15 Things NOT to Do on a First Date
You ever seen that movie 50 First Dates? I haven’t. Because I don’t like horror movies. And you can’t convince me that’s not what that is, because 50 first dates is the worst thing I can imagine. Even one is nerve-wracking. Just look at how much fear it stirs up in this Reddit user: What should you NEVER do on a first date?...
This Dad Live-Tweeted the Funny Story of His Son Trying to Sneak a Girl out of the House
Twitter user @dropsnopanties is a stepdad and, if his recent thread is any indication, also quite the storyteller. He began his tale with a tight, simple, and undeniably compelling hook – his stepson had a girl spend the night and had not managed to smuggle her out before the rest of the family awoke. Photo Credit: Twitter Instead of busting the...
10 People Who Went to Great Lengths to Get Some Attention
I grew up a theatre kid, and these days I am extremely online, so I think I know a thing or two about what it’s like to be constantly seeking attention, and recognizing that in others as well. Usually it’s fairly harmless. Makes us a little loud, a little dramatic. Sometimes it’s downright positive – it pushes us to create...
Twitter Just Started Roasting Apple Maps for Some Reason
I’m terrible with directions. Absolutely horrible. Lucky for me, I was born at such a time that I only had to drive around getting lost for the first couple years before GPS in cars and on phones became ubiquitous and after that I was fairly ok. But let’s be clear: I use Google Maps. A moment of silence for the Apple Maps users of the...
15 Viral Jokes You Can Really Vibe With
Looking for something to vibe with today? Well, the long search is over. Because we’ve got some real vibe-worthy pieces of viral goodness right here. There’s a reason they’re all so popular, and that’s because they’re all so true. Deeply true. True in a way that will make you laugh and then nod sagely, like the sage...
14 Times Tumblr Expertly Riffed on Itself
You know how when you were a kid, you’d be sitting in a car or wherever with your friends and somebody would say something funny, then the whole squad just starts jumping in with funny variations and additions to that thing, and soon everybody’s losing their minds with laughter? That’s riffing, and man is it fun. But what if you...
15 Times Tumblr Knocked it Out of the Park
I’m not sure what the pitch meeting was for the people who ended up inventing Tumblr, but I’m guessing that what they actually ended up with was a fair bit different. Nobody could have predicted what this odd little enigma of a platform would turn into. Nobody could have known. But we’re all at least a tad grateful, because it...
People Reveal the Most Unforgettable Things Their Teachers Ever Told Them
Teachers can be truly inspiring. I should know, I come from a whole family of them. I’m just about the only one who didn’t much dabble in it. So definitely don’t come to be for inspiration. But Reddit? Well, that’s always reliable. Especially when you’ve got thread prompts like this: What is something a high school...
15 Things Teachers Said that Students Never Forgot
Teachers – they’re overworked, underpaid, and completely disrespected. And they just keep showing up anyway. What is something a high school teacher told you, that you will never forget? byu/absolutejuice22 inAskReddit Not all of them are saints, of course, but if this thread is anything to go by, a huge number of them have left...
15 Tweets to Help Us All Heal
Do you need a little healing? From just, yanno, whatever? All the stuff? A bit of the everything? Well, no worries. Because Twitter is here. Now mind you, Twitter isn’t actually going to help. But it IS going to distract you for long enough that you forget what it was you needed help with to begin with. And that’s kind of the same...