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23 Memes To Help You LOL Today.

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“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”

– Charles Bukowski

I definitely can't relate to anyone who doesn't go crazy from time to time. Luckily there is humor to help keep us all sane. These funny memes are just the thing we need to boost our moods and help us get through the day with a laugh.

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

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“I can resist everything except temptation.”

– Oscar Wilde

Willpower is overrated. Never deny yourself a good snack, a good deal, or a good joke. These memes are so funny, you won't be able to resist laughing out loud.

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JK Rowling faces backlash online for series of 'anti-trans' tweets.

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The author of the "Harry Potter" book series is being called transphobic after she wrote a series of tweets taking issue with the idea that not only women menstruate. This comes about six months after Rowling came under fire for espousing similar anti-trans sentiments.

On Saturday, June 6, J.K. Rowling tweeted about an article she'd seen with the headline, "Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate."

She added her own commentary, writing:

'People who menstruate.' I'm sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?

Her tweet implied that the phrase "people who menstruate" should have been changed to to "women." But many argue that people of all gender identities might menstruate, and that gender and menstruation don't always go hand in hand.

People quickly took issue with Rowling's statement. Some feel that denying the existence of men and non-binary people who menstruate equates to excluding and erasing transgender people.

She's being accused of "gatekeeping periods," or excluding people who don't identify as women from the conversation around menstruation.

And Rowling wasn't done. She posted several more tweets explaining her views.

Many felt that Rowling's insistence she "respect[s] every trans person's right to live" was a slap in the face.

She also tried to frame her tweets as a defense of the existence of lesbians:

But people are calling her out on never seeming to care much about lesbians before this:

And many feel that her need to qualify her love for trans people says it all:

Many accused Rowling of not knowing enough about the topic to comment:

But she insists her views are based on research:

And many argued that this makes her insistence that only women belong in conversations about menstruation even worse:

Rowling also implied that people calling her a TERF [trans-exclusionary radical feminist] was somehow anti-woman:

People are taking issue with Rowling's implication that cisgender women are somehow oppressed by efforts to use language that's inclusive of all genders.

Many were incredulous that Rowling chose this particular moment to tweet about transgender people and menstruation.

Not to mention, it's Pride month — a month that commemorates the fight for equality of the LGBT community, stemming from riots at Stonewall that were started by a Black trans woman.

People are calling for her books to be boycotted.

Still, some agreed with Rowling.

But Rowling seemed to receive more criticism than praise.

And many are disappointed.

And they feel her timing speaks even louder than her words.

They're also calling people to read books written by trans and non-binary fantasy authors.

People are cutting ties with CrossFit after CEO tweeted joke about George Floyd.

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Everyone from gym owners to brands like Reebok is cutting ties with the CrossFit brand after its CEO tweeted a joke involving COVID-19 and George Floyd, the man whose death at the hands of police sparked protests in all 50 states and across the world.

As Black Lives Matter protests continued, CrossFit CEO George Glassman decided to weigh in. Under a tweet calling racism a public health issue, he tweeted, "It's FLOYD-19."

A second tweet seemed to imply that he both took issue with COVID-19-related lockdowns and disagreed with the statement that racism is a public health issue.

People in the CrossFit community quickly began to express confusion and displeasure with Glassman's statements. Because CrossFit is a licensed brand, people who own or pay membership at CrossFit gyms are especially angry.

Reebok confirmed it would be ending its business relationship with CrossFit, telling Business Insider:

Recently, we have been in discussions regarding a new agreement, however, in light of recent events, we have made the decision to end our partnership with CrossFit HQ. We will fulfill our remaining contractual obligations in 2020. We owe this to the CrossFit Games competitors, fans and the community.

CrossFit franchises are now distancing themselves from the brand, as well.

A gym called CrossFit Petworth is now calling itself Petworth Fitness:

Gyms say they now feel "morally responsible" to distance themselves from the brand.

Some are upset that Glassman would make such a controversial statement when some gyms are already on the brink of closure.

CrossFit has posted an apology from Glassman saying he "made a mistake."

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But many found the apology lackluster.

They're saying it was too little, too late.

People are going to be getting their WODs elsewhere.

The divestment of gyms from the CrossFit brand seems like it's been a long time coming for some.

And of course, people who love to hate CrossFitters and their sometimes cultlike tendencies are having a field day.

15 people who've proposed to someone and been turned down share their stories.

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Working up the courage to ask someone to marry you is a big, scary and expensive step...

The tradition of talking to someone's family, spending a massive chunk of your income on a ring, and then getting down on one knee with a slight chance the person you love might reject the thought of a lifetime with you is definitely a lot to take on. If you plan an elaborate, public, surprise proposal it's best to have full confidence that the person you're proposing to is going to give you a solid "yes." Otherwise, it's a very risky and potentially embarrassing move.

While we usually hear about the moments when people say "yes" to a proposal with Instagram posts of champagne, balloons and diamond rings, we rarely hear what happens when someone actually says "no." So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "Men of Reddit who proposed and she said no, what happened afterwards with your life?" people were ready to share their stories.

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I proposed to my then-girlfriend in Central Park, NYC back in 2013.

We were with her sister & sister’s fiancé and they were in on my plans to surprise her: juggling who had the ring box, him taking random photos of squirrels or whatever (to justify him carrying his nice camera that day), and otherwise being very supportive and helpful. When we got to the little bridge that we usually took pictures on we did our pose and I did the classic “oh sh*t I gotta tie my shoes real fast” move to get down on one knee. I busted out the ring box and popped the question. She had no clue how to react and uttered a soft “...no...”

What the f*ck.

Ultimately she was just speechless and stunned that I was able to pull the wool over her eyes all day and the “no” was more of a “no way you were able to do this” reaction. We’re now married almost 5 years and have twin daughters! - SpaceEurope

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My dad kept trying, and was eventually successful when he stopped using onion rings. - Jedinate6

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We were living together. I asked, she said "No, I love you but I need to think about it. I don't think I'm ready yet. Can you give me some time and ask later?". A few months go by, I ask again, same response. A few more months, same deal. A couple more weeks and then she says "hey, what do you think of us getting married?". I replied: That's an excellent idea, why didn't I think of that?

Our 39th anniversary is next month. - grayputer

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She had said she wasn't really a fan of marriage, so I thought proposing non-marriage might be well received, and I wanted us to be together for the rest of our lives. So I asked her not to marry me.

She said no. We have been married for 10 years. - Incognito_Matt

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In 2017, Google came up with this idea to allow you to make photo books out of your Google photos account. My girlfriend and I had been dating for almost 2 years and I knew she was the one I wanted to marry, so I created this wonderful photo book of all of our selfies together and ended it with a page made out of a photo I generated that said will you marry me. I then proceeded to put all these things into an album and build the photo book.

What didn't occur to me at the time was that the album I put these in was a shared album and the other person gets a notification when you add new photos to it. And the other person that the album was shared with? My girlfriend.

That evening, we had dinner and it all came out. She saw the photo, she wasn't ready, there were a few reasons why but they were good reasons and smart reasons mostly to do with timing, family, and finances. We weren't breaking up, we just weren't getting engaged at that time. A year later, we have fully discussed the concept of getting married, we went ring shopping, she picked her own ring, and by the time I actually did propose we both knew what her answer would be.

We celebrated our first wedding anniversary in April. It seems to have worked out so far! And the photo book is on a shelf to my left as we speak. - baltinerdist

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Dated a woman for over two years and popped the question. First time she said “I don’t know”. A couple months later I asked her again, she said “Maybe.” I was pretty bent out of shape. But then I found out she was sleeping with several of my friends so I dodged a bullet there really. - gardibolt

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We'd been dating for a year and a half, and I was due to move out on orders (was in the Army). She suggests we get married, I said no way...I was going off to school (Army-type) for six months, then a year on a deployment to the Middle East...it just wouldn't work. She was calm, and then said "You think I'll be a burden to all of that, but I'll actually be a help". While just seconds earlier all I could think of was what a pain in the ass it would be to get married and leave, and now it (for whatever reason) seemed perfectly reasonable that she was right. We got married a week later at the courthouse. I was 22.

Last month we had a nice socially-distant dinner party for our 29th anniversary with our two amazing kids and a few friends. - Cle4nr

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She said yes on the second proposal and now we're divorced. - JEJoll

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My friend A had been with his girlfriend B for years, so he decided he wanted to propose. What he didn't know, is that B was also thinking about proposing to him.

A proposed first, and B freaked out because she had already set her proposal and bought a ring, so she said no. Over the next week, B freaked out more and more, and refused to answer A's calls and messages.

A then decided to use the money he had saved up to buy a plane ticket to Europe. What was supposed to be a 3 month trip through western Europe turned out to be a year long trip around the world.

One day, A says that he's coming back and B decides to go and wait for him at the airport and propose to him there. It turns out that while being in Peru, A met a girl and they fell in love almost immediately, and got married in Peru.

Cue 5 years later, A and his Peruvian wife are still happily married and recently had a baby, while B hasn't still quite forgiven herself for ruining her relationship with A. - ThePeasantKingM

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My husband asked 3 times in the span of a couple months. We had dated for 3 years. He was ready, i wanted to graduate college first.

Also: don't "propose" by handing your SO a ring while you're both in the car on the way to Burger King. I'm low maintenance, but put some thought into it. - Exploding_Muffin

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I asked her right out of high school, but she wasn't ready. We stayed together, went to college at the same school, spent the first year in separate dorms, then moved in together. Got married a few years later. Our 20th is coming up. - literalfeces

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I spoke to her about it beforehand, and she seemed really Keen on the idea. So I decided to propose about a week after in front of all our friends she was so shocked she picked me up off my knee and shoed me away. Most of our friends were confused, because everyone knew it was going to happen, and she said she was excited for it.

I didn't know what to do, it was all really embarrassing and later she explained she didn't mean no she just didn't know what to say and was scared.

She said yes after apologizing profusely and just this year we celebrated our 9th anniversary - GeerieGerraln

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We met in her home country of Germany while I was traveling. I knew I was in love. We dated long distance for a while. Me flying to Europe. Her flying to the US. I suggested marriage so we could be together. She said no a few times. I didn't press. But I was patient and not being pushy. I knew she was worth the wait. Then it hit her that's how we could be together. If we got married, we could live in a country together. The difficulties of being born on a different patch of dirt. A few years later, I'm still married to my best friend and living with her in Germany. Not all no's stay no. Life goes on. - elubow

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We lived together for another six years until she changed her mind and told me that I should ask again. We were engaged for over a year and got married in 1991. We are still married, have three children, and are both still very much in love. - h2f

Sophie Turner posted photos from a protest and responded to a fan who asked why we can't have 'peace.'

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The "Game of Thrones" actress Sophie Turner (known on the show as Sansa Stark) has been outspoken on social media about her support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and more specifically, the current protests responding to the death of George Floyd and decades of police brutality.

A week ago, Turner wrote an Instagram post expressing solidarity with the activists leading the charge for racial justice, and shared the handles for some Black activists and writers that her fans should follow.

She wrote:

"My heart is heavy. I stand in solidarity with those speaking out against racism and fighting for justice and equality. Silence is not an option. While my voice is not one that needs to be heard, I want to highlight some of those we should listen to."

This past weekend, Turner put her convictions into action and attended a protest alongside her husband singer Joe Jonas.

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Listen. Learn. ❤️

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Both of them posted a handful of pictures and video clips from the protests on their social media accounts.

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Black Lives Matter. ❤️

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While they both received a lot of support from fans across the world, one of Turner's posts inspired a question from a fan that merited a response.

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No justice, no peace #BlackLivesMatter

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Turner captioned her photos of the protest "no justice, no peace," which is a common chant used in protests demanding accountability - whether it's from law enforcement or otherwise.

In this case, Turner's call for justice directly references the list of Black people who have been killed by the police while merely living their lives.

In reference to Turner's caption, one commenter jumped on and asked why we can't have peace already, since the officers who killed George Floyd now face charges.

The commenter wrote: "I mean they've been arrested and charge(d) with murder so there's justice, so can we have peace now?"

While Turner doesn't regularly respond directly to comments, given the sheer size of her platform, she decided to swoop in to explain why charging those officers isn't enough.

In her response, Turner clarified that the protests aren't just about Floyd, but about all a series of deaths at the hands of the police, and the systems that target Black people.

She wrote:

"This isn't just about those four cops, this is about Breonna Taylor, this is about Trayvon Martin, this is about Eric Garner, this is about the systemic racism that black people have faced for hundreds and hundreds of years. This is about changing the system. Justice will be done when society reflects our beliefs that we are all equal. until then there should be no peace."

This exchange serves as a refreshing example of a celebrity shutting down a commenter's dissent in a way that opens up the door for discussion and growth.

If you personally want to support the protests, but aren't able to make it physically - here is a list of places to donate and ways to help.

8 tattoo artists share stories of the worst tattoos they've had to cover up or fix.

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Nothing lasts forever, not even tattoos or the love that inspired them.

Tattoo artists get a front row seat to people's regrettable life decisions, and shared stories of their clients' regrets which range from ill-fated affairs to horrific, hateful bigotry.

The good news is that cheaters and racists can be rehabilitated. The bad news is that not all Jesuses can be turned into dragons.

1. Gotta fix 'em all.

That one of the bad Pikachu being made into a good Pikachu painting a self-portrait while drunk is my favorite. -wuapinmon​​​​​​​

2. Praise be.

I had a friend who started to get a cross on his arm, halfway through he couldn't take it anymore and stopped. It looks like a bong or a side shot of a body with a boner. -Cannibal_Cyborg

3. She loves him, she loves him not.

The funniest case that sticks in my mind is the woman who came in wanting me to cover up her ex-husband's name, which was part of a lower back rose design. I did so by extending some leaves and reworking it to balance out the new addition. A couple months later, she came back in to have her ex-husband's name re-added because, guess what, they got remarried. So I did it, but fortunately I convinced her to do it fairly small, just in case, you know. Surprise surprise, about a year later she's back to get it covered again! She was a pretty cool lady in general, as I remember, and we had a lot of good laughs and "I told you so's." I haven't seen her since, or at least not for that expanding rosebush. -100Dachshunds

4. How do you say "oops" in Hebrew?

Not an artist here but an old buddy of mine was going through a really religious phase and wanted the word Jesus tattooed on him in Hebrew characters. So he used the internet to translate and copied the word, printed it and got it tattooed. Unfortunately, he copied the word "Hebrew" in the Hebrew characters instead of the word "Jesus". We still bring it up every so often. -Shanamat

5. One regret.

A guy from high school had “no regrets” tattooed to his forearm.

Then had it removed. -Elean0rMiller

6. Butterfly away.

So this affair couple comes in and they want to get each other's initials in huge letters just above their groins, under the belly button. The guy goes first, and when its done, the girl walks out and the guy chases after her. He comes back half an hour later, saying he needs to cover it up somehow. They were going to leave their spouses for each other, but she got cold feet and broke things off with him, so he didn't want to leave his wife now and couldn't go home with some girls initials on him. The only thing they could think of that'd be big enough and bold enough to cover it was a butterfly.

TL:DR Bro left the shop with a giant butterfly to hide his ex-mistress' initials from his wife. -lukekneip

7. Early intervention is best.

I was in the shop shooting the sh*t and looking through the books, while my buddy was in the chair getting some new ink. Young couple walks in.

They're maybe 19-20 years old and pawing each other to the point that I thought they were going to fall down and have sex right there on the floor.

Girl says, "We need matching Bobby and Becky Forever tattoos with hearts and flowers!"

Artist (also a friend) doesn't even look up: "No, go away. You been together what? One month? Two? Come back in five years"

The girl argued for about a minute and then they left.

Artist: "I hate doing coverups of my own work." -​​​​​​Outlander56

8. Dragon is the new Jesus.

I had a client who was walking somewhere and a man in a van rolled up. The van guy rolled down the window and asked if he wanted cheap tattoo removal. My client shouted, “Hell yes!” and climbed eagerly into the back of the van.

The guy had a tattoo laser in the back of the van. My client removed his shirt and asked the guy to zap an unfortunate Jesus crucifix he got tattooed in someone’s basement as a teenager. The tattoo took up his entire back.

The van guy started zapping the tattoo when my client sees an amber plastic shield fall off of the laser (this is a shield that prevents the laser from burning the skin). He becomes concerned and asks the van guy “hey, what’s that thing that fell off?” The guy replies, “if it fell off, it must not be important!” And he continues zapping the sh*t out of wonky Jesus.

My client pays him 20$ and jumps out of the van, stoked on his good fortune. By time he gets home, the back of his shirt is soaked with fluid. He pulls off the shirt and his skin is bubbling, blistering, and quite literally fried.

About a year later, he booked me to fix up his back tattoo. He tells me the back alley laser story and then takes his shirt off. Tattoo Jesus is battered but still there staring back at me. His skin looks like lumpy hamburger meat. I’ve seen a lot of skin in my time and let me tell you, the scar tissue was unreal.

We ended up tattooing a Japanese dragon over the whole thing. Tattoos do a good job of camouflaging scar tissue, so he left a happy camper. I feel the need to throw out the obligatory mom lecture: everything about tattooing is expensive. If you are a cheap mofo, expect to spend ten times the amount of money fixing your poor life decisions. -Rylan_Black

25 funny posts from parents about the dumbest things their kids have done.

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Kids can be very dumb sometimes. It's not their fault—they've only been on this earth for a short period of time (adults, on the other hand, don't have an excuse). When adults are dumb, it can cause all kinds of problems. But when kids are dumb, it's often pretty hilarious.

Kids being dumb is one of the purest forms of comedy that exists in the natural world. Here are 25 of the funniest posts on the internet from parents about their gloriously clueless kids:

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18 tweets about Democrats wearing kente cloth and kneeling to support Black Lives Matter.

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A lot of white people are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the past two weeks. But not all of this "support" has been well-received. This morning, House and Senate Democrat lawmakers took a knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence "in remembrance" of George Floyd, who was killed by police officers in Minneapolis last month, his death the final straw that ignited recent protests against police brutality across the country.

The gesture came on the heels of democrats announcing proposed policy changes intended to "crack down" on police brutality, CNN reports. This is biggest effort in recent years to reform police practices on a federal level, and is likely to face resistance from Republican lawmakers.

The sight of many white lawmakers kneeling while wearing Kente cloth, a traditional woven cloth that originated in West Africa and carries deep historical and cultural significance, has not gone over very well on Twitter.

Many people are criticizing what they perceive as a tone-deaf and "performative" gesture following years of failure to take action on the problem of police brutality. Here are 18 responses:

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Daughter asks if she was wrong to expose her 'gold digger' mom's hypocrisy after classist comments.

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Judging people for how much money they have is never ok, so what do you do when you realize your own mother is a grade A, hypocritical snob?

The internet is a wonderful tool for communication and knowledge, but Reddit can be the underbelly for all of the internet's worst qualities. Trolls, cyber-bullies, and hate speech can be common on Reddit threads, but once you sift through the trash, there are a lot of intriguing gems of family drama.

So, when a daughter was worried she hurt her mom's feelings for calling her a "gold digger" because of the classist judgments she has, people were ready to chime in on the moral compass of the internet also known as "Am I the As*hole?" Wealth (or lack thereof) can definitely be an awkward subject to discuss between families, especially when two people come from largely different backgrounds. The "gold digger" stereotype usually is about a much younger woman trying to marry an old man to inherit his wealth after he dies, but there are many different ways people can take advantage of someone else's money aside from a soap opera scenario. This mom definitely sounds like she knows a thing or two about marrying something for their cash, though...

AITA (Am I the As*hole) for pointing out that my mom is as much of a gold digger as my sister's bf?

My (21f) mom (53) met my dad (54) in college. My dad comes from old family money, but my mom's family was very middle-class. But when my sister (24) and I were growing up, my mom acted like she had always been upper class, and is very snobbish. I remember how we would go to dinner with her siblings and she would insist on choosing the restaurant to make sure it was "up to her standards" make a big show of paying the bill, and then would sh*t-talk her siblings and their spouses/kids the whole way home, making fun of their clothes, cars, jobs, you name it. She has always placed importance on whoever was wealthiest/had the "best" family, and wouldn't let my sister and I hang out with kids after school who weren't up to her "standards." It's made our relationship a little strained, especially since she obsesses about these things today, but she's my mom and I love her.

Anyways, due to covid I'm staying with my parents since my college sent everybody home. My sister is living in another state, but we have family Zoom calls once a week. On one of the early Zoom calls, my sister told us that she had a new boyfriend and they ended up moving in together for quarantine (my sister has her own apartment which my parents pay for partially). They go to the same law school, and he seemed very sweet when we talked to him. My mom started in with the "parents/childhood/plans" line of questioning. He told her that he had gotten a scholarship for law school since his dad was a construction worker and his mom was a preschool teacher, and that he grew up in a small town. My mom was super chilly to him after this, and afterwards went on a rant about how he "wasn't good enough for [sister]" and how "he just wants her money after all." My dad and I thought she'd stop, but she did this every. single. call. Super cold to a perfectly nice guy, and ranting and talking trash about him afterwards. She did the whole thing again after our most recent call, and I was pretty fed up. I asked her to stop saying that stuff and she said it was the truth, that he was just a gold digger. I asked her how she was different from him since she grew up a lot like him and asked if she just wanted dad's money after all.

She got super upset with me and didn't tell me to get out or anything but she's been sort of ignoring me since then and makes passive aggressive comments or mentioning how she's been crying. My dad talked to me after dinner and said that I really hurt her feelings and she just wants to make sure my sister ends up with a good guy even if she doesn't seem like it. He said that she was just trying to be a good mom and I upset her. I feel really bad- she can be annoying at times but she is my mom and I don't want to hurt her. AITA (Am I the As*hole?)

Wow, definitely a lot of unpack here. Luckily, people were ready to help.

You hit the nail on the head with a sledgehammer with your retort. Truth hurts and she will hopefully have an epiphany over it. Or, maybe has.

Either way I wouldn't beat yourself over it. Hopefully she at minimum stops with the snobbishness. - Halo-guy48

Someone in your immediate family - probably your dad- should have stopped enabling her shitty behavior from the get go. Even you and your sister should call our momma's behavior.

While we love our parents, they aren’t perfect and shouldn’t be immune from being called out when being horrible. Being a good person doesn’t become obsolete just cause you’re old. - MaximusIsKing

Your mom is a self-absorbed hypocrite who conveniently forgot her background as soon as her daughter started dating someone just like her. You just gave her a dose of reality. - justaweightedblanket

But is your mum a character from gossip girl? 😂😂 - EliraTheLock

Some people go far too long without being called out on their sh*t. People with different backgrounds who ended up at the same law school and may have comparable salaries once out. If your mother was truly concerned about either of you ending up with a "good guy" then she needs to be more focused on how you're actually treated. Her priorities are totally off in that regard - CannibalsGetMoreHead

Don't feel bad, your mother needed calling out on her hypocrisy. It's also really gross that she equates money with someone being a better or good guy.

If your sister is happy with her boyfriend and he treats her well, that's what matters. It's sad your mother can't see beyond her own prejudice to realise that.

It's also pretty horrible that it seems she's trying to manipulate your emotions so that you feel sorry for her. - RynnWoD

So there you have it! This mom definitely needed a reality check and while the whole family should probably sit down and have a talk about judging people for how much money they have, this daughter shouldn't feel bad for an honest observation. Good luck, everyone!

17 times someone tried to show American pride but used the wrong flag emoji.

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Despite having pledged allegiance to flag of the United States of America (and to the republic for which it stands), plenty of Americans are not certain what the American flag looks like.

Come for the stars, stay for the stripes

Liberia's broad stripes and bright stars is most often confused for the star-spangled banner by ignorant people questioning other people's patriotism, and the irony is too perfect.

God Bless Liberia

There's a whole subreddit called Accidentally Liberian that hilariously roasts the people who get mixed up when it comes to the red, white, and blue.

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20 people share their most awkward stories of someone confessing a crush on them.

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Having a crush is awkward as hell, and most of us have at least one embarrassing memory of a time we tragically failed at confessing our feelings. In those moments, it's easy to feel like there is nothing more humiliating than bombing in front of your crush. But alas, the world is complex and sometimes secondhand embarrassment burns your spirit even worse.

In fact, at times the only thing worse than being a creep to a crush, is being the crush whose creeped on. How do you kindly reject someone who is baring their soul to you in deeply awkward ways? What is the protocol for setting boundaries with someone who has crossed the line from admirer to stalker?

In a popular Reddit thread, people shared the most awkward exchanges they've had with people who were crushing on them.

When it comes to cringe, the solar system is the limit.

1. OP kicked it off:

I'll give an example to clarify the title.

I've been working in an insurance agency for about 2.5 months. For about 2 months now my boss has bee acting very "affectionate" towards me. By that, I mean she'll call me a dork in a flirtatious manner, one time she told me that if I stayed late she'd buy me dinner, she'll slap me playfully when I say something mildly witty, when I show her something on my computer she'll kinda lean on the table but lean on me also a bit at the same time, and she's recently started a habit of affectionately punching my arm. It's making me feel really awkward and I don't know what to do about it. But it's okay, as long as the fact that she could be crushing on me means that I have an easier time at work.

2. From SnarkyCommenter:

I was part of a very awkward love triangle in grade 6.

I had a crush on a certain girl. So did the kid with Down's Syndrome.

In June of that year, there was an overnight school trip to a summer camp. Down's Syndrome kid thought girl and I were dating, so he forged a break-up note from her to me and left it in my bunk.

I was not fooled.

3. From brbsharkattack:

When I was around 14, a girl with a pretty severe physical deformity that resulted in bulging eyes and arms that didn't really extend, started very obviously hitting on me, in front of all of my friends. I didn't know what to do; she was a really nice girl but I was just not attracted to her at all. I quickly asked some other girl to be my girlfriend, and let her find out about that. She was upset.

I felt really bad, because due to her deformity I had seen her as a child, and I realized for the first time that she was my age and had the same teenage desires, and how I was just the first of a long line of guys who would reject her because of the way she was, and how it was just so unfair.

I don't like thinking about this.

4. From ehsteve23:

My friend's (at the time) fiancee was a little bit in love with me. That was an awkward period of time...

5. From ThePieOfSauron:

My friend's mom used to get drunk when we were hanging out there and try and sleep with me.

6. From assumption_bulltron:

There was a cool, smart, and hot as f*ck girl that was into me for a while. How embarrassing that must have been for her.

7. From Tasadar:

My brother had a really unattractive girl after him through high school, I was like 11 and would always answer the phone. I made up increasingly ridiculous excuses and tales of where he was, partying, doing cocaine, heading to a major drug deal, on vacation in Japan, training to be an assassin, it was fun at first but it got annoying pretty fast. He still doesn't know how she got our number.

8. From stineface:

Not me, but a friend - in high school, there was a kid who sat behind her in math class. He would play with her hair, and whenever a hair would fall out, he'd keep it and stow it away in the battery compartment of his calculator until he had a little ball of girl hair.

Then the year after, he got a pretty drastic haircut, saved all the hair in a bag, and presented it to her for Christmas. Good times.

9. From lol_catd:

I was in high school, sitting in art class when this guy walks over. I didn't particularly like him or not like him. I didn't know him that well. He stops at my table and casually asks for my phone number. I say "Sure!" and he pulls out a piece of notebook paper filled with phone numbers...all suspiciously the numbers of nearly every girl in our grade.

It was too late to say no and I got a phone call from him at least a dozen times a week for a month. The fact that no one ever picked up (save for the first time....boy was that an awkward phone conversation) never stopped him. I just pictured him calling down that list every day.

10. From nyr1399:

My best friend came out as gay and then proceeded to tell me how much he liked me. He knew I was straight, but decided it would be appropriate to straddle me whenever I sat down around him. Still waiting for it to stop.

11. From memymineown:

In eighth grade I was stalked for several months by a girl one year younger than me.

At first it was rather benign, we ate lunch together in our group of friends and hung out a few times after school. She seemed rather interesting if a little odd.

Then it started getting more creepy. She decided to read me some of her short stories which involved me tearing off her dress and raping her. I was called into the principal's office because she decided to share one of them with her English class.

After that I decided I wanted nothing more to do with her but it just got worse. She started calling my home at all hours of the night and even stood in my front lawn from around midnight until 3 a few times. She just stared at my house. I can't exaggerate how creepy it was.

She started writing hate mail to all my female friends saying they were c*nts etc and we got seriously worried she would do something to one girl in particular (this girl wasn't actually one of my friends, she was just dating a boy with the same first name as me).

It all ended once I went to high school but she did the same thing to several other people before she was expelled. I don't know what has happened to her since.

12. From TheTrollScience:

I had a stalker. Not even kidding, or well...as much as you can call someone a stalker in High School. I always treated my "stalker" with respect (even though it was weird), she would follow me around school, give me these love letters, draw pictures of us together, make me these home made bracelets and necklaces, call me up at the most random times she even had my private email address. I tried to let her down easily multiple times but she didn't give up.

One time she appeared at my house crying, I had to take her in and stop her from crying. She would occasionally call up crying and I'd have to talk for hours on end to try and calm her down. One day I just had enough, so I told her as directly as possible (while still trying to be nice), "I'm sorry, but I'm not interested okay...?" She disappeared about a month later, moved country, school etc. Two years later she came back, I added her on Facebook and she told me she was sorry, talked to her a while and she seemed to have lost her craziness, she now has a boyfriend.

13. From AnthillNapalm:

My cousin had one for a few years. I pretended not to know.

14. From barbergirl:

This girl had a crush on me once, I told her I wasn't a lesbian and she didn't think that was a good enough reason.

15. From DingDongSeven:

Lunatic customer started stalking me. Really. I had a helluva time keeping her away since I had to deal with her professionally. Years later, someone lent me some books on astrology, and for a laugh, I made my chart.

Turns out, according to astrology, I'm a sexual T-Rex. God's Gift To Women: ME! I don't mean some measly top 2% Mensa sh*t, I'm talking one in hundreds-of-thousands. And that's when I realized that the point in time when that crazy b**ch started stalking me, that was just after she'd asked me when and where I was born — I particularly found it odd that she asked what exact hour and minute (I ended up calling my mother to find out).

Astrology. People are f*cking insane.

(And oh yeah, I am NOT a sexual T-Rex. I'm sort of a walking, talking, living bit of evidence that astrology is hokum. Although I do admit, while I don't believe in astrology, I believe in chicks who believe in astrology.)

16. From paranoyd_androyd:

In high school there was a mentally disabled guy I befriended just to be nice. Turns out he liked me (I'm a dude too) because he mailed me a picture of himself with a note that said "hi derp, I love you, you are my baby" So yeah that was the end of my interaction with him...a better person than myself might have overlooked it but it was too weird for me.

17. From Zergling_Supermodel:

My boss proposed to me - twice - back when I was living in Japan. I quit the second time.

18. From applcmptrdood:

This is my first response to a thread like this...I feel like I've never really had a good story to contribute. That is, until now.

It was in my junior year of high school (less than two years ago). I was invited by a friend to attend a local dance at an all-girls school nearby. I had nothing else to do that Friday night, and I figured nothing bad could happen. Boy, was I wrong.

During the night, this girl 'glombed' onto me, as my friends like to say. She was not in the least bit attractive. She obviously was very into me, and I, the socially awkward penguin that I am, decided to try to talk to her outside instead. I figured if I got to know her a bit better maybe I'd somehow find some attraction. I didn't want to be a guy who would write her off immediately, because I believe every person has some type of beauty to them. As an average Redditor, I'm not exactly a ladies man, so I figured as a beggar, I couldn't be a chooser. We exchange numbers, I figure if I'm not attracted to her I can find a new friendship of some sort.

She asks to hang out, and I make it a double-date sort of deal with a friend of mine who had met a girl at the dance as well. I realized here that me and this girl had nothing in common, and that her physical appearance was simply too off-putting for me to deal with. I gave it a shot, and I wasn't interested. So, I didn't make an effort to ask her out again. She however, was waiting for me to ask her out, as she thought everything was going great. This left a huge elephant in the room, so to speak. Eventually, I had to tell her I wasn't interested, because her friends were telling me to ask her out.

I called her and said I wasn't interested. After this, she goes and tells her friends that she's going to 'cut my balls off' among various other colorful phrases.

Fast forward a couple of weeks. Through some casual observance on Facebook, my friend discovered that this girl had written stories about me on her Fanfiction website profile. He said I 'had to read them for myself.' I did. Turns out they were about me having EXTREMELY graphic gay sex with another man. We're talking about descriptions of prec*m, and my rape at the hands of another guy. In these stories I found out that my body did things I didn't think were possible. We discover she also had a fetish for Harry Potter fan fiction, including stories about Remus and Sirius going at it (while transformed, nonetheless). NEVER AGAIN. I still get sh*t about her. She scared me away from dealing with girls until college, and here I am.

TL;DR: Girl attaches herself to me, I reject her, she almost gets violent, writes graphic gay-sex erotica stories about me (including some rape ones).

19. From deepvape:

This one girl in high school faked a seizure because I told her I already had a girlfriend. The gym teacher called 911 and when the paramedics got there she just got up and ran off...I guess she got in some pretty big trouble for doing that.

20. From adamzep91:

I was 17 and working at a summer camp with the "seniors" age group (between 10-14). At that age the girls have a crush on you no matter what you look like, just because you are their counselor. Anyways this one was more.. assertive about it than the others. She asked for my phone number many times and tried to add me on Facebook many times as well. On the last day of the summer her mom comes up to me and tells me that she had a crush on me. I said I know and she said you don't understand.. I caught her masturbating to a picture of you two she took last week.

Couldn't look at her that day, luckily it was the last day.

White woman filmed getting slapped after telling Native American woman to 'go back to Mexico.'

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Move over Amy Cooper aka Central Park Karen, there's a new Karen in town.

A woman in Arizona has been nicknamed "Phoenix Karen" after a clip went viral showing her yelling at a Native American woman in a gas station, telling her to "go back to Mexico."

The incident started when Phoenix Karen stormed into a gas station and demanded that she be helped with her pump immediately. The situation got heated when the clerk instructed Phoenix Karen to wait until he was done helping the customer ahead of her: a young Native American woman.

This didn't go over well with Phoenix Karen, who attempted to cut the other woman in line, told her to go back to her country, and claimed she was the manager of the gas station.

In the clip the young woman quickly identifies herself as Native American and asks Phoenix Karen where her ancestors are from, pointing out the hypocrisy of a white person claiming ownership of America. This doesn't sink in, as Phoenix Karen doubles down on her demands that the woman "go back to Mexico."

At this point, the young woman turns to the clerk and instructs him: "don't serve her racist a*s."

The argument reaches a climax when Phoenix Karen tries to physically move the young woman aside, and she retaliates by slapping Karen in the face. During all of this, Phoenix Karen paces back towards the camera several times to yell at the man taping all of this, Greg Conn.

It didn't take long for the clip to make rounds on the internet.

People were quick to point out how ridiculous it is for a white woman to tell a Native American woman to "go back to her country," when white people are the colonizers.

Others found it refreshing to see a Karen face consequences in real time.

People were loving the facial expressions of the boyfriend of the young woman who smacked Phoenix Karen, he seemed to be unsurprised by how it ended.

It didn't take long for people on Twitter to figure out her identity, find out she works for a law firm (Harrian Law Firm), and spam it with negative reviews.

According to many of the reviews, she's been acting like a Karen at work for a long time, so her ratings were low even before this video hit the internet.

For now, it looks like Phoenix Karen received a slice of karma in the shape of a slap and a flood of bad Yelp reviews. But knowing how the internet works, this may not be the last consequence she faces for harassing this young woman in public.

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

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"My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty."

-Elayne Boosler

Dogs make everything better. They give you unconditional love and unlimited laughs. These memes hilariously nail what it's like to be a dog parent. Grab your pup and get ready to laugh at these hilarious pets.

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18 photos of one-person Black Lives Matter protests in small towns.

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Large crowds all over the world have gathered to protest police brutality and stand with Black Lives Matter.

Miami up stands for racial justice.

People are standing up for the safety and dignity of black people whether or not its popular in their town. Anti-racist demonstrators are hosting their own protests in small towns and cities. While they may be the only people standing, they're not standing alone.

1. Ocean Shores, Washington

2. Jackson, Wisconsin

3. Acklam, England

4. Chapel Hill, North Carolina

5. Lincoln, Illinois

6. Fredericksburg, Texas

7. Northbrook, Illinois

8. Chicago (big city, small protest)

9. Grants Pass, Oregon

10. Minnesota

11. Beatrice, Nebraska

12. Norfolk, Virginia

13. Enterprise, Alabama

14. Pell City, Alabama

15. Somewhere In The South

16. Coldspring, Texas

17. Morristown, Tennessee

18. Alexandria, Louisiana


Mom of four asks if she was wrong to tell 5-year-old she never wanted kids.

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How honest can you really be about parenthood with your own children?

Especially when you have young children, telling them how you truly felt when you found out you were pregnant might not always be the best idea. Very young kids might not understand that you still love them even though you have a complicated relationship to motherhood, and you could potentially cause serious damage to their self-esteem and self-worth.

When people are unsure of whether or not they did the right thing, Reddit's "Am I the As*hole?" is the internet moral compass ready to help. So, when a young mother of four was unsure if she was in the wrong for telling her 5-year-old that she didn't want children, people were ready to chime in. Let's dive in, shall we?

AITA for telling my husband I regret having our children and telling my daughter I never wanted her?

I (f24) have 4 children. I had my first when I was 19. My children are 5F, 3F, 2F and 1M. All of our children have been planned, but it’s always been my husband pushing to have another. If he’d have let me I would’ve stopped after our oldest. I never really wanted to be a mom, and don’t feel as though I connect with them very well.

A few nights ago I was putting my eldest daughter to sleep when she started asking me loads of questions. She’s a really curious little girl. I had a traumatic birth with her and post natal depression so always struggled with bonding, and still do struggle connecting with her. She told me she wants lots of babies when she’s older and then asked me how many I wanted when I was her age. I told her I didn’t want any and that I didn’t even want any when I had her. I know she’s only 5 but she massively misinterpreted it and got upset. I comforted her and put her back to sleep.

In the morning she must’ve told her father what had happened when he was making her breakfast as I woke up to my husband absolutely furious with me for traumatizing our daughter and damaging her self esteem. I told him she’d be fine but he kept shouting at me telling me I was an awful mother. I replied that it’s hard being a good mother to kids you regret having. He asked if I was being serious and I said that I was being impulsive when I said that but that I didn’t want them and he knew that. He left the room absolutely furious with me and took the kids to his parents house. AITA (Am I the As*hole?)

People were quick to offer their opinion:

Your daughter didn't "massively misinterpret" what you said. You were incredibly inappropriate and hurtful to your small child, your daughter, your 5 year old who is tender and your responsibility. You need to get help. Get counseling. Figure out how to address your issues before you hurt your kids any more than you are. And meantime, don't have any more until you want them. - milee30

How else did she think a FIVE YEAR OLD would interpret those incredibly literal words? - pammy_poovey

You write about yourself like you're a victim. It's your husband's fault you had so many kids, it's your daughters fault for misinterpreting you, it's your husband's fault for getting mad.

No you chose to have that many kids at a young age. You chose to be with someone who wanted kids. You chose to say that horrible thing to your daughter. Good luck because if your husband divorces you that little comment will come up in the custody battle. - Overall-Bus

This is going to effect your daughter for the rest of her life.

You need to be In therapy. Something is seriously wrong for you to say that to a 5 year old child. Please get help for the sake of your children. I’m worried for them. - failedantidepressant

No one else is saying it, but ESH (Everyone Sucks Here)

Your husband is clearly not the greatest person in the world for forcing you into having multiple children you didn't want. While others might think "you cant be forced since you're the one giving birth" i understand enough about toxic relationship dynamics to know you very well could've been. I get that you didn't want them and feel disconnected.

However. That is not your daughters fault. She didn't ask to be born anymore than you asked to have her. But she exists now, and you are still responsible for that. And you do not tell a five year old "i never wanted to have you" no matter the context. There was no misunderstanding. She knew what you really meant. And lets face it, so do you.

The problem is, this inner resentment will always be present when dealing with your kids. Even if you don't intend to, you will end up hurting them again due to this latent resentment for them. Therapy would be a good start. If that does not fix the problem, then leaving them to your husband, or to adoption may be a better option if you cannot learn to control those feelings of resentment.

You may not have wanted them. But it isn't their fault they exist. You cannot take that out on them, even unintentionally. - Dannstack

She was wrong to say it to the kid, but four children in five years (all before turning 25) and the husband pressured her into having them? No way there isn’t something very wrong here. - meggannn

Your daughter is going to internalize this. Why did you marry a guy who wanted kids when you didn't? That's like basic compatibility stuff. - chambergambit

It is never right to tell a child they are unwanted. - UnsightlyFuzz

So, there you have it! This mom definitely should not have been so brutally honest with her daughter given how young she is, and could've potentially caused long-lasting damage. Hopefully she and her husband will be able to explain to their daughter how loved she is and help each other in how they parent their four children in the future. Good luck, everyone!

27 Memes That Perfectly Nail How We All Feel About 2020.

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"Hell is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself."

-George Bernard Shaw

This quote works better if you cross out "Hell" and replace it with "2020." We have nothing to do right now but amuse ourselves with memes. This list hilariously illustrates how we all feel about the hot mess formerly known as 2020.

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14 women share stories of guys failing to pick up on the obvious hints they liked them.

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Single women who date men: if you like a guy, you should probably just tell him. Because if you're dropping hints, it's quite likely he won't pick up on them. Sure, rejection sucks. But it's better than missing out on a potential romance just because a guy failed to read your signals. It's not their fault. They're born that way.

Someone asked women of Reddit: "has a guy failed to notice your obvious hints, if so what's your story?"

These 14 female-identified people share stories of the times guys didn't quite get the message they liked them:

1.) From Starfall9908:

I asked a crush if he wanted to go on a date with me. He said yes.

He thought he was hanging out with a friend. Had to tell him right then and there that I had a crush on him.

2.) From its_a_long_commute:

When I first met my husband, he rode a Triumph. Motorcycles were always (and still are!) a huge part of his life. So, very obviously dripping with double entendre and all but waggling my eyebrows lasciviously, I go “so.... when are you gonna take me for a ride on that beast of yours...”

Aaaaand he told me, dead serious, that he doesn’t take passengers on his bikes because he doesn’t want the responsibility and even removed the passenger pegs. I think I detached my retinas rolling my eyes that hard.

The first time we slept together, I was staying the night and like a gentleman (and I really do appreciate this - that he didn’t assume) he offered to put me up on the couch, showed me where the bathroom was etc. so I go “maybe ...I can just sleep with you?”. that one he managed to snag as it was sailing by.

3.) From EducatedOwlAthena:

To this day, my husband is so bad at picking up when he's being flirted with that I say thank goodness we met on a dating app or he'd never have known I was interested. He's a very good-looking guy, and he gets flirted with all the time, but he just never notices

4.) From Emilyjanelucy:

I was visiting from out of town for a friend's birthday. Birthday boy was my best friend's boyfriend, he was an engineering student so the night was going to be mostly dudes and we were all going out clubbing. We met up with the group at birthday boy's residence on campus. Immediately I take a liking to this one guy's sense of humour, I'm lightly flirting but he's missing every hint.

We get to the club, I'm getting drunk. I'm repeatedly dancing very close to this guy and he's just not taking the hint at all. Behind me I notice that the birthday boy is trying to signal what to do to my guy, physically exaggerating what to do with his own girlfriend as a prop. Eventually everyone gets tired and sits down for a break. I literally sit on this guy's lap and he just looks around blankly. Again the birthday boy gestures at my clueless mark, who places his hands on my waist. The night continues, I'll only sit in his lap and I'm dragging him around all night but he won't touch anywhere but my waist. His friends keep trying to encourage him but he's not really responding.

Eventually everyone decides to end the night with some late night Macca's. We finish our food and he finally takes some initiative and pulls me away to a shadowy corner. He's trying to get up the courage to kiss me goodnight when... All the guys come around the corner and insist it's time to leave. I get a lingering hug before I'm ushered into a cab back to my hotel.

The next morning I went to campus to say goodbye to everyone and he was nowhere to be found. I was disappointed, but I figure we live hours apart so it's probably for the best. A couple of days later someone is uploading pics to Facebook and tagging people so I add him as a friend. We talk all night, then the next night, and the next night. A few weeks later he comes to visit for the weekend with the guy whose birthday it was. We fell pretty quickly into a relationship after that.

It turned out he had never been kissed and was just super nervous the whole night. In order to get that first kiss I eventually had to make a bet with him about something super predictable in the movie we were watching.

9 years later and we've outlasted the friendships that bought us together. He's amazing and I love him more every year. It took him 7 years to propose, and shortly after we were engaged I got super sick. He's taken care of me through anything and everything that comes at us, including me losing the ability to walk. He was so nurturing when I was learning again that it took 4 different specialists to get him to let me try things for myself. Getting married is no longer important to us, but he's the centre of my world and keeps me going even when everything seems hopeless. I love him so much.

5.) From Drachenfuer:

Met him in a Dungeon and Dragon’s club in high school. Did some flirting but didn’t respond. Had a few other chances to hang. About a year later under very funny circumstances (long story), we went out on a date. After going to a park we go down to his parents basement to watch a movie and that’s when I saw he had everyone of my favorite movies and TV shows taped. (VHS off the TV we are old) I knew he was a keeper. Dropped more flirts, he was complelty polite and charming. I can’t remebe the circumstances exactly, but at some point he gave me a massage. A completly polite, non-sexual massage. I tried changing position, asking him to move his hands, anything to get him to understand I didn’t want a “polite” massage from him. It MIGHT have worke except I disn’t know at the time that he had magic hands. Folks, I screwed it up. I fell asleep. He woke me up just in time to get me home on time.

I may have screwed it up, but eventually it worked. He said he got the hints but didn’t believe I was after him. We are about to celebrate our 28th anniversary.

6.) From 1-bittermelon:

He's at my place sitting on the couch. I sit on his lap facing him. He asks me if I want to watch something. I say "I kinda like my view now ;)." He goes, "you won't be able to see the TV?"

He's my boyfriend now.

7.) From serial_heartbreakee:

We were watching ‘The Invisible Man’ because he knew I was excited to watch it. We were in his bed, not dating at this point but I knew he liked me. He was too much of a gentleman to make a physical move so while cuddling, I turned to him and said “you can touch my butt if you want”. Happily together during the quarantine.

8.) From NoeTellusom:

Oy. It happens more often than menfolk want to admit. Some guys are very shy. And that's delightful, honestly. And fun. :D

I spent about twenty minutes, trying to politely hint to a guy that he didn't need to drop me off at my place. He kept thinking I was meeting up with friends after our date. I finally grabbed him by the waist, shook his jeans and remarked "these are coming off and you're getting off."

His eyes went round, he blushed and nodded. He then drove me back to his place and proceeded to stall. He did just about everything other than show me his stamp collection. I finally just walked into his room, dropping clothes en route.

Finally he yelled "I'm supposed to come in there, right?" When obvious hits oblivious, you'd be surprised how sarcastic the mind can go. It was all I could do not to yell "Nah, I'm just super messy!"

He sorted it out pretty quickly.

9.) From nannylittle:

My now boyfriend was hanging out at my place. We didn’t have much to do but watch Netflix and we had yet to have sex yet.

So I decided to try on some different combinations of bra and panties for him along with some old slutty Halloween outfits.

At one point I was literally modeling lingerie for him. Nothing.

10.) From rjctdw:

(22F) Had been flirting with a old friend at a party all night (first hint), when it came to a close he offered to split an uber home since mine was on the way to his. I purposefully 'accidentally' forgot to add my place as a stop so the uber went past mine and straight to his (second hint), I said I'd order another one home and he said not too, I could crash at his. I said I'd gladly make it up to him (third hint, I said it super flirty). Then when we got inside, he set up his couch for me and went to his own bed alone. Thought I must have been reading him all wrong and that he wasn't interested back. Gave up and that was that.

6 months later we ran into eachother again and reminisced, he told me he was super interested in me but assumed he was the one reading things wrong and that I couldn't be interested in him, I was too far out of his league. Safe to say he felt like a complete idiot when I spelled it out.

Moral of the story, shoot your shot.

11.) From an0n3m0u5:

High school, first time I went over to my male friends house. I was crushing hard on this guy, and I knew he was single so when he showed me to his room I laid down on his bed, threw my hands above my head and said "wow it's really comfy." When that didn't work I started kinda bouncing and said "sure is springy too"

NADA. Just kept taking about the pictures on his board or his collection of dragons. Ended up making a fake Myspace (fuck I'm old) and told him he should definitely ask me out.

Dated 9 years, married 7. He's still slow af sometimes.

12.) From Avil04:

I smiled at him, talked to him and seeked him out and I even laid my hand on his leg, he didn't even look at my hand, just kind of talked over it. I think he's blind because my signs are so obvious. Maybe he's not interested, but that's okay too.

13.) From murderhelen:

I had a crush on a guy in my friend group, one day we (5 of us) spent a night at a house with one massive bed, so we all slept on it. I was next to him, cuddling up to him and holding his hand. He just did nothing, we spent the entire night like that, then woke up, went home, and acted like it never happened. I'm never gonna be sure if he didn't pick up on it (having read multiple stories of men being blind to even more obvious shit), or if he did and just wasn't into it. I just wish he would have made it clear so I didn't spend the next 4 months hung up on it.

14.) From MordSithVictoria:

Sweet jesus yes. We used to work together. I had asked to go back go his place a dozen times to play video games. He turned me down often actually. I started to give up. Then I stayed the weekend at his place just so he could help me finish a coffee table I was refurbishing (I had no garage to apply the polyurethane finish and he offered). I drove two hours away to go to an auction, in between night shifts because I knew he would be there. I used to bring him presents at work often. Homemade eclairs, salsa, cupcakes, jams, etc. I made him a water color painting for Christmas. Sometimes he seems enthusiastic to text but then he ignores me for days. So, I dunno. Doesn't feel like he got it.

And some guys weighed in as well.

From Crackracket:

Speaking on behalf of all guys. Don't give us hints, no matter how obvious. Just tell us, we prefer it and we are too stupid to notice hints.

From Karen-didnt-Vax-Me:

I’ll preface this with “I’m a guy” but it’s not really that I don’t even pick up on hints or have no idea that they’re flirting. My brain realizes that it’s flirting but then it’s like “that would really embarrassing if she was just being nice and wasn’t actually interested” so I never do anything

From DustMan8vD:

As a not-girl: Girls, if you just say something straightforward like "I like you, do you like me?", it would save us all some trouble. I will try to do the same from my side.

In conclusion, ladies: shoot your shot!!!! Do it now!!! The world is burning!!!

17 people share the offensive things strangers said that left them speechless.

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It's not often that someone you've never met before leaves you without words.

A recent Reddit thread asked people to share the times a stranger's statement left them speechless. From sad to cringeworthy to just plain weird, here are 17 of the best.

1. Just your typical small talk.

a long-time friend of mine introduced me to his girlfriend for the first time and the first thing that she says to me is: "So, when did you lose your virginity?" - kadenjahusk

2. Do some people... think they're... fake?

“Let me guess, you probably think fossils are real, don’t you?”

what - C_Williams25

3. This man was a good Samaritan.

We were in a grocery store, starting to head down an aisle, when a man stopped us and said:

"I'd recommend avoiding this aisle - my wife just cut a wicked fart." His candor left us speechless.

Sure enough, even in the next aisle, we could smell it wafting in our direction. - Back2Bach

4. Caught red-handed.

Me: "...and just a heads up, we close at 5pm today."

Customer: "No you don't."

Me: "..." - ashish19982001

5. You have to wonder if he bought the mannequin specifically for this purpose.

A friend and I were in a store buying mannequins for our thrifting business. The guy who owns the store pointed to a specific mannequin and said:

'This one has great tits. Not like my sister in law's. She breastfed her baby and one day she whipped them out to feed him and they looked like fried eggs.

RUINED FOREVER. My wife is in her 70's and she has perky little tits because she didn't breastfeed our kids"

Then he went on to tell us how his daughter breastfeeds and how great it is for babies. Wtf. We had known this guy all of 30 seconds before he unloaded this breastfeeding PSA on us 😳 - hailmac

6. Terribly racist.

Was at a small, shitty dinner that's gone now. Two older couples were at the next booth over, talking about how one couple was trying to sell their house. They were complaining that no one would want to buy it, since a black family moved in next door. The other guy said " it's simple, when you're walking in the yard with potential buyers and you see the neighbor, ask him how the flowers are coming along this year. They'll just assume he's the gardener! " - Veritas3333

7. I'm no mathematician but this doesn't seem to work out.

“We have a population of 330 million. If everyone just gave each other a dollar, we’d all be millionaires” - ACrispPickle

8. Lady, your son might be racist.

This happened around a decade ago at a work Christmas party, when entirely unprovoked, one of my colleagues said “my little boy really likes going to (seaside town) because there’s no black people there!” and didn’t see anything wrong with what she said or why we were asking her why she said it (literally no reason why whatsoever!)

She was in her 20s so it wasn’t an age thing or early onset dementia or any other reason behind it, she just wanted to say it and felt like at a Christmas party whilst looking at our menus was the best time to say it! - Glitch_in_the_pink

9. Uhhh this person shouldn't be a doctor.

I once during what they call "A mental health crisis" called the non emergency doctors number at around 3am. After to speaking to them for a little while they said the doctor would call me back, 45 minutes later I got a call from the doctor, I explained that I was desperate and wasn't sure what I would do if I didn't get help and that I was so afraid I couldn't make it to a hospital on my own (the new antidepressants I'd been put on were making me hallucinate and so terrified I hadn't slept in a few days)

The doctor replied "if you can't get to the hospital that's not our responsibility. You could call an ambulance but you doing so would be a waste of resources even if you do plan on killing yourself if you can't get immediate help" and hung up the phone. - Crackracket

10. Yikes.

"You know that the world doesn't revolve around you, right?"

-My Guidance Counselor

[I came to her two days in a row because I was extremely depressed] - fairypasta

11. Good one...

"I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm a conspiracy realist" - Lefthandtaco

12. Wow, #tbt to the colonial era.

In a queue at a till a couple of years ago with my young children in the pram Lady in front turns around and says they are lovely Says she loves her granddaughter even though (IN HER WORDS) the granddaughter is half caste (mixed race) Lovely🤨 - VictoriaRose1618

13. This is a terrible thing to say.

‘I like girls so thin they look anorexic. Like I wanna see their ribs when I bend them over’ - Cthulhuisnotpleased

14. What does this person think "racist" means?


"I'm not racist or nothing, but I can't vote for that Obama cuz he's a black." - WakeoftheStorm

15. What a convenient theory.

A gal at my salon was complaining of symptoms which suggested an STD. When I suggested she go get tested, she told me that she refused because "STDs dont exist, they're just a government conspiracy to scare us out of having sex". I was stumped 😱😱😱 - nanamichaelis

16. What does he think his job is...

I had a police detective tell me that if he saw a cop commit a crime he wouldn't do anything about it. He would only say something if he was asked. And that cops should not be held to a higher standard than anyone else. - tucsonian999

17. What an a-hole.

first time meeting mom's boyfriend, he goes: "I really hope you have some hidden talents, because as far as I can see, there's nothing to you." - mrwhiteheadsbeer

Man asks if he was wrong to confront high school bully years later, making her lose friends.

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No matter how many years go by, sometimes it's impossible to get over high school bullying. And one self-described former nerd is wondering if he did the right thing when he confronted his former bully at a bar.

The man wrote to Reddit asking for advice, after the former bully asking him on a date and he reminded her she was a bully in front of her friends. This later made her friends stop talking to her, and now he feels guilty. He's wondering if he was actually an a-hole for confronting her.

The man explains that this girl's bullying of him went deep:

I used to be pretty nerdy guy, and extremely reclusive. Which made me the prime victim of bullying in my highschool.

There was this super mean girl(call her bitchin?) who used to spit on me, orchestrate fake proposals from other girls to get my hopes up, lock me up in the female toilet, dunk me in water etc.

He ended up becoming a regulation hottie later in life:

College happened and I started working out a lot. Initially, I looked pretty much the same. But I lost a lot of baby fat, got this killer jawline outta nowhere and somehow turned out to be quite good looking. I mean, people have approached me for modelling for them and helping them out for a fashion project. Shit made me ugly cry because I thought I was extremely ugly.

He ran into the bully at a bar:

I was at a bar recently and bitchin of all people told me to hang out with her friend group. Now, I could have told her I knew her and I wasn't interested since she didn't recognize me at all, but I became next level petty and wanted to reject her in front of her friend circle.

So we went and I met up with her friends, chatted for a good ~5 minutes. Her friend circle was really nice.

She asked him out, and he said no way:

She asked me out, and I told her I was out of her league and wasn't interested in high school bullies. Proceeded to tell how she physically and mentally abused me. I showed a small scar I have on my right hand because of her as proof, thanked them for their time and succeeded at not looking back.

Later, one of her friends reached out to him:

Obviously felt like the best day ever, but I also felt kind of guilty. Strangely, one of her friends reached out to me on Instagram and asked me out, apologized for bitchin's behavior and said that a lot of them were no longer friends with her after she blew up and called me some very bad words over the matter.

This was kind of a shock. I didn't mean to burn into her friend group, so I feel icky now.

Now he feels guilty:

She still has friends....but yeah

Leaving you guys to do the hard part and judge!

Most people agree he did absolutely nothing wrong. In fact, they're proud of him.

Dark_Tangential called him a hero:

Duuude. YOU are my HERO. NTA. don’t forget, sometimes you become the instrument OF karma.

Snootypooptooty agrees:

the opportunity of a lifetime presented itself and you took it!

Sharp5hooter02 says revenge is sweet:

As much as vengeance and petty can be looked down on, and how it usually ends up backfiring in the long run, bitchin deserved it.

High school must’ve been very rough, and I’m sorry to hear that you went through all that, I can never say I understand. However, her behavior is absolutely inexcusable, and she got her bad karma from it.

So OP, you’re NTA. You stood up for yourself, and I am personally proud of you for doing that. Just don’t let it get to your head.

But de-overpass thinks it's unfair to hold the woman's high school actions against her:

You know how you changed a lot since high school? Maybe she did too?

Or maybe since you know how shitty it is to be an outcast, you wouldn't wish it on somebody else?

You held on to the resentment and you've clearly used it as a motivation for change, for better or worse.

They think he should've taken the high road:

I understand the years of bullying and how they could have affected you.

When given the chance, you opted for revenge rather than the high road. I don't blame you; as you can see from the comments, it's a lot of people's dreams to do what you did.

But nonetheless, a justified a-hole is still an a-hole.

Race-Carr agrees:

come on this is revenge no matter how you look at it and I think revenge is usually an [everyone sucks here] situation. You’re an ass, a justified one, but still an ass.

Still, most people remain on the guy's side, likd AB-G:

You spoke the truth and she has to face the realities of her past actions. I was severely bullied in school too, and when i see some of these people it still gives me anxiety... 20 years later. So to see a bully get their comeuppance it makes me happy

Hope his new jawline doesn't make him too cocky, though!

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