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Sadness mixed with humor in a perplexing, chaotic, and confusing way—that’s what the r/FunnyandSad online group over on Reddit is all about. An old-hand on the net, having been founded in November 2013, it has since then grown into a community of nearly 700k members.
The subreddit does exactly what it says on the tin and documents posts from all over the net that are funny and sad at the same time. It’s a melange of laughing through tears (or is that crying while you laugh?) that will show you that life is far more varied and nuanced than the black-and-white we’re used to seeing on the news and on social media.
Sadness is a very natural part of life and we ought to embrace it, instead of running away from it. After all, we can’t be happy-go-lucky all the time (I would know, I tried). And while being sad can even have certain benefits, like improving our memory and judgment, getting stuck in negative thinking patterns and endless loops of sadness isn’t healthy for our mental wellbeing.
I had a quick chat with an expert in the field of psychology about how to identify what these negative thinking patterns look like and how focusing just on our failures, having black or white thinking, and holding ourselves accountable for everything that goes wrong all harm our mental health.
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#1
Aw Man
denzoren 4 years ago
First I was like "ohhh boy" and then I was like "okay that genuinely made me laugh" I really hope this was a joke right?
Bama Belle 4 years ago
I once had a supervisor admit to me that I was paid less, even though I did a better job, than the man I replaced. He said our bosses believed men should be paid more because they have families to support. (The man I replaced was single, by the way.)
Missy Moo Moo 4 years ago
Yep! Female engineer here. Didn't get a job because I wasn't suited to work on a mine site (single-parent, female). I was contracted to train the guy how got this job (parent, not single). Apparently they went through a heap of privileged white males and decided I was actually the best candidate. Desperately tried to contact me through LinkedIn, HR, recruitment agencies, several colleagues to offer me work. Said no several times, eventually said never. At some point working for misogynists isn't possible at any price
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Becklass 4 years ago
Yet oddly “our” products are more expensive, lady’s razors, lady’s deodorant. Obviously our hair and body odour is more expensive to sort out and highly different from a blokes.
Mark Kelly 4 years ago
Examples please. I want to see the paycheck of a male and female CEO of the same company.
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#2
It Was Worth A Shot
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 4 years ago
A friend of mine lost his toe in his left foot. When he went to the beach with his family and took a walk on the shore, his brother in law used his thumb to make a mark for his missing toe.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
I can't be the only person slapping themselves for having to read this twice... Then ROFLMAO!!
#3
I Loved Him In Deadpool
H Edwards 4 years ago
Kumail Nanjiani never disappoints. Please watch The Big Sick if you haven't. He was also the best thing in the latest MiB movie, not that it's hard.
Joe Reaves 4 years ago
They're not white so they're interchangeable to some people. Some of our non white female MPs had the same issue recently with a news program (!) getting the pic of one and the name of another.
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Emma Morton, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, told Bored Panda that, for example, what we tend to focus on more, our successes or our failures, can influence our long-term mental health. For instance, hyper-concentrating on all the things that go wrong or could potentially go wrong can trap us in a perpetual loop of self-criticism and anxiety.
This, in turn, can lead to feelings of very low self-esteem and even depression which, in turn, can make us unwilling to ask for help and support even though we might desperately need both. However, there are other ways how we can end up trapped in negative thinking patterns, too.
#4
I'm Fine.. Really
Joe Christea 4 years ago (edited)
It's the same as when you slip and fall, or fall off your bike, and you are more concerned about someone laughing at you, than the pain you are suffering and the injury you inflicted upon yourself!
WolfGirl23 4 years ago
I do this every single day up the stairs at school. I'm literally winded after 2 flights
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Breath in through your nose - out through the mouth. It makes you look a lot more in shape than you actually are and forces you to take really efficient and slower breaths. Works really well!
Autumn 4 years ago
I know that it’s better to breathe that way but I’ve always used my mouth. So I have to tell myself to do that.
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Impedimenta 4 years ago
I am always busy taking photos of whatever it is I see around me.
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Found On Facebook
Fey Magi 4 years ago
and I saw a story where a couple confess choosing IVF because it's cheaper than adopting.
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
438,000 I presume is the number in the US. Worldwide there are approx 153 MILLION orphans according to UNICEF. They claim to be pro-lifers but that is a complete lie. They are pro-birthers and anti-women, not pro-lifers. As long as the unwanted foetus is born they can go to sleep happy even knowing that there are high chances the woman and child would suffer for the rest of their lives. Over 300,000 women die during pregnancy and child birth annually and 5 million more women suffering long term effects including disabilities. Over 7 million women and girls suffer complications from unsafe abortions annually, including death. Pro-lifers, pfft an absolute joke.
Louloubelle 4 years ago
Absolutely spot on! My lovely husband is the best (and loves doing it) at arguing with these people. The first thing he asks is "how many children have you adopted?" I think he has a valid point. If these "pro-life" people are going to argue against abortion, then they damn well should be taking these children into their homes rather putting them in foster care. And you're right, there's no pro-life going on here. They are anti-abortion and don't deserve the title of pro-life. Not when they also deny the parents of children food stamps and any other type of assistance.
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Watching 4 years ago
Once I made a comment on Reddit about how men should not be able to vote on women's rights. And this pro lifer started stalking me and making my life crazy. It was insane. I just made one comment. This guy followed me, checked my comments and went and left nasty messages on every comment I had previously made, on every subreddit~ it took me a while to figure it out before I could block him.
Jenna Bois 4 years ago
Oh man Reddit is another planet altogether. Sometime if I'm bored I like to comment things like "men can prevent abortion by not impregnating women" just to stir up s**t.
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Jon Steensen 4 years ago (edited)
"Fun fact" most of them offers a lot of support for young girls in an "unfortunate situation" right until the point where she cannot reverse the decision anymore, and then leave her alone from there. Having the baby isn't the hardest part, it is what comes after that. It is despicable and only illustrate how false and selfish their "love" of the human life is, and how little they in reality care.
Aleksandra 4 years ago
Bcos they are pro-birth but don't really care about children after they are born...
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Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
The best way to avoid the issue of abortion all together is to educate and give people (yes male and female) access to pregnancy prevention methods. Many (not all) unwanted pregnancies are caused by people who; a) are unable to access protection, b) do not know how to use protection properly, c) are unaware of the various prevention methods available for men and women. If steps were taken to spread awareness and accessibility, unwanted pregnancies everywhere could potentially be decreased significantly. Generally speaking I think there are too many people on the planet, if you want lots of kids adopt them!
Sharon Dean 4 years ago
Could you mean teaching sex classes in schools?? Wow, wouldn't that be a shocker to all those that think just the word "sex" is outrageous??
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Auntriarch 4 years ago
There is only one thing that every child deserves - that is to be wanted. If you are not prepared to want and look after an unwanted child, then shut up and put your arguments where the sun doesn't shine.
Penelope Mays 4 years ago
like, geez, who would you save, an alive, BORN child who needs help, or a litteral group of cells?
Dee gee 4 years ago
This is ridiculous to be honest. The two don't go hand in hand. Somebody who is pro-life can still care about and value existing life. Im really sick of this world and everybodys petulant squabbling. I am pro-choice to a degree because its an important component to liberty and free will. I also am pro-life because I value life and I'm not psychopath. I don't need to justify either stance because both are reasonable and the sooner we come to gracefully accept that, the better. Our God complex is out of control and I'm sick of the intolerance from both 'sides'.
#6
10 Year Challenge
James016 4 years ago
I read somewhere that the person who created insulin didn't patent it so that it could be given to people who need it to live at no cost to them. I may not have that quite right though.
Lily Lu 4 years ago
You are more or less correct, Banting put the patent price of insulin at $1, and reportedly said, “Insulin belongs to the world, not to me "
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Deborah B 4 years ago
What makes it even worse is that everywhere else, it's approximately $10
lara 4 years ago
Well, first of all you need to go after Congress and the FDA. The reason there are only three suppliers of insulin is because Congress reclassified insulin not as a GENERIC drug, thus available to all drug makers to sell, BUT BECAUSE CONGRESS RECLASSIFIED IT AS A BIOLOGIC drug. That meant that ANY drug company who wanted to produce insulin HAD TO GO THROUGH TESTING AGAIN. That meant that all these drug companies had to spend the equivalent of a BILLION dollars to RETEST AND RE-CERTIFY a drug that they had been selling for years. They couldn't afford it so they quit making it. Government bureaucrats do more damage than a century of non-stop hurricanes.
Smutná_elfka 4 years ago (edited)
Congress did not classify insulin as biologic drug, it IS a biologic drug. Biologics is a term for drugs that are produced by living organisms, usually cell cultures (as opposed to chemical drugs that can synthetized by chemical reaction in a lab). That's why most pharmaceutical companies can't produce it, it's literally completely different technology. Also, it's a biologic everywhere, yet the US is the only developed country when it's unaffordable. I think it's because the other governments regulate drug prices for the sake of their citizens, while in the US, free market is worshiped as a god, regardless the consequences it has for people.
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Dodo 4 years ago
ItS nOt FrEe, YoU pAy ThRoUgH tAxEs (Don't mind me, just getting in before the 'Muricans)
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julia 4 years ago
^^^ storming the capitol because their favorite orange piece of s**t with corn hair fairly lost an election because everyone is sick of him, even the people that voted him last time 🤦🏻♀️
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It's about 60 €/month in Germany - and of course healthcare pays for it. So if you have type 2 Diabetes you may not pay anything at all.
Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
One of my prescription medications went up 1446% in 3months! And I have drug insurance!
“Negative thinking patterns can include only paying attention to failures and ignoring successes, black or white thinking (e.g., ‘If I get anything less than an A+ on this test, I’m a failure’), labeling oneself based on mistakes (e.g., ‘I’m a loser, an idiot’), [and] mind-reading (e.g., ‘Everyone will think I’m a loser for not getting this promotion’),” Emma went into detail with Bored Panda how we can end up being overly harsh with ourselves.
#7
He’s Not Wrong...
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Apparently Leo DiCaprio responded to this one with "Count me the f**k out!" 🤣
Jon Steensen 4 years ago
So it will end somewhere in the atlantic? Ok then, at least we now know exactly where to search for it. If they give us the time shcedule we might send support a little faster this time around. Good luck selling the tickets.
Jamma 4 years ago
Is a new Carpathia also being launched at the same time? That seems like a critical need...
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Fluffy Griffin 4 years ago
But... At least they have the correct number of life boats, right? ... Right?
Kennedy Johnson 4 years ago
Yeah! I herald of this. Some rich guy who never finished his eccentric projects made this. It was supposed to come out long time ago.
#8
Budgeting
ZombieGirl 4 years ago
My husband and I were curious a few days ago about how much rent we have paid to our current landlord. It's over 160k. The house we just found and got denied for is only 149k, lol
Lola 4 years ago
Despicable isn’t it? If I were you I would buy an apartment. That’s the best choice if the bank denies your house loan. Anything is better than throwing money in the garbage because that’s what paying rent actually is. At least If you buy an apartment, you would still get your money back if you sell it.
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Hans 4 years ago
To be fair, the mortage alone does not pay for the home, but there are additional costs. If you loose your job, you could move if you live in a flat; if you need to pay for the mortage, you have a problem. Thus, the problem here is not the bank, it is an inflated house market!
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Why do they do this? Did you explain about rent your are paying which I presume is without difficulty? You could always try different places for a mortgage
Dave Jones 4 years ago
Taxes, insurance, upkeep like roof, appliances, etc... You're mortgage is just the beginning of owning a house.
WhoAreYouToSayPandasAreBored 4 years ago
Not to mention the taxes! My school & property taxes are over $6k a year.
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Peter Smith 4 years ago
I think that if you can prove that you have been paying 1k a month consistently for 5 years a bank should be able to take that as proof that you can pay 1k a month for a mortgage. The fact that someone earns 50k a year does not mean that they will responsibly pay their mortgage. But having a consistent payment history shows responsibility towards paying.
K. Anderson 4 years ago
Only thing about mortgages they are more than the loan- its property taxes, insurance, & sometimes HOA & PMI insurance. Plus repairs that can be costly- roofs, plumbing etc. PMI is the biggest scam- my apartment was valued at over 100k but I only paid 50k as I bought from family member. I took mortgage out for 47k so since I didn’t put down 20% I still had to pay the PMI insurance even though the value of the property was WAY more than the mortgage loan. PMI is protect the bank from loosing money so if the home is worth more than mortgage they win if you default plus they get all the money you have already paid. It’s f****d up as it only gives the bank security even though you pay for it.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Tell me about it. One of the biggest issues is saving for the deposit to get your foot in the door.
#9
In Dystopia We Were Told To Trust
Marie 4 years ago
And when the garbage man clocks out for the day that's it, job is over till you clock back in.
Viviane 4 years ago
And they get a workout. I saw a woman doing the same job and she was great shape.
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DKS 001 4 years ago
why do people always insult the people who work the hardest? (Sanitation, custodian, waitress, etc.)
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
Probably because it is cooler to work less while getting more money?
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Beatrice Multhaupt 4 years ago
I once dated a truck driver whose dream was to attend university. When I told him that as an English teacher, I make half of what he does , had had a fit.
Hermione 4 years ago
It’s not all about money. I’d rather have an interesting job that pays less than a boring job that pays more.
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Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Plus when you're a garbage man you find all sorts of cool stuff and you're allowed to keep it!
K. Anderson 4 years ago
Plus not easy & very dirty. Also possibly hazardous if you end up sticking your self with used needles or come in contact with chemicals & hazardous waste
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Dave P 4 years ago
Depends in which place. NYC teachers start at 57K a year and max out in 23 years at 115k with eligible for retirement at 25 years. DSNY starts at 48K maxes out at 105k (unless you move into management, and switch from trucks to a desk), and have to wait till 30 years to retire. On the other hand they get a lot of money from the double overtime they get paid for snow shoveling. A really bad snowy winter can net them 20k extra, which is why they pray for snow.
Uchman 4 years ago
Still in the same wage bracket with potential to make even more
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Izzy_ 4 years ago
Not to mention teachers work tons of hours extra without pay and have to pay for supplies out of their own pocket
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
I agree with the not paid extra hours, but our teachers do not pay for supplies out of their own pockets.
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#10
Blind Bruh Moment
Chaotic-Pansexual-Gemini 4 years ago
Yes but also look at dat puppy’s face it’s so cute
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Alexandra Davis 4 years ago
Didn't know we could be racist to animals too. Humanity slips lower and lower all the time and it's horrible
H G 4 years ago
Sadly, black animals, especially cats, are adopted less than other colors.
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Donkey boi 4 years ago
Just because it isn't clear in this post I want to clarify that it was NOT the driver that told her to get off. It was a dumb a**e Karen passenger who thought that all guide dogs were golden retrievers. I know that the situation should not have occurred at all, but I don't what the bus driver getting the blame!
Emma Love 4 years ago
This this this is just the dumbest thing I've heard today, a guide dog CAN'T be black! Omg, who told him that! It's no possible way more that one person believes this nonsense.
Black Karen 4 years ago
But seriously. Put yourself in the persons shoes who said this and imagine being that incredibly and humiliatingly stupid (and racist). Cringe.
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Mishte Tine 4 years ago
What??!! There is a “black dog” phenomenon - in shelters, etc., they are the least popular for some reason. My black lab mix Zander was my boy - a brother to his human siblings. He passed a few years ago, I still miss him. People ought to know that Black, Yellow and Chocolate labs are exactly the same save fur color (not talking about other lab types which are darn close). You can have all three colors in a litter. Color doesn’t make on LR better than a litter mate because of fur color. Ignorance is heartbreaking and stupid. AKC standard views Labrador Retriever breed as one breed that can have the three basic coat colors. Please adopt a black rescue - Cat or dog. That woman might seek damages. Ugh.
Louloubelle 4 years ago
I had a lovely black lab, sweet as could be. People were afraid of her. I also had a yellow lab, and everyone would want to pet him. I had to stop people. He was unpredictable, and a little ornery. What ridiculous assumptions to put on dogs.
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N G 4 years ago (edited)
Wasnt the bus driver, it was an obnoxious passenger who complained and kicked up a fuss.
H Edwards 4 years ago
They should have acted by kicking off the passenger who was complaining then.
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"But we're both black?" would have been my response to the driver...just to mess with him.
#11
Mind Blowing How Accurate This Is!!!
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
A homeless person must be saying the same about the amount of money you spend every month at Starbucks. Or a person that needs a blood or plasma donation. Down vote me all you want, but sometimes we forget that we can help, even if help is not with money.
Aleksandra 4 years ago
A reason why i would like to be rich. But it's said money change people so who knows if i wouldn't be selfish. But rn i wish i had a shitload of money so i could give out to foster homes, families in need, animal shelters, homeless.. So many people would just need few k to turn their lives around or change everything
v 4 years ago
Right now you say you'd give out all this money because right now you don't have the money to do so.
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That is the way of our capitalistic world, protect the rich, sod the poor,
tuzdayschild 4 years ago
But it's their money to do with what they please. I don't have a lot, but I don't want anyone telling me what to do with my stuff.
Black Karen 4 years ago
That they dont pay federal taxes on. Tax money that could have been used to get you more than two lousy stimulus checks. Or to forgive some of your student loans. Or to fix some busted city streets. Or to provide students with laptops to learn from home. Its actually not "their" money. They get kickbacks from their high ranking governement friends in exchange for keeping them in office. Imagine the millions that would have been poured into our society if these 1%ers were actually honest, ethical citizens.
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John Topper 4 years ago
Jeff Bezos just spent about 250x as much money as I will ever see in my entire life on a boat. For that absurd fortune he parted with 0.25% of his wealth. The equivalent of two people going to a diner for brunch out of $10,000
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
Bezos could sneeze and make more money than you and I could itogether in 2 years before he even wipes his nose.
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Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Workers: hlep we're literally dying here Billionaires: mmmmmm bad vinegar
First Name Last Name 4 years ago
You have no right to judge how other people spend their own money.
#12
He's Right
Watching 4 years ago
And then you see one finally get convicted for murder on video tape and the conservatives are still screaming about it. The party that back the blue are responsible for three cops death as a direct fall out of the insurrection on January 6.
Kennedy Johnson 4 years ago
Yes, I don’t see why there was any question to if he had to go to jail. He literally killed him on video and he want dong anything wrong. He should have went away quicker.
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Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
Apparently in Portland, a cop hit a woman in the head with his baton and got indicted over it. Then the entire rapid response team quit. They didn't quit the police, just the rapid response team. That's all I know about it.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
And they say it's just "few bad cops".
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Jacquie Green 4 years ago
Doesn't apply to all law enforcement but still, it's a powerful comment.
Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
I hate how accurate this is. The past few years on social media have proven just how messed up we are in general. So much change needs to happen , and I'm really afraid it won't
Michigan Guy 4 years ago
yes. and the worstest is the 'auxilliary' cops...no one ever says s**t about that. auxilliary cops...you might be stopped by an auxilliary cop. you'd never know. same uniform. same...weapons, training, etc...but...not a cop. you can't sue, they don't officially work for anyone.
Michigan Guy 4 years ago
my ex father in law...and my best friend from high school. auxilliary cops, man. i live twenty miles from a township that has NO cops on the payroll of the township...but they have 300some auxilliary cops, and a tank, and other holy s**t hardware from military sales...dude. 300some auxilliary cops for a township of like...a hundred fifty souls?
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As such, having unrealistic expectations of what we’re capable of and being unreasonably demanding of ourselves can lead to “feelings of depression and worthlessness” that in turn “make it harder to reach out for help.” So while it’s perfectly fine to feel sadness, we all need to know when to ask for a helping hand if we find ourselves constantly stuck with only negative thoughts.
#13
Mysterious Ways
Raven Sheridan 4 years ago
Technically he only had eleven true friends. The other one was a toxic backstabber who literally sold him out.
la rana 4 years ago
Still, one out of twelve is a good friend/backstabber ratio
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Bubble Gum Bandit 4 years ago
Recommend "The Chosen" best portrayal of Christ I've seen yet. Masterfully done.
Tonya Wallace 4 years ago
My husband watches this show. It is really good.
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François Carré 4 years ago
It helps a bit when you can turn water into wine and multiply bread loaves though.
Not Proud British 4 years ago
11 actually, since one betrayed him - cause you know, there's always one friend who's a right xxxxx
KAREN 4 years ago (edited)
😲😬As terrible as it sounds Judas had a prophecy to fulfill so Jesus could fulfill his, it all happened the way it was supposed to. Jesus specifically chose Judas because Jesus knew he could count on Judas to be the slimeball he was meant to be. 🧐🤔
Adrianne Smith 2 years ago
Not true at all. Jesus did not know whom among his disciples would betray him until it was close to the time of his death. Judas Iscariot was initially a good person. He had a close, personal relationship with God. However, he allowed greed to become his "god" and let "Riches" move him to begin stealing from the money box and ultimately betray Jesus for the price of a slave (30 pieces of silver). Later, his guilt, instead of moving him to beg Jehovah God for forgiveness, he committed suicide; sealing his destiny of everlasting death. He will never be resurrected either in heaven or on earth.
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Demongrrrrl 4 years ago
If you count the number named throughout the New Testament, there are 19.
#14
I Feel We Are There Already
Lola 4 years ago
It’s sad that we have to make jokes out of our healthcare system in order to cope with it.
Jim Nanni 4 years ago
Come to canada lol. U get cancer, u actually get time off work, get paid, and get free treatment. And If u survive, u still have a job!
Leigh C. 4 years ago
GoFundMe is pretty much like tipping the waiter. The restaurants expect the patrons to pay the staff's wage so why bother paying them fairly? Insurance companies be like why help these people with healthcare when there's GoFundMe?
Vasana Phong 4 years ago
Wow this is so true, family member currently in icu without any insurance, a go fund me page was started to bring cost down
Artoonist Corine 4 years ago
People wear medical alert bracelets now stating to NOT call an ambulance bc they can't afford it. How SAD is that???
v 4 years ago
It's even more ironic that people complain about social medicine because "I pay my taxes and someone I don't know will benefit from it" but these same people will gladly hand money over to someone they don't know with no way to verify the person receiving the money is telling the truth.
#15
Well, It's True Isn't?
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Of course they don’t. They plan to pass it down to their family or children.
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Joseph Brzezinski 4 years ago
except that most people I know with money donate lots to charity...
#16
Hearing Impaired
chrissy goodman 4 years ago
hes 78 i believe wen u get past 70 u r offically at the i dont give a f*** im gonna do wat i want age. id hate it if my husband did that to me but hey for all we kno his wife could b really naggy and grumpy and he just wants to live peacefully lol
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Anonymous 4 years ago
I already have a plan for this. I'm gonna play everything he hates on the stereo very loudly to see if he's faking cuz he won't be able to stand it for long if he can actually hear, lol
Signe Manat Hansen 4 years ago
Why do boomers hate their wives so much? And why do they think it's funny?
Vanessa Gorga 4 years ago
Was divorcing that difficult? These people think they're funny and DGAF but they ignore how much they'd win if they just thought differently. Better divorced than forced to be deaf for 20 years.
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
To a lot of people, keeping the housekeeper on and not having to give her half of everything makes them stay married. It's just sad. They're not staying together for the kids at their age, only convenience and neither of them can be happy.
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#17
You’re Not From Around Here Are You
K Witmer 4 years ago
This is right on the nose. It was incredibly sad to see how many people really don't care about anyone but themselves
N G 4 years ago
If only it was on the nose. Wear your masks PROPERLY people!
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JennyLaRue 4 years ago
I've said this since the start. If they thought it was to protect themselves then the same people throwing tantrums in stores refusing to wear one would instead be shouting at other people to put one on.
Jon Steensen 4 years ago
Just tell them that covid causes men to be impotent and women to grow fat and wach the result. Covid was marketed in a completely wrong.
Watching 4 years ago
Well that's how conservatives are anyways. Fat and impotent. I've never seen so many people that have to pay to get laid.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
What's really sad is that the American President denied there was a problem and refuted the advice of actual medical EXPERTS. I still think that m**********r should be charged with genocide.
DKS 001 4 years ago
unfortunately, this is true. I really wish I could afford to go to another country where people actually give af about others.
River Webb 4 years ago
thats why you need to tell them that they need to wear them or else aliens
Judy Steelman 4 years ago
Being 75 at the time I wore it to protect me then others. When I got the virus with no fever and symptoms but strange tasting coffee I stayed indoors for 2 wks with anything I needed brought by friends.
#18
Oof
Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
Lol same ! Omg , if I'd had social media in my day ! Oh I'd have so much to hide from now . I shudder at the idea of the PTA gossip that would follow me lmfao
#19
"Cries In Millenial"
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Why do you keep blaming your parents, what evidence do you have to support this? It was the wealthy and the government
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
I'm sorry but no parent of mine ever said something so nasty to me. They are also not responsible for the housing market and melting ice caps.
Yort 4 years ago
That’s something my grandpa would’ve said to his older son. And the people responsible for the housing market are the banks by way of the wealthy. Big corporations are the fault of everything else. Nobody’s random middle class parent has done enough pollution to do anything.
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Bettina Falconer 4 years ago
Many parents, including one of mine ..unfortunately....this was a really common term of phrase as I grew up and for many others I would think 🤔
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago (edited)
Not a millennial but this is correct The greatest generation came back from the war and gave us the GI Bill where society paid your tuition so it was kept at a reasonable cost. The boomers dropped government support and made student loans unforgivable debt so college became a profit industry that mainly serve the bankers. Minimum wage has gone up 105% since I paid my way through college while tuition has gone up 612% at my school . Median home prices increased 121% nationwide since 1960, but median household income only increased 29% so its 4 times harder to save up a down payment. Only 16 of the US largest 100 cities have a median home price at or lower the 2.6 income to mortgage ratio we are supposed to follow. Social Security Administration has stated it may go bankrupt by 2035 so anyone under 52 may never see a dime. And melt the icecaps part - the northern passage opened under the boomers watch for the first time in 2.6 million years.
Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
Damn, I would've behaved better if I'd known that's what they meant
#20
We’re Screwed
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
They should just give out a date for climate change apocalypse, even down to the exact minute and people would freak out.
Jon S. 4 years ago
Newspapers love taking the worst-case scenario from studies and saying "CLIMATE SCIENTISTS SAY WE HAVE 10 YEARS UNTIL CLIMATE APOCALYPSE!" and the scientists whisper "that's not what we said at all" but the damage to public confidence about dramatic climate claims is already done. See Nene's comments below.
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Scagsy 4 years ago (edited)
Climate change was taught at my school 30+ years ago. It is still being taught today. Most people understand it, have been brought up with it. So why aren't we fixing it? ExxonMobil spent £32m lobbying against climate change policies in the US recently. A young protester with high morals can't compete with that. The nation of China is responsible for 14% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Terrible, they say. Where is your phone, tablet or PC manufactured? Or your coffee machine? Or your TV? Made in China. There is the problem. You don't want to make the sacrifice. Nobody does. And in the meantime we are all here, looking at each other and saying 'Yes, I understand, yes, it needs to stop' without ever doing a single thing about it. Other than virtue-signalling in online forums, like me, on my Chinese keyboard.
Earl Grey 4 years ago (edited)
Further back than that. My older brother was doing a post-Doc at Scripps Oceanographic Institute back in the 1970’s as the scientists there were first starting to recognize what was happening. So that initial realization was literally a half-century ago.
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America has always chosen to ignore dealing with these problems. They still destroy the Amazon, the lungs of the world, for profit
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
2020: A global pandemic will kill more than 3M people but you can easily stop it if you just wear a mask, stay home, and get vaccinated. People: Let's all go skinny dipping!!!!
Sunshine Sunshine 4 years ago (edited)
Agree. Just check real quick: how long do your spend online each day? Do you know the "price" in energy of each minute you spend online? How much environmental impact you have by uploading or sharing a picture? I'm guilty! And i have a masters in resource management. 😞 Think!
#21
We All Panic Sometimes
benjamin brisson 4 years ago
A long song or the silence after will be deafening... Bohemian Rhapsody
Chaotic-Pansexual-Gemini 4 years ago
Thank you! It’s the only logical answer and I haven’t seen anyone else say it
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Faith Hurst 4 years ago
You tell me I have 6 minutes to live and I'm not hearing anything after that.
#22
Group Projects Are The Worst
Verena Gitterle 4 years ago
Only one would let you down, the others waiting for him to do the work
Microwaved Robot 4 years ago
I was always the worker in group projects, glad to know that I wasn't alone.
#23
Sad Truth
River Webb 4 years ago
they are literally permanently embedded into your head, theres no getting rid of them
Delta the hybrid 4 years ago
True, uness... you know. the men in black are willing to help *Wink wink*
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Tiny Dog 4 years ago
Me: “Time to sleep.” Brain: “Let’s review everything you’ve ever done wrong, ever.”
#24
Uplifting Quote
Viviane 4 years ago
It is. One of the saddest things I've read is a Black clergyman who said, "What I have to do to make White people comfortable around me is a form of emotional strip-mining. What do you think that does to me?"
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Gringo Quevedo 4 years ago
I asked one of my Black students what it would mean to her if Chauvin was found innocent. Her response: *rolls eyes* Just another typical day for Black people.
Jon S. 4 years ago
My friends' kid is mixed race and they literally gave him the most boring white middle class sounding name they could think of, because they were frightened employers would reject his CV out of hand if he had a traditional black sounding name.
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)
And multiple studies show that they are depressingly correct.
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Ploploplop 4 years ago
Check out the movie "Sorry to Bother You". It's based on this. Funny and terrifying.
Elwood Schwartz 4 years ago
I despise making phone calls in the first place, but when I do have to make a call, I assume whoever picks up knows what they are doing or can transfer me to someone who does. Makes no difference what they "sound like."
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago
Wish that were most. I can relate to her quote ALL too well, and it's exhausting.
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Hetal Vyas 4 years ago
That's very true, working in a call centre, callers would be shocked when I tell them my name and that I am Indian
#25
Useless Job
H Edwards 4 years ago
A 29 year old professional footballer had a cardiac arrest last week on the pitch in the middle of an international game. You never know when people are going to need assistance.
Me 4 years ago
Finland vs Denmark. Scary. I thought, without a doubt, he had died.
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Niall Mac Iomera 4 years ago
Good chance of those people pushing themselves too hard and needing assistance though.
Juan Ignacio Vásquez 4 years ago
I think it's a very important job. Olympic swimmers are pushing their bodies to the limits and can have a heart attack or collapse by exhaustion. Also, the lifeguards are not there exclusively for the swimmers. I remember many years ago an Olympic diver hit his head while jumping. He remained conscious but hitting your head while diving can be very dangerous.
Cupcake168 4 years ago (edited)
Or become the a-head-shorter-than-him bodyguard of Jason Momoa.
Watching 4 years ago
I meant sitting at the swimming match would be easy I did not mean in anyway his job was easy.
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So Close Yet So Far
Calypso poet 4 years ago
I worked at a bar and a group of men in suits ordered a drinks and wanted to run a tab. I said I need a credit card for a that and the guy looked at me funny, turned to one guy, got the CC and when I went to run it and saw the name I realized it was the Mayor. He was a known a$$ and a drunk so when I came back and the guy said do you know who that is? I said yeah, all the more reason to get the card! The guy stifled a laugh.
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
*intercom Beep* Security to Forever 21. We have a customer who doesn't know who (s)he is....
Yasmin Janette 4 years ago
I liked the airline check in when this man pushed to the front of the queue and was asked to go back and take his place in the line, he said to the airline girl 'do you know who I am'? without a pause, she picked up the microphone intercom and said ' at check in 3, does anyone know this man as he doesnt know who he is', well done her.
Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
Where do people get their sense of Entitlement???!!! And why do they have to have such terrible attitudes??
Donna Beach 4 years ago
Because they have been allowed to do it without being stopped or reprimanded. Too much of that you start believing you are better than others.
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That's Where It Began
ZombieGirl 4 years ago
same for me too! and it caused me to not hear everything else read out loud.
Calypso poet 4 years ago
Same! I had such anxiety about speaking in class but I was always reading above my age group. There were kids that stumbled over words I thought were easy and they had no problems. What was wrong with me? I have no problems now, 30+ years later lol
Load More Replies... Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner 4 years ago
Same here! But sometimes I got mixed up or a kid skipped their turn so I had to read a different text instead and messed up.
Layla Corman 4 years ago
Wait...someone else did this too?!?! I thought I was the only one! I should probably find an online support group now.
#28
London
Gillian Mackenzie 4 years ago
I promise if that happened up here in Glasgow, that wee lad would have had a huge cheer and everyone would have joined in. Along with encouraging calls like "gaun yersel' wee man!". However, if a famous person was on that tube, we'd have ignored them completely lol
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
Welcome to a whole world of crushing disappointment kiddo. It's downhill from now.
Brendan 4 years ago
Come on, people. Clap your fecking hands. It's a kid, you miserable bastards!
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
They are just refraining from lying in front of the kid.
Load More Replies... Pat Bond 4 years ago
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Calypso poet 4 years ago
I would have clapped. The Cleveland zoo has trams because of its size and the one hill is huge. Kids love to wave as they pass the other trams and people walking. We don't have kids but I swear I'm the only adult who waves back. I'm not exactly a kid person but I was one and I loved stuff like that. Like getting semis to honk was THE coolest thing!
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
Yes, I always say hello to dogs and wave back to kids. It's such an easy thing to bring joy to their lives for just one moment.
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#29
Please
Monty Is Fiennes 4 years ago
Totally. I am now halfway through my second health degree and my father still tells me what medical advice he got from the TV, and when I say, "No that is not correct info" he gets irritated, "I watched the thing on TV!!" Yes coz 6-8 years education on the subject has taught me absolutely nothing....What can you do...still love him...
Jon Steensen 4 years ago
... and you'd better trust someone who tries to sell you something, right. Ask your doctor if this medication is right for you, has always been such an suspicious statement for me. Selling drugs like any other product via commercials is just plain wrong as noone should be able to profit from potentially causing harm to other peoples health.
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Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
At least a libtard is smarter than an ignorant fool who sticks their head in the sand and ignores everything wrong with the world.
Sam Yobado 4 years ago
Most of the teachers at your college were probably adults too. Some people aren't worth your time, and that too is a valuable lesson.
Mishte Tine 4 years ago (edited)
Student: It’s really not about politics (it certainly shouldn’t be), it’s about facts, decades of research and science. Find your pacifier, “Adult,” and take your blinders off while you’re at it.
Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
Can we stop with the social media hate buzzwords ? They are a huge part of the reason our country is a mess right now.
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
They teach only one side at school. Then they complain that the world is messed up.
Lynn Morello 4 years ago
At first it was by 2000, then 2010, then 2020, next was by 2030 now it has jumped to By 2050. Are they EVER going to take climate change seriously?
#30
Is Being Short Really That Bad
Mazer 4 years ago
I don’t get it why are we so upset about people who are shorter or taller or fat or skinny or just different in any way??? Snap out of it people
lara 4 years ago
I don't care how tall or short he is that is a gorgeous wedding picture. I especially love the kid on the right. He has it "goin' on".
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
the kids are an optical illusion- they are really 10 feet behind Kevin Hart
Load More Replies... Raven Sheridan 4 years ago
Dude. Be proud of your beautiful, Amazonian wife! She chose to marry you! What do you have to be insecure about?
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
Best thing in that pic is the little girl. She outshines all the others.
Idiotwith Anopinion 4 years ago
There may be a reason behind such insecurities... some girls, well people actually, are height prejudiced.
Load More Replies... Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I am small, only 5', it never was a problem when in my teens and 20'a. The problems occurred when I got older and people constantly treat you like a child and as if you have as low IQ, I am not a child or dum thank you, women are just as bad.
Auntriarch 4 years ago
Don't worry, when you hit 60, no one will assume you're a child. And if you have the right eyebrows, no one will mess with you.
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Insulting short men, the only type of discrimination, bullying and harassment that is socially encouraged...
Auntriarch 4 years ago
Agree. Goodness knows it's been going on long enough. I remember the commemorative stamp celebrating Charles and Diana's engagement. He was pictured several inches taller than her. They were actually the same height.
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#31
Sad Truth
J. F. 4 years ago
In Germany there is the discussion to raise it to 68 and step by step to 70.
Cupcake168 4 years ago (edited)
I will never get why they think people can work longer just because they tend to live longer. Living longer doesn’t makes anybody strong and healthy again.
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DKS 001 4 years ago (edited)
(USA) I'm 55. I'm looking to start my own business so that I can be guaranteed a job past retirement age. Because atm I can't afford to ever retire.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Globally, retirement should be at age 60 so you can enjoy your golden years. 40 years of work is more than enough to pay for 20 years of retirement.
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
There are quite a few jobs where people cannot physically continue to do the jobs they used to do, ex. bricklaying, fire-fighting, emergency responding and the like... For those I think a phased-in retirement is the best option with a mentor/trainee phase as part of that so the experienced older folks can teach the less-experienced younger folks.
ispeak catanese 4 years ago
One of my coworkers just turned 70 and the other is 74. No plans to retire, they'll leave feet first in a pine box.
Alice 4 years ago
Yeah, the argument being we tend to live older nowadays but living longer doesn't mean living longer in good health!! We, french people, are critized a lot for going on strikes all the time but what I don't understand is how everyone else is NOT on strike all the time considering the employment conditions around the world... And the worst part is that governements are always showing other countries as examples "in this country they retire at 68, in that country they don't even have a public retirement plan" well, I'm very sad for them and we should not take them as models. I'm just saying...
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
Get rid of the cap, problem solved. This is one of the HUGE issues that is literally that easy to solve. Get rid of the f*****g cap!!!!
#32
And Don’t Forget Student Loans
Deborah B 4 years ago
It's also because in the US you have to pay thousands of dollars in medical bills for prenatal care and labour and delivery, even if nothing goes wrong. You also get 2 weeks maternity leave, if you're lucky. A lot of people literally cannot afford to *have* a baby, let alone raise a child.
DKS 001 4 years ago (edited)
America: "Work yourselves to death. Do all the overtime you can get to afford to live! Bankrupt when you're older because all that work broke your body! Good little human."
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Kimberly Young 4 years ago
Don't get me wrong, it sucks that people are so broke that they can't afford kids, but Earth could do with a little population shrinkage.
Id row 4 years ago
The world population grows by roughly 83 million people each year or 1.1%. We're at 7.8 billion people right now. We *need* to curb population growth if we're going to survive. Critical mass will hit sooner rather than later if we keep up the current pace. Many countries need a major campaign of birth control and education.
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
what kind of bullshit encourages people to increase population?! Population is the single most decisive factor in climate change
Uchman 4 years ago
It's inescapable that you need an ever increasing working population to take care of longer living older population
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Jessica Aubé 4 years ago
F**k you S**t ton of Millennials are working their asses off to save this planet
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Becky Samuel 4 years ago
I don't understand, please explain? 'Replacement level' is jsut a technical term that describes the rate of births required to maintain a steady population. Unless you're suggesting that nobody should ever die, which is the only way that the replacement number becomes zero, then this number automatically exists.
Load More Replies... Jace 4 years ago
FFS, another dogdamned thing to blame on millennials. Shut the hell up, ypulse. If our civilization wasn't literally a dystopia, people would probably be more willing to breed to satisfy your weird belief that breeding is ultra important. Humanity isn't going extinct from lack of reproduction.
Tee Witt 4 years ago
Yes, makes a change when they usually blame the "boomers", like everything that happened in the US was their fault, not the governments etc.
Load More Replies... Anita Pickle 4 years ago
I mean... A decline in population over a generation in any country is not such a bad thing
#33
Motivation Is The Leading Cause Of Death On The China/Nepal Border
Curry on... 4 years ago
It does. I bet you're not as stressed and sickly as some of your peers.
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Jessica Bertram 4 years ago
and now they're just litterers. dead litterers. I stand by that. climbing that mountain is stupid, dangerous, hard on the environment, and needs to stop.
Whitney Gal 4 years ago
Agree 100%! I have a strange obsession with the Himalaya and the effects of adventure tourism. It’s appalling what humans have done to that area, not just in terms of environmental impact but also the exploitation of the local populations.
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Viviane 4 years ago
Some of them had more ambition than qualifications. Here's a cautionary tale: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/exclusive-canadian-everest-victim-used-inexperienced-company-lacked-oxygen-1.1195149
Viviane 4 years ago (edited)
Someone published an article about another woman who did it right: she had experience climbing mountains; when she had trouble near the top of Mount Everest, she turned back and rested; after resting, she joined another group that was taking a less crowded route. It doesn't guarantee success or even survival, but she put luck on her side and made it to the top on her second try. Afterwards, she said she wanted to return to the Himalayas and climb other mountains.
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Erik Granqvist 4 years ago
On a list of places I do not need to visit, Mount Everest is at the very top.
Fourchette Et couteau 4 years ago
Motivation WITH Expertise mean higher chances of success. Only one of them alone does not cut it.
Mimi M 4 years ago
Meh. I'll be a lot of them were good climbers as well. Expert, even.
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Kai Wee Toh 4 years ago
At least they died in a place relatively few people get to. And died trying to achieve something very challenging.
Libstak 4 years ago
What for tho? It's not like they get to look back and pat themselves on the back for the achievement or remember it as a high point of their life, death doesn't give much back..
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#34
Life Can Be So Rewarding
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
So bloody true. The last couple of years has been one hit after the other and we aren't classed as poor. Struggling yes, poor no.
Ragnhild Nilsen 4 years ago
A friend has a new sofa in her molar...... After saving for ages, she had to pay it all to her dentist
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
I thought I finally had it done. House paid off, car paid off, DECADES of hard work to get there... 3 years ago, new HVAC, last year entirely new septic system. THIS year, house foundation work (14K+). I guess I should count myself lucky it waited until the house payment was done.
Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
Then you try and ignore that light for as long as possible so you can get the money to get it fixed and make the issue worse.
Chaos&Roses 4 years ago
YouTube has saved my butt a squillion times. From eggs or pepper into the radiator for a blown head gasket to using pipe clamps and baked beans cans to fix a busted exhaust pipe. I try to problem solve everything with my car cause I'ma teeny tiny older woman in a huge old everything goes-wrong with-lately-truck, and mechanics really take the piss on us little chicks. I've saved heaps by being able to delay the inevitable. And yeah, pepper held for 6 months!
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Steve Barnett 4 years ago
Too much effort, just choose the right colour masking tape instead!
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Cher 4 years ago
I finally paid off my student debt and was happy I could finally save some money for emergencies so I finally don't have to worry if something breaks down. 3 months in, my car and fridge broke down. I know that's where the savings are for but it's frustrating because the savings are back to 0 and the worries back to 100
ChickyChicky 4 years ago
Tip: most check engine light issues aren't that big of an issue. Take the car to a auto parts shop and they'll read the check engine code for free. Then google it. If the car doesn't sound or act weird, it's probably something you can ignore. Just do the google.
ChickyChicky 4 years ago
Once you have the code and you know it's something like the O2 (oxygen) sensor, for example, then you google your car make and model and O2 sensor and there will be tons of information on whether or not you can just live with it, and you might find youtube videos that show you how to fix it yourself.
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I Don't Know If I Would Trust Him With My Pets
Dagnirath 4 years ago
That's one of the best puns I've ever seen! Well done.
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Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
I heard a This American Life years ago where a taxidermist didn’t like to do pets because he wasn’t able to really capture the character With a wild animal you don’t “know it” the way you know your dog, for example
#36
"Millenials Are All Lazy And Entitled!"
John L 4 years ago
Speak for yourself! I like the ones that glow green and give superpowers!
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I'm Gen X and have no diamonds, and I don't care. Overpriced, rotten boring stupid hunks of carbon.
Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
Because diamonds are not worth buying, we all know that the diamond market is a sham. Suppliers are purposefully making diamonds expensive by holding back the supply.
Dagnirath 4 years ago
Absolutely! There's a whole spectrum of color and phenomena out there, and they want us to pick the overpriced white one.
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
(1) They're too expensive. (2) Their stated value is a complete lie, created by artificially keeping the supply low. (3) They represent the patriarchy. (4) The whole blood diamond thing.
John Montgomery 4 years ago
Because people have started to figure out it's a scam. Also, all jewelry really does is look pretty. That can be done with reusing colored glass.
Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 4 years ago
I have never been into diamonds. They are boring. Amethyst stones or Labradorite stones are much more interesting!
#37
Student Loans Put You Through College But Put You Through Debt For Much Longer!!
Jace 4 years ago
"We". There are so many disingenuous politicians that we have been tricked into supporting. At this point, I need one to be like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, AOC, etc., in order to think they might be willing to go against the 1% who rule us. The duopoly is corporatist through & through. If we want actual pro-social reform, we need to stop expecting the duopoly parties to provide it. Of course, Trump's biggest win for the DNC was in ensuring more hate is aimed at Green Party voters than ever before. I have even given up being registered independent because of the frelling closed primaries in PA. When I voted for Biden, I knew it was merely to apply some triage to a country that's literally bleeding out because of a madman in the highest office of the nation, supported by an insane cult of voters and congresscritters. The DNC held a gun to our heads ("Biden or Trump"), so that was the end of thinking we have any choices to make to stop this BS.
Load More Replies... Jon Steensen 4 years ago
... and the worst part is that student loans (as the only type of loans) cannot be canceled, so the only way to ever get rid of it if you have no change of paying back is to die.
Watching 4 years ago
I just don't understand why they don't stop interest. That should be simple. And that's what causes the most problems.
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DKS 001 4 years ago
I have been paying on my $30,000 student loan since 2006. It's now $32,000. All my payments go to the interest, and never the principle.
James016 4 years ago
Effing hell!! What is the interest rate if I may ask?
Load More Replies... Bama Belle 4 years ago
I considered a career in law. It took me all of one hour's worth of research to learn it's one of the most expensive educations in America, and many lawyers never land work. Before investing or borrowing toward an expensive education, do a little homework to see if you might actually make a living at your chosen field. I remember reading about a couple who mortgaged their house to pay for their daughter's ivy league education to become a social worker.
Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
You could have been a carpenter, or a plumber, on a work/ train program for free.
Question everything 4 years ago
So are you saying that only rich people should study for "upper class" jobs and the poor should learn backbreaking occupations that will leave their body effed up by 40? People want to do what they are interested in, they should get a chance without paying for it for the rest of their lives.
Load More Replies... Mishte Tine 4 years ago
This is such a crime against not only the students (hurt the most) but the country and economy in general. People are not/can not afford educations that would benefit and contribute, folks can’t buy homes or afford to have kids - that hurts the health of communities - this is a fairly new phenomenon, I believe, save for the exclusive colleges that have always used tuition costs and legacy favors ($) so the rich (sometimes dumb as rocks) get in while many others don’t. There are exceptions, but… It’s a scam. No student should have to go into massive debt for an education that contributes to society.
#38
It Was So Beautiful
⭐Onyx (they/them)⭐ 4 years ago
The funny thing is, this is exactly what the face would look like smooshed against glass
Mishte Tine 4 years ago
Depending on the deadline, this is fixable. A HUGE PITA, but doable. I feel so sorry for this talented artist.
Jace 4 years ago
Uh... The hardest work is right there where it's been mashed.
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Renata Davies 4 years ago
this looks like thor but his face has been smooshed with glass like in ragnorok (if you know...you know)
#39
How
Mazer 4 years ago
Because if we don’t have ice cream we know we will all die a slow horrible agonizingly painful death!!! You’re more than essential
Bama Belle 4 years ago
Worked at a used car lot during the entire pandemic, even during my state's stay-at-home mandate, because we were considered essential. When it came time for the vaccine, I was told I wasn't an essential worker and would have to wait.
Mishte Tine 4 years ago
Because you help keep the business going, I assume. You’re adorable and pretty well protected so stay safe and do you! Hope you’re getting paid more…
#40
Welcome To The Show
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
I am a millennial (vowels are too expensive to rent) ' 'm ' m'll'n''l? (Ma'am you can't afford those apostrophes) mmllnl :(
Rae Reyn 4 years ago
You can rent one vowel, if you have to share it with three other people.
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Chaos&Roses 4 years ago
My kids are millennials, now in thier late twenties and early thirties. Both have jobs, shipwright labourer and disability support worker. One owns a house, two cars boat, 3 kids and save hard to get the small stuff. My boy has many boats and sails professionally. Many of thier friends own houses and new cars, and all the trimmings. All are blue collar workers. I am middle X gen and we had shitty wages, trade qualified mechanic $11 an hour. 3 kids, rented. Only rich people got to buy a house. No blue collars. Millennials are so much better if here in Australia than any other gen before them. They just have more platforms than the local letters section in the newspaper to complain about to.
Chaos&Roses 4 years ago
Rent has doubled in the last 30 years. Wages have tripled. Ability to get a loan is 1000 fold easier. On the other hand, addictions have risen massively, poker machines are EVERYWHERE, and the ability to gamble online and buy anything and everything 24/7. Not to mention coffee addiction and smashed avo desire and all the brunch trimmings that over 1 year could have been your house deposit. All those factors make it difficult for millennials to get into the market too.
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#41
Cause Your In New York
Renata Davies 4 years ago
w-where does it even mention a you are or a your??
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Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
Are you kidding me ? New Yorkers can be some of the friendliest people. I can't imagine a crying person being ignored there very often
Kimberley Gayle Thomas 4 years ago
I've asked strangers why they were crying and hoped I wouldn't regret it. In addition to if I could help if not listen at least,
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
"Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's god-given right!"
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
Living in New York State has the perk of pretty much everyone minding their own business and not giving a s**t about other people. For me, god bless it!
#42
Spent $11.75 Growing Tomatoes This Year. Here's My Whole Harvest!
Mishte Tine 4 years ago
My single beet was a little bigger, but I planted Aton of veggies - got sick and all it takes is one day of neglect for everything to die in AZ summer temps (I’m new at this). I’m surprised your little tomato turned red so soon! Don’t they stay green in early growth? But what do I know - I get oddball things in my “garden” regularly. Going to try a fall planting this year. Your tomato is adorable. Keep trying!
Carsten Petersen 4 years ago
How about one of these ? ;-) https://www.thespruce.com/best-self-watering-planters-4782639
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Cori 4 years ago (edited)
I picked the saddest little pile of peas out of my garden last night, went to the trouble of shelling them, actually bothered to boil water to cook them, put the tiny pea pile on a plate next to the toaster oven while my piece of fish finished cooking, left the room and my weird ass cat ate them. Thanks a lot Pretzel. I hope they were good.
#43
I Wish
Constance A 4 years ago
There are older millennials in their early 40s and younger millennials in their late 20s.
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Michael Sanders 4 years ago
Just making sure everyone knows Reductress is a satire site right? And everyone is in on the joke?
#44
Hmm
Tiny Dog 4 years ago
I love my cast iron skillet that belonged to my husband’s grandmother. It took 75 years of seasoning to perfect, and I will cut anybody who dares come at it with dish soap!
Saico Hipe 4 years ago (edited)
A properly seasoned cast iron skillet can get washed with zero ill effect. Use flaxseed oil and a BBQ grill to season it, and you can send that baby through a dishwasher on heavy duty with detergent and rinse agent and it won't touch the seasoning. I speak from experience working years in foodservice and having my own cast iron pans at home.
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VeninTheNonBinaryRogue 4 years ago
But cast iron skillets are better for hitting people over the head, rapunzel style
Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago
Cooked a rib eye in a plain Jane skillet the other night because I was to lazy to wrestle the cast iron skillet. Only difference I noticed was less hassle. (Sorry purists.)
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
I got an 18” Lodge and it cost me 20 dollars. I use soap on it and guess what!!? It cooks food just fine.
Marek Yanchurak 4 years ago
Yeah, who the hell is buying expensive cast iron pans?
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Martz Migraña 4 years ago
I purchased my first cast iron skillet at 27 and low key I'm looking forward to pass it on my niece when I'm older 😅
Tara Louise 4 years ago
Just came here for cleaning/seasoning tips. Did not disappoint thanks guys!!
#45
I Know It Hurts Sometimes But You'll Get Over It
ravina nimje 4 years ago
Yahh about that, I send it anyway. And then message saying sorry I did not mean to talk to you, I forgot.
Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
Yeah, but if I reach out to her she’ll respond, and there’s a reason I don’t talk to her anymore….
Riley S. B-Dion 4 years ago
I feel like this should be in the top 3. As a repeat violent crime (UNCONNECTED crimes) survivor, with zero biological family (for health), crippling agoraphobia and lifelong social anxiety... I communicate mainly through text messages. To be honest: the seemingly trivial daily interactions with the ultimately transient people I wanted to keep as surrogate family are a vacuum---I more impacted by those incremental losses, more damaged, than I ever have been by through abuse or crime. I think having a carefully anonymous social presence and no one to interact with on a regular basis is more destructive to a soul than potentially any other form of loss or violation. It quiet literally unmakes a person. It makes suicide very, very appealing and waking/getting up on some days becomes absolutely impossible. THIS IS NOT meant as a pity party... Maybe a grammatically incorrect PSA? Text the meme to the person you drifted from for no decisive reason. It could change their immediate future path or intentions.
#46
Hitting A Little Too Close To Home
Ammie Gunter 4 years ago
and then sometimes, you Tell it correctly, but it's actually not funny, you were tired when you heard it
#47
Economic Generation Gap
Cain Hargreaves 4 years ago
I'm currently priced out of the old refrigerator box market, which really sucks. I'm thinking about maybe looking for a nice doorway.
#48
Doesn't Look Like An Improvement To Me
Mishte Tine 4 years ago
That looks luxurious to me considering the flights I’ve been on! My body is nearly broken from all those cross country flights every couple of months, sleeping in the airport, wash, rinse, repeat for years. Well, that’s because my ex required me to escort my pre-teen and teen daughters on every flight so I had to fly them out, sleeping the airport and fly myself back the next morning - 7 hour flights each way. I’m tall with tailbone pain and those seats were excruciating.
Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 4 years ago
Why did you have to sleep in the airport? Your ex couldn't at least let you sleep on their couch??
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Benjamin Kowal 4 years ago
But those plane pretzels are some of the best pretzels I’ve ever had.
Mosheh Wolf 4 years ago (edited)
You would not be able to afford what that couple paid for their flight. They are getting the equivalent of a first class experience because they paid more than first class pays nowadays. Tickets cost up to 10x as much as they do today, and they took longer. Much longer. A discounted round trip Greyhound Ticket NYC-San Francisco cost $89.65 in 1950. It today's money it would be around $980 in today's money. A cheap round trip NYC-San Francisco by airplane can cost less than half of that. So we are paying HALF of what those people would have paid for a bus ticket which would have taken three days, so why are people whining that they are, essentially, spending only 4 hours in a bus-like seat? Talk about whiny entitlement!
#49
I'm Not Surprised At The Stupidity
lara 4 years ago (edited)
I went into the bank wearing a mask and my sunglasses, because, HELLO nearsighted and can't see very well without glasses. They made me take off the sunglasses, because I MIGHT BE A FREAKING ROBBER coming to make a deposit. I did, however, manage to fall over the funking ropes that they moved BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE THEM WITHOUT MY GLASSES.
#50
Two Problems In Life
labaguette🥖️🥖️ 4 years ago
Oh that’s a whole other story. That’s beyond a “problem”. I don’t know what’s bigger than a problem but this is it
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#51
Fun Fact
John Baker 4 years ago (edited)
He's also the only president since George Gallup began the public approval polls in the 1930s to never reach 50% approval, and he left office with the lowest average approval rating of any president since polling began. EDIT: Also, only two presidents in US history have left office with a deficit in excess of a trillion dollars. One was George W. Bush. Can you guess the other? ;-)
John Baker 4 years ago
And the only impeached president to have a member of his own party vote to convict.
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Arthur Waite 4 years ago
Americans are learning something Canadians have known for a long time - we don't vote FOR someone, we vote AGAINST someone. Trump got in because every one voted against Hilary Clinton. Then they voted against Trump and Biden got in. Wait for it...
Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
As long as there's a decent candidate who can appeal to both political parties, the psychos on the extreme right will be suppressed.
JennyLaRue 4 years ago
It's a head scratcher how some people think he got voted in twice.
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R.i.p
lara 4 years ago
Some guy said "hey no problem on the crack in a windshield. Just put epoxy at the beginning and end of the crack." And I said "the one in your head?"
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#53
Keeping It Cool...
denzoren 4 years ago
Me: *sends text* Person: *replies 4 hours later* Me: *sees it instantly but don't want to reply to seem like I was just sitting here* Me: *replies after about 1 minute so it wouldn't seem too quick*
Blue of the yams 4 years ago
Excuse me but who are you and how do you know my life XD
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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
It doesn't help that I'm a really fast typer, so even if I'm typing a long message I'll respond about a minute later
#54
Poor Bastard
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 years ago
Let us hope operating heavy machinery is not part of the job...
#55
Rip Gam Gam
Jonathan 4 years ago
Exactly. I'm a care and support for people with dementia. I know this isn't how it happens.
Load More Replies... Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
Take it easy people, it probably isn’t even real, just a take on dark humor.
Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
Dementia is no joke, I hope she and her family have the means to get good care. It is not something any family should try to deal with without professional help.
Cécé24 4 years ago
It's her grandma, if laughing at it is the best way for her to deal with it who are you to say she can't?
Load More Replies... Wandaluzt 4 years ago
You're trying to speak to someone on Twitter from 2019?
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#56
Pretty Much
VeninTheNonBinaryRogue 4 years ago
It’s so awkward. Texting or email is better, unless I’m face timing my parents
#57
Teachers In The 90s
N G 4 years ago (edited)
At the risk of repeating myself from the last time this appeared on a BP post - the teachers weren't *lying*. Teachers in the 90s didnt have crystal balls to predict the future. A Nokia 3200 cost over £750 in 1993, which didnt exactly suggest they would be affordable to everyone (and this was a brick phone that didnt even have a calculator function). Knock it off with saying 90s teachers should've foreseen the iPhone.
Agreaterevil 4 years ago
90s kid here, I had a calculator on my f*****g watch, and solar powered calculators the size of a business card were given away at the bank. Don't act like teachers were clueless.
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Shaista Afridi 🇦🇫 4 years ago
my teacher in 2021 still says this to me even tho we all have phones
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
God damn this was the leading cause of my anxiety for ages! Couldn't learn my times tables despite trying very hard. "You're gonna fail high school without knowing your times tables!" Pscht then I get to first year of high school and calculators were mandatory instead of forbidden. Dammit teachers
Niall Mac Iomera 4 years ago
I just used mine about 4 minutes ago. I use it at least once a week.
Load More Replies... Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago (edited)
Last time I checked, basic calculator on Iphones can't do complex equations.
Mimi777 4 years ago
True, but you can google it and find the answer to the equation at least.
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Target Only
#59
Uno
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Rosidah Yahya 4 years ago
facts for some ppl, maybe confusing for others, depends on which country u come from
Parmeisan 4 years ago
I think they mean it's confusing because you don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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Vanta Black 4 years ago
Clearly BP is not for you. Maybe go watch Tucker Carlson rant about "the left", or Ben Shapiro ask why crime hasn't been banned.
Load More Replies... Rosidah Yahya 4 years ago
facts for some ppl, maybe confusing for others, depends on which country u come from
Parmeisan 4 years ago
I think they mean it's confusing because you don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Load More Replies... Vanta Black 4 years ago
Clearly BP is not for you. Maybe go watch Tucker Carlson rant about "the left", or Ben Shapiro ask why crime hasn't been banned.
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