Megan Rapinoe isn't the only player in the U.S. Women's Soccer team who doesn't want to visit the White House to dine with Donald Trump.

Following the team's 2-0 win against the Netherlands, which secured them the 2019 Women's World Cup, Anderson Cooper sat down with the co-captain of the team to discuss all things soccer and politics.

When asked if any of the teammates would be interested in visiting Trump, Rapinoe made it abundantly clear that they're alll strongly against it.

However, Rapinoe and her teammates aren't opposed to traveling to a bipartisan Congressional meeting.

When asked what message she would give to Trump (since he likely watched the interview), Rapinoe spoke straight to the camera about his hate-filled policies.

She also went on to share how excited the team is to use their platform, and that they'd absolutely accept an invitation from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi.

While directly addressing the camera, Rapinoe delivered this message to Trump:

"I would say that your message is excluding people. You're excluding me, you're excluding people that look like me, you're excluding people of colour, you're excluding Americans that maybe support you."

"I think that we need to have a reckoning with the message that you have and what you are saying about 'make America great again.' I think that you are harking back to an era that was not great for everyone."

"It might have been great for a few people. Maybe America is great for a few people right now but it is not great for enough Americans in this world."

"We have a responsibility, each and every one of us. You have an incredible responsibility as the chief of this country to take care of every single person and you need to do better for everyone."

This interview has only compounded the running internet bit that Rapinoe should run for president.

Honestly, given the bizarre nature of our political circus, I wouldn't rule it out at this point.

Who needs klan rallies when there's Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News?

The evil Brooks Brothers mannequin did a segment on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar after a recentWashington Postprofile told her life story. In the WaPo piece, Omar told a group of high school students:

"I grew up in an extremely unjust society, and the only thing that made my family excited about coming to the United States was that the United States was supposed to be the country that guaranteed justice to all. So, I feel it necessary for me to speak about that promise that’s not kept."

Tucker's takeaway is that Omar's disappointment in America not living up to its ideals is tantamount to treason, a lesson that Muslim immigrants and people of color are a threat to America at large.

"Ilhan Omar is living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country," he said, telling his viewers that criticism of American justice is dangerous when it comes from a woman in a hijab. Donald Trump's whole campaign was calling America a broken trash country that needs to be "great again," but Tucker and friends called him a savior, not a danger.

Tucker proceeded to argue that immigrants like Omar come from cultures that are so "different" that they will never have what it takes to be "American."

That's just straight up Nazi trash, who used the folklore of the"German volk" as a reason to annihilate anybody who was insufficiently Aryan.

"Maybe we’re importing people from places whose values are simply antithetical to ours," he said. "This can not continue. It’s not sustainable. No country can import large numbers of people who hate it and survive. The Romans were the last to try that, with predictable results."

Omar, for her part, laughed the attack off, calling the racist fool a "racist fool."

Omar's colleagues in Congress are also condemning this trash.

If there's any doubt who the president sides with in this terrifying, boring "feud," he took the opportunity to retweet an article bashing CNN and calling Omar an anti-Semite.

Hey, hi! Jewess here.

Tucker Carlson implying that you can’t love something if you criticize it is more anti-Semitic than anything Ilhan Omar has ever said.

We criticize because we love. Just ask my mother.

It's par for the course for a bride to assign all her bridesmaids matching dresses, but demanding they be the same height is a completely new level of bridezilla.

First of all, unless your friends all magically happen to be 5'8, requiring they appear the same height for the wedding involves some truly bizarre concessions. Nonetheless, this is the tulled hill a real-life bride decided to recently die on and people online are rightfully stunned.

In a recent post on the Choosing Beggars subreddit, a friend of one of the bridesmaids spilled the beans on the demands of this bridezilla.

It all started when the bride demanded none of her bridesmaids be tall than her on her wedding day.

However, a few months later the bride decided to up the ante and demanded all the bridesmaids be the same exact height on the wedding day, which means the shortest bride must wear 7.5 inch heels.

Of course, even when the bridesmaids went along with the bonkers demands, the bride took issues with their shoe choices. She claimed the shoes look like "hooker shoes" and then demanded the bridesmaids prove who was a "real friend" and who was a "fake friend."

Needless to say, people online had a field day roasting the bridezilla for her irrational demands.

ThatSquareChick laid out just how absurd it is to require someone wear 7inch heels to a wedding.

"As a stripper who’s spent the last 15 years wearing that exact shoe for minimum of 8 hours a day, 3-4 days a week: fuck wearing them if you don’t have training or someone to hang onto."

"They’re not light, a little piece of gravel or popcorn hull could put you on your knees just like a bump from a tipsy guest can end your night in the emergency room. Those shoes are made for runway walking and stage dancing. Each are clean and have no cracks or small objects to trip you. Each foot requires a different style of strap, some will need ankle straps, some will need mules, others will need a whole ankle boot for support. Ankle ties to even further secure the shoe to the foot are often used so they don’t even slide around on the foot. The shoe is an extension of the foot and once you’ve worn them a while, you get to know them and what they can do and not do."

"I can’t believe someone would ask someone to wear these shoes to a wedding. Weddings are all day affairs, and bridesmaids are expected to do stuff and you can’t do it tottering around in heels you hate, aren’t used to and likely fit wrong because you always choose a very snug, open toed shoe or double sock a closed toe as closed toe will fucking KILL your toes if you stand for any amount of time in them and people who don’t usually wear these heels are just gonna buy a pair of 8’s for their size 7 feet because they like room in the shoes and three hours later, when their feet have loosened the shoe up a little, now it’s a half size bigger than before, their toes are gonna get smashed by the closed toe or curl out the end of an open toe and over the edge of the shoe, ruining the balance dynamic of the shoe and causing more falls than anything else. Shit MY feet kill me after work and I’m used to it, asking her to do it AND all the other stuff is just awful."

lower-horn marveled at the fact that this bride has any friends at all.

"How do women like this have multiple close friends wanting to be bridesmaids, but yet I, a normal and balanced person, have only animals as besties?"

Honestly, I'm hoping there's a follow-up post clarifying whether any of the bridesmaids dropped out, this bride deserves to have all of them bail.

Women perpetuating sexism is a tale as old as time. Look no further than the 53% of white women who voted for Trump in 2016, and every woman who's ever described herself as "more of a guys' girl." I mean, you do you, honey. But if you're ruling out an entire gender that makes up more than half the human race, you might want to do some soul-searching. At the forefront of the women-hating-women movement is White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.

Most recently, Conway used the terms "major meow moment" and "huge catfight" to describe Nancy Pelosi's dispute over border spending with four Democratic lawmakers, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

“Those four female Democrats that Nancy Pelosi is brushing back, I think they are all freshman members,” said Conway on (surprise!) Fox News. “A major ‘meow moment’ — brushing back in a huge catfight, really ridiculing them — and they voted against the Democratic aid package.”

Comparing women to cats is tired and sexist and reductive, and I'm not just saying that as a dog person. But don't take it from me. Take it from Democratic congresswoman AOC, who swiftly went to Twitter to do what she does best: shut down the bullsh*t.

“Catfight” is the sexist term Republicans use when two adult women happen to disagree with each other," she wrote. "The reason they find it so novel &exciting is bc the GOP haven’t elected enough women themselves to see that it can, in fact, be a normal occurrence in a functioning democracy."

She also followed up with these tweets in response to people claiming Kellyanne Conway, a woman, can't be sexist.

AOC has dropped so many mics in her brief time as congresswoman that I hope she has mic insurance. Congresswoman and fellow "squad" member Ayanna Presley also called out Conway for her sexist comment, calling her "Distraction Becky":

Then AOC jumped in again to backup Presley and continued to lay in to Conway.

"She may play games with people's lives, but we don't."

At the center of the dispute is a supplemental border spending package which passed the House two weeks ago intended to address the growing humanitarian crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, where people are dying and children are being kept in cages and being forced to drink toilet water. Many people in the progressive wing of the Caucus, including AOC and Ayanna Pressley, opposed the legislation on the grounds that it did not include restrictions meant to protect migrant children.

On a somewhat related note, Kellyanne Conway seems like someone who could definitely benefit deeply from some soul-searching. I hope someone takes her away for a weekend on a lake somewhere with a bunch of gal pals and the movie Bridesmaids, then gets her drunk on margaritas and then strokes her hair while whispering softly in her ear "you are worth it. You are enough. Women are people. Quit your job."

Heidi Montag was one of the first reality stars in a century now defined by reality stars, and her husband Spencer Pratt defined douchebaggery for a generation.

Montag is also the latest celebrity to explain how being famous is Actually Bad, for being subjected to millions of more trolls than the average woman on Instagram can really screw with you.

Back in 2010, then-23-year-old Montag was on the cover of People magazine, talking about her plastic surgery "addiction." Her surgery binge was so notable that then-President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama were put in the cover's corner, and NOBODY puts the Obamas in the corner.

Montag had a marathon of surgeries, including breast enlargement, chin reduction, brow lift, nose job revision, liposuction, buttock augmentation, fat injections, and botox.

Last year, she explained on Instagram while why that sounds like joke fodder, the surgeries were deadly series. Like, deadly.

"Spencer thought he lost me. I died for a minute. With that much surgery, I had to have 24-hour nurse care. I was at a recovery center and had Demerol [a highly addictive narcotic drug] to deal with the pain because it was so extreme. My security guards called Spencer and told him, 'Heidi's heart stopped. She's not going to make it.' And I easily could've," she told Paper."Cutting yourself up isn't something I'd recommend, and Demerol isn't anything to play around with. That's how Michael Jackson died."

In an interview with Cosmopolitanabout The Hills: New Beginnings, Pratt revealed why his wife went under the knife:

Heidi thought people would stop criticizing her if she got surgery. Everything she did came from people criticizing her in the comments on Us Weekly and People magazine. She brought printouts of what the trolls and haters said to the doctor and said, “Can we do something about this?” Everyone’s insecure but it’s different when you’re young and on TV and everyone’s talking about you. And it’s upsetting that you can go to a doctor and say “Here’s what I hate about myself,” and he’ll say “I can fix that. For free.”

In all seriousness, that is heartbreakingly sad.

"I was way too young to make such a life-changing decision and was under so much pressure because it was the beginning of comment sections and negativity and hate on the internet," Montag added. "I wish I had waited and not made a decision so young because I have long-term health complications."

A YouTuber who goes by King Aladdin, which automatically makes you a douche unless you're name is Aladdin and you're an actual king, recently learned a lesson (we hope) while "pranking" a 15-year-old girl by catcalling her on the street in LA. The problem with "pranks" is that they're occasionally funny but more often just involve one person being a dick. In this case, the "prank" was actually straight-up sexual harassment of a minor. Not cute. Not funny. Not legal. NOT okay. The girl's dad, who luckily was with her during the encounter, agreed, and swiftly stepped in.

"Come here, come here, come here. Come here little blondie, little Taylor Swift looking ass b****," says the YouTuber in the cringey video, which is circulating on Twitter. Then the girl’s father responds to say she's only 15, and the YouTuber responds, douchily: "Why’s she out this late, bro? This is Hollywood, bro."

The dad replies: “Because we just went on a father-daughter date and had dinner.” This is when the YouTuber immediately changes his tune. Nervously he unleashes a stream of apologies, but the dad is having none of it. He gets in his face, twice, telling him to "shut the f*** up" and "Stop catcalling after women. Grow the f*** up."

You can watch the cringy encounter and the dad's awesome reaction here:

This dad rules! Turns out, he is a comedian named Skyler Stone, who saw the video on Twitter and responded.

"I’m the 'angry father' in this vid that’s going viral. I knew he was filming," he wrote. "Thats the only reason he still has a working smile on his face. I didn’t know he was live streaming. Apparently there’s not 1 person who thought what he did was appropriate. Restored my faith in society."

People all over the internet are praising the dad for the way he stood up for his daughter, and all girls and women.

If only every girl to encounter this kind of abuse had a dad like this by their side to defend them. Reminder to cis-gendered, able-bodied men: you're in a position of privilege to be able to call out other men for sh*tty abusive behavior like this. Now go forth and be like this dad! Thank you!

"Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher."

-Maggie Gallagher

If you're a teacher it's easy to be completely fed-up with the lack of resources, spoiled kids, and the general workload you experience throughout the school year. These memes totally nail what it's like to be an educator today. We salute you, teachers. The struggle is real.

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Working the drive thru window at a fast food chain is not for the faint of heart. Not only do you have to navigate the entitlement of the hungry public, but you also have to deal with just how comfortable people are in their cars.

In most cases, this isn't an issue, a customer rolls through, places their order, and pays before zooming off to the rest of their day. But sometimes, working the drive thru means you get a front row view into people's sex lives, nude fetishes, and very unusual pets, and it can be equal parts traumatizing and fascinating.

In a recent Reddit thread, drive thru workers shared the wildest customers keep in their cars, and it'll make the wet bag of trash underneath your passenger's seat seem like child's play.

1. youcantsaynotopizza saw a lizard just chillin'.

"A lizard chilling on someone’s dashboard being fed veggies. A cat was also in the same car."

2. S2A9 saw a kangaroo.

"A baby Kangaroo. To clarify, I live in New England and this is not normal. To be honest I was just out of view of it, but it caused quite a clamour."

3. jchanceh9lol got a bunch of free flashlights.

"Working drive through at Starbucks. Some guy pulled through with car filled with boxes."

"He said they were filled with flashlights and offered me some. I completely forgot about it till I got off work. When I got out to my car there were 5 boxes each filled with 20 brand new Duracell flashlights still in the packaging. Had to be worth at least $500. And he had many more boxes."

4. Castor346 saw a humongous tortoise.

"A tortoise that took up the whole passenger seat"

5. thatmuslimah saw a man with a falcon.

"When I worked at Dunkin’ Donuts this guy came through the drive thru with a huge falcon in his passenger seat"

6. CrepConniseur saw a dom and her sub.

"I once saw a woman roll up to the Window and she must have been a dominatrix as she had a man in the back in a leather outfit and a rubber pig mask. I can only imagine that was his kink to get embarrased at a KFC drive through."

7. ratchmond's mom has seen it all.

"My mother used to work the drive thru at Burger King when she was a teenager. She told me that a man used to come through some nights completely naked except for black see-through stockings."

8. regularbohemian saw a woman who replaced her passenger with a cockatoo.

"A woman came through with no passenger side seat. It had been pulled out, and in its place hung a giant metal ring with an enormous Cockatoo sitting on it. Thing was going mental when she pulled up,"

9. Infernumlupus served a party car.

"Back when I worked drive through at a McDonald’s I had this guy ordering who, number one, took like five minutes to order a breakfast burrito and a drink so I was pretty fed up already when he got to the window. When this car pulled up, I was really not expecting to see a chick wearing nothing but a bra and panties in the backseat snorting cocaine off of an iPhone."

"I was staring at her while I took the guy’s cash and she glanced up and noticed me and ducked down a little bit. Like, babe, you’re in a pretty short car; if I can see the floor from here I can definitely see you."

"Guy just drove off to the next window like nothing happened. Also served a lady on a horse one time and was subsequently told they had to be in a motor vehicle to come through the drive through, but that wasn’t as strange since there are horses in our area."

10. DarthVapar served ice cream to three monkeys.

"When I was working at McDonald’s, one time a woman pulled up with 3 monkeys and ordered them each an ice cream cone. I still think about that from time to time."

11. RTinoo cleaned mashed potatoes off a woman's car.

"I work at a drive through car wash, woman came through with a bucket of KFC mashed potatoes stuck to her window. We cleaned it off."

12. Rubyheart_1922 got a free chicken purse.

"I once complimented a woman on her purse that was in the exact shape of a chicken (it was made of colored rubber, really unique item). She proceeds to tell me to hold on, gets out of the car and grabs an IDENTICAL CHICKEN PURSE and gives it to me, saying that she has been “waiting for the right person to give this to”. It was used and quite old."

"Edit: Picture of the now famous chicken purse https://imgur.com/a/JI6OTDg . Some of ya'll did some great sleuthing and found the same purse but new, now I know where to buy it if I want a non-gross one."

13. pm_me_nothing____ served McDonalds to a funeral procession.

"Once had a hearse complete with coffin pull through followed by family and friends in the cars behind. They said the guy in the coffin always enjoyed McDonalds, so it was his final wish to be visit one more time."

14. justessforall1 fed someone's pet pig.

"Worked at McDonald’s, specially in drive thru. Saw a hoarder who could only go to our McDonald’s because we didnt have a sharp turn into our parking lot. Her car was too filled she couldn’t use her steering wheel."

"Had someone with a pet pig and duck. Gave them free ice cream. Some dude was getting head. He was the driver. Couple sitting in the backseat were also doing sexual things. He was fingering her and kissing her neck."

"A cardboard cut out of (I shit you not) Danny Devito. Good times."

15. GeraldFord210 had a car full of bananas.

"I was the driver in this case, but I worked at a grocery store, and our order of bananas hadn't come in. I was asked to go to another store in our chain and pick up extra bananas they had in stock. Decided to grab some food on the way back, with my car packed to the brim with bananas. The cashier seemed relatively unphased, and just said "Huh. That's a lot of bananas."

16. Dan33702's friend's sister was mistaken by a dog.

"Not a drive thru worker, but I was in the passenger seat at a drive thru bank and had a funny experience."

Friend was depositing money. The teller sends back a receipt and a dog treat. Confused, my friend asks what the dog treat is for. The teller points and says "your dog in the back seat." At that point, my friends younger sister, who had been leaning forward brushing her own hair, looked up at the teller. The teller was very apologetic for her confusion, and we all had a good laugh. Well, except for the sister, she wasn't too thrilled about being confused for a dog."

17. RaynnenotRaynee saw a car full of sex toys.

"Used to work at the Drive Thru of Starbucks for some extra money about a year ago. I once had a couple drive up and the girl had a bunch of bags on her and in front of her feet. From what I could tell, they were sex toys."

"It was like ten bags but I just averted my eyes and handed them their drinks. Needless to say, the guy was pretty embarrassed because he could tell I was uncomfortable."

18. Ellizards saw someone do a line.

"One time someone just snorted cocaine right in front of me. That and one time someone had a duck in a towel in between her boobs."

19. MarySpringsFF served up 20 cheeseburgers.

"More then a dozen teenagers in a small hot boxed car. $0.39 cents for a cheeseburger limit 20 was the deal. They ordered 20."

20. NeedsMoreTuba saw a high man with a LOT of chips.

"A giant, industrial-sized trash bag FULL of nachos. It pretty much took up the entire back seat. When I asked the guy where he was going to get enough salsa for those chips he genuinely seemed disappointed because he hadn't thought of that."

"Apparently the Mexican restaurant next door was throwing them out and the guy asked if he could have them because he was stoned and it seemed like a good idea at the time."

21. AssanMahariel had a very demanding parrot for a customer.

"Had a regular who would come through drive thru with a parrot that would angrily demand french fries or chicken nuggets (varied from day to day) when at the speaker. The driver would keep stopping to tell it to shut up. Thought there was a drunk frat boy in the car with the driver the first time I came across the duo. Pretty bird; I usually saved a single french fry to give to him when I heard his familiar screaming through the headset."

22. Peppaquail served the nude guy.

"Chick Fil A. A butt ass naked (except a hat and sandals) middled aged long haired guy pulls through in a jeep with all the doors and top taken off. We still served him. No one was comfortable looking at him except for me. I was the window person. I didn't make an expression and acted like it was nothing to me and his goofy smile faded pretty quick after the less than enthusiastic "my pleasure". Everyone thought I was God.

Me - 1 Pervert - 0"

"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit."

-George Carlin

Work sucks, but these memes don't. These bad boys will keep you laughing until it's mercifully time to clock out for the day.

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If anything unites America in these polarizing times, it's our obsession with pop culture icons. Americans are so obsessed with celebrities that we made one President. And we have been known to forgive and forget all kinds of messy, bizarre, horrific, illegal behavior—everything from sex crimes to murder to dangling a child out of a window. This is in part because we just love celebs, but also because there are simply too many instances to even keep track of. In case you needed a reminder of all the bad and bizarre celebrity behavior we've somehow forgiven and forgotten, someone recently asked Twitter this question:

Here are 31 of the messiest, most insane celebrity controversies, embarrassing moments and crimes that we've swept under the rug, including a few that will never, ever be forgotten.

1) Doo doo doo ba doo ba burned.

2) This might actually be the least crazy thing Kanye ever said.

3) To be fair, he's a sparkly vampire.

4) Man, we've really wronged Anne Frank.

5) And Justin Bieber has wronged us.

6) Speaking of wrong...

7) TBT.

8) That Bah-stan accent tho! So adorable!

9) Everyone deserves a high-5 though.

10) The man did have a point though.

11) We also forgot "Lemonade Mouth" existed.

12) His songs are so catchy tho!

13) Hard to believe a politician who hates gay people and the poor could be so cruel.

14) To be fair, this is also on the TSA.

15) Okay but who can ever forget Adele Dazeem?!

16) Never heard of these people but this does seem brutal.

17) Guys! She's quirky!

18) "What's the deal with age of consent laws?!"

19) OJ needs his own list.

20) Sometimes you just gotta go!

21) Calling him ugly is harsh. Do not see the problem with the first part.

22) This was pretty bad, except the America part.

23) Never forget: a legend!

24) That's soooooooo Raven.

25) Also everything else Shia LaBeouf has ever done.

26) Alright, alright, alright!

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29) Someone tell Megan!

30) Lindsay Lohan. Period.

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Celebs: maybe not just like us afterall....

Dating tip for men: If you're bitter about being rejected by women, freaking the hell out in a Long Island bagel store and going viral as "the Bagel Boss guy" is not going to help.

An angry little dude accosted female customers at the Bagel Boss, shouting, "Why is it OK for women to say, ‘Oh you’re 5 feet’ on dating sites — you should be dead. That’s OK?"

"Everywhere I go I get the same f–king smirk with the biting lip," he screamed.

An employee told The New York Postthat the shortie walked into the bagel store at 9 AM, "screaming about the dating sites and how women hate him."

"He just went totally nuts. He said ‘why are you smiling at me?" according to the manager. "He started saying it’s because I’m short and nobody wants me."

The short-tempered man screamed at a tall guy, "Shut your mouth you're not God or my father or my boss. Dude you want to step outside?"

Things got so bad that the dude was tackled by the taller man, who presumably has no problem with the ladies.

Bagel Boss Guy was eventually escorted outside.

With a few hours, "Bagel Boss" was trending on Twitter, and the internet is doing some great work.

This is truly the weirdest Queer Eye submission ever.

Remember the days when baby showers were held in someone's mom's house and all you had to do was show up with a gift-wrapped box of diapers? Ah, memories.

Nowadays, it seems like baby showers, gender reveals and the expectations around them are only getting bigger and more inconvenient. But one post on Reddit takes the cake when it comes to entitled parents-to-be.

A woman posted on the "Am I the A**hole?" forum looking for advice about a truly mind-blowing situation. The subject line: "[Am I the a**hole] for not attending my close friends baby shower because she was charging an entry fee?"

Short answer: absolutely effing not. But the full story is even worse than the subject line makes it out to be. In short, this mom-to-be not only changed her baby shower to a gender reveal at the last minute — while scheduling a second baby shower for several weeks later – she also expected gifts at both events. And she told guests at the last minute that they'd have to pay her $20 to get into the gender reveal (which was basically just the first of two baby showers).

"I receive[d] a text from my close friend inviting me to her baby shower," the original poster [OP] wrote. "I pay all my own bills, work full time while being full time in college so money and time is tight but I knew this was important so I went ahead and told her I would request off work and definitely be there."

OP bought a whole load of gifts for the shower — then got a text a week before the shower saying "this party would actually be a gender reveal party and they were having a separate baby shower 3 weeks later that she wanted me to come to as well."

Definitely pretty extra. "I was slightly annoyed because I knew I was going to have to request off work again and buy another gift," OP wrote. "I told her I would try my best to be there but I couldn’t make any promises."

Then it got REALLY rude:

Two days before the now “gender reveal” party she texts me in a group message of people and says there’s an entry fee of $20 to the party! I was seriously blown away. I understand it takes planning and money to put together a party but it was her choice to have one. I texted her privately outside the group message and told her I didn’t have $20 extra to bring to the party, since I already got her a gift and had other bills to pay. She replied saying “Sorry girl, I can’t make just an exception for you. You promised you would be there!” I didn’t reply, and didn’t show up.

OP ghosted on the gender reveal, and her invite to the future baby shower got canceled:

She texted me a few days later informing me I was disinvited to the future baby shower and how she was appalled I couldn’t even send a message to let her know I wasn’t coming after I said I would be there. Reddit, I understand maybe I should’ve clarified I wasn’t coming at the point. Although, she knows my situation and that I live paycheck to paycheck. I have now lost a close friend and I seriously can’t decide.. AITA?

The good people of Reddit quickly reassured this woman that while ghosting the gender reveal wasn't the best course of action, her friend is 100% the a**hole in this situation.

"Seriously, $20?!" replied user thedeafbadger. "What are you a hot NYC nightclub? Who the f*** charges a cover for a private party?"

Another pointed out the mom-to-be seems a little confused about how all this works:

Gender reveals are already like... I shouldn't have to bring a gift? That's what a baby shower is for ffs. Let alone PAY for entry????

ActuaIhumanbean agreed:

never in my [mumble] years on this earth have i ever heard of a cover for a gender reveal party (ridiculous event anyway, IMO). if the party costs too much for her to put on then maybe she should reconsider having it at all.

and sorry, but it's incredibly tacky to have both a gender reveal and a shower where you expect gifts (and cash!) for both. one or the other or combine the two. this woman is bonkers.

"An entry fee for a party at someone’s house is the tackiest s*** I ever heard!!!" user yunith said succinctly.

"If you can’t afford to have a party don’t have a party," neptune227 points out. "These gender reveal things are getting out of hand. Mothers-to-be need two parties now? This coming from a mom... it’s getting ridiculous. Too many expectations."

The OP logged back in to respond to everyone's messages:

Wow! Just got back on Reddit and I feel so much better knowing I’m [not the a**hole]. I always let people walk all over me and I felt extremely guilty considering maybe she had got goodie bags or something for me and I didn’t technically tell her I wasn’t attending. I found out today through a mutual friend that only 11 people showed up out of 30 + she invited.

Yikes, less than 50% of the guests showed up? Guess that's what happens when you get greedy.

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."

-Elbert Hubbard

Life doesn't have to be so serious. Spend a few minutes laughing at a bunch of funny memes and let your morning stress just melt away. Sometimes a quick laugh is all you need to start your day off on the right foot.

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Job interviews can be terrifying.

Especially if you're desperate for a job or consider the opportunity a once-in-a-lifetime dream role, the pressure of it all can be pretty staggering. Knowing that interviews are essentially conversations for people to judge your value, knowing what to say about yourself, what questions to ask, what to wear, and how to sit up straight is daunting.

Most of the time, people will give you standard advice such as "make eye contact, say please and thank you, and look presentable." However, there are so many different kinds of companies these days with different standards for what is polite or "presentable." Researching the company you're applying to work for is key.

Luckily, when a recent Reddit user asked, "What is your trick to impress at a job interview?" gainfully employed people of the internet were ready to share their hot tips to help you land the gig.

1. SHUT UP, "CautiousPie."

While not necessarily a “trick”, it’s good to learn that not all of those awkward silences need to be filled by your rambling. When asked open ended questions, answer concisely and honestly, and then shut up.

2. Always have a question! "volvbro."

Before you go into an interview, find out something you actually want to know about the company for when they ask "do you have any questions?"

I asked about an infrastructure project going on, and we talked about some details. It allowed me to show some of my skills and showed that I was interested. My boss later said that was one of the factors for hiring me

3. Everyone can see through the Bullsh*t! "LifeRemains."

I admit when I don’t know something instead of bull shitting

4. Ask...for your flaws? "culman13."

"Is there anything that you think may hold me back in this position?"

Easy way for you to rebut any issues they might have about X topic had you not asked otherwise. Plus no one will ask that question because they are too scared to hear negative feedback.

5. Be funny! "Cyanide_Revolver."

In my last job interview I made a really dumb joke which made the interviewers laugh and made it easier for me to feel comfortable and think clearly, got offered the job at the end of the interview

6. Solid advice, "AlphaTangoFoxFoxtrt."

1. Take notes. Be active and engaged in what they are saying, if they mention a particular technology, write that down.

2. Ask questions related to the job, company, etc. Show that you don't want A job, you want THIS job at THIS company.

3. Be honest. If you don't know an answer say "I'm not familiar with X, do you have any suggestions on resources where I could go to learn more?"

7. Bring that enthusiasm! "Pls_PmTitsOrFDAU_Thx."

so I recently got a job that I would never have guessed.

I still think I'm not fully qualified but I brought a ton of (genuine) enthusiasm to the table. I was very excited about what they were doing and I was really excited to learn. I guess that was evident because the interview turned into a discussion and I got an email from them before I even got home lol

Its important to note that I just recently graduated undergrad and this is a job aimed for recent grads

8. Look the part! "CockOnCall."

Overdress every time. Even if you're applying to be a warehouse worker and everyone is in dirty jeans and well-worn T's, throw on a polo or casual dress shirt. If you're applying for a professional position, a suit is expected.

Above all, iron your clothes and make sure they fit. A wrinkle-free t shirt with some well-fitted jeans will do MUCH better than a wrinkly dress shirt and poorly fitted dress pants.

Wear footwear that you see is appropriate to the job. Other than that, make sure you're groomed and don't smell bad. Avoid cologne as it bothers many people in a professional setting. You're at an interview, not a date.

In the end, job interviews tend to go well when the interviewer can see that you are legitimately trying to figure out if you are a good fit for the company and vice versa. People will overlook shortcoming in job "requirements" as long as you fit the company personality and genuinely seem like you want to succeed at that role.

9. Turn your phone off! "wilsonthehuman."

Be genuine and smile. Look them in the eye when they’re talking. Wear something suitable. If you’re not sure go for smart casual. My current job I got it because I made my boss laugh and seemed eager to learn. I ended up talking to another manager about photography as I did a film degree and he’s a photographer in his down time. I always suggest being honest. If you don’t know the answer to a question, admit it. Ask questions, always. It shows a willingness to learn and an interest in the role. Turn your phone off or put it on silent. At the end, thank them for their time. Once you’re done, send an email of thanks for the consideration. This is what clinched it for me; I was the only person that did that out of the other people I was interviewed alongside.

10. Be a good person! "meldencook."

focus on your skills, achievements, experience, being good with people, how these things would help you with this job and show that you're a good person

11. There's a fine line between confidence and arrogance! "Jimson231."

Confidence but not arrogance, honesty and asking questions.

12. Mind your posture! "pyates13."

address every interviewer by their name. Sit up straight

13. Good one, "hawk8215."

I tell them "Take care of the customer and the money takes care of itself." They eat it up every time.

14. Show up early! "C5521."

Be polite to everyone at the company. You never know who they are or who they interact with.

Show up early. Give yourself plenty of time.

Follow up. Mention points in the interview, and remind them of your strengths “When you mentioned that you were transitioning to a new CRM system, I knew my knowledge of data and analytics would be of value.”

If you aren’t selected, ask for feedback. Stay in touch with people you feel you’ve impressed. Let them know you are interested in future opportunities. You never know what might be available soon.

15. This is spot-on, "notkeenontalking."

I do not talk a lot of shit during an interview. Not about co-workers, cities I've worked in, or old bosses.

Most of us have at one point or another gone through all the seven stages of grief while looking over a dinner bill. Even when you have the money to pay for it, and you're keep relatively good track of your purchases, it's easy for a meal to quickly pile up into a debt you weren't emotionally ready for. If you're a parent, it's very easy to forget how much your kids are absorbing at all times, especially in the heat of these moments.

To this very point, the beloved Chrissy Teigen got a surprise laugh while playing restaurant with her kids Luna and Miles. Set up in Luna's playhouse, Teigen took on the role of the cashier/server, while Miles worked the kitched (aka stood around as an adorable baby).

As a dutiful father, John Legend videotaped Luna ordering food from Teigen, and it got funny quick.

First of all, Luna's order was incredibly adult, and included orange juice, water, and wine as well as salmon and salad.

But the best part was when Teigen delivered the order alongside a $20 bill (which is honestly super affordable given Luna's meal), at which point Luna indignantly yelled "What the?!"

In reference to the bill drama and wine preference, Teigen captioned the video "Oh dear. They really do hear everything."

Teigen's Instagram followers related to Luna's emotional journey a little bit too much.

Who among us hasn't had a delicious meal only to realize we should've looked at the menu prices more vigilantly?

It's been a rough week for physically and emotionally stunted misogynists.

A wee man in Long Island got tackled and went viral after raging in a bagel store about how nobody wanted to date him.

The patron saint of short whiners, Ben Shapiro, continues to make it his mission between Islamphaphobic rants to undermine the success of the US Women's National Team at the World Cup. He's especially salty about the iconic status of team co-captain Megan Rapinoe, whose awesome meme-generating swagger and earnest plea for an America for everyone make him feel smaller than he already is.

A recent-rant on his show he named after himself argues that Rapinoe, while a talented soccer player, is only getting big contracts because she is "a very outspoken lesbian."

Imagine thinking that the world was easy for outspoken lesbians and they have everything handed to them.

To Shapiro, the movements for acceptance and gay rights are a conspiracy so Rapinoe can make money. He word-vomited:

All of this is obnoxious but we're supposed to pretend that actually she is quite charming and wonderful, that it's not obnoxious to live in the best time for women, the best time lesbians, and the best time for women's soccer in the history of the world, and in the best country in the history of the world for any of those things, we're supposed to pretend that actually she is a victim and America is a terrible place so that she could make more money, presumably. Pretty gross.

In the same episode, Shapiro insisted that Rapinoe and her team are only as talented as his fellow 13-year-old boys. "I certainly have no particular love for women's soccer," he said, "Mainly because I care about skill level, and women's soccer isn't at the skill level of men's soccer, not even really teenage boy's soccer, in any case."

He also arguedthat the women don't deserve equal pay because they don't sell as many tickets. Keep in mind that women's soccer is barely advertised unlike men's soccer, so that metric isn't an equal playing field to begin with.

For someone who doesn't care about women's soccer, he sure cares a lot about women's soccer.

The fact that Rapinoe has a love life and a personality doesn't undermine her accomplishments an athlete. People are pointing out that in the game of contracts, Shapiro is the one who is all schtick, no substance.

Rapinoe's reaction to all the men's tears:

In today's segment of "the perils of living while female," I present you a text conversation between a woman and a friend of a friend who went on an abusive rant after she politely rejected his advances.

To make things worse, the woman's "friend" who gave the psycho her number in the first place, ended up defending this a**hole. What a nightmare.

The convo began with a text to a woman from a guy she'd never met. As they always do, it started off innocently enough.

The woman turned him down politely, not that she owes him anything (she doesn't even know him).

"Sorry, I have a boyfriend," she wrote, adding "and I'm sorry but I don't even really know you." Note her multiple uses of the word "sorry," a protective mechanism every woman knows all too well. But despite her being firm in her no AND saying she has a boyfriend, he refused to accept her rejection of his advances, insisting that he's a "really good dude" (which every woman knows is a major red flag).

He then demanded she follow him on Instagram, which she also politely declined, seeing as 1) she doesn't know him, and 2) he's an aggressive jerk who doesn't respect her feelings or boundaries. Who needs that kind of energy on the timeline?!

Things escalated as he refused to accept her "no." He then had the nerve to call HER "rude" and then tried to guilt her into dating him because he's "suicidal."

He then, surprise surprise, called her the b-word—"bitchc"—and continued to berate her.

When she wisely ignored him, he continued to send her abusive texts.

When she finally asked him to stop texting her, he called her a "sh*t person" and blamed her for him "almost killing himself."

Then he, of course, followed up a few days later to find out if she's single.

All I have to say to that is: AHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHGHHGHG. Then things got somehow even worse for this woman. Because naturally, she reached out to her friend who gave this guy her number, to be like "umm dude WTF." And he DEFENDED HIS FRIEND.

Her "friend" also tried to guilt-trip her into giving the guy a chance, said she was “overreacting” and then told her she’s “not that f***ing special”.

Fortunately, she told this "friend" to delete her number, to never give it out to anyone again, and to "f*ck off."

Screenshots of the conversation were initially shared on Reddit, and then were shared on Twitter by a woman named Rebecca Rose, where they are going viral. "This is truly mind blowing (or maybe not)," she wrote, highlighting how, for women, abusive behavior like this is both shockingly upsetting and painfully common.

She followed up with a thread, explaining why she wasn't "surprised" by the conversation.

Turns out, the second text convo (with her ex-friend) came from the advice people gave her on Reddit.

Rebecca Rose said she's "still reeling" from the first dude's aggressive response and that this guy's behavior will "haunt her nightmares." And, same.

Damn, it's scary to be a woman. Stay safe out there. And don't be afraid to use that "block" function like your life depends on it. Because sometimes, it actually might.

Some people will do anything to get that prefect 'gram.

Ever since those "Fyre Fest" documentaries exposed that instagram "influencers" are essentially looks-obsessed nightmares who have very few values other than a vague sense of "positivity" and "optimism," people are growing more skeptical over profiles with a lot of sponsored content.

While everything might look perfect on a screen, the photo-shopping, filters, and makeup that go into that perfect shot are far from realistic. Most people are aware that not everything is as it seems when it comes to someone with an impossibly small waist and a huge butt, though. But what about when it looks like someone is on a gorgeous and glamorous island vacation but they're actually at a lake full of toxic waste?

Yup. Instagram influencers are posing for photos next to a dangerous puddle of toxic garbage.

The undoubtedly beautiful turquoise hue of a Siberian lake is caused not by Caribbean seawater, but toxic waste. The company who owns and uses the lake to dump waste for Heating and Electrical Station No. 5., had to release a statement about the dangers of swimming in it. Apparently people care more about getting those sweet likes than they do about, you know, having skin...

In the statement, The Siberian Generating Company wrote, "you can not swim in the ash dump." According to Buzzfeed, a hardcore 'grammer who entered the Alex Mack water described the water as, "warm and tastes sweet-ish." Someone even made an account dedicated to just photos taken by the dump, calling it the "Novosibirsk Maldives." According to the company, the water isn't poisonous but could cause a serious reaction. The ash dumped into the lake made the floor extremely muddy, making it difficult to get out of the lake if you fall in or willingly enter.

This man, who will do anything for a faux vacay photo, reported that his feet turned red and itched for two days after "swimming" in the toxic ash trash. He also said, "The water tastes slightly sour, similar to chalk." OF COURSE IT TASTES LIKE CHALK, IT'S ASH.

Some have noted that this might be the perfect Darwin push we all need right now:

The apocalypse is nigh, everyone! It's official.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on sex-trafficking charges last week, bringing the spotlight on his crimes, enablers, and possible co-conspirators. Epstein's little black book, published by Gawker (RIP) in 2015, was as stacked with celebrities as the Met Gala. His friends included two presidents—Trump and (Bill) Clinton—and one prince: His Royal Highness Prince Andrew.

Andrew is the third child of Queen Elizabeth, the younger brother of Prince Charles, and the father of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

According to The Guardian,Epstein and Andrew have been friends since the 90s. And according to a lawsuit, "Epstein forced another of his teenage victims into sexual encounters with Andrew on three separate occasions."

In 2015, a woman named Virginia Roberts Giuffre accused Epstein of making her a "sex slave" when she was a teenager, and filed her accusation in a Florida court.

Giuffre claimed in a sworn statement that from 1999 to 2002, she was sexually abused and "loaned" to rich men around the world, including the Queen's son. Under penalty of perjury, Giuffre said that she first had sex with Andrew at the London home of Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell when she was either 15 or 16 years old.

She was working at the spa at Trump's Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago, when she was recruited by Maxwell to be Epstein's masseuse, and later, slave.

She also told the court that she had an orgy with "Randy Andy" on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands.

"I was around 18 at the time. Epstein, Andy, approximately eight other young girls, and I had sex together. The other girls all seemed and appeared to be under the age of 18 and didn’t really speak English," she wrote in her statement.

What do you know: here's a picture of Andrew, Giuffre, and Maxwell.

This story played out in the press four years ago, and Andrew appears to have weathered the storm. The kingdom has moved on, until now, when new charges against Epstein have have brought his massive sex-trafficking ring back into the conversation.

Meanwhile... Meghan exists, and she wore JEANS!

With Epstein and Andrew back in the news, the British press is focused on the real scandalous royal bringing shame upon the house of Windsor: The Duchess of Sussex.

Tabloids have gone into overdrive trying to keep the conversation on new mom Meghan Markle, tearing apart her appearance at Wimbeldon. At the posh tennis tournament, a member of the duchess's security staff asked a fellow spectator not to take a photo, and the narrative somehow became that Megz is a diva.

This made her a "nightmare," according to The Sun.

The Daily Mail went all in on the fact that she wore jeans.

It's a pretty transparent diversion, and people have caught on. Earlier this year, when rumors spread that Prince William had an affair with Kate Middleton's friend, reporters who get paid to maintain access to the Royal family pushed stories about Meghan being "difficult" to keep the heat off of Wills.

Meanwhile, Meghan is living it up with her husband and son.

Sorry your uncle-in-law sucks, Meghan. And so do his friends.

Despite what managers have said over the years, the customer isn't always right. There are unfortunately times when the customer leverages their position to act entitled or make straight-up false accusations, and when they get called out it's a beautiful sight.

Few websites concentrate more awful customers than Yelp, the true epicenter of people who cannot finish their day without complaining about the consistency of an $8 sandwich. For the most part, businesses have to take the criticism hurled at them by customers, and some businesses deserve it.

There are rare and juicy circumstances when a customer's Yelp review gets called out for straight up lies, and it's always a beauty to behold.

Recently, a beleaguered customer using the alias "George B." posted a scathing indictment of the Kansas-based business Blade & Timber, an axe-throwing facility that also serves drinks.

In his review, George B. name-checked one of the employees for racism.

"Terrible experience at Blade and Timber. Employee, Jordan, treated my party terribly. Was monitoring and staring at us throughout our hour time slot. Would not give us our preferred experience. Then proceeded to make us leave the premises because my friend was Hispanic. He was acting wrong to my Hispanic friend ok his birthday the entirety on our experience and I do not feel as if he was treated right. Please do not go to Blade and Timber as I do not want anyone to have the experience that I have had. Jordan should be re-evaluated as an employee."

It wasn't long before George B. received a fiery response from Matt Baysinger, the CEO & Co-Founder of Blade & Timber, who was quick to set the record straight.

"George", I am SO glad you had the audacity to write this review. I don't often get to step in and respond to reviews, largely because my staff is so dang incredible. But when you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes."

Matt immediately laid out what a great employee Jordan is, and that his business is dedicated to being inclusive. He also pointed out that Jordan was only watching George B. and his friends because they were sharing beers with underaged friends.

"First and foremost, Jordan is an amazing employee and team leader. He was watching you like a hawk because your party was acting stupid and illegally sharing beers with guests under 21 years old. I don't care about your background, gender identity, country of origin, the color your skin or the language you speak. But I do care if you are breaking the law in our facility. We are one of the safest axe throwing facilities in the country. We take great pride in setting the bar across the industry and doing things the right way."

"Of equal importance, we take great pride in serving our customers well. We've served hundreds of thousands of customers at six locations across the nation, and we've had to throw out fewer people than I can actually count on my two hands."

Matt also called out the accusation of racism, by pointing out Jordan's mom emigrated from Mexico, and using accusations of racism as a manipulation tactic is deeply irresponsible.

"The best part of this is that you tried to paint a picture of my man Jordan as rude and racist. This is the exact same Jordan whose own mother immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico. You have the audacity to call out a staff member by name, yet you have to make up a story and hide behind a fake Yelp alias to try to stir the pot. If one of our staff members was actually being racist (or any of the other myriad of things we don't stand for), I can assure you that we would take action. But in this scenario, you're just using a fake name to tell a fake story to try and paint a fake picture about a real and honest person just trying to do his job. I can't let that fly here."

If I could give you a yelp rating, you would earn zero stars.

Matt ended the response with a message in Spanish offering anyone who could read it a promo code for 15% off their next visit.

"Para toda las comunidad española, les aseguro que son beinvenidos aqui. Para tributo al falso George, estamos ofreciendo un descuento de 15% al cualquier persona que pueda leer este mensaje y desee confiar en que estamos en el lado correcto. Para su código de descuento, simplemente ingrese "GeorgeEsUnMentiroso" cuando haga su reservación. ¡Muchas gracias! "

The message, translated, reads:

"For all the Spanish community, I assure you that you are welcome here. For tribute to the fake George, we are offering a 15% discount to anyone who can read this message and want to trust that we are on the right side. For your discount code, simply enter GeorgeIsALiar when you make your reservation! Thank you very much!"

Suffice it to say, George got fully shut down.