It boggles the mind that this "debate" actually managed to make it onto TV. And while we're at it, where's the other person who could go to bat to defend the idea that the moon's actually just a big lit up cheeseball? As far as compelling theories go, let's be real: that one just takes the cake.
Beauty is clearly in the ear of the beholder. Every time we go on to forget just how complex and truly strange our brains are, a video like this one right here comes around to remind us that existence itself is far more bizarre than we regularly give it credit for.
Old people can be quite refreshing with their unapologetic honesty. It's as if they've spent enough time on this planet to come to the stark realization that the honest talk can be the best talk. Of course, this isn't always true. But every now and again it's just nice to hear people share what's really on their minds, without being driven forward by some kind of ulterior motive. With all of that being said, this grandpa's texts are pretty brutal.
Sometimes the best way to feel better about your own sloppy days at work, where you couldn't seem to perform your job up to the standard that was expected from you is to go ahead and read about other people's own tragic professional blunders. Just because there's a paycheck on the other side of all of that work, doesn't mean that it prevents people from failing at their jobs in a wild blaze of anything but glory, every now and again.
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.
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.
Everyone knows that skipping a morning coffee isn't going to push you into the next tax bracket, but truthfully, there are a few really unwise financial options that people see being made every day. For example, renting a lamp is a bad idea. Getting laid off and then immediately buying a brand new car when you haven't paid off the old one is a bad idea. And if you like having disposable income, getting super into Magic the Gathering is a really bad idea. Some bad financial options make themselves too available, but then there are also everyday scams and sketchy businesses that all we can do is hope to avoid. Here's a tumblr user's scary debt lesson and just for fun, the easiest and stupidest money people made.
Mental health days are obviously no joke, but if it's at all possible to convey to the boss in question that it's going to be a taking of the day off situation, that could be a good idea. Especially, when in the position of being promoted and tasked with exciting new responsibilities, like opening the store on time. It sounds like there were some communication troubles occurring between these two. Folks in the comments section seemed to be in agreement that the boss wasn't in the wrong for their decision to ask Peggy whether she wanted the demotion or straight up termination. But you be the judge.
Technical correctness is a spectrum that can run all the way from "stupid and obvious" to "terrifyingly clever" and we're never ready for what we'll find. Will we come away knowing new unexpected truths? Will we just feel like we've had our own believes said back to us? Or will reading statements so obvious make us feel dumber for having read them? Probably all three. But hey, that's what technically correct moments are all about.
This isn't the first time we've encountered a story involving a villainous character who couldn't be pushed to do their job correctly, and we strongly doubt it'll be the last time. It was only a matter of time before this mailman went on to get his rightful comeuppance.
Man oh man, our hearts really go out to the poor people that are working tech support and having to deal with the wildly, hopelessly entitled human beings in this world. In this case, it sounds like Karen was very, very lost. Basically, she got all enraged over her computer literally having a desktop function. Like, what do you even do with that? If you're looking for another juicy tale from the world of tech support check out the time that a client dragged out a ticket for days, and never realized that their device just wasn't plugged in.
Yeah, so those crazy things like the placebo effect that are a part of our daily existence are actually pretty much magic in action. It's truly wild that we can alter our very state of existence just by believing that something will make us feel a certain way. It's pretty humorous that we totally overlook the magical aspects of life. Like, we might as well be wizards.
Anyone who has ever worked a customer service gig knows that the job comes with its unfortunate boatload of experiences that involve dealing with wildly entitled individuals. It's really on all of us to do the very best that we can to act like decent human beings, and just try to make people's daily lives a little bit better.
With so many animals being pushed into the system, you can only name incoming cats "Snowball" so many times before you get bored and start using a random word generator. It seems like they've even freed themselves from conventional names and just started going for parts of speech and infomercial personalities. That said, even if their name is JG Wentworth, these cats are probably all better pets than Prancer, the most irredeemable dog.
I mean, let's be real. There's something about this version that's honestly more appealing. It could be the steady procession of fails in a play that was seemingly destined for doom from its very onset.
Just throw this one on top of the mountain of reasons not to go to Australia. Unless you love spiders so big they have souls, then go for it. The amazing feature here is that amazingly, no one is screaming about the massive, terrified spider scrabbling around inches above everyone's heads. Regular people get in car accidents because they saw a bee, so the fact that they landed fine with a monster in the cockpit is a testament to that excellent pilot focus everyone's always talking about.
Man oh man, just imagine what must've been going through this kid's head after he landed that wildly impressive trick. To be able to have that moment with Tony Hawk must've lighted his heart right on up.
Um, this guy has nerves of literal steel. The way he handles losing his literal engine pretty much escapes what one would think is possible in terms of keeping cool under the awful weight of impending physical doom. Clearly, the guy is going to make a great pilot one day.
It's another episode in the wide world of mailbox drama. The rule was that mailboxes had to be 6 feet from the street, but no one specified in which direction. There's probably no way anyone could get away with this now, but that's what the past is for. What can we say except loopholes are great. Here's a dad's masterfully designed Basketball Loophole and these other loopholes people exploited for years.
Can it even be called a "living" room if there's no toilet in there? "Not my job" moments surround us, thanks to our tendency to not want to do our jobs correctly. Sure, that means a lot of way-too-low ceiling fans and stop signs that say "go" but do you think you could do better? Well you probably could. Thanks to these moments of professional inadequacy we can all feel like we'd do a better job.
Unfortunately, the internet breeds a whole lot of aggressive moments of pure and utterly profound ignorance. Many of us can fall prey to those times when we look to the internet and its collection of definitely unqualified "medical professionals" to provide advice on issues that are definitely in need of medical attention. Maybe these stories will make you feel a bit better about your own mindless moments in the realm of needing/not needing medical advice.
Like this tumblr thread on the age of the Appalachians says, those mountains are older than bones. Not individual bones, but like the advent of bones. Alex Petrovnia gets into the geological wonder of a mountain range that spans continents and eras. It's weird how sometimes the most mundane things can be extremely interesting, like this thread on lobsters orthe electric story on the naming of Triscuits.
Every person's house is a castle, and sometimes castles get put under siege. Whether it's the neighbor's horrible kid, a random dude who got in during a party, or a brother-in-law who needs to stay for one night for six months, we've all had moments that made us wonder "why do I ever let people in here." The bar never seems to hit rock bottom when it comes to the worst houseguests people have experienced. Sometimes distance isn't even enough in the case of people's worst neighbors.
So, apparently there are some folks out there that define the difference of an extra $40 to be worthy of being deemed "extortionate." Clearly, this husband didn't account for the fact that the person he was giving an earful to on the phone would feel compelled to leave a reminder note about their particularly unpleasant encounter. Suffice to say, when the truth was revealed to his wife, it certainly ended up stinging him a bit.
Some companies can be unreasonable, and there are some occupations out there people are sure no one enjoys. But when you refuse to do the job you agreed to do, and push the responsibility onto your coworkers, there become fewer and fewer questions about who's being impossible. It's not even a dietary restriction thing, it's a having coworkers thing. For some "intriguing" dietary stories, here's an uncle who demanded a meat meal at a vegan wedding and an irrational neighbor who demanded nutless baklava.
Like anyone else, our best years are behind us. Or at least they seem that way, since human beings are pretty much psychologically incapable of remembering things accurately. We all want to look back at our VHS tapes and dangerous toys and say that's when we had it all figured out or "young people could never understand this," but in the end it's really just a way of dating yourself. But hey, that's nostalgia, baby.
It's always good to have a reminder that your brain is dumb and can be tricked with a really minor adjustment of perspective. For example, these perspective-twisting images of doubletakery are good for an eye workout. Geese can look like spills, bugs become giant, and peoples limbs take on absurd proportions when double take moments of warped perspective come to town.
Unfortunately, too many of us have ended up attending weddings that featured "lovers" that definitely had a whole lot of the bad stuff boiling right underneath the surface. If you've ever attended one of those weddings, you've probably witnessed your fair share of cringeworthy interactions between the very people that were supposedly gearing up to spend the rest of their lives with one another. If you're looking for some more juicy wedding drama, check out this post about the time that a best man ended up roasting the bridezilla with a nasty toast.
Sometimes our lives feel like magnets for goofs, blunders, mistakes and errors. But luckily that's just sometimes. Unless of course you're the cause of all the spilled eggs, forklift crashes and exploded toilets in your life. Then we can't help you. But odds are, life is usually fine except for the odd misfortunate moments that intercept our usually okay lives. If there's ever a chance to look for some perspective it's on non-sequential but semi-regular Misfortune Mondays.
The reality is that all of us have a hard time completing our jobs successfully at one point or another. We're only human, after all. Fail is always lurking right around the corner. You just hope that your moment of forgetfulness and the failure that results doesn't end up looking like a whole branch of a bank being left open for any criminal to cruise in and take a crack at cracking open that safe. Of course this is the internet, and people are always searching for new ways to drive their clout up. Maybe this is staged.
