Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

There’s a Reddit forum where people post real-life scenarios and ask other users to tell them whether or not they’re an a**hole for reacting the way that they did. Unsurprisingly, it’s called /r/AmItheA**hole. And while this forum often provides some pretty entertaining content, this thread asking whether or not a waiter should serve a pregnant...

Wine and cheese are a well-known pair of food-and-drink lovebirds that shouldn’t be separated, no matter if you’re having a fancy party or a picnic on the lawn. But some people just aren’t that fancy, and, as anyone who has eaten cheese both outside and inside of America can tell you…we also don’t know anything...

Never underestimate the power of a good comeback – a few little words in the right order can really go far. And even though clapbacks seem like a twitter-age phenomenon, there are plenty of historical figures who were masters of the witty retort. Seriously – you’re going to want to steal all of these amazing...

The issue of vaccinations has for some reason become a hot button issue. To be clear: vaccines work, and they save lives. But with both sides unwilling to back down, people are starting to wonder if governments are going to have to step in and lay down the law. The conversation is made more interesting...

Whether you buy the (verified) science of climate change or prefer to live with your head buried in the sand, there’s no denying that it has been H-O-T in the United Kingdom this summer. Like…it’s never actually been this hot before, and people don’t know how they’re supposed to live with it. Heathrow Airport saw...

You lose a lot of things when you become a parent. I said farewell to my modesty in the delivery room and have never bothered to go back after it – and yes, dignity certainly makes that list. A reality these 15 dads are definitely living… Proof below. 15. I mean at least they’re not...

If the internet has taught us anything for sure, it’s that human beings have the capability of being super, duper selfish. This woman, though, may have taken things to a whole new level when she messaged a friend to let her know she was pregnant with a baby girl…and attached one tiny little request. https://twitter.com/BrigadierSlog/status/1153930787135164416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1153930787135164416&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2019%2F07%2F24%2Fthis-mum-demanding-her-friend-change-their-dogs-name-because-she-wants-to-use-it-for-her-baby-furiously-funny-read%2F...

If you’re a Broadway fan of a certain age, then Cats was probably part of your life (and possibly your identity) growing up. You might not even have realized how inherently strange it is because it’s just always been a thing. If you’re not a Broadway fan (or you’re a new or younger fan) then...

State fairs can be fun and exciting places – the animals, the rides, the musical acts, the food – but if you’re someone with a sensory processing disorder, all of those things, combined with the thousands of other people who come to enjoy them, can be way too much to handle. Enter the Ohio State...

There can be no doubt that the gender reveal party has gotten out of control. People are firing guns, popping balloons, starting forest fires – all in the name of finding out (or telling others) whether your growing nugget has a penis or a vagina. But the mom who popularized the movement 10 years ago...

To be fair, hearing a story (or, in this case, daily stories) about how Russia used bots and trolls and other vague, internet tactics in order to influence an American presidential election can be kind of hard to wrap one’s mind around. I mean, this isn’t Cold War tactics like nuclear weapons that we can...

I don’t know if you’ve spent any real time around chickens, but they can be terrifying. Seriously. I know your friends and family have these urban chickens and treat them like dogs and swear they’re affectionate, but my people are Iowa farm stock, and let me tell you: not one of them would voluntarily pet...

The fact that science can now save the lives of premature babies who are only a bit over halfway through a typical gestation is, without a doubt, a miracle of modern medicine. But this miracle isn’t perfect. Doctors and parents of these babies have known for some time that the earlier a child exits the...

You can consider these 15 posts your fair warning that not everything that seems to be actually is – how philosophical! But while you probably already knew that, sometimes it’s nice to have specifics. Just in case. 15. All the time. A job that involves travelling pretty much all the time. People will be like...

Filed under “questions you never thought to ask” comes this doozy: is Lyme disease the result of the US government experimenting with weaponized ticks? Seriously. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YyQekI9gn/ This ‘possibility’ was brought to the public’s attention when U.S. Representative from New Jersey, Chris Smith, opened an inquiry – now a full-blown investigation – into the matter as...