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People Share the Interesting, Dark Facts About People’s Favorite Cartoons

If you think cartoons are all rainbows and sunshine, think again, friend.

There is some pretty dark and disturbing material embedded in those seemingly innocent and fun TV shows and movies that might surprise you…or even shock you.

Let’s get weird with folks from AskReddit.

1. That’s a little weird.

“There was a Smurfs PSA that was made for UNICEF.

I believe where their entire village is carpet bombed.

It. Was. Nuts.”

2. Don’t tell me that!

“Ren and Stimpy was an absolute nightmare for the people who worked on it. John K ordered them not to make the same face twice. Pretty, but it was hell for the workers because they were constantly drawing things.

John K was a nightmare boss. One of the producers had a sign on his wall labeled “John’s knees” and invited people to kick it. By the time he left it was reduced to a hole.

They made several episodes that were just the animators ranting about how much of an *sshole that John K was.”

3. Great idea!

“The pilot of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy called “Trepanation of the Skull and You” tells kids that because of a mistake in evolution our skulls are too small for our brains, and that you should drill a hole in your skull as to grant the brain more space.

Which is then followed by Billy doing exactly that.

The whole thing looks like some cursed forgotten video tape.”

4. Creepy.

“Some of the earliest versions of Little Red Riding Hood end with the wolf raping Red and then eating her.

The literal moral of the story was for girls to not trust strangers.”

5. Whoa!

“The creator of Skeletor was inspired by a corpse in a haunted house that he was 100% sure was real.

Turned out he was right.”

6. Awful.

“The studio had to get someone else to sing “Soon You’ll Come Home” in All Dogs go to Heaven because the voice actor, Judith Barsi, had such a traumatic home life because of an abusive, alcoholic father that she couldn’t sing the song without having a breakdown.

She and her mother were murdered by him before the movie was released in a double-murder/suicide. She was only 10.

She was also the voice of Ducky from Land Before Time. Her tombstone reads, “Yep! Yep! Yep!””

7. Poor Donald.

“Donald Duck fought in WWII and has PTSD.

In an episode he wakes up and thinks he is in a Japanese mine field and he is in a lot of WWII cartoons.”

8. Creepy.

“Sleeping Beauty is only 14 years old in the original story and Prince Charming is around 30.”

9. Witchcraft?

“Adventure Time is full of occult references

My favorite one is in the episode “All The Little People” in which Magic Man says “Do what thoust will be the whole piece of law” which is taken from Aleister Crowley’s “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.””

10. Apocalyptic.

“The premise of Adventure Time is actually really dark.

Its the aftermath of a literal nuclear war that killed most of humanity and caused evil mutants like The Litch to wreak havoc on the planet.”

11. Oh, no!

“There was a Tom & Jerry episode where Tom dies and goes to heaven.

While waiting in the line of counter they show a wet sack with baby kittens inside it coming out and running towards train. Ticket counter guy notices it and says ” what some people won’t do”.

He’s talking about old times when people use to tie up small kittens in the sack and let them drown in river.”

12. Let’s eat!

“In the Peppa Pig universe, characters eating each other is slightly acknowledged when a couple of the characters are stranded on an island.”

13. Not good.

“The Carmen Sandiego reboot is animated by Top Draw Animation.

They’re a sweatshop and they fired an animator for asking for minimum wage compensation.”

14. Nuclear fallout.

“Bikini Bottom is called so because of the Bikini Atoll.

In the 1940s and ’50s, the US held nuclear tests there.

All the characters on SpongeBob SquarePants are like this because they’re radioactive creatures.”

15. Makes sense.

“The reason Mickey and other characters where white gloves is because it allows their hands to be seen better.

This is a reference to actors when they did black face they wore white gloves so the audience could see their hands and fingers moving.”

Do you know any weird or dark facts about cartoons?

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

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Share the Weirdest Bible Verses You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

It should come as no surprise that some folks know the Bible like the back of their hand.

They grew up in religious households, went to church regularly, and pored over the Bible over and over again.

I am not one of those people, but I do find the Bible interesting and I wish I knew more about it.

And, apparently, there are some pretty strange verses in there that a lot of folks don’t know about.

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about this.

1. Judges 19.

“Judges 19

22 They were inside enjoying themselves. But some of the evil men who lived in the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door. They shouted to the old man who owned the house. They said, “Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have s*x with him.”

23 The owner of the house went outside. He said to them, “No, my friends. Don’t do such an evil thing. This man is my guest. So don’t do this terrible thing. 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter. And here’s the Levite’s concubine. I’ll bring them out to you now. You can have them. Do to them what you want to. But don’t do such a terrible thing to this man.”

2. Okay…

““Thus shall you say to David,

‘The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’”

3. Care to explain?

“NUMBERS 31:17

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

NUMBERS 31:18

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.”

4. It’s up to you, now.

“Then Judah said to Onan,

“Lie with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother.” –

Genesis 38:8-10.”

5. That’s odd.

“II Kings 2: 23-24:

“From there Elisha went up to Bethel.

As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, ‘Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!’

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the children.”

6. Talking donkey?

“Talking Donkey in Numbers 22:28-30

28 Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”

29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”

30 The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?”

“No,” he said.”

7. Words of wisdom.

“Proverbs has some good advice:

Better to live on a corner of the roof, than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

-Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 9 New International Version.”

8. A little harsh…

“Deuteronomy 25:11-12

If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand.

Show her no pity.”

9. Why’d she do that?

““But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it.”

Exodus 4:25.”

10. Wow!

“She lusted after lovers with g*nitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.”

Ezekiel 23:20″

11. Mildew.

“Leviticus 14

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in that land, 35 the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, ‘I have seen something that looks like mildew in my house.”

12. Weird.

“Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.”

-Psalm 137:9.”

13. Boiled your son?

“So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

2. Kings Chapter 6, Verse 29 King James version.”

14. The one about…

“There’s the one about golden d*ldos:

“You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the wh*re.” -Ezekiel 16:17 Honestly, the entire book of Ezekiel is an erotic ecstasy and LSD trip.

The Apostle Paul mockingly saying the Pharisees should cut their d*cks off:

“I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!” -Galatians 5:12 I thought this part was hilarious when reading it. Paul is a pretty funny guy.

Hosea was a minor priest who, by God’s command, married a pr*stitute.

“That way, whenever she rented out her body, Hosea could feel and describe the anger and betrayal that God felt from the Israelites. Book of Hosea. I always felt sorry for Hosea. He was ordered by God to be a cockold.”

The inc*st when Lot’s daughters got him drunk so they could have s*x with him, thus creating two new repugnant nations (Ammonites and Moabites). This was just after their mother died. Genesis 19:30-38

When Jesus says in his Sermon on the Mount than many people will say they cast out demons, performed miracles, and prophesied in his name. Jesus will say, “Away from me. I never knew you.” Matthew 7:21-23 Kind of sad that even many people who think they are serving God will be condemned according to the Bible.

As people were crying out and cutting themselves with swords for their god, Elijah mocked them saying that their god is probably taking a sh*t.

1 Kings 18:27 Always cracked me up.”

Now it’s your turn!

If you know of more strange Bible verses that you can lay on us, please do it in the comments.

Thanks in advance!

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Secrets That Military Members Feel They Need to Keep From Their Loved Ones

Being in the military is very tough.

Oftentimes, you’re not the same person you were before becoming a member of the military. It changes you and you go through things that other people may not understand.

Today we’re going to meet 11 military members who reveal key secrets about themselves and their work that they simply don’t want to share with their loved ones.

Time to get interesting!

10. Such a horrible situation.

I hope you got some much needed therapy.

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9. They have programs for this now.

Nobody should suffer in silence.

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8. This is such a common thing.

People think they need to live their lives on the battlefield, but they don’t.

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7. You should really tell them.

They can help. Truly.

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6. This rarely seems like a good plan.

Get married and then leave? Who actually thought of that?

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5. Whoa dude.

You got engaged to a straight up slut.

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4. Isn’t this allowed these days?

I guess it depends on what country you belong to… hmmm…

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3. If you feel alone in most places… you probably need to talk to somebody.

This isn’t uncommon at all.

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2. It’s time to end the relationship.

You can get some amount of custody.

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1. How did you not earn it?

Isn’t that up to them, not you?

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Now that we’ve seen those confessions, what do you think about belonging to the military?

Would it be something that you’d want to do? Have you done it before?

Let us know in the comments!

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Confessions From Very Attached Couples Who Might Just Love Each Other Too Much

Is it healthy for couples to spend all of their time together? Probably not… and for most couples there’s usually limit to that desire.

But these couples really could care less. Because when they fell in love, all they wanted to do is spend time with their significant other and, when they don’t, they miss them like crazy.

Yes, the love of these 11 couples knows no bounds. From bathroom conversations to sharing everything and anything, find out the lengths they will go to make sure they’re never apart.

Let’s find out more!

1. Well, if it makes you happy…

It can’t be that bad, right?

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2. You all need to stop.

Because that is GROSS.

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3. Do you wipe each other’s butts too?

Come on you two!!!

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4. This is sweet, but… you need your own life.

Don’t you?

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5. True love sounds beautiful?

But is this true love or obsession?

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6. This is not an uncommon setup.

And if it’s been going on for a few years… it just might last.

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7. Sounds like codependency to me…

Time to go see a therapist!

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8. That sounds healthy.

Heh… sure. Yeah.

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9. Oh… so you found yourself a life!

Good for you two. More of these relationships exist than you might think.

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10. So because you do everything together you fight?

Or you fight because you do everything together? Hmmm…

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So now that you’ve read about these confessions… would you be joined at the hip? Or do you need your space?

Let us know in the comments!

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Popular Old Wive’s Tales That Are Totally False

Old wive’s tales are beliefs or superstitions that are widely believed but generally understood to be untrue.

A lot of us have believed an old wive’s tale since childhood without even knowing how or why we heard it in the first place.

Here are 13 popular old wive’s tales and why we should probably all stop believing them.

1. Peeing on a jellyfish sting helps

This story has been passed around so often that it definitely feels like fact.

Instead of having someone pea on you, try soaking the area in seawater to rinse and remove the tentacles.

2. Don’t swim after eating

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It turns out that the worst thing that can actually happen if you swim after eating is you might get a cramp — but you won’t drown.

Swim on, friends!

3. Carrying high means you’re having a girl

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People love to accost pregnant women with all kinds of unsolicited advice and information.

One of the most enduring pieces is that if you’re carrying high, it means you’re having a girl. Carrying low? It’s a boy.

But… it turns out this is untrue. OB/GYN Adina Holand Keller explains:

“When a woman is pregnant you can’t tell the sex of the baby based on how the woman is carrying the baby.

If a woman looks like she is carrying high or low, it is based on the size and position of the baby and the shape of her pelvis.”

So there ya go ladies!

4. Your eyes can get stuck if you cross them

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Doctor Stephen Kronwith says not to worry:

“Children cross their eyes for fun, but they can’t hold the position for long, and it’s not dangerous.

They’ll see double, but it won’t leave any permanent issues.”

How many times did you hear this one growing up?

5. Bulls hate the color red

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Just like cows, bulls are actually color-blind, and the retina of cattle lacks the receptor for red completely.

They can see yellowish-green and bluish-purple light.

Wondering what actually bothers the bull? The motion of the flag, not the color.

6. The five-second rule

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Dr. Arefa Cassobhoy says all food is contaminated when it hits the ground:

“Eating food that’s fallen to the ground does come with a risk of taking in bacteria known to cause food poisoning.

Research shows food will instantaneously pick up bacteria from the surface it lands on.”

Sorry, guys: the five-second rule is totally false.

7. Coffee stunts growth

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If you’ve been worrying about this one, relax.

Johns Hopkins says that the amount of caffeine in a drink doesn’t interrupt a child’s growth patterns.

Coffee for everybody!

8. Humans only use 10% of their brains

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A few years ago, Psychology Learning and Teaching cited the idea that people only use 10% of their brains as one of the most common misconceptions.

9. Mayo makes food spoil faster

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A lot of people think that food made with mayonnaise will spoil faster, but it turns out that mayo can help keep food from spoiling as long as the food is kept cold.

10. Starving a fever

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An old saying used to go “feed a cold, stave a fever” and eventually changed to “feed a cold, starve a fever.”

Either way, it isn’t true: fasting will do nothing to get rid of a fever.

11. Hair of the dog

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Some believe that the best cure for a hangover is to have another drink in the morning.

While it’s true that this might numb your hangover, eventually it’ll catch up to you.

12. Hair should be squeaky clean

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Shampooing your hair until it literally squeaks removes important oils from the hair shaft, which can damage your hair pretty quickly.

13. Turkey makes you tired

Okay, here’s the deal: turkey contains tryptophan, which helps make melatonin, which definitely makes people tired.

However, there isn’t more tryptophan in turkey.

It turns out the real reason you get extra tired on Thanksgiving is probably because of all the extra carbs you’re eating.

Do you still believe these old wive’s tales? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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These Things Are Just Placebos, but People Crave Them Anyway

We all use certain workarounds to make our lives easier – especially if those days and jobs revolve around interacting with other people.

It can be pretty funny to realize what in your life is complete bs, and how others may have been secretly talking you into compliance without your knowledge.

15. It makes us feel better, ok?

I’m not sure if it still does this, but at one time Google Docs intercepted the ctrl+s shortcut and briefly changes the cursor to the “thinking” cursor (hourglass, beachball, whatever your computer does).

You don’t need to save your google docs. They save every tiny change on the server. But people are used to doing it.

14. This is really amusing.

How long it takes a Coinstar to process and count coins and return a receipt. It finishes quickly.

So quickly that folks are skeptical of the accuracy.

So a fake delay (with fake counting noises) was built in giving folks more confidence in the results.

13. So it’s not REALLY random.

I saw an article about how Apple Music made random selection less random because people would often complain the same artist would follow after a song so they made an algorithm to NOT select a song made by the same artist until after some songs.

Trippy.

12. Just think how fast we COULD be working.

A lot of scans do this as well. (Not virus scans, those just take a damn long time), but sites that show you the best deals are often done in a hundred milliseconds. They’re not really doing anything that intensive, just make a few requests to autotrader or whoever, which probably only returns 15 cars, and sort by lowest price.

But people wouldn’t believe it was the best price if it came back instantly, they wouldn’t think it looked hard enough. So they make them wait a little.

11. What makes us want to hear these things?

The exaggerated sounds of some vacuum cleaners, microwaves and cars to make them sound powerful.

The loading screens on some apps that make it seem like they are doing something complex.

10. We want what we expect, I suppose.

Not sure if it’s really placebo, but there is research done on how a car door should sound when you close it.

A flat and boring “pank” sound would do just fine but a lot of people find that soft, plush and yet firm “pshrompff” sound reassures them the door is closed.

Someone please do a better job here describing car doors closing because mine sucks.

9. I just want it to go faster?

I once spoke to a guy involved in developing the first ATM cash machines.

Early trials showed that users thought that the dispensing of cash happened too fast and didn’t trust that it had correctly debited their account for the right amount.

So they inserted a wait cycle to make it appear that the machine was counting the cash. That wait cycle is still there today in most machines.

8. I love people who clean their cars.

I swear my car performs better immediately after it’s cleaned.

7. Most birds are too smart for that crap.

A scarecrow in the garden.

6. Amazon has made billions off it.

That “free shipping” is a better deal.

It generally means they’ve added the cost into the product instead, but you feel like you’ve gotten a better deal.

5. The internet has made everything permanent.

Your “Permanent Record”.

Colleges care more about what you say on Twitter and Facebook than what you said to Dakota in third grade.

The only time your permanent record means something is if you transfer within the district.

4. Comfort be damned.

Beats headphones have weights inside them to make them heavier and give the illusion of quality and sturdiness.

3. We like the bubbles!

Bubbles in cleaning products.

Early formulations of soap WAY back when used to naturally form suds. Newer formulations can clean better but don’t naturally produce suds as the bubbling was an incidental side effect that doesn’t actually have any bearing on cleaning. When these newer soaps were first introduced people complained they didn’t work because they didn’t make loads of bubbles. So the manufacturers started adding a chemical solely to generate bubbles that didn’t actually help with the cleaning at all and all the complaints stopped.

To this day the association of bubbles=clean is strong enough that they still do it. Basically all cleaning products, including toothpaste, foam up when used and almost without exception the foam is 100% marketing.

2. This is too funny to be made up.

When cake mixes first came out you only had to add water to them, but too many housewives felt like that was cheating and wouldn’t buy cake mixes.

So the cake mix companies added another step. The eggs.

It worked, apparently the cracking and adding of the eggs to the batter was enough to make it feel more “homemade” and cake mixes became extremely popular.

1. Those JERKS.

Airport Security.

Homeland Security’s own inspectors were able to get illegal items through TSA checkpoints 70% of the time.

I’m straight up impressed by most of these, y’all. Brilliant.

If you’ve got something to add to the list, I’m all ears!

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Add Some Spice to Your Life With Totino’s Takis Fuego Mini Snack Bites

Break out the fire extinguisher—Totino’s is creating another late-afternoon snack legend in a collab with Takis to make Takis Fuego Mini Snack Bites.

Similar to the binge-worthy pizza rolls that you remember, these also bite-sized and are an ideal snack any time of day. However, these have added extra kick—they are coated in Takis Fuego seasoning with creamy mozzarella cheese on the inside, which oozes out once they’re cooked.

Needless to say, people are excited.

While these have more of a kick than the pizza rolls do, they are infused with lime, so you won’t completely scald your month to the point you can’t taste anything. If you can’t handle the spice, you can also dip the Bites in ranch or blue cheese as you would hot wings.

Takis Fuego Mini Snack Bites are a breeze to make. Just pop them in the microwave for a minute and a half or, if you want extra crunch, in a 425-degree oven.

If you already love Totino’s Pizza Bites and Takis Fuegos, then you’re in for a real treat. Not only will they satisfy your pizza cravings, but they’ve got you covered for all your spicy snack needs.

They are available at mainstream retailers everywhere and come in packs of 60 for about $5. That’s a lot of bites for a low price, and spicy snack lovers everywhere are rejoicing!

Have you tried Takis Fuego Mini Bites yet? Let us know in the comments below!

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Make-A-Wish Employees Share the Weirdest Requests They’ve Received

I’m so glad there are people out there who do this job, because I think it would be way too depressing. Kids who are sick and unable to live a normal life deserve some happiness and smiles, though, so it’s awesome that people take it on.

That said, I’ve always wondered whether or not they get requests so strange they’re not able to answer them – so thank goodness for these 16 people who are willing to wish and tell.

16. This kid had the right idea.

Nephew had terminal brain cancer at 8. His make a wish was to see lions. Small community so he got mass funding.

Ended up sending him to Africa for a bunch of Safaris and bunch of helicopter rides. Had time of his life.

Make a wish is now the organization I donate to the most now.

15. Some kiddos just know what they like.

Former junior genie. The vast majority of wishes are pretty common: Disney, wwe, trip to Paris or Japan. Because MAW is locally funded (your donations go to your community), depending on your region, you can get some pretty fancy wishes.

So I wouldn’t say this wish was weird, only that it was different. A kid was obsessed with dukes of Hazzard and the car was going to be at a fair along with some stars. We threw everything at him and still stayed way within budget. He got limo to and from, a bunch of ride tickets and tokens for games, we got him special guest seating and one on one time with the stars.

I’m sure he had the time of his life. But altogether, it was a few hundred dollars and a couple of favors. If the fairs attitude when working with us was anything to go by, he was treated like an absolute king. I remember that case fondly.

It doesn’t have to be MAW but I strongly advise everyone to spend some time working with an organization that gives back. They’re some of the best memories. It’s very humbling and inspiring work.

14. Something only a kid would wish for.

The cutest one that’s been requested is a trip to New York to ride the subway along the entire subway line and buy all of the model subways at the store.

When the dad heard, he rolled his eyes and said that they’d just gone to New York recently and said he expected either that or a visit to the zoo to feed the penguins. They were by far my favorite family to work with and a very loving, goofy one at that.

We haven’t done their wish send offs yet due to covid, so it’ll be nice to see them again once this is all over. I hope when he goes on his trip he’ll be treated really well by the subway conductors.

13. Bless his heart.

Oh my god. This dredged up a long forgotten memory. I don’t remember the details all too well but I’ll do my best.

So, a friend of mine did some work experience a while back. I’m not sure if it was make a wish, but it was a similar organisation anyway. They got a request from some kid that wanted to marry his favourite anime waifu. I’m serious.

The people in charge of this (I’m not sure what they’re called) were completely clueless and had no idea what a waifu was so they just went along with it. They ended up getting in contact with the game developers of said waifu and tried to make something happen. They wanted some sort of video or message from the anime girl addressed to the kid. The developers refused and said that would not be possible. In the end they had to get him a different wish.

Man that was a strange one.

12. No pressure, Mickey…

Not a wish granter, but a parent of a MAW kid.

When we went to the MAW house for my son’s star raising, they had a board with kids photos and their wish. One that made me laugh was the little girl that wanted to “hear Mickey Mouse burp.”

11. This definitely qualifies as weird.

Make-A-Wish Worker’s son here. One time my dad had one of the kids he worked with request that they get feet pictures from some popular twitch streamer.

Obviously he had to turn it down, but offered the kid the ability to meet said streamer but he turned it down. Only cared about the feet. Weird.

10. Being a sweetheart pays dividends.

Friend’s young son asked for a spider costume. Not Spider-Man. Spider.

No one could find one. Next day was Halloween. A volunteer spent the night making him a spider costume. He loved it. A few months later they asked him what he wanted and he said he already got his wish.

They were so touched that he or his parents didn’t ask for anything else that they sent them to Disney for a week, he got to spend a game day with his favorite baseball team with his own locker and uniform (even had to see the trainer to get taped up), same thing for his favorite football and hockey teams, flew an airplane, all access water park. Met his favorite “celebrities.”

One was actually what most people would consider a celebrity. If they find out anything he likes or is interested in they hook him up.

9. Can you really blame them?

I used to intern at Make-a-Wish Foundation in Pakistan. It usually caters to kids who are really poor. The most common requests I’d see were tractors, air conditioners and refrigerators. It just dawned on me that those requests were made by their parents.

I don’t recall any legitimate requests since they were very few and far between. I guess the farmers saw this as a rare opportunity to get access to nicer goods and I don’t really blame them because they would break their bones working for a 5$/day wage (at a stretch).

8. Ugh why are some parents?

Former Wish Granter here!

A big part of the job is helping the child decide on their wish. The final wish has to be feasible of course so you’re there to make sure it isn’t too outlandish, but, in my experience, kids often don’t initially think “big enough.”

It was not uncommon at all for a kid to request something super small like going to Chucky Cheese, and we’d have to build the wish out from there.

Also we had to make sure parents didn’t try to influence the child’s decision, which I saw many times

7. So wholesome ugh.

Pretty tame but my mother was a wish volunteer and had a kid in the late 80’s who wanted to meet Lassie and Timmy.

Kinda unusual thing for a kid to be into by that point

6. That’s my kind of kid.

My aunt works for make a wish and told me a kid wanted to meet Voldemort.

Apparently the kid was of the opinion that since his cancer was terminal he should join the death eaters.

5. Well now I hate that guy.

My friend’s daughter requested to met Dog the Bounty hunter, but he declined.

4. I love when people are into it.

My favorite one I’ve seen was when someone wanted to go on hermitcraft and meet everyone, and they actually did it.

I mean, ofc hermitcraft would say yes, half the fundraising they do is for feeding america and MAW.

3. That’s a good dad right there.

My brother works for a beer distributor and kid’s dad came in and requested some beers for his son, who was 16 and might last another 6 months, if that, and the kid just wanted to get drunk before he died.

Make A Wish wouldn’t grant that wish so his dad had to do it. He even paid full price, though my brother gave him a discount.

He wasn’t going to do it, figured it was a scam to get free beer, when someone called from Make A Wish and told him the situation and that they couldn’t give an underage kid beer, even if it was his last wish.

2. Is it weird or super cool?!?

I think my favorite one is one where a young boy around 10 wanted to shoot a car with an RPG and watch it blow up.

They set him up with squad of real marines and a ballistics team in the LA desert and he absolutely got to blow up cars with an RPG for a day. His picture was him in his specially made marine camo uniform and helmet posing with the RPG.

I honestly don’t know how they got away with it but that kid knew what he wanted and he got it.

1. Probably still not the kid’s idea.

I am a Make a Wish mom (my son had his wish in 2006) and I volunteer as a wish grantor. I work mostly with the emergency or quick turn around kids. Kids who can’t wait for their wishes. The weirdest request we got was from a father who wanted to travel to Mecca.

There was no way for his toddler son with a brain tumor to go there or anywhere at that point. We had to delicately explain that this needed to be a wish for the son. We ended up getting a nice TV/video/audio system for their living room where the boy spent his last days.

I don’t even know what the proper response is to some of these. My goodness!

How would you have reacted in this situation? I want to know in the comments!

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People Who Just Don’t Know What Is and Isn’t Cake Anymore

There’s no reasonable way to enter into this topic, so I’ll just say it: Twitter is being overrun by cakes in disguise and nobody is OK.

Why did this happen? How? That’s for future historians to unravel.

All we can do right now is sit back and marvel at all the cakery fakery overtaking our bakeries. The skill is takes to create such horrifyingly detailed edible facsimiles is far beyond my mortal comprehension, but it sure is fun to watch, and there are no shortage of jokes.

Beware ye who scroll past here, you’re about to question everything.

10. Taking the cake

Witness the absolute peak of man’s hubris.

9. Serrated blade runner

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Shoes made of sweets. I watched toilet paper split to reveal its sumptuous core. All those moments will be lost in time, like cake in rain.”

8. Sweet release

Soon we will all be cake.

7. Dog-gone

If I cannot have the chocolate, I must become the chocolate.

6. Cover versions

It’s all cake all the time.

5. Absolutely vicious

This is the series that just keeps on giving.

4. Beware the ides of starch

These are the signs that precede the fall of an empire.

3. Out of touch

A rallying cry for our moment in history.

2. Self-defense

Will the witness for the prosecution please cake the stand.

1. Soft reboots

This is the kind of retconning that I can get behind.

It’s been a confusing year, but at least this is the kind of confusion that’s delightful and funny and not just straight up horrifying. We need more of that.

What do YOU suspect may actually be cake?

Tell us in the comments.

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“These Are All Cakes” Are Weirding People Out and We Don’t Disagree

By now we’ve all seen the spooky deep fakes. You know what I mean?

Faces replaced with other faces; eerie video transformations that are becoming more and more commonplace.

But there is perhaps an even more pressing issue at hand. Beyond simply knowing who really appears in what video, how can any of us be sure what is and isn’t cake?

See, there’s been a rash of videos on twitter of what appear to be everyday objects which are then sliced through to reveal that they are made entirely of cake. Suffice it to say, nobody trusts anyone or anything anymore.

12. Original deep cake

Look at this parade of fakery and tell me you’ll ever believe your eyes again.

11. Take a bite

Sweets for the sweet.

10. Let them eat cake

My god, this goes back further than we could have ever anticipated.

9. Foamy philosophies

Bring back the pyres, there’s witches to burn.

8. One in a million

Got yourself a winning dating profile there.

7. The cutting truth

We must all face the facts someday.

6. Desperate times

Cake is in the eye of the beholder.

5. Adorable murder

This is fine.

4. The cakening

Join us! Join us! Join us!

3. High art

Can you appreciate it?

2. So much winning

This has officially gone too far.

1. Wipe away your fears

Big if true.

We must arm ourselves now with the tools we need to tell cake from thing as best we can. Our future is at stake. Or should I say…at cake?

What do you suspect may actually be cake?

Prove you’re not a cake by telling us in the comments.

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