Monday, May 24, 2021

Swiss Hockey Coach Is Ruthlessly Honest


Well, Swiss hockey coach, Christian Wohlwend is the living, breathing definition of "honest" in human flesh. This quick little video segment is from back in 2018 when he was still a coach, and being asked what he thought his team's odds were. Basically, he didn't foresee a bright future for his team. 

Interviewer Is Way Too Hyped For Tommy Lee Jones


There's definitely something to be said about the power of reading a room, and ultimately what that can do for you when it comes to trying to maintain a flowing conversation. It'd appear that this interviewer misread the general vibe from Tommy Lee jones, just a bit. 

Woman Tries To Ride Camel, Splits Pants, Falls


Maybe it wouldn't be so embarrassing if this lady's pants hadn't split. Maybe it would have gone a little better if she had hung on. Maybe she just wasn't prepared to ride a camel. Also, gotta hand it to Eastern Europe. We totally forgot that straight-out-of-a-cartoon looking circuses like this were still a big thing in some places.

Angry Systems Manager Learns He Engineered Own Nightmare


We've all lost some work to the fates of computer junk, but usually we have the benefit of blaming the system we're using. We get to say "damn this program, I thought I had that crap saved but it's done screwed me over again!" But not this time. IT gets some characters, like this guy who thought he knew better than IT but learned otherwise.

Incompetent Boss Forgets Employee Quit, Gets Reality Check


It's a quick and agitating story about a human being like the one we have in this tale, that can really bring the blood to a boil, when it comes to stewing over how certain incompetent individuals end up in the positions of power that they do. Seriously, it sounds like it's only a matter of time before John ends up making a fail on such a scale that the company itself suffers a big hit. 

Tumblr Thread: Implications Of A Sleep Starved Society


The name of the game in this educational Tumblr thread is to not sleep on sleep. Those zzz's are crucial toward maintaining some kind of balance in one's life. With that being said, we clearly live in a society that oftentimes operates at such a fast and competitive pace that actually locking down the proper amount of sleep every night can become a terrible challenge in and of itself. Keep the Tumblr vibes going with this collection of totally random, strange, and on point Tumblr gems

Choosy Beggar Asks Guy On Dating Site For Free Ride


Of course the stereotypical choosy beggar falls back on the seemingly automated, rude response. This definitely isn't the first time that a cheap and shameless choosy beggar has tried to use a dating app to score a free ride, and we're sure it's not going to be the last time. There are tons of people that frequent these different dating sites that are just trying to score free stuff. You've just got to keep a watchful eye out for the signs, and then, maybe you just don't care. 

Entitled Customer Tells Plumber His Rate's Too High, Gets Nastier After That


Man oh man, our hearts go out to anyone working in the sewage/draining industry who ends up having to deal with these kinds of terribly entitled, if not delusional customers. This scenario was shady from the very beginning. And then after the customer blatantly wastes the poor dude's time, he has the audacity to get all nasty toward the guy. Good riddance and good luck getting that issue resolved. Seems like most of the moral judges in the comments section agreed that this guy wasn't in the wrong at all for walking out on the "job."

New Owner Bullies Employees, Runs Company Into Ground, Fails Court Case


There's a rich history of bosses orchestrating their own downfall and this one is a stellar example. This lady's genius idea was to make their product crappier while keeping prices high and treating staff like garbage. Where could that go wrong? Some bosses make it clear right away that playing along won't be worth it. Here are some job listing horror stories as well as reasons people quit their jobs on the first day.

Twitter Thread: Men of Middle Earth as Bad Exes


People live to talk about Lord of The Rings, be it discussions on Boromir's death, or this tumblr thread on Elvish dialects. Ever watch the Lord of The Rings Trilogy and think "I wonder if Gimli is a bad boyfriend?" Well let there be less ambiguity about those thoughts with this handy guide. Like real life, everyone has their quirks. Basically the only thing to keep in mind is "never Denethor. Never ever Denethor. Don't you ever." For another flight of fancy into the absurd details of a fictional universe, here's how Star Wars characters would take their coffee.

Embarrassing Times People Missed Obvious Hints


There's no perfect script for how a physical relationship should unfold. That means any interaction which might turn sexy can be fraught with ambiguities. As people, sometimes we're just not looking for those signals right away. That or we don't believe anyone would ever be as direct but also indirect as "can you help me change my sheets with me in them." Whether it's because people are scared, overly polite or totally oblivious, there are times guys miss obvious signals.

Twitter Thread: Birds Named By People That Have Beef With Birds


Seriously, if you ever think you're having a tough morning/afternoon/evening, maybe, just maybe, you'll be able to find some temporary solace in knowing that there's literally a species of bird out there in this wild world that's been named the Go-Away Bird. We're ready for more of these. 

School Memes For The Mostly Educated


Sure, there are history memes for the already learned and work memes for those of us who made it out, but there remains a festering pile of memories in everyone regarding their time in school. The horrible group projects, the cringeworthy presentations, the stressful tests and the absurdity of it all left marks on all of us. Some of those marks are somewhat nice, like this nostalgic thread on elementary school, but a lot of them are just scars.

New Roommate Rents Two Rooms, Only Expects To Pay For One Room


Well oh well, this new roommate is coming in hot on the scene with all kinds of red flag behavior. Their reasoning for why they shouldn't be on the hook for paying for the 2/3 rooms that they're occupying is total nonsense. Sounds like the best move here could be to backtrack on this particular new roommate, and get someone new in there. For some more roommate drama check out this dude who reached his breaking point with some roommates over rent division

Tumblr Breaks Down Young Adult Dystopian Fiction


Like Pixar movies and Harry Potter, the denizens of Tumblr have always had a strong knowledge of young adult dystopian fiction. For a while there it was like every new book for tweens was about a teenager in a messed up hierarchy forced to play games of death. There's nothing exactly wrong with that. It's just that like anything else, people's favorite books of their early teen years have become a coldly optimized version of themselves, designed to take advantage of a cultivated interest. Tumblr has a habit of noticing things, like when Tumblr broke down the nine types of movie posters.

Construction Crew Boss Takes Revenge On Vandals With Indestructible Stake


There are a surprising number of people out there that decide to take revenge on inconsiderate, downright belligerent drivers with indestructible mailboxes. In this case though, we have a construction crew boss who hit his breaking point when it came to the amount of nonsense and criminal behavior that he'd put up with from some vandals. Suffice to say, the revenge was swift and critically effective. 

People's Finest Moments Of Revenge


Humans' capacity for enacting cunning and truly brutal revenges on one another is both impressive and vaguely terrifying. If anything it's revenge stories like the ones we have here that should serve as a solid reminder to treat other folks nicely. The last thing you'd want is to find yourself on the receiving end of one of these revenges because you wouldn't play nice with someone. 

Oddly Satisfying Double Pitstop in F1


The flow is otherworldly. Just sitting back and watching this in action might remind you of your own life moments where everything seemed to work out just as you planned.