Sometimes, you just find it within yourself to meet someone's toxic, nasty BS with nothing short of aggressive niceties. Honestly, if the cloud of ignorance isn't too thick between you and the entitled Karen that you find yourself sharing a room with, the kindness can actually end up being effective. Like, what we have here.
There's a rich history of new owners coming in and completely destroying what was good about a workplace, like this time new owners bullied employees and ran their company into the ground. In this case they made the mistake of depending on one person, making him very angry and then giving him time to think about it. Good on Jimmy.
There's something hardwired into us as human beings, where we're terribly susceptible to willing ourselves into believing completely blatant lies that people are telling right to our faces. Maybe it's some sort of conflict avoidance. Maybe it's that romantic, idealistic urge to try to see the best in someone. With all of that being said, it's nothing short of a stupefying wonder that these people were able to get away with the dumb lies that they were.
How cold hearted can you be? The mom in this scenario literally goes out of her way to tell the store what her 1-year-old (1 YEARS OLD) daughter did when it came to lifting a sweets item. And then the store still has the heartless audacity to tell the mom that she's banned. Pretty unreal.
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.
For much of the world, Canadian identity has been boiled down to a few stereotypes about politeness, hockey, beavers and syrup. And there's definitely a lot of it up there. But just chalking up an entire nation to those few things is wildly unfair. They also have a lot of snow, moose, Tim Hortons and contrary to the whole politeness cliché, some of them are mean. Hopefully this has broadened the scope on what it means to be Canadian.
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.
It's not every AITA post where you read the title and expect to be entirely on the poster's side. Only to read through and realize that they are, in fact, completely in the wrong.
That's what made this post an entertaining one for me. Reading the title I was thinking "That b*. How dare she.". Only to click through and have the realization slowly dawn on me that this guy has it completely wrong.
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.
Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place. This is an unimaginably hard position to be in with your employer, especially when your coworkers start to turn against you too. It can feel extremely isolating and you start to wonder if maybe you are the one in the wrong. The gaslighting can be real.
This exceptionally massive gathering of fantastically epic Ken M trolls will help you kill a little bit of time during your wayward weekend hours.
If you somehow haven't stumbled across Ken M's work before you're in for a treat. He is known for his benignly absurdist comments around various different sites and forums. His brand of 'trolling' sets him apart from other trolls you might find around the internet in that his banter is harmless and purely used to goad unsuspecting victims into responding to his absurdism in bewilderment.
It's all in the name of a good bit of fun and we're all better off with this living legend in our midst.
It's always crazy when some massive coincidence like this happens on the internet. What are the chances that two things like this will conjunct amidst the millions, if not billions, of comings and goings on the internet.
As the author describes further down in their comments; The worlds of specific niche fandoms is smaller than we might expect. Regardless, it's still crazy when something like this occurs.
There's nothing worse than when you have something burning in your mind that you can't quite put together. You've forgotten the name of that thing and that thing is just out of reach in the depths of your memory somewhere. As much as you try to stretch and stretch your brain you just can't get that bubble to pop and it becomes this annoying feeling that you just might not ever recover whatever that thing was from the recesses of your mind.
Great that the author of the fanfic they were referring too just happened to be hanging around on this particular subreddit! We love when authors and other artists turn up at random spots on the internet. Like when THE Neil Gaiman turned up to weigh in on Coraline Being Too Scary.
Designing things is hard. And it's not just a matter of spelling something correctly so that it doesn't accidentally say something filthy. Sometimes design fails exhibit really poor craftsmanship, horrible toilet placement or just a complete lack of sense. Whether it wields some kind of irony or is just sort of gross, design failures remind us daily that things can be worse.
There's nothing worse than having a new superior who just marches in and thinks they own the place. These people often have the absolute incapability to listen to other people and their ego's get in the way of them possibly learning anything from the people who have been there long enough to become a part of the furniture.
If they would just stop and pay attention for a moment they might actually be good at their job and win the respect of those under them. Instead they try to trap their employees into unethical and illegal agreements.
Good on this stalwart armorer for sticking to his guns and getting this toxic CO removed from her command.
With every great joke uttered, there's always someone out there with the potential to miss that joke by miles. Not only that, but they'll have the sheer audacity to treat the joke teller like they're the moron. It's obliviousness like that that feels like a kick in the teeth to humanity in general. Is there helping bozos who didn't get the joke? Maybe, but only if they want to be helped.
Whatever you have currently going on in your life that you just wish you could escape from... You can rest easy knowing that at least you're not one of these poor souls.
The utter misfortune of their existence at these precise moments is something that we can be grateful that we're not experiencing.
If you enjoy these be sure to check out these embarrassing mistakes people made during job interviews!
Cheers to that. Pogs in chat.
The nerve of some people. If it were me... My mother-in-law would never be receiving a gift ever again after the initial incident. It's honestly baffling how someone could possibly be so entitled about something that is being given to them as a gift.
There's got to be other reasons why the husband was "unable to be present" at his mother's birthday. If I were him I'd make sure to have a scheduling conflict every year.
That in mind... It's cruel to send your wife in your place to your mother's birthday. Either you both go or no one goes.
This isn't the first we've seen of entitled in laws and one can imagine that it won't be the last.
It's footage like this that goes to show how incredibly dangerous flash floods are. The crazy destructive power of thousands of gallons of water combined with the suddenness of a deeply bad situation can put someone in a life or death situation in seconds.
Ken Turner is a prolific bass singer capable of singing notes so low they're almost inaudible to the human ear. We imagine that every time he tells a story, the building he's in shakes apart. We're simply impressed that the frequency of his voice doesn't pop all of the seams in his clothes. It's a low voice.
Sure, we could do things correctly all the time, but where's the drama in that? We're busy people, and doing things in a way that is only technically right is a far superior option when it comes to looking clever and making people upset. That's the beauty of technically accurate moments that aren't incorrect.
Grief over the loss of a loved one can cause us to do some pretty crazy things and act in ways we normally wouldn't. But, as multiple commenters have pointed out here, it is very concerning that the husband thinks he has some kind of authority over his wife. A partnership is just that. You are equals, no exceptions. If that's not the case it's probably the time to get the heck out of there.
Sounds like a hard situation all around.
I'm imagining a house that is absolutely covered in Christmas lights like the Griswold residence. With so many lights on it that you would be instantly blinded if you look at it.
If it's anything other than that this HOA Karen is an absolute grinch.
There's no way she has any right to tell this guy what to do, especially since he isn't even a part of her HOA. She's just looking for something to get upset over so that she can wave her false authority around.
At least we have her to thank for creating this hilariously ridiculous scenario.
There are a lot of reasons to try something bad. Maybe you're being polite and you don't want to offend your mother-in-law by spitting out her famous "salt pie." Maybe you're open minded but your palate just isn't used to the flavor of uric-acid flavored shark carcasses. Or maybe the person feeding you just doesn't care. Everyone has a story of the worst foods they've ever eaten because man they're hard to forget.
We're all out here doing our best. Okay that's a lie. We're all out here trying to not do our worst. Most of the time, that's sufficient. But there are other times, not so good times, where our only-okay decision-making skills lead us astray. People will drive into planes, wash cheese and bake their glasses into bread. Life is full of chaotic moments of misfortune that we can't exactly avoid. Maybe we could if we tried a little harder, but who's going to do that?
Obvious Plant has made people doubletake for years at their off-the-wall satirical takes on everyday products, posters and toys. The humor itself is surreal enough that it makes us feel smart for feeling like we get it, but it's direct and stupid enough that we actually get it. Who doesn't want to buy a pack of little plastic dead birds?
People are strange. We're mostly reasonable and capable of empathy, but there are some of us who would throw a tantrum at the suggestion that we should treat other people with respect. Entitled peoplewill literally send angry emails to hospitals complaining about the noise of an emergency helicopter in the process of saving someone's life. They'll leave false one star reviews for restaurants because a server only did their job perfectly and didn't blow them a kiss. It's wild out there.
This is the kind of mistake that makes you want to quit your life and move into a cabin in the woods somewhere.
Can you even imagine the shame and embarrassment that you would feel in this situation? This exact scenario, ok maybe not exact, has to be somewhere on my list of top 10 greatest fears.
Predictably, all the gamers in the comments immediately start asking for a link to the guide... To which OP complies. I'm not going to link it here but the cover of the PDF (which is SFWish) is screen shotted below. It's definitely... riveting.
But I mean, hey, it's a 10 year old game... you have to spice it up somehow!
Gaming sure has changed over the last 15-20 years and this gamer's experience is certainly one that we all can share.
There's nothing worse than getting home with a new game (or even downloading one) and then immediately being faced with ANOTHER update and then ANOTHER update when you boot the game up.
There seems to be no end to the downloads to ship out patches and content that feel like they just should have been a part of the finished game. There was even that time that The Sims tried to make money off of virtually dusting your house.
Unfortunately, when a game ships its no longer a finished product. Gone are the days of inserting a cartridge and getting right to it.
Imagine if Mario Kart 64 had had balance patches because 'heavy' characters were too OP. Bowser gang unite.
Years after this post initially surfaced and I can't help but wonder where this couple is now. Did they work out? Are they still together?
I like to imagine that they're on a beach somewhere on the coast of Mexico working on an old boat sipping cocktails.
When I picture them heading south in their own car with the top down, it always makes me laugh.
I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.
Regardless of where they are now and where they've gotten. This probably is not the move when you've only been dating for four months.
It's probably not a good idea to mess with a group of people who specialize in precision. Engineers tend to be pretty organized and when you bait them into putting that organization into malicious compliance you're going to regret it.
I bet their managers were rolling their eyes for every second in the minutes before and after work. As a manager how can you have a hope in heck of getting things how you wanted them when the entire team is technically complying to every letter of your demand.
My favorite type of MC is when an entire team of people band together for the greater good. Props to these guys.
