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What’s the Worst Financial Advice You’ve Received? Here’s What People Said.

The older you get, the more you realize how important it is to be smart with your finances…because a few costly mistakes and you could be in big trouble.

So let’s all try to avoid the advice that you’re about to hear from people…

What’s the worst financial advice you’ve ever received?

AskReddit users shared their stories.

1. Thanks, Dad.

“My dad in 2008 – “Don’t invest that $1,000 into Apple.”

My dad in 2012 – “Tesla is a pipe dream. Stock won’t be worth the paper is printed on.”

2. Hmmm…

“Don’t pay off your entire credit card balance when the bill comes.

Pay it slowly so that it shows your ability to pay debt over time.

This will help your credit score.”

3. Don’t take that advice.

“”Lease a car, don’t buy used”

leased car price -> $25,000

My used car I drove for multiple years without maintenance (aside from tires/oil) -> $3,000.”

4. Time to leave.

“My husband and I were looking to sell our home and buy another and the realtor told us to put 99 dependents on our taxes so we make more. She said she had done it for years and it was fine.

We left pretty quickly after that.”

5. Doesn’t work for everyone.

“Take out a student loan.

You’ll be able to pay it back easy when you have a degree.”

6. Go your own way.

““Don’t be a programmer. Your job will get outsourced to India.” – my dad when I told him excitedly as a teenager that I tried coding and loved it.

I ignored his advice and I’m now a programmer and still love it. Oh, and the pay is great too. I am now making a lot more than he ever did.”

7. Just do it!

“To buy a house when they were giving them out like candy several years ago. I had bad credit and an unstable job, I said no way.

So many people were pressuring me. All those people lost their houses. Those balloon payments are no joke.”

8. Don’t understand…

“Recent terrible advice: I got hit while driving on a highway and have a crinkled in rear side fender and cracked tail light. I can still drive it, but who knows what damage is underneath.

My car is only 5 yrs old with maybe 60k miles, so it’s still a great car. Yet, my early 20s friend said I shouldn’t get insurance to fix it and instead just “pocket the deductible to save up for a down payment on another car”. Or maybe file the claim and pocket the money.

My deductible is $300, and I wasn’t at fault, so the other person’s insurance is likely going to pay my deductible. I just straight up cannot understand where he is coming from. Why wouldn’t I get the car fixed so I have a fully functional, reliable car? It’s, at most, $300. I just don’t understand.”

9. A big mess.

““If you can’t afford to pay back your student loans just ignore it. Can’t bleed a turnip…” – My father.

He followed it with something along the lines of “what’s the worse they can do to you?”

The answer… ALOT. They can do a lot to you.”

10. Can’t do that.

“My parents and grandparents keep pressuring me to quit my job because I’m pregnant. They think my husband’s job will sustain us and we’ll just have to penny-pinch a little more.

I don’t know if they realize that we all live in America. It will absolutely take both of our incomes to raise our child, especially since I’ll be taking 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave in about a month.”

11. Never heard that before.

““Saving money attracts bad luck” “Do not save or else you’ll end up using it for an emergency”

It’s a Filipino superstition that “saving” attracts an emergency. Do not save so that you don’t experience an emergency.

Being frugal is frowned upon. What happens if an emergency happens and they have no savings?

They “borrow” money from frugal people and if you say no to them because you know they spent their money on useless things they will say “you can not bring all your wealth to your grave”.

I choose the people who I lend/give money.

“Buy things to see the fruit of your labor”

When buying new expensive items, sometimes things they don’t really need. I have no problem on this if only they use this words once in a while but do it every paycheck is too much.

Then they will proceed to tell me buy stuff like them and not be frugal because you know, you can’t bring all those money to the grave so might as well use it immediately.”

12. Sure about that?

“Several years ago, my company went under new management. They were going to have to pay us all of our remaining, unused PTO. I figured, great, I have a ton of PTO left, like $5000 worth. (I had A LOT of unused hours)

One of my colleagues said “YOU’RE going to be hit with taxes.” And she said it like “oh, you better be prepared. Don’t get excited, they’re going to tax the s**t out of you anyway so don’t expect much!”

I get hit with taxes every paycheck, lady. And when I did the math, they didn’t take out a higher percentage of that PTO than I normally have taken out of my paycheck, so when I did the math beforehand, I managed my expectations well

Then, I was a manager of a call center. The call center agents made 12.00 an hour, but once I came in, I raised it to 15.50 an hour. One of them complained to me that this means her taxes are being raised and she’s earning less. She didn’t see the higher number on the bottom of her check for some reason.”

Have you ever received any bad financial advice?

If so, please tell us about it in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Talk About the Best PG Experiences You Can Enjoy in Life

When people talk about the most pleasurable experiences we can have, you know what they’re probably gonna say: some illegal substances, a roll in the hay with a beautiful person, that kind of stuff.

But today we’re gonna go in a totally different direction.

AskReddit users opened up and talked about the best PG experiences you can enjoy in life.

It’s time to get wholesome!

1. Great memories.

“As a kid, your mom driving you and your friend home after a long day at the pool, eating a snack, feeling the slightly damp towel you’re sitting on, a slightly cool breeze from the window rolled down starting to dry your hair, and you can start to feel a slight sunburn on your cheeks.”

2. Let it flow.

“Finally chugging water after being severely dehydrated.

After a terribly planned car trip, me and my brother had spent nearly 24 hours without water, in 90f degree weather. Finally, someone found us, and they drove us to a gas station and we ran in and the feeling of that icy cold water finally entering me was unbelievable.

It felt like I could feel the water flow through me and my dried up organs were soaking it up.”

3. Get rhythm.

“Listening to an amazing song on a gorgeous summer day, and the melody and atmosphere is so euphoric you feel like you’re floating and nothing can touch you.”

4. That felt good!

“A teenager complimenting you unironically.

They are so judgemental and when they do that you know you have finally reached the peak of your existence.”

5. I’ll be in here if you need me.

“Crawling back into a nice warm bed after waking up early and looking outside, seeing a snowstorm, and realizing you don’t have to be anywhere all day.”

6. Time to get out of town.

“When the plane starts to go faster and faster, and gaining altitude, and you start to see your town from a far, and you just enjoy ride, looking forward to arrive in the other side of the world.

Man, do I miss flying and traveling.”

7. Both of these.

“1A) Watching the sunrise, through the National Forest, while drinking fresh coffee, alone.

1B) Watching the sunrise, on Lake Huron, while drinking coffee, alone.”

8. Doing good work.

“When you’re proud of what you’ve done.

I work at a McDonald’s. I’m a closer on weeknights. Tonight I spent extra time to bring up breakfast dishes so openers wouldn’t have to.

It feels good.”

9. Paradise.

“Sailing on a hot day with a perfect light breeze and calm blue waters.

The absolute best is when dolphins show up and swim alongside the boat.”

10. Plenty of time left!

“Waking up in the middle of the night and rolling over to the time to see you have many more hours left to sleep.”

11. You gotta love it!

“For me, it is when I make someone laugh.

Seeing their joy and entertainment thanks to me is intoxicating.”

12. Found your place.

“Waking up in a tent, with the sun streaming in and the birds chirping.

And all you have to do is luxuriate and breath the sweet, green morning air.”

13. This might be my favorite.

“Falling asleep on the beach under an umbrella to the sound of crashing waves.

In my humble opinion…”

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5-Star Hotel Workers, What Goes On That Most People Don’t Know About? Check Out the Responses.

I don’t believe I’ve ever stayed at a super fancy hotel before, but I still have some time, right?

And when I finally do get to that pinnacle, I’m gonna find out about some of the secrets below first-hand. I can’t wait!

People who have worked in fancy hotels, what goes on behind the scenes that most people don’t know about?

Here’s how AskReddit users responded.

1. Pampered.

“Middle Eastern royalty books an entire floor for a month.

Staff spends weeks preparing for every detail of the visit. Entire floor rearranged to accommodate children, nannies, private dining quarters for men and women, etc. Private chef is brought in.

They left after one week (on private 747) because it was too cold. In Chicago. In November.”

2. All a ruse.

“Our concierge was Les Clefs D’or, had all the connections, this dude could get you into the French Laundry same day.

He would often greet guests with sangria and sprigs of mint from his garden. Sometimes he had lemon slices from his tree too! He loved to tell guests all about his garden and they ate it up.

Yeah that’s all bulls**t. Mint, lemon, and any other garnish we got from the local grocery store. The sangria? Cheapest boxed stuff we could find. But he sold the story like no other. At the end of the day, it worked.”

3. Seen it all.

“I worked at one of the premier hotels at a ski resort in the country; top 10. Met celebrities, royalty, politicians, athletes.

Hockey players are the nicest athletes by a wide margin. Royalty is great or more likely, awful. A list celebrities want to be left alone or treated as just another person. Politicians are bigger a**holes when they’re with their families. Saw lots of s**, drugs, underaged drinking, escorts, the usual.

I was most amazed by how nice staff were to guests when management continually made our lives harder and s**ttier. We’d just let it roll off our backs and keep smiling until we just quit. We were paid so little and respected so little by management. If you weren’t thick skinned then you quit by week’s end.

Best thing I saw was the hotel dog (think alpine dog that people can pet, kids can get woken up by him in the morning, plays on the ski slopes, etc)…well he escaped his pen, made straight for the high end restaurant and went hog wild. Jumped on a few tables and scarfed $100 steaks like they were M&Ms.

Me and another guy saw it (we worked during the ski day and cleaned up into the evening so it was just him and I finishing up in our department at the time which was by the dog’s kennel)…we both saw he was going to escape and we could have stopped it but we just wanted to watch the world burn. Greatest day of work there by far.”

4. At the Ritz.

“I worked at a Ritz Carlton a few years back, its literally the same as anywhere else. The hotel staff is amazing at their job, but on their personal time they’re just as f**ked as everyone else.

The kitchen staff had a few folks with drug issues and had to be sent home a couple times because of it. In my time there I saw 2 waiters get fired due to embezzlement. The turnover rate for management was very high because they didn’t pay enough for the area. The staff parties were WILD to say the least.

We weren’t allowed to greet celebrities by name since they wanted to be anonymous, so we would use their alias that day. Some were greeted by pr**titutes or “escorts” who were always super nice to everyone.

A regular would rent out a room for a day, once a month, and make 30-40k that day from clients. Celebrities, business guys, you name it. Crazy.”

5. They all have ’em.

“Bedbugs.

Every single hotel from run down motels to 5-star resorts has dealt with bedbugs.”

6. Terrible.

“A lot of lonely people going on vacation to end their lives.

Happens a lot but is never mentioned on the news.”

7. Sketchy.

“The pr**titution thing was something the desk saw a lot.

The best one was when the gentlemen got robbed by two young ladies and immediately demanded the front desk call the cops.

When the desk asked if he wanted to call the cops and tell them he hired two hookers (illegal)… he suddenly just grunted and marched up to his room.”

8. FYI.

“NEVER USE A CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN!

Little Timmy just double fisted strawberries directly into that chocolate, bit into them and then triple dipped into the chocolate AGAIN!

And some old rich lady just sneezed on it. And somebody else just dropped their snack into it. The best part: that chocolate gets strained and saved for the next weeks brunch. Chocolate is waaay too expensive to throw away.

Chocolate also does this thing where it’ll seize if it has the wrong moisture content (from people dipping fruit, and the juices going into the chocolate.) So it’ll get so thick it won’t run through the machine. Wanna know how they fix that? They add canola oil until it’s smooth again.

So, yeah, next time you’re at a wedding and they have a chocolate fountain, think of this post. Think of this post when you dip into that dirty watered down with oil chocolate.”

9. Scandalous!

“Watching for signs of s** trafficking, lots of cheating spouses there under fake names (and you can’t confirm if they’re there when the spouse calls pi**ed).

Jacuzzi and swimming pool d**ths (usually from al**hol), guests expose themselves to female staff frequently especially housekeepers and room service, people will legit give you keys to their rooms, sometimes dealing with really s**tty organizations for their banquets income, etc.”

10. The perks.

“At a certain Beverly Hills hotel, where I valet’d for a short amount of time, many stars cars are just left there. They come and get them whenever.

There was also a code name for Justin Bieber who visited often (I can’t remember it). He picked it himself. His G-Wagon and a Bentley were just kept down there free of charge.

Usher also left his bike there a few years back and has just never collected it.”

11. Check in late!

“Checking in late at night sometimes means free upgrades or discounted upgrade rates.

We would try to sell every last suite at night for almost 80% off. We just wanted something, so they don’t go unoccupied.

Sometime if we were over sold on rooms, the late late arrivals (midnight) would get a free suite upgrade because we had no choice. Of course this could also backfire if the hotel is sold out. You may get downgraded for being a late late arrival.”

12. All kinds of stories.

“Worked in five star hotels in Beverly Hills.. boy do I have stories:

Sheikh picks up a hooker in the bar, takes her to his room. She roofies him and steals tens of thousands of dollars of cash, watches and valuables

Husbands who will say hello to staff with their mistress on their arm on Thursday night and their wife on Friday night

Famous teen celebrity left a room full of needles and various drug paraphernalia behind for housekeeping to clean up

Middle eastern royalty ships in multiple Ferraris and Lamborghinis to the hotel from their home country to drive for the week; caught drag racing later that night by the cops in the neighborhoods of Beverly Hills

Largest checkout bill I’ve ever seen was roughly $2 million for guest who rented out an entire floor of suites for three weeks, promptly paid via wire transfer

Had to procure $100k cash for a guest whose wife wanted to shop on Rodeo Drive the next morning, the local bank doesn’t even have that much. Had to get an armored car from the central LA bank branch to deliver

The list goes on.”

We want to hear from more hotel workers!

In the comments, tell us about what goes on behind the scenes.

We look forward to it!

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38 Fascinating Facts About the Human Body Most People Don’t Know

The human body is totally amazing!

I’m constantly in awe when I read about it and learn how complex we really are. It’s kind of a miracle, don’t you think?

I sure do!

What are facts about the human body that a lot of people don’t know about?

AskReddit users shared their thoughts.

38. Triple threat!

“The chance of a natural pregnancy with identical triplets is 1 in 200,000,000.

My friend had identical triplets.

It was her first time making whoopie and she got pregnant with triplets. I didn’t know it was so rare.”

37. Stripes.

“Humans have stripes, we just normally can’t see them. They’re called Blaschko’s lines and form along the paths of embryonic cell migration.

The stripes are sort of U-shaped down our front, V-shaped on our back, wavy on the head and face and we have basic, simple stripes on our extremities.”

36. Smart stomachs!

“Your stomach is surrounded by more brain cells (half a billion neurons) than the brain of a cat contains in total.

It’s your enteric nervous system. It controls digestion, operates autonomously, has its own memory, can handle its own reflexes, it has its own senses even.

It’s thought to have come about because of the blood-brain barrier and the main brain being locked away in the skull, a spinal column and nerves away from the critical action of nutrition.”

35. I did not know that!

“The eyeball is the fastest healing part on your body.

Let me put it in a ‘simpler’ version if you don’t believe me. The eye ball has a cornea.

Now, cutting the cornea will result in much pain, but since this part doesn’t contain blood, but only gets a supply of oxygen, it is the only fastest healing part of your body that can heal in only 24-36 hrs.

Believe me now?”

34. Ahhhhhhh!

“X-rays of children’s mouths are nightmare fuel.

The second set of teeth to replace baby teeth are already grown and lodged in their skulls. So you’ll see two rows of teeth and its freaky looking.

They don’t grow in when the old ones fall out, they are already loaded in the chamber waiting to get launched.”

33. What?!?!

“Chickens in the eggs develop a tail and teeth, but those stops growing after some time. Its probably what’s left from the first birds, which had a long tail and teeth.

Scientists think that, with the right timing, you could make it so they dont stop growing and have a “chickenosaur” out of the egg, with small teeth in the beak and a long tail.”

32. Nuts!

“Humans are bioluminescent and glow in the dark, but the light that we emit is 1,000 times weaker than our human eyes are able to pick up.”

31. Did you hear that?

“Some women can feel the exact moment an egg is released from the ovary during ovulation.

Feels like a little pop just on one side.

Pretty neat.”

30. For a reason.

“The reason it’s so easy to break your collar bone is because its designed to break.

The way it was explained to me is that its like a circuit breaker.

It breaks there to stop the shock of impact getting to your spine.”

29. Oh, boy!

“Pineapple contains bromelaine, an enzyme that ingests proteins.

Your meat parts are mostly made of proteins, so when you’re eating pineapple, it’s also eating you.”

28. All you need.

“You don’t need those detox tea or whatever detox products your high school friend and your aunt are selling.

Your liver is all you need.”

27. Wow.

“Alzheimer’s disease isn’t just gradual loss of memory. It physically exists in the brain. It’s a physical plaque substance that attacks the brain.

Like, if you were able to open the skull of a person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease to take a look at their brain, you would actually see this sticky, fibrous, grey physical matter overtaking their brain.”

26. Keep that in mind.

“Every 7 years, every cell in your body will have completely replaced itself. Different cells divide at different rates, however.

You need a new stomach lining weekly and a new skeleton every 7 years.”

25. It’s down there.

“You have a big flab of tissue that hangs down from under your stomach which covers your intestines. It’s called the greater omentum, it’s almost always removed in any basic anatomy drawing so most people don’t know it’s existence! It stores quite a bit of fat but it carries out some unusual roles.

In an abdomen infection it sometimes can wrap itself around it, hence giving it the nickname the “policeman of the abdomen.””

24. Painful.

“95% of the sensory fibres in the human ear are used to transmit sound. Until recently, the function of the other 5% of fibres were not known.

We now know that under certain conditions, these remaining fibres can become sensitized, leading to a rare condition known as hyperacusis, where everyday sounds cause the sufferer immense pain.

It is debilitating and often leads to people giving up their careers, relationships and homes, isolating themselves indefinitely in sound-insulated rooms.

Source: I am one of these people.”

23. Interesting…

“When loosing weight, fat isn’t lost through heat, p**p or sweating. Nearly all fat is lost through simple breathing.

If you lose 10kg of fat, precisely 8.4kg comes out through your lungs and the remaining 1.6kg turns into water.”

22. I did not know that!

“Infants are born with approximately 300 bones, but as they grow some of these bones fuse together.

By the time they reach adulthood, they only have 206 bones and teeth are considered part of the skeletal system, but are not counted as bones.”

21. Bypass.

“Our bodies have the ability to perform there own bypass procedures. My grandfather went in for a scan and it showed a 100% blockage in one of his major arteries.

The image also showed a new portion of the artery starting .25” before the blockage and then rejoining the artery .25” after the blockage completely bypassing the obstructed portion.

He had never had surgery before this discovery.”

20. No one likes it.

“You don’t like the sound of your recorded voice because it’s missing the low frequency you’re used to hearing.

When you talk, you hear your voice as it goes to the air and back to you ear. It also goes through your skull to your ear, and this bone conduction mechanism transmits the low frequencies better than air does.

Your recorded voice only has the air transmitted sound. That causes the dissonance between what you think your voice sounds like, and what it really does. It’s also why your voice will (almost) always be higher pitch than you think.”

19. Not just chillin’.

“The appendix is not a vestigial organ. It actually protects good bacteria in the gut.

You can live without it, but it’s not just chillin’ in there.”

18. Full circle.

“Migraine pain can lessen from vomiting.

Vomiting can cause dehydration.

Dehydration can cause migraines.

The human body is funny.”

17. All about arteries.

“We all have a major artery called the ascending aortic artery that runs down the center of our abdomen. Another artery, called the superior mesenteric artery, branches off of that.

There is a gap between the arteries that is kept open by a pad of fat, and the start of our intestines, called the duodenum, passes right through the gap between the two arteries.

Very very rarely something can happen to shrink the fat pad, and then the arteries act like a clamp and pinch the duodenum closed. This prevents anything, solid or liquid, from passing from the stomach into the intestines.

This is called Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome, and I had it. It is so rare that it took 2 months of doctors excluding everything else for them to diagnose me.

I couldn’t keep anything down, and went from 120 to 90 lbs. I had to have where my intestines were connected to my stomach moved to another spot, and have about 6 feet removed in the process.

This was almost 7 years ago now. Other than having to eat more than I used to in order to maintain my weight, I’m okay. That is only one of the weird, and very rare, medical conditions that I’m living with, but you’d never know by looking at me.”

16. Uh oh.

“That the body’s ph is 7.35 to 7.45 and if any of those scam products that promise to “change the PH of your body” actually worked, you’d be d**d.”

15. Can’t see it.

“Each one of your eyes has a blind spot where the optic nerve exit your eye into your brain.

You can’t see it because your brain tricks you not to see, it covers the spot with some made up image of what it thinks fits better with the rest of it.”

14. Well, that’s odd.

“Humans are one of a few species of mammal that oddly don’t produce their own vitamin C due to lack of a certain enzyme.

Other mammalian species who exhibit this mutation are those contained in the main primate suborder Haplorhinni (monkeys, apes, tarsiers), as well as bats, capybaras, and guinea pigs.

All other mammals produce vitamin C in the liver.”

13. Only about 20%.

“Apparently about 20% of people have a bony ridge on the roof of their mouth. Most people’s palates are smooth with a very slight ridge.

The 20% like me have an exaggerated and more pronounced ridge. Apparently it’s most common in women and Asian folk, and I’m neither so that’s neat.

I always thought it was totally normal.”

12. Blood stuff.

“Positive blood type women can have positive and negative blood type babies without issue.

Negative blood type women require a shot with antibodies to prevent the mothers immune system from attacking the fetus if it is a positive blood type.”

11. It adapts.

“When you get conditioned to physical activity, your circulatory system adapts — more blood, more vessels, more blood cells. But your lungs really don’t.

This is because no matter how much blood your heart is able to deliver to your lungs, the lungs still have no problem oxygenating it.

This is why your oxygen saturation doesn’t drop during exercise (unless you have a heart defect.)”

10. Creepy.

“Your brain continues to try to revive the body long after the heart has stopped.

In some cases, there has been found brain activity trying to make repairs to bring the body back 30 hours later.

This is used to indicate time of death in m**der victims.”

9. Ouch.

“Babies can break their collarbone during delivery. It happens quite often, but heals quickly.

My teacher told me that (if it happened to you ofc) you may feel a slightly higher spot on your collarbone, called the callus where the fracture grew back together.”

8. A little bit different.

“Humans have, on average, just as many hairs on their body as chimpanzees.

Human hair is just a lot shorter and finer.”

7. The King.

“When you have a bowel movement, your heart rhythm shifts temporarily due to a vagus response.

The reason Elvis d**d on the toilet was because his heart was beating 200+ bpm and the quick rhythm change caused a myocardial infarction. People with low heart rates have been known to pass out on the toilet because their bodies can’t handle the shift.

It’s also why EMTs will absolutely not let you use the bathroom before getting on the ambulance. Especially if the bathroom is a standard 5’x8′.”

6. Amazing!

“A pregnant woman that has a mild heart attack will be healed from the baby’s stem cells, leaving virtually no tissue damage.”

5. Survival instinct.

“If you faint at the sight of your own blood you may have an oversensitive vasovagal response.

The theory is that this developed as a survival mechanism, kind of like an opossum playing d**d.”

4. I believe it.

“Humans feel less satisfaction when they don’t gain anything from an interaction.

In other words, you get less dopamine (or whatever feel good chemical) when you do something that basically has an equal cost and reward. This has lead me to believe that free food DOES really taste better.

It never made sense to me why cupcakes only tasted good when kids brought them in for their birthday. Whenever I’d buy them on my own they tasted worse. I guess it’s because my brain knows I spent money on them.”

3. Strength.

“Your brain regulates how strong your muscles are. If your leg muscles were to contract at full strength, they would snap your femur.

Its why people in emergencies on adrenaline can lift cars off children. Your body is capable of great strength, but it could also severely damage you, so your brain keeps you a weak, soft bag of jelly.”

2. You need that sleep.

“You will sooner d** from lack of sleep than lack of food.

You can live, depending on your current body fat and health level, for months without food.

Estimates are you that you will d** from lack of sleep within 2 weeks”

1. Pretty incredible.

“Your eyes have a separate immune system from the rest of your body.

On a lot of occasions if your body’s immune system finds your eyes, they will assume they are a foreign body and blind you.”

Do you know any interesting facts about the human body?

Please share them with us in the comments!

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Share Stories About New Technologies They Remember That Are Now Obsolete

Technology today seems like it’s moving at hyper-speed and if you blink, you’ll miss it.

And it’s pretty wild to see exciting stuff get introduced to the market and then see it go away later.

That’s called getting old, folks!

People on AskReddit discussed technology that they remember being invented and then going away.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. Gone by the wayside.

“CD Players especially in cars.

I thought the best thing ever would be to have a CD changer in my car.

Now my car doesn’t even have a CD player.”

2. Get where you’re going.

“I remember when GPS devices came out, that was huge. No more printing out directions, the little machine will direct you.

Pretty much immediately the same exact thing was added to smartphones.

I bet my dad still has his GPS in his glovebox dusty as all hell.”

3. The good old days.

“Phone cards.

You’d buy a phone card so that you could use it in a payphone and never have to worry about having change. They converted half the phoneboxes to take them which must have been a major infrastructure operation.

This must have been the 1980s I think. Now completely forgotten.”

4. Oh yeah!

“The word processor.

Like a typewriter with a tiny bit of memory so you could make corrections before it printed the type. Before that it was either strike through or white out. Sort of.

Actually I used a computer at school before I ever saw a word processor but not even my rich friends had one at home. Short lived because home computers started becoming more common and affordable.

Kind of a step back in a way because dot matrix printers looked like c**p compared to something typed on a word processor.”

5. So cool!

“I’ll never forget getting a Sony Walkman for Christmas.

It was amazing to be able to take music everywhere with me.”

6. A status symbol.

“I remember when I was a kid, the rich neighbor down the street installed a satelite dish.

F**k basic cable, he needed a gigantic frisbee on his roof so that he could access dozens of independent TV channels.”

7. One and done.

“Moon boots were supposed to be amazing.

Tricked me into exercise for a weekend.

Never touched them again.”

8. Fancy stuff back then.

“Answering machines.

Like the old style with mini cassette tapes.”

9. I miss them!

“Disposable film cameras.

There is a show called Beyond 2000 from the 80s and 90s that would do segments on technology of the future. Lots of stuff they showed never went anywhere, but I distinctly remember disposable cameras being talked about. Then a few years later they were everywhere, and sometime in the last 10 they’ve mostly disappeared.

Was at a wedding a few years back and they put one camera on each table for the guests to shoot with. All were collected, developed and scanned, then put up online for everyone to see. Really fantastic idea. Now everyone takes their own photos at events like that and there’s not a unified way to share them with everyone in quite the same way.

I’d love to see a digital camera version of the per-table units. Having something shared and physical at an event like a wedding is so much better.”

10. Seen a lot…

“Oh my….. I am 62……

Fax machines, word processors, pagers, home answering machines, cable TV, vhs, Beta, cd players and disks, 8 tracks, 85 percent efficiency furnaces, 4 barrel carburetors.

Fuel injected 2 stroke outboad engines, variable cylinder engines, frozen orange juice, Tang, electric typewriter……..I could go on…..”

11. Do you remember?

“Commodore 64.

Was bought new into my Grade 1 class, and it just sort of sat as an oddity in the corner. My teacher was at least in her early 60s if not older so it didn’t really get used until I started poking around on it.

I got one at home halfway through the year and played a ridiculous amount of Bruce Lee.”

12. So fun!

“Walky-talkies.

I remember when I was a kid we would go on vacations with with a couple other families we lived near. We would all put the Talkies on channel 3 and any time one of the cars needed to pull over or something we would all stop.

Was good for asking for directions and whatnot as well in case someone fell behind the rest of the caravan. No GPS back then either.”

How about you?

What technology do you remember being introduced and then going by the wayside?

Talk to us in the comments and share your stories!

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People Discuss Secrets About the Industries They Work In

I’ve worked a lot of different jobs in my life and one of the fun parts about that was learning the inside secrets and the tricks of the trade.

I’ve worked in restaurants, grocery stores, manufacturing plants, and I even did several years working on movies and TV shows.

And it’s all been very enlightening!

People took to AskReddit to share secrets about the industries they work in. Let’s see what they revealed.

1. Do it every day!

“I’m a teacher. If you as a parent will read with your child often and early, your child will thrive in school.

I’m talking daily books read together from newborn to about third grade. Every single day. No teacher can replace that.”

2. That’s not good.

“RV technician here.

They’re designed to start breaking after around 44 uses.

Most RV owners use their trailers on weekends. But not every weekend.

So that 44 uses on average stretches between two and three years.”

3. Be sure to wash it.

“At Goodwill, we don’t clean anything that we sell, and we get some really gross stuff that touches everything else.

So next time you buy something from Goodwill, wash it well”

4. Makes sense.

“The weight loss industry.

This might be obvious, but most of our business comes from return clients after they’ve gained their weight back (and then some).

To be clear, the plan isn’t rigged to make you gain it back, but the fact that it happens easily as a result of dieting keeps us in business.”

5. I believe it.

“As a former TSA worker airport security is a lot of theater. TSA is constantly failing plain clothes inspections.

I worked with a guy who got fired because someone showed him an ID with a picture of Mickey Mouse on it and he let the person through because he wasn’t paying attention.”

6. Boom!

“Federal HR here.

If you put the words from the vacancy announcement about what you need to qualify in your resume you’ll almost always be qualified.

We search for those words instead of reading an entire resume.”

7. Gotta sell those t-shirts.

“I’m a musician.

90% of of our revenue is from merch. Spotify plays, show guarantees, etc, everything is menial in comparison to shirt sales.

In fact, a big reason bands tour as often as possible is because we can sell more shirts when we’re in front of people.”

8. Did you know this?

“Plumber here.

Theirs no such thing as a flushable wipe. The package lies. You drains WILL clog, and fast; your landlord will charge you; it’s going to suck.

Throw wipes in the trash if you use them; toilets paper is the only acceptable wipe.”

9. Pretty much all the same.

“I’m a dentist. Here’s the lowdown on toothpaste.

As long as it has fluoride they are all basically the same.

When I was in dental school the Colgate lady came by and said that everything that says Colgate Total on it is all exactly the same, the only difference is the packaging. So whether it says whitening, or gum protection, or whatever else it is all exactly the same.

The exception is sensitivity toothpaste typically does have an extra active ingredient. KNO3, which helps with sensitivity.

Don’t ever feel obligated to buy the expensive toothpaste because you think it will be better for your teeth, just buy whatever you like best.”

10. About those fines…

“A lot of librarians will waive your fines if you have an excuse and you don’t ask too frequently, even large fines.

Also, librarians DON’T CARE about your fines and aren’t judging you. Please come back.

We personally have more fines than you. Librarians are ALWAYS overdue with their books.”

11. It pays to be nice.

“The guy who shows up at your house to make repairs is usually the guy who decides how much to charge you.

Standing behind him while he works cost extra. Treating him like s**t cost extra.

Being nice to him can save you a lot of money.”

12. Wow!

“Kirkland products, the white label brand from Costco, are independently tested to beat OR EXCEED the industry leading product in that category.

Razor blades. Cookies. Cheese. Laundry pods.

If it doesn’t beat the industry leader, they won’t put the Kirkland name on it.”

13. Straight to the source.

“Employment industry: if the email address of the hiring manager or recruiter is included in a job posting, send an email instead of or in addition to applying to the job through the portal.

So many resumes get filtered because of portal-based applicant tracking systems’ automated sorting methods, so if you have the right experience but are missing a keyword or two, many of which are dictated by folks from HR who have zero expertise in your field, your resume might not ever make it in front of a human.

Please just email me.”

Okay, now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us about the secrets most people don’t know about your industry.

We look forward to it!

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What’s the Best PG Experience Someone Can Have in Life? Here’s What Folks Said.

Get your head out of the gutter, people!

What’s wrong with you…?

Today we’re gonna focus on nice, wholesome things that we should all be enjoying, instead of the s**, drugs, and rock n’ roll that we usually think about.

What’s the best PG experience a person can have?

Folks on AskReddit shared their thoughts.

1. Especially when it’s cold!

“Crawling into your nice, clean bed when you are really tired and peacefully drifting off to sleep!”

2. Total ecstasy.

“The first pee of the day, the first pee after a car ride, and the first pee at the bar after about 4 drinks all hit different but are amazing in their own way.”

3. That’s better.

“When your nose is finally unclogged and you are able to breathe properly and actually feel more oxygen entering your bloodstream.”

4. The meaning of life.

“Being surrounded by people that genuinely like you and enjoy your company.

Being surrounded with friends that genuinely love and support you is, at least for me, the meaning of “a quality life”.

Connections to the people around you that share your limited time alive together are what make that time valuable.”

5. Serenity now.

“Sitting alone in the woods by a river in silence with your dog.

And nobody knows where you are.”

6. Hittin’ the road.

“That moment at the start of a road trip, early morning and you first get on the highway and start to feel like you’re on your way, sunrise in bloom and your favorite song on the radio.”

7. Nothing like it.

“Taking your bra off after a long day of wearing it and putting on a baggy t-shirt.

Nothing like it.”

8. Her hero.

“Coming home to my toddler daughter running into my arms.

She would bolt regardless of what time it was and just climb up me.

Spend the next couple hours attempting to walk with her clung to my leg.”

9. The good stuff!

“That deep, rare laughter when you’re doubled over, with tears in your eyes and every time you almost stop your  parnter starts up again.”

10. It’s over.

“When something bad is finally over and you burst into tears when someone you loves is hugging you.

The relief just washes over you and you’re lifted up.”

11. Time to relax.

“Being in a hammock on the perfect day. Light breeze, sunshine but not too hot, perhaps with your dog laying with you.

It is the picture of contentment.”

12. Perfect.

“Eating a really good meal.

The kind that leaves you full and satisfied, peaceful and knowing there’s something right with the world.”

13. Let it wash away.

“Taking a hot shower after having a terrible and just letting off all the burdens on your shoulders and not having a care in the world.”

14. The best.

“When your dog lays their head on your leg and falls asleep also when a cat lays purring in your lap.

If it happens at the same time that’s were I want to be forever.”

Okay, you’re up!

In the comments, tell us what you think is the best PG experience a person can have.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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13 People Get Real About Men’s Issues That Are Often Overlooked

The more you know, right?

Society is changing pretty rapidly, but I believe there is still a bit of a stigma surrounding men and how their emotions, thoughts, and feelings are explored or even acknowledged.

So, in short, we still have a long way to go in that department.

AskReddit users opened up about the men’s issues that they believe often get overlooked.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. Lonely.

“Crushing, black, empty, cold, never-ending, screaming-into-the-void loneliness and everyone’s casual shrug when I even hint about it.

Just work, pay taxes, walk the dog, keep your mouth shut, don’t have feelings, don’t be short, try to keep up appearances of virility, and never, ever, whatever you do, don’t let anyone know how lonely you are because they’ll just sort of awkwardly giggle and change the subject.”

2. Mental illness.

“I work at a psychiatric hospital and out of the thirteen wards, only three are for women.

The huge problem to face men is mental illness and most, if not all the patients are there because they kept taking drugs as well.”

3. Maybe you should watch your kids…

“Was camping with friends a few years back. They have kids, I don’t.

We saw a toddler wandering around with no adults in sight, my friends, dealing with their own kids asked me to go see if I can help the lost kid out. The parents saw me bringing their kid back and instead of thanking me, freaked out and called the police.

Had my friends not showed up, I probably would have been arrested, all because some shi**y parents couldn’t watch their own kid and freaked when a man brought their kid back to them.”

4. Is this fair?

“I saw a woman attempting to hit her boyfriend outside a local supermarket.

He walked away from her. She followed him and kept hitting him. After this went on for about 90 seconds he shoved her away roughly once.

Two cars immediately stopped and men jumped out of them shouting at and threatening this guy for shoving her.

Nobody did anything when she was attacking him.”

5. Awful.

“Men as victims of r**e and s**ual a**ault. It’s a joke. Flat out a joke.

No one believes you. People mock you. “How? Why did you let him/her?” “Why didnt you just… stop them?” “A guy like you? Why didn’t you stop them?”

You’re looked down on as a failure. People don’t care as much because you’re not a female or your “flower” wasn’t taken.

It’s just a massive s**t show.”

6. Feeling isolated.

“Isolation.

I’ve felt this myself, and I’ve done some reading about it. Men tend to become more isolated and lonely as they get older. After a certain point they don’t make an effort to gain friendships and tend to shy away from any type of social engagement. I feel this way, because as of right now, I don’t have a close male friend. At least not someone I can talk to about things going on with me personally.

I know a lot of people, but I’m less and less engaged with them as each year passes. It concerns me as of late, because I don’t want to end up a hermit, but without a solid relationship, I could see myself headed this direction in my older years.”

7. Shamed.

“Pe**s shaming. Along with fat shaming and height shaming, it’s some of the most casual cruelty I hear frequently.

Even if it’s joking about “little d**k energy”, even if it’s not meant to be malicious, as someone with not-quite-a-microp**is-but-might-as-well-be, it’s devastating every time.

Just one more way I feel inadequate, one more way I’m “not a real man”. It hurts even more when other men do it.”

8. Sick of it.

“Height is a common thing to joke about.

Nobody sees a problem with it but it can really whittle away at your self worth when people always make fun of you for it.

Yes, I’m shorter than normal.

It hurts.”

9. Only human.

“Man… my entire past built up to a head and I ugly cried on my wife. Completely collapsed and hyperventilated I cried so hard.

Then it took me 2 weeks to feel normal again because of the inadvertent shame I felt for showing those emotions. My wife is super supportive and encouraged me through the WHOLE ordeal and never made me feel shame.

It was me. Brothers, we are too hard on ourselves. We are humans, just like everyone else.”

10. Watch your back.

“Inter male v**lence .

I’m 5’9″ and guys that are bigger have no problem being a d**che or even v**lent with me . I have to watch myself more than others as a result, I have been punched out for bumping into the wrong person.

The cops didn’t help either again cause I’m a guy, they basically thought I started it and should’ve defended myself. When in reality I bumped into someone drunk and he decided to punch me in the back of the head repeatedly .

I got zero help from the cops..

If that happened to a girl they would’ve been all over it .”

11. Careers.

“Society doesn’t seem to support a man who is without a job. There is pressure and programming for a male to be a breadwinner and no sympathy for when they want to be a house-dad.

Reason for my rant: My brother left a job due to a health issue. He has a 4yr old boy. His wife makes better money than him and they are financially secure. He worked too much which probably led to the health issue. I told him to take his time and heal.

If he felt that urge to ‘provide’ that he could take over the house duties and give the nanny the summer off to connect with his son. I shared with him that I had been laid off a few times and each time I rushed back to getting a job even though we were secure enough because of the guilt I felt everyday of not ‘providing’. He took the advice, I could see him smiling more, he started a garden with his boy, he cooked every meal and realized he loved to cook.

I was happy to see him being happy again. Enter my brother’s wife who says to us, “I’m the only bread winner now. I am so stressed out having to provide for this family by myself.” I saw the happiness drain from him and anxiety filled that place. He is now set to start the same job he had prior just appease the guilt he has from not ‘earning’.

The guilt was confirmed by his wife’s statement on top of the male programming of not contributing unless he is making money.”

12. A tough one.

“Mental health.

And this is coming from someone who has lived on the ideas of “you’re a guy, get over yourself”. It was taught to me, I didn’t think much of it, and now that I’m about to hit 20, I can feel the effects like a ripple.

It’s actually hard for me to open up to people and when I do I feel like I’m wasting everyone’s time.”

13. Insecure.

“It’s the worst to feel insecure about feeling insecure.

My ex girlfriend had depression and was always super insecure and needy at the beginning of our relationship. I supported her through it. But when I talked about my own self-esteem issues,I could instantly feel that she lost respect for me. Now I was “too sensitive and emotional”, and I was “the girl in the relationship”.

It’s been over for two months and I am still really insecure about my issues. I am afraid that if I will show my insecurities to a girl again, I will lose her again. But I also don’t want to wear this mask of the secure, stoic man all the time.

I just hope there are woman out there who really allow their partner to feel insecure from time to time and don’t lose respect for them when they do so.”

Okay, now it’s your turn to sound off.

In the comments, tell us what men’s issues you think get overlooked.

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Discuss How Introverts Want to Be Socially Interacted With

I think the responses you’re about to read are going to be very helpful!

Because we all want to know how to interact with people who are different from us and how to make them feel comfortable, right?

Darn right! One of the best things about being alive is meeting a variety of folks!

Folks on AskReddit talked about how they think introverts really want to be interacted with.

1. They don’t like this.

“I don’t like when someone points out my quietness when I’ve been sitting there the whole time building up courage and/or waiting for the right moment to say something.

When someone points it out, I even become more quiet because now I’m nervous people are waiting for me to say something.

Then I would get teased by comments that I’m “making too much noise over there” when I’ve been sitting silently for what feels like hours. Now I just want to leave.”

2. Boundaries.

“Respect our boundaries and don’t be afraid to invite us left and right. Even if we don’t want to go we really do appreciate your offer, it shows you like us enough to wish for our presences.

Also, if things are becoming really awkward we will greatly appreciate any form of rescue that you could think of. And lastly, give us some time.

Once you get to know us we are pretty decent people, that can be pretty bas**t crazy as long as the occasion is favourable.”

3. Leave me alone.

“I just want to be left alone when I want to be left alone. If I say I don’t want to go out, don’t continue to pester me and make me feel bad about it.

Also, just because I don’t want to do something tonight doesn’t mean I won’t want to do things ever. Sometimes my friends will make plans on a day that I would like to go out and be around people, but they don’t invite me because they think I will just say no.

Social battery is real ladies and gents. Sometimes it needs to be recharged by being alone, sometimes it’s full.”

4. In a group setting.

“If we’re in a group conversation, give us the time and space to talk back/interact.

It’s not hard to recognize who is introverted and such, so make us a part of the conversation.”

5. Draining.

“Kind of an extroverted introvert so not sure if my experience will be the same as everyone else’s but I don’t really struggle with socialization its more that spending time with people is draining in a way.

I feel like I’m subconsciously paying attention to my posture or how I hold myself or a million other things and it just sucks the life out of me and I end up needing time to myself to let all those muscles relax and have my battery recharge.

So I guess what I’d say is pay attention to when introverts need some of that alone time because you people exhaust me”

6. Not a fan of the shallow stuff.

“The shallow conversations that are completely fake k**l me.

Like you say it’s great to see me, but I bet you never even gave me a thought. And you want to get together soon? I mean it when I say it so don’t say it if you don’t, and I know you don’t mean it because I never hear from you.

It’s okay to be nice, it’s okay to be respectful but don’t schmooze me with white lies that you think are necessary. They aren’t and you using them feels cheap. You can be polite and friendly without using these fake overtones you don’t mean. I do it so i know others can too.

I just want to talk to people who are genuine. I don’t understand those that aren’t.”

7. Advance warning.

“Don’t invite us to a group setting without telling us it’s a group setting! I have a friend that constantly invites me to do things. I have no issue with that as I’m comfortable around her.

However, she has started inviting me to hangout with her without the prior knowledge of the other 6 people there. May just be me but just because I’ll hangout with you, doesn’t mean I’ll hangout with you in a group”

8. Make it genuine.

“Have a genuine conversation. Polite small talk is taxing and pointless, and I can always tell when people approach me as a way of “doing me a favor” or out of pity bc they think i’m lonely.

The latter upsets me the most; people tend to talk to you like an awkward child. Being quiet doesn’t always mean shy – theres no need to force someone of their shell.

Take social ques. If the conversation is draining me or I wanna leave I let people know, subtly as to not hurt their feelings, but i notice they either don’t care or don’t pick up on it. I once had a friend stay an extra 2 hours at my house even tho i made it clear i was tired. She has not been back to my house since.

Just be respectful and understanding of how they deal with social situations.”

9. It’s the thought that counts.

“Invite me to things. Even if I might say no, invite me if you want me there. Make me feel like I am wanted.

It sucks being caught in the cycle of being scared to be in group settings but not getting invited and feeling like nobody likes me or wants to be around me.

Part of that is anxiety. But I want to feel wanted.”

10. I’m just a normal person.

“Treat me like normal.

I just get full of of social interactions, and need some quiet, or even better, someplace outdoors with lots of trees, to process the social interactions.

Usually, I’m pretty worn out by Friday, but I will still go out, I just may not stay out all night.”

11. Uncomfortable.

“Don’t force us into a position where we have to be social.

If we like you, talk to us, but if it’s just us doing something, don’t try to rope others into the plans without asking us first and getting approval.

That just makes socializing harder for us and can be really uncomfortable.”

12. FYI.

“From a respectful distance.

The worst thing people can do is get too far into my personal space. Thats an immediate nope out of the interaction if I can. (Although it depends on the company. It’s mostly ok if it’s someone we know well).

For as long as we can handle. Everyone is different, but long interactions can be exhausting.

Very important at least to me: no yelling/strong arguments/conflict in the presence. It can be catastrophicly frustrating, to the point of noping out of any form of interaction in the future.

Oh and another one: don’t be insulted if we talk only to one person in the big group. It’s hard to be involved with everyone at the same time.”

What do you think about this?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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What’s Your Big Family Secret That Ended Up Coming Out?

A lot of families out there kind of operate like soap operas.

There’s drama, intrigue, backstabbing, and a whole lot of dark secrets that seem to come out at the worst time.

Like a wedding or a funeral.

And that’s when the finger-pointing and the fighting start!

Have you ever had a big secret come out in your family?

Folks on AskReddit shared their stories.

1. So many questions.

“My mother is kid #7 of 10.

My aunt (kid #4) who was born in 1945 did her DNA and found out that she has a different father from everyone else. She was devastated. There was always rumor that there was an affair but nobody talked about it.

She has so many questions but nobody’s alive to answer her.

2. Crazy.

“In the 1970s a dead girl was found on my grandpa’s property.

Everyone including the local police just assumed she was in with a bad crowd and m**dered by drug dealers.

In the 1990s, some of his grandkids came forward about all the molestation.

After that, people started to realize grandpa probably k**led that girl.”

3. Shocking and sad.

“My dad always thought his father who raised him wasn’t his biodad and the father thought the same.

He was treated terribly by his father because the father was told he couldn’t have children and my father was born prematurely (but at a healthy weight).

So, everyone assumed my grandmother had an affair and got pregnant with my dad. It was to the point that after my grandmother d**d, my grandfather failed to even mention to his new wife that he had a son and grandchild (me).

Years later, my dad gets an AncestryDNA test for him and me. He find out that his dad was actually his bio dad. It was shocking and sad.”

4. A reunion.

“Found out my grandma had a baby as a teenager and was forced to give him up for adoption by my great grandparents.

40 years later he found us.”

5. Wow.

“My great grandmother wasn’t actually Mexican, but rather was adopted by Mexicans from a Chinese family who was being kicked out of Mexico when railroad construction was over.

She always had more typically Asian features but only spoke Spanish and it was never really questioned. 23 and me is a hell of a thing.”

6. The gift.

When I was 5 years old (1988), Santa Claus left a Nintendo on our front porch.

It was wrapped in newspaper, and my parents had no idea who gifted it to us. My dad, particularly, tried to figure it out. He was always suspicious that it had been a family friend. It was by far the best gift of the year, and we played it all the time throughout our childhood.

My dad d**d in 2004.

Last Christmas, my mom explained that she was the one who had bought it and surreptitiously placed it on the porch. My dad really liked to be in control of things and had forbidden the purchase.

She knew better. She didn’t tell a soul for 30 years.”

7. The real story.

“After my mom d**d I found out the real story behind my parent’s marriage.

She came to my father’s country to visit some of her relatives. Met my father and after just one week she asked him to marry her so she could stay in the country. My father accepted because he had no one else and his parents were pressing him to get married already.

But the highlight of the story is that over some time, the two of them fell in love with each other. Their love only grew over the time and they were really happy together. My mother spent her last days very ill, and she would accept only my father by her bedside.

He swears to this day that she was an angel sent from god to take care of him. I am shocked that they got married just like that, out of the blue and ended up loving each other so so so deeply. I can only hope to have as good and loving marriage as they had.”

8. Scandalous.

“About a month ago, my mother-in-law’s 88 year old sister revealed on her death bed that her husband’s best friend was actually the father of all 4 of her children.

Her husband was an abusive Grade A jerk by all accounts.

While everyone was shocked, no one was saddened by this news.”

9. Where the bodies are buried.

“I only just recently heard about this, but my grandmother had gotten a little drunk with my dad and brother a month or so ago and started talking about our great uncle Ferber (not sure on the spelling).

From what I heard he apparently k**led quite a few people and buried them on some family-owned land in a swamp.”

10. What a story.

“My uncle served in Vietnam. While over there his troop found a baby that had been orphaned or abandoned, they aren’t sure.

My uncle was shipping back to Australia soon and wanted to adopt him, but my aunt said no (they’d only been married about 4 months when he was drafted, so while I don’t agree with my aunt’s actions and generally don’t like her as a person, I can understand why she said no). My uncle’s troop found a family to raise the baby, and that’s the story the whole family knows.

The secret is that my uncle and some other guys from his troop stayed in contact with the family and the kid, sending them money every month to help raise him and then to help him go to university and eventually helped him and his adoptive family move to Australia in the last 90s.

My aunt and the rest of my family had no idea all this time, it only came out when my aunt and uncle divorced in 2017 and she had a forensic accountant go through their bank records. She worked at a bank for like 40 years and always noticed the money missing, but his reasons were always justified.

Since we all know now, my uncle has introduced some of us to the guy and his family. They’re all really lovely people.”

11. Mobbed up.

“My great grandfather didn’t d** of cancer.

He d**d from complications after being shot when one of his businesses was being robbed. Maybe. He also spent a lot of time in Atlantic City. He also had a lot of partners in the Teamsters and other unions in coal country. Also, everyone called him “Smiling Tony’ but his name wasn’t Tony.

He d**d in the 1960s, long before my time, but when my great grandmother d**d 20 years ago, a very old guy showed up to the funeral in a white suit and all of the oldest people in my family kisses his hand. When I asked, no one knew who he was.

My grandfather moved his family away from central PA in the late 1960s and disconnected from all of this but, there it is.”

12. Grandpa.

“When my paternal grandfather d**d the federal govt reached out to do a state funeral. He’d been career army and a colonel, so we didn’t question it.

Then the funeral came and they went ALL OUT! Huge procession, people showing up who are really big names, like heads of dept’s, senators, retired senators, people from the CIA and State Dept.

It was nuts and we were all super confused. Turns out he was a key dude in the OSI during WWII and when the OSI splintered into the CIA and Secret Service, he went the Secret Service route.

He wasn’t on White House detail, but instead worked in a covert office that dealt with counterfeiting and currency. He went blind when I was a toddler and retired from ‘the Army.’

For whatever reason, he told no one about all his covert work with the OSI and Secret Service and the only person who knew (my grandmother) was sworn to secrecy and never told anyone. My father grew up thinking he was just a colonel working on base.

Only after his death were we given all sorts of cool s**t like publications by him, lectures given by him, and all kinds of things from various things he did and was known for. All I knew him as was a blind old man who was perpetually smoking, drinking and being a crotchety b**tard.

Turns out he was a bad motherf**ker and all but none of us knew.”

Okay, it’s confession time…

Tell us about a family secret of yours that came out.

Time to give us all the dirt!

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