People Reveal What Their Teenage Selves Would Say About Them
We often think about what we would do if we could travel through time – but what if it wasn’t so much the current us going somewhere, as being visited by someone distant but familiar? That’s the prompt in this thought on Ask Reddit. If 16 year old you could see you now, what would 16 year old you think about your life? from...
People Share What They Miss Most from the 90’s
Ah, the 90’s. It feels like a lifetime ago. Maybe even another dimension. Or a weird, puke-green dream. But a lot of us miss it anyway. What’s something from the 90s you miss? from AskReddit What does Reddit think was the best part of this era? Let’s find out. 1. Sit-in Pizza Huts I was on vacation in the...
People Reveal Their School’s Dumbest Rules
There’s nothing more satisfying than knowing that YOU are the reason there’s a new rule somewhere. It happened to me at my old school, which was rife with plenty of ridiculous rules. Apparently I’m not alone in that. What’s the dumbest rule your school ever enforced? from AskReddit How are our...
15 Mating Rituals That Would be Super Strange For Humans
One of the strangest writing jobs I’ve ever had was – no joke – an annual infotainment show for a zoo in which my partner and I wrote a series of sketches about weird animal mating rituals. I have learned things I never wanted to know, and my search history is forever scarred. What is an animal’s mating ritual...
Hotel Workers Reveal the Weirdest Things They’ve Ever Seen
Hotels are strange places in that they are simultaneously completely banal and the wildest experiences in the world. Most of the time, you’re just a place for somebody to stay for a night or two because they gotta be in town for some conference or something. Other times? You’re a pit for all the strangest depravity imaginable. And the...
People Reveal the Pettiest Things They’ve Ever Done After a Breakup
I don’t know hot to break this to you, but breakups suck. Sure, sometimes they turn out peaceful, and sometimes the damage is fleeting, but other times, we just absolutely lose our minds when we lose our relationships. And when that occurs, we can find ourselves turning into petty little monsters, and then turning to the internet to...
People Reveal the Strangest Interactions They’ve Had with Cops
If you wanna start an argument, just bring up your interactions with cops and watch everybody go crazy. Policing in America has rightfully become an extremely contentious topic. But somewhere between the horrific tales of abuse and the breathless recounting of heroics, there are smaller, odder interactions people are having with cops every day,...
15 Double Standards That Might Just Be Hitting Men the Hardest
We hear a lot about double standards that benefit men over women, but how often does it go the other way? Actually yes. Of course it does. And that’s exactly what Reddit asked recently… What is a double standard that is seen positively when women do it but negatively when men do it? from AskReddit Reddit certainly...
People Imagine What Would’ve Happened if Confronted By Their Past Selves
Back in the day when I was taking acting classes , I learned one concept that I found really helpful, both on and off stage. It’s a psychological phenomenon my teacher referred to as a “private audience.” No matter what we’re doing, all of us carry around people in our minds and sort of wonder what they might think of what...