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26 Memes To Help You Start Your Day Off With Some Laughs.

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"A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heartburn?"

-Bob Hope

It's cheesy but true, laughter is the best medicine. This list of memes is funny enough to cure your bad mood and get your day started off with a healthy chuckle.

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18 people share the worst things that have happened because they overslept.

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Sleeping, when done responsibly, is good for the mind, body, and soul. But, like so many things, too much of it can get you in to a LOT of trouble. If you've ever slept through an important obligation, you know that feeling of abject panic in the pit of your stomach when you realize your failure to depart the dream world could come at a cost.

Someone asked Reddit to share their worst "I overslept!" experiences. Let these 18 stories serve as a reminder to set more than one alarm:

1.) From DirrtyMikeAndTheBoyz:

I was taking biology my freshman year of college and to this day it was my most difficult class. The professor was really great, the only thing he was ever strict about was the final. He made a huge deal about not being late. He repeated about ten times that if you were even a minute late to the final you wouldn't be allowed in and you wouldn't be able to retake it.

I made sure to be the good student that I wasn't normally. I studied early so that I wouldn't have to cram, I went to bed early, set my alarm, laid out my clothes... The whole nine yards.

Something happened to my alarm as it didn't go off. I looked at my clock and had about two minutes until the final. There was no way I could get from my dorm to the class on time but that didn't stop me from trying. I tore out of bed and just ran.

I showed up at the door in my flannel pyjamas, hair a mess, no shoes, crying, and breathing heavily from running. I was like 5 minutes late. I just looked at the professor and before I could choke out the words between sobs he just looked at me and said “take a seat and calm down, finish the test when you’re ready”. I have no idea what I got on the final but I did well in the class and now have a fear of not waking up to my alarm for important events.

2.) From SirRutherford:

Freshman year of college I was in an English class that met every day at 7:40 am (ugh). Probably such a bad time slot because it was a young interim professor teaching his first college class.The grade for the entire semester was based on a portfolio of papers you had written throughout, and there was no final test - the final was just to show up and give the professor your portfolio.

The final day arrived and I had been out the night before (because of course I was - 18 yo on finals week). I woke up to a clock that said 8:25. Class ended at 8:30.

Now I was a decent sprinter but it was about 3/4 mile to the classroom so I knew there was no hope. I got up and throw on last nights clothes and sprint downstairs to consider my options; going along the road through campus and avoiding the central quad may save time. So I turned and went all out onto the road with a hope and a prayer and there was the professor with all the portfolios under his arm, waiting for the bus.

“HEY can you take this!?”

“Uhh... sure.”

Bless your soul, interim professor whose name I forget.

3.) From DentedAnvil:

Not exactly oversleeping. Someone pulled the fire alarm in my dorm during finals. I was sleep deprived and genuinely slept through the blaring siren in the hall. The fire department goes door to door with a master key and checks every room. They found me asleep. Middle of December. Middle of the night. They me line up outside with everyone else wrapped in a skimpy blanket and flip flops (they wouldn't let me dress) until the building (of 900 people) was cleared. Probably a half hour but it felt like a week. I also got fined 50 bucks for ignoring a fire alarm.

4.) From The_Liege_Lord:

I slept in until 9:30am thinking I had an exam at 2pm. My friend turned up outside my flat phoning me and saying ‘wtf you doing the exam is at 10am!’ Panicking I got dressed in less than 2 minutes and sprinted across the campus to where the exam was being held to find out I was right and it was at 2pm. So while I didn’t oversleep I may as well have considering I lost my morning off.

5.) From IlIIIllIIIlllIII:

I woke up in a cold sweat realizing I fell asleep with a massive term paper due that morning and I didn’t even start it because it wasn’t mentioned by the teacher - just listed in the syllabus, and my ‘somethings not right’ senses decided to wake me up on the day it was due at 4am. And I legitimately threw myself out of my bed, full speed ahead...

Then my brain started to warm up and I realized that I am in a country 6,000 miles from my university. And that I graduated 5 years ago... and the professor no longer works there. (I googled it, just to be sure).

6.) From GrammerGuestAppo:

I woke up at 13:00 when I had a deadline by 12:00. It really beats me why I didn't just turn it in before, but yeah. That was an expensive nap which costed a year of tuition

7.) From Back2Bach:

I overslept because of alarm clock failure on a morning I was to play the organ for a 9 a.m. funeral.

When the church office called, wondering why I wasn't there early as usual, I scrambled to get moving - making it to the church just as the hearse was pulling up to the front door to bring in the coffin.

8.) From AllTheWeahUp:

Work from 6:30-2:30, took a nap when I got home and looked at the clock and it read 6:30 and i launched out of bed and got ready just to realize it was the same day

9.) From Apocrypha:

Woke up at 4pm for a 2pm exam. Got into the exam hall when everyone else was handing in their exams. I wasn't allowed to write.

Begged over email for a chance to write the exam. They agreed with certain conditions attached: Exam would only be worth 3/4 of what it normally is and my final grade also capped at 70%. I finished and got 70% :)

Later went on to drop out anyway.

10.) From sapphicpenguin:

At my first job, one night I forgot to set my alarm and overslept. I'd never been late to work before and was in tears, convinced I was going to be fired. My mom calmed me down and got me to work. No one even cared, so I panicked for nothing.

11.) From harleys_mom:

i was a working student at a very prestigious horse barn

we started at 7am every morning. 7 days a week.

i woke up one day and the clock said 7:56. i was literally screaming 'SHIT SHIT SHIT' as i ran down the stairs in my pyjama pants because i figured i would just wear them all day and die or something

get to the barn. NO ONE is there. i check the clock, it's f*cking 2AM i misread the 01:56 as 7:56 for some reason. big ass whew moment

i go back up to my apartment AND FORGET TO SET THE ALARM AND SLEEP UNTIL 10:30 INSTEAD

i had to stat til 8pm mucking out one of the paddocks in the pouring rain that night

12.) From Dean_Soja:

I almost missed my college graduation because I had been up for days working on my final thesis. Graduation morning I was ready and was going to close my eyes for “20 mins”.

I woke up and graduation was in 10 min. Never ran so fast in my life.

13.) From Arfman2:

My company had just merged with another company. No jobs were lost but it deemed the higher ups it would be a great idea to rent a bus and drive us all to a big expo (think European CES) to get everyone to know each other. Bus was to leave at 5:30am on a Saturday.

I had just moved out of my parents house and I am not a morning person. So out of fear of oversleeping, I set two alarm clocks, both out of reach requiring me to really get out of bed.

In the days leading up to that Saturday, I prepared as much as possible. Cleaned the whole house, made breakfast that Friday evening so I would require as little time as possible on that Saturday morning and triple checked my alarms were set. Colleague asked Friday if I could provide a ride for him as his car had broken down. He lived nearby so I told him no sweat, I'll come pick you up at 5:00 am.

Don't know how it happened but I woke up at 10:00am that Saturday morning, alarms still going off and a few missed calls from aforementioned colleague.

Not a good start after a merger. I dreaded the phone call to my manager, lol. In the end, it all worked out fine but I was really pissed at brain, haha.

14.) From TheUnknown285:

In grad school, I lollygagged in renewing my lease on my apartment. When I did renew, someone had already claimed my apartment, so I had to move two doors down. They asked me for a date, I picked a Sunday, thinking that would be when my parents could help me move. What I didn't realize was that was the day before the final draft of my master's thesis was due.

So we get everything moved. Then I work on my thesis. After pulling an all-nighter, I reached the point where I thought I was about done but also so tired I stopped thinking. So I decided to take a nap for a few hours. The alarm clock didn't go off (or I slept through it). I woke up two hours before it was due. I was freaking the f*ck out.

I actually didn't submit it until two and half hours after it was due, but they accepted it and never said anything, but the stress was unbearable.

15.) From tripy75:

I disputed a fine and was to present in front of a judge to explain it. I arrived 15 minutes late, hairs still wet and with mismatched socks. I was struggling to attach a tie too.

The judge was not impressed, rejected my dispute and gave me a sermon about punctuality.

That oversleeping cost me 600 bucks and some dignity.

16.) From dillybar1992:

I was in college and the department I was a part of decided to do a roast. It was on of the last days of the semester so finals were here. Anyway..

At the roast, someone brought homemade apple pie moonshine, made with everclear. If you haven’t had it before, don’t. Bad idea.

So we’re passing around a half gallon of the stuff and you can’t taste the alcohol. You can only feel it warm your throat which is nice on a cold winter night in the Midwest.

I decided to leave since I had a final the next morning and I wanted to get a decent amount of sleep. I wasn’t drunk when I walked out the door but as I was walking, the alcohol must have metabolized or something cause when I was about 4 blocks from my dorm, I woke up the next morning an hour after my final. Failed the class and embarrassed myself since my friends were in said class too.

F*cking Everclear.

17.) ​​​​​From Jhendrix37:

My gf was graduating college. She was French and so a lot of her relatives took the flight over to see her walk the stage too. Well I turned off the alarm while still sleep... i rushed to where the ceremony was and people were coming out....... terrible.

18.) From Coogcheese:

Missed a funeral after drinking a bottle of Wild Turkey with a friend talking about our old friend who had died. 38 years ago and I still feel bad about it.

23 Memes Any Cheese Lover Will Appreciate.

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“Life is great. Cheese makes it better.”
– Avery Aames

I love these memes because they are extra cheesy. The humor is sharp. You'll definitely have a Gouda laugh with grate memes like these. You'd have to be a real block-head to not enjoy them. So, grab your favorite cheese product and get ready to laugh! I Ricotta tell ya, I think these hilarious memes will melt your heart and tickle your funny bone.

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22 people share their embarrassing moments that still make them cringe years later.

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If a trippy montage of humiliating moments you've experienced doesn't run through your head whenever you try to fall asleep, then you truly haven't lived.

People are sharing the stories that still make them cringe years later. The initial humilation may only last a minute, but the bone-chilling memories are forever.

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The time my internet access was shot over a weekend, so I went to work as usual on Monday, and stayed and worked all day, and only found out I’d been fired the week before when I got home.

Small, very high-profile business. Everyone was acting weird all day.

I soft-broil myself to sleep in this memory. -RandomRavenclaw87

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At the end of a great job interview, shook the guy's wrist instead of his hand and held on like I meant to do it. Didn't get the job... -frootrollups

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Trying to run away from home when I was six only to stop at the start of the driveway because I was always told that it was dangerous to walk on the street without an adult.

My parents have this really nice photo of me, with my little backpack, standing there looking really conflicted. -Finniemc

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Doing a “prom-posal” for a girl who broke up with me two days after. -chieflikeanindian

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I fell into a fountain, not once but three different times in three different fountains, on a trip to Europe with a group of kids from school when I was In seventh grade. Of course my crush and his friends went on this trip and they preceded to call me fountain girl till high school graduation. -Kelleymr

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Me pooping in my pants in 1st grade because I thought pooping in toilets other than my own was illegal. -tortured_waffle

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I was interested in a guy but didn't know how to start a conversation with him. We were standing next to each other while preparing food for a barbecue and I just thought it was a good idea to start a conversation with "I like the feeling of touching raw meat." -ldhkmg0406

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Ran face first into a bench when I was 16 and cried haha. Only one person saw, and of course it was my crush at the time. Oof. -smallbankbigmouth

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Went to the beach with 3 friends (2 boys, 1 girl) at some point in late middle school. we were swimming in the ocean and i got knocked down by a huge wave. when i stood up to face my friends, the boys started screaming. i looked down, and there was my left boob on full display. threw that bathing suit out as soon as i got home. -mysteriesoflove

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I accidentally sent implied gay porn to a customer at work instead of a friend. -KagaVIXX

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I was a bit drunk at a friend's wedding and decided to scrawl all over two pages of her wedding book to fill up some space. Later someone was looking at the book and I heard them say "Look at this! What sort of person does that?".

I still feel bad when I think about it. -RosebudWhip

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Doing a practice for a play in front of a small crowd of like maybe 35 - 50 people when I sh*t my pants. Middle of my lines a felt the wetness and had to run off stage. I kept my self locked in a room the rest of the day. -CheesyKnife

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Accidentally touching my friend’s nuts in 5th grade. We were playing tag. -Mc_baconhairjrrr

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Went for an interview and handed the person my coat when they were trying to shake my hand. -ilikedthecore

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In 8th grade I got my first laptop. Being 13 I had saved some naked lady pictures on my PC. Two girls from my class borrowed my laptop to use the webcam. Went to look at their newly taken photos. Found naked lady pics instead. I died. -daringdeviant

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Fifth grade, sobbing in front of the whole school when I lost the geography bee (to my best friend).

I beat him next year though, then went on to get my ass kicked at regionals. -bravehamster

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When I was 16 I got set up with a family friend's daughter. We started dating in a long distance relationship. After a month or so it was school holidays and I went up to visit her. I didn't have alot of money but I wanted to buy her a gift. A settled on a beautiful jig saw puzzle.

She wasn't too happy about the gift. Because she was blind. Yes I bought my blind girlfriend a jigsaw puzzle. In the moment it seemed very appropriate because each piece was unique right? She can feel the pieces rights?? Pure effing cringe. Still haunts me. -BionicGio

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I fell asleep in my high school history class, I was all the way in the back of the room so the teacher never noticed. Until I farted in my sleep so loud that it woke me up and my head shot up and smacked against the back wall. Never heard the end of it. -pyloricstenosis

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When I told everyone that I was auditioning for the national talent show in my country and got rejected after singing two verses in the producers auditions.

That made for an awkward return to school... -DarthVader1234567

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Definitely that time my professor asked what I did over the summer, and I wanted to say "hanging around" and "catching up with sleep". All I managed to blurt out was "sleeping around."

That wasn't even true!! -truthinlies

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On a date, I did not want to break eye contact, so I was fishing for the straw of my drink with my tongue. Took me too long to realize there was no straw. -LOB90

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I was riding my bicycle past my best friends place and there were a bunch of kids playing in his front yard. I went and asked my friend if I could play too. “No. It’s my birthday party.” I went home and cried. -Not_a_transconian

Dad asks if he's wrong to cut off daughter financially after she disowned them over racist comments.

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Many people have had to cut off racist family members who are unwilling to change their hateful point of view.

It can be a difficult and uncomfortable conversation to have, but if there's no way to change a bigoted family member's mind, you might have to completely cut them out of your life. Big family holidays are often a time when generational differences come out that can erupt into huge family fights and political debates. However, racism cannot be tolerated.

The internet is a wonderful resource to learn and share information on social issues and tools for change. Ancient Greeks had philosophy and I guess our legacy will be...Reddit threads about good versus evil. (That is, if you can filter out the trolls). So, when a recent Reddit user asked the complex moral compass of the internet, "Am I the As*hole" if he was wrong to refuse to give his daughter money after she disowned the family for her mom's racism, people were there to offer up their opinions. There's a lot to unpack here (racism, wedding drama, family feuds) but let's dive on in, shall we?

AITA (Am I the As*hole?) for not helping my daughter financially after she cut me off?

I am now in extremely sh*tty situation. My daughter (Jane) cut all contact with me after my wife made some racist comments about her bf. I agree what she did is disgusting, but Jane told me choose either between her or my wife. How the hell I am supposed to do that? TBH my wife comes from racist family. I called her out many times, but I think racism is deeply rooted into her now--it is impossible to do anything about it. This happened five years ago, Jane and her bf are getting married soon. She called me yesterday and asked for some money as she is laid off. Actually, she told me to honor the promise I made to all my daughters (I helped them financially when they get married). I refused. I told her I made that promise to my daughter and as she denounced me as her father, I am no longer going to help her out. AITA ?

Later, he edited his statement:

Edit: There is no way I was going to divorce my wife, we've been together 25 years. As I said, I called her out many times during past. She is not vocal like she was before, but she still makes comments here and there which I think of as progress because 30 years ago when I met her, her whole family was extremely racist and bigoted. That time, I was blind by love so I overlooked that, but other than that, we have no issues in our marriage. I am proud that my children are not racist. No, I didn't contact her in the last 5 years, but neither did she. I was extremely upset by the ultimatum and she knew her mother's behavior, and as I said, I made that promise to my children but I don't think I am her dad, she even called me Mr. Xyz not dad. Why I should help her if she is not interested in any relationship and thinks me as a moneybag only ?

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Edit 2: To answer another question. No, I never made any attempt to amend our relationship. I can understand if she doesn't want her mother around her family. Now she celebrates father's day and mother's day with her bf's family and congratulates them on social media making comments like how happy she is to "finally get a real family who loves her." It breaks my heart, if she clearly think I am not her father why come to me for financial help ?

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Edit 3: Well, many racists change because they want to. My wife (after that incident) never made any racist comments (at least in front of me).

And last one I promise:

Edit 4: She is laid off, and I guess he is still working. She told me that she will split money like 30% for small wedding ceremony and other 70% savings/ for uncertain future/paying bills etc.

Of course, people were quick to offer advice:

You are the biggest As*hole. You throw up your hands to your wife’s racism as to her ability to change and therefore alienate your daughter and her future husband. Thus abdicating your role as a father. Then, when your daughter has to come to you asking for help in the midst of a GLOBAL PANDEMIC (which I’m sure had to humiliate her) you ONCE AGAIN failed as a father and refused to help her!!

I’m glad you denied your daughter. Hopefully this will clear her of ANY AND ALL illusions that she had of you as a decent person, much less a parent. I hope you, your racism, and your racist wife enjoy each other. - LH-Holdings

Your daughter left because your wife was being a racist. So essentially, you are punishing her because your wife is racist. - SharpNectarine8

ESH (Everyone Sucks Here)

Your daughter for asking you for money after cutting you off. It’s a dick move to use someone as a money bank, even though you did promise. It sounds like she literally only contacted you for the wedding and has no plans to start up contact again.

Your wife for being racist. I feel like that’s self explanatory.

But also you. You’re reinforcing your wife’s racist ideas and therefore also being racist yourself. There are plenty of racist, older people that have educated themselves and transformed their lives wonderfully. You gave up on your wife which ends up just perpetuating racism. If you really aren’t racist, you should be trying to help your wife understand why she is in the wrong. I absolutely don’t blame your daughter for cutting you both off because it also sounds like the racism is a repeated thing. - tiredanddead

Your wife sucks cause she’s a racist. You suck for marrying and enabling a racist (really? It’s deeply rooted and there’s nothing you can do about it? Bullsh*t). Your daughter sucks for thinking she’s still entitled to your money when she denounced you. I guess the boyfriend/fiancé is the only non-as*hole here. - sour_lemons

Your wife is not the only racist, you are too.

Here’s the thing people as a whole are great, but racism is structural and you can choose to participate or you can choose not to. Your daughter chose not to and rightly called your wife out. As she should! MLK said it’s not really the face of racism (KKK, etc) that is the problem, it’s the well-meaning liberal whites or non-black people who accept racism and don’t make the change. You’re LITERALLY worse than your wife.

Now to be petty you choose not to help your daughter because racism in the form of your wife means more to you than your daughter. You will always and forever be THE AS*HOLE here.

You didn’t even have to leave your wife. You just had to call her out and educate her. If you ever want to change I have a few books for you. - nattiey2002

If a racist idiot is more important to you than your daughter, you really don't deserve her around. Do whatever you want with your money, is yours, but you really can't say nothing about her. YOU made a choice, and a very bad one. If you're not anti-rascism, you're no good either. - tersys

So there you have it!

This is a complicated situation, but the general consensus is that this dad should 100% leave his wife and this daughter probably shouldn't have asked him for money if she disowned her family. However, the least this dad could do for putting his daughter in such a terrible position is hold up his promise to help her with her wedding. Good luck, everyone (except the racist mom)!

21 Memes That Perfectly Describe Dads Everywhere.

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"Being a dad isn't just about eating a huge bag of gummy bears as your wife gives birth. It means being comfortable with the word 'hero.'"

-Ryan Reynolds

Anyone with a father will relate to these hilariously accurate dad memes. If you love dad humor, buckle up. The grill is hot, the grass is mowed, and the jokes are extremely corny.

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Woman asks if it's okay to send man's racist posts to his boss instead of confronting him.

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As protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement continue across the U.S. and the world, some people are holding members of their own social circles more accountable for everyday racism. But when you see someone you know being racist, it can be difficult to know what the right course of action is.

One woman has taken to Reddit to ask for advice. She's been watching an acquaintance post racist things online and she wants to send them to his boss so that he will face repercussions at work. But she isn't sure if that's an a-hole move.

She specifies that his posts have been blatantly racist:

Someone in my Facebook friendlist has been posting abhorrent racist contents against black people ever since the movement started (posts that implying black people have a lower IQ than other races, using dehumanizing curse words in our native language to describe black people as a whole, etc...).

She's thinking about sending them to his boss:

WIBTA [Would I be the a-hole] if I screenshot his posts and send them to his employer (which would likely end his career)?

For more context, I have no personal bad history with the guy, so it's purely because I think what he has been posting is very very wrong, and not because of personal revenge or something.

She adds that she's too nervous to contact him directly:

Some of you suggested taking the high road and confronting him directly. I am hesitant to do so, because I don't know him very well, and there are people who agree with him on his Facebook, and I don't know if it's *safe* for me to confront him. WIBTA for ruining the life of a stranger because he's racist, or WIBTA for ignoring it and moving on?

The people of Reddit mostly gave her the green light to send the posts to his boss — but some added a few caveats and qualifications.

Natggets had a simple response:

Some people just need to learn the hard way. I'd do it if I were you too, anonymously.

SilverOwl5578 agreed with this simple approach:

Besides it's their own fault. Fun Fact: Actually more effort to make racist posts on FB then to not do that.

DeathGP agrees:

I actually had this pop up on my facebook where someone actually did what OP is thinking about doing. Man it was funny to see it happen, hope OP gets onboard aswell.

HazelBright thinks it's only okay if he lists his company's name on his Facebook profile:

Does he list his employer on his Facebook info? If so, YWNBTA. He is publicly associating himself with the company, and the company has the right to decide whether it chooses to associate itself with his views.

Nyloc70 thinks it would be better for the woman to confront him herself:

Going against the grain here. YWBTA if his Facebook profile is private/friends only and doesn't include any association to his company. I think a more constructive approach would be creating a dialogue with him about race and the impact of his words. Purposefully getting him fired during a pandemic and recession is just going to ingrain more animosity and hatred in him. I think the high road is important to consider. But I understand the high road is not often popular in this sub...

But TheBetterStory disagrees:

Someone posting slurs and misinformation isn't going to change their mind because a stranger "created a dialogue" with them on the internet.

The high road is not keeping someone's virulently racist views a secret. We don't know this guy's job, but whatever it is, black people who encounter him there are either going to enter a hostile work environment, not be hired if he's in a managerial position, or will be treated like garbage or worse if they're a customer/trying to access these services. I don't think you should put a racist's welfare over theirs.

Pickin_up_dogs thinks racists need jobs, too:

I personally don't think it's for you to make this call. While he may be racist he still deserves to pay his bills and put food on the table.

Let his employer find out on their own. I wouldn't get involved in this specifically

So clearly, there's no cut and dried answer here. But the majority of people agree she should just send the posts to his boss.

Sorry not sorry, racist Facebook man.

Bride asks if it's okay to make 'tomboy' maid of honor wear a dress.

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We all know that when it comes to weddings, we're supposed to do what the bride wants — but there are limits.

One bride is seeking advice because her "tomboy" maid of honor doesn't want to wear a dress to the big event. The bride posted on Reddit about her conundrum. Here's what she said.

The bride specifies that it's important for the MOH to be there:

I (28F) am getting married early next spring. I have a friend, B (27F) who I’ve asked to be my MOH. We’ve been close friends since the beginning of high school, and I don’t have any sisters, so it’s quite important to me that she be at my side as I tie the knot.

Then she explains that this particular friend isn't über-feminine:

B has never really been in touch with her feminine side- we’re sort of yin and yang in that regard! She wore a dress to prom junior year, and that’s the last time I’ve seen her in one. After that, she wore suits to every event that required formal wear. I’m not going to lie, it annoys me a little, but only because I know how beautiful she looks when she puts the effort in!!

She explains that like most brides, she hoped all of the bridesmaids' dresses would coordinate:

I’ve put a lot of time into planning out my wedding. I’ve hired quite an expensive photographer, and I really want to make sure I end up with some beautiful pictures I can keep forever. Part of that involves making sure the bridal party matches nicely. B and a couple of my other bridesmaids accompanied me to go wedding dress shopping a few weeks ago (things are reopening here). I was trying to decide between two different silhouettes and asked B which one she preferred.

The maid of honor confessed after the shopping trip that she didn't want to wear a dress:

She said both looked beautiful but it didn’t matter much what she liked, since I was the one who would be wearing it, and I said that it did matter since, as part of the bridal party, the dresses she and the other bridesmaids wore would be partially dependent on mine. She looked kind of surprised, and didn’t say too much for the rest of the shopping trip, but messaged me afterwards telling me she hadn’t been planning to wear a dress.

The bride was aghast:

I was pretty shocked at that. I know she’s not really into dresses, but I was certain that she would make an exception for her best friend’s wedding! I tried to convince her, but she still flat-out refused. I explained how important it was to me that we’d all match in pictures, and she suggested that she could wear a vest in a matching color or stand with the groomsmen, but I just really want her by my side!

The maid of honor stuck to her guns:

B said that it wasn’t fair of me to spring this on her, since I know she doesn’t wear dresses, but I genuinely thought she’d be okay with it for one day. I mean, she doesn’t normally wear makeup or wear her hair down, but she agreed to do both for the wedding, so it seemed to me like she was willing to make allowances.

Then, an argument ensued:

I got a little frustrated with her inflexibility and we got into a bit of a tizzy. Eventually, she insisted that she wasn’t willing to wear a dress, end of story, but if it was that important to me I had her blessing to choose a different MOH. I tried to explain that I didn’t want another girl, I wanted her, but she refused to hear it. I feel like she’s being selfish and inflexible- it’s only one day, and it’s my wedding, for Christ’s sake! My fiance says he thinks I’m being unfair to her, but that he doesn’t want to get in the middle of it. So, reddit, AITA here?

Most people agree that the bride needs to give this one up.

Alternative_Answer summed it up:

She's clearly not comfortable, and as you've said she's already made several allowances and even offered to not be the maid of honour. Would you force a groomsmen to wear a dress if they didn't want to?

They also pointed out that the bride's statement, "I’m not going to lie, it annoys me a little, but only because I know how beautiful she looks when she puts the effort in!!" is shady as hell:

This is what we refer to as a 'backhanded compliment' and is pretty rude.

People don't need to make themselves uncomfortable for your wedding. You're not god for a day.

A woman who had been in the MOH's situation weighed in:

My sister did this to me. I'm a lesbian who dresses fairly masculine. Unlike your friend, I caved, but felt horrible about myself the whole day. The compliments on how pretty I looked just made me sadder. The pictures don't look like me. I look like a prop and nothing more.

She also pointed out that it's not like a pantsuit is garbage clothing:

It takes effort to wear a suit and look good. She isn't suggesting she wear jeans. She wants to look nice, you just don't seem to respect her.

Consider this, would you wear a suit at her wedding? Would she ask you to?

DOMINATOR-AMER pointed out that no one blinked when a member of her bridal party wore a suit:

My sibling was always a “tomboy” and now they identify as NB. They wore a suit on my side of the wedding, and looked great! The maid of honour is sometimes in a different outfit anyway, your pictures will be fine if your friend wears a suit. She already told you where she stands, you can’t force her to do things.

NurseWhoLovesTV pointed out that this may be deeper than clothing:

Just to clarify, you aren’t the asshole for simply asking, but you are the asshole if you react with anything but understanding and accommodation. Gender identity and dressing against gender norms can be very personal. To you, she’s just “a tomboy,” but you really don’t know what’s in her heart or why she chooses it. She’s already compromised on hair and makeup.. instead of appreciating that you feel entitled to keep pushing for her to present herself as someone completely different than who she is.

So there you have it. Brides of the world: don't do this.


Guy asks if he's wrong for 'mansplaining' a woman's anatomy to her in front of her friends.

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Ideally, sex education would be thorough enough in all schools that old sexist tropes about female anatomy would be quickly dispelled, and we could move forward in accurate and unbiased knowledge. Sadly, there are a log of gaps in the American education system, and what you learn and internalize about your body ranges greatly depending on where you went to school, and who raised you.

For many years, there was a myth spread that women's vaginas got "looser" the more sex they had. Oftentimes this myth was used as a tool to shame women out of pursuing pleasure, or perpetuate the obsession with virginity. Well, to make a long debunking short, this just simply isn't true. Having sex itself doesn't change the structure or looseness of the vagina, and even the affects of childbirth can be healed up after months to a year.

Besides that, getting older is a natural process, and all body parts will go through changes! There is nothing wrong or shameful about that, and the way women are put under the microscope for the look and function of every body part is wildly dehumanizing.

That being said, a lot of sexist beliefs about women's bodies are deeply baked into our culture, even with the internet and widespread access to scientific information. So, there are plenty of young women who are still grappling with and unlearning these stories about themselves.

In a recent post on the Am I The A*shole subreddit, a guy asked if he was wrong for dispelling this vagina myth to a woman, who in turned accused him of "mansplaining."

AITA for "mansplaining" vaginas to a woman?

OP prefaced the post by sharing this all happened months ago, but it's still on his mind.

This happened a few months ago, but my brain won't let this one go.

While hanging out with friends, the topic of sex came up, and one of OP's friends joked how he wishes sex affected his anatomy.

So I was hanging out with some friends. Two guys, one woman. We're all in our early 20s and have had our fair share of romance in life. The topic of sex popped up and we start talking about some of our past experiences. One guy joked about how having sex only made his dick bigger and bigger.

During the conversation, one of the women piped up about how it sucks that having more sex will make her "looser."

We all laughed and he said that he wished that's how it works. My female friend (let's call her Sarah) piped up and said "Yeah, for women, it's the complete opposite. The more sex you have, the bigger your labia gets and the looser you become." There were some chuckles, but then I asked her if she was serious. She said she was.

When OP asked her if she was serious, she nodded, and he proceeded to tell her how it's actually a myth.

Now, this is a big myth. I was surprised a woman who has had some experience actually believes that. I basically told her this, and then she started getting annoyed, asking "how me and my dick knows about that."

She got defensive, asking him how he knew that, and when he revealed he'd read up on how it was a ploy made by sexists to shame women, she brushed him off and accused him of mansplaining.

I said the same way I know anything about female anatomy - I've read up on it. The whole "women get looser" thing is something sexist dudes made up to slut-shame women. My other friends were silent on this. She then just said: "Whatever, I'm not in the mood for your mansplaining."

Now, months later, OP is still looking back on that moment, and wondering if somehow he was out of line.

So I'm at a loss here. AITA for explaining something that I feel like people should just know about?

AreYouALavaBeaver thanked OP for correcting the anatomical rumor, and thinks he was totally within his rights.

NTA. As a woman, I’m asking you to please keep telling it to the girls who don’t know. Women need to understand their anatomy!! Sorry, pet peeve of mine.

shiningdialga13 pointed out that mansplaining is when a man explains something a woman already knows to her, so it doesn't apply here.

NTA. You're right, she's not, simple as that. Just because you know more about female anatomy than she does doesn't make it sexist. I always took "mansplaining" as a guy automatically assuming a woman knows less about a topic because of her gender.

I've had this done to me over computers parts before, and it drove me nuts. However, you weren't assuming her knowledge based on her gender, you were correcting her on something very wrong, and as as you said, pretty sexist. I don't see anything wrong there.

brillantezza echoed the sentiment that it's not mansplaining when you're legitimately sharing information a woman doesn't know, and in this case, dispelling a sexist myth.

NTA. It's not mansplaining when someone is perpetuating an actually harmful and absolutely sexist myth about human anatomy. You're doing the good work.

iamonewiththekarma thinks OP was acting totally fine, but understands the woman likely lashed out because she was embarrassed.

NTA. You were giving a proper explanation based on facts on a subject she didn't fully understand. She was probably just embarrassed she was wrong and tried to take it out on you.

Serendipity-junction jumped on to clarify that what OP did was not in fact mansplaining.

NTA.

"Mansplaining" last I checked was supposed to be for situations where the woman in question is actually knowledgeable and being treated as ignorant because she's a woman, not situations where the woman is ignorant and doesn't want to be educated by a man.

While it's understandable the woman was defensive, given how embarrassing it can feel to be corrected in front of friends, about your own body no less, hopefully she is able to do some reading and realize that OP was right - and there's no reason to feel shame around her vagina.

'Riverdale' creator responds to Vanessa Morgan's tweet about black characters being 'sidekicks.'

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"Riverdale" creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has since apologized to actress Vanessa Morgan and vowed to "do better" after she called them out for side-lining black characters.

Morgan, known for her portrayal of Toni Topaz on the show, responded to a tweet this weekend that claimed her co-star, Ashleigh Murray, was written off "Riverdale" because of her "diva" behavior.

The Tweet has since been deleted, but according to Buzzfeed, it accused Murray of being "a known diva" who "didn't want to share the screen with other talented women even on Katy Keene she barely shares scenes with other women because she's a diva." Vanessa rightfully wasn't having it.

Then, she made another statement about the way black characters are written for versus white characters.

And followed up:

While Vanessa's character, Toni, was promoted to a series regular on "Riverdale" she gets considerably less screen time than white characters and doesn't have rich backstory. Most of her character's storylines are about her relationship with her girlfriend.

Ashley Murray, who was accused of her "diva behavior" and now stars on Riverdale's spin-off show, "Katy Keene," re-tweeted Vanessa's statement with a comment of her own.

Ashleigh and Vanessa have both been sharing resources in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement and tools for allies.

And fans were quick to support:

"Riverdale" creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa listened:

Vanessa hasn't formally responded, but she did re-tweet Roberto's post.

26 people share the worst permanent life decisions they've ever made.

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We've all made bad decisions in our lives. Some of us (not saying who, but it was me) even decided to have a third cup of coffee before eating breakfast this morning. But some bad decisions have minor, resolvable consequences. Others don't. And sometimes just a single bad decision can affect us for the rest of our lives. No pressure, or anything.

Someone asked Reddit: "what is the worst permanent life decision that you've ever made?" These 26 people share the life-altering decisions they've made that they regret the most:

1.) From jensut:

Not mine, but my moms. Trusting a sketchy dentist because he was in the neighborhood and took Medicaid. For every filling he gave us, he drilled out entirely too much healthy tooth, and gave us each one root canal. In each of our mouths, the tooth that had root canal treatment completely broke off to the gum and all the teeth that he filled ended up breaking. He has since been put out of business and been charged with malpractice.

2.) From jensut:

Not mine, but my moms. Trusting a sketchy dentist because he was in the neighborhood and took Medicaid. For every filling he gave us, he drilled out entirely too much healthy tooth, and gave us each one root canal. In each of our mouths, the tooth that had root canal treatment completely broke off to the gum and all the teeth that he filled ended up breaking. He has since been put out of business and been charged with malpractice.

3.) From KaoticToker:

I decided to try and be a parkour expert. My shitty coordination didn't kill my motivation... Until one evening, I was at a local park, and decided to do a massive wall jump that failed epically. I fell on top of a jabbed surface and tore my intestines. Due to this injury, I now have a permanent colostomy at the ripe age of 16. Mistakes man, they suck.

4.) From Kempiet:

Stretching my ears. One of them is stuck with a 10mm hole in that I have to have a plug in permanently or else it looks like a cat anus

5.) From hrhomer:

Tattoo with my wife's name. She got mine, too. Married six years at the time, blissfully in love. Lasted another 8. Now I just wanna chop my arm off.

6.) From [deleted]:

Missing the party that Bill Gates threw when I was in college before Microsoft took off because I got high.

My best friend went to the party and ended up working for MS and retired after 13 years wit 600 million.

I chose a different career path...

7.) From Rightinfrontofyou:

Rolling the dice with unprotected sex.

8.) From toolatealreadyfapped:

Going to med school because it was the next logical step. I didn't take it seriously, and now I'm $300+k in debt, waiting tables, horribly over-educated and under-skilled/licensed for everything, living with my parents and trying to figure out what's next.

9.) From Mintaka7:

I tried to climb the highest mountain in my country. My father took me and my brother there with some friends. The problem is that I have sickle-cell anemia, and due to the low oxygen I just couldn't go further; but I did anyway. Bad idea. My spleen and appendix almost burst, and I had to wait for 24 hours in agonizing pain before a helicopter rescued my ass. Had to get my spleen and appendix removed. And now I can't do any "hard" exercise, ever.

TL;DR Tried to climb the highest mountain in my country. Lost 2 organs.

10.) From HydroWrench:

"Marrying" a scottish stripper

she was here illegally. in a nutshell. we actually did look into getting her citizenship and status to pending and then eventually legal, green card and all. She just couldn't be bothered with it in the end i think. It's not like i was making enough money to pay the lawyer to begin the process.

I used quotes because i've spoken to at least three different lawyers about addressing the need for a divorce, and have easily received three different explanations as to whether i AM, or AM NOT actually married.

11.) From Freekmagnet:

I grew up poor, as in family had no car or indoor plumbing for many years and lived mostly off potatoes and eggs we raised in the back yard. As a teen I had one pair of shoes and 2 pairs of blue jeans to last an entire school year, which were pretty worn out and patched after a few months. I envied my friends who were better off, and became a workaholic that held down three jobs at a time for most of my 20's and 30's. I bought my first apartment building at age 24, while I myself was living in a ratty 1972 mobile home on rented ground in a sheep farm pasture. I went to college part time for years as time permitted, paying cash. I'm not wealthy, but have done OK for myself, have a nice house and enough to live comfortably, and finally got married at age 50. If I had it to do over again, I would have worked less and partied more when I was younger, and made more time for a social life. I regret never taking enough time to search for and find the "right" one when i was young enough to have kids and a family, instead settling for comfortable relationships with the few women over the years who showed any interest in me, and raising their kids instead. I would have spent more time traveling the world, getting a better education, explored art more, gone to concerts, drank more beer, owned more animals, sat around more bonfires, learned to play an instrument, learned to fly, owned more race cars, volunteered at more charities, gone to more beaches, planted more gardens, and formed more deep friendships with a large, diverse and ecclectic group of people. These things are more important than having money in the bank or a nice house.

12.) From herpelderpingston:

Not wearing my retainer...

13.) From herpelderpingston:

Not wearing my retainer...

14.) From herpelderpingston:

Not wearing my retainer...

15.) From Ganthamus_prime:

Smoking.. I have done irreverseable damage to my body. For no reason other than to get a nicotine fix for a problem I created for myself.

God I was stupid, I quit 2 years ago and I still think I want to smoke on a weekly basis but I know better

16.) From ninefivedelta:

Volunteering to go to war. I didn't even have to go, could have finished my contract out and never have went. I feel like it cost me my sanity and happiness most of the time. Definitely took more out of me than I ever expected it to.

17.) From iamzombus:

Decided to not socialize when I was younger, didn't go to a 4-year college, and I work full time.

Now I have no life.

18.) From astrophelia:

It was a very gradual shift over the course of a year from "if I eat a little less and exercise more" to "if I eat absolutely nothing and exercise for 4-5 hours a day" that did it to me. The entire time I felt like I was making a conscious, independent choice as I slipped further and further into a mental illness that kills 20% of its sufferers. Now I have a serious heart problem, osteopenia, and people still do not think I am sick, just "in control". I would have less health problems if I were overweight. My doctors had to let me go once I was a "healthy" weight but that didn't help my mental health at all. Every day I struggle with putting the food I need to live into my body. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

19.) From [deleted]:

Tattoos. I love them, but if I could go back, I wouldn't get them.

Fortunately, it's nothing a long sleeve shirt doesn't cover, but still. I just wish it was more hidden. I have ones on my chest and side that I don't worry about at all. Just one on my forearm and one on my bicep. Could've picked a better place for them.

20.) From xSiNNx:

When I was 20 or so I was poor, my family was poor, and things got really bad that year.

I decided I could make some quick money flipping stolen items (buy cheap, sell for a profit). I was an idiot and got busted.

I got a felony for it, and 7 years of probation. Now I'm 28, can't get a f*cking job anywhere, and life is nearly pointless at this juncture.

I've been on the good side of the law since that all went down, and with each month that passes where I wonder if I'll eat tomorrow or have a roof over my head I think more and more "I could solve this by getting back into crime..."

It's a vicious cycle, and I'd rather be shot in the mouth than go through all of it again.

21.) From behindtimes:

I turned down my dream job because of location. Then, I ended up getting another job elsewhere that was the right location and a high salary, and those were the worst 5 years of my life.

22.) From [deleted]:

Breaking up with that awesome girl in college because I wasn't ready to settle down. Been trying to find a girl that awesome ever since (or remotely close).

23.) From MrsAtomicBomb:

I got married and we got matching tattoos instead of wedding rings because tattoos are permanent like marriage .....right? My husband is leaving me.

24.) From ScubaSteve1219:

maybe not 100% permanent but I'm a recent college grad with a degree in film, and while film is my passion I hate myself every day for being stupid enough to major in film

25.) From amsterdaam:

Screwing around in high school and not going to college.

I'm not saying college is necessary for everyone, but I think I would be in a much better place overall if I had gone. I have a decent corporate job that I am very good at. I've been employed by the same company for 10 years. My life is not horrible, but the ceiling is getting so low that I have to crouch in my cubicle.

26.) From amsterdaam:

Screwing around in high school and not going to college.

I'm not saying college is necessary for everyone, but I think I would be in a much better place overall if I had gone. I have a decent corporate job that I am very good at. I've been employed by the same company for 10 years. My life is not horrible, but the ceiling is getting so low that I have to crouch in my cubicle.

12 times someone got called out for hypocrisy after posting about racial justice.

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The subject of systemic racism has been dominating the social media conversation this past week—and it's about time. Across the country and world, people and brands have been using their platforms to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement and make it clear that they don't endorse racism. This is good in theory, but social media users have been quick to point out that not everyone's actions reflect the views that they are suddenly claiming to support.

The "this you?" meme has been popping off this week in response to so many people, companies, and brands claiming to align themselves with the anti-racism movement. This is not to say that people can't change. But accountability for past actions/behavior is an important part of that change.

Here are 12 times people used "this you?" to hold someone accountable in response to their posts about racial justice:

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17 people share the craziest coincidences they've ever experienced.

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We've all had a moment so coincidental and strange that it made us feel like fate is 100% real and we're all being controlled the stars, or perhaps aliens that need a soap opera.

Being in the right place at the right time is one thing, but a true coincidence can give you full body chills. Running into an old friend in another country, stumbling into unknown family connections out of nowhere, or any accident that turns into a blessing or a major life discovery is definitely a story you hold onto. Maybe everything we do isn't actually just a meaningless grind? The universe is mystery!

So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "What's the most insane coincidence you've ever experienced?" people were definitely ready to share.

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I moved to India when I was 10 years old with my family. When we moved into our apartment in Mumbai my parents told me that my room used to belong to a girl my age named Sarah.

Fast forward 1 year, I go to Bangkok for a swim meet meet a girl named Sarah who used to live in Mumbai. Details are exchanged, turns out it is the Sarah who used to have the bedroom that I was still occupying in Mumbai.

Fast forward 6 years, parents are currently living in Turkey and I begin College at a small school in Illinois (like 1000 students). Everyone keeps telling me about this 'other girl who grew up abroad that I should meet'. We eventually meet at a party. It is the same Sarah. Apparently I follow her around the world. - pinkrobots

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I was sitting at a Round Table pizza years ago with a friend of mine in the small town we lived in. The payphone (next to our table) started ringing so my friend answered it.

"Hey John (my friend's name), what's going on?"

"Steve? How did you know I was here?"

"What do you mean? I called you at home."

"Steve, I'm at Round Table pizza. This is a payphone."

My friend John looked at the payphone's phone number. It was one-digit off his home number. - aegagrus

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I moved to South America when I was 16. I once was looking around a bookstore, and in the tiny English language section I found a book about old houses in New York state. I opened it to a random page and there was a picture of my house (the one I grew up in and that my mom still lives in). - crrrack

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I was looking around a gigantic used book store in my home city but on the far side from where I grew up. I found my way to the science fiction section and found a trilogy that I knew had been taught in a SF class in my high school. Inside the cover of the first volume I found the signature of a kid I'd gone to middle school and high school with. - redweasel

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Freshman year one of my friends threw a tiny gum-wrapper, foil, airplane in lunch and it got stuck in the ceiling. Three years later as a senior I was sitting at the same table with the same kid that threw it and the principal had came over and was yelling at us to keep it down, when out of nowhere the plane comes down and lands in her hair. This enraged her and wasn't going to let anyone leave until she found out who did it. We told her what happened and she gave us all detention for "lying to her." I wasn't even mad I got detention, it was too funny. - acelm14

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Had two, and only two, casual sorta-relationships in a city of 12 million people; started completely independently of each other. Decided to try for a threesome; they were fine with that. Until we all realized they were siblings. - khafra

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Before I bought a house, I moved a lot. During one move I sold this huge plush ottoman on Craigslist. I loved that thing but it didn't fit in my new place. About 2 years later I moved again and I wished I had it, so on a whim one day I found one on CL and went to buy it. Yes, it was my old ottoman. In a completely different part of the city from where I dropped it off when I sold it, but with the same person. I sold my whole living room to this chick. I didn't know it was mine until I walked in, but she also had my old sofa and rug that I didn't expect to ever see again. It was like walking in to my living room - two years ago.

I live in a major city, so I thought the odds of that happening were pretty slim! - ellabluu

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When I was around 12 or so my cousins and I were all playing in the hayloft at the stables where my uncle kept his horses. I felt a pain in my leg and discovered it was a sewing needle I'd somehow rolled over on.

tl;dr I found a needle in a haystack. - Kriste

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This is something that happens to me often. When I first meet someone and they find out I am from Mexico, they almost always go "I know someone from Mexico! Maybe you know them!" and in my head I'm thinking really? You do realize theta there are over 130 million people in the country right? And it's really big, with all kinds of different cities and states and everything, right? And as all of these thoughts are going through my mind, they tell me the name of the person and it turns out I f*cking know them. - arrozconfrijol

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I picked up a girl at a bar and didn't get her number because she left early and I couldn't find her. The crazy thing is I was going to visit my friend in London the next day and I saw her again that night....in a different city (2 hours away). - levi1989

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I was at a party in small town and started talking to a random stranger. When I told her what city I was from she said she had a good friend living there. I guess she didn't really grasp the idea of a major city being big because when I asked her where exactly her friend lived she only gave the street name - MY SMALL INSIGNIFICANT SUBURBAN STREET. Turns out I also knew the guy. - bloody_hell

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Years back I was on holidays in Ireland. One night I was sitting in a pub in a small town somewhere in the west when a minister from my church walked in with his secret affair. That was a priceless moment. - realzondarg

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My sisters and I went to the beach with a friend and she lost the car keys in the ocean. We were all panicking about how we were going to get back, and calling AAA for help. About two hours later, my younger sister comes running down the beach after swimming, shouting "Its a miracle, I found the keys." We lost the keys in the ocean and two hours later my sister found them in the ocean. - katylizard

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I met this guy at a party awhile back. He was really drunk and wouldn't leave me alone all night. the next morning a bunch of us walked to the bus stop together and I remember looking at him and thinking.. "wow i really hope i never date that guy". About three years later I met this other guy at a bar and ended up going home with him only to realize the next morning it was the guy from the party three years ago.. and now we're married.. hahaha - strawberrybree

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Once my mother and I were walking into McDonalds. It was during their Monopoly game sweepstakes where you collect the little monopoly stickers off the cups and fries. I held the door for two cute girls and they got in the line in front of my Mom and me. One got Boardwalk and the other got Parkplace and together, they won $1,000,000. If I hadn't held the door, it would have been my mom and I who won. - PippyLongSausage

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One time I went with my cousin on a trip to Amsterdam. We both went to the same college (which in Portugal are rather small, around 500 students at any given time in this case).

Anywho, third day in, we are tired of walking around the city and stop at a random café on a random street. we go in planning on enjoying the fine delicacies the city has to offer.

Inside were two guys from our university who not only were visiting the same city, the same country at the same time, but they had the same idea. And then we got high. - makemisteaks

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I was in Florida with my two best friends last January. We all had boyfriends at the time. Our boyfriends were not together and honestly were not best friends. We were relaxing in our hotel room after a busy day going to one of the disney parks, all of our cell phones were sitting on the coffee table in front of us. I shit you not at the exact same second all three of them rang with our respective boyfriends calling us. I was amazed. It really is kind of a lame thing to waste my lottery winning odds on though. - Megling1285

20 people share stories of getting fired from a job because of a social media post.

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In most cases, posting something embarrassing or cringe-inducing on social media only results in embarrassment and a possible thread full of roast jokes or insults. Most of us have been there at one point or another, especially since even the most benign social media post can be taken out of context by friends or followers.

However, it's a completely different animal when an employer finds a questionable social media post, and not only clocks it, but fires you for it. As a rule, it's best to keep your boss off your social media feeds (and keep anything potentially indicting private), but not everyone remembers this rule of thumb.

In a popular Reddit thread, people who got fired (or watched a friend get fired) for a social media post share what went down, and it ranges from hilarious to terrifying.

1. From C1ank:

I worked customer support for a mobile game company. I was honest with a disheartened customer, who had complained that recent changes had made the game pay to win. It had, in truth, been a glitch with an update. I told them as much, assuring them the team would be fixing it in the next update. But then the games profits skyrocketed. The team kept the glitch, and put out a statement describing the change as an intentional one designed to improve the play experience.

But there was my name, plastered all over the game forums, claiming the opposite. I technically worked for a separate company that provided support for several studios, but the studio behind this game was our biggest customer. They approached my bosses, furious I jeopardised their cash cow, and demanded I be fired. I promptly became familiar with the underside of the bus, as I was gone within the week.

tl;dr: worked customer support for mobile games, told truth, went viral(ish), fired.

2. From brholmes_:

I didn't lose my job, but I watched a friend lose his over a tweet. He tweeted "So getting head while delivering pizzas is pretty sweet" one night while he was working. The next morning he tweeted "YO F*cK YOU PAPA JOHNS I don't need you or your stupid job anyway" or something to that effect. I've never laughed so hard in my life.

3. From showtunesaboutbacon:

I used to work for Geek Squad in college and a coworker was fired when a famous actor came in and she posted on Facebook a lot of his private info. Like full name came into our store and bought this and this and has a black Amex card and stuff he had on his computer...not once but on 2 separate occasions.

4. From stumpyoftheshire:

A former colleague of mine posted about how he was going to use up all his sick leave then quit.

He posted it at 9am, he was told he had no more job at 11.

5. From eyesick:

I was working as a bartender and server for a place. The assistant manager was a petty tyrant and treated the staff like shit. I had made several complaints about him to the general manager and the owner with some of the other staff, but they refused to do anything about it. So I was done with this place, and was currently looking for a new job, when one day I was bartending and a very young looking girl came. She hands me her out of state ID, and I can tell that it is fake. I politely tell her that I can't serve her alcohol, and explain that in this state we don't legally have to accept out of state IDs, blah blah blah.

She was actually very understanding and there was no scene or issue. Her other friends arrive and they move to a table and I informed their server about the fake ID. It is around this time that the assistant manager who had been drinking bloody marys at the bar next door all morning and then napping in the office came over. He then starts telling me that I don't know what a fake ID looks like and I don't have the right to refuse service and how stupid I am.

He then tells me I have to serve the girl. I inform him that I have the legal right to refuse service, and he cannot force me to. Anyway, I go home and post on the Facebook about my day, and then include a photo of when I was managing a liquor store holding a device of medieval defense made out of all the fake IDs we had confiscated in one year. Also a crown. The next day I was called in and let go for refusing to cooperate with management and what have you.

TL:DR Got fired for posting a sweet picture of me wearing a crown and holding a shield of fake IDs.

6. From Bigblockchevy:

Not me, but the company I work for. A prospective employee just passed his interview, and was told that all he needs to do is pass a drug test and a physical and he would start on Monday. The company Facebook guy found the new hire on Facebook and the guy had just posted 20 minutes after the interview, "sh*t! Anyone know how to pass a drug test in 24 hours?!"

*edit: the guys job is not "Facebook guy." He is the social media marketing and customer service guy. Promotes the business, talks with people and posts to social media websites.

7. From Whaabz:

I was younger and an idiot. I posted something on Facebook about wanting to go home and play the Sims so I could create [telecommunications store I worked for] on it and then slowly kill off all the customers.

I was working a late night shift in a mall and forgot our new coworker had added me on Facebook days before.

8. From badguysenator:

Joined a games studio alongside a guy who'd just finished his philosophy degree. He felt that the game's official forums were the best place to discuss whether disabled people would be "of as much value as pigs" after a post-apocalyptic event, and if they should be simply slaughtered and eaten. All using his company account, of course.

9. From _52hz_:

I've had one employer refuse to hire me because I didn't have a Facebook at the time. Wasn't a HR or social job, it was a fast food joint.

10. From HyenaPVM:

I was let go from the nations third largest insurance company for what were called "offensive tweets". Apparently someone with my similar name was tweeting vulgar things to comedy accounts and they brought me into hr and terminated me. Yes I sued for wrongful termination, so I could finish getting my MBA.

11. From warboy3:

I was once passed over for a job because I barely use Facebook. They straight up told me that they couldn't trust me because of how little info was on my page.

For future reference, I'm sorry employers that 90% of my Facebook page is related to starcraft and/or miscellaneous gaming. I'm sorry that I don't get drunk and post embarrassing photos of things you could fire me over. My personal life is my business and not Facebook's.

12. From NewRandomHero:

A company I worked for had it written into their 7-page contracts that you were not allowed to even reference said company on social media. Anyone in breach would be fired instantly.

There's a page on Facebook called "We Hate ____" that's currently one of the world's biggest corporate-hate pages.

It all started when someone working in our call center posted online about how much the customers suck. Then began something of a war between the staff and customers, customers posting on employees' walls and vice versa.

The company was/is a major player in it's market (essentially had a monopoly) and there was a noticeable drop in sales that year.

All in all, around 20 people were fired.

13. From LilyMe:

I work in a hospital and there was a police shooting in my area a couple of years ago and multiple officers were brought into our ER. One officer was DOA and a number of idiot hospital employees posted condolences on their Facebook pages with the name of the officer before the family was officially informed. If memory serves 7 or 8 employees were rightfully fired for that one.

14. From BubbaCrosbyGOAT:

A co-worker of mine was fired recently because he got caught sneaking off work to smoke weed and drink by Facebook. This moron would post post photos of him smoking and drinking on Facebook. The boss found out and predictably fired him on the spot. The best part, this guy was almost 30 years old, and not just some dumb teenager.

15. From allycat503:

Not me, but a girl on my Facebook worked for the postal service in my town. She posted on Facebook how she wanted to slit her bosses throat and went into some gory details. Then, about 5 hours later, she posted another status about how the Feds showed up at her house and that one of her coworkers had showed her boss the status and she was now fired. She's obviously really dumb and trashy.

16. From sharkwithlaser:

I had to fire an employee for a tweet he wrote about a customer. He tweeted "(customer's full name) would be a great name for a gay porn star."

I found out about it when the customer's lawyer called me the next day threatening action. Turns out the guy worked for the local newspaper and obsessively searched his name on all social media.

17. From Pennigans:

A little over a year ago a bunch of employees at my old job got a rash. It wasn't contagious, our blood was clean, and the doctors were confused. I took steroids from day one and had it for a little over 2 weeks I believe. I didn't even have it as bad as a couple people. Everyone continued to work, even though some people had it in exposed areas. Employees were itching and talking about it, but management did nothing. Even the manager had it, but the owner didn't so he didn't care to take any action. Well, I posted a picture of my rash on Reddit and gave absolutely no information on where I worked. It got to the front page of r/WTF and a coworker saw it and obviously recognized it.

He showed people because he thought it was funny (a Redditor connected the dots to spell "penis," that one was passed around). But there was a coworker already out to get me and she was close with our manager. So they told the owner that I had posted the picture on Facebook, which obviously would have been a big deal. So the manager told me to leave, but said she would have the owner meet with me. I knew as soon as I got home that she wasn't going to tell the owner to contact me. But I was already planning to quit the next weekend, so I didn't bother to meet with him. I'm not working at a place that allows the majority of their staff to get a rash and not investigate it. I should probably add that this was a restaurant.

18. From _steven42_:

In my town was a very public case where the girls basketball ball coach lost her job because, she posted a picture of her husband touching her breast on Facebook. Lots of people got mad and she got her job back. Now her and her husband, who is a coach at a different school, are leaving to coach at a charter school in a different town.

19. From Shylocv:

I had to fire someone for one. He was a volunteer firefighter and left for a call which I allowed. Fifteen minutes later someone showed me his 5 minute old post of him riding quads saying something along the lines of "sometimes you just need to F off from work".

That put him on a final warning. He then left because he said HIS house was on fire then half an hour later his wife tagged him in a photo of him sitting in a kiddie pool in front of his house.
The funny thing is, in both cases, if he had simply asked to leave early I probably would have said yes.


Edit: To clarify, this was over different days a few weeks apart and he worked for me but also volunteered as a firefighter. The fire chief also found out about this and dismissed him from that position as well. This guy had a few issues needless to say and honesty was not something with which he was familiar.

20. From wowhowfun:

My female friend (18) was DM'd through twitter by the news presenter (37) of our city. He was talking about her beach pictures and how she is really pretty and how they need to get together. She ended up telling him that it's pretty ridiculous that he's trying to get with her. He lost his job later that week. The only real reason he lost his job was because he used the weather channels Twitter account.

17 people in relationships share the 'white lies' they often tell their partners.

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Everyone in a relationship has told a little white lie at some point, whether it's "I was being sarcastic!" or "I'm sorry, I didn't hear," or "yes, your friends are my friends."

There's no harm, as long as the lies aren't anything like "no, I didn't sleep with your sister" or "I love you."

People shared those little fibs that keep their relationships afloat, and they're full of helpful strategies for how to navigate your parnter's tardiness and/or get some "me time."

1. She smelt it, he dealt it.

Married here. All farts in the house were actually caused by the dog- no questions asked. -thejuliemeister

2. Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?

The kids ate all the junk food in the house. -danrennt98

3. Surprise!

"I'm not planning anything special. Don't get your hopes up."

I am, but seriously, just let it happen. If you keep asking and investigating you'll ruin the surprise. -thehonestyfish

4. Monster-in-law.

"I like your mom."

I can't f*cking stand her. Never have I met such a moronic person. -panderpskis

5. Exhibit A: This post on Reddit.

Over the phone: "I'm going to bed honey, talk to you in the morning".

Nope, Internet all night long baby! -Conanslew

6. Easy, breezy, beautiful.

"Your makeup looks great today!"

Because I can't tell, and she spends a lot of time on it. Plus sometimes she isn't wearing any, and then I look even more appreciative. -ILL_Show_Myself_Out

7. Meta.

I just tabbed out of this thread when my wife came up behind me. Now she probably thinks I'm watching porn at 8am. -ONE_GUY_ONE_JAR

8. Okay, now that lie's forgivable.

I've told my girlfriend of 3 years I've been working late the passed few Fridays. I've actually been working with a jeweler, building her a custom engagement ring. -Laidbackguy

9. Lesson learned.

Once she approached me swinging her head and asked "have you noticed anything different in me lately?". It was clearly her haircut but I replied with "Yeah, I can see you lost weight".

I also did a similar thing some years before saying "you got fatter". The joke was obvious, but to me only... Lesson learnt: never kid about weight with women. It is never a joke, ever! -uniVocity

10. Congrats on the sex!

When I'm looking at her during sex and she asks me what's on my mind , I always go with something like. "What a guy can't look at a beautiful girl any more?" Of course what I'm really thinking is. "My penis is inside her, my penis is inside her, this is awesome". I'm a simple man. -MildlyAngsty

11. Brilliant.

When our baby was tiny I told my husband that unwashed milk bottles had to be thrown away and replaced at great expense as milk reacts to the plastic if kept in contact for more than an hour. Needless to say he became much more helpful at washing baby bottles. -VvermiciousknidD

12. A sneaky way to be a hero.

I'll be back around midnight? (I know I'll be back at 11, but this way I get back early.) -easyjet

13. The snuggle is real.

"Oh I'm very comfortable" as she lays on me while we snuggle watching tv. In reality I have a rib that didn't heal properly and after a while, in the right position and weight on it, it feels like it's broken again. She loves to snuggle so I just deal and I take comfort in knowing that the second I stand up the pain will be gone. -KalimasPinky

14. Everyone has their own personal timezone.

If we need to be somewhere at 6pm: "Love, we need to be there at 5.30pm"

He's always late and he takes forever getting ready, so that half-hour buffer means that when we get there at 5.50pm we're ten minutes early rather than 20 minutes late. -​​​​​​beargrowlz

15. No sh*t.

"I really need to poop." I just want a break from the baby while I Reddit for 10 min. -0bazooka0

16. As long as you're not committing Grand Theft Auto in real life.

When I miss her phone calls sometimes, I tell her it was because I was working on something for my job. In reality I was playing [Grand Theft Auto] and couldn't pause it. -my_gf_is_preggo

17. Squash that beef.

She is a vegetarian. I tell her I don't mind leaving the meat out of recipes; I mind very much. -magooober


25 Memes That Will Only Be Funny If You Have Kids.

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"I just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream."

-Conan O’Brien

If you have kids these memes will be all too relatable. While you love your little darlings, they have a special way of driving you up the damn wall sometimes. These hilarious parenting memes will make anyone raising tiny humans laugh.

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16 people share the dumb solutions to problems they tried that actually worked.

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Sometimes the dumbest idea you have ends up being the best idea...

Usually, dumb ideas are actually just...well, pretty dumb. Every once in awhile though you come up with a solution that's so bad it's good. And, if it works? That's definitely a story you have to keep for dinner parties. Tricking your parents as a kid, getting an extra discount on something, or scamming the system in a way that even you think is ridiculous always feels oddly satisfying.

So, when a Reddit user asked, "What is the dumbest idea you have ever had that actually worked?" people were ready to share. Sound off, successful dummies!

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In my freshman year of college, my grades were really not great. And my parents were really strict about getting good grades. When my dad asked to see my grades, I panicked and did the inspect command on the computer where you can change type faces on the screen to read different words and letters. I changed all of my sh*tty grades to good grades. My dad was so happy that I did “good” my first year of school. He asked me to print my results. I did, and turns out he had to send them to our car insurance company for a “good student discount”. Ultimately, I committed insurance fraud by accident. But I got the discount. - DreamRader

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Wearing a motorcycle helmet while snowblowing. I did it because i missed riding, it kept my face warm and when snow would fly back at me the visor would protect me - Fortknoxgaming

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When I was younger I got called into HR because I drew a very detailed picture of a penis. It was really really good.

The HR meeting happened like a week after I drew it and my only defense was " I dont recall doing that, do you happen to have the picture? It might jog my memory." They didnt have it of course because I had it, and because I didnt confess they couldn't do sh*t.

Investigation results inconclusive, have a nice day - [deleted]

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Our power was out due to a storm. I had a campstove to use for boiling water to make a coffee pour-thru, but I couldn't use my electric grinder for the coffee beans. I tried fashioning a mortal and pestle but it was taking too long. So, I put the coffee beans in a couple of ziplock bags, placed the bag right behind a car tire, then ran over it back and forth a couple of times to crush the beans. Worked like a charm. - EugeneStargazer

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A friend and I once snuck 15 people into a Warped Tour by giving them some bracelets from a party supply store and clipboards full of paper. Walked up to the side gate and said we were with Rock The Vote. The security guard waved us right in. - Goodgoodgodgod

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I forgot to bring a resume to a job interview, but I had an index card in my bag. I cut the index card in half and wrote my name, my contact info, and “creative problem solver” in my best handwriting, and gave a copy of my “business card” to both the interviewers.

I got the job. - kayification

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When I was young and broke I bought a sofa from a used furniture store. I had no way to take the sofa home. I went to a used car lot a couple of blocks away and took a truck for a test drive... - luckyhenry

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Not my idea but my mom's. I dropped one of my earrings and couldn't find it so she threw my other earring kn the floor and it happened to land next to the first one. - linguinenoodles

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Put Jesus in as WiFi password in church. It worked - Succulant_Kiwi

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Real estate told me I had to have the carpets professionally cleaned (wasn't in the contract) or I'd lose my $800 bond.

I did some research and found out I could become an accredited carpet cleaner as there are no official licencing boards in my state.

So, I did what any sane person would do. I paid the $85, did the online course and got my certificate. Registered a business name, ABN etc etc. (all free)

Handed the property management a copy of my accreditation and an invoice for services.

I became a professional carpet cleaner and launched a vacate cleaning business that is still going 6 months later.

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  • I did clean the carpets. They claimed I didn't and required a professional cleaners invoice as proof. So I gave them the proof.

  • I did not charge the real estate agency, it was a copy of the invoice they claimed to require.

  • I do professional house keeping and cleaning for vacating a property at the end of lease to enure you get maximum bond back.

  • I help people who are being unfairly treated by their property management and advise them on what steps to take in regards to cleaning, repairs etc

-With the return of the bond, and some smart shopping, I was able to purchase my own equipment to continue the job, I then claimed those costs back on tax. - KatWayward

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This idea could've easily gotten me fired if it went wrong.

I was working as art-director at an animation studio, making videos for clients. One client was especially pesky about the use of yellow in the background. They wanted it to be that of their logo, which was this horrible neon-piss yellow. We advised against it, but after numerous calls we had to cave and gave a version with that colour. They hated it, and asked for a change. What followed were 12 versions with numerous calls in between tweaking the colour over and over.

Eventually I got tired of it and just sent the original version again, I didn't even bother to rename the file. The client said "this looks exactly the way I wanted, thank you"!

How that ever went right I still have no idea. - Royta15

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Bet my husband I could fix the dent in the car with a plunger. It worked. - DINKwithpets

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I once faked being sick when I was in middle school and told my mom I had a sore throat and felt a cold coming on. She took me to the doctor and it turned out that I did, in fact, have strep throat lol. - Arma_Diller

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There was a swarm of hornets that had made a nest under the front of our porch with only one specific narrow entry in or out.

Spray wouldn't work and it was right under our front door, so had no way to keep exterminating them.

Then I realized "why not whirring blades of metal?". We DID have an old 50s metal fan and I could maybe blow them away from the entrance so they had no way to get in.

The unanticipated effect was that it worked, though after a few hours had created a Civil War battlefield of dead or dying hornets piling up like a zombie tower in World War Z. Every few moments you'd hear "thunk" as another hornet fell into the trap.

So satisfying. - Jasonlovestummyrub

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In university I was late on an assignment that was supposed to be in my T.A.'s drop box by noon that day. I didn't manage to get there until almost 3 so I was sure he had already emptied it.

Now, the drop boxes were literal boxes in cubbies with a slot on the front and a lock on them that prevented them from being pulled out. The rack holding them was just a basic metal frame with about 5 rows of boxes. My T.A.'s box was somewhere in the middle of the shelf.

So I figured, "I'm late anyways, why not take a chance?" and slipped my assignment into the box below my T.A.'s box.

I got my assignment handed back a few weeks later than everyone else and it had a note from another T.A. scribbled on it that said "Looks like this fell into my box by mistake."

I got full marks on the assignment.

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I hated my math teacher and she was making us do a project on patterns even though we were in seventh grade, so my pattern was a series of increasingly longer sideways penises. She didn’t even notice and I got an A - Whooooosh-if-homo

LeBron James exposes Laura Ingraham's racist stance on black vs. white athletes sharing opinions.

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The Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the forefront the many double standards there are for black people and white people in America.

Take the reactions to protest themselves:

Earlier this month, many predominately white crowds defied stay-at-home orders to protest coronavirus restrictions and demand haircuts.

In response to the Black Lives Matter protests, mayors have imposed curfews and police have responded to the crowds with rubber bullets and tear gas.

Freedom of Assembly is assured in the First Amendment, as is Freedom of Speech. Laura Ingraham, one of the interchangeable blondes on Fox News, was blasted this week for her clear-as-day double standard when it comes to black athletes and white athletes talking about anything other than sports.

When NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant criticized Trump, Ingraham told them to "shut up and dribble." But when white NFL quarterback Drew Brees critcized and misrepresented Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protests, Ingraham defended his right to free speech, saying that Brees is "a person and has some worth" and is "allowed to have his view."

A video montage combining the two clips went viral.

Hmmm... could it be because she respects football players and not basketball players?

King James quote-tweeted the video and cited it as one of the reasons for the protests.

The tweet got more than half a million likes, and renewed calls that he is indeed the Greatest of All Time, which is a big deal after we all spent quarantine watching the Michael Jordan documentary.

LeBron James certainly knows how to dunk.

People are making fun of this couple's bizarrely rigorous daily quarantine routine.

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If you're a single person in quarantine and feeling lonely, it could be worse. You could be the couple recently featured in a Guardian article whose rigorous quarantine routine sounds more painful than COVID-19.

The article is about couples who decided to move in and quarantine together during the pandemic, despite it being early in the relationship. Many of the stories are touching and sweet.

But one couple's story got Twitter's attention due to their extreme daily "quarantine routine."

The article reads:

Every day, they stick to a strict schedule of thrice-daily exercise (a morning 5k run, a yoga class and evening high-intensity interval training workout), meditate, listen to a podcast together, cook and have a ‘deep chat’ about their families or childhoods. ‘We do an audit later in the day,’ says McGarey, ‘to make sure that we’ve ticked everything off.’

As quite a few people have pointed out, this relationship sounds more painful than a lifetime of loneliness.

On the bright side....

Many people are finding the daily "audit" particularly jarring. Since an audit is, you know, a stressful and grueling experience that most people work hard to AVOID.

Others are worried about one or both members of this couple.

But everyone seems to agree, this is....not.....normal.

I mean to each their own, I guess! But if your relationship comes with a daily audit and a THRICE-a-day workout routine, you MIGHT want to check out something called therapy and something else called eating pizza on the couch.

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

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"Spend a few minutes a day really listening to your spouse. No matter how stupid his problems sound to you."

-Megan Mullally

No marriage is perfect. All of the love in the world can't stop you from being annoyed when someone doesn't refill the toilet paper. If you're married, these memes will be hilariously relatable.

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