Sunday, August 1, 2021

Man Assumes Literal Fire Is A Feature Of His Computer, IT Intervenes


What in the world would people do without IT? Seriously. Just take the guy that we have in this humorous tech support tale. For whatever reason he was leading a life where he assumed that flames erupting from his computer were a totally normal and acceptable function of the device. Well, it sounds like even after the IT dude showed up to smooth over the issue, the guy still left the interaction puzzled by why there wasn't a "stop the smoke" button. For another tech support tale check out the time that a man assumed his computer would work during a power outage.

Tenant Gets Property Owner's Car Towed, Property Owner Hatches Pro Revenge


This isn't the first time that we've seen people turn into complete animals over a parking space squabble. In this case though, the villain of the pro revenge story vastly underestimated who she was playing games with. Basically, when she decided to go ahead and have the property owner's car towed she set in motion a pro revenge plan that'd result in her ultimate demise. For some more parking lot drama check out the time that Karen took her sweet time in a handicapped parking space, and then proceeded to get blocked in

Tantalizing Tumblr Nuggets That Are Deep Fried In Humor


The wonderful and wandering minds of Tumblr provide a ceaseless stream of funny and outright bizarre observations about all corners of life. Whether you find yourself in the middle of a Tumblr thread about why statistics is a necessary dumbness test, or maybe a riveting thread about how the world of plants is actually nuts, you can pretty much always count on having your brain tickled in one way or another. Anyways, enjoy these Tumblr gems and keep on Tumblin. 

Chef Modifies Dish To Account For Food Allergy, Customer Gets Mad Over Confusion


Those brunch and lunch and dinner rushes can get extremely busy out of nowhere. As a server, one moment you might find yourself trying to waste away the time left on your shift by folding a mountain of forks, spoons, and knives into beds of napkins, and the next moment you might find a literal tidal wave of hungry and impatient customers stampeding through the restaurant's door. It can pay off if you're already naturally inclined to keep cool under pressure, because it's only a matter of time before someone stages a full on temper tantrum in a restaurant. In this case though, it sounds like the chef was really just trying to make the correct moves based off the information they had. The ball kind of falls back in the server's court for failing to tell the chef exactly who needed the modified dish. 

IT Guy Travels From US To London To Install Toner Cartridge


Get enough technology-phobic people involved in a profitable industry, and boy you've got yourself a recipe for wasteful shenanigans like this tale of an employee who traveled thousands of miles to fix a printer on Christmas. As long as someone else's incompetence and wastefulness ends in your own impromptu vacation, things aren't too bad. For some more rare pleasantness from the world of IT, here's a wholesome IT bro who fixed a guy's destroyed laptop.

Twitter Thread: Bird Breaks Into Guy's Home, Crashes Zoom Meeting


Birds' curiosity can end up getting the best of them. Sometimes while on their adventures they can end up flying right into the homes of people that forgot to batten down all the hatches. Naturally, these spontaneous and theatrical entrances can end up making for quite the spectacle. Generally, people can tend to go into a bit of a panic mode. Really though, just imagine what frantic thoughts must be rushing through the poor bird's brain at the same time. Michael Harriot's Twitter thread about his own experience with a bird deciding to make itself welcome in his home makes for quite the emotional rollercoaster. 

Petty Things People Did To Combat Nasty Neighbors


There really is no substitute for living next to someone you hate. Having a horrible neighbor is something that can take over your life and consume your sanity. Like, they're right over there. All the time. And whether they're throwing their dog's crap over the fence or mowing their lawn at 3 in the morning, people often come to the conclusion that something must be done. Here's an irrational neighbor who demanded nutless baklava and a mean old neighbor who got her rightful comeuppance.

Dad Jokes As Satisfying As A Freshly Mowed Lawn


Dads are the world's leading source of punintentionally punishing puns of worldly wordplay. Just pick a dad, any dad. Find a dad on the street. Just walk up to that old man with his jeans and sneakers and say "hey I'm cold." And watch that dad. Watch his lip quiver as he tries to stop it, but gives in anyway and shouts "Hi cold, I'm dad." Here's a mini-van load of dad jokes and puns.

Big-Wigs Underestimate Demonic Canadian Geese, Learn To Never Do So Again


Yeah, so geese can be unnerving birds to plenty of folks out there, but apparently they build the geese differently out in Canada. Like, those Canadian geese aren't playing any games when it comes to not having their space interfered with. Oh, and it doesn't matter if that space was previously someone else's. They don't give a flying f**k. So, with that info being considered, it's no surprise that these presumptuous big-wigs got the rude awakening that they seemed bound to get in one facet or another of their lives. 

Influencer Leaves Fake Review For Stables, Gets Decimated By Owner's Full Story


It sounds like Brittany wasn't remembering things as clearly as the owner regarding her horse boarding. There's always intrigue to be had when there's a second more detailed side to things, like this lying Karen who got decimated by the owner's response or this male Karen who got his reckoning when he didn't believe a tattoo shop owner. But mostly, poor horse having to deal with all this garbage behavior.

Paranormal Experiences That Convinced People That Ghosts Are Real


There's a whole lot more of the spooky and otherwise unexplainable stuff occurring in this life than we normally slow down to pay attention to. Maybe it's because slowing down to actually note all of those eery moments that sent chills running down our spines is a practice better left untouched. If there's one thing that's for sure, this is just the kind of thread that might leave you feeling inspired to read up on some unnerving two-sentence horror stories.

Janitor Dresses Up, Gets Confused With Manager, Gets Job


It's nice to see the right person get their well-deserved break, and it looks like this guy was not only in the right place at the right time, but also knew the right things and was the right man for the job. For some more goofy stories of professional development, here's the smooth Scotsman who turned a wrong number into a job interview and a cool boss who pulled a hire/fire switcheroo. However, some people aren't so lucky or well-prepared. Here are red flags hiring managers missed during interviews.

Woman Tells Neighbors To Stop Talking In Their Garden, Gets Called Out


Unfortunately, far too many of us have come to the sobering realization that we've ended up sharing a neighborhood or apartment building with an absolute waking nightmare of a neighbor. Some people really just go out of their way to meddle in the affairs of people that they have no business complaining to in the first place. Like, these neighbors were just being respectful human beings living their lives. However, apparently all of the conversations that were occurring on their own property were enough to ignite the rage of a neighbor who quite simply expected nothing short of absolute silence from everyone and anyone living nearby. 

For some more wild drama between neighbors check out the time that neighbors stole from a garden, and then how a plant puns wall of shame ensued.

Facepalm Moments From The Virtuosos of Dumbness


Self-awareness is a skill, but there's nowhere to take lessons. These facepalm moments of human moronitude are a good reminder that most of us are playing with a full deck in the brain department, even if we don't feel like it sometimes. We may lock ourselves out of our houses from time to time, but at least we're not posting one star reviews of national parks complaining that the animals are loose. That's some facepalm-level behavior that we can keep a little bit of distance from, at least most of the time.

18 Rare Insults That Squashed People's Bulbous Egos


Since social media has been around, people have been butting heads on feeds, in comment sections, etc. With all of that spicy banter, and those verbal jabs being thrown around, it can be that much more entertaining to see the rare insults that people clearly dug deep into their arsenal of ruthless sentiments for. If you ended up enjoying these rare insults, go ahead and check out more rare insults to spice up the vocabulary over here.