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[AMA Request] Victoria, ex-AMA mod | **My 6 Questions:**
1. How did you enjoy your time working at Reddit?
2. Were you expecting to be let go?
3. What are you planning to do now?
4. What was your favorite AMA?
5. Would you come back, if possible?
6. Are you planning to take [Campus Society's](http://blog.campussociety.com/an-open-letter-to-victoria-previ... | 126,770 | 2,781 | 0.81 | 1,435,944,960 | IAmA |
LPT: if you need somewhere to work/relax with friendly staff, nice AC, plenty of seating, free WiFi, and available all across the US, you’re in luck! There are more public libraries in the US than there are Starbucks or McDonalds! And you’re under no obligation to buy anything to sit there | [16,568 - Public Libraries in the US. There are over 116,000 if you include academic, school, military, government, corporate, etc](http://libguides.ala.org/numberoflibraries)
[14,606 - Starbucks stores in the U.S. in 2018](https://www.statista.com/statistics/218366/number-of-international-and-us-starbucks-stores/)
... | 78,791 | 2,263 | 0.94 | 1,562,172,799 | LifeProTips |
Something happened 63 years ago that's haunted me my entire life. I’ve never told anyone about it—until now. | It’s official: I’m an old man.
For the last couple years, I’ve comforted myself by saying I’m in my “early 70s,” but math is simple and unforgiving. Today is my 75th birthday, and God, the years do fly.
I’m not here for your well wishes; this is hardly a milestone I’m excited about. I’m glad to still be here, of cour... | 26,158 | 900 | 0.96 | 1,471,631,271 | NoSleep |
Romeo and Juliet is NOT a romance, it is an allegory about the dangers of making big decisions based on emotion alone | It's not a tragic romance about true love- it's a warning not to let yourself be ruled by your emotions alone.
The parents are ruled by a grudge preventing the happiness of their children and causing violence and death in the town they live in because neither wants to forgive the other. Like, their *unnamed* grudge ca... | 31,389 | 1,324 | 0.77 | 1,616,253,094 | books |
Going dark on 12th June | I wanted to ask you if r/Python is planning to join the protest against Reddit's new policy. Many subreddits decided to support that initiative. I know it is not directly related to Python, but it is relevant to our community
[what's going on? ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Save3rdPartyApps/comments/13yh0jf/dont_let_reddi... | 2,543 | 175 | 0.96 | 1,686,028,902 | Python |
Still in shock | Sorry but I have to make this quick, I ran out on break after this happened and had to post it here. Ltr;ftp and all that. Mobile too.
So I work at a mostly west coast grocery chain (the one with near godlike status in Hawaii I'm told) and as we all know, the holiday season is approaching and us retail drones have to... | 5,075 | 188 | 0.96 | 1,479,169,518 | TalesFromRetail |
in 1950s America was it common for the boss and his wife to have dinner an an employees home, or is that purely a sitcom plot? | I've seen this a few times in old TV shows and most recently in a modern show done in a 1950s style; an episode involves having to host a dinner to impress the husband's boss with it being very clear the husbands employment/promotion prospects hinge on the success of the evening.
Was this sort of social interaction ... | 9,631 | 191 | 0.96 | 1,610,767,970 | AskHistorians |
How my first day on TaCo-Computer Store end up with a rifle pointed at my face. | This story is pretty much almost 5 years old, but I want to vent it out, it's been causing me grief and I just need it to share it to finally feel calm.
As you may remember, I live in Mexico and things are not exactly pretty, thankfully I know how to watch my back and don't make enemies, but sometimes, destiny catche... | 7,096 | 1,120 | 0.96 | 1,456,805,772 | talesfromtechsupport |
I love my simple job! | I am a librarian, and I work 30 hours a week for $33,000 + FT benefits. My roommate was dating an investment banker who said, "I'm sure things will look up for you soon!" I had to laugh. I love my job!
\- My coworkers are the best! We laugh all day and can freely share our opinions.
\- My manager is really encouragin... | 3,725 | 326 | 0.98 | 1,628,010,627 | SimpleLiving |
LPT: If you like one song by an artist, but don't dig the rest of their stuff. find out who the producer is and see what other work they've done. The producer can play a big role in how the final song turns out. | Edit 1:Woo, front page! All from a stoner moment while listening to black keys - weight of love.
Love you all!
Edit 2: Obviously this isn't meant to be a blanket statement or a diss towards black keys. Just a way to maybe find some new music.
Also look into the song writers, or anybody else that was involved with th... | 108,761 | 2,940 | 0.94 | 1,522,884,048 | LifeProTips |
Last month, I spent $770 eating out. This month, I've spent $42. This is only the first of many financial self control habits I'm trying to get myself into! | In my credit card's April-May billing cycle, I spent **$770** eating out as *one person.* I decided to track my spending in this area by putting all my meals I've been eating out on a credit card used only for that purpose. I looked at the end of the month and was absolutely dumbfounded at the amount of money I was spe... | 34,943 | 2,247 | 0.87 | 1,497,829,543 | PersonalFinance |
Things I wish I'd done in my 20's | I was thinking this morning about habits I developed a bit later than I should have, even when I knew I should have been doing them. These are a few things I thought I'd share and interested if others who are out of their 20s now have anything additional to add.
Edit 1: This is not a everyone must follow this list, bu... | 14,991 | 2,492 | 0.9 | 1,566,301,987 | personalfinance |
This site is really confusing | I can’t post anything. Like 80% of the posts I try to post fail. So I can’t get karma, but I need karma for almost anything on this site, including posts. So I can’t post anything because I don’t have karma and I can’t get karma because I don’t post enough. Also can’t comment more than once without having to wait 5-10 ... | 395 | 142 | 0.95 | 1,563,107,393 | help |
Hell of a way to start the day. Screw people like this. | Last night I did a scheduled upgrade of Quickbooks for a client. 1 server, 10 desktops, 3 databases. Went well.
As usual with an upgrade like this I'm scheduled to be on site the next day for a couple of hours to help out / answer questions about the new version. In this case scheduled for Monday morning since like mo... | 7,584 | 488 | 0.94 | 1,469,281,185 | talesfromtechsupport |
Literally seconds ago - home tech support (my shortest tech tale ever) | Have a few spare laptops around the house from tech donation when I left my old job (my director said "they'll just sit around otherwise, at least you'll use them.")
Battery's shot on one of them, but it's obviously fine when plugged in. My wife is using one of them right now, so I walked over to check model numbers t... | 9,499 | 302 | 0.94 | 1,497,805,926 | talesfromtechsupport |
CMV: Saying things like “men are trash” or “fuck white people” is not okay just because it’s towards privileged demographics | I’m a bi (white) gal, and I’ve recently been a lot in online circles for lesbians and bisexual women. In there, jokes about men being stupid and assholes and yes, trash, are pretty prevalent. Elsewhere too for that matter.
They always catch me off guard. Why is it okay to say things like these when the opposite would... | 10,466 | 1,361 | 0.78 | 1,589,043,339 | changemyview |
"Don't let my wife see." | First post (to TFR), let's see how this works.
I work in a small, locally owned toy shop in little college town, however we have a lot of down to earth people and families.
Couple comes in with three kids and immediately the kids go crazy, wanting to show their parents every single toy in the store.
It's a small st... | 20,672 | 381 | 0.95 | 1,494,217,821 | TalesFromRetail |
I want to speak with the owner. | The company I work for is employee owned. We all hold a small percentage of the stocks and we sell them back to the other employees when we leave the company. The higher ups in the company love me for some reason so I get away with a fair bit of shenanigans. Today I had a bitch customer (bc) come in.
Bc: Yeah, give m... | 5,247 | 182 | 0.98 | 1,508,864,232 | TalesFromRetail |
AITA for saying my babysitting rates are $35 an hour? | I'm a software engineer, with a full time job and a side hustle of doing freelance coding work in my own time. I've always been the type to have a side hustle I put a lot of my free time into; I get really bored sitting idle.
My freelance hourly rates are $60 an hour, and at my full time job, my hourly pay works out t... | 40,705 | 8,827 | 0.84 | 1,577,977,774 | AmItheAsshole |
Are there any legitimate part time work-from-home jobs that aren't a scam? | Looking to make a little extra income as a side job after my full day gig is over and also on weekends. Was thinking of doing transcription, but not sure where to begin. If anyone knows of any legitimate part time work from home jobs that does not require selling items I'd appreciate it!
EDIT: just wanted to say I am ... | 16,262 | 2,572 | 0.93 | 1,508,599,192 | personalfinance |
"Last time I checked only doctors made $4 a minute." | This happened a few years ago when I worked in a bead shop. We did jewelry repair too. Mostly simple stuff like reattaching clasps, restringing beads, or pearl knotting. Occasionally, when we weren't busy we would do repairs on the spot. Our minimum charge for any repair was $4 plus the cost of the materials.
So one ... | 6,423 | 478 | 0.96 | 1,492,985,403 | TalesFromRetail |
Get a job you hippy! | I work at a fairly popular paint supply store. I love my job and the people I work with. While I'm there, I'm allowed to have my tattoos showing, as long as they're not offensive or obnoxious.
During the middle of the day, my usual customers are general contractors and foremen. This particular day, I had a long sleev... | 5,866 | 212 | 0.96 | 1,480,161,892 | TalesFromRetail |
Askhistorians has a policy of zero tolerance for genocide denial | The Ask Historians moderation team has made the commitment to be as transparent as possible with the community about our actions. That commitment is why we offer [Rules Roundtables](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/faq/meta#wiki_rules_discussion) on a regular basis, why we post explanations when removing ans... | 28,060 | 935 | 0.92 | 1,594,452,525 | AskHistorians |
What did Hitler do his first week in power? | What were the first actions that Hitler took once the Nazi party gained power in Germany? | 8,947 | 336 | 0.75 | 1,485,390,468 | AskHistorians |
[WP] After defeating the Devil down in Georgia, Johnny proudly proclaims he's the best that's ever been. A flash of lightning crashes down and God appears, fiddle in hand. The Devil gets his popcorn ready. | Bonus points if the story can be sung along with the song... | 18,933 | 516 | 0.89 | 1,522,946,291 | WritingPrompts |
Because You Are My Baby | My mother had the most beautiful teeth.
Her teeth are my first memory. I remember them: long and white and bared in a ferocious grin, shining under the full moon as she told me a story. Not a fairy tale or picture book, but *my* the story. The story of how I’d come to her…or rather, how she’d come to me.
When I was ... | 16,979 | 345 | 0.98 | 1,548,028,502 | NoSleep |
The Deepest Part of the Ocean is Not Empty | *The Ocean has its silent caves,*
*Deep Deep, quiet, and alone;*
*Though there be fury on the waves,*
*Beneath them there is none.*
---
Over the course of the last few weeks of training I’d memorized nearly every facet of the *Tuscany* - every dial and every readout and every knob and screen and nuance of struct... | 12,938 | 373 | 0.96 | 1,498,396,760 | NoSleep |
I knew a woman who never took off her wedding dress | Pauline was a sweet woman who lived across the street. We weren’t close as kids or teenagers because she was around five years older than me, but our parents were friends. I think she babysat me when I was younger too.
When my mother learned that Pauline was engaged, she sent me to help on the bridal shower. Poor mom,... | 20,889 | 254 | 0.99 | 1,581,799,851 | NoSleep |
I know IT better than IT | So a few years back, I was working in a manufacturing company as IT manager. Like many industries, we had a number of machines with embedded computer systems. For the sake of convenience, we called these "production machines", because they produce stuff. By and large, these PC's are just normal desktop PC's that have a... | 10,068 | 508 | 0.94 | 1,486,898,815 | talesfromtechsupport |
Successfully negotiated a 45% raise in salary, thanks pf! | I recently decided I wanted to move on from my job for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons was I felt I was undervalued. So with a lot of research here is how I went from $58,000 to $85,000.
1. I felt I was undervalued, so I needed to prove it.
2. I needed another job, obviously.
3. I needed to know how to ... | 15,289 | 1,245 | 0.9 | 1,458,504,382 | personalfinance |
Hi Reddit, I’m Bill Gates and I’m back for my third AMA. Ask me anything. | I’m back for my third AMA. I’m happy to talk about anything. Philanthropy, technology, what it’s like to drink water made from human waste... (Short answer: Just like drinking any other kind of water, except that people get a little freaked out by the whole idea.)
I hope you’ll take a few minutes to look at the... | 55,728 | 13,373 | 0.86 | 1,422,469,184 | IAmA |
Gravitational Wave Megathread | Hi everyone! We are *very* excited about the upcoming press release (10:30 EST / 15:30 UTC) from the [LIGO](http://www.ligo.org) collaboration, a ground-based experiment to detect gravitational waves. This thread will be edited as updates become available. We'll have a number of panelists in and out (who will also be l... | 19,498 | 2,713 | 0.93 | 1,455,199,218 | askscience |
Trying to learn reddit | I’m new here, obviously, and I can’t comment on a lot of subreddits because I don’t have enough “karma”. What is karma, and how to obtain such a thing? I let someone over today in traffic does that count? | 416 | 66 | 0.99 | 1,582,502,911 | help |
In 'Pirates of Carribbean' Jack Sparrow says: 'You've clearly never been to Singapore.', implying that he has. How likely is it that a Carribbean career pirate from the golden age of piracy would travel to South East Asia? | I know that Asia had it's own home grown piracy scene, such as Ching Shih, but the crux of my question is whether there'd be any notable interaction between Carribbean piracy and Asia.
Also, I understand Pirates of Carribbean is hardly based on historical fact, given that it feature cursed skeleton warriors, it's just... | 9,656 | 234 | 0.96 | 1,588,578,969 | AskHistorians |
If you’re ripped off by Comcast (or any internet company), Wells Fargo (or any bank/student lender), or Aetna (or any health insurance company), here’s how to get your money back. | Update 3: $3332 returned!
Update 2: Holy moly! $2361 returned to redditors so far! If you reached out for help, don’t forget to share your update here!
Update 1: WOW! Thanks for your votes and gold and sweet notes. Adding more resources below and an ask to share this post with people who might need it.
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All of these... | 56,229 | 2,305 | 0.92 | 1,522,622,241 | PersonalFinance |
Be prepared if you're resigning or quitting, have been fired, or are being laid off: a PF checklist | There's a long list of things you need to worry about when separating from your job regardless of how or why that is happening. It is often an emotional time, but missing a few key steps could be troublesome down the road.[ ](https://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/leaving-my-job-without-the-going-away-party--aa... | 15,620 | 692 | 0.91 | 1,496,930,461 | personalfinance |
CMV: Every fine should be income based, no exceptions should occur | This is the only fair way to financially punish someone, whether you should do that in the first place is a topic for another day.
The only way you can make sure rich people won't just shrug and metaphorically throw a moneybag at every policeman who wants justice is to make them pay a percentage of their monthly salar... | 15,623 | 1,822 | 0.86 | 1,626,630,241 | changemyview |
ELI5: How can the same side of the moon always face earth? Doesn't it rotate? | The fact that the Chinese just landed on the dark side makes it seem stranger. | 22,585 | 2,530 | 0.86 | 1,546,527,461 | explainlikeimfive |
Science Ama Series: I am Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist. Join me to talk about making the future of technology more human, reddit. AMA! | I signed an open letter earlier this year imploring researchers to balance the benefits of AI with the risks. The letter acknowledges that AI might one day help eradicate disease and poverty, but it also puts the onus on scientists at the forefront of this technology to keep the human factor front and center of their i... | 79,239 | 8,569 | 0.91 | 1,437,997,348 | science |
Bank of America is refusing to give back $9,800 to my dad's account after someone fraudulently stole his funds. | On the night of November 1st/early morning of November 2nd, someone made 8 separate withdrawals of $600 each(Total $4800) at ATM machines in Tarrytown, White Plains, and lower Manhattan from my dad's account and then phone transferred another $5000 from his savings account to his checking account. Then the thief made t... | 15,225 | 1,464 | 0.9 | 1,479,488,839 | PersonalFinance |
AITA for getting up from my chair in the middle of christmas dinner and shouting "SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT MY BODYYYYY" in response to my husband's observation? | So, Ever since I had my son months ago, my husband has started making indirect comments about my body. He never says any hurtful words but I find his "observations" as he calls it hurtful. For example, he'd see me wearing an old top and say "oh that top used to look good on you but not anymore though..." or when he loo... | 49,955 | 2,466 | 0.85 | 1,672,420,407 | AmItheAsshole |
I am a 100 year old human and a World War 2 veteran. I want to share my life and experiences with people who might be helped by them. Ask me anything! | Greetings!
As you may have imagined, the person typing and facilitating this AMA is not the 100 year old human, but his granddaughter, me!
A little bit about my grandpa: he grew up in Washington State, and has traveled quite a bit. He worked for the FDA for many years, some as an investigator, some as a pharmacist. H... | 91,802 | 4,966 | 0.9 | 1,572,885,443 | IAmA |
My website is down and I am loosing $1,000 / hour | After recovery from my stroke I was in desperate need of work. So desperate I took an overnight shift at an webhost for tech support. Most nights it was pretty calm and people that called on my shift were usually just looking for more help with their website than just trouble shooting, but night staff had the time and ... | 6,569 | 457 | 0.91 | 1,460,301,777 | talesfromtechsupport |
Does the size of a creature, or the size of its eye, affect what can be seen by the "naked eye"? for example, can ants see things we consider microscopic? are ants microscopic to elephants? | Edit: wow. I was expecting something along the lines of "of course not idiot" but this is now my top ever post. Great discussion everyone!
also yes ants don't have eyes i know that now. i just meant something small that does have eyes.
Edit 2: ok ants DO have eyes.
also why am i on the front page for asking if elep... | 27,480 | 611 | 0.9 | 1,497,963,652 | askscience |
Have you ditched Airbnb and gone back to using hotels? | Remember when Airbnb was new? Such a good idea. Such great value.
Several years on, of course we all know the drawbacks now - both for visitors and for cities themselves.
What increasingly shocks are the prices: often more expensive than hotels, plus you have to clean and tidy up after yourself at the end of your v... | 14,824 | 2,560 | 0.95 | 1,683,547,613 | travel |
The Grim Reaper's scythe isn't to harvest you. It's to protect you from something on your journey. | There is no fear as potent as the fear of the unknown. No monstrous visage discovered yet has been as terrifying as the infinite potential for horror which exists before the mask is removed.
That is why we humans, in our naive misunderstanding of the universal order, are gripped by the mortal fear of death. We think ... | 15,575 | 357 | 0.93 | 1,498,059,314 | NoSleep |
The first-ever Sherlock Holmes story, written in 1887, depicts Mormons as a terrifying, murderous cult that sets up a North Korea-like society in the middle of nowhere. Was this a typical view of Mormonism at the time? | The backstory for the killer's actions has him and his young daughter near death in the wilderness when they're found by a party of Mormons. The group agrees to take them in and give them a place to stay if they'll take up Mormon ways... and, if I recall correctly, threaten to murder them if they *don't*.
What follow... | 7,550 | 168 | 0.97 | 1,615,902,498 | AskHistorians |
How do I post? | I’ve been on reddit for a while and I’ve been trying to post an original software gore photo but it keeps saying I can’t post because of karma points (no clue how to get those) or my account isn’t old enough (been a month or two) what can I do? | 563 | 66 | 0.99 | 1,577,654,654 | help |
Stop freaking out about "the recession" | Hi Personal Finance!
I see an awful lot of threads here about people wondering how on earth they'll possibly survive this horrible doomsday recession that is just absolutely going to happen any day now. Here's some tips:
1) There is not a gigantic country-destroying recession that is coming to ruin your life in the ... | 16,408 | 1,463 | 0.79 | 1,565,835,087 | personalfinance |
CMV: The reason people are violently protesting is because you didn't listen when they did it peacefully for decades. | Let me start by saying I'm very anti violence in general. This being said, people have a breaking point when the rights they're guaranteed are consistently denied of them. People have spent decades peacefully asking for change, and things have only gotten worse. People have a right to destroy chain buildings (not suppo... | 16,074 | 1,385 | 0.83 | 1,591,076,121 | changemyview |
I had a miscarriage on Wednesday. A pharmacist in MO refused to fill my medication. | This week has been the hardest week of my life and I am not one to want to share these things, but I believe too many people are ignorant about what going through a miscarriage is actually like (including myself before this week).
My husband and I have been trying for a baby for almost a year. I had made so many life ... | 54,430 | 1,738 | 0.85 | 1,656,192,228 | TwoXChromosomes |
How to stop targeted alcohol adds (trying to quit). | Normally reddit is my safe haven from cravings, but not when I see beer adds every other page. Obviously I understand why I’m receiving targeted adds for alcohol but I would really appreciate if I didn’t.
Edit: just woke up to overwhelming support. Thank you everyone.
Edit 2: Thank you for the awards. I’ll have no ... | 657 | 70 | 1 | 1,594,886,727 | help |
I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ask Me Anything. | I’m excited to be back for my fourth AMA.
I already answered a few of the questions I get asked a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTXt0hq_yQU. But I’m excited to hear what you’re interested in.
Melinda and I recently published our eighth Annual Letter. This year, we talk about the two superpo... | 53,439 | 11,513 | 0.82 | 1,457,458,710 | IAmA |
AITA for punishing my son after he said something racist? | About a week ago, my (39F) family ordered Chinese food for delivery. When the delivery driver came to the door, my daughter (16F) was taking the cat upstairs to put in her room because he always tries to eat the food. My son (13M) loudly says, “Make sure the hide the cat from the Chinese guy!” as I am at the door gett... | 52,901 | 2,581 | 0.92 | 1,597,530,380 | AmItheAsshole |
I’m American citizen, undecided voter, loving husband Ken Bone, Welcome to the Bone Zone! AMA | Hello Reddit,
I’m just a normal guy, who spends his free time with his hot wife and cat in St. Louis. I didn’t see any of this coming, it’s been a crazy week. I want to make something good come out of this moment, so I’m donating a portion of the proceeds from my Represent T-Shirt campaign to the St. Patrick Center ra... | 116,907 | 16,628 | 0.87 | 1,476,408,093 | IAmA |
When DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM goes terribly wrong | A few years ago, I was working at a used videogame store.
I was behind the counter, doing morning inventory, when a teenager came in.
TC: Teenage Customer
Me: Me
TC: Hey, I preordered a copy of INSERT NAME OF GAME HERE last week. Is it in yet?
Me: Let me check for you. Do you have an ID?
Check his ID, and h... | 8,995 | 676 | 0.93 | 1,477,496,973 | TalesFromRetail |
I work as a waitress at a diner, and I think one of our regulars might be the devil | I work at a rest-stop diner in a town people pass through as quick as they can on their way to something, or someone, better. It’s called Lucky’s, which is a little ironic because if you’ve ended up here you’re anything but. If you stay too long the dust settles. Working at Lucky’s you never see the same licence plates... | 12,884 | 465 | 0.99 | 1,591,912,159 | NoSleep |
Aita for wearing the “joke” bikini my friend got me? | So it was my birthday couple months ago. Had a party. Got some gifts. My friend “Mandy” for me a “super cute bikini”. I liked it. Said thanks. She had ripped the tags off but whatever.
Anyway. Went to the community pool with my roommate. Wore bikini. Got in the water. Roommate immediately is like uhm girl.... I look ... | 50,963 | 3,996 | 0.86 | 1,569,197,811 | AmItheAsshole |
Why does reddit keep giving me free awards to give to people? | Is this happening to anyone else? Do you know why reddit is doing this? I just thought it was kind of weird.
Thanks!
Edit: Not to be annoying but thanks for the awards. Made my day. :) | 446 | 85 | 0.98 | 1,599,905,184 | help |
[WP] The year is 2038 and net neutrality has been dead for almost two decades. But a rebellious group managed to travel back to 2017... | https://www.battleforthenet.com/#bftn-action-form
Edit: Obligatory thanks for the gold! Just trying to do my part on this fight, but as I don't live in the US, raising awareness is the most I can do, glad it worked! | 41,245 | 395 | 0.88 | 1,511,315,745 | WritingPrompts |
My father, a captured World War II resistance fighter and Auschwitz concentration camp survivor, wrote this unpublished, based-on-true-events book about the Nazis, Hitler, and their occupation of Europe during WWII. (attachment in post) | My father (1919-2007) was a London-born, Dutch national, part of the World War II Dutch Underground/Resistance Movement and a German Concentration Camp survivor. He was held captive in Krakow, Bergen-Belsen, before finally being liberated from Auschwitz by the Allied forces. Losing the majority of his family and frien... | 19,711 | 375 | 0.86 | 1,492,099,067 | history |
AITA for taking back the beer I bought for a party from which I was uninvited? | This happened just a few hours ago. I am a 19 year old man and the people calling me an asshole are 18 year old men and women.
On Thursday, a person I had a major crush on in high school (but who rejected me) messaged me out of the blue. She had never contacted me without my contacting her first, and at one point I r... | 39,378 | 1,785 | 0.95 | 1,592,715,614 | AmItheAsshole |
The CEO of 3500 employees just called... | This happened a while back but it's still the best thing that ever happened to me at work. True story.
So, i was hired by a big defense company (upgrade tanks, naval weapons, etc) with over 3500 employees. You can imagine this was a very big company. We were in building 34 and if you needed to go somewhere quick you t... | 7,549 | 620 | 0.94 | 1,406,284,193 | talesfromtechsupport |
CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist. | The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of Allah".. even though many are first hand accounts of the girl herself. By following the logic tha... | 11,382 | 3,737 | 0.73 | 1,619,043,608 | changemyview |
In The Great Gatsby, Tom reads white supremacist books and goes off on a racist tirade against interracial marriage. Nowadays we see this as proof he's a scumbag, but what would Fitzgerald's original audience have thought of it? | Apparently Tom's favourite book, *The Rise of the Colored Empires*, is a thinly-veiled parody of [a real publication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rising_Tide_of_Color_Against_White_World-Supremacy). Would a 1920s audience have understood Tom as a racist and seen it as negative? | 7,870 | 104 | 0.96 | 1,615,556,902 | AskHistorians |
At the age of 60, Snoop Dogg will be 420 in dog years | Wow I never expected this to blow up, thanks for the upvotes guys ! Hopefully Snoop Dogg or /u/Here_Comes_The_King will see this someday !
Also Happy New Years !
Edit: Thanks strangers for the gold !
| 100,836 | 1,208 | 0.88 | 1,514,747,891 | Showerthoughts |
I'm dyslexic and I started off the year with the goal to read at least 1 book, I ended up reading 9! | I'm very dyslexic. I didn't find out until I was 18 so I've just figured out ways to deal with it. At the beginning of the year I decided that I wanted to read at least one book in its entirety. I ended up reading 9 (which is more than I've ever read on my own in my life!) and gaining a whole new respect and love for r... | 46,279 | 1,377 | 0.87 | 1,514,521,101 | books |
I am John Cleese: writer, actor, and tall person. AMA! | Hallo Reddit, John Cleese here. I am best known for writing and starring in Monty Python. I am currently in America and will be spending some of the fall this year zooming around doing live appearances on my Monty Python and the Holy Grail Tour.
My first show is September 19th at the State Theatre in Easton, PA.
Chec... | 48,324 | 4,376 | 0.85 | 1,505,491,307 | IAmA |
THAT'S ILLEGAL! | This is not one of my proudest moments, but it felt really good. I was a grocery store cashier and had been for almost 2 years when this happened. I was job hunting and planning on quitting anyway so I was kinda playing it fast and loose with my filter.
Our store was a 'bag your own groceries' place but if it was rea... | 5,930 | 304 | 0.97 | 1,506,643,760 | TalesFromRetail |
The video game "Subnautica" depicts an alien planet with many exotic underwater ecosystems. One of these is a "lava zone" where molten lava stays in liquid form under the sea. Is this possible? | The depth of the lava zone is roughly 1200-1500 meters, and the gravity seems similar to Earth's. Could this happen in real life, with or without those conditions? | 22,061 | 691 | 0.85 | 1,517,856,231 | askscience |
Me and my wife got blamed for vote manipulation | Me and my wife live u get the same roof with the same IP address and sometimes I would find funny videos on Reddit, upvote them, and send them to here. She would enjoy the video and upvote them as well. We’ll apparently we’re now being warned for voting manipulation even though we’re two separate people viewing mostly ... | 465 | 206 | 0.93 | 1,697,201,848 | help |
GE freezes pensions for 20,000 employees - aka why I always urge people to invest in their own retirement funds | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ge-to-freeze-pensions-for-about-20000-employees-stock-surges-2019-10-07
I see a lot of posts here about pensions vs 401ks, or people who say "I'm not worried because I've got a great pension plan", or something to that effect.
Well, this is a stark reminder that pensions are not bull... | 15,051 | 1,235 | 0.94 | 1,570,452,251 | personalfinance |
They had police and military pointing guns at us during our protest for women’s rights in 2016. | But now everyone and anyone can just walk right up to front door of the Whitehouse while being violent today?
They barricaded the White House and called in the National Guard to disperse the BLM protest. But today it’s open house? With a stand down order?
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?! | 51,323 | 1,095 | 0.82 | 1,609,964,785 | TwoXChromosomes |
I was in a potentially dangerous situation today. I knew what to do from a previous post on here, and the comments I read, and I just want to say thank you. | It was recently announced that we are going back into lockdown, so we did a final window visit with my grandmother in a neighbouring city. I had to use the bathroom before our drive home, so I popped into a mall that was desolate even before Covid times, because I knew the bathroom was right in the entrance, down a hal... | 42,853 | 802 | 0.9 | 1,608,670,520 | TwoXChromosomes |
CMV: all fines (or other monetary punishments) should be determined by your income. | fines should hurt people equally. $50 to a person living paycheck to paycheck is a huge setback; to someone earning six figures, it’s almost nothing. to people earning more than that, a drop in the ocean. a lot of rich people just park in disabled spots because the fine is nothing and it makes their life more convenien... | 16,054 | 1,337 | 0.88 | 1,617,380,205 | changemyview |
A tale about respect, manners, and how IT fired more than 100 guests | A recent "Karen" story I read reminded me that last year I had an encounter of that sort which I didn't post about yet. For your entertainment, here it is.
First a little background info to set the scene:
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Our company HQ building has big conference rooms. Despite not being in the events or hosting business a... | 6,629 | 303 | 0.99 | 1,605,787,047 | talesfromtechsupport |
The previous tenant of my new flat left a survival guide. Things just keep getting weirder. | How it began
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/ci94do/the_previous_tenant_of_my_new_flat_left_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
And what happened next
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/cinu8u/the_previous_tenant_of_my_new_flat_left_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
When I finally caught up ... | 14,619 | 444 | 0.98 | 1,564,526,689 | NoSleep |
I'm sorry, we only support browsers that don't exist | Same company and website as previous tale here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/5ltdyz/why_consistent_password_policies_are_important/
So there's this website used by a few thousand paying customers - something like $200/year. It's used by pastors to download material to use in their church serv... | 8,682 | 383 | 0.96 | 1,483,662,810 | talesfromtechsupport |
If you can't get your emergency fund to grow because of emergencies that keep coming up, you're still doing a good job. | Over the summer I made a steadfast commitment to getting my 3 month emergency fund built, which is only about 15k. I'm saving $750 a month, which is exactly 15% of my family's post-tax income. In the 3 months since I made that change, I've had $1.8k in car repairs, $600 in vet bills, and $250 to cover a friend who got ... | 28,427 | 637 | 0.92 | 1,539,012,507 | personalfinance |
Turbotax deluxe charges an additional $40 to take their fee from your returns | Not sure if this is common knowledge but I noticed this yesterday when filing my federal taxes yesterday. I had to use TurboTax deluxe because of some additional things I had to add in and I don't want to use paper. They mention that it costs $40. No issue there. When choosing a payment method you have the options of u... | 15,988 | 1,284 | 0.95 | 1,580,743,124 | personalfinance |
I am Adam Savage, unemployed explosives expert, maker, editor-in-chief of Tested.com and former host of MythBusters. AMA! | EDIT: Wow, thank you for all your comments and questions today. It's time to relax and get ready for bed, so I need to wrap this up. In general, I do come to reddit almost daily, although I may not always comment.
I love doing AMAs, and plan to continue to do them as often as I can, time permitting. Otherwise, you can... | 46,119 | 7,046 | 0.8 | 1,480,611,192 | IAmA |
ELI5: The Panama Papers | Please use this thread to ask any questions regarding the recent data leak.
Either use this thread to provide general explanations as direct replies to the thread, or as a forum to pose specific questions and have them answered here. | 31,773 | 2,655 | 0.9 | 1,459,730,634 | explainlikeimfive |
Hey if you don't want your $1000 gaming computer I'll take it | This happened awhile ago. I own my own computer repair business and a customer called me up asking me to build them a computer, they had all the parts and just wanted someone to put it together as they didn't trust them selves. It was a fairly high end computer, they spent probably $2000+ on parts. I put it together wi... | 12,128 | 787 | 0.91 | 1,498,425,322 | talesfromtechsupport |
Almost 70% of millennials regret buying their homes. | https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/most-millennials-regret-buying-home.html
* Disclaimer: small sample size
Article hits some core tenets of personal finance when buying a house. Primarily:
1) Do not tap retirement accounts to buy a house
2) Make sure you account for all costs of home ownership, not just the up front... | 14,994 | 4,518 | 0.88 | 1,532,032,414 | personalfinance |
What does OP mean on reddit? | Sorry I’m kind of dumb. | 403 | 135 | 0.94 | 1,578,071,274 | help |
Hi, I am still off sick but I am not. | > $Me - Hello, IT.
> $Usr - Hi, I am still off sick but I am not.
> $Me - Oh, did you mean to call HR or is there an IT issue?
> $Usr - It's an IT issue. I am back at work now but I am still sick.
> $Me - I don't understand the issue.
> $Usr - I have tried to log into $HRsystem but it has me listed as off ... | 14,043 | 781 | 0.93 | 1,473,156,987 | talesfromtechsupport |
I thought I was paranoid, but I got phished. Read my shameful account of said phishing so they don't get you too. | I have different passwords for every website I log into, 2-factor authentication when possible; I thought I knew all the scams and could spot them a mile away. This one still got me.
I was meeting a friend at a bar. Two drinks in I got a call from someone identified by my phone as Wells Fargo. I'm fully aware this co... | 24,461 | 1,861 | 0.91 | 1,519,192,259 | PersonalFinance |
You can't have the leftover change. | Customer came in attempted multiple times to purchase gas this morning and his 3 cards were all declined, I was in a good mood won 200$ on last night's mega millions. So I figured I'd spot him 20$ for gas. He then goes to the pump, pumps 5$ and comes back inside to demand change.
C: change from pump 3 please.
Me: Wha... | 7,756 | 378 | 0.99 | 1,515,268,116 | TalesFromRetail |
Paying attention to my 401k saved my company's employees ~$92,000 | This is a post about how even a little bit of attention can go a long way for you, and others.
I work for a company with ~600 employees across North America. Since finding the personal finance communities two years ago, my family has been keeping an eye on our budgeting and saving, and I was having fun with it, so I ... | 15,697 | 589 | 0.95 | 1,563,915,668 | personalfinance |
About my store manager | So let me first off explaining about how my store manager looks to most people he is 6'3" so he is tall, and seems very intimidating, but different from his looks he is actually a very nice guy, and this was how I learned what kind of guy he was.
I had only been working for about 7 months at the store, and this woman ... | 5,380 | 187 | 0.95 | 1,429,627,341 | TalesFromRetail |
(Update) Found out I was being paid less than entry level employees, what do I do? | Hey guys! A couple weeks ago I posted about a situation at work where I was promoted to an admin and clinical position, and found out that I was being paid at least a dollar less than entry level employees. I was making $14/hr while others were making anywhere between $14.50 - $15/hr. I asked for advice, and the post B... | 22,721 | 938 | 0.89 | 1,487,362,616 | PersonalFinance |
"No. She has a boyfriend. Stop flirting." | I was working drive thru and this man pulls up to the second window for me to give him his food.
He has the cutest little baby boy in the back seat, so of course, after the greetings and handing off the food, I said hi to the baby.
He had been staring intently at me and when I said hi, he immediately starts laughin... | 6,426 | 299 | 0.91 | 1,440,515,571 | TalesFromRetail |
AITA for switching to regular milk to prove my lactose intolerant roommate keeps stealing from me? | Me and 2 other guys share an apartment together and we split all the bills. The only thing we don’t split costs on is groceries. Everyone’s in charge of buying their own food and we don’t touch whatever doesn’t belong to us in the fridge. We put our names on everything so no one gets mixed up.
This issue has been goi... | 46,204 | 1,413 | 0.96 | 1,595,356,193 | AmItheAsshole |
"Ma'am I can't complete this sale, as it would be theft." | Football season had JUST started at my store, so we were putting out flags for our college football team. So no item that has the logo on it would be on clearance (this is important later). We are also a register in an obscure part of the store less than 10ft from an exit. We have a security door and have to press a bu... | 5,463 | 301 | 0.96 | 1,502,222,828 | TalesFromRetail |
Thank you everyone who supported us the past day. The Admins have listened and removed the unmoderated Chat feature from the site. We deeply appreciate the support of our readers and the wider mod community who stood with us. | #For those who missed the excitement, [see this thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gakw51/in_30_minutes_at_830_pm_edt_raskhistorians_will) (It is temporarily removed as we don't want two META threads at the top of the sub. This, ironically, just means actual questions get less attention which we of... | 22,971 | 612 | 0.94 | 1,588,265,388 | AskHistorians |
LPT: Remove all dealer decals from the back of your car. Its your vehicle now and they are using you for free advertising. | RIP my inbox. Thank you redditors for the awards, the varying opinions and valid counter arguments and a special shoutout to all the toxic haters who helped me make the front page. | 84,549 | 4,851 | 0.85 | 1,622,761,189 | LifeProTips |
The Atlanta-Area Murders Were Racially Motivated: A Short History of Anti-Asian Racism in North America | *From the* r/AskHistorians *mod team:*
On Tuesday, 16 March 2021, eight people were murdered in a series of attacks on massage parlors in and around Atlanta, Georgia (United States). Six of these victims were women of Asian descent. Their names are Daoyou Feng (冯道友), Hyun Jung Grant (김현정), Suncha Kim (김순자), Soon Chung... | 8,098 | 273 | 0.82 | 1,616,260,995 | AskHistorians |
Reddit is confusing and hard | I’m trying so hard to get into Reddit due to me finally getting rid of Twitter, and all other social media. I’m trying to interact with people and post in certain communities but just end up getting deleted or removed from not having enough karma. It’s just discouraging and maybe someone can offer a little help or advi... | 394 | 216 | 0.93 | 1,681,483,798 | help |
what is the little aqua cake icon | what does it mean? it looks like a triangle cut piece | 441 | 162 | 0.96 | 1,595,045,513 | help |
"No... Not right now." | Lady was talking to a friend of hers while making eye contact with me the whole time, I was on the till. Her friend asked her what she was doing,"I'm discarding what I don't want." She was leaving miscellaneous food items on the Jewelry counter, and then promptly got in my line. I asked her, "Can you bring me those ite... | 8,140 | 315 | 0.95 | 1,483,634,017 | TalesFromRetail |
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