15 Times People Took a Leap of Faith and It Totally Paid Off

In life, we won’t always know what to do. Sometimes, it’s up to us to make a decision, even if we aren’t 100% sure, and dive in head first.

These people on AskReddit shared their personal success stories about taking a leap of faith.

1. Boom!

“On a school trip to the local community college for their “Business Leadership” day, I signed up for every single test (they had prizes) and ended up winning a full-ride scholarship despite only having 1/2 a year of Accounting I under my belt.”

2. What’s up, doc?

“My biggest (not most recent) was when I got rejected from the nursing program at my local university. Wasn’t good enough for nursing, which is very competitive to get into, but they offered me a spot in the faculty of science. I was going to decline.

My husband encouraged me to use the opportunity to work towards my lifelong dream. So we scrounged up the deposit to secure my spot and despite having a couple of very young kids at home, I threw myself into full time studies and earned really good grades from the get-go.

This spring I graduated from medical school and am currently having an absolute blast in residency.

Wasn’t good enough for nursing, but I’m a pretty decent doctor so far. :)”

3. Gotta ask for it

“Worked up the guts to let my employer know I need more time off work to take care of a family member. I’m really non confrontational so I was really worried about it.

Currently watching baseball with my dad at home.”

4. Go for it!

“My biggest was when I saw this cute girl at a resort bar in the Florida Keys, I wedged myself in next to her to order a drink and started a conversation.

We’re married 26 years as of earlier this month.

Any more recent shots pale in comparison.”

5. Banana bread for the win

“There was this girl that I kind of fancied for a while from high school (A few years ago), and then one day just decided to talk to her and whatnot; got into a great rolling conversation that lasted days, and I did end up bragging about my Banana Bread. That lead to her wanting to come over to see if it was that good, and we just hit it off even better in person and she liked my Banana Bread and we’ve been dating for almost 9 months now.”

6. Anything is possible

“Two years ago, I applied to a super competitive master’s program. I didn’t have the grades or anything, but took a chance. Ended up getting in after being placed in the waitlist. I graduated and I’m now preparing for my boards… anything is possible.”

7. The brunette

“During my 2L year of law school I went to a lunch meeting in a classroom with probably 120 seats available and only 10 occupied. There was a really beautiful brunette sitting in the very back row alone. While it would have potentially seemed really weird to sit right next to her I decided to give it a shot in the off-chance she might end up interested in me. We started talking, introduced each other, and ended up grabbing lunch. Two years later I’m looking at engagement rings for that same beautiful brunette.”

8. Excellent!

“Called an old buddy of mine in LA about a job, unhappy with where I currently am. Ask and you shall receive, I suppose. I am moving 3,000 miles away for an excellent job with an excellent company.”

9. Friends

“Not recent, but my best case of taking a shot. When I was in 6th grade I was a chubby little need that wore Marvin the marcian shirts. My first day at my new school I saw this cute emo girl but was too scared to talk to her. One day in the computer class I had with her we got an assignment to make a PowerPoint on sh-t we like, pretty much telling everyone about you.

I was scared to talk to her so I just put some metal music my brother showed me in my PowerPoint. It worked though, she came over and started talking to me about the music. We’ve been best friends for 6 years now, even through all our moves we still text a lot, not as often as we used too, but that’s to be expected considering we have a lot more responsibilities now.”

10.

Back to school

“I guess I’m in the process of figuring out if the shot is worth it…

After a disheartening meeting with HR about my pay, I angrily went back up to my office and applied for school. I literally went to the local colleges website, pulled up its report on new grads, and picked something that looked promising. Applied because I realized I was never going to be properly financially rewarded working for a non profit in social services. The non profit I work for is generally good and while I was upset with the meeting, I realized no one else was going to pay me what I was worth.

The program I applied for was competitive and I didn’t think I’d get in and if I did get in I probably wouldn’t go… well sh-t, I got in. Even then I waffled on paying my deposit because I thought I’d never have the courage to quit my job and go back to school. Thought about it and figured I needed to take a shot. I’m not happy with my career and if I’m going to do this, now is the time.

Anyways I quit my underpaid job last week. I go back to school in the fall.”

11. Get that tat

“I really wanted a tattoo from a well-known tattoo artist in Copenhagen, but figured it would never happen in a million years. A friend told me to cut the sh-t. I reached out to the artist and it looks like I’ll be tattooed by him in 2020 (my year choice, he’s not booked that far yet).”

12. One call did it all

“Lady came into my store and tells me she’s the new bank manager in the area. We talk and I eventually reveal I also do real estate. She tells me she has three houses for sale for about 160k. I tell her I will drive by and look at them, they looked ok and I told her I could make an offer in six months or so when I had some money freed up. She comes in a week later with her phone in her hand saying she actually has a total of ten houses she’s trying to sell. She thinks they are all in terrible condition, I do flips and can tell they need about 10k in cosmetic work.

She just wants to get rid of them so she says she’s about to send an email to a guy to sell them all for 250k total. I tell her I will buy them cash by the end of the week for that amount. I call my dad as I know he’s on the market, he freaks out and gets some money together. He signs and purchases them by the end of the week, then surprises me by giving me a 10% stake as a finder’s fee.

Now I get about $350 a month for making one phone call.”

13. Instagram does it again

“Found an old crush from middle school on IG months ago. Always thought she was out of my league, I hit her with a smooth DM and now shes my gf =) ”

14. A lot happier

“I’ve loved drawing for pretty much all of my life, but was discouraged from pursuing it as a career due to my parents and other things. I went to college, became a programmer for a few years, and then realized that I wasn’t very happy. Eventually, I quit my job and I’m now a freelance artist. I figured, why not, I’m young and I’m allowed to make mistakes. I’d rather think “Oh well, at least I tried!” if I failed than to wonder what my life could’ve been. After I told people about it, I was really surprised at the amount of support I got from my friends and from people online!

It’s scary, but at least I have savings to stay afloat for a while and I’m a lot happier with my life now.”

15. Backpacker love

“Met the girl of my dreams while backpacking almost exactly 7 years ago. We were both broke and in college, not to mention from different companies. We spoke every night at the hostel and went for a midnight walk with each other almost every night. The day she’s leaving we joke about how the only way we’d manage to end up together would be marriage – “you’d only need to get me a ring pop” she says.

A lot of Facebook messages, Skype calls, postcards and even the odd fight later, I finally bought that ring pop.

We are submitting our visa paperwork in 6 weeks and I’m preparing to move across the Atlantic.”

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August 22, 2018

These Self-Described “Scumbags” Confess the Worst Things They’ve Ever Done

We’ve all done things in our lives that we aren’t proud of, but then there are some people who practically make a career out of being bad.

Take a look at the stories these self-proclaimed scumbags shared on AskReddit about the worst things they’ve ever done.

1. That would be scary

“After a house party, multiple people slept over. My friend was on a queen sized bed by himself. I grabbed him and put him on the floor and then pushed him under the bed so I wouldn’t step on him when I woke up. He was super drunk, so it was easy. He woke up in the morning, still drunk and screaming. For a couple of seconds he thought he was in a coffin.”

2. Don’t go in the jacuzzi

“On holiday in a hotel I didn’t know very well and had to look after my little brother. I needed to poop. Bad.

Couldn’t find where a toilet was, so dragged him into an empty Jacuzzi and took a dump in it. We both screamed and ran out as it floated to the top and managed to convince him it was already there when we got in.”

3. Awful news

“My brother’s girlfriend of like a year came out to a family meal once and while playing catch with a football she broke a nail and just broke down sobbing about it. I was shocked and in my family we always use gallows humour to cheer ourselves up during the dark moments. She was very aware of this and joked right along with us.

I made a light-hearted comment about how it sucked but it was just a nail and it would grow back, at least it wasn’t cancer or anything…

Nope, she had found just the day before that her cancer had returned. My brother had never told us she had cancer in the past or that she had just found out this awful news.”

4. Ouch

“When I was a kid, I put some dishwashing liquid and water in a squirt gun. When the ice cream man came, he asked what I wanted. I said I wanted a drumstick, so he reached into the freezer and waited for the money. I didn’t have any so he asked why I did that. I said I do want it, I just don’t have any money. He got pissed and I squirted him in the eyes with the soapy water. Why did I do it? I think I was mad that we never had money for stuff like that, and here he was parading it in my face every day. It’s been about 50 years and I still feel bad about it.”

5. Probably drove someone insane

“I stole one piece from a thousand Jigsaw Puzzles at a naming ceremony (like a baptism sort of thing) I attended with my parents.”

6. Snitch

“One time when I was 17, my friend was having some big illicit party and I didn’t want to deal with that, just wanted to hang with a few of my friends. So early on in the evening before it was to begin, I called in a fake noise complaint to get the police to drop by and maybe rattle him so my friend would call off the party.

Well little did I know that it had already begun, and the cops showed up and did a huge bust. Guess who was there drinking? My two younger brothers. One of them assaulted a female officer (pushed her so he could run away) and got charged with a felony.

I came clean, everyone was pissed (both at me and at my brothers, especially the one who ran from the cops), our family paid $3,500 to some attorney to get it busted down to a misdemeanor with a bit of community service, and I felt awful for months. I did use my summer earnings to pay my dad back half of the lawyer’s fees though.

0/10 would not recommend trying to use the police as a tool to get what you want

This was 20 years ago, btw. Still makes me cringe to think about it.”

7. Bad joke

“College friend burned her whole apartment building to the ground. Not a joke.

About 10 minutes after the fact, while we are literally sitting there watching the whole building engulfed in flames, I tried to lighten the mood and turned to her and said “What the hell. Were you trying to cook or something?”

It was a grease fire. She was cooking bacon. She started crying and I felt terrible.”

8. Great guy

“Broke up with my college girlfriend over the phone a week after saying “I love you” to get her to do butt stuff. Also, I was playing Warcraft 3 on mute while she cried.”

9. The worst version

“I was 17, picked up weed for a friend, smoked some of it. Then put some parsley in and said it was just shake. He was in the car with us and smoked a bowl, you could hear him smack his lips with the weird taste. I laughed, told him, and never reimbursed him for it. At that age you are the worst version of yourself.”

10. A more serious one

“We used to snowball cars, egg cars, you name it and we would probably throw it at cars while they were driving through our neighborhood.

One night we were doing just that, and my neighborhood growing up was set up in a way that worked to our advantage pretty well- it was a peninsula with one way in and out, and a long road we could see all the way down coming into it. We got into so much trouble that we eventually learned to identify headlights of cars coming in and knew whenever a cop was coming.

So we basically set up this weird snowball trap for cars where they would turn a blind turn and see a hose tied across the road between two parallel signs, stop and get out to move it, and we would blast them and run down this little getaway path we had.

Eventually someone came through and didn’t see it in time, ran the hose over, and got it all wrapped up in their wheelwell and caused them to skid to a pretty abrupt stop in a snowstorm around a blind turn. A cop car was immediately following them and slammed into the back of them. We all ran back to my house and no one got caught, and next thing you know we’re all in my house looking out the window at the towns entire police force driving around outside.

The neighbors all knew who it was and tried to tell my parents what we did. Luckily they couldn’t ever prove it was us!”

11. A true scumbag

“Fairly late to this but here we go. I started “dating” this chick during 11th grade who I knew in 9th grade but transferred to another school in 10th grade. I didn’t let it be publicly known we were “together” since I was just trying have someone around to f^ck, and still be able to pursue other chicks. High school me was really sh!tty when it came to girls.

2 weeks down the road she’s texting me at around 8pm telling me about how she had gone to the hospital and the lump she was worried about (talked about it earlier in the day) was confirmed to be breast cancer. As I was with her solely for the purpose of sex, I didn’t want to be there for all the emotional support/boyfriend duties she’d obviously need.

So I never replied to her. Never even broke up with her, said goodbye, nothing.”

12. Cringe

“One time during Christmas my cousin’s grandparents (not related to me by blood) got me and my sister Christmas presents.

I opened my present and it was a polly pocket doll. Me being the dumb 10 year old or something I was, said “here, you can have it, I don’t want it.” and just gave it to my younger sister, who played with that stuff more then I did. The problem was that I did it right in front of grandma. She felt bad she didn’t give me a good present and gave me 20 dollars instead later on.

I still feel bad about it to this day.”

13. Thief

“I stole money from my parents constantly throughout my teenage years – and any other family member (or anyone) who visited and left their handbag or wallet lying around. It was a common thing to do amongst my friends and I. We were almost competitive about it.

So, once while visiting my grandma who ran a bed and breakfast place (off the books as far as the taxman was concerned, that’ll be important in a minute) i was searching through a desk in their living room and found a purse that contained at least 1000 pounds in neat rolls. It was obviously their business cash. Like I said, off the books.

I stole 120 pounds from it – a huge amount for a 13 year old to have in 1983, and massive bragging rights when I got home and told my fellow thieves about it…… they definitely noticed, and i am 100% certain they knew it was me.”

14. Sorry

“Just before break I snuck over to the bag racks and rummaged in someone else’s school bag. I found a packet of Cadbury animal biscuits and stole them. When break time finally arrived the girl who was now biscuit-less spent the whole time crying.

I’m 23 now and I still feel guilty.

Sorry Lucy.”

15. The smell

“To preface this, it’s important to note that I ate a ton of Taco Bell right before bed the night before the funeral showing. Not sure of everything I had, but there was definitely a burrito supreme in there.

Anyway, let’s back up a couple of days. I was looking forward to a weekend in Chicago for an annual trip for people in our major. Unfortunately, my on again/off again ex girlfriend’s grandma passed away. Despite ex being a general bummer of an individual, I offered to pass up the trip and be by her side.

Cut to the post TB morning. I awoke and felt a small cavernous rumble of gas that shalt not pass. You know when it’s going to be bad. The relative’s house we stayed with her big family was not large, so I couldn’t even find an unoccupied room nor a walk-in closet to fart in.

So it sits in my stomach and churns. We get dressed and get to the showing, and the fart seems to have calmed … but it’s still in there. Most of the family walks up to talk to each other and I begin to see an opportunity to release at least a portion of this tainted copy of Air Bud: Spikes Back that was “now showing” in my butt. It seemed perfect. Finally, some relief! So I remained seated as they dissipated and did the deed. I knew it would be silent. But I had no idea it would be that deadly.

It honestly smelled like a dog did it. Or some sort of dog/human hybrid. The family started to notice the smell, and then a ton of others nearby did as well. And they started looking for the source.

Now folks, I’m pretty laid back. I’m no actor by any means, but I think some kind of innate human instincts for preservation came into play to keep me from taking the blame for that anti-enchilada. I denied that I supplied, and was acquitted of the chunk charges. But what happened next made me a scum bag.

Seconds later, a dude in a wheelchair came through the crowd of us. One of her family members, was like “do you think it was him?” And I composed myself and was like, “yeah, I didn’t notice the smell until he came in the room.”

I’d say I felt bad for all of this. But I still laugh every time I remember hearing ex’s concerned mother say “I wonder if he rolled his wheels through something.”

Ta-da. I’m trash forever.”

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August 22, 2018

15 People Confess To The Dumbest Things They Did While Drunk

For most people, there’s probably that one night of a few too many drinks that stands out in their minds. I’m guessing most of us can recall it, but no matter who you are, I bet these 15 stories are going to make you feel just a bit better about your own choices.

#15. Put a stop to it.

“Was at a bar with a ton of friends. Had a lot and was moving to the music. Threw up my chicken parm that I ate for lunch in the sink because the only stall was occupied. I then spent the next minute sifting the puke from the sink to the garbage can by hand until a buddy came in to go to the bathroom and saw me and put a stop to it.

Later, I went in and I was waiting to use the only other sink. The guy washing his hands looked disgusted and talked to me about the puke, not knowing it was me.

I replied: “Who pukes in a sink. What a fucking asshole.”

Self-aware asshole that is.”

#14. A sh*tty ending.

“During high school at best friends party. Girl I liked was drinking and kissing other dude. So young me decides to drink and get fucked up. I’m playing basketball with a dude when 3 cop cars pull into driveway in front of me. I turn around and slowly walking into woods across road and into swampy woods. I walk for 15 min then sit next to tree and wait it out for 3 or 4 hrs. Well young me was taking this medication for my acne. Alcohol didn’t mix well with it. I had to fart a lot out there. Finally I decide to go back around 2 in morning to friends house. I arrive at back of house and enter through back door, as I open it I see my 2 best friends sitting at table with 3 cops staring at me. I slowly close door and try to walk back into woods. Failed. Cops call my parents and I hear them telling them to bring towels. My friends are crying and laughing. I find out that the fart was not a fart at all, but a steaming running pile of acne alcohol fueled shit all over my pants. Oh and my legs, hands, and face were all cut up front walking through woods.

What a shitty ending.”

#13. My neighbor’s toilet.

“Stole my neighbors toilet. I returned it a few days later.”

#12. The cat bomb.

“I once picked up a stray cat and brought it into the bar with me. It then ran and hid in the most inaccessible corner. Took two hours for the bartender to get it back outside… at least that’s what they told me. I am highly allergic to cats, so my eyes swelled shut and I had to go home within minutes of dropping the cat bomb.”

#11. The only reply I had for him.

“This is the story everyone who saw tells me, i dont remember a single bit of it. In high school I drank a fifth of Ciroc in 2ish hours, of course I ended up blacking out. While I was blacked out I thought it would be a great idea to pee on the host’s living room flat screen. Supposedly the host of the party walked in to see me peeing on his tv and started yelling at me, but the only reply I had for him was “can you fuck off dickhead, I’m trying to take a piss over here”

#10. God knows what reason.

“Once I toddled my merry way up to bed, puke bucket in hand, feeling sensible and proud of myself for preparing for the vomiting I was inevitably about to do. Then for God knows what reason I proceeded to take off ALL of my clothes and put them in the bucket for safekeeping. Had a pretty disgusting load to put in the washer the next day :(“

#9. Only a rash?

“I let my ex put wasabi in her mouth and give me head in front of 10 people. I got a rash from it.”

#8. I thought she was gorgeous.

“Drunkenly call the liquor store and ask for the cashier’s number because I thought she was gorgeous

…I no longer go to that liquor store.”

#7. Tree fights.

“Had a fight with a tree. I won and took what I could of it home with me.”

#6. Hug it out.

“Tie between falling through a glass window hugging my friend (we won 10 rounds of beer pong) and taking Molly before passing out so I woke up hungover and rolling. It was terrible.”

#5. Pee Mounds

“I got drunk and passed out on the beach. Someone put a blanket on me. I kept waking up having to pee really bad, but not wanting to get up and out from under the blanket, I would just dig a hole, unzip, pee, and bury it. I woke up surrounded by my pee mounds, fairly certain I wasn’t being as clean as I thought at the time.”

#4. Broke into a construction site.

“Broke into a construction site and tried to start the cranes and dozers. Spent the night in the drunk tank for that one.”

#3. Three times in a night.

“On my way home after the party late one night I decided it’s a good idea to instead go to a 24h gym since I felt unstoppable. Tried to bench x2 times my normal weight. Pulled my shoulder, got stuck under the bar and had to wiggle out.
Or that one time when I called my GF by my exes name. Three times in a night.”

#2. It was baking.

“Puked in my mom’s car while she was driving us home from a wedding. Had to clean it up the next day after it was baking in 95 degree heat too.”

#1. A stranger’s couch.

“Woke up in a stranger’s apartment one morning with a throbbing headache and no recollection of how I got there.

Early in the evening I left my apartment and walked down the street to hang out with a friend at his place. He was encouraging me to drink heavily and I indulged but I kept thinking to myself, “after this one I need to go home.”

When I did wake up, I was very confused about the situation but quickly exited the strange apartment. I went outside, strategically covering my junk with my hands and realized that I was on the right street, just in the wrong building. It was probably about 3:30 or 4:00 AM and I should consider myself lucky that I didn’t live on a busy street.

I ran down the street to my building and entered my code to get inside, but my apartment door was locked. I tried knocking on my neighbor’s door to borrow a towel but there was no answer. I decided I had no choice but to scale the building up to my balcony and let myself in. When I got inside, I found my clothes, keys, phone, and wallet in my bedroom next to an unmade bed.

I believe that after drinking heavily I made my way home, derobed, and passed out in bed. Then at some point I drunk-sleep-walked “home” to the wrong building as my subconscious must’ve still been fixated on “I need to go home after this”. I lived in apartment X, I woke up in apartment X in another building. Some months later I checked to see if my door code worked on the other building and it did.

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August 21, 2018

12+ Times People Were Stabbed in the Back by Their BFF

Sometimes, BFF doesn’t always mean forever. Sometimes, those friend can stab you in the back in a way that ensures the relationship will never last.

In this article, people on AskReddit reveal how their best friends stabbed them in the back…

1. Scandalous

“My best friend, my fiance. We were together six years, lived together most of it. Lived apart for the last because we went to school in cities two hours apart. We had an argument the day after thanksgiving so I made a surprise drive to visit her that night. Caught her red handed cheating on me. She swore up and down it was a misunderstanding, and since I loved her, I believed every word.

We spoke briefly for the next month because of finals, but afterwards she invited me over. I drove two hours to see her, and when I get there the cops show up minutes later and hand me a restraining order. I found out, months later why she did: she didn’t want me to find out she was already getting married to the guy she was cheating on me with. F***** me up for years.”

2. That’s kind of a lot…

“My ex cheated on me with my bass player, two very close friends, and most likely a few others.

On the flip side, this means that all of the people she cheated with also betrayed me.”

3. Sounds like a great guy

“So, several years ago my grandmother died. Driving home from her house (she lived very close to us) we ran into one of my best friends driving the other way. He had known her and had eaten Sunday dinner at her place on several occasions, so we stopped to let him know that she had passed and when/where the funeral would be.

While we were at her funeral, he and a couple of other guys broke into our apartment and stole everything. Then, a couple of nights later, they tried to break into her apartment too but a neighbor saw them and scared them off.

This guy had been near the top of my best friends list and we’d known each other for about 12 years (I was 18 at the time).”

4. Creeps

“A couple of years ago I got really really sick and moved back to my parents’ house for a couple months. My roommate asked me if some friends of ours (his very long-time friends) could stay in my room for a few days because they were temporarily homeless. They had like 4 kids and the kids had to stay somewhere else. It was Christmastime and these people were pretty poor and weren’t going to be able to afford presents for the kids.

My parents were actually going to give them a couple hundred bucks to help with presents. I came back to the house a week or two after they came and stayed only to discover they had stolen my MacBook, another laptop, a kindle, a set of gaming headphones, and my external hard drive (like 15 years worth of pictures stored on there). They also stole my roommate’s college ring. I’m still mad and it’s going on three years later. You don’t steal from friends.”

5. At least they’re happy…

“Back in late 2008 I had one of my groomsmen/best friends train my fiancée (he had a personal training studio business) because she wanted to tone up for our wedding. Shortly after that, her and I were constantly arguing and I was always doing something wrong. Come early 2009 I left on a weekend trip and when I got back she broke up with me. Two weeks later they were together. 6mo later they got married. Now like 8yrs later I think they’re expecting their 4th kid. I don’t talk to them anymore, but good for them, they seem happy. At least it wasn’t for some temporary fling.”

6. Ugggghhhhh

” “I met someone and she opened my eyes,” said my husband three weeks after our son was born. I’m still bleeding from that stab wound.”

7. Not cool

“I had a great friend that I knew since 4th grade. When we both got out of the military we decided to get an apartment and were room mates for about 8 months.

I was working 2 jobs, so I was not around a lot. One day our apartment manager caught me in the hallway and asked me if I had the rent. At the time I was giving my roommate the rent and he said he was paying it. Turns out he had not paid the previous 2 months and had pocketed my cash. I ended up paying for 4 months of rent for both of us, got evicted, and lost my security deposit.”

8. Weird

“My best friend in college just stopped talking to me one day. Wouldn’t respond to any texts or anything. It hurt, but I let it go. A year or so later I read in the paper that an old friend of ours had died, so I texted her to let her know. She responded with ‘you have the wrong number’. Maybe that was the truth, but I couldn’t help but think that it wasn’t and for some reason this hurt more than her breaking things off with me.

Years later she apologized out of the blue on Facebook which is nice I guess. But who the f*** does that?”

9. Crummy

“I was in a band with some friends in high school. I wrote all the songs we played. They kicked me out and said they didn’t like my music anymore and wanted to go another direction. I later found out they had booked a show and played my songs they said they hated. I felt pretty crummy after hearing that.”

10. No shows

“I invited all my high school “friends” to my birthday party and none of them showed up. Luckily I had my 2 close friends from outside of school show up and still have a good time. Went back to school that Monday and instead of sitting at their table I took a chance and sat with this girl I had a crush on, we dated throughout highschool and then some so it worked out.”

11. The roommate

“My roommate tried to convince my girlfriend that I was secretly a rapist and a pedophile, got his girlfriend and some others and held an “intervention” where she couldn’t leave until she said she was going to do something about me.

Luckily, my girlfriend decided to talk to me, realized it was all bullshit, and is still by my side today. My roommate dropped out of college and still hasn’t finished their degree.”

12. Catfishin’

“I just found out two of my closest friends have been cat-fishing me with pictures of an Israeli supermodel for the past couple weeks, so that was pretty cool of them.”

13. Sad face

“MY friend invited me out to a party in college freshman year. He went down to a friend’s room and I told him I’d meet him and as I walked up to the door I hear him saying, “yeah I invited my roommate but I really hope he doesn’t come.” “

14. He had a side piece

“My best friend and my husband.

Married 7 years. Refinanced dream home in October. Booked ‘bucket list’ vacation two weeks later. A week after THAT, he came home and told me we were getting a divorce. He then walked out the door and never looked back.

No notice. No, “honey, I am growing unhappy”.
We never fought and I thought we had an awesome life.

But that wasnt the “stabbed in the back” part. Look, people grow unhappy and get divorced. S*** happens, right?

Except that besides blindsiding and abandoning me and our child, he went around to all of our friends and family playing the victim of how he was unloved and unappreciated. He also neglected to mention in his tale of woe about his side piece.

Would have taken a bullet for the man. Didnt know he was holding the gun.”

15. $$$$$$$$

“My friend of nearly 25 years happily ended our friendship over a few thousand bucks he owed me.”

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August 21, 2018

15 People Reveal What They Believe Society Takes Way Too Seriously

It’s 2018 and I think it’s safe to say we could all take a deep breath, swallow a chill pill, and relax a little bit. That isn’t to say that there aren’t serious things happening in the world, but some people take things way too seriously that maybe aren’t that big of a deal.

AskReddit users went on the record and shared the things they think everyone takes WAY too seriously in life. Do you agree with them?

1. Sports!

“Youth sports. I went and saw a co-workers kid play hockey. He’s 9. Adults were screaming, a fight broke out between parents, swearing at the refs, the whole 9 yards. My co-worker didn’t participate, but wasn’t fazed. I asked him what the deal was and he just said “this is the norm”.

Sorry Susan, little Johnny isn’t going to be the next Patrick Kane. He very well could be eventually, but it’s not like the draft is next week.”

2. Brands

“Brands that they use. For example, some car guys are either all BMW or all Benz and act like their car brand is inherently superior to others. Same with snowmobiles, dirt bikes, trucks etc…

All the different varieties lead to innovation and have their own pluses and minuses.”

3. I can’t…

“Can’t speak for everyone, but I can tell you I took my fears way too seriously in high school. Can’t ask her out, she might say no. Can’t make that joke, they might think I’m awkward. Can’t go to that party, wear that shirt, can’t can’t can’t.

I was so afraid of failing I guaranteed that I would fail. I never risked anything, never reached for anything. And when I finally realized what I’d done, I just made the same painful, awkward mistakes I’d feared later in life, in college, in young adulthood.

Experience is a long string of failures. Hopefully, you reflect on them and learn from them. Avoiding experience does not avoid failure. It delays it.”

4. Ignore it

“The opinions and actions of very, very small groups of people. You always see it reported in the more sensationalist media outlets: ‘People outraged about…’, followed by whatever decision a company has made this week. If you read the article, it’s pretty much always a scant handful of people — two at most — who have managed to whip up a storm in a teacup, usually about nothing at all. The best advice I every heard when it comes to keeping things like this in perspective is to imagine that the plural noun in phrases like this — you know, ‘Scientists now think that…’ or ‘People are claiming that…’ or ‘Mothers all around the country are outraged by…’ — can be replaced by ‘Two dudes in Iowa’.

‘Two dudes in Iowa now think that global warming might be overblown’ is not a news story.” “

5. Lighten up

“As a former Special Educator: teachers, many teachers, take “disrespectful behavior” too seriously.

I dealt with quite a few authoritarian teachers myself when I was young.

I don’t think it’s OK for children to be rude or cruel to their teachers or elders. I put “disrespectful behavior” in scare quotes because I was referring to those situations when the child (keep in mind these are children) means no harm and/or is unaware of or can’t control his/her behavior.
I have immense respect for teachers and the profession of teaching. In my 6 years as a Special Education teacher working with students who have autism or emotional disabilities, I met dozens of teachers and almost all of them were wonderful people. Better than me, in fact, because I got emotionally and psychologically exhausted and couldn’t hack it anymore.
The person I described in subsequent posts is a cruel tyrant. She consistently uses fear to keep her students “in line (i.e. silent)”. All teachers lose their temper sometimes. That’s human.
I think an adult should not take the things a 5th grader says/does personally. Even if you do have to discipline them, keep some perspective. We all made our share of dumb decisions as kids. That’s what kids do.
Thank you to all the parents of children with disabilities who support the work of special educators and work with them. You are the real MVPs.”

6. Back off a little

“Honestly children’s safety. Helicopter parents who don’t let their kids go outside with friends or freak out at every scrape or bruise are not helping their kids. Now that doesn’t mean you should neglect children, just don’t suffocate them. I’ve seen small children with machetes and they were well behaved, probably because of trust and social expectations.”

7. Embrace your feminine side

“Knocks to their “masculinity”. I know far too many people that are missing out on great movies like Paddington 2 or Spirited Away because they’re not traditionally masculine movies. And that’s just a tiny little example, some folk get WAY overboard about stuff like that.”

8. Mind your own business

“Frisbees

I was on travel for work last week and my hotel was across the street from a park with a Frisbee golf course (excuse me, a “disc golf course”). Since I had some free time one afternoon, I bought a six dollar Wham-O Frisbee and went over to enjoy a beautiful sunny day and play a few holes. Multiple, multiple people felt compelled to tell me that my discs were not regulation. Who the f-ck cares? I’m not competing for prize money. My cheap Frisbee wasn’t damaging the course. Go away and mind your own damn business!”

9. It’s a game

“First Person Shooters and Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas. I have a couple friends that are great to hang out with in person but they are so toxic the minute anything goes wrong in a game. Yelling, blaming, rage quitting, bossing others around, etc. Its just a game guys, winning is fun but id rather lose with fun people than win with certain people at this point.”

10. You’re wrong!

“On reddit? Everything.

Reddit has an obsession with snarky responses and a “Actually…” mentality.

Hell, even if your comment supports their opinion, they’ll dig and search for grammar mistakes just for the sake of proving you wrong about something.”

11. Not your problem(s)…

“Celebrities and their problems.”

12. Preach!

“The opinions of other people on the internet.”

13. Good point

“Attaching themselves weird but popular sources for their outward identity. Liking The Office is not a personality type.”

14. Sounds a little extreme

“I’ve seen kids try and murder each other over Pokemon…”

15. Amen!

“Nobody actually gives a f*ck about Starbucks holiday cups. Nobody.

Maybe four people on Twitter, but that’s effectively nobody.

Edit: replace “Starbucks cups” with literally anything else the news tells us people are OUTRAGED about. Nobody cares about any of this sh*t.”

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August 21, 2018

Good News, Parents: Scientists Are Trying to Ban Glitter

We always knew there was something sinister about glitter, even if we couldn’t put our fingers on it (literally, it’s so tiny). Well, guess what? It turns out glitter is a microplastic, which is really bad for the environment, hence why scientists want to ban it.

Photo Credit: Instagram,selebeachwatchers

Microplastics are defined as small pieces of plastic that present a significant danger to marine environments, in particular. According to the EPA, microplastics and microbeads like those found in glitter are small enough to slip through wastewater treatment facilities and into oceans and other marine environments. They’re also small enough to be easily ingested by a wide range of animals.

For those reasons, there is a push to ban glitter, along with other microplastics.

Recent studies show that ingesting microplastics can have several detrimental effects on marine life, including a slow growth rate.

“Microplastics exposure could be detrimental to marine organisms especially under high concentrations,” comments Abby Lo Hau Kwan, a Ph.D. student and co-author of the study.

Photo Credit: Instagram

The good news – or bad news, sorry parents – is that many companies do offer alternatives that are eco-friendly and biodegradable and free of microplastics.

Photo Credit: Instagram

So, if you can’t live without glitter in your art, crafts, or makeup just make sure you make good choices the next time you pick some up!

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August 21, 2018

12 Photos That Require a Second Look

Don’t be afraid to take a second look at these 12 weird and unexpected images.

At first glance, they might look totally normal, but look again and you might see something strange.

1. How big does this stone look to you? Look at the man next to it for scale.

Photo Credit: Reddit: Dasupalouie

2. There’s no water in this picture.

Photo Credit: Reddit: sean_t17

3. That’s no lawn…

Photo Credit: Reddit: Mww14

4. I think that shadow just moved.

Photo Credit: Reddit: earthmoonsun

5. Just a couple of local doctors.

Photo Credit: Imgur

6. A single blur can make things quite strange.

Photo Credit: Reddit: Thisdarlingdeer

7. Would you like a piece of…chair?

Photo Credit: Reddit: zeexik

8. Hello!

Photo Credit: Reddit: wennregen

9. Heads up…this is a weird one.

Photo Credit: Reddit: macadamiamin

10. Things aren’t quite right-side-up in this picture.

Photo Credit: Reddit

11. Just taking a ride.

Photo Credit: Reddit: liftwaits

12. Can you spot the dollar bill?

Photo Credit: Reddit: no_ta_ching

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August 21, 2018

13 Strange Sights That Will Make You Scratch Their Chin

Do you know what’s going on in these 13 photos? Because we are stumped. Scroll through these 13 strange images and be prepared to scratch your head, chin, or whatever else helps you think.

1. We have so many questions.

Photo Credit: Imgur: POYZN

2. “World Cup.”

Photo Credit: Reddit: edd010

3. How do you get down?

Photo Credit: Reddit: Sveq

4. A real-life Meowth.

Photo Credit: Reddit: Day3110

5. Cheaper than shoes.

Photo Credit: Imgur

6. Nothing to see here.

Photo Credit: Imgur

7. “The deer had no comment.”

Photo Credit: Reddit: CosmicKeys

8. Dance party.

Photo Credit: Reddit: Godisdeadbutimnot

9. There were so many other places you could have chosen to sleep.

Photo Credit: Reddit: Apostjustforthis

10. “What time is it? Oh, about a quarter ’til bean.”

Photo Credit: Reddit: ropean

11. He’s a great improviser.

Photo Credit: Reddit: digeratisensei

12. There’s a story here.

Photo Credit: Reddit: taydripper

13. Is that a feature?

Photo Credit: Reddit: Aameba

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August 21, 2018

These 13 Bizarre Photos Will Make You Do a Double, or Triple, Take

The following photos are so weird, a double take just wouldn’t be enough. You’ll need to take a third look in order to figure out what the heck is going on.

So, check out these 13 strange images and see if your eyes and brain can figure them out at first glance.

1. Whose legs are whose?

Photo Credit: Imgur: Iamthatdamngood

2. Wait, don’t move!

Photo Credit: Reddit: Travisd32

3. No! Don’t! Oh, nevermind.

Photo Credit: Reddit: kynlais

4. What color are these blinds?

Photo Credit: Reddit: theadum

5. Yikes.

Photo Credit: Pikabu: DenFaust

6. The wall of teleportation.

Photo Credit: Reddit

7. Out on a ledge.

Photo Credit: Reddit: Idobjj

8. Kitty, are you okay?

Photo Credit: Imgur: MissLissa

9. AHHHHHHHHH!

Photo Credit: Imgur: DrForester

10. What the heck?

Photo Credit: Reddit: HamsterBaiter

11. It’s not as fast as flying, but it’ll do.

Photo Credit: Imgur: jennny55

12. Cool mountain. Wait a minute…

Photo Credit: Imgur: rSexyness

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August 21, 2018

These 15 Photos Are As Close To Perfect As You Can Get

In life, things are never really perfect. Well, except for these 15 photos, that is. Some way, somehow, these images capture brief, fleeting moments of perfection.