Thai "Stop Drinking" Ad Is As Direct As It Is Inspiring

Thailand has birthed some absolutely wonderful ads, like this epic Thai bug spray ad that is everything we want from advertisements (which interestingly enough stars the same actor as this gem). This one from the early 2000s offers a direct and somehow extremely motivating message regarding the taking control of one's own life. Yeah, personal growth and financial success are more complicated than what can be explained in a 30 second-long ad that's mostly screaming, but ad space is expensive so this is what they came up with.

Comedy Gems From Tony Hawk On Twitter

Just in case you weren't already aware, Tony Hawk has long been crushing the social media game. Clearly, the dude just has a down-to-earth personality. And that very personality shines through in the little gems he regularly churns out on Twitter. As it turns out, Tony Hawk quite frequently encounters fans that somehow have no idea who he is. Fortunately, he approaches those situations from an egoless place, and just rolls with it. 

Blunders, Goofs, Mistakes, Failures and Chaos

Every part of life brings with it the potential for mistakes, failures, errors and blunders. Is it always our fault? Maybe some proactivity on our part could keep our toilets unexploded and our cars free of snow, but at the same time, the world is unpredictable. No amount of caution will completely save us from failure and stolen underwear, as evidenced by semi-frequent Misfortune Mondays.

Classmate "Saves" Goldfish By Releasing Them Into Ocean, Gets Reality Checked

Well, this is a pure and good old-fashioned fail right here, folks. Our hearts absolutely go out to the poor goldfish that were set "free" into the very body of water that they never wanted anything to do with in the first place. Was the classmate's heart in the right place? Sure. Sure, but that doesn't mean that what they ended up doing was nothing less than an absolute catastrophe. For some more drama from the aquatic realm, check out this story about a pet store employee who saved a starfish from being tortured by a Karen.

The Irreverant and Clever Hot Takes of Xavier

What began as the irreverant jokes and puns of Pakalu Papito has taken on a second life of its own. The original Pakalu Papito was a totally invented twitter account, and sort of morphed into this, another invented dude with the same profile picture. Xavier doesn't exactly exist as a physical person, but more as a spirit of commenting. A state of being, if you will. Transcendent. Here are some more clever comebacks and rare insults.

The Weirdest Colors Paint Store Employees Had To Match

Employees have to deal with a lot of ridiculous customer demands that make work frustrating, but sometimes people just want something really weird. Paint and hardware stores specifically will have people walking in nonstop with random objects whose color struck them as something they would want all over their walls for the foreseeable future. This extends to soap, dirt, melons and body parts.

Various Objects and Things That Had Faces

Every so often, inanimate objects have a whole lot of personality. What starts as a leaf or pile of bubbles can look like a really cool guy. Honestly there are some piles of rocks out there who seem like a great hang. Sometimes inanimate objects just look like other stuff. Deceptive little inanimate objects, trying to trick us. Go back to being things, stuff.

Guy Calls Tech Support Over Password Problem, The Fail Escalates

You've really got to hand it to the people in this world that are working tech support. They are regularly subjected to profound moments of mystifying stupidity from some of the world's most clueless human beings. It's a tech support tale like the one we have here that can really support the notion that some folks absolutely need instruction manuals for when it comes to how to navigate all the technology available at our disposal. For some more humor from the tech support world check out this story about the time that a customer genuinely believed that the internet runs on magic. 

Musician Puns So Bad That Could End In Violins

Do people even like puns? The answer is a very complicated "it depends." The important thing to remember about puns and wordplay is that they can never be medium stupid. They have to be very stupid in order to be somewhat enjoyable. Luckily there are a whole lot of very stupid puns out there. Emotions happen upon the sight of Mr. Bean's face slapped over the Beastie Boys, with accompanying puns. Complex emotions. At least those emotions aren't as confusing as the ones that arise when looking at weird and awkward album covers.

HBO Max Intern Fails Hard, People Share Their Own Fails

We all make mistakes. You live long enough on this planet, and it very well might begin to feel like failure itself is a frequent inevitability of being alive. It's like, things run smooth for a hot second, and the next thing you know everything falls apart. In this case, we have an intern over at HBO Max who had what ended up being a very public wipeout on the Twitter handle. At least other folks were more than ready to disclose their own failures to maybe, just maybe make the intern feel a bit better. 

Mean Old Neighbor Gets Her Rightful Comeuppance

Nothing can quite sink the spirits like realizing that you're living next to an absolute waking nightmare of a human being. Seriously, the whole business of neighbors is a risky game. You might've secured a wonderful home, but if you're also living next to an entitled and outright nasty piece of work, it can really put a damper on the whole situation. It sounds like this lady was going out of her way to give a perfectly well meaning family a hard time. Well, she certainly ended up getting her comeuppance when it was all said and done. 

Lunch Thief Gets Outed By Coworker's Pro Revenge

Man, the people in this world that are out there stealing other people's lunches are really swinging low. It sounds like this particular lunch thief wasn't going to stop with their antics until someone literally exposed them. And oh boy, did they get exposed. I would've loved to have seen the look on "Kyle's" face when he got caught. Also though, pretty uncool on the part of the company itself for not getting involved with the lunches being stolen until one of the higher up's had their own lunch jacked. For another pro revenge tale check out the time that a landlord refused to return a deposit, got taken to court, appealed it, and then lost everything.

After Effects Shows Off Vulture's Flight Pattern

Technology can end up accomplishing some pretty dang cool things. It'd be very neat to see this applied to other birds' flight patterns out there. Maybe mix in some lo-fi tunes, and you've created a whole vibe. 

Woman Gets Targeted By Clique Of Nasty Coworkers, Petty Revenge Ensues

It's stories like these that should serve as an effective reminder that mistreating those around you can end up having all kinds of unexpected, brutal implications further on down the road. Like, for instance, it sounds as if the leader of a terribly toxic pack of this woman's old coworkers ended up getting her comeuppance later when she needed a new job, and had to get the green light from the very person that she bullied. Being able to serve up some of that karmic justice would put a spring in just about anyone's step. 

Town's Businesses Engage in Widespread Sign War

A shoe store, a music store and Japanese restaurant started a sign war on the streets of Christianburg, Virginia. The gentle taunts and rhyming wordplay seem to have spread to other businesses via a Facebook group and the whole thing kind of took off. For sign joke aficionados, here are some sign jokes and some high class sign puns.

Waiters/Waitresses/Baristas Share Their Unexpected Overheards

Waiters, waitresses, and baristas are sharing their unexpected overheards that they've experienced while working on the job. Nothing quite like just trying to muddle through your work day, while you're also playing third party to what could be the ending of a relationship, or some other kind of emotional blowup between a couple people eating a meal. 

Red Flags Hiring Managers Missed During The Interview Process

Hiring managers are really on the frontlines when it comes to catching any risky candidates that might otherwise fool a company into hiring them with a well practiced, entirely fake nice demeanor. The last thing anyone wants to end up dealing with is an employee who is only there because they have some kind of family connection. It's those family connections that can end up inviting the laziest and most entitled of folks into a company. 

People Who Had To Choose Between Partners and Pets

It's a not-unheard-of occurrence in relationships: "either the dog goes or I go." People who set this kind of ultimatum often have a very uninformed view on how much people like their pets. If the cat has been around for 10 years and you've been around for 3 months, don't expect an outcome in your favor. That said, pets aren't always stoic beacons of morality. For example here's Prancer, the irredeemable dog and these pets who shamelessly wrecked stuff.

Scammer Pretends To Be Man's Neighbor, Man Wastes Scammer's Time

We're all busy enough with life as it is, without having to deal with scammers trying to waste our time and take our hard earned money. So, sometimes when folks cross paths with a scammer, they decide to turn the tables, and waste some of the scammers' time as well. This guy certainly handled the situation beautifully. For another great scammer story check out the time that a guy prescribed a scammer a dose of his own medicine. 

Petty Nagging Between Coworkers Evolves Into Friendship

If you get a job in the service industry it's not totally out of the question that you might encounter some testy characters that are determined to make everyone else's lives a bit more miserable and uncomfortable, simply because they absolutely despise their own jobs. You can develop quite the thick skin, and spicy banter to boot, if you work long enough in the industry. You learn how to let the infuriating interactions with entitled customers not totally get to you, while you juggle various rare insults from your fellow coworkers. It can be quite the scene. It sounds like these dudes were eventually able to squash their beef and some kind of friendship developed as a result. 

Helpful Life Pro Tips That Could Come In Handy

We're always down to try to make this whole adulting thing just a little bit easier. Thankfully, the internet contains clutch bubbles bursting with knowledge like Reddit's whole r/LifeProTips community. You never know when one of these might come in handy. So, might as well throw a few in your back pocket for the next time life is trying to be especially difficult, and you need some kind of shortcut to overcome the obstacle that it's planted in your way. 

Punintentionally Punishing Puns and Worldly Wordplay

Puns somehow inhabit the highest and lowest forms of humor at the same time. They're kind of like eggs. They can come in the form of fine, sought-after caviar, or they can get shot out of a chicken's ass for a dollar a dozen. There's no in between. Here are some dad jokes that go father than ever before.

Twitter Thread Pays Homage To Grandmother's Love For D&D

This moving Twitter thread from @AntnHZ is brimming with all the feels. They paint a picture of a very loving and openminded grandmother, who spontaneously decides to take up D&D late in life while she's battling the harrowing ills of pancreatic cancer. You can just feel the love running amok throughout this story. 

Absolute Weirdest Things People Have Seen In Real Life

Existence is quite bizarre. Sometimes we can end up taking that for granted, and then suddenly, life throws us a reality-shattering curveball that leaves us unable to figure out what happened no matter how much analysis and logic are applied to the strange event. This fun and disorienting AskReddit thread takes us down a lightly unsettling rabbit hole, where people share their most unforgettable "glitch in the matrix" moments. 

Karen Demands Exact Change, Upset That She Gets It

There's no winning with some customers. If there's anything that working retail teaches people, it's to never expect decency or understanding out of another single person. Is that too harsh? Nah. When there's people like this scheming rotten salad lady walking around, there's no question why customer service can take on an adversarial tone.

Woman Won't Donate Vacation Days To Coworker, Asks If She's Wrong

Oh boy, the drama between coworkers is a ceaseless phenomenon. This time around we have one woman asking the moral judges of Reddit's AITA community whether or not she was in the wrong for refusing to donate her vacation days to a pregnant coworker. Based off the context provided here it really sounds like the fault falls on the company for putting their employees in a situation where there's no paid maternity leave being provided. If they'd simply provided that, then the rest of the drama could've been avoided altogether. Or, like what if the company just gave her more time off because she's pregnant and all that? For some more juicy drama check out this quick post about an entitled coworker who demanded a free cake, got denied, and then proceeded to issue threats. 

Wholesome Twitter Thread On Movie Theatre's Favorite Customer

The world's always going to churn out plenty of fails and other cringe-packed disasters. Every now and again it's nice to take a break from all that noise, and instead turn our attention to a nice wholesome Twitter thread about a movie theatre's favorite customer. It's an old and eccentric man named Eddie. Basically, Eddie sounds like a gem. An absolute gem. Literally such a sweet human being that he's able to make the otherwise arduous task of working at a movie theatre somewhat bearable. That's no small feat. 

Woman Steals Sister's Boyfriend, Marries Him, Sibling Won't Attend Wedding

Um, this family dynamic sounds absolutely disastrous. Like, we're talking right out of one of those painful reality shows. What kind of person has the audacity to steal their sibling's partner, marry them, and then throw a temper tantrum when their sibling doesn't want to attend the wedding? What did she expect? It sounds like someone's grown very comfortable living in their own little fantasy world. Yes, a fantasy world where she's blinded by such a thick haze of self-concerned narcissism that she's completely detached herself from her moral compass. 

Dumbest Things That People Ever Said

We all have our unfortunate, humbling moments where the ego itself can't stand to exist in the face of unexplainable, self-created dumbness. Maybe these people's stories about the dumbest things that they ever said will make you feel better about your own cringeworthy moments that still manage to haunt you at night when you'd otherwise be catching a great night's rest. 

Teen Driver Forces Parents Hand On Stupid Rule, Actually Wins

It sucks to find yourself on the receiving end of a stupid rule, especially when it's an overzealous parenting decision. It's rare, but sometimes teens find a way to turn the tables, like this kid who rented out his stepmom's house after giving away his PS4. At least the parents ended up admitting defeat. When people can't see reason, it forces others to take stock of the power they have over a situation, like this dude who fought back when a store owner wouldn't change his phone number.