The cultural phenomenon surrounding Letterboxd reviews proves that you don’t even have to do anything notable to enrage your fellow internet user. You can do so by merely rating a movie in a way the masses don’t approve.
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‘You paid for your seat, that’s how the system works’: Pregnant woman and husband steal assigned train seat, argue when seat owner comes to claim it
A universally stressful moment is when you’re boarding a crowded train and you have to look for a seat. You cruise up and down the aisles, hoping for an empty one, and you don’t always see it. Or maybe you see someone sitting by themselves, but their bag is taking up the seat next to …
Seguir leyendo ‘You paid for your seat, that’s how the system works’: Pregnant woman and husband steal assigned train seat, argue when seat owner comes to claim it
Grocery hauls are the new status symbol: ‘Being able to afford rent n’ groceries is being romanticized by Gen Z’
From thousand-dollar Erewhon hauls to fridge restocking to simple «come grocery shop with me» videos, influencers give grocery shopping a glamorous treatment online. Celebrating and romanticizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous is nothing new, but now that longing-affluent fascination has trickled down to even mundane chores. This newer, even more confounding type of …
Seguir leyendo Grocery hauls are the new status symbol: ‘Being able to afford rent n’ groceries is being romanticized by Gen Z’
Theatergoer kicks off shoes while seated at a play, friend calls them out, sparking a months-long argument: ‘There’s a dress code to live up to’
I’m all for keeping your shoes off. There are people in my family who will wear their shoes in the house all day until they get ready for bed. I can’t understand that kind of madness. Don’t your feet ache to be free from the constraints of your shoes? Don’t you yearn to feel the …
Seguir leyendo Theatergoer kicks off shoes while seated at a play, friend calls them out, sparking a months-long argument: ‘There’s a dress code to live up to’
29-year old who constantly borrows money from friend, including a $300 ‘emergency PS5,’ without re-paying then bothers him for $60: ‘You still owe me hundreds, and I’ve never hounded you about it
Borrowing money from friends can be wildly uncomfortable. You want to keep it fun and friendly and polite, but at a certain point, you also might need your money back. If you sweep things under the rug and let them go by, you might end up resenting each other for unpaid debts or unbalanced books. …
Seguir leyendo 29-year old who constantly borrows money from friend, including a $300 ‘emergency PS5,’ without re-paying then bothers him for $60: ‘You still owe me hundreds, and I’ve never hounded you about it
Baby shower guest prompts discourse after complaining about being asked to buy mom gift from a registry: ‘No one owes you a gift because you got pregnant’
One of many undeniable truths about parenthood is that kids are expensive. Even those parents who do their best to make the most of hand-me-downs, thrift shops, and good old-fashioned budgeting find that keeping a whole other person or several alive takes a chunk out of their income that wasn’t there before. You can try …
Seguir leyendo Baby shower guest prompts discourse after complaining about being asked to buy mom gift from a registry: ‘No one owes you a gift because you got pregnant’
Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
‘That is highly offensive to me’: Woman refuses to help fellow grocery shopper retrieve item from shelf, starts discourse about helping people with height differences
Being an average height is a privilege that many don’t really think about unless it is brought to their attention. When most things in this world seem more or less the right size for you, it generally doesn’t come up in discussion—a far cry from those who are either vertically blessed or vertically challenged. If …
Seguir leyendo ‘That is highly offensive to me’: Woman refuses to help fellow grocery shopper retrieve item from shelf, starts discourse about helping people with height differences
Landlord provokes discourse by spending 7 years secretly setting aside rent money to put towards the education of her tenants’ daughters: ‘Why do you assume you know how to manage their money better than they do?’
Pretty much everyone who has ever rented has a horror story about a landlord, and far fewer have good things to say about the people whose properties they have paid to live in. Many would argue that a good landlord is an oxymoron, but that doesn’t stop some trying to do right by their tenants …
Seguir leyendo Landlord provokes discourse by spending 7 years secretly setting aside rent money to put towards the education of her tenants’ daughters: ‘Why do you assume you know how to manage their money better than they do?’