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Woman shamed for not buying sister-in-law a gift for baby shower she wasn't invited to.

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Call me crazy, but if you're not invited to something, you don't have to buy a gift, right?! Isn't that how gifts work??? Have I been doing gifts wrong this whole time?

A woman recently took to Reddit to ask if she's an a**hole for refusing to buy her sister-in-law a baby shower gift, since she wasn't invited to the baby shower.

To make things worse, the sister-in-law and her husband both confronted the woman and shamed her for not buying a gift. The woman whose baby shower it is even cried. Yikes! The woman writes:

Brother's wife (SIL) is pregnant with their first child and had a baby shower over the weekend. I was not invited to the shower but my brother sent me a gift registry. I didn't buy anything because I'm not invited so why should I buy a gift? My sil asked me what I got for her on Mon after the shower and I said I'm not getting anything. She teared up and asked me why. I simply said that I was not invited so I didn't think I need to buy a gift. I did buy a congrats on your baby card for them.

Sounds like the woman handled this just right by getting her a card but not a gift. But the woman whose baby shower it is clearly disagrees.

Sister-in-law confronted the woman about the gift and then "teared up" when she learned she wasn't getting one.

This lets you know that maybe this woman has received a few too many gifts in her life if she's displaying this level of entitlement. But the sister-in-law's husband, who is the original poster's brother, apparently disagrees and is pissed.

She writes:

My brother is angry at me and my SIL is apparently really upset. SIL and I don't get along at all so they think I am doing this to be rude and retaliatory. I think its rude to not invite guests to your baby shower but still expect them to get you a gift. My brother says I'm immediate family so the etiquette rules don't apply and I should not have said it so bluntly to his wife's face. I said I'm happy for him and his wife but I'm not getting a gift for them. Then I hung up.

Seems they are mad not only about the lack of gift, but about her "blunt" explanation (aka the truth, she wasn't invited to the baby shower).

This woman seems like the kind of person who doesn't feel the need to couch everything they say with "sorry" to prevent anyone getting hurt or mad. And as a chronic apologizer and people-pleaser, I respect this. Especially since she seems to be 100% in the right here. The rest of her family said they didn't want to get involved, so the woman was forced to turn to Reddit, the great arbiter of ethical life decisions.

She writes:

The rest of the family aren't getting in the middle of this and are just telling us to sort it amongst ourselves. What do you think? Aita?

She added that she totally would have brought a gift had she been invited:

Just wanted to add that if they had invited me I would have attended and bought a gift. They didn't so I don't see why they would expect me to get them a gift.

Commenters pretty much unanimously sided with the woman who wrote the post, deeming her "NTA" (Not The A**hole).

Many are calling out the "rude" sister-in-law for demanding a gift from someone she didn't invite to the party.

Says Abblz:

Lol, wtf? NTA She doesn’t like you enough to invite you to the shower but does like you enough to take your money? I can’t even believe the cheek.

And barbancourtfivestar writes:

Hold strong. You're absolutely in the right. & be glad that your family is staying out of it.

Says iamonlyoneman:

NTA it's rude as hell to not invite someone to a party and still expect them to buy you a gift

While veronica_deetz offered this savage suggestion:

You don’t owe them anything (your SIL is incredibly rude and has broken all social contracts), but if you want to stir the pot, give them the loudest, most annoying toy you can when the baby’s born/ for every birthday.

Glad we're all in agreement here. It's always comforting when incredibly terrible people can bring the internet together for once.


Trump's racist cheat sheet can't even spell 'Al Qaeda' correctly.

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The racist president continued to be racist on Monday after a Sunday tweetstorm took his white nationalist rhetoric to new heights. Trump did his racist tweets about four congresswomen of color live at the White House, quadrupling down on his disdain for non-white people. The president whose campaign slogan was insisting that America was not great told minority representatives of the United States Congress to "go back to their own countries," and if they don't like the current conditions, they should leave.

In accusing Ilhan Omar of being anti-Semitic (she's not) and anti-American (she literally serves in the United States Congress), Trump misspelled the name of the group that perpetrated 9/11.

Trump brought out a cheat sheet, which has been pictured by photographers and transcribed by The Washington Post. At the top, in Trump's signature black Sharpie, reads, "ALCAIDA," as in...Al Qaeda?

If you're going to racistly accuse someone of supporting terrorism because they're Muslim, at least know how to spell the name correctly.

Also, don't racistly accuse someone of supporting terrorism because they're Muslim.

Just 21 Of The Biggest Wedding Fails On The Internet.

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“The bride’s family sat on this side, and the groom’s family sat on that side ’cause of the restraining order.”

– Wendy Liebman

There's nothing more precious than two people committing to loving each other forever, and there's nothing more hilarious than when it's a big fat fail. These people shared the most hilarious wedding fails they've ever witnessed and the results are hilarious. What a blessing.

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People who were told to 'go back to their country' share their experiences with the racist phrase.

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ICYMI: our President used a despicable racist phrase this weekend to bully and disparage members of Congress who have challenged him. In a series of tweets that should've been deleted the second they left his tiny, racist brain, he told "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen" they should "go back to where they came from." The tweet was most likely directed at AOC, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, all women of color who represent, and are from, the United States. It's disgusting; it's racist; and it's not surprising given that Trump is a known disgusting racist. It's also far from the first time this wording has been used by racists to belittle, insult and harm immigrants and people of color who live in the U.S.

AOC and many others were quick to call him out.

Many folks have taken to Twitter to share their experiences with being told to "go back to where they came from," and their stories highlight just how ignorant and hypocritical these words are and also how damaging and painful they can be.

Older woman confesses to driver that she's secretly in love with her female best friend.

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Get ready to cry.

Okay, now that we're all prepped, let's begin with one of the sweetest, most heart wrenching stories I have ever encountered. Our two main characters are a 78-year-old woman and her car driver. The setting is the car the older woman has just gotten into.

I'll let the driver (A10haNani), who shared the story on Twitter, take it from here.

First, the elder woman asks her driver if she's ever been with a woman.

Then, the driver very graciously tells her about her own experience(s) with women.

Then the older woman gets real with this driver.

And then the drivers gets to meet this woman's friend she has told her all about.

And then there's this. Grab your tissues, fam.

Naturally, people on Twitter were feeling all of the feels after reading this.

I'm going to need a full feature length romance film about these two women ASAP.

Internet goes wild for 'hot' ICE agent seen during Pence's border visit. Eject me into the sun.

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It could only happen in the year of our lord (or is it the year of Satan?) 2019: an ICE agent is going viral because Twitter users think she's hot.

Yes, "#IceBae" is a thing. It gives us no pleasure to report this, but here we are.

It all started with a tweet from the online activist known as Hotep Jesus, who's currently on the come-up after a guest spot on the Joe Rogan podcast. He saw a photo of the immigration agent while perusing the news, and was taken with it.

So he took a break from his regular schedule of tweeting anti-immigration sentiments to blast a photo of her into the world. The caption: "Tell AOC we breaking up and tell ICE To come get me!"

The photo quickly started to spread among the horny and easily swayed male internet populace.

Despite the fact that turning an ICE agent into a sex symbol feels... misguided at best.

Before too long, #IceBae made her own account. It hasn't been verified, but based on videos and photos, it seems to be the real deal.

She's identifying herself as a "customs officer" based in Texas. She started responding to tweets right away.

Hotep Jesus was delighted.

If this new account is to be believed, Ice Bae's real name is Kiara Cervantes and she's not ashamed.

She responded to tweets accusing her of upholding concentration camps by saying she's "doing [her] best."

She is spending a lot of time justifying her work to the people of Twitter.

Like, a lot of time.

She's also posted many selfies, which is her right as an American.

The fact that she's Latina is especially delightful to conservatives.

But many Twitter users are horrified by her sudden fame, not to mention her justification of her job.

And her readiness to embrace the #IceBae label.

Some feel the #IceBae phenomenon makes light of the serious situation at the border.

It's also a great example of garden-variety online creepiness.

So obviously, it's just a matter of time before ICE bae is named to Trump's cabinet. Please eject me into the sun.

Just 27 Of The Funniest Memes Everyone Should Laugh At This Morning.

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"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."

-Robert Frost

Your brain will thank you for exposing it to these hilarious memes so bright and early in the morning. Starting your day off with a laugh will make it the best day ever, at least until you have to start work.

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Bride asks if it's wrong to uninvite 12-year-old stepdaughter from the wedding. She gets a lesson in parenting.

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If Disney movies are to serve as any indication, the relationship between a stepmother and her stepdaughter can be wrought with conflict. While there are plenty of happy blended families with loving step-relationships, the adjustment from "who is this lady my dad likes" to "she's practically my own mother" can take quite some time, moreso if the kids are on the older end.

Of course, the street goes both ways, and while stepmothers can be cruel and manipulative in fantasy and real life, the stepchildren can also play the game and make things a living hell. All this is to say, it's a tricky dynamic, and even the most positive situations have their growing pains.

That being said, if both parties have thrown in the towel and conceded to a prickly relationship, it's only likely to grow into something far worse.

In a recent post in the subreddit Am I The Asshole a bride-to-be asked if it was wrong for her to exclude her stepdaughter from the wedding because of their shaky relationship.

"WIBTA if I suggested to my fiancé that his 12 year old daughter doesn’t come to our wedding and we make it an adult only wedding?"

OP started the post by sharing that she recently got engaged, and her fiance has a 12-year-old from his past marriage. The 12-year-old has never liked OP, and their exchanges have been tense at best.

"My fiancé and I recently got engaged and we’re starting to make some plans for our wedding. He’s got a 12 year old daughter from his previous marriage and she really does not like me, we don’t get on no matter how hard I try with her, but it is what it is and hopefully one day it will get better."

Because of their differences, OP doesn't want her stepdaughter-to-be at the wedding, and was hoping to make it "adult only."

"I don't particularly want her at our wedding. I’m not trying to be the evil stepmother or anything, but I feel like she’ll just try and ruin the day, I was thinking of saying to my fiancé that we should make it an adult only wedding."

"Do you think he will find this offensive though? Any father’s or mothers here how would you feel about this? Wibta if I suggested this?"

Since OP is concerned the request might rub her fiance the wrong way, she brought it to the internet to get some outside perspective, particularly from parents on the thread.

liiiibra pointed out what a horrible foot it is to start their stepmother and daughter relationship on.

"YTA. You’re going to be her fucking stepmother and you want to start that relationship by excluding her? What’s wrong with you? You can have a “child free wedding” but your stepdaughter absolutely has to be an exception to that."

pyperproblems pointed out that OP is the adult in the situation, and should give the stepdaughter less power over her moods.

"Also would like to add that if you’re worried about a 12 year old ruining your wedding day, you’ve already given that CHILD too much power over your mood. YTA and You’re the adult. Lead by example."

"Also why are you marrying someone who doesn’t discipline and parent his child appropriately when she’s disrespectful? Unless he believes his daughter is not in the wrong in her actions, in which case you two need to figure out who the problem is. If you’re actively avoiding her when she’s not with her mom, I’m not surprised you haven’t formed a positive relationship. You’re going to be her step mom, you guys need to go to family counseling. I can’t imagine being a parent and marrying someone who can’t get along with my child."

"ETA: just read more info. You’re not even old enough to be this child’s mother and her parents were divorced less than 2 years ago. That is not enough time for her to heal before her dad meets someone, gets engaged, and gets married. You guys should really be giving her more time to process this. Your wedding isnt just about you, it’s about your marriage, and that has to do with her."

Kryosite said excluding the stepdaughter from the wedding is a sure way to fulfill the evil stepmother stereotype.

"If my stepmother had done that I would hate her from that moment until she died. That is the clearest possible way to communicate where your stand with your new stepdaughter, if you want the answer to be bitter fucking enemies. That girl will hate you forever, and with good reason."

phantom472 thinks OP's fiance is also to blame for the overall bad dynamic.

"I get so tilted when I see posts involving step-children. How could a father do this to their child? They would choose self-absorbed, garbage over their own flesh and blood. There are so many women in the world, one of them is bound to love both you and your children. The child’s only got one father. The child only gets one childhood. And yet this happens everyday."

"I think everyone is the asshole here. OP, for excluding a child from being apart of her father’s life. And OP’s fiancé for choosing a women over their child. They’re both terrible people."

CallieEnte laid out why OP's attitude is all wrong.

"YTA. She’s the child, you’re the adult. She’s scared that you might replace her in her dad’s life, and you want to completely validate her fears by excluding her from the wedding? It’s your job to keep making overtures and keep trying to include her until she’s ready and able to accept you."

This_Isnt_Progress pointed out what it must all look like from the stepdaughter's perspective.

"Imagine your stepdaughter posting here. My father started dating a woman, and we don't get along at all. They are now engaged and I no longer feel comfortable going over, especially since she literally leaves the house to avoid being with me whenever I do choose to visit."

"If there was any doubt that she is actively trying to remove me from my father's life, she is now trying to exclude me from their wedding. Literally, the first day she is my "step mother", she is trying to erase me from my father's life, like I don't exist. I know we don't get along, but do I really have to brown nose the woman who is marrying my father, just to not be isolated from him? IATA?"

"We'd all be screaming about it being a shitpost, because there's no way her future step mom would be that overtly "evil" like a bad Olsen Twin movie from the 90's. Never be a bad Olsen Twin villain from the 90's. YTA."

Exverius said her stepmother did this exact thing to her and it was absolutely devastating.

"YTA. This exact thing happened to me. My new step mum decided I would be too much trouble at the wedding (I was 14) and decided not to invite me."

"It. Destroyed. Me. I spent weeks feeling depressed, lonely, and scared, acted out even worse than before, and to this day I have major abandonment issues and am terrified of doing anything wrong in case it makes people hate me."

"Me and my dad never had a great relationship, but that was the icing on the cake. You need to understand that she is a kid and she is only acting out against you because she feels hurt, rejected and confused. She is also a teenager so that heightens all those feelings. Not inviting her will only make that worse and ensure that she never has a good relationship with either of you. Your kid acting out is never a good excuse to ignore, exclude or in anyway reject your child."

After receiving overwhelming chorus of people telling her she's the evil stepmother in the situation, OP followed up with an edit revealing the stepdaughter will in fact be at the wedding, per her fiance's request.

"Edit...because a lot of you seem to be jumping to conclusions - his daughter isn’t with us most the time, she lives with her mother, and I actually often go out when she’s here because I can’t deal with her attitude towards me. I feel like if she came to the wedding she would actively try and ruin it, and I feel like I should be able to enjoy my wedding day, of course if my fiancé says he wants her there there’s nothing I can do, but am I really the asshole for just suggesting it to him and getting his opinion?"

It appears, in this case, the internet served as a voice of wisdom and reason.


Hotel owner's response to a vlogger who asked for a free room should end 'influencers' forever.

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A hotel and cafe owner publicly responded to a vlogger asking for a free room and it should end "influencers" forever.

Paul Stenson, owner of The Charleville Lodge Hotel andThe White Moose Café in Dublin, Ireland, shared an email from a self-described social media influencer who tried to leverage her number of YouTube subscribers into a free room.

The vlogger was later revealed to be Elle Darby, who talked about getting completely and utterly owned by the hospitality industry in now-deleted videos.

"I'm emailing in regards to a possible collaboration in social media...I work as a social media influencer, mainly lifestyle, beauty, and travel based," Darby wrote.

She then said that "in return for free accommodation," the hotel would get a shoutout to their 87,000 YouTube subscribers and 76,000 Instagram followers.

Needless to say, Stenson was not impressed.

In a viral Facebook post, he addressed her without even giving her the benefit of direct publicity.

Dear Social Influencer (I know your name but apparently it’s not important to use names),

Thank you for your email looking for free accommodation in return for exposure. It takes a lot of balls to send an email like that, if not much self-respect and dignity.

While an Instagram may be good for business, it does not pay the bills and paychecks:

If I let you stay here in return for a feature in your video, who is going to pay the staff who look after you? Who is going to pay the housekeepers who clean your room? The waiters who serve you breakfast? The receptionist who checks you in? Who is going to pay for the light and heat you use during your stay? The laundering of your bed sheets? The water rates? Maybe I should tell my staff they will be featured in your video in lieu of receiving payment for work carried out while you’re in residence?

Lucky for us, we too have a significant social media following. We have 186k followers on our two Facebook pages, an estimated 80k on our Snapchat, 32k on Instagram and a paltry 12k on our Twitter, but Jesus Christ, I would never in a million years ask anyone for anything for free. I also blog a bit (www.paulvstenson.com), which as far as I’m aware is another way of saying “write stuff on the internet”. The above stats do not make me any better than anyone else or afford me the right to not pay for something everyone else has to pay for.

In future, I’d advise you to offer to pay your way like everyone else, and if the hotel in question believes your coverage will help them, maybe they’ll give you a complimentary upgrade to a suite. This would show more self-respect on your part and, let’s face it, it would be less embarrassing for you.

Stenson raised the stakes with an impressively produced House of Cards parody, highlighting the utter emotional and ethical vacuousness of a person living and dying by the vlog.

"One thing you should never, ever forget: sell your soul," said Young Irish Female Frank Underwood.

The response went more viral than anything Darby could have provided. Stenson had the grace/chutzpah to "thank" her for the publicity with a mock invoice for "the provision of features in 114 articles across 20 countries with a potential reach of 450 million people."

Freebie-gate was so successful that it inspired merch.

I'll have a large "I DEMANDED FREEBIES AT THE WHITE MOOSE CAFE AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT" please!

15 married people share marriage advice for engaged couples. Buy separate blankets.

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Marriage can be a beautiful thing, but it takes a lot of work. Most rewarding things in life do. Like any other type of relationship, marriage requires patience, compassion, and compromise. But these are all just words that can apply in a myriad of ways -- so what exactly does a healthy and sustainable marriage require?

This is a question most engaged couples have. And if they haven't wondered this, perhaps they should. Unless they're somehow all-knowing beings, in which case -- congrats.

The best people to ask this question is married people themselves. And that's exactly what reddit user gaygril98 did when she asked married people to give advice to engaged couples. Here are some of our favorite responses.

1. Touché, Manateebae

The point of arguing is not to win, it is to understand where they’re coming from and why this issue matters to them.

2. Words of wisdom from questfor17

Anger is neither a reason nor an excuse for bad behavior. You will get angry, you will fight, but you should never insult, indulge in name-calling, throw things, or hit them. If you cannot or choose not to control what comes out of your mouth when you are angry work on that first, get married second.

3. A list of gems from SaveBandit0215

Happily married 27 years here. Here’s some of what I’ve learned along the way:

The marriage is more important than the wedding/reception.

Disagreements are not you vs me. They’re us vs the problem.

Shared goals (including finances, kids, careers, etc) are more important than shared hobbies.

Sex is important. It’s not everything. But it’s important.

It’s great to love the person you’re marrying, but hopefully you also like them. As in, if they couldn’t be your spouse, for whatever reason, would you still choose them as a friend, exactly the way they are now? Marry someone that you don’t feel compelled to try to change into someone different.

4. A fair point from Ounceofwhiskey

The biggest transition is if you weren't living together before. Getting used to sharing everything can be difficult for some but good communication is key to making things work.

Discuss finances, once married you take on each other's debts and responsibilities. It's important to know what those are before the wedding. Finances are one of, if not the, biggest reasons for failed marriages, so get on the same page early and stay there.

5. Damn, that's good, Snuffleupagus03

Gratitude is key. This sounds easy, but let me explain.

The key is that gratitude is not a balancing test. Don't just be grateful the 'extra' things your spouse does, be grateful for every.single.thing.

If you shop for food, then prep it, cook it, then clear the table, then load the dishwasher, then clean all the pots and pans - and then later your spouse empties the dishwasher, thank them for doing that, and feel it.

To me, this is a hard thing for people to do, and it is such a huge part of the happiness in marriage. It leads to a feedback loop of appreciation for the little things as well as the big.

It makes it more likely that your spouse will appreciate you and (unless you married a terrible person) far more likely that they will do more.

You will also see more of the things they do.

This isn't just 'stuff,' but anything. Grateful for listening, for sharing, for sitting on the couch, for having your child etc. etc.

6. This sounds like it's coming from a place of anger, but sure, jevole

Fucking clean up after yourself.

7. I'm sobbing, DeanSmartin

My wife recently passed away from breast cancer, so I'm not technically married, but I have this advice...marry your best friend. The one you like to have random conversations with, that interests you. The one that makes you laugh a lot. The one you can spend all your time with. The one who will support you in tough times and vice versa. You know....The One.

8. A sobering truth from Chora_and_Kairos

The only thing that will keep you together is the persistence of simply staying together in the face of all the boredom, pain, and troubles that will come. You will be bored. You will be in pain, and your relationship will be in trouble. During the bad times you literally have to just say, how are we going to work this out?

9. Hot tip from Coolest_Breezy

You're a team.

Act like it. Especially in front of the kids.

10. This is crucial, noizangel

If you can do a little thing to make your spouse's day better/life easier, do it. Bring them coffee. Buy that cheese they like. Remember to set up their favourite shows to record. Grand gestures are great, but little things daily remind each other why you're together.

11. Love this one from MMMShaggy

Been married 17 years so far, together 20.

Never rush marriage, at the end of the day it’s really nothing more than a piece of paper, what really matters is in your heart.

Second piece of advice, they better be your best friend or it most likely won’t work out.

This is someone you’ll be spending the rest of your life with(if all goes as planned). And the older you get, the less friends you’ll have and the more you’ll spend with your significant other.

If you’re rich a prenuptial should be mandatory. If you stay together no harm no foul, if you separate, well, you’ll be glad you got one.

12. Good stuff from CityoftheMoon17

Married 5 years, together 12.

  1. Effective communication is the key to a healthy and happy relationship. If you havent already, learn how your partner deals with stress or anger and learn together how to make it work for you guys. Eg: if i am mad i need time to myself. My partner knows to let me cool down alone and will come to check on me after a few minutes. If im still not ok i used to say 'fuck off' but now i say 'i need some more space' because i know they're just checking in because they care. He on the other hand, likes attention and comfort when he is mad. Ive had to learn to be more affectionate in times of stress because of this.

  2. You are your own self. When you've been together a long while, its easy for all your hobbies, interests, values and beliefs to become exactly the same. That doesnt mean you arent entitled to do things for yourself or have a differing opinion. Have atleast one 'thing' that is your thing to keep yourself sane and interesting.

13. Some very logical advice from thanksforalltheswish

Create a budget before you merge finances and make sure you’re both on the same page.

14. Short, simple, and sweet, authouritycipher

Admit when you're wrong. Ask open-ended questions when you're right.

15. Finally, someone addresses butts, jemmo_

Have separate blankets. Nothing builds resentment like a freezing butt at 3am.

When you argue, get comfortable. It's harder to argue from a squishy armchair as opposed to a straight-backed wooden chair.

Be honest. Note that I didn't say "tell each other everything", but don't deliberately omit information your spouse should know. Sometimes a white lie is acceptable. Sometimes it isn't. Find the balance that works for you and go with it.

Best of luck to all of the betrothed out there. May your marriages be fruitful, and may your 3am butts never be freezing.

Guy's sexist list of 'how to keep a man in 6 simple steps' goes viral. Women be roasting.

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Ladies, it's time to un-learn how to cook, cut your hair off and rack up some debt! Because that's how to lose the interest of a douchebag named Richard Cooper (no offense to douchebags, which may actually be of use to some women).

This guy time traveled from 1950 to the current day to share his sexist list of "how to keep a man in 6 simple steps" that literally no one asked for. Not a single person.

This list is like if men's rights activists took over Cosmo. It's so dated and demeaning, I had to double check I'm not living in an episode of Madmen. Luckily, Twitter is pretty good at sniffing out bullsh*t and shutting it down, which is why Dick Coop's tweet quickly got "ratio'd" (if, like Richie, you're also visiting from the past, that means the replies far outweigh the likes and shares, and it's a sign that a tweet is very, very bad).

People of all genders jumped in to shred Richard Cooper and his terrible, horrible, no good, very sexist tweet:

Women are taking the opportunity to prove we're not baby-making personal chefs put here to satisfy male sexual desires—by roasting the heck out of this loser.

Here are some of the funniest responses from women:

Joke's on you, Richie "bitches be nagging!" Cooper. Women everywhere are cutting all our hair off, going on credit card spending sprees and becoming single moms, just to make extra sure you don't try to date us.

Disney heiress visits Disneyland undercover and leaves 'livid' over working conditions.

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Abigail Disney is the granddaughter of the late Roy Disney, the co-founder of the Walt Disney Co. Abigail herself does not have a job within the company, but she has made some public complaints about the way things are being run and how it is effecting the employees of the company.

Disney recently spoke on theYahoo Newsshow "Through Her Eyes," and shared a story of how a Magic Kingdom employee reached out to her about the poor working conditions at the theme park. So, Disney went to see for herself, and she did not like what she found.

Disney reported, “Every single one of these people I talked to were saying, ‘I don’t know how I can maintain this face of joy and warmth when I have to go home and forage for food in other people’s garbage.’”

Disney was especially upset because she felt her grandfather would not approve of these conditions. She said, "I was so livid when I came out of there because … my grandfather taught me to revere these people that take your tickets, that pour your soda.”

The man currently in charge of Disneyland is CEO Bob Iger. Iger receives nearly $66 million a year for his salary, and Disney feels he is not sharing the wealth properly.

Disney told Yahoo News that she attempted to discuss this issue with Iger via email. “I wrote Bob Iger a very long email, and one of the things I said to him was, ‘You know, you're a great CEO by any measure, perhaps even the greatest CEO in the country right now. You know, your legacy is that you're a great manager. And if I were you, I would want something better than that. I would want to be known as the guy who led to a better place, because that is what you have the power to do,” said Disney. Apparently, she never received a response from Iger and was instead directed to HR. Oof.

This isn't the first time the company has been criticized. It has also been accused of implementing sexist pay practices. However, when addressed about these sort of issues, Iger pivots to the subject of Disney's education program which helps fund its employees tuition.

I guess the Magical Kingdom might not be the fairytale world it appears to be afterall...

25 people who realized their partner might not be the brightest crayon in the box.

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All of us have moments where we're not harnessing 100 percent of our brain power. For the most part, these embarrassing brain blips happen in passing and everyone forgets them after a quick laugh.

But in some unfortunate cases, the not-so-smart moments are immortalized online, for thousands of strangers to behold and judge. Love in its early stages often involves wearing rose-colored glasses when our partner acts like a freshly born idiot. But true love knows how to roast them so hard they'll pay more attention to their actions next time.

Needless to say, the age of the internet has made it so that NO ONE is safe from becoming the laughter fodder for countless strangers. Even your significant other will trade in your embarrassing text in exchange for some upvotes online.

In honor of the modern tradition of dragging our loved ones online, I have collected anecdotes from 25 people who roasted their partner's most creatively dimwitted moments.

1. This man who outed himself for dropping the engagement ring down a gopher hole.

2. This man's wife is clearly confused about freezer bags.

3. This man's girlfriend asked why the truck has a "tiny wafflehouse" in the back.

4. This woman's boyfriend has no idea what pregnancy tests look like.

5. A man's girlfriend sent him this picture when he asked how cracked her screen was.

6. This man's wife thought these socks had palm trees.

7. This man's wife managed to burn the cookbook.

8. This woman's boyfriend got a little confused when putting away the dog.

9. This man's wife has a very analog way of setting reminders on her phone.

10. This woman swallowed tweezers, and her boyfriend had a blast explaining it in the ER.

11. This woman's husband got real confused about putting away the chicken.

12. This woman's boyfriend used the wrong "eye drops."

13. This man's wife has a creative way of heating tortillas.

14. This woman truly doesn't understand perspective.

15. TFW your girlfriend puts the dog bed in the dryer.

16. These matching shirts will teach the kids irony.

17. TFW your wife polishes herself into a corner.

18. This boyfriend who simply could not find his GF.

19. This boyfriend really tried.

20. This woman's boyfriend won't become a wedding photographer anytime soon.

21. TFW the Easter Egg hunt goes terribly wrong.

22. This woman is trying to figure out how to break the news about the pistachio shells.

23. This woman's boyfriend knows how to keep her attention.

24. This couple bought each other the same card and wrote very different messages.

25. This woman's boyfriend has a special way of expressing love.

Woman asks if she's transphobic for suggesting trans friend wear a towel at naked bath house.

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A woman recently took to Reddit to ask if she's an a**hole, after her female trans friend called her transphobic for asking her to cover up her private parts with a towel at a sauna.

Now, generally, I tend to believe that if a person is accused of transphobia (or sexism or racism), there is probably at least a molecule of truth there. No one has more experience with transphobia than a trans person so I'd trust their instinct, and most cisgendered people are a little transphobic. Doesn't make us horrible people necessarily, just means we have some learning to do.

That being said, this situation is a little more complex because it involves a bath house in Japan, where the "rules" about gender and nudity are different from how they are in the U.S. The woman who shared the story is 20 years old and currently living in Japan as part of an exchange program. She's there with a group of female friends, including a friend who is a pre-op trans woman. She writes:

I am a 20 y/o girl. I am in Japan on exchange with some friends of mine. Most of my friend group are women, including a 21 y/o trans woman. She was born a male and started transitioning in her teens. Currently she is pre-op and saving up for gender reassignment surgery. However, you can hardly tell that she used to be a male, save for her voice and height/body frame.

The woman and her female friends recently went to a sauna that is segregated by gender, where everyone would be fully nude.

Anyways, yesterday night, a bunch of girls (5 or so) from my classes decided to go to a nearby onsen, or Japanese bath house. Basically, you are expected to get completely naked. Everything is gender segregated. There is a separate men’s section and women’s section.

While in the changing room, the woman "quietly suggested" to her trans friend that she wrap a towel around her hips instead of entering the bath house completely naked.

My friend who is trans also wanted to go. So we all went as a group. Everyone in our group knows that she is trans and pre-op, but I think everyone was uncomfortable talking about the issue of being naked in the bath house. Finally, when we were in the changing rooms, I quietly suggested to her that she should probably wrap a towel around her hips instead of going completely naked.

When asked "why," she explained that the other bathers would likely be a "bit alarmed" by her trans friend's genitalia and she was "trying to protect her." The trans friend was upset by the suggestion and called her out, as did another of their friends.

She asked me why and I told her that many of the bathers would probably be a bit alarmed to see male genitalia in the bath house. She got mad at me and said sarcastically, “Thanks for your concern.” In the end she opted for the towel, but another friend overheard and said I was out of line for suggesting it. They both thought it was none of my business. I explained that not everyone is so accepting of her body and that I’m just trying to protect her from comments, stares, or worse.

The friend ultimately did end up wearing a towel in the bath house. But she remained mad at her friend for the suggestion, even after she apologized, and is now telling people that she's transphobic.

They avoided me in the bath house after that although my friend did wear a towel around her waist the whole time. There were some looks but not as bad as if she didn’t wear a towel.

I apologized afterwards to my trans friend and said I meant no disrespect. But she still seemed mad at me and are telling people that I am transphobic, although I do not believe that I am. AITA?

According to Reddit commenters, this woman is "not the a**hole" in this situation. Many are pointing out that, due to cultural norms in Japan, her trans friend might have been unknowingly creating an uncomfortable situation, and even putting herself in danger.

LadyCashier writes:

Other women did not consent to be flashed by male genitals in the sauna. While your friends may have been fine with it, it could have ended very badly for your friend if someone complained about her. I think you are NTA because you told her semi privately to not embarrass her.

To be clear, "male genitals" do not equate to male gender. And most people should know in 2019 that trans women are women. But that doesn't mean Japan is caught up to the U.S. on LGBT issues (and even in the U.S. we still have a long way to go), and other people in the sauna could have reacted badly out of ignorance.

TopSnek41413 says:

We are talking about Japan. They are incredibly strict with everything. Showing your dick off in a sauna for women? Bad idea.

Also, apparently Japan is super-strict about their bath house "rules."

zipper0011 explains:

This is a situation where they could end up in Jail in Japan. I’ve got tattoos on my shoulders and am not allowed to go in any bath houses. Generally only a few bath houses actually let foreigners in.

MochiCakeWalker says:

NTA. I live in Japan, could've ended much more embarrassingly for your friend. If she didn't wear a towel I can 100% guarantee the staff would've been involved.

Jekyll_not_Hyde writes that the trans friend "needs a reality check" for her own safety:

NTA, and she is the asshole for telling people you are transphobic. She needs a reality check, if she had gone in there without a towel she would have been thrown out or even arrested, you NEVER do that kind of thing in a different country. Yes, one of you should have mentioned it sooner but she is crazy to think it was a good idea to go in there without a cover. Honestly I wouldn't have even risked it with a cover. Japanese people are incredibly strict about these kinds of things and would not have accepted it. Anyone who says differently clearly has no experience in an Asian country. She could have put herself in danger in some extreme circumstances. She needs to learn now that she cannot do this, because if she ever wants to go to some other Asian countries she could end up in serious trouble or danger. Japan is probably the most lenient Asian country she could do this in. It sucks, but they don't get what it is like to be trans and would react negatively about it.

oikorapunk says that the friend could've even been charged with a "sex offense":

You are NTA - This kind of "local laws don't apply to me" behaviour is very frustrating for the Japanese and foreign residents of Japan too.

Hot springs are segregated by biological sex for safety reasons. Women are sexually assaulted here at nearly 6-8 times the reported rate (according to the police), so having someone that appears male in a female bathing area is taken very seriously.

All of your group could have been detained by the police, and your trans friend thrown in jail for this, regardless of their gender identity status. It wouldn't be a hate crime either, because the laws are based on biological (physical) identity, and your friend is pre-op. Your friend may identify as female, but to a stranger looking at them in a bath, they are still male.

Your friend is risking all of your visas by thinking the laws don't apply to them. If someone does complain, your friend can still be charged with a sex offense after the fact too. Your exchange provider could be fined for this too, and revoke your exchange status, meaning losing credit for everything done/studied in Japan. It's happened before.

If you all want to share a hot spring, find one that offers mixed bathing or private reservation-based service. There are plenty all across Japan.

It really does suck that this woman was made to feel bad about her body. But hopefully she can realize that her friend had her best interests at heart and was trying to protect her from a potentially unsafe or uncomfortable situation. That being said, an all-nude bath house sounds uncomfortable as hell for everyone regardless of genitalia. But that's just me being a dumb, sexually repressed American. Towels for everyone, please!!!!!

26 Hilarious Parenting Memes That Are Way Too Real.

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“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.”

-Jim Gaffigan

These memes totally nail the joys and frustration of parenting. Take a moment to laugh today, you deserve it.

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Kellyanne Conway fights racism with more racism, asks Jewish reporter his ethnicity.

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Which ethnicities are allowed to criticize Trump? Today, White House counselor and human skin suit Kellyanne Conway added Jews to the "do not dare speak up" list.

On the White House lawn, fresh off of defying a Congressional subpoena, Kellyanne was questioned about the president's indisputably racist tweets telling four congresswomen of color to "go back to where they came from."

Unable to dispute that the racism was racist, she fought racism with more racism, asking Jewish reporter Andrew Feinberg, "what's your ethnicity?"

"Um, why is that relevant?" Feinberg responded.

No, no, because I’m asking you a question," she said, still not making sense. "My ancestors are from Ireland and Italy."

"Kellyanne, my ethnicity is not relevant to the question I’m asking," he pointed out.

Members of Congress, including Democratic Senators Chris Murphy (Connecticut) and Brian Schartz (Hawaii) were too taken aback by the "saying the quiet part out loud" of it all to put together more senatorial responses.

Kellyanne was also in the bloated belly of the racist beast—Fox News—where she argued that Trump only uses racist language because he loves The Troops.

"We are sick and tired of many people in this country—forget these four, they represent a dark underbelly of this country of people who are not respecting our troops, are not giving them the resources and the respect that they deserve," she insisted.

"Dark underbelly?"

To quote Senator Brian Schatz, "WHAT."

Kellyanne should start reading her husband's op-eds. Maybe she'll learn something.

Wedding photographer's rant about iPhones at weddings goes viral. People are divided.

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In the olden days, not that long ago, the only one taking photos during a wedding ceremony was the wedding photographer. The reception is generally free game, guests can drink and catch up and whip out their cameras for selfies and keepsakes. But traditionally, people keep their cameras concealed during the exchanging of vows, the walk down the aisle, and all of the timeless ceremony moments.

However, in recent years the lines between photographer and guest have been blurred by the invention of high-quality camera phones, specifically those connected to the latest iPhones. Now, the combination of hand-held technology and social media addiction makes it feel almost alien to keep our phones tucked away during a special moment.

In a recent Facebook post, the wedding photographer Hannah Stanley shared her frustration with the trend of iPhones at weddings, and how it makes it so much harder for her to do her job.

To the girl with the iPhone... Not only did you ruin my shot, but you took this moment away from the groom, father of...

Posted by Hannah Mbalenhle Stanley on Thursday, July 11, 2019

In her now viral post, Stanley laid out why it's inconsiderate to whip out the iPhone during a wedding's special moments.

"To the girl with the iPhone...
Not only did you ruin my shot, but you took this moment away from the groom, father of the bride, and the bride. What exactly do you plan on doing with that photo? Honestly. Are you going to print it out? Save it? Look at it everyday? No. You're not. But my bride would have printed this photo, looked at it often and reminisced over this moment as her dad walked her down the aisle on her wedding day. But instead, you wanted to take a photo with your phone, blocking my view, and taking a photo that you will not use."

Stanley wrote that the best way to support a couple on their wedding day is by staying present for the experience, it's a wedding photographer's job to document it all.


"Guests, please stop viewing weddings you attend through a screen but instead turn OFF your phone, and enjoy the ceremony. You are important to the bride and groom, you would not be attending the wedding otherwise. So please, let me do my job, and you just sit back, relax and enjoy this once in a lifetime moment.

Sincerely,
Wedding photographers
Hannah Way Photography"

Given people's strong feelings about weddings and their phones, the responses to Stanley's viral post were deeply divided.

In fact, a lot of people disagreed with her and claimed a good photographer would easily be able to capture a good shot regardless of the presence of phones.

Some people even believed Stanley photoshopped the post to make a point.

Still, others echoed the sentiment that iPhone use should be limited during weddings.

Given the fact that the post has over 164,000 at the time of writing this, it's clear Stanley has touched on a hot button issue.

23 dating app disasters that will make you want to quit everything and join a nunnery.

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Love is great and all. But what's not great is finding it. And dating apps, meant to speed along the process of finding your soulmate or sex mate, somehow make that process even messier. These 23 screenshots of disastrous dating app convos might make you want to swipe left on dating altogether. Becoming a nun has never looked better.

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People who married their high school sweethearts are humblebragging with prom and wedding side-by-sides.

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Imagine being cool enough as to have had a boyfriend or girlfriend in high school. Imagine if the relationship panned out through adulthood and you get married? That sounds like a fairy tale, but it really does happen.

Vlogger Sydnie Haag married her high school sweetheart, Bailey, and shared a picture from both of the fancy dances in their relationship.

The tweet went viral, and inspired other lucky people to share their own pictures in the comments.

The glow-ups! The true love! The fact that if they met in high school, they never had to search for partners on dating apps!

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17 Incredibly Bad Tattoos That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Life Decisions.

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"Beauty is skin deep. A tattoo goes all the way to the bone."

-Vince Hemingson

There are bad tattoos and then there are bad tattoos. These babies will send a shudder down any grammar Nazi's spine. Worst of all, they're permanent. These are so awful, you'll almost feel bad for laughing.

1. Grapes only love you when they're playing...

2. When Green Day is on your mind and your back.

3. Too bad this "on" person didn't have spellcheck.

4. Two typos for the price of one!

5. Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Too late.

6. That thong tattoo is not what Sisquo had in mind.

7. Can't tell if this person loves M&Ms or just wants to bang them.

8. This couple is "due" to break up.

9. Wendy is gonna be pissed, bro.

10. You get what you pay for.

12. Keep those hoop dreams to you self.

13. Stars, chest hair, or rash?

14. Stay strong no matter how bad your tattoo artist screws up.

15. This is not going to win you a spelling bee, or get you out of a traffic ticket.

16. Honestly, I might get this one.

17. Sadly, spelling was rule #4 on this list.

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