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What Myth About Your Country Is 100% False but People Still Believe in It? People Responded.

There are so many myths and generalizations floating around out there about people from different parts of the world that it’s enough to make a person’s head spin.

And a lot of them aren’t even true!

But still, people believe what they want to believe…until now, that is!

What myth about your country is false but people still believe it?

Here’s how people responded on AskReddit.

1. Not worth it.

“That Welsh people f**k sheep.

Temptation is there but the static shock wouldn’t be worth it.”

2. Not accurate.

“Iceland was not named as part of some conspiracy to keep folks away from a good thing.

The name comes from the fact that early settlers arrived during summer and then suffered horrible losses of livestock and people once winter hit and icebergs were seen filling the fjords. It was more of a warning than anything, that this place sucked.

Greenland on the other hand was probably named as such to make it sound more hospitable.”

3. Kenya.

“Kenyans are all long-distance runners, live in huts, speak no English, and have pet wild animals. Ugh.

So here goes: The long-distance guys are mainly from one community/ tribe called the Kalenjin that’s about 15% of the population. Next, Kenya is still a developing nation with a lot of poverty, but there’s a lot of modern architecture.

Next, the country is rated 18 out of 100 on the English Proficiency Index. And lastly: you can apply for a special (and rarely-granted) permit for your bobcat named Babou, but keeping wildlife is not at all common.

And the Kenya Wildlife Service will conduct regular visits to ensure Babou isn’t being kept in Meowschwitz-like conditions.”

4. Italy.

“No, Italians aren’t all short, black-haired, fat mobsters who wear wine-stained tank tops.

We are loud though…”

5. Zing!

“Romania.

Many people believe we have vampires, but in my 700 years of living here, I haven’t even seen one.

I asked my mates back in the castle and they also haven’t seen any, and they’ve been around for longer than I.”

6. Not the way it is.

“People generally assume that when you’re from Belgium, you are French-speaking.

While a big part of the country is Francophone, the majority population is Flemish (Dutch-speaking).

I blame this on mostly 3 factors:

People mainly visiting Brussels (which is bilingual, but has a Francophone majority)

Americans mostly having been stationed in the French speaking part in WWII

Hercule Poirot.”

7. All kinds of stuff.

“Greece is not only beaches and Islands, we also have beautiful places for the winter.

Many mountains and mainland attractions.

Every corner have something interesting.”

8. The view from Russia.

“The myth is that everyone here is always d**nk on vodka and people all ride bears, play on balalaikas and dance the kazachok and that we’re either dr**k or mad.

While there IS a problem with al**holism, a lot of people don’t drink, especially not vodka.

Funnily enough, bears do appear, but VERY rarely. And the people that ride bears or have them as pets? They’re considered unusual by other Russians.

Balalaika is dead I know one person that plays it and thats it

We dance the kazachok only ironically at this point lol

We’re not always mad. We’re. Just people. With emotions ?

But, ushankas ARE great and warm, so people do wear them – not ALL of them though Also we’re not all superpeople.”

9. Dutch life.

“All of our country is just weed and red districts.

Yes we have these things.. but the Netherlands has lots of culture!”

10. Aim high!

“That the Irish are the biggest d**nks in the world.

Completely false and mean as we’re only the second biggest drinker in the world but we hope to get first place next year.”

11. Oh, Canada!

“Everyone drinks maple syrup, there are moose everywhere and we’re saying “sorry” all the time.”

12. Don’t ruin it for me!

“That we say “shrimp on the barbie”.

It was an ad campaign to appeal to Americans.

It was the most successful tourism campaign still to this day, but literally no one in Australia says that.”

13. Get it straight!

“That Brazil is a huge tropical jungle in which people speak Spanish.

Brazil actually has several major cities and different environments.

São Paulo for instance is a huge sprawling metropolis with as many inhabitants as New York and Los Angeles combined.

In some southern areas of the country it actually snows.

And we were a Portuguese colony, so we speak Portuguese.”

Now we want to hear from you.

What myths about your country are not true?

Talk to us in the comments!

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People Share the Self-Diagnosis They Gave Themselves That Was Completely Wrong

A friend of mine constantly thinks he’s sick (and that the world is ending) and so he gets onto WebMD constantly to try to figure out what’s wrong with him.

And guess what? He’s wrong about 99.9999% of the time!

Who would’ve guessed? A guy that doesn’t have any medical training was way off base?

Have you ever given yourself a self-diagnosis that turned out to be totally wrong?

These AskReddit users have and they shared their stories. Let’s check them out.

1. Here’s a surprise.

“I thought I had food poisoning for a month.

Eliminated everything possible from my diet and started probiotics to reset my digestion.

Nothing helped.

Turns out it was a late-life pregnancy.

We’d thought we were past that point. Surprise!”

2. Not brain leakage.

“I had a migraine for six weeks straight.

My mom was sending me articles to convince me I had some sort of brain leakage.

It turns out the migraine was caused by my birth control.”

3. I forgot.

“I get extremely itchy on my belly and groin area.

I always think it’s because I did a bad job rinsing soap off after taking a bath.

It’s because of the oral steroids I take for my allergies.

This has happened FOUR TIMES in the last five years, and I forget EVERY TIME.”

4. Lay off the booze.

“I was for sure positive that I had Crohns Disease.

Literally almost every symptom applied to me.

Nothing. Not a thing was found in either my colonoscopy or upper GI endoscopy.

Yeah. It turns out that I just drink too much.”

5. Panic.

“I went to the hospital 3 different times because I thought I was having a heart attack.

Turns out they were panic attacks each time.

I have meds now to prevent panic attacks.

One doctor was annoyed which I found funny.

Dude, I thought I was dying.

One of those trips involved a volunteer fire department and an ambulance ride because I was camping far from any hospital.”

6. Whoa.

“I thought I was finally having a mental breakdown, turns out Benadryl just makes me have manic episodes.

Not sure why since it should make me sleep instead of pace up and down the hall for 6 hours.”

7. Overreacted.

“When we were going through an airport I noticed a small red rash behind my brother’s ear.

It looked like a spider bite or a mild reaction to something.

My brother, a massive hypochondriac, immediately convinced himself he had both meningitis and brain cancer.

Insisted we see a doctor as soon as we land.

By the time we’d landed the rash had cleared up.

Not the only time he’s done something like that.”

8. Good thing you figured it out.

“When I was a kid I had a little twitch in my eyes and I thought it was Tourette’s (probably because of that one South Park episode).

Turns out I had epilepsy and they were mini seizures.”

9. A scary one.

“When I was 15, my chest started hurting whenever I ate. A lot. For like a week.

So we went down to the local clinic and suggested that I might have acid reflux. They took my word for it instantly and put me on prilosec, didn’t even question that I might not know what I’m talking about.

A week later I was in the emergency room. Dangerously malnourished, so dehydrated my p**s was almost brown, and with chest pains so bad I could barely even LOOK at food. Pancreatitis. Autoimmune pancreatitis.

My immune system was eating away at my pancreas. Not acid reflux.”

10. Lyme disease.

“Had a bout where for around a month I would spike a fever for a few days with sever lethargy which would eventually fade, only to resurge after i started feeling better.

I eventually made the connection that it resurfaced every time I ate red meat (burgers are my weakness). Decided it was a red meat allergy.

Lyme disease. It was actually Lyme disease.”

11. An easy fix.

“I thought I had strep throat, but it was an allergy to a new toothpaste.

The white I saw covering the back of my throat was, upon closer inspection, tons of canker sores / mouth ulcers.

Went to my dentist who confirmed and advised me to change toothpastes.”

12. Scary.

“I was nauseous and vomiting all the time at work and home and just about everywhere else.

I thought I was in liver failure, the first two doctors I saw dismissed me, said it was the flu (can the flu last 6 months?)

The third doctor I went to was skeptical but I demanded a full blood panel, turns out I was wrong, it wasn’t liver failure it was kidney failure.

The doctor was stunned and extremely apologetic.

I totally needed a kidney transplant and it saved my life.”

13. Weird!

“I thought I had psoriasis because I would get these horrid rashes and flaky skin on my stomach.

Kept putting it off because it would just randomly go away sometimes.

Finally went to a dermatologist and turned out that I’m allergic to nickel and she showed me that my belts were causing the irritation with the nickel belt buckles.

So now I buy rubber or plastic belt buckles, the only other options are real silver or gold belt buckles, which seems excessive.”

Okay, now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us about a really bad self-diagnosis you gave yourself.

We can’t wait to hear your stories!

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People Admit What Naturally Occurring Bodily Function Bothers Them the Most

We obviously have a lot of naturally occurring bodily functions, but are there some that really bother you?

Whether if it’s from you or other people?

I guess the answer is yes, based on what you’re about to read…

People on AskReddit talked about which naturally occurring bodily functions really bother them.

Let’s get weird!

1. That’s too bad.

“Fight-or-flight.

I have PTSD stemming from childhood trauma so even my roommate stepping heavily on the floor triggers anxiety and hyper-awaredness.”

2. Sounds like thunder.

“My tummy making sounds like I haven’t eaten for 5 years.”

3. It’s burning!

“Runny noses.

That s**t sucks and when you’re sick enough it starts to burn.”

4. Awful.

“Acid reflux.

Nothing like waking up with intense chest pains and a mouth full of stomach acid throw up.”

5. Sucks

“F**k periods and PMS. Good lord what a hassle!

You have to buy special things (pads, tampons, IB profen) and you feel like dog s**t the days immediately preceding and during.

You have to make sure to have a pad or tampon every time you go to the bathroom and it sucks if you forget.

And God forbid any tampon/pad dispensary is actually stocked in a bathroom!”

6. Fat.

“The body storing excess energy in fat cells….that kind of thing needs a cap.

Like, up to 15% of body weight can be fat, any excess beyond that gets flushed out of the system.”

7. What are you dreaming about?

“As a guy, in my opinion, wet dreams.

They’re so annoying, inconvenient and just straight up unwanted.”

8. It’s time again.

“Growing nails.

Mine grow too fast, I have to cut them every 3 days”

9. Not fun.

“Vomiting.

It’s generally activated to evacuate poisons/irritants from the body but the wind up to and the act of…I am grown and will still cry every time.”

10. Uh oh.

“Getting a huge b**er in public.

Like while having to present in front of class or while being in other public places.”

11. It happens.

“Very rarely I choke on my own saliva and my body goes instantly in fight mode to survive.

Coughing like a maniac, adrenalin rush, and my heart goes crazy.

Out of nowhere. This is ridiculous.”

12. The big one.

“Fa**s.

Especially when you can’t let them go and they build up or these quite ones that mark their presence in other ways.”

13. Why is this happening?

“Yawning!

I dont sleep much so it happens several times a minute, it makes my ears pop and my eyes water so I’m basically crying all day and then my eyes get sore from wiping away all the tears.”

14. Make it go away.

“Body hair. I got hair everywhere. Literally.

Shoulders? Check! Toes? Check! Back? Check! And many more places I don’t want to name.

It might have been useful ages ago but now please just let it go away please.”

What bodily function bothers you the most?

Tell us what you think in the comments.

Please and thank you!

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People Talk About What They Did Due to Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)

I’m assuming that you probably already know this, but I’m gonna go ahead and say it.

FOMO means “fear of missing out”. Hey, we just want to be clear here…

And there’s a lot of FOMO going around, folks!

Hey, you don’t want to miss out on anything, right?!?!

Folks on AskReddit opened up about things they’ve done because of FOMO.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. One and done.

“Gambling. I lost $70 and had a lot of fun.

Not sure I wanna lose $70 anytime again soon though.”

2. Chain letters.

“About 25 years ago I believed every chain letter that appeared in my inbox, and religiously sent them along to all my contacts.

In my defense, I was a kid, but still, there’s probably a lot of people from that time that have me blocked for this very reason.”

3. Let’s take a trip.

“Going to South Africa.

I was in school (wild park management) with my best friend. Our year got the offer to go to SA with people from other classes but there was only place for 24 people.

I have never been further away from home then a 6 hour drive and SA is a 12 hour flight away. My thought was: If I don’t go now, I will never ever go.

I went, now I want to go back. But dang the the first time in an airport is stressful.”

4. Did you get lucky?

“Prom. Hated it.

Knew I would.

Glad I went anyway.”

5. Don’t do it!

“Vaping.

I have asthma so after about a week of bronchitis type coughing keeping me up at night I decided that even though I enjoyed it, I’d rather not be dead in a month.”

6. Dive right in.

“Swimming in the deep end of the pool. As a teenager I went to a graduation party at a pool.

The deep end was 12 feet. I wound up even jumping in off the diving board. I’m glad I did it!”

7. Clubbin’.

“Some college roommates took me clubbing.

I have an attitude that as long as something isn’t harmful, I need to force myself to try it at least once (because I’m an introvert, and otherwise I just never do s**t). In this case, I ended up absolutely hating it.

Every part of it was awful. Oh well, at least I can say I gave it a shot.”

8. This is cool.

“Became a music producer for film and TV at 41 years old.

Played music with bands growing up. Became high school media arts teacher and got to practice my skills almost daily. Realized I wanted to see see if I was good enough to make something out of it all. Busted my a** learning as much as I could about the business.

Fast forward 15 months- now partnered with 4 libraries from Toronto to California, collaborated with musicians from 3 different continents, written and produced over 100 songs for film and tv.

Kinda cool trajectory for a year and a half.

Fear Of Missing Out can easily be replaced with Someone’s Gonna Do It, Why Not Me?!”

9. That hurts!

“Paintball at my dad’s girlfriend’s son’s birthday party when I was like 13ish.

I did not know what a cup was since I had never done anything that needed one, and the place we were playing at did not provide anything other than a helmet.

A minute into the round someone shot me in the balls.

I hate paintball.”

10. Daredevil.

“Skydiving.

I went on a road trip with a few friends one time. They all wanted to go skydiving, but I did not, mainly because of the money.

Eventually I decided I could afford it and went. It was one of the most fun experiences of my life.”

11. Not into it.

“Oysters.

My sister-in-law and her husband had friends visiting from another country, so they took them along with my mother-in-law and me to Seattle to some foodie restaurant and one of the appetizers they ordered was oysters on the half shell.

When they noticed I wasn’t eating any they asked and I said I’ve never had them but the idea of raw goo wasn’t very appealing.

So after some convincing on their part, my brother-in-law fixed one up for me. Moral of the story, oysters are still not my jam”

12. Baby steps.

“Yesterday I went to the movies by myself because I really wanted to see the new Demon Slayer movie.

It might not sound like much but I have really bad social anxiety so it was a huge step for me and I’m very proud that.”

Okay, now it’s your turn…

Go ahead and admit what you’ve done before due to FOMO.

Do it in the comments!

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A British Guy Gives His Un-Researched Thoughts on 13 States in the U.S.

The Brits and the Americans have a special relationship. We’re like…exes who still have to co-parent, or children who have moved away from their parents and don’t visit often enough for the parents to like.

Or something.

Anyway, we like to razz each other, and this Brit’s ideas on what each state is famous for is just in good fun – and it’s hilarious, too.

Here are 13 more for your enjoyment.

13. Iowa.

I mean…I can’t think of anything else.

12. Kansas.

It wasn’t really a high point for anyone in the movie, but ok.

11. Kentucky

I can see why he would think that.

10. Louisiana

Do people in Britain not know about New Orleans? Because…

9. Maine

And also Stephen King.

8. Maryland

I personally love this take.

7. Massachusetts

I mean, if you ignore Boston. Which, fair.

6. Michigan

If they had clean water maybe more people would stay.

5. Minnesota

This is extremely accurate.

4. Mississippi

He didn’t really need that last word honestly.

3. Missouri

This is a fair assessment.

2. Montana

This is hilariously inaccurate.

1. Nebraska

It’s really not (and it’s not even cooler than Iowa).

Check out 1-14 here, and the next 12 here when you’re ready!

Is yours accurate? Tell us in the comments!

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Read About What a British Man on Twitter Makes of 11 States in the U.S.

It can be hilarious to hear what people from other countries know or assume they know about America, or each of her States. As long as everything is in good fun, as it usually is between Brits and Americans, it can also be interesting (and hilariously informative).

This guy has been through all 50 states, telling us off the top of his head what he believes each is famous for, with some pretty hilarious results – and here are the final 11.

11. South Carolina

This is definitely one thing its famous for

10. South Dakota

What about Mount Rushmore?

9. Tennessee

I feel like someone watches a lot of movies.

8. Texas

I feel like the best thing to say here is “no comment.”

7. Utah

Try not to be envious.

6. Vermont

Bless his heart.

5. Virginia

Well, this is awkward.

4. Washington

He got an astonishing amount right.

3. West Virginia

We were all waiting for it, and it was worth it.

2. Wisconsin

Once again, I do not think the Brits have any room to talk here.

1. Wyoming.

You cannot argue with this description.

Check out states 1-14, 15-28, and 29-40 when you have time.

And tell us in the comment whether he got your state right!

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A Woman Asked if She Was Wrong for Telling Her Dad He’s Not Entitled to a Relationship

No doubt about it, family dynamics are always tricky.

And they’re especially tricky when parents get divorced and the kids have to deal with the fallout… and that damage can last for years.

A 27-year-old woman shared a story on Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page about a sticky situation with her father.

AITA for telling my dad he’s not entitled to a relationship with me?

“When i (27f) was around 10 my parents divorced, it was a messy thing, no one ever told me the reason and i do not really care. My mom won custody because she was able to prove in court that my father was an unfit parent.

My father never took it well and it showed whenever i had visitation at his house (2 weekends a month). Instead of spending time with me he would spends hours playing video games, order take out and the only time he would ever take me somewhere was when my grandma forced him, needless to say i never had a very close relationship with him

Then once i got older he started to bring up a college fund he had set aside for me and he always said that if my grades stayed up and i do well in school the money would be mine, and i did just that.

I got good grades, was part of many clubs in school and never got into trouble, i was basically the kid your parents brought up when they were comparing you to your friends.

In my senior year my dad got married to his current wife, it was a beautiful and extravagant ceremony. I’m pretty sure some of the arrangements were more expensive than my phone but whatever, i didn’t think much of it.

It wasn’t until i went to talk to my dad about my college fund that i found out he had used it to pay for his ceremony. I was in disbelief when he said it and the more he explained the more i wanted to cry, he didn’t even apologize, he said it with all causality of “Oh, you were looking for that thing you left in the fridge? Sorry, i ate it”

When he realized that i was upset he turned it around on me and told me that i was being selfish and that i was not entitled to his money.

Luckily, got scholarship that covered my entire tuition. Also, my mom and stepdad also had a fund set aside for me, they apparently knew my dad would pull that on me, so i was able to go to college without a lot of debt.

Since then i’ve been distant from my dad, i’ll not lie, i feel conned. If the money was always his, why did he bother mentioning it to me? I don’t care if he used it or not but to promise someone something, hold it over their heads for years, and not give it to them when you should because they’re “not entitled to it” is just a way too lengthy way to say that you’re an unreliable *ss in my eyes.

My dad has tried to reconcile but he still claims that i was not entitled to that money and even says that the money was not needed because i got a scholarship. The last time he said that to me was when i was at his house, visiting my new baby brother, and i got so d*mn annoyed that i said “I’m not entitled to your money but you’re also not entitled to a relationship with me so i guess we’re in a stalemate here”, i guess that hurt him because he got quiet until i left.

I’ve been remembering what i said for a while so i wonder if i was way too out of line in my statement? I was annoyed and wanted him to stop bringing it up but i didn’t want to hurt him.”

Here’s how people responded to the story.

This person said that the woman is not the jerk in this situation and that her father seems to be gaslighting her.

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Another person argued that they could sympathize with the woman because they had a similar upbringing.

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Another reader said they had a similar situation with their father and it took them years to finally come to terms with it.

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This Reddit user said that the woman’s father is clearly the *sshole in this situation for his actions and that she needs to cut him out of her life.

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Finally, this individual said that the woman really doesn’t owe her father anything because he’s been…well, less than an ideal parent.

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Now it’s your turn to speak up.

What do you think about what this woman did?

Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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A Woman Asked if She Was Wrong for Telling Her Dad He’s Not Entitled to a Relationship

No doubt about it, family dynamics are always tricky.

And they’re especially tricky when parents get divorced and the kids have to deal with the fallout… and that damage can last for years.

A 27-year-old woman shared a story on Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page about a sticky situation with her father.

AITA for telling my dad he’s not entitled to a relationship with me?

“When i (27f) was around 10 my parents divorced, it was a messy thing, no one ever told me the reason and i do not really care. My mom won custody because she was able to prove in court that my father was an unfit parent.

My father never took it well and it showed whenever i had visitation at his house (2 weekends a month). Instead of spending time with me he would spends hours playing video games, order take out and the only time he would ever take me somewhere was when my grandma forced him, needless to say i never had a very close relationship with him

Then once i got older he started to bring up a college fund he had set aside for me and he always said that if my grades stayed up and i do well in school the money would be mine, and i did just that.

I got good grades, was part of many clubs in school and never got into trouble, i was basically the kid your parents brought up when they were comparing you to your friends.

In my senior year my dad got married to his current wife, it was a beautiful and extravagant ceremony. I’m pretty sure some of the arrangements were more expensive than my phone but whatever, i didn’t think much of it.

It wasn’t until i went to talk to my dad about my college fund that i found out he had used it to pay for his ceremony. I was in disbelief when he said it and the more he explained the more i wanted to cry, he didn’t even apologize, he said it with all causality of “Oh, you were looking for that thing you left in the fridge? Sorry, i ate it”

When he realized that i was upset he turned it around on me and told me that i was being selfish and that i was not entitled to his money.

Luckily, got scholarship that covered my entire tuition. Also, my mom and stepdad also had a fund set aside for me, they apparently knew my dad would pull that on me, so i was able to go to college without a lot of debt.

Since then i’ve been distant from my dad, i’ll not lie, i feel conned. If the money was always his, why did he bother mentioning it to me? I don’t care if he used it or not but to promise someone something, hold it over their heads for years, and not give it to them when you should because they’re “not entitled to it” is just a way too lengthy way to say that you’re an unreliable *ss in my eyes.

My dad has tried to reconcile but he still claims that i was not entitled to that money and even says that the money was not needed because i got a scholarship. The last time he said that to me was when i was at his house, visiting my new baby brother, and i got so d*mn annoyed that i said “I’m not entitled to your money but you’re also not entitled to a relationship with me so i guess we’re in a stalemate here”, i guess that hurt him because he got quiet until i left.

I’ve been remembering what i said for a while so i wonder if i was way too out of line in my statement? I was annoyed and wanted him to stop bringing it up but i didn’t want to hurt him.”

Here’s how people responded to the story.

This person said that the woman is not the jerk in this situation and that her father seems to be gaslighting her.

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Another person argued that they could sympathize with the woman because they had a similar upbringing.

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Another reader said they had a similar situation with their father and it took them years to finally come to terms with it.

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This Reddit user said that the woman’s father is clearly the *sshole in this situation for his actions and that she needs to cut him out of her life.

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Finally, this individual said that the woman really doesn’t owe her father anything because he’s been…well, less than an ideal parent.

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Now it’s your turn to speak up.

What do you think about what this woman did?

Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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What Hobbies Are Considered Boring But Really Aren’t? Here’s What Folks Said.

One of my friends is borderline obsessed with plants and gardening.

And when he started getting really into it, I thought to myself, “how boring!”

But now that I’m a little bit older…I think he was on to something.

Because plants are awesome are gardening isn’t boring at all!

What hobbies are considered boring but really aren’t at all?

AskReddit users shared their thoughts.

1. A good one!

“Language learning.

It’s a really fun process although sometimes it can feel like a grind.”

2. Just like Mr. Miyagi.

“Bonsai.

I thought it would be a nice little jaunt since you only have to look after them like 3 times a year and major attention every few years as long as you water and fertilize regularly.

Lies. All lies.

Days planning and diagramming how I’m going to f**k up this tiny tree I’ve invested years in. Multiple books bought and read.

Then like 12 f**king hours wiring up this tree and painstakingly watching to see if the apex is gonna do what I want or if that Jin is going to f**king work out.

I grow orchids. I thought they were b*tchy. I had not yet experienced the wrath of a juniper in a place that does not hit freezing temps.”

3. Mapmaker.

“Making detailed and realistic maps.

I grew up poor so to entertain myself I used to draw very realistic maps and play imaginary scenarios based on the map.

Eventually my family got a computer and I started using google sketch up to make maps and flags.

Now as an adult with a good paying job, I play EU4, HoI4 and CK2.

But I still enjoy making maps whenever I have a pencil and a blank paper. Imagination has no limits.”

4. Sounds good to me.

“Finding cool rocks. No joke.

You get to walk about, seeing cool things, breathing fresh air, and you get a geology lesson.”

5. I’d like to try this.

“Painting.

You’re constantly adapting to what the paint is doing, thinking, using your intuition, and you’re a lot more active than you appear to be.”

6. Playlists for days.

“I don’t know if this qualifies as a “hobby”, but I love making Spotify playlists for super obscure themes, like “the summer of 1997” or “the feeling you get when you realize you are driving too fast and it’s raining” or “these would make a good soundtrack for a zombie movie”.

I’m currently working on a playlist of songs to play a stranded Victorian era time traveler to get them up to speed on 21st century American musical culture.”

7. Can’t stop, won’t stop.

“Woodworking with hand tools.

I’m addicted and have bought 5 hand planes and can’t stop.”

8. Knittin’.

“Actually, knitting.

If you can do it right it’s actually fun.

Note that you’ll probably rage quit if you get it wrong.”

9. A green thumb.

“Raising plants, particularly succulents, has been way more eventful and exciting than I expected it to be.

I always thought raising plants was like this thing where you water something every day and then six months later it grows an inch and that’s it.

But I have a decent collection of different plants now, and they all have their own needs, their own unique behaviors, they’re different ages and so some flower and some don’t yet, they express their needs in different ways, and they change and move around much faster than you might expect. I’ve got some that are eternal and unchanging of course, but many more that are different every day.

I’ve got one plant that is so fast it can practically dance, and if it needs more light I’ll find it twisted into a completely different position every day until I move it somewhere more sunny and it settles down.

Not to mention by gaining an interest in plants, I’ve started paying attention to the plants around me in my neighborhood as I walk my dog, and I’ve started cataloging all the different flowers and weeds and shrubs I find. I’ve even found a few wild-growing succulents that I’ve taken samples of and am now cultivating at home, one of which even bloomed and gave me seeds which I’m going to try to grow!

It’s been so much fun and very educational.”

10. Aerial combat.

“Bird watching.

Sometimes you see aerial combat taking place with these birds, especially crows against hawks.”

11. Highly recommended.

“Geocaching.

I started this when my then GF and I were dirt poor in college and now we have logged about 1700 caches in about a dozen different countries.

Even just doing it near our home is awesome, because you get to see things you’d never see otherwise.

Highly recommend.”

12. Explore the night sky.

“Astronomy.

I got my first look through a telescope at 13 yo. My school had its own little observatory, and a few of us (mostly those specialising in physics or maths for A-level) were in the Astronomy Club. What hooked me wasn’t the stars, it was the planets.

Even with quite a lot of light pollution there was, for me, something magical about being able to look at the moon as if you were hovering just a short distance above its surface. And the planets all have their own charms. Jupiter is perhaps the most interesting, both in terms of the planet itself and in terms of its moons: I love checking that the moons are where they’re meant to be – I think of them as a sort of clock.

I know that I’m doing nothing more significant than checking the observations that others have made before me, and verifying what others have already calculated, but I feel that in some small way I’m helping to continue the validation of the great work of others. And like many others, I have my little patches of lunar geography that I watch pretty regularly, just in case anything has changed.

I suppose it’s not exciting, but it’s interesting to see our neighbor as the light and shadows change.”

What “boring” hobbies do you think are actually pretty awesome!

Talk to us in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Talk About About Folks Who Have No Idea How the Real World Works

When I was younger, I honestly believed that all adults had their acts together and were totally well-adjusted human beings.

I’m talking about all teachers, coaches, parents, and even the random folks I’d see at the grocery store.

But then as I got older I realized that many, many, many people out there are just kind of…well, clueless.

Boy, was that an eye-opener!

AskReddit users shared stories about folks who have no idea how the real world works.

Let’s take a look.

1. Not a good start.

“Guy got hired through a community college work program. Came to work late, was reprimanded by the boss.

On break guy was complaining to the rest of us “He can’t tell me what to do!” He seemed nice so we gently explained to him that while he was clocked in and being paid, the boss could indeed tell him what to do.

Guy thought it thru, agreed with us, but was amazed at the concept. He didn’t make it.”

2. Clueless.

“I have a coworker in her 40s whose parents help support her still. She bought a new car recently and told me it was some things on her old car (a 2017) were getting old – “like the tires.”

I mentioned i needed to get a new battery for my car, and she was like “i thought only really old cars need their batteries replaced?!””

3. My brother…

“My brother is 26 years old and has had one job (he worked there for like two months). Our cousin helped him get hired.

It was the easiest job in the world; a team of people drilled wells (agriculture) and my brother would come at night and watch the equipment. He had a new RV to sleep in. They let him watch TV, bring his dog, smoke, drink, eat whatever he wanted. The only thing he really had to do was be there. He wanted to go to dinner with his girlfriend and asked for the day off.

His boss told him no because he was the only person they had to stay there at night. He told his boss to f**k off and quit on the spot. To this day, he doesn’t work, pay bills, or do anything with his life.

He smokes weed and plays old video games (like random racing games on PS2). Sad waste of a life.”

4. Explain it to me.

“I worked with a girl in her 20s who had her first ever official paycheck.

She was beaming with excitement as she opened the envelope, smile drops and she says, “Wait…what are these lines?”

She had no idea what taxes were. We’re taxed to work, to simply live somewhere, to buy things, to sell things, to flush things.

Welcome to poverty, young girl in a low-paying career.”

5. Bad interview.

“Sat in on an interview with a guy who was 18 or 19. He was applying for a job because his parents were going to kick him out if he was unemployed.

That’s fine, he’s applying for entry level. When the hiring manager asked him how many hours he’d be available to work in a week he said he’d be comfortable working not more than 72 because he only wanted to work 3 days a week.

When she clarified that 72 hours is literally 3 full days he replied that he knew but in that tone that tells you internally he thought she was an idiot for asking. No big surprise but we did not hire him.

Ran into him a few years later, he worked up to be the assistant manager at the car dealship I bought my most recent vehicle from.

He remembered me and when I asked how he got the job he said he started dating a guy a while after not getting the job I’d seen him interview for that set him straight pretty quick so at least he got over it.”

6. Not how it works.

“Work at a vet and a woman, late 20s owned her first puppy and we had an argument over the bill because she was sure her dog was covered under Canada’s health care system.

I said it was impressive that her dog paid his taxes.”

7. Good luck!

“One of my friends fantasized about having ten kids while also being an actress.

When I asked her about her kids, she said she’d just get a nanny to take care of them and that she didn’t need to worry because they’d still love her.

I hope she grew out of that.”

8. Can you do that?

“In class years ago, we were learning about something that had to do with creating tunnels through the mountains and how dangerous and laborious it was at the time.

I don’t recall what we were learning about, but what I DO remember is this one girl raised her hand and said “Why didn’t they just move the mountains”. The entire class stared at her in silence until she realized what she said and burst into tears.

This was in 12th grade.”

9. Let me explain…

“I used to have a couple coworkers that called out regularly who complained about not having enough money.

We get paid by the hour. If you don’t work, you won’t get paid.”

10. No snacks?!?!

“My family was visiting Arlington National Cemetery and this Karen lady on our bus asked the bus driver if “there was a place to buy snacks and drinks inside the cemetery”.

Driver is like “uh no…it’s a cemetery”.

Then she got all pouty.”

11. Yikes.

“I had a friend that thought they could finish their four year degree in two years by just taking double the amount of classes per semester because “they are smart enough to”.

They are now in year five.”

12. It’s not fair!

“I’m a senior in highschool.

One of my 19 year olds classmates was complaining about one of our teachers because she gave a syllabus. “How am I supposed to remember to look at it?” He said. “she needs to remind us, it isnt fair.”

Curious to see how last he’s going to last in college…”

Have you had any experiences like this?

If so, please share them with us in the comments.

We’d really appreciate it!

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