Tumblr Thread: The Big, Weird Empty Mansions of Rich People

Having a mansion used to make sense when people had servants and guests with servants, but now the prospect of keeping a 3 person home with 8 bathrooms and 4 family rooms doesn't really make that much sense, leading to a weird "my empire of dirt" phenomenon with giant houses with empty weird rooms. If this isn't true, and your mansion is very cool and full of stuff, can we come over? Do you have Xbox? For some intriguing insight into the lives of rich people who don't know how much a sandwich should cost, here are wild cases of wealthy people being out of touch.

County Mower Shreds Dad's Shrubs, Dad Revenges With Rebar

This tale of pro revenge involving an inconsiderate county mower and a dad who wasn't going to put up with anyone's nonsense reminds us of another revenge involving a steel-enforced mailbox and a snowplow. The grin on dad's face must've spanned from cheek to cheek. Sounds like the county mower was ultimately unsuccessful with trying to get dad to cough up cash for those broken blades too. Talk about the icing on the cake. 

Canopener Bridge Pops Stack Off Of Semi Truck

There are only so many famous bridges in this world, and fewer still that are famous for the damage they consistently cause. The 11foot8 bridge has worked hard to build and maintain a reputation of strictly enforcing its own height restriction on any vehicle that tries to bend the limits of physics.

Rally Racing In Finland Is As Riveting As It Is Terrifying

Good old pristine nature. The birds are singing. There's a babbling brook off in the distance. And what's that? At the end of the path? There's a loud mechanical hum, a cloud of dust, and what looks like an almost out of control car barreling straight at you at a speed that seems unrealistic for the kind of road this is. It's getting louder now. It's getting--DEAR GOD WHAT IN THE HOLY-- and there it goes.

Dude Argues With Karen For Seat, Wonders If He's The Karen

Very few of us want to become a spectacle on public transportation, but it's also healthy to advocate for ourselves in situations where we're being treated unfairly. Here's the case of a seat-stealing Karen who tried to pull a reverse Uno on the guy who bought the seat she see found herself sitting in. Why do people have to be like this? For another entry in the book of Karen, here's a Karen who had a rude outburst and then ruined her own car.

Frustrating Plot Holes And Movie Details That People Can't Stand

We understand that the people who make movies are just doing their best to make a compelling story, and it's our job to suspend our own disbelief in order to enjoy them. No one is going to stand up in the theater while watching Harry Potter and go "hey, this is stupid, magic isn't real!" But it's those moments that have blatant disregard for their own internal logic that take us out of it. That moment when you think "seriously, why does the wizarding world have a complex court system when truth serum also exists?" To enjoy movies less, here are some frustratingly unrealistic movie logic moments.

Kid Gets Greedy On Halloween, Parent Makes Him Give His Candy Away

Kid takes too much candy, parent says don't do that, kid disagrees, kid gets punished by having to give candy away. Naturally, everyone has pretty strong opinions on parenting. It definitely feels like a satisfying punishment to lay down, but this one brings up some interesting questions. Is it right to assume that this kind of punishment is 100 percent effective? Is it right to expect a kid to respect the sanctity of the "only take this many" rule when they're jacked on sugar and the holiday spirit? How much candy did that kid have to give away? For some more parenting fun, here are parenting memes for those whose lives are over.

People That Made Ridiculous Risky Decisions

Human beings have an uncanny knack for making terribly questionable decisions. Clearly, these people didn't put a whole lot of necessary thought into the actions that they were making, before they went ahead and did their dang thing. Hopefully a list like this serves as a wakeup call to walk through this life with just a little bit more prudence. 

Parenting Memes For Those Whose Lives Are Over

In the time it's taken to look at a few relatable memes, the kids will have probably have found what's in your secret drawer or have climbed into a stranger's van on the loose promise of candy, so don't get distracted for too long. But if it seems like they're chill, here are some more parenting memes for the perpetually stressed and some dad memes for the dads out there.

Employee Contacts HR After Being Told to Work While Sick, Boss Sends This Unhinged Message

This boss is off his rocker. What a power play. Imagine having the gall to send a message like this to your employee after being told off by HR for trying to make your employee come into work while sick. Talk about being utterly unwilling to back down. 

This definitely takes some stones, I'll give him that, but it's also absolute insanity. As the commenters have said, hopefully there's a new management position opening soon.

There are some terrible bosses out there but this guy makes the list.

People Share the Things That Are Tragically, and Sometimes Thankfully, Disappearing From Our World

Some of these things are an absolute tragedy and some of these won't be missed.

It's hard to imagine a world without some of the natural wonders that we have grown up with and taken for granted. Imagine if suddenly the entirety of Yellowstone or Yosemite was to burn down and cease, utterly, to exist. That's basically what has happened to entire stretches of these underwater wonders of the world. Once beautiful and colourful worlds that were teeming with life are now barren and brown.

ahem...

On the other hand you have malls. Who is going to miss those?

Guy's Pure Twitter Thread Is Lesson In Not Judging People

Unfortunately, far too many of us can fall into the vicious mental cycle of drawing all kinds of nasty assumptions about people we've never met, because there are plenty of difficult human beings out there. Well, the thing is that there also a whole lot of other folks that just want to help brighten people's days. Like this guy's classmate for instance. A pretty cool turn of events for these two. Yet another example that the knowledge passed on through textbooks only covers so much ground when it comes to navigating the real world with empathy and understanding. 

In Terrible Blunder, Guy Misreads Lip Reading and Kisses Deaf Friend

She might be deaf but he's bloody blind.

Or maybe he's just read the signs exactly right and then retrospectively misattributed it to something else when the anxiety. 

Either way it looks like, despite the FU, things are going to go his way here. Just goes to show that sometimes you have to take the leap! 

Funny Tweets And Tumblr Gems To Kick Boredom In The Groin

We are at heart, boring people. We live our boring lives, eat mostly grey food, and complain about the drama in our pets lives as if they were people. That's why we need funny tweets and tumblr gems to quote later. There's no sense letting people find out you're boring right away. That's for after you've tricked them into hanging out. So eat up them tumblr gems and funny tweets to have something to talk about.

Staff Sergeant Supervisor Gets Caught Lying About Doing His Job

Is there a better feeling than catching your supervisor in a lie? Yes, when it's in writing. And even better than that, when you can leverage that knowledge to make them give you a more accurate performance review. Interesting things happen when there's a strict chain of command, like this military wife Karen who demanded salutes and ended up getting mocked.

Dumbest Things People Said With Mystifying Confidence

There's nothing quite as puzzling as the bold confidence of a glaringly evident fool. It can be quite entertaining and disheartening at the same time to watch someone go off on whatever tangent they feel compelled to go on, all the while with no idea that they have no idea what they're talking about. Maybe these insights will take you on a trip down memory lane to an experience of your own. 

Weird and Wild Things Kids Did At School

When you get a few hundred to a thousand developing adults into one building and try to get them to follow rules for 7 hours a day, you are setting up a recipe for weirdness. Some kids wanted attention. Other kids (most of us) were trying not to be cringeworthy and failed. Other kids (also most of us) were just bored. We all remember a day at school, trying to get through some drab math exercises when another kid would lean over and say "dude, did you hear about what Jeremy did?" And what an interesting time we'd all have recounting Jeremy's shenanigans. It's not just the kids, sometimes teachers say weird and wild junk too.

Neighbor Claims Someone's Private Property Is Communal Space, Gets Towed

The entitlement is off the charts with this neighbor. What kind of person makes a whole thing out of saying that someone else's clearly marked private property is actually communal space? Clearly, someone who has some severe boundary issues. It sounds like taking the stand and having the lady's car towed was the only way to prevent the situation from getting any worse than it already was. For another ridiculous entitled neighbor scenario, check out this entitled neighbor who expected free high speed internet and then got rejected. 

Contractor Dodges Delusional Choosing Beggar

The level of entitlement in this scenario is truly beyond comprehension. We just don't understand how people end up losing touch with reality like this. There's no possible way to reason with anyone approaching a negotiation like this. 

Choosing Beggar Thinks Free Shower Should Last A Lifetime

Well played by the plumber. This choosing beggar is giving every impression that they'd never have actually paid up. The sheer audacity of this person and their pompous entitlement is beyond comprehension. Check out some more delusional choosing beggars in action over here.

Inconvenient, Weird and Stupid Interior Design

Building a house is hard. Or at least it seems like it when you see all the "not my job" moments of dubious professionalism that go into building anything. People really have a knack for putting toilets in inconvenient places. Who knows, maybe it's nice to have a toilet at the top of the stairs? It becomes a place to survey your domain. Either way, there's no project that goes on without a few moments of professional ineptitude.

Gluten Free Vegan Plus One Wants Wedding Catered To Her

In our world of diversifying diets, we find ourselves in awkward situations over people's dietary restrictions, or even just points they're trying to make. Basically the exact opposite of this situation happened when an uncle at a vegan wedding couldn't handle it and demanded a meat meal. The enduring fact seems to be that if you're a guest and getting a free meal, you're going to find your options limited.

Grossest Things People Ate To Be Polite

So long as you have a decent enough grasp on your moral compass you probably walk through life doing what you can to not upset the people you cross paths with. Sometimes, that can manifest in rather harrowing acts of eating just the kinds of food that make you genuinely sick to your stomach. Maybe these people's accounts of their own experiences eating various foods they found to be utterly terrible, will strike a chord with you. 

Mom Washes Kid's Computer, Tech Support Catastrophe Ensues

Oh mom, her heart was in the right place. Little did she somehow not know that the act of washing a computer would result in the technology being completely ruined. Just imagine being the poor tech support employee caught up on the other end of this absurd debacle. For some more tech support drama check out this customer who tried to get a tech support employee fired, and then ended up being showed up in the process. 

Deeply Unsettling Cursed Images From The Dark Depths Of Existence

Something being too cursed very well might be a thing. Yet, at the same time, it's the funniest thing. It's like part of our brains are hardwired to be helplessly captivated by uncomfortable images. Like, you want to look away but it's also very difficult to do that. Quite the situation. 

Influencer Karen Demands Free Food In Exchange For Fame

Man, oh, man, our hearts go out to any hard working employees that have to deal with these levels of hostile entitlement. The choosing beggars of the world have a way of tossing their social decency out the window when their irrational demands are inevitably rejected. This Karen was in way over her head from the start. 

Restaurant Fails To Account For Customer's Food Allergy, Customer Doesn't Pay For Burger

Food allergies are no joke. With that being said, if a restaurant fails to make good on an order from a customer who specifically asks for certain problem ingredients to be left out, it could be viewed as fair for them to send the order back. As long as the sending of the order back is being handled in a fair, respectful matter it shouldn't be too big of a problem at all. So, this customer asked for a new burger, the restaurant refused, and then the customer decided to only leave enough money for their drink. Some folks in the comments section are in agreement that that was a reasonable move to make. 

"Not My Job" Moments Of Unprofessional Failure

Sure, doing your job the right way is fine and all, but you save some much time and energy by doing things completely improperly. Sure, these become "not my job" moments of failure, but think of all the time and effort saved when you install a gutter system in a way that conveniences no one. These "not my job" moments of dubious professionalism are making it easier for some of us.

Parents and Their "I Just Looked Away For a Second" Moments

Oh, the unparalleled panic of losing your kid at the store. It's common knowledge that kids are weird and dumb, and as it stands they shouldn't be trusted. Look away for a second and they're off trying to drink toilet water or join a new family. Sure, we eventually grow to resent the illogical things our parents do, but for a real long time it's you being the idiot.

Wife Thinks Husband Is Restaurant Manager, Demands Free Meals, Fires Employee

The internet stood in judgement of this intriguing case, wherein an overzealous wife of an employee vastly overestimated her powers. Managerial duties don't transfer via osmosis, but she sure felt like she had the authority to get free meals for her friends and fire a waitress who got in her way. Sometimes people's partners have a hard time with reality, like this Karen military wife who demanded salutes or this Lying brother who covered up the fact his wife was the breadwinner.