After the rockfall settles, dust swirls around you, thickening the already stale air. Blinking the stars out of your eyes, your vision adjusts to the dim light and despite your throbbing headache and the ringing in your ears, you catch a glimpse of the golden opening above where the silhouettes of pine trees watch over …
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‘It feels like I robbed him of a real childhood memory’: Sweet 16-year-old photoshops 6-year-old brother meeting Daniel Radcliffe thus implanting a false memory, brother freaks out when he finds out it’s not true 14 years later
Memory can be a slippery thing. They say that whenever you remember something, you’re not actually remembering the thing itself, but rather the last time you remembered it. So by this logic, the quality of the information slowly degrades with time– a photograph of a photograph for years and years until it’s just fuzz. So …
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The Funniest Uplifting Memes of the Week That Will Unironically Help You Through Hard Times
It has come to my attention that 2024 was not just a difficult year for myself but for MANY. My theory is that the people I’m surrounded by are all simultaneously going through their Saturn’s Return, but I digress. This had me thinking, «You know what, I should share the memes that comforted me through …
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Jaded filmmaker causes controversy trashing millennials who are a part of fandoms in their 30s and 40s: ‘My most boomer take is that millennials did ruin a lot of things’
There has long been a discussion about the Gen Z and millennial refusal to grow up. Is it entitlement, economic pressures, or simply a change in the social tide? Whatever might cause some in the younger adult generations to make the life decisions that they do, it’s fair to say that it isn’t just old …
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‘Keeping batteries in the fridge’: 20+ Weird habits our parents had that are definitely not normal anymore
Behaviors and customs, like anything, change with time. As technology changes and history continues to unfold, we change right along with it. We don’t use chamber pots and wear petticoats anymore, do we? But what are the changes that have happened over our lifetimes, or our parents’ lifetimes? Time and technology move and change in …
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20+ Cartoon Network Memes That Explain Why You Are They Way You Are
Oh, you grew up with ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’? That explains a lot…
25 ‘Anti Bucket List’ Items Redditors Will Never Try Again
Some folks live by the philosophy, «I’ll try anything once.» And I think this is generally a pretty good attitude to have. It’s good to be open to things, even things you weren’t sure if you liked. There’s only one way to find out. You may stumble onto something you enjoy, or even have a …
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‘They went to college and found out they were just average’: People divulge what happened to the most popular kids at their high school
If you weren’t popular in school, your parents probably said this to you: «When you grow up, you’ll be interesting and successful, and the kids who were popular will be trying to relive their glory days of high school football championships and cheerleading.» While that’s a comforting idea (which is heavily supported by the Sandy …
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26 Home-Grown Gardening Memes for Green-Thumbed Plant People Happy for Sumertime
There’s something primal about growing your own food. Fresh from the fruits of your labor, garden veggies are just juicy, delicious, and full of sunshine. Perhaps it’s because they lack the weird factory-farm element, but it’s also certainly because they were loved at every stage of their growth. Plants that are nurtured and loved from seed to …
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Gen X Shares How They Went From YOLO to ‘Get Off My Lawn’
Groaning when you climb up a flight of stairs is the new norm. Remembering names has become more difficult, although to be fair, you were never particularly good at that anyway. And the music? This new stuff sounds like angry robots having a rave in a blender. Does this sound like you? Congrats, you’re getting …
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