The holiday season can be hell for introverts. So many people, so many gatherings and events, so much small talk. So little time alone. One might even argue that this time of year is a match made in heaven for extroverts. If you feel like you're struggling along, with nowhere to hide from the masses, don't despair.
The Funny Introvert is a quiet but hilarious corner of the internet, dedicated to less talk and more memes. It's clocked up an impressive 3 million followers. And for good reason... The Instagram account is a wall of hysterical and relatable content for those who, quite frankly, prefer their own company. Bored Panda has put together our personal favorites from the page. Cancel your weekend plans, and keep scrolling for a much-needed dose of laughter during these trying times.
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You gave her a kidney, maybe that's a turn on for her. You just need to turn her off, then on again, that'll reset it.
I just read an article about this! Organ recipients experiencing slight personality changes similar to their donors. So interesting.
I heard of a lady who got a new liver from a male donor, she was normally doing "women things" but after recovery she got an urge to carpentry. It happens that the donor was a carpenter. Maybe some research into the transferred DNA should be done?
Decades ago I read where a scientist transfer a piece of a quail brain into a chickens brain. The chicken started acting like a Quail or had quail tendencies.
Load More Replies...You can hit the reset button by taking a q-tip and sticking it ..... no, don't do that.
Not mine XD He fell off of a ladder in 2000 putting up - you guessed it - Christmas lights. Catastrophic brain damage. I can laugh about it now. Maybe that was how my dad felt - the company he'd hired couldn't get one string of the lights working, so he went up to help them fix it XD
Load More Replies...I laughed at this. Mommy has an important role in your daughter's life. Daddy does everything else.
Well, that's Toddler Logic 101. You didn't do your homework. 😂
Since a very early childhood they teach children that men feel nothing and women can´t do those tasks. Are they happy now?
That, and a comment yesterday about pints, got me thinking and I learned something new "In the National Basketball Association (NBA), the court is 94 by 50 feet (28.7 by 15.2 m). Under International Basketball Federation (FIBA) rules, the court is slightly smaller, measuring 28 by 15 meters (91.9 by 49.2 ft). In amateur basketball, court sizes vary widely."
Yes, and the dustance to the three point line is different, the games are longer and there are other rule differences. The NBA rules are to make it easier for the attacking team, to make the games higher scoring.
Load More Replies...Was my American school really the only one to teach the metric system? I doubt it.
The fake microphone at the War of the Worlds premiere? Yeah, the mask slipped that day.
Load More Replies...According to how multiple people report you treat them and your fans, I have no doubt you can.
Aussie here, I think we're already doing that but not telling anyone. Not even ourselves.
Just give him a pair of insulated wire cutters and lay out a rats nest of bare electrified wires under the beam. He'll be fine.
"That was a lovely performance from the french rider on Madam Mystro and next we have John Smith riding a stalwart of the Pony Club Daisy....oh dear, she's thrown her rider and left the ring.
Load More Replies...When you look at people like Raygun you start to think that maybe random selection might be an improvement
PLEASE. please this would make me feel SOOOO much better about myself
I want the Geriatrics where people 70+ with walkers, canes ect compete
Sorry, Brandon is right. Pumpkin everything since August. Pumpkin Cheerios?
I don't like that Dunkin' didn't use punctuation in their last post.
Maybe. But I bet it’s a lot funnier now to the woman with a fun, blond haircut now that she cut her losses almost 2 years ago.
Load More Replies...As a weed smoker I never say go straight, always go forward.
Load More Replies...If she donated it, for it to be made into a wig for someone with chemo-related hairloss or something, this could be considered chaotic good.
"Cut it all off and dye it blonde"... um, not much point dying detached hair
nothing says "it's over" more than a drastic change, especially with the hair!
Luge wasn’t dangerous enough with just one person; they had to add another person on top to make it really interesting
Guy on top, eyes looking down, waiting for a reach around? Guy on bottom, eyes closed, trying to resist reaching around?
Well, then I'm already halfway towards looking amazing - and that's enough for me. No need for excessive vanity.
This works if you never say profanities too. They will become so much stronger, when coming from a person that never yells or cusses. I was the only woman in my department at work, with seven male colleagues. We were discussing something and what someone ought to say, and I said "Shut up". Not to them, but what I thought the person should say. They were shocked that little quiet soft-spoken me said "Shut up", so that became a saying in the department; Beware yourself, or she will tell you to Shut Up!
As someone who recently had to deal with Samsung. I don't need a continuous try this on all the trouble shooting I've already done only to have you admit 1/2 hour later that yes, it could well be a corrupted update ffs. At that point I was told I'd need to physically see a technician but somehow the next day, an update started spontaneously when I switched on my tablet and all the bugs miraculously disappeared.. at least they escalated it.
My friend says I'm the only person he does IT for now because by the time I call him, I've already tried everything from turning it off and on again all the way through the first Google page.
It took two IT people and three or four tries just for them to get remote access to my work computer last year.
I have twice my life just WALKED BY a computer and immediately got the black screen of death. Didn't touch any of them, was a few feet away both times. Late husband was an IT Specialist with the VA hospital in Houston. 2nd largest VA hospital, so thousands of computers. He couldn't figure out how or why, but after the 2nd time it happened, I was forbidden to use his computer!!! 😆 But he did build me one
I got recruited for an IT team because I used to (inadvertently) do this--but I also always paid attention to what what going on at the time. Eventually, my job was to 'break' the propriatary software programs so no one else could. Good times!
My friend (59) and I (61) joke all the time about not remembering a word for something. My latest word was beltloop - hers was an iron.
My partner once asked me to bring him some hookers. Coat hangers. He needed coat hangers...
Load More Replies...Once I was looking for the word worm and it came out : the wet shoelace bug. English is not my first language. My friend was wheezing from laughter.
Just say you’re suffering from onomatomania - irritation at not being able to think of a word
What's it called when you think of it to the point it doen't even look or sound right anymore?
Load More Replies...It's funny when you ARE bilingual, and you can only find the English word for something, but not the word in your native tongue (in my case Swedish). It's at bit pretentious to throw in an English word in a sentence in Swedish... The older you get, the more words you'll forget. It's like you've learned so much, it takes time to flip through it all to find the right thing.
Always remembering the word in the other language is a specialty of mine😄
Load More Replies...Then they will ask "what's the English word for it?" Cause I would say that I forgot the Swedish word for it... and I still wouldn't know then.. 😅
( I pressed enter before finishing my sentence)It's really weird. After living in another country for 24 years and speaking English 24/7 sometimes I can remember the word in English, or Dutch and even in Spanish or French, but not the Portuguese word. I used to make fun of the immigrants at the beach, talking a mix of Portuguese and other language, but now I understand...
Load More Replies...My daughter requested a "portable calendar" for Christmas. I asked "Do you mean a diary?".
That reminds me of my drunk brother who got up crazy early, after crashing hours before everyone else at the party the night before, and kept talking to our cat very loudly about how he couldn't feed him because he didn't know where any of his food was kept (he didn't live there). "I'm sorry, I can't feed you! I know you're hungry! I'm sorry!"
Ya know, i do the same thing with strange babies and toddlers at the store. I then apologize to the parent, explaining that I'm just not fluent in baby/toddler anymore but what they were saying seemed important to the baby/toddler so I played along.
Cats love voice dictation by the way. They think you're talking to them.
Our cats are rescued from a farm with 58 other cats. When one of them lies in my lap and looks blissful, I ask her if she has a better life now? She never answers, but her blissful expression is probably answer enough.
I hear this. I just adopted two, a pair of 1yo brothers, and all we know about their life before the foster home (where they were for about a month) is that they were surrendered from a home with "too many animals." The foster carer warned me that they were shy and slow to settle at first with her, but within three days here they were climbing all over me, purring in my lap, sleeping belly-up beside me. I think they know they are home. And my son and I both feel less stressed with them here, after just one week.
Load More Replies...Be friends online" I have many friends online. Some I have met IRL, but some are more or less imaginary friends.
At this point in life I’m willing to be in a relationship and live with someone as long as we only eat meals and watch tv together. The rest of the time they’re gone and me and my dogs are in my room.
I admit it took me a few years and tries to come to terms with it, but: yes.
Load More Replies...A comedian commented how silly it is to record it. Just watch the Big Sky Explosions, not the tiny phone explosions. sheesh.
Well, I'm technically a boomer and I'd like to annouce that I successfully managed to "tap" my card to pay for something.
Well done Julia! My wife and I are, I suppose, boomers and when she pays contactless she waves the card around the machine as if she's fanning the flames of a fire!
Load More Replies...We tried self-checkout once in our grocery store. There were pretty poor instructions, and the girl nearby who had to explain it to us had a bad day, so she sighed a lot. And, then we had to show her everything we bought, so she sighed a lot more. We haven't done self-checkout there since...
And they always show up when I'm overheated, hungry, and desperate for the bathroom.
I hate self check outs. They exist so the big companies don't have to employ as many people. They should give customers who use them a discount ! LOL !
I also dislike self check outs. If I wanted to be a checkout chick (no offence to those who earn their living that way; it's harder than it looks) I would be behind the counter serving customers.
Load More Replies...Some of you may be too young to remember when tolls were paid by handing cash to a real live person. I, OTOH, can't count the number of times I waited while the person in front of me, who had apparently never encountered a tollbooth until that very moment, shifted into park to begin the search for the money they needed to pay for the toll.
That's fine(ish). What grinds my gear is when they whip out six different bags and very methodically start arranging their groceries at the machine. 🤬 Just grab those suckers and go play Tetris over at the designated counter. Which we have specifically for this reason. (At keast in my country.)
I suppose Len is better than Hel which my family calls me sometimes.
These are the names to confuse the teacher on the first day at attendance. "Brandon Garcia?" "That's Rando. I'd like to be called Rando."
Both Nard and Rando are reasonably likely nicknames in Australia! We (some people) already call random people Randos.
"Rando" is internet speak for "a random person." Very prevalent when playing games online.
Load More Replies...Nah, I'll fill up on the salad instead. I love that stuff! (minus the tomatoes though- I'm allergic to raw ones)
Me too(mildly). Why is this so hard to explain to people?
Load More Replies...Jokes on them, then. I’ll still order my pasta, get it to go, and have two meals for the price of one
Yep. That's how you do it. Fill up on the free stuff, take the stuff you/ your date paid for home and enjoy later. Also, once you have the togo box ... I stuff more bread in.
Load More Replies...Last night I had a dream I kept eating the ends of the olive garden breadsticks, nothing will stop me (maybe except for my tiny body though)
I have no problem filling up on the bread or the salad--doesn't hurt my feelings to take home the main part of my meal for later!
Heatholder socks! Expensive but they are the only thing that kept my feet warm in winter that didn't aggravate my bad ankle.
Are fuzzy socks an exception? My teenaged daughters would ask for colorful fuzzy socks
Fuzzy socks are fantastic! I'm 60 and love it when someone gifts me colorful, fleece-lined cabin socks!
Load More Replies...I had to show ID to buy wine every time until I was 38 (the age limit is 20 in my country). Now I'm 55 and haven't showed it for about 10 years.
Was checking out at the liquor store, and asked for my ID. My loving daughter looked at the clerk and said, "I'm 29, she's my mom, are you being serious?!"
Load More Replies...Oh my gosh, I got a razor for my birthday last week, and I'm sooo happy! I should be getting socks for X-mas. Killer!
these days they check your id they just look at the first part of the year and if it says 19 they dont need to check the rest
So it's 1941, the Brits are the only country not invaded by Nazi Germany, they're fighting on alone, their cities bombed to pieces by the German airforce. Supplies by boat are being blockaded by the German navy and strict rationing of food is being enforced. The Americans, finally, turn up and are staying in the UK. And what do they do? Complain about the food. And so the idea that all British food is shite, is born and now maintained, inspite of all the changes and advancements made since. 🙄
Well, y'all make a bangin' fish & chips and, about 30 years ago, I had a banger sandwich with hot mustard that I still regularly think about.
Remember, there is a reason why it became the nation of the greatest sailors...
Something that's really brought me some joy lately are YouTube videos of British people trying authentic US food.
I literally had a panic attack, asthma attack and allergy attack at the same time once. It's the only time I've had an asthma attack bad enough to go to hospital.
On the odd occasion I do a poop and the loo seems to be full of blood. In the middle of Googling how long I might have left I remember I ate a load of beetroot the day before
Around Brighton, there used to be, in the 80's and 90's, a guy who was known as Ten Pence. He wandered around and just kept repeating "ten pence". I think he made a fair bit, it was a small amount and just about everyone handed over ten pence.
In Slough in the 00s, there was Ninety Pence Man. That's inflation for you
Load More Replies...Someone asked me at a train station for money to visit their sick mother. The same person asked me, for the same reason, about 3 weeks later. I'm guessing they didn't remember me.
I remember the same kinda thing years ago and 3 weeks later that person asked me again. They had admitted to hoping that I had forgotten. They were very mistaken.
Load More Replies...Yeah, I hope the guy that kicked the stroller was 100% sure, because if he'd been wrong... Ooof!
Load More Replies...I've heard about this happening to tourists in Rome. Probably other tourist hot spots too.
My replacement for 'to whom it may concern' is 'I think/hope I'm sending this to the right person?'
And now the rest of the world will be simultaneously laughing at America and living in fear of the repercussions for the next four years during the destruction of our democracy.
They did a survey in Danmark to see if anyone would vote for Trump, 96% said no, Dennis, and Bettina said yes, and have now been sent to live on a small island just off Greenland.
As an American who didn't vote for the orange monster, I can say a LOT of us didn't vote for him. A LOT of us. We really tried hard, people of the world. We're suffering, and are going to suffer, over what that a*****e is planning on doing, and his hench men-and women. So many families have broken up over this. So many people are going to get hurt, and die, over this. And my heart is broken. So much ignorance. So much heartache. It's one thing to joke about it. But, I can't joke about it. I just can't wait to drink 6 bottles of beer, and then p**s on his grave.
Nah screw that, please someone help. We are in need of a responsible authority figure!! The crazy rambling old uncle has taken over and is holding the rest of us hostage! Sos
There was a ‘debate’ on a UK morning show the other day on whether the tangoed toupee would be good for the UK. The answer is very clearly no. Why try and even debate it? Felt sorry for the presenters having to try and argue the other side for so long, just incredibly awkward
We will stare, because your private family humiliation doesn't stay privat and concerns the rest of the world. You basically are the local mafia family with multiple hundred members that are getting into everyone's business and are about 5 min away from having a full blown shootout in our global neighborhood.
I want this to be real so badly! EDIT: NOOOOOOOOO! https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kate-bush-never-seen-hill/
File it under never letting the truth get in the way of a good story.
Load More Replies...I don't mind splitting the bill but somehow telling the other person in advance that that's what's going to happen seems like a mood killer
You'd better discuss this in advance. Whether it's wrong or not, the man is expected to pay. I know it's an assumption, but when you ask her to go out, you should tell her it will be Dutch.
Load More Replies...What I don't like about this is how many women will only dress up or bother with their appearance if the man is paying for dinner. It seems so... transactional. (The other side of that coin is that some men have come to *expect* that buying a meal for a woman entitles them to something sexual, which is also transactional, but grosser & more dangerous.)
I think you overestimate how many women that is. Even in this case, I don't see this as "he won't pay so I won't put effort in." It was the way he went about saying it that was really off-putting and set the tone. Hence the lowered effort on her part. She's doing her best to make a good impression and he's preemptively scolding her like a child. That "reminder" was the worst way to go about asking to split the bill. Who DOESN'T bring their wallet with them wherever they go?! If you want to make sure you're on the same page about bill splitting, ask respectfully. I don't care who hurt you before, but don't take that out on me and assume the worst in me before we've even me. At least get to know me first.
Load More Replies...It's a red flag if she wasn't planning to bring her wallet to begin with. How entitled do you have to be to assume someone else is going to foot the bill?
Who said she didnt have her wallet? It says she changed her clothes.
Load More Replies...As a woman, I usually suggest "going Dutch" when the check arrives on a first date. Invariably, the man thanks me but pays for both our meals anyway. (It's still pretty common in the US for the man to pay on the first date.) If I like the guy, I'll say that I'm paying next time. They're usually delighted to hear that.
What? I am so confused on why people expect men to pay all the time. At least he didn't say she was paying for it all. And as long as he doesn't buy something super expensive that she has to pay for. (If I am missing a very clear joke here pls tell me)
When I was young enough to date, the first few dates were paid for by the one who did the inviting. If he asked her out, she'd expect him to pay; if she asked him out, she'd pay. Only after it was clear that they would "be dating" did dates become 50/50 (or whatever ratio matched earnings). No drama, no confusion. Invest in learning if you want to be in a relationship with this person.
Load More Replies...I read this as she decided to casual down for being treated that way, not because he had to 'earn' (for lack of a better word) her fancy clothes. It's one thing to say "are you ok with splitting the bill?" and another to tell someone not to forget their wallet. She's not 5, why assume she's going to assume he pays? For sure it's better to figure out who's paying in advance, but he definitely screwed up in how he went about it.
I dont mind splitting the bill . The game changer is when he tells you to bring tyour wallet because your going dutch and the he asks you to pay his bill.... and asks for money for the cable bill. it happened to me once. this is why i keep extra running shoes in my car
It sounded like it wasn’t so much a “reminder” or she wouldn’t have dressed up to begin with. Sounded like one of those things certain people do to try to power play. She just went with the vibe he gave out. The way he said it changed it from a romantic date to a hang out between friends. I’d’ve changed too at the last minute status change.
i used to spin, "whatever floats your boat". whatever peels your banana. whatever steams your shower. whatever rocks your roll. whatever smacks your bottom.
One I particularly liked was ( something you do not want to have responsibility for) "Not my circus, not my monkey".
Ok but what about goth ones, I'm asking for a friend (but no joke I am making a fnaf vine compilation and I may get my friends to voice some off these posts and there is a goth fnaf character soooooo.....)
I knew a guy named Christopher who went by Topher. More guys should shorten their names at the end instead of the beginning. Just to shake things up. :)
Topher Grace, the star of "That 70s Show". His name is actually Cristopher Grace.
Load More Replies...I now want to see a remake of Air Force One, but with horse. Except for Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman. They reprise their roles.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/air-horse-one-plane-olympics/ Sadly not true.
And if it gets lost, they bring it in by singing "The Horse is off course, of course, of course, ..."
Me too, plus the "buy medical supplies from India on ebay and watch some YouTube videos" supplement for injuries
Load More Replies...It doesn't work. Doctors are too tired to think in their free time.
I just made sure I was chronically ill while my sister grew up so she became a doctor. Mission accomplished.
I would give you health advice for free. Problem is, once you need medication for something, or have something checked out, your ploy isn't going to work anymore
That's my sister's whole plan for adulthood (she's 25). To have a friend who's a doctor, one who's a lawyer, etc. Even though we have universal healthcare and she has to see a doctor regularly for chronic health conditions. Anything outside that she just wants solved while she is hanging out with friends. Considering I don't think any of her friends have finished their undergrad degrees, except the ones who became teachers, I don't think it's a great plan.
But that's SOCIALISM. On a different note out of the top eight economies,the US comes in last. And to prove it's the best it looks like it fell off a cliff compared to the other 7.
I traded mine for some antidepressants. I have two choices-be a talented, creative artist, or be sane. There seems to be no middle ground.
Thank you, learned a new phrase today. That sums it up perfectly.
Load More Replies...Sounds legit to me . I wonder if i can use this excuse in my adult life
I want to know if the kid with the fruit snacks thought up that swap or the genius who claims he swapped his for fruit snacks.
Yes, dramatic irony, that's perfect. Using his imagination to tell you how he lost it. Now hear me out, along the same vein. People who say they are non-binary. That implies that there are also people who are binary. Thats two choices, so by default claiming non-binary puts you in a binary system does it not? Also, If you set out attempting to fail, but instead you succeed, which have you done?
MY mom, going to see Titanic in 1997: "Why? We already know how it ends. THEY ALL DIE." Me: Mom, shush.
That's exactly what nay-sayers were... well, saying, during production. "It's going to flop - everyone already knows how it ends, stupid! And you're already over-budget thanks to all those lavish costumes and sets! Wow, what a maroon."
Load More Replies...I really tried to watch Titanic. Twice I started it, but I just couldn't take more than about 10 minutes. I was so bored. Makes sense now, I'm glad I didn't waste the whole three hours.
I'm one of three people who haven't seen it, or the movie with the giant blue aliens, or Sophie's Choice. I win.
I just said "I am new here". More versatile, never a lie, sure the customer have seen me working here before today, so no it is not my first day, but I am still learning all this stuff. No it is not my first week either. Or month. Or year. But I am still learning, see, so I am still new
I've been working the same job in the same firm for over 25 years (granted, the technology has changed, but still...) I'm planning on using this come Monday!!
Load More Replies...I have been using that line for almost 4 years on my job!... I am a nurse
And then when you turn 18 and move into an apartment with a real psychopath you realize maybe your parents were not so bad after all.
Yep, when my sister finally told us how scary her roommate was behaving (sister waking up to see roommate standing over her with a creepy look on her face- sis got a lock for her bedroom door after that but that was kind of the last straw) and that she wasn't sure how to handle it, our mom flew across the country, had roommate's parents notified and roommate moved out and sister moved out as well within a week without financial backlash from the landlord. There's a reason why my fiance dubbed mom "the general" (in a good way). (roommate apparently had a mental break, she'd had them before but roommate's mom said "she was doing so well, it must have been my sister's fault (yeah, right))
Load More Replies...My mum never affected my mental health as such, in fact she was the one I went to when I realised I needed help, but she just had different expectations for me as far as being out and socialising with her when I was home. Same thing that my dad found difficult when they were together. I loved having somewhere to live so I could save money (though we did pay board) and not have to work insane hours. The fact I was welcomed back twice after moving out and essentially failing at life (well...my physical and mental health failed but it felt the same) was fantastic. When costs got too much after I lived alone for a year and a half after that, it was still great I could find somewhere to live with my dad instead. Even when I bought my house, I was happy to have him come with me. We get along well, but don't expect to spend all our time together.
My 25yo daughter with no job lives with me and I am fine with it. I am happy to have my spawn live with me while they figure out what they want from life. We are great friends and have a good time together.
Right? I might have moved out but my father owes me ALL the money. He hid his earnings during the divorce so the child support for me was so ridiculously low and even that was too much. He told me at 13 he wanted to give up his parental rights to stop paying. I have no idea if he did. A bit awkward to ask now.
She ain't nuttin' but a 'gold digga'. (Great song, bad behavior) 🤷🏼♀️
I've been dumped right before Valentine's day TWICE. One time 48h before. My job doesn't involve tipping so I just went into work feeling very sorry about myself with no added benefits.
Oh yeah I'm sure she could've got that sorted in the 24 hours between her making that post and valentine's day.
Load More Replies...See, emotion-cancelling shoes do exist! Put on a pair a size or two too small and feel all your other troubles melt away!
It will affect the shoes though. They have soles.
Load More Replies...All cargo pants cancel existential dread. It's a free add on with the false sense of superiority.
Always get up for the 5am pee. You won't get back to sleep otherwise. Just go full zombie and don't turn on the lights and you'll be happily dreaming away in a jiffy
And this time you won't be dreaming about an endless succession of toilets you can't use.
Load More Replies...I keep trying to sleep when I need to pee but it comes back harder. 😔
Ah, that well-known internal debate: “just go and pee, get it over with” vs. “I’m too comfy” while my bladder mocks my attempts to override it with my brain.
Even worse is the 5am wake up when you have your period...you know you will regret it if you don't get up, but is washing worse than not going back to sleep?
Nah, just use it as nature's alarm clock. Get up and start working. So much to do, so little time.
i used to get up early to workout, but it only made me tired the rest of the day. i don't often wake up in the middle of the night too pee, but when i wake up early, i'm up for the day
We have streetlights outside our house, and we have a bathroom mirror with illuminated digital clock in it. We don't have to turn on any lights in the night! And we know what time it is... (Our bedroom windows don't face the street, so it's dark in there.)
My cat wakes me up for my 5 am pee.I pee before I feed him whether I need to or not just to get even. It doesn't seem to bother him as much as I want it to.
Especially when its cold and your bed is the perfect amount of warm .
Hey, I like Little Caesars. It's better than Dominos or Pizza Hut these days.
I'm reminded of a time way back when my dad was taking lunch at work. He was anything but broke, but he was cheap, although also usually a bit fussy about food. But he went to McDonalds, back when they had their famous 15 cent hamburgers. My mom asked him once, "are they any good?" He answered, "No, but they're worth 15 cents."
Load More Replies...It's funny how some kids will think it's nothing to hold a crocodile, yet other kids will talk for an hour about how they got to use their favorite purple crayon.
I remember walking through the crowds at Pride when my son was one or two. We're surrounded by drag queens and leather daddies and right in front of us on a podium is a "living statue" covered head to toe (or rather, wig and tiara to elaborate belled hem) in gold paint. The whole neighbourhood is throbbing with the bass from the stages. I look down at my child in his stroller in the midst of all of this, wondering what he makes of it all, when suddenly he points right up at the sky, beyond the living statue, and shouts excitedly, "airplane!" at a barely-visible jumbo jet high in the clouds.
My kindergartner told me that they did nothing fun in class yesterday and his teacher overheard. So she came over and listed about 12 different amazing things they did 😂
Fun for student and fun for teacher can be two different things. For instance, I now and then noticed an enthusiasm gap when I taught integrating inverse hyperbolic trig functions.
Load More Replies...It is so bizarre that the OP let's the KG teacher post the kid's pictures on Instagram. In Switzerland, that teacher would get into trouble with the parents!
Dude if something cool like that happens I'm gonna tell my parents immediately, like I'll whip out my phone during lunch just to be like "mom mom guesss whattttt"
I just heard this comment. Thanks very much for the earworm. 😜
Load More Replies...I don't understand the problem. I've seen the Chipotle near me do that. They just put a little bit of everything so it comes out to the right proportion. It's not like they have 100 options.
112 hours of work this week. God, I love what I do!
Oh... poor baby. 😞 Come on, get a grip. 👍🏼 It's big boy pants time. 😎
I went to bed after the moon landing in 69 as a child, and woke up as a woman.
I sometimes wonder why we give so much attention to a girl getting her first period. Image doing this to a boy who had his first nighttime ejaculation? And "a woman"? Many girls get their period around 11-12 years of age. They are not women, they are children. It is kind of creepy.
That's an interesting analogy, but somehow I doubt that the first period feels like an orgasm.
Load More Replies...Glad that getting your period does NOT make you a woman! Loose the antiques!
And yes, they should not be celebrated but handled in a mature loving way, parents to child. Do not emphasize but also not forget.
Load More Replies...One doesn't become a woman when one starts to have periods. It is a twisted belief! In some cultures, they also believe that the boys become men after the circumcision. Both wrong and twisted Bottom note: Be a human...
I became a woman the day they showed "the film" to all female in the 5th grade. I thought, Oh how ironic!!
I was at the bowling alley wearing white sailor pants ('60s). NOT glamorous.
If you need some variety, try Finnish and Swedish xmas songs with subtitles on. you'll get some merry themes like "life is short and unpleasant" and "that's my dead baby brother" among others
The ones I listen to are usually about how they have to put up with their insane family. One has just been made into a movie too, which I will hopefully watch soon! (How to make gravy, the iconic Aussie Christmas song about a guy stuck in prison wondering who will make gravy for his family)
I'm SO looking forward to seeing this. Love Paul Kelly at Christmas xxxxx
Load More Replies...I can't listen to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" anymore; the lyrics are very date-rapey.
You need to really find out what the song is about, instead of getting your information from TikTok...
Load More Replies...I have a really good one for you- Deck the halls by REO Speedwagon. It's a fun rocker. However, Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Carol of the Bells" is a great one to pretend to direct the orchestra to.
I feel like a killjoy because Trans-Siberian Orchestra annoys me sooooooo much.
Load More Replies...And here I am just trying to find a Christmas song that's not about a relationship or religion. I just want to freaking Deck the Halls and rock around Christmas tree y'all!
My this seasons favorite song is "I want a hippopotamos for Christmas"
Load More Replies...Well the Jesus ones are also pretty old remember that, Christmas is a mix of celebrating Christ's birth and pagan winter holidays because fun fact Jesus was most likely born in the spring and so really religious people don't celebrate because Dec 25 was never mentioned in the Bible, the reason why is so the Catholic church could help pagans convert more smoothly which I say my fellow Christians need to take note instead of shouting in people's faces about the devil and going to hell, all it does is make people think we are crazy, it's best to maybe slip Bible verses into conversations once in a blue moon or be like "Hey want to go to church with me on Sunday, you don't have to but it be nice if you did", doesn't that sound way nicer guys?
For those of us who had our childhood scarred by it. I haven't heard Snoopy's Christmas yet.
I know right 😂 I remember this in school in 2001 and as a toddler in the late 80s
Load More Replies...Yeah it usually means you wanna wear a band shirt but you don't want cold arms
We in the northern climates would like a word..I mean, I like music, but I like to be warm too.
They used to make shirts that looked like you were wearing a t-shirt with a long sleeve shirt under it when you were only wearing one shirt! I bought a ton of them from Old Navy. I wish I had saved them - I love that look! :)
I dated a girl who' always used the phrase " I feel like getting weird", and that's all it took for me to start.
depending on the type of British accent will depend on how funny if you sound like an extra from Oliver twist slightly funny or a character from Downton Abbey even funnier
I had a housemate who lived in the UK until about age 5, then moved to Brooklyn. This is exactly what happened when he got sufficiently drunk.
I used to think my great-grandma was actually called Oma (granny) Amersfoort. Turns out it was just because she lived in Amersfoort.
I always wrote letters addressed to "Oma and opa" (Then the proper address). I didn't know their real names. They're always just oma and opa to me. They always got the letters. I was well into adulthood and never stopped writing this way
Load More Replies...Prince William called his grandmother (the Queen!) Gary as he couldn’t pronounce Grandma at first. Then all the other grandchildren followed suit.
One of my aunts is named Mary Ellen. I’ve been calling her Marellen forever.
Load More Replies...Where I live 'weird' is usually what kids think about friend's grandparents' but are actually just the names in their native language.
Yes I grew up thinking ours was weird as a kid, all my school friends had a nan or a gran, and ours was māma (pronounced mumma). But yeah 😂 it’s funny now to me
Load More Replies...Prisons don't provide Gatorade. Water. That's what they give you. Which isn't enough if you're having massive diarrhea or poor intake. Because you need the sodium and glucose in Gatorade to use your sodium glucose transporters. To super speed water into the body. Had a patient die bc they only gave him water and I recommended Gatorade. Prison is an awful place to be or to work at.
They’re using Gatorade on the crops! They need the electrolytes
Or someone who almost bled out from a stomach ulcer. Me in March. Couldn't get enough of that stuff into me.
She was posting on a cat article a few days ago. I hope she’s okay because she’s not as active on here as she once was.
Load More Replies...Not true. There was a whole campaign in Australia ten-ish years ago because people were just drinking it like juice. There were people with electrolyte problems because they were 'replacing' ones that they weren't actually using.
Which reminds me: what the hell happened to my lemonade Gatorade? Is it discontinued? What do I mix with 7-Up now?
YES! I don’t want lemon-lime; it is nowhere close to the lemonade flavor. Oh, I miss it so…
Load More Replies...Something to do with the ship’s structure shaking when in rough weather. So something that might take you by surprise, or shock you.
Load More Replies...Reminds me, the other day I did school work while listening to the fnaf ost
Somehow this reminds me of Adam Kaye’s description of Kegels: ‘imagine you’re naked in a bathtub full of eels and you don’t want any to get in’.
Jesuschrist!! My hooha clenched just from reading that!
Load More Replies...You're not going to skinnydip kid, you'll be fine in your very tight suit, I went snorkeling once (admittedly at the time I didn't know how to swim and even now I'm not that strong because I only recently learned so I didn't put my face underwater, they were manatees btw, you don't go underwater to swim with those) and the people were very strict on clothes, you come there in a bathing suit and then watch an instructional video about the animal and how to swim around it, then you put on your special suit, your water shoes, and you head to the boat, they teach you how to wear the mask, and then you put it one and head into the water, it was cool when I went but it was in a lake and not the ocean so the procedure is probably different but similar enough I hope
Ahh, now you've got me thinking of ferrets too, I'm bound to have another of my anxiety dreams about creatures crawling over/in me tonight!
Load More Replies...Gotta laugh at folks who bemoan the ‘long’ wait times for a new patient appointment at the VA. They obviously never got a new health plan, never got a new job, or moved and had to get a new provider - often a months long wait. Even w/great health insurance.
Urgent Care Physician's Assistant during virtual appointment: "Are you on any medications?" Me, 59y/o smoker: "No. None." PA: "That's impressive." Me: "No. That's being uninsured. I haven't been to a doctor in 15 years."
True. I have my gp in Melbourne, who I see whenever possible (or telehealth) because she is fantastic, even though I moved an hour and a half away, one near me who is good, but younger and less experienced and it's harder to get an appointment with, and now another I had to see because neither of the first two do iron infusions. Since I am fairly likely to need them regularly in the future because I am Coeliac, I guess they will complete the trio.
We had the same doctor for many, many years. She was an exceptional doctor who took a genuine interest in her patients and their wellbeing... Alas, she was a bit *too* good, and thereby too popular; whereas once you could be pretty certain of getting an appointment whenever you needed one, it got to the point of having to wait **three weeks** for an appointment with her, even if you were really ill [and I mean, who can pick and choose when you're really going to be ill enough to need to see a doctor?!] The General Practice where she worked really over-booked her, and she "retired" a while back - probably from exhaustion! There is another doctor there at the clinic, who is really good, so we've been seeing her lately. Unfortunately, *she's* now starting to get a reputation as a "really good doctor, dontchaknow!" 😕
Load More Replies...Well, it keeps changing every few months - how can anyone keep track?
Actually I've only gotten sunburnt once also the sun is a lot worse in the winter, don't put up your sunscreen as soon as it starts to feel cold, keep that sucker on you at all times
Spring break with the kids in Fla.."Ow"... combing my (apparently) thinning hair the next morning after sitting poolside the previous day.
no to all. just find better things like dunno, drinking water or something
I love how well-dressed men are now wearing long shoes again. See? Trends always come back around. And also I hope Mr Chalamet does a fantasy/medieval historic movie at some point if he hasn't already.
Drive to the next “big” town to go grocery shopping.
Load More Replies...I went to high school in Europe. We went to clubs and bars, or the occasional party. Or sometimes we just met up to hang out at a pizza place, or friture, and then go do something at someone's house. After high school, I moved to a small midwest town to live with my grandma and attend community college. I was shocked when I realized that all they did on Friday and Saturday nights was cruise main street. People would climb into cars, drive up and down the short stretch of main street, hanging out of the car windows, hollering and waving at their friends in other cars. These were the same friends they'd just seen hours ago, but somehow it was now exciting to see them in another car. They'd do this for hours, with the occasional stop at the local Hardee's parking lot. Then they'd get back in their cars and drive some more. It was really weird. I didn't get it.
I moved to a small town and I do the same as when I lived in a larger town, stay home as much as possible, make any trip into the shops packed with everything I've been putting off, so I can get them all out of the way. I don't have friends here and petrol is expensive.
Nothing else to do, so you go for a drive
Load More Replies...Why do you have to be depressed to enjoy mac and cheese? Mac and cheese is awesome. The fact that I have depression doesn't factore into this. I think.
I've only ever had it as a meal, am I doing it wrong? I'm not depressed.
Me and my current bf met that way, we were talking on a local social fb page, I made a joke about how big his arms were (farm and gym man) and if we could meet to see if he could lift me with one arm, how much he could lift and how he got into shirts when the arm holes on the shirts are so small. 😝 he did (but to be fair I’m 4foot11 and weigh 40kgs, but I got to be a barbell for a moment
I (sadly) know the answer. It's because of her kids, she doesn't want to be hungover taking care of her kids.
Load More Replies...For me it's my car being stolen and I can't figure out how to use my cell phone.
I dreamt that 'Mumm-ra the Everliving' was coming on to me ..and he was hot (which is odd, as I'm more of a Tygra gal)
I've had the tooth loss multiple times, and it was freaking frightening each time. I read somewhere it's about fearing losing power? But I never had any power, so I don't know what my psyche is going on about... (⩺_⩹)
Most of my recurring dreams are about planes exploding and dropping out of the sky, or trying to drive in a car chase, usually from the back seat or passenger side (and FYI, I've never flown in a plane or learned to drive). I've had the tooth one from time to time (whereas in real life I've broken teeth multiple times, but never as an adult had one fall out or become loose), and sometimes have one about giant bugs, mostly dragonflies (which I am rather fond of at normal size). Last night, though, I had a nightmare about being followed by a psychopathic toddler. That was a first.
Weirdly I have never had either of those dreams despite constant anxiety. I've had dreams about getting cuts all over my body and then snakes crawling inside them though, is that worse? Also recurring nightmare about cartoon characters chasing me. I don't know their intentions, just that they were bad, and it was often occurring at the same time as a flood.
Mine is always about being lost. Like alien invasions and apocalypes are interesting, but why the eff doesn't the dream me have functioning gps or even maps
Ok, I'm slow today . . . WTF did BP censor out of this one ? What word(s), and WHY?
He's handsome enough for an older man, until he smiles or otherwise exposes his teeth. They are terrifying.
Load More Replies...And despite aging, dude still looks EXACTLY like he did in The Loveless 41 years ago.
The vow renewals too. Sign something bad went down and they're trying to start over.
There's a similar joke in Boccaccio's "Decameron", which was published in 1353. The joke is probably much older even than that if ancient Roman murals in Pompeii are anything to go by.
One reason I'm happy not dating anyone. Also that I'm no longer living with my brother and putting up with his weird movie interests. I don't care how meta something is, if I can't follow it then it's pointless to me.
It’s based on very smart advice a lot of old people from long marriages praise as a key point to a long relationship etc - basically showing a small interest or experiencing what makes them, them, even if it’s not your thing. I tried and learnt a lot of motoGp in my previous relationship
I wish I could do this when my son insists I watch videos of emergency vehicles (his current ASD fixation) or him playing video games (also featuring emergency vehicles). Unfortunately he is extremely perceptive and wise to all of the tricks - he will quiz me or turn around to check the direction of my gaze. And my own neurodivergence makes it near impossible to sit still, so I don't look like I'm paying attention even when I am.
Y'all are asking the wrong question. Does CHEESE help with migraines? THIS IS IMPORTANT.
I'm confused - I've had migraines when I was 12-50 (definitely hormone related), and have 9 piercings in one ear (1 in the other), and I have *never* heard of piercing your ear for migraines?!?! I mean, I can (anecdotally) confirm it does not work!!
Someone told me its the upper part of ear. Lifelong migraine sufferer, havent tried. Also botox has been suggested.
Load More Replies...https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/daith-piercings-101/ Nope!
Load More Replies...The best part about playing fantasy football is trying to come up with the best team name XD I think my two favorites were Friday Night Wights and The Brady Hair Experience.
Not fantasy football, but I'm kinda proud of the name I came up with for my bowling team: Here for Beer.
Load More Replies...Campus. As in, at the university/college that they attended. They're implying you can tell which people get really "into" the school spirit when they're at college, maybe join a fraternity/sorority, etc.
Load More Replies...No, maybe because we have a different tertiary system, or maybe because I don't meet a lot of people.
Hurricaning? You and your wife are going to be energetically blowing tall boys in the school parking lot? Perverts!
A hurricane is an alcoholic drink I've seen in New Orleans. Don't know if it's related. But, no, you don't keep chugging in the parking lot. You hide it in your water bottle and sip during the event like a normal adult.
Load More Replies...Pregaming, hurricaning, tall boys - it's always good to learn new things on here that I had no idea what they meant but seem to be widely known otherwise they wouldn't have been used. I do know though that I'll instantly forgot them as soon as I move on the the next post.
Move the game home. Being drunk where there's people of the not family or friends variety around is bad for your blood pressure
Drinking before going to events, usually ones that you will also drink at. Unsurprisingly there are high levels of binge drinking and alcoholism.
Load More Replies...He does have long hair... though the beard should have been a clue ;)
Load More Replies......now see, Dave Grohl, trying to pass himself off as a woman just for the glory of a Grammy is what I'm talking about here. I don't give a damn how many hormones he takes, he was born a male!! 👀
🤦♀️ What the in the f is seriously happening to planet earths supposed, advanced species. Seriously, this comment is mind blowing on many levels
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