Posts by Ingrid Cruz

We all know that it’s soothing to look at nature and that some trees are just more unique than others. One Tumblr thread discussed the wonders of trees. The conversation began with a person who posted a picture of an unusual group of trees. It later got darker as people started divulging more facts, eventually...

If there’s a problem, you can google a solution for it or log onto the Reddit and crowd-source some answers. An AskReddit thread posed the following question, and found pretty good lifehacks! “What are some lesser-known secondary uses for an everyday product?” You’d be surprised at what you can do with things like salt, dish...

No one ever said adulting was easy. Paying bills, working, and other tasks related to survival can be a total drag. But work environments can also easily become toxic, leading to difficult situations and even drama! A commenter spoke about their ordeal on the Reddit forum https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRevenge, a part of the Reddit site focusing on...

Films are known for exaggerating the truth a bit, and when these tropes aren’t overused, we barely notice. But what about unrealistic depictions we’re tired of seeing? You know the ones: bad science, weird time travel plot lines, and people who look perfect no matter what! One Reddit thread identified other annoying unrealistic details in...

New pairs of shoes, a daily or weekly coffee run, or an extra dinner. We often take these small wants for granted and treat them as needs, but there are many who are living with far less. You never know what you can live with or without until you try, or until life puts you...

What’s more delicious than fresh, home-made pasta? Where many of us didn’t have time to cook something from scratch in the past, many are now signing up for online courses, watching tutorials, and dusting off old recipe books. But nothing is better than creating an authentic dish by following directions from a seasoned chef. With...

Historians once credited the Greeks with the study of complex geometric principles. But a University of New South Wales professor Dr. Daniel Mansfield recently made a new history-changing discovery: Babylonians were doing advanced math 1,500 years before the Greeks were! Mansfield and his team found this out after cracking a code on an old Babylonian...

Thanks to technology, software, and demands from workers, working from home is slowly becoming more viable. Remote work is sought after because it allows for flexibility, saves commute time, and helps people save money they’d normally spend on transportation to and from work. Some jobs are obvious candidates for working at home, but Redditors came...

Times are a-changin’ and employers are quickly realizing that today’s workforce demands more flexibility. Indeed, some jobs and careers must be moved to work at home or remote in the future so the economy can keep thriving. There are some exceptions to this too. We will now need more delivery drivers and perhaps postal employees so...

People can be entitled sometimes! They may express it differently depending on what they want though. The internet is full of stories of broken friendships, ruined careers, and even divorces over someone else’s extreme rudeness. The only silver lining we have is that cell phones, messaging apps, and social media now allow us to better...

The world is now a part of the largest ever self-imposed isolation, for good reason. It hasn’t been easy for many to get used to their own company. Thankfully, this isn’t the first time anyone has had to spend a lot of time on their own. Jon Bailey is experienced in submarines and decided to...

In the past year alone, humans have seen fires in Australia, California, and the Amazon forest. Worldwide carbon emissions from various types of businesses, human activity, and burning fossil fuels have also made a dent in our year, and not exactly for the better. On top of COVID19, a contagious disease spread by the novel...

The United States and Europe do things very differently. Inches vs. centimeters, coffee vs. tea, and currency notes that are all the same color. But our differences are slightly deeper than this. Governments, banks, and transportation systems work differently in the United States, and that can be hard to wrap your head around. In a...

Pawn shops are amazing for a variety of reasons. They’re great for people who fall on hard times and want to avoid taking out loans, or for people who want to find something at a great price. Of course, we can imagine that pawn shop owners have stories to tell. After all, not everyone wants...

It’s not easy to understand our bodies. Sometimes they do things that require us to ask the experts: doctors. Of course, even though doctors are used to blood and guts, regular folks can feel strange asking certain questions. That’s why some people ask a question “for a friend.” Leave it to AskReddit to ask doctors...