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Justin Bieber publicly challenged Tom Cruise to a fight. Is there a glitch in the matrix?

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Welcome to 2019, motherf*ckers. Reality and social media have merged into a strange, horrifying universe where seemingly no rules apply, and the President of the United States has publicly beefed with everyone from Kim Jong Un to Bette Midler. So it shouldn't be that surprising, really, that pop star Justin Bieber decided to take to Twitter to challenge one of the most iconic actors of all time, Tom Cruise, to a fight. And yet, it is surprising. Mainly because it's so obvious who would win, and it's not the "Baby" singer.

"I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon," the Biebs tweeted. "Tom if you dont take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight? @danawhite ?"

Dana White, if you didn't know, is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world (thank you Wikipedia!). Justin Bieber, if you didn't know, is a pop star known for infuriatingly catchy songs and peeing in broom closets. Tom Cruise, you already know, is an actor and scientologist who once jumped on a couch to confess his love for Katie Holmes, a woman mostly famous for squinting a lot on Dawson's Creek.

Although neither Dana White nor the UFC have commented, UFC Canada weighed in with some well-chosen emojis.

And lots of people on Twitter are losing their minds over what many are calling a glitch in the matrix.

Public opinion is that Bieber, who seems more experienced in throwing tantrums than punches, wouldn't stand a chance against Cruise. Despite the fact that Bieber is significantly younger, and taller.

Normally, I'd say nahh, this is all talk. But it's 2019, so I'd say this fight could actually happen. Good luck getting through this one alive, Biebs.


15 people in the group chat who should have checked twice before hitting 'send.'

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Group texts can be incredibly convenient when you're trying to coordinate a group event and don't want to send out a slew of individual texts communicating the same information. Everyone can speak their piece, and you can quickly set up a friend hang out or family gathering without placing the sole responsibility of organizing on one person.

All this is to say, group texts are a fantastic tool when they're used solely for coordinating, but they can quickly turn into hell when the notifications stack up and one person won't stop texting. Or worse yet, a situation can quickly get out of hand when you accidentally text the group and you meant to flirt or gossip with just one person.

While it never feels good to be the one accidentally self-owning in the group text, the screenshots make for great entertainment for the rest of us, and for that reason I compiled 15 hilarious group texts from people who should have double checked their phones.

1. The guy who hit on all the women at once.

2. The weirdo who DMed a couple.

3. The parents with absolutely zero chill.

4. Parents really need to double check before sexting.

5. Parents are really out here keeping the flames alive.

6. The woman who let all the guys down at once.

7. This deeply messy post break-up text to the friend group.

8. This mom who was all about her own bday.

9. This beautiful monster.

10. This dad with zero chill.

11. Matt, the chode who brought women together.

12. The porn guy in the tennis group chat.

13. This guy who hurt mom's feelings.

14. The mom who hurt her kids' feelings.

15. The dad who ruined the surprise.

The 9 most bonkers details from the newly public Jussie Smollett court documents.

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The Jussie Smollett case left everyone's heads spinning back in January when the (former) Empire actor claimed to have been the victim of a horrific homophobic and racist hate crime, in which he said two attackers tied a noose around his neck and poured bleach on him while shouting racist and homophobic slurs and yelling “MAGA country.” But then in a wildly dramatic turn, the actor was arrested and charged with making the whole thing up. To make matters even more confusing, Chicago prosecutors then decided to drop all 16 charges against him just a few days after he was indicted for allegedly faking a hate crime. The turn of events left everyone with a lot more questions than answers. And finally, we have some answers, after nearly 500 previously sealed court documents from the case were opened to the public this week, Vulture reports.

Here are the 9 most bonkers details we have learned about this extremely bizarre and upsetting case:

1) This is Smollett’s full list of documented injuries: abrasions on his face; redness on his neck; soreness in his back, shoulder, and ribs; and an "unspecified injury" to his lower lip.

2) Prior to the attack, Smollett said he received a letter containing white powder that was mailed to the Fox studio where Empire was filmed. The Osundairo brothers, who testified in court that they were hired by Smollett to help stage the alleged attack, said that the actor was unhappy with how Fox responded to this letter.

3) According to police, Smollett changed his story about what happened on the night of January 29 when the attack allegedly took place. On February 14th, Smollett described one of the alleged attackers as “pale” and wearing a mask, but previously he had told police that the attacker was white. When police showed photos of Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who they had picked up as potential suspects, Smollett said they weren't the attackers because they were “black as sin.”

4) According to the Osundairo brothers, Smollett offered to pay them $4,000 to stage the alleged hate crime. They told investigators that the actor asked only one one of them to assault him because he didn't trust the other one to “pull his punches.” Ouch! The brother who allegedly hit Smollett said he was “careful” not to inflict too much damage on Smollett while punching him in the body. The other brother said he “began rubbing his knuckles into Smollett’s face trying to bruise him without hurting him badly.”

5) The brothers testified that Smollett allegedly punched back after being thrown to the ground.

6) According to the court docs, Smollett took investigators on a walk-through of the alleged crime scene. Police asked why his sweater didn’t get dirty when he was thrown to the ground, and the actor explained it was because he fell on ice and snow.

7) After reporting the crime, Smollett refused to sign a medical release or turn his phone over to police, according to investigators. He was also reluctant to allow the rope he turned over as an alleged attack weapon to be swabbed for DNA.

8) The court documents reveal text conversations between Smollett and the Osundairo brothers that date back many months before the incident. In one of these convos, Smollett was allegedly trying to buy drugs, including “weed, molly or Whitney" (cocaine) from one of the brothers.

9) Smollett paid the brothers for drugs using Venmo, according to the court documents. He also used Venmo on “multiple occasions” to pay the brothers for “illicit activity." In one example, back in September 2018, cops accused Smollett of purchasing ecstasy from one of the brothers and listing it on Venmo as payment for “training.”

According to Vulture, more details from the case will be made public over the next month, including video surveillance from the neighborhood in Chicago where the alleged incident took place. I think I speak for everyone when I say: OYYYYYYYYY.

25 Memes That Will Be Too Real If You Have Fake Friends.

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Sadly, fake friend drama exists way after high school has ended. If you've had the misfortune of dealing with these so-called friends in your life, these memes will be all too relatable. Backstabbing fake friendships will not make you laugh, but these memes surely will.

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20 people who 'went out for cigarettes' and ghosted their families share their side of the story.

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We've all heard the age old tale of a father (or mother) stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and leaving forever, never to be seen by their family again. For the most part, our empathy goes towards the family being abandoned. After all, what kind of parent, child or sibling ghosts their flesh and blood without warning?!

Well, when you break down people's real stories, there is a myriad of reasons ranging from personal and emotional safety, to a full-on love and sex addictions.

In a recent Reddit thread, people who have ghosted their families opened up about their stories, and a lot of them did the right thing.

1. Idrhagun is now raising their baby step-brother.

"Half answer.

My dad died when I was pretty young. My mom eventually remarried to a pretty cool guy when I was young. He was honestly an amazing dad, and when my mom got sick when I was a 12, he was absolutely incredible- taking care of everyone, and reaffirming that I was his son. When my mum died, it was just me and him for a few years - and there were some amazing times. He made sure I was seeing a counselor, and we did family things on the weekend. My friends used to joke that he wasn’t even my biological dad and he still made more time for me, and did more things for me than their bio dad’s did."

"When I was 15, he got remarried. I didn’t exactly like my new step mom, but I didn’t hate her. I think I just thought that the relationship wouldn’t last and he’d move on to someone better. Then they got married and it was kinda weird. I did get an amazing baby brother from that - not all bad."

"My dad died when I was 17. Literally taken out by an undiagnosed severe allergy. My step-mom got me from school and drove me to the hospital, and when my dad passed away, she handed me my baby brother and said she needed a minute by herself. I never saw her again."

"She was much younger than my dad, and was an ex-foster are kid with no family or best friends to support her - and I think she looked at her newborn baby and the kid her dead husband inherited and just couldn’t handle it. I sure know I wasn’t prepared to handle it - but my mom and my (biological) dad had been ex-foster care kids and mom told me a few fucked stories so I wasn’t going to let that happen to me or my brother. I do sometimes feel a little resentful that I can’t have the normal life - I’m working too much, and I have a six year old to figure out, to consider college but I don’t want my family to just be cycles of poverty and dead-end jobs."

2. Popcorn_n_Jellyfish's story has a happy ending.

"When I was five, my dad came home from work, and my mom informed him out, completely of the blue, that she wanted an immediate divorce (I found out many years later she'd had an affair and was pregnant). He moved out of the house (they had three little kids together; I was the oldest), and she married her second husband (twice; they weren't divorced the first time). He was paying child support as he was supposed to, but she was calling him at work and sending him letters at home (his sister kept them), asking for more, and he began to get complaints about it from his bosses."

"He asked his mother what he should do; she advised him to tell her he was giving her all he could, and all he was ordered to, and that he was going to lose his job if she kept it up. And, that if she didn't stop, he'd leave the state, and she'd never hear from him again. She thought that would make her wise up and leave him alone. So, he did. But she continued. So, he asked his mother for advice again. Her advice was to follow through. And so, he did. He packed his clothes into his car, and headed for Canada. He got as far as two states north from where he began, liked a little town he came across, and got a job there."

"I never forgot him. I was the only one of the three of us kids that had any memories of him. But when I was 16 and moved away from my extremely abusive home (in every way), I called my aunt, whose name I knew, who happened to live in the town I was also then living in, and told her I wanted to meet him. Coincidentally, he happened to be visiting her. I met him, my aunt, my grandfather, and my grandmother while he was there. It turned out to be the only time I would ever meet my grandfather; he died two years later. But I will never, ever forget it - he wrapped me up in a big, strong bearhug; told me how beautiful I was; how much he loved me, and how much he'd ALWAYS loved me, and how very, very happy he was to see me again after all these years. I cried then, and I'm crying again now, writing it down. I can still feel the love and caring in his arms."

"I wasn't ready to get to know my dad at 16 though; I realize now that I just wanted to "see" him. It took me another 10 years before I contacted him again. But I did; when I was living in California. And when I did, he took two weeks vacation (so did I), drove down to see me, and we spent the entire two weeks getting to know one another. And once he left, we were in contact daily. And I quit my job and moved up to the PNW a month later, because I knew the hole in my heart would never be filled until my dad was a part of my life. And I was correct."

"My son has a grandpa because of my decision, and my dad is the greatest grandpa there is. I wish he'd have always been in my life, but the outcome I received is worth everything I've been through. I love you, Dad. <3"

3. largePPguy left his family and hasn't looked back.

"Didnt leave my wife and kids as I dont have any but i did walk out on my mother and siblings without any notice. Dad was not in the picture."

"After? Best decision of my life. My mother refuses treatment for her very serious mental illness or illnesses and was incredibly abusive physically as well and neglectful while i was growing up. I saw the affect it had burn out older siblings with no motive or drive and instead embraced the crazy just to feel sane in the toxic family home we lived in."

"I was homeless for about a year and a half living out of a duffel and bumming food from friends. I feel like my life hasent even started until i left it behind. I feel like it held me back for 17 years and i now am finally being able to find out who i am."

"Mom never came looking for me, i reconnected with my estranged father, whome i learned was in the military from the moment he was 18 until he was HD at 43. He has severe PTSD from his 3 tours in Iraq and afghanastan. He's now getting his Masters in outdoors leadership which i believe is a perfect way to use his massive skill set. I dont see him much if ever but at least i know some blood is still thicker than water."

4. ice-nymph left their mom to save themselves.

"I didn't go out for cigarettes, but I pulled a similar stunt.

My mom is abusive and I had no spine, so I told her I was going to move in with my dad for the summer, I said I would be back before the end of August. After I moved in with my dad I got my state ID (my mom didn't want me to have any kind of id) and I finally got my drivers permit a few weeks later. I felt bad for lying at the time, but now l know if I didn't lie to her I would have never gotten out of there. I would be stuck living on a shitty little hobby farm with a woman who did everything in her power to tear me down and hurt me."

5. Ironsweetiez's mom took off with them and their sister.

"I was ten years old when my mom and dad split up. We had been expecting it, but I didn't know that my mom had packed up suitcases for herself, my sister, and I. One day we went to school like everything was normal, and went to my mom's parents after school. It wasn't unusual for us to have dinner there. But then mom sat us down and told us we'd be staying there for a while."

"Ended up being six years before we got our own place. I never got to go back to my bedroom again. My dad got remarried and his wife's daughter moved in and repainted my room. When I had to visit them I slept on the couch while she slept in my room."

6. tradal's dad had four families.

"My real dad ghosted like 4 families. his first family, he had a son. he was in that family for 13 years, his son had a motorcycle wreck and ended up in intensive care. a year later he ghosted that family and moved to a new state. just up and left, didnt take anything but his clothes and his car. Second family, he had a daughter. he left almost immediately."

"Then he moved to another state, and married another woman, and had two more kids whom ive never met or spoken to. Dont even know their names tbh. jake? john? jordan? josh? something with a j. he went out for a pack of smokes and never went back(his own words)."

"Then he met my mom, and had my sister first. he ghosted my mom 3.2 years later, then showed up for some quick whoopie, and i happened. he ghosted her, but didnt leave the state. she called the cops and my first memory is of the cops bringing my dad to the house in cuffs and letting him go, only for him to attack my mom while she was holding me and she dropped me. then the cops arrested him. he wanted out, he got out."

"He had 2 more marriages, but no kids. its his MO to shack up with well off women and mooch until they either kick him out or he gets bored.

Its really fucking painful to see, because i want to be an asswiping dad whose there for his kids every fucking second of their lives. i want to be the exact opposite of him."

7. ArmyOfDog needed to get out.

"When I was 16, I moved out without telling my stepdad, but my mom was in on it. And I just moved in with my grandparents. I left on a Friday. Got all my stuff in just two trips. I was told he didn’t even notice I was gone the first weekend. He was pretty mad once he figured it out, but it was all mostly a non-event. Everything turned out okay for me. It will have been 21 years, this September."

8. amcoco saved her children from their father.

"My ex-husband was extremely physically and emotionally abusive, as well as an alcoholic/addict. He obsessively controlled the money and every second of my daily routine; an unplanned five minute delay to get gas on the way home would result in a dressing down (if I was lucky, a beating if I wasn’t). We had three daughters, and on the few occasions I threatened to leave, he’d tell me to go ahead and leave, but I couldn’t take our daughters with me."

"At one of our couple-friends’ wedding reception, he got drunk as per usual and lost his mind over something insignificant, dragged me around in the street by my hair, and pulled a gun on me (in front of the wedding party). One of his friends - who was a real POS - took me aside while the groom’s mom was driving my ex home, and told me “you don’t have to live like this.” It was like a light went on in my mind - THIS GUY says I don’t have to live like this?!?"

"It took me a couple of weeks to put a plan in place, but one morning after my ex left for work my dad helped me pack everything that would fit in a uhaul, and I gtfo."

"I’d like to say I never saw him again after that day, but I was pretty lucky he decided to leave me alone after an initial period of stalking and a bout in jail for violating an order of protection. Fast forward 15 years, and I finished undergrad, law school, and post-doc. I’m remarried with two more amazing kids, and life is pretty much goals."

"EDIT: I forgot to mention the kids! I did take them with me - that was why I left the way I did, since I knew he wouldn’t let me leave with them otherwise. Unfortunately, it’s not been all sunshine and rainbows since, although we had some pretty wonderful times over the years. My ex passed on to the girls a genetic predisposition to serious mental illness, and I lost one daughter to suicide when she was 14. We all were (and are) pretty traumatized, but we cope the best we can and try to appreciate all the other wonderful things life has brought us."

"EDIT 2: Thanks for the gold, and for the positive comments. All this isn’t something I talk about much in my d2d. It’s been years, but a lot of it is still fresh, and it’s occasionally cathartic to open up to strangers."

9. JohnSmithDoe1234 found a new life and a new wife.

"Got married right out of high school, everything was going well but we were young and both were our first partners. Came home early one day and walked in on my wife with another man. Standard insanity ensued, followed by her begging for forgiveness and we went to months of counseling. Everything seemed well and dandy, she seemed like a totally different woman and couldn't live with out me."

"One day I log into our desktop PC and her Facebook is loaded and there are multiple messages and I had to look. I found exactly what I knew I would find. It crushed me but I acted like nothing happened. That weekend I packed up my favorite clothes and belongings that meant a lot to me and snuck them to the car."

"Sunday evening I said "Hey I'm going to take the dogs to the dog park and hike for a few hours". When I left, I texted our neighbor to see if anyone showed up at the house. She replied pretty quickly that a male visitor was by very quickly, I told her goodbye and the dogs and I just drove. I had a decent savings and thought "Fuck it, start off somewhere new" and that is what I did."

"My ex wife didn't even try and contact me until around lunch time the next day. When I didn't respond, she blew me up with photos and videos of her with multiple men and about how bad of a lover I was. It fucked me up but I just kept trucking. I ended up in a smaller town where I saw someone was hiring for my trade. Years later, I re-married to the best human ever."

"I went home not long ago and my Mom posted a picture of us at a gathering. My ex hit up my facebook and asked if we could meet for a cup of coffee she would like some closure (I obviously would like as well). I have to say, for all the resentment and hatred I had toward this woman, our conversation was pleasant and I felt better after we talked. She understood why I left, she apologized deeply, many times and didn't try to blame me for anything."

"After an hour and a little bit of tears (awkward as hell in public hahaha) she asked if it was okay to get a hug. We hugged and said our goodbyes. Once I got home I told my wife about the visit and she got awkward for a few minutes. She left the room and I didn't follow, I thought "oh I'm sleeping on the couch tonight". Five minutes later, she came back crying and just gave me the biggest hug ever, she told me she forgot what I went through and she was sorry and glad our life is good. Closing, I left a terrible human for the best human ever."

"EDIT - This blew up. I would like to thank everyone for their kind words.

1 - I loved those dogs more then most of my family. Sadly, they have passed (old age) and I can't wait to see them again but thank you for the kind words."

"2 - Yes we got divorced. It was a pretty quick and painless process. My best friend growing up ended up being a divorce lawyer. When I took off I called him and provided him with the photo/video evidence. Was a pretty simple process after that."

10. Seyenogard7 stepped out for some cigarettes and left their abusive father.

"When I was 18, I moved out from my abusive father. I was commuting to college at the time and I had morning classes so the night before I packed my car with as much of my stuff as I could, and set off."

"One of my professors that I regularly talk to after class noticed that my car was full of clothes and asked if everything was okay. Over lunch I explained my situation, and he offered to take me in. I had already made arrangements to live with my mother. After my classes for the day were over I went home for the first time since I was a child to live with my mother."

"I slept on the couch for months before getting my own bed, and we didn’t always have the money to eat, but we made it work."

"I have seen my father one time since then because he swore to me that he had changed, that night he proceeded to get wasted and tried to put his hands on me. I haven’t seen him since, and I have no regrets."

"Edit: Thank you for the gold and silver! I didn’t expect it. I was just wanting to finally share my experience with a wider audience, and maybe bring hope to anyone else in a situation like mine."

"Edit 2: Just to clear up some confusion that I’ve noticed in the replies, I am a male. “Put hands on me” is a slang term for starting a fight. I’m not sure if it’s popular slang, or regional slang (southeast US) but at no point was I sexually abused. I apologize if there was any confusion."

11. happyorchardale's mom left, came back, then left again.

"My mom just all of the sudden wasn’t there anymore. She and my dad were miserable but my dad wouldn’t agree to divorce. He was a minister at a big church and didn’t believe divorce was right and so instead he tried to stay married to my mom, all while avoiding her and all the unhappiness at home."

"She never really left her bedroom. She was miserable and she made everyone else miserable, too. She was horrible to me in those last few years. We had been really close before that."

"She started moving stuff out of the house little by little when no one was home. Like, one day a bookshelf would be gone. And we’d all notice but just kind of go on with our lives."

"And it bothers me very very much, but her moving out was so abrupt and so ambiguous, that I don’t remember specifics about it. Like I don’t know if it was during the school year or over summer - I don’t know where I was or what was different when I came home that day - but at some point, she didn’t live there anymore. I was 14."

"My dad told me that God told him she would never come back. I looked up to my dad a lot - he was kind-of on the same level as God in my mind - so I believed him. He soon after started dating another woman - secretly because the church didn’t know he was divorced yet. He intended to marry her as soon as possible."

"I remember I had to pose for “family photos” with this new woman and her 2 kids. They were printed up and put into a frame and hung over our fireplace. Then one day, my mom came to the house. She told me she had made the biggest mistake of her life, that she loved me, and my brother and my dad, and she wanted to work everything out."

"I guess God was wrong when he spoke to my dad.Then she walked out of my room and saw the new family portrait over the fireplace. She left quickly."

"A few days later, she called the house, my dad answered, and she told him to “tell the kids I said goodbye.” Then she hung up. We started calling everyone we could think to call. We tried to call the phone operator, asking if they could trace the call. (this was 1995 so no caller ID or cell phone with a callback number)."

"A bit later that night, my new step-mom-to-be came over and pulled my dad aside. She saw a car at the end of our neighborhood that looked like my moms. My dad called 911. Everyone showed up. My mom had taken a BUCKET of pills. She was barely alive. They took her to the Er and pumped her stomach and intubated her. They told my dad to call my brother so he could come say his goodbyes too."

"I was let into the room for a while. I looked at the machines and they were plugged into the wall and I stared for a long time thinking I should unplug it because she really didn’t want to be revived and I couldn’t understand why we were doing all of this. But then a nurse came in and said I had to leave while they did stuff."

"My mom survived. My dad married the other lady. I think this messed me up and I honestly can’t believe Ive typed up this entire recollection. I don’t think about it very often and maybe that’s why I can’t remember the details of the day I realized she’d moved out.

TL:DR dont move out and leave your family without so much as a note, and don’t tell people God told you stuff."

12. myzery stepped out and saved their own life.

"I grew up in a very abusive strict home. My step father beat both my sisters and then when they left I was next. Anyways one night he made me walk home from the mall because he wouldn't give me a ride. I called and asked around five and he said you better have your ass home at five. I walked the eight miles and was pretty wiped out when I was coming up the driveway. We had a big front window and I saw him sitting in his chair drinking whiskey waiting for me. When I walked in he said something and I replied you won't do shit."

"The next thing I knew he had me pinned to the wall and punched me in the face until I was knocked out. When I woke up I remember feeling the blood from my nose and my mother was standing there and told me I was a disgrace to go clean my face off. I went upstairs and grabbed a hat and walked out and never went back. I was 14 years old at the time."

13. IornBeagle found their long lost dad and found happiness.

"Growing up, my mother was pretty abusive (mostly emotional) to me and my little sister, this included basically fabricating a false reality (that my dad had divorced my mother and left her penniless then left the state) as well as isolating us from other family members on the basis that they were bad people."

"Probably the worst thing she did which I still deal with today was turning me and my little sister against each other in these fucked up scenarios. Basically her drug, and or alcohol induced rage of the day would always fall on one of us. However whoever "told" on the other sibling that they did something to anger my mother would face her wrath and the other sibling would have a brief respite."

"This went on since I was 8 or so. I grew up hating my sister. After i got older I found my best friend in High School and he helped me understand just how fucked up my situation was, given that I assumed that's how family life was since we were so isolated (no TV or internet) and that my mother was also a teacher at both my elementary and middle school she had control over everything."

"At 18 I left my house and moved in with my friend, however it wasn't forever, he was joining the army at the end of school and I had to think of someone to stay with."

"So I found my dad, states away. I took a long shot and asked him if I could stay with him. He accepted.

I got everything I owned in the world, which fit in a truck bed and while most kids were going off to college I was going to start over in a completely different place with a father I didnt know."

"It turned out my dad was a decent guy. He wasn't a saint by any means but league's better than my mother. He helped me get a Drivers Liscense and eventually helped me join the military, where I have just finished my first year in."

"I havent seen my little sis in 2 years though. And she still hates me. Even though shes 18 she hasn't left her mother and since I left shes become "closer" with her. I regret not trying harder to be there for her every day."

"But as for my life now, I have 3 years left in the Military then I hope to go to college and become a pilot. None of which I EVER thought of when i was living under my mother's roof.

EDIT: HOLY FUCK!! This blew up so much from what I expected initially, thanks so much for everyone's kind words and advice, just knowing that other people are out there rooting for me has lifted my spirits so much and now I really have to make it hahaha!"

14. AngelOfDivinity found safety through a payphone call.

"I was a toddler. 2 or so. After 9/11 my mother moved ya up to Vermont with her boyfriend who, for what it is worth, is now in federal prison for first degree murder of another girlfriend. As that indicates he wasn’t a good guy. He wouldn’t let me drink water unless I’d eaten a full meal, and I was two, so my mother had to serve fruit with every meal so I’d have moisture and let me drink water while he was at work. On days he didn’t work she & I would go out and explore as much as we could. We took to cleaning up old over grown graveyards, since it was interesting and fun and most importantly time consuming."

"But he was very controlling and didn’t want us to leave. She didn’t have a car so we had to walk everywhere. Being from NC and with no ability to purchase a train ticket because he controlled all her finances and she didn’t have a phone, she was forced to use a pay phone to contact my grandparents to fly up and come rescue us and fly us back. And had to tune it with his work schedule to make sure he wasn’t there when they came because she thought he might try to hurt me if he saw them come to take us."

15. EveryUNIsTaken's grandma left all of them.

"My grandmother did. Just left her husband and three kids, the eldest in elementary school."

"My grandfather made it through. He worked at my great-grandfathers business and went on to own it. He also remarried a few years later. About 25ish years after she left, she contact my dad wanting to meet her grandkids (my older brother and me) and reconnect. I was around two, my brother 5ish. My brother called her by her. This was upsetting to her and she left."

"15 years pass and once again, she wants to be in our life. This time we go to her. I was excited to meet her, as my grandfathers wife hated her step kids, and thus her step-grandkids. So my teenage self set up a false reality. One bug happy family. Reality was, she had a whole different family she was happy with. A granddaughter who she loved dearly and made quilts with. She called me the wrong name the whole time we were there, even when corrected. She had a cute house with family pictures all over - none of us of course. It’s like she forgot all about her other three kids."

"She’s just some lady to me. I only know her first name honestly. And I know that I never want to be like her. My dad... he hides it. His life growing up was not great as a result. He’s angry about it, but pretends not to be. But my dad had never, ever not been there for me. He’s honestly sometimes too much there for me."

16. Maynaise88 ghosted their rapist ex.

"I hadn’t started a family of my own yet but I was engaged to my ex who I just ended up “ghosting” after a few years. It was several years ago and he had to move back to Tokyo for his job (we met in the US while he was an expat) so he asked me to come live with him."

"Moved, met the family, all that stuff. Then, one day I came down with the flu and was miserable and was so weak I couldn’t even walk myself to the toilet. He was trying to come on to me several times that day and I kept refusing because of obvious reasons. Then I was in the middle of sleeping and he started to take off my clothes and have sex with me while I was sleeping after already refusing it to him."

"I woke up and was like wtf and made him stop. Then I pretended to be asleep till he left for work the next morning, packed my shit, and left. Dropped the key off at concierge and hurried out of that building in a huge panic. Never spoke to him again. Cut off all contact immediately.I booked hotels for a couple of weeks and met my (now) husband."

17. rosiedokidoki ghosted their racist mom.

"Mine was “I’m going to the gas station”. I’m in an interfaith and interracial relationship, and my family never ever accepted it. It escalated to physical violence and I needed to make an exit. I let my mom know I wanted to marry him, she told me I could stay and be less than the dirt under her shoe or I could go. I left."

"It’s been 3 years. I went back once to get my clothes, but haven’t been back. It’s been super trying. They still have some contact with me, but refuse to accept my one and only boundary: show me that you can even fucking acknowledge my fiancé, and then we can start rebuilding."

"Ultimately, I had to walk away from a place where I was being punished for not doing my “duty” as a daughter, which is putting my happiness second to the respect of the family name. This was the first time in my life I ever truly wanted something just for me—and they couldn’t handle it."

"So now, they’re stuck in a place where I’m the bad guy—and I’ll always be the bad guy, because to them I should be falling over myself to get my moms to forgive me and I just don’t. It’s really opened my eyes to how toxic my family actually is, and how conservatively I was being raised."

"My biggest sadness is that my brothers, who I love/d very dearly, cannot fathom going against my mom. But I’m a better and healthier person now, and I would never go back, even if you told me I would love a “normal” life with all of my family talking to me."

18. Zira361 ghosted their whole family.

"I moved out when I was 15. I was living with my mom, sister, and older brother. It was my older brother's house. His house was unlivable. The water was orange, there were fleas and ticks everywhere, and, because of his 11 cats (cats that kept reproducing because they were never spayed/neutered), there were PILES of cat poop against the walls. On top of that, my mom was a textbook narcissist. Always going out and partying, passing out drunk, smoking pot and snorting coke, the works."

"She went to Myrtle Beach for a week. I mentioned it to my best friend, who invited me to stay at her place until my mom came back. Halfway through the week, her mom invited me to live with them. I said yes and stayed there until I left for the Navy two and a half years later. I still talk to my parents sometimes, but it's an estranged relationship at best. I'm almost 23 and happily married (which I didn't even tell my family about until a year after), so I suppose it all worked out in the end."

19. Fear_of_the_Fart ghosted their crazy ex.

"5 years ago I moved in with my then girlfriend. First time living with someone I dated and first relationship in a very long time. She turned out to be a nightmare. She had two boys 4 and 5 and their father died of a drug overdose on their couch less than a year prior ( I did not know this moving in...) and the boys found him. She was also bat shit crazy and was a pretty bad pill head and smoked crack up until a few months before I met her (I moved in with her way too soon because I didn't feel like paying rent for my apartment when I was never there.Big mistake)."

"I bought a truck from her parents and was making payments on it and we put it in both of our names so I could go on her insurance. I used to leave for work at 4am and sometimes wouldn't be home until 9-10pm (hour plus drive) and by the time I'd get home she'd usually be plastered drunk, like a bottle of whiskey deep, and would just berate me the second I got home. If I said anything wrong to her she would flip her shit and threaten to take my name off my truck title (that she hid from me) and report it stolen and shit like that."

"One day I had enough. I called my boss and told him I needed to gtfo of there and needed the day off. I waited until she left for work and moved all my stuff out to a friends house in an rv he had on his property, went to the DMV and filed for a lost title and got a new one just in my name, got new insurance, changed my phone number, and rented a hotel room for 2 weeks far away from her but much closer to my job."

"I had a few thousand saved up and used almost all of it to get away from her. She never fucking saw it coming. Always told me I was too much of a pussy to actually do anything about how she treated me. Oh and I never paid for the truck... Kind of a dick move to do to her parents but at the time I needed to put as much space between her and I as possible."

"Oh yeah and she told me she talked to her "psychic" (one of those bullshit phone psychics) and they told her to tell me to spend as much time with my mother as possible because I didn't have much time with her left.... My mom had just found out she had terminal cancer and only about a year left to live if she was lucky... If I hadn't completely cut this psycho bitch out of my life I was going to do something very stupid and likely spend a long time in prison."

"Only thing I feel bad about is ghosting on her two boys. They looked up to me as a father figure and adored me espically because their mom was horribly abusive to them. She would cuss at them like they were adults and would constantly brag about how her sister worked for child protective services so she knew how to abuse them without breaking the law. Things like using distilled vinegar to wash their mouths out instead of soap because it wasn't child abuse because its technically a food product or other crazy shit."

"Year of my life I regret but it made me a lot more cautious about relationships. I am now engaged to the love of my life and have gotten sober and my personal and family life is doing nothing but getting better everyday. Still though... Fuck that crazy cunt."

20. aeongivesnofucks literally grabbed a pack of cigarettes.

"I was 14 and literally went out for a pack of smokes.

I was visiting my estranged dad and his newest family in another state, I was meant to live there as my mom pawned me that way since she was a pill popping alcoholic at the time. I didn't know that and he hadn't been in my life for years. When I got there, I was really excited to visit and hang out, but he immediately tried to dictate me without any remorse for being gone or getting to know me again. I wasn't having any of that, so he slapped me across the face."

"They passed out and I headed out for smokes (I had quit prior to, but decided to start up again) Three miles later n hickville, I got my smokes. I ended up hitchhiking back and they were just waking from a nap. I told him I didnt want to stay so he later dropped me off at the nearest greyhound without any words. Fast forward to 20 years later, he had a massive stroke and was just diagnosed with dementia so he couldn't talk much."

"He could say "yeah" and a few things. I hadn't spoken to him this entire time. So I drove and flew for 36 hours to spend 12 hours with him. I was sitting next to his bedside and it was quiet. That's when I told him I forgive him. I knew it was the last time I'd see him. He wanted to say something, but couldn't. He cried, and said "yeah." I just replied, "I know I know. I'm your favorite child." We laughed super hard. He died a year later, in 2015. Sometimes closure isn't for them, it's for you."

17 people share things you should never do at a wedding. Listen up, Uncle Jake.

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Wedding season is upon us again! For all the open bars, pretty dresses, fun parties, dancing and celebrations of love that weddings bring us, there's also a lot of drama. The wonderful world of weddings happens to include a pretty hard set of rules, and there is a surprising amount of people who can't manage to follow them.

There are of course the usual complaints such as if a plus one isn't included in your invitation, that doesn't mean you get to write one in. If you force a plus one, you're essentially inviting a stranger to someone else's wedding and forcing them to pay for this stranger's food and drinks for a whole evening. It's rude, don't do it. If a wedding says "no kids" and you still call to ask if you can bring your screaming newborn? You're rude. If the invitation says formal attire and you think it would be fun to wear jeans? You're rude.

So, when Hashtag Roundup took advantage of the season, people were eager to share their nuptial pet peeves.

1. Sage advice.

2. For real, stop this.

3. Yikes.

4. Um, who would do this?

5. No chicken dance!

6. Yeah don't do this.

7. Oh god...

8. Fish as centerpieces? What?

9. Truth.

10. DON'T DO THIS.

11. WOAH.

12. Yeah.

13. What?

14. Yup.

15. I demand to know who would ask to do this.

16. Is this a rom-com?

17. This is so hard, though!

23 Memes Anyone Going On Vacation This Summer Needs To See.

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Whether you're going on a vacation or a staycation this summer, these memes will make you laugh out loud. They totally nail the summer vacay experience. Sit back, relax, and laugh your SPF off at these hilarious memes.

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What happens after drinking 1, 2, and 3 glasses of wine? 19 viral photos tell all.

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Marcos Alberti's "3 Glasses" project began with a joke and a few drinks with his friends.

The photo project originally depicted Alberti's friends drinking, first immediately after work and then after one, two, and three glasses of wine.

But after Imgur user minabear circulated the story, "3 Glasses" became more than just a joke. In fact, it went viral, garnering more than 1 million views and nearly 1,800 comments in its first week. So Alberti started taking more pictures and not just of his friends.

"The first picture was taken right away when our guests (had) just arrived at the studio in order to capture the stress and the fatigue after a full day after working all day long and from also facing rush hour traffic to get here," Alberti explained on his website. "Only then fun time and my project could begin. At the end of every glass of wine, a snapshot, nothing fancy, a face and a wall, 3 times."

Why was the series so popular? Anyone who has ever had a long day at work and needed to "wine" down will quickly see why.

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The Brazilian photographer said he wanted to determine whether three glasses could radically change his subjects' moods.

"There is a saying about wine that I really like and it's something like this," he said. "'The first glass of wine is all about the food, the second glass is about love and the third glass is about mayhem.' I really wanted to see it for myself if that affirmation was in fact true."

Written by Jaleesa M. Jones and originally published by Upworthy.


Woman asks if she's an a*shole for cutting off BFF who stole her baby name. The answers are surprising.

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Picking a baby name can be an incredibly personal process. The names people choose can say a lot about their own lineage, culture, and linguistic preferences, so when you share that with someone else it's usually with they expectation that they won't steal it without your permission.

Naturally, there are many different kinds of conversations people can have about baby names. If it's a hypothetical aside about names you generally like, it's not bad form for another friend to pick one of the bevy. However, if you confide in your pregnant best friend about the name you picked to honor your mother, that's a completely different animal.

In a recent post on the Am I The Asshole subReddit, a woman opened up about how she wants to cut off her (former) BFF after her baby name was stolen.

Howcanichangehermind fully laid out how her BFF stole her baby name, and why it means so much to her in the first place.

"AITA For wanting to cut my best friend out of my life for stealing my baby name?

To start things off, I'm not pregnant. Nor am I anywhere near close to being pregnant. However, my best friend is pregnant and I couldn't be more happy for her. As best friends do, we started discussing baby names."

While OP herself isn't pregnant currently, she is planning on having a daughter in the future and has a baby name very near and dear to her heart.

"She asked me if I had any baby names picked out for my future children and I told her my mother had suggested a name years ago for my future daughter that I absolutely fell in love with. It's super unique and it's a name that originates from the country she was born in. My mother is no longer alive, so this is something I really wanted to do in the future so my potential daughter could have a connection to her grandmother."

The baby name in question was one she chose with her late mom, so in a sense it's an tribute to her mother.

"A few days ago, I saw on Facebook that my best friend posted a picture of those 3D sonograms and in the post she revealed the name that she had picked for her daughter. It was the name I told her that I had picked out for my future daughter. I am absolutely devastated she would do this to me. She knows what that name meant to me and she decided to use it anyway."

When OP confronted her friend, the BFF claimed it was "just a name" and that she gets to use whatever name she wants.

"She says it's just a name and since she's pregnant before me she gets to use whatever name she wants. I told her she's being heartless and asked her how she can do this to someone she sees as a sister. She is not going to change her mind about this, so I want to end all communication with her since I can't even imagine calling her daughter by the name I wanted for mine. Am I the asshole for doing this?"

When OP realized her BFF would not consider what the name meant to her both in connection with her mom, but also culturally, she decided to fully cut the friend off.

*Just some more information: This isn't an American/English name, it's a Middle Eastern one. She isn't Middle Eastern.

Understandably, since she was close to the BFF for years, OP wanted to float the situation to the internet to see if she was overreacting.

CapK473 is fully on OP's side.

"NTA. She straight up ripped that off, knowing how it would hurt you, I have no idea how she could be so selfish. Cut her out of your life and when you do have a kid, use the name your mom suggested. Dont let her ruin that for you."

WhiteJadedButterfly supports OP and knows people out here are shady.

"NTA. If anything Reddit has taught me, never share your future kids’ name with anybody, not friends, not relatives, not parents or siblings. Heck don’t even share it with your boyfriend. Just drop the name when your baby is actually borned."

Cripnite kept their daughter's name a secret because they didn't trust their own family.

"We kept our daughter’s name a complete secret from anyone but ourselves. My wife had a cousin who was pregnant and due a few months before us. She was the only one I was worried about, but she had a name picked out already."

"My mom had my older sister’s name (if she had been a boy) stolen by my aunt, who had a son the year before because she shared it. People suck."

liarslittlepretty thinks in most cases this would make OP the asshole, but not this time given the fact the name is so emotionally important.

"NTA I totally understand a name can be used by anyone but with such a detailed emotional back story of why you picked that name for your kid it’s a A move to use it because there are sooo many names out there."

FitfulAgreeableness said that technically the friend can use whatever name they want, but this whole scenario makes the BFF, not OP, an asshole.

"NTA - Technically, she's right, she can name her baby whatever she wants, but that doesn't mean she's not an a-hole for doing so. She really doesn't seem to care about your friendship if she isn't willing to reconsider, knowing how hurt you are and what the name means to you. She seems petty and is perhaps doing it out of spite."

leticiafonsecalf0 pointed out how shady it was for the BFF to share the news through a public Facebook post, and not in person.

"NTA. This is clearly really meaningful and important to you, and she decided on the name behind your back and shared with everyone. Doesn't seem like a good friend.. if she cared for you at least she would've told you and would've known how upset you would be. Cutting ties with a close friend is always hard but this just doesn't seem like a loving healthy friendships."

Watch Sexy Oklahoma's Ali Stroker slay her big song and be even more psyched about her Tony.

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On Sunday night, Ali Stroker became the first person who uses a wheelchair to win a Tony Award, and it's a thrilling moment for people who have disabilities and everybody who likes to see great performances great rewarded.

Stroker, who appeared on The Glee Project and Glee way back in 2013, stars as Ado Annie in a revival of Oklahoma! that's lovingly called Sexy Oklahoma™ by theater fans because of it's erotic energy. I'm not kidding. Just look at this sexual tension from their Tonys performance!!!

Tell me something girl/ Are you happy in this modern world?

Stroker kicked off Sexy Oklahoma™'s performance with a sexy rendition of Sexy "I Cain't Say No," and she brought the house down for the cast joined in with the title song.

The Tonys only featured a couple of bars of the showstopper, so thankfully there's a full version of her singing "I Cain't Say No" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

It's just as good but it's thrice as long! So, it's better.

Carrie Underwood and every country singer ever are shaking.

14 people share the moment they stood up to their bully. How does it feel now?

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Bullying is a serious problem. With cyber-bullying, it's even more complicated than the old "steal your lunch money and meet at the flagpole for a fist fight" sort of bullying. While violence is never a good idea, stories of people standing up for themselves are always satisfying.

So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "People who have snapped on a bully at school, what's your story?" everyone who has a tale of victoriously defending themselves in the face of a bully came out of the woodwork. Yes, most of them involve punching and broken noses, but I'm going to go ahead and say most of these people probably deserved to be hit...

1. Woah, "BigBacon31."

5th grade this dude who always picked on me was kicking my seat in a assembly, and I was having a terrible week and this was my last straw. I turned punched him in the face but I wasn't satisfied with the first punch because it felt weak so I figured I'm already going to be in trouble so I went back for a second better punch that felt worth getting in trouble over. Also this was a DARE assembly, which was about saying no to drugs and violence so I basically learned nothing.

2. A stapler? "invisiblebody."

I smashed a kid across the face with a stapler because he hit me all the time and I got tired of it. I was in seventh grade. Didn't get caught.

3. Screw you, Nick, "Cipher1414."

In 4th grade this kid named Nick used to punch me everyday at recess. I went home one day crying about it, and my dad told me to punch him back. So the next day when Nick came around to punch me I whipped around and just beat the snot out of him. Absolutely wailed on him. One of the teachers noticed and took us to the principals office and we got off with warnings. After that, Nick never punched me again, but would make sure I could get to the front of the line for the drinking fountain and picked me first for any sports game he was team captain for.

4. Nice, "BW_bird."

Couple of bullies like to do "monkey in the middle" with me.

Didn't take me long to figure out the solution was to simple tackle one of the bullies and start punching.

5. A condom? "OLD_JAMON."

In middle school we were hanging around before classes started, and this guy who used to be my friend came up behind me and put a condom in my mouth. I turned around, pushed him up against the wall and punched him in the face. The whole school heard about it and they were all backing me up for the rest of the day. I didn't even get in trouble.

6. Damn, "GolD-Beard."

The bully would always grab my ass or slap my neck, say rude things about my nationality and insult me.

I often told him to stop that, but he never did. For a year and a half.

Once, in a lecture, he came to my desk and grabbed my ass. I had a really bad day that day too. The moment he grabbed my ass, I saw RED. I was MAD.

I stood up and looked him in the eye. I took his head and SMASHED it against the wall with all I had.

Nothing serious happened to him. Except for the teacher being mad at him for bothering me. (I was a quiet and good-hearted kid, and the teacher knew that)

7. That's what's up, "SquareKiwi."

High school. One girl made my life hell. I didn't even know her or fully understand why she targeted me. She tried to run me over and told cops I walked in front of her car.

One day walking up the stairs, she proceeded to taunt me, hitting me in the back with objects and calling me names. I stopped , turned around and punched her in the nose. She landed on her back on the landing. I just stood over her and said what now bitch. She never said one word to me after that

8. That's right, "cantremembergdpass."

I wore glasses so was bullied by every single bully in the school. Unfortunately for every one who tried, they didn't realize me wearing glasses didn't also make me not be over 6 foot in grade school. So I got bullied a single time by every bully and then never again.

9. Woah, "Ed_The_Smol_Bean."

This happened six years ago when I was in fifth grade and the bully was in sixth grade.

I'd gotten to school a bit early and was just chilling on my phone when the bully came up and started ranting about how I couldn't be on my phone.

Me: school hasn't even started yet. Besides, it's not your business

Bully: I'll go tell a teacher and they'll take your phone away (childish I know)

Me: they won't care. School hasn't started yet. Just go away.

He then reached for my phone. He literally tried to take it. Of course I didn't let him.

I was getting really frustrated and told him, again, to go away. He didn't.

He decided to was a good idea to fucking punch me in the face. I wasn't ready at all so I didn't even have time to put my arms up or anything. Just a first straight to the face.

Now, I was a pretty small girl back then and the bully was a year older and apparently played a lot of sports and stuff, and on top of that he was standing up and I was sitting down.

I just snapped. Without even thinking I just punched back as hard as I could. He just kinda stared at me before running off. I could literally head him crying. He shouted at me that he’d tell a teacher, but no one mentioned it to me ever again and I never got in trouble.

The bully didn't bother me even once after that.

10. This is touching, "kayleigh_Gideon."

In 5th grade i saw the girl who bullied me getting picked on. Her mom died due to health complications and someone was saying she died because she was "too fat". Even though she picked on me every day I still stuck up for her. She didn't thank me or anything. But I think after I did that she was a little nicer to me.

11. A happy ending! "Plankyz."

Was bullied in maybe 2nd grade? He kept pushing me and messing with me so I just swung at him when I was sick of his shit. I sat his ass down and he’s left me alone since. I think we became friends later I don’t remember

12. Victory, "boopboii."

i was the quiet kid at school. Bully had been especially annoying to me that day. At lunch he yelled something to me, I walked up to him, and slapped him across his face. His face instantly became red and he jumped at me and tackled me to the ground. I shook him off, then shoved him into the wall. After that he didn't mess with me.

13. Oh my god, "OhNoItsLily."

Ah yes. There was this one girl at our school who wasn't a "Bully". She was just mean as shit. Me and the mean girl were on and off friends until 7th grade. Then, she just started hating me for god knows what. On KiK, she would tell me to kill myself and keep harassing me. Nobody out of the 3 other people in the group chat did anything about it. I finally had enough and with permission from my parents; I went to school, waited for her until she got comfortable at her table, and then I went up and punched her in the face. She said later on it didn't even hurt but she was crying when it happened. I hid in the bathrooms for the rest of morning period then was suspended for 3 days. The girl who was harassing me wasn't in trouble because I couldn't provide screenshots of her saying it in the group chat. When I came back to school I got so many high-fives from other people that thinks she's mean and they were cool with what I did.

14. Well done, "Pookiepie32."

6th grade, a kid had called me a cow, a whale, a horse, fat, queer, f*ggot, etc. I have a hard past and was having my first panic attack (not fun) the kid took this opportunity to throw insults at me. I walked over to him, grabbed his hair, pulled him down to eye level, and said, “I’m sick and tired of your bullshit and if you do this again I won’t hesitate to grab at your dick and start twisting. Got it?” He kinda nodded a little and I went straight back to the emptiest corner. Teacher didn’t see me so I never got in trouble.

25 Utterly Absurd Memes Everyone Should Laugh At This Morning.

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Good morning! It's a great day to laugh at some randomly wacky memes. This list is ridiculously funny and is guaranteed to put a smile on your face today.

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Woman gets dragged for calling plus-sized mannequin 'gargantuan.' Even Jameela Jamil jumped in.

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In case you missed it, Nike recently revealed a new plus-size mannequin in their flagship Oxford Street store and people have a LOT of feelings about it, both good and bad.

The feelings on all ends were stoked when Telegraph writer Tanya Gold wrote a reaction piece where she made her distaste for the mannequin known in strong words that might be best discussed with her therapist.

At one point in the article, Gold's fat-phobia comes out in full force when she describes the mannequin: "An immense, gargantuan, vast. She heaves with fat. She is, in every measure, obese, and she is not readying herself for a run on her shiny Nike gear. She cannot run. She is, more likely, pre-diabetic and on her way to a hip replacement."

Needless to say, Gold's flagrant display of disgust for larger bodies received a lot of critique from exhausted consumers, plus-size influencers, and of course, actress Jameela Jamil.

People were quick to point out the irony of Gold claiming it's "unhealthy" to show a plus-size mannequin, when the mannequin is literally wearing workout clothes.

The Welsh model Callie Thorpe made an Instagram post about the exhausting and hypocritical feedback loop of fatphobia, and how in one moment people will claim to be worried about the health of plus-size people, only to quickly contradict themselves by freaking out over there being accessible work out clothes for larger bodies.

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it’s so disheartening working in an industry where you think great strides are being made, only to be starkly reminded that fatphobia is rampant and no matter what we do we will never be respected Just last week we saw something incredible happen. @nike put a plus size mannequin in Nike Town. A representation of a body we never see in the fitness industry. It was powerful But yet again another think piece comes out. Another dehumanising, awful set of words to remind us fat people that we are despised by society. Tanya Gold the writer of the piece in the Telegraph describes the mannequin as “An immense, gargantuan, vast. She heaves with fat. She is, in every measure, obese, and she is not readying herself for a run in her shiny Nike gear. She cannot run. She is, more likely, pre-diabetic and on her way to a hip replacement.” I usually would write a response to this with a point to prove. something defending my point of view and those of my peers saying how outdated and disgusting these views are but quite honestly what’s the point? I’m that heaving with fat woman she is talking about. It’s ludicrous that fat people are mocked, bullied and told to get to the gym and lose weight yet we are also told, we don’t deserve the access to active wear. Do you see how ridiculous that is? Which goes to show It’s got nothing to do with health concern and everything to do with prejudice Prejudice and discrimination isn’t just harassment, or discriminatory behaviour. It’s living every day life watching as people stare at you whilst you eat. Move away from you when they think you will sit next to them, listening to countless jokes being made about your body shape on TV any film. It’s doctors not offering you care because of your weight or not getting jobs because of the size dress you wear. It’s no wonder people are turning to extreme weight loss measures like surgery because it feels like the only way out. If you are following this page and you aren’t plus size please use your platform to stand up against this especially and even more so for plus size people of colour. Hashtagging #bodypositivity isn’t enough. Please Speak out

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She wrote:

"I usually would write a response to this [Gold’s article] with a point to prove. something defending my point of view and those of my peers saying how outdated and disgusting these views are but quite honestly what’s the point? I’m that heaving with [sic] fat woman she is talking about."

"It’s no wonder people are turning to extreme weight loss measures like surgery because it feels like the only way out."

"It’s ludicrous that fat people are mocked, bullied and told to get to the gym and lose weight yet we are also told, we don’t deserve the access to active wear. Do you see how ridiculous that is? Which goes to show It’s got nothing to do with health concern and everything to do with prejudice"

The author and activist Megan Jayne Crabbe decided to respond to the trolling article with a bit of trolling herself, so she went to the store, snapped a photo with the mannequin and wrote a post about how she was shocked the "babe responsible for thousands of fatphobes on the internet" was indeed a peaceful, plastic, non-threatening mannequin.

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I thought I'd go and visit the babe responsible for thousands of fatphobes on the internet losing their shit this week. Apparently a fitness brand using mannequins above a UK size 8 is the most outrageously offensive thing that's ever happened! Or to quote some of the comments I've seen - "dangerous", "disgusting", and "promoting death". Imagine my surprise when I entered @nikelondon and the mannequin did not, in fact, try to kill me! We actually got along great and fully rocked this impromptu photoshoot. • And do you know what I noticed during my death defying encounter with a plus size piece of plastic? People of all shapes and sizes were in the store. Some bigger than the mannequin, some smaller, and every single one deserves to see themselves represented and be catered for. Regardless of their fitness level. Whether they work out or not. Whatever fatphobic wankers want to say about who can and cannot wear a pair of fucking leggings. Every one of us is worthy of being represented, celebrated, and seen. This is a very small step in the right direction, and the reaction to it has shown exactly how necessary it is. • P.s. the mannequin is called Avril and she would like to remind you to drink some water and say something nice to yourself today. 💜💙💚🌈☀️ • [image description: Megan is standing in a Nike store next to a plus size mannequin in black sportswear. She's wearing a white crop top, pastel patterned trousers and pink trainers while smiling and leaning on the mannequin as if they're besties] #bodypositivity #bodypositive #bodyconfidence #justdoit #nike #allbodiesaregoodbodies #fitnessmodel #plusisequal #bodyposi

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She wrote:

"Apparently a fitness brand using mannequins above a UK size 8 is the most outrageously offensive thing that's ever happened! Or to quote some of the comments I've seen - "dangerous", "disgusting", and "promoting death". Imagine my surprise when I entered @nikelondon and the mannequin did not, in fact, try to kill me! We actually got along great and fully rocked this impromptu photoshoot."

The comedian Sofie Hagen joined in to drag Gold's article.

Jameela Jamil really went hard in her responses, urging Gold to find a nearby bin to jump in.

She also called for an official apology from Telegraph, and went on to point out how hypocritical it is to claim fat people are unhealthy while freaking out about them being sold exercise clothes.

Needless to say, a lot of people weren't happy with Gold's take, and the ones who were flocked to the comments section of the Telegraph to air their grievances with a woman-shaped piece of plastic.

Reese Witherspoon's daughter responds to people saying her BF looks like her dad Ryan Phillipe.

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Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe have two children together, Ava and Deacon. And people love to point out that they look like miniature versions of their parents. Of course, genetics are a thing, yadda yadda. But they really do look exceptionally similar to their parents. I mean, look:

What is this, the movie Cruel Intentions?!?!?!?

For comparison:

"Let's get married and clone ourselves"

It could be worse than regularly being told you look exactly like famously hot people Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe. But fans recently took the doppelganger game a little too far when Ava Phillipe posted these photos of her and her new boyfriend on Instagram:

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Awwwww!

Mom approves. So does Mindy Kaling.

The couple looks very happy together. And nothing puts a damper on happiness faster than being told your romantic partner looks like YOUR DAD. And yet, MANY people jumped in to the comments section of Ava's photos to make that exact point:

There were an obscene number of comments about this. The week of FATHER'S DAY no less?!?!?!?

There were so many dad comments, that some other commenters stepped in to shut it down. Thank you for your service, these commenters:

Ava made her feelings on the matter clear by responding to that last comment, simply thanking them:

 

This story is a perfect example of why having extremely famous parents isn't all fun and games and perfect cheekbones. And as a friendly reminder: don't tell someone their romantic partner looks like their dad!!!!! Even if it's kind of true. SORRY.

Entitled bride asks long lost makeup artist 'friend' to work for free. It doesn't end well.

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Weddings can be stressful. It's a lot of pressure to put on 'the perfect day,' entertain friends and family, and enjoy yourself through it all. That's why many of us are forgiving when our friends sometimes crack under the pressure and have a panic attack over a misplaced table setting, or why we smile and nod when they ask us to wear the world's most hideous bridesmaid gown on the hottest day of the year. It's called friendship, Brenda, look it up.

There are, however, some bridal behaviors that are unforgivable. Sometimes a bride becomes a bridezilla to the point of no return, where no amount of reason or compassion can touch her. To be fair, this is usually because she was a nightmare of a person to begin with, and for the record, grooms can be groomzillas too. We don't discriminate here. But our story today is about a bridezilla. So, let's dive in, shall we?

It all begins with an online post, as these tales often do. A woman is looking for a well priced deal for her hair and makeup for her wedding day. She's having money issues (understandable), and is hoping to find someone who could use the experience for their portfolio. Hm, could be reasonable if both parties agree and come to an understanding. Either way, this would be doing this bride a favor.

Next comes a text conversation between her and what seems to be a long lost friend. In the first message we learn that it's been some time since she has reached out to this friend, that she didn't get in contact when something unfortunate happened to this friend's parents, and that this is her third wedding.

Then, the bride starts asking for things. And let me tell ya, it's a big ask...

Then, the woman gives her her rates and tries to talk shop, as any professional whose talents and services are being sought out would.

The bride did not like her rates. Which would be fine if she took that as, "Dang, well looks like I can't afford you then. Thanks anyway!" But that is...not what happened.

Understandably, the makeup artist stood up for herself and clarified that she couldn't afford to do her job for free for a friend she hasn't heard from in years.

And that did not go well, if you can believe.

Welp, that escalated quickly. Look, there's obviously nothing wrong with having a low budget for your wedding. Weddings are ridiculously expensive, and so is life. But, unfortunately, if you can't afford a makeup artist, then...you can't afford a makeup artist. In this case, maybe you could get a close friend to help you out, but a friend who you haven't spoken with in ten years, lives three hours away, and who you invited last minute in an obvious scheme to get her to do you a favor doesn't fall under that category.

Also, this woman assuming her old friend would do her hair and makeup to build her portfolio, when she just said she is opening a salon in London -- so clearly doesn't need the practice -- is hilarious. This entitled bride is clearly looking for free labor, and is somehow able to call this woman a "selfish bitch" for not agreeing to give into her needs. The irony is too much.

Happy wedding season!


21 brilliantly petty texts people sent their exes. We wish we were this brave.

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The only thing more satisfying that than a Twitter clapback is a text clapback, because you know they HAVE to have seen it and folks....you love to see it.

Here are real texts you wish you could send to your ex if you had the bravery (or the ex).

1. Keep it.

2. Hey... question mark...

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Hey? is never a good opener anyway

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3. *You're* welcome for the grammar lessons.

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Finally got one right at the end there

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4. Have they heard of Uber?

5. Better to have not loved and lost.

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Holy shit

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6. The AUDACITY to think they still like you.

7. Ye olde "accidental text" trick.

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Nope. Too many questions. Need to know

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8. Bye bye bye.

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No. THIS is very childish

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9. The position has been filled.

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Sorry we are all full up

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10. What's the return policy?

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awaiting the response!

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11. Kiki, do you love me?

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Wayyyyyyy tooo late, bro

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12. Mission impossible.

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HahaahahhahahHAHAHAHAHZHAAhahhahahaha

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13. The best revenge.

14. Or Facebook or Twitter.

15. Hygiene is important.

16. Watch it burn.

17. Shout out to New Hampshire: The Granite State.

18. Take. The. Hint.

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Boy I don’t even have a second, forget about a minute

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19. A GIF is worth a thousand words.

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2019: more @nickkroll memes plz

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20. Love is blind.

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This is a joke. Please do not bleach your eyes

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21. Hello, goodbye.

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You had a TINY chance you you BLEW IT

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Trump accidentally owns himself by bragging about his 'approval' rating.

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Nothing says 'America' quite like a mediocre white man bragging about his mediocrity. And nobody does this as well as the president. Yesterday afternoon, Donald Trump tweeted out a 50% approval rating for his presidency, implying that this was proof that he is making America Great Again. He also managed to incorporate the term "witch hunt" in the tweet, which is another one of his very productive hobbies.

This poll is better than usual for him, as most polls have hovered around 40 percent. However, it's still only 50 percent, which isn't very high. That still means half the country does not like you. Of course, people were quick to point this out.

As some tweets pointed out, the poll Trump is referring to here -- Rasmussen -- tends to be biased. They don't call cellphone numbers, only landlines, so their numbers are a bit skewed, and historically they always give a higher rating to Trump than various other sources. You do the math.

In any case, congrats to the president for being able to see the country as half full of people who don't despise him.

20 parents share the hilarious reasons their toddlers recently melted down. The house is shaped wrong.

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Toddlers are truly human beings at their most distilled emotional state. All of us, as adults, have days and times where it feels near impossible to hold in the river of turbulent feelings swirling inside of us at any given moment.

Toddlers, by very nature of their stage in development, literally don't have the ability to emotionally regulate like we do. So, even the most darling of toddlers is bound to leave you needing a nap after an average day of Big Feelings.

When you get a safe distance from the emotional exhaustion of managing a toddler meltdown, naming the actual reasons for them can be both absurd and hilarious.

In a recent Reddit thread, parents shared the most recent reason their toddlers lost their mind, and it's sadly relatable to a lot of us adults.

1. lefroyd's house is shaped incorrectly.

"Our house is too square. He doesn't want to live in this square house. It needs to be a triangle. Triangles are the best shape."

2. TalkingBeard88's kid had complicated feelings about mashed potatoes.

"Didn't want mashed potato for dinner. Threw mashed potato at Dad. Cried because Dad had mashed potato on his face. Ate Dad's mashed potato. Cried because Dad had no mashed potato left. Pooped in the bath."

3. baby-momma-drama's kid just wants pants.

"Cried because his shorts couldn’t be pants."

4. grannygogo apparently didn't expose their grandchild to the right kind of frogs.

"My grandson and I went to the pond to look at frogs. Apparently he wanted “ribbit ” frogs, not “croak” frogs"

5. fearofimpendingdoom's kid really had a field day with a spider.

"I captured a spider so I can set it outside. Cried when he saw it. Cried when I captured it in a glass. Cried when I showed him the spider was okay. Cried when I set the spider outside. Cried that there was no more spider."

6. LilithHell dealt with a child unable to share grandma.

"His grandma is his cousin's grandma too... That was not acceptable for him lol"

7. ok_soda_'s child was crying about crying.

"He was already crying and got more upset because his "tears kept falling off his face and wouldn't stay on"

8. alrod420's daughter NEEDS her band-aids.

"My daughter scraped her knees and even though it's not bleeding anymore, and I tricked her into running to prove it didn't hurt, she can't go on living without band aids on both knees."

9. mndee8's daughter cried because the just wanted to see the cat puke.

"A couple of days ago my three year old daughter cried because I cleaned up some cat puke before she could look at it. It's like, relax kiddo, they'll surely be more cat puke in our future."

10. TraumaGuy40's son wanted to sink.

"He wanted to “swim in the deep end without his floaties” he doesn’t know how to swim?"

11. coffeedripmama's daughter really wanted to play with the puppy.

"Crying because the puppy was sleeping and didnt want to play. That and me not letting her have 5 straws for her chocolate milk."

12. 9600_PONIES's son needs separate foods.

"The rice and the beans in his bowl of beans and rice were touching."

13. turtletastic7's daughter was angry at the cat for refusing ice cream.

"I gave her an ice cream cone and instead of eating it she offered it to the cat. When he wasn’t interested she proceeds to chase him around screaming eat my ice cream."

14. Desperatelyvintage's son has beef with the garbage man.

"He skinned his knees. At Easter. He asks for bandaids where he had knee wounds over a month ago. I went to get the bandaids....”I don’t want any band aids.”

Also, the garbage man stole our trash."

15. SausageOnToast's child has a running list of grievances.

"The tomato sauce in McDonalds tastes funny”

“The pear is too soft”

“I only wanted half a sandwich”

“It’s raining in June and June is supposed to be hot”

“The hoover is too loud”

“The cat is sitting in the wrong place”"

16. Bby217's son just wanted to eat the hotdog he hid.

"A fly landed on his forehead.

Update-Another tantrum. This time because I wouldn’t let him eat yesterday’s hotdog that he stashed in his play BBQ."

17. michonne_impossible deserves a drink.

"My son was hungry so I made him chicken nuggets.

"There's too many!"

"There's 6 nuggets there"

"That's too many! Take it off!"

".... just eat the dang nuggets."

"No!!!!! Too many!!!" starts crying

"Ugh!!! FINE!" takes one nugget off the plate. Puts it on a napkin on the table

kid starts crying harder

"Oh my God! I took the nugget off! What's wrong now?!"

"I want my nugget!!!!" takes nugget back, puts it back on his plate. Eats all of them

dies silently inside"

18. reginageorges_mom got an earful for carrying an extra sippy cup.

"I had stashed an extra sippy in my purse in case we got lunch while we were out. She found it and threw a fit that it was empty so I went out of my way to fill it and when i gave it to her she threw it on the ground"

19. MattHawkeye watched the truth hurt their child.

"He asked me if Spider-Man was Lightning McQueen, and I said no."

20. knc217's blood pressure made a child cry.

"Not a parent, but I work in childcare. We have a toy doctor set, and the kids love to pretend to take my blood pressure—only instead of high or low, they tell me if my blood pressure is hot or cold. Today a girl cried because my blood pressure was too hot."

The Trump administration is 'celebrating' Pride Month by banning the two things they love the most.

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In a shocking twist, a Trump tweet has turned out to be disingenuous.

The president acknowledged that June is Pride Month, and since doing so, has abandoned LGBTQ people all over the world and insulted the two things he claims to love the most: flags and the troops.

Despite sending out a tweet, Trump's bigotry didn't take the month off.

The Trump administration barred American embassies—"beacons of freedom" all around the world—from flying pride flags on flagpoles, because nothing says freedom like banning a celebration of love.

Human Straight Pride Parade Mike Pence defended his decision in an interview with NBC News, saying that the American flag is the only flag in his eyes.

"I'm aware that the State Department indicated that on the flagpole of our American embassies that one flag should fly, and that’s the American flag, and I support that," he said.

The Obama administration believed that embassies don't necessarily need to be monogamous with flags, and told embassies that they could fly rainbow flags during Pride Month, but they had to be smaller than the Stars and Stripes.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo changed the flag protocol last year. The Washington Post reports, "An advisory cable that came out said diplomats are required to obtain top-level approval from the State Department’s Office of Management to fly a rainbow flag."

"The U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia are among those that have requested permission from Trump's State Department to fly the pride flag on their flagpoles and have been denied," diplomats told NBC News.

Pence insisted in his interview that he and Trump are "proud to be able to serve every American; we both feel that way very passionately."

They may feel it, but they certainly don't act on it. In fact, their actions indicate the opposite.

Last week, Trump sat down with Piers Morgan—and that isn't even the grossest part.

The president spit out some nonsense about why he has banned transgender people from serving in the military. The draft-dodging Commander-in-Chief attempted to justify his bigotry by claiming that he banned trans men and women because troops "can't take any drugs."

"They take massive amounts of drugs, they have to. And you’re not allowed to take drugs, you know, in the military you’re not allowed to take any drugs, take an aspirin," he lied.

"They have to, after the operation, they have no choice, they have to. You would actually have to break rules and regulations in order to have that."

Morgan surprisingly made himself useful for once by pointing out that the US military subsidizes Viagra for servicemen, spending a reported $84.2 million on boner pills, which is almost 10 times price of transition-related health care.

Trump insisted that he was unaware of the military's Viagra budget, saying, "It is what it is," and likely making a note to put in an order.

The president was not only contradicted by Morgan, but by an official Pentagon spokesperson.

Per The Washington Post:

The Defense Department itself has now contradicted Trump’s claim that service-members are “not allowed to take any drugs" and that transgender troops can’t serve because of this.

“The Military Health System covers all approved medically necessary treatments and prescription medications,” DOD spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell said. “If a service member has a hormone deficiency for any reason (such as hypogonadism, hypothyroidism, menopause, etc.), he or she would be prescribed hormones.”

Either ban boner pills too or don't be a bigot. Preferably, the latter.

23 Memes Your Boss Isn't Going To Be Happy You Laughed At.

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