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People Debate an Incredibly Bold Statement: “I Absolutely Believe Cheese Ruins a Good Hamburger”

I think this hot take is really going to upset some folks.

As for me, I honestly can go both ways on the pressing issue of whether you need cheese or not to make a burger complete and delicious.

Sometimes I love cheese on my burger, sometimes I go without it…I like to be unpredictable, okay?

AskReddit users shared their opinions about a very divisive topic:

I absolutely believe cheese ruins a good hamburger. from unpopularopinion

Let’s take a look at what they had to say…

1. Against the essence of the meat…

“Every time I’ve ate a cheeseburger I found myself highly disappointed and always regret it. Every bite into a cheesburger I feel a horrible clash of flavors and tastes that just go against the essence of the meat.

I believe Burgers are much better suited with on your fresh veggies like lettuce, pickles, red onion, and possibly tomatoes (depending on what you like), and either simply just some ketchup, or a more interesting sauce if it’s available to you, but not anything that will overpower the meat, like cheese does.”

2. Agreed!

“This is less about cheese as a standalone and more so about cheese not quite fitting in with the rest if the layers in the burger.

I agree.

No cheese please.”

3. Depends on the cheese.

“It could be the type of cheese as well.

American cheese is more likely to overwhelm than other types. I prefer provolone cheese on mine.

But most people I know personally only use American cheese.”

4. Gotta get the good stuff.

“I used to not like cheeseburgers as well.

Turns out, I didn’t like burgers with crappy cheese.

I’ll usually get a hamburger from most fast food/chain restaurants, but will get a cheeseburger from local places because they usually use better cheese.”

5. Mixed emotions.

“I actually think tomatoes ruin burgers, and I like tomatoes.

But to the cheese part, to me, it depends on the quality of the meat.

A great beef burger, cooked just right, needs no cheese.”

6. Adds texture.

“Cheese adds a nice texture to the burger, and a good flavor that, in my opinion, brings all the flavors together with a good flavor.

Also, tomatoes are the devil a deserve to be eradicated.”

7. No hot cheese, please.

“I do not enjoy hot cheese at all.

If it’s on my burger and it’s not melting, that means I have a cold burger, which is an entirely different problem.

Therefore I’m in this camp. Do we get hats or t shirts?”

8. We can’t be friends.

“I can’t think of a single burger combination that doesn’t benefit from cheese.

I disagree with you and actually kind of dislike you despite knowing nothing about you.”

9. Something to think about…

“What if you add a really good cheese though?

Not that sliced plastic crap, I’m talking a smoked German cheese with bacon, a rich creamy brie or aged mature cheddar?”

10. Too rich for my blood.

“I’ve always been called crazy for thinking this exact thing.

In my opinion cheese just makes the burger too rich, like I’m going to have a heart attack or throw up if I try to eat the whole thing.

I love cheese and I love burgers, but those two things do not belong together.”

11. A bold stand.

“Cheese ruins almost everything except pizza.

I will die on that hill.”

12. Maybe you’re doing it wrong?

“I think you havent had a good cheeseburger.

It highly depends on the cheese used and the amount used. Cheese goes well with a fatty hamburger. If you’re using 80/20 meat then cheese flows with the fat and enhances the flavor.

If you use cheddar cheese it should be a single slice per 1/2 lb which is a lot less than most people use on a burger. For more lean meats you want less cheese. The fat from fattier burgers actually melds with the cheese and makes it spread into the burger.

Now if you have veggies you want even less cheese.”

Oh, boy…

Now we want to hear from all of you out there.

In the comments, let us know how you feel about this controversial topic.

Thanks in advance!

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What Weird Things Would You Make Socially Acceptable? Here’s What People Said.

Do you remember when George Costanza said that he would drape himself in velvet if it was socially acceptable?

Well, we all have things that we wish weren’t looked down upon as weird so we could do them in public.

But I guess we’ll have to wait a while for most of them to come to fruition…

What would you make socially acceptable if you could?

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.

1. Just tell me.

“Asking a potential employer what the salary for a position is before jumping through 50 hoops with the application/interview process only to find out the pay sucks.”

2. I like your style.

“I’m a guy and I get a lot of flak for complementing people’s clothing.

I don’t think it’s weird, but apparently it means I must like men.

If you got nice shoes I’m going to say they’re nice shoes.”

3. Silence is golden.

“Being able to sit in silence with someone without it being awkward.

People shouldn’t feel obligated to come up with conversation, it makes interacting stressful. I do not believe in awkward silences, talk about something when it comes to you and conversations will feel way more real and interesting.

When you’re able to sit in silence with someone comfortably, I feel it shows you enjoy their company”

4. Just wave and then end it.

“Being able to just wave or say hi to people you hardly know.

There’s nothing worse than an awkward 5 minute “catch up” chat at the store with someone I haven’t seen in years.”

5. Entertain yourselves.

“If other people are at my house having fun but I’m tired, I just want to be able go to bed, but they can stay and have a good time.”

6. It’s taboo.

“Openly talking about your finances with other people.

A lot of people don’t realize they’re underpaid because nobody talks about wages. It’s so bizarre to me that it’s a “taboo subject”.

We all rely on money in some form, let’s just discuss it.”

7. I do it all the time.

“Eating alone at a restaurant or a solo movie trip.

I mean, sort of limited now due to covid, but before covid, when people would hear of me doing that, they said they felt terrible and how depressing that sounds.

I’m like, uhh…why? Just another day for me. Doesn’t feel weird or anything.

It’s quite nice to get away from constant chats and have a nice quiet meal while being out and about.”

8. Let your freak flag fly.

“Dressing however you want.

Makeup, dresses, medieval cloaks, whatever you want, regardless of gender too. That’d be nice. I think people should be able to wear whatever they want as long as it covers Things Most People Don’t Want To See.

Just walk around in cosplay if you want to. I wish everyone felt comfortable to dress however they would want to.”

9. Too much socializing.

“Taking a social time-out without having to smoke or occupy the bathroom.

My work day is 6-8 hours, its an open plan office, lunch is social, and I have at least an hour commute per day.

Thats at least twice my maximum social energy per day.”

10. A popular one.

“4-day work weeks.

We need a 32-hour work week with no pay cut.

I think productivity would stay the same.”

11. Sleep schedules.

“Being awake late at night and sleeping all morning.

I’ve been like this since I a kid. Circadian rhythm is just backwards. Can’t fall asleep before 3.

I wish people didn’t treat me like I’m lazy or something. I’m a pretty productive guy. I just get my work done while you are all asleep.”

12. You look great!

“Complimenting other men.

Sometimes, I just wanna tell a dude that his tie looks awesome.”

13. Hmmm…

“I wish that people would stop conflating women not wearing makeup with being “unprofessional.”

I worked in a place where a girl was told she looked unprofessional when she didn’t wear makeup.

Yikes.”

Okay, now it’s your turn!

In the comments, tell us what things you’d like to make socially acceptable.

We can’t wait to hear from you, friends!

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What Things From the 2000s Need to Come Back? Here’s What People Said.

It’s hard to believe that we’re already in the 2020s…

I feel like only yesterday it was 2005…or maybe 2010…

But here we are!

And we’re getting to that time when we’re starting to miss stuff from the 2000s.

What things from the early 2000s need to make big comebacks?

Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say about this.

1. See through.

“See through casing for our technology.

See through phones, game boys, computers, they were the sh*t!”

2. Bring it on!

“Sidekick phone.

I can afford one now.

My parents can’t say no anymore.”

3. A positive era.

“I really miss the Wild West feeling of the internet and how it felt like it was full of people’s personal passion projects, sh*tty garish websites all about their hobby or niche interest.

We weren’t ruled by online life or connectivity, but you did have the advantage of being reachable if needed. Mobiles were great once we persuaded elderly relatives to get one in case they had a fall, but no-one was on them all the time because we weren’t really using them to access the internet.

And the internet was something you connected to and disconnected from, and wasn’t as central to our lives or as commercialised as now, but it was comprehensive enough that we already had the ‘information superhighway’ where you could find out so much information.

I actually liked some of the fashion too, and it just felt more ‘fun’ than serious.

The early 2000s were a positive era. As someone else said, it felt like the only way to go was up.”

4. Lookin’ cool.

“Heelies.

I wasn’t allowed to have them as a kid, so I’d love to normalize it as a method of travel as opposed to something like hover boards, especially since you don’t have to figure out where to put them when you reach your destination—they just be chillin in your shoes.

Also, entirely human powered, no electricity, so much better environmental footprint.”

5. Great comedies.

“I wish as many good big comedy movies came out now as in the 2000s.”

6. That’s crazy.

“Being anonymous online.

Back in the day you wouldn’t put any personal information out there.

My friend is trying to date online and he’s been told multiple times it’s a red flag that he has no social media.

It’s all crazy.”

7. Yes we can!

“Just the energy of the early 2000s.

I don’t know why, but it seemed like back then we had a lot more people and companies with the “because we can” attitude.”

8. Through the roof.

“House prices.

The housing market in 2020s is way too pricey, and renting is no longer a viable option because those prices raised too!”

9. Where did it go?

“Pop-Punk.

It seems like every Emo and Pop-Punk band from 2005 have turned into electronic pop artist.

I miss the days when you could actually hear a guitar on the radio.”

10. Both of these things.

“MySpace. They didn’t sell our information.

Also, Pop Music that’s fun instead of trying too hard to be edgy and depressing.”

11. Put on your blades!

“Rollerblading.

I remember I stopped watching the Xgames once they removed Blading. Skiing is the closest thing to it still popular these days.

Is just so smooth and stylish and I feel like it needs a fair shake so people can see how far it has come.

It can definitely hold its own next to skateboarding and BMX.”

12. Revolution rock.

“System of a Down.

There’s so much social and political cr*p going on.

I really want Serj and Daron to sing and scream about it in a simultaneously very serious and very silly way.”

13. You need that separation.

“I miss when workplaces recognized the separation of work and home life.

As in, if I posted a dumb video of me trying to do a kick flip on a skateboard, my workplace won’t try to take action against me for doing so.

I agree with workplaces getting involved on some level, but ultimately, just stop stalking the cr*p out of me.”

What do you think needs to make a comeback from the early 2000s?

Talk to us in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Share the Uncomfortable Things They’ve Seen Couples Do at Their Weddings

The older you get, the more weddings you have to go to.

Your friends and family members get married and you kind of become an old hand at it. And with that experience, you also see the good, the bad, and the ugly.

And you also see the AWKWARD.

What’s the most cringeworthy thing you’ve seen a couple do on their wedding day?

Here’s what folks had to say on AskReddit.

1. A terrible idea.

“They sang their vows to each other.

Neither had a singing voice.

Vows were generally bat sh*t crazy, like submissive in the bedroom, and not asking about where she was going.

The autotune microphones were a terrible idea.

Their vow songs shared a chorus and it was awful and they expected the guests to sing along with the chorus.

The vows singing lasted 20 minutes.

Pure cringe.”

2. A trashy affair.

“My friend got pregnant at 20 with a piece of sh*t guy so they got married.

It was me, our friend, her mom and then just the two of them.. they got married in some random lady’s house, we sat on computer chairs in a small living room with the ladies dogs sniffing us and barking. The whole thing lasted maybe 5 or 10 minutes.

After we proceeded to take wedding pictures in the parking lot of a Dollar Store and then we got McDonald’s. I made a little bouquet out of some ferns and leaves that were in the McDonald’s parking lot, she threw the bouquet and it ended up getting run over by someone going to the drive thru.

Lol needless to say, it was a trashy affair and their marriage didn’t last long.”

3. Third time’s a charm.

“When I was 11 my cousin got married for the third time.

I never really liked her because A.) She was 37 when I was 11, we didn’t have a lot in common and B.) She was pretty full of herself. The wedding itself was fine, pretty boring but fine. Then we get to the reception.

We were told we had to sit down as soon as we got there, some people found it weird but I’ve only been to one other wedding before this (her other marriages were when I was little, no kids were allowed at her weddings) so I didn’t think anything of it.

The Bride and Groom then make a huge dramatic entrance and everyone awkwardly clapped for them as they strutted around the room with actual crowns on their heads. The Bride then gets the microphone and hands it to her mom and asks her to say something she loves about the bride.

She then tells her mom to pass it on and says she wants EVERYONE in the room to say one thing they absolutely love about the bride. Not the bride and groom, not their relationship, just the bride herself. It was super awkward.”

4. That’s way too much.

“They reenacted a scene from an old romantic film, about two lovers in 1800s.

In front of like 300 people.”

5. Sounds amazing.

“It’s a tie between my sister breaking her knee (seriously) at her own wedding dancing to Cotton Eyed Joe and my stepsister having her reception at an honest to god truck stop while 6 months pregnant.

In her defense, the food was good but WOW was it weird walking through a gas station in formal wear.”

6. Pledge your allegiance.

“At the beginning of the reception, we all had to stand up and sing the national anthem.

To be clear, this was in another country I’d never been to a wedding in before, so I thought “ok maybe this is just a tradition I’ve never heard of before here!” Then I told this to other people, and they were all like “no, that’s just really weird.”

Also, at that wedding the father of the groom ended his speech with what I’m sure he thought was an amazing joke, on how it’s easier to build a bridge to Hawaii than to understand what a woman is thinking.

It would have been awkward enough had the man not also been standing between his ex and current wife as he was delivering it.”

7. Sounds like a hoot.

“Serve macaroni and cheese only to the bridal party. Everyone else got mashed potatoes.

I was a hostess so I got macaroni and cheese, after tasting it there was no way in hell they would’ve broken the bank preparing enough for everyone.

It was just really tacky because people were asking for it and I told them I didn’t know much about it I am just following directions.”

8. Freedom!

“Bride entered to Braveheart soundtrack blasting on boom box. Civil service that lasted a few minutes starting at around 1 pm.

She leaves to same blasting Braveheart soundtrack. The mother announces that the reception starts at 5:30 pm. There is no food and no bar, but trays of dessert bars will be served. We are also told the venue is locked until then so there is no place to wait!

My girlfriend and I leave with a crowd of people to across the street to an Irish pub for drinks. A bit of a party breaks out there. We all get told to knock it off and come wait back at the venue in the hall. So we sit in the hall on the carpet for a few hours without drinks or dinner.

Bride and groom arrive and enter the venue to an “honour guard” of floor hockey players wearing hockey jerseys and holding sticks above their heads like swords at a royal wedding. More Braveheart music of course.

Place emptied out pretty quick as people either left to go back to the pub or to the fast food place a bit further away. Our dinner was lemon squares and a can of Coke from a vending machine in the lobby.

Funny stuff.”

9. Cringeworthy.

“The bride decided to sing as she walked down the aisle.

She was not a particularly talented singer, and she was singing over a Carrie Underwood song so we could all hear the original vocal track.

She finished walking about halfway through the song and then stood there and sang the rest of the song at the groom and all we could do was sit there and watch.”

10. Total disaster.

“They began the wedding with the groom playing an out of tune guitar and singing to the bride.

They were sitting on chairs in front of everyone, legit 400 people, and the bride was clearly uncomfortable which made everyone else uncomfortable. That wedding also included a foot washing ceremony, and when the bride put her shoes back on she tripped on her dress and fell flat on her face.

They hadn’t done the vows yet and the ceremony stopped for 20 minutes to deal with the nosebleed she gave herself.”

11. Over before it started.

“Bride shows up almost 2 hours late to her own wedding. Southern California in an open field no water no shade.

She shows up and wants to get married in her yoga outfit. The groom shut it down and when she refused to change her clothes the groom decided to leave her looking stupid and they never got married.

I spoke with my uncle and it turns out he had speculation that his fiancé was sleeping with her personal trainer. When she showed up in her yoga outfit it was all he needed to call off the wedding. She ended up married to her personal trainer and divorced again.”

12. Bizarre.

“The ceremony also was the “Name Reveal”.

They changed their last name because they didn’t want to be stuck to their heritage and didn’t want anything to hold them back.

Turns out they changed their name thinking they could erase their mountains of debt or at least hide from it. Turns out you can’t live under two legal identities….”

13. Livin’ that vape life.

“Instead of throwing rice (or confetti, or sprinkles, or anything like that) the bride and groom asked their friends to save all their empty Juul pods and throw those as they walked down the aisle.

The friends obliged.”

Okay, you’re up!

In the comments, tell us about the awkward things that you’ve seen brides and grooms do at weddings.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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13 Cool Hollywood Facts From Behind-the-Scenes

The thing about movies is they’re incredibly hard to make. They’re complicated. And if you’re someone staffed on a film set, odds are you might spend days, weeks, or months hammering out details on a film that in the big picture will be invisible to the audience.

But not invisible to the people on r/MovieDetails – they thrive on the minutia. Here are just a few gems they’ve uncovered!

13. Troy (2004)

Brad Pitt and Eric Bana made an agreement to owe each other small amounts of money for each accidental hit on set during their fight choreography.

In the end, Bana owed nothing, Pitt owed $750.

12. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

It’s notable that Ginny is the only girl in the photo wearing pants instead of a skirt, likely a nod from the costuming department that she’d be in boys’ hand-me-downs.

11. Interstellar (2014)

The way they modeled the black hole was so complex that it took 100 hours of computing time to render each frame.

10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Everyone with a flower in their lapel tried to kill Indy.

He then marks Elsa with one.

9. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Bruce is the only person at the masquerade not wearing a mask.

Batman is his true identity, the maskless Bruce is the facade.

8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

The toothpaste brand Smilex is a nod to Smylex, the company that creates poisonous gas in one of Tim Burton’s other movies, Batman.

7. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Terry the dog (“Toto”) was paid more than the actors playing munchkins.

6. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

“I am your father.” wasn’t spoken on set during the shooting of the scene.

It was dubbed in later along with the rest of Vader’s dialogue.

In order to keep the secret, the line as performed was “Obi-Wan killed your father.”

Only Mark Hamill knew what it would really be.

5. Rango (2011)

Rather than motion capture, animators used footage of the actors playing their parts live as detailed reference.

4. The Incredibles (2004)

Director Brad Bird had Spencer Fox (Dash) run laps around he studio in order to sound convincingly out of breath.

3. Scream (1996)

The phone Drew Barrymore was using to dial 911 had been left plugged in by mistake for a few takes.

The police called back to ask what was going on.

2. Inglorious Bastards (2009)

Colonel Landa subtly but repeatedly checks the pulse of those he’s interrogating in order to gauge how nervous they are.

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

Mackenzie Crook wore two contact lenses on top of each other to pull off his character’s wooden eye effect.

“It’s uncomfortable,” he said, “but not painful.”

There’s more than just loads of money happening behind the scenes of these iconic flicks!

What’s your favorite movie factoid?

Tell us in the comments.

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Hot and Spicy Memes About the Wall Street Takedown

The larger the company, the harder the fall.

When it comes to Wall Street, losses run pretty big these days. The whole meme stock controversy has everyone (even politicians!) talking about the ethics of trading… which can get pretty confusing.

Luckily for us denizens of the net, we have extremely dank memes to explain even the most complicated concepts.

Here are 12 hot and spicy memes all about the Wall Street takedown.

12. That’s economics

Yeah, that’s pretty much it. That’s exactly how it works. Who would’ve thought!

11. RIP the 1%

Whatever shall these folks do without the proper funding for their next yacht?

10. Whoopsie

Ah, the fresh smell of reigning double standards in the morning!

9. Excellent

Just roll with it, boys…just roll with it.

8. That’s life

Wonder how Joaquin feels about all of this.

7. LOL

Whoever bought this is an absolute champion.

6. It just keeps getting crazier

Yeah, if you told me in March 2020 that this is where we’d be almost a year later, I’d literally laugh in your face.

5. Time to face the music

4. Wow

Which witch is which?

3. Accurate

Here’s the latest political alignment chart for all your compartmentalization needs.

2. That’s real

Everything is on fire, and it’s totally fine.

1. There he goes

It’s about time the little man stood up to the big guy.

If you’ve been following the insanity that is the whole GameStop fiasco, then these memes were sure to tickle your funny bones just right.

Anyone feel like going in on Blackberry next week? (Don’t listen to me, I have no idea what I’m talking about.)

What’s your take on all the Wall Street drama? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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Memes for Those of Us Who Are Thankful It’s 2021

2020 taught us a lot, but it still sucked. Few things can put a damper on an entire year like an unprecedented global catastrophe.

Add everything else that’s pretty crummy about life on top of that, and you’re in for a real pickle. And I hate pickles.

Luckily, 2020 is over, and we can all finally breathe a collective sigh of relief as we continue onward into 2021!

Here are 11 memes for those of us thankful for 2021 and the hope this still young year might bring.

10. That’s real

Truly – has much of anything actually changed?

Via: Someecards

9. Time to celebrate

Nothing quite hits the spot like a hot cup of “oh no, we’re all doomed!”

Via: Someecards

8. Accurate

I mean, is there really much else to say?

Via: Someecards

7. Lies

Listen, we all need to find a way to unwind sometimes.

Via: Someecards

6. Wow

Yeah guys – remember movies? Remember how going to see those in a theater was actually a thing?

Via: Someecards

5. At least it’s over

Hopefully 2020 won’t come back for a bunch of increasingly worse sequels.

Via: Someecards

4. Yup

What else is there to do but eat your feelings every waking second of the day?

Via: Someecards

3. Yowch

Whatever you do, don’t touch it.

Via: Someecards

2. Avoid predictions at all cost

You don’t want to fill the universe with any negative energies right now.

Via: Someecards

1. Sounds great

If this is all you do throughout 2021, then consider yourself lucky.

Via: Someecards

Get ready to wash 2020 out of your hair. It’s firmly 2021, folks – and that means it’s time for a whole new outlook on life.

What are your goals for 2021? Do you think this year will be better than the last one?

Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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This is Why Hackers Aren’t Stopped by the “5 Attempts” Limit

I’ve found myself saying it as I sweat over trying to remember what my stupid password is on some seldom-used site I need info from:

“If even I can’t figure out how to log in to my account, how could any hacker have a chance?”

How can hackers try thousands of passwords when trying to hack something, but my account gets locked after 5 tries when I do it? from NoStupidQuestions

Well hold on, because we’re about to get technical with the help of Reddit.

1. Hashing it out.

Usually sites don’t store your password directly, they store a hash of your password. The hash is a number which is derived from your password using an algorithm.

When you log in, it’s very easy to convert your password to a hash and check it matches. But it’s very, very difficult to figure out what the password was from a hash. Generating a hash is a one-way operation.

So if someone hacks into a website they might be able to get those password hashes. That by itself isn’t enough to break into your account because they still need a password, the hash alone isn’t enough.

But what it does mean is they can keep hashing lots and lots of passwords to try to find one which generates a matching hash. They don’t need to actually enter passwords into the site to do that, they can run the hashing algorithm themselves. So it gets around any limitations like account locking.

– Psyk60

2. There are many ways.

Yeah there are tons of ways [to hack in].

Many sites only block you from trying multiple passwords on 1 account let’s say 5 times. But they don’t block you from trying 1 password on multiple accounts at all. So people can gather a very large list of login names (such as emails or just account names) and then try 5 commonly used passwords on that very large list of login names.

– GreenBlueEyedDog

3. Trade up.

Another easy way is to first target fan sites/forums/message boards. For example (and I’m just making this all up), there are tons stock trading forums. Almost every forum software has public exploits which can allow someone to gain access to the database which will then give access to emails and passwords.

You can then theoretically take those lists of emails and passwords and make a program to try them on common trading platforms such as Robinhood, etrade, or anything. People tend to use their same email and password pretty much everywhere, and when you’re working with that large of a dataset you’re bound to get hits.

And again, most websites don’t have any block protection for trying different login names so it’s fast and easy to do this.

– GreenBlueEyedDog

4. Proxy magic.

Another option is to use proxies. It can be quite a bit slower but there are places you can purchase large amounts of IP addresses and ports that a password cracker can connect to which allows the login attempt to be made through that IP.

With a list of 2000 IPs, you can theoretically make over 100k login attempts in an hour, or running 24/7 2.4 million attempts in a day.

– GreenBlueEyedDog

5. Outdated methods?

So the approach you’re describing essentially involves some code that just tries a metric f*ckton of possible passwords in the hope that the correct password is guessed eventually through brute force. This approach used to be quite effective but nowadays most major websites and organisations have limits on how often you can fill in a password for this exact reason.

Some older websites will not have the limit and I believe others have a system where you can only try a password once every few seconds because the code that the hackers use to brute force their way in usually tries thousands of combinations a second.

– diatomicsoda

6. Thieves in the night.

They steal the data they need to break in (like your hashed password, what the site stores), and work on it remotely, where there is no 5-try limit.

– bazmonkey

7. Weaker websites.

They try to break passwords on weaker websites or on leaked hashes and then escalate the attack to other websites hoping you use the same password (way too many people do).

Use a password manager and random passwords everywhere.

– akulowaty

8. Gone phishing.

Phishing: Often hackers don’t even both guessing- they’ll create fake web pages or inject scripts into website that will just send your password directly to them.

This is why you should be very hesitant when clicking on links you don’t trust.

– AudreyIsDumb

9. It’s not about you.

The trick is they don’t want a particular account. If they tried brute forcing YOUR account. They’d be blocked like you.

So you have version one of this which is called password spraying. This usually goes along with having a bunch of usernames available to them. So they brute force attack the password, but they run every iteration across all accounts they have a username for. This spreads things out and avoids triggering action for a lot of places because often it is tries in a short time period, not an absolute number of consecutive wrong attempts.

If the system has an absolute number of failed consecutive attempts set up for lock out, they will trigger lock out of your account.

Version two of brute forcing requires them to have the encrypted password file. In this case, they get all the tries in the world until the heat death of the universe. If they manage to match it, they then go to the UI and log in. No failed attempts to lock you out.

Alternatively, you did something stupid like reuse passwords and username. You set up a log in over on some low quality web site like a cheap phpbb forum for fans of rainbow colored lemurs. They compromise that, have your password for that site and an email address, and then hit up everything interesting like banks, credit card sites, gmail, etc with that pair. It works or it doesn’t and the hit and run attempt isn’t likely to trigger a block.

– raz-0

10. What’s the hardware?

Depends on the hardware/OS platform that handles the log in. Back when I was a sysadmin, the best security software in the industry ran on IBM mainframes. If you ever hit a three strikes and you’re out situation, a mainframe was handling your login.

If it were a UNIX box or god-forbid a Windows server, have at it. Nothing was counting.

Most websites use SQL to handle anything typed into a field, and that could connect to anything. But most servers on the Net are either UNIX or Windows machines.

That tells you most you need to know.

– newsjunkie102

11. Social engineering.

The Brute Force method isn’t used nearly as much anymore. The new trick is to is what is called Social Engineering to get people to divulge their passwords or other info. “hacking” is not a real thing. Nowadays security breaches happen because of human failings.

If I wanted to “hack” someones accounts I wouldn’t set up a complex algorithm, I’d set up a complex lie.

– NRG_Factor

12. PSA!

PSA: As long as we’re talking about hacking passwords, I’d like to discuss the importance of 2-factor authentication.

Even if a hacker finds your password, a properly implemented 2FA methodology will still prevent them from accessing your account.

Username / password alone is not safe.

– Beauregard_Jones

13. Close calls.

My computer at work has 3 wrong times and then you are locked out resulting in a lengthy phone call to the help centre in India to unlock it.

The other day i mistakenly entered the old password twice without thinking, realising what i had just done meant i have never entered the third try so carefully as that time as i had a conference call scheduled in a few minutes time with my boss.

– moondog1967

14. Of course!

Because they’re hackers, duh

– thesleepingtigress

15. That’s good hash.

I like salt and a little pepper on my hash browns

– benmarvin

So the important takeaways here seem to be:
• Don’t repeat your passwords on different sites
• Use a password manager to help make this easier
• Turn on two-factor authentication wherever you can
• If strangers on the internet start asking you weirdly personal questions…don’t answer them.

What are some other password best practices?

Drop ’em in the comments.

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Folks Discuss the Real Reasons Printers Still Suck

I have spent a good chunk of my life yelling at printers.

My roommate took the last printer I’d been using when we parted ways, and the only thing I miss about it is that it had the little automatic feeder tray to scan documents.

Because we shouldn’t even be BOTHERING with putting data on physical paper, we should be shoving whatever paper is still lying around back into digital form, right?

I mean, RIGHT?

Why, after so many fucking years, do printers still work like overpriced pieces of shit? from NoStupidQuestions

So why are printers so horrible? Let’s see if we can get a consensus from Reddit.

1. “Complicated moving parts.”

They have lots of complicated moving parts that can jam and break and go wrong.

Meanwhile the business model is to sell the printer as cheap as possible (maybe even at a loss) and make up the money on ink cartridge sales, so there’s incentive to cut every corner on build quality if it makes it possible to sell the end result even cheaper.

If you want a reliable printer, look for one that just does one thing (all the multifunction printer/scanner/copier/fax/shredder/espresso stuff just adds more complications and things that can go wrong) and be prepared to spend extra for quality.

Or buy a laser printer – toner cartridges last way longer than ink cartridges, which flips the business model away from selling refills. Colour lasers are pricey, but a black and white laser printer can be reasonably inexpensive and is a better bet for reliability than an equivalent inkjet.

– noggin-scratcher

2.”Just save everything.”

I work in IT and the one technology I hate more than anything is printers – god f*cking d*mn it why cant people just save everything online, send them in emails and let us trash the bleeding things.

Join the paperless revolution now and yeet your printer out the window

– Bisqutz

3. “Paperless is not an option.”

I’m in IT too, Unfortunately paperless is not an option (yet) in the industry. Best solution is Lease, You save on time and money, Printers are managed offsite by the provider, The consumables are automatically ordered when needed and the printers can log they own tickets!

I saved my last company 1/3 the usual yearly spend in the first year. Now in a new place with 10 year old printers I’m trying to do the same, Why it’s a hard sell is way beyond me.

– drumanddrummer

4. (That’s over a thousand pounds of paper per month.)

Used to repair industrial copiers. You’d hate being IT for the railroad then.

Only place I ever serviced where it was when, not if one would break. They had 3 huge Monochrome printers for their Engineers and Conductors work orders. Things spat out 120K pages a month, each. Full service was needed every 2 months minimum. Then you had the fact that if it did jam, some idiot would stick their grease coated hand in, grab whatever they touched and rip it out.

I arrived once to find a fuser unit just chilling on top of the machine. Those are pretty hard to get out on the models they had even using tools.

Even I wished they’d go digital.

– McDicklesP1ckle

5. “Printer = inkjet?”

Every single thread about printers being sh*t is either about inkjets breaking or about cost of inkjet cartridges. Then comes a hero and suggests laser.

I wonder whether the word “printer” = “inkjet” for americans. Do most people just buy them dirt cheap, throw away and replace? Because in my limited 3rd world experience, laser cartridges are cherished, loved, refilled and refurbished till their last black breath. And most 8+ years laser printers can be repaired for cheap.

– TrueMinoshiro

6. “What the monopoly wanted.”

Walmart.

My father worked for Lexmark for most of his working life. According to him, the big box stores came along and dictated the price of goods. They told single-stream businesses like Lexmark that they would only sell printers that cost $50 or less.

As Walmart is roughly 30% of all sales of anything in the United States (at the time) you had to do what the monopoly wanted. So factories were exported overseas, R&D budgets were slashed, and the ‘we will have to make our profit off ink cartridges instead’ model was implemented.

So the printers had to be made a sh*tty and cheaply as possible in order to be allowed to sell them at all.

All his years at Lexmark turned him to hating capitalism and the unfree market.

Once a Chinese conglomerate offered to buy Lexmark, he was happy to take the contract buyout and leave early.

– Farmerssharkey

7. “It’s a workhorse.”

A few years ago I purchased an All-in-One HP laserjet printer – copy, scan, fax, and print, including automated double-sided printing. I have not had a single problem with it. It connects to my home network via wireless. It prints color as well as black and white.

The toner cartridges are expensive, but (a) print some huge number of pages, and (b) are stable for years. I read about a man who maintained computer equipment for a small firm that found 10yo cartridges for his printers that had been stored and forgotten, he put them in and they worked without a hitch. The toner cartridge technology has gotten perfected, even to the point of making them easy to install.

I don’t remember how many years I used this before I needed to replace the B&W cartridge. It’s a workhorse.

I just looked up the price of this, retail — it’s just under $500. You can buy an inkjet for a quarter of that, and the ink is much cheaper, but they dry out while you aren’t using them, I used to have annoyingly frequent trouble with mine jamming and smearing, the printouts smear if touched too soon after printing, and also if they get wet. None of this has been true with my laser printer.

I’m afraid you’ve been buying the wrong printers.

– arghvark

8. “Worse than glitter.”

Yeah I think about that often. We have VR glasses, hoverboards and Sophia the robot, but printing is still a huge pain in the *ss.

Even at work, it’s just such a pain. There is always something with it and this is coming from a graphic designer that has learned to fix printers.

Like ever had a broken toner cartridge explode in your face? Worse than glitter.

– Twirlingbarbie

9. “Never buy a printer.”

Pro tip: Never buy a printer, go to FedEx Kinkos and pay $1.50 for the once or twice a year you actually need to print something.

– trush44

10. “Ink is expensive.”

First off, ink is one of the most expensive liquids in the world.

Printers are there to sell ink, and basically nothing else. If you want to buy a printer that’s big enough for a small to medium office setting these days they almost always come with a subscription to a maintenance and ink refill program to make sure you continue buying the “correct” ink and do regular maintenance (aka spending money)… A lot of printers won’t even accept any cartridges other than the ones made specifically for that printer anymore.

But apparently that’s not enough, because they want you to also buy a new printer every few years, meaning the printer is made with incredibly cheap parts and lasts about 1/10th as long as it could. Planned obsolescence is far from an uncommon business practice, but the real problem is that every printing company is buying into the business model.

Is it possible to make a superior product that doesn’t break down as often? Is it possible to make a universal ink cartridge or even one that works across all [OG printing company]? Do even the printers at [OG printing company] break down all the time? The answer to all of these questions is “yes, but money is more important”.

The one place all the printing companies actually compete is in the large scale printing production market, any machine made for a large office or printing central company is made to last and costs a fortune.

– Lesbionical

11. “Cheaper to just buy a whole new printer.”

In college I would buy the cheapest printer that only printed (no scanning no fax) and when the cartridges that came with it ran out, it was cheaper to just buy a whole new printer than new ink cartridges

– PapaRed18

12. “Actual good software.”

If you’re an actual good software engineer, you don’t get a job designing software for a printer.

– Lobanium

13. “People treat copiers like trash.”

As a MFP repairman, I can tell you the 2 most common issues I see with printers.

A, most people treat the copiers like trash (using paper with the wrong settings, over working it, never having it pm’d, using crappy paper, running unauthorized objects like paper clips and sticky notes through the document feeder, skyshots, etc.), and wonder why it breaks down.

B, they go with the cheap option which either means the machine is 5-7 years old, not the right model for their workload, or is a HP.

– BloodNinja87

14. “Include a trigger warning.”

Please include a trigger warning for questions like this in the future.

Asking my dad this question started a 5 minute rant that I’m pretty sure will repeat itself in about 10 minutes.

– lantana88

15. “In spirit.”

All printers are from 2005 in spirit.

– malatropism

So, taken together, the solution to this enigma seems to be:

If you want a printer that doesn’t drive you insane, spend the money on a decent laser model instead of picking up the cheapest possible scam of an inkjet and expecting it to not destroy your marriage.

What’s your printer approach?

Tell us in the comments.

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Guys Admit What They’d Do if They Were Women for a Day

I’m a dude. And I have oft wondered what it would be like to be, say, not a dude. A woman, perchance.

My musings on this topic have ranged from how it might feel physically, to how much I would like it, to what my external treatment would change to, etc.

But this is the internet and there’s not a lot of space for nuance here, so let’s get to the weirdness.

If you were the opposite sex for a day, what would you do? from AskReddit

Here’s what some of my fellow men said they’d do given 24 hours as a woman. I’m sure they’re not gonna embarrass me at all. Let’s find out.

1. Off to a great start.

Play with my woman boobs for a day instead of my man boobs like normal.

– d*ck-nipples

2. Yeah, that’s the technical term.

I believe the appropriate response is: be a hoe.

But with my luck I’d be on my period.

– Sh*ttinwithmykitten

3. What the f*ck.

I’d probably end up in the hospital for sticking so much stuff up my vagina

– beerknowswhen

4. Ok, this is…cute?

Find out what the girls really do at sleep overs, it’s a mystery that has to be revealed

– Anon_nomy

5. A valid social experiment.

Male at the moment, so would become female.

Aside from all of the obvious sex things, I’d love to walk into a computer or gaming store, with the knowledge I have, and see if/how differently I’d be treated.

– Ratfor

6. And we’re back to weird Freaky Friday sequels.

Go on tinder and swipe right on lesbians, hopefully can have lesbian sex before my day up.

Would be awkward if my day was up mid sex

– oknh

7. Guys.

Poop so I could see if it’s true that women don’t poop

– watches_yousleep

8. Aw, this is actually kinda sweet!

Depends.

If my wife and I switched roles, I would just have sex with her so she understands my adoration for it with her.

– mountiemotorsports

9. Again, a valuable lesson I’m sure.

Assuming I’m a good looking lady go to a bar and see what it’s like to get a ton of unwanted attention.

– PoliticalNerd87

10. …Reddit, everyone.

I know many people will say this, but have sex with my best friend, but in this case not cuz he is a virgin, since he is not, but cuz even though he had sex, he never felt truly loved, his longest relationship lasted about 2 months. Since I support him and care for him, I would let him silly f*ck me, just saying.

Also, none of this is gay.

– CoffeeK_

11. Science, of course.

Get naked and touch every part of my body. For research purposes.

Cos when I revert I want to have a whole lot more intimate knowledge of female sexual responses.

– Duck_Kak

12. Ya’ll are really scared of this, huh?

Being the lucky piece of sh*t I am, I’d probably get a period

– EnderCorePL

13. I just…

I’d post my t*ts on reddit for karma.

My current tits don’t get much traction here.

– [User Deleted]

14. THE WHOLE TEAM?

Play with the new plumping, then go f*ck a soccer (football) team.

– Chrome_Armadillo

15. You’ve…you’ve already thought about this a lot.

am I hot/attractive? I’d drive to walmart, get a high quality camera and some bananas. then make some “asmr” videos. like 50 of them. 20 with my clothes on and 30 topless. and then maybe 10 more full frontal nude. just recording and storing the footage all day. if i can do more, i’ll do more. in different rooms so it looks like different days.

Then when I’m back to being a guy, I’d slowly release the videos on youtube and start a patreon and onlyfans. and then upload the nude ones to those sites. and i’d do this over the span of a few years, uploading each video once every month, sometimes twice a month. some months being skipped.

Then when I’m down to my last video, I tell people that I’m moving and need some funds to move to another state to get a ton of money from my simp army. Then when I get as much money as possible, I upload a video of my male self saying that she’s taking a break for mental health reasons and that she’ll be back. but she never comes back. and then I’d leave the donation stuff open for those who want to keep simping for no more content.

– MyStationIsAbandoned

Well. That was…enlightening. I’m gonna go see what women had to say about becoming men. I’m sure it’s…better?

What would you do if you swapped sexes for a day?

Tell us in the comments.

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