History Buffs Share The One Fact That Always Makes Them Laugh

Prehistory became history when we were able to start recording and conveying what humans were doing.

Some say it started with cave paintings or rock carvings, some believe it started with Sumerian cuneiform, or the Egyptian hieroglyphs which happened around the same time. Some say the many cultures that used oral histories continued our first real form of recording the past.

It’s said history repeats itself and sometimes that history is hilarious.

Historians have been finding weird and random facts about our species old way of life and now we can share the funniest ones through the internet.

Redditor Axel_Ambrose asked:

“History nerds of Reddit, what’s a historical fact/tidbit that will always get you to chuckle?”

It’s unbelievable that some of these things actually happened.

Three way excommunication.

“That time when around 3 men claimed to be the pope and all excommunicated each other.” – sad_barrett_

“Or that time a pope sold his position. Or that time the king of France straight up had the pope murdered. Lots of great pope stories out there.” – Magmafrost13

“Or the time an honest to god pirate was elected pope.” – 1-1-19MemeBrigade

“He was one of the Popes during the Western Schism mentioned by sad_barrett_.” – A_Blessed_Feline

Romans loved their dogs.

“Ancient Romans loved their dogs as much as we do. There are entire surviving texts of people talking about their daily, monotonous life with dogs. In some cases, we have more information about their dogs and what they did with them than other aspects of Roman life.”

“On a less funny but sweet note; when their dogs died, many of them were given elaborate graves with highly decorative tombstones. They often carved poems about them or wrote in length about how much they’ll miss them or what they loved about them most. These dog graveyards were considered sacred and vandalizing them was a major offense.”

“The YouTube channel Historia Civilis has an awesome video on the subject of surviving Roman manuscripts, including some other funny moments of Roman history.”

“For more information on Dogs in ancient Rome, including the touching epitaphs, I’ll point you guys towards Invicta on YouTube with this video.” – KnightCaptain_Bob

“Here’s the link showcasing some of the epitaphs.” – legothief

“‘Myianever barked without reason, but now he is silent.’” – Myfourcats1

WWII toilet paper.

“In WW2, Germans were dropping demoralizing letters on London… British used them as cheap toilet paper.” – salttrooper222

“Apparently the Germans also dropped a bunch of papers on allied positions showing their wives cheating on the soldiers while they were away. The soldiers just used it as porn.” – MeiNeedsMoreBuffs

“TBF didn’t we do the same thing in return. I just laugh at the idea that during the whole period of rationing, the one thing both sides had plenty of was toilet paper.” – Soppydog

“Fun fact: During ww2 the British diet was the best it had ever been until then. They had never been fed a more healthy and well balanced diet.” – Scamsurvivor

“The Allies dropped food packages on Germany (why, I can’t recall, but I think they were trying to ‘sow goodwill) and they wrote ‘gift’ on them. ‘Gift’ means ‘poison’ in German.” – Vajranaga

Adopting a bear.

“A Polish Artillery supply Corp adopted a bear, made him a soldier, and kept him for the duration of the war.” – nerdykate100

“His name was Wojtek.”

“After the war he retired to Edinburgh Zoo where his old comrades would come and give him cigarettes.”

“There’s a statue of him in Edinburgh as well.” – sAindustrian

“Better than that, he used to play-wrestle the men, and his old comrades would climb down into the enclosure to give him beer and cigarettes – and wrestle him.” – Brickie78

“He scared away an entire company of Germans. Two scouts saw him carrying artillery shells in the middle of the night and told their commander that the Polish had a company of bears which made them retreat lmao.” – lowhangingfruit12

Viking runes.

“Maeshowe’s runes. Archaeologists explored some old Viking chambers and found inscriptions that were 14 feet tall, and unreadable. After years deciphering these runes, they translated to, “this is very high.”

“We haven’t changed.” – duerlort

“I wish I could see the look on the face of the archaeologist who translated it.” – 1-1-19MemeBrigade

“Aren’t there some carvings like that in the Hagia Sophia? I seem to recall that some of the Vikings serving as the Varangian Guard got up to some amusing hijinks there.” – Almainyny

“Yeah the runes on the Hagia Sophia are ‘halfdan carved these runes.’” – thedankestyeet

Being the first to see an animal.

“Imagine patrolling the Alps and you see elephants rolling up. But you don’t even know what an elephant is.” – TomasSchmieder

“Hannibal of Carthage with his War Elephants I presume? Traveling over the Alps on his way to destroy Rome and bringing Elephants into Europe for the first time. Imagine how terrifying it must’ve been for the Roman Legionaries, seeing five tons of pure muscle barreling down at them at speeds equaling horses. Yet, they availed Hannibal nothing. Rome vanquished him and annexed Carthage.” – ThatBada**online

Third wheel on the moon.

“In all the Apollo missions three guys were sent to the moon. But only two guys got into the lander and went down and walked on the moon. The third guy stayed in the command module in orbit and had to listen to the radio chatter of the the other two guys talking about how badass it was to walk on the moon.” – stanley_leverlock

“Didn’t Collins lose all radio contact when he was on the far side?” – redopz

“All of the landing zones were on the near side of the moon. Every CM pilot lost complete contact with both mission control and the lander when they orbited the far side, as there were no relay satellites in lunar orbit.” – Redditor

“The loneliest man in the universe.” – ATF_Dogshoot_Squad

“I seem to recall reading somewhere that he found it very peaceful:”

“‘I don’t mean to deny a feeling of solitude. It is there, reinforced by the fact that radio contact with the Earth abruptly cuts off at the instant I disappear behind the moon, I am alone now, truly alone, and absolutely isolated from any known life. I am it. If a count were taken, the score would be three billion plus two over on the other side of the moon, and one plus God knows what on this side’.” – elcarath

Napoleon’s brother.

“Napoleon had a brother who lived in New Jersey.” – NotAJewishMother

“Must have made family reunions real depressing for that guy.” – Almostatimelord

“He moved to New Jersey after his brother’s fall from power. When Napoleon was emperor, he made him King of Spain.” – MooseFlyer

“Joseph Bonaparte was his brother and was made King of Spain. After the Peninsular War he retired to New Jersey when he was dethroned.” – MassiveFajiit

The war over Toledo.

“There was a war between Michigan and Ohio over Toledo, and the Ohioans evacuated so fast there weren’t even any casualties. As a result, the government gave Michigan the upper peninsula and Ohio got to keep Toledo.” – typhondrums17

“Michigan won the war, which is why Toledo is now part of Ohio.” – Distantmind88

“Damn, Michigan giving out the harsh punishment.” -BarryMacochner

A record holding election as the “most rigged.”

“The most rigged election, where the winner received 243000 votes, except there were only 15000 registered voters.” – 18270

“Gotta get that 1,680% voter turnout.” – fa1afel

“Someone commented the last time this was posted that its sort of a power move. ‘I’m going to fake this election, and make it really obvious. Everyone will know that the election is rigged but no one will do anything about it.’” – river4823

Modern humans haven’t changed much in the few hundred thousand years we’ve been around.

In relation to the Earth’s existence (4.4 billion years), we are barely even a blip on the timeline.

History will repeat itself, even the funny things that humans do.

People Explain What You Should Never Do On A First Date

First dates can feel trickier than they actually are.

What starts out as a memorable first encounter can quickly turn south if you put too much thought into it. At most, a first date should attempt to establish a line of connection and if there’s the chance for something more serious to occur.

Turns out, not everyone gets this and that’s where terrible first dates come from.

You’ve heard of them.

You’ve had them.

Now, hear what you can avoid to skip that first date awkwardness.

Reddit user, Couch_Licker, wanted to know what to skip when they asked:

What should you NEVER do on a first date?

Put Them Away

“Be on your phone the whole time” ~ beforesunset1010

“Put it on vibrate and don’t look at it except when you go to the bathroom. I walked out on a date because she was constantly replying to messages. They did not take it well.” ~ [usernamedeleted]

“But what if it is a “let’s play Pokemon GO together” sort of date?” ~ zetta_baron

Keep It On The Present

“Only talk about your previous relationships” ~ Nevlu

“She talked about him so much I started to miss the guy” ~ 2x4x93

“Discuss any particular ex for a length of time. In my experience it’s a big red flag that they’re not over someone or carrying that baggage. And I mean everyone has baggage – it’s normal. I have some and expect the people I’ve dated in the past to have some.”

“But a first date should be about exploring each other and whether you like the person, are attracted to them, want to continue getting to know them. You can mention previous relationships but unless both parties have known each other during previous relationships – do not vent or over explain your exes.” ~ meowowomeow

Don’t Be Egg Hands

“Once had a dude grab some of my food off of my plate with his bare hands. He was trying to do a cutesy sharing food thing but it was a poached egg. He grabbed a poached egg with his bare hands right off of my plate. Please do not be like that guy.” ~ bubblebubbeleh

“I was picturing fries or something. I was not ready for the mental image of a guy trying to grab poached egg with his bare hands. Attempting to be cute or not, what part of that seemed like a good idea?” ~ themightybearorrist

Be Up Front About It, At Least

“invite your spouse. It’s just so awkward” ~ ickysam

“You think Im kidding but at least 10% of Tinder is two people looking to add someone else.” ~ Stories_for_days

Watch Your Strength, Bro

“Break her nose. My now husband hugged me the way Lenny petted rabbits.”

“He was happy to finally meet me in person after online relationship, was a virgin, and thought harder hugs mean more love. They do not.”

“He still apologizes when it’s brought up, lol.” ~ Fact_Even

“So you’re saying it worked?” ~ DunderBearForceOne

“WARNING: THIS IS THE WRONG TAKEAWAY FROM THIS STORY!” ~ a-horse-has-no-name

Believe In Science

“Revealing that you’re a flat earther. This serious happened to me.”

“This guy I met online seems okay. We went on a date and he started asking ‘those type of questions that make people fall in love with you’.”

“Idk if you know what I’m talking about. If that didn’t weird me out enough, he went on and claimed that we worked for NASA and they lied to everyone.”

“The earth is flat and those images we saw of earth are CGI renders. The US never landed on the moon and conspiracy sh*t like that.”

“Needless to say there was no second date.” ~ pink0205

Monitoring Your Breath

“Well, don’t do what I did: order the French onion soup.”

“This was a lunch date and I’m not sure what the hell I was thinking ordering something that both makes a mess (all that melted, stringy cheese) and gives you bad breath.”

“My wife still gives me crap about that boneheaded decision to this day.”Southern_Snowshoe

A Quiet Opening

“Go to the movies. I think going to the movies should be reserved for people in relationships.”

“Why? Because if you go to the movies on the first date you’ll practically have wasted two hours watching something, not being able to talk and get to know each other.”YogurtSocks

“Going to see a film then going for a meal after isn’t the worst option. At least then you have one thing to talk about.”

“However, the theater on its own seems silly. You can’t get to know much about a person that way.” ~ [usernamedeleted]

Keep Your Head On Straight

“Show up wasted.”

“This guy was obviously drunk or on some sort of drugs. His date was being so polite but was clearly uncomfortable.”

“Her server managed to pick up her signals and when she got up to ‘go to the bathroom’ he ushered her to our service elevator to make her getaway.”

“After about 15 minutes he let him know his date had left, he seemed surprised, then a bit upset, finally confessing that it was the second time this had happened to him this week.”

“I kind of felt sad for him in the end, dealing with addiction is tough.” ~ omgbbqpork

Have A Little Bit Of Confidence

“Don’t dump out every single unappealing thing about your life on a first date. There is plenty of time to get to know someone, and plenty of time to be honest about those things – but a first date isn’t the time for it.”

“I feel like sometimes people do this as a defense mechanism, to ‘rip off the bandaid’ and test if someone will accept them completely – but it is far too much all at once and creates a self-fulfilling prophecy of rejection.”

“As an example: on a first date, a guy disclosed to me he’s living with his parents who are homeless and refuse to move out of his apartment so almost all his income goes to them, he has zero sex drive, and he struggles with severe body image issues.”

“He also had plenty of great qualities, and if I’d had a chance to slowly get to know him we may have been able to navigate around some of that stuff… but honestly it was way too much to process all at once.”

“I also have my own family/medical/mental health sh*t to deal with too – I just didn’t dump it all on him in one day – so all I could think about was how much of his sh*t he was asking me to take on, and I didn’t even know him.”

“I ended up not accepting a second date, then watched him post about how women won’t give him a chance on social media… I felt bad because he’s a really nice guy and he’s absolutely sabotaging himself with that first date etiquette.” ~ cebogs

Know Where The Boundaries Are

“Speaking as a woman who dates men: getting offended if she doesn’t want you to pick her up/drive her home.”

“Basic safety there and you look like a creep even if you were just trying to be nice. Offering is fine– but don’t push.” ~ catmos

Something To Be Proud Of?

“Reveal your collection of used panties you’ve bought online.” ~ RedShaun21

You don’t have to do much to have a good first date.

Just don’t show up drunk and skip sharing your panty collecting hobby.

It can be that easy.

Hiliarious Text Conversations That Just Hit Different

My favorite thing about text conversations is that they just never go away if we don’t want them to.

We can immortalize them, not just through the various built-in options our phones have for archiving, but through screenshots, the quickest way not just to save a moment of conversation but to spread it far and wide across the internet.

Which is what these wonderful souls did when they found themselves within a chat that just did not go like they were expecting. Thanks, Twitter.

15. Fun in the sun

Thanks for clarifying the reason behind funerals, though.

14. Your what?

I like how he’s just being totally straightforward. Like he knows he’s screwed now.

13. Smoke ’em up

Who exactly does your brother live with?

12. The devil within

I really don’t understand you young people and your sensual talk.

11. Coming out

Context really is key.

10. I’ll try

Our bodies don’t stay 20 forever.

9. Wait who?

What kind of games are you playin’ here?

8. A strong personality

This might be the lowest effort I’ve ever seen.

7. The vaccine?

Yeah, sure, that’s what I’m asking.

6. Push notification

These things are getting out of control.

5. Like a virgin

Being stuck for the very first time.

4. The big lie

The one we all tell each other in circles every day.

3. Leave me alone

Where there’s smoke…

2. Giving thanks

I just think they’re neat.

1. It’s in the stars

Bruh you have no idea how exhausting this is about to get.

Man. That is some straight talk right there.

What’s the best conversation you’ve had recently?

Tell us about it in the comments.

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What’s a Situation You Were Prepared for Because You’re an Overthinker? People Responded.

It’s better to overthink and to be over-prepared…

Well, maybe not ALL the time, but there are definitely some situations where overthinking can really come in handy.

AskReddit users talk about situations they were prepared for because they are over-thinkers.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. Got it covered.

“All the teachers at the Middle School I taught at knew I was a pack rat and one day a kid split his pants and the school counselor came to me and said ‘Mr. Thehogdog, would you happen to have a pair of sweats or gym pants in your truck’. YEP.

So the the kid spent the rest of the day in a pair of nylon pants I had behind my seat. He is lucky because if he didn’t fit he would have spent the rest of the day in a white disposable ‘coverall’ I had in case I had car trouble in nice clothes.

Icing on the cake: It was a student I really liked who was super helpful to other kids and teachers, so it was nice to do something nice for him.

I also carried a ‘Swiss Army’ brand soft side brief case (yard sale find) STUFFED and it had a few of each size of battery.

One day Phil Niekro and 2 Braves players were there for an assembly and Phil’s mic battery was dy**g so I SPRINTED upstairs to my classroom, grabbed a 9 volt from my bag, then basically rolled across the panel and switched out his battery and got back to the PA avoiding getting on TV News cameras.”

2. Thank God!

“When my son was still a baby, we had to take an 11 hour flight. As an over-thinker, I brought at least 25 diapers for him to go through.

He didn’t need that many, but the mom sitting close to us was very grateful when she ran out of diapers not even halfway through the flight and I gave her a few.”

3. Wow.

“I found a nickel-sized lump on my fifteen month old daughter’s temple, freaked out, obsessed over it, researched it exhaustively, and concluded it was a dermoid cyst that had worn through the skull.

I was told by a pediatrician that it was a bone bruise that would fix itself over the course of three to six months, no imaging was needed, and I shouldn’t make an appointment at the children’s hospital because it would resolve on its own. I got an X-ray done anyway and the radiologist confirmed every one of my suspicions, but the pediatrician still said to wait and see because that’s what you do with dermoid cysts and it was definitely not through the skull despite what the radiologist said.

Made an appointment at the hospital anyway, and the surgeon swore up and down that although it was a dermoid cyst as I’d suspected, it would not be through the skull since in all his years of practice it never had been. Well guess what? It WAS through the skull, and it was pressing on the membrane between the skull and the brain, a hair’s breadth from breaking the membrane or pressing on the brain.

A couple more weeks of waiting and my daughter could have had seizures, a brain infection, lasting damage. I overthought it and now she’s a happy, healthy three year old.”

4. Fire.

“This was at 9 years old. We had driven home and seen the beginning wisps of smoke for the California Cedar fire in 2003.

Naturally, I assumed the worst, and packed up all my clothes and spent about an hour making a travel cage for my guinea pigs. I tied their water bottle to the side so they could drink, packed up their food and their favorite furniture just in case.

I then spent the next few hours monitoring the fire on the news and out in the distance from our window, periodically asking my parents if we needed to evacuate.

At some point in the night the fire sped up like crazy and was literally on the hillside across the street. I went in to my parents room and said “the fire is across the street are you sure we shouldn’t evacuate?”

At this point we all went crazy grabbing important documents and supplies and as we were about to lock the doors and drive I realized I forgot my guinea pigs. My parents told me it was too late and I didn’t have time to grab them, but when I cried and explained I had them packed up, I was able to grab them and go.

The house ended up ok thanks to a neighbor putting out embers before they took, but we were gone long enough my pigs wouldn’t have made it.”

5. There you go.

“I was supposed to get married at the end of May last year.

At the beginning of the year, before any of the pandemic stuff happened, I became obsessed with thinking about all the things that could go wrong and how we would lose our money spent on the event.

As a result, I purchased a very high coverage insurance policy for the event. As luck would have it, this type of insurance had no clause that prevented collecting if there was a pandemic. We got all of our money back.”

6. That’s impressive.

“Getting lost in a foreign country. Relying on phone GPS to navigate, data stops working.

I had over-prepared and memorized the map of the downtown area ahead of time.”

7. Perfect!

“I always carry a small sewing kit whenever I go to a wedding.

I have sewed two brides into their dresses so far!”

8. Creepy.

“Mace.

A person I worked with was a registered s** offender and he had a thing for me. I told him multiple times that he made me feel uncomfortable and to stay away from me. For some reason I had nightmares about this dude, he was 6 and half feet tall and f**king hideous. Anyways, he said he was going to stop at a store that I stopped at all the time after work, and it was obvious he knew my direction when I left.

I pull up to this store and he’s already there, walks up to my car and I just roll down my window and spray this dude, and he dropped a billy club out of his sleeve. Everyone always told me to stop being paranoid and stop thinking he’s going to attack me or r**e me, that “he’s been to jail and learned his lesson”.

F**k that dude. He should’ve never been let out of prison. For reference, I’m also a 6 foot tall dude who is always prepared for the worst.”

9. Terrifying.

“My school went into lockdown because of a potential active shooter.

I’ve thought about that scenario a thousand times in my head so when it actually happened and we went into lockdown I barricaded the doors just how I imagined a thousand times.”

10. Getting easier.

“Being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after researching it thoroughly and knowing I had it, but everyone in my family telling me I was just being a hypochondriac.

Was prepared for the diagnosis, not so much the life with it, but it’s getting easier.”

11. What a relief.

“I built a first aid kit once in which I tried to imagine every wilderness emergency scenario. I was a wilderness whitewater guide.

A client going into a diabetic episode asked me, “ you wouldn’t happen to have any sugar packs would you?” I replied, “as a matter of fact, I do!”

She was so relieved and thankful that my planning included persons with her affliction.”

12. Lifesaver.

“My boyfriend who has zero history of seizures narrowly escaped dy**g from one because my overthinking led me to break into his house when he didn’t answer the phone.

My overthinking had begun a few nights prior. He mentioned that he but his tongue in his sleep and woke up with a bloody pillow and sore mouth- but he had no memory of it happening.

That for some reason led my overthinking brain to question ‘Wow, did he have a seizure and not realize it?’ He has zero history of seizures, and we had been together multiple years (didn’t live together but spent nights together) and I had never seen a hint of a seizure. But for some reason, this stuck in my mind.

Fast forward two days. We usually don’t hang out in the morning because he likes to sleep in late, but on this day we had an appointment to go see a specific dog at the shelter I was thinking of adopting.

He wouldn’t answer the phone that morning. I called multiple times before I went to his place, but he never picked up. I started getting a bad feeling but quelled the ‘He’s having a seizure’ thought, because that was clearly SO unlikely, meanwhile making an action plan for that very scenario.

I got to his house and he wouldn’t answer, so in a completely NOT ME crazy girlfriend move, I climbed over his fence. Luckily his door was unlocked.

I found him unconscious and unresponsive, lying in his back with the sticky remnants of foam all around his mouth.

I jumped into action- I rolled him on his side to help curb aspiration, put a pillow under his shoulder to keep him in that position, and called the ambulance.

Had I not hopped the fence to get in- had I not driven over when he didn’t pick up the phone- had we not had plans to meet up hours earlier than we usually did- he would have been d**d by lunch. His kidneys were already shutting down by the time he reached the ER.

If he had never mentioned biting his tongue in his sleep, I don’t think I would have been overthinking at all. No crazy worries about seizures would have pushed me to go over and find him.

Turns out to be a weird brain disease that’s bizarrely endemic to New Mexico kind of- cerebral cavernous malformations .

Several days later, after we got home from the hospital, I got a call from a friend who said the dog, against all odds, was still at the shelter- as in the very dog we were supposed to be seeing that day. I had given up hope on getting her, pushed it out of my priorities while he was hospitalized- but they had forgotten to take down my 24 Hour Hold sign on her cage, so no one inquired about her.

She’s now our miracle dog and is the sweetest animal I’ve ever owned. My boyfriend wouldn’t be alive today if we hadn’t made an appointment to meet her.”

Are you an over-thinker?

And have you had an experience like this?

If so, talk to us in the comments and fill us in. Thanks!

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These People Took Quitting a Job to the Next Level

We’ve all quit a job before. And most of the time, it’s fairly uneventful. A little notice, maybe some chats, a polite handshake and you’re out the door and onto something else.

But sometimes, you gotta do a little more than that. Sometimes, for better or for worse, you just gotta go out in style.

That’s what the people in these examples from Reddit did. A few were on good terms with their former employer, some were obviously very much not so, and some maybe just wanted to have a little fun and leave a memorable mark that their coworkers would remember them for.

Whatever the reason, it’s passionate, it’s genuine, and we’re here for it.

11. The TP resignation

(You may need to click the post to see the entire thing, it’s worth it.)

My husband’s letter of resignation from funny

10. This sincere consolation

You win some, you lose some. And by “some,” I mean me.

How my buddy Todd gave his notice at his job. His name is Todd by the way. This is classic Todd. from funny

9. This airing of grief

Farewell, Alex. We hardly knew ye.

I just quit my job the best way I know how. from funny

8. This unexpected error

Or maybe it wasn’t so unexpected, considering his treatment.

One of my co-workers quit today. We found this on his desktop. [PIC] from pics

7. This thoughtful letter

“I do not doubt for a second that you are the devil in disguise.” is just a wonderful punch of a line.

My friend’s resignation letter

6. This bottle of the hard stuff

That is wonderfully heartwarming, actually.

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5. This cake

But is it a lie?

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4. This “effective immediately” resignation

The job ain’t worth all the pain.

My wife just quit the job that made her cry nearly every day for two years. I couldn’t prouder!

3. This meal ticket

Um, order up, I guess.

2. This custom greeting card

That’s the only reason I’m here, after all.

1. This very detailed cake

Sticking a little plug in there at the end is a nice touch.

If you’re gonna quit, do it in style.

What’s the best quitting experience you’ve ever had?

Tell us in the comments.

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Overthinkers Discuss About Situations They Were Preparing for Their Entire Lives

Overthinking can be a good thing…sometimes.

Yes, it can also be annoying and drive your friends and family members up the wall, but when you get that little victory once in a while because you were prepared, you save the day!

What situation were you prepared for because you’re an over-thinker?

Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say.

1. Got it covered.

“I carry some of just about everything, in my purse. We were at a beach, during off season, and a kid wiped out. I

had everything needed, to clean, and bandage him up.

I carried that stuff, (renewing when it got old), for almost 20 years before actually needing it.”

2. Get comfortable.

“I keep a change of clothes in my car at all times and a wool blanket in case my car breaks down or I’m stuck in undrivable conditions.

Sure enough, about 11 years ago it snowed juuuust heavily enough that my pavement princess of a car couldn’t drive safely in it and I was too far away from town to turn back, so I pulled over and waited out the snow in comfort (I had snacks and water remaining from the trip I was still on at the time) until the street sweepers came through.”

3. Don’t panic.

“My company was in shambles financially and was laying off (bit before Coronavirus).

I kinda sensed my number will come soon, so I applied for masters degree. I got laid off and 2 weeks later I had my acceptance letter for a masters degree.

Saved me the panic of finding a job in a post corona economy in 2020.”

4. You never know.

“In college I was on my university’s equestrian team. I’d been riding long enough to know that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong at a horse show, especially if you’re not prepared for it.

My car was always full of gear, and I was always poked fun at for it, but I saved so many team mates butts. Your crop broke? I got you. I always carried two. Got horse slobber all over your show coat? I got you. I always carried two extra pairs of show pants and there was at least one show where both of them were needed.

Then there was also the situation where the billets broke ( a strap that helps hold the saddle on) on one of the horse’s saddles and it was either a dressage saddle or mine. We made it work with mine.

Who brings their own saddle to an away horse show? I do because you never know what you’re gonna need.”

5. Fear of not being prepared.

“Growing up, my dad really instilled the fear of not being prepared in my head. If you have ever watched Freaks and Geeks, the dad at the dinner table recounting someone he knew who d**d as a result of their actions was a pretty spot on impression.

It extended beyond “don’t run with scissors” to, “don’t carry things on your lap when you’re in a car or you’ll be cut in half”, “walk opposite of traffic so if someone tries to kidnap you, you can kick their door in and run away”.

I instinctively catalogue items when entering a room based on what would be a good weapon, and have had to familiarize myself with preserving evidence. The last one is what came in handy.

Unfortunately, one of the worst case scenarios befell our family two years ago. My oldest daughter disclosed that she had been m**ested by my then FIL. I went into full auto-pilot here: took my daughter to a safe room, had family pick up my dog and youngest daughter, made sure she didn’t wash her hands. When she had to use the restroom, I asked her not to wipe. We didn’t change her clothes, we didn’t have her brush her teeth.

The DNA evidence they were able to collect off of her put him in prison and will keep him there.

Surprisingly, this has helped my overthinking. We all are getting a lot of therapy now and I’ve started to learn that it’s ok to not be for everything. Sometimes life sucks, and most of the time it’s completely out of our control.”

6. Already readjusted.

“My ex boyfriend of 3 years and I were seemingly totally fine, but he was just not texting back at his usual speed for a few days.

Any normal person would say “oh he’s just busy with work”, but I went straight to he’s clearly going to break up with me. Well, after 4 days of slow texts back, he breaks up with me.

I was completely prepared, had my ice cream in the freezer, chocolate in the fridge, tissues and lavender oil in the bedside drawer and bath bombs at the ready in the bathroom. I was so prepared that I didn’t even really need all of that though, because I had already readjusted to the mentality of having been broken up with.

That was my quickest bounce back from a relationship ever, 2 days and I was fine.”

7. Sticky icky icky.

“I hid a few grams of weed once.

I knew my adhd stoner brain would forget about it and sometimes it can be hard to come by if it’s dry.

My husband called the idea stupid and it wouldn’t come in handy.

Guess who ran out of weed a month later and couldn’t find any more, then suddenly remembered our secret little stash? This guy.

Kept us going until we could find some more and now my husband never gives me c**p when I hide things.”

8. That’s random.

“I slipped on the ice and shattered my femur.

Luckily I stuck my phone in my pocket before I took the garbage out for the explicit reason of “what if I slip on the ice and break my femur?”.”

9. Trust your gut.

“Overthinker here.

Dealing with a very corrupt local police force here in Orange County California, I thought of this far-fetched scenario where the police officers tried to raid my offices with a SWAT team over building code violations, so I installed a DVR system and just waited, I thought it was so far fetched that I never bothered to tell any of my colleagues what I was doing out of fear that they would laugh at me.

3 days after it was installed, 12 tactical units came in and busted down the door, they were laughing the whole time. All caught in glorious high definition video. It made local news even. Of course their claims were baseless and a fairly large civil suit was launched against the city. Trust your gut…”

10. Jeez…

“I saved 2 voicemail messages from my mentally ill father, who was coached by the woman who controlled him and financially abused him for 15 years to tell me never to call him again.

Her voice can be heard telling him what to say and he repeats her words verbatim. He passed away in 2019, but now those messages are the ‘slam dunk’ in the 400 pages of evidence I’ve collected to not only stop her collecting life insurance, but also demand she repay some of the tens of thousands in “unconscionable procurement.”

I’ll be giving the whole pile of evidence to her local police because there is no way my father was her only victim.”

11. Good move.

“I occasionally fear someone is following me when I’m driving. One night I leaned on my horn for someone who cut me off.

When I turned into a neighborhood to drop off my friend I noticed the same car behind me. Instead of stopping at her house to drop her off I drove past and did a circle around the block to see if they’d follow, which they did.

That turned into us being chased by them for about 30 minutes which is another story altogether.

I don’t want to think about what would have happened if I assumed it was another car from that neighborhood and stopped when I got to my friends house.”

12. Pandemic life.

“The pandemic.

I had been watching the news and new there was a virus spreading that was freaking officials out way more than normal. The day they announced a case in my county I made a trip to the store to stock up on the essentials like booze, food, and TP.

The lines were moderate but not at panic levels. A week later they announced the lockdown. Thankfully I had bought enough to last me 2.5 months without needing to leave my place.”

13. Have to be careful.

“Riding a motorcycle.

I always assume every car around me is going to wildly pull out in front of me or swerve into my lane. multiple times these assumptions have saved my life.

I’m a pretty crazy over thinker and a lot of times it’s needless worry.

But I feel like sometimes it prepares me for something that DOES actually happen.”

Have you ever found yourself in a situation like this?

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

Thanks a lot!

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Check Out These Absolutely Baffling Design Choices

Are you aware of the Watchmaker argument?

Basically it goes like this: if you were walking along the beach and you found an intricate pocket watch, you wouldn’t assume it had just been formed randomly out of waves and sand or whatever, you’d know that a person had to have designed it. When you look around at the world it looks pretty complicated too, so someone must have designed that as well.

It’s a kind of philosophical argument that can lead to endless debate, but the reason I bring it up here is that while scrolling the cursed images on @uglydesign on Instagram, I see things that clearly had to have been designed by humans, and yet are so baffling that it’s more tempting to believing they WERE some kind of accident?

I don’t know. Scroll on, you’ll see what I mean.

10. The measuring stick

For when you done got tired a’her always claimin’ youse exageratin’.

9. This terrifying bathroom floor

You were probably going for whimsical, but it looks like there’s someone dying in here.

8. This coffin door

“How are the neighbors?”
“Oh, they’re dead quiet.”

7. The whicker toilet

I feel like if I don’t scroll past this fast enough I might see a disaster.

6. This three wheel circus

I don’t know if you’ve got the mechanics of this quite right, friend.

5. This couch with toes

I’m the most uncomfortable I’ve ever been.

4. This sleeping bag sock

And why are you on the kitchen floor? I have so many questions.

3. This seal table

It does not get my seal of approval.

2. This torture bike

Reminds me of that thing from South Park.

1. These extreme steak knives

My god man, how tough are you cooking those things?

I just. I can’t. I won’t. I don’t understand.

Would you actually consider buying any of these? Which ones and why?

Tell us in the comments.

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These People Got Really Creative with the Way They Quit Jobs

Have you ever had a job that you wanted to quit so bad that you fantasized about all the time?

Like, gone were all the daydreams of riches or fame or exotic vacations or beautiful partners, suddenly the dream you most reached for was just telling your boss to shove it?

Well, it looks like some of these folks brought to us by Reddit might have felt the same, as they didn’t just quit, but quit with a flourish. Because if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing theatrically.

10. Watching the clock

He knew it would be forever before you had to change that battery.

A co-worker posted pictures of himself in random places when he quit. This is the back of a clock, and he quit 2 years ago. from funny

9. Going extinct

I like the look on the dinosaur’s face. Like he doesn’t wanna get involved in this.

Best way to quit a job (X-post from doodles) from funny

8. The meaning of life

So sad that it should come to this.

For this Towel Day: Here is how I quit my last job. Sorry for the low picture quality. from funny

7. Retaliation

There’s so much going on here and I’d like to know about all of it, please.

My coworker went all Wet Seal on our boss today. from pics

6. Into the great beyond

That is subtle. I wonder how long it took them to notice.

Saw this at Bed Bath and Beyond. from funny

5. To whom it may concern

I would have added “dictated but not read” just for a little razzle dazzle.

My ex-manager wouldn’t give me my last paycheck without a resignation letter… from funny

4. Breaking point

At least you’re leaving them with something nice to remember you by.

Look what my coworker and I left on the break room table today from funny

3. I’m not mad

I think you forgot the passive part of the passive aggressive thing you were going for.

I quit my job today… from funny

2. Put it on the whiteboard

This isn’t a quitting note, this is a whole manifesto.

fb friend posted his resignation white board from pics

1. A long road ahead

Is that allowed?

This is how you quit. from funny

Nothing beats quitting. The next day though…?

Have you ever quit a job in style?

Tell us about it in the comments.

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Here Are Some Reasons Tumblr Absolutely Has to Stick Around

Tumblr has been around for quite a while now, and when there’s been more than a little speculation over the years that it may eventually go the way of Xanga or Myspace. This kind of talk was especially prevalent when the site went under new ownership and banned some of the – erm – spicier content the platform had to offer.

But it lives on, and there’s a good reason. That reason being, it gives us gold. Pure gold. The stuff of heavenly streets.

Let’s look at a few reasons Tumblr should stay around forever, shall we?

12. It prepares you for the tests

That last sentence really hits hard.

https://sympathetic-deceit-trash.tumblr.com/post/627471833227247616/my-sat-prep-book-is-gold

11. They provide deaf comedy jams

Wait for the last bit.

https://caminandoalocaso.tumblr.com/post/119249898839/thecheesyllama-thecheesyllama-so-in-my-3d

10. They clear a few things up

Oh dang, what if I just like writing terrible stuff?

https://hooked-on-saxophonics.tumblr.com/post/190913227358/if-he-writes-her-a-few-sonnets-he-loves-her-if

9. Their dank memes

I want to clean my screen off just looking at this.

https://poets-upstate.tumblr.com/post/172228862754/adambuffett-when-the-sun-hits-your-laptop

8. Their vivid illustrations

Nobody can express it quite like this.

https://sergle.tumblr.com/post/643018675757154304/bamsara-you-know-when-youre-overwhelmed-and-you

7. Their niche gameplay

I had to look it up, this was apparently a real thing briefly, though it’s gone now.
Maybe you can find it on the Wayback Machine?

https://hombredeflorida.tumblr.com/post/627712585127624704/why-are-you-playing-solitaire-on-the-linkin-park

6. They put those kids in their place

Not to brag but I’m pretty good myself.

https://genuine-foxy-fan.tumblr.com/post/183881816011/apparently-a-tetris-battle-royale-came-out-and-in

5. They come up with the best terminology

Even if they don’t land on it right away.

https://disembroil.tumblr.com/post/135489050252/that-bench-turned-into-a-snow-sofa

4. They love animals

Where we go one, we go all.

https://evilkitten3.tumblr.com/post/648968635789033472/computationalcalculator-overlyactivepingpongball

3. They have great debate prep

Ah, yes, interesting.

https://setheverman.tumblr.com/post/154845889072/robotsatthedisco-puppytierjade

2. They tell wonderful stories

Or whatever this might be.

https://taahko.tumblr.com/post/161607456106/open-rp

1. They’re great science communicators

It’s all so much clearer now.

https://reallyreallyreallytrying.tumblr.com/post/40033025233/average-person-eats-3-spiders-a-year-factoid

Case. Closed.

What’s your favorite thing about Tumblr?

Tell us in the comments.

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Examples of Graphic Design That will Stop You in Your Tracks

When you get right down to it, the whole point of graphic design is to create something that is a) memorable and b) attention-grabbing.

And what could possibly be more memorable or attention-grabbing than something that just straight up stops your brain because of how baffling it is?

With that in mind, as we scroll through these graphic design fails brought to us by Reddit, we have to ask: ARE they really fails? Or are the people behind these things secret geniuses?

We can’t know. There’s just no way to know.

10. I My Bike

“Make ’em in red and black.”
“But, the heart is-”
“YOU HEARD ME!”

I my bike from CrappyDesign

9. Wait, what?

We were seek ma was born the world you the were I go was born.

Found in a thrift shop, you are what? from CrappyDesign

8. I’m on a roll

This feels right on the border between clever and disturbing.

This woman turning into fish roll from CrappyDesign

7. Assume the position

Is this designed for some kind of lost monkey man?

I saw this on a box. I don’t know how to lift it like the picture said from CrappyDesign

6. A pro gamer move

Yeah I think that’s just cheating.

“Critical thinking” from CrappyDesign

5. Line Up 4

Look, if you’re gonna make a rip-off game, that’s fine, but could you put in like TEN minutes of effort?

she already won, and 3 pieces are floating. epic from CrappyDesign

4. There is no spoon

What they were trying to do here truly isn’t difficult, and somehow they failed anyway.

Kix cereal box has a masked out spoon to give the illusion there’s cereal on top. from CrappyDesign

3. Get a leg up

Denis Leary’s great secret has finally been revealed.

The legs are the exact same length even though one is bent. from CrappyDesign

2. Get her

How do you not look at these things at least ONCE before selling them?

Can u read it properly? from CrappyDesign

1. Saints protect us

He looks as confused as any of us.

Can’t decide if this pool is for giant children or miniature St. Bernards. from CrappyDesign

If you’re gonna do some design, maybe have somebody proof it. It could save you a trip to a list like this.

What’s your biggest fail as of late?

Tell us in the comments.

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