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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‘My dad jokes are wasted’: Child free folks discuss the cons of the no-kid lifestyle
One of the biggest decisions we’re asked to make in life is whether or not we’re going to have children. There’s so much social pressure to conform, and nobody pushes parenthood like parents. It’s the choice they made, after all. But there are definitely some drawbacks to going full steam into parenthood. It’s expensive, it’s …
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The Funniest Reddit Posts of the Week (March 29, 2024)
If there is one meme that successfully sums up the general reputation of Reddit, it’s the Ackchyually Guy. On an internet where everyone and their mother is convinced that their opinions are 100% correct and perfect all of the time, Redditors somehow manage to go the extra mile when it comes to gaining a sense …
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‘Parenting where kids are allowed to have feelings’: Millennials share the positive trends that their generation have started
Historically speaking, millennials have been a much-maligned generation that has faced critique from both sides. Boomers and Gen X have written them off as a bunch of self-indulgent spendthrifts, and Gen Z has made a point about dismissing them as cringe. While the adults also known as Gen Y are far from the perfect cohort, …
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25+ People Who Scored Free Prizes, Food, and Vacations by Outsmarting the System
Have you ever found a flaw in the system that worked to your advantage? Companies are always running some kind of promo deal, and these smart individuals know how to hack the system. Whether they’re earning free prizes, food, or luxurious vacations, we bet the corporations had thought of these loopholes first. A lot of …
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‘Square dancing’: Former students share the most useless things they learned in school
When it comes down to it, much of the information we learn in school does not pertain to our everyday lives. Sure, maybe the skills I learned in English class are pertinent to my current career, but I’m not thinking about the contents of my Chemistry or Physics classes regularly in my adult life. To …
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‘The bride burst into tears’: 20+ Hilarious moments when wedding guests didn’t ‘hold their peace’
I haven’t been to many weddings in my day, which I kind of regret because I love spectacle. Any time that a group of people gets together in the hopes of things going well, there’s always potential for things to go wrong. There’s too much comedic tension. Like funerals, when something is funny at a …
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Woman Reunites With Long Lost Brother, Immediately Demands He Lend Her Money and Include Her in Family Gatherings
Families are not always easy to manage. That being said, no matter what your family do or say, you should always be their strongest ally. However, what would you do if a woman showed up out of the blue and introduced herself as your sister? The account that follows is the story of a perplexed …
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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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