This story has everything: A wrong number text, a kleptomaniac ex-husband, and a celebration of the best kitchen appliances.

It began when Elamin Abdelmahmoud, an editor in Toronto, accidentally got a text intended for a man named Tom. "Hey Tom its me Suzanne i want my Crock pot back you B*tch," it said.

Abdelmahmoud was honest, explaining that no, he is not time. He did, however, express his support for Suzanne and called out Tom sh*ttiniess.

Suzanne then decided to open up about the cost of the crock pot and all the other things that Tom stole.

Suzanne knew she had an ally.

Tom wasn't only stealing kitchen appliances, he also uninstalled the toilet, which is absolutely insane. Also, knitting must be an important status symbol in the community, because, as this Cassandra lady says, Tom had the AUDACITY to cast aspersions about Suzanne's knitting habits.

Abdelmahmoud declared to the world that he is firmly on team Suzanne.

Over 6,000 people liked the tweets, expressing solidarity with Suzanne.

Hopefully Suzanne gets her crockpot back, and also isn't just a bored lady who texted a random number and made up a story about a toilet-ruiner.

"Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angel-shine about them, and though it wears thin sometimes there is always enough left to lasso your heart."

-Alan Beck

Anyone with girls knows raising them isn't all sunshine and roses. These memes perfectly nail the joy and insanity of raising these adorable little demons we call our daughters.

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The New York Timeshas a fascinating report on drama over at a Reddit forum celebrating black culture.

Communities are full of inside jokes and insider language, and r/BlackPeopleTwitter is a hotspot for jokes, memes, and serious discussions.

Because the internet is the internet (and the world is the world), the group was invaded by trolls who mocked black culture rather than celebrated it.

"Many black users came to believe that white users were pretending to be black to give their unpopular opinions more credibility," the NYT reports. "Some of the posts casually dropped racial slurs. Others repeated anti-black stereotypes about crime, parenting and intelligence. Beyoncé was disparaged."

Wesley Moreno, a former moderater of r/BlackPeopleTwitter who is in fact black, called the phenomenon of white people pretending to be black people on the internet as "a constant form of gaslighting."

To try and weed out the racists and posers in the community, moderators started having users verify their blackness with pictures of their forearms with their usernames handwritten and a time stamp.

White people immediately cried "reverse racism," comparing it to Jim Crow.

"Confused how it’s okay in 2019 to exclude over skin tone when we’re all the same underneath," Sunny1296 complained.

After outrage from white people, the moderators have announced that "r/BlackPeopleTwitter is open to everyone again."

The controversy isn't over, however, as members are now debating the reversal of the rule.

"White people were coming here being assholes, so the mods had to create this filtering system....and then white people turn around and call it racist?," kissmeimfamous commented. "Textbook gaslighting."

Read the whole story over atThe New York Times.

“I’ve seen enough horror movies to know that any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly.”

– Elizabeth, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Halloween (aka the best holiday ever) is coming. If you've already picked out your costume, covered your house in fake spiderwebs, and downed several bags of Halloween candy, this hilariously spooktacular post is for you. It's a graveyard smash.

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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

-Robert Frost

Another day, another batch of memes. These bad boys are sure to keep you laughing at least until lunchtime. Start your day off on the right foot with these hilarious jokes.

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Money can be a game changer in a relationship, for better or worse. Studies consistently show that money, and a difference in financial philosophy, is one of the number one reasons for divorce, and the more you break it down it makes sense.

Whether you're struggling to scrape by or you're rapidly accruing wealth, everyone has a different relationship to money, and with that, different beliefs about how much of it to share. These differences can become super pronounced when a spouse's family member or close friend wants help and you have to navigate how much you'll offer.

In a recent post on the Am I The *sshole subreddit, a man asked if he's wrong for refusing to let his wife's homeless brother live in their vacation house.

"AITA for telling my wife’s homeless brother (50m) that he can’t live in our vacation home."

OP kicked off the post by sharing that his wife's brother used to work as a mechanic but lost his job and house years ago and has been a drifter for awhile, on and off drugs and alcohol.

OP's brother-in-law stayed with him and his wife for a while, and is now couch surfing with various friends and other family members.

"My wife’s brother has been a drifter for a while. He worked as a mechanic but lost his job in the 90s and never worked again. He has been on and off drugs and alcohol, and lost his house about 2 years ago. He stayed with us a little while and has been couch surfing with friends and family ever since."

Well, now that OP and his wife finally got to a point where they could afford a vacation house, she wants to let her brother stay there most of the year.

"After working for 25 years, we bought a vacation home about a year ago with our joint savings (I contributed more but we both work). Without consulting me, my wife told her brother that we were buying a vacation home and he could stay there when we weren’t using it. I was pissed when I found that out because I felt like it wouldn’t be a vacation home if he was staying there full time. I wouldn’t be able to go there and relax because it would become “his place”.

OP didn't feel on board with this idea because he claimed it won't feel like his vacation home if his brother-in-law is living there most of the time.

This caused a huge family fight, and now the brother-in-law has cut off communication.

"I talked to my wife and it caused a huge fight. She told me to tell her brother that he can’t stay at our place which I did. Since then, he has totally cut off our family. He won’t go to gatherings, won’t answer calls, won’t talk to us at all.

AITA?"

"Side Note- I am posting this on behalf of a relative, a 55 year old man that doesn’t use Reddit. I will share your responses with him- I checked the rules and this seems to be ok to make a post for other potential Aholes"

warnakey thinks OP is completely within his right to set this boundary, particularly since the brother-in-law isn't trying to find work.

"NTA - F*ck that guy. He can't free ride off of your hard work. You should rent the vacation place with AirBNB when you aren't there and actually earn income. A great friend of mine does this with his mountain cabin and does VERY well. He has a lady that he pays $75 a week to clean the place after tenants leave because he lives 3 hours away."

"He will probably just fuck the place up. At this stage of the game you need to be focusing on your own happiness and not bailing out a mechanic who refuses to work."

kimmehsaurus thinks they shouldn't let the brother-in-law live there because of potential legal repercussions with drug use, but also understands why OP's wife wants to help her brother.

"NTA. Potential for drug use in the house could cause serious legal issues for you as the homeowner, more so if there is a mortgage. You could lose the home you just worked so hard to buy."

"It stinks, because we always want to support our family and think the best, but he needs to start supporting himself to get back on his own feet and get some care/help before you guys offering him a home to himself is actually going to “help” him."

basilkiller thinks OP and his wife should have a follow-up conversation about how they can help the brother-in-law, even if it doesn't involve the vacation home.

"NTA, but the way I see it is this is more a relationship post. I'm sure there are complexities in the relationships that we are above our pay grade. Obviously the wife should have consulted with the husband and come to a mutual agreement."

"That said maybe the solution lies in the husband and wife coming to an agreement on how best to help her brother (after all he is her brother) maybe they help him rent a place, find treatment, live at the place for a month etc. I feel like a certain amount of understanding/let's figure this out together has to come in play when dealing with an S.Os close family member. They are your family also."

kaysharp1782 thinks it would be cheaper and less risky if OP and his wife lent the brother money to help him get on his feet.

"NTA. He will not take good care of the vacation home. No judgment on the wife’s brother but people with that lifestyle (drifting, on and off drugs) wind up neglecting homes to the point of causing expensive damages. It would be cheaper to give him a few months rent until he gets a job than to let him stay in your vacation home."

InactiveManuscript understands where OP's wife is coming from and thinks they should have a follow-up conversation so they can come to an agreement.

"Nah. I kinda understand where you are coming from and I wouldn't give him free reign of the house either. I also understand why your wife wants to help her brother and this is emotional for her and she didn't think her actions through. I mean she must love him, his issues and all. I hope you both try to communicate about it again and come to understand each other's positions."

In a best case scenario, OP's brother-in-law will get help and both OP and his wife can come to an agreement about how they want to manage their vacation home.

As a gender, men are the ones with the reputation for being "creeps." Who knows the reason for this?! Could be the news, Law & Order SVU, or all of history. But, although there's definitely a higher likelihood of a man being a threat to a woman physically/sexually than vice versa, this doesn't preclude women from "creepy" behavior. Women can be creeps, too—feminism! And though sexism has taught us that predatory or disrespectful behavior from women is not to be taken seriously, it's important that women work to avoid doing things that could make men feel unsafe or threatened if we expect the same from them.

Someone recently asked men of Reddit: "what do women do that they think is okay but is actually creepy?" Here are 25 responses from men about behaviors that many women might not realize are giving guys the creeps:

1.) From feminas_id_amant:

Used to work for in an office full of women. There were two other men, but I was the only fit "young" guy (30). They'd routinely comment about my physique. Gawking. Touching. Many of them married and/or church going type. Women can be just as creepy as men.

2.) From Squigger42:

Honestly, hands down, Women who exploit emotions of men. We may not all cry in the movie theatre, but we are not incapable of experiencing deep painful emotional wounds. In general it seems to be more acceptable for women to rag on guys for our image, Like our height, weight, or income. While the flipside being that men cannot criticize women without being a pig.

So yeah, women who nitpick guys for superficial reasons are creepy, arrogant, and covered with more red flags than a game of mine-sweeper.

3.) From iJabber:

Always asking if i got flirted with, no matter where I go. "Did anyone flint with you?" "What the hell. Its flag football. Who would flirt with me at flag football"

4.) From LandosMustache:

Being hypocritical about sexism.

Hear about guy hitting girl: "what an asshole!"

Hear about girl hitting guy: "well, what did he do?"

Older man hitting on much younger woman: "what a creep!"

Older woman hitting on much younger man: "you get it girl!"

Making small penis jokes: funny!

Making fat jokes about men: funny!

Making short jokes about men: funny!

Making any jokes about a woman's appearance: SUPER NOT OK

5.) From Left_Recommendation:

Wife bragged to friends about our sex life. We live in a small town and now it feels like everywhere I go, I'm being giggled and smiled at. It's really violating.

6.) From rdias002:

IDK if it's just me, but the baby voice + behavior... Really puts me off.

7.) From log_sin:

"You have to install this GPS tracking app on your phone so I know where you are any time I want to check."

8.) From aknboy2df:

you know what you don't like men doing? you don't get to do that either

9.) From Pyistazty:

I have a friend that whenever she starts dating a guy, just lists me off thing about the dude like she's listing a resume. Never anything about the personality or sense of humor or what characteristics about them she enjoys.

It's job, career, college, earnings, house. I had to tell her it was getting creepy because it just sounds like she's getting a checklist to impress people, not find a good person for her.

10.) From MAYOR_OF_THE_JOEYS:

Late to the party but I haven't seen this mentioned yet: distributing nudes they get from guys to their friends without permission. I've caught several women doing it and they'll argue about it if asked to stop. Yet another example of it only being an issue if the genders are reversed.

11.) From iprmusic:

Not exclusively a woman thing, but my ex would screenshot our text conversations and send them to her family and friends for reaction. Like mundane conversations, not even anything interesting. It felt like a very creepy violation of my privacy. Also, she was an idiot. Hope you see this Laura.

12.) From macloa:

Double Standards on sexual harrassment

13.) From CaucasianDelegation:

Maybe not creepy, but ffs stop pulling on my beard and arm hair. Like, that shit is seriously uncomfortable, and pulling out a beard hair stings like fuck...it's literally attached to my face. You are in my personal space, tugging my hair, and causing me a little pain.

Ladies, I don't care how fun it is, please stop or I'll make fun of your eyebrows.

14.) From TheSinningRobot:

The way girls share really personal things about guys in relation to sex.

Society and the media would have you believe that guys talk about sex all the time and just objectify the women that theyve slept with. I dont know if maybe I'm just hanging out with the wrong people, but honestly the most you usually get out of a guy is just that they had sex with a girl. And the only time we discuss details are when you're just like trading stories.

But girls tend to like immediately report on things to their friends, and share details that honestly could be embarrassing or uncomfortable for the guy. It makes me really uncomfortable and creeped out to think that if I sleep with a girls I have to just accept that all of her friends are going to know every detail about the experience. Size,performance, how long it lasted, how I look. It just feels like a huge breach of privacy.

15.) From baz1688:

Not creepy but, when a woman sees a single dad with his kid and feels it's ok to tell them they're "doing great"

I get they may feel like they're being supportive or whatever but the stigma behind guys not knowing how to raise a child is infuriating! I have 50/50 custody of my child and she's raised brilliantly by both me and her mum, I can guarantee mum never gets random praises just for walking through a shop with our child though.

It's not supportive, it's condescending as hell and please stop.

16.) From zerobot:

Ask their friends to give them explicit details of their sexual encounters, especially if it's with a BF.

17.) From popThatBalloon:

Asking password to social accounts or phone.

18.) From RDBlack:

I've had this happen a few times, but I don't know if it is more common or less common.

When I go to a bar for a drink on say a Friday night I usually go with friends. I'll head to the bathroom and sometimes the bar will be crowded so I'll have to slip through a group of people. Several times I'll get rubbed or caressed by women. Sometimes on the groin, sometimes on the chest or shoulders. It's not wanted nor am I signaling I want to be touched, just saying excuse me and going past.

It bothers me every time.

19.) From squaredanceoff:

going to pride events/gay bars and groping the men whether they like it or not

like fuck off, creep

20.) From Bleedlikeink:

Went out with a group of guys last weekend, there were 6 of us and this random girl started hanging around us like a lost puppy and just wouldn't leave. She was attractive, but so obviously desperate for attention that none of our group of guys really cared to give her any.

This girl was just looking at everyone, batting her eyes and trying to hug everyone but the guys were just pawning her off on each other.

Not sure if this is pathetic more than creepy, but if a guy did the same thing, he'd be labeled with creepy, so yeah. She was creepy to me. I honestly thought she was a hooker or something trying to sell services or some shit, the way she was approaching dudes. It's not fucking normal.

21.) From Varris_Tulek:

When women say things like "If I were 10 years younger...." about underage boys. it's creepy, gives off pedo vibes, and if the genders were reversed you'd call the FBI.

22.) From ZacharyRoyBoy:

Making a new social media account after I block you

23.) From IronBoomer:

Ex demanded I take down of a single picture of a platonic female friend who I have known over a decade and who is happily married to a mutual friend of ours. Said picture was part of a cluster of eight total, the other seven pictures were just group pictures of said platonic friend and mostly other male friends

24.) From 3inthedark3:

Unwanted physical contact. Was out to dinner with a bunch of friends (coincidentally, they were all women), and the waitress was hitting on me, which involved obvious compliments (which I don't care about) and putting her hands all over my shoulders and upper chest. We all had a laugh about it after, but I was seriously weirded out by it, and were the genders reversed I guarantee no one would have been laughing about it.

25.) From USSAmerican:

Touching me when you’re a complete stranger. I’m in really good shape and the amount of women who would touch my arms, shoulders, and chest when I’m out was too high.

"I want my MTV."

-Dire Straits

Once upon a time, MTV played music videos, you could only watch cartoons on Saturday mornings, and there was no such thing as Facebook. If you remember the glory days of the 80s and 90s, these hilarious memes will take you on an amusing trip down memory lane. RIP Blockbuster, we will never forget.

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It's usually off-limits to date the ex-partner of a close friend, if for no other reason than the awkwardness. Obviously, there are exceptions to the rule and every friend group is different. But dipping in the same pond in a serious way can quickly cause tension in both the friendship and relationship.

However, the rules around dating a friend's ex-hookup are completely different. If you're casually dating, it's not uncommon to end up crossing paths with someone your friend has hooked up with, and navigating that is completely situational.

In a recent post on the Am I The *sshole subreddit, a guy asked if he was wrong for telling his friend not to date an ex.

"AITA for warning my friend not to date a guy who broke my heart?

Hi folks, I understand my actions were inflammatory but I feel some time of way about this situation."

OP kicked off the post by detailing a date he had months ago, that he hoped would sprout into a relationship.

"So I 21M went on a Tinder date with this really awesome dude. We had an amazing night and everything spoke to him having a great time. Cue me getting really hopeful about dating him yadda yadda yadda. We went back to my place and watched a movie and started getting intimate. Before we went any farther than making out, I told him I wasn’t interested in a one night stand and that if he wasn’t interested in going out again, it’d be best if he left."

When they were getting intimate, OP got honest with the guy and told him he wasn't interested in a hookup and only wanted to continue if there was a possibility for something serious.

"He said he was having a great time and “probably” wants to go out again. I asked what that meant and he said “oh I mean, yeah I do. I dunno why I said probably”. Anyways we slept together. The next day I drive him home and he says he’ll see me soon schedules permitting. I follow up a couple days later to no response. Then again a couple more days later."

A few days later OP received a long message from the guy saying he wasn't ready for anything committed.

"He responds with this long message about how he likes me but isn’t ready for a relationship. I was kinda pissed but whatever, I was civil and thanked him for the date and wished him well."

A week later, OP's friend went on a Tinder date with the same guy and gushed about it to OP.

"The next week my friend (a girl, the dude is bi) goes on a date with him off tinder unbeknownst to me. She tells me about it the next day and I tell her my story and how, based on what I saw and how I felt, that he wasn’t a great guy."

OP immediately told his friend about his date with the guy, because he felt she should know where his head was at.

"She let him know that I told her that and ended things. The next day, I get a string of messages from him cursing me for interfering, how he thinks she’s the one, how I ruined their shot at a relation because of jealousy etc."

OP's friend immediately ended things with the guy, and OP quickly received a stream of angry texts from the Tinder guy for ruining his shot.

"Honestly, IMO, he kinda played me and I wanted to look out for my friend. Also there was a tiny glimmer of schadenfreude when I heard what happened. My friend feels no type of way about him because she has tons of options and is an amazing person. My mom said I’m a d*ck though and shouldn’t have overextended my hand. AITA?"

OP believes he was doing the right thing as a friend, and his friend didn't have strong feelings for the Tinder guy, but OP's mom thinks it was a petty move.

tehfunnymans thinks OP did the right thing, since the Tinder guy manipulated him for sex.

"NTA. He lied to you to get in your pants. That's an *sshole move. You then truthfully related some of his *sshole behavior to someone else. If he didn't want people telling other people that he was an asshole he shouldn't have been an *sshole."

MrPoopy3utthole thinks OP made the right decision as a friend.

"NTA, this guy played games now he’s upset when his reputation came back for him?

You saved your friend from trash."

VitisIdaea thinks it's normal and healthy for OP to share his experience with his friend, but that OP should consider how hard it is to make a relationship decision in one date.

"NTA, but I would definitely suggest that if you're not up for one-night stands, you should think about whether one date is really soon enough to sleep with someone. It's so hard for people - both you and the other person - to evaluate whether they're really interested in something more in the space of one date; sometimes a date goes really well and someone's essentially on the high of that, but realizes for whatever reason afterwards that it isn't going to work out long-term."

"That said, what happened, happened, and it was inappropriate of him to respond to you the way he did. You went on the date, you had your opinions, the girl is your friend, you shared your opinions, she made her decision, the end. He should have taken that gracefully and not exploded; he also could have chosen not to sleep with you based on your expressed desire for a continuing relationship."

neverstalenevermale pointed out that Tinder Guy's behavior would've come out no matter what.

"NTA, does he expect you to not say anything to her at all? In your experience, this guy is kind of an *sshole- it makes perfect sense to pass that info along to your friend who I’m sure you want the best for. It’s not like you’re going to say nothing just so this random who is capable of treating people (like you) badly can have a shot at your friend."

At the end of the day, OP's friend was given crucial information and made the decision for herself, and the fact that Tinder Guy responded so angrily says a lot about him.

ICYMI: Ellen DeGeneres hung out with George W. Bush and a lot of people got really mad about it, calling him a "war criminal" and her a "person who pals around with war criminals." It brings up that difficult ethical quandary which plagues so many of us: is it wrong to hang out with people who start illegal wars? I personally would not want to be friends with George W. Bush, which is why I'm constantly leaving his texts on read. Sorry Dubya, truth is I don't like you and thought you were a horrible president and person and I was excited when that guy threw a shoe at you!!! So no, I do not want to do brunch.

Ellen, on the other hand, apparently does not share my feelings. After photos of her and the 43rd president hanging out at a Packers v. Cowboys game went viral on social media over the weekend, Ellen addressed the backlash on her show.

The talk show host defended her relationship with Dubya on the grounds that they're two individuals with "different beliefs," saying:

I'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs I have. I wish people wouldn’t wear fur. I don’t like it, but I’m friends with people who wear fur...But just because I don’t agree with someone on everything doesn’t mean that I’m not going to be friends with them. When I say be kind to one another, I don’t mean only the people that think the same way that you do. I mean be kind to everyone.

The remarks didn't go over super-well on Twitter, where the backlash intensified and people argued that being friends with a war criminal is not the same as wearing fur (unless you're a member of PETA, in which case, they're the same!).

But it's 2019, so what really matters is what celebrities think. Because if you haven't starred in a bunch of movies, why should I care about your opinions on socio-political ethics?!

The majority of celebs are coming out (tee hee) as pro-Ellen, defending her remarks about the importance of bridging "political differences." While a smaller yet vocal minority are criticizing her for being friends with a former President who started an illegal war, held back rights for LGBTQ people amid other atrocities (i'm not a political journalist or even a journalist so you're gonna have to Google for specifics!).

These are some of the celebs who are supporting Ellen and Dubya's friendship:

1.) Blake Shelton

2.) Gwen Stefani

3.) Scooter Braun

4.) Kelsea Ballerini

5.) Kristen Bell

6.) Dax Shepard

7.) Reese Witherspoon

8.) Kari Byron

9.) Piers Morgan

10.) Jamie Foxx

11.) Jennifer Garner

12.) Snooki

13.) Lenny Kravitz

14.) Kendall Jenner

So who were the celebs bold enough to call out the empress of daytime television?

These celebrities called out Ellen for befriending George W:

1.) David Cross

2.) Susan Sarandon

3.) Jameela Jamil

4.) H. John Benjamin

Welp, there you have it. The four celebrities bold enough to publicly call out Ellen DeGeneres. Remember these names, because you may never hear from them again.

When we think of creepy stories, images of dark nights and haunted forests are immediately conjured. It's easier for conspiring criminals and ghosts to conceal themselves during the twilight hours than out in the daylight.

But not all terrifying happenings are limited to the midnight hours, there are plenty of creepy stories playing out at noon on a sunny day.

In a Reddit thread from awhile back, people who work regular day jobs shared the creepiest things they experienced in the daylight, and it proves no one is safe.

1. duckyblinders almost became a hostage.

"I was walking down the street when I saw a rusty nail in the road. I picked it up and threw it into an empty house's yard (not helpful I know). After I threw the nail a man came out of what I thought was an empty house and shouted to me. I freaked out (thinking it was about the nail) and kept walking towards my house. The guy didn't sound mad but I couldn't make out what he was saying. He started following me to the street and gesturing me to come over but my gut told me to keep on walking. I get home and see from my house the empty house is now surrounded by cops (At this point I still think it's about the nail). After awhile it gets worse and men in full gear show up."

"I found out later that the house was indeed empty, the men inside were known criminals, and I very much almost ended up a hostage. Dodged the fuck out of that bullet."

2. Pedantichrist thought they saw their great grandfather's ghost on the toilet.

"As a child I walked into the toilet in my Great grandfather's house (I lived with him for a while) and he was sitting on the toilet and had not locked the door."

"I spluttered out an apology as I backed out and shut the door, then I stood on the other side of the door and realized that he had died some time before, shook my head and went back in to the empty toilet."

"I have never really forgotten the feeling of 'Well, that simply is not real'."

3. phome83 found a severed leg.

"While cutting lawns along this bike trail, me and a coworker found a mostly decayed, severed from the knee down, leg. Cops were called, they questioned us and we never found out any more about what happened.

Pretty creepy."

4. atStevens98 is glad the death prophet wasn't right.

"I worked from 2pm - 11pm at a gas station In one of the nicer cities around here and I had a gentlemen look me in the eyes and ask if I'm enjoying my last day on earth? Walked away before I could answer"

5. cros131 thought the power plant was going to kill everyone.

"Power plant worker. During shut down the large main steam valves tripped shut and the subsequent water/steam hammer to the main steam lines was so intense the pipes literally jumped a few feet. I thought that the place was coming down around me the sound and shaking was so violent. Like check my pants scary. We're talking about steam temp and pressure that can instantly flash the entire building if there's a branch; cooking everyone inside. Even a pin hole leak has the power to cut a person in half. Seriously scary shit when things don't go right."

6. SourTurtle still doesn't know who was in that truck.

"The summer after I graduated from high school, I left work early and went up to my parent's cabin in northern Michigan. Spent that night at the beach watching the sunset. Once the sun went down and it became nearly pitch black (no light pollution) I got to my car and started driving down the highway (M22). After about 10 seconds of being at speed, there was an older Tahoe (late 90's) that started riding my ass and flashing it's high beams. So, I got up to about 60 in a 45. They were still on my *ss."

"I pulled off to the side road that my parent's cabin is off of and they took the same turn. I thought this seemed weird cause there's only about 30-40 houses on the road. So I went all the way to the end, which is usually a dead end but leads to a maintenance area for the golf course nearby. Truck was still following me. At this point I was freaking out because if I pulled into the house they'd know where we lived and they were still following close by."

"I took a ton of random turns and the truck kept following every single turn for about 15 minutes. I finally had a chance to make a turn with traffic going through the intersection that gave me a few seconds of a head start. Pulled down a side street, went up 100 yards, turned off all of my lights and waited. Truck slowly drove by the perpendicular street and kept going. Booked it home, pulled my car around the side away from the main road, and pulled every curtain. For an 18 year old, I was scared as hell that night."

7. meandrunkR2D2 found their boss's body.

"I worked for Radioshack back in the late 90's and I was scheduled to open on a Saturday morning. I go in the door, lock up behind me and go to the back to get things ready, only to see my boss sitting at the chair in the back with his tie around his neck and tied up to a inventory rack with his pants around his ankles and he's dead with his still erect dong in his hands.

That is the day I started drinking heavily."

8. bobombpom saw a body at the entrance of Walmart.

"I often visit WalMart in the wee hours of the morning. One time I went in about 2 am and noticed and elderly gentlemen asleep on one of the mobility scooters at the entrance. When I left bout 20 minutes later, he was still there. I thought it was a little odd no one from the store had woken him up, but whatever. Found out the next day he had died and spent the better part of a day on display as a corpse at the entrance to walmart."

9. shanster925 doesn't know who wore the pig mask.

"Our old house was on a corner, and in lieu of a backyard had a side yard, with a small deck that wrapped around the back. The dining room had patio doors that lead out to the back and we would have BBQs and such back there."

"When I was about 14, we only had one desktop computer and one laptop for the family. My brother and I would fight over the desktop (that's where Diablo 2 was installed!) so I would use the laptop to write music."

"On one particular night, my brother had a friend over and they were downstairs doing whatever and I was at the dining room table on the laptop. As I was wrapped up in my writing, I didn't pay much attention to my surroundings. I heard a knock on the patio door, which startled me. I looked up, expecting my brother or his friend (the basement had a door that lead to the back deck as well.)"

"Standing at the door, and waving was a person (could not tell sex or age) wearing a Halloween pig mask.

Thinking it was my brother or his friend I mouthed "good one" and gave the person the finger and they walked away."

"As soon as they left I went downstairs to give them shit, and to my surprise and dismay... They were both sitting on the couch playing PlayStation. They swore up and down it wasn't either of them, and there was no way one of them would have had time to get downstairs and unmask before getting on the couch."

"To this day, I have no idea who it was that knocked and waved.

Tl;dr: creepy fuck in a mask knocked on my patio door and waved. Wasn't anyone I knew."

10. Richard-Hindquarters's workplace was almost arsoned.

"A homeless guy tried to light my office on fire once. Pretty scary but the cops rushed out and got him."

11. Kahne_Fan's 3-year-old sees dead people.

"My 3 year old, who is normally very happy go lucky, was extremely concerned the other day. He kept looking around the room talking about "the rhino" (who knows what a 3 year old might translate as a "rhino"). This went on for about 20 minutes - he was very concerned and looking around the entire time. So, we get to a point where he says the rhino is moving. My wife asks where the rhino is... "he's coming to Daddy." yeah, um, I'm Daddy and my ass puckered just a wee bit at that comment...."

"Fast forward about 4 days (last night), and he starts talking about "the ghost" - my daughter asks my son "where is the ghost", my son says 'he's biting Daddy.' What the actual fuck."

12. incognitoATwork no longer wants to eat on patios.

"Was out at lunch in midtown Atlanta with some coworkers. We sat out on the patio. There are some high rise condos right across the street. Some guy jumped from his ~40th floor balcony and splattered all over the roof of someone’s Jetta. Everything went everywhere. The noise was pretty memorable as well. We noped out of there before ordering. It was a super silent ride back to work. One of my coworkers said he won’t sit out on patios anymore when eating."

13. Traumajunkie971 will never see wedding dresses the same.

"Responded to a "welfare check" for an elderly woman who hadn't been seen in a few days. Found her hanged in a dirt basement wearing her wedding dress, still swaying slightly. Her tongue and eyes bulged from her face and her neck was stretched out....it was fuckin creepy."

14. MotleyBru didn't know who the British girl was.

"Was working in an office pretty late, 100% sure I was the only one there. The AC system shuts down at like 7PM, and until it does, you don't notice how much noise it was actually making. Office got extremely quiet, which is unsettling to begin with, and I had my office door closed. About thirty minutes later, I hear the muted voice of a little girl with a heavy British accent saying "mommy, I think he's in this one."

"(note: I live in the American south, so there is no good reason for a British child to be there) Almost shit my pants as the door cracked ever so slightly, until a real live little girl popped her head in and says "nope, wrong one. Sorry!" Turns out, her American stepfather was still in the building."

15. FarmerJoeJoe thought they were going to die by dozer.

"18 yrs old and first time ever operating a dozer with an open air cab n roll cage. Was clearing trees out of a waterway on a farm. All of a sudden I'm knocked out. Come to and blood is running down my face into my lap. Dozer pushing up against a tree just spinning tracs. My neck and head hurt. I thought I'd been shot or something. No idea."

"Nobody around me. Wasn't told how to shut off the dozer as it was an older 6C u don't just turn the key off. Called my dad and he runs over and turns pulls the idle bar all the way down and it shuts off. We both are clueless as to what happens then he sees a branch behind my head that I must have drove thru and pushed it forward pretty far and it snapped back into the cab and hit me in the forehead. Never saw it or anything."

16. antisarcastics has a paparazzi in their classroom.

"I am a teacher of adult students, and one student of mine is kind of intense and creepy. Actually, she's based at another school, but specifically started attending classes at my school after meeting me. When i first started, she kept giving me 'welcome presents' as I was new to the country. Just simple things like food, postcards and books, which was a nice idea but it seemed a little excessive. She added me on social media and then got upset when i didn't reply to her constant messages (i told her that i don't really use social media)."

"Anyway, i didn't see her for a few months and figured she'd just gone back to her own school or stopped studying or whatever, and was relieved that she'd clearly got bored of me. But then last week she comes in and gives me an envelope full of photos of me during lessons that she'd taken... without me knowing. I was a little weirded out to say the least."

"Edit: I wouldn't worry about me too much guys. The girl's creepy, but she's just a young (20s) girl interested in the foreign teacher. No restraining order necessary. This is China and I get a lot of weird attention for being foreign here, this just happens to be one of the more stand-out cases.

That being said, if you don't hear from me in 24 hours, well you know what happened..."

17. Barkingpanther's work got death threats.

"Right after the Virginia Tech shooting my old office got an anonymous death threat in the mail. Made of cut up magazine letters, calling out the name of the office and its owners. They called the cops and closed the office for a couple days. Turned out to be from an employee who had just been fired for a number of reasons. Don't know what happened to her."

18. catgotcha had a hangover with an attempted murderer.

"New Year's Day, 1995. I was in the middle of 3rd year university, and a bunch of friends had come down to visit me and my roommate for the festivities. We were all pretty hungover from drinking the night before, and went out for the usual "nice day out, a bit chilly, I don't feel so good" post-greasy-breakfast hungover stroll around the neighborhood."

"Two of these friends were twin brothers. One of them, we hung out with all the time. The other we'd just met for the first time. He was pretty normal the night before, joining in the fun, but on this day, we were all hanging around a local basketball court shooting hoops with an old basketball we'd found in the grass, and this twin brother kept following me around all over the place with the creepiest grin I'd ever seen in my life. Staring right into the nether regions of my soul, the whole time."

"I'd back away and join the group again, and he'd keep following me around. When we were walking back to the apartment, it was just me and him walking down the sidewalk behind the group, and he moved over in front of me, stared at me with that creepy look again, and fell down to his knees as if to worship me or something. I didn't know what to do... "Hey buddy? You all right? We're heading back now, right?" And so on. He wouldn't say anything - he'd just be there on his knees, looking up at me with a clenched face and squinted eyes, as if he were looking directly into the sun or something."

"Later that day, my roomie said he was tripping balls, so I thought nothing of it and moved on with my life. A few weeks later, we got a phone call from the twin brother we usually hung out with, and it turned out that this other twin brother went over to his aunt's place with a knife and stabbed her 14 times. She didn't die, but you know, still pretty bad. He had even called the police before going, because he knew he was going to do it but he couldn't stop himself from doing it, because you know, "the voices" and so on."

"The ensuing court case was widely covered in the media as this was a relatively smaller community where this sort of thing doesn't happen on a regular basis. I was reading one of the articles and one of the testimonies was that this twin brother was severely schizophrenic and was hearing voices in his head. He believed to his very bones that his aunt was the devil, and that he had been commanded by God to go and kill her."

"So, who was this "God" that told him to go kill her? Well, as the newspaper article described, it was a guy in a group he hung out with on New Year's Day. Didn't take me long to realize that he was talking about me."

"This was 22 years ago. I know for a fact it was a mental illness, but just knowing that I had somehow "commanded" him to go kill his aunt stays with me to this day."

"EDIT: Holy smokes, didn't expect this to blow up the way it did. To address some oft-repeated questions:"

"No, the cops never questioned me, and I'm actually now wondering why not. It makes sense that they would, right?"

"Some people wondered if this was just a made-up story and wanted proof, i.e. a link to the article I'm talking about. Well, I sent an email to the newspaper to see if they have anything in their digital archives, but more important to mention right now: this was 1995. The internet was hardly anything at the time. We students were still researching via books at the library and physically writing and handing in our essays and term papers. That being said, I'm searching and will put something here if I can find anything."

"EDIT 2: Clips, courtesy of /u/coocooforcoconut: https://imgur.com/a/PiOJG Turns out he was not criminally responsible for what he did. This one doesn't say anything about being commanded by "God", but this was obviously one of a few articles."

"EDIT 3: I had a different link in there that contained horrific stories about foreskin and stuff. It was literally the only thing I could find online at the time - but I've removed it. Don't want to be traumatizing people more than I already did. Thanks all.

EDIT 4: Gold?! God damn. Thanks, anonymous redditor!"

"When you see a married couple walking down the street, the one that's a few steps ahead is the one that's mad."

-Helen Rowland

You may not agree which way the toilet paper should hang or who's turn it is to do the dishes, but there's one thing married people can always agree on, these memes are funny as hell. This list proves the struggle of married life is real and it's hilarious.

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Most of the time, the world seems unimaginably huge and life seems totally chaotic and random. But we've all experienced a weird coincidence or "small world" moment that made us feel like maybe, just maybe, there is a higher power and it has some kind of grand plan for us. Either that, or we're living in a computer simulation. Or maybe it really is a small world, after all.

People on Reddit are sharing the most "amazing" coincidences that have ever happened to them. And these 23 might convince you that the universe is not so random after-all:

1.) From OThatSean:

I was at a bar in Dallas on saint Patrick’s Day and I asked a guy about 30 years older than me if I could borrow a lighter. He said something back in a Dublin accent. I asked if he was from Dublin. He said yes. I jokingly said I wonder if you know my dad he is from Dublin. They guy of course says no way it is a huge city. But my grandfather owned a building with his name on it real big so I asked if he knew of the street it was on. Then I asked him if he knew my Grandfather’s building. Turns out he used to work for my grandfather and lived with my uncle and was in fact friends with my dad. Small world.

2.) From daisychaingirl93:

Went for coffee with a potential new housemate with 2 other confirmed housemates. Get chatting to the potential new housemate, and find out she's from Spain. One of my confirmed housemates is from Spain, and asked where she was from. Long story short, they're from the same town, went to the same school, and lived streets away from each other. Further conversation reveals that they were actually part of the same group of friends when they were really young kids, and their parents used to hang out together. And they both coincidentally left Spain at the same time, to go to the same (not very well known or big) university, and nearly ended up living together!

3.) From Fenrir101:

As a kid my parents took me to Butlins one year (a all inclusive kid friendly holiday park in the UK) and got on really well with the neighbours. The next year we went to spain, and the same family was in the same hotel for the same two weeks as us. The next year we went to a different Butlins and our first week there was the same family's second week. My parents and their parents made plans to meet up again the next year, and we never saw each other again.

4.) From FinnBoland:

I picked up the house phone to call a friend and he was already on the line. He had called me and I had picked up the receive just before it had a chance to ring. Blew my fucking mind.

5.) From Twoehy:

When I was in college my girlfriend and I were doing the hostel thing in Europe one summer. We were broke but her mom worked for a big airline, so the airfare was super cheap. After London we went to Paris, and her mother suggested that we look up her old work colleague Kurt, and see if we could stay with him. Free board? Sounds great.

So we called, and his wife answered - Kurt was out of town, but call back tomorrow once they'd had a chance to talk. We did, and Kurt said it would be fine. gave us directions and we were set. When we got off at the Metro we were immediately lost, but we called Kurt back and he said just wait, he'd come get us, which he did. Everything was immediately super awkward, but what are you gonna do?

The small talk was even more strained - "So...you still work for Delta?" "No....I'm in technical writing" Weird, basic details just were not lining up. We got back to their house, I took a shower, his daughter come home from school, and it has probably been ninety minutes since we'd met face to face and Kurt decides to drop this bomb on us -

"Hey listen, you seem real nice, but I don't think that I know who you are. I talked to my wife though, and if you want you can stay here for the night."

"But you're Kurt."

"I am, but I never worked for Delta and I don't think we've ever met."

"True"

We called back her Mom. Turns out we had Kurt's phone number ONE DIGIT OFF. We'd swapped a five for a two, called the wrong number, and got a DIFFERENT AMERICAN NAMED KURT. living IN PARIS. and then we'd GONE TO HIS HOUSE, PRETENDED TO KNOW EACH OTHER, I TOOK A DAMN SHOWER, and then we all agreed we were total strangers.

We called the /right/ number, got the "Real Kurt" who lived like two miles away, and whose daughter was in the SAME CLASS at school. Both Kurt's were lovely, but we opted to stay with the one we knew.

6.) From DiligentShopping:

Mate was making fun of me because I had white paint on my blazer, guy got shat on by a seagull.

7.) From tadhg555:

When I was in college in Texas (back in the early 90’s) I took a summer trip to England. My flight left on the last day of classes. I had an English paper due that day, and the prof insisted that it was due in his box by noon. Of course I procrastinated, and didn’t turn it in until 1:00 (and mine was the only paper in there). I was sure I had screwed up, but I had to go catch my flight.

I got to London and the next day I was on the Tube, telling my friend that I was sure I had failed the class because the prof never got my paper.

“It’s going to be hanging over my head the entire trip,” I said. “There’s no way I’ll know if he got my paper.”

We arrived at our stop, the doors opened and there was my prof, waiting for the train.

“Professor X! Did you get my paper?”

“Uh... yes, yes I did.”

“Great, thanks,” I said, and went on to enjoy my holiday.

8.) From Barfhelmet:

Going to a bar in a different Country. Bartender wanted to see my identification so I showed him my State ID.

I have somewhat of a rare name. Turns out that was exactly his name as well. He called his father who came down to meet me as well. We had a good conversation over some beers.

9.) From FootHillsLawyer:

Am attorney. I met with a client pursuing disability benefits. Very sick and very sympathetic. She had an open-and-shut case, to the point I even suggested that she file on her own so she could avoid paying me anything.

“You don’t know my maiden name, it’s (“Ms. Smith”), you represented my brother two years ago. You arranged for members of the community to rebuild his house. If I end up paying $10,000 it would not be enough to cover what you have done for my family.”

I was literally thinking about quitting what I do, just the day before.

10.) From cheesecakeandchill:

When I was 9, I had a best friend named Naomi. The next year, I moved to another state and Naomi and I lost touch. Nearly eight years later, when I was taking a standardised test (to get into college), who do I run into at the test centre?

Naomi.

Now here’s the best part: The test was in a different state to the one we previously lived in. Also, all the candidates writing the test were randomly assigned test centres within the state. Best coincidence ever.

Edit: For those wondering, Naomi and I have since rekindled our friendship and are still in touch.

11.) From Marviro:

I was hit by decompression illness (the bends) and lost the ability to coherently communicate, it’s very similar to having a stroke. I started wandering aimlessly down an island road and stumbled upon a random medical center, perfect! Upon entering I realised I couldn’t speak properly and most people thought I was on drugs. I was unable to tell anyone what was happening and as I’m being turned away, the dive instructor I was diving with was right behind me! Between where I was and the dive center there were easily three or four medical clinics he could have gone too, but he went to this one. He was able to fill in my forms for me as I couldn’t remember my name. Even better, my land lord owned the only decompression chamber on the island, so she zoomed me straight in without having to wait for paper work. Luckiest day of my life!

12.) From jaynus006:

When I was young I lived in Germany (military brat). My brother and I played with the neighbors son who was about our age (younger than me, older than my brother). The German boys mother had an older sister who lived in the US.

Jump years forward and I am in college, my wife and I were dating seriously and I went to Chicago to meet her family for the first time. While there I discovered that her neighbor was the Sister who had moved to the US. Even crazier her oldest son owned a business in the town my parents had retired in.

The final crazy part of the entire coincidence is shortly after we married I was offered a job in Pennsylvania. We moved and once we got a place met the neighbors. One of them was the original German boy I played with as a child going to school here in the states.

It’s been over a decade since and no other cray run ins, but never know what tomorrow will bring!

13.) From tinkrman:

Went grocery shopping with GF. We both bought pineapples. We checked out through adjacent lanes. When I got to her home, she realized she forgot to take the pineapple she had bought. So I told her she can have mine, and I will go to the store on my way home, and pick up hers. When I went to the car, I realized I forgot my pineapple too.

So imagine, me going to one lane asking "did I leave a pineapple, here?", then walking to the next lane, (with a pineapple in hand) and asking the same question. Both cashiers had a "what the hell" look on their faces.

14.) From ryanzbt:

I was kicked out of a concert in Grand Prairie Texas, it was at a large venue and I got in front row and yelled that the singer sucked. 10 years later I had moved like an hour from my home town and got a roommate that I didnt know. One night he was telling me the story about the concert and the guy who was kicked out. Apparently he was also there and thought it was great.

15.) From cfahnert13:

I was going to Malta from the US for a work trip. I had a layover in Rome, so I extended it so I could stay the weekend in Rome before the show. Sure enough, bags didnt make it to Rome. I was told they would be getting in on my same flight from Rome to Malta. Show up to Malta, no bags. There were a couple colleagues on my flight and their luggage was also lost. We submitted our claims, walked out of the airport defeated and a colleague nonchalantly/sarcastically says, thats probably your bag in the bushes over there. IT WAS!

16.) From MisplacingCommas:

The first time I ever farted in front of my GF was the exact time she farted in front of me for the first time. We were laying in bed and we both farted and looked at each other confused and anxious. We laughed quite a bit after.

17.) From ubbles:

A couple of summers ago, I was in my kayak in a shallow inlet of my favorite lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York. I'd stopped to eat my sandwich and read the book I'd brought with me. One sentence read, "just then, a great blue heron flew overhead." I looked up and just then, a great blue heron flew overhead.

18.) From Tripstrr:

On honeymoon. Halfway across the world on a 30 person plane between small cities in Thailand. We deplane and I hear my name called. Classmate from 10 years prior, was great friend, was on the same plane.

19.) From K42FTW:

I was at a Wal-Mart with my dad just after a snow storm when we found a dash cam on sale for about 5$. We thought hey, that's a good deal, and bought it. We finished shopping, and hooked it up in his truck to make sure it worked properly, and drove away. As we left the parking lot, I looked at him and said, "You know, it'd be pretty funny if we got into a car accident on the way home". We laughed, and continued on our merry way.

10 minutes down the road, some lady loses control of her car going around an icy curve, and slams into us. Her cars totaled, our car's totaled, but thankfully no one is hurt. The cops that arrived initially thought that we were at fault, due to how the tire marks in the snow looked but thanks to the dash cam we literally just bought, we were cleared of any wrong doing.

Still creeps me out that I called a car accident, and I avoid making that joke now out of fear that God will call me out on my bullshit again.

20.) From buzzybnz:

Back before cell phones my twin sister, u/tarsha8nz, and I would call each other on the landline. Often one of us would pick up the phone just as the other finished dialing and it wouldn’t ring on either end. It happened all the time.

21.) From roryrory2:

I was born in the exact hour that my auntie died. Apparently i am the spitting image of her.

22.) From Splashley1:

My husband and I have the same birthday and same 6 digit sequence in our social security numbers.

23.) From Sorren_Loaf:

I was in the same class as a girl with the exact same name as me (first, middle and last) born the same day as me at the same hospital, my brother was in the same class as her brother both had the exact same names (first, middle and last) and both born on the same day at the same hospital. It was pretty weird.

The internet loves a bridezilla story. But weddings tend to bring out the worst behavior in all kinds of people involved—not just the bride. A woman recently shared a story on Reddit about a co-worker's wedding and it involves a guest-zilla who also happens to belong to another category of people the internet loves to hate: entitled moms.

The woman explains that the wedding reception was "adults only," and was held at a "very elegant hotel ballroom" that was "not child friendly in any way."

I attended an adult only wedding for a co-worker a few days ago. The actual ceremony was in a very small church so it was mostly family and close friends but the reception was for roughly 250 people. The reception was at a very elegant hotel ballroom. Not child friendly in any way. Crystal stemware, expensive linens on the table etc.

Pretty clear that this is the kind of event that calls for a babysitter. But apparently one guest didn't get the memo—or she got it, and immediately moved it to the "archive" folder. Because she showed up with her kids—all four of them.

The woman says there was a "commotion" at the reception caused by a mother-of-four who showed up to the adults-only wedding with her four children, all around ages 8 or younger.

About 1/2 hour into the reception a commotion started that made everyone stare. EM is arguing with the wedding planner loudly.

Me being the nosy broad that i am inched closer to hear. Turns out EM brought her 4 young children to the reception even though the invitations clearly stated Adults Only. The EM insisted that her kids (im guessing at ages but the oldest one looked 8ish and the youngest was under a year old) were super well behaved so it was fine. Now keep in mind this was around 730pm

Apparently the guestzilla was claiming that her kids were "super well behaved" and therefore she should be able to break the rule.

The wedding planner did not agree, and asked guestzilla to leave. This is when guestzilla yelled at the bride, a wedding no-no if there ever was one.

WP was having none of it. She insisted that children were not allowed and she had to leave. In a last ditch effort to get admitted, EM shouted at the bride.

The bride was "having none of it" and told guestzilla she could stay but her kids could not, prompting the woman to "flip a nut." She was then escorted out of the reception by three groomsmen.

The bride went over and listened to her for a moment and then said in a syrupy sweet voice "of course you can come in EM, but your children cannot" she turned on her heel and went back to her new husband. EM flipped a nut, yelling about how she was invited, couldnt find a babysitter etc. 3 of the groomsmen escorted her and her kids to the door

Bye bye!

Commenters are loving the bride's refusal to give in to guestzilla's entitled behavior. yoshifanx writes:

Bride gives no fucks about EM and i love it

And DarthBiden writes:

Congrats and a high five to that bride! Love it.

One commenter, Weasle189, shared a similar horror story, which doesn't have such a happy ending:

We also had a "no children" wedding. Well my husbands family decided that they were going to do whatever they wanted. They brought the whole pack of about 7 kids, to try get them out of the way we put them in one of the rooms for overnight guests. They trashed the room while the nanny slept and their parents later brought them into the reception anyway where they proceeded to steal guests cake and break several items.

We were never repaid the clean up bill and never offered an apology. They wonder why refuse to hang out with them.

In conclusion: don't go to an adults-only wedding if you are a child. And if you're the kind of "adult" to show up at a wedding and throw a tantrum/yell at the bride, that includes you.

“We don’t laugh because we are happy, we’re happy because we laugh.”

-William James

Laugh at these memes and you will be happy. At least for the minute and 30 seconds it takes to read them, There's nothing like starting your day off with some super silly memes to remind you that life's not all that serious.

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This is definitely the most adorable depiction of the stress of being a working parent.

Remember when an adorable toddler confidently danced into the room during a BBC Skype interview with Professor Robert Kelly about the impact of the impeachment of South Korean president Park Geun-hye? Shortly after, a second child wheeled in the room and hilarity ensued.

Now, a second video of a child interrupting the news has gone viral, except this time the victim of toddler curiosity is a mom. Watching a parent struggle to stay professional at their job while one of their kids is gleefully ruining the moment is certainly hilarious, but it's also a reminder of how hard most parents work to juggle everything in their lives. In the BBC video, Professor Kelly's wife was able to quickly save the day, even ducking out of the room with two screaming kids like a ninja.

This time, MSNBC correspondent Courtney Kube was discussing Turkish airstrikes when her son wanted to share the spotlight. Kube wrote the moment off to "live television" and remained composed throughout. Later, MSNBC tweeted the moment out themselves to celebrate working moms and to share the laugh.

Of course, the internet was in love.

There's a special place in Hell for entitled people who treat people in the service industry like sh*t. And a woman who tried to shame her manicurist for food shopping has earned herself a one-way ticket there. Screenshots of a text conversation between the woman and her manicurist were posted on Reddit, where commenters are giving the woman the dragging she deserves.

The woman texted her manicurist after seeing her shopping at Tesco, a British grocery store. Her complaint was that the manicurist had no right to go shopping since she said she was "fully booked" and couldn't do her nails that week.

"I am fully booked like I said, sorry xx" responded the manicurist with much more kindness than this woman deserves. Then the woman responded "But U got time to go to Tesco fort u work 6 days long hours."

The manicurist, patiently, explained that she works Mon-Sat but that she still "needs to eat" and also feed her three kids, who are all under age five. But the woman continued to shame her, saying that she already found "someone else" who "will work around her clients." That's when the manicurist, justifiably, lost her sh*t.

The manicurist dished out one of the best comebacks of all time (and this blogger has seen 'em all):

Fan dabby dozy then baby cakes, now swerve your arse right out of my DMs and go suck a big fat hairy toe you bone idol idiot!!

BLOODY GENIUS.

Keeping this comeback in my back pocket for the next time someone disrespects me.

Commenters are dragging this terrible woman for thinking her manicurist belongs to her.

forhekset666 writes:

How about just fuck you I exist outside of work.

iwantaquirkyname00 says:

I literally laughed out loud when she said she saw you at a store and saying why were you there when you could be doing her nails.ppl are so dumb and entitled just makes me laugh sometimes

And acmannftw says:

How could someone just be so... Stupid? This amount of nonsense baffles me

Sadly, this kind of entitled behavior is not uncommon. People are sharing their own experiences with people trying to shame someone for having a life outside of work.

Malgaras writes:

It's amazing how common this mindset is. I'm a software dev, and people are always seem stunned that I leave my work at work. Had this conversation literally yesterday meeting someone over lunch:

Phone buzzes, I give it a quick glance"Work?" " Nah, I don't put my work accounts on my cell phone" "Ah, so they give you a second phone?" "No, if they want to get a hold of me, they can wait till I get back to the office" "What if it's at night?" "Then I'll answer it when I get in the next day" They go silent for a second and look at me like I have two heads

BabserellaWT shares:

My dad was on call once and got a call at about 2am. He was speaking quietly to avoid waking Mom (this was in the days before smartphones and it wasn’t a cordless, so he couldn’t move). The patient was getting angry he couldn’t hear my dad and demanded he speak louder.

Dad: “I’m trying not to wake my wife.”

Patient: “Why is your wife sleeping at your office??”

Dad: “It’s 2am. I’m at home.”

The patient then went on to yell at him about how unprofessional he was.

For being home.

Asleep.

At 2am.

Dad kicked him from the practice the next day.

And trowzerss writes:

I did after hours remote IT support for our law firm. This meant working a full normal day, then taking a work phone home to answer for emergencies from 6pm to 6am next day. We'd normally only get 4-5 calls for the on-call week, and were paid generously ($300 plus triple time for time actually on the phone), so it was worth the bother of not being able to really socialise for a week a month.

One night the phone rang at 2.30am. By the time I'd woken up sufficiently to answer the phone without sounding like a zombie, it had stopped. So I promptly called the person back (within a minute). They then yelled at me for not answering on the first call, and how unprofessional I was. Like she expected us to be sitting awake by the phone all night, for the slight chance someone might call. Her yelling took up 10 times longer than it had taken me to call her back. She also actually pulled the 'do you know who I am?' line on me and threatened to get me fired. I wish I could have said, "Yes, bitch, I know you're a junior partner, and I might only be IT helpdesk, but I probably work more closely with the CEO than you do." His office was a stones throw from mine and I chatted to him every day, and he was actually a really nice guy, while this lady worked in another state . It probably would have worked out super badly for her if she tried anything and I told my version of the story, backed up with the abusive voicemail she left. Never heard from her again though, so I considered that a win.

And fellow nail tech musicovermurder can relate, writing:

God I’m a nail tech and some of the shit that people expect of you is ridiculous. So many people seem to forget that, although this is our career, it’s not ALL that we do. Like we have lives and families too, I’m not gonna drop everything and do your damn nails when I’ve already spent 40+ hours this week doing the same thing (especially cause you’re probably gonna complain about the price).

IN CONCLUSION: If you think it's okay to treat people in the service industry like you own them, please go suck a big fat hairy toe you bone idol idiot!!

Is there anything more disappointing than spending money on travel and a wedding gift only to discover there isn't an open bar?

Weddings without open bars are apartments without windows, charging extra for guacamole and batteries not included. They're a cheap trick and they need to be banished forever to an island of unacceptable behaviors.

Of course, not everyone can afford a luxurious wedding and cutting costs wherever you can is necessary. However, if there's one expense that shouldn't be spared it's the bar. Wedding guests are doing a lot to be there for you on your special day and the least you could do is get them champagne tipsy.

So, when a recent Reddit user took to the "Am I the Asshole?" section to ask if it was inappropriate to have a cash bar, people were more than ready to offer their opinions.

AITA for wanting a cash bar at our wedding?

Just with the question alone, nobody was on her side...

Ok so me (f25) and my fiance (m24) are getting married next year and like many people our age we are pretty grossed out by the wedding industry and are trying to keep our wedding as cheap as possible. 
So for example we are having the ceremony and reception at my uncle’s farm (free of charge) out in the country, my good friend from college who owns a catering business agreed to do our catering for free as a wedding gift, and my fiancé’s good friends with a band that will play at our wedding for free also as a wedding gift. We got my dress and his suit from Goodwill and got them altered. Everything said and done we will be paying less than $2k for our wedding.

Now we get to the alcohol. We’re having a semi-big wedding (150 people - we have a ton of friends and family coming from all over) and the idea of paying for all of that booze is making us stressed out. It’d be at least $1k. We thought about it and decided to do a cash bar. We figured we could buy the booze and pay one of my cousins to be bartender for the night, and we realized we could probably recoup some of our costs on the other wedding expenses by charging moderate prices for drinks - win-win! We were set on this idea until I brought it up with one of my bridesmaids and she flipped out and said that would be incredibly tacky.

I was sort of taken aback by this. I’ve looked online and cash bars at weddings are pretty common. it seems ridiculous to pay to get everyone drunk. My other friends and family seem pretty split and I’m starting to wonder if this is actually a faux pas. Am I the asshole?

There is so much wrong here, it's cringe-inducing. If you're going to do a cash bar, that is still semi-forgivable, but paying your cousin to work on your wedding day and then profiting off the liquor you bought at retail price? That is both tacky and illegal. Also, you're paying your cousin to work but not your friend who is catering for 150 people? WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Of course, the internet spoke:

"BisexualSquirell" wrote:

It would be a different thing if you were to just sell the drinks at the price you bought them for and break even(Which is still a little tacky) But instead, you are charging your friends and family more than the drink is worth in order to make a profit

"Zerole00" wrote:

Yeah what the fuck, and the caterer friend is doing it free of charge for 150 people? Jesus Christ I kept reading hoping for a head count and was expecting 20-30, that's a Hell of an expensive wedding present. I'm cringing pretty hard at all of this

There's a line between not buying into the wedding industry and taking advantage of your friends' generosity

"softbambieyes" wrote:

The irony of being “disgusted by the wedding industry” and yet you’re going to profit off of your guests...pot meet kettle.

"concretism" wrote:

And let's be real.. No one is going to be properly fed. There is no way the catering gift is for 150 meals. It's tapas and appetizers. At best it's a buffet that will run out too soon. No way did the friend know what they were signing up for. Just as the guests don't know they signed up for getting hosed at the pop up cash bar.

YTA If the budget is $2,000, that's okay. The error was inviting 150 guests from out of town. They are already spending money to attend. Skip the cash bar and check-in on your caterer friend. She most likely needs help with the costs.

"twee_centen" wrote:

Since everyone's focused on the caterer, I want to add that the uncle's farm being "free" also made me raise my eyes. You're having 150 people and not even going to compensate your uncle for the property damage that's bound to result just from that many people walking over that space?

OP is really milking her friend's and family's generosity. Hope they're prepared to pay it back. Might find they don't get so many favors in the future.

"RickyNixon" wrote:

My favorite part is that OP said "my friends are disgusted by the wedding industry" but what she MEANT was "all of my friends are IN the wedding industry and I'm using them for free labor"

"ittakesaredditor" really summed it up:

If you can't afford to throw a party (ANY party), don't throw it. Couples like OP should just elope and be done with it; not mooch off their friends' generosity AND try to make a profit on-top of the usual wedding gifts.

Honestly, this goes beyond YTA into OP is being outright scummy

A conservative site's latest attempted hit job on Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backfired for being a layered cake of bad-faith stupidity.

The Washington Times put on the front page of their website a story about AOC spending $80 on a haircut and $180 at a Washington salon. They gleefully promoted the story as an "exclusive," and people joked on Twitter, "does it count as an exclusive if it's a story so inane that nobody else would publish it?"

People criticized the scoop for a variety of reasons.

First of all, fixating on AOC's beauty budget is inherently sexist. Society can't insist that women look well-groomed at every possible moment and then shame them for having to live up to expectations.

Being a woman is great because you're damned if you look after your appearance, and damned if you don't.

Plus, fancy male politicians like John Edwards and Bill Clinton saw barbers who charged in the triple-digits. Where's the "exclusive" on that?

Women with hair who have had haircuts generously pointed out that that's just how much haircare costs.

The piece tries to frame AOC as a hypocrite for spending money on her hair, because according to conservatives, socialists should abstain from any and all capitalist transactions.

Not only is the haircut expense standard for women with hair, but paying a stylist a fair wage for her work is consistent with socialism.

Congratulations to The Washington Times on their ignorance, and to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her beautiful head of hair.

Most importantly, congratulations to the DC stylist who does great work!

Spooky season is upon us, witches!

Time to rejoice in all things Halloween! Spells, pumpkins, pumpkin spice, ghosts, scary movies, light jackets--they're ready for us. However, is there anything more seasonally scary than investing your feelings into someone who ghosts you...

Would most of us prefer an actual ghost haunting our home by slamming doors occasionally to a potential partner who bails without explanation? Probably. At least an actual ghost would probably be able to tell us secrets about history whereas a Tinder ghost can offer us nothing but frustration, confusion and unanswered text messages.

If you're not sure what to wear for Halloween this year, allow these tales of dating ghosts get you into the spirit of spooky season. Rejoice, singles! You're not alone. Rejoice, ghosts! It's time to haunt...

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