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12 Lessons Passed down from Child-To-Child Without Help from Adults

Which flavor popsicle tastes the best. Which swing on the playground goes the highest. Where to meet up after dark to go hunting for ghosts. There are certain things that you can only learn before the age of twelve – and certain things you can only learn from other kids while the adults remain adorably clueless.

#12. Break your mother’s back.

“Don’t step on the lines.”

#11. Jingle bells.

“Jingle bells Batman smells”

#10. When I was young.

“How to make one of those origami fortune teller things.

I’m not sure if kids still do it, but when I was young how to fold a single page note into an envelope to give to a friend.”

#9. Eeny meeny.

“Methods to decide who is “it”. Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish.

Eeny meany miney moe. Etc.”

#8. I died laughing.

“As an elementary school kid from 89-96 when talking about our boy parts we refferred to them as “Nards”. I am 14 years older than one of my brothers and when he was in the 3rd grade he was telling a story about how ball hit him in his “Nards”. I died laughing that day as I had totally forgot about calling them that.”

#7. Definitely go ask.

“That if one parent says no, definitely go ask the other parent to see if they’ll say yes.”

#6. Buy me a coke.

“That you yell “Jinx!” when you say something at the same time as someone. May also involve counting to ten and proclaiming that the other person owes you a coke.”

#5. Pea green soup.

“I always knew it as various prompts. You’d prompt someone to repeat the same phrase in response to you. So for example, pea green soup.

“What’d you have for breakfast.”

“Pea green soup”

“What’d you have for lunch?

“pea green soup”

What’d you have for dinner?”

“pea green soup”

“What’d you have for a snack?”

“Pea green soup”

“What’d you do all night?

“Pea green soup”

giggles”

#4. No one was told.

“That when you’re in the car and it’s raining, you watch raindrops run down the windows and pretend they’re racing each other. No one was told to do this. Yet somehow everyone did.”

#3. MASH.

“The MASH (Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House) game to predict our futures haha.”

#2. The right way.

“Waving pencils the right way makes them look rubbery.”

#1. That one thing.

“That thing where you wiggle your middle fingers upside down? Anybody know what I’m talking about? Where you put your hands together and it’s like some Egyptian seeming thing?”

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12+ People Dish on What Temptation Is Totally Not Worth Giving in To

There are a million little things that tempt us every day, and some are easier to resist than others. Case and point, I just ate FIVE homemade chocolate chip cookies in lieu of lunch.

It was totally worth it.

These 15 things may not be, though, so take heed!

#15. Forever wiped out.

“Taking advantage of someone close to you, it could be financially, emotionally (underrated), sexually or any variety. That moment of “gain” can be forever wiped out by the opportunity to have a friend or a family member there for you in a bigger moment of need.”

#14. Are you sure?

“Eating an entire bag of Doritos in one sitting.”

#13. That might change.

“The concept of a “hall pass” when married.

Had a buddy who found that one out the hard way. Your SO might say they are fine with it, but that might change in a damn hurry.”

#12. No changing opinions.

“Arguing politics on reddit. Nobody goes online to have their opinions changed. It doesn’t matter how carefully prepared and eloquent your argument is.”

#11. Worth so much more.

“Avoiding holidays and trips and expensive treats simply because you’re scared of parting with your money.

Saving your money is awesome. Good on you for doing that. But it is SO IMPORTANT to spend a little of that money on yourself. Go away on a road trip. Pay to have your parents fly down to visit for Christmas. Buy yourself some fancy whiskey and drink it whenever you feel like it. Don’t hide it away at parties, hoping for a ‘more special’ occasion to pop up one day. Don’t be afraid to spend that money on yourself sometimes.

Experiences are worth so much more than what you pay for them.

My partner is obsessed with buying a house before we’re too old to pay off a mortgage (his dad lives in self-caused poverty). I am obsessed with travelling and experiencing life before we’re too old to enjoy the more extreme stuff (my parents never did anything or went anywhere). We both know what the shit ends of the spectrum look like, so we’ve met halfway and we are saving so we can do both. We go on roadtrips every year for our anniversary, and we put money aside in our savings for a house too. You gotta find that happy medium.”

#10. On marriage.

“The “told you so” on your spouse. Like 99.9% of the time it’s not worth it. If you have to do it, do it with a look only, trust me on this.”

#9. Full stop.

“Brake testing someone who’s up your ass when you’re going 85 on the motorway.”

#8. Outweighs the rest.

“The feeling of reconnecting with your ex. Those sweet and happy memories.. but s/he is not worth of your time anymore. All those damage and pain s/he brought to you in the past outweighs the rest.”

#7. It catches up to me.

“An unhealthy lifestyle. Sure it might be easy to eat like shit and not exercise regularly, but it catches up to you really fast. It’s also hard to change your lifestyle after you get stuck in that rut.”

#6. Your own problems.

“Blaming other people for your own problems.”

#5. You might not recover.

“When you’re trying to change your lifestyle (changing your diet or activities) and you decide to ‘treat yourself’ to a taste of what you used to do, just to see if it’s still tempting.

It is. And you might not recover from a slip up like that. There’s a good chance that it’ll cement your decision and you’ll grow from it, but there’s also a greater chance that you’ll recede from the progress you’ve made.”

#4. Long story short.

“Calling your boss all the names you fantasize about. It can be so so tempting, but even if it is your last day on the job and you are never going to see them again, they can still impact your career years or even decades down the line. Knew a guy who told his mechanic boss to suck himself sideways on the last day. Well, turns out new boss was old boss’s friend. Didn’t even get to start his first day before he was fired.

Long story short, don’t mess with people who can end your career.”

#3. Last call.

“That “last call” drink. I’ve never woken up from a night out drinking and thought, “wow! I’m so glad I had that tequila shot right before bed!”

#2. Just don’t.

“Scratching at a healing tattoo.”

#1. They thought it was so cool.

“I think for most people it’s smoking. Lots of my friends got into it because they thought it was so cool when they were teenagers.”

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12 People Reveal the One Lesson They Had to Learn the Hard Way

Some lessons, like not touching a hot stove and looking both ways before crossing the street, can be taught and learned with only a brief discussion. Others are best learned on one’s own, no matter how hard the results can be to stomach.

These 12 people reveal the ones they wouldn’t have learned as well any other way.

#12. Doesn’t forget.

“The tax man doesn’t simply forget you exist.”

#11. Once a cheater…

“If she cheats on her ex for you, she’ll cheat on you for someone else.”

#10. Sensitivity.

“Icy Hot is not meant for your sensitive areas.”

#9. Not forever.

“As much as you love someone, and as much as they love you, your relationship can still end.
You can be the wrong people for one another, but still in love.
You can be the right people for each other, but under the wrong circumstances.
And you can be the perfect people for each other, but only for a certain amount of time, not forever.”

#8. Advice for men.

“Wash your hands after eating hot wings before taking a piss.”

#7. Never again.

“I was a little kid and wondered what it would be like to be stung by a hornet. I saw a hornet. Touched its backside.

Never again.”

#6. You can’t change a person.

“That you can’t change a person, they have to want to change themselves.”

#5. A lot harder.

“It’s a lot harder to fix something than it is to avoid breaking it. (Read: it’s a lot easier to be frugal than to get out of debt; it’s a lot easier to develop healthy habits (e.g. eating well, exercise) when you’re young and healthy than to try to change your habits after you’ve developed health problems and your metabolism has slowed; it’s a lot easier to be honest in a relationship than to try to fix a breach of trust. All of those “it’s easier” things are super hard, but the alternatives suck a lot more.)”

#4. Checking temperatures.

“To see if an iron is still hot, hold your hand an inch or two away from it.

6-year-old me put my palm flat against it.”

#3. Just in case.

“Bring an extra pair of glasses (or contacts) with you on vacation in case you lose or break them.”

#2. There are no words.

“Toothpaste isn’t a good lube.”

#1. Questioning everything.

“The intricacies of the female cycle.

I had just moved in with my girlfriend.

I had come from a home where everything was always pristine, we had a housekeeper, everything was always in its place and clean.

My girlfriend did not. She’s messy, but cleans eventually.

Now, as a man I understand the basics of what happens during that time of the month, but I never thought about it at all.

The first weekend we were moved in together, it was that time. What I didn’t know what that when she buys her tampons, she also gets her hair dye, and does it once a month.

Now, all women and most men have probably caught on that she is NOT a natural red head. Now, periods I knew a little about but hair dye? Absolutely nothing.

I walked into our bathroom after what would be the first of many monthly rituals, and I gagged. I looked around horrified, and then threw up.

What I saw: Dark red. Red in the shower, red toilet paper in the garbage, red all over the shower.

What she saw: Me throwing up, doubled over, questioning everything.

“I don’t understand?! The shower…gag…the shower walls?! gag Were you spinning around?! WHY ARE THERE GLOVES?!”

This was followed by her laughing hysterically for…it’s been 13 years now. I still have not lived that down.

TL;DR: Thought my GF became Carrie once a month.”

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15 People Reveal the Hardest Thing They Had to Tell Their Parents

Serious talks with the ‘rents can be hard on everyone involved but I gotta say, these 15 heart-to-hearts would have been a doozy from either side.

#15. Parent your parent.

“To my widowed mom: that if she didn’t start using the internet safely (she fell victim to romance scams twice) and stop sending money she doesn’t have to strangers online (she’s definitely on a fixed income), I’d get power of attorney over her and her finances. Sucks having to parent your parent.”

#14. I had to tell my parents.

“One morning i got a call from a police officer who told me the that my sister was found dead in her apartment and that she apparently died of a heroin overdose. She was living in another city and i hadn’t spoken to her for 2 or 3 weeks. We knew she was addicted but went through recovery and was doing fine, back in her job and had her live on track for nearly a year.

I can’t even remember the words or what exactly he hold me because it swept me right of my feet. I just told him to hold on, please hold on i need to find a chair and suddenly my husband was there and talking to the man on the phone. I then had to tell my parents. We drove over and my mother was alone in the kitchen and i internally screamed because my dad wasn’t there. He had a small workshop and went there in the morning. So i told my mother and she just dropped onto the floor with the most horrific scream i ever heard from my mom. I then walked over to the workshop because i didn’t wanted to tell my dad over the phone. I just said her name and he knew, he fucking knew right away and he just held me while we both cried and then we went back to my mom.

Yeah that was a real shitty day. It’s been 7 years since i lost my sister and i still go through severe depression the weeks leading up to the date of her death.”

#13. Seemingly normal.

“That their seemingly normal infant grandson had a terminal disorder and had maybe four years to live.”

#12. I wasn’t supposed to know.

“That I had known for ten years about the half sibling I wasn’t supposed to know about.

Edit: wow, it’s nice knowing this isn’t uncommon. I was pretty broken up about it way back when my sister I grew up with spilled the beans. It took me so long to bring it up because at the time, she asked me not to tell our mother that she told me, and I didn’t want to betray her.

I never made contact. I thought about it a lot, still do, but I’ve battled some serious depression in my life and if it went badly it might be bad for my mental health. So I let it be.”

#11. Work up the courage.

“When I was 17 I had to work up the courage to tell my mom I didn’t think my penis worked correctly (I had no feeling due to an extreme bend). It was such a hard topic to talk about with my mother, but I’m glad I did. About 2 years, 30 doctor’s visits, and one surgery later, I had a working penis ?

Edit: Have, it still works. It just doesn’t get much use lol.”

#10. Total shock.

“My ex and I of 10 years amicably split up 3 months before our wedding date. When we told my parents together, I’m 100% positive they were expecting us to tell them she was pregnant. Total shock from them.”

#9. 10,000 miles away.

“That I had cancer. I live overseas and I know how much my parents miss me, I can only imagine how they felt while I was 10,000 miles away battling it.

I tried to be super positive about it. Mom only wanted to hear as much as was necessary, Dad kept on talking about all the ways I could die or could go wrong(his way of working out a situation).

Cancer free for six months now though!

Edit: blown away that this took off and to see all the congratulatory messages. Thank you.

I shared it with my mom whose first concern was that they weren’t present enough and made me feel i was battling it on my own, but I assured her that they were the most supportive parents and did everything they could given the distance.

I love them a whole lot.”

#8. Less than a month.

“I had to tell my mother she had less than a month to live.”

#7. Wailing the heartbreak.

“My younger sister’s husband called me to tell me that the baby that my sister, his wife, was carrying had died in utero. He asked me in between sobs to call my parents because my sister wanted everyone to come to the hospital before she was put into induced labour to give birth to her stillborn daughter.

So I called my parents, who were in a cafe. First thing my Mum said, naturally (considering what day it was), was ‘Happy Birthday, Janie!’

There was no way to break the news nicely, so I just told her that sister and sister’s husband’s baby had been stillborn and we were all to meet them at the hospital. I’ll never forget the sounds of my Mum wailing with heartbreak in our local cafe.”

#6. Guilt incarnate.

“Mom, we’re moving you out of your house into a home. (Guilt incarnate)”

#5. Everyone suffers.

“It’s me dad, your son”.

Having a parent who suffers from Alzheimer’s is fucking heartbreaking.”

#4. It broke my heart.

“That my sister was spreading lies about the family to her friends to get attention and pity. She told them things like “Step-dad hits mum and because he’s a [job title] they cover it up for him”, “I’m actually a twin but he died when we were 6 weeks old” some were so horrible, all about being abused and how my family was rich but she never got money/food/adequate shelter because we hate her so much.

I watched their faces go from confused to angry to sad it broke my heart.”

#3. The perfect couple.

“That my husband beat the crap out of me then went to bed and overdosed on pain pills. They thought we were the perfect couple.”

#2. Terrified for weeks.

“Telling my parents I flunked out of college was the hardest thing for me. I was terrified for weeks.”

#1. It was true.

“Got home from school and my mom had already received a phone call from my principal. I had to tell her it was true, my teacher had been touching me.”

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10 Easy, Everyday Hacks for Lazy Geniuses

We all have lazy days now and then, but if you have more lazy days than not, then you’re definitely going to want to adopt a few of these amazingly easy, super applicable, hacks for getting through your everyday life.

#10. DIY life vest. (Not Coast Guard approved).

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#9. Why let those hot pans go to waste?

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#8. Like a bike lock but better.

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#7. How to trick your kid into mowing the lawn.

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#6. No trash can? No problem!

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#5. When emptying the trash requires too much lifting and walking so you just…

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#4. Let your doormat do the dirty work.

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#3. DIY iPad holder.

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#2. A brownie for everyone.

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#1. When you don’t want to wait for your soup to cool…

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6 Puzzles That Might Keep You up All Night

Whether you’re an insomniac or just someone who doesn’t get up until they’re solved, you’re going to have to buckle down to solve these 6 puzzles.

#6. How did she plan it?

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There was an old, sick man with three daughters. One day, Death came to take him but the oldest daughter asked Death to let her father live for 2 years and Death agreed. When he returned 2 years later, the second daughter asked and was granted 1 more year.

A year later he returned and the youngest daughter gave Death a candle and asked Death to let her father live until the candle burned out. He agreed, and never returned.

Why not?

Continue reading when you’re ready for the answer!

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7 Introvert Myths, Disproven

There are a lot of opinions out there about what introverts are and how they act, but the truth is, every introvert is different – just like every extrovert – and many of the things we believe to be true about how introverts think and act just aren’t right.

If you are an introvert (unite!) or want to better understand the introvert in your life, take a scroll through this list of 7 myths as we bust them, one at a time.

#7. Introverts don’t enjoy being out in public.

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#6. Introverts don’t like to talk.

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#5. Introverts always want to be alone.

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#4. Introverts are shy.

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#3. Introverts are weird.

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#2. Introverts don’t like people.

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#1. Introverts are aloof nerds.

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7 Facts You Learned in School That Are No Longer True

It stands to reason that, with technology and our understanding of the world changing so rapidly over the past several decades, at least a few of the things we were taught back in the day would no longer be applicable.

Even so, you may not have considered these seven “facts,” or when, exactly, they became obsolete.

#7. Who built the pyramids?

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It wasn’t the Israelites exiled to Egypt, since the massive structures were erected before the Jews existed.

#6. The names of the nine planets.

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In 2006, the International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto is a dwarf planet, and therefore doesn’t count. So there are only 8.

#5. The toilets in Australia.

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If you’re still under the assumption that the water spins the opposite way down the drain in Australia, you’d be wrong. The reasoning behind the claim is the coriolis effect, but it’s not strong enough on Earth to affect small appliances like a toilet or sink.

#4. The hardest material in the world is…

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I bet you said a ‘diamond,’ but if so, you’d be wrong. According to the Scientific American, there are two substances that are (quite a bit) harder: wurtzite boron nitride and lonsdaleite.

#3. You can’t see the Great Wall from outer space.

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According to NASA, the Great Wall is only visible from a max of 1200 miles up – low Earth orbit, not outer space.

#2. How witches were killed.

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In the United States, more witches were hanged than burned, especially during the Salem trials. Witchcraft was punishable by hanging here – in Europe, where the crime was heresy, more burning was done.

#1. Your favorite dinosaur is dead…again.

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There’s no such thing as a brontosaurus. Womp-womp.

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Home Burglars Reveal 10 Things That Could Make You an Easy Target

No one wants their house to be broken into, whether you’re home or not. It’s happened to me, and the sense of violation alone is enough to make you want to take whatever steps possible to ensure you never have to go through that again.

And while knowing the main things a burglar is looking for might not be able to protect you 100% of the time, it can’t hurt to be informed, right?

#10. Your home is in a convenient location.

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If you live near a major highway or bus route, you might be in danger. Likewise, if you live on the outskirts of town or without close neighbors, thieves see a chance to spend some time without being seen.

#9. Your house is empty during the day.

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Despite what Hollywood wants you to believe, the majority of burglars are looking to rob empty houses during the day, not houses the contain sleeping occupants at night. A career burglar might watch for a few days in order to try to determine a routine, while others might simply knock to see whether someone answers.

Timers on your lights and making your place look otherwise occupied (like opening the curtains during the day) could be enough to deter some, but unless you can quit your job, there’s not a whole lot you can do to fix a regular, 9-5 routine.

#8. You don’t have an alarm system.

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They really do work. If you can afford one, think about investing.

#7. You don’t lock you doors and windows.

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It seems like a no-brainer, but thieves will tell you that many people don’t check all of their locks before they leave the house. And while a determined burglar can break through a door or pick a lock, many will simply keep checking until they find one that’s already unlocked.

#6. You don’t have a dog.

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A dog might not deter a serious burglar, but someone looking for an easy score would definitely think twice. Also surprisingly, size doesn’t matter – thieves are just as wary of a small, yappy dog that won’t shut up as they are a big, menacing dog. Number one? Train your dog to be wary of strangers.

#5. Your backyard is easily accessed.

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A fenced in backyard – one that’s locked – can be helpful since many thieves prefer to break in through rear doors/windows in order to avoid being seen from the street.

#4. You don’t stop your mail on vacation.

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It’s a simple call, but if you don’t make it, anyone checking out your house will be instantly aware that you’re not home – and that you won’t be coming home anytime soon.

#3. You have a window air conditioning unit.

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Houses and apartments without central air can be targets because thieves can remove it to gain easy access to your house.

#2. You make it obvious that you have nice things.

Do your best not to flaunt your wealth or your nice things from the outside. Don’t put boxes from new televisions, computers, etc out in the recycling, etc.

#1. One of your “friends” sucks.

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66% of burglaries are committed by someone the victim knows. They know your routines and they know what sort of stuff you own. It sucks, but it’s true.

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