Nobody has a crystal ball (except maybe the creators of The Simpsons). But it sure is fun to make guesses about what might come to pass. I remember doing that a lot when I was graduating high school- trying to guess what would become of myself and my classmates. Would Josh grow up to be …
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‘What were they thinking?’: 20+ Wildest Foods People Still Don’t Understand How Humans Discovered
Even if you were not a fan of history class in school, you have to admit that history and stories about people who lived in the same places we live right now are pretty interesting. My version of history class today as an adult is videos about how people used to get by, mainly explaining …
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‘My wife microwaves lettuce’: Weird quirks long-term partners have learned to put up with
Everyone has a little idiosyncrasy. If you don’t, then you’re probably a robot. And the funny thing about love is that those little quirks, that might be totally annoying on another person, become tolerable, or even lovable, when you love a person. For example, I had a friend whose boyfriend never wore matching socks, on …
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‘He said he had an alpha personality’: 20+ flagrant red flags that made regular folks run for the hills
As Lisa Kudrow as Wanda Pierce in Bojack Horseman once said, «When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags,» which is one of the most poignantly true statements anyone has ever made, especially in an adult cartoon. When you love someone, or when you want to love someone, it’s …
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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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‘She told him ‘it’s the pig or me’: 20+ of the wildest relationship break up stories
Love is a very juicy topic. We wouldn’t have thousands of songs, books, and movies dedicated to the topic if that wasn’t the case—nor would they exist if romantic relationships were always plain sailing. A big part of the reason for our interest in love is that the highest of highs can be followed by …
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‘The experience of boredom’: Gen X and older reveal x things about the 80s that pop culture forgets
Living through a period of time and looking back at it are two very different things. History is often told by unreliable narrators, even when those who experienced it are still alive. This is especially true when things become glamorized for Hollywood or the mainstream media. Most of the time, entertainment is going to triumph …
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‘The experience of boredom’: Gen X and older reveal 20 things about the 80s that pop culture forgets
Living through a period of time and looking back at it are two very different things. History is often told by unreliable narrators, even when those who experienced it are still alive. This is especially true when things become glamorized for Hollywood or the mainstream media. Most of the time, entertainment is going to triumph …
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‘Being a nerd’: 15+ Supposedly stigmatized behaviors that are actually no big deal
I used to fear that I would be made fun of for having curly hair. It made me feel different, since very few people in my grade growing up had similar hair as me. Looking back on it, I think a lot of that fear was self-consciousness. Kids will indeed bully you for things you …
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‘Leaving your kids at home for the night’: Things that were normal 20 years ago, but unacceptable today
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the mid-aughts are now history—they’re twenty years old, to be exact. No matter how many of us experience it, I don’t think us human beings will get used to the passage of time that only seems to get faster as we get older. That being …
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