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16 posts from quarantine from people who haven't let the pandemic bring them down.

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If quarantine is getting to you and you're starting to get to know your family or partner in ways you never expected or wanted to, you're definitely not alone.

Now that we're heading into summer, the lockdown restrictions are getting more difficult for people to follow and the stress of staying inside and not seeing our friends and loved ones can be pretty defeating. However, social distancing is the key to flattening the curve and breaking quarantine too quickly could cause a lot of damage.

With the internet connecting all of us through Zoom, FaceTime and social media, we're definitely in a better position than any of our ancestors who experienced a pandemic. Virtual birthday parties, Zoom celebrations, Instagram live workouts, FaceTime happy hours and online work meetings have brought us together even while we're at home, and people have definitely not lost their sense of humor.

If you're getting tired of opening your phone to read that the world is about to explode in a fire of killer bees, here are some moments from quarantine that are bound to cheer you up. Stay safe, everyone!

1. This family who has turned to choregraphy.

2. This quarantine princess birthday.

3. This dad who didn't know he could eat candy for breakfast until now.

4. This mom who mastered the birthday car parade.

5. This lawyer who is showing herself an A+ celebratory dinner party.

6. This dad who has transformed into a Pixar character for a good cause.

7. When the golf course is closed.

8. Uh oh...

9. This family checking-in dance party.

10. This above and beyond 30th birthday party.

11. When the neighbors step up.

12. These unlikely friends.

13. These neighbors who got creative.

14. This mom who is keeping everything extra clean.

15. A+ teacher.

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Teen asks if she's wrong for defending grandma after GF tells their friend group she's homophobic.

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Homophobia rears its ugly head in a myriad of overt and subtle ways. Sometimes it takes the obvious villainous shape of a man screaming slurs out a car window, an online troll throwing out demeaning expletives, or a business denying or mistreating LGBTQ customers.

More commonly, however, it takes shape in micro-aggressions so subtle they can be hard to call out. Maybe a family member calls your partner your "friend" time after time, despite knowing you're more than just friends. Perhaps a friend off-handedly suggests you'd get along with another LGBTQ person they know, simply because you're both LGBTQ.

Regardless of the shape it takes, the persistence of homophobia is exhausting and unfair, and can make even the most patient person ready to snap at a moment's notice.

In a recent post on the Am I The A*shole subreddit, a teen asked if she was wrong for defending her grandma against her girlfriend's accusations of homophobia.

AITA got sticking up for my grandma when my girlfriend called her homophobic?

OP shared that she's been with her girlfriend for two years, and while her family was reticent when she first came out of the closet, they're not supportive and love her girlfriend.

Me (16f) and my girlfriend (17) have been dating for about two years. When I first came out to my family they were a little skeptical at first but have ultimately been pretty supportive of me and accepting. My GF met them about a year ago and her and my family hit it off immediately. Since then she’s been invited to many of our family functions My grandma (79) has short term memory loss so it’s obviously not very easy for her to remember certain details. She’s met my girlfriend like 8 times at different functions and every time she says “oh who’s this honey? You’re friend?”

However, OP's grandma has shoddy memory due to old age, and constantly refers to OP's girlfriend as a "friend" and asks who she is.

And I always say, no grandma she’s my girlfriend. To which her response is “oh..” it’s not always said in the most happy tone but she always kisses us both on the cheek and wishes us well. Recently at school my friend was asking us how our relationships was going and my gf responded “good except for that homophobic grandma” and I was so confused bc like, What? She said that my grandma always ‘deliberately’ referred to her as my friend and clearly did not support us. I told her that was ridiculous because she’s never said an ill word towards the two of us and she literally c a n t remember who she is.

OP assumed everything was cool with her family until her girlfriend went in on her grandma's homophobia during a recent conversation with a friend.

My GF said that I could pick my grandma over her if I really wanted but, “I was being ridiculous”. I thought there was no possible way people could think I was an a*shole but all my friends took her side and said that I should’ve informed my grandma before brining my GF up or kept her away from the party.

OP defended her grandma, claiming it was just bad memory and not homophobia, but most of OP's friends sided with her girlfriend and claimed she was in the wrong.

I’m honestly shocked by this so Reddit AITA?

anamsj1218 thinks OP's girlfriend is being unfair in her framing of the situation.

NTA. That’s not homophobic, that’s just memory loss. I can see why the tone would throw her off but your grandmother hasn’t said anything insulting whatsoever. I think your GF really isn’t listening to you or your side of things and honestly, I would pick your grandmother over her any day.

bossyjudge pointed out that it's likely OP's girlfriend hasn't truly dealt with a family member going through memory loss.

NTA. Your grandma cannot control her memory loss.

I also think your friends and GF are insensitive. They may not have ever had to deal with an aging grandparent, so they may have no idea. But it’s really not an excuse.

steve2phonesmackabee thinks OP's grandma's responses might be partially embarrassment over her own memory issues.

NTA - depending on how lucid your grandmother is, That 'Oh' of disappointment could be an 'Oh. I forgot. Again."

Tomato_Tomat0 understands why OP's girlfriend feels sensitive - since being called a "friend" is a common experience for gay partners, but thinks the grandma should be given more compassion.

NTA. While I can understand why it might feel incredibly dismissive to constantly be referred to as “friend”, your grandma has memory loss and doesn’t know any better. Your grandma is not purposefully trying to hurt, devalue or dismiss your girlfriend/relationship.

Your girlfriend and friends would do well to be a little more compassionate and open minded.

I also have to say I think it’s in pretty bad taste for your girlfriend to be badmouthing your family like that.

blushhoney thinks OP's girlfriend needs to learn a little bit more about dementia and its reality.

NTA Homophobia sucks but your grandma has literal dementia, and as far as your post goes, she hasn’t used any slurs or said anything derogatory about it. Your girlfriend is being sooky and self-centered, you’re right to defend your grandma.

Hopefully, for both OP and her girlfriend's sake, they are able to have a fruitful conversation where both of them feel heard.

15 people share the meanest and pettiest things they've done and now regret.

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The first step towards redemption is confessing your sins.

A popular thread asked the internet's many, many sinners, "What was the dirtiest, slimiest, most backstabbing thing you did and regret?" People were throwing shade long before they knew what "throwing shade" meant, especially in middle school.

At least these thieves, pranksters, and attempted murder-by-peanut committers feel guilty for their past deeds, and know to never through peanuts at anaphylactics again.

1. This is next-level.

I might have sent some "proud mom to be" gift boxes to my high school nemesis home requested "by her" when she put on weight. -OrangesInPyjamas

2. Karma is....this girl.

I had a threesome with my friend's girlfriend and another girl. Then she broke up with him and started dating me. We were together for six years and got engaged. Then she cheated on me in April.

I probably should have seen that coming. -HoldenIkari

3. The chaser is the real nut here.

I used to chase my friend around the school yard and throw peanuts at him. My friend is allergic to peanuts. -Zoso_Plant

4. The guilt is what gets you.

When I was 17 I snuck into my neighbour's house with another friend when we knew he was out of town and stole his xbox. It was incredibly dumb and not thought out. We were idiots..

Cue to 10 years later, he's now my best friend and roommate. I actually told him this year and bought him a $400 TV as repayment. He didn't even care and was just happy that I came forward and that it still haunted me. -GTAmirite

5. Middle schoolers can pack a punch.

7th grade. There was this girl I didn't like, "Anna". Hated her, and there was this other girl I knew who liked to fight, "Jasmine".

One day, I went to the bathroom and wrote "Jasmine is a fat b*tch" on the wall in Sharpie. Naturally, Jasmine saw it and went around demanding to know who wrote it. She got to me, and I told her Anna did it. She proceeded to beat the sh*t out of Anna at lunch that day.

Poor girl ended up in the hospital and was too scared to press charges. -YasaLyna

6. Pity friends are bad friends, anyway.

In middle school I was friends with the weird kid that nobody liked simply because nobody liked him so it was up to me to remedy the situation.

The other kids in school promptly peer pressured me to stop hanging out with him so one day I just up and broke up our friendship simply because he wasn't cool enough.

Middle schoolers are douche bags. -Aw_Frig

7. Spelling bees are hardcore. That's why they air them on ESPN.

In sixth grade I competed in the school wide spelling bee. Whoever won would move on to the city wide bee, so on and so forth up to nationals. My good friend Richie was also competing. The thing is, Richie had already won and had his chance at success the previous year, so we devised a plan for us both to go to the next level of the spelling bee. (It should be noted that we both knew beyond a reasonable doubt that we could win the spelling bee.)

The plan was to keep eliminating everybody else, and then when it was just us two, we would throw the game and keep misspelling words until they run out of time and have no choice but to declare us both the winners. Brilliant, right? Anyways so everybody is eliminated and it's Richies turn to spell a word. "Your word is pterodactyl" (Another note: Richie is reaaallly smart. I mean like the smartest kid in school. He photographically memorized half of our geometry book and could recall content on pages without the book to look at. Pterodactyl was not a hard word for him.) "T-e-r-a-d-a-c-t-a-l" "That is incorrect; Kocopelly, your word is Pterodactyl"

Richie walks to his seat and flashes me the biggest smile ever. I walk up slowly with full mind to throw the game. I take one look at the crowd and crack. "Pterodactyl. P-t-e-r-o-d-a-c-t-y-l." "That is correct". I think I had to win one more, but long story short I took Richie's place in the bee and ended up losing in the second round because I couldn't spell "sierra". "'I' before 'e'" and all that. And Richie even congratulated me after the spelling bee. I felt so dirty and gross. And he was so gracious about losing. -kocopelly

8. It's a dog-eat-dog world.

Me and my brother were cycling around. My bike broke down and my brother knew how to fix it so we just stopped there while he fixes it for me.

A couple of angry dogs surrounded us.

I was 8, he was 7.

I mounted his bike and ran for my life. Mine was still not working.

I'm sorry. -usev25

9. "I tripped an old lady. AITA?"

A few weeks ago, I was just casually browsing my local grocery store's fine selection of steak, when an old lady caned her way up to the counter. "What the hell is this?!" she shouts, pointing at some salmon. "uhh it looks like fish, ma'am." I casually state. She then picks up the package, pokes a hole in it and sniffs it like there's a line of coke in there. "Jesus Christ! This sh*t is spoiled!" the lady screams. She drops the now ripped open raw salmon onto my sandals and canes away.

Well, now I'm standing here dumbfounded as to what just happened, and my foot is covered in raw fish. The manager walks up and asks what happened, I explained the situation, and he apologizes, gives me a towel and sends me on my way. I grab some brats and make my way to check out. Guess who's there? The old lady! She was berating the cashier for not being able to count her cans of cat food properly, and was leaning on the counter.

She had this... hybrid cane thing with three legs on the bottom, so it was self standing. I gently kicked the cane with my foot as she reached for it. The bitch fell to the ground and cursed like a sailor. Nobody saw me do it, I even helped her up as she hit me calling me a " god damn dirty Mexican!" (I'm white). I felt bad when I got to my car, she could have broken a hip. -JDogg_of_RS

10. All if forgiven if you give money.

We were having a family dinner and my sister was ragging on me about not having a summer job my senior year of high school. She was 2 years older and our parents forced her to have summer jobs since sophomore year. So I guess she thought I was getting off easy with our parents or something. I felt like she was attacking me, so I said "I don't need a summer job because, unlike you, I don't need to pay for an abortion."

She had one earlier that year and I swore I wouldn't tell. Makes me sick to this day. Such a disproportionate reaction. I ended up helping her pay for her second abortion when I became a lawyer though. Even stevens. -ceilingkat

11. This is why there are no Blockbusters anymore. Not Netflix.

I used to loot the video store I used to work at back in the day. I'd steal food, drinks, and tons of videos. I used to give porn videos to my friends just because. I'd wipe out late fees on the down low then pocket the cash. They had a massive amount of used videos for sale for which there was no inventory which I would sell, then pocket the cash. I spent the extra funds on weed, cigarettes, beer and junk food. It was probably the sleaziest I've ever been, and I am not proud of those days. -Barkingpanther

12. This is a public service.

Don't really regret it, but when I see people park like assholes (taking up 4 spots to protect their new car or whatever) I sometimes ziptie a shopping cart to the car handle so they have to either cut it themselves, or go get assistance from an employee and show their asshole parking to everyone. -DeadlyHooves

13. See you in hell.

One time in sixth grade I took a shit in the handicapped stall and it clogged up. Not thinking anything about it, I proceeded to exit the stall and go wash my hands. As I was in the middle of humming the "happy birthday" tune, I saw a kid in a wheel chair out of the corner of my eye enter. I watch in the mirror as he looks into the handicapped stall and then look at the only person in the bathroom, me.

I then say, "Wasn't me." and start hurrying out of the bathroom. And that is the reason I am going to hell. -Amsix

14. She shouldn't have made her password "password."

In 2006 I hacked (just guessed her super predictable password) an ex's email to prove she was hitting on another guy, then emailing the underwear pics she sent me to her super Christian mom.

After a few years I felt like it was harder and harder for me to justify doing something that shitty. About 4 years ago we ended up talking again, we both explained ourselves and apologized for hurting each other. We're on good terms now. -FartKilometre

15. RIP Bro Code.

I wingmanned my best friend while he tried to court a cute redhead he'd liked for a couple years, only to find she liked me instead. A better man would have said no but I made out with her and spent the night. Multiple times. Then I told him about it.

I'm not a good person. -Invader_Zirk

17 of the most creative ways parents are keeping their kids entertained in quarantine.

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If you're a parent quarantined with your kids right now, you might have had to find some pretty creative ways to keep the whole family from crumbling under the weight of cabin fever...

Taking on the role of both parent and teacher is stressful enough without also having to come up with unique things to do when there's really nowhere to go and no one to see outside of your home. Is it chill to put on "Frozen II" for the five-hundredth time and call it a day? At what point can you just confess that you don't remember anything about fourth grade math and they probably aren't going to need the skill of making shadow boxes in the future? It's tough.

However, many parents haven't yet lost their sense of humor. If you could use some inspiration (and laughs) here are some parents who haven't yet run out of ways to keep their kids (and themselves) entertained while we're in quarantine.

Enjoy and stay safe, everyone!

1. Lego fashion.

2. No ice? No problem!

3. When the hair salons are closed...

4. When the nail salons are closed...

5.

6. Math projects!

7. Chores are getting done...

8. Teach them how to bank.

9. Find your "Me Time."

10. When Mcdonald's is closed...

11. Put the toys to work.

12. Everything is a teaching moment.

13. Teach them about the three forms of water.

14. Reinvent the coffee cup for parents.

15. Block them out until they become chefs.

16. Kick baking up a notch.

17. Play dress up.

22 people share their best and worst stories of living with roommates of the opposite sex.

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I've had enough roommates across the whole spectrum of humanity to confirm that bad roommates come in all shapes, sizes, and genders. Same with good roommates. There are certain generalizations about living with females vs. living with males that have held up—for example, women do tend to use more toilet paper and leave more drain hair (biology), whereas male roommates tend to be better at changing light-bulbs (also biology) and worse at changing toilet paper rolls (???). And if you date the opposite sex, there is a higher likelihood of things getting weird, romantic, or sexual. But in general, things like messiness, craziness, and a tendency to play very loud music at weird hours do not seem to discriminate by gender. That's equality!

Someone asked Reddit: "what are your bad/good experiences having a roommate of the opposite sex?" These 22 people who've co-habitated with the opposite sex shared their stories and they run the gamut from good, to bad, to very, very ugly:

THE GOOD...

1.) From leroysolay:

I had a series of roommates I sublet to in my apartment that I had for two years. Found them on Craigslist. Mostly folks who needed a place for a few months. Last one was a woman just getting on her professional feet, as I was doing the same since leaving a company to go teach. I was dating my now wife, and she was hanging out with friends and meeting guys.

So one day she tells me she has a big date coming up with a guy she’s really interested in. She wants advice about what to wear, where to go, etc. I ask her to describe him. A few questions later it turns out that I actually trained him at the job I just left. I tell her exactly what she should wear and where she should take him.

Fast forward a couple years, and my wife and stepson are attending their wedding!

2.) From xxxxmanxxx:

You find it more comfortable to talk to the opposite gender.

3.) From Ashamed_SkirtSuit:

When I was 22 I moved into a 3 bed/1 bath house with two German guys (28 & 30). They were both geologists; one was getting his PhD and the other was a researcher. Aside from the fact that that I spoke German we had nothing in common.

I was working a busy startup business life so we didn't see each other much. They were both kind of shy but very friendly in general. We hung out sometimes and occasionally shared a meal but for the most part we all led our own lives.

Yeah, nothing crazy to report. Just a respectful normal roomie situation that lasted a year. Maybe it would have been different if we hung out more or if I wasn't dating a guy the whole time, but for the most part none of us had time for drama and followed the house rules without issue.

In college, I lived with 3 ladies which was more of a chaotic experience. In general, we got along but one of them constantly forgot to clean up after herself but got mad at others for wearing shoes inside. She was also in constant throes of drama with her bf.

4.) From lb_fantastic:

I’m F and my roommate is M, were both mid-20s and I have a boyfriend who lives elsewhere. He’s single but we’ve been friends since high school and moving in together made sense for work reasons. Roommate is friends with my boyfriend and we all get along great. There’s no fuss with my roommate, we split all bills and food and we have our own bathrooms so there’s virtually nothing to split chores-wise unless it’s the kitchen or living room, and even then we’re both pretty tidy and lax about it. Honestly I’m pretty low maintenance and not stingy, so I could have a F or M roommate as long as they have a similar mindset. I’m constantly going to the grocery store to get more milk and eggs, typical stuff and I never ask my roommate to split with me unless we’re doing a big grocery run together. He does the same, we just share everything and it’s like a brother/sister situation where sometimes he’ll eat my stuff but replace it, and vice versa.

5.) ThymeCypher:

I had to marry her, ugh....

6.) From bacon-is-sexy:

I’m a woman. My male roommate experience has been LEAPS AND BOUNDS better than my female roommate experience! The guys (one guy for 1.5 years; twin brothers for 1.5 years) were good friends of mine for years before. They were all awesome and we had sort of a family dynamic. With the twins, I’d go to the grocery store and they’d each Venmo me 1/3, no matter what I bought. I cooked a lot and we would have dinner together most weekday evenings. I just loved being like the “house mom” without having actual children.

None of the guys ever hit on me. They are all three just great friends.

7.) From ssdgma:

He doesn’t do dishes and he leaves his clothes in the dryer too long.

But he makes up for it by: letting me cry (while he looks on, obviously uncomfortable), sharing the cooking, dancing in the living room with me, letting me play his video games, trying my disgusting attempts at mixed drinks, sharing his candy, letting me borrow t shirts, and (pre-pandemic) always being down to go get wings & a beer.

8.) From ItsMrBruh:

The sheer amount of toilet paper they use in comparison to guys is crazy!

Also just how thoughtful they were. My current roommate regularly buys flowers for the house, gives sweets and chocolates out for us. It started a trend and I do the same.

9.) syd12611:

He moved in for 2 weeks and then we started dating and now we have a better apartment AND a cat

THE BAD...

10.) From peachsurf:

I shared a house with my bf and 4 guys, everyone except my boyfriend expected me to clean (I cleaned up after myself) and discovered I was sneezing and my eyes were itchy bc there was BLACK MOLD in the bathroom (I cleaned it once but it was disgusting two days later). We moved out within that month lol

11.) From userasdfghjk:

They stole $1200 in rent and bills from me, left the state, and got me evicted leaving me temporarily homeless. Isaiah if you’re reading this, I hope hell treats you well.

12.) LackingDatSkill:

She was a mess, always brought random dudes home and a year or so after she moved out she told me she would’ve banged me but never made a move.

Never again

13.) From CharlieTuna_:

Back in college I moved in with a classmate since we were both looking for a new place/roommate and we were pretty decent friends. I had to meet the other roommate because they had a big issue with their last one so I assumed it would have been an interview or something but the moment she laid eyes on me she handed me the keys. That was a red flag in hindsight.

The three of us were fairly good friends and the girl and guy had known each other for awhile so they were strictly platonic. And all three of us were single. The other guy could date anyone he wanted with no issues. Not so much for me. Like 90% of the time we were just good friends. But she clearly wanted to be with benefits. Not that she was unattractive but know how sleeping with a coworker is a bad idea? A roommate you literally cannot hide from.

If it was just the two of us things got dicey. Like we had a toilet in a small room and the shower/sinks in a separate room next to it. And she'd leave the lights off and door unlocked so I would accidentally enter while she was naked. Or if get home from work, take off my suit and tie and put in casual clothes and exit my room to her with her feet on the coffee table, legs wide apart and facing me with a smile on her face. I could go on for awhile like this. The other roommate and I had to kick her out because this was going on for over a year and she was really wearing me down.

The good AND bad...

14.) From Hunt3r8806:

Pros: you can get good advice/input, house was more decorated, Girly smells that I actually love everywhere (would be weird for a guy living alone).

Cons: jealousy with dating (assumes you're sleeping with her), house full of girls watching The Bachelor once a week, lets dog get away with murder.

15.) From Awkwardturtle13:

My previous roomate was male. It was good in that we had the same hobbies and for awhile, we were good friends. I feel like most of what i like to do, a lot of women aren't into.

The bad is that he tried to sleep with me. And ate a lot of my food.

16.) From DarkStarletlol:

Pros: felt safer when I had a date over, and when there were break ins on our street, could reach the high shelves I couldn't, stopped the pervert neighbour from peeking into our bathroom whilst I was showering.

Cons: all his friends thought it meant they could harass me and flirt with me without consequence, they thought we must be sleeping together and that I was therefore 'easy', his gf saw me as a threat even though I was happily dating my then gf, he kept stealing my shampoo because it smelt nice

17.) From LaAranaDiscoteca4:

Lived with a girl during grad school and a couple things I learned were that a good amount of girls I dated got jealous and the number of hair and hair ties everywhere was astronomical.

A big plus too was that I became really good friends with her boyfriend who I would have never connected with if I didn't live with her

18.) From cantspellanything:

Pros: was introduced to a lot of her friends which lead to quite a few dates/relationships.

Cons: a lot of her friends were crazy.

19.) From neoman1980:

Pro: She became my wife. Con: I once asked to borrow my wife’s futon mattress so I could have sex with someone else. (Before she became my wife. Lol)

And THE UGLY...

20.) From Trektopus:

She was my cousin and she lived with me before she got married. She would trash the house while I was at work. Once walked in and nearly broke my neck tripping over her bottle of nail polish remover.

21.) From Fytylm:

Shared a house with 5 women.....let me tell you....the things I saw and heard....jesus....do you have any idea what personal shit they share with each other? About the guys they date? F*cking hell....

Examples of things I witnessed and heard while living there.

Woman A is showing Woman B, C, D, E what her boyfriend's dick is like by using a cucumber. They then each take a turn and show and discuss their boyfriends using this cucumber.

They are not as clean and well mannered as one might think. They fart louder than any of my male friends! They can drink with the best of them and burb like a trucker.

They, in detail discuss their feelings, sex lives, pains and stuff.

And god forbid any of their boyfriends f*ck up.....jesus christ. The evil plans they can think up.....f*cking hell.

22.) From Youpunyhumans:

Hehehe....

I had a roommate who tried to skip out a month early on the lease and tried to claim that the landlord had told her she could. I called the landlord and confirmed the opposite and she was made to pay the last months rent even though she left anyway.

Her revenge, was to take the jar of bacon grease, smash it inside a garbage bag, tie it up and leave it in the back of the storage room. I found the bag a month later when moving out myself, and when I picked it up, the broken jar sliced through the bag and dumped this putrid rotten bacon grease onto the floor.

It was the single most disgusting and horrifying thing ive ever smelt. I instantly started vomiting, luckily made it to the bathroom which was right there. And then I cleaned it up trying not to vomit more. I wanted to scream it was so bad. Eventually I got it all cleaned up, and left as that was the last day I was there.

The move out inspection was a few days later and it was all good except, the landlord told me the police had been called to my apartment after I left on the last day because someone thought there was rotting human corpse in there... and then I realized. Bacon grease. Pigs. Pigs are very similar to humans genetically, and so probably smell the same when they rot. Thanks to my shitty ass roommate, I now know what a dead body smells like.

21 people share the most inappropriate times they started laughing uncontrollably.

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Sometimes you simply can't help it, and you break into uncontrollable laughter at the least appropriate time possible. It makes sense, when you think about it, since laughter often comes as a reflexive response to discomfort and absurdity.

Even so, it's hard to explain that it's reflexive and not personal when you start losing your breath laughing at a funeral, or at someone else's unfortunate story.

In a popular Reddit thread, people shared stories of the worst time they lost it laughing, and it will make you feel infinitely better about your own memories of insensitive giggling.

1. From DerpWilson:

This was at a ballet school performance. It was for kids ranging from 5 to 16 year olds.

For one of the younger age groups they did this thing where one kid pranced from one corner of the stage to the other, and then another kid would do the opposite, in a big X pattern. And they would have these gigantic sh*t-eating grins on their faces. Just horribly precious.

Well I started losing it at about the 15th kid but it went on for like 40 children! By the end I was in tears and all the other adults in the audience near me had found it contagious so everyone was just sitting there laughing at their own children.

2. From Talkalot23:

I always had a problem laughing when I was being scolded in my childhood. Then I would be scolded further for laughing, then I would laugh more. It was a vicious cycle.

3. From Ohsoeasy:

A woman got on stage to sing during a friend’s wedding as part of the ceremony. It was naturally a song the bride and groom chose.

As soon as she opened her mouth it became clear that she absolutely tone deaf. It sounded like an animal being tortured.

I was trying not to laugh but two guys behind me started laughing and it set off a chain reaction of laughter. Even the groom was red faced from trying not to laugh. She just kind of sheepishly left the stage afterward.

4. From FictionalProgress:

My computers teacher in middle school told me he was run over by a car when he was a child.

I laughed because I thought he was joking.

He was not joking.

5. From RunPineapple:

We were at my uncle's funeral whose death was a surprise, I was standing with my cousin who just came back from abroad to attend her dad's funeral and was breaking down. My aunt, the deceased's sister, came to tell my cousin that someone we know is apologizing for not being able to attend the funeral because she's in the hospital due to a car accident, my aunt went on describing the woman's very difficult condition and how she had an "iron pole" stuck into her forehead.

Ten minutes later, the woman appears through the door in perfect health with just some scratches, my cousin sees her and look at me from the other side of the crowded silent room and we both can't stop laughing for the rest of the funeral.

6. From alltherobots:

Cadaver room.

One of my classmates accidentally stuck his finger in a kidney because he thought it was behind glass and tried to poke the glass.

He was like, squishOHF*CK!

7. From Xinshya:

At my grand aunt’s funeral...she was a big, jolly food lover while alive and is sorely missed. Everything was going along, lots of tears while the vicar was giving the eulogy, until he shared her last words, “Cooooome on! A little whipped cream isn’t going to kill me!”

I lost my sh*t, this was 10 years ago and I still feel terrible for laughing.

8. From FistFullOfQuarters:

Me and a friend were altar boys. An older woman took to the podium to read a Bible passage. The passage described how Jesus loves everyone: the sick and the healthy, the rich and the poor, the circumcised and the uncircumcised. That's all it took for a pair of 10 year old boys to start laughing hysterically in front of a packed church.

9. From symbiosa:

A few years ago I was participating in a religious ceremony with my extended family. I'm not religious, but my mom and her family are so I agreed to participate. I was tasked with reading one of the sections aloud and had to read off a list of titles of the Virgin Mary. Most of them were pretty straightforward, "Queen of the Angels, Queen Most Holy", etc.

But there's one section that starts with the word "Virgin...". I get to it and I'm trying not to smirk, but as soon as I said the phrase "Virgin Most Powerful" I glanced at my brother and my SO and they were grinning at me. Their grins caused me to burst into giggles and I had to excuse myself while my mom glared knives into me.

My brother continued the rest of the reading.

10. From ih8usomuch89:

I was once hired to sing at a funeral and right before I was called up, the little boy in front of me ripped the loudest fart. I dug my face into my lady friends shoulder and my whole body trembled as I tried to keep it together. Within seconds I was at the pulpit and trying to come up with what I would do if I broke out laughing. I sang to the best of my ability at the time with a “cough” every now and then. We left immediately afterwards and laughed in the car till we couldn’t breath.

11. From ProfessionalChance1:

I was getting scolded by a teacher and just started to laugh. She wrote a note and told me to get it signed by my parents. Went back home and gave the note to my dad. He started scolding me and then I started laughing again. I'll spare you the details of what happened after that.

12. From MadGoonn:

My friend's dad was driving us to go camping. He told a story about how he got in a car crash and died on the way to the hospital, only to be brought back. I laughed nervously cause I wasn’t sure how to react and he took it as me laughing at him and got offended. At the time, I couldn’t explain why I laughed. That was an awkward car ride.

13. From mindfeces:

Group therapy.

A kid (22 or so but you get the idea) was talking passionately about his struggles with Asperger's and OCD. He had a squeaky voice. He started talking about his OCD categories: things that belonged under the earth, things that belonged on the earth, things that belonged in the water, and things that belonged in space. He named specific objects. Rocks, bugs, etc.

He said there were some things he could not fit neatly into his categories, even if they seemed like they were supposed to be in one. This distressed him.

He bemoaned cars. He bemoaned women and pointed at one.

Then with no segue, announced that the reason he was there was because he snuck into the zoo at night and leapt into the lion enclosure.

I had to bury my face in my elbow and turn away.

Of course his problems were real, but it just seemed so out of place on a day when people were talking about who diddled them when.

14. From Superprattual:

A young teenager was leaning forward in a chair at a restaurant, lost traction, and SLAMMED their face into the table. Absolute hysterical sobbing ensued. Their parents stopped eating their salads to make sure they were okay (they were, aside from a nose bleed).

I was sitting at the table next to them and cracked the f*ck up at the sound of them hitting the table, and even more when they started crying.

I was a horrible human being in that moment. Feel bad after the fact, but in the moment it tickled me to my core.

15. From mynameisjudygarland:

Not the most inappropriate but when I started my job on L&D, someone was telling another person about a woman whose baby had died. The 1st person asked “oh my god, what happened?” And the second person said “it died” and it made me laugh a little because of course it died, the woman wanted to know how.

Second was, a nurse approached me recently and asked me to call someone to fix a bed because “we were moving a patient in it and it folded and she got stuck in the bed” and I lost it. I laughed so hard.

16. From txoutlaw89:

A buddy of mine tried to fart on the pew in church and f*cking unloaded a dump truck load of sh*t into his pants on accident. This was during a quiet moment, and I was absolutely howling with laughter.

Edit: my highest rated comment ever is the story of my buddy power duking himself in the house of the lord. What a time to be alive.

17. From wormsquishy:

This is a bad one. We were watching a news report on coronavirus and this lady was talking about her dead mother or grandmother. She was saying adjectives about how she looked when she died. ”she was this, she was that” and then I hear the legendary line “she was...dead, obviously“.

Wasn’t that funny but I started chuckling and my family noticed. I tried to stop but actually couldn’t. Had to excuse myself after they continued to make statements which I found hilarious, funniest and most evil 10 minutes of my year.

18. From More-Snow:

Me and my cousin are to this day best friends, but we were really crazy back when we were 8-10. In 4th grade, we both were in this school where the teachers forbid downloading stuff on the computers and we decided to, I'm not kidding, download some porn. Let me just explain how the PCs were lined up, it was basically four rows of tables with computers on them, meaning that there were many kids beside, and behind us. Also there were TWO teachers going around to check on the kids.

We search for "porn" and immediately as the results appear our 8/10 year old as*es start laughing AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE. I thought to myself: "Yep, this is it. We're gonna get caught." One of the teacher was behind us checking on the other row, and we were laughing so hard that I couldn't move the mouse to close the window, wondering how no one even batted an eye. So I just managed to download a porn picture and closed the window off, then moved the picture in a random folder, and we were never caught. To this day I can't believe the luck our dumb selves had.

19. From PonzuBees:

The teacher got so pissed at my class that she walked out and it got awkwardly silent. I just couldn't hold it.

20. From HelperCamp:

When my parents told my sister and I they were getting divorced. They obviously hated each other for years and it was a long time coming. My sister and I looked at each other and we both just started laughing. Never seen two people so confused in my life.

21. From RasmusHansen89:

I was sitting in class and our teacher was telling us an episode of a guy who was very unfortunate. He suddenly fainted and his bowels just let loose. I couldn't stop laughing and escorted myself out of the classroom.

13 people share texts from freeloaders begging for their Netflix log-ins.

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A Netflix account is the best $8.99 you'll spend all month. One secret word can then give your friends and loved ones access to hours of entertainment, and finally something you guys can talk about to each other.

Because a password to a streaming service is a sacred code, some people are desperate, begging distant acquaintances for access. Groveling doesn't look good on anybody.

1. "Son's college roommate" is too many degrees of separation.

2. "Never speak to me again... But wait, just two more episodes."

3. "I gave you life, and you won't give me your password?"

4. "My sister asking for my Netflix when she is 33 and lives with my mom and dad."

5. "After a year of separation, she says she's going to use my Netflix."

6. Try "valar morghulis."

7. Emojis speak louder than words.

8. Imagine not even knowing who your sugar daddy is.

9. Freeloading is an international problem.

10. Pardon my French.

11. "Stop being poor" -Paris Hilton

12. To quote Taylor Swift, "why you gotta be so mean?"

13. Seems legit.

22 people who work in human resources share the weirdest things they've seen employees do at work.

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People who work in human resources see some crazy sh*t. For one, their job requires regular interactions with humans—a species of animal known for bizarre, erratic, shady and insane behavior. And humans are not necessarily at our best in a work environment, which is why we need HR people to make sure we do our jobs, abide by the rules, and don't put ourselves or our co-workers or our company at risk. Honestly working at a zoo is probably less challenging than working in HR.

Someone on Reddit asked people who work in Human Resources: "what is the weirdest sh*t you've seen?" These 22 brave HR employees shared their weirdest, most insane stories of human behavior they've witnessed or had to deal with at work:

1.) From thedarlingbuttsofmay:

I once had a temp job in HR. I was scanning lots of old personnel files, and the one perk of the job was reading old complaints against people. The best one I came across was a mediation caused by one member of staff accusing another of witchcraft.

2.) From StaceysDad:

The maintenance guy had been living up above the ceiling of the building. He had built a little cubby living area with electricity and a small fridge and everything.

Edit: For years.

3.) From dailysunshineKO:

I used to work at a staffing agency that placed people at manufacturing positions. Everyone had to be drug tested at the office as part of the orientation. If the pee cup came back as “inconclusive”, we’d send the potential hire to a medical lab. They would take another drug test and the lab could determine if the person was on a prescription or using illegal drugs (and therefore, not eligible for hire).

So one guy failed his drug test at the lab. He came back to the office claiming that it wasn’t his fault. He explained that he he was riding in a car and he stuck his head of the the window. Then, when the car passed under a bridge, someone threw a bunch of cocaine off the bridge, it hit him in the face, and he accidentally inhaled it.

4.) From TenDollarTicket:

Years ago I worked HR for a retail store. A manager would always clock out on time however the alarm wouldn't be set until about 30-45 min after he clocked out. Since we had a lot of trouble with internal theft we assumed he was stealing. Loss prevention approved the installation of cameras across all stores but we were told not to talk about it to see if we could catch any internal theft. The way the ceiling was set up,the cameras weren't too obvious but if you knew what to look for it was quite noticeable. Anyway turned out this dude was banging a co worker who was 16 (he was 25 expecting his first child with his wife). I didn't see the footage but our regional manager of loss prevention did and had to turn it over the the police. The real kicker is the girls dad was a captain on said police force.

5.) From shepanator:

I used to work in HR at a large corporation.

There was a big HR back-office team doing a lot of processing and data entry including employee's bank info for their salary. It just so happened that on the same day two employees with the same name started, and a huge clusterfuck ensued.

First the banking information was entered for the wrong person, one of them realised and had it corrected, but the other wasn't fixed so both salaries went to one person

The unpaid guy started refusing to come to work, but payroll said that the payment cleared and the account was in his name, so he was terminated for refusing to come to work.

He kept calling and the HR support team kept misidentifying him as the other guy who was still working for us, so when they raised a ticket to get his bank information changed they changed the info of the wrong guy, so now the guy who doesn't work for us is getting paid the salary of a guy who does.

When this was finally worked out the first guy was given his job back, but on his first day back security misidentified him and issued him a badge of the other employee, so now he was clocking hours for the other guy and not getting paid again because he never clocked in for himself.

It took about 3 months for all this to be worked out. Moral of the story is use a fucking email address to identify people

6.) From Blueiguana1976:

I was a recruiter, and you would be shocked to see what some people actually have as their personal email. Most people have come around to using just their name, but then every once in a while you'll have to verify that "brownglitter69" is in fact how they would like to be contacted.

7.) From Vandelay222:

An IT guy who worked the overnight shift (because he was doing support for our Asia/Europe regions) got written up for improper use of company systems. He had dozens of not hundreds of Google image searches related to foot fetish stuff. Like insert celebrity here feet along with other random stuff like “cute toes”, etc

Like dude...YOU’RE IN IT. You KNOW this stuff is tracked and that your boss could easily monitor it.

8.) From Garimasaurus:

One of my relatives worked in tech support for a really high-profile company in Silicon Valley during the height of the dot com boom. Some guy who desperately wanted to work there was emailing his resume to HR one thousand times every day. Several times a day, the number of emails would get too overwhelming. So the people in HR would just select everything in the inbox and delete all of it, whether it was from the applicant or not. My relative had to show them how to filter emails from the applicant.

9.) From smokefrog2:

I work HR for a call center. Entire company has around 500 employees, maybe 250 of them are in the call center. Entry level work, tiny bit more than minimum wage. A girl started her first week doing really well and then week two got really weird. She walked into the CEO's office (on another floor in the building) WHILE HE WAS MEETING WITH SOMEONE, to demand that he buy her a dog because she thought having a companion would improve her work performance. That was the entirety of her rationale.

Edit: Many are asking. No she did not get the dog. I wasn't in the room with the CEO so I don't know exactly how he handled it. He is an exceptionally nice human being so I assume he handled it kindly. Though, I mean it made its way back to HR pretty quick so he definitely told some people about it. My colleague spoke with her about it and was just like, no, thats not a thing wtf. she was fired soon after for unrelated reasons (attendance I believe). Also many are questioning if she had some kind of mental disorder. I have no idea.

10.) From McNugget_Princess:

The new receptionist was coming in every morning and opening up programs/documents to make it look like they were busy, and they'd sit with one hand on their mouse and one hand on their keyboard and stare blankly at their screen for 8 hours a day and not do anything. They'd also consistently pick up the phone and hang it up without saying anything so that it would stop ringing.

I sat in on their termination, and the employee started screaming at the manager about how they were doing an amazing job, and they had to give them another chance... I was 100% confident that they were just trying to get some easy money and wouldn't be surprised that they were finally getting fired, the whole thing was just bizarre.

11.) From cincyfan04:

I worked closely with HR in a call center. You'd get some crazy stuff.

Guy that carried a cooler every day was wiping shit on random walls and desks. It was his shit in his cooler. We thought it was his lunch. He got caught when he wiped it on the front desk directly in sight of the camera.

Another guy had a colostomy bag that he refused to empty when it got full. You would find these trails of liquid poo randomly and we had to throw out four chairs that he ruined. He was fired quickly and tried to claim discrimination because he was a veteran.

You'd also get a crazy amount of period stains on chairs. Look, it happens, but when it's the same few people (and we have free sanitary supplies in the bathroom!) you know they just don't care.

12.) From spoonythirtywon:

Female GM banging 3 co-workers at the same time. Fight broke out once everyone found out about it.

13.) From SoBreezy74:

One of the candidates I was interviewing via Skype

  1. answered the phone while in his boxers and a tank top then stood up to grab his blazer that was probably about 3ft away. I had to see him in his stretched out boxers

  2. Had a porn site up and open during a shared screen trial (to see how well he can use the digital classroom). I had to remind him I can see his screen he goes "oh yeah sorry" next instead of just closing it from the corner of his partially hidden window he clicks open the window in full view THEN closes it

That was nice

14.) From Canuckleball:

Guy came in to the interview in sweatpants and a hoodie, and said he didn’t need the job because of how much money he was making illegally, but he wanted to have a job so the IRS didn’t get suspicious.

Weirdest part is I don’t live in America, I very much doubt the IRS cares about Canadian tax returns.

15.) From T469:

I work at my family's business in the industrial sector, and HR is one of the hats I wear.

2018 was insanely busy for us, so we had to hire a staffing agency to get some General Labor guys in. It's a simple wax-on, wax-off kind of job.

The most memorable part of that hectic summer was one temp that the agency sent over for 3rd shift (Midnight-8AM). We will call him Bobby for this story. Bobby shows up wearing nothing but a pair of cargo shorts, so we had to provide pants, shirt, and steel toes. Come break time at 4, he decided to go out to the parking lot and scale the building (about 30 feet, probably climbed a tree or something), had a smoke and managed to turn the security camera away from the parking lot.

Bobby then walked away from the job and went home in the uniform and boots we provided for him. We assumed he wanted to break into some of the cars, but nothing was gone. Ended up costing probably $300 for training, uniform and just wasting our time.

TL;DR temp employee scaled the 30 ft building and played with the security cameras on his first day.

16.) From riverguava:

Not in HR, but hiring manager. The candidate made a remark that made me do a double take (don't remember exactly what, just a small cue that i picked up on). I made sure he understood that we will not tolerate any racism at all, and he proceeds to rattle off multiple racial slurs to show how he can't be racist if he is comfortable enough to use those words. Obviously didn't get hired, so he proceeded to contact our HR department to complain that I somehow tricked him into saying what he said. Smh...

17.) From Markovitch12:

We had a woman who was terrible at her job, always off sick, never met a deadline. Any way protocol was followed. Because some people had given her half decent staff reviews to get rid of her she called in the union to support her. This dragged the process. Then when she got the final papers she sent them back saying she couldn't be fired, she was pregnant. This woman was 54. It turned out she had frozen eggs so she defrosted them etc. The process proving no discrimination then began. Six months go by, she gets served again. We worked at an organisation, big building in manhattan hence terrible beaurocracy. Papers come back, that isn't me you've sent the documents to. Turns out she had provided a false passport when hired, she was actually in her 60s. In the end they gave her early retirement to get it over with

18.) From sudo_grep:

While firing someone and listing off the reasons they were being termed the person goes, "Yeah, I mean I did that but you dont have to fire me yo? I didnt violate a procedure and it doesnt say no sex in our code of conduct" -exact quote. What was he being fired for? Having sex with a building sec guard in the parking lot of our building - and it was all recorded on surveillance.

19.) From salientlife93:

I was an HR manager for a small company that shared an office with a mid-sized business. Their HR manager really disliked us, mainly because our company cultures really clashed. It wasn't a big deal for a long time, maybe just a little tense, until one day they decided to terminate one of the shared administrative staff members. I wasn't part of this decision, though I agreed with it, and technically that was their employee. The other HR Manager (let's call her Cheryl) calls me into her office to inform me the next morning that this admin had been let go. Cheryl made it clear, I was not to e-mail our companys employees and inform them of the change in employment status. As she put it "They'll find out when they get in and she isn't here, and if they don't, well that's not my problem." Lovely. That is not how handle communication matters in my company, and I was completely uncomfortable with it.

So I go to a VP and discuss what we should do. He says to hold off for a day, let everything settle, then go back and work out a strategy with Cheryl on how to redirect employees who used the old admin until we can hire a new one. Most of our employees, unlike theirs, work out in the field, so it would be important to communicate with those individuals specifically, but it could hold a day. We knew that the old e-mail for the admin was being forwarded to Cheryl, so at least someone was watching the e-mails in case something critical came through. Ok, cool.

Not two hours later Cheryl comes barreling into the cubical area of our office screaming about how our employees are idiots. They clearly are too dumb to understand that the employee who was terminated the night before was no longer with the company. She was sick of getting our stupid e-mails, and didn't want to have to deal with our incompetent employees e-mailing her non-stop. I was a horrible HR manager, I didn't know how to control my people. I clearly wasn't able to handle my job. Just insulting me, our employees, the entire company at the top of her psychotic lungs.

I was clearly to blame, and she was going to get me in so much trouble. She goes running into the CEO's office, and starts flipping out about me. It was a complete clusterfuck. She had friggin set me up as a scapegoat in case her lovely approach to HR went wrong, and when it did immediately, tried to throw me under the bus for something she did! I believe that someone had sent the admin a time-critical e-mail the night before, and Cheryl hadn't caught it, and the deadline had passed for the item maybe 15 minutes before she actually opened the request.

Thankfully I'd already talked to the VP, who was a life saver. Cheryl was reminded that whatever had happened was her damn fault, and she was told behind closed doors that if she ever did that again, our company would be logging major complaints with her company, and the CEO's of the two companies were close friends.

She told every new hire they had that our company was full of lazy, entitled assholes, and actively encouraged hostility between people in each company. She forbid our company from going into their part of the office, despite the shared (and partially paid for by us) soda fridge being over there. Would host "office lunches" for her company, and bring the leftovers across the hall to other companies so that our employees couldn't get some. It was the most petty, childish reaction to her attempt to slander me and get me in trouble.

We moved offices in under 6 months.

20.) From stihgnob511:

Im not in HR but I did conduct interviews at a previous job.

Literal blood on his resume. I think it was from picking a scab rather than a decent wound but 100% handed me a bloody resume.

21.) From technos:

HR stole me for a couple weeks after an angry prostitute tried driving through one of our gates looking for 'Anthony'. She'd met him on a dating site and he owed her $350 and a car for her abortion.

We didn't have an Anthony working there, but many of the other details she gave the police in her statement led the company to believe she wasn't totally delusional.

HR picked on me because my last job, before becoming management, was IT.

I spent two days walking around to every PC at my location, updating proxy settings, telling my coworkers that I'd figured out how to make email 'faster'.

I felt like an idiot, but it worked.

The next twelve days I watched a squid proxy. I nailed 'Anthony' on day one, but HR kept me at it.

The company had a guy looking for pictures of animal feces on plates. He claimed it was for a college art project, but the man was over sixty and not having the company pay for any courses.

"Mixed-breed Terrier on Corelle Saucer", one of the images he looked at, officially counts as the weirdest shit I've ever seen.

22. From -eDgAR-:

I'm not in HR, but I have a weird HR related story involving this 6 pairs of brand new Levi's jeans I have.

My best friend works for this pretty big company and one day he gets approached by one of his bosses, who is in his late 40s. He asks my friend where he got his jeans because he liked then a lot and my friend tells him that they are just Levi's he got at the store in Wicker Park here in Chicago. He says cool and then my friend doesn't think about it.

That weekend he actually ends up at the Levi's store looking for a denim jacket. He spots his superior there shopping and they say hi. He told him that he came down to check out the jeans because he liked my friend's so much. They chat a little and my friend introduced his girlfriend and then they left the store leaving his boss to shop.

That Monday his boss approaches him and hands him a bag full of jeans. He bought a bunch of them at the Levi's store for my friend when he was there and wanted to give them to him. Keep in mind this is at the store itself so these jeans are full price of about $60 each. My friend said he couldn't accept but he insisted, so he reluctantly took them.

He gets back to desk and his coworker sees the jeans and asks what was the deal. He tells him about what happened, not saying who it was, and his coworker was like, "Was it_____?" My friend confirmed and his coworker said, "Oh yeah HR has a whole file on him. He's done this before with other guys. He bought me a bunch of jerseys last year."

So apparently this guy liked to buy gifts for his coworkers, all male and made most of them feel uncomfortable enough they went to HR about it, but he was big enough in the company and he never really did anything totally inappropriate, so nothing was ever done about it.

My friend didn't know what to do with the jeans, because he didn't feel okay with wearing them himself, plus only a couple of them sorta fit him, so I said I would take them. As you can see they are various sizes because the guy wasn't sure his exact size and just guessed around, but hey they were free for me.


17 people share the red flags to look out for when looking for a new job.

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Interviewing for a new job can be pretty terrifying.

Finding the right questions to ask, presenting yourself in the most honest yet impressive way without seeming too arrogant or too insecure and navigating the perfect balance of being friendly yet professional can be really difficult. Even people who aren't prone to anxiety can leave a job interview dripping sweat and questioning ever life choice they've ever made.

However, sometimes the decision is actually fairly out of your control. Maybe they were already planning on hiring someone from within the company and just did a round of interviews anyway, maybe you look too much like someone's ex and they can't handle it, or maybe your experience and goals just aren't an ideal match for the position and they think you'd be happier elsewhere. After an interview, it's best to just relax and try not to overthink it.

What happens when you get an intuitive feeling that something is just completely off with the job, though? Always trust your gut and don't ignore red flags when it comes to your career! If that manager seems unhinged, they probably are...

So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "What's a red flag when looking for a job?" people were definitely ready to share their horror stories from the job search and interview process.

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31 of the funniest posts about people who followed instructions way too literally.

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A lot of verbal and written communication relies on subtle turns of phrase or metaphors which, if interpreted too literally, can mean something entirely different than intended. This is why if you tell your friend you're "dying of laughter" they won't immediately call 911—even if you say you're "literally dying of laughter." Language is confusing AF, literally.

The internet is full of examples of people who followed instructions WAY too literally, with hilarious results. Here are 31 of the funniest examples:

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A friend’s daughter-in-law was told to “cover up” while feeding her baby, so she did!🤣 I’ve never met her, but I think...

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21 Meme To Help You Celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

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This may blow your mind, but Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May, for people who skipped Spanish class) is not Mexican Independence Day. It’s actually the day the Mexican Army won an unexpected victory over French forces in 1862. Much like St. Patrick's Day, this holiday has evolved into a buck wild drinking holiday in the US. While the bars may be closed this Cinco de Mayo, you can still fiesta with this hilarious batch of memes.

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20 people who regret meeting up with someone from the internet share their stories.

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The internet is the birthing place of many a meaningful friendship and relationship, but it's also a place full of catfishing and toxic people. So, meeting up with an internet friend for the first time can easily be one of the most wholesome or devastating experiences of your social life.

While meeting people off dating apps is its own genre of experience, meeting people you befriended or started flirting with in a chatroom or forum has an entirely different feeling. In some cases, the stakes of an organic online friendship feel even more vulnerable than dating, because platonic connection is more accepting (in concept).

In a popular Reddit thread, people who have met online friends and regretted it shared their stories, and it ranges from hilarious to heartbreaking.

1. From Bubber_lubb:

Met my best friend at the time on League of Legends. After talking every day for 3 years, I ended up moving to a state much closer to him, so we decided to finally meet. We talked before about all the things we'd do together and how awesome it would be. I loved him so, so much. He was there for me through so much and was a wonderful friend.

He had a new girlfriend at the time of our meet-up and he brought her along with him. I had no problem with this, because I'd love to meet the woman who makes him happy.

It was abundantly clear from the get go that she wasn't a real big fan of me. I did my best to be kind, and still had tons of fun.

I didn't hear from my friend much after that. A mutual good friend of ours messaged me and when I asked about my best friend, they said that his girlfriend was telling people that I was basically an awful person for whatever reason.

Three years later and he is engaged to this woman and I'm happy for him, but I haven't spoken to him in those three years. I still miss him every day, and I wish I could be there for him on his wedding day.

2. From MadMuirder:

Not instant regret, but did make me realize things could have gone badly if this friend hadn't been a good human.

I used to play Halo 2 with a guy, Molested Spartan. I always thought the name was hilarious, and he said it was what Xbox randomly assigned him when he let XBL choose his user name. That has nothing to do with how the event went, just his name in case he's on reddit lol.

We were playing Halo one day and I made some off the wall comment about how bad traffic was due to them redoing one of our local roads, and he said his town was redoing a lot of roads too. I think I had a friend over or coming over, and I forgot to mute my mic and said the road he lived on, asking when he had to leave/come over (again this was 15 yrs ago, a little fuzzy).

Anyways, Molested Spartan was like "holy crap, do you live in XYZ" and I told him yeah. Turns out he lived like 5 miles away from me on the other side of town. We met up, I was about 11 or 12 at the time, he was like 17, and he went and bought me a burger and milkshake while we chatted. Pretty cool dude from what i remember, but when I got home I thought about how different that could have been if he wasnt just some highschooler trying to make a kids night with a burger and shake.

3. From divinelyshpongled:

My brother met a girl in person that he had known for 4-5 years online during which time they had kind of had an online relationship.

She had brought her friend with her to meet him and while they were sitting around a table awkwardly making conversation, with my brother apparently quite shocked at how bad she looked in person compared to how she looked online, and having absolutely no interest in her other than as friends, the girl sent her friend a message saying “omg get me out of here, he’s looking at me like he wants to jump me”, but she accidentally sent it to my brother.

What ensued was likely incredibly painful to be part of. My brother showed her his phone and looked at her in disgust.

4. From amicalle:

Maybe not regret it. But it gave me years of depression. I met my best friend through minecraft, never made friends in this and I just wanted to play with someone (I have no idea why) so I complimented this girl skin. We started talking, she was American, I'm Polish and my English sucked...we moved to skype and at first I mostly typed, but later on she started teaching me English somehow by talking with me.

She was one year older. We knew each other for almost a year and I was staying up all night just to talk to her and her friends that she introduced to me. She was also depressed so we talked with each other and she was the first person that truly listened to me. We had plans of visiting each other...and then our mutual friend told me she commited suicide. Four years passed by and now at least I can talk about it and not cry.

Still miss her very much tho.

5. From Flame_Boy_J:

I met my old friend on Roblox about 3 yes ago but he turned out to be like 40.

6. From tlin0804:

She flew in town to be a bridesmaid in my wedding. And she decided to cheat on her husband with one of the groomsmen and blame me for that. Because it was my wedding so that clearly makes it my fault she was unfaithful.

7. From wibaut:

Met a girl I really liked on WoW but she lived in another country, after a couple of vacations there it turned into a relationship. Made the decision to move and start a new live there with her. After living there for four months I slowly realised she was crazy as hell. Huge mood swings paired with alot of aggression. Ended up getting stabbed in the side by her while asleep. Needless to say; after getting out of the hospital I took the first plane back home, she's still in a psychiatric hospital.

8. From ItsGiff1:

I invited him over to my house and he shat all over my toilet

Just to clarify,it was not in the toilet,it was on the seat and a bit of it landed on the floor.

9. From vampirechubb:

He catfished me. Always bragged about how he lost a bunch of weight and then looked like the before pictures he posted (not that I personally cared but he got A LOT of online attention from girls because of this) also he made fun of me for being "poor", i.e. having a beat-up car, eating cheap food, etc. What a douche.

10. From Mowller:

Was at a really bad place, got bullied in school, was kinda chubby, and had some social anxiety. Went to LAN-party with some friends I met over playing WoW! At the time I regretted it because they actually were good for me and gave me happiness. It ruined my then current plans for taking my life.

Today I love them all more than life.

Edit: Thanks for all the lovley comments, i hope you all have a wonderous day <3

11. From VincaRose:

....the fact the guy kept calling his exes crazy. He forgot I know several of his exes and they were/still are the least craziest people I know.

12. From rainydaymonday30:

When I was in high school I met a guy from a different high school in a local chat room. We hit it off and after a few days we agreed to meet up at the store I worked at once I finished work.

Well I guess he showed up a little early, with a friend, and came through my check stand. I thought it was him (we'd swapped photos), but I was really shy and didn't want to be wrong. I waited for him to introduce himself, but he never did, and he and his friend paid for whatever they had and left without conversation.

I was still hopeful that wasn't the guy, so I waited up for him for an hour after my shift. Of course, he never showed, because that absolutely was the guy. He must have been disappointed when he met me in the checkout line and instead of being a decent person and saying he wasn't interested, he just ghosted me.

If I could go back in time, I definitely would have said something to him at the check stand. That's my one regret.

13. From SensualEnema:

Do dating app people count? Because he told me he was a vampire within 10 minutes.

14. From Hypoplasia:

When I was 14 I had an online friend two states away who was 14. He and his mom took a trip to see me and the first thing we did when we saw eachother was run full speed at one another. Our heads bounced off eachother and I chipped my tooth and broke his braces. I'm pretty sure his front tooth was also loose and hadda go to the dentist to fix it lol.

15. From HaroerHaktak:

Met up with a friend I met in WoW.

I fell down steps.

Instead of helping or asking if I am okay, she laughed. Hard. Like, not breathing, on the floor. gasping for air, seal clapping hard.

We've been friends for like 8 years ever since that and she still reminds me.

16. From N-Word-Pass-Verified:

Friend for 6 years flies over to Australia to hang with me for a month, little did I know he was a bit taller than me.

I was 5' 10"

He was...well...6' 7"

I never knew he was this tall, he never talked about it, and when I was at the Brisbane airport waiting for him, I text him stating 'I don't know where you are', to which he replied 'look up'.

Towering over everyone is this blonde guy that has the arm span of the airport lobby. I cried, we laughed, and I regret bringing him over because my ceiling almost hits his head.

17. From AsthmaticHummingbird:

We went to a convention and he drunkenly told me and my boyfriend that he wished we weren't together so he could sleep with me.

It was very awkward, and he's lucky my boyfriend (now husband) is a patient man.

18. From njf85:

It was my friend "Kate" who befriended this girl, "Jessica", who allowed us to come and stay with her when we travelled to the US. Jessica was rude to me instantly and kept my friend away from me. I'd go upstairs and she'd find a reason for them to go downstairs. She had Kate share her bedroom and she'd lock the door for hours and so I'd just go off and do my own thing. We met her two (odd) friends and they both ignored me. When it was time for Kate and I to move on to another state, Jessica insisted on coming with us.

The lady we stayed with in another state, "Robin," took no sh*t and called Jessica out on her strange behaviour. Jessica proceeded to lock herself in a room and demanded Kate stay in there with her. They were in there all day and eventually Kate came out and said to me that there's something wrong with Jessica and she's actually scared. We (Kate and I) had plans to stay with another online friend, "Matt", in another state and Jessica demanded we cancel because she doesn't like or trust Matt. We said no, this is our holiday and we've paid for flights, and Jessica said then she will come with us but we can't meet up with Matt. We said no, she cried, we left. Kate blocked her on everything.

Kate's mother called us not long after saying Jessica contacted her crying, saying Kate is in danger and we abandoned Jessica, and she's so concerned for my friend's safety (edit to add: as a I recall, she claimed to be concerned about Matt and basically wanted Kate's mum to tell us to stay with Jessica). It was actually incredibly scary.

Kate found out later from another girl, "Jane" (they all knew each other from a forum) that Jessica had been telling everyone they were in love and had even slept together. I don't know how much of that is true but I've known Kate for 20 years now and she's never identified as anything but straight. She denied it 100%. Jessica was just obsessed with her, and months later Kate heard Jessica was telling everyone she was saving money to come to our country to find Kate. She never did, thankfully.

Other than the time spent with this girl, we had a great holiday and made some good friends (I still talk to Matt, he's great).

Edit: added fake names to make story a bit clearer as some people had trouble following

19. From pickindim_kmet:

When I was 19 I jumped on a flight to meet a friend I had known for about 4-5 months. We both went through family bereavements and were a shoulder to cry on for each other, via the phone or internet, and we just decided to meet for a few days in a country between us.

Until then everything had been perfect, she was the coolest girl, really smart, the kind of person you want to be around all the time.

When we met things started great but a day later she confessed "you're not what I expected" Erm, what? 19-year-old and not very confident, this knocked me sideways. "I don't know, just...you seem different"

I never hid who I was before we met, was completely open and it put a real sour taste on the rest of my time with her. Instead of chatting non stop and watching Jackass on TV in the hotel at night, we went quiet and straight to sleep, ate in silence. I put as much effort as I could into it but I still never got to the bottom of how I was different. We went our separate ways, text for a few days then never spoke again.

20. From likeawildrose:

Not quite an instant regret, but there were two people I was meeting. Maisie and Maya, for the purpose of the story.

We'd discussed meeting again, planned to have sleepovers, just generally have fun. The first day we met up went really well! We all had a good time, I thought it went brilliantly. Then a few weeks later I found out they were carrying out all the plans. Without me. They still have sleepovers to this day when Maya is back from uni and I'm just left out.

I don't speak to either of them anymore. It hurt lol.

Edit: for more context to make it worse, I'd met Maisie a few times before and it was fine, this all happened after I met Maya at the same time. A few months down the line Maya confessed she had a crush on me. Don't know if that played into it but :(

Groom asks if he's wrong to ask fiancée not to hire guy she already knows to dance at bachelorette party.

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Bachelor and bachelorette parties are often a touchy subject (no pun intended).

If she gets a coworker, she's going to have to see him every day at work, I am going to have to see him at barbecues because they have mutual work friends.

A groom posted in "Am I The A**hole?" that he overheard his fiancée talking about her bachelorette party with her sister, and yes, there will be dancers. While the groom doesn't object to a strip show, he's upset that his wife-to-be will be getting a show from somebody she knows and will continue to see again.

The bride works with the young 22-year-old dancer at her day job, and the groom is feeling jealous. In fact, he's watched the two interact before.

He wrote:

I overheard [the bride and her sister] talking about how her sister is hiring one of my fiancee's coworkers to be the stripper. I've been at a couple of events where hes been and After she's had a few drinks she gets really flirtatious with this guy in front of me. Other people have even mentioned it including her sister. She will start to play fight with him, and stand outside with him for hours while he smokes even though she doesn't. I brought it up to her and she told me that she's not flirting she's just being friendly because he is the easiest one there to talk to.

The groom is already anxious about his fiancée's relationship with her coworker, and that's before she sees his abs.

It bothers me because there is a certain professionalism with professional strippers, they come in they do their job they pack up and then they go to the next one, and you dont see them again. But if she gets a coworker as for stripper she's going to have to see him every day at work, I am going to have to see him at barbecues because they have mutual work friends. I know that I have a lot of insecurities but it would really make me feel uncomfortable If I had to go to a barbecue with this guy that was dancing on my wife naked and who knows what a month ago. It would really just embarrass me.

He confronted her about it, and she told him to chill.

I brought it up to my girlfriend and I said to her Why wouldnt you want professional hunk strippers That know what they're doing rather than some coworker. She said that her sister wanted him and shes planning the party And hes a kid (22). My wife is 25. I told her that it would make me uncomfortable to be around him, And get she's gonna have to see this guy at work from now on after this. She told me it's just fun and I have nothing to worry about.

AITA for being upset?

The Court of Reddit was sympathetic to the groom, and surprised that he would still want to marry her in the first place.

"NTA (Not The Asshole)," Bruce_Waynes_Ward (lol) wrote. They were also suspicious of the sister-in-law-to-be's intentions.

"Your future SIL is setting your fiancee up to cheat with this dude, if she hasn't already. She's all flirty and touchy feely with him already to the point people are pointing it out to you and your fiancee is downplaying your concerns. Red flags everywhere."

AndrewWaldron laid out a likely equation: "Co-worker + previous flirting + bachelorette party + stripping + alcohol=sex."

The jury seems to imply that the flirty fiancée is the a**hole here.

"She should not be flirting with other men while you are dating and should most definitely not be doing it while engaged," SockJocker commented. "This is not appropriate in the first place and being that you’ve seen this behavior makes it all the worse."

This isn't the main issue, but I can't help but wonder: can the coworker even dance?

There are reasons why some jobs should be handled by professionals. Especially if that professional is Channing Tatum.

Adele posts birthday photo that shows dramatic weight loss as fans and friends wish her well.

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The last time Adele posted a photo showing her weight loss, it sparked a days-long debate on body image.

But now that she's posted a birthday pic showing that she's seemingly shed even more pounds, it seems tfans and friends alike are just happy if Adele's happy.

The photo shows Adele standing inside a very Pinterest-ing circular structure, wearing a black balloon-sleeve dress.

"Thank you for the birthday love," the caption reads. "I hope you’re all staying safe and sane during this crazy time."

She goes on to add a shout-out to pandemic heroes: "I’d like to thank all of our first responders and essential workers who are keeping us safe while risking their lives! You are truly our angels ♥️ 2020 okay bye thanks x"

Celeb friends like Chrissy Teigen starting wishing Adele a happy birthday almost immediately.

Jameela Jamil and Lil Nas X also paid respects.

Rita Wilson and Questlove, too.

Fans were gobsmacked by the singer's snap.

And fan accounts are loving Adele's new look just as much as they've always loved her.

Others took notice of her updated hair and clothing style.

As long as Adele likes it, that's all that matters — and according to Instagram, she (literally) does.

Man asks if it's okay to be angry wife handed him their baby during important Zoom meeting.

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It's hard to divide parenting duties during a pandemic, and one anonymous couple has clearly reached their breaking point.

A working dad took to Reddit for advice after his wife foisted their fussy baby on him during a work meeting. He asked if he was wrong for getting mad, but many are suggesting that there might be a deeper issue than meeting at play.

The dad is working from home while his wife takes care of their baby:

My wife currently is not working and our son is 2 months old. I still have work, and I’m working from home currently.

He warned his wife ahead of time that he was giving a big presentation:

Today at 12 I had to give a presentation about how our team is handling the crisis, and then give a proposal about a new product design. This was given to my boss, and the VP of engineering. It’s probably the most important meeting I’ve had in months, which isn’t really saying that much since most of them are useless but this one was actually important.

But she still burst in and handed him the baby:

I told my wife beforehand about it, and reminded her this morning. Then half way through she comes in with my son crying, hands him to me, and just leaves. She not only left the room, but she left the house and didn’t take her phone. She didn’t come home for 4 hours.

He had to take care of the baby before returning to the meeting:

This threw the whole pace of the meeting off, I had to put him in his crib, and then had to keep an eye on him. Additionally it stressed me out in the middle of an already stressful meeting, to my less than understanding boss.

She disappeared, only to return four hours later:

Suffice to say I was pretty f****** pissed off. When she got back I yelled at her that she can’t just disappear for 4 hours without her phone, and that she interrupted something I told her not to beforehand.

She then said she “needed a break”, and I told her if she needed a break she could watch tv and zone out like a normal f****** human being instead of f****** off to god knows where leaving me stuck between a new born and a judgmental boss.

They got into an argument about the division of labor in their house:

She got pissed off and said that I should be more understanding and that she’s doing more work than me. That also pissed me off, because she absolutely isn’t doing more work then me, she doesn’t even have a fucking job. She said she was going to stay at her moms, again leaving me alone with my son during work tomorrow.

He added more details about how things work in their household after commenters asked:

Edit: since people assume I do nothing around the house:

Okay, perhaps I didn’t want to make a giant fucking list of chores, but clearly it’s necessary.

I cook 5/7 days a week, 7/7 now that we can’t get takeout in good conscious. She doesn’t know how. I do the dishes because I cook. I vacuum and take out the garbage. I clean the bathrooms. The only thing she does is take care of our son.

Most commenters agree that this dispute isn't a matter of who's the a-hole, but that his wife might need professional help.

The man seems to be missing major clues that his wife is suffering from post-partum depression, so whether or not he has a right to be angry is beside the point, most people are saying.

Reddit user pie12345678 has some good advice:

Pro-tip: If your partner is reasonable in general and suddenly starts acting "irrationally" a few weeks after having a baby, your first thought needs to be concern, not blame and anger.

I completely understand that OP's stressed about work, but his wife is showing clear signs of mental illness.

ayliv agrees:

Thank you, dear god. Taking care of a 2 month old infant is a lot of work, and she’s also trapped at home, probably has zero alone time, and she clearly just broke. Don’t f****** yell at her, get her help.

wadingin3 has some strong words for the husband:

Get the F off Reddit and get your wife some help! This is not an argument that needs to be won. Neither of you will be the victor here. She is very clearly suffering from PPD and you are using time to take your conflict to AITA on Reddit?

They go on:

Of course she shouldn’t have done that, but she was very, very clearly at a breaking point. Why else would a mother hand off a crying 2 month old and run away without her phone for FOUR hours?

How can you be so self-centered that you focus on disparity of household chores and are completely oblivious to what is going on?

Roswulf understands the husband's frustration, but echoes other commenters' concerns:

[You're not the a-hole] for this specific incident. Just worldlessly handing off the baby and disappearing for hours without your agreement or knowledge is not remotely OK.

But this specific incident is NOT the heart of what is going on. Your wife is really struggling, and we have no way of knowing how or why. This is a bigger problem than your presentation.

Let's hope after this dad cools down, he gets his wife some help.


26 Memes To Help You Start Your Day Off With A Giggle.

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“If you see someone without a smile give them yours.”


―Dolly Parton

These memes will provide you with enough smiles and laughs that you'll have plenty to spare for any of the grumpy people you encounter today.

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25 people share the stupidest reasons they ever got in trouble at school.

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I don't remember most of the things I learned in school. But I DO remember all of the times I got in trouble for things I didn't do—or did do but shouldn't have gotten punished for, like the time I got sent to the principle's office for making "crinkling sounds" stuffing papers into my bag. (There were also plenty of things I did do and should have gotten in trouble for but didn't, but let's not get in to that...) Looking back as an adult, I can't help but empathize with my teachers, many of whom were probably just doing their best (except for you, Ms. L__). But there's something about being served an undeserved punishment when you're too young to fully defend yourself that is just really really hard to forget.

Someone asked Reddit: "what’s the stupidest reason you got in trouble in school?" These 25 former students share stories of the ridiculous and unfair things they got punished for back in school:

1.) From Isthisinfectious:

I tripped on a loose tile and bumped into a teacher causing her to spill her coffee on herself. I apologized and showed her the tile.

She went on for months about how I did it on purpose. Even got the principal and my folks involved. For the rest of the year she told me I couldn't come back to her class unless I apologized for doing it on purpose.

Never went back to her class. Though I initially apologized for the incident, I never once apologized for doing it "on purpose". F*ck you Ms. Helm.

2.) From Macabalony:

Grad school. As in. Full grown adult. One of my patients was a chill guy. We had one of those relaxed relationships. He would fist bump me after treatment was completed. The dean of academic affairs did not like that. Got a 45 minute lecture on doctor patient relationship and how dare I violate that trust with a fist bump.

3.) From ladies-pmme-nudespls:

For “fighting.” The school asshole sucker punched me and I didn’t retaliate. It was even caught on tape. The zero tolerance policy is one of the stupidest things ever.

4.) From deprimada:

I got detention once for pushing a girl that was about to hit me, and she then hit me several times. I didn’t even hit her back. I was trying to hold her back so she wouldn’t hit me in the face and break my glasses. We got in the same amount of trouble. Bullshit.

5.) From SweetCakeShy:

Correcting a teacher’s spelling of congratulations. It was a substitute, and it was English literature.

6.) From AsteroidBomb:

In middle school, some kids were stomping on caterpillars during recess. I took a Ziploc bag from my lunch and put as many caterpillars in it as I could to rescue them by taking them somewhere else. I fast-walked to get away fairly quickly without making a scene. A teacher stopped me and accused me of running and shoving (I didn't touch anyone at all), and when she saw the bag, she gave me a look of utter disgust. I got lunch detention for it. I ultimately switched out of that school because the staff had it in for me for some mental health issues and quirks that I later discovered was Asperger's syndrome.

7.) From alfalfarees:

Clearing my throat before reading out loud to the class. She yelled at me and threatened detention because she thought I was faking it for attention but I don’t see how.

Also more context I was a quiet kid so I wasn’t one to create drama to begin with, it just made me not want to talk more than I already didn’t want to

8.) From CrispyBigToe:

I got ISS for being in a food fight even though I wasn't. They said I was apart of it because I dropped some crumbs from my cupcake onto the floor.

9.) From Donktlon:

I apparently sighed loudly when a T.A who knew she wasnt very popular walked in the room. I was talking to a friend the opposite side of my table.

10.) From Lightning15161:

I threw a a closed pen to my friend who was like 3 feet away from me, and the teacher freaked out. He made a big deal out of it in front of the whole class for a solid 5 minutes, and then emailed my parents. Luckily my mom was able to see my side of things and she said, "Doesn't that teacher have better thing to do than email me about my child throwing pens?" We still laugh about it from time to time.

11.) From _helloalien:

Someone made a paper airplane out of scrap paper that had been binned. My name was written on the sheet they used. I got sent out the room and handed a punishment exercise

12.) From Weapon_X23:

For saying my school picture sucked. I had no idea "sucked" was considered a bad word until I was put in detention for it.

13.) From mbhghghhhh:

For using my asthma medication in class. I was told to keep my inhaler in the office, and to use it in there only. I was told it was 'distracting.'

Know what else is distracting? The sounds of someone gasping for air and having to be removed from class.

14.) From gil_beard:

I checked out a book on African tribes from the library in the fourth grade. I told the teacher about how the book had topless women in it thinking I was helping, she confiscated the book and had me suspended from school.

15.) From ImaBoredGal9:

Someone once poked a wasp nest in the school forest, and the whole swarm came out upon the school. The entire school sat detention for an hour. Understandable if you don't know who did it, but that's not the problem. We were sitting detention because the principal's son got stung. As it eventually turned out, it was actually his fault the swarm came down on us.

I have cursed his name since the day I found out.

16.) From GW2RNGR:

For hugging a crying classmate in the hall.

And that one time I typed the word "boobies" on the calculator in math class.

17.) From JnthnB:

I was drinking tea and my teacher yelled at me to stay home if I‘m sick (which I wasn‘t)

18.) From DXGamma:

In seventh grade English class, a classmate looked pretty sad so I asked her how she was doing. No malicious intent, just wondering what was making her so upset but she started sobbing. I apologized and moved on. Later that day, I get pulled from a different class by a math teacher that I've never met before who yelled at me in the hallway making snide remarks about my parents and their parenting capacity. She made me sit in front of the principal's office to "wait for the principal to talk to me" for four hours, long after the school day has ended. When the principal finally did show up, he had no idea why I was sitting there. Middle school me was too shy to make a fuss about it but in hindsight I should've made a complaint against her. To this day, the girl that I supposedly "bullied" has no idea why the math teacher flipped out at me.

19.) From iimbestppppl:

Chasing someone with a paperclip and saying I am a vampire (was elementary)

20.) From modestlymousie:

For not looking at the teacher during lesson. I wasn't fidgeting. Just sitting at my desk, staring into space.

We had a payment system in 3rd grade where you'd get dollars for good behavior (finishing homework, cleaning up after lunch) and lose them for bad behavior. At the end of each quarter we'd get to use the dollars to buy shit at the book fair. Every kid wanted to stock up.

Now each task would get you between 1 to 2 dollars. Each day you could only get like 3 max.

She charged me TWENTY DOLLARS. It was literally heartbreaking and took me a full month to recover.

Turns out I had focal epilepsy and was having episodes in class. Got treated like a shitty kid for it all through highschool.

21.) From ultimateredditrabbit:

I got in trouble for "cheating" on one of my math exams. The teacher found a piece of paper in my pencil case. I got sent to the principal's office. When the principal asked me about what I wanted to say in my defense, I simply told him to take a look at the note. It turned out to be a shopping list. I was alowed to re-take the exam the following week.

22.) From theWildBore:

In 1993 the Flaming Lips Song “She Don’t Use Jelly” came out. I was in third grade and I really liked that song. And started signing it with my friends during a double handed jump roping session. “She don’t use jeeeelllly orrrr any of theeeseee... she uses Vaaassssseeline”. Boom. Written up. 3 day Suspension for saying sexually suggestive things. I had NO idea that was meant sexually. Worse even, no one would explain why that song was sexually suggestive. It was very confusing

23.) From MonkeyDavid:

I was sent to the principal in sixth grade for arguing with my teacher when she insisted that Hitler was a communist.

The principal literally did a facepalm, but then pulled himself together and lectured me on being more respectful.

24.) From kisurikaw:

I yawned. That earned me 30 minutes of ''You never listen to the lesson properly''.

25.) From LaurenAnneRivers:

I once got in trouble for reading Stephen King. They were like "you're reading dark books it's the reason your behavior is bad"

20 of the funniest tweets from phase 2 of quarantine.

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During the first few weeks of quarantine, people were baking daily ambitious bread challenges, doing all kinds of virtual workouts, and some people were posting things on social media such as, "Breathe. Reset. Rejuvenate."

Now, after nearly two months, it's safe to say things have gone sufficiently off the rails. A lot of us can't remember the last time we wore pants, most of us have no idea what day it is, our sleep and eating schedule has become a strange blur of sad snacks and strange naps, and our friends and family live on multiple screens now. However, until it's safe to resume life as it was before, the most important thing we all can do is support our frontline workers and continue to socially distance.

When the quarantine began, we brought you funny pandemic-related tweets to laugh off the stress, and after two months of quarantine, here's how the energy has shifted. If you've lost all sense of space, time, who you are and whether or not your dog can actually talk-it's ok!

Here are the funniest tweets we could find from the middle of lockdown life.

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Former Disneyland employee reveals what the celebrities she met are like in real life.

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A woman who used to be a Disneyland cast member took to TikTok to spill the tea on al the celebrities she interacted with while working at The Happiest Place on Earth™.

Over 7 million people have watched Nicole Smith's two-part exposé on the stars she encountered, and some people are as handsome and/or creepy as they seem on screen.

@coliepolieolie21

I’m very glad I don’t work for Disney anymore 😬😬#greenscreen#foryou#fyp#foryoupage#onecommunity

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Here are her hot takes:

Will Ferrell:"The very first celebrity I met at my very first shift at Disneyland when I worked at the Haunted Mansion, and he is very cool. A very nice man."

Jason Derulo: "Does not know lyrics to Christmas songs and he had to write the lyrics on his hand. It was kind of embarrassing."

The cast of Good Luck Charlie: "[I did not meet] the entire cast...but this lady (Leigh-Allyn Baker, who played Amy Duncan) and this kid (Bradley Steven Perry, who played Gabe Duncan). This kid was a little a**hole. I did not like him at all."

(Remember this one for later!)

Mark Wahlberg: "Just as handsome in person as he is in photographs and he is also a very nice man."

Nicolas Cage: "Creepy. He looks like a vampire. He looks like he glows in the dark and he was a little weird."

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon: "These people are awful. I had to deal with both of them separately. She is an absolute diva and he is an absolute diva and I hope that no cast member has to deal with these monsters ever again."

Smith went off on Carey and Cannon some more, explaining that it's known among the Disneyland community that Carey is high maintenance.

"She's just rude, she's just not very friendly. She's not that great, and I love her, and I was really sad about that," Smith explained.

She says that Cannon is similar, but has "zero excuse to be a diva," because unlike Mariah Carey, he isn't Mariah Carey.

"You're Nick Cannon, you're not that special, okay?" Smith said to the camera.

Here's part two. Note: her definition of "celebrity" extends to "actor who has appeared on the Disney Channel."

Jason Earles:"No joke, I thought he was a teenage boy and I was kind of embarrassed when I found out it was him. He was actually a really nice guy."

Mary J. Blige: "Talented. Brilliant. Amazing. Show-stopping. Queen. She was the nicest person ever and she sings amazing live."

@coliepolieolie21

Part 2! I didn’t think this would blow up but thanks for watching! #greenscreen#foryou#fyp#neverfitin#foryoupage

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Demi Lovato: "I know I'm doing her dirty, but it's Poot. I mean, I gotta include Poot. No joke, Demi Lovato is also very kind. She was also a great singer live. Loved her."

Ross Lynch:"He was fresh off of Teen Beach Movie when he came into the park and, uh, he was lovin' all the attention. He was all over it! And he was very annoying. I'm sorry."

Kobe Bryant:"Last, but not least, Kobe. He was so sweet and his family was so sweet. They were beautiful and I'm really sad that he's gone."

Since the videos went viral, Smith got called out by Bradley Steven Perry, the former child star on Good Luck Charlie whom she called an "a**hole."

Uh oh. Good luck, Nicole.

20 of the funniest tweets about the world that millennials grew up in.

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Millennials either get pegged for being a generation of entitled brats leeching off their parents or a generation that did their best to succeed entering a gig economy with very few jobs that offer standard benefits or any real stability.

Regardless of your opinion on millennials, most of them are children of the 90s who grew up with dial-up internet, AOL chat-rooms, and the biggest social media influencers being their Myspace "Top 8." Oh boy, the amount of the drama that that surrounded who was in your Top 8...it should truly be Netflix series.

While millennials are very familiar with the transition from cassette player, to CD player, to iPod to smart phone with all your music, there was definitely a time when if you wanted to listen to music, text your friends and take photos at the same time, you were definitely going to need three different devices. That news alone is shocking to most members of Gen Z.

Here are the funniest tweets we could find about things that make perfect sense to millennials, but perplex younger generations. Let's just never go back to low-rise jeans...

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