Groaning when you climb up a flight of stairs is the new norm. Remembering names has become more difficult, although to be fair, you were never particularly good at that anyway. And the music? This new stuff sounds like angry robots having a rave in a blender. Does this sound like you? Congrats, you’re getting …
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25 Satisfying Facts for Parents to Share With Their Kids at Bedtime
You’re tucking your kids who are yabbering on excitedly into bed, the soft glow of their nightlight casting a warm ambiance across their cozy bedroom. They are super interested in cool facts about geography, animals, and even history. Smart little critters. The walls are adorned with posters of their favorite animals and space-themed decals twinkle …
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Fast Food Workers Share Most Entertaining Workplace Moments
Everybody here has had some experience working in customer service. A number of us had jobs in theaters, motels, fast-food restaurants, and various other places. It’s safe to say that working as a server was one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had. For the most part, we felt like human punching bags that people might …
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‘Letting the tablet raise them’: Parents share the parenting trends they disagree with
Throughout the past 100 years, many different parenting trends have gone in and out of style. One of the biggest trends that has all but dissipated is parents leaving their kids outside to play by themselves for hours at a time. Starting with panic about child abductions in the 80s, compounded with the rise of …
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‘They told me about their severance packages in the first interview’: Employees Share Most Entertaining Job Interview Stories
Ding, ding… Alarm bells go off in my head anytime I hear the phrase, ‘Though there are set hours, most employees stay extra so to show they’re committed to this job’. Another big red flag is when the interviewer seems disinterested or unprepared. If they haven’t looked over my resume, or if they’re asking basic …
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Freeloading sister refuses to adjust to off-the-grid new home: ‘Worried for these children’
I’ve always wanted to live «off the grid.» The way I live now is so «on the grid» it’s nuts. There is something beautifully romantic about imagining a cottage in a far-off pasture, growing your own vegetables, making bread, and not having to go on the internet. You could just read books all day, attend …
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‘He should pay it all’: Renters debate how couple making $180K and $40K respectively should split their rent
As a brand new New Yorker, I often think about the circumstances under which I would be able to live «on my own.» Even if I suddenly came into a large amount of money, I probably wouldn’t be financially savvy to live alone unless I won the lottery. The best idea I’ve come up with …
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‘Rinsing chicken’: The popular cooking advice you should actually ignore
Everybody is full of advice, especially when it comes to the kitchen. And I’ll admit, I’m guilty of backseat cooking sometimes. If I see somebody not cutting onions in the most efficient way, or sautéing something at the wrong temperature, I have a hard time keeping that information to myself. But at the end of …
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‘Bats are not, in fact, blind’: 20+ Obvious things it took some folks a while to learn
As smart as humans usually are, we have to admit sometimes our rat brains get the best of us. We can go around studying particle physics, saving lives, and creating complex pieces of art, but sometimes it takes us 30 years to figure out that it’s «for all intents and purposes» and not «for all …
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