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Everything I print comes out of the fax machine! | Long time lurker, first time poster. This happened last week:
$Boss: Hey Krieg, I didn't know we could print on our fax machine
$Me: Sorry? That's not a printer, just a fax machine
$Boss: Nop, it prints as well. (while showing me some pages that came from the fax machine) I printed this document and it came out ... | 6,263 | 147 | 0.96 | 1,482,155,663 | talesfromtechsupport |
How do you feel about ’how would you feel?’ posts being banned? | We’ve gotten a lot of feedback on this one. A lot of feedback. We’ve all seen the “how would you feel about \_\_\_\_” in which the OP is just posting what is considered a "shower thought" which is aimed to ask users to support a largely popular concept in a way that fits AskReddit’s rules. Interesting and engaging titl... | 95,636 | 3,440 | 0.82 | 1,617,474,615 | AskReddit |
If you're rude and refuse to pay, we have the right to refuse services, even after they're done | So I was in the shop one day, a customer was in getting some keys copied, nice and simple job. Suddenly while I've got the machine running, some shirtless guy comes in looking really frantic. I tell him I'll be just a minute longer, then I finish the keys, and send the first customer on his way.
> Frantic dude: "jeez,... | 14,829 | 534 | 0.95 | 1,478,453,615 | TalesFromRetail |
Did George W. Bush really steal an election in the 2000 USA election? | I heard from elsewhere that Al Gore technically won but somehow George W. Bush won through intrigue somehow. I am not American so I don't really understand the context. What happened in the 2000 USA election? | 9,155 | 548 | 0.91 | 1,604,577,391 | AskHistorians |
IRS will allow employers to match their employees' student loan repayments | ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/irs-ruling-allows-401k-student-loan-benefits-2018-08-27\n\nThe IRS is setting up a framework for companies to match their employees' student loan repayments in the same way companies match 401k contributions. This will be cost neutral for the employer (edit: as in, it would not be more or less expensive for the company than traditional matching).\n\nEdit: the employer's match would go into the employee's 401k account.\n\nAccording to the article, employees with student loan debt accumulate 50% less wealth in their retirement plans (by age 30) than their peers without student loan debt. I think most of us with student debt have at one point or another felt \"behind\".\n\nThoughts? This is definitely a cool idea and would be a great hiring incentive/perk.\n\nEdit 2: due to the popularity of this post, I wanted to remind everyone of some of the rules on our sub.\n\n>We don't allow:\n • Moralizing issues\n • Petitions\n • Political discussions\n • Political baiting\n • Soapboxing\n\nThis is meant to be a discussion of personal finance, debt, and retirement savings, not a meta review of the pros and cons of capitalism. Please keep things on topic.\n\n\nEdit 3: Since a lot of people are confused, I'll explain how a 401k match works. A 401k is a retirement savings plan that came into popularity as pensions fell out of the mainstream. The 401k is a tax-efficient vehicle to invest your money for retirement. Like the pension, employers can contribite to their employees' 401k plans as a benefit. This is usually done via a matching mechanism: I contribute 4% of my paycheck, and my employer matches that amount. Matches are almost always capped.\n\nWith the method laid out in the article, you would be able to make qualified student loan payments and have your company match that amount as a contribution to your 401k, up to a certain amount. So say you make $2000 per month, your employer matches 5% of your 401k contributions, and your monthly minimum loan payment is $1000 (in this example, you have a lot of debt). You aren't contributing to your 401k currently. If your company chose to take advantage of this program, they would put $100 ($2000*0.05 match) in your 401k each month you made a payment on your student loan.\n\nThis doesn't \"hurt\" people without loans. This is only subsidized by the government insofaras the 401k is tax-sheltered (you still pay taxes on that money), and this doesn't constitute your company paying your loans. Participation isn't compulsory." | 36,848 | 1,575 | 0.92 | 1,535,464,192 | PersonalFinance |
Reddit videos keep muting on their own | Is anyone else experiencing this? I have to keep pressing the unmute button to keep listening to a video but after 15 seconds or so it re-mutes itself.
Edit: It’s been 6 months and this is still a problem for me, this app sucks and the people coding it clearly do not use it. | 384 | 129 | 1 | 1,687,807,563 | help |
Made a grown man cry today | So I work at a pet store, my family owns it. We do boarding, daycare, training, grooming and retail.
I had a regular come in a few months back he wasn't doing to well financial since becoming disabled. He brought in his dog for grooming and I noticed he had large amount of fleas, I called and informed him. I let him ... | 12,358 | 303 | 0.93 | 1,446,574,089 | TalesFromRetail |
IRS will allow employers to match their employees' student loan repayments | ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/irs-ruling-allows-401k-student-loan-benefits-2018-08-27\n\nThe IRS is setting up a framework for companies to match their employees' student loan repayments in the same way companies match 401k contributions. This will be cost neutral for the employer (edit: as in, it would not be more or less expensive for the company than traditional matching).\n\nEdit: the employer's match would go into the employee's 401k account.\n\nAccording to the article, employees with student loan debt accumulate 50% less wealth in their retirement plans (by age 30) than their peers without student loan debt. I think most of us with student debt have at one point or another felt \"behind\".\n\nThoughts? This is definitely a cool idea and would be a great hiring incentive/perk.\n\nEdit 2: due to the popularity of this post, I wanted to remind everyone of some of the rules on our sub.\n\n>We don't allow:\n • Moralizing issues\n • Petitions\n • Political discussions\n • Political baiting\n • Soapboxing\n\nThis is meant to be a discussion of personal finance, debt, and retirement savings, not a meta review of the pros and cons of capitalism. Please keep things on topic.\n\n\nEdit 3: Since a lot of people are confused, I'll explain how a 401k match works. A 401k is a retirement savings plan that came into popularity as pensions fell out of the mainstream. The 401k is a tax-efficient vehicle to invest your money for retirement. Like the pension, employers can contribite to their employees' 401k plans as a benefit. This is usually done via a matching mechanism: I contribute 4% of my paycheck, and my employer matches that amount. Matches are almost always capped.\n\nWith the method laid out in the article, you would be able to make qualified student loan payments and have your company match that amount as a contribution to your 401k, up to a certain amount. So say you make $2000 per month, your employer matches 5% of your 401k contributions, and your monthly minimum loan payment is $1000 (in this example, you have a lot of debt). You aren't contributing to your 401k currently. If your company chose to take advantage of this program, they would put $100 ($2000*0.05 match) in your 401k each month you made a payment on your student loan.\n\nThis doesn't \"hurt\" people without loans. This is only subsidized by the government insofaras the 401k is tax-sheltered (you still pay taxes on that money), and this doesn't constitute your company paying your loans. Participation isn't compulsory." | 36,844 | 1,575 | 0.92 | 1,535,464,192 | personalfinance |
cmv: Planned obsolescence is the same as deliberately selling a defective product and the timeframe should be disclosed to the purchaser. | Firstly, planned obsolescence is different to using poor quality components materials for cost saving. Planned obsolescence (P.O) is deliberately including design flaws to ensure a product stops working or has reduced performance after a certain amount of time. It does not include items that need to stop working for s... | 10,883 | 502 | 0.95 | 1,621,294,121 | changemyview |
UPDATE: AITA for making a dad joke? | My son found the post, and shared it with my daughter. This was after apologizing to her. She cried again.
So last week, we decided to have a father/daughter bonding weekend. Honestly, it was awesome. I took her bowling, to get a manicure, becoming Disney princesses(I looked awesome as Jasmine), and so forth. She l... | 38,694 | 532 | 0.93 | 1,572,608,517 | AmItheAsshole |
We closed several hours ago, but customer muscled their way through the front doors to be served. | This was originally going to be a reply to the [We’re Not Open Yet Lady](https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromRetail/comments/8b0f7v/were_not_open_yet_lady/) post, but it's enough of it's own story that I decided to submit it here instead.
We had something similar happen at our store a few years back. Our store was open... | 7,250 | 272 | 0.98 | 1,523,435,393 | TalesFromRetail |
I am Jon Stewart, host of The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+, and I’m here to talk with you about the stock market. AMA! | Hello Reddit, it’s me Jon Stewart. You know me. I’m Adam Sandler’s friend from Big Daddy. Or maybe you know me from the popcorn gif, which according to leading internet historians, comes from something called The Daily Show which I allegedly hosted for 16 years (but the popcorn gif is the only remaining proof). Now I h... | 59,162 | 5,763 | 0.77 | 1,646,675,292 | IAmA |
CMV: The sexual assault accusations against Biden are a big deal. | I can't see why the accusations against Biden are any less significant (and they are perhaps worse) than the accusations against Kavanaugh. It seems this reality, and the timing of the accusations (or at least the recent escalation of the accusations) are so challenging, that the Left is not really dealing with them ye... | 11,856 | 2,756 | 0.78 | 1,586,971,612 | changemyview |
LPT: Keep inviting that friend who always says no | If you have a friend or coworker who you have invited to do things with you or your group of friends and they continually decline, don't stop inviting them unless they specifically tell you not to invite them any more. Some folks really would like to be included but really do have other obligations, or maybe they're ju... | 91,921 | 2,706 | 0.89 | 1,576,067,824 | LifeProTips |
The reason people don't shop at bookstores: The first Jack Reacher book is $17 at Barnes and Noble, while the exact same book is $7.99 on Amazon | I'm a lifelong reader and lover of bookstores. When I'm out with my wife and she's shopping at a seemingly endless stream of clothing stores, I find the nearest bookstore I can -- which isn't always easy -- and lose myself in the stacks. I also buy a lot of books, a dozen since July on Amazon alone. So I have a pretty ... | 33,692 | 4,026 | 0.81 | 1,661,256,084 | books |
Natural disasters bring out the worst in people | Let me paint you a scene: There's a record breaking hurricane about to barrel it's way through your town within the week causing mass hysteria, a grocery store where half of the employees have left the state, on top of that distribution centers running on all cylinders barely able to keep up with the demand resulting i... | 5,139 | 276 | 0.96 | 1,505,027,500 | TalesFromRetail |
What did people in Afghanistan do for fun after the Taliban banned nearly every pastime? | According to Wikipedia,
> The Taliban forbade pork and alcohol, many types of consumer technology such as music, television, and film, as well as most forms of art such as paintings or photography, male and female participation in sport, including football and chess; recreational activities such as kite-flying and kee... | 7,692 | 113 | 0.97 | 1,618,766,920 | AskHistorians |
Macy's new employees are encouraged to open a store credit card (26% APR) to obtain their employee discount | I recently picked up a part-time seasonal position at Macy's for some extra holiday cash. I've been working in retail off and on over the past 15 years, and am familiar with the hiring and management practices at a lot of places, but it's been a few years since I've worked for a big retailer like Macy's. I was very sur... | 19,476 | 1,634 | 0.89 | 1,510,251,295 | personalfinance |
My boyfriend died today and I don’t know what to do. | Yesterday we went last minute Christmas shopping and before we left he said that his chest hurt. I asked him if it was more sore or stabbing and he said the former, so I thought nothing of it.
This morning he collapsed in the bathroom. An ambulance came and brought him to the nearest hospital. The moment I parked my c... | 65,537 | 2,213 | 0.83 | 1,545,769,811 | TwoXChromosomes |
The derogatory term | A customer of ours has all their server and networking equipment support through us and the helpdesk services from other company. I went on-site to investigate a network issue, when I was interrupted by a very aggravated employee of theirs. She insistent I would come fix some issue on her workstation like RIGHT NOW. I... | 7,512 | 367 | 0.96 | 1,496,743,050 | talesfromtechsupport |
Is anyone else increasingly frustrated with a 40 hour work week? | Listen, I have no right to complain. I have no kids, no husband, no land, and yet my blood boils at the fact we (corporate America workers) have to sit here for 40 hours every. Single. Fucking. Week.
With technology and techniques advancing - we can get things done a lot quicker. Admin tasks are reduced. When we rely... | 2,514 | 435 | 0.97 | 1,627,668,667 | SimpleLiving |
The hug heard around the company. | I was thrust a laptop by an angry exec early this morning with him complaining that his laptop had locked up again. Normally we have a ticketing system in place for any and all tech issues. However when an exec wants something he bypasses the system because of RHIP. So I go through the normal routine of diagnosis and t... | 35,271 | 1,828 | 0.96 | 1,491,328,486 | talesfromtechsupport |
How did the Red Army react when it discovered concentration camps? | I find it interesting that when I was taught about the Holocaust we always used sources from American/British liberation of camps. I was taught a very western front perspective of the liberation of concentration camps.
However the vast majority of camps were obviously liberated by the Red Army. I just wanted to know ... | 17,870 | 2,597 | 0.9 | 1,485,180,500 | history |
Doctor had me fired, my company imploded | Back in the Dark Ages, around 1993, I worked for a medical transcription firm as their SysAdmin. We were doing some cutting edge IT stuff, in getting transcriptions printed at the hospitals remotely, using print queues with the modem number hardcoded in and the system would look for queues with anything in them and di... | 6,506 | 301 | 0.98 | 1,638,368,340 | talesfromtechsupport |
Buying a weighted blanket from Amazon was the worst decision I’ve ever made. | You’ve heard of them. They started as a tool to help calm autistic people and people with anxiety and insomnia. Over the past few years they’ve grown into a popular household item, and with good reason. They’re comforting.
We’d pay just about anything for some comfort. Do you ever notice how that’s most of what we sp... | 14,223 | 441 | 0.97 | 1,573,541,617 | NoSleep |
ELI5 the difference between 4 Wheel Drive and All Wheel Drive. | Edit: I couldn’t find a simple answer for my question online so I went to reddit for the answer and you delivered! I was on a knowledge quest not a karma quest- I had no idea this would blow up. Woo magical internet points!!! | 24,313 | 1,756 | 0.87 | 1,512,851,682 | explainlikeimfive |
I volunteered to sit next to a dead man on a plane, and deeply regret it. | The man in seat 43-A died halfway across the Atlantic. I was sitting near the front of the plane, just behind first class, and couldn’t really see the commotion. But I could hear someone gasping and retching — loud at first, then quieter and quieter. A flight attendant got on the PA and asked for “any medical professio... | 17,534 | 468 | 0.97 | 1,572,180,039 | NoSleep |
CMV: If a mental illness means you behave in a way that upsets or hurts someone, you still owe them an apology, or at least, an explanation. | So this is a discussion I’ve been having with a friend who suffers from anxiety, and one of our sticking points is that some mental illnesses can result in behaviour that might potentially upset people. She’s stated that on occasion, she struggles to stay in contact with people she feels she might have upset, which in ... | 12,422 | 524 | 0.93 | 1,605,145,325 | changemyview |
I made a course on NumPy. It got good reviews, but sales were weak so I'm releasing the entire thing for free. | My course is called Python NumPy For Your Grandma - So easy your grandma could learn it. Here's the course outline.
1. **Introduction**
[1.1 Introduction](https://www.gormanalysis.com/blog/python-numpy-for-your-grandma-1-1-introduction)
2. **Basic Array Stuff**
[2.1 NumPy Array Motivation](https://www.gorman... | 2,513 | 134 | 0.99 | 1,611,179,127 | Python |
LPT: if a loved one is taken in an ambulance, do not follow us to the hospital. Go there on your own time and own route. | As a medic, whenever I was loading a patient in the ambulance, a family member would inevitably run up to me, keys in hand saying “I’ll follow you to the ER”.
No.
People in an emotional state following another vehicle will develop tunnel vision and forget all traffic laws. You will blow stop signs. You will follow ... | 87,320 | 2,134 | 0.89 | 1,608,205,853 | LifeProTips |
The earth is about 4,5 billion years old, and the universe about 14,5 billion, if life isn't special, then shouldn't we have already been contacted? | At what point can we say that the silence is an indication of the rarity of intelligent life? | 15,984 | 1,186 | 0.79 | 1,623,655,039 | askscience |
Spacegirl | We called her Spacegirl.
Her real name was Megan Daniels, but nobody actually called her that. She’d been Spacegirl since Grade 2. She was the kind of kid who stuck out in the crowd with her long red hair, ghostly pale skin and coke bottle glasses. For as long as I’d known her, Spacegirl had been quiet. She didn’t... | 27,041 | 792 | 0.99 | 1,570,411,464 | NoSleep |
I’m Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak, Ask Me Anything! | Hi Reddit, I’m Steve Wozniak.
I will be participating in a Reddit AMA to answer any and all questions. I promise to answer all questions honestly, in totally open fashion, even when the answer is that I don’t have an answer to a specific question or that I don’t know enough to answer it.
I recently shot an interview... | 48,804 | 6,877 | 0.84 | 1,458,158,439 | IAmA |
The Python Mega Course is now free on Udemy | As some of you know, *The Python Mega Course: Build 10 Real World Applications* is one of the top courses on Udemy. I remade the course this year and now the course uses Python 3.11.
Today, I am now giving the previous version of the course to you for free. Please note that everything still works in the old version, a... | 3,472 | 202 | 0.99 | 1,668,772,102 | Python |
I am Adam Savage, dad, husband, maker, editor-in-chief of Tested.com and former host of MythBusters. AMA! | UPDATE: I am getting ready for my interview with JJ Abrams and Andy Cruz at SF's City Arts & Lectures tonight, so I have to go. I'll try to pop back later tonight if I can. Otherwise, thank you SO much for all your questions and support, and I hope to see some of you in person at Brain Candy Live or one of the upcoming... | 53,395 | 10,174 | 0.73 | 1,505,404,334 | IAmA |
"My son can't eat these." | A few years ago, I worked at a combined pretzel and cookie place. Not the one that rhymes with pretzel or the one named after an aunt, but a much better place. Anyway, it's summertime and we're not too busy, so I'm doing what I can to look busy for the cameras when a woman walks up with her son in tow. I jump on regist... | 5,087 | 369 | 0.97 | 1,501,829,779 | TalesFromRetail |
CMV: Despite What Most People Believe Jesus' Ideals Were Closer to Communist Ideals Rather than Capitalist Ones | Jesus taught many things and one was that you cannot serve both God and money. (Matthew 6:24) Capitalism functions off of selfish desires and greed while communism is suppose to function off of the idea of reaching equality for all. You can argue about if that's been achieved successfully or not elsewhere but ideally c... | 15,258 | 1,672 | 0.81 | 1,596,533,855 | changemyview |
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... | 21,258 | 2,677 | 0.86 | 1,500,050,914 | personalfinance |
LPT: Don’t bother giving more than a two week notice. | Had a coworker put in his notice until the end of the year. Told them he’s going back to school starting the first, but wanted to give enough notice to hire and help train someone to take over for him so we wouldn’t be down a person.
They decided that two weeks is enough, so now he won’t be getting paid, except for p... | 95,513 | 5,840 | 0.89 | 1,634,131,003 | LifeProTips |
"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey here, AMA! | Ronda here. My favorite Pokemon is Mew and I used to moderate a Pokemon forum. I'm an active player on WOW and a Mage named Randa on TaichiPanda – I’m on the 3rd Game Of Thrones book and will shank a bitch who tries to give shit away about the series cause you watched the show already.
Oh, and I'm also the UFC Banta... | 68,808 | 15,377 | 0.82 | 1,439,249,556 | IAmA |
In most cases, it will cost your employer far more to replace you than it would to give you a raise. So ask firmly. | The cost of recruiting, onboarding/training, etc often exceeds the cost of paying an already established employee more. Just remember that next time you talk yourself out of asking for a raise.
Edit: Ok, so I've only been responding to push notifications and didn't realize this is the top post on Personal Finance. Wow... | 37,075 | 2,001 | 0.89 | 1,515,688,787 | PersonalFinance |
UPS just knocked on my door and I received a massive check in the mail: is this safe to deposit? | Hey everyone,
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So lately money has been pretty tight for me, I lost my job a few months ago and have been trying to uber full time to keep up payments, but its been an uphill road. Recently I posted on Craigslist attempting to sell my Switch and XboxOne, and made a deal with someone where they claimed they'd ... | 16,963 | 1,436 | 0.92 | 1,557,155,637 | personalfinance |
Why do we hear about breakthroughs in cancer treatment only to never see them again? |
I often see articles about breakthroughs in eradicating cancer, only to never hear about them again after the initial excitement. I have a few questions:
1. Is it exaggeration or misunderstanding on the part of the scientists about the drugs’ effectiveness, or something else? It makes me skeptical about new developme... | 15,096 | 697 | 0.94 | 1,591,659,316 | askscience |
I'm worried about my safety. | I can't post this under my real account.
**How can I delete a bot post that contains my personal info ASAP, when mods and admins aren't responding?**
Today I started being harassed by a redditor. He is following me to different subs and harassing me over chat. Saying awful horrible things to me. I am legitimately con... | 399 | 106 | 0.98 | 1,583,468,588 | help |
"Files are taking too long to transfer, still at 61%". | Hello everyone, first time poster on this sub but I can assure you it won't be my last. Please enjoy today's pickings.
I had a person come up and say that they have been transferring some files for hours and it's only at 61%.
I have a look and find that they are not transferring files at all.
All they've done is plu... | 6,609 | 186 | 0.94 | 1,467,618,184 | talesfromtechsupport |
I'm pretty sure I knocked a user out from nearly 300 miles away | I work Helpdesk for a retail store chain in the UK. I had a call from a store about a till drawer that wasn't opening after a transaction.
>me: Could you check that the till is plugged in to the back of the pc?
>user: Sure, one second.. (I hear him rummaging under the desk)
>user: yeah, It's plugged in
*The POS sof... | 15,245 | 331 | 0.95 | 1,485,010,880 | talesfromtechsupport |
The recent fire in London was traced to an electrical fault in a fridge freezer. How can you trace with such accuracy what was the single appliance that caused it? | Edit: Thanks for the informative responses and especially from people who work in this field. Let's hope your knowledge helps prevent horrible incidents like these in future.
Edit2: Quite a lot of responses here also about the legitimacy of the field of fire investigation. I know pretty much nothing about this area, s... | 22,409 | 1,204 | 0.9 | 1,498,220,172 | askscience |
LPT: Stop engaging with online content that makes you angry! The algorithms are keeping you angry, turning you into a zealot, and you aren't actually informed! | We all get baited into clicking on content that makes us angry, or fuels "our side" of a contentious topic. The problem is that once you start engaging with "rage bait" content (politics, culture war, news, etc) the social media algorithms, which aren't that bright yet, assume this is ALL you want to see.
You feeds b... | 95,903 | 2,872 | 0.88 | 1,665,840,616 | LifeProTips |
My wife forgot to delete her browser history. I can’t believe what I found. |
**4:34 PM: How to stop husband from cheating?**
I had only clicked on the history tab to delete the last thing I’d searched for when I noticed the entry. Hurriedly, I finished zipping up my fly and stared at it in bewilderment.
Amy and I had been almost too careful. We had never so much as looked at one another in... | 18,124 | 320 | 0.99 | 1,660,740,008 | NoSleep |
Employers Are No Longer Able to Ask About Past Salaries in Oregon, Connecticut, and Hawaii | As of January 1st 2019, it is now illegal for employers in the states of Oregon, Connecticut, and Hawaii to ask about a potential employee's previous salary.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/salary-history-ban-states-list/516662/
These states now join the following areas in banning the infamous past salary question, along... | 16,436 | 523 | 0.97 | 1,546,470,372 | PersonalFinance |
Something walks whistling past my house every night at 3:03. | Every night, no matter the weather, something walks down our street whistling softly. You can only hear it if you’re in the living room or the kitchen when they walk by and it always starts at exactly 3:03. The sound starts faint, somewhere near the beginning of the lane near the Carson place. We’re towards the middle ... | 50,055 | 908 | 1 | 1,574,195,866 | NoSleep |
I found an extremely bizarre internet survey | Nobody knows what rock bottom truly is until they've hit it.
Being abruptly fired from a job you've worked at for the past ten years, and then catching your girl cheating on you with your replacement really makes a man think.
Hell, *my student loans aren't even paid off yet*.
What a shitshow this life is.
After ... | 15,696 | 477 | 0.98 | 1,526,618,735 | NoSleep |
$2,214 at Wendy’s... | Hi everyone, while going over transactions in preparation for filing my taxes, I noticed quite a large charge on my business checking from Wendy’s. I thought I must have bought lunch for my crew, but then it struck me as odd that the amount was $70 even. So I checked the account for all Wendy’s transactions, and it loo... | 18,234 | 328 | 0.95 | 1,594,005,530 | personalfinance |
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn | A call comes in, a user reports her keyboard is going erratic, it is "possessed." I take a stroll down to the office bearing a new replacement keyboard.
I get there and I begin to make sure that it is indeed a faulty keyboard, and not just some gunk sticking the key down. I open up notepad and immediately I am barrag... | 9,404 | 365 | 0.94 | 1,453,921,916 | talesfromtechsupport |
Tales From a Former LP: As if Black Friday could get any worse. | Hey everyone. With the Retail Holiday from Hell approaching, I wanted to re-tell a tale of the worst Black Friday I've gone through. Hopefully put a little perspective on how much worse things could be for you. I've told this tale before, but new rules won't allow me to repost, so I'm going to type it up as best I ca... | 6,030 | 434 | 0.93 | 1,479,813,390 | TalesFromRetail |
I’m 39, and went to the museum of tolerance this week, and of everything I learned, the fact that Germany wasn’t in on the holocaust alone blew my mind. | It’s scary how naive I was about the holocaust. I always thought it was just in Germany. Always assumed it was only the German Jews being murdered. To find out that other countries were deporting their Jews for slaughter, and that America even turned away refugees sickened me even more. I’m totally fascinated (if that’... | 20,238 | 2,105 | 0.82 | 1,548,429,411 | history |
Saying: "I don't want to save, I want to live life and have fun while I'm young" is just an excuse that makes you feel better about your bad spending habits. | I see this over and over in my family and friends and ironically in r/personalfinance. " I want to live my life, not save every penny", that sort of thing.
**It is possible to save while still doings fun things, eating nice meals and traveling.** When someone makes it a this-or-that situation I think they are making ... | 15,043 | 1,756 | 0.69 | 1,483,997,759 | PersonalFinance |
whats up with free coins? | people are saying that you get coins from upvoting.
is this an inside joke or a real thing? | 449 | 62 | 0.97 | 1,599,329,848 | help |
I've been a search and rescue diver for 12 years. We see a lot of strange and disgusting things, but what I saw last week has me questioning both my job and reality | I’ve been involved with water search and rescue for twelve years now. I’ve seen a lot of upsetting and even unexplainable things in my time, but those pale in comparison to what I saw recently. Water search and rescue is often a depressing job. When someone gets lost in a forest, they can still be found alive days late... | 13,284 | 308 | 0.98 | 1,571,749,927 | NoSleep |
[WP] You are secretly the richest person in the world. But to avoid suspicion of having so much money, you decide to work a normal office job. One day, your boss fires you. But what he didn't realise... Was how incredibly petty you are, and the lengths you will go to get back at him. | Damn, I came up with this idea while I was waking my dog this morning, wrote it down, then went to school and forgot all about it, I cant believe this post blew up the way it did, and I am very thankful for everyone who commented and especially for giving gold 👍 | 19,517 | 551 | 0.93 | 1,551,705,801 | WritingPrompts |
I'm Sid Fischer, a student who was in the third room shot into by a murderer in the recent school shooting, AMA | **My short bio:** I am a Junior that goes to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, I was in my 4th period class, Holocaust History, my teacher is Mrs. Schamis.
**My Proof:** I wish I could provide concrete proof, but my phone is still in the classroom so this is a screenshot of my schedule on my Virtual Counselor http... | 48,286 | 8,615 | 0.73 | 1,518,797,129 | IAmA |
Seriously, get and use a credit card | I've encountered many people, both in my personal life and online, that insist upon using a debit card for their purchases, instead of using a credit card -- either because they don't yet have one, or because they have some fear of using a credit card. There are literally no cons to using a credit card if, and here's t... | 22,065 | 4,125 | 0.77 | 1,500,648,206 | PersonalFinance |
Could people do backflips/front flips in ancient times? | Did they think it was cool | 9,584 | 125 | 0.95 | 1,669,838,830 | AskHistorians |
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... | 20,091 | 824 | 0.96 | 1,549,153,212 | PersonalFinance |
CMV: Religion has absolutely no place in a modern society. | Religion has had some good in the past, when people where absolutely ignorant about the world. It used to be a great tool to answer unsolvable mysteries and guide people who had no idea what the fuck life was about.
However, it has also ALWAYS been about controlling the masses and brainwashing. These poor people const... | 18,340 | 1,692 | 0.65 | 1,602,941,627 | changemyview |
I'm R.L. Stine and it's my job to terrify kids. Ask me anything! | Hi! I'm R.L. Stine and my job is to terrify kids. You might know me as the bestselling author of Goosebumps, but you can call be Bob.
Here's proof that it's me: https://twitter.com/RL_Stine/status/793073897608515584
I'm the author of more than three hundred books, including the Goosebumps Series. My series R.L. Stine... | 44,979 | 5,559 | 0.83 | 1,477,939,671 | IAmA |
AITA for telling my wife the lock on my daughter's door does not get removed til my brother inlaw and his daughters are out of our house? | My brother in-law (Sammy) lost his home shortly after his divorce 10 months ago. He moved in with us and brought his twin daughters (Olivia & Sloane18) with him a couple of months ago.
His sister (my wife) and I have one daughter (Zoey 16) and she and her cousins aren't close but get along fine.
Olivia & Sloane have n... | 81,021 | 5,259 | 0.92 | 1,625,315,782 | AmItheAsshole |
“Can you please stop throwing up? You’re making the customers uncomfortable.” | I was reading a post on Reddit and was reminded of this anecdote when I worked for a big box retail store. We had black out days around the holidays where unless you were literally hospitalized, if you didn’t show up to work you were written up twice and at risk of losing your job.
I unfortunately came down with a vi... | 5,090 | 353 | 0.99 | 1,578,253,563 | TalesFromRetail |
My dad died of COVID. I work at a hospital. I have very few friends. Please, I am so tired and just need a hug. | I tried to find a subreddit to post to that could be defined as ‘welcoming’ and ‘comforting’. In hopes that it would be okay I be allowed to post. And when I thought of safe, this subreddit was the first to come to mind.
—
My dad died less than 12 hours ago from COVID.
He started feeling poorly on Monday. He got ill... | 42,556 | 1,782 | 0.89 | 1,605,954,745 | TwoXChromosomes |
"I need you to fix Google Bing immediately!" | Another tale from the out of hours IT desk...
**Me:** Service Desk
**Caller:** GOOGLE BING ISNT WORKING IS THE SYSTEM DOWN ??? ITS VERY IMPORTANT I USE THE BING
*Note: yes, caller actually said "the bing"*
**Me:** I'm sorry - can you confirm which system you're referring to as I'm unfamiliar with that
**Caller:** ... | 15,986 | 905 | 0.93 | 1,481,500,720 | talesfromtechsupport |
Does anyone feel like we’ve been brainwashed into dreaming of careers? | I’m convinced I wasted most of my 20s (27 now) chasing what society wanted me to be. I studied Pharmacy and then Finance and worked in my first accounting job for 8 months until I was fired on the spot a few days ago since according to them I was holding the team back.
Accounting was never a job I dreamed of having. ... | 2,613 | 387 | 0.97 | 1,678,467,774 | SimpleLiving |
CMV: Politicians spreading vaccine disinformation should be held legally responsible. | Politicians are elected to lead us especially during major events like the current pandemic. Ignoring scientific data from experts and telling citizens not to trust vaccines is literally killing people. These people have influence socially and in the legislation they support. I’m not talking about your crazy uncle on F... | 11,108 | 1,312 | 0.88 | 1,630,270,101 | changemyview |
The One Time I Talked Back | Okay, I haven't worked in retail in quite awhile, and unfortunately don't have any really interesting stories that you all haven't read a million times, besides one that I'm still unashamedly proud of today.
At the time, I was a shift lead at a gas station, which basically meant I got paid $0.50 more to do twice as mu... | 5,912 | 259 | 0.95 | 1,483,461,211 | TalesFromRetail |
Can there please be some flair added to a title when a question is answered? | The amount of times I enthusiastically open a thread with 100+ comments and they've all been deleted is extremely disappointed. I love how much value and thought is given into each topic but I feel like nine out of ten posts I open aren't answered.
Edit - U/axelrad77 suggested Chrome and Firefox browser extension 'As... | 8,328 | 353 | 0.95 | 1,609,001,245 | AskHistorians |
Don't sell the stocks in your retirement portfolio because of the drop in the market! | I've seen a few questions asking if investors should sell their stocks and move them into Treasury Bonds or a Money Market Account. The answer is NO.
Markets will always go up in the long term. Dips, corrections and crashes are unavoidable, unpredictable and won't hurt you in the long run. Just hold onto your investme... | 16,586 | 1,989 | 0.88 | 1,517,925,424 | PersonalFinance |
If EA suffers big enough losses from the backlash of Battlefront 2, and it all started because some guy couldn't unlock Vader, this will be the second time Anakin brought balance to something. | Edit: Since people keep asking. Spoilers for a 30+ year old movie ahead: Anakin brought balance to the force in two ways (depending on interpretation, pick one or the other). He killed off the Jedi until there were only 2 Jedi and 2 Sith, so balanced in a way. Or, in a different interpretation, this action distabilized... | 139,496 | 2,572 | 0.92 | 1,510,719,356 | Showerthoughts |
"Customer" sends her groundskeeper to buy 4XL and 5XL shirts, becomes furious when we don't carry them. | I worked at my university's bookstore for two years as a register monkey. I say register monkey because "cashier" didn't cut it: we had to do anything our ~~handlers~~ team leads told us to do, like trained monkeys. Our "bookstore" was about 30% textbooks and 70% "anything we can put our logo or school name on and sell... | 6,160 | 291 | 0.94 | 1,501,091,847 | TalesFromRetail |
Numerically there have been more deaths from the common flu than from the new Corona virus, but that is because it is still contained at the moment. Just how deadly is it compared to the established influenza strains? And SARS? And the swine flu? | Can we estimate the fatality rate of COVID-19 well enough for comparisons, yet? (The [initial rate was 2.3%](http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51), but it has evidently dropped some with better care.) And if so, how does it compare? Would it make flu season significantly more ... | 14,716 | 1,203 | 0.92 | 1,582,934,523 | askscience |
Redditor who critiqued one of my posts has now re-posted it in a cringe subreddit with my username attached | UPDATE: I think she's been banned from Reddit! I cannot thank you guys enough for your support and kindness. I honestly was not expecting it and I'm beyond grateful for all your kind words and for helping to report the redditor. My heart doesn't feel so heavy now. I wish you all a great great day!
Yesterday, I post... | 543 | 84 | 0.97 | 1,609,927,372 | help |
LPT: X percent of Y is equal to Y percent of X. So, if you want to find out what 7% of 50 is, you could instead find out what 50% of 7 is, which is 3.5. This means that 7% of 50 is also equal to 3.5. | More examples: If you want to find out what 2% of 20 is, do 20% of 2 instead and you'll get 0.4. So, 2% of 20 also equals 0.4.
Or, 12% of 25 can be alternatively written out as 25% of 12 instead, which would be 3.
Explanation: Commutative Property. So, 0.07 times 50 will always equal 50 times 0.07.
I hope you fou... | 93,479 | 1,899 | 0.93 | 1,519,134,035 | LifeProTips |
I called google, they fixed it. | A tale from the other side - my friend bought a netflix box for a tv, and when it wouldn't work, asked me to come set it up.
I couldn't get there until after work, and when I did it was working. She said she called google to fix it (it was not a google product, nor does it use any google services) so I thought she go... | 6,318 | 481 | 0.95 | 1,425,985,616 | talesfromtechsupport |
Black Lives Matter | **Black lives matter.** The moderation team at AskScience wants to express our outrage and sadness at the systemic racism and disproportionate violence experienced by the black community. This has gone on for too long, and it's time for lasting change.
When 1 out of every 1,000 black men and boys in the United States... | 51,923 | 2,847 | 0.68 | 1,591,120,666 | askscience |
I dont understand reddit. | I am having trouble posting on subreddits because everytime i try to post some things i get a message from a bot that i dont have enough karma but you can only get karma from people liking your posts, but when you cant post then its pretty hard for people to like them. Can someone plz explain how this works plz I am ve... | 407 | 113 | 0.94 | 1,703,542,169 | help |
The previous tenant of my new flat left a survival guide. Today I finally met her. | How it began
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/ci94do/the_previous_tenant_of_my_new_flat_left_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
And what happened next
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/cinu8u/the_previous_tenant_of_my_new_flat_left_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
I didn’t get much sleep ... | 17,532 | 313 | 0.98 | 1,564,353,044 | NoSleep |
So, Yeah... I Don't Do Drugs Anymore. | I mean, I was never a heavy addict, or anything. Never did heroin, or meth. Tried crack cocaine once. That was… yeah. But I was only sober for eight months between that and when Eddie, an old buddy of mine, introduced me to something called K3. Against my better judgement, I took him up on the offer.
“You heard of K2... | 19,106 | 756 | 0.98 | 1,542,808,070 | NoSleep |
ELI5: How did the U.S. rise to a global superpower in only 250 years but counties that have been around for 1000s of years are still under-developed? | The U.S. was a developing country for *maybe* only 100-150 years. After that, the U.S. became arguably the largest economic, military, academic, manufacturing powerhouse the world has ever seen.
Yet, countries that have been around since ancient times are still struggling to even feed or house their population.
How... | 21,964 | 5,309 | 0.8 | 1,659,433,286 | explainlikeimfive |
CMV: If the people at r/wallstreetbets can manipulate the GameStop stock for a meme, then hedge funds that control portfolios worth billions of dollars have been doing it for decades | The good people of r/wallstreetbets are, at the best of times, a group of people colluding to invest their money in ways that maximize profits to everyone in the group. In other words, they’re a hedge fund. Between them, they realized that they have control of enough assets to make a meaningful change in a stock price,... | 24,111 | 1,019 | 0.93 | 1,611,715,008 | changemyview |
CMV: Issues like homelessness and "world hunger" exist for no reasons other than pure apathy and selfishness. The fact that they exist at all is proof society has failed in it's most basic function. | There is enough money in the world to easily feed and house every single person on Earth. With all of the wealth currently being hoarded, the haves could *very easily* provide for the have-nots.
So why don't they? The most common answer I see is something along the lines of "handouts will make people lazy and the no ... | 20,237 | 1,188 | 0.8 | 1,613,665,967 | changemyview |
CMV: A lot of leftist issues are very important and benefit everyone, but they are terribly marketed, alienating potential supporters. | This applies to a wide range of things I see discussed in today's talking points put forward by the left part of the political spectrum. To give some examples I'd mention gender issues, the ongoing controversy around good policing or race issues.
Maybe my view of humankind is just way too optimistic, but it seems the... | 11,848 | 1,707 | 0.85 | 1,614,625,678 | changemyview |
This one's a simple one, but I can't get it out of my head. | I work in a store that offers technical support for consumer-level technology.
A few days ago I had an elderly gentleman that we'll call Pete (name changed for privacy). Our receptionist made him a walk-in appointment earlier that day and I ended up taking it. When I opened it all up, the only notes I saw were "Third-... | 31,713 | 758 | 0.96 | 1,490,324,904 | talesfromtechsupport |
Old lady uses change-counting ability for good | So this happened during my first retail job when I was in high school, maybe circa 2006 or so, and with the holiday retail season coming up in thought you guys would appreciate it!
Home goods store. November. Full Christmas rush. Saturday. Store was shoulder to shoulder with grouchy middle-class white people. I'm runn... | 5,259 | 65 | 0.99 | 1,541,909,089 | TalesFromRetail |
I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and author of “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” Ask Me Anything. | I’m excited to be here for my 9th AMA.
Since my last AMA, I’ve written a book called [How to Avoid a Climate Disaster](https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/My-new-climate-book-is-finally-here?WT.mc_id=20210319110000_HTAACD_BG-RE_&WT.tsrc=BGRE). There’s been exciting progress in the more than 15 years that I’ve been learn... | 66,641 | 13,881 | 0.66 | 1,616,176,973 | IAmA |
We've been locked in our classroom for days, and our teacher is starting to act very strange... | ***Day One.***
We had just opened our textbooks to chapter eight when the alarms blared overhead. A red strobing light spun by the door as metal slats slid down the wall to seal us in.
The others started to stir and panic at their desks.
“Now, now. Class, I’m sure everything is fine. Probably just a drill.” Mr. Jo... | 16,809 | 212 | 0.99 | 1,664,974,100 | NoSleep |
The Sisters of House Omega | I was never the type to join a sorority. My twin sister, Chel, begged me to rush with her the summer before our freshman year approached, but I think she knew deep-down I was a lost cause. I was a band geek in high school, and a band geek I intended to remain.
Don't get me wrong - this isn't some "not like other girls... | 15,264 | 298 | 0.99 | 1,569,209,142 | NoSleep |
The $198.81 candy bar. | I work as a manager at a small chain of C-Stores (30ish locations)
I am putting away my main order of the week when a woman comes in asking for a nutrageous bar, I told her with a smile we had some right in front of the store, as I pointed right to a blank spot on the shelf. Turns out we had sold out over the weeken... | 9,795 | 452 | 0.96 | 1,436,311,684 | TalesFromRetail |
A Shattered Life | I don't know when you're going to read this, but I can tell you when it started: I was out for a walk alone in the woods when the entity came for me. It was beyond a blur. It was, for lack of a better term, absence of meaning. Where it hid, there were no trees; where it crept closer, there was no grass; through the arc... | 35,461 | 695 | 0.99 | 1,517,274,830 | NoSleep |
Lamps in Videogames use real electricity. | Because they light up the surrounding area, the screen needs to get brighter. And a brighter screen uses more power | 115,393 | 979 | 0.96 | 1,574,942,869 | Showerthoughts |
If you can't get your emergency fund to grow because of emergencies that keep coming up, you're still doing a good job. | Over the summer I made a steadfast commitment to getting my 3 month emergency fund built, which is only about 15k. I'm saving $750 a month, which is exactly 15% of my family's post-tax income. In the 3 months since I made that change, I've had $1.8k in car repairs, $600 in vet bills, and $250 to cover a friend who got ... | 28,425 | 637 | 0.92 | 1,539,012,507 | PersonalFinance |
AITA for cancelling the entire vacation when I found out that my stepdaughters deliberately hid my daughter's passport to get her to stay home? | I've been married to my wife Beth for 5 years. I have a bio daughter named Jessica (she's 18). And I also have two stepdaughters named Monica and Leah. They're 25 & 28. Both are single moms and live with us currently.
there's been issues about my stepdaughters asking my daughter to babysit the kids. Jessica didn't hav... | 41,963 | 8,414 | 0.97 | 1,685,212,599 | AmItheAsshole |
Kids these days like to pretend sticks are guns by repeatedly going "pew, pew, pew" like modern day automatic firearms. But did kids in the 1700's do the same thing except they would pretend to do the loading procedure for a musket every time they "shoot?" | I.e., would a kid in the 18th century who's playing with a stick and pretending it's a musket pretend to pull the hammer to full-cock, pour the powder in the barrel, shove the ball down the barrel with the ramrod, etc. | 11,073 | 142 | 0.9 | 1,506,636,263 | AskHistorians |
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