thought Was Useless Until They Tried It

A lot of people think that they know everything and so they can’t be bothered to actually take any advice. About anything. Ever.

I used to have a boss who would never listen to any of us employees even when we KNEW the things we suggested would save us time (this was in the food service industry). It was enough to drive all of us crazy.

He eventually came around and took our suggestions and guess what? They worked!

Let’s see what folks on AskReddit had to say about advice that sounded useless until they actually tried it.

1. Clean it up!

“Life is really much easier if you clean your workplace/room.

I clean my room often and it makes me feel calm and clears my head.”

2. Get on a schedule.

“Stick to the same sleep schedule on your days off that you follow on days when you have to be somewhere at a specific time (like school or work days).

I spent my whole life sleeping until noon on weekends, thinking I was storing sleep in some imaginary sleep bank. I recently started waking up early on weekends, and now I don’t have trouble waking up when my alarm goes off during the week.

Plus I have all this extra time to do stuff because I’m not sleeping all day.”

3. Drink up!

“You’re not hungry you’re thirsty!

I would eat a big meal and wonder why I still felt hungry.. It is because I wasn’t drinking a glass of water with my meal.

Now if I notice I am hungry after eating normal portions I have a glass of water and wait 5 minutes before I continue eating.”

4. It’s good for you!

“Practice gratitude.

Grateful people are happy people.

This includes just saying ‘thank you’ any time someone does something. Everyone likes to be acknowledged for something, even if it’s something small, and just making other people a little happier makes you happier.”

5. A lifestyle change.

“I suffered severe insomnia for years.

Someone told me I should get up an hour earlier, go for a 30 minute run in the morning, then do yoga for 15 minutes before showering and getting ready for work. Seemed ridiculous, but I decided to try it for a month.

Haven’t suffered insomnia since. Have way more energy, sleep better, feel better. It’s amazing.”

6. Ask yourself this question…

“Before I do anything I ask myself, “Would an idiot do that?”

And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing.”

7. Good tip from Mom.

“My mom told me to spend good money on the things that separate you from the ground: tires, shoes, mattress.

I finally bought good not cheap shoes and life was SIGNIFICANTLY better. They last so much longer and my back and posture improved too. She’s not wrong about tires and a mattress either.”

8. EVERYONE should go.

“Going to therapy.

I’m a guy. I’m emotionally stable, so I thought it was a pointless idea. Went with my ex-gf, in order to work out problems in our relationship (mostly on her end).

I learned so much about myself and got some amazing life advice. 10/10”

9. They can sense it somehow…

“Stop chasing girls.

Most times now they notice me as an individual, not as someone begging for a girlfriend.

They can smell the desperation coming off you. When I gave up and worked on personal projects, I found a lot more success with women.

That said, you still have to be in an environment that leads to talking with people. Giving up doesn’t mean to sit in your apartment and mope, it means to not have getting a girl as the goal for the day while you’re out and about.”

10. All the good stuff.

“When you are sad eat healthy, do a lot of sports, and try to take in fresh air under the sun.

It works incredibly well.

It probably is something purely chemical, so it is definetly worth a try.”

11. Just get started!

“If you want to write a novel, just start writing.

Don’t plan, just get words on paper.

“You can’t edit a blank page.” Is the best writing advice I’ve ever gotten.”

12. So addictive.

“Drink less caffeine.

I didnt realize how much it affects my mental disorders (anxiety, depression, ADD) until I started drinking less, and realized I function way better when I don’t have a soda or two every other day.”

13. It really does work.

“Changing something about your appearance to gain confidence/self-esteem (getting a haircut, going to the gym).

I thought it was a cop-out piece of advice and then I got a haircut and I felt so comfortable in my skin and at peace that I remember the exact moment it happened.”

14. Baby steps.

“Trying to lose weight?

When going somewhere in your car, try and park as far from your destination as you can, when you can.

I read this tip somewhere else when I was at my heaviest and really trying to lose.

Every morning instead of taking the first spot available at work, I’d take the farthest one back. I had to trek a bit to just get to the door, then through the office and upstairs to my cube.

It felt good whenever I did it, and it put me in this mode where I wanted to do other healthier things throughout the day.

I went from 385+ to 220 in about a year and a half after I started adapting those baby steps (among many other baby steps, of course!).”

15. Don’t put it off.

“If it takes less than 5 minutes, do it immediately

I do so much less housework on weekends because of this.”

16. This is important.

“Show up.

You don’t have to be the best worker or friend. Just being the one that shows up it will mean a lot to everyone.

I got this advice from a Redditor on a post similar to this. It has help me a lot. I never participated in shit because I felt like wasn’t wanted or needed. Turns out a lot of people are self absorbed or flaky and the simple act of just being the one who shows up is monumental.

Show up to the moving party Show up to your kids events Show up to your company picnic Show up to the HOA meeting Show up to your awkward friends open mic night.

When you show up for other people they will start showing up for you.”

17. Do it every day!

“I saw a video of a Navy Commander talk about why making your bed as soon as you get out of it is so important.

The first thing you do when you wake up is stand up and get out of bed. If you make the bed, you have accomplished a task. You have succeeded. The first thing you did today was succeed at a task.

Take that with you and use that success to fuel everything else you have to do for the rest of the day.

Repeat tomorrow.”

How about you?

Have you ever taken some advice after fighting it for a while and it turned out to be great?

If so, please tell us about it in the comments!

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July 3, 2020

People Share What Useful Skills Everyone Should Learn in Life

A lot of people lack life skills that are very useful.

I’m not talking trash either, there are some things I probably should have learned along the way that I just never did.

But, there’s still time!

So maybe these responses from folks on AskReddit will give you some inspiration to learn some new skills.

Let’s take a look!

1. Learn to swim.

“My Dad was a naval officer and made a point of seeing all his kids learned to swim at an early age.

I literally cannot remember ever being unable to swim.

It took me a while as a child to grasp that a lot of people don’t know how to swim.”

2. This is very important.

“How to listen.

A lot of people currently tend to lack the ability to actually listen.

It’s not about shouting points at each other, it’s about shutting up and actually listening to what the other person is saying.”

3. You gotta do it.

“Self reflection.

You can NOT grow as a person without it.”

4. The essentials.

“Basic gardening, food preservation, and cooking.

And the basics of sewing.”

5. Fix it up!

“Fixing your own stuff.

Including electronics like broken screens and other stuff like your car.”

6. This is good!

“When I was in high school and failed to get a summer job, my dad made me cook every meal (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) for the family, every day, for the whole summer, as “punishment”. It ended up being inadvertently the most valuable “lesson” he ever taught me.

On top of that, I wasn’t allowed to ever repeat a dish. Worked my way through a whole cookbook, and then some.

Being able to cook a wide variety of really good meals is a constant source of simple joy in my life… not to mention, it’s a massive advantage in the dating scene.”

7. Get the facts.

“How to extrapolate useful information from biased media sources.

A simple way I do it is first break it down into the facts. Then look at another biased source on the other side and do the same. Whatever is comparable is probably true, and anything else MAY be true but with less emphasis than the media gives it.

Also, remember that media as a whole (right left etc) caters to your reactions. There’s a reason that you will always see more negative, fearful, anger inducing news than happy news. More people will watch news about some bad incident or tradgedy than they will about something equally good.

And because bad news means more viewers, naturally it’s in the media’s best interest to get the most eyeballs on their stuff.”

8. Very important!

“When I was in high school track, my coach went into cardiac arrest after doing 200m sprints with us.

Me and some other students got some other teachers and they performed CPR on him until the ambulance arrived.

They saved his life. LEARN. C.P.R.!”

9. It’s true…

“How to write an email.

Seriously, too many people go out into the wide world with no idea how to write a professional-level email.

Writing one the same way you text won’t cut it when you are looking for a job.”

10. We all need to do this.

“How to unplug and enjoy silence and solitude.”

11. Car care.

“Basic car care.

Everyone should be able to change their own oil and rotate their tires, at a minimum.

Both are super simple and require only a few tools but can save you a lot of money.”

12. Learn it. Live it.

“Basic finance.

I’m in my 30s and shocked by how many people my age don’t understand how credit works.”

13. Become a good studier.

“How to study correctly. It seems like a small thing but the majority of my school life I didn’t have to study at all and I did well anyway.

But later on it gets so much harder just to retain information.

Learning to study good and well is a skill everyone should learn.”

14. Saves time and money.

“How to fix basic problems that come up. Unclog a drain, replace a plug, sew on a button, etc.

Minor problem fixing saves time and money.”

15. Protect yourself.

“How to break out of someone’s grip.

I’ve taught my wife, my daughter, many of my female friends, and back in the day when I was a daycare teacher, all of my students.

We had someone try to kidnap one of our older kids once, and that was it, that very day I taught all of the kids and drilled it with them over the next couple of weeks. Even had a Grandmother come in to pick up her Granddaughter and ask for me specifically so that she could thank me for showing her granddaughter how to do that.

Thing to remember, do not try to pull against their fingers, you can hold your body weight by your fingers (think of hanging from the monkey bars by your fingers).

Instead pull towards their thumb. The thumb is weak in comparison to the fingers. Also scream “Fire!!”, Not help. People react faster to “Fire!!” Then they do for “Help!!” I hope this helps. Many basic self-defense classes will go over this and more.

Remember, you don’t need to be an MMA fighter to get yourself out of a bad situation.”

What do you think?

What’s a useful skill that everyone should learn how to do?

Please share your thoughts with us in the comments.

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July 3, 2020

People Share What Makes Them Happy to Be Alive

Yes, life is unfair.

Yes, life seems like it can sometimes be totally unbearable.

But life is also beautiful and, guess what? We only get shot.

So we might as well make the best of it.

What makes you happy to be alive?

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.

1. The good stuff!

“Maaaan, all the good in this world. Joking around and laughing with your friends untill you can’t breathe anymore. A random dog running up to you to sniff your butt. Getting your first kiss.

The smells from bakeries when you head out in the morning. Staring at the moon late at night knowing there’s someone out there doing the same. Hugging your parents after not seeing them for a while. Cuddling with you SO after you did the beep peep skadidly doo.

A stranger’s baby smiling at you when you’re waiting for a bus. The taste of the watermelon on a hot summer day and laying on the couch under a blanket watching the flames in the fireplace on a cold winter evening.

Listening to the music in your bed on a Friday night knowing you don’t have to set up an alarm for tomorrow. Texting your crush late late at night both of you being deadass tired but neither one wanting it to stop. The feeling of accomplishment when you finally learn to tie your shoes yourself.

When you finally reach the bathroom after having to pee really bad. Telling a joke and the whole group of people laughs. Reading a book at the seaside while the sun unbeknownst to you slowly burns in a dick a sibling drew on your back with the sunscreen.

Finally beating a game you’ve been playing for weeks. Making a meme yourself and thousands of strangers on reddit like it too. When you inconsistently water your cactus but the cactus is just fine with it and it blooms to thank you and you didn’t even know cactuses can bloom.

When you’re really tired after a workout and your muscles are sore the next day but hey you know you did something good for yourself. Starving yourself because you know grandma is going to cook your favorite meal and you HAVE to eat it all.”

2. Little things.

“The amount of beauty in the world that we lived in.

Tonight, after a long day of dealing with stuff thay nobody should ever have to go through, I looked up whike walking to my car in the parkinglot at the black night sky, and saw dozens of brightly lit stars shining down at me.

It was an amazing sight, and made me think that light, even though it took it millions to billions of years, can still reach me.

It’s little things like that which helps keep me going.”

3. The future.

“I live for the future.

I love to observe what goes on around me and predict what may happen based on those observations. That is also how I view my personal life, and I love to see how I grow and develop with each interaction and event in my life.

Cheers!”

4. Honor those who are gone.

“My parents are both gone and my best friend who is a dog is also gone, all way too soon.

I find that living life with positivity honors them and the years they missed out on.

I now have two girls that help every moment to fill that void.

Stay positive.”

5. Learned how to manage.

“I attempted suicide as a teenager.

As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned coping skills and how to better manage stress in my life. Today I am married to my best friend, have three amazing kids, a career that I enjoy, and friends that I know I can count on.”

6. Limited time.

“The thought that you can’t go back keeps me here.

You only have a limited time to enjoy everything you can, and you have to use it wisely. The fact that it will all end makes the here and now sweeter.

You have to enjoy things while you can.”

7. You’re in charge.

“As long as you’re alive, you have control. Even if you’re a prisoner on death row, you still get to decide to stand up or sit down. You still get to think.

If you’re dead, that’s all over. Every version of the afterlife I’m aware of removes all autonomy and you become a slave of either the god or the underworld. And if there is no afterlife, then I guess you just kinda cease to exist.

Either way, no more autonomy, so ending it all because you feel like you’ve lost control over your life or have nothing to live for doesn’t make logical sense, because even a 0.1% chance of regaining some sense of autonomy is better than no chance at all.”

8. It’s worth it.

“There’s always a reason to live, even though it may not always be obvious.

For example, if my time ended on this world right now, I would miss out on so much. I couldn’t eat White Castle again, watch Amphibia season 2, witness 4/20/2069, or go to more Rubik’s Cube competitions. Life isn’t always easy, but there is something that will always motivate me and let me know that it’s all worth it.

I cannot wait to experience the future and all the beauty and pain it holds.”

9. This. Right here.

“The possibilities of how to create each day are endless, the joy that can be had in every moment is limitless, the miracle of living is awesome and wonderful.

I’m grateful to be a part of it.”

10. A big world out there.

“Why not? The world is so big and is waiting to be discovered!

Why be sad when you’re one of hundreds of millions and more sperm cells to be lucky to be alive. There are plenty of people, plenty of science, culture and undiscovered stuff.

By living in the 21st century the medicine has gotten far better than anytime before. Live life to the fullest and regret nothing because the youth is the chance to actually LIVE and do a lot of things, try new other stuff, make mistakes and troubles. Live life when young so you can remember good ol’ days when you get older.

Have something to tell your children and grandchildren one day!”

11. Keep on truckin’.

“Life sucks at times, but not always.

I keep reminding myself that life can get better but death is so final and it may suck more than life so that’s a pretty big gamble might as well keep on truckin.”

12. A miracle.

“Just to get to be a part of life is so amazing. I think people take for granted what a miracle we are and all that has gone into getting us as far as we’ve gotten.

If you even just look at a wooden chair there’s probably hundreds of inventions that went into it. From the tools that ultimately built it, to the very materials and coatings used in both the chair and everything else involved in its construction you’ll see thousands of years worth of advancement that no other species known in all of existence has done.

That’s just for a basic chair, the device you posted this from represents probably involves millions of brand new ideas that people who came before you thought up to make things better for us.

We get to be part of, and even contribute to, such an amazing thing as humans, and we’ve done it in such a short time too, the oldest human fossil is what, about 50k years old? If you look at our planet, our universe, that’s so incredibly short, and we’ve already basically conquered our own planet with our eyes toward space.

I guess it’s difficult to explain but just getting the chance to be a part of such a miracle has overwhelmed me since for a long time.”

13. The senses.

“I live to get completely lost in my senses.

We are so lucky to be able to even see, hear, smell, touch, or taste. We could just not exist and never experience anything but we are somehow here on this planet. I love starring at trees, clouds, mountains, and stars.

There’s something special about becoming just a witness instead of conceptualizing and judging.”

14. It’s a gift.

“Everything is just so wild, awesome, this whole society feels like a gift.

This is hard to put in words, but looking at any singular object fills me with a sense there’s so much of things to see/know/feel. So many things to BE. I’m privileged as fuck and the least I could do is be grateful to live in here in the West.

Also I wanna see a Dyson sphere sunrise, I wanna live on Mars. I wanna see my kids grow up on the Moon daring one another to steal the Andy Warhol penis painting from the Apollo 11 landing site.”

15. Not done yet.

“I was in a bad car accident that should have left me dead.

I like to think my job isn’t done just yet.”

16. To be human.

“To make mistakes. To err. To learn. To experience. To laugh, and to love. To be very much human. To look forward to tomorrow, a brighter day, with endless hope. To see another smile, feel the brush of wind, and smell freshly-cut grass. To hold a child up high, and hope the same for it.

But also to cry, to despair and to lose hope. To be heartbroken, gutted and lost. To feel no end to the darkness, and become despondent. To be blind in a world without light, without a guide and without direction. To feel completely helpless.

And then to rise once more, with empathy, love, cadre and affection from close family and friends. To find direction once more, to forgive and forget, and crucially, to offer a hand to anyone in a plight similar.

To Be Utterly Human.”

Now we want to hear from you about what makes you happy in life!

Talk to us in the comments!

Thanks and have a great day!

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July 3, 2020

People Talk About Why They Like to Be Alive

Life has a habit of knocking you down, dragging you around, and making you feel like you can’t get up again.

So why do we get back on our feet?

Because life is amazing! And those really tough times make you stronger and when times are good, you can point to those heartaches and realize they shaped you into the person you are.

So enjoy the little things, take care of your family and friends, work hard, and do your best to BE HAPPY.

Let’s see how AskReddit users responded to this question.

1. Get through the BS.

“There are many things that make me like being alive, like my best friends, my husband, his daughter, my dog, a future.

I just have to wade through all the bullshit to enjoy them.”

2. Your purpose.

“Even though I need to remind myself sometimes, I like to be alive because my husband and family give me joy and purpose. Ultimately, I need to not be so hard on myself sometimes, and I think most people could relate to that.

I need to take more joys in my successes rather than think, “Cool, finally didn’t fuck something up,” which is what I tend to do.”

3. All the small things.

“Seeing people’s faces when they get a nice text. Getting the window seat on a plane. Playing with babies.

Flipping through a stack of records. Hitting the rev limiter. Perfectly ripe watermelons. My dog. Everything lavender scented. A goal scored with 2 minutes left in the 3rd. When the coffee/cream/sugar balance is flawless.

Painting a room with friends. The electrical buzz when you walk downtown after rain. Overdressing for events. Finding something you thought was lost forever.

I could write a million of these and they change every day.”

4. Nearing the end.

“I’m terminally ill and the closer I’ve gotten to death the more I’ve just sat back and watched nature, genuinely stopping to smell the roses. It’s the little things in life that make life worth living.

The family of birds in a nearby tree communicating with each other. The dog you wake up every morning to and can’t wait to see you and be around you.”

I even oddly like watching the trees rustle on a windy day. Watching my fish swim around their aquarium. Valuing the time and memories I make with my wife and friends.

People that say life isn’t worth living need to try their very best to smell the roses, watch the sun rise or Sun set. I know sometimes life really can get us down in the dumps but life is truly beautiful.”

5. Kiddos.

“I have two kids.

Every day they annoy the crap out of me and each other. But they also bring me great joy.

They are smart, funny and find joy in the world in ways that I never knew possible.”

6. Found your happy place.

“My husband and our dogs.

All throughout high school I told myself that I wouldn’t live beyond 21 years old and truly believed it. Depression kicked my ass back then.

My now husband and I met when I was 19 and I swear he saved me. Four years later and I’ve never been so happy in my entire life.”

7. Music.

“Music.

Can’t read it. Can’t carry a tune. Know nothing about playing an instrument, except silent night on a keyboard, know nothing about arrangement, song writing, none of it.

But when a song hits that sweet spot, where you can feel your heart rate get faster, you start slightly sweating, the hairs on your arm stand on end and you go all goose pimply and “electric”, so much so you see colours…

That’s what keeps me alive. Its a high I can chase and get results fairly often with the only side effects being listening to a song so much it gets old quickly….or eventually tinnitus.”

8. The road back.

“It’s officially been one year since I almost ended my life, and I’m pretty proud of it and wanted to share it.

It’s always the little things that keep me going. Sunsets, endorphin rushes after workouts, pancakes, little moments of joy with my friends, art, trying new things, etc.

I don’t always feel better than that day a year ago, but I know that there will always be moments in the future that I will feel better that make everything worth it.”

9. Too much fun.

“There are so many things that I want to learn as well as so many things that I want to be good at!

I love working hard and seeing progress and improvement, it’s just too fun.”

10. I like these things.

“The woods and the ocean.

Getting the giggles that don’t quit with anyone, but especially with a close friend. I don’t think there’s anything better.”

11. Ups and downs.

“Although life goes ups and downs, I’m pretty happy how its going.

Last year I graduated from college and I have a great job, good friends and a loving family. My only wish is I could get a nice GF, but I always have one million reasons to thank for being alive :).”

12. There you go.

“I LOVE to smoke weed.”

13. Keep moving forward.

“Because I haven’t figured it out yet.

I’ve been struggling with depression for so long now but what’s always kept me going is I haven’t found that thing that just kinda ties it all together. Now at this point I just have to see what it is.

If the statement is true of good things come to those who wait then I’m hoping things get pretty good eventually.”

14. All you need.

“Laughing with my wife

snuggling on the couch with my daughter

playing Pokemon with my son

listening to people whose hearts are broken

hot pepperoni pizza with peppercinis

hot coffee on cold mornings

singing loudly and poorly off-key

the smell of freshly baked bread

smiling at strangers

telling bawdy jokes over beers and whiskey

peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches

sleepy cats in my lap

crisp apples

playing portal 2 again

the sound of snow after it has fallen

thunderstorms

new sharpie markers.”

15. A good story.

“I met a blind guy at the bar tonight, we started talking about normal small talk, he asked me what I did for work after my rambling on about my job for a few minutes I asked him what he did for work, he responded “well it’s kind of complicated”.

I said back to him “please don’t tell me you’re a truck driver” he laughed harder than I’ve seen anyone laugh in a long time. Long story short, sometimes people that have life harder than you need to laugh and you might just be the person to loosen up their lives or whatever.”

Okay, now it’s your turn!

In the comments, tell us why you like to be alive.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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July 2, 2020

Memes About the 1990s That Should Make You Feel Very Nostalgic

When it was happening, I didn’t think the 1990s were a great time to grow up, but in hindsight, it was pretty awesome.

Good music, good movies, good TV shows, and the world wasn’t totally on fire yet. At least for the most part.

Looking back on it, that decade really does seem like a more innocent time and I, for one, miss those days.

Let’s enjoy some memes about that glorious decade that will make you sit back and remember the good old days.

1. Oh, I remember…

I remember it well…

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2. Frozen pizzas were LIFE.

Now I’m craving one of these bad boys.

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3. Name the movie!

This just screams “early ’90s” to me.

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4. Did you play this game?

It seemed like it always ended that way.

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5. It sure has come a long way.

The old days were a little rough.

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6. It can’t be!!!!

Crazy how time flies.

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7. That was bad advice.

And this needs to be corrected!

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8. This happened to me SO many times.

And, if you were playing outside, sometimes you got mud on your face from the ball. Good times!

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9. That was the ultimate burn.

Hard to come back from that one.

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10. Time to start crying.

Sorry…we had to…

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11. Nice and colorful.

Just a little bulky, though.

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12. You had to!

But did it ever work, though?

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That was a fun trip down memory lane!

Now we want to hear from you.

What are some of your favorite memories from the 1990s?

Talk to us in the comments and tell us what you think!

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July 1, 2020

People Admit Illogical Things They Believed for Years

People believe illogical and ridiculous things for a number of reasons.

I think a big one is how they were raised and what their parents insisted they believe in, especially when it comes to religion and politics.

Another reason is that propaganda and spread of false news and information is real AND it’s a real threat.

And some of it is just being young and oblivious.

Here are some very interesting stories from folks on AskReddit.

1. We’re here for your liver.

“When I first got my license they asked if I wanted to be an organ donor. I said no.

Years later a friend of mine asked me why I wasn’t a donor and I told them it was because I was afraid they would call me up one day and demand a kidney or part of my liver or something.

After laughing their ass off my friend explained that’s not how it works and now I’m an organ donor. Hopefully no one wants my brain because I’m a moron.”

2. High fashion.

“I thought Aeropostale and American Eagle were the fanciest clothes you could get.

Grew up in Appalachia so for the area I guess they were. Dated a girl in Houston who was extremely into fashion and was pretty mortified that I had no idea what Armani, Gucci and Chanel were.”

3. I did, too. Doh!

“That the world was black and white until color came in to it.

Looking at old photographs confused young me, apparently.”

4. That’s pretty paranoid.

“That EVERYBODY, except me, were aliens trying to manipulate me in some kind of experiment.

So while I was interacting with someone, s/he was wearing a “human costume”, but when I was far away they would return to their alien body.”

5. I’m not eating that.

“When I was really young, one of my friends told me that raisin bread had rabbit poop in it. So I refused to eat raisin bread for years.

At some point the narrative of rabbit poop in bread must have got a little strange because then I convinced myself I just didn’t like it. And went with that for 25 years.

Until I dated someone who loved raisin bread and tried and it was amazing! No more rabbit poop bread.”

6. Hahahaha.

“I believed all dogs are male and all cats are female.

The cartoon CatDog really screwed with my youthful mind.

Both ends are male and I just couldn’t comprehend that.”

7. That’s weird.

“When I was a young teen my dad told me that girls can get pregnant from breathing in the air that boys exhale, because particles.

I didn’t kiss a boy until junior year of high school and to this day (now in my 20s) I still can’t stand people breathing near my face, which precludes certain cuddling positions.”

8. He was from America, dammit!

“I thought Jesus invented the English language.

And then he proceeded to write the King James Version of the Bible.”

9. No ice cream in there.

“My parents convinced me that the ice cream truck rang, when it was all out of ice cream. Found it they lied to me about 2 years ago…..

I’m sixteen.”

10. Time to get the gorillas involved.

“That guerilla warfare meant people had enlisted gorillas to fight with them.

They were always reported in far away places…. Where I presumed gorillas lived.”

11. A big no-no.

“That you can’t have sex before marriage.

I remember going to a show in the theatre and the 2 main characters kissed, and I was like “are they married to each other? Why aren’t they wearing wearing rings?””

12. Step right up!

“My bf believed that the black market was a real physical market where people would trade illegal things as a kid. Like a guy would be hawking guns in a stall next to another guy selling drugs and they’d compete over customers.

“Quality, pure drugs right here! No additives! Just the good stuff!”

“Buy my guns so you don’t have to pay for his drugs! I got the best guns!””

13. They’re not real?

“That movies were real and the name of the character was the name of the actor, admittedly was almost 12 before I first saw an actor in a second movie, and after asking my dad why they were calling him a different name, I realized.

But at least professional wrestling was real, yup also admittedly found out much later than I should have, 19 yrs old. I just really can suspend that disbelief, I guess.”

14. That would be a cool horror movie.

“That people who die turn into mannequins. And that the mannequins move when the store closes.

The mannequins are ghosts of the dead.”

15. The only one…

“Growing up and being an altar boy in the Catholic Church, I thought that Catholicism was the only one true religion.”

16. That SOB…

“I believed in Santa until I was about 7 or 8, which isn’t that unusual except that I’m Jewish and I thought he was an AntiSemite because I never got presents on Christmas.”

Now we want to hear from you.

Did you ever used to have totally illogical beliefs? What changed your mind?

Please tell us your stories in the comments.

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July 1, 2020

People Muse on What Animal Would Be the Most Terrifying Were It as Smart as a Human

There are some animals that you wish were smarter so that you could truly be friends – like your dog or cat, for instance, or maybe your bird (though most birds are at least as smart as my toddlers).

Then there are animals you definitely wouldn’t want to see with human smarts, because then there likely wouldn’t be any more humans. I mean, the obvious one is apes, because they’ve made multiple moves about that, but I also think wasps, snakes, or pretty much any predator that’s bigger than us would also have to go on that list.

These 15 Redditors have some out-of-the-box ideas that will get your gears grinding, though, and make you look at a topsy-turvy world in a whole new light.

15. I mean they already scare us and they’re so small and dumb.

Spiders.

All of those legs and eyes! Ugh.

14. I think they essentially made a movie about this, too.

Probably ants.

There’s so many of them working together that they could become our new evil overlords.

13. Maybe we could all just get along?

To be honest I think one of the reasons why we have to consider some animals “pests” and “lesser” beings is because we can’t reason with them. We can’t make them understand consequences and set boundaries, even if the boundaries are arbitrary and in the spirit of “if you do this we will retaliate like that.” We can’t make them understand that even in just their own perspective they will benefit with some level of planning and cooperation.

If another animal group gained this cognitive ability, I don’t think it would be outside our human capability to work better with them than purely against them, and I think any intelligent species that has to live so close beside us would also learn that cooperation is in their better interest as well.

That said, the biggest damage that I think we humans would suffer from should a species suddenly change would be the ones that force us to change the most. So an animal that already lives around people but isn’t treated as family. I think there would be some hellish moral quandaries if rats or mice suddenly became a race we had to care for/about on an individual level.

12. They just need to figure out a couple of things!

Flies.

If they were clever enough to leave through an open window they would be unstoppable!

11. This would pretty much be my worst nightmare.

Yellow jackets.

Cunts with wings AND human intelligence

10. Just thinking about this totally freaks me out.

It’s amazing that nobody has said rats.

Rats are EVERYWHERE there are people. If rats wanted to they could destroy our infrastructure with only their teeth. Mobile, sneaky, small, breed like crazy, and ubiquitous. What are birds or monkeys REALLY going to do to civilization? Monkeys are super rare in the world. Birds aren’t really that strong all they have is mobility, really. We have ways of dealing with birds.

But rats? They’re universal. Once they figure out rat poison they’ll be nearly unstoppable. They’re mobility, unlike birds, gives them coverage. They easily outnumber the feline population and once they learn that all they need to do is swarm the cats then it’s game over.

The only reason they aren’t much worse of a problem is because they don’t have the intelligence to utilize their insane numbers.

9. With very good reason.

Cows.

They would have a personal vendetta against the majority of humans.

8. That’s way too many legs.

Centipedes.

If they assembled they can create hyperpedes.

Who knows what they can do with that pelage.

7. This would definitely be the end of the human race.

This is easy: monkeys/apes.

Opposing thumbs – check.

Superhuman strength – check.

Shit flinging tendencies – that’s a big check.

Monkeys are already awful and bad. Bad monkeys. Smart monkeys would be a nightmare.

6. If only they could learn to breathe outside the water.

Octopuses are already really clever.

And there’s some indications that under proper conditions, they may become more social; i.e., learning from and teaching each other.

But could you imagine if crows had human like cognitive abilities? They can already learn, count, follow patterns, attack, and remember faces.

5. This should definitely have been toward the top of the list.

G E E S E.

Those fuckers are mean enough right now… imagine if they got smart!

4. Ahahahaha… that last part.

Snakes.

Imagine if they had the ability to go on Expedia and book their own airline tickets…

3. They like to curse so it might not be all bad.

Parrots.

There’s the obvious they can hold objects and fly, their speech capability is what would set them ahead.

While other animals like apes and reptiles would spent their intelligence in fighting each other, parrots can quickly talk it out and realise that the real enemy is us…..

Wouldn’t be surprised if the peekaboos and the parrot will quickly turn into “look at me, I’m the captain now.”

2. I do not like that, Sam I Am.

Bugs in general.

They could all team up on us and wipe out half of the human race.

1. Idk I think they would probably just leave us alone.

If cats had the intelligence and ability to text you, they wouldn’t.

I think humans don’t stop to think about how good we’ve got it here at the top, at least in the brains department, often enough!

What would you add to this list and why? Let’s chat about it in the comments!

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July 1, 2020

Can You Solve These Riddles That the Internet Loves?

There are riddles all over the internet, which is awesome, because you can always find just what you’re looking for on any given day. If you’re up for feeling smart? Pick easy ones! If you’re trying to make sure your brain isn’t aging too fast? Grab some tough ones and grind them out! Doing them with your kids? Well, you get the idea.

And these 7 riddles just happen to be some favorites from Reddit, which we all know is the best place to find anything legitimately entertaining.

Have fun!

7. Put all of the clues together, and…

Riddle #2: What am I? from riddles

6. What will turn you into a potato?

Made this up. What am I? from riddles

5. How is this possible?

How is this possible? from riddles

4. A few more than 10 but no less…

Riddle #13 – Happenstance from riddles

3. Passed from old to young.

What am I? from riddles

2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Riddle #12 – The Looker from riddles

1. It seems hard, but is it?

Tricky one from riddles

Continue reading when you’re ready to check your answers!

Are you ready?

Truly ready?

Okay kids… here we go!

7. Answer: A bowling pin

Riddle #2: What am I? from riddles

6. Answer: A sofa

Made this up. What am I? from riddles

5. Answer: It’s a bit complicated…

How is this possible? from riddles

4. Answer: Baseball

Riddle #13 – Happenstance from riddles

3. Answer: Names

What am I? from riddles

2. Answer: October

Riddle #12 – The Looker from riddles

1. Answer: Ton

Tricky one from riddles

Did you solve them all? Pat yourself on the back if so!

Come back another day for more fun like this!

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July 1, 2020

People Who Didn’t Know Their First Love Was Weird Until They Dated Someone Normal

The funny thing about the first person you do anything with is that you just assume that’s the only way to do things. Which is fine, if it’s good, but another story altogether if it turns out to be bad.

Or, as is the case with some of these people, just plain weird.

These 18 people dated that first person for a long time, and they’re here to tell you what came as a shock when they first got into a relationship with someone knew.

18. Too many guys think foreplay all happens in the bed.

Not every guy wants to throw on Motown and slow dance with you. Some of them don’t even care to touch you.

I miss the slow dances.

17. Not all expectations are bad ones.

I see so much horrible things on here, mine is quite tame but here goes.

My first boyfriend would always leave me small presents or notes underneath my pillow if I had to get up earlier than he did. He was quite romantic and told me I love you quite a lot.

When I got a new boyfriend I caught myself looking underneath my pillow for at least a month/2 months in, just out of habit.

16. You can’t make anyone else happy.

My ex put her happiness on me making it my responsibility.

Would demand I stay around and cut my work hours back and then be upset when we wouldn’t have money to go out. Every time I would try and leave I was coerced with sex to stay, because I was young and stupid. After 8 years I had enough I moved 5 states away.

Had a chain of bad relationships that ended, took some time to work on myself and I’m now engaged to an amazing woman I can communicate with share feelings about issues and who values a healthy relationship.

15. The grass is never actually greener unless you water it.

That you should be happy together now, and not constantly waiting for some vaguely defined future where everything’s settled down.

14. I guess it’s how crappy men are.

Psychological abuse.

I have a physical reaction now when my current partners are nice to me when I do something he would have berated me for hours and locked me in my room for. Like, I get a panic attack because my partners are nice to me when I drop a glass, or got laid off, or forgot to unload the dishwasher. And then they don’t bring it up every time they’re irritated with me. My ex was still yelling at me 14 years later for shit I did when we first started dating – shit like I forgot to pick up his laundry from the floor or bought the wrong brand of bacon. At the end there, the lectures lasted hours as he recounted 14 years of offenses.

My current partners? They don’t throw shit in my face that I did the day before. The dissonance is crazy.

I knew the other abuse wasn’t normal, but my step dad is the same way with my mom, so I had no idea, I just thought it’s how men are.

13. Those are both things I’m happy he/she figured out.

Daily binge drinking until I realized a) I’m an alcoholic and b) hetero relationships don’t work when one partner tries to drink the gay away

Only took me 9 years but I got there eventually

12. Not everyone’s love language is physical touch.

That some girls, in a relationship, don’t like to kiss as often as others.

I’m just talking about pecks when I/gf gets home etc.

I always enjoyed a hello kiss but I guess some girls don’t?

11. Was he…drunk?

Not me but the girl I’m currently dating said that her first long-term boyfriend would stare at himself in the bathroom for an hour or so before going to bed each night.

10. I’m emotionally spent just reading this.

being cowed into an “open arrangement” = normal.

Him introducing me to “friends” while hanging out or going to parties and then him telling me later in the evening after the ice had broken that they were actually the girl(s) he was fucking. Capitulating to his insistence that we continue to hang out even though I was uncomfortable with knowing this new information. = Normal.

Him making unwelcome and uncomfortable comments to other women I was friends with in front of me to attempt to orchestrate threesomes that I was not ok with.= Normal

If you love me, you’ll chase after me = Normal

If you love me you’ll leave face time up at all times so I can see whats going on in your dorm = Normal

If you love me you will not show any sad or mad emotion because it ruins my mood = Normal.

9. Well that made me giggle.

I thought most guys liked having their nipples played with because my first ex did. My second boyfriend was so confused when i started licking his tiddy lmao

8. If it’s the right person, the work is always worth it.

People’s love languages are all different. It’s especially jarring when you have a lot of experience doing things a certain way, and then finding out that isn’t what somebody else needs. It can take some work to figure out what’s inherent to yourself and what was learned from your partner.

7. Everyone’s libido is different so she probably wasn’t trolling you.

She made me believe the old TV tropes of women NEVER wanting sex. I had to work my ass off to get her to give me some action.

The next girl I had was just fucking amazed that I didn’t just ask for it when I wanted it. The bewildered look on her face when she finally asked “You realize I’m horny too right?”

6. When they can make you believe anything they want.

My ex basically taught me that it wasn’t okay for me to be upset about things. Every time I would get my feelings hurt (even when I was upset about something completely unrelated to him) it was somehow flipped around so I ended up reassuring and comforting him. That shit really messed me up, and I basically had to relearn how to be vulnerable with my SO. He also had a very solid plan of how he expected me to live my life, basically his main goal for me was to have kids and be a good housewife. Yikes.

On the bright side, nowadays I’m happily engaged and my fiance treats me with so much love and respect. He’s supportive of my dreams and we are able to lean on each other in times of hardship.

5. What a fantastic moment.

I texted my then new girlfriend about where I was and who I was with about every 30 minutes.

After the 3rd time, she told me that she didn’t need to get updates on what I was doing, and to just let her know when I got home safe. I remember feeling almost a physical weight being lifted off my chest because I didn’t have to worry about my girlfriend freaking out if I didn’t update her.

I learned what trust felt like that night.

4. I know this isn’t funny, but maybe it will be someday.

That every time was essentially a quickie.

Almost a whole decade of nothing but 5 thrusts and then blast off.

After that relationship ended I felt like Jasmine on a magic carpet ride….a whole new world.

3. Relationships are hard, but not every day.

This is morbid but I thought it was normal to argue every day. I thought ‘all couples have their bickering’ and it was just a regular thing.

I was astounded when I went into my next relationship and actually got on with the guy and went weeks and weeks without having any issues. It always felt like the bubble was going to burst. Goes to show – don’t stay in a relationship just because you’ve already invested a tonne of time. You get one life, spend it with someone who makes you laugh every day.

2. This sounds like it’s going to work out.

It wasn’t super long term, only about a year but when you’re in high school that’s fairly long term.

My ex was a very clingy dude, sweet but would follow me around every social gathering and get jealous of me spending time with my friends. When I started dating the guy who is now my husband I remember looking around at a party early on of mostly my friends that he hadn’t met before and I couldn’t find him. I asked someone where he was and he was out by the fire with a group of people chatting and hanging out.

I was astonished that we could just go our separate ways in a social setting and that was totally fine, we didn’t have to be attached at the hip the whole time.

1. This is so depressing.

Porn is not a documentary.

Being used as a sex doll, contorted into uncomfortable positions, and pounded until you bleed, can’t stand up, or just break down crying from the pain isn’t normal, nor is anal sex a necessity. We were both virgins and he had major porn brain.

I thought I was bad at sex and would never be able to have a positive experience with intimacy until I finally left him and was with my second boyfriend.

I’m ok now, but wow was that a horrible person to lose my virginity to.

I think stuff like this is just plain fascinating!

Which of these surprised you the most? Could you add something to the list? Tell us what it would be in the comments!

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