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'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' cast had a glorious reunion with just one notable absence.

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The cast of TheFresh Prince of Bel-Airreunited on Carlton's Instagram on Monday, and if you're not pining for the original Aunt Viv, the only one missing is the late Uncle Phil. James Avery, the actor who played that stern father figure with a heart of gold, passed away in 2013.

From left to right, that's Ashley, Carlton, Hilary, Will, the second (and best) Aunt Vivian, and Geoffrey. In the real world, they're known as Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, Will Smith, Daphne Maxwell Reid, and Joseph Marcell.

For comparison, here's a promo shot from the glory days (and no, I don't remember the episodes with that child).

On this day in 1996, the final episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air aired.

Posted by The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air on Friday, May 20, 2016

Don't get too excited, because Alfonso Ribeiro already explained why there will never be an onscreen reunion:

"Since the passing of my favorite dad in the world, ever on TV, James Avery...the chances of a Fresh Prince coming back together will not happen. I don't think we feel as a cast that we would do even our fans justice," he told E! in 2014.

"We all felt like he was the centerpiece or the nucleus of that show. Without him, it just doesn't work. So even if the whole cast comes to support me on the show, we're not looking for that to happen. And that's OK."

By the way, here's a really old quote from the original Aunt Viv about Will Smith: "There will never be a reunion... as I will never do anything with an asshole like Will Smith." Oh, Aunt Viv. You've already been replaced!


This dumb recipe for 'Hand Salad' sent Twitter spiraling into madness.

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Twitter spiraled into madness on Monday night after Bon Appétit tweeted out a recipe for something called "hand salad."

It appears that "hand salad" is a fancier name for lettuce leaves dipped in dressing. Twitter users had a lot of feelings about it.

Some had fun giving fancy names to other foods.

Some saw hand salad as an excuse to get lazy while prepping for dinner parties.

Others were angry at its very existence.

Or angry that the internet was yelling about lettuce.

Who knew that hand salads had such a rich and storied past?

Many thought that "hand salad" sounded like a term for... something else.

Say what you will about hand salad, but the Bon Appétit Twitter is something to be celebrated.

Watch your worst escalator fear come true and you'll never ride one again.

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18 shoppers were injured on Saturday when a 150-foot escalator malfuctioned at the Langham Place shopping mall in Hong Kong. In the middle of a busy shopping day, the device suddenly started moving backwards at twice its normal rate, piling up shocked riders at the base. Stomach-churning video of the incident was caught on security cameras, and has gone viral on social media.

Here's another angle:

Investigators believe that simultaneous failures of a damaged driving chain and a braking device allowed the accident to occur. Amazingly, the escalator had just passed a biannual safety inspection last week, on March 23. Evidently, that inspection was not very thorough.

The 45-meter escalators at Langham Place are some of the longest in Hong Kong.

Two technicians have been arrested in connection with the incident, and charged with obstruction of justice. Even if they're found not guilty, chances are they're going to be out of a job.

People on Twitter shared the funniest, weirdest things that never fail to annoy their moms.

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Twitter is sharing those little things that got on their moms' nerves, like probably having their pet peeves broadcasted on the internet.

Journalist Carl Anka posed the question in honor (well, honour) of Mother's Day in the UK, and Twitter delivered.

Some moms just can't stand certain forms of entertainment.

Other moms get annoyed by certain dining practices.

Moms just want the truth.

Moms know things we don't.

(5"9 woman here: Lauren's mom GETS IT.)

Mother knows best.

Politician accuses pilot of mansplaining the United controversy. There's just one problem.

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Brianna Wu, a Democratic candidate for Congress, is best known as "a prime target of Gamergate," a sexist hailstorm that led her to receive hundreds of death threats for merely posting a meme on Twitter. So Wu understands the power of trolls on Twitter, and she has years of experience shooting them down.

That brings us to the United controversy, when United Airlines refused to let two young girls board a flight while wearing leggings. As internet outrage mounted at the situation, United defended their position. "UA shall have the right to refuse passengers if they are not properly clothed via our Contract of Carriage," they tweeted, over and over and over again.

They later seemed to pivot, clarifying that the travelers were "pass travelers," or family members of United employees subject to a stricter dress code.

Here's where Brianna Wu comes in, tweeting a reasonable defense of leggings.

And here's where another tweeter, an "occasional airline pilot," stepped in to mansplain. And Wu was quick to point out the mansplanation. Well, it would have been mansplaining, if this tweeter hadn't been... actually... a woman. Woops.

Wu quickly called out this oversimplified explanation of the situation in a few now-deleted tweets.

"The line for men explaining things to me on Twitter is over there," responded Brianna Wu, unknowingly tweeting at a woman named Quincy Fleming.

The question is... can a woman mansplain? It's not like United Airline's policy is any less of a "weird sexualization" of children thanks to the "pass travel" rules, right? After all, the dad of the two girls was wearing shorts—so it doesn't seem like a matter of wearing formal attire, but some sort of bizarre anti-legging crusade.

So Wu could have been completely aware of the rules Fleming pointed out when making her point, in which case, yeah, Fleming's was an annoying response à la mansplaining.

But Fleming definitely had the last word.

Paris and Prince Jackson got complementary tattoos that only make sense when they're together.

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Paris Jackson and her big brother Prince just got adorable matching tattoos.

big brother doing big things!! so proud of this stud muffin

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Michael Jackson's two eldest children definitely love getting inked, and both have many tattoos in addition to this latest one. Paris, 18, got the yang symbol on the back of her leg, while Prince, 20, got a yin in the same spot. Paris uploaded a picture of the fresh ink onto her Instagram with a sweet message explaining why it was important for her and her sibling to get the complimentary tattoos.

/yin/ [in Chinese philosophy] the passive female principle of the universe, characterized as female and sustaining and associated with structure, night, the moon, fluidity, calmness, the earth, darkness, cold, death, and ascends energy. /yang/ the active male principle of the universe, characterized as male and creative and associated with function, the sky and sun, speed, expression, heaven, heat, light, birth, and descends energy.

sometimes i feel like my big brother and i always think the same thoughts, he just doesn't have a filter and always vocalizes them 😂 though total opposites, like my gooko and i, the inseparable yin and yang work together finding and causing balance within each other. matchies with my bestie @princejackson! ❤️

While in the tattoo parlor, Prince also completed a very intricate armor inspired piece that covers his arm, shoulder and chest.

I don't even know how many hours me and @dermagraphink are at but we got it done and it looks dope 🔥🔥🔥

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So when is Blanket going to be old enough to get in on this matching tattoo action?

People are mad at Kourtney Kardashian for these Instagram photos of her kids.

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Kourtney Kardashian made a lot of Instagram commenters angry over the weekend when she posted these photos of her two youngest kids, Penelope and Reign Aston Disick, sitting on top of a Mercedes Benz.

Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips

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The car clearly wasn't moving, so the kids weren't in danger.

Rolling into the weekend like...💥

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But, of course, because it's the internet, people still found a reason to be upset. Many thought that by posting pictures of her car, Kourtney Kardashian was showing off how rich she is.

And what's the best way to show you're upset? Leave angry comments on a celebrity's Instagram!

My, my, we're all feeling salty today, aren't we? Well, I guess the best way to show the Kardashians you hate them and don't care about them is to take time out of your day to comment on their Instagrams.

May your devastating winter blues finally give way to your debilitating spring allergies.


J.K. Rowling has the perfect reason why the Trump brothers wouldn't be in Slytherin.

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Seeing the Trump brothers, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., you might think that they're stereotypical "bad guys" (or bad hombres, if you will). They're sons of and cohorts with Donald Trump, a man whose presidential approval rating just keeps dropping. They dress and style their hair like the guys in American Psycho, and they even hunt big game. They've checked off a lot of villain boxes.

It's easy to think that in the world of wizard Harry Potter, the Trump brothers would be put into Slytherin, the house at Hogwarts where students who generally grow up to be evil are placed. Slytherin is the house of Potter's enemy, Draco Malfoy, and its symbol is a snake.

But hold your horses (or whatever magical creatures)—Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has a really good explanation for why Eric and Donald Jr. would never be placed in Slytherin. The reason is that they wouldn't even be invited to Hogwarts School in the first place.

Rowling responded to a tweet implying that Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are Slytherin-material by writing, "You've got to get the letter before you put on the hat." Meaning, you've got to be invited before you get to attend the school, and in J.K. Rowling's mind, the Trump brothers just don't have what it takes.

Bill O’Reilly says he can’t listen to Maxine Waters, he’s too focused on her ‘James Brown wig.'

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Update 3/28 3:00 pm:

Bill O'Reilly has apologized for his comments in a statement, according to CNN's Tom Kludt:

"As I have said many times, I respect Congresswoman Maxine Waters for being sincere in her beliefs. I said that again today on Fox & Friends calling her 'old school.' Unfortunately, I also made a jest about her hair which was dumb. I apologize."

Original article:

On Monday night, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D—California) took to the House floor to explain why her opposition to President Donald Trump is not anti-American or unpatriotic, but actually in defense of democracy and American ideals.

All Bill O'Reilly saw was her hair.

The Fox News host joined Fox & Friends to react to the clip of Congresswoman Waters:

"I didn't hear a word she said, I was looking at the James Brown wig!" said Bill O'Reilly, to tortured laughs from his co-hosts.

"You can't go after a woman's looks, I think she's very attractive," offered Ainsley Earhardt.

To that, O'Reilly responded,"I didn't say she wasn't attractive—I love James Brown!"

Here's the full clip:

Bill O'Reilly, no stranger to open ignorance, quickly found himself trending thanks to his rude, racist, sexist remark about Maxine Waters' hair. Here are some of the most salient explanations of his ignorance.

Nor is this the first time Waters has been the subject of a GOP star's painful ignorance:

Donald Trump Jr. hasn't even had the self-respect to delete the 2011 tweet, in which he apparently confused Congresswoman Maxine Waters for Congresswoman Frederica Wilson while making a sexist attack.

We won't hold our breath for an apology.

People share sex ed horror stories that'll send you cringing back to middle school.

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Oh, sex ed: there's no way for it not to be at least a little awkward. Sex is one of the most crucial courses that kids take in school: full of practical knowledge that they'll use for the rest of their lives. And if the sex ed they're getting is over the 'abstinence-only' variety, they'll use it for the rest of their kids' lives.

A recent Reddit thread called for stories about the"weird shit" that went down in during sex ed, and damn: from overly demonstrative teachers to remarkably inventive metaphors, these are the best ones.

1. IsThisNameTakenHmm's story will go down in history.

Someone asked about giving a girl a blowjob and how it works. Kid behind me says, "it's like eating a hamburger sideways."

No work was done for the rest of class.

2. TheSexiestOffender (oy, what a name) shared a lot of slang.

Our teacher instructed us to write as many sexual words and/or phrases that kids our age use everyday. He left the room while we did and came back to a whiteboard with very little white left.

3. Courtesy counts, as Bryguy924 learned.

I remember a dude asking if you can piss in a vagina, and then the teacher having to explain how that wasn't very courteous (which he really couldn't understand)

4. Exodiafinder687 has seen the future.

A kid in our class once asked whether or not a baby born from a woman giving a man a blowjob and then spitting it into another woman's vagina would have the DNA of all 3 of them.

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5. Whyevenbotherbeing bothered being savage.

Every time we had the sex-ed nurse in for a class she would put out a box for anonymous questions. No question would she leave unanswered. We had her in every year from grade 7 through 11. Every year the questions got ranker and ranker. The last year the poor woman is explaining bukkake and Cleveland Steamers and water sports. We were not gentle children.

6. CosmicLad could pitch this as a porno.

The "guest" teacher was hot. At the very start of the class she looked at us and said "alright then" - then started taking her top off

Me and all my friends looked at each other, gasping!

Turns out she was just warm and took her jumper off.

No tits

7. Cobysev's teacher got a bit too honest.

In 8th grade health class, during the sex ed portion, the teacher put out an anonymous box for us to drop questions in and she would read them aloud at the end of class and answer them for us.

One day, she pulls out a question and reads, "What does sperm taste like?" She thought for a second, then said, "I guess it's kind of salty."

Our class gasped and started murmuring/giggling before she pointed out that most body fluids are salty, which is why she theorized that sperm would be salty as well. Nice save, Teach.

8. BlumpkinPumpkin10 knows what you need after you eat the "sideways hamburger."

Somebody asked "what is a condom" anonymously and my friend very eagerly answered "ketchup and mustard".

9. ChainsawJane can hold her fist high proudly.

My teacher shoved her fist/arm in a condom to demonstrate that they expand a great deal. She exclaimed, "ladies! If he can't fit in this, you don't want him inside you."

Edit: just wanted to point out.... this imagery has very much stuck with me... so maybe she did a good job? Haha

10. ThePastyPrince said it loud and proud.

Our super hot teacher had us scream the body parts of each body so that it wouldn't be weird to us.

I always wondered what the class next to us was thinking when they would hear kids yell "PENIS! VAGINA!"

11. High five, JasonPlatz.

My teacher said straight-faced that if you touch yourself you naturally grow hair on your palms. Just about everyone looked, and we all laughed. Looking back now, if I heard a teacher say that in a class of 12-year-olds I would be pretty suspect.

12. DeepFriedPotatos has a trilogy of crazy tales.

A few interesting things.

  1. Kid in my class asked the teacher how animals had sex. She explained that it was similar to doggy style. She then proceeded to climb on top of the table, get on all fours and point to her butt and say "if I'm positioned like this, my vagina is now back here"

  2. We watched the baby birth video, teacher then rewinded the video without turning off the tv and we got to see a baby shoot back into the ladies vagina at lightning speed

  3. We had one very 'experienced' girl that said the birth video (that was probably made in the 70s) was fake because "no girl would let her pussy be that hairy, men like it clean"

I recycle everything including my relationships.

Fashion blogger has a cheeky way of showing internet trolls what she thinks of them.

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This is Italian fashion blogger Chiara Nasti.

My new doll by @lecarose_pink_mood #lecarose 💞

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into my eyes

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She's got a pretty big following, with a popular blog and over a million followers on Twitter and Instagram. Unfortunately, with that big of an audience, you're going to get the occasional troll leaving nasty comments on your social media accounts. Luckily, Nasti has found the perfect way to show those haters what she thinks of them.

Pulirsi in modo decente 💩 #forhaters

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Yup. She printed all the negative comments she's gotten on a roll of toilet paper. Her caption translates to "Clean yourself with decency" in English. (With the poop emoji thrown in for good measure.)

Honestly, toilet paper is the only good use for mean internet comments.

Twitter is dragging this 'Daily Mail' cover story that's so sexist it doesn't even make sense.

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Last night I dreamt that sexism was dead and I was dancing at its funeral. Then today, popular British tabloid the Daily Mail published this cover story and photo about "Brexit" that is mostly about the British Prime Minister and Scottish First Minister's legs:

"We may be politicians, but don't forget we are also sexual objects intended for your enjoyment, males!"

"Never mind Brex-it, who won Legs-it!" reads the headline, next to a photo of British Prime Minister Theresa May and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with their bare legs displayed. Because sure, they may presiding over policies that could impact the entire world, but THEM STEMS THO?!!! Am I right??? Bow chicka wow wowwwww!

It's sexist. It's tasteless. AND it doesn't even make sense. "Who won Legs-it?" What?? Is there a competition? What do their legs have to do with the UK withdrawing from the EU?

I'm angry AND confused. Nice work, the Daily Mail!

Apparently the article itself, a column by Sarah Vine, includes the headline "Finest weapons at their command? Those pins!" and at one point describes Sturgeon’s legs as "altogether more flirty, tantalisingly crossed … a direct attempt at seduction," the Guardian reports.

The story has sparked a huge backlash on Twitter, and people are not amused.

"This is why I march," wrote one woman. Another pointed out, "The @DailyMailUK sends clear message to every little girl: even if you become PM, we'll still only care about your bloody legs."

Others have been hilariously dragging the offensive cover:

A few people took matters into their own hands:

But this jab is my favorite:

Prime Minister Theresa May, who has called out the media for sexism in the past, responded to say she "doesn't mind" the sexist cover story but then she followed up with some subtle shade. "As a woman in politics throughout my whole career I have found that very often, what I wear—particularly my shoes—has been an issue that has been looked at rather closely by people," she told the Wolverhampton Express and Star, Britishly. But then she added: "but if people want to have a bit of fun about how we dress, then so be it."

Still, I have to wonder if she saw Twitter today and had a change of heart.

Men's Rights Activists are angry at Amazon's Alexa for the dumbest reason.

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Oh dear God, Men's Rights Activists truly are the worst, aren't they? For those not in the know (lucky you), Men's Rights Activists (or MRAs) are anti-feminist misogynists who feel threatened and angry that women are getting too much power (!!!). And now the Men's Rights Activists are pissed off at Amazon's Alexa because she apparently thinks men and women (and maybe robots, too) should have equal rights. How dare she!

Men's Rights Activist Paul Elam (using the Twitter account @aVoiceforMen) tweeted a link to a post about how excited he was to get Alexa, and how upset he was to find out that if you ask her if she's a feminist, she says yes. Oh no! Feminists are the enemy of Men's Rights Activists.

And Elam is not alone in his views (oh boy, is he not). Checking out the comments on his post, you can find a lot of people (and not just men) in full agreement.

One particularly angry (allegedly female) commenter wrote, "Alexa answers 'I'm a feminist?' lol Well, that is how feminists want us all to be…programmed, dutiful, little robots incapable of free thought." Wow, she really nailed it! That is exactly what feminists mean when they say, "Women should be equal to men." Good on her for cracking the code.

According to his post, Elam has written to Amazon to suggest they upgrade Alexa by offering a male-voice option, and getting rid of any crazy equality ideas that may have been programmed into her.

Perhaps, if he's so offended, he and Alexa should just agree not to talk about feminism, and probably all politics, too. He can just treat her like he probably treats all women—as a robot there to service his every whim.


Woman learns stranger has been using her pics to catfish a man for seven years.

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Makaia Carr, a popular fitness blogger from Aukland, New Zealand, was shocked recently when she received a message from an American man she had never met. The man, a professional boxer, claimed that he had been in an online relationship with a woman for seven years, all the time unaware that he was being catfished. This woman had been sending him pictures from Carr's various social media profiles since 2010. Carr was so disturbed by this revelation, she posted a warning for other women on her Facebook page.

🚫WARNING FOR EVERYONE🚫 - 2 things happened today that has made me want to share them both with you. One happened...

Posted by Makaia Carr on Friday, March 24, 2017

Carr's full post reads:

WARNING FOR EVERYONE- 2 things happened today that has made me want to share them both with you. One happened directly to me and creeped me the fCk out!

1. I saw a video shared on Fb today from an Australian radio station where a mother shared an incident that happened to her daughter on the popular children's app musically. A man set up a profile and pretended to be Justin Bieber sending messages out to young girls saying if they send him naked photos he would choose 5 girls and call them to chat directly to them on the phone. How scary is that! I'm so glad the mother came across this and went to the radio and shared it. We all need to be so involved in our kids action online - not just social media but gaming apps as well.

2. And the next thing is crazy and creepy AF! I was contacted by a guy in America today who thought he was talking to me online for well over a year and forming a relationship. He started to suspect something late last year and found out there was a woman in Auckland pretending to be me. She was using photos from my social media channels and making weird stuff up, even pics of my friends, giving them all names etc. I have her email, cell number (given by the guy) and have found her on FB. I don't want to contact her directly but am a little creeped out by this and feel really sorry for the guy who was being pretty much catfished!

I've shared this and the pics below so people can see just how easily this can be done (my friends are aware of me sharing their pic too) and encourage awareness for not only our children's safety but our own and also highlight that it doesn't just happen to kids but also to adults!

Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do?
I considered contacting the police but she hasn't hurt me and not sure she's actually done anything illegal? Thoughts?

The texts between this poor guy and the catfisher are pretty disturbing. She basically created a whole fictional life based on Carr's social media presence.

As you can see, the catfisher was extremely thorough. Carr told Stuff that the photos were screengrabbed from her Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat accounts. The impostor even used some of her more personal Snaps (including one where she was wearing a towel), to initiate sext conversations.

The boxer may never have realized what was going on, if his catfisher hadn't finally gone too far. In mid-2016, she sent him a picture of Carr boxing, leading him to congratulate her on her "first fight." But when he asked to see the video, she said no one had taken one, which set off red flags. Looking up the boxing gym on Facebook, he learned of the existence of Makaia Carr, and received the shock of his life.

Once Carr and the boxer were in touch, they were able to track down this woman's identity. They learned that she was far from the typical catfisher (a professional con artist who uses someone else's face to defraud people out of money). She was, like Carr, a mother in Auckland. She had used her real name in her conversations with the boxer, and never tried to get any money out of him. She was just living out her own online fantasy.

Once she was found out, she deleted her Facebook account, and emailed Carr to apologize for her "unforgivable" actions. She explained that she has gone into therapy for severe depression and anxiety. Considering these circumstances (and the fact that she hadn't technically broken any laws), Carr and the boxer decided not to reveal her identity.

But still, this story is a potent illustration of the dangers of social media. Once your photos are online, anybody could use them for whatever purpose they see fit. And you might not know about it for years.

'Glitter tears' is the latest makeup trend and Twitter is crying.

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The latest trend for fashionistas and festival-goers is glitter tears: tears that look like glitter (or is it glitter than look like tears?)

The styles range from subtle to full-on, beautiful Bowie.

Application is intense, but crying is optional.

"Glitter Tears" sounds like it could be an oxy moron—something so happy forming something so sad—but that's what makes them so whimsical and Coachella-y.

Glitter tears can be subtle.

This makeup look is now up on my YouTube channel!🍑 Go check it out the link is in my bio 💕

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They can be sad.

And they can be ecstatic.

Festival look inspired by @pixieplastic ✨

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Glitter tears: a gorgeous, glamorous way to provide cover just in case the party doesn't go as planned and real, salty tears start to flow.

With Coachella just around the corner, Twitter is theorizing how the trend will play out.

Historians will look at this era and trend with important questions like "What?" and "Why?"

BRB, crying tears of glitter.

4-year-old brings bullet shell to school and mom goes viral with her reaction.

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Illinois mom Kristy Jackson's 4-year-old Hunter son was suspended from his pre-school after he brought the casing of a fired bullet in, presumably to show his classmates.

According to a Facebook post Jackson uploaded on March 21st, the preschooler faces a 7-day suspension for bringing the casing to school, and could face expulsion if his "enthusiasm for guns continued." Jackson defended her son, noting that he must have picked up the bullet shell while he was spending time with his police officer grandfather over the weekend. Her post has gone viral, and has been shared over 4,500 times.

I never thought this could happen to us. You see stuff on the news like this, but.... Today, I picked up my happy...

Posted by Kristy Jackson on Tuesday, March 21, 2017

I never thought this could happen to us. You see stuff on the news like this, but....

Today, I picked up my happy little 4 yr old from preschool, at A Place to Grow, in Troy. My arrival was met with a stone faced teacher, who told me that Hunter brought a "shotgun bullet" to school.

😨 I was horrified. My kid? Who just spent the weekend learning gun safety?

Well....when I was escorted to the office for a sit down. I was handed a tiny .22 empty brass casing. Not a "shotgun bullet". He found it on the ground, expelled from a 22 Rifle over the weekend, while Hunter was target practicing with his Police Officer Grandpa. He was so excited, and snuck it to school to show his friends. We had no idea about it.

I was handed a piece of paper. No words, just eyebrows raised in disgust at my son, explaining that his behavior warranted a 7 school day suspension. Which I still was expected to pay tuition for, of course. And a threat that if his enthusiasm for guns continued, he'd be permanently expelled.

Not only was this mom upset with the suspension itself, but she also felt that teachers missed a valuable opportunity to educate her kid and chose to punish him instead.

See, here's the thing. This was a teaching moment. He never hurt anyone, or threatened anyone. This could literally happen to ANY CHILD who happened to find one on the ground and thought it was cool. He does not have access to ANY weapon in our home. This could have been handled by explaining appropriate behavior at school.

He's 4. This doesn't hurt him, or teach him, or help him. Just his parents, who do not condone bringing these kinds of things to school. Ever. Had we known, we of course would have stopped it. But every time he or another child mentions a gun (like every boy I grew up with did) they punish him.

Jackson returned to Facebook three days later to address the mixed reactions she was getting on her original post.

It's an odd thing, to see your son's character debated in the public. I suppose I brought that on, by posting my frustration on FB. I didn't go to the news, they came to me, saying they were running the story anyway.

My son is not violent. He's not without faults you see...I would LOVE TO take advice from the mom who's 4y/o never got in trouble. Seriously call me :)

But the fact is, this is a very liberal school. With an AMAZING cirriculum, and sweet teachers. But they are very anti gun, anti hunting, ect.

Jackson also clarified what the school meant when they brought up her son's "history" with guns in the aforementioned post.

The things my son got in "trouble" for have been talking about his hunting trips with Grandpa, make believe play like cops and robbers, and picking up sticks on the playground along with other boys, and pretending to shoot these sticks.

That's this "history of bad behavior". I don't think that makes my son bad. But there are people who don't agree. That's ok. I support your right to think that.

But you see, K-12 kids, by law, can only be suspended for 3 days max, in IL. He's 4, and only in Pre-K. He got a 7 day suspension. Is that fair? I do not have a problem understanding their rules. We knew we put him in a very liberal school. We have a problem with the extreme consequences.

Thanks for reading, even if you may disagree.

What do you think? Did the punishment fit the crime?

Politician has no idea what hashtags are, and the internet won't let her live it down.

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Following the attack on the Westminster Bridge in London, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd is calling for tech companies that offer their customers end-to-end encryption to start working better with law enforcement - but she may want to brush up on her tech lingo first.

Rudd appeared on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show after reports that the man who attacked the Westminster Bridge had sent a message on the texting platform WhatsApp that can't be accessed because it was encrypted. Rudd explained why she believes WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is "absolutely unacceptable."

There was one part of the interview in particular, where Rudd called upon the people "who understand the necessary hashtags," that really sent Twitter into a tizzy. Here's the full quote:

The best people who understand the technology, who understand the necessary hashtags to stop this stuff ever being put up, not just taken down, but ever being put up in the first place are going to be them.

Now, you and I know that hashtags have nothing to do with encryption, but this just proves that there are people all over the world trying to make sense of that crazy "internet talk."

Obviously, being the birthplace of the hashtag, Twitter had a lot to say about Rudd's mistake:

Maybe Amber Rudd just needs someone to calmly explain to her what a hashtag is. Send in the millennials!

Donald Trump knowingly spoiled his daughter-in-law's pregnancy announcement.

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Here's a story that would almost be cute if it weren't about our president. Donald Trump—who isn't known for his restraint of pen, tongue or Twitter—spoiled his son ​​​ Eric Trump and his daughter-in-law Lara Yunaska's recent pregnancy announcement, the couple revealed in an interview with Fox & Friends this morning.

Eric and Lara, who are expecting Trump's 9th grandchild in September, told Fox & Friends they first broke the news to their family on Inauguration Day. "What was amazing was how excited my father was," said Eric, 33. "He was on cloud nine."

Well that's... sweet? I guess? Then Eric continued: "He saw Lara at the big event a few weeks ago in Tennessee, and she went out to introduce him and before, he goes, 'Lara, it’s a boy! I can’t wait! It’s a boy!'"

And Lara said: "He told everyone in the room, and I was like, 'We haven’t told anyone yet!'"

But she added that the president "couldn’t help it."

Like I said, this could be a cute story if it were about anyone else. Because this grandpa who "adorably" can't keep his big mouth shut is the President of the United States. That's right, Ol' Grandpa Blabbermouth has access to our nuclear codes. I'm scared.

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