‘SHOES ON THE FREAKING BED’: 20+ Non-Americans reveal what weirds them out about people from the USA

Many around the world would agree that the USA is a special place, but the reasons for that would differ wildly. To many Americans, it’s nothing short of the greatest place on Earth, but to those outside of the 50 states, it can be a very different scenario. No country is perfect, but thanks to …
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The Wildest Unpopular Opinions of the Week (February 11, 2024)

Unpopular opinions: everybody has them, but some people are better at gauging whether their opinions are actually unpopular than others. Let’s play a little game; I’ll share one of my unpopular opinions, and you get to tell me whether it’s actually unpopular or not! Here we go: I don’t think going to therapy inherently makes …
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25+ Picky Parents Reveal the Wholesome Parenting Practices That Annoy Them

You don’t have to be a parent to realize that a lot of the people raising kids are — how do I put this politely? — a little eccentric in the ways they choose to do so. Countless therapists would go bankrupt if parents didn’t mess their children up, but plenty are also trying their …
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Unpopular Opinions That Are Actually Unpopular

People claim to have «unpopular opinions» all the time, but just because you say an opinion is unpopular doesn’t make it so. One of my unpopular opinions is that, barring an actual emergency, people should not be more than 5 minutes late for anything. Most of y’all probably find that unreasonable, and it likely is, …
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Childfree Woman Slams Mom Friend for Expecting ‘The Village’ to Provide Free Babysitting

The opinions that people hold on parenting encompass an entire spectrum of beliefs. However, the one thing that pretty much everyone can agree on is that moms and dads hold the primary responsibility for their own kids. It goes without saying that this is difficult, and every parent is going to need a little help …
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Avoidant Dater Advocates For Relationship ‘Expiration Date’, Sparks Debate on Committed Romance

Ask a hundred different people what they want out of a relationship, and they’ll probably give a hundred different answers. However, one of the themes that would remain a constant is that of honesty. Even those who are not good at practicing what they preach usually desire to know where they stand in the vulnerable …
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Things That Make People Look Ten Times Older Than They Are

I started smoking cigarettes when I was about eighteen years old. Of course I knew smoking was slowly going to kill me, but at the time, I’d never considered the fact that it was making me uglier. By the time I was thirty, I could tell those decades of sucking down carcinogens had taken a …
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Twitter Dweeb Gets Clowned for Claiming That Having 130 IQ is «The greatest tragedy»

I don’t think I’ve ever done an actual IQ test. As somebody who has always had a vendetta against exam results and other supposedly objective units of knowledge measurement, I could never be tempted by all those online quizzes that claim to rank you in the grand scheme of human intelligence. Because of this, I’ve …
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15+ Jaded Daters Share the Worst Things About Dating Nowadays

Almost everywhere you look on the internet, there are people complaining about the state of modern dating. Incels bemoan that miraculously, being a jerk means they can’t get laid, and some women are so desperate to find a ‘provider’ that they insist an ice cream for a first date just isn’t good enough. Everyone is …
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Man Tells Co-Worker to Ignore Her Husband’s Insecurities During Business Trip

I’m not a relationship expert. Far from it. But even I can identify blatant issues. The following post made in the /r/amitheasshole subreddit is a case example of a not-so-ideal relationship situation.  The story goes that Redditor /u/One_Comfort_62 had developed a contemptuous relationship with his co-worker, Justin. While the reasons for their problematic status were …
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