‘Your sis had the golden goose of babysitters’: Stingy aunt charges teenage babysitter £20 for eating leftover cake

Unequivocally, to me, the best thing about birthdays is birthday cake. It’s the thing that turns a regular party with regular party snacks into a birthday party with a centerpiece of deliciousness. It’s not truly my birthday until I’ve had cake. And I’m not picky. Sure, I love a fancy-schmancy bakery cake or a beautiful …
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‘I would knock on the door’: 15-year-friendship is jeopardized over a $60 DJ set

Friends and money are a tricky mix. We try our best to keep things fair and square, but if you’re hitting the town, it can be hard to keep things straight. I’ve found that the best path for me is not squabbling over anything under $20. And just try your best to keep things even …
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‘I have more money for my dogs’: Childless couples over 40 discuss if they regret not having kids

The decision to have kids or not is an incredibly personal one, but that doesn’t stop people from acting like it’s their business. Child-havers love to hound the happily childfree, pressuring them into making the same decision they did. What those people fail to realize (and this is a tough one), is that you never …
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‘Bluetooth headphones are $10 now’: Frustrated commuters accuse people who use speaker phone in public of ‘anti social behavior’

Living in a big city, you encounter all sorts of people displaying all sorts of behavior of which you may or may not approve. Every day on my commute, I see breaches of the social contract. People forcing their way onto the train before others have de-boarded, dudes taking up way too much room because …
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Weekly Internet Roundup: Cargo Pant Proposals, Barbie Oscars Discourse, and Disturbances at the Rat Hole

Also, is Gen Z aging faster than previous generations?

‘The gate attendant actually tried to scan it’: Guy brings billboard-sized boarding pass on plane

Pranks are simultaneously the bane of the internet and its greatest asset. We’ve all seen the great breaches of human decency that get passed off as pranks by intrepid YouTubers, but we’ve also all laughed at that girl choking on a Dairy Queen straw after her sister tapped the brakes. There is a delicate line …
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‘France made me cry’: Influencer complains about feeling isolated in Lyon, splits opinions on travel behavior

French speakers are notorious for gatekeeping their language. I took French classes for most of my school days, but when I attempted to ask for a table for two in Paris, the server immediately responded in English. It bruised my ego, to say the least. I understand that my accent isn’t perfect, and he doesn’t …
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‘This is ten times more narcissistic and toxic than whatever he did to you’: Roommate kicks out out guy who ghosted him twice, sparks heated discourse

Unlike its spooky namesake, ghosting’s existence is not up for debate. It happens all the time, to the best of us, to the worst of us. It’s so easy to ghost someone. It requires little (actually, nothing) of you and it makes a potential issue go away instantly. But if you’re on the receiving end …
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‘We’re 5th cousins’: The strange family secrets uncovered by DNA testing

Just took a DNA test turns out I’m 100%… married to my 5th cousin. Whoops! This is exactly the kind of thing that you dread finding out when you take one of those mail-in DNA test kits. I, for one, am too scared to do it for fear that I’m carrying some unknown, dormant disease. …
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‘The young and the rizzless’: Older generations question why Gen-Z seems to date less than their parents

The differences between Gen-Z and the rest of the world are well documented. Everyone knows we’re addicted to TikTok, call everyone «bestie» and love to call millennials cringe. But what are the less obvious traits of the generation? If you have a young person in your life, you might be baffled by some of their …
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