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That 'mom' who wanted a feminism tutor for her son is actually an anti-feminist online troll.

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A Craigslist post by a mom looking for a women studies tutor for her 22-year-old son went viral in April, but when a writer for Salonlooked into the post, she found something really weird: the ad appeared to be a story fabricated by a sexist Internet troll.

This stock model is probably handsomer than the troll in question, but go with it.

This was the original post on Craigslist:

My son, Nate, is 22 and a student at UCLA. He has been struggling the whole quarter with his gender studies class that focuses on feminism and feminist theories, and he has a big paper that will be due in a few weeks, and he has not even started. He's a very typical young man his age - finds the whole idea of feminism and gender studies boring and uninteresting. However his graduation is dependent on successfully finishing this class.

I'm looking for someone who is knowledgeable in this subject and can meet with him 2-3 times a week and help him develop and bring this paper to fruition. We live in Bel-Air near UCLA and you can either meet him here, at any campus library or over lunch (he's quite the sophisticated young man who enjoys elegant restaurants!) I anticipate he will not need more than 1-2 weeks worth of time to prepare this.

Writer Ruth Graham reached out to the mother, "Dr. Alexandra Rose, Phd," who gave her "Nate's" contact information. Graham reached out to him, but discovered after some research that there was no one with his name enrolled at UCLA. Furthermore, there are no psychoanalysts named Alexandra Rose in California, nor were there any lawyers matching the name he gave for his father.

Realizing something was up, Graham eventually deduced that "Nate" appeared to actually be Nader Modgeddi, a 27-year-old misogynistic Internet troll who has continually tweeted rape threats and sexist slurs at various women. Writes Graham:

This casts the ad posted by “Nate’s” “mother” in a scarier light: A guy accused of serial harassment of women places an ad seeking an expert in feminism to meet with him in person. When we first spoke about his need for a tutor, “Nate” said his class focused on “modern feminism,” after the year 2000, “more of a younger, more intersectional feminism.” He would have preferred Gloria Steinem–era readings, he said, which more closely align with his own views. “I find the whole younger, more modern approach to feminism more problematic,” he said. When I asked him which writers were assigned in the class, the only person he named—and complained about—was Guardian columnist Jessica Valenti.

Graham was able to get "Nate" to confess to his real identity, and he even went on the record to say things like this lovely gem:

People don’t say, ‘Don’t blame that person; she left her diamond ring in the car and unlocked.’ People would call that woman an idiot ... but when it comes to the crime of rape people say it was fine that you blacked out on a densely populated campus at 3 a.m.

That's where he's wrong, since it's apparently just as risky to become a feminism tutor. Seems like just being a woman is the dangerous part. Read the whole scary story here.


London is getting a naked restaurant, but good luck getting in no matter how hot you are.

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The Bunyadi will be London's first clothing-optional restaurant, set to open this summer for three months. It's a temporary pop-up restaurant, and as press time, it has a waiting list of over 7,000 people. The restaurant name is a Hindi word meaning "basic" or "fundamental," which is the theme of the entire dining experience. Here's the description of the experience from their website:

Enter a secret Pangea-like world, free from phones, electric lights and even clothing (optional) and revisit the beginning where everything was fresh, free and unadulterated from the trappings of modern life.

Never mind that Pangea pre-dates humanity by over 173 million years. In Pangea, apparently, everything was touching and connected, which could be gross with naked strangers in a restaurant.

Weird restaurant choice for a first date.

There will be a clothed section and a nude section, with changing rooms since you can't just stroll through London naked before rolling up to the restaurant. Here's a picture of the natural seating from their website:

Trying to make it as uncomfortable as possible.

For sitting while naked, they went with the sensible option of hard wooden logs. So, even if a customer is comfortable being naked, they'll never be comfortable enough in those "chairs" to lean back and let it all hang out. Which, let's be honest, is a very good thing.

Hopefully, they have a little fun with the menu. There's a famous British pudding called "spotted dick," and if that's not on there, they're doing it wrong.

Man demonstrates why you don’t use an aluminum pan as an umbrella in a lightning storm.

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If there's an apocalyptic lightning storm outside, it is not a good idea to place an aluminum pan on your head and run out into it. You might get struck, fried, and look dinner-ready in that aluminum pan. That's what almost happened to a student from the University of Texas at San Antonio, as you can see in this video shared by Ty Palowski on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fdO09pgGoY

A witness, redditor IVIIRAGE, chimed in on a Reddit post to explain what the heck Mr. Aluminum Pan Man was thinking:

I was there when this happened! This happened in San Antonio, Texas last week during a storm we had. The guy under the aluminum pan was alright. His thought process was the pan would block the softball size hail we were getting. he didn't think It through...

Quite an understatement from Mr. Acquaintance Of Mr. Aluminum Pan Man. But at least Mr. Aluminum Pan Man is alive.

If this got you bloodthirsty for more close calls with lightning, satisfy for your craving for electric near-death below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3eNzAT7zPEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgBHRokBoHAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkV9GdDcEpQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9o_-SQlCMQ

You want more? Wow, you're a regular lightning freak. Here you go, on the house.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ABbjyvlbchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iMM_BysFEohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Asc-Q3-sDUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR1APhT4u0c

Very spiritual Lindsay Lohan is exploring Islam after giving up on Catholicism and Kabbalah.

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The sometimes-actress Lindsay Lohan is continuing her lifelong publicity tour by speaking out about her newfound relationship with Islam. Lohan—who was born Catholic and hopped on the early '10s Kabbalah trend—gave an interview with The Sun in which she stated she is studying Islam. As easily mock-able as the newly engaged Lohan has been in recent years, she almost said some sensible things during the interview. 

Lohan, dressed modestly for a fashion event last year.

“I’m a very spiritual person and I’m really open to learning," said the 29-year-old. “America has portrayed holding a Koran in such a different way to what it actually is."

Note: Lohan was spotted holding the religious text as far back as May 2015. And she's been doing more than carry it around. “I’m not done reading it. Do you know how long that would take? It takes so long." According to The Cut, she's managed to make it through the first quarter of the text.

https://twitter.com/_CelebNewsFeed_/status/598840117617422338

So far, pretty good on Lohan's part. Her allusion to the general American population's misunderstanding of the Koran and Islam is on point.

Then she kept talking. “We all believe in something and at the end of the day it all ties to a god or a spiritual adviser.” Uh, does it?

https://twitter.com/lindsaylohan/status/591633189636071425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

As for her current practices, Lohan said, "It all comes down to meditation for me. I do this thing called tapping. I used it when I did The Jonathan Ross Show because he was going down the jail route. I was getting uncomfortable so had to do it." Tapping, incidentally, is a therapeutic method unrelated to Islam.

https://twitter.com/KLIM0VSKI/status/463829147236593665

“We all have a similar belief in whatever it may be personally," Lohan added.

Wait, what?

It's a Lindsay Lohan thing, you wouldn't understand.

Well, so long as Lindsay is happy and gets her shit together for once and all, because that lady can act.

The world's oldest dog has passed away at 210 dog years old. RIP Maggie.

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Maggie, thought to be the world's oldest dog, passed away this week. She was 30 human years old, making her over 200 in "dog years," but the dignified girl didn't look a day over 175.

The Kelpie (a shepherd breed) lived with her owner and best friend, dairy farmer Brian McLaren, for the past three decades in Woolsthorpe, Australia. He told The Weekly Times that Maggie went peacefully, passing away in her sleep.

Maggie lived through 5 Presidencies. That's, like, 35 dog Presidencies.

"I’m sad, but I’m pleased she went the way she went," he said told the local paper, "We were great mates, it is a bit sad."

Last year, Maggie and Brian appeared on the news together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tzc9gdfTw

Maggie had been in good health in the weeks leading up to her death. In fact, she had not been to the vet since she was spayed fifteen years ago. McLaren told The Weekly Times:

She was 30 years old, she was still going along nicely last week, she was walking from the dairy to the office and growling at the cats and all that sort of thing. She just went downhill in two days and I said yesterday morning when I went home for lunch ... She hasn’t got long now.

Maggie is not the cat pictured above.

Rest in peace, Maggie. She lived through the fall of the Berlin wall, the O.J. Simpson trial, N*Sync breaking up, the death of Pope John Paul II, and "The Dress." Clearly, she is in a better place now.

Moms shared their weirdest pregnancy symptoms, as if a human growing inside you wasn't weird enough.

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Anyone who has been pregnant knows that the worst symptoms are all of them. It’s a nightmarish nine months of achy joints, gas discomfort, nausea, vomiting, and breast pain (to start with), that ends only when a child emerges from your body. But then there are these women on Reddit, who had to deal with even weirder stuff when they were knocked up. The stories they shared are enough to keep any future parent up at night.

Don't worry, you can catch up on sleep once the baby is born.

1. kellyholmes didn't pick this problem, nor did she pick at this problem.

During the third trimester (twice now), my nipples got...scabs. The first time I asked someone in my ob/gyn practice about it, they had no idea what to tell me.

2. orilly is growing life in her womb and on her rear.

I have a mole on my butt which has quadrupled in size. Doc says nothing to worry about but you can actually see it underneath my clothes now.

3. User MaeBeWeird has a symptom that just doesn't make any sense. And she hasn't posted an update to explain, which is criminal.

Turning a toilet seat blue (it isn't from dye on new maternity pants and definitely is real.)

4. Spectrum2081 knows that you don't even have to be awake to get kicked around by pregnancy.

Dislocating shoulders in my sleep. The WORST

Having a baby on the way makes Jurassic Park look relaxing.

5. NewportPagnell has two pregnancy symptoms rolled into one: sweating, and a metallic taste in the mouth. It sounds even worse than what the description can tell you.

I call it the "metal mouth sweats." I don't know how to explain it except to say that it feels like my mouth is sweating a metallic taste.

6. kayejazz can't censor herself. You got a problem with that?

I don't self-censor well at all. In the middle of conversations with people, I'll start spouting stuff about my sex life or personal relationship information. It's absolutely crazy.

7. Not sure if mightymouser22 means her skin tone has changed or that light cannot escape. Either way, "WTF" indeed.

My armpits are dark as hell now, wtf?

8. rawsocket knows how to make it pop-pop.

Popping ribcage! Second trimester, I leaned over to pick something up off the floor, and my lower rib on the left side popped, like it was dislocated near the sternum. Now my ribs pop every time I lean over, so I've stopped leaning over.

9. Themehmeh respectfully requests that you dim the light on your screen as you're reading this, thanks.

My pupils don't dilate to the same size anymore. They get stuck at the wrong size.

Being pregnant is basically like tripping on shrooms for 9 straight months.

10. NeverLucid has got that boogie fever that's been going around.

I was not prepared for all the boogers. Gotta pick my nose once a day.

11. TheGardenNymph's sister got pregnant and her taste buds got mixed up, turned upside down.

My sister, she started tasting things differently. I remember her eating a sandwich and saying it tasted like watermelon.

12. HoboChique's mom was also really touched by those "We Love Our Customers" hanger covers.

My mom has told me several times that she'd go into the dry cleaner's. Just to smell the fumes.

13. In defense of Antlionsoup, new rubber does smell pretty good.

A heavily pregnant friend once walked into a store, headed straight to the shoe section and sniffed about 30 pairs of rubber soled shoes. Pregnancy is weird, man.

"Shoes! I have to go."

Seasonal

Cartoon Trump returned to 'Late Show' to declare himself Emperor of New York.

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As the presidential election continues to devolve into a cartoonish farce, the media still has no idea what to do with Donald Trump, who despite confusing 9/11 and 7-Eleven, is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Colbert knows that the best way to cover the cartoon character is by turning him into an actual cartoon character, who keeps a colony of meerkats in his hair and makes it rain Tubmans. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3P_mFsIdWA

The drawing is remarkably indistinguishable from the real dude.  


Devoted midwife straight out of a fairy tale rides inflatable swan to deliver baby.

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In the midst of Texas's terrifying flooding, life carried on and baby miracles continued to occur with the help of entrepreneurial humans like Cathy Allen Rude. On Monday afternoon, a client of the midwife was ready to pop out a baby at Rude's Katy Birth Centre, according to The Wichita Eagle.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154380915409951&set=pb.666279950.-2207520000.1461243359.&type=3&theater

The severe flooding was causing a bit of a transportation issue, and Rude was all set to ride a kayak to a waiting truck until that boat fell through. In the end, Rude—who shall henceforth be known as Mother Swan—saw a neighbor hanging out on an inflatable swan and managed to snag it as her ride to work.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154766260699951&set=pb.666279950.-2207520000.1461243359.&type=3&theater

"We had a lovely baby boy later that evening," Mother Swan told The Telegraph. "A water birth during a flood!” Is this baby a merman? Perhaps. To match his fairy tale birth, this baby needs a name like Eric or Triton.

8 videos that weren't supposed to be sexual, but the Internet disagreed.

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There are billions of videos on the Internet, literally hundreds of which aren't porn. But web users are masters at finding unintended sexual undertones in even the most innocent piece of content. The following videos were never meant by their uploaders to be erotic, but that's how they will always be remembered.

1. This technical video explaining industrial turnarounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gCk9yBBOUo

This video is from 2012, and the content is extremely boring. It's basically an advertisement for EPCM-psi, a firm that assists industrial plant owners in scheduling their maintenance operations more efficiently. But it was discovered by pervy redditors in early 2016 and quickly went viral, amassing more than 1,400,000 views in just a few weeks. The reason? There are boobs in it.


2. This promotional video for a pneumatic "man saver" post driver.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apth83u69yA

This video is also an ad, this time for a piece of farm equipment. At least in this case, it's the product itself that sent people's minds to the gutter. And you can hardly blame them. Watching that rugged cowboy use his powerful tool to relentlessly drive a post into the soft, fertile earth… it's enough to make any ranch hand blush.


3. This video of carnivorous plants in Thailand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsyLfkYIltw&t=2m27s

This poor guy was just trying to educate the world about Thailand's unique carnivorous plants. He never expected to find one that looked uncannily like a fully erect human penis. To his credit, he rolled with it. That's how you know he's a true citizen of the world.


4. This traffic report that turned into an impromptu sex ed class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSywgIK0f3U

ABC12 reporter Siobhan Riley was drawing a very helpful map for Saginaw, MI drivers about construction-related delays. Unfortunately, she didn't pay close enough attention to the shape she was drawing on the screen. As you can tell from the YouTube uploader's giggles, it ended up looking a lot like a dong.


5. The Shake Weight infomercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk8xqgmnNnI

This commercial, of course, is a viral classic. People were so baffled by this extremely suggestive piece of exercise equipment (targeted at women, no less), that it blew up on both the Internet and TV. Saturday Night Live even parodied it. Ironically, the popularity of the Shake Weight as a gag gift led to massive sales for the product, which is actually a pretty dumb gadget. I mean, you can shake a regular weight if you want to.


6. This Rainbow Sponge lady who had too much fun with the wiggles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY_T_4VWok4

There's nothing specifically sexual about the Rainbow Sponge itself (except that it sounds like a retro birth control product). But this pitchwoman's enthusiasm is so over-the-top, it almost sounds like she's having an orgasm every time she draws a "wiggle." Actually, forget almost. It sounds exactly like she's having an orgasm. A good one.


7. The But Satisfier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72M3E9HlzBY

Zack Justice is either an extremely talented deadpan comedian, or he legitimately didn't think twice about saying, "Come on in, and we'll satisfy all your buts." One thing is for sure: his commercial makes for a deeply satisfying viral video. It's no surprise, considering he's South Carolina's "#1 but satisfier."


8. This commercial for the unfortunately-named "oozenator."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzDaUc-J-J8

What could go wrong when you're advertising a water gun full of unidentified goo targeted at preteen boys? It's not like anyone would be stupid enough to show them getting splattered in the face and chest over and over again. If nobody was sued over this commercial, then our justice system failed.

The greatest story of the Boston Marathon wasn't the winner. It was the woman in last place.

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By the time Fran Drozdz, a 72-year-old cancer survivor, crossed the Boston Marathon finish line, workers and cleaning crews were already disassembling the grandstand. It took her over nine hours to complete the 26.2 mile long race, and her husband said he was so worried about her that he had the police out looking for her.

https://twitter.com/ElysiaNECN/status/722254517316792320

Her husband eventually found her at the ended of the race and walked hand in hand with her over the finish line. Said her husband, "She's 72 years old and she's done 77 marathons. I am one year older and I've done no marathons, so of course I'm proud of her!"

The next-to-last runner, a double amputee named Daryl Farler, finished the marathon over three hours ahead of Fran. 

Drozdz, who also goes by the name "Thunder Thighs," came to the Boston Marathon all the way from Arizona, where she currently resides. She was running for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and in honor of her husband, who is battling cancer for the third time. Thunder Thighs claims that she has run at least one marathon in every state including Washington D.C. This year's Boston Marathon was her seventy-seventh race.

https://twitter.com/ElysiaNECN/status/722226721211183105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

As she was receiving her medal, she explained "I get a medal? Oh yay, for my husband!" 

She may have placed 26,639th in the race, but she's clearly first place in your hearts.

Lena Dunham shows off 'anniversary ring,' teases fans with engagement hopes.

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Lena Dunham Instagrammed a photo of her hand with a beautiful new ring she received from her fun boyfriend Jack Antonoff. But as she makes a point to say in the caption, it's an "anniversary ring," rather than a ring that indicates a forthcoming signing of a marriage contract.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEcX8BWC1Jt/?taken-by=lenadunham

Early anniversary gift from boyfriend of the year @jackantonoff (care of @eriebasin in Brooklyn.) Turn of the century moonstone and peridot. I will so enjoy looking at it while I type words #ringbrag #jewelrybitch #friendshipring

It really is a beautiful piece of jewelry, and also a nice manicure. The peachy nail polish color works well with her skin tone. 

A while back, Dunham talked to Ellen about her relationship with Antonoff and if/when they will tie the knot. Previously, Dunham had said that she'd wait to get married until it was legal for her sister (who is gay) to do so. 

Now that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states, Dunham said that she and Antonoff will no longer "hide behind their fake liberal ideals" and tie the knot when the time is right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_jZNSSCuOU

 Girls is ending next year, so a wedding might be an exciting new show for her to direct. 

Rihanna's new Harmony Korine directed music video will let her add 'part-time murderer' to the resume.

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Only cult director Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers, Gummo, Kids) could make you want to get shot by Rihanna in a strip club. Her new Korine-directed video for "Needed Me," which is rampant with twerking, money falling like snow, and slow-motion blunt smoke, is all the proof you need. It's very much NSFW if your boss fears the visceral, sociopolitical power of arthouse cinema. Or butts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfN4PVaOU5Q

If you'd like to see more of Rihanna getting her money through any means necessary, even murder (probably the worst crime you can do), continue your journey through Rihanna's fictional violence below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3eAMGXFw1o

Rihanna, no more murdering.

Guy cuts down tree, is immediately confronted with a barf-worthy half snake.

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In a video that Ryan Saunders took after chopping down a tree, all the nightmares come true. On the disgusting scale of "eh" to "I need a barf bag," this guy's video is about a "kill me now." 

This is why you should never cut down a tree yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGM6sHIJuho

Well, there goes your appetite for the next week. Disgusting snake videos: the new diet craze?

Hermione knows best.

Remember when the guy found the second half of the giant snake and it was wriggling?

Feel free to check by your feet for a roving snake.

Girl catches boyfriend cheating, hides in his trunk, and live-tweets the whole thing. It gets intense.

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Twitter user @vickto_willy caught her boyfriend cheating, and live-tweeted the entire adventure from his trunk. Her videos from inside the trunk and the ultimate confrontation drew so much attention that she then tweeted the back story of this saga for the world. It's much easier to get caught cheating in the digital age, and for everyone to read about it once it happens. 

https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/721177226520211458

It's also kind of easy to stage these things, so stay tuned over the next few days to see if it turns out to be another McDonald's tweet hoax

https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/721183715850854400

And so it begins... 

https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722465386332057600https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722465507618746369https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722465889350729728

There are several gaps in her sequential tweets; likely because she deleted some of them, or because she was typing them in a blinding rage: 

https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722466375365746688https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722466666182021120https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722467289593995265https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722467388940230656https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722467572080369665https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722468187061809153

Text fights never end well. But little did he know how poorly this would all turn out for him in the end.

https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722468339084304384https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722468428192329728https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722468829197152256https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722468995430027266https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722469095480946688https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722469179484454912https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722469309482708992https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722469383818371072https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722469493587488768

The possibility of a side piece is easily dismissed, but it's difficult to detect the evil side of the force. 

https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722469915668660224https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722470055745884160https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722470224985997316https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722470343261167617https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722470457132347393https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722470636883439616https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722551532458287104https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722551639639486467https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722551760104071168https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722551991327682560https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722552078850224128https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722552193522470912https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722552623417700352https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722552732935196672https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722552990742245376https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722553123097722880https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722553165057564672https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722553252617854976https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722553750364254209https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722553873530036225https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722553951636320256https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722554343686324224https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722554445175894016https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722554532413251584https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722554617876324352

It's fitting that our story of infidelity ends (for now) with 69 tweets:

https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/722554693105397760

And now the moment you've been waiting for: when she pops out of the trunk for the surprise confrontation:

https://twitter.com/vickto_willy/status/721193635677605888

Revenge is a dish best served cold, from the trunk of your cheating boyfriend's car. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned with a cell phone and Twitter. Her boyfriend now has much to learn about securing his car, his phone, and his dignity.


Mom in grocery store gets formula-shamed by stranger, has no choice but to take it to Facebook.

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Because evolution isn't perfect, not all parents can provide their young ones with breast milk and as such, formula is a popular dietary supplement or replacement for parents like Annie Muscato. Muscato, Mamamia reported, was doing her thing at a local Target and picking up formula when she encountered a vocal stranger. This stranger does not approve of formula and felt it was their right to share with opinion with Muscato. This stranger and Muscato have different opinions.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206014786664189&set=a.1453899662937.2061024.1096650094&type=3&theater

Dear Stranger in Target,

You didn't need to tell me, "breast is best" as I was buying a can of baby formula, because I already know.
I know that my husband and I excitedly took the four hour breast feeding class when I was pregnant. 
I know that my baby immediately did skin to skin and ate from my breast within an hour of her birth, because it was important to me.
I know that we saw a lactation consultant before we took her home, and again a few weeks later.
I know that we struggled at first. That some nights we both cried together. That my dear friends swore it would get better. I know they were right, and it did. 
I know "breast is best" just like you do. 

But, let me tell you what else I know.
I know that my baby began screaming after she ate. Writhing in pain. Inconsolable. 
I know over the last month and a half I have exclusively pumped and tried slow flow bottles of breast milk, I have tried different positions, I have seen another lactation consultant. 
I know I have held my child, my baby, while she screamed for hours- one day for eight hours straight.
I know we have been to see the pediatrician at least twice a week since she has been born. 
I know that I tried cutting soy, and dairy, and leafy greens from my diet to make my milk more digestible for her. 
I have pumped- and I'm still pumping- enough to have hundreds of ounces of breast milk in my freezer even though she will likely never be able to eat it.
All because "breast is best."

And then finally, we tried the hypoallergenic dairy protein free formula you saw me buying today. And the screaming lessened. And my baby started smiling. She started interacting. She started sleeping. 
And I cried. Because I thought breast was best. I thought my body failed her. I thought she wouldn't be as healthy on formula.
I know you think I must not care or I'm lazy, or maybe you were genuinely trying to be helpful and thought no one had ever told me the benefits of breast feeding. 

But, you are wrong. What I know that you don't is that breast ISN'T always best. I know happy, healthy baby is best. I know FED is best. 
What I'm sure we both know is that parenting is hard. Really hard. That sometimes what we plan for and what we want just doesn't work out, but we are all here trying to do what's best for our babies. 

So, dear stranger, next time you see someone buying formula, try to remember that mamas should support each other. Think about everything you might not know. Remind yourself that "fed is best" and smile because it means someone loves their baby enough to do what's best for them. 

Love,
Another Mom Doing Her Best and a Happier Formula Fed Baby

P.S. Dear friends, please feel free to share this in the hopes the people who need the reminder see it. (And I will in turn promise not to bombard your wall with any more essays about parenting!)

Muscato's woeful tale of breast feeding is an excellent story for all those who look down upon formula feeding. Fellow formula-users are commending Muscato for openly talking about her struggle with breast feeding and her decision to switch to formula. 

Muscato's run-in with the Target stranger is yet another example of why strangers shouldn't force their opinions on others. Funny that that lesson still needs to be learned.

Someecards is looking for staff writers. Read on if you're interested, or have nothing else to read!

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Someecards is seeking full- and part-time Staff Writers to add to our growing editorial team in NYC. The ideal candidate is an avid blogger with a nose for viral stories, a smart sense of humor and a clear writing style. Daytime and evening shifts available.


Responsibilities:
-Pitch and write-up several posts per day, ranging from mainstream news aggregation to niche viral finds.
-Pitch and write original pieces, including funny and insightful responses to topical stories, first-hand accounts or experiments, and curated lists of content from around the web.
-Write Facebook statuses for posts and optimize content for broader social media audiences.

Requirements:
-1-3 years experience writing for the web in a comedy, news or viral content capacity. 
-Demonstrated ability to write snappy, clever headlines and copy optimized for social media.
-Familiarity with the Someecards brand and a great sense of humor.

If interested, please send an email with a brief introduction and links to your previously published work to jobs@someecards.com with "Staff Writer" in the subject line.

Jessica Chastain's 9 hours in a hot tub with Chris Hemsworth would be sexy if 9 hours in a hot tub wasn't incredibly dangerous.

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Feel jealous of Jessica Chastain all you want, but nine hours in a hot tub (with Chris Hemsworth) is just incredibly dangerous. It would be irresponsible to pretend like this was a sex fantasy come true when the recommended soak time in a hot tub is 20 minutes maximum, with the potential for dehydration and overheating skyrocketing after that.

Watch Chastain's interview with on Jimmy Kimmel Live!where she details the incident, but then please stick around for a PSA below that about why hot tubs are death traps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkSgIZJNxTA

Had your fun? Good.

Get ready to sober up with these damning facts about the slow cookers that companies market as "jacuzzis."

According to a 2007 blog post by hot-tub writer Rodney Wallin titled "How Your Hot Tub Can Kill You," over 800 people have drowned in hot tubs since 1990. How? Too many reasons.

  • If you heat the water too hot or stay in too long you might pass out. 104 degrees should be the warmest the water is ever heated and the recommended time to soak is about 20 minutes.
  • If you drink too much alcohol you could pass out in the water.
  • If you leave the hot tub cover on and lift only one side and don't remove the cover then - clunk - it can fall and hit you on the head, possibly knocking you unconscious.
  • If you use an older model spa without certain safety features in the way the drains are positioned or covered, long hair can get sucked into the drains, holding your head under water. Also, the strong suction on older spas, again without safety drains, can suck against your body and hold you against the bottom drain. The CPSC has a nasty sounding name for this - body part entanglement - and people using hot tubs have died from it.
  • If you fail to maintain or wire the electrical parts properly electrocution can result.

Wow. Chastain clearly shouldn't have been worried about the wrinkles making her look like "[she] was 120-years-old" when the threat of Chris Hemsworth passing out, getting his hair mangled in a nozzle, and trapped beneath the bubbling inferno was so high.

So before you go day-dreaming about switching places with Chastain, first take a moment to fantasize a world where hot tubs never kill another human being.

'World's Meanest Mom' offers enticing discount on daughter's truck if you'll just taunt her with it.

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Amy Adams (a Minnesota mom, not the actress with the misfortune of co-starring in Batman v. Superman) is calling herself the "World's Meanest Mom" and teaching her daughter a lesson. Adams listed her daughter's vehicle on Craigslist when the 15-year-old wouldn't quit playing hooky, and wrote a hilarious ad that went viral. 

World's Meanest Mom with the World's Meanest Truck.

"She was on her 'one more chance and the truck was getting sold,'" Adams told WPXI News."She blew that 'one more chance' on Monday when she decided to skip school."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sms25UyctkY

The ad read:

So, because I’m the World’s Meanest Mom, and my 15 year old daughter has decided that her grades don’t matter, that she can disrespect myself and her siblings on a daily basis, and that she has the right to skip school and run away from home, I currently have every teenage kid’s dream vehicle up for sale (because it’s titled in my name, I can do that, you see).

After describing the sick features of the truck, Adams raised the stakes on her daughter's punishment:

If the person driving the truck on a daily basis will be attending North Branch high school next year, you will get a $300 discount. Why? Because I AM the World’s Meanest Mom, and would love for her to be reminded every day next year of all of the mistakes she made…

Way to show kids that their bad behavior has consequences, and that those consequences involve their cars.

English teacher trolls student with a perfectly adequate recommendation letter.

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Imgur user yakmo claims to have asked his high school teacher for a letter of recommendation, which is a task that normally takes teachers an infuriating amount of time to write (from the perspective of kids, at least). Well, yakmo probably didn't have to wait around too long for this letter. It's quite brief.

Jack [redacted] is an adequate student.

Yakmo's teacher either abhors him or is straight trolling him out of love.

Maybe this teacher is just as wise and hip as Feeny himself?

It's hard to say, especially given that yakmo and his friend gifted teachers with this present for the holidays:

Sign of a joking relationship with his higher-ups or proof this kid is the worst?

Regardless, his teacher likely did not submit this recommendation, as it's unusual for a kid to receive a copy of a rec. Plus the fact that this letter straight up destroys any chance of yakmo being accepted into whatever he applied for. Teachers don't usually like screwing over their students—at least in such an obvious way.

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