The category of ‘crazy things the human body can do’ has many entries to it, but few beat the sheer exertion that comes from being pregnant and giving birth. Growing a whole person and somehow popping it out of you is not a choice to be made by the weak, but millions per year put …
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‘The real question is, are meetings important?’: Internet applauds savvy employee who avoids all meetings by being good at his job
I don’t think there’s a single corporate employee on God’s green earth who hasn’t sat in a meeting and thought about the many more useful and/or entertaining things they could be doing right now. While it’s true that bringing people together in this way is an occasionally essential part of the working process, the mantra …
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‘Most people I’ve known peaked somewhere between 25 and 30’: Youngsters debate whether your 20s or 30s are your true prime
Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve been afraid of «peaking.» The idea of reaching a point where you feel like «everything’s downhill from here» was and still is terrifying. I remember being in the car with my high school girlfriend’s dad, and we talked about peaking in high school. I mentioned not wanting to …
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‘New rule, never trust how you feel about your life past 9PM’: 20+ invaluable pieces of wisdom according to the internet
I am absolutely terrible at taking other people’s advice, but I like to think I’m mature enough to realize that this isn’t always a good thing. We all have a lot to learn from the minds of others, but it heavily depends on how it’s packaged. Sometimes, part of the reason that we can be …
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‘I’d stay at the door and start eating’: Entitled takeout customers split opinion with excessive no contact delivery signage
We live in the age of ultimate convenience, something that most of us are different degrees of grateful for. Unfortunately, it can feel like more people lie on the more entitled end of the scale than the other way around. While it may be annoying to have a courier mess up your order or not …
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‘5 pounds of spaghetti compressed into one mouth-sized bar’: 25+ of the funniest food and drink items from ‘The Simpsons’
As the show that was at one point the defining satire of contemporary American culture, it’s kind of inevitable that many of the gags on The Simpsons revolve around food. We all know that a solid 40% of Homer’s personality is donuts and beer, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes …
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‘Paying $10k to go through a regular day of football practice’: Alpha male bootcamp gets clowned on by Twitter
Men’s mental health is one of those annoying issues where it’s obvious that society has a big problem with it, but very few seem to know how to solve it. These days it is usually more frowned upon to tell a dude to ‘man up’ if he’s expressing vulnerable emotions, but in some ways, it …
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‘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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‘Just tell me you’re «busy with work and family!» I’ll take the hint’: HR-style break up message prompts debate about relationship overcommunication
Call me avoidant or emotionally immature, but there are situations in which I’d prefer to be ghosted. If a person with whom I have been on one moderately enjoyable date with goes AWOL, I would rather not have to come up with a polite response to being told exactly why they don’t like me enough …
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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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