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Joe Manchin refused to listen to our pleas for help. He said, “I’m not changing. Find somebody else who can beat me and vote me out.“ So, I took him up on it. I’m running for US Senate for the beautiful State of West Virginia, and my name is Paula Jean Swearengin. AMA [xpost /r/Political_Revolution] | #[Ask questions over here at /r/Political_Revolution!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Political_Revolution/comments/6qwhzl/joe_manchin_refused_to_listen_to_our_pleas_for/)
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#[I’m Paula Jean Swearengin, and I’m running for US Senate in West Virginia.](http://imgur.com/U9Jtsbx)
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Barely five months ago, I was standin... | 94,006 | 1 | 0.73 | 1,501,597,489 | IAmA |
Don't let them in. | Addiction took our mother slowly, rocked her through it and sung her to sleep sunk deep into the mattress on her bed. When her back teeth fell out she left them on the side of the bathtub. I was seven, and I kept them in a match box, the missing pieces of her kept safe, so she wouldn't be lost forever. So maybe one da... | 25,287 | 507 | 0.99 | 1,557,243,389 | NoSleep |
Never be rude to people in small retail shops. | When I was 16, I worked for my uncle. He was a tailor, but also had a clothes store next door to his main shop. He let me run the clothes store, which basically involved keeping it clean, serving customers and displaying stock. He ran the business side of it, I was paid to essentially sit there all day. It was a pretty... | 7,359 | 274 | 0.98 | 1,515,660,743 | TalesFromRetail |
Oh look. It’s that CISA surveillance bill again. Didn’t we defeat that? Not yet. One last chance (for real) to #StopCISA. Ask activists from Fight for the Future, Access, EFF, and Demand Progress anything about CISA. | The Senate is about to vote on a bill to reward companies that hand over your data to the NSA. We’re privacy advocates trying to stop it. Join us and call your lawmaker to vote no on the bill: https://stopcyberspying.com and https://decidethefuture.org
The reason you keep hearing about these bills is that we keep beat... | 59,727 | 1,380 | 0.88 | 1,445,884,808 | IAmA |
LPT: keep your mouth shut, and don't volunteer information | I had a phone interview scheduled this morning, but accidentally slept through it. When I got up and saw that I missed it, I had the desperate urge to call and offer up excuses, in the hope that maybe, just maybe, they'd be understanding and give me another chance.
Instead, all I did was apologize and ask if we could... | 186,785 | 5,338 | 0.97 | 1,582,156,089 | LifeProTips |
How do I get my girlfriend to knock off this annoying habit? | So I've been dating my girlfriend for almost a year, and last month, we moved in together. Maybe that's kind of fast. I don't know. My parents sure thought it was. But honestly, everything was great in the beginning. We get along really well, and we've never had more than a brief argument.
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But then she star... | 22,655 | 1,268 | 0.96 | 1,555,788,832 | NoSleep |
I’m a Firewatcher. I found another Firewatcher’s unsettling journal at my new station. | **I am a firewatcher. Upon moving in to my station, I found the following pages typed on my desk. I am not the author of the following. I am transcribing exactly what I found, dated 1989:**
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I’ve been located here for 185 days, according to my calendar. I’m stationed up in the northwest of the Un... | 13,160 | 302 | 0.98 | 1,546,945,735 | NoSleep |
I spent 21 years in prison for a murder I didn’t commit, and my story was just made into a movie. AMA. | Hi Reddit, my name is Colin Warner and you read that headline right. I was arrested in 1980 for the murder of a young man in New York City even though I was on the other side of town when it happened. I wasn’t exonerated until 2001. With me is Phil Desgranges, a staff attorney with the New York Civil Liberties Union wh... | 69,419 | 4,794 | 0.85 | 1,502,982,470 | IAmA |
You can do THAT yet you can't even delete your own emails!!? | LTLFTP+Hard to format on mobile.
Ok, so I am by no means an IT but the one who everyone in my family call when they need help.
So I get a call from my grandpa (89 yrs old) about a new win 10 laptop he just got and he needs help setting it up.
Now keep in mind he is the kind of person to blame the machinery if he cl... | 12,472 | 563 | 0.94 | 1,502,719,075 | talesfromtechsupport |
I negotiated salary for the first time ever, and I got what I wanted! | Last Tuesday, I did something irresponsible for the sake of my mental health and quit a job where I was miserable, without another job lined up. As the sole income provider this was a huge gamble, but I had an interview on Friday that I was feeling really confident about.
I should pause here to note two things: 1) I'... | 20,934 | 927 | 0.89 | 1,516,679,866 | personalfinance |
CMV: The most sensible thing to do if you're ever given a chance to sell your soul to Satan is to refuse, because the existence of Satan would be implicit proof of an afterlife | Stories where people sell their soul to the devil make no sense to me for one specific reason. If the devil makes you that offer, it is proof that he exists. And if he exists, then that means some sort of afterlife must exist as well, because the "trade off" for whatever gain you make from selling your soul is eterna... | 24,777 | 2,094 | 0.91 | 1,599,230,074 | changemyview |
I am a black descendant of President James Madison and the author of a memoir, The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President’s Black Family. AMA! | I am a retired pediatrician and my family’s oral historian. For more than 200 years, we have been reminded “Always remember—you’re a Madison. You come from African slaves and a president.” This guiding statement is intended to be inspiring, but, for me, it echoed with the abuses of slavery, so in 1990, I began a journe... | 12,955 | 377 | 0.85 | 1,598,898,017 | history |
An important lesson my uncle has taught me about money | My uncle taught me that the most expensive product is not the one you pay the most money for but rather the product you hardly get any use out of. Every time he uses something he splits the cost in his head. So if he buys a jack for 100 bucks, and wears it 100 times he basically spent 1 dollar for each wear. If he wear... | 2,051 | 132 | 0.99 | 1,606,997,756 | Minimalism |
I knew you'd say that | I used to work in store where we would ask customers if they had an account number at the check out. The number would be put in manually before putting the shopping through and the customer would get back one penny on every pound they spent.
One day a family who I hadn't seen before came in and while the mum and kids ... | 5,462 | 76 | 0.98 | 1,516,112,466 | TalesFromRetail |
No, Ethernet does not make a good coat rack. | Here I am, another calm morning before the storm. I sip away at my Dr. Pepper and take a bite of donut. The queue is clear and the emails are quiet. Then, as is to be expected, the phone rang. I clear my throat and pickup the receiver with a cheerful "Hello this is (me) how can I help you?"
"Good morning, my computer... | 6,717 | 310 | 0.94 | 1,494,334,047 | talesfromtechsupport |
CMV: US presidential candidates should take an exam covering US government and law, foreign policy, as well as undergo a comprehensive cognitive exam. | Edit: Ok, this has been fun and some great conversation, but I am beginning to feel like a one-man army trying to defend the gates of Sparta.
I have changed my mind for three reasons.
1) Test-taking ability is not necessarily an indication of one's ability to run the office of the president.
2) He who creates the... | 28,644 | 1,184 | 0.87 | 1,594,032,261 | changemyview |
How to determine if you can really afford that car | I keep seeing posts where people are struggling with their budget but have some ridiculous car payment. Let's have a little discussion for people who are looking to buy a car. Here's some advice I'll give. Your mileage may vary (oh yes I went there). This advice is in USD but works anywhere.
Don't get stuck holding t... | 17,640 | 3,236 | 0.88 | 1,503,937,882 | PersonalFinance |
Reddit support ignoring my reports of user who told me to cut myself and go further when I told them I was feeling suicidal | A certain user has been constantly harassing me, making alts to circumvent my blocks and told me to "cut yourself, maybe go a bit further" on an alt account when I told them I felt suicidal. Reddit has banned the alt account but they refuse to do anything to his main account. I'm certain this user doesn't know what a V... | 440 | 68 | 0.97 | 1,603,999,179 | help |
I am State Representative Charles Booker and I am running for US Senate to defeat Mitch McConnell. | Help me defeat Mitch McConnell!
[DONATE HERE!](https://secure.actblue.com/donate/booker-for-ky)
Ask Me Anything! [Click here to join me!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Kentucky/comments/grs33n/i_am_state_representative_charles_booker_and_i_am/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x) | 65,341 | 5 | 0.76 | 1,590,680,763 | IAmA |
AITA For Firing An Employee After His Parents Died? | I'm the VP of Sales at a software company and one of our sales development reps parents passed away at the beginning of April, sadly they were involved in a car crash and both lost their lives. Now the employee in question in very young 22 year old guy and has been with us for about 10 months now. He's a great employee... | 40,289 | 3,365 | 0.81 | 1,559,484,633 | AmItheAsshole |
Someone is downvoting all of my comments | For the last few days, someone is downvoting all of my comments. No one else is getting downvoted and I lost more than 15 karma today. Is there a way to fix it? | 396 | 128 | 0.81 | 1,603,290,024 | help |
Clicking on a video brings up a random video from elsewhere on reddit | Tried clicking on lots of videos and every one is opening something different ( sometimes from the same subreddit, sometimes not)
Only started happening today | 531 | 145 | 1 | 1,626,267,062 | help |
My free time doesn’t need to be “productive” or consumptive - I can just exist | During my free time I frequently find myself wanting to either be productive or consumptive. On the productive side: clean the apartment, look at emails, etc. On the consumptive side: wanting to go shopping for new clothes or for new furniture/decorations for my apartment or for a new book, etc etc. Those things feel l... | 2,476 | 93 | 0.99 | 1,611,695,024 | SimpleLiving |
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 ... | 16,418 | 1,463 | 0.79 | 1,565,835,087 | PersonalFinance |
Can I revive a dead subreddit? | I’m fairly new to Reddit but I’m a Cervical cancer survivor and active in a UK support group. I’d like to join a group with more US members, and was so excited to find a /CervicalCancer subreddit here. But no one has posted there in almost a year. I tried to post but got a “you can’t post here” automated response. I me... | 472 | 30 | 0.99 | 1,601,989,190 | help |
AITA for ruining thanksgiving? | [update](https://www.reddit.com/user/Throwawaygivings/comments/revywd/update_aita_for_ruining_thanksgiving/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
[Christmas ](https://www.reddit.com/user/Throwawaygivings/comments/rrif5i/made_turkey_for_my_orphans_christmas_party_i_wish/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_... | 42,580 | 3,727 | 0.98 | 1,638,887,446 | AmItheAsshole |
CMV: Mike Bloomberg's campaign is proof that the ultra wealthy in the US can afford a higher tax rate with no ill effect on them | Mike Bloomberg recently dropped out of the 2020 Presidential race after spending over $500 million dollars of his own money on his campaign. Even with this loss, he is still worth over $55 billion dollars.
I believe that this effortless spending on Bloombergs part showcases the reality that is wealth inequality betwe... | 65,399 | 3,708 | 0.84 | 1,583,432,538 | changemyview |
I need to you incubate something on my computer. | **The day I used the Nuclear option**
> $Me - Hello IT.
> $Usr - Hi, I need your help.
> $Me - OK, What's the problem?
> $Usr - I need to you incubate something on my computer.
*oh what fresh hell is this?*
> $Me - What do you mean?
> $Usr - Look, if you can't help can you put me through to a senior... | 8,747 | 460 | 0.94 | 1,487,243,869 | talesfromtechsupport |
Hi reddit :) | My name is Dave, I am 51 years old and not so tech savvy. My son helped me set this up, but he is not here most days to ask him questions. I would like to learn reddit as much as I can before he visits me again. Can you help me with that?
I am not so sire what 'karma' is, but sometimes when I try to post something, it... | 1,228 | 234 | 0.99 | 1,589,087,545 | help |
ELI5:Why do our brains choose short term convenience and long term inconvenience over short term inconvenience and long term convenience? Example included. | I just spent at least 10 minutes undoing several screws using the end of a butter knife that was already in the same room, rather than go upstairs and get a proper screw driver for the job that would have made the job a lot easier and quicker. But it would have meant going upstairs to get the screwdriver. Why did my br... | 21,824 | 1,178 | 0.86 | 1,502,921,989 | explainlikeimfive |
POP UP AD TO OPEN REDDIT IN APP | THE OPTION TO DISABLE "ASK TO OPEN IN APP" IS MISSING FROM SETTINGS, AND NOW I AM BEING BOMBARDED WITH FRUSTRATING POP UP ADS.
I WILL NOT DOWNLOAD THE APP AND THIS IS MAKING THE MOBILE VERSION UNUSABLE. THE DESKTOP VERSION IS ALREADY UNUSABLE AS IS. | 489 | 120 | 0.99 | 1,665,685,683 | help |
CMV: Drug addiction is purely a health concern, not a legal one, and any and every drug should at the very least be decriminalized, if not legalized. | As the title already states I believe that all drugs should be decriminalized and here's the points why:
Freedom of choice no matter how bad of a decision it may be should still be considered a human right, the last word on what you choose to put in your body should still be up to you.
The criminalization of drugs is... | 14,566 | 823 | 0.87 | 1,614,009,704 | changemyview |
Coronavirus Megathread | This thread is for questions related to the current coronavirus outbreak.
>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring developments around an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Chinese authorities identifi... | 17,679 | 3,834 | 0.93 | 1,579,917,146 | askscience |
"THE SERVER IS DOWN YOU NEED TO FIX THIS NOW" | Here's another tale from the out of hours hell desk... This gem happened a few days ago.
**Me:** Service Desk
**Caller:** THE SERVER IS DOWN YOU NEED TO FIX THIS NOW
**Me:** Which server are you referring to?
**Caller:** THE SERVER!
**Me:** *okay...* what is it that you are trying to do?
**Caller:** TRYING TO ACC... | 12,771 | 839 | 0.94 | 1,491,225,485 | talesfromtechsupport |
"THE ENTIRE STATE IS OFFLINE GET IN THERE NOW FIX IT DO WHATEVER IT TAKES" | You don’t do any work on Friday in IT. If it goes wrong, you’ll be there all weekend fixing it.
So, in the spirit of being careful, friday afternoon drinks were a tradition. 4pm Friday was beer o’clock, and as the resident only-person-not-excited-by-Crown-Lager, responsibility for arranging the drinks fell to me. N... | 7,118 | 609 | 0.95 | 1,407,239,236 | talesfromtechsupport |
Is reddit doing mass bot suspensions? | I had a 100% completely innocuous, barely used account (u/Teletweety) "permanently suspended for repeatedly breaking the rules." Never did anything at all sketchy with it, no arguing, shitposting, vote manipulation, no VPN, etc.
The only thing I can think of is i have IFTTT connected to the account to email me when ... | 359 | 168 | 0.99 | 1,601,531,578 | help |
Khan Academy has basic explanations on taxes in the U.S. This should help you with understanding tax brackets, deductions, and other related information. | A reminder 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/taxes/v/basics-of-us-income-tax-rate-schedule)
* [Introduction to... | 24,302 | 566 | 0.96 | 1,582,788,961 | PersonalFinance |
ELI5: Why do traditional cars lack any decent ability to warn the driver that the battery is low or about to die? | You can test a battery if you go under the hood and connect up the right meter to measure the battery integrity but why can’t a modern car employ the technology easily? (Or maybe it does and I need a new car) | 28,962 | 1,655 | 0.93 | 1,606,076,845 | explainlikeimfive |
How did the dandelion, an edible and remarkably versatile plant, come to be classified as a weed? | I was reading in the memoir of a Great Depression survivor that she would stop and gather dandelions while out looking for work and bring them all home for a dandelion dinner in case her mother had been unable to find anything to eat. This piqued my interest, and I did some research on the dandelion. I was shocked out ... | 17,680 | 333 | 0.91 | 1,496,585,168 | AskHistorians |
Why can’t I have your engagement ring?! | I work in a fine jewelry store
My interaction with customers that just left
Him “well we want to go get married now so we need a size 5.”
Me “unfortunately all our rings will be stock size 7.”
Him “well... what about that one on your hand.”
Me *holds up Mens ring they had just looked at* “ this is a men’s so it... | 6,964 | 283 | 0.99 | 1,535,140,711 | TalesFromRetail |
I am the guy who created the altered presidential seal projected behind Trump. It's been a weird day. AMA! | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7287635/Creator-spoof-Presidential-seal-says-theres-no-chance-accidentally-beamed-stage.html
https://i.imgur.com/ZWZ57nX.jpg
Thanks for the questions and for giving a damn. It's been an exhausting day and I think it's time to unplug. I'll check in tomorrow just to confirm my c... | 60,871 | 9,070 | 0.75 | 1,564,102,778 | IAmA |
Dolly Parton had a famous song "9 to 5", yet every full time job I have had is 8 to 5. Did people work one hour less in the 80s? How did we lose that hour? | Edit. In other words did people used to get paid for lunch breaks and then somehow we lost it? | 17,415 | 611 | 0.88 | 1,597,892,125 | AskHistorians |
"I put the chips on the baby" | I was bagging groceries last night when a lady came through with a baby in a car seat in the basket of her cart. She had a LOT of groceries that I'm assuming she'd had under and around the car seat, so when I bagged them I was putting them back under and around the car seat. I wasn't sure where else to put them if not ... | 7,231 | 220 | 0.93 | 1,467,465,211 | TalesFromRetail |
I'm 25 and I just read Fahrenheit 451 for the first time. I feel like I was mislead on the subject matter | The way I've seen/heard it referenced it always seemed like a totalitarian government destroys books and creates meaningless entertainment to distract the masses.
In reality, it's about people getting offended over nothing and demanding the government destroy offensive media but eventually the people get too sensitiv... | 32,787 | 3,910 | 0.79 | 1,499,444,819 | books |
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... | 17,838 | 2,183 | 0.87 | 1,561,650,670 | personalfinance |
Does sipping water vs 'chugging' water impact how the body processes water? | Does sipping over time vs 'chugging' water impact the bodies ability to hydrate if the amounts of water are the same? | 17,362 | 1,202 | 0.87 | 1,503,069,938 | askscience |
Thank you to the guy on subway who could read my body language. | I got on the 1 train here, and a man got on after me. (this happens everywhere) I had my keys between my hands but barely noticable because this guy has been standing behind me the whole 6 minutes i waited for the train. (calling me baby etc,) I sat down and he sat over me holding the bar. and I felt so anxious like th... | 61,092 | 857 | 0.86 | 1,542,926,077 | TwoXChromosomes |
Girlfriend applied for a job, within 24 hours they hired her, and sent her a check for $4,000 to buy supplies. Scam? | I dont know if this is the right place to post this.
My girlfriend applied to a job at a place called HCI group. Within one conversation online they hired her, and said they will send her a check for $4,000 to buy necessary equipment like software.
This morning, she received an overnight check from Patelco Credit Un... | 29,410 | 1,879 | 0.9 | 1,490,885,399 | PersonalFinance |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation. | People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinterest, thought it was interesting (not necessarily realistic), and decided to post it, fully expecting it to go unnoticed. Surprise!
2. I am not in any way trying to take credit for coming up with the idea.
3. Turns out this is a repost. 🤷 Who knew?! /u/WinsomeJ... | 26,137 | 993 | 0.89 | 1,516,244,926 | WritingPrompts |
I am Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic candidate for President of the United States — AMA | Hi Reddit. I'm Senator Bernie Sanders. I'll start answering questions at 4 p.m. ET. **[Please join our campaign for president at BernieSanders.com/Reddit.](http://berniesanders.com/reddit)**
Before we begin, let me also thank the grassroots Reddit organizers over at /r/SandersforPresident for all of their support. Gre... | 77,664 | 12,214 | 0.77 | 1,432,065,019 | IAmA |
A story of how I just got out of paying a $1500 bill, why you should NEVER blindly trust a Debt collection agency, and ALWAYS request proof of a Debt owed. 😂😂😂 | I got a call out of the blue a little over a month ago from a debt collection agency, saying I owed almost $1500 from an ambulance ride I took because of me being involved in a car accident OVER 2 YEARS AGO.
While on the phone with the debt collector, I looked up debt collection laws, and after a couple minutes of res... | 23,189 | 1,161 | 0.86 | 1,539,209,695 | PersonalFinance |
We’re closed... | If there isn’t a subreddit called ‘We’re closed, ma’am’ then there really should be!! One night when we were CLOSED not closING but CLOSED. We had sent out the *Please take your items to the register and pay for your purchases* page about half an hour ago, turned OFF THE FUCKING LIGHTS, turned off the music, done our w... | 5,609 | 372 | 0.96 | 1,507,131,140 | TalesFromRetail |
I made a spreadsheet for people who don't know how to budget! | Hey guys! last year I made a spreadsheet to help myself budget- I'm terrible at sticking to a budget so I made a sheet that breaks it down so that I just have the ability to break it down to a daily manageable amount.
[Heres what it looks like](https://imgur.com/a/ojaju7a)
I grew up very poor and had NO sense of what... | 50,767 | 1,609 | 0.95 | 1,557,933,854 | PersonalFinance |
CMV: I am a misogynistic, bitter, angry incel please help me change my toxic views. | 👉👉👉EXTRA EDIT: please read edit 10 all the way down my post. 👈👈👈
READ THIS FIRST: This might be a long post but i have a lot of toxic views and i would really like to change them. I wanna say why i feel so angry and bitter and misogynist. i really wanna change and improve myself and get rid of these hateful tho... | 10,802 | 2,539 | 0.76 | 1,618,290,706 | changemyview |
[WP] You hire a female prostitute, tell her to meet you at a fancy restaurant, and ask her to pretend to be your colleague from the bank. Hire a male prostitute, and tell him the same thing. You sit at a table next to theirs and listen to their conversation. | edit: credit goes to crazyideas. original: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyIdeas/comments/5q2pht/hire_a_female_prostitute_tell_her_to_meet_you_at
i totally forgot to mention it. sorry about that. was curios one kind of story you guys will make out of it but didnt expect it to explode tbh. | 34,390 | 581 | 0.9 | 1,497,797,471 | WritingPrompts |
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.\"" | 29,907 | 1,447 | 0.92 | 1,519,093,169 | PersonalFinance |
I just joined reddit and I'm so confused | I joined reddit today and I have no idea what the hell is going on what's the point of karma? Why did reddit give me hugz award? What do coins do? What's the point of following people? Can I use reddit to sell my pet demon llama? | 384 | 46 | 0.94 | 1,610,327,123 | help |
ELI22: Personal finance tips for older young adults (US) | Yes, it's me....back with a second installment in our series, ELI22. This assumes you read [ELI18](https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/4tfc76/eli18_personal_finance_tips_for_young_adults_us/) ( even the links...you'll learn 10X more from the links!) and have done things pertaining to your situation.
... | 16,181 | 1,375 | 0.88 | 1,468,942,605 | personalfinance |
Every angry customer's worst nightmare: total indifference | I watch over the self-checkouts at my store.
For a bit of background, my store has two sets of circulars with coupons people can get. One you have to sign up for and it gets mailed to your house. The other we have stacks of in our store that anyone can take. The one you get in the mail often has a coupon to get you t... | 6,300 | 514 | 0.96 | 1,506,017,187 | TalesFromRetail |
(UPDATE) AITA for telling my step-daughter to “go ask her real dad” when she asked me to pay for her plane tickets? | [Original post ](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/irxyza/aita_for_telling_my_stepdaughter_to_go_ask_her/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Hey guys. It’s been a good 2 weeks since I’ve posted and I figured you guys would like an update. A lot has happened since the last time I posted
... | 45,207 | 811 | 0.98 | 1,601,215,122 | AmItheAsshole |
I am David Tennant and I was the tenth Doctor Who, Kilgrave in Jessica Jones and Crowley in Good Omens. I am here today to talk to you about the second season of my podcast “David Tennant Does a Podcast With…”. Ask Me Anything! | Hello everyone – it’s David Tennant! I portrayed the tenth Doctor on BBC’s Doctor Who and I am here today to talk to you about the second season of my podcast [“David Tennant Does a Podcast With…”](https://apple.co/davidtennant).
On this season, I am sitting down (virtually) with some of the biggest names in entertain... | 67,156 | 8,075 | 0.88 | 1,597,159,757 | IAmA |
AITA for not letting my best friend have her wedding on my property after being uninvited? | One of my (29M) best friends “Carla” (31f) is getting married soon. It’s only meant to be a small backyard type of wedding but they’ve been planning it for a few months now and originally it was supposed to be on my property. They wanted it because it’s private, has lots of open space for the reception, a nice view an... | 44,257 | 3,215 | 0.94 | 1,625,070,435 | AmItheAsshole |
How to collapse comments in new design? | I can't figure out how to collapse comments. The \+ on the left is gone. That is an integral part of participating in discussions for me because I collapse threads I'm not interested in to reduce clutter.
Is there a mechanism I'm missing from the brand new site design?
Edit: N/M Found it. You have to click on the ... | 655 | 85 | 1 | 1,522,524,777 | help |
UPDATE AITA for walking out of the Airport when I saw my husband's mom standing there with her luggage? | Hello!.
I don't know where to begin...it's been an absolute nightmare recently. And I feel like I was losing my sanity.
So for more details about my situation. I have to admit that my husband's mom favors him over all his siblings. this affected his relationship with them and me as well. He's never seen an issue wit... | 51,471 | 1,969 | 0.99 | 1,652,725,739 | AmItheAsshole |
Your instructions are stupid. I'll keep doing things the way I've always done them. What do you mean I can't open tickets anymore?! And why am I getting charged for it?! | We have a pretty simple system. You ask for **something** and you get **something**. With me so far? It really is that simple for the user. We have to do some crazy routing on our end depending on what **something** is but that is an entirely different story.
There is also a big button that say click here if you want... | 9,464 | 454 | 0.95 | 1,499,787,451 | talesfromtechsupport |
AITA for throwing them out of a house that we own. Son and future In-Laws decide to exclude his family from wedding. They thought son owned the house not us. | My wife and I bought a four bedroom house in PA that my son lives in. Our son went to College in PA and wanted to stay in the area. So we bought the house as a second home, we live in NJ and commute into Manhattan for work. We figured that he would have a place to live and we could visit every so often and spend som... | 41,269 | 4,799 | 0.97 | 1,656,523,170 | AmItheAsshole |
I saw something on the evening news that I can't explain | My work friends and I were out at our favourite pub last night. Not a really fancy place but, you know, cheap beer and close enough to home that I don't have to drive. The night started out normally enough, the four of us crammed into a small table off in the corner, mostly talking shop and shitting on our boss. Being ... | 15,100 | 427 | 0.99 | 1,533,230,345 | NoSleep |
In 1967, 90% of Australia voted "yes" in a referendum to recognise Aboriginals as Australian citizens. With such overwhelming public support, what did the "no" campaign look like? | What did the "no" campaigners say would be the negative consequences of a "yes" result? How did they appeal to the Australian people? I'm guessing overt racism would have been an ineffective campaign tactic.
Was there an "Aboriginals are still people, just a different kind of people that should have a separate form of... | 8,846 | 102 | 0.93 | 1,507,271,974 | AskHistorians |
What do you mean you can't email me my password? I want to talk to your boss. | backstory - I do end user implementation, training, and support for a web application that was developed by my firm. Our clients skew older.
>client: I can't get into my account. My login isn't working. This is ridiculous. I've been trying for hours and now I'm locked out.
>me: My apologies for the inconvenience! I'v... | 8,581 | 442 | 0.93 | 1,466,711,771 | talesfromtechsupport |
Should I invade Russia? | Rhetorical question. Of course I am going to invade Russia. I will take Moscow and St. Petersburg and I will become the Emperor of all Europe. I already am, but I will be, too. | 9,305 | 299 | 0.86 | 1,459,506,904 | AskHistorians |
LPT: Roast yo’ broccoli. Broccoli is a cheap, ubiquitous vegetable that too often is steamed or boiled to death, sapping nutrients and flavor. Toss with olive oil and salt and roast at 400. | Edit: A lot of people are asking about cooking time. I didn’t include that because it’s very subjective. I like the florets browned and the stems crunchy. 15 minutes at 400 degrees is a good guess for that, but if you like softer veggies and less browning you might want to decrease the temp to 350-375 and go a little l... | 87,124 | 3,872 | 0.9 | 1,596,829,646 | LifeProTips |
More women working while less women are housewives is celebrated as an advancement in gender equality; I also see it as representative of how cost of living has increased while wages have stagnated, meaning more married households need two people working to afford standard of living | The lifestyle that many married couples could afford in the 50s/60s/70s from 1 working adult, is no longer possible and requires two adults working to maintain anywhere close to the same standard of living
I would think its just middle class and above where women have significantly started working more, and that women... | 55,258 | 1,894 | 0.87 | 1,605,382,460 | TwoXChromosomes |
New Craigslist Scam | Someone tried to scam me in a way I haven't heard of before. Here's what happened:
I posted an item for sale around 9:30 pm. About 30 minutes later, I get this text:
>Hello!! I wanna Buy your *[CL post title]*
>. Can i call you?
The fact that they asked if they could call instead of just calling didn't seem too odd... | 16,077 | 1,250 | 0.96 | 1,581,015,980 | personalfinance |
We decided NOT to buy a bearded dragon. | My wife and I were looking at getting a bearded dragon for our son for his birthday. A young beardie is only about $60. So we set aside $200 in our budget counting on buying a reptile aquarium and some incidentals.
Then we learned it needs expensive UV bulbs that last about 6 months and are about $40 each. Also the e... | 15,506 | 1,381 | 0.72 | 1,493,993,275 | personalfinance |
Mr. Lakavote | I’m not sure if this will help anyone, but if my story saves even one person from the nightmares I now endure, I will consider it a win. I have borrowed a phone that was smuggled in here, and the orderly, that now monitors every move I make will be coming shortly, so I must be brief.
A few days ago, I was laying in b... | 14,803 | 151 | 0.97 | 1,520,203,233 | NoSleep |
We can no longer issue cash refunds, so this customer has a unique idea. | Our store was liquidating to shut down and we were in our final days, we were no longer giving refunds on goods that customers had simply changed their mind on. It was incredibly stressful and customers were being outright rude despite the fact that everyone they were dealing with was being made redundant in days.
One... | 12,334 | 273 | 0.95 | 1,472,479,101 | TalesFromRetail |
TransUnion burying their credit freeze to sell their own credit monitoring product TrueIdentity | I'm not sure where to post this, but noticed something had changed on the TransUnion website about freezing credit this morning when I was giving links to family so they could freeze theirs.
I froze my credit the day after news about the Equifax breach broke, and it looks like TransUnion has since changed their site ... | 30,758 | 1,956 | 0.93 | 1,505,311,672 | PersonalFinance |
CMV: "Folks" is a reasonably inclusive, gender neutral term, and spelling it as "folx" is purely virtue signaling | I just want to start by saying this might be the only instance of something that I would actually, unironically call "virtue signaling" -- a term I usually disdain and find dismissive of social progress. But in this case, that's exactly what I think it is.
"Folks" is an inclusive word. It means "people." It is inhere... | 28,824 | 2,901 | 0.8 | 1,617,125,788 | changemyview |
In 1822, Thomas Jefferson gave his enslaved daughter $50, put her on a stagecoach to the North, and from there she "disappeared from history." Is there any evidence of what happened to her after that? | Harriet Hemings was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings (a mixed race slave). Seven of Harriet's eight great-grandparents were white, and Harriet was described by one of Jefferson's overseers as "nearly white and very beautiful." In 1822, Jefferson apparently enabled her "escape" to the North, where sh... | 9,109 | 131 | 0.94 | 1,513,285,976 | AskHistorians |
THE OPTION TO DISABLE "ASK TO OPEN IN APP" IS MISSING FROM SETTINGS | Bring it back. | 402 | 66 | 1 | 1,665,688,441 | help |
Why is every Subreddit blue? | Every subreddit in my feed (before clicking) is the default blue one. Anyone know? | 393 | 60 | 0.99 | 1,574,344,316 | help |
Proof that space is infinite | Long time lurker, first time poster, yadda yadda
I'm not IT, I just happen to be one of the few in our office who knows his way around the computer, so I often get asked for help. Usually it's just 'My MSWord doesn't work' or something, but this one really stuck with me.
$user: my co-worker; $me: obvious
> $user: h... | 7,375 | 176 | 0.96 | 1,498,916,477 | talesfromtechsupport |
AITA for giving my ex wife a large amount of money I won despite the anger of my gf? | I recently won a ‘fuck you’ amount of money. I won’t say exactly how much but it’s in the millions. It makes me feel funny even typing It’s enough to change the life of myself and my family.
My ex wife is the mother of my 2 kids. She is an amazing woman and good to the bone. We divorced 6 years ago because I had an a... | 45,410 | 5,392 | 0.94 | 1,553,253,204 | AmItheAsshole |
ELI5: NASA Engineers just communicated with Voyager 1 which is 21 BILLION kilometers away (and out of our solar system) and it communicated back. How is this possible? | Seriously.... wouldn't this take an enormous amount of power? Half the time I can't get a decent cell phone signal and these guys are communicating on an Interstellar level. How is this done? | 27,720 | 1,097 | 0.88 | 1,512,223,260 | explainlikeimfive |
I have 5 followers, how to I get rid of them? | Edit: this post was a mistake, what even are follows? I don't know or care I just know I don't like them. | 453 | 202 | 0.94 | 1,588,707,535 | help |
Why are elementary-aged students in the US knowingly taught a version of US History that middle and high schools have to completely contradict and reexplain? | I’ve always wondered why so many of the lessons about history (especially US history) taught during the early years of my education (late ‘90s and early ‘00s) were based on myths or tall tales that all my later teachers would have to completely negate. Stuff along the lines of “Columbus proved the Earth was round” or “... | 15,122 | 312 | 0.87 | 1,513,441,938 | AskHistorians |
I’m Daryl Davis, A Black Musician here to Discuss my Reasons For Befriending Numerous KKK Members And Other White Supremacists, KLAN WE TALK? | Welcome to my Reddit AMA. Thank you for coming. My name is [Daryl Davis](https://i.redd.it/5vx78wtmjxlz.jpg) and I am a professional [musician](https://i.redd.it/o74xsdqajxlz.jpg) and actor. I am also the author of Klan-Destine Relationships, and the subject of the new documentary Accidental Courtesy. In between le... | 46,352 | 6,571 | 0.78 | 1,505,745,016 | IAmA |
Just got a job as a janitor. It’s the best job I’ve ever had. | I work ~25 hours a week at an office building. Shifts are between 5-7 hours long, starts at 7pm. Weekends are free. I’m pretty much by myself for the entire shift. I clean people’s office and desks, empty trashes, and do detail work and dusting. Sometimes I clean bathrooms.
Coming from a managerial position at a fast ... | 4,235 | 259 | 0.99 | 1,619,154,011 | SimpleLiving |
Why is reddit mobile so painfully slow and laggy | I dont understand, my connection is fine but when i click a post i need to wait for 30 seconds just for it to load. I click on a subreddit and it just never loads at all.
Literally the only thing that functions on the app is the homepage and i cant go on anywhere else. Reddit mobile has always been bad but now its jus... | 357 | 73 | 0.99 | 1,617,966,070 | help |
[WP] One day, time just suddenly stops for a short moment for you. At first, you tried to mess around, but after the 246th times it happened, you start to realise that your power is not stopping time, but being able to move in time frozen by another person in the world. | Just an idea that randomly popped up in my head. | 23,585 | 650 | 0.93 | 1,516,965,381 | WritingPrompts |
Not a question, just a “thank you.” | This is consistently the “highest return” subreddit on the internet. I don’t think a day has gone by without my learning something. Sometimes I learn something I didn’t know about something I didn’t know about, more often I learn that what I did know about what I did think I knew about isn’t true (if you follow me).
... | 10,756 | 217 | 0.95 | 1,597,024,254 | AskHistorians |
You do not have to give your employer 2 weeks notice. | I have seen my company terminate 2 other employees as soon as they gave their 2 weeks notice.
I gave my 2 weeks notice on Wednesday and on Friday was told they were terminating me and they were not intending on paying me for the remainder of the 2 weeks. Fortunately I am able to start Monday with my new company.
As a... | 21,252 | 2,677 | 0.86 | 1,500,050,914 | PersonalFinance |
Admins of Reddit, can you give us the true color of the Upvote button? | I'm not asking because I want to know. It's because I can't stand everyone arguing about this subject. Every time it quiets down, it starts up again sometime later on. It's getting extremely annoying and you guys have the power to make it stop. So please, give us an answer. I don't care what color it is, I just want th... | 560 | 71 | 0.96 | 1,585,346,707 | help |
I am Andrew Rea (aka Babish), creator of Binging/Basics/Being with Babish. My second cookbook hits shelves today, and I pretty much owe my entire career to the Reddit community, sooooo amA (ask me ANYTHING)! | Hello fellow Redditors - I'm the torso with an occasionally-visible head named Andrew Rea, but you might know me by my arbitrarily-chosen pseudonym, Oliver Babish. He was a character on The West Wing. Played by Oliver Platt? He was in like 8 episodes? It doesn't matter.
My second cookbook, The Binging with Babish... | 64,535 | 7,370 | 0.84 | 1,571,844,985 | IAmA |
Why do so many people get excited over tax refunds when it is basically an interest free loan to the government? | I know many people, especially in my age bracket (19-22), look forward to tax season for this reason. Some even plan for large purchases once the check arrives. Why is getting your money "back" something to be excited about? Isn't giving paying too much in taxes a bad thing?
Edit: I appreciate all the responses. Will ... | 15,974 | 397 | 0.78 | 1,479,058,648 | personalfinance |
CMV: The “my body, my choice” slogan for pro-choice advocates does not benefit their position because opponents of it do not believe it’s just a woman’s body, but that it’s also a child’s life. | Some people believe life begins at conception. Some of those people believe ending any life after conception is murder. That is not my view. That is a pro-life view.
My view is that using the phrase “my body my choice” or suggesting that pro-life is about controlling women misses the point entirely. Pro-life people do... | 13,875 | 3,402 | 0.82 | 1,602,688,201 | changemyview |
The James Webb Telescope discovered something terrifying in deep space | I work for NASA as an astronomer, and there are certain things we keep hidden from the public. No, the Earth isn't flat, and aliens don't control the government. Fuck, I wish those were the case, as the truth is much, much worse.
In 1993, the Hubble Space Telescope saw a star disappear. It didn't go supernova, or die ... | 12,468 | 1,317 | 0.99 | 1,657,305,031 | NoSleep |
eli5 Why does down syndrome cause an almost identical face structure no matter the parents genes? | Just curious | 23,505 | 1,329 | 0.93 | 1,638,903,436 | explainlikeimfive |
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 ... | 44,447 | 3,630 | 0.91 | 1,520,530,130 | PersonalFinance |
LPT: if a friend or a family member gets diagnosed with dementia or alzheimer, in the early stages try to find out what their favorite songs of all time are. In this way you would be able to create a playlist for them that could be of great benefit in the later stages of the disease. | Music helps dementia patient recall memories and emotions. Especially when specific songs are connected to previous parts of their lives. | 111,206 | 1,013 | 0.96 | 1,567,732,871 | LifeProTips |
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