Even though we don’t think about it too often, life is very precious and when your existence is in danger, it is legitimately terrifying. All the people who shared these stories really believed that their time was up and they were going to die.

Here are some true, hair-raising stories from AskReddit users.

1. Scary stuff.

“Caught Norovirus a few years ago. I didn’t realize how bad it could be before it struck.

No fluids would stay in for more than a few seconds. I ended up really dehydrated almost overnight. Like if you pushed on my skin it would stay sunk. I couldn’t move or any muscles would full cramp – legs, jaw, arms, abs – all of them.

I didn’t think I would survive. At the very least thought my heart would cramp.

But I got over it after five or six days.

I can totally see how it kills old people though. If I was any less averagely healthy for an adult male, I’m sure if be dead.”

2. This is terrifying.

“The day I had a dystonic reaction from a antipsychotic medication. It’s basically a episode of dystonia.

From the torso up, I didn’t have any control over my muscles. I thought I was going to snap my own neck.

This happened while I was driving.”

3. Choking is no joke.

“This happened about 4-5 months ago. I was home alone eating steak tip kebabs for dinner. My wife was at work and due home in about an hour. I choked on one of the pieces of steak (chew throughly people).

At first I thought I just needed to swallow harder. Bad idea, as now it was firmly lodged in my throat. I tried coughing it up, punching myself in the stomach, and pulling it out with my hand, none of which helped. I then ran over to the kitchen and tried to wash it down with some water. The water just sat in a pool in my mouth, my throat was completely blocked.

At this point I contemplated calling 911, but I knew I’d be long dead before they’d arrive. The thought of my wife(we just celebrated our 1st anniversary and recently decided to start trying to conceive) coming home to find my dead body was by far the scariest part. I remember looking at my cats, but they just stared at me, confused at my odd behavior.

Eventually I reached what felt like my whole hand down my throat and pulled a chunk of the obstruction out. This loosened it enough to let me cough out the remainder. I was so close to passing out. Vomit everywhere. Total time in throat around 90 seconds. I couldn’t talk for a day due to the physical trauma on my throat.

Drove myself to the hospital. Cried in front of my wife when I saw her. The next few days were surreal. It was like I was living in an alternate timeline. I dont find choking gags in movies/tv amusing anymore. Still have mild PTSD about it.”

4. Paralyzed by fear.

“Woke up immediately wide awake in the middle of the night without moving and the hair standing up on the back of my neck because my now-ex-wife was standing in our bedroom holding a large kitchen knife and staring at my feet. She had had a schizophrenic break a few months earlier and had started referring to me as “the enemy.”

I laid there without moving. She stood there for over an hour. Have no idea how long she was there before I woke up. Anyway, she leaves the room and comes back without the knife, gets into bed, and cuddles in little spoon style like she made a decision. Then she made me waffles for breakfast. Best believe I put on my best “oh wow, amazing wife. These waffles are yum” voice.”

5. This is intense.

“When I was taken hostage in Iraq and held for over two and half years. The four other people captured with me were killed. I was the only one who made it out alive.

I did an AMA about it some years ago”

https://reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/125ukc/i_am_peter_moore_the_longest_held_hostage_in_iraq 

6. T-boned.

“Back in july I was riding my motorcycle and was turning into my driveway. A girl came from behind me around a sharp turn and t-boned me, she was going at least 60mph up until a couple seconds before impact when she hit her brakes. She hit me because she was either texting or dicking around with something in here car, either way she wasnt paying attention.

I remember hearing tires screeching and seeing the car half a second before impact then everything went black. I broke the windshield with my head, broke the mirror with my hip, then landed face first on the road. I do remember being scared because I wasnt sure if there were more cars so adrenaline kicked in and I caught myself with my hands and knees and pushed myself to my feet to run off the road, that’s where I regained my vision.

The bike was totaled but thanks to my helmet and pure rage at being hit I managed to literally walk away with only a concussion, nasty bruises, and a deep bone bruise on my left foot, no broken bones at all. It’s been ~8 months and I’m still recovering from the concussion, my toe barely hurts, and the leg that took the impact has a dent in the muscle but other than that I’m fine. If I wouldn’t have been wearing a helmet then I have no doubt that I would be dead now, wear your damn helmets kids!”

7. Heart problems.

“I was on vacation this past summer, was staying at a friends house, when i started to notice my chest feeling tight, i started to get a fever and feel sick, i threw up and the feeling in my chest started to expand, it felt like it was going to explode, like a balloon beind inflated inside me.

I couldn’t stand it, i literally felt like at any moment my heart would give out or my chest would explode, went to the emergency, turns out i had a really bad gall bladder attack. But on the drive to the hospital i was tellling my wife how much i love her lol and that if she remarries dont let it be anyone we currently know hahaha.”

8. This is no joke.

“I woke up in the morning to get ready for work, bent to tie my shoe, and when I stood back up the sight in my right eye was entirely gone. I did the usual thing of blinking and shaking my head a little, thinking maybe blood rushed to my head weird or whatever, but it wouldn’t come back. I tried to explain to my partner that I was in trouble, but when I spoke the wrong words kept coming out. I don’t remember exactly what I said, but I definitely said “tree” instead of “hospital” at one point.

I figured I was having a stroke or an aneurysm had ruptured, or something brain tumoury…who knows? Whatever the case I spent the entire ride to the hospital crying and telling my partner over and over that I loved him. It felt like I couldn’t say it enough.

Turns out I was preparing for my first migraine (cluster headaches, I do not recommend them), and the migraine aura I get is blindness and aphasia because I’m a lucky girl like that I guess?”

9. Thankful for the outcome.

“Hit a stopped car going over 65mph. Spent 2 years in a wheelchair, 6 months of that was learning to walk again. Honestly thought I was going to die in the seconds before impact. I can still clearly see the people in the other car, the other traffic around us (car was stopped to turn on a highway with no middle turning lane).

I was the only one injured though, and I’m still sort of grateful for that because I swear there was a kid in the backseat of the other car. (I wasn’t the driver, front-seat passenger of a reckless driver).”

10. Roller coaster mayhem.

“Once when I was probably 5 or 6, my family was at an amusement park. I went on a roller coaster with my mom, since I was way too small to ride alone but I was just barely tall enough to ride at all. This was one of those older coasters, made of mostly wood, and the security was not great.

Well, on this roller coaster ride, there were corkscrews. During the first loop around, I started to slide out of my seat. The safety strap was not properly fastened, and I was very small, so as we continued to loop I slid further and further out of my seat. I assume at first my mom thought I was yelling from the thrill, until she looked over and barely caught me before I flew off the ride. She had to hold onto me while the ride continued for another minute or so, before stopping.

I was sobbing, my mom was borderline manic, and since we were in the frontmost seat everyone behind us immediately got out and rushed forward to make sure we were okay. Thats the oldest memory I have, and it’s not a great one. I think our whole family (7 of us) got season passes for free after that. Because we went suspiciously often after that.”

11. You survived.

“I got hit by a car and lost consciousness for a few seconds. I remember the moment I saw the car the moment I got hit and had a thousand thoughts going through my head. Like in a dream. And then there I am in the middle of the road, I woke up and ran to the side of it as fast as I could, little did I know I was running with a broken leg.”

12. I’ve heard things like this before.

“Just last night, my rubber floor mat in my truck slipped onto the gas pedal. There was a line of cars ahead of me at a stop light, so I pressed on the brake to slow down, which caused me to put pressure on the mat, which caused my truck to suddenly speed up.

I slammed harder on the brakes and fumbled for the stick to shift into neutral, when two seconds after my truck accelerated, the mat slipped, allowing my gas pedal to snap back into place. I only knew it was the mat because I tried to pry the gas pedal off the floor but couldn’t, because my toe was being blocked by the mat. Thankfully, I stopped long before I plowed into the cars ahead of me. But, I was seriously thinking about crashing into the traffic light pole.

At least, then, nobody but myself would get hurt. And, I was leaving a restaurant after hanging out with some buddies of mine, one of whom was following right behind me. If I’d crashed, he would’ve seen it and probably been the first to respond.

That whole incident ended up giving me a massive anxiety attack that lasted for five hours. I cried the rest of the way home, and hung out in the slow lane like an old lady. Once I got home, I cried in my mom’s arms like I used to do when I was a little girl.

She told me that happened to her once, and as long as one doesn’t pump the brakes, but just holds them down, chances are you’d be okay. Still, nothing is scarier than nearing 60 miles per hour in a Nissan Xterra, unsure if your brakes can stop the car or if your gas pedal will ever get unstuck, headed straight at a line of stopped cars a block away.

Fun stuff.”

13. From a firefighter.

“Was still a rookie firefighter, well maybe two years on the job at this point, but was advancing a hose line into a burning house when I had no business doing so. (The house was almost completely in flames and the fire should have been a defensive attack from the start. I was still young and wanted to show off like an idiot.)

About the time I got on the porch up by the front door, a huge heavy timber support came crashing down and landed inches away from my partner and I. I heard it crack and saw it start falling down but I froze up and couldn’t react in time to move. We were beyond lucky that it didn’t hit us but I definitely remember having the thought that it was gonna be the end right there.”

14. Not a good idea.

“When I was in high school I ate a couple hits of acid and went body surfing while there was a hurricane off the coast. One wave would crash into me and as soon as I could recover from it and get my head above water there goes another wave sending me tumbling around in circles under water. Then there was the riptide to contend with. The last thing I remember was getting sucked out to sea and the lights from the beach getting further and further away.

I have no idea how I made it back to the beach, but when I woke up every muscle in my arms and legs felt like they were on fire and I was puking up what felt like 2 gallons of water. In retrospect, I think body surfing while tripping balls in a hurricane was a bad idea.”

15. What an idiot.

“Some dick pulled a revolver on me while at a party. Turns out it was one of those decommissioned ones with a cemented barrel and cylinder, but I didn’t know at the time and it was fucking scary.”

16. Lucky to be alive.

“A couple friends and i were driving home from a birthday party and we got rear ended by a drunk driver who was going about 120. on impact all of the windows exploded and the tires caved inwards and we were going about 70 so there was a sort of slingshot effect that made us pick up some speed – we were just careening down the freeway with zero control. the car swerved around a bunch, almost hits another car and a pole and eventually rolled into an area just right of the shoulder.

luckily it ended up back upright on the tires and somehow ended up facing the complete opposite direction we were initially going. we thought our friend in the backseat was dead but she was just unconscious and ended up having some pretty bad whiplash.

my other friend and i were basically unharmed except for some cuts and bruises and just overall body ache for a little bit. this was in 2007 and i still think about pretty frequently, we all probably should’ve died for sure.”

Yikes! Scary stuff!

Now it’s your turn.

In the comments, tell us about a time (or times) that you legitimately thought your life was in danger.

We’d love to hear from you!

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We all see weird things at work sometimes, but the people who wash windows on big buildings and houses for a living really get to see the good stuff.

They literally get a peek into the private world of all kinds of people on a daily basis.

Here are some quality tales from the job from AskReddit 15 Window Washers Share the Weirdest Things They’ve Seen on the Job users.

1. Sounds awful.

“The weirdest thing to me is a mansion with round the clock staff inside, they even wear uniforms. It’s just this one rich dude his wife and their two kids. I’m not allowed inside, but I can see the wife. She’s surrounded by the serving staff, but she never talks to any of them, and they don’t talk to her. She seems really sad and lonely.”

2. An embarrassing situation.

“I washed windows once, still not sure if it was on purpose but was washing skylights on a regular house and the daughter walks into the bathroom naked and starts checking herself out.

She was the same age as me, like 20 at the time. I didn’t know what to do so I apologized. Her parents heard and made fun of her the rest of the day, I’ve never seen someone turn so red as when her dad said “so you were giving the cleaning boy a show?” They were getting ready to sell the house and I was there for another 8 hours cleaning.”

3. He had an audience.

“My boyfriend has done a lot of high rise window washing. As he was doing his thing, a man walked into an office, unzipped his pants, proceeded to pee into a potted plant, and walked back out as soon as he was done doing his business. The man was never aware that he had an audience.”

4. Two stories.

“I only did the job for about 8 or 9 months but saw two unexpected things.

Got to the top of the ladder and saw a guy I know is a priest enjoying some porn. I scurried back down the ladder hoping he would hear me and then slowly went back up. He obviously had heard me because when I got back to the window he was standing up reading a bible.

The other time I got to the top of the ladder and saw a woman in her 80s sitting on her bed completely naked. I was sure she saw me so I gave her a few minutes before going back to the window. When I get there she’s sitting in exactly the same place, still naked, smiling at me. I got a job in an office soon after.”

5. That’s a nice story.

“My (maternal) grandfather was a window washer in the 1930’s. He saw my (eventual) grandmother on the other side of the glass.”

6. Don’t mess with wasps.

“I was volunteering for the first time at this small place a while ago because high school, and they gave me a simple job. A bottle of spray and a towel to wipe down the windows.

So I did it obediently, and I was looking through the window. I could see across the road there was a sidewalk and some apartments. On the sidewalk, there’s some trees, not too small or big, just your average tree. I could see this lump dangling on a branch, and I immediately recognized it as a wasp nest because my neighborhood had a lot.

I remember thinking to myself, “Man I feel bad for whoever has to take care of that.” (For some reason I thought people like beekeepers didn’t exist) Lo and behold, a white middle aged woman, kinda chubby, probably in her 50s, is watching from a reasonable distance. She goes back into her apartment, and comes back out with a metal baseball bat. I stopped wiping the windows and watched with horror thinking, “Uh oh.”

I started heading towards the door to yell stop, but I wasn’t quick enough. She runs up to the nest and takes a good hit at it. And I guess she tried to run away from the nest, but sprinting is a bit hard in your 50s, and her weight didn’t help. Yikes. She got stung and she kinda fell on the ground in the process. Wasp stings hurt like hell. I told the store manager what happened and she called an ambulance. She got whisked off, and that’s the end of the story.”

7. A brothel!?!?

“I used to wash the windows of a house that turned out to be a brothel.

Shouldve known really the signs were all there

Different men answering the door All beds were king size with silky sheets Showers in every room, etc.”

8. All kinds of good stuff.

“2 BDSM rooms.

A room full of hitler memorabilia.

A single Black dildo suspended from the celing.

A room full of cardbodboxed drinks.

christmast ree in july

Those are the things on the top of my head.”

9. Very awkward.

“Was cleaning a home for a couple in there mid 60’s early 70’s. House was two stories and in a rural area. While cleaning outside the bathroom window the wife decided to take a shower.

It was obvious she wasn’t trying to show off or be inappropriate but for some reason she didn’t think I could see her even though I was on the other side of the glass. I quickly got off my ladder and started working somewhere else until I was sure she was done with her shower. Very awkward.”

10. That’s strange.

“A piglet. As in, a baby pig, not the Winnie the Pooh character.

No idea why he got an office on the 10th floor.”

11. She sounds like a treat.

“The strangest was a woman who watched me to my work from the other side, pointing at all the streaks and spots as if I were missing it all. Her windows were filthy because we’d had a rain storm followed by a dust storm (only in Texas). I knew it’d take more than one pass to get it all, so I started with the big squeegee to get the bulk of the dirt off before going at it again with the smaller one that doesn’t leave streaks.

She was losing her mind tapping during the first pass, tapping on the parts I was going to go over again. She pointed out the wet streaks that dry up almost immediately into nothing but clean window. She pointed at the spots I had to really get at when the squeegee didn’t get them. She pointed at me a lot, and I’m not sure what that was about.

As part of the job, I also remove any spider webs or hornet/wasp’s nests I see. Wasps/Hornets aren’t really a big deal if you get the jump on them. You reach up, grab their mud nest, and just smash it in your hands before they get out to bite you.

This lady kept freaking out and making barfing faces whenever I did it. She looked completely disgusted. She didn’t ask me to stop cleaning her windows though, so I don’t know what she expected me to do. Not do what I was contracted to do?

The lady clearly thought I was a neanderthal. She later complained that she had to do all the work, pointing it all out to me. I tried to explain that I could sit in a bus and point out the route, but that doesn’t change the work the bus driver is doing.

She complained that I couldn’t be that smart because I was a window washer and window washers are lazy. I explained it was one of two jobs I was working while taking a full course load at the university.”

12. Gonna be sick.

“Wash windows for a hospital certain operating rooms have windows… the drs just waved at me as I could see this persons midsection cut open on a table. I almost threw up down the side of the building.”

13. A view from the other side.

“Person on the other side of the glass here. I was in my university classroom and the window washers decided to wash our classroom window (4th floor) during class. One of the guys’ shirts went up and his hairy belly kept rubbing around to the beat of the music in his headphones. I highly doubt he realized anyone was in the classroom.”

14. From a professional.

“I used to be a professional window washer for mostly very high end houses. Worked on a few celebrity homes but I really don’t have any interesting stories from them. Here are the top 3 weird places I remember working.

The first place, wasn’t a single occurrence but a particular client. To picture this guy, imagine a more boring version of Steve Carell.

This dude had a larger house. Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 3500 square feet. He had the Rolladen shutters around his entire house. For those who don’t know what they are, imaging metalish window covers that roll down over the whole window. Something you’d see in a zombie apocalypse movie.

That in and of itself wasn’t that weird. But I still remember the first time those shutters went up. The guy had zero furniture. None. Nada. Nothing except for a very basic queen sized bed with white sheets in one of the bedrooms. The guy would follow us around from the inside and leer at us the entire time we’d be cleaning the windows.

Then when we’d do the inside, he’d follow us around with a roll of paper towels and dab up any minor droplet that would hit the ground. Keep in mind, we always used drop cloths when we cleaned inside glass. We were used to working in the nicest of nice homes so we were always very careful to not get water on the floor. Wasn’t good enough for this dude. He’d literally stand 2 feet behind you with the roll and just stare.

Next place that I can remember that was weird was this gay couple’s house. They were super friendly and perfectly normal for the most part. The inside of their house however, was unsettling.

All of the walls were painted either blood red or black. Pagan and Satanic looking statues, paintings and decorations everywhere. It was unsettling to say the least.

The last was this weird guy with insanely curly hair who had like fifty life sized statues of children on his property. Dude lived alone. My co-worker joked he was an angry old mage who would turn children to stone for walking on his lawn when they weren’t supposed too.”

15. Through the other side.

“I was washing the windows at the store I worked at when I was younger, and I watched a naked man running down the street get tackled by the police.”

It’s sounds kind of exciting, doesn’t it?

I think I might need to consider a career change…

Have you ever done this for a living?

If so, tell us the weird and wild stuff you saw in the comments!

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Variety is the spice of life.

And that’s why awesome facts about all kinds of different topics never go out of style. Trust me on this one, okay?

Here are 10 interesting facts that we think will make you think and reflect.

Enjoy!

1. You still hear this all the time…

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2. The inspiration.

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3. Don’t do it!

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4. Women are survivors.

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5. A little more laid-back.

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6. This is crazy.

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7. Not true.

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8. Probably just shouldn’t try.

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9. Time to move to Japan.

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10. What a destination.

Those sure made me do some thinking!

How about you? Have you seen or heard any really interesting facts lately that are new to you?

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

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A great car chase in a film is really a beautiful work of art. Just sit back and think about all the planning and how these masterpieces were actually executed and captured on film.

It’s quite remarkable.

Getting ready to have your blood pressure soar through the roof, because here are 10 of the best car chases in cinematic history.

1. Bullitt (1968)

Steve McQueen at his finest. The car chase scene in Bullitt is still recognized as the greatest car chase in movie history. The steep streets of San Francisco were utilized brilliantly as McQueen navigated his Mustang throughout the city.

2. The Italian Job (1969)

This chase is pretty lighthearted compared to the others on this list, but it’s still impressive. Three Mini Coopers drive (sometimes slowly) down stairs, through a marriage ceremony, and through a pitch-black tunnel.

3. The French Connection (1971)

This iconic car chase features Gene Hackman chasing an elevated train in New York City in William Friedkin’s great 1971 film. A genuinely thrilling experience.

4. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Of course a James Bond film was bound to make this list. Roger Moore drove a Lotus Esprit as he and a Russian agent were chased by a motorcycle and sidecar, a car, and then a helicopter. It’s epic!

5. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Smokey and the Bandit is part of film lore because of its iconic car chases. In fact, the whole movie is pretty packed with great sequences and car stunts. Director Hal Needham was a stuntman himself, so you know that he looking for huge, dangerous moments on the screen.

6. The Blues Brothers (1980)

This film is beloved by so many people for so many reasons, but the insane and zany car chase through the streets (and other places) of Chicago makes it a classic.

7. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

William Friedkin also directed this crime film from 1985. And it’s clear that his penchant for crafting thrilling and dangerous chase scenes had not diminished since he made The French Connection 14 years earlier.

8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

This was a HUGE deal when this movie was released in 1991. Arnold was back as The Terminator and this insane chase scene featuring a tow truck and a motorcycle became an instant classic.

9. Ronin (1998)

John Frankenheimer directed this action-packed movie starring Robert De Niro. This inventive car chase scene through the streets of Paris has been called the best one since Bullitt.

10. Death Proof (2007)

Quentin Tarantino is first and foremost a film fanatic, so you know that he drew inspiration from countless movie scenes when he created this epic chase scene from his 2007 film Death Proof. You can just feel the 1970s nostalgia dripping off the screen when you watch this one.

What are some of your favorite car chase scenes from movies?

Share them with us in the comments!

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I’m still holding out hope that this will happen to me one day in my life. Perhaps it will be because of something heroic I do or I’ll give some great impromptu performance…or maybe it’ll never happen at all.

Have you ever seen a bunch of people break into applause because of what someone did in public?

These stories from AskReddit users will give you some hope.

1. Leg fell asleep, sorry.

“Was being inducted into the national honor society in high school, and had to sit in front of the whole school during the ceremony. I was so nervous I didn’t want to move, so kept my legs crossed.

Leg fell asleep, they called my name to come up. I nearly fell down when I tried to put weight on it (again, in front of the entire school). I manage to stumble to the front, where a senior is ready to read off my accomplishments. He puts his arm around me and literally holds me up till I get to light my candle or whatever and got to go sit down, at which point everybody clapped.

That was over 20 years ago and my buddies still won’t let me forget it, as they shouldn’t.”

2. Thundering applause.

“Did a 5k race dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz last October…everyone (race volunteers, people that have already finished, and spectators) were all mildly cheering as folks approached/crossed the finish line, but about two dozen feet from the end I started skipping like I was on the yellow brick road and off to see the Wizard!

It was like a Munchkinland farewell because the vague cheers turned into ROARS AND THUNDERING APPLAUSE. I was Dorothy Gale and I just dropped my house on a mfing witch.”

3. At the ballgame.

“Many years ago, I was at a SF Giants game at Candlestick Park. This was back when they were owned by a man named Bob Lurie, who was trying to sell the team to Florida. The game went into extra innings and ended up tying the record for the longest extra inning game ever played there.

It was so late in the evening, they were showing “Late Night with Dave Letterman” on the big screen, in between innings. Seeing Letterman reminded me of this bit he once did involving the owner of GE (his boss) and a megaphone. So with the Giants on the field, and barely 200 die hard fans left in the park, I yelled at the top on my voice, “MY NAME IS BOB LURIE, AND I’M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS!”

I swear to God, SF infielder Robbie Thompson and one of the umpires cranked their heads around and looked in my direction in the upper section. The crowd erupted in laughter, and I got a STANDING ovation.”

4. Forget it.

“Took a small role in my high school production of West Side Story to get over my fear of public speaking. Show night comes and one of the gang members (Shark or Jet – I don’t remember) gets down on one knee to deliver his line to me with his fly wide open (unbeknownst to him).

He had a dumb look on his face because he was mocking me (Officer Krupke) as part of the scene. The whole thing got the better of me and I lost it (laughing) when I tried to deliver my 2 simple lines. Could. Not. Recover. I eventually laughed out the words, “Aww forget it” and walked off stage. Received a standing O at the end (for being a trooper I guess).

Next night, same scenario, except EVERYONE has their flies down this time. Rinse and repeat. And everybody clapped. The end. Needless to say, I only further exacerbated my fear of public speaking.”

5. Proud of yourself.

“In trucking school this past month I struggled to learn manual… got frustrated as fuck and started getting depressed that I’d never get to truckin. After a few days of grinding and frustration I went to sleep… woke up next morning and got back in.

The other student learning with me was in back… i shifted, next gear.. next gear, button flip 6th gear.. downshifted revved and did a double down made a turn and went back to shifting… round and round I went… instructor and classmate clapped for me and cheered me on. I did 300 miles today in a 10 speed peterbuilt on I-4 and 75 North to Georgia with those guys while getting our mileage in. I grinded 2 or 3 gears on offramps but I did it. I am proud of myself today.”

6. Rocky Horror Picture Show.

“I was at a showing of Rocky Horror at a friend’s college; it was my third time at one, but my first time at THAT one. I quickly learned the things you yell at the screen during the film may be regional.

At the movie’s (arguable) climax, a character is turned into marble statue where one breast is noticeably larger than the other. Prepared from my past two showings and confident from my success shouting in unison with strangers, I bellowed ‘NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A BLT: A BIG LEFT TIT.’

It was around ‘WHAT’ I realized literally no one else was yelling. No one. I started to pull back and wanted to go quiet, but I felt my brain refuse to back down. I finished the bellow halfway down my seat in embarrassment, but then the best thing possible happened.

Everyone laughed. Then some people clapped. Then more people clapped. Most of them hadn’t heard it before, and most of them thought it was hilarious. It was genuinely one of the best moments of my life, I’m taking that shit to my grave.”

7. At the lock-in.

“I was at a “lock in” at my fencing center, and to pass the time we had a bunch of video games to play, typically we just played SSBM but Rockband had recently come out and everyone was still infatuated with it. I had been playing guitar hero for years before RB ever came out so I was relatively proficient, could play all songs comfortably on expert.

We played a bunch of different songs with varied results, no one was doing anything that impressive though. At some point we chose the song Highway Star by Deep Purple (a childhood favorite of mine), and during the main solo with all the squeadlies I absolutely fucking NAILED it! Got something like 98% for the solo sequence on expert, I had even used the silly little solo buttons they had. Like 10-15 kids were all watching it and they all hooped and hollered gave me congratulations after the song ended.

I actually have a few great stories about impressing people with my GH abilities. By no means am I near the best, but back in 2008 I definitely put a lot of time into being “party” good.”

8. Revenge is sweet.

“I was bullied fairly badly at school, one day one of the them started on me. Basically started shouting at me till he went red, threatened to beat me up so I told him to go through with it. He pushed me, so I picked him up onto my shoulder one handed. Walked out the door threw him to the floor, locked the door after and he had to walk the whole way round the school.

Pretty much everyone around me cheered, he lost his reputation overnight, and I never had issues with people starting on me after. Only regret is not responding earlier as it would have likely stopped a few years earlier.”

9. Wish it was on video.

“High school guy’s cheerleading event for homecoming, my senior year. Southern baptist school, so very conservative. Normally the guys could bring their own CDs for the cheer music, but the year before the guys had included rap in their playlist (nothing with swearing, even; they did one of those sort of lame but also wholesome rap-vs-country dance off things). The school admins freaked out and limited future events to a single CD of songs that the faculty had approved of.

My male classmates complained that our show was gonna suck. Constantly. They were so mad and fed up. Then homecoming day rolls around, and cheer guys shut off gym lights and do a fucking blacklight show to Glitch Mob’s We Can Make The World Stop. They circumvented the music restriction by playing the music themselves.

We had a literal music prodigy in our grade, and his guitar was on point. Metal garage cans with neon drumsticks for percussion, elaborate slow-mo re-enactment of an epic football game—it was jaw-dropping incredible, and all the more so because no one knew it was going to happen. The guys had been fake practicing a boring routine at school for weeks, then practiced the real thing in secret.

And then in the final, lights-on scene, a dude grabbed his junk and did a hip thrust. The school increased restrictions even further after that, but our grade got to go down in history for topping the rap-country dance battle and permanently neutering the guys cheerleading event for future generations.

Sadly, no one got it on video. The guys had been so busy emphasizing how awful their show would be, no one thought to record it.”

10. Showed him.

“Skinny kid in gym class getting picked on, same ol same ol. Somebody decided to throw a soccer ball at him like an asshole, and the skinny kid punted it, across the gym, into a fucking basketball hoop. It was silent for like 5 seconds, and then everyone went apeshit.”

11. You can leave now.

“I lived across the street from a rooftop restaurant. It’s the dead of Summer, everyone has their windows open. Some guy decides he is going to entertain the neighborhood with a djembe drum, except he was HORRIBLE. I’m a drummer, and had a djembe too.

After 5-10 minutes of audio assault, I arranged my drum and I in my third floor window, one up from the restaurant. I pounded my drum with all of my heart and soul, and I made it as impressive as possible. I did a big finale after about 60 seconds. He got up and walked away. The entire rooftop restaurant applauded me.”

12. The big speech.

“We had to do an end of the school year speech in my 12th grade English class, and I wrote a very cliched “time to grow up” -style speech and actually practiced it, so it wasn’t an ‘um’ filled presentation and then at the end people clapped, about 10% more than the obligatory applause that everyone’s speech got.

And I still talk about it, 19 years later, for internet points. Now I get paid to talk to people.”

13. Rally around.

“When I first started doing CrossFit, I was struggling during a workout and was the last one trying to finish. Everyone gathered around for my final set to support me. I did my final rep and everyone clapped. Then I laid on the floor until my heart rate went back down.”

14. Aced it!

“True story: I used to constantly cut class in high school. One day, for whatever reason, I showed up to English class. Just my luck it’s midterm time. I take the test. The next week when I showed up, late of course, I walked in and everyone started clapping.

I’m like wth. Turns out I not only got the highest score in the class but also the whole school. My teacher was so proud and really took a personal interest in me after that. He would give me books to read all the time. He was my favorite teacher till he died.”

15.

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16. An upset victory.

“In the first round of a huge, prestigious chess tournament, I got paired with the #1-rated player, a foreign grandmaster. Most of the games took place in a giant ballroom, but the top two boards were in a separate room. A big audience sat and watched those two games; the moves were displayed on giant vertical boards that the audience could see.

I was a pretty good player, but this was the first time I had ever played a grandmaster, and this guy was famous for being a world-class player, even better than most other grandmasters. The audience assumed he’d crush me; so did I.

To shorten a long story, I played the game of my life. I got a good position, sacrificed some pieces to put his king in danger, and finally finished him off by threatening an unstoppable checkmate. The audience watched all of this on the giant board.

When my opponent shook my hand, indicating that he was resigning, the whole audience started clapping. You rarely hear that at a chess tournament, and I certainly hadn’t expected it. (The applause may have bothered the guys playing on board 2, but it didn’t last long.)

There’s a well-known story about an old-time grandmaster who played a winning move that was so brilliant, the spectators showered the board with gold pieces. That didn’t happen for me … but the audience clapping for my upset victory was a perfect moment anyway.”

Well, those sure are interesting, right?

So, now it’s your turn.

Have you ever seen this happen before?

If so, tell us about it in the comments.

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This constantly happens to me but it’s because I always say it on the first date.

Is that a bad idea? I kid, I kid…

But it is always a bummer when you drop those three sacred words and you don’t hear them back. Or when someone says it to you and you just don’t feel the same way.

AskReddit users reveal what happened to them.

1. Great idea.

“Let’s get something to eat.”

Source: George Costanza.”

2. That’s one way to do it.

“According to my ex you say you’re not there yet but I really really like you and I want to see where this goes and then completely disappear a week later ”

3. Might work?

“You can go the Eric Forman route and hit them with ‘I love cake’.”

4. On the same page.

“We’re reading the same book, you’re just a couple chapters ahead.”

That’s what my husband said to me years ago when I blurted out my love for him a couple months into dating

Guess he was right, though.”

5. I guess it worked.

“My now husband said “you’re aces!” as a joke for FOUR YEARS before he told me he loved me. And I married that jerk.”

6. Twenty minutes later…

“I know one time I took twenty minutes and responded I love you too because I liked the person and was afraid the relationship would end if I didnt say it back then added sorry it took me so long to respond I was eating a Poptart.”

7. Not there yet.

“My current boyfriend and I ran into this problem. He was ready to say it after a couple weeks and so he said “I think I love you.” and I said “I’m not there yet.” he asked if he could say it anyway and I said yes. For weeks he would say “I love you!” and I would say “Mhm!’”

8. Be patient.

“I told my boyfriend I’m not worried that he’s not ready to say it back yet, because I know I’ll see the day when he is.

I want him to say it when it feels as natural as saying hello or goodbye. At the point when the words will tumble out of his mouth, when not saying it would feel wrong. I don’t want to hear it if he’s not 100% ready.

I’m not worried, because every single one of his actions and every aspect of his personality radiates care, love and trust. He’s already told me he loves me, even if I haven’t heard the words. I’m completely confident that it’s not an issue of insecurity or lack of love. It’s just not time yet. And that’s more than OK. Until then, I’ll keep enjoying every ounce of time he and I spend together.

So if you’re not ready to say “I love you” yet, or your partner isn’t, try not to let it detract from all the special moments between the two of you. Let those moments speak love, and the words will follow in their own time. Be confident and be patient.”

9. Made a correction.

“First time I told my wife, she said “That’s really sweet.” I was shocked. I walked away in shame, but she grabbed my arm and said “I just fucked that up…what I meant was that I am so in love with you it hurts.””

10. You know when it’s real.

“Yep, this. I said “I love you” she said, “I’m not ready to say it back yet, and I don’t want it to be just a response to you saying it.” I went from “Huh?” to, “That’s cool!” in about three seconds.

When she did say it, goosebumps….because she meant it.

When you meet someone that in touch with their feelings, and confident enough to do that, you know it’s real.

So, I married her, best move I ever made!”

11. Said it eventually.

“I get to tell this story!

I believe it was about a month into our relationship. It was the day before my birthday and we went to her fathers house. He had recently passed so she was cleaning the place up to sell. Anyway, that night, we ended up having sex. Yeah, I thought it a bit odd that we were banging on her dads bed but we were young and a new couple, so I went with it.

After things were said and done, we cuddled and talked about life. Then, there was silence and she looked me in the eyes. She said that I probably won’t believe her but she loves me.

My response was “Real slick timing to say that after we fuck. Didn’t know I was that good”

She laughed and I told her that I couldn’t say it back but that I cared about her a lot. Three weeks later, I said it.”

12. Gotta be honest.

“A week after meeting my boyfriend when I was 18 and he was 21, he confessed he had fallen in love with me, I was not feeling that same way and I said “Wow, I never expected you to have such strong feelings for me so fast and thats okay!

“But I am not feeling that way for you right now!” He wasnt mad, maybe embarrassed but we have been married for 10 years in October and together for 13 It is OKAY to not have the same feelings right when the other person does!”

13. Don’t overthink it.

“My current significant other and I recently dealt with this and I thought she did it very well. I told her I loved her and she said “I know” all cocky. she’s a fan of Star Wars and I got the joke so I laughed. Then she told me she’s sorry she’s not ready to say it back. That’s honestly the best way.

It stopped me from overthinking it and it allowed us to have a conversation about it and I could tell her I didn’t ever want her to say “I love you too” in response. Just say it when/if she wants to say it. Then I told her I was jealous that since I said it first she got to now use the cool “I know” line whenever I said I love you.”

14. Text you later!

“This happened to me. i was leaving her house and she said “bye handsome! i love you” and i said “haaa, text you when i get home.” felt pretty bad.”

15. It took a month.

“My husband said I love you first and I was so shocked I said “thank you!” lol. A month later I said it back but man I still feel bad, he looked so sad when I didn’t say it back right away but he was so patient with me.”

I hope this doesn’t happen again…until my next first date…

Am I kidding? AM I?!?!?

Okay, enough about me… has this ever happened to you on either end of the equation? Tell us what happened in the comments!

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Unless you are somehow independently wealthy, the reality is that you’re going to be working for most of your life.

So you can either embrace or and love your job, or you can hide under your cubicle and cry during your lunch break…or I guess you can combine the two if you really want to.

In the spirit of working for the rest of our lives, here are some funny work memes to tide you over!

1. Here’s the routine.

MORNING ROUTINE:

-wake up
-get ready
-mentally prepare myself for my job where my degree is not utilized and I am a cog in the capitalist machine
-get iced coffee
-arrive 20 minutes late

— 1984’s George Whorewell (@EwdatsGROSS) November 19, 2019

2. Good work!

3. Should I stay or should I go?

4. I can’t handle this today.

5. Getting prepared.

6. Here come the waterworks.

7. Don’t you dare.

8. No difference, really.

9. It does happen from time to time.

work ever kick your ass so bad you drive the speed limit home w/ no music playing?

— Pre K (@stayfrea_) February 28, 2020

10. Might’ve been a bad idea.

11. We’re all ashamed.

Those memes are very accurate, I’d have to say.

Do you have any funny or ridiculous stories from your own job lately?

Go ahead and share them with us in the comments!

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Work is a drag but we all gotta do it to pay those bills, right?

So here’s what you can do: stand tall, get to work, and get through the day…and then do it all over again tomorrow.

But before you do that, enjoy these funny memes about the realities of working.

1. Very true.

Hero’s don’t wear capes they swap shifts with you

— Kim Johnston (@kimjohnston_) March 14, 2018

2. Trust me, I’m sick.

3. What’s your point?

4. And it’s only 8:15!

5. Not going very well.

6. Doesn’t sound like you have a choice.

7. Can’t do this much longer.

8. Hiding out from the world.

9. You’re being offensive.

10. That is truly terrible.

11. At least you’re honest.

12. See how much I’m doing?!?!

13. It never ends…

Okay, okay. You had your fun and now it’s time to get back to the daily grind. But don’t get too upset, it’ll be 5 p.m. before you know it.

How’s your workday going? Talk to us in the comments!

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Want some high school nostalgia?

What I meant to say was WEIRD high school nostalgia.

Because these posts touch on the odd things that we just accepted as a normal part of our daily routine in those confusing years.

Let’s take a little trip down WEIRD memory lane.

1. They were a wild bunch.

I’m sick of coffee I want whatever theater kids consumed that made them act like that at 8am

— Aol.com (@lukasbattle) November 11, 2019

2. There was always at least one.

those kids in ur class who scream right when the teacher turns off the lights pic.twitter.com/X7YVE7Im4L

— ariel (@onlinecutie) April 11, 2014

3. Don’t worry about that.

Me: how do I do my taxes

Public School: shut the fuck up and square dance

— mark magark (@markedly) June 25, 2019

4. Won’t lose this hall pass.

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5. Either Cheetos or Pixy Stix dust.

6. Still not gonna stop.

7. You blew it.

wish I'd played sports in high school so I could post a sick Instagram of me and the boys in our uniforms 7 years later with the caption "I'd give anything to be back on the field with my brothers"

— Kellen (@captainkalvis) August 22, 2019

8. Damn right.

9. Up to no good.

Me_irl from me_irl

10. This will help in the future!

11. This makes a lot of sense.

high school teachers you could be real with:
-history teachers
-english teachers

high school teachers that were cops:
-math teachers
-gym teachers

— annie (@enjixcx) June 26, 2019

Did those make you feel like you were 16 again?

What are some of the stranger things that you remember from your high school days?

Let us know in the comments. We’d love to hear from you!

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Relationships are so complicated, in fact, that some people prefer to just avoid them altogether and remain single.

Other men and women are single through no fault of their own and they actually want to be with someone and it just hasn’t worked out for them for one reason or another.

Either way, this is hard stuff.

Folks on AskReddit opened up their hearts and got real about why they are single.

1. A little too aimless.

“I always get the feeling that most women wouldn’t realistically go for an aimless person (I’ve been in college for 7 years and I still have no idea what to do for a career), but they would rather someone who looks like they have their life on track.”

2. Let’s. get real.

“I’m a pretty bad boyfriend to be honest. I get tired of people and want to be left alone for long periods of time. That’s not great for relationships.

Mix that with some trust issues and well…. at least I got my hand.”

3. Do what you want.

“Single for 5 years now. I stayed single after my past relationship because I realized that I have much more freedom than I did when I used to be in being in relationships.

I can do anything I want without having to worry about anyone else. Less stress.”

4. A bunch of reasons.

“In no particular order:

— Waited too long to get started… I’m now at an age where most of my peers are coupled and raising kids. Having never been on a date or experienced any kind of romantic intimacy at this point is shameful and I can’t imagine anyone accepting me if they knew this. Oh, did I mention my hair is going gray from head to toe? That’s distressing.

— Self-esteem/dependency issues… I was very sensitive to teasing when I was younger and struggled to fit in living in an affluent, white, Christian suburb. It’s made me a naturally quiet and introverted person who’s hesitant to speak up/out, even when I always dreamed of being the life of the party (or just being invited to a party).

Not to mention that I grew up with an absent father and absent-minded mother who prevented me from being independent and taking control of my life when I was a young adult. I now fear moving out and being on my own and likely never will.

— Lack of friends… The few friends I’ve made in the past 10-15 years were ultimately just using me for something, and once they got that something, I never heard from any of them again. It’s like people could sense that I was naive and eager for any scrap of interaction and they took advantage of it.

It’s made me guarded and slightly distrusting of people. Even though I desperately crave friendship, I haven’t got a clue where I can go to meet sincere people at this stage of life.

— Depression… All of this has completely crushed my spirit and will to live. I now spend weekends in bed. I haven’t filed my taxes in years and I’m past due on a few bills. I stopped exercising a few months ago. I think about killing myself everyday and cry on a regular basis. I don’t know how to continue and I would truly be grateful to die.

I remember being a teenager and wondering when I’d meet that person and have my first kiss, my first relationship, my first heartbreak, etc. Every year I’d ask myself “Is this the year?” That time has passed and I now realize it’s gone.”

5. Not a strong point.

“I suck at starting conversations. I enjoy talking and don’t think I’m too socially awkward, but I just don’t like being the one to start.

And maybe no one finds me attractive either.”

6. Likes being alone.

“I took care of my late papa for 6 years and nephews for two of those. I didn’t want to make anyone feel that they had to sign up for what I did. Now, I am adjusting to life without my Papa and being alone for the first time in my life. I have come to like being alone.

I also wouldn’t know where to begin looking.”

7. A lot of people feel this way.

“Because I’m not the guy you end up with, I’m the guy that gets you to the one you’re supposed to end up with.

Nobody has seen me as the choice, only an option.”

8. Not ready for it.

“I am extremely scared to hurt another person. Also by that I’m not willing to be vulnerable, to open up, after few relationships I’m scared of my own energy and how intense can I be.

I know that someday I’ll have to open up and I’m sure it’s coming, but I’m not ready and I want to work on my career and skills.”

9. Afraid to get to know people.

“I don’t go out to the places people meet other people, I’m awkward, and I’m ace so I’m too afraid to get to know someone and have them drop me for it.”

10. Ruined financially.

“I’m divorced. It ruined my life financially.

I dated a bit afterward. There’s only two ways it goes, either back to being single or to another marriage.

The thought of getting married again terrifies me. If i do she needs to have a 2+mil net worth and a good job, while being a decent person and sexually attractive. So I’m basically looking for a unicorn because i don’t want to risk being the breadwinner and having my shit go bye again.”

11. Content by myself.

“I did decades of taking care of people and now that my kids are grown, I have no desire to have my life governed by someone else’s anxieties, fears and needs — my own are quite enough to deal with.

I really don’t need anyone so I would be in a relationship with the right like minded co-conspirator, but I’m content to be myself until they come along, if they ever do. And yes I am very happy and content on my own.”

12. The laundry list.

“Pretty sure mine is called Severe Singleness Syndrome

Chronic loner – I don’t like big groups of people, so I rarely go to bars/clubs. I don’t have any friends in the town we live. And still live with my parents (shitty financial decisions)

Social Anxiety – I have no idea how to approach someone

Useless at reading people – What is flirting?!?

Awkward personality – I get… weird when I like someone, and so far it’s pushed most away

Jealousy – I blame this one on my first serious gf who cheated on me twice, but if somehow a girl gets past the other issues, I’m a pretty jealous guy.”

13. Not a fan of relationships.

“For starters, I have crippling anxiety. And I’m currently between jobs, so I’m broke as well as being unable to hold a conversation.

Then there’s the fact that my “type” seems to be women who will eventually cheat on me. Every relationship I’ve ever had, including an engagement that saw me prepare to move to another country and my most recent having her infant son involved, has ended with them shacking up with another guy and cutting me out of their lives without a goodbye.

Then there’s my depression and sense of humour. I have a fairly dry wit and am fond of self-deprecating humour. I was recently on a date with a girl WAAAAAAY out of my league, who took me to go drinking and bought me a fair few JD and Cokes despite not drinking herself.

On the way back she suggested she come see me in my hometown (she lives in Nottingham, I’m in Leicester), and hating my city my response was something along the lines of “Yeeeeah you don’t wanna do that… it’s kinda shit there hahahaha we should go somewhere else”.

After that date I never heard from that girl again. Unmatched on Tinder, never called, the whole shabbang. In hindsight I realise it kinda sounded like I didn’t want to see her again, which after a very awkward night with little conversation besides me nervously rambling about myself must have been the nail in the coffin.

I’m now very much against the idea of relationships. They’re few and far between but I always seem to end up worse off after each and every one.”

14. Wow…this one…

“I am not a very ‘manly’ guy. I am not handy, have no goals or aspirations, and my interests are all very niche. My humour (for what its worth) is dark and sometimes a bit too perverse (not creepy perverse, just generally perverse). I am not actively seeking out someone else.

I have no muscle strength and have been balding since a young age. I have a very weak immune system. I tend to carry on about niche shit in convos and unintentionally ‘one-up’ people in the moment and only realise my mistake after conversations. I miss very obvious flirtation and have somewhat high standards for a partner.

Frankly I am amazed I am not a virgin.”

Like I said, relationships are very complicated…and sometimes, so is being single.

What do you think?

Do you prefer to be with someone or are you a bit of a lone wolf?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know what you think?

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