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Jack, the Worst End User, Part 1. | Part 1 [Part 2](http://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/2be9fw/jack_the_worst_end_user_part_2/) [Part 3](http://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/2bhoz1/jack_the_worst_end_user_part_3/) [Part 4](http://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/2blg90/jack_the_worst_end_user_part_4/)
I h... | 7,236 | 278 | 0.98 | 1,405,960,945 | talesfromtechsupport |
LPT: Keep a separate master resume with ALL previous work experience. When sending out a resume for application, duplicate the file and remove anything that may be irrelevant to the position. You never know when some past experience might become relevant again, and you don’t want to forget about it. | EDIT: Wow, this blew WAY up. And my first time on the front page too.
I guess I can shut down some of the disagreement by saying that every field does things a little bit differently, but this is what’s worked for me as a soon-to-be college grad, with little truly significant work experience, and wanting to go into e... | 76,692 | 1,050 | 0.91 | 1,519,232,295 | LifeProTips |
CMV: Religion is man made and most likely entirely fictitious | The entire concept of a written book that god sent down to a human being to spread the word does not make sense to me. A being that has the ability to create the universe, has a son that’s major power is water to wine and walking on water, and was crucified by humans. How do we even know this man existed? Language is m... | 14,909 | 2,677 | 0.74 | 1,609,737,389 | changemyview |
What's my 'cake day' mean? | I get it's my accounts birthday but is there anything special that goes along with that or does nothing happen? | 476 | 103 | 0.97 | 1,600,274,139 | help |
AT&T ran my credit not only without my permission, but after I explicitly stated I did not want a hard hit | I called in to ask what internet speeds were available in my area. He tried to sell me on cable, which I declined. He asked for my social and my date of birth. I asked him why he needed this and he explained it was to make sure I didn’t have any past due balances with AT&T. I then double checked and asked him if it wou... | 17,097 | 1,701 | 0.92 | 1,543,331,417 | personalfinance |
United Airlines sued me last year for creating Skiplagged, a site that saves consumers money on airfare by exposing secrets. Instead of shutting it down, United made Skiplagged go viral worldwide and supporters donated over $80,000! Today, there's no lawsuit and Skiplagged is still marching on. AMA | Update: reddit hug of death, try the [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skiplagged) or [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skiplagged-actually-cheap/id823443083) apps if website fails <3 . We're also hiring, particularly engineers to make Skiplagged better. Email apply@skiplagged.com if you'r... | 50,424 | 3,520 | 0.89 | 1,448,926,470 | IAmA |
CMV: The most efficient way to end police brutality is to make cops criminally liable for their actions on the job and stop funding their legal defense with public money. | I think this is the fastest way to reduce incidents of police brutality. Simply make them accountable the same as everyone else for their choices.
If violent cops had to pay their own legal fees and were held to a higher standard of conduct there would be very few violent cops left on the street in six months.
The sy... | 11,659 | 730 | 0.95 | 1,590,703,181 | changemyview |
AITA for calling my SIL a racist after she compared my cooking to "making kung pao chicken"? | **TL;DR at bottom**
For context: I've been married to my wife for ~10 years and we're a mixed-race couple (I'm Asian and she's Caucasian). I've gotten along with her family (MIL, BIL, SIL), but I always felt like her FIL and other SIL (Sarah) never liked me.
I'm a professionally trained chef with 15+ years of experie... | 47,668 | 1,519 | 0.97 | 1,624,376,321 | AmItheAsshole |
Under The Back Porch | As a kid I lived with neglectful parents at best. At worst dad would turn his screams and fists on me but I learned quickly how to dodge the worst of it. Mom wasn’t much help, she’d just smoke in the kitchen and bitch at him for staying out so late.
At the time we lived basically in the middle of nowhere, our nearest ... | 12,605 | 252 | 0.98 | 1,531,750,441 | NoSleep |
I see a lot of: "I received gifts and I hated it" posts. So here is some advice: | When someone gives you a present...whether it goes along with your lifestyle or not, follow these instructions:
1. Say "thank you"
2. accept gift
3. Smile
Afterward, you can donate the gift to Goodwill, a homeless person, sell it...whatever you want. Just don't be an asshole to someone who is doing something nice fo... | 2,060 | 115 | 0.97 | 1,577,391,813 | Minimalism |
I describe my life philosophy as “work soft, play soft” | If “work hard, play hard” involves 60+ hours in the office followed by blowing hundreds of dollars in the club, I want my mantra to be “work soft, play soft.” Maybe 30 hours a week of work, followed by a weekend spent gardening and trying a new recipe. Hell yeah! Yolo! | 3,443 | 142 | 0.99 | 1,618,887,797 | SimpleLiving |
If you’re armed and at the Glenmont metro, please shoot me | Make it a head shot. Shoot me in the temple, aiming slightly downwards. I need the bullet to travel the shortest possible distance through my brain before it hits my hippocampus. If I’m lucky, the sensation of the gunshot ripping through my skull will only last a few decades.
As awful as this sounds, you’ll be doing m... | 27,691 | 870 | 0.99 | 1,565,456,488 | NoSleep |
LPT: Pay Attention to the smell of your home when you come back from a trip - that's what it smells like to guests all the time, you just get used to it. | Whoa! Front page! And all because I stumbled back in my house, half-asleep and jet lagged from Vegas and noticed my house really smells like my dog. I have so many people to thank! And so many dogs to thank! Like mine, for example.
Edit: Thanks for the gold! And to the rest of you, uh, go Bears and Trubisky is the fu... | 103,201 | 3,134 | 0.92 | 1,511,711,961 | LifeProTips |
A message to our users | Today in AskScience we wish to spotlight our solidarity with the subreddits that have closed today, whose operations depend critically on timely communication and input from the admins. This post is motivated by the events of today coupled with previous interactions AskScience moderators ... | 39,295 | 1,169 | 0.86 | 1,435,891,427 | askscience |
Someone called corporate about me and a coworker. | Sorry for the delay! I don't think Reddit likes it if you post stories you typed up in Notes lol.
Anyway, some background information; one of my coworkers (C) and I get along *super* well. Like, we're the same person with similar senses of humor so when we work together the atmosphere is friendly and light. My manag... | 6,042 | 236 | 0.92 | 1,499,520,897 | TalesFromRetail |
I think there is a slave grave on my property (GA). How can I confirm this and where should I go to find a local expert? | I'm in rural center GA. We bought a large farm out here 8 years ago that had been in the same family since pre-civil war.
The prior owners told us there was a small family grave site on the property but it had been lost to nature over the years and the could only generally point to the area where it was located.
Ove... | 7,718 | 314 | 0.97 | 1,600,189,006 | AskHistorians |
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 |
I'm a Florida reporter who covers Scientology. I just revealed a series of mysterious land deals that give the church control of a mid-sized city’s downtown. AMA. | Hello Reddit, I'm Tracey McManus. For the last four years, I've reported on the Church of Scientology for the Tampa Bay Times.
For the last six months, I've been investigating a spate of real estate purchases in downtown Clearwater, Fla. The Church of Scientology and companies run by its members have spent $103 milli... | 63,611 | 3,079 | 0.94 | 1,571,760,212 | IAmA |
My son's camera monitor alerted in the middle of the night. I checked it and saw my wife and son sitting on the bed. They weren't my wife and son. | I'm a nurse and I currently work nights. It's a total drag but I'm hopeful I can go to days soon since some coworkers are planning retirements. Anyway, I was working one night when just after 3am my son's monitor alerted me to sound and movement. No big deal at all, he probably coughed loudly or sneezed or something. H... | 23,711 | 990 | 0.97 | 1,558,767,178 | NoSleep |
This is an excerpt from a 1,900 year old letter I found written by civil officer in Ancient Rome. It's the oldest known reference to a "haunted house" | "There was at Athens a large and roomy house, which had a bad name, so that no one could live there. In the dead of the night a noise, resembling the clashing of iron, was frequently heard, which, if you listened more attentively, sounded like the rattling of chains, distant at first, but approaching nearer by degrees:... | 13,355 | 568 | 0.95 | 1,539,407,141 | history |
Closed is closed. | I'm only 16 but work at a local pharmacy/gift shop in my town. The customers are generally pretty chill, older folks. Yesterday was a special exception.
We close at 3 on Sundays, and around 2:58 I stand by the door waiting for the "all clear" to lock the door. There's still a man in the back having trouble filling hi... | 6,452 | 239 | 0.96 | 1,507,589,006 | TalesFromRetail |
The FCC is expected to announce a vote to gut net neutrality rules the day before Thanksgiving. Only a big burst of phone calls to Congress can stop them from allowing ISPs to charge us extra fees to access sites, apps, games, and ebooks. | Hey everyone, **the chairman of the FCC, is very likely to announce a vote to gut neutrality, possibly as soon as Nov. 22nd.** Once a vote is called, it will become much, much harder to stop ISPs from charging us extra fees to access sites like reddit, and controlling what we see and do online by throttling and blockin... | 61,657 | 1,412 | 0.89 | 1,508,432,216 | books |
BREAKING: Kansas voters have overwhelmingly REJECTED removing abortion protections from the state constitution. The pro-choice side has won, in a very Republican state | The top elections expert in the U.S. has just called it:
* https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1554639811595669505
Other news sources will follow as usual.
Kansas voted for President Donald Trump over Joe Biden by 15 percentage points in 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_... | 67,250 | 1,224 | 0.9 | 1,659,493,644 | TwoXChromosomes |
It's $0.36, no big deal. | So I used to work at an ice cream chain where we prepared the ice cream with various toppings on a frozen piece of rock.
On this particular day, I was working with one other person and it wasn't too busy. Two young guys came in, about high school age. They ordered a large bowl of ice cream with a few toppings, I mixe... | 25,893 | 508 | 0.93 | 1,469,281,592 | TalesFromRetail |
They told me I was nothing but a dog | My father named me Laika because when I was born, my grandfather told him to treat me like a bad dog. To Father, *Laika* was synonymous with *dog*. He used the name to remind me of my place in the hierarchy: lesser. Beneath. Inferior.
Nothing but a dog.
My father meant to humiliate and degrade me with such a name, b... | 14,465 | 358 | 0.98 | 1,543,622,661 | NoSleep |
Wife had yearly review today. Instead of a higher wage, they converted everyone from hourly to salary, but her overall salary reduced by 14k per year. | Wife works for a very small start up company with 4 people, 2 owners and 2 employees. She is in design. Past year she was working at $35/hr full time with health benefits but no paid vacation. $35/hr is very fair for her skillset in design especially for los angeles. She was on wage, not salary. She worked some OT but ... | 17,001 | 1,818 | 0.94 | 1,553,759,294 | PersonalFinance |
[Breaking News] Orlando Nightclub mass-shooting. | **Update 3:19PM EST:** Updated links below
**Update 2:03PM EST:** [Man with weapons, explosives on way to LA Gay Pride Event arrested](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gay-pride-la-weapons-20160612-snap-story.html)
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Over 50 people have been killed, and over 50 more injured at a gay nightclub in Orlando... | 94,442 | 39,324 | 0.86 | 1,465,744,773 | AskReddit |
I'm an ex-Scientologist who was trafficked for labor by Scientology from ages 15 - 18. I reported it to the FBI and they did nothing. AMA [Trigger Warning] | My name is [Derek Bloch](https://www.youtube.com/user/dbloch7986).
I am not the typical "high-ranking" or celebrity Scientologist. I am more familiar with the low-level, day-to-day activities of cult members than anything else. I was exposed to some of the worst kinds of abuse, but compared to some of the other stori... | 68,405 | 2,897 | 0.84 | 1,550,859,780 | IAmA |
LPT- You may not like being in pictures or taking them, but you will hate that you have no photos of some time period when you’re older. Take pictures even if it is out of your comfort zone occasionally, for your future self. | My wife has taken hundreds of pictures throughout our marriage and I only recently started. She has basically documented the whole time we’ve been together and I am extremely grateful for it. She has pictures from the day we met that we wouldn’t have if she didn’t snap a quick ‘for memories’ picture. You may hate the w... | 78,335 | 1,967 | 0.84 | 1,617,811,331 | LifeProTips |
At 10 AM EST, Ajit Pai will appear before a Senate committee to address the FCC's false claims about a “cyber attack”. We're net neutrality experts here to answer your questions about the hearing today, and anything else related to net neutrality. Catch the livestream here, and ask us anything! | **[You can catch our livestream of the event here at 10 AM EST](https://www.facebook.com/fightfortheftr/videos/2135883156734125/)**
This morning at 10 AM EST, members of the Senate Energy and Commerce Committee will be [holding a hearing](https://www.facebook.com/fightfortheftr/videos/2135883156734125/) demanding answ... | 54,245 | 3,639 | 0.83 | 1,534,425,646 | IAmA |
America is about to find out how crazy an abusive boyfriend can be when you break up with him. | I saw this meme, which was meant to be both funny and serious, but in my mind it was only serious.
Lying.
Gaslighting.
Abuse.
Manipulation.
Lashing out.
Breaking things.
Violence.
America is about to find out what happens when you break up with an abusive narcissist.
The next 10 weeks are going to be ... | 52,206 | 1,194 | 0.75 | 1,604,844,511 | TwoXChromosomes |
Has anyone heard of the Left/Right Game? (Part 6) | Hi Guys,
Sorry it’s taken a while to get this posted up. I’ve been busy chasing leads with US missing persons.
I won’t waste more of your time. Log is below. If you have any information then please send it my way.
Thanks for your help guys, it means a lot.
[Part 1](https://redd.it/7asz8x)
[Part 2](https://redd.it/... | 12,442 | 844 | 0.97 | 1,512,306,569 | NoSleep |
[UPDATE] AITA for telling an employee she can choose between demotion or termination? | (reposted with mod approval)
Original post:
https://old.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/onxses/aita_for_telling_an_employee_she_can_choose/
TL;DR: Things turned out well for everyone involved.
Peggy reached out to me yesterday, apologized, and asked if we could meet for lunch.
We met up, and the first thing sh... | 48,907 | 2,202 | 0.93 | 1,626,968,878 | AmItheAsshole |
ELI5: Military officers swear to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not the President | Can the military overthrow the President if there is a direct order that may harm civilians? | 35,013 | 2,424 | 0.72 | 1,485,878,020 | explainlikeimfive |
I'm going into my senior year in high school and I work a LOT year round and save all my money. I should be graduating high school with a little over $30,000 | What would you do with all that money after graduating high school? | 17,678 | 2,706 | 0.79 | 1,502,371,197 | personalfinance |
LPT: Just because you did something wrong in the past, doesn’t mean you can’t advocate against it now. It doesn’t make you a hypocrite. You grew. Don’t let people use your past to invalidate your current mindset. Growth is a concept. Embrace it. | I just found this quote online and wanted to share it with you guys. Sorry if it’s not the right sub, please let me know.
When I read this it really spoke to me. I’ve made mistakes in the past but I’ve also learned from them and I’m a better person because of it.
Everyone makes mistakes and the only thing to do is ... | 119,419 | 2,061 | 0.95 | 1,588,877,811 | LifeProTips |
I’ve stopped wearing makeup, and my perception of beauty has drastically changed. | Edit: Wow, all the nice comments!! Thanks to you all! Beauty is perception. I honest to god only thought I was okay looking with makeup. Huge pores, acne scare’s, pigmentation, and the lovely redness and purple under my eyes. Now I just embrace it. Who cares what other think about you, I say that with YEARS of not beli... | 3,395 | 212 | 0.97 | 1,640,640,466 | SimpleLiving |
AITA for giving my MIL a fake copy of my house key and "exposing" her on Christmas dinner? |
I wanna preface this by saying that I f34 married my husband m37 a year ago. His mom is snoopy and annoying af. She can't help it that is just how she is as my dear in laws say.
My husband and I purchased a new house recently. My MIL kept pushing to get an emergency key, She promised that she only use it in an emerg... | 41,799 | 4,947 | 0.97 | 1,640,813,893 | AmItheAsshole |
Ages 1 to 4 are very important for brain development but yet most people can't recall anything from that time period. Why don't we remember our earliest memories? | I know the brain is rewiring a lot of neurological pathways to determine the most effective route, but what stops us from remembering our early years? | 18,869 | 882 | 0.9 | 1,515,930,781 | askscience |
I can see people's auras... and it's a curse. | Yes, I can see people’s auras.
And I hate saying it so bluntly. It makes me sound like some hack psychic who fakes the ability as a means of exploitation and a paycheck. I’ve never made money from my ability. I’ve never taken advantage of it. And, until now, I’ve never spoken of it to anybody.
But I really do see... | 12,482 | 533 | 0.95 | 1,504,274,942 | NoSleep |
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 |
FCC just voted to kill Net Neutrality. Now we will SUE THEM and FIGHT in Congress! We are Free Press & friends. AMA | The FCC just voted to throw out the Net Neutrality protections. Now cable and phone companies are free to block, slow down, or charge for fast lanes for content on the internet. This vote was a complete disregard for public opinion, facts and the law itself.
Free Press will be suing the FCC and fighting this in Congr... | 121,803 | 2,589 | 0.79 | 1,513,275,170 | IAmA |
The day I pretended to be someone's dad | The owner is a family friend and asked me if I could cover because they were short on staff. So, I think this counts on TFR. This takes place in a small ~~convenient~~ convenience store.
There wasn't much to do so I decided to walk around maybe reorganized misplaced items when suddenly a kid (maybe 3-4 years old) hol... | 16,035 | 293 | 0.93 | 1,495,415,184 | TalesFromRetail |
How did the Eagles manage to rescue Frodo and Sam at Mt Doom and still have time to record "Hotel California"? | edit: thanks all very much for the gold, and your comments are freaking hilarious | 15,839 | 323 | 0.83 | 1,427,817,127 | AskHistorians |
UPDATE: AITA for refusing to sell the place I bought with "stripper money"? | Quick recap on [my first post](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ibbwws/aita_for_refusing_to_sell_the_place_i_bought_with/). I spent several years working as a stripper, at the end of which I was able to buy my own flat. I'd been with my boyfriend for about 18 months, and I'm currently around 3 months pre... | 40,351 | 1,492 | 0.97 | 1,599,358,668 | AmItheAsshole |
I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ask Me Anything. | I’m excited to be back for my sixth AMA.
Here’s a couple of the [things I won’t be doing today](http://www.reddit.com/user/thisisbillgates/comments/80nbcf/things_i_wont_be_doing_today/) so I can answer your questions instead.
Melinda and I just published our 10th Annual Letter. We marked the occasion by answering 1... | 105,333 | 18,866 | 0.85 | 1,519,756,924 | IAmA |
Why would you sell me an obsolete system? ??? | This comes from the wonderful world of home security systems customer support. My coworker fields this one.
$CW is coworker.
$GOG is grumpy old guy.
$CW: "thank you for calling Blah Blah Blah Security, how may I help you?"
$GOG: *Gives name, address, password, blood sample of first born for verification purpose... | 9,917 | 440 | 0.95 | 1,501,610,253 | talesfromtechsupport |
Hello, world! I'm Al Sweigart, author of "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" and several other programming books. AMA! | Howdy, y'all. I'm Al Sweigart (rhymes with "why dirt"), author of "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" and several other programming books. I release all of my books under a Creative Commons license, so you can read them for free on my website at https://inventwithpython.com
My latest books are [The Big Book of Sma... | 2,497 | 533 | 0.98 | 1,627,485,107 | Python |
Old man trying to figure out Reddit | Hello. Trying to understand this website more... I don't really know how to work it ha ha ha ha. I know how to talk to people underneath the text and things but the rest is very confusing to me. I'm not sure what Karma is or an OP.. if anyone can help!!YThanks alot | 461 | 186 | 0.96 | 1,699,308,466 | help |
Warren Buffet just won his ten-year bet about index funds outperforming hedge funds | ERROR: type should be string, got "https://medium.com/the-long-now-foundation/how-warren-buffett-won-his-multi-million-dollar-long-bet-3af05cf4a42d\n\n\"Over the years, I’ve often been asked for investment advice, and in the process of answering I’ve learned a good deal about human behavior. My regular recommendation has been a low-cost S&P 500 index fund. To their credit, my friends who possess only modest means have usually followed my suggestion.\n\nI believe, however, that none of the mega-rich individuals, institutions or pension funds has followed that same advice when I’ve given it to them. Instead, these investors politely thank me for my thoughts and depart to listen to the siren song of a high-fee manager or, in the case of many institutions, to seek out another breed of hyper-helper called a consultant.\"\n\n...\n\n\"Over the decade-long bet, the index fund returned 7.1% compounded annually. Protégé funds returned an average of only 2.2% net of all fees. Buffett had made his point. When looking at returns, fees are often ignored or obscured. And when that money is not re-invested each year with the principal, it can almost never overtake an index fund if you take the long view.\"" | 29,913 | 1,447 | 0.92 | 1,519,093,169 | personalfinance |
I found a disturbing yoga stream. If I stop watching, I can't save her. | She called it *Yoga for One*.
I found her stream a month ago, during a rare confluence of self-disdain and spare time that collided into something resembling motivation. Tucked between the kickboxing classes and the home-gym meatheads was her thumbnail.
It caught my eye. It was a simple shot of her face, so near to t... | 17,307 | 352 | 0.98 | 1,590,842,564 | NoSleep |
I don't have a manager. | I used to work for a particularly large ISP doing tech support. One day the guy working next to me was dealing with a particularly rude business customer. The business customers were usually treated like kings but this guy was having a particularly hard time even getting a word in. Eventually he put up his hand to moti... | 8,437 | 322 | 0.97 | 1,501,657,084 | talesfromtechsupport |
CMV: Labelling democratic "socialism" as socialism has pushed America back at least 5 years | Ok just to make this clear right off the bat, by democratic socialism I'm referring to the kind that Bernie Sanders proposed, which is known as a social democracy according to many other sources.
My point is that democratic socialism being labelled as socialism has basically linked itself to the many horror stories t... | 13,190 | 861 | 0.83 | 1,604,754,290 | changemyview |
I am George Clinton, Dr. Funkenstein, leader of Parliament & Funkadelic, Godfather of funk, and the DNA of hip-hop and rap. AMA. | George Clinton will be answering your questions here on January 15 from 2pm - 4:00pm EST.
FRESH new single: **I'm Gon Make You Sick O'Me feat. Scarface**
LINK to hear new single: **https://distrokid.com/parliament**
More about George:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician)
https://en.wikipedia.o... | 54,082 | 3,705 | 0.78 | 1,516,041,304 | IAmA |
It has been 3 weeks since the story about mass forced hysterectomies in our concentration camps broke...and nothing changed. No one is even talking about it anymore. Do NOT let this be forgotten or ignored. It is goddamn genocide. | This is a classic technique used by authoritarian and autocratic regimes to get away with war crimes, genocide, etc.
Cause so much chaos and so many shit shows at once that people become numb to the atrocities that are going on.
It has been three weeks since we learned that there have been forced hysterectomies at ... | 47,304 | 880 | 0.76 | 1,601,997,627 | TwoXChromosomes |
UPDATE: AITA for telling my girlfriend that being depressed is not an excuse for being lazy? | Original [here ](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/hutuck/aita_for_telling_my_girlfriend_that_being/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
Ultimately I realise that the majority of the blame was mine. I never EVER should have called her lazy because that isn't what she is. I lashed out and I shouldn't... | 44,615 | 1,017 | 0.97 | 1,598,724,748 | AmItheAsshole |
[OT] Ten months ago I responded to a prompt about a swordsman who mastered every fighting technique known to man, one so good that they are able to parry Death’s final swing. Today, the first book of By The Sword entitled “Blood and Steel” is a published novel! | Hello WritingPrompts!
Like the title says, about ten months ago, I found myself responding to this prompt one night:
> [**[WP] You have long been fascinated by swords, and have mastered every kind of sword fighting technique known to man. No man can defeat you. But you have grown old, and Death has crept up to delive... | 20,332 | 335 | 0.94 | 1,567,433,288 | WritingPrompts |
The best phone call I had all day | I work in a shoe store as an assistant manager. I carry a store phone on me so I can answer it wherever I am in the store. Today the phone would not stop ringing. People wanted to know what time we closed, where we were located, and a ton of shoe checks.
So the phone rings and I answer it and it sounds like a little ... | 7,581 | 116 | 0.97 | 1,504,667,984 | TalesFromRetail |
In the sitcom Married... with Children, protagonist Al Bundy is able to support himself, his homemaker wife, and two children on the income he earns as a shoe salesman in a strip mall in the suburbs of Chicago. Was this at all realistic for the late 1980s/early 1990s? | I'm not entirely sure if it's relevant, but the show posits that Bundy did once score four touchdowns in a single football game while in high school, which may have affected his earning potential. | 13,857 | 353 | 0.96 | 1,589,062,649 | AskHistorians |
Thank you reddit | New here and really enjoying it so far. Just want to thank everyone in this great community. | 382 | 59 | 0.95 | 1,578,791,396 | help |
CMV: Kanye West is a shill for president Trump and running to syphon off young voters from voting for Biden. | Kanye West is a shill for president Trump and running to syphon off young voters from voting for Biden. First, he may have an excentric take on reality but can't honestly believe that he has a chance of winning. Second, if he truly wanted to be president, he would have started his campaign last year when he still had a... | 54,484 | 2,062 | 0.79 | 1,593,966,343 | changemyview |
LPT: If you can smell yourself a little bit, others can smell you a lot. | You grow so accustomed to your own body odour that you eventually don't realise that you have one. When you can start to smell a little bit of your odour then its gotten to the point where you need to seriously take a deep clean. Had to learn this the hard way. | 74,967 | 3,204 | 0.92 | 1,590,630,830 | LifeProTips |
AITA for yelling at my girlfriend to “stop fucking eating?” | My (M26) sister (F23) runs a bakery business and she’s been struggling lately to keep up with orders because she’s been short staffed. She does a lot of orders for wedding cakes that require custard or marmalade fillings, and I offered to help her out by making these fillings at home and bringing them to her so she has... | 43,053 | 5,223 | 0.96 | 1,676,834,932 | AmItheAsshole |
Why haven’t black boxes in airplanes been engineered to have real-time streaming to a remote location yet? | Why are black boxes still confined to one location (the airplane)? Surely there had to have been hundreds of researchers thrown at this since 9/11, right? | 17,813 | 1,477 | 0.93 | 1,578,604,194 | askscience |
10k in Damages Over a 10 Cent Overcharge | This happened a few years ago when I was working at a large upscale beauty supply. (Wigs/Weaves/etc). Our register was a bit old fashioned so we had to punch in some items by hand. Usually not a big deal, but definitely left some room for human error.
One day, a woman came in and my coworker pressed the wrong button a... | 6,143 | 282 | 0.98 | 1,579,934,788 | TalesFromRetail |
Woman wants a refund because she's filled up the memory on her three month old phone, fun ensues. | I work in a UK phone shop. One day a couple of months ago, I'm stood outside the shop at 08:50 waiting for my manager to come down and let me in. There is a middle-aged woman standing outside as well, glaring at me, tapping her foot and huffing impatiently. Uh-oh. Bad sign.
At 9am we open the doors and she comes stomp... | 8,304 | 459 | 0.93 | 1,475,000,814 | TalesFromRetail |
LPT: Loyalty to your company only rewards the company. Hopping companies is the best way to increase your salary, don't sit there hoping for a raise. Apply to other jobs, get a better offer and use it to leverage a raise or take the offer. | You'd be surprised how many people nearly double their salaries just by applying for jobs. | 77,408 | 3,380 | 0.89 | 1,624,611,840 | LifeProTips |
I am Julian Assange founder of WikiLeaks -- Ask Me Anything | I am Julian Assange, founder, publisher and editor of [WikiLeaks](https://wikileaks.org). WikiLeaks has been publishing now for [ten years](https://wikileaks.org/10years). We have had many battles. In February the [UN ruled that I had been unlawfully detained, without charge. for the last six years](https://justice4ass... | 48,297 | 14,264 | 0.65 | 1,484,057,695 | IAmA |
Instead of laying off a quarter of my staff, how about I audit the IT expenses and save the company 24m a year. | This one is 2 weeks in the making. I was instructed to reduce spending in IT by X amount before the end of the year. The company as a whole need to cut 3m in spending by end of fiscal year because reasons.
I was specifically handed a list of "potentials" as a recommendation to cut.
First thing I did was collected a... | 7,038 | 501 | 0.99 | 1,541,112,017 | talesfromtechsupport |
Dad shut himself inside his bunker at the start of the pandemic. Three months ago, we lost contact with him. | Dad shut himself inside his bunker at the beginning of 2020. He said the world was about to end and when we didn’t believe him, he told us to wake up. It was raining that day. I remember focusing on the water hitting the windowpanes while my sister tried to change Dad’s mind. I knew it was no use. He was too stubborn t... | 17,930 | 400 | 0.99 | 1,625,906,809 | NoSleep |
Did Reddit Get Rid of the Free Awards? | I used to see them on the coins thing, but haven't seen them lately at all. | 786 | 230 | 0.99 | 1,673,100,919 | help |
Why I'm on paid leave over a $5.00 flash drive, with nothing of value on it, getting smashed | Some back information, I work for a corporation and or institution where users handle enough information to be able to commit at least 2-3 felonies for every little query they touch (which isn't THAT hard to imagine), as such they have a lot of policies that seem like extreme overkill, But on some level I agree with th... | 9,022 | 686 | 0.97 | 1,644,104,921 | talesfromtechsupport |
"That's odd, your coupon won't work..." | First time posting here.
To put things into context, I used to work for a major retailer. Frequent coupons were a big part of the company's business model. On this occasion, they had handed out sealed coupons for various amounts between $10 and $100. I believe each store only got 1 $100 coupon, and most of the rest w... | 5,421 | 64 | 0.99 | 1,532,149,772 | TalesFromRetail |
LPT: After a bad break up, do 10 things that your ex would never do with you. You'll feel better and realize how much of yourself was being held back. | I think this needs to be reminded. | 104,854 | 3,491 | 0.89 | 1,612,464,798 | LifeProTips |
So three kids and a scooter came into the store... | Let's set the scene real quick. I'm a supervisor at one of the main grocery stores in Australia. I'm currently filling in a shift at another nearby store.
At the time i was manning the self serve checkouts and i notice three kids come in by themselves (no parent) one pushing a scooter. Now these kids were about 10-15... | 10,592 | 179 | 0.97 | 1,500,697,535 | TalesFromRetail |
CMV: Gender Dysphoria is a cureable mental illness, we've stopped looking for the cure because society is now forced into accepting transgenders. | I know this is a big yikes to post in 2020, but I am posting this because I truely want my view to be changed. I know it is offensive to a lot of people. I have only met one transgender in my entire life and my view is probably mostly based on this person, let's call her Lana, and on the transgenders you see on the tel... | 21,676 | 2,874 | 0.78 | 1,581,498,936 | changemyview |
CMV: Everything is more complexed with Imperial Measurements we need to just switch over to Metric. | I am going to use Cooking which lets be honest is the thing most people use measurements for as my example.
Lets say you want to make some delicious croissants, are you going to use some shitty American recipe or are you going to use a French Recipe? I'd bet most people would use a French recipe. Well how the fuck am ... | 12,591 | 1,721 | 0.83 | 1,605,892,368 | changemyview |
CMV: The white teen who said the n word on a Snapchat video in freshman year should not have been dropped from the admission list of her college when a black student released the video 4 years later | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.amp.html
Here is an article explaining the situation ^
**Important edit: Mr. Galligon received this video in his senior year of high school, so he waited a few months until he discovered she was admited to college, and then released it. HE ... | 15,752 | 2,564 | 0.79 | 1,609,911,959 | changemyview |
3,800-year-old Egyption Tomb Found, Intact and Untouched | According to a report in Ahram Online, an intact tomb dating to the 12th Dynasty has been discovered in the necropolis at Qubbet El-Hawa by the Spanish Archaeological Mission. Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano of the University of Jaen said that the tomb’s mummy, covered with polychrome cartonnage, collars, and a mask, is well... | 24,806 | 944 | 0.92 | 1,490,711,610 | history |
George Floyd was murdered by America: a historian's perspective on the history of U.S. police brutality against Black people | *From the /r/AskHistorians mod team*:
Multiple histories of US police violence against the Black community are being written this week. They’ve taken the form of tweet threads, news articles, blog posts, and conversations among friends, loved ones, and even strangers on the internet. Amidst these waves of information,... | 38,231 | 804 | 0.78 | 1,591,191,488 | AskHistorians |
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... | 34,942 | 2,247 | 0.87 | 1,497,829,543 | personalfinance |
I’ve had a 71-year career in nuclear energy and have seen many setbacks but believe strongly that nuclear power can provide a clean, reliable, and relatively inexpensive source of energy to the world. AMA | I’ve been involved in nuclear energy since 1947. In that year, I started working on nuclear energy at Argonne National Laboratories on safe and effective handling of spent nuclear fuel. In 2018 I retired from government work at the age of 92 but I continue to be involved in learning and educating about safe nuclear po... | 57,921 | 3,890 | 0.89 | 1,600,027,975 | IAmA |
If you have an expensive prescription, contact the manufacturer and tell them you can't afford it. | Bristol Myers just gave me a copay card that changed my monthly medication from $500 a month to $10. It lasts 2 years and they will renew it then with one phone call. Sorry if this is a repost, but this was a literal lifesaver for me.
EDIT: In my case income level was never asked. Also, the company benefits by hopi... | 20,097 | 824 | 0.96 | 1,549,153,212 | personalfinance |
Without saying what the category is, what are your top five? | 144,680 | 26,026 | 0.94 | 1,534,953,056 | AskReddit | |
What women's fashion looked like in every year from 1784 to 1970 | I find fashion history pretty interesting, and I have a lot of free time, so I tried to find illustrations of clothing people wore going as far back as possible and organizing them into a timeline. I figured I might as well post it here in case anyone else found it interesting.
1784 was about as far back as I could co... | 25,603 | 1,906 | 0.89 | 1,499,442,274 | history |
I am Macaulay Culkin. This is the 2nd most important thing I've ever done in my life. AMA | *******Okay, gang. I'm off to record some podcasts. If you want to ask more questions and stuff I will be around on the Bunny Ears Facebook page tomorrow night from 5pm (PST)-6:30pm along with a lot of the website staff. Check it out and listen to Matt Cohen talk on the podcast every wednesday. Also... buy a T-Shirt be... | 47,173 | 7,096 | 0.8 | 1,527,100,602 | IAmA |
I'm a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 4!) | Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3iex1h/im_a_search_and_rescue_officer_for_the_us_forest/
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3ijnt6/im_a_search_and_rescue_officer_for_the_us_forest/
Part 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3iocju/im_a_search_and_rescue_officer_for_the_us_fores... | 12,528 | 1,234 | 0.97 | 1,441,151,994 | NoSleep |
My first attempt at a wacky furniture piece. | Not perfect, but I’m happy with it. The drawers were a real challenge! Carved the Alice in Wonderland knobs from pine. | 58,809 | 1,628 | 0.91 | 1,703,883,117 | DIY |
AITA for telling cashier that wasn’t the girls credit card? |
Throwaway because husband told me I was TA and want to know before I get home and argue. On phone format is bad.
I was in a higher end department store today (rhymes with loomingtales) and happened to end up next to two teenage aged girls while shopping. One of the girls had picked out a pair of VERY expensive boots ... | 41,138 | 7,657 | 0.8 | 1,563,291,671 | AmItheAsshole |
Pavlov probably thought about feeding his dogs every time someone rang a bell. | [Update](https://www.reddit.com/user/pyro925/comments/dyjoes/post_update/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x) | 137,706 | 1,434 | 0.96 | 1,574,074,286 | Showerthoughts |
I made her cry. | LTL; FTP. None of the names I'm giving here (besides my username) are real. I work for a surgery center. So does Sandy. Sandy is a very kind (gullible, evidently) older lady who mans the switchboard phones.
This is about the day I upgraded Sandy's computer.
This is about the day I made Sandy cry.
>Glass: And there... | 6,295 | 256 | 0.94 | 1,485,940,306 | talesfromtechsupport |
When did scientists realize that Jupiter had no solid ground? | I watched the 1953 version of "War of the Worlds" over the weekend, and it said that the aliens wouldn't go there, because the surface was largely volcanic, so I was wondering when they realized that it has no solid ground. Thanks in advance! | 16,500 | 1,382 | 0.9 | 1,519,648,610 | askscience |
180 days later, Bank of America is refusing to refund over $700 in fraudulent charges made in Texas while we were 800 miles away in Illinois. | Back in July we were wrapping up our yearly road trip to Illinois. We purchased gas around 8 or 9am right before we started the 12 hour trip to Texas.
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Two hours into the trip my wife gets a notification on her phone from Bank of America alerting her to fruadulent charges being made. We only have one debit ca... | 15,299 | 1,361 | 0.97 | 1,546,543,842 | PersonalFinance |
CMV: People who have been wrongfully imprisoned should automatically be compensated for their time in prison to such an extent that they can live a comfortable lifestyle. | The main focus of my stance is people who have served long sentences for serious crimes such as those wrongfully convicted of murder or rape and released decades after their conviction although I would also support some form of compensation for lesser sentences for lesser crimes. But the main focus of this CMV should ... | 11,801 | 297 | 0.95 | 1,526,514,913 | changemyview |
I am Buzz Aldrin, engineer, American astronaut, and the second person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 moon landing. AMA! | I am hoping to be designated a lunar ambassador along with all the 24 living or deceased crews who have reached the moon. In the meantime, I like to be known as a global space statesman.
**This July 20th is the 45th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.** Everywhere in the world that I visit, people tell me stor... | 54,417 | 6,854 | 0.9 | 1,404,842,593 | IAmA |
We're NASA scientists & exoplanet experts. Ask us anything about today's announcement of seven Earth-size planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1! | Today, Feb. 22, 2017, NASA announced the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water.
NASA TRAPPIST-1 News Briefing (recording) http://www.u... | 61,417 | 5,851 | 0.89 | 1,487,790,761 | IAmA |
Diet Coke Ladies | Worked at a fast food chain when I was in high school. Many stories to be had about the work, but the only one really worth mentioning is a happy one.
One of our recurring customers was "the diet coke ladies". Every afternoon, they would come through the drive thru and order 2 medium diet cokes. It was two older ladi... | 14,348 | 185 | 0.96 | 1,494,359,809 | TalesFromRetail |
Physicist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76 | We regret to hear that [Stephen Hawking died tonight at the age of 76]( http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008)
We are creating a megathread for discussion of this topic here. The typical /r/science comment rules will not apply and we will allow mature, open discussion. This post may be updated as we are able.
A few rel... | 199,295 | 3,830 | 0.92 | 1,521,000,374 | science |
My name is Alton Brown. I cook stuff and make TV shows about cooking stuff. My new project is called Good Eats: The Return. Let’s talk | It’s been almost 7 years since we released a new episode of Good Eats. Well, I’m thinking we're back. Good Eats: The Return launches 8/25/19 with 13 freshly baked episodes and I’m ready to talk about them.
Proof: https://i.redd.it/tfei80vljfh31.jpg
Update: Thanks everyone for your great questions and for hanging in f... | 55,583 | 6,520 | 0.88 | 1,566,325,691 | IAmA |
U.S. Breaks Up Fake I.R.S. Phone Scam Operation -- 21 people sentenced for up to 20 yrs, 32 in India indicted | [Some good news](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/business/irs-phone-scams-jeff-sessions.html) for those who have experienced this scam or know people who have been duped by the same:
>With stiff sentences for 21 conspirators last week in the United States and a round of indictments in India, the Justice Department... | 55,457 | 832 | 0.95 | 1,532,374,096 | PersonalFinance |
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