9 Heartbreaking Stories About Missing People On Wikipedia
If you love true crime as much as I do, then you know that some of the most fascinating, most vexing, and most heartbreaking stories in the true crime world are the people who disappear without a trace and are never found. I imagine it’s one of the hardest things for the people left behind...
17 Formerly Homeless People Share Some Of The Rules They Followed To Survive
Thankfully, most of us will never know what it’s like to not have a home to go to at the end of the day. That said, homelessness could happen to any one of us, given the right set of circumstances coming at us in the right order, so there’s definitely no judgement here. These 17...
Does Asking Someone To Wear A Bra Around Your Baby Make You A Misogynist?
The topic of bras, covering up, and commentary on people’s clothing in general is quite sensitive these days. We all want to allow others look the way that makes them feel best, but the rare instance still exists where we feel as if a warning, at least, is warranted. That’s what this parent believed, anyway,...
Are We Obligated To Share WiFi With Neighbors In Need?
I think most of us are used to the idea of sharing when it comes to the internet. We share passwords for streaming apps and the like, because no one can afford it all and no one is policing it. WiFi can be a whole other beast, though, because as this OP found out, the...
Random Coffee Spills Inspired This Artist To Create
If you’re a creative person, I don’t need to tell you that inspiration exists absolutely everywhere. We find it people watching, in random thoughts, in consuming other types of media…and for at least one person, in the shapes made by random coffee spills. Normally, spilled coffee would be a reason to cry, but for self-taught...
Why Sleeping With Even A Bit Of Light Is Bad For Your Health
Since childhood, most of us have dealt with some degree of fear of the dark. It’s natural, and probably down to evolution, to fear not being able to see what might be coming for us – even though we know nothing is probably there. So, our natural inclination is to have some kind of light...
Was This Widow Wrong To Sell Her Ex’s Home To Someone Other Than His Parents?
Death is a sensitive subject no matter how and when it happens or who is involved. If the person who passes is close to you, it can be an odd juxtaposition between the loss of a loved one and needing to deal with a bunch of legal paperwork besides. This woman and her husband had...
What Is Twilight Sleep? Early Feminists Fought For The Right To Forget Childbirth And Why It Failed.
Unless you’re living under a rock, you probably realize that at one point or another, women and minorities had to fight for every single right they’ve got. And if you think the miracle of childbirth isn’t something anyone would want to forget, well…that’s probably because you’ve never physically birthed a baby. For women in 1914...
Parents, You’re Going To Need This Vacuum Cleaner Attachments That Sorts LEGO By Size
A truth universally acknowledged is that anyone who has children of a certain age will absolutely grow to love and loathe LEGO sets in equal measure. On the one hand they’re creative and collaborative, giving you a chance to complete a project with your child that has nothing to do with a screen. View this...
How Young People Are Snagging New Jobs Using TikTok and One Stellar Example Of A Video Resume
Turnover is wild in just about every industry right now, as workers realize their worth and employers scramble to keep pace and keep employees happy when they need them the most. While GenX and Millennials stick to the tried-and-true routes like LinkedIn, though, younger people are finding new jobs in unexpected places – like TikTok,...
People Share The Terribly Wrong Things They Learned From Their Parents
One of the responsibilities parents feel like they have is to pass on the wisdom of generations before to their kids. After all, we’ve put in the years of experience, we’ve learned from our mistakes (in theory), and we’re anxious to be able to stop our kids from stumbling over the same blocks that we...
The Secret Button On Your iPhone You Never Knew Existed
It’s kind of amazing, when you think about how many people in the world own an iPhone, that there could be anything about these little devices that are with us 24/7 that we haven’t already seen or figured out. You might be sitting there thinking the same thing, but stick with me, okay? Or rather,...
People Share What It’s Like When Your Sibling Hooks Up With Your Ex
We would all like to think that our family – especially our immediate family – has our backs in this life, but the truth is that not all families are created equal. Sometimes they act more like enemies than the friends they’re supposed to be. I have to think that’s the case with these 10...
People Muse On The Things More Parents Need To Accept
No one who has been responsible for raising a child into a productive human being would ever argue the process was easy in any way, no matter how enjoyable it was overall. It’s stressful, it’s hard, and there isn’t a handbook or a rulebook or any kind of book that people can agree on, to...
15 People Share Their Thoughts On Casual Relationships At Work
I think that most people realize there are a lot of ways that things can go wrong when you start dating someone at work, casual or not. That said, plenty of people still decide, for one reason or another, to give it a go. These 15 people have some serious thoughts on whether or not...