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13 Parents Share What It’s Like to Have a Schizophrenic Son

Diagnoses of mental health disorders are never easy. It can be especially difficult for a parent to receive the diagnosis about their child. The desire to protect your child coupled with the guilt of potential heredity can be an overwhelming thing to grapple with. These 13 parents share what it’s like to hear that your...

13 People Share What’s Much More Dangerous Than Most Folks Realize

Fact: there is literally danger lurking around every corner every time you step outside your house. Speeding cars, wild animals, sketchy people, etc. And there are also a lot of dangerous things out there that you don’t even realize… People on AskReddit spoke up about what is much more dangerous than most folks realize. Let’s...

13 Introverts Talk About What Annoys Them the Most

It can be hard to figure out how an introvert really feels about things. They tend to keep things closed off a bit and so hanging out with them can be challenging because you don’t know what they’re really thinking. But that all changes today, people! Introverts took to AskReddit to talk about what irritates...

As an Introvert, What Irritates You the Most? Here’s What People Said.

I kind of feel like I’m on the border between introvert and extrovert. I like to go out and socialize sometimes, but other times I’m totally cool with being by myself for days at a time. But there’s no doubt that there are a lot of introverts out there…and we should do our best to...

Mind the (Pay) Gap: an Australian Surgeon’s Twitter Thread on Gender Inequality Goes Viral

Despite countless evidence to the contrary, people often dispute that the gender wage gap is real. There are rules designed to hide it, such as not discussing salaries, but most women can cite an example of a time they were paid less for the same work. Recently, Aussie surgeon Dr. Nikki Stamp went viral for...

The Next Great Material We Can Use For Lighting

I think we can all agree that science is amazing, and over the past three or four decades, we’ve made strides as far as materials and technology that is far beyond what most people could have even imagined before then. For a long time there was only one sort of light bulb option for the...

5 Reasons We Love Tiny, Cute Things, According to Science

Most of the time, we don’t spend a lot of brain power wondering why the majority of humans behave the way we do. It’s just how it is, and there’s no changing it, and when it comes to small, adorable things, what’s not to like? Sometimes, though, questions like why just get stuck in our heads,...

These Cool and Informative Infographics Might Have Made Us a Bit Smarter

I don’t know about you, but I love a good infographic. All of that information in one place, usually with colors and organization that’s pleasing to the eye – it’s just bound to be a winner, as fas as the human brain is concerned. If you add in information that’s totally useful and information, most...

12 Times People Uncovered Some Seriously Big Loopholes

There are all sizes of loopholes in the world, I think – big, small, in between – and ones that can have a huge impact on the people who find them…or really small ones. Most of us are willing to bend the rules in some circumstances, though, it’s just a question of how far and...

24 Words People Tend to Mispronounce

If you hear someone who you know is smart mispronounce a word – especially if that person is young or otherwise inexperienced – you can bet good money they’re a reader. They’ve seen the word and they know what it means and how to use it, but not necessarily how to say it. These 24 words...

Here’s How You Can Tell if Hackers Are Selling Your Facebook Data

If you’re on social media but not spending at least a little time worrying about your personal data and whether or not you should be doing more to fix it, please, tell me your secrets to an anxiety free life. If you do worry, but you’re not sure how to go about protecting your data,...

10 Patients Tell the Truth About Bipolar Disorder

We often fear what we don’t understand. And it doesn’t help that less well known mental illnesses often become the butt of jokes or dramatized horrors in movies and TV. But at our core, we’re all just people, living our lives and struggling with our struggles. Sometimes those struggles are visible, and sometimes they’re not,...

16 People Tell Jimmy Fallon the Reasons Why They’re Single

Being married is great, but as my happily single friends are quick to point out, remaining single can have its merits too. A lot of the time, singletons seem to get a bad rap, as society sits around waiting for them to follow the socially expected path of getting married, having children, the end. Comedian...

15 On-the-Job Fails Remind Us That We’re All Just Doing Our Best

We all have a lot going on. Working a job you don’t love day in and day out can be challenging. And sometimes, people just don’t quite bring their A-game. But that’s why subreddits like r/NotMyJob exist, right? Here are 15 absolute job fails, to make you feel a little better about whatever you did...