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This 15-Year-Old Girl Was Suspended After Calling out a Rapist at Her School

Talking to Animals and Inanimate Objects Is a Sign of Intelligence and Empathy

People who talk to their pets as if they are human are not simple-minded or nutty. Rather, the habit seems to be a sign of high intelligence and empathy. That’s reassuring news for anyone who has been mocked for telling the dog the weather is too bad for a walk right now, but maybe later...

Want a Happy Kid? Buy Them a Pet Rat

A lot of us grow up with dogs, cats, maybe even a rabbit. But have you ever thought about a pet rat? Most of us get creeped out when we think about the little rodents that run through our alleys and eat our trash. But a study shows that kids are actually happier with pet...

Employee Tries to Surprise Her Boss, and It Goes All Wrong Because of Picture of Her Mother

Quinn Cummings is a writer, entrepreneur, and former child actor. We’ve all had terrible bosses, but Cummings’ former boss may outdo them all. After a snafu, Cummings assisted with a gesture designed to make things right with her boss. Things did not go as planned. Cummings starts out by setting the stage and explaining how...

This Man’s Personal Encounter with Mr. Rogers Proves We’re All Still Neighbors

If you’re of a certain age, there’s a good chance that you grew up as part of Mr. Rogers‘s neighborhood. And guys, he was the best neighbor – not just on the show, but to every last one of us in real life, too. I didn’t realize just how good of a guy he was...

Obsessed With Dan Levy? Here’s Every Performance You Don’t Want to Miss.

To be fair, who isn’t obsessed with Dan Levy these days? His father Eugene might have been pulling the money strings behind Schitt’s Creek (while also masterfully playing the straight man on the show), but it was Dan Levy’s portrayal of the neurotic, lovable, hilarious David Rose that had us all tumbling head over heels for the quirky...

People Discuss What Looks Easy, but Is Actually Really Difficult

Some things look relatively easy from afar but are in fact REALLY difficult when you actually try to do them. Have you ever tried to play hockey before? The players on TV and in person make it look pretty effortless, but let me tell you that is really hard stuff. In this article, AskReddit users...

Are Quiet Men or Outgoing Ones More Attractive? Here’s How People Responded.

If you’re a man, this is a question that eats at your soul throughout your lifetime. How do I get people to be attracted to me? Do I try to play the strong, silent type? Or do I present myself as an outgoing, fun person who is the life of the party? Well, we’re about...

Father Wants to Know if Counting His Chicken Bits at KFC Makes Him a “Karen”

We all get a little crazy sometimes. We say and do things in the heat of the moment that embarrass the people we’re with, and when they tell us as much later, we can reflect on the experience and realize they were right and we took it too far. Other times, though, we look back...

4 Prosthetic Works of Art From the Alternative Limb Project

What if you could turn your disability into an opportunity for expression? How about superpowers, or at least special powers?… The Alternative Limb Project has been creating realistic and alternative prosthetic limbs since a 2-year-old inspired them to think more creatively about the process. Their collaborations with the people who wear the prosthetics are essential...

Video Games and Violence: Here’s What The Research Really Says

Ever since the Columbine mass shooting in 1999, myths about the negative social impacts of video games have really exploded into the public consciousness. But video games are a new media, relatively speaking, and up until pretty recently there really wasn’t that much research looking at how they actually affect people. They are easy to...

Woman Asks if She’s Wrong for Banning Roommate’s Girlfriend From Their Apartment

You’re outta here! It feels good to say that sometimes, don’t you think? And that’s what went down when a young woman decided to ban her roommate’s girlfriend from their apartment for some inappropriate behavior. Let’s take a look at what happened. AITA for banning my roommate’s girlfriend after she kept insisting I was hitting...

This Twitter Thread Is Full of Women Who Definitely Don’t Look Their Age

When @shipilkins tweeted a flattering picture of her gorgeous, definitely-doesn’t-look-43-year-old mother, she had no idea she’d get over 25k likes. She also didn’t realize that she had just started an amazing thread of other women honoring their own youthful moms. Let’s take a look at this stunner! Моей маме 43, а она всё ещё может...

29 Officers Laugh About the Calls They Never Should Have Gotten

We’re all happy to have an emergency number to call when something goes seriously awry in our lives. There are so many people who have been saved, in one way or another, by the arrival of help just in the nick of time. That said, it can be difficult to educate the general public on...

Messages from the Dead: A Tumblr Account Collects the Final Texts Received from Loved Ones

This Tumblr account collects final text messages – both from people who have passed on or gone away, and from the people they left behind, who, perhaps to find some closure, tell their stories online. The messages are oddly touching, occasionally spooky, but always a brief, poignant glimpse into humanity just before some of our most trying...