31-year-old wife pays $700 a month to rent an apartment with her husband, only to discover that her husband’s mom owns the apartment and his name is on the deed: ‘[He] let me keep paying rent for 2 years like a clueless roommate’

Everyone has a different opinion regarding marriage and money. Some people think that couples should combine all their assets into one account, without one of the partners ever having their own money. Others want their husband or wife to split costs totally down the middle, going halfsies on just about everything, and never combining finances. …
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20 Times Egregious Liars Were Satisfyingly Called Out on Their Falsehoods

The character Buster from the iconic kid’s show Arthur once pondered, «You really think someone would do that, just go on the internet and tell lies?». It is a statement and reaction image that has only become more prescient with time because man, people really do come up with some abominable BS to post for …
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13-year-old stepdaughter constantly lies about everything, leaves her 6-year-old, 4-year-old, and 6-month old siblings unattended and runs away for 6 hours: ‘She to this day won’t tell us where she was’

Kids lie about a lot of things. I would wager that most of the lies that kids tell are because they’re trying not to get in trouble. If your mom asks you, «Why were you and your girlfriend in your car in the Dollar General parking lot for 45 minutes?» you better answer, «We were …
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‘What a twisted and cruel thing to do’: Backstabbing sister tells sister’s fiancé ‘he could do better,’ is surprised when she won’t attend her wedding

They say that blood is thicker than water. Or at least it’s supposed to be when it comes down to the difficult things in life. It’s a nice idea, to put your family ahead of everyone else. It’s supposedly what they’re there for. You were born into a special bond with them, and the understanding …
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20+ Ridiculous LinkedIn Moments That Stretch Professionalism to its Limits

In some ways, the creation of LinkedIn was inevitable. So much of social media is all about self-promotion, and it is an important part of most careers. Most of it also sucks, so from the very start, the social network for professionals was going to be a race as to who could be the cringiest …
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‘If you’re not lying, you’re not trying’: Former tech recruiter reveals higher ups would rather hire convincing liars than technologically experienced job applicants

Just because some guy said, «Thou shalt not lie» in a book one time doesn’t mean that you’re going to listen to him. After all, there’s something to be said for stretching the truth, especially when you’re trying a job. Let’s be 100% real for one teeny tiny second…is there anyone alive who has never …
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The Biggest Lies in Human History, According to Straight Shooters on Reddit

I feel like most people would agree with me when I say that not all lies are bad. Sometimes we need a little light fibbing to spare somebody’s feelings, or to make things run more smoothly. Also, every time we exaggerate we’re telling a type of lie, technically speaking. However, some lies are more nefarious …
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15+ Hilarious Times Twitter’s Community Notes Feature Humbled Egregious Liars

If you regularly visit this site, you will be more than aware that the app we aren’t supposed to be calling Twitter any more has undergone numerous massive changes over the past few months. The whole thing has turned into a game of ‘what vanity project and/or desperate profit-chasing incentive will Elon Musk introduce next?’.  …
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Urban Legends That Need to Die ASAP, According to Reddit

Urban legends have been around since, well, time immemorial. They spread like wildfire, and are somehow accepted as fact by multiple generations. While fascinating (and sometimes even completely silly), many urban legends are firmly rooted in fallacy. We’re not talking about the small-town rumors of high school heroes. We’re talking widely accepted and distributed tales …
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Dumb & Dubious Posts About Things That Definitely Happened

We all lie sometimes. When we have the opportunity to make ourselves look more interesting by stretching the truth, we may as well take it (and deal with the consequences later). The human circus that is the internet has only worsened our tendency to fib, and made it a thousand times more attention seeking, too. …
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