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People Admit Propaganda They Used to Buy Into, but Later Realized Was BS

These days, a lot of people live in complete echo chambers and they never hear any dissenting opinions or information AT ALL.

And sometimes those echo chambers are filled with misinformation, lies, fake news, and absolute BULLSHIT.

But that’s how propaganda works.

And that’s just the world we live in right now.

Let’s hear from some AskReddit users who talk about how they used to buy into certain propaganda only to later learn that it was total BS.

1. YOU’RE the idiot.

“When I was a teenager I thought that everyone over 30 is old and doesn’t understand me.

I was a fucking idiot.

It’s something in the brain chemistry but to the teenager, life experience is irrelevant because that life took place before I was born and therefore is now out of date and not in the slightest but applicable to me.”

2. Pretty rare, actually.

“That most people achieve success in their lives during their 20’s. This is bullshit in the grander scheme of things. Lots of super talented people end up becoming successful in their late 30’s, 40’s, and even 50’s.

The same goes for the concept of “If you want to get good at something, you have to start super young..” Which does SOMETIMES work. But a lot of people can actually get good at a skill in older ages.

You can learn the Piano in your 30’s, and get really good at it. But you’re not going to be doing concerts or anything. But it doesn’t mean that you’re not good/great/exceptional at it.”

3. Not true!

“That carrots give you exceptional night vision.

I later found out that that particular belief became widely accepted due to a British propaganda campaign from world war II designed to hide the invention of radar from the Germans. They claimed that the reason their air force pilots were so effective at night was due to them being fed carrots to increase their night vision. It was so effective that people still tout that particular benefit of carrots years after the war ended.

Edit, a couple corrections: While carrots are rich in vitamin a which helps prevent your eyesight from deteriorating, they still do not give superhuman vision like the propaganda claimed. The myth isn’t that they are good for your eyesight. It is an exaggeration of how effective they actually are.

Also I was incorrect when I said that the British were trying to cover up the invention of radar. They were in actuality trying to cover up an an advancement in radar technology that they didn’t want the Germans finding out about.”

4. Cult life.

“I was born into the cult of jehovahs witnesses. I left at 25 when I found out the leaders were covering up child abuse and then instead of changing their rules to protect victims they enforced their archaic rules and then told elders to burn and delete any evidence relating to past cases.

Sick bastards, but Ofc I get shunned and disowned and called a worker of Satan, an agent of the devil, a spiritual warrior committing acts of warfare against god sent to dissuade gods chosen people from the one true god….(who’s chosen peoples leaders cover up child abuse. ) when all I did was try to show my friends and family the multitude of court cases against them

Least I got a badass title.”

5. Accept it.

“Trivial but I bought into the lie that the more you cut hair, the more it grows. I’ve been shaving my beard for years hoping to get a nice thick bush to no avail.

I just have to accept that nature played me and deal with my patchy face hair.”

6. Imagine that! Reading!

“Anti-vax. At one point I was completely sold on the whole “how can you inject infants with dangerous chemicals” thing.

Then I read up on the actual science and realised how uninformed I was.”

7. GMOs.

“GMOs are dangerous for your health.

Not only is the idea that they’re bad bullshit, the global food supply would be more expensive, less plentiful, and poor parts of the world would experience more frequent, prolonged shortages of crucial items if it weren’t for GMOs.”

8. Not for everyone.

“That the only way to achieve success in life is to study hard, get top grades, and go to university and study something like law or medicine.

Plenty of people I know have achieved success and happiness without top university education. I also believed the idea that the career you study for is for life.”

9. Conspiracy theory.

“I totally bought into that ridiculous Denver airport conspiracy for a few months after a friend showed me it in high school.”

10. Going on a mission.

“Mission trips are for helping others…. really it’s just a huge ego boost for many people who want to exploit people’s needs to feel better about themselves.

Plus the whole part where it might actually be more harmful than helpful…”

11. Chiropractors.

“I had always thought chiropractors were bullshit, but what confirmed it for me was when one day after hurting my back a friend recommended I try it and I thought “meh I guess it’s worth checking out at least.”

So I called but forgot it was a Sunday and they were closed, but I left my name and number saying I was interested in making an appointment. While I was at work the next day and couldn’t answer, the chiropractor left me about 7 or 8 voicemails, each one sounding like one of those gym sales people trying to get you to join.

After that I was like yeah no legit healthcare place would be trying to sell me this hard on making an appointment offering this discount or the other just to get me in the door.”

12. Just say no!

“The anti drug campaigns we all had to listen to as a kid.

The cop that came to my school to give our anti drug talks ended up drinking himself to death at 51.

Guess no one told him alcohol was more dangerous than what he was telling us not to take.”

13. Total fiasco.

“Iraq had WMDs.

I believed it well before Bush came into office. I would read in the paper how even during the Clinton era that Saddam would block actively block weapon inspectors. To me, that sounded like he was hiding something. I still believed it months after the invasion.

Then the truth started coming out, ‘Curveball’ was some taxi driver that made shit up, Cheney outed a CIA agent because she found out that Iraq wasn’t going for nuclear material and it went against their narrative. It would be one thing if they have bad intel, but this was intentionally falsified intel to justify their war.”

14. Too bad a lot of people still believe this shit.

“I used to be big into conspiracy. Alex Jones was right, Clinton’s are actually alien lizard people, and all sorts of crazy stuff.

I even believed Obama was a secret agent Muslim going to install martial law and kill all non muslims. It got to the point I was even considering grabbing guns, I even thought about if I attacked a mosque that I could help stop the Muslim takeover.

It took so long to get my mind straight. It’s a slippery slope, and it’s not something I want anyone to go down on.”

15. Not getting laid.

“I bought into the abstinence-until-marriage crap in middle school, when they made you sign all the fancy pamphlets about why it’s the right thing to do. Really felt it would stop my fellow classmates from having sex until marriage.

My belief in that fell apart in high school. A teammate on my football team would tell stories in the pregame time for JV games about how he had banged some girl the other week. I can still remember 3 specific stories, one of which was how he had sex while wearing a ziplock baggie instead of a condom.”

16. Politics as usual.

“Everyone on my political spectrum are all good and everyone on the other side are terrible people who have absolutely nothing to offer in a discussion and no valid opinions”

In middle school, they made us take political party quizzes to see what we would vote. It became this whole us vs them atmosphere. This only became worse when my parents would be talking about the other side like they were all idiots.

I firmly believed growing up that anyone opposite to me on the political spectrum are evil, dumb people and any points that may align with them are bad. I believed you had to be all or nothing. I was very closed minded.”

Very interesting perspectives in there, that’s for sure.

How about you?

Did you previously believe wholeheartedly in things that you later realized were not true or even total BS?

If so, please share your stories with us in the comments.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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People Are Tossing Around Ideas About How 2020 Could Still Get Worse

All of us were looking forward to the dawn of a new decade, but 2020 had plans that definitely didn’t include making people happy. Since January, half of Australia has burned down, koalas have died, Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crashed, the obvious devastation of the virus-that-shall-not-be-named, multiple natural disasters, plane crashes, murder hornets, rioting in the streets…

You might think that things couldn’t possibly get worse, but first of all – of course they can.

Second of all, these 18 people have some ideas that seem a bit too plausible, if you ask me.

18. I wouldn’t put anything past global leadership.

World war 5. A war so intense it skips over 3 and 4

17. Brace yourselves, coastal cities.

Today is the beginning of hurricane season.

16. This seems way too plausible.

The China/India border situation going from a standoff to a full-on shooting war.

15. That’s when the apocalypse really starts.

Some sort of large scale electrical failure would be the icing on the cake

14. At least it would put us all out of our misery.

A massive meteorite hitting the earth

13. Smart people know way too much to be happy.

Confirmation that the Ug99 stem rust has spread beyond East Africa / the Middle East to multiple points in Europe, East Asia, and the Americas, permanently threatening the global supply of wheat.

12. The world economy is already in serious trouble.

Well in the case of my country Chile.

We had massive protests since October, government handled it pretty bad and our economy crippled. Now with the pandemic, again the government mishandled it and we are having a pretty nasty second wave of infections.

Only thing that would make things worse would be one of our recurrent earthquakes. Chile is known for having devastating earthquakes every 10 to 15 years. Last big one near the capital was around 10 years ago. If government mishandles it again, our economy may hurt in a irreparable way.

11. Let’s not add some earthquakes, hmm?

I live in L.A. and today I was thinking the universe could truly fuck us by finally having The Big One strike this summer. But I guess that’s just regional and not more awful shit for the entire world.

10. Why do we trust people with nuclear weapons, again?

A proxy war between any two nations nuclear powers that turns nuclear. More specifically – since everybody’s asking – China vs India(like whats going on right now) or the US vs Iran or Saudi Arabia vs Iran. And finally, American Civil War 2

9. Never trust the monkeys.

Random chimp event

8. Never ask how things can get worse?

Anybody remembers post from 3rd of January?

It was something like: “1st day of new year WW3 starts, 2nd Australia is on fire, 3rd day Pope hits woman, what will happen 4th day?”

And people were joking what terrible shit will happen and now it’s like worst year since 1939

7. This would be the icing on the cake.

The internet goes down.

So far things haven’t been that bad for many of us because we still have the most advanced entertainment and communication systems humanity has every known available at our fingertips 24/7.

6. This is…also plausible.

American Civil War 2.0

5. Ebola is back, you know.

A doublepandemic.

4. From their lips to god’s ears.

Calling it now – the second half of 2020 is gonna be the best comeback in history, starting with a Rocky IV montage

3. Just a few nightmare scenarios.

Yep. Here’s some nightmare scenarios.

Florida gets hit by multiple storms in quick succession.

Imagine New York barely getting back to normal from Coronavirus only to get hit by a storm like Sandy, except this time the federal government refuses to help due to the president’s beef with the state.

Or imagine New Orleans, another city hit hard by Coronavirus, getting hit by another Katrina like storm. Will the levees hold up or will they fail again? Also, how bad will the response be this time?

Houston getting hit by another Harvey.

Galveston gets hit by another Ike storm.

2. The ultimate sh*tshow.

If we were stuck in a 2020 time loop

1. I would not like this at all.

Diarrhea. Widespread, infectious and without warning.

I really don’t want to think about any of this today, so I’m going to Scarlet O’Hara it for now.

In a non-racist way, but a fellow procrastinator way.

What haven’t these people considered? Would you add another potential threat? Tell us in the comments!

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Things That Are Far More Painful Than You Probably Think

One thing I’ve learned since being married to a man is that everyone’s pain tolerance scale is relative. It must be really hard to be a nurse and to figure out if someone is over or under-shooting on their pain unless you know them.

Me, for example? Yes, I wanted an epidural for childbirth and an IV of morphine when I passed kidney stones, but other than that, you have to force pain meds down my throat.

My husband had to spend THREE DAYS in the hospital following his hemorrhoid surgery because he was in pain. The nurses were rolling their eyes so hard I’m surprised they all didn’t end up on the floor, but listen – that’s his pain tolerance. Zilch.

While this means there might be wiggle room on some things, we think that these 15 things are, across the board, far more painful than most people think.

15. I’ve had a headache make me cry.

migraines

14. Having experienced horrible back pain just a couple of times, I can’t even imagine.

Spine injuries and back pain from it are no joke. I have eight herniated discs. When one of those strikes a nerve, literally, it will bring you to your knees.

13. You feel like a total wuss when it’s “just your finger” but yeah, it can be bad.

Finger injuries.

They seem so small and inconsequential compared to other types of injuries and pain, but I once managed to shut (and LOCK) my finger in a car door and discovered a whole new meaning for pain.

I’d always wondered why animals thrash themselves into greater injury when caught in a trap, and boy did I find out. There was no capacity for thought, only blind panic and me flailing wildly like a fish on a line.

I’ve had serious injuries before and since, had major abdominal surgery with a lengthy recovery time, developed repetitive motion injuries, etc, but nothing compares to that, even though it makes me feel like a weenie to say.

12. It hurts to breathe, but you can’t quit.

Breaking a rib. People see it all of the time on TV and think “I can survive that.” Plot twist, you can’t move for a while and when you do it hurts more than you can imagine.

11. Getting one as an adult really makes you sympathize with your kid.

Ear infections. It hurts to move your jaw at all and feels all stuffed up, but you can’t blow it like your nose. Stuff constantly coming out if it. Hurts and the only thing that helps even a little is having a hot compress on it, but the second you take it off it gets worse again. Not fun.

10. Can confirm that kidney stones are in no way a joke (and I hear they’re worse for men).

When I was 19, I was in a car accident. A lifted F-250 (big truck) hit our S-10 (little truck) in my side at 65mph. The frame buckled, which broke the seatbelt, and I went through the window. I bounced off the hood of his truck and rolled down am embankment. I broke basically every bone on the right side of my body, needed physical therapy for years, got a medical discharge from the Naval Academy, had three surgeries on my shoulder and two for plastic surgery to remove glass from my face. After six months my deflated punctured lung was back up to 80% capacity. I get my jackets tailored to have the right arm shorter than the left because of a bone graft.

I would do it all over again to never have another kidney stone.

9. I honestly never want to find out.

Not pooping. Constipation is no joke. I once went about a month without pooping and it was the worst time of my life. It took multiple enemas to get everything going again. Even just a couple days of not farting can hurt like hell.

8. Tooth pain is unholy.

Infected tooth – holy moly

7. I drink SO MUCH WATER in the hopes I will avoid another.

Kidney stones. I have a high threshold for pain, but my third stone was a doozy. First time I’ve puked/passed out from pain. Now I drink lemon water all day for fear of number four.

6. Every parent of a toddler knows this already.

This may sound weird, but being punched, especially in the nose. In movies, people will get punched really hard and just shake it off, but getting punched, even by someone weaker than you, can seriously hurt.

5. I have seen my husband writhing.

IBS anal fissures hemorrhoids

People joke about something burn more in the out than on the at in. But it can truly be horrific. On the ground crying fetal position kinda pain

4. I once spent two straight days on my back or crawling around.

Sciatica

I don’t get it any more, but dear God when I did (for a couple of years from herniated disc) it was agonising. Pain with no purpose (just a squeezed nerve) and painkillers don’t touch it.

3. Way too many people can sympathize with this one these days.

Getting tear gassed. Like it’s not a joke. We had a drill in the army to test if our gas masks worked right and mine didn’t.

2. This is some A+ storytelling.

When I was 27 my left ovary exploded in the middle of sex. One moment things are going fine and the next I’m screaming at my (then) boyfriend, “Get off!! Get off!! get off me!!!” Poor guy.

I wound up lying naked on the bathroom floor in the fetal position doing labor breathing exercises to try to will my way through the pain for about two hours until the immediate pain subsided. That was on Saturday.

Still didn’t feel right the next day and went to the ER and was misdiagnosed with possible appendicitis and sent home. Went to my GP the next day and they referred me to a Gynecologist. The Gyno referred me to get an ultrasound who then finally diagnosed me with a ruptured ovarian cyst the size of a grapefruit. So that was three gynecological exams I endured in three days (the one in the ER had med student come in for a gander while I was in the stirrups) before getting any answers. I was getting ready to sell tickets to my cooter.

And to top it all off, this happened about a month after my 29 year old brother had died of testicular cancer so I was of course convinced I had some form of cancer as well and was currently dying. My mother who accompanied me to every doctor visit was of course terrified of losing her only remaining child as well.

In the end I was told there was nothing to do about the ruptured cyst but let the massive pool of blood sitting in my abdomen reabsorb at its own pace and that I might still feel the after effects for months, which of course sucked, but the relief of knowing it wasn’t cancer almost made the pain worth it.

It was about six months before the aching and cramping left and I could sit and stand fully upright

0/10. Do not recommend.

1. More doctors need to understand this, too.

Endometriosis. Doctor thought my flare up was a possible appendicitis or an I didnt know I was pregnant. Trying to pee on sticks in agony is not fun.

Everything between throat and knee caps was bringing me pain. You cant stand, sit or lie. You just writhe.

Do you want to argue any of these? Have something to add?

Let’s continue the discussion in the comments!

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Artist Clapped Back When an Entitled Customer Asked for Free Stuff

People sure do love asking artists and freelancers to work for free. It’s “exposure,” they say. Well, exposure doesn’t pay the rent, now does it?

One entitled customer asked an artist to make a special decal in honor of the family dog, who passed away. The artist kindly sent over two decal options for the customer to choose from — even though the customer only paid for one. What a nice gesture!

But things started to go downhill when the customer asked for a third decal, when the order was already sealed and ready to go.

You can read the full saga, posted on Reddit, below.

Another day, another beggar from ChoosingBeggars

Ah, that last message though. It’s so sweet to have the last word.

People were pretty quick to pile onto the customer, pointing out that she royally screwed herself:

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Other people painted a picture of how ironic the whole thing was:

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Of course, they had to poke fun at the customer’s reason for needing a third sticker:

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And one commenter even pointed out that the customer never, ever even said thank you anywhere in the process. Where is the common decency these days, people?

Photo Credit: Reddit

This story just goes to show you how tough it can be to run your own business or to be an artist. No one is grateful, even when you go above and beyond to make their day.

What’s your biggest pet peeve when it comes to how people treat small businesses? We’d love to hear from you!

Let us know in the comments!

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‘Harry Potter’ Face Mask Shows the Marauder’s Map When You Breathe

If you’re a “Harry Potter” fan, then you probably know the Marauder’s Map, that magical document that revealed all sorts of hidden passageways and secret compartments at The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and beyond.

Harry received the map from Fred and George Weasley during his third year at Hogwarts and it proved to be a game-changer.

If you’ve always dreamed of having your own Marauder’s Map, you’re in luck. And you can even wear this version on your face.

The face mask starts off as a dusky black color. But once you put it on and start breathing into it, it slowly unveils the Marauder’s Map. So cool!

@coloradopex

I am the maker of the mask ??? #mask #hp #artist #smallbusiness #magic *checkmeouton FB ***CPEX

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The map is the brainchild of Colorado artist Stefanie Hokashou, who works under the brand name Colorado Pony Express. As you might imagine, as soon as she posted this magical map face mask on TikTok, people lost their minds and started scrambling to buy them from her. So, yes, they’re sold out. Hokashou is working furiously to make more, no doubt.

Here’s how the map works. It features nontoxic heat-activated dyes. When the dyes reach 82 degrees, the mask color changes from black to reveal the map.

Hook also makes plush dolls, slimes and custom orders. She’s also into art quilts, cosplay/wearable art and dragons, according to a Facebook group she runs.

She also made some other really cute types of masks:

Just imagine — this artist’s career is likely skyrocketing right now because she created this innovative face mask. People sure love their “Harry Potter” merch!

Have you read the “Harry Potter” books? Watched the movies? Which is better?

Let us know in the comments!

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Customer Service Reps Share a Moment When They Thought “Is This B*tch Crazy?!”

Working in customer service is not fun a lot of the time. It takes a serious amount of mental energy to look other humans in the face and smile, day in and day out, no matter how they treat you in response.

You meet some very lovely people. You also meet way too many people who are entitled, angry, stupid, prejudiced, or some combination of all three.

These 17 people surely have had more than one moment when they’ve wondered if a customer might be crazy, but here are the instances that most stick out in their minds.

17. When you just can’t take it for one more minute.

When I walked into the apartment I shared with a friend, and it was covered in vomit because her dog ate a pillow and had puked it up.

Two days earlier.

The living room was covered in dog puke and she had just sat there in the middle of it. She thought it was funny.

I called a moving company on the spot and arranged for the first appointment they had, and put my stuff in storage while I found a new place.

That was my last roommate.

16. I wonder how many times they had to say it before she went away.

A customer came to pay for some lessons and I swiped her card upside down so I had to swipe it again. She caused a scene stating I charged her twice. I just sat there with a monotone “I only charged you once” every time she took a second to breath

15. Some people just aren’t worth the time.

I work in a somewhat popular restaurant, fast causal style (think chipotle, panda express, panera) and it was my first shift as a line cook by myself. I had already worked in the kitchen and can do every position there, but it was my first time doing it by myself. Well it was a busy night for us, and we were short staffed. By the time we had slowed down, I had been exhausted and hot as hell. I had been standing over 8 burners for about an hour and was taking my lunch. I sat in the office and the AC was blasting and it was well needed. My coworker who was cashiering that day, and she took her lunch 15 minutes after mine started. She saw me in the office and demanded I get out of “her spot”, told me being a cashier is harder than a line cook because she has to deal with the public. when i told her i wasn’t moving she told me to fuck off and was a bitch the rest of the night. It took about everything in me not to slap her, but instead i told my coworkers who told the MOD, and soon after she was fired for stealing.

14. This lady called THE COPS.

While working the front desk of a hotel one day, a woman handed me her debit card for payment. With our software, we insert the card and it takes a minute to process in the reader and load the number properly into the software. As I’m waiting for the reader to get finished with the process, I start making her (classic magnetic strip style) key cards for her room.

I hand her card back, along with two key cards and she just screeches, “WHAT DID YOU JUST DO!!???”.

Baffled and confused, I just said: “Uh….pardon?”

To which just just repeatedly yelled “WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST DO!!!??”

“Uh..I’m just giving you the keys to your room Ma’am. All I need is a signature and you’re all good to go”.

She then called 911. Not even the non-emergency number, 911.

I had no idea what the hell was going on.

I tried to ask her what she was doing and she just said “I’m not saying another word to you until the police get here!! I KNOW MY RIGHTS!”

ok…..?

She then went outside the lobby and waited for the police to arrive.

She some minutes later comes back in with an officer, points to me and says “THAT’S HER! SHE’S THE ONE!” (I was the only person working…).

Long story short, it comes to light that she thought me making her key cards for her was me swiping her debit card multiple times and charging her “thousand of dollars”.

The officer comes behind the desk. Asks me to repeat the process I did with the key card reader and asks her if that was the noise that she heard.

She yells “YES!! YOU SEE!”.

He then tells her that that was the sound of the key card maker and not the me swiping her debit card.

She just stood there staring for a second before getting red in the face, grabbing her belongings, leaving the keys and unsigned folio for the room with me, and stormed out while yelling “I DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS BULLSHIT!!!”

She then called a few hours later about the single approval hold for the room that was put on her card….accusing me of trying to “steal from her again”……

13. The stories I could tell about people returning their food.

A customer once sent back her steak tartare because it was, and I quote, “severely undercooked”.

12. Some people really are just living right on the edge.

People are nuts.

I worked in a restaurant about a decade ago that had a lovely patio. Middle aged man orders lunch, no problems, he pays with a credit card. I place the little payment booklet thing (I have no idea what the proper name is) on the table, and as he opens the booklet the wind blows his receipt out of the booklet. He immediately starts freaking out because “all of his credit card information is on there”, so I explained that no only the last four digits are on there.

He demands to speak to the manager, which that was still me I just also waited on tables, and it ended with him screaming that I am stealing his identity, that he would be calling the cops, and that he knew the owner (spoiler alert, none of those things happened).

Shrugged it off and went back to work.

11. That’s…what horns are for.

I’ve been going to my local high schools running track to jog and exercise since lockdown. Well to park your car you have to go through a drive way that’s designated with arrows as one way (there’s an exit on the other side of the parking lot). Anyway the soccer moms in town are notorious for parking their cars in this drive way and making it hard to get into the actual parking lot. As I pull into the drive way one of these women thinks that it’s a brilliant idea to put her car into reverse as I’m entering. I couldn’t swerve out of the way because there was an SUV parked right at the mouth of the entrance taking up half the available space.

So I reacted and honked my horn. She proceeded to panic, throw the car into drive and run it into a small boulder that lines this drive way. It ripped the passenger side air deflector clean off.

According to her I’m now “a fucking asshole” that honks her horn for no reason.

10. Man people do NOT have the right to put their hands on employees.

I worked at arcade/bowling alley combo that served food like a full restaurant. My position had me deliver the food and take the dirty dishes to the back. So, there’s a group of like 6 people bowling and they ordered our sampler platter that had a little of everything from the appetizers menu; I bring this platter out and set it down asking if there was anything else they needed. Without really looking this woman says “We’re good.” I begin to turn around and this woman grabs my arm and yanks me towards her like I was her kid and says “Where the fuck are my chicken wings.” In disbelief of what was happening I paused looking at her then the platter eventually saying “They’re right there ma’am” in this little basket on the platter. She lets go and with a skeptical expression says “Hmm, ok” as if she really didn’t believe the wings were there. If I didn’t hate working there and my shift was any farther from being over in 10 minutes I would’ve spoken to a manager, but I didn’t care enough to stay to get it sorted and just wanted to leave.

9. Some people can NOT read the room.

Had a new boy in the office who had no idea of what personal hygiene consists of. Not a great start. He was loud and obnoxious, not even good at his job. Then one day, at the smoking shelter, he starts talking about catching rabbits in traps. He’s pointing to the fields around the building and saying he’s going to ask for permission to put traps out there.

We laughed. For all the shit he talked, not one of us took him seriously.

When we go back inside he heads straight to the cubicle of our office manager. This cubicle is adorned with pictures of rabbits. Some are her pets, some are just rabbits she thinks are cute. She has statues, rabbit pens and pencils; nobody in their right mind would have asked this woman in this cubicle about going trapping rabbits.

He did.

I was surprised he made it to the end of the day. I was not surprised when he didn’t return the day after.

8. Yeah, that’s not how this works, lady.

A woman claimed to have left her money at home while I was working one day after she ordered two sandwiches.

They take about ten minutes to cook. I said that’s ok, when you come back they will be ready. She said she wanted the sandwiches first and that she’d be right back after she and her daughter ate because they lived right around the corner. I said if you live right around the corner you’ll be back before the sandwiches are done, but I can’t give you food before you pay.

She lost her shit on me. It was wild she left with no food and didn’t come back

7. This is definitely a fighting reason.

A couple sat down at the movie theater 15 minutes into the movie. The lady sits right beside me and is holding a full conversation at full volume with the man barely acknowledging her.

I politely ask her to lower her voice as it is distracting. She stares forward for 2 minutes before leaning over: “Maybe if you weren’t listening to my conversation, you wouldn’t be distracted.”

I was too livid to even respond and the movie was ruined.

6. Talk about a little man’s complex.

20 years ago, girl tried to fight me in a bar. All I did was look at her funny. (Unintentionally. I was going to the bar for a round of drinks and forgot the order, happened to be looking at her when I was lost in thought). Anyway, she challenged me outside. I couldn’t believe it. I’m 6’1 220 and she was small.

Anyway the bouncer heard her and kicked her out. She was still in the sidewalk an hour later when we left. Followed me to my car pushing me and punching my back.

It was surreal.

5. How is this a semi-adult person?

There was a girl in my class who was such an idiot, and she would outwardly disrespect the professor all the time.

This one time while the professor was talking she started to whistle.

He like stopped class in disbelief and asked her why she was doing it and why she was being disruptive and she said it’s a thing she does without even thinking, and then whistled again and was like “See?!”

4. THAT is definitely not magical. Lol.

Used to work at Disney World, its 9am and a lady comes into our Guest Services demanding a refund on her Turkey leg because it taste weird.

We ask her details to process the refund, turns out she bought it 3 days ago and was carrying it in her bag since…

3. What planet does HE live on?

When I was a professor, I had someone leave a midterm to go fuck their girlfriend.

He raised his hand about 2 minutes into the exam, said he needed to let his gf into his dorm room, could he leave. It was a series of essays, not a lot you could blatantly cheat on, so I told him “you are an adult, you can do whatever you want, but you only have 75 minutes to take this exam, so use your time wisely”. Guy left. Comes back 5 minutes before the end of class. High fives a friend. Scribbles something. Hands it in.

He failed it. I mean, he didn’t answer most of the questions. When I handed it back he was SHOCKED. He interrupted my lecture to argue with me, telling me I said he could leave. Yeah, you can leave, but that doesn’t mean you automatically pass a test. Then he cried. Like loud, head on the table sobs.

He dropped my class and called me a c*nt. I don’t like people.

2. Yeah wtf is happening is the only response.

Disney World attracts some of the most bizarre humans on the planet.

I know a girl who works there and she was on her lunch break when a couple came over and started berating her–a grown ass adult–for not eating her carrots.

1. Too many people pretend to forget that, I think.

In high school i took Philosophy and we were talking about dogs and their souls or something.

One girl argued that essentially ownership shows if something has a soul and followed up with “people own dogs, a person has never owned another person”.

Everyone just kinda looked at her because apparently she forgot that slavery happened.

As someone who waited tables for several of her younger years, I am having flashbacks!

What’s the story like this that sticks out in your mind. Share it with us in the comments!

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People Describe the Moment Another Human Left Them Speechless

If there’s one thing I know for sure after having various public-facing jobs for many of those years, it’s that human beings have the potential to really shock the sh*t out of you.

No matter how savvy or cynical you think you are, I promise there are people out there just waiting to surprise you – good or bad – a fact that these 17 people now know from experience.

17. Depression is an ugly monster.

“I literally hate the person I am right now”

Edit: Genuine, kind, caring person. Really left me speechless

16. Hmm, that seems like none of your business.

“do you finger yourself?”

-random friend of a former roommate, 10 minutes after meeting me

15. Avoid your mother when her friends and wine are involved.

“He(me) was an accident and (my dad) did not want to have kids, I was not going to get an abortion, so we got divorced.”

Something like that. I was 10. She always told me that they got married too young and wanted different things out of life. Don’t eavesdrop on your mom’s conversations with her friends drinking wine. Explains why my dad blows me off most of his weekends and when I’m there, I’m just kinda there and he ignores me.

14. Well if that isn’t a way to kill a conversation.

“Let me guess, you probably think fossils are real, don’t you?”

what

13. People say this shit way too often.

“she probably let herself get abused when she was younger”

12. That takes at least thirty seconds to process.

“Babe, you know how much I love you so dont be mad but I’ve been sleeping with your cousin for a while and we are in love and I’m gonna need you to support me on this. Also, if her husband calls, tell him she is with you.”

Needless to say the speechless portion didnt last too long.

11. It just makes you stop and think.

A colleague calling her own son “son of a bitch”.

10. I am not even ashamed that this could have been my husband.

We were in a grocery store, starting to head down an aisle, when a man stopped us and said:

“I’d recommend avoiding this aisle – my wife just cut a wicked fart.” His candor left us speechless.

Sure enough, even in the next aisle, we could smell it wafting in our direction.

9. Delete.

“The reason I think I’m always right is because I always am”

The guy was saying this while trying to argue that someone was wrong to call him arrogant.

8. That is one mad lady.

ex-girlfriend to me

“I hope that some day you’ll hate someone as much as I hate you.”

7. None of that is anyone else’s business.

A friend and I were in a store buying mannequins for our thrifting business. The guy who owns the store pointed to a specific mannequin and said:

‘This one has great t***. Not like my sister in law’s. She breastfed her baby and one day she whipped them out to feed him and they looked like fried eggs. RUINED FOREVER. My wife is in her 70’s and she has perky little t*** because she didn’t breastfeed our kids.”

Then he went on to tell us how his daughter breastfeeds and how great it is for babies. Wtf. We had known this guy all of 30 seconds before he unloaded this breastfeeding PSA on us ?

6. I mean those ellipses go on and on.

Me: “…and just a heads up, we close at 5pm today.”

Customer: “No you don’t.”

Me: “…”

5. What can you say to that, honestly?

“You shouldn’t microwave water; it takes the oxygen out.”

4. She’s been waiting for that moment for awhile.

I was talking to someone about something unimportant and I jokingly said to my friend, what could you possibly hate about me? Well, she goes on this long ass rant saying that I’m over dramatic, hypocritical, arrogant, and a political stereotype. I don’t even know what she meant with half of the things she was saying; she said I was a hypocrite for not liking anime.

3. It’s always true.

“You teach people how to treat you”

Mine blowing moment of realization that if I continued to say I suck and that no one should trust me with things, they will start to believe me and treat me as such.

2. You’re a time thief!

“Looking at your phone at work is the same thing as showing up to work drunk or on drugs”

1. Yes, there is racism in America.

Was at a small, shitty dinner that’s gone now. Two older couples were at the next booth over, talking about how one couple was trying to sell their house. They were complaining that no one would want to buy it, since a black family moved in next door. The other guy said ” it’s simple, when you’re walking in the yard with potential buyers and you see the neighbor, ask him how the flowers are coming along this year. They’ll just assume he’s the gardener! “

See what I mean?

What experience would you add to this list? Share it in the comments!

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Interesting Things You May Not Know About the Postal Service

We usually go about our weeks and days not thinking all that much about the federal postal service. Sure, we might crab about the lines at the post officer or the lack of employees there to help, as long as the mail is coming fairly regularly and we have somewhere to buy stamps, it kind of slides to the back of our minds, which is normal.

Sometimes, though, like when our illustrious leaders are taking about doing away with an institution established in the Constitution, the post office centers itself in a national debate.

Before you decide which side you want to come down on in this debate (or any debate) it’s a good idea to educate yourself on the issues. So, without further ado, here are 10 things you need to know about your federal postal service.

10. They have good reason to be wary of your dog.

In 2014, 5767 postal employees were attacked by dogs, with Los Angeles bringing home the dubious award for the most bites in the nation.

Mail carriers are instructed to use their bags to protect their bodies, though many also choose to carry mace for their own protection.

9. The mailboxes weren’t always blue.

They began painting them a uniform blue in 1971.

Prior to that, the color of boxes varied from a drab olive green to different shades of blue.

8. Several famous people began their working lives as mail carriers.

Walt Disney, William Faulkner, Steve Carrell, and many others carried mail before they became household names.

7. They have their owns stamp cave.

SubTropolis is a sprawling excavated limestone mine in Kansas City, Missouri.

The caves are home to many companies, and the USPS finds them an idea hub for stamp storage and distribution.

6. And a team to decipher the worst handwriting.

The Remote Encoding Center in Salt Lake City, Utah receives all of the mail that’s deemed impossible to read at a local level.

There are 1000 workers there to decode and solve the mystery – in an average of four seconds, which is insane!

5. The longest route in the nation is nearly 200 miles.

Sidney, Montana has the longest rural delivery and mail route – it’s 190.7 miles long.

4. The shortest is under 3 miles.

In Parker, Colorado, the carrier only has to travel 2.3 miles every day, and the carrier in Carrollton, Texas, only has to go 1.2 miles a day.

3. Some post is still delivered by mule.

Every day in the Grand Canyon, mule trains deliver around 4000 pounds of mail, food, supplies, and furniture to the village of Supai.

2. They also employ boats.

In Michigan, a 45-foot mail boat called the J.W. Westcott II delivers mail to ships passing on the Detroit River.

The post office has a legal obligation to deliver mail to all Americans. Boats also deliver mail on Alabama’s Magnolia River.

1. It’s part of the Constitution.

Benjamin Franklin was the country’s first Postmaster General, and when the Constitution was ratified in 1789, part of it gave Congress the ability to “establish post offices and post roads.”

In 1792, President Washington signed the Postal Service Act, which created the Post Office Department.

Today, it employs more than 7.3 million people.

I have to admit, I either didn’t know these things, or I never really considered them until now.

Did any of these surprise you? Which ones? Tell us in the comments!

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People Share How the Police Responded to Their Criminal Complaints in the Past

You may have noticed that a revolution seems to be happening in the streets of America. People of all races, ages, and religions are marching in the streets demanding change, and one of the things we’re discussing is what role the police should play in our everyday lives going forward.

Most people feel like it would still be helpful to have police to call in the case of, you know, a crime being committed. In a fit of curiosity, though, Twitter user @IllyBocean tweeted, asking their followers to recount their own experiences.

These 14 replies seem to suggest that the police response to crime is lacking, to say the least.

14. I hope he at least got it back for free.

This is outrageous!

13. Ah, the classic blame the victim why not.

You shouldn’t have been out here anyway, you know?

12. I think this is maybe the preferable outcome.

Knowing what we know now, of course.

11. Seems as if he wasn’t even paying attention, honestly.

Maybe he was just out of shape.

10. This was surely a defining moment for the next generation.

And not at all in a good way.

9. It can be hard to tell who they’re after until it’s too late.

Maybe best to just not say anything.

8. Imagine being ghosted by the police.

And not a darn thing you can do about it.

7. Well that’s a bit awkward.

I hope the other bloke ended up alive and okay.

6. I guess valuable means different things to different people.

I mean. It makes sense, though.

5. Maybe our communities would knit tighter together again without them.

You never know until you try, I guess.

4. Hahahaha yeah hilarious.

Get a real job, losers.

3. It was literally just sitting there for months.

I don’t even have a joke.

2. I’m sorry, how does that work?

I’m not lying on nobody.

1. It might have something to do with their response rate.

It’s just a theory, though.

Clear as mud, right?

We don’t have to have a political discussion in the comments, but if you want to tell us what your experience with the police and reporting crime has been, we’re all ears!

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People Share What Happened When They Reported Crimes to the Police

There’s a lot of talk out there about the role the police play in society, whether or not it should change, if some more training could do the trick, and everything in between.

Part of the conversation is whether or not the police are really willing or able to do anything for the average citizen who finds themselves the victim of a crime, and Twitter user @IllyBocean kept the conversation going on Twitter, asking what people’s personal experiences were.

He points out that, if the response of the police to middle class white people was lacking, things could be, you know, significantly worse in poor communities of color.

These 11 people’s replies honestly only served to bolster the argument against keeping the policing status quo, but you read them and you decide!

11. I suppose you have to cover all of your bases.

This still sucks, though.

10. That sounds…objectively terrible.

And no, they weren’t dealing drugs.

9. It’s almost like they think it’s not worth their time.

$800 would be worth my time, though.

8. I mean you can’t expect them to science, too.

But honestly, did you check the backseat of his car?

7. Not sure I would have even bothered calling the second time.

Maybe you just hope you get someone who’s interested?

6. What a horrifying thing to tell anyone, nevermind a child.

I honestly wish I could believe this wasn’t true.

5. That doesn’t sound like the whole story.

I bet she never got her phone back, either.

4. I mean obviously you need proof.

But maybe at least try to find some?

3. Regular people out there just doing their part.

It’s not so hard, is it?

2. Sorry I’m not really here to discuss beverages.

Maybe pick some up in your spare time you have not interviewing my neighbor.

1. At least Lowe’s was on their game.

But obviously they don’t have to follow the law and stuff.

I don’t know what the answer is, guys, but I hope some people who are smarter and more aware than I am come up with a good one!

Have you ever had to call the police for help? What happened? Let us know in the comments!

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