Parent Criticizes YMCA For Banning Nuts From Their Facility: ‘There is Something Deeply Troubled With The World.’

What’s so wrong with keeping people safe?  A sizable portion of the population thinks their personal liberties are more important than other people’s safety, and that’s not right. They don’t care if someone could pass away from breathing in peanuts on an airplane: they think their right to eat peanuts wherever they please is more …
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Entitled passenger flips out when driver tells him he has to wait 10 minutes, gets banned from apartment housing complex ride service: ‘That’s unreal’

It is never a wise idea to bite the hand that feeds you, no matter how tempting it may be. For most normal, well-adjusted people, treating those who provide us with a service with respect is a total no-brainer. So long as they do their job properly and are reasonably respectful, why should we be …
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The TikTok ban is bringing people all over the world together as people reminisce on the downfall of MySpace, Tumblr, and Vine: ‘I’ve played these games before!’

It was a cold winter morning in January of 2017. The gray overcast skies reflected the reality of social media as we knew it: Vine is gone. What was once a hub for six-second momentary ha-ha’s was now a graveyard for all of our favorite comedians. The last remnants of Vine would be stuck in …
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The tease of a potential TikTok ban is bringing people all over the world together as people reminisce on the downfall of MySpace, Tumblr, and Vine: ‘I’ve played these games before!’

It was a cold winter morning in January of 2017. The gray overcast skies reflected the reality of social media as we knew it: Vine is gone. What was once a hub for six-second momentary ha-ha’s was now a graveyard for all of our favorite comedians. The last remnants of Vine would be stuck in …
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Chicago student gets banned off dating apps, writes essay pleading for Elon Musk to buy them: ‘No company is as shockingly evil’

If you have ever used a dating app, the chances are you have a horror story or two about the experience. It’s hardly groundbreaking to say that Tinder, Hinge, and similar have been getting increasingly bad press over the past couple of years. It leaves connection-hungry singletons with somewhat of a dilemma, which they approach …
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‘[She] burnt a bridge’: Sister refuses to attend the funeral of her father figure, gets banned from all future family events

Nobody likes funerals.  Apart from that one goth friend whose clothes are finally event-appropriate, there are very few people who get excited about attending a funeral–it’s sad, it’s morbid, and it’s a reminder of our own effervescence on earth. That’s why, if you’re ever invited to one, you literally HAVE TO go. Not for your …
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‘I woke up to $500 in charges on my credit card’: PlayStation bans gamer for getting scammed, he makes parent company fly him to California

If we were to ask gamers about how they would describe many gaming companies, ‘good customer service’ would not always be at the top of the list. One of the downsides of having video games as an interest is that the relationship between distributor and consumer is not always the most friendly, and many gamers …
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People React to Andrew Tate’s Banning From Various Social Media Platforms

Andrew Tate is getting de-platformed, and it has already been meme’d to death.  For the uninitiated, Andrew Tate is an influencer who has gained an insane amount of traction online over the past couple of months. Tate’s videos have been heavily criticized as misogynistic, as he frequently describes his strategies to control and pick up …
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