Friday, January 8, 2021

Cameraman Low Key Saves Man's Life While Skydiving


No biggie, just wielding the camera like an absolute boss while saving a guy's life. All in a day's work. 

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Singer Tries To Outwit Professional Comedian, Fails Spectacularly


You never try to outwit a comedian. If you ever find yourself feeling emboldened and like you're up for the challenge, just don't. This is a prime example of the fallout that can ensue if you try to go to bat against a comedian. 

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Man Attempts To Steal Package, Gets Car Stuck In Snow


Talk about the work of a criminally dumb criminal. This fool attempted to steal someone's package (package thieves suck), and then proceeded to get his car stuck in the snow. Kind of comical on the one hand, but also still infuriating because porch pirates are the absolute worst. For more juicy package thief content, check out this video of porch pirates getting blindsided by a glitter bomb

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Belligerent Choosing Beggar Threatens To Snitch On Desk Seller


Apparently three weeks instead of two weeks was the dealbreaker and ultimate cause for being an inconsiderate and aggressively rude choosing beggar. They could've just approached this whole situation with a calm and collected matter, but instead they erred comfortably on the side of being a wildly disagreeable human being. 

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Green - +61 Today Hi there, I was wondering what the turn around time for a custom desk is. I need the height to be 700mm. Width enough to fit triple 24" monitors side by side. I'd like a keyboard sized area at the front slanted forward for ease of typing/gaming 17:25 Hiya, I have a template for that exact design. Around 2 weeks before we can start it currently 17:30

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Blue - Oh, can you do it sooner by any chance? I was referred by M 17:32 I'm sorry 2 weeks from now is the best I can do at the moment. We're quite busy as M stopped importing and rely on us now 17:35

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Text - Thankyou. I'll inform s that you weren't helpful at all and they'll pull the contract. How long now? 17:36 Still 2 weeks 17:39 / I will seriously notify Mark and I will advise him to not use you anymore if you can't do better than 2 weeks. 17:47 ?? 17:49

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Text - ..dos weeks 17:50 I'm not joking 17:51 ?? 17:53 Hold a second, I'm on the phone with Mark 17:54 You are not 17:55 He said 2 weeks 17:55 / ?? 17:57 He's calling you now 17:58 / hello? 18:00 / I can't believe you actually snitched to him. You don't even know my name? 18:03

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Green - I said "some dude with (your number) is saying he wants to discuss pulling our mutually beneficial contract Mark. Would you like to chat with him?" 18:05 ok look, l'll do you a favour since you're so nice 18:06 so how long already? 18:10 I just re-checked my schedule 18:15

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Green - and??? 18:17 well???? 18:18 Hang on just crunching some numbers 18:27 If you say 2 weeks i swear 18:28 ???? 18:30

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Green - I better not say anything then, I wouldn't want you to swear 18:36 just say it!! what the hell is wrong with you? 18:37 oh my god! How long does it take? 18:40 Never mind. screw you 18:43 ....3 weeks 18:58 / Fuck you 19:00 Type a message

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Facepalm Moments from Humanity's Beacons Of Stupid


As human beings, we're all very familiar with dumb moments of failure and stupidity. People do and say stupid things as if it's their job. Whether it's arguing with Buzz Aldrin about the moon landing or getting keys stuck in an armored car, the bar lowers every day for facepalm moments from humanity's best and brightest.

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Motor vehicle - ateria DE. TER These guys locked their keys in an armoured truck paS

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Blue - Iván Brandon @lvanBrandon do people even hear themselves BUSINESS INSIDER YOUR MONEY How one 31-year-old paid off $220,000 in student loans in 3 years Emmie Martin O Mar. 8, 2017, 12:40 PM A 105,941 Back home in Joliet, Ilinois, Horton took a job as an operations manager at the nonprofit her mother runs, The salary was comparable to what she made in DC, but the cost of living was drastically less. She inereased her student-loan payments, setting the lofty goal of paying them off entirely

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Ingredient - Cypress Perez 17h •O I grabbed this bullshit ass chorizo made of soy I thought it was saying "I am chorizo" in spanish!!! Since 1973 Cacique. SOT CEIE SOY CHORIZO Veget-rien A EXTRA LARGE

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Text - Somebody born in 2020 will see the year 3000 when they're 80. That's wild.

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Text - ***** Verified Purchase False advertisement Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2020 Style: TV Only Size: 50-Inch Purchased the Samsung 8 series TU8000 50". After un-packing I found that the 50" I purchased was actual 44". How's that! The box is only 49" there no way with the foam protection the TV could be 50". See pictures and video. This is a scam. I need my money or a 50" Samsung TV 966 people found this helpful Helpful Report

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Text - Tweet Buzz Aldrin O @TheRealBuzz · 2d I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do what seems to be the impossible. #apollo11 #theskyisnotthelimit #5decadesofapollo #roadtoapollo50th O 141 27652 3,009 2d AENS ES There's a lot of sketchy stuff involving the moon landings. We do need to go back, there's zero reason it should take 50 years to make it happen again.. makes us "conspiracy" think something was up there.. 95 AENS E Replying to @TheRealBuzz

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Text - Me: I fixed your WiFi Dumb ass lady : no you didn't Me: yes I did Dumb ass lady : Well how come my home WiFi isn't showing ? Me: because you're not at home. Stupid ass people I deal with bruh

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Musical instrument - V. Violin

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Text - TeamYouTube replied 1h Hey @YouTube , maybe don't put ads before first aid vids? I don't have time to watch a Red Lobster ad when my grandma is choking on a fish bone. 3 27 5 32 TeamYouTube O @TeamYouTube · 31m Sorry to hear about the trouble – YouTube Premium offers an ad-free experience when you watch videos. Learn more here: yt.be/help/KF50. Hope this helps. 16 17 4 8

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Arch - goodbye america! HELLO new york! Tweet your reply 6- 28m Replying to New York is still in America js 1 22m have you never taken a geology class?? i think i would know, stupid girl.

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Text - Let's put disinfectant in schools' sprinklers EDITOR: All schools have water sprinklers to protect against fires. The same sprinklers could be used to sprinkle a disinfectant liquid to help prevent Covid-19. The same sprinklers and pipes could be converted to spray a disin- fectant for a short period of time at night, or between classes when kids are not in class, or are on recess out- side. When not used to disinfect, the sprinklers could be converted back. to water sprinklers to fight f

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Brass - WNEP-TV WNEP 10h O The Grammys 2021 ceremony is postponed because of worries over COVID-19. WNEP.COM Grammys 2021 ceremony postponed because of worries over COVID-19 O123 87 Comments 6 Shares O Like Comment A Share Good, there hasn't been any good movies; let alone actors. 4 Haha Reply 8h

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Text - 00 MTN - NG ? 12:50 AM Tweet I think the scariest part about having triplets is having to be pregnant for 27 months. 6/27/15, 11:12 PM

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Organism - Brute Of Tsushima @BrokenGa... 4h v Birthday Dinner 37 149 Anime @AnimeEraser Replying to @BrokenGamezHDR_ Seafood is food for women but happy birthday

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Party supply - Erin

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Flowerpot - CLASSIC AZELN These are café syrups NOT Hand Sanitizer Thank You

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Sleeve - FOX FOX 5 DC 5 @fox5dc School district says no pajamas for online classes School district says no pajamas for online classes satin angel @yikeseth_ Lmfaoooooo what yal gon do? Send em home? >

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Adaptation - Saudi Arabia accidentally printed thousands of textbooks containing this image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charter. SAUDI

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Text - Binary and non-binary are both half-assed, I don't even know why I waste my time doing that shit people struggle with it so it's not "half-assed" as your transphobic post is trying to imply this post was about programming

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Text - Here's a pic of my thermometer from the last time I was sick in case anyone needs an excuse to get out of work. Can't come in. I'm sick Did you mean to send the whole meme or just the picture? Fuck.

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Man Insists He Knows IT Better Than IT, Learns Otherwise


Anyone who has ever worked tech support knows that the job is brimming with testy customers that seem to have a relentless vendetta toward taking out all their angst about this wild life, on the very people that are just trying to help them figure out how to use their technology. This results in some seriously unfortunate interactions. People just need to play nice with one another. Check out another tech support "glory story" with this person who changed their phone password, couldn't charge their phone, and then assumed that their phone was dead

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Text - r/talesfromtechsupport u/airzonesama · 3y •I Am Not Good With Comp. I know IT better than IT Epic r/ALL So a few years back, I was working in a manufacturing company as IT manager. Like many industries, we had a number of machines with embedded computer systems. For the sake of convenience, we called these "production machines", because they produce stuff. By and large, these PC's are just normal desktop PC's that have a bunch of data acquisition cards in them connected to a PLC, or a sec

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Text - I've been in manufacturing environments before, and this concept is not new to me. Thanks to a number of poignant lessons in the past, I make it my business to understand these PC's inside and out. I like to keep them on a tight refresh cycle, or when it's not practical (in the case of archaic hardware or software), keep as many spares as possible. Also, regular backups are important - you just have to understand that unlike a normal PC, it can be difficult to do and plan it well in advan

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Text - Airzone: Me, the new IT manager. TooExpensive: The site's facilities manager. He's in charge of the maintenance of the site, including all of these production machines. He's super paranoid about people trying to take his job, so he guards all his responsibilities jealously and doesn't communicate anything lest they get the drop on his efforts. Oh, and he has a fixation about not spending company money - even to the point of shafting the lawn-mowing guy out of a few hours pay - hence the n

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Text - I'm new, but in my first few weeks l've already had a number of run-ins with TooExpensive. I'm a fairly relaxed guy, but I have no qualms about letting someone dig their own grave and fall into it - and in the case of TooExpensive, l'd be happy to lend him my shovel. My pet hate was when organising new network drops, I will always run a double when we needed a single. We're paying working-at-heights money already, and a double drop is material cost only. i.e. Adding $50 - $100 material on

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Text - So you could see that we didn't exactly gel together well. Which brings us to these production machines, and the PC's nested within. Every attempt for me to try and document, or even understand them was shut down by TooExpensive. Me: Hardware and software specifications? TooExpensive: That's my job, get lost. Me: Startup and shutdown procedures? TooExpensive: That's my job, get lost. Me: Backup? TooExpensive: That's my job, get lost. Me: Emergency contacts? TooExpensive: That's my job, ge

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Text - Move forward a few months and I'm helping one of the factory workers on their area's shared PC. It's located right next to one of these production machines. It's old. The machine itself was nearly an antique, but the controls system had been "recently" upgraded. It had co-ax network of 2 PC's - one NT4 primary domain controller, and a NT4 workstation, and a network PLC (also on co-ax). The machines were pentiums running the minimum specs for NT4 to run, with a control application whose ap

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Text - It was test&tag day and TooExpensive was running around a sparkie to do the testing. My earlier instruction to the sparkie was to not disconnect any computer equipment if it was not powered off. And so it came time to test this production machine's PC. The sparkie wasn't going to touch it while it was on. Luckily TooExpensive came prepared with his thoroughly documented shutdown procedure: yank the power cords. The test passed, new labels were applied to the power cord, he plugged it back

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Text - 10 minutes later, the operator looks at me and asks for help. I call TooExpensive's mobile, and it's off. I called VPO's mobile and suggest that he comes over immediately. 10 minutes later, the operator, VPO, and I are looking at this machine. It's fucked. There's the better part of a million dollars worth of product to be processed by this machine, and the nearest alternate machine is in Singapore, belonging to a different company. And if the processing isn't done within soon, the produc

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Text - So as I have said, I have used this software before and have a basic understanding. I know enough that the configuration is everything, and configuration is matched to the machine. But I also knew a guy who did some of the implementations. A call to him gave me a lead, and I followed the leads until about 4 calls later, I had the guy who implemented this particular machine. OldBoy had retired 10 years earlier, but VPO had persuaded him to come out of retirement for an eyewatering sum of m

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Text - To cut long story short, we had to rebuild the database. But not from scratch. OldBoy's MO was when setting up a machine, when he was done, he'd create and store a backup database on the machine. The only issue was that 20 years of machine updates needed to be worked out. It also just so happens that through sheer effort, I am able to compare a corrupted database file to a good one, and fool with it enough to get it to load in the configuration editor. It's still mangled, but we are able

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Text - After OldBoy and I started working on the problem, he showed up again. He ignored any advice about a backup (because obviously there wasn't any), and instead demanded regular status updates for him to report to VPO. The little shit had screwed up the machine, run off to hide, and now a solution was in progress, was trying to claim the credit. When it was all running again, OldBoy debriefed VPO on the solution. I then had my turn with VPO. VPO: So Airzone. Thanks for your help. Your effort

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Text - VPO: He claims he was busy contacting his emergency contacts. Me: I see. VPO: I don't believe a word of that shit. Unfortunately it's your word vs his. If I had the evidence, l'd fire him. Me: (opening the email TooExpensive had sent me about meddling on my phone) You mean this evidence? Half an hour later, I got the call to lock TooExpensive's account and disabled his access card. Edit: Wow, this story seems to have resonated with so many people here.. And thanks for the gold, kind stran

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The Worst Foods People Have Eaten


Food is one of the great joys of life. But when it goes wrong, cursed food can quickly become one of its great terrors. Sometimes we eat stuff that sucks to be polite guests, sometimes we don't realize what we're eating is gonna be bad, and sometimes we're just stupid. At least when it's over we have new insight on the worst things we've tasted.

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Text - duckfat01 74 points · 5 days ago Fried termites, offered as a traditional snack at a cultural exchange function. The taste was just the butter they were fried in, but the texture was all legs and carapace.

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Text - Dcupps907 58 points · 5 days ago Alaskan here, muktuk (whale fat) is easily the most horrible thing I have ever eaten ... imagine bubblegum..that tastes like the ocean.... .....

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Text - Veritas3333 39 points · 5 days ago Was driving across the country to Texas. First exit into the state, I stopped for gas and saw that they had brisket under the heat lamps. Gas station brisket. I was throwing up on the side of the road about 10 miles later.

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Text - Sparky62075 4.9k points · 5 days ago My wife would say... Pancakes that I accidentally cooked in garlic butter. She hated them. I liked them.

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Text - Notsaul10 2.3k points · 5 days ago A protein drink flavored fruity pebbles, tasted like dish soap

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Text - WhenAmI 739 points · 5 days ago 9 For the love of good food, avoid Three Olives froot loop vodka.

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Text - Jekyll_1886 2.0k points · 5 days ago S Years ago Starbucks did a green tea latte. My Mom and I got one to try cause we like green tea. It was toxic! We were emitting fumes that should never come out of a human body! We were riding with the windows down in the middle of winter it was so bad! When I got to a bathroom, when I was done, what I left behind looked like lawn mulching after being out in the rain for a week straight with a smell on par with what I imagine the bog of eternal stench

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Text - kesh_from_downunder 1.9k points · 5 days ago Am Indian. Had a curry at someone's house who was not Indian. Straight up did not use any spice but salt. Died on the inside. Ancestors physically manifested to voice disapproval.

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Text - CatFancyCoverModel 1.9k points · 5 days ago Fermented Shark is pretty bad. It tastes like bleach smells.

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Text - HeioFish 1.8k points · 5 days ago Ngl, my own cooking. Many, many failed improvs that seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Text - Bladeisspooky 1.7k points · 5 days ago 2 32 Did a shot of Durian extract mixed with Cotton Candy Faygo. Both of us threw up in the bushes.

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Text - socialsci123 1.7k points · 5 days ago I attended a wedding of my cousin a few years back. They were part of this cult-like "Christian" sect. The food was not made by a catering company and the whole affair was organized by church members. For dessert they had a mango icebox cake that barely had any cream and was dyed pink for some reason. It had been sitting out for hours under the sun. It was warm, smelled a little funky and was topped with roasted garlic peanuts. We only ate it to be po

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Text - stephacharlotte 1.6k points · 5 days ago Hot dog soup. My dad was in a rehab/assisted living facility. He had both me and my sister taste it. We were all super grossed out. It was def hot dogs, with chunks, but also with pureed hot dogs for the base.

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Text - Malruhn 1.2k points · 5 days ago Goat eye. I was an "honored guest" at a Bedouin camp and the chieftain "honored" me by letting me have one of the eyes of a roast goat as he ate the other eye. My stomach does somersaults just remembering it...

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Text - yeahwellokay 931 points · 5 days ago Liver off a buffet. It had the consistency of dog poop.

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Text - Leemage 741 points · 5 days ago 3 Natto. It's apparently a Japanese fermented bean dish but I'm pretty sure it was just someone's slimy sticky barf they saved in a bowl for some reason.

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Text - TheLoveliestKaren 705 points - 5 days ago · edited 5 days ago A piece of what would otherwise have been a tasty bit of beef, dipped in way too much numbing oil(think anbesol). Okay, so. I went to my friend's family's house for christmas a few years back. They are Chinese, I am not, and they were having hot pot. My friend was really worried that I wouldn't like it, but I was super excited and was decently sure I'd love it. Before we sat down to eat, he helped me make a dipping sauce. It wa

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Text - Immediately I knew something was wrong. I couldn't feel my mouth. I was sure I was having an allergic reaction, despite never having had a food allergy to anything before. I started internally freaking out, and basically trying to figure out how I could get away without making a big scene, because it was a lot of people that I did not know and this was also a friend that I had only recently gotten close to. Also, it's just gross. Eating meat when you can't taste it or feel your mouth is a

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Text - His cousin then pointed out that she saw us putting numbing oil (which is apparently a Chinese culinary thing, though usually used sparingly) in our dipping oil rather than the sesame oil because my friend mixed up the bottles, so I had essentially coated a piece of beef in a mixture that was like 90% numbing oil. In case anyone wonders why she didn't tell us, it's because my friend is just really weird and so his cousin assumed that he just liked it that way.

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Text - mstomm 654 points · 5 days ago The last week or so of school my District only had "Chef's Choice" printed on the lunch menus. What this meant is they were cleaning out the fridges and wouldn't know what it would be until the day of. My class that fateful day had an early lunch time, so we were some of the first students to find out that lunch was "Chicken Fajitas". They were the worst thing I've ever tasted, and the only thing that's been so bad I stopped after 1 bite. The "chicken" was a

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Text - sparky1973 532 points · 5 days ago A delivered pizza with expired mozzarella on it. Didn't know until I took a bite. It had an overwhelming blue cheese taste and "musk" to it when I only halfway bit into it...

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Text - Terezzian 310 points · 5 days ago · edited 4 days ago There's 345 comments at time of writing so this probably won't be seen but Last year I was on my high school's robotics team, and they were hosting a potluck type thing and one of the desserts was a big donut cake. So I think "dang, that looks delicious! I wonder why it's almost entirely untouched?" and I take a bite. What do I taste? It tastes like onions. Not kidding. The person who baked it must've used the same pan they made some s

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Text - Starfall669 245 points · 5 days ago Ohhh boy, that without a shred of doubt would be the christmas "dinner" 2017. That whole ordeal is best described as clusterfuck of gargantuan proportions. I was invited by my best friend at the time to spend christmas with her and her family. While most of her family is a delight to be around, her father... isn't. So we were invited for a dinner by him and his girlfriend. The meal composition was interesting to say the least. And with interesting I mea

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Text - The cabbage was not only boiled until annihilation, but also extremely overseasoned with mulled spice mix. Up to this day I feel violated thinking about eating one fork of that stuff. And the lasagna? Not only completely out of place on that table, it had the consistency of a water corpse. I never thought you could have pasta with less structural integrity than Jello. Oh, and it was also cold. The hosts? He almost breathed his food, complimenting constantly, while I contemplated about lob

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Text - shiver-yer-timbers 210 points · 5 days ago I once bought a tub of yogurt and it was immediately forgotten in the back of my fridge. about a year later I notice a tub of strawberry yogurt in the fridge along with some other things. I figured my SO had been shopping. SoI open the yogurt, and eat about a 200mls and put it back....I didn't notice anything bad about it in taste or smell. It was a bit thicker, less bright in colour and a bit less strawberry flavour than normal but more yogurty.

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Text - leeshylou 105 points · 5 days ago My mother once used gravy powder in an icing mix (on a chocolate cake) instead of cocoa. Suffice to say, it was not a pleasant experience.

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Tumblr Thread: The Profound Power Of Doing Good Recklessly


You just never truly know how much of a positive impact that a small act of generosity that you make can have on someone's life. In this case, we have a soul-stirring Tumblr thread about the innate power of doing good recklessly. This world has enough of the bad mojo going around. Maybe mindfully offset some of that negative energy by putting some of the good vibes back into the cosmos. 

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Text - tami-taylors-hair I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said "let me call my husband real quick" and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said "You know that was probably a scam, right?" and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If you're "scamming" me for some Tyson chicken and a

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Text - dragginage This happened to me, too. A woman had used WIC for the majority of her stuff (which I say from personal experience is such a long and embarrassing process) and to buy the remainder of her groceries, which included diapers and wipes, she used a card, and it got declined. I bought the other $30 of her groceries because hey, I've been there, and now I'm not. She was extremely emotional and began to cry and even hugged me. My

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Text - mom called me on the drive home and could tell I had been crying myself, asked what was wrong, and when I told her what happened, she berated me for being "duped." I couldn't believe she could be so disappointed in one of her children for doing something- nice? Is that the hill you want to die on? Getting mad about people needing groceries?

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Text - systlin I once paid for a woman's bill at the vet...it wasn't a big one, but she was trying to pay for some medication for her dog, and her card was declined. And her lip started trembling, and she says "I don't get paid until Tuesday, would he be ok until then?" So l just told them to add the $20 something onto my bill, and I thought she was going to break down crying right there. And I don't care if it was a scam or not. Just do nice things for people sometimes.

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Text - 7faerielights So this has happened to me but from the other side. Several years ago when my oldest was around three or so, I had my debit card decline at Walmart. It wasn't a scam or a mistake, I was genuinely broke. Out of money. I checked my bank and discovered I had something like 7 dollars left to my name and a hungry kid and nothing to eat at home. So I sat there trying to come up with the best

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Text - way to stretch that tiny amount of money to feed my kid. Not even to feed me. I can live on popcorn or something if I have to but my kid was three and he had to eat. So there I am trying really hard not to cry while I slowly take things out of my basket to get it down to under 7 bucks, when a lady tapped me on the shoulder. I looked up and she smiled at me and started putting the things back in my cart.

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Text - I opened my mouth to tell her that I didn't have the money for them but she stopped me right away and said “Don't worry about it. It's gonna be fine." Then she handed the cashier her credit card and said "Ring up all of it." My kid got to eat because of her. I got to eat because of her. I had laundry soap and deodorant because of her. She could've just ignored me silently struggling in that line. She could've decided I was a scam and gone home feeling good about avoiding being duped. But

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Text - she chose to help me and she saved us. So maybe the person struggling in front of you is trying to put one over on you or maybe they are just sad and broke and trying to figure out what to do. You get to decide which you want to believe and what you want to do. But l'll tell y'all, no one has ever been more beautiful to me than that lady in that line who saved me and my baby. Be like her. Be beautiful.

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Text - crazyfandomaddicted One time, my dad and I were living the grocery store and there was a guy outside asking for money to buy some stuff to take home for his kids. It was around Christmas time. My dad asked him if he could give him groceries instead of money, and the guy immediately said yes, so my dad gave him one of everything we bought (meat, rice, some chocolates, milk, oil). At that time, my dad hadn't gotten his paycheck because the company he worked for was going through a tough tim

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Text - Another time, my dad gave 50 bucks to a guy who said he needed to buy medicine for his kids. I told my dad he was probably going to spend the money on alcohol or something, but my dad said that "whether he was lying or not says something about HIS character, but hearing someone in need and choosing not to help when I have the means to says something about mine". I never forget that.

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Daughter Neglects Teeth, Mom Won't Pay For Dental Care


Sounds like the daughter really set herself up for this unfortunate predicament. It seems like in all those advice threads that center on what people would tell their younger selves after having gained the hard earned wisdom, is to take care of your teeth. Unfortunately, this girl had her own kind of wakeup call. Hopefully she'll be able to get some dental credit, and get those teeth taken care of when it's all said and done. 

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Text - AITA for refusing to pay for my daughter's dental procedures? Not the A-hole My daughter is 24 years old. For her entire life, she has neglected her teeth. Her dental hygiene is nonexistent, she would refuse to brush or floss her teeth at all, wouldn't even use mouthwash. My first thought was that she may be suffering from depression or some sort of mental health issue, so I immediately took her to professionals. However, even after years of doctors, therapists, medication, and specialist

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Text - I spent years crying, begging, bargaining, and screaming at her in an attempt to get her to take it seriously. She never did, but under my care she'd at least brush her teeth occasionally (2-3x a week). I kept trying up until she reached adulthood and moved out. At that point there was nothing more I could do for her and I assume she completely stopped caring for her teeth at that point. Recently, she went to the dentist because of severe pain after putting it off for years. They discover

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Text - She called me crying about how ugly she felt, and she begged me to pay for her to get crowns/veneers. I refused for several reasons. One, it would be incredibly expensive, we're talking upwards of 10k. Two, she got herself into this mess by not taking care of her teeth, despite me warning her throughout her entire life and doing all I could to help her. Three, she has yet to show she can maintain proper dental hygiene and without proper maintenance she will likely ruin the crowns/veneers

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Yellow - _A_Brit_Abroad_ • 1d • Partassipant [4] 1 Award NTA You tried to get her to look after her teeth. What did she think was going to happen? She is an adult - Dont help her. She dug herself this hole and she needs to get herself out. Reply 6.0k ...

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Text - teresajs • 1d · Judge, Jury, and Excretioner [353] NTA If she hasn't started taking proper care of the teeth she has, paying for crowns or veneers would only delay the inevitable. The tooth matter below the crown or veneer would rot away. Reply 961 ...

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Text - grngecko • 1d · Asshole Enthusiast [6] NTA - she can apply for dental credit to pay for it Q Reply 1 1.2k 3 ...

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Text - Dszquphsbnt · 1d · Commander in Cheeks [249] NTA. She will care for her new teeth more if she has to find a way to pay for them herself. Reply 218 ...

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Text - mooseplainer • 1d • Certified Proctologist [25] NTA since you did try for what, 24 years or so? But only slight. There are other neurotypes besides depression that can make oral hygiene quite difficult either due to sensory or executive issues. For example, l'm autistic and good oral hygiene has always been a challenge for me, though fortunately the most I've ever needed was a deep clean, nothing as extreme as what you described. Autism is also frequently under diagnosed in women as women

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Text - that_jedi_girl • 1d • Asshole Enthusiast [7] NTA Shes old enough to take care of herself, and she seems to feel awfully entitled to your money. You did what you could, and now she's experiencing natural consequences. It would be kind and loving to pay for it...but that doesn't work when she vilifies you for not. O Reply 39 3

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Text - fruitandboot · 1d · Asshole Enthusiast [6] NTA, as long as she is mentally o.k. is there anything else going on that could be a cry for help? Otherwise she is an adult and needs to start figuring this out on her own. I started paying all my own bills before 24. 35 3 O Q Reply ...

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Text - Independent-Idea1278 · 1d NTA. As someone who didn't pickup good dental hygiene till later in life I know how expensive it can be. Also, if she hasn't changed her habits the tooth underneath is just going to decay and break eventually. Even if she got dentures, the cheapest option, she would still need to take care of her mouth. Q Reply 1 27 B ...

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Text - Tamika_Olivia · 1d · Pooperintendant [62] NTA But also a little bit of Y T A for all the nightmares l'm going to have from this post. Reply 1 61 ...

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Text - strega42 · 1d NTA... but as someone who lost all their teeth due to lack of dentistry access & genetics, she needs to have the ruined teeth extracted for purely medical reasons. Leave it on her to deal with getting dentures. I promise she will live without teeth. I don't even bother with dentures most of the time and I manage just fine. Not having the ruined teeth extracted can lead to serious infections, cardiac problems, etc., though. I'd strongly recommend helping her with THAT part. Q

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Text - SurgRN4theWin • 1d · Asshole Aficionado [10] NTA. This is called 'making your bed' and then 'lying in it'. This is a lesson adults have to learn. You warned her this day would come, and now here it is. I see nothing wrong with your stance. She wilIl have to work out how to take care of her own dental expenses -- which is also something adults have to learn. Reply 15 3 +

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Text - SarahGTP · 1d · Partassipant [1] NTA. I've taken care of my teeth religiously, my whole life, and still ended up with dental problems. At least she has a reason. She is TA beyond a doubt. Reply 17 ...

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Text - activelurker777 • 1d · Asshole Enthusiast [8] NTA. As she's an adult, and has been for several years, she will have to deal with the consequence of her lack of self-care. You are not responsible in this matter, and she will have to start saving money for the veneers. BTW, if you are in the U.S., you will suffer most like incur a significant tax liability for withdrawing from your retirement fund. Reply 1 14 3 ...

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Text - civprosucks · 1d NTA. As someone who is 24, and felt lazy so I was about to go to sleep without brushing tonight, you have inspired me to hop out of my warm bed and brush my teeth before I sleep Reply ...

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Text - lost-cannuck • 1d • Colo-rectal Surgeon [37] Nta - you tried to encourage her to prevent this. She decided she knew better. Welcome to the consequences. Reply ... +

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Text - momgaret • 1d Nta Technically you can't afford it if the money is coming out of your retirement fund. I have mediocre teeth that I'm pretty self conscious of (because of the colour) but they're strong. Some people have weak teeth and take care of them and still need veneers or crowns but this isn't one of those cases. She willfully neglected her own care and now expects you to pay the price. Reply ...

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Text - easytigerpinklady · 1d · Partassipant [3] NTA So she thought you were just nagging her about it all her life for the enjoyment you find in daily arguments? She thought she had magic teeth that don't need any care? It sucks but what did she expect? Reply 1 6 ...

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Text - Eggplantll4927 · 1d Nta you can't afford to help her. Taking from your retirement account is ludicrous and irresponsible. You need every penny for your retirement. this is on your daughter to handle. She can do what everyone else does, save up. Get a second job. if you hand her the money, she won't do better. If she has to work hard for her smile she might value it Reply 1 2 ...

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Text - intolerablefem • 1d NTA. I'll put this as simple as I can. Your daughter is 24. You have no financial obligations to her. She's an AH for trying to push you into paying for a $10k+ procedure, knowing all too well that she caused this herself. Your daughter needs a reality check. Reply •..

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Text - emmwags10 • 1d NTA!!!! It's soo00 expensive AND she'll have to continually work to make sure the replacement teeth are well taken care. She's already proven she refuses to do so, so this won't be a $10k endeavor. It will almost certainly be much more over the years, and if you pay now, you'll be setting a precedent that you'll continue to do so. She can explore other options, but this is a hole she dug herself into. My dad is a dentist and he talks all the time about how the worst part of

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Text - lonnielee3 · 1d · Asshole Enthusiast [5] NTA. Don't deplete your retirement fund. Not estimating exactly how far upward of $10K, I can tell you, 10k is a drop in the bucket (at least in my country) if that many of her teeth are beyond fillings or have already been removed. You might consider offering to help her pay for old fashioned dentures. This is a sad situation but you tried to prevent this happening for many years. Reply ...

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Text - seba_make · 1d NTA What did she expect was going to happen? She's 24, it's not your problem now. You tried and she didn't listen. It's her responsibility and she hast to deal with it. Reply 4 2

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Text - Fuck-mylemonade • 1d NTA. She's an adult, she chose not to care for her teeth, and if she wouldn't take care of her teeth before, what's to say she will now? It sounds like you tried your best to avoid this outcome, it's not your problem she refused to listen. Reply ...

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Text - Luciforreal · 1d NTA. Talk about shooting yourself in the leg and blaming the person who invented the gun. She made her bed, now she has to sleep in it. Not having teeth is a serious issue tho and it could really affect her self-esteem so you might wanna lookout for any behavioural shifts in her, like depression. Ultimately, it's up to you whether or not you would like to fund her veneers but know not to harm your future because you did your job as a mother and she can't blame you for not

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