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People Share Times When They Decided They Were Done Being Good and Did Something Bad

Sometimes in life, you just gotta be the bad boy or bad girl for once. You know what I mean? I think you do, because we’ve all pretty much been there at one point or another… Are you ready to hear some of these stories? AskReddit users went on the record and shared their personal...

People Talk About When They Decided to Stop Being Good to Experience What Being Bad Felt Like

Get on with your bad self! Have you ever said that to yourself when you just feel like you need to break free and do something bad because you’ve been good for SO DAMN LONG? I know I have! And so have these folks on AskReddit who shared their stories. 1. REVENGE. “My elderly Mother-in-law...

15 People Discuss Really Bad Adulting Fails That They’ve Witnessed

Adults don’t always have it figured out, do they? The answer to that question is a huge NO. When you’re a kid, you probably think that adults know how to do everything, but then you get older and you realize that pretty much everyone is totally clueless. Here are some true stories from AskReddit users...

People Share Stories About Being Surprised by What Other Adults Didn’t Know How to Do

Have you ever been spending time with another adult and you were totally shocked by something they DIDN’T know how to do? It’s weird, right? Like, you think people should have these things figured out by the time they reach adulthood, but then…well, you get that info and you just shake your head. Adulting sure...

15 People Remember Times They Did Really Silly Things Just to Prove They Could Do It

I’ll show you! Sometimes, that’s something you usually don’t want to hear OR say in life. Because you know it’s going to end with someone doing something that is dumb, risky, and potentially dangerous. The question posed to people was, “What is the stupidest thing you’ve done just to show you could do it?” Let’s...

People Share the Stupidest Things They’ve Done Just to Prove They Could Do It

I double-dog dare you! You know nothing good is going to happen after you hear those words because what comes next is usually someone doing something incredibly stupid or risky just to prove a point. And we’ve all done it at some point! Here are some true stories from folks on AskReddit who did just...

How a Stinky Box of Fruit Caused the Evacuation of a German Post Office

If you’re in the business of accepting or handling mail in this world, you can’t be too careful. People can put anything they want in tidy little envelopes or neatly packaged boxes, and you never know what’s inside of them until you slice them open. Most of the time there’s nothing harmful inside, but in...

Here’s How to Activate the Siri Shortcut That Automatically Records Police Interactions

More and more people in America are realizing what marginalized members of our communities have known for years – if you get pulled over by a police officer, there’s a decent chance that he won’t be one of the “good guys.” When we’re kids, we’re raised to believe the police are helpful, that we should...

Study Finds Women and People of Color Are “Woefully Underrepresented” in Textbooks

People of color, women, LGBTQ folks, and anyone that exists as part of a marginalized group has known since forever that representation matters. If little girls can’t imagine themselves as physicists, if little black boys can’t see themselves as physicians, if little gay children don’t see that it’s perfectly fine to live their truest life,...

Why It’s So Hard to Stop Touching Your Face

The first time I really heard how touching your face was the best way to get sick around other people, I was in a movie theater watching Contagion (starring Kate Winslet and Matt Damon). Kate Winslet’s character works for the CDC and spouts off some statistic about how many times per day the average person touches their...

People Used to Get Married in Cemeteries to Fend off the Plague and Other Diseases

The weddings we know and love today follow a pretty predictable formula. The bride wears a white dress, there are bouquets of flowers everywhere, people sit in chairs to watch the proceedings, there’s some sort of officiant at the front of the room — the list goes on. But throughout history, this hasn’t always been...

Does That Button at the Crosswalk Actually Help You Cross Faster?

You’re eager to get to your destination. Or maybe you’re just late, plain and simple. You frantically push the crosswalk button at an intersection so that you can walk or ride your bike to the other side safely. But seconds pass, and the cars just keep on coming. “Does this stupid crosswalk button even do...

New Estimates Suggest There Could Be 30 Intelligent Civilizations in Our Own Galaxy

So, I know it’s cool to think that we’re not alone and the truth is really out there and all of that, and it’s true that our galaxy contains the closest planets to Earth in the whole of the universe, but listen…it’s still really, really freaking big. Sure, I’m as excited as the next person...

Here’s What Dogs See When They “Watch” TV

Every day is the same: You get ready to leave for work, then stare wistfully into your dog’s eyes because you feel so bad leaving him home alone all day. “Why not turn on the TV?” you think. But while this is well-intentioned dog parenting behavior, can dogs actually watch TV? And what do they...