Long-term relationships always require compromise in order to thrive. Regardless of how peaceful the waters are, or how much you have in common when it comes to world outlook, there will always be small sacrifices required to make a relationship work.

One of the hardest parts of compromising in a relationship is figuring out the lines between giving up parts of yourself, and making changes for your partner. For example, demanding someone gives up a hobby is a different request than asking they cut down some of their hobby time so you can hang out.

In a recent Reddit post on the subreddit Am I The Asshole, commenter yhrowawayvideoganems asked the internet if she mishandled a situation with her now ex-girlfriend.

"AITA for breaking up with my girlfriend over my video games.

So I have a decent video collection, I will not post pictures as I do not want this post linked to my actual account."

The OP (original poster) has collected and played video games for years, and it's a solid part of her relaxation time. After two years together, her (ex) girlfriend and her decided to take the leap to move in together. However, OP's ex-girlfriend had one fairly large request before moving in: that OP get rid of her entire video game collection.

"My girlfriend of 2 years 25f and me 24f decided we wanted to move in together, she kinda mentioned getting rid of my collection but I thought she was joking so I brushed it off. Turns out she wanted me to get rid of my whole video game collection, some of my games are worth some money and I've been keeping them so they can become more expensive. My collection is also 3 years of me thrift shopping and I do not want to throw that away, I tried to explain it but she refused and told me that I did not love her enough to make this sacrifice."

When OP explained that she really values the games, and at this point getting rid of them would be a huge and unwanted sacrifice, her ex gave an ultimatum: the relationship or the games.

"About 2/3 days ago she called me and said it's me or the fucking video games. I chose the games and she hung up on me. Everyone that I've spoken to (excluding a few people) have been telling me I fucked up, and that I should of picked her over some games. AITA?"

In the end, OP chose the games over her ex, and now people in her life are claiming she made a mistake. So, as many of us in the modern age do, OP turned to the internet to get a consensus on whether picking the games made her an asshole or not.

AnimalLover38 doesn't think it's a jerk move, since relationships shouldn't be made or broken based on ultimatums.

"NTA, ultimatums almost never work anyways and are sometimes used as an easy way out of a relationship."

"Unless OP was jobless and spent every waking moment playing games rather then being an adult with a job then there's no reason for her gf to make such a big deal out of it. Maybe OP's girlfriend wanted out of the relationship but didn't know how to do it so she just chose the one thing she knew OP would never part with and made a big deal out of it."

dandelionii echoed the fact that ultimatums are manipulative, and it was perfectly fine for OP to pick her hobby.

"NTA, ultimatums are stupid and unfair and if she's willing to make this big of a deal over a videogame collection (which you presumably purchased with your own money) it doesn't bode well for the future."

merinis pointed out the fact that a healthy relationship would involve someone who shares an interest in video games, or at least understands and doesn't mock it.

"Exactly. OP would be better off finding someone that isn't trying to be so controlling, and maybe even someone that shares his her interests."

Hunterstewartmurdock defended ultimatums as a right in any relationship, and pointed out that people are allowed to have dealbreakers and lay them out for their partner. That being said, they don't think OP is a jerk for wanting to keep their collection.

"I don’t think there is anything inherently wrong with an ultimatum, some things are dealbreakers for people and that’s alright. If I dated someone with bad hygiene and they refused to shower every day, I would demand better hygiene from them. If not I would leave. It doesn’t make me an asshole and it doesn’t make them an asshole, it just means maybe our priorities don’t line up and we aren’t right for each other. They can do find someone else who is ok with their flaws and I can find someone who is ok with my flaws."

"That being said, demanding that she get rid of her collection is petty and demeaning. NTA in this case for sure, but very close to NAH in my opinion."

Rich000123 defended the ex-girlfriend by pointing out how vague the original post is, and that it sounds like there are important details left out. It's never made clear how large the collection is, or whether OP has a videogame addiction, or whether this has been an ongoing conversation, all of which would paint the larger picture.

"The vague response from the OP makes me certain that there is more to it. OP is also not even offering any potential reasons for why the gf is making the ultimatum. I can’t accept that they have been together for 2 years and she has no idea where the ultimatum is coming from. The intentionally vagueness, along with the friends saying she is TA makes me lean towards believing that the OP is intentionally leaving INFO is therefore the TA."

"As a side note - I see a lot of projecting in the comments for why people are claiming the ultimatum happened. I can agree in some ways that a ultimatum alone is a reason to end the relationship but there is a lot of excess explanation that people have determined (e.g. the gf doesn’t like gaming, the gf wants all the attention on her) which the OP has never claimed. Let’s everyone try and stick with the fact that we know."

not_really_an_elf brought up the fact that OP's IRL friends think they're an asshole, which indicates there is more to the story than is being told. The fact that they refused to post a picture of the collection doesn't make them look good.

"Mate, I bet the reason people you know irl are telling you you're an arsehole is because they've seen your collection. Post pictures or describe exactly how much space they take up."

PolitenessPolice echoed the call for more info, because the omissions seem purposeful.

"INFO

I refuse to believe that's all there is to this, people don't just act like this unless there's something wrong. Like, how they're stacked, is it a hoarding problem, how much money do you spend on games, how much time do you spend playing them, etc."

"Like, nobody acts that irrationally for no reason and especially not over bloody games. There's got to be more. Did she give a reason? Has she ever shown any disdain for your collection previously over the years?"

DirtyPotatoPeople suspects this may be a hoarder situation, in which case the OP is the asshole in denial.

"I think it's perfectly reasonable - depending on how big this "collection" is - to not want a big portion of your space devoted to games no one is playing. I wouldn't have thrown out an ultimatum like that but the gf is perfectly justified in pushing for them to be put in storage or something."

"OP is also being suspiciously vague about the whole situation, including the extent of her collection, which makes me think she's either being dishonest or simply in denial about her hoarding habits."

"Just sounds like a validation post to me and all the immediate jumping on board with OP because of reddit's hate of anti-video-game anything makes me sad because I honestly don't think what she's collecting is the issue here."

The real question left at hand is what do YOU dear reader, think of this situation?!

One of the few joys the internet has to offer is when the masses gather to thoroughly roast a creepy dude who outed himself as a predator in a massive self-own.

Moby (not Dean Pelton from Community—a different bald guy) is currently promoting his book Then It Fell Apart. The so-called "memoir" features stories about dating Natalie Portman that according to Natalie Portman, are creepy fan fiction.

The "musician" insists that they were together when he was 33 and she was 20, and he got the facts all wrong, including her age.

"I was surprised to hear that he characterized the very short time that I knew him as dating because my recollection is a much older man being creepy with me when I just had graduated high school," Portman told Harper's Bazaar."He was on tour and I was working, shooting a film, so we only hung out a handful of times before I realized that this was an older man who was interested in me in a way that felt inappropriate."

Moby proved her right by posting a creepy Instagram of him and his hairy nipples next to Portman, smiling like she's being held hostage. He elevated the post to new levels of self-ownage when he dated the picture to 1999, when Portman was just 18.

The text of his creepagram quickly turned into a meme, where people took Moby's "see! we dated!" plea and applied it to other people they've happened to stand next to.

It's incredible to see how many people have "dated" historical figures.

There are a million reasons not to be a creep, and one of them is that you will get memed.

Moby's not taking it so well, and insisting that he is the victim, rather than the woman he approached in her teens and lied about years later.

Thoughts and prayers.

I've learned some important lessons in my thirty-something years on this planet, like: don't wrack up credit card debt, don't date guys who post bathroom selfies, and don't check your Facebook "Other" inbox. Unless you need another reminder that the world is full of creepy, overly-confident weirdos who think messaging strangers on Facebook will lead to....sex? Love? Marriage? A little light harassment of a complete stranger?

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Curiosity got the best of me and I decided to check my "filtered" messages. And amidst a see of "hi's" I found this:

In conclusion: check your filtered messages. But prepare for the worst. And also, don't leave your debit cards lying around airports, you idiot (that last one is just for me).

Usually, it's probably better to not know about what people say about you behind your back. Even if you have full confidence that you're living the best Oprah-inspired, yoga-fueled angelic life you can be, sometimes you can't control other people's negative opinions.

On those rare occasions where you do hear a rumor about yourself, it can be pretty upsetting. Suddenly, it's a middle school again in your office and you don't know if everyone else has also been personally victimized by Regina George. When it's a good news, though, it's one of the best feelings in the world. What you're trying to put out there is working and other people notice!

So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "what is the most surprising thing you have accidentally heard about yourself?" the internet was ready to spill the tea.

1. This is adorable, "KassandraComplex."

A guy in a college class leaned over to his friend and said, "She smells... AMAZING." After being bullied all through high school, overhearing something good about myself was definitely pretty surprising.

2. Men need butt compliments too, "YonderIPonder."

At a wedding, a bunch of dudes were commenting on how nice my ass looks. Apparently they'd all noticed.

I'm a dude.

Thanks gay bros. It was a confidence booster.

3. Probably just too attractive, "bg10389."

People thought i was gay almost my entire freshman year. Nobody ever told me until a guy asked me out.

4. Oh my god, "ParadiseSold."

A boy who was normally far, far too cool to talk to me told my friend Aiden that a poem I had written for our creative writing class was "fucking funny" and I still feel proud about it.

5. Solid nickname, though, "MasterSvensei."

Used to smoke a lot of weed. My floor manager & head chef would refer to me as 'Green Eggs n Ham' cause I was cooked all the time. Really opened my eyes to what I had become.

6. What even, "Pendragon3141."

Coworker was talking about me and said:

"I wouldn't mind him eating crackers like a dog in my bed if you know what I mean"

I have no idea what she means

7. Rumors are wild, "princzesstephi."

That I was pregnant with my best friends baby. My tubes are tied and I’m not a swinger lol

8. This is inspiring, "Fangore."

I started my first year as a teacher last year, and a few months in I had to watch over a group of students doing a career day training activity.

I was monitoring the class and I overheard two students talking:

Student 1: "You have Fangore as a teacher, right?"

Student 2: "Yeah?"

Student 1: "He seems like so much fun. What's he like?"

Student 2: "He is the greatest teacher I've ever had. He is so much fun and great at explaining maths."

I think about my student saying that at least once a week. I meant the world to me. I didn't even think I was that great of a teacher.

9. Amazing, "sleephollow_101."

I wrote a new story and shared it with a friend to get an opinion because I wasn't sure how I felt about it.

I overheard him telling someone that it was Stephen King levels of awesome.

That gave me warm fuzzies.

10. Yes! "kai_zk."

Overhead a classmate during swimming lessons saying "she has such a nice body". I hated my body at the time and struggled with an eating disorder. Helped me stop doing what I was doing.

11. Damn, "milldawg_allday."

Went to a wedding as someones date. After I got introduced to the family, my date got pulled aside by her mother and asked if I had a beer bottle in my pocket.

12. Aw, "Lobelias_and_Goats."

Two bakers at my local bakery were talking about me. I used to come in almost every day, and one time as I was coming in, one of them said "she has a cute smile" really made my day because I hate my teeth.

13. Woah, "scoobledooble314159."

She's only been with us for 14 years" when I was 14 years old.

Still don't know what that was REALLY about, but I think my parents might be aliens.

14. Ass positivity is forever, "svengalus."

In 8th grade I walked in front of a group of black girls at school and one said "Dayum! That is a fine ass." 35 years ago and the memory is crystal clear. I think it may be the only positive ass remark I've ever received.

15. This sounds like a dream, "Rinzler1337."

Was bouncing at a bar once, overheard a group of ladies talking. One if the ladies I used to have a thing with. Somewhere in the conversation she said I was tall, handsome, and hung like a clydesdale. Then they all turned and looked over at me and smiled.

16. This is so sweet, "Unequal-Walrus."

I’m a waiter and once I overheard one of my tables talking about me saying things like “he is the friendliest server I’ve had in years.” and “He’s still so young but he really knows his stuff.” (I was 17 at the time)

Singe I want to be serving people for the rest of my life this was an amazing compliment and these people still visit our restaurant and are still some of my favourite customers.

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House and third in line to the presidency, is trading barbs with Kellyanne Conway, who is most known at this point for being Kellyanne Conway's husband's wife.

Kellyanne Conway has worked with Trump for years, and has picked up on the president's tactic of accusing the other side that which you are guilty of. In the past two days, Conway has accused Pelosi of being "anti-woman" and a classist snob.

Previously on The Real White Housewives, Pelosi went to the White House for a meeting with the president on infrastructure. Trump stormed out after three minutes, pissed that the House is exercising oversight and investigating him.

The Washington Post reports that after Trump made his dramatic exit, Conway asked Speaker Pelosi if she had any words for the president. Pelosi said, "I'll respond to the president, not staff," and Conway said, "wow, that's really pro-woman of you."

While Conway might have taken "staff" as an insult, she is, in fact, staff. Her title is "Counselor to the President." She is not the president, but on his staff.

Because we live in hell, Pelosi was asked about this episode at her weekly press conference. She went full Mariah Carey with an "I don't know her."

"I'm not going to talk about her," she said. "I respond as the Speaker of the House to the President of the United States. Other conversations people want to have among themselves is up to them."

Conway continued to be triggered by this, accusing Pelosi of treating her "like she treats her maid or her pilots."

Here's how The Washington Post breaks it down:

Conway — who lives in a $7.7 million mansion in Northwest Washington — then went on to take aim at Pelosi’s personal wealth.

“Let’s face it. She’s the sixth-most-rich member of Congress. She treats everybody like they’re her staff. She treats me like I’m either her maid, or her driver, or her pilot, or her makeup artist. And I’m not. And I said to her, ‘How very pro-woman of you,’ per usual, because she’s not very pro-woman. She’s pro-some women, a few women,” Conway said.

I don't know Pelosi personally, but it sounds like Conway is confusing her with her lookalike, Lucille Bluth.

It would be fun to call this a Real Housewives-style feud if it weren't product of the executive branch trying to squash the legislative branch and place themselves above the law!

Just move on to the impeachment hearings already, now that would be better than a reunion special.

"Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV."
- Jerry Seinfeld

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There's really nothing better than a fully insane, but perfectly executed lie. Of course, it has to be a lie that doesn't harm anyone--the more ridiculous, the better. I convinced a full class of first graders when I was seven that I wrote most songs on the radio and in high school I told everyone my dad invented Starbucks. Are there still people out there that believe the last one? I hope so. Why don't I get free coffee? My dad wants me to work hard, of course.

A beautifully spun piece of bullsh*t is best for pulling a solid prank on your friends, or if you're a parent, sometimes you just need to get your kids to stop asking questions. Why is the sky blue? Because that's what the giants felt like painting! Now, go to soccer...

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The greater cultural consciousness has come a long way when it comes to debunking mental health stigma and having open conversations about what mental health care looks like, and how different mental health struggles manifest.

Sadly, even with decades of progress, there are still a lot of toxic generalizations floating around about mental health and what it means to manage a mental illness. Luckily, the internet has the capability to serve as a great amplifying tool for educators, experts, and individuals willing to open up about the realities of mental illness.

In a recent Reddit thread, mental health providers and people juggling mental illness shared facts and stories to help fight stigma, and many of them have refreshing ways of framing mental health.

1. lil_Big_G pointed out how most people can't "see" mental illness until its at a dire state.

"Something to help with the stigma?

Most people don't see mental illness until it has manifested itself outwardly. You know, the homeless guy yelling at a trash can type of thing."

"Realize that you are looking at the extreme end, thinking that is what mental illness is, is like thinking someone with 90% of their skin scorched off is what a burn looks like."

2. MadnessPersonified shared that it takes all of their energy to keep a job.

"Exactly this. I'm the life of the party and a big happy noisy boss at work. When I come home I get straight into bed and stay there until I absolutely must get out again."

"Depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar and some sort of personality disorder. I've spent twenty years tweaking medication and doing therapy and trying really hard. I'm very lucky to have what I do given what I'm dealing with and I certainly look mentally well. But it takes all my energy to live half of an ordinary life."

3. Alienaura shared how PTSD affects their emotional processing.

"As someone who struggles with PTSD, I would like to say that I don't choose to be as repetitive and exhausting as I can be. I will react the same way to the same situation because that is an association that has been with me for half my life."

"It's very difficult to keep opening up to friends without feeling like a burden because you cannot cope with the same thing as last week. They have heard me talk about it so often and given me several pieces of advice on it and I hate feeling like this broken record, but to me that is a core part of this disorder."

4. m0le compares treating bipolar to diabetes, and it makes sense.

"As someone with bipolar, I always compare it to diabetes.

It's a lifelong condition, usually managed by medication though occasionally people manage without. The medication isn't always perfect, so you have to let those around you know the warning signs. If you ignore / stop taking your meds suddenly, you will have serious problems and may embarrass yourself in public."

"Sadly, I've recently had to add an extra section to my explanation as part of an apology. If you're a diabetic in hospital waiting for your foot to be amputated, even if you took your meds perfectly, you get limited sympathy if you spent every weekend stuffing yourself with cake. For bipolar, the equivalent tends to be booze / drugs, and god damn is the level of substance abuse high amongst us."

5. kimkatistrash says the hardest part of PTSD and anxiety is knowing your obsessions appear irrational.

"We know we are acting irrational, but its not something we could help. Especially if its something like ptsd or anxiety. Some days are just harder than others, but that doesn't mean we aren't trying. Just being their for us is enough and we appreciate it so much."

6. 840InHalf said oftentimes, you don't even understand your own impulses.

"We know that sometimes you don't understand us, but please consider that sometimes we don't understand either. As hard as it is for you, imagine how hard it is for the person suffering through it. I don't know why I have to flatten out every single wrinkle in the sheet before I sleep, and I know my boyfriend is tired and wants to go to bed too, but if I don't, I won't be able to sleep and will be itchy all night. We're doing our best, please just be patient with us."

7. 001000110000111 brought up a very salient point: you can't will yourself out of depression.

"You cant just tell a depressed person to go out and talk to people and have fun.

Depression KILLS THE WILL TO DO ANYTHING."

8. Goddess_Of_Heat pointed out how coping mechanisms are diverse and essential.

"Please don’t ridicule me for my coping mechanisms. I like to colour to help ignore thoughts. If I’m doing that instead of due tasks then I’m really struggling."

9. Foolishpuck80 pointed out how harmful it is to say you're "ADD" when you're not.

"Adhd exists. Its not just being hyper or a condition therapists invented. If I was diagnosed as a kid I might have gotten on my meds sooner and finish high school."

10. WasabiChickpea says people need to stop recommending unverified "cures."

"Stop trying to get me to try "cures" that are unevidenced. I'm fine with medication and therapy."

11. BitGag opened up about the realities of intrusive thoughts.

"Intrusive thoughts are exactly that. Intrusive. The amount of times people have told me to just shrug it off or not think about it is annoying."

"Edit: I've been asked for an example so I'll share my personal experience. What a lot of people seem to misunderstand is that most of the time they aren't traditional thoughts. They are commands your brain tries to issue and you have to mentally block them and stop them from occurring. Having to constantly stop yourself from hacking someone with a cleaver or shoving a glass in someone's face really messes with your day."

"Sometimes you just can't function properly and it really messes with your head to constantly deal with that kind of stress on top of living a normal life."

"Edit 2: For people asking how I cope. First of all knowledge about the condition is the best thing you can acquire to combat it. Once you know why things are happening you can deal with them."

"On top of that I have a meditative coping strategy for when it gets particularly bad in inconvenient situations. I know it sounds silly but I'll take 10 seconds or so, imagine a wall with an iron bolted door in my head and forcefully lock that 'version' of myself in there. Then I'll squash it, like the trash compactor from star wars 😅. Coupled with this I have a great doctor and some medication which really helps keep it under control."

"The final thing is more of a lifestyle change. I keep a strict exercise schedule and weekday routine which is more important to me than a lot of things in my life. It reminds me that I'm in control and my discipline won't falter.

Hope this helps someone!"

12. KatzeeKat brought up what a miracle it is to live to an old age when you suffer from depression.

"You're dealing with people who are essentially running with one leg in a two legged race. The bar for success for the mentally ill is much different than everyone else. For instance, someone suffering from severe depression making it to old age is sometimes a great feat... It certainly kills many before they get there."

"Edit: to all of you who have replied and I cannot answer, cheers to you for getting up and doing what you need to do to get through another day. I know it's hard. I know it's thankless. I know it seems pointless, but you've achieved more than you think and can keep achieving more. Congratulations on what you've accomplished so far!"

13. CarCarTooth opened up about the struggles of borderline personality disorder.

"I have borderline personality disorder. Suicide is so common in the disorder it's an actual diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis for the disorder. It's unheard of (not really, it's just pretty rare) to have BPD and not have attempted suicide or be a participant of self-harm. 80% attempt, 10% succeed. It's the mental illness with the highest "suicidality". So it's the disorder with the highest rate of attempts, and seems, from what I've read, to have the highest rate of completed suicides too. Kinda a 'duh' thing, to me at least, but it's wacky. 5 attempts and 8 1013s, and 3 cases of self inflicted stitch needing wounds myself."

"The shit really is a life destroying disorder. Throw on very severe Major Depression and PTSD and it's, frankly, why should I not die? Straight torture, and you're always blamed for everything, always causing nothing but pain to those you try to care about. You're weird, but in a volatile, "stay away" way but charming and charismatic (people always love me when they first meet me, but if they stick around more than a week, learn to dispise me.) at the same time."

"It's a disorder of wanting to be loved but burning love to a crisp when it touches you. It's a disorder of chaotic, dysregulated emotions. And I'm a guy ... with emotional issues. Doubly worse for me and the men with it. I don't just have a temper. I'm sensitive. Can't even count the times I've had to bounce on people, parties, events etc cause I was bout to start crying, for no real reason. I know what I felt to cause me to feel like crying, but the trigger made no sense. Not one single movie in like ever, have I had to try not to cry during. Elicited emotions are STRONG, always are. Too strong. Reality breaking strong. Transient psychosis inducing strong. When I feel hurt, I almost feel like I'm having a heart attack, every time."

"Not even sure, truely, I have a personality. Shits a pinball machine based on who I'm around. Am I real or fake? I don't know. Feels real, all 12,000 identities."

"The paranoia is what puts it over the edge. The constant interpersonal paranoia, like I'm schizophrenic. Can't do people. I go crazy cause of the paranoia. It gnaws and eats at ya until ya snap."

"I just want the shit to go away. By death or by magic, shit just needs to disappear. Some people at least have compassion for depression or anxiety, people see the pain, hurt and desperation in those. Nobody does for BPD, except those with it. Nobody cares more than enough to run away."

"What really puts a bullet in my head is I know what to do to contain the shit and end episodes as soon as they start. But nobody listens. Everyone does what they think should be done, and surprise, I go full blown episode.

I'm done. I'll prob get mostly hate cause of what BPD does to people, but I'm a glutton, I could use more hating me."

14. localtrashgirl pointed out how the label "lazy" can be a toxic force.

"Stop assuming everyone who skips school or doesnt come to work is just lazy or doesnt give a shit some of us peps with depression have a hard time even getting out of bed and u making nasty comments about us being "lazy" only makes it worse."

15. AHoneyman brought up how many people are silently struggling.

"Just because someone looks okay doesn't mean they are okay. I have a full time job. I have a house. I have a decent wage and I'm doing okay for my age. I also have borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, possibly ptsd, and traits of other personality disorders."

"I appear to function on the outside, but inside I struggle every day. I co-own my house with my dad, and despite living with me even he thinks I'm okay. People who are suffering often bottle it up in an attempt to not be a burden or to just try and get on with life, but it wears them down."

"Reach out to your friends and ask how they are. Let them know you're there for them. And if they disclose they have a certain disorder, do a little research. Think about how it affects them rather than how it affects you. You can't make them talk to you but you can show them you're there."

16. therescuingtype says the label "too sensitive" is a hard one to bear.

"I know I “overreact”, I know I’m “too sensitive”, I know I “make things difficult”. I know all of these things make you uncomfortable and inconvenience you but maybe just take a second to think about how much they affect me."

17. afrolocke says talking about suicide openly can do wonders.

"Talk about it. Suicide is the second most common cause of death among teenagers and young adults, so they are a big clientele to reach. But also middle-aged people are at high risk, especially men."

"You can share articles that talk positively about mental illness and recovery, along with being active in foundations for suicide prevention like the AFSP in the US, the NSPA in UK or whichever it is in your country."

"Most importantly, if you know someone who is feeling down or has suicidal thoughts, the best thing you can do to help is listen and ask directly "Do you have suicidal thoughts?". This leaves them with a simple yes or no question, so they aren't the one who have to "say it out loud". Don't panic when someone says "yes"! You can have suicidal thoughts without wanting to actively take your life,; they are a coping mechanism for underlying issues. If you think you can handle it, ask how persistent they are, if they can distance themselves from those thoughts or if they have a plan on how to take their life. Make sure to use the word "suicide" or any phrases without a negative connotation (see: "killing yourself")."

"Don't give advice: Just actively listen and comfort them in a way that doesn't make them feel trivialized or judged. Staying away from any moral judgements (regarding their feelings) is very important! Also, you can offer to support them when they plan to get treatment, like accompanying them when going to the doctor, figuring out who to call and so on. There are also some chat or mail-based counceling options if speaking in person or on the phone is too much for them."

18. gliitchyboz thinks everyone should be in therapy.

"Therapy isn't only for the mentally ill, nor is it a cash grab. Therapy WORKS. Not every therapist's the same either, so while some may not work for you, others will.

Therapy works."

19. plz_help_am_confused shared how people need to stop infantilizing people on the spectrum.

"I hate being told that my decision isnt mine because im autistic For example i wanted to go to a school where all of my friends were going i was repeatedly told to not go because my autism chose it and the proper adults should choose where i go."

"I had also stayed with my aunt who padded the walls with pillows and kept feeding me organic locally grown vegetables for the weekend to cure my and in her words "retarded ass brain."

"Have also been bullied anx made fun of and beaten by other kids because of my autism."

20. ZariqueFilcon shared how toxic it is to treat someone like their mental illness is the sum of them.

"Yes, I hallucinate. Yes, I have voices in my head. Yes, I'm not exactly completely sane, but that does not mean I can't function. I can still hold conversations, I can still hold relationships, I can still be relatively stable in public."

"Also, I am not my mental illness. Do not see me as, "That depressed kid", see me for who I am. There is so much more to a person than their mental state."

"And mental illness can affect anyone. Age, race and gender have nothing to do with it (except for gender dysphoria). A four year old can experience PTSD and so can a thirty year old. It's all about environment."

Across the country women and men continue to protest restrictive abortion laws— a wave of laws starting on May 14 in Alabama with a near-total abortion ban and followed by a host of other states.

The following images are some of the most eyebrow-raising signs we've spotted on Instagram in the Alabama protests. But we hope you'll scroll down to the final image because no matter what "side" you're on, there's a truth bomb waiting for everyone.​​​​​​

We think both sides of this issue need to keep in mind that 1 out of every 4 women have had an abortion. That means you, dear readers, probably not only know someone who's had an abortion, but love someone who's had an abortion. Act accordingly.

If you think people need to be reminded to be humane, please share this on Facebook.

If you're utterly exhausted and constantly complaining about being tired, welcome to the club. Anyone who's ready to nod off right now will relate hard to these hilarious memes. Laugh now, nap later.

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The abortion bans threatening women's health and autonomy popping up across the nation have also spawned protests from coast to coast. Groups including Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union organized rallies and from Michigan to Mississippi, people stood up for a woman's right to choose.

A protest sign is worth 1000 words.

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2. Washington, DC

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Despite the recent outcry over the Game of Thrones finale, the show stands strong with an 86% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. However, the new HBO miniseries, Chernobyl, overpowers that with a whopping 96% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

The opening episode garnered 1.7 million views, making it the third best launch for an original drama on Skyline Atlantic.

What makes it so good? Here are a couple of the best Rotten Tomatoes critic reviews:

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Here is HBO's description of the hit show:

“Chernobyl, a five-part miniseries co-production from HBO and Sky, dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history — and of the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Premiering May 6, and followed by subsequent episodes each Monday, Chernobyl stars Emmy-nominee Jared Harris (The Crown, Mad Men), Stellan Skarsgård (Melancholia, Good Will Hunting) and Oscar-nominee Emily Watson (Hilary and Jackie, Breaking the Waves).

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Soviet Union suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe.

Jared Harris portrays Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist. As part of the response team, he was one of the first to grasp the scope of the unparalleled disaster that occurred. Stellan Skarsgård plays Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina, who is assigned by the Kremlin to lead the government commission on Chernobyl in the hours immediately following the accident. Emily Watson portrays Ulana Khomyuk, a Soviet nuclear physicist committed to solving the mystery of what led to the Chernobyl disaster.

Writer, creator and executive producer Craig Mazin began researching the Chernobyl disaster in 2014, using a wide variety of materials, including several books, government reports from inside and outside of the Soviet Union and first-person accounts. He spoke to nuclear scientists to learn how a reactor works and interviewed former Soviet citizens to gain a better sense of the culture in 1986. Chernobyl was filmed on location in Lithuania and Ukraine.”

Watch the trailer now. You're welcome!

Rise and shine. This totally random list of memes is sure to brighten your day. You'll be in such a good mood you might not even scream at anyone on your morning commute. Impressive.

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Sophie Turner has done many brave things up until now. She has poured herself into the role of Sansa Stark, eventually securing her character the title of Queen of the North. In interviews, she has gotten candid about her struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts. When the public threw a fit about the Game of Thrones finale and signed a petition for a remake, she shut it down on as "disrespectful" on Instagram.

But now, Turner has entered a realm that many women enter, but few can truly pull off: she has gotten bangs. Whether these are her natural hair, a new wig, or clip-ons, it really doesn't matter, because she has fully proven that bangs look fantastic with her face shape and overall vibe.

Her die-hard fans are one step ahead of the rest of us, and have already been processing the news of Turner's bangs.

In fact, her leap into the world of bangs may very well cause a domino effect of bangs.

Turner's entry into the world of bangs only further proves that her time on Game of Thrones effectively trained her to take big risks, for there is reward there.

Personally, I've only ever been in the men's locker room one time. It was an accident; I had just joined a new gym and accidentally opened the wrong door, and the experience lasted under two seconds before I hastily closed the door and never went back to that gym again (or any gym, just to be safe). So overall, I can't say that I really know what goes down in the guys' locker room, and especially not the boys' locker room, a place so infamous it inspired a meme!

A recent Reddit thread asked, "Guys, what's the craziest thing that's happened in the boys locker room that most girls wouldn't understand?" Here are some of the responses, which somehow exceed all of my wildest and most horrifying assumptions about what happens in there:

1) Via themidnightcigarette:

A guy in our high school took one of those windup disposable cameras, removed the flash attached two spikes to the electrical ports ans started stabbing and tazing people in the locker room.

2) Via olymswim:

My teammates and I poured shampoo on the tiles and had a contest to see who could belly side the farthest

3) Via djfunkenstein:

Guy has three testicles. No one believes him. He shows everyone in the locker room his three testicles, except me because I came in late. Never have i been more disappointed to not see a man's testicles.

4) Via RazzleRyan:

I saw two of my classmates sword fight with their dicks until one of them hit the other so hard he had to stop because his dick hurt.

5) Via Rust_Dawg:

We had electric hand dryers and Axe body spray.

If you block the intake of the dryer, the heating elements get really hot because of the lack of airflow and start to glow bright orange. Then, if you take your hand away and immediately spray Axe into the intake, a massive ball of fire shoots out the exit of the dryer. The fireball is bigger if you spray more cans at once.

6) Via SwgglyArmJonson:

Someone stole someones shoe then threw it THROUGH the ceiling

Left a fucking hole

7) Via bop-my-bologna:

chased each other with a HUGE dildo we found in a bag in a forest nearby

8) Via nekoprincesse:

As a girl, I didn't witness this one, but our gym teacher told us about it. All the boys in my gym class collectively smeared the ENTIRE locker room with deodorant. Every wall. Every surface. I've always wondered what was going through their heads that made them all decide to do that.

9) Via klopnyyt:

Had an all day sport assessment so every boy in my year was in the boy's locker room (good idea to start with). Between assessments we were told to just wait in there. 5 minutes passed and next thing we knew the teacher walked in on two guys lighting each other's pubes on fire and putting each other out by humping each other, whilst everyone watched. Not sure if the girls were doing that ahah.

10) Via Bread_boy232:

A fat kid called another small kid gay (bullying him basically) The small kid then proceeded to go to the back, pick up the changing room hoover and then chased after the fat kid trying to suck on his man tits. It was a good day till Mr Hoves came in.

edit: ok for context this fat guy had been bullying this kid for a while and I think the kid just snapped. Although it was funny it was also kinda scary imagine this little 5'5 skinny goblin child carrying such a big heavy hoover while running so fast it scared this huge fat guy.

Oh and yes he did manage to get it on his left tit. Left a nasty mark, that Mr Hoves saw.

11) Via BigChegger:

after every P.E lesson someone would stand against the shower wall and everyone else would throw their shoes at them

it went through the register who would stand against the wall, don't remember how it started but it went on from year 8 through to year 11

12) Via voter1126:

Letting out the loudest, longest, nastiest, melt the paint off the walls fart and getting compliments and asking what the hell you ate so the others could try to recreate it.

13) Via G0ffrey:

Three things,

1. The trash locker

2. The collective destruction of slightly bent lockers

3. FUCKING AXE BOMBS

14) Via -Words-Words-Words-:

Someone in my older brother's class stuck a matchbook on my brother's back right above his belt and lit it on fire as a prank, I guess? My brother got a pretty serious burn at the base of his back about the size of an apple. He didn't tell anyone about it because he "wasn't a snitch" but as he was getting ready for practice after school in the locker room, his coach saw it and assumed my brother was being abused. And my brother not admitting how it happened made everyone at the school assume the worst. My parents got called in and when the teachers threatened to call the police on my dad, my brother finally told them what happened. The kid who did it was going to get expelled for you know, setting someone on fire, but my dad was an "education is the most important thing in the world" kind of guy and went to bat for the kid. I think the kid ended up with 3 years of detention, but he did get to stay in the school.

15) Via lilcondor:

In high school, one of the special ed kids was in the locker room before weight lifting class. Little dudes like, “ya guys you want to see this trick??” Naturally, we’re all like, “yea man, we love to see your trick, what you got?” The hairy, childlike boy immediately takes his pants off, shits on the bench and slides all the way from one end to the other. The whole bench was streaked with shit and we all got excused from that class that day. Place stank for the rest of the week and we never looked at him the same. Sneaky guy

16) Via markercore:

One time before cross country practice we were sitting in there, one guy has his shirt off and is playing with the safety pins used to affix the numbers for meets to the jerseys. he says something like "i wonder what this would feel like." and proceeded to pierce his nipple with the safety pin, close it up and then ran practice like that.

17) Via Sceptile90:

We had a guy fuck a banana peel to completion for a tenner

18) Via WorkIncognitoWEEEE:

Playing baseball in the showers...with a ping pong ball, and a very large penis.

19) Via MosquitoRevenge:

The shower piss bombs. Only possible for those with foreskin as is normal in Sweden. Close up your dick with your foreskin and piss until your foreskin can't hold it anymore and it blows.

20) Via Pencilowner:

We had an electric razor and dared a guy to shave his head things escalated until someone took a chunk out of a different guys hair. Realizing as a group we had gone to far and a major injustice was committed we all shaved our heads. Like 30 guys all shaved there heads in solidarity.

We did the same thing when a guy got pegged with a rock in the back and it left a major bruise. Everyone took a rock in the back. The next week we had a pool party at school and all the guys had one big welt on the back. Our administration had no clue what we were going to do next but worked really hard to make sure we didn’t accidentally kill someone.

21) Via I_cant_tell_what_day:

In high school we used to have this one guy that did a “victory lap” around the locker room after practice or after we won. This involves him getting butt ass naked and high stepping a couple laps around the locker room so his junk was flopping all over the place. We for some reason cheered and yelled while this was going on. Good times

22) Via abowbre:

I think it's pretty common but we had fights with towels in the locker room. However we got so good at it we would actually start bleeding if we got hit. A lot of girls (and teachers) asked why our t-shirts had blood on them and one time why the locker room walls were splashed in blood. We just said it was like that when we got there and that we tripped or something like that.

23) Via nameisbubba:

Just this week, kid somehow snuck a dead rat from the Biology room, stuck it in a bag for a few days, then threw it into the locker room while people were changing.

24) Via Rossomebob123:

We were bored one day, and I started tapping on the lockers rhythmically, then another person stares stomping, it ended with all of us making a SICK beat, and us chanting something. It was a bonding moment for us guys.

25) Via Mattydinho:

Someone locked the doors to the shower room from the outside and at least 7 lynx (the English version of axe) bottles were thrown through the doors with elastic bands tied around them so they automatically sprayed before they locked the doors, some kid threw up afterwards and most people being gassed found it funny (even the kid who threw up) being part Jewish I didn't throw up as I am always prepared for this situation

26) Via DamnStraightEye:

I fought my friend in the locker room. Didn't last too long before the coach walked in but it was a pretty bloody fight. At my school you got expelled for fighting so when the coach came in we both said it was an accident. The coach could tell it wasn't but he just went with our story.

Oh, and we were back to being friends after the fight.

27) Via Thomas500ml:

There was a cabbage in there randomly, so people started kicking it around

28) Via ad_relougarou:

After swimming pool, we made a free fight, with every one, naked with no rules. Anyone knocked out or who lays on the ground for over three seconds is disqualified. I ended up third after being hit by a bench, so I can relate to every shitty locker memes that have been posted.

29) Via neubs:

I once saw a guy get circumcised by a towel

30) Via lemonlimone89:

We all got handed bibles one day for what ever reason, just before PE. So they got set on fire and a flaming dodge bible fight was had.

Holy shit, these memes really weren't lying. Thanks for the insight, guys! I am simultaneously horrified, and in awe.

Everyone has a wish list of want they wanted to see inGame of Thrones's final season, including Maisie Williams.

Did you want something to be made of Jon Snow's Targaryen heritage, the mystery that animated fans for decades? Too bad! Did you want some explanation of how Bran's warging powers work, and therefore finish the series confident that he would be a benevolent king and didn't manipulate the affairs of the past eight seasons to get the results he wanted, making him complicit in thousands of deaths? Sorry! Did you want to see Arya confront the top of her kill list? So did Maisie Williams.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Williams revealed where she thought her character's story was headed.

"I just wanted to be on set with Lena again, she’s good fun," Williams explained. "And I wanted Arya to kill Cersei even if it means [Arya] dies too. Even up to the point when Cersei’s with Jaime I thought [while reading the script], ‘He’s going to whip off his face [and reveal its Arya]’ and they’re both going to die. I thought that’s what Arya’s drive has been."

It's a shame we never got to see Arya's Faceless Man magic again after she poisoned House Frey at the beginning of season seven.

Arya killing Cersei would have been awesome, but predictable.

In the final episodes, Arya walked away from her life of being a revenge-driven assassin and pursued something more hopeful.

"The Hound says, ‘You want to be like me? You want to live your life like me?’" Williams explained to EW. "In my head, the answer was: ‘Yeah.’ But I guess sleeping with Gendry, seeing Jon again, realizing she’s not just fighting for herself anymore but also her family — it’s bringing up all these human emotions that Arya hasn’t felt for a long time. When The Hound asks her if she has another option, all of a sudden there are so many more things in [Arya’s] life that she can live for, that she can do. It was a shock for me because that wasn’t how I envisioned her arc going this year. Then I realized there were other things I could play, bringing Arya back to being a 16-year-old again."

"It’s not a Game of Thrones ending for Arya, it’s a happy ending," she added.

While showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss's take on Arya's endgame ultimately differed from Williams', the actor behind Arya did have another major player in her corner: Cersei Lannister herself.

Lena Headey wanted that big Arya-Cersei showdown, too.

"I lived that fantasy until I read the script," Headey told EW."There were chunky scenes and it was nothing that I had dreamt about. It was a bit of come down and you have to accept that it wasn’t to be. There is something poetic about the way it all happens in the end with her and Jaime."

Cersei died with Jaime, crushed under the weight of her kingdom as Daenerys fire-bombed the Red Keep.

It didn't have to be this way—they could have scooted over a little.

At the end of the day, the actors did a great job bringing visions that weren't their own to life.

Williams and Headey did a better job than Emilia Clarke at pretending that they liked it.

BeSt SeAsOn EvAh!

Most of us grow up with a general sense of how difficult it is to give birth. When the subject comes up, countless women regale the masses with stories of trial and tribulation, much in the style of a veteran. They survived the miracle, but the process itself isn't for the faint of heart or body. Many of us have heard that it's the worst pain imaginable, something that is difficult to describe if you haven't experienced it.

While the concept of pushing a human being out of your body doesn't need persuasion to sound painful, promoting a more comprehensive public understanding of the realities of birth is a win for reproductive health. The more everyone understands the realities of the pain of child birth, and women's reproductive pain in general, the less women will be gaslit about their physical experiences in both social situations and medical settings.

Visual representations can do a lot for public understanding, especially when it comes to pain, so when the SCV Birth Center posted a photo showing how much a cervix dilates during the birthing process, it quickly went viral. Seeing the visual of how much a woman's body changes during the labor process really summed up how wild the reality birthing is.

Women quickly started sharing the photo, along with their own war stories from the labor room. While mildly terrifying, this photo is validating in a lot of ways, since it straight up maps out the changes women go through.

I have a feeling this photo will haunt a lot of people the next time their mom says "I brought you into this world, so I can take you out."

Sometimes trying to do the "right" thing can go very, very wrong. That's what happened recently to a man in Richmond, Virginia who tried to rescue a "cat" he found with its head stuck in his fence. But there's one (huge) problem, as you may have ascertained from my use of quotation marks: it was not in fact a "cat"—at least, not the kind of cat you want to bring in to your home. The attempted Good Samaritan posted photos of the "cat" (not a cat) on Craigslist in hopes of finding its owner. He writes:

FOUND cat last night was stuck in between my fence screaming it’s head off. i brought it inside because it looks too big and healthy for a stray and dogs here escape often and will eat cats that get out. it is very thick and has little stripes and spots on its legs and big white round spots on the back of its ears, only thing that looks wrong with him is he doesn’t have a tail but it doesn’t seem like anything new. He is very vocal ( and mean!!!!) I think he is a tabby and bengals mix maybe some Maine coon because he is just so big and chubby. i took most of these pics last night so the lighting makes him look brown but he is actually more gray. He was very hungry. please if u r his owner contact me ASAP i can not keep him here because as cute as he is, he is CRAZY and has gotten into everything in the house in 1 night and is EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE!! Even though I am almost sure this is someoneones pet unfortunately if no one contacts me soon enough I will have to take him to a shelter. By Sunday night most likely I will have to take him in. Almost lost my fingers this morning trying to pet him. Has been growling and hissing and calling all morning He is just a big grouch. Please text or email .

And here are some photos of the "cat" (definitely not a cat!!!!!) ransacking his home, because no good deed goes unpunished!!!

As you have probably figured out on your own, this is a wild bobcat—a species of cat, sure—but a species that lives in the wild and is not domesticated in any sense of the word, as these photos show.

Washington Post journalist Christopher Ingraham brought the story to the public's attention, with a tweet about the hilarious mishap which has since gone viral:

And since then, the attempted Good Samaritan was apparently made aware of his mistake thanks to the internet. In a hilarious edit to the original post, he explained that his mistake was due to not being American and not knowing what a bobcat is (fair enough!). He also said that the bobcat has since been released into the wild, where it belongs. He writes:

UPDATE: thank you to everyone who told me this is actually a WILD BOBCAT!!!🤯 Wtf!!! No wonder he was so grumpy!! I kidnapped him!! 🤣 I am not from America and have never heard of bobcat, I thought all wild cats are much bigger than that!! I can not believe I brought it inside!! And he pissed all over my damn house so now I have to deep clean everything !! 😡🤬🤬well Anyway I am glad at least he is okay and not a lost cat. I have let him go already back near the trees where he came from, and he was not hurt or injured at all so do not worry!! I am also okay, no bites or scratches!! (Just pee 😑) And if you are one of the people who told me nicely out of concern, thank you and have a nice day!! If you Are one of the people who was rude to me and tried to mock me for not knowing, you can have a bad day!!( maybeif he comes back I’ll send him ur way 👹🤣 )Bye bye!

So next time you try to rescue an animal, just be 100% sure you know what kind of animal it is before you bring it in to your home. Because otherwise it could come for your Whole Foods groceries and we all know that's a damage none of us can afford.

It's been a crazy week. Abortion bans continue to sweep the nation, a totally non-temper tantrum having President Trump is deploying troops to the Middle East, and fake videos of Nancy Pelosi are plunging us into a new circle of dystopia.

None of these tweets have anything to do with those things. Enjoy!

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"Men who don't understand women fall into two groups: Bachelors and Husbands."

~ Daniel Tosh

Women might be hard to understand at times. but these memes are easy peasy. Ladies, it's time for a laugh.

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