People Share Stories About How Clueless Other Adults Were

Have you ever had to explain something that was totally ridiculous to another adult? And it made you realize that a lot of “adults” out there are actually pretty clueless about all kinds of things?

I had a roommate in college who once asked me how to make macaroni and cheese. Yes, you read that correctly. He observed me in the kitchen one day working my magic on the stove and he was so blown away that he just had to know how to do it! How can this be done?!?!

Apparently, he hadn’t graduated past the microwave portion of his culinary life yet and it was up to me to guide him through that journey…

Here are some hilarious and ridiculous stories from AskReddit users about some very clueless adults.

1. How does this thing work?

“I had to show a co-worker how to staple papers properly. He would staple papers in the middle of the page. The actual center of the page. And the pages would not be lined up properly.

I swear, he just threw pages in the air and grabbed it out of the air with a stapler.”

2. Really?

“Alcohol has calories.

I had to be the one to tell my friend when she was in her mid-20s that the vodka she loved had calories.

She was so shocked and said, “What!?! I thought since it was clear like water it didn’t have any calories.””

3. Gotta learn sometime.

“Literally had to teach my 45 year old mother how to pay her bills. She always had someone to take care of her.

One day she was 100% single for the first time in 31 years (multiple partners). She then realized that she had no clue how to actually be an adult.

It was a mind-blowing experience for me.”

4. Reframe.

“Earlier this year, I had to explain to my sister that its ‘refrain’ not ‘reframe’. She genuinely thought that people would say things like “reframe from touching me”.

In her own words, that way makes more sense because “if I didnt want someone to touch me I’d rather put a big frame around myself so they cant”.

Shes 30. And a teacher.”

5. History lesson.

“Last year, I had to explain to a co-worker that there’s a very drastic difference between a German citizen and a Nazi after she refused to interact with a German man.

We work at an international airport.”

6. Wow…

“This is embarrassing to even write but I had to explain to a coworker that her statement of “Some people treated their slaves well so why not honor those people? You have no idea how those slaves were treated” is not okay.

Just plain not okay…”

7. Probably should’ve known that…

“I had to tell my cousin that she will not get her period when she’s pregnant.

She didn’t understand so I had to explain ovulation and the menstrual cycle.

She’s 28 years old.”

8. I’m outta here!

“I had to teach my sister that bail is only an option while you’re awaiting trial.

She thought that inmates could just pay to get out of prison early and just leave forever.”

9. I give up.

“I had a patient who asked me where my family is from because he’s “interested in countries of origin”.

The same man returned in a week or two for an office procedure. As I’m prepping everything, he asked, “what’s the different between Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino?”.

I thought he was kidding so I was like “uh, they’re different countries? and have different culture?”

Man looks me in the eye and says, “okay, but what’s the difference?”

I gave up, and then the other times he came in pretty much established that he’s a “soft” racist so there’s that.”

10. Language barrier.

“When I was on vacation in Vegas a waitress was having a great conversation with us.

She wanted to visit the UK but was really worried about not speaking the same language. She asked us, a family who had told her we were from England, if people spoke English in England.

She insisted that we were speaking American.

Nice lady and have fun memories but still gobsmacked about it.”

11. This is amazing.

“My ex’s sister in law thought that ATMs had a person inside.

She went her whole life thinking that until one day she asked why they still have someone in the ATM after hours since it seems unsafe nowadays.”

12. Well…

“I told a friend that I was Korean.

To which he replied “Oh this whole time I thought you were Asian”.”

13. Amen!

“That wearing a mask isn’t going to hurt you, and that it in fact, will help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

And that it 100% does not need to be a f*cking political thing, but a decent human being thing.”

14. A teachable moment.

“The first time my daughter came home from her college dorm with laundry, she asked me where the soap goes.

She had just put her dirty clothes in the dryer not knowing it was not the washer.

She’s a smart woman, and I clearly missed a teachable moment or two along the way.”

Yeesh…some people…

Have you ever had to have a conversation like this with an adult?

If so, tell us all about it in the comments!

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August 10, 2020

People Share the Different Ways You Can Use Everyday Products

Life hacks are the best. I think we can all agree on that, right?

See that wrench? Here’s another use for it! Those knitting needles? Use them for this as well!

The possibilities are pretty endless for what we can use everyday items for, to be honest with you. And we’re about to get a whole lot of great tips in that department.

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.

1. Scuba.

“Scuba diver here. Instead of using those expensive defogger gels and sprays on your mask, smear a bunch of dish soap in it, rinse once or twice, and your mask will never fog during the dive.

You can also use this method to keep your windshield from fogging. Smear a bunch of dish soap on a towel, then rub it all over the inside of your windshield.

Take another damp towel and rub the soap off until your wind shield is clear. I did this 3 weeks ago and have not had to defog a single time since.”

2. Good advice.

“Bleach to keep away cockroaches. I used to get big *ss cockroaches in the summer that came up my drain.

My exterminator told me to pour 1 cup of bleach down my drain each week. You have to pour it down the drain in the room you see them. I started 18 months ago and haven’t seen a cockroach since.”

3. Use it!

“Clear nail polish:

Prevent skin going green from brass

Permanently stop fabric from fraying

Same goes with yarn

Seal paint.”

4. I did not know that!

“Toilet seat covers are the same as blotting paper for oily skin.”

5. Just in case…

“Corn starch is a good blood coagulant if you need to stop bleeding…”

6. In the Army.

“Vagisil for chafing.

It’s antibacterial, lubricating, and an anesthetic. I learned that in the army.”

7. Donate them!

“Clean mascara wands are used in animal shelters to soothe the animals by brushing, and to remove fly eggs and larva from fur.”

8. Cool!

“If you have a highlighter that’s dying, take the “pen” part of it out of the casing and soak it in nail polish remover.

It will revitalize it to working like new.”

9. Use ’em!

“Coffee grounds are quite versatile. Among other things, you can use them for:

A soil additive to improve the pH balance for plants

Place them in a refrigerator to neutralize odors

Scour pots and pans

De-icing your steps and driveway

An ant repellent

An exfoliating scrub for your skin.”

10. Good to know!

“Use salt as an abrasive and absorber when cleaning. I spray my stove top with a general household cleaner then sprinkle salt liberally over the top. It gets grease out easily.

For liquid stains like wine, I pour salt over the stain to soak up excess liquid then come through with hydrogen peroxide. Finally I get absorbent towels and dab clean it.”

11. Very versatile.

“Vinegar is amazing.

It can be used as a cheap household cleaner, refresh the coffee maker, and it can cure foot fungus and jock itch.”

12. Give it a shot.

“Antiperspirant can also be used between your thighs and under your boobs.

It stops chaffing from rubbing and sweat in those areas.”

13. Time to tune up.

“If you have a landline telephone, the dial tone is a concert F.

By holding the phone to your ear and your finger on the first fret of the first string of your guitar (for example) you can use the dial tone as a reference pitch and accurately tune up without a tuner.”

14. It works wonders!

“Keep a bag of cat litter in the trunk of the car, in case you need extra traction if you get stuck in ice or snow.”

Do you have any good tips on how to use everyday objects for secondary uses?

If so, please share them with us in the comments!

Thanks in advance!

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August 10, 2020

People Share the Most Uncomfortable Questions You Can Ask Someone

I’ve never witnessed this phenomenon, but I’ve heard this story a few times from other people in my life…and I don’t know why anyone would ever do this…

I’m talking about when someone asks a woman when she’s due…when they don’t even know if she’s pregnant or not…

Ugh! How stupid can you be, folks!

That is not cool, not funny, and it’s downright disrespectful if you ask me.

What’s the most uncomfortable question you can ask someone?

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say…

1. Very rude.

“Why don’t you have any children?

I was a chronic miscarrier.

My son is a super-duper miracle.”

2. Let’s move on.

“Do you have a sister, by chance?”

3. Don’t even ask.

“How come I wasn’t invited?”

4. Just the way it is.

“Why are you so quiet?”

This makes my blood boil. I’m a fairly quiet person in social settings and have received this question a few times.

It makes you AND the people around you feel awkward.

Like… let people be quiet if they
want to be. Not everyone is a social butterfly!”

5. What an as*hole.

“Once, back in college, when meeting my then-girlfriend’s parents for the first time, her dad greets me with a handshake. Nothing odd about that at all.

Then, in mid shake he says, “So you’re the guy f*cking my daughter.”

I was genuinely rendered speechless.”

6. Here we go…

“Doctor, in front of parents:

Are you s*xually active?”

7. Money talk.

“What kind of debt are you in?”

‘The mafia are currently fighting a turf war over the collection of said debt.’

It’s made me pretty popular.”

8. Weirdo.

“If you come in the back office with me right now, just you and me, are you gonna be cool about it, or be a snitch?

Asked by my old boss at a grocery store, he just was offering me shots of fireball because it was almost closing time on New Years Eve, but that phrasing…”

9. Inappropriate.

“I always thought asking a soldier how many kills they have is the absolute worst thing you can ask.”

10. I’d say a 3…

“On a scale of 1-10 how pretty do you think you are?”

It’s bad because if you give yourself a high score they’ll assume that you’re egotistical, and if you give yourself a low score they’ll either assume that you’re insecure or that you’re fishing for compliments.”

11. Never ends well.

“Hey we need to talk…

This is the worst, especially over text.”

12. The worst.

“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

This is why I hate interviews.

I don’t even see myself doing anything in an hour and they think I have 5 years planned already.”

13. Cringeworthy.

“To a gay couple: which one of you is the girl/boy?”

14. Kind of aggressive.

“No, where are you ACTUALLY from?

Ugh, I had this asked to me when I visited Wisconsin for a wedding. I am Asian and when I said I’m from California they asked me that exact question.

I just stared at them without responding, shook my head, and walked away. Not like I’m going to see that random airport stranger again.”

15. Uhhh…90?

“How old you think I am?”

16. Taboo.

“Apparently it’s taboo to talk about how much money you make or anything about your financial situation

Unless you’re really rich, so that seems to make people pretty uncomfortable, in the US at least.”

What do YOU think would be the most uncomfortable question you could ask a person?

Tell us what you think in the comments.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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August 10, 2020

People Share Secondary Uses for Everyday Products

It’s nice when you can learn to use a household item in a new and exciting way, isn’t it?

Well, maybe if you didn’t necessarily feel that way BEFORE you started reading this article, I have a pretty good feeling that you’ll be in that mindset after you read through these responses about great secondary uses for everyday items.

Let’s check out these tips from folks on AskReddit.

1. You gotta love it!

“Ground coffee (powder) is amazing at neutralizing vomit smell on carpets or fabrics. I was once in an international flight that would last 9 hours, and on hour 3 a child threw up on the aisle.

The stewardess gracefully poured two handfuls of coffee powder on the leftover stain (after removing the puddle) and the smell instantly went away.”

2. Does it all.

“As a mechanic, a flat-head screwdriver is a pry-bar, package opener, square-head (Robertson) screwdriver, hose-pick, a punch, test-lead, electrical bridge, scraper, chisel, and least importantly, a flat-head screwdriver.”

3. Wow!

“Bottom shelf cheap VODKA.

Put it in a spray bottle and squirt in on your bathroom walls to kill mold, squirt it on clothes to remove any odors, use it to clean mirrors, glass, windows.

Squirt it in your mouth to make cleaning more fun! ”

4. If you feel sick.

“Pickle juice can assist the ph balance in your stomach. This means when out drinking, if your stomach starts to feel queasy take a shot or two of pickle juice… why vomit when you’re out having fun?

On a side and probably more relevant note, pickle juice is essentially the OG Gatorade. If you need to replace electrolytes or simply feel a bit dehydrated, drink some pickle juice and then some water.”

5. The leftovers.

“Leftover used Bounce sheets are good little scrubbies for dishes, especially greasy pots and pans. Because they don’t scratch, they’re free (because they already served their original purpose) and when they’re all gunky you can throw them away.”

6. If you have a pool…

“Pantyhose for pool filtering.

This is pretty random, but… Women’s knee-high pantyhose stretches to fit perfectly around the return pipe in an above-ground pool.

For the itty-bitty particles (our problem was gnats!) that manage to make it through the filter, a single knee-high pantyhose sock will catch everything that would otherwise be returned into the water. It can be bunched up on the pipe so it’s not very intrusive.

Cheap enough to throw away when it’s dirty, easy to replace. A 6-pack for $3 got us through the summer and we had to vacuum about half as often.”

7. A happy accident.

“There’s this body wash you can get from the dollar store, I accidentally didn’t shut the lid tight one night and it tipped over.

When I woke up the next morning my bathtub was coated in the stuff, however, after rinsing it away the areas that it was left to sit were cleaner than that bathtub has ever been the entire time I’ve lived in that house.

Now I just buy a bottle of that stuff instead of bath cleaner.”

8. Me, too!

“I stuff dryer sheets in my shoes when i’m not wearing them to absorb the odor and moisture.”

9. Good one!

“Pringles tube lids are good for placing on tin cans when you haven’t used all of the tin.”

10. Pay attention.

“Baking soda in a nylon stocking can be put in your boots or close toed shoes to help freshen then, in your closet to help that musty smell, in your fridge etc.

Couch can be used to tricep dips and sitting

I don’t have a spray head in my kitchen sink so when I want to wash things that need more water to really clean them I take the colander to the bathroom and use the shower head, it also has better pressure so it takes less time to rinse my veggies.

I use my frozen eye mask for bringing down inflammation on my acne as well, I use paper towel as a clean barrier between it but it’s a lot easier then wrapping ice cubes in paper towel which melt. Works great for it’s intended use as well which is depuffing my eyes, really great when I have severe allergies that have been making my eyes water.

Pam spray can be used on your knife when cutting garlic so it doesn’t stick to your hands or knife

Dish soap in a clogged toilet will loosen the clog.”

11. Let’s work on those feet.

“Standing on a tennis ball for about a minute each foot will work absolute wonders.

Try to touch your toes before and after you do this. It’ll loosen everything in your back and give you a lot more range of motion.”

12. Works wonders.

“Use sticky-notes to clean between the keys of your keyboard.

You’ll be amazed how much hair and dirt you’ll clean out.”

13. Get rid of stains.

“Shaving cream is the best stain remover I’ve ever used.

Clothes, carpet, whatever…dampen the stain with water, apply shaving cream, scrub with a damp cloth, then clean up shaving cream by scrubbing with a second damp cloth.

You’ll be surprised how well it works.

Bonus use for shaving cream: apply a SMALL amount (seriously like a pea-sized amount) to your bathroom mirror, and wipe it in circles with a towel like you’re waxing a car.

Do this for an area about the size of your face until the mirror is dry of shaving cream. BOOM! The mirror won’t fog up for a while.

If it starts to fog again, just re-apply. Tip: only apply to mirror when it’s dry.”

14. Use them for something else.

“A pub I used to work at would always keep extra small condoms in a first aid kit.

The use was that in case of an accident cut to a thumb, the condom would put enough pressure on to slow the bleeding and allow the kitchen hands to keep working without risk of a bandaid getting lost in someone’s food.”

15. For your bong!

“Great for bongs – pour in some kosher salt, fill with rubbing alcohol.

Shake the sh*t out of it, rinse, and it’s crystal clear.”

Now we want to hear from you!

In the comments, tell us about YOUR pro tips on how to use everyday things for other stuff.

Please and thank you!

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August 10, 2020

People Share Their Thoughts About a Four-Day Work Week

I know what I think about this possibility…I love it!

Now, I don’t have a 9-5 job anymore like I did in the past, but if I did, I’d be all about working ten hours a day for four days a week instead of the standard five.

Three-day weekend EVERY WEEK? Booyah!

Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say about the prospect of a four-day work week.

1. Extra time.

“Working a 5 day work week just makes life seem so much more pointless.

By the time I get the other things I need to do (grocery shopping, appointments, etc.) done, its Sunday night.

A 4 day work week might give me time to play the piano I bought to combat depression.”

2. They love it.

“My company switched to 4 10 hour days. We are diesel technicians and work 7-5:30. Half of us work Monday through Thursday and the other half work Tuesday through Friday.

We have did this for over two years and we all love it. It is so nice to have a three day weekend every week. Another thing about it that is nice is if you doctors appointment or something I can make it on a Monday and don’t have to miss any work.

Plus I forgot to mention having a two month this helps out a ton. More time for me to be with my wife and daughter. And if there is a lot to do I can just come in on Monday and boom 10 hours of overtime.”

3. Much better.

“Life would be that much better.

I would have somewhere around 50 extra days a year to do all the yardwork and home projects that I don’t want to spend all weekend doing.”

4. Not as great as you think…

“It’s great, don’t get me wrong, but if you have to work the full 40, it’s not as great as you might think. An extra 2 hours a day doesn’t sound like much, but it takes a while getting used to.

Especially when you are drained, and you still have a few hours left. On top of that, if you have a family and you got off at 5, now you’re getting off at 7. So if you have small children, that gives you roughly an hour with them a day before they go to bed, which has been a deal breaker for some coworkers in the past.

If you instead go in earlier, you now can’t be the one to take the kids to school. You miss out on after school sporting events. On top of that, you’re just generally more drained from going 120% for four days in a row.

I still think it’s worth it. But not by much.”

5. Gladly take it.

“I would gladly work 4 ten hour days to have an extra day off.

2 day weekends are too short. They’re gone just as soon as you start to feel comfortable.”

6. A big fan.

“I work 4 10s a week instead of the usual 8 5s and I f*cking love it.

2 extra hours each shift is easily worth the 3 day weekend.

Feel like I actually get a break from work each week.”

7. A good idea.

“Think it makes sense.

All the evidence suggests it works, and the welfare benefits would be enormous.”

8. Game changer.

“My BF works 4 10s and it’s a total game changer.

It’s adjusted his schedule so he wakes up at earlier hours on his days off, which gives him more day in his day, on top of already having an extra one.

I’m self-employed and I try to have all my work done by Friday’s, so we usually get 3 day weekends together, which also makes taking short trips easier without missing any work.

It also opens up a weekday for him to do certain things that have more limited hours on weekends like appointments and whatnot.”

9. Might be a good idea.

“Given that we now have more people in the workforce and supposedly more “productivity” because of automation, we ought to be dropping down to 32 hour weeks to compensate for the changes in our household structures.”

10. Not much difference.

“I think it’s less about 4 day work weeks, but more about work life balance.

For people that’s already working more than 10hrs day or no-pay overtimes or working during holidays, working 4 days week means very little.”

11. Energy saver.

“In terms of climate change it’d be about 20% less CO2 emissions from commuters which is nice.

Not just commuting, but running a workplace. Industrial jobs are the most obvious, but even an office building full of computers, lights, climate control, etc uses a lot of energy.”

12. Keep the hours the same.

“As long as it is 4 – 8 hour days with no change in pay.

I can get the same amount of work done in 32 hours as I get done in 40.”

13. All good things.

“I would do some or all of the following:

Cook more

Play more competitive video games

Join a band

Play dodgeball

Go to the doctor/dentist once in a while

Travel out of state more often.”

14. Wouldn’t work for everyone.

“It wouldn’t work for me.

I work at an animal hospital, open 7 days a week, and there’s not enough of us to go around. And the company would never hire enough people to cover for a four day work week.”

How about you?

What do you think about a 4-day work week?

Please share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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August 7, 2020

Things That Have Gotten Worse as They’ve Gotten More Expensive

Inflation exists and items become more expensive over time. Most of the time, the quality stays the same – or even improves – which makes paying a bit more bearable (even if it still hurts).

When an item declines in quality but increases in price, inflation can be a bit harder to stomach – and that’s exactly the case with these 15 things.

15. You used to get what you paid for with these.

Scented candles.

Yankee Candle in particular used to be the candle that was considered premium. But while they’ve never been cheap at least a while ago it was worth the money.

But now they’re just exorbitant in price, they don’t smell like they used to, and they are not worth the money.

14. Which is weird, because the Quarter Pounder has definitely improved.

Big Macs.

That burger “patty” is a stones throw away from being a slice of roast beef.

13. Something that didn’t get better with time.

Photo booths!

Oh the old ones were so cool! Four different real photos for 1 dollar. – Now you pay $ 7 for four identical bad laser prints.

12. They only reward new customers.

Cable/ Internet providers.

Oh yes sorry your trial period was over, your bill went up 200 dollars.

Oh no we didn’t promise you 200mb/s download speed constantly, we said UP TO. read the fine print

11. Well if that’s not depressing…

My university education, specifically this year.

They are raising tuition AND fall semester has no in-person sessions.

10. Time to cut the cord!

Cable television.

More commercials, channels upon channels of crap, ridiculous bill.

9. You’ve gotta splurge for the Ben & Jerry’s.

Ice cream with fudge in it.

Used to get massive slabs of fudge now they just have tiny nuggets.

8. It’s a marketing ploy.

I swear that Reese’s peanut butter cups have gotten worse over the years. The peanut butter seems chalkier and the chocolate tastes blander.

Plus I can’t ever seem to pry them out of that little cup wrapper without leaving the bottom chocolate “skin” stuck to it…

I think the push to put them in the freezer and eat them chilled is a ploy to cover the declining quality

7. Hard not to agree with this assessment.

Smarties. Never been right since they got rid of all the artificial colors.

Better for you, I’m sure, but chemical blue was the best flavor.

6. I haven’t been there in a while but this makes me sad.

Buffalo Wild Wings.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but their prices have gone up and the quality has gone down.

5. Thrift stores are the obvious answer.

Clothes.

Even a sweater from the Gap is like $70 now even though the quality is about 10% better than Old Navy.

Goddamn it clothes retailers, settle down or I will go naked.

4. Real estate is not what it once was.

As someone shopping for a house, I have to say homes.

not only has the real estate market been ridiculously inflated (especially in NYC, my residence), I’m finding that the actual quality of a lot of these homes are absolute shit. Due to the ability to find and source cheap materials and labor, developers are able to make huge profits off high prices and low costs.

It’s making me really rethink if I want buy a house, or just use all that money to aggressively invest.

3. Did they used to be better tasting, too? Because…

I remember the donuts at dunkin donuts to be bigger and cheaper

2. Definitely not built to last these days.

Clothes.

Very few companies make clothes to last and fast fashion is rising while the cost of items continue to increase!

1. And who knows what’s in that chicken. shudder

I’m sure this will get overlooked but KFC. I remember growing up a whole family could eat there and it was great! Now it’s just garbage, super greasy, and will cost you an arm and a leg for a dang bucket of chicken.

They have gotten way worse and the price has went up.

Some of these are really appalling, but I never considered others!

Would you add something to this list? Tell me what in the comments!

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August 7, 2020

Products People Might Stop Buying If They Knew How They Were Made

Some things are just better off not knowing, if you ask me. For example, if you’re not interested in becoming a vegetarian, you probably don’t need to know how chickens are processed. Just don’t do it.

There are other things, like working conditions in factories that sell goods to American retailers like The Gap, that perhaps more people should be aware of so they can make the right choices when they’re out shopping.

Below are 16 products that people might stop buying if they knew how it was made, and I’ll be honest, the list contains a bit of each type.

16. Make sure to Google this one.

After I found out the story behind the palm plantations for production of palm oil I made it my personal mission to completely throw it our of my life (and that sh.t is in almost everything you eat).

Palm oil is the biggest reason for massive deforestation around the world. South America and Southeast Asia (Indonesia in particular) are producing the most. There are moratoriums on new palm oil plantations, but companies are skirting that issue by paying individuals to start forest fires so that the companies can then buy up the land that is no longer a forest.

The deforestation is destroying habitat for animals like orangutans and tigers. And all of the burning of the forest is also burning peat. Peat is essentially forest detritus that houses huge amounts of C02. By burning it we are quickly releasing all of thst C02 into the atmosphere. Worst of all, the plantations are only good for one or two cycles, then the land is essentially discarded, and new plantations are made.

In my opinion, palm oil production is the greatest ecological disaster in history. It is nearly everything, and essentially impossible to avoid. There are so many different names for it, so it can go unnoticed so easily. Even the supposedly sustainable palm oil production is extremely damaging to the environment it is grown in.

15. It’s all in the bottle.

Most low to mid tier vodkas. I work at an industrial distillery where we make millions of gallons of very high purity ethanol from corn.

We have customers in the beverage market that literally just dilute our product to 80 proof or so, run it through a filter, and bottle it to sell.

Those customers sell their products from anywhere from $8-$50+ for a liter. And you know what the main difference is? The more expensive vodka’s bottle is “fancier”.

It’s almost all brand perception with these corn based vodkas.

14. That’s less than appetizing.

I’ve work in 2 different meat departments in 2 separate grocery stores.

The meat in the case that has had work done, (marinated or like put into kabobs) are usually the old meat we didn’t sell that is about to go bad.

That marinade is hiding how shitty the meat looks.

13. Special doesn’t necessarily mean “special.”

Certain signed art work. Used to work at an art printing company that we did signature editions of certain pieces.

Guess who did the signing me and some coworkers, we were all design and art majors so they just had us learn all the artists signatures, we even had machines that could mimic the signatures too, I wish I had a picture of the devices they were pretty cool.

It was in the fine print that we were doing it and was approved by the artists but I guarantee most people would never buy the prints if they knew the signatures were forged. So always read the fine print when buying items, especially “special” editions of stuff.

12. Eight hours is kind of blowing my mind.

RVs.

They aren’t insulated fully. Nothing is sealed correctly. All the electronics that are “fancy and new” are outdated and inefficient.

The manufacturers use the cheapest materials possible AND all RVs are built in 8 hours. A vacation home. On wheels. In 8 hours!?

11. I never would have guessed.

This reminds me of a documentary series my dad once watched. Garlic. The garlic industry is a hell of a lot darker than most people would think.

I don’t remember everything, but apparently a lot of Chinese companies that sell to restaurants overseas use prison labor. These inmates have to peel the garlic completely by hand, no tools whatsoever.

There were a few inmates missing fingernails. If I recall correctly, one man said that he had a friend who had to resort to using his teeth because he didn’t have any nails left. They work unimaginably grueling shifts, in which they have to meet a quota for the day or face consequences. They get paid very little, if anything at all. They all seemed so miserable. The series is titled “Rotten”, you can find it on Netflix.

10. This one is hard to stomach.

Chocolate produced by child labor.

9. I guess it’s not so fresh.

“Fresh-squeezed” is marketing. You can deliver orange juice year-round in three ways:

1) buy fresh oranges and squeeze them yourself.
2) squeeze the oranges, remove most of the water and freeze the concentrate. This is sold as frozen concentrate.
3) squeeze the oranges, then separate all the components of the juice mechanically and chemically. Store the various components in huge tanks – sometimes for years. Then mix it with flavors and preservatives, bottle it, and sell it before it separates again. This is sold as fresh squeezed, because it’s never been frozen.

Unless you physically see method 1, method 2 is far, far fresher.

8. I’m going to have to use that.

“Anyone who enjoys sausage and respects the law should never find out how either are made.”

7. Of course they didn’t.

In high school, the girls in my class were horrified to find out what their Uggs were made of.

They had no idea.

6. I hope we’re on the way to fixing this one.

Most baby powder is made with talcum, which is potentially carcinogenic since it works via breaking down into some of the finest pieces we can make, fine enough to cause problems for your cells.

Use cornstarch, we have too much of it, it works by absorbing the moisture. The only caveat is that you have to make sure to shower if off of you regularly enough that it doesn’t mould on you, but that shouldn’t be a problem for someone that showers at least once a week.

5. What a jerk face.

My parents decided to build a house in another state. The builder did not know I lived in the neighborhood. The builder took this nice piece of land and spread about 2 feet of broken concrete over where the front yard and house would be. Not knowing much about construction practices, I took a picture and showed it to a construction engineer friend. He said that was messed up and there was no reason for that.

Hired a local third party engineer to visit the building site, and he said the builder was destroying the land. Parents had a lawyer send a letter to the builder. Builder’s lawyer wrote back, denied any wrong doing. Parents threatened to sue. Builder offered to refund deposit. Rather than waste time/money on a lawsuit, parents took back deposit and walked away. Wasted money on architect fees. Builder completed house.

The finished house was raised 3 feet above of where the natural ground was. Whoever bought that house either didn’t know or care that 6 inches below was tons of broken concrete debris. Fuck that guy and every builder like him.

4. It sounds cynical, but…

I really don’t think there is one. If it’s because the ingredients or preparation are disgusting, I think most people are perfectly happy to keep eating/using it because the finished product is fine.

If it’s a moral reason, I just don’t think most people would care enough to stop using or eating whatever the product is. We’ve known for years that Air Jordans are being made with child labor in sweatshops, and sales haven’t dipped one bit due to that.

And I don’t say this as a cynic, I think we should work to improve conditions for all humanity, but the proportion of consumers who would be bothered enough to stop buying a thing is vanishingly small.

3. Definitely awful.

Silk.

Bonus story: Had a friend who worked briefly in bridal and was fitting a woman who was boasting how vegan and eco friendly her wedding was going to be. No one was allowed to wear leather etc. All while wearing her dress with huge amounts of silk on it.

ETA: 17/07/20

A lot of people asking if my friend told the bride, so I asked her:

“No I didn’t. The bride and her friend started making fun of my disability when they thought I wasn’t in the room and couldn’t hear them. I would have also lost my job if I had lost the sale”.

2. Womp-womp.

Nothing. People know what goes into hot dogs and chicken nuggets, they still eat them. They’ve seen what the sweatshops look like, and they still buy stuff from there.

1. That is the sad truth.

I want to say sneakers by brands like Nike, who exploit, underpay and abuse their workers, but sadly most people already know how they are made and still buy them.

Well, I’m going to do some soul searching, how about you?

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August 7, 2020

The Quality of These Products Has Gone Down While the Price Has Gone Up

Pretty much everything increases in price, right? I remember being stunned when I first learned that my grandmother could go to lunch, a movie, and get ice cream with a single quarter!

We expect to have to pay more for those things, now, but we don’t expect to pay more for products that aren’t as good as they used to be – which is the case with these 12 things, according to savvy Redditors who have noticed.

12. We all need more space.

New homes.

Cookie cutter houses, built with cheap contractors who cut corners left and right, situated in neighborhoods with ever higher HOA fees: and the HOAs are getting more expensive too.

11. All of the razor burn.

Face razors. They had it perfected with double edge blades in a metal razor. Cheap and incredible shaves. Modern plastic disposable razors are worse on your skin, give a worse shave, and grotesquely expensive.

They are nothing more than monopolies controlling the availability and accessibility. When you go to the razor section at the store you can only choose from their garbage.

I give double edged metal razors to men and women loves ones as gifts and universally their minds are blown realizing how much better and less expensive they are.

10. Definitely applies to washers and dryers.

Certain house appliances.

My grandma has had the same fridge for 40 years. My parents recently had to replace theirs. It’s their third in 20 years.

9. Just a fact of life.

There used to be this burger joint called “Joe’s cablecar” near me. Great place. I miss it so much. A few months before it closed down, I was there and the owner, Joe, was having a heated conversation with one of his suppliers on the phone. After he hung up, he looked over at me and just said, “price goes up, quality goes down.”

It took me a while to realize that that wasn’t the particular supplier he was dealing with, just a fact of life. People like Joe can’t tolerate that. That’s why the truly great things never last. Only the mediocre things are able to endure long enough to degrade into the universally hated embodiment of entropy that the physical world allows for.

8. We can all agree Nestle is the worst.

Everything Nestle takes over.

In general, anything that ANY corporation takes over.

7. This one physically hurts.

Health Insurance.

It really is an ugly situation. We should have better care if the price increases.

Who’s making all that money?!

6. Capitalism rears its ugly head.

Any service ever.

Not gonna lie. Modern business is based on a model of cutting costs.

5. Those are some big words but I agree.

Almost everything.

Planned obsolescence and expediency has taken the place of quality and craftsmanship.

4. This makes me sad.

Disney Theme Parks. (Speaking pre Covid world)

They were better when you could do an entire park in a day, cost much less, like $40 vs whatever the insane price is now, and they limited who could get in.

Universal is the same way, specifically Halloween Horror nights. It was $15 the first time I went, they capped how many tickets they sold and you had time to do every house plus a couple of rides. It was my favorite and we would go every year.

Now? It’s like $70 for a ticket, you have to buy fast pass for another $30 or $40 just so you have a chance to do every house because the lines can literally be hours long because they don’t cap ticket sales and they recycle the same houses but pretend it’s a new theme. It’s so miserable we stopped going.

3. And it’s chock-full of preservatives and other stuff.

Food.

Unless you make it yourself.

Even then ingredient quality is lacking unless you’re dropping way too much money.

2. Ben & Jerry’s is the only ice cream.

Ice cream containers that were originally one-half gallon have been “shrinking.”

They went from 64 oz. to 56 oz and now 48 oz. – but the price hasn’t “shrunk” (it’s been increasing steadily) and the quality often isn’t as good as it used to be when containers were a true half-gallon.

1. Lots of people feel this way.

Reese’s peanut butter cups.

Their “Big Cup” is basically the size of their original cup for double the price.

Also it tastes different. I remember as a kid the original peanut butter cups came in those 4 packs and you could individually peel away the chocolate from the peanut butter. Like, part of the game for me was to try to peel back the chocolate so all I had was an intact peanut butter disc.

Can’t do that anymore. The chocolate is super thin and has no “snap” to it. It’s just mush.

I definitely have to agree with most of these.

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August 7, 2020

Great Facts That We Think Will Impress You

It can be hard to sort through the endless information out there on social media and the Internet.

Where’s the good stuff? The interesting stuff? Heck, where’s the REAL stuff?

It saved their lives.

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Have you seen anything online lately that has really impressed you?

Facts? Stories? Charts? Great photos?

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I’m embarrassed for these people. Really, really embarrassed.

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