A Woman Told Her Stepsister She Can’t Model Her Clothing Because She’s Obese. Was She a Jerk?

Whenever weight issues are brought up amongst friends, family members, or complete strangers, you know that it’s gonna be ugly and hurtful.

And this actually sounds like a pretty sad situation to me.

A young woman who is in design school was asked by her overweight stepsister if she could model her clothes…and then it went south in a hurry.

She shared her story on Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page. Read on to find out what happened.

AITA for telling my stepsister that she can’t model my clothing because because she’s obese?

“I’m currently in a design class in college and for one of our projects, we had to create a clothing line made out of sustainable materials.

Since I love sewing and thrift-flipping, I was super excited about this. I made all the clothes based off of my own size so there isn’t a lot of size variation.

Last week, I asked two of my friends who are close to my size if they could model and I think my stepsister may have overheard because later that day, she asked me if she could model too.

I wasn’t expecting this question so I stumbled and initially told her that I’d already enough models. She didn’t take this as an answer and asked if I could just let her wear one piece since she loved how they all looked. Recently, she’s been really into modeling and photography so I get why she was so adamant.

I insisted I had enough models and that I couldn’t let her, which really upset her. She ended up going to her dad crying about it and he brought the three of us together for “conflict resolvement time.” He was on her side and asked if I could just let her do one piece.

I was getting p*ssed at this point, but I continued to say no because I know her weight is a sensitive issue for her and her dad. He called me selfish and my stepsister nodded in agreement. This was my breaking point.

I said, “I’ve been saying no this whole time because I did not want to hurt her feelings. You guys wanna know the real reason? I don’t think she’ll be able to fit into any of the clothes I created. She’s obese and I designed the clothes to fit my body type. I’m sorry.”

Well, cue the waterworks. Her father just shook his head at me in disappointment and said I didn’t need to “stoop that low.” All of us are now p*ssed off.

AITA?”

And here’s how Reddit users responded.

This person said there’s no way she acted inappropriately. The clothes were for a specific body type and her stepsister clearly wasn’t in that group.

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This person thought it was okay for the woman to tell her stepsister NO, but thought calling her obese was not the best idea.

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A self-described “fat girl” said that the stepsister was ridiculous to even ask to model the clothes in the first place.

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This person believes that the stepsister is “pulling the fat shaming card” and is being manipulative about he situation.

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Lastly, this person thinks that the woman was way out of line and could have handled the situation in a much better way. In other words, she could have been polite about it.

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Now we want to get your take on this situation.

Talk to us in the comments and let us know what you think.

Thanks in advance!

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Woman Asks if She’s a Jerk for Forcing Her Boyfriend to Do the Dishes

This is a really weird story: I’m just gonna say that first.

I often wonder how people who are in “adult” relationships end up in these kinds of situations, and it kind of blows my mind. But, maybe that’s why I’m still single…who knows…?

Anyway, a woman took to Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” forum to ask if she was justified in her actions with her boyfriend who seem like a real catch.

Let’s take a look.

AITA for “forcing” my boyfriend to do the dishes?

“I’m lactose intolerant.

Every time I make tacos, my boyfriend always makes jokes about how I’m “disrespecting Mexican culture” by not having cheese in my tacos. I’ve told him multiple times I’m not going to give myself the sh*ts just to make him feel better about my friggin’ tacos (he’s not even Mexican, he’s white.).

This came to a head last night when we were having tacos again. I got up to go to the bathroom, and when I came back, I noticed my taco looked tampered with. I go to inspect, and lo and behold, there’s f*cking cheese buried underneath the other ingredients.

I told my boyfriend he was a raging do*che canoe and went to bed, leaving him to do the cleanup. I still haven’t spoken to him all morning, and he’s complaining about how I “forced” him to do the dishes, because normally I do them.

AITA here?”

Oh, boy…

And here’s how folks on Reddit responded.

This person made their point loud and clear: this woman needs to drop the zero and get with a hero!

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Another Reddit user brought up a good point: if someone is lactose intolerant, you don’t mess with their food. EVER. That is just messed up.

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This person said that she needs to dump the guy already and just get it over with.

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An individual who is also lactose intolerant said that she needs to get out of this situation before it gets worse.

This is someone’s health that we’re talking about…

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This person said she should make him do the dishes and THEN kick him out.

Sounds like a plan!

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Finally, a Mexican person weighed in and said that they don’t even put cheese on their tacos, so this guy doesn’t even know what the hell he’s talking about.

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Now we want to get your thoughts on this situation.

Please tell us what you think in the comments.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Woman Asks if She’s a Jerk for Forcing Her Boyfriend to Do the Dishes

This is a really weird story: I’m just gonna say that first.

I often wonder how people who are in “adult” relationships end up in these kinds of situations, and it kind of blows my mind. But, maybe that’s why I’m still single…who knows…?

Anyway, a woman took to Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” forum to ask if she was justified in her actions with her boyfriend who seem like a real catch.

Let’s take a look.

AITA for “forcing” my boyfriend to do the dishes?

“I’m lactose intolerant.

Every time I make tacos, my boyfriend always makes jokes about how I’m “disrespecting Mexican culture” by not having cheese in my tacos. I’ve told him multiple times I’m not going to give myself the sh*ts just to make him feel better about my friggin’ tacos (he’s not even Mexican, he’s white.).

This came to a head last night when we were having tacos again. I got up to go to the bathroom, and when I came back, I noticed my taco looked tampered with. I go to inspect, and lo and behold, there’s f*cking cheese buried underneath the other ingredients.

I told my boyfriend he was a raging do*che canoe and went to bed, leaving him to do the cleanup. I still haven’t spoken to him all morning, and he’s complaining about how I “forced” him to do the dishes, because normally I do them.

AITA here?”

Oh, boy…

And here’s how folks on Reddit responded.

This person made their point loud and clear: this woman needs to drop the zero and get with a hero!

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Another Reddit user brought up a good point: if someone is lactose intolerant, you don’t mess with their food. EVER. That is just messed up.

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This person said that she needs to dump the guy already and just get it over with.

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An individual who is also lactose intolerant said that she needs to get out of this situation before it gets worse.

This is someone’s health that we’re talking about…

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This person said she should make him do the dishes and THEN kick him out.

Sounds like a plan!

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Finally, a Mexican person weighed in and said that they don’t even put cheese on their tacos, so this guy doesn’t even know what the hell he’s talking about.

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Now we want to get your thoughts on this situation.

Please tell us what you think in the comments.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Is This Single Mom a Jerk for Saying That Daughter Inherits House “No Matter What”? Here’s What People Said.

Things in life can seem just fine until money or property is involved. You know what I’m saying, right?

And that’s why this story obviously touched a nerve for the woman who wrote it. It concerns her house that she eventually wants to give to her daughter…but now there’s a man involved…

Check out this story from Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page.

AITA for saying that my daughter inherits my house “no matter what”?

“I’m a single mom in my 50s with one daughter. I got very lucky in that I bought a home in the Bay Area nearly 30 years ago for around $230K before the tech boom and now the house is worth about $1M.

I have a 23 year old daughter Camila who grew up in that house and she moved out last year to go live with her boyfriend. I’ve never explicitly told my daughter “the house will be yours” nor has she asked anything about it, but just sort of common sense – that’s my daughter. Who else would I give it to?

One important note – There are 2 homes in the neighborhood that are owned by lower middle class people (me and a neighbor who’s been here as long as I have). Otherwise, our neighbors are engineers and software developers. The Bay Area is simply un-affordable if you’re not in tech. My daughter is a hair stylist.

My fiance Steven and I have been together for 2 years. He has 2 young children (elementary school) he has joint custody of who I adore and I’m excited to help raise them. Steven and I don’t have a ton in the bank so a pre-nup seemed silly if it weren’t for the house.

I told him that I’m ready to combine finances and plan long term with him, but I wanted a pre-nup agreement just for the house. It’s a non-negotiable for me that my daughter inherits the house. He wasn’t happy with this. He said that $1M split 3 ways is enough for all 3 kids to get a headstart in life.

I disagree, I paid 80% of the mortgage by myself and Camila is my only child. She can have her dream life (working as a hair stylist, living in the Bay Area) with this house but will be unhappy (have to move out to a less desirable area) if it’s split.

I spoke to Camila about this and she agrees that she should get the house and said she always planned on inheriting it, just like I always planned on giving it to her.”

Readers shared their opinions about this conundrum.

This person said that she’s only been with this guy for two years and that his demanding part of the house is totally absurd.

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Another reader said that the woman needs to talk to an attorney ASAP to figure the situation out.

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This person pointed out that she needs to put her daughter’s name on the property as well. You have to cover your bases when it comes to this kind of stuff…

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This individual talked about how important prenups are how it has to be written in stone. You gotta be careful with this stuff!

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This reader said that the woman bought the house long before this Steven character was in the picture…and that it’s kind of presumptuous for him to think that he and his kids would get a piece of the action after they’ve only been together for two years.

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Finally, a Reddit user talked about how the woman needs to give the whole thing to her daughter because she did all the hard work and living in the Bay Area is EXPENSIVE, so everything should go to her daughter.

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Okay, now it’s your turn to weigh in.

Tell us what you think about this situation. And be honest with us!

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Is This Single Mom a Jerk for Saying That Daughter Inherits House “No Matter What”? Here’s What People Said.

Things in life can seem just fine until money or property is involved. You know what I’m saying, right?

And that’s why this story obviously touched a nerve for the woman who wrote it. It concerns her house that she eventually wants to give to her daughter…but now there’s a man involved…

Check out this story from Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page.

AITA for saying that my daughter inherits my house “no matter what”?

“I’m a single mom in my 50s with one daughter. I got very lucky in that I bought a home in the Bay Area nearly 30 years ago for around $230K before the tech boom and now the house is worth about $1M.

I have a 23 year old daughter Camila who grew up in that house and she moved out last year to go live with her boyfriend. I’ve never explicitly told my daughter “the house will be yours” nor has she asked anything about it, but just sort of common sense – that’s my daughter. Who else would I give it to?

One important note – There are 2 homes in the neighborhood that are owned by lower middle class people (me and a neighbor who’s been here as long as I have). Otherwise, our neighbors are engineers and software developers. The Bay Area is simply un-affordable if you’re not in tech. My daughter is a hair stylist.

My fiance Steven and I have been together for 2 years. He has 2 young children (elementary school) he has joint custody of who I adore and I’m excited to help raise them. Steven and I don’t have a ton in the bank so a pre-nup seemed silly if it weren’t for the house.

I told him that I’m ready to combine finances and plan long term with him, but I wanted a pre-nup agreement just for the house. It’s a non-negotiable for me that my daughter inherits the house. He wasn’t happy with this. He said that $1M split 3 ways is enough for all 3 kids to get a headstart in life.

I disagree, I paid 80% of the mortgage by myself and Camila is my only child. She can have her dream life (working as a hair stylist, living in the Bay Area) with this house but will be unhappy (have to move out to a less desirable area) if it’s split.

I spoke to Camila about this and she agrees that she should get the house and said she always planned on inheriting it, just like I always planned on giving it to her.”

Readers shared their opinions about this conundrum.

This person said that she’s only been with this guy for two years and that his demanding part of the house is totally absurd.

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Another reader said that the woman needs to talk to an attorney ASAP to figure the situation out.

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This person pointed out that she needs to put her daughter’s name on the property as well. You have to cover your bases when it comes to this kind of stuff…

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This individual talked about how important prenups are how it has to be written in stone. You gotta be careful with this stuff!

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This reader said that the woman bought the house long before this Steven character was in the picture…and that it’s kind of presumptuous for him to think that he and his kids would get a piece of the action after they’ve only been together for two years.

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Finally, a Reddit user talked about how the woman needs to give the whole thing to her daughter because she did all the hard work and living in the Bay Area is EXPENSIVE, so everything should go to her daughter.

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Okay, now it’s your turn to weigh in.

Tell us what you think about this situation. And be honest with us!

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Man Asks if It Was Wrong to Throw His Mom Out of the House After She Threw Out His Weed

This headline made me laugh very, very hard.

But, everyone’s situation is different and apparently this guy and his mom are embroiled in a weird struggle with his mother.

The man shared his story on Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page.

Take a look at what happened and check out how Reddit users responded.

AITA for throwing out my mom after she threw out my weed?

“So I am a 30 year old man. I’m single and live alone in a house that I own. A few months ago you know what happened and my mom lost her job. So I decided to let her stay with me.

I have a medical marijuana card and smoke every day. I knew my mom disliked weed so I warned her before she moved in that I would be smoking weed daily and would not stop for her. She agreed, and only asked that I smoke outside. Which I thought was a relatively reasonable request; weed has a strong smell and many people don’t like it.

At first this worked out fine at first. But she started making remarks about how I should quit, ect. I mostly just ignored them/brushed them off. Then it evolved to her demanding that I quit. As if I were still a child she could issue orders to.

I refused and told her that she can move out if she doesn’t like it. She started crying and saying that I don’t love her, I have a problem, ect.

The next day, I come home from work to find her waiting for me. She explained that she had flushed my weed (a little less than an ounce) for my own good. And then demanded that I go to treatment.

Well, predictably, I was furious. And not even really about not having the weed anymore. It is pretty cheap (I usually buy ounces for $125) and I can easily get more.

It was about her total lack of respect for me. I’m an adult, own my own house, have a good job, and have approval from the state to legally purchase and possess marijuana.So someone I’m doing a huge favor for demanding that I stop and throwing out my stuff when I refused is extremely outrageous to me. No matter if she pushed me out of her vagina 30 years ago.

Anyway, we argued about this for a while and it became clear to me that she was not sorry at all and that she would probably do it again. So I told her she can’t live with me anymore. I gave a month, but she has already packed all her sh*t and drove to my brothers house a couple hours away.

She obviously thinks I’m a huge *sshole. So does my brother. But I think that’s mostly because she is his problem now.”

Let’s see what people had to say about this.

This person stated the obvious: this guy is an adult and he doesn’t need his mom’s approval for anything. Times have changed, Mom!

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I love this one: “Master level boundary setting.” I’m gonna have to start using that…

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This person made it very clear where they stand. The man OWNS the house and his rules are the only ones that matter.

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Another person made an observation that I like to make all the time: why is it okay to drink yourself into oblivion but marijuana is considered horrible by some people?

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This Reddit user also thinks that this guy is not wrong in this situation. And he also made it clear BEFORE his mom moved in that he wasn’t going to quit smoking weed.

Some people…

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Finally, this person commended the man for setting boundaries and said something that we should all shout from the rooftops: your house, your rules!

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Oh, boy…some major family drama here.

What do you think about this whole situation?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know!

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This Woman Made Her Teenage Daughter Sleep in a Tent. Does That Make Her an A-hole?

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a story like this before…

But that means it’s gonna be a good story that we can all comment on!

And this one is a doozy.

A single mother of two girls shared a story on the “Am I the *sshole” forum on Reddit about how she chose to discipline one of her kids.

Let’s see what happened.

AITA for making my daughter sleep in a tent

“I (34F) am a single mother to two girls, ‘Jasmine’ (16F) and ‘Jessica’ (14F).

Their dad passed when I was pregnant with Jess, and I had to work hard. We hit rock bottom, and I was barely making pay cheque to pay cheque but I managed to get a degree, become successful and we live well. Point is, I know how f*cking hard it is to be at the bottom of society, and my daughters know this, which is why I was livid at my daughter’s actions.

Yesterday, Jasmine showed me a video of Jessica cussing a homeless man out and telling him, ‘stop asking me for money, you’d earn it yourself if you weren’t so f*cking lazy and spending what you earned on substances.’

When the homeless man complained about the cold (we live in Northeast England), Jessica responded ‘Yeah people camp for fun, even in December, you can’t complain, you’re living someone’s holiday.’ Fury was an understatement for what I felt, as I thought I had raised an empathetic daughter.

Along with finding the homeless man and making her apologise and help pay for a hotel room for a night for him (she paid £20), as well as signing her up to volunteer at a food bank – I decided to take her up on her offer of sleeping outside.

I locked her bedroom door so she couldn’t go in, put a sign on it saying Closed for the holidays, pitched a tent in the garden and filled it with blankets and the sleeping bag I used when I was camping in Norway on a family holiday as a teen (aka really bloody thermal).

I slept in the room closest to the garden for that night so I was nearby if anything was to go wrong. She was reluctant to do it, but chose it over the option of not having access to her phone until the Christmas holidays are over.

In the morning, she was crying about how horrible it was to wake up on a cold mat and get disrupted sleep due to birds. After comforting her, I asked her would she like to do that everyday like the homeless man. It struck a cord with her and she was crying over her actions, while even after the £20 she was rolling her eyes and her apology was not sincere.

This afternoon, I came home from work to Jessica making a big meal to donate to the homeless people who live on the road near our house. I was proud of how she turned over a new leaf, and after taking the food to the people, my sister came over. Apparently, my nephew and Jessica were talking at school, and he asked her about her plans for the afternoon, and she said that she was going to cook for the homeless.

My nephew asked what triggered that, and Jess told him everything, which he relayed back to his mum. My sister said that my punishment was too harsh, and just the £20 and the food bank would have done the trick, and I was acting irrationally due to my past. Now I’m second guessing myself.

AITA?”

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

One person said she thinks the mother did the right thing and that it most likely changed her daughter’s horrible attitude.

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Another person said that the mom taught the child a good lesson and most importantly taught her EMPATHY.

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One Reddit user called the mom’s actions “the most appropriate punishment.”

And they stated the obvious: kids can be real jerks sometimes, so they need to be put in their place when that happens.

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One person got right to the point: the woman’s daughter got off easy.

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Finally, a reader said that the mother did the right thing and there was nothing cruel about this life lesson.

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Sounds like this family is going through a really tough time…

What do you think?

Is this woman an *sshole? Talk to us in the comments. Thanks!

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People Talk About How Lucid Dreaming Works

Lucid dreaming is when you are aware that you’re dreaming and you can have some kind of control over the experience.

Think of it as a sort of Choose Your Own Adventure game! Or something like that…

It sounds kind of cool, doesn’t it?

Are you ready to learn a little bit about how lucid dreaming works?

Let’s see what AskReddit users had to say about it.

1. From a veteran.

“I came across lucid dreaming when I was in 8th grade and have been learning about it since.

Ill tell you my experience:

I fell asleep around 10:00am and I started to dream. I left my house in the dream and then realized I was dreaming, after I realized I looked at the floor and the detail of the flowers were so realistic.

Then I ran and flew in the air like superman than I woke up.

Here are some tips.

When lucid dream don’t get to exited or you will wake up.

You can do anything you want while lucid dreaming.

You can hold your nose and breathe out of it while dreaming to see if your lucid.

Having s*x in a lucid dream is very realistic and vivid but don’t get to excited because you will wake up.

If your dream starts to fall apart or you start to wake up spin in your dream in circles to stabilise the dream and you can also rub your hands.

You can summon anything you want by thinking of it while dreaming then turning around or by calling the person name out loud and then entering rooms.

I’ve been lucid dreaming ever since.”

2. Write it down.

“I’m a natural lucid dreamer but I never forced it (never used any techniques myself).

There are techniques to enhance your abilities of lucid dreaming. I’d advise you to stay away from (most of) those, cause you might get sleep paralysis, or worse case you might get trouble distinguishing real life from your dreams.

One ‘safe’ method is writing down everything you remember right after you wake up from (any) dream. Research other methods on the risk of getting sleep paralysis.”

3. Catch 22.

“I discovered it before I knew the term when I was a child.

I used to get nightmares pretty regularly and I remember one time having the thought that I didn’t need to worry because it was just a dream, while I was still in the dream. From there I started influencing it whenever I had that realization. It wasn’t until years later I learned about lucid dreaming.

It can be very realistic but it’s a catch 22, you have to realize it’s NOT real first in order to do it so anything you then dream is known to be unreal or it wouldn’t even be happening. Rarely I will lose myself in it a little.”

4. Here’s the plan.

“I was always a lucid dreamer and just assumed everyone else was.

It wasn’t until people started talking about strange dreams or nightmares and their inability to stop them that I realized anything was different.

To start the one thing I’ve told be that some people have said worked is start with plan.

Go to sleep with a grafted idea so when you’re in it you can recognize you’re dreaming. Also you not in control the whole time, as you go through the different levels of sleep you will gain control and lose it.

It can be as realistic, but I also dream in color and can smell and taste which I understand not everyone can do.”

5. Open the door.

“If you manage to realize you’re in a dream and want, say, a basket of kittens, don’t try to make it just appear in front of you.

Make it behind you and turn around to get it, or open a door and it’s on the other side.”

6. Does it for me.

“I learned by doing it, usually in nightmares, after realizing that a dream didn’t make sense or after waking up and then immediately falling back asleep.

To do it, I’d recommend just waking up and falling asleep a bunch of times in a row, that usually does it for me. I’d say to set aside a morning when you can sleep in, then after you first wake up, set an alarm for 15-25 minutes, fall asleep, wake up, reset the alarm and so on. Eventually you’re likely to find yourself in a lucid dream.

They vary in how real they seem. The more you concentrate on them being a dream and trying to control things, the less real they seem. Just flying or taking note of the fact that you are in a dream won’t usually disturb it too much, but altering the dream substantially will often wake you up.

For instance, I had a dream that I was on a mountain, being rushed by Tolkienesque orcish/goblinoid creatures and I tore apart the landscape (and a bunch of them) with my mind, to prevent them from reaching me. But this also led to me waking up eventually. On the other hand, just flying around is usually fine.”

7. Wild stuff.

“Step one is to realize you’re dreaming. Then I concentrate kinda like how they power up in DBZ. Then I fly away.

It depends on my mental strength how much I can do tho. Sometimes I can alter the real world and use my hands to open my eyes if I’m done with the dream.”

8. A little tip.

“I don’t do it on purpose but when I do lucid dream I try hard to stay in the dream. The most annoying thing is being in the dream and thinking about the real world because that wakes me up every time.

It could be something as small as thinking about what time it is or if I’m late for school. Try to stay in the dream state without being too aware.”

9. Time to fly.

“I’ve been able to do it for years. I’m deathly stupidly terrified of zombies so lucid dreaming is great.

A lot of times when I realize I’m dreaming it’s if there is a mirror and I look into it. I’ll get brave and continue my dream but when sh*t hits the fan I’ll yell at myself to wake up. The one thing I cannot do is run forward if I need to get away it has to be backwards but I can fly.

The flying is so real when I wake up I feel like I can still fly the feeling is so strong still until reality hits. If they’re good dreams I’ll finish them up the way I want. This doesn’t always happen I can’t control when it happens.

It’s just always the same bathroom I end up in with the same mirror I look into and I can control my dreams.”

10. Doesn’t always work.

“I learned about lucid dreaming when I was 12. I had a dream people were falling from the sky off of tall buildings with smoke pouring out of them.

It hit me on such an emotional level I wrote my dream down. 3 months later 9/11 happened and I saw my dream on tv — people jumping off the towers because it was a better alternative than burning alive or getting crushed by debris.

I started doing research about dreams that seem real and started trying to predict futures. This is also when I realized my dreaming in color was unusual. For a while I thought I caused 9/11 and that had it’s own traumatic effect on my life, but now I listen to quite a bit of youtube lucid dreaming meditations and every now and again I feel a deja vu moment like my dreams coming true again, but never anything as insane as 9/11.

I do wake up less rested after I lucid dream. It’s also good to bear in mind that intentional lucid dreaming doesn’t always work. Have realistic expectations, and understand it takes practice.

You are not going to feel like you are in a movie or t.v. show, it’s like you’re awake and dreaming at the same time. You can make decisions but it doesn’t always move the dream forward.”

11. Out of body experience.

“Lucid dreams are a type of “out of body” experience. In the simplest terms, when the body goes to sleep but the mind is awake, you’re “out of body.”

I had a lot of these experiences in my early twenties. I first heard about how to do it on some random internet forum. I experienced the vibrational state the first night I tried and quickly became obsessed with the mechanics of the process.

There are basically two ways to enter the OOB state. The first way is to split consciously from the waking state by concentrating on an object. This is a really bizarre experience that may or may not be accompanied by hallucinations. The second is to “wake up” inside of a dream, usually through a willful action that questions reality, like pulling on your finger to stretch it out, jumping up to fly, or walking through a wall.

When you enter consciously, there is a certain tangible aspect of the experience that is lacking in lucid dreams. Everything feels much more physical. I would basically “pop out” in a mirror image of the physical world and would feel like I was still in my body. Subconscious imagery could intrude quite easily, though, and then I’d fall into a dream.

When you “wake up” from the subconscious state, i.e., a dream, you’re basically doing the opposite of this. You realize that your body is asleep, but your mind isn’t fully awake. The problem is you are enveloped in subconscious imagery and often can’t dig your way out of it before losing that spark of consciousness.

This is why lucid dreams can feel a bit more “manufactured.” When the subconscious imagery is wiped away from your mental lens, you find yourself in the same state as you would in a conscious split.

The material there is basically super pliable and we can manipulate it with our creative imagination. This can pose a problem for those who are easily convinced by personal experience because it can be very difficult to determine the source of any particular projection.

Maybe it’s your subconscious, maybe it’s another being. Sadly, the experience itself can tell you nothing about the truth of the experience.”

Now we want to hear from you.

If you have any experience with lucid dreaming, please fill us in in the comments.

We look forward to it!

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What’s the Best Joke That Not Many People Know? Here’s What Folks Had to Say.

I don’t know about you, but I’m in dire need of some new material.

I’m talking about JOKES, people.

And we’re all in luck, because there are a ton of jokes to enjoy coming right up.

People on AskReddit were nice enough to share their favorite jokes that not many people know about.

Let’s check them out!

1. I love North Korean humor.

“Why do North Koreans draw the best straight lines ?

Because they have a supreme ruler.”

2. Elderly love.

“An elderly couple were celebrating their 50 year anniversary at the local pub. After a couple of drinks, they started reminiscing about their s*x life in the earlier stages of their marriage.

They remembered one hot and heavy session they had behind the pub, with the husband doing her against the fence. They decided to try it again, to see if they could still do it.

A policeman overheard their conversation, and decided to follow them outside as he didn’t believe an elderly couple would ever be able to pull off such a manoeuvre! Low and behold, the man had his wife up against the fence, going at it hammer and tong with loud moans and screams!

When they had finally finished, the policeman HAD to know their secret and went over to ask.

‘Well’ said the wife, ‘the last time we did that the fence wasn’t electric!’”

3. Wow…

“A horse walked into a bar.

The bartender asked “Why the long face?” The horse said, “My alcoholism is destroying my family.””

4. He was shamed.

“What did the elephant say to the naked man?

“It’s cute, but can you really breathe through that thing?””

5. Guys…

“Three men are walking one day when they are confronted by a genie. The genie, in his generosity, grants each man three wishes.

The first man wishes to be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, and a stunning model is willed into existence, madly in love with him. The second wishes for nigh infinite wealth, and he immediately gets a notification on his banking app showing a deposit several figures long. The third man wishes for his left arm to always rotate counterclockwise, and his arm begins making strokes in the air.

The first man then wishes for knowledge of all languages, and it is granted. The second man’s second wish is for a spacious, luxurious mansion, and the deed to the estate is his. The third man wishes for his right arm to always rotate clockwise, and both of his arms are now making wide circles in opposite directions.

The first man’s final wish is to return to when he was younger, and he immediately ages back to when he was in his early 20s. The second man’s final wish is for enlightenment, and the secrets of the universe are revealed to him. The third man’s final wish is for his head to always nod up and down, and his head begins making large bobbing motions.

The three men decide to reconvene years late to update each other on their wishes. The first man, with his eternal youth, seduces his beautiful wife in every language imaginable.

The second man used his wealth and spacious estate to teach others the secrets of the universe. The third man approaches the others and says “Guys I think I f*cked up.””

6. Breakdown.

“A man’s car breaks down outside a monastery, the monks inside see that it’s late, so they put him up for the night. Whilst sleeping, he hears a strange noise, hard to describe.

When he wakes up, he asks a monk what the strange noise is. “I’m sorry my friend, I can’t tell you because you’re not a monk”. So he fixes his car and is on his way. Three years later he’s driving and breaks down next to that same monastery. The same happens, and he’s allowed to sleep there once more.

He hears the strange noise again, and the next morning he asks yet again. “I can’t tell you, you’re not a monk” “Alright then” he says,”How do I become a monk?” The monk tells him that he must count every blade of grass on the earth, and every grain of sand, and only once he has done that, will he be a monk. So 70 years later, the old withering man returns.

He tells the other monks his count, and is allowed to discover the source of the noise. He is taken to a door, that he opens, and behind it is another door. And another. And another. And so on. He opens doors for many hours, until finally he sees it.

He knows what the noise is. But I can’t tell you, because you’re not a monk.”

7. Lost in the desert.

“3 guys are lost in a desert, and keep traveling.

Eventually, they find an Oasis and drink from it, but what they don’t know is that the Oasis is frequented by a patrol from a nearby tribe. They’re captured and sent to the tribe.

The tribe is basically in a jungle of sorts with all sorts of fruit trees around them. The chieftain tells the travelers to pick one of a fruit of their choice for a challenge. Some time later, Traveler 1 comes back with a berry.

The chieftain then reveals that the challenge is that they must put the fruit of their choice up their bums without moving or flinching. Traveler 1 does this easily.

Traveler 2 comes back with an apple. They tell him the same thing, but Traveler 2 fails the challenge and is killed on the spot.

All of the sudden, Traveler 1 busts out laughing, and is killed on the spot.

In the after life,

Traveler 2: “Why did you bust out laughing like that?! You were so close to living!”

Traveler 1: “I saw Traveler 3 coming back with a Pineapple.””

8. Nerd alert!

“A neutron walks into a bar and gets a drink The Neutron asks how much for it?

The bartender says: For You, no charge.”

9. At the musem.

“The Museum of Natural History in New York wanted to put up a mural in honor of General Custer called “Custers last stand.” The commission finally found an artist to do and they went to work.

Huge curtains up around the exhibit were up for weeks. Management asks him “what’s taking so long?” The artist says “I’m almost done.” Weeks and weeks went by and he finally emerges out of the curtain. They set a date for the reveal and hundreds and hundreds of people show up.

They drop the curtain and the mural is as follows: There’s a fish jumping out of water with a halo over with thousands and thousands of Native American Indians having s*x over the landscape. In the bushes. The trees. Falling out of the sky. Management is furious “how could you do this to us?” They asked.

To which the artist replied “well what do you think Custers last words were?” “Holy mackerel! That’s a lot of f*ckin Indians!!!””

10. Smart*ss.

“Old man sitting on a park bench, little girl comes and sits at the other end.

She takes out a candy bar and gobbles it down. Pulls out another one, gone in two bites. Takes out a third, nom nom nom gone. “Gosh little girl you sure do eat a lot of candy bars.”

“Yeah, well, my grandfather lived until he was a hundred and four.” “How’d he do that, by eating candy bars?”

“No, by minding his own d*mn business.””

11. A horrible headache.

“One day, a man began experiencing a horrible headache.

He went to multiple doctors, all of whom couldn’t give him an explanation or a solution to the headache. After years of the same symptoms, the man finally found a doctor who can fix the situation.

The doctor told him, “The good news is I can fix your headaches so you’ll never have them again. The bad news is that it will require castration. You have a very rare condition, which causes your testicles to press on your spine, creating one hell of a headache. The only way to relieve the pressure is to remove the testicles.”

The man was depressed because two of the three things that made him a man will be removed. Realizing he had no other choice, he agreed to the castration.

When he left the hospital he was without a headache for the first time in 10 years. He decided he would make a new him, where he has no worries of headaches. He saw a tailor shop and thought, “A new suit is fit for a new man, a new me”.

After entering the shop, he asked the tailor for a new suit. The tailor said, “Hmm… Looking at you, you are size 44 long.” The man surprised asked, “That’s right, how did you know?” “Been in the business for over 50 years!” The man tried on the suit given and it fit perfectly.

The man realizing he needed a shirt for the suit asked for one. The tailor looked at him and said, “Hmm… you are a 35 sleeve and 16 neck.” Again, Joe was surprised, “That’s right, how did you know?” The tailor responded again, “Been in the business for over 50 years!” The man tried on the shirt, and it fit perfectly.

The man decided he needed new shoes with his suit and shirt. The tailor looked at him and said, “Hmm… you are 9 1/2.” The man was surprised and exclaimed, “That’s right, how did you know?” The tailor responded again “Been in the business for over 50 years!”The man tried on the shoes and they fit perfectly.

The tailor said “How about some underwear?” The man was startled but realized the logic. Since he already got everything else, he said yes. The tailor looked at him and said, “Hmm… you are a size 36.”

The man laughed catching the tailor. “Ah ha! You’re wrong! I’ve worn size 34 since I was 18 years old.” The tailor shook his head, “No, you can’t wear a size 34. A size 34 underwear would press your testicles up against the base of your spine and give you one hell of a headache.””

Okay, wiseguys and wisegals, now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us some of your favorite jokes.

Thanks in advance!

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Things That People are Really Sick of Explaining

Life is tough enough without being asked to repeat yourself time and again. Especially when it’s because people can’t mind their own business.

From work, to health, to life, how many times have you found yourself sick and tired of explaining these same 15 things to other people?

Let’s take a look!

1. The truth can be harsh

Just because I said it’s true doesn’t mean I like that it’s true.

2. The law isn’t always right

Legal does not equal moral.

Moral does not equal legal.

3. Silence is golden

Nothing is wrong, I’m just quiet.

4. Invisible disabilities exist

Some health issues are not visible.

Chronic fatigue is real.

5. You can’t choose your family

Why it’s ok to go no contact with toxic family members.

6. Math can be hard

Revenue =/= profit.

7. Reading can be hard too

Read the god damned error messages.

8. People are different

That your anecdotal experience is not fact, u don’t know everyone so save the generalizations for the toilet.

9. Mind your own business

That’s it’s okay to let people live their lives even if you don’t agree with them.

10. My body, my art

That my tattoos don’t have to have a big meaning.

I liked them back then and I like them now.

Only reason I got em was cause I thought they looked cool.

11. Things are what you make of them

You can enjoy a game without winning, and you can win but still not enjoy the game.

12. Wear sunscreen

You can still get a sunburn on a cloudy day or in the winter.

Melanoma sucks.

Trust me.

13. Women aren’t just baby factories

That I, a woman, don’t want children.

People either think you’re lying or you’ll grow out of it.

14. Kindness is key

Why basic empathy for other humans is good.

15. There are consequences

That free speech doesn’t mean there are no consequences for what you say.

It just means that the government can’t dole out those consequences.

Your friends, family, employer, school and the public at large have every right to not want to associate with you.

After reading all of those comments, I can totally understand why people get bothered by having to explain that stuff.

What are some things you’re the most tired of always having to explain to other people?

Tell us in the comments!

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