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8 former flat earthers share what made them accept that the earth was round.

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These flat earthers have fallen off.

Flat earthers from around the globe (pun intended) discussed what made them finally accept the reality that the world is not, in fact, flat. The earth and its friends in the Solar System is very much a sphere, even though a large subculture of extremely online conspiracy theorists and NBA star Kyrie Irving see the world as a rectangular prism. These stories show that there's hope for flat earthers, even if they'll probably just move on to insist that the moon is made of cheese.

1. Chile chilled them out.

There is a flight from Santiago (chile) to somewhere in Australia. On the flat earth it is impossible to fly this route without stopping. Yet, there are several videos of people flying this route. You only need one thing to disprove your theory and yeah that changed my mind. People still called all the videos of this flight fake and stuff smh. -Konjuga2

2. Oceans are real, and they're spectacular.

I thought oceans were a myth, sort of. When I was a kid the largest body of water was a river I could swim across.

When I eventually say the Pacific Ocean for the first time it scared the shit out of me. -Aussie-Nerd

3. Real eyes realize real lies.

I became a flat earther for quite a long time and it was still surprising that I realised that Flat earthers is just straight up stupid, because for me, the fact that we see the earth flat is because its an illusion of our eyes. (And yes I became a globe earther again and believed in the moon landing again) -Aslzglobal2

4. Hopefully her students accepted the correction.

My mother was always getting into crazy conspiracies, and one time she discovered the flat earth theory. She introduced me to it, and I was skeptical at first, but then I tentatively gave it a chance. The videos she showed me were very convincing, using some real science to explain phenomena we see on the earth could happen if it were flat, such as atmospheric refraction causing the sun to disappear beyond the horizon.

But I never fully accepted the theory, since I had a relatively good grasp of astronomy and didn't see how some effects could happen on a flat earth. For example, we know there are two hemispheres of stars that can be observed from the earth, in the northern and southern sky. It's been well-documented throughout history. But if the earth is flat, wouldn't we see only one hemisphere of stars from any point on the earth? And then there was some complete nonsense like the moon producing its own light... despite having visible shadows in craters.

By asking these questions, my mom eventually realized that the flat earth "theory" made no sense. My mindset when approaching the theory was "We can make observations about how things behave, and come up with different explanations for what causes them. So let's compare the flat and globe earth theories and see which holds up better." We both came to the conclusion that the flat earth doesn't adequately explain many of the things we observe on earth, and several weeks later she ended up watching videos by an airline pilot who debunks the flat earth theory, and showed a few to me.

Deep down, I think she also had an understanding of how the solar system works, since she used to teach science and math as an elementary school teacher. I even have a model of the solar system we made when I was a kid. So letting go of the flat earth theory was probably easier for her than some who don't know about moon phases or the tilt of the earth, or anything like that. Many flat-earthers just lack basic knowledge to begin with, and the flat earth theory fills that void for them. -EchoBladeMC

5. Ain't no mountain high enough.

Mountains, man.

There is more to the world than an endless expanse of corn fields. -secretlyawolf

6. If the laser hits, you must admit.

Not me but my good friend and room mate fell into the flat earth black hole while in university. Started out as a joke but then he just fell into it more and more.

Eventually I challenged him to do an experiment to figure it out ourselves. We went to opposite ends of a big inlet - bay. He had calculated the supposed curvature of the earth and figured out that from the distance between us me at one end and him at the other we should have a few metres of water between us. We both took some powerful green lasers that he had smuggled back from China in years past. While on the phone I would shine my laser somewhat into the air, watching to avoid plains and helicopters, then now that he could see me he would shine his laser up into the sky and slowly lower it until it disappears or just me. If it hit me, the earth was possibly flat. Well it disappeared 3 or so metres above my head every time. He accepted it and we moved on besides a brief time where he thought it was refracted from the water 👍👍 -hasslesass

7. Time is NOT a flat circle.

As someone who entertained but never genuinely believed the idea and went pretty deep down the rabbit hole it's distance/time. On a flat earth map circling the north pole should be an extremely short trip while circling the south pole would be the longest route on the planet. The further south you get the further apart things should be and the longer trips would take. The flat earth map really falls apart there. Once they start arguing that time works differently based on location you know there's no way to justify the argument. -spacedandy1baby

8. The Military changes minds.

I have an acquaintance I met in the Navy, who joined specifically so he could see that the earth was flat while at sea. Every day he would chart the ships location, speed, heading, etc, a few times a day so he could make a map of their path. Ultimately he realized that the path the ship was taking would be impossible if the earth was flat, based on the distance they were travelling vs their speed. When he finally got skeptical of the earth being flat, his LPO went topside with him and pointed out the curvature by giving him binoculars and explaining that if the earth was flat, he should be able to see the land they were making for. He couldn't see anything off the horizon. After that, he was convinced. -TrungusMcTungus


25 Memes To Start Your Morning Off With Some Laughs

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"I've got nothing to do today but smile."

-Paul Simon

If you need a reason to smile today, I've got 25 of them. These hilarious memes are just the mood-booster you need to get your morning started off on the right foot.

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Stephanie Pratt tweeted 'shoot the looters' and people pointed out her past shoplifting arrest.

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"The Hills" bit player Stephanie Pratt fired up her fake British accent to tweet a threat of violence at people who are looting retail stores on Twitter — and Twitter immediately checked her on it, bringing up her past criminal record for shoplifting, a.k.a. looting for white girls. Oops!

Pratt's tweet echoed a tweet Donald Trump sent out on Friday night that threatened protestors with physical violence. The slogan he used, "When the looting starts, the shooting starts," actually dates back to a racist police chief from 1967.

Stephanie decided to put a fun millennial twist on the morbid and violent phrase by shortening it, writing, "Shoot the looters - using this tragedy as their excuse to rob and burn all of our towns down."

The post would be inexcusably violent and messed up no matter what, but Pratt's criminal background tips it over into the hypocritical, as well. People were quick to point this out to her.

Pratt was arrested for shoplifting in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2006. There's even a mug shot.

But she somehow, miraculously, escaped unscathed.

According to Just Jared:

Stephanie was arrested with a friend after they had shoplifted more than $1,300 worth of clothing from a Neiman Marcus. They were charged with second-degree theft and taken to police headquarters.

Cops found drugs when they searched Stephanie's bag, charged her with promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree, and promoting a harmful drug in the third and fourth degree, according to Just Jared. She got three years probation.

Pratt was also arrested for driving under the influence three years later.

People are arguing that her less than stellar criminal record means she shouldn't comment on other people's activities.

Some are surprised at her echoing of Trump.

Pratt sent out a series of other tweets complaining about protests.

She hasn't responded to the criticism.

Chrissy Teigen doubled her donations to protestors' bail funds after trolls criticized her.

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During this past weekend of civil unrest in the U.S., Chrissy Teigen was vocal about her support for protestors. And when people criticized her, she doubled down.

It started on Saturday when Chrissy pledged to donate $100,000 to bail funds in honor of Trump's insistence that it was "MAGA Night" the night before.

The bail funds that Chrissy is talking about help bail people out of jail when they're arrested for protesting. Her husband, John Legend, specified that the cash would be going to Movement 4 Black Lives, the National Lawyers Guild and the Bail Project.

Almost immediately, people began to accuse Chrissy of supporting looters and rioters. One called her "an accessory to crime."

But as others pointed out, many people were apparently arrested across the country this weekend just for protesting, rather than for causing damage to physical property which can be replaced.

Chrissy responded to critics by saying she will donate twice as much money to the funds.

She laughed off one woman's insistence that she was "destroying [her] career."

And she told another critic to stop following her.

She didn't seem bothered that people were criticizing her.

She sent a message to racists that their time is up.

And she had some strong words for Donald Trump.

Finally, she appealed to her followers to vote.

17 undeniably funny tweets to help ease the Monday blues.

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2020 has definitely been a whirlwind so far...

If you feel like you have whiplash from panic-reading the news, wondering if life will ever go back to "normal," binge-watching everything television has ever made and sweating through your face mask and gloves, welcome to 2020. Sure, this year might not have been what we all expected when we toasted cheap champagne at an awkward New Year's Eve house party and told all our friends "this will definitely be OUR year," but here we are. It's nobody's year, and all we can do is support our local essential workers and do our part to keep ourselves and our communities safe.

However, that doesn't mean we don't deserve a laugh. Here are some of the most undeniably funny, should-be-framed tweets we could find. Enjoy and stay safe!

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Pink responded to a commenter who criticized her post about George Floyd's death.

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The singer Pink is no stranger to dealing with trolls and dissenters on social media.

Whether she's getting mommy-shamed for cooking with her kids, or defending her right to take photos at the Holocaust memorial, she is well-experienced at shutting them down calmly.

This past weekend, Pink received backlash after posting about the death of George Floyd, and why it's important to say Black Lives Matter instead of All Lives Matter.

The Instagram post was a repost from Billie Eilish, who wrote about why it's important for white people to listen, and not make the death of Floyd at the hands of the police about us.

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She wrote:

"I've been trying to take a way to figure out a way to address this delicately. I have an enormous platform and I try really hard to be respectful and take time to think through what I say and how I say it...but holy f*cking sh*t, I'm just gonna start talking."

"If I hear one more white person say All Lives Matter one more f*cking time I'm gonna lose my f*cking mind. Will you shut the f*ck up? No one is saying your life doesn't matter. No one is saying your life isn't hard. No one is saying literally anything at all about you."

"All you do is find a way to make everything about yourself. This is not about you. Stop making everything about you. You are not in need. You are not in danger. If your friend gets cut on their arm are you gonna wait to give all your friends a bandaid because all arms matter?"

"No, you're going to help your friend because they are in pain, because they are in need, because they are bleeding! If someone's house was on fire and someone is stuck in the house, are you gonna make the fire department go to every other house on the block first because all houses matter? No! Because they don't f*cking need it. You are privileged whether you like it or not, society gives you privilege just for being white. You can be poor, you can be struggling, and still your skin color is giving you more privilege."

While Eilish's original post was met with a lot of positive comments, Pink's repost immediately received criticism.

Several commenters jumped on to share their misgivings about the protests, and another expressed worries for her relatives in law enforcement.

While Pink didn't have the time or energy to respond to all of the criticisms, she did chime in with a response to a comment defending the phrase "All Lives Matter."

Pink's response was simple and to the point: she called out the commenter for not seeing how making Floyd's death about themselves was a manifestation of white privilege.

Not all of Pink's followers responded with criticism, several people jumped on to share support and thank her for speaking up about racism in America.

While Pink has a clear stance on the death of Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, it seems obvious that her following carries a wide range of opinions.

15 tone-deaf things celebrities and brands have posted during the George Floyd protests.

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People across the nation and across the nation and around the world are protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. Many celebrities are using their platforms to speak out against the injustices, and others are really struggling to read the room.

1. Ellen DeGeneres tweeted and deleted "for things to change, things must change," which is neither eloquent nor helpful.

2. Kylie Jenner snapped at somebody who told her to use her platform. Her "using her platform" was tagging other supermodels in an Instagram story with the hashtag Black Lives Matter.

3. Madonna shared a video of her son dancing to Michael Jackson.

4. Ivanka Trump tweeted a bible quote after her daddy/boss tweeted "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."

5. Ivanka's sister-in-law Karlie Kloss said "let them eat crepes."

6. Actress Sasha Pieterse from Pretty Little Liars deleted her tweet comparing racism to laundry.

7. Wicked the Musical deleted this graphic comparing hatred to gravity.

8. Marina of Marina and the Diamonds offended both mentally ill people and cops.

9. Lana Del Rey was criticzed for sharing photos of looters' faces.

10. Jake Paul and his friends were spotted at the protests in Arizona, and were allegedly seen looting the mall.

11. Katie Couric was called tone deaf for pitching this bipartisan summit.

12. David Guetta took this opportunity to promote a new record.

13. Matty Healy from The 1975 also plugged his own song.

14. Shameik Moore sounded off against the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott and said that Rosa Parks should have taken a cab.

15. Conservative author Harlan Z. Hill sent his thoughts and prayers to Tiffany & Co.

16 funny tweets about Trump hiding in a bunker and White House going dark during protests.

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Millions of Americans took to the streets over the weekend to protest the death of George Floyd and to show support for racial justice. President Trump was not one of those people. In fact, instead of rising up, Trump literally went underground.

When protestors gathered outside the White House on Friday night, Trump was "briefly" taken to an underground bunker, White House officials confirmed (via CNN). He reportedly remained there for "less than an hour" before he, presumably, got bored.

Protests continued throughout the weekend, and last night, the White House went temporarily dark, something that apparently usually only happens when a president dies.

The surreal sight of the darkened White House, amid reports that the President had squirreled away in a bunker on Friday, led to some pretty funny tweets. And the #bunkerboy hashtag was born.

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Also, in a call today, Trump apparently called governors "weak" for the way they've handled protestors. This sparked another wave of memes mocking him.

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19 people share the weirdest things they've done for money.

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We've all probably done some seriously strange things for a few bucks every now and then.

Whether it's a funny dare between friends or an odd job, the gig economy can lead to some pretty strange "opportunities." Some companies try to pay people in "exposure" and "experience," artists constantly get paid in meal or drink tickets, and the expected price for a day's work is pretty skewed when the Kardashian family could buy the entire planet with a single sponsored Instagram post. The world is wild, but the hustle is admirable and we're all just trying to make that cash wherever we can. Foot pics? Ok. A test subject for an experiment on whether or not chewing gum is good for your teeth? Sure. Dress up in a costume and hand out flyers at a Vegas convention? Let's go! (Shoutout to the time I was a fountain drink outside of Quizno's subs).

So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "What is the weirdest thing you've done for money?" people were ready to share. Financially savvy freelancers and independent contractors, unite! (Eating a mug of melted butter counts as freelance).

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Not me personally, but a guy I went to high school with got offered $45 to fall down the stairs at the performing arts center on campus and yell "f*ck" really loud while they were recording a performance. - shaodyn

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I was paid to watch alternating clips of nature and pornography while a camera in my vagina measured the hue of my vaginal walls to determine the amount of bloodflow to the area (which indicates the level of physical arousal). At the same time, I also had to take notes on what I thought about the images I was seeing (rating arousal level).This was to attempt to study the relationship between physical arousal and mental arousal. - lordmattrimcauthon

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When I was in sixth grade, some eighth graders came up to me and offered me $5 to snort crushed tic tacs. As I was snorting them, one of them got a teacher and told her I was doing drugs. I started crying and explained everything, and after the principal confirmed that they were just tic tacs, the eighth graders all got a week of detention. And I still got my $5. - popesarehopes

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Not like that weird but when I was 6 or 7 I used to pluck my parent’s grey hairs for 10 cents per strand. - mosyicatto

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When I was a kid, a neighbor paid me to be "a live scarecrow" in his garden.

My job was to chase the birds and other animals away that might otherwise destroy his garden when he wasn't home to guard it. - Back2Bach

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I got paid a $100 to learn how to do math with an abacus over the course of 10 days for a college study - iaia93

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"Disney" princess parties - or as my partner lovingly called it "being a stripper for toddlers" - Un1c0rnRa1nb0w

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Snorted Wasabi. It was not worth 2 dollars. - MarianAcebedo

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I worked as a runner (paid intern) for a TV talk show in the UK. David Hasselhoff was a guest and while researching him, one of the team found out he was in a soft core porn movie. We were based in Soho, London so they sent me out to the sex shops to see if I could track it down. I was sick with anxiety going into the shops but I kept thinking ‘at least I’m being paid.’ Funniest thing was I gave no context as to why I was hunting down David’s sex tape.. all they knew was a nervous looking kid was desperate to see Hasselhoff’s schlong. - Tompackman

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In college I used to stow flip flops in my bag when I went out to the bars, so I could switch out my heels for the walk home.

One night I sold those dirty flip flops to a creepy old dude at the bar for $200. Easiest, yet most upsetting money I’ve ever made. - hydrangeasinbloom

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When I was a teen, I drank a mug full of melted garlic butter for $5 at work. - jabeith

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I wrote an erotic fanfiction featuring spider man, the green goblin, and major booty-groping. I got paid 75$ for it. - Areswe

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not me but my friend. In 7th grade, my friend got two euros for smashing a cake into a classmate's face in the middle of a school day. That classmate payed her. - StellaLesair

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Sold my underwear a couple times in college. Got pretty good at it and made a decent amount of money. - bingobronson369

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I self publish lesbian romance novels. It’s surprisingly lucrative. - ScaredToCloseMyEyes

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I ate a whole fresh ghost pepper for a restaurant's $500 prize when I was 17. - featoutsider

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One time at summer camp I ate a raw onion for a dollar. This is when I learned that raw onion is best eaten in small doses. - fustigata

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I somehow got on a list for fishing equipment. For years, several companies sent me fishing equipment to test out and write my experiences with. Pay was the equipment and a fixed fee... usually something like $20. - Please_Dont_Trigger

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20 people share times they stepped in to defend a stranger in public.

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The bystander effect is defined as "what occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency," and it results in a lot of horrible situations where a person is bullied, or left sick and hurt without receiving help from passersby.

While the bystander effect is a serious issue, one that many of us have found ourselves on either side of, not all bystanders freeze in public. There are those who see a stranger in need and jump in to help, consequences or awkwardness be damned.

In a popular Reddit thread, people shared stories of times they intervened for a stranger in danger, and it's a good reminder that we all have the ability to step in when needed.

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When I was in High School (about 14) I was cripplingly shy and kept myself to myself, I spent most of my time in the school library to be honest.

One lunch time I was walking across campus when I noticed a huge group of students from all years gathered in a circle around something that I couldn't see - I could hear girls squealing and shrieking and guys daring each other to pick "it" up. I also heard some dickish teenage boys daring each other to squash it or prod it with a stick. I then heard someone near the back of the crowd say it was a disgusting huge frog and they wouldn't touch it if someone paid them.

I couldn't believe people were being so pathetic about a frog, and even though I was metaphorically crapping myself and I'm sure I went bright red...I pushed my way to the middle of the circle, picked up the poor scared little frog and marched my way back out and down to the school fields with it.

I was terrified being a shy person with all these strangers staring at me but I wanted to get the frog away from the potential harm. Everyone just went quiet, stared at me then I could hear them all asking each other "who the f*ck was that?!" as I walked away.

It's not an amazing story but I still feel pretty bada*s for overcoming my social fears and potentially saving the frog :)

TL;DR - Saved a frog from a large group of evil teenagers

2. From cougar69351w:

I was having lunch with a friend at a local restaurant that we would frequent in those days, so we got to know the servers pretty well. This one afternoon we had just ordered with our server and she turned around to head back to the kitchen. On her way there she passed another table she was serving where a single man was sitting. He stood up right in her path and at the top of his lungs screamed in her face, while waving his hands in the air "Where's my sandwich?!?!?!". Immediately without even thinking about it I yelled back "Sit down and shut up!". I surprised myself, my friend, the server and the man, but I'll be damned if he didn't do what he was told. The server escaped back into the kitchen area holding in her laughter.

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A few years ago, I got off work at 1am and when driving home found an old lady in a hospital gown and shower cap lying in the center turn lane of a 4 lane road in a really bad neighborhood. I had forgotten my cell phone, so I had to go back about a mile to use a pay phone. I then went back and parked my car in front of her body with my high beams on to wait for medics.

Even at that time of night, there were a lot of people flying by while at the same time crack heads were walking too and from trailers near by. I was scared sh*tless. Eventually, a tow truck driver stopped and helped. Turns out he was a paramedic, but he didn't have a cell phone either. We waited with this unconscious lady for about 15 minutes before the ambulance finally found us.

I was terrified all the cars driving by would say I hit her. Turns out NOBODY bothered to call for this lady. She was still alive. I left before they loaded her into the ambulance. She will never know I was the one that watched over her to make sure no one ran her over.

4. From Kvothe24:

I was seeing The Exploited in Portland. The band Virus 9 was their opener.

This huge, like 6'4" bulky guy, was being crazy, like he was having a bad trip on acid or something, and it made him really aggro. A bouncer was trying to get him to leave, and this guy pulled a knife on the bouncer (I was in between them, back up against a table with no where to go, not a good place to be) then BAM the singer from Virus 9 slaps the knife out of dudes hand and kicks the crap out of him.

In the process he knocked my camera out of my hands and the batteries spilled out. After the guy was dragged out, the singer came back, had a mini flashlight and helped me find my batteries. Cool f*cking guy.

5. From drenchedfrog:

I was on the bus when this idiot teenager decided to start throwing out parts of his lunch on the floor, including his coke can that wasn't quite empty. The lady beside me got fed up and picked up his shit and dumped it right onto his lap without saying anything. About 5 minutes later the kid (probably took him the whole 5 minutes to think of this) said:

"You're not going to save the world with your Green Peace sh*t lady."

To which the lady responds quite angrily with:

"I wasn't trying to save the world dickhead, your drink was spilling out onto people because you were too fucking lazy to hold onto it, so shut the f*ck up."

I guess that kid got embarrassed enough that day, and spent the rest of the bus ride looking at the floor.

6. From rchayes89:

I used to work at a Panera Bread in a very affluent neighborhood, and one of the regular customers, Mark, would always order the most time-consuming, off-menu items. He was known for being condescending and rude, and he'd bitch about how long it was taking, and he always complained about how we messed up his order. Every Wednesday and Saturday morning we had to deal with this prick.

One busy Saturday morning, a new girl had to take and fill his obnoxious order. So, of course she messed up a lot, considering it was her second day, and Mark launched into the most atomic dick-rage I have ever witnessed. One of our other regular customers, this sweet old (and I mean old) lady we called Aunt Mary, sauntered over to him, and smacked the sh*t out of him with her cane. Right over the back of his head.

"You say another word to her, I whack you in the f*ckin' balls," she says. Mark was totally stunned, speechless. He dipped out, and we never saw him again.

7. From Insomniac108:

This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen: I was in church one week and a new person walked in. He was around 25 or so, dressed in jeans and a short sleeve shirt and clearly uncomfortable. He sits down and people start giving him the stink eye. I quickly realize that they are staring at the copious amounts of tattoos he has. People start whispering to each other and the poor guy looks like he's about to just get up and leave.

All of the sudden, one of the church elders gets up. He's a very conservative guy, say about 75 years old. The type of guy who is always wearing a suit, even in the dog days of summer. He walks over to where the guy is sitting and says hello. I thought he was about to ask the guy to leave. The old guy says, "Don't let them bug you. You're not the only one with tattoos." He then takes off his suit coat and rolls up his sleeves. His arms are almost a solid block of ink. Apparently, when he was young, he was in the Navy and got a tattoo in almost every country he visited.

He spent the rest of the service hanging out with new guy and talked to him after service. The new guy has been coming ever since and no one judges him for his ink.

It was one of the ballsiest things I've seen someone do for a complete stranger.

8. From mamalookabooboodey:

When I was I guess about 18 or 19 I was home visiting my parents. I'd been out in the yard playing baseball with my little brother.

I was sitting on the porch when I saw our neighbor's wife run out the house with her child, her husband chasing her. As I'm watching the husband grabs her by the hair, punches her and starts dragging her back towards the house while their child watches.

My dad tells this story and says, "All I saw was you step into the house, pick up a Little Slugger and walk out the front door." By the time my dad got outside I had walked up to the guy, had the bat over my shoulder and was saying, "Let her go or I start swinging." By this point my dad and a couple other neighbors have run over and are standing with me. I said again, "You have till the count of three. I'm a state champion softball player."

The guy dropped his wife and ran back to the house. Police were called, the guy was arrested and the wife eventually left him.

My dad said seeing his teenage daughter threaten a grown man with a baseball bat was one of the proudest days of his life.

9. From ayers231:

I have always hated how people talk down to fast food employees. One night (9 pm or so), some lady starts yelling at the guy at the Subway I was eating at, about he screwed up her sandwich. The guy behind the counter gets a quizzical look on his face, but doesn't say anything. She goes off on him for 20 seconds or so, and then throws the sandwich in his general direction.

I just couldn't sit there and watch this guy take it anymore, so I walk over, real calm with my hands in my pockets, and tell her she's disrupting my dinner and she needs to stop yelling. She yells at me that she'll stop yelling when he makes her a sandwich the right way, yada yada yada. So I ask her, real calm, "were you not standing right here when he made your sandwich for you?"

"Of course I was!" she replies.

"Did he not ask you what you wanted on the sandwich while he was making it?"

"Well, yes.."

So he put stuff on the sandwich that you didn't ask for?"

"Well, no..."

"Then shut the f*ck up, lady." I said. The guy starts grinning.

"You can't talk to me like that!!" She yelled.

"No, he can't talk to you like this. I don't work here. You are being rude, loud, b*tch, and you are interrupting my dinner. Now shut the f*ck up."

She sputtered for a minute about the half sandwich she threw at the guy, and the guy replaced it (I wouldn't have, but he didn't want t o get in trouble, so). She was quite polite, and took it to go. He brought me a cookie and said thanks, no one had ever stood up to a rude customer like that for him before.

10. From machinegunmax:

When I was younger me and my dad were walking in a busy part of London (I think it was leicester square) and some teens came out of a Mcdonalds and threw some half used ketchup packets on the floor. My dad went up to them with a proper psycho look (also he's 6'4), had a go at them and told them to pick it up and throw it away which they did whilst looking pretty sh*t scared, it was awesome.

11. From TheFlyingWalrus:

As a kid, I was playing with this other kid i had just met there in the local playground. He had brought his two action-figures with him: Batman and Dr. Freeze. We were playing around with these action-figures when these mean looking older kids came towards us. Without hesitation, I hid the action-figures in the sand. The kids then started to push us around and tell us we had to tell them where the action-figures where.

We both refused, and the mean kids eventually gave up and walked of. I then dug up the action-figures and gave them back to the kid. I never met him again, but I'm sure I'm with him in his dreams.

TL;DR: I saved Batman and Dr. Freeze from a gang of thugs. Edit: It's supposed to be "Mr. Freeze", not "Dr." from what I've seen in the comments. Still leaving it "Dr.", since that's what we were calling him in my neighborhood (didn't live in the US).

12. From JoeCrash:

This wasn't me that did the saving but rather someone else told off a stranger in place of me.

I was working as a lifeguard on a military base, when a random spouse of a high ranking officer comes to the pool. She decides that she is above rules (and logic) and takes one of the six foot long lounge chairs (The long ones that people sunbathe at pools with) and places it on a 3 foot sidewalk, leaving the last three feet to hang over the pool. Now as a lifeguard, my job is mostly to enforce safety, and that breaks the fire codes, blocks a walking path, and most importantly, it's hanging over the pool (no matter how opposed to rescuing this lovely lady from the pool, I'd still have to rescue her). We inform her that she cannot do that, and that it is a safety issue. She ignores us, and after three times of telling her she cannot do that, we kindly inform her that she must leave the facility.

Now, this pool is a free service, so there is not any need to worry about a refund or anything. We just need to get her out of the facility. It is at this point she decides that she is above any of our rules and starts yelling at us. She has several kids, all are to young to stay at the pool by themselves, so we do not wish to call the cops on her at this point (having mom escorted out of the pool in handcuffs would be rather traumatizing for a young child, at least we guessed so). We try to calm her down and explain that she cannot stay at the pool and must leave now, by this time the head lifeguard is directly involved in talking to her. She gets more and more aggressive, and starts yelling even louder.

It is at this point my supervisor decides enough is enough, we need to call the cops to get her escorted from the building (remember this is a military base, so we're calling the military police, this was a huge decision on our part). As my lead is dialing she starts trying to guilt trip us, and starts spouting off the usual "My husband is colonel so and so, you better respect me" and that line of bullsh*t. She then decides it's time to play things up a notch and screams at us, rather loudly, "My husband is currently deployed to Iraq, you are supposed to support the families of people deployed!"

This got the attention of another guest in the area. This guest had a booming drill sergeant voice, and to add to it the facility had a nice echo to it as well. He says one line to her: "F*ck you lady. I'm going to Iraq next week." She stops dead, watches him walk out the entrance. At this point her mouth is agape, and she walks to her belongings, gathers them, and walks out the door with her kids. My supervisor tells the cop that everything's solved, and hangs up the phone.

TL;DR b*tch gets told by a pissed off soldier.

13. From utter_horseshit:

When I was about 15 or so, was driving home from a holiday somewhere and stopped in a country town (this is rural Australia). We stopped at a cafe next to a park and were having lunch; in the park next to us was a Chinese family having a picnic while their little girl (who was probably about three) was picking flowers.

Some old hag was walking down the road, saw the little girl had picked about two flowers, and proceeded to call her a 'stupid ch*nk', 'foreign brat' etc.

So us and everyone else in the cafe proceeded to stand up and call her all sorts of lovely things to the point where she drove off.

TL;DR: racist old woman was abusing a three year old.

14. From Geirkrak:

I was on a train heading home and had just had a really long day. I was tired, nothing went well that day (got b*tched out by my boss for something I wasn't responsible for) and was just done with the day. I sat down, put in my earbuds and closed my ears for awhile. After awhile, I could here a growing ruckus coming from a few seats ahead of me. I rip out one earbud and hear three gentlemen (read: thugs) giving an old man a hard time.

For over 10 minutes I listened as these punks berated this old man for literally everything and anything. They said he was too old and should just do the world a favor and kill himself, claimed to have sex with his grandchildren, said he contributed nothing to the world and that he was so weak that they'd probably kill him with one punch. After awhile the old man decided to speak up and said that he was a war veteran and had fought in Vietnam and had accomplished more in his life on this earth than any of these three fine scholars would ever hope to do.

That's when I reached my tipping point with these kids. After saying this, one of the kids retorts: "I don't give a f*ck about Vietnam, I hope you lost friends back there. I hope you realize that you're responsible for their deaths". That's when I lost my shit. I got out of my seat and stormed over there. Now, I'm not a big guy by any means but I was tired, pissed off and just finished listening to a healthy dose of death metal so I was a wrecking ball of hostility, rage and fortitude.

I got into these kids' faces and said, "You are perhaps the most ungrateful, selfish and despicable pieces of scumf*ck that I have ever seen. The fact that you have the audacity to question this man's service to your country, let alone belittle him for as long as you have shows me that you have no redeeming qualities as a human being. You are vile, degenerate trash and if you say another word to this man, I will personally throw you off of this train. You are a disappointment as a member of my species and I hope that you realize one day that this 'tough guy' attitude that you're flaunting accomplishing nothing and will one day result in a similar situation like this, but with you getting your face smashed in. Now take a seat and shut up or get off at the next stop. The choice is yours."

Now, right after saying this, I realized that I was outnumbered 3 to 1. However, these three punks were taken aback at the verbal lashing I had just given them and said nothing for what seemed like an eternity. After awhile, I realized I had won: the especially heinous one just looked to his feet, turned around and sat down. His two buddies followed suit. The next stop they got off. Old man thanks me, I thank him and I go about my day.

TL;DR - thugs give old man hard time on train, insult him for his service, I go apeshit on them, they back down and leave, I win.

15. From lightbreaksthrough:

My mom and I have a knack for being in these situations. We honestly don't look for them, but we have a lot of weird stories. In high school I was a lot like you. I was shy, ate outside the library at lunch while reading. I saw 3 girls on my right a few yards away yelling at another girl. The girl being yelled at seemed to be really scared and the 3 girls loved it. They started grabbing her by the hair and punching her in the face. I ran over and started pushing them off of her. They were confused for a second, but started at me. I'm 5'2", 110, and the only fights I've ever been in were fake cage matches with my cousins and brothers. Apparently that was enough, because I was able to fight them off well enough for them to run away. I went to my next class with a swollen lip, beginnings of a black eye, and some bruises, but otherwise fine.

There are more stories, but another time I saw a girl getting beat up in her boyfriend's car behind me while I was stopped at a red light. I wanted to get out and beat the shit out of him, but I couldn't as I had my 2 year old in the car. Instead I had the cars around stop, blocking him in (it was easy since everyone saw what was happening). I called 911 and started describing the man and the girl and giving the license plate number. Once he saw me on the phone he stopped choking his girlfriend and got out of the car to tell me to stop. I hopped back in my car, locked the doors, and watched as another passerby saw that he was coming for my car and started to kick his a*s. After the smoke settled I asked my hero to give me his address. I delivered some baked goods as a thank you. As an ex marine he seemed to like them.

16. From BonnieMacFarlane2:

I was once in Subway and one of the people serving was Eastern European. She had a tiny bit of an accent, but nothing major. There was this guy in front of me who was basically treating her like scum the whole time. He was on his mobile and barking his order at her. Now, I've worked in retail and I hate people being jerks to retail workers, so this was really pissing me off.

We'd managed to make it along to the salad bit (he'd made her repeat everything she'd said like three times, repeatedly stating how he couldn't understand her), when the girl was reaching over for something (She was quite small). A tiny bit of her shirt went on his sandwich, but he completely lost his sh*t. He started yelling loudly at her, "Get your f*cking shirt out of my sandwich. This is ridiculous! We can't even employ people who speak English and aren't completely brain dead! etc etc..."

I just snapped. I turned to him and said loudly, "Look Mister, where I'm from, people don't act like complete entitled cunts in shops, especially to hard working immigrants. If you don't shut the f*ck up and buy your goddamn sandwich, I am going to call the police and tell them that you are acting in a threatening and racist manner and I am fearing for my safety." (I am a 5ft3ins girl, and he was a 6ft tall guy.).

People in the queue applauded, guy went bright red and stormed out (without his sandwich). Girl behind the counter looked really relieved and said, thank you. Guy at the checkout gave me my foot long tuna for free!

TL;DR Stood up for poor Subway girl being harassed by jerk. Instant sandwich karma.

17. From OMFGSteve:

Just did last Saturday. Went to the laundromat to wash some blankets. A girl claimed the dryer ate about 24 cents. While loading the washers across the building I hear the girl start screaming at the woman that worked there alone. Pretty sure she was mid sixties. Then proceeded to start spitting on her and kicking her etc. her boyfriend that was with her was just egging it on telling the owner she was going to prison and that they were going to sue the place, even to the extent that the girls mom was going to come down and beat her a*s.

Being a bigger guy at 6-7" went over to help the owner as soon as I figured out what the hell was happening. Held the girl back and her boyfriend while she was trying to attack the poor woman. Told her to go into the office lock the door and call the cops, which she did thankfully. Get the couple to settle down and leave after the girl kicked some sh*t baskets dryers, hell whatever was around her got kicked. Cops showed up about 30 minutes later talked to me and the woman, after everything blew over and the couple left she came and talked to me while I finished folding my stuff.

Told me that she was happy that someone there helped and that she had just gotten a pacemaker a week before. Went and bought her some water to help her settle down since she was still crying. Left my number with her incase she needed a witness or anything. Hope to restored some faith in humanity for that lady.

TLDR; senior assaulted at laundromat by 20 something couple. I intervened.

18. From ArsenicAndRoses:

My SO did once. A group of football players were mocking a clearly autistic/aspergers girl, and he got up and gently led her away while telling them off. It was the sexiest thing I have ever seen a man do, and that was the point that I figured out I was in love with him.

We've been together 7 years now.

19. From empiricalreddit:

I am usually a coward, and wish I could man up more. But there was an incident once where this teenage brat prob 15 or so was squirting water onto the back of an older lady with shopping bags as she was walking trying to get away from the situation. He was probably a younger brother of someone, because he was with a group of five older teenagers. Any way he pissed me off so much, I grabbed his his scrawny arm, pushed him against the wall and said "what the hell do you think you are doing to that lady". The little sh*t quickly shut up and got very quiet. The other guys just stood there without intervening.

When I let go of the scumbags' arm he and the other guys walked off without saying a word. When I was about 25 meters away from them the little dick knob regains his courage and yells something muffled at me. Let's hope next time he decides to be a public pest someone someone will leave him in a state of being unable to talk back.

20. From JDHalfbreed:

When I was 3 weeks into my first year in Korea I was laying in bed covered in sweat. I was not prepared for the sheer humidity. Being unable to sleep I opened my balcony window and hoped the breeze would knock me out. As I was drifting in and out of consciousness I was woken by a woman's screams. I got up and stumbled out on to the balcony to see where this was coming from. Looking down at street level I just caught sight of a woman being dragged around the corner by her hair.

I was shocked, but I threw on a shirt and my shorts and laced up my steel toe boots. I ran out of my tiny apartment and down the stairs. I could still hear her crying and a male voice yelling. I didn't understand much of the language at this point either. At the bottom of the stairwell I ran out into the courtyard where a man was yelling at a woman sitting on a swing.

Tears running down her face. He was making threatening gestures and the only word I understood I heard her say. "Stop" "Hajuma!" She cried, so not knowing what was up I said "Hey! What's going on?" They obviously didn't speak English because the guy started to shoo me away and I just stepped up shaking my head. She took the opportunity to get away and ran in the direction behind me. He just watched her go and looked at me, then he shook his head and walked in the other direction.

There was no ninja fight that day, but I hope I did something good. Maybe she was a thief, maybe she cheated on him, but the only thing I was sure of is that she was hurt, she was scared and he dominated her physically.

Guy who learned he won't inherit his family's pizza place asks if he was wrong to open up his own.

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Revenge is a dish best served with pizza.

A restauranteur is asking if he's a jerk for opening up a rival pizza place after his father told him that he wouldn't be inheriting the one established by his grandfather.

Mamma mia, now that's a spicy family drama!

The purveyor of pizza posted on"Am I The A**hole?" out of what is likely Catholic guilt. He wrote:

My dad owns a pizza place that was handed down to him from my grandfather.

I've been working at the pizza place my while life, even part time while I got a business degree.

I found out last early last year that my dad had willed the restaurant to my stepmom. His reasoning being she needs to be taken care of after he dies. And that it would go to me after she died.

I was pissed and "quit" the next day. My dad ended up hiring two people to make up the work I was doing.

He started his own business, and now his dad wants him back.

Now this is the potential a**hole part. A month after I quit, I found a great location where another pizza place had shut down. I bought it and had it up and running in two months. My restaurant is take out only, but my business is doing extremely well.

My dad reached out to me last September and said that his restaurant was losing business because of me and to please come back to the family business. He offered to buy my business so I would get something out of it.

I declined the offer. Now the craziness of 2020 happened and because my restaurant was already setup for takeout, I'm only seeing a 5-10% drop in revenue.

The family restaurant however, is going under.

Now there's a whole lot of arguing about me causing my dad's family to become financially ruined.

AITA?

Commenters were sypathetic to the Rogue Pizza Son, noting how business and inheritance issues are inherently complicated. It's more than just a spite store: It's a livelihood.

"Blaming his restaurant's failure on your success is unfair," scarletfeline wrote.

"If it wasn't you, it could very easily wind up being a different competition eventually. You had to do what you had to do to secure your future...he should be proud of your success."

"(Not The A**hole). You needed to secure your financial future just like he needed to secure his wife’s. Not your fault you did a better job. Maybe offer to buy him out so he will 'get something out of it,'" Herdnerfer pitched.

The verdict: Not The A**hole.

16 of the funniest tweets from the last week of May.

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The passage of time definitely hits differently in 2020...

Many parts of the United States are starting to reopen, but if you're still in quarantine you might have lost all sense of what life was like before. What are pants? Is it still March? All meals are breakfast, every party is on Zoom, and some people still haven't mastered the art of muting themselves on video calls. Reading the news is an absolute horror show between a pandemic, police brutality, killer bees, UFOs, and a possible parallel universe. It's a lot to take in, which is why we're lucky people haven't totally lost their sense of humor. The world is on fire, but we won't go down without a fight!2

If you could use a pick me up between trying to save humanity while also wondering why everyone is baking and posting different versions of banana bread, here are the funniest tweets we could find from the last month of May (not March, we promise).

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Dad asks if he's wrong for reporting nursery worker who shamed his wife for working long hours.

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Accusing someone of being a bad mom is no small potatoes. Moms face criticism from every corner no matter what they do. If they work, there are naysayers that will claim they don't spend enough time with their kids, if they stay home - they'll be expected to keep an impeccable home, despite the destructive nature of young kids.

Sadly, some of the worst calls come from inside the house, and the judgement of other parents or childcare workers can compound the impossible pressure moms already face.

Having a partner who backs you up can make a world of difference in the world of parenting.

In a recent post on the Am I The A*shole subreddit, a man asked if he was wrong for writing a negative review of a nursery worker who shamed his wife.

AITA for making a complaint against a nursery worker due to how she reacted to my wife picking our kid up?

OP shared that his wife is a doctor, and she's been working long hours during COVID, so he's been homeschooling their daughter and picking up their son from daycare.

My wife (36) and I (37M) have 2 kids, a daughter (8) and a son (3). My wife is an essential worker as she’s a doctor. She works extremely long hours with hardly any days off whilst I work a typical 9-5 job so I’ve always taken care of arranging the kids for school and care etc.

Well with lockdown, I’ve been able to homeschool my daughter but since my wife is an essential worker, my sons nursery has still been able to take him in so I have dropped him off there as normal as even though I’m homeschooling my other kid, I’m fitting that around me working from home. It makes it easier for my son to still have his routine and so I can do my work and so on.

After one of her recent shifts, OP's wife offered to pick up their son for the first time in awhile.

Anyway, I was going to pick him up like normal but my wife chose to do it as she was off at that time and could actually get him. The people at this nursery know my wife as do the parents even though she’s rarely there. She was actually happy to be able to pick our son up from nursery for once and I thought it went fine until she came home in tears.

When she went to pick up their son, a new nursery worker didn't believe she was the mother, and accused her of being a "random woman."

She told me this nursery worker who has just started there didn’t believe that my wife was our sons mother as this worker had only ever seen me. The other workers and my son told her that my wife was in fact the mother and that she wasn’t a danger to my son. The new worker still didn’t believe it and said that she didn’t feel comfortable with letting a 3 year old go off with a random woman she’d never seen before.

Other parents and long-time employees came to her defense, but the nursery worker persisted in their accusations, claiming OP's wife would be recognizable if she was there "more often."

My wife got really upset and it in then upset my son as everybody was practically saying there was no danger as my wife was a mother. A few other parents got dragged into this and backed up the other staff and it was only through relenting that the new worker gave up but she made a really angry comment along the lines of, “maybe if you were here more often, I wouldn’t have to verify your identity.”

OP, outraged by how his wife was treated, reported the new nursery employee's behavior to the woman in charge.

My wife wants to forget it happened but I am very angry so the next day I picked up my son and asked to speak the woman in charge about the new worker. She wasn’t there when it happened but I complained and said that how my wife was treated was ridiculous and that the coworker was out of line for her snide comment at the end. The woman wasn’t happy and I’ve now learnt the new worker has been given a severe warning and that her behaviour is being watched.

Now, OP's wife and others are claiming he took it too far - since the nursery worker received a warning and is at risk of losing their job.

The parents who backed my wife up are torn. Some think I did the right thing as the woman didn’t act professional whilst others think I’m an Ah for interfering. My wife is annoyed as she thinks I shouldn’t have said anything. I really don’t know if what I did was right or wrong so am I the AH?

ScrappleSandwiches backs OP and pointed out that the employee could've easily handled it differently.

NTA. If worker was actually worried she would have asked for ID. That was being snide for no reason.

Dr_Fluffybuns2 has worked at daycares and thinks the employee was out of line.

NTA. Was a daycare worker and I wanted to say she was doing her job to make sure your son was safe but the other workers (we wouldn't take other parents opinions) literally told her it's okay and they've seen her before. The protocol also would have been to call you immediately not just deny her leaving for however long that went on. Her comment was unprofessional and she needs to learn that dads can stay home while women work and what to do in that situation.

obviousthrowawaypooo doesn't understand why the employee didn't just ask for OP's wife's ID.

Nta.

Any half decent daycare must have strict protocols how to handle this situations and apply them correctly.

Why wasn't she properly ID'd and her name checked on the list of authorised persons to pick up a kid?

This is the correct procedure, not having other people vote in who saw this person and when.

She could have lost the custody and still take the child because she was recognised as the mother.

And lastly: who shames a mother for not picking up their child more often?

This worker was in the wrong and should have apologised instead of making such accusation.

This is not 1950's, women are working now, some of them work afternoon shifts. Wow.

tina-sparkles understood where the employee was coming from until the final judgemental comment.

NTA, the new employee wasn’t an a*s until that last comment, but that was so uncalled for. How dare she shame your wife for being a working mom, especially during a pandemic!! I appreciate the employee’s attempt to protect your son, in a different situation we’d be thanking god for people like her, but being proven wrong doesn’t give her the right to be a dick to your wife. I hope you all stay safe!

Hopefully, the employee learns their lesson and IDs parents instead of shaming them. While it's important to keep kids safe, it's certainly not necessary to make moms feel guilty for working, no less working in a hospital during a pandemic.

18 amusement park workers share the weirdest things they've found during after-hour cleanup.

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Working at an amusement park has its ups and downs. Ups: discounted roller coasters! Never a dull moment! Fried dough for lunch! And downs: cleaning up after everyone goes home (and sometimes before they go home). It's almost like working at an amusement park is a....wait for it.....roller coaster. FOLKS, I'll be here all week (literally, it's a job requirement)!

Someone asked amusement park workers of Reddit: "what is the strangest thing you've found while cleaning after the park has closed?" These 18 people share their weirdest, and in some cases horrifying, discoveries:

Warning: Skip #10 if you're easily grossed out.

1.) From ParkInTheNest:

I found a backpack with like 100 old socks in it after the park closed one night. All of the socks were black.

2.) From special_ross:

We didn't find it but we stopped a rollercoaster briefly to have maintenance look around for a guest's glass eyeball that fell out during his ride.

3.) From 1030423:

Worked at LaRonde in Montreal a few years back. We had trouble with a clogged toilet. Finally brought the big guns in, the plumber pulled out half a bra. Who flushes down a bra???

4.) From BaconReceptacle:

A person. I worked in a video arcade at an amusement park. We were shutting down for the night and I went to a corner to turn out the lights. There was a passed out teenager behind a video game. He was so out, it took four guys to carry him to the security station. I dont know what they did with him after that.

5.) From jacobdotexe:

So this wasn't after close, this was during full operation in the middle of the day. My friend manages a smaller retail store on the main strip of an amusement park, I manage a store across the way. One day he called me into his store to find a human sh*t just sitting in the middle of the floor. The guest had even gone as far as to put one of the tall novelty wizard hats we sell over top of the poo to cover it up. I'm not sure how they were able to poo in the middle of the store without anyone noticing, but they did.

The next day he called me over again, even more distraught than the last day. Not only had someone sh*t in exactly the same place again, they put wizard hats in a circle around the poo instead of covering it. We never found out how or why, but that wizard hat circle of sh*t is the funniest thing I've seen in my life to this day.

6.) From jackfear:

OH MAN I've been waiting to tell this story. I worked as a lifeguard in California's Raging Waters about ten years ago. It's really REALLY easy to break into the park at night (or at least it used to be, not sure if things have changed).

There's one really steep, really tall ride called Dropout that's famous for two reasons: 1) it's scary as fuck when it's your first time because your back doesn't touch the slide for a second and you freefall and 2) girls lose their tops on it all the time. Well, one early morning, a group of us lifeguards are doing a quick clean before the park opens. We go to dropout and find MOTHERF*CKING BMX TIRE TRACKS GOING DOWN THE SLIDE. Which would have been cool if there wasn't a DRIED PUDDLE OF BLOOD AND MOTHERF*CKING TEETH LAYING AT THE BOTTOM. There was a trail of blood leading back to the fence where you could sneak out of the park.

I never heard more about what my bosses found on the security tapes, but I'm really hoping the crazy fool lived and their friend just had to evacuate them. Yeesh.

7.) From dc668012:

Saw a prosthetic leg fly off the Raptor at Cedar Point once, I laughed harder than I should have

8.) From Cellar______Door:

One year someone kept hiding little pictures of Bob Hope. I found one in an ice bucket. They were found on rides. In cash registers. In gardens. For the entire summer Bob Hope would turn up when you least expected it. This was at Idlewild in Pennsylvania.

9.) From darkmarker3:

Used condom right behind the lifeguard stand that wasn't there at opening. I was extremely confused.

10.) From GreasyDagoWop:

Cleaning out the picnic shelter in the park i came across a cooler left behind. I was curious so i opened it up. The first thing that hit me was the smell. I cant even describe it. It was a cooler full of vomit. Like, A LOT of vomit. One of the most disgusting things i have ever seen.

11.) From RoboticThoughts:

This happened just recently actually, not after Park hours though.

The other day I was loading my ride like nobody's business and suddenly hear a call out over the radio that a guest had taken captive of a bird and was taking it with them on rides and stowing it in their purse throughout the day. We only discovered this because some annoyed guests told on them as they were in line for our ride. So we sent the supervisor out to speak to the guest, turns out that it wasn't a bird found in the park it was found on a coastal city in Florida and brought into the park actually making it through the bag checks and everything. The guests would play the bird occasionally throughout the day and literally bring it on rides that bags were allowed on or store it in lockers if not. We ended up taking responsibility for the bird and giving it to Horticulture. Needless to say I think that's the strangest thing I've seen brought into a park by far.

12.) From imstock:

I worked Parade Audience Control at Magic Kingdom several years ago and we had some interesting moments. The worst was not after the park closed though but during operating hours, in the early afternoon. We were tasked to always keep an eye out for suspicious activity as we were one of the only guest facing cast members who were allowed to transition from one land to the other (otherwise if you were from Frontier you could never be seen in Fantasy Land in your costume, etc.). We were called over to setup a perimeter around a trash can in front of the Confectionery on Main Steet and advised that we were awaiting Security to clear an abandoned package. Turns out someone had taped a bunch of wires to an old VHS camera along with some random electronics to make it appear as though a bomb had been placed in one of the trash receptacles prior to a parade. It was inert obviously and was disposed of, however we took it as a penetration test and bumped up security immediately. Needless to say we were on edge the rest of the week.

13.) From CPEM:

FBI badge, ID card, and handgun. The agent was extremely relieved to know we hadn't called the local FBI office to report what we had found.

14.) From moaningpilot:

Former ride operator here, we used to do a 0730 start and basically sweep the entire park with litter pickers, things I used to find regularly;

  • Used condoms

  • An abundance of filled nappies and diapers

  • Plenty of child and adult sized underwear and clothes

  • Entire Meals, still in trays and on plates left on tables

  • Car keys, wallets, phones, bags, purses, cameras that had been left behind, it was always beyond me how people managed to leave their car keys yet still drive home

  • Numerous strollers, buggies, wheelchairs and the occasional electric wheelchair

  • Every now and then a car would be abandoned in the car park

  • Occasionally parents would leave forgetting a child/children

  • Quite often I would find teeth as well, some that had been knocked or rattled out by rides and just left on the floor or in ride cars.

  • Dried blood was surprisingly common

  • Walking sticks were more commonly found than umbrellas

On rides, if I found any money under the value of £30, I was allowed to keep it so long as it wasn't claimed back by the park closing. I also used to take home a lot of sunglasses and put them through the dishwasher when I got home. I wear a nice pair of Ray Ban aviators that I found on a ride once.

15.) From Bioslug:

Dentures while on janitorial duties under a roller coaster

16.) From nurimoons:

My BIL found a stash of baby dolls in a backpack once. They were all naked and most had their heads removed and then replaced, with a head that obviously didn't belong to that doll. The front pocket made it even creepier. He found a box cutter and a small Tupperware container full of what he assumed was fake blood.

I didn't want to know the rest of the story.

17.) From AccidentallyBrave:

I worked as security at a theme park. I have found so many weapons and bottles of alcohol. People always claim they "forgot" they were in there bag. Who forgets a giant bottle of Chardonnay is in their bag?

18.) From Phantom_Scarecrow:

Didn't "Find" them, exactly, but after the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World closes and all the guests leave, feral cats come out and prowl around the park. We would see them occasionally, skulking around the hedges in Frontierland.

RUN, Mickey!

24 Memes That Will Only Be Funny If You Have A Cat.

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“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”

– Sigmund Freud.

Cats and kittens rule the internet. They are basically furry comedy gold. These hilarious and adorable memes will crack up any cat lover. If you're looking for a laugh, this list is simply purr-fect.

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22 Memes That Will Only Be Funny If You're A Parent.

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"There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one."

-Sue Atkins

You don't have to be the perfect parent. All you have to do is love your kids. They will probably end up in therapy no matter what you do anyway, so don't sweat it. Put yourself in a time out and laugh at these hilariously relatable parenting memes.

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Seth Rogen responds to people who disagree with his posts about George Floyd protests.

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Seth Rogen is not holding back his true feelings when it comes to supporting the recent protests across the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of police.

The comedian and actor has posted two graphics on Instagram expressing support for nationwide protests, and he's responding to people who criticize his stance.

The first post, posted on Thursday, May 28, shows George Floyd, the unarmed Black man whose death at the hands of police was recorded and went viral online, sparking outrage. Floyd's last words are superimposed on the graphic.

And the second post shows the words "BLACK LIVES MATTER" in yellow and black.

The caption says, "If this is a remotely controversial statement to you, feel free to unfollow me." Despite overwhelming support from his followers, some people started responding, "All lives matter." Rogen immediately jumped in and started telling them to eff off.

He even told one follower not to watch his movies anymore.

He dropped many an f-bomb.

His fans quickly noticed what was going on and started applauding him.

He started trending on Twitter as people took notice:

People pointed out the sheer volume of responses was insane:

Fans are taking notes.

And watching proudly.

One fan even made a collage out of some of the responses.

Lea Michele's former 'Glee' co-stars accuse her of racism after protest support tweet.

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Lea Michele's tweet of support for the Black Lives Matter movement backfired when her former co-stars brought accusations of racism to light. Now, people on Twitter are saying the former "Glee" star is canceled.

It started on Saturday when Lea tweeted, saying, "George Floyd did not deserve this. This was not an isolated incident and it must end. #BlackLivesMatter "

Then, early this morning, her former co-star Samantha Marie Ware added to the tweet:

"Remember when you made my first television gig a living hell?!?!" she wrote. "Cause I'll never forget. I believe you told everyone that if you had the opportunity you would s*** in my wig!"

She added that she endured "other traumatic microaggressions" from Lea that made her "question a career in Hollywood."

Fellow "Glee" co-star Amber Patrice Riley responded with a wry tea-sipping gif, which fans took as support for Samantha's statement.

And Alex Newell, also of "Glee," weighed in:

Dabier Snell added accusations of his own, saying Lea wouldn't let him sit at the table with other cast members because he "didn't belong there."

Fans started weighing in almost immediately.

They likened the sudden backlash against Lea to a scene in "Mean Girls."

Some recalled when she played the victim after not being cast in "West Side Story":

Some remembered times Lea was rude to them.

And many were happy to pull up the "Glee" tagline.

27 Memes To Help You Start Your Day Off With A Laugh.

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“ The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”

- Dalai Lama.

It's not always easy to be happy, but it never hurts to try. If you could use a laugh this morning, this list is absolutely packed with hilarious memes guaranteed to brighten your day.

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Man asks if he was wrong to tell saleswoman she's 'too pretty' to sell him a car.

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The idea that women are too attractive or distracting in the workplace has sadly been used as an excuse to keep them out of many a career, and even now, after decades of fighting, women still face harassment and sexism around how their body is perceived at work.

The hardest part of untangling the web of misogyny in the workplace is getting men to understand how nuanced it can be, and how being sexist often isn't an active choice, but a subconscious reaction inspired by a flawed culture. No one wants to think of themselves as sexist, but that doesn't preclude them (even women) from moments of misogyny.

In a recent post on the Am I The A*shole subreddit, a man asked if he was wrong for telling a woman she was too pretty to buy a car from.

AITA for asking for a different salesperson because the one that was helping me was too hot?

When OP recently went to a car dealership to buy a car, he was greeted by a saleswoman he found very attractive.

I was looking to buy a car from a dealership and the salesperson that happened to see me first was a very attractive woman that also happened to dress a bit provocatively. Not unprofessionally, but I personally considered it too much.

He wrote that he felt uncomfortable looking at cars with her, because she made him nervous, and he eventually asked if there was someone else who could help him.

I generally don't do well with people who are so attractive, they make me very uncomfortable, but I decided to give her a chance. I told her what I was looking for and she showed me some models they had available. This whole thing took about 20 minutes until I decided that this wasn't a person with whom I wanted to negotiate to buy a car. So I asked her if it was possible to see someone else to help me.

She shared that she gets paid by commission, and asked if she did anything wrong, so that she could take that knowledge into future sales.

She said that she was working on commission and asked for the reason.

I told her that I could understand that and apologized for wasting her time. I didn't really want to tell her the real reason why I was asking for the change, so I chose not to answer her question.

At first, OP didn't want to tell her the real reason, but after she asked - he eventually acquiesced and gave her the truth.

She said that it's no problem, but that she, as a professional, would like to know what she did so as to avoid repeating the same mistake in the future.

I could see no way out and it was a fair request, so I told her as politely as I could: she was too attractive, dressed too revealingly and that made me uncomfortable with her.

She was offended by his reasoning, and when he pressed her once more for another salesperson, she told him this wasn't the first or last time she's lost a commission due to sexism.

I could see that annoyed her, but she chose to take it in stride and said she'll "take that as a compliment". And then she tried to convince me to let her show me some other models.

I, however, stood fast and told her I really would prefer to see someone else and apologized once again.

Her face hardened and she said that she'd go fetch someone. But before she left, she looked at me aggressively and told me that I don't have to apologize, cause this isn't the first and won't be the last time she's losing a commission due to sexism.

OP felt his reasoning was a bit controversial, but didn't think of it as sexist, and asked the internet for their opinions.

Was I the a*shole here? I realize that the reason I gave her was maybe a bit controversial, but she asked for the truth. And I was very polite, I tried not to insult her, but she chose to see sexism for some reason.

diorswan thinks OP was completely wrong, and doesn't understand what he wanted from the woman.

YTA. I'd be annoyed to miss out on my commission based on that too. What's she supposed to do? Get plastic surgery to make herself less pretty?

If you're so uncomfortable around attractive people that you can't make a purchase from one, then you need to get help for that, not put the onus on those around you. There will be beautiful women at social events you go to, at formal happenings like weddings and funerals, and - perhaps most crucially - at your workplace, whatever you do. You can't consistently expect them to undermine themselves in order to cater to you.

Extremely-mediocre13 called a spade a spade, and pointed out that OP's actions and line of reasoning amounted to sexism.

YTA. Hard to tell what your definition of “provocative” is, but I doubt her boss would let her work in something unprofessional. You asked to look at cars, she showed you some models, and you don’t mention her making any inappropriate comments, or being bad at her job in any form. Sounds like she was doing her job well and you weren’t comfortable with it because she an attractive female. That’s sexism.

Dan_Tahlis doesn't understand how OP could justify his actions.

YTA you are without a doubt the a giant a*shole for this.

What the hell does what someone is wearing have ANYTHING to do with buying a car? Why in gods name would it matter in any way shape or form?

Is it because you cant control yourself around women? Did you feel like she was going to sexually assault you? Did you worry you might lose control and sexually assault her?

This person was doing a job, she was there to show you vehicles and answer question and she could of done it just as good as whomever you had replace her. Nothing in this situation change for you accept your uncontrollable urge to look at boobies was sated.

For her it cost her a paycheck, it wasted her work time (they work in rounds btw, made her look incompetent to her boss and like a failure to her colleagues... because of what again, some exposed skin? Like you don't see that literally everywhere you go?

Just wow.

ChoiceConfidence thinks OP should have asked for someone else immediately, if he felt such an overwhelming attraction the whole time.

YTA. You should have asked for someone else before wasting 20 minutes of her time.

While it feels clear that the internet sides with the woman, who did nothing wrong, the question left at hand is whether OP will accept these criticisms and do some reflection.

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