Posts by Noah Berman

Couples are weird. Not only was that my working title for this article, but it’s also an objective truth. After living with another person for enough time – especially with a person you get all up on in a romantic sort of way – certain habits start to develop. Weird habits. Things you’d never do...

I did not grow up around gang violence–I was lucky. Not everyone is, though. For some people, joining a gang can be a matter of protection, or brotherhood, or lack of economic opportunity. I’d be willing to bet that more gangs than we think are filled mostly with people who are only there because there...

This is not only every parent’s worst nightmare, but pretty much every person’s worst nightmare. The idea of being taken, just taken away without any agency or control over what might happen…it’s terrifying. These 10 AskReddit users all survived their ordeals, and many of them even fought until they escaped. But some were just plain lucky, and...

When I was little, one of my mom’s best childhood friends had a kid who crashed into a tree while he was sledding and was in a coma for a long time. I was very young, so I don’t remember much about it, but I do remember that the idea was pretty petrifying. To a...

I recently had an experience that I think goes in here. Last week I went to Disneyland for the first time ever (I don’t live in Cali), and spent a lovely day doing Disney things. I go to leave at 11, when the park closes, and I discover that the key to my rental car...

There’s no shame in making your life a little easier by being a little extra clever – in fact, these AskReddit users are so clever that I think I’m going to go ahead and adopt some of their hacks. I mean, some of these loopholes are – technically – illegal, but others are just downright brilliant. And who am...

It’s not always the case that rules are meant to be broken (thought sometimes it is), but it is often the case that if you’re smart enough to figure a way around the rules, you should totally do it. Just do it. Cause while rules may be there for a reason, the satisfaction that comes...

Everyone gets stuff delivered. Let’s just stop and think about that. EVERYONE gets stuff delivered. That means if you’re a delivery person, you’re gonna have to interact with some weird effing people – because even the weirdest effing people get stuff delivered. So, whether it’s your first shift or your thousandth, if you’re making deliveries,...

A lot of stuff that happens is inexplicable, on one level or another. But there is a big, biiiiiig difference between that one level and the other. Inexplicable things like picking up your phone to look at it right before you get a call, well, that could be coincidence. Inexplicable like you remembering to go feed your neighbor’s...

I went through a phase when I was younger where I loved to watch old PI movies. There’s something glamorous about the way the profession used to get the Hollywood treatment; it’s danger and sex all wrapped up in the sad, suave face of Humphrey Bogart. That’s obviously not what it’s really like. Just ask these...

Maybe we haven’t all experienced exactly this, but I guarantee you know a couple people who have. I have a friend who thought that a vending machine was called a “bending machine” (because you have to bend over to retrieve your delicious snack) until, I kid you not, senior year of high school. Needless to...

We’ve all got stories like these – the kind of story that when you bring it up, you’re friends groan and say, “Not this again!” But the thing is, it totally happened. And being told that something that actually happened to you is a lie is REALLY FRUSTRATING. Plus, then you start to get a...

It is the worst case scenario: you need to go, but you don’t have access to a toilet. We’ve all been there (if you haven’t, you suck), and, whether we were little kids or not-so-little adults, it’s a pretty horrifying situation. I once had a friend who told me a story about how she had...

The number one most embarrassing situation for everyone: the need arises, and there’s no bathroom in sight. What do you do? Sometimes you just deal with it until you reach a proper receptacle, but other times…well.  Just take a look at how these AskReddit users dealt with their emergencies: 1. On the Bus I was in High...

As a species, humans are programmed by evolution to prefer their own communities, which often boils down to “people who look and act like me.” While this may have been a useful impulse thousands of years ago, back when the tribe over the next hill was a threat to resources and life, it now manifests itself...