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“Choosing Beggars” That Make Our Blood Boil

There are so many people out there who feel entitled to people’s time, products, attention, etc when there’s absolutely no reason they should feel that way. Anyone who works in a creative field can tell you that too many folks have the idea that “exposure” is worth actual money, even though we can’t eat it or sleep under it, or benefit in any sort of real way.

It might surprise you, though, to learn that good-sized companies also act foolish and entitled, trying to get people do things for them for free.

If you’re in the mood for some righteous anger, these 20 examples should definitely rev you up.

20. I don’t think this person understands how websites work.

Or maybe how anything in life works, tbh.

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19. Do you think they realize how ironic this is?

And no, not in a good way at all.

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18. Harsh, but I mean…

We might need to have another chat about wants and needs.

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17. It doesn’t always pay to be subtle.

In fact, most of the time it definitely doesn’t.

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16. Whoops. Maybe should have modified that audience.

Now I am also curious what happened to the first one.

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15. You have to remember that some things are just not your problem.

In fact, most things are not your problem.

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14. You have to know how far you can push people.

The first chance was the time to grab it and run, it seems.

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13. Be careful who you try to scam.

It just might end up costing you even more.

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12. RIP to this friendship.

Friends support each other’s endeavors, they don’t try to take advantage, y’all.

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11. I mean technically, sure.

But I hope you can calculate percentages accurately.

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10. Sure, it would be nice if things matched.

But she didn’t have to be so ugly about it.

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9. The last bit is my favorite.

Just absolute proof that you have no idea what’s going on in the world.

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8. That escalated quickly.

As things like this often seem to do.

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7. When something is free you shouldn’t question it.

And you definitely shouldn’t complain.

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6. That…seems like quite a lot of food?

I guess I could be wrong?

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5. Panhandling is not a job.

But also, maybe $10/hr ain’t gonna pay the bills.

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4. I would also like to know if this strategy works.

For reasons.

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3. I would have loved to see the response.

I’m guessing it contained a fair amount of cursing.

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2. Play stupid games.

Win stupid prizes. Every single time.

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1. It’s free. FREE.

The want…something else for free?

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I swear, some of this stuff is just hard to believe!

If you’ve got a great (aka terrible) story in this vein, tell us about it in the comments.

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“Choosing Beggars” That Make Our Blood Boil

There are so many people out there who feel entitled to people’s time, products, attention, etc when there’s absolutely no reason they should feel that way. Anyone who works in a creative field can tell you that too many folks have the idea that “exposure” is worth actual money, even though we can’t eat it or sleep under it, or benefit in any sort of real way.

It might surprise you, though, to learn that good-sized companies also act foolish and entitled, trying to get people do things for them for free.

If you’re in the mood for some righteous anger, these 20 examples should definitely rev you up.

20. I don’t think this person understands how websites work.

Or maybe how anything in life works, tbh.

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19. Do you think they realize how ironic this is?

And no, not in a good way at all.

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18. Harsh, but I mean…

We might need to have another chat about wants and needs.

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17. It doesn’t always pay to be subtle.

In fact, most of the time it definitely doesn’t.

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16. Whoops. Maybe should have modified that audience.

Now I am also curious what happened to the first one.

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15. You have to remember that some things are just not your problem.

In fact, most things are not your problem.

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14. You have to know how far you can push people.

The first chance was the time to grab it and run, it seems.

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13. Be careful who you try to scam.

It just might end up costing you even more.

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12. RIP to this friendship.

Friends support each other’s endeavors, they don’t try to take advantage, y’all.

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11. I mean technically, sure.

But I hope you can calculate percentages accurately.

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10. Sure, it would be nice if things matched.

But she didn’t have to be so ugly about it.

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9. The last bit is my favorite.

Just absolute proof that you have no idea what’s going on in the world.

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8. That escalated quickly.

As things like this often seem to do.

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7. When something is free you shouldn’t question it.

And you definitely shouldn’t complain.

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6. That…seems like quite a lot of food?

I guess I could be wrong?

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5. Panhandling is not a job.

But also, maybe $10/hr ain’t gonna pay the bills.

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4. I would also like to know if this strategy works.

For reasons.

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3. I would have loved to see the response.

I’m guessing it contained a fair amount of cursing.

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2. Play stupid games.

Win stupid prizes. Every single time.

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1. It’s free. FREE.

The want…something else for free?

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I swear, some of this stuff is just hard to believe!

If you’ve got a great (aka terrible) story in this vein, tell us about it in the comments.

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These Entitled People Will Ignite Your Righteous Anger

There are a lot of good things about the way the internet connects us, both with people we know and love and with complete strangers all around the globe.

There are downsides, too, like realizes just how many people in this world are completely clueless, or who expect things from others that they have no reason to dole out for free – actual items, but also expertise and the like.

If things like that burn your britches, these 18 people’s begging is going to light your booty on fire.

18. He just kept digging himself deeper and deeper.

And it’s like he didn’t even realize it.

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17. There are a bizarre number of people who expect strangers to care about their kid’s Christmas.

I mean, I like kids but it’s really not my problem.

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16. People will always surprise you.

And not in the best way.

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15. An honor you say?

Take that mess and stuff it in a sack, sir.

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14. Here’s hoping he saw this post.

Imagine having the gall to crab about getting a nice gift.

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13. I guess I don’t have any real “mates” either.

Those are tough to come by, I would think.

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12. Maybe they…forgot?

This does not seem like the start of a beautiful friendship.

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11. Do they imagine people want to be in weddings?

I need to know whether they had a wedding party at all.

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10. Well, he got his hopes up.

Kind of hard to blame him on that one.

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9. We all have to draw the line somewhere.

I guess for some people, that boundary is mayonnaise.

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8. Someone needs lessons on negotiations.

And also not begging strangers for expensive things.

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7. It’s not worth trying to talk sense with some people.

Apparently she didn’t really want to get there.

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6. Her poor dad.

I hope he had her when he was young and still has a strong back.

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5. Well ok then bye bro.

This is like a rude slap in the face at exactly the wrong time.

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4. Someone’s time was wasted, that’s for sure.

Not ours, though. I don’t think.

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3. I wouldn’t even know how to respond to that.

Fork over the $2, ma’am.

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2. Demanding AND rude.

He seems nice.

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1. Sounds like they have a good thing going.

I’m just saying, I’d pay way more to see the mullet guy go flying.

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I have no idea what’s wrong with people, y’all.

Tell us your best (worst) choosing beggar stories in the comments!

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Stockton, California Gave Residents $500 a Month. Here’s How It’s Going.

There are a lot of conversations happening in politics these days about how we can better take care of everyone in our society. What can we afford, how can we re-allocate funds, who deserves what, and what history says about supporting people with a safety net when times are hard.

Michael Tubbs, though, the young mayor of Stockton, CA, is done talking – in 2020, he decided to start doing, instead. He and the city council approved a budget measure that would give 125 randomly selected residents with a median household income below $50k a year an extra $500 a month.

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There were no strings attached. No drug tests, no requirements to work or be actively looking for a job. Very little monitoring was done at all.

Tubbs is heavily invested in Stockton, having grown up there below that median income line himself, and was so dismayed in 2012 to hear Forbes call it one of “America’s Most Miserable Cities” that he ran for mayor. He was elected at the age of 26, making him one of the youngest mayors in the country – but also perhaps, one of the most forward-thinking ones in the crowd.

He founded the Stockton Empowerment Distribution (SEED) in 2019. The funding comes from philanthropic donations, and when a team of independent researchers heard about the initiative, they couldn’t get there to conduct a parallel experiment fast enough.

Researchers Stacia West of the University of Tennessee, and Amy Castro Baker of the University of Pennsylvania, worked together to collect data from those who received the money, and also established a control group of people who were not selected.

What they found was that, instead of “squandering” the cash – a worry of some who thought there should be some requirements and stipulations placed on it – what the extra month did was reduce people’s income volatility compared to those in the control group.

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Basically, unexpected expenses up to $400 in a month would be able to be handled instead of causing an issue that could take months to straighten out, which also improved people’s mental health.

One recipient said that she “had regular panic attacks and anxiety. I was at the point where I had to take a pill for it” but after the checks, “I haven’t even touched the pills in a while. I used to carry them on me all the time.”

The study found that families typically spent the money on essential items like food, home goods, utilities, and gas, and that instead of encouraging people to stay home, the extra cash did the opposite – after one year, the percentage of recipients who were employed full time grew from 28% to 40%, more than twice the rate for the control group.

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Baker believes that having something of a safety net makes it easier to not only imagine a different job or future, but also to take the risks that are often associated with interviewing for new jobs.

“People were able to apply for jobs they knew they were eligible for but just literally could not take a shift off work to do so.”

She adds that people who don’t have enough money almost always don’t have enough time, either.

“When you live in constant scarcity your entire day is taken up with battling poverty and trying to make ends meet.

You literally don’t have the capacity, or the time to even breathe and reset and think about what a different goal might be.”

Extra money, according to the study and also this participant, made a huge difference in that area.

“I was able to finally take time off work to study and complete my real estate license and even pursue an associate degree.

I have more time and net worth to study…to achieve my goals.”

This experiment joins many others that are seeking ways to alleviate poverty around the world, and the idea of a universal basic income is gaining some traction. We’re seeing the needle move in the States with the stimulus checks and also the recent changes to the child tax credit, both of which were given to people without any strings attached as to how they would spend it.

The full analysis from this study will be available in 2022, and in the next few years, researchers agree that there will be a good knowledge base across diverse populations that can be used to make an assessment.

We’ll just have to keep our fingers’ crossed that good policy follows.

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People Confess the Things They Know They Should Understand, But They Don’t

I think every adult in the world has those things they know they should get by now, but since they don’t, they’re too embarrassed to ask because they feel like it’s too late.

Well, folks, listen up – it’s never too late. All you have to do is fine the courage to ask, like these 18 people did, and someone on the internet will be happy to explain it to you.

And since we’re online, you don’t even have to see them roll their eyes first.

18. How were you not prepared?

After waiting in a long line to check out, why is it that people don’t have their money ready?

They get to the register and have to search for a credit card or look for coupons. (All that time in line they could have had it organized and ready to go.)

17. You’re never going to stop thinking about it, now.

Why does the word “fridge” have the letter “d” in it, while “refrigerator” does not?

I only know it because I’ve typed “refridgerator” and gotten the squiggly red line about a million times lol

16. It really is baffling.

How these dogs that have these dense bangs hanging over their eyes can see a single goddamn thing.

I work with dogs, and there’s a family with two Maltese. One they keep very trim with no bangs around the eyes. The other one they keep with very long, dense bangs.

It took me awhile to realize that the one with bangs had no eyes. They keep the bangs long because it’s “less alarming” and people don’t ask as many questions lmao

15. We really can’t wrap our minds around it.

Space, it makes my brain hurt trying to figure out things like stars and black holes etc.

The size and distances with space are hard to fathom. The time it takes to get anywhere is depressing.

The sizes and distances of it all is absolutely mind-boggling. It’s so massive and far that it has to be measured in the amount of distance that light can travel in a year. And light travels 186,000 miles per second. I feel so insignificant just thinking about it.

But it can also be kind of comforting in a way, because that means that all my problems are also insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

14. Human brains are not the kindest.

Why do I trust myself to fail so much and like myself so little? Why do I hate “positive attitude” advice from people?

I hated almost everything about myself until a little over a year ago, now I mostly feel neutral about those things.

I realized that I know every weird quirk and flaw about me and that’s why I can’t see myself as beautiful or pleasant.

I decided to stop overthinking and just accept all my flaws and quirks as what they are. As long as it doesn’t hurt anyone and I’m comfortable, it shouldn’t matter.

13. You’ll never be able to find yourself.

That no concept of an absolute position in space exists.

If it helps, we have lots of guide posts. Pulsars spin VERY consistently and we have documented and mapped out a lot of them. We can use these as place markers to orient ourselves if we ever become a galaxy faring species (big ‘if’ there)

12. I honestly haven’t even tried.

Cryptocurrency.

I’ve it explained to me numerous times but it still goes right over my head.

11. I think it’s complicated.

Why do people who seem miserable as parents decide to have more kids…?

I’d like to direct this question towards the parents I currently nanny for. The father clearly doesn’t like his kids, has said before he never even wanted kids, and yet they have three.

Three children that are quite honestly some of the worst behaved kids I’ve ever worked with, and I’ve been working with kids in and out of a school setting going on 15 years now.

Why didn’t you stop after the first one???

10. Being more aware doesn’t usually lead to happiness.

Existence and self aware, the more you think the more the concept of “I” is creepy

My consciousness was ripped from the void and shoved into this body. Does it go back when I die? Is it nothingness, or something more?

9. Does anyone really get it, though?

Quantum physics.

But mostly how there could ever be a smallest thing. Like everything is made up of something else. Zooming down how could there be something that’s not made up of smaller parts?

Like string theory right, smallest thing is supposed to be vibrating strings of energy? Like what is that energy made of? I don’t get it.

8. But I mean…does it matter?

Where we are, all of us, right now.

Like, where are we?

What is this..?

You know?

7. Science isn’t for everyone. To understand, at least.

Chemistry. I only passed because my professor curved every F to a C.

My best friend has her PhD in organic chemistry and she gave me her dissertation in a bound book. Made the mistake of opening it once and was like, what the heck, this is all gibberish.

6. Not so simple.

How to socialize.

How the heck do I start and keep a conversation going? Or talk to people that I don’t know?

I’ve been thinking about this for a while and have slightly improved imo, but still can’t figure it out lol. I feel like at some point I just run out of things to talk about. I guess that can be attributed to the fact that I only have a few hobbies though.

Hanging around my friends who are around their friends that I don’t know just makes me feel like a third wheel because they’re all pretty different from me, and talking to people I don’t know is just uncomfortable.

5. Money is confusing.

The stock market.

My understanding of it is it works because everyone says it does. In fact, all money works that way.

4. Mind over matter?

Why I continue to procrastinate and self sabotage.

I started noticing this happened during job applications and university study.

The common denominator? Perfectionism. I wanted my resume to be perfect before submitting it to a potential employer and I wanted my assignments to be perfect before submitting them for grading.

As a result the process for both was extremely stressful and I would go out of my way to avoid that stress.

3. Don’t strain yourself trying to figure it out.

How light is both a particle and a wave.

Or maybe it’s neither. It’s something that we don’t have a word for and that doesn’t exist in a way that we can sense directly. But this unnamed thing happens to act in a way similar to a wave in some situations and like a particle in others.

A cylinder will roll like a sphere in one direction but not roll like a cube in the other. That doesn’t make it a sphere and a cube at the same time. It makes it something different.

2. Do we really need to understand it, though?

Computers, even though I own one I literally don’t know how to build one or fix one when needed.

1. Can they really not see it?

People that treat everybody around them terribly then complain that nobody likes them.

Honestly I vastly prefer when people wave red flags in your face like that. Saves me a lot of time, energy, and hurt.

I’ll go ahead and admit that I’ve just learned a thing or two, how about you?

Tell us in the comments what question you’ve been too afraid to ask, and maybe we can get it answered!

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Was This Daughter Wrong to Call Out Her Father’s Fragile Masculinity?

The world was a certain way for many years, at least when it comes to the idea of “respecting our elders” and keeping our mouths shut in order to keep the peace, even if we really, really don’t agree with the rude and harmful things they say.

This woman grew up with a homophobic father, one who would make snide comments that everyone just ignored because they were “respecting their father.”

So my whole life I’ve known that my dad was a homophobe. No one else in my immediate family is, and no one really talks about any kind of lbgtq+ topic around him so it doesn’t really come up a lot with him. But whenever anything “gay” happens around him he starts on a small rant.

Now that she’s older and has a daughter of her own, she can see how harmful that can be, and is less willing to let things slide for a second generation.

When her father made a comment about The Wiggles.

So anyway. After living with this my whole life, I am now 24(F) and I have a one year old little girl who LOVES the Wiggles (a kids show). Sometimes when I’m visiting my parents we’ll (me and my mom) turn on Wiggles for her on Netflix and it keeps her entertained while we visit.

Her father made a few snide comments about how they were “gay” and it wasn’t “normal” and those were the “kind of people” who should be influencing kids, etc.

She’d had enough, and snapped that maybe their “masculinity isn’t as fragile as yours.”

My dad is always commenting on how he doesnt like the wiggles and its creepy. I usually ignore him but yesterday I decided to ask why. And he said “Because, to sing and dance and smile like that as a full grown man, you have to be gay.

That’s not the kind of people you want around kids.” I was kind of in shock at what he said and I was like “its just something funny and colorful for the kids.” I dont even remember what he said afterwards but it was another gay comment and I said “well maybe their masculinity isn’t as fragile as yours.”

Dad was upset, and though her mother laughed initially, she later said her daughter shouldn’t have said it. Her sister agrees she should have stayed quiet, too, because of “respect.”

My mom laughed at my comment but my dad was less than amused and was in a really bad mood and snapping at everyone so I decided to leave early. My mom told me he’s still mad this morning and that I really shouldn’t have said anything because “I know how he is.”

She also told my sister about it who texted me to tell me I should be more respectful to our dad (she’s always been a daddy’s girl) and basically that I was being an AH.

So AITA?

Now OP is wondering if she should have continued to just let her dad be a jerk unchecked, and Reddit has some really great thoughts on the matter (as usual!).

It’s been coming for awhile, honestly. Maybe he should get used to it.

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Seriously, stop letting people off the hook this way.

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It might be time to get into some good trouble.

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Perhaps they should stop being that way?

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Stop making excuses for poor behavior!

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It’s about time we all start putting our feet down and stop letting people like this get away with their bs.

I’m just saying.

Was she disrespectful? Firm? Right? Wrong? Sound off in the comments!

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Is It Wrong For a Mechanic To Wear Makeup?

As a female, I will be the first person to say how far we have come when it comes to empowering girls and women. We can be what we want, do what we want, say what we want, and wear what we want, and no one is allowed to say anything.

Of course, people still do say things, but we’ve been taught (and sometimes we even believe) that we shouldn’t listen to any criticism.

That said, boys and men don’t often have this luxury. There are still ways a boy is supposed to act, things he’s supposed to wear, and things he’s definitely not allowed – and sadly, wearing makeup is one of those things men are made to feel badly for enjoying.

This man, a mechanic, started wearing makeup to cover the bags under his eyes and then added some mascara. He feels more confident wearing it, and none of the other mechanics (or anyone else) at work have mentioned it.

I am a mechanic at a fairly large workshop and recently I started to use makeup as I found it was boosting my confidence.

I started with something to cover my eye bags but later on also tried mascara and a few other subtle things. Surprisingly I didn’t get any comments from the other mechanics and everything seemed fine, my confidence was skyrocketing.

He doesn’t regularly have contact with customers, and has rare contact with the two women who work at the desk and do most of the interacting with the public.

Because of how large the workshop is, we mechanics have little to no contact with customers. Customers are handled by two ladies working the front desk and we just go out to pick up the cars. Very rarely we have to talk to customers to figure out the problem.

I also have not much contact to the front desk ladies as we have different break times and our system is automated so we don’t have to talk in person.

Then one day both of the front desk ladies ambushed him, saying that his wearing makeup was unprofessional and causing them trouble at work.

Yesterday I was approached by both of them which is very unusual and they both laid into me, that my makeup is highly unprofessional. Seems like a customer who had seen me had made a comment abouth me.

They were both quite rude, telling me I needed to skip out on the makeup as it was so unprofessional and they had to deal with the customers all the time so they were affected by it. I was stunned as we are usually on friendly terms and them going off at me left me speechless.

Initially he was so shocked that he apologized, but in the aftermath, he realized the request wasn’t fair and doesn’t want to stop. He also doesn’t want to cause them trouble, though, so he’s asking Reddit if he’s the a-hole here.

I apologized in the moment but later on I thought about it and I don’t want to stop wearing makeup. I feel confident with it and I feel like I should be able to put it on. On the other hand they are right that they have to deal with the customers and I don’t want to make it harder for them.

Yes, I’m a guy.

Let’s see what Reddit had to say in response!

This person has probably hit it close to home, saying they’re jealous he looks so nice.

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Some people figured it should be NAH (No A$$holes Here), but this person thought the front desk ladies were definitely in the wrong.

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There are always better ways to handle delicate subjects.

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Others agree that the women probably made up the customer complaint altogether.

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The women were wrong in so many ways.

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The world would be much better off, in my opinion, if everyone would just mind their own business unless someone is being hurt.

What do you think? How would you have handled this? Tell us in the comments!

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Woman Asks If She’s Wrong For Refusing To Feed Her Sister’s Eating Disorder

Living with family members who have mental health issues can be extremely challenging. We want the best for the people we love, but sometimes it can be hard to know what that is – and when different family members have different takes on how best to help, things can get complicated fast.

In this poor woman’s case, she’s living in her childhood home with her sister, who has a significant eating disorder that’s affecting everyone in her life.

OP has managed the situation by keeping a small fridge and snacks in her locked bedroom and eating meals at work or with her boyfriend. Their parents bring her sister (and sometimes her) meals, and those are all gone within minutes.

I love my sister, but she eats everything in sight the moment she finds it. I have a lock on my door and have gotten a small fridge. I keep fruit and water in there, some snacks, and then I will go to my boyfriend’s to eat. My sister is unemployed at the moment and my parents bring her meals (about 1200 calories per meal) and she will scarf it down. If they leave something for me, she eats that as well.

She’s tried talking to her sister, begging her to get help, keeping groceries in the fridge, etc, and nothing has worked. Her sister is caught in a binge/purge cycle that never ends, and all their parents do is enable her.

She once got so hungry she ate parmesan cheese from a shake bottle. As much as I love my sister, she has eaten about $400 in groceries this month alone. I tried so hard to refill it, talk it out with her, and she just binges, purges, binges more. She couldn’t even be measured on my scale, which goes up to 450 pounds.

OP says she’s done buying food for her sister, who obviously has a problem.

Their parents are going out of town, and everyone is wondering what the sister is going to eat after she inevitably eats everything her parents leave in the first couple of days.

I told her that I was done feeding her. She can talk to our parents and figure it out. I was done. I have the lock-in in my bedroom, which has always been there, and I eat with my boyfriend. I eat at work. But there is nothing but bottled water in the fridge for her right now.

My parents are going out of town next week and have agreed to buy her food for the week. I told them that if she eats it all, she is going to be hungry the rest of the days.

OP is the only one pushing for treatment, and is about at the end of her rope. She’s going to kill herself without help, and OP is ready to move out and in with her boyfriend to remove herself from having to watch it all go down.

I have been very clear with them that she needs to go to some kind of therapy/clinic. There has to be something to be done for someone with her issues. But she ignores it. It is at the point where she cannot get into my Corolla to drive anywhere because she is too big.

The house we live in is my childhood home and I lived there with Ashley because she is my sister. But now it’s to the point where my boyfriend has said to just move in with him. Which would mean my parents would have to watch her because her health is so bad she can’t do a lot of things without help.

I didn’t sign up to be her saviour.

AITA?

She’s wondering if she’s wrong to walk out, or to stop feeding her sister in the first place, so let’s see what sort of advice Reddit has, hmm?

I really don’t think there’s any arguing against this point.

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It’s sad, but you can’t help people who aren’t willing to help themselves.

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Everyone needs to be on board, otherwise nothing is going to change.

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Therapy sounds like the obvious answer, and I really hope for this family’s sake that the sister makes her way there, and soon.

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Maybe the parents should stay out of town a bit longer.

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I feel for the sisters here, and want to smack the parents up the head. I hope the story has a happy ending, but it’s not looking like it right now.

What do you think OP should do? Is it her responsibility? Let’s hash it out in the comments!

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A Cop Learned the Hard Way That Sometimes Asking for Proof Backfires

I don’t know anything about the world of over-the-road trucking, but apparently there are pretty strict rules for how to log your time, when and how often you have to stop, and the like. This guy doesn’t like having to pull off the highway every time he has to use the restroom, so he’s devised a different sort of ritual that works.

A little bit of background for anyone, like me, who needs it.

This malicious compliance has brought to you by my trip from Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA.

Background: I’m an over the road truck driver and most of the time, it’s more convenient for me to do my “business” on the highway shoulder. I don’t have to drive around & around just to park to use the restroom. Just a quick 30 second emergency stop, do my business (either on the side of the road or empty bottles that I’m saving up [gotta do what you gotta do when you’re on the road]), then off driving again. I’m sure I’m not the only over the road truck driver who have done these, it’s very common.

Side note: According to FMCSA, by law, we have to carry log books to calculate our driving & on duty time. This is relevant to the story.

He either pees on the side of the road (if no one is about) or pees in an empty bottle and stores it to throw away later. Every time he stops he logs his time off the road, as required, but the quick stops don’t add up to as much down time, allowing him to travel further without a break.

On to the story:

This happened just a few hours ago somewhere in I-40 WB in New Mexico. I was suddenly in need to relieve myself badly, so as usual, I pulled over to a clean, wide highway shoulder, then I put my log book to “Off Duty”.

Note: this isn’t my first time today doing my business.

I have a habit of being very meticulous with my driving time. Which means, when I’m not doing anything, even for 30 seconds, I put my time in off duty. I tried to save as much driving time as possible, those multiple 30 seconds can add up to a lot to avoid doing 34 hours reset too soon.

I looked at the passenger side window & sees multiple cars passing by. Turns out, there’s a road where cars drive by on the side of the highway. Doing my business on the highway shoulder, nope! Instead, I did the alternate route, do it in a bottle, seal it, and stow it for trash later.

On one of these stops, an officer pulled him over and asked to see his log book, so the trucker, of course, complied.

Just as I finish doing my business, I heard a knock on my passenger door. Very weird, because this is at the highway shoulder, where no one should randomly be walking around. I stow away the bottle and go look who it is and it’s a cop. I was thinking, crap, this isn’t happening.

I switched my log book to “On Duty – Inspection” and go answer the cop. Before I could say anything, the cop asked me to see my log book (it’s part of their job to check whether we comply to the rules or not) so I show it to him. The graph looks like a heart monitor, as I was relieving myself probably 4 or 5 times per day (tiny bladder problem).

The officer had some questions, namely that the trucker was stopping for 30 seconds to a minute every hour. He was suspicious that he was falsifying his records.

The trucker explained that he had a small bladder that required more pit stops, but the officer wasn’t buying it, and asked for proof if the trucker wanted to avoid a ticket.

The cop questioned why I was off duty for 30 seconds to 1 minute every 2-3 hours almost everyday (electronic log book can be backtracked up to 14 days). I explained to him that I have to relieve myself every 2-3 hours, give or take. The cop didn’t believe me and assume that my truck had a problem, that’s why I have to stop every 2-3 hours. I repeated myself about my bladder issue but the cop still didn’t believe me. Instead, he said:

-Cop: Unless you have proof that you’re actually relieving yourself, I’m afraid I have to give you a ticket for false usage of log book.

Cue malicious compliance.

Proof, the trucker had, though the cop wasn’t expecting the exact form it would take.

I told the cop to wait a moment and went back inside my cabin. I grabbed every single bottle of urine that I’ve been collecting today and the previous day (I haven’t had the chance to throw it away), put it in a plastic bag, and for extra measure, grabbed the newest one out of the plastic bag (it was still warm). I showed the whole bag to the cop, plus the warm bottle, told him it’s the newest one I just did a few seconds ago, and asked if he would like to hold it for further inspection.

The cop had the mixed look of disgust & horror. He was literally gagging, so I put back the evidence back inside my truck so he can recover.

The rest of the conversation went about as well as expected, since the guy didn’t end up getting a ticket (and he got a laugh, instead).

Then the cop says:

“I was expecting doctor’s note or something like that. What you showed me was disgusting!”

-Me: But you asked for proof that I was, in fact, relieving myself.

I was holding back my laughter so hard that my cheeks started to hurt. Then he gave me back my log book and told me to have a good day, then drives off. Have a good day, indeed!

I took an extra 1 minute on the shoulder to laugh until I’m satisfied, then I’m off to drive again.

File this one under: be careful what you ask for.

Or maybe: always remember to think ahead and keep a little proof on hand, just in case.

Either way, thanks for the giggles, good sir! Safe driving!

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6 Things Bill Gates Would Tell His Younger Self

There’s a trend of celebrities (and some regular people) talking about what they would tell their younger selves if they could go back in time and save themselves some trouble (and a lot of heartache in the process). Whether it’s personal or professional, we’ve all (hopefully) learned quite a bit with the benefit of maturity and hindsight.

If you’re curious what advice Bill Gates would think important enough to pass through time, here are 6 things he says he would like to tell his younger self if he had the chance.

6. Not everyone develops at the same pace.

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In a February “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit, Gates said “I wasn’t very good socially back then but I am not sure there is advice that would fix that – maybe I had to be awkward and just grow up.”

I have a feeling that way too many kids could benefit from truly understanding that truth as teens.

5. Be more self-aware.

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In that same session, Gates said “I would try and make myself more self-aware without getting rid of the focus and desire to learn.”

It’s hard to be self aware when you’re not really sure who you are yet, or who you want to be, but maybe that’s just part of the whole deal.

4. The world is so much bigger than you.

Teenagers and kids especially tend to be pretty myopic and selfish in the way they view the world, but in this tweet, Gates said he wished he’d opened his eyes sooner.

“I also have one big regret: When I left school, I knew little about the world’s worst inequities. Took me decades to learn.”

3. Understand that different people bring different skill sets.

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People who are very smart can often overestimate the power of raw intelligence, and Gates said in a February 2018 interview at Hunter College that it took him a long time to learn that lesson.

“I was so naive about different skill sets. I thought it somebody had a high IQ, they could be good at everything.

And that idea that you had to blend different skills together, that still surprises me.

This notion that there was just this simple idea of smartness, and it could solve everything – I wish I had known better than to think that.”

2. There is value in the people who challenge you.

Surrounding yourself with “yes men” is a good way to end up in an echo chamber that stunts your growth and your potential is a sentiment Gates echoed in this 2017 tweet.

“Surround yourself with people who challenge you, teach you, and push you to be your best self. As @MelindaGates does for me.”

1. There are lots of ways to be smart.

This lesson must have been a tough one for Gates, or one that took some time to hit home, because he reiterated the same idea in a 2017 tweet.

“Looking back on when I left college, there are some things I wish I had known. E.g., intelligence takes many different forms.

It is not one dimensional.

And not as important as I used to think.”

This is all pretty savvy advice, if you ask me.

What would you tell your younger self? I bet you’ve got some good advice for us, too!

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