"Secret Santa" is a holiday tradition that has been tearing apart friend groups and creating chaos in office environments for a long, long time. If you've ever had the pleasure of participating, you know that every Secret Santa has winners, and losers. And whoever gave the "losing" gift(s) will be shunned or secretly hated well in to the New Year.

People on Reddit are sharing the worst "trade deals" in the history of Secret Santas. These 25 people share the most terrible gifts they've ever received or seen given as part of this tradition.

Avoid giving any of these things as gifts unless you're trying to ruin Christmas. Can we all agree that to avoid disappointment, every Secret Santa participant should stick to gifting booze and/or scratch-off tickets going forward?!!??

1.) From Springthespring:

Bought someone £20 worth of chocolate (general limit is a fiver).

Received a cabbage.

They proceeded to ask for the cabbage back

2.) ​​​​​From Ninjanese:

I did a secret Santa with a club at my school. The budget was around $35. For my person, I went all out and basically got them a bunch of items they wanted and listed down on their paper. The person who had me gave me a takeout box filled with broken cookies. Worst part, those cookies were leftovers that she took back home from our Thanksgiving party we had a few weeks ago...

3.) From whenyesterdaywemet:

I went to a high school church gift exchange, and this ass-hat who considered himself a poet scribbled a poem on the back of a Walgreens receipt. To add insult to injury, he "wrapped" it in another Walgreens receipt. Nobody realized it was a gift until the end, when one poor girl thought she got left out. Imho, she would have been better getting left out.

When she opened it, the guy kept telling the whole crowd how he had been working on the poem in his head for a while, and how lucky the girl who opened it was. He made her read it to the whole room, and the cringe was tangible. He had opened a Nerf gun earlier, and would shout when people tried to steal it from him (perfectly within the rules). His dad was the preacher, so nobody felt like they could do anything.

4.) From Noseblud:

I gave a charging bank. I received a used plastic pen.

5.) From itellteacherstories:

At one of the schools I used to work at, it was basically tradition that you participated in Secret Santa, both staff and students. But the main thing was that this school apparently “transcended the boundaries” or some deep quote shit, because you could be matched with anyone. Teachers with students, students with students, students with the janitor, anything. So, for 3 years I got students I didn’t even know, and got them stuff based on asking around.

One year, I got matched with a student in one of my 11th grade classes. Score, the kid was a known HUGE Pokémon fan. After a week of prodding around, listening in on conversations in class and walking by during breaks, I finally heard him telling a friend that he really wanted a ditto plushie. Boom, it was within our set budget (30$) so I got it.

The kid was ecstatic. I got a bottle of “Liquid Ass Fart Spray”.

6.) From targayenprincess:

I have a friend who is terrible at gift giving. He is so absent minded and last minute about things like this, and also refuses to care about ‘materialistic things’. Which good for him, but if you’re participating in a SS you are supposed to be thoughtful to your giftee. It’s not about you.

Anyway.

The first time we run SS, he gifts his giftee a full boiled egg. The worst part is he passed it to her prior to be gift exchange so she ate it (while waiting for dinner) and only found out later that was her “gift”.

The second year he gave his giftee a book in a language she doesn’t read. It was most certainly a book he plucked off his shelf.

The third year, he gave her a coffee tasting experience (his friend owns a cafe). She doesn’t drink coffee.

This year.... we’ll see. We’ve all warned him to put effort etc.

Edit for clarity: The first year is a different girl. Second and third year is the same girl. The allocation is randomised. This is a close friend group, not office workers. He’s a good friend outside of this gift giving debacle.

7.) From PM_Skunk:

Place where I used to work did one of those gift giving games where you either got to pick a new present or steal one from someone else. It was a hideous idea, but all the presents were just goofy little things.

I had the last number, so basically my pick of any gift. Right from the early stages, I joked that I’d be taking the “dogs playing poker” serving tray. People kept stealing it back and forth, it became a running joke throughout the whole game.

When it got to the end, I did exactly as I said and went and took the box that had the serving tray in it. That person got up and picked whatever the last remaining gift was, seemed satisfied.

Later, after they’d left the party, I went to open the box with the serving tray in it and found our they’d only given me the empty box, had hidden the tray in their coat, and taken two presents.

Even the next workday after the party, that person was all like, “hahaha! got you! you got an empty box, dumbass!”

8.) From DIGGYRULES:

The school where i teach does Secret Santa every year. I quit participating after about 5 years. For 5 years in a row, I bought thoughtful gifts for my recipient, based on what they put on their list of likes/not likes. For 5 years in a row, the person who got my name totally got me NOTHING. I freaking hate this. It's voluntary. Why the hell participate if you're not going to participate???

9.) From Wontonnoodles98:

It was a $20 CAD budget and my recipient asked for earrings. I spent the day in my downtown area looking at shops before settling on a pair I was cut a good deal on. It cost me $19.99 before tax.

I asked for a set of pens. Nothing fancy, just a set of pens I needed for school. I got a $2 Daiso turkey Christmas hatI wouldn’t be caught dead in and a package of toilet paper my secret Santa probably just straight got from her bathroom cupboard.

10.) From domcobbstotem:

When I was around age 5, our babysitter did a secret Santa for all of the kids. I gifted my secret Santa a Barbie doll. Mine gave me coupons for Hardee’s, which is a fast food restaurant, where her mom was the manager. Not even for a free burger, it was like $1 off of a burger. At 5-years-old, I was not buying my own food. I cried while watching the others play with their cool toys. This was the worst gift in my history of receiving gifts.

11.) From slipperyjim8:

I did reddit secret santa.
Bought a gift for someone.
Sent it.
other person said they sent one.
Never got it.
Signed up for the get-another-gift-cus-I-never-got-one group.
They said they sent it.
Never got it.

I don't do reddit secret santa any more.

12.) From Aruraa:

In high school we did secret santas. One year the quirky boy in the group had me. He didnt have the gifts on hand the day we exchanged, so I was literally sitting there at lunch giftless while everyone opened theirs. He brought mine in a week later and it was basically an assortment of Christmas home decor: a santa ornament, some weird crucifix, and I forget what else. It occurred to me years later that he probably couldn't afford an actual gift.

13.) From MiaFknWallace:

My group of friends did a secret Santa. I spent a lot of time putting together a box with lots of things you use when baking for a friend who (would you believe) loved baking. I got nipple tassels.

14.) From dildoschwaggns:

Probably over ten years ago now, in middle school, I coordinated a secret Santa in my friend group. So of course I went hard af and got my secret santa a great gift (within the budget limit- around $15 iirc) The time comes to swap gifts, and one girl announces she got everyone a small something- I can’t remember exactly what but I think it was like a small pencil and notepad (probably about $1 each.) I thought that was sweet. Turns out she had me for secret Santa, and didn’t get me anything bedsides what she also gave to everyone else, so essentially I got nothing. I don’t actually care, I’m just floored at how clueless some people can be. Never coordinated a SS again though.

15.) From Rogue_Squadron:

We had a gift exchange several years ago between my wife's cousins and all of their significant others. The guy I was gifting for is a lot like me and is into board games and beer (among other things). I was able to find a game that normally ran for $75+ dollars on sale for $50 ($50 limit for our exchange). In addition, I made him a double growler carrier using my woodworking tools and spare lumber in my garage, so practically free aside from my time investment of about 8 hours or so. It turned out pretty nice and professional looking and I was really proud of the overall gifts.

The person who was supposed to bring a gift for me ended up not showing up to the Xmas celebration and promised to send me a gift. After 5 years, I am beginning to think I won't be seeing that gift.

16.) From shinyhappycat:

I spent a long time thinking up something for my work secret santa. She was a bit odd, a bit quirky, but I knew she loved these weird doll things - so I found her one and some accessories to go with it.

She gave me some paper napkin rings her son (age 4) made at school.

We had a £20 budget.

17.) From Jilltro:

Not reddit secret Santa, but one organizes through a Facebook group. I bought this guy a beautiful legend of Zelda print and he bought me a box of hot chocolate k cups from Aldis (I don’t even have a keurig 😑)

Funnily enough I met him recently and he told me how much he loved my present and how he had it hanging up in his room. He asked me how I knew he liked Zelda and I said I looked at his Facebook page. There was a very long pause and he said “oh. . .i didn’t think to do that for you. I hope you like hot chocolate.” It was pretty funny, he wasn’t a bad dude just completely clueless.

18.) From lukedemay:

Gifted a 25$ Dunkin Donuts gift card (25$ limit on gift), person I exchanged with got me a 20$ gift card to Sonic with 7$ on the card.

Still used that 7$ though.

19.) From mrfroggy:

A senior level guy at my company ended up being the secret Santa for a low level employee at my job. The two of the normally wouldn’t interact, but he engineered running in to her at the coffee machine or whatever, had some chit chat, and found out she liked African wildlife.

So he got her a little collectible figurine of a gorilla or some sort of primate.

When she received it she immediately took it the wrong way, thinking it was a comment on her Afro-Caribbean heritage/appearance, and went to HR and filed a complaint. It became a whole big thing in the office and after a couple of days of hoping it would blow over, the senior guy went to HR and said it was him, based on a conversation about wildlife.

The junior person was reminded of this conversation, she realized the gift came with only good intentions, everything blew up entirely unnecessarily and that was that...

Except the senior guy was so mortified that things were so misinterpreted that he quit shortly thereafter.

20.) From Tsukasasoul:

Was at a work white elephant. Saw a bunch of cool gifts pop up and rotate around. Alcohol, a breakfast set of special bowls, spoons and a variety pack of cereals, etc. Someone walks up midway through and opens a half eaten bag of chips. Like the person opened a bag of lays, realized they didn't have a gift, folded it shut and wrapped it in Christmas paper.

The witch hunt lasted an hour with our boss chipping in $25 to the chip gift person. (They took it on purpose from the one who opened it)

Edit: As pointed out, I'm bad at grammar. After the chip gift was opened a super chill dude in the office stepped up and "stole" the chips. This let the other person repick or steal, basically saving the event. At the end of the white elephant, our boss gave the dude with the chips $25 as thanks for being a stand up person.

21.) From Musing_Moose:

In 5th grade my class played Santa is Mean and each person brought in one gift. For those of you who know, in Santa is Mean there is one difference; after choosing a present people that come after you can choose to take your gift and you'll have to get another one from the pile. Long story short one kid brought in an empty tissue box that had some scribbles on it. I got that one after my original one was taken.

22.) From Mowza2k2:

One time I bought a shitty gift for a secret santa. It was a big year for Himalaya pink salt, as in I'd never heard of it until that year but everyone seemed to talk it up. So I went to a Ross store and found a pink salt grinder for a damn good deal. Bought one for myself and one for a secret santa. I was so excited until the dude opened my present. The look of disappointment on his face while everyone else was opening up blankets and card games and other goodies. I'm so sorry random dude I didn't know. I thought the salt was cool.

23.) From fencerman:

It was a randomized secret santa mind you.

But I once gave a bottle of wine, and got back a box of tampons.

I'm a guy.

24.) From BrownEyedQueen1982:

My former church had a women’s group. We didn’t do Secret Santa but we did a $10 gift exchange where if you brought a gift you got a gift. I didn’t like this system because the ages range from mid 20’s all the way up the 70’s, so it was hard to find something that would appeal everyone.

For the Christmas party I bought this necklace and earring set. The necklace was an aqua colored stone in a hexagon shape, small and on a 19 inch change. It had a little bit of sparkle, but it was understated and I figured both young and old would like if. The earrings were post that matched the necklace. The next year I got the same set back in the original box. I’m not mad at the regift, I’m just mad that they didn’t keep track of where they got it from.

25.) From ProtoJazz:

I once tried to give a really funny gift, that was kind of the idea. The dollar amount was set low, so get creative.

I had the best one. All packed into little wrapped units in a big Disney frozen gift bag.

Unfortunately the person who took it from the pile wasn't one of the usual loud funny guy, it was the quiet girl. The only woman in an office filled with men, and she was super quiet and hard working. Didn't seem too into all the joking and goofing around most of us did. So I was pretty worried when she opened it.

First thing she pulls out, winter gloves. Not bad, it's cold here. Super practical.

Next item, a ski mask. Ok, kind of weird, but might wear it when it gets really cold.

Next, rope. Ok... Maybe it's for tying down ski equipment.

Then a roll of garbage bags. This seems super weird.

Finally a toy gun.

It was a fucking crime kit.

Thankfully she really enjoyed it. She kept the gun to threaten us if we got out of hand around the office.

Oh, there was also a gift card loaded into the gun.

Every year, kids all over the world will write letters to Santa asking for all kinds of Christmas gifts. Some kids want puppies, others want iPhones, some want $10,000 worth of designer duds. One thing all kids' wish lists have in common is that they're all completely bonkers.

1. My Christmas list is exactly the same.

2. This child is literally asking for "snake skin boots."

3. How much queso though?

4. The clip art in this wish list is **kisses fingers**.

5. How? What? Whyy?

6. Nikes and a bizarre demand for dad, sure why not?

7. God bless the girl asking for gum and a monkey.

8. Hey kid! We heard Uncut Gems was really good!

9. What kid needs a laptop, an iPhone, and an iPad!?

10. **Whispers** does this kid know what blue balls are?

11. A snake cannon that shoots "real snakes," obviously.

12. "White tits."

13. God bless the child that transcribed this entire Amazon url.

14. This?

15. The amount of kids asking for Gucci stuff this year is just, beyond.

16. How does a nine-year-old know what a rolex is?!

College kids might think they've seen everything, but students enrolling in David Wright's courses are discovering just how much science can blow their minds through an unexpected and captivating approach to teaching physics.

This isn't your standard lecture class and there will be no daily PowerPoint presentations requiring you to furiously copy down text verbatim. Professor Wright's students are sharing videos of his awe-inspiring, whacky, and downright shocking demonstrations with the masses via the internet.

Since 1974, Wright has taught at Tidewater Community College in South Hampton Road, Virginia. The professor wisely figured out how to keep students' attention by throwing the textbook out the window and picking up a more literal, hands-on approach to teaching physics.

In his classes, students can expect to find their professor walking on glass, setting objects on fire, or lying on a bed of nails.

Erica and Kierra, two of his physics students, documented Wright's extraordinary demonstrations over the course of this semester and post them to Twitter in a now-viral thread.

The compilation video now has over 400,000 retweets and nearly 2 million likes on the social media platform and the professor seems to be giving Bill Nye a run for his money as Most Beloved Science Teacher. Erica shared the now viral tweet with Wright, who upon seeing his massive impact, who upon seeing his massive impact, wholesomely remarked, “This is a class that’s millions! That’s kind of cool to get the word out about physics. I’m just excited!”

People on Twitter were immediately taken by Wright and his enthusiasm for physics.

Even comparing him to some fan favorite fictional characters:

This is the science class I wish I had taken... maybe it's not to late for me to get that second degree after all - that is, if Professor Wright's class isn't fully booked for the next decade.

For the past few years, we've been made well-aware of the vulnerabilities of baby monitors, as they've been hijacked repeatedly by pranksters looking to give a scare to youngster's parents. Now a more modern device is causing brand new chills.

Ring security cameras promise to add a level of safety for you and your loved ones through video and audio monitoring. But as one family recently learned when their daughter's camera was hacked, that security isn't always guaranteed.

This video from Today shows the alarming incident as it unfolded:

The LeMay family was horrified to discover that the Ring camera in their 8-year-old daughter Alyssa's room was hacked by a stranger. The family had installed the camera days earlier as a safety measure since she suffers from seizures.

The hacker had an eerie conversation with the child for 10 minutes.

When Alyssa walked into her bedroom, she was greeted with a male voice calling out "Hello there." She looked for the source of the voice, which began shouting the n-word at her. Alyssa kept trying to figure out the source as they continued to talk. The stranger told her that he was her "best friend" and "Santa Claus" and she grew frightened and alerted her mother to the voice.

Ring has released a statement that their security isn't compromised. They are encouraging customers to avoid repeating passwords across devices.

The company stated "when the same username and password is reused on multiple services it’s possible for bad actors to gain access to many accounts." But also assured customers "this incident is in no way related to a breach or compromise of Ring’s security." However, the LeMay family is not alone. A number of similar incidents have been reported in recent weeks including Ring camera hacks in Georgia and Florida.

With new privacy concerns surrounding Ring cameras, people are reconsidering the devices for their home.

While others agree with Ring and think the problem is easily avoidable with authentication.

Iin the meantime, we can hold out hopes that if we are hacked, the stranger has good intentions:

There's probably not a person on earth who gets out of childhood and adolescence unscathed. Sometimes, even the parenting practices that seem totally harmless can leave a lasting impact — and not in a good way.

A Reddit user asked people to share the "seemingly harmless parenting mistake[s] that will majorly f*** up a child later in life." Mentioning everything from forced extra-curriculars to subtle digs, here are the top responses.

1. No one likes to have their romantic choices mocked.

Don't make fun of their romantic relationships, it just leads to them hiding it from you and boom. your son got married 14 years ago and you only found out last week. - TheSoviet_Union

2. Because in most cultures, picking a partner is no longer a joint parent-child activity.

Also, don't respond to every crush/date/etc. with an immediate, "oh, are you sure you like that person? Don't you think they're a little too *insert negative adjective here*?"

Once I became an adult, my mom asked why I never talked to her about my romantic life anymore, and I was like . . . "because you instantly dismiss every prospect? Every time?" But she hadn't even noticed herself doing it.

Basically, be careful about criticizing your kids' relationships, unless you think actual abuse is going on. - ZhenyaKon

3. Over-protectiveness can result in lifelong anxiety.

Being overprotective is a big one. Kids take their cues about what is and isn't dangerous from their parents reactions to people and situations. Think about that video about a mama bear and her cubs and how the cubs are so attentive to their mom's alarm at some intruder. That's a reaction genetically-selected for. If you as a parent get triggered at small things or situations in front of your kids that's what they'll learn to fear on a deep primordial level. - LegalEye1

4. And it's funny how many parents fail to realize that the traits they dislike in their kids are a direct result of their parenting strategies.

This is a big one. I wasn't allowed to go outside on my own in the neighborhood as a kid, as I was told I would be kidnapped. I wasn't allowed to go and hang out with friends, as my mom didn't know their parents well and would instill fear into me that something bad would happen. I was sheltered from everything and was told to fear everything - it was all to keep me "safe," but now I have extreme paranoia that prevents me from functioning normally. It likely wasn't my mom's fault entirely, but it helped to encourage and speed up whatever genetic influence I likely already had. - zero_vii

5. Just because they're your kid doesn't mean their stories are yours to tell.

Telling embarrassing stories about your kid/kids when guests are around thinking it is cute. It makes kids want to spend less and less time with you so you can have less stories to tell. - AgeOfWomen

6. Helicopter-parenting is a great way to ensure your kids can't fend for themselves.

Taking charge of everything that matters. If you don't have a say as a kid you will get used to not having to think about things, and that lack of presence of mind will come back to haunt them.

To parents: Make sure your kids know about the plans you have, and include them in the discussion when there are options. If you don't train your kid to think for themselves, they will have a much harder time doing so when they are on their own.

The more involved you can get your kid, the more prepared they will be when you aren't around. - mikk0384

7. Badgering your kid about their weight is never a good look.

My mom called me fat so many times as a child. At first ( for 2 decades) I felt awful and got fatter and fatter. Then I realized that it was entirely her fault that I was fat in the first place and did research on nutrition. I lost 70 pounds and look great - Purplep0tamus_wings

8. And this is why so many "gifted and talented" kids don't get far.

Calling your child naturally smart and bright rather then rewarding them for working hard. Might not seem like a big deal however kids can adapt an external locus of control. This can lead to poor motivation as they feel they have little control over their lives . - 12noodle12

9. It should go without saying, but intertwining love with violence isn't the best idea.

Yelling and throwing things at your kids and then turning around and telling them you love them from the bottom of your soul. This creates an unhealthy picture of what love is and really damaged me as a kid and now my youngest sister who lives at home confessed to me she doesn't want to ever date because she doesn't know how to actually love someone or how to be loved based on our moms way of showing it. - curlyq0131

10. This one is so weird yet common. Let kids do the sports they want!

Our biggest mistake was telling our first child he couldn't quit soccer. We said because he had joined, he must finish the season but doesn't have to join next year. What we unintentionally did was made him highly unlikely to try new things, because he didn't want us to force him to continue. Our next kids we softened and encouraged them to continue pointing out how on the way home they always said they had a good time. But it was their choice to continue or not. They are not afraid to try new things and rarely quit, but when they do, they do it with confidence and move on. - cisco54

11. Talking smack about your kids while they're within earshot is also not the best plan.

When you talk about your children, assume they are always listening. At every age and distance. Praise them to your friends and family. I’ve heard simple things like “she’s such a picky eater” sort of perpetuate themselves because a mothers voice is part of a child’s identity. If you talk instead about “she ate her green beans so nicely last night, she’s getting to have such healthy eating habits” that child can identify as a “picky eater” or a “healthy eater” just from hearing their mother talk about them to other people. It’s such an easy way to encourage the behaviors that you want to see instead of perpetuating unwanted behaviors. - MsAlyssa

12. Maybe don't share it with your kid when your bank account hits overdraft.

For the love of god, dont talk about money issues with your kids. Your child should never have to worry about whether or not they will have a home next month. - Ruoff_Cut

13. Not listening when your kid's in physical pain? Yikes.

Not listening to their complaints, especially medical.

Had intense pain in my hips that my mother refused to take me to a doctor for, turned out I had hip dysplasia so bad it tore into my hip cartilage and i needed surgery. She still plays it off as me being "brave" - kathy_re

The Hallmark Channel had a stressful weekend, to say the least.

Everyone's second-favorite cheesy Christmas movie manufacturer (after Lifetime, of course) found itself in a major PR storm after banning a series of ads that featured women kissing each other. The company has since lifted the ban, and even apologized to its LGBT+ viewers.

It all started with the ads.

The commercials, which are for wedding website Zola, first aired on Dec. 2. They were part of a series of six ads featuring a cast of brides and grooms, including one lesbian couple. Four of the ads showed the lesbian couple kissing, according to the New York Times.

A conservative group called One Million Moms found the kiss provocative. They published an online petition requesting that Hallmark remove the ad so that it didn't titillate them any further.

The group wrote as part of the petition:

Parents need to know they could now come face-to-face with the LGBT agenda when they sit down to watch the Hallmark Channel.

Family entertainment is not the outlet in which to be politically correct by forcing tolerance and acceptance of homosexuality – a sinful lifestyle that Scripture clearly deems as wrong. You can read so in Romans 1:18-32.

Hallmark Channel pulled the ads on Thursday, Dec. 12.

The network told Zola they'd have to remove the commercials from the airwaves because they were "controversial." From the New York Times:

Asked to explain why the ads had been rejected, an employee of Hallmark’s parent company said the channel did not accept ads “that are deemed controversial,” according to an email exchange shared with The New York Times. A spokesman for Hallmark said the women’s “public displays of affection” violated the channel’s policies, but he declined to comment on why a nearly identical ad featuring a bride and groom kissing was not rejected.

The backlash was swift.

People weren't buying the "controversial" excuse. They quickly pointed out that if there's anything controversial about two women pecking on the lips, it's rooted in homophobia, not "family values."

People began voicing their disappointment.

And their confusion over what "American values" the commercials were thwarting.

After a weekend of controversy, Hallmark reversed the ban.

The channel also apologized to LGBT+ viewers.

GLAAD's president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis applauded Hallmark for reversing its decision:

"The Hallmark Channel’s decision to correct its mistake sends an important message to L.G.B.T.Q. people and represents a major loss for fringe organizations, like One Million Moms, whose sole purpose is to hurt families like mine. L.G.B.T.Q. people are, and will continue to be, a part of advertisements and family programming, and that will never change.”

And LGBT+ Hallmark fans rejoiced.

Now, even the president of GLAAD is encouraging people to give Hallmark another chance.

All in all, good news for anyone who finds Netflix's crappy Christmas movie selection wanting.

Office holiday parties can get pretty out of hand...

On the outside they're just fluorescent lit excuses to drink at work or very fancy events with an open bar to debut your best red sparkly outfit, but if you look deeper they're absolute chaos. Combining alcohol, a party atmosphere and the nostalgia/inspiration of a new year can lead to the quietest person at work standing on a table and declaring her hatred for everyone. The guy who is always agreeable will probably get drunk and tell everyone they treat him like a punching bag and your boss will most likely give a speech that mentions the fact that the staff is a "family" in the same sentence as something deeply insulting and problematic.

Work environments, particularly office settings, are usually places where nobody says what they're actually feeling in fear of losing their job to the nightmare that is our current gig economy. But what happens when everyone is wearing sequins and drinking champagne and the only thing they have in common for conversation is the fact that they have the same job?

Here are the funniest tweets we could find about the unhinged awkwardness of partying with your office.

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When you're a kid, the holidays are an exciting time full of fresh smelling Christmas trees, festive decorations and songs everywhere you go, and of course, presents to go around. As a child, the return of hot chocolate nights and being fawned on by aunts and uncles is a veritable dream.

But when you become a parent all of the festive gatherings fall on your shoulders, and the smell of the tree just reminds you that it's time to vacuum the area rug and freshen up the water. The festive decorations and songs in public spaces trigger anxiety over all the last minute decorations still tucked away in dusty boxes, and the hot chocolate nights add up to a huge dent in your pocketbook.

While there are certainly parents who love jumping into the winter festivities, there are plenty eagerly ticking away the days on the calendar until the boring calm of January hits.

If you're feeling far more exhausted than excited, these tweets from equally tired parents will give you solidarity.

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Snapchat is trolling people with its "2019 Look Back" feature.

It's bad enough that Facebook and Instagram are constantly reminding us of what we were doing "On This Day" years ago when our skin was better and our dreams were bigger, but Snapchat really missed the mark with this one.

People were already not looking forward to looking back on their year.

While Snapchat's intentions were good with it's cute "rise and grind" look back that was intended to be fun morning photos of people waking up, it delivered mostly terrible, tired selfies or reminders that some people were still out partying until the early morning. The "breathtaking views" memory definitely took breath away (please delete nudes, Snapchat) for all the wrong reasons and the memories of "friends and family" were not all sentimental tributes. Is there someone at Snapchat that can vet these next year? Consider us all triggered.

Twitter user, @chanwhitney started the conversation with this observation:

Here are the funniest 2019 "look back" fails:

1. Did you mean "Olive Garden?"

2. Did you think...I ate...this?

3. Celebrating loneliness!

4. Couldn't have found one with a filter?

5. "Breathtaking views of bathroom emergencies!"

6. Good morning from the strip club.

7. Late night parental advice?

8. OH NO.

9. CLASS IS CANCELED.

10. Yikes.

11. Thanks for reminding me I could've had a savings account.

12. Gunshots = family?

13. Isn't there an algorithm for cutting the tears out?

14. This is an attack.

15. Swing and a miss.

16. NOPE.

Better luck next year, everyone!

Who among us hasn't daydreamed of getting revenge on a bully or cruel person from our past? There are countless movies that leverage the trope of a once bullied child growing up and giving their former tormenters a piece of their mind. And while the concept of wailing on a former bully (or roasting them within an inch of their life) is deeply satisfying, that's not always how it goes down.

In reality, a lot of bullies either grow up to be invincible monsters (like many of the politicians in office), or they mature and regret their bullying days. While the latter is preferable for the state of the world at large, it often comes as a complete surprise.

In a recent Reddit post, a man shared how he happened upon the Facebook page of a former bully, and decided to call him out for past behavior.

So, I messaged my 8th grade bully on FB...

I’ve been socially awkward my whole life, and so, I had my fair share of bullies in school. And this guy was a real a*shole.

I haven’t spoken to him in 15 years. I‘ve lurked on his FB a few times, daydreaming about how I might message him one day, but knowing deep down that I probably never would...

OP admitted that he's lurked on his former bully's page a few times in the past couple years, and never reached out.

Well, maybe you do become more confident with age, because early this morning I happened upon his profile, and I don’t know if it was the coffee or what, but I actually messaged him. I instantly regretted it, but damn it, I did it!

But a strong cup of coffee and a new sense of resolve inspired him to cut to the chase and send a message.

Surprisingly, he was really understanding, and sincerely apologetic about the whole thing. It was very cathartic.

Here are the messages

OP's message to his former bully was short and to the point, he called out the bad behavior and the fact that he didn't deserve it.

OP's message read:

"Hey man, how's it going? I just wanted to say that you were a dickhead to me in school and I really didn't deserve that. That's about it."

Much to his surprise, OP's former bully wrote back fairly quickly, with a genuine apology about his past actions.

The former bully admitted that OP never deserved to be treated that way, and admitted that he secretly thought OP was cool all along.

He closed out the message by wishing OP well in his current life.

The response read:

"Hey Marcus. I'm sorry that my immaturity had such a negative effect on you. You are absolutely right. I was a dickhead to you in school for no reason really other than I kind of thought it was cool to be an a*shole."

"You were always a nice enough guy to me and to be honest I always liked you and I certainly had no reason to bully you the way I did. I'd like to make an excuse but I think that putting you down made me feel better about my own insecurities."

"I really hope you are well and happy and I apologize for anything I did to hurt you."

The exchange was a refreshing slice of wholesome for Redditers used to witnessing the dredges of humanity.

rndm0990 thinks the interaction is a net win for both of them.

It's cool that you guys got to smooth things over. I am not sure if I personally would have called him out. I would have just let it go, but that's just me. People grow up. I was both bullied and the bully in school, and I would NEVER do anything like that to anyone now. If anyone approached me the way you did I would appreciate the chance to apologize.

d-o-w-n-v-o-t-e-d admires OP's courage.

I really am proud of you. It must have taken a lot of courage to type that message

It's nice to remember that people can own up to past toxic behavior and change for the better, that's one less person perpetuating the cycle of abuse.

5. Lori Loughlin, because she's preparing for her trial with a bold new defense strategy.

Operation Varsity Blues, aka the college admissions scandal, was one of the best and funniest things to happen in 2019, because it was one of the only times when rich people faced consequences for their crimes and can't be acquitted in the Senate.

After pleading guilty to paying somebody to boost her daughter's SAT scores, Felicity Huffman served 11 days of a 14-day sentence in prison. Loughlin, however, insists that she is innocent, and that the $500,000 dollar donations she gave to the University of Southern California after staging photos of her daughters on rowing machines to sneak them in as crew recruits were indeed legitimate donations.

TMZ took a look at the documents filed in the US District Court in Boston, dishing:

Lori and Mossimo's lawyers claim in new legal docs ... their clients made "legitimate donations" ... "At trial, Giannulli and Loughlin will help establish their innocence by showing that they understood both sets of payments to be legitimate donations and did not understand or intent that either set of payments would be used to directly or indirectly bribe Heinel [former USC senior associate athletic director]."

If convicted, Loughlin and her husband Massimo Giannuli were charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, honest services fraud, money laundering and federal programs bribery. If convicted, the face a maximum (Massimum?) of 45 years (!!!).

Meanwhile, their daughter Olivia Jade, who didn't want to be in college anyway, is out of school and back on YouTube.

It's almost like the (alleged) crimes weren't even worth it?

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4. Princess Beatrice, because her dad's alleged sex crimes might ruin her wedding.

B-squad Princess Beatrice is a British Royal most famous for having worn a horrible hat to the A-team's (Prince William and Duchess Kate's) wedding.

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She's now engaged to have a wedding of her own, but the timing couldn't be worse. Her father Prince Andrew was booted out of Buckingham Palace after her father gave a disastrous interview about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and it became impossible to ignore the allegation that he had sex with a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim.

Beatrice lost her privilege of throwing a big, fancy engagement party out of concern that her father would be there, but the Palace has finally let her set a wedding date for sometime in June, and will let her announce it in January.

The royal gossip mill is reporting on how sh*tty things have been for Bea, with a source telling Entertainment Tonight:

"Everyone right now is concerned about Bea. Poor Bea. She deserves to have the wedding she wants and the public is going to go nuts [because of her father]."

Andrew's disgrace is also complicating Beatrice's ability to book a venue, with his royal demotion putting palaces out of the question. His status as honorary Colonel of the Grenadier Guards might also be rescinded, denying her access to The Guards’ Chapel, St James’s Park.

His accuser, Virginia Roberts, expressed sympathy for Beatrice and her sister Eugenie, saying that their father put them "through hell" by "hanging around with pedophiles."

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3. Meghan McCain, because Whoopi Goldberg told her to shut up on national TV, and a grateful nation is celebrating it.

Usually when celebrities are the top trending topic on Twitter, it's because they either did something bad or died, but Whoopi Goldberg received the honor for telling off her fellow View co-host.

Discussing the hot topic of Trump's imminent impeachment, host Sunny Hostin accused Republican senators of hypocrisy for voting to convict Bill Clinton for perjury, while brushing off Trump's alleged criminal bribery. McCain wouldn't let her finish, and Whoopi, on her last nerve, said "Girl, please stop talking."

Y’all wanna see a dead body? pic.twitter.com/uPzqUYCG2P

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) December 16, 2019

"I won't talk the rest of the show," McCain murmured, to which Whoopi responded, "I'd be okay with that."

In that moment, Whoopi became a national hero.

Whoopi to Meghan McCain: "Girl, please stop talking."
Meghan McCain: "I won't talk for the rest of the show."
Whoopi: "And I'm OK with that."
Me: "I'm dying over here! Bless you, @WhoopiGoldberg, for silencing the endless BS!" #TheView

— LaurenBaratzLogsted (@LaurenBaratzL) December 16, 2019

Hey @TheView did you notice that @WhoopiGoldberg telling your resident entitled, embarrassing BRAT @MeghanMcCain to shut up (for once) has Whoopi trending on Twitter in LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES? Pay attention--your viewers really DO want Meghan off the show. #TheView

— Susie Hopper (@september_gurl) December 16, 2019

Whoopi "Girl, You Better Stop Talking Right Now" Goldberg gathered the entirety of Meghan McCain's wide load of an ass on #TheView and applause was heard throughout the land pic.twitter.com/j0n6qDlSQv

— eee😱 (@erinelizabitch) December 16, 2019

Thank you for your service.

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2. The lad who accidentally blew up his car with air freshener.

A driver in Halfiax, UK caused an incident when he lit up a cigarette after spraying an excessive amount of air freshener.

The aerosol can and open flame proved to be a bad combo, and the windshield and windows blew right off.

Fountian Street in Halifax was closed due to an explosion involving a car on Saturday afternoon, 14th Dec.
Excessive use of an air freshener was the cause. When the driver lit a cigarette the outcome was dramatic. pic.twitter.com/wfk00bf0GG

— WYFRS Investigation (@WYFRSFireInvest) December 16, 2019

People in the area at the time of the explosion tweeted about the big bang, and the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service assured people that it wasn't terrorism, but a different type of stupidity.

A car explosion in Halifax Town Centre. What an enormous bang. I was in an adjacent bar.
Emergency services on scene in moments @WYFRS@WYP_Halifax@CMBC_CSRT@YorksAmbulance
Unbelievably the driver just climbed out. Thankfully there appears to be no injuries. #Calderdalepic.twitter.com/1yQkbndIjn

— Craig Chew-Moulding (@CraigMoulding) December 14, 2019

One way to make sure your car doesn't smell like cigarette smoke? Make it smell like burning metal.

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1. The alleged car thief who got caught with a license plate made with crayon on a paper bag.​​​​​​

Indiana State Troopers who initially pulled over to help a man with a flat tire ended up arresting him after a DIY license plate tipped them off to something fishy.

Twenty-year-old Joshua Lewis-Brown told officers that he needed a tow truck, and they were about to call in his request when they saw the paper grocery bag with the license plate number scribbled in Crayon.

"[State Trooper] Woodcox discovered the Toyota had been reported as stolen out of State College, Pennsylvania the day prior. The Troopers’ also found that Brown had never been licensed to operate a motor vehicle in any state, and was currently on probation for Grand Larceny,” the Indiana State Police said in a statement.

Brown was promptly arrested and charged with Possession of Stolen Property, a Level 5 Felony, and Operating Without Ever Obtaining a License, a Level C Misdemeanor.

The experience of being hit on manifests differently depending on who you are, whether you're interested, and the other person's tactic. Sometimes it's a supremely flattering experience, one that makes you feel desired and seen in the world. Other times, it's massively creepy and borders on dangerous, causing you to wonder why anyone bothers leaving the house.

While the successful love stories give us hope and renewed faith in humanity, some of the most entertaining stories center the times people have greatly failed at getting laid.

In a popular Reddit thread, user Sciencefictionporn shared the strangest way a woman hit on them, and asked others to share their similar tales of bizarre sexual propositions.

1. OP kicked off the thread in style.

I was at a dirty rock bar one night playing pool with a few friends. Almost the entire time this socially awkward physically unattractive girl is hovering around our group and walking back and forth into my line of site. It quickly became obvious that she was interested in talking to us, as she seemed to be at the bar by herself. The first thing she says to me is, "You used to play dungeons and dragons didn't you." I could be wrong, but my physical appearance doesn't suggest that I used to play dungeons and dragons. I only add this in, because it just seems like a completely random way to start a conversation at a dirty rock bar.

I see she's lonely so I start chatting with her and notice she is carrying around this notebook. After talking about the band for a little bit, she tell's me this a journal of sorts where she writes down ideas, poems and short stories. She asks me if i would like to read something. I say sure, why not. It was a short story about a girl going to a bar with a purse full of condoms, picking up random guys and having crazy sex with them. After I get done reading it, she looks at me, opens her purse that has a ton of condoms in it, and says, "So what did you think of my story?"

2. msa_wreck met a woman whose cervix was ready.

We were out drinking when one of my friends was approached by a girl who was, well, I thought she was a little drunk but not too bad off.

At any rate she was coming on to my friend pretty heavily and he was shrugging her off. We finally decide to leave since the girl really wouldn't let him alone and as we go she shouts across the bar "F*CK MY CERVIX"

no joke.

3. chasetopher met someone with a singular focus.

"If you take me to Red Robin I'll f*ck you."

4. Koreapsu became a legend that day.

I was about 16 and a surfer/skater at the time. Myself and a couple of mates were hanging out at a local skate shop a couple of hours after closing, just basically drinking a bit and skating around inside the shop.

Anyway one of the girls working there would've been in her early to mid 20s and was that kind of tattooed hot skater girl. We all wanted her but never thought we had a chance, until this night. I have no idea how it came up but after a bit of drinking and me bragging that I could land a double kick flip off the table she said "If you can land that I'll give you a blow job".

None of us could believe it, but the older guys who worked there laughed and it seemed pretty serious. I'd never actually landed the kicky off a bench or table so I was basically just talking shit. Needless to say I jumped up onto the bench, half drunk and skated to the end. The double kick flip came off flawlessly. I landed it perfectly and spun around and looked right at her. The older guys laughed, she grabbed my hand and we went to the back room and the debt was paid in full.

For a while there I was a f*cking legend with the rest of my mates :)

5. jmblur got an unexpected birthday present.

Held my 21st birthday party at my apartment in college on a Friday night. Girl I was kind of friends with (friend of a friend) and who I had been flirting with for a few weeks shows up, and asks me to unlock my bedroom so she can leave her toothbrush and clothes for tomorrow in there.

6. aliasforspam was given an offer they could easily refuse.

One summer for extra cash (I might have been 20 at the time), I took a job with a taxi company that the father of a friend of mine owned. One day I bring a pretty nasty looking, strung-out chick from a housing project to the super market. The meter lands on $5.10 - She looks at me, holds a five out and says, "what can I do to make up the rest?" with a suggestive tone. I just came right back, "If its only worth 10 cents, I don't want it."

7. okletstrythisagain has no idea what this woman's deal was.

Once I was at a basement bar in Long Island City (Queens NY) and a cute young woman approached me, saying in a very matter of fact way that she was giving blow jobs in the bathroom. i assumed she was kidding, but later when I went to the bathroom there was a line of guys who probably didn't need to urinate. This I could deduce because the door was half open. perhaps the strangest thing is that nobody was gawking or acting oddly. seemed to be business as usual for everyone but me.

I should note this was early evening, because I was meeting for a drink before band rehearsal, couldn't have been any later than 8PM this happened. No crazy last call situation here, she didn't even seem drunk.

8. a*sholio's partner is ready for pregnancy.

I don't want to scare the younger redditors, mine was repeated several times over a 12 month span, it went something like this; "get your c*ck in here, I've just taken my temperature and I think I'm ovulating".

9. HaCutLf got bombarded on AIM.

Some girl I was talking to over AIM said she was "waiting" for me to date her. This is a girl who I only talked to once in highschool, so it was like 4 years later (she found me on MySpace). She said all of this stuff about how we were supposed to be together and engage in copious amounts of sex. Needless to say, I was pretty shocked, so I sat there trying to think of something to say, then she calls me and says that it was her cousin typing to me on her AIM name, or something. She then said something like "either way, I'm willing to f*ck if you are."

She was a very strange person.

10. bloomed declined the offer.

I was a freshman in college, having a party in my apartment, as we did pretty much every weekend.

There were 20 or so people there, and some people I didn't know, which was cool.

After things cooled down a small group of us watched some TV in my room (which I shared with a roomate) for a while until people started going home. Except for this girl.

She was decently attractive, but the whole night she had been playing up how "DRUNK~!" she was.

My roommate and I were ready to sleep, so we told her: "Here's a blanket and sleeping bag, you can sleep on my bed, and ('ll sleep on the floor."

She insisted she wanted to sleep on the floor, so we set her up and started getting ready for bed. As we were getting in bed, she opened her purse and set a few condoms on the table next to her and said "you guys can do whatever you want with me, but just make sure to use these and clean up when you're done." and she just passed out.

Needless to say, we didn't touch her, and we woke up the next morning and she was gone.

11. sibtiger was down to clown.

Alright, the D&D bit of your story reminded me of an one time that was indeed quite strange.

So I'm living in Banff National Park in Alberta for the summer, at a hotel in the middle of nowhere. We occasionally would go down the mountain to the small (VERY small) village for a change of drinking scenery.

One time I go down with two female coworkers to this really scuzzy bar- the best way to describe it would be that it felt like you were living in an AC/DC song. While we're hanging out drinking there, I go off for a bit to talk to some other acquaintances and come back to find my two coworkers talking to this girl. She was definitely attractive- curvy, pale skin, black hair type. One of the girls gives me a "We found one for you!" look and introduces us.

We start talking, and the conversation brings about two important pieces of information. One, she's a big nerd, in fact possibly a bigger nerd than me- she'd gone to star wars conventions in cosplay, even. She also says she was a lesbian- I suppose she was actually trying to get with one of my coworkers. Whatever, I think, I actually enjoy talking with her so we continue to do so for a while, both of us being intensely nerdy.

Then all of a sudden, she moves in closer to me and says "... you know, I just want to get laid tonight." "...I thought you were a lesbian?" "I am. But I'm not a very good lesbian."

How can I counter logic like that?

12. Inanna26 could've made bank.

I go to college on this tiny campus (Lawrence University) in Wisconsin. This is a place where security's a joke, because NOTHING bad happens. I was walking home kinda late one night when this car comes driving by, stops, and the driver leans out and asks 'Where can we find prostitutes?' I told him 'I don't know', to which he replied 'Well, will YOU sleep with my friend here? We'll pay you a lot!'

I said that my boyfriend would be rather annoyed if I slept with someone else, even for money. He told me I was really sexy, I thanked him and walked away.

13. ParanoydAndroid was impressed with this guy's moves.

I don't know if it's technically the strangest, but the ballsiest I've been propositioned was at a party at my college dorm.

The guy was the friend of a friend, flown in to visit us in sunny Hawai'i. We have a welcome-party, and about 2 hours into it (i.e., two hours into meeting him at all) we run out of liquor and I have to grab more from my room.

He accompanies me and suddenly points a finger down the hall, *point* "Hey, what's that?"

I look for "that", and he roughly (the good rough) pushes me against the wall and dives in for a kiss.

It was a pretty adorable mix of childish trickey and manly confidence; his gambit payed off.

14. Exponential needed to get the hell out of there.

A very large fat naked man tried to trick me into following him behind the sand dunes. I barely staved off rape.

Spring break, freshman year, College. My two friends and I headed down south in a rental car. We stayed with my grandparents in Pensacola and joked about how lame we were, sitting on my grandma's couch, watching "real" college kids get crazy on MTV. We wanted the College experience but were too dumb to really know where to go. We went to a strip club, and drank, but Pensacola is not by any stretch of the imagination, a spring break town.

My grandpa had joked that they had a nearby nudist beach and we might want to check it out. We had visions of Porky's 3 and hot chicks everywhere. What we got were weird old sweaty people eating chips and fat men drinking beer out of coolers by themselves.

We said, "let's get the hell out of here" as the elderly man who looked like a prune bent over for a frisbee.

"Oh shit, where are the keys!"? My friend said,

We all looked through our pockets and couldn't find them.

"We musta dropped them down on the sand, let's spread out", I said.

So I head in one direction, they in theirs. As I'm WALK-SPRINTING along the beach trying to avoid looking at 59 year old naked people, scanning up and down the beach for the keys, this HUGE guy, 6 foot 6, huge pot-belly, tanned to leather and huge schlong right in my face approaches and says,

"Hey what's that sign say?" He's pointing to the sign next to the dunes that says, "Stay off of the dunes!". Clearly this creep is not a first timer at this beach and knows what the signs say.

"Uh, stay off the dunes, hey I gotta go, looking for something", I mumble and try to walk off.

"You think anybody ever goes back there?" he says, in a serious tone.

"I don't know, look I gotta go."

"Hey you look good. I know this real rich girl. She's a millionaire. She likes to screw like five dudes at once and she'll pay you like 600 dollars. You ever do anything like that?"

!!!!!!!!

"Hey I gotta go. Sorry" was all I could think of saying.

"Hey, let's just go behind those dunes there!", he said with a creepy grin, huge penis wagging in the wind.

I sprinted to the car. My friend found the keys in one of our bags.

15. Tomble's friend was very slow.

My friend, an Australian, overseas in a bar. Talking to two attractive girls and flirting.

Girl: "So.. do you want to come back to our place for an Aussie sandwich?"

My friend : "Oh, no thanks, I've already eaten".

Girls : (Disappointed) "Oh.. okay. Well, bye then!"

My friend two hours later, back home. "Wait a second.... THEY DIDN'T MEAN FOOD"

16. expires2010 may have met vampires.

"We either want to suck your blood or have sex" - two girls to my brother and I.

17. dakboy got down with the maid of honor.

I was Best Man in a wedding a few years back (single at the time). The Maid of Honor & I got along well, we'd never met before the weekend. She had a boyfriend back at college a few states away, but we were friendly throughout the weekend, maybe the occasional flirting.

She mentioned that she hadn't gotten a room at the hotel where the reception was being held, so she was going to have to catch a ride back to the bride's mother's house after the festivities were over. My hotel room had 2 double beds, so I suggested to her that she crash in my room. At some point early in the weekend, she makes it known that she's "in the process of breaking up with her boyfriend."

After the wedding reception, most of us in the wedding party, aside from the newlyweds of course, kept partying because we had no transportation concerns. The MoH, one bridesmaid (under 21), another groomsman & I closed up the hotel bar and were all pretty well lit.

The 4 of us retreated to my room. The bridesmaid was supposed to be staying in her mother's hotel room, but she was under 21 and completely hammered - she'd have been in a heap of trouble coming back to the room that drunk. She sat down on one of the beds, fell backward & immediately passed out. The groomsman sat next to her, fell backwards, and also passed out.

MoH & I changed into gym shorts & t-shirts to sleep, and hopped into the other bed. After a few minutes, things started getting frisky. She hopped on top of me and I told her "uh, I wasn't expecting this to happen, I didn't bring anything."

Her response: "I don't care."

18. jun2san definitely got catfished.

So I have a profile on a dating website and I get a message from a pregnant chick saying "are you free tonight?" and out of curiousity I reply "sure what's up?" she replies back "well, I liked your profile and I'm just looking for a guy to come over between 9 and 10pm, give me a cream pie and leave. By the way, Ive done some porn and if you google Judy marie porn you should find me.

The rule is, come over, cream pie, no condom and leave." I looked her up and she was from my city but there was no way I was going to fall for this ploy. I reply telling her (or whoever it was) to stop wasting my time and go find some other idiot to fall for this. She replied back cussing me out. I feel bad for anyone who fell for this. Couple things came to mind: robbery attempt or finding a sucker to frame.

19. calico_cat has a few bizarre stories.

Not one, but two! Both occurred when I lived in Japan. I'm white but I speak and read Japanese pretty well.

1: I used to live in a small town in Japan. I used to ride my bike for an hour in the mornings before going to work. I notice this van is following me, so I stop and turn around.

This short guy (maybe 5') jumps out, bows, and asks in oh-so-polite Japanese "I'm so sorry to have bothered you. I would like to ask if you have a boyfriend". I say yes, yes I do. He thinks for a bit, then says "Would you like to have sex with me?" I say no. He bows three times more while saying "I'm so sorry to have disturbed you" and drives off.

Apparently he was the pharmacist in the next town over. At least, that's what the van he was driving said.

2: I was at an enkai (after-work party) and the wasted vice-principal asks if I want to have sex with him. I point to his wedding ring and say "No! You are married!" He replies, "Yes, I'm married in [nearby city where he lives] but not here!"

20. gemurph hopes that woman is doing well.

In New Orleans, on a date, I stepped outside for a smoke. This noticeably athletic - and it turned out pretty - girl is coming down the sidewalk. She comes straight up to me and asks for a cigarette. As I light it for her she says, "Thanks. You're cute." Then, "Listen, I just got out of jail and I haven't had any in a while. Would you like to screw for a few hours?" I answered, "Sorry, hon, I can't. I'm on date." "Damn!" she said, "Well... thanks for the smoke." Then she smiled, kissed me on the cheek very affectionately, looked me in the eyes and said, "I bet it would have been fun," and went inside the club.

Once upon a time, getting "scammed" on the internet meant falling prey to a Nigerian prince with promises of large sums of money. 2019 scammers are cutting the whole Nigerian prince bit and straight-up messaging people on Facebook and asking for money.

One scammer reached out to a random Facebook user online to tell them about the "International Monetary Funding Company" and how they are literally giving away $150,000 in cash to anyone who wants it.

The Facebook user instantly knew they were being scammed (was it the extremely on-the-nose-name that gave it away? lol), and trolled the shit out of the scammer.

The scammer explained that in order to get the $150,000, you have to send them $1500 first, which is pretty standard behavior for the "advance-fee scam," which this one seemed to be.

The troll immediately wrote back, "Okay. Send me the $150,000 and then I'll send you $1500" and then proceeded to send the scammer a Facebook payment request for $1500.

The troll played dumb as the scammer kept repeating how he needed to send $1500 first and the troll was like, "Okay, I'll send it once you give me the $150,000 first."

The troll proved that the best way to deal with a scammer is to wear them down and don't stop sending them payment requests.

"HEY STOP REQUESTING MONEY" the scammer eventually rage-texted at the person they were trying to request money from.

The troll said they couldn't send the $1500 because they only had $9.31 in the bank and then asked the scammer if they wanted to buy any of their household items to help them make "more of the monies." LOL!

The troll then tried to sell a lava lamp to the scammer for $25.

"$20. That's as low as I can go for the lamp," the troll wrote as the scammer continued to lose their patience.

The charade ended with the scammer, you know, the one supposedly representing a prestigious money lending firm, writing "GTFO. Are you dumb" and then logging off.

The scamming saga was well-received for its hilarity and ingenuity. Who knew you could scam a scammer?

Some commenters chimed in that they, too, have spent some time in the scamming-scammers market.

So the next time a scammer asks you for a sum of money in exchange for a larger sum of money, just tell them you'll pay for the initial fee in lava lamps and then just keep requesting money from them until they pay you or give up (or whichever comes first).

White elephant parties are the best and the worst Christmas tradition. They're awesome when you go home with a shockingly great gift, but they suck when you bring a nice present to exchange and leave with a dumb gag gift like somebody's leftover Chinese food.

But if you're Kristen Bell, star of Frozen, and you don't give a shit, you turn up to a white elephant party with a realistic replica of your husband Dax Shepard's severed head.

Bell and Shepard attended their pal Ryan Hansen's white elephant party and judging by Hansen's Instagram stories, the gifts included everything from "penis art" to a pair of brand new Yeezy sneakers. Then came time for Bell's gift.

One of Bell's friends at the party chose the gift — which Bell "wrapped" in a used shipping box — but when the pal started to open the box, she saw what was inside, shrieked, and dropped the gift to the floor.

The white elephant gift was...Shepard's head!

We repeat. Kristen Bell brought a replica of her husband's severed head to a white elephant gift exchange.

As Bell lovingly clutched Shepard's head, the actor casually ate snacks nearby, completely non-plussed.

In a now-deleted Instagram Story, Bell proudly bragged about her morbid gift. "I brought something VERY special. What is it??? A mold of @daxshepard s severed head of course!!!"

"@kristenanniebell sweetly hanging out with @daxshepard's severed head," a friend wrote next to a video of Bell kissing Shepard's head.

Naturally, the internet collectively screamed in delight/fear/awe when they saw the photos and videos online.

Next time you're unsure if a gift is "too weird" to bring to a White Elephant exchange, just remember the time Kristen Bell, voice of Anna from the children's movie Frozen, brought a life-size replica of Dax Shepard's creepy head to a Hollywood gift exchange.

Truly, the queen of Christmas.

Is it ever okay to bring a baby to a fancy restaurant?

That's the debate after a woman asked Reddit how to deal with a sticky social situation regarding her mother's birthday dinner.

The dinner's being held at "an intimate and very expensive French restaurant ... with several family and friends in attendance," she wrote.

Her mother invited one particular family friend, and that's where the problems begin:

[H]e said he, his wife and two year old son would love to come. When my mom told me they’re bringing their toddler, I rolled my eyes, asked if they knew which restaurant the party was being held at and that maybe she should emphasize that it’s not child friendly (she opted to book the tasting menu, which runs $125 per person and the venue has an enforced dress code).

The daughter is now dreading the dinner.

I’m already bracing to be mortified in front of other patrons and restaurant staff if the kid has a meltdown and the mom pulls out a loud toy or, worse, an iPad to play Peppa Pig at full volume. In my mind, the other patrons are entitled to a relaxing meal and the prospect of sitting at a table that’s disrupting the entire establishment of the is stressing me tf out. I don’t begrudge the parents for wanting to celebrate with my mom, I just feel like this particular restaurant is completely inappropriate to bring children to, let alone a two year old who is prone to tantrums.

The wily tot's track record doesn't help.

The toddler was brought to a cocktail party I attended last month and when the kid got bored, the father sat him down on the floor next to the bar and gave him his iPad playing cartoons at full volume. The host of the party had to ask them to relocate to the hotel lobby until he had finished his cartoon. It could have just been a one-off of bad judgement on the parents’ part, but it goes to show why I anticipated a possible issue.

She acknowledges it's possible she's being harsh here.

I’m 29f and childfree, so maybe I’m lacking some perspective here. I’m not particularly close to or fond of the family in question, so it’s possible that I’m being unfairly harsh. My mom thinks I’m being a total asshole bc I’ve asked her several times to double check that they are aware it’s a very formal venue.

And she adds that she and her dad are splitting the cost of the meal.

So is she the a-hole here, or does she have a point?

Sarahmgray says no, she has a point — and she could go even farther enforcing it:

This is an expensive event in a formal setting. It is absolutely reasonable to not want a toddler at the table. Not all events are child-friendly, and this is one of them. And yes, if I were dining at that restaurant and had to listen to a toddler screaming, I’d be pissed as it would likely ruin the experience.

Stop with the “tell them about the venue” stuff. Tell them to get a babysitter.

And UFAPtoHappiness pointed out that this is gonna be a longgggg meal:

A tasting menu also takes a while to get through. Easily 2 hours at most of the places I’ve been to. Can be 3 hours when paired with a wine selection.

There is no way a 2 year old can sit through a meal of that duration without being disruptive. The kid’s presence is inappropriate.

OP and her mom would be rude a**holes if they did not communicate this to their guests at the very least.

But TheAsteroidOverlord pointed out that this is really the birthday girl's decision:

On one hand, since it's your mom's party, you don't have a huge say in the matter if she's ok with the child being present. You're not wrong to be prepared to be mortified. Yes some people will think you're "parent shaming" for that but in the real world, that's how it works. You're correct in your opinion that the other patrons of the establishment are entitled to a relaxing meal but you do need to relax a bit. Prepare to be mortified but hope for the best.

AnonMSME agreed:

It's not your birthday. If your mom invited them then grin and bear it. When it's your 60th birthday you can set the rules.

PFKMan23 did, too:

From what I can gather, your mom doesn't have a problem with it and it is a dinner in her honor. If she objected to the child being there, I'd feel differently. I understand your point of view, but your mother's opnion matters the most here.

In the end, the daughter says she'll keep her mouth shut — and try to keep the kid busy as silently as possible.

My mom has 4 kids, she’s no stranger to a tantrum but it seems self-involved to possibly disrupt an entire dining room paying just as much as we are (or much more if they have expensive taste in wine!). I’m just going to keep my mouth shut and come armed w crayons and a coloring book to hopefully keep him so entertained he doesn’t get bored or upset.

Enough people here have given me the feedback to just roll w it I’m not going to say another word about it to my mom or the family and hope for the best. I really should have sent a mass email detailing the event to the invitees. Lesson learned!

When a friend copies your style, we all know you're supposed to take it as a compliment. But let's be real, it can be annoying.

One woman recently asked the judge and jury of Reddit whether she was an a-hole for the way she handled a copying pal: by allowing her to scar her body with a terrible attempt at a tattoo. Yikes.

It all started when the woman and her husband got matching anniversary tattoos that they designed together.

"We got matching ones for our anniversary," she wrote. "It is super personal."

She showed the ink to her friends and saw one acquaintance taking a little too much interest in the design:

As I was showing it off to my friends, I notice one girl in our group (who I’m not super close to) was really into it. She even took a picture of it which I thought was strange but I let it slide. Let’s call this girl Sarah.

She then heard "through the grapevine" that Sarah, a tattoo virgin, was telling people she wanted to copy the ink:

Honestly I suspected this. She told a couple of friends of mine the design, and for some reason, didn’t think that they would tell me. But here comes the crazy part, she comes to me and asks me for a recommendation for an artist. She specifically wanted one that wasn’t too expensive.

So our heroine decided to do something diabolical.

I asked her what she was going to get. She was really coy with me and told me that she had not finished thinking about it yet. So I recommend the worst tattoo “artist” I know, let’s call him Bubba.

"Bubba" is no bueno.

I’ve gotten two “joke” tattoos from Bubba, one is terrible and blown out ,but it’s okay because it’s that duck or rabbit optical illusion. The other one I have had covered up. He works at subway during the day and gives tattoos from his garage.

I knew she wouldn’t do her proper research and check him out, and she didn’t. She went and got her cheap tattoo from Bubba, and it is f*cked. up.

The "friend" got the tattoo and it turned out just as terribly as expected.

It’s already blown out, the lines aren’t straight, and may be infected. My husband and I are howling about this, but a few friends of mine think what I did was really messed up. She’ll be ok, she’ll just have a really really shitty version of my tattoo. I think it’s what she deserves. So let me know reddit, [am I the a-hole]?

Everyone pretty much agrees that she's an a-hole.

lh123456789 wrote:

You are a huge a**hole for knowingly referring her to someone who you knew would do bad job. Your husband sounds like an a**hole too, so you guys are a good match for one another.

And jayne_snow added that their gloating over the safety of the tat is especially gross:

Especially laughing at how it might be infected. All just because the woman had THE AUDACITY to like her tattoo, but perhaps lacks the formal education in tattoo etiquette apparently required to ask OP’s permission and recommendations to have a similar one. Maybe OP has a personal problem with her. It seems like she was maybe scared to admit to OP that she admired it, intimidated by OP perhaps. YTA, OP. Maybe next time someone expresses admiration for your art you’ll accept a compliment instead of hoping she gets gangrene. We were all new once.

MyDogsAreRealCute wrote:

Everyone sucks here. You’re a grown adult. You could’ve just told her you had a problem with her copying your tattoo.

But some can't help but find humor and a twisted kind of justice in the situation.

"I completely agree," wrote Paul_Castro. "However, I am laughing my own a** off at this."

And BiohackedGamer argues at least some of the fault lies with the copier for not 1. copying and 2. doing research:

The person already knew it was wrong, OP telling them it was wrong wouldn't have given her any new info. OP is still TA, and morally shouldn't have recommended Bubba as a good artist, but communication wouldn't have deterred the person from getting the tattoo, though the slightest amount of research into the tattoo artist might have dissuaded her from at getting a horrible one.

Still, as agentredsquirrel points out, the woman could've done the right thing and educated the copier about how rude it is to imitate someone else's design.

So “Sarah” has no tattoos that you know of — do you know if she was aware that it’s rude to steal someone else’s artwork? A lot of people who have never gotten tattoos or researched tattooing as a thing don’t really get that original artwork is expensive and/or personal. Everyone on the Internet with the same feather/bird/infinity symbol/shittily drawn Chinese character — the tattoos a lot of people are exposed to — aren’t exactly precious about their “unique” designs, so maybe she didn’t realize how much more yours meant to you. And yeah, that’s her problem, and she should have done her research, but it’s possible she was just ignorant and you sure didn’t do anything to help. YTA, so’s your husband.

Either way, we've all learned a valuable lesson: don't let Bubba from Subway do your first tattoo.

If you're bilingual, you definitely have a superpower.

Learning another language is difficult and being completely fluent in two or more is a highly useful skill. While there are professional and educational benefits to being bilingual, you can also be something of an amateur spy.

Is there any better revenge than getting back at people who were talking about you behind your back? If people think you can't understand them, they can be pretty reckless and loud with their conversation. And sometimes, it can get nasty...

When a recent Reddit user asked, "Those that are bilingual, what have you heard from others that don't realize you can understand them?" language wizards everywhere were ready to share their tales of awkward encounters with sh*t-talkers. Don't ever underestimate anyone around you! And always be nice.

1. Oh my god, "twdnewh."

My mother tongue is Arabic, I look very Middle Eastern, but I speak very decent Russian and this was in Dubai. Was in an elevator in a fancy hotel and a Russian speaking couple walk in, the lady was visibly upset. The guy was apologizing and saying something along the lines of 'c'mon was it that bad?' And the lady says 'i told you before not to cum in my mouth'. I couldn't help it and laughed, told them I could understand and apologized. The lady looked at me in horror and disbelief as the guy laughed his ass off.

That was an awkward wait till I hopped off the elevator.

2. Damn, "ImJustTheDeskGuy."

ASL for many years. Had a deaf best friend and learned for him. Downtown PDX one afternoon, waiting on the MAX, guy walks up and starts talking in what I assumed was the most broken English I'd ever heard. After a few "I'm sorry, man, can't help", he signs... The sign... For "sign?". Phone goes in my pocket, water bottle set down, I'm ready to help.

Motherfucker asked me if I knew where to get heroin.

3. Wow, "ArchiveSQ."

It happens to me all the time because I look middle-eastern when I'm really hispanic. I was working at a coffee shop and two hispanic men came in talking mad shit about our food and confused about the menu. Right in front of me the guy's like "Lets ask this guy" "This guy? What's this camel gonna know about anything here" (I guess camel is a slur for middle eastern or something?) I responded in Spanish and it was back-pedal o'clock.

4. Everyone loves "The Brady Bunch," "complexismygame."

Very innocent comment towards my Dad, but regardless they clearly didn't think I could understand them. I once overheard some middle aged guys say that my Dad looks like "the oldest kid from The Brady Bunch if he grew up" in Spanish. My dad was down the aisle getting something and I was manning the cart and they were semi near me. I just start laughing because my mom had a crush on Greg from The Brady Brunch as a kid,so it was perfect! Even my Dad's name is Greg!

5. SURPRISE! "howlingowls123."

Am ethnically Chinese but grew up learning German.

I was in Germany for student exchange and attended a dorm party one night. Two German guys at the party started flirting with me and openly discussed who would be able to sleep with me that night.

Played dumb and rejected both their advances. A week later at another party I conversed with other friends in fluent German in front of them. Their expressions were priceless.

6. You've been caught, "ZhenyaKon."

Sometimes my students forget I speak Russian, and start saying stuff that is way inappropriate for English class. The best was when this one boy, who always finishes his work early and fidgets around with things, was pretending to swallow a pencil. Another boy, who thinks he's very funny, said in Russian, "I always knew you could deep-throat."

That kid turned a beautiful color when I reminded him I could understand.

7. Sorry those aren't free, "cmichael00."

In high school I spoke Spanish fairly well. It was not common for that time and for my area.

A family was buying groceries, and as I was ringing up the items the father said "he has not seen the stuff on the bottom, don't get it."

I rank up what was on the belt, and sat there, after a few moments I asked about the stuff on the bottom. They would not look at me for the next 2 mins or so of the transaction.

8. Uber pools are magical places, "shottyxx."

i was sitting in an uber pool. two korean guys from a music school were in the back seat while i was in the front. they were discussing sex at first, but then they started talking about women in a super disparaging way. things like "you have to try a white girl at least once, they're different," "if you just play music for them they'll take their clothes off," except the rated R version.

the uber algorithm decided i should be dropped off first. the one asked his friend, "where are we going?" in korean. i answered in english, "he's dropping me off first."

they said "oh," in unison then quickly changed the subject to "hey have you eaten yet" lmao

9. Yikes, "Igotnoclevername."

I work in the utility industry. I had a guy I was working with trying to get new service to his residence. During one of our meetings he was on his cell phone when I got there. He continued talking for a few minutes then said something along the lines of "I've got to go, that stupid ass white boy is here". He was laughing on the phone then looked at me. The look on my face must have told him I understood everything he said, because he got stone sober professional.

10. True love! "OliviaRowe."

I’m French. I was in NYC, on top of the Empire State Building and a young couple was standing next to me admiring the view, the guy turns to his gf and says in French "ahh I need to shit so bad". I couldn’t not laugh.

11. Red lipstick is great! "perpetuallynocturnal."

I grew up in Thailand and can speak fluent Thai but I'm mixed race so I look pretty white. This happened when I was about 14 and wearing red lipstick for the first time. I was coming home on the sky train. This older lady turned to her husband and basically said that foreigners always dress like sluts and that she feels sorry for my parents for raising such a degenerate. Luckily my Thai mom called to ask which station I had gotten to so I was just talking to her in perfect Thai. The woman's face was priceless. I kinda wish I had some witty retort before I got off the train but I was really shy and didn't really stand up for myself at that age.

12. Did they not know what Canada is? "billbapapa."

I was eating at a restaurant in Quebec -- where seriously everyone speaks at least some English who isn't super old -- and a couple who only spoke English sat there and bitched about everyone around them as if no one could understand a word they were saying.

It was crazy because we were speaking English (albeit, not so obnoxiously loud as to draw everyone's attention, as they were) a couple of tables over.

Anyways, it was embarrassing for them at first. Then downright terrible as they even made fun of their waitress right in front of her. Eventually a manager came out and basically told them to fuck off. But as they went people were commenting loudly in english, and I'm surprised people didn't actually clap.

13. Burn! "WHEREAMI90"

I was working downtown (in the US) in a part of the city that is mainly tourists and waited on a Chinese family one day. The restaurant is the equivalent of a sit down chain like Olive Garden. I greeted them in English and they responded in English, so I figured that this would be the best method of communication since they did not ask if I spoke Cantonese. Once I moved onto my next table I heard the mother tell the father that it is such a shame that my parents worked so hard for me to not speak Cantonese and work at a restaurant. I went through the whole meal speaking in English and at the end as I was handing them the bill, I said in Cantonese that "it was a pleasure serving you and I hope you come again soon". The mother's face dropped and she thanked me profusely and left a decent tip. I might speak English well, but I also know how to work the Chinese guilt.

14. Aw, "Sparky-Malarky."

Hard to describe but I thought it was adorable. I was at a weekend retreat for people studying Sign Language. It was held at a residential school for the deaf and the children were away at home but a few teenagers were hanging around. A couple of the teen boys were trying to flirt with a girl. I wasn’t paying close attention, and I’m not fluent anyway, but I could tell one boy was asking the other boy to talk to the girl for him, probably because he was too shy to talk to her himself. Finally I "overheard" (oversaw?) the boy ask her "What is your weight?" The girl looked confused and a little disgusted. He repeated the question. The first boy slapped the second boy's hands away and emphatically signed "What is your NAME?" The girl was happy enough to answer that and I was glad none of them could hear me laugh out loud.

15. Boom, "ternonyman1993."

I was at a ferry once and there was a Swedish couple sitting next to me for a solid 30 min talking about sex and talking shit about their friends and the other passenger's when it was time to leave I said: "excuse me can you move?" in Swedish and the look on their faces was pretty priceless.

16. Busted, "juliaakatrinaa0507."

I’m a white blonde female, but I grew up learning Spanish and ended up living in Chile and Mexico for a time. I am pretty fluent in Spanish. I was 18 and getting my car fixed after an accident and I had to walk around back with one of the guys past the garage where all the mechanics were. This was in Arizona so almost everyone working there was Mexican or Hispanic. They started saying some really rude things about me in Spanish loudly and they were laughing. I understood them but was too embarrassed to say anything. With me being white they probably assumed I didn’t understand them.

After my car was done I walked back around past the guys again. This time one of them said something along the lines of “I want to kill her with my dick/ choke her”.... something like that. At that point I decided to turn and tell him off in Spanish and say that yes, I understood him, and I let him know how rude, offensive, and uncalled for that was. My Spanish isn’t perfect, and I probably didn’t get the exact point across that I wanted to because I was nervous and angry, but he and the coworkers clearly understood that I had heard them and knew exactly what they were saying.

On my way home I called the car place and told the manager what happened and he said he would handle it. Idk what happened after that but I was young and shy and was proud of myself for how I handled it in the moment.

17. This is adorable, "Niels_h_."

I'm Dutch and my GF is Hungarian.

I went to meet her parents for the first time at Christmas a couple of years back and my GF suggested that I should learn a couple words like: Hello, how are you. Those kind of things.

I took it a step further and got a lot of help from 2 workmates, just to surprise my girlfriend and parents.

When we got there, her father was not so keen of me being not Hungarian.

He was saying some things to my girlfriend like "How will we ever communicate?" and "It's such a shame that you couldn't find someone who is Hungarian or at least speaks it".

I look at my GF, then calmly responded to her dad that although my Hungarian isn't the best, I will learn it for them because now they are my family too. I also thanked then for having me over and asked my GF's dad that I hope that one day he can accept me for who I am as a "Outsider" as how he likes to call it.

The moment I did say that, he teared up and said that no one ever did so much for his daughter and his family in this way and he appreciates it very much.

After that, A bottle of Palinka appeared on the table and from that moment on I don't remember much from that night.

Now several years later, me and my GF's dad are really close although we live at the other side of Europe.

Soon I will go again to Hungary for Christmas, And now I am planning to ask him for his daughter's hand.

I hope I will pronouce it correctly

Today's most obnoxious Choosing Beggar is a dude who doesn't value the labor of artists or babysitters, asking for both a free portrait of his children, whom he wants the artist to watch for free.

Artist u/givemeayes shared to Reddit's Choosing Beggars forum a conversation she had with her best friend's husband who begged her for a free painting, even as she offered to make him a cheap one of he bought the canvas.

The long text exchange started as most conversations do: with an ask. The artist is understandably saving the gallery style canvases for a special occasion like a paid commission, but the dad protested as a wannabe freeloader and canvas snob.

He then reneged on paying her for the services she already provided.

The guy really put the "beggar" in Choosing Beggar, asking the artist to "give a friend a hand in their time of need" after flexing by dropping that he as already spread $5,000 on gifts.

He then went from whiney to straight-up mean, telling her that by the time she's "inspired to paint" she "won't even be alive." Nice!

She ended the conversation as politely as possible, only to be begged for babysitting again the next day.

The commenters agrees: this guy is mean.

"Whoa that guy is a straight up a**hole. Hope you got paid for babysitting but I’d say never do it again and don’t f*cking talk to him again- he’s a d*ck," zzthefrenchie commented.

Yeah, that just about (profanely) sums it up.

Don't be this guy.

Weddings are expensive parties to plan. Even the most modest of weddings involves a whole shebang of catering, flowers, decorations, entertainers, photos, and of course illustrious outfits. If you go the DIY route, you often make up for the lack of cost in hours spent working, so no matter how you slice it, they dig a hole in your pocketbook or your calendar.

While some couples try to work their way around exorbitant wedding bills by scaling down on the venue and food options, others try to game the system by ripping off staff and asking people to work for "exposure."

One woman's request for unpaid wedding workers took entitlement to another level, when she revealed she doesn't even have an Instagram yet but will "start one" to give photographers, caterers, and dress designers exposure.

If it's ludicrous for an influencer with a large platform to ask people for hours of free work in exchange for a few shout-outs online, then it's next level delusional for a woman who hasn't an Instagram to expect people to volunteer in exchange for a dozen or so future eyeballs.

The woman's FB post (with names crossed out to remain anonymous) was screenshotted and shared on the Choosing Beggars subreddit, where it received the appropriate smattering of responses.

The bride, in a true move of emotional density, shared she will be spending a full month in Dubai for her honeymoon, before asking people for free work.

Not only did the bride ask for photographers, caterers, and designers to work for free, but she claimed the historic wedding site (made possible by David's godmother) would cause people to "beg" for the opportunity.

This wording is the opposite of self-aware.

To be fair, the bride does say she wants to feel like a princess on her special day, and there are few things that resemble royalty more than expecting a staff to do your bidding for free, or low payment.

Needless to say, not all of the bride's FB friends were thrilled by the opportunity to do free work in exchange for an Instagram post.

The bride doubled down when called out, which only made her look worse.

People on Reddit were even more brutal in their call-outs of her entitlement.

minnesotasorry pointed out how ludicrous it is to make these offers without even having an Instagram.

"I will be starting an Instagram soon." She has no exposure to give, that's a new one!

EatSleepJeep is haunted by the concept of exposure on credit.

Now we're getting our exposure on credit? Wow.

BennyOlive thinks the bride will scam again just to start her Instagram.

And she’ll be starting that Instagram just as soon as someone buys her the latest iPhone.

Given the Facebook comments the bride received from her own friends, and the judgment of the internet, it seems clear that her and her husband-to-be are the only ones in support of this extremely cheap, entitled plan.

2019 was a pretty good year if you were a celebrity.

Although, I guess every year is a pretty good year if you're a celebrity. While there were a lot of major Hollywood moments this year ("Game of Thrones" ended!) there were also a lot of great opportunities for jokes.

Turns out we won't just remember 2019 as the year that someone decided to use computer-generated fur to make humans look like cats with breasts sing and dance on a set of oversized kitchen appliances. Sure, we'll probably remember the time our president was in the process of impeachment while the Earth was rapidly melting, but sometimes it's nice to focus on the carefree lives of the rich and famous for awhile.

Here are the best tweets we could find from celebrities this year.

1. Conan saved us from workplace torture.

2. On Arya's big sex scene...

3. I'm definitely jealous of Chrissy Teigen's life.

4. Chris Evans blessed us with his first headshot.

5. Mariah Carey was flattered.

6. Meryl is everyone's daddy.

7. Kristen Bell loves a good pun.

8. Shawn Mendes has a loose grip.

9. Kat McPhee wants the paparazzi to focus.

10. Katy Perry wants us to remember every July 4th.

11. Monica Lewinsky admitted she regrets that internship.

12. Billy Eichner was so excited to meet the royals.

13. Lizzo and the cookie monster bonded.

14. Hero.

15. YUP.

16. Rihanna found her mini me.

17. We're all the troll.

18. Too real!

19. Queen of controversial trends.

20. Ok, Frankie.

21. This is a solid point.

22. The music industry exploded.

23. One million people had to help Gaga.

24. Keke Palmer made a meme of herself.

25. Taylor Swift has had a great life so far.

What will 2020 bring us?