37 Times People Were Given Horrible Financial Advice

Bad financial advice can come from all kinds of people, sometimes even from folks who really believe that they have it all figured out when it comes to finances.

But you always need to be wary and you need to do your homework when you get money advice from anyone, no matter who they are.

Folks on AskReddit shared stories about really bad financial advice they received.

Let’s see what they had to say.

37. Thanks, Dad.

“My dad in 2008 – “Don’t invest that $1,000 into Apple.”

My dad in 2012 – “Tesla is a pipe dream. Stock won’t be worth the paper is printed on.”

36. Hmmm…

“Don’t pay off your entire credit card balance when the bill comes.

Pay it slowly so that it shows your ability to pay debt over time.

This will help your credit score.”

35. Don’t take that advice.

“”Lease a car, don’t buy used”

leased car price -> $25,000

My used car I drove for multiple years without maintenance (aside from tires/oil) -> $3,000.”

34. Time to leave.

“My husband and I were looking to sell our home and buy another and the realtor told us to put 99 dependents on our taxes so we make more. She said she had done it for years and it was fine.

We left pretty quickly after that.”

33. Doesn’t work for everyone.

“Take out a student loan.

You’ll be able to pay it back easy when you have a degree.”

32. Go your own way.

“Don’t be a programmer. Your job will get outsourced to India.” – my dad when I told him excitedly as a teenager that I tried coding and loved it.

I ignored his advice and I’m now a programmer and still love it. Oh, and the pay is great too. I am now making a lot more than he ever did.”

31. Just do it!

“To buy a house when they were giving them out like candy several years ago. I had bad credit and an unstable job, I said no way.

So many people were pressuring me. All those people lost their houses. Those balloon payments are no joke.”

30. Don’t understand…

“Recent terrible advice: I got hit while driving on a highway and have a crinkled in rear side fender and cracked tail light. I can still drive it, but who knows what damage is underneath.

My car is only 5 yrs old with maybe 60k miles, so it’s still a great car. Yet, my early 20s friend said I shouldn’t get insurance to fix it and instead just “pocket the deductible to save up for a down payment on another car”. Or maybe file the claim and pocket the money.

My deductible is $300, and I wasn’t at fault, so the other person’s insurance is likely going to pay my deductible. I just straight up cannot understand where he is coming from. Why wouldn’t I get the car fixed so I have a fully functional, reliable car? It’s, at most, $300. I just don’t understand.”

29. A big mess.

““If you can’t afford to pay back your student loans just ignore it. Can’t bleed a turnip…” – My father.

He followed it with something along the lines of “what’s the worse they can do to you?”

The answer… ALOT. They can do a lot to you.”

28. Can’t do that.

“My parents and grandparents keep pressuring me to quit my job because I’m pregnant. They think my husband’s job will sustain us and we’ll just have to penny-pinch a little more.

I don’t know if they realize that we all live in America. It will absolutely take both of our incomes to raise our child, especially since I’ll be taking 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave in about a month.”

27. Never heard that before.

““Saving money attracts bad luck” “Do not save or else you’ll end up using it for an emergency”

It’s a Filipino superstition that “saving” attracts an emergency. Do not save so that you don’t experience an emergency.

Being frugal is frowned upon. What happens if an emergency happens and they have no savings?

They “borrow” money from frugal people and if you say no to them because you know they spent their money on useless things they will say “you can not bring all your wealth to your grave”.

I choose the people who I lend/give money.

“Buy things to see the fruit of your labor”

When buying new expensive items, sometimes things they don’t really need. I have no problem on this if only they use this words once in a while but do it every paycheck is too much.

Then they will proceed to tell me buy stuff like them and not be frugal because you know, you can’t bring all those money to the grave so might as well use it immediately.”

26. Sure about that?

“Several years ago, my company went under new management. They were going to have to pay us all of our remaining, unused PTO. I figured, great, I have a ton of PTO left, like $5000 worth. (I had A LOT of unused hours)

One of my colleagues said “YOU’RE going to be hit with taxes.” And she said it like “oh, you better be prepared. Don’t get excited, they’re going to tax the s**t out of you anyway so don’t expect much!”

I get hit with taxes every paycheck, lady. And when I did the math, they didn’t take out a higher percentage of that PTO than I normally have taken out of my paycheck, so when I did the math beforehand, I managed my expectations well

Then, I was a manager of a call center. The call center agents made 12.00 an hour, but once I came in, I raised it to 15.50 an hour. One of them complained to me that this means her taxes are being raised and she’s earning less. She didn’t see the higher number on the bottom of her check for some reason.”

25. Oh, Dad…

“My father would tell me to max my credit card on a new car and if they asked for payments just say “F**k em, what are they going to do?”

My father is several levels of debt hell deep that he’s trying to get out of now, but he’s at least trying.”

24. That’s a bummer.

1976 San Francisco. Keep renting, no one will ever pay $35,000 for a 2 bedroom house and garage with a sweeping view of the East Bay.

I went back to visit the old neighborhood a few years ago, those $35,000 stucco homes up many flights of steps perched on the top of Potrero Hill were now all gentrified, remodeled, gated, and asking $1M+ and that was 5 years ago.”

23. About that iPad…

“About 5 years ago, I had a friend who was trying to convince me to study through a private college because they “gave her a free ipad”.

She never finished the course, but kept the iPad (you only got to keep it once you pay your fees and graduate. Mind you, the price of the course included the iPad so it wasn’t free).

So last year, four years later, I get a call from the college asking for her contact info. She put me down as a reference and they were chasing her down because she still owed her fees and wasn’t entitled to keep the iPad.”

22. Not too bright.

“My cousin bought a camper, went camping once, and then decided camping wasn’t for them.

Rather than selling it they decided to just stop making the payments and “let the bank come and get it.”

Which, eventually, they did.”

21. Hmmmm…

“Don’t take a raise if it puts you into the next tax bracket.

And pay the minimum on your credit card to establish good credit.”

20. Ouch.

“”Don’t major in computer science. Computer scientists are a dime a dozen.”

I did not take that advice.”

19. Just run away!

“Guy I haven’t seen in three years or so wanted to talk me into starting a business with him, because he just got into college for a bachelors degree in business.

Yeah sure, let me get my check book out in this badly illuminated garage while we’re both dr**k. Guy also got into MLM and weird self-optimisation preachers.”

18. Okay!

“Get a bigger mortgage, you can deduct more from your taxes!

Yeah dumba**, and I’ll be spending double that amount in interest so why should I?”

17. Ignore it.

“Just ignore the collection call and eventually they will leave you alone….

I didn’t follow this advice.

I had a parking ticket I didn’t know about that ended up on my credit and the guy I mentioned it to gave me that bit of wisdom.”

16. Not a great time to do that.

“First year outta college, working for a financial advisor, and he tried to convince me to put 5% down and buy an apartment in Chicago.

It was the summer of 2007.”

15. Did the right thing.

“”Don’t go to community college, you’ll never get a job. Instead apply at X and X colleges.”

My grandmother, aunt, uncle, and cousin all told me this, and I really considered their advice because my parents really didn’t give a s**t what I did.

Since I didn’t get any scholarships from high school, I decided at least if I went to CC and didn’t get a job I wouldn’t have student debt and I could just do something else.

I went to CC for two years totally free on FAFSA grants (it was 800$ a semester LOL) and did so well I transferred to a university with a (almost) full ride.

I am now a semester away from graduation with a job lined up and all of 4k of student debt which is likely to be forgiven anyway.”

14. Come on!

“Incite me to go to a real expensive restaurant where you can spend easily $250 without drinks at a time I only had $700 in bank account and had not paid for my car, groceries and stuff .

Because “Come on we only live once”.”

13. Time to take a trip.

“My ex (in his mid twenties and lived at home with no expenses) went out of the country for two weeks with a budget of $2700.

He was real proud of his breakdown: $1000 credit available on credit card A, $1000 credit available on credit card B, $300 in available overdraft, $100 in checking, $300 in savings.

I tried to explain that this is not a great way to budget for a trip, and his response was “credit cards are meant to be used. As long as you pay the minimum payment, you’re good. What do you know about credit cards? You never use it? Start using yours more before you talk to me about money”.”

12. Car talk.

“My aunt took me to a car dealership when I was looking to buy my own first car. I was looking at the clunkers I could afford, but she said I should be looking at the new cars.

She said, “the total price doesn’t matter because you make monthly payments.” I suddenly understood too well why she had always been so financially unstable.”

11. Not gonna happen!

“A relative tried to recruit me into Amway.

He wound up stuck with a garage full of their products.”

10. Nope!

“Yeah even if they’ve recently robbed you, you should still lend them the 500$ dollars they need to move to another city, they’re your family after all.

-Dad.

I don’t even know how mom married your dumb a**.”

9. You sure about that?

“My FIL when I mention our retirement plan “I never contribute to my retirement account. Money now is always better than money later”.

I needed to have a conversation with my husband how we would NOT be supporting his mom and dad and their insane spending when they have no retirement plan and make huge financial mistakes on a weekly basis (good news is they both make good money).”

8. Son, let’s have a talk.

“I got 90 dollars and my 11 year old son told me I should buy 90 dollars worth of kazoos.

No real plan past that…”

7. Rent to own.

“”Just get it at Rent-A-Center.”

I had a coworker that got pretty much everything there.

“It’s only $20/week, and they’ll replace it if it breaks.”

$20/week for how long? Oh cool, so you’re paying more than double for it? Got it.”

6. Burning a hole in your pocket.

““Spend it quickly or it’ll get stolen.”

Coming from someone with a history of losing and blowing their money.”

5. Not a joke.

“That an emergency fund wasn’t necessary when you can always get a payday loan or use your credit card.

He wasn’t joking.”

4. Really bad advice.

“One of my uncles once told me that I never really had to pay my phone bill.

He suggested that I simply jump to another carrier and let the first company cut you off.

His life has turned out exactly as you’d imagine.”

3. Oh, boy…

“”Once you cut up the credit card, you don’t have to pay it.”

My cousin is not doing so hot.

I’m pretty sure there are warrants out for his arrest in several states.”

2. I’m just vibing over here.

“”Just get another credit card”.

From my friend who hasn’t worked in 3 years and is currently just vibing with his new credit cards he somehow got approved for.”

1. Don’t listen to them.

“So when I was 24, I was financially struggling. I had a job that worked me a LOT of hours, but only paid me $10 an hour.

My parents talked me into buying a BRAND NEW 2004 4-Door Honda Civic, the pre-interest price tag on it was about $25,000. A few weeks after getting it, my hours got regulated and it took one entire paycheck to make the monthly note on it – I could NOT afford the insurance on it.

I very quickly realized my parents were bad at money.”

Now it’s your turn!

In the comments, please tell us about the worst financial advice you’ve ever received.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Times When People Were Camouflaged and Didn’t Even Realize It

According to Wikipedia, camouflage first came about in the 18th century when rifle units started wearing these types of outfits to blend in with forest surroundings.

But according to me, it first came about when some fish got born looking like a rock and didn’t get eaten so he made a bunch of other rock-lookin’ fish.

Follow me for more insightful history/biology facts.

However it happened, it’s kind of everywhere now, including places nobody even needed it to be. It happens by accident. Here, look at these memes, you’ll see what I mean. (or WILL you?)

15. When your scarf is a floor

Let’s not lose our heads over this.

Via: The Chive

14. When your skirt is some rocks

Just don’t go skipping yourself on the water.

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13. When your socks are a carpet

I don’t know why this looks so cozy but it does.

Via: The Chive

12. When your shirt is your bed

He doesn’t know what’s happening but he’s happy about it.

Via: The Chive

11. When your top is your phone

Surely you saw this one coming, Jessica.

Via: The Chive

10. When your dress is a curtain

Ta da!

Via: The Chive

9. When your pants are a bed

Get a leg up on your day.

Via: The Chive

8. When your shirt is flowers

Just plant me here, I’ll bloom.

Via: The Chive

7. When your shirt is bowl

Am I crazy or does it look like this dude poured milk in his mac and cheese?

Via: The Chive

6. When your outfit is tissues

What are ya gonna, cry about it?

Via: The Chive

5. When your shoes are stairs

Don’t trip.

Via: The Chive

4. When your clothes is chair

Have a seat, why don’t ya.

Via: The Chive

3. When your knit is floor

Is she in love?

Via: The Chive

2. When your shirt is drink

Do I spy choccy milk?

Via: The Chive

1. When your vibe is beer

That describes all of us.

Via: The Chive

Say hidden, stay safe.

How do you best blend in?

Tell us in the comments.

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People Share “Let That Sink In” Facts That Are Hard to Believe

Do you want to know ALL the info there is out there?

Well, that’s impossible, but today we’ve got 14 crazy facts to wrap your head around.

Let’s take a look!

1. Kaboom #2!

It took humanity approximately 4 times longer to switch from copper swords to steel swords than it took to switch from steel swords to nuclear bombs.

2. Eat mur ckcn!

There are more chickens in America than people on the planet.

3. Oh, is that all?

To be in the top 1% of Americans in terms of income, you need to rake in about $400,000 a year.

Round it off to $1,000 a day.

4. Unluckiest nurse ever.

The Titanic had two sister ships, the Britannic and the Olympic. There was a woman called Violet Jessop, a nurse and a cruise liner stewardess that worked on all three.

The Olympic crashed into a warship whilst leaving harbor but was able to make it back.

She was on the Titanic as it sank and is referenced in the Titanic film, a stewardess that was told to set an example to the non english speaking passengers as the ship sank. She looked after a baby on lifeboat 16 until being rescued by the Carpathia the next day.

It’s not known what exactly caused the sinking of the Britannic but the lifeboats hit the water too early. As the ship sank, the rear listed up and a number of the lifeboats were sucked into the propellers. Violet had to jump out of the lifeboat she was in and sustained a serious head injury, but survived.

She was on board for all three incidents in the space of 5 years.

She went back to continue to work at sea for another thirty years before retiring in 1950. She died of Heart failure in 71.

5. Now THAT is big… and small… and big.

If the sun were scaled down to the size of a white blood cell, the Milky Way galaxy would be the size of the continental United States.

The vastness of space is mind boggling.

6. Wait… how many?!

The US dropped 26,172 bombs [in 2016].

That’s almost 72 per day.

That’s about 3 bombs an hour. Every hour. For the entire year.

In 2017, the US had already dropped more bombs than that by September.

7. Feel old now?

Macaulay Culkin is now older than Catherine O’Hara was when she played his mom in Home Alone.

8. Savage!

France was still using the guillotine when the first Star Wars film came out.

9. Kaboom!

Next to the US army, Disney world is the largest buyer and importer of explosives in the USA.

10. What the what?!?

The first electric car was invented at the end of the nineteenth century and it went 65 mph.

11. Lot of concrete!

China used more concrete in 3 years than the U.S. used in the entire 20th century.

12. Weird orbit

The Moon orbits us from the west to the east, but we see it move across the sky east to west because of the rate of the Earths rotation.

Our observation is like being in a faster car watching a slower car (heading in the same absolute direction) fall further and further behind us.

13. F**king Texas…

There are more tigers privately owned in Texas than tigers in the wild.

14. Yes, the Air Force is #1.

The US navy has the second largest air force in the world.

Mind blowing, right? Who would have thought that a nurse could be THAT unlucky. Wow!

Have a fact that you’d like to share with us? Do that in the comments!

Thanks, fam!

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12 Mindbenders That Might Just Mess With Your Sense of Reality

The simple definition of a paradox is this: a statement that contradicts itself or a situation which seems to defy logic.

These are all around us every day, and range from something mundane like saying “I always lie” and the complexities surrounding the idea of time travel.

If you’re into reading things that really bend your brain, I present these 12 paradoxes, designed to do just that.

12. When did it cease to be?

The Ship of Theseus always kind of fucked me. So, there’s this Greek dude called Theseus, and he’s on a very long boat trip home. His ship needs repair, they stop, replace a few rotten boards, and continue. Due to the particularily strenuous nature of this very long trip, several more of these stops for repairs are made, until, by the very end, not a single board from the original vessel remains.

Is this still the same vessel? If not, when did it cease to be?

11. Simple but not.

Pinocchio says “My nose will grow after I finish this sentence”

Does it?

10. The more traffic, the more traffic. Or something.

Braess’ paradox.

From wiki “the observation that adding one or more roads to a road network can end up impeding overall traffic flow through it. The paradox was postulated in 1968 by German mathematician Dietrich Braess, who noticed that adding a road to a particular congested road traffic network would increase overall journey time.”

9. Just stop it, people.

That “this page is intentionally left blank” page.

The page isn’t even blank anymore!

8. Triple make you crazy.

The UK ‘triple lock’ that people moving to the UK experience:

Need proof of address and photographic ID to open a bank account

Need a bank account and photographic ID to rent a place

Need a bank account and an address to get sent your photographic ID

7. The Legend of Zelda.

What about the song of storms from the legend of Zelda?

In the legend of Zelda ocarina of Time, you travel though time between child and adult by using the master sword, and doing so you can come back to certain areas to get different items from both times.

Well one song the you learn is called the song of storms and you learn it by going to the adult time and talk to a guy in a windmill. He tells you about a kid that came in 7 years ago and played a strange song and messed up the windmill and teaches it to you. After learning the song you can now go back to being a child and go to the guy in the windmill and play the song to him, despite not knowing it before as a child.

So questions are where did the song come from and who taught who the song? Did the windmill guy teach it to link or did link teach it to the windmill guy?

6. And around and around forever.

Jim is my enemy.

But it turns out that Jim is also his own worst enemy.

And the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

So, Jim is actually my friend.

But…because he is his own worst enemy, the enemy of my friend is my enemy.

So, actually Jim is my enemy.

But…

5. Where to put the hooks?

So i know this is just a silly thing but…..

At my old work, my department was food service. In our prep room, you had to always wear an apron. Always, no exceptions.

When leaving the preproom, you had to take your apron off to prevent cross contamination.

The bosses were trying to figure out where to put the hooks. Inside in the back of the door, or outside on the wall.

4. Definitely hard to explain.

The Banach Tarski paradox is one hell of a mind fuck.

Its basically taking something, and rearranging it to form another exact copy of itself while still having the complete original. Like taking a sphere, which has infinite points on it and drawing line from every “point” on its surface to the center, or the core of the sphere. Then you seperate the lines from the sphere, but because there is infinite points you now have an exact copy of the original sphere.

Its kind of hard to explain here so just watch the Vsauce video on it for a more in depth explanation.

3. The coastline is always growing…or something.

The coastline paradox.

The more accurately you measure a coastline, the longer it gets… to infinity.

2. But you do, in fact, reach the door.

One of my favorites is Xeno’s Paradox.

In order to leave my apartment, just for example, I have to walk half way to my front door. Then I have to walk half the remaining distance. Then half that distance, ad infinitum. In theory, I should never be able to reach the door.

Now I love this paradox, because we’ve actually solved it. It was a lively, well-discussed debate for millennia. At least a few early thinkers were convinced that motion was an illusion because of it!

It was so persuasive an argument that people doubted their senses!

Then Leibniz (and/or Newton) developed calculus and we realized that infinite sums can have finite solutions.

Paradox resolved.

It makes me wonder what “calculus” we are missing to resolve some of these others.

EDIT: A lot more people have strong opinions about Zeno’s Paradox than I thought. To address common comments:

1.) Yes, it’s Zeno, not ‘Xeno’. Blame autocorrect and my own fraught relationship with homophones.

2.) Yes there are three of them.

3.) If you’re getting hung up on the walking example, think of an arrow being shot at a fleeing target. First the arrow has to get to where the target was. But at that point, the target has moved. So the arrow has to cover that new distance. But by then, the target has moved again, etc. So the arrow gets infinitesimally closer to the target, but doesn’t ever reach it.

4.) Okay, you think you could have solved it if you were living in ancient Greece. I profoundly regret that you weren’t born back then to catapult our understanding two millenia into the future.

5.) Yes, I agree Diogenes was a badass.

I hope this covers everything.

1. Just take a shot and pick a box.

Newcomb’s Paradox:

There are two boxes, A and B. A contains either $1,000 or $0 and B contains $100. Box A is opaque, so you can’t see inside, Box B is clear, so you can see for sure that there is $100 in it.

Your options is to choose both boxes, or to choose only Box A.

There is an entity called “The Predictor”, which determines whether or not the $1,000 will be in Box A. How he chooses this is by predicting whether or not you will choose both boxes, or just Box A. If the Predictor predicts that you will “two box”, he will leave Box A empty. If he predicts that you will “one box”, he will put the $1,000 in Box A. He is accurate “an overwhelming amount of the time”, but not 100%. At the time of your decision, the contents of Box A (i.e. whether or not there is anything in it) are fixed, and nothing you do at that point will change whether or not there is anything in the box.

It is a paradox of decision theory that rests on two principles of rational choice. According to the principle of strategic dominance:

There are only two possibilities, and you don’t know which one holds:

Box A is empty: Therefore you should choose both boxes, to get $100 as opposed to $0.

Box A is full: Therefore you should choose both boxes, to get $1,100 as opposed to just $1,000.

Therefore, you should always choose both boxes, since under every possible scenario, this results in more money.

BUT:

According to the principle of expected value:

Choosing one box is superior because you have a statistically higher chance of getting more money. Most of the people who have gone before you who have chosen one box have gotten $1,000, and most that have chosen both boxes have gotten only $100. Therefore, if you analyze the problem statistically, or in terms of which decision has the higher probability of resulting in a higher outcome, you should choose only one box. Imagine one billion people going before you, and you actually seeing so many of them have this outcome. Any outliers became insignificant.

In terms of strategic dominance, two-boxing is always superior to one-boxing because no matter what is in Box A, two-boxing results in more money. One-boxing, on the other hand, has a demonstrably higher probability of resulting in a larger amount of money. Both of these choices represent fundamental principles of rational choice. There are two rival theories, Causal Decision Theory (which supports strategic dominance) and Evidential Decision Theory (which supports expected utility). It is pretty arcane but one of the most difficult paradoxes in contemporary philosophy.

Robert Nozick summed it up well: “To almost everyone, it is perfectly clear and obvious what should be done. The difficulty is that these people seem to divide almost evenly on the problem, with large numbers thinking that the opposing half is just being silly.”

EDIT: I made some edits…to make it clearer.

EDIT: There are also an offshoot of Newcomb’s Paradoxes called medical Newcomb’s Problems. I’ve been in a situation like this before, I’ll describe it:

I went on an antidepressant, and there’s a history of manic depression in my family. My psychiatrist told me that for some people, antidepressants bring out their manic phase, and they find out they have manic depression. They already did have manic depression, so it doesn’t cause it, it just reveals it. She told me to watch out for any impulsive decisions I making, as that can be a sign of a manic phase.

I was in line at a convenience store and thought: should I buy a black and mild? I don’t really smoke, but for some reason it seemed appealing. Then I realized, that seems like an impulsive decision. But, if it is an impulsive decision, and I go through with it, and do indeed have manic depression, then I should just do it anyways. After all, it’s not making me have manic depression, it’s simply revealing something to me that I already had. On the other hand, if I don’t do it, then I have no evidence that I have manic depression, meaning that there truly is less evidence, and therefore I have no reason to believe that I have manic depression.

Expected utility = don’t buy the black & mild Strategic dominance = buy the black & mild

These situations aren’t quite as easy to see, but they’re interesting anyways.

I’m doing quite well now and all indication is that I do not have manic depression.

I’m off to take a nap to recover.

Do you have a favorite paradox? If it’s not here, please leave it in the comments!

Yes, we’re asking you to mess with our head once again. Because that’s how we roll.

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5 Gifts Under $15 That Are Perfect Stocking Stuffers for This Year

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Whether it’s at work, or with friends or even with family… gift exchanges are absolutely competitions. Because if you don’t think people are judging what you’ve brought to the table, well, you’re not playing the game that everybody else is playing.

So without further ado, we present 7 super useful gifts that you absolutely want to check out this gift exchange season.

#1. Bug Bite Thing

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Four out of four!

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#2. Pooch Selfie

Just in time for the holidays comes a product that every dog lover can get behind.

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And this is another simple, fun idea. Put a ball on top of a phone so your best pal will look at it while you take a picture with them.

Best part? Once you’re done taking the photo, the ball comes off and you can play fetch!

The Pooch Selfie is only $9.99, and is available now on Amazon, so click here and grabs yours.

#3. Solemates Blister Blocker

Anybody getting new shoes in your family this holiday season? Then they need some products from Solemates, stat!

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RG @millenastark ・・・ 🦶🏻Do your shoes hurt your feet? Do you get blisters when wearing heels, flats, sneakers – or breaking in any new shoes? 👠👡🥿 @thesolemates all-natural balm prevents blister and protects and nourishes feet. 👣 The blister blocker has saved my life, is not greasy and does not leave you feeling as though you have any strange residue on your feet. It has moisturizing elements though, so it actually nourishes your feet while you are wearing your favorite shoes. 💋 Click the link in my bio to learn more about Solemates Blister Blocker! ✨✨ #hbtblisterblocker #hbtsp #wellheeled #blisterblocker #solemates #hjsiky #ngposts #sunday #picoftheday . . #wellheeled #blisterblocker #thisworks #naturalproducts #veganproducts #crueltyfreebeauty #crueltyfree #crueltyfreeproducts #builtbygirls

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Specifically Solemate’s Blister Blocker product, which ensures that the friction you get from those new stilettos won’t rub you raw.

They even have some for the athletes in your life! Because those teenies can leave a mark too!

Also, Blister Blocker is The product is natural, unscented, hypoallergenic and cruelty free!

But don’t take our word for it. Here’s a list of athletes that have used Blister Blocker and swear by it.

NBA Athletes:

  • Miye Oni
  • Duncan Robinson
  • Dedric Lawson
  • Al Horford
  • Jrue Holiday
  • Cameron Payne
  • Devin a Robinson

US National Team:

  • Alex Morgan
  • Ibtihaj Muhammad
  • Ali Krieger
  • Ashlyn Harris

Buy it on Amazon today! Grab a Sport version or Regular version.

#4. Subsafe: The Ultimate Sandwich Protector

How can you take sandwiches (and a lot of other stuff) with you and make sure it doesn’t get wet or worse?

Enter the Subsafe, a product that was featured on Shark Tank recently…

Posted by SubSafe on Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Each kit costs just $15 (for a limited time only) and includes three pieces so you can keep a 6 inch or 12 inch sub sandwich safe and sound!

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If you’ve got friends who love to spend time out on the water, this is a perfect holiday gift.

Pick a SubSafe up at their website today!

#5. Did You Know 2020 Desk Calendar

Do you like to learn ONE new thing a day? Of course you do. And so does everybody else.

That’s why you need a Did You Know 2020 Desk Calendar.

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Because you need to know that you should NEVER drink 70 cups of coffee in a short period of time.

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Also, stay away from ghost peppers. Yikes!

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All this and 363 more amazing facts await!

Click here and grab a Did You Know? 2020 Desk Calendar today!

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Here’s a Great Product to Remove Irritants/Venom so Bites/Stings Don’t Itch

Obviously bug bites AND stings are VERY common problems we all share, and when either of those situations arise, the vast majority of us turn to creams and ointments that treat the symptoms, not the cause.

Well, now there’s a product that literally gets to the heart of why you itch and scratch after getting bit or stung.

The Bug Bite Thing was created by Florida mom, Kelley Higney (pictured right), who wanted to find a better, drug-free way to help her kids with the bug bites that always irritated their skin.

The way it works is deceptively simple: by suction.

See, when you get bit the insect’s saliva or venom gets under your skin. This causes a reaction and a red, itchy welt is the result.

That’s where the Bug Bite Thing springs into action. You just place it over your skin, pull up on the plunger and let the natural suction do its work.

The company posted this tutorial to show how easy it is…

It’s just that easy. And it’s honestly one of those ideas that make you think, “Why haven’t I thought of that?”

People are so impressed by the product, that they’ve taken to social media to share their stories…

Because this thing is a life-saver…

And it even helps people who have more serious issues with bug bites lead a normal life…

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The reviews on Amazon speak for themselves…

The results are especially good for kids because it’s pain-free and drug-free!

So where can you get one?

The Bug Bite Thing retails on the company’s website for $9.95, and you can also buy it on Amazon.

By the way, fun fact about the company… they were recently on Shark Tank and got funded by inventor & entrepreneur, Lori Greiner!

Here she is talking about how much she loves the product!

LUV Bug Bite Thing sooooo much!! Here's why! www.bugbitething.com #SharkTank #mosquitobites #bugbites #itreallyworks

Posted by Lori Greiner on Sunday, October 20, 2019

They even moved into new offices!

Definitely keep your eye on this company for more amazing ideas to help you lead a healthier, happier life!

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Gen X’ers Will Appreciate These Memes More Than Napster

ALL of the talk right now is about boomers and millennials because they’re fighting. Which is fine. You all do your thing and we’ll just sticking around, minding our own business, making fat stacks and reading memes.

I mean… remember when music and movies were free on the internet because we were LITERALLY stealing them? And we thought that would keep going?

Yeah, you remember… and these memes will bring all those good times flooding back.

1. Wait… WUT?!

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2. Them were them dayz

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3. And were they even taken out of class??

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4. Good lord…

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5. Sleeves = Class

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6. It’s on!

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7. That Atari life!

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8. OMFG!

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9. Oh yes.

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10. Oh… am I interrupting the class with my FRIES?!?!

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11. You’ll never know…

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How much did you relate to these memes? If you said, “A LOT!” then you are definitely Generation X. Like, full on Gen Xer.

Got any awesome memes you want to share with us? Leave them in the comments!

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14 Tweets That Might Give You All the Feels

As connected as we are these days, a lot of still feel alone sometimes.

That’s why it’s so nice to see a post that really sums up those feelings. It reminds us that we’re not alone in this strange world of ours.

Here are 14 tweets that you’ll identify with on a spiritual level:

1. Seriously, a text would be fine

2. Definitely a commitment

3. I’m unrecognizable

4. Addressing things is important

5. A hard truth

6. Procrastinators unite…later

7. Ouch

8. Yep

9. We can’t control other people

10. That’s a true friend

11. Belonging is great

12. I am that sensitive

13. What a waste

14. I chose you

You feelings these tweets, fam? Because I feel seen. Just saying…

Which one did you connect with the most? Let us know in the comments!

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15 Tweets About Animals That Might Put a Big Smile on Your Face

It’s not as if you weren’t probably already aware that animals are hilarious. Most of the time it’s unintentional, but sometimes you’d swear they know exactly what they’re doing and how much we’re going to love it.

Proof? These 15 tweets right here!

Enjoy these precious moments. Because they won’t be around for long…

1. You’ll get it!

2. Hi. Bye.

3. Yo yo homie

4. There’s so much that’s right about this… but those cat situps!

5. Cutest. Dog. Ever.

6. Alright, listen here you little butthead…

7. Wiggle wiggle wiggle

8. dat frosh lewk!

9. Donald!

10. Same

11. Fruit of his labor…

12. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!

13. Da best!

14. This is perfect!

15. BFFS!

Are you still saying “awwwwwwwww”? Because I am.

Alright kids… favorite tweet? Let us know in the comments!

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17 Halloween Costume Ideas You Might Want to Consider This Year

Do you need some inspiration this Halloween season? It’s tough to decide what to be since there are literally tens of thousands of great ideas floating around out there.

So today we’ve made it A LOT easier. Here are 17 perfect group costumes that are sure to be a hit at any company holiday party!

The Heathers

Stranger Things Wall Alphabet

Shark Week

Seven Dwarves

Scooby Doo!

Santa’s Reindeer

Pizza party!

Napoleon Dynamite

Mrs Pac-Man and the ghosts

Monopoly

Many Minions!

Mario Kart in the house!

Magic School Bus

M&Ms

Thing 1, 2 & 3!

Tetris!

Twister

Hope these ideas help you decide! I think we’re going with Napoleon Dynamite this year. And I’m gonna be Uncle Rico.

So, what’s your favorite? Share in the comments!

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