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Sometimes you can’t help but overhear a conversation. The sound waves somehow reach your ears against your will and all that is left for you to do is tune in to the freshest gossip about John being a complete jerk or Margaret forgetting to bring homemade goods to the baking fair (how could she?).

However, not all chats that happen in public are this tame, and people in this Reddit thread definitely know this. From overhearing orders to eliminate some witnesses to receiving news about strange medical diagnoses, scroll down to find the most unhinged private conversations people eavesdropped on in public.

While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with world-leading etiquette expert Jo Hayes, corporate etiquette educator Adrienne Barker, and modern-day etiquette expert and co-founder of Fresh Starts Registry, Jenny Dreizen, who kindly agreed to chat with us more about eavesdropping etiquette.

#1

Young student in a classroom, focused on writing notes during a lesson. I overheard a guy in my school, whom I didn't know because he was two years younger than me, telling someone over the phone that he didn't want to live any more - he was so tired of being lonely all the time and getting bullied day in, day out. His crying pierced my soul...

I was really popular at that time: had a lot of friends, was always pulling pranks with them, knew the teachers pretty well... So one day, me and my best friend followed him to the bathroom (this sounds so weird, but we had been observing him and we knew he hid in the toilets during breaks) and we kind of started a conversation on how his shirt was really cool and that we were a fan of the same band as him. And then we invited him to sit with us, and we kept that up until we graduated, and to this day, we're still friends. I regularly checked up on him during the time I knew he was depressed, without ever telling him I had overheard him when he was on the phone. He's doing great now - he's in his second year of music academy. I don't know if we "saved his life", but I sure bet we made it a little easier for him.

And seriously, he's become one of my best friends. Such a sweet kid then, and still a great guy now.

Idan_Orion_Vane , Getty Images / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Multa Nocte
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this is actually real, then this is the best thing I've heard today.

Jack Sonol
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9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today? This is the best thing I've heard in weeks! (if true)

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Louisa johnson
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what the world needs. Humanity

ROSESARERED
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10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From someone who was bullied the whole 13 years of school...thankyou....someone cared and took the time to make a small part of school well, really one of the most important parts, a happy time

Captive
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not all heros wear capes

Snackmachine
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9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When people cry like that it is so upsetting I just want to fix it.

Lisa Lilla
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9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is like the opposite of bullying, wish more would do it..

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BeKind&Rewind
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9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

God Bless you!! You absolutely made a difference in his life! Way to use your power as a popular kid!

🇫🇮 Goth Nurse 🇫🇮
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9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They id save his life. This is THE BEST THING PEOPLE!!

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    #2

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did I’m a wedding videographer. At every wedding I work with a photographer. Sometimes I get along with them, sometimes not.

    Anyways, I’m working with this photo team at a wedding. We’re doing family photos which is the worst part of the day. It’s just a long drawn out 30 minutes of people not knowing where to stand, yelling for people who have walked away and were supposed to be in the next group photo, dealing with kids, etc.

    I overhear one of the photographers whisper to the other: “Sometimes, when I’m having a rough time in family photos, I like to imagine everything everyone says came from behind a closed bedroom door, with a very strong implication of sexual intent.”

    That was years ago and to this day I can’t help but think of it at every wedding. Hearing someone say something like “GRANDPA GET BACK OVER HERE! WERE NOT DONE WITH YOU IN THE MIDDLE!” Is now the bane of my existence.

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    walkabout
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish that my intrusive thoughts offered comic relief.

    M Calad
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This made my day 🤣🤣🤣

    Marsha Hultberg
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where there is a will... We do what we gotta do. I like it.

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    #3

    A hand pressed against a rain-covered window, evoking the feeling of overhearing things in public spaces. I was studying with a friend in their dorm in college. It was a suited dorm with a shared bathroom. Heard multiple girls going into the bathroom together franticly and turn the shower on. Voice one was sobbing uncontrobbly then I heard her say "I told him no, I told him I kept telling him to stop." Voice two responded with something along the lines of "hey, I know you did, it's going to be okay. Let's wash the blood off first"

    F*****g horrified me. I will never forget the way her voice and her sobs sounded. I was an RA and was required to report the situation because of my job. I had been through a similar situation, I knew how hard it was and wanted to check on her, but because I was a male I didn't feel my presence would help in the situation. Called a female RA over to come check on her. Felt completely powerless not being able to check on her myself.

    DominionKnight , Milada Vigerova / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Brazen
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So very heartbreaking.

    Colleen Glim
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is sad. Teach your children that no means no

    Sophia Pandia de Delphia
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those kind never learn. But we have to try anyhow.

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    Lee Banks
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your empathy is wonderful. Thank you for getting an RA that could deal with the situation. If anyone finds themselves in the position RA was in (not being able to intervene), shout through the door to Not Wash. Having been through it, I know you want everything gone, but that is what will convict someone.

    🇫🇮 Goth Nurse 🇫🇮
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a crisis, it's easy to forget the rule "never wash the evidence away!"

    justagirl
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    blood? what? does that happen during rape? at least i'm assuming this was a rape situation?

    Kalikima
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. When you force something somewhere not prepared for it, and that you're actively fighting against, there will be a lot of blood. I tore so badly inside that it took almost 3 years to heal completely. I couldn't make love to my husband without intense pain that whole time, it seriously hurt our relationship.

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    Multa Nocte
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So sad, but too common.

    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG. That poor girl. I hope somebody beat the hell of the guy that did it before he was arrested and expelled!

    Susan Raskin
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she should NOT have showered before going to the police. She washed away a lot of DNA evidence. The police get evidence and the hospital provides care, emotional support, and shots and/or tests

    Kelly Hartle
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why women choose the bear.

    Wendy
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bless you for being a caring and feeling male.

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    All three etiquette experts agree that eavesdropping is impolite.

    "Eavesdropping crosses a fundamental boundary of respect. In my years of teaching etiquette, I've found that deliberate listening to conversations not meant for your ears violates the trust we establish in both personal and professional relationships," said corporate etiquette educator Adrienne Barker.

    "It's particularly problematic in business settings where I often consult, as it can undermine team dynamics and raise serious confidentiality issues. When someone eavesdrops, they're essentially taking information without permission—and that's never good form!"

    #4

    Close-up of a surprised cat with wide eyes, showing an insane expression. Kids talking at the Park, very loudly, about how they [unalived] my cat. Which I had found earlier and was at the park trying to cheer up. I sued them.

    Revolutionary-Form24 , hang niu / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Zenba
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sueing would not have been the thing I would have done...

    Corwin 02
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately in the US it is not a crime to kill a cat, all you can do is sue for pain and agony , and doing something to the kids would be criminal , so the way the cats owner went at it is the best way.

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    Peeka_Mimi
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why we keep our cats inside the house. It's safer for them.

    Lady Eowyn
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope so. And the kids need help, it's been proven that kids who abuse/kill animals are more likely to move on to humans when they get older.

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    The Shark
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry, but kids harming or killing animals of any kind absolutely should get a beating. Belt comes off. Beside the fact that behavior is an early indicator of psychopathic behavior later in life, potentially moving on to thrill-killing people as they get older... Killing or harming an effectively defenseless creature is cruel and unacceptable. Whoever does it, I don't care if it's a kid, needs to feel a significant level of PAIN to hopefully trigger some empathy.

    Bettye McKee
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These kids are likely psychopaths and have no emotions but do things like this trying to feel something. I don't know if change will happen.

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    KatSaidWhat
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't ordinarily condone violence but there are exceptions.

    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nooooo not your furry baby. Somebody needs an a*s beating for killing pets just because they want to or think it's fun.

    benstella
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I'd be so happy to have found out who they were.. but I wouldn't be suing them.

    benstella
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And op I'm so sorry for ur loss.. that's disgusting

    Bob Connely
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 'thumbs up' arrow is for your kindness toward your cat.

    MentallyUnstable27
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i would have RIPPED THOSE A******S APART IF THEY TOUCHED MY KITTY OR ANYONE ELSES PET WHY WOULD YOU EVEN DO THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL FOR THOSE KIDS UGH

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    #5

    A tattooed arm reaches into a cooler, selecting a green juice bottle among various beverages in a store. At the grocery store I heard an elderly lady turn to her husband and say "shall we get naked?".

    Took a double take to realize she was reaching towards the "Naked" fruit juice brand.

    lasarus29 , Dillon Wanner / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    fly on the wall
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You might be surprised by what we old folk get up to.

    Remi (He/Him)
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    many old folk homes have problems with std outbreaks

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    Mike F
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could we wait until we get to the car? 😁

    Christina A Davis
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THAT would give me pause as well.....

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    #6

    Traditional wooden grid windows with light filtering through, casting shadows. Dollar store grandma
    '' this family really went to s**t while I was in prison''.

    raka_defocus , De an Sun / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Janissary35680
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is so much to unpack in that one little sentence!😄

    Jenn Smith
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Glad to have you back, Grandma! Missed you!😆

    JustABored1
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't sound like it was too great before she went to prison either!? 😅

    StretcherBearer
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like some branches of my family. I love them but damn😂

    Julia Mckinney
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I REALLY want to know why she was in prison. Pot brownies? Jan. 6th idiocy? What?!?!?

    Marsha Hultberg
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting perspective/dichotomy/and on...

    "When we are in a public space, and there is no concept of assumed privacy, it can be easy to listen in to someone's conversation. I think as long as we are not straining, staring, or letting our jaws hit the floor, it isn't too impolite," explained modern-day etiquette expert and co-founder of Fresh Starts Registry, Jenny Dreizen.

    "I think where eavesdropping gets into truly impolite territory is actually rooted in the etymology of the word—to drop from the eaves, literally hang within the overhangs of a roof, meant to spy, essentially. Not all information, thoughts, or feelings are meant to be heard by indiscriminate parties, so listening to a conversation someone believes to be private while remaining hidden or unseen is definitely considered impolite."

    #7

    Ballet dancers backstage in silhouette preparing for a performance, with stage lights creating dramatic effects. When I was little my mom and I were at a library next to my dance studio waiting for my dance class. A guy on the phone speaking quietly but not that quiet, was saying “so many girls in this area, and they are all wearing little tutus, you really gotta come check them out, they are basically asking for it”

    My mom, and another woman near by went to the police station (also next door) to file a report. The police did nothing.

    A couple months later we found out the police station was covering up crimes of a child predator. It made national news I think… at least regional news.

    So I lost my trust in police when I was VERY young. But sadly that wasn’t the first time I got a bad feeling about a creepy man. This world sucks.

    anon , Kazuo ota / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Ashtophet’sRevenge
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe I’m just old but this would be a case where the community might be more help than the police. I grew up doing dance and those Moms did not play. Someone would probably have discouraged that guy from hanging around…

    Tim Gibbs
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Crime prevention should be the first priority of the police.

    Mike Rodrick
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially when children are involved. But, the Catholic church covering for pedo priests is 10x worse.

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    Hidalgo
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US police are under no obligation to prevent crimes

    SmooshieFries
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just don’t understand this. As kids we always believed all police are good and are here to protect us and fight crime, and that’s why they became one. That was the way I was taught to believe. I’m all grown up now and not so gullible anymore. Ignorance IS truly bliss

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    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh s**t! They hopefully cleaned house at the PD and the city was sued.

    Bob Connely
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Creepy pervert rats with badges and guns.

    Bettye McKee
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To serve and protect, but they do neither. They only step in AFTER a crime is committed.

    Cindy Brick
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, but you don't -- and neither does your mom. Two people -- that's a start to a better world.

    Rosecat
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if they weren't covering up for someone, they tell you they can't do anything because no crime was committed...

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    #8

    Pregnant woman in polka dot dress sitting on a yellow subway seat, overheard conversation in public transport. On the bus about 10 years ago. Two girls in their mid to late 20s.

    Girl 1 "omg you're pregnant, whose the dad"

    Girl 2 "it's brad"

    Girl 1 "your brother?"

    Girl 2 "he's only my half brother so it's fine"

    I think about this conversation more than I should.

    supertrooper85 , Getty Images / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Nikki Gross
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    9 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When it comes to statistics Florida and Alaska have the highest cases of incest. It's illegal in 48 states except for Rhode Island and New Jersey, if you're over the age of consent. So, no It's NOT the South and it's ILLEGAL in all of the "Southern" States. Florida has its own thing going and we don't claim them. I REALLY want to Murder the person that made "Deliverance." Because, if I have to see one more 🎶 I hear banjo music playing🎶 every damn time someone mentions the South, I'm going to go apeshit. I'm sick and tired of ALL of the damn stereotypes that we are constantly having to deal with, especially on this site. I don't even bother to open my mouth, since it won't do a damn bit of good except get to dogpiled and downvoted to hell and back. God forbid, if you're not ashamed of being from the South or hell, even the US you better NOT say a word. No one is perfect, every single country has problems and if you act or say you don't, then you're lying to yourself and everyone else. The "I'm better then you" attitude is getting to the point, that I'm about done with this site and I'm NOT the only one that feels this way. Everyone else is just to afraid to say it. Ban me, Slam me and tell me how I'm so wrong. At this point, I honestly have Zero f***s left to give.

    ILoveMySon
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly. Thank you for sharing this post. Like you, I am fed up.

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    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No it's not fine, it's still incest.

    Ria C.
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just said the same thing! Seriously how do they not know.

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    TheGayUmbrella
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything is relative. Especially in Alabama.

    Paul Donahue
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The south shall rise again! To increasing poverty and miseducation

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    #9

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did Woman I worked with thought everyone had already left and I got to listen to the conversation with her and her ex-husband. Man was pleading with her to let him see his teenage daughter more often and she was insisting on more alimony/child support. He told her he was already living in a trailer and going in debt to pay for the daughters private school and couldn't afford more. The woman said he would come up with what she was asking for or she would show the daughter the DNA test that showed she wasn't actually his daughter. I don't think I've ever felt as bad for a guy and as nauseated by a woman so instantly in my life.

    bluecheetos , Jakob Owens / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some women are an insult to the species

    Harry Gondalf
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as are men, as you pointed out in #39 above.

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    Lady Eowyn
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If she wasn't his daughter why did he have to pay support? I can understand him wanting to. The woman sounds like a b***h, if they had a father/daughter relationship why would she want to hurt her daughter?

    Glen Ellyn
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vindictiveness gets in the way of rational thought.

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    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a b***h. Time to go to court and stop paying child support. Put the money in a college fund that only he & the kid can access when she's old enough

    Cindy Brick
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait a minute. How would this help Mom's cause, if she showed a DNA test that cleared the ex? All it would do is cut off any child support/private school funds -- and show that she was sleeping around at the time her daughter was born.

    Jack Sonol
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depending on location, if he signed the birth certificate he's trapped regardless of DNA revelations.

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    JustABored1
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there's proof the daughter isn't his, why TF is he giving her any money?!

    Nikole
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because he doesn’t want to hurt the daughter

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    Susan Raskin
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is one cold b***h, clearly the man loves his daughter and wants to be able to see her. So this woman wants more money so she blackmails him; either pay up alimony/childsupport, or she would expose him as not the real father. A lot of people will be hurt, maybe unable to fix the relationships. what a tangled web to weave.

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    If you overheard information accidentally and kept it to yourself, don't worry, you're not going to be morally condemned.

    "For example, if, when walking past your colleague’s office door, you overhear something private and confidential, that’s accidental. That would not be classified as eavesdropping," explained world-leading etiquette expert Jo Hayes.

    "Covertly hovering outside your colleague’s door to listen in on their conversation is eavesdropping. But, in the case of the former, if one hovers even for a second to hear more information, that is eavesdropping. And, of course, if accidentally hearing information, one must keep what they’ve heard to themselves."

    #10

    A woman in a yellow shirt appears upset, with her hand on her forehead. A woman on the phone with her mother crying about how the man she was having an affair with was cheating on her.

    planesflyfast , Getty Images / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he’ll cheat with you, he’ll cheat on you. Ladies, why is this so hard to understand?

    BeKind&Rewind
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once a cheater, always a cheater.

    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well what did the idiot expect.

    BarfyCat
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm hung up on the fact that she openly talks to her mom about cheating on her husband... WTF?

    Moana Manana
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How long do you have to listen to a conversation to gather all this information? I couldn't be bothered that long, tbh...

    Nadine Debard
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes these conversations are imposed to you, like on a bus for example.

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    Susan Raskin
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no sympathy for her. you don't sleep with another woman's man. period

    jmdirks
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women cheat just as much as men.

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    #11

    Person with camo backpack walking on a quiet street, representing the concept of overheard public conversations. Back when I used to live with my dad and his girlfriend (it was "his/our house" - she was the guest there)

    He used to travel for work a lot, I worked full time and had to co-live with the gf and her kid, prepped all my meals and did all my shores.

    Once overheard her telling her kid "I f*****g hate that f*****g s**t head, he was making noise last night when cooking, f*****g stupid kid"

    And... That's when I got my own place.

    Correct_Drive_2080 , Jesús Rodríguez / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    benstella
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should be leaving the house, nasty woman.

    OzymandiasTheManokit They/Them
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and... stop cooking for them if they're going to complain. if the food isn't good enough, they shouldn't get your food at all.

    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I would have kick that b***h out. Not her house.

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    #12

    Medical professional in PPE handling a swab, illustrating public health precautions. “Im afraid! I don’t wanna die!”

    My mom’s cousin talking to her via phone call. She had Covid. Her mother and many other people in her family had died from Covid mere days before. I overheard this as I headed to the bathroom and it broke my heart.

    She died a couple of days later.

    Icy-Performer-1469 , Mufid Majnun / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Feathered Dinosaur
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And so many people in Germany now saying lockdowns were unnecessary and Covid wasn't that bad. It's wasn't that bad in Germany BECAUSE we took precautions. Yet still more people died than in years without Covid

    Child of the Stars
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember someone saying that we'll never know if we overreacted to Covid, but it would've been blindingly obvious if we'd underreacted. I think about that whenever someone whines about how they don't believe it was that bad or just a bad cold/flu.

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    Lady Lestrange
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is sad on a whole new level provided the fact that there are many out there who still believes that covid was a hoax.

    Mari
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How can people be that stupid? My auntie almost died of Covid. She has Long Covid and after 3 years, she still suffers every day.

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    Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero"
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so tired of the muck fuppets who say that the lock down was a complete over reaction and totally unnecessary, because COVID was not as bad as they claimed it would be. Oh and the whole "Co-Morbidity" argument is another reason to throatpunch. So if I get shot and die from a heart attack, due to the trauma from being shot. I was alive before I got shot, I died after getting shot, so I died from being shot. But what do I know, I am just a retired Fire Captain/EMT.

    Schnitzel
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God..imagine the fear! I can’t

    Ariom Dahl
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is really really sad. So sorry for the family.

    Julia Mckinney
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Covid's still out there. My in-law's care center keeps having outbreaks of it.

    Libstak
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My heart just broke. My parents both had covid, both hospitalised and on the brink for each for different reasons, i had to quarantine as their carer but we had all had 2 shots by then and thankfully them actually dying just never hit me or them that i am aware of.

    MentallyUnstable27
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😭😭😭😭😭😭😭THESE ARE SO SADDDD

    Cydney Golden
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many who voted for trump have completely developed amnesia about the deaths and his part in it.

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    While resisting the urge to eavesdrop can be tough, Dreizen says it's good to remember some psycho-emotional and practical steps.

    "The golden rule reminds us we would have the grace to have a conversation in public without being listened to, and therefore, we would want the same for others, so when the urge to listen arises, try to flip the situation around and remind yourself of this. Physically blocking the conversation with headphones and music, a podcast, or an audiobook is a good idea, and then re-engage with your own work or interests, whether that be sending emails, texting a friend, or reading," she advised.

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    #13

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did I was at a bar once with friends and in one of those moments where the room-wide din momentarily dies down, we heard a woman at the table next to us playing voice mails for her giggling friends. It was a distraught wife begging her to stop having an affair with her husband, and the woman and her friends were basking in this wife's pain. All four of us turned to stare bug-eyed like wtf. I think of them time to time, and hope they all get space aids ebola.

    06210311200805012006 , Jason Goodman / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero"
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    9 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Oops... I am so sorry that I tripped, and two pitchers of beer went all over you and your friends." "My apologies."

    Rosecat
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was the wife begging her? Leave your cheating husband, tf.

    Susan Raskin
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    petty catty, bitches love seeing anoither woman destroyed. NOne of them offer compassion, a voice of reason, or a kindness. The wife should not have reached out to the girls, by doing so, she sounds desperate, and pathetic and the girls laugh louder. Karma will get then soon enough

    #14

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did A mother talking about her 15 year old daughter having her third kid with a 27 year old man. Talking about it like it was a blessing and they were "so grateful for what the lord provides". This was in a VERY rural town in Kentucky. Still makes me nauseous to think about.

    DJNgamez , Annie Spratt / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will never understand the US obsession with religion

    Janissary35680
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many of the first European colonies/settlements in North America got started by religious fanatics who thought people in the Old Country weren't pious enough.

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    Libstak
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    15 yrs old and having a 3rd child? So 13 yrs old or younger for the 1st, that is beyond sick.

    Austzn
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the lord has provided it so it can't be wrong...🤮

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    katiekat0214
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh ok, so the mother and presumably the rest of the family is perfectly okay with grooming, statutory rape, underage pregnancy, and attributes it all to religion. PUKE.

    Mike Rodrick
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mitch McConnell's state so not surprising.

    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somebody doesn't understand the terms pedophile, child abuse and statutory rape. A 15 yo kid pregnant with her 3rd kid by a 27 yo. That creep would never be seen again.

    Tom De Paul
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pedophilia is attraction to a prepubescent individual. By definition, a pregnancy cannot be a result.

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    wayne whitson
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I DEFINATELY HEAR "BANJO MUSIC"!!

    Lee Banks
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My family is rural Kentucky. That's what you say in public.

    Rosecat
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was "in love" with a 27 year old guy at 14. I was actually gonna marry him if my parents had given their consent. They made a lot of mistakes and gave me a bunch of trauma, but I will always be secretly grateful to them that they didn't.

    Sheena Leversedge Wood
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so, they consider it a blessing that their CHILD is being raped by a paedo nearly twice her age?

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    #15

    Medical professional in white coat preparing equipment; captures a candid moment reflecting the insane things overheard in public. "i just don't understand how a colonoscopy can be a virtual appointment.."


    Overheard in the cubicle next to me at work 😭😭😭.

    anon Report

    Sara Frazer
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, I don't understand that either

    Child of the Stars
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    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right? Simple blood tests, sure. A colonoscopy, not so much.

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    Nonbinary Reptile
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just in case anyone wants to know how a virtual colonoscopy works (worked in GI office): https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/capsule-endoscopy/about/pac-20393366

    Jan Crump Aquino
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WOW!! How cool is that!!!! Much rather that than a colonoscopy!

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    Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "So he told you he was a doctor and then asked you to back up towards to the web cam!"

    Ham Fright
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zoom has gotten so invasive!

    Janissary35680
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some kind of computer peripheral that you plug into a USB port maybe?🤔

    Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero"
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm. Neither do I?! Especially after having a colonoscopy and an endoscopy on the same day.

    EJN
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It cannot. That is the fact.

    Renaissance man
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, you start by shoving the mouse up your a**e.....

    Kelly Hartle
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope it never becomes an in-home test.

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    "If a private conversation starts up near you and the conversational partners are unaware that anyone else is present (perhaps they can’t see you), making some sort of noise—e.g., clearing one’s throat—or actually making yourself visible to let them know that others are present is the polite and respectful thing to do," added Hayes.

    "This way, they can choose to lower their volume, and/or, move to a separate space to ensure the conversation is not overheard. If neither option is possible, removing oneself from the situation so that one can no longer overhear the conversation is the moral/ethical thing to do (and, therefore, the correct action, etiquette-wise). This is especially true if the conversation is clearly private/personal/confidential."

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    #16

    People enjoying drinks outdoors, embodying insane public moments with casual expressions and vibrant attire. I was a little kid in the early 90s, and while standing in line at McDonalds we overheard some teenagers joking about running over peoples pets.

    My mom saw how upset this made us and scolded them enough that they fled McDonalds. Hopefully not to a car.

    ooo-ooo-oooyea , Jakob Rosen / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Robert Trebor
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a swerve-to-hit b.astard comes up my road. I recently had to pick up a marmalade cat which got hit. Don't know if it was the one I've been told about, but how hard is it let the little guys cross the road? Others swerve-to-scare, which is why I wait until the road is clear to .check my mail.

    Nikole
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is so unbelievably fúcked up. I once swerved to not hit a squirrel and didn’t even check the next lane. We were just on a street so if there had been a car there the occupants would have been fine.

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    Peeka_Mimi
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have called the cops.

    Susan Raskin
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    mom was right and she's also a great role model for you kids.

    #17

    Astronaut walking on the moon in a spacesuit, reflecting the lunar surface, capturing an iconic moment. Last week I overheard two women talking in the store. 


    "The moon landing didn't happen! People are so gullible! I mean, how would they find a phone cord long enough to reach to the moon!?".

    whereugoincityboy , History in HD / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if she's also into the 5g conspiracy theories too. Wouldn't that be ironic?

    Hidalgo
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No but she’s a follower of RFK Jr

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    Rose the Cook
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    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds me of a comment I overheard on electric cars. "That will never catch on, you would need such long cords and they would get tangled all the time."

    Sara Frazer
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please tell me this was an onion piece

    Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero"
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She probably is Flatearther, QANON, COVID-19/SARS-COV-2 5G, Dinosaurs Aren't Real, Earth is 6K Y/O, Vaccines Are Useless & Microchipped Cardmember.

    JustABored1
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As she's holding her cordless cell phone 🙄😂

    BeKind&Rewind
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "And the Earth is actually flat..."

    Ann Kapoxeet
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could these have been Americans?

    MentallyUnstable27
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    HAHHAHA one time at school i overheard someone talking about how to earth was flat and the moon landing was fake. her parents are probably crazy trump fans

    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Some people are so stupid!

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    #18

    Person holding a strip of red packaged items, each marked "not for sale," related to overheard public discussions. "Just poke a hole in it. He'll never know.". Unfortunately, the guy they were talking about was not present at the bar, otherwise my blunt, no-f**ks-given self would have warned him.

    brooklynonymous , Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    E Menendez
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have also known women intentionally "miss" taking their pill for a similar effect. The call it "baby trapping" which is so stupid.

    Hidalgo
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Works both ways. But usually the one who is more trapped is the woman

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    Libstak
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reason no.1 for men to take contdol of their own contraception, byo condoms or abstain etc

    Nuku Nyara
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    9 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to have in-laws trying to convince me to baby-trap my fiance this way, or to just stop taking the pill during holiday parties. They have tried convincing me several times over the years. Very shocking to have his own siblings suggesting this. I did tell him as soon as we'd get home. We've together chosen to not have kids as a couple and his family gets baby-fever occasionally. Thank goodness his niece has become an adult, married and had 4 beautiful children for the family to fawn over so the pressure is finally gone for us to have kids.

    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's just shameful to do that and get pregnant on purpose to trap somebody.

    Zaach
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poking holes in a condom was considered a practical joke in my early college years (late 60s)

    Lowrider 56
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex sister in law did this to my brother.

    Huddo's sister
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    #19

    Silhouettes behind bars, suggesting overheard conversations in public places. I used to work with a maintenance tech who had formerly worked in corrections. One day he was outside having a smoke when I came up and lit my own and he casually continued his conversation with our other tech. He was busy explaining that he worked overnights at the prison, and they were chronically understaffed.. so when one night he did his rounds and came upon an inmate being gang r***d in his cell, he wasn’t allowed to physically intervene because it would be a 5v1 situation. He had to wait for backup, which he knew wouldn’t be available because they were under staffed. He told the guys to “go easy on him”… that still sticks with me.

    anon , Mikhail Pasynkov / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Earonn -
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hopefully he reported at least all names so it was added to their punishment????

    Pferdchen
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know that an upvote signifies how horrific you think an entry is, but I can't bring myself to upvote this.

    Nina
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just got nauseous reading this

    Schnitzel
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Humans are nothing but animals. Don’t think anything else! :-/

    justagirl
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no, no...we are animals who do horrible things to our own species. i don't think many others do.

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    benstella
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless the one getting hurt was a p#do

    Bettye McKee
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knowing things like this happen has been the reason I stay out of trouble. I don't want to ever go to prison.

    Chuck
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know how prisons work but how would a gang get into one guy's cell?

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    #20

    People dancing at a concert, colorful lights and fog create a vibrant setting, illustrating insane public moments. Not the most f****d up thing I ever heard, but one that frequently comes to memory. I used to bounce at a strip club, and one time, I had to go in the locker room to let one of the girls know someone was there to see her. When I walked in, there were 4 girls sitting in there, all talking about which antipsychotics worked best for them. I was young and didn't realize just how sad of a place that was until I walked in on that conversation.

    axeflick , Andrej Lišakov / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Lee Banks
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having been one, strippers are either the most or least adjusted folk you could hope to meet.

    Zaach
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my youth I dated some dancers, the ones I got to know were wonderful people who went on to better things. One is a programmer for Boeing, another transitioned to male (considered himself a transvestite while dancing), one is a successful glass artist - I could go on but YMMV

    James Anthony
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bounced at a strip club in the 90s. I broke up way more fights between dancers than I ever had to deal with bad patrons.

    #21

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did “I didn’t want the last 2 kids”, my dad said. “Me neither, you’re the one that always wanted $€X” my mom said. “You dumb b” said my dad. This was during their divorce. I was 5. Asked my much older brother what that was.

    Thanks for letting me know early. I processed that for years. Still rings some days. Whatever though. Fk em. I’ve got my own kids that I wanted. They know what love is.

    greasymustard440 , Annie Spratt / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Child of the Stars
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I told my kids they were surprises instead of accidents.

    Billo66
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I told mine I tried my best to get you specifically and got just what I asked for and more because you are so beautiful and loving. I don't deserve you.

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    Earonn -
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The thing is, we pretend that once you become a parent, you must automatically want that child. But getting pregnant is just a biological process, and it can happen. Nature doesn't ask you, no more than nature asks you whether you want to have great or s****y teeth. Instead, we should teach kids that parental love is frequent, but if it's not there, it's not a statement about the kid or even the parent, it's just bad luck. All that CAN be expected from parents is to fulfil their obligation to the kids they have, and to it with grace and friendliness. Basically, be good team members.

    Fellfromthemoon
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If parenthood can be planned, if abortion is available, if the social care system can deal with the still "unwanted" children (foster care and adoption) and if the social norm is not pressuring people into parenthood but recognizing the validity of choice, then most of the kids will be wanted. Even if the parents' decision was born after the conception.

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    Jane Hower
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    8 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly the only two pregnancies I had were NOT planned. 1st one guy used c****m too late, 2nd was a date r**e. Had hoped to someday have a pregnancy that I WANTED, but never happened.

    Susan Raskin
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    therapy child .... it will help you make sense of it all

    Zaach
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew from an early age that I was a diaphragm baby

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    #22

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did This was something my mom overheard, not me - and it's f****d up in the sense that it's so sad, it f***s with my heart every time I think about it.

    When my dad was sick in the hospital, there was a little boy (maybe 7 years old?) a few rooms down from him. It wasn't the ICU, but it also wasn't just for folks who needed one night's stay to get better if that makes sense. I think it was around Christmas time when this happened, so one night my mom was leaving to head home and she overheard the little boy crying with his parents. As she walked by his room, she heard him say "but mommy, I've been so good this year. Am I in here because Santa thinks I was bad? I'll do better next year, I promise!"

    😭.

    clovecloveclove , Marcelo Leal / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Ariom Dahl
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really hope there was a happy ending to this tale.

    Susan Raskin
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so sad. I hope they reassured him that Santa would still think kindly of him

    Bettye McKee
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm thinking Munchausen by Proxy.

    #23

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did From my flatmates’ room, I heard the loudest belch one could imagine. It would’ve been unremarkable, but then I heard her pat her tummy and say

    ‘Good girl…’.

    Guava_ , Annie Spratt / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    MrLiesegang
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well, you have to build confidence where you find it

    ILoveMySon
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am both intrigued and disgusted.

    Lee Banks
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My roommate hid her burps for years. I finally heard one, and it was Epic. Like, the most satisfying sounding burp in history. I laughed my butt off then managed to say "congratulations!". From that day forth, she used it to impress.

    weatherwitch
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cheer some of mine. I'm 51, gotta get my entertainment where I can 🤣🤣🤣

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    #24

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did - "Why did you penetrate her while she was sleeping?"

    - " I don't know, I was bored" while shrugging shoulders.

    I was about 19yo and learn that day you can't trust anybody.

    MadScientist_K , joe mcferrin / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And men wonder why we don’t trust them?

    josh M
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From a straight man, I don't trust men either.

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    Susan Raskin
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sad indeed. I hope she prosecuted

    Heras buddy
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    Colleen did you read the condom story or cheating story? It goes both ways.

    Caryn C Crespo
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay but this is a rape story. So what are you on about?

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    #25

    Woolly mammoth skeleton displayed in a museum exhibit, showcasing its massive tusks and imposing size. American tourists in Helsinki talking about Mammoths being mythical creatures. They couldn't be convinced otherwise.

    Wide-Affect-1616 , Maud Beauregard / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Sara Frazer
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well of course they're American. America seems to be in denial about a lot of real solid truths these days

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The USA education system is barely hanging on. It's been that way since the 90s. Is there any other 1st world country where they hold bake sales to pay for field trips?

    Ann Kapoxeet
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it just keeps getting worse. If I get one more mug, "I'm a teacher! What's your superpower?" hmm...making actual money?

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    Clarf
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American here. Please know we don't all think that way! I 100% know mammoths existed!

    MrLiesegang
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, mammoths are mystical but Sasquatch is real?

    Dan St John
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please don't place all Americans in the MAGA bucket, they are only 48% of America.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course they couldn't be convinced. You can't reason someone out of a position that they didn't get reasoned into.

    Janice G
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because there's no way two of them would have fit on Noah's Ark!

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    #26

    Person focused on smartphone, possibly capturing insane public conversations. Not the most f****d up, but last month there was a guy in the hallway of our school talking with his doctor on speaker. I could hear everything they talked about. He thinks he might have an STD and they talked about all of his symptoms and that his girlfriend told him she was a virgin, etc.

    Why the hell would you loudly talk about that stuff with speaker on in a public place?

    Tasty01 , Jonas Leupe / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Bob Jones
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he wanted everyone to know that he was getting some

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    #27

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did A girl in the next change room telling her mum “you better fit in a size 16… I’m not having an obese mum”.

    It broke my f*****g heart.

    coachella68 , Andrej Lišakov / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Beth Wheeler
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yeah? Well I'm not having a little b***h kid either!

    PeePeePooPoo
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See, some people you need to bitchslap in order to educate them.

    JustABored1
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It definitely came out sounding mean, but maybe she had good intentions? Such as worrying about her health? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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    #28

    Two women sitting by a window, one gesturing while conversing, a typical setting for overhearing insane things in public. When I was in middle school a group of girls sat down near me and started talking a bit too loud. One of the girls said she was going to try and "[unalive] the baby" with red bull and liquor. She was 13.

    Nuclearspartan , Andrej Lišakov / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Sara Frazer
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why Roe vs. Wade shouldn't have been repealed, y'all 😮‍💨

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Overturned, not repealed but agree 100%. The numbers coming out of states like Texas that have more extreme bans are horrifying. Since the ruling, maternal deaths are up 50% in Texas alone. Hundreds of women nationwide are dying who didn't have to die.

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    Colleen Glim
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is just wrong. On so many levels

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More likely to unalive herself that way.

    Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero"
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let me guess, Texas? Because their Sex Education curriculum is "Abstinence". But "God Forbid" that a 13y/o girl any other options, but to carry the baby to term. Because pregnancy is a "miracle from God", even if it was due to sexual assault/incest/molestation. So frakkin tired of the "Moral Majority" cult muck fuppets.

    Beth Wheeler
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh c**p, I hope it was reported.

    Nikole
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To whom? The people who would force her to give birth?

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    Rosecat
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What awful parents she had. Poor kid.

    Susan Raskin
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope you told the teacher or principal

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    #29

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did Overheard a Belgian christian girl on a train telling her friends about her romantic history. Basically she identified as hetero and dated men, then bi, then lesbian and dated women. She was certain that she was a lesbian and that she dated men uniquely because that's what society expected her to do. She then got deeper into religion, got more involved within her church and now identifies as a lesbian dating men. Because that's what the church considers proper. And she told her friends that she's not attracted at all to her boyfriend and would date women if she was not religious.

    She said all this very loudly and cheerfully while I was trying to sleep. I found it very sad.

    Edolied , Fredrik Öhlander / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religion really needs to go away. It’s ruined too many people’s lives already and will only continue to do so

    josh M
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religion in every form is awful, all it does is repress and harm.

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    Jenn Smith
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My heart breaks for people with religion. Kenny was a coworker. Beautiful man, loved fashion and cooking, spoke of his ex fondly as they met at a fashion show where Kenny modeled. Then Kenny " realized " at church that it was a sin to love another man..so..he's committed to being alone and miserable. Poor Kenny

    Dan St John
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religion is the bane of mankind.

    Nikole
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Completely agree. Also your name is hilarious, given…

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    JustABored1
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People need to start believing in themselves instead of books filled with fairy tales! Besides the fact that some religious "leaders" are in it for the money more than the teachings of their religion! Joel Osteen is just one example! 💩

    BarfyCat
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have one friend who is a deeply religious Christian. Her husband developed a HORRIBLE mental illness, and she has been fighting tooth-and-nail to keep the marriage going for a DECADE. He moved out like 7 years ago. Finally, last month, she finally filed for divorce.

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    #30

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did Overheard my parents talking about being worried I was gonna shoot up my high school.

    I just liked playing video games….

    Chaserk17 , Kelly Sikkema / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry, but they were paying attention, unlike Ethan Cumbly's folks who could give a s*** less.

    Nikole
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The trial is starting soon. Apparently he stopped being in court for the jury selection because he thought it was boring… Oh please let him be sentenced to life with no parole…

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    Susan Raskin
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I would have searched their room and chat about how deadly guns are

    #31

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did I overheard a conversation out in public between a couple, where the woman in a chilling, somber tone said “I can’t even look at you, knowing that YOUR FATHER…was performing HUMAN experimentations…” I went into full casual snoop mode to get the tea. The more I listened and watched, the clearer it was that this woman was going through some mental health crisis. Her pattern of speech was so bizarre, and her sentences slipped in and out of coherency. The poor man just looked so defeated. The were both dressed like they were in dire straits, and the man had this expression on his face like he was realizing the reality that his partner was losing it.

    lambdaface , Lino C. / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Tango Wox
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the other party was not the child of a unit 731 member?

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    #32

    People carrying goods on their heads in a bustling market street, showcasing vibrant public scene. Two people, early twenties working in luxurious hotel, casually discussing how lucky Africans were to have been colonized by white people.

    RecyclingExtraSoft , Eva Blue / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because slavery was so much better than the lives they had?

    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A politician said that slaves were fortunate because they learned skills.

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    Beth Wheeler
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHAT????? Those poor people weren't colonized, they were trapped, thrown on ships and sold. Animals were treated better if there was an evil owner.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it was luck, it was very bad luck.

    Marsha Hultberg
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oye gevalt! Where did blatant ignorance originate? ... Oh right, narcissism.

    Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero"
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have loudly called out those two CWOHS and their racist shite.

    JustABored1
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ignorance is alive and well in the good old US of KKK! 😒

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    #33

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did People (presumably brother and sister) discussing the annoyance of having to visit their dying dad at the hospital bc it was ruining their plans. I wanted to berate them with every insult known to man but I would’ve looked insane.

    showgraze93 , engin akyurt / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Samantha Brunson
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dad must have been a shix dad if they didn’t want to be with him.

    Child of the Stars
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or they were avoiding the sad feelings by getting angry. Anger at the person who is dying or has already passed is a common part of grieving.

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    VNES101
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never visited my dad when he was sick because he didn't care about me when he was well.

    CSC
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad died last month. He was in the hospital for two weeks before that. My sister and I spent every single day there and spent overnights towards the end. We were holding his hands when he passed. I wouldn't give up one second of that time with him. Not for anything. I am grateful for that time.

    Marsha Hultberg
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dysfunction and entitlement are beyond out of control... 🤦🏼‍♀️

    Susan Raskin
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2 sides to every story re: dad relationships however they may learn too late how healing it can be to stay with a dying person, You can learn so much from their stories and tell them your last goodbye

    weatherwitch
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw my father three times before he died but it was during Covid so complicated. Furthermore he'd been misogynistic, racist, homophobic, controlling etc. I didn't see him in his last few weeks and I didn't attend his funeral. It is Extremely complicated to know about anothers family situation. The guy in the post may have been awful. Or he may have been lovely with s****y kids, hard to know

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    #34

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did When i was 13 i overhead my mom talking about how she lost her first son when he turned 3 months old on the phone with her doctor

    i had to process that i had a dead sibling at 13.

    she never never told any of my siblings about this, she doesn't even know I'm aware of her dead son.

    sometimes it keeps me up at night.

    Yogurt2022 , Getty Images / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's sad. It is much healthier to talk about these things, even if it's painful to start with. Two girls I teach had a brother they never met because he died as an infant, before they were born. Their mum has talked about him with them and said he is in heaven watching them. The youngest talks about him a lot, trying to comprehend it fully I think. The other day she 'brought' him to school with her so he could 'see' her school and friends. It comforts her knowing he is around.

    Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they should have told their mom that they heard that, but I also think it's perfectly fine that their mom didn't tell them. People process grief differently, for some it helps talking about it and remembering, others need to move on.

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    Bettye McKee
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a stillborn brother, but that was before I was born, so it wasn't like I missed him. He was my sister's twin, and she missed him her entire life.

    ShadySlytherin
    Community Member
    9 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mom didn't share it because it's not really their business? If it was her first child, then it's HER trauma, and she is not obligated to share it with her children, especially since it is not something that affects them. Unless they were alive when the sibling died, it isn't their loss, it's hers

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    #35

    Bathroom shelf with shampoo and body wash bottles, an unusual public storage choice. Overheard from a couple guys in Statics class in college:

    "So, whenever I go to a party, I take the cap off of every bottle I can find in the bathroom; shampoo, conditioner, stuff like that, and pee into it.".

    imjustme80 , Jonny Caspari / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    From_Another_World
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, that’s enough internet for today

    Schnitzel
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NO!!! Keep going! There is so much more fun to read :D

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    Child of the Stars
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is why I immediately assume you're an a.sshole if you like to play pranks.

    SmooshieFries
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, I hope karma gets him! Maybe someone will put some Nair in his shampoo bottle, or have some fun with his toothbrush

    Susan Raskin
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sick MF. Disrespectful to your host and the others there. Its not funny it's acting like a juvenile

    O. Puntia
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    or unscrew the tops of the salt and pepper shakers

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    #36

    "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign illuminated at night, showcasing iconic neon lights." In Vegas on a very hungover Monday morning before my departing flight I heard the person in the hotel room next door wailing, crying sobbing and screaming something to the tune of “I’ve lost it all, I’m so f****d” for hours straight.

    The_Smoking_Pilot , Wesley Tingey / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    OzymandiasTheManokit They/Them
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when in Vegas, don't get drunk and gamble. get a set amount of money to gamble before you get drunk. get drunk in the hotel you're staying in. always have a sober friend with you to make sure you don't do anything stupid. be aware and prepared.

    Sue Ellen Jensen
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After going there more than once with my ex because he wanted to, I can safely say I have no reason or desire to go myself.

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    Dog Mom to Zoe
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vegas is a cesspit. The strip anyway.

    #37

    Viewing the sky through eclipse glasses, illustrating public experiences. Not the most but just the other day I overheard “It turns out my whole family’s solar eclipse glasses were fake hahahaha” - Dad to another Dad at school drop off.

    burgeroburger , Jason Howell / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Sandra Angulo
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Sir, you’re talking to a flagpole.”

    Jennifer Drake
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t know why, but this struck me dumb in a fit of laughing this morning. Thank you. 😊😂

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    #38

    Cat looking upwards in a garden, showcasing curiosity and playfulness in public. Not the most but pretty disturbing. I was sitting on my porch and could hear my neighbors talking.

    Granddaughter: look grandma! A cat!

    Grandma: I don’t give a f**k

    🤨.

    BigTicEnergy , Jack Brind / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Panda McPandaface
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I wrong to think that's pretty funny?

    VNES101
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also laughed. My granny had a potty mouth but she was the best so...

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    Joshua
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly I get this one, my littlest brother growing up would just say every thought in his head, and it was a constant grating on my nerves

    MentallyUnstable27
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats sadddddd (actually it depends on how old the granddaughter was)

    Gracie Mae
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grandma ran out of fvcks a long time ago!

    #39

    40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did "A dead man doesn't f*****g narc".

    Swear to God. I was 12 years old with a couple of friends on our bikes eating gelato outside an Italian bakery that was kind of notorious. Two guys in suits were talking, one big guy was very animated and yelled that out at the other one.

    It's so crazy I sometimes wonder if I imagined it, but both my friends confirmed they remembered it too for years afterwards.

    Vic_Hedges , Charles Etoroma / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Rebecca McManus
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once overheard Charlie Kray (younger brother of the Kray twins) say very loudly he was going to break someones legs, this was in the 90s.

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    #40

    Hands typing on a laptop keyboard, capturing public conversation details. Used to go to the public library to write. Would put on headphones but sometimes they were off so I could hear others at the study tables. One time some guy was arranging meetings on his phone and giving out his phone number. For giggles I typed it into Google and a whole bunch of escort services popped up. Another time it was an older gang member teaching two youngins to never give the cops their real name because they might have outstanding warrants somewhere.

    tangcameo , Courtney Corlew / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    BookFanatic
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The best thing I've overheard at the library was one teenager telling another "see if they have that move--Nightmare on 34th Street!" We did not, but we did have Nightmare on Elm Street and Miracle on 34th Street. Lol

    #41

    A mom at the water park telling her 6-8 yr old that she looked fat in the bikini and should’ve worn the one piece.

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    Sara Frazer
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like my mom. But seriously that's fúcked up and I'm 31 and still hate myself and my body no matter what anyone says 🥲

    Nadine Debard
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hold on Sara, one day I hope you'll accept yourself as you are and don't give a sh1t about what others think of you. ❤️

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    Nadine Debard
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom had a real problem with her image (child trauma) and she transferred this on every girl/woman around her. So I was that young girl and I heard this so many times. Now I'm 40 and good with my body, took me decades. I don't resent her for that, she needed help, but I'm very aware of all the bad it can do.

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    #42

    My favorite, a cellphone conversation overheard years ago, I was on a park bench when a guy on his phone walked by, "Yes, alright I get it. I s**t on the floor, you happy? But if she just picked it up when I told her to, we wouldn't be fighting now!"

    ...wat.

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    Multa Nocte
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disgusting.

    Boo
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I would have picked it up and the guy would be wearing it!

    #43

    "If she's old enough to cross the street she's old enough to get this meat"
    Overheard at work one day.

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    Billo66
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes I have heard several variations on this. Disgusting. I even thought so in elementary school. smh

    Dee Rutherford
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s so damn disgusting. It’s hard to carry something like that once you overhear it.

    Kit Black
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See, that is a shoot on sight justification.

    Zaach
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was young I heard 'if she is old enough to bleed she is old enough to breed'

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    #44

    Smiling man holding a tablet in a casual meeting, discussing things overheard in public. "Oh I barely drank anything today, just two wines and some water" whilst at work.

    ...

    I work at a school.

    anon , Getty Images / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Samantha Brunson
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Former teacher here. Kids WILL drive you to drink… but wow!

    trixiefly11
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I had to work at a school, I'd probably drink too.

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    #45

    A girl in a bus was talking to her friends about a guy that murdered someone in a park we passed by. She then continued talking about wanting to murder someone herself to know how it feels, and wondered about wanting to murder people more often after the first one.

    Worst part was that she was chewing gum insanely loud while talking too.

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    Deeelite
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like a teen talking loud to make people think she's a bad a$s

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    #46

    Person in a yellow beanie covers face, conveying shock, linked to insane things overheard in public. I was at work walking past some contractors sitting on a bench smoking. All I heard was one guy say to the other, “well she already took the best years of your life, why shouldn’t she take half of everything you own?” He then started laughing uncontrollably. The whole time the other guy was sitting with his head in his hands obviously upset.

    anthraciter , felipepelaquim / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Austzn
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a bizarre and dark twist on the whole zero sum thing.

    #47

    My first day of selling tickets at Disneyland solo. I take my first break and there on a pay phone (1998) is a character performer with the Mickey head off, but they were wearing the rest of the standard Mickey costume.

    “Listen a*****e, if you’re home when I get home this will escalate even more than it already has.“

    They hung up very forcefully. They noticed me and left.

    I just remember thinking “ I hope Minnie is okay.”.

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    OzymandiasTheManokit They/Them
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fun fact: Minnie is just a nickname. her full name is Minerva Mouse

    Robin Roper
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At all Disney properties, there is no way a character had his/her head off in public - NO WAY!

    Kit Black
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Given that the other worker was on a break, they were not in public, they were in a break area - and those are restricted to disney employees only, and they are not allowed to take their breaks wandering about the property.

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    #48

    In college my friend’s dad would get super drunk and leave her 10 minutes messages. One time he said “your f**k a*s mom should have had an abortion when I told her to.” Nice guy.

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    #49

    I once overheard my manager and his subordinate in the break room saying that no one will find out about the off the book stuff they were doing (they were buying material using company money and doing their own work) they didn’t know I was there because I was in the next room changing into my normal clothes.

    A few weeks later they were both caught and no longer work where I am. It was revealed they’d been doing it for 4 years and both made $600,000 each.

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    Lady Eowyn
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Couldn't you have reported this?

    Kit Black
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you think the fact that they were caught just a few weeks later is purely coincidence???

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    #50

    “You can’t get STDs from a**l because you can’t get pregnant that way.” - a girl I hooked up with years ago.

    Yes I got an STD test before my next sexual encounter.

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    Harry Gondalf
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    took me a while ti figure out a**l referred to back door penetration.

    Dolevaal
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry but "back door penetration" made me grin a little too much.

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    Rosecat
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You had a**l without a c****m with a girl you were just hooking up with?

    #51

    Three girls were at the next table at a restaurant and they were discussing a date one of them had recently. Apparently he was not tall enough for her. I remember hearing clearly amongst her complaining, “He was so short, he could wear my p**sy for a hat.” Maybe not that f****d up but pretty hilarious.

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    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t be judging. Maybe he wasn’t a good fit for you but that doesn’t mean the next girl isn’t gonna think he’s awesome

    trixiefly11
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter's boyfriend is 5'5", exactly the same height as her. He would be way to short for many women, but my daughter loves him, and he is perfect for her. Some women like shorter men as they make them more comfortable. Not as intimidating in an argument. They joke how she could take him because she took kickboxing. He says he is taking Taekwondo so that he can protect himself.

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    Fellfromthemoon
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The head is small or the hat is big?

    Rosecat
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not hilarious. People are allowed to have preferences, but you don't have to be a female dog about it

    iluvanimals
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am 5'3", and never intentionally dated only short guys, but it worked out that way. I have a messed up neck, so definitely for the best.

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    #52

    A bottle on a glass table in front of a city view, representing things overheard in public spaces. While walking under a hotel balcony near a boardwalk “I’m not paying you to shake your a*s”… just kept walking.

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    OzymandiasTheManokit They/Them
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if I was there, I would've raised my voice and went "WHAT?" just to scare 'em a bit

    #53

    Walking past a phonebooth in the city, a 13yo boy says "I don't f*****g care. I'll keep cutting myself, and if you don't come pick me up right now mum I'll try and [unalive] myself again. And that c**t better not be at home when I get back".

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    Aroace tiger (she/they/he)
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knowing who the "c**t" is could really effect who is in the wrong

    T Barth
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Phonebooth? Haven't seen one of those in....20 years?

    Huddo's sister
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are still around in Australia. Some have free wifi, others free calls. There is one at the end of my street that gets used regularly.

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    #54

    An ederly couple in the library:

    -"How come you cheated on me with Margaret??"

    -"SHE SUCKS D**K BETTER THAN YOU"

    Then the woman goes to pick something up and she was wearing a skirt with nothing underneath... I still have nightmares...

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    BookFanatic
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And people think libraries are boring! Lol

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    #55

    "Tony's in the dumpster. We can't do anything about that now.".

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Da dumpsta's...they're green like naychah"

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    #56

    Man with sunglasses and tattoos at the beach, representing overheard public conversations. I was at cold stone with my child a couple weeks ago and overheard the staff tell each other about how ones uncle was having a secret affair with their cousin and when it had come to light he filed for divorce and married their cousin.

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    #57

    Heard a dude talking about “[unaliving] both the child and parent” on the phone.

    But since it’s an area with a lot of IT companies, I’m sure it’s something about [unaliving] the child process and parent process.

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    Lady Eowyn
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kill. Killed. Murder. Murdered. Unalive should be reserved for the really unalive, vampires, ghosts, mummies, etc.

    The Goo King
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you try typing "_unalive [process]" it's not going to work.

    CousinFish
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are not the Unalived, they're the Undead. /s

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    #58

    Woman in yellow shirt laughing, possibly overhearing something funny in a public setting. Not messed up in the way you’re asking, but in college my roommate and I had a couple girls over and we all seemed to be hitting it off. We were hoping to retire to our separate rooms to make out. Girls go to the restroom together and I’m outside smoking a cig. Could hear them talking about getting with us.

    Girl I’m with: “are you going to hook up with [roommate]?”

    Girl he’s with: “Oh yeah! You?”

    Girl I’m with: “Eww no.”

    That definitely messed me up bad. I hooked up with girls fairly often so it didn’t ruin my life or anything, but that memory never left my head….

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    Captive
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go back in and say "sorry X, I had a tea time but you're just not my type"

    #59

    Not me but my mom at the mall overheard a soldiers wife telling her screaming child if she doesn’t stop misbehaving“ daddy won’t be coming home”.

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    #60

    We were visiting New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. We walked down Bourbon Street and kind of got out of the touristy area where some people were sitting on a stoop outside in front of a building and I heard “I’ve seen some s**t! I know people who like get down with animals and let you watch. We should go sometime.” I turned around and went the other way.

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    Bay Bo
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's not and say we didn't

    #61

    “Everything’s OK. The guy is in custody and the woman and child have new names.”
    I was on edge for most of my shift after that. .

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    #62

    Overheard a guy I work with (he's in his 40s)

    On a call to a woman (who he had on loudspeaker) tell her that he would lie to his mother about what hours he was working so they could meet in a hotel while his mother watched his 2 kids (who don't live with him). Then the woman tried asking him about his kids, to which he replied "don't talk to me about my kids, talk to me about things I like, like p**sy & money".

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    #63

    A few dudes at a bar/restaurant sitting at the table behind me. They're having a few beers and laughing and talking about past sexual conquests. One of them launches into a story about how he was in an orgy, and how hot it was having so many bodies tangled together. Then he drops the bomb that his cousin, who was also a dude, was a part of it too, and the other dudes go quiet. One of them asks if he did anything with his cousin, and he denied it hesitantly, then slowly says something along the lines of "Well, it was very dark, and all the bodies were slick with sweat, it didn't really matter who touched who or what went where." Judging by the silence from his friends, it very much did matter. He kept trying to justify it, saying how hot it was, but they all made excuses to leave within the next twenty minutes, and he was left alone, drinking at the table, staring at the wall and looking very much like he wished he hadn't told that story. .

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    Bob Brooce
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of us don't get to go to a lot of orgies, so when you do you might as well try to p***k everybody there.

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    #64

    I heard a guy telling his wife over the phone that they were going to lose the house inside a bathroom, inside a McDonald’s, inside a Walmart one time. It was real Russian Nesting Doll of depression.

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    Jo Ann Jeffcoat
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Russian Nesting Doll of Depression".... I like that

    #65

    I was sitting in a restaurant and overheard 2 cops talking about pulling over only the workers from a certain factory in town. One said “They’re easy to spot because they all have a parking lot sticker on their cars, so just look for it.”.

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    Strings
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heh. Small town I grew up in, the cops decided to use the driveway of my dad's business to wait and catch 3rd shifters leaving one of the local factories. Dad and I share first and last names, so I went down one night and asked if Officer Friendly had permission to be on the property. And ejected him when he tried lying about having such permission

    Zaach
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad was a loan officer in a small town bank - re denied a loan to a state trooper and I failed my driving test 5 times

    #66

    Asking a Lady if she wanted me to check the oil in her car, she said, "No thank you, I don't check the oil any more, it's always a quart low so I quit checking it...!"

    Of course, it was over 3 quarts low after convincing her that her engine was about to burn up...

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    Sandella
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely that's just a conversation, not something overheard

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    #67

    "if she [unalives] herself I'll be so happy" from what I could gather this group of girls were talking about someone they went to school with.

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    Sandella
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teenage girls can be beyond vicious

    that_gay_snake
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that's a terrible thing to say but I think we can all admit that we have said this about someone at some point

    Rosecat
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom told me that my dad told her "Even if you die, I don't care. The house and kids will be left to me". She was pregnant with my sister and having some complications. I never asked him about it, but it's not outrageous to believe that he actually said that. And then they had me too🤡

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    #68

    My daughter went to see the Nutcracker ballet with her Grandpa. At the train station on the way back she went to the bathroom and overheard the lady in the next stall on the phone talking about the injecting vs snorting d***s and which one was best; and then a pill rolled under the stall and rested against my daughter's shoe.

    And that's how the story of the cracked-nutter was born.

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    #69

    “Don’t repeat this, but my daughter is a f*****g hypocrite. She owns all these horses, and yet still owes me 40 Euros😡!”

    Heard this at planet fitness while getting a massage. So confused.

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    #70

    Overheard my mother telling her partner at the time that she hopes my dad agrees to her complicated custody plan, so she'd still get her child support payments.

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    #71

    "I always felt bad for the kids with ugly mothers.".

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    Bay Bo
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always felt bad for the kids with mean Karen mothers

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    #72

    So one time I was at a really nice wedding; While I was waiting for it to start, I was pacing the pews in the church’s corridor, because for some reason I was feeling really nervous about the whole ordeal. As I was pacing, I couldn’t help but overhear a bridesmaid talking to a waiter about what a w**re the bride was. Man, it really f****d me up hearing them say that. Idk. I just don’t understand why people can’t close the god damn door. You know?

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    Sara Frazer
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pfft this is a terrible Panic! At the Disco reference.

    boredhousekitty
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I chimed in with a haven't you people ever heard of ...

    Lost Panda
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really... song lyrics... >_>

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    10 months ago

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