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What Do Folks Think Is Bad For You but It’s Actually Good? Here’s What People Said.

It’s kind of funny how trends catch on and everyone seems to get really into them…and then a little while later, most people wise up and realize that maybe that thing wasn’t so great, after all…

Life is weird.

What do people think is bad for us that is actually good?

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

1. We all fail.

“Failure.

I used to get punished for failure as a kid. Bad grades? Punished. Made any kind of mistake? Punished.

This is a horrible way to raise a kid because instead of learning to try until you succeed, or ask for help when you can’t succeed without it, they lie and cover up failure to avoid punishment.”

2. Gotta face it.

“Feeling painful emotions instead of distracting yourself from them.

Yeah, it’s not good to face them all of the time, but ignoring them all of the time isn’t really good either.”

3. It’s necessary sometimes.

“Quitting or knowing when to quit.

This one, 10/10. I just quit a job that shattered my mental and physical health. It was the competitive, well-paying “dream job” that I wanted more than anything when I was just starting out in my field.

Left it all behind for complete uncertainty, but an uncertain future is better than a certain and miserable future. As scary as it was (and is), quitting was the best and bravest thing I’ve ever done.

Not sure where I’m heading, but I know what I’m choosing to leave behind, and I know I don’t want to go back in that direction–and that’s a good enough start. ? Take care of your current selves and take care of your future selves, quitting can be an act of courage.”

4. Let it all out.

“Crying.

It’s very healthy and a natural reaction to emotions but people think it makes them weak and vulnerable.”

5. We all need it.

“Alone time.

I’ve had countless times when I found myself alone and wanted to do so.

It is perfect when you need to reflect on yourself and your life and find some answers.”

6. A good thing.

“Going to the Psychologist.

Fortunately, many people are starting to open their minds to it.”

7. Release.

“S** and mast**bation.

You can avoid a lot of health issues by doing those.

It also helps a lot with depression and anxiety as it releases a lot of endorphine and dopamine.”

8. Works for some people.

“Being single.

Not being attached/responsible for other human lives gives you the ultimate freedom to risk it all and do what you actually want.”

9. Bring on the salt.

“Salt/sodium

It’s one of the most common electrolytes that people consume, and in the case of those with iodine-deficiency, iodized salt is a safe effect way to supplement iodine into your diet, and prevent goiter. Salt often gets vilified, because it can, but not necessarily will, elevate your blood pressure.

Electrolytes are necessary for the electrochemical processes in your body to operate. Not enough electrolytes can cause organ, nerve, and metabolic dysfunction, leading to coma, seizure, and cardiac arrest.

The misconception is that salt causes high blood pressure/hypertension, which is false. A possible effect of consuming salt is a temporary elevation of blood pressure.

Doctors recommended following a low-sodium/salt diet, if you already have hypertension or if you’ve undergone heart surgery, because they don’t want you to risk increasing stress on an already stressed heart, or unnecessarily stressing a recovering heart.”

10. Time to relax.

“Not being busy. Not constantly hustling or trying to do it all.

Not living for the weekend.

Down time can be a good thing.”

11. Take it easy.

“Not sanitizing everything.

If you sanitize every surface you touch, it destroys your immune system, as well as causing issues due to the chemicals used to sanitize things.

Just wash your hands, counters, and other surfaces when they’re dirty, or after sickness.

Use normal soap, and it’s all good.”

12. Gotta have a balance.

“Taking a break from exercise every now and then to focus on my mental health.

Being mentally fit is more important to me than being a gym fiend.”

What do you think?

Sound off in the comments and let us know.

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People Talk About Things That Are Considered Wholesome but Are Actually Toxic

I’m gonna go ahead and just say it…

No, I don’t have children, but I think people who use their children as tools and pawns on social media to get likes and try to become “influencers” are honestly kind of sick.

But a lot of people out there think it’s wholesome and cute…and that’s just plain weird to me.

AskReddit users talked about what is considered wholesome but are actually toxic.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. Not healthy for them.

“Unfortunately, many people do think that feeding their pets on demand is loving them.

The rationale tends to be that depriving pets of food at any given time is neglecting or abusing them.

One of my aunts thought this way with her previous pup and had a significant wake-up call when said dog’s vet told her that he had weight issues and other concerns once he reached his middle years because she was overfeeding him.

She was, understandably, upset and has since realized the value of scheduled feedings.”

2. Totally toxic.

“Kids having lemonade stands to pay for cancer treatment, etc.

Any of those stories about children working to pay for a family member’s medical costs, pay off their friends’ school lunch debt, etc. is absolutely NOT wholesome.

That is not something a child should have to worry about.”

3. Gross.

“As a former homeless person, I can’t put into words how annoying the people who film themselves handing out food for a viral video with some emotional pop song overlaid on it are.

It’s 100% “look at me, look how cool and HELPFUL I am” while honestly not giving a real d**n about the homeless.

It’d be one thing if you’re putting your fame and money back into funding a shelter, or true change and volunteering and charity efforts but not just dropping $20 on some McDonalds meals to drive around LA filming strangers sleeping on the street for a bit.”

4. Outdated.

“Dating advice that includes relentlessly pursuing a woman who has made it clear that she doesn’t like you.

Lot of the blame for this is old rom coms that basically show that stalking a woman will always end up with love.”

5. Stressful for animals.

“Every so often I’ll see a ‘cute wildlife’ photo that is very obviously staged, probably to the stress of the animal/s in question.

It’s absolutely fu**ed up, but because people keep sharing them on social media, some a**holes out there will keep on essentially torturing animals just so we can go ‘Awww!’.””

6. Run for it!

“”We’re all just one big family!”

If anyone tells you this in a workplace setting, run.

They’re only like a family in the sense of the most toxic parts of one that exploit you.”

7. Not always a good thing.

“Supporting someone no matter what choices they make.

You can love someone to the ends of the earth, that doesn’t mean they will 100% be right all of the time, no matter how much you love or admire them.”

8. Can it!

““Good Vibes Only” postings.

Let people experience real emotions, Sarah, not insta-perfect emulations of surfer chill.”

9. Very weird.

“Proposing in front of a crowd.

Puts a lot of pressure on the person being proposed to.”

10. People can be upset.

“Toxic positivity.

Like when someone’s having a really hard time and you tell them to stay positive or try to look at the bright side.”

11. Sad state of affairs.

“School fundraisers.

If the government can’t give schools enough funds, then everything is wrong.”

12. Agreed!

“The general idea our society and culture have of “relationship goals”.

Not being able to eat/sleep/think/function without your partner is not healthy.

Being obsessed with your partner is not healthy.

Looking to your partner to complete you or make you feel whole is not healthy.

Changing who you are for your partner is not healthy.

Looking to your partner as the person who is responsible for your happiness is not healthy.

Being two people, supporting each other’s goals and individuality is healthy.”

13. Annoying.

“When people who are super spiritual and love love love all the time judge and ridicule you for not being in a good mood or for needing space.

“You’re ruining the vibe” “this isn’t a hostile environment”- gaslighting is wrong and these people do it ALL THE TIME! I call them “the love police”.”

What do you think about this?

Let us know in the comments.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Deaf People Open Up About What Their Inner Voices Are Like

If you’ve never experienced it, how would you know?

That can apply to many things in life, but I’ve often wondered what deaf people “hear” in their heads.

Inner dialogue? Silence? I really have no idea.

But that’s about to change.

Let’s hear what deaf people had to say about this on AskReddit.

1. Thinking in sign language.

“My mom is profoundly deaf and I asked her this same question (totally not a stupid question!)

She said she thinks in ASL.

I have caught her signing to herself just like I sometimes talk to myself.”

2. Imaginary world.

“For the first 5 years of my life i was technically deaf.

I couldn’t hear anything.

I remember thinking by closing my eyes and imagining the thing I wanted to think. So I would close my eyes and see my own imaginary world.

I can still do it but only in complete silence. It’s a trait I will forever hold but I’m not mad at it.

It can be very helpful in some situations!”

3. The inner voice.

“I can hear my own voice in my head, or the version of it that I hear, but the inner voice thing only happens when I am thinking about conversation or actively thinking about that voice.

Most of my thoughts are images or words and ideas without a voice attached.”

4. Reimagining images.

“Before I got surgery for my cochlear implant/before learning ASL, I don’t exactly recall knowing about any “mental functionalities” like using a thinking voice.

Most of my mental uses were re-imagining images in visual thoughts (if I wanted a hotdog, I’d visualize a hotdog). Besides that, my dreams were like silent films (and 95% still often are silent even after my surgery to help me hear).

After that and being able to hear for some years, at some point, I developed an “inner voice” which just… doesn’t have any clear vocal sound to it? Yet, at the same time, kind… of… does? Kinda weird/hard to explain.

It’s a jump between “muffled ‘speaking’ sound as I think” and “hollow echoes” for my normal thinking voice, and when I read fiction with characters, for those who have pre-set voiced I re-imagine them in my head as to how they would act it out and it would ‘sound’ just like the tone I’d hear from the media they’re from.

For the stories that aren’t adapted into any audio format, I make them up in my head and try to make them sound distinct if I felt like it, haha.

My friends (non-CI) have told me they either don’t mentally see/”hear” anything at all and have no idea the concept I’m trying to explain or they visualize floating hands signing to them in their mind space. I don’t think in the latter at all, except when there are signs I’m trying to remember/reference.”

5. Deep and high pitches.

“Naturally we can’t even describe what it sounds like as we don’t really understand sound in the way you do.

Maybe the basics like deep and high pitches but the difference between notes or octaves are something only understood through theory (i.e. reading about them).

We don’t understand what makes a singer good but we for sure know how to tell if it’s a good beat (provided it’s loud enough to feel).

As such, speaking for myself here – my inner voice is more literally like thinking. A mixture of instinctual understanding and the words that describe the meaning I want to express.

I am a writer so words are quite colorful to me. They convey a myriad of imagination. I also am a philosopher so I admire and observe closely the metaphysics at play here.

Words can occasionally come out in English as it is best expressed through English. Some come out as sign language as there are sayings that only make sense in sign language. It’s a blend of both as well as the raw emotional output that form my thoughts.

Also, there is the silence in between the thoughts. Depends on how much you pay attention I suppose.”

6. Raised in a hearing world.

“Was born profoundly deaf. Wore hearing aids from 6 months old and replaced it with a cochlear implant at 15. I only have one, don’t hear out of the other ear unless I opt to get another one for bilateral hearing. I was never taught how to sign.

I was raised in a hearing world. People don’t even realize I’m deaf most of the time until they see the implant. I’m a bit of an outlier I guess. I’m not involved in the deaf community though I do have a couple of deaf friends who both talk and sign.

My voice sounds a lot cooler in my head than what it really is, probably the same for most people.”

7. How you’re raised.

“Deaf profound here, did surgery on right ear at 2, later left ear at 14 or so, I have inner voice whole time.

Never ASL, I learned basic of ASL in high school. So not surprised, consider I started hearing sound when very young. Its a good question.

I supposed its related to how we was raised, if we was raise ddoing ASL, then we might ASL in our head, otherwise it’s a voice.”

8. Interesting.

“Born profoundly deaf here. Used hearing aids for the first 20 or so years of life, and also used American Sign Language.

Since I was able to use hearing aids and get a general idea of what words and phrases sound like, my inner voice speaks. However, when I dream- it’s a combination of both spoken language and ASL.

Sometimes my dreams are even subtitled! Growing up watching tv with the captions and subtitles on all the time had an effect I guess.”

9. Thinking in ASL.

“I’m profoundly deaf, grew up with deaf parents.

ASL is my first language, “mother hands” lol. Anyway, I noticed that I often think either in ASL or written English. Sometimes English words have no ASL signs for some English words, basically untranslatable so I often think in English words if no ASL sign are available.

Sometimes it’s more abstract. But very often it’s ASL in my mind. I also have an inner voice where I sometimes have a conversation with myself in ASL.”

10. Adapted.

“I asked my niece this.

She said she had an inner voice but it was more a feeling than a voice. She described it as feeling the vibrations from loud music.

When she had her surgery, and she heard voices for the first time, her inner voice.”

We’d like to hear from more deaf people.

If this means you, please tell us what your inner voice sounds like.

Talk to us in the comments, thanks!

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Let’s Clear Up Some Misconceptions About Chickens, Eggs, And Honey

There are a lot of misconceptions about farming, buying local, what it means to support the healthy production of animal byproducts that in no way harms animals, et al. Many vegans make the life choice not to eat any animal byproduct, even things like honey – when bees make more than they need and are not at all bothered if we take some away.

This thread is clearly motivated by someone promoting supporting local farmers, but it also has a lot of good facts in it – so if that’s your jam, you’re going to love it!

It points out first that if you refuse to eat things like eggs that you know are sourced ethically, you’re really doing nothing but hurting the animals you’re intending to help.

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Someone, though, tried to argue (without any facts on their side).

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Which led to some serious knowledge being dropped – from an actual beekeeper – about how the practice of growing and protecting hives works.

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In truth, beekeepers do more to sustain the honeybee population than they would dream of doing to harm it, and without them, the species would likely be much worse off.

Down with misinformation!

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While what the arguer said about chicken farming and egg production is true, she’s missing the point – that supporting local, ethical farms is one way to stand against factory farming and unethical practices

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Like beekeepers, farmers do everything they can to make sure they’re treating their hens (and their eggs) well.

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There’s no real conspiracy here.

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There you have it!

If you’ve been avoiding foods like eggs and honey thinking that you’re helping poor, abused animals, it sounds like it’s time to think again.

Spread the truth, my friends!

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What’s the Scariest Fact You Know? People Responded.

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the world can be a pretty scary place.

And I’m talking about the natural world, the actual human beings walking around, all of it is kind of terrifying.

You ready to get scared?

People on AskReddit talked about the scariest facts they know.

Let’s get weird!

1. Sounds painful.

“If a bear attacks it won’t k**l you immediately, it’ll just start eating.”

2. Horrible.

“If you have FFI (fatal familial insomnia) you will experience progressively worsening sleeplessness.

Your inability to sleep eventually turns into total insomnia at which point you’ll die. People who have this rare genetic condition will all die.

It’s inevitable; most people within a year of it’s onset… scary to think about.”

3. Scary plants.

“There’s a plant that grows in Australia called the Gympie-Gympie , touching the plant will result in an unbearable pain because of the small needles on the plant.

The pain is so unbearable people and animals k**led themselves because of it.

There’s also a plant called Hogweed that can cause severe burns and blisters that can scar you for life.”

4. Very strange.

“Totally blind people don’t see black, they don’t see at all.

For some reason that’s always frightened me.”

5. Yikes.

“Fun fact!

Being flayed (skinned alive) by a skilled tor**rer meant that you’d be likely to survive the ordeal. Believe it or not dying of shock, or blood loss wasn’t guaranteed.

Often people survived hours, or days with no skin. In these cases what finished them off was hypothermia.”

6. Can’t be stopped.

“Prion diseases exist.

They’re not bacteria or viruses, there isn’t an infection, per se, to attack.

They’re basically an alternate form of protein, and we can’t stop them.”

7. Frightening.

“A brain aneurysm can hit you any time, anywhere, with next to no warning.”

8. A little weird.

“All communication in the United States is controlled by fewer than 10 companies.

All major news in the US is controlled by 5 companies, including Disney and Comcast.”

9. Messed up.

“In certain parts of South Africa, girls are more likely to be r**ed than learn how to read.”

10. Be careful.

“You can have rabies for years before it even shows symptoms.

Then one day you get a headache and it’s a death sentence from there.”

11. Impressive.

“A moose can swim about 16 feet/5 meters underwater, which is why orcas are natural predators of them.

Imagine you’re diving underwater, suddenly there’s a moose sitting at the bottom eating sea grass, then it gets eaten by an orca.

That would be terrifying.”

12. Oh, great.

“Your skin is not 100% attached to your body.

With enough air pressure beneath the skin, your body will become a balloon with a solid core and it will be excruciating before the embolism k**ls you.”

13. Scary and true.

“Rose West is, alongside her husband Fred, one of the most infamous serial k**lers in modern British history who k**led several lodgers in her house. And if not for a single mistake, she would’ve gotten away with it.

When they were finally caught, all evidence actually pointed to Fred being the sole culprit and she shifted the blame onto him. Either out of a fu**ed-up sense of loyalty or despair for being betrayed, Fred committed suicide in custody which seemed to end the idea of bringing him and his wife to trial, relegating any other investigations into figuring out what crimes Fred had committed.

The police were still deeply convinced that either Rose knew more about the murders than she was letting on or she was a direct participant, but she was a tough egg to crack. The police tried every angle conceivable but she always deflected the blame onto Fred and there was never a crack in her story – too well rehearsed. She knew what to say, when to say it and they couldn’t trip her up.

However, while investigating both her husband and her own backgrounds, they discovered that Fred had a daughter from his first wife… and the police confirmed that not only was this girl one of Rose’s victims, Fred has an iron-clad alibi for when she died because he was in prison.

And when they confirmed that another victim found was the girl’s mother, the police had a clear motive – Rose k**led her step-daughter and told people she was back to living with her mother, and had Fred k**l his first wife to keep her quiet.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us what you think is the scariest fact you know.

Please and thank you!

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People Discuss Things That Are Awkward but Really Shouldn’t Be

If you ask me, life is pretty awkward.

But that’s part of the fun of being here, too!

You just never know what to expect…or why things turn out to be awkward when they really shouldn’t be…

What’s awkward but really shouldn’t be?

Here’s how folks on AskReddit responded.

1. I just don’t feel like it.

“Saying “no” to a social invitation when your reason is that you just don’t feel like going.”

2. AWKWARD.

“As a guy, working in retail.

Ringing girls bras or underwear out. Like seriously I don’t care, it’s clothing, it doesn’t bother me.

And yet there’s always someone who makes a big deal about it and request they are rung out by a girl rather than me.”

3. Let’s get this over with.

“The period of time between the cashier giving you your change and putting it in your wallet.”

4. End it!

“Saying “Bye” on the phone.

I hate all the wind-down in conversation to just get off the fu**ing phone.

“Okay then…sounds good….you have a great day too…buh bye”

So annoying.”

5. Just having a good convo.

“As a grown man, talking to children is getting increasingly awkward with age.

No, I’m not trying to kidnap your daughter- she’s just way more entertaining than you and all the other big people.”

6. Still uncomfortable for some.

“Buying pads/tampons. Like, come on.

Everyone fu**ing knows women have their periods. Why on earth do I have to feel ashamed when I’m visibly carrying a pad to a public toilet or at the store?

It’s ridiculous.”

7. You’re fine!

“Leaving a grocery store without having bought anything.

My thoughts while walking away:

“I look suspicious, they all think I’m a shop lifter. But a shop lifter would never walk out the store without buying anything. Omg but what if the shoplifter thinks the exact same thing, he would also leave without buying anything. Now I definitely look like a shoplifter. Why am I walking so funny. Yes we’ve made it !!”

I have a problem I think.”

8. No shame in that.

“Telling someone you like them.

It’s a natural desire to be attracted to another human being.

People act like its something to be ashamed of.”

9. How does 50 cents sound?

“Signing for the pizza delivery.

Knowing the pizza boy is watching you sign and waiting for a tip.

There’s always a palpable tension because you know his eyes are trained on that tip line.”

10. Own it!

“The walk of shame.

Everyone should be high fiving you.”

11. Just trying to help.

“Correcting someone in the workplace.

I don’t need to hear any more awkward apologies for doing something wrong. I’m just trying to tell you the right way to do it, end of story.

I’m not trying to make you feel bad.”

12. Who cares?

“Asking someone their age!!!

A friend of mine said ‘this Saturday is my birthday’.

I instinctively said , ‘Oh great, how old will you be?’

And immediately felt my foot entering my mouth as she looked at me like I just pulled out my ding dong in public.

I think this is a really dumb and antiquated thing to get upset about.”

13. You did it!

“Last week I entered a public bathroom at the same time as this other guy, unfortunately we both had to drop off the kids at the pool and there was this unbearable awkward silence.

We both sat there not p**ping for about 5 minutes, trying to avoid the inevitable monstrous fart and tsunami sized splash that happens in those situations.

As a solution (It would only get worse building up all of that pressure), I pulled out my phone, turned on “Bob Marley Radio” on Pandora, turned it all the way up, and told the guy “There you go, this should help” he laughed said thanks, and we proceeded to take the Browns to the Super Bowl.”

What situations do you think are awkward but don’t need to be?

Sound off in the comments!

We look forward to it!

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What Person Do You Miss Most Right Now? Here’s What People Had to Say.

It’s been a rough year…

And almost all of us have been longing to see our friends and family members again so we can give them a big hug and spend some time with them doing the things we used to do before the world got turned upside down.

But we’re getting there!

Who do you miss most in your life right now?

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about this.

1. Old friends.

“Friends.

I graduated from college the summer right before COVID, and moved back to my hometown, basically everyone I knew in high school had moved away, and all my college friends I can only text because they’re so far.”

2. Sorry for your loss.

“My grandmother. She was my best friend.

She died alone without someone nearby.

I work with the elderly…. Now I make sure others don’t have to die alone.”

3. A long recovery.

“My husband. He’s sitting right next to me, but I’ve never felt so alone.

A week ago today he had surgery to remove a large brain tumor and his speech/general communication has suffered. Recovery is a long road to walk without my best friend, lover, and soulmate at my side.

I feel awful for wanting my pre-surgery husband back, even just for a moment to tell me that he’s going to be ok.”

4. Missing Mom.

“I miss my mom, who has been gone for almost 9 years, but missing her has basically become a daily thing.”

5. RIP.

“My brother who was k**led in a car accident 2 years ago.

He was bipolar, and had so many issues, working and being with him was like being around “an inexperienced car bomber.” It’s that I never knew if helping him out would blow me up and my family.

Never knew what was coming next… his getting arrested for parking tickets, or staying in a storage/warehouse until he could find housing. Living with him was impossible, but so was giving him $$$ to get him through another day.

I never figured out how to help him, and I mean really help him out, and I wept when I learned he’d died. RIP Allyn, thanks for the laughs, and good times, as I think of you every day.”

6. Ghosted.

“My best friend who ghosted me.

It’s been over 2 years and I still think about her all the time and wonder what I did wrong.

I haven’t been able to make any new friends since.”

7. Not the same.

“My friends from university.

We still talk all the time online and in group chats but it just doesn’t feel the same not seeing them everyday and hanging out on a whim.

I feel now too its had a strange effect where I dont really want to socialize with anyone or open up that much to people who don’t remind me of my friends.

Probably because I’m aware of what I once had and want to find it again.”

8. Feels empty.

“I still miss our beloved cat that had to be put to sleep.

He often appears in my dreams (some quite vivid) – and when I wake up, the house seems “empty” without him.”

9. Looking for a friend.

“Someone whom i can call a friend.

This pandemic and lockdown completely hit me as I am already an introvert so I already have very little friend circle, due to lockdown period then in between that I got corona myself, many distanced themselves from me due to fear of spreading it that time.

Now things are start to get normal but it seems that part of my life got lost, those friends moved on in there life without me. No msg, no calls.

When I tried to call and talk to them, I felt awkwardness in their voice.”

10. My ex.

“My ex-girlfriend. She is my ex not because of choice.

I wanted to get married to her and she wanted to marry me. But then COVID happened and we started drifting apart. I didn’t have a good house or money to give her the life she deserves. So she got engaged to someone else from pressure from her parents. She wanted to keep them happy.

I am from India so this is something that occurs here. I really want her back and I truly love her. But she is about to get married on May 9th. I do not know what to do.”

11. Came out of nowhere.

“My daughter ‘ran away’ in the night with a man she met online about about two months ago. I say ‘ran away’ because she had turned eighteen a few weeks before, so I guess technically she just left.

It came out of nowhere. She will fail school. She has no license and is mentally ill. She hasn’t spoken to anyone—family or friends or her therapist—since before she left and I don’t even know if she is alive currently.

I miss her so much I can hardly get through my days sometimes. I enjoyed her and her company so much and now she is disappeared possibly forever and it is hard to cope with.”

12. Dogs are the greatest.

“My dog that died a few years ago. He was a coon hound, so anyone who knows that breed knows how much of a character they can be.

Best memories of him:

Climbed onto a folding chair and got stuck

Climbed a tree and got stuck

Climbed between two fences and got stuck

Got out of the backyard, ran down the block, wouldn’t come home when yelling for him, so we held out some stinky ham and there he was trotting back home wagging his tail (very food motivated)

Me sitting in a recliner and he comes up and climbs on me like a lap dog even though he was bigger than me. (I’m an adult for size reference)

My baby niece was crying and getting attention and he got jealous so he climbed on me yet again

I gave him a Whopper (which I regret and learned better) and he ate everything but the lettuce, which he spat out completely intact)

He figured out how to turn the bath water on, but couldn’t turn it off.”

How about you?

Who do you miss the most right now?

Tell us in the comments!

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What Things Are Awkward but Really Shouldn’t Be? Here’s What Folks Had to Say.

Why is asking someone who owes you money awkward?

It shouldn’t be, right?

It should be perfectly acceptable to say, “John, I lent you $200 back in 2010 and I’m here to collect. And since I’m such a nice guy, I’m not even charging you any interest!”

But…it’s just awkward for some reason.

AskReddit users shared what they think is awkward but really shouldn’t be.

1. Cringeworthy.

“Listening to people sing you Happy Birthday…”

2. Back away slowly.

“Leaving someone’s yard sale without buying anything…and you were the only one there.”

3. Get it together!

“Asking my roommate to do basic household chores.

General clean up, dishes, don’t put out a grease fire with water.”

4. Here we go again.

“When you say bye to someone, then inexplicably run into them again a few minutes later.

I find it awkwardest in the grocery store because after you say goodbye you are most likely to meet in every single aisle until the checkout.

Cue awkward smiles every 5 minutes.”

5. Now it’s a race.

“Walking the same speed as someone else.”

6. This is weird.

“When you arrange a meet up with someone and you spot each other from far away.

Then have to walk towards each other not really sure if you should just stare at them or just ignore them until you get within greeting range.”

7. Thank you so much!

“Opening presents in front of someone.

Pretending you are not disappointed when there’s no money in the card.”

8. Let’s just get this over with.

“Trying to park while the person next to you is getting into/out of their vehicle.

Or when you and the car next to you both need to back out…

So you wait for them to start, but they take forever, so you take the right of way at the exact moment they decide to start going.”

9. Right?

“Asking someone for the money they owe you.”

10. Now what do I do?

“Receiving a compliment.

Are you supposed to return the favor, just say thank you and move on, downplay it to appear modest, etc…?”

11. Doh!

“Accidentally touching your friend’s hand while walking together.”

12. Isn’t this your job?

“Calling to make an appointment.

The people on the other end of the phone always seem confused or flustered.

Like they’re being bothered. Maybe I just get bad doctor offices.”

13. What are we doing here?

“That situation where you don’t know whether you should hug a girl or shake her hand.

What the f**k is the protocol here?!”

14. Being judged.

“Meeting your SO’s family for the first time.

As long as you treat your SO well, things should go fine right?

But there they are…watching…judging…”

What situations do you think are awkward but really shouldn’t be?

Tell us what you think in the comments.

Thanks a lot!

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People Share the Scariest Facts They Know

Whenever I really want to creep myself out, I start to read about the nuclear arsenals that different countries around the world have and how many of them could easily fall into the hands of the wrong folks out there…

That’s the scary stuff for me.

But everyone is different.

What’s the scariest fact you know?

Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say.

1. Don’t get rabies.

“A lot of people don’t realize rabies is extremely fatal. It’s one of the deadliest diseases to ever be seen on planet earth, deadlier than any plague.

Only a handful of people have ever survived rabies untreated, I believe the number is around 5. And most of them were completely crippled for the rest of their short lives.

Even treatment isn’t very effective.

Don’t ever get rabies.”

2. Not Hollywood.

“That a large number of asteroids and comets that could potentially hit Earth directly have not even been discovered as of yet.

And our ability to actually stop a large object travelling stupidly fast is much worse than depicted in films.”

3. Now that is gross.

“Your tastebuds are actually cilia and are constantly being worn down by the movement of your tongue in your mouth.

If you end up in a coma for long enough, your tongue becomes fuzzy.

Maybe it’s just me, but that adds to the very long list of reasons I never want to be in an extended coma.”

4. Not a comforting thought.

“We’ve come very close to nuclear war and had nuclear accidents many times.

Also, we’ve lost a lot of nukes.

Google “broken arrows” some time.”

5. Sleep is good.

“That you really do need 7-9 hours of sleep every day.

Even at 6 hours, the lack of sleep decreases efficiency, productivity, and increases risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s. Furthermore, it weakens the immune system and handicaps the body’s ability to destroy cancer cells, which therefore increases risk of cancers of the breast, colon, ovaries and prostate.

The scary part of it is that you can’t get back all the sleep that you lose out on because “sleep efficiency” decreases, so trying to catch up on the weekends isn’t really making up for what you lost throughout the week. Ironically, those who say “I can sleep when I’m dead” will end up dead quicker because of lack of sleep over time.”

6. Beware of the botfly.

“A botfly can lay an egg in a fraction of a second.

Literally swatting the fly can be enough for it to lay an egg which burrows into your flesh and feeds in there until it hatches and matures enough to fly away and start the cycle again.

It can also happen to an eye. I know this because I’m an eye doctor and I have removed a botfly larva from the INSIDE of an Eyelid (tarsal conjunctival membrane).”

7. Let’s hope not.“

“At any second the whole planet could be completely destroyed by x-ray bursts from quasars.

So many other scary things have practical solutions for protecting the human race, but there is no defense humanity could conceivably develop against such a massive amount of energy.

I subscribe to the Star Trek utopian techno future, massive gamma or x-ray burst.. nothing can stop it.. goodbye planet earth.”

8. We’re due.

“Geologist here.

The earth’s magnetic poles (places your compass point to) are moving at an alarming rate.

While they switch (think north compass arrow will point south) every 10,000 years or so, we are over due for a switch… so like happy 2021 y’all.

Also the supervolcano under Yellowstone does technically have the fire power to wipe out much of life on planet earth, but its NOT over due like many people try to claim it is. That’s just fear mongering.

ALSO there was a point in the past during the ice age (I think) were less then 2000 humans were alive. If it would have been modern humans we would have to put ourselves on the endangered species list.”

9. Freaky.

“Surfer’s myelopathy is a non-traumatic injury most often seen in novice surfers, where they tweak their back while trying to get up on the board.

They initially feel pain and and weakness and then they become fully paraplegic. It doesn’t even have to be surfing. Yoga, pilates, or even getting up from laying down.

You just hyperextend your back a little weird one day and bam, you’re in a wheelchair, completely paralyzed from the waist down.”

10. A world of plastic.

“There is plastic everywhere from the highest mountains to the deepest trench in the ocean.

It’s estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean.

And it is bad for us, likely causing fertility problems and reducing pe**s size.”

11. Truth.

“You die 3 times..

You die

Your grave gets visited the last time

The last person who even knows your name dies

You are completely forgotten and gone.”

12. Wow.

“If you commit a m**der in the United States, the chances that you will be arrested and convicted for it is less than 50%.”

13. Keep your eyes open.

“An average person walks past at least 16 m**derers in their lifetime.

And sometimes the m**derer turns out to be someone you grew up with.

One of the most disturbing phone calls I’ve ever gotten was an old friend calling to tell me a mutual buddy had just been arrested for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a brick.

It’s been fifteen years since we graduated high school and went our separate ways, and I still can’t reconcile the memories of a goofy skater kid with the facts that came out during his trial. How could we not have seen the anger in him?”

What do you think is the scariest fact you know?

Talk to us in the comments.

Please and thank you!

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What’s the Best Theory About UFOs or Aliens? Here’s What People Said.

When I was in middle school, I read everything I could get my hands on about the supposed UFO incident in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.

And even though I’m not convinced that UFOs and aliens exist, I still like reading about it and hearing people talk about why they believe.

AskReddit users shared the best theories they’ve heard about UFOs and aliens.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. Maybe?

“If aliens are on this planet, they are likely using the ocean as a place to hide.

The Nimitz encounter and some of the best actual video evidence we have shows that UFOs and USOs might be the same thing and that they can easily travel through water and air both.

Plus there have been rumors about Lake Baikal in Russia for centuries.

Lake Baikal is one of the deepest lakes on Earth and could absolutely harbor some crazy s**t.”

2. You never know…

“The premise in Lilo & Stitch.

That Earth is a mosquito preserve.”

3. Not going back there.

“Aliens landed once in Africa, got eaten by lions.

Planet now marked as dangerous by the Galactic Feds.”

4. We can’t see them.

“That if any civilization elsewhere in the universe had the technology to reach us, for any reason, they’d be very likely to be also be able to disguise their presence from our detection methods.

They could observe us close up using nanotech, microscopic biological spacecraft etc and we’d never know.”

5. Think about it.

“Consider the fact that the human race is a divided mess of contradictory intents.

We have the scientific community reaching out peacefully, yet if aliens do come into the airspace of any nation, the first to greet them would be the military.

You can imagine what the response of the military would be when a UFO enters forbidden airspace.

Given the declassified government files regarding UFOs, it is quite likely that contact has been attempted in the past and the results were tragic.”

6. I want to believe.

“That “greys” aren’t fully biological, but rather remotely controlled androids, or that they are biological, but their grey appearance is a suit and not the body.

Imagine other lifeforms looking at our astronauts saying “here come the marshmallow cyclops creatures again”.

7. Two theories.

“The best two I’ve heard:

We don’t allow ourselves to contact lost tribes in the Amazon or other wild places. Extraterrestrials may have similar laws on a galactic scale.

We split the atom, but made weapons out of them instead of trying to reach the stars. They leave us alone out of fear that we’ll destroy ourselves if war accidentally breaks out.”

8. In the past…

“There are so many star systems with potentially inhabitable planets out there that the chances that we have been the only life in the universe is extremely slim.

The question, instead, is whether life arising elsewhere has managed to survive destruction and remain alive today such that they might be able to contact us.

That is to say, there have probably been countless civilizations for the past several billion years that simply haven’t made it.”

9. We might not recognize it.

“That life in the universe could be so unrecognizable to us that we wouldn’t even register it as being alien life.

What if life on another world was not carbon based, but another element?

How would we even know what to look for since our definitions and descriptions of life are based on a completely different perspective?’

10. Well, there’s that.

“They came, they saw, they weren’t impressed.”

11. Let’s see what else is out there.

“They visited 250 million years ago.

Saw a planet full of big lizards and labeled us a junky planet not worth revisiting and moved on.”

12. We’re being studied.

“Any species advanced enough to find us wouldn’t “make contact”.

They’d study us the way we study animals. Ideally with minimal interference.

Compare the average “abduction” story to the way we dart large animals, collect data and leave them to wake a bit groggy and confused but unharmed.”

What do you think?

Is it possible that UFOs and aliens exist or is it all a bunch of malarkey?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know!

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