It's been a few months since Valentines Day, but the gift of love is something that gives everyday. As you well know, love takes many forms, it presents itself in romantic relationships, family, friendships and passions, and one of the internet's greatest love affairs is dragging Tomi Lahren after she tweets something cruel or incomprehensible.
This year for Valentines Day,Lahren gave the internet what we all didn't realize we wanted, a snarky tweet implying feminists neither find love or get laid.
Undoubtedly, Tommy Laymen must have felt a rush of adrenaline when she hit send on this juicy hunk of cliche digital garbage.
It’s Valentine’s Day! I wonder how many angry feminists are screaming and punching at the sky today...
But also, several women responded with genuine details of the romantic gifts their partners got them. Many even ask Tommy about her plans, which seem fairly non-existent based on the tone of her tweet.
From my feminist husband to me, his loving, feminist wife.
Tomi, as far as I know, you’re still single, and there are many many feminists (including men) who are joyfully celebrating this commercially created holiday.
I woke up to a lovely card from my husband next to my bathroom sink. We’ve been married almost 17 years. I brought my card to work and displayed it proudly on my desk at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where I work as an engineer on the Orion program. This feminist had a lovely day.
Hi you poor thing: I’m a happy feminist. Today is lovely for me. My husband and 2 sons are cooking a fabulous dinner for me and our 2 daughters. He got us all flowers and wrote super sweet notes to us, too. He’s teaching our sons how to treat those you love. Fantastic, right?? pic.twitter.com/9F44whT5I9
In fact, if anything, the "angry feminists" she targeted were far more gracious with Tommy on Valentines Day than merited. It seems pretty clear who the angry lonely one in this equation is.
Not sure if you got the memo, but being a living, breathing human is hard. There's all these things you have to do, like get out of bed, feed yourself, and impress your dad. These are, of course, only difficult tasks for those of us who are privileged enough to not have to worry about more pressing challenges. We're talking first world problems, folks.
Sadly, there are too many first world problems to keep track of. As it turns out, being spoiled leads to a lot of complaining. And a recent Reddit thread was able to document some of the most common first world problems that a lot of us would find #relatable. User Tigasar asked people what they considered to be the most infuriating first world problem to be, and we picked out twenty of our favorites. Prepare to feel ~seen~.
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When automatic sinks don't sense your hand at the right time and you're just fisting the air with a handful of soap
When my internet starts glitching out, I have to get my lazy ass up, unplug the router, stand there like an idiot for 29 seconds, then plug it back in. Oh woe is my life.
Having at your disposal 150 cable TV channels, On Demand, HBO, Netflix, Hulu, etc. as well as 500 DVDs on the shelf, but there's still nothing good on.
When you reach over to grab some water on the nightstand and accidentally spill it over your phone, tablet, wallet and have to wake tf up and dry everything off really fast and you still don’t even get your water.
Watching a new TV Show that's amazing, but knowing that it's extremely unlikely you will ever be able to find a TV Show similar to said one that invokes feelings just as great.
Complaining about the quality of the food brought directly to your lap while you lay back, watching movies, drinking wine and flying majestically though the sky like a 21st century fat slobby unicorn.
When you're going through self serve at the supermarket and you take your groceries off weight thing too early so it thinks you're stealing. Then it stops and says wait for assistance so you have to awkwardly wave over the attendant.
Having a refrigerator full of food but not wanting any of it to eat. So you grab the $500 smart phone and place a $20 order for pizza, soda, and wings. The pizza arrives and you tip the pizza guy a few bucks but only do it out of courtesy. You then proceed to sit down and flip through hundreds of channels that you pay for and deem nothing watchable. So you power on your expensive gaming device load up twitch and watch people play a game you already own. Slice after slice until the pizza that could feed a family of 4 you don't even eat the crust you just throw it away. You aren't even watching the tv. You're on your phone on reddit talking about the worst first world problems.
Is there anything sweeter than proving someone wrong by succeeding at the very thing they told you you could not? Pure sugar maybe, but that is the only other contender. Spite can be an incredible motivator, and it's driven many people down the road of success that they were told wasn't accessible to them. Seeing as these types of stories are wholly satisfying to hear, TV writer Amanda Deibert decided to ask her followers to share their versions. We picked out eighteen of our favorites, and we dare you not to scream "Yossss Kweeeeeen" at your screen while reading through them. Cheers!
Tell me about a time someone told you that you could not do something and you went ahead and succeeded out of spite.
Nothing I wrote seemed to please my Writing the Essay professor. Now I have a published book of essays. He does not.
— Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson (@MaraWilson) April 20, 2019
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I had teachers make me take tests again in front of them because there was no way a black kid scored that high... I have a Masters. I was told I would never succeed in comedy bc I was too fat/not black enough... I have an Emmy. Someone please tell me I can't be a millionaire.
A professor at the uni told me I couldn't continue with my final project because I couldn't use the main reference I wanted since it wasn't in Portuguese, so I translated it from early 18th century French and the translation is going to be published by the uni's press.
I’m a stripper. A manager at my club lied to my face and told me that there were security cameras in the vip rooms when there wasn’t. I was worried about my safety. I just helped get a law passed in my state that requires panic buttons in the vip rooms and a customer blacklist.
When I was an intern an exhalted surgeon told me I would never make it in surgery because I am both female and left handed. I am now an endowed professor of surgery and just completed a term as chair of @AmBdSurg
I was told in 6th grade that I couldn’t play on the boys softball team (there was no girls softball team). I made it onto the team as the first girl ever to play softball for my school. We ended up winning the city finals. Now it’s a co-ed team. #GirlPower
When doing my master's, one of my grad school profs told me "oh you write so well for a deaf person"... I got so angry, I applied for the PhD program at UT Austin. Them: "oh that's nice for you." I got in. By the time I graduated, I had more publications than most of them.
I was a young lesbian growing up in Foster Care; I heard “you can’t” and “you’ll never” a lot. Today I am a double PhD and happily married to my wife of 10 years (married only 7, Prop 8 tried to tell me no, too).
I was told by an abusive high school boyfriend "You'd actually be pretty if...(insert every garbage comment)."
I ended up being a model during my college years so fuck that guy.
A prof in college told me I didn't get Shakespeare. I just graduated w/a PhD in early modern lit.😎
— Literature_Lady, PhD (@Literature_Lady) April 20, 2019
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I was told by a professor that I wasn’t really good at Computer Science and should figure out another major. I went on to TA a course that had that class as a prerequisite the following year. Now I’m the Director of Product for @VisualStudio, @code, @typescriptlang and more...
Big legacy media organization asked me for pitches to revitalize their social media, I pitched them @EffinBirds. They hated it so much that I was determined to make it more popular than their org. It has 25x more followers than their brand, and now this: https://t.co/N9gSbLxv4Q
Also doctors told me I’d never read, write, or speak in sentences again after severe domestic violence-related traumatic brain injury. Ten years later, I’m an author, and my memoir is optioned for film.
I was continuously told growing up by certain very close to me that I’d do nothing better with my life than work at McDonald’s. I just finished placing hardware in someone’s spine that would help them walk at their grandchild’s wedding this summer.
Live. I was told at the age of 21 I would die by suicide. Never live a “ normal “ life. But I’ve been outpatient for 7 years now. The dr who said this was wrong.
Jr high math teacher wasn't going to promote me to algebra despite my high marks in 7th grade math. "Statistically she won't finish high school" she said to my mom (who hadn't finished high school herself). I got my BS in CompSci and I'm now a software engineer.
UCLA Gymnast Katelyn Ohashi is at it again. You may remember this absolute queen from her iconic gymnastics routine that went viral on Twitter for being so dang fun. Gymnastics is an incredible sport, but the energy and overall "I'm just here for a good time" vibes she gave off were unlike anything people had ever seen in a typical routine. And as someone who can barely touch her toes, I bow down to anyone who can do a split while smiling.
Ohashi performed her last collegiate routine for UCLA, and she did not disappoint. In fact, she slayed. She brought the same contagious energy, absolutely flawless moves, and electric performance. It's honestly rather rude of her to be so talented.
You can watch the routine here:
Katelyn Ohashi absolutely crushed the final routine of her collegiate career 👏pic.twitter.com/6itBzeQ9RP
In case you missed it, she took out the Michael Jackson song for this routine, as she didn't want to offended any survivors. So she's also woke and incredibly considerate. We stan.
Obviously, the internet is bending the knee for Ohashi once again.
I’m not crying, you are 💙 so proud of you Double Trouble. What a legend https://t.co/oShOHIaqqI
We had the honor of seeing Katelyn Ohashi perform her incredible floor routine when UCLA was at Michigan for the regionals. She was last to go, after every other apparatus was done. It was unreal. Goosebumps. Teary eyes. Stadium erupted with joy when she finished. https://t.co/tB7GOnMObE
And that’s how you put an exclamation point to an incredible year and the collegiate journey! @katelyn_ohashi was spectacular tonight!!! 👏💚https://t.co/dRSJqwSCmS
@katelyn_ohashi Thanks to you so many more millions of people know what college gymnastics is. You have proven that gymnastics is not about winning or losing but about the joy it brings to so many. You have created an amazing platform for yourself and this is just the beginning
@katelyn_ohashi Great Job! Wonderful way to finish. You are an inspiration beyond the world of gymnastics. There are so many little girls or teen girls watching you and dreaming. Love your joy! https://t.co/siwbQAr2y5
Our president is at it again, being a toddler throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store aisles of our country.
In case any of his diehard Christian supporters were confused about whether or not he actually cared about the teachings of Jesus, Trump decided to make Easter all about his own accomplishments. Easter, the day that Christians celebrate because Jesus, a man who died for the sins of others, thought rich people were evil and championed for forgiveness and tolerance rose from the dead like Jon Snow should apparently be about the economy? Ok, Trump.
Especially considering the attacks in Sri Lanka, it seems extra inappropriate that our president would decide to reward himself on a holiday so important to many of his most loyal supporters. In a tweet that is now getting roasted, Trump gave himself an Easter basket of compliments:
Happy Easter! I have never been happier or more content because your Country is doing so well, with an Economy that is the talk of the World and may be stronger than it has ever been before. Have a great day!
Is our economy the "talk of the world" or is the world just talking about us because we have an orange reality television star attempting to lead? This tweet would maybe be more understandable if it happened on Thanksgiving, a day of gratitude, but Easter isn't the time for narcissism. It's a time to watch Kate Upton dye eggs in her underwear.
Needless to say, people weren't pleased.
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When did Christians start worshipping Trump more than God?
no one could have predicted that our best president ever would make the commemoration of the resurrection of Christ all about the imaginary good job he's doing. that what makes this fluorescent tangerine radioactive tire fire on two legs is the BEST! PRESIDENT! EVERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
This is the President's actual Easter message. It's not much better than the rest of his rants this morning: it's the usual narcissistic spouting, preceded by "Happy Easter." https://t.co/aPd1oe3mIg
Nothing displays happiness and contentment like your constant need to insist against all evidence that you're succeeding (keeping the cult excited) even as reports confirm that in fact, you're in a rage over the collapsing "total exoneration" sham and on a rampage for vengeance. https://t.co/c6Kck2ADGf
Better luck next time, Trump! I never thought I would recommend this to anyone, but maybe you should give the bible a read? Pretty sure Jesus would've hated everything you're doing.
Seven hells! That was A LOT, and it only gets more dangerous from here!
Sunday night's episode of Game of Thrones, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," gave us dozens of beautiful moments as our faves up in Winterfell contemplated their imminent deaths.
While The Army of the Dead marched, Arya checked something off her list—her bucket list—as the of-age Maisie Williams' scene with Gendry lit Tumblr on fire. Pod started his indie-folk career and Brienne of Tarth finally got the honor she deserved. This Winterfell-based bottle episode gave fans a lot of beautiful moments, which is only fair because it looks like next week they're going to squish our eyeballs like the Mountain. Here are some of the best memes about the last hour of happiness we'll likely ever experience.
Dear Night King, ... You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a Kingslayer, a Giantsbane, a Hand of the King, A Knight, An Onion Smuggler, and a Squire.
Me holding back my tears knowing this is gonna be last time everyone alive together but still looking forward to next ep #GamefThronespic.twitter.com/zkam1p03oX
Unless you've been living under a rock, it's safe to say you caught wind of the college admission scandal that got Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman arrested alongside dozens of other parents.
In the weeks since the news broke, a lot of people have weighed in on the scandal, including but not limited to SNL, the dark specter Kellyanne Conway, and now, in a recent interview, Kim Kardashian has also shared her thoughts on the debacle.
During an interview with Van Jones on Saturday, Kardashian made it clear that she unequivocally disapproves of bribing her kids' way to the top.
"If my kids couldn't get into a school, I would never want to use privilege to try to force them into a situation that they wouldn't thrive in anyway. I want my kids to be kind. I want my kids to be as grounded as possible. To buy your way into something just wouldn't benefit anybody," she told Van Jones.
She went on to share how she hopes her decision to become a lawyer will help show her kids firsthand where hard work can land you.
"I have my backpack, they have their backpack. They're studying, I'm studying. And them seeing that I have this filming career, and that I'm having makeup samples tested all over my arm, while I'm trying to read my flashcards. I hope they get inspired to know that they can put in the hard work."
She finished by saying her current foray into college proves its never too late, but also you can't skip doing the work yourself.
"And even though I'm in my late thirties and just finishing college, or attempting to do that now, it's never too late and there really is no easy way out," Kardashian concluded.
People have been using Instagram to publicly flirt and pursue their crushes ever since the app was invented. DM's exist basically for this reason and this reason alone. But not everyone likes to limit their flirting to private messages, with many people using the Instagram comments section to openly express their thirst. Maybe it's a way of marking "territory" like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant, or maybe it's just what turns them on. Whatever the reason, celeb couples love to use the comments section as a place for public "foreplay," using their words/emojis to let the world know: WE'RE DOIN' IT! AND DOIN' IT! AND DOIN' IT WELL!
Here are a few prime examples of celebs using the comments section to flirt with their crushes, significant others, or sexual partners of past, present, or future. Hottttttt.
It feels like "Game of Thrones," the HBO series about the fight for an honestly pretty ugly throne of iron swords is filled with incest, murder, rape, dragons, tree children, zombies, a blue-eyed albino devil zombie and a psychic boy. It has been on now for almost ten years and it's finally in its last season, which means some of the characters have grown up.
We're looking at you, Arya.
Arya Stark, who has the highest kill count of any character in the series, is a total badass. Despite the fact that the actress playing her, Maisie Williams, is 22 in real life and her character is 18, people were pretty disturbed to see her have a sex scene. Now, there's a lot wrong with this. The fact that one of the most violent shows on television included a very romantic scene of consensual sex between two age-appropriate and not-blood related characters left viewers disturbed while that time Arya baked men into a pie didn't, is probably an issue that shouldn't be ignored. Daenerys Targaryen was a teenager when she was forced into marriage and raped, but nobody cared because she's been sexualized from the beginning of the show. So, nobody wants to acknowledge a young person's sexuality unless it's sexy to them? In other words, violent "barely 18" porn is fine, but if your daughter brings a nice boy home for prom you better grab the shotgun? This is why America needs help.
— Jennifer Iacopelli of House Stark 🐺❄ (@jennifercarolyn) April 22, 2019
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People freaking out about Arya having a sex scene...
Yet nobody’s asking why is Daenerys more upset that Jon Snow has a claim to the throne than the fact she was banging her own nephew. #GameOfThrones#GoTpic.twitter.com/yT0hMK7Iyz
she murdered a man and fed him a pie with meat of his two sons last season and everyone was ok with that, but the moment a girl wants to enjoy herself there is an uproar? really? (
everyone is talking about Arya having sex with Gendry but is forgetting that this guy said he drank a giants titty milk for three months #GameofThronespic.twitter.com/niq9icyi4n
Arya has slit throats, gouged eyes out, witnessed the beheading of her father, baked men INTO A PIE, poisoned an entire family, and robbed a man while he was bleeding out and begging to die.
I’m seeing people say that Arya having sex is the most “disturbing and messed up” thing they’ve done on the show, and lord does that say so much about how normal people think rape and sexual violence are and how threatened they are by female sexual agency.
this is what maisie williams looked like when d&d (who were both over 30) met her and started to work with her as arya stark. the fact the first thing they did as she turned 21 was write in an expositive sex scene for her DOES creep me out thanks for joining my TED talk. pic.twitter.com/C0IcgjJkPX
When people see incest and rape on Game of Thrones: “Whatever, it’s normal I guess.”
When Arya and Gendry, two people who are not related, are now both adults at this points, and have genuine romantic feelings for each have normal sex: pic.twitter.com/zoUtLEnmF6
I could've went my whole life without seeing Arya having sex. I would've preferred it that way.
— lunga's seeing Endgame in 3 days (@Iuxxaeterna) April 21, 2019
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This reaction to her and Gendry is utterly bizarre to me. Like, have you not watched this girl murder dozens of people and carve up their faces and be beaten and tortured and lose almost her entire family and identity and THIS is what's freaking you out? Srsly? pic.twitter.com/IFDzBTkunW
Seriously. I'm 53 and she seems SO young to be, but I know she's over 18. In a show where you have men screwing their daughters, underage brothel workers, etc? This seemed entirely normal to me. Hell, 'last night on earth' is practically a cliche level of normal.
Arya is 18, in full control and making a choice. She's having probably the least weird, and most empowering consensual interaction in the whole show. Ever. EVER
....is this where I tell a bunch of you that teenagers have sex & that your teenagers are either thinking about it or having it even if you have no idea? Because...Arya's puberty played out on the road and while she learned to be no one. She grew up on screen.
Also..y'all do understand this was fan service to the fans who around the same age as Arya and who have been rooting for her and Gendry to get together. There's whole channels on Youtube devoted to that pairing. And so much fanfic...
5. President Donald Trump, because he's so innocent of crimes he's personally pursuing a top Democrat to prevent him from getting his financial records. Plus, the world just read a 400 page report on his sliminess.
The redacted Mueller report described ten events in which Donald Trump in which Trump might have attempted to obstruct justice, as any innocent person would.
"It amounts to Trump — the leader of the executive branch of government — asking the judicial branch to stop the legislative branch from investigating his past," The Washington Post explains.
This case comes on the heels of the redacted Mueller report, and calls from the Left to impeach the guy already.
Trump may have taken the report's release as an opportunity to say "game over," but the games have only just begun.
4. Prince William, because reports of a royal feud eclipsed Jesus's resurrection.
Speaking of cheaters, rumor (or rumour in the UK) has it that Prince William pulled a Prince Charles and cheated on his wife—and that the infidelity is causing a royal rift between Wills and Prince Harry.
Yesterday was both Easter and Queen Elizabeth II's birthday, and neither of those were enough to keep the focus off of the reported feud. Rather than walk into church alongside his brother and sister-in-law, Harry strutted into St. George's Chapel (his wedding venue #tbt) with his cousin Autumn Phillips, the physical distance implying an emotional one.
The Times of London is also reporting that William and Kate, threatened by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle's increasing popularity, are floating having the Sussexes "exiled" to Africa as William prepares to become king.
Courtiers have drawn up plans to hand the Duke and Duchess of Sussex a major international job that could see them moving abroad after the birth of their child https://t.co/MlNIUTar23
"There are discussions in palace circles about how do we harness Harry and Meghan and this tremendous global attention they get. How do we draw them back, because laying down the law and ticking them off doesn’t work at all," an "ally" told The Times.
The Royals exist solely to be talked about, so rumors are a dime a dozen. What's notable about the above two is that Prince William's lawyers are allegedly threatening any outlet that reports on the alleged affair, and the Palace isn't denying the Harry and Meghan Expulsion Plan.
Buckingham Palace is not denying a report that officials have discussed sending Harry and Meghan to Africa as a way of capitalising on their appeal to young people in the Commonwealth - and of putting further distance between them and the Cambridges.
Harry and Meghan are said to"like the idea" of moving to an African country when the baby is born. The couple is known to bless the rains down in Africa.
3. Gavin DeGraw, because he fell flat on his face.
Whether or not you recognize the name Gavin DeGraw (he's a singer most famous for singing the One Tree Hill theme song), we can all agree that watching somebody slip and fall on ice in front of the entire world is one of life's few pleasures.
After singing the national anthem at a Stanley Cup playoff hockey game, McGraw walked backwards and slipped forwards, and the video is a masterpiece I have watched approximately 71832 times.
2. The guy who got busted for impersonating an officer when he pulled over an undercover officer.
A guy in—where else?—Florida, was busted for pretending to be a police officer when he pulled over a police officer who was pretending just to be a regular guy.
Matthew Erris, 26, pulled over an undercover officer at a traffic stop and as luck would have it, the guy had the power to pull him right back.
Next time you want to pretend to be a cop, do it at home while bingewatching Brooklyn Nine-Nine just to be safe.
1. The guy who got beat up by the Easter Bunny.
Last night in downtown Orlando, the Easter bunny was on a different kind of hunt when he stumbled into a bar fight and offered his divine intervention.
It can be tricky business to find ways to implement the motto "sharing is caring" while also setting firm and healthy boundaries for yourself. While sharing your resources, both emotional and physical, with those close to you is a net positive, forming the ability to say no to people willing to exploit you is essential.
As with most emotional skills, it's far easier to set healthy boundaries in adulthood if you're given the tools as a child. Sadly, this is one of the many areas where American culture fails children. There is a pretty large disconnect between the ways we urge children to be open with everyone, through hugs and emotional performance, and the skills they'll need as adults.
Obviously, teaching kids to be emotionally open and generous is crucial, the world certainly needs more empathetic people. But there are ways to teach children how to share and be kind, without teaching them to indiscriminately making themselves susceptible to the whims of others.
She shared how, during a recent visit to the park, her son was immediately approached by a group of young boys who demanded he share his toys.
Rather than automatically forcing her son to give his toys to the other kids, she told him he had a choice in the matter, which automatically confused both the kids and other parents.
She quickly broke down her reasoning, pointing out how strange it would be to expect an adult to share their food or gadgets with random strangers in a park. Why, then, should her son be expected to give into the whims of random kids he's never met?!
She went on to point out how wild it is that her son was considered rude for not sharing, while the behavior of the six entitled kids ganging up on him was somehow considered normal.
She finished her point by noting how many adults she knows who were never taught how to say no, or set boundaries for themselves, and that she wants to break the cycle. Plus, her son brought the toys to share with a friend at the park, not strangers.
Her post immediately gained traction on Reddit, where other commenters and parents chimed in on the exchange, most of them supporting her point.
Most of the commenters pointed out how easy it would have been for the kids to steal the toys, and that setting boundaries with strangers is a far cry from teaching your child to be selfish.
Teaching children how to set boundaries is a deeply underrated skill that will serve them for their entire lives, hopefully this thread helps spark more open discussions about how to go about that.
As if we couldn't love her any more, she's just seriously stepped up her game by commenting on the controversy surrounding Maisie Williams', aka Arya Stark's, first sex scene. While Williams is 22 and her character is 18, some people couldn't handle the fact that Arya was a child at the beginning of the series and watching her have a sex drive seems like a violation. Of course, everyone is ignoring the fact that she's cut off faces, killed countless people and even cooked men into pies. However, Arya is an adult and the scene was totally consensual, age-appropriate, devoid of incest which is arguably very rare for a "Game of Thrones" sex scene. It was just a fun and flirty "hey, let's have sex before everyone we know and love gets murdered by a zombie army led by a snow devil on a ghost horse." So, you know, totally normal run-of-the-mill teen sex.
Sophie Turner clearly didn't have time for any of the hate as she brought her wine back to the internet and graced us with this Easter gold:
There are countless ways to mess up a job interview, and it can be hard to keep track since every hiring manager is looking for something different. Some workplaces prefer transparency, they want to joke with you right off the bat and get a feel for your workplace banter. Others, want you to stick to the script, sell your professional skills and cut the conversational fat.
There are scenarios in which putting forth a bit of cockiness can catapult you to the top, and other times where subtleness and humility are key. If you've ever been on the job search for longer than a few weeks at a time, then you have a deep knowledge of how confusing it can be to navigate the interview process.
In a recent Reddit thread, hiring managers from a wide range of jobs shared examples of people who really ate it on the interview. You may want to take notes on what not to do.
1. Deingel interviewed someone who was far too honest.
"We were looking for engineers, and we had this guy apply. He had a pretty sizable amount of relevant experience to the job despite being a fresh graduate and had experiences and training in other fields related to the production industry."
"I asked him what position he was applying for and offered him the Assistant Production Engineer based on his credentials alone. He looked at me with a disgusted face, like I just insulted him. I asked him what was wrong, and he replied "Nothing really. It seems like a pretty good position, but I want something better, because I can clearly see you are impressed by my resume"
"I took the bait, and partly also due to our immediate need for engineers, asked him what his preferred position would be. He immediately answered that he wanted a supervisory position, like the General Production Manager. I asked him why he wanted such a position.
His reply? "Seems like one of those jobs where I can sit in the office and play games on my phone all day without having to actually do anything"
"I quickly gave an excuse to end the interview right there and just told him we would call him. We didn't. Moral of the story? Never tell your potential employer you just want to sit on your ass all day and do nothing."
2. BritishDuffer has interviewed a few online cheaters.
"For phone / skype interviews: don't Google every question I ask you to get the 'right' answer. It's a dead giveaway when after every question there's 10 seconds of umming, and then a textbook answer. You'll be surprised how often this happens."
"Talking about your broccoli and chocolate diet to improve your telekinesis. This happened about 15 years ago."
4. shaka_sulu said tardiness requires an explanation.
"Showing up late for an interview already puts you in the hole. Not addressing it or apologizing for it will make it complete. Turn a negative into a positive and show you have accountability. Not addressing it shows you don't have respect for me and my time."
"Treating everyone but the hiring manager disrespectfully. I was in a management position in fast food. I didn't do the hiring, but one minor responsibility was accepting applications that people brought in and answering any initial questions. The hiring manager ALWAYS listened to the other managers initial impressions of the applicants."
"So many applications were thrown out of the stack without ever being considered because the applicant didn't think anyone mattered but the person that made the final decision. I even had one lady come in and basically tell us that she would definitely be hired and be placed over us in management and that she planned on "cleaning up our act". We had a good laugh with the hiring manager before tossing her app in the trash."
6. Bonzai_Tree saw a candidate change their face in a matter of seconds.
"I became a plant manager when I was 25 and just after I got the job I had to hire my replacement as a production planner. Since I was fresh on it the regional manager wanted to sit in on the interview with me and mostly led the interviews, about 70/30."
"There was one candidate that nailed the interview more or less and I gave him a tour after on my own without my boss. As soon as the tour started he was a dismissive prick, 100% attitude change. Guess who had final decision and was going to be his boss which he clearly must not have understood? He didn't get the job."
"I once saw a guy being interviewed for a job in the bar I worked in. The manager shook his hand he was hired."
"When the manager got up he stayed seated and shouted over to the bar staff demanding table service because he wanted a drink. I said to my boss, you can't seriously hire that guy but he did....... and he was a completely useless asshole who lasted about a week before management was as sick of him as everyone else was."
"I worked as a student assistant in the HR office at the local community college, and it was a weird experience because all job applications were processed exactly the same. Some people would come in all dressed up and be visibly nervous while handing me their application, and my job was just to be like, "Thanks, have a nice day." They always looked so confused and disappointed. If you dropped off your application in a fancy folder, we stripped it down, put the pages in a certain order, paperclipped it, and added it to the pile. No one who processed the applications was involved in hiring."
"There was once an opening for a pretty important position, Director of something. This older man came in with his suit and tie and fancy portfolio, and he refused to give us (the front desk staff) his application. He wanted someone in charge, and he wasn't particularly nice about it. Finally our supervisor came out and accepted his application. He shook her hand and tried to make a good impression, and after he left we just laughed because she had no influence in the hiring process. She was older and worked in the back, so he assumed she was someone important. We had no authority to pass on his application either, so it just got stripped down and added to the rest. It was a good experience to have just to know there are different hiring processes out there, so I don't make a fool out of myself someday."
9. embrittered didn't hire someone because of how they treated customer service.
"I was hiring. A candidate applied who was perfect on paper. I agreed to interview her at a conference we were both to attend. She was perfect IRL too. Easiest hire decision ever."
"Then, next day, I was a few places behind her in the hotel checkout queue. She was being a massive bitch to the clerk about some trivial non-issue. So I didn't hire her."
10. AyronNorya had applicants who didn't even know the job they were applying for.
"People that showed up to an interview in dirty sweatpants and a hoodie or whatever, and had no idea what the position really was. (Pharmacy Tech/Assistant) It happened more than once."
"1. Check your grammar and punctuation over and over. Correspondence via emails should be professional, too. It’s not a time to use shorthand, like you would in a text message to friends. Bad grammar in emails usually catches my attention right away (in a negative way)."
"There was a young woman interviewing for a position with me who was very creative and extremely qualified. However, her written correspondence was so poor with me that I knew she’d do the same thing with external clients and she didn’t get the position because of this."
"2. I’ll usually hire someone who is coachable and has a great attitude over someone who might have more experience, but doesn’t get along well with others. One’s attitude really is a game-changer and I’m more prone to hire those with a positive outlook on life."
"3. If you want an “in” with a company - don’t always go straight to the top. Maybe reach out to a lower-level employee and learn from them and get tips. I always take a look at candidates referred to me by internal employees, no matter how high they rank in the company."
"4. Be genuine and authentic. I love candidates who straight up tell me: “look, the last few years have been really hard for me. I jumped around jobs and looking back, I realize I could have stuck them out longer. But I learned from the experience and I want to do better.” We are humans, too. We get that life can be tough, so I appreciate people who are real and authentic."
"5. And lastly, don’t be an excuse maker and go on and on about issues. This makes me think you’ll do the same in our corporation; during the interview process, be open and authentic, yet to the point and matter-of-fact. I believe every question can and should be answered in 30 seconds or less."
"If you put in on your resume, I'm going to ask you about it. So don't add filler."
13. Pays_in_snakes appreciates people who really think about their answers.
"The biggest one for me was always whether they were responding thoughtfully and specifically to prompts or just using vague interviewy language."
14. IA_Royalty knows sometimes the best interviewees are the worst employees.
"I'm reading this thread as a hiring manager for more or less janitorial position and we are so badly hurting for employees at that spot that we'll pretty much hire anyone that applies so long as they clear the background check and drug screen."
"Raggedy clothes? You're hired Don't really have great answers to questions? You're hired Can't really explain or give a reason for the stuff on the application? You're hired You physically showed you to the interview? Hired."
"It's crazy that the people that interview the best, show up dressed as well as they can be in their means, and clearly want the (any) job are more often than not the ones that get shot down because of background."
"Sucks that the ones getting hired over them quit two weeks in because they don't like cleaning things up.
Edit: it's not my idea to have the drug screen, and it is a one time thing
Edit 2: it's no minimum wage. It's not the best, but it's competitive for the area"
15. still_sick has interviewed far too many people who can't speak to their own resume.
"If you have something on your resume, it's fair game for me to ask you about it. If you struggle with basic questions about it -- game over."
16. 83goat82 has dealt with some spicy applicants.
"I got a text message response to a voicemail I left responding to an application saying “hey, I’m at the Steelers game so I obviously don’t want to talk about a job today. How’s Monday looking for you? I’m available 8am-10am.” I didn’t even respond."
"I called an applicant who answered “who is this? fuck you want?” and I went on to further embarrass him by informing him I had wanted to talk about an application but never mind. He proceeded to tell me I was a “lying bitch” and that my area code on his caller said I was in a different city and he’s no idiot. Literally the neighboring area code.
So the small things? I won’t hire total assholes."
17. willywag had an applicant pull a doozy of a power move.
"There was the guy who, when I walked into the conference room to interview him, told me to have a seat and said "let's talk".
18. ChaoticSuperboy just needs someone who respects the job.
"How seriously do you take the position? I hire for an admittedly very easy job. I had a guy tell me he only wanted the job because it was really easy and he wouldn’t have to take it seriously. He was one of 100 applying for 6 spots. He didn’t get it, and every time he interviewed for that spot after I knew I wouldn’t hire him."
"EDIT: For the people asking why “honesty” mattered so much, the job is very easy, but we work with extremely valuable equipment and a mistake can cost us hundreds. Someone who’s going into the position openly not taking it seriously when a hundred are going for the same spot isn’t something I want since you’ll naturally take the job less seriously over time. Also, I’ve only interviewed him once a semester, it’s totaled maybe three. In his place we hired awesome employees who’re up for management positions, I have no regrets."
The most gallant warrior in Westeros, Brienne of Tarth, was knighted by Ser Jaime Lannister on the eve of the living's last stand against the dead.
Brienne, the Oathkeeper, the defeater of the Hound who made the Kingslayer a better person just by knowing her, has been more knightly than most of the show's male knights.
Because the Seven Kingdoms are almost as patriarchal as the United States, Brienne's knight status wasn't made official until last night, when Jaime did the honors as The Breakfast Club sat by the fire.
Arise!
The beautiful moment made fans emotional.
If you didn’t tear up as BRIENNE OF FUCKING TARTH got knighted then you can sit on Arya’s needle and twist #GoTpic.twitter.com/1CY9rye78f
sansa changed her mind instantly for brienne. tormund again was in awe of her. jaime knighted her. a room full of men applauded her as Ser Brienne Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. she really was shown the respect she deserves, atleast one women is being written well👏#GameofThronespic.twitter.com/f4qC7Pw1xe
— ash 𖤐 a song of ice and fire = daensa (@gaywitchbiitch) April 22, 2019
Brienne's grin is perfect for reacting to the episode "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," which was named for this moment.
i really can't get over this... the tears in her eyes... in westeros every woman is punished, especially those who don't fit the norm. brienne was mocked, laughed upon, called names because she was a woman who wanted to fight. and now she's a KNIGHT! no one deserves this more pic.twitter.com/USOI4P6HkK
I don’t think I’ve posted many things in regards to GOT since I started watching last year... and I’m trying to not get attached to characters... but I cried hard last night over my love of Brienne of Tarth. pic.twitter.com/gwbGrY6M7m
Technology is pretty difficult to keep up with. If you think it's hard to get used to a slightly different version of an iPhone, try to imagine how people who didn't even grow up with cell phones must feel.
While there's always that one person in the family who has to have the newest technology for everything, it's usually the older generations who are more resistant. For some of us it's difficult to imagine a world where you couldn't send a hyper-speed message to a friend in another country or order a cab or dinner from your phone. However, older generations lived for decades without cell phones or the internet. They had to write their school papers referencing only books--no procrastinating the night before with Wikipedia references at 4 AM. Sorry, all my high school teachers.
When a recent Reddit user asked, "older generations of Reddit, who were the 'I don't use computers' people of your time?" the internet was ready to share their tales of anti-tech friends and family. Remember when people thought the internet was "just a fad?" Yikes.
1. Damn, "soundsliketoothaids."
My grandmother didn't like to use the remote control for her television, because she was afraid it would break somehow and function as a laser dangerous enough to set things on fire.
2. Oh my god, "captwafflepants."
My dad once told me a story about his grandmother refusing to fly in planes because she didn't want to get her hair all messed up from the wind.
3. What are harmful rays? "AnotherPint."
Color TV. When they became common in the mid-60s a lot of older people believed they emitted harmful rays. When Mom finally got one circa 1972 it was kept in her bedroom and we were ushered in to watch it only on special occasions. And we had to sit at least ten feet away.
4. Woah, "ParsleyBagel."
My grand-aunt still believes that 15 is the age of adulthood, that schooling isn't necessary beyond that point. She grew up in a time when literacy wasn't a given.
5. I mean, aren't they? "coscojo."
Digital clocks are lazy!
6. No heaters? "tallenlo."
When I was a kid (late 50's early 60's) seat belts in cars were an option. Lots of people thought they were unnecessary and refused to pay extra for them
Heaters and windshield defoggers were likewise optional (my parents bought a new 1964 Plymouth Valiant and didn't get the option).
7. Can you imagine calling the internet a "fad?" "thatguygreg."
My senior year of high school, I had a series of newspaper articles in the local paper explaining how the web wasn't a fad, and wasn't going away.
Nobody but one guy at the paper believed it. It was 1995.
8. But iced is so much better, "CaptainWisconsin."
My grandmother drinks only hot decaf coffee. Every meal, every day. 95 degrees with 100% humidity? Hot decaf coffee. Feeling parched after a day of hard work? Hot decaf coffee.
"When I was growing up, we never had ice. That was a luxury. Cold drinks aren't good for your stomach."
9. Pretty valid reason, "Bogthehorible."
I have a coworker about 52 yo. Refuses to use a computer because he caught his wife sexting in a chat room on their computer,so he destroyed it
10. This is a pretty hardcore conspiracy theory, "laterdude."
"I don't read novels."
My grandfather thought they were a plot by the elites to both ruin our eyesight and keep us locked away in a fantasy world.
11. This is adorable, "Julianalexidor."
My Mother In Law. When she wanted me to look something up for her, she would ask me to check "your friend, the net."
12. Oh my god, "axo-lotl."
Some people still had outdoor toilets and were laughing at those who had them installed inside because "they are shitting their own houses".
13. Wow this is so true, "my_future_wife."
I was told constantly in school that I "won't have a calculator around all the time".
14. To be fair they do break easily, "I-should-delete-this."
I never wanted touchscreen phone because I thought they're unreliable and will break easily
15. This is bad luck, "dovecross."
My grandparents refused to get air conditioning. They were convinced it would only make people sick. Fast forward 30 years and their daughter ended up in the hospital for weeks with legionaries disease from an a/c unit.
16. Ok, but get an Instagram, "Boob_Inspector."
I'm 22 and people definitely think something's odd when they ask for my Snapchat or Instagram and I say I don't have one. WHY ARE PHONE NUMBERS SO FORMAL ALL OF A SUDDEN?
17. Good for her, "vm0661."
My mother (now 80) was practically a Luddite--she didn't want an answering machine for the house phone for years "if it's important they will call back".
Now she has an iPhone and surfs the net nonstop on the Linux pc I set up for her.
18. This is amazing, "The_Original_Gronkie."
When remote control TVs came out, I suggested that my father buy one, and he said said, "It will be a cold day in Hell when I'm too lazy to tell one of you boys to get up and change the channel." It was such an amazing sentence that I committed it to memory, and I still remember it word for word 50 years later.
19. Yikes, "lavadrop5."
An acquaintance of mine told me her grandmother doesn’t own a refrigerator because refrigerators are harmful and for lazy people that don’t want to cook fresh food.
20. Ok well Alexa's are creepy, "BISON_FINGER_CHEESE."
I'm still 100% against having an alexa in my house. I just think as it as bugging my house. Can't trust anyone now a days.
21. This sounds so hard, "lavadrop5."
My mother told me some old people from her neighborhood in the 60s didn’t have washing machines because they said those were for lazy women. Decent women wash by hand on a rock by the river!
“Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead.”
– James Marsden
If you feel completely dead to the world when you wake up in the morning you are not alone. Awaken your senses by laughing at these hilariously random memes.
Tony Hawk has proven for years that skateboarding isn't just for 12-year-olds who want to rebel. While that isn't ideal for any adult woman trying to date an adult man, considering it's now acceptable to be 30-years-old and skate to work on a longboard, it is great for Tony Hawk.
Tony Hawk has been able to build an entire career off of something most of us do in middle school and then forget about. Why didn't I try to make a career off of my rollerblading skills? Would anyone pay to watch me adult Skip-it? No?
When Hawk isn't skateboarding and raising money for The Tony Hawk Foundation , an organization that builds public skate parks for children and teens, he's making jokes on Twitter about the hilarious interactions he has with people who almost recognize him. Considering the peak of Hawk's fame was spent in a helmet, it makes sense that people would have to do a double take. Awhile back, it started with a series of tweets about Hawk's interactions at airports, restaurants and pretty much anywhere when someone assumes he's either just a guy who looks like Tony Hawk, or a guy who has the same name as Tony Hawk.
TSA agent (checking my ID): "Hawk, like that skateboarder Tony Hawk!" Me: exactly Her: "Cool, I wonder what he's up to these days" Me: this
TSA agent (staring intently): I’m trying to figure out who you look like before checking your ID. Me: ok TSA: that cyclist Armstrong! Nearby agent: that ain’t Lance Armstrong Me: he’s right TSA: oh you look like that skateboarder (checks ID). Same last name too! Crazy! Me: crazy
It seems this might be a lifelong problem for Hawk. But, hey, all publicity is good publicity? Just ask Lindsay Lohan!
1.
Pulling up to drive-through window, girl starts to read back my order and stops herself: “you’re Tony Hawk?” me: yes her: “can I tell everyone?” me: I suppose her: “yo, we got Tony Hawk at the window!” voice from kitchen: “Who?”
At rental car agency, can’t find my name on the monitor to find my car, go inside & wait in line. Finally get to the front, agent sees me & says “you really are Tony Hawk” Me: um, yes. I was looking for my name outside on the list Him: “I deleted it because I thought it was fake”
Flight attendant checking overhead bins, sees four skateboards Him, jokingly: "is Tony Hawk on this flight or something?" Looks down, sees me Him: "I guess he is" 🛹🛹🛹🛹
guy on escalator: Hey are you Tony Hawk? me: yes him: you still skate? me: yes, quite often him: but you're not that recognizable! me: I'm not sure what that means... but you recognized me, so here we are him: [blank stare] - escalator ends -
Guy approaches me while standing in line at coffee shop in Cancún. Him: my friend says you are a famous person. Is that true? Me: that depends on your definition of fame Him: will you show up on Google if I search your name? Me: yes Him (typing into phone): you are Tony Stark?
I’m sorry if these encounters seem redundant... but they’re all true & this just happened. Sitting at gate, guy recognizes me, walks over & says hello. Guy next to me: “you’re Tony Hawk?” Me: yes Him: “I have seen any recent pictures of you. You’ve gotten older.” Me: it happens
Young kid at skatepark: “Are you a professional?” Me: yes Him: “But you’re a grown up!” Me: I know. It’s weird. Him: “I have a skateboard” Me: I hope you never outgrow it
Guy asks for a picture with me, woman nearby says “I don’t know who you are” me: I don’t expect you to her: what do you do? me: I’m a pro skateboarder her: are you from Huntington Beach? me: no, I’m from San Diego her: so you’re not that guy with red hair that won the Olympics?
me: sitting near my gate, waiting to board guy: sits next to me & shows me his phone with pictures of me visible him: "Is this you?" me: "yes, but some are less than flattering" him: "I'm gonna tell my son" me: "that you did a Google search?"
If you are in need of a pure and wholesome exchange, than you will want to look no further than a recent interaction between Ariana Grande and Jim Carrey.
Over the weekend, Grande shared a quote about depression on her Instagram stories, and attributed it to Carrey.
The quote read:
"Depression is your body saying, ‘I don’t want to be this character anymore. I don’t want to hold up this avatar that you’ve created in the world. It’s too much for me. You should think of the word ‘depressed’ as ‘deep rest.’ Your body needs to be depressed. It needs deep rest from the character that you’ve been trying to play."
The Instagram shout out quickly made its way to Carrey, who responded with a sweet message on Twitter.
.@ArianaGrande I read your lovely mention of me and things I’ve said about depression. A brilliant teacher and friend, Jeff Foster was OG on the “Deep Rest” concept. I admire your openness. I wish you freedom and peace. I feel blessed to have such a gifted admirer. Happy Easter! pic.twitter.com/BiMa6KHYb6
"I read your lovely mention of me and things I’ve said about depression. A brilliant teacher and friend, Jeff Foster was OG on the “Deep Rest” concept. I admire your openness. I wish you freedom and peace. I feel blessed to have such a gifted admirer. Happy Easter!"
Receiving a kind shout-out from the actor was a huge deal for Grande, who has been a fan for years. Back in 2014 she posted an overjoyed video of the first time she met him.
Once she had gathered her bearings, Grande responded to Carrey's tweet by sharing how much his work has meant to her over the years.
thank u so much for your kindness. 🖤 i don’t think u understand how much i adore u or what u mean to me. thank u for taking the time to share this w me. you are such an inspiration. i can’t wait to tattoo this tweet to my forehead. sending you lots of love & all things happy. 🌫https://t.co/bsCCdCx39D
"thank u so much for your kindness. i don’t think u understand how much i adore u or what u mean to me. thank u for taking the time to share this w me. you are such an inspiration. i can’t wait to tattoo this tweet to my forehead. sending you lots of love & all things happy," Grande wrote.
One of her old screennames was jimcarreyfan42, so this wholesome exchange is a dream come true.