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Guy asks if he's an a*shole for hitting on a guy who sexually harassed his girlfriend.

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A phrase hit the internet a few years back that perfectly sums up the homophobia expressed by a lot of straight men. The phrase itself is "Homophobia: The Fear That Gay Men Will Treat You The Way You Treat Women."

The phrase itself pretty much says it all: homophobic men often fear they'll be harassed by gay men in the same way women are leered at by men on the street. Unsurprisingly, many of the same men who act confused about the "gray areas" around sexual harassment and consent quickly grasp the concept when another man is harassing them.

Because of this, sometimes the best way to get a man to leave a woman alone is to give him a heaping dose of his own creepy medicine.

In a recent post on the subreddit Am I The Asshole, a man wrote about how his girlfriend was getting harassed by a man in her class. Since his girlfriend didn't want him to make a scene (for fear of blowback), OP decided to give the other dude a taste of his own medicine.

"AITA for hitting on a guy who was making my girlfriend uncomfortable"

OP started the post by sharing that his girlfriend is in her first year of getting her PhD, in a class of mostly men.

One of the guys in her department has made OP's girlfriend feel uncomfortable with sexual comments on multiple occasions, but since she's new and he's almost done, she hasn't wanted to make a scene.

"My girlfriend invited me out to meet up with some other members from her department. Her department is almost all men. I've met a few of them, but hadn't met everyone that was coming out. I knew that one guy in the department hung around with everyone else (small department so everyone hangs out together) but he made my girlfriend really uncomfortable with making sexual comments about her and getting a little too close for her comfort, but she didn't want to make a scene about it because she just finished her first year and he's almost done with his PhD and is a big deal in the department."

The other night OP was invited to hang out with his girlfriend and her fellow PhD department members, and when he arrived the creepy classmate had taken the seat save for OP and was obviously trying to touch his girlfriend.

"I was a little late getting over there, but when I got there, I could tell immediately which guy it was. I later found out that my girlfriend had been saving me a seat, but he had taken it and refused to move. He had his arm on the back of her chair and had his body turned towards her and was touching her knee with his other hand. My girlfriend was leaning so far away from him that she was basically in the seat of the guy on her other side. Everyone looked uncomfortable except for this one guy."

Since OP knew his girlfriend didn't want him to cause a scene with a straight-up confrontation, he went the creative route and plopped himself next to the creepy classmate and proceeded to graze the man's knee and back.

Essentially, OP was just mirroring the creepy classmate's behavior towards his girlfriend.

"I knew she wouldn't want me to make a scene and call him out, again because of blowback on her. I sat down on his other side and introduced myself. He kept making comments and touching my girlfriend's leg while I was sitting right there, and at one point he turned his back to me and totally boxed me out. My girlfriend kept taking his hand off her knee and he kept putting it back. So I decided to start mirroring his actions. I put my arm around him and started rubbing his shoulder and whispering to him. He pushed my hand away and I put it right back. It took about 30 seconds for him to jump up and yell "IM NOT GAY" and then he stormed out of the bar."

It only took a few moments of this before the creepy classmate jumped up and yelled "I'm not gay" before stomping out of the bar in anger.

"The other guys in the department laughed about it and spent some time talking about how creepy he was, but my girlfriend later told me that she thinks I took it a bit too far and she could've just kept putting up with it. Am I an asshole for being creepy to this guy who was touching my girlfriend?"

This of course pointed out the creepy classmate's hypocrisy, and highlighted the inappropriate nature of his body language towards OP's girlfriend.

The rest of the department members thought OP's tactic was funny, and they agreed on the creepiness of the classmate, but OP's girlfriend felt it went too far.

As any modern man would, OP opted to bring the situation to the internet for their opinions on how he handled the situation.

Jorojr thinks OP was in the right, and that the school department is horrible at handling harassment.

"NTA. The fact that everyone in the damn department has elected to look the other way is quite appalling actually."

hircc believes everyone is an asshole except OP and his girlfriend.

"Yeah, this post is an example for all the people that downplay sexism in the workplace. I praise every woman that survives this stuff and makes it in science in academia."

MrProspero called out the hypocrisy of academia in this scenario, and thought OP's handling was both effective and respectful to his girlfriend.

"This is what academia is like. Loud feminist values when they're criticizing common folk who don't have PhDs, but they utterly refuse to clean out their own sexist garbage. This is why people in the middle of the country don't take their "pro-woman" stance seriously. Same thing goes for racism, to be honest."

"NTA. I enjoyed your solution very much. You were respectful to your girlfriends wish not to make waves, and instead let the creep make a fool of himself. Her department should be standing up for her, but since they're not, I think what you did was the most civilized approach."

tim5700 has used OP's same tactic many times.

"No. I go to trade shows with young, female co-workers. Dudes tend to get a little handsy, etc. We have a "equal hugging policy." Every guy that insists on hugging one of the girls, I hug that guy. For just a little bit too long."

PsychoKuros hit the nail of the issue on the head.

"NTA

Looks like he doesn't like being treated the way he treats women."

YoonLolina thought OP was in the right, but also defended the girlfriend for not feeling able to stand up for herself in this context.

"NTA and amen to this comment.

The best way to deal with these type of men is for people to treat them exactly how they treat women. I would have paid to see you do it."

"Still, I can see how your girlfriend would feel uncomfortable about it. Don’t make her feel guilty for not causing a scene, because honestly: it was the guy that made the scene, not you or her."

"But talk to her about what happened and why. It wasn’t you being jealous, it was you standing up to her. A good heartfelt talk about what happened would help the both of you."

Oburcuk pointed out the fact that creepy men KNOW what consent is when they're the ones being harassed.

"Yeah it’s funny how men suddenly understand what consent is when they’re on the receiving end of unwanted advances"


20 people share the stupidest things they ever spent tons of money on. Don't get married.

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Money is hard. Take it from someone who has at least thirty plants but no food in my pantry, and twenty-two pairs of jeans but "can't afford the doctor's appointment co-pay." On the bright side, my avocado plant should be producing fruit in the year 2035!!!! Apparently I'm not the only schmuck out there who's really bad with money. Because someone recently asked Reddit, "What stupid thing did you spend tons of money on?" Before you judge, you've probably spent/wasted your money on at least half these things. Hold on to your credit cards!

1) Encyclopedias.

Via MagicCoffeeBeanSpaz:

Encyclopedias. The lady was just so convincing and my husband swore I’d use them for my classroom. Maybe used them once in a year. Bye $500

Edit: I bought them last summer. I grew up using encyclopedias but I bought a set of Ask Me’s last summer from a girl from Europe 😂

2) A cowbell.

Via OldSpiceSmellsNice:

I spent $400 on a cowbell signed by Will Ferrell. To be fair it doubled as a donation to charity. Still, regret.

3) Leggings.

Via Marzzbar18:

Lularoe.....fuck that company

4) Dippin' dots.

Via fewer16:

2 gallons of dippin’ dots for $100. For about 5 people.

5) A bong.

Via ReportoDownvoto:

I bought an AUD$450 bong, then stopped smoking weed

6) Disney.

Via Real_Space_Captain:

Everything Disney I bought when I use to work for Disney World.

They know what they are doing, they really do get you there.

Like I clearly don't need a lightsaber, talking Yoda, or large Mickey Mouse plush. But yet I have them. And I have to explain to everyone who visits my apartment.

7) College.

Via mikethebest1:

Textbooks that the prof never used despite being "required"

8) Sims.

Via WinterF19:

Sims expansion packs

10) Interest.

Via yakshack:

Interest.

When I was young and stupid I bought a car I couldn't afford. Put bills on credit cards when I lived beyond my means because I grew up poor and was never taught how to budget properly.

5 years ago I paid that car off, still drive it to this day and plan on driving it until it dies on me. Consolidated my CC's into a low interest loan with automatic payments. 28 more months and I'll be debt free. It took me far too long to understand how to budget and use my money properly.

11) Bubbles.

Via crillmyself:

I spent $200 at Disneyland.

On a bubble shooting gun. And about $180 on bubbles.

12) World of Warcraft.

Via GreekNord:

World of Warcraft.

Was legit addicted to it for a long time.

completely ignored and dropped out of my first year of college in favor of working part time and playing WoW for about 10-12 hours per day.

Finally broke the habit after about 6 total years of playing.

Now, 7 years after quitting, I still feel the urge to go back to it sometimes.

shit is crazy addicting.

and no.. i didn't really enjoy it and don't consider it worth it.

I'm a completionist. At a certain point it became "work" and not really "play" anymore.

It still occasionally bugs me that there are achievements/mounts that I never got.

the need to try and get everything was what kept me playing.

13) Peace and quiet, and beanie babies.

Via lewdite:

I spent $350 on a box that makes my amplifier less loud.

Edit: also fucking beanie babies holy shit

14) Longer hair.

Via truisluv:

$1500 hair extensions I hate myself for doing that.

15) Disappointment.

Via manisyam:

Went to a different city to meet a girl I met on internet booked flight tickets and hotels on advance for 3 days, she didn't turn up.

This is one of the biggest regrets of my life.

16) Food cooked by someone else.

Via sunnysaguaro:

Going out to eat. I always budget like $400 for food a month, and it actually ends up being like $900 because of how much o eat out.

17) Snoop Dogg concert :(

Via MF_Mood:

A Snoop Dogg concert. Snoop was so fucked up on something that he didn't sing a single word. Someone stood behind a podium with a Macbook and played old Snoop songs over the PA. Snooped hobbled around on stage and threw joints from a bag at the same people in the front row over and over again. Every now and then he would wobble over to the mic and yeah something like a hype man like "YAH" "HUH" "That's right" etc.

Still feel betrayed to this day and get irrationally upset when the Reddit hivemind praises Snoop Dogg on a daily basis.

18) Bathbombs.

Via ItsDamia:

Bathbombs. It's literally money down the drain.

19) Marriage.

Via mathteachofthefuture:

My marriage... 15k wedding, 60k in debt. $341 for the divorce...

20) Skincare.

Via Johnisthegreat27:

EXPENSIVE SKIN CARE PRODUCTS. Like what the hell I am still ugly as fvck! Lol

Lol. Same.

Anyway, TGIF! Now get out there and THROW SOME MONEY IN THE TRASH!!!!

Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of assault. The details are damning and I want to die.

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A sixteenth woman has come forward and accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault. In this case, it is rape.

Iconic advice columnist E. Jean Carroll is on the cover of New York Magazine, in a piece detailing her interactions with "hideous men," many of them abusive, and one of them, the president.

"Do I attract hideous men? Possibly. But I’ve also encountered many creeps, villains, dickwads,and chumps simply because I’ve been around a long time," Carroll explained. "I was mostly single, free of encumbrances, and working in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, when a woman could scarcely walk down the street without getting hit on or take a job without being underpaid."

The world she describes sadly does not sound much different from the one we're currently living in.

Exhibit A: Donald Trump is president, and that same Donald Trump allegedly once shoved Carroll into a department store changing room.

Carroll doesn't mention his name, but she does mention the names of the other 15 women who have made similar claims, and cites the White House's official denials.

"I run the risk of making him more popular by revealing what he did," she mentions, heartbreakingly.

Carroll had a TV show in the mid-nineties called Ask E. Jean, and Trump recognized her on her way into Bergdorf Goodman's:

Early one evening, as I am about to go out Bergdorf’s revolving door on 58th Street, and one of New York’s most famous men comes in the revolving door, or it could have been a regular door at that time, I can’t recall, and he says: “Hey, you’re that advice lady!”

And I say to No. 20 on the Most Hideous Men of My Life List: “Hey, you’re that real-estate tycoon!”

She was "surprised at how good-looking he [was]," and places the encounter in "the fall of 1995 or the spring of 1996 because he’s garbed in a faultless topcoat and I’m wearing my black wool Donna Karan coatdress and high heels but not a coat."

Trump said, "come advise me, I gotta buy a present," as they headed into the department store.

Carroll describes their back-and-forth in great detail, as Trump was working to pick out a gift and Carroll advised, "no woman would wear a dead animal on her head!"

He asked her how old she was, and when she revealed that she was 52, Trump said, "You're so old!" He was in his fifties at the time as well.

They stumbled into the lingerie section, and Trump insisted she try on a bodysuit that "goes with her eyes." She tossed him a bodysuit as well, challenging him to do the same, thinking it would be hilarious. It wasn't.

What she describes is rape.

This is rape:

The moment the dressing-room door is closed, he lunges at me, pushes me against the wall, hitting my head quite badly, and puts his mouth against my lips. I am so shocked I shove him back and start laughing again. He seizes both my arms and pushes me up against the wall a second time, and, as I become aware of how large he is, he holds me against the wall with his shoulder and jams his hand under my coat dress and pulls down my tights.

She continues:

I am astonished by what I’m about to write: I keep laughing. The next moment, still wearing correct business attire, shirt, tie, suit jacket, overcoat, he opens the overcoat, unzips his pants, and, forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I’m not certain — inside me. It turns into a colossal struggle. I am wearing a pair of sturdy black patent-leather four-inch Barneys high heels, which puts my height around six-one, and I try to stomp his foot. I try to push him off with my one free hand — for some reason, I keep holding my purse with the other — and I finally get a knee up high enough to push him out and off and I turn, open the door, and run out of the dressing room.

She told two friends at the time, who confirmed her account. One told her to go to the police. The other said, "tell no one. Forget it! He has 200 lawyers. He’ll bury you."

Read Carroll's whole piece, an excerpt from her upcoming book, What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal, over at New York Magazine.

22 Memes That Will Only Be Funny If You've Been Traumatized By The Self-Checkout Cameras at Target.

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Raise your hand if you've ever been personally victimized by the self-checkout cameras at the Target. Those evil devices make even the most fashionable shopper look like a swamp monster. If you're totally scarred for life by your own image like I am, you'll laugh out loud at these hilariously relatable memes.

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21 everyday people share the extraordinarily scary situations they've survived.

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No one gets out of living in this chaotic world without a few scary and terrifying stories, but some people truly take the trophy when it comes to close calls and horror movie level situations.

In a recent Reddit thread, people shared the scariest things that ever happened to them, and each of these situations could easily be a central plot point for an Oscar winning movie.

Read these at your own risk, since most of them are pure nightmare fuel.

1. HopefulHyena ran into an attempted murderer, TWICE.

"In my old job, I used to cycle home from work along the country backroads just before midnight. There were no streetlights along those roads and I hated cycling on the main road because I was anxious about being in the way of traffic. I had an LED light that was fixed to the front of my bike, though. Anyway, I was on my way back home from work one night, and after turning a corner, my light shone on someone who was sitting with their legs crossed in the middle of the road."

"The guy was just sitting there in complete silence and darkness by himself. I pulled on the brakes and stopped in front of him and asked if he was alright. He just looked at me and said that he trying to get to a location that was approximately 20 miles or so from where we currently were. I told him that, and he said that he knew and that he was waiting for someone else. Then he got up and walked off into one of the nearby fields without saying anything."

"I had another encounter with this same person a week later in the exact same spot. It honestly gave me the freaking creeps... especially when he said that he'd found who he was looking for. Turns out the guy was waiting for a specific car to drive that way. The owner of said car was someone he loved (but was with someone else), and he was planning to kidnap her. I found this out when I saw his face in one of the local newspapers not long after this incident. He'd been arrested for sexual assault and attempted murder."

2. 314159265358979326 briefly lost their memory.

"Probably the aftermath of a grand mal/tonic-clonic seizure in which I fractured a vertebra. I woke up on the ground with two strangers over me while I was in the worst pain I had ever experienced and I didn't know where I was or who these people were (turned out to be EMTs) or why I was in too much pain to move. They kept asking really simple questions and I just didn't know the answers which freaked me out more. It was May and they asked what month it was. I thought really hard and didn't know and I looked outside and thought it looked like August and gave that as my guess. They asked where I was. I didn't know that either; it turned out to be my living room."

"My girlfriend was also right there, having called the ambulance. They asked me my girlfriend's name. I said I didn't have a girlfriend. This was a very different form of negative emotion, I feel so guilty about that even though there was nothing I could have done about it. I also feel guilty about having had a seizure in front of her because it scared the shit out of her."

3. _iNerd_ thought they were going to lose their wife to a missile.

"My wife was stationed in Hawaii when they had the false incoming missile warning. I was not. She called me and we basically said our goodbyes. Then she lost phone service. I thought that was it. She called me back only a few seconds later, but it seemed like an eternity."

4. SilverWingsofMorning lost their foot.

"I once had my foot cut off in a car accident. The doctor reattached it. Lots of nerve damage. I fall down occasionally. Most of the time I don't. I worry that at some point in my life it will be amputated. I fear the concept of ruining my body."

5. Havosian literally found a noose in the woods.

"One day me and a friend were playing in the woods. We spent a good 3-4 hours there because it was sunny and a day before Christmas Eve."

"I realized I forgot something there the next day. It’s now Christmas Eve, and it snowed a whole inch over night. As I’m walking to the spot where we were. I noticed that someone set up (in a previously trashed area that someone probably camped in) 5 expensive foldable chairs in a semi circle with a ladder and a noose in the middle."

"I bolted out of there because if someone is crazy enough to set that up in the middle of the night when it’s snowing on Christmas Eve, then they might have still been there waiting for someone"

6. eternalrefuge86 knows a meth induced psychosis is no joke.

"Amphetamine induced psychosis. I spent a period of time addicted to crystal meth, and the psychosis one goes through after having not slept for days at a time is scary."

"You see “shadow people.” You believe everyone is out to get you. Every conversation out of your earshot is about you. Your delusions become very real. At one point I though there were leprechauns that were out to kill me. I saw the leprechauns. I heard them whispering and plotting against me. It’s insane. I’m so glad that’s in the past!"

7. illyay heard a man's blood curdling car crash screams.

"Hearing a car crash right outside my apartment.

Afterwards hearing blood curdling screams of pain from the guy that was injured."

8. BraveCombination almost witnessed a murder.

"When I was a kid I woke up in the middle of the morning hearing a loud argument between two guys in the street. My windows were turned to where they were so I opened it just a little so I could watch what was happening (after all, kids are curious), right after I open it, I hear my mother coming to get me from behind saying "stop watching it!!", and then as soon as she grabbed me I heard a gunshot, and a scream I'll probably never forget."

"It was weird, at the time I kinda didnt understand what had just happened, but she was so afraid for me because the guys arguing were literally in front of my house, and she said that in that moment all that she was doing was praying that he wouldnt enter our house after we became witnesses to the crime."

"That shit was too real. All the people gathering outside to watch and make sure someone called an ambulance."

9. sweet_saying_ was afraid a car was going to crash into their dining room.

"When I was in 6th grade a car came crashing into our backyard. The thing about our yard was it was sloped meaning the road was a bit higher than where our house was, maybe 10 feet higher. I remember screaming thinking that the car was going to crash into the dining room, but it got stuck on a tree thankfully."

10. alliemacc27 received a nightmare "prank" call.

"I got a call from a unsolicited number. I answered and it was a guy saying he was going to come to my dorm room and kill me. He then went into graphic detail about how he would do it, he went on about it for like 5 minutes before i finally hung up."

"He then called again, and i didn’t answer but he left a voicemail. I called the police, and it was a person out in Vegas. They said it was a prank... So many questions still. How did they know my name? How did they know i was in a dorm? I was super on edge for the remainder of that semester."

11. RadioJared got a notification when the man who robbed them was released from jail.

"I was 21 working the overnight shift at a 24 hour pharmacy when a guy ran in with a ski mask and gun and robbed the store. He made me get on the ground and took my coworker to all the registers and empty them in to bag, then ran out and jumped into a getaway car and drove off. Still had to finish my shift after that, too."

"He and his accomplices were arrested a couple weeks later and he did six years in prison for armed robbery. I got a notification in the mail from the state when he was released. Gee, thanks."

12. speech-geek was saved by the beagles.

"When I was in high school about ten years ago I was home alone while my mom went to pick up my brother and before my mom left she told me to bring the dogs in. Now we had two beagles: one that was friendly but barked loud and an older one that we had gotten from the shelter was extremely protective and was not afraid to show his teeth. I ignored her and left them outside for a bit."

"I was in the back part of the house and was on the computer when I heard a noise. I walked to our front room and saw a young guy near the front door who knocked. I stood slightly out of sight and saw him walk near our window and then back to the door and knocked again but also tried the door."

"Immediately, my blood went cold and I rushed to the back door and quietly yelled for the dogs to come in. They ran in and I herded them to the front room and I heard the mailbox slot open. Right away my older beagle got on the defensive and growled the “I’m gonna fucking bite you” growl while the other one barked. I got my phone and called my mom and begged her to come back home which she did with my brother. They looked around and saw no other signs of entry. I triple check every door now and even though those two dogs have passed away, I keep our current dog near me when home alone."

13. PD_120 almost drowned with their family.

"Got caught in a riptide 200 yards of shore with all of my family, including my at the time 6 year old little sister. We all made it out fine except my dad. He was so exhausted from carrying my sister that he was barely able to stay afloat, they had to send a rescue crew to get him. We all made it out alive, thank God"

14. Punconscious got bitten by a poisonous snake.

"I was bitten by a King Brown on a remote mine site. Full envenomation > hospital > antivenin etc.

The side effects from the antivenin were worse than the snake bite."

"Upon discharge from the hospital, they gave me an A4 sheet of paper with about 30 known side effects including death and paralysis. (About 6% of humans are allergic to horses and they derive the venom from them)."

"I ended up with chronic joint and muscle pains for 3 months, I went temporarily blind for about 45-50mins and I couldn’t sleep longer than four hours due to the impacts to my lymphatic system."

15. ringo24601's sister tried to murder them.

"Growing up I had a bad relationship with my 3 older sisters, but particularly the one closest in age to me. There isn't one moment in particular but a series of them."

"When my parents would go off on dates there were too many times where my sister ended up chasing me with a knife and she wasn't just playing around. She meant real harm. We would spend 15 minutes on opposite sides of the table running around it, trying to prevent my sister getting close enough to stab me ,all the while trying to get to the phone so I could call my parents."

"Then try to get to the bathroom because it was the only room with a lock on the door. She would then sometimes threaten to come into my room and kill me in my sleep. I would pile laundry baskets and dishes near my door when I went to bed at night so the noise would wake me if she tried to get in."

"My sister would get in trouble sometimes but usually it was chalked up to normal sibling rivalry. And I was gaslighted by my parents into thinking it WAS normal."

16. brodellthe6th burned their legs with hot metal.

"I pour steel in a foundry I’ve had a mold blow up on my legs causing 3rd degree burns down my legs. Still dealing with aftercare now about it."

17. warpedkawaii was almost murdered as a child.

"I've actually never told this story before but when I was about seven I was lured into a shed by a person who had in the past sexually assaulted me. I guess they were afraid I was going to tell so they tied my long shirt sleeves behind my back and slowly covered my nose and mouth with duct tape and left me laying there. It was like falling down a long tunnel."

"I had left my mouth open slightly so I started pushing with my tongue to break the seal around my mouth as I worked my hands free. I managed to get out and I was so scared I never told anyone. it's honestly the only time I remember fearing for my life."

18. modernphilanthropy's coworker was a murderer.

"Watching the news and seeing an old coworker on the evening news. He had been convicted of murder by bludgeoning and realizing he used to work with me on early shifts to "keep me safe""

19. Seated_Heats risked losing their wife and baby on the same day.

"Sitting in a hospital room with my pregnant wife who was five weeks away from her due date and a nurse came in to tell her she had HELLP Syndrome. I’m the corner of the room I Google it like an idiot and read that 25% of the time the mother, the child, or both don’t survive the pregnancy and the only cure is immediate delivery. It only took like 30 minutes, but the pacing and waiting was fucking terrifying. A 75% chance of things going well never felt so slim."

20. thisisfelix_ built a guillotine for their own tongue.

"Since about a year and a half ago, I've been treated for schizophrenia. I don't have a lot of hallucinations besides some voices as I'm going to sleep, and my delusions weren't paranoid delusions, but more grandiose and religious. Anyway, I was treated after I designed and built a miniature guillotine out of 3D printed parts and a box cutter blade and used it to cut my tongue off. I actually only managed to cut it about half off, so they reattached it and I can speak and eat fine now."


"But it took me months to plan this and build the device, and every morning as I woke up and I struggled to pull my dreams apart from reality, I had to realize over and over again that the horror hidden in my desk a few feet away was not a dream, but something very real that was going to hurt me very bad. Every morning that my mom came to wake me up, I hoped she would somehow see it and help me. But I couldn't get my thoughts together until I was awake, and when I was awake it wouldn't scare me anymore. So I never cried for help."

21. mynameismegnotegg almost got kidnapped by a rapist.

"When I was 15, I was walking alone down a busy road in my suburb to the local coffee shop. I had shoulder surgery two weeks earlier and was still in rough shape in my sling, but wanted to get out of the house. A jeep with a large "Fox Racing" windshield decal drove by and the middle-aged man driving it waved excitedly at me. I didn't know him and shrugged it off. About thirty seconds later, he had turned around and very quickly pulled up to the side of the road right in front of me, blocking my way to walk forward."

"He started screaming at me to get in the car. I got a very vivid, clear look at his face. He got out and lunged towards me, but I dodged him and ran behind his car. I knew that if he caught me I was really in trouble because I only had one working arm, and the guy was pretty big. I tried waiving down passing drivers who saw me, but no one stopped. I kept running and he eventually stopped chasing me and got back into his car. I told the police what happened, but they didn't seem to really look into it much beyond taking my report."

"A few years later, I was looking through my area's sex offender map, and found that son of a bitch. He had been arrested very soon after my incident for raping a fourteen-year-old girl. By that time, it was too late to do anything about it, and I have since moved several states away. He has been released from prison, and I know exactly where he lives."

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26 Random Memes To Make You Laugh This Friday.

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Yay, it's finally Friday. Treat yourself by laughing at these wacky, random, and silly memes. Why? Because no one should be serious on a Friday.

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Whether your laugh is a snort, a chuckle, or a cackle, these memes will get you there. This collection is utterly absurd and exactly what everyone needs to see to lighten up this weekend.

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'Rage Yoga' involves anger and swearing, and if you hate yoga you'll f*ing love this.

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Most yoga is calming, and involves reducing stress through breathing and poses. It's defined as, "a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practiced for health and relaxation."

Rage Yoga is the opposite. It involves getting stress out through cursing, screaming, and aggressively posing.

You can watch a video of it here.

Madison Hudson describes it as, “A lot of people say that they were really intimidated before trying yoga. I think Rage Yoga could help some people take the seriousness out of yoga and get on the mat,” as reported on Health.

All yoga is hot yoga when you're in the class.

We can get behind this.


This woman said 'being LGBT' keeps you out of heaven and got dragged to hell.

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It's 2019 and many sects of Christianity have evolved their views on sexual orientation and/or women's rights. Affirming churches nationwide welcome queer-identifying congregants and elect women to leadership positions. Religious doctrine, scripture, and a personal relationship with your higher power are distinct from institutional rhetoric and policy - which is why God can love everyone and some of his strictest adherents refuse to. Prolific tweeter @KHodgess is one of those adherents.

This week she raised Twitter's hackles by issuing a decree - okay, by tweeting to over 5,000 followers - that Christianity is incompatible with a range of behaviors. Perhaps most significantly, one of those 'behaviors' is not being heterosexual.

I checked 7 out of 7 boxes. Guess I'm not going to Heaven. What was your score?!

Truly, as an atheist I'm bemused by the whole thing. I can't imagine policing other people's thoughts or behavior like this, maybe because I'm rarely interested in other people. Twitter's response was more engaged. To date, Kristen's malediction has garnered over three thousand responses.

It's not the first time Kristen's been vocal about her militantly 'Christian' beliefs.

She was taken to task for fundamentally misunderstanding trans identity.

Oh, Kristen. Might be time to read that 'word' you speak of and learn something!

14 people share what happened at weddings where the couple was obviously doomed.

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I'll admit it: I'm a romantic at heart. I don't believe in soulmates because I have critical thinking skills, but I *do* love the concept of building a life with someone special. But as with many things that sound good in theory, monogamous romantic love is more complicated in practice. When a couple that's clearly incompatible or not ready for lifelong commitment gets married, a divorce often follows. But what were those weddings like? Did guests witness anything that made the relationship's demise seem inevitable?

That's the question Redditor Fridayrules posed yesterday - and the responses came in droves. There's some downright juicy stuff in here. Why did these couples get hitched in the first place?! I just don't understand it. While I ruminate on social conditioning and power dynamics, enjoy reading these selections.

1. Iwanttheknife

Well, it wasn't so much only the wedding (though I was best man at it), it was obvious the whole relationship was doomed when I learned this:

(Important to note, the groom was a hardcore stoner)

  1. She demanded before they got married that he quit smoking weed -- she was strenuously anti-drug.

  2. He had no intention of doing so, but was convinced he could hide it from her (so starting out with a lie, and one that was bound to be found out)

  3. He was horrible at hiding it when he was stoned.

They were divorced 9 months later after she caught him smoking in his car in the driveway. So stupid, the whole thing. Why people get into these relationships I have no idea.

2. In_My_Own_Image

I was at a wedding as a videographer. Bride was really happy and everything but the groom seemed disinterested and bored. Film the ceremony and everything and we need some shots of the guests mingling. My buddy says he hasn't got any footage of the groom and asks if I've seen him. I say no but offer to walk around and look.

I eventually find the groom way down by the lake sitting on a bench and chatting with one of the bridesmaids. They don't notice me, but I see them share a kiss. Mentioned it to my buddy who just shrugged and said we were there to film the wedding so it's not our concern.

3. TroopersSon

I ended up going to a wedding last year where I didn't really know the couple, but based on the wedding day it seemed pretty obvious they weren't going to last.

The bride was a school friend with my Mrs and was absolutely obsessed with getting married apparently. To the point she took a year off work to "plan" the wedding whilst living with her future in-laws who were paying for the wedding.

The MIL's face during the whole ceremony was a picture. She looked like she was going to angry cry, and this didn't really stop during the reception.

His side of the family refused to do any speeches during the reception, and her side of the family's speeches pretty much consisted of jokingly saying good luck to the groom because he's going to need it.

The funniest bit of the wedding for me was when they played Shaggy's 'It Wasn't Me' as their second song. I mean, good song, but it doesn't exactly seem wedding appropriate.

Anyway, soon after the wedding the bride started some drama with my Mrs so I don't know the full story, but I do know the couple were split up and planning a divorce within 8 months of the wedding.

$40k and a year of lost wages down the drain for a quite frankly terrible wedding and a quick divorce.

4. khalamar

Instead of saying "I do", he said "Eh... I guess..."

It didn't last two years.

5. YonderIPonder

They stayed together, but they HATE each other.

A friend from long ago called me up to be a groomsman. I was his friend back when we were in elementary school and hadn't thought about him in years, but okay. I get there and my friend has changed dramatically and for the worse. Or maybe it was that he hadn't changed. He was still that elementary school kid, only bitter. I figure I'll enjoy the party, see some old pals, and get through it. This isn't my trainwreck to stop.

The first time I saw my pal interact with his soon-to-be wife I knew there was gonna be problems. They swore at each other, in front of everyone, at their arranged parties. Not like "you're so fucking hot" and stuff, but "you're a fucking dumb bitch" kind of stuff.

I admit, I went to the wedding just to see what would happen.

They have 2 kids, they hate each other, and I have no idea why they stay with each other. Maybe they just both like being angry all the time?

6. picksandchooses

My friend's. 12 people literally sat at a table at the reception and formed a pool for how long it would last. Shortest guess was 1 month, longest was 2 years. I had 15 months.

The divorce was announced at 2 years, 1 month later. We decided all bets were off.

7. dramboxf

I've told this story before on Reddit, but:

Had a friend, oh...what? Jesus, 30 years ago, get married to his longtime girlfriend. I was never sure why they were together. She was urbane, sophisticated, read a lot, well-educated, etc. He was essentially a farm hand. Totally a nice guy, I'm not putting either one of them down, just...I didn't get what they saw in each other, or why they'd marry.

Anyway, she kept telling him, several times in my presence, that if he shoved the cake in her face at the reception it would not go over well for him. He said he wouldn't, promised several times he wouldn't. etc.

His friends, however, the friends from back home caught wind of this and just started berating him with the "gotta show her who is boss" and making whip-cracking sounds around him.

I was at the reception. Sure enough, cake time comes and he shoves it in her face. She calls him a name, storms out of the reception and had it annulled.

8. thethowawayduck

The bride ugly cried the entire reception until her , the groom and her mom got into a yelling fight about it. They both made it clear the only reason they got married was because she was pregnant with their second child. The best man (of a different race, it’s relevant...) seemed very jumpy the entire time...fast forward to 6 months later, and the baby is clearly biracial. Less than a year after the wedding, bride & groom are divorced and she’s with the best man. Edit to add: I feel like I should add that the groom was not unhappy to get a divorce. General consensus was he was probably as guilty as she was, she just had the misfortune that her infidelity was a lot more obvious.

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My sister and her husband. They met each other our junior year of high school and she moved in with him half way through our senior year. I never liked him and did not hide that fact. I especially didn't like him after he hit on me while they were dating. Didn't hide that fact either, but my sister brushed me off.

Before he popped the question, she found out he'd been texting other girls. He promised he'd change.

The wedding was a train wreck, honestly. It was a small affair in our back yard, with her aunt officiating. The aunt started crying midway through the ceremony.

My step mother read a poem about them she wrote halfway through the ceremony (she always wants to be the center of attention), the grooms drunken father (who had been barred from the wedding) came stumbling in at some point during the vows to search for alcohol, and I saw the groom grab one of the brides maid's asses. I didn't point that out to my deliriously happy step-sister. I should have.

A year later it turned out the groom had been sexting my step mom.

My sister somehow forgave both of them. She has low self esteem.

They got caught again a year after that.

At that point my dad had divorced my step mother, so I have been distant from this whole shebang. But my sister (who I do still talk to) finally divorced that scum bag.

Divorce for everyone! Let's pull an Oprah.

10. Queenofwands78

Went to a wedding where the groom accidently spilled champagne on the brides dress. Now she's probably not the only bridezilla out there who would go apeshit. But this turned nasty in a matter of seconds. It started with her being irrate over the dress, to blaming him for everything wrong with the wedding (which no one noticed), issues with his family followed and to top it all off she questioned his mental health (he'd had problems in the past). All this while screaming at the top of her lungs in front off about 150 people. Poor guy never stood a chance

11. Back2Bach

The couple came to see me by appointment to choose wedding music for their ceremony.

There, in the church choir loft, they got into a heated argument over each piece of music under consideration. From the wedding processional to the recessional, there was zero agreement or willingness to compromise with each other.

To try to bring some harmony, I suggested that the bride choose the organ processional and the groom select the recessional, even though they strongly disagreed with each other - same with other music for the occasion. That worked for the moment.

In less than 6 months, the pastor informed me that the couple was back to see him for counseling, with divorce under consideration.

12. RarelySmart

Got invited to a wedding of an ex girlfriend. There was one of those cheesy dollar dance things where bride and groom shake down the crowd for more money. Fine, I suck it up and dance with the ex for a fiver.

During the dance, she whispers "This should have been you". Freakout time. I left very quickly after that.

Needless to say, they didn't last.

13. stubept

My sister-in-law's first wedding. Never really liked the groom from the first time I met him. After a year or so, he proposed. They started planning their wedding that was to take place in a year. But then, on whim, they get married in a civil ceremony with plans to still have the big ceremony later in the year. A few months after the civil ceremony, the groom goes in for heart surgery (bad valve he's had since he was born). The big ceremony finally comes except every major aspect of it has been stripped away. Less than a year into the marriage, my sister-in-law brings me a credit card bill and asks me if she knows what this $600 charge her husband has on it. A little internet research and I find that he's tipping cam girls. They're officially divorced about a year after that.

In retrospect, it became obvious what had happened. My sister-in-law was grifted for a new heart valve. He didn't have the insurance at his job to cover the surgery, so he convinced her to marry him - earlier that expected - to get on her insurance, get the heart surgery, and then split.

Ready for a twist?

14. Expensive_Homework

My best mate and his girlfriend. They were from polar opposite sides of the world with the bride some 10,000 miles from home. They were both located in a country that was not where they were born, they did not speak the language and they both were under immense strain. The Bride had other issues too that I won't share but that exacerbated the situation

The wedding was a small and simple affair - a registry office and a pub lunch, followed by a few beers by just very close family and a couple of friends. I was taking photographs.

The bride's mood was annoyed at best describe it - her new husband would put his arm around her and she would push him away. She stated to me she just did not want to be there. More than once she just stared at me in total despair. As a result he looked despondent at times and almost heartbroken.I didn't think they would see the year out.

15 years later they are still very much together, very much a team and happy. They worked it all out, they learned from each other and they stuck to it. And for me, I couldn't be happier for them

Tom Hanks gave Tom Holland acting lessons on television and taught us all something.

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Acting: what is there to it? You just have to look hot on camera, memorize lines, and say them with conviction, right? Is acting even REALLY a job? C'mon.

I kid. As someone who looks bored and hungover on camera, I can personally attest that acting is challenging - and definitely work. Tom Hanks debunked the above misconceptions on 'The Graham Norton Show', where he appeared alongside Tom Holland, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jake Gyllenhaal. Part of that debunking included him giving Tom Holland an impromptu acting lesson, in which they demonstrated a 'repetitions' exercise Hanks would do as a beginner.

Though the 'Spider Man' star is at first caught off guard - Hanks initiates the exercise without warning - he then leans in, to hilarious results. A mini-masterclass from Tom Hanks on a British talk show? I thought I'd seen everything, but this is really something else.

Twitter low-key lost its mind over Tom and Tom's spontaneous 'Inside The Actors Studio' moment.

There you have it, folks: Tom Hanks educating the public on dramatic arts and sharpening Tom Holland's acting skills at the same time. What a mensch.

Kim Kardashian is using her grandmother to sell body makeup, and we're kind of sold.

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Did you even know body makeup was a thing? We all know about using fake tan. If you haven't used it, you've at least seen one of your friends turn orange and had to politely ask if they'd been on a beach vacation.

But in a recent Instagram post Chrissy Teigen spread the message that she uses makeup on her legs.

She wrote, "When I was young, makeup was just for the face."

If there's a new beauty trend that can be capitalized on, you know a Kardashian is going to get in on it (don't they have enough money already?!?).

This time it's Kim Kardashian hawking her line of body makeup, and on Instagram she brought her son North West to her 84 year old grandmas and tested out the makeup.

We're the first to call out this family when they're getting into politics, or selling themselves through cultural appropriation, or really just getting into politics when they need to stick to their scripted reality show.

Kim Kardashian/Instagram

But we have to admit, the transformation is pretty impressive, and although there's nothing wrong with looking your age, and showing your natural beauty, there's also nothing wrong with trying to hide your aging if that's your bag. Now we'll probably buy some other brand because we're not giving that family our money, but we also won't judge you if you do.

26 Memes The Lord Isn't Going To Be Happy You Laughed At.

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"In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind."
— Nora Ephron

If chuckling at these sexy memes is wrong, I don't want to be right. Your preacher may judge you for laughing at these naughty memes, but we sure won't.

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A Norwegian island is trying to get rid of time. Finally a place where we won't be late to work.

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The island of Sommarøy is "an old fishing village in the western part of Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located about 36 kilometres west of the city of Tromsø and is a popular tourist destination due to its white sand beaches and scenery," according to Wikipedia.

Sommarøy has 350 residents and because of its proximity to the Arctic Circle there are 60 days with no light and 60 days with no darkness. On a bridge from the mainland to the island, people leave watches and timepieces as a symbol of the timelessness.

“All over the world, people are characterized by stress and depression,” said Kjell Ove Hveding, the leader of the campaign. “In many cases this can be linked to the feeling of being trapped by the clock. We will be a time-free zone where everyone can live their lives to the fullest … Our goal is to provide full flexibility, 24/7. If you want to cut the lawn at 4am, then you can do it.”

The idea hasn't been approved, but if it means no more seasonal depression and we're never late for another appointment, sign us up.

In the meantime, the place looks pretty amazing.

13 tweets from people who are refusing to remain quiet about E. Jean Carroll's accusation against Trump.

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Just last Friday, an article written by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll was published in New York Magazine. The piece detailed various occasions in which men showed Carroll how 'hideous' they could be. Most notably, the last encounter Carroll described was between her and Donald Trump, when he raped her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman.

The piece is -- of course -- incredibly upsetting. But it's also unsurprising. Trump has been caught on tape bragging about assaulting women, after all. And what its additionally both upsetting, unsurprising, and wholly disappointing, is the fact that this story hasn't received that much press, especially considering the severity of these allegations.

It seems as though this will become yet another allegation of sexual assault against the president that won't be taken seriously. That is -- as the kids say -- trash. So, despite this garbage, we are going to celebrate the people who are talking about this story. Here are some of our favorite tweets from people who are refusing to remain quiet about the fact that the president is an alleged rapist.

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A Trump official claimed that migrant children don't need soap, toothbrushes, and beds. Um, no.

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A video of government lawyer Sarah Fabian attempting to argue that migrant children being held in detention centers concentration camps do not need toothbrushes, soap, or beds in order for their conditions to be "safe and sanitary."

Fabian was in court arguing that the current conditions --without these basic necessities -- should be considered safe and sanitary. Due to a settlement in 1997, detention facilities are required to be 'safe and sanitary.' So, this lawyer from the DOJ did her best to make the argument that not giving children access to basic hygiene is somehow not going against these rules. Spoiler alert: it did not go well for her.

U.S. Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon responded to Fabian with the pointed question:

"But you're really going to stand up and tell us that being able to sleep isn't a question of safe and sanitary conditions?"

The other judges expressed the same skepticism and disapproval of Fabian's arguments.

Watch the full video here:

Once the video began circulating on line, thanks to the Now This Twitter account, people were enraged.

And people made sure not to let her off the hook for "doing her job." (Heads up -- that argument echos the "just following orders" claims that Nazis made!)

People online were also able to confirm that Sarah Fabian is the same lawyer who delayed a court date to deal with reuniting migrant children with their families because she had to dog sit.

Seems pretty clear where she stands in terms of caring about the human lives of these children.

In case you'd like to tell her how you feel, here is her information:

Louis CK just did another surprise performance. One comic points out why his fans are exactly like the "SJWs" they claim to hate.

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#Metoo poster-boy Louis CK's comeback attempt is continuing to roll full steam ahead: he reportedly got a standing ovation as soon as he took the stage at Skankfest comedy festival in Queens last weekend.

But as many are pointing out, one standing ovation in a basement full of sexually frustrated tristate area neckbeards does not a successful comeback make.

You might remember that before he was exposed as a perv, CK was hailed as a sort of 21st century dudebro dick comedy Jesus. But then he got caught asking multiple much younger and less powerful female comics to watch him jerk it after work. (And also Sarah Silverman.) He also didn't stop his manager from threatening to blackball his victims, and they experienced major career backlash. After he got caught, he semi-apologized and said he was going to take a long time out.

But he apparently got bored and now he's back: CK has made a new non-consensual habit of popping up at comedy clubs. At these recent appearances, he's been known to spit-ball about topics like Asian men not having dicks, and how annoying the Parkland kids are. Also, what's the deal with transgenders? This is his new material, if by "new" you mean "also frequently tried by the scariest dude at the open mic."

He popped by the Skankfest comedy festival at New York City's The Creek and The Cave comedy club this past weekend to perform. Skankfest is a product of the Legion of Skanks podcast which, despite the "Mean Girls" reference, is sadly not a Tina Fey fan project.

When he hit the stage, Louis CK enjoyed a hero's welcome from a room full of people who apparently don't find exposing oneself to younger female colleagues to be that big of a deal.

Here's a photo of him onstage.

Despite the warm welcome he enjoyed at the show, much of Twitter saw the whole thing as a joke. Some couldn't resist but poke fun at the event's "Skankfest" name.

And its unfortunate aesthetic and branding.

Oh, and its apparent incel/Proud Boy clientele.

Meanwhile, some comics are urging the community to keep the Skankfest standing O in context: compared to CK's past career, a bunch of bros screaming in a basement is quite the downgrade.

And yes, J.O. jokes were made.

Two of the women who were victims of CK, comedy duo Dana and Julia, also weighed in to remind us of the grossness that happened to them.

Meanwhile, comic Sara Schaefer expertly pointed out that those who stick up for Louis CK are guilty of everything they claim to hate.

Her thread continues:

There’s this constant message that the “SJW’s” rely on outrage for income/attention but whenever I see someone booking a CK or alt right person I’m like, so wait who is relying on outrage for their career? They literally advertise it as “ooooo the snowflakes are gonna be SO MAD!”

When you book an abuser or bigot or hate group leader on your show or podcast, all it says to me is that you’re desperate

They try to pass it off as some noble deed in the name of comedy or free speech or whatever. But the moment you listen to them really discuss their views on the state of comedy, all I hear is deep insecurity and jealousy, a panic that they won’t make it big because of Nanette.

Finally, she pointed out a universal truth about shitty male comics and comedy fans everywhere:

They. Are. Still. SO. Mad. About. Nanette. I can’t stop laughing

Schaefer's former podcast and talk show cohost Nikki Glaser also weighed in.

Schaefer's full thread is below.

"Racist" man telling black kids to stop playing on their own lawn gets shouted down by neighbor.

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Another day, another viral video on Twitter. But wait, this one is actually someone standing up for people. In the video you can see a man in a florescent yellow shirt, now known as Highlighter Man, walking up and down yelling at another man who had apparently just told some kids (mostly black) to get off the lawn, literally (not his lawn, the entire apartment complex's lawn).

This "racist" man was trying to stop kids from playing outside his apartment and Highlighter Man came by to stand up for the kids.

You can see the video here.

In the video you can hear him saying, "all you'all keep on playing. I know everyone single one of you'all live here."

A bystander went to the office to talk to the apartment manager and see what was going on. In this video a woman says the "kids are getting out of control," playing loudly and throwing things at the balcony.

The manager claims the kids were retaliating for being called racist slurs, which the woman denies. She also says she's in the process of evicting people.

In an interview with the man who stood up for the kids, he says that he saw the whole thing, and that two adults were playing Frisbee and that the Frisbee accidentally hit the man's window. He also said he's being evicted now for standing up for the kids.

And finally, an unmarked security guard apparently showed up with handcuffs and a pistol to threaten the kids.

Another person chimed in and said the security guard was fake.

Anyway, it's a little hard to unpack the entire story, but we're based in New York. If the loudest thing outside our apartment was kids playing it would be a quiet day.

Lizzo's BET Awards performance is what we need to start the week off right.

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If you haven't been listening to LIzzo, it's time. Last night she absolutely killed it, getting a standing ovation from everyone, including Rihanna, when she performed her song "Truth Hurts."

There's really nothing we need to write here, just enjoy Lizzo on the BET Awards.

Here's the original "Truth Hurts" video.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXVMHu5xDH1oOfUGvaLyjGg

Our personal favorite, "I Love You."

And here earlier hits, "Water Me" and "Good As Hell."

Now that we think of it, every Monday should be Lizzo Monday.

Ryan Reynolds left a review for his own gin company and it's mildly terrifying.

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Ryan Reynolds is nothing if not an enormous ham. If he was a food, he would undoubtedly be a glazed honey ham with googly eyes that mysteriously knows how to jest at the dinner table, like a modern version of the talking ham sandwich.

At the end of the day, who among us can blame Reynolds for harnessing his status as an actor and public figure to troll Hugh Jackman on twitter and roast Blake Lively on her birthday?!

Many of us use our smaller platforms to tease our loved ones, so if we could blast them with a larger audience it would be a dream come true for us (and a nightmare for them).

Anyone who regularly follows Reynolds on social media is likely aware of a few facts: he is not afraid to roast himself, and he owns a gin company called Aviation Gin.

In a recent tweet, Reynolds married his love of Aviation Gin with his love of a self-roast, and in manifested in a fictional review of his gin company.

The review, which he made abundantly clear was a joke written by himself, took readers on a journey through self-discovery, disorientation, and alcoholism.

"I just tried Aviation Gin for the first time. Normally, I don't gravitate towards celebrity brands, but I'd read Gin was one of the highest rated ever. I loved it and hated it. What?! Let me explain..."

The review started off by praising the flavor and high-ratings associated with Aviation Gin.

"As soon as I tried the Gin I knew right away, it was amazing. It wasn't Juniper forward, which for me is what makes this particular Gin so special. It was the smoothest Gin I'd ever tried and went down really easy."

But then it quickly descended into a vivid description of drunkenness.

"What did I hate about it? I wish they'd provided some kind of warning about how much you're supposed to have. I had a lot...and after awhile I felt really great. Eventually, that bubbly and illusory sense of well-being turned into a bit of a blur."

The review ended with Reynolds' alter-ego describing a horrific hangover and fling with a mysterious woman named Linda.

"When I woke up the next day, I mentioned to my wife Linda that last night must have been a REAL blowout because I slept in my clothes. Even my shoes! I also noticed it was really hard to look out the window at the Seattle skyline. Partly because of the bright sun (I've always been sensitive to light) but also because I don't live in Seattle. I live in Coral Gables, Florida. Also, it's important to note, until that morning, I'd never met anyone named Linda."

His followers were deeply amused by Reynolds' self-promotion ala creative writing exercise.

In fact, some people are ready for this review to be made into a movie, or a live action commercial in the very least.

Sometimes, the best way to get the word out about your gin company is through an alter-ego named Champ Nightengale.

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