Wednesday, March 30, 2022

NFT Memes And Jokes To Send To That Friend Who Bought Into It


The hype train of crypto is a seductive and dangerous concept. The promise of easy lucrative investments and "free money" have been a thing since forever, but instead of being called "blockchain-protected revenue streams" or "Non-fungible Tokens" they were often referred to as scams. Would you like to see my certificate of sale for the Brooklyn Bridge?

It's true, we don't fully understand the underlying technology that gives NFTs their "value" but neither do 99% of the people trying to make money off of them. Most of us have simply been fooled before and it's going to take a lot more than a few tweets about dubious investment opportunities to get people to lay down their hard-earned cash on an image that can literally be copy/pasted in a matter of seconds.

For a more in-depth analysis on the off-the-rails-with-multiple-casualties hype train that is NFTs, check out this article Why NFTs Are the Next Big Thing (If You're A Complete Moron). Anyway, here are some bits and bobs to help mock those who drank the NFT kool-aid.

Woman Milks Boyfriend For Tuition, Dumps Him After Graduation, Gets Called Out During Speech


It's lookin' like someone got tricked.

Be proud of your own accomplishments. But if you fooled someone into funding those accomplishments, and tolerated them for just long enough to take what you needed from them, which is what this sorta looks like, then maybe you don't get to be perfectly proud of yourself for your wonderful achievements.

And yeah, relationships are an at-will environment. It's impossible to know exactly what someone is thinking, and it's well within your rights to break up with someone whenever you so please. But when it looks this damning, it's pretty easy to draw conclusions about your qualities as a person.

The immediate family wasn't so pleased that OP stated the obvious, and honestly OP may very well be on thin ice. If he's hanging around the type of people who don't like having their less-than-spectacular behaviors pointed out, it might be better to think about parting ways a group who will encourage this sort of thing. If he is on the way out, at least he didn't foot the bill for someone's education.

People Share How They Found Out Their Ex Was Cheating


It's important to believe your significant other, but it's also important to not be stupid. If your girlfriend keeps getting "you up" texts from a phone number called "McDonald's," it's pretty safe to assume that she's having midnight liaisons with a different kind of clown, and it's in your best interest to confront her about it. Don't be a mark. Stand up for yourself.

Remember that people will show you exactly what they are like. If someone goes out of their way to lie about seeing a person on the side, they've done an excellent job of eliminating any amount of trust you should have in them if they plan on "apologizing," whatever that means to them.

Here are some ways that people found out their partner was knocking boots with someone else. At times it took some real detective work, and other times it just took having open eyes. Relationships can be weird, so keep that head on a swivel, but also keep it screwed on.

For some more tales from relationships, here are people sharing the things they hate the most about their significant other.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

The Most Wildly Insane and Entitled Parents of the Week (March 29, 2022)


Presenting: This week's list of the week's most insane and most entitled parents. Freshly curated from the bowels of the internet.

Remember that kid who bullied you in middle school on the bus? Remember the kid who thought it was funny to give his teammates concussions during practice on your High School football team? Remember that kid who sat in the back of the class and made masturbation jokes in the 5th grade?

I've got some terrible news for you… They're all parents now. And they're well on their way to introducing another generation of little hell-spawn terrors into the world. 

Someone, somewhere, who grew up with Will Smith or Jada Pinkett Smith is reminded of this horrible reality every time they see the couple and their insane children making headlines. This is also probably the reality for anyone who knew someone who was terrible before they were famous. 

 

Shipwright Shares Two Stories of Nautical-Themed Shipyard Malicious Compliance, Earns $900/hr for 15 Years


This week a shipwright (what the poster describes as being a "Nautical Carpenter") took to the Malicious Compliance subreddit, not once but twice, to tell their nautical tales of malicious compliance, including how they managed to earn $900/hr for 15 years. 

The topics were posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit over the last few days by the user u/Anony19087, with the success of the initial post titled "$6 Per Week" prompting them to post the second topic titled "$15 per minute." We love the related titles and themes between the two stories, with the first telling how u/Anony19087 complied with the shipyard's demands when they were too cheap to pay the "Own Tool" fee and the second sharing how they landed themselves in a situation of long-term compliance that saw them earning up to $900/hr. 

Hey, what's the saying? Whatever floats your boat?

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Jaden Smith Roasted, When He Tweets "That's How We Do It" in Response to Father Will Smith's Violent Outburst


As the Will Smith saga continues to unfold, everyone is determined to throw their hat into the ring, including Will Smith's son Jaden. Now, Jaden has a history of saying and doing some insane stuff that has repeatedly put him on the sharp end of the Internet's roasting stick. We were all playing the "wtf did Jaden do this week" game for a while there, and Twitter had him constantly on blast. 

In 2017 his "Batman" single and music video made desperate attempts to follow in his sister Willow's footsteps. People, at best, referred to the song as a "guilty pleasure." Nonetheless, his parent's money, antics, and stupid white Batman suit were enough to buoy him up to nearly 16M views on that terrible track. 

I'll admit that I've done everything I can to push the Pinkett Smiths out of my mind in recent memory. The family's insane dynamic, beliefs, and ethics make me repeatedly wonder why they're still allowed to be in the spotlight. Worst of all, now the Fresh Prince of Stale Acting has an Oscar under his belt when everyone else in the category deserved it over him. Ok, I haven't seen Bardem in Being the Ricardos, but the performances from Denzel Washington in Macbeth, Cumberbatch in Power of the Dog, and Andrew Garfield in tick, tick…BOOM! were all master classes in acting. I'd argue that they were some of the strongest candidates in the category in recent memory. Meanwhile, Will Smith is always Will Smith dressed in different clothing.

The guy punches your presenter in the face, you let him go back to his seat, and then gift him one of the most prestigious awards in acting… When there were so many other deserving actors in the category. Just give it to whoever was your runner-up. 

Could the Oscars be any more off the mark?

I don't think we need to go more into the incident since everyone will know the story by now. So we'll leave that there. But, subsequently and predictably, the Pinkett Smiths continue to be the Pinkett Smiths and ol' mate Jaden has to chime in with his two cents regarding daddy's actions. 

And, of course, the comment is precisely the one you would expect from someone who grew up in a fantasy land and has a raging pseudo-messiah complex.

The internet has reacted in exactly the manner you would expect, so read on for their comments below. 

The Most Absurdly Out Of Touch Things People Have Heard


Can you blame someone for being wildly out of touch?

Of course you can, are you kidding? There are grown adults who haven't looked at the housing market or the price of college in literally decades, and they're out here trying to "give advice" to the people around them. It's weirdly common to have an absurdly rich person have to ask you why you would "choose" to ride the bus, and for some stupid reason it's still in your best interest to explain your situation politely rather than just saying "cars are expensive and my dad didn't buy me one like yours did, you unproductive, festering scab on the ass of the economy."

It's not hard to cultivate an atom of empathy for the people around you, but for some reason there are people who live their lives trying to resist it like it's a ball gag being pulled around their mouth. And that's how you find yourself at a party, very kindly trying to explain to a dead-eyed corporate lawyer's kid at a party that no, 20 bucks is still 20 bucks and you're gonna have to pay me back for the pizzas I bought, Kevin.

For some more winners, here are some features that quietly scream "I've got tons of money" as well as some of the dumbest things people have heard out of someone else's mouth.

Restaurant Sign Is Full Of Enduring Jokes And Insight


If we could get all our advice from a Tex-Mex restaurant in Austin, we would. And to a great degree, we do. Nothing soothes a broken heart like the warm embrace of hot queso. It's like a hug from the inside, and pretty soon all of our organs will be encased in a thin layer of love that will inevitably shock our doctors.

But restaurants only provide us with a gooey and delicious replacement for feelings, they also sometimes have a strong and persistent culture of sign jokes, to feed out hungry minds as well. El Arroyo is nonstop with the quips, and that's a beautiful thing. The big sign is a true bastion of self-expression. The foot-tall mismatched letters like a paintbrush in the hands of so many a Da Vinci. The many puns and jokes, each their own Mona Lisa.

Here are some more sign jokes for people who prefer their puns large and in public.

HOA Doesn't Tip On Massive Pizza Order, Gets Whole Neighborhood Blacklisted


To some, the HOA is a mark of quality, a seal of assurance that you're living in a "proper" neighborhood, whatever that's supposed to mean. But for many, it's just an organization where your most power hungry neighbors who have the most fascist ideas about what proper garbage can placement is and the most free time to argue about it get to stretch out their bullying legs and tell fellow adults that they can't paint their house a certain shade of gray.

There are tons of times when the HOA does more harm than good, like this busy body "HOA Karen" gets a guy's car towed without actually being on the HOA board or this time where a homeowner staged a revolution against their corrupt HOA. As it turns out, people don't like being fined by their next-to-zero authority having neighbors, and they're willing to battle with them.

In this case, a local HOA got too big for its britches on a massive pizza order, and guess what? No more pizza. Bad HOA. Bad!

Jealous Coworker Tries to Get Woman Fired Because of Her Implants, That She Got After a Double Mastectomy, Plan Backfires


This woman found herself targeted by a catty coworker after the coworker discovered that she had breast implants. The woman had gotten them implants at the recommendation of her therapist following a double mastectomy. When the coworker escalated the drama to new heights and tried to get the woman fired from her job, the woman turned the situation around on the coworker.

This post stands as one of the highest-rated posts of all time on Reddit's r/ProRevenge subreddit, where it sits with a whopping 72.5k upvotes. The topic was initially posted by a user who has since deleted their account, but the post still stands as a monument to her incredible story of revenge. 

This terrible coworker must have been jealous of the woman, her cruel comments and jokes reek of envy. Incredibly, the woman could get ahead of the situation and take substantial evidence to HR to defend herself. That seems to be the common theme in these situations. 

 

 

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Monday, March 28, 2022

Insane Tattoo Artist Brands Client With Their Initials, Can't Believe Client Is Upset


It's hard to imagine literally branding another human being and thinking that is ok but that is exactly what happened when this riled client made an unfortunate choice in a tattoo artist.

This story was posted to Reddit's r/AmItheAsshole subreddit by u/TattoodNoobAITA (OP), the tattooed individual in question.

The tattoo was to be a sentimental 'heirloom' type of piece as it was a tattoo that had been received by three generations of the men in OP's family. So it was essential that the piece look exactly like the others. OP brought a photo with him when he went to get it done, it was not to be an original or derivative work.

That's important here because the only supporting argument that could be made for the artist's actions that followed would be that she was an artist who wanted to sign her work. That, in and of itself, is an argument that a good number of us could understand. It is only natural for an artist to want to claim credit for their creation. 

But there is a line here. The sheer number of tattoo artists who responded in the comments support this. It is never ok to leave your mark on another human being (without their consent). This is, apparently, a code within the tattoo artist community. 

The other problem with this is that it wasn't even an original piece and it was important that it be identical to his ancestor's. So why sign it at all?

The simple fact of the matter is that branding another human being is a bit twisted and gets worse the more you think about it. 

The artist takes the L here. 

Manager Demands Worker Covers Shift on Their Day Off, Demands They Answer Their Phone When They Quit


An employee received a text from their boss last Thursday asking them to come in to cover a shift for their coworker. When the employee responded that they could not come in because they were studying for an exam, the boss answered that they were "expected to be available for tonight's shift." Things escalated to the boss saying they were "disappointed," and the employee decided it was time to walk away

The employee nailed it on the head; what a downright demanding individual. But we're starting to see so many posts like this it makes you wonder… just how prevalent is this?

This post was posted to the r/antiwork subreddit by Redditor u/Hoodtho after the incident last week. It was published with the title "Happened on Tuesday but [middle finger emoji] this idiot" and has hit the top of the subreddit with 21k upvotes. 

Workers have been supportive and noted their thoughts on the topic. u/ItzYaBoiQuez noted that "Work likes to think it's your parent." which seemed to be something that many commenters could relate to. The comment has since garnered 3.3k upvotes. 


 

Evil Stepmother Gives Away Guy's Playstation, Guy Gives Away Stepmother's House


 

In this story, two family members (it's complicated) came to metaphorical blows after the passing of their connecting loved one. It's an almost biblical tale of revenge as this step-son decided to take an eye for an eye after his "hag" of a stepmom took his Playstation out of his own home and gave it away.

This story was posted to the r/ProRevenge subreddit by u/YoungSourSwede (OP), the narrator and step-son in the story. He had tragically lost his mother to ovarian cancer five years before the events of this story took place. His father then remarried to Grace. u/YoungSourSwede was skeptical of her from the start. Luckily, when his father passed a year after the couple was married, he left the house to his son.

Grace was less than thrilled and, despite her making some inappropriate moves, the OP allowed her to stay on. Until she gave away his Playstation, that is. 

 

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Teacher Asks Kids What Makes A Good Person, Gets Mixed Results


George Pointon is a teacher and Twitter personality who, in his words, is "exploiting children's imagination for likes." At least he's being honest. In this escapade, he asked kids what they think makes a good person. Most of them had pretty straightforward answers that any regular adult would say. Some were a little more short-sighted. Maybe what's startling here is the percentage of kids these days who could still be duped by candy and a puppy. But at the same time, we all know a lot of adults who would get tricked by that too.

Maybe all we can really hope for when looking to 6 year olds about moral quandaries is that they've at least learned enough from life so far that their moral compass is pointed vaguely in the right direction. It seems like that's what we got here.

For some more goofy things kids think, here are somekids who tried and failed at difficult names.

Tumblr Gems To Help Deal With That Sinking Feeling


The internet is carved up into its various segments and domains, all with their own special features. Want to listen to your uncle spout off the most idiotic takes you've heard in your life? That's a job for Facebook. Want to listen to a complete stranger spout off some of the most idiotic takes you've heard in your life? Then Twitter is the place to go.

But if you want to read a person's werewolf fanfiction that includes them as the main character? That's a job for Tumblr. It's a strange place covered in everyone's weird ideas, and no story is perfectly safe from the praise and mockery of its users. Want to read a dissertation on the use of primary colors in Ratatouille? Have a need to see someone describe exactly how dangerous a goose is? Tumblr is there with some absolutely out-there junk.

For some more time-wasting spectacle, here are some more tumblr gems uncovered from the deep.

People Share Their Most Tantalizingly Useless Facts


The pursuit of knowledge is a noble one. At the same time, it probably doesn't help a whole lot to be able to describe exactly where cashews come from, or what elephants really think of mice. But at least it's amusing to know things, however trivial they may be. Many of us have done a great job tricking other people into thinking we ourselves are smart just because we know one or two things about the chocolate harvesting process. In actuality, we don't know that much, have few marketable skills, and are terrifically bad critical thinkers. Give us a square peg and a round hole and we'll bang those bastards together until the hole gets eroded. But ask us about the planets and we'll have at least 5 or 6 seemingly insightful things to say, and only 1 or 2 of them will be easily disprovable.

For some more insight into the world we live in, here are some science facts that show the terrifying scope of our universe.

Guy Insults Ex In Front of Her Husband, Wonders if He's Wrong


Presenting: This guy.

u/throwawaysnapchat_ra posted this topic to r/AmItheAsshole after a disastrous interaction on what became a painfully long flight.

He ran into his ex-girlfriend from University on a flight and recognized her before she realized who he was. They were seated next to one another, and once he confirmed who she was when she removed her mask momentarily, he engaged her in conversation. 

Unbeknownst to him, the man seated next to her on the other side was her, now, husband. Things were pleasant until the Ex introduced u/throwawaysnapchat_ra as a "friend" from Uni, and the husband asked what his wife was like in Uni. 

When u/throwawaysnapchat_ra replied with a thinly-veiled insult, things got real awkward quickly. The Ex told her husband, "He's that jerk I cut contact with." The couple swapped seats, and the husband shot daggers at him for the rest of the flight. 

u/throwawaysnapchat_ra posted the thread wondering if what he did was wrong and has been obliterated in the comments. He had to make an edit asking people to stop sending him Direct Messages as he has gotten the point that he was wrong. 

Will Smith Assaults Chris Rock Live at the Oscars, Wins Award Moments Later, Internet Reacts


What the heck just happened?

So, let's get this straight… You can get up on stage at the Oscars and attack a presenter live on television, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, that security is going to do to stop you? You are then free to return to your seat while the person you just attacked has to fumble through the rest of their presentation awkwardly. You have got to be kidding me. 

The show should have been stopped, and Will Smith should have been removed from the building. Please tell me I'm not the only one thinking that here. 

Instead, he was gifted one of the most prestigious awards an actor can receive mere moments later. There is no way that he will be allowed to keep that once Chris Rock files for assault.

It was so unbelievable that something like that initial smack could happen that I admit I initially thought it was scripted. The lack of reaction from the production team made it seem like it had to be planned. It wasn't until Will returned to his seat that you started to wonder what the heck was happening. 

His angry yell cutting through and awkward silence of a hall that had been, moments before, filled with fanfare has got to be one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen on television.

Sure, Chris's joke was in abysmal taste but if we can attack comedians now for saying something that we don't like, what sort of message is that sending? There needs to be serious repercussions for this type of behavior. Being Will Smith should not excuse you. 

The Oscars are back in a big way, but for all the wrong reasons. We are going to be talking about this for a long time and Twitter has been going absolutely nuts since the incident occurred. 

See the videos of the incident and Will's acceptance speech minutes later below, along with some of the best reactions so far.

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Entitled People And Their Terrifically Shameless Demands


Life is full of surprises.

You might live your life thinking to yourself "there's no way that anyone would be selfish and petty enough to leave a one star review for a restaurant because they arrived 5 minutes after closing time and had to be turned away. In no world would anybody be so delusional as to think that the staff of a Jack In The Box owes it to them to stay at work after closing just so that they can get a burger." You would be invariably wrong. There are people like that absolutely everywhere. You might even know a few. You might even be one. And if you are that type of person, please know that the rest of us hate your guts.

But if you're not the kind of person who thinks that they should get to keep their neighbor's lawnmower because they "just want it more," then you might get be intrigued by a glimpse into the lives of people who seem to think that the people around them are just squishy mannequins who tell them "no." Feel entitled to view these bold shenanigans of entitled people.

Entitled Parent Won't Change Her Own Kid's Diaper, Insists Daycare Worker Do It Off The Clock


As a rule of thumb, if you're interested in having children, you should be prepared for the possibility that at some point, you're gonna get covered "baby product." Much like going on a rollercoaster if you hate rollercoasters, it would be considered unwise to have to take care of a thing that poops a lot if you are fundamentally incapable of tolerating the poop.

Which leads us to this lady's "solution" which was to ask someone else to change her kid's diaper for her as if they were her personal employee. It leads to the question, who is the true baby here? The internet went to bat for this person's right to not have to change a customer's kid's diapers off the clock just because this parent is afraid of doing the bare minimum of caring for her own child.

For another wild tale of parenting shenanigans, here's the entitled sister who dropped off her kids for unscheduled babysitting just to have their sibling dump the kids off at a real daycare.

"Nice Guy" Gets Roasted For Harassing Woman With Cringey Messages


After receiving harassment from this cringey "Nice Guy," a woman has posted the messages online where they have become a trending topic on Reddit.

Redditor u/Living_Swing9680 posted the images in this threadafter she became the target of persistent attention from an acquaintance. 

The guy starts with some textbook "negging" before attempting to make his move; by the time u/Living_Swing9680 has given her second reply, it's already evident that she is over it. 

The Nice Guy responds, "I see you broke up with [ex-boyfriend]," indicating a significant degree of personal familiarity and cueing us that this is, unfortunately, someone she knows and not just a Tinder match. 

He responds that he is sorry for what her ex-boyfriend did before setting up his demands. 

There are so many red flags from this guy. From the rehearsed "Pickup Artist" strategies to his complete inability to take "No." for an answer. 

Guys. Don't treat women like this. No matter what you might have heard otherwise, this "Pickup Artist" bull is dangerous and plain creepy.

 

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Power-Tripping Boss Reminds Employee She Can Quit Any Time, She Does


There are a lot of reasons to stay employed. For one thing, being warm and dry while getting to eat food is pretty sweet. Managers know how much people like not starving, and sometimes they'll leverage that fact and scare their employees instead of properly managing them.

This person had just such a boss, who took great joy in the fact in telling her that she could fire her at any time. Surprisingly, this isn't a very effective way to hold onto staff in the long run. Who knew? It should also be noted that treating people this way gives them good cause to consider making a "screw it, I'll deal with it later" kind of decision.

The thing about at-will agreements is that they work both ways, so this employee was well aware that she could quit at any time she liked. So when the time was right, she took advantage of the agreement her boss seemed so keen on referencing.

For some bombastic exchanges, here are satisfying times people quit an unreasonable boss.

Woman's Boyfriend Can't Control His Entitled Daughter When They Invite Themselves On Her Holiday, She Leaves Them At a Car Rental and Tells Them to Find Their Way Home


After her boyfriend invited himself and his brat daughter on this mother's holiday with her sons, they could not have been on worse behavior. After putting up with the daughter's entitled behavior for most of the trip, the mother snapped and sent them packing, leaving them at a car rental agency and telling them to find their way home.

The altercation between the couple occurred after a series of infuriating events enabled by the boyfriend, Dave, a 44-year-old male and perpetrated by his 17-year-old daughter. His girlfriend, a 27-year-old woman, and the boys' mother, u/719917710, posted the topic to the r/AmItheAsshole subreddit to get outsider's opinions on whether or not she was in the wrong.

The road trip was supposed to be a chance for the mother to get some time alone with her sons, doing the things they had always wanted to do together but had not been able to. 

"I booked a road trip for me and my sons roughly 3 months ago." explains u/719917710, "A road trip consisting of roughly 26 hours worth of driving with stops in between. This is the first time I've ever been financially able to do much of anything with my children so I went all out. Planned to stop at every place they had ever asked me to go, basically. I was beyond excited to surprise them with this trip."

Things started to get complicated when Dave invited himself and his teenage daughter along.

"A week before leaving my [boyfriend] Dave decides he wants to go with me and bring Ann as a "bonding" experience. We do not live together and Ann has never liked me because I'm "boring". She has said this to my face. So Dave thinks it will be good. I didn't really want either of them to go but thought what the hell, why not."

The reasons "why not" would soon emerge when the daughter was repeatedly offended at the very presence of the young boys and their mother. Her entitled behavior was unrestrained by her father. Tension and temper began to rise as the trip approached its pivotal moment.

It's hard to call, but our stance is that this is leaning away from being an "NTA" (Not the Asshole) and more of an "ESH" (Everybody Sucks Here). Obviously, the boyfriend and his daughter are absolute assholes here and deserved almost every bit of this. But the mother had plenty of opportunities to say "No." to them coming on the trip and her reaction was an emotional one that put them in the precarious situation of getting home from out of state. So it's hard for us to let her off the hook.

That being said, commenters were resoundingly supportive of her actions and overwhelmingly proclaimed her "NTA".

Read on for the full story below. 

 

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Saturday, March 26, 2022

Guy Sexually Harasses Female Coworker With Inappropriate Texts, She Responds Via Work Email With the Messages Attached


When a coworker targeted this woman with unsolicited texts and harassment, she devised a clever plan to bring him into the light. 

The thread was posted to the r/AmItheAsshole subreddit this week by the aptly named u/businessbittch with the title "AITA for replying to a coworker's inappropriate texts by work email, and attaching them?"

It's hard to imagine a situation where you could be "the asshole" for deftly handling a coworker's inappropriate behavior. Still, her posting of the topic was fortunate as she received some sound advice. 

Commenters were quick to offer their admiration for how she handled the situation. "May I say, you have brass ovaries, and I admire them," said Jetztinberlin

Others urged her to take the issue to the Human Resources department and "get ahead of" the problem. "Go to HR immediately. NTA." replied user MurielFinster. To which u/businessbittch responded, "I was thinking I'd wait to see if he would chill... But honestly, with him coming by to bother me in person, that's not a bad idea."

Read the full story below.

 


 

Woman Brings Dishes From Home to Trick Others Into Washing Them at Work, Coworker Introduces Dishes to the Bin


Sometimes an inappropriate action deserves the appropriate response; it's the simple laws of cause and effect acting out their parts. This is how it was when u/elena247's coworker decided to execute the clever ploy of bringing their dirty dishes into work to have others wash them. When u/elena247 discovered what their coworker was up to, they decided the appropriate response was to introduce the dirty dishes to the trash can. Sounds like a reasonable plan to us.

This topic was posted to the r/pettyrevenge subreddit, where it got 7.8k upvotes. Commenters overwhelmingly supported u/elena247's actions who explained the situation a little more in the post. 

"I'm a server and we do have a dishwasher on certain days but oftentimes if it's slow the dishwasher won't come in and it's up to the servers to wash the dishes from service," u/elena247 explains. " As you can imagine, this can lead to us being torn from two places at once hence my repeated frustration at her bringing her dishes in the morning and dumping them for a server to do instead of her quickly putting them through the dishwasher herself."

The coworker sounds like a lazy good-for-nothing. Besides, as commenters have also addressed, wouldn't it take MORE effort to bring the dishes to work and back then to wash them yourself at home?

Read on for the full story below. 

Dealership Tells Guy He'll Have to Sue in Order to Resolve Issues With His Vehicle, He Does, Management Sees Writing on the Wall and Caves


When this customer bought a used 2014 Mazda 5 from a dealership, the last thing he was expecting was for the car to stop running less than a month later. The dealership refused to accept responsibility despite their mechanical guarantee when the vehicle refused to start on Christmas Day. The manager told the customer that he'd have to sue to get anything out of them, so he took their advice. 

Redditor u/functi0nalPsych0path posted this thread to the r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit, where it hit trending and garnered a whopping twenty-nine thousand upvotes.

When the poster began having troubles with his vehicle, he organized for the repair to be covered by the dealership, but he could not get a hold of anyone when the bill came through. 

After finally getting a hold of and explaining his frustration to the Supervisor of the dealership, the Supervisor interjected with some choice words. Words that he would live to regret. "He cuts me off and says, 'What, are you going to take us to court over $296.47? I don't think so, but go ahead and sue. We will win, and if that small amount is worth suing to you, you probably don't have the resources to actually sue.'"

 

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Twitter Thread: Kids Trying And Failing At Hard Names


It's not very intuitive for a 3-year-old to grasp that another kid's name can be England. He only knows like 30 words anyway. That's how you end up with a kid coming home and saying they just met a new friend named Eggplant. And since kids can be pretty confident about this sort of thing, they'll defend their decision with tooth and nail, insisting that it's completely reasonable that a parent would name their kid Eggplant.

The parents of Twitter shared their similar experiences when their own children insisted on meeting a peer with a name like "Dumpster" or "Harmonica." And honestly, with all the Kelvyns and MacKeighleighs running around, it's getting harder and harder to know if your kid is mistaken, or if some parent out there really did name their child "Chaos."

For another thrilling episode of millennial fandom baby names, here's the joker of a coworker who named their kid after their fandom and then criticized a woman for doing the same.

Viral 93-Year-Old Retired Farmer Gets Free Hats from Tractor Supply Co. and Has the Most Wholesome Reaction


Everyone who has ever had a papaw knows and loves the heartfelt "how 'bout that" reaction. 

Woman Ignites Voracious Online Debate By Claiming that Women Should Receive PTO For Menstruation


Another r/antiwork post has been rocking the foundations of the internet over the last 24 hours. This post titled "Women should be given PTO for heavy periods. Do you agree?"

The topic was posted to r/antiwork by u/CallMeWolfYouTuber, which sparked the online debate. At the time of this writing, the post has earned 23k upvotes.

In the post, u/CallMeWolfYouTuber explains her stance, "I feel like women people with a uterus should be given PTO for heavy and/or especially painful periods. It's so painful sometimes, and it feels like all of the energy has been sapped from your body."

The argument for menstrual leave has been hotly debated on the internet for several years with the topic being featured on Fortune and Time within the last few months. The support for the movement has been gaining momentum over the previous few years, which is enormous strides considering Maternal Leave was being contested in the United States less than 30 years ago.1

But what defines a "heavy period"? Is that something that we want to leave a private company to decide? This is one of the things pointed out by commenters of the thread. 

"I think you want a generic PTO policy - last thing you need is some idiot in HR verifying your claim." replied user reddogrjw.

It stands to reason that a more comprehensive, overarching PTO policy regulation would be the right answer. Providing an employer with too much medical history can only be disadvantageous and explicit policies for specific conditions only erodes your right and ability to maintain Medical Privacy from your employer.

Workplace Fairness describes this right as follows. 

"As an employee, there are just some things that an employer does not need to know. For example, that one time you broke your arm bike riding in college, or that time you had your blood drawn to test for pregnancy. While this information may seem irrelevant and, at times, highly sensitive, your employer may have access to such information. Some employers can even require you to take medical tests or inquire about your medical history"

Other commenters seemed to be in the same frame of mind. "Everyone should have PTO for whatever personal reasons they want to use it." commented user leonardsansbees.

Less supportive commenters adopted a "suck it up" mentality. "This is the most stupidest shit I've read. Why should women get special privileges for being a woman lol. You should just get pto when needed." remarked PersimmonRecent4732.

"If women get time off for "heavy periods", men should get time off for dealing with those women, Awomen!" declared Then_Arachnid6445.

"I don't even give my woman a day off sex when she has heavy flow." commented another user, receiving a flood of downvotes on their comment. 

All in all, being r/antiwork, responses were largely supportive. What's your take on the issue?


 

Friday, March 25, 2022

Business Owner Refuses to Remove Guy's Phone Number From Receipts, Guy Pretends to Be Business Owner


When a lazy and cheap business owner got rid of their old number it was reassigned to this guy's private residence. The phone calls began pouring in from confused customers.

This delicious story of revenge was posted to r/IDontWorkHereLady by u/Billiam201

u/Billiam201explains that he tried to contact the business and resolve the issue but was met with a rude reaction from the person who turned out to be the business's owner, "Fred". After some conversations with the business's staff about how cheap the owner was, he realized he was dealing with an extremely unreasonable individual who was not going to do the right thing. So this guy was all like, "Look at me, I am the Captain Business Owner now."

Taking matters into his own hands would prove to be an effective strategy and, after several nuclear reactions from deceived customers who thought their orders were being handled by the fake "Fred", he got his wish.