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People Share the Fastest Way They’ve Seen a New Coworker Get Fired

Once you’re happily ensconced at a job that you like, no longer the newbie feeling your way along, it can be interesting to watch those who come after you. You’re probably able to tell pretty easily which will sink and which will swim, right?

If you’re these 16 people, that’s definitely true, because they had a front row seat to the whole thing.

16. You gotta have boundaries.

Guy got hired, while going through orientation realized that his ex gf worked there too.

Turned around and walked right out the front door.

15. On CAMERA.

During their onboarding training, they stole my bosses wallet on camera….

1 hour in..

14. He had no idea where the line was.

This was a while ago at my old job. New guy gets hired as a bus boy. He was super annoying and tried to insert himself into everyone’s conversation whether they wanted him there or not. It only took a couple of hours for the whole restaurant to hate him. I was working the bar and he kept eating the bar fruit.

I personally didn’t care but the manager did. Manager comes over and tells him to stop eating the fruit. He looks the manager in the eye and eats another piece of fruit. Manager says “Really?” followed by “Come with me to the office”.

New guy promptly replies with “Alright man, calm down. I can tell you got that big dick energy for a good reason” followed with cliche wink and nudge from his elbow. In front of me and like 4 other employees. I wanted to slam my face into the ice bin, it was so cringe to witness.

He promptly walked out the front door 10 minutes later without his uniform on anymore. The worst thing about it was the manager was an insanely laid back guy. Hell, the whole restaurant was insanely laid back. You really had to try hard to get fired from this place. Had he not thrown in that big dick line, I’m almost positive he would have just gotten a slap on the wrist and kept the job.

13. This is pretty funny.

My boss was out of town and I managed a tea shop near a Starbucks years ago. This kid came in (foreign) and said he was supposed to start today.

We were hiring and I trained him etc. My boss came back two days later and had no idea.

The kid was in the wrong place but he stayed with us. Hired on the spot without even applying.

12. That’s something.

Not sure if it counts as being fired, but a guy in our basic training threatened a drill sergeant with a bayonet.

No idea what happened after he went to the hospital, but I didn’t see him again.

11. Good luck ol’ chap.

New guy drove a forklift into a fire hydrant, in front of a safety rep for the company. His supervisor was called over, and he immediately tells the supervisor that he won’t pass a piss test, as he used his only bottle of clean piss earlier that day when he hired in.

Everybody standing there immediately burst into laughter, which continued as security (also laughing) escorted him off site. Even the supervisor was all smiles…just gave him a pat on the back and wished him the best of luck. It was wild.

10. One heck of a story.

Worked in a grocery store for awhile: new guy took a lobster out of the tank and removed the elastic bands on its claws, then proceeded to put it back in the tank.

The thing murdered all the other lobsters in the tank.

9. This is all icky.

A week. I worked in a bar and a new girl started. At work, she seemed a little rough but was fine.

One day she finished a shift, sat at the bar and ordered a red wine with lemonade and ice in it (not really relevant to the story; just shows she is clearly insane). Her boyfriend came in, they had a huge domestic in front of my manager and several customers and she threw her drink over her bf and dramatically stormed out.

8. You can’t always fake it ’til you make it.

I got hired as a long-term temp with one other person to do some basic data entry work at a major brand pretty much everyone has heard of. And it was at their corporate headquarters so pretty prestigious.

Anyway, we went through all of this onboarding stuff in the morning that required us to get photo IDs and figure out parking and all that stuff. Then after 2 or 3 hours we were introduced to one of the employees in our new department who began going over what we were going to be doing.

None of it seemed overly difficult and I figured that while it was new system I had never used before I’d be able to work it out in a few days as long as I asked questions and took notes. And that was the thing that made me realize that the other person who got hired with me probably lied on her resume and was completely out of her depth.

She didn’t take any notes and didn’t ask any questions. And whenever I glanced at her I could see flashes of panic on her face. Well, lunchtime came and when we came back she said that another company had called her and offered her a permanent position and she couldn’t work with us ay longer.

Both me and the person training us knew what was going on but I’ll give the other lady credit for finding a way out without losing face too badly.

7. I’m guessing some kind of substance was involved.

There was this one kid who didn’t show up for work. He ditched work often, so the manager called around, couldn’t get anyone to fill in his shift, so she had to fill it for him.

A few hours into his shift, the dude ditching SHOWS UP, with his friends, and orders food from that manager. She fired him on the spot.

6. Lying makes people angry.

New guy started on Monday and was gone by Friday.

The guy hit some racking in the warehouse with the forklift, boss saw him do it, and the guy decided to lie about it when asked if he knew what happened.

5. Equal parts sad and funny.

I’ll never forget Jeremy.

Jeremy was 18, did not apply for colleges, so his parents made him get a job. He was hired as a mover, as is everyone. He shows up the first day to roll-call in a full suit and tie asking where his desk is. This was a group full of former convicts, high school dropouts, and generally rough dudes trying to make a living.

We laughed so hard. Jeremy went right back home.

Next day, Jeremy’s mom shows up to give the manager a piece of her mind. We laughed even harder.

4. That’s determination.

A 19 year old kid got hired to work the seafood counter. See him twice and then never again. Asked a coworker what happened.

He had closed seafood one night and was walking out of the store and the 5 pounds of crab legs he’d stuffed down the back of his pants fell out in front of the closing manager.

3. Well that’s unfortunate.

First day of work, he walks in, says “what the f*ck is up dumbaSs” to the guy that parked next to (didn’t touch) his new Camaro he bought since he got hired.

The guy was the CEO of the company I used to work for, on visit to our branch.

Literally ten minutes into his shift he was signing release papers.

2. I need details.

This was a pizza place I worked at in college. New guy was started on Thursday. Fine worker we showed him the ropes. He was on subs which is the easiest job. The instructions are right in front of your face.

Friday he no call no shows (it’s Friday. The busiest night of the week. And he and I were the only kitchen workers that weren’t also drivers). Monday a police officer shows up at the restaurant looking for him.

No idea what happened as he wasn’t there. Tuesday the owner informed me he was let go.

1. They sound brilliant.

I work construction. We had 2 new hires that were friends starting the same day.

Boss told one take a coffee order and come back.

Took everyone’s money and said he needed his friend to go with him cause it was a big order.

They never came back.

Man, these are definitely like car accidents you just can’t look away from, right?

If you’ve got a similar story from your work, please regale us with it in the comments!

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Things That People Did Once and Then Said “Never Again”

Trying new things is usually regarded to be a good thing for humans to do now and again – or as often as you can. Hopefully, those instances pleasantly surprise you, but even when they don’t, you can usually learn something.

If you’re these 19 people, what you learned is that you’re definitely never going to do that again.

19. Trust your gut.

My ex.

We were giving long distance a shot, it was an on and off relationship for like 3 years.

I traveled 18hrs to see him only to find out he had been cheating on me and no one from his circle even knew I existed.

I cried for a straight 18hr bus ride back home.

18. I’m sure the dog feels the same way.

Attempting to catch my dogs shit in the bag rather than picking it up from the ground. Seemed like a good idea.

Dog sharted up my arm. Had a long walk back home through my neighborhood covered in shit.

Never again.

17. Food poisoning is the worst.

When I was like, 11 I had some friends (the kids that lived next door) over and we were just hanging out, playing video games all night. My mom ordered Papa John’s for us. We tore the pizza up like the ravenous savages we were and continued gaming. That night the boy stayed over while his sisters and little brother went back home.

We go to bed that night and at some point one of us (cant remember who) began to throw up, which woke the other one up. My mom rushes in and helps clean up the mess. Once the vomiting stops we go back to bed. But then before long itd start again. Just like before, sometimes I was first, sometimes it was him. Sometimes we could get to the bathroom on time, sometimes we couldn’t. My mother, the saint of a woman she is, cleaned up all of that vomit. Apparently things were no better at their house.

To this day some 15 years later I refuse to eat Papa John’s. I’m sure it was just a one time thing but once was enough

16. If you don’t love it, don’t do it.

Law school.

I applied and got in because my parents thought I would be a good fit. I stuck out the first year because I was heavily influenced into thinking my career paths only included law, engineering or medicine.

After the first year I was miserable and depressed, dropped out and now I’m doing something that I’m passionate about and is less saturated than law. My dad is still trying to convince me to pursue a JD.

15. I’d laugh, but…

Peppermint essential oil.

Why? My darling spouse read online you could use it on lady bits to provide a tingling sensation. Decided to do so to me. DIDN’T read the bit about majorly diluting it first.

The result? The sensation of 1,000 fire ants biting my most intimate parts while simultaneously being submerged in lava. And since it’s an oil, washing it off did jack shit.

I sobbed in a half full bath tub whilst rubbing my cooch with a towel doused in vegetable oil (the remedy, according to the Internet).

0/10 do not recommend

Never again

14. A great story for dinner parties.

Purchased a bag of 150 mint mentos as a study snack. Got stuck into an assignment and somehow ate the entire bag over a twelve hour period. Next day my partner and I walked our dogs down to a cafe. Stomach becomes sore while we drink our coffee. I look to the toilet but it’s a busy cafe with a single toilet. Figure I’ll just wait to do my business back home (about a half hour walk away).

As we start walking back I begin to sweat. Cramps become unbearable. Give my partner the dog lead and tell her I need to run. She doesn’t know what’s going on. I start sprinting. Which then makes the stomach cramps so much worse. Realize I’m not going to make it. Almost crying from the stomach cramps. See a Bush. Can’t hold it. Pull pants down. Don’t quite succeed. Shit EVERYWHERE! Bush isn’t concealed.

Other dog walkers walk past and dog runs up. Mortified. Still can’t stop shitting. Partner sees me. My pug happy to see me. Runs straight up and into my mentos diarrhea.

Haven’t eaten mentos ever again. It’s a fun story now but god did that day suck. Partner loves to bring it up at dinner parties.

13. Fastest way to get dumped.

When I was about 17 I had a boyfriend who was a bit older but also a complete idiot. One day he offers me a full body massage and I’m like “sweet!”.

As he’s doing it he tells me he’s going to use tiger balm instead of oil. I asked what that was and he told me it’s what they use for massage in his culture (he’s Chinese, I’m NZ European). I was like “ok whatever”.

Next minute, I had a sensation over my entire body, including my lady parts. Had an hour long shower and I was still suffering. Chinese people do NOT put tiger balm all over their bodies. This guy used to say and do all sorts of dumb sh%t and then would pretend it was Chinese culture to avoid looking like an idiot.

12. Take your time.

Yesterday I was in a hurry and not being very safe and put a 1/4″ drill bit through my hand.

Could have been 100% avoided by taking even the slightest of safety precautions but I was frustrated and rushing to finish.

Never again will I not take the simple moment to do it correctly.

11. Yeah, not okay.

Amniocentesis.

Having a giant needle stuck through my pregnant belly and being dug around to get a sample triggered my fight/flight and I was sweating so much from the intensity.

I didn’t watch while they did it but my mother in law was there and started crying while they were digging around.

She held my hand, looked at me with tears in her eyes and tried to calmly say “it’s okay, you’re okay”.

I still have nightmares about it 10 years later.

10. Always be suspicious.

Trusting voicemails.

Back in the mid 2000’s, I got one of those scam calls saying that I owed a lot of money and needed to call them to get an account squared. I was scared and didn’t want police coming after me (I was torrenting a buttload of movies and TV shows at the time and didn’t want them seizing my computer). I called them up and asked them how to get this figured out, assuming that a couple grand would be worth the fines and jail time.

I kept asking questions. I kept imploring for more information. I wanted to know exactly what account I was giving to, the name of my contact there, and exactly which Walmart their “payment partner” was distributing their “money cards.” I was legitimately terrified, but I think my constant questions spooked them. They said “good luck in court, we’re sending the police now,” and hung up. That was the moment I started to realize this might not be a legitimate thing. I tried calling them back, got somebody to pick up, and when I read them back my case number and contact name, they said to stop wasting their time and hung up again.

I did a bit of research, and by “a bit,” I mean “literally two seconds on Google” and discovered that police and banks won’t call you to resolve outstanding debts, and they certainly won’t give you just one hour to fix it. I felt really dumb falling for a scam, but also felt really lucky that the scammers couldn’t answer my deluge of questions.

Nowadays, I independently verify every singe thing. Voicemail, Email, text…if you put a phone number or URL in that thing, I’m going to skip it and take the scenic route instead. I’ll call my bank’s branch directly using the number listed on their official website. I’ll contact a company using their official customer service line. I’ll sign in to my own account using my own bookmark or search result, and not use the “login” button in the email.

Since then, I’ve had very good luck avoiding scams and blocking these overseas criminals. They almost got me once, but afterwards, never f*cking again.

9. This sounds awkward.

Living with a couple.

Roommates suck in general but a 3 times in my life I split an apartment with a couple and it was awkward at best, and truly miserable when they fought.

8. Amen.

Getting an endometrial biopsy.

Worst pain of my life.

If I ever get cancer they can just take the whole damn uterus out, I’m not going through that again without anesthesia.

7. It never hurts to take a second look.

Driving through an intersection immediately upon my light changing to green. Some asshole ran a red one day and almost t-boned me on the driver’s side.

Never again. I always wait for a few seconds before I start driving through an intersection, longer if there is a blind corner.

6. Too many lessons learned the hard way.

Alcohol and Cocaine. Almost ruined my life. Started drinking at 16, started doing coke at 26, and took till I was damn near 41 to quit.

Dumped my last baggie of blow out beside my garage 23 years ago and haven’t touched the shit since.

5. The worst.

Working retail.

I think it’s something every young person should do…once.

People suck, especially with our bullshit culture of “the customer is alway right”

4. No thank you.

I had my gallbladder removed after a gallstone.

I thought I was having a heart attack and called an ambulance. While I waited I started arrange all of my finances for my wife. The hospital ran a zillion tests, told me it was a gallstone, and the only real solution was to remove the whole gallbladder if it came back.

If it came back?

Yup.

3. Just say no.

Meth. I was a hardcore amphetamine pill addict and said “fuck it” one night and smoked a shitload of meth. I was up for two or three days, by the last day I was well into psychosis and left town.

Stayed in a hotel room for a few days to make sure I didn’t become a meth addict and to evaluate what the fuck I was doing with my life. I didn’t stop the pills immediately but I’m never fucking doing meth again.

2. Not good for anyone.

Making friends with people because you feel bad for them.

Be nice but no more than that is required.

Pity is no reason to start a friendship and it never turns out well, neither for them nor for you.

1. Good travel buddies are hard to find.

Go on an overseas tour with a close friend. Always do a mini trip or spend a weekend with them exploring a new place to test the waters.

I went on an overseas trip with someone who was constantly late, couldn’t pay for anything, didn’t want to do any of the activities we had planned, sulked around…the list goes on. We had completely different travel styles.

She wanted to sleep in…I wanted to organise things, be on time and plan ahead. Basically our travel styles just did not mesh. I ended up having such a bad time I booked a flight home. Would never again go on a holiday with her again or any friend with a similar personality. never again.

I have to agree – these were all terrible ideas!

What would you add to this list? Tell us in the comments!

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14 Jobs That Are Great, Despite the Low Pay

Not every job that pays well is worth it, and sometimes jobs that pay little are terrible, too.

If you can find the absolute sweet spot of a great job that’s also awesome, that’s the best.

If you can’t, though, a low paying job you love might be the next best thing – as long as you can afford it.

14. Not bad if you can get it.

Immediately after getting out of the Army, I took a job as a security guard at a large factory as a “filler” until I could find something better. I was there about six months.

My job was to patrol the parking lots during the night shift, making sure no cars were being broken into, etc. Which is just another way of saying “ride around in a golf cart smoking weed all night.” The pay was shit, but I loved that job.

13. A good manager is everything.

I’ve waitressed in way too many restaurants and I hated all of them, except for one sushi spot. It was in a hipster part of town so my co-workers and the customer base were cool as hell. It truly never felt like “work” because I was essentially just socializing my entire shift.

Enough time has passed where we all moved on or literally moved out of the city but they felt like family and I really miss it.

Oddly relevant, my old manager texted me yesterday (haven’t talked to him since I left in 2016) just to say he was thinking about me and wished me well.

12. Not bad pay for the work.

As a student in university, one of the departments hired me to copy VHS tapes for some training course.

The idea was, I got paid only like $5 a tape and each tape took like 40minutes, but all I had to do was rewind the two tapes, swap out the one I just copied for a fresh one, put a label on and put it in a box. Then put an empty tape in and press play on one and record on the other.

They paid me peanuts cause I was supposed to just do it in the background as I worked on my studies or whatever. No problem.

Thing was, it was end of live for VHS, everyone had the machines but no one ever fucking used them, so everyone and their brother lent me their machines, and I just managed to split the f*ck out of that cord and I wanna say, rig it up to go 20:1?

In the end, I had a job where I just sat surrounded by machines, did whatever I would normally do and once an hour pressed some buttons and pulled down something like 100$ an hour for my work.

I just sat on the tapes till the semester was over and then delivered them all at once.

11. There’s always something to see.

Runner at an architecture firm.

$7hr (in the 90s), but basically a delivery driver who got to hang out in a plush office around cool people and cool projects when I wasn’t driving around a few hours a day.

10. And now she’s a vegetarian.

Working on my Aunty and Uncles farm when I was in high school. Pay was shit to say the least, but I got to look after all of these beautiful animals that all acted like pets because they were treated as such.

It was so awesome seeing how all these farms animals would come up to cuddle and just hang out whenever I would be working around them. I also got to drive their truck around the farm which was unreal to someone barely a teenager!

9. Good coworkers go a long way.

I got paid like $10.50 an hour so it wasn’t super low income

But I worked at a vitamin warehouse with a bunch of other dudes. We basically talked shit and laughed a lot while packing boxes together in a room all day. I think about that job A LOT. I was at a shitty place in my life and going to work wasn’t all that bad for once.

8. Everybody wins!

I worked at Legoland when it first opened here in the UK. I started off on rides, but soon moved to a restaurant as the lunch breaks there were better.

The restaurants back then were really decent – we used to make everything from scratch. I worked in an Italian place, we used to make pasta, pizza dough, all the sauces, chop up whole legs of ham and every single vegetable by hand.

Started when I was 15, learnt all I could from the professional chefs who ran the kitchens and by the time I left at 18 I got a job while I was at Uni in a kitchen of a family-owned Italian place who couldn’t believe I’d learnt all I knew from working at Legoland.

Also, when I left, I hadn’t realized over the near 4 years I worked there – weekends and holidays – I had been accruing holiday pay, and never taken a day’s paid holiday. When I left they gave me a sizable cheque which became the basis of a savings account that eventually became a decent house deposit.

7. Low stress is worth something.

I worked in France as a Saunier. I harvested salt from salt marshes on an Island in the Atlantic ocean. Worked hours under the blistering sun, with my bare feet in contact with the hot cracked earth underneath, and the salt burning my skin.

I was paid very little but I loved every moment of it. Oh the view, such a wonderful view. The peace, the lack of stress… it was wonderful 9/10 would do it again

6. Love it or hate it.

My current job is the best I’ve ever had. The pay is only ~31k and not something I can do forever as I get older but all I do is sit at a desk and do maybe 2 hours of work a day.

As someone who used to work 10-12 hour days doing manual labor and also call center work where I had to work weekends taking a significant pay cut so I can play RuneScape and work on some college classes was absolutely worth it.

5. One person’s dream is another person’s nightmare (it’s me).

I ran a Lego summer camp for kids. I basically got payed to build Lego and come up with ideas for kids to build.

4. Pizza makes everyone happy.

I worked for a mom and pop pizza place. I only got paid $5.75 (1997 or so) but if I had made a living wage I would’ve stayed there. I just liked making good food and making people happy.

The owner was a fun Vietnamese guy that was cool to talk to and we used to watch UFC and boxing video tapes on the security system. It was a good time.

3. I would love a kid like this.

When I was 12 I worked in a babysitter-type-role for $2/hr. I absolutely loved it. The mom was always in the house (just working from home) and I got to play board games and read books aloud.

I’m not entirely sure how I got that job. I just remember my mom asking if I’d be interested and my glowing ecstatic response. But I’d put $5 down that they were a lower-income family than I guessed at the time and that my ultra preceptive mother had coaxed her into accepting some cheap childcare.

2. Free movies!

Scooped popcorn at a movie theater.

4 free movie passes per week for the most entry level position, leads and managers got more. You could trade them for free food around the whole shopping center.

So as an 18 year old, I got all the free movies, popcorn and food from restaurants in the area I wanted.

1. That does sound nice.

I worked at a dog daycare in the play yard.

One of the perks was that employee dogs could come in for free.

(With proof of vaccinations.)

So I got to watch my 4 dogs play 8 hours a day.

Oh, to go back to the days when money didn’t have to be a huge consideration!

Have you ever had a job you loved, despite the low pay? Tell us about it in the comments.

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This Guy Thinks Being “Forced” to Care About the World Is Exhausting. The Internet Debates…

If you stand on a street corner right now and ask folks whether or not 2020 has been a total dumpster fire, I doubt you’d find many responses to the negative. Because there’s so much happening – politics, elections, race relations, public health concerns, civil rights erosions – it can definitely feel like our attention is being pulled in 100 different directions at once.

Which is what this guy acknowledges, with the addendum that you know, we all also have our own crap going on.

I’m just one guy. I try to be a good person; I try to treat everyone equally; I try to be kind and compassionate; I try to be a force of good.

But I’m just one guy. I have problems of my own. I have a life of my own. I shouldn’t be expected to constantly wade through the shit that is the political and societal hellscape of 2020. I’m not a racist because you don’t think I’m angry enough. I’m not uneducated because I don’t pour through hours of toxic political commentary. I’m not privileged for wanting to distance myself from hatred.

I’m so sick of being alternatively mocked and hated for not living up to other people’s freedom fighter fantasy. I’m trying my best but I’m just one guy.

So, should we make people feel crappy, or like they’re not doing enough if they’re not uber outspoken and passionate about it all? 

Or maybe, just maybe, should we give people a break?

These 14 people weighed in!

14. The not life.

Not being involved in politics is a harmful political opinion according to both sides. I mean, the more vocal two out of the three sides.

There should be a word that means not doing _. And a culture around it, too. Maybe a subreddit. Not being involved in politics. Not having a strong opinion. Not getting involved in a harmful fight. Not spending money. Not saving money. Not losing weight. People keep telling us to do these things, and individually, they’re good.

But put them all together and then you live in a state of eternal panic and stress.

We should emphasize the benefits of not doing stuff every now and then.

13. We’re all good enough.

Same dude.

It feels like all the media is telling us we’re not good enough. All we want is someone to say:

I’m proud of you

You make me feel safe

You want my fries?

How are you feeling?

In the end, we only want people in our lives who want us, who care for us. F*ck everyone else. F*ck the marketing people who spread fear, uncertainty and doubt. Give me a dog, a cold whiskey and a fire and I’ll be good.

12. We’re on the same side.

Right there with ya bud. I was literally getting shit for not posting enough political shit on my Instagram. I don’t want to post that shit on Instagram, I use it to look at cool pics and that’s it.

Craziest thing is they get actually mad. Like, we’re on the same side, I’m not the enemy here. More concerned about my rapidly deteriorating grandpa with Alzheimer’s that’s shits on my parents floor at least once a day

11. Reduce the noise.

Just focus on being a good person.

If everyone did that, the world would be a whole helluva lot happier and peaceful.

10. It’s okay to just do your thing.

This is the thing that annoys me, is the demand for hot takes. I’m on twitter and it’s just for sharing art. I retweet and share art, that’s it. I chose to participate this way in order to avoid the twitter shit. Ever since the whole comics gate thing, I’ve had people ask me to acknowledge every person that’s getting accused of something or other. Like, no.

Actually, part of the reason I didn’t pursue a career in comics is because of harassment and people pretending to be interested in my art to get dates. Actually, I’ve been affected by this behavior and I don’t want to relive it. I don’t want to go back into that dark period to justify my silence on the issue.

Also, I see people demanding that more famous artists deliver a hot take on people they work with– like, right away. No time to process that a person they work with might have done this that or the other thing. No time to figure out how accurate the accusation is. They expect the person to pivot on a dime, cut all ties, and publicly excoriate their coworkers and friends. Let’s not even acknowledge that behaving in that way has an effect on your career. Let’s shrug our shoulders at the fact that it’s usually women being bullied for their hot takes.

Like, I agree this shit gets in the way of women’s careers, but I just hate this demand to get in line and yell and immediately antagonistic. There’s not nearly as much energy put in towards promoting women artists– or non-white artists, which is a much bigger problem that gets no attention because of how loud all the white ladies are shouting.

9. The not so good ol’ days.

Yeah I remember when r/all was mostly funny or interesting stuff with an occasional big news thing popping up.

Now it’s littered with US politics.

8. It’s ok to take a step back.

Don’t feel too bad. None of the issues being highlighted right now are new. They’re all important, but it’s okay to take a step back and just breathe.

If someone tells you that you must “take action or you’re part of the problem”, they are wrong. We’re not super humans, and you’re not a bad person for taking a pause.

7. A matter of maturity.

Yep. Not trying to be a cringe hipster, but I learned this early in my 20s when I had to take care of my little brother by myself. I think I just lost the ability to care about what anyone says on social media, including feeling like I had to care about this or that or be some sort of activist for the cause.

My partner is younger than me and still often in the trenches of Reddit or Twitter. Sometimes this causes conflict, because he would sometimes get actually upset over arguing with people. I couldn’t help but think, “When are you gonna grow up and stop caring about this crap?” But I guess that’s not that fair a mentality. I guess people just mature in their own time.

I still have my social media, and I still use it…just not in the ways I was before. I shut out most politics except for a few causes I really care about and I focus on arts, creativity, and my own family and friends.

6. It takes all types.

You shouldn’t have to. In my opinion that’s counter productive. People care about different stuff differently and that’s good. Because diversity. I care a lot about social issues but tbh not as much about environmental issues. My best friend on the contrary cares a lot more about the environment that about social issues. We both work in our respective fields.

See bettering the word as splitting a group project. Too many people working on all the tasks at the same time is a recipe for chaos. If we split it we are more likely to get where we ea f go be

5. This feels spot on.

This is like a very popular opinion, but not everyone have that energy to said it that loud.

4. Stop caring…about what other people think.

Same here, bruh. I’ve just gotten to the point where I couldn’t care less what anyone else says or thinks. I’m over it. The people that I care about, the ones closest to me and that I actually care what they think of me, they know who I am and what I believe.

I don’t need to post a million posts about a cause or change my profile pic every time some trend happens. All that really does is virtue signal. It says “look at me, I care so much so pay attention to me”

3. You never know what’s coming.

Saving this post so I always remember “Freedom fighter fantasy”. Hot damn, that’s the perfect term for a lot of people.

Obviously there are a lot of issues going on now that that deserve our attention – but there’s a lot of unnecessary stuff trying to share the same spotlight.

2. Everyone should take a breath.

I have my beliefs, and I support causes I feel are just. Yet, if they do not match someone else’s beliefs or causes that they support, I’m belittled and accused of not focusing on the “important” issues and being selfish.

I’m on your side. Just let me take a damn breath between each issue from the thousands of movements currently happening on social media.

I like what someone said in another comment, about doing a “people detox.” That’s basically what I’ve been doing the past few months: trying to not become overwhelmed by everyone shouting at each other about the same and different things.

1. Is it about privilege?

Just tell them that the fact that they can devote time to helping other people is a privilege.

Because they have the mental health stability, and quite possibly have enough money that they actually have free time to engage in protests or whatever else they’re doing.

I’ve gotta say, I think a lot of us feel like OP, we just don’t say it out loud because shaming culture is really really real.

Do you agree with OP? Feel strongly against? Weigh in down below in the comments!

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Do You Love Oscar Mayer Weiners? Now You Can Propose in Front of the Weinermobile!

I’m not someone who judges the choices and preferences of others. When it comes to proposals of marriage, they are as varied and inventive and unique as every single couple involved in them, but listen – if you want, with all of your heart, to propose in front of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, by all means.

If this is your dream, I have good news for you – you can make it a reality.

Oscar Mayer has announced that starting now, “anyone who has mustard up the courage to pop the question to their significant other” can apply to do so in front of the Weinermobile.

You need to give them 3-12 months notice and fill out their application, called “Request the Weinermobile,” on their website. Requests are fulfilled based on availability.

And listen, you can request the use of the Weinermobile for any reason, technically, so if you’re happily single and just want to jaunt around town eating questionably smoked meats, have at it.

If your application is approved, Oscar Mayer will give you a week’s notice to finalize the rest of your plans before they roll into town and hand you the keys – no money changes hands, either, so that’s an added bonus.

Oscar Mayer got the idea to offer their signature vehicle for proposals when one of their drivers proposed to their girlfriend in front of the car.

And hey, if you significant other rejects your proposal, at least you still have the use of the Weinermobile.

You can take all of the selfies you want, and no one has to know why you rented it in the first place.

It’ll be our little secret.

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Purrfect Memes for Cat Owners

Cats really are the best. And they’re also the worst. It’s a double edged sword.

On the one hand: cute widdle toe beans, fuzzy wuzzy faces, that hypnotic purr. On the other hand: say goodbye to having plants, prepare to have everything knocked off the shelves, and get used to having your ankles attacked at any given moment.

Sometimes owning a cat can be a lot. To remind you that you’re not alone, here are 11 memes purrfect for cat owners.

1. I can’t even tell what this used to be:

Now it just looks like a bed of wilted spinach.

Image Credit: Someecards

2. IS this a cat?

I’m not quite convinced this isn’t milk.

Image Credit: Someecards

3. I feel called out:

Just two cool cats, chillin.

Image Credit: Someecards

4. The expression on his face:

Priceless.

Image Credit: Someecards

5. Don’t underestimate the power…

…of the red dot.

Image Credit: Someecards

6. Oh, c’mon now:

This is too cute. I CAN’T HANDLE IT.

Image Credit: Someecards

7. Jellicle cats come out tonight…

Jellicle cats come one come all.

Image Credit: Someecards

8. It’s true though.

Can you imagine? Sleeping as much as you want. Scratching anyone who pisses you off.

Image Credit: Someecards

9. Me every morning:

Gotta get that good morning back stretch.

Image Credit: Someecards

10. You know they never will be:

And that’s why you love them.

Image Credit: Someecards

11. You’re in big trouble now:

No more catnip for you! I mean, not today. At least not right now…gahhh, that face! Want some catnip baby?

Image Credit: Someecards

For better or worse, cats are cats.

Whether they’re breaking your vases or using their big kitty eyes and tiny kitty mews to manipulate you into forgiving them for any transgression, we’re always going to love them. And envy them. And worship them.

What’s the funniest/weirdest/worst thing your cat has ever done?

Let us know in the comments!

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Tiny Homes Are Helping Homeless Teenagers Aging Out of Foster Care and Get on Their Feet

You’ve most likely heard about this whole tiny home craze, which if you ask me, is totally insane if you don’t live alone.

There is no one in this world you love enough to be permanently crammed next to in less than 500 square feet, I promise.

This new initiative in Oklahoma, though, is putting the small and affordable housing option to good use – helping former foster kids alleviate the worry of having a roof over their heads while they figure out how to make their own way in the world.

Check out this cute little house!

Image Credit: YouTube

Some states continue to follow up with foster kids who turn 18 and “age out” of the system. Some even provide college tuition, but that’s not the norm, and things are different everywhere.

There are too many places where they simply fall through the cracks, kicked out into the world with few skills and fewer connections.

Image Credit: Twitter

The statistics aren’t on their side, either – of kids who aged out at 18, only 50% of them are employed by the time they turn 24.

One of the organizations hoping to change things is Pivot, Inc, out of Oklahoma.

They use their nonprofit’s funding to help build tiny homes – which they keep on the grounds behind their offices – for kids who have aged out.

Image Credit: Pixabay

They provide not only shelter, but therapy, clothing, and life skills like budgeting and cooking, too.

These are skills that not only make them independent, but more employable, too – just having an address, a shower, and a washer and dryer makes finding a job much more likely.

Image Credit: YouTube

The kids are never turned out, but after the first month, they are expected to make rent payments if they are employed and able.

The project started out slow, but eventually, they hope to have over 80 homes on their campus, available to any former foster kid who needs them.

In a world where kids like these can easily fall through the cracks, this is one way people can make a difference.

More tiny homes for teenagers in need, I say.

Keep on going, folks!

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People Are Sharing Things They’ll Miss About Lockdowns

Guess what, everyone?

The pandemic isn’t over yet! Not even close, in fact…

And, while we’re seeing a lot of people out there ACTING like things have improved, we all need to be smart about wearing a mask, keeping our distance from people, and washing our hands.

Regardless of all those pesky FACTS, people have been tweeting out what they’re going to miss about lockdown…whenever that happens. It’s good to dream, I guess…let’s take a look at what people had to say! Stay safe out there!

1. That’s a good thing.

Trust me, you’ll be able to hibernate this whole winter.

2. Awwwwww. Keep on enjoying that.

Looks like a good companion.

3. That is definitely a positive thing.

Let’s all keep ’em clean when this is over, okay?

4. The perfect excuse…

What’s YOURS?

5. They’re always there for you.

You gotta love that!

6. All kinds of experiments going on.

That can be good or bad…just ask your pets.

7. All kinds of good stuff.

You still have a good amount of time to enjoy all of this.

8. Pretty steady where I’m at.

That’s cheap!

9. Livin’ the life.

Like I said, lockdown ain’t going anywhere, so keep on enjoying it.

10. Guest appearance!

You know your co-workers love it!

11. Family is everything.

I’m sure they love having you there!

12. Oh come on, lighten up…

Give people a chance! It’s worth it!

Sorry, folks, but we still have quite a ways to go before we can get back to normal again…

Now we want to hear from you!

How are you spending your time during the lockdown?

Talk to us in the comments! And stay safe out there!

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People Who Are (Probably) Having a Rougher Time Than You Are

I can’t say for sure, because you know…I don’t know you.

We’re all having a rough time these days, but I think it’s safe to say that’s more true for some of us than others.

It can change at any time, and without warning, but I think it’s safe to say that these 15 people are having one heck of an autumn.

15. Is this…a real thing that can happen?

Please, someone with knowledge weigh in.

Don’t leave your kayak out in the sun from Wellthatsucks

14. I’m not sure I even want to see the before photo.

It would be been more depressing.

My backyard after the gender reveal party on Saturday from Wellthatsucks

13. Where does one buy that?

Is this some kind of joke?

Gas station toilet paper about the width of an iPod shuffle. from Wellthatsucks

12. That honestly seems about right.

It’s 2020, after all.

Yearbook photo from my first year as a teacher. from Wellthatsucks

11. I think it works.

And you didn’t even have to take care of it yourself!

Took 2 months to receive this mushroom grow kit due to a misplaced package slip. It arrived like this. from Wellthatsucks

10. The end of the world if you’re a kid.

What a dad thing to get.

Girl gets her phone stuck in phone jail for 2 days by accident from Wellthatsucks

9. No photographs, please.

I know some celebrities who would hire this shark in a heartbeat.

When the Tiger Shark you’re photographing swims off with your camera rig. from Wellthatsucks

8. That is extremely awkward.

Who allowed this to happen?!

I guess plumbing isn’t for everyone from Wellthatsucks

7. Those are the kind of things that just get under your skin.

I would definitely ask for my money back.

Paid extra for this “window” seat. from Wellthatsucks

6. You just have to laugh.

Because what else can you do?

We found my wife’s phone in the toilet yesterday. We weren’t sure which of our three kids put it there…….until my wife scrolled through her pictures today. from Wellthatsucks

5. Well that’s just rude.

But is that toilet seat from the 50s?

After losing 1/3rd of my weight, I finally didn’t feel too fat anymore. The toilet disagreed. from Wellthatsucks

4. A hole in one!

I guess they’re not always something to celebrate.

Walking to my first job this morning with a fresh cup of coffee. That’s not cream, it’s a crow shit hole in one. from Wellthatsucks

3. The kids are not okay.

I thought we were feeding them healthier stuff now?

The food we get at school everyday. from Wellthatsucks

2. You think they could have sent a text or something.

What good is all of this technology, anyway?

My friend was supposed to take the SAT today… from Wellthatsucks

1. If you squint…

Nope. Still not shaped like a lobster.

I tried to make a cake with a lobster shaped dish from Wellthatsucks

It’s okay to laugh, I think, because we’re all in this together.

Have you had quite a month? Tell us why in the comments!

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Hilarious “This Can’t Be the Same Brain” Tweets That We Think You’ll Enjoy

Can anyone explain what is happening to OUR BRAINS these days?

I’m not even a Millennial, but I can relate to all of these young folks and how they are having a hard time grasping how and why their mental faculties are not as sharp as they used to be.

Hence, we’ve been give the gift of the “This Can’t Be the Same Brain” phenomenon that is sweeping the Twitter-verse.

Hey, we’re living through very tough times and all. kinds of Millennials are taking to social media to make funny observations about how they’re having a hard time dealing with their brain drain.

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

1. You better believe it is.

It’s all downhill from here.

2. No Math! No more!

I really can’t handle this kind of stuff at my age…looks like I’m not alone.

3. Oh, it’s the same brain alright…

You just aren’t sure what happened to it…

4. That was very fast…

Not so much anymore, though.

5. Remember when?

Not gonna happen anymore.

6. Your brain is now mush.

Get used to it!

7. Had a lot of energy back then.

Now…it’s almost nap time.

8. That’s impressive!

But now it’s OVER.

9. You were at the top of your game.

That was then, this is now.

10. Don’t even talk to me about the TI-82.

Brings back terrible memories.

11. That wasn’t that long ago!

So your brain went downhill very quickly, huh?

12. When you were on top of the world.

We like to call them “glory days.”

How about you?

Does your brain seem to be melting down on you lately?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know how it’s all working out for you lately! We can’t wait to hear from you!

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