Ah, the sea. Nothing like the salty spray grazing your face, waves churning and rolling, inviting you to parts unknown. There is something endemic in humans that draws us oceanward. Maybe it’s an ancient instinct to find resources, maybe it’s the promise of adventure, or maybe it’s the pull of mystery. That’s the thing about …
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20+ People Expose the Cheapest and Riskiest Alcoholic Drinks in Their Country
I’m not a hugeee drinker, but something about this thread is so enticing. Given the 4.5k upvotes on the r/askreddit thread, I’m clearly not the only one who thought so too. So, one user hopped on over to Reddit to start a thread asking, «What’s the most drunk per dollar product available in your country …
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Employees Reveal Their Wildest Stories From Current and Former Jobs
Few common experiences (aside from like, parenthood) change a person like a difficult job. Spending five days a week in an uncomfortable or combative environment is enough to make anybody see the world differently, and usually gives them a few tales to tell as well. I shudder to think of the very worst experiences that …
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25+ Crazy Stories That Drove People to Break Up with Their Significant Other
You might think you had it bad with an ex, but did you have it THIS bad? 4.8k folks chimed into this r/askreddit thread to share what made them end it with their significant other, and trust us, these stories do not disappoint. Getting ghosted, forgetting a birthday, and even not even being down with …
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Scorned Twitter Users Share the Times They Realized That a Friend Hated Them
When we do them right, friendships are some of the most rewarding relationships that we can ever have. However, the sad fact is that not everyone we choose to be our pal is deserving of the title. There are many individuals out there who are vindictive and untrustworthy. We could name a number of reasons …
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College Goers Share Sassy Comebacks Exchanged Between Professors and Students
Our college years can be some of our messiest ones. That earliest stage of adulthood is never plain sailing whatever you choose do with it, and the stresses and freedoms of formal education only make it more difficult. This is a fancy way of saying that most college students have skipped a class from time …
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Cautionary Fails: Regrettable Times People Ruined Their Lives in an Instant
Sometimes the dumbest mistakes have the gravest, most life-ruining consequences. You never know when one seemingly small (although bad) choice might land you in prison for thirty years, or totally bankrupt, or worse—dead. One redditor asked the internet, «what is the fastest way you have seen someone ruin their life?» and the resulting thread is …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (July 11, 2023)
TikTok is an outlier in the social media landscape in many ways, and one of those is how it gets remembered. Most of us with terminally internet-poisoned brains can easily recall our all-time favorite tweets, for example, or the greatest Vines. When it comes to the best singular TikToks, though, it’s a lot more difficult …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (July 4, 2023)
Growing up with unfettered access to screens has made much of Gen Z kind of dumb about technology. They’ve never had to learn the struggle of torrenting their favorite tunes, and many have no idea how to perform basic functions on the average PC. Also, they think it’s entirely normal and desirable to overshare on …
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‘With HER own card’: Manager makes hotel desk worker pay for a guest’s room when he refuses to
Businesses and their owners take on more of the risk and, in return, take more of the reward, paying workers a small portion of the value of their production and taking the rest for providing the means. This is the basis of a capitalist system and the argument used by your boss for why he’s …
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