Posts by Michelle Nati

If you don’t already know, a “Karen” is an entitled, usually middle-aged woman who complains to authority figures about others’ behavior. This particular Karen decided that her complaint to the manager would get her a free meal. She couldn’t have been more off-base in her assumption, specifically as it concerned the owner. A friend of...

If you’ve never had a migraine, you probably don’t know that they can incapacitate you for hours, and one of the things that trigger them is too much salt. In most instances, you can avoid them by removing this one ingredient. A Redditor shared his experience with migraines triggered by salt and what prompted him...

When it comes to pandemics, we’ve been here before—exactly 100 years ago. But have we learned anything since then? From 1918 to early 1920, the world was held captive by a virus known as H1N1, or the Spanish Flu. Like COVID-19, it spread across the globe within a matter of months. When it was all...

Break out the fire extinguisher and your appetite—Totino’s is creating another late-afternoon snack legend in a collab with Takis to make Takis Fuego Mini Snack Bites. Similar to the binge-worthy pizza rolls that you remember, these also bite-sized and are an ideal snack any time of day. However, these have added extra kick—they are coated...

Randi Emmans-Bailyn and her boyfriend, John Suazo, always help people in need, but they went above and beyond by helping a homeless man reunite with his estranged family. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBvuVBkFOoa/ Randi had met Pedro (aka Franklin) in a random occurrence: I had been outside walking my dog when I overheard Pedro saying, ‘Why do people just...

The Internet is full of people who want to scam you out of your last buck, and nowhere is that more apparent than when you’re trying to sell something. When a gamer named Xander put his PC for sale online, a scammer immediately reached out. The red flags were evident from the get-go, so Xander...

This story is not for the squeamish, especially if insects aren’t you’re thing. When we hear about swarms of desert locusts, our thoughts turn to biblical armageddon. We’re in 2020, after all, so it is a possibility. Residents in Gurgaon, India, are suffering a locust invasion. They’ve been told to stay inside, keep windows and...

Former print newspaper and current satire site The Onion has been around since 1988. You would think that people would know that what they publish is parody by now, but that’s not the case. More people than ever take what The Onion says to heart. That is until the Internet points out the error of...

If you’ve ever rented and need to move, you know the sense of urgency in finding a new place, and sometimes, you overlook weird things which would be obvious were you not so eager. One woman on Twitter who goes by the name of Olivia became someone she never thought she become in the process....

2020 has unexpectedly given us time to take a long look back at this we miss from childhood, and Pizza Hut as it used to be is one of them. Yes, Pizza Hut is very much is still in existence. However, in decades past, it was a sit-down restaurant that was more slow service than...

The Internet was surprised to learn that baby owls sleep face down and look like a person crashed out after a night of heavy drinking. Like most babies, owls are born with heads too big for their bodies. As their heads are too heavy to hold up, they can only sleep in one position. When...

At one point or another, we’ve all found insects in our fruits and veggies. But how many of us decided to raise them as pets? According to the USDA, some bugs are allowed in our food (meaning that if you swallow some in your lifetime, you won’t get sick). We just can’t get rid of...

Hopefully, by now, you’ve learned that wearing a mask is one of the easiest ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but did you know wearing one also has an added benefit? Yes, we know it’s a pain, especially during the dog days of summer, but if you don’t feel like smiling, no one will...

Working remotely has its challenges, one of which is organizing a Zoom meeting when everyone’s available or awake. Of course, we do the best we can, but some managers don’t consider everyone else’s time. One Redditor tells the story of a “Karen” she worked with who had no empathy for anyone else, and expected everybody...

Some companies just don’t appreciate their staffers, even though they like what they have to offer. Take, for example, the story of this Redditor. He designed a program to help a company he worked for to run its manufacturing more effectively. The company didn’t pay him for it but allowed him to tweak it on...