‘Welcome to Hotel Florida’: The funniest Reddit posts of the week (April 26, 2024)

Every significant online platform has a reputation for hosting some grandiose egos, and Reddit is no exception. However, it does operate a little differently when it comes to how its users broadcast that they are number one. They are the definitive know-it-alls of the internet, who think they’re better than everyone because they are essentially …
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‘Cut the umbilical cord already’: Fed up fiancée calls off wedding after overbearing mother-in-law makes excuses to postpone on 4 different occasions

Something that not everybody considers when getting into a relationship is that if it becomes serious, your dynamic with your in-laws can be almost as important as that with your partner. Whether wayward or overbearing, the parents of your beloved can have an outsized influence on how happy you are in your life together.  If …
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‘I don’t mean to scream’: Nightmare office environment causes employee to put up hilarious sign outside their curtained workspace

A nice, peaceful working area is essential for productivity. People feel so much more inspired when they’re in space that makes me feel calm and safe. In many ways, we are like fish in a fish tank. We’re happy to be confined as long as there’s clean water, some interesting plants, and cool multicolored rocks …
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’45 year mortgages’: 20+ Wild predictions for the future that sound pretty plausible

Nobody has a crystal ball (except maybe the creators of The Simpsons). But it sure is fun to make guesses about what might come to pass. I remember doing that a lot when I was graduating high school- trying to guess what would become of myself and my classmates. Would Josh grow up to be …
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‘You have almost 100 applicants that met your minimum qualifications’: Pushy hiring manager insists recruitment agency send her all candidates, faces malicious compliance

Many of us have plenty of experience in how difficult it can be to be a job seeker, but far fewer of us realize what it feels like to be at the other end of the deal. Hiring somebody is a big responsibility to both the company and the job applicant, and you pay for …
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25+ Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (April 21 2024)

In my experience, you either have good design taste or you don’t. Some folks are born with a natural eye- they know what looks good and have an intuitive sense of what goes where, what colors go together, and what prints match. Sure, you can learn, but some people have a natural knack that you …
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‘Good luck with that’: Parents try grounding adult son who’s been paying rent since he was 16

I have a bone to pick. Maybe this is because most of my life, I’ve been a freeloader who hasn’t had to pay my own rent (shoutout to 17 years of being a child), but I don’t understand when parents charge their children rent. If a person is under 18, there is no world where …
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‘How do you get Tetris out of your head?’: The funniest Reddit posts of the week (April 19, 2024)

In this troubled age of the internet where every other platform seems to be going to the dogs, Reddit continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. From life hacks that deal with pretty much every topic under the sun to the kind of nail-biting drama that a week’s worth of discourse is made …
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Company rewards loyal employee’s 10 years of work with 20¢ raise: ‘Wow now you can afford that hot tub’

Raises are a touchy subject. We’re told it’s impolite to talk about salary, but that it’s also up to us to ask for what we deserve. So where does that leave us in terms of asking for a raise? I applaud those who bust down their boss’s doors, armed with numbers and data and a …
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‘This baby is 0% my responsbility’: Harsh mom kicks out entitled pregnant 19 year old daughter after she asks for free babysitting

It’s true what they say: being a parent is a lifelong commitment. Even when your kids are long past the age where you’re helping them tie their shoelaces and blow their noses, they will still need you in other ways. Some may even argue that parenting can get harder as children enter adulthood because it …
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