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Person Imagines Books With Titles That Hurt Because It’s True (30 New Pics)
They say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But what if a book judges you with its cover? What then?
The artist behind the Story of My [Effing] Life account draws brutally honest book covers with hilariously truthful titles that most of us can relate to. For sure, it’s funny cuz it’s true. But it also hurts cuz it’s true. Upvote your fave book covers and share your thoughts about which ones you can relate to the most, dear Pandas!
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Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
What's that noise downstairs. What noise? Go check and I'll go grab a bat. And other ways your spouse sends you to die while they get back up.
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
Hahaha! My husband, every time I say CLEARLY "left cupboard lower right, on the left." The cupboard opens to 2 divided shelves, so the can he's looking for is on the right side of the cupboard, but on the left of the shelf.
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Carrie de Luka 5 years ago
Oh, but the thrill of the sequel: The hill in my local park that I can now get up without my dog dragging me!
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Vic 5 years ago
I'm tired for the whole next month. And I'm too tired to look further than that.. but my guess is I'll be tired then too..
tuzdayschild 5 years ago
I suing this guy because that is definitely my book and my life everyday
Story of My Life enjoys quite a lot of popularity, with over 137k followers on Instagram and over 38k fans on Facebook who enjoy candid covers that show how similar all of us really are on the inside.
Try to imagine for a moment that we live in a world where nobody can lie (like in the movie The Invention of Lying) and everyone’s brutally honest with each other. Sounds like a utopia. For a minute. Then you realize what a nightmare it’d be.
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Night Owl 5 years ago
Thank you! I was just about to calculate it and now I don't have to :D
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Atlas 5 years ago
Or, as they say around here in my country, "Jesus loves you because he doesn't live with you" XD
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Colin Leetham 5 years ago
Have more mashed potatoes uncle.... say... is that Jeebus in your gravy?
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Ben Steinberg 5 years ago
Pick-up your cake fork and conduct along with the song. It's your birthday after all...
Night Owl 5 years ago
Great idea :D I'll keep that in mind for the next time
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Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 5 years ago
Think about the pass year and regret on how less you had accomplished, sit there sad and wait for the song to be over. But hey, at least there is cake.
Sigmund Fidyke 5 years ago
Yes! Which person do I look at? How to I look at everyone? Do I look entitled if I smile?
Saint Thomas 5 years ago
Look right in the eyes of everyone around you, in turn. Share the awkwardness !
Even though we tend to associate brutal honesty with telling the truth, the two aren’t always one and the same. At the end of the day, a person who is honest is telling their subjective truth (lowercase t), not objective Truth (capital T). Is there an overlap between the two? Can some truths be closer to Truth? Of course! But staying humble about our supposed brutal honesty is important as well.
This means that we ought to acknowledge that when we “tell things as they are,” we’re actually sharing opinions that we’re emotionally invested in, not universal facts. Sometimes we find that we’re too categorical and black-and-white in the way we think. Perhaps when we’re being brutally honest, we’re just being brutal. So something that can help you bring some nuance into discussions is changing how we express our ideas and communicate with others.
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反社会的 (STREAM EGO) 5 years ago
my disk is almost full... but these photos... i may never find them again...
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 5 years ago
I got into the habit of renaming all my files and honestly it takes forever if you have several photos or files
Jess-a-men 5 years ago
I have a bad tendency to reuse text documents. Instead of deleting one when I don't need it anymore, I just delete the text and write something new. Problem is, I never rename the documents, so now I have important school data saved as "Pokemon Fanfiction" and stuff like that.
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
My husband. His desktop looks like a Chinese menu. I ask for a photo he took last Christmas and it takes 20 minutes before he can even find the file and then ...
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Sarah Gardner 5 years ago
can't work out if thesaurus is spelt wrong on purpose or not!
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Ryan Osbaldeston 5 years ago
I'd say 85% of my google searches involve research in some form or another, you know research-for-fun, because I'm just that exciting. Recent research topics include: Various Pegan Mythologies (Greek, Norse, Celtic, Native American, etc) Tectonic plate formation Soil Taxonomy Geography/Origins of Iron age spices/domesticated animals/pets Geographic impact of weather conditions Various searches related to Cultural Anthropology Chemicals in the brain responsible for various emotions Various scientific theory searches (Specifically around the fundamental forces) Spiritual Beliefs around Chi and life force P.s. I am a software engineer and none of this relates to what I do for a living. I just find the practice of gathering and understanding new knowledge to be very rewarding.
Neave GrimWyck 5 years ago
I do the same thing. Anything that catches my interest!
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European other 5 years ago
Lol it's a quick way to spell correctly for people like me who can't spell !
Deborah Orr 5 years ago
Actually all you have to do is right click on the word and the puter will correct it for you...
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Peter Hedstrom 5 years ago
yea the creepy person is walking toward the obviously paniccing victim saying " hi i am here to help you menacingly still approaching with filthy hands outstretched. ' he is just back from working a harrowing day'
For example, we can avoid words like always, never, everyone, and no one, as well as such colorful phrases like the fact is, you stupid idiot, I have a PhD and you haven’t even finished high school, and my father will hear about this. Instead, try being more tactful by saying in my opinion, have you thought about..?, or I see your point, but have you considered all of these other valid alternatives?
And be sure to actually listen to what other people believe, especially if you don’t agree with their opinions. Life’s not about being right and pointing out everyone’s mistakes like a judicial robot, it’s about growing as a human being. Now that sounds like a great quote to put on a book cover! Right above a drawing of a robot with a judge’s wig, a laser cannon, and a hat that says, “Well, technically, we don’t dream of electric sheep!”
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
I tweeted more than 10000 lies and made more than 16000 false or misleading claims in the past 1100 days. Yet I sleep sound as 74 year old toddler. Signed, Donald Trump.
Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
When I was 18 I failed 1/2 a semester of a required course as a senior. Had to take it again just to graduate but I had already moved in with my older brother into a 2-bed apartment 20 miles away. My mother found out about six weeks in the next schoil year when my progress report got mailed "home". She was not pleased and called me to chastise me. When she asked why I never told her, the only thing I could think of "I didn't want to worry your purdy little head." She did not care for that. No worries, I have my MBA now. Still cringe about it.
Marlene Ricker 5 years ago
Every dumb thing I have ever done or said stands in line for the chance to ruin my night's sleep.
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
S**t. Every woman at 3:00am - "Did she really think I looked fat?" ...
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Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
I've never seen nor read any Harry Potter books and I'm fine with that.
John Montgomery 5 years ago
My thought exactly. It's like when referring to Star Trek someone says "I liked the one with the whales". You know a conversation isn't really going to happen.
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Avital Pilpel 5 years ago
Well, I haven't watched "game of thrones", nor do I collect stamps, but it never occurred to me anybody would be interested to know what I do *not* do.
Marlene Ricker 5 years ago
I feel sorry for those who have never read the Harry Potter Books. I was well into my 40's when they were first published. They were so much fun to read. My inner child is still alive and well and I am now in my 70's.
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
After my acquaintance told me about her painful chemotherapy she undergone to treat her breast cancer, I "started a conversation" in a honest attempt to help her: I informed her about the indisputable scientific fact that casein - the protein in animal milk is causing chronic, painful inflammations (such as arthritis) in human body, as well as chronic diseases (such as diabetes), heart diseases, and various cancers, especially breast cancer. Astoundingly to me, she reacted like I just insulted her mother or kicked her in the stomach; and I even did not mention that meat and eggs don't provide any nourishment to us, and undermine human health, and the health of the environment , as well. Very difficult to "crossfit" benevolence.
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Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
I know I got my life together when my shirt, pants and underwear all match or go together.
Marlene Ricker 5 years ago
Ah, the lies we tell ourselves to help us make it through another day.
Peter Hedstrom 5 years ago
i always put over 10% into my Savings Acct so i can say that i Always put 10% of my earnings paycheque away for a rainy day, in truth its alway gone by the next payday.
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Still waiting for the people to move away from the cheese....
European other 5 years ago
Or how to become more assertive as I didn't want carrots and now I am stuck next to them for a bit.
BusLady 5 years ago
Aw shucks, go ahead and buy the carrots. Then wait a couple weeks before you throw them out.
Load More Replies... Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
Lmao, how long do I need to wait for the old people to move before reaching in front of them is ok.
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Or just say "Excuse me, I need to get that tarp, duct tape and axe now. I'm in a kind of a hurry.'
Bumblebee 5 years ago
Luckily I am used to ask people to get something for me since I am in a wheelchair and can't reach some products. So when someone is in front of what I am going to get, I just ask them! Once you asked someone for something a few times, you will (probably) think to yourself: why haven't I done this earlier? Unless you really have a fear of it. Like I have a light calling phobia. Not really a phobia, I just really do not like to call and get nervous. Especially if I don't know how the conversation will go. But you can give it a try. For me it worked! But maybe for me it works so well, because in general people are really happy to help someone in a wheelchair. Why, I don't know? Before I was in a wheelchair I wouldn't dare to ask someone for help or to get me something in a store. Now, it's a very normal thing :-).
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
Yeah, I've actually gotten past this one. I simply say "excuse me" instead of standing there like an idiot (or a stalker).
jo Philbin 5 years ago
God I hate this, if they're lingering they can make their mind up slightly to the side of the section, not right in front of it... Politely ask if you can just grab the thing you want and get in there, say thanks afterwards. Point made, no feelings hurt!
Carole Reid 5 years ago
While they are just staring at a product and thinking of something else completely. That's been me more than once.
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Linda Adams 5 years ago
I have done that so many times....and then you still have to fold them or throw them away
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Francis 5 years ago
i started to read random shampoo bottles and other things again. like it was 2003
Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
It's how I kniw most air fresheners have more chemicals in them than I want to know just to smell like lemon.
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
You mean you don't have piles of magazines and books stored in your toilet? Barbarians!
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
I'm trying to make it a habit to NOT bring anything with me. It's pretty much the only time I have to pray.
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Francis 5 years ago (edited)
wtf? don't they look how long the video is and then just wait the right amount of time to answer? rude people!
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Or maybe they've seen that video already 1000 times on the various social media?
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Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
DassPass with DoorDash gives free delivery for $10/month. It's great for those that travel a lot, or just hate cooking.
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Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
If it happened more than 10 years ago, just pretend every one that saw it is dead. Then no one remember it but you.
Donna Leske 5 years ago
Everyone should look in a mirror before leaving the house, a full length mirror. *do you have pants on? *is that a pimple or a booger on your lip? *isn't that the shirt that fit you 20 lb. ago?
Marlene Ricker 5 years ago
I didn't have to do this because I already know I can't carry a tune. I was out at a bar one night, and the music was really loud so I was singing along thinking no one could hear me. My friend turned to me and said "Have you ever heard yourself sing?"
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Marnie 5 years ago
If you haven't seen it already, this is a great comedy sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ. "Conference Call in Real Time".
Load More Replies... JeffC 5 years ago (edited)
lol, I wish!!!! This happens to me on a daily basis in the IT world!!!! (US, hospital IT)
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Linda Adams 5 years ago
And then there's the guy who is talking on a side bar phone call while waiting...
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Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
My husband & I - "No no, we'll just meet you there". It's kind of our catch phrase.
Georgia Ann 5 years ago
I go with my mum or family members everywhere (except for school) and I have to stay until they finally decide to leave
María Hermida 5 years ago
That's me! I've got my driving licence a month ago, and I absolutely hate driving, but there are two things that make me keep trying: I can escape to my village whenever I feel like; and I can take my own car and leave diners, parties etc early without having to wait for anybody else.
Thundercuss 5 years ago
Never good to be dependent on someone else for an exit from the party.
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Peter Hedstrom 5 years ago
I am sure there is a Canadian version, o i'm sorry did i interrupt?well EXXXXcuuuuuuuuuuse Me.
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
So not a problem for me. Be upset. Swim in it until your fingers get all wrinkled and pruney.
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Carole Reid 5 years ago
As Chandler Bing said, "How many cameras were on you?"
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Jo Choto 5 years ago
I have finally learned how not to impulsively say yes to things. THANK GOODNESS!
Judith Milton 5 years ago
My nursing mento: "When someone asks you for something, give yourself time to think by saying, 'That's interesting. I'll think about that and get back to you.' Then DO that." Thanks, Ruth! That has saved me years of sacrificed time and annoyance.
Crazy Cat Lady 5 years ago (edited)
Sorry I need to cancel our plans because I vastly overestimated the kind of person I was going to be when I planned them.
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Bobby's Girl 5 years ago
Naw... that's the only worn for a little while, not dirty enough to wash, too lazy to hang it back up, might wear it again soon, hope the cat stays off it, pile.
Nina Khmielnitzky 5 years ago
I never ever fold my laundry. I hate doing this even more than I hate doing my accounting. But unlike accounting, I can ignore it for months or years.
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Emerald Joanna 5 years ago
I love recommendations...its how I discovered my love for RuPauls Drag Race 😍🦄
Marnie 5 years ago
Me, too! I found Breaking Bad, Parks & Recreation, and other great shows, all due to recommendations.
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Marnie 5 years ago
Considering I generally have to try on 2-3 different sizes of each of about 7 different types of pants before I can even find one that sort of fits, I can't imagine shopping online for pants.
Laugh Fan 5 years ago
Amazon Wardrobe allows you to order several items for trying on. As a disabled person I find it all too useful. Though husband has to take the rejects to the post office or Amazon locker!
Load More Replies... Podunkus 5 years ago
I have read that many online retailers are having to change, or reconsider, their free return policies because of shoppers who “bracket” their clothing purchases, i.e., buy 4 of the same garment in sequential sizes and return (for free) the 3 that don’t fit.
Linda Something 5 years ago
But also, as an online retailer you can't offer your customers to try the clothes on like you can in a shop, so they should also be open to the fact that people don't know the exact size of that specific pair of jeans, as sizes can be different. I think that's a risk they should take to keep their customers happy and still shopping at their site.
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Julien 5 years ago
And also for the sake of arguing, nowadays most keyboards will have learned your name and suggest autocomplete.
Pensive 5 years ago
But then you mis-type it once, and the autocomplete will never spell your name correctly again.
Load More Replies... elia 84631 5 years ago
I can't wait the sequel I'll spend 6 hours trying to copy and edit Wikipedia info on my phone instead of just researching my books for University projects
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Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
Add 15%, you're worth it and the worst thing that can happen is they negotiate down. Never be afraid to ask.
Tim Douglass 5 years ago
But the question isn't how much you are seeking, but how much you currently make - so the issue is how far to stretch the truth before that 15% raise you are asking for.
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That should never be part of a job interview. The interview is to get an offer to be hired, based upon your qualifications and fit. Wait for the offer, and if it comes then negotiate a compensation package. One standard approach to avoid wasting everyone’s time is to put wording in the cover letter that accompanies your résumé, such as “In recent years, my total compensation for similar work has been in the range of blah, blah, blah.”
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Seabeast 5 years ago
I'd like to grow mine out, but I just look terrible without them.
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🐼NaeNae🐼 5 years ago
What about the quotation mark at the beginnning? There's one at the end so there should be one at the beginning!
Podunkus 5 years ago
The author gets to blame that on both the editor and the publisher, but in this case they are all the same person, so there is no escaping the blame.
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tuzdayschild 5 years ago
Succulents give me the heebie geebies. I think it's the name...suc cu lents...she shutters
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Χρήστος Κυριακόπουλος 5 years ago
Well... keeping a public calendar in Outlook kind of helps..
Julien 5 years ago
Wow... If only we had some sort of globally available always-on magical sort directory/diary/calendar that tells you who's up that what and when in real time...
Black fox 5 years ago
Shared calendar works well for meetings with colleagues within my company. Though most of the time I work as part of a team with people not working for my company and our calendars are not shared. It's crazy how long the people you really need to attend the next meeting take to answer a Doodle or confirm their presence. I always try to end meetings by scheduling the next one so instead of getting mad we cannot find a date, I only send reminders of the next meeting.
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What do you think ?
Sigmund Fidyke 5 years ago
I have so much to do I don't even have time to make a list of the things I need to do.
Radek Suski 5 years ago
So basically the author took old and well known tweets and other social media post and put it in drawings of books covers. Pathetic
Sigmund Fidyke 5 years ago
I have so much to do I don't even have time to make a list of the things I need to do.
Radek Suski 5 years ago
So basically the author took old and well known tweets and other social media post and put it in drawings of books covers. Pathetic
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