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ELI5: Why aren't power lines in the US burried underground so that everyone doesn't lose power during hurricanes and other natural disasters? | Seeing all of the convoys of power crews headed down to Florida made me wonder why we do this over and over and don't just bury the lines so trees and wind don't take them down repeatedly. I've seen power lines buried in neighborhoods. Is this not scalable to a whole city for some reason? | 28,703 | 2,018 | 0.87 | 1,505,148,944 | explainlikeimfive |
I just looked at the sun with my eclipse glasses, and there are two black dots on the sun. What are those? | If you have your eclipse glasses, go look. Are they solar flares visible to the naked eye? Or are they planets?
| 15,346 | 1,072 | 0.87 | 1,504,558,348 | askscience |
CMV: It is entirely moral to pirate media that never was or is no longer being sold through its original creator. | I'm speaking more of video games than anything else, but my point stands for movies or anything other forms of media as well. If the original creator of something is no longer selling it, this giving me no way to support them, I shouldn't feel bad at all for pirating it. As an example, there is a large multitude of Nin... | 15,906 | 1,529 | 0.92 | 1,616,422,277 | changemyview |
"I'm not a computer person" - but allow me to be as unhelpful and condescending as possible while I demand you fix my problem | This actually happened a couple of weeks ago. As context (for those who haven't read my posts before) - I work an out of hours IT desk, we support multiple businesses after hours when their IT teams leave for the day.
It's 11:30 pm and I get a call through from my least favourite business we support (we have no system... | 10,046 | 610 | 0.96 | 1,483,410,185 | talesfromtechsupport |
OK, now the password is 'D35p41r' | First post in quite some time! I work at a local authority on the helldesk. Social workers are the bane of my existence but you learn to cope with their general incompetence as part of the job. But sometimes they can still surprise you. This happened today.
So, we use a generic username for most of our computers so th... | 10,589 | 777 | 0.94 | 1,463,056,121 | talesfromtechsupport |
The Climb | “I want you to kill her,” the voice echoed. Low, monotonic, unwavering.
In front of me was my mother, crucified haphazardly upon a ramshackle wooden cross. Rivets were driven through each palm - with rope fastenings in place around her ankles and shoulders to keep her in position.
Her eyes, red and cracked from exp... | 14,714 | 233 | 0.98 | 1,529,326,254 | NoSleep |
How refusing a check with kittens saved a girls life. | I was working a late shift, and it was rather quiet. I had only been working at the store for only 5 months or so. A man came through my line, and he was about 6 foot tall covered in Tattoos, and not the nicely made tattoos you see from a good tattoo shop I mean the kind that looks like he had them done in the cellar ... | 6,061 | 253 | 0.94 | 1,446,481,463 | TalesFromRetail |
What I wish people told me before I got $16,000 in CC debt | Quick background. I got my first credit card by accident. I thought I was filling out a “loyalty card” at Cabelas. Ended up being a line of credit. I was 23.
4 short years later and married with a baby girl, I find myself with $16,000 in credit card debt. I actually saved my very last dollar and have it taped to my s... | 17,847 | 2,183 | 0.87 | 1,561,650,670 | PersonalFinance |
Forbes: Employees who stay at a company for more than 2 years on average earn 50% less. | http://www.forbes.com/sites/cameronkeng/2014/06/22/employees-that-stay-in-companies-longer-than-2-years-get-paid-50-less/#454e629ee07f
Companies need to get back to rewarding employees for their tenure. Until they do, don't reward companies with your loyalty. When you're worth more on the open market than your company... | 36,390 | 3,820 | 0.92 | 1,500,234,416 | PersonalFinance |
WIBTA for refusing to stop cooking bacon in my kitchen due to my teenage daughters vegan lifestyle? | Dad here, old fart, loves his daughter to pieces but I’m struggling to see eye to eye with my teenager and wife on this one.
We’ve always been a meat eating family, we live in the rural Midwest and bacon for breakfast is pretty much a given. This year my 14 y/o daughter decided to go vegan, and I jumped onto her supp... | 51,395 | 7,494 | 0.89 | 1,571,609,951 | AmItheAsshole |
How realistic is the cancer "vaccine" talked about recently? | A recent post to /r/worldnews is talking about a cancer "vaccine" talked about in this [article](https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/01/cancer-vaccine-eliminates-tumors-in-mice.html).
All sorts of claims have been made about cancer in the post. So, how realistic is this? | 18,432 | 1,104 | 0.91 | 1,517,474,170 | askscience |
cmv: The ‘Work hard and don’t give up’ message common on Reddit posts accompanying ‘rags to riches’ stories are damaging lies that imply poverty is most strongly related to lack of effort. Which is proven to be both bullshit and demotivating. | Here’s a picture of someone living in a slum. Now here’s a picture of them 10 years later going to Harvard. How heartwarming. If only *every* one of those lazy, dirty shits the world over would be more like him. No, more like *us*. You see, yes I didn’t come from quite that background - but dammit I’ve worked very har... | 30,155 | 1,535 | 0.78 | 1,603,371,667 | changemyview |
Has anybody else had trouble pressing the upvote/downvote arrow since the new update? | Ever since I got the updated version of Reddit where the subreddit logo shows up next to the subreddit when someone mentions it like r/help, I don’t know if I’m going crazy but it seems like I’m consistently missing the upvote button. I have to focus a lot harder to actually press the upvote button in the exact locatio... | 422 | 40 | 0.94 | 1,565,826,931 | help |
I tracked the expenses for my German Shepherd Dog for one full year. | I see pet ownership discussed here a good bit. As someone who loves animals, I understand the reasoning for wanting a pet. I also understand the work and funds it takes to appropriately take care of a pet. Here are the direct costs (6.75% tax included) that I paid from May 5th 2019 - May 5th 2020
Food/Treats: $672
V... | 17,311 | 1,988 | 0.97 | 1,588,867,494 | PersonalFinance |
[WP] Jesus actually had 14 disciples but their behavior was deemed inappropriate by biblical scholars, so they were removed from the final versions of the Gospels. They are Brad and Chad, the Bro-ciples, and these are their stories. | Apostles... Dang it, I meant Apostles. | 20,935 | 447 | 0.82 | 1,488,040,964 | WritingPrompts |
I raised my credit score by 73 points in 3 months and got myself out of debt thank to this subreddit | I know I still have work to do but I wanted to share my small success story and some gratitude to this sub for helping me get my finances back on track.
In late 2013 I was out of work for several months due to an illness, and just a few weeks after I returned to work my husband was laid off. I had a small emergency f... | 18,002 | 437 | 0.89 | 1,483,296,740 | personalfinance |
Every night, my girlfriend wakes me up to tell the exact same joke. | Before i start, i feel like i should let something very clear: I absolutely love Ellen. We've been living together for about three years now, but have known each other our whole lives. In fact, we were childhood friends - and i know this may sound like a fairy tale to some people, but it truly felt like we were always ... | 12,542 | 460 | 0.99 | 1,656,958,611 | NoSleep |
Reminder: Khan Academy still has basic explanations on taxes in the U.S. This should help you with understanding tax brackets, deductions, and other related information. | I try to do this every tax season, and I felt the need to remind people that this resource exists. There are some simple explanations of tax law in the U.S. over at Khan Academy. Here are a couple links:
* [Introduction to Tax Brackets](https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/taxes-topic/taxe... | 18,237 | 381 | 0.93 | 1,484,053,671 | PersonalFinance |
We are the ACLU. Ask Us Anything about net neutrality! | TAKE ACTION HERE: https://www.aclu.org/net-neutralityAMA
Today a diverse coalition of interested parties including the ACLU, Amazon, Etsy, Mozilla, Kickstarter, and many others came together to sound the alarm about the Federal Communications Commission’s attack on net neutrality.
A free and open internet is vital for... | 65,090 | 5,297 | 0.76 | 1,499,880,616 | IAmA |
UPDATE - AITA for throwing my kid's clothes onto the floor when they don't fold them neatly? | Almost 2 months ago I made a post on here about me throwing my daughter’s clothes onto the drawer when they weren’t folded neatly. Well that post really blew up, people on Twitter also chimed in.
Well the night I made the post, I was still in serious denial. I replied to some comments and my denial was perfectly clear... | 40,678 | 874 | 0.97 | 1,597,409,432 | AmItheAsshole |
LPT: Before you get married, have in-depth, planning discussions around: kids, money, housing, vacations, current debt, retirement, day to day expectations, pets, in-laws, transportation, and careers...don't assume anything. Ask the questions, ensure you are on the same page. | Edit: My first gold and oh, so many awards...you are too kind. I am trying to read everything.
Since many are mentioning it...this is not meant to be a written contract. Life changes people, couples need to change with it. Some couples are great with communication and do it organically. Others may not think to ask...... | 80,273 | 2,438 | 0.92 | 1,601,256,156 | LifeProTips |
LPT: There is nothing tacky or wrong about discussing your salary with coworkers. It is a federally protected action and the only thing that can stop discrepancies in pay. Do not let your boss convince you otherwise. | I just want to remind everyone that you should always discuss pay with coworkers. Do not let your managers or supervisors tell you it is tacky or against the rules.
Discussing pay with co-workers is a federally protected action. You cannot face consequences for discussing pay with coworkers- it can't even be threatene... | 80,888 | 3,473 | 0.89 | 1,626,221,378 | LifeProTips |
Professor Stephen Hawking has passed away at the age of 76 | We have lost one of the greatest minds in history today as Professor Stephen William Hawking has passed away on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76.
It is a terrible loss and we wanted to create this thread for people to share their thoughts about Professor Hawking, from favorite quotes, to theories, to whatever he and hi... | 117,199 | 2,694 | 0.84 | 1,521,001,574 | AskReddit |
CMV: Tipping should not be expected for takeout orders | This is inspired from an argument over tipping on pizza takeout orders, but I feel like it applies to all restaurants offering takeout. My points are below.
I tip for services that are provided where I feel the employee/worker generally has to go out of there way to complete that service. Examples are waiters, deliver... | 19,504 | 3,330 | 0.8 | 1,613,753,465 | changemyview |
ELI5: Why does "Hoo" produce cold air but "Haa" produces hot air ? | Tried to figure it out in public and ended up looking like an absolute fool so imma need someone to explain this to me | 28,546 | 1,037 | 0.87 | 1,568,545,398 | explainlikeimfive |
AITA for not saying anything about the underwear? | My 20 year old daughter and her fiancé are currently staying with us. I love my daughter but she is very difficult and I can’t stand her fiancé. I gave them a deadline to move out because I can’t take this anymore.
They got into a massive fight the other day while my wife was out. I guess a pair of my wife’s underwea... | 40,076 | 2,091 | 0.96 | 1,594,824,480 | AmItheAsshole |
I am actor Patrick Stewart of Yorkshire, X-Men, Star Trek and Blunt Talk. AMA! | Good morning, reddit! This is Patrick Stewart here to answer your questions. You may know me from X-Men, American Dad, Star Trek, or The Royal Shakespeare Company. You also may know me from my Twitter account @SirPatStew. I’m in a new show called Blunt Talk, which premieres this Saturday on Starz. If you’re curious, yo... | 46,640 | 7,679 | 0.9 | 1,440,081,042 | IAmA |
$250 Apartment bathroom facelift. | Did this little Reno on my apartment, my girlfriend did the decorating. It was my first time doing flooring, go easy 😅. My apprentice is in the last photo. | 22,651 | 859 | 0.95 | 1,708,810,039 | DIY |
Movie covers on books are the worst pet peeve for me especially if the original art work was awesome | Like honestly I had to buy steaphen Kings gunslinger with the movie cover because no one carried the original art work one and this happens everytime a book movie comes out and they put that big stamp that says "now a major motion picture" please god why.
Is it just me or are you guys the same about it
Edit: everyone... | 37,694 | 1,055 | 0.93 | 1,591,028,663 | books |
Why usernames matter | Some university in Germany, around the turn of the century. The physics department had quite a nice setup for the students: two rooms with terminals, in one room all machines were HP-UX, the other room had a dual boot option: WindowsNT or Linux. All the userdata is stored on the server and accessible from all systems.
... | 7,126 | 377 | 0.94 | 1,500,310,851 | talesfromtechsupport |
Don’t look at your 401k balances today; it has no impact on your long-term investment outlook | I’m sure this will get buried among the many posts today, but it bears repeating: short-term fluctuations in the stock market are *short-term*. The fact that the market is down right now does not affect your long-term investment outlook, as stocks are a long-term game. If you sell now, you will lose out on the rebound,... | 27,434 | 1,753 | 0.92 | 1,583,762,565 | personalfinance |
CMV: Democrats and Republicans live in completely different realities and it is destroying our country. | I would guess that a typical Democrat gets their news from CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, NYT, etc. And the average conservative gets his news from Fox News, Talk Radio, OAN, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, YouTubers like Stephen Crowder and Ben Shapiro, etc. If you go more into the fringes of the right they probably get th... | 28,848 | 2,076 | 0.76 | 1,610,807,877 | changemyview |
"IF YOU DON'T MOVE IN TEN SECONDS I'M GOING TO RUN YOU OVER" | So out here in the UK it's been stupidly hot recently, so everyone's feeling super tired on our Thursday evening shift at the Supermarket. We close at 8:00, and it's about 7:20 when the events started. I'm trying to organise the trolleys so I can lock them up in a little bit, when a 30-ish year-old comes out of the sho... | 5,103 | 281 | 0.95 | 1,496,413,215 | TalesFromRetail |
Wife had a stroke. Need to protect family and estate. | My wife (38) had a stroke that left her with no motor function. She will require care for the rest of her life. We have two little girls. 11 and 8. I need advice on how to protect the estate if anything were to happen to me. I don't want her ongoing care to drain the estate if I'm gone. I also need to set up protection... | 18,880 | 1,170 | 0.9 | 1,513,867,651 | PersonalFinance |
Aren't You Embarrassed? | Recently, I started a second job at a grocery store. I make decent money at my day job (49k+ but awesome benefits, largest employer besides the state in the area) but I have 100k in student loans and $1000 in credit cards I want gone. I was cashiering yesterday, and one of my coworkers came into my store, and into my l... | 19,291 | 1,652 | 0.92 | 1,507,222,629 | PersonalFinance |
Why does everyone hate emojis? | I don’t use them often but I’m curious because it seems when someone comments an emoji they get -10000 karma | 401 | 236 | 0.95 | 1,592,403,818 | help |
AITA for not telling my Dad he isn't getting the inheritance he's expecting? | My mother died when I was 16. My dad married another woman two years later.
My grandparents, my dad's parents, HATE my stepmother. I really don't like her either.
Even after my half-siblings were born, my grandparents never warmed up to her.
My grandparents are quite wealthy. My father has been banking on this inher... | 41,573 | 3,263 | 0.95 | 1,570,802,379 | AmItheAsshole |
LPT: If you roommate ever cooks a meal and lets you eat it with them, do all of the dishes unprompted. It's polite, shows respect for the work your roommate put into it, saves them the hassle, and makes them far more likely to do so again in the future. Cooking for them later would be a good idea. | Edit: I was the cleaner in this case, I’m not a passive-aggressive poster. It’s more of a “Hey there! Found yourself in the great position of having a roommate occasionally cooking for you? Don’t F it up by forgetting to clean!” | 85,541 | 1,749 | 0.84 | 1,603,814,920 | LifeProTips |
AITA for ruining both my parents marriages for disowning me? | I am the by-product of my parents extra-marital affair. Both of them had spouses at the time. My birth-mother got pregnant and had to tell her husband as he was overseas when I was conceived so there was no way I was his. A few months after I was born they decided not to divorce. I was given to my grandparents on my m... | 41,036 | 2,330 | 0.92 | 1,565,439,833 | AmItheAsshole |
AITA for making a dad joke? | Note. My step-daughter, Madeline, was about a year old when I married her mother, Jessica. Madeline’s father died before she was born.
Madeline is currently 15, and she’s rebelling for almost everything. She did something bad, so while picking her up, I set a punishment up for her. Then she said “You’re not my dad. ... | 56,952 | 1,990 | 0.95 | 1,570,995,686 | AmItheAsshole |
My Jewish-American grandfather guarded Nazis in WW2 France. After the war, one his prisoners sent him this illustrated book of his time in the camp. | My grandfather-in-law was a Jewish-American Officer who oversaw a German POW camp in WW2 France. "Pop" treated everyone with respect and was quite popular as a result. Years after the war he received this illustrated book from one of his prisoners in the mail.
I found it rummaging through my in-law's basement this pas... | 33,464 | 1,706 | 0.85 | 1,503,079,376 | history |
So atmospheric CO2 levels just reached 410 ppm, first time in 3 million years it's been that high. What happened 3 million years ago? | what happened 3 million years ago to cause CO2 levels to be higher than they are today?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-just-breached-the-410-ppm-threshold-for-co2/ | 15,471 | 749 | 0.86 | 1,493,040,930 | askscience |
Why can we develop a vaccine for COVID in 8 months, but still don't have a vaccine for other viruses that are decades old? | Not anti vaccine or anything and I plan on getting the covid one, but just wondering how a vaccine for COVID was made so quickly, and we still don't have a vaccine for HIV, respiratory syncytial virus, Epstein-Barr, etc. | 16,498 | 1,449 | 0.89 | 1,607,952,239 | askscience |
Is it possible to Yo-Yo in space? | We had a heated debate today in class and we just want to know the answer | 17,540 | 977 | 0.87 | 1,487,875,946 | askscience |
My Experience with a Timeshare (Wyndham) Sales Team in Vegas | I'm writing this because the Reddit threads on this topic are outdated and more people should know what I now know about the "new" timeshares. This is what it's like to be on the receiving end of a Wyndham timeshare sales pitch. Here goes:
I vaguely knew what I was getting in to. My girlfriend and I arrived at an MGM... | 21,409 | 1,990 | 0.94 | 1,581,913,441 | PersonalFinance |
The previous tenant of my new flat left a survival guide. I think I’m going to need more than a guide. | How it started: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/ci94do/the_previous_tenant_of_my_new_flat_left_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
So much has happened in the last 24 hours. I’m so stressed and I’ve barely slept since I discovered that Jamie was missing. It’s starting to make me feel a little twitchy. B... | 18,011 | 315 | 0.99 | 1,564,266,177 | NoSleep |
"FINE" does not, in fact, mean things are fine | I've worked at a cute, family-owned ice cream shop in New York for around 5 years now. It's mostly alright, I get to work with close friends, but the customers have always been a little... much. (I have so many stories to share now that I've found this sub)
Anyway, it's important to note that we are right along a popu... | 5,890 | 198 | 0.96 | 1,493,079,917 | TalesFromRetail |
If you were invisible, you could have a perfectly normal relationship with a blind person | Edit: Thanks for the gold!!! | 96,406 | 1,493 | 0.93 | 1,552,776,483 | Showerthoughts |
My fiancé just got unexpectedly fired today and we're both now reminded why r/personalfinance is always insisting on trying to live off one income. | We were both blindsided by today. We're both pretty young, early on in our careers, he had only been there a year and was performing. It was a huge shock. We don't practice every best habit of the sub but we're grateful we picked up doing your best to live off one income.
We just bought our house in August and insiste... | 20,550 | 915 | 0.94 | 1,559,872,212 | PersonalFinance |
I didn't receive a warning - therefore I don't owe you any money! | As some of you may know, I work an out of hours service desk supporting multiple businesses. This particular business is an educational institute and this particular discussion took place between myself and a student;
**Me:** Service Desk
**Caller:** I CAN'T PRINT!
**Me:** Okay, what actually happens?
**Caller:** I... | 6,683 | 381 | 0.93 | 1,478,260,586 | talesfromtechsupport |
If you start suddenly getting email/spam "bombed" there's probably a reason | I'm not 100% sure how well this fits here (it is financial), but I wanted to warn as many people as possible.
Last week on Tuesday morning I was sitting at my desk and suddenly started getting emails. Lots, and lots, and lots of them. 30-40 every minute. They were clearly spam. Many of them had russian or chinese word... | 27,665 | 895 | 0.95 | 1,555,942,724 | personalfinance |
Help needed please | Im trying to post in the reddit for the photoshop editing but it says I need 10 Karma, what is a karma | 485 | 38 | 0.96 | 1,603,669,568 | help |
When abortion was on the ballot in Kansas, people voted & we won. When weed has been on the ballot, people voted, & weed has been legalized in dozens of states. Anyone who claims voting doesn’t matter is a FOOL. Tuesday. Show up. Make a plan. Take friends with you. VOTE like your life depends on it. | Tuesday is the day folks.
Do not let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter.
When weed was on the ballot, people voted and laws changed. Voting mattered. Voting made all the difference.
When abortion was on the ballot in Kansas, people voted, and we won. Voting worked. Voting mattered. Voting made the difference. ... | 48,462 | 593 | 0.86 | 1,667,650,276 | TwoXChromosomes |
My Desktop != Your Desktop | So this just happened like a minute ago. One of the team leads in my department was having trouble getting something to work in Excel and pinged me for help. I asked if she could email me the spreadsheet so I could take a look myself, and she sends me a link instead...to the spreadsheet on her desktop. As in, her C:\\U... | 7,120 | 278 | 0.98 | 1,616,079,233 | talesfromtechsupport |
I'm the candidate who was thrown out of the West Virginia House for reading off fossil fuel donors! But there’s more to me than that. I'm Lissa Lucas, AMA! [xpost /r/Political_Revolution] | #[Ask your questions over at /r/Political_Revolution!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Political_Revolution/comments/7xrnj3/im_the_candidate_who_was_thrown_out_of_the_west/)
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#[Hi, I’m Lissa Lucas!](https://i.imgur.com/nE4sjxB.jpg)
Some people have always wanted to go into politics. _Not me._ I’d rather be hiking with m... | 66,815 | 1 | 0.74 | 1,518,713,663 | IAmA |
My town banned plastic bags. Some customers were not happy. | I'm an assistant Front End Manager (recently promoted to full time, and given a bit more authority as a result) in a chain grocery store, and as the title says, my town banned plastic grocery bags. The ban went into effect yesterday, and I had to explain it to customers. This is the story of one particularly unpleasant... | 5,764 | 557 | 0.94 | 1,475,605,376 | TalesFromRetail |
Do animals have blood types like we do? | We have blood types, O, A, B, and AB. Do animals of the same species have different blood types? If not, what makes us so different?
Edit: Oh wow, I never expected to reach top page. Thanks a bunch guys
Edit 2: Yes I know humans are animals. Y'all can stop saying that | 15,617 | 765 | 0.89 | 1,499,864,654 | askscience |
I witnessed F*** you money. | This happened to me about a month or so ago and I am still relishing in the glory.
I work at a large US auto parts store
Cast
Me: me
Money bags: $$
Crazy Lady: CL
Manager: M
Now money bags is a regular customer and when he came mes in we jump for joy as his purchases are in the thousands of dollars.
I am helping... | 8,772 | 330 | 0.95 | 1,546,182,656 | TalesFromRetail |
I made a Spotify ad stopper because I was too poor for Premium. It automatically detects when an ad plays and then restarts Spotify in the background. It's my first project after escaping tutorial hell and I'd love any feedback you guys have! | It detects when an advertisement plays by monitoring the type of what track is currently playing, using the Spotipy api. It then closes and opens Spotify by the os module and plays it via pynput.
There have been a few programs in this subreddit which offer a similar functionality but mute spotify, and play another loc... | 2,903 | 153 | 0.96 | 1,599,314,996 | Python |
To the lady who stopped me with my drunk girlfriend | Thank you. I was out with my girlfriend who definitely had too many that night. As I was Wobbling her back to my car a young lady politely questioned me if I needed Help and what my relationship to the girl was. When I said It was my girlfriend she asked if I had a picture on my phone. I showed Her a couple and she exp... | 45,223 | 1,074 | 0.87 | 1,600,718,634 | TwoXChromosomes |
My lyft/uber expenses were nearly $750 every month so I instead bought a bike for $900 and now my travel expenses are <$140 | I used to Lyft Line or Uber Pool to work everyday or every other day so this was nearly ~$10 everyday so $200-250/month just for that. In addition I use uber/lyft to get around the city for meeting up with friends, getting groceries, going to meetups etc and that added up a lot. I was so shocked by this because even th... | 26,683 | 1,208 | 0.75 | 1,504,728,816 | PersonalFinance |
My Husband Brought Home a Fake Daughter | *This is not my child.*
That was all I could think.
“Honey?” said my husband. “Is everything all right?”
“Who is this?” I said, staring at the little girl I’d never seen before, standing in my house, dressed in my daughter’s clothes. “Where is Liza?”
My husband gave me a worried look, and the girl-who-was-not-Liza... | 15,247 | 250 | 0.96 | 1,554,901,235 | NoSleep |
Quick Reminder to Not Give Away Your Salary Requirement in a Job Interview | I know I've read this here before but had a real-life experience with it yesterday that I thought I'd share.
Going into the interview I was hoping/expecting that the range for the salary would be similar to where I am now. When the company recruiter asked me what my target salary was, I responded by asking, "What is ... | 44,439 | 3,630 | 0.91 | 1,520,530,130 | personalfinance |
Employers Are No Longer Able to Ask About Past Salaries in Oregon, Connecticut, and Hawaii | As of January 1st 2019, it is now illegal for employers in the states of Oregon, Connecticut, and Hawaii to ask about a potential employee's previous salary.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/salary-history-ban-states-list/516662/
These states now join the following areas in banning the infamous past salary question, along... | 16,440 | 523 | 0.97 | 1,546,470,372 | personalfinance |
I am Matt Damon, Ask Me Anything! | Hey Reddit, Matt Damon here. Hanging out for my latest film JASON BOURNE. Go ahead and ask me anything! Watch the trailer [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4gJsKZvqE4) and catch it in theaters July 29th.
http://unvrs.al/JBTix
[Proof](https://twitter.com/jasonbourne/status/754058034456895488)
[More proof](https... | 48,189 | 10,489 | 0.77 | 1,468,962,129 | IAmA |
"You are lucky I am on a job cause I would have kicked your ass." | I work at a hardware store with a garden department. Said garden department sells bales of pine straw that is in a trailer in the parking lot locked behind a gate. I get called outside to help the guy with 50 bales, no problem. I was on the phone when I went out there with another customer and when I arrived he had j... | 5,505 | 247 | 0.94 | 1,488,117,641 | TalesFromRetail |
The customer's wife came in specifically to find me | So this happened a long time ago in my old job at a high street jewelers in the UK but I think about the interaction a lot so wanted to share! I was working on the shop floor and an elderly gentleman and his daughter came in and started looking at the bracelets and bangles. To give some perspective this isn’t a presti... | 6,696 | 95 | 0.99 | 1,531,224,282 | TalesFromRetail |
I never use those, i won't pay for it! | It work for a small IT company providing website, email servers and web software.
**the interlocutors :**
> $Me : Your dearest
> $Boss : Boss of client company
> $Mom : Co-Boss of client company and also $Boss's Mother
After few year of collaboration with $Client our accountant come to me saying that $Clien... | 8,979 | 407 | 0.94 | 1,481,894,088 | talesfromtechsupport |
UPDATE: AITA for letting my brother call me "dad" and refusing to tell him the ugly truth? | Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ehmsme/aita_for_letting_my_brother_call_me_dad_and/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Hey guys! So many people wanted me to update on my previous post and wanted me to seek professional advice first before I take matters into my own hands. Apologies ... | 38,525 | 698 | 0.98 | 1,579,901,033 | AmItheAsshole |
To all the graduating high school seniors and those turning 18 - Get a bank account that's only in your name. | For minors, it's generally required for a parent to co-sign their bank accounts. Once you turn 18, it's best to establish an account in your name ONLY, so you have sole control of it. It would even be better if you can establish the account at a different bank/credit union than the one the minor account was in, to av... | 27,693 | 1,340 | 0.93 | 1,558,365,079 | PersonalFinance |
Genuinely have no idea how people cope with working full time | I woke up at 7am this morning after quitting my public accounting job a few weeks ago and I have no clue what so ever how people can tolerate working for 8+ hours a day. Today I woke up, took my dog for a walk, helped my parents with some labor they needed doing, rode a bike with a friend, went swimming, watched an hou... | 2,744 | 440 | 0.95 | 1,634,953,433 | SimpleLiving |
When heading into Black Friday sales, it's not a sale if you didn't plan to buy the item in the first place. | Many people I see go into a store to buy one or two things, and come out with way more than they anticipated, with the excuse "oh I saved money! It was all on sale!".
If you we're going to get the item anyway, yes you saved money, but if you didn't plan on it, you still spent money you didn't have to.
EDIT: You coul... | 33,793 | 1,224 | 0.83 | 1,542,994,975 | PersonalFinance |
UPS just knocked on my door and I received a massive check in the mail: is this safe to deposit? | Hey everyone,
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So lately money has been pretty tight for me, I lost my job a few months ago and have been trying to uber full time to keep up payments, but its been an uphill road. Recently I posted on Craigslist attempting to sell my Switch and XboxOne, and made a deal with someone where they claimed they'd ... | 16,958 | 1,436 | 0.92 | 1,557,155,637 | PersonalFinance |
META: Too many AITA commenters advocate too quickly for people to leave their partners at the first sign of conflict, and this kind of thinking deprives many people of emotional growth. | I’ve become frustrated with how quick a lot of AITA commenters are to encourage OP’s to leave their partners when a challenging experience is posted. While leaving a partner is a necessary action in some cases, just flippantly ending a relationship because conflicts arise is not only a dangerous thing to recommend to o... | 53,301 | 1,606 | 0.91 | 1,552,063,087 | AmItheAsshole |
You are not "family" to your company. If you have an opportunity to better yourself, take it. They will do the same when it comes to cutting ties with you. | People tend to feel a sense of guilt when it comes to leaving a job like they owe them or their coworkers something. That is because America preaches this "family" culture that we are such a strong team all working together. In reality, if they need to close your entire division, they will do it without hesitation. If ... | 75,461 | 599 | 0.92 | 1,583,363,893 | personalfinance |
So long, email. | We’re [breaking up](https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-1zSz5MVw4zKg0) with email.
Yeap, the grass really is greener on the other side so we’re transitioning from email to exclusively supporting messages received through our [**contact form**](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/submit-request) and also modmail through r/reddi... | 351 | 174 | 0.98 | 1,583,769,690 | help |
In most cases, it will cost your employer far more to replace you than it would to give you a raise. So ask firmly. | The cost of recruiting, onboarding/training, etc often exceeds the cost of paying an already established employee more. Just remember that next time you talk yourself out of asking for a raise.
Edit: Ok, so I've only been responding to push notifications and didn't realize this is the top post on Personal Finance. Wow... | 37,073 | 2,001 | 0.89 | 1,515,688,787 | personalfinance |
AITA for keeping my website up after being asked to remove it? | **UPDATED 7:50 PM:** Holy crap! Thank you for the outpour of support, everyone. I never thought posting this in an online community was going to reach the right eyes so quickly! I had written this on my lunch break and was completely blown away and brought to tears when I checked back in after work. Several people reac... | 41,414 | 2,294 | 0.9 | 1,562,865,352 | AmItheAsshole |
Equifax Will Allow Consumers To Lock & Unlock Their Credit Report For Free For Life | Interim Equifax CEO’s Message in Wall Street Journal:
On behalf of Equifax , I want to express my sincere and total apology to every consumer affected by our recent data breach. People across the country and around the world, including our friends and family members, put their trust in our company. We didn’t live up t... | 21,291 | 1,350 | 0.92 | 1,506,617,998 | personalfinance |
ELI5: Whem pouring liquid from one container to another (bowl, cup), why is it that sometimes it pours gloriously without any spills but sometimes the liquid decides to fucking run down the side of the container im pouring from and make a mess all around the surface? | Might not have articulated it best, but I'm sure everyone has experienced this enough to know what I'm trying to describe. | 22,645 | 873 | 0.84 | 1,500,485,241 | explainlikeimfive |
"Don't tell your dad" - I watched a little boy win at life today. | I was the customer in line at the checkout, and the cashier was ringing me out when a family (mom, dad and a ~7 year old boy) pulled up behind me.
Dad immediately wandered away while mom started loading her groceries on the conveyer belt. After she loaded a few things, she turned to the boy and said "you were really g... | 6,784 | 171 | 0.99 | 1,561,802,507 | TalesFromRetail |
"I can't log in when I stand up." | This is a second hand story told to me 20 years ago by someone who was already a veteran sysadmin back then, so it could have happened in the 80s or early 90s.
The scene is a factory making heavy machinery. They are modern and the factory floor had terminals connected to a mainframe for tracking parts and whatever els... | 6,487 | 312 | 0.96 | 1,449,063,475 | talesfromtechsupport |
CMV: Bernie Sanders is right about wealth inequality. | I am a hardcore capitalist. I am not rich... I simply just believe in this. I like the idea that I can become a billionaire through hard work. So the idea of Bernie taxing the hell out of billionaires seemed very off putting to me. Because while it may help me now I thought, IF I got to that position in my life (disreg... | 14,951 | 2,216 | 0.82 | 1,583,605,157 | changemyview |
Delete everything you have ever built for us! | I'm not in tech support, in fact my none of my job descriptions ever included anything remotely resembling tech support.
Yet, life finds a way...
As a longtime nightshift worker, who often hanged out with the local IT folks, and demonstrated Tier1 support skills (looking up error messages) and even Tier2 (willingness... | 6,428 | 201 | 0.98 | 1,658,172,641 | talesfromtechsupport |
I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA | Hi, I’m Barack Obama, President of the United States. Ask me anything. I’ll be taking your questions for half an hour starting at about 4:30 ET.
Proof it's me: https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/240903767350968320
We're running early and will get started soon.
UPDATE: Hey everybody - this is barack. Just finishe... | 216,185 | 22,831 | 0.68 | 1,346,270,496 | IAmA |
I lost 75 pounds so doctors would stop blaming everything on my weight. | I am 5'6, I was 210 lbs before and am now 135. It took me a year to lose it all, but what finally pushed me to lose the weight was because every single thing I went to a doctor for, it got blamed on my weight. Severe cramps? Weight. Feeling sleepy during the day? Weight. Numbness in my fingers, headaches, memory proble... | 49,975 | 3,279 | 0.71 | 1,613,161,402 | TwoXChromosomes |
Bank of America just imposed a new $60 annual fee on their previously free personal savings account. | Today I noticed a $5 fee was deducted from my savings account. I called and was informed this is required, unless I met certain minimum balances, etc.
I cancelled my savings account, which I've had for over 30 years.
Link below for more info.
https://www.bankofamerica.com/deposits/account-fees/
Edit: new fee, c... | 41,968 | 3,519 | 0.9 | 1,510,940,531 | personalfinance |
What is the bottom of the Sahara desert like? Like underneath the sand, what condition is the bedrock in? | Rubbed smooth or jagged rock formations? What do we know about it? | 14,913 | 471 | 0.93 | 1,533,205,101 | askscience |
I'm a dad who quit his job 3 years ago to make board games. My wife and I have now made over $1 million in revenue. AMA! | Three years ago my wife and I created a board game as a side hobby. It did way better than we expected so we took a risk and left our jobs to make games full time. We have now created 3 games, made over $1 million in revenue, and sell on Amazon, Kickstarter, and in stores.
Ask me anything about making board games, qu... | 47,534 | 3,304 | 0.77 | 1,520,265,594 | IAmA |
My credit union offered me an appointment with a financial advisor after depositing an inheritance check. When she called I asked if she was a fiduciary. She said yes. When I showed up I found out she's actually a broker but "considers herself" a fiduciary. This is some bullshit, right? | I'm extremely annoyed. I feel that I've been subjected to a bait-and-switch. When she called to set up an appointment, I said "Before we do that, are you a fiduciary?" She said yes. I said "Great, I'd love to set up an appointment!" When I got there I saw a plaque on her desk saying she was a broker. I read online that... | 20,791 | 1,234 | 0.93 | 1,518,737,471 | personalfinance |
AITA For Barring My Husband From The Bedroom Tonight? | So here is the situation.
Me: nurse. Working 50ish hours a week in paediatric ICU. Cry at least once a week because that shit is hard. My salary pays our bills. All of them.
Husband: 25M. Has a degree but isn't looking for a job. Works 2 days a week at the grocery store. Spends most of his time playing LoL.
Btw al... | 38,416 | 2,307 | 0.94 | 1,595,681,404 | AmItheAsshole |
During the Texas ice storm, my wife and I lost everything. | We lived in an apartment, we were prepared for the electricity to go out and the water to be cut off. We packed a small go bag just in case with some food in it.
I was laying on the floor, trying to game plan life.
Lost my job due to the pandemic, my mom only has so much time left (cancer), and struggling with depres... | 2,212 | 76 | 0.98 | 1,617,299,083 | Minimalism |
LPT: when someone asks you what you want to do, if you don't care then say "doesn't matter to me I'm just here to hang out with you" instead of "I don't care" | There's a huge difference between the disinterest of "I dont care" and expressing to someone that as long as they're a part of it, you're down for anything | 83,913 | 1,313 | 0.9 | 1,597,549,226 | LifeProTips |
I Answered a Spam Call | "**Hello, is this Mr. Henderson?**"
There was no real reason for me to pick up the phone. The spam app on my cell called out the mystery number right away. But, hell, I thought. Fuck it. There was no one else left in life for me to talk to. Even a debt collector sounded good at the moment.
My wife was murdered in 20... | 19,360 | 441 | 0.97 | 1,531,225,531 | NoSleep |
Don’t look at your 401k balances today; it has no impact on your long-term investment outlook | I’m sure this will get buried among the many posts today, but it bears repeating: short-term fluctuations in the stock market are *short-term*. The fact that the market is down right now does not affect your long-term investment outlook, as stocks are a long-term game. If you sell now, you will lose out on the rebound,... | 27,432 | 1,753 | 0.92 | 1,583,762,565 | PersonalFinance |
ELI5: Addressing Concerns Regarding Reddit | Allegations have come to light regarding the recently hired Reddit admin, who shall not be named, that she willingly associates with child abusers and rapists. Additionally, there is evidence that Reddit is abusing their platform to stifle legitimate discussion of these allegations. More information can be found [here]... | 31,469 | 1 | 0.88 | 1,616,621,737 | explainlikeimfive |
AITA for suing my parents for my college money. | My great-aunt set up savings accounts for all of her female relatives. In our culture education for women is not really valued and she thought that was bullshit.
She lived with her father in London where she was educated. She went on to attend university and became a doctor She married a British man, they moved to A... | 42,338 | 4,403 | 0.98 | 1,678,975,670 | AmItheAsshole |
AskHistorians has 2 million subscribers! To celebrate, we will remove the first 2 million comments in this thread. | We all know the feeling. Someone has asked the burning question of whether Charlemagne wore sexy underwear, and you click through only to find a sea of \[removed\] and exasperated mod comments pointing out for the fifteenth time that day that ‘Any underwear that Charlemagne wore would be, by default, sexy’ may be techn... | 11,962 | 12,273 | 0.92 | 1,708,865,797 | AskHistorians |
AITA for telling my girlfriend to shut the fuck up after she insulted my sisters thighs? | I’m 30 and my 12 year old sister is living with me right now because mom and pops are vulnerable so it made more sense for me to care for my sis for the time being.
She is a really great kid and tbh I feel in a lot of ways like she’s my own kid because my mom and dad don’t speak English so I kind of had to raise my s... | 46,094 | 2,210 | 0.96 | 1,586,694,776 | AmItheAsshole |
CMV: Any person the age of 25 or older should not be denied a tubual ligation or vasectomy if they request one. | It's a common occurrence for men and women seeking a vasectomy or tubual ligation to have their request denied, even if they are in their late twenties or early to mid 30s.
My view is that whether they already have children or not, no person should be denied a sterilization procedure if they are aged 25 or older.
Th... | 11,157 | 1,770 | 0.9 | 1,588,092,235 | changemyview |
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