In a recent viral thread, the journalist Johnnie Jae opened up about the man who stalked her when she was 19.

When he first approached her at the local library, he revealed that he regularly watched her and sometimes followed her home.

When she stopped going to the library, she started receiving strange calls at her house, and eventually spotted him hanging out around her block.

After a month of not seeing him, she started to feel safe. However, it wasn't long before he showed up at her job at McDonalds.

Eventually, Jae's coworkers caught on to his stalker behavior and they stepped in to help.

Eventually, Jae's supervisor called the cops and filed a restraining order, and Jae did the same. Unfortunately, even the restraining order didn't stop him.

The stalking, which had now moved from Jae's workplace to her school and home, continued on for four months after the restraining order until it stopped completely.

As it turns out, the only reason it stopped is because the man died in a car accident.

Jae shared that all of these memories were triggered when she read the recent story of a 17-year-old who was murdered because she rejected a man.

She ended her thread by lamenting how common these stories are for women, and how often the threats of violence are ignored or overlooked by authorities, bosses, and even friends. The more these experiences are talked about in the open, the more people (particularly good men) will be aware of how to help step in when possible.

A marriage proposal is a once (or twice or thrice or more, no judgment) in a lifetime event. It's a special moment in many people's lives, and no one deserves to have that moment ruined, and especially not by racism.

This is what happened to a woman named Cathy-Marie Hamlet whose fiancé, Clyde Jackson, planned a special proposal at Angry Orchards Brewery in Walden, New York. The couple, who are both black, were at the brewery with a group of friends for the special surprise event.

Hamlet shared in a Facebook post that things sadly did not go according to plan, because moments before Jackson was about to pop the question, a white security guard stepped in and accused him of stealing.

She writes:

So...I got engaged today! But we’ll get to that part later. Let me set the stage...
This weekend was my fiancé’s 40th birthday, and we had multiple events planned for this weekend. Today in particular though, we started out at Carroll Place for brunch in Manhattan — excellent establishment, by the way, with phenomenal costumer service and great food. We then decided to drive an hour an a half north to Walden, NY to Angry Orchard. A group of 8 of us went there to enjoy an afternoon with some hard cider. My boyfriend walked me out to an empty table on the lawn, and before we could sit down, a young lady from security approached us and said to him, “I’m sorry sir, but I have to check you back pocket. I was told that you stole a T-shirt from from the gift store.” My boyfriend then emptied all of his pockets, while still trying to keep the ring box hidden from my sight. She then walked away, and my boyfriend and I sat down at the table and he began his proposal speech.

Being a true champ, he bounced back and went ahead with his proposal despite the degrading interruption. Then, if you can imagine, things got worse, and continued to get worse (even though she did say yes!).

In the middle of his proposal, the same woman came back and accused Jackson of theft AGAIN, this time accusing his now-fiancé of being involved.

MID PROPOSAL, the same young lady from security walks back towards and says to me, “I’m sorry, I need to check your bag. I was told that he gave it to you, and you put it in your bag.” Mind you, my bag isn’t even large enough to fit a T-shirt. I emptied my entire bag in front of her, and since this was the SECOND time she had walked over, I said, “I know you’re just doing your job, but I can’t help but wonder if this is because we’re Black. We’re the only Black people here at your establishment.” Of course, she said that that wasn’t the case.

Naturally, Cathy-Marie questioned if their race had anything to do with these accusations, and she pointed out they were the only black people at the brewery. The woman denied it. Trying not to let this racist interruption take away from the special day, Jackson went ahead and proposed. She said yes! Everyone cheered.

Then the staff decided to put a damper on the celebration by intervening, yet again, this time searching the bags and pockets of everyone in the group.

She departs again, and shortly after my boyfriend pops the question! I say yes, of course. People started cheering. And then the other 6 our friends walked over to us to hug and congratulate us. Then surprise, surprise...the same young lady from security walks over to the group of us and says, “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you all were a part of the same party. I have to check all of your purses and pockets.” So at this point, the rest of security walks over and there’s 6 of them approaching us. Of course my friends told them none of us stole a T-shirt from their establishment, at which point they started getting aggressive and saying that not only them, but also patrons saw my boyfriend steal the shirt and/or transfer it to me to put in my bag!!

At this point, one of the other security guards, predictably, threatened to call the cops.

Fed up with being relentlessly disrespected, Cathy-Marie, Clyde and friends decided to leave, feeling "humiliated." Some of her friends were in tears.

Another woman in security yelled to one of the male security, “Call the police! I saw you steal it.” I asked them, “Do you have security cameras here?” And they said yes. So I said, “Well then you need to go and roll back your tape and see that nobody here stole anything from you guys.” Security started taking our pictures, recording video, and took a picture of my license plate number. We as a group decided to leave rather than be attacked by the multiple security guards of Angry Orchard. I have never been so humiliated in my life, myself and some of my friends left Angry Orchard in tears. On what was supposed to be one of the best days of my life, I was chased out of Angry Orchard by security who followed us all the way to the parking lot.

Hamlet, who is a doctor, added that she would have "no reason" to steal a $28 T-shirt.

She is calling upon the brewery to play back their security footage to prove their innocence, and to apologize for ruining her special day and insulting the couple and all of their friends.

I’m sorry, and not to sound pretentious, but as a doctor, I have no reason to steal a $28 T-shirt when I could afford to buy ALL of the T-shirts in their gift shop. I implore Angry Orchard to ROLL BACK THEIR SECURITY FOOTAGE on July 21st, 2019 because they owe all 8 of us an apology.Angry Orchard if you don’t want Black People buying your product or frequenting your establishment, then maybe put a sign on the door so that we know we are not welcome. I love hard cider, but Angry Orchard will never touch these lips again.

Hamlet also shared a photo of the staff "happily waving us goodbye in the parking lot as we exited."

Luckily, Hamlet and Jackson did receive their well-deserved apology. And the brewery took action by firing the manager who was on-duty at the time, as well as the members of the security team who were involved, People reports.

In a statement to People, the brewery said:

We reached out and spoke directly with the guest involved to express our sincerest apology and offered to make it right. We badly mishandled the situation and our team overreacted.

They added that they have made a plan so that “everyone on our team, from cidermakers to security, [has] additional training in the areas of security awareness and unconscious bias to prevent something like this from happening in the future.”

Glad justice was served. I just wish Hamlet, Jackson and their friends could've been there to cheerfully wave goodbye at these racists as they drove away from their job for the last time.

Studies have shown that the feelings of loss during a breakup are similar to heroin withdrawal, which explains how wildly some of us respond to the devastating end of a relationship.

One of the hardest parts of getting dumped is coming to terms with why the relationship ended. When you're not the one initiating the breakup, it's all too easy to feel blind-sided by the end of something you assumed was mutually good. Sadly, since breaking up with someone is hardly easy on either side, it's pretty common for break-ups to happen without a clear conversation about where it all went wrong.

In most cases, the mystery of why it all fell apart inspires countless obsessive conversations over happy hour that eventually exhaust all your friends. However, there are some breakups where people simply cannot process in healthy ways, and they proceed to bother their ex until all positive memories of the relationship dissipate into an embarrassing heap.

In a recent post on the subreddit Am I The Asshole, a man shared how he ended up calling his ex-girlfriend's parents in order to get answers about the breakup.

"AITA for calling my girlfriend's parents to see if they knew why she was breaking up with me?"

OP shared that he was dating his ex-girlfriend for two years and regularly goes away with the US Marine Corp during the summer.

"I don't even know where to begin with this. I am both a college student and an Officer Candidate for the US Marine Corp and I've been away this whole summer. I have been with my girlfriend for 2 years and before I left everything was so great between us. We even talked about starting to look for rings and maybe even a house since I will likely know where my duty station will be following commissioning. I thought we were so in love with each other and I thought about her every minute of every day."

Just last weekend, OP received an email from his ex-girlfriend breaking up with him and revealing she planned to block him on everything.

"Friday I got an email that literally said this: "I hate to do this to you while you are in XX, but while you've been gone I have discovered that I have been unhappy in our relationship for a long time and I don't want to be with you anymore. I have packed up your stuff and will drop the box off with roommate. After I send this I am blocking you in my contact list and social media so please don't contact me. I expect you to act like a mature adult if we see each other out or on campus and know I do not want to talk with you."

When OP tried to call her, his number was already blocked, and he soon realized he was also blocked from her friends.

"And that was literally it. No explanation, no I hate you, just "I'm not happy, blocked." I tried to call her but she had blocked my number, I tried to call her friends and they too have blocked my number. I called my roommate and he said he didn't know anything and the box was just sitting outside our front door."

Since the mysterious reason for the break up was driving OP up a wall, he eventually called his ex-girlfriend's parents in hopes of an answer.

They were kind and patient the first time, but after that pointed out how bad it looked for him to harangue them.

"I felt like I was dying this weekend. I just needed some sort of answer so I called the number I had from the time we visited her parents. Her mom picked up and said something like "this is between you and her, we always really liked you so we don't know what she's thinking but we don't have any answers. I'm sorry." I tried to let that sit but I called back after an hour because it was some sort of link to her. Her mom answered again but instantly handed the phone who said (best as I can remember) "look son, you're making a real asshole out of yourself calling us. Our daughter isn't stupid and I suggest you do some soul searching to figure out what part you play in this" and he hung up on me. I tried to call back one more time and I guess they too had blocked my number."

Eventually, OP got called an asshole by his ex-girlfriend's dad for calling, which caused him to wonder whether he was in the wrong or not.

This naturally brought him here, to the subreddit where strangers from all over can speculate over the emotional ethics of your behavior.

"I am devastated here and grasping at any straw that might provide some sort of answer. For this sub specifically, was I an asshole like her dad said?

Edit fuck this I’m out. Got no time for any of this anymore. I’m just out.

Edit2: I'm quitting PLC today to drive home and figure out what the fuck is going on."

DevillyDetailed called OP's behavior out for what it really is: harassment.

"YTA for the second call. The first time they said sorry we can't help. What did you expect the second time? For them to cave, choose your side, and spill everything? You were harassing her family. Not a good look."

SWGoodToes is not sure what kind of closure OP thought he'd get from her parents.

"YTA - she gave you all the explanation you are entitled to

She broke up with you because she does not want to be with you. Nothing else matters. No other factors are going to make you feel better or change anything. You need to accept that and stop harassing her family for details that aren’t going to change anything."

AppState1981 has a theory about what shifted the girlfriend's perspective about the relationship.

"Ask her friends, not her family. Oddly,she did this in an orderly, military manner. But calling her parents was odd."

"My experience (61 years): She discovered what like was like without you and she preferred it. I have seen this when the male was controlling/manipulative/smothering. When you were there, she thought it was normal and you were always there. That would explain why she went dark on you. She doesn't want to you to manipulate her back into the situation.
I'm not saying you are controlling/manipulative. I'm saying that's when I have seen this behavior. It may just be that she decided she doesn't want to settle down or be a military wife. College is for fun."

theraven5050 thinks the calls themselves point towards OP behaving in manipulative ways he doesn't even recognize.

"YTA, and it's pretty clear that you have some abusive / manipulative tendencies that you may not even be aware of."

"People don't ghost like that without a good reason. Furthermore, when you called the second time, and (her dad?) picked up, it was clear that mom was just being nice the first time around, but her dad acutely thinks you're a piece of shit, but didn't want to betray his daughter by revealing her (sound) reasoning."

warriorwoman96 noticed OP's toxic behavior via his other Reddit comments (mostly in the same thread).

"YTA. First off harassing her parents is ridiculous. They told you they didn't know but you kept calling anyways."

"Second you Ive seen your other posts on this thread and your toxic attitude is starting to become very clear. If the level of entitlement and lack of awareness is this clear in this post then I cant imagine what bullshit she dealt with from you in your actual relationship."

One of OP's comments, which received over 700 downvotes, empathized with Redpillers and MWGTOW (Men Who Go Their Own Way aka Incels.

"This can't be true man, if I was a girl on here talking about a guy who dumped me with no explanation people would want his balls cut off. This is why guys go to places like redpill or MGTOW."

He also went on to compare Incels to Black Lives Matter, which further cemented a lot of commenters' understanding of why the relationship ended.

"I’m saying those are shit places but when people get fucked over they look for affirmation and those places recruit young men by giving them affirmation. It’s just like BLM or the Democrats"

Needless to say, getting dumped without an explanation truly sucks all around. It's a painful experience and can leave you scratching your head for weeks, months, even years. However, harassing the family and friends of your ex is unlikely to land you answers, and if anything, will make you look unstable as a partner.

"Take this job and shove it."

-Johnny Paycheck

If your job is slowly crushing your soul these memes will hit you on a deep and personal level. The good news is that every second you spend laughing at memes will bring you that much closer to retirement.

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After seven hours of testimony, Robert Mueller has left the hot seat. The day opened with a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee, and despite the former counsel saying that the president is "not exculpated" and could be charged when he leaves office, pundits found it boring.

Act two with the House Intelligence Committee had way more fireworks, and by fireworks, I mean full sentences of Mueller and explicit renunciations of crimes. Here's what you need to know.

1. Chairman Adam Schiff summarized the Mueller Report in a way so succinct and damning that even your Trump-loving uncle would understand.

Here's the TL;DR

The Kremlin wanted Trump elected, for reasons including sanctions relief. Trump welcomed that help with arms open wider then they ever were for Don Jr.

The president saw his presidential campaign as an infomercial and opportunity to get close to world leaders and build a lucrative tower in Moscow.

2. Mueller walked back his most bombshell-y moment in the Judiciary Committee hearing. Congress doesn't have a "no backsies!" policy.

In the first hearing of the day, Mueller was asked by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) whether he only didn't indict the president because Justice guidelines say you can't indict a president. It would be damning for Trump to hear the special counsel say "I would if I could but I can't so I shan't."

If this seems like confusing, mealy-mouthed nonsense, it's because it pretty much is.

3. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) got Mueller confirm that WikiLeaks is evil, and then read off all the times Trump professed his love to them.

"Problematic is an understatement," Mueller said, saying that Trump's love letters gave a boost to "illegal activity."

Who would have thought that Trump is a problematic fave?

3. Mueller said that knowingly accepting foreign interference is not only unethical, it is also a crime.

Mueller volunteering the phrase "and a crime" was probably the longest sentence he said all day, and it's an important one.

4. He said that foreign interference could be "the new normal," and didn't sound happy about it.

If Trump doesn't face consequences for what Mueller calls a "crime," then people will almost certainly welcome foreign spies as campaign aides knowing that they can get away with it. While all my T-shirts as a tween said things like "Why be normal?" and "Normal is boring," when it comes to safeguarding American democracy, maybe normal is good.

5. One Republican actually asked a question, and got an actual answer: Yes, the 2020 election is likely unsafe.

As we speak, troll farms and foreign spy agencies are likely collecting kompromat, so here's hoping that all 700 of the Democratic nominees are excited to get hacked!

I don't know who needs to hear this right now, but dating is not a free AirBnB service. I repeat, dating is not a free AirBnB service. Most of us know this already. But a woman named Jackie Cameron from Bakersfield, California, recently shared screenshots of a conversation with a guy who did not get the memo.

This is Jackie.

Recently, she met a guy on a fishing trip and and they had been messaging back-and-forth for a while when he tried to take things to the next level by inviting himself to meet up with her in Bakersfield where she lives.

She wrote on Facebook:

“Gimmie Gimmie” 🙄

I met this dude while fishing and he’s been texting me trying to come to Bakersfield (he lives in Paso). He wanted to head out today but I was going to be pretty busy so turned it down. And then....

#singlelife

*edit* last text added for posterity.
*sidenote* I don’t have any children for him to “stay home” with 😂😂😂

Then she shared screenshots of their exchange, in which he revealed that the real reason he needed a place to crash.

It wasn't too long before he said that he lives with his parents "3 or 4 days a week" when he is with his daughter.

Respectfully, Jackie asked where he sleeps the other nights. He revealed he's a "couch-surfer." Essentially, he's homeless but with generous friends.

For the record, I have no judgment for people who are homeless and/or couch-surfing. We don't know this man's background, and falling on hard times doesn't make someone a bad person or undateable.

But being an a**hole does!

Jackie tried to be respectful to his situation, acknowledging that housing is expensive.

Then she gently turned him down by saying she's looking for a long-term relationship and felt he lacks the stability that she needs.

Honestly, this was very well-handled on her part. Not everyone would be so respectful of a man trying to mooch free housing off them under the guise of dating.

Unfortunately, he didn't take the rejection so well. The man became defensive and called her selfish, then called ALL women selfish.

She gave him the benefit of the doubt and wow, he wildly blew it by being a huge jerk.

You can't really blame Cameron for putting the guy on blast, though she did do him the service of not revealing his name, photo, or any other identifying information. Her post went viral, leading commenters to drag this guy for having the nerve to imply that she is selfish.

To be fair, at the end of the day, we're all just dating to find someone to live with us so we can get a better deal on rent, right? But you have to find a place to live in the interim period. You can't just skip to living together after one date. That's not how dating works! And also don't be a jerk. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Matching with someone you know on Tinder can be super weird, but it's much weirder if it's your spouse.

If you're in an open or polyamorous marriage, then scrolling Tinder may be a normal activity for both partners. But if you're monogamous, catching your partner eyeing a dating app can be grounds for divorce or a painful falling out.

In a recent post on the relationships subreddit, a married man shared how he downloaded Tinder for the second time his wife was away "for fun" and was shocked to find that she also has a profile on the app.

"I [m32] matched with my wife [f29] on Tinder. Big time throwaway account. I’ll start by saying that my wife and I don’t have any sort of open relationship agreement or anything of that nature. We met on Tinder 3 years ago, fell in love fast, moved in together, and got married. We’ve been married over 14 months now, and quite happily, I would say."

It all started a month ago, when OP downloaded Tinder while his wife was away and then promptly deleted it after a bit of swiping.

"A month ago she left on a business trip for a week and I found myself downloading Tinder on a particularly lonely night. I don’t even know why. I didn’t have any intentions. But I did it. I swiped here and there and got pretty bored with it. It was a funny reminder of that time of my life. I deleted it and moved on."

Well, things quickly got awkward when OP downloaded the app again when his wife left town this week and he saw she also had a profile.

"On Monday my wife left for another business trip. Last night I once again downloaded Tinder and started swiping. Again, I had a laugh, but ultimately was bored of it. Then I saw her picture come up."

In a moment of shock, OP decided to "swipe right" on his wife which quickly led to them matching.

"I say shocked for a moment. I wondered if I should just delete it and pretend nothing happened. I thought maybe a bot stole her picture.... But I read her profile... it’s her. It’s her now and it’s her live. There’s even a picture of her where I am cut out."

"I decided to make a bold move and swipe right. I swiped and we matched. She gets back from her business trip tomorrow. I’m going to confront her then. I don’t even know how this is happening. She’s over 100 miles. Is a friend of her using her account??"

At the time of writing, neither of them have taken the step to message each other via Tinder, but OP shared there will be a conversation when his wife returns from her trip.

"Now I have to explain why I was on Tinder. This is just a huge can of worms that got opened.

What the hell do I do? TL;DR - I matched with my current wife on Tinder"

Now that his wife has seen his profile, OP feels strange about explaining his decisions to download it for fun, and he is similarly alarmed by her presence on there.

Of course, anyone familiar with the lyrics to The Pina Colada Song immediately recognize this as a modern version of the predicament presented in the song.

romansamurai has a few theories about what is going down.

"I’m curious. Imo 3 possibilities:

1. It’s a catfish.

2. She has been using tinder also to “have a laugh”....like OP here. (But if she’s using it when on trips why put location of home area?)

3. She or someone else saw OP on tinder and she decided to see if it was him herself. And so SHE caught HIM on tinder!"

"I’m leaning towards 1-2 3

Also you can bluff saying you saw her on tinder so wanted to see if it was her. But what if she actually did that to YOU. Just be honest. You shouldn’t have been on tinder anyway. I don’t buy your excuse."

Alma00019 is pretty sure OP's wife has a friend who caught him the first time and she started an account to confront him.

"Honestly, what probably happened is that someone she knows or one of her friends saw you on tinder the FIRST time you went on, so she decided to investigate for herself."

"The fact that you matched with her instantly after you swiped on her photo means that she saw your photo first and swiped on it. So I don't think she'd be going on tinder to cheat if she's swiping on your photo."

Pegasuspirates pointed out that the conversation ahead will be awkward even if OP is telling the truth about not intending to cheat.

"Sounds like this is a place where no one can be upset. You guys just need to sit down and have an honest conversation about things."

"And you said you weren't on their for anything but.... Going straight to tinder cause you're lonely is a liiiiittle sketch. But also be prepared for her not to trust you either because after all you were on tinder too even if you had no intentions. You know how it will look from her end."

"This will be an interesting conversation..... Good luck"

XxQueenOfSwordsXx thinks OP needs to come clean completely if he wants to salvage his marriage at all.

"Did it ever occur to you that she has suspected you were back on Tinder, and swiped on you to see how often you use the app?"

"Also, you just should come clean to her why you were on Tinder and not lie. I mean.. you want the truth from her right? What kind of marriage do you have if you guys can’t be honest with each other?"

Even in a best case scenario, the inevitable conversation between OP and his wife will be no walk in the park.

A server could could be out of a job soon for making a decision on behalf of a customer that they thought was "right." Because sometimes what seems like the "right" thing to do is not only against the rules, it's illegal. Life is weird like that.

In a post shared to Reddit's "Am I The A**hole?" page, the server explains their moral dilemma.

It began when a group of women in their 20's entered the server's restaurant and ordered cocktails. Then the server overheard one of the women say that she's about 3-and-a-half months pregnant.

I have waited tables for the last three years.

During my shift last night, a group of four women in their late 20s came in. They were a pleasure to have as customers. They ordered four of our house cocktails to start with and then went over the menu for their entrees.

When I was on my way back to their booth with the drinks on a tray, I walked by the back side and overheard one of them talking about how she was 14 weeks along. When I rounded back, they were talking about the same topic and it was clear to me that she was pregnant. I figured her having one drink wasn't a big deal. They ordered their entrees and I went off to handle other tables.

It's pretty common knowledge that drinking excessive alcohol during pregnancy can put both the fetus and the mother in danger, though studies on the dangers of consuming smaller quantities of alcohol yield mixed results. It's a controversial subject, but many women do drink during pregnancy in moderation. So the server figured "one drink wasn't a big deal" and went ahead with their job, which is serving the customers what they ordered.

But then when the pregnant woman continued to order alcoholic drinks, the server decided to intervene by secretly asking the bartender to make (only) her drinks non-alcoholic.

About five minutes later, they called me over again and asked for another round. At this point I started getting concerned, but I took the order and cheerfully said I'd be right back. This time, I went to the bartender, and asked him to make one of them a virgin cocktail. He was confused but since he's a good friend of mine, I told him to just trust me.

The server thought they'd "gotten away with" tricking the pregnant woman into consuming non-alcoholic drinks. Until the check came.

A few cocktails later (hers strictly virgin) they started getting rowdy, and Mrs. Pregnant Woman was also getting into it. I figured that since she didn't notice, things were OK. The problem came when I took them their check, and they asked to split the bill at the register. When Mrs. Pregnant Woman got to the counter, I saw her cocktails were marked with (virgin). My bartender had edited each in the system for inventory.

It was too late for me to edit them back, so I just had her pay, hoping that she wouldn't look at the receipt. They all thanked me and left, leaving a generous tip in the process. They were talking in the parking lot for the next short while, presumably waiting for an Uber.

After seeing "virgin" written on the receipt next to some of the drinks, the group realized what had happened.

The woman returned, furiously demanded her portion of the server's tip back and reported them to the manager, who was pissed.

Several minutes later Mrs. Pregnant Woman came back and asked what (virgin) on the receipt meant. I fessed up that it meant non-alcoholic. She blank stared me for a few seconds and then asked if she had ordered a non-alcoholic cocktail. I said no, but told her that I assumed she wanted one seeing as she was pregnant. It was a lame lie and I'll admit it, but she looked me in the eye and asked me to return her part of the tip. I did so. Then she talked to my manager. My manager took me into her office and literally shrieked at me until hoarse.

The server stood their ground, insisting they were in the right because they didn't want to "be responsible for FAS" (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome).

I stood my ground and told her that I'm not going to be responsible for FAS. She told me that she was taking me off the calendar until she decided what to do with me. She also informed me that I could get the restaurant in serious trouble for discrimination, and upon examination of my state's laws, she is correct.

Turns out, according to state law, what this server did is actually illegal and could get the restaurant in "serious trouble" for "discrimination."

Though the server's parents "understood" their position (which makes sense, since parents are where many of us get our opinions from in the first place) "the entire staff" of the restaurant is against them.

But when I talked to my mother and father about it tonight, they told me that they understood my position. The entire staff at the restaurant is against me and I think that I'm going to call in and tell my manager that I quit, but I still feel in the right here. I would like some perspective on this and if I'm the a**hole here.

Looks like more than just the restaurant staff thinks the server is the "a**hole" here. The majority of commenters on Reddit are arguing that it was wrong for the server to alter someone's order without their consent and to make a moral decision on their behalf.

NUTmeSHELL says:

Yta [You're the A**hole]. Unless you saw the woman pee on a pregnancy test, you had no way of knowing for sure that she was pregnant. She could have been talking about someone else, a past pregnancy, or she could be planning to terminate the pregnancy. That wasn’t your call to make.

Many are pointing out that pregnant women have agency over their own bodies and this decision was hers to make. Not the server's.

TrickyEducationKy says:

Even if the OP was sure she was pregnant, it’s not their call to make. Pregnant women still have the right to make their own decisions about what to consume.

Even if the server's intentions were "good" that does not make this decision "right."

wasntmebutok says:

YTA here, you made a lot of assumptions about a woman and a situation you don't know anything about - she might not want to keep it, but ultimately it's not up to you to decide what she can or can't put into her body. In my opinion that was a pretty big violation of her freedom of choice. You did it for the right reasons I'll grant you that, but that doesn't make what you did right.

Underground_Queen says:

Esh [Everyone Sucks Here] but you had good intentions.

She sucks for obvious reasons, you suck because you had no way to prove she was a pregnant, you altered her drink without informing her, and you made a big decision without speaking to your manager.

"Her body, her choice" is a good rule to live by when it comes to pregnant women. Even if her choice isn't the one you would make.

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”

— Willie Nelson

Sometimes it feels like the world is nothing but a huge dumpster fire, but it's not all bad. These memes will make you ​​​​​​smile and warm your heart too.

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Kate Middleton — or Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as she's supposed to be known — appears in public multiple times a week looking insanely radiant despite her busy schedule and bevy of children.

And because we live in a garbage world where women's looks are dissected in nonsensical detail, it was only a matter of time before someone speculated seriously about whether she's had Botox.

A London spa located close to her Kensington Palace home posted alleged before-and-after-Botox photos on its Instagram account, accusing Kate of having "baby Botox," or small injections of the chemical that freezes wrinkles in their tracks. And her spokespeople at Kensington Palace have taken the very rare step of denying that the princess has had Botox.

Page Six tracked down both the princess's people and the spa itself. The spa's reps said coyly, “We wouldn’t be able to disclose whether she is a client or not. We have non-disclosure agreements where we can’t disclose our high-end clients. We absolutely can’t comment at all that she has come to us.”

Wow, sounds totally ethical, what saints.

Meanwhile, Kensington Palace didn't mince words. They said the spa's statement that she's had Botox is “categorically not true” and “in addition, The Royal Family never endorse commercial activity.”

But the Instagram post is still up — and members of the public are starting to respond.

The caption reads:

Our Kate loves a bit of baby Botox. Patients come from far and wide to see me for this procedure. It truly is so simple... There is no excuse for doctors to leave patients with brows on the floor. Note the reduction of fine lines on the forehead.

The doctor not only speculated that she's had Botox, but also where it was inected — in great detail.

But also note the depression of the medial (middle part) brow but elevation of the lateral tail of the brow. The magic of baby Botox is that it does not leave you feeling so heavy and provides you with a subtle reduction of lines as well as a better eyebrow position. Now 90% of my patients have baby Botox and are happy even at 3-4 months post treatment

Of course, the photos are far from conclusive. Any amateur selfie-taker knows it's very possible to look 10 years older or younger based on lighting alone. Plus, in the photo on the left, she's furrowing her brow. In the photo on the right, she's not.

Comments are turned off on the Instagram post, which is probably a wise decision. Once Kate and Meghan mega-stans find out about this post, they're going to go nuts. People are already responding to Page Six's article about the allegations on Twitter — mostly to say, "Who cares if she did?"

Others are pointing out that it's interesting the Palace spoke up about these rumors — especially when they often remain mum on negative stories about Meghan Markle.

This could be because Meghan and Kate's PR teams work for different people. Kate's PR functions out of Kensington Palace, meaning she and William's people are pretty much fully in charge of it. Meghan Markle's PR team falls under the Buckingham Palace umbrella, meaning the queen's people are in charge — and they might be too busy handling the monarch and, you know, the rest of her entire family (besides Will and Kate and their brood) to speak out about things like feud rumors.

But it's a testament to how much we've grown as a society that most commenters are shrugging off the allegations instead of arguing over whether they're true or not. When it comes to Kate Middleton's alleged skincare, the general public actually seem willing to let her mind her own business. Who knew!

"Morning is an important time of day because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have."

-Lemony Snicket

If you wake up with a laugh, the rest of your day is sure to be joyful. These ridiculously random memes will totally crack you up. That's a pretty great way to kick off your morning.

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On Wednesday Anne Hathaway shared the news of her second pregnancy with her fans. In an Instagram post showing off the baby bump, Hathaway was quick to dispel any rumors that it was "for a movie" and revealed she is happy to be expecting a second child.

In the caption, Hathaway also opened up about the difficulties of infertility and gave a shout out to everyone currently facing roadblocks in their conception process.

The caption read:

"It's not for a movie...#2. All kidding aside, for everyone going through infertility and conception hell, please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies. Sending you extra love."

Hathaway gave birth to her first son Jonathan with her husband Adam Schulman back in 2016.

Following the birth, she opened up on Instagram about the pressure to "lose the baby weight" and encouraged other women to be easier on themselves.

She wrote:

"There is no shame in gaining weight during pregnancy (or ever).
There is no shame if it takes longer than you think it will to lose the weight (if you want to lose it at all). There is no shame in finally breaking down and making your own jean shorts because last summer's are just too dang short for this summer's thighs. Bodies change. Bodies grow. Bodies shrink. It's all love (don't let anyone tell you otherwise.) Peace xx
#noshame#lovewhatyouhavebeengiven"

Given Hathaway's fertility struggles, fans are extra happy to hear the news of her second pregnancy.

Congratulations to Anne and Adam on their second child!

Even if you're a man who fully trusts their partner, sometimes a DNA test is the only way to confirm a baby is yours...

If a pregnant woman is having multiple relationships, the best move would probably be to be honest with all of the potential fathers about the situation. Especially when there are traits that would be a dead giveaway such as fathers of a different race, you're playing with fire if you don't confess to an affair. In the words of Kanye West, "Eighteen years, eighteen years, And on the 18th birthday, he found out it wasn't his?" Probably the only wise thing he ever said...

Sometimes, though, mothers just want to take the risk. If you can imagine how awkward it must be to be a father watching what you think is your new baby being born only to find out your partner has been having an affair and that baby is 100% not yours, the doctors and nurses are also there to experience the discomfort. And they never forget.

When a recent Reddit user asked, "Doctors and nurses of Reddit who have delivered babies to mothers who clearly cheated on their husbands, what was that like?" the medical world was ready to share their cringe-worthy tales of paternal woes.

1. Oh. My. God. "321zzz."

Anesthesiologist here. C-sections are typically done under spinal anesthesia, and we're the ones at the head of the table keeping the mother calm and talking her through the procedure while the surgeons operate.

I've seen it more than once, but I remember one in particular when the parents were both very Caucasian, and the baby was very much not -- the actual father obviously had to be very dark-skinned. At delivery, when the not-Father saw the baby he just looked down at his wife (who was starting to cry) and calmly said, "You fucking whore" and walked out.

She started screaming for him to come back, but there wasn't much she could do since she was, you know, still being operated on. She lost it to the point I eventually had to sedate her just a bit because she was in danger of injuring herself.

As far as I know her husband never came back to the hospital, I don't know what happened after that.

2. Wow, "Bewardthekaiju."

New born hadchlamydia, got it from the mom, obviously. So the mom admits she was cheating on the dad, because there’s no other way to explain that one. Except- the dad was cheating too, with the other guy’s girlfriend, and all 4 of them had chlamydia, with no idea who had it first. They also had no idea who the actual dad was. That was a rodeo.

3. Damn, "TOMORROWS-FORECAST."

My brother had a surprise baby this way... he and a coworker had a one night stand while she was broken up with her ex. She gets back with her ex.. ends up pregnant flash forward to the delivery day... the day my brother sends me a picture of a random baby out of the blue and says "I think I am a dad".

She is white, her boyfriend is black my brother is white. Baby came out looking very very white.

I don't know how it went down in the hospital room... but I know they separated very soon after. My brother went to visit her in the hospital and asked her if she would let him take a paternity test. She agreed and it came back positive a week later.

And that's how I got my surprise nephew.

4. That guy has an expensive future ahead of him, "LaBestiadeGavaudan."

Had two women give birth a few days apart on my floor. Turns out they actually had the same baby daddy. The father of the two newborns got both patients pregnant around the same time. It was an interesting day for the social worker!

5. The drama! "Kristenmcckenzie11."

Super awkward for everyone involved. The husband was only in the room for a bit then left and didn’t see him again. The fob (father of baby) showed up after the baby was born.

I’ve also had where they didn’t know whose baby it was so both guys were present to see whose they thought it was.

6. Yikes, "LemonLimpet."

I'm a midwife. The only one I've seen was when a baby had to be taken to the nursery for treatment for ABO incompatibility. We test the blood groups of all babies born to O+ mothers because they're at risk for it. So the mother was O+, and the baby was something else - would've been from the father. The father was insisting it couldn't be correct because it didn't match his blood group. We had to tell him to be quiet, now was not the time/place. Don't what ended up happening. However, they were from an ethnic background that may value certain blood types over others so we did wonder if he actually knew his type or his parents had just told him it was the good one.

7. Aw, man. "TorrenceMightingale."

Had a patient who came in to ER for UTI with her boyfriend of 4 months (his words). She was 19. Acting extremely dramatic for just having UTI. We tell her we need urine. She urges us to cath her which is really unusual but she says she can’t pee so me and other nurse assume the position to put in a catheter with her lying on the gurney. At this point nurse screams, “call L&D!! She’s crowning!!”

L&D nurse gets in just in time to grab the child as it shoots out into her hands and is a living breathing baby.

The girl swears she had no idea she was pregnant. They wheel her off to postpartum and the guy is just kind of left standing there, dumbstruck.

“We only been dating 4 months. I had no idea she was pregnant. She never mentioned it at all.” As he just buried his head in his knees while he was sitting on the floor against the hallway wall.

I felt so bad for the guy.

8. This is a soap opera, "DantheMormonian."

Ok story from a friend of my brothers. She worked as a nurse and a woman and her husband came in. They were both white, and she delivered a child that was black. The husband immediately starts saying wtf, while she is going on and on about dormant traits and everything.

He orders a DNA test. While this is going on her mother and Stepdad show up. The stepdad is black, after the testing is done, the DNA test ends up showing that the baby is the Stepdad's. Her husband instantly dropped her and cut ties.

9. Sometimes vasectomies aren't effective? "onethirtyseven_"

I had a female patient come in with abdominal pain. Pregnancy test was positive. She was with her husband who, evidently, had a vasectomy about a year prior.

I slowly backed out of the room after that one..

10. A twist! "full_of_frustration."

My aunt, who is white, is married to a black man. When their son was born, he was white with blonde hair. Dad was screaming and throwing a fit in the hospital. Doctor came in and turns out, their son is albino.

11. Yeesh, "Budgiejen."

I was a phlebotomist. Went to draw a baby and a nurse holds up a little baby and says, “Does he look black?”

I laughed and said, “No, look at that red hair!”

Apparently mom was white, husband was black. But he’d been in jail and she had been accused of cheating with a white guy. Guess they found the proof. She confessed right in the delivery room that it wasn’t his.

12. A+, "Trixie1229."

I have a white friend who is a Superman of a dad. When his third child was born, she was obviously of mixed race. His white wife had an affair with a black man. The wife also had substance abuse issues before this pregnancy and was no longer dependable or stable as a mother. So my friend immediately divorced her and took custody of the kids. ALL of them. He's been raising his two bio kids and the third child who isn't technically his for the past decade. She's his princess and he loves her exactly like the other two.

Edited to answer a couple of questions: he is a straight man who has not remarried. He's done this all on his own, dated here and there, but nothing serious yet. He's too busy with three kids, full time career, and a small business to run.

Also, bio dad to the third child waived his rights immediately when he found out about her birth. He was mom's dealer and their fling was a one time thing that resulted in pregnancy. He had zero interest in fatherhood.

13. She gave herself away! "DarrenEdwards."

The mother takes the doctor aside and makes him promise to let her know the color of the baby the instant he knows. The baby is born and the doctor announces to mom,"Congratulations on your beautiful, healthy WHITE baby!" The father just walked right out the room and they never found anything more out about it.

So you might be sick of hearing about the president seeing as how nothing changes in this nihilistic hellscape until the House starts an impeachment inquiry, but this Trump story is actually pretty funny.

The president gave a speech at Turning Point USA, a conference of wee white supremacists, and was celebrated as the Cult Daddy he is. The organization, however, either struggles with attention to detail or has a rogue A/V staffer, because Trump delivered his rant next to an unflatteringly Trumpified presidential seal.

The Seal of the President of the United States was personalized to feature golf clubs, a Russian, symbol, and a new motto: "45 is a puppet."

First reported by The Washington Post,the seal made three major additions.

The Latin motto "E Pluribus Unum" was swapped with the Spanish "45 es un titere," which translates to "45 is a puppet."

Golf clubs are held by the eagle's left talon, rather than thirteen arrows.

The two-headed eagle with wide, feathered wings resembles the bird in Russia's coat of arms.

The fake seal was projected in the background as Trump spoke behind a podium featuring the real one.

A Turning Point USA spokesman told The Washington Post that they're conducting an internal investigation to see who is responsible for what is either a humiliating mistake or a remarkably subtle troll.

"Somewhere there was a breakdown. I think it was as simple as a rushed move throwing up an image, and it was the wrong one," he said. "It was an A/V mistake . . . it certainly wasn’t our intention."

The White House appears not to have noticed it either, and it is their responsibility to oversee presidential appearances.

It seems possible that a lazy millennial would just Google "presidential seal" and throw up the first one that has enough pixels, but a Google search shows that the first dozens of results aren't the parody version.

Does TPUSA have a mole, other than the one on Charlie Kirk's chin?

Really makes you think.

I've seen a lot of stories on the internet about entitled people making absurd demands on friends, family, acquaintances, or people they've never even met. But this woman takes delusional entitlement to a whole new level.

A pregnant woman reached out to an acquaintance—not even a close friend—and asked them to change the name of their dog so that she could use the name for her new baby. When they refused, she went off.

Screenshots of the conversation were shared to the Reddit community "Choosing Beggars," devoted to making fun of the kinds of crazily entitled people who try to pull something like this.

The conversation began innocently enough, with the woman reaching out to someone named Jennay who she met at a mutual friend's baby's christening.

The woman revealed she is pregnant, and Jennay warmly congratulated her.

This is when things got weird. The woman revealed that she would be having a girl, and that she wants to name her Tillie.

Since Jennay has a dog named Tilly, the woman asked her to change her dog's name because her daughter "obviously can't have the same name as a dog."

Jennay politely refused, explaining they "don't think it's necessary" to change their dog's name because they rarely if ever will see each other. They added "I don't think anyone will notice they've got the same name."

This is when the requester's true(ly psychotic) colors came through.

The woman lashed out, calling Jennay "heartless and unreasonable" and even accusing her of "ruining" her future daughter's life. When Jennay again politely refused, the woman cursed her out.

Can you even IMAGINE being this entitled that you think the world revolves around you and people you barely even know should put their dog through the trauma of a name change simply so your kid can feel unique?!? If I were Jennay, I would change my own name and all of my children's names to Tilly just to mess with this woman's head. Sure, it would create lifelong confusion for the entire family, especially the dog. But it would be hilarious.

Calling a pro-choice person a "murderer" is a sadly common inflammatory insult hurled by pro-birthers. In true medical terms, terminating an embryo is terminating a multicellular diploid eukaryotic organism, not murdering a person. Nonetheless, people still invoke images of infanticide in order to demonize people advocating for reproductive health care access. Normalizing a debate around whether abortion is murder has only further stigmatized the very real existential threats women face without birth control and safe abortion access.

A recent screenshot posted on the Murdered by Words subreddit showed a heated exchange between a pro-choicer and the pro-birth person who called them an advocate for murder.

The pro-choicer ignored the initial insult of "murderer" and continued the conversation by grilling the pro-birther about how they intend to help build a world where people can healthily raise children.

The response read:

"What happens next? Once you have succeeded in your quest to stop the termination of a pregnancy - disregarding the circumstances for why the woman or couple wants to terminate (failed birth control, rape, lack of financial stability, unsuitable environment, domestic violence, mental health issues, lack of employment, medical issues, lack of comprehensive sexual education) - what happens next?"

"Who pays for the prenatal or postnatal care? Surely not a couple working a minimum wage who can barely afford their rent. Who provides healthcare and funds medical bills for a single woman with no place to live? Or a married couple who struggle to afford the children they already have? Who assists the millions of children in foster care, still waiting to be adopted? Who helps them when they hit the street at 18 with no money or life skills?"

"Will you and your ilk - the self-proclaimed 'pro-life' community help to fund comprehensive sexual education for teens? How about access to affordable birth control? Why not promote a vasectomy as a viable option for men who don't want children? How about funding scientific research so men can have more birth control options than just condoms? Is your community going to help pay for healthcare and education costs? Once you have succeeded in stopping the termination of a pregnancy, what role will you have in ensuring a quality of life for the foetus you so desperately wanted to save?"

The pro-birther simply responded by claiming it's the parents' responsibility, which ushered in a final call out of the hypocrisy of many factions of the pro-life movement.

The pro-choicer's rebuttal ended with a bang, calling out all the ways the pro-birth community fails to support life after conception:

"And there's the money shot. Here's a wakeup call - you don't get to come into my inbox and shit all over my Sunday with your over-inflated Messiah complex with your Facebook profile filled with delusions of superiority declaring yourself to be on the side of "life." when in reality your compassion stops just inside the vaginal canal."

"Don't embarrass yourself and pretend that you give a flying fuck about what happens once a foetus is born, or about the people who aren't equipped to raise them. Don't pretend you give a shit about children when you aren't prepared to do a damn thing about the millions of struggling families on welfare, or the millions of children in foster care."

"Don't pretend you give a shit about life, when you would rather just sit by and smugly proclaim women should 'close their legs' because it's less energy to do so than it is to lobby for resources that would make it easier for people to become parents. Go away."

Suffice it to say, the pro-birther had no rebuttal after that.

One of the worst feelings in the world is being cheated on.

Especially if you're in a situation where you truly have no idea your partner would even consider cheating, being blindsided is like a cinder block of hot garbage in your stomach.

Of course, plenty of people have happy and healthy open relationships with clear guidelines and expectations. The worst part of being cheated on, though, is feeling disrespected, undervalued, or tricked.

There are a lot of differing opinions on whether or not it's your place to share with someone's partner that you know they're cheating, but it seems better than letting someone live a lie for years...

In the AITA (Am I the Asshole?) section of Reddit someone asked, "AITA for sending a voice recording of a coworker trying to cheat on his wife, to his wife?"

Without even reading it, I'm going to go ahead and say this person is NOT the asshole because looking out for a scorned spouse is never bad. Of course, it might feel like it's not your place to throw someone under the bus like that, but if you have knowledge that could save someone else from staying in a sham marriage for years on end and you keep it to yourself, then maybe you're even more of an asshole? It's complicated. Luckily, though, there's Reddit to guide us through life's turmoil...

The post continues:

I was out at a happy hour with a few of my coworkers, James, Nate, and Ethan. I am good friends with Ethan but I don't know Nate too well, and I don't really care for James though I've kept that to myself. So I was mainly there to hang out with Ethan

Nate and Ethan wanted to talk privately about some work thing, some disagreement with a client, and at one point I was alone with James.

I started to feel like he was hitting on me, being kind of flirty and touchy, and I was NOT into it. I was giving one word answers and playing with my phone rather than reciprocating. I felt a little awkward telling him to stop it because he was toeing the line of plausible deniability and I felt like he'd probably just say he hadn't been doing anything.

I turned on my phone's voice recorder app though, I always do it when I suspect someone is crossing a line, it's saved my ass before. It is legal in my state to record like that fyi. And it was on when James asked me if I wanted to 'get out of here'

I asked 'to where' and he said "maybe we could go to my car and listen to that some music"

And I said "Huh, and what else?" And he kinda stuttered and said that he'd like to get to know me better and spend some time just with me.

I asked "what about your wife" and he started telling me about how they're practically roommates, only together for the kids, how she's probably been seeing other people too. I didn't say much, just nodded along for a while until he was done. Then I said "Nah, I'm not into that" and I excused myself to the bathroom.

I was pissed off that James would try to cheat on his wife, I've met her and she's a sweet lady. I was also pissed off that he'd try to get with me, his coworker. I used to work at a different company with really shitty company culture, and I've become fed up with old-ass married engineers who try to fuck the new young employee. I just wanna not deal with that.

So, I sent an email to James's wife, whose email I knew since she had replied to a company mailing list email about a holiday party.

And I said "I don't know if you remember me, but I'm (OP) and I work with your husband. We meet at the last company Christmas party. I'm really sorry to have to tell you like this, but your husband is trying to cheat on you. I know that might be hard to believe coming from a near-stranger so I've attached a recording of that."

And I got a reply from her kind of lashing out at me for leading him on. And for trying to hurt her by attaching the recording which really hurt to hear.

I really wasn't trying to lead him on, the only reason I was asking leading questions like "to where" and "what else" were to get him to say what he was doing.

But I'm questioning whether it was too much to send the actual audio. I feel for her, it must have hurt to hear.

AITA for sending that voice recording?

Damn.

This is tough because if his wife was coming from a place of pain and rejection which is probably why she felt like lashing out at the messenger. It was clear to me reading this that the OP was purposefully giving him leading questions so that the recording would paint a full picture of his intentions. Of course, it would be painful to hear it, but I don't think she was wrong to include it.

The internet naturally weighed in on this issue:

"glassfallacy" wrote:

NTA I know I would want to know if my husband was acting like that. I wouldn’t take her response to heart, this is such a difficult thing for her I’m sure she is just processing and will realize that her husband is the real asshole

"hobbitleaf" wrote:

NTA - you did her a favor, I'd divorce in an instant if someone showed me evidence like that. Yea it hurts, but getting cheated on for years and years hurts way fucking worse.

"gogoldenf1sh" wrote:

NTA. Ya know, one time I had a similar situation.

I was young (18) but learned from it. But I think everyone is judging you unfairly from this.

My ex and I were friends with this couple. I knew the husband from when I was a kid because his dad was friends with my parents. Anyways, one night I invited the couple over for a bbq (like I always did) but only he showed up. He said his wife was at a family party but "don't tell her I'm here I don't want her to get angry". I thought, " okay whatever, it's not my business, not my relationship. " My ex had been arrested that night as well so he wasn't there. There were other people there though, not just us. Anyways, by the end of the night, this guy is asking to come into the house saying he can keep me company. I was really confused, I said, "uh.. why do you want to come in though? It's late already" and he's like, "you know, so you're not lonely, I can keep you company" I said "no dude, just go home already"

It was weird to me, but I decided not to say anything because I didn't want to meddle into anyone's relationship. His wife was my only friend and she immediately cut me off. He went and told her that I was trying to get with him.

I don't think it's wrong to protect yourself from people.

"amaenamonesia" wrote:

NTA

Everyone getting on to you for “leading him on” sniffs of misogyny to me. He’s an adult man with a wife and family. Even if you were interested in him, he should have the decency and maturity to say no.

The fact that you asked those questions did bait him out, but you were fair in doing so. An honest person would say no to “bait.” It’s not like he was completely innocent until you started asking questions (insert ‘haha jk...unless’ meme here).

He is trying to cheat and she is in denial. You did your part and now you can just bow out of the situation, she will either handle it or continue on with an unfaithful husband.

"Sweet_Xoctical" wrote:

NTA. The wife is in denial and would rather put the blame on you than her potentially cheating husband. Her logic is closely akin to telling girls to cover up so they won’t attract unwanted attention. The whole “leading him on” comment is bullshit, you were just gathering evidence.

A lot of the comments are saying that you should mind your own business. I’m a big believer in minding my own business but in this case the wife should be made aware of the situation so the problem won’t spread. Being a bystander doesn’t help anyone and like you said, people actually want to be aware if their SO is being unfaithful.

So, there you have it! She's NTA (Not the asshole). I hope this couple figures this all out...

"Being a woman is hard work."

-Maya Angelou

It's tough out there for women, but at least we have these awesome memes to laugh at.

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The internet is useful for many things, including as a platform for selling stuff you no longer want or need. But a downside to selling stuff online is that it can bring out some of the worst human beings imaginable. There's a particular group of people, dubbed "Choosy Beggars" by Reddit, who insist on demanding stuff for free or low-cost and then get angry when their unreasonable demands are refused. It's a very special kind of entitlement coupled with a deep sense of delusion that is often very funny in retrospect.

A woman who was selling a playhouse on Facebook for $30 recently encountered someone who perfectly embodies the category of a Choosy Beggar, so she shared screenshots of the conversation on Reddit. It's a doozy.

The woman first reached out asking if she could buy a playhouse, listed for $30, at the ridiculously low price of $5.

Already, this woman's delusional entitlement is showing. Everyone knows bargaining doesn't work like that.

She was informed the playhouse had already been sold but she ignored this fact and responded with another ridiculously low bid.

The woman then resorted to pleading, explaining that she "needs" the playhouse for her kids because they've fallen on hard times. The woman selling the playhouse explained, again, that it had been sold already. And the freeloader, again, ignored this fact.

Being kinder than most, and maybe feeling sorry for the freeloader, the woman selling the playhouse offered up a tent that her kids could play in instead.

The woman offered the tent free of charge. But the woman showed zero gratitude and again insisted that she wanted the playhouse, too, but now she wanted it for FREE.

Next, the freeloader asked if the woman was selling anything else. She responded yes, she was also selling a toddler table for $30. Predictably, the freeloader tried to freeload again.

The woman said she would like the $30 toddler table—you guessed it—for free.

When the woman clearly explained why she couldn't give away her toddler table for free, the freeloader called her "selfish." At this point, the woman had finally had enough and politely tried to put an end the conversation, telling her "have a nice day."

When the freeloader realized the woman had stopped responding to her messages, she completely lost it, and called her the n-word.

Many people would've completely gone off on this racist psycho before blocking and reporting her. But this woman preferred to take the revenge route, and more power to her!

The woman responded to the freeloader's racial slur by apologizing and offering "everything" for free. Freeloader then apologized and tried to blame her racist harassment on her "friend." LMFAO. This woman's delusion knows no bounds.

The woman gave the freeloader an address and offered to meet her there. But when the freeloader showed up, there was no house, "just land." The woman had sent her to an empty lot.

Brava to the woman for how she handled this abusive freeloader. Unclear how long it took the complete nutcase to realize she'd been duped. For all we know, she's still there, digging around in the dirt and muttering to no one in particular "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! For FREE. For FREE. For FREEEEEEEEEE."

She said it before and she'd say it again.

Nancy Goodman has this week's dishonor of being the white woman with a terrible haircut to go viral for harassing black people.

Goodman, nicknamed "Turn Down Tina" by one of her victims, was enjoying happy hour at a restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina when she called two black women the N-word for allegedly being too loud.

Chanda Stewart explained on Facebook that "what was supposed to be dinner with my girlfriends ended up in us being called stupid n—."

"The climate of the country today has some people thinking whatever they feel ... they can say. The reality is if we were to retaliate with this same kind of hate and ignorance we would be called 'angry black women,'" wrote Stewart.

"We're paying for our food just like everyone else, and she told us we are the rudest people," Stewart said in the cellphone video, while Goodman obnoxiously "cheesed" for the camera.

Goodman then took out her own phone and walked over to confront the women.

"I've got real good friends who are black, and I love them," she volunteered, and then said, "Why are you so stupid (racial slur)?"

"Do you call your black friends [the N-word]?" one of the women replied.

"They're not like you," Goodman said, as she picked up her purse and walked away.

After the video went viral, Goodman told WRAL that she regrets not telling the restaurant to deal with the alleged noise complaint, but she doesn't regret the language she used when she took the mission on herself.

"I’m not going to say I’m sorry to them because they kept pushing at it," she told WRAL. "I would say it again to them. They are the rudest individuals I have ever seen."

While racism is even older than the republic, people are tracing Goodman's overt display of animosity back to Trump and his Make Racists Unashamed Again platform.

Goodman also had the audacity to blame her racist burst on "anxiety."

"I suffer from anxiety which is not an excuse," she wrote on Facebook.

If your "anxiety" is triggered by the presence of black women, you just might be a racist. And if you are, in fact, anxious—chill on the toilet for a fifteen minute breather like a normal person! There are dozens of remedies that don't involve racial slurs. I've tried them all.