Sophia Benner, from South Carolina, is two years old. When she grows up she wants to be a doctor. So when her mom, Brandi, recently took her shopping at Target for a potty graduation gift, it came as no surprise that Sophia chose a doctor doll. What DID come as a surprise however was the … Read more
Every relationship has its own rules. Mostly implied, sometimes spoken. But one scary girlfriend decided to put it in writing and list every demand she had for her man. The insane dating rules probably would have remained between the two of them, if it wasn’t for a surprising turn of events. You wouldn’t share such … Read more
There are moments in life when someone says something so bafflingly wrong that your brain briefly stops working. Sometimes it’s actually a grown adult confidently asking if the moon is turned off during the day, or someone trying to microwave metal like it’s perfectly reasonable. Whatever the situation, these encounters tend to stick with you … Read more
No, the customer isn’t always right! As much as we like to believe in the best of humankind and pandakind, the fact of the matter is that there are some very rotten apples here and there. They like to come in and ruin people’s day while feeding on their pain. They’re misery-spreaders. And they need … Read more
If you’ve ever been to a magic show, you know how easy it is to be fooled. But the same thing can happen when you’re looking at a screen—no tricks required. The subreddit ‘Confusing Perspective’ is built entirely around that idea. Its members share photos that make real life seem quite strange. Whether it’s perfect … Read more
In a recent post on the Malicious Compliance subreddit, Redditor u/ChiefSteward shared how he came up with a plan to outsmart this controlling company policy he was working in. He explained that his former employer used a points-based system to track attendance, meaning that you accumulate enough points and you’re fired. The fact that there … Read more
A cheating partner is devastating. A cheating best friend is devastating. Both of them, together, with each other, for years, while smiling at you across the dinner table? That is a category of hurt that does not have a clean name yet. One woman found out the two people she trusted most in the world … Read more
It feels good to be right, like getting the correct answer to a TV quiz show or proving someone wrong in the middle of an argument. However, some people present their statements so confidently without thinking they could ever be wrong, which puts them in embarrassing situations far more often than they’d like to admit. … Read more
Knowing how many states there are in the US is one thing, but listing them out one by one, especially if you’re not American, may be a mission (nearly) impossible. But one Twitter user who goes by the handle @human_not_bees decided to take this task even further and list all the states, one by one, … Read more
Workplaces are usually expected to run on coffee, deadlines, and a carefully balanced level of pretending to care in meetings, but every so often, someone shows up and quietly rewrites the rulebook. Not with anything illegal or dramatic, but with those perfectly calculated moves that make everyone else stop, blink, and wonder how it was … Read more