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Kim Kardashian dragged for 'white savior complex' over her comments about Jordyn Woods.

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If you haven't been keeping up with the Kardashians, kongrats you highly-evolved human. But if you have, no judgment here. The world is a dumpster fire and sometimes it's fun to get lost in the vapid lives and dense vocal fryyyyyy of this obscenely rich and annoying family.

Sunday was the mid-season finale of KUWTK. Okay, "mid-season finale" sounds to me like the TV version of a "birthday month." How typical. ANYWAYS, the episode is getting a lot of media attention because it documented the aftermath of Khloé Kardashian's breakup with baby daddy Tristan Thompson after reports he had cheated on her with Jordyn Woods, Kylie Jenner's BFF.

The episode was jam-packed with revelations about this mess, including Tristan telling Khloé that Jordyn "sat on his lap" and they got "handsy" and "made out" at a house party.​ Khloé consistently dragged Jordyn throughout the episode, calling her out for "never once apologizing" and claiming that she tried to "downplay" her actions.

Meanwhile their momager, Kris Jenner, did not hold back in her opinions on the matter, dragging both "asshole" Tristan and her "other daughter" Jordyn (doesn't this woman have enough daughters???), saying:

We know Tristan's an asshole who keeps repeating the same behavior. I've always thought of [Jordyn] as another daughter. It's really tough when you go through a major betrayal. It's hard to believe that Jordyn was involved in this, and I'm so disappointed in Tristan. I feel heartbroken for Khloé. She really wanted this relationship with Tristan to work.

It seems Twitter is low-key sick of everyone dragging Jordyn and blaming her for the whole incident.

But the most outrage is focused on Kim, who is being called out for her "white savior complex" over various comments she made about Jordyn Woods during the controversial episode.

Basically, Kim kept suggesting that Jordyn, who comes from an elite Hollywood family, is leaching off the Kardashian/Jenners financially and would be "nothing" without them. Yikes.

In recent years, Jordyn has appeared regularly on Kylie's reality show and collaborated with her on Kylie Cosmetics; they've also lived together. At one point in Sunday's episode, Kim claimed that Khloé had "supported and trusted" Jordyn as well as "employed" her as a model for her clothing line in 2016. But the comment that provoked the most outrage was Kim stating to Kylie that Jordyn "provided for her whole family off of what you've given her." Umm, Jordyn Woods' family is very wealthy, so this is a big nope.

People are dragging Kim for the "cruel" and "demeaning" comments.

Lots of people are calling out Kim for having a "white savior complex" because of her racist suggestion that Jordyn would be nothing without the Kardashians' help.

Jordyn's family is not only well off, but Will Smith is her uncle!

The "white savior" thing is especially hypocritical given that Kim has been making a huge show of her support for prison reform.

Never read a phrase more accurate than describing these people as "talentless mannequins."

Anyway, the Kardashian-Jenners are the absolute worst!!!!!!! And that's why I'll be writing about them until the day I die. *Sips life-sustaining haterade*


Dad brilliantly shuts down viral trend of parents beating their kids' stuffed animals.

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For adults, oftentimes our struggle is figuring out how to eat healthy, in moderation, and stop ourselves from overeating or stress eating. But for young kids, meal time is often less appealing than throwing a bunch of blocks on the ground, watching a cartoon or creating a hierarchy of toy trucks.

So naturally, exhausted parents are eager to share tips and tricks with each other on savvy ways to get their young children to eat food. Sadly, the tactics are sometimes more focused on quick results or manipulation than long-term emotional training.

Recently, parents shared a string of viral videos that showed them beating or torturing their children's stuffed animals as a way to get their kids to eat.

A lot of parents thought the videos were funny and shared their own versions of stuffed animal beatings.

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But some people pointed out the fact that this tactic traumatizes a child into eating, since you are abusing their stuffed friend in front of them.

After feeling fed up with the influx of viral videos showing parents emotionally abusing their kids, the father of two Christopher Duett made an alternative video that shows him using positive enforcement to get his son to eat.

Instead of threatening his son's stuffed penguin with violence, Duett showed his son how much the stuffed animal loves eating, as a means of encouragement.

A lot of fellow parents on Twitter, and people with emotional intelligence in general, found Duett's approach refreshing.

A lot of people are extolling the importance of practicing patience as a parent. While it may be more exhausting to use positive reinforcement over threats of violence or emotional manipulation, the long-term psychological affects are undoubtedly worth it. Traumatizing kids is not okay, regardless of the intention.

Duett told Buzzfeed News he made the video in hopes that it would encourage and influence other parents to use more positive parenting techniques.

"I couldn’t understand why so many people could find such a tactic humorous or acceptable behavior for a parent to engage in towards a young child. The initial videos are problematic because they create the illusion of effectiveness. But what’s going on behind the scenes of that is that a child of that age is laying the foundation for learning empathy and emotional association and they are observing behaviors and will mimic them."

Duett went on to share that he hopes his thread will open up the doors for parents to share viral parenting tips that don't hinge on manipulation and early childhood emotional abuse.

"Parents will undoubtedly watch those videos and try what they’ve seen to have their children comply, but it’s potentially harmful to the child’s emotional development and creates an excuse for parents to engage in counterproductive parenting techniques."

Based on the positive reactions, it appears Duett's video is doing just what he hoped it would. Here's to more viral parenting trends that make the child's long-term emotional well-being a priority.

26 Memes That Will Only Be Funny If You're An Introvert.

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"I don't hate people, I just feel better when they aren't around."
-Charles Bukowski

These memes perfectly nail introvert life. If you're the kind of person who needs alone time to recharge your batteries at the end of a long day, you will relate to these jokes on a deep and personal level.

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'Breaking Bad' stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul break the internet with matching teasers.

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BREAKING Breaking Bad news!

Your favorite student-teacher duo Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul both posted the same cryptic picture of donkeys standing side-by-side, going instantly viral and inspiring fan theories from here to Albuquerque.

SOON? DONKEYS?? DRUG MULES???

It's been over ten years since Breaking Bad premiered and six years since Jesse Pinkman said his last "b*tch" and drove off into the sunset.

Breaking Bad 2 Fast, 2 Furious

Back in February, creator Vince Gilligan confirmed that he was working on a sequel film about Jesse.The Hollywood Reporter revealed in December that the two-hour project "tracks the escape of a kidnapped man and his quest for freedom" and is set in the world of the show—namely, New Mexico.

"The New Mexico Film Office confirmed that a project with the title of Greenbrier is slated to shoot in the region," THR wrote.

So we know that a project exists, and that Paul is likely involved. Does Cranston's tweet mean that he is involved in the movie, even though his character was killed in the finale?

Was he reincarnated as a donkey?

Are these tweets not even about Breaking Bad, but a live-action Shrek?

If it's not the movie, could it be:

A Walter White-inspired tighty-whities line?

An exhibit celebrating Hank's rocks—no, MINERALS!—collection?

A fundraiser to help teachers pay for cancer treatment without having to cook meth?

10 people share the juicy times they witnessed everyone quit their jobs at once.

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Is there anything more satisfying than sticking it to 'the man'? Spoiler alert: there's not. Watching someone who wields unchecked power get taken down by the people they are trying to oppress is a truly *chef's kiss* moment.

A prime example of this kind of moment is when employees decide that they have endured enough abuse at work and all quit at the same time, leaving they sh*tty boss to pick up the pieces all on their own. Gorgeous.

Most of us have at least fantasized about quitting dramatically on the spot, but not all of us have had the pleasure of actually doing it. Lucky for us, reddit exists, and people have gathered there to share their stories. Here are ten of our favorites.

1. This is everything, CaptainJudaism

Canceled all raises and bonuses for everyone except the CEO, his wife (financial and HR), and his son (utterly useless IT) in a year where we have record profits and brought in almost double the clients on top of announcing they aren't looking to hire more people when we were already overwhelmed.

Good part about it was when the majority of us quit they lost almost every single client shortly afterwards to their competitors and the company is now defunct.

2. This one made my day, KorvoKare

They decided after 6 years it was time to do a drug test. Even lost the CEO in that great idea.

3. You love to see it, AbstractPants

Oh fucking boy

I worked at Buffalo Wild Wings for a few years as a line cook. Two different stores, same fucking pay. It was the type of work where you ask for a raise and they scoff and say “yeah, me too.”

Anyways, I had been pretty dead set on quitting sooner or later, our kitchen was very small. Most people ended up closing 4-5 days a week with doubles on the weekends, while still attending school full time as it was a college town.

On SUPER BOWL FUCKING SUNDAY, a useless coworker who ducked out in the bathroom most the shift finally stops showing, and in response the managerial staff delegated closing to my pal J. Dude was a fucking delight to be around, hands down the best coworker ever. J had told them that due to being a full time student, he no longer wanted to be first in last out (4pm-12am, 1am on the weekends). They basically told him to go fuck himself, and that they don’t have any more shifts for him.

Immediately, me and one other cook walked to the office and quit on the spot.

Buffalo wild wings lost 4 cooks on Super Bowl Sunday, leaving them with 7 full time students on the schedule.

It was a managerial shit show.

4. Drops mic, Nevermind04

When I was 16, I worked in the concessions stand at a minor league baseball stadium. Minimum wage at the time was $5.15/hr, this job payed $8, and it was always in the evenings so it was perfect work for a high school student. The only bad thing was our management was TERRIBLE. The main manager would throw toddler tantrums about once a shift over stupid bullshit, like not ordering enough of a specific beer (she did the ordering) or running out of pre-cut lemons for tea.

One night the stadium was running a promotion and it was incredibly busy - easily 2-3x the normal volume of customers. We were all working our asses off handling multiple roles each with absolutely no downtime. Although we all cleaned as we worked, nobody had a chance to do thorough cleaning for the whole shift because of the never-ending horde of hungry baseball fans.

The manager showed up 3-4 hours late per usual and throws the biggest fucking tantrum ever over the unswept floor. Finally, she announces "Listen up you lazy fucks! Minimal work gets minimal pay. Everybody is being paid minimum wage tonight because you slobs won't clean up anything."

Both of our bartenders and the bar back quit on the spot, which caused a chain reaction. We all took off our aprons and hats to leave. She blocked the exit and was red in the face from screaming, so one of the cooks climbed out of one of the big serving windows where we served customers, so I did the same and most of the staff followed. Bear in mind that this all happened in front of like 200+ customers. Of course, my final paycheck "got lost" so I had to file a wage theft complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission.

5. Yossss, apocalypticradish

I did landscape construction. The cheap ass owner kept taking bigger and bigger projects while never hiring more help. We were all overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious as hell. One of our foreman quit and I followed suit a few days later. Two more guys quit the next day. He was down to three guys for the obscene amount of work he wanted to do. Of course everything gets way behind schedule but he's convinced it's not his fault at all. He went out of business less than a year later.

6. Got 'em, miltondelug

I was working for a very large IT company, before the tech bubble burst we had a meeting with our "new director and the VP"

They were tired of people complaining about things that should be changed at the job and how they managed people.

So they sat around 200 of us down in our auditorium, and the director said she didn't want to hear anymore complaints on how she was running things and if we didn't like then there was the door and that there was no way we'd leave such a great job.

Well there was a mass exodus and probably close to 50 people left within 2 months.

She and the VP were "re-orged" and given 0 reports, they were gone after a round of layoffs happened shortly after.

7. Boy, bye, gore_schach

Restructure of the way we're paid. What I used to do involved about 40% client interaction, 20% team/coworker interaction, and 40% paperwork and case coordination stuff. Based on what we do that means only 40% of the time is technically billable, and there are really sticky rules for what is and isn't billable. So, logically, we were being paid on a salary model. Cue management saying we can only make money for the time we have that is actually billable.

1/4th of the department quit. Two of us on the same day.

8. Dang, pandabelle12

Several years ago I worked in a mental health center. We worked primarily with kids. It was time for the center to renew their certification. Instead of keeping up with everything that needed to be done over the course of 5 years, the proper procedures were ignored.

In this couple months before recertification, administration made us sit through a ridiculous amount of training on Things that would have been covered in training such as HIPAA laws and identifying child abuse.

Then came our paperwork. Our center encouraged us to do things that aren’t exactly covered by Medicaid or approved through certification. For example taking kids to the park isn’t allowed, but guess where they instructed us to take these kids so they didn’t disturb the therapists working? I had to go back and edit 5 months worth of documents to get rid of the evidence.

The kicker was that bathrooms were supposed to have a log of when it was cleaned. An administrator perfectly forged the signatures of multiple employees. I don’t think they would have went through that trouble just for a bathroom log. What else were they forging our signatures on?

The potential risk of being charged with Medicaid fraud was too high for me. I quit as did many others.

Editing to ad: I did report them to the authorities. Shockingly they are still in business. I did what I had to to cover my ass.

9. Beat 'em to it, Armyofducks94

Word slipped out that the whole accounting department was being replaced so they all resigned all at once.

10. BOOM, Aloretta_Dethly

They laid off half the company with no warning. This included a gentleman who was less than a year from retirement and had been there for 35+ years.

The company was shocked when half the remaining people abandoned ship shortly thereafter.

20 people dish what their families don't know about them. 'I'm a secret millionaire.'

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Sometimes, telling your family the truth about your life can be the tallest order to fulfill. If you're close to them, the fear of disappointment or having a painful conversation can feel all consuming.

Conversely, if they're toxic or abusive sometimes the best thing you can do for your own life is keep your experiences and values close to the chest, so they can't exploit or manipulate you further.

Regardless of whether your familial relationship is close-knit or fraught with trauma, most of us have a few small secrets the family unit may not be privy to.

In a recent Reddit thread people shared the secrets their families don't know, and they run the full gamut.

1. robstad hasn't broken the news about grandkids.

"That I'm infertile. They are waiting for babies but they won't be coming."

2. aswedishtiger's secret is a life lived well.

"That I'm doing much better than them despite their lifelong doubts and snarky comments."

3. Khaoskabooose feels alienated.

"Not to make this depressing, but they don't really see how lonely I am."

4. PM_ME_YER_TITTAYS carries their trauma solo.

"My sexual abuse isn't known by 97% of my family or so, my Dad has an inkling (and vice versa, I'm positive he was abused by his brother) and my older brother has a habit of getting drunk and trying to get answers out of me about our childhood, his brain seems to have wiped itself clean about it all. Apart from those two, its entirely my own issue."

5. Allwastaken faked a job to get some space.

"I faked an job offer so i can move to another city that is 3000 miles from them."

"Edit: The reason i faked the job offer because i still want to maintain a relationship with my family regardless of how control and oppressive they are. I got an actual interview , did everything but was not chosen. Instead of telling them that, i made fake contracts, letter of offer and show it to them. Since the documents are in English and my parents cant understand, they just ask me questions and things so lying is much easier."

"I just pack my suitcase, live off coach surfing, work at temp job for money and food for a while. Its hard, very tiring and financially unstable at first but now i have a job, peace and much more confidence in voicing my opinions and feelings. I am also slowly mending my relationship with my parents. Soon."

6. TheDorkyDane's family doesn't know about their fan fiction career.

"I have garnered a pretty big following as a fanfic writer, and thus writing fanfic is actual the most successful thing I have accomplished in my life thus far...."

7. DirtySingh has secret money.

"I have a massive savings account"

8. KushKapn1991 saved their own life without their family knowing.

"I used to have a crippling opiate addiction and contemplated ending my life numerous times, but was able to detox and get myself clean cold turkey all without them even knowing I had the problem. I’ve since had a conversation with my dad about it, he thought I had just decided to move away from my home because of a better job, when in reality it was to separate myself from all of my old connects. I actually took a pay cut at the new job."

"Anywho, 2 years later I’m doing better than ever. However, I have stayed out of town for obvious reasons."

9. apwr got suspended without their dad knowing.

"I got suspended from school because I used to skip lessons all the time (weirdest punishment ever). My mum knew and didn’t want to tell my dad as she knew he’d be disappointed so she told me to work hard and get back on track."

"My dad left for work earlier than I went to school and got home after school finished so I would just lie and pretend I was at school all day. I’m nearly 30 now and he still doesn’t know."

10. bazang_'s family doesn't realize how much they really mean to them.

"That i'm badly depressed all of the time. Expect when i visit them, going back home is just so comforting and i know that it's always my home no matter where I am. I seriously dread the day I loose this, it's one of my biggest fears."

11. innavol28 can understand their parents' native language.

"I understand Ukrainian and i know they talk about how i should have been aborted or given away."

12. RaikiaR gets out less than their parents assume.

"I'm a virgin and have never dated.

I'm told I'm attractive and I go partying a lot and spend some other night at male friends houses. My parents always make comments about being responsible and safe when I'm leaving the house because they think I have a date even if I told them my male friends are just friends."

13. ChucoChulo's family doesn't know the true nature of their ex wife.

"They don’t know that I was physically abused by my ex wife when I was married to her. They don’t know I’ve twice tried to kill myself by taking sleeping pills and and alcohol or taking interacting drugs within the last three months."

"I do have people who support me and look out for me. Shit’s just rough, you know?"

14. Sarcastic_Liar truly can't stand their sister.

"I hate my sister. She is a self absorbed, attention seeking cunt. She starts conflict and is proud for standing up for herself. Bitch you wouldn't be in that situation if you didn't start it. She's always the victim. My parents sister and brother walked on egg shells around her just so she wouldn't flip out. I did for the longest time until I got tired of her shit. I was labeled the asshole for setting her off."

15. mister_swenglish has a secret tattoo.

"I have a huge tattoo on my forearm that I've had for the last 10 years. I'm currently getting it removed with laser but I've been using long sleeves whenever I get together with the family. My family is extremely conservative. Fuckin' annoying in the summer."

16. Eskaminagaga has a secret stash of money.

"I've made ~$300k in stocks."

17. Shuttynutty has a memory her family doesn't know about.

"My family used to constantly ask me if I remembered any of my mom's abusive boyfriends doing anything to me. I always told them "no" , because they worked so hard and sacrificed so much to keep me safe from her and her homicidal/pedophile boyfriends when she and my dad had shared custody."

"I never told them that I remember one of my mom's boyfriends shoving my head underwater and my mom nonchalantly calling out for him to stop."

"Edit: Wow, didn't expect this to blow up.

There were many many more things my mother did to harm me and my family, and as far as any of her boyfriends doing anything else to me, I was told I've blocked out a lot of things. All I know if that growing up I had an incredibly strong fear of sexual intimacy, so I fear the worst, but cannot know for sure."

"Thank you all for your kind words, it truly means a lot to me, more than you all will know. I am doing fantastic now, and haven't associated with her for years. I felt like I owed it to myself to protect myself from her destructive and reckless behavior."

18. CarlSpencer is playing a very long game with their family.

"I've kept a diary for the last 23 years including a great deal of detail about them, both good and bad. Some very bad. Bordering on criminal. My sister is the executrix of my will. Should be interesting after I die. [ghostly laughter]"

19. Mrflappywilly got themselves out of the workplace, however necessary.

"That I crashed a car on purpose to get out of work 3 years ago. Being bullied at work and couldn’t face going back. So crashed my car (slowly) into a tree so I could have several months off while I recovered. (Didn’t do it to hurt myself or kill myself)."

"I have severe anxiety, and work made it a thousand times worse.

Yes I know it was stupid and yes I know I could have done a million other things. But I needed a way out instantly."

20. KestrelLowing's family doesn't understand the realities of ADHD.

"They don't know the actual amount of difficulties that I had going through life with undiagnosed ADHD."

"I got diagnosed at 28 after having essentially my 3rd mental breakdown because of the huge amount of pressure and disgust I put on myself for failing to do even the simplest things."

"I told my parents and they were devistated - not because I had ADHD, but because they never knew or suspected. And honestly, looking from the outside, it was impossible to see. I was valedictorian, graduated college magna cum laude, participated in tons of activities, seemed to have friends, etc."

"But I was so broken and only did those things because of deep shame that resulted in an almost suicide attempt that my body saved me from (it's hard to allow yourself to die from exposure - I was hoping to make it look like an accident, but after my body said "nope! Not gonna happen!" I realized I really needed professional help).

I'm doing much better now. But I know my parents wouldn't handle that well."

27 Memes That Will Only Be Funny If You're A Woman.

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“I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”

- Madonna

Yes, bitches! Get ready to laugh at these hilarious memes. You've earned it, ladies.

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Kim Kardashian calls her new shapewear line "Kimono," shrugging off 1200 years of history. Japanese women are not amused.

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Kim Kardashian West has launched a new line of shapewear — it's basically Spanx with a leg cut off here or there. And as usual, her new product is creating controversy. On several levels! You can't say the fam isn't multi-talented at driving us all insane.

Most important, though, are the issues with the product's name: Kimono. It basically takes 1,200 years of rich Japanese history and reduces it to a pun on Kim's name.

In fact, some are arguing that this goes beyond cultural appropriation, and threatens to erase the intended meaning of the word kimono. Actual kimonos are not even close to resembling shapewear, as an expert pointed out to the BBC.

"The [aesthetic] of the kimono is graceful, elegant and gentle. It is not overtly revealing or figure-hugging. It wraps the wearer so they are not exposed," Professor Sheila Cliffe of the Jumonji Women's University told the BBC.

So, yeah. The only thing Kim's shapewear has in common with an actual kimono is that it's worn on the body.

A hashtag — #KimOhNo — was rapidly created and Japanese women are using it to remind the world of the word's true meaning.

Kardashian even secured the domain name kimono.com, which was once a website for actual kimonos.

And the site actually was that in 1998, as screenshots from Wayback Machine show. Since then, it appears to have been dormant.

Many are saying that Kim's use of the word is a huge deal, and it's not just because of politically correctness. In fact, Kim Kardashian is such a big star that her new meaning of the word could supersede the original meaning of it in some people's minds.

Kimonos are not just garments, as the BBC pointed out.

"We wear kimonos to celebrate health, growth of children, engagements, marriages, graduations, at funerals. It's celebratory wear and passed on in families through the generations," Yuka Ohishi told the BBC. "[This] shapewear doesn't even resemble a kimono — she just chose a word that has Kim in it — there's no respect to what the garment actually means in our culture."

Meanwhile, on Instagram, commenters are also pointing out that Kim failed to use plus-size women in her promotional materials. Instead, they're all built similarly to Kim.

And then there's the (flawlessly contoured and CoolSculpted) elephant in the room...

There are also issues with Kardashian calling it "solutionwear," not shapewear. This is irksome to women who maybe don't believe their bodies are a problem requiring a solution.

It also feels oddly similar to Kardashian's recent launch of body makeup, which is great for people who already wanted to wear body makeup, but also might make women more aware of perceived "flaws" in their appearance, as Jameela Jamil pointed out.

Kim has actually responded to accusations of cultural insensitivity before when it comes to her products, like the time she apologized for going all Rachel Dolezal in a makeup ad. Guess we'll see if this particular controversy is one she cares to comment on.


Just 26 Of The Funniest Memes To Start Your Day.

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"We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third."

-Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation

Work sucks, but memes these memes don't. Start your day off with the most important thing, a laugh.

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Eric Trump claims a cocktail bar employee spit in his face. But, was he her type?

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Listen, I don't think we should be throwing drinks on people, spitting people, or assaulting anyone who you don't agree with.

That being said, if I was at the bar where Tomi Lahren got a drink thrown at her, I wouldn't exactly run up immediately to call for help. Is it the most mature way to handle running into someone whose public beliefs morally conflict with your own? Absolutely not. Is it hilarious that a cocktail bar employee at The Aviary lounge in Chicago spit on Eric Trump?

Yup, it's hilarious...

In a statement to Breitbart News, Eric said:

"It was purely a disgusting act by somebody who clearly has emotional problems. For a party that preaches tolerance, this once again demonstrates they have very little civility. When somebody is sick enough to resort to spitting on someone, it just emphasizes a sickness and desperation and the fact that we’re winning."

I think it's pretty convenient when conservatives choose to acknowledge that liberals are the party that preaches tolerance, but we don't have to go there right now. Back to the bar fight!

The Aviary is an upscale lounge is Chicago and the employee reportedly approached Eric, uttered something inaudibly "anti-Trump," and spit right in his face. It's better than spitting in his food? Maybe?

Secret Service agents of course were on top of the incident and the employee was taken into custody which seems a little excessive. If anyone has ever worked in a restaurant you know her punishment from management is much worse than anything the police could do...

Couldn't she have just gone for the old "we reserve the right not to serve you" move? Give him a well liquor and garbage sour mix Long Island Iced Tea regardless of what he ordered?

Eric chose not to press charges, which is pretty cool of him I guess.

It didn't stop the internet from making a bunch of great #Spitgate jokes that address daddy Trump's latest rape allegation.

Way to go, Chicago! Shots for everyone!

Woman's viral thread breaks down what is and isn't okay to say to women different from you.

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Women can be incredibly supportive of each other, historically women have banded together to demand rights, nurse each other's emotional (and physical) wounds, and create a strong culture of emotional intelligence and community.

However, the inverse of this can also be true. In a world that pits women against each other and promotes reductive views of female sexuality, careerism, and morality, it's easy to fall into scarcity mentality and tear each other down.

There are endless ways to be a woman, all of which are valid, but truly the worst way to promote your personal lifestyle is by using it to tear down other women or make generalizations about their worth.

In a now viral thread, the writer Delafro broke down the passive aggressive ways women tear each other down, and positive alternatives to these behaviors.

She started the thread by clarifying that she doesn't care what other women do with their lives, they can be as free or submissive as they like, and it doesn't matter.

Delafro's only issue with women loudly voicing their different lifestyles, is when it takes the shape of slut-shaming or virgin-whore dichotomies.

She went on to lay out the difference between when women talk positively about their preferences, and when they weaponize their lifestyle to put others down.

Delafro also said it's also not okay for liberal women to call conservative women "prudes" or use their differences as an excuse for put-downs.

She closed out the thread by pointing out the toxicity of standing on the backs of other women to feel confident.

Other women on Twitter really appreciate the way Delafro laid out and critiqued the persistent dynamics of internalized misogyny.

At the end of the day, as long as a woman's imperative isn't limiting the rights of other women or dictating their access to resources and safety, her life choices are just that: her own to make.

NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch was fired and the internet is sending thoughts, prayers, and roast jokes.

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While to most people, the public faces of the National Rifle Association are those of the children hiding under their desks while a shooter runs through their school with a semi-automatic weapon, Dana Loesch was technically the organization's spokesperson, until this week.

The National Rifle Association is shutting down one of its propaganda arms, NRA TV, and with it, Loesch herself.

The New York Times reports that after severing ties with their marketing firm, NRATV will stop producing new content and its hosts "will no longer be the public faces of the N.R.A."

Oh no, who's going to tell us that kids getting murdered in school is just the cost of freedom now?

Loesch is most famous for getting owned by Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez and then continuing to whine about the teens on Twitter.

Highlights from her NRATV tenure putting KKK hoods on Thomas the Tank Engine and saying that she hopes the Mueller report is burnt in an "AIDS fire."

The "tragedy dry humping whores" now have the last laugh.

Twitter is sending Loesch their "thoughts and prayers," even though now is NOT the time to be talking about her loss of employment.

The gun lobby should now take a good, hard look at itself...and cease to exist.

Woman's chilling story about being followed highlights why women can be 'cold' and 'standoffish.'

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Women walk a tricky tightrope every single day. We're expected to be "nice" and "polite," yet men will often take advantage of this niceness with sinister intentions. Lily Evans, a cam girl and avid tweeter, shared a chilling personal story on Twitter to illustrate the dangers women face on a regular basis simply by leaving their homes, and the protective mechanisms we often develop as a result. She shared her story, about a man following and accosting her, to highlight why women can be "cold" or "rude" or "standoffish" in public. The story went viral, probably because too many women could relate. And too many men get angry when women are "rude" or "standoffish" to their advances.

The story begins with her walking her dog at night when a man, as men so often do, approached her with seemingly "nice" intentions.

Like so many scary encounters, this one started "innocently enough." Because he had been so "nice" she relented and talked to him even though she didn't want to.

That's a scary question for women as it makes us vulnerable and reveals our whereabouts.

Then things escalated.

And escalated more.

This is a straight-up terrifying scenario that way too many women have experienced.

It gets even worse as she tries to get away but the man is undeterred.

Lily is forced to make changes to her daily routine, all because she no longer feels safe in her own neighborhood.

It's not even the first time she experienced something like this. But the story served as a reminder that she doesn't owe any man anything—even the bare minimum of small talk or a smile. As women, these small gestures can quickly be weaponized against us.

Perpetrators like the man in this story often don't look "scary." They can be charming, attractive, or come across as harmless and kind.

To make things worse, she had a second scary encounter that very same night.

When she got home, shaking in fear, she decided to share her story online to remind people why "just being nice" to a stranger can be extremely dangerous for women.

We have no way of knowing a stranger is creepy until it's too late.

So if you're a man wondering why a woman is "rude" to you in public, she's likely just protecting herself.

And there you have it. Props to Lily for sharing her story as a warning to other women, and an important reminder to men that women don't owe you niceness. It would be great if everyone could be "nice" to everyone all the time. But unfortunately, we live in a world where women may have to be "rude" or at least standoffish just to protect ourselves.

22 people share the cringiest ways they've seen someone show a lack of self-awareness.

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Self-awareness is a learned skill on the path to being a mature adult, but a very necessary one. Some people are naturally more concerned with how others perceive them and have a better grasp on empathy, while other people are out here in this Earth taking selfies at funerals.

If you've ever wondered, "how does this person talking so loudly on their phone not realize they're annoying everyone?" it's probably because they actually can't realize they're annoying everyone. Or, perhaps they think you'll find their phone conversation incredibly entertaining. Either way, they're wrong and need to shut up.

So, when a recent Reddit user asked:

What's the cringiest way you've seen someone demonstrate a lack of self-awareness?

The internet was ready to complain. Open your eyes, everyone! There are other people in this world and they're fed up with your selfishness. When can Amazon start selling self-awareness injections? Is that a "Black Mirror" episode yet?

1. Oh my god, "poptartgloryhole."

Saw some lady at Costco throw a tantrum because the line was long. She kept screaming "but I have a membership!!!". You literally have to have a membership to shop there, the entire line had memberships.

2. WOW, "Carlinfptoentp."

My ex's younger sister was a premed student. Whenever we had family gatherings, she would monopolize the conversations, talking about her knowledge in Chemistry and how she was going to become a surgeon one day. No one else could get a word in edgeways. One day, she brought her new bf to a Christmas party. I guess she wanted to leave a good impression on him. After having talked about herself for more than 1 hour none stop, she suddenly stopped and said, "I hate talking about myself. I'd rather listen to others." She then asked her bf how he was doing in school, only to cut him off and start talking about herself for another hour.

3. Poor Jack, "extra_username."

My ex-best friend thought that every person she met wanted to hear about all of her medical and social ailments. The first time she met my friend Jack, she immediately launched into a soliloquy about her latest surgery, her recovery time, her other issues, her entire medical history, what a deadbeat her baby daddy is, how her first boyfriend beat her up, etc. etc.

Jack didn't say a word, just sat there and nodded. Finally I got her away from him and she was like "omg I'm pretty sure your friend Jack has a thing for me"

Meanwhile, the next time I saw Jack, he was like "please never bring her around ever again"

4. Teens don't mess around, "MemberChewbacca."

I’m a teacher and there’s this one guy I work with who is not a teacher, but sometimes “helps” in our classrooms. Every time he “helps,” without fail, he’ll tell us about some kid he made a great connection with who he feels like he really got through to... only for that kid to complain about how annoying and fake he is the next day.

Teens recognize/respect realness over pretty much anything else.

5. Is it because Ryan is the hot one? "rpfitz2"

I have a friend who is basically a young Michael Scott. Seriously sometimes when watching The Office I cringe not because of what Michael is doing but because it reminds me so much of my friend.

One day our group of friends gets on the topic of what Office character we’re most like. He loudly and immediately declares he thinks he’s most like Ryan.

6. NO, "iamkokonutz."

A woman at my local coffee shop ordered a drink which was served in a paper to-go cup. She proceeded to berate the staff for not offering her a “for here” mug and explained to them how horrible that was for the environment. She then demanded a mug and poured her coffee into the mug and threw away the to-go cup...

7. Please predict the wind, sir. "Superdanowns."

I worked at a ski resort, we had to close down one of the chairlifts because of high winds. One guy asked why we closed the lift, I told him it was because of high winds and that makes it unsafe to keep it open. He then managed to ask me how long the wind would last and when we were opening the lift again... I told him the weather gods said about 20 minutes. He thanked me and left.

8. Banish the stop and block! "BigGuyBlitz."

One of my current favorites is the stop and block the supermarket aisle and have a conversation duo. This tops the block the aisle with the cart while you browse oblivious dolt.

9. But she's the sister, "prpslydistracted."

Knew a sister-of-the-groom (also maid of honor) who pitched a violent fit because the bride was going to wear a tiara for the ceremony, therefore, the sister couldn't. Literally screamed at both families, "I am the sister, for God's sake!"Knew a sister-of-the-groom (also maid of honor) who pitched a violent fit because the bride was going to wear a tiara for the ceremony, therefore, the sister couldn't. Literally screamed at both families, "I am the sister, for God's sake!"

10. Grade A lack of self awareness, "sillystring2222."

Theres this woman at work (about 60 people) who tells everybody everything about her life. She just monologues and when shes done, she just walks away, doesn't reciprocate. People avoid her like crazy.

I've been talked at by her for over a year. I avoid if I can, but shes got me cornered in the bathroom. She talked about how she is a private person, and I'm such a great listener. At the end, asks me what my name is.

It's like dude. You've told me what your gynecologist has said about your cervix and after a year are just asking me my name?

11. ...Was it...Chris...Rock? "MesWantooth."

Was at a party, a guy was publicly putting down his girlfriend, saying loud shit such as "Like you have any friends beside me..." Then he joins my circle of conversation and starts doing Chris Rock bits like they were his original thoughts. I tried to give him an out "Yeah, I heard that one." and he was like "What?" It was as if he had a mental illness or was medicated. Host of the party eventually asked him to leave, told his girl she could stay. She stayed.

12. BIG BUTTS ARE THIGHS ARE EN VOGUE, "justusethatname."

A 47-year old woman I know who has been morbidly obese for most of her adult life, well over 300 pounds now, criticizes her ex-husband's new wife and loves to point out "I don't know what John sees in her, she has a big butt and big thighs." It is mind boggling to hear this so often from her and makes me wonder exactly what she sees when she looks in her mirror.

13. Get them fired, "MrBenSampson."

A toxic coworker loved to say "when I have a problem with someone, I tell them to their face." That's not at all how shit went down.

He talked shit about almost everyone else on the crew, as long as the person he was talking about was not present. He was completely two-faced. If you confront him, he would seem perfectly reasonable, but everyone else will never hear the end of it.

14. We all have a death wish, "SaberInfern0."

I've watched enough Russian dash cams to see plenty of people just waltz out into the street without so much as a glance down the street.

15. YOU'RE THE PROBLEM, "melabean."

When I overheard a girl saying "everyone always gets mad at me for no reason. I don't do anything wrong. This always happens."

16. Aw, man, "catp1zza."

My ex boyfriend used to brag about how he wouldn’t have orgasms because he just wanted whatever chick to get off and how he would get soo many girls off, pretty much every time. Well, in my two and a half years with him, I can count on my hand how many times he would get me off. Smh

17. NOT FOR YOU, "voxetpraetereanihill."

I coordinate a project that myself and several others were visiting. My coworker didn’t work on my project, and had never done so.

One of the reps on site looked straight at me and said “seriously, thank you so much for all you do, it makes our lives so much easier.”

Before I could open my mouth, coworker gushes “awww, you’re welcome.”

18. Some people, "kaffie27."

An irate woman called our pizza store and said the pizza she picked up was a regular crust and not a thin crust. I told her she had placed an online order for a regular crust. So we made exactly what came up on the screen. She said in a high, whiney voice, "But it's not what I WANTED!!! Can't you remake it?" Sigh.

19. There's no time for ice, "Eternalplayer."

I don't know if this counts, but two years ago my family and I were affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. In the few weeks after the storm, of course, we were suffering from the lack of power and water and ice.

We went to a nearby Burger King to not only eat but charge my phone and laptop (three hours just to wait for a spot next to a socket). My grandmother was holding a spot while I was on a very long line for food. At this point, since there was no ice, none of us cared if our drinks were hot or lukewarm, we needed to drink.

There was a lady about ten people up in front and she orders a drink with ice, but of course, there was no ice. She kept demanding ice for her drink, but even a hurricane or lack of power didn't change her mind. So thinking that the others in line would back her up, she yelled to us saying that "there's no ice in the drinks." But pretty much all of us gave out a collective "WE DON'T CARE!" in Spanish and other people laughed at her. She shut up real quick and left.

20. This is how cat-calling happens, "john_the_fetch."

I used to work construction.. There was a guy on our crew who believed every attractive woman who looked our way, drove past us...was within 50 yards of us (etc). Was completely into him.

And how dare anyone think otherwise.

21. Yeesh, "ireallylikebeards."

basically anything Lena Dunham does

22. NO NO NO, "do_ms_america."

Karaoke night in Boston.

Table of older black aunties in the front.

Bespectacled white dude on the stage.

Biggie Smalls - Juicy

He said it, every time.

A primer on which white dude is which at tonight's Democratic debate.

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Tonight is the first night of the first Democratic debate, airing on NBC, MSNBC, and Telemundo. The field is so large that it's a two-night event, demanding both your Wednesday and your Thursday. Half of the candidates will take the stage in Miami tonight, only half of whom are white men!

We got:

  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
  • Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan
  • Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro
  • New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker
  • Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
  • Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke
  • Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
  • Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
  • Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
  • Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney

NBC announced that the highest-polling candidates featured in the middle, leaving a few of the Anderson Cooper lookalikes bookending the interesting people.

Tonight's debate is being referred to as the "undercard" event, because the high-polling B-boys (Bernie and Biden) don't scream on stage until tomorrow. If you're planning on watching tonight to see Elizabeth Warren whip everyone's a**es, here are the names of the pasty dudes you need to know.

Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio

Current job: Mayor of New York City

Distinguishing facial feature: Very large teeth.

2020 vision: He's been too busy with his day job to present any policy proposals, but his multiracial family has been a huge part of his campaigns thus far. His wife, Chirlaine McCray, is one of his top advisors. De Blasio's biggest accomplishment as mayor has been instituting a universal pre-K program and being mocked on the cover of the New York Post just about every day.

Most cringeworthy tweet: Blaz got some "debate prep" from his 21-year-old son Dante, who almost certainly participated in this very real conversation.


Tim Ryan

Current job: Congressman for Ohio's 13th district.

Distinguishing facial feature: Hazel eyes.

2020 vision: He's one of those centrist Democrats who thinks that "identity politics" are divisive, and while climate change is an existential threat, we "can’t green the economy without the power of the free-market system." He preaches a "unity" that involves being "engaged with the business community"—aka not taxing big business and billionaires to institute progressive policies, but is in favor of a Medicare for All single-payer system.

Most cringeworthy tweet: Slide into his DMs.


Beto O'Rourke

Current job: Running for president, but represented Texas's 16th Congressional district and almost unseated Ted Cruz in the Senate.

Distinguishing facial feature: Sharp, pointy nose.

2020 vision: He was the first candidate to release a climate change plan, and his immigration plan is to use executive power to protect not only recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) but their families, too. He supports a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and recently pitched a "war tax" on non-military households to cover healthcare for veterans in future wars. He prefers a public healthcare option to Medicare for All.

Most cringeworthy tweet: His announcement video, which featured his wife sitting silently and smiling, was widely mocked.


Jay Inslee

Current job: Governor of Washington

Distinguishing facial feature: Eye crinkles.

2020 vision: Inslee is running on climate, climate, and also climate, bashing the Democratic National Committee for refusing to host a climate-centric debate. His climate policy includes ending fossil fuel subsidies and transitioning to a 100% clean energy economy. On non-climate issues, he says that a public option "should be a key first step toward delivering universal health care."

Most cringeworthy tweet: Not gonna lie, this is actually pretty charming.


John Delaney

Current job: Presidential candidate, but represented Maryland's 6th District in Congress from 2013 to 2019.

Distinguishing facial feature: Male pattern baldness.

2020 vision: He's the traditional, business-centric one, who recently got attention for picking a fight with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Medicare for All (he does not support Medicare for All). AOC told him to sashay away.

Most cringeworthy tweet: "Please debate me, Congresswoman!!!"


20 people share their tips for building self-confidence. There's even a list of steps.

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Much like Rome, a strong foundation of self-confidence isn't built in a day. For many of us, it takes years of unlearning negative thought patterns in order to secure a strong sense of self.

Even people who have developed healthy coping mechanisms experience dips in self-esteem and need tips and tricks and pick-me-ups. I think it's safe to say that everyone navigating this chaotic world needs a reminder that they're doing a good job every now and then.

To this very point, in a recent Reddit thread, people shared their tips for building confidence and this slice of the internet will leave you feeling wholesome and good, for once!

1. HughManatee swears by a good workout.

"Going to the gym helped me tremendously with my self confidence and depression to the point where I don't take depression meds anymore. Weightlifting in particular has helped me take control of my body and self image."

2. vodovja says people think you're more interesting than you think you are.

"There are enough people in the world who are willing to talk to you in good faith, such that you have the opportunity to build up your confidence in social interactions. It's okay to ask someone a question."

"For me, it clicked years ago in high school when a classmate once told me that I seem to have good things to say and asked me why I don't talk more. I eventually went from being a hopelessly shy person to a person eager for serious conversation. Having said that, encouraging a shy person like this would be a good way for those with more confidence to brighten other people's lives."

3. Willster328 stopped fighting the reality of the present and found greater peace and self-worth.

"Acceptance of who you are in the present.

I had lived my whole life as "I'll be the person someday" and always saw myself as inferior to my future self. In the last year, I finally just said, "I'm not that person in the future, I'm the person I am today."

"And that was in regards to a dozen things. I'd always been self conscious about my physique for instance. And so I'd buy clothing that I'd fit into eventually, and say that who I was today wasn't as fit as I was going to be eventually. And my self confidence suffered from it because I was always demeaning myself that my present self wasn't good enough."

"There was this odd moment of zen where I simply came to say "This is who I am." And that's not to argue I'm not constantly bettering myself. But the moment I accepted who I was, I was able to own up to insecurities and face things I didn't like. And in effect, you become confident in yourself, even if it's not in the ways you'd always strived for."

"EDIT: In regards to the question of this sounding like you've given up:

It's not, and I'll see if I can differentiate it a little bit. So the "antonym" to self-confidence would be insecurity, right? If you're always thinking of yourself as not as good as you could be in something, and you think of yourself as the future person you envision, you're sort of skirting around that insecurity by never accepting yourself for who you are, but instead accepting what you want to be in the future."

"And so by never really accepting yourself as you are, you're giving into these insecurities, which by the definition above, is the opposite of self-confidence. You're not confident in yourself because you're not accepting of yourself. And so by simply coming to that conclusion you will exude more confidence in what you have to offer, rather than what you wish you had to offer."

"You can still endeavor toward those goals, which is why it's not the same as giving up. But there's a much better feeling of acceptance of who you are, which will have trickle down effects to how self-confident you are.

That sound better? Or does it sound like I'm making excuses lol"

4. Snow_Falls has an in-depth analytical process to fight negative thoughts.

"Alternate method to what most people here are saying. It’s all good advice, but I wanted to post from a very self critical individuals view.

Every time you think or say something negative about someone else, pause. Then say ”maybe that person has something going on in their life that’s stressing them out, and it’s unfair to judge”. Elevating other people is a form of elevating yourself."

"Every time you think or say something bad about yourself, even on self-depreciating humor, pause. Then say “that’s not really true, I’m a great person and I’m too critical of myself sometimes”. Elevating yourself helps build confidence, but more importantly it helps mentally reduce your insecurities."

"People are afraid of things they don’t know, and frustrated by things they don’t fully understand; so work to understand your problems better and you’ll know yourself better."

“What if I think I’m a loser?”. Well let’s look at that. You are you, you have x major problems in your life, and y hinderances. With all that weight you’re carrying, how can you call yourself a loser? You’re doing the best you can with what you have, but you’re carrying a lot of weight."

"So what can you do to reduce some of it? Take your minor hinderances, list them out. Break them down into 5 portions, and circle the worst portion of each problem."

"Tonight, take an hour to make progress on those portions, even if that progress is just taking the time to think about them. What are they, what caused them? What do you have now, and what do you need to resolve them? Why?"

"The majority of every problem you’ll face in life can begin to be understood by asking “what do I have, what do I need, and why?”. Then followed up “how do I best achieve my goal?”. But you’ll never know how to go about achieving your goals if you don’t account for what you have, what you need, and why you need it."

"Once you start removing that weight, the world becomes a lighter place. Not every weight is easily removed, and often you’ll realize you need to make sacrifices."

"Just a tip: the realest sacrifice you’ll need to make is the weight that others put on you. If you can understand why and follow through, then everything else is a walk in the park."

5. onesoggyhuman recommends cultivating a new skill.

"Learning a new skill, then getting decently good at it such that people come to you for help. Mine is building/building repair for instance. I'm not a professional but I can think outside the box and that's helpful/impressive to people who can't."

"For me, it isn't other people's opinions that matter nearly as much as the feeling of being useful. Otherwise, just drill into your mind constantly that you are worthy, you are important, you are a perfectly valid human being who deserves to be happy and feel confident."

"If you mean as far as social interaction, I have severe social anxiety and I've totally overcome it. The secret? Force yourself to accept that no one is better than you. They might be more successful, or attractive, or whatever, but they're just a human, and you're just a human. I use that baseline for every single interaction I have."

6. Domaths makes a healthy distinction in their relationships.

"Care about people but not what they think of you."

7. my_liquor-ish_life knows building confidence lies in discomfort.

"Do things that scare you. Could be little, Could be big. Could be standing on a corner giving strangers a high-five or asking out that hottie at the bar."

"When you take steps outside your comfort zone, you teach yourself you can handle a lot more than you thought. It makes it easier to face your fear and do things you want to do, which gives you confidence."

8. BoomVroomBob knows that sometimes "fake it til you make it" works.

"Anecdotal, but I don't feel this helped that much. I'm an introvert and hated talking to people that I'm not close with, but several years back took a teaching job 4 days a week. I could "fake it till you make it", and from an outsider perspective I think I did good, but inside, I never got comfortable even after doing it repeatedly for prolonged time. I never got to the "make it" part. Fast forward half a year later (I got another job), I felt like I didn't change that much in terms of introversion and my comfort at talking to people."

9. iammaxhailme cut their screen time.

"Cut out websites that you use frequently out of sheer boredom, but don't actually make you happy. this applies to 80% of people on twitter and 90% of people on Facebook"

10. bigsbeclayton treats themselves like they would treat a friend.

"Honestly, be kind to yourself. We live in an era of showiness and connectivity with the internet and social media. People now compare themselves to people they don't know on the internet. And everyone is trying g to show how much they are leading their best lives. I could go on about how cancerous this can be but I'll stick to the point. This new age of connectivity brings a lot of information and possibility to ones fingertips but that can be overwhelming."

"It allows us to see what could be and sometimes that makes us upset that we are not. And sometimes we set expectations for ourselves that we either can't or don't meet up with. This type of cycle can create a negative feedback loop where people get hard on themselves for failing or not meeting their goals, which makes them depressed and unmotivated, which causes them to fail again because they have even less drive and motivation, and then rinse and repeat."

"We need to treat ourselves better. If you see a friend or family down on their luck or failing at something, would you offer them encouragement or criticize and mock them and make them feel worse? If people treated themselves like their best of friends, they'd be a lot better off for it."

11. CSFerguson knows becoming excellent at something opens the door for confidence.

"Instead of trying to convince yourself to become confident, go learn to do something. Anything, really. Just pick a skill you've always wanted and start learning about it. Practice it. Invest in it. Confidence is a side-effect of being good at something. Confidence without competence is, really, arrogance and ignorance."

12. Seadrase knows the power of a good outfit.

"A good fashion sense. I’m a guy and I got a few girls that I’m friends with to help me with my style. It helps a lot. I feel much more comfortable and even some girls have been flirting with me more too. Good fashion ups your self confidence by a lot."

13. slunion_20 knows it all starts with confident posture.

"Stand up big and tall, but don’t make it look unnatural. Talk loud and clear to people. Let others and yourself know that you have strength and power."

"I saw this video once where it said that people who make themselves bigger (literally bigger) before situations where they might seem under confident were able to be more confident if that makes sense. I saw it in a public speaking class one time. For example, before an interview or even before talking in front of a group of people, stretch yourself out, get big, don’t be hunched up in a ball. That would translate to you feeling less confident if you were sitting, bent over all nervous."

"I don’t know if that helps, or if it’s what you were asking, but that seems to help me feel confident in a nerve-racking situation."

14. SaintMateo cleans their room to clean their mind.

"Keeping a clean room. I’ve heard the saying that a room is reflective of how cluttered your mind is. I find this to be true and coming home to a clean room makes me feel like my life just a little more on track."

15. michaeleid811 expects failure and takes success as a boost.

"Stop caring when you fail, expect to fail and do it anyways, you will succeed sometimes and then get a confidence boost."

16. shaidyn knows that presentation goes a long way.

"Remember this: Nobody is a mind reader. Literally nobody on the planet knows what's going on in your head or your heart. If you're meeting someone for the first time, the only thing they know about you is what they SEE. And you get to control that."

"One of the easiest ways to build confidence is to groom yourself and dress well. Learn to shave, learn to use makeup, get a haircut that looks good and learn to keep it looking good. Find some clothes that fit in colours that suit you. Watch some youtube videos on posture and make sure you stand up straight, shoulders square, feet apart."

"If someone meets you for the first time and you look like an absolute boss, they have no alternative but to assume you're an absolute boss, and will treat you like an absolute boss."

17. Ep3taxi swears by exercise.

"Personally exercise! Look good, feel good. Helped my confidence shoot through the roof. I started at 18 and I’m 26 still going."

18. HMCetc has found confidence through volunteering.

"Volunteering. I honestly can't recommend volunteering enough! If anyone is able to and has the spare time, do it! It gets you out of the house, you meet a whole range of new people, you get to be involved in the community and make a difference and you can learn new skills."

"Volunteering has helped my a lot! I've gone from being basically terrified to go because I was so anxious at new challenges to becoming a manger. Now I've moved country and I'm volunteering again. It doesn't matter if you're just doing a little bit because the little bit of help all add up."

19. ohwhatsthepoint7 has a list of bullet points.

  1. Exercise

  2. Eat right

  3. Therapy

  4. Affirmations - tell yourself that you believe in yourself and your capabilities several times a day

  5. Practice what you want to get good at. Start small. And build.

  6. Get comfortable at spending time alone.

  7. Travel."

20. GrumpyTigra has been uplifted by music.

"For me personally playing and learning an instrument works perfect. You learn something and if you arw good at something you can record it to let others hear. Its a grat booster for me at least"

Wayfair employees walk out to protest the company selling beds to Trump's detention centers.

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Last week, employees at the online furniture retailer Wayfair discovered the company has sold $200,000 worth of bedding to the government contractor BCFS, the very same contractor responsible for managing the concentration camps at the border.

This discovery caused more than 500 employees to sign a letter of protest urging Wayfair to stop conducting business with BCFS. The letter also urged the company leadership to forge and abide by a code of ethics to prevent future support of concentration camps and similarly corrupt clientele.

The letter read:

"The United States government and its contractors are responsible for the detention and mistreatment of hundreds of thousands of migrants seeking asylum in our country—we want that to end. We also want to be sure that Wayfair has no part in enabling, supporting, or profiting from this practice."

The employees went on to request that Wayfair instead donate the profits of the sale, $86,000, to RAICES, which provides support, legal help and resources for families crossing the border.

"We believe that the current actions of the United States and their contractors at the Southern border do not represent an ethical business partnership Wayfair should choose to be a part of," the letter continued.

The employee letter also revealed that Wayfair previously furnished BCFS with bedding for a camp in Tornillo, Texas, that operated from June 2018-January 2019, and one point held 3,000 migrant children at one time.

The protested upcoming sale would furnish a camp in Carrizo Springs, Texas, which is slated to house as many as 1,600 migrant teenagers who crossed the border to find safety from violence and unrest at home.

Shortly after receiving the letter from their employees, the Wayfair leadership responded with their own letter, which in practice refused to stop conducting business with BCFS:

"No matter how strongly any one of us feels about an issue, it is important to keep in mind that not all employees or customers agree,” the response said. “Your fellow employees hold a wide range of opinions and perspectives and Wayfair, as a mass-market brand, is oriented to serve a broad and diverse customer base."

Now, in response to their employers' refusal to shift policy, employees are walking out in a physical protest.

At the time of writing this, just one hour after the walkout started, employees have been flooding out of the Boston headquarters into Copley Square, with many supporters protesting the company alongside them.

Workers from other companies and other cities have also walked out and posted in solidarity with Wayfair employees.

The employees organizing the walkout noted that Wayfair's response included a $100,000 donation to the Red Cross, which appears charitable, but is not the same as donating to RAICES and halting business that supports concentration camps.

The gathering in Copley Square has been growing, just as coverage of it has, many are waiting with baited breath to see if this demonstration will change the minds of Wayfair leadership.

In a political climate where it is all too easy to feel helpless to change things, the Wayfair employees are showing palpable ways to check the current administration.

At the time of writing this, the crowd is enormous and swelling by the moment, a true testament to the disgust many Americans hold for Trump's bevy of concentration camps.

This post will be updated if and when there is crucial information to add.

21 Memes That Will Only Be Funny If Your Zodiac Sign Is Cancer.

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Attention Cancers and the people who love them, this meme list totally nails what it's like having a birthday between June 22 to July 22. Take a break from your latest existential crisis to laugh at these hilarious zodiac memes.

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13 people share the insider info they've learned at their jobs. You can get free wine at Olive Garden.

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As someone who once worked as a housekeeper at a fancy hotel, I can tell you a lot of dirty secrets that the hotel industry would rather I keep to myself (your sheets aren't washed, just turned inside out). In fact, pretty much every job I've ever worked -- and I've worked a lot of jobs -- has given me a peak behind the curtain that reveals a mound of icky secrets. Inside knowledge often isn't cute.

But I always wonder about the secrets I'm not privy to from the industries I've never been a part of. Well, I don't have to wonder anymore, as someone (VincentMetzger) on reddit asked people to share what secrets their jobs keep from the public. Here are some of my favorites!

1. Good to know, SuperbPlankton

About a quarter of all the gonorrhea we find is in the throat. And a new study suggests transmission from“deep kissing.”

Not necessarily a secret but it’s challenging to get other providers to do testing for all sites at risk.

Just a reminder, whenever you go for your routine STD testing, make sure every orifice that’s touched a pink part gets swabbed!

2. Huge if true, roguealpha96

Olive Garden Server: You can get 3 free wine samples every time you go.

3. Classic, CragHagVO

We claim to be a leader on the technology front..... but we are literally running off of excel macros with random codes that no one knows how to understand/correct without causing the entire company to crash.

4. Ugh, CattBooty

I work at a major chemical plant up river from a major city. If it came out how old, run down, and poorly maintained literally all of the equipment that we use to make sure that hundreds of millions of gallons of contaminated water don’t leak or straight up spill into the river, the EPA would shut every plant on the river down.

However, the EPA is aware of how inefficient and poorly disposed all our waste products are. The plant I work for has a yearly budget dedicated to paying fines.

5. Ew, JSPark13258

The chicken bites aren't cooked to order.

The fries look darker today not because they're "extra crispy," but because the shift manager was too lazy to change the oil (which should be changed every 5 hours).

The house sauce is just mayo, ketchup, paprika, and pickle brine.

The sticky patch outside the bathroom might be pee.

6. I knew it, Stinktiere

Your child’s school report is probably word for word the same as half of their class. There’s only so many ways you can say ‘works hard but needs to focus on accuracy’

7. Helpful infromation, Aelle1209

Worked in a library for two years. We don't make diddly squat from your book or DVD fines; they're designed to be a deterrent more than anything else, and under the right circumstances we're very amenable to just making them go away. If you had a tough week and couldn't make it to the library to return your books? We can work something out. Laughing about being too lazy to bring them back/forgetting you had them entirely? Yeah, those fines aren't going anywhere.

That being said, libraries don't like to penalize people who can't pay their fines. If your kid has so many fines that the computer locks him out so he can't do his homework, we're usually more than happy to help you get logged on for the day.

8. Busted, brachunok

Lots of professors are winging their lectures and showing up to office hours really does help your chances of a good grade.

9. The scandal! CapnL19

The icecream machine isn't broken it just needs cleaning which takes a long time. BK worker here :)

10. You hate to see it, smilingonion

I used to work for a pesticide company spraying flies on farms

Some of the poisons we used were so strong that one pint added to a 500 gallon tank of water and sprayed could knock flies right out of the air immediately and was just as toxic to birds

In fact we were told if we ever accidentally spilled a bottle of the stuff on the ground we should contact the EPA to clean the mess rather than try to do it ourselves

Ironically by Fall the flies had developed such a resistance to the poison that the only way it would kill them was if you drowned them in it...still would kill birds though

One last thing... it was an organic pesticide that could be absorbed through any unprotected skin of the human body

I worked there just one year because of this

11. I'll remember this one, Ainari

Receptionist: calling to reschedule you due to "schedule constraints" or because the doctor is suddenly traveling usually just means they decided to take the day off on a whim and now we need to clear off the schedule.

12. Tell me more, Thirdcoastgirlll

I'm a nanny, so there are so many secrets kept from me so they aren't leaked to the public.

For instance, on my second day of a new job, I worked for a nice, high profile family. I picked them up from their prestigious preschool and the oldest (5 year old) said, "Daddy has a big bump on his penis that he had to get poked at the doctor"

I had to look ole Daddy-O, aka my BOSS, in the eyes that evening knowing he had a pimple-penis.

Not serious matters that would drive the country into mass hysteria, just ya know, stuff like how much beer the parents drink, the fighting, and oh the details regarding genitalia.

Gotta love kids. They relay so much TMI its not even funny.

13. Damn, BlitzBurn_

The average programmer and IT guy is just better at googling things than you are

Adam Scott called out Mitch McConnell for using a GIF of him. Now they're feuding.

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Looking for another reason to fall deeply and hopelessly in love with comedian and actor Adam Scott? If yes, then boy ohh boy do we have some good news for you.

Our story begins, unfortunately, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. A couple days ago, the official Twitter account for Mitch McConnell (@Team_Mitch) tweeted out an article from The Hill about how President Trump plans to fill the Supreme Court vacancy before the 2020 election. The tweet was accompanied by a GIF of Adam Scott winking, from a scene in the beloved sitcomParks & Recreations.

Glad to see that Mitch has hired a young & hip intern who knows what a GIF is to run his Twitter account.

Eventually, Adam Scott himself caught wind of the fact that his face was being used on Mitch McConnell's social media, and he was not into it. He replied to the tweet by saying:

Dear Mitch McConnell & all those representing him, Please refrain from using my image in support of anything but your own stunning & humiliating defeat. Thanks! Adam

Short, sweet, to the point, and somehow still so savage. You love to see it.

But things didn't stop there. Whoever was running Mitch McConnell's account at the moment attempted to fire back at Adam Scott by *checks notes* posting an image of a fake newspaper clipping about the character Scott played on Parks and Rec?

For those of you who have never seen Parks and Rec, the fake newspaper clip in this tweet is from an episode where we learn that Adam Scott's character was once named the youngest mayor of his town, and he ran it into the ground by building a winter sports stadium called Ice Town, which ultimately bankrupted the town. It's a hilarious bit, but the point here is that it is fictional, so using it as a dig at the real Adam Scott makes no sense.

But have no fear, because Adam Scott at least knew how to play the game, and clapped back with a photo of Mitch McConnell in front of a confederate flag. Yikes.

And the crowd goes wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner:

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