People Share Things They’ve Done for Their Whole Lives but Are Still Bad At

Life sure is funny, isn’t it?

You can do something or practice something for years and years, and still be really bad at it for some reason.

It’s kind of aggravating, don’t you think?

I know I sure do! And I have so many of these things in my life that I’m not even gonna take the time to bore you with them.

But, here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say about this.

Let’s take a look.

1. Not good at socializing.

“Interacting with people.

Party? I hope there’s a dog

My best friend and his gf try and set me up with a girl? Does she find nervous guys attractive?

Meeting new people/ friends of friends or friends of gf? How does reading reddit and listening to music sound to you instead?”

2. Keep at it!

“Attempting to be more self-confident.

I’m always extremely hard on my self because I expect so much from myself. I wasn’t ever told that I was the smartest or the best, nonetheless I still expect perfection from everything I do.

It’s hard sometimes but I just keep trudging. Maybe I’ll get somewhere with it one day and just be happy with being me. That day is not yet here.

Every day is a new day though, and I try to push through all the self doubt mental roadblocks I am putting in my own way.”

3. Can’t figure it out…

“Left and Right.

I am 35 years old and have a goddamned PhD, but can’t left/right without thinking about it. North, South, East, West?

Forget it.”

4. Better fix that!

“Make pancakes.

Sounds simple enough, right? I don’t know why by I always end up burning them, getting uneven coloring, or them ending up raw in the middle.

Did I also mention I’m in culinary school?”

5. Don’t be so hard on yourself.

“Catching a ball.

You heard me, I’ve always sucked at it.

I’m not an athletic kid, but it’s still disgraceful.”

6. Sleeping problems.

“Getting out of bed.

I just can’t figure out how to do that at a reasonable time without being tired the whole day.”

7. Can’t carry a tune.

“Singing.

If you aren’t born with the ability to carry a tune, voice lessons aren’t going to help—not that I’ve had any.”

8. It’s a hard game.

“Golf. I just suck.

Had lessons, sucked. Bought better clubs, sucked.

Had more lessons, sucked.

Can hit the driver 280 yds but not necessarily in the right direction.”

9. Lost…again…

“Learning directions.

It took me 2 years to learn about different routes and passages of my university.

Honestly, I’m not sure if I know all of them because I still do get lost from time to time.”

10. Dirty dancing.

“Dancing.

I took dance classes from ages 4-12/13 and then went into theatre where I did musical theatre styled dancing and now for fun I’ll learn tiktok dances. I’ve danced my whole life and from this you’d think “she should at least have the basics down” but I really don’t.

I’m okay if you show me how to do something and I can copy it, but I’m definitely nothing special and have zero flexibility.”

11. Not athletic.

“All sports!

I am the worlds worst athlete! I have no coordination and I’m extremely clumsy. I tried a few sports growing up but I got picked on because I sucked. I always wanted to be good at at least one sport.

Hasn’t happened yet. I’m in my 50’s now so the odds aren’t great it’s ever going to happen.”

12. That’s a tough one.

“I’ve been wearing a tie for thirty years, but most mornings I have real trouble remembering how to tie one, and have to try a couple of times.

I often have to look at a diagram.”

13. Frustrating.

“Playing the piano.

I’ve been playing for over 20 years and I still can’t sight read, my theory is weak, and I’m still very much an amateur.

It’s frustrating, really.”

14. Get out the axe!

“Play guitar. I’m 25 and have played since I was 12.

I’ve never taken lessons, just picked up my dads old guitar he bought in college, and started learning songs by ear. I’m not good at structured practice, so Im nowhere near the level I should be, but I love playing and writing music.

I can’t really play with others, because I never had anyone to play with and lack the technical knowledge of how to play with others, which I’m kinda sad about.

My technique is really horrible to well trained guitarists, but it works.

I’m by no means bad. I know most chords and scales, and I can sit down and learn any song by ear. Most recently I’ve been taking on Eugene’s Trick Bag, and I have most of it down at speed on acoustic.

I can impress people who don’t play, but high level players are mortified by my self taught technique.

Its a fun hobby though, and a creative outlet, and it gets me girls. I have no intention of making it a chore.”

15. Not working.

“Talking to people.

The older I get the harder and more awkward it gets. And I don’t mean trying to hook up or anything.

Small talk and so on is just not there for me.”

Okay, now it’s your turn!

In the comments, tell us what you’ve done for practically your whole life but you’re still bad at.

We’d love to hear from you!

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The Dark Origins of Auntie Anne’s Pretzel Shops

If you’ve ever enjoyed a pretzel or pretzel bites or cheese from Auntie Anne’s, whether at a mall or an airport, or somewhere else, chances are you haven’t thought much beyond how delicious a snack you’ve procured.

If you had, well…you probably would have been shocked by how Auntie got her start.

Auntie Anne’s actual name is Anne Beiler, and she was raised in the Amish community, where she dropped out of school in eighth grade, then married at 18.

An aunt to over 30 nieces and nephews, she had her own children, too.

One of them, a daughter, was killed in a tractor accident, and when Anne sought help with her grief at church, her pastor r*ped her.

Afterward, he coerced her into a six year sexual relationship, and when Anne finally gathered the courage to out him, things blew up.

He had been doing the same thing to almost every women in their congregation, including every last one of her sisters, and the community eventually ran him out of town on a rail.

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Her husband wanted to open a counseling center where women could seek grief counseling free of sexual manipulation (wtf, y’all), but Anne decided to deal with her grief and betrayal her own way, buying a local pretzel shop that had recently gone out of business.

She threw herself into learning how to make delicious pretzels and run a business, and within a year, had opened seven additional locations.

She used the money to open the grief counseling center, hoping that other women who suffered as she had would not be further traumatized when asking for help.

None of this altered her faith, and recently, she even did a stint on the Museum of the Bible’s board of directors.

She’s a strong woman, no doubt, and even though her pretzels are delicious, I’m sorry all of this had to happen to her for them to become a thing.

One thing’s for sure though…I wouldn’t mess with her. Not for all the pretzel bites in the world.

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10 Times Businesses Let Their Signs Speak for Themselves

People who work in customer service roles are truly saints. Human beings, at least some of them, are determined to be as difficult as possible about every little thing.

Which is why employees and owners are getting fatigued with explaining things with words over and over again – and why these 10 signs are absolutely getting the job done now.

10. CVS owning themselves.

The best kid of own, really.

I saw this at my local CVS from funny

9. That got dark.

Like a kick to the teeth.

8. I hear it’s working Down Under!

What’s a 6-foot long animal in the US? A deer?

7. People do understand a hit to their wallet.

Sadly, they care more about that, too.

6. And they say Canadians are so nice.

Who could blame them though?

Welcome to Canada from funny

5. “Absolutely NO t*tty or sock money.”

Y’all, this should be the rule all the time, if you ask me.

4. That’s a sure way to get people to wear a mask.

No one is going to take a stand where tacos are involved.

My local taco place has a sign that says “no face mask, no tacos” from neoliberal

3. And they need 6-foot long straws.

PLUS a mask.

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2. I respect the sign.

I have a few questions about those feet, though.

1. Salem, MA really leaning into it.

I love it, and am ready for fall.

I am slow clapping for the people who came up with and posted these! Because they’re the true heroes. Well, and the nurses and doctors and health care workers. Them too.

Heh.

Honestly, they would make me want to patronize these places more.

How about you? Share your thoughts in the comments!

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Recent Moments That Might Restore Your Faith In Humanity

It can be hard lately to find reasons to believe that people are still inherently good and worth saving, don’t you think?

And while dark, humorous content certainly has its place on the internet and in our lives, the truth is that we can also use reminders of why we love other people.

These 14 recent moments are sure to make your heart grow at least a couple of sizes.

14. How to make lemons out of lemonade.

But seriously, what is with the fireworks?

@curlybeth_24

since my neighbors want to be popping fireworks daily i decided to make a show out of it #fantasmic #someimaginationhuh #fireworks #quarantinethings

♬ Fantasmic – desiree.fluffy3

13. Not gonna lie, I kind of think this should be an any time thing.

It looks like so much fun!

@ambermar31

We did a drive-by piñata for my daughter’s drive-by birthday party and it was amazing ? #birthday #pinata #covid19 #stayhome #party #fun #fyp

♬ Cars That Go Boom – L’Trimm

12. Protected from germs AND the sun.

That’s what I call a double win.

@christykam

#covid19 #quarantine #fyp #shark #weekendfun #paddleboard #sup #lake

♬ Quarantine Moana – wyattjcannon

11. Picking a good Father’s Day gift is something to celebrate!

It’s not socks! Woot!

10. We’ve been forced to make friends where we are.

And sometimes that hasn’t been a bad thing.

9. When it’s relatable, it’s relatable.

This is amazing and hilarious in equal measure.

@britt.cant.dance

just playing some quarantine dating app drinking games with the whole block #foryoupage #fyp #foryou #drinkinggame #tinder #bumble #neighborhood

♬ Felix Abdons audio ho3 – felix4felix

8. When you just need a reminder that happiness is out there.

Right in front of your beach house, no less!

@jadyng04

maybe the sweetest thing i’ve ever seen???#fyp #couplegoals #imlonely

♬ original sound – jadyng04

7. It’s not bad, right?

I’d say he’s on the right track.

6. These should be mandatory on every block.

And if you don’t participate, you are shunned.

@callmebyyourwifesname

I made a lil something for my neighborhood! #sillywalking #chicago #noonelooksstupidwhentheyrehavingfun

♬ LITE SPOTS – KAYTRANADA

5. Don’t you love it when they’re on the same page.

I haven’t happy cried in wayyyy too long.

@timbergoblin

THEY SAID YES! #proposal #lesbian #lesbianengaged #engagement #pridemonth #tiktoklesbian #fyp

♬ original sound – timbergoblin

4. Unlikely animal friendships are my favorite.

This old girl stole my heart.

@otegdirb

Whoever said dogs hate mailmen.. clearly never met these two

♬ You’re My Best Friend – Pub Dog

3. These two are definitely couple goals.

I don’t even know them, but I love them.

@erinduganjurchak

Wait til the end for his face!! Omg I love him ? #marriage #husband #wife #couple #relationship #family #kids #lifeathome #couplegoals #howto

♬ original sound – erinduganjurchak

2. That smile. He really misses her.

I am stanning the two of them now.

1. The sweetest thing I’ve seen in awhile.

He’s just so gentle!

@jadenemaloy

#fyp #foryoupage #dogsoftiktok #labrador #chicken #cute #love

♬ original sound – jadenemaloy

 

I don’t know about you, but I really needed this today!

Which of these made you smile the biggest? Share with us in the comments!

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Posts About What a Bummer It Is to Be an Adult

Man…being an adult kind of…really sucks…right?

You spend your entire adolescence anticipating the days when you can be out on your own and you can do what you want, when you want…and then you get there and you say to yourself…this is it?

Sure, there are some good aspects of it, but non-stop responsibilities, non-stop bills, and non-stop headaches can really get to you after a while.

And that’s when you end up crying in the fetal position on the floor once a week. I call it my “Power Hour.” It’s very refreshing, you should give it a shot.

Anyway, enjoy these funny posts about adulting and just try to do your best out there, okay?

Let’s take a look.

1. You know you do!

Or you have Home Advil and Car Advil.

2. What’s that like?

I honestly have no idea…

3. It’s a bummer, huh?

Didn’t see this coming…

4. Oh, no!

It’s never too late to try to shed those pounds.

5. You’re an ADULT.

Does this describe you?

6. I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong.

I’m just being honest…

7. Wouldn’t that be nice?

I don’t think it’s gonna happen, but still…

8. What kind of drugs are we talking about?

I got the good stuff! The Prilosec!

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9. My money went up in flames.

That didn’t last very long.

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10. Ummmm…I’m not doing those things.

But maybe someday?

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11. Where did all of it go?

I don’t know what to say anymore…

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12. You’re telling me.

Especially the pants part…

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13. Oh, sh*t…forgot about that.

This is always the worst.

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Now we’d like to hear from all the readers out there.

In the comments, tell us how you’re holding up and let us know how this whole “adulting” thing is working out for you.

Hang in there! We’re all gonna be okay!

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Totally Free Things You Should Be Taking Advantage of Online

People love free stuff. If there is one universal truth about humanity, this is it – but there are times when not everyone knows about the cool free stuff out there just waiting for the picking!

If you’re into it, these 14 Redditors are giving us a head’s up on some freebies available online.

14. I had no idea this worked on dog prescriptions!

Goodrx.

If you haven’t seen the depressing commercials, this is an app that gives you discounts on prescription medications.

My dog has epilepsy and I save about $200 a month on his pills.

13. That’s quite an endorsement.

Image Credit: Stackoverflow

Stackoverflow because I wouldn’t be a developer without it.

One of the most helpful things I’ve ever found.

12. A tip for everyone.

Image Credit: Have I Been Pwned

https://haveibeenpwned.com/ is a website that checks through a database of breaches to see if any account associated with your email has been compromised.

being pwned is pretty common, especially if you use the same email for many websites. There is no need to be concerned if you have been pwned multiple times; almost all will be from mass data breaches and it is unlikely you will ever be targeted specifically. However, it is a good idea to close accounts you no longer use and to change the passwords on accounts you use regularly

11. Definitely going to bookmark this one!

Image Credit: The Noun Project

https://thenounproject.com/ has a wide selection of icons. I use them for presentations!

15. For the GenXers in the house.

Image Credit: OldGamesDownload

https://oldgamesdownload.com/

Free old computer games.

Some good ones from my childhood:

Marathon

The Incredible Machine (1&2)

Need For Speed (Hot Pursuit 1&2, Underground 1&2, Most Wanted, Carbon)

Tony Hawk (Pro Skater 2&3&4, Underground 1&2)

Simpsons Hit and Run

Final Fantasy

Baldurs Gate

The Lord of the Rings

9. Taxes should NOT be that hard.

Image Credit: Turbotaxsucksass

Turbotaxsucksass.com

It’s created by Hasan Minhaj with a list of websites to file free taxes with direct links instead of misleading users to paying.

Hasan Minhaj talks about it in his Patriot Act Volume 6 episode “Why Doing Taxes Is So Hard”

8. You can never have enough of these.

Image Credit: Unsplash

https://unsplash.com/ – free (SUPER high quality) photographs, I also use as reference for sketches/artwork.

7. This should work!

Image Credit: Forest App

If you’re a student or are really trying to stay focused at work there’s and app called Forest: Stay Focused.

It’s a free app that’s available as an extension on Google Chrome or the Apple AppStore.

Basically, you plant a tree, set a time limit and you can only go on the sites that you’ve added to the whitelist or your tree will die.

It’s designed to stop you from always being in social media while you’re supposed to be studying or doing something productive.

6. Music from anywhere you want.

Image Credit: radio.garden

I bring to you radio.garden, my friend.

Radio stations from around the globe. Just spin it a bit and click where you want to get a list of radio stations from that country. Great for people who like foreign music, language learners, or people looking to reconnect with something “back home”.

5. They have television shows, too!

Image Credit: TubiTV

Tubi TV.

It has a ton of movies. Not exactly box office hits but its got movies and they change every month.

I’ve watched movies like Fury and Airplane! on there. Best part is you can get it in phone laptop, and Ps4 as far as i know of.

100% free, 100% recommend

4. Like a garage sale on the internet.

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The Freecycle Network.

A free to sign-up/nonprofit website that helps people give away free stuff that they don’t need to people who need it in their local town/neighborhood.

Their goal is to promote re-use of goods that would otherwise go into landfills.

3. These are awesome.

Image Credit: EdX

EdX

Its completely free online courses (usually 2-6 weeks per course) taught by professors from top notch universities from all over the world (Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Oxford). It’s just like taking classes from a university (with assignments, lectures to watch, etc.) and the courses are varied and interesting.

Another online use people don’t think about is LIBRARIES. Go to your local library, get a card, and you get a huge selection of books right on your phone, Kindle, laptop, etc. You check out the books online and you get them on your device for 3 weeks usually. The book then deletes itself, but you can check the book back out if need be. It’s completely free.

2. Free audiobooks ftw.

Image Credit: Overdrive

Libby is an app you can use to borrow audiobooks and ebooks for free as long as you have a library card (also free).

1. Who doesn’t love that?

Image Credit: Khan Academy

Khan academy.

It’s free, free knowledge!

Definitely going to put these to good use, how about you?

If you’ve got any tips to add, please do so in the comments!

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A “Karen” Tried to Scam a Free Meal Until She Realized Who the Owner Was

In case you haven’t heard, a “Karen” is an entitled, usually middle-aged woman who complains to authority figures about others’ behavior.

This particular Karen decided that her complaint to the manager would get her a free meal. She couldn’t have been more off-base in her assumption, specifically as it concerned the owner.

A friend of his begins the story:

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With help from his dad, the man was able to open the restaurant in the perfect location, and it was a smashing success right out of the gate. Everything was going well, until Karen showed up with her husband.

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Right away, the owner, who was also the server, knew she was going to be a problem—the complaints began as soon as she sat down. Initially, he played along .

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He knew he couldn’t keep his composure for long—so did she and, sensing a potential free meal, increased her demands.

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She asked for the manager, as Karens often do. He brought someone over to take on the role.

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She could have won an Academy Award for the story she told.

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The “owner” and the server couldn’t keep up the ruse for long. They broke character.

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The real owner came clean, and Karen was finally speechless.

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Redditors who work in restaurants loved how this story ended, and the person who told it also had a bit of an update.

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They deal with customers who try to scam free meals all the time and say restaurant owners are usually oblivious to this behavior because they’re not on the floor.

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Workers shared that this also occurs in fast food places. Even though they’re a lot cheaper, free is free to some people.

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Are you a resturant worker? Share your stories of terrible customers below!

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Here are the ‘Do’s and Don’t’s’ From the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

We’ve been here before as far as pandemics go—exactly 100 years ago. But have we learned anything since then?

From 1918 to early 1920, the world was held captive by a virus known as H1N1, or the Spanish Flu. Like COVID-19, it spread across the globe within a matter of months. When it was all said and done, 500 million people—about a third of the world’s population—had been infected, and approximately 50 million people died.

COVID-19 is a different virus, but the story of its spread is quite similar; people even had the same arguments about wearing masks and social distancing that we have today. The evidence is in this “Do’s and Don’t’s” lists from the 1918 pandemic that appeared on Twitter and immediately went viral.

The most important things on the list—wearing a mask, washing your hands, and avoiding crowds—are things we’re supposed to be doing today. But even 100 years ago, we had to plead with people to heed this advice and listen to scientists.

Most people complied, but a lot didn’t; there were four waves of the disease before the pandemic ended in April 1920.

Had they done what they were supposed to do, there’s no doubt that the infection and death tolls would have been lower, and the pandemic would have ended earlier.

We’re still relatively new to COVID-19, and we can still mitigate the damage. While there’s no way of eradicating COVID-19, we can pay attention to science and keep ourselves and others safe.

You know what they say: “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

Are you doing all you can to keep yourself and others healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic? Let us know in the comments below!

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People Recall the Worst Pain They’ve Ever Felt

Many of us can answer this question immediately – childbirth, kidney stones, physical trauma – the worst pain of your life can flood back with a memory like you wouldn’t believe.

That said, until you read these 15 people’s stories, you probably thought your worst was pretty bad…but that might not be the case.

15. I would still like the drugs, please.

I split my toe open to the bone and the doc said it would take longer for the anesthetic to take effect than it would to stitch the toe up.

So, lots of screeching from me.

14. Sounds like a nightmare.

I broke my femur in a car accident, all I felt was pure adrenaline like I had never felt before and no pain. They got me to the hospital fairly quickly and hit me with 2 shots of morphine ASAP.

Next thing I know they were drilling a hole through my calf with a power drill so they could set the leg with a pin and I was wide awake with no pain due to the drugs. It was the other drivers 6th DUI offense

13. This person is a WRITER.

I missed a step one morning and I folded my foot over so much that my big toe touched my heel.

I made a noise I had never made before.

It was like a dying rabbit who was into Finnish death metal.

12. How do you get through it?

Trigeminal neuralgia (also called the suicide disease).

I’m one of the lucky ones though, that it improved with treatment so I only had it for about a year.

Basically felt like someone was slamming an ice pick into my ear, jaw, and face.

Even brushing my teeth hurt.

11. How does this happen?

A 5 foot section of my small intestine became strangulated and died.

20 times more painful than an 8mm kidney stone.

10. At least it’s easily remedied.

I slipped on steps one winter fell on my back had my wind knocked out, cracked 2 ribs and dislocated shoulder.

And worst part is that it was like 3 steps…

9. This made me actually cringe.

I was ice skating and going through a major growth spurt when I was 13. The skates were too tight. I hit a crack in the ice and did a maneuver to stop from falling on my face. Well CRACK! SNAP! I shattered my tibia from just bellow the knee all the way down to the ankle, in a spiral fracture.

Because the skates were so tight in fact that when I hobbled and limped off of the ice and had them removed my leg did not immediately swell up. I knew my bone was broken. I could feel and hear the various shards of shin bone grinding up against one another and the muscles. Yet, people assumed at most I maybe bruised my bone.

I went home. Limping and in the worst physical pain. My father said I was ok. But after about 12 hours and the pain just getting worse I finally was taken to the ER – where I learned I fractured my leg in 8 different spots on the tibia.

I had to get metal pins put in, and was in various casts for 4 straight months and a boot for two.

8. I did not need to read this.

My appendix exploded like a water balloon while inside me.

7. Another one of these and no thanks.

Trigeminal neuralgia. It’s called “the suicide disease” for a very good reason. It felt like my jaw was being crushed in a vice. The pain is beyond description, an episode would last for 8-10 hours, and no painkiller touched it. I would hit my head on things trying to knock myself out.

For comparison, I was getting an x-ray for a “bad backache”, and when I gave the urine sample you have to give first, the tech saw that I had stones in it. Kidney stones. My “bad backache” was fucking kidney stones. TN really recalibrates your pain meter. Nothing goes past a six anymore.

I had brain surgery nine years ago to fix it and it’s the best damn decision I ever made. I’m nervous because it’s often not a permanent fix, and I’m afraid it will come back, but I’m so thankful to be pain-free for now.

6. You’ve gotta keep up with those pain meds.

This is the worst pain I’ve ever seen someone feel. My sister had open heart surgery at 23 to repair a murmur. Several days later when she first got home the nerve block in her side started to wear off.

She managed to fall asleep at the beginning but she woke up screaming like a banshee. I’ll never forget it. I got her to stand up but she looked at me and went white as a sheet and passed out.

5. That’s gotta hurt.

Probably the time I jumped onto the seat of my bike, and actually just sat on my testicle.

4. Were his doctors into pain??

I shot a 3.5″ spiral nail into my finger

The doctor pulled it out with pliers, no freezing or pain killers. I had 3 nurses holding me down.

I’ve broken many bones and it doesn’t even come close to comparing

3. This kind of back pain is the worst.

I sat up to leave after a meeting at work and my entire back seized up. It was all I could do to make it home. I had to lay on the couch in a weird position just to experience no pain. The slightest movement (even lifting a fork) and my back would seize up again.

I finally forced myself that night to go to the ER because my mind was racing with what it could be. X-rays showed nothing so I don’t know to this day what happened. It was about a week before I could fully move. Worst pain I’ve ever felt!

2. A miserable description.

Gout. The foot swelled up massively, it was bright red and hot to the touch.

Touch was the LAST thing I wanted, just having enough air movement to shift the hairs on my foot was excruciating.

Unbelievable pain that I couldn’t escape from.

I swelled so much that when it finally went back to normal, the skin sloughed off like I had had a massive sunburn.

I could feel EVERY heartbeat, painfully, in my foot.

1. I’m glad this is never a thing that will happen to me.

Epididimitis, inflammation of the testicle cord, described as a feeling akin to testicular torsion

At one point it hurt so bad I couldn’t sit up straight in class, took a whole week to get a doctors appointment and at least 2 more days for the meds to really make the pain die down

That was 6 years ago and even to this day that cord is so sensitive that it hurts if I sit wrong and occasionally has mini inflammation episodes

Icing on the cake, pretty sure I was told it could lead to impotence at a younger age than most men

I honestly cannot even (and do not want to) imagine most of these!

Share your answers to this question with us in the comments.

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This Employee Technically Complied With Employer’s Selectively Enforced Rules

Nothing is as frustrating as employers who have rules that seem totally arbitrary, or that are applied so selectively it can be impossible to get a handle on how you’re supposed to behave on the job.

Luckily, there are always those employees who will maliciously comply with what they’re told to do, giving employers the chance to see just how stupid those rules were in the first place.

This guy, who went from loving his job to not, is a perfect example.

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He kept getting more and more responsibility due to layoffs, but no more money to go along with it.

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Things came to a head after new management arrived, and some of their more dubious policies possibly contributed to this guy’s collapsed lung.

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They were after him to quit, pulling out all of the stops along the way.

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In response, he went on a mission to make their plant the very safest one in the history of ever.

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He went back to doing the one job he was hired for.

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He would refuse to do things based on the “rules,” which he was following “to the letter,” just as they were. He waited to see whether they would blink first, because he wasn’t going to.

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He went around with OSHA rules, generally making their lives difficult, until one day, a manager took the bait.

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The employee was delighted. The manager, not so much.

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The guy did finally move on, but loved hearing that they had to hire 5 people to do what he had been doing previously, and it still wasn’t getting done well.

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This is why you treat people like human beings, managers.

They will happily go above and beyond, money be damned, if you do.

If you don’t, well…you could end up getting the short end of the stick in every way possible.

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