12 Times People Who Talk in Their Sleep Kept Things Interesting
If there’s one thing we all like to think we want, it’s an interesting life. If you’re being woken in the middle of the night by a partner shouting nonsense, and they have no recollection of it in the morning, well…some days, that might be a bit too interesting. For these 12 people, though, strangeness equaled hilarity,...
14 People Who Said Some Hilariously Strange Things in Their Sleep
There’s not much that’s as unsettling as a person talking while they’re not awake. My partner sleeps like a snoring log, thank goodness, but my best friend growing up would hold all manner of conversations in the dead of night. It’s confusing, but if you can wake yourself up enough to hear what they’re saying,...
This Person Says if You’re a Parent and Your Adult Children Don’t Speak to You, It’s YOUR Fault
It can be tough to claim things like always or never when it comes to other people’s families – relationships are complicated, after all. So when this person on Reddit came out with their Unpopular Opinion that, if adult children refuse to have anything to do with their parents, it’s because the parents were terrible....
People Say We Need to Stop Feeling Insecure About These 12 Things
People will come up with plenty of reasons to feel insecure about themselves, their choices, and their life. Our society can feel half built on making other people feel bad about themselves, even when some of things aren’t anything they can control. If you agree that it’s time we stop so much judging of others,...
It’s High Time Society Stopped Making People Insecure About These 11 Things
In my view, people struggle enough with self-esteem and loving themselves without bringing other people’s judgement into it. Society-at-large just can’t seem to help itself from passing those judgements, though, and it can really suck the joy out of the world for people. If we want to be happier, and freer, people say judging other...
12 Times Full-Grown Adults Asked the Dumbest Questions
If you’ve spent any time in your life working in customer service – retail, at a restaurant, at a call center, or anywhere else that faces the public – then there is a 100% chance you’ve got an entire journal’s worth of unbelievably stupid interactions. People, it turns out, really aren’t that smart…and also, they...
15 People Who Have Amazing Talents That They Definitely Can’t Put on Their Resumes
I would venture to say that everyone in the world is really good at something. Now, whether or not that something is marketable or impressive to many people, well, that’s up for debate. That said, sometimes our random talents can be both impressive and useless when it comes to making money and stuff, and I would...
13 People Who Dodged Some Serious Bullets To Come Out (Mostly) Unscathed
Everyone dodges a few bullets during their lives – mostly metaphorical, thank goodness – and they can really help us take stock of our lives and what we need to change. These 13 near-misses were big enough that there’s no way these people were the same afterward. Check it out and see what I mean!...
Even History Buffs Might Have Missed These 14 Dark Moments
As a writer, I can attest to the fact that the truth is definitely stranger than fiction. There are some things that have happened in human history that, even if an author could dream them up, no one would ever buy. Some of them, as these 14 events prove, are completely dark, showing the absolute depravity...
16 Items That Cost A Pretty Penny Despite Being Cheaply Made
We all know that the vast majority of companies in this world worship nothing more than the almighty dollar. Sure, they give back to the community when its in their best interest, and they give us “deals” from time-to-time, but the prices on their items have far more to do with what people will pay...
18 People Muse on the Things That Feel Like Cults, Even if They’re Not
Most definitions of cult revolve around religions and religious groups , though in general, they just require a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing. There are plenty of situations that don’t technically qualify, but we’re not the FBI here, and we know when we get that icky feeling in our gut....
15 Things That Remind People of a Cult
Did you ever go to a meeting, or sign up for something, and after you get home, you wonder if you’ve just voluntarily joined a cult? Gym memberships definitely come to mind, but who among us hasn’t been at least partially sucked in by a pyramid scheme in our day? If you’re wondering if you...
15 Scams That Are So Normalized People Don’t Recognize Them For What They Are
Literally anything starts to seem normal if you see it, hear it, or do it often and for long enough. Like staying at home and going nowhere and cleaning your groceries, for example. Sometimes people stop and take stock of life, though, and realize things that everyone is doing are actually a scam – which...
This Woman Said No When Her Sister Asked to Borrow Her Car. When She Took It Anyway, She Reported It Stolen.
If there is one thing I have definitely learned from hanging on the internet – and especially reading Am I the A$shole posts on Reddit – it’s that I’m super lucky to have a family that I love, and that I can trust. Not everyone is so lucky, and so I’ve become very careful about...
Child-Free Woman Wants to Know if She’s Wrong for Giving to Charity Instead of Her Friend’s Kids
In my opinion, it’s always sort an awkward thing when your friends have kids – whether you have your own or not. Are they supposed to be friends just because you are? Do you have to act like you like their kids in order to stay friends? Do you exchange gifts on holidays? Send them...