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27 people share the things they will never take for granted again after quarantine.

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Social distancing measures means that people are losing out on a lot to help decrease the number of people who lose their lives. Sitting in self-isolation, you can't help but reminisce about life BC (Before Coronavirus).

Author and producer Elan Gale got the conversation rolling on how people will be changed after quarantine, asking people what aspects of life they will never fail to appreciate ever again.

You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.

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25 people who met someone from Craigslist 'missed connections' share their stories.

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Posts on Craigslist missed connections were the romantic bread and butter of the 90s and early 2000s.

In a time when the masses were finally plugged into the web, but still didn't have the easy swiping abilities of Tinder, missed connections flooded the internet with mysterious descriptions of crushes and chance interactions worthy of a Meg Ryan movie.

You didn't have to write one yourself to feel vicarious butterflies for the people putting themselves out there for love or a fling. In fact, skimming "missed connections" to find a juicy post about a stranger was a common pasttime for people of all different ages, whether happily married or single and looking.

And while our current online dating landscape is far less mysterious and serendipitous in nature, the era of missed connections still marks a specific zeitgeist of yore.

While many of the posts sunk into the abyss without connecting star-crossed lovers, there were missed connections that led to people meeting up, and in some cases, actually starting relationships.

In a popular Reddit thread, people who met someone through a missed connection post shared their stories, and they range from romantic to mildly terrifying.

1. From euancmurphy:

My friend was carrying her groceries on a busy subway from Manhattan to Queens and this guy gave up his seat for her. They didn't chat, but locked eyes a few times and as the guy got off, my friend said they smiled and laughed at each other. After she got home her roommate told her to post on missed connections, but when she went on the guy had already posted about her! They dated for a short while, but he then got back together with an ex he'd met through AA.

2. From smithygreg:

This sorta counts... Almost 20 years ago I was looking through the missed connections of the local paper and there was an ad that said “Some people are looking for happiness. Some people are looking for love. Me? Im looking for an authentic ‘Down with OPP’ baseball cap. Can you help me find one?”


It just so happens that the bodega right by my house had a bunch of hats on the wall including a Down with OPP one. So I call the number in the ad and it’s just a recording of “Down with OPP” then at the end the guy comes on and says “YOU Down with OPP?” I leave a message about the hat and that’s that.
Until next week there is an ad in the same paper that says “To my main man with the Brothrs Market hookup. I now walk tall and proud with my OPP hat. Thank you thank you thank you!” So yeah. I helped connect a guy with a hat. Does that count?

3. From insertcaffeine:

I used to browse Missed Connections. I saw one that said something like, "I see you walking your dog on [street] every day. You're cute and I'd like to talk to you." That was my street, and I'd seen lots of girls walking dogs there, so I figured I'd help a bro out.

I sent back something like, "There are quite a few cute girls who walk dogs on [street], you may want to update your post with a description of the girl and the dog. I'm the average looking blonde with the scruffy white dog."

He emailed back saying that I was the one he was referring to! WHAT. So I thanked him, and told him (truthfully) that I was a single mom going through a hard time and wasn't ready to even think about dating.

I got a friendly email back, wishing me the best, and that was that.

4. From TheClicheMovieTrope:

My husband and I met on missed connections. We're no longer married.

Edit: Alright, here's the story, which I hesitated to tell because my ex frequents Reddit.

It wasn't really a missed connection in the sense that one of us saw the other and posted about it. I had just moved to a new area and hadn't met many people, yet, so to entertain myself (I had yet to hear about Reddit) I would post clearly joke (I was not subtle) missed connections. The post he responded to was me looking for Waldo. He responded to me jokingly, as Waldo, saying he was in search of his love Carmen San Diego. We chatted for a while and we hit it off. Met a few weeks later. Got married a few years later. Getting divorced a few years after that.

5. From sillybanana2012:

I met someone from a missed connection. Once we met, I realized that I didn’t have any romantic interest in this person, and he didn’t have any in me. But, we became pretty good friends! We were even roommates one year when I was in university. Even now when we both have our own SO’s, we still like to get coffee and catch up. He’s a really awesome person!

6. From sigh_ko:

It was New Years Eve and I was having a horrible night. I couldn't get a cab from the house party I was at to get to party #2. I was wearing massive heels and had to walk all the way home because I was in too bad a mood to continue my night.

As I reached my corner, a super drunk, super gorgeous guy came up to me and wished me a happy New Year's. I was about to tell him to *uck off but i noticed that he was freaking beautiful and had a small bloody cut on his forehead. I pointed it out and he shrugged and stumbled away.

The next day, I decided to post a missed connection and he responded by that evening. He said he didn't remember getting a booboo. We hung out for a bit but I stopped seeing him because i didn't want to ONLY have anal sex.

7. From Quinntissential:

I have a good friend that met this guy at a bus stop, I believe. They chatted casually for a few minutes and that was the end of it. Later, my friend was kicking himself for not asking the guy out for coffee or something and posted a missed connection about it.

About a week later, bus stop guy’s boss was browsing missed connections and recognized the description of the guy’s hat so he sent him the posting.

And now, several years later, my friend and bus stop guy are married.

My friend still has a screenshot of the missed connections post saved in his phone.

8. From tacos:

I found one about me written by a long-gone ex. I let it be.

9. From JustEnough_Might:

I saw this girl at Starbucks that was just gorgeous. Looked like she was distracted going through some sh*t on the phone so I didn't say anything. (don't wanna be that guy who can't read social clues)

Left and kicked myself over it later so next day I posted in missed connections. (although I was positive nothing would come of it, just felt good putting it out there)

Around 3 days later get a response. Not from her, but from another girl who read it and liked the sincerity in it. We ended up talking and exchanging numbers and have been dating since (about 6 months now).

10. From chipdipper99:

In college, I got dragged to a barn dance by my friends. Stood around bored for an hour or so, and left. The following week, there was an ad in the local classified section (this was in the 80's, so that was our "Craigs List " back then) from a guy describing me to a T. Said "I saw you there and would love to meet you and get to know you better "

Flattered, I agreed. We decided to meet at a local bar. I got there right on time and looked around. It took me a while to find him because HE SHOWED UP WITH FOUR FRIENDS. He didn't even talk to me for most of the short time I was there, because he was playing stupid drinking games with his buddies and ignoring me. One of his friends stayed hitting on me and grabbed my a*s. So I left.

He called THREE DAYS LATER and said "You left!" And I was like, "You just noticed?"

11. From PokePounder:

Went to see an oddly specific show. Outside, and then all throughout the evening inside, this very tall, but strikingly beautiful woman kept making prolonged eye contact with me. I was with some friends in a different city, and they wanted to leave the bar right after the show, so I didn't get a chance to talk to her. That week, back home, I posted a MC in her city, and she responded. It didn't really go anywhere, but she shared her SuicideGirls profile with me that had some nudes, so there's that...

12. From Femaleodd:

Not an actual missed connection, but I was well known in an area I lived in as the "AT&T sign girl"

A guy posted on missed connections looking for me and come to find out, he just wanted to give me free tickets to Busch Gardens that he got because he worked there.

If I hadn't gotten another job when I did, I could've gotten more free tickets from him.

13. From kgardn15:

I posted this before but it applies here too.

A guy once posted a missed connection about me (easy to figure out with the description he gave and the location he saw me). My boss actually showed it to me because even she figured it out. I was 18 at the time and when I told my mom about it she told me that I should email him and say hey. (She didn't know better and I was naive and eager to hang out with him, as I remembered who he was).

I messaged him, we hit it off, hung out for a while and everything seemed cool. Then things got nuts. In the few short months we hung out, he found out that his clinically psychotic ex girlfriend was pregnant. She got kicked out of countless homeless shelters for starting fights, and her mom wouldn't let her live with her because she was freaking insane, so she moved back in with CL guy. While he was upset to have her back in his life, he was happy to have a baby and was eager to take care of it (he was going to fight for full custody after it was born because of mother's issues). The entire time she was pregnant, she drank, smoked, and did crack....they would get into screaming matches that ended up with her beating the sh*t outta him because he was begging her to stop doing drugs.

Eventually he tried to move out. After one particularly bad fight, he packed everything up and went to a hotel without telling her so she wouldn't try and follow. While he was out, she snooped through the stuff he left behind and found the ring he was going to use to propose to her before she showed her true psychotic colors. She thought he bought it because of the baby, started wearing it and posted about it all over Facebook. Through all of this, I was there to help support him emotionally and be an escape from his sh*tty life. I certainly never saw him as someone I'd be in a relationship with but I enjoyed hanging out with him.

Then, when psycho girl announced that they were "engaged", he decided "ahhh sh*t.... alright whatever let's do it". So they moved back in together and she made him cut all connection with me (no problem...that was too much drama for my liking). A few days later, I get multiple long messages from this girl, her cousin, and her second profile she made after I blocked her.

She accused me of being a homewrecker and a slut, saying that she was going to call the cops on me (no idea what for) and that I needed to watch me back because she "knew" where I lived. (She didn't....the town she said I lived in wasn't even in the same county of where I actually lived). I kept blocking her and eventually she shut up. Three years later, that guy messaged me on Facebook. They had the baby, moms in a mental hospital and he has full custody. He wanted to meet up and "pick up where we left off" but I noped the f*ck out of that.

14. From 10per:

My step brother posted missed connection for a girl he saw when he was at traffic court. She was there for a speeding ticket just like he was so he thought he had a good meet cute story. She responded to his ad with a polite "thanks but no thanks".

He did end up meeting his wife on Craigslist a few months later, but just by posting a regular ad though.

15. From dinosaursarewicked:

Randomly my friend saw my name and description mentioned on one of these missed connections and sent it to me. I decided to followed up and went back to the store I originally met her (the girl who posted) and asked her for her phone number. We went on some really nice summer dates. Long walks and talks, drinking beer etc. September rolls around.

Then one day we meet up for lunch but she was a little stressed about money and rent. So I said I would see if I could help her get a job at the place I worked at. Some warning signs started to appear like when I asked her to make a personalized cover letter instead of a generic one and she got upset by that. In any case, she made a new one and submitted it. At work, I put in a good word for her and eventually she was hired.

At this point the relationship wasn't past the point of mere dates but that was OK as I was soon going abroad for half a year and didn't want more. Soon this girl's true colors revealed themselves. I noticed early on that it was tricky getting a hold of her at times deducing it to some people being unattached to technology. But realized she had a pattern of selectively getting back to anyone. My coworker one day tells me that she saw her name on a weekly schedule and didn't want to work one of the shifts so she just took a pen and scratched her name off. Without alerting the manager or finding a replacement.

As in a grown adult scratching her name off a disposable schedule thinking that that would make everything ok. Anyways long story short: she was a bag of issues and seemed to be stuck in a world that involved bending reality to meet her needs. I wrote her a message on Fb one day telling her how I regretted helping her and then deleted her off my FB which was like a slap on the face back then. The end.

Edit: post asked for an actual experience. It didn't say it had to be a thrill ride blockbuster or a David Lynch piece.

16. From bowlofcherries16:

Not my story, but my roommates at the time. He was biking home after a party in a particularly flamboyant jacket. Later that night there was a missed connection describing his bike route and jacket.

He reached out to the woman (also an avid cyclist). They dated for 3-4 months. Then, one day, she was hit by a truck while cycling in the bike lane. Died instantly. I used to pass her white bike every day on my bike commute.

17. From samwritessometimes:

I was at work one day when a co-worker, named Erika, told me I'd had a missed connection written about me. I worked at a bookstore, downtown in a big city as a visual merchandiser. I had read the Missed Connections before, dreamed that one would get written about me, but never thought it would happen-cause that's the stuff out of a Rom-Com. Never the less she sent me a link to the missed connection and this is it:

Working at (Name of my bookstore) on Sunday (20th of December) (the address of my old bookstore)- m4w

You were pushing a cart or trolley full of books, I was in a rush as I passed by you. We locked eyes a few times though. You had long dark hair, and I was wearing a toque and black leather Jacket.

Now this may seem pretty vague, but it's me. Nobody else was in that day and merch people push carts like it's nobody business, and the other merch girls on that day were a red haired girl and a pale brunette.

So I responded. Mostly because I don't like to leave people hanging. People should wonder "whatever happened." HE GOT CREEPY REAL QUICK. I mean 0-stalker in 60 seconds. I went on vacation with my parents (Christmas time) and he emailed me 3 times in the span of 5 days being like "Where'd you go?", "You still there?", "Drop off on me?" He added me on FB and IG without me telling him what those handles were. He started liking pictures I'd been tagged in on my friends Instagram. Visited my ex's pages. He kept pushing for my phone numbers or saying he "was going to be around my work" on days I wasn't even working. Luckily I had already found a new job.

I think he's still on my Facebook contacts. His last message to me reads "One of those non-replying types,eh? :P " YEAH I DON'T THINK SO, BUD.

18. From Vittra666:

My mom and I were driving somewhere once and this gorgeous guy on a motorcycle pulls up next to us at a light and we we're both discreetly swooning. I figured I'd try and make a post there for the hell of it and I got a reply from the guys dad? He provided a photo and it was him. The guy turned out to be the boyfriend of this girl I went to high school with. I never contacted him after creeping on Facebook but I really just wanted to know who he was. I still found it weird that the guys dad replied with his information, knowing he was in a relationship.

19. From 666ironmaiden666:

I met a guy at a bar (hanging out playing bags all afternoon) but had to leave suddenly because my friend was too goddamn drunk and got in a fight. I posted a missed connection describing what I knew (his trade union and name and general physical description). Someone in his union saw it and it got back to him.

By the time he responded I had gone back to NYC (I was visiting my home state). We engaged in text banter for a couple months until I was home for Christmas and he brought me to his union shop’s holiday party (a hockey game in a suite). We hung out throughout the break until I went back to NYC for work. Any sort of long-distance thing wouldn’t have made sense, so we left it as a cute little holiday-break fling and mostly fell out of touch.

A couple years later, I’m back living in my home state but he has a girlfriend and I’ve found someone else as well.

20. From eenymeenymomo:

His employees pointed him to our missed connection via the dog park, we hooked up, but didn't see each other again. I think he was going through some stuff.

21. From moonspyke:

I was asked to dance at a club one night when I was just about to go out for a smoke. When I came back inside, she was gone. Posted a missed connections and heard back from her the next day. We went on a date a week later and she turned out to be a fairly poor conversationalist and we had basically nothing in common.

22. From maux_zaikq:

I was at a bus stop and noticed a guy checking me out from his car. We kept making eye contact, but it was hard to actually see him as I was looking through his windows. We kept looking, and it was obvious that under different circumstances we would have started up a conversation, but the light turned green and he pulled off.

I would never think to post to Missed Connections, but I thought - well, it was a missed connection, why not go for it? So I posted when I got home and very quickly got a reply. He said he wanted to post, too, but he wasn’t sure if he should do he was relieved when I did.

If my memory serves me well, we ended up meeting for coffee and then hung out a few times at his apartment. I don’t think we ever had sex—I think we cuddled a few times and just talked, if I recall—and later things just sort of faded (which was okay, I am in my 20s, he was in his 40s or 50s).

So, at the end of the day - no harm, no foul. And I get an “oh yeah, I met a missed connection once” story out of it. That story has been tucked really far back in my mind, so props to this thread for making me remember it. Haha.

(I actually just looked through my old emails and found the thread where we started talking - it was sort of adorable. I just wish I’d saved the original post.)

23. From misstreesandteas:

I have a friend who is currently living with her Craigslist missed connection and they’re 2 years into a relationship with a cat! They met at a bar and spent the night together. Then her friend got sick so she went to the washrooms with her, came back a while later and the bar had closed so everyone had left, and they hadn’t swapped numbers. She posted a missed connection and he got in touch!! I love that story, i swear I’ve told it more times that she has.

24. From goldengirlsmom:

I saw a missed connection with my first name (not that common) in a place I used to frequent the bars. I was curious if it was for me but something about how it was written told me it wasn’t. Then one night I got a text from some dude I met up with one time, 6 years ago, professing his undying love for me. I did a reverse number search and figured out who he was and was shocked, like oh my god that was so long ago what is wrong with this guy? It turns out he thought I was someone else with a different last name. Womp womp.

  1. Clean out your damn contact list once every, oh I don’t know, 6 years, so this doesn’t happen to you.

  2. If a girl blocks you, she doesn’t want to be found.

25. From dougiefresh22:

I had moved to a new city and ended up at a drag show at some local bar. A cute girl was on stage because it was her birthday. I bought her a bday drink, but only chatted for a few minutes before her friends took her away. We didn't exchange names or numbers. When I got home I decided to write a missed connection. One of her friends from the bar saw it and got me in touch. We ended up serving Christmas dinner at a homeless shelter for a first date. Nothing romantic really clicked between us, but we did stay friends for awhile.

22 April Fool's Day Memes.

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"This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four."

-Mark Twain

These memes are not funny. APRIL FOOLS! Honestly, that's the only kind of April Fool's joke any of us can handle this year. With all of the extremely unfunny things happening in the world right now, I think we can all agree elaborate or mean pranks are officially canceled. Let's just stick to laughing at memes now and forever.

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Influencer mom faces backlash for posting about Hamptons trip after testing positive for coronavirus.

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The coronavirus pandemic may have turned the world upside-down, but at least one thing we can always rely on is shockingly bad behavior from social media "influencers."

A popular fashion influencer has faced enormous backlash for using her connections to get a COVID-19 test despite her mild symptoms and being low-risk—and then, after testing positive, putting herself and those around her at risk by refusing to self-isolate.

Arielle Charnas is a NYC-based "fashion blogger" and mother of two young children with over 1.2 million followers on Instagram.

After testing positive for COVID-19, she and her family traveled to a luxury AirBnB in the Hamptons, with their nanny, where she has been accused of exposing her children, her nanny, and infecting a rental property, all while continuing to post ads for luxury clothing brands.

The backlash is understandable, given that the country is on lockdown, there is a nationwide shortage of tests and lack of access for thousands of people who desperately need them, and people who test positive become a public health hazard who are supposed to stay home—not travel to the Hamptons.

Writer Sophie Ross breaks down the scandal in a Twitter thread detailing Charnas' "dangerous and bizarre behavior" surrounding her COVID-19 diagnosis.

Approximately two weeks ago, Charnas posted about having "fevers/chills" and a "very sore/dry throat."

So she called in a favor from a "doctor friend" who tested Charnas from her car. Naturally she filmed the whole thing for Instagram.

Ross says Charnas "rightfully" faced "major backlash" for using her wealth and connections to "cut the line" and get a COVID test despite her symptoms being mild and not being high-risk.

And both Charnas and her husband posted ad content throughout the process of her getting tested.

A few days later she announced she would be resuming her content regardless of whether or not it "offends" people, and would not address her COVID diagnosis any further.

The next day she announced that she tested positive for COVID-19.

After that, she continued to post as "normal," appearing in photos with her nanny and her kids.

A week after her diagnosis, she revealed her husband also had COVID. She appeared "healthy" in Tik Toks of herself dancing.

Eight days after her diagnosis, Charnas and her family left her "palatial" apartment in NYC to go "quarantine" in the Hamptons.

She responded to rumors she had made up her coronavirus diagnosis, and also defended herself against claims she used her privilege to get tested before other, sicker people.

Her defense doesn't really hold up, according to Ross.

Her next selfie was captioned "fresh air" with no mention of the virus. People were pissd at her for putting other lives at risk and also setting a "horrible example" for her many followers.

She then posted a selfie in which she's kissing her daughter. People were now confused as well as angry.

In an Instagram live, followers spotted her nanny in the background. Charnas apparently moved the camera quickly to try and hide this.

This would mean Charnas exposed her nanny to the virus, unless she really was lying about her diagnosis.

And her husband made a "tasteless joke" during the Instagram Live.

Charnas then explained that her nanny was there because she also has COVID-19, which means she made her nanny work while sick?

Meanwhile she continued to plug her loungewear sets but ignored thousands of questions about her COVID diagnosis.

She said to avoid exposing her doormen and neighbors, she had her entire building lobby cleared out so she and her family and nanny (at least three of them infected with coronavirus) could leave on their way to the Hamptons.

Ross points out they commuted from Manhattan to Long Island for "literally zero reason" even though the Hamptons only has 8 ICU beds.

Also: the house they are staying at in the Hamptons is a rental. This means the entire house, belonging to someone else, is now infected.

Commenters have been asking Charnas to donate blood as a recovered COVID patient. But she refused because she's not yet 14 days "symptom-free."

She has no resumed posting fashion-related content "as if nothing happened" without responding to her fans' many questions.

Someone also pointed out that on March 7th, 11 days before her positive COVID test, Arielle held her daughter's birthday party at the Museum of Ice Cream, potentially exposing every single person who attended and works there.

Kate Kennedy, another influencer who proves #notallinfluencers are scum, criticized Charnas' behavior in her Instagram story.

In an update to the story from last night, Ross shared that both Charnas and her husband have turned off their Instagram comments and deleted their most recent stories, which showed them "dancing TikToks" and playing with their kids.

It remains to be seen if Charnas and her family will actually face any consequences for their actions. But their story certainly highlights the disparity between how extremely privileged people's lives are impacted by this virus, compared to the vast majority of the world.

21 people share creepy coincidences that made them believe in the paranormal.

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Regardless of whether you're deeply religious or strictly atheist, there are some inexplicable moments that leave even the most cynical thinkers scratching their heads in awe.

Sometimes it's easier to trust and accept that maybe your dead relative did send you a message, or the weird man who mysteriously protects you from accidents is a guardian angel, because some experiences are truly impossible to explain away, and we don't all have Columbo's detective skills.

In a popular Reddit thread, OP shared their own bizarre experience in a cemetery and asked others to jump in with similarly creepy, inexplicable moments in their lives.

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Walking through a graveyard yesterday, I stepped on a broken piece of a headstone with just my birthday inscribed on it (Pic included).

http://i.imgur.com/Zznhj.jpg I think the creepiest part about it was that it was just sitting there, no other broken pieces near it, and I happened to step right on it.

EDIT: Wow! Thank you all for sharing! I am sufficiently creeped out and probably won't sleep tonight (that's okay, I have to write a 30 pg. paper this weekend anyways). I really appreciate the response - Especially as many comments have been quite personal/pertain to loved ones that have passed.

To answer a few recurring questions:

As to what I was doing in the cemetery - This is in my hometown. When I lived there, I walked through this graveyard weekly. I've always loved cemeteries, they are just extremely peaceful and beautiful. Probably the strangest thing about the experience is the fact I've walked the path I found it on countless times. It wasn't there before, I certainly would have noticed. However that stone got underfoot, it got there in the past few months.

No, I didn't keep it. I'm not superstitious, but I wouldn't feel right about taking it. I did move it off the path, and perched it up against a tree.

SOO MANY GEMINIS!! On May 27th, I fully intend on raising a glass to all my reddit birthday-mates in penance for scaring the sh*t out of you when you loaded the picture....provided I'm still alive. :)

2. From euphonious_munk:

Six years ago, because of my drinking, I'd been homeless for about 8 months. I'd been at a shelter for a few weeks and one day, as I walked from the library back to the shelter for dinner, I decided I couldn't take anymore. I was ready to kill myself. That prior August my mother had passed away, so on the street that evening I said to her, "I can't take it anymore, mom. Help me." Back at the shelter, after dinner, us bums waited for showers and bedtime. That evening the shelter had more residents than usual and many of them needed clean socks or underwear, etc.

On this night, it wasn't scheduled, but the shelter opened the basement where they kept donated clothes. I didn't need anything, but I was bored, so I went downstairs. I browsed the racks and didn't find anything to my liking so I headed for the stairs. That's where I found 'LeMutt'. 'LeMutt' is a toy, a little stuffed dog, and I'd had one when I was a kid. In fact, I clearly remembered my mother and I in the store, 20+ years ago, buying him.

I was in 3rd grade then. I asked a volunteer if he knew where the dog came from. He shook his head. This was, and still is, a men's homeless shelter. People were not dropping-off stuffed animals for the junkies and drunks. I don't know where the dog came from, but I kept him. Still got him. Anyway, my life is much better, and different, today. I'm set to graduate with a BFA next month. Life is really, really good. Thanks, Mom. I love you.

3. From saawariya:

Around six or seven years ago, a large portion of my neighborhood burned down in the fires that swept through southern california. While helping my friend's family pick through the rubble of their home for anything that could be salvaged, I saw a speck of white paper in the midst of one of the more blackened areas. I picked it up and read it--the only text on this bit of paper, left over after the rest of the page had burned away, was "from the ashes, new life is born".

4. From tomdwilliams:

When I was about 12 I had a terrible nightmare in which two planes collided in mid-air. It was extremely vivid and I woke up in a panic. My bedroom was right next to the family bathroom and after about 30 mins of lying in bed freaking out I noticed the landing light come on and knew that a parent was heading to the bathroom. Now by twelve I wasn't the sort to bother my parents about nightmares any more, but I was convinced there was going to be a plane crash, so I rushed out to my mum and told her everything.

She said I was being stupid and that I should just read and try to get back to sleep. The next morning my mum comes rushing into my room and pulls me out of bed and has my dad with her. She asks me to tell him about my nightmare and then they both looked freaked out. They insisted that I went downstairs with them to watch the news. I thought they were pranking me or something but when I got down breakfast news was running a story about this. We later worked out that I'd woken up around about the time the crash itself took place. Nothing like this has happened since.

5. From MultipleColoredChloe:

A couple years back, I had a dream of my grandfather, who I was not particularly close to by any means. In my dream I saw his casket formally covered by an American flag-- he served in the military. He stood next to me in a room full of mourners and held my hand. He told me not to follow him out of the doors when he left. I watched him leave. When I woke up and went downstairs to get breakfast and call my father to tell him happy birthday, my older brother informed me that my grandfather had just passed away in his sleep while I also slept.

TL:DR: My father's father came to me in my dream on the night of his death to wish me goodbye, which was also on my father's birthday

Edit: As some of you have been asking, no, this experience did not change my religious views. The universe is a mystery and it only made me realize that some of us might be more aware of what happens in our subconscious. Also, I had no previous information before that morning that my grandfather was on his deathbed-- we weren't close family members and I was a teenager at the time so my family most likely did not see me as a priority to inform. He died of old age but did have severe Alzheimer's, although he seemed perfectly conscious and aware of what was happening in my dream.

These experiences only make me wonder about the universe.

6. From DogsBlimpsShootCloth:

When I was in 7th grade I had a serious crush on a girl. One day her mom was driving a bunch of us somewhere and everyone was talking and making jokes. I can't remember the exact conversation, but I had a moment of silence where it was my chance to make everyone laugh. I made a super lame joke that brought silence. My moment to impress was ruined.

Come 10 years later. I am driving a car with the kids of family friends. In the same seat in the back sits a kid that reminds me of me, and there is a girl in the front seat he likes. The EXACT conversation (something about not enough of us to do something) starts progressing. I look into the rear view mirror at the kid and was thinking "don't say we will multiply. Don't say we will multiply!" (Seriously wish I remember exactly what the conversation was). I was going to intervene before he said it but BAM he drops the same lame joke I did 10 years before. And it seriously had no context or comical value at all.

I was in awe like I was psychic (a useless one apparently). I'm assuming he did not get the girl either.

7. From Gravee:

I went to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington when I was 12. When you first go in, they give you this passport thing which tells you the story of someone who lived during the Holocaust. The one that I got had a young man whose birthday was the same as mine, except 50 years prior. The day I went to the museum was 50 years to the day since his death.

8. From Kamelot4211:

I was walking through the woods one day, and I stumbled across a graveyard from the 1800's 1900's. I was just walking through and the first one that I saw was a little boy who died on the same day that I was born. The crazy part was that he and I had the same first and middle name.

9. From smokinbuzzard79:

My friend had told me that I would find out within 3 weeks that I was pregnant and it would be a boy. 3 weeks later, to the day, I found out I was pregnant. I didn't find out that I was having a boy until 3 days before I had him. And my friend called me a month and a half before I had my son to tell me that I would have him on the 20th. Sure enough after 36 hours of labor I had my son on Nov. 20th. I always thought it was kinda creepy that she got it right.

10. From bizoid:

Last december, I had a bad dream earlyish in the morning that my dad had stopped taking his liver medication and that he was going to die. In the dream, I asked why he had been so careless but he said that it was just his time. When I woke up, my sister texted me that dad was in the hospital. He passed away 3 weeks later due to, of course, liver complications from not taking his medication.

11. From windy444:

It was nearing Christmas and one day when I came home from school my mother asked me to guess who we got a Christmas card from. Without hesitation I said, "From the people who ran the little motel on our summer trip to Michigan." She was speechless. I was right and I was speechless too.

12. From ThisAverageGuy:

On my 12th birthday I was on the way to the bike shop to get a new bike, I was with my dad, his girlfriend and my brother. We was still about 10 minutes away from the town center, so no where near the bike shop.

Some random, old, creepy looking guy came up to us, looked down at me and said; "You buying a bike?" I looked at my dad, confused and kinda scared.

We told him that we were on our way to buy a bike. He then started going on about how I MUST get a helmet and wear it ALL the time! We was a little freaked out but we just assumed he was a weirdo and just forgot about it.

A few hours later I was riding through the park on my new bike and I fell off. I didn't fall very hard and landed on grass so it was cool. As I went to get up brush myself off, I looked up and he was just standing there, looking disappointed and shaking his head. He thing shook his index finger at me and said; "I told you to wear a helmet."

At this point I just sh*t myself and rode as fast as I could home!

What is even weirder though is the fact that I have moved about 40-50 miles away since then and I still see him every once in a while. I don't believe in guardian angels but it just creeps me out.

13. From IslaSorna:

When we were kids a group of us used to hang around near a small stream. One night we were there I got a really bad feeling, and told my friends I was going home. I begged them to come with me, but only one did. I practically legged it up the hill from the stream, I was so afraid. The next day I found out the girls that stayed got beaten by a girl gang less than fifteen minutes after I and our friend had left.

Still freaks me how I knew to get outa there.

14. From throwawayyyy33:

My grandmother was in hospice back when I was still in high school. My aunt's family and my mom and all my siblings went to see her. As is common, she was pretty drugged with all kinds of morphine and wasnt making much sense. Didnt know who we were. Gibberish really. but she would keep mentioning, there was people near the ceiling and stuff. My aunt and mom kept trying to talk to her, asking if she was comfortable etc. Then all of a sudden, she turns her head and stares at me. In the clearest voice I'd heard from her all day, she says, "oh my, there's a little one next to you", and smiles.

Still freaks me out.

15. From godzilla_rocks:

My brother's name is Kelly. A few times, strangers have stopped near him and flatly say, "Kelly." Then keep walking. A waiter did it once, he stood right behind his chair with a full plate of dirty dishes, stopping to pronounce "Kelly", then moving along. It happened a lot when we were on our way to work or school.

16. From Drrrkk:

Probably too late to the party here, but in high school there was a kid who had the same middle and last name as me, the same birthday, and our parents had the same names. Not even kidding. It blew my mind.

17. From AnAbundance_ofCats:

Well, for me it would be when I moved from Massachusetts to where I am now.

There were these two kids that lived in my now hometown, a brother and a sister. The brother and sister were the same ages as my brother and I, respectively. The boy and my brother's names both started with "T", and the girl and my names both started with "A". The boy was more of an athletic type, while the girl was more into art; also like my brother and I. I was a girlscout in my town in MA before, and I joined one of the troops when I got here, and it was the troop that the girl had been in.

Three days before we moved in, the two kids were hit by a drunk driver and killed.

It was pretty damn eerie...

18. From Sarcasm_and_stuff:

After my great-aunt Lynn passed away, my other great-aunt Cynthia was walking home in the rain. Obviously she was pretty sad. She said, "Lynn, show me some proof that you're still here."

My aunt Lynn collected these rare things called Indian medicine bags. Somehow, Cynthia found one on the ground in the rain. Inside there were six paper dolls- four girls and two guys. One of the girls was wearing pants.

The coincidence? In her family, there are four sisters and two brothers. Aunt Lynn always wore pants.

19. From AC0CA:

When I was 17, I worked at Red Lobster. I closed the kitchen, so I was one of the last people to leave somewhere between midnight and 1 AM. Being as late as it was, some of the city's bus routes were already done for the day and only the heavy traffic ones were still running. Due to this inconvenience, I had to take a bus that dropped me off several city blocks away from home, leaving me with a twenty minute walk home.

This lead me through a graveyard in the middle of a neighborhood, one of the oldest in the city. It had a small street that ran through it with streetlights, but both ends had a gate stopping vehicular traffic, only allowing pedestrians through and headstones line either side instead of sidewalks. Creepy enough at night, but it was faster than walking around, especially since the cemetery was wide and narrow.

At this particular point, I had been walking through here at least once a week coming home from work, so I grew fairly comfortable there and would even sometimes just check out headstones instead of walking straight home. This one night, however, things changed.

I was walking up to the cemetery's street, cutting through a grocery store parking lot, just wanting to get home to bed. As I walked up the side street leading to the pedestrian entrance, the streetlights in the cemetery shut off. All of them. At once.

"Weird," I thought, but I carried on. My bed was calling me. I walk through the gate and the first light turned on, basking me in it's glow. I slowed, looked around and saw nothing unusual so I continued. Coming to the edges of this lone lamp, the second light flickered on, stopping me in my tracks. I pull my already quietened headphones out of my ears, getting scared and searching for an answer.

Still nothing. I pick up my pace, briskly walking through this second pool of light, noticing that the first pool has disappeared as I leave it behind. Getting up to the third light, it flashes to life while the second one dims out, much like my bravado by now. This continues on all the way through, the lights turning on and off as I enter and leave them, jogging out of fear.

As I make my escape, the lights all off for now, I think about how creepy it would be if they all turned on now... But they didn't. At least, not until I was across the street from the graveyard, causing me to break into a run for the rest of the way home.

I've told this to many friends, and always get the "it was probably just motion sensors". It wasn't. I continued to use that path and had a couple of other less freaky experiences, but never again did I have the lights protect(?) me in such a way.

20. From Mr_Monster:

When I was eight years old a man walked up behind me, called my name and said, "You won't remember me, but we are proud of you. We are watching you. Be good now. You are important."

I ran inside the barber shop to my mom and told her. She went outside, but there was no one there. Ever since then I've felt like I'm being watched, but that I'm destined for something special. Epic troll possibly, but inspiring none the less.

21. From turnipstealer:

My mum once had a terrible dream that something awful had happened in the town we used to live in. We hadn't lived there for 5+ years. Just out of curiousity she checked their local newspaper online and in the obituaries section she saw that my best friend from when I lived there had died of cancer a couple of days previous. Not being one for paranormal/ghost/psychic stuff, this one had me stumped.

16 people share stories of their craziest experiences with cab drivers.

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With ride-share services all over the world, more people than ever are working as cab drivers.

Before Uber or Lyft, people in major cities would fight over cabs in the rain, rush hour or whenever the shift changed (4 PM and 4 AM were impossible cab-hailing hours). Most of the time, taking a cab is a pleasant, quiet experience with a little small talk and a safe way to get to your destination. However, sometimes things really go off the rails. In New York City, it's not uncommon to overhear a cab driver have a very personal, often angry phone conversation with a family member and if you've ever dared to take an Uber Pool or Lyft Line, the people you've had to share cars with are sometimes not worth the money saved. Word to the wise: never share a cab with anyone on Halloween or New Year's Eve if you don't want to get a stranger's vodka cranberry vomit in your hair...

When a recent Reddit user asked the internet to share their crazy cab stories, people were ready to unload their wildest rides...

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Not my story, but a friend's. After a night of partying with her girls, they all hop into a taxi and tells the cabbie where their apartment is. The cab driver turns around and starts flirting with them. During the drive, he asks them, "Have you ever heard of a disco taxi?" After the quizzical "No?", he whips out a colored flashlight and blasts some techno music, waving the light around until they get to their destination. I have no idea how much they tipped him, but I can only hope it was a generous amount. - forseeablebananas

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Coming home late night in Chicago. Cab driver has the partition closed, but his windows open so he can yell at women. He is yelling, "I have US passport, you come home with me!" After a few minutes of this we start to talk to him, and convince him that women don't care about US passports. If he wanted to lure women he needed to talk about his 401K and diversified portfolio. He asked what these things were, didn't care, and started to yell out the window, "401K, diversified portfolio, you come home with me!" Strangely, he didn't succeed with any women that cab ride... - mddawso

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Stumbled into a cab driven by an old turkish driver at about 3am on Hamburg's Reeperbahn. Was very, very drunk. My apartment was like 20 minutes away. After about 10 minutes of drunken dozing I look to my left and there was an old turkish woman sitting next to me knitting. Headscarf and shawl on. I was like WTF as I hadn't noticed her as she melted into the beaded upholstery.

"Driver, who is this woman?!"

"She is my wife"

"Why is she here?"

"For protection"

"To protect you?"

"No I have this to protect me" Pulls machete out of door pocket and starts waving it around like the guy in Indiana Jones - [deleted]

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After a long night of drinking, a couple of friends and I hailed down a cab. The driver was on the phone, and we were drunkenly babbling the whole ride. 5 minutes before we're about to reach our destination, the driver hangs up, looks at us and says "You guys like pussy?"

We start dying of laughter, and the cab driver turns on the screen he had installed in his car. He was playing brazilian gang bang porn, and we immediately die of laughter. - GoRaptors

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There's a hallowed taxi near Glasgow driven by a man who loops his arms through the wheel and plays a flute while driving with his elbows. He's hard to catch, but so worth it. - brennnan

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I got a cab back from seeing a band one night. As we got to my suburb, the cabbie casually says that he used to date a girl around here, back in the seventies. 'She lived... There, yeah, in that house. Haha oh yeah, slept with her twin sister a few times too. And their mother. That was a crazy three weeks.' I don't remember the band I saw that night, but I'll always remember being in awe of that boss cab driver. - fivegut

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I hailed a cab in Rome to take a couple of friends and me from the train station to a small hotel we were staying at. The driver was a nice-looking 40 year old woman.

Turns out she didn't know where the street was. We were stopped at a light on a big Roman thoroughfare (Via del Corso, probably), when she rolled down the window and waved at a taxi in the lane next to us. She leaned out the window and had a short conversation with the other driver in Italian about where the hotel was.

She rolled up the window. "That's my papa!" she said, beaming. - Whizbang

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A bit more than 20 years ago, my mom was pregnant, and going into labor . My dad , who was a resident at a hospital at the time, insisted that they take a cab to his hospital, rather than the nearest one (this was in New York, though, so it wasn't that far). My parents promised the driver "Don't worry, we won't deliver the baby in the cab".

This turned out to be an empty promise. While the cab's speeding down the west side highway, eventually my mom realizes that she is going to deliver the baby in the cab. My dad, who brought some towels just in case, fortunately was prepared for this and had the expertise necessary to be on the receiving end. Fortunately, all three of us made it without further incident to the hospital, and we made sure to tip the cab driver generously.

One of my goals in life is to find him again. - basilect

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When I was 14, my family moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One time, some friends and I got in a cab after hanging out at a bar and the driver in his attempt to strike up a conversation with us asks, "So, are you guys Nazis?" This happened 12 years ago and I'm still scratching my head. - thepigthatshatonyou

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I was visiting a friend in europe, were smoking a joint at his place and he rolls another one and says we'll smoke it on the way in the cab. I figured he knows what he was doing so we go out, call a cab and start to smoke inside. When the cab driver asks whats going on my friend says "its cool, here have a smoke" and gives him the joint. He, a little confused, takes a pull and hands it back.

After we arrive and get out he start laughing and saying how crazy that was. Thats when I realized this wasnt something that people do here all the time and is normal but that it was the first time hes done it as well. - ImnoPoop

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Was heading back from a concert with a mate, and the cabbie asked us where we'd been, so we told him we were at a metal gig. In response, he tells us he loves metal, and starts talking about the bands he dropped acid too when he was younger, and changes the station to one that was playing death metal. Made for an interesting ride. - shdz

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Not that crazy and I'm not sure if anyone else has mentioned him, but Montreal has a crazy, harmonica playing taxi driver: the Bluesman. We randomly got a ride from him once and he just whipped out his harmonica and started riffing some hilarious broken-English blues jams and hodgepodge pseudophilosophy. Seriously made our ride a lot more enjoyable and gave us a good story to tell afterwards. He had a whole stack of free newspapers on the front seat because he was featured in an article that week, and gave us his business card in case we ever needed a blues-themed ride to the airport. - ReverendBlue

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I was in Niagara falls for new years. Me and a couple friends decided to take a cab to the strip club for the night. We pile into a van cab with a middle aged middle eastern looking guy. He starts driving and everything is normal. A song comes on the radio, (the one republic song, I don't recall the name) and the cabby goes batshit crazy yelling every word and dancing in the most disturbing way possible. We are still doing a good 80-100km on the road and he is so distracted that he doesn't see the car making the left into a gas station ahead of us. I see the situation about to happen, freak out, my friends notice and freak out...Cab driver doesnt skip a lyric, swerves into oncoming traffic, swerves back into the lane and continues singing...like nothing ever happened. - CanaDan

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Cab ride in Mexico.

Highlights:

  • clipping a (young) kid that was on a bike. They didn't get seriously hurt, but they went FLYING. Cabbie didn't stop. I wouldn't have seen the end result had I not looked back to.

  • cussing (in Spanish) out one of his passengers because they were doing coke in the backseat and not sharing it with him.

  • him trying to get us, repeatedly, to ride with him just a little while longer and that he'd take us to a really, really nice place; out of the way and lots of girls.

We bailed. - the_ouskull

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I was sitting in the front seat one time (wasted)... I pointed at the ticker on the dashboard and he thought I was trying to reset it and threatened to break my f*cking fingers.

I use the word f*cking because he did. - [deleted]

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Friends and I were stuffed in to a cab after a night of drinking. We were pretty rowdy and making a lot of obnoxious comments. I apologized to the driver for everyones behavior and explained that we were pretty drunk. His response? "It's ok so am I." It was at this point that I realized we were on our 2nd of several trips around a traffic circle as he was having some trouble exiting the circle. We were a couple blocks away from home but it took him like 15 minutes to find it which included driving around the block several times and going the wrong way down a one way street. He ended up not charging us but we gave him $20 anyway. - The_Bard

12 people share the creepiest things that happened to them when they were alone.

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Whether real, imagined, or supernatural, people have had scary experiences without anybody around to validate them. Thankfully, that's what the internet is for.

People shared the creepiest things they'd experienced when they were alone, and they're way more frightening than just plain loneliness.

1. CharredRyeBread might be the kid from Parasite.

When I was a kid, I used to spend a lot of time alone in my basement. We had a TV down there, so I was down there pretty late most nights in the summer. One pretty late night, I swear I heard rustling from behind me, but when I turned around, there was nothing there. I felt a really sharp breath on the back of my neck (hard enough to blow my hair). Took off up the steps, leaving everything on downstairs. I grabbed my mom and we went back downstairs to check it out. Everything was turned off.

I didn’t hangout downstairs anymore.

2. One man's romantic gesture is another man's home invasion, GoonsAndGhouls.

My mom works night shifts, so I was home a lot often.

I went downstairs to make some dinner and take it back to my room, but before leaving the kitchen I locked the back door.

I go upstairs and then I heard this awful bang and scrape noise. I was so scared but I still went to check what it was. I opened the back door and I saw three bouquets of roses. I called my mom crying about it. She said a guy friend came by and wanted to give it to us (mom, sister, me) for Valentine’s Day.

I told her about how the door was suddenly unlocked and she said that he doesn’t have a key.

3. SilentSamamander was outfoxed.

I was walking home from a bar one night when I was at uni, and heard what sounded like a bloodcurdling female scream. I was absolutely petrified - made a cursory glance to see if I could easily see what was going on but when I couldn't see anyone I sprinted home.

It was only months later that I saw a video online and realised what it was - it was a fucking fox. Their screams are horrifying.

4. Elumiie likely had a noisy neighbor or a pet raccoon.

When it was night I always heard my mother coughing downstairs. One weekend my parents and my brother went on a trip together and I was home alone. And I heard the coughing. So it was not my mom.

5. DungMeares experienced everybody's nightmare.

Me and my mom saw someone or something watching us sleep. I was about 5 or 6 years old and my mom was putting me to sleep. I fell asleep and when I woke up in the middle of the night I saw a dark figure like a man standing in front of the window. I woke my mom up almost about to cry and I was hoping it was just a tree or something because we were on the second floor of the house. But when she woke up she also saw what happened and told me to stay put and don't move. She quickly ran to the living room because we had guests over and everyone was still up drinking. She told everyone what happened and for 3 hours everyone went out and searched around the house. What I didn't tell her was that when she left the window started to rattle as if someone was trying to open it. I was scared and never slept on my own in that room until I was 8.

6. VendettaHawk's instincts were correct.

This happened a few years ago. It was about 9:00 PM and I was returning from practice. I would say I'm a pretty paranoid guy and usually overthink stuff.

As I was walking down the road I had this terrible gut feeling , like my heart dropped . I immediately felt like I should look behind me. I turn around and saw a man ( pretty muscular, around his middle 30s) staring at me. I froze and suddenly the same gut feeling returned.

I don't know why but I had that urge to scream. The guy actually took off running, probably because he thought I was calling for help. When I got home I told my parents ( I was 14 at the time ) and we called the police. A few days later a police officer knocks on our door and starts asking me questions. He had a picture of the guy from that night. I could tell it was him due to him being bald , and from his muscular body. It turns out they had already caught the guy and just wanted to confirm if it was him.

I later find out this guy has been guilty for murder, molestation etc. He was also carrying a knife the night I saw him. Really messed up guy.

(I was a really smart boy at the age of fourteen, so of course I didn't go to my house immediately, in case he followed me again. I just kinda went as far from my house before returning.)

7. Why'd it have to be snakes, AcceptableRub1?

Not my house but my great grandmother's house, about 2 years after she died. This was in rural Pennsylvania, and as such, no one really came though, which I guess is why no one was too worried about leaving a 12 year old home by himself in a place he wasn't familiar with. Anyway, I woke up from a nap to find everyone gone. There was a note in the kitchen which explained they had gone into town to go see a play or something and that if i needed anything to call them. Well, for the first 20 minutes everything was great, but then it started to storm. A really bad thunderstorm hit, and the power went out. The phone was also out because it was a landline, and we had no power.

I'm scared sh*tless, but somehow managed to find and light candles around the house. Already on edge, I start hearing noises coming from the cellar. I do not know what possessed me to do this, but I decided to go check out the noises. Well, it turns out there was a black snake infestation in the cellar, which no one knew about since hardly anyone went to the cellar anymore after my great grandmother died. Well, after seeing about 5 snakes right at the bottom of the steps slithering around, I lost my will to explore the rest of the cellar, and ran back upstairs screaming. I slammed shut the cellar door, and ran to hide in the bedroom under the bed. After what felt like hours, although was in reality only about 5 minutes later, I heard a knock on the back door. I thought I was about to be killed by some serial killer or monster, but the knock kept coming.

Suddenly, as I'm going to sneak a peek as to who is at the door, I hear the door unlock and someone walk in. I'm about to run screaming, when suddenly I hear a man's voice calling my name. Turns out it was the neighbor who helped my great grandmother out a lot, and he had come over to check on me after my parents had called and told him they couldnt get ahold of me. Turns out the house wasn't possessed, and the snakes had apparently been there for years. That is still the most scared I have ever been.

8. The FBI says hi, Dehydrated-Chip.

Once when I was home alone at night, I was just playing my Xbox when I noticed at the corner of my eye that my laptop on the other side of the room had turned the face recognition on... even though I was no where near it and not in its camera view and it had been in the same exact position for about an hour without doing anything. Doesn’t sound as creepy writing it down now but I nearly sharted at the time.

9. DemSumBigAssRidges had an LSD trip without the LSD.

When I was around 12-15 (I can't really date it better other than I had a weight bench, so I know I wasn't younger), I was in my bedroom. It was late, and the lights were off. I can't remember if I had woken up or if I was just kind of laying there. Anyways, I happened to open my eyes, and leaning against the end of my weight bench was this shadowy figure. It had no features, but it had a "human" shape and basically looked like... well... shadow and purple stars (not the elementary school, five-point stars... like... "looking at the night sky" stars only they were purple). I didn't know what I was looking at, but... it waved at me. I don't remember anything else.

10. OutragedBubinga had a very practical ghost.

When I was around 10, I came back home after school and started doing my homework and the TV suddenly turned on. I went and turned it off. A few minutes later it opened again. I was starting to get freaked out so I called my mom. She tells "There's a ghost in the house, leave!!". I'm 10. My heart stopped and I almost cried. Then she starts laughing and tells me not to worry and that my dad will check it out once he gets home.

Turned out to be some sort of automatic thing that would turn on the TV.

11. Nothing like fear to get the heart rate up on a jog, itorogirl16.

I'm a female and I do my morning jog around my neighborhood at 3 am because the rest of the day I'm in school and at work. One morning, I'm jogging back to my house to get ready for school. I'm at the end of my street where there is a mini forest and no street lights and all of a sudden I hear heavy footsteps behind me. All this time, I had been cruising along just enjoying the cold air and the silence, but when I heard that I thought, "Hell no...not today!" and took off as fast as I could toward the lit part of my street. When I felt I had run far enough, I shone my flashlight back to see if anything was there and I didn't see anything. Needless to say, it took me an extra hour and a half the next morning to convince myself to go jogging.

12. _Novagrog_ had a new sister.

I was happy to have the house to myself for maybe an hour. On one of my trips to the kitchen, when walking back to my bedroom, I saw a black doll on my mother's bed. We do not have dolls in this house and this one was just materialized on her bed. It did not look particularly creepy, but you know, WHERE THE F DID THAT COME FROM? I did not investigate further. I just made a cross sign and turned the corner to enter my bedroom. I asked on r/voodoo about this an apparently voodoo dolls are only used for evil in movies. I do not know what to make of this.

25 Memes That Will Only Be Funny If You Have A Dog.

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“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”

– Josh Billing

My dog is my best friend. In fact, he's staring at me right now as I type this. He's wondering wtf is so hilarious. How do I tell him about memes? If you love dogs and love to laugh this list of adorably hysterical dog memes is going to rock your world.

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27 people share the movie clichés that you never actually see in real life.

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Screenwriters love clichés as much as quirky girls love taking off their glasses, shaking out their ponytails, and suddenly becoming irresistible to a handsome architect. Screenwriters love clichés so much they want to marry them even as their in-laws do everything in their power to stop the wedding, but then finally come around in the end (phew!).

Why do movies so often feature clichés that don't actually happen to the vast majority of the people who watch them? I don't know. Guess I'll have to go ask my sassy gay friend who works in a luxury boutique and mysteriously has the answers to everything.

Someone asked Reddit: "what is a 'movie cliche' that you never really see [in real life]"? Here are 27 tropes that you've probably seen in movies, and only in movies:

1.) From ghost0427:

19 year old part timer at a fast food restaurant, living by themselves in a luxurious 2 bedroom apartment downtown in a major city.

2.) From THE_LOUDEST_PENIS:

"I can explain!"

-30 minutes later, still hasn't explained-

3.) From RRuruurrr:

No one ever wants to give their partner the benefit of the doubt. So many characters get caught doing something seemingly suspicious that could be explained/justified by giving context. But, of course, no one wants to take the ten seconds to hear it.

4.) From scottiebass:

No matter what crowded city or time of day it is, there will ALWAYS be an open parking spot right exactly in front of wherever they're driving to.

5.) From Rathmec:

A room full of 5+ people that have a conversation that flows perfectly and isn't just people constantly talking over each other.

6.) From -TheAnimal-:

People taking like 20 stronger punches right on the chin like nothing

7.) From Scroobiusness:

When two characters get out of a car and one says “so what are we doing here?”, “where are we?” Or “what’s the plan?” As if they didn’t just have the entire car ride to discus this. I’ve never had a friend say “I’ll explain later!” And then sit silently in traffic until we get there and then “okay so here the deal...”

8.) From Aakshaj:

No smoke when there is fire

9.) From insert-username12:

Asking someone out on a date, saying “pick you up at 8”. Then just leaving, no question on where the f*ck they live or where they’ll pick them up from.

10.) From ThatDood1_:

"There's no time to explain!" Well...I mean, in the same time it took to say that, you could have said "there's a man chasing after me!" Or "we have to get to the hospital!" Or literally any other simple phrase that gives a general idea of what the hell is happening

11.) From cousin_geri:

A bedroom full of lit candles during sex.

12.) From troublelady14:

The "meet cute". Where two folks bump into each other at the grocery store and end up chatting, then dating, then breaking up over a misunderstanding, then getting back together.

13.) From BloodAndBroccoli:

People turning the water on in a shower while standing directly under it

14.) From coffeeblossom:

Someone who stalks their crush, and not only doesn't wind up on the wrong side of an arrest warrant and/or a restraining order, but actually gets into a relationship with that person (who clearly doesn't think they're a creep).

15.) From supersonic-hedgehog:

Getting knocked out cold and being perfectly fine

16.) From android-unknown:

The "nerdy" girl letting her hair down and suddenly becoming hot.

17.) From GravyxNips:

Your handgun has 52 bullets before reloading

18.) From I_Got_Tiny_Meat:

Having a table full of breakfast in the morning and taking only a strip of bacon in a rush to school/work.

19.) From shaka_sulu:

"Worlds going to explode in 5 minutes"

*Uses 3 minutes of it to give a speech

20.) From 2nd-circle_libertine:

Physical bullying in highschool, like throwing drinks, stuffing people in lockers, etc. Maybe it's my school but bullying is almost always psychological. Rumours, mean comments and jokes, and exclusions.

21.) From Yovid-19:

People hanging up the phone without saying goodbye.

22.) From SassSmash:

A woman giving birth to an obviously six-month-old baby.

23.) From imnachos:

you're about to go on stage in front of many people. you're nervous and kind of mess up for whatever reason, like you touch the mic and it makes that obnoxious loud sound, the crowd may start booing. then however you perform brilliantly, like you didnt just embarrass yourself in front of 200 people, and when you're done, someone starts clapping slowly and then everyone joins, you win the competition and get to go out with your crush

24.) From punsandposes:

High school parties aren't all that common where I live. And the campfires/bonfires aren't as serene as they're depicted. Usually smoke flies into my eyes and I have to sit 10 feet away from the fire, my back freezing and my front being broiled.

Edit: Forgot people knocking on windows to get someone's attention at night. I'd flip out.

25.) From windyscarecrow:

The nerdy teenage boy gets the hot girl because she falls in love with his personality.

Editor's note: this actually does happen all the time in Hollywood.

26.) From insane__knight:

I've never been so overwhelmed, exhausted or emotionally drained that I've splashed water on my face.

High school parties with a full on DJ and every body is dancing.

Part time bartender or baristas living in huge apartments by themselves in New York City. Patrick Bateman worked on wall street and while his apartment was really nice it's like half the size of apartments we see in other movies.

27.) From CAdamH:

Turning the TV on to the correct channel at exactly the right moment to catch a relevant, potentially life-changing news broadcast from the very beginning.

People predict these 21 things will be less popular after quarantine.

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With so many lockdowns and quarantines currently in place worldwide, it's pretty safe to say that things are changing.

And while people are daydreaming about the future when we'll be able to socialize IRL again, there are also fears and predictions that certain things won't make it to the other side of the pandemic.

A recent Reddit thread asked people to predict what customs and businesses will become less popular when life goes back to normal. The answers provide some interesting food for thought.

1. Video-conferencing won't go away, but some people think Zoom will.

I think zoom is going to be the MySpace / blackberry of video conferencing. I suspect another company will sweep in after all this, maybe finding a way to make it a bit more professional, maybe just make it feel different. - PineappleGrandMaster

2. Respect for employers might become a thing of the past.

I know I'm losing more and more faith in my employer every single day and will be making a hellstorm of mess about it to my union when this is over. Idk if it'll do anything, but the disgusting amount of bulls*** I've witnessed these past few weeks has me sick to my god d*** stomach, daily. - DaBearsMan_

3. If anyone believed this in the first place...

The belief that our government has our vested interests at heart. - OptimusSublime

4. People are hoping that working remotely becomes much more accepted.

Going to the office to work when you can just work at home. - TheWildColonialBoy1

5. And that people's newfound appreciation for retail and food service workers sticks around.

Treating retail employees, especially grocery store and restaurant workers, like garbage. Obviously there will still be those assholes who keep doing that but hopefully the majority of people will learn a lesson and treat these employees much better. - NotConsistentCalc

6. If a global pandemic can't kill the all-you-can-eat buffet, nothing will.

Buffet resturants - Lilpuff1981

7. Anyone who goes on a cruise after this is a true rebel.

For what it's worth, cruise ships have ALWAYS been incubators for creeping crud. I've been on 20+ cruises over the years and caught colds on a third of them. - FrankieMint

8. Many are hoping handshakes will go away.

I swear to god, why won't people give them up? I've been trying to do a casual wave or a fist bump for years and people just look at me like I'm insane. I even say I prefer not to shake hands and then they extend their hand and stare at me anyway. Why do they continue to torture me? Idk - sweet_0live

9. It's going to be a while before habitual coughers don't get side-eye.

Coughing. Coughing is going to be frowned upon for a very long time - jammy1066

10. At least we'll have an excuse for saying no when someone asks for a sip.

Sharing beverages. - cmx9771

11. Many think businesses who price-gouged or otherwise acted unfairly will take a hit.

Businesses(large and small) that took actions the internet population deemed wrong during covid. - DaftPump

12. Some think business travel will take a hit.

Air travel. The more companies see how much they can do with virtual meetings and such, the more they can decide that this can be a huge money saver when things get better. - rwbisme

13. Others fear movie theatres might not come out the other end.

I’m worried about movie theaters. They’ve been struggling for awhile and with them losing so much revenue and companies doing early home releases now, I’m worried they will be a thing of the past in a few years.

Which makes me sad because I love going to the movies, it’s the only extroverted thing I like doing, like why even date if we can’t go see a movie? - MaliciouslyMinty

14. Some might worry that the wrong curves are being flattened.

Dat ass after you've been sitting on the couch for 2 months - dg17377

15. If there is a god, this one will come true.

The "prank" YouTube channels. We can only hope. - DM_ME_TUITION_CASH

16. This may be wishful thinking...

Healthcare tied to Employment - RealKingMcQueen

17. There may come a day when we decide doomsday preppers were right all along.

Making fun of Preppers. - solo_een_vir

18. Could this crisis wean people off of their sports obsession?

the 8000 channels of non stop sports commentary. - miltondelug

19. Gyms could be on the way out.

Gym memberships. A lot of people have bought their own equipment to set up home gyms now that their gyms are closed, and maybe even following some remote programming. Many will realize they live the convenience of working our at home and it will save them money in the long run. - thyownworstfrenemy

20. Some think celebs will stop preaching after this.

Celebrity virtue signalling. It’s already on the way out, along with extremely ostentatious displays of wealth and vanity.

I am glad they support the environment, but they need to stop with the extreme spending and donate their own damned money, don’t beg for funds from people much worse off than them! Also, love those stay at home messages from their luxury villas. Except for Arnold, and only because I like the donkey hanging out in the house. - Kiwikid14

21. Hopefully, the stigma against calling out sick will be a thing of the past.

People going to work when they're sick because they're afraid of the repercussions of calling off - rainelle95

12 people share the weirdest, most disturbing things they've seen a neighbor do.

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Whether you live in an apartment or a house, chances are you've seen your neighbors do some weird stuff.

A recent Reddit thread asked people to spill the weirdest neighbor behavior they've witnessed. The answers might leave you wanting to move to a remote cabin in the woods.

1. Makes you wonder how many times the neighbor did this but didn't knock to announce their presence...

Our house was a California ranch style home, and my room was on the side of the house closest to his home, with his driveway about 16-20 feet from my window.

I was about 8 or 9 at the time. It was late November, so the mornings were still pretty dark.

I was getting ready for school and was putting my shirt on when I heard a knock on my window. Since it was dark, I couldn't see anything, So I quickly pulled my shirt on and ran into the living room to tell my Dad that someone knocked on my window.

That's when Dad sprung into action:

My Dad rushes out our front door and around the side of the house to see our neighbor getting into his truck and angrily asks him who the f*ck was knocking on his kid's window.

Our neighbor claimed that he was just trying to say hi, or some sh*t, but my Dad wouldn't have any of it.

My Dad warned our neighbor to not do anything like that again, or he would cut his d*ck off.

Needless to say, nothing like that happened again. - MunkRubilla

2. Sad, but at least this person helped their neighbor.

Threw a dead weasel through his garage window after screaming at crows to shut up. The weasel died because he littered his yard with poison and was convinced animals were trying to break into his house. He was elderly and had dementia FWIW.

He went off the deep end after his wife passed away and myself and another neighbor would occasionally help him with chores around the house. We eventually convinced the sheriff's department that he was unfit to drive or live alone and he was moved to a nursing home where he passed away a few months later. - EffinSlayer

3. Disturbing indeed.

I had a neighbor abuse their dog by keeping it in a cage outside during the winter and just not feed it. My dad called the animal protection services to try and get the dog out. Sometime after that they moved out, and we never heard from them again, no big confrontation or nothing. I hope that dog made it out OK. - TheRhinoMonk

4. Welp, it's better than a seedy hotel room.

There is a house that is across the road from me that I have never seen anyone go into. Now I live in a fairly well off area, and from what I understand is that the man who owns that house uses it for storage or something. Now I don't think this is true, because periodically I see a car outside of it, or some landscaping crew keep the vegetation down. I believe he is using that house as a place to bring mistresses to. Now I have never personally met the owner, don't even know what he looks like, but my neighbors have. So in a way, it is so strange I have never met my neighbor in the 6 plus years of living where I am. - TheRhinoMonk

5. Time for one of those doorbell cameras!

I caught my neighbor that lives across the hall and 3 apartments down messing with my door like he was trying to get into the apartment. Which is really f****** dumb because I have a pitbull that he seems to be scared of and said dog was standing back growling and snarling at the door, which was how I caught the dude.

I didn't confront him, watched him through the peephole until someone came up the steps and he walked away from the door. - Melgitat_Shujaa

6. This is more dumb than weird...

When I was a kid I used to climb short trees and jump off it to reach down. Short trees, not dangerously tall ones. My neighbour kid who's like 3 years younger than me once told me I'm really cool to do that. I was happy and proud about myself. The next day when I woke up my parents started scolding me. That a***** jumped from his roof to prove himself cooler than me and broke 2 bones and told his parents I told him to do so. - The_Egomaniac

7. Not all creepy neighbors are men. Yay?

Ok, this was when I was like 12 or something. Me and my family were in this really huge kinda victorian style house, but there was one thing, it was in the middle of NOWHERE. Like, there were no hospitals around, no schools, nothing. One summer before getting rid of the house (bc of the lack of schools around) me and my parents + a friend sleept there for a week. Everyday me and my friend would go out and explore everything around us, and I swear to God, that EVERYDAY we would go pass the neighboor's house and she would be staring at us through the window. With the lights out. (For some weird reason) One day we got out at night, cause we just had the feeling that something was wrong. When we go outside the creepy, old and terribly pale neighboor is next to our house, we ask whats going on, she says that she heard a noise coming from the forest nearby, but she could handle the problem and we should just go back to sleep.

Okay, WTF:

When we go inside we just go to a nearby window and try to hear her footsteps. We don't hear a thing. Suddenly our bodies freeze with fear when we hear a sound, but is getting closer. We run to our room and lock all the doors that we go through, since the house is really big we just don't know if she got in, or if it was just a really convinient coincidence. At this point were both crying, and hearing things that could be our brain just playing tricks with us. We didn't sleep that night. Next day we were scared and asked my parents if we could just go back home. Never saw that creepy place again. Guess thats the reason the house was cheap. - MuffinToping

8. Let's hope they just moved out...

I lived in an apartment complex and the people living in the flat above mine had spent a solid week constantly screaming and throwing things loud enough to reach my bedroom. The noises suddenly stopped after a week and haven’t started back up as far as I know. - ToxicFluffer

9. Ah, childhood memories!

When I was 4 or 5 years old I watched a man get shot to death one night through my grand mother's bedroom window. Then I watched as 3 men (one our neighbor) took the body out back and buried it. I must have buried the memory because when I was 35 years old at work something led me to think about that night. I stood there in amazement as I realized I witnessed a murder. - ProbeUranus

10. Stay away from drugs...

One of my good friends growing up took LSD with me and some other friends. He started talking about how we all thought he is gay (even if we thought he was we would have embraced him and supported him) he went on a bad LSD trip and freaked out really weird, ran off into the hills outside and no one ever saw him again. His sister confirmed that after 2 years she had not seen him since then, no one ever did again. I lost one of my good neighborhood friends because of a bad LSD trip that made him believe everyone around him was talking about him being gay so he freaked out, went crazy and never returned home again. I worry about his personal safety every time I remember that. - Letsnotdocorn101

11. At least it's only a car...

There's a guy down the road who has fried his brain so badly with drugs that he makes Ozzy Osborne seem like the most coherent man alive. He lost his license, and so he rides around on a riding mower. He has had the cops called over to his house several times for domestic incidents, and nothing ever really comes of it. For the last couple of weeks, he has kept his beaten up car on the backyard lawn of his property, taking off doors and even the trunk and taking them inside his house one by one. - SamDaMan97

12. Maybe this person's just really, really hot?

Whenever we are doing yard work our neighbor diagonally across the street from us just stares. Neighbor directly across from us has told me that he does the same thing to them from the backyard.

Our neighbor in the back also stares at us heavily as well. I swear we don’t have 12 heads or anything! - tvp204

24 Memes To Help You Start Your Day Off With Some Giggles.

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"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it."

-Jack Handey

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21 of the funniest tweets from people who have no idea what day it is.

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What is time? What day is it? Is it Monday or Thursday? Is March over yet?

Unclear! Now that we've been in quarantine for about two weeks and there isn't a clear end in sight for most of us, the days are blending together in a reel of snacks, moving our cats off our keyboards, homeschooling bored kids, and panic-reading the nonstop news alerts on our phones.

The most important thing we can all do right now is stay home (if you can!), socially distance, wash your hands and support our frontline workers. Don't ask your local grocery store employees why they're sold out of everything, don't tip food delivery people under twenty percent and don't let your daily step count drop down to 23 while zombie-watching Netflix shows you've already seen. It's an incredibly stressful time and many of us are spiraling into a towel of toilet paper, but it's still important keep your sense of humor!

Here are 21 of the funniest tweets from people who have truly lost all sense of time and space.

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13 people share the dumbest lies friends told to impress them that dramatically failed.

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Next time you tell an elaborate lie to make yourself seem cool, make sure it is not easily disproven by a simple Google search.

People shared the funniest stories they heard people make up about themselves to make themselves seem awesome. The result wasn't people thinking they were interesting—the result was people knowing that they are liars.

1. drsameagle supports the troops.

He was a Gulf War veteran. Except, dude, you were born in 1981 and the Gulf War was 1991-1992. When we were in fifth grade. Congrats on being an 11-year-old combat veteran.

2. Midnite_St0rm kept a list:

I no longer have this friend but I used to. He used to claim that:

-His dad was in Green Day

-Green Day taught him how to walk and talk

-He lived in Hollywood for one day of his life and met several hundred celebrities during that day.

-He was the fastest runner on the planet but his mom told him to disguise his actual speed because people would make fun of him

-He was in a rock band (at age 9)

-His dad was also a video game developer and made special games for him as presents

-His parents got him a Bazooka for Christmas

-He had a Pokemon called Mewthree

-He was Hitler’s great-grandson

I’ll let you take a guess how many of these claims were actually true. But at least he was a kid and not a full grown adult.

3. QuiteAChillGuy44's coworker confused reality with porn.

This one coworker of mine once told me a few years back he was contracted to paint this sorority house, and while he was painting about 8 girls, fresh out of the showers, wearing only towels, came in the got naked while they were working and just basically tried to have sex with him. Mind you this guy is a 55-year-old redneck with about 3 teeth in his mouth so I'm calling BS on that.

4. luke5273 passed the test.

He said that his father worked for Nintendo. His father was my maths teacher.

5. sam_neil has Reddit, too.

He’s a senior employee where I work (in EMS). I heard him give a verbatim account of his mother in law reading The Exorcist and getting so freaked out that she threw the book in the river.

He claimed to have seen that happen, bought a new copy, soaked it in water, and then replaced the wet copy in her nightstand which led to her losing her shit.

The problem is that I read that same Reddit thread like a week before. I never confronted him, but it makes me put all his “epic tales” of how he “saved a life”in perspective.

6. RetiredScatologist's neighbor really committed to the bit.

In retrospect, this is so ridiculous but - as a kid, I had a friend who swore he had a twin brother.

It was pretty obvious that he didn’t, since he lived in the same neighborhood as the majority of our friend group, and we all spent a lot of time out & about together on bikes, etc. Not to mention that all of our parents were friendly - and we had all of our birthday parties/barbecues/etc. together as kids.

But, anytime he was pressed about it - he would say that his twin brother was living with his Aunt in Utah - this lasted until we graduated from high school, and now whenever one of us sees him in public, we always make sure to ask if his brother is doing good, and if he’s been to Utah lately.

Hope he turned out alright.

7. Can 12-year-olds even ride motorcycles, WilhelmWrobel?

A friend of mine had an elaborate lie that he was a professional motocross driver during when we were 12 years old.

All his friends knew he was pulling it out off his a** - he never went to train or competitions, he didn't even own a freaking motorcycle - but still told us about it several times a week... Unprompted.

This went on for more than a year. We still give him sh*t about it.

8. Did you try it, EverElusive?

He knew someone who held in their pee for so long they lost their sense of smell.

9. Snuffleupagus03 can fact-check.

A ridiculous marathon time. In an official marathon. Y'know, the kind that posts all the results and times online...

10. Beat that, krankes_hirn.

I knew one guy who would pretty much one-up everything you said to him. If you said something like "I have a bad back and have to take medication from time to time" he'd go on about how he had surgery several times on his back, and had seen many doctors and was taking very strong medication, and so on, and so forth.

Among the things he claims to have experienced he said he:

-Climbed several mountains and was preparing to climb Mt. Everest.

-Won poetry and writing awards.

-Had beaten famous sportsmen before they were famous when they were in junior leagues.

-Had worked at Google and Apple.

-Was to become an Olympian, but had his appendix removed shortly before he would have been picked.

-Had dated a famous actress when they were both younger.

-Flew hang gliders, skydived, skied, rafted, scuba dived and sailed in several countries in the world.

-Had beaten a grand master at chess.

-You get the idea.

Funny thing is that surprisingly, he is a really nice dude. He just talks way too much about himself and "his exploits."

11. Toe way, yvvves.

That she had a fake toe because she broke it. Is that even a thing? How can you say that to me while we are all looking at your real toe?

12. If only that's how green cards worked, moon_monkey.

He was saying that he used to live in America, but came back to the UK after his American wife was killed (decapitated in fact) in a car accident. Then he told us all about this amazing Green Card that he had, that was permanent, so he could go back any time. In fact he offered to lend it to anyone who wanted to work in the US.

Well, what he didn't know was that I was just about to go over there myself, on a contract, so I knew a bit about green cards. So I called him on it, in front of the whole room: Yes, I'm going to the US in a couple of weeks -- look, here's my ticket and US currency, I happen to have them in my wallet right now. So, that card would be really useful. When can I come and get it?

Oh, he backpedaled so fast that he left burn marks on the carpet. Naturally the wife also turned out to be a complete fantasy. I doubt he's ever been closer to the States than watching CSI.

13. Wake me up inside, jo_bo_bo.

A hostess at a restaurant where I worked during college was always talking about her band. She came back after a weekend and said her band finally recorded a demo. Everyone was talking about it and played it in the back while doing food prep. She talked to me about it and I said that her singing voice sounded different that her talking voice, but if that's really her, then it's really good.

In a month or two, Bring Me to Life by Evanescence got really popular and started playing on the radio. It was exactly this girl's "demo.". No one ever confronted her about it as far as I know. But, I get a good laugh ever so often when I think about it.

Ryan Reynolds reveals why he doesn't miss hanging out with men in boozy Colbert interview.

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No amount of quarantining is going to stop Ryan Reynolds from being honest about how he feels. And honestly, his fans and loved ones would have it no other way.

During a virtual interview on Stephen Colbert, Reynolds opened up about how his family is handling quarantine and what it's like being the only man in the house, indefinitely.

"I'm here with my wife, Blake, our three daughters — five, three, and about eight months, and my mother-in-law, she's also here," he shared.

Reynolds made it clear that having his mother-in-law around has been amazing, partially because of his secret plans for her.

"She's been a lifesaver, it's been incredible to have her here," Ryan said. "She doesn't know it but she's actually emergency food if this gets real."

When asked if he missed being around "masculine company" Reynolds didn't hesitate before emphatically saying that he does not miss other men at all.

"I do not miss masculine company at all. Really, most men tend to just be the architects of someone's demise."

He continued:

"I like just being here with the girls. I like doing the girl's stuff. I try not to push gender-normative ideas on my kids as they were born but each one, when they came out that chute, they really wanted to make dresses, they wanted to dress in hot pink all day, so that's what I do."

Reynolds also shared that the family is trying to use this time at home as an opportunity to learn new skills.

"We're lucky enough to have a tiny garden, so we're learning a little bit about gardening. We're trying to make this an educational experience, but I'm mostly drinking," he joked.

A lot of people took to the internet to express appreciation for Reynolds' sentiments about gender, and the overall honesty of the interview.

You can watch the full interview here, for more buzzed revelations from both Reynolds and Colbert.


22 people who've been to the zoos featured in 'Tiger King' share what they were really like.

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By now, we've all seen Tiger King, the wildly addictive Netflix doc about "murder, mayhem, and madness" (and meth). One of the (many) uncomfortable realities the popular documentary series has brought to light is the very real mistreatment of tigers and other exotic animals right here in the U.S. (U.S.A! U.S.A.!)

Someone asked Reddit: "has anyone been to zoos that were documented on Tiger King? What were they like? Was there any indication of the crazy stuff that was in the documentary series?"

These 22 people who've visited Carol Baskin's Big Cat Rescue, Joe Exotic's G.W. park, or other zoos and wildlife parks featured in Tiger King, share their experiences:

1.) From thebluebeagal:

I went to the GW park about 8 years ago. Had no indication of all the crazy stuff going on because they do such a good job of billing it as a rescue. Plus I have been telling everyone since they should go because I got to play with baby tigers which I now feel horrible about.

2.) ​​​​​​From soonerguy11:

This is basically what all my friends who visited the park said. Some even saw or met Joe and mentioned he came across more as a charismatic showman that loved animals.

3.) From BoneAppleSkeetMF:

My friend went to Doc's zoo in Myrtle Beach and said it seems really nice, which isn't surprising. He said there were only a few cats there so he was shocked to hear how many Doc actually has there, and wondered where the rest of them were kept.

Not quite the same but I lived in Zanesville, Ohio when all those animals were released a few years back. Some of the schools shut down and everyone was pretty scared. My grandpa was actually friends with Terry Thompson, the guy who owned the animals and released them. From what my grandma says Terry seemed perfectly sane and cared for the animals a lot, so she's always wondered why he would release them. Oh and Terry also committed suicide after releasing the animals. They skipped over that part in the show and imply he was arrested, but I'm pretty sure he died on his farm. Joe Exotic actually wrote a song about Terry, my grandma sent it to me on YouTube a few weeks back and that's when I first heard about Joe's crazy ass.

4.) From extra_username:

When I was 19, I was driving from New Jersey to Florida with some friends. We stopped at a department store on the way for supplies. There were these two rednecks in the parking lot with two ligers. one was passed out on a table, and one was in a really rinky-looking wire cage.

The rednecks let us pet the ligers and take our pictures for five bucks each. At the time, I thought it was really weird, but I figured they must have been educated and trained to handle big cats, because not any idiot could just buy a tiger or lion or whatever.

Come to find out, any idiot can buy a lion or tiger or whatever. Those poor cats are probably long dead by now.

5.) From RunTheHomemadeJewels:

I've been to Doc Antle's place in Myrtle Beach - i got the same vibe there that I did when I did one of those dolphin photo ops in Mexico - slimy. It was very quick and depressing. They moved the cat every 2 seconds to accommodate for all the people and felt like maybe the cats were drugged? very lethargic and just plain sad. once i saw tiger king i knew that i was right with my vibes.

apparently that place got raided recently.

6.) From hayeday:

I’ve been to the Wildlife in Need Park in southern Indiana. It was advertised as a wildlife reserve/educational type place, and basically was a trailer park full of exotic animals. It was so upsetting, and not at all okay. I wasn’t surprised at all to see Tim Stark pop up on the show, he’s been in loads of trouble in Indiana for animal cruelty and probably saw helping Jeff Lowe with the park in Oklahoma as his way out.

7.) From detective_number_9:

A friend took me there years ago for the cub playtime. I did not see much of the park as we were inside a building the entire time. The employees, including Tim Stark, explained that they were breeders for zoos and they wanted young animals introduced to people so they were easier for medical staff to work with. I had never heard of this place before and did not think much of it. I found out later they were lying and Tim is pretty much an animal hoarder pumping out baby tigers and lions to pay for it. I feel bad for not asking questions before.

8.) From BudgetBrick:

I've been to Big Cat Rescue in the past several years. I haven't seen the documentary yet to see how it is depicted, but there wasn't really anything wrong with the enclosures for the cats. I'm not an expert in this field to say if there even are better opportunities for the cats. From my limited experience, I'm inclined to say that there aren't many better alternatives out there, and if there are, the space is limited.

Yes, the enclosures could be bigger, but it isn't as though a full grown panther is living in something the size of a bedroom. I recall that there is one large area that each of the big cats have the opportunity to visit on a rotating basis, but none continually live in it. A big cat needs a vast amount of space, ideally, but unfortunately this isn't possible especially for cats that are unable to be reintroduced to the wild.

I'm by no means an expert on this kind of rescue operation, but I know enough to know that it isn't as simple as "Well just put them somewhere bigger!" A lot of rescue operations are not open to the public for these kinds of reasons; the situation is almost never ideal.

I can't speak on behind-the-scenes operations, but the way she hires volunteers is also not exactly abnormal, especially for that kind of operation. Big cats, for example, would attract a lot of people who only want to casually volunteer for an opportunity to get close to the cats.

I'm not trying to defend Carole, but instead of crucifying her, I wish the internet would take note of the situation so there are more resources and better options for rescue animals. Not to say it would get this far, but if the collective outrage caused issues for BCR, where do you think those cats would go?

9.) From AmenToThat95:

I went to GW back in 2014 since I was stationed nearby. I do remember seeing Joe Exotic and thinking he was a weird dude. But as for the park, there was no indication of all the crazy stuff going on. I did think the monkey cages were pretty shitty and felt bad for them. I was too cheap to pet the cubs so at least I don’t have to feel guilty about that and I’m glad I didn’t eat anything from the Zoo!

10.) From soonerguy11:

A lot of my friends went to the GW Park and some even saw or met Joe. They all said basically the same things: the park was nice, there wasn't anything nutty outside of the fact there's wild animals, and Joe did not come across as crazy, but instead a conservationist who loved animals.

Something the doc doesn't really touch on is the location of the zoo, which is strategically located right off I-35 in between Dallas and Oklahoma City.

11.) From mrguitare:

Funny enough Carrol Baskins big cat rescue is about 15min from me. I used to live right next to Nebraska Ave. Honestly I've never been to big cat rescue but trust me the shit you see in Tampa sometimes shades what others might consider "crazy stuff". So idk maybe some crazy shit was going down but that's just a typical day. P.S. no one simply takes a stroll down Nebraska Ave at night, not a thing.

12.) From CanIAskDumbQuestions:

I visited it 5 years ago. Shit was wild. I worked in the oilfield in Lindsay Oklahoma about 45 mins away from the zoo.

My girlfriend came down from Oklahoma City one weekend and I thought "hey, lets go to the one interesting thing in a 50 mile radius of BFE Oklahoma"

What amazed me the most was how close you could get to the animals. The Oklahoma City Zoo has trenches between you and the animals and most of the time the animals are in the back sleeping. Not here, If you wanted to stick your arm through the cage, you could do it.

Here is a short list of the things I saw

-A lion letting out a massive roar when given a 5 gallon bucket of raw chicken

-A very cute kodamundi (however you spell that)

-An anxious pacing lynx who looked really sad

-Tons of tropical birds you could feed

-a half assed reptile house

-Lots of signs decrying PETA for terrorism

-The fact that some the zoo keepers were f*cking armed with pistols

The absolute best thing I remember which wasn't mentioned in the documentary was the cursing parrot. If you stopped feeding him he would let out a "rawwk fuk you". Had me in stitches laughing.

I have been telling people about this crazy place for 5 years and feel completely vindicated.

13.) From BunnyBlushShop:

I went to the G.W. park in Oklahoma when I was maybe like... 11/12 on a school field trip. Honestly all I remember is how many animals there were. It was like... over kill. And Joe Exotic smelled... musky. He talked to the class about wildlife conservation and how PETA are terrorists. I got a stuffed tiger and an energy drink from the gift shop. It was a good day.

14.) ​​​​​​From hyliston:

I went to BCR a couple years ago with my family. We spent a couple hours seeing different cats and made some "enrichment" toys for them. There were about 10 of us in the group, and 2 employees/volunteers who told us about the cats, and fed some with frozen meat popsicles (or something like that). They had a checklist to make sure each cat was getting appropriate food. We were not allowed anywhere near the cats - there was a railing 10-15 feet in front of each habitat cage. The volunteers seemed to enjoy being there and seemed to love the cats we saw. I didn't get any bad vibes from the people.

15.) ​From kdw97:

I used to live near the BCR and almost applied for a “job” there, until I realized you didn’t get paid and it was all volunteer based for like 12 hour days, yeah f*ck that. Carole Baskins is a crook lmao

16.) From quarterinchseams:

I have been to BCR in Tampa. Though the cats were beautiful, I did not enjoy it. For the tour we were required to listen to pre-recorded info, mostly consisting of horrible stories of animal abuse. The guide was unenthusiastic. The whole vibe was depressing. At the end, they pressure visitors to make calls/emails about legislation. There’s already a kiosk set up to do so. Not a fan.

17.) From Ty6255:

I went when I was ten and got the same vibe. They pressured me into using my allowance money to sponsor a lynx. My mom asked me if I really wanted to do it but since I was in front of the volunteers expectantly looking at me I couldn't say no. 15 years later my parents still get the damn newsletters in the mail asking for donations.

18.) From IroniesOfPeace:

I went to the one in Wynnewood probably close to 10 years ago now. I had gone camping with some friends the night before, and it was unseasonably cold, so I barely slept and was in a shitty mood and didn't want to go at all. I was skeptical of all the animals crammed into tiny cages and didn't really buy the whole rescue bullshit. The guide made some remark about how he'd rather be living in a cage than dead, and I was looking at the tiger in a tiny cage and thinking, f*ck, I'd rather be dead. They did have a baby white tiger you could pose with but I was too cheap and irritable to do it.

19.) From sprinklenugget:

I visited Big Cat Rescue about a month ago, I live about 45 minutes from there. I knew ahead of time that this wasn't going to be your typical zoo experience.

They ask that you show up at least 30 minutes early because before they start the tour they play some videos and the tour guides give you an audio device with headphones that they have to explain.

They let us know that they'll be stopping at each cat and an audio recording for that cat's story and how it ended up at BCR will play. We're also welcomed to ask our tour guides as many questions as we like.

Unlike the Tiger King documentary showed, BCR only allows 20 people per tour. In the doc they used footage from a special, one day a year event called the "Walk About. " This footage made it seem like much more people are there at a time. Like I said, it was only about 20 people in our group so it was much more personal.

BCR was depressing. Most of the cats there come from horrible backgrounds. One cat was originally owned by a vegan couple that decided their wild cat would also eat a vegan diet. This caused the cat to have developmental issues that it'll suffer with for its entire life.

They told us the danger of breeding and cub petting. They told us most cubs are sedated to keep them low of energy while cub petting.

At the end of the tour they sit us on some benches in front of a cage that's about 3 feet wide by 6 feet long. They explain to us that this cage is legally large enough to have a tiger live in. As long as the cage is large enough for the animal to stand up and turn around, then it's legal. Everyone was obviously appalled at this information.

They then ask us, if we're willing, to make a call to our governor and senators. BCR handed us a card with a short script of what to say. The message was to pass the Big Cat Rescue Act? They invite you to take a free button if you make the call right then and there.

20.) From stateofstatelessness:

I visited BCR about ten years ago. I went in thinking "I can't wait to see some cute big cats!" I came out feeling a pretty depressed, but also glad I went. I had no idea just how horrible breeding and cub petting was... and it made me sick to my stomach that I once paid to pet and take a photo with a tiger cub - never again. I credit BCR with opening my eyes, and I try to pass along what I've learned so others don't make the same mistake.

People keep picking on the enclosures, but they are not as small as people are led to believe. And BCR does have a larger "vacation enclosure" that the cats take turns in, so they aren't cooped up all the time. Obviously cages aren't ideal, but these animals can't live in the wild; it's either a sanctuary or euthanasia.

21.) From morganKxoxo:

I’ve been to doc Antel’s place in myrtle beach. I was like 7 though so I don’t remember it. my parents have the picture of myself and my sister holding the tiger cub in their house. But if you’ve ever been to myrtle beach it’s just an accepted fact that any place is gonna be crazy and full of weirdos. It’s like the southern version of jersey shore.

22.) From hamneedssleep:

I went to Joe Exotics when I was younger and we left after thirty minutes because of all the meth mouth according to my mom recently, not because “the tigers were going to bed”.

These roommates gained a huge following recreating famous paintings with household items.

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Being stuck inside doesn't mean we all have to turn into binge-watching, snack hoarding puddles of panic (but that's ok too).

Some people have taken their time in quarantine to another level--creating dance videos, writing music, or hosting virtual parties, happy hours, classes, and workout sessions. People are tagging friends in push-up challenges, everyone is re-organizing their closets, and true colors are showing between couples, families, and neighbors.

With all of the stress and uncertainty in the world, most of us could use a laugh. While Getty museum challenged the internet to recreate their favorite artwork, a group of roommates in Connecticut have taken this challenge to another level. With an instagram account called,"Covid Classics" that already has amassed a 40,000 person following, they are definitely not bored in this lockdown. Describing themselves as: "4 roommates who love art... and are indefinitely quarantined. No filters, no edits, just us and the stuff in our house," the group has impressed art fans everywhere.

They told Buzzfeed, "We all love a creative challenge, so we decided to try to recreate the painting using just stuff we had lying around. It was so much fun that we did a few more, and we created the Instagram page so our friends and families could follow along." Keep up the great work!

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Stay safe everyone!

15 stories of what really happens in the 'just married' limo after the wedding.

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Weddings take a lot out of you. Even the happiest of couples, with the most gorgeous of ceremonies often feel a wave of relief after the big event is over. Few get a view into a newly married couple's behind-the-scenes feelings quite like the person driving them to the hotel after the party is over.

Sometimes that ride is full of drunken PDA and exclamations of deep love, other times there is gossip to spill about the wedding guests, complaints about how it all went down, or a long-coming fight. Whether positive or horrible, there's something specific about the moment right after a wedding when the new reality of marriage settles in.

In a popular Reddit thread, limo drivers, onlookers, and married couples shared what the car ride after the wedding was like.

1. From LouGroza:

Bike Taxi driver here. I have done a lot of these. Most of the time, they recap the night to one another. Maybe they’ll go over some drama that happened between the families. Usually they are just exhausted after a long day and looking forward to enjoying their hotel room.

Once I had a couple that had a total meltdown of an argument. It was both hilarious and terribly sad. The groom was blacked out drunk and the bride was fed up. She yelled at him the whole way to the hotel and he was a total drunk asshole in return. All while people on the street are congratulating them and me just listening. We arrived at the hotel and she stormed off. The groom asked me to take him to the bar around the corner to meet with his buddies. I obliged and he gave me a nice tip.

I hope they’re doing ok!

2. From A40:

"Can you believe the dresses I got them to wear!? I can't believe I managed to follow them all down the aisle with a straight face!"

"Considering the bender we all went on last night I can't believe one of my best men didn't throw up during the vows!"

3. From michaelstrings:

Limo driver here. I’ve picked up quite a few just married couples after weddings. There isn’t really one story that stands out, just mostly the couple recapping the evening. I’ve had a few where one partner is clearly more intoxicated than the other so there’s usually some embarrassment from the more sober partner.

There was one time I picked up a couple the day after their wedding to take them to a major airport 3+ hours away and they realized about half way the guy didn’t have his ID. New wife is freaking out in a panic while the husband is trying to stay calm. Luckily they were able to challenge the details on his ID to verify it was really him and they got on the plane!

4. From Kreamy0:

Not a taxi driver: got married in January

Her younger brother gave us a ride home and he is a super innocent guy. Drunkenly said as he dropped us off at her house, “ can’t wait to f*ck your sister.” I just shut the door and went inside to fulfill my promise, but I definitely cringed the next day.

5. From NoxPrime:

I don't drink, so I drove the wife and I to our hotel. We mostly talked about the awkward people, her mom that left early without saying anything, and how we barely ate anything. We got McDonald's on our way to the hotel.

6. From thatrightwinger:

As a chauffeur. I drove just the bride the day after the wedding, and it was about an hour-long drive. I didn't know anything about it, but she decided to share her story with me, probably just because she needed someone to talk to.

First, to begin with I went over to the most expensive hotel in the city. It was and is a five-star/five-diamond hotel, over a hundred years old, with the luxury, the ambiance, the full nine yards, but she wasn't at the hotel, but on a bench a quarter-block down. The valet realized who I was looking for, and actually pointed her out to me, and I approached her, in person and on foot. I was able to confirm that she was my pick-up.

Over the course of about an hour-long ride, she told me that she had her wedding, and she and her soldier-husband were going to stay at this ridiculously expensive and luxurious hotel, but his credit card was rejected, so they spent hours, trying to borrow money from some friends, and this upset her so much, that she decided to go back to her parents' house, which was in the same military town her new husband lived in anyway. She was upset and unhappy, and it was a somewhat uncomfortable ride.

She tipped me when we got there, but it was not a fun ride. The trip back on my own was more enjoyable.

7. From kellimoxie:

I'm probably late to this one, but here goes.

My husband and I were supposed to drive back to the hotel together for the after party in his car. His family decorated it and it was adorable. I had always wanted to ride in a "just-married" car. My brother, who drove my car to the venue (bringing many of the decor items) was supposed to return my car to my house in the next day or two. He then proceeded to get sloshed (his girlfriend of a couple years at the time stood him up at my wedding to go to a theme park with her guy "friend)." I didn't want him driving my car, so I said screw it, I'll drive myself and stuck him in an Uber.

I get in my car (in my floofy wedding gown) only to see that my brother left it with no gas, so there I am alone in a wedding gown, at nearly midnight pumping gas. I probably looked like a runaway bride.

One of my husband's friends rode with him to the hotel, with people honking and waving at the newly-married "couple." We got a kick out of it later. At the time I was pissed.

8. From MY-DICK-FELL-OFF:

Not a driver but as a married, we were just both making the same plan to f*ck then go to sleep. we'd both been up since A*shole O'clock am and had an 11 hour drive the next day. Plus I wanted out of that f*cking snow beast of a dress my mom demanded I have as the only child and first non-shotgun wedding in nearly two decades.

9. From goodbye-bluesky:

I am not a driver but here is my driver experience.

It was at the end of the night and I’m cleaning sh*t up. Most people had left and we had shuttles taking people back to hotels that we set up for our guests. It’s about midnight and we had to have things mostly good at that point and then we could come back Sunday morning and finish up.

So I’m hurrying around getting things, my jacket, whatever. As I’m leaving the bus driver starts with this attitude (paraphrasing) like you better get onto the shuttle or I’m leaving and this is the last ride, blah, blah, blah. After his mini rant, I informed him that I’m the groom and I already pre-tipped him. He stopped, turned around, and sat back in the shuttle. I didn’t receive an apology but by that point I was exhausted and didn’t care.

Like bro. You’re the driver. You have one job. You get paid to do this job and you get a tip. If you don’t like waiting to make sure everyone is good to go, then quit your job as a driver. Do something else.

10. From Faux-pa5:

Not a driver, but a couple: we didn't get to eat much at our reception bc we were so busy talking to everyone. Someone packed To-go boxes for us and we stuffed our faces in the car. Laughed when I spilled food on my dress. I'm sure we kissed? Maybe? More focused on the food and talking about the high points of the ceremony/reception. Before you ask: No alcohol involved. We had sex for the first time when we got to the hotel.

11. From FranniPants:

As the bride, I cried on the ride to our hotel because it was all over. A year and a half of planning, scrutinizing every single little detail - it was a feeling of emptiness because the whole night flew by in the blink of an eye and I barely got to enjoy it. I'm sure the driver thought I was a mental case!

12. From LadyXaviaraH:

When I got married, I foolishly allowed my uncle to drive my husband and I to the hotel in his mustang.

His two door mustang. My husband is 6'4". I had a huge ball gown. Getting in and out of that thing was a nightmare.

And my uncle is an infamously aggressive driver. My husband and I didn't talk to each other the whole ride. We just tightly held hands, occasionally glancing at each other with "This is how we die" glances. It was awful.

13. From TallBoy_Ryan:

I wasn't the driver, but I was on the bus with the bride, groom, and ALL of the groomsmen and bridesmaids. They were all sooooooo so drunk. First, they checked to make sure there were no babies on the bus. Everyone said no, no babies on the bus. (When we got off the bus turns out someones uncle had his baby with him on the bus. Lol) After said uncle didn't say anything about his baby, we were in the clear.

So we started playing the most gangster sh*t we could find. (We are all white as Hell. It was great). Then after playing some Kodak and Future songs, we played Africa by Toto and BELTED that shit. The whole time the groom was standing in his seat spinning around, having a great time, bride was sitting next to him. Everyone was drunk, but not blackout drunk.

Then when we got back to the hotel, the groom got hit with every drink he drank and he needed to get carried off the bus. Then he stumbled into the window out front, then he almost fell in the hallway, then he fell when he got into the elevator. We got him back to his room, and he just sat in the hallway for a little while before he could make it in the door. Good times.

14. From DeaddyRuxpin:

I drove for a limo company once upon a time. I drove only two just married couples. One we discussed the fact that I thought they were high school kids going to a prom because they looked like they were in their mid teens. Both were actually in their late 20s.

The other couple spent several minutes complaining about the fact that the privacy screen between the front and back wouldn’t go up. They were very annoyed and very disappointed. I’m quiet positive they were planning to bang in the back of the limo on the way to the airport.

15. From nbqt2015:

My mom's boyfriend drove my husband and I back to my apartment after we got married, while she and a few others stayed behind to clean up.

He's driven for quite a number of weddings, but he still brings up how halfway home my husband's contacts were starting to bug him and he remembered he was out of contact fluid, so we stopped at Publix. I was alone in the car for 25 minutes taking selfies and updating Facebook to "married" while he and my new husband were searching for a very specific brand of eyeball water.

He will tell this story to anyone who will listen if they're patient enough to sit through him laughing his a*s off while telling it.

17 funny posts about how couples are handling being apart during quarantine.

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Deciding to quarantine is a huge step in every relationship, and many couples weren't ready to live together when their governments ordered them to shelter in place.

Many people are farther than six feet apart from their significant others, and are essentially in long-distance relationships now.

FaceTime is the new sexytime.

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17 phone store employees share the weirdest things they've seen on customers' phones.

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People who work at phone stores get an unusually intimate look into people's private lives, since for most of us, our cellphones hold our deepest, darkest secrets. Someone asked phone store employees of Reddit: "what is the weirdest thing you have seen on a customer's phone?" And the responses say a lot about humanity and what people are hiding.

These 17 people who work in phone stores share their weirdest discoveries, and no, they're not (all) dick pics:

1.) From swiftlet08:

On TWO occasions I have had men try the super smooth move of, after checking that a data transfer has worked, handing the phone back to me with the gallery open to a dick pic. Do people think this will work???

Other than that, a few times people have come in with phone trouble and unlocked their device with porn clearly playing. Sometimes you forget to close your tab afterward ¯_(ツ)_/¯

On a more heartwarming note: an older man (probably in his 70s) was in because his iphone wasn't ringing (it was on do not disturb, happens all the time) and his wallpaper was a really cute chocolate lab. I told him it was a nice picture and asked if it was his dog. "Nah I just saw the picture online and thought it looked like a good dog."

2.) From BiscuitsUndGravy:

Had a girl come in with her mom. She was probably 14 or 15. This was back when you could set a banner to appear on your phone's home screen. I flip it open to start troubleshooting and the banner says "Put it in my buuuuuuuutt." I really wondered if her mom knew it said that.

3.) From 1WhoSawItAll:

Not me but my sister. She was screen sharing with an old man who wanted to transfer his pictures from his computer, and the first thing she noticed was that his background picture was a horse, well there's nothing wrong with that, lots of people have there favorite animal as their background, but then she goes into his pictures and there's literally hundreds of videos and pictures of horse porn, horses on top of people, horses on top of other horses, she even swears he was in one of the pictures. The old man just laughs and says, "You must see a lot of weird stuff with this job."

4.) From Toskorae:

Had a guy bring in his ipad because it wasn't receiving data. Had a look, fiddled with some settings, eventually a power cycle resolved the issue. To test if it was working I opened safari, as I did so a coworker asked me a question so I looked away from the ipad. Next thing we're all being treated to the porn this guy had been watching at max volume which was able to load again now the data was working.

Dude didn't even bat an eyelid, just said "Oh it's working, sweet!", thanked us and left.

I went and washed my hands after that.

5.) From brettduch:

A customer came in with his girlfriend demanding we replace his phone since we apparently sold him a used one. After telling them every phone we sell has to be brand new and sealed, his girlfriend told us that’s impossible since the one we sold him had tinder preinstalled....

6.) From VoluntaryReboot:

Customer came in with a 16GB iPhone that was running slow.

Grindr took up 13GB.

The wry smile said it all.

7.) From meech7607:

It's surprising how many dudes keep photos of naked women as their home screen.. it's also a little awkward to be working with a couple. Check the guys phone to make sure his pictures transferred, and you see a whole album of his wife butt-ass naked, and then you have to sit there across from her for the rest of the transaction..

8.) From FancyPotatoMaker:

Used to work for a phone store. The weirdest thing I ever saw in a phone was a piece of wheel from a semi-truck. The guy was inflating high pressure tires and one exploded. He put his phone in the left breast pocket and it may have saved his life. It made for a great insurance claim story.

9.) From Surticy:

I was helping a mother and daughter with an issue where her computer wasn’t picking up the pictures from her phone. It was an issue fixed easily and the mom and daughter were giggling about all the pictures popping up on the computer screen. Until we got to the daughters nudes. Mom starts screaming at the daughter. I closed the laptop and looked at the mom and told her she is going to have to wait until she gets out of the store for the lecture. They left in silence after that.

10.) From Biinarii:

Not the weirdest but the most memorable was when I was troubleshooting someones emails that werent sending out when she recieved an iMessage from her husband that said "Are you sure you dont want one last mustache ride before I shave this bad boy off?" it was dec. 1st so right after movember and she went super red in the face and grabbed the phone outta my hands and left

11.) From TIFUbyResponding:

Lots of nudes. Usually intentionally left for us to see. A phone caked in what I would only hope was dog shit (and not human). A phone caked in enough makeup to have the keyboard stop working (Blackberry, when those were a thing).

12.) From jackrack1721:

I had a drug dealer return a phone without deleting any of their texts. They sold pills. Some sort of slang for hydrocodone. Worst part was, they were also texting their baby mama about being sad that the state took their kids from them.

13.) From baron556:

  • Phone chewed to bits by 150lb alaskan timberwolf. Guy had the dog in his truck when he came in. A+ super friendly would pet again.

  • Rancher left his Palm Treo 600 on top of a fencepost and then forgot it was there and went to drive the post into the ground, hit the phone with a sledgehammer full force. We actually saved this phone, the main board was ok so I just swapped out... everything else.

  • Crazy lady was CONVINCED that her ex husband was hacking her phone, so when she wasn't actively using it she would keep it in the oven to block the signals. Forgot it was in there, and used the oven to bake something. Somehow this was my fault.

  • Toilet phones. So. Many. Toilet phones. They never tell you why it's wet until you've already handled it, too. Protip: if you ever repair phones as a job, ALWAYS wear gloves if it's wet.

  • Phone full of dead and living ants (the little tiny black ones)

  • Small packets of marijuana behind the battery, causing the battery to lift off the contacts and the phone to not work. This was actually surprisingly common, and people were always so surprised like OH MAN HOW DID THAT GET THERE?!

14.) From dave_panther:

way too many pages open with questions like "what do genital warts look like". I just handed him his phone back and washed my hands.

15.) From WesbroBaptstBarNGril:

One guy came in complaining about his wife finding text messages between him and his girlfriend, like it was my fault that he was caught. I asked him how she found out, and he said she looks through his phone when he's home sleeping. The genius had his girlfriend saved in his contacts as "Tiff - TX GF" (Tiffany - Texas Girlfriend).

I'm not necessarily proud of what I did next, but I told him, "maybe you should change the names of your contacts... You know, maybe rename Tiff to Tom."

It clicked in his head and he said, "wow, I should do that with all of them!"

I'm sure his wife now thinks her husband has a weird relationship with "Tom, Mike and John."

16.) From 5buckbox:

When you touch someone’s phone they’ll either warn you about naked photos (when all I’m doing is restarting the phone) or not warn you about naked photos and there’s just a naked vag as their home screen.

I’ve had men have me move their photos from their phone to their SD card and while we’re both looking at the screen, a pic of their dick appears. And usually they didn’t care or seemed proud.

People having hundreds of porn tabs open wondering why their phone is slow.

People who downloaded any and every app that claims to boost signal, free storage or clears viruses thus destroying their phone.

One time I had a lady call in and say “there’s a pop up saying I downloaded a virus from porn. Well, as a woman, I don’t watch porn.” This was during my last week so I was like “well, as a woman, it wouldn’t hurt you to be a little more open minded.” she asked for the manager. I was the manager.

17.) ​​​​​​​From nagol93:

A photo album that contains ~150 photos. Its all Plank from Ed, Edd, n Eddy, and pictures of egg salad.

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