‘I’m still crying’: Fans are still emotional and thrilled after Julia Stiles’ tribute performance at Dancing With the Stars

I’m not crying; you are… Alright, we’re all crying. It’s not every day that we get to see people using dance to honor their loved ones.  I got to see Julia Stiles’ performance on Dancing With the Stars, and yes, I was one of those crying my eyes out. I confess it made me really …
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Mom and 10-year-old son sing loudly during live performance of Hamilton, mom scolds fellow patron who asks them to be quiet: ‘[I’m] not going to ask a kid that loves the show and is super excited to see it to not sing.’

Who do they think they are? If you didn’t grow up going to see theatre shows, you might not have been taught theatre etiquette. If you’re going to see a Broadway show or a local children’s production, the rules are generally the same. You shouldn’t talk during the show; you should applaud after musical numbers; …
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Boss Buys Entire Office Lunch For Their Good Performance, Except For The Employee Who Submitted His Resignation 2 Weeks Ago

Talk about petty! There’s this pervasive idea that most workers are lazy and will do anything to avoid doing work. While there are definitely people like that, I’m inclined to believe there are many more workers who go above and beyond and never get credit for it. Everyone’s worked with someone who clearly loves the company …
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Mom invites family to 6-year-old’s music performance, gets disappointed when none of them show: ‘One hour before, her aunt, uncle, and grandpa canceled’

What kind of message does it send to a child when they can’t depend on their family? Time and again, we hear that the best thing to do for kids while they are growing up is to keep being present and engaged with what is happening in their lives. This may be most important from …
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Ballet teacher charges $55 for mid-year performance, parent gets annoyed when 11-year-old daughter only performs for 10 minutes: ‘The teacher was performing for 30 mins’

What parent wants to go to their kid’s recital to watch the teacher instead? Going to a child’s various performances and games is one of the many responsibilities of an involved parent. Arguably, it can be one of the more fun ones; all it requires is sitting in a crowd or audience and potentially getting …
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27 Bieberchella Memes Bringing Back Bieber Fever

Justin Bieber turned Coachella into a living-room karaoke session and got us feeling like we were having a night with our friends, reminiscing about our childhood hits! This meme collection will make you revisit Justin’s nostalgic set, packed with throwbacks, laughs, and emotional moments. Justin really did the throwbacks. He played his classics straight from …
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Company allows high-performing employees to work from home, forces everyone to return to office when underperforming employees complain: ‘Because others are underperforming, we have to return to office full time.’

They should’ve used working from home as a reward in the first place.  How should a company motivate its employees to perform well? You might think that employees should be intrinsically motivated to do well just for the sake of doing well and promoting the company, but we all know that’s not always how it …
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Jester’s privilege: The jester is the internet figurehead of the moment because we don’t know how to stop performing

Petitioning to join Wojak, Patrick Bateman, and the ‘Just a girl’ in the pantheon of influential 2020s meme characters, we have a guy most famous for wearing a silly hat. Up until now, that has been the most common depiction of him, anyway. The jester, as in the guy they kept around to entertain people …
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‘No need to get emotional’: Manager makes employee cry during performance review, claims it’s a ‘growth moment’

It’s one of the most stressful times of the year at work, and the wrong management strategy can only make it worse. Performance reviews are a necessary evil when it comes to being a part of the workforce. A lot of people do not enjoy sitting in front of their superior and hearing about all …
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High school choir director makes 16-year-old star singer to perform with laryngitis, faces payback in her junior year: ‘I was humiliated. I wanted revenge’

The only thing worse than doing something that you really don’t want to do when you’re sick is somebody else forcing you to do something that you don’t want to do when you’re sick. More often than not, pushing your body when it is already run down is not going to produce optimal results. Nonetheless, …
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