What Exists Only to Mess With Us? Here’s What People Had to Say.

The older you get, the more you realize what a sinister world we live in…

Things seem to exist just to mess with our minds and make our days a little bit more difficult.

What a cruel existence we all must deal with…

So, what exists only to mess with us?

AskReddit users shared their thoughts on this subject.

1. NO!

“The ads that have the X inside the ad.

So that when you click to close it, it takes you to the linked site.”

2. Pointless.

“Bedbugs.

They have no ecological benefit and target only humans, almost exclusively just when the human hosts are sleeping, armed with natural anticoagulants and painkillers for enhanced, stealthy blood-sucking.”

3. Ouch.

“I know they weren’t meant to and once had a reason to exist, but by now: Wisdom Teeth.”

12. Well, on that note…

“Time. You lose it constantly and can’t get it back.

You get older and older and uglier and uglier until your a shell of your former self.

Then die and rot in the ground.”

5. Leave me alone!

“Robocalls about your car’s extended warranty.

I get these several times a week.

I don’t even own a car!”

6. Not a fan.

“Mosquitos.

Wasn’t even that long ago that a study proved that you could wipe them all out and it would not actually negatively impact ecosystems as much as previously thought and there is now a real effort to exterminate every last one of the bloodsuckers.”

7. Thoughts on this one?

“Credit Scores.

Used to be that the bank would do their due diligence on loan applications before offering terms that made sense for each person.

Now they’ve constructed a huge system where missing one bill payment can f**k you over and paying down debt early is can be interpreted as a bad thing.

The idea in principle isn’t so bad, but the way it’s implemented is stupid and unwieldy and mistakes are far too hard to correct.”

8. Sent from Hell.

“Printers.

Now I hear you saying to me oh but wait printers are so useful. Nope. They were all sent from hell to haunt us. Office printers are bad, home printers are worse. They never work, need 300 different drivers you have to get off the website, oopsies we don’t make that one anymore.

Oh no, the ink we gave you was a trial size, guess what a**hole no stores sells the bastard random number your printer needs, but you can buy this replacement for 60 bucks that will print maybe 2 pages properly.”

9. Can be maddening.

“Our tax system. In the U.S. anyway.

Most places don’t have such confusing taxes. Usually it’s just a bill that comes that you gotta pay. This is very possible and doable in America. In fact in the past twenty years both a Democrat and a Republican’s on two separate occasions proposed a bill that would simply taxes so literally anyone could do it.

The problem is that would cost a lot of accountants some jobs. So, America, in it’s never dying love of retaining jobs that have no reason to exist outside of providing work, has never implemented a more simple tax system.

That and H&R Block spends millions of dollars every year to make the tax code more complicated so people will have to relay on some big company to do it for them.

And yet another example of a big giant company purposefully making the government incompetent so that they can replace the government and charge citizens to do what you legally have to do every year.”

10. Just end it!

“Junk paper mail in the physical mailbox. From the same companies constantly.

Capitol One, Discover, American Express. And certain ones have a thick card stock insert so you will pay more attention to it. Constant mailers from local realtors. Companies always pitching term life insurance. Etc etc etc. Tricking you to think it’s a tax form. Tricking you to think it’s official government business.

All junk mail needs to go away. All of it goes straight to the paper shredder and that also takes up a lot of time to deal with.”

11. Annoying.

“Products designed in such a way that they are impossible to repair

Power tools, all consumer electronics, appliances, cars, tractors, agricultural machines, trucks. Anything with a bearing or a microchip anything you can imagine buying and using is well on its way to becoming the exclusive property of the people who sold it to you. Forever. This forecast brought to you in the year 2021.

Fu**ing with people in such a way in order to make money is perhaps the worst outcome of capitalism. The subtle manipulation of what it means to own something by corporations is the worst thing that has ever happened to society.

It makes me feel a rage beyond words because the unrepairable item is by definition something that only exists to f**k with you.”

What do you think exists only to mess with us?

Sound off in the comments and let us know!

Please and thank you!

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What Should Be Free? Here’s How People Responded.

I know my answer!

How about HEALTH CARE in the United States? Wouldn’t that be nice?

I know some Americans like to say that we have the best health care in the world and that might be true…if you have a good job and good benefits. But a whole lot of folks out there in this country can’t even go see a doctor because they simply can’t afford it.

Okay, that’s my speech for the day.

What do you think should be free?

AskReddit users shared their thoughts.

1. Why am I paying for this?

“IDs.

I find it ridiculous that we have to pay so much for something we are required to have on us at all times.”

2. That’s lame.

“Beaches and public parks.

I’m from California where all of the beaches are free for everybody to use.

It baffles me when I travel and find other beaches aren’t free.

WHAT?!”

3. A great idea.

“School lunch for all kids.

A city near me tested free breakfast for all elementary students and test scores went up.”

4. When you gotta go…

“Using the toilet.

I’m looking at you and your stupid pay toilets, Europe!

As well as any convenience store/fast food joint that tries to refuse the restroom to non-customers, especially if there isn’t a nearby public option.”

5. I agree!

“Hospital parking.

Where I live, parking garages at public hospitals all seem to be run by private companies and the fees are nuts.

It’s a huge amount of pressure to put on people who are already under stress.”

6. Ridiculous.

“If you ask me, a single ambulance ride shouldn’t cost as much as a Lamborghini.”

7. There you go.

“Government identification.

Drug testing

Criminal record checks.”

8. Yes!

“Medication, especially anything required for survival.

No reason I should have to choose between paying for insulin or paying for food/shelter/education.

My body cannot produce it on its own, and I have no choice but to buy it.”

9. Should be free.

“Mental health support.

The fact that you need to pay someone to listen to you really shows how f**ked the world is.”

10. Fill ‘er up.

“The air machines at gas stations.

It’s air for cryin’ out loud.

How you gonna refuse me some air for my tires just because I don’t have any change on me?”

11. Good point.

“I’m a man, but imo feminine hygiene products should be free.

As a cashier full time, it feels wrong to tell a high school girl she’s a dollar short so I can’t let her leave with her hygiene products.

For one, I’m a guy, and can’t fathom that discomfort, and that’s not even to mention the fact that it is probably extremely embarrassing for her, and a messy inconvenience, especially if that was her only option, in public.

For the record, I bought her tampons for her.

It’s f**ked that these aren’t free for women.”

12. That would be nice.

“Glasses or eye contacts.

Why do I need to pay so much just to be able to see?”

13. Let’s hope so. Forever.

“Libraries.

Anyone who thinks ‘Netflix for Books’ is a viable business model that could possibly replace the numerous services your local library provides — especially to those people who by definition couldn’t afford a subscription model — is exactly the kind of person who could probably benefit by spending more time in a library.”

What do YOU think should be free?

Sound off in the comments and make your voice heard!

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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What Should Be Free? Here’s How People Responded.

I know my answer!

How about HEALTH CARE in the United States? Wouldn’t that be nice?

I know some Americans like to say that we have the best health care in the world and that might be true…if you have a good job and good benefits. But a whole lot of folks out there in this country can’t even go see a doctor because they simply can’t afford it.

Okay, that’s my speech for the day.

What do you think should be free?

AskReddit users shared their thoughts.

1. Why am I paying for this?

“IDs.

I find it ridiculous that we have to pay so much for something we are required to have on us at all times.”

2. That’s lame.

“Beaches and public parks.

I’m from California where all of the beaches are free for everybody to use.

It baffles me when I travel and find other beaches aren’t free.

WHAT?!”

3. A great idea.

“School lunch for all kids.

A city near me tested free breakfast for all elementary students and test scores went up.”

4. When you gotta go…

“Using the toilet.

I’m looking at you and your stupid pay toilets, Europe!

As well as any convenience store/fast food joint that tries to refuse the restroom to non-customers, especially if there isn’t a nearby public option.”

5. I agree!

“Hospital parking.

Where I live, parking garages at public hospitals all seem to be run by private companies and the fees are nuts.

It’s a huge amount of pressure to put on people who are already under stress.”

6. Ridiculous.

“If you ask me, a single ambulance ride shouldn’t cost as much as a Lamborghini.”

7. There you go.

“Government identification.

Drug testing

Criminal record checks.”

8. Yes!

“Medication, especially anything required for survival.

No reason I should have to choose between paying for insulin or paying for food/shelter/education.

My body cannot produce it on its own, and I have no choice but to buy it.”

9. Should be free.

“Mental health support.

The fact that you need to pay someone to listen to you really shows how f**ked the world is.”

10. Fill ‘er up.

“The air machines at gas stations.

It’s air for cryin’ out loud.

How you gonna refuse me some air for my tires just because I don’t have any change on me?”

11. Good point.

“I’m a man, but imo feminine hygiene products should be free.

As a cashier full time, it feels wrong to tell a high school girl she’s a dollar short so I can’t let her leave with her hygiene products.

For one, I’m a guy, and can’t fathom that discomfort, and that’s not even to mention the fact that it is probably extremely embarrassing for her, and a messy inconvenience, especially if that was her only option, in public.

For the record, I bought her tampons for her.

It’s f**ked that these aren’t free for women.”

12. That would be nice.

“Glasses or eye contacts.

Why do I need to pay so much just to be able to see?”

13. Let’s hope so. Forever.

“Libraries.

Anyone who thinks ‘Netflix for Books’ is a viable business model that could possibly replace the numerous services your local library provides — especially to those people who by definition couldn’t afford a subscription model — is exactly the kind of person who could probably benefit by spending more time in a library.”

What do YOU think should be free?

Sound off in the comments and make your voice heard!

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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People Discuss the Concepts They Just Can’t Grasp

Some people just can’t grasp certain things.

You try and try and for some reason, it just doesn’t click in your head.

For me, it’s Math. And a lot of Science stuff, too, if I’m being honest.

I guess my brain just doesn’t work that way…

People on AskReddit shared what concepts they just can’t seem to grasp.

Let’s take a look.

1. Just don’t get it.

“Emotionless s**.

The idea of a one-nightstand with someone you’ve only known for a few days – or even just a few hours (?!?!) – and who you plan to never, ever, ever see again boggles my mind.

Zero judgement, btw. I have friends who are happily single and simply get their physical needs met with hookup-apps.

It works for them, and I think that’s great. I’ve just never been in the position of finding someone I barley know s**ually attractive.”

2. I’m with you!

“All of the higher maths, Algebra through Calc. I just can not do it.

I’ve taken Algebra 3 times and never got anything higher than a C. I get to radical equations and my brain takes a dump. Very confusing!”

3. Please explain it again…

“The stock market.

Having a number of friends in finance, they are numbers wizards.

They talk about how this pattern in this sector means the outcome will be this.”

4. Some people don’t care.

“Cultural appropriation.

I’m Hispanic and I don’t give a s**t if white people like our culture and copy it on their body or in their home.

It’s really not of any concern to me. It’s really hard for me to care.”

5. Confusing.

“The relationship between time and gravity. Like in the movie INTERSTELLAR, when the people on Earth age faster than them who are traveling through high gravity.

My understanding of gravity is a force that pulls objects together, the more objects together the stronger the pull. So I have gravity that pulls objects to me but it is so small of a force in comparison to say a planet or sun. Light is both a particle and wave so I get it being pulled by gravity.

But time isn’t a physical object, there is no particle or atom or whatever for gravity to pull. Time is our perception of our existence and our growth and eventual decay. So how is time being affected by gravity? How is decay slowed by the pull of gravity? If I were close to a dense system or black hole, would the electrical/ chemical elements in my brain slow down so I think at the same rate as I age?

Or would I be thinking really fast in comparison? Does gravity affect the rate of electron flow in electronic components?”

6. Not grasping it.

“Never have and never will understand inflation, I literally don’t understand how it works.

I get we can’t print more money but in my head that just doesn’t make sense, humans are the ones who ascribed value to everything so I don’t get what the problem is.

Yeah I’m not very smart.”

7. Seriously.

“Trolling.

I really just cant understand why you would go out of your way to make the game/experience worse by purposefully being annoying and unhelpful.”

8. Don’t get it.

“Collecting things.

I have a pretty big nail polish “collection” but I wear all of it. When people collect things that do nothing but sit there, I don’t get it.

I have friends who own literally hundreds of those Funko Pop figures and I don’t know why.”

9. A mystery.

“The fact that people will take the teachings of a 2,000 year old book to heart and say “it’s all true” with zero evidence, yet completely ignore something that is scientifically proven will evidence to support it.

No offense intended to religious people, you do you.”

10. Too stressful.

“Having kids, the whole concept seems SO stressful there is SOOOOO much that can go wrong.

I really feel the negatives WAY out weigh the positives and I feel when parents are telling you the “joys” they are just trying to convince themselves their decisions were good.”

11. Happens all the time.

“How tens of millions of people can be brainwashed by the same narrative.

I know there are some pretty susceptible people out there, but I didn’t expect it to be TENS OF MILLIONS.”

12. What’s happening?!?!

“Time travel.

Obviously it’s a fictional concept, but every time I watch or read anything about it my brain starts hurting really fast.”

13. Mind = Blown.

“Things like Wifi, Bluetooth and airdrop. Especially air drop.

HOW THE HELL can a picture form my phone magically appear on my laptop? I don’t get it. There’s nothing there to connect the two.

It boggles my mind.”

Now we want to hear from you!

What are concepts that you just can’t grasp no matter how hard you try?

Talk to us in the comments, please!

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People Share the Most High Risk Low Reward Things They’ve Ever Done

Some of us are worse than others, but I think it’s safe to say that many people out there do questionable things that aren’t worth it.

At all.

Like, not even a little bit.

Why do we do the things we do…?

Folks on AskReddit talked about the most high risk, low reward things they’ve ever done in their lives.

Let’s see what went down!

1. Pretty pointless.

“I stole every wheel off the chairs in my high school’s computer lab as a joke during a 20-minute break.

I still have one of them.

Probably could’ve gotten expelled just for a slightly funny joke and a useless chair wheel.”

2. For what?

“Lots and lots of illegal graffiti. For about 3 years it was all I cared about.

Hanging off ledges and bridges, climbing up the sides of buildings, being on roofs, hiding under trains, being in dangerous places by myself at 3am, abandoned buildings, squatter houses, rough neighborhoods. Not to mention the risk of criminal prosecution.

Paint doesn’t just fall into your lap either, one year I spent $5,000 on spray paint on top of getting it any other ways I could. Homeless guy with a knife, a couple of gangsters tried to rob me, a freight train was about a foot away from running over me. (Not all at the same time lol but those were some of the worst bits)

And for what? Just to put some paint on a wall or train and take a photo of it.”

3. Not worth it.

“I once climbed an old truss bridge to get some neat pictures of myself.

I climbed under it and sat on the beams beneath the bridge, I climbed the the very top, I hung off the edge of the bridge above several rocks.

Once I got done I  showed the pictures to my friends and they said they sucked.”

4. Whoa!

“Snuck a girl over and had unprotected s** while my parents were home.

Got syphilis at 17.”

5. No reward at all.

“During an all-nighter study session with my college roommate we decided we wanted to get some McDonald’s.

It was around 1 am, so we left all of our stuff in a common study room (laptops and all- wtf) and got in my car. It was pitch black, super foggy with my lights on, and raining to top it all off. I couldn’t see more than a foot in front of my car so we were driving 10mph down the highway on no sleep.

After less than 5 terrifying minutes we decided the cheeseburgers weren’t worth it and went home. Essentially high risk, no reward.”

6. Cherry pie.

“While in Army basic in 2004, I took a piece of cherry pie during dinner chow, covered it under 2 slices of bread and ate it before eating any of my actual dinner.

One of the guys in my platoon saw me but never said anything. If the Drill Sergeants would have caught me they would have made me (and my platoon) pay with a round of 200 (push-ups, sit-ups, burpees) and most likely mountain climbers unit a few of us threw up.

It was the first thing I ate with sugar in 2 and a half months and it was DELICIOUS! Especially since I never got caught!”

7. Pretty risky.

“I was stationed at GITMO (worked exterior security, nothing in the facility itself) and its actually a pretty laid back place to work. Anywho theres a bunch of different beaches we could swim at and me and a few others thought it would be fun to swim down around the fences and snap some pictures on the Cuba side.

Turns out they really didn’t like that. They didn’t approach us but there was an announcement made that doing such was highly illegal, they shut down the adjoining beaches and they demanded we come forward.

We never did and they never figured it out..but yeah we basically risked an international incident for a couple of pictures. Stupidest thing I’ve ever done.”

8. Tell no one.

“Sent my boss a glitter bomb, never told anyone who sent it.

The whole organization, thousands of people, know it happened, boss flipped out when glitter went everywhere.

I’ll never tell anyone.”

9. Shoplifting.

“Stole some random season of Seinfeld DVDs from Walmart by putting them under my hoodie.

Alarm went off as I left but it was 1 am so no one did s**t.

Just kept on walking.”

10. Insane.

“Smuggled €250,000 (drug money, taped to my chest) through 4 countries for the princely sum of £3000.

I risked my freedom for a sofa, a nice sofa, but still.

2/10 would not do again.”

11. A lot of this going on.

“Hid an ab**ive boyfriend from the cops.

Ended up breaking up with him afterwards and going to jail for a day (I was super lucky, harboring a fugitive is a felony, folks). I risked having a permanent felony on my record for a dude without a job who regularly verbally abused me.

Without a doubt the stupidest thing I’ve ever done because I thought I loved him and wanted to be with him forever.”

12. Road rage.

“Once got in a fit of road rage…

A guy cut me off on the interstate, so I honked at him (wasn’t a quick honk, it was a longer one, few seconds)

Guy slows down and matches the speed of the car in the right lane, so I’m blocked now.

I flash my headlights and honk again

He proceeds to spit out his sunroof and it hits my windshield

He then accelerates heavily back to speed

I floor it, move to the right lane and move to pass him

He floors it, now we’re both going faster (definitely got over 85mph, limit was 65 IIRC)

Coming up quickly on a delivery truck in the right lane (he’s still in the left, I’m in the right) I punch it harder

I just barely get in ahead of him then cut him off, maybe 50ft before the delivery truck.

I slow down and match the speed of the delivery truck. Wait for probably a minute at that speed (speed limit) then pass the delivery truck and move right. (he had been tailgating me and half driving on the shoulder)

Guy floors and flies past, I return to going 5 over the speed limit.

Lots of risk, zero reward. I was a complete idiot and there was nothing to gain. Saved no time and endangered at least 3 lives, if not more (mine, other guy, and delivery truck).”

Okay, now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us about the most high risk, low reward thing you’ve ever done in your life.

We can’t wait to hear your stories!

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People Talk About What Bothers Them That They’re Also Guilty Of Doing

Do you ever get so aggravated by something that it just makes you want to explode?

Like you want to scream to the heavens because this thing just drives you insane?

And…then you realize you also do the same thing sometimes?

Oops! Sorry about that!

People on AskReddit talked about what really annoys them that they’re also guilty of doing.

Let’s take a look.

1. Sorry about that.

“Interrupting / talking out of turn.

I think it’s genetics in my family.

Everyone talks over one another….Unlike everyone else, I’m working on it.”

2. The interrupter.

“I have a bad habit of interrupting people when they’re talking.

I never do it intentionally mind you but sometimes I can get over excited about a topic and my brain just kind of goes on a rampage.

I think it comes from living most of my life not being able to speak or not being able to get a word in edgewise.”

3. Guilty as charged.

“Social Media. Taking selfies/posting in general and seeking attention.

I hate that others do it but I have in no doubt posted something just to receive likes and feel a bit better about myself.”

4. Hmmm…

“Using the phone while driving.

Because obviously you are going to crash, while I am a god-like driving genius who will never crash.”

5. Keep it down!

“Snoring.

I snore like a freight train, and my wife usually doesn’t.

No idea how she can sleep through it, but it doesn’t bother her.

If anything, it puts her to sleep.”

6. The nerve!

“Pedestrians really bother me even though I’m often one of them.

I INSTANTLY become a hypocrite when I get behind the wheel.

I’m always mumbling “Pedestrians, walking around, crossing the street.”

7. Not a fan of this.

“Loud cars.

But when I was a teen during the muscle car days, you could hear me coming from a mile away.”

8. Maybe it’s time to change.

“Not being a good/attentive friend.

Sometimes I just genuinely don’t feel like talking or being around my friends for a few weeks or maybe even a month, but I still try to let people know I’m alive and that I care so they don’t worry.

Its the friends that don’t ask you to hang out, but are hanging out with other people, and not texting you back just so you know they’re alive, that bother me.

And then on the off chance you see them, they unload all these problems on you about their life, but don’t ask how you’re doing… like I texted you because I needed to know you were okay and also I NEEDED YOU, but now that you need ME you’ll communicate?

I try not to do that when I go awol for awhile. If something really interesting or somewhat dramatic happened in my life while I was “gone” I’ll be like listen to this! But I won’t be like, “here’s this emotional problem I’m having and how can you help?” When I haven’t even bothered to answer a “hey how are you I miss you” text.”

9. Working on it.

“Tapping, like on desk and tables.

I drum so I do it all the time compulsively but when I hear other do it it really annoys me.

I try not to do it in front of other people though, I’m working on it.”

10. Hypocritical.

“Fat people.

I ask myself “how can you get that big? Just stop eating so much” all the while I’m a very rotund person. I stuff my face with “delicious” foods not caring about calories or nutrients.

And I have the nerve to judge people.”

11. Wrap it up.

“Telling long meandering stories with unnecessary backstory details, dancing close to the point sometimes, then taking forever to get to it.

My parents both do this. I also do this.

Mom: “Last May, I was talking to your Aunt Patty about swimming at the lake when we were kids. That’s where you went as a kid for summer camp, remember? There was that girl you were friends with when you were seven years old and her parents came over for barbecue and…”

Fifteen minutes later…

Mom: “So it turns out that Uncle John didn’t have to drive all the way to San Diego because he could just mail me the money!”

Me: “Okay, so you got the money, the bill was paid on time, and everything’s fine. Got it…”.”

What irritates you that you’re also guilty of doing?

Talk to us in the comments and confess your sins!

We look forward to it!

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What Random Act of Kindness Stuck With You? Here’s How People Responded.

Kindness makes the world go ’round, amigos.

And sometimes, when you’re really down and out and you think there is nothing good left in the world, a complete stranger does something nice for you and it totally changes your perspective.

What random act of kindness in your life has stuck with you?

People on AskReddit shared their stories.

1. Hold on.

“When I was maybe 19 I was flying back home to see family. I had a layover in Atlanta, it was short. I had to absolutely haul *ss to make my flight.

I managed to get to one of the trains that take you to the next terminal. I had never been on one before and had my ear buds in so I didn’t hear the automated voice telling me to “hold on”.

The train lurched forward and before I could fall on my *ss, a guy next to me grabbed my arm and stopped me from falling. I thanked him and he just nodded.

That was a decade ago and I am still appreciative.”

2. That’s awesome.

“A few years ago, living in South Korea.

Just gotten back from a trip, and was trying to get a taxi from a highway rest stop at like 2am (aka, very difficult). Finally managed to book a taxi, but I couldn’t find the driver when he got there. He was calling me and getting frustrated, and I was getting overwhelmed.

I don’t know if you’ve ever had to exist in a language that’s not your native language, but there usually comes a point where you’re so tired, you just can’t anymore, and even if you know you understand, it’s just not making sense. I had reached that point, so I sat down and resigned myself to losing the taxi and having to camp at the rest stop for the night.

Some random old Korean man saw me crying and saying “I don’t speak Korean well. I’m sorry. I don’t understand.” and grabbed the phone, got me to the taxi, and his wife (I assume) handed me some candy and patted my arm and told me I’d be okay. And then the taxi driver was super sweet and was all like “It’s okay. You’ll be home soon.”

All of them could have very easily ignored me, but were just like “Here’s a person who obviously needs help, so I’m gonna help.””

3. A ride home.

“In 7th grade, I wasn’t allowed to board a bus for one reason or the other, I forget.

So I’m standing outside in the dark at 7 in the morning quietly crying when this kind old lady who just dropped off her grandchildren offered to take me home.

I’d seen her around before so I knew she was safe. We talked for a bit and she let me off at my house. Never forgetting that.”

4. A real saint.

“Ran out of gas on a large interstate in the midwest in the middle of the day.

I was headed home (3+ hour drive) for the weekend with my fiance for wedding planning stuff. Got out and hoofed it with a makeshift container in hand to haul gas back to the car and asked my fiance to stay seated with the only cell phone between us.

As I walked up and got gas a mile down at a major interchange, a skeezy looking dude rolled up in a Thunderbird. He says, “Hey man, can I take you back up to your car?” I must have given him a look, he’s dismissive, waves off my concerns and and says I can trust him.

I don’t want to walk but I figure it’s broad daylight, so we leave and he’s going off on a state highway in the literal opposite direction I need to go. I’m sweating my a** off and it is not hot out.

He asks about 5 minutes in where I’m coming from and where I’m going. I give as little info as possible and mention that my fiance has a phone in I don’t show up soon. I am absolutely shaking at this point.

The guy says, “Hey, man, you seem nervous….what music are you into?” I tell him I’m honestly open minded, which I’m sure doesnt mean a thing. He hits the power button on the cd player and, as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, the cd player plays the same d**n record on the exact same song that my wife and I were playing when the car ran out of gas.

This dude takes a few quick backroad turns and pops out on the interstate behind my car in no time. I ask him why he helped me, he says he’s a dishwasher at the Cracker Barrel next to the gas station. He was on smoke break and saw me coming a way off.

When he pulls up, he refuses any acknowledgement of his good deed and literally pulls off when I say “hold up, let me throw you a five for your troubles”. Probably sounds stupid but I just want to be as anonymously awesome as this dude was.

He saved me from suffering just to save me from suffering. I don’t know what saints are, but this felt saintly AF.”

5. Heatstroke.

“On a very hot summer day, I passed out on the sidewalk from dehydration/heat exhaustion.

Two older women picked me up off the ground, carried/dragged me into a nearby Chipotle, and sat with me while I drank water.

They were really nice about it.”

6. Ouch.

“When I broke my ankle, every single person looked at me on the ground bleeding and walked on. It was really strange to experience.

One guy saw me, brought his whole truck around and offered to take me to the hospital. There was already an ambulance coming so I declined, but he sat there and talked to me and told me it’s going to be okay.

He really sticks out. Almost 10 people walked by and minded their business while I was on the ground, my bone sticking out of my leg. He came up and helped. I really hope he’s doing okay.”

7. Grateful.

“My husband and I were in a car accident where a drunk guy ran onto the highway and we hit him (in the middle of the day, just bolted in front of the car).

We sat there in a smashed up car with a d**d body lying behind the car for 15 minutes before a car stopped and helped us. Neither of us could speak because of the shock. This lady saw us in the car and made her husband come back around so she could help. Hundreds of cars passed, she was the only one who stopped.

She called the police and ambulance, and waited until they arrived. Really grateful for her and her husband.”

8. Really nice.

“Working the register and a guy’s car battery was shot and his bank froze his card so he couldn’t pay.

This other guy sees what’s going on walks up and pays for the battery then walks out.”

9. An awesome day.

“I was backpacking in Central American and ended up on the island Flores in Guatemala. My travel buddy and I wanted to see ruins nearby.

We took a bus out there, got lost a little, but eventually found the trail to the town(ruins). So we’re walking for about 3 hours and realize once the we get to the gate of the ruins we may just have to turn right back around to catch the last bus back. We decide to move forward and try to hitch hike our way back since we really wanted to see these ruins.

Right when we finally reach the gate a truck pulls up and offers us a ride in, we decline saying we’ve already made it so we were good. The guy informs us it’s about another hour or so walk past the gate to even get to the town so we take him up on the offer. We find out he works for the government and he gave us an hours long in depth tour of this historical site.

This was especially awesome because it wasn’t a popular spot so there wasn’t a ton of informational placards around. Then at the end he asked us where we were staying and he told us he was also staying on Flores for a few days so he offered us a ride back. On the way back, him and his wife bought us dinner and then dropped us off and gave us their contact in case we got lost somewhere or needed suggestions on places to visit.

It really made me feel like there is always help out there for you, sometimes you have to search and sometimes it falls into your lap. It was an awesome day I’ll remember forever.”

10. Christmas Eve.

“I was working a seven hour drive away helping to open a new location of our business I got a flat hours from home.

I pulled into the shoulder and started limping my car to a nearby petrol station. I usually had chocks and a full tyre change kit but I had lent them to a friend only a few days earlier. It was about 11pm. It was raining. I had just worked a twelve hour shift and was desperate to just get home. It was Christmas Eve.

I struggled to try and get my tyre off with the limited tools I had. I tried re-inflating the tyre but that didn’t work either.

I asked in the shop of the petrol station if they sold tyre change kits and they didn’t. I rang my roadside assistance company and there was a three hour wait for a truck.

I went back to my car and cried. I was tired and drenched and just wanted to get home for Christmas.

Suddenly there was a knock on my window and a man waving at me. He held up a jack and a tyre iron.

He said he heard me asking for help in the shop. He helped me change my tyre in the pouring rain and had bought me a coffee. He gave me his number and insisted I text him when I was safely home.

When I asked if I could give him money for his time he just said ‘ My girl is about your age. I would hope someone would do the same for her if she were in your position.’

All I could do was hug him in thanks. He wanted to get home for Christmas too but stopped and helped me.

I did text him when I got home. A picture of my family with a sign saying thankyou. They were extremely grateful.

I learned a valuable lesson that day about lending out essential tools but also about kindness and the impact it can have.

Random man at the servo who helped a twenty odd year old girl sobbing in the rain get home for Christmas, your kindness has stuck with me for nearly twenty years and I think of you every time I go to walk by someone in need and choose to help instead.”

11. Almost stranded.

“I was almost stranded in a small town where I knew no one as an international student in Scotland.

I had just finished hiking when I discovered that all trains heading back to my city got cancelled. I was in a resort kind of town where they had no taxi services and it was already cold and dark. My phone was also d**d by this point.

The people waiting with me at a bus stop were very kind tho and started ringing different places until they finally found one with a vacant room (it was peak season). They were employees who had just finished their shift at the “Oak Tree Inn”.

Go there people! The least I could do is advertise them when they saved my life 🙂 I could’ve slept in the forest that night.”

What’s a random act of kindness that’s stuck with you?

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People Discuss What They Think Exists Only to Mess With All of Us

Believe it or not, the world is against ALL OF US.

And we’re about to get the proof, folks…

So hang on tight as your worst suspicions get confirmed.

Folks on AskReddit shared their opinions about what exists only to mess with us.

Let’s dive in!

1. What’s the point?

“Daylight Savings Time.

It’s basically the government telling you to f**k up your biological clock and have a sh**ty Monday just to see if you’ll do it.

The pure capricious nature of it discourages most people from even inquiring about the “or else” for a whole year.

They just conform. It’s diabolical!”

2. Cruel.

“Sugar free gummy bears.

It seems like their only purpose is to lure innocent victims into having more than the serving amount (which is like 4), and then having their intestines tort**ed later.”

3. Pretty annoying.

“Silent letters in words.

Especially the word queue.

Motherfu**er is five letters long and four of them are silent.”

4. Not a bad idea.

“The tipping system in US restaurants…

Just include it into the price of the dish and divide it among all the employees!”

5. Filing taxes.

“In the US, filing taxes.

Most people only receive a w-2 form, and 1099-int, maybe a couple other forms. All those forms are sent to the US government as well.

This means the government generally knows your income. Yet you still need to file it yourself. It technically possible for the US government to send you a filled out tax form which asks you, “is this correct?”.

Instead, tax preparation companies lobby to prevent that from happening because if that did happen, they would lose their income.

Each time you pay for tax preparation software, or a tax preparer, you are giving money indirectly to lobbyists that do not ever want filing taxes to be simple.”

6. No….No!

“YouTube recommendations.

No, I don’t want to see that video again.

No, I don’t want to see videos from that channel, I’ve already ignored a dozen similar ones.

Still no.”

7. Little devils.

“Cats.

They look cute. You cuddle with them for a few hours.

And then they bite you.

And then you do that for years until they pass away.

And then when they pass away you cry.

They successfully emotionally manipulate you”

8. Useless!

“Wasps, gnats, mosquitos, bedbugs.

They’re all useless in the animal kingdom and if they stopped existing the world would not notice a negative effect.”

9. Drives me insane.

“People who refuse to go a single mph faster than the speed limit.

And then the guy right next to them in the other lane doing the same thing.”

10. Could go either way.

“Door handles.

It’s a gamble on whether it’s push or pull and you still get it wrong many times.”

11. Very divisive.

“Religion.

The world would be so much simpler if humanity didn’t believe in magic fairies.”

12. Kind of messed up.

“Hostile design in public areas.

Literally the only reason for it to exist is to make homeless people even more miserable by depriving them of a place to sleep.”

13. That’s too bad.

“Poison oak.

Only humans are allergic to it.

Other animals frolic in it, especially your dog which you then snuggle and now you’re miserable for a month.”

14. Try that again.

“USB cables.

And before you say no, ask yourself whether you have EVER gotten it right on the first try, because you have not.”

Okay, now it’s your turn.

In the comments, tell us what you think exists only to mess with us.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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What Screams “I Have Money but Don’t Know How to Manage It”? People Responded.

I’ve never had a ton of money, so I don’t know how I’d necessarily deal with it

Maybe I’d buy gold-plated toilet paper rolls or a whole swimming pool full of Jell-O.

I guess you just never know until you’re in that position how you’d spend your wads of cash.

People on AskReddit talk about how they can tell folks don’t know how to manage their money.

1. Windfalls.

“They spend minor “windfalls” immediately. Especially on electronics or trinkets or gadgets.

I see this on the buildapc subreddit and elsewhere. As soon as people get money, they spend money.

There is a significant portion of the population who haven’t learned or refuse to learn how to handle money correctly.”

2. Can’t do that!

“Buying an expensive car then never changing the oil.

I worked with a guy who broke down on the highway one day. Turns out he hadn’t changed his oil, or probably any other form of maintenance, for like 8-9 months.

Knowing his commute, he should have gone 3 months at most between changes just on work mileage.”

3. Monthly payments.

“Speaking about how they can afford something because of the “monthly payments”.

Obviously there are some things where it makes sense to finance, but if it’s every purchase you make, chances are you are terrible with money.”

4. Up and down.

“Their quality of living going drastically up and down proportionally depending on how close it is to payday.

When they have cash, it’s expensive lunches, lots of online shopping, and making plans. Followed by a week of sulking while eating ramen tortillas.”

5. Let’s try this one.

“Multiple maxed out credit cards.

When a person pays with a card, gets declined, switches to another one, and gets declined again they’re definitely bad with money.”

6. Tacky.

“I saw a show on Netflix where a woman had a house where 99% of the items (including the wall moldings) had the Versace logo.

All of her baby’s clothes too. It just looks so bad.

It’s okay if you’re not very good at interior design, but she could just hire a designer…

This screams “I have money but don’t know how to manage it”, and also “I have money but zero sense of style or personality”.”

7. A head-scratcher.

“All the people who booked 3 week 5-star package holidays to Spain when we knew we were heading into a pandemic lock-down, and then went to the tabloid papers to complain they couldn’t afford to feed their kids because the holiday company had gone bust and there was no refund.

If you couldn’t afford to feed your kids without the refund, how were you planning on feeding them if you had gone on holiday?”

8. I’m broke.

“People with six figure incomes who never have money.

My brother is one. He says when he gets his paycheck he HAS to spend it, it doesn’t even matter what he buys.

He does seem happy though, and he doesn’t have any debt so he’s probably on to something.”

9. That’s dumb.

“Buying 2 or 3 tablets at a time, so you can use one and keep the others on charge so you’re “never without one”.

I had to help her troubleshoot 4 of them.”

10. You gotta save.

“No savings account or very little in the savings account.

I will frequently speak with people who make 6 figures (the average household income in my city is about $42k) and want to use a zero down or first time home buyers’ down payment assistant program, because they do not have a savings.

Savings can mean investments, 401K, emergency fund…the people I am referring to make $15k a month or more and spend all of it and have no savings or investments to fall back on.”

11. Trying to project success.

“I did work for a guy at his beach house. Second home, house on lake Michigan, drove 100k suv.

The lot alone was probably worth a million. He had been a customer for a while and we always worked on his stuff. One time he’s not there, but wants me to fix something because he has a party coming up. I figure, no big deal. Order parts. My boss flips his s**t. He gives a big speech about not trusting people because you don’t know who is who.

He’s like, I’ve met people in the ghetto who have a million dollars stuffed in their mattress, and people in million dollar homes who can’t afford two sticks to rub together to stay warm. You only see what people allow you to see. He says, always collect at least half up front. That way we can at least cover parts and our initial trip if nothing else. That job goes fine and I don’t think much about it. I actually think he’s making a fuss about nothing.

The guy has been a customer for some time. A few months later this same guy calls and asks me to go fix some other thing, and to call him and he’ll pay over the phone if necessary, but he’ll be in later that day. I get to the beach house, and I s**t you not every door on that house is bolted and padlocked. On all the doors, duck taped, are letters from the state saying the property is being seized for unpaid property taxes to the tune of some 600k.

My jaw dropped and I just walked away. I didn’t even call the customer back because he was coming in town later that FRiday. Things started to click. Whenever that guy was there, he was always screaming at someone on the phone. Not yelling, screaming. You start going over every encounter, piecing things together you didn’t think much about.

I thought he was just a shrewd businessmen. Turns out he was under a ton of financial pressure, and trying to project success to people. You learn as you go I guess.”

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What Irritates You That You’re Also Guilty Of Doing? People Spoke Up.

We all do it

We get really annoyed by things and then we turn around and do them ourselves.

I guess we could call ourselves hypocrites…but I don’t want to insult anyone…or myself.

What irritates you…that you’re also guilty of doing?

AskReddit users spoke up about this.

1. This is my road!

“Being on this particular road going in this particular direction at this particular time of day.

Why is there traffic right NOW, d*mmit!”

2. Just take it easy…

“Eating.

Any, and all eating sounds make me want to commit a war crime.

But I’m almost 100% sure that I make the exact same noises when I’m eating.”

3. Goes both ways.

“Cyclists when I’m driving.

Drivers when I’m cycling.”

4. Overdoing it.

“Being overly self deprecating.

When other people do it it’s untrue and they need to stop but when I do it its warranted and I’m just being honest.

It’s a bad mindset.”

5. Here come the complaints.

“Complaining about things.

I usually end up catching myself and trying to frame my complaints in a more positive light and that helps, but I am still way guilty of it.”

6. Inner dialogue.

“Talking to myself.

I do it so much I forget that I do it.

I get worried that people see my do it and I really want to stop but it’s the only way I can get my thoughts out.”

7. Pointless.

“Chasing someone who is not into you.

I’m doing right now and hate it so much.

Can’t let go.”

8. Just change the subject.

“Denying I made a mistake even though I know I did.

I catch myself most of the time, but every once in a while I wont give in no matter what and will just change the subject.”

9. Nerd alert!

“Being an annoying SciFi fan.

I really, truly, try and keep all my TV shows/movie theories in my head, or at least relevant to a topic or convo, but I just love my nerd s**t.”

10. Not gonna make it tonight…

“Canceling plans last minute. Got that social anxiety.

I know other people have it too, but it still hurts and I know it hurts other people.”

11. Working on it.

“Not fully listening to someone. I can’t wait to have my opinion or story heard. I’m trying hard to minimize this.

I understand it’s a human trait but I’m working hard on allowing people to finish so that I actually listen instead of just hearing them.”

12. Stand down.

“Not standing up for what you believe in because of fear of confrontation.

There were so many times I brushed off homophobic comments as a bis**ual girl that I shouldn’t have but I was just avoiding arguments.

It irritates me so much.”

Okay, it’s confession time…

What drives you nuts that you do, too.

Talk to us in the comments and spill your guts!

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