Posts by Matt Gilligan

C’mon, admit it. You cheated in school at least once or twice, right? I’m not talking about Animal House-style, where you went dumpster diving and found copies of the test. I’m talking about writing a little note on your hand (or your leg) or something like that. Teachers of AskReddit shared the most creative cheaters they...

We’re fed all kinds of misleading and false information from a very young age. That includes in school, from adults, from peers, and, of course, from television. And it skews our perspective about the way things actually happened throughout history. In this AskReddit article, historians set the record straight about the common misconceptions people have about...

Edgar Allan Poe just celebrated his 210th birthday on January 19, and the troubled writer’s works remain as popular as ever. In his 40 years on this planet (1809-1849), Poe wrote such unforgettable classics as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue, just to name a few. Here are 5...

I grew up watching movies that were filmed in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s and my, how things have changed in the Big Apple. I remember the grit, grime, and danger of Taxi Driver and The Warriors, but those days are long gone, for better or for worse. Jamel Shabazz has been documenting the people and culture...

The new (and final!) season of Game of Thrones doesn’t premiere until April, but the fanfare never seems to die down for the ultra-popular HBO show. The series is known for using incredible locations to create its wondrous backdrops and tourists are flocking to filming sites all over the world. Here are the top 10 most popular GOT locations...

That seemingly never-ending, monotonous list of chores and tasks that women often do to keep their kids well and their house running smoothly is sometimes called “invisible labor.” And according to a new study, this phenomenon is leaving women feeling empty and depressed. Almost 90% of the women interviewed for the survey said that they...

You think your family is nuts? Think again! Someone posed this question to the Twitterverse and it exploded with insanity. And from an account named Aol.com, no less? Scandalous! Here we go! Here’s what people were brave enough to share about their kin. 1. Okay… that’s actually genius, though. The milk didn’t go bad, did...

Movie clichés never seem to go away no matter how smart directors and audiences seem. It’s 2019 for God’s sake, why can’t anyone shoot straight during a gun battle?! It’s no surprise that avid movie watchers have taken issue with many of these ‘cinema sins.  AskReddit users compiled some of the most annoying ones, and they’re...

If you’re in a bad situation, you feel it all the way down in your gut. Somehow, you just know you need to get out of it as fast as you can. These AskReddit users shared stories of the moment they knew they had to bolt from a potentially awful experience. 1. Close call “I worked...

“The test determines… you are not the father!” Those situations are kind of funny (and sad) when we see on Maury Povich (those people are actors, right?), but probably not at all funny when they happen in real life. Especially if you’re the one who has to break the bad news. AskReddit users shared extremely uncomfortable stories...

These facts are just for you. Yes, you! We did some reconnaissance work, found out what you’re interested in, and we put together the ultimate list of facts because you totally deserve it! Don’t say we never did anything for you. 1. Might want to lay off, guys 2. Is it real? 3. Gooood boy...

High school is a strange time. You’re trying to figure out exactly who you are, but you don’t really have the freedom to do it. On top of that, you’re raging with hormones and so are all of your peers. Ahhhh, memories. No doubt you’ve got a few. Maybe some of these cringeworthy stories from...

Ready to be creeped out? If you’re the kind of person who frequents the woods — whether it’s for hunting, hiking or bird watching — these scary stories from AskReddit might make you think twice about back heading out into the wild frontier. 1. Drug runner? “My father and I were following a trail for...

Remember that movie The Gods Must Be Crazy? The one where someone throws a Coke bottle from an airplane and some African tribesmen who have no contact with the outside world find it and believe it’s a gift from the gods? Well, that was only a movie, but random stuff does fall from the sky sometimes...

I think a lot of us go through this. We spend our youth trying to rebel and be the complete opposite of our parents, and then one day we realize “oh sh*t, I’ve become my mother/father!” Not that there’s anything wrong with that — it’s just a funny realization that things have come full circle. In this...