Tampons are pretty straightforward hygiene products if you're accustomed to using them. However, to the uninitiated, tampons are mysterious cotton probes that exist inside a world of secrets. Even the most intelligent of cis men has likely had a moment of confusion around menstruation and all of the handy gadgets that help catch the blood.

For those unaware, tampons have different letters on the box based on what level of flow you're dealing with. While different brands carry a myriad of options, the most standard range available includes Small (or Light), Regular, and Super. Occasionally, the letters or wordings shift, but the meanings stay the same, and it all correlates to the strength of your flow (aka how much blood will be absorbed).

That being said, without the proper context, the letters on the tampon packaging can seem mysterious and confusing.

A guy's recent Twitter joke about having his girlfriend's "right" tampon but not her "left" one launched a hilarious thread about men's misconceptions about tampon labeling.

While Evan's tweet was obviously a joke, it inspired a thread full of women to ask their male partners what they think the letters on tampon wrappers stand for.

To their credit, these men cooked up a lot of vastly different meanings for the letter R.

Some of the guesses reached a beautiful culmination of confident and wrong.

There were a few men who knew the true meaning, which was almost as shocking as all of the wildly off base guesses.

But mostly women were screaming at the deep confusion of their partners.

Laughs aside, it looks like this thread educated a whole fleet of men about the sizing system of tampons, and now they can go forth into the world with this important blood-related knowledge. A true win all around.

With everything going on in the world, it's comforting to know that the foremost intellectuals of the conservative movement

The Daily Wire, the conservative website edited-in-chief by Ben Shapiro, had a roundtable and discussed the inherent "masculinity" of humor.

"[They] say that comedy is inherently masculine, and that is true," a boring white guy (albeit with cool glasses) said. He then cited comedian Norm Macdonald, quoting the SNL alum's observation that "whenever you're a kid and you hear a group of kids laughing and you'd run over there...he says there would never be a broad standing there." The manly men chuckled hardily.

"It's true...and when you think about the funniest women, Sarah Silverman...she was emulating a man," Funky Glasses added. "Of course it's not that no woman is funny...it's that humor is inherently masculine.

Shapiro and his helium voice agreed, volunteering the fact that his wife "laughs his a** off every time I clock my head on the stove," and if she'd bumped her head he wouldn't find it funny but would ask if she's okay.

There's a lot going on here.

First of all, Ben Shapiro's wife..........welcome to the resistance. Shapiro bumping his head on something is objectively hilarious, especially considering the fact that he's shorter than the stove.

Now, to the central thesis: comedy is inherently masculine?

Bro, comedy is the girliest thing there is. Nothing is needier than seeking a laugh.

Plus, if we're going with this set definition of masculinity, then

Real men express their anger physically, they don't examine their feelings and create a well-crafted statement on the matter. Comedy is for CHICKS!

Award-winning comedian Patton Oswalt commented on the video, and he's a man, so you should take his condemnation seriously.

Female comedians, though lesser intellectually and only successful if they adapt masculine traits, are also calling out this chauvinistic BS.

Very funny....for a bunch of girls.

Sharpie-themed memes are trending on social media after Donald Trump displayed a map showing the projected path of Hurricane Dorian which appeared to have been altered with a black marker to include Alabama. These hilarious memes imagine all of the ways a permanent marker could fix this hot mess of a presidency.

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Having a crush on a teacher is a rite of passage for many of us in our younger years. There's even a famous song about it. Sure, teachers are often inappropriately older than their students, but their wisdom, maturity and position of authority can be confusingly alluring.

Someone recently asked teachers to share their stories of the most obvious "teacher crush" a student ever had on them. There are lots of examples, since it turns out kids are a lot less subtle than they think. Here are 21 stories—some from teachers, some from former students—that are a mixture of sweet and cringe-worthy:

1.) From SEG116:

I had a student who had a rough life. Mom pretty much abandoned him,and grandma was raising him by pawning him off to family on the weekends. I knew he was going to have a rough life if someone didn’t step in and let him know he mattered. He asked me one day how I would know if someone loved me. I jokingly replied that that person would bring me coffee in the morning. A few days later he came into the gym with a huge smile and a cup of gas station coffee. He walked right up and handed it to me along with a bag of creamers and sugars. He said he didn’t know how I liked my coffee so he grabbed one of each. He saved his allowance, and asked his grandma to leave for school early so he could stop by the gas station. The next year he brought me a coffee mug so I could remember him when I drank my morning coffee. That kid will always have my heart.

2.) From giantlavalamp:

I was a special needs teacher. There was zero subtlety. One student would constantly try to lift up my skirt.

3.) From PrincessZelduhh:

A girl asked me to read what was clearly fan fiction about me and the other students in the class. She is openly bisexual and mostly crushes on blonde women (I’m a blonde woman) and the story was about a beautiful blonde queen dealing with very specifically described evil beings (a few boys in the class she didn’t like). She watched my reaction veeery closely as I read and I just played dumb about the obvious parallels and complimented her writing and creativity.

I’m 31 but look young for my age and take very good care of my looks and body. However, as I high school teacher I’m careful not to dress a certain way. There are so many hormones flying around and high school is bad enough without having a crush on your teacher. I never really crushed on a teacher, but I imagine it’s uncomfortable and confusing to go through. My nature is very warm and nurturing though (ie- motherly), so I haven’t had any experiences where it’s been a lingering problem.

4.) From fitzwillowy:

In the days of msn, I got a chat invite from someone who had the same last name as me. I assumed it was a relation, but they didn't say anything and so I left for a bit to eat. I came back and saw a couple more people had been added to the chat and saw they'd been talking about me. I realised they were students because they referred to me as 'Miss --'. They were teasing one of the others for his crush on me and he was defending my 'massive ass' as 'hot'.

5.) From Lockshala:

I taught Pre-K and one student always wanted to he around me and would pretend to slip up and call me mom. He saw my phone had a screensaver of me and my at the time boyfriend and he got all mad and said I should break up with him lol. Kids are adorable, I doubt he'll remember me in a few years

6.) From 69ingbanana:

Working as a substitute teacher, i had a sixth grader hand in a poem that went: "Roses are red, violets are Blue I am single, how about you?"

She also worked her phone number into another poem she handed in.

7.) From chilledbirdie:

I had a crush on my teacher in high school. After I graduated, I asked him out to lunch with my best friend and me. He agreed. We met up a few days later and he walked in... with his husband. That was a rough day for me.

8.) From giantlavalamp:

I was a special needs teacher. There was zero subtlety. One student would constantly try to lift up my skirt.

9.) From thudly:

When I was playing Hamlet in the school play, and the girl playing Ophelia got stage fright at the last minute, so the drama teacher had to costume up and sub in for her, on her knees in a low-cut bodice, hanging onto my leg, and screaming, "Oh, help him, you sweet heavens!".

I got a boner in front of 500 people.

10.) From deadosaurus:

Not a teacher, but this one girl had such a blatantly huge crush on my film studies teacher when we were 15/16 - she herself was mixed-race and would ask the poor guy if he "preferred white chocolate, dark chocolate or caaaaaramelwinkyface" safe to say that was awkward for everyone present in the room

11.) From flodnak:

Back when I was teaching preschool. Three-year-olds don't do subtle. He always wanted to hold my hand when we went on walks, to sit next to me at circle time, and just to look at me with puppy eyes. It was adorable, but at the same time it was a relief when he grew out of it.

Years later, I was teaching an all-boy class at a vocational high school and was lucky enough to get a bright new teacher on a Comenius exchange to co-teach the class with me. She was also quite attractive and the boys.... reacted. Since it was an English language class, I got a kick out of doing my best Mary Poppins impression: "Close your mouth, please, we are not a codfish."

12.) From Allredditorsarewomen:

I teach at a university and students ask me out. I had a student once ask me out in front of the class while I was teaching, but I think it was more a power move than anything else.

Edit: Bonus story! I teach a sexuality class and a student brought up negging. I asked the class for a definition and one dude goes, "you're pretty for a sociologist." The entire class was horrified that he had negged me.

13.) From smantz:

I have a student this year who tells me how pretty my hair is every single day. He's 7.

14.) From ariellajerz:

I teach at a local university and I've had a few including one who used to sketch me during class, one who tried to put his arm around me, etc. The most obvious and persistent was a student who used to follow me after class every day, show up at my office "just to talk," and spent all of his time attempting to look down my shirt. He ended up dropping out of college halfway through the semester.

15.) From nitotheblue:

My first year. Teaching high school. The A/V Department made an end of the year tape for the students every year as a keepsake. That year they allowed a senior to profess her love to me on the tape. I didn’t know she had done this and they had allowed it until it played over their A/V system to the whole school. Needless to say I was pissed. But I couldn’t make too much of a stink because I didn’t want a lot of attention drawn to it. And they weren’t going to take it out. F*ckers

16.) From kds1596:

I’m not a teacher, but I do have a story of when I was a HS student. It was my senior year and I had a crush on this young history teacher. he would come on model un trips with us as a chaperone so he knew who I was. It was my birthday and he heard from a different teacher across the hall. He said “happy birthday” to me, and my response was “thanks, I’m 18.” I blurted it out very quickly and realized literally the second it left my mouth how inappropriate it was. His response, “well you can vote now!”

17.) From almostahermit:

I had a student ask me if I was married....yes. This was followed by, “but are you happily married?” I started teaching way too young.

18.) From OhioMegi:

I taught preschool and the owners grandson would tell everyone we were going to get married once he was done with first grade. He even gave me mittens with hearts on them because hearts are for love.
He’s in middle school now and doesn’t remember me. 🤷🏼‍♀️

19.) From irishpie1:

When I left my computer unlocked and a student put naked pictures of herself as my wallpaper and a post-it with her number.

20.) From NSC745:

My older bros friend proposed to our 60+ teacher everyday. She always laughed about it. Queue the entire football team picking up on this and proposing to her before every game. For about 3 years.

21.) From WallSugar:

When I was student teaching, a student very badly photoshopped a picture of his head onto my profile picture from social media, which had me and my (now) husband together. He posted it to his social media saying "me and my new girlfriend, Miss WallSugar". Another student asked me to prom and gave me a rose. Hard no. I laughed it off, but I was actually super nervous I was going to get in trouble even though I hadn't done anything wrong.

Last year, a student called me "the sexy teacher" in front of his friends. I don't think he had a crush on me, though, I think he was trying to get a rise out of me. It worked. I called his super strict mom immediately (before calming down, so I was still very angry), and she, and I quote, "whooped his ass."

Children have terrifying unbridled minds full of wonder and terror, and their art is super indicative of that. It doesn't take a long stroll down a museum to be reminded that a LOT of art borders on terror, whether based on reality or imagination. But when a child creates disturbing art in school, it's common practice to check in on their home life, to ensure their graphic drawings aren't a call for help.

A lot of the time, kids draw colorful scenes because they've recently learned about the human body, they've been exposed to colorful media, or they just have expansive imaginations. Whether based on fact or fiction, the gruesome drawings of kids can range from nightmare fuel to Moma worthy abstraction.

In a recent Reddit thread, teachers shared the weirdest art their students have made, and it serves as a good reminder that children are always watching.

1. benx101 spotted an inception of genitalia.

"A penis with a p*nis, giving a blow job to another p*nis' p*nis.

It wasn't in class, but I saw it in the corner of my eye in a students' journal"

2. kiltedkiller had a student who drew "gangster Elmo."

"I used to work in behavioral healthcare with children. One of the clients that I worked with had a talent for drawing. He was obsessed with Sesame Street and... gangster rap. He was this developmentally delayed, skinny white boy who would rap while drawing Elmo and Cookie Monster getting into a shoot out with the cops. He did this while at school and the school counselor insisted on a safety evaluation to make sure he wasn’t going to hurt anyone. He was never violent, just liked gangster Elmo."

3. tsuruki23's student is obsessed with periods.

"Not been at it long but the students pretty routinely draw f*cked up shit every now and then.

One time a 6/year old girl went on a phase of drawing her family members with periods, probably just learned about it. So it was just loads of family pictures with everybody cheerfully standing around in pools of blood with blood on their pants."

"It was unnerving to try and explain to any visiting teachers and parents why there was routinely a picture on some wall with her standing in a pool of red."

4. JudgeDreddPresiding's student made a dildo.

"The worst one my teacher told me about was a girl in a pottery class making a clay dildo and telling our teacher it was for her mother (a nurse) to do condom demonstrations with. Our teacher bought it, and she got it fired in the kiln and everything. I just hoped she used enough glaze"

5. JudgeDreddPresiding was the kid who got in trouble.

"I just remembered one I got busted for, I was in second grade and had just learned what a titty twister was, (from my father) , and I had an assignment to draw my family and I drew my father with large muscles, especially the pectorals, with nipples. My teacher came and asked me who that was."

"My dad"

"and what are those?"

"Titties!"

".... What?"

"Titties!"

"Who taught you that word?"

"My dad"

And that triggered a visit with my parents to the principal and the school counselor"

6. BreatheMyStink had a student with a graphic imagination.

"Oh dude, not an art teacher, but I ran a summer camp where we had arts and crafts time.

One kid there was like full on Disney cute. Spoke with a slight speech impediment, short for his age, pre-trashy Bieber hair, and everything."

"During drawing time one day, I asked the kids to draw their favorite chess piece as a real life hero. This kid comes up to me with this proud look on his face and tells me he’s drawn the rook (spelled “Ruck” by the kid). I look at it and it’s mostly black and white, but it’s got a big brown spot in the middle."

"Me: Hey, that’s cool. Tell me about him.

Disney kid: that’s the wook!"

"Me: why’s he part brown right there? Is that a shield?

Disney kid: That’s whewe his daddy poops on him!

Me: ...

Disney kid: he’s crying!

So, then, I got to have a really weird conversation with his mom when she came to pick him up that day."

7. hercarmstrong taught the child of a dinosaur.

"One of my students, a small kid, drew a giant pterodactyl with pendulous, red-nipped breasts. When I asked him what he had drawn, he said, "This is my mommy."

8. Orbital_Dynamics saw some graphic art school level genitalia.

"A highly impressionist cubic take upon a highly distorted penis."

9. MiraCarpathia's student outed his dad's gay affair.

"Not an art teacher but I used to work at a church-run daycare, a teacher from another classroom there told me this story the day it happened."

"This particular day in class the teachers were talking about families and how there are different kinds, like big ones, small ones, and some with pets, things like that. They eventually had a period where they had the kids draw pictures of their family like who lives with them in their house. One kid, Sam, was a clever child, he listened to instructions well, was never too rowdy, and didn't misbehave often."

"So Sam starts drawing his picture. The teacher who told me this story, we'll call her Miss F, was the first to see his drawing. He had drawn a picture with a woman, a child, a man, and was adding a fourth male stick figure next to his dad. Now, this wasn't too strange but apparently he had drawn his father and this fourth stick figure each with a large penis and himself with a small one. Stopping herself from laughing, Miss F. asked him about who was in his picture."

"That's my mom," he said pointing to the lady stick figure. "That's me," pointing to the child. "That's my dad." the first male stick figure, "and that's Dave." He added pointing to the last figure he was still drawing on."

"Of course, this prompted questions about Dave. Sam was an only child. He had no siblings and a far as we were aware no other family was living with them. His response, I shit you not, was: "Oh, Dave comes over when Mommy's not home."

"Apparently, Sam's father was having a gay affair with this guy Dave and Sam had seen the two of them together on multiple occasions. To make matters worse Sam's mom was the one to pick him up from daycare that day. Needless to say, the conversation was pretty awkward."

10. nininininananana only drew the good parts.

"Not a teacher but an art student. In the first semester we had to do nude sketching every week and one of my fellow students would always, instead of drawing the actual model like she was standing there, draw only the severed body parts with rugged edges and bones sticking out, extremely detailed and realistic. Freaked me out and I hope the models never saw what he had drawn. So goddamn creepy."

11. Survivedtheapocalyps's classmate used her own blood as paint.

"I'm not a teacher but when I was in high school my junior year (year 11) one of the senior girls used her own blood to paint her collage. There was a big thing made about it, but mainly because for senior year, your final grade in art was based on the collage that got painted on a section of wall. She literally painted the wall with her own blood."

12. stawberryswisher saw Papa Smurf going through it.

"I once saw a child draw papa smurf with super saggy tits, when I asked him what "those" were he told me they were suspenders."

13. octopusadventures's high school art exhibition was deeply sexual.

"I'm not a teacher, but I went back to my high school for the art exhibition. Some kid in pottery gave his ceramic house a penis which he attempted to conceal as part of the decoration."

14. jpegjockey witnessed a girl mid artistic crisis.

"Reposting myself here, but it still makes me chuckle:

A girl, 9 yrs, was doodling, and looking at the drawing afterwards i could immediatlely see her process: 1.She drew a little dancing dude, arms and legs apart 2. She drew him a little wiener 3. She freaked out upon seeing the wiener. Her first idea to fix it? add more wieners! 4. She must've really freaked once she saw the penis-udder-frankenstein she had created, so she switched to a marker and drew a skirt over the wiener, added a girly hairdo to the head and added some eyelashes."

15. CarlSpencer's classmate got really conceptual.

"Not an art teacher.

In 9th grade a guy in my art class was drawing a (pretty cool) castle under attack. The details were amazing. I was jealous and pouring over his work when I pointed out the catapult.

Me: "Why does this look weird?"

Kid: "Oh, I drew what the catapult would look like if I used my little sister's training bra."

16. literaldingo misinterpreted the word "abstract."

"Not an art teacher but when I was a child, the concept of “abstract” was explained to me very poorly. Something of “a subject, but the bits and pieces are not where they’re usually meant to be”. I felt inspired, regardless, and drew a dismembered tiger with its body parts scattered throughout the forest. I thought it was abstract art"

17. CharlesMcpwn's whole class couldn't stop drawing 9/11.

"I was in the first grade when 9/11 happened. Our teacher was told to turn on the news, and so she turned on the classroom TV. We all saw about the instant the second plane hit the tower. All of the students drew the twin towers burning for weeks. Mine had stick figures jumping to their deaths."

“Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.”

― Roseanne Barr

Ladies, get ready to crack up at these hilarious and relatable memes. Just don't laugh so hard your smear off your makeup.

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"Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day."

-Alice Morse Earle

Today's good is brought to you by memes. These babies will make you laugh and laugh until your morning blues just fade away. There's nothing better than starting your day off with some humor.

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For many of us the summer sped by like a race car, but for parents with young children it still crawled at a glacial pace, each sunny morning a new struggle to summon energy.

For tired parents, the return of crisp fall mornings and children rushing off to school is a welcome reprieve from the hot summer chaos of unoccupied kids.

The ritual of back-to-school shopping and taking first day photos can be emotional and remind parents, and all of us, of the precious nature of time. But it can also feel like the weight of a temperamental piano being gradually lifted off a parent's body. Now they can drink their coffee in peace, or in the very least, without the fear of a tiny human spilling it everywhere.

In honor of the seasonal transition and the chance to take a nap after a summer of activities, I've gathered 30 tweets from parents who are deeply overjoyed the school year is starting.

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Conservative "intellectuals," in the year of our lord 2019, made themselves feel like big, smart men yesterday by insisting that comedy is "inherently masculine" and that women are funny insofar they emulate men. They sound like a whiny bunch of chicks, amirite?

As disasters of both fire and water continue to ravage the planet on which we live (unless you're reading this from Mars), you deserve a break. Here are great jokes that shall provide that break.

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Demi Lovato has been to Hell and back and has the strength of character to show for it. The 27-year-old singer, who has battled an eating disorder, bipolar disorder and addiction, has been courageously honest about her mental health throughout her struggles. She's also been a tireless warrior for the body positivity movement. And a recent Instagram posted yesterday is no exception. In the photo, Lovato is standing in a pool wearing a leopard bikini and she says the photo, unlike past bikini pics she shared, is not edited.

In the caption, she explains why she decided to stop succumbing to the societal pressure to present an airbrushed version of herself to the world: "I'm literally soooooo tired of hating my body."

In the caption, she writes:

This is my biggest fear. A photo of me in a bikini unedited. And guess what, it’s CELLULIT!!!! I’m just literally sooooo tired of being ashamed of my body, editing it (yes the other bikini pics were edited - and I hate that I did that but it’s the truth) so that others think I’m THEIR idea of what beautiful is, but it’s just not me. This is what I got. I want this new chapter in my life to be about being authentic to who I am rather than trying to meet someone else’s standards. So here’s me, unashamed, unafraid and proud to own a body that has fought through so much and will continue to amaze me when I hopefully give birth one day. It’s such a great feeling to be back in tv/film while not stressing myself with a strenuous workout schedule before 14 hour days, or depriving myself from a real birthday cake rather than opting for watermelon & whip cream with candles because I was terrified of REAL cake and was miserable on some crazy diet shit. Anyway, here’s me, RAW, REAL! And I love me. And you should love you too! Now back to the studio.. I’m working on an anthem.. 🙏🏼🙌🏼🤷🏻‍♀️ also. Just so everyone’s clear.. I’m not stoked on my appearance BUT I am appreciative of it and sometimes that’s the best I can do. I hope to inspire someone to appreciate their body today too. 💗#nationalcelulliteday#celluLIT🔥🔥🔥

Women, especially women in the public eye, are under insane amounts of pressure to conform to narrow standards of beauty. And photo-editing is another tool that perpetuates the myth that women can and should maintain a "perfect" body. For Lovato to break from this pattern and show her "RAW, REAL" authentic self to her millions of followers is taking the power back and fighting against a disease that inflicts society as a whole.

Commenters are loving her honesty, and she's getting heaps of praise from followers, including her famous pals.

She also posted this follow-up on her Instagram stories, to say that she's "shaking still" but "so blown away by the love and support":

Her selfie inspired fans to share their own bikini selfies, some of which she's shared on her stories, writing that she "couldn't be prouder."

WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF YOU, DEMI.

Hopefully other celebrities will follow suit and editing/airbrushing photos will become a relic of the past, so we can all enjoy our birthday cake and self-love in peace. Sadly we still have a long way to go. But props to Demi for leading the way and facing her biggest fears head on.

It takes a very special kind of patience and strength-of-character to work in retail. Your job is to deal with customers, a group of people who have been led to believe by some false myth that they are "always right." And while of course #notallcustomers are entitled brats, the ones that are have the ability to make a retail worker's life a living hell.

One retail worker, who goes by Amaranthinenightmare on Reddit, shared her story of how she got revenge on a rude customer by age-shaming her.

While I don't condone ageism, I will make an exception in this case, because I have worked in retail. And sometimes the only response to bad behavior is more bad behavior. Those are the rules, I don't make them.

Amaranthinenightmare explains that she worked at a "pretty popular department store" where the customers were "the worst of the worst."

She writes:

I worked at a pretty popular department store for years, and I have to say that the customers this store breeds are the worst of the worst. This store is probably 90% of the reason that so many customers feel as entitled as they do. ("The cashier had the hiccups, it was incredibly annoying, isn't there anything you can do for me?" Was an actual honest to God complaint one lady had for me when I was a supervisor.)

One day she was covering the registers after she had already given her two weeks notice. This is the equivalent of second semester senior year, she explains: "I had no more f*cks left."

So anyway, I was covering a break up at the registers. I was a supervisor at the time and I had also already given my two weeks notice. I was beyond fed up. It was like spring of my senior year all over again. I had no more f*cks left.

A woman who "couldn't have been more than 40" approached the register, exhibiting all the signs of a rude, entitled customer: "smacking her gum," talking on the phone, and treating the cashier like a pest.

So I'm up at the registers, and this lady who couldn't have been more than 40 comes up with a huge cart full. Anyone who has worked retail, you know this woman. She's got The Hair, she's smacking her gum at me while she talks on the phone, the entire transaction is delayed because I need her to pay and she starts to ignore me because apparently I'm the rude one for interrupting her phone call.

She proceeds to tell the person on the other end "give me a second," and finally turns to me and says, as if I'm an impatient child testing her last bit of patience, "yes?"

"Here's your total, ma'am. Do you have any coupons or rewards to use today?"

After being asked if she had any coupons or rewards, the customer dropped a bunch of non-usable coupons on the counter.

She nodded, and here is when she drops a few clippings on the counter in front of me, ignoring my outstretched hand, and turns her attention back to her phone. As soon as I look at the coupons, I see that none of them are usable. She has one that is $10 off your menswear purchase of $50 or more. She has all women's clothing. The next coupon expired two months ago. Another one doesn't start for another week, etc etc.

So I try again to get her attention. She's just as lovely and accommodating as the last time. She rolls her eyes, tells the person on the phone that she will have to call them back, and gives me another sharp "Yes?"

The cashier apologized and explained the coupons couldn't be used for her purchases, and the woman threw a fit, insisting she must use her coupons and complaining about the customer service.

"Sorry ma'am, this coupon is expired, this one hasn't started, and this one is only for when you purchase $50 worth of menswear. Do you have any other coupons or rewards?"

She stares at me like I had just called her mother some unsavory name. "UH excuse me, WHAT?"

What could I do but shrug helplessly?

"You have GOT to be kidding me! That is the entire reason I came out here today, to use those coupons! I really can't use them?? Unbelievable. Some customer service here!" All the while she's packing her useless coupons back into her purse and glaring scorch marks into my soul.

This is when the cashier reached her breaking point. So when the customer, who she dubbed "Shopzilla," called her "rude," the cashier "snapped" and responded by offering to apply the customer's "senior discount."

Remember I said I was done? My patience before Shopzilla here was already at 0. She tipped the scales. I was officially in the negatives. I had negative f*cks and negative patience left.

So when she said "you should be ashamed of yourself, being so rude to a customer." Something in me snapped.

I smiled sweetly at her, mustered up a bright and cheery expression that i usually reserve as my "waitress" face, and said "I'm so sorry you feel that way, ma'am. But on the bright side, since it's Tuesday I can still apply your senior's discount! So at least you aren't losing that one, right?"

The cashier says the customer looked "more shocked" than angry and responded: "I'm not a senior!" The cashier apologized for her "accidental" faux pas but she clearly won this battle, as Shopzilla paid, took her stuff, and left.

I can't quite describe her expression. I think she was angry, but I think she was more shocked. And in that state of shock, she sputtered out "I'm not a senior!"

I mimicked her shock, trying to appear horrified by my "accidental" faux pas, and then immediately said "let me take that off of there for you, then!" And promptly took the senior discount off, bumping her total up another $20. "I'm so sorry for the misunderstanding, ma'am."

Oh boy, she was pissed, but like I said, I think she was more shocked. She seemed a little dumbfounded, she paid, she took her stuff, she left.

The cashier says she did get a write-up after Shopzilla called the store to complain, but that the interaction was "worth it" because of her "petty moment of satisfaction."

I will take that petty moment of satisfaction at her horrified expression to my grave. (It was even worth the write up that I did end up getting after she called the store and gave my manager a piece of her mind.)

Don't mess with a retail worker, period. Because there is absolutely no reason for it. But especially don't mess with a retail worker who's given their two week's notice. They will destroy your life. And let's be honest, you will deserve it.

Is it possible to go too far when calling out brands for co-opting empowerment? It's a tricky question to ask, because brands using messages of inclusion to sell stuff can water down real issues.

In some cases, the oversaturation can cause people to start equating real struggles of racism, ableism, and misogyny with quirky ads with punchy songs and no true substance. At the same time, brands are going to sell stuff no matter what, so they might as well push messages of inclusion while doing it.

All this is to say, it's understandable to be skeptical of brands, but there is a point where it's easy to miss the forest for the trees.

A Burger King in Bali, Indonesia recently added signage to share that some of their employees are deaf, so the ordering process now includes different steps. This is a good hiring process, and while a lot of companies quietly discriminate in their hiring practices, it's technically illegal to overtly refuse to hire people based on ability.

However, because of the way brands often prop up inclusiveness as a way to score more customers, one (now viral) response tweet questioned Burger King's intentions.

"Should I respect Burger King to do this or should I said is this a marketing strategic shit to get our empathy," the wrote.

The tweet quickly received a firestorm of responses from people who found it to be grim and deeply cynical.

Not to mention the fact that hiring deaf people isn't a marketing campaign, it's a basic human right.

People were quick to point out the fact that deaf employees aren't a charity or marketing campaign, they're just people trying to get paid.

When the tweet reached peak viral, Burger King decided to step in with their own response, which echoed a lot of the sentiments already present in the thread.

The response tweet read:

"It's not a marketing strategic sh*t. It's just an equal right for everyone to have a decent job thing. Thanks for the shout out tho!"

To his credit, OP responded to Burger King's tweet expressing relief that they practice fair hiring practices.

He also wrote that he hopes more companies will do the same, to which Burger King agreed.

In all seriousness, whether in fast food or office jobs, a lot of companies quietly carry out very discriminatory hiring practices out of convenience and internalized ableism. So, it's good to see an international company breaking that trend.

"We pretend to work because they pretend to pay us."
~ Anonymous

You don't have to feel guilty for laughing at these memes while you're on the clock. I'd say humor is a positive addition to the workplace. These memes boost employee morale. Share them with your coworkers and call it team building. Whatever it takes to make it through the day at this point, am I right?

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Today in things that make you say "what a time to be alive," we got a Pamela Anderson-Meghan McCain verbal duel on matters of national security and war crimes.

By bringing it up every fifteen seconds, McCain makes sure that everybody knows that she is John McCain's daughter, and she has used that to insulate her arguments from criticism. Anderson isn't famous for having been conceived by senator, but is rather known for her work in activism (and also Baywatch).

Anderson recently became friends with WikiLeaks founder in Julian Assange, visiting him in both the Ecuadorian Embassy where he was hiding out and the British prison he's now in.

She spoke solemnly of her friend's deteriorating health, saying that if Assange was extradited to an American prison, he "probably won't make it."

Things got fiery when McCain (omg, as in John???) called Assange a "cyberterrorist," and Comrade Anderson got real. She knew what she was talking about, and didn't even have to bring up her father, Hugh Hefner, to win the argument.

"You know who put our national security at risk? The military. How many people have the American government killed innocently and how many has Wikileaks?" she said, and the audience applauded.

"So you think the military is putting the government at risk?" McCain responded, which makes little sense unless she's talking about possible retaliation from adversaries.

"The military has put many innocent lives at risk," Anderson said.

Instead of rebutting Anderson, McCain looked at an audience member and said, "Oh calm down, sir."

Anderson added, "War crimes need to be punished, and they haven't. The war crimes [Assange] exposed, no one has done anything about it."

McCain was the only civilian casualty of Anderson's strike.

The clip has gone viral and Anderson's debate skills are being celebrated on Twitter.

She later criticized the #MeToo movement, saying "there’s things that women do and things that men do... better than each other, and that’s why we’re good together."

We can all agree with her point about civilian casualties, though!

For the most part, casinos are not happy places. While the "Oceans Eleven" franchise would have us believe they are glamorous places full of smiling attractive people and underdogs winning large cash piles, the reality is far darker.

Most casinos are full of working class people caught in the addictive cycle of gambling in hopes of striking it big. Even when they win a jackpot, it ends up going straight back into the cash-grinder of the casino, only to result in larger losses.

In a recent Reddit thread, casino employees shared some of the most memorable stories from the job, and these speak directly to the slippery slope of gambling.

1. Colddeck64 saw how coldly people responded to a heart attack.

"Former poker dealer at a casino.

An older gentleman started to have a heart attack at the table. I called the floor person for assistance with the call button. Paramedics are rushed in etc. all within minutes. I’m this instance I am instructed to keep the game rolling by the floor person as he whispered in my ear."

"Two hands are dealt and played and a player at the table requested the heart attack guy get moved somewhere else as it is disrupting the game. Another player asked to have his chips picked up and call for the “open seat” because “we have a wait list”.

I was disgusted."

2. MahsrowV2 watched a man gamble himself out of retirement.

"A guy blew his retirement and had to go back to work. He was a retired post master and went back as a delivery driver.

Edit: I'm starting to feel my job isn't all that boring. I've got another sadder, darker story from my casino employment in here somewhere."

3. enforce1 says it's the consistency that is the saddest.

"Its not the big things, its the little things. You see someone rocking 3 machines at 9 AM on a tuesday? They have places they ought to be, not in this casino.

Thanksgiving, Christmas, hell, even Mother's Day, place is slammed. Go home people."

4. jackie0h_ watched a woman's boss try to get her to come into work.

"We used to have a woman who would be on the blackjack tables for five days/nights straight. Her husband would call and tell her that her kids wanted her home. Her boss actually came to the casino to try and get her to leave, she was missing work. I don’t know what happened to her but she’s probably ruined her life."

"We also had a few regulars commit suicide and a few go to jail."

5. Mustang321321 watched a mother neglect her pregnant daughter because of a $10 pan.

"Grandmother, mother, and daughter heading to the casino by car from 2 hours away. Mother had a postcard to get a free cast iron pan for showing up. Daughter is more than 8 months pregnant. One hour away from the casino daughter starts to have labor pains. Mother won’t stop and take her to the hospital, she’s gotta have that ($10) pan."

"They arrive at the casino an hour before the promotion was going to start. Mother raises all hell trying to get her pan but the workers for the promo haven’t arrived yet. Daughter ends up having to be transported by ambulance to the hospital. All over a $10 pan."

6. H0vit0 was sad to see the nice Greek ladies immediately squander their winnings.

"There were these two middle aged Greek or Cypriot ladies who were ALWAYS on the slot machines, every day when I started my shift they were they and they were there when I finished 10 hours later. And still there in the same clothes the next day oftentimes. They were SUPER nice and always polite to the staff. One day they hit the jackpot and win big, I think it was either £15k or £45k, it was a good few years ago now."

"Everyone was overjoyed for them - except the managers obviously. Well the managers then gave them free meals at the restaurant and an open bar tab until every single penny of that money was clawed back into the casino."

7. retired_punk's mom has smelled it all.

"My mom works as a dealer at a casino and has told me multiple stories of grown men wearing adult diapers at the table so they don’t have to leave to use the restroom."

8. JaCrispy1990 saw a woman play slots while her husband died.

"I did casino security for 3 years before I became a police officer. Had a Code M (medical) early early one morning, around 4 or 5am. Old guy in his 80’s passed out and fell out of his chair, wife sitting next to him. I was the first to get to him, did a quick assessment and found he didn’t have a pulse, immediately started CPR. The old lady looked over and said “oh he does this all the time, don’t worry about him.”

"Between chest compressions, I told her he wasn’t breathing and she just kept playing her a lot machine. She didn’t miss a spin even when the paramedics took him away. I saw her again the next night and asked how he was doing. With the straightest face ever, she said, “oh he never woke up. I’m sure he’s in a freezer by now”... and went right back to the same machine she was playing the night before."

9. thatryanguy1 worked as a casino valet and it was grim.

"Former valet at a casino. The amount of daily regulars who drove barely functioning vehicles full of trash, roaches, and rats who would actually valet their car and go gamble away any money they had to their name was honestly depressing."

"The saddest I remember was a 90+ year old lady who drove a 91 corolla and when we got in her car we realized she had no power steering fluid at all and her steering wheel would barely turn. I have no earthly idea how her frail arms could turn it. We went and bought her some before she left that evening."

10. ihopeyoulikeapples watched an adult woman throw a tantrum.

"We had to evacuate and close down for the rest of the day due to a burst pipe causing no running water. When I walked outside there was an elderly lady throwing a legit tantrum in the parking lot, she was on the ground kicking and screaming, her screams sounded like something you'd expect from someone who'd just lost a family member, not someone who had to leave the casino for a few hours."

"I left but some of the security who were dealing with her told me later she was too upset to drive home and they had to call a family member to pick her up. I've seen some shit, a lot of what others have commented is fairly common but this was definitely the most messed up."

11. ur_tears_r_tasty saw a woman die for $7.

"I wasn't a casino employee, but I was an EMT in a certain beach town on the East Coast that could be described as bargain bin Vegas. On a given shift we would probably field 3 or 4 casino calls, more in the summer. It was pretty soul crushing. Most calls were alcohol related or obvious slip-and-fall scams, but occasionally we would happen upon some real tragedies. Suicide attempts, ODs, rapes, assaults happened with depressing frequency. This one sticks with me the most though -"

"One day we had a call for a woman in her 70s sitting at the slots experiencing chest pain around 2 am. She refused treatment despite being in bad shape. We pleaded and begged, and even had the on-call cardiologist talk to her on the phone, but she was "on a streak" and wouldn't hear it. An hour later we were back doing CPR; she died right there in front of the same slot machine, with a receipt for $7 in winnings. Super f*cked. The amount of employees we had to treat for exhaustion or diabetic related emergencies due to them not having enough breaks to manage their blood sugars was also super fucked. F*ck that town."

12. inflammablepenguin says watching people get into gambling is the saddest part.

"In general, people who come for the first time and are super nice and friendly, they don't care about winning or losing much just came to have fun. They come back a few more times, then after a few years they're regulars that don't smile anymore, they don't laugh, they don't count their wins, just their losses, and sweat every comp point they earn and act like gambling is their job now and the focus of their life. I've seen more than one person have this happen to them. The other saddest thing is when a regular stops coming in and their spouse comes out and tells us they passed, we're almost family with some of our regulars and it hurts to get that news."

13. hornswogglerator had a coworker who was caught in the casino trap.

"I worked with a woman who would piss away an entire two week paycheck within fifteen minutes after getting off work and then she'd start writing checks and hitting the ATM right after. Her family was ruined eventually and things got so bad for them financially that her husband killed himself. She got a life insurance settlement or some sort of fund upon his death and blew it all gambling within a month. Her dad died not long after and left her inheritance and she lost all that within two months. No idea what ever happened to her but she was absolutely insane."

14. jamesshine watched too many people die.

"A woman approximately mid 30’s dancing her ass off on the dance floor of the night club, and suddenly dropped dead. I watched her die. Or the time a VIP booth was packed, drinks flowing. Everybody picking on the guy that passed out. End of night comes and they tell us he is going to need a wheelchair (not uncommon). Guy was dead a good hour."

"The deaths always bug me. Casinos get a treatment similar to airports. The unspoken rule is to treat them as if alive until they get off the premises. Even if they are an hour dead. The goal is to get them out as quickly as possible without freaking out the patrons."

"New Years was always stressful. It was never a question IF someone would die that night. It was a question of how many. A good year would be one. One year we had 4."

15. RedLodgeGrl knows one of the worst stories.

"Not a casino, but the most horrible thing I remember hearing about a girl, in the Army, stationed in GA. She had a newish baby, and would buckle baby in the car seat and drive across the bridge to SC to gamble. It gets hot as hell in GA, and this woman one day went to the casino, parked her car on the far side of the parking lot, just past or behind a dumpster. Other patrons remember her getting up occasionally and looking out the door but being there pretty much the whole entire day."

"That evening when she drove back on base she looked in the backseat and noticed that the baby was clearly in distress. Baby had in fact been dead for some hours was in very bad shape- eyes bulging, weird bubbles coming out of its mouth......just damn awful. She left her infant in the car seat to bake to death in the sun, while she gambled her military pay away."

"I grew up in the Midwest, where people seem to be friendly and nice to one another. There is less stress than in some of the other cities."

-Paul Rudd

Ope! Sorry just going to sneak past ya and show you these hilarious Midwestern memes. As someone who spent the first 22 years of her life in the Midwest, I can certify these memes are spot on. If you love corn, ranch dressing, and driving around town, these memes will crack you right up.

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There are few human behaviors more infuriating than someone who tries to shirk responsibility for problems they caused themselves by pointing the finger at others. It's called "playing the victim" and it's a behavior that we're all guilty of at one time or another, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. People on Reddit are sharing stories of people (and one cat) suffering from "why me?????" syndrome. Here are 18 of them, because nothing gets the weekend started like a little rage:

1.) From Trumanhazzacatface:

I quit my job and set up my own competitng business with my ex-employer after he failed to pay me for 2 months claiming non payment from the clients. He had a massive go at me after I confronted him with receipts from the clients to show payment and he accused me of making him look bad in front of his clients and that he didn't owe me the money because "some people are bosses and some people are employees" hence why I quit the job and set up for myself because last time I checked, slavery is illegal in the UK. I also warned a few of my ex coworkers to be careful and not let him rack up debt with them because of what he did to me (they are nice people with young families and don't deserve to be taken advantage of, like he did to me). I take him to court to try to recoup the money he owed me for the work I completed and the judge ruled in my favour for the full amount of just over £4000. He then plays the victim card with everyone he knows and says that I made him and his family homeless despite the fact that he never paid me a penny of the money owed. £4000 is like 5-6 months rent in a decent neighborhood in my city. Honestly blows my mind every time I think about it.

Short story: The dude stole over £4000 from me, never pays me back, blames me for making his family homeless.

2.) From Flahdagal:

Local business owner/friend asked a lot of his regular customers to invest in his new business in Atlanta, by buying shares. I bought in, knowing we wouldn't break even for at least three years, but that he could sell religion to the Pope. Had losses for two years, break even at three as predicted. Four years in, he closes the Atlanta store and opens in another town, but this time he's doing it all with "his own money". Bullshit, he's doing it with the inventory and proceeds from the Atlanta store. Even has a shiny new house, cars, the works for his new venture.

He's shocked to the core, and hurt, I tell you, hurt and disappointed! when all the share holders took him to court.

3.) From inkishworks:

When I was teaching, I had a student I adored who had some behavior problems. I did everything I could to support him. One day, we were taking a test and he was talking. I reminded him several times that talking during a test is not allowed, and I would have him go in the hallway if he continued. He continued talking, so I told him to go into the hall. He called me autistic on his way out (His favorite insult) and so I wrote him a referral. I called his parents and they didn't answer, so I sent an e mail explaining what happened, that he got a referral, and that I hope we can work together to help him manage his reactions. His mother responded saying that My behavior is UNACCEPTABLE and that she is done speaking with me and I will hear from her lawyer. She went all the way up to the district level to complain about me, telling all sorts of lies and making me look like a horrible person. I don't teach anymore.

4.) From black_flag_4ever:

An older lady walked into a construction area where she knew she wasn’t supposed to go just to snoop around when the workers weren’t there and then sued because she slipped on a plastic floor covering. She worked there. She knew the area was off limits. Did it anyway.

5.) From Cruel_Hand_Luke_:

I was in line in my car to enter an amusement park. All of a sudden the car in front of me threw on their reverse lights and backed into me hard.

I got out and was talking to the driver, a 17 year old girl, about what I needed - her driver license and insurance info. She kept trying to delay giving me the info because she wanted to call her parents first. Fine, no problem..... she calls her dad and as they were talking she calms down and her face lights up.

She turns to me and says loudly and in a snarky tone while holding the phone towards me to get my reaction, "Did I hit you, or did you hit me? Because before I backed up, I checked my mirror and my passenger checked hers and you weren't there and then all of a sudden we felt a hit....."

I replied, "Are you implying I rear ended you?"

"I'm not sure, but I think you might have."

I point to my car, "Do you see that little thing beside my rear view mirror, that's a dash cam and it's been recording since I left my house and is currently recording our conversation. Now, if you want to go this route, we can, but the police are going to be notified....."

Now she starts crying and says on the phone "No dad, he has a dashcam and it's recording everything."

Then come the waterworks, she starts trying to get me to talk to her dad, that he will take care of it etc. etc..... Finally I got the info out of her and had to get the front end of my car fixed.

TL/DR - A dashcam saved my ass. Get one.

6.) From Ysabo13:

I lost a lot of weight (150lbs), my overweight friend didn’t. I don’t care, she’s my friend, I love her. I tried on a pair of size 12 (size 8 US) jeans but they were too big so asked for the smaller size. Before I could try them on my friend stormed out of the shop and when I followed her she screamed at me for rubbing my weight loss in her face. I lost the weight in 2015, I’ve been this size for 4 years.

7) From r4x:

My x wife loves to do this.

She had an affair, left me and our kid for the guy, got a DWI and the car I cosigned for was repossessed.

Every time I hear from her I get to listen to her complain about how she has to walk to work and how she has to borrow lunch money because child support took $129 out of her check and or son never calls her and she hasn't seen him in over a year.

Bitch. Shut. The. F*ck. Up.

8.) From ElToberino:

Facebook drama from a few years ago, this girl was leaving a bar drunk, and she backed her car into the car of someone she was an acquaintance with while exiting the parking lot, then the next day went off on him for telling the police he saw her do it, when he knew she was poor and could have just said he didn't see it and had his insurance pay.

She kept digging a deeper hole and all the replies were like "bitch, don't drive drunk", it was glorious

9.) From Gemutlich7:

An employee was being fired for a multitude of infractions at a coffee shop. He had been caught by management calling customers things like 'dumb ass' and 'stupid f*ck' under his breath and several customers had also reported the behavior. He was constantly late or would leave early or beg others to cover his shift. Instead of restocking or cleaning the area during down times he would take out his drumsticks and 'practice', which annoyed the other employees and customers. During inventory counts we noticed whole pallets of sandwiches or baked goods were 'missing' as well as bottled drinks, etc... We were mysteriously out of huge 5 lbs bags of the espresso roast. The numbers were not adding up.

He was subsequently fired after being caught bad mouthing a customer while a visiting manager was also in the cafe (the guy didn't know it). The guy blamed all the issues on everyone else:

- late to work turned into 'I missed the bus' or 'my roommate forgot to wake me up in time'

- leaving early turned into 'well I got a call for a gig/there was a concert I wanted to see'

- food missing turned into 'I didn't have money to eat and it's the companies responsibility to ensure I'm fed while on the clock'

- calling customers names turned into 'they misunderstood me' Management said 'what part of calling a customer a dumb f*ck is a misunderstanding?' followed by 'not my fault they're so sensitive'.

All this dudes problems were blamed on everyone else and all his issues and situation in life was blamed on everyone else.

Us employees stopped inviting him out because at bars he would order drinks and tell the bartender one of us was covering and skip out or leave rapidly before check was presented to us. He would also walk around tables when people got up to dance or talk in a group and guzzle down their drinks. He was an all over shitty person.

Found out after he was fired from our store he was hired by a Starbucks in the mall - who failed to call for a reference or check even though our store was listed as previous place of employment. He was caught stealing money and food from there too.

10.) From CluelessSerena:

My cat plays with the closet door and sometimes shuts himself in. Then I get an angry cat yowling to get let out and acts like i'm the one that locked him in there.

11.) From refreshing_username:

My crazy college girlfriend cheated on me and then blamed me for causing problems in our relationship by being "obsessed with the truth" as I figured out what had happened.

12.) From PolarPanda86:

This guy got upset saying we were always talking about him behind his back. He would creep up to the door in our apartment and stand there listening to our conversations. Of course we would talk about him! He owed 2 of us over 600 dollars and refused to pay it. And then WE were the bad people because we would talk about it, in our own apartment, not knowing he is creeping around the door.

13.) From Back2Bach:

During a Sunday liturgy, I gave the priest the proper intonation for the Gloria in Excelsis, but he started chanting the "Sanctus" instead (which comes much later in the Mass).

No one knew how (or if) to respond, so the place fell silent.

Afterward, the priest blamed me (the organist) for giving him "the wrong intonation" instead of simply admitting that he wasn't infallible and had made a simple mistake.

14.) From 123generic321:

My brother, our whole life, has blamed our middle class upbringing for him taking zero responsibility. He’s basically a 40 year old version of “no one gets me”. He spends his money recklessly, has turned down opportunities to advance himself in lieu of making YouTube videos in his shed ranting about how “richies” keep him down. It’s pathetic.

15.) From Lo-Fi_Kuzco:

My best friends ex-girlfriend. Basically her ex was kicked out of her parents house when she told them she was a lesbian. She moved in with my best friend since they were dating at the time. At first she told my gf that she was too depressed to find a job. My best friend was okay with that even if it meant she'd have to work more, which she did. She even found a second part time job. For the next six months, whenever my best friend ask her if she found a job she'd always get the "I'm too depressed" response. Eventually my best friend finds out her girlfriend cheated on her. Her excuse for cheating was "you're always at work and never have time for me. I need someone who will be there for me." My best friend kicks her out and then her ex blames her for having to move back in with her parents. The kicker: turns out her parents never really kicked her out, she was just tired of them telling her to get a job.

16.) From mrs_who_are_yew:

i am so glad when i see these questions because i can talk about my sister. she has always been a loose cannon, creates chaos wherever she goes, constantly playing the victim, thinks the world owes her everything.

anyways, one day she calls my mom claiming the place she was staying in was a cult. weird, right? but we don’t ask questions (mistake). she also claims that she was sexually abused by someone and he is following her, okay who is gonna tell anyone that’s not true?? she also claims that she’s been watching by some weird government agency (what even). anyways, after all of this my mom says she can stay with us temporarily, sister says maximum two weeks. okay.

for reference, my mom and i were living in an apartment that had a total of five rooms. kitchen, small random area that was 10x10, bathroom, my room (which was the living room), and my mom’s room. so basically, we had no space. also, my mom has no money at all, she has just enough for rent and food, but that’s with me even chipping in some every now and then. but she is family, so i don’t mind sharing my room with my sister for two weeks.

she gets there and right away says she has no money. but she wants a job where she has to take the turnpike to a highly populated city, so my mom gives her her change jar for tolls only. should have been about $5/day. my sister uses 80% of my mom’s change jar within a months time. she was using it for gas, bills, food... anything and everything. but whatever, right? shitty, but whatever. nothing to call the constable over.

then, she says “i still haven’t found a place to live. i need two more weeks.” okay, fine. but you need to start helping us pay bills and such. she has a fit, freaks out, says the entire family hates her. whatever, perhaps she’s just being dramatic. mom gives her leeway on the bills until sister feels more financially sound.

then my step dad unexpectedly dies. my sister didn’t even like my step dad. so she’s basically like “whatever, he’s dead, and?” my mom is obviously torn. her f*cking best friend DIED. so my sister goes into my mom’s room two days after he passed away and says, “mom, you should go into a mental hospital. you’re having a psychotic break.” EXCUSE ME?? she said this because my mom had been crying since she found out he died. OBVIOUSLY. who tf wouldn’t?

THEN, my sister invites her children to come and live with us. her 12 and 9 year old daughter and son. where are we gonna put them? who is gonna pay for them? she didn’t even ask...

then, she posted something on instagram and it had a sexual reference. me, being the youngest, commented “lol ew!” like i always do whenever my siblings make comments about sex. it’s kind of a fun thing between us because my siblings laugh and i laugh and it lightens whatever mood. she starts acting really nasty to me, telling me my niece and nephew hate being there BECAUSE of me, they don’t like me, i’m making mom’s life hard, etc. all because of my comment...

eventually, all hell breaks loose and sister is screaming and fighting with my mom, telling her the nastiest stuff, refusing to leave, literally going CRAZY! hitting stuff, throwing stuff, threatening suicide, saying everyone hates her, telling my mom she was the cause of my sisters “hard life” (like what?), allllllll this stuff that is too long to write on a reddit post. so my mom says, you’ve been here for two months and haven’t helped with bills. you have to go. she refuses. she calls the cops, claiming we are unlawfully trying to evict her (what?).

anyways, so my mom finally just told the landlords she couldn’t stay there because of my step dad’s passing and that she was leaving. we all came, packed up mom’s stuff and left. i don’t know where she went after that, but i haven’t talked to her since.

she still claims the family hates her because of me and my mom. she claims we didn’t help her. she claims that the house fell apart because of me. she claims we all should have done more for her. she claims we don’t love her and XYZ^ is why.

she’s the shittiest version of human i’ve ever come into contact with.

17.) From Lockshala:

My ex cheated on me and I left him, he said he cheated because he felt like he couldn't please me in bed and it made him insecure lmaooooo

"The cure for moving too fast is just to slow down."

-William E. Coles, Jr.

Life moves way too fast. Especially on weekends. This Saturday morning, slow down and spend some quality time staring at your phone. These memes will make you laugh and there's no better way to spend your morning.

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Like Miley and Kim before her, Ariana Grande has been accused of cultural appropriation - this time for fashion designs seen on her Sweetener World Tour. The saga began earlier this week when news broke that the pop star is suing Forever 21 for $10 million. Grande's camp alleges that the company stole her likeness by launching an 'unathorized marketing campaign' designed to mislead consumers. The retailer Instagrammed photos from Grande's 'Thank U, Next' and '7 Rings' videos and featured an Ariana lookalike. Hmmm.

The suit claims that Grande and Forever 21 discussed a collaboration that fell through because the company wasn't willing 'to pay the fair market value for a celebrity of Ms. Grande's stature.' So Ariana's saying they're cheap AND blatantly stole from her. Damn. The tea is especially hot today, so be careful not to burn yourself.

The plot thickened further when drag queen Farrah Moan (get it?) posted a side-by-side comparison of her 'RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 4' look and Ariana's '7 Rings' outfit. Pretty incriminating, IMO.

But wait! There's more. A mood board (a concept I'd never heard of) for Grande's tour leaked on social media. The aesthetic represented was largely drawn from black women, including Rihanna and Ciara.

Grande's stylist Law Roach defended Ariana from appropriation accusations by saying *he'd* created the mood board, and so was responsible for the visual inspiration.

Do we believe the 'image architect' or was he just covering for his employer? It's tough to say, but the 'Successful' singer clearly has some explaining to do.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, Scarlett Johansson was asked about Woody Allen. She served as a muse for the director in films like 'Scoop' and 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', so it wasn't a question that came entirely out of left field. Her answer predictably ruffled some feathers: 'I love Woody. I believe him, and I would work with him anytime.' The 'believe him' comment is regarding the allegation of sexual abuse Dylan Farrow expressed. With it, Scarlett joined the ranks of celebrities who've defended the famed auteur. To no one's surprise, the Internet reacted widely to her comment, which followed her controversial remarks about casting in film. Below are some of the funniest responses to a thorny situation that's still developing. I just hope her publicist gets a sizable bonus at Christmas this year.

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