Get ready for a truly insane ride, because Denise C. McAllister of "You were at my wedding, Denise" just got fired from "The Federalist," for showing her true colors as a truly unhinged nightmare.
If you don't follow anything on "The Federalist," (good for you!) it's a conservative website that's known for tagging articles about crime against black people "black crime," defending Roy Moore's blatant pedophilia and a slew of other fun low key alt-right opinions. McAllister is known for her pro-life rants on Twitter like this:
“Forced pregnancy” is what women call having to be responsible for choosing to have irresponsible sex. Grow up, Alyssa. https://t.co/FkNpI6GDUW
Or this fun and flirty nonsense tweet about what a woman's "role" is:
I can explain this very simply. Women are unhappy because they are not living according to their purpose as human beings, as females, and as individuals. They have exchanged their unique purpose as women for equity with men and have only found misery. https://t.co/cx5tmpRR7g
More recently, she's known for being the target of a clapback from Meghan McCain:
Can someone explain to me the purpose of The View? It seems to me to be a roundtable of delusional mental midgets ricocheting ignorance and lack of emotional regulation. https://t.co/VMT4LtI1Ir via @ILMForg
I'm not even going to get started on the term "mental midgets." But why, Denise? Why?
When she tweeted this about watching her husband watching a game, people were perplexed. I initially thought it was some sort of 1950's housewife satire about what is expected of a quiet, obedient, beer-fetching sex robot. Unfortunately, I was wrong:
It was Yashar Ali (who is a New York Magazine and HuffPost contributor) who McAllister didn't want to accept sympathy from. Hey, Denise, maybe if you're so secure in your happy and equal marriage of mutual trust and respect you wouldn't spend an entire night yelling at strangers on Twitter who are worried about the fact that you "slipped" by wanting to talk to your own husband? Jus' sayin.'
2. I guess Denise is not happy that I’m worried about how her husband treats her. pic.twitter.com/ZIJ6cTROda
I was bullied for being Iranian as a kid. But I never felt ashamed of my ethnicity. I came out on 8/17/2001 & while it hasn’t always been easy, I have always been proud of who I am. I’m Iranian, gay, and Catholic. Perhaps an odd combo, but I wouldn’t change who I am for the world pic.twitter.com/xGPzoDzM13
I stand up for men being free in their masculinity. Respected for their masculinity. I’m attacked by gay men and their female sidekicks. What do you men think about this? We live in a society that wants to rob men of their manhood. Are you going to sit by and take it? Or fight?
I have defensed masculinity & have been ridiculed for it. Maligned for loving my husband as a man & celebrating my role as a woman. Yet I’m the devil in the eyes of many. I criticize a gay man who dares to mock my relationship. And I’m the devil. You do see how fucked up this is
I was fired when I criticized a gay man who mocked my heterosexual relationship. Yet no one defended me when I stood for masculinity and God’s design for sexuality despite outlets saying they represent Judeo-Christian values about sexuality, identity and purpose. What is truth?
The tweet in question has been deleted. I apologize to @yashar for responding to a perceived attack on my family in the manner I did and regret any embarrassment I caused @benshapiro and the @realDailyWire as well as @bdomenech and @FDRLST.
If there's any wedding you won't ever be at, Denise, it's a gay wedding. I hope you take this time to stay off social media, think about how you can change your thinking and get your husband to stop calling you "woman?"
Today is April Fool's day! This means it is physically impossible to write an intro that won't be construed as a self-contradictory meta form of psychological trolling. So, we might as well jump straight to the point: people are doing the pranks, once more.
In past years, the most notable pranks were hatched up by individual human beings thoroughly ruining the day of their loved ones. And while there are technically still a lot of people pranking, the April Fool's fatigue has hit people pretty hard, so the biggest culprits online are largely brands, and the occasional celebrities.
While the pranks are still accruing as I write this, there is already a huge mountain full of pranks floating around the abyss, and I have collected some of the most notable ones for your enjoyment.
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💥DOWNLOADERS!💥 Announcing a limited edition ALL BLACK #DL2019 version of Twister! 🔥 Get your pre-order in NOW and be the LAST rocker standing!! 🤘pic.twitter.com/OeWUHFAYxv
As part of our efforts to make the game more appealing to younger generations, the ICC will be applying both numbers and Instagram handles to kits from the beginning of the World Test Championship. pic.twitter.com/XnvantQfc9
It's actually so they can clean any CCTV, dash cams, or video doorbells they might see while out and about.
A couple of seconds spent each time we see a camera can make a huge difference when we have to use the footage later to solve a crime! pic.twitter.com/P3EC0Aoagq
Houston we solved the problem! Burping in space is a thing of the past. Introducing our new collaboration with @StationCDRKelly, SodastreamME! Tag a friend you KNOW needs this :) pic.twitter.com/Cx3BIaickU
Dogs have dedicated parks everywhere. Cats have 0. Let’s change that.
We’re petitioning on @Change to give cats & their owners the space they deserve to exercise together—the first-ever cat park! Show support by RTing and signing the petition in our bio! #ULTRACatPark. 🐈pic.twitter.com/A0t8jl3Bgx
While most people seek therapy privately and use what they learned to help their own lives, sharing impactful lessons can help everyone sometimes. Most of us know exactly what to do when we skin a knee, break a bone, or have a headache, but we're usually not too great at handling our own mental health. If you've tried juicing kale every day, doing yoga, making vision boards or screaming daily affirmations at yourself and are still having panic attacks at 3 AM because you just realized everyone you know will get old eventually--welcome to the wonderful world of mental illness! Going to a therapist doesn't mean you're weak, especially since they have all these fantastic, Pinterest-worthy lessons for you:
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today my therapist told me that no matter how hard I try and how much I do, it will never ever be enough for the wrong person. it’s so simple, but it hit me at just the right time
my therapist told me “the things you think of as cracks in your armor are really places you’ve put yourself back together” so if you need me, i’m fucking crying on the c train
When I was 30, my mom (a therapist) said to me: “Listen, its cool that you’ve made it this far w/ everyone liking you. But if you can learn to tolerate others’ dislike or displeasure or misunderstanding, you will do yourself a great service.” Reader, I am still working on this.
My roommate’s friend always complains to her therapist about her bf so her therapist said she wouldnt do anymore sessions until she broke up with him AND THIS BITCH QUIT THERAPY LMAOOO
One of the most brutal but life changing things my therapist ever said to me was "I think you're settling for a life that’s less than you deserve because it’s convenient". Wheww.
my therapist said it’s normal for people to seek help for illnesses such as a cold or the flu, but it’s looked down upon when someone seeks help for an illness with their brain. mental illness is just like any other illness that can be treated, it doesn’t make someone less human.
My therapist (I know, I know but mental health matters etc) said to me something so lovely and affirming I want to make one of those hideous inspirational quote ornaments out of it
My therapist told me that when we love ourselves only 20% out of 100, we happily settle for anyone who loves us even 30%, thinking it's more than enough when it should be 100 on both sides. It really hit me. Please learn how to love yourself before you ask someone else to do it.
Recently my therapist told me that the stages of grief aren’t linear and that we move back and forth through them fluidly and out of order, which is why it feels so confusing sometimes. I don’t know if that’s helpful but there is a Grief Fact™️ for you.
Wakey wakey! It's time to get up and pretend to be human for the next 8 hours. Before life beats you down today, take a little time to laugh at these hilarious memes. Mornings aren't all bad.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the millennial Democratic representative starlet that liberals love and conservatives fear, just made a great point about the minimum wage using croissants.
Everyone loves the buttery, flaky French breakfast treat known as the croissant. Croissants should be as affordable for everyone as bagels, sliced bread, or any other bread-based breakfast adventure. When Ocasio-Cortez noticed the price of a single croissant at the LaGuardia airport, she used the opportunity to make a point about minimum wage.
Croissants at LaGuardia are going for SEVEN DOLLARS A PIECE 😱
Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive??
Granted, airports are notorious for jacking up prices of everything. I wouldn't be surprised that if in 2040, airports charged you to flush the toilet. Especially in New York City, airports can get away with charging seven dollars for a croissant because they know they can. You're trapped in a sad, sweaty tunnel with a bunch of tired grumpy travelers and you had to throw out all your food and water at security. At that point, I'd pay twenty dollars for a croissant.
Since 2009, the federal minimum wage in the United States has been set at $7.25. However, 29 states have agreed this is too low and have raised the rate in their states. In New York City, the minimum wage is $13.50 for small businesses and $15.00 for larger ones. That means that if you work a minimum wage job in NYC, your airport thinks it's perfectly acceptable for you to spend over half of your hourly rate before tax on a snack. Senator Ted Cruz couldn't help himself when he saw Ocasio-Cortez's tweet and fully missed the entire point, as Cruz tends to do:
Oh the humanity! Here’s the answer: government-mandated FREE CROISSANTS FOR ALL. And we’ll just force the bakers to give all of their time for free. #SocialistLogic#AprilFoolshttps://t.co/1mx00FegwS
Of course, he went for a fully extreme "liberal Democrats want free everything! They don't want to work and they expect everything, even croissants to be free!" Nope. Not what she was saying, Ted. Even though this is about croissants, it says a lot about the communication issues happening right now within our government.
Democrats: Hey, maybe we could increase the minimum wage so that working people can actually live in the cities they work in? Or at the very least, be able to afford breakfast?
Republicans: OH YOU WANT THE RICH TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING FOR YOU? YOU JUST WANT TO BE LAZY, NEEDY, FREELOADING GARBAGE?
Of course, AOC didn't let that slide and responded:
GOP taking every tweet so earnestly, making my point for me. It’s not an argument against the price of a croissant - it’s about the value of human worth.
But I guess that idea is foreign to them since their policies treat people as disposable anyway 🤷🏽♀️
Sometimes when people are uncomfortable with a topic of conversation, they use hyperbole and dramatics in an attempt to trivialize the person. Unless you’re saying that the only way people can make a livable wage, is if they were socialists. Is that what you’re saying?
Again, AOC is not talking about the people buying the croissants, but the businesses selling the croissants for $7 and paying their employees less than a living wage. You continue to try and distract from this with your straw man foolishness.
Demi Lovato, First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of Camp Rock and the Disney Channel, Breaker of Taboos, and Mother of Clapbacks (sorry, I've been rewatching Game of Thrones!) responded to a headline that focused on her body.
Last Friday, Lovato shared on her Instagram story a screenshot of the headline, "Demi Lovato Appears To Have A Fuller Figure After Working Up A Sweat In LA."
Um, what is that supposed to mean? Is the writer of the piece implying that there is something surprising or wrong with living in LA having a "fuller figure"?
The pop star is in recovery for an eating disorder, an all-too-common phenomenon that is partly spread by headlines like these. In the next panel, she noted that she is "not triggered" by the headline, but is rather "angry that people think it's okay to write headlines about people's body shapes." It's especially harmful when it's a woman in recovery.
"I'm not upset for myself but for anyone easily influenced by the diet culture," she said.
"Articles like these only contribute to that toxic way of thinking," she elaborated.
Lovato then shared the conversation she had with the writer of the headline. To his credit, he was very guilty and apologetic.
Rather than shame the body-shamer, Lovato accepted his apology. She encouraged him to keep writing and stay positive, and told her fans to do the same.
Jameela Jamil, body positivity and anti-induced diarrhea advocate, chimed in with a celebration of Lovato on her Instagram. She pointed out that "nothing on earth makes your weight relevant unless you are an MMA fighter/wrestler/suitcase" and if you disrect Dame Demi "you aren't worthy of eating the sh*t of her shoes!"
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The "sh*t on her shoes" presumably comes from the street, which hopefully wasn't product of a Kardashian pooping her pants because of all their Flat Tummy Tea™ products.
The only thing worse than a diehard Bernie bro who is still discussing his loss three years after the fact is a diehard Bernie bro who chose Trump over Hillary. The "well if Bernie can't win then let's burn it all to the ground" theory comes from a place of privilege.
While I don't think it helps anyone to agonize over what happened during the 2016 election instead of how we can change what's happening now, there is another election coming up soon and breaking down why people voted last time could change the results of 2020. In a recent Vice panel called "Conservatives and Progressives Debate Feminism," one woman claimed she voted for Trump as a joke. The full clip is here:
However, it's this moment that is getting a lot of attention:
Bernie Sanders supporter admits she voted for Trump and gets flustered trying to justify it.
Never ever ever throw your vote away like this. I hope she learned her lesson. Our vote is a privilege & needs to be taken seriously. Look at all trump has already destroyed bc ppl didn't "like" the most qualified candidate ever.
Also, another Trump supporter on the panel compared Obama smoking weed to Trump joking about sexual assault which is of course, ridiculous. Smoking weed isn't even a crime anymore in a lot of states whereas sexual assault is and will be forever, a crime everywhere.
This Trump supporter thinks Trump sexually assaulting women is the same as Obama smoking weed.
I had to let her in on a little secret: ITS NOT!
Smoking weed is a criminalized behavior with no victim. Sexual assault is an act of violence. https://t.co/QJQnp3Uc3e
I just want to know where did these ladies get their education and information? 😳 One thinks voting is a joke and the other thinks weed and sexual assault is at the same level.
On the one hand, sexuality is fluid and "coming out" was an invention of a society that enforces heterosexuality as The Norm. On the other hand, the lack of definitive answers has people wondering if she's "queerbaiting"—merely hinting at possible same-sex relationships to reel fans in. Grande also received backlash for headlining Manchester Pride, when she is publicly known as a straight person.
Team Coming Out Anthem is passionate, and celebrating the song.
y’all accused ariana of queerbaiting and it turned out she’s bisexual. y’all dragged her just because she’s not showing off her sexuality as a personality trait like some of y’all do YALL ARE BOO BOO THE FOOLS. pic.twitter.com/HkcFZfmrav
dont forget that ariana might be bi but she could also still be figuring herself out/exploring and she might not label herself yet . she could be trying it out feel comfortable expressing it thru music
I’ll save y’all a click: Ariana is not bisexual. She’s queerbaiting for clout, some coin, & shut y’all up about the fact she’s headlining Pride. Sis identifies as a straight ally & was being supportive of her friend who this song is with. That woman is actually queer. Moving on. https://t.co/Mj1GWqxBzj
Ariana will never publicly come out and say she’s bisexual because that would require her actually being attracted to women(not just kissing for fun like every straight girl) she’ll say sexuality is fluid while still only dating men so she doesn’t get accused of queerbaiting pic.twitter.com/23yPVfSMbg
And even if she’s bi and just not saying it, I think its gross to purposely tease bisexuality in multiple music videos for headlines/publicity and shock factor instead of just coming out and saying it. It trivializes the whole thing 🤷🏻♀️
All this mystery around Ariana Grande’s sexuality seems like another move to make her anything other than a boring cis straight white girl. If she’s bi, that’s awesome! But that’s a spray tan, fake hair & she was engaged to Pete Davidson so let’s relax a minute. pic.twitter.com/Wz7sacKyjF
Listen... Ariana grande... I'm happy you came out as bi.... BUT I DON'T FUCKING BELIEVE YOU! Like you steal from black culture...daily. This just seems like a culture vulture just finding they're next target to profit off of. I'm just saying pic.twitter.com/bzdZlBiJFT
— 🍡 Marshmallow Princess 🍡 (@mochihowl) April 2, 2019
I quickly fell down a rabbit hole of people accusing Grande of darkening her skin.
ariana grande needs to stop trying look like a brown girl/latinx. she is a white girl who has their privileges and will never understand the struggles the skin colour comes with pic.twitter.com/S6DKUpgxH9
but Ariana Grande is starting look more & more... bronzed... like, sis is really trying to give us Afro-latina and it's messy & creepy. Very minstrel-esque. pic.twitter.com/9IAJ4djsEW
In case you haven't heard, today is Equal Pay Day. And in case you aren't aware of what this means, it's a day dedicated to raise awareness of the pay gap in America. Today marks how far into the year a woman must work in order to earn the same amount that men earned in the previous year. The math here shows that *checks notes* this shit ain't fair.
Like any respectable holiday, Equal Pay Day is trending on Twitter. People have gathered online to celebrate the holiday, as well as point out the issues it illuminates. Here are some of our favorite tweets for the day!
Lots of politicians gave their two cents (lol sorry!)
Today is #EqualPayDay, marking how far into 2019 women have to work to match men's earnings from 2018. It's a good day to call your senators and ask them to support the Paycheck Fairness Act: https://t.co/7BpVLZbIsP
And many pointed out the racial disparities that are often left out when discussing this day.
The money this black woman earned makes the money this white man earned look like more money even though it’s actually less money. An #EqualPayDay math lesson from Chris Cillizza pic.twitter.com/8gOkub3jqG
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) April 2, 2019
I won't be acknowledging #EqualPayDay until November - when every woman of color - African American, Latina and Indigenous is paid equally. We have a long way to go if we only point out the day white women's salaries equal white male salaries and I won't tolerate it.
I hope everyone tweeting about #EqualPayDay today will also tweet about it on August 22, September 23, and November 20, which is how far into 2019 Black, Indigenous and Latina women, respectively, will have to work to get paid as much as white men did in 2018. pic.twitter.com/mwYDn4p05r
At a sit down in the Oval Office with the NATO Secretary General struggled to say the word "origins."
Although the report allegedly exonerates him, President Donald Trump railed against the "oranges" of the Mueller investigation—not one, not twice, but at least four times.
In calling for a counter-investigation of the Mueller investigation, a banana republic-y thing to do, Trump kept dropping the word oranges.
Wow -- Trump repeatedly mangles the word "origins," on three separate occasions saying "oranges" instead. 😳pic.twitter.com/EZggYhIAO7
After saying "no collusion, no obstruction" (drink!), the man with the nuclear codes said, "I hope they no go and take a look at the oranges—the oranges of the investigation. The beginnings. The oranges of, uh, the investigation. The beginnings of that investigation. You look at the orange of the investigation...you will win Pulitzer prizes."
As many a person has noted, the president's skin is orange! Just like the fruit!
Trump probably kept saying “oranges” instead of “origins” because he was looking in the freaking mirror 😂😂😂 (He’s unwell!)
The jokes just write themselves. Maybe the guy who famously wants to do his daughter made a Freudian strip. I mean, uh, Freudian slip.
The "oranges"???? Since he kept talking about the "oranges"I had to come towards the TV to see WHY he was talking about "oranges"??? Maybe I should go invest in some Tropicana stocks 🤣🤣🤣🤣#Trumppic.twitter.com/t1QWmoDqLe
— kilgore trout’s mom (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 2, 2019
At the same meeting, Trump also misstated his oranges, falsely stating that his father was born in Germany. He wasn't.
Trump just said "my father is German, was German. Born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Fred Trump was born in New York. pic.twitter.com/U6eWYPzjrJ
The president's juiced brain and stumbled speech had the internet diagnosing him with dementia.
As tweeters and pundits were quick to note, Trump is clearly aware that he has the wrong word, as he tries to clarify the "orange" with "the beginning."
Trump has Dementia. He’s forgotten how to pronounce, “Origins.” He says, “Oranges”, instead. He knows this is wrong, and it scares him. It scares me too. Frankly, how Trump pronounces a word isn’t scary. But an Autocrat Wannabe Prez with Dementia? We’ve done that. #NeverAgainhttps://t.co/6U8sNlbQbT
— Rocking Jamboree 🌊🇺🇸 (@RockingJamboree) April 2, 2019
I think he realizes that he's not saying "origins" correctly because he keeps supplementing it with "the beginnings" to make his point clear and also keeps returning to say the word again, as if he wants to give it another shot at getting it right?
Life is tough. This we know. But not all of us have a firsthand knowledge of how hard certain experiences can be. We might think we know what it's like to lose a parent to cancer or get fired from a dream job, but the reality is you don't know how these things feel until you experience them yourself. Walking a mile in someone else's shoes will take you a long way.
Someone on Reddit (zarfytezz1)decided to shed light on this exact subject by asking, "What life is experience is a whole lot worse than most people think it is?" People had answers, and some of them are truly heartbreaking.
BeardsuptheWazoo brought up the emotional effects of physical pain.
I’ve had a migraine since October of 2016. The pain isn’t always horrible. But it’s always there. I have more bad days than good days. I’ve had to stop doing art as much, that’s something I love and genuinely brings me so much joy.
In February I had a particularly bad couple of weeks. I missed a whole week of work and tried to come in and work several days but it was unsuccessful. My migraines cause me to get an upset stomach and vomiting and diarrhea frequently. So I cannot work like that. My managers were not understanding and i was bullied into quitting. That wasn’t the beginning of the issues. Despite proper documentation from countless doctors. Every time I left early or called off I had doctors notes from where I spent hours in the er hooked up to iv (often times they’d blow I vein cause I was so dehydrated and unable to get enough water into my system and always left with a big bruise) or going to the urgent care where they’d inject medications in me that makes my mind Hazey and basically just makes me sleep. Every time I went to my neurologist I would take a quiz to see how disabled I was. I’d always score over 100 points. 20 points is considered severely disabled.
My managers constantly told me I was faking my pain and that I needed mental help because it’s all in my head and the pain isn’t real. They convinced my co workers I was faking my pain. Despite when my pain was more manageable I’d almost always offer to work longer shifts and would frequently work over 12 hours when I felt ‘okay’. A few times I worked 17 hour shifts. I’m a good worker when I’m not doubled over in extreme pain.
Living in a war. People are very alienated from the sense of total chaos around them, and I hope they never experience it.
It's a lot less dramatic and more dramatic at the same time than the news portrays it. Life around you becomes dull. People walk around without a purpose. Their energy and life drained by the constant perpetuating fear of not living to see the next day. Military around you 24/7. My friends back home can now identify what type and model of a bomb depending on the sound and level of shockwave. War changes people, and never in a good way.
It's not cute, and it's not a joke. It's their defense mechanism for a reason - you can't just wipe it off and go about your day. You will probably puke, and for the next week you'll swear you're getting whiffs of that vile gunk no matter how much you scrub.
Being very athletic and getting injured to the point where you are unable to participate in sports and former activities.
This has made me lose my identity. I became depressed, turned to drugs and alcohol to cope and even felt suicidal. People just kept telling me to get a new hobby, but they were more than just hobbies, they were part of who I was as a person and were how I coped with stress.
indecisive_maybe finds another thing movies give us unrealstic expectations about.
Being lonely. In movies it seems like a sexy depressed emotional response, but in reality it's fucking miserable and never f*cking ends.
Panic/anexiety attacks. Some people are just like "Oh take deep breaths in this paper bag and you'll be fine for the rest of your day". HELL NO. If you don't know how to control panic attacks it can be a nightmare. You feel like the amount of air you can breath has suddenly been limited, you heart beats at top speed, you get dizzy like you might collapse/die, you get an sudden urge to move around, and much more.
nutjoke reminds us about the severity of emotional abuse.
Being emotionally abused and/or bullied. Sure, I’d laugh it off right now if someone told me I was ugly or had a stupid name. But as a child, things like that repeated day after day become your truth. Being told you’re not good enough for your partner is easy to recognize as abuse, but so hard to get out of your head. These things have very long-lasting effects, to the point where I still tend to believe people only PRETEND to like me, or like people are lying when they say I’m pretty, and I have trouble with relationships because I feel like I’m never good enough.
Just because I recognized that it was wrong doesn’t mean it still isn’t ingrained into my system. They’re more than just harsh criticisms, dumb insults, and general assholishness. That shit can stay with you.
LittleFlowers13 gives another reason as to why working retail is a nightmare.
Working retail and having a crazy customer that crosses the line. Not a rude person, not someone making an ass of themselves, a customer who is genuinely psychotic and threatens you.
Cops were called and the man was banned from the store, but he came back three different times before I had enough and quit. I was having nightmares about him coming after me, and after the third time I had to lock myself in the back office while the manager got rid of him, my parents urged me to quit.
I bitch about entitled and rude customers, but I’ll take them any day over someone threatening and stalking me.
chiefs_35 confirms that casts aren't as cool as we thought they were in elementary school.
Broken legs.
I had never broken a bone but I’ve had some pretty major injuries before and I thought I understood this kind of stuff. I was dead wrong.
I had to spend a week in the hospital and was supposed to be off work for 7 weeks (ended only taking 4 weeks off for several reasons both good and bad). I couldn’t take a real shower for 3 months. I still can’t wear real shoes.
I remember seeing kids who had a cast and thinking it was super cool as a child. I take it all back and I wish I could go back to that moment and not slip and fall.
Traveling for work. It's not at all fun spending many days in the air and nights in hotels. You don't get time or even want to go explore. In reality, you spend a lot of time wishing you were at home spending time with your family/friends. Getting pic updates of what people are doing back home makes you even more homesick when you are many many miles away.
lostlittlesheep tells us about the experience of being disabled.
Being disabled/not working. I have bad bad anxiety and depression and have been on disability for over four years. All of my friends and my fiancé are living their lives, working or going to school. Living an average daily life with structure, whatever that entails for each individual. I feel so alone. I feel like I’m in limbo, waiting for something to happen but even with all the work I put into my mental health, it’s entirely futile. Sitting in the prison cell that is my condo, unable to escape because of the anxiety, is a living hell. People tell me I’m lucky that I don’t work and still get money but don’t realize that isolation and feeling like you have no purpose is fucking awful. I just want to be apart of life again.
hwbones reminds us that most people don't understand what it's like to have an eating disorder.
having an eating disorder. not trying to sound deep but it’s not just skipping meals or losing weight(if that what your ed entails). it’s so addictive and a cycle that can last years and years and may feel longer than that if you don’t talk to someone or if you have nothing else to help you cope. it’s scary how easy it is to relapse
And now, since reading this may have been emotionally draining, here is a gif of some kittens snuggling:
Stupid texts, insane Facebook comments, and actual published news stories are all captured in this hilarious list of dumb people on the internet. These people will seriously leave you fearing for the future of our civilization. Prepare to face palm.
From the man who brought you, "The Great Lakes have record deepness," we now have, "The noise from windmills will give you cancer." I'll give you a second to spit out your coffee.
Trump claiming that the noise from windmill causes cancer.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 3, 2019
Okay great, now let's talk. The president is going after wind and windmills now. During his speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner, Trump said, "If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75% in value. And they say the noise causes cancer." This all came after he attacked Hillary Clinton for being an advocate for wind energy, in case you were wondering why he would decide to go off on windmills.
It's unclear who "they" are in terms of the people who say the noise from windmills causes cancer, but it's certainly not scientists. Trump didn't provide any factual evidence to this claim, but he did add that birds don't like the noise and said, "If you loved birds, you'd never want to walk under a windmill again." Weird flex, but okay.
Of course, the internet had some thoughts about this tangent.
There's a new panties trend in town and you're going to want to just stay right home and not run out to the store to get a pair. "Janties" are denim (short shorts? underwear? ballet costumes?) nightmares and the internet is not happy at all that they exist. A part of me thinks this is one of those fake "trends" that nobody is actually wearing, but it's still fun to criticize like bow brows:
The level of rage that came from bow brows versus the amount of people (1 woman) wearing them was pretty dramatic. However, someone made this underwear and plans to sell them so let's attempt to break down their fashion plan here. Janties are high-waisted denim underwear/shorts with pockets. The model in this photo is wearing a white button-down shirt which leads us to the next question: why? What event would be appropriate to wear a dress shirt with underwear unless you're a twenty-something woman in a rom-com waking up from a hookup. Definitely can't wear this outfit to work. Maybe the beach? Help.
The company who makes them (Y/Project) is selling them for $315 per pair and categorizes them as "brief-style shorts." Does that seem crazy yet? Here's more: they're completely sold out.
Just when we thought mansplainers could never possibly outdo themselves, one goes and finds an old photo of a woman from her wedding in an attempt to mansplain her height to her. Honestly, I need to know where mansplainers are finding these extra hours in the day. I'd use them for important things like binge watching more Law and Order, not digging through women's wedding photos, but that's just me.
Amy Brown (@arb) shared an encounter she had with a man on Twitter, in which he tried to disprove her height with an old picture and some very questionable math skills.
ive had a lot of good things happen to me on this website but a man digging up my wedding picture to prove i'm not seven and a half feet tall is by far the best pic.twitter.com/SlD6TIg7Px
It's important to note that this all started when the man in question tweeted about why he doesn't like shaking hands with women. Hard to believe the same man would go to great lengths in order to do some good ol' fashioned mansplaining...
As expected, many people online were not impressed with this dude.
That’s a lot of work over not wanting to shake a woman’s hand. Why doesn’t he take the easy route and admit he’s sexist?
Is today the day you're finally going to lose it at your job and tell everyone you work with to go to straight to hell? No one knows for sure, but one thing that's certain is you will crack up at these hilarious workplace memes. Anyone who hates their job will relate hard to these dad boys.