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It took Dr. Pimple Popper a while to get a grip on this dug-in lipoma, but it was worth it.

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Lipomas are like snowflakes—no two are like. But these benign fatty lumps are, if anything, more delicate, beautiful, and precious than those boring old bits of sky ice. This new one from Dr. Pimple Popper is no exception. Unlike some lipomas, which sit right under the surface of the skin and just beg to pop out, this one was dug deep into the tissues of the patient's shoulder. It took Dr. Lee more than a half hour to remove it all, but in the process, her staff caught some breathtaking moments on video.

Skip to 8:20 to see the really good stuff.

Exquisite.

Twitter ruins your favorite lines with #TrumpAFamousQuote.

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Donald Trump knows words. Trump has the best words. In fact, he even said it himself: "I know words. I have the best words."

With the hashtag #TrumpAFamousQuote, Twitter is applying Trump's best words to history and literature's best worsts, effectively ruining them for you forever.

These are the funniest ones. Bigly.

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What you do when your car makes a weird noise

Undocumented immigrant gets deportation threats after photo of her tax form goes viral.

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Belén Sisa is an Arizona State University student who recently shared a photo of her holding up a blank 1040 tax form on Facebook—and it wasn't just to brag. The 23-year-old shared her tax form for a specific reason: as an undocumented immigrant, she wanted to bust the myth that immigrants never pay taxes.

MYTH BUSTER: I, an undocumented immigrant, just filed my taxes and PAID $300 to the state of Arizona. I cannot receive...

Posted by Belén Sisa on Sunday, March 26, 2017

She wrote:

MYTH BUSTER: I, an undocumented immigrant, just filed my taxes and PAID $300 to the state of Arizona. I cannot receive financial aid from the state or federal government for school, I cannot benefit from unemployment, a reduced healthcare plan, or a retirement fund. I think I'm a pretty good citizen. Oh and there are MILLIONS just like me who pay into a system they will never receive anything from. Wanna tell me again how I should be deported, contribute nothing and only leech off this country while the 1% wealthiest people in this country steal from you everyday? How about you show me yours Donald J. Trump? #HereToStay

The post went viral and then, since people are terrible, she faced a huge anti-immigrant backlash. Later on Sunday, Sisa, who came to the US with her family from Argentina, shared screenshots of 40 different hate-messages she had received.

The HATE is real guys. The hate is real. I am legally working in the United States through DACA, and I'm pretty sure the...

Posted by Belén Sisa on Sunday, March 26, 2017

Many told her to "go back" and others threatened to get her deported or claimed they had reported her to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

A lot of them managed to ALSO be sexist.

'Murica!

"The HATE is real guys," Sisa wrote. "The hate is real." She explained that she probably won't get deported, since she's legally working in the US through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an immigration policy started by the Obama administration. So that's a relief.

"I am legally working in the United States through DACA, and I'm pretty sure the IRS isn't going to come after someone who PAYS their taxes," she wrote. "I truly feel bad for these people, may they find peace and happiness in their own dark hearts."

I would've told them all to eat a big back of dicks. But that's just me.

Luckily Sisa, who describes herself as a "dreamer," is handling this way better than most people would. Yesterday, she shared her thoughts on the whole ordeal:

It is incredibly hard and painful to stand up and tell the truth, especially when it is not the popular thing to do. I'...

Posted by Belén Sisa on Monday, March 27, 2017

"Our will to change this world and fulfill our mission will never be stopped by the people who are so unhappy with themselves that they try to pull us down with them," she wrote. "They will not tear me down."

Okay, that's it: if she goes back to Argentina, I'm going with her.

Dad brutally trolls his son at basketball game for the most fatherly reason.

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A dad who was in attendance at a recent Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Hornets game did not bring his son with him. And now we know why.

The dad caught everyone's attention with this hilariously brutal sign:

#Repost @espn ・・・ Tough love. 😬 [Credit: Jeremy Brevard/USA TODAY Sports]

A post shared by jeremy brevard (@jbrevard) on

"Thomas get your grades back up and next time you'll be here. Love, Dad" reads the sign, which looks like it was professionally printed. Because this dad doesn't mess around.

If public humiliation with a side of FOMO isn't enough to get this kid to step up his schoolwork, I don't know what is. But things aren't looking so good for Thomas, because a few days later the dad was spotted again, at another Cavaliers game, with a new sign.

C'mon, Thomas!!!!!!

Some people are praising the dad and calling him "father of the year" for his tough love approach to improving his son's grades.

But others think his approach is too savage.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see if Thomas gets his grades up before we judge.

Jimmy Fallon had kids draw portraits of Trump’s cabinet, and Kellyanne’s is not flattering.

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On Tuesday, Jimmy Fallon showed off pictures of President Trump's Cabinet drawn by children. Honestly, the Trump administration has never looked better.

Check it out.

Jimmy's 3-year-old daughter, Winnie Rose Fallon, submitted a picture of Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.

She definitely captured the "Dr. Phil" haircut.

Another stand out was this portrait of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos done by a 6-year old:

THE HAND!

And, my personal favorite, this "abstract" drawing of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson:

He definitely has "stuck his neck out" for Trump before.

And finally, Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump couldn't sneak past without getting his likeness captured:

Someone get that framed in hang it in the White House.

How long until President Trump starts tweeting about this 10-year-old's "vicious and inaccurate portrayal" of him?

Sad!

Dog coming off surgery pulls the most hilariously blissful face as he ponders life's secrets.

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A tweeter called Hot Librarian lived a terrible nightmare when her dog needed no less than SEVEN tumors removed. Hot Librarian says they were "fatty tumors," although I would argue that any and all tumors warrant many and all treats for any dog suffering them. As her dog recovered from surgery, Hot Librarian uploaded a photo of her doggo, where it quickly went viral.

"We all share one consciousness" — that dog, probably. So he's having a good trip, and his owner's enjoying his Twitter fame on his behalf.

Hot Librarian even gave us some updates, including his friend, who probably looks like a dog to him.

People thought it was good he had a companion.

Someone to sleep it off with.

But here's the part where you get a reminder that obviously dogs should not get high for recreational reasons, and you should never mess around with that. Other people started sharing their own pets-after-surgery, and it's not always a happy genre.

But it's always fluffy AF.


James Corden and Kristen Bell performed a sky-high duet and it could not have gone more wrong.

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James Corden and Kristen Bell experienced some technical difficulties on Tuesday night during a performance on The Late Late Show. The pair sang the Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes' hit "Up Where We Belong," and as the song started, they were literally lifted up (where they belong). They were hooked to wires and were supposed to be on the same level, but that just kept not happening. Pretty much everything that could go wrong with the duet did, and actually, the whole thing ended up being very funny.

Corden and Bell were supposed to be even as they were lifted by wires into the air, but for some reason, one of them was always much higher than the other. When one would be lowered, the other was raised. It truly was a comedy of errors.

Nope, that's not right.

During the performance, James Corden kept explaining that it wasn't going right. "That was an absolute disaster! Who is responsible for this? We rehearsed it and rehearsed it and rehearsed it!" he said. "Right, well...that was that. Fix it in post! Can we fix it in post?" Apparently, no, it could not be fixed in post. But that's okay, it was pretty good this way, too.

Ah, so close!

Guy's proposal is so successful he decides to do it four more times. His fiancé's less amused.

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Some jokester discovered the not-so-secret formula to endless Facebook"likes." Engagement photos. His first one was so very successful, it got him addicted. You know the feeling.

Already, you can tell this guy is into shameless promotion. He took the time to edit the Facebook post with a plug for his friends' sketch comedy page. So as the "likes" climbed into the hundreds, dude got addicted. So he did it again.

Ah, that's funny. His fiancé's in on the engagement joke, grimacing in the background as the "likes," once again, reach the hundreds. It's still working.

Not sure when this screenshot was posted to Imgur, but the "likes" are noticeably less lucrative now. This is surprising, because I assume that most people see a ring in a photo and "like" it immediately on Facebook—without actually liking it in their hearts. Tragic, but it's just common courtesy.

Oh, haha, he's still doing it...

No one's amused anymore.

Kids who grew up filthy rich pinpoint the moment that 'real life' hit them.

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If you didn't grow up in the lap of luxury, you probably envied someone who did. And since the invent of social media, things have only gotten worse, because now kids can flaunt their wealth on Instagram and Twitter, which is not only annoying, but let's face it, makes you jealous as hell.

Self-identifying "former spoiled rotten kids" of Reddit shared the exact moment when they realized that life is tougher than they thought. Reading about their rude awakenings makes their status a little less enviable.

Redditor niteninjas recalls how going bankrupt changed everything for the family overnight.

About 2nd grade. That's when my family went bankrupt (my dad got fucked over by his business partner) and we went from new cars, games, eating out constantly, and computers, to filling water bottles at the library, pooling baths, and having variations of pasta for weeks for dinner, in the course of months. We're still on the climb back to full middle-upper class. I'm very fortunate to have great parents that do their best :).

Things turned around for vixiecat upon accepting a life-changing job as a camp counselor.

I was a spoiled rotten child and also into my teen years. My parents bought me a brand new red convertible for my 16th birthday. I threw a fit over it because what I actually wanted was my brother's old car (that we still had) which was dark blue in colour. I was so shallow and a horrible person back then..

So what really turned me around? That next summer I took a job as a camp counselor at a local day camp. I did not have to work but I was bored and sounded like something easy to do. God, I was so wrong. This day camp was specifically geared to the lower classes who could not afford child care during the summer. We served them breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack. For a lot of the camp kids this was all they would eat that day and on Friday's they would beg for extra food/snacks to take home for themselves and/or their siblings because they may not get to eat again until Monday. This really hit me hard but the part that got me the most..

This one kid (around 5-6) would refuse to take their shoes and socks off, even if we were going to the public pool that day. I couldn't understand why until one day he came in limping, like his feet were causing him so much pain. I convinced him to let me help him get his shoes and socks so I could see what might be bothering him. Once I did, it took everything in me not to break down right there. His socks were covered in blood. His poor tiny little feet were covered in sores and his toes seemed to curl under a bit. He was in so much pain from the state of his feet. As it turns out, he had been wearing shoes about 3 sizes too small. His family couldn't afford new shoes. I took my lunch break and went out to buy him new socks and a few pairs of shoes.

This broke me..which I definitely needed. It changed my way of thinking forever.

Roryshah's family went from having many fancy cars to having one sensible car.

When my Dad was sued and we went from having 3 Mercedes, a Lamborghini, and a Ferrari to having a Toyota Sequoia.

But sometimes, getting your privilege checked could be funny. Just ask eraser_dust.

I grew up in Indonesia, a 3rd world country where you'd definitely have maids if you're posting on reddit. I grew up thinking it's common to have multiple maids.

Moved to Singapore, a 1st world country where people still have maids, but it's more of an upper-middle class & above thing. Got assigned to sweep the floors by the teachers, and that was my first time holding a broom.

Swept it back and forth like in cartoons, and everyone was looking at me going, "Er, what the fuck are you doing?"

Turns out I was just creating a dust cloud around me. You have to sweep in one direction and gather all the dust into the dust pan.

Mind blown.

Yeah, don't sweep like this.

cloudwitch not only lost a comfortable lifestyle, but they learned an uncomfortable truth about their father.

Grew up in a fancy home, more rooms than you could ever need on a large property in a pretty rural area. I got everything I wanted whenever I wanted; huge plasma tv, dslr camera, motorbike, pony etc. I never knew what my parents really did for a living, I remember kids always asking what my parents did as a job in the playground and I never really knew how to respond.

I soon figured out what my parents did when my dad was arrested for drug trafficking and the house, cars and everything else was repossessed by the government as profits of crime. I now live in a shitty house that barely stands in a dodgy area of town, it definitely was a shock to the system but I'm adjusting just fine I guess.

d_ippy came clean about her dirty little dry cleaning secret.

When I was 16 my parents left for a week vacation and gave me money for the week. Since I didn't know how to do laundry (never even seen it done) I took all my clothes to the dry cleaner. Even my panties. The cleaners asked 3 times if I was sure I wanted them dry cleaned. I said yes. 2 days later I got 8 pair of panties safety pinned to individual hangers. My "laundry" cost about $90 that week. I just assumed this was all normal.

Yeah, definitely not normal.

Just_Four_More acknowledges that being spoiled as a kid made becoming an adult even harder.

I was raised by my great grandmother. She was well to do, active well into her 80's and her world revolved around me. Ballet, gymnastics, all the music classes I could fit in my schedule. I had a menagerie of pets. Christmases were obscene. She catered to my every whim as a child.

Now that I'm an adult and my wonderful Gram has passed, I've learned that what I had was really unique. The world does not wait on me, I'm not special to everyone. I struggle with entitlement and narcissistic tendencies. It's isolating at times and I miss her.

HeatheryLeathery fell on hard times not once, but twice.

My parents went bankrupt. Twice. Went from private school to having cars and the house repossessed. Yay.

Yay?

ermerly didn't realize how lucky she was until she compared her childhood with her husband's.

At 20, when I started dating my now husband. He was raised by a single mom who worked three jobs and they still barely got by, while my mom was a SAHM and my dad was/is a successful in his line of work.

Husband and I went to high school together. At the beginning of every school year my parents would easily drop $15k on me and my sister for school clothes; my husband would go with our HS secretary to get clothes that were paid for by the school district. I didn't even know that was a thing....

Edit: Yes, I am aware and I agree that this is a stupid amount of money to spend on clothing. To clarify, a large portion of that amount was spent on designer items/accessories.

One simple task served as Jaeshin's wakeup call.

Military bootcamp. Wanted to eat an orange, didn't know how to peel one. Slyly waited for someone else to start peeling before emulating him. End up with a badly squashed, untidily peeled orange ball that tasted like sour reality. BOOM. Evolved.

So it wasn't the military that did the trick. It was an orange.

Bluestar280 still has money, but tries not to be a jerk about it.

Not sure if this is a serious question, but here's a serious answer.

When I moved out of my hometown for college, it was an absolute culture shock. I met other students who couldn't go to their dream schools because of how much it cost so they had to go in-state. They didn't eat out every other day. They bought secondhand clothes. Some had never travelled out of the country, some never even out of the state. Some were driving their parents' first cars. That shit blew my mind. This is how the rest of the 99% of the country lives.

I come from a filthy rich background, but I work hard to hide it so that you can't tell. I dress normally, I don't really talk about my background, I try to buy stuff on sale.

Sometimes it shows in ways that I can't help. I'd never seen shitty cars before going to college. I don't know how to drive cars with poor handling, and I always forget to turn off the headlights because I've never driven a car without automatic lights. I don't know how much anything costs because it doesn't matter. I'll still buy it anyway. I also don't really value money. $100 just isn't a big deal to me, but I know it means a lot to others, so I don't mind giving it to friends who are in need. But if you don't look too closely at my habits, you can't tell. And that was a conscious decision that I've made.

I'm grateful for never having to worry about money, and I likely never will. But I don't want to go back to my hometown because I think the lifestyle is unhealthy. There's so much entitlement, and the worst part is how rich people think that money defines your worth. I've seen them look at people with less money with such disdain, like their value as a person is less since they don't have as much money. It's disgusting. And I don't want to be associated with that kind of person.

I also loathe the comments that come with it like "if I were rich like you..." and I put an end to those immediately if they come up. I don't like being treated differently because of how much money I have, and I won't treat you differently for how much money you have. We are both people, and we are both worth something.

And all tobadiah_stane needed was little tough love to keep themselves in check.

Getting told "You're a very rude person." by an instructor at music summer camp after 11th grade. It was a huge reality check for me and really changed how I interacted with people.

It's hard to hear that you're a jerk, but it could be the thing that stops you from being a jerk.

Kim Kardashian revealed how she greets Kanye West after every show. It's extremely Kanye.

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (TM) want you to believe their post-show ritual is essentially a designer clothing advertisement, and you know what? I'm more than ready to believe them.

On her locked-to-the-public website KimKardashianWest.com, people who actually pay for access say that Kim Kardashian revealed the two things Kanye West wants from her after each show.

"After every show," says Kim Kardashian-West, "I always greet Kanye with a black Versace towel and a glass of water in a Versace glass. And there was a fun slushy machine in the friends and family room."

What a missed opportunity to plug Versace water. And is it a Versace slushy? Is it made of designer ice and designer jeans and leather designer jackets so fine they need 10 seconds in a blender to become a healthy, nutritional Versace vitamincrust you can inject by IV?

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reached true self-parody, and for that I congratulate them. Enjoy your time in the White House. See you in 2020.

Blac Chyna blasts Tyga in intense Snapchat rant over child support.

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The East Coast woke up Wednesday morning to Blac Chyna spilling tea as they sipped their coffee. Blac Chyna, ex-fiancé of Rob Kardashian, went off on Tyga, current boyfriend of Kylie Jenner, and father of her son, King Cairo.

What a family. Let's dive in.

(We don't know who Terrell and Heather are yet but are excited to find out.)

Blac Chyna is accusing Tyga of not paying child support, telling him to run to her almost-sister-in-law.

Ironically, Blac Chyna is pulling a Kim Kardashian, using a Snapchat story to expose someone like Kim did with Taylor Swift.

The blog The Inquisitorseems to think Chyna is accusing Tyga of cheating on Kylie Jenner, although it's not clear why.

In any case, Blac Chyna tells Tyga to “stop running to your money,” which fans are interpreting is his pet name for Kylie Jenner.

The Snapchat story ends with the address "16101 Ventura Blvd 215."

Context would suggest is Tyga's place, but like a true Kardashian businesswoman, is actually just her makeup store.

Blac Chyna is trending just behind #Brexit on Twitter, likely enraging her would-be mother-in-law Kris Jenner by giving the world some juicy drama she won't get to profit off of.

Twitter is mostly along for the ride, but rightfully calls out Blac Chyna for calling Tyga "f**," a homophobic slur.

Stay tuned to see how Tyga and Kylie Jenner react, because it almost certainly won't be in private.

Donald Trump is trying to make it impossible for people to sue him.

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Now that Donald Trump is president of this great nation, he's worried he might not have time to deal with small matters like civil lawsuits. In fact, he's so worried that he's bringing the matter to court.

TMZ reports that Trump's lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, filed court documents in New York arguing that former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos' defamation lawsuit against the president should be dismissed, since it could distract the president from his public duties and subsequently hurt the country.

Zervos is suing Trump for defamation after he allegedly ruined her good name by calling her a liar for her sexual assault claims against him.

Kasowitz is citing the Constitution's supremacy clause to back up his claim that the sitting president can't be sued in state court while in office. He claims that the Supreme Court left this particular issue undecided when they ruled against Bill Clinton in the '90s. (The Supreme Court did firmly decide that he sitting president is not immune to private litigation, however.)

Zervos' lawyer, Gloria Allread, isn't buying it. Allread said on Tuesday that "no man is above the law and that includes the president of the United States."

Donald Trump may not have time for defamation lawsuits, but don't worry. He still has plenty of time for weekend golf vacations.

School's sexist flyer on what prom dress a 'good girl' should wear is enraging the internet.

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Administrators at Stanton College Prep High School in Jacksonville, Florida are struggling to put out a firestorm of controversy over some very ill-advised flyers advising "good girls" on how they should dress at next week's prom. An image of the flyers was shared on Twitter by student Lily Willingham, where it's been getting a lot of attention. And not the good kind.

In less than two days, Willingham's post has been retweeted almost 2,000 times. Hundreds of fellow students and strangers of like are giving her their support, while simultaneously ripping this flyer apart for apparently time-traveling from the 1950s.

Once the school administration was informed, they knew they were in trouble. They took down the flyers, releasing a statement to apologize and explain that they were the work of some rogue administrator who was not following school policy. And while they didn't sell that body-shamer out by name, they did basically throw them under the bus.

Here's DCPS's full statement:

The display of prom dress photos pertaining to recommended attire at Stanton College Preparatory School is not an approved policy by the school or Duval County Public Schools. The displayed images were immediately removed by school leadership on Monday. Both students and staff have been informed this was not acceptable or appropriate guidance for prom dress attire.

At least this story has a satisfying ending. But the true battle won't be won until no one uses the phrase "good girl" ever again.


Mike Pence has two bizarre rules for being around any woman besides his wife.

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The Washington Post released an illuminating profile about Karen Pence, the wife of Vice President Mike Pence and apparently "one of Trump's staunchest defenders overall." Besides featuring a hilarious photograph of Mike Pence holding a massive umbrella and sporting an all-denim suit, the piece is worth a read for this intriguing nugget about their marriage:

In 2002, Mike Pence told the Hill that he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and that he won’t attend events featuring alcohol without her by his side, either.

The Hill article isn't currently available on the newspaper's website, so we have precious little context for the anecdote. But at face value, the revelation about Mike Pence's "Mother" (Mike Pence calls his wife "Mother") seems to confirm the very male Trump administration's lack of self-control around women. At the very least, it exhibits Pence's very old-fashioned, sign-legislation-about-women-without-a-woman-in-the-room world view.

This makes Mike Pence look like a man so uncomfortable with women that he can't even have dinner or a drink with a friend before it crosses a personal moral boundary. Is the man capable of any platonic relationships with the opposite sex? Or does he live his entire life as overused comedy premise?

This has led to some hilarious, and some not-so-hilarious, ideas about Mike Pence.

Dr. Pimple Popper pops out this 'horn' cyst from a patient's scalp.

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A pilar cyst (also known as a trichilemmal cyst), according to Dr. Pimple Popper's YouTube page, is basically the same as an epidermoid cyst, only slightly firmer and more "mobile." And ninety percent of them occur on the scalp, which is just where this cyst that Dr. Sandra Lee (the internet-famous dermatologist who goes by Dr. Pimple Popper) removed was located.

Dr. Pimple Popper's patient reveals that he's had the cyst for about 10 years, but since he's got thick hair, it's not terribly noticeable. In fact, it's his wife who wanted him to get it removed.

Dr. Pimple Popper debates whether or not to try to remove the pilar cyst whole or squeeze it, since she wants to keep the incision as small as possible. She ends up cutting it open because it's just too big to pull out whole. Horn no more!

Mom goes viral with terrifying story about being followed around by two men at IKEA.

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Mom-of-three Diandra Toyos has gone viral with her terrifying story of being followed around at IKEA by two strangers who she suspects were targeting her kids for human trafficking.

As she described in a Facebook post, during a recent trip to IKEA with her mom and three kids, the Southern California mom noticed a "well dressed, middle-aged man" who was "circling the area, getting closer to me and the kids." She says at one point he even came right up to her and her kids: "Instinctively I put myself between he and my mobile son," she writes. "I had a bad feeling."

Eventually, the stranger was joined by "another man dressed more casually and in his 20s," she writes, who also circled her and her family, while, as Toyos put it, seemingly pretending to shop.

At this point, a frightened Toyos and her mom decided to stop and sit in one of those little display rooms to wait for the men to move on. But weirdly, the men didn't move away from them.

She writes:

So we sat in one of the little display rooms. For close to 30 minutes. And they sat too. They sat down on one of the couches on the display floor that faced us. That was when we knew our gut feeling was right and something was off.

Then, after they got up, the men got up, too and continued to follow them.

At this point, Toyos says she and her mom kept the three kids very close to them, and after they "got through the maze of IKEA," they reported the men to security. Toyos believes she and her kids were targets of human trafficking.

"This is happening all over," she wrote. "Including the United States. It's in our backyards. I'm reading more and more about these experiences and it's terrifying. If not that, something else shady was obviously going on. Either way, as parents, we NEED to be aware."

You can read the whole creepy story here:

I wanted to share this again publicly in case any of you want to share with your mom friends... I've added some details...

Posted by Diandra Toyos on Thursday, March 23, 2017

Toyos says she wanted to share her story so that other parents would be reminded to take precautions and stay aware when with their kids in public. "When you're in a public place with your kids, please be aware and present so that you don't become a victim," she wrote. "Trust your gut. It's there for a reason."

However, not everyone is convinced at Diandra Toyos ' read on the situation. According to Snopes.com, a myth-debunking web site, viral stories from parents about "near misses" with human trafficking are quite common on social media. And according to David Finkelhor, head of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, "child abduction rarely occurs in a crowded public venue like that, where help would be easy to muster." Just FYI.

Toyo and her kids safe and sound.

Nevertheless, her post has already been shared over 100,000 times, and wracked up thousands of comments from other parents thanking her.

Regardless of what could have happened in this one mom's scenario, it's never a bad idea to trust your gut when something doesn't feel right and stay aware of where your kids are at all time. Especially at literal human maze IKEA.

Twitter is side-eyeing Melania Trump's speech about women's empowerment.

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First Lady Melania Trump emerged from her literal golden tower to present awards for the International Women of Courage. It was brave of her to appear at such an event, when her husband Donald Trump's administration is so committed against both internationals and women.

The First Lady made it through her speech, which has yet to be exposed as Michelle Obama's.

As Melania is married to (and is a mouthpiece for) President Trump, when many people take into account the Donald's words and deeds, Melania's "advocacy for women" rings hollow.

Twitter did not hold back in their reactions.

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Single mom says she was 'forbidden' from attending a school dance for this baffling reason.

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Given the different forms families can take, it seems pretty normal that single moms and dads sometimes stand in for each other at school events that specify "mom" or "dad." However, some schools still adhere to rigid rules about this, for no apparent reason. A perfect example of this is single mom Amy Peterson in Georgia, who was planning on taking her 6-year-old daughter to her school's father-daughter dance. She dressed up in men's clothes and even painted on a beard, only to be told via phone call an hour before the dance that she would be unwelcome. As in, not even allowed in.

Speaking to WSB-TV, Amy Peterson said, “To me, I’ve identified myself as her father and her mother because that’s what I’ve done for six years." When she found out that there would be a father-daughter dance at her daughter's school, she didn't want her to miss out, so she figured she'd go with her daughter instead.

To make sure it was all right, Peterson filled out paperwork a full month before the dance letting the school know her plans. All seemed fine, but just an hour before the dance, the school's principal called Peterson to tell her, in no uncertain terms, not to come.

“She said, ‘No. I forbid you to come and if you show up we will turn you away,’” Peterson told WSB-TV. She continued, “How do you explain that to a 6-year-old? You can’t go to a dance because you don’t have a male role model in your life. I think they handled it poorly. They shouldn’t have turned any parent away.”

The Henry County School District issued a statement explaining that they'd told other mothers the same thing (as if that somehow makes it acceptable). The statement read, in part:

It was explained that the dance announcement indicated that in lieu of a dad being available to attend, any family or friend father-figure could attend. There are three different dance events the school hosts throughout the year to include everyone. There is a mother-son dance, a father-daughter dance, and sweetheart dance that includes students and anyone they wish to bring.

The school is cognizant that different dynamics exist across households in our school system. Anyone with a question as to the requirements or specifics of any school extracurricular event is encouraged to reach out to a school official or teacher. There are multiple parent engagement events and opportunities to participate with their kids annually at this school in an effort to make that connection and build school spirit.

Um, okay, whatever. Hopefully incidents like this will be fewer and fewer, as more schools learn to accept the fact that families don't always have moms and dads, and kids shouldn't be punished for that. The schools should be happy when parents are involved enough in their children's lives to attend a school dance in the first place.

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