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Heavy Sleepers Describe the Wild Events They Snoozed Right Through

I was a heavy sleeper before I had kids. After years of sleeping next to a baby monitor, every last subconscious nerve on alert, not so much anymore.

There are people who sleep so deep it would take a Mack truck driving through the house to wake them up…though if these 15 people are any indication, that might not even do the trick.

15. Next time she’ll just leave him there.

I once slept through a tornado that happened about mile from my hotel.

My girlfriend woke me up at about 2am saying how scared she was of the storm and that the power went out and she was worried.

I told her while half awake to “leave me alone I’ll deal with it in the morning” and that “it’s just thunder I don’t know why you are freaking out” she was fuming at me when I woke up the next morning and found out that a tornado destroyed a high school not to far away.

14. That cannot be safe.

I have slept through our fire alarm numerous times and a tree falling into our house.

13. Kids, right?

That I slept so hard that my friends thought I was dead, they just kept shaking my nonresponsive body.

Why they did nothing about it is beyond me lol.

12. This is intense.

Not me, but a friend. He fell took a nap in his seat at a rock concert.

He first dozed off while Him was playing and slept all the way through Taking Back Sunday.

He was stone cold sober, just tired apparently.

11. He needed a serious reboot.

I missed a whole-ass Saturday once in high school. I just got back from a band field trip where I didn’t sleep much for 4 or 5 days and I got home from the airport at about 3a.m. on Friday and I passed out.

I woke up and saw my clock said 6 I looked out the window and I thought that the sun was coming up so I went back to sleep, I woke up a few hours later at 8 and it was dark outside, I was confused cuz it should be bright at 8 am. I came out and my mom was making breakfast for dinner, which also confused me, and she asked if I was ready for school tomorrow.

I was like, “no it’s Sunday tomorrow.” As it turns out I slept 36 hours straight through Saturday and woke up Sunday night thinking it was Saturday morning, it is still my record for most hours slept.

10. The firemen must have been confused.

Visiting an aunt when I was younger. I was taking a quick nap on her couch. While I was asleep a power line went down across her front yard. Literally 30 ft outside the window I was sleeping next to.

Multiple fire trucks. Fire men coming through the house to make sure everything was ok inside. Sirens alarms fire hoses, the works. I woke up after everything was over. Confused why the carpet was dirty and the yard burnt up.

9. This should be a scene in a movie.

Growing up we had an indoor cat. Occasionally we would let him out in the summer but usually not for too long. One day we forgot him outside. Around 2am he was crying at the door to be let in. My brother and parents heard it but were mostly still asleep. Soon another cat showed up and the two started fighting on our door step. If you were not aware, cats get very loud when they fight.

My brother , who was in high school at the time, jumped out of bed shouting “it’s kitty!”. Our cat’s name was kitty. My brother ran out to help kitty followed by my parents. When my brother opened the door, kitty jumped inside but my brother did not notice.

The other cat started to run away. The other cat looked very similar to kitty. So at 2am my brother was running down the street in his boxes chasing the neighbors cat while yelling “kitty, come back”. My parents were chasing my brother while yelling “that’s not kitty”.

I slept through the whole thing.

8. Perfect sleeping weather, if you ask me.

Boyfriend slept through thunder so loud it set off several car alarms in the parking garage right outside the window

7. I would never sleep again.

Someone opening my front door, walking in, taking all my shit and leaving without a hitch.

It really sucked, but at least he took my school bag as well so I had a great excuse to not have my homework done the next day.

6. Since she had two other kids, I’m not surprised.

When I was pregnant with my 3rd baby, I woke up at midnight to the popping sound of my water breaking. I got up and went to the bathroom and confirmed that my water had in fact broken. Got a towel and went back to bed.

Woke up at 5:30 in the morning with some big contractions and figured I better get to the hospital. Went to the hospital dilated to 9 and baby was born 20 minutes later. So labor. I slept through my labor and transition.

Highly recommended.

5. Those are some good drugs.

I fell asleep in my dorm room while in college. I lived alone. They had a fire drill at like 3AM. The fire fighters came, opened each room and checked on us. The fire alarm did not wake me up. They tried to shake me awake. Nothing.

So they called an ambulance. Do those guys got a stretcher, loaded me up onto it and started taking me down three flights of stairs. Once we were on the fourth flight of steps I woke up and tried to jump off the stretcher. Because….well I thought I was being kidnapped.

The ambulance guys still tried to get me to go to the hospital because they thought I was on drugs because I did not wake up. The truth of the matter is, that is just the way I sleep.

I have 5 different alarm clocks set to wake me up but sometimes I still do not hear them while asleep. None of my doctors know what to do about it other than tell me to buy more alarm clocks. This affects my jobs badly. I hate it.

4. It’s all about what you’re used to.

A 6.8 mag. Earthquake while I was living near the bay area where it hit…

Everyone else woke up because of the heavy rumbling but I staying asleep, meanwhile I would wake up to someone walking in the hallway in the morning with my door shut…

3. That’s a lot of chaos.

I woke up and saw caution tape on my lawn between my house and the neighbor’s.

Went outside and then saw a couple officers.

Turned out someone was shot in my yard.

I didn’t hear the shooting, the investigation, the arrest, or the cleanup of the scene after.

The kid that got shot lived. Turned out my neighbor’s teenage son got into an argument with a friend and shot them.

2. They had better things to do than wake him up.

I once slept through the process of my grandmother calling 911 for my grandfather, the ambulance coming to our house with sirens blaring, the process of getting him loaded into the ambulance and leaving.

I woke up the next morning like “Where did gramps go?” I didn’t even know why he had to be taken to the hospital. I think it was a broken hip.

1. Kevin McAllister?

I slept thought two days and nobody noticed.

Missed Thanksgiving.

I was 9 at the time.

This just blows my mind!

If you’re a heavy sleeper, please share your similar stories with us in the comments!

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Parents Who Didn’t Like What They Found on Their Kid’s Twitter

As moms and dads, we all know that it’s important to keep tabs on our kids’ social media accounts. We need access to their logins, we need to watch who comments, whether they’re getting suspicious DMs, and everything else that can keep us up at night.

Twitter is hard, because people tweet so much, anyone can follow anyone, and it’s mostly strangers interacting, not real-life friends.

Still, it’s tough to learn things about your child secondhand, so a moment of silence for these 14 parents, please.

14. A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.

Same goes for dad, though.

13. Definitely not helping her case.

This is pretty funny, though.

12. Clearly.

She’s just now figuring this out?

11. This dad is a hero.

You gotta be able to say this to your kid.

10. They have a very interesting dynamic.

College isn’t a time for classes, woman.

9. One less now.

Take that, Ma.

8. This mom is a prize.

Embarrassment is always the way to go.

7. Mom’s not buying that, sweetheart.

Say byebye to Twitter now.

6. “Please do not usher in your own early demise.”

I’m deceased.

5. This seems like a bit of an overreaction.

I mean, it wouldn’t be fun, but I’m not sure having a sexual appetite requires therapy.

4. I’ve got to side with the parents here.

No one wants to raise a kid like this one.

3. If he was my kid he would have gotten worse.

Seriously, that kid is the worst.

2. None of this is SFW.

What is wrong with these kids.

1. Nothing wrong with a well-placed swear.

Mom clearly doesn’t understand Twitter.

I am not looking forward to these days with my littles.

If you’ve got tips and tricks for avoiding surprises on social media, share them with us in the comments!

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Check Out These Haunting Halloween-Related Lawsuits

If you watch TV, talk to human beings, or ARE a human being, chances are that you’ve realized by now that people can get their panties in a bunch about the smallest of infractions. Thanks to the way our court systems work in the States, that means that pretty much anytime you’re upset about something, you could at least try to parlay that into legal ramifications.

Here are 5 times that Halloween inspired people’s litigious sides, and yeah, the stories might just haunt your dreams.

5. Blinded for scares.

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If you think it would be super spooky to change your eye color to match your costume, here’s a fun fact: you’re not actually allowed to unless you have a prescription.

In 2016, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit against Gotcha Costume Rental for selling colored contacts without a prescription, an act that violates state and federal law.

The lenses they were selling didn’t always fit properly, which led to scratched corneas, infections, and even blindness.

4. The Ferlitos v. Johnson & Johnson

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Back in the 1980s, Frank and Susan Ferlito went as Mary and her Lamb to a Halloween costume party. Frank’s lamb costume, made from cotton balls and long underwear, caught fire when Frank lit his cigarette using a butane lighter.

He suffered burns over about 35% of his body, and the couple sued Johnson & Johson.

Initially they were awarded over half a million dollars in damages, but in 1992, a circuit court judge ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson’s appeal. The company argued that the couple knew cotton balls were flammable, even if they didn’t come with a specific label.

3. One banana to rule them all.

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You might think one banana costume is the same as the next, and the one after that, but in 2019, a 3rd US. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said that’s not true.

They ruled in favor of Rasta Imposta, who claimed their banana costume was distinct and couldn’t be knocked off by discount and online stores around the world.

2. Inflatable pumpkin fail.

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Milwaukee entrepreneur Jon Majdoch had made a tidy living for years by operating pop-up Halloween stores on a yearly basis. He advertised his shops with 100-foot diameter inflatable pumpkins on the roof.

When he opened a smaller store, in the parking lot of a home goods store, he wanted to do the same thing, and ordered a smaller inflatable pumpkin from a place called Larger Than Life.

When it arrived, House of Bounce assembled it on the roof.

A few days later, it rained so hard that water pooled on top of the pumpkin. It collapsed, and so did the store underneath it, ruining mos of Majdoch’s inventory.

The litigation, began by their insurance company Hastings Mutual, is still onging.

1. You get what you pay for.

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Every time you visit a haunted house, you have to sign some pretty tight liability waivers to enter – after all, their job is to scare you within an inch of your life.

In 2011, Scott Griffin got more than he’d bargained for after a chainsaw-wielding actor scared him so badly he fell and injured his wrist. He sued the operators, but an appeals court judge wrote what we all are thinking, which is that he’d paid money for an “extreme fright,” and had gotten “exactly what he paid for.”

I had never heard of any of these before, and I can’t decide whether or not that was bad.

I suppose all information is good information, right?

Let’s go with that.

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A Mom’s Comics Capture Distance Learning in All Its Glory

All of us are coping with 2020 in our own ways.

Some of us are drinking, some of us are screaming into pillows or crying in the shower, and some of us are grabbing tight to any personal outlet of creativity we can muster the energy to use.

For author, illustrator, and mother of two Adrienne Hedger, that means shifting the subject of her beloved comics to capture the insanity of working from home while your kids are learning from home.

Here are 12 of my personal favorites.

12. Yeah the answer is no.

How about you stop asking.

11. You have to assume someone’s camera is always on.

It’s taking spying to a whole new level.

10. There’s just so much to manage.

Take a deep breath.

9. I’m with the kid on this one.

Time has no meaning.

8. This is known.

It happens to the best of us.

7. This has been the best part of Zoom.

You know I’m right.

6. Bless elementary school teachers.

All of the time, but especially now.

5. And yet you do handle it.

Because I mean, what choice do we have?

4. It is a time-honored tradition.

Whether in person or online.

3. If you can help, please do.

Some struggles might be greater than your own.

2. I think we all know the answer to that.

Kids, am I right? And yet you kind of identify.

1. Why are they like this?

Oh, right, because they’re your kids.

I think we can all relate to these!

What’s been the hardest ball for you to keep in the air? Tell us in the comments!

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Early Signs That You Have a Smarty Pants on Your Hands

Can we please start this article by saying that there are a hundred ways to be smart and/or savvy, and there are also personality traits that are just as important as intelligence?

The world requires all types to go ’round, and even if your kid isn’t going to attend Harvard one day, that doesn’t mean there’s one single reason to be disappointed.

If you’re curious what the earliest signs of a high IQ are, though – and, yes, that comes with its own set of challenges – below are 9 that could mean your little one is destined for ivy-covered walls.

9. They’re poor sleepers.

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Having a child that doesn’t sleep well is frustrating, but you can hold onto the fact that gifted children are typically poor sleepers.

Their brains are too stimulated to rest!

8. They have a good memory.

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Dr. Han Ren, a psychologist specializing in children, says that having a “detailed memory” is an early sign of intelligence – like remembering where a toy was hidden, or quickly being able to recognize faces.

7. Their personality is forward.

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A lively disposition is often indicative of high intelligence, as well as a sense of humor and decent social skills.

6. They’re good at focusing.

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Dr. Deborah L. Ruf, an educational consultant, says that brighter children start paying attention earlier in life.

It might seem like they’re just staring, but you’ll be able to tell soon enough whether they were actually concentrating all along.

5. They have a lot of feelings.

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A big heart often means a big brain, and Dr. Ren says that “demonstrating compassion and empathy for others” is an early sign of intelligence.

If this is true, my kid – who has had “a lot of feelings” since birth – is going to be a genius.

4. They’re comfortable with adults.

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If your kid prefers to spend time with older kids or adults, they might be intelligent – and they might be learning from their older counterparts, not just hanging out.

3. They struggle to sit still.

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Dr. Hillary Hettinger Steiner says that a need for stimulation of all kinds is a sign of intelligence – there’s an upside to a child who is easily bored, essentially.

2. Their language skills are advanced.

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The Davidson Institute, an education foundation for advanced children, believes that “early and prolific use of language is typical in profoundly gifted children.”

1. They have decent genetics.

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If you and your partner are gifted, there is a good chance your kid(s) will be bright. Genetics aren’t the only predictor of intelligence, but they do play a large role.

Just sayin’.

There you have it – but remember, there’s always room for the ability to learn and do better, too!

How did you know you’d given birth to someone who was probably going to end up smarter than you? Tell us in the comments!

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Parenting Tweets That Are Too Funny to Miss

If there’s one thing that’s true about the internet and being a parent, it’s that tweets describing the hilarity of our lives are like lifeblood.

They’re also never in short supply, though it can be hard to weed out the best of the best – but we believe that’s exactly what we have for you here.

17. That’s a gender reveal I could get behind.

The only one, perhaps.

16. Or just being visible around someone she knows.

Speaking as someone who was once a teenager.

15. I mean, she’s got the basic concept.

A+ parenting.

14. There’s nothing in my life that’s not sticky.

Nothing. Not one thing.

13. We all have our strengths.

And our weaknesses.

12. You just want to make sure you heard what you think you heard.

It’s good to take a breath.

11. You put mom in charge and this is what you get.

Sorry not sorry.

10. Warmest regards.

We’re going to be here awhile.

9. Now they’re all you have left.

That’s just how they like it.

8. Those days you forget…

All you can do is laugh at yourself.

7. That took a turn.

You can never tell what’s going on in their minds.

6. I mean it’s kind of a metaphor for what they did to your life.

Payback, baby.

5. We’re all making our own rules, now.

Do what makes you happy.

4. Moms who don’t do this…how?

You must really be committed to fitting into your jeans.

3. I see a career in her future.

Not in animation, though.

2. Yeah, you asked.

That’s what you get.

1. Where to even start?

I honestly have no idea.

These lists are just my absolute favorite!

Which of these are you ready to share with a mom or dad friend? Tell us in the comments!

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A Post Urges People to Replace “Moms and Dads” With “Grown-Ups”

Families come in all shapes and sizes.

This is something we were told as children, and it’s something many of us reinforce with our own kiddos, but there are still so many ways the world assumes that “parents” are “mom and dad.”

As I’m sure we’re all aware, some kids don’t have a mom or a dad. Some only have one. Some have two of one and none of the other.

This Instagram post reinforces the idea that, by using the term “moms and dads,” teachers and other adults, need to do more as far as remembering to be inclusive and welcoming of all types of families.

The post uses a screengrab of a tweet from Sirry Aland, PhD.

“Teachers, your class convos are broadcasted in everyone’s homes. The # of times the teacher has said ‘your mom and dad’ to my kid’s class is infuriating. But a BRAVE kid just said… ‘But I only told my grandma at lunchtime because my sister and I live with our grandma.”

Little sweetheart standing up for everyone like him, who was probably annoyed and a little confused about why the teacher was acting like his family wasn’t a real family.

The post encourages everyone who works with children to consider saying “your grown-ups” instead of “your mom and dad,” or “your parents.” It’s a simple switch but, like with everything new, might take some getting used to.

I know we can all do it, though, because if we work with kids, we care about kids – all of them, regardless of their situation.

As the post also points out, adult language and the way adults embrace a reality can make all of the difference to a little one still trying to make sense of things.

Give it a try; I know I will!

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Check Out These Images of a Giant Squid in U.S. Waters

If you’re even a casual ocean aficionado, you realize that there’s no consensus that space is actually the last frontier.

The world’s oceans hold many similar secrets in their depths, tucked safely out of sight, and even though we’ve lived with these bodies of waters for millennia, we may never uncover them all.

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We know that giant squids exist – there have been sightings, drawings, and the like for centuries – but here in the States, we’ve never had one show up on our shores.

The first modern look at these giant cephalopods was back in 2004, in Japanese waters, and then again around the same spot in 2014.

This time, though, NOAA researchers on an exploratory mission in the Gulf of Mexico captured a recording of a juvenile swimming in the waters there.

The video is brief, and like all underwater happenings, a bit eerie. The squid swims straight at the camera, which makes it hard to tell exactly how large it is, though researchers are estimating around 10-12 feet.

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An adult of the species could grow up to around 43 feet in length – the same as around seven adult American men.

The marine biologists are hoping the squid will come back and they’ll be able to get more footage. Their ROV that captured the encounter, the Medusa, doesn’t use the bright lights that others do in the depths, which could make the squid feel more comfortable.

Here’s hoping we get to see more soon!

As long as I’m watching from a distance, I’m here for it.

If there was one undiscovered or rare creature to be found in the depths, what would you want it to be?

I mean, the obvious answer is mermaids, but…what would you want it to be?

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This is Why Supreme Court Justices Serve for Life

If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you’re probably sitting on the edge of your seat and constantly grappling with your rising anxiety.

Also, you might be wondering why the judges who rise to the highest court in the land serve until they’re ready to step down (or until they die), without any interference from others.

I mean, if Presidents can appoint them, why can’t they fire them?

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It turns out there are a few reasons the founding fathers agreed that Supreme Court jurists serve for life.

Article III of the Constitution sets up the court and outlines its powers, but leaves it to Congress to organize and staff them, stating only that the judges “shall hold their office during good behavior.”

The meaning of “good behavior” has been debated over the years, and judges who some feel have violated this standard can be impeached – though only one, Samuel Chase in 1804, have been.

He was appointed by President George Washington but was impeached by the House for allegedly partisan rulings. The Senate didn’t agree, and failed to remove him from the bench.

What’s for sure is that “good behavior” can’t mean their decisions being deemed right or wrong, because the point of the lifetime appointment is to shield the judges from the whims of changing outside pressure.”

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Ryan Vacca, a law professor at the University of New Hampshire’s law school, explains what that means:

“The framers believed it important to separate the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government, and they believed it was particularly important to create a judiciary that would be independent of popular opinion. If they had to be reappointed or reelected, they would have to worry that unpopular decisions could cost them their jobs.”

Of course, as with other Constitutional issues, it’s become more complicated in the modern world. We live longer, and jurists are being nominated and confirmed at younger and younger ages, which could mean some justices could serve for four-plus decades.

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It could also mean that more justices will voluntarily retire, but it’s clear to see that the courts, set up to be non-partisan and fair, are always tipping one way or another.

What’s the answer?

I don’t know, but the Constitution definitely doesn’t have it.

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People Turn Song Lyrics Into 2020 Hits for Jimmy Fallon’s Hashtags

Jimmy Fallon is a hashtag master – he creates them, his audience members knock them out of the park for a chance to get onto the show.

He’s been doing it for years, and I personally love the results, but if anything lends itself to internet hilarity, it’s the insanity that is 2020.

These 12 people really came through when Jimmy asked them to create the song of the summer with #SummerSongs2020

12. This is actually perfect.

I wouldn’t change one thing about it. Except for the inspiration.

11. Sounds like an instant hit.

Jump on that, Katy.

10. But don’t forget it’s real.

That part is important.

9. I almost forgot about this part.

It’s been a long year, y’all.

8. It’s a sad tune.

But it’s real.

7. Oof. Felt that.

Or I would have if I had less padding.

6. Might be a bit on the nose.

Depends on your mood, perhaps.

5. This one deserves a gold star.

I’m bopping along, singing this song!

4. It must be love.

Kismet, is what it is.

3. Almost as good as the original.

Don’t @ me.

2. This one has to be a winner.

I’m jealous of the clever!

1. Wait, you found Clorox?

Tell me your secrets!

I’m working on my own lyrics now, but not having much luck.

What would you add to this hashtag? Tell us in the comments!

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