Weddings can unfortunately bring out the worst in people sometimes...

Even completely normal, compassionate people can turn into selfish, empathy-lacking, flower-obsessed detail demons when wedding plans come around. The "bridezilla," "groomzilla," and controlling mother-of-the-bride stories are often very true, and some couples assume that the phrase "this is your day" actually means: "for the whole time we're engaged, all of our friends and family must do absolutely everything we say because every day is our day."

It can really hurt when people you consider your close friends choose not to ask you to to be a member of their bridal party or groomsmen, but asking your wedding guests to pay for your wedding venue is a whole new kind of demanding behavior. So, when a woman consulted the moral compass of the internet, Reddit's "Am I the As*hole" about an awkward situation she found herself in with her friend who is about to get married, people were there for her.

AITA (am I the as*hole?) for not helping pay for my friends wedding because she didn’t make me a bridesmaid?

Hello Reddit, I hope you can look past the awful title and give me a fair judgement. So my friend Josie has been with her boyfriend for 15+ years. I’ve known Josie for almost 6 years and we’ve been really close, despite there being a significant age gap in our relationship. Josie and her boyfriend are tying the knot but it’s more of a formality. They already live together, have kids, own a house etc. So instead of a big extravagant wedding, they’re renting a mansion to host like 15ish people including myself. They’re getting married on the property, and we’re going to party there. There’s a pool, and it’s on the water so there will be plenty of fun stuff to do. In lieu of wedding gifts, they just want everyone to contribute to lodging. The price isn’t outrageous once you factor in how much a destination wedding costs but still, it’s pricey.

So Josie has a friend Melody that she’s gotten really close with in the past 3 years. They’re about the same age and both have daughters. Their relationship is at times a frenemy relationship. She also has a girlfriend from work who she’s close with named Valerie, they’ve worked together for two years or so. Valerie and Josie have been planning the wedding weekend.

Well, when I had lunch with Josie, Josie showed me the invite list and my name wasn’t on it. When I asked her about it, she said it was an oversight and of course I’d be there. I asked why three of the girls had stars by their names, and she said that those were the bridesmaid.

It was Valerie, Melody, and her sister along with the groom’s 2 brother, and Melody’s husband. I asked if I was going to be her bridesmaids and she said I wasn’t because Melody is more sensitive than me and she’d feel some kind of way about it. I asked why Valerie was one and she said Valerie is helping her plan it so it seemed right. I decided to let this go until she showed me the plan of the house, and I realised there wasn’t a enough rooms. I asked her who was doubling up, and she said no one, I’d be sleeping on the couch or bunking with the children because I didn’t have a plus one and all the couples were together. I told her not to worry about me, that I’d just get a hotel on my own so I didn’t have to bunk with ten year old girls and a toddler. She said she couldn’t get married without me and I’d have to be there with them, and I said clearly you can get married without me.

Valerie and Melody think I’m being too sensitive and that I’m “ruining the wedding.” But why would I pay to sleep on a couch? Am I being an as*hole?

Shoutout the "Josie and the Pussycats!" names. Luckily, people were quick to offer their opinion...

Good for you not allowing yourself to be taken advantage of, not being a bridesmaid, not a big deal really, but being expected to pay a significant amount to sleep on a couch or with the kids? That’s really thoughtless. - CaliforniaJade

she's excluding you from being a bridesmaid because this girl feels iffy about you??? Plus you won't even get a room but are expected to pay or pay out of pocket for a hotel. Honestly I wouldn't go and find new friends. - bunnybuns77742

Also, who is watching the toddler while everyone gets plastered and has a good time? I’m guessing that will fall on you also as you aren’t in the bridal party and don’t have to deal with the stress of being in photos and what not. Stay home. She is not your friend. - FilleDePublique

Just because you don’t have a plus one does not mean you do not have the right to privacy. - didyouhearaboutthe

Honestly, if it were me I'd probably just not go. I'm getting the sense that you'll be designated babysitter/kid-wrangler as soon as you get there so that everyone else can have a relaxing break. I mean, they're putting you in the kids room. I'd lay bets that some of the panic around you not being there is that they'll have no-one to palm the kids off on to. I'm sorry, it's got to be hard, but I don't think your friend is the person you think she is. - Supermarketvegan

Paying guests get accommodations. The kids get a room and you don’t? Can’t the kids “bunk” with their parents? - privacyishard

If feels like she’s taking you for granted. She forgot to put you on the invite list and she’s expecting you to pay as much as everyone else per person to either sleep on a couch or bunk with kids? Get a hotel room nearby. - LefthandedLemur

So, there you have it!

She is definitely not wrong for not wanting to sleep in the kid's room, and most people think she should just skip the wedding entirely and find new friends. Good luck, everyone!

"I like being single. I'm always there when I need me."

-Art Leo

Single people have got it goin' on! There are so many amazing things about living life footloose and fancy-free. No drama, no cheating, and best of all no sharing your snacks. These hilarious memes totally nail the ups and downs of single life. Settling is for suckers.

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Talking about birth control can be a very sensitive topic, and in most cases, isn't something you dive into upon first meeting someone (unless you're immediately planning to have sex).

There are so many different kinds of birth control, and when it comes to the options for women, there are a myriad of side effects (many of which are inconvenient) that can crop up. Some women opt out of hormonal birth control altogether due to how it affects their bodies, while others swear by the pill. Plus, IUDs, the patch, Nuvarings and good old fashion condoms all present plenty of hormonal and non-hormonal options to comb through, so the conversation about contraception is vast and complex.

Not to mention, the expectation that women bear the brunt of birth control opens up a whole different bag of issues including burdensome gendered expectations, the institutionalized misogny in the health care industry, and the ways (some) men are conditioned to view pregnancy as a women's issue and not a two person event.

With all this context in mind, it's understandable for people to have very different approaches to the topic, so bringing it up at the dinner table with a new guest is a surefire way to spice things up (for better or worse).

In a recent post on the Am I The A*shole subreddit, a woman asked if she was wrong for calling her boyfriend's mom inappropriate after being grilled about birth control during a family dinner.

AITA? My boyfriend's mother told me I’ll need to go on the pill if I want to date her son.

The awkward exchange started at OP's first ever dinner with her boyfriend's parents.

While sitting with her boyfriend, his dad, and his brother, OP's boyfriend's mom asked her if she was taking birth control pills.

So I met my boyfriend's parents for the first time last week and we had dinner. During dinner we were talking and his mother asked me if I was on the pill right in front of my boyfriend, his twin brother and his father. I was very embarrassed and I told her no.

OP, feeling embarrassed, told her boyfriend's mom no, hoping the conversation would go another route.

Then she said that I would have to go on it if I wanted to date her son, and that I would need to prove that I was on it next time I met her. I got quite upset at this, as it was very embarrassing for me. I apologized and stated that I would be leaving, then she told me that I was being rude and claimed it was only a question.

The mom doubled down, and told OP she needed to "prove" she was on birth control the next time they met, in order to keep dating her son.

After politely addressing the question multiple times, OP snapped and called out her boyfriend's mom for bringing up such a sensitive issue at the dinner table.

At this point I kind of snapped and told her that it was a very personal question and she shouldn’t have asked me that in front of everybody, and that if she asked me in private it would be different. I’ve told other people this story and they told me I was kind of an a*shole about it but I would like to know what you guys think?

Since a few of OP's friends think she was too harsh, she came to the internet for more input.

cocoemerson thinks that OP was completely within her rights, and that the whole conversation was out of bounds.

NTA. Your medical information is none of her business, and ESPECIALLY not the entire dinner table’s business. And even MORE not her business when she’s meeting someone for the first time.

She sounds like a real class act lol.

andwhiskersonkittens thinks OP's boyfriend should have spoken up, and if he didn't, he's not worth all the trouble.

NTA. But I want to know what did boyfriend said during all of this? Because if he said nothing then you should shut the door on this asap.

RudeAndBrutallyHones doesn't understand why OP's boyfriend's mom doesn't focus her concern on her son's habits instead.

NTA. Ask her if she made her son buy condoms. He is the only one she should be concerned with. I always wonder about these women worried about babies. There is a whole lot of other sh*t out there that you can catch and spread around by NOT wearing a condom. A baby ain’t the worst thing that can happen after unprotected sex you know.

parranna doesn't understand the logic of OP's "friends" who claimed she was too harsh.

NTA- who would tell you you’re an a*shole? They’re an a*shole. Everyone’s an a*shole but you. You get an a*shole! You get an a*shole! Take the a*sholes out of your life.

aldentealdente not only is in OP's corner, but thinks she would have every right to cut that conversation off in the first place.

NTA! She was out of line.

Also, next time someone asks you something like this it’s ok to say “that’s private” or “that’s a very personal question” and the not answer.

There seems to be no question about whether OP is in the wrong, the main question left at hand is whether her boyfriend is even worth the trouble.

"We both said, 'I do!' and we haven't agreed on a single thing since."

- So I Married an Axe Murderer

If you like arguing over tiny little things, you'll love marriage. These hysterically funny memes absolutely nail the ups and downs of wedded bliss.

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Parenthood was never easy. And then 2020 came along, and suddenly it got a whole lot harder. If you're a parent who's been in quarantine with kids, you deserve an award, or at least a year of solitude and an unlimited supply of wine. Unfortunately I can't offer you those things. But what I can offer you are some hilarious tweets from parents who haven't lost their sense of humor (even if they may be losing their minds).

Hopefully these 33 funny and honest parenting tweets from the past week will keep you laughing until the wine delivery arrives:

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Britney Jean Spears is a pop icon who has provided us with delightfully zany updates during lockdown. Remember when she accidentally burned down her gym?

She is also an ally and comrade who posted about the importance of community and the redistribution of wealth.

Comrade Britney and her boyfriend Sam Asghari are using their platform to model the good behavior of wearing face masks in public during the pandemic.

On Tuesday night, Spears posted a video celebrating her LGBTQ+ fans, which was authentic in that it has some unfortunate grammatical errors, and she adorably had to tell her boyfriend to stop heckling.

"To all my friends at the LGBTQ community, happy Pride Month," she opened, indeed saying "at the LGBTQ community" instead of "in the LGBTQ community."

"You guys bring so much heart, passion, and articulate everything you do. Because of you, I've had the best nights of my life. I love you so much it hurts," Spears said. (Awww!)

Afghari then screamed from off-camera, "go LGBTQ!"

Spears then yelled, "baby, be quiet!" and made this cute face.

Spears accidentally saying "at the LGBTQ community" as the community was a physical place inspired hilarious memes that will no doubt get the Village People stuck in your head.

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They say fame changes people, and it's hard to tell whether your favorite celebrity is the same person as they were before they got big.

A recent Reddit thread asked people who knew celebrities back in the day to share whether or not fame had changed them. Here are 21 of the best responses. Just take them with a grain of salt, because they aren't verified!

1. Tyler the Creator has allegedly always had that weird sense of humor.

Tyler the Creator - Exactly the same. We were all concerned at how bizarre he was. He would call people “a table” or something incredibly random and the sense of humor caught on in my high school. The fame did nothing, he’s still strange and a sweetheart. - lil-teapots

2. Jack Black is a real one.

Jack Black is the same person he was as a teenager, funny, kind, caring, and spreading that joy of music. - DeadSheepLane

3. Rupert Grint seems chill.

I went to school with Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley from Harry Potter). I was into acting too, so we had done a few school plays together. He was really nice, very chill, a good laugh. I haven't seen him since school days, but he kept coming to classes whenever he wasn't filming, was always happy to chat about the movies.

Sometimes he'd need a little break from so many people wanting to talk, and would come and hang out in the library, and honestly, you'd never know he was in the biggest film series at the time.

Honestly, I think a lot of these answers boil down to if they want fame or not. Rupert loved what he was doing, but didn't care about being famous and having people kiss his arse. Just a nice normal kid. - calls_you_a_bellend

4. As does every celebrity from New Zealand.

I knew Bret & Jemaine (Flight of the Conchords) back in the late 90s / early 2000s, and met Taika Waititi a few times too - I was a big fan of his art at the time, there was one painting of someone in a bathtub that stuck in my head.

(I knew Bret better than the others, because he was in a reggae band with my good friend Barnaby).

As far as I can tell, they are all... exactly the same. - paulfknwalsh

5. Madonna seems like a nightmare and that's honestly part of her charm.

My aunt was best friends with madonna in high school stayed friends until she got famous and she turned into a completely different person in the worst way possible. - hannahk5426

6. Will Ferrell was always Will Ferrell.

My mom dated Will Ferrell for a little while. He came round quite a lot and she said he was real down to earth and incredibly funny. However afterwards they really just lost touch.

So we never got to know how he personally changed, my mom says she’s still like used to be.

My mom and dad still laugh about her dating him. - FloppyFly

7. Seal got this mom's seal of approval.

My mom knew Seal as far back as when he was still trying to be an architect, and she says he was always really nice.

They didn’t stay in touch, she moved away and they were never close, but she said he went out of his way to foster genuine connections to people before and after his music started to gain traction.

He always had star quality. Everyone from the most important person in the room to a janitor walking through would be drawn to him, and he’d engage with everyone in a way that really stuck. She always mentions that he was just a really sincere, deeply felt person. - tamaraisredditing

8. Tom Cruise was allegedly normal once, believe it or not.

A close family friend was best friends with Tom Cruise before he got famous. I didn’t believe her and she showed me pictures they have taken together like a Vegas road trip, camping, etc. He was really awesome but as soon as he got an ounce of fame it went to his head and he became very arrogant and a fame whore - pumpkin10313

9. This checks out.

Family friend of mine actually dated Kurt Cobain before Ms.Love. Apparently they broke up because he wouldn’t get a job, then a little while later he got famous. - Kalpaz

10. The Hemsworth brothers are apparently nice guys.

Chris Hemsworth and his brother Liam, both really good blokes before and after they became famous - Danielson_105

11. This person has some interesting insight into The Weeknd's fame.

My sister has a friend that’s cousins with the Weeknd. From what my sister told me, he doesn’t attend large family gatherings as much. Apparently some relatives only want to ask him questions in regards to his fame and what not. I’m not sure if that meant they ask him for favours, but it must get annoying either way.

It must suck to be around family, and not be your regular old self. At the same time, it must be hard for his relatives to see him as the same guy before he got famous. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t try, but people are naturally weird and awkward. It’s just another shitty part about being famous, and I’m sure he’s not the only celebrity that’s gone through this. - etsyll11

12. All that "Degrassi" money went to his head.

I had a teacher who taught drake. Apparently he was a nice kid but then got really douchey when he started getting famous. - tryingmybset

13. Cillian Murphy was "super quiet."

I knew Cillain Murphy back in secondary school, we didn't go to the same school but mingled a lot. He was a few years older than me.

Dude was super quiet, but really damn friendly.

I remember when he was cast in 28 Days Later and people were pretty hype for him, but a good few people didn't think much of it. Once it came out though a lot of people changed their tune when they could see him actually act amazingly. - Scinos2k

14. Jack Nicholson: good at acting and math.

My grandfather taught Jack Nicholson in High School math class. Said he was rebellious but wasn't too bad at math. - detroit_smash_ur_dad

15. It's sad that people have to go through this.

I went to the same church as Lil Nas X when we were kids. That church was extremely homophobic and taught all of us to be just as homophobic. I didn’t know him that well, but because of what we were taught, I would be shocked if he wasn’t homophobic as a kid.

It was intense. They’re the type of people who think homosexuality is worse than pedophilia.

From what I’ve seen, he hasn’t changed much. His personality seems exactly the same, he’s just open about his sexuality and more distant from religion. - bfaithr

16. Aw, poor Pete.

My brother used to play basketball with a bunch of people in high school, among those who would sometimes join in was Pete Davidson.

My brother said he got ripped on a ton and no one really liked him. But that might just be because he wasn't great at basketball. - Super-Homework

17. Post Malone was the kid who wore a suit to class?!?!

I went to high school with Post Malone. We graduated the same year. He always wore a suit to class and was that nerdy dedicated kid. Glad to see how his life turned out. I hoped nothing for the best for him and now I listen to him all the time haha. I’m just a rando to him though. We never really talked - MastahFred

18. Good thing he quit his day job.

My host family mom in Dublin told me Bono from U2 was a clumsy waiter at her wedding. - vectoralgbraist

19. Zuck was a nice guy.

Me and mark Zuckerberg went to the same school for a bit, he was a really nice and very bright kid, in all the top classes. We hung out a bit and became decent friends and that was about it. I don’t talk to them much anymore. - birdqa12

20. The Duck Dynasty guys used to be clean-shaven.

My parents went to high school with some of the family members from Duck Dynasty, and apparently they were clean shaven and had a very preppy look to them. When watching the show I just cannot picture them being preppy high schoolers, no matter how hard I try. - SaltySlade

21. Hunter Schafer was reportedly always nice.

I went to middle school with hunter schafer (trans woman on Euphoria with Zendaya) and it was before she transitioned. She was 2 years older than me but she always had a lot of friends (especially for an outgoing gay kid in north carolina) and everyone seemed to like her. My brother knew her better and said she was always incredibly nice. She only ever said 3 words to me, but i hung out with one of her sisters once. Pretty cool i guess - hbotnick

It can be easy to forget that some people out there are doing good things for others, for no reason other than to be nice.

A recent Reddit thread asked people to share the small acts of kindness they were on the receiving end of, and will never forget. Here are some of the best.

1. Nothing like some brand new tires from a stranger.

Neighbors asked to borrow my truck. Told them I could not trust my truck because the tires were bad

Next day mr neighbor called and said he was getting new tires for his suburban and I could have his old ones. Told me to just show up at this certain tire shop and they would put them on

Get to tire shop and they put on brand new Goodyear tires. I asked what happened to the old tires I was suppose to receive.

Shop owner said the “old tires” was just a story to get me in the shop.

Mr neighbor bought me a full set of new tires instead of the old tires he said I could have. - jorcam

2. This gym teacher made a lasting impression.

My gym teacher purchased me lunch in 3rd grade after I dropped mine. I'm 34 years old and still remember this. - bob_rob_III

3. A friendly neighbor helped this entire family out.

When I was younger, my mum was depressed and we had very little money. It was either heating or eating a lot. An old lady around the corner from us would invite us over for tea sometimes or breakfast before school. She knitted me, my baby sister and my mum cardigans, socks and a blanket each one winter when it was really bad. - deekochana

4. A shoulder to cry on is sometimes all you need.

I was at a terrible time of my life at 17, had a bad day at work, and then my train home was 1 hour+ late. I just started crying at the train station and was really wondering if it was all worth it. A woman just held me for bit while I cried. She was a complete stranger, I've never seen her since but I needed her I guess. I think she saved my life that day. - deekochana

5. Car trouble can be scary without a good Samaritan.

Alternator died while I was driving home from university. Engine died as I exited the freeway in the middle of the night in a not-so-pleasant part of town in the days before cell phones. As I'm pushing my car out of the intersection, a guy in a truck comes up and offers to push my car to my neighborhood a good three miles away. He does so, and I'm pulling into my neighborhood, he simply gives a wave and drives off into the night. I never even had a chance to thank him. - KahBhume

6. This teacher provided some words of encouragement.

I recorded a homemade album with my garage band in high school and handed out a few CDs. A few weeks later my English teacher approached me with 5 pages of notes on what he liked and what I could improve on. He apparently got the CD from someone at the high school and listened to it all the way through (it was over an hour long).

He didn't know I was the singer and guitar player until he asked the person who gave him the CD. He said that if I ever got a shot in a studio, I would create something amazing. Thank you to all the teachers out there who believe in their students. It makes all the difference to some of us. - SuperSmokeyBear

7. This person found help in a stressful moment.

I took my sister who's in a wheelchair to the cinema for the first time on my own. At the end, I realized I couldn't undo the brakes and was blocking everyone. I felt like crying because I thought everyone was pissed at me, but some nice lady helped me, then took me and my sister out. She said she once had a son who needed a wheelchair. This was long ago but I'll never forget - Zedfourkay

8. Most people would just freak out or ignore you!

I fainted walking up steps on my way to calculus at university. A stranger caught me and put me down on the landing. If it wasn't for him I would have gotten very hurt. - TrickyTrip20

9. This could've been a scary situation.

Riding my bike on a long trip through Canada. With about 50 miles to go, I had a major mechanical failure. Stuck on the side of the road in a foreign country within 5 minutes at least 10 cars had stopped to check on me.

One guy loaded my bike in the back of his truck and drove me 30 miles to the border where I could catch a ferry back to the US. Amazing kindness and generosity toward a stranger. He just asked that I pay it forward and to date I've helped 5 cyclists who were broken down in honor of that promise👍 - countlesbass

10. This stranger provided a kid with literal warmth!

I was nine years old, waiting for the school bus in Wisconsin winter. I had a thin coat, no hat or gloves. A woman driving past saw me and stopped, giving me a blanket from the back of her car. It was a long skinny one, so she wrapped it around my head and shoulders like a big scarf. I remember thanking her, but being confused. I told her I didn't know how I would give it back when I was done borrowing it. She hugged me and said not to worry. I still have that blanket. - saintdelft

11. There's nothing like surprise chocolate milk.

At work I was complaining about heartburn once. I was still pretty new to the job. Didnt really have any work friends. Felt like an outsider. My life outside of work was pretty shit as well.

The bartender on shift overheard me and ran to a nearby coffee shop to get me a chocolate milk. It definitely made the heartburn go away but it was such a needlessly kind act. I dont think ill ever forget it. 2 years later we're still friends and she is definitely one of the kindest people I've ever met. - PhreedomPhighter

12. This was a pricey act of kindness.

When I was in high school, a guy stole my ipod out of my backpack. I didn't think I'd ever get it back. Maybe a week later, a guy I never really talked to came up to me and told me he bought my ipod from that guy and then gave it back to me. He didn't even ask for anything in return. - ElizabethKell

13. We could all use a little kindness at the gas station.

I literally coasted into a gas station out of gas on my motorcycle, then realized I didn't have my wallet. Some lady saw me patting all my pockets and that I was upset and offered to fill up my tank. I only let her put $5 in, which on a bike is a lot. But it meant so much to me - smutpeddlers_fck12

14. This kind person really picked the perfect moment to repay a favor.

When I was at school, I helped a girl out when she was having a meltdown in the bathroom. A few weeks later she pretended to be my friend who had been waiting to meet me, when I was being followed home by two guys. We never saw each other outside of those two occasions but I still think about her and hope she’s doing ok somewhere out there. - Numerous_Emus

15. It's like the "Christmas Shoes" song IRL.

I was out of a job at a time that I had to support my mother. Finally landed one but I had to walk back and forth and I didn't have any shoes that would hold up on the walk or the work. Went to fb and mom asked around for some hand me downs we could buy from some one. A day later a very kind man showed up with a brand new pair of really nice shoes he had just gone out and bought for me. He left before I could even get any money for him. I cried - Bubbazord

16. A very nice teacher bought these students ice cream.

I transferred in the middle of first grade to a school that did ice cream Friday's where you'd pay like 50 or 75¢ for whatever kind and then you'd watch an educational video in the classroom. I was unaware of this when the first Friday rolled around so I didn't have any change and neither did the kid next to me. Normally there would be a few who didn't get ice cream but this day we were the only two.

So the teacher called the both of us aside and gave us each the change required to have our ice cream. I think the biggest thing was that she didn't do it in front of the other kids so it looked like we had brought the money all along. It was incredibly kind of her, she was a wonderful teacher outside of that as well. - superlittlestitous

17. A person with an umbrella shared the wealth.

I broke my foot and was trying to limp my way across campus with crutches in the pouring rain. Someone ran over with their umbrella and walked across campus with me so I wouldn't get rained on. - Mads_83

18. Giving away a VIP pass? Nice.

I was at a concert and a couple behind me gave me a VIP pass to get a picture with the artist because their friend couldn't come

Never will forget it. - Patrollerofthegame

19. This kind gesture could have saved someone's life.

I had finally decided to get out of my abusive home. I went to my colleges financial aide office to see if I could qualify for a dorm. I was fifty dollars short. I remember looking at the ground trying not to cry. I had finally gotten the courage up to leave and I still couldn’t do it. The financial aide lady touched my shoulder looked me in the eyes and said “I believe you” it was the first time anyone had flat out said they believed I was being abused. She took out her own credit card and paid the last fifty dollars.

She went with me to sign the lease and to get the key to my dorm. I stood with the key in my hand and realized I was getting out. I was going to be free. I broke down she hugged me and told me to pay it forward eventually. I have no idea what her name is but to the woman at Dixie college who took a chance on me thank you. I pay it forward by speaking at therapy groups about how to choose not to be a Victim and by sponsoring those who are in similar living situations as I was. - castironskilletmilk

20. People who stand up to bullies are the best.

I was bullied in elementary school and an older boy defended me. He became my first crush and I still remember him - pixie1611

21. What a good work friend!

I had a coworker about ten years ago. We became work friends but he was moving to another state. So on his last day, he brought and gave me an iPod nano (back when they were fairly new) completely filled with different music that we had talked about or listened to together. No one had ever done something that thoughtful for me before. I could have cried. If you're out there Gabe, that's something that I will always remember. - BareBearFighter

22. Chicken soup for the soul.

As a boy, I developed rheumatic fever and had to stay home for months to work through it and recover.

When the lady next door found out how sick I was, she made a big pot of homemade chicken soup.

It was delicious and full of healthy, fresh ingredients.

To this day, Mom believes that it was this woman's kindness and "love" she put into her soup-making that helped me recover faster. - Back2Bach

23. Free pizza is the biggest act of kindness of them all.

I was around 19 years old in my first year of community college. My dad has lost his job and my mom was supported my entire family. We were struggling for a while. I remember being in my night class one day starving. I figured there’d be no dinner so I told myself I’ll go straight to bed when I get home and not think about being hungry.

When I got home after class, there was a giant box of Costco pizza on the kitchen counter. Apparently one of our neighbors had bought it for us because my dad fixed a part of her fence a few months back. I think it stuck with me because A. I was so fucking hungry and B. the chances of her bringing food that night of all nights was insane to me. It might sound so stupid but I’ll never forget it. - melimelsx

"Life is a divine adventure."

-Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is definitely an adventure. New twists and turns are always popping up when you least expect them. Press pause on the drama for a second and have a few laughs with us. These humorous memes will definitely make you lol this morning. After all, every adventure needs some comic relief.

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Most people know the rule about not showing your partner a wedding dress before the big day, but it's also bad luck to let someone else try on your wedding dress...

Even if you're not superstitious, wedding dresses obviously carry a great deal of sentimental value in addition to their often ridiculously high price tags. The standard design usually features an ankle-length skirt that require a lot of fabric, a beaded bodice with great detail, and wedding dresses usually need to be extensively tailored to fit brides perfectly. Even though they're only worn for a few hours, bridal gowns can often be major source of wedding stress.

That, combined with curious, risk-taking teenagers and the moral conundrums of parenting make this "Am I the As*hole" story on Reddit particularly intriguing. So, when a young dad consulted the moral court of the internet to seek opinions on whether or not he was right to punish his teenage daughter for destroying his sister's wedding gown, people were there to help.

AITA (Am I the As*hole) For "Ruining" my kid's life after she ruined a dress?

Ex(31) and I(m32) had C, (F16) way too young. We're friendly co-parents. One big rule we share is if our daughter breaks something, she pays for it.

Now, sis (27) and I are the only grandkids. Aunt never married. Instead, she worked with Gma and Gpa at their store, and took it over when they retired.

Sis's girlfriend (29) proposed last year. Gpa offered to make FSIL a custom suit, which she was over the moon about. Gma had me ask Sis what her dream dress was and record the convo. Sis, thinking it was just between us, told me in great detail what her dream dress was, though said it was way too expensive, so she would get something much cheaper.

Well, a few months later Gma surprised Sis with her dream wedding dress. It fit perfectly and everyone cried.

Sadly, Gma recently passed away, which hit us all hard. Sis was devastated, but decided that the dress meant Gma would still be there with us at the wedding.

The issue comes in with C. She's very large, much larger then Sis. Three days ago, we decided to go visit Sis and see how she was doing. It was great, but then C asked if she could try on the dress. Sis politely said no. C made a face, but dropped it.

Later, we decided to go grab dinner. Sis and I went to pick up our orders, but C decided to stay and play with Sis's dog.

We got back, and the dress was destroyed. C had apparently tried to get it on, popping some seams, and got stuck. Instead of waiting for help, she cut her way out. The dress was hacked to bits.

Sis was devastated and asked us to leave. I grounded C, and called Aunt with some pictures, asking if it could be saved. She said no. She said she'd make a new one, but it wasn't the same. Then she dropped the bomb on me - Gma had hand sewed most of the dress, used super expensive fabric, and put almost 500 hours in making that dress, since it was the only family wedding we'd have. In total, the dress cost 12,000 dollars, give or take.

C has about 15,000 saved from various jobs, as well as winning writing competitions. This was supposed to help her in college.

I took her to the bank and set in motion transferring all the funds, since as her parent I still have control over it. $12k to Aunt to pay for the new dress. $3k to my sister's wedding, as an emotional distress tax.

I explained exactly why this was happening to C, but she sobbed the entire time, asking what was she supposed to do for college and saying it wasn't her fault. I told her she could get a job if she didn't get a scholarship, and it was her fault for trying on the dress after she'd been told no, and for not waiting until we got back. A few popped seams could have been fixed. Hacking the dress to pieces couldn't.

C told my ex, and while she agreed C was in the wrong after the full story, said I shouldn't have "ruined her future" for a "free" dress. I reminded her of our rule, and she still thinks I'm wrong.

So, am I the as*hole here?

Later, he edited the post:

Edit - since people are mentioning they don't understand the 3k, that was to make up to my sister that C destroyed the last gift our dead grandma ever gave her. I consider that part of the price of destroying the dress, since even if Aunt remakes it, its lost a great deal of its sentimental value.

I pointed out how young we had her because I wanted to explain how a 31 year old has a 16 year old kid. I do not resent having her, she's the best thing I've ever done. I also brought up C's size because Sis has Crohn's disease, and thus is very tiny. The dress was made her for size, and C is much larger then Sis. I love C as she is, but just holding the dress up, it was clear it wouldn't fit.

Edit 2 - to clarify, the money was C's "have fun at college" money, not her college fund. My ex and I are paying for whatever scholarships don't. When she was asking what she would do for college, she was asking what'd she do for fun and to buy things we didn't pay for. Again, the character count is very limiting, so i had to cut details to post.

What a whirlwind of family, wedding and teen drama! Of course, people were quick to step in and offer advice:

She “ruined” her own future. In my mind, that dress wasn’t twelve, or even fifteen thousand dollars, it was priceless. It could have and should have been passed down for generations. I’m horrified your daughter did such a thing. Most kids don’t go to college with savings, so she’s just going to have to tough it out. I hope she looks back one day and realizes the payment she made was severely short. I am so sorry this has happened to your family. - f*ckingbailey

The family already had an established 'you break it, you pay for it' rule.

The £15,000 is not college tuition money, it's additional 'fun money'

C was already told no to trying on the dress.

OP is definitely NTA (Not the As*hole) - sweetpotato37

At sixteen you’re old enough to know that there’s consequences for doing things you’ve been told not to do. I applaud you for making C pay for the dress and emotional stress. - Whiskeyandacamera

I'm so confused by why your daughter's first response to getting stuck in the dress was to hack it up with scissors. That's a crazy response. Are we sure she didn't ruin the dress on purpose?

You think having a great grandmother that's such a talented seamstress she would know cutting the dress would ruin it? - Golddustgirlboss

12K in raw materials and JUST 3k for the fact that is was hand-sewn by grandma who is no longer alive? Jesus christ this is so sad. Even if you were just to value the labor grandma must've spent it'd be more than 3k. This sh*t broke my heart. - StixTheNerd

It's usually really obvious when clothes are not going to fit you, when you try them on. Putting it on, getting stuck, and then cutting it up... yeah, no. To me, it doesn't make sense to go that far, with a dress that doesn't fit. Unless there is another issue at hand. She ruined it. She knew she ruined it. Even if it was initially a gift, and was given for free, remaking it won't be. It's a good lesson to learn. You break it, you pay for it. - lady_chantao

You're a good parent, and the punishment is perfectly fitting.

Your daughter's statement that "She did nothing wrong" shows she still doesn't understand the gravity of what she did. Have you thought about making her help Aunt create the new dress? She needs to understand the labor that goes into creating that which she destroyed. - tendiesinvesties08

Frankly, the fact that she thinks that ruining a dress that your grandmother made for your sister because she couldn't try it on is disgusting, child like behavior. While she may not have been aware of the sentimental value, she should have left it alone and went about her business. She didn't. She ruined the dress and now, the one object that was supposed to give your sister a piece of her grandma was ruined. If your sister uninvites her from the wedding I wouldn't be surprised.

This dress meant everything to your sister and your daughter ruined it.

Her punishment is just. - SworninbySailor

So, there you have it!

While most people can agree that it would be devastating to lose your entire savings before you go to college, sixteen is old enough to respect your Aunt's wishes and know that a garment isn't going to realistically fit you. Hacking it up to get it off of her was a terrible solution, and not understanding the gravity of the destruction she caused her family physically and emotionally is a definite red flag of odd behavior. This dad is doing what he thinks is best and at least he has internet strangers on his side. Good luck, everyone!

You know those jokes that randomly pop into your head and immediately make you laugh uncontrollably, almost always at the most inappropriate moments like during an important business meeting or at a funeral? These are those jokes.

Twitter user @no_cut_card got the internet reminiscing about the tweets they have imprinted on their brains and screenshot on their phones.

The result is an epic, crowd-sourced Twitter Hall of Fame.

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James Fridman has become an internet icon, not only for his exceptional Photoshop skills, but for his sense of humor. His extremely literal interpretations of people's Photoshop requests poke fun not only at their subjects, but at our image-obsessed, perfectionistic culture.

Here are 31 of his best masterpieces that combine the fine art of photoshop with the even finer art of trolling:

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The actress Jenny Slate has announced she will no longer be voicing the biracial character Missy on the show "Big Mouth."

In a recent Instagram post, Slate wrote about how she no longer feels comfortable voicing the beloved Missy, as she believes the opportunity should go towards a Black actress.

Slate shared that she initially felt okay taking the role because Missy's mom is Jewish and white, but upon recent reflection, Slate feels it's important that Black characters on animated shows are voiced by Black actors - particularly when inequality in the entertainment industry is still such a rampant problem.

She wrote:

"At the start of the show, I reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play Missy because her mom is Jewish and White — as am I. But Missy is also Black, and Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people. I acknowledge how my original reasoning was flawed, that it existed as an example of white privilege and unjust allowances made within a system of societal white supremacy, and that in me playing Missy, I was engaging in an act of erasure of Black people. Ending my portrayal of Missy is one step in a life-long process of uncovering the racism in my actions."

"As I look back on the nature and emergence of my own voice in comedy, I know that I have made mistakes along the way. I can't change the past, but I can take accountability for my choices. I will continue to engage in meaningful anti-racist action, to be thoughtful about the messages in my work, to be curious and open to feedback, and to do my best to take responsibility for the ways that I am a part of the problem. Most importantly, though, to anyone I've hurt: I am so very sorry. Black voices must be heard. Black Lives Matter."

The show creators Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett also posted a statement in support of Slate's decision, that took responsibility and apologized for making that casting choice in the first place.

The responses to Slate's decision to leave the show were mixed, with some applauding her self-awareness and reflection, while others felt it was unnecessary.

People who disagreed with Slate's decision were quick to bring up examples of other animated characters that were voiced by people not aligned with the race or identity, as well as animated characters that are obviously fictional creatures.

On the other side of the conversation, others felt Slate shouldn't have taken the role in the first place, and didn't understand why it took three years to step down.

The same day Slate's announcement hit the internet, Kristen Bell shared that she will no longer be voicing the biracial character Molly on "Central Park."

Since both stories broke the same day, a lot of the discourse included both actresses, with some pointing out how important it is to give these roles to Black actresses, while others didn't understand the big deal.

When one woman wrote that she hopes the actors who replace Bell and Slate get paid the same or more, Bell responded by promising to fight for equal wages.

While there's a lot of disagreement about whether Slate and Bell "needed" to give up their roles, they made these decisions for themselves, and that should be enough.

One of the best and worst things about social media and the internet at large is how people have absolutely zero boundaries when it comes to sharing information about their personal lives. But I'm not here to judge people who share intimate details about their health, families, and sex lives in a public forum that literally anyone they've ever met can see. It just makes things more entertaining for the rest of us.

Here are 19 people who shared TMI about their personal lives on social media. Because privacy is soooooo last century.

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We all have that breaking point where we full-on snap. Sometimes it's caused by a bully who tried it one too many times, a frenemy who crossed the line, or a work situation that drained the final drop of our patience.

Whatever the trigger, even the nicest among us has to throw patience to the wind and get some good old revenge every now and then. And hoo boy, does it feel good.

In a popular Reddit thread, people shared stories of snapping and doing something "bad."

1. From 2shy2bme:

I threw a girl's phone, who bullied my friend, out of a ferris wheel after she asked me to hold it to take a selfie (my arms are long). She said my friend couldn't be in it because she was ugly. It felt really good.

2. From ScarletHufflepuff:

I’ve followed the rules 100% that were laid out by my parents until I hit 18 and wanted to hang out with a group of friends. Thing is there needs to be adult supervision at all times when I go over to a friend’s house. I got fed up, some of these people I’ve known for four years, and went anyway even though the hosting party’s parents were not home. And nothing bad happened; all we did was play dungeons and dragons for five hours.

3. From irregularBreak:

Someone smashed the pumpkin I had on my front porch for Halloween. I was so mad that night I took an old purse and sh*t in it. I then put it on the same step my pumpkin was, then hid in my room and watched out the window. I don't know if it was the same kid that smashed my pumpkin that later tried to steal the purse but the happiness I took from that moment of a kid reaching his hand in the purse while he was walking away to steal the money more than made up for the anger of a smashed pumpkin.

4. From TrashbinTerry:

Me ex's friend would always hit me and kick me and I couldn't hit her back, so one day at a Freshman dance, she hit me with the spike of her high heels, and I grabbed it out of her hand and threw it to the far end of the cafeteria....f*ck you Mckayla.

5. From SomeGuyInSanJoseCa:

I was a teen and found $1000 in an ATM. This was one of those ATMs that had a place where the money would drop to. This was the early 90s - I don't think they just drop it anymore - they all retract back into the machine if you don't take it. But during this time, that technology didn't exist.

I went to the bank to return the money. I was sick of this bank (I was an American expat in Singapore who needed a bank account, long boring story, but wanted to explain why a teen hated a bank). Anyway, I had to always wait in line, never enough tellers, people were pretty rude, etc. This bank sucked.

After waiting for 15 minutes, with one teller and the line still 10 deep, I said to myself, "F*ck it, I came to return this money, I tried to be honest, but they are making it impossible for me."

I went and bought a stereo. It was alright.

6. From broccophobia:

When I was a teen I had a boyfriend. He was older, I then thought it was cool, but it really was just creepy.

I was super loyal to him, and he gaslighted me constantly, manipulated and lied to me. We had mutual friends and they sent me some pictures of him cheating with other girls at a party he lied about attending.

I arranged a meet-up at my place. Pretended all was fine. He lived quite far away, so he traveled for hours to meet me. As soon as he arrived at my doorstep, I curtly confronted him about his lies, broke up with him and sent him on his looong way back home. Took less than 5 minutes total.

Never treated anyone like that before or after. It was glorious.

7. From KhaleesiofNZ:

I used to work in retail. One night a customer asked me when a jacket would be discounted. I told her that I couldn't say for sure because we weren't told when certain items would be reduced in price. She called me a dumb b*tch and an idiot and asked me to put it on hold for 24 hours in case it got discounted over night . I think it's also worth noting that she claimed to be an Instagram Influencer with over 5000 followers and she said she lose "deals" is she didn't get the jacket. Also she was racist toward the store's security guard, who happens to be one of the kindest people I've eve met.

I put the jacket aside for her but not before doing a system search and finding out that there were only three left in this size in the entire country (as you may have guessed from my username I live in New Zealand, so not a particularly big country).

Fast forward 24 hours and she hasn't come to pick up the jacket so even though it was a few sizes too big I brought it ( I saw her doing a Karen and demanding to speak to the manager as I was going through the self check out). Once I got to the car went online and bought the other jacket before driving to the other side of town and buying the third and last one in the country (it was near the end of the season so chances are there weren't going to be any more).

The whole thing cost more money than I would've liked, but I stopped a Karen from getting her way for once so I don't regret it.

8. From hungryforchips:

Didn’t get along with an old roommate because she moved her boyfriend and dog in. She was generally very messy. He didn’t pay rent and her dog was a liquid shit machine. Her dog ruined my lovesac and soaked it with piss and sh*t.

I asked her to repay me for it and have her boyfriend leave and instead of repaying me she stole items I kept in all common rooms to spite me. Snitched to my landlord and got her evicted. Also pissed in her shampoo bottle.

9. From WillyWonka0523:

Middle school. New kid named...Kyle was already bugging everyone. Oh, and some background. He was from Kentucky and he gotten expelled from 5 schools. He was known for being really rude, especially to the girls/ women. He was saying stuff like “women should be in the kitchen” and all that. But that wasn’t it.

He would bully everyone, think he was all the shit, etc. The day after he arrived he kept looking at my test for answers. He literally was crazy. He was whispering “I know you’re covering it. I’m just trying to torture you.” I don’t know what he had said but I snapped. I turned and slapped him on the face. It’s a bit of a blur but here’s what I recall was A LOT of yelling and cussing.

“YOU F*CKING ANNOYING PIECE OF SH*T. NO ONE HERE CARES ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE A WORTHLESS ANNOYING BRAT WHO SHOULD GO BACK TO YOUR LITTLE A*S FARM IN KENTUCKY!”

He shut up and I got suspended. However after I told my dad he wasn’t mad. He was proud? He said he didn’t like my language and seemed pretty mad but said that he was glad I stood up for myself. Kinda mixed messages.

At least I got him to shut up for the rest of the year and was known as the “cool kid” for a week.

10. From i_dont_sugar_coat:

Mom's doctor called me when he couldn't reach her. She had appendicitis and needed to go to hospital (it ended up being gangrenous and she had two infections). I drove like those as*holes in BMWs to get to her house where she was sleeping and not looking great.

I wasn't proud of it, it's illegal, but I would do it again.

Just as a note I didn't do anything dangerous. I sped in open lanes and used bus lanes, overtook etc. Nothing to risk anyone else or myself. Wasn't Tokyo drift or something.

11. From TilTheLastPetalFalls:

I got bullied a lot in high school. In particular my maths class, because I'm simply weak with numbers so I was in the lowest capability class with mostly kids who just didn't want to try because it wasn't cool.

Whenever we used calculators, our saint of a teacher would get a huge box of them out and we'd go up to the front and grab one. We were supposed to put them back at the end as we were leaving, but most of them just gave their calculators to me to put back as opposed to taking 3 extra steps to do it.

I've just finished doing my unofficial job as Keeper of Calculators and I'm grabbing my bag to leave. This guy comes back in and says "forgot this, put it back OP", handing me his calculator. No please. Not even 5 seconds of eye contact. Just the order and assumption.

Something in me broke and I picked it up and heaved it at the guys head. It hits mid chest. This was coupled with a firm and simple "no" in a raised voice. I then realize what I've done and sheepishly turn to my saint of a teacher.

This man has watched this class bully me for a long time now. Watched me not respond to it. Let me sit in the back with headphones in as long as the work's done so I can try and improve my damn grade in peace.

This angel of a teacher looks at me, and in one fluid motion winks, and tilts his head at the door telling me to get gone before sh*t errupts. He knows I don't throw things at people and probably never would again.

I never did. I kept putting the calculators away at the end though.

12. From Perunazz:

After two years of working somewhere and getting treated like sh*t, I didn't get a permanent contract and called in sick on my last day, because I hated that job. I had only called in sick once before for one day. After that they still said I had to come to work, so I just said sure I'll come and just didn't show up. That day off felt really good.

13. From TheFragturedNerd;

I broke the leg of my bully by repeatedly banging a door into it after he fell in the door-frame while running away from me.

14. From sharpshot877:

I’m bullied a bit and usually it’s humble bumble ignore they go away except they don’t so you just keep ignoring well one time I said fuck it and threw a stink bomb in on of the guys locker in P.E. Then taped the vents in the locker so it didn’t stink up the whole place felt really good seeing him open the locker and damn near faint.

15. From devicemodder2:

My sims on the Sims 3 are gay and happily married, caught one of them trying to date a female...well, I locked them in a room and set it on fire. All because he cheated on his husband.

16. From urbandk84:

Where I live a religious cult is allowed to load a van with speakers and go about town spreading music and their message. obviously it's a nightmare, so one time while smoking in my balcony I threw my glass tea cup (full of discarded cigarettes) at the truck. It hit the van and there was some shouting s o I quickly hid and scurried back inside. I think they came around the building knocking on some doors but nothing else happened.

It felt good to finally take a shot at those crazy mofos.

17. From th1rdworld:

Working minimum wage in a supermarket, I was broke, and I hit bad times. Boss hated most of his employees and treated them like they weren't worth anything. Up to that point I was a pretty decent employee. But at one point I figured, f*ck this and I started stealing from the store (snacks, fruits etc..) I later realized that I wasn't the only one. A lot of people didn't care anymore either and were doing as bad as I was. I don't work there anymore. But I never got caught. Some did though and got fired immediately.

18. From FunnyQueer:

A guy I worked with at a Mexican restaurant was trans and still in high school.

He wore a tux to prom and took his girlfriend as his date, like every other guy did, and got bullied for it. Ruined the dudes night.

One night a group of guys came in to eat and my coworker told me they were the ones bullying him the worst.

I took their table and secretly rubbed my sweaty waiter nuts all over their tortillas.

It’s the only time I have ever tampered with food but they deserve worse, honestly.

You only get one senior prom and my friend had his destroyed by a*sholes who couldn’t just mind their own business.

19. From Nirdish11:

In high school, my friends and I would hang out over by the bleachers of one of the baseball fields, pretty far from the quad and most of the other kids. We were sitting in a circle on the grass just talking, and some freshmen we didn't know started chasing each other around and almost kicked our stuff a few times.

My friend said nicely "hey, can you please be careful?" and one of the kids sneered at her and said "why? Like your fat a*s could catch me." (She was a bigger girl).

Before I even processed my own reaction, I immediately stood up and sucker punched him in the side of the head. He dropped like a sack of potatoes and started yelling. He ran over to his other friends, one of whom was apparently his older brother, trying to get them to come beat me up. But the brother just shrugged and said "you were being a dick, you deserved it."

My friend was grateful for "defending her honor" and the kid I punched never bothered us again.

20. From SkinnyMane420:

I was bumming around a college campus one summer and super broke at the time. My friends had the idea to go steal food from the cafeteria, so on we went. The plan was to go to the sandwich line, get a paper bag off the counter, then fill it up and leave. I get the paper bag, walk over to Chik-fil-a and proceed to grab a couple 12 counts and a bottled drink. As I make for the exit, this old woman stops me to ask if I’m going to pay for that food. I set the bag down, and start brisk-fully walking away...I seriously underestimated the speed of this old woman, as I turn my head over my shoulder to look, she grabs my arm and pulls me into this office room.

This was the security office. I’m forced to sit in a chair and talk with the security officer. He says to me, “The first thing we are going to do is call the police.” I try to say I’m sorry and that it won’t happen again. He lifts the phone from the receiver and dials the number. In a brief moment of perhaps the most bada*sery I will ever achieve, I stand up and say, “That's not happening.” I press end call call on the receiver and break for the door. Another man from the room tries to stop me and I break free. I am now running full speed ahead towards the woman who originally apprehended me. She squats back like an all American lineman, and I “Bobby Bouchea’d” her into the door and she shrieked. I took off down the hall and ran four miles back to my friends apartment, got there and puked from the adrenaline. Luckily the homies split up what they got with me and I was left with the story I am telling here today.

CEC Entertainment, Chuck E. Cheese's parent company, has filed for bankruptcy citing the loss of business due to COVID-19 as the main cause.

Unfortunately, Chuck E. Cheese isn't exactly known for its fine dining which makes the solution of to-go orders and delivery difficult. The chain famous for its pizza, games, tokens, and creepy animatronic band sometimes gets a bad reputation for also being something of a germ-infested playground for infection as ball pits, tubes, and arcade games are all touched (and vomited on) by multiple children every night. While closed due to Coronavirus, Chuck E. Cheese tried to re-brand as Pasqually's Pizza, assuming that nobody would want the Chuck E. Cheese experience strictly for the pizza and salad bar. However, people were onto them...

Still, nobody wants to see Chuck E. Cheese fail as many people hold fond childhood memories of the pizza palace of tokens and Whac-a-Mole managed by a teenager in an ill-fitting, sweaty rat costume. So, here are the funniest tweets we could find from people who are coping with the news of Chuck E. Cheese filing for bankruptcy. Good luck, Chuck!

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"Cult" is a loaded word—especially for people who found themselves in one.

A thread on AskReddit posed the question, "For those of you that escaped cults... what was your, 'I need to get the f*ck out' story?"

The juicy (and vulgar) question had people who identify as former cult members reflect on the life or death situtations that forced them to reevaluate everything they thought they knew.

Note: Many of the people who answered the cult questions interpreted "cult" to apply to small and strict modern religions (aka religions that came to be within the last five hundred years), and specific churches that promote themselves as Christian. We're not calling these groups cults, we're just sharing the stories.

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My cousin and I talking on the phone when we were 16 and he had just gotten diagnosed with cancer. We were Jehovah's Witnesses and they don't allow blood transfusions. To live, Trent was going to need blood transfusions. I can still hear him saying "I don't want to piss off Jehovah but I don't want to die. I'm just a kid!"

And all at once I went from being a good little JW kid to only doing what I absolutely had to because I still lived with my parents. -rhett342

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Went to a church that had a night where a faith healer came to visit. He "healed" a teenager of very severe asthma. As a sign of his faith, the teenager goes out on the bike trails without his inhaler the next day and almost dies. The pastor visits the family in the hospital and tells the heartbroken parents it was because they didn't have enough faith. And with that, I exit stage right. I say that because that's when I realized the whole thing was an effing show. -VioletAnne48

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When I was 8 years old, struggling with my parents divorce and my dads subsequent exit from the “congregation”, and an older family member sat me down and told me that if I wanted to have a dad I needed to convince him to start going back to “meetings” and being a good member of the congregation otherwise he would die at Armageddon and I’d never see him again. What a f*cked up thing to tell a child. -moondust63

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Not me, my mother. She used to go to a church/college up in New Jersey. Not gonna name any names here, but a cult none the less. No music, aside from Christian radio, STRICT dress codes, etc. She knew they were bad, but she realized she needed to GTFO when the preacher went up to the podium and mentioned offhand that while wrong, Jim Jones had a good point. This was in the 80s mind you, right after Jonestown. -ChrissyLov

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I was in what you could consider a cult as a child. What finally fully woke me up was the pastor's trial and conviction of multiple cases of sexual harassment and assault. We, the congregation, were told we needed to "lift [pastor] up," because this was a test from God and he needed our prayer. Everything finally clicked for me. All the terrible things this "church" had been up to came crashing down and I realized my faith in this place was broken. -not-a-virus-exe

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When they changed their name. I had been sketched out for a while, but they made me alienate myself from all my friends outside the cult. So I stayed because I was worried I wouldn't have anyone. One day the pastor announced that they were changing their name and "going their own way". The other church they were partnered with dropped them because their views were getting too out there. A cult church got dropped from a bigger cult church because their views were too crazy. Sitting there that night I decided I had to go. It sucked loosing so many friends but now I'm in school and have a job I enjoy, had I stayed with them I'd be married to whatever guy there was closest to my age and pregnant with my third child. -dariankay

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I don’t love talking about it, because I’m embarrassed I ever fell for it, but I was briefly involved in a MLM (Multi-Level Marketing scheme) about 11 years ago, that in ways I view like a cult now. I’m talking meetings all the time, peer pressure to give up info on your friends so they can be pestered to join. These people’s whole friend groups revolved around the MLM.

So we went to a big weekend conference and on Sunday morning they had church services for each religion that went on simultaneously before the last day of “business training.” I’m not a religious guy so I asked my group to just get me after church, and they agreed. So Sunday morning, someone comes to grab me from the hotel room and we head over. Low and behold it’s church (the Christian service) and they’re like “surprise! We thought you could use the good word!” And I was PISSED.

But the real deal breaker is what the “leader” of our MLM said, which I’ll never forget.

“We have business partners currently worshiping in our Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist services. And we love them and support them...even though we know they’ll be in hell, because they can’t join us in the kingdom of heaven.”

I told them I was out on Monday.

TL;DR: Joined a MLM, went to a conference, got tricked into going to a church service, where the MLM leader essentially condemned people of other religions. Quit. -ramblingsbyalan

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When I divorced my abusive ex and realized that I wasn't free to have ANY more relationships after that if I waned maintain my relationships my family and entire social system - friends, acquaintances, everyone I knew. All because that cult masquerading as a religion controlled practically every part of my life. You're not allowed to remarry, date or even flirt. Completely humiliating.

It's the Jehovah's Witnesses, in case you can't tell. The second wake-up came shorty thereafter when Australia revealed that they had a massive pedophile problem that they refuse to address. To this day, they are the only religion in Australia who refuses to apologize, reform or work with the authorities on how they can change anything, when they clearly are the worst of the bunch when it comes to systemic child abuse.

It is a horrible, repressive and even deadly cult. Never join them or even study with them unless you do your Google homework first. -JDub_Scrub

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I was raised in a Christian church that was borderline cult status. No music. No movies. We were told never to get close to anyone who wasn’t from the church. Using a condom is a sin. And it isn’t uncommon for 16 and 17 year olds to get married before they graduate high school. And I knew I had to leave when during the sermon the preacher told the congregation that it was a sin to think too much about what they told us.

Most of my family still goes to that church so I’m kind of an outcast. People outside the church don’t care to know me because I’m so much different mentally and people from the church barely will look at me because I left it. -buddyboiiiiiii

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When they reinstated a member of the congregation who had sexually assaulted a child, because he had repented and God had forgiven him, so we had to too.

Then publicly counseled my father who didn't agree with this monster being in the same place as his four children. My father was stood down from his position as elder because of this. -writingmydeliverance

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I grew up in a sort of fringe protestant religion and went to boarding school for high school. One Wednesday night they herded all of us students into the chapel where they showed us a very long documentary on the evils of music like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc. You know the drill, playing everything backwards, sacrifices to Satan, etc. I was kind used to eyerolling this tbh, since I had always loved rock music and my mom kinda programmed to me to be skeptical of the church anyways.

I just remember my friend Jake sitting in front of me starting to look around at all the other students who seemed to be kind of hypnotized by the whole thing. He caught my eye and said something like, "Whitewolf! What is this? Isn't this weird? This is wrong!" - and just for that something we had accepted as normal behavior became the launching point for seeing everything else they did from another perspective. Just to have another person in there with me that confirmed my eye-rolling and even alerted me that we actually were sitting in a Wednesday night brainwashing session. -whitexwolf89

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I used to be in a group called the Grand Old Party, but after watching the leader brag about sexually assaulting women, insult fallen members of the military, pointlessly repeal protections for the environment, push xenophobic policies, engage in any/every petty dispute available, continually praise dictator despots, spend his work hours pushing baseless conspiracy theories, and attempt to scale back testing during a worldwide pandemic, I began to subtly think that I may be a part of a cult with a death drive and a leader intent on driving the entire group straight over a cliff... -RedZeppelin8

Entertainment can come from the most unlikely places. In this case, the season's hottest soap opera is in the comments of a Facebook post from a Columbia, South Carolina local news channel.

What started as news about face masks became news about infidelity.

"Y'all.. this just happened on our local news site.. what is life," @Jenwifonen posted on Twitter along with these screenshots.

To recap: This lady Cheryl is FIRMLY against the basic public health precaution that is wearing a face mask. She claims it's because her husband had to wear one on a business trip and it gave him chlamydia, the sexually transmitted infection.

Challenged on it, she insists, "no he got it from the mask," and it unfortunately fell to poor Harmony to explain how sexually transmitted infections work (spoiler alert: they're sexually trasmitted).

We don't know if Cheryl is really that stupid or is trolling us all. Either way, it's hilarious, and people are commenting on Twitter.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Cheryl's brain and Cheryl's husband's penis.

Wear masks, y'all.

"Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you're stupid."

-John Wayne

Be smart, stay away from people, and laugh at memes. That's my motto for this dumpster fire of a year. 2020 has been tough, but at least we can still find humor in the madness. These hilariously true memes perfectly nail how we all feel about life in 2020.

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The Chowder House in Alaska received a wave of attention after one of the employees received complaints for wearing a shirt that "isn't professional."

The garment in question is a black t-shirt that simply says: "Hi. Don't be racist. Thanks."

Offended by the shirt, a beleagured customer named Jason Lassiter took to The Chowder House's Facebook page to complain about the t-shirt, calling it part of a "social justice warrior campaign."

He wrote:

"Really enjoyed your food and service but this is a business and as a customer I'd prefer not to have your employees ideology's plastered on his t-shirt:

'Hi. Don't be racist. Have a nice day.'

This isn't a professional shirt for work and will be the last time I visit your establishment. I know my patronage alone won't effect you but good luck with your social justice warrior campaign."

The employee, Bryan, shared a screenshot of the Facebook review on his Twitter, and it quickly went viral.

It wasn't long before the review got roasted on Facebook, and Bryan's bosses chimed in to let him know they have his back.

In fact, the negative review ended up spurring a flurry of positive reviews, and even inspired the managers to buy all of the staff "don't be racist" t-shirts.

People on Twitter were quick to roast Lassiter for having an issue with a statement as benign as "don't be racist."

Others pointed out how professional the t-shirt actually is.

A few people shared screenshots of FB messages they sent to Lassiter.

At this point, Lassiter has likely muted his inbox and doubled down on his distate for The Chowder House. On the other hand, the restaurant is receiving a whole lot of love.