Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Everyone likes to think they give the best advice. Or, maybe they just think their wise old granny or gramps gave really great advice that needs to be passed on, or perhaps a historical figure or two may have gotten more credit than they deserve for their shady life hacks. Whatever the reason, there’s a lot...

Homelessness is a real problem in our society. It’s tough on anyone who has to experience it, at any time of the year, but for people with nowhere to go when the weather turns cold, it can be deadly. There are programs, but we all know that times are tough and resources are stretched thin....

In 2018, employees at Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium noticed something fairly rare among their Gentoo penguin population – a mating ritual between two male penguins. Sphen made the first move, presenting Magic with a pebble, and the rest is history. The pair even created a stone nest during their first mating season together, and have...

If you were the “smart” kid growing up, there’s a good chance you heard your parents say “I don’t know how someone as smart as you could do something like that” at least once in your life. Aside from making you feel badly for upsetting your parents, the statement also makes you feel something new...

If you don’t live in a small town, where people have to invent ways to amuse themselves, and too many of those things include destroying other people’s property, then perhaps you’ve never had to worry about the sturdiness of your mailbox. For the rest of us, we’ve come outside at least once in our life...

Not many of us take the time to read the fine print on the contracts we sign, though I’d wager most of us know that we really should. It could come in handy if people try to pull one over on you – something history proves will happen at least a few times in all...

I would venture to say that for the disabled people of the world, most spaces could do more as far as accessibility. Abled people don’t spend enough time considering the needs of those who grow up with different experiences, and the result is spaces that don’t work as well as they should for every single...

I think most people in the world want to believe that we’re not alone in the universe. Sure, aliens could be the scary, smart kind who come down to Earth ready to kill us all and inhabit our planet, but it would still be pretty cool to see them, right? Maybe not. So far, there...

When we think of bullies and how to survive them, our minds typically go to childhood (especially middle school). I think that’s because we’re – rightfully – extra concerned about the mental health of kiddos whose minds are still developing, and who typically don’t have the experience and life skills to cope. Even if we do...

If you didn’t sleep through all of your high school civics lessons, you probably remember a little thing called “taxation without representation.” It’s one of the main beefs the Virginia colonists had with the British crown – basically, they were forced to pay whatever taxes were decided were fair in England, though the colony had no...

It can sometimes seem that the people who are the most able to fake being amazing are the ones who are rewarded by life. The people who really, really don’t (in our estimation) deserve the good things get heaps of them, and the folks who really deserve happiness seem to constantly be dodging crap. Why...

There are so many things I love about studying history, but one of the best parts is always the reminder of how little human beings have really changed over the past two-thousand years. Sure, our world has changed a lot, but the people in it? At our cores, we’re very much the same. Which is...

I love pie. Pie is the best. It is superior to cake and cupcakes, and most cookies, and that is my opinion. You can fight me on it if you want, but if you would really rather have cake, I’m going to assume you just haven’t had a really delicious slice of pie in your...

There are so many places and spaces in this big, beautiful world that many – or even most – of us will probably never see. For me, one of the coolest things about the internet is that it allows people to share their experiences in the most real way possible. Would being there in person...

Ah, parking. In some places around the world, it’s a non-issue, and in others, a parking space is worth its weight in gold. If you think living somewhere with plenty of space means you never have to worry about folks parking where they shouldn’t, though, you’ll have to think again. The man in this r/MaliciousCompliance...