While they’re an inevitable part of the employment process, going through job interviews is often a very painful process. There can be so much back and forth between you and a potential employer before even finding out if you’ll be hired, and it can be exhausting trying to prove why you’re a good fit for a company that you simply want to receive a paycheck from.

So why do we suffer through interviews even when we realize that we won’t be a good fit? Well, one candidate decided that he didn’t want to waste anyone’s time and chose to end an interview abruptly. Below, you’ll find the full story that he shared on the Anti-work subreddit, as well as conversations with the interviewee himself and Senior Career Consultant from Career Prepare, Adam Bennett!  

Interviewing for a new job can be a painful process

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So when this man realized that he wouldn’t be a good fit, he decided not to waste any more of his time

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“Modern employers want top talent while offering minimal pay, sometimes resorting to tactics like soliciting unpaid work or offering below-market salaries”

To find out more about this specific situation, we reached out to the Reddit user who shared this story, Xodarkcloud. He was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and shared what inspired him to post this tale online.

“I was looking for a new job, and I encountered a disheartening trend: recruiters and employers seemed increasingly comfortable with ghosting, evasion, and deceit,” the OP said. “I feel like it has somehow only gotten worse. Despite prior successes, this time felt different. Inspired by similar posts, I felt compelled to share my experience, so people knew I too was going through something similar, that they weren’t alone. Reddit is supposed to be a community.”

We were also curious if this particular experience changed the way Xodarkcloud approached any future interviews. “While not the most dismal interview I’ve endured, it underscored the truth: modern employers want top talent while offering minimal pay, sometimes resorting to tactics like soliciting unpaid work or offering below-market salaries,” he shared.

“It appears profit maximization has infiltrated every aspect of most businesses and finding an honest employer who doesn’t nickel and dime everything has become challenging.” He also added that he misses “that personal feeling of the employer-employee dynamic, from benefits negotiations to client interactions.”

However, the OP does believe that each interview presents an opportunity for personal growth and adaptation. “Over time, I’ve come to realize that the landscape of job seeking continually evolves. What once guaranteed success may now fall short. Hence, I diligently review and refine my responses and resume after every interview, striving for clarity and relevance.”

“Just as in dating, there are warning signs during the interview process and within companies themselves”

“I take notes during interview to see where and when the recruiter asked further probing questions or seemed to have an ‘ick,'” the OP continued. “Unfortunately, the first few interviews, I feel rather convinced they are more often then not trial runs, where I test my responses. You don’t excel in anything unless you practice, and my first interviews in my mind, are practices.”

Xodarkcloud also shared some tips for others who realize that they don’t actually want a position during the process of interviewing for it. “Establishing firm boundaries is crucial, as employers may test the limits of what they can get away with,” he says. “Just as in dating, there are warning signs during the interview process and within companies themselves. While HR may obscure some red flags, it’s essential to remain vigilant.”

The OP went on to share that during his recent job transition, he requested time off while starting at the new job, providing a fallback plan if needed. “After all, it’s my time to do with how I please.” He also noted that for him personally, providing an employer with two weeks notice is starting to become out of question. “They fire without warning, they stiff us on raises,” he noted. “Why should the employees be the only ones following the gentlemen’s agreement?”

“The job market is in a perpetual state of flux, requiring constant adaptation,” Xodarkcloud added. “Just as one grasps the current landscape, it undergoes revision. Every time I start applying for new jobs, I need a fresh understanding of the prevailing ‘meta’ in job applications and interviews. Flexibility and adaptability are key to navigating this ever-changing terrain.”

“It is important for candidates to expect the unexpected in an interview”

To gain more insight on this topic, we also got in touch with Senior Career Consultant from Career Prepare, Adam Bennett. First, Adam noted that is is common to realize during an interview that there is a mismatch between the candidate and the organization or role. “I always recommend that a candidate does as much research as possible before spending time preparing for an interview for a role they might be mismatched with,” the expert noted. “Often, sites like Glassdoor give a good idea of what the company is like and how they interview.”

And if you realize in an interview that there is a mismatch, Adam says, “It’s best to be honest, explain and seek clarification from the hiring manager.” But he doesn’t recommend immediately cutting the call short. “There could be other opportunities within the organization,” the career expert added. “But there is also no point pretending you are interested in a role that doesn’t suit you.”

We were also curious if Adam would consider the approach that these interviewers took to be a red flag. “Whilst the approach is definitely unconventional, it is not necessarily a red flag for everyone,” he told Bored Panda. “Better transparency over salary would be better for everyone but it’s very rare to find an organization that is completely transparent. Some people wouldn’t mind the approach of testing the response to criticism, but others (as in the case of the post author) don’t respond well to it. In the latter case, clearly the organization is not the right one for them.”

“Overall, it is important for candidates to expect the unexpected in an interview,” the expert added. “Stay calm if things don’t go as planned. And be open and honest with the interviewers if you believe there is a mismatch.”

Readers shared their reactions to the story and applauded the applicant for picking up on the company’s red flags

Love is a tricky thing. One moment you’re feeling goosebumps, the other you’re near blackout drunk admitting you will not love anyone more than your late husband… to you current husband.

This story popped up on Reddit recently because the current husband is now debating whether divorce is the only option. It’s not, but the question had to be asked considering the issue won’t be going away any time soon and feelings were hurt.

They say love and alcohol don’t mix well together, and someone eventually draws the short straw at the end of it

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So was the case with this guy after getting properly drenched in spirits with the Mrs and her admitting to never having gotten over her late ex

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And so the question was passed on to folks online, discussing if divorce was truly the only way

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The story is pretty short and straightforward: a couple of 10 years (and 3 kids) got super drunk and talked emotions for a bit until the Mrs admitted she will never love anyone more than she did her late husband from roughly 15 years ago.

Because she was blackout drunk, she doesn’t remember a thing. But that seemed to have sobered the guy up in a moment. And he can’t shake it off now. He’s considering divorce.

Folks online weren’t as quick to suggest that idea just yet, but netizens prompted for seeking out therapy first. While he has the right to feel upset, it’s not a cause to call quits after a decade together. Speaking is the way to go.

Needless to say, getting over a loss of a partner or spouse is difficult beyond belief

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The pain that loss entails is hardly compared to any other. Some might not find the energy, or even purpose, to go through it. But there are ways to go about it that might help.

The key things to focus on in that situation is: to allow yourself to grief as long as needed and in your way; speak about it, be open with expressing your emotions and find a support group; and remember that grief is energy-intensive, and it might drain you, so treat yourself, take a break, and then celebrate the person you loved in between.

There is always a chance, however, of that person coming to idealize the partner. Death has that effect on people—even more so when it’s unexpected and abrupt. While nobody can truly replace someone, going through the same grief process discussed above will help.

It becomes a game of coping with grief and finding comfort through sharing the pain and receiving support from friends and family, accepting what has happened and accepting what is now happening.

So, what are your thoughts on any of this? Share your takes and stories in the comment section below! And if you need more drama, there’s plenty of it around these parts.

Folks were sympathetic and elaborated that the guy had every right to feel upset—therapy, however, was in their minds the better option

Even some widowers pitched their two cents in, sharing stories

Whether or not you change your name after getting married is a personal decision. Some folks love the idea of taking their spouse’s surname. Others join both last names with a handy hyphen. Still, others want to keep their old name because it’s a core part of their identity, and they’re attached to it. But what do you do if you’ve changed your last name and now you’ve gotten divorced?

Redditor u/ThrowRAHappyLiving recently went viral on the r/AITAH online group after opening up about a very delicate situation. Her ex-husband, who recently got engaged again, is now pressuring her to change her last name, years after their divorce. Read on for the story in full. Bored Panda has reached out to the author via Reddit, and we’ll update the article as soon as we hear back from her.

Even when some couples get divorced, they might decide to keep their surnames unchanged

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One woman shared how her ex is now suddenly pressuring her to give up her last name

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The ex seemed to be in a rush to make his new fiancée happy no matter what

The author of the story pointed out that she’s had her (now ex) husband’s last name for the past 17 years. It would be a shock for anyone if they were suddenly forced to change their name after nearly two decades.

After so much time, it’s become a core part of your identity: you’ve probably built your social life and career around it. So, it seems unfair to suddenly demand someone make the change. It’s doubly unfair if there’s a written agreement that they can keep the last name after the divorce, like in u/ThrowRAHappyLiving’s case.

What adds even more tension to the entire conflict is that it appears like the ex-husband is putting the feelings of his fiancée over those of the mother of his three children. Divorces do not have to be messy or petty: both ex-partners can be respectful and civil toward each other.

It seems like the new fiancée is making some unreasonable demands as a way of showing that she’s in control of the situation. Though it’s understandable that someone might feel intimidated by their partner’s ex, this doesn’t make it all right to intentionally disrupt their life out of fear, anger, or jealousy.

Or, to put it bluntly, the world won’t stop spinning if there are two women with the same surname. It’s perfectly possible to have a happy, healthy, and meaningful romantic life even when your partner’s ex shares the same name.

Sure, it might be a tad awkward when the entire family gets together during the holidays at first, but it’s nothing a bit of lighthearted humor and a dash of good manners can’t help with. Having the same last name is only a problem if you let it become one.

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Getting divorced doesn’t necessarily mean becoming enemies

Generally speaking, when a couple gets divorced, it’s a good idea to talk about whether or not it would be all right for the person to keep their partner’s surname if they’d changed it. It’s a respectful thing to do, and it shows a willingness to compromise, no matter the decision.

However, once the decision is made, that’s pretty much that. It’s incredibly messy to demand your ex to change their surname back after years and years have passed. It only creates unnecessary drama and is going to hurt a lot of feelings. You should stick to whatever decision you made at the time of the divorce… especially if you got it formalized in writing.

Amicable divorces are certainly possible, but they require a lot of effort from both spouses. Divorces are very emotionally charged in and of themselves. As we’ve covered on Bored Panda earlier, it’s vital for the couple to communicate without blaming each other.

Another important factor is to avoid using one’s children as ‘pawns’ in the divorce. “Remember that they need to be able to love both of you,” a representative from the UK-based relationship support provider ‘Relate’ told us during an earlier interview.

“Creating clear boundaries is another important aspect of the process. Just because you’re parting ways doesn’t mean everything has to be a battleground. Lastly, consider seeking help from a counselor or mediator. You don’t have to do it alone,” they said.

“If an ex-partner is trying to cause emotional or financial harm during or after the divorce proceedings, the ‘right’ way to respond is to protect yourself both emotionally and legally. Furthermore, establish strong support networks among friends, family, or support groups who have experienced similar situations. Remember, it’s okay to ask for help, lean on others, and accept their care.”

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The author of the viral story shared some additional context in the comments

Most readers were very supportive of the woman. Here’s what they said

Pictures illuminate the shadows of history, revealing the forgotten people and places that otherwise may have faded into oblivion. They help us make sense of the past and, in turn, allow us to understand the present.

So we at Bored Panda decided it would be a nice idea to explore the subreddit 'Rare Historical Photos' — it has 40,000 members constantly digging through the archives and sharing their best finds. Prepare to be transported through time!

#1 Renowned Photographer Walter Chandoha Created One Of His Most Famous Photographs Of His Daughter Paula And A Small Kitten Smiling At The Camera At The Same Time, 1955

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#2 A Seaman's Request For An Extraordinary Leave Of Absence, 1967. Reason: “My Wife Is Planning To Get Pregnant This Weekend And I Would Like To Be Present.”

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#3 Girls Sent Home From Mckinley High School For Wearing Slacks And Blue Jeans, Chicago, 1946

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#4 Ojibwe Woman, Ponemah, Minnesota, Photograph Taken By Roland W. Reed C.1908

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#5 Shy Young Woman Smiling For The Camera 143 Years Ago

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#6 A Baby Lamb Snuggles Up To A Sleeping Boy, 1940

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#7 A Police Officer Playing Duck Duck Goose With Children In New York, 1970

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#8 A Former Prisoner Points Out The Most Brutal Guard. Germany. 1945

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#9 A GI Shares His Rations With Two Italian Children, 1944

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#10 New York, 1958. Dancers In A Nightclub Play Chess. Smartphones Haven't Been Invented Yet

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#11 A Dog Says Goodbye To His Fallen US Soldier Friend. Afghan War, 2004

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#12 A Young Woman Photographed In The 1910s

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#13 The Oldest Indian, John Smith, Managed To Live In Three Centuries At Once, Being Born In The 18th Century, Living Throughout The 19th Century And Dying In The 20th Century. It Is Alleged That He Lived For About 137 Years

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#14 Portrait Of A Family. Georgia, USA, Circa 1900

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#15 A Lady From High Society. Ottoman Empire, 1900s

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#16 An Old Fisherman Photographed In Bergen, Norway In 1902 By Anders Beer Wilse

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#17 Vancouver's First Official Lifeguard, Joe Fortes, 1905. Fortes, Who Was Born In Trinidad And Tobago, Was Credited With Saving Dozens Of Lives And Was Known As "Old Black Joe"

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#18 Early Use Of A Selfie Stick In The 1940s

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#19 Five-Year-Old Albert Einstein, 1884

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#20 Young Couple Standing At A Speed Limit Sign. Oklahoma, 1920s

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#21 Abraham Lincoln In 1861 And 1865. A Noticeable Four-Year Contrast Against The Backdrop Of War

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#22 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau Carries The Country's Future Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Under His Arm. Ottawa, 1973

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#23 The Ship "Queen Elizabeth" Arrives At The Port Of New York. On Board Are Soldiers Returning From World War II, 1945

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#24 Man With Down’s Syndrome, 1890s

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#25 This Is What The Empire State Building Looked Like Against The Background Of Other Buildings, 1941

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#26 With Her Husband At War, Mom Works On The Car, 1944

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#27 Queue For The Premiere Of The Star Wars Film. Vancouver, 1977

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#28 A Cowboy, 1890s

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#29 American Soldier Returning Home From The Great War, Ca 1918-19

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#30 Republican Party Supporters And Democratic Party Supporters Fight With Snowballs In Front Of The Capitol. January, 1921, Washington, USA

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#31 A Youthful Marine, Da Nang, Vietnam, August 3, 1965

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#32 Goodyear Illuminated Tires, 1961

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#33 Pictured Is Paul Overby, One Of Two Drivers Trapped In The Cab Of The Truck. He Is Pulled By A Rope In The Pit River Bridge Over Lake Shasta Near Redding, California, May 3, 1953. Both Overby And His Partner Hank Baum Were Rescued Before The Car Plunged And Caught Fire

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#34 A Typical American Family In 1950s, Detroit, Michigan

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#35 Airmail Pilot, William “Wild Bill” Hopson Of The U.S. Mail Service In Omaha, Nebraska, 1926

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#36 A Mexican Baker, 1880-90s

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#37 Cab Drivers In Madison Square Garden, New York, 1900

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#38 A Lady Walks Around Renting Out Books As A “Walking Library.”

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#39 A Fashionable Young Woman Exiting A NYC Streetcar In 1912

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#40 People Sit On A Curb Amid Confetti And Papers After Celebrating The End Of World War II In New York City On August 14, 1945

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#41 Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team. Philadelphia, USA

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#42 Little Leonardo Dicaprio And His Parents George And Irmelin, 1976

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#43 Crossing Over The Thames. Photo By René Groebli, 1949

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#44 Photo Of Marilyn Monroe First Wedding, She Was 16 Years Old, 1942

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#45 A Gentleman Tips His Hat To A Group Of Ladies, 1920s

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#46 Downtown Boston, 1910

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#47 Service At The Track Restaurant In Los Angeles, 1950s. Food Was Delivered Via Conveyor Belt Directly To Cars

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#48 A Victorian Home Being Moved Via Horse Power. San Francisco, California, USA. 1908

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#49 Passengers Onboard The Staten Island Ferry. New York, USA. 1895

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#50 John D. Rockefeller Gifting A 5-Cent Coin To A Child, 1929

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Even though we admire that one couple who makes parenting look like an easy-peasy task, it’s nice to see parents share the real struggles behind taking care of children.

Whether it’s the comical challenges of changing diapers or the mischievous bath time antics, parents find solace in relatable content online. The “Muddled Up Mummy” Instagram page shares hilarious parenting memes that'll have many nodding in agreement!

Continue scrolling to enjoy some of the funniest posts we found there. And don’t forget to upvote the best ones!

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As many of these memes show, moms and dads feel the pressure to be perfect. It's especially evident when they start comparing themselves to others.

People often find themselves trapped in a cycle of self-doubt. Studies show this constant comparison can lead to feelings of guilt, inadequacy, and anxiety.

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Families need to remember that their journey will have its own twists and turns. Some days, the kitchen will be spotless and school projects will look pinterest-worthy.

Other days? The milk will spill on your favorite rug and the room will be a mess. This is all part of the adventure and there's no one-size-fits-all manual for it!

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Being too strict with themselves and setting rigid standards isn’t good for parents. “Sometimes our demands are top-heavy because we have particular expectations about how things should be done—how well we should be doing things and how happy we should be doing them,” Natalie Dattilo, PhD, a clinical psychologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was quoted saying.

“These unrealistic expectations increase our load, and they are some of the first things we can take off the plate,” she added.

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Research suggests moms and dads who aim for perfection and pile on the pressure are more likely to hit burnout mode. It’s essential they find creative and practical ways to reduce stress while navigating through these uncharted waters.

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Memes like these can be a surprising source of support during such testing times. What makes them so impactful is their ability to create a sense of belonging for parents who might otherwise feel isolated in their struggles.

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It feels good to know that you are not the only one experiencing these uncertainties and worries. These hilarious internet jokes serve as a mirror to the everyday realities of parenthood. Whether it’s potty training or dodging veggies launched across the room, families across the globe face similar chaos while raising kids.

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As people from around the world exchange their experiences, advice, and encouragement, it fosters a sense of community and shared understanding. After all, it’s easier to laugh at ourselves when we know others share our pain.

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This form of digital communication not only captures the chaos and hurdles but also offers support and insight into these challenges. Such memes often share hacks and tricks to deal with common parenting issues.

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Studies highlight that humorous content gives people a good laugh, allowing them to relax and be more receptive to new approaches to common problems.

Parenting is an emotionally taxing journey and memes act as the perfect mini-mental health breaks. They provide laughter and a sense of belonging, which are important for emotional well-being.

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You are not alone in this unpredictable journey of raising children. Dive into our treasure trove of parenting memes for some giggles.

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The internet is home to many of skilled people. From woodworkers and jewelers to comics artists  and beyond, it's the platform to show off what you've been practicing and connect with audiences from all over the world.

But with so much content, we need someone to curate it. Luckily, the subreddit 'Top Talent' is on a mission to showcase the best of the best. It has 2.9 million members collecting footage of the coolest things humans can do, inspiring awe and admiration for everyone who visits them.

Continue scrolling to explore it all, including our conversation with Manhattan psychotherapist and performance coach Jonathan Alpert. You'll find it nestled in between the images.

#1 A Recent Pencil Drawing Of My Mom I Drew For Her Birthday.. 100% Pencils On Paper

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#2 This Portrait Was Painted By Leng Jun, And For The Sake Of Precision And Detail, It Is Clear Why This Is Currently Considered The Most Realistic Image In The World

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In recent years, talks about personal accomplishments have been increasingly echoing the term growth mindset. According to the idea, it's the constant, incremental improvement that leads to success.

In other words, if you focus on perfecting the process instead of chasing results, the latter will naturally follow as a byproduct of your dedication.

So if you started working on a new project with expensive materials and little room for mistakes, it could be helpful to break down the task into smaller, manageable steps, providing yourself with opportunities to learn and improve along the way. 

#3 Pencil Drawing By 16 Year Old Irish Artist Shania Mcdonagh

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#4 This Is The Handwriting Of Nepalese Yr 8 Student Prakriti Malla Which Was Recognized As The Most Beautiful Handwriting In The World

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#5 Origami Assassin Designed And Folded By Me. Folded From A Single Square Sheet Of Paper Without Any Cutting

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"All too often people when preparing for an event or performance think about all that could go wrong," psychotherapist and performance coach Jonathan Alpert told Bored Panda. "That only muddies their mindset, interfering with focus, and distracts them."

"Instead, focus on strengths — what do you bring to the event or performance? — that is the many weeks or even years of preparation, and the desire to achieve success, and expertise," the author of 'Be Fearless: Change Your Life in 28 Days' added.

#6 I Create Life Like Needle Felted Pet Replicas Of Peoples Pets From Photographs

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#7 Wet Hair By Johannes Wessmark (2019). Acrylic And Oil On Canvas. Mind-Blowing Talent!

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#8 The Previous Tallest Tree In Wales After A Chainsaw Artist

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Alpert, who works with many elite performers and leaders, suggests to "play it out in your mind and visualize the steps you will take on your big day."

"When you start to doubt yourself that only destabilizes your belief in yourself. Think of your belief as a table top with four legs. When you feel doubtful it is the equivalent of going over that table, grabbing a leg, and shaking it — it will make that table top (belief) less strong and less stable because you introduce negative thoughts into your mindset," he explained.

#9 A Mailbox I Made. Not Sure If It’s Up To Par For This Sub, But I’m Very Proud

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#10 Fiat 500, Ballpoint Pen Drawing By Me

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#11 Miniature Painting Of A Peaceful Creek

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A 4ft x 3ft illustration depicting me leaving organized religion, becoming an addict, attempting su****e, living in a homeless shelter, and finally finding myself.

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However, it's not just the preparation for and your performance that matter. You can also incorporate rituals or practices after you're done with it to improve further.

"It's not a bad idea to review your performance and try to understand what went well and what areas to work on," Alpert said.

"A performance can be diagnostic in some ways as it reveals what can be done to improve your game. Don't see any area of deficiency as a weakness, but rather as an opportunity for improvement that will make you stronger."

#13 Cool Painting

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#14 Keanu Reeves, Pencils On Paper

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#15 Homemade Gingerbread Groot

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#16 I’m In Love With This Custom Needle Felted Dog Replica I Recently Finished. Hope You Love It Tooo

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#17 Painted For 5 Hours Today And This Was The Result

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#18 The LOTR Wall My Mother Painted For My 15 Year Old Self (2016). Was Told To Post It Here

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#19 This "Rug" Is Carved Into The Oak-Wood Floor By Spanish Artist Selva Aparicio

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#20 Throwback Drawing On My iPad, Close Up Cat Face

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#21 My Dad’s First Attempt At Wood Carving

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#22 I Am A Cremation Artist. I Make Custom Art Pieces Using Pet And Human Cremation Ashes To Honor Those Who Have Passed. This Is A Galaxy Orb I Created

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#23 Incredible Embroidery Talent By Artist Youmeng Liu. Check Her Insta For More Pictures & Videos!

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#24 Bloom, A Chandelier I Completed In 2020 With Wood/Wax Lacquer/Enamel/Metal/LED

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#25 Amazing Special Effects Makeup Artist Makes Actors Skin Look Like Real Hardwood

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#26 A Death Star II That I Made Out Of Cardboard Boxes For My Yt Channel

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#27 Some Examples Of My Wife's Strange And Unusual Artworks

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#28 Day Light, Oil Painting

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#29 I Recreated The Last Supper During Almost 3 Months Of Lockdown

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#30 Axolotl Figurine Sculpted With Polymer Clay

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#31 My Drawing Of Joaquin Phoenix As Joker

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#32 Local Bakery's Submission To This Year's Scarecrow Contest: The Last Of Crust!

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#33 I’m An Artist Who Makes Realistic Color Penciled Drawings. Here’s A Drawing Of The Weeknd That I Recently Finished

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#34 Top Tier Embroidery From Woman Posted On Fb Group

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#35 Next Level Artistry With An Arby's Sauce Pack!

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#36 Street Cafe, Oil Painting

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#37 Origami Gorilla That I Designed And Folded From A Single Piece Of Paper

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#40 I Work With CGI And This Is My 2nd Attempt In Trying Create Photorealism With Interiors! Took Around 100hrs For The Whole Project!

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For centuries, people have been getting up and commuting, or retreating to a room to work. Some of the earliest evidence of humans laboring away in “offices” dates back to 16th-century paintings.

For some, this may come naturally. However, many employees struggle with motivation while confined between four walls for eight hours a day, five days a week. 

Perhaps today is one of those days when you just don’t feel like working and need a brief break from being a girl boss or a hustle bro. If so, Bored Panda has you covered with some of the most relatable and chucklesome memes the Facebook group “Work Meme Of The Day” has to offer. So kick back and scroll down, because most likely that email isn’t going anywhere!

While you’re at it, make sure to check out a conversation with organizational psychologist and career counselor Dr. Sylvia Broetje and Melissa Doman, organizational psychologist and author of Yes, You Can Talk About Mental Health at Work, who kindly agreed to tell us more about lack of motivation at work.

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Organizational psychologist Mellisa Doman tells us that many things can contribute to a lack of motivation at work. She says, “It can range from having high-stress levels that push you into 'bare minimum; I'm in auto-pilot mode to survive', to a lack of connection to the purpose and mission of your organization, to not enjoying your work itself, to feeling demotivated by bad leadership or not being recognized for your value."

Feeling unmotivated at work can come from so many different reasons because every situation and individual is unique.”

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Meanwhile, organizational psychologist and career counselor Dr. Sylvia Broetje mentions several additional factors, one of them being unclear or unrealistic goals. A person might feel confused about where to start and which tasks to work on because the course of action is unclear or there’s too much to do, this way demotivating them. 

She also indicates the lack of control and autonomy. “It's difficult to feel ownership over your tasks if you are being micro-managed, you feel like you aren't being trusted, and you can't organize how to do your own work.”

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Additionally, lack of recognition can also affect motivation levels, as one may feel that their efforts or results aren’t valued. The negative work environment also contributes to this, as Broetje explains, ”It's hard to do good work if you don't feel accepted and supported by your colleagues and supervisors. As humans, we are social animals, and we need good relationships in order to do well.”

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Doman emphasizes that if a person feels unmotivated at work, it’s important to find out the reasons why. Otherwise, unmanaged feelings can potentially grow and unwantedly impact other areas of work or life.

“Feeling unmotivated may seem ‘harmless', but just because something isn't in your face to the point where it shocks you to address it doesn't mean it's not doing some potential damage to your self-esteem, self-efficacy, resilience, or professional drive in the background,” she adds.

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Meanwhile, Broetje believes that pushing through and keeping working when a person is lacking motivation can be beneficial in the short term. “I would even say that motivation often kicks in AFTER you start working. The important thing is to get started.”

She even kindly shares a strategy that might get you going in moments when you don’t want to. “If you find yourself procrastinating a lot, the Pomodoro technique can be really helpful. Set a timer for 25 minutes of work, followed by a 5-minute break. Most tasks are bearable when you only have to do them for 25 minutes. Repeat. What often happens is that after two or three cycles of this, you have found your stride and don't even want to take the 5-minute break anymore.”

If you’re interested in more ways to up your productivity levels, she has created the "Good Work" worksheet, which you can check out on her website. 

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However, she agrees that it’s best to find the root of the problem when a lack of motivation overstays its welcome. “Some questions to consider are: Was the work originally motivating? What changed? Are you lacking motivation overall or only at work? What makes you excited? What could be draining your energy? The tasks? The people you work with? Overwork? Also, see the demotivators above.”

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She also mentions that journaling and talking to friends, families, or trusted colleagues can be helpful in such moments, as can the support of a professional, like a career counselor, who aids in managing the current situation, identifying opportunities for change, or exploring whether the career or job is right for you.

During times when motivation levels are low, it’s important to remember that everyone struggles from time to time. Doman comforts us by saying, “It's so common and normal! If you feel that way, the last thing you need to do is be hard on yourself.”

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In addition, Broetje advises acknowledging such a difficult time. “Set yourself smaller, realistic goals and reward yourself with little things when you've accomplished them, e.g., make yourself a cup of tea after two hours of good work. Take regular breaks that allow you to switch off from work. This is really critical for recovery. If you work a desk job, do something very different to recharge. For example, go for a walk, lie on the sofa and listen to music, cook, etc."

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It also might be a good idea to take a look at your overall lifestyle. “Are you getting enough sleep? Eating well? Getting some exercise? This might not be the time to make major lifestyle changes but try to practice good self-care. Getting support from family, friends, or a professional can also help you navigate this time,” she concludes. 

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Windows are great for a lot of reasons. They allow us to take in light and, as a bonus, it warms our homes. They can be opened ever so slightly so that fresh air can enter in case your brother is gassy. Best of all, it provides us with a glimpse into what life is like outside the box of an apartment. Life we can’t help but admire.

But then you get lucky.

There are folks who struck gold and snapped a picture of a one-of-a-kind view through their window. And then they shared it with the rest of the world. And now you’re here, so scroll on and take a second to admire the view.

#1 Our Office Building Has A Peregrine Falcon Who Recently Took A Liking To Me And My Office Window

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#2 Firefox Has Encountered A Windows Error

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#3 Sleeping Squirrels In Their Nest On Someones Window Ledge

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While this incarnation doesn’t deal with a particular source of view admirers and their content, there’s definitely a handful of places to seek out dedicated views through the window.

And those places can be quite numerous. One of the original view appreciation groups on Facebook has a community of 2.1 million members. So, yeah, it’s a big deal.

#4 Spiderbro Guarding Me From Malaria Outside My Window

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#6 This Window In A Local Library That Goes Into A Creek

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But, what’s the big deal? It’s just a view, right?

Blasphemy.

A view provides something that both the romantic as well as the pragmatic can certainly get behind. And that is… well… a view. But in one sense, it’s pleasant aesthetics and in another, it’s higher property value.

#7 Owls Born Outside Of Office Window Won't Stop Staring At Workers Inside

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#8 I Have 4 Feathered Friends Who Come By My Window Every Morning For Breakfast

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#9 This Owl That Flew Into The Window And Then Had A Staredown With My Cat

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In the most general sense, having a visually appealing environment means having a visually obvious bump in property value.

Potential buyers might have sentimental or emotional ties with certain areas or natural archetypes that might just sway them into buying it without needing to actually sell it to them. As such, it can justify the increased price tag.

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#11 View From My Kitchen Window This Morning

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#12 This Window That Makes My Back Yard Look Like It’s In 4 Different Seasons

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However, a view does not equal another view and views can differ wildly. Among them, the likes of coastal properties, hillside homes and houses overlooking bodies of water (e.g. lakes or rivers) are often in high demand. If not for the beauty, then for the peace and quiet that often comes with it. And since there aren’t that many properties with such… properties, then the price grows exponentially higher.

#13 Pregnant Lizard On Bathroom Window

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#14 The Window Of This House I Rented Looks Like A Painting

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#15 Aurora Borealis Seen Outside Of A Plane Window

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Today’s trends suggest that the most sought out properties are mostly natural landscapes, such as sea views, mountain ranges, and park or green spaces. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to some city skylines are just as good. Just imagine, tall skyscrapers and urban aesthetics showing off the achievements of human civilization, lighting up the night sky (and creating light pollution along the way). Glorious.

#16 Two Eagles Have Decided To Build A Nest Right Outside My Grandma's Window On The 12th Floor

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#17 This Racoon Peeping Thru My Dad's Window At His Raccoon Figurines

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#18 This Funky Little Ribbon Cloud Outside My Plane Window

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So, how much in demand are views among people? The PurpleBricks estate agency suggests that 4 of 5 people (82%) would be willing to throw an extra $88,000 for a property that would include a view. So, long story short, a view is worth nearly $90K.

But we’re not done yet.

For those who don’t see money as an obstacle, 1 in 10 of them would gladly pay upwards of $250,000 for a dream view. That’s actually enough to buy a proper home in some states.

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#20 The Clouds Outside My Plane Window Look Like An Alien Landscape

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And there’s also a gender bias involved in it. On average, men were willing to spend around $95,100 for a property with a dream view whereas women maxed out at nearly $89,000. So, an average of $6,000 difference.

The lowest folks went with paying extra for a view roughly $6,300 (15% of potential buyers) and nearly a fifth (18%) said they wouldn’t pay anything extra for it.

#22 Black Vultures Picture Taken Through A Window That Reflects A Stained Glass Window

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#23 I Snapped A Photo Of My Dog Through A Window Screen That Looks Like An Old Painting

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#24 Feral Cat Comes To My Window Daily Because I Give Him Food

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#25 I Have An Office Lizard That Comes To The Window For Food Every Day

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Ultimately, it boils down to personal choice. While houses are more than just bricks and mortar with a view. Each sees something for themselves in it—whether it’s the tranquility of the solitude of a location, or the ability to see the waves crash in the distance. The view is a personal thing, and so there is no objective number one could place on the price tag. It’s the buyer who determines how much all of this is worth to them. But in most cases, it’s worth a lot.

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#27 The London Eye Fitting Almost Perfectly In The Toilet Window

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#28 Mirage Of Coffee Shop Window Makes It Look Like This Car Sells Pies Out Of The Boot

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#29 Caught The Reflection Of The Light In The Window, Looks Like Its Floating In The Sky!

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So, what would you pay for a view? Do you need one at all, or is it something that you’re eagerly awaiting to get once the real estate market makes it possible? Share your takes and stories in the comment section below!

And while you’re at it, why not check out another listicle about real estate.

#31 My Neighbors Tree Fits Perfectly In My Window

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#32 The Photo Taken Through My Bathroom Window Looks Like A Real Piece Of Art

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#33 The Sun Completely Set Through My Right Window, But Was Still Setting In The Left Window During My Flight

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#34 I Saw This Lake That Is Shaped Like Fish Outside My Plane Window

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#36 This Window Looks Like A Painting

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#38 The View Of A Cemetery From My Tokyo Hotel Window Looks Like A Cityscape

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#41 Reflection On Window Looks Like Massive Spaceship Landing

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#50 The Imprint A Bird Left On My Kitchen Window This Afternoon

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We took a trip to the Absolute Units subreddit and gathered some of their most astonishing pics. Enjoy scrolling through these photos that might make you feel miniscule in comparison, and be sure to upvote your favorite gigantic things!

#1 Absolute Unit Loves His Mum

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As a Texan, I’m definitely familiar with the idea of things being unnecessarily large. As they say, everything’s bigger in Texas! And my partner made it very clear to me that was absolutely true during his first trip there. Wide roads, massive trucks, large houses, gigantic portions of food served at diners and more. But no matter how many times I’ve seen abnormally large things, I will never be desensitized to them. The Absolute Units subreddit still finds a way to surprise me.

This online group is dedicated to featuring the biggest versions of anything and everything. And clearly, many people do believe that bigger is better, as the group has amassed an impressive 1.7 million followers. That’s an absolute unit of a subreddit! Here, you can find anything from gigantic cars to monkeys who could probably stand to lose 40 pounds. As long as it’s big, it’s welcome here!  

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#5 Hyperion, The World’s Tallest Known Living Tree, Is A Sequoia In Redwood National Park, California That Stands At 380 Feet (116 M)

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For some reason, many of us find it incredibly amusing to see something that’s not the size we expect it to be. The internet loves videos of people cooking in teeny tiny kitchens and extremely small versions of well, anything and everything. They’re adorable, entertaining and unexpected. But clearly, there are plenty of people who love the opposite as well: absolute units of things.

According to Clever, comically large objects actually make for great home decor as well. You can cover your floor with a huge piano rug that actually plays music when you step on it, or place a giant Rubik's cube in the corner to function as a side table. Massive heat-resistant pieces of pasta can be used on hot pot handles, and huge boxes shaped like Lego bricks can be used to store all of your children’s Lego pieces.      

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#8 White House Chef Andre Rush Is An Absolute Unit. He Has Cooked For Clinton, Bush, Obama, And Trump

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Some people actually turn absolute units into pieces of art. Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen worked together to create a series of sculptures that turned small, regular items into massive, eye-catching pieces of artwork. These include a massive shuttlecock, a huge sprinkler hose, a giant bow and arrow, bowling pins and a bowling ball that could easily crush a person, a saw large enough to slice through a street and more.

“We feel free to use all the approaches that come naturally to our non-monumental works: variations in scale, similes, transformations, a wide range of materials, and, of course, our use of familiar objects,” Oldenburg told My Modern Met.  

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Bruggen also opened up about what it was like to create these absolute units of sculptures with Oldenburg. “Working together supposes an almost complete understanding of the other, an impossibility in any case, so instead we choose a unity of opposites, a convergence of our different dynamics, of symmetry and asymmetry, of acceleration or implied speed and stillness, of a polychrome and monochrome palette, gravity and lightness — all interrelating and interchangeable elements to be used by either one of us,” she shared.

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#14 This Is Hulk, The Worlds Largest Pitbull

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#15 Absolute Unit Of A Slug Boy

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Not every absolute unit is to be enjoyed forever, though. Some bring us fleeting moments of joy, such as edible absolute units. If you’ve ever been to a restaurant that advertised a challenge to eat a huge plate of chicken fingers, a gigantic pancake, a mountain of nachos or an entire pizza in one sitting, you were likely surprised (and possibly disgusted). But it turns out that plenty of people love these absolute units of food. There are even entire blogs dedicated to finding these food challenges and conquering them. 

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#17 This Absolute Unit Of A Cell

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#18 This Carrot That I Took From Work

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FoodChallenges.com, which is run by Randy Santel, features a directory of challenges from all over the world, reviews of challenges that Randy or other “food fighters” have attempted or completed, and tips for those creating or participating in food challenges. It’s safe to say that every challenge featured on the site would be considered an absolute unit. And you can find anything from sweet challenges with waffles and milkshakes to barbecue feasts with various meats.      

#19 The Mother Of All Pancakes

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#20 This Frog We Found On A Bike Ride (Size 10 Mens Shoe For Size)

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#21 This Cheese

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If competing in a food challenge grosses you out, don’t worry. You can still enjoy absolute units of food without worrying about getting it all down by yourself or in a certain amount of time. There are plenty of places that sell gigantic slices of pizza, croissants, cookies and more. But these are perfect for sharing with your friends and family! If you’re throwing a party, it might actually be worth it to get a pizza that’s longer than your dining room table. You’ll certainly have enough for everyone!

#22 This Absolute Unit Of A Bouquet

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#23 One Of My Poor Girls Laid This Absolute Unit Of An Egg

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#24 Baseball+ Sized Hail In Iowa Recently

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We hope you’re enjoying scrolling through these photos of absolute units, pandas. Keep upvoting the ones you find particularly impressive, and let us know in the comments what you’d like to see an absolute unit of. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article featuring gigantic versions of small things, look no further than right here!

#25 World Beer Drinking Champ And Absolute Unit Andre The Giant

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#26 This Cat’s Arm Size

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#27 Absolute Shark

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#28 This Tadpole That Didn't Grow Into A Frog Due To Hormone Imbalance

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#29 Damn! That's A Thicc Raccoon!

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#30 This Breed Of Dog Is Called A Borzoi. It Has An Absolute Unit Of A Sniffer

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#31 He Has Risen

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#32 Imagine If He Suddenly Wakes Up

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#33 An Absolute Apartment Unit In Hong Kong

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#34 Think He’s Been Eating More Than Just Lettuce

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#35 The Bruise On Scott Mendelson—and Scott Mendelson Himself—after Tearing His Pec Muscle While Attempting A Bench Press World Record

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#36 Does My Pet Snail Count As A Unit?

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#37 Absolute Unit Of A Pot To Boil 1,200 Eggs At Once

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#38 This Sandwich My Nonno Showed Me

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#39 This Is One Of The Largest Pizzas You Can Buy In New York. With The Pizza Box This Is Actually A Double Unit

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#40 Absolute Unit Of A Jerusalem Cricket, Which Is Neither From Jerusalem Nor A Cricket!

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#41 30 Dollar Burrito I Got Today

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#42 This Absolute Unit Of A Schnitzel I Ate. Holy Schnitzel Indeed

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#43 An Incredible Hanging Stone In The Sayan Mountains In Siberia

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#44 This Keyboard

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#45 The Worlds Largest Coin Which Is Legal Tender, Nominal Value Is $1 Million Aud

It weighs 1 tonne (1012kg/2231lb) and is made from 99.99% pure gold valued at $53.5 million at the time of minting in 2012. It currently resides at the Perth mint in Australia.

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#46 This Zucc My Wife Was Given

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#47 This Freshly Shaven, Fat Cat

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#48 From The U.S. National Tick Collection, Which I Just Found Exists Today

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#49 This Oyster I Was Served Today

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#50 Teabag Mountain

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British actress and singer Suki Waterhouse, 32, recently stepped into an exciting new role — that of a mother. She took a moment on Thursday, April 4, to introduce her newborn baby to her fans on Instagram with a picture showing her bundle of joy in her arms.

Suki reportedly shares the infant child with none other than Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson, 37, who is also Suki’s fiancé.

In the adorable snapshot that Suki posted on Instagram, the new momma was captured lovingly holding her infant, who was swaddled in a blanket adorned with hearts. However, the couple are still keeping their fans guessing, as they haven’t revealed the name or gender of the little one yet.

Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson recently welcomed their first child together

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“Welcome to the world angel,” Suki captioned the post.

Celebrities who stumbled upon Suki’s picture while scrolling through their feed paused and took a moment to congratulate the couple as they entered parenthood.

“Congratulations love! So happy for you both!” fellow celebrity mum Paris Hilton wrote

“Now the fun really begins,” actress Alyssa Milano quipped, while singer Halsey commented, “ROCKSTAR MOM.”

Fans and celebrities showered the couple with praise after the arrival of their new bundle of joy

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Actress Nina Dobrev left a slew of hearts in her comment, along with a “Congratulations” on Suki’s post.

Fans were also elated to catch a glimpse of the little one and the proud momma.

“That child hit the genetic lottery,” read a comment that has garnered more than 10,500 likes so far.

“This baby has no idea who their parents are,” said a second comment, while another said, “That child gonna be the most beautiful baby.”

Robert Pattinson was pictured pushing a pram last month while out with his partner

#RobertPattinson Looked Every Inch The Doting Dad As He Pushed The Light Pink Pram With Their Newborn In While #SukiWaterhouse Looked Happy And Healthy Walking Beside Him 💞 Congratulations 💐 To The Happy Parents On Their First Baby Girl 🩷👶🍼🧸🩷 https://t.co/LHi08m70UK

— Absolutely Rob (@sweenypowl) March 26, 2024

A loyal Twilight fan said, “The real baby renesmee.”

News about Suki and Robert welcoming their first child together came last month after photos of the couple pushing a beige pram with their newborn were shared by the Daily Mail.

The couple, who have kept their love life away from the limelight, were first romantically linked together in 2018.

Suki Waterhouse adorably revealed her baby bump to a cheering audience in November last year

“I thought I’d wear something sparkly to distract you from something else I’ve got going on… i’m not sure it’s working”

Suki Waterhouse announcing that she’s pregnant today at Corona Festival! 🤰🏼💕pic.twitter.com/MhZEkCJVgb

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Suki confirmed that she was pregnant while on stage in front of a cheering crowd at the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City last November.

“I thought I’d wear something sparkly today to distract you from something else I’ve got going on,” she said, revealing her baby bump to the crowd.

“I’m not sure if it’s working,” she jokingly added before serving the audience with a musical performance.

Singer Lizzo penned a deeply enigmatic essay that delved into the trauma of burying one’s feelings. The cryptic message came in the shadow of her recent “I quit” declaration that sent shock waves through her fan base.

The Grammy-winner, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, appeared to give a peek behind the Lizzo persona and showed fans a glimpse of Melissa in her raw and deeply personal essay.

Lizzo wrote in the essay about a girl named Melissa who spent a lifetime policing her emotions and sticking to a set of internal rules she made for herself.

From a young age, the Melissa in Lizzo’s essay was described as the mediator of her family when fights erupted. She imposed three rules—”1. Don’t cry, 2. Stay neutral; deescalate, and 3. Don’t take anything personal. This isn’t about you”—for herself so she could maintain the role of a peacemaker during turbulent times.

“Humans tend to collect traumas like pebbles on a long hike. We toss them into our backpacks and keep moving forward. Some hikers would falter, but Melissa was built for this. She’d carried the stones of her family’s traumas uphill for years. She was strong,” Lizzo wrote in the essay.

Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, wrote an essay about a child named Melissa who taught herself to bury her feelings and grew up with the trauma of it

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“When men began to befriend and reject her, saying ‘you’re too good for me’ but not too good to make them feel good. She carried that,” she went on to say. “When childhood friends began to cut off the strings of her heart, saying ‘We can’t be friends anymore’. She carried that. When her family separated like dandelion seeds, it seemed like they’d never be together again. Melissa slept on so many couches, floors and car seats sometimes she didn’t know if she’d see them again. She carried that.”

For the longest time, Melissa didn’t break the self-imposed three rules, but deep down, she “wanted to break them boldly and loudly and annoyingly and honestly and sloppily like every one else gets to do,” Lizzo wrote.

Lizzo wrote in the essay that Melissa eventually learned how to break the rules and cry, escalate, and take things personally

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“It was in that moment, tucked in a thin jacket inside of an 8-foot high instrument cubby in the inky darkness—it hit her,” she went on to say. “‘Is my suffering for a high purpose? Or is my suffering trying to kill me?’”

“She cried.

“She escalated.

“She took it personal.

“But it wasn’t enough. She wanted to scream in a microphone in a sea of shadowy faces. She drank whiskey and wove her pain into rock music,” Lizzo wrote.

The singer went on to write about how Melissa began to “fall for her feelings”

 

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As the “pebble-laden hike became lighter with time,” Melissa eventually decided that rules were meant to be “built and broken,” the About Damn Time singer said.

She then went on to list out how Melissa broke the rules that she had made for herself.

“So… She broke rule number 1 on stage while singing a beautiful song…,” read the essay. “Rule number 2 was broken when she grew older and saw the injustices of the world. Marching with hundreds in protest she realized not everything needs to be pacified. And one day when she finally fell in love, she broke rule number 3. No matter how much training she’d done she couldn’t help but take every thing her lover said and did personal. But it was ok. Because in all her resistance she realized breaking rules was her power.”

“Melissa began to fall for her feelings. Her feelings gave life purpose. They weren’t always logical, as feelings seldom are. They were sloppy and embarrassing and rude and so fucking uncomfortable. But they were hers. And they were real,” Lizzo added.

Lizzo’s essay comes days after she posted a video clarifying what she meant by her “I Quit” declaration

 

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The essay came days after Lizzo clarified that she was not going to quit making music, which she described as “the joy of [her] life.” When she made the “I Quit” statement, Lizzo said she meant she was going to stop “giving any negative energy attention.”

After posting the recent essay on Tumblr, fans had mixed reactions, with many supporting her for putting pen to paper and exposing her feelings, while others were critical and accused her of trying to gain attention.

Some fans cheered the singer on and said, “Writing is extremely healing”

A Mississippi mother decided to turn her two teenage sons in to the police after learning they were being searched for after firing shots at an officer.

A Holly Springs police officer said on Tuesday (April 2) that he attempted to pull over a red Kia Forte driving erratically with no headlights on Interstate 22 towards Memphis.

According to the police, at least two shots were fired from the suspects’ vehicle after a brief pursuit.

“It was dangerous for the officers and any other pedestrians and anyone that was on that interstate at the time. That was a very dangerous situation,” Holly Springs Police Chief Darryl Bowens said.

A mother decided to turn in her two sons to the police after they were accused of firing shots at an officer

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A Marshall County sheriff’s deputy spotted the vehicle where the suspects ran into the woods, WMC reports.

Following the incident, officers put in an alert with photos of the two men, aged 17 and 18, hoping someone would recognize them.

The person who knew them the most eventually did. It took less than 24 hours for the mother to turn her teenage sons in to the police after seeing them on the news.

“I was like, ‘Are you serious? Oh, hell no.’ I got up, and I asked questions,” the mother, who wishes to remain anonymous, said.

“I don’t play no games with them. If you want to do the crime, you gotta do the time,” she said

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According to Holly Springs Police, the suspects, aged 17 and 18, fired at a police offer during a traffic stop

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She added: “I don’t play no games with them. If you want to do the crime, you gotta do the time— Plain and simple.”

She also described seeing her children associated with a crime as “very shocking.”

“My child does not get in trouble. He don’t bother nobody. They don’t do nothing. All they do is play games. This is very new. This is very shocking.”

The mother learned about the crime after seeing her sons’ photos on the news

Her sons reportedly insisted that they were innocent.

Both of them have been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer. Their names were not released by the Holly Springs Police Department.

Furthermore, an additional person of interest in the case has reportedly been questioned but not charged.

People congratulated the mother for her integrity

Thieves broke into the vault of a money storage facility in the San Fernando Valley, stealing around $30 million in one of the largest cash heists in the history of Los Angeles.

The crime reportedly took place on the night of Easter Sunday (March 31) when the burglars entered the GardaWorld money storage facility in Sylmar, LAPD revealed on Wednesday (April 3).

GardaWorld is “one of the largest privately owned integrated security and risk” companies internationally, and it partners with private companies, governments, humanitarian organizations, and multinationals, according to the company’s website.

The burglars were able to breach the building and the safe where the money was stored, according to L.A. Police Department Cmdr. Elaine Morales.

Nobody noticed the money was gone until the following day when employees opened the vault.

Burglars broke into the vault of a money storage facility on Easter Sunday and stole around $30 million in cash

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The LAPD is currently working with the FBI on the case.

“It’s just mind-blowing that you would never suspect it,” he said. “$30 million in the Valley, gone. How? Why? I’m still trying to process it,” an employee who works at GardaWorld told ABC7.

“Was it an inside job? Was it just one person? Was it a group? You know, there’s a lot of questions.”

The burglars are thought to have broken through the roof of the facility, but a law enforcement source revealed that there was also an effort to breach the side of the building.

It remains unclear how they gained access to the vault without triggering the alarm system.

The theft is one of the largest cash heists in the history of Los Angeles

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A video shared by ABC shows a large cut on the side of the facility covered by a piece of plywood with rubble around it. It hasn’t been confirmed whether this was related to the break-in.

Scott Andrew Selby, co-author of “Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History,” told the L.A. Times that the crime has “all the markings of a really well-thought-out job” that was done by a “professional crew.”

Despite this, he believes the thieves might not ultimately get away with the sophisticated heist.

“As technology progresses and the world gets small, there are a lot of ways you can mess up and get caught,” Selby said. 

“With touch DNA, the slightest mistake can expose the identity of a member of the crew, leading authorities to eventually identify their associates.”

Aerial footage shows a cut on the side of the facility, though it remains unclear how it was connected to the crime

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Another mysterious aspect of the theft is that very few people reportedly knew that there were large sums of cash in that safe, according to law enforcement sources.

Anyone with information about the crime is being asked to contact the FBI at 1 800 CALL-FBI (225-5324) or online at tips.fbi.gov.

Bored Panda has contacted the Los Angeles Police Department for comment.

The burglars managed to avoid the facility’s alarm system

The previous biggest cash robbery in Los Angeles was the Dunbar Armored robbery in September 1997, in which six men stole $18.9 million from the former site of the Dunbar Armored building—a similar facility to GardaWorld— on Mateo Street.

The GardaWorld crime comes two years after thieves stole $100 million in jewels and valuables from a Brink’s big rig at a Southern California truck stop. 

On that occasion, burglars used a 27-minute time window where one driver slept in the vehicle’s sleeper berth while another ate a meal at a truck stop. The criminal or criminals still haven’t been caught.

Multiple people believe the crime was an “inside job” carried out by someone familiar with the building

Bianca Censori, the latest Mrs. West, has certainly not shied away from the spotlight since tying the knot with rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.

Her recent choice of outfit to dine out with her 46-year-old husband was essentially just her underwear—a busty black bra and flesh-colored lace tights. Some fans were underwhelmed at the fashion choice and said the 29-year-old Australian architect and model is running out of creative fuel for her outfits.

Ye and Bianca stepped out for dinner together at Gigi’s in Los Angeles on April 3, and for their date night, Bianca’s ensemble was daringly scant on fabric. The outfit marked yet another instance in Bianca’s growing catalog of risqué public appearances.

It seemed as though Bianca chose to forgo wearing underwear beneath her lace tights. But she strategically placed a black purse to cover her privates while walking down the streets of LA.

Meanwhile, Ye hid behind black sunglasses, even though it was nighttime, and he strolled by his wife’s side in his all-black outfit. The rapper had his hood up as well.

Ye and Bianca Censori appeared to enjoy their date night in LA as they grabbed dinner together

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Instead of gasps of awe or shock, social media users collectively shrugged, as they are growing tired of seeing Bianca’s repetitive and unimaginative attempts at gaining attention.

“Everything Bianca Censori wears is ugly. Like, be so for real. Put an actual outfit on, please,” one critic wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Every time I see a video of Kanye and Bianca Censori out and about I get major Sims waiting for directions vibes from her.”

“If she looked confident, it’d be a different story, but maybe this is just a shot of her looking meek, timid, and uncomfortable,” a second comment said, while a third added, “She always looks so scared and uncomfortable idk maybe it’s just me.”

Bianca’s recent string of barely-anything outfits sparked speculation among fans about whether she’s in a controlling relationship, where Ye is parading her around in outfits of his choosing.

Recent reports cited sources and claimed Bianca is starting to feel used by her husband ahead of the release of his ‘Vultures 2’ album.

“She needs a break and needs to step back,” a source told the Daily Mail. “She loved the attention but it is getting overwhelming and Kanye keeps pushing and pushing for more, more, more leading up to the release of Vultures 2.”

The source claimed that Bianca feels like Ye is using her as a “marketing tool” to get as many eyeballs as possible and remain in the limelight. Moreover, the source noted that Bianca is interested in starting a family and having children after her husband’s album is out.

“She feels like he is using her as a free marketing tool – as does everyone else,” the source told the outlet. “These past couple of months have been an experience, but she really wants to focus on having children after the album drops. She knows she is overexposed.”

Fans appear to be growing tired of Bianca Censori’s repetitive underwear outings and pointed out that she always looks “scared and uncomfortable”

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Recent reports further claimed that Bianca’s family had an issue with her recent outfits. However, her sister, Angelina Censori, dispelled the rumors and said her family supports Ye.

“We all support him. We support his new album. We support his new clothes he’s dropping,” Angelina was quoted telling the Herald Sun last month.

Angelina also said that claims about their father wanting to have a sit-down with Ye about his marriage with his daughter are “all just bulls—t.”

“My dad never talks,” she added. “Nothing’s true.”

Ye and Bianca’s Wednesday date night comes amid the news of a new lawsuit that the rapper is at the center of.

The music mogul was accused by a former employee of harassing his employees at Donda Academy, a school that Ye founded and named after his mother.

The employee, Trevor Phillips, also accused Ye of wanting to put kids in cages in the now-shuttered school.

“In front of the schoolchildren, Kanye continued his dangerous rhetoric. Kanye started to openly discuss how he only likes to date White women,” the lawsuit stated. “Then addressing the two school children, Kanye told them that he wanted them to shave their heads and that he intended to put a jail at the school — and that they could be locked in cages. The staff quickly distracted the children, and escorted them out of the room.”

Trevor, a Black man, further accused the rapper of treating his Black employees “palpably worse than white employees.”

The ex-employee claimed that Ye, on one occasion, ordered a Black campus security guard to have his dreads shaved off if he wanted to keep his job.

Trevor said in legal documents that Ye would openly make antisemitic comments and derogatory remarks against the LGBTQIA+ community.

“… He could not resist indulging in his favorite topic: ‘The Jews are GREEDY and they keep trying to take MY MONEY,'” read the lawsuit. “In addition to other repeated attacks on Jewish people, Kanye then began threatening the LGBTQ community. ‘Yeah I am going for the Gays! FIRST the Jews, THEN the Gays.'”

“Gay people are not true Christians,” the rapper was quoted saying in legal documents. “And Gay people are controlled by Bill Gates so that they don’t have children for population control.”

Ye and artist Ty Dolla $ign were meant to hold “listening” parties for the Vultures 1 & 2 albums this month in arenas in Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Charlotte, and Washington, D.C. However, just a day or two after the announcement was made, reports said the large-scale listening sessions were canceled, according to Variety.

“We regret to report that due to the time constraints for Ye and Ty Dolla $ign to curate production and meet logistic requirements, the upcoming dates for the VULTURES 1&2 listening experience will need to be revisited at a later date,” said a post from Amalie Arena last week.

Her outfits no longer make fans gasp in awe or shock. Social media users are now yawning at her outfits instead

In this world of incessant advertising, it’s hard to find an ad that truly stands out. But one subreddit is dedicated to finding the most brilliant pieces of marketing and sharing them online. Below, you’ll find some incredibly clever ads that have been spotted all around the world, so enjoy scrolling through and be sure to upvote the designs that you find particularly effective!

#1 "Protect Wildlife, Before It's Too Late" WWF Deutschland Campaign

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#2 One Click Can Change Your Future

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#3 No Easy Way Out - Women's Helpline

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Advertising is not the easiest field to work in. Most people are often annoyed by ads and do everything in their power to avoid them. Whether that means installing an ad-blocker on their internet browser or paying a little extra to avoid commercials when watching shows online, it’s worth it to keep those annoying advertisements from infiltrating your peace. 

Every now and then, however, we encounter marketing that’s so brilliant, we don’t even mind the fact that it’s advertising a product. After all, we all need to buy things, so we might as well support companies that we think advertise well! That’s why this subreddit dedicated to sharing amazing ads exists. This community has over 461k members, and it’s the perfect place to go if you spot an incredible ad that you’ve just got to share!

#4 Travel Faster With A Good Book - National Library Of Singapore

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#5 Littering Says A Lot About You - Live Green Toronto

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#6 IKEA Early Christmas Sale Ad (2014)

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As with anything else in life, what makes for a great ad is subjective and can depend on many factors. But according to strategic growth advisor James Cole, step one is understanding your target audience. Marketing to Gen Z is going to be very different from creating an ad that targets boomers. So it’s important to understand how your audience speaks, where they like to get their information and what appeals to them.

Step two is knowing your competition. Find out exactly how they’re advertising and whether it’s working for them or not. You can learn from their successes or their failures and work to create an ad that’s even better. You want to stand out, while still managing to grab the attention of the same audience. 

#7 Thai Restaurant In A Small Town In Ireland

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#8 A Local Lawyer

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#9 J&b Scotch Whiskey (1990)

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When advertising, James Cole says it’s also key to know all the ins and outs of the product or service you’re providing. Understanding all of the key features and benefits is crucial, so you can highlight them in any ads. And you’ll need clearly defined objectives as well. Whether you want to reach a more international audience, a younger audience, etc., you need to tailor your advertising specifically to that goal. But always remember to be honest. False advertising is a quick way to create a terrible ad, and sometimes even a lawsuit, so it’s important to avoid the temptation to bend the truth. 

#10 World Vision - He Sees What Can't Be Shown

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#11 Volkswagen Polo Ad (2005)

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#12 Nike Ad By Wieden+ Kennedy Featuring Young Serena Williams

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While some advertisers might be brilliant at what they do, it’s important for anyone marketing to test, test and test again, James Cole says. Test your ads on small audiences and get feedback about what they liked and didn’t like. Make some changes and keep repeating the process until you’re happy with what you hear. Launching an ad that will be seen by the entire country, or perhaps all around the world, can be very costly, so it’s important to make sure you have the perfect ad ready to go when you finally share it with the world.

#13 TG4: Irish TV Ad For Women's Gaelic Football Season

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#14 Colgate Floss, 2011

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#15 1968 Magazine Ad

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Forbes also has their own recipe for creating the perfect advertisement. After it’s been confirmed that you know your audience, they recommend creating a captivating headline. This might include making a promise, including statistics about your brand and making a personal pitch to your target audience. It can also be wise to assure your potential customer base that you can solve a problem they have. Don’t just boast about how great your product is, but explain what exactly it can do for them. 

#16 Mississippi Department Of Transportation Ad Against Distracted Driving

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#17 Maxell (1990)

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#18 Breast Cancer Now - Beat It

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Including a call to action can also be helpful in advertising. Let your audience know exactly what they need to do to get their hands on your product. Should they call to make an appointment, hop online to place an order or go to their local grocery store to pick it up? Forbes explains that by providing customers with options for purchase, it makes it easier for their minds to jump from seeing an ad to actually making a purchase, without requiring much thought in between.

#19 Lupin On Netflix (Or A Fake Jewelry Campaign)

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#20 After Six 1972

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#21 IKEA Ad For Upcoming Store Opening In Oxford Street, London

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The goal when creating an ad is to make something that will be memorable for years, or even decades, to come. Wyzowl has compiled a list of some of the best commercials of all time, and it’s likely you remember many of them. First, they mention the Dumb Ways to Die Australian Metro ad, which featured lots of creatures being sliced and killed in various ways to encourage travelers to make smart decisions when using public transit. If you’ve seen the ad before, you’re likely singing it in your head right now! 

#22 Jim Beam (1990)

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#23 Nike - Your Only Limit Is You

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#24 From The Coldest Waters Of Norway - Ocean Blue

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We hope you’re enjoying this compilation of some of the world’s best ads, pandas! Keep upvoting the ones you find particularly clever, and let us know in the comments below if you’ve ever seen any ads that you were impressed with. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article featuring fabulous ads, look no further than right here!

#25 Rebel Sport - We're Up For It

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#26 McDonald's - Loved By All

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#27 Pink Flamingoes (1987)

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#28 This Canon Camera Ad On A Suzuki Jimny

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#29 Mcdonalds Heatwave Ad (UK)

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#30 3D Billboard For An Post. Dublin, Ireland (2023)

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#31 Panasonic (1990)

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#32 Sony (1990)

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#33 British Airways

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#34 Technics (1987)

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#35 Sherlock Holmes Ad In TV Guide (1967)

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#36 Trains - Now On Uber

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#37 Philips Television (1951) By Cassandre

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#38 Vintage Bob's Big Boy Menu & Advertising

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#39 Check Out This Old Shell Advert!

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#40 Icee (1976)

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#41 Movie Poster For "Civil War" (2024)

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#42 Duck Head (1990)

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#43 Smirnoff (1990)

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#44 Pontiac (1999)

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#45 Crown Royal (1990)

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#46 Sony (1987)

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#47 Uber - Origami Cars

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#48 Koss Stereophones (1974)

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#49 Hostess (1976)

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#50 Salem Lights (1987)

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#51 Vintage Burger King Whopper Advertising Sign

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#52 Tanqueray (1987)

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#53 Rumple Minze (1987)

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#54 KFC - Sorry Utensils

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#55 Antique Cream Of Wheat Thanksgiving Ad

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#56 Rca Victor Presents Perry Como's Holiday Special (1967)

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#57 Mercury Cougar (1999)

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#58 Vintage Enriched Butter-Nut Bread Advertising Sign

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#59 Stoli Vodka (1990)

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#60 Tobacco Is Whacko If You're A Teen (2002)

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#61 Spalding (1976)

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#62 Panasonic & Poltergeist II (1987)

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#63 Ad Of The Day: Visa

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#64 These Rei Flyers For A New Location Opening In My Area (September 2023)

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#65 King Of Skate (2002)

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#66 Seagrams Seven Seas (1990)

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#67 Myer's Rum (1990)

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#68 Early Times Kentucky Bourbon

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#69 Escort - Radar Warning Receiver (1987)

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#70 Chevy Trucks, 1970

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#71 Saturn (1999)

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#72 Pioneer (1987)

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#73 Camel Filters (1987)

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#74 Vintage Coca Cola Trademark Registered Metal Porcelain Ad Sign

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#75 Jim Beam (1990)

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#76 Right Guard (1990)

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#77 Nbc News Special (1967)

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#78 Vantage Cigarettes (1987)

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#79 Marlboro (1974)

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#80 H.i.s Jeans (1990)

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#81 Givenchy (1987)

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#82 Canoe By Dana (1990)

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#83 Chaps By Ralph Lauren (1987)

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#84 Laserdisc Club (1990)

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#85 Buick (1999)

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#86 Camel Cigarettes (1990)

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#87 Vintage Crow Bar Tobacco Advertising

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#88 Miller Lite (1999)

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#89 Kool Milds (1990)

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#90 Malibu Lights (1990)

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#91 Zales (1987)

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#92 Winston (1987)

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#93 Winston Cigarettes (1990)

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#94 Vintage Old Gold Cigarettes Tin Advertising Sign, 1930-1969

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#95 The Music From Marlboro Country (1967)

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#96 Playboy (1987)

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#97 Benson & Hodges (1974)

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As people age, they begin to lose the ability to do the same things they could when they were younger, and basic tasks like cooking and cleaning suddenly become much harder. Unfortunately, many elders might not even be aware that they’re falling behind with their daily needs and remain adamant about living alone.

For this senior mother-in-law, it got to a point where her daughter-in-law got food poisoning just from eating at her house. Concerned for her child’s safety, the DIL forbade her to feed the grandkid at all. However, neither MIL nor her husband abided by her decision.

Scroll down to find the full story and a conversation with consultant and care manager for those aging in place, Rebecca West, who kindly agreed to tell us more about difficulties in old age.

As people age, simple tasks like cooking become much harder

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For this senior woman, it got to a point where her food poisoned DIL and her baby

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There are many reasons why the elderly stop taking care of themselves

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The state of the senior woman’s home that the author of the story is painting can be described as elder self-neglect. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services refers to this term as “behavior of an elderly person that threatens his/her own health or safety and generally manifests itself by failure to provide himself/herself with adequate food, water, clothing, shelter, personal hygiene, medication (when indicated), and safety precautions.”

Bored Panda reached out to consultant and care manager for those aging in place, Rebecca West, who says that additional signs to look out for include a depressed mood or erratic changes in behavior. For instance, they may forget or miss appointments, change their sleep schedule, forget to follow up with people, or constantly lose important items like keys or glasses. “Altered mental status in a loved one should be addressed right away,” she stresses.

West adds, “Physical signs may include appearing unwashed, smelly clothes, dirty hair, and unkempt fingernails. Wearing the same clothes over and over again is a good indication that more help is needed, either because they aren’t physically able to change their clothes themselves or aren’t remembering to wash and change their clothes regularly. ”

There are many reasons why the elderly stop taking care of themselves, including dementia, depression, disease, poverty, and isolation. According to West, in many cases, the person might refuse to seek help because they feel ashamed. She also notes, “With the elderly population, there can also be a big fear of losing their independence if they admit they are struggling.”

Another contributing factor is that they simply don’t know where to turn or who to reach out to. “It can feel very overwhelming to understand where to start and who to trust. That’s part of the reason I started The Invisible Crowd, as there are often so many resources at a person’s fingertips that they just don’t know where to look. Lastly, if dementia is playing a role in a person’s behavior, they may not be able to comprehend that they are in need of assistance.”

Sometimes such behavior even affects and endangers the general public when they increase the risk of a house fire or their environment breeds diseases. However, if the senior is deemed clinically capable of making their own decisions, they have the right to refuse help, and protective services providers have to respect their choice.

What’s even more concerning is that self-neglect is not only damaging to one’s health but can also be life-threatening. A study in 2009 that analyzed over 10,000 seniors discovered that a lack of self-care was associated with a significant increase in premature death. Additional research found that such behavior increases the risk of elder abuse.

Usually, the tendencies of self-neglect progress, therefore, it’s important to keep an eye on the elderly

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It can be hard to know how or when to intervene when your loved one is experiencing self-neglect. West advises, “I’d say the sooner the better, just by offering something small like shoveling their driveway when it snows or bringing over some baked goods.

Building that bridge of communication and trust will most likely give you more information. When you bring over some muffins and look inside their home, is it a mess? Are the ceiling tiles falling down? Or is it clean and orderly?”

Usually, illnesses and conditions like dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or depression progress, leading to a gradual loss of ability or interest in self-care. Therefore, it’s important to keep an eye on them, even if a self-neglecting senior doesn’t officially require outside care.

She mentions that if it’s someone you don’t know personally or don’t feel comfortable interacting with, reaching out to local community paramedics, fire stations, or public health officials is a great place to start. “You can Google your local branches’ phone numbers and explain your concerns to them. Never put yourself in a dangerous situation, if you’re unsure how someone might react, bring in a professional to investigate their circumstances further,” she adds.

The seniors themselves can try to prevent self-neglect as they age by staying in touch with their close circle, becoming involved in community activities, getting to know their neighbors, and scheduling regular medical appointments. 

People assured the author in the comments that she’s not overreacting

While nobody would argue against the need to promote computer literacy in order to avoid scammers, it’s equally important to also promote and empower people to fight back against them. You know, in the form of heckling them back in the same way they tried to do with you whilst saying they’re Tim from Microsoft support. Or something.

Take note from this Redditor who narrowly avoided a scam, but instead of shrugging it off, they took it a step further and proceeded to call the scammer operations multiple times across several days. Like a boss.

Most might think scammers are nigh untouchable. Nope, all you need is a little bit of ingenuity to get back at them

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Take notes from this guy who, after nearly getting scammed, proceeded to call the scammers back and waste their time

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While the author of the post did feel like it was a small victory, it was a victory nonetheless

Redditor u/Starbucks__Lovers nearly fell victim to a $450 (maybe even more) scam. We get it, the guy’s tired and out of it. Happens to the best of us. But instead of leaving it at that, he decided he can afford to wreak some havoc.

So, he set up some Google Voice accounts and proceeded to call the scammers back. Many, many times. So much, in fact, that folks there started recognizing him after several calls. It took a while for the scammers to pick up on the idea of blocking him, but better later than earlier in this case.

Heck, the guy even borrowed a phone to make some calls just to get under the scammers’ skin even more. This went on for several days until most of the resources were essentially used up. While it was a small and petty victory, it was a victory nonetheless.

And folks online approved. It was only appropriate for folks to point out that there are coordinated campaigns against scammers on Reddit and other platforms, so this is definitely not out of the ordinary. Besides that, some Redditors admitted to doing the same, with one explaining how they often manage to link two of the scammers together and then he listens to the chaos.

There are less proactive ways of dealing with scammers, but a tad bit of chaos within legal limits wouldn’t be frowned upon either

The State Government of Tennessee issued guidelines for how to handle a scammer attack. First and foremost, as soon as you understand that you’ve been contacted by a scammer, but before they’ve breached anything, simply hang up, stop your correspondence, whatever. Just stop.

If you believe that the scammers got at least a whiff of your bank information, contact your bank and make sure your accounts are safe. And, immediately after that, check your computer for malware, change your passwords, and report the scam. Depending on the nature of the scam, you might want to talk to local law enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Affairs, Identity Theft or the Better Business Bureau.

However, there are people who take a more creative or even hands-on approach to dealing with scammers. Internet personalities like Jim Browning and IRLRosie tackle scammers on a daily basis. At the very least, they waste as much scammer time as possible so that they can’t target other folks. And if pursued, then entire operations get shut down.

So, what are your thoughts on any of this? Share your takes and stories in the comment section below! And if you need more scams in your life, have at it.

Folks approved of the anti-scam measures, sharing their stories and even pointing out some initiatives that do the same

A big part of teaching kids to socialize is for them to learn how to share. Whether it’s toys or food, kids need to know they can’t always have everything for themselves. Sharing is caring, after all, right? But what about sharing things that they’ve won fair and square? Should they learn to give those up as well?

One mom shared her dilemma about whether she was right not to make her son share his raffle toy prize. She claims other parents started pressuring her and the boy to give the prize to another boy who didn’t win anything. The mother initially refused, but after her husband started wondering whether they should’ve encouraged the boy to give his prize away, she started doubting her decision as well. So she decided to ask the Internet’s opinion.

Bored Panda reached out to parenting coach Megan Thompson. She was kind enough to weigh in on the situation, telling us whether the mom’s decision was the right one. Read our interview with her below!

Kids love raffles, parties, and any other event where they can get free toys

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Yet, when one kid won two prizes, his mom felt pressured to make him give one of the toys to another child

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Parenting coach Megan Thompson says she would’ve let the child decide for himself as well

The situation the OP describes in her post isn’t anything unheard of. We all know kids don’t particularly like to share their stuff. Parenting coach Megan Thompson tells Bored Panda that they’re similar to adults in that regard. “Most adults are not great at sharing either. We just get better at appearing we do,” she says.

“If someone gifted an adult two brand new cars, do you think their immediate reaction would be to look at their neighbor’s old car and think, ‘I really think they could use the other car more than my family,’ and give it to them straight away?” Probably not.

“That’s what it would feel like for a child to be given two new toys and be told to give the other one away.” She says that whether this could’ve been a teaching moment really depends on the child’s age. As the mother mentioned her kids are both old enough not to throw tantrums when they don’t get a prize, it seems they might be old enough to make a decision themselves.

“I would make it the child’s choice to share the other toy,” she somewhat agrees with the OP’s decision. “I’d first have a chat with my child and let them think about it. Let them try on how it feels. Don’t let other parents pressure you – it’s an opportunity to learn and grow,” Thompson notes.

She says that this is perhaps a bigger learning experience for the child who didn’t get the toy car. She has some advice for the parents of the other kid: “If the other child doesn’t share with them, coach them through how that feels. Don’t fix it or promise to make it up to them. Your child may be more generous to others the next time they are given an abundance.”

She argues that the kid who didn’t win anything actually got the better end of the stick in the long term. “Your kid is going to grow and learn from disappointment in this situation – in fact, I’d argue [that] while they may have lost the prize, they really won. Kids have to flex their disappointment like a muscle and build resilience. It’s one of the greatest gifts we can give them. We can empathize and coach them through it,” Thompson explains.

Parental peer pressure might be hard to deal with, but parents should stick to their guns

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In the situation that the mother describes, it seems that the main problem here stems from the opinions of other adults. The mother felt quite firm in her decision to let her son choose whether to give up the toy car until other parents and her husband prompted her to doubt it.

VeryWell Family writes that parents should be confident in themselves and their decisions: “Count all the things you are doing right as a parent and trust yourself.” When other parents are giving advice, more often than not, they’re coming from a good place. The best reaction is to politely let them know you’ve already made up your mind.

Of course, it’s healthy to consider suggestions from others. When choosing to stick to your guns, think about:

• Do you think your parenting decision is what’s best for your child?
• Do you have any scientific evidence supporting your decision?
• Might what you’re doing be harmful or dangerous to your child?

After considering these questions, make a decision that suits your values and parenting strategy. After all, when children see their parents not sway from peer pressure, it sets an example in their minds. They should be able to handle pressure from their peers better if they see their parents being firm with their beliefs.

The majority of people agreed that the kid should keep what he won fair and square

But some thought the mother should’ve intervened

It’s no surprise that people tend to get quite invested when watching a movie. Even though deep down they understand that the stories and the people portrayed on the screen are fictitious, sometimes the acting is just so good, they forget all about it.

However, there are times when something feels off; when the story is not believable, the setting is somehow wrong, or there is simply no chemistry between the actors whatsoever. The latter is what members of the ‘Pop Culture Chat’ community recently discussed when the user ‘Joanna_Valdes’ asked them about the romantic leads in movies that had zero chemistry. People covered all sorts of pairings in their answers, so scroll down to find them on the list below, and see if you have sat through at least one of the listed movies.

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The dog and “beloved family member” of Law & Order actress Angie Harmon was killed on Easter weekend by a delivery man using a gun. The pet assassin has since claimed self-defense but has been called out by the actress for alleged lies.

On Monday (April 1), the 51-year-old actress took to her Instagram page to announce that Oliver, her darling mutt, was shot to death by an InstaCart worker at her family home in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Alongside various heartbreakingly adorable pictures of the poor dog, Angie wrote: “This Easter weekend a man delivering groceries for Instacart shot & killed our precious Oliver.”

InstaCart is an American delivery company based in San Francisco that operates a grocery delivery and pick-up service in the US and Canada, and it is accessible via a website and mobile app.

51-year-old actress Angie Harmon announced on social media that an InstaCart delivery man had shot and killed her dog, Oliver

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The actress continued: “He got out of his car, delivered the food & THEN shot our dog. 

“Our ring camera was charging in the house, which he saw & then knew he wasn’t being recorded. 

“The police let him go b/c he claimed ‘self-defense.’

“He did not have a scratch or bite on him nor were his pants torn.

“He was shopping under a woman’s identity named Merle… the pic is on my story.”

 

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Angie slammed the animal killer on her Instagram story, calling his actions despicable and inexcusable. 

The Texan also highlighted his InstaCart profile, which shows him using the name Merle.

In the emotional post, Angie also wrote: “He shot our dog with my daughters & myself at home & just kept saying, ‘yeah, I shot your dog. Yea, I did.’

“We are completely traumatized & beyond devastated at the loss of our beloved boy & family member.

“#RIP OLLIE.”

Despite claiming self-defense, Angie revealed that the man hadn’t been bitten or scratched

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) told TMZ that the delivery driver in question did, in fact, claim self-defense on this matter.

They told TMZ: “The investigation revealed that a delivery driver arrived at the residence to deliver consumable goods.

“The driver told officers that a dog attacked him while he was at the residence and that he defended himself by firing a single gunshot, striking and mortally wounding the dog. 

“Another dog was present at the residence but did not attack.”

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CMPD reportedly said that no criminal charges have been filed over the incident, but CMPD’s Animal Control became embroiled in the situation and is seemingly not seeking out any other parties either.

InstaCart responded to Angie’s allegations, telling Bored Panda: “We were deeply saddened and disturbed to hear about this incident.

“We have no tolerance for violence of any kind, and the shopper account was immediately suspended from our platform. 

Angie exposed the delivery man’s fake identity, as he used the name “Merle” and a picture of a woman on his profile

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“We have been in direct contact with the customer and are cooperating with law enforcement on their investigation.” 

Angie, who has been left heartbroken by the event, is an animal lover who has often showcased her interest in various species on social media.

She recently rescued an injured squirrel, nursing them back to health. Angie is also often photographed riding horses.

Angie’s announcement ignited many angered reactions from people sympathizing with the actress

Oscar Wilde once said: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." I guess I would be that person who's always searching for the beauty in life no matter the circumstances. And what would be more fascinated and more magical than a night sky full of stars?

The Hubble Space Telescope launched into low Earth orbit in 1990s unveiled vast cosmic islands in the endless wild ocean of the universe, and here are some of the most beautiful ones.

#1 Sombrero Galaxy

The Sombrero galaxy is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus and located around 28 million light-years away from Earth.

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#2 The Black Eye Galaxy

The Black Eye Galaxy is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices.

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#3 Hoag’s Object

Hoag's Object is an unusual ring galaxy in the constellation of Serpens Caput. It is identified as either a planetary nebula or a peculiar galaxy. The galaxy has approximately eight billion stars, and is roughly 120,000 light-years across.

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Most galaxies are between 10 billion and 13.6 billion years old and some are almost as old as the universe itself, which formed around 13.8 billion years ago. Some of the oldest galaxies observed formed when the universe was only about a billion years old. The scientists think those galaxies started to grow around pockets of space that were slightly denser than their surroundings, an effect created by cosmic inflation when the universe began.

Galaxies consist of stars, planets, and vast clouds of gas and dust, all held together by gravity. The largest one contain trillions of stars and could be more than a million light-years across. The smallest may contain a few thousand stars and span just a few hundred light-years. Most large galaxies have supermassive black holes at their centers, some with billions of times the Sun’s mass.

#4 Porpoise Galaxy

Porpoise Galaxy or NGC 2936 is an interacting spiral galaxy located at a distance of 326 million light-years, in the constellation Hydra. NGC 2936 is interacting with elliptical galaxy NGC 2937 located just beneath it.

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#5 NGC 2336

NGC 2336 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is located at a distance of circa 100 million light-years from Earth.

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#6 NGC 2207 and IC 2163

NGC 2207 and IC 2163 are a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 80 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major.

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Before the 20th century, people didn't know other galaxies than the Milky Way; earlier astronomers had classified them as as “nebulae,” since they looked like fuzzy clouds.

It all changed in the 1920s when the astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that the Andromeda “nebula” was a galaxy in its own right. Despite the immense distance, Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way, and it's bright enough in the night sky that it's visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere.

#7 W2246-0526

W2246-0526 is the most luminous galaxy ever discovered that is cannibalizing not one, not two, but at least three smaller galaxies, which could explain its extreme brightness.

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#8 Messier 77

Messier 77, also known as NGC 1068 or the Squid Galaxy. It is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus and about 47 million light-years away from Earth.

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#9 The Antennae Galaxies

The Antennae Galaxies are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus. They currently going through a starburst phase, in which the collision of clouds of gas and dust, with entangled magnetic fields, causes rapid star formation.

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In 1936, because of Hubble, galaxies were grouped into four main types: spiral galaxies, lenticular galaxies, elliptical galaxies and irregular galaxies.

Interestingly enough, more than two-thirds of all observed galaxies are spiral galaxies that have a flat, spinning disk with a central bulge surrounded by spiral arms.

Elliptical galaxies contain many older stars, but little dust and other interstellar matter. Their stars orbit the galactic center but they do so in more random directions. The universe's largest known one may contain up to a trillion stars and span two million light-years across.

Lenticular galaxies, such as the funny Sombrero Galaxy, are between elliptical and spiral galaxies. They have a thin, rotating disk of stars and a central bulge, but they don't have spiral arms. Like elliptical galaxies, they have little dust and interstellar matter, and they seem to form more often in densely populated regions of space.

The rest of the galaxies are called Irregular - such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. They appear misshapen and lack a distinct form, very often because they are within the gravitational influence of other galaxies close by. They are full of gas and dust, which makes them great nurseries for forming new stars.

#10 Phantom Galaxy or Messier 74

Phantom Galaxy or Messier 74 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pisces and smaller than our own galaxy.

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#11 Sunflower Galaxy

Sunflower Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici with approximately 400 billion stars.

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#12 Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.

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Some galaxies are quite often parts of larger associations known as groups, clusters, and superclusters. For example, the Milky Way is in the Local Group, a galaxy group about 10 million light-years across that also includes the Andromeda galaxy and its satellites.

Sometimes, galaxies collide. Astronomers think the Milky Way and its galactic neighbor Andromeda are set to collide in another 4.5 billion years.

If colliding galaxies don’t have enough momentum to move past each other, they can merge to form a single larger galaxy. Then it can look very different from the two that created it. For example, if a spiral and elliptical merge, the result could be an irregular galaxy.

Some larger galaxies can also eat up the smaller ones through proximity and gravitational interactions, pulling material away to fuel their own growth.

#13 Galaxy NGC 4696

NGC 4696 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Centaurus. It has a supermassive black hole that beats like a heart every 5 to 10 million years.

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#14 Cigar Galaxy Or Messier 82

Cigar Galaxy is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

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#15 Galaxy NGC 4388

NGC 4388 is an active spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo and located at a distance of 57 million light-years from Earth.

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#16 Galaxy IC 342

IC 342 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis, located relatively close to the Milky Way.

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In 2004, NASA released the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: a tiny part of the constellation Fornax contained around 10,000 galaxies, some of which existed 13 billion years ago, less than 800 million years after the big bang. These types of snapshots are very important for scientists to be able to study galaxies at different evolutionary stages.

#17 Milky Way

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, around 13.6 billion years old and home to our own solar system.

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#18 Galaxy Hockey Stick

The Hockey Stick is a highly warped edge-on barred spiral galaxy located in the local universe 30 million light years away from earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. 

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#19 Hamburger Galaxy

NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. 

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#20 Large Magellanic Cloud

Large Magellanic Could is a spiral satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It is only 160,000 light-years from Earth therefore  visible to the naked eye as a faint object in the Earth's southern hemisphere located between the constellations of Dorado and Mensa.

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Nearly 10,000 galaxies that were captured in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field may look like they’re randomly scattered across the sky yet they are often part of larger structures and superstructures in space. 

Galaxies, galaxy groups and clusters, superclusters, and galactic walls are arranged in twisting, threadlike structures called the cosmic web. The web forms as the gravitational attraction of the universe’s matter draws larger and larger objects together leading to concentrations of galaxies with voids of space in between, as if the galaxies were resting on empty bubbles. In the places where those concentrations intersect, they form larger structures like clusters and walls. The cosmic web forms a sort of scaffolding that cradles everything that exists within the universe.

#21 Kiso 5639

Kiso 5639 is a dwarf galaxy, member of a class of "tadpole" galaxies so named because of their bright heads and elongated tails.

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#22 Galaxy NGC 2500

NGC 2500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Lynx.

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#23 MACS 2129-1

MACS 2129-1 is an early universe so-called 'dead' disk galaxy that lies approximately 10 billion light-years away from Earth. MACS 2129-1 has been described as 'dead' as it has ceased making new stars.

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#24 Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way and the one of the few visible to the naked eye. It is located about 2,480,000 light-years from Earth.

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Late March to mid-May is considered the best time of the year to find some amazing galaxies. Of course, a telescope or binoculars are required to see the distant ones, but you can also witness our nearest galaxy from your own backyard! Until then, I invite you to scroll up and down the images here and to get to know the most beautiful ones in our universe!

#25 Galaxy NGC 6744

NGC 6744 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Pavo. 

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#26 Galaxy Cluster IDCS 1426

This rare galaxy cluster, which is located 10 billion light years from Earth, weighs almost 500 trillion Suns.

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#27 Galaxy I Zwicky 18

Galaxy I Zwicky 18 is a blue compact dwarf galaxy located about 59 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

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#28 Galaxia ESO 486-21

Galaxia ESO 486-21 is a spiral galaxy, with an irregular and ill-defined structure, located about 30 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Lynx. 

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#29 Galaxy MACS J0717.5+3745

MACS J0717.5+3745 is a large galaxy cluster located 5,4 billion light-years away in the constellation Auriga, appearing in the Massive Cluster Survey.

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#30 Galaxy NGC 6753

This galaxy is 150 million light-years away from Earth. Astronomers mentioned, that it is one of only 2 known spiral galaxies, large enough and close enough to allow detailed observations of its crowns.

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#31 Messier 81

Messier 81 is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

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#32 Galaxy NGC 3274

Galaxy NGC 3274 is a relatively faint spiral galaxy that is located over 20 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo.

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#33 Galaxy NGC 4424

NGC 4424 is a spiral galaxy located in the equatorial constellation of Virgo and 13,5 million light-years away from Earth.

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#34 Galaxy RX J1140.1+0307

Galaxy RX J1140.1+0307 is a spiral galaxy that is centered on one of the lowest black hole masses known in any luminous galactic core.

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#35 Galaxy IC 3583

Galaxy IC 3583 is an irregular galaxy around 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. 

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#36 Galaxy IC 5201

IC 5201 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Grus and about 35 million light-years from Earth.

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#37 ESO 137-001

ESO 137-001 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Triangulum Australe and in the cluster Abell 3627. As the galaxy moves to the center of the cluster at 1900 km/s, it is stripped by hot gas, thus creating a 260,000 light-year long tail.

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#38 Galaxy NGC 4248

This beautiful clump of glowing gas, dark dust, and glittering stars is the spiral galaxy NGC 4248 is located about 24 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

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#39 NGC 7674

NGC 7674 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located at a distance of circa 350 million light-years from Earth.

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#40 NGC 7331

NGC 7331, also known as Caldwell 30, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.

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When interviewed for a TV report, many people looking to protect their identities for safety purposes often impose a condition: either their faces must be blurred, or they must be filmed with their backs facing the camera. But not this FBI agent named “Carrie.”

Speaking with the broadcast 60 Minutes for a report on Havana Syndrome, “Carrie” appeared wearing a blonde wig. Naturally, the minimalist disguise left many viewers wondering if they’d been the victim of an April Fools joke.

For those unfamiliar with the term, Havana Syndrome is a mysterious illness characterized by a feeling of dizziness that has affected US diplomats in recent years. It’s believed that the syndrome is linked with Russian sonic weaponry.

Baffled by the simple costume choice, people took to social media to roast the production for their lazy attempt at concealing “Carrie’s” identity.

An FBI agent used only a wig to conceal her identity during an interview with 60 Minutes

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The agent, introduced to the audience as “Carrie,” was included in a report about Havana Syndrome

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“Nobody is ever going to be able to identify this woman”

60 Minutes did a great job disguising their source. Nobody is ever going to be able to identify this woman. pic.twitter.com/uH1gOYFnAS

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) April 1, 2024

The most hilarious and absurd part of the 60 Minutes report on Havana Syndrome is this incredible disguise.

I’m sure no one could uncover this woman’s real identity using any number of free/cheap facial recognition software. https://t.co/9WA3y3kacs

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) April 1, 2024

The “disguise” 60 minutes gave an FBI agent who claims to have Havana Syndrome is not helping her case pic.twitter.com/NohdbWLK3c

— MKUltraboost (@hashy_larry) March 31, 2024

“This will fool the sort of people who don’t realize Clark Kent is Superman because he wears glasses”

I do not understand why they didn’t just blur her face.

This will fool the sort of people who don’t realize Clark Kent is Superman because he wears glasses. https://t.co/Sm2O4Vc8L5

— Breathtaking Inanity (@breathtkinan) April 1, 2024

I was cackling at this last night. Like what does she normally look like??? https://t.co/n1QzaGzewF

— same name since ’88 (@mousemoney) April 1, 2024

The FBI are masters of disguise #60Minutes pic.twitter.com/hlcBaPki0N

— North Avenue Trade School (@DrGeorgeBurdell) April 1, 2024

D tier “disguise” and propaganda. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/8mCxO7GaDR

— 🦺 👈 Get your yellow vest on! (@Forgotso) April 1, 2024

Some pointed to modern technology doing the detective work for them

With that disguise….
We’ll never be able to match her to a social media post …somewhere, using AI. pic.twitter.com/YXMsgwNJT9

— Old Jacks Spirit (@OLJax_Spirit) April 1, 2024

That disguise is not very effective! Come on! 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/uALC3GJdhQ

— anne finch (@thatdamnanne) March 31, 2024

Of course, people couldn’t help but draw comparisons with the famous Sia wig

Costume department really thought they cooked with the Sia wig https://t.co/C4HIxhjUPk pic.twitter.com/MYEL12G2iT

— Sandwich Selektah (@steakwilson) April 1, 2024

Dan Gaut, the father who took a 15-hour flight to prevent his baby daughter from being put up for adoption, is now fighting to be in his child’s life after learning the mother wants to be her primary caregiver.

At the beginning of March, Dan flew from Australia to Austin, Texas, to stop Liv, the mother of his little girl, Ana, from putting her up for adoption.

Now, he says Liv has had a change of heart, and she wants to keep Ana and raise her in the US.

“I feel heartbroken and empty as I’m forced to leave America alone. Liv has changed her mind and wants to keep Ana in the States and be her primary caregiver,” Dan wrote on Instagram on Monday (April 1).

Dan Gaut, the Australian father who traveled 15 hours to stop his ex from putting his baby daughter Ana up for adoption, has shared an update about the case

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“I still hold strong the vision of Ana growing up in Australia in the not to[o] distant future,” the carpenter added.

Dan, who lives in Berowra Waters, Sydney’s north shore, met and fell in love with his ex-girlfriend Liv while vacationing in San Francisco in early 2023.

Liv, from Austin, Texas, didn’t want to part ways with Dan, so she followed the carpenter home to Australia, where they agreed to have a baby.

However, the pair didn’t have a happily-ever-after, as a homesick Liv returned to Texas following her pregnancy announcement.

Little did Dan know that Liv wouldn’t return, as his ex-partner revealed in an upsetting call.

As Dan announced on social media, the baby’s mother has changed her mind and wants to be Ana’s primary caregiver in America

 

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“I was actually leaving the job site as she’s telling me the news that she got back with her ex-partner,” Dan told the Australian outlet A Current Affair. 

“I couldn’t believe it; what is happening? Like, you’re pregnant with my daughter?”

The father was then hit with another surprise, one that was even more concerning: Liv had started looking for adoption options in Texas. “I said, ‘No, stop, don’t promise her to anyone, this is against all my morals,'” he told ACA.

As he didn’t have the funds to cover the travel expenses, Dan started a crowd-funding page to travel to Austin, organize an Australian passport, and bring his little girl home.

“I feel heartbroken and empty as I’m forced to leave America alone,” the father wrote

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While he may have missed baby Ana’s birth, the proud dad was able to meet her after setting foot in the US.

In an interview he gave after meeting Ana, then two days old, Dan said: “She’s just the cutest little thing, she’s so good, she’s just adorable and just picture perfect.”

“It was like whatever apprehension or possibly awkwardness I might’ve been thinking about at that moment just dissolved.

“The love for her took over, and it was like such a magical, loving moment that I just, just couldn’t wait to hold her.

“She’s just a little angel, really chill, which is phenomenal; I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

Dan, who lives in Berowra Waters, Sydney’s north shore, met and fell in love with his ex-girlfriend Liv while vacationing in San Francisco in early 2023

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At the time, the carpenter said that his ex-girlfriend had expressed interest in being in Ana’s life, but he didn’t know “how exactly [it was] going to go” once he returned to Australia.

Now, Dan has informed his followers, who have supported him throughout his life-changing journey, that he’ll be using the money from his crowd-funding campaign to seek legal representation so that he can remain in Ana’s life.

“I’d like to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who supported me on this journey,” the father wrote. 

“I will use the remaining donations to seek legal representation in Austin and to visit Ana as often as I can.”

In a separate post, the father announced that Ana has her Australian citizenship and passport.

People supported Dan’s fight to be in his daughter’s life

BBC’s Antiques Roadshow confronted a historical artifact with a past so dark that it left expert Ronnie Archer-Morgan at a loss for words – or rather, a price.

On the popular show, people often bring in old relics or heirlooms from their attics, hoping they might be worth something. However, the recent episode, filmed against the picturesque backdrop of Alexandra Gardens in Cardiff, took an unexpected turn when a guest presented an item deeply entangled with the grim history of the slave trade.

“The item was a disc that acted as an endorsement of the professional reputation of an African slave trader in the West African port of Bonny in the 18th century,” host Fiona Bruce said in a voiceover.

Ronnie inspected the item and said it was an “amazing” find despite being associated with the “callous trade” of humans from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Ronnie Archer-Morgan said the item, brought on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, was “about trading in human life”

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“I want to make it absolutely clear that myself and we and the Antiques Roadshow wholly and unequivocally disapprove of the trade in ivory,” Ronnie told the woman who brought the item on the show. “But this ivory bangle here is not about trading in ivory, it’s about trading in human life, and it’s probably one of the most difficult things that I’ve ever had to talk about. But talk about it we must.”

The woman who brought the item revealed on the show that she got hold of the object from a family she used to look after.

“One of the members passed away and she was having a house sale,” she recalled. “And I bought that 36 years ago in the house sale for £3.”

The disc, which featured some beautiful calligraphy, had the trader’s name, Prince Jemmy of Grandy, inscribed. Ronnie believed the trader was an African himself and described him as a “despicable human being.”

The woman who appeared on the show with the item said she bought it for £3

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He also explained to viewers that the words “honest fellow” were also engraved on the item.

“I’d like to meet him and tell him how honest I think he is,” Ronnie said on the show.

The Antiques Roadshow star went on to say that he feels it’s his “cultural duty” to talk about the subject because his own “great-grandmother was a returned slave from Nova Scotia in Canada and came back to Sierra Leone and Freetown.”

Ronnie refused to put a value on the item that was associated with enslaved people

Antique roadshow expert refuses to value an ivory form of payment for enslaved people.. #education #antiqueRoadshow #ivory #slavery pic.twitter.com/9wBlPKzKN0

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“I just don’t want to value it,” he finally said. “I do not want to put a price on something that signifies such an awful business.”

“But the value is in the lessons that this can tell people. The value is in researching this and what we can find out,” he added. “And I just love you for bringing it to the roadshow.”

Shakira, who has publicly challenged traditional gender roles and advocated for women’s empowerment, candidly revealed that Greta Gerwig’s 2023 movie Barbie “emasculated” her sons.

Featuring in Allure’s new April cover story, the Lebanese-Colombian songstress spoke about the beauty standards she grew up with.

“My idol was Wonder Woman,” Shakira told the publication.

She continued: “I think I was drawn to her because she had black hair like mine, but also because she was a symbol of empowerment and strength in a decade where women were not playing the most important roles.”

Shakira revealed in her new cover story for Allure that the Barbie movie “emasculated” her two sons

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“I remember my mom stopped working at some point. 

“She stopped wearing miniskirts, and the length of her skirts got longer because my dad said so.”

Upon learning from the interviewer about a professor who highlighted Colombia’s conservative culture, emphasizing the traditional belief that men should wield power while women are responsible for beauty, the Hips Don’t Lie hitmaker replied: “I heard that by 2030, 60% of the world’s wealth will be managed by women.” 

The exchange between Shakira and the reporter prompted a conversation about the Oscar-winning Barbie movie, which the 47-year-old artist admitted she had watched with her two sons, 9-year-old Sasha and 11-year-old Milan, whom she shares with her ex-partner, Gerard Piqué.

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After being asked what she thought about the film notable for discussing themes related to feminism and capitalism, Shakira revealed: “My sons absolutely hated it. 

“They felt that it was emasculating. 

“And I agree, to a certain extent. 

“I’m raising two boys. 

“I want ’em to feel powerful too [while] respecting women. 

“I like pop culture when it attempts to empower women without robbing men of their possibility to be men, to also protect and provide. 

“I believe in giving women all the tools and the trust that we can do it all without losing our essence, without losing our femininity. 

“I think that men have a purpose in society and women have another purpose as well. 

“We complement each other, and that complement should not be lost.”

She shares 9-year-old Sasha and 11-year-old Milan with her ex-partner, Gerard Piqué

 

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The interviewer went on to ask the musician if her statement implied that although women are capable of handling multiple responsibilities, it doesn’t necessarily mean they should bear the burden alone.

Shakira subsequently reinforced the notion of sharing responsibilities with those who are deserving and obligated to do so.

“Why not share the load with people who deserve to carry it, who have a duty to carry it as well?” the singer said.

Shakira further elaborated on her thoughts regarding beauty ideals, saying: “Of course, I’d put on my mascara and straighten my hair occasionally. 

“It felt sexy, and I used that raw sensuality many times on stage as a way of expressing myself. 

“But I think I rely on other aptitudes rather than just beauty.”

Allure’s cover story follows a recent interview where, appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote her new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran [Women No Longer Cry], Shakira got brutally honest about her ex Piqué.

She told Jimmy: “I’ve been putting out music here and there, but I think it was really hard for me to put together a body of work.

“I didn’t have time. It was the husband factor.

“Now I’m husband-less.”

The Colombian star, who was in a relationship with the Spanish footballer for 11 years, added: “The husband was dragging me down. Now I’m free! Now I can actually work!”

Shakira’s remarks about Barbie sparked backlash, with many people saying she missed the point of the movie

Heirlooms and traditions are meant to be protected and respected. They’re what help connect all the different generations in your family tree with a shared heritage. Not only that, but they’re often very physical reminders of the people we love who have passed on.

Bored Panda has collected some of the most impressive and unusual examples of family heirlooms ever from all around the internet. It’s proof that you don’t have to inherit a chest full of jewels and gold doubloons for something to be valuable. Scroll down to see what some families’ legacies look like.

#1 A Family Member Passed Away And I Inherited Their Cat

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#2 My Paternal Great-Grandfather, Harry, Proposed To My Great-Grandmother, Edith, With This Five-Stone Opal Engagement Ring Full Of Fire. I Inherited It After My Grandmother Passed Away In 1990

Not sure of the year they married, but my grandfather was born (in wedlock) in 1908, so the ring and box are 113+ years old! The box is as fascinating as the ring. It is leather, velvet-lined, hinged, and secured with a latch hook. Most importantly to me, inside the ring, alongside the Maker's Marks, is the inscription "With Harry's Love".

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#3 I Just Inherited An 1864 Steinway & Sons Style 1 Rococo Grand Piano

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No matter how wonderful or extravagant inheritances can be, they can be emotionally messy and physically tiring to sort out. First of all, you’re likely still mourning the loss of a loved one. If you were particularly close, you will need lots of time and support to accept what has happened, to heal, and continue living your life. So, you’re probably not even thinking about what heirlooms they left you in their will. 

Another issue is that even if you loved someone very dearly, you still most likely might have to give up some of the things they left you. Unless you have a very large home or you’re blessed with plenty of storage, you couldn’t possibly accommodate every tiny little thing they were sentimental about, from furniture and photo albums to hobby knick-knacks and a hundred different dolls they collected.

#4 Tool Shrine I Built To Showcase My Father's And Grandfather's Tools I Inherited

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#5 Chess Set/Table I Inherited From My Grandfather

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#6 Inherited This From My Grandpa. He Bought It New

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If your relative was a particularly energetic collector (or had a gentle inclination toward hoarding), you might find yourself having to sort through boxes and boxes of things.

Some of these items might be historically valuable, and you’d like to keep them. Others might have had a deep sentimental value to their original owner that might be lost on you.

#7 This Miniature Leather-Bound Library Of Classics I Inherited From A Friend, All No Bigger Than My Palm

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#8 Went From A 2-Person Backpacking Tent To This 1981 Pop-Up Trailer That I Inherited From My Grandpa. Feels So Elegant

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#9 My Grandma's Prized Calamondin Orange Tree, Which I Inherited. She Passed Away Last Week

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But the reality is that many of the things you’ve inherited may have no real place in your home. You might not want them, or they might simply not (physically) fit at home. And holding on to hundreds of things out of guilt is no way to go through life.

Some of the items you find while sorting through your loved one’s home might be worth selling or donating to charity if they’re in good enough condition. Others, inevitably, might have to be thrown away… or subtly given to your other relatives to see if they’d like them.

#10 My Grandfather's Pencil Sharpener Collection I Inherited

Some backstory behind this: my grandfather died before I was born. My family always told me how genuinely nice and cool he was, even to strangers. Growing up, whenever I visited my grandparents' house, I would see a shelf proudly displaying his collection. My grandmother passed away when I was 18 or 19, and none of my father's six siblings or my father himself were going to claim the collection of sharpeners. I couldn't let it go to waste.

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#11 I Just Inherited This Moon Globe From My Late Grandmother. The Far Side Has A Blank Area As It Was Still Unknown When The Globe Was Made

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#12 My Uncle's 56-Year-Old Tortoise, Which He Inherited From My Grandparents

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AARP suggests going through your family photo albums one at a time to figure out which pictures your relatives may want to keep in the future. From our perspective, all photos are valuable. However, from a practical standpoint, you need to prioritize what you leave behind if you have dozens and dozens of albums.

#13 Authentic 1910 Singer Sewing Machine Inherited From My Great-Grandmother. Still Works

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#14 I Inherited This Toaster From The 1920s Around 10 Years Ago And It Has Worked Great Every Single Day

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#15 A Massive Wrench I Inherited. Weighs Over 30 Pounds. Novelty Or Functional?

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The same goes for toys, furniture, artwork, etc.: ideally, you sort out what’s worth keeping from what you have a superficial attachment to. It really helps if you have someone you care about by your side as you’re doing some spring cleaning. Another perspective is often helpful. 

#16 This 1985 Spirit Of St. Louis Field Radio Was Passed Down To Me From My Grandpa

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#17 My Grandparents Had This Lamp In Their House Since At Least The Early 70s. Pretty Sure It Was A Ceiling Lamp At One Time, But I Inherited It And Kept It As A Desk Lamp

To my surprise, it’s made from uranium glass.

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#18 Made A Bar Of Soap Out Of My Father-In-Law’s Inherited 110-Year-Old Soap Press For His Birthday (Stanley Soap Co. Est. 1865, NYC)

Stanley is indeed their family name. His great-grandfather was John T. Stanley, who emigrated from England to the United States in 1860 at the age of 17. He was skilled in soap and candle making at the time however, his first job was in collecting animal fat from around the city. Now my history of how he parlayed this trade into soap making is a bit hazy at the moment but I’ll be sure to get the full story after we blow out some candles on my father-in-law’s cake.

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At the end of the day, you choose what to do with your inheritance. If you’ve been handed down a gorgeous signet ring, massive family photo album, gilded spellbook, stylish car, high-quality tools, or a magical sword, then everything’s pretty clear: you take good care of these items until you can pass them on to the next generation.

In this case, it’s very obvious that these items have a long and storied history that’s worth preserving.

#19 A Masonic Ball That My Grandma Handed Down To Me After Passing

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#20 I've Inherited All These Things

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#21 My Grandmother Gifted Me With This Ring A Few Years Before She Passed Away. I Loved It Because It Was From Her, And Because It Was Totally Strange

Recently, I showed my mom and aunt (her daughters), and neither had ever seen it before. I'm guessing it's a treasure my grandfather brought home from his Navy or Merchant Marine adventures. Initially, I thought it was costume jewelry, goldtone cloisonne. However, I recently discovered it's 22k solid gold, enamel-painted, made in Spain in the 1940s or 1950s, which is why I think my grandfather had a hand in this. My grandmother likely gifted it to me because I'm a total water, beach, boat, and fish lover! I've never seen anything like it, but I'm hoping someone else has. Isn't he funky and fierce? Look at those teeth!

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It can be a huge help if the person leaving behind their things mentions what is and isn’t important and why in their will. It’s easy to assume that absolutely everyone will know not to throw away a respected family heirloom, but not everyone might know their own history in such detail.

If the heirloom is slightly unusual (like a vintage toaster, quality iron waffle maker, or old-timey radio), you might need some guidance and a gentle reminder that what you have is genuinely good, even if it doesn’t glitter like gold.

#22 The Nutcracker My Friend Inherited From His Grandmother

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#23 My Best Friend Passed Away Unexpectedly A Few Months Ago. We Were Both Hardcore Gamers And I Inherited His Tangible Collection And Added It To My Much Smaller One And Made A Tribute To Him

Some of these things he had since he was barely out of diapers. There are so many gems here.

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#24 My Grandpa's Razor I Inherited. Used To Shave With Him (Without Razor In) When Little. 25 Years Later, I'm Here, Cleaned It Up And Threw a New Razor In. 1940s Gold Plated DE

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All that being said, it’s a reminder that you shouldn’t rely just on your will to remind everyone that your family has an important legacy to preserve. It’s very important to maintain this living knowledge throughout your life. A big part of that is doing research into your family’s roots, recounting stories from the past, and maintaining family traditions.

#25 Great-Great-Grandmother's Necklace

By request, here is the other piece of jewelry from my great-great-grandmother!  Unfortunately, there are no maker marks on this one or that's the case, either.

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#26 I Inherited These Vintage Drawing Tools From My Grandpa. It Probably Belonged To My Great-Grandpa. It Came With A Vintage "How To Sketch" Book

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#27 I Inherited A Century-Old Cast Iron Waffle Maker This Christmas. It Still Cooks Amazing Waffles

It’s not quite 100, but it will be in the next year. My great-grandfather purchased it new. I remember eating waffles fresh out of it at my grandmother’s house thirty years ago. My mom has had it for the past fifteen years and decided to gift it to me this Christmas, as she knows I love cast iron cookery.

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Now, the family traditions themselves don’t have to be anything overly elaborate—though they can be! What’s important is that your family has traditions and you all get together, not the specific details of how you do things. Getting together for a meal every Sunday can be a wonderful tradition.

It might even eventually turn your pancake pan or waffle maker into veterans of a thousand brunches and highly coveted heirlooms. However, keep in mind that the items themselves have to be made of quality materials and with excellent craftsmanship to stand the test of time.

#28 My Grandma Recently Passed. This Is What We Inherited From Her

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#29 I Inherited This Pocket Watch From My Grandparents

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#30 Today Is My Daughter's 5th Birthday, And Today She Inherited My Beloved Childhood Dollhouse

All ready for the birthday girl! I've been fixing up all the furniture and making new bits for it for the last few weeks. Kitchen, as a surprise for me, my amazing brother carefully dismantled the whole house, packed it up, and shipped it over to our UK home from Canada where it had been in storage. Master, still have to fix up the baby's cot which will go with the rocker. My sister-in-law made the tufted rug. In the living room, the rug is a squirrel skin my mother was gifted in the 5th grade from a boy who had a crush on her. Bathroom! the majority of the furniture (and the house itself) was purchased in Germany in the early '90s when my military dad was posted there (we lived there for 5 years.) In the kids' room, my mum has made the bunks new bedding since this photo was taken. The cars for the car mat are buttons. And in the entryway, the lights are strings of fairy lights with the battery packs strategically hidden. I didn't want to do anything too permanent, so they're just taped up for now.

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Which of the heirlooms that we’ve featured in this post impressed you the most, dear Pandas? What are the most interesting things that you’ve inherited from your family? What are the coolest things you hope to leave behind for your kids? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

#31 Today We Inherited My Boyfriend's Grandfather’s Vinyl Collection

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#32 I Just Inherited This From My Late Grandfather And I've Not Smiled This Much Since He Left

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#33 I Inherited This Handmade Gold Ring After My Father Passed. My Mom Told Me It's Been Passed Through The Family For 400 Years. I've Never Known What It Says, Nor Did He

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#34 This Lovely Vintage Pendant Was Just Passed Down To Me From My Grandmother. Rose Quartz And Amethyst. It Has A Secret Compartment

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#35 My New Keystone Olympic Standard 8 Mm Film Video Camera, Inherited From My Great-Grandfather

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#36 Inherited My Great-Grandmother's Crystal Ball

This crystal ball was passed down from my great-grandmother to my nana and now to me. It’s my most prized possession that I can’t stop looking at. I also love the stand that my nana got - three meerkats!

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#37 I Inherited A Neat Lion's Head Cane With A Secret Compartment Containing A Glass Vial For... Storage

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#38 Inherited A Vanity Desk Built In 1870, Previously Owned By My Great-Grandmother, Grandmother, And Mother. I Am Grateful

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#39 I Inherited My Grandmother's Pencil Sharpener From My Aunt About Five Years Ago And This Beast Has Been Tirelessly Working In My Classroom For Three Years

I teach 5th and 6th grade math.
I have no idea how old it is, but it's certainly older than all the students and even some of the teachers.

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#40 This Tiny Pocket Knife I Inherited From My Grandfather

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#41 My Grandfather’s Pocket Watch. I Plan On Fixing It Up And Giving It Back To My Mom

My mom knows my interest in watches and showed me her dad's old pocket watch that my grandmother got for my grandfather for my mom's wedding. It’s not currently running and is missing the crystal and the second hand, but otherwise, in great condition. I’m picking up the hobby of watch repair, so when I become proficient, I’m going to fix it up and give it back to her. A little research shows this as a Waltham Colonial Series Royal. I’ll take off the case in the future and get the serial number to get a more exact date of manufacture. Looking forward to getting this all fixed and running.

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#42 My Friend Showed Me An Envelope Of Photographs He Inherited From His Father Who Worked On The Bomb

His father was not the photographer - the photographs were mailed to him from the infamous "PO Box 1663" in Santa Fe and were taken at Bikini Atoll.

His dad went to Notre Dame, MIT, and USC, and had degrees in chemical engineering, architectural engineering, and nuclear physics.

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#43 Family Heirloom Watch That Was Passed Down To Me. Traces Of The Family Photo Carried On The Back Are Still Visible

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#44 Just Inherited This Pan From My Late Grandfather. He Was 93, This Pan Is At Least 115 Years Old

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#45 I Inherited David Clark Headsets After My Dad Passed Away. My Dad Used Them Flying Helicopters In The Army

My dad used them while flying helicopters in the Army, then in the National Guard. I adapted them for use when I maintenance taxi commercial aircraft for a major airline. They still sound great and will probably outlast me as well.

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#46 GE A10 T17 Toaster, It's Close To 50 Years Old And Still Used Daily. It Was My Grandmother's Until She Passed Away, And I Ended Up With It. They Don't Make Them Like This Anymore

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#47 Japanese Scissors. Daily Use For 7 Years. Inherited From My Late Grandpa. Carbon Steel - Bluish Tint

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#48 My 100-Year-Old Grandma Died In January And I Inherited Her Recipes. We Were Really Close, Shared A Love Of Cooking And I Am Excited To Try Them Out! First Up Is Her Coffee Cake Recipe

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#49 When My Grandfather Passed Away I Inherited This. Needs Some Work But My Grandpa Had Good Taste

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#50 Just Inherited My Great-Grandmother's Kitchen Aid (Hobart) A-9 Coffee Grinder. This Model Was Discontinued In 1947, But It Still Helped Make A Great Cup Of Coffee This Morning

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#51 Rotring 600 I Inherited

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#52 Zassenhaus Coffee Grinder. Inherited And Used For Decades Almost Everyday

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#53 Dad Passed Away. This Is My Inheritance

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#54 First I Inherited An Awesome Tankard. Now I Get This Cocktail Shaker With An Awesome Twist

It allows you to select which cocktail you want to make, and it even tells you which ingredients and quantities you need.

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#55 I Am The Third Generation To Own This Crock Pot

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#56 I Recently Inherited This Gorgeous 8 Mm Film Projector From The 1950s

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#57 Inherited My Dad's 1975 Targa 911S

My mom got this car as a gift for my dad before I was born (1980s). It only came out on special occasions, sometimes for him to take my mom on a beautiful sunny day date, and it has never seen the rain. It’s bittersweet that it’s now mine. I have great memories riding around in it with him. I’m so honored to take care of it.

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#58 I've Been Fascinated By This Paperweight Of My Grandpa's For As Long As I Can Remember. Today, I Inherited It

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#59 My Grandfather Was Stationed In Italy During World War II. He Picked This Up For My Grandmother. I Was Lucky To Inherit This From Them After They Passed Away

My birthstone is sapphire as well, so this is extra special to me. 
We even had our house robbed, but they missed it, thank goodness.

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#60 This Is A Polaroid 800 Land Camera From The Late 1950s. I Inherited It From My Aunt In 2007

I used it decoratively until I realized that it accepted 4x5 sheet film without modification. Now, it's my go-to, large-format film camera.

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#61 My Wife's Whirley-Pop That Her Grandmother Used. Still Makes Perfect Popcorn Every Time

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#62 My Grandma Passed Away & I Will Inherit This Old Story & Clark Baby Grand That Originally Belonged To My Great-Grandmother (Hence The 60's/70's Avocado Green)

My dad thinks it may have been satin black originally... Is there any hope of removing the paint to get the original finish?

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#63 My Pocket Compass Is Engraved “Eng. DEPT. U.S.A. 1918”. Wish I Had Paid More Attention Who Had Owned These Things When My Parents Passed Them On To Me

It’s too late to ask them now. But the compass still points to magnetic north after 99 years!

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#64 This Bible That Has Been Passed Down Through My Family Since The 1800s

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#65 I Inherited These From My Grandparents. My Grandfather Was In The Air Force And Lived In Japan Post WWII, So I Assume They Are From Japan

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#66 Wife Inherited The Nice Silverware From Her Grandmother. Thought The Little Box Inside Was Silver Polish At First

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#67 Inherited This Amazing Chess Set From My Father. Just Thought I'd Share It

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#68 BIFL - Sterling 5 Qt Ice Cream Maker (Ca 1970s). Inherited From Grandma, Still Churning Goodness

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#69 I Recently Inherited This Very Old Bible From My Grandmother. It's Really Cool - The Cover Is Dimensional With The Gold Areas Protruding

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#70 Thanks Grandad! Tools Cleaned And Oiled And Tool Boxes Refinished. Ready For A Few More Generations

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#71 I Inherited This Blender From My Grandmother. I Have No Idea How Old It Is, But It Still Runs Like A Top

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#72 A Kennedy Toolbox I Recently Inherited From My Grandpa. He Used It When He Worked For The US Department Of Energy In The 1960s (Back Then It Was The Department Of Atomic Energy)

All drawers slide out flawlessly, and it’s built like a tank. All I had to do was run a wire wheel on some rusty corners and give it a bit of paint. Here’s to 60 more years with this thing!

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#73 I Inherited This Perfume Bottle Necklace When My Mom Passed Away. I Think She Wore It In The 70s. And I Just Found Out It Has A Secret - This Pointy, Mini Arrow-Looking Thing Comes Out

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#74 Kitchen Aid By Hobart Coffee Grinder - Inherited From My Parents

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#75 30 Years Ago, I Received This As A Gift From My Grandparents. Today, I Get To Pass It On To My Son

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#76 Cast Iron Grill. I Love Everything About This. Should Survive Multiple Generations Of Use. Super Portable And Versatile. You Can Find Fuel Anywhere

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#77 This Ice Cream Scooper We Inherited From My Grandma When We Moved Into Her House. We Use It All The Time And It Seems Indestructible

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#78 Inherited A Radium Glass Dish From My Late Great-Grandmother

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#79 I Inherited The Family Pennsylvania Tuxedo

My dad's Woolrich outerwear has kept me warm on many cold hunting days. It's extremely functional and has endured years of walking through brambles and brush. The buffalo check plaid is easy for other hunters to see. Deer can't see red, so it breaks up the silhouette and serves as effective and quiet camouflage.

My dad is okay, he just outgrew it.

Featuring a thrifted HBC eight-point blanket.

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#80 Almost 100-Year-Old Wine My Grandpa Inherited From His Grandpa. He Dug Out A Few Bottles For An Event Today

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#81 It Happened Again. Inherited This From My Grandfather. I Would Like To Get It Replated

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#82 When My Grandfather Passed Away, I Inherited His Auto Crawler. I'm Still Using It To Change My Oil After 80 Years

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#83 My Ace Liner That I Inherited From My Grandpa. This Version Was Made In The 1960s. Weighing In At 1.4 Lbs, It's Indestructible

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#84 My Friend’s Ring Watch She Inherited From Her Grandma

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#85 My Friend Inherited A Narwhal Tusk From His Grandfather

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#86 I've Inherited Two Rings, Both Approximately 80-100 Years Old, And They Bear Very Peculiar Symbols

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#87 She's 60 Years Old And Fabulous. Inherited One Of My Late Grandma's Bags. Not A Designer Bag, Just A Vintage Beauty

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#88 This Extremely Rare Double-Sided Couch My Friend Inherited From His Grandfather

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#89 This Tree Has Been Passed Down Through Four Generations Of People. I Don't Know The Exact Age, But It Predates 1940

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#90 My Wife Inherited This Table From Her Grandpa. She Thinks It’s Called A "Skittles Table", But Can’t Find Much On What It Is, Or How To Play

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#91 I Inherited My Great-Grandfather's GE Radio, And It Still Works

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#92 Craftsman Tool Chest Inherited From My Dad In 2006. It’s Probably 40-50 Years Old

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#93 One Of These "Bad Boys" From The Early '80s, I Think. Inherited From My Dear Late Grandmother

It has gotten me through several harsh cold snaps during winter as supplemental heat in my bedroom. Bathing in its warmth right now.

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#94 Inherited This Ornate Large... Pendant? Wall Decoration?

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#95 Antique Vase Inherited From My Grandfather

Does anyone know anything about this? My grandfather lived in Iran and had this since I remember and he passed away at 100 years old in 2020. The stones seem like they are turquoise and maybe agate. Any information is appreciated.

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#96 Inherited This From My Dad

I believe it’s from the ‘86 season. I could be wrong though.

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#97 Inherited My Grandfather’s Gym Bag. 1970s Pleather With Riveted-On Handles And Those Old Steel Zippers That Never, Ever Break Open

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#98 My Dad's Razor From 1976. My Dad Is 66. He Is Still Using It. It's His First-Ever Razor And He Loves It

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Women on Reddit have recently been calling out all of the products and procedures they have to deal with that were clearly designed by men for women. From the discomfort of getting a mammogram or IUD to the frustration of trying to find comfortable clothes that actually fit properly, you’re likely to relate to many of the replies down below if you’re a woman. But regardless of your gender, enjoy scrolling through and be sure to upvote the things you find most infuriating!

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Some days were simply made for singing Daniel Powter’s ‘Bad Day’; and while the reasons for such performances tend to differ from person to person, one thing that they all have in common is that no one’s immune to a bad day every once in a while.

Since many people nowadays like to capture their life in pictures and videos, there are arguably millions of records of days that did not go as anticipated, many of which end up being shared online. That is where we have found these pictures of people not having the best of days, which work as a great reminder that they, too, shall pass. Scroll down to see what has made people’s “blue skies fade to gray”, and remember that the skies ought to clear up again sometime.

#1 When You Add Toothbrush Replacement Heads To The Grocery List And The Wife Asks Why

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#2 Is Someone Missing Their Breakfast? I Think I Found It

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#3 Can’t Have Nice Things

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There’s never a good day to have a bad day; being a ball of negative emotion doesn’t really make life for you or those around you any easier. Yet it’s also not easy to snap out of such a state when it seems that everything is going downhill. Fast.

Be that as it may, it’s worth giving certain calming techniques a go, as they can help us deal with certain unfavorable situations more easily.

“Once you become emotionally overwhelmed, your prefrontal lobes, the rational part of your brain goes offline, and your thoughts tend to go down rabbit holes, lose perspective, only making your mood worse. Your goal is to take the time to calm yourself so you can get your rational brain back online, and begin to see the situation more clearly and realistically and come up with a plan to solve the problem,” Robert Taibbi told Bored Panda, expanding on why it is important to try to control your emotions when something unforeseen happens.

#4 First Days Of The National Toilet Paper Shortage In March Of 2021, Colorized

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#5 I'm Stuck In An Elevator And I'm The Only One In The Building

I work security so there's no one else here. Bonus, the emergency phone in here doesn't work. Double bonus. This isn't the first time it's happened.

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When discussing the best ways to get a grip on your emotions, Taibbi suggested that it’s best to look at it as a two-part process. “Part one is trying to calm down. Start by simply acknowledging how you are feeling—saying to yourself that you’re feeling anxious can help you feel less anxious.

“Obviously, getting support, talking to someone who cares about you can help,” he added. “Deep breathing helps calm your mind. Becoming mindful and focusing on something intently—your surroundings, what you’re doing—can get you out of your head.

“Write down how you’re feeling or exercise—doing 10 minutes of vigorous exercise increases your endorphins,” the expert suggested, adding that self care—like taking a hot bath—or listening to music you like can help, too.

#6 My Friends Said We Were Going Out In Costumes On Friday The 13th. What They Meant Was "Two Of Us Are Wearing Onesies." No One At This Place Was In Costume. I Showed Up Like This

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#7 "I Want Brothers And Sisters"

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#8 My 5-Year-Old Son Independently Read 50 Books. Took All Year. I Present To You The "50 Book Reward" From His Primary School

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“Part two is coming up with a plan,” Taibbi continued. “The plan may be to wait and tackle the problem when you’re more calm and clear-headed, or think of the worst-case scenario and plan for that to help stop the obsessing, or talk to someone to get better ideas.”

#9 Ordered A Framed Photo Of My Girlfriend And I For Her Birthday Today, And Just Gave It To Her To Open. This Is Not A Picture Of Us

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#10 The Bruising I Had From A Recent Wisdom Tooth Extraction

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#11 Tree Limb Penetrated Neighbor's Roof And Landed Between My Legs While Sleeping

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Keeping your emotions in check is crucial not only for your relationships with others—which are likely to be affected if one is led by their emotions too much—but your health, too. Take anger, for instance; the American Psychological Association (APA) emphasized that such an emotion can lead to coronary heart disease and stress-related problems, including insomnia, digestive problems and headaches, in addition to a tendency to violent and risky behavior and damaged relationships.

#12 There Is A 7 Feet Wall Of Water From A Burst 5” Pipe, Behind This Inward Swinging Door

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#13 My Neighbor's Pipe Broke And I Am About To Be Flooded

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#14 It’s Christmas Eve And I Caught Scarlet Fever

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APA suggested that keeping anger at bay can be done with the help of a few steps. First and foremost, it’s important to try not to let anger flourish, which calls for being aware of certain warning signs, signaling that you might be close to the anger zone. Upon recognizing such signs, it’s necessary to either step away from the situation or turn to certain techniques that can help you control the emotions that are building up.

#15 It Took Me A Couple Minutes To Go Outside And Grab My Delivery. Some Jerks Beat Me To It

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#16 A Wild Turkey Just Flew Through My Dad's Office's Window

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#17 My Partner Was So Happy She Found A Specific Vinyl For £2.50 On eBay. Turns Out It's For A Doll's House

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Another important step to take in order to manage such negative emotions as anger more easily is focusing on your mindset. Firstly, while it’s not always easy, it’s important not to dwell on certain aggravating situations, especially if the issue has already been resolved. Clinging on to an infuriating event in the past is unproductive at best.

Secondly, when you’re angry, it’s best to try and focus on the positive, instead of the negative that can make you feel like things are worse than they actually are. According to APA, using a technique known as cognitive restructuring can help get rid of the negative “everything is bad” thoughts and replace them with a more favorable “this is frustrating, but it’s not the end of the world”.

#18 Google Maps Didn't Tell Me About This After A 2-Hour Drive

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#19 Found This Behind My Wardrobe Yesterday. I'm Extremely Allergic To Mold

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#20 I Broke My Left Hand And Right Wrist

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APA also emphasized the importance of taking deep breaths and exercising, among other things, both of which were accentuated by Robert Taibbi, too. And while knowing and using such techniques in order not to let emotions overwhelm you can have a positive influence on your well-being, feeling a bit down sometimes is just part of being human, and can even have a silver lining.

“Negative emotions are simply a part of life, which not only help us appreciate the positive, but—often embedded in difficult situations—are also lessons to be learned and carried forward that help us make running our lives easier,” Taibbi suggested.

#21 Me Posing With My Sister's Car vs. One Day Later. At Least No One Was Hurt

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#22 Today I Learned I'm Allergic To Every Tree

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#23 I Put These Brownies To Cool Off On The Porch, And A Dang Squirrel Came Through The Screen And Had A Go At Them. I Am Very Sad

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#24 Found Out I’m Allergic To Mosquitos. As If They Weren’t Infuriating Enough

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#26 My Sister Got Struck By Lightning Driving On The Highway

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#27 Installed A Lovely Sunlight In My New Bathroom, Without Realizing It Would Perfectly Frame That Horrid Tower

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#28 Moved In With Partner, And His Cat Chomped My Monitor

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#29 Just Noticed I Have Been Given The Wrong Tablets By The Pharmacist And Taking Them For A Month. Was Prescribed Blood Pressure Tablets (Enalapril). Received Antidepressants (Escitalopram)

Explains weird side-effects.

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#30 Paid $300 For Seats With A Clear View Since My Girlfriend Is Very Short. Drove Nearly 2 Hours To Get To The Concert Early, Took The Day Off Work. This Was Our View For The Entire Concert

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#31 100-Year-Old Family Cabin Burned To The Ground On The First Day Of Vacation

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#34 Just Came Back From My Vacation And Found This Growing On The Ceiling

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#36 Someone Has Been Cutting Our Christmas Lights. Today We Caught The Culprit

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#40 Went To A Concert And Got The Umbrella View (Yes I Asked Her To Put It Away… She Did Not)

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#41 After Several Days Without My Glasses, An Eye Exam, And Overnight Shipping Of The New Glasses... I Found Them Tangled In A Cable Under My Desk

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#43 Was Almost Finished With My Salad When I Realized There Was A Dead Bug In It

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#45 Saw A Weird-Looking "Chicken Piece" And Took A Closer Look

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#46 Found In My Attic Just Now At 4 AM... This Was Not Here Last Week

Time to leave the house?

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#47 My Mom Forgot To Roll Up Her Passenger's Window In The Car Wash

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#48 DHL Shoved My Vinyl Record Into My Mailbox. Took Me About 5 Minutes To Carefully Get It Out. Vinyl And Cover Are Bent

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#49 I Installed My Own Microwave Today And Saved $150 On Install Fees

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#50 I Lost My Phone At A Festival, A Few Hours Later I Found It Burning Next To The Campfire

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#51 Just Watched A Girl Spend All Her Money Trying To Buy One Gatorade. She Tried Knocking The First One Only To Get The Other 2 Stuck With It

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#52 Just Jabbed Myself On An Invisible Knife While Washing Dishes

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#53 I Opened My Safe To Get My Car's Title, But Found Out My Small Safe Got Water Inside; $2k And A Passport Are Moldy

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#54 I Came Back From Thanksgiving To Find That My Landlord Had Revarnished/Painted The Stairs Up To My Apartment. They Are Still Wet, I Was Given No Notice, And There Is Only One Staircase

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#55 After Ripping Out My Front Door, I Learned There Are Different Sizes For Doors

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#56 Got A New Kitten, She Decided To Have A Hay Day On My Monitor

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#57 Just A Dusting Of Fiberglass All Over My Yard

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#58 Behold... My Cat's Contribution To My Brand New Epoxy Countertop

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#59 This Is How The Luggage Containing My PlayStation Arrived

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#60 Lesson Learned, Don’t Wear Grey Pants To An Interview

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#61 Heard A Crash In The Bathroom - The Mirror Literally Fell Off The Wall Randomly. Maintenance Said We Aren’t The First Unit This Has Happened To

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#62 Internet People Stopped By Today To Install Fiber Cable In My Apartment. I Noticed They Moved The TV In My Bedroom, So Thought I’d Check It Out…

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#63 My Landlord Finally Decided To Pour The Concrete Yesterday... Without Notice Right Before I Go To Work

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#64 Came Out On My Break To This. Boss Says It’s An Act Of God, They Hold No Responsibility

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#65 Lost My Phone At A Construction Site Today. Found It A Little Later

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#66 My Neighbor Built A Pergola That Hangs Clear Over Into My Yard Space

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#67 I Asked For A Lovely Red-Gold Color. I Got This. I Work In A Law Firm In A Client-Facing Role

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#68 My Last Night's View At The Kings Theatre, Portsmouth, UK

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#71 Downgraded On Overbooked Flight And Were Given A Perfect View Of People Enjoying The Lie-Flat Seats We Paid For

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#72 For Christmas My Boyfriend’s Mom Regifted Me This Blanket That I Had Recently Gifted Her For Her Birthday

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#73 Guess Who Forgot Their Exit Plan After Staining The Stairs? Send Help

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#74 The Cremation Facility Lost My Grandma's Urn

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#75 Asked For A Fade And Got This

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#77 Felt Something Hit My Foot Driving To Work

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#78 Opened My Christmas Filets To Cook Dinner. Completely Gray And Rancid. Christmas Eve Dinner For 6 Then Had To Be Frozen Stuffed Shells. $190 Of Filets Ended Up In The Trash

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#79 Dined Out With My Girlfriend And The Napkins Came With An Ad For Mental Health. She Thought Couples Therapy Might Be A Good Idea, But I Disagreed. Result? An Argument And A Breakup

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The entire world just melted, and the reason behind it is the cutest video I’ve seen in my life: a huge, sleepy hippo is enjoying underwater cuddles from a group of tiny, colorful fish.

The third-largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos, is giving us a subtle smile while living the best life.

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Turns out that even hippos have days off, which includes 10 hours of sleep and fish spas

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As seen in the photos and videos shared on social media, a hippo is calmly resting under the water while African cichlid fishes “do their job.” This type of fish is a very diverse and species-rich family that usually inhabits lakes and rivers in India, Africa, and South and Central America.

It has long been known that different species of fish and hippos are truly great companions. Fish clean hippos and are, in turn, nourished by the algae, parasites, and dead skin scraped from the hides of their hosts.

Interestingly enough, certain fish species specialize in cleaning specific body parts of the hippos. The labeo — which is a genus of carps — could be called the main cleaners, and they use wide rasping mouths to scour the hippo’s hide. Barbus feed on dung and clean the cracks in the soles of the animal’s feet. Small cichlids graze around the tail bristles, and tiny garra clean out wounds. Hippos even splay their toes to provide easy access to the tiny marine cleaners.

In the wild, hippos purposely search for places with fish in order to get this not only satisfying but also very healthy spa experience

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It’s easy to be fooled by hippos‘ cute appearances, yet they are among the most dangerous and aggressive of all mammals. Their canine and incisor teeth grow continuously, with canines reaching 20 inches (51 centimeters) in length. Hippos are generally nervous and have a very short temper. It’s only a matter of someone standing on someone’s toe or something as silly as a bird landing on a hippo to make a hippo jump up because of being startled, causing a chain reaction that can lead to a fight.

There are two species of hippos in the world: the common hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus. Both are mammals that naturally live in Africa, and each is a member of the family Hippopotamidae. They are generally nocturnal animals due to the fact that have very sensitive skin. Hippos do not have sweat glands underneath their skin to release excess heat off the body, unlike some other mammals (including humans).

A thin layer of light pink-colored liquid is seen on their body on hot sunny days, and it is not sweat. As hippos leave the water, their skin becomes dry. A hippo’s body loses water four times more than humans — therefore, to protect the dry skin, nature provided the hippo with a type of sun cream. The pinkish-looking liquid will fill up the hippo’s large pores and prevent any further water loss.

Hippos’ cute appearances hide a short temper

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The name “hippopotamus” comes from a Greek word meaning “water horse” or “river horse.” But, in fact, their closest living relatives may be pigs or whales and dolphins, especially when it comes to sleeping: hippos sleep with only one half of their brain at a time, while the other half remains alert.

Despite all the love that hippos have for the water and the fact that adults can hold their breath underwater for up to 30 minutes, they can’t swim. They can’t even float! Their bodies are far too dense, so they move around by pushing off from the bottom of the river or simply walking along the riverbed in a slow-motion gallop, like some aquatic ballet dancers.

Hippos can store two days’ worth of grass in their stomachs and can go up to three weeks without eating. They also vocalize on both land and in the water, and they are the only mammals that make amphibious calls.

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If all of this is not sweet enough yet, I have to tell you that there’s a love story involved. It all began some years ago when staff at the San Antonio Zoo took to social media on behalf of their nearly 3-year-old hippo Timothy to reach out to Fiona, one of the most famous hippos in the world. The flattering message appeared on Facebook: 

“Dear Fiona,

My name is Timothy. I recently moved out of my mom’s house to San Antonio and currently live with my grandma, Uma who I love very much. My grandpa, Tumbo was a cover model for National Geographic magazine. Grandma says that’s where I get my great looks.

Anyhoo, I have seen your pictures and videos on the internet at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and I think you are the most beautiful hippopotamus I have ever seen. Perhaps we can meet someday and be boyfriend and girlfriend? I am single and available. I hope you #HippoSwipeRight #TeamFiona

Sincerely,

Timothy

PS, Hippos rule and elephants drool!”

The Cincinnati Zoo responded on behalf of Fiona with the good news that she thought Timothy was cute, but there was a catch — the two could only be together under matching DNA conditions.

“They’re pretty close in age where it could be something that could happen in a few years,” Tim Morrow, CEO of the San Antonio Zoo, told Newsweek. 

Timothy currently lives with his grandma, Uma, and Fiona lives with her mom. You can follow up on their stories on social media accounts: fionahippo and timothythehippo.

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I don’t know about you, but I filled my heart with happiness for the rest of the day (if not for the entire week) while watching these sleepy giants truly enjoying life at its best. What could be more satisfying than taking a long underwater nap while having a spa day?

People were touched by the sweet hippos and their carefree lifestyle

A Target shopper who attempted to get a coupon due to having waited in line for approximately half an hour was shut down by the cashier in a response that received praise on social media.

Standing in line with her boyfriend, Emily Reidy told her followers she wanted to get “Target rich.”

Once it was her turn at the check-out, Emily asked the cashier, “We should get a coupon for standing in line so long, right?”

The Target worker wasn’t on board with the idea, as she replied, “Why? I’ve been standing here this long.”

A woman was roasted by a Target cashier after she tried to score a coupon for waiting in line for 20 minutes

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“True, true,” Emily said, conceding to the employee’s point.

After she returned to her car with her boyfriend, Noah, the TikToker explained why she believed she deserved the free voucher.

“We were in line for 20 minutes in my defense. And we are the customers,” she argued.

“Fair, fair,” Noah said. “It was still awkward, though.”

In the comments of her video, Emily clarified that the self-checkout lines were closed, and only two regular check-out lines were open.

The video, captioned “got roasted good night,” received over 850,000 views since it was posted on Saturday (March 23).

Watch the awkward interaction below

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People took to the comments to voice their opinions on the awkward interaction, with many siding with the retail employee.

“As someone who has worked as a Target cashier before, I love the cashier’s response,” someone wrote.

“Gross. If you’re mad about waiting, contact corporate,” another person said.

A third TikTok user was confused as to why Emily shared the video, writing, “You got roasted and STILL posted this to the internet?”

“Good for the employee. As a retail worker, I hate smart** comments like that,” a separate individual commented, while somebody else added, “I’m sorry girl, but you are very much giving KAREN.”

Another person said, “I was a bank teller, and customers used to always say ‘I wish you had more tellers,’ and every time I just told them, ‘Yeah, me too.'”

Others, however, expressed support for Emily’s shameless move.

“I have actually been given a gift card at Target for waiting in a long line,” a TikTok user shared.

An employee of one of the retailer’s stores also approved of her taking a shot for waiting in line. “I work at Target, and I would’ve said the same thing,” they said.

People had mixed feelings about Emily’s request

Something old, something new, something borrowed… but not something blue, for heaven’s sake! A wedding guest made an accidental outfit faux-pas at a wedding, showing up to the ceremony dressed exactly like the bridesmaids. Luckily, she survived the embarrassment and recounted the incident.

Taylor Fogarty, from South Florida, USA, was left mortified when she realized the floor-length pastel blue dress she wore to attend a friend’s wedding was the same gown as the bridesmaids’.

The 28-year-old was left “dying inside” during the nuptials, saying how she felt awful for making the mistake.

Taylor Fogarty was left mortified upon realizing she wore the same dress as the bridesmaids at a wedding she attended

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She told Kenny News: “I immediately started going bright red and my stomach was in knots. 

“I just got so uncomfortable I wanted to leave, I fully couldn’t enjoy myself.

“I didn’t talk to the bridesmaids, I approached the bride at the reception and apologized. 

“I was so embarrassed I felt like I had to say something.”

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As per The New York Post,  Taylor said that the bride, who she had met prior to the event but wasn’t close to, insisted she didn’t mind.

Nevertheless, the South Floridian claimed she could tell the wife-to-be felt “some type of way about it.”

Taylor said she kept on bringing the accidental faux-up with other guests at the event because she was “so embarrassed.”

The 28-year-old was left “dying inside” during the nuptials, saying how she felt awful for making the mistake

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She recalled: “An older man said something about it when I was getting food at the buffet.

“I just walked away dying inside.

“It makes me cringe.”

@taylorfogartyythe fact that this actually happened.♬ original sound – Taylor Fogarty

Earlier this month, Taylor took to her TikTok account to post a video documenting her humiliating ordeal.

In the video, which was viewed 4.6 million times, Taylor briefly captured the line of bridesmaids before turning the camera to the lower part of her gown, exposing the doomed likeness.

“My Roman Empire is the time I showed up to a wedding in the same dress as the bridesmaids,” she wrote in the video.

Taylor recalled that an older guest said something about her when she was getting food at the buffet

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People had quite a lot to say about her cringeworthy episode, with one TikTok user commenting: “Girl that is straight out of David’s Bridal, what were you thinking.”

David’s Bridal is a popular American clothier that specializes in wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, prom and homecoming dresses, quinceañera dresses, flower girl dresses, other formal wear, and alterations.

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“Put what color my bridesmaids are wearing on my wedding website & to please avoid but who knows if anyone will see it,” someone else wrote.

An additional person chimed in: “That’s a literal bridesmaid dress.”

Taylor reportedly said the whole event was a lesson learned, and from now on, she would ask what bridesmaids were wearing at future weddings she attends.

Taylor’s awkward mishap sparked different reactions on social media

Bianca Censori’s sister, Angelina Censori, debunked a previous report that her family was concerned about Bianca’s well-being as a result of her relationship with her husband, Kanye West, with whom she’s infamously seen wearing provocative clothing.

Angelina, an Australian model, told the Herald Sun on Friday (March 29): “We all support him. We support his new album. 

“We support his new clothes he’s dropping.”

The loyal sibling reportedly described Bianca as her “best friend and confidante,” insisting that all was well.  

Angelina went as far as to add: “It’s all just bulls**t.”

Bianca Censori’s sister Angelina debunked recent claims about their family and Kanye West

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“There was something about my dad even recently. 

“My dad never talks. 

“Nothing’s true.”

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Previous claims painted a pretty negative image of Leo Censori, Bianca’s father. Some insiders said Leo wanted to confront the rapper for putting his daughter in X-rated clothing, The Daily Mail reported.

Sources had claimed that Leo was fearful that Ye was isolating his daughter from their family, and he was reportedly worried that the 46-year-old rapper was turning Bianca into a “trashy-looking marketable commodity” with the shockingly risqué and half-naked looks.

As per The Mail, insiders had claimed that Bianca’s family was “hurting” watching their loved one being paraded around like a “trophy pony.”

Angelina said the Censoris supported Kanye and his brand

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Nevertheless, Bianca was photographed alongside her mom, Alexandra Censori, on March 16, debunking previous reports that her parents had been “mortified” by her provocative outfits.

Bianca and Alexandra had also been spotted together before exiting a private jet in Los Angeles, USA, with Ye, Ty Dolla $ign, and their entourage after her husband performed at hip hop music festival Rolling Loud.

Bianca recently made headlines after a resurfaced 2022 video of the virtual Circular Fashion Summit in Paris, France, showed her talking about her architectural design gig at Yeezy.

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“I’m an architectural designer from Melbourne, Australia. I currently reside in Los Angeles, and I’m a lead architectural designer at Yeezy,” Bianca presented herself.

In the video conference composed of a panel featuring other designers, Bianca appeared multiple times, appearing first about five minutes in.

She explained: “My passion for architecture lies in fabrication, conceptualizing the future of built space, and exploring the bridge between the physical and the meta.”

Not all readers were convinced by Angelina’s claims

She’s got the beauty and the brain. Bianca Censori reminded people that she isn’t just a pretty face and Kanye West’s undressed wife. She’s also an educated woman and knows a thing or two about architecture and the development of the metaverse.

A resurfaced 2022 video of the virtual Circular Fashion Summit (CFS) in Paris, France, where Bianca presented her architectural design gig at Yeezy, stunned viewers.

According to CFS’s official website, the summit was founded in 2019 by Lablaco, a global Collective Action Summit, to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030.

The summit gathers leaders of change from design, technology, and sustainability to share knowledge and ignite immediate action on measurable goals.

Bianca Censori was a panelist at the 2022 Circular Fashion Summit, and its resurfaced video stunned viewers

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“I’m an architectural designer from Melbourne, Australia. I currently reside in Los Angeles, and I’m a lead architectural designer at Yeezy,” Bianca presented herself.

In the video conference composed of a panel featuring other designers, Bianca appeared multiple times, appearing first about five minutes in.

She explained: “My passion for architecture lies in fabrication, conceptualizing the future of built space, and exploring the bridge between the physical and the meta.”

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The 29-year-old Aussie went on to highlight the “beauty of the meta” as a result of the fact that it “lacks boundaries,” enabling wider architectural possibilities.

The metaverse is a collective virtual shared space created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual reality.

As a result, it’s a digital universe where users can interact with each other and digital objects in real-time, often through the use of virtual reality or augmented reality technologies.

The 29-year-old has been working for her husband’s company, Yeezy, since 2020

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In the video, Bianca looked quite different from the Ye-wife we have seen in recent paparazzi shots, where she is infamously depicted wearing close to nothing.

When she worked for her husband’s brand in 2022, Bianca sported a more natural look, with long hair and more material on her body.

According to her LinkedIn profile, Bianca has been working at Yeezy since 2020 and is seemingly still an architectural designer for the clothing company.

You can watch the summit below:

Architectural designers aim to balance functionality, comfort, safety, and cost in a building design, Indeed states.

The famous spouse previously worked as a “student architect” at DP Toscano Architects, an Australian firm, from 2017 to 2020.

Between 2016 and 2017, Bianca worked as a design consultant for a company called Kelektiv.

While studying architecture at the University of Melbourne, Australia, Bianca appeared to have owned a jewelry store called Nylons Jewellery. Its website, www.shopnylons.com.au, is now defunct.

People were surprised to hear Bianca speak for the first time

Britney Spears said it best: “Mama, I’m in love with a criminal, and this type of love isn’t rational.” Gypsy Rose Blanchard has separated from her husband, who she notably praised in very public social media antics and multiple post-carceral interviews.

The 32-year-old survivor of Munchausen syndrome by proxy announced her split from Ryan Scott Anderson on Facebook on Thursday (March 28), just three months after she was released from prison.

She wrote: “People have been asking what is going on in my life. 

“Unfortunately my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents’ home down the bayou.” 

Gypsy was referring to her father, Rod Blanchard, and her stepmom, Kristy, who, according to Gypsy’s post, live in a slow-moving creek or a swampy section of a river or a lake just outside New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard announced that she has split from her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson, via a private Facebook post

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She continued: “I have the support of my family and friends to help guide me through this. 

“I am learning to listen to my heart. Right now I need time to let myself find… who I am.” 

The statement was put out in private and was obtained and published by People on Friday (March 29).

Gypsy and Ryan tied the knot in a jailhouse ceremony with no guests in July 2022.

In a previous interview with People ahead of her early release in December 2023, Gypsy said she had planned to marry the Louisiana middle school special education teacher again after her release.

She said, at the time: “We do plan on having a reception/redo wedding with all of our family and our friends and the dress and the cake and everything because we deserve that. 

“I deserve that. He deserves that.

The 32-year-old survivor of Munchausen syndrome by proxy announced her breakup just three months after she was released from prison

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“Our prison wedding was just something to where we can make our vows to each other. 

“It was something that meant something to us. 

“And I think the party is kind of for everybody else and us, but mostly for everybody else.”

At the time, the Louisiana native said she was excited about moving in with her spouse and starting their life together.  

She said: “I’ve never lived with a man.

“I grew up with a mom, so I didn’t even grow up with a dad in the house. 

“So, I’m like, ‘I don’t even know what it’s like to live with a man.’”

Gypsy and Ryan previously planned a bigger ceremony upon her prison release

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Earlier this month, the now-published author shared a video on TikTok before deleting her social media platforms. 

According to People, in the video, she apologized to “all the people that I offended with a lack of accountability, the first month or so that I was out of prison and the lack of accountability in my interviews, I’m sorry, I’m learning. 

“I take accountability for my part, and I’m saying this right now. I’m taking accountability. I did a bad thing.”

Gypsy and Ryan tied the knot in a jailhouse ceremony with no guests in July 2022

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A source told People that she had deleted her accounts “at the advisement of her parole officer, so she [wouldn’t] get in trouble and go back to jail.”

Gypsy was released from prison on parole after spending eight years behind bars for second-degree murder in connection with the death of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.

The victim was granted parole in September, with the Missouri Department of Corrections scheduling her release for December 28, three years before her release date.

She and her then-boyfriend, Nicholas “Nick” Godejohn, conspired to kill her mom, Dee Dee, in 2015 after being subjected to painful and needless medical procedures throughout her entire life.

Gypsy was being mentally and physically abused and forced into yet another unnecessary medical procedure when she plotted her mother’s murder and was “desperate” to get out of that situation.

Gypsy admitted she needed to know herself better

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The feeling led her to ask Nick, who she met on an online dating site, to kill her abusive mother while she waited in the bathroom of the Springfield, Missouri, home she shared with her.

Among the numerous illnesses that Dee Dee falsely claimed her daughter had was muscular dystrophy, forcing Gypsy into a wheelchair despite being able to walk.

Dee Dee also forced her to use painful feeding tubes and made friends and family believe she had Leukemia after shaving Gypsy’s head. She would also trick doctors into diagnosing and treating different illnesses.

Another notable consequence of Dee Dee’s mistreatment of Gypsy saw the victim lose all of her teeth after rotting out and being painfully extracted as a result of poor dental hygiene mixed with medications and severe malnutrition.

In a former interview, Gypsy said: “Obviously I knew that I could walk and didn’t need a feeding tube, but everything else was a really big confusion for me.”

Many people came in support of Gypsy upon learning about her breakup

While the definition of a good teacher varies from person to person, we can’t deny that those who are have a funny way of remaining in our memories, even after many years. I bet that even reading this sentence made you think of a figure that made the ticking seconds at school much more bearable.

To pay homage and show their hard work doesn’t go unnoticed, Bored Panda has collected some of their most wholesome and heartwarming moments. From gifting plants to drawing cats of the day, these special gestures make students appreciate them even more. 

While you’re busy admiring these awesome teachers, don’t forget to check out a conversation with Bryan Davis, a former teacher and life coach, and Dr. Sonaleena Patnaik Lowry, an educational consultant, who kindly agreed to elaborate on what it means to be a good pedagogue and how we can support them.

#1 Teachers Are So Much More Than Just Educators

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#2 A Girl In My Geography Class Had To Bring Her Newborn To Class Today. The Baby Started Crying In The Middle Of Our Quiz

When she took him out to hold him, my professor insisted that he wouldn't mind feeding the baby and rocking his car seat until she was done. This is my so awesome, sweet professor, on his knees.

#3 Hannah's Class Has A Zoom Session Each Evening. Last Night She Got Really Sad And Kind Of Shut Down. Today Her Teacher Came Over And Hung Out For A Bit

They chatted, read books, and just talked. This woman has five kids at home and still, she sat in my driveway for an hour to make sure Hannah was okay.

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According to research, teachers impact over 3,000 students throughout their careers. 83% of pupils say that they helped improve their confidence and self-esteem. A similar number of learners report having an educator who encouraged them to follow their dreams, while over half say they received help from them during a difficult time.

Such numbers tell us that many people dedicate themselves to leaving a positive impact on the minds of our young generation. And we’re very grateful for it. To learn more about what it means to be a good teacher and how we can better support their good work, Bored Panda reached out to Bryan Davis, a former teacher and a life coach from Mentally39.com. We also contacted Dr. Sonaleena Patnaik Lowry, an educational consultant who has experience with projects for school districts and teaching. 

Davis tells us, “Good teachers know their students, they learn their background, they know their home life and learning style. Students will remember the teacher who made them feel safe, cared about them, and made learning fun.”

#4 Treat Everyone With Respect And Care

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#5 My Daughter's Teacher Is Undergoing Chemo. This Was Their First Art Class This Year

I'm so appreciative of how hard this woman works to teach her students about more than just academics. She is a strong and beautiful person (whose permission I requested before posting).

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#6 Best School Picture Ever

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Dr. Lowry’s take on this matter is very similar. She says, “There are many different areas that teachers make an impact on in the growth of their students, such as social- emotionally, academically, motivation, helping students set high goals, providing them with support academically and emotionally, believing that their students are capable of learning and creating a positive classroom environment for students. 

Teachers who have a positive impact on students have evidence of supporting students to be successful academically, social-emotionally, and also in student goal-setting and motivation.”

#7 That's Beautiful

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#8 Retired Teacher Drives Portable Library To Encourage Reading! What A Way To Spend Retirement

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#9 The Highlight Of My Day Was My Teacher Bringing His Cat To School. Everytime He Asked The Class A Question, His Cat Would Meow, And He Would Accept It As An Answer

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Indeed, just like adults, young personalities need positivity, security, a sense of belonging, and even some fun. It’s important that these requirements are met, as it helps learners progress and have a positive attitude towards learning. Often, teachers achieve this by showing respect for everyone, fostering a sense of community, and celebrating successes. 

Being able to engage students with humor and creativity is also a significant part of what makes someone a good teacher. Whether it’s sharing a video, a song, or a movie, or using technology and taking an imaginative approach, children appreciate the extra effort. A teacher dressed in a period costume surely makes history more interesting, while a nature hike can make learning biology more memorable. 

#10 This Teacher Draws A Different Picture Each Morning For His Students

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#11 Teachers Really Make A Difference

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#12 A Girl In My AP Literature Class Brought Her Cat In. The Teacher Invited Everyone Else To Bring In Pets Any Time They Please

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Even though about 66% of teachers are satisfied with their job, half of them still reported not feeling a great deal of support or encouragement. Davis explains this by saying, ”There is a huge mental strain on teachers. Many people are leaving because of the stress, workload, and unreal expectations set by politicians who do not have a clue what teaching involves. All of it leads to mental and physical health issues.”

#13 Teachers Are Amazing

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#14 Coolest Teacher Ever

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#15 My Favorite High School English Teacher Posted This Today. We Need More People Like Him In The World

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Dr. Lowry notes that the area lacking support the most is collaboration between pedagogues. Luckily, she was able to work with some schools and include them in her Professional Learning Network (PLN), which gave them the opportunity to reach out to teachers from school districts other than their own. 

She shares, “Many teachers felt supported and uplifted in their teaching practices. Schools that I'm currently working with are meeting with teachers from the schools that their students will promote, such as collaboration between elementary school teachers, middle school teachers, and high school teachers. These teachers are in the same school community, and they collaborate to ensure that each of them is providing the necessary support for students as they move through the school system.”

#16 Teachers Like That Make Such A Difference

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#17 This Elementary Teacher Rakes Leaves In The Schoolyard Into Adorable Cartoon Characters Every Morning

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#18 Be Kind. Be Compassionate. Be Human

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Another thing that reportedly encourages educators is the reinforcement from the school’s leadership. "Teachers also want to stay in a place where they have a voice in decision-making," says Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the Learning Policy Institute and a professor emeritus at Stanford University.

#19 I Made 35 Desks For Students In My Area Who Are Home Due To Distance Learning

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#20 My Socio-Horticulture Professor Gives Every Student A Plant Almost Every Week

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#21 My Teacher Rescues Animals, And Two Baby Deer Were Brought In Within A Week Of Each Other. Now They Are Best Friends

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Additionally, most educators propose hiring more counselors and school psychologists. They provide more support for students, which simultaneously lightens the workload of teachers. In addition, counselors can aid in creating a more positive school environment by teaching about social-emotional awareness and being one more trusted adult for students to rely on.

#22 Teacher's Homework Policy

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#23 Our Ex-Marine Teacher Has A Student Draw A "Cat Of The Day" On The Board Because He Likes To. He Was Absent On Friday And Wasn't Able To Do So

So this morning, he took out his phone, opened Neko Atsume, and drew a "substitute cat". I love this teacher.

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#24 Teacher Going Above And Beyond For Their Students

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We, as students and parents, can also express our support for teachers in various ways. Davis suggests voting for politicians who place high importance on education, as teacher pay is so far behind.

He then proposes, “Read with your child, encourage reading, encourage learning, and work towards what you want.” He also encourages people to talk more publicly about the good things the pedagogues and students are accomplishing. “Teachers genuinely care about your kids' education, and we care about their well-being,” Davids adds.

#25 Always Have Compassion

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#26 Some Teachers Are Just Really Genuinely Amazing People

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#27 We Need More Teachers Like This

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#28 That’s Amazing

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#29 We Found Five Abandoned Kittens Running Around The School Grounds, And My Teacher Caught One. This Is How The Class Is Being Taught

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#30 My Son, Who Has Learning Challenges, Developed A Special Relationship With His Amazing Fourth-Grade Teacher

On the last day of school, she gifted him with a drawing from her father who she said worked as an animator. He did this especially for my son, who is a Batman fanatic. Left me speechless.

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#31 A Kid At My Daughter’s School Couldn't Find Their Lost Tooth, And I Imagine They Were Very Sad That The Tooth Fairy Wouldn’t Come. So The Teacher Wrote An Official Letter To Excuse Them

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#32 My Mom Is The Cutest Art Teacher Ever! She Made A Dress And Had Everyone Of Her Students Draw One Thing On The Dress For Her To Wear. This Was Her At Her Student's Art Show Tonight

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#33 My Professor Gave Up Trying To Get His Cat Off His Work During Office Hours

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#34 Professor Showing Kids How To Buy Cheaper Textbooks For His Class

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#35 Art Teacher Here. I Had My 7 And 8-Year-Old Students Create Monsters That Were Then "Adopted" By Local College Artists And Professors To Be Reimagined

The goal was to show my students that if they continue to grow their skill set and stay in the arts, then their ideas have no limit.

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#36 It’s So Wholesome

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#37 Sharing A Proud Teacher Moment. I Just Finished Putting Together This Collaborative Grid Drawing By My 8th-Grade Students. I'm So Impressed

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#38 My Father Has Been A Professor Of English At The University Of St. Thomas For Over 50 Years. Here He Is, At 91 Years Old, Embracing Virtual Teaching Like A Boss

Listening to and watching him teach "The Odyssey" by Homer is a true gift. He’s been teaching it for decades, and yet he has the passion and excitement for the text as if it's the first time. These kids have no idea how lucky they are.

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#39 Professor Still Teaches While Holding His Kid

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#40 I Was Orphaned Early This Year. My Teacher Is Starting The Adoption Process. Here's An Ornament She Got For Our New Family. I Thought It Was Wholesome

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#41 This Is My Dove, Max. 20 Years Ago, He Was Rescued By My 4th-Grade Teacher And Her Class And Lived With Them As A Pet For 18 Years. The Teacher Gave Him To Me The Year She Was Retiring

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#42 Yesterday The Quietest Kid In My Last Class Spoke To Me For The First Time. He Asked If He Could Doodle On My Board, And Since We Were Just Waiting Around For Buses I Said, "Sure"

He draws an insanely realistic face, and when I tell him how awesome it is, he says he likes to draw. He also likes comics so we talk about the Green Lantern Corps because his favorite artist does the comics until his bus is called. Today, he immediately went to the board when the bell rang and started drawing. His bus was called in less than ten minutes yet he was able to do this. I'm going to take pictures of all his doodles this year and give them to him in a book at the end. I hope it reminds him to keep doing what he loves.

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#43 The Teaching Of ICT In Ghanaian School Can Be Quite Amusing. I Love My Students, So Have To Do What Will Make Them Understand What I Am Teaching

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#44 Teachers Are The Best

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#45 My Partner Struggled With Traditional School His Whole Life, So Switched To A Trade Program Last Year. Today, He Got This Message From His Professor

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#46 This Year, I Had No Money For Costumes. This Is What He Was Wearing When I Picked Him Up From School. Bless These People And What They Do For Their Students

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#47 Our Teacher Had Us Do Word Searches In ASL To Practice Fingerspelling

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#48 I’m An Art Teacher And I Moved To A New School This Past Summer. The Previous Teacher Did Not Share My Love Of Organization. Behold The Before And After Of My Paper Closet

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#49 That Is So Sweet

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#50 This Is My Old Man Bird Named Chagall. My Art Teacher Gave Him To Me When I Was In High School. He Was With My Teacher's Family For About 20 Years. This Is How He Sleeps On The Couch

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#51 My Teacher Sent A Picture Of Him With His New Dog. It Was In The Class Group Chat On An App That All My Teachers Use. He Sent That Picture To Everybody In The Class

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#52 My Son Has Struggled With Autism, Tourettes, Agoraphobia, Severe Anxiety, And OCD. He Found Solace In Writing, And Just Published His Book On Amazon

Here he is giving a copy to one of his teachers who helped him along the way.

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#53 Kids Are Developing Humans

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#54 My Girlfriend Is A School Teacher For Blind Children. To Help Them Understand And Write Words, She Has LEGO-Like Braille Toys

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#55 A Note From The Teacher

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#56 Aww, That’s Awesome

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#57 How I Spent My Rainy Sunday: Each One Of My Students Will Have At Least One Present To Open This Christmas

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#58 So, My Math Teacher Got The Class Pizza. How's Your Day Going?

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#59 My Teacher And Her Service Dog Were Too Cute Today

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#60 Words Of Wisdom

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#61 Pro Professor Move

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#62 My Art Teacher Has Sealing Tiles That Were Painted By Students In Her Classroom

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#63 Classroom's "Care Cart"

My classroom "Care Cart" has changed and evolved over time. I saw a TikTok video about teachers' "Care Closets" and knew my students needed one too. With community donations and my school's support, I continue to provide my students with extra resources throughout the school day. Spread kindness.

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#64 My Kid's Art Teacher's Christmas Tree Topper

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#65 My Math Teacher Gave Me His First Guitar Ever, A 1989 B.C. Rich Ironbird, As An Early Christmas Gift, And I'm Shaking. These Things Are Rare, And I Will Treat It Like My Firstborn

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#66 Shout Out To All The Nice Teachers Out There

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#67 I’m In My 40s And My High School Math Teacher Still Messages Me Every Year On My Birthday

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#68 My Teacher Pulled Up To School With A Tank Of Propane And A Grill And Started To Make Us Some Breakfast. God Bless His Soul

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#69 A Wise Professor

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#70 My Business Professor At College Made Everybody Breakfast Today, Which Was Exactly What I Needed To Make It Through The Day. So, Thanks

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#71 My Art Teacher’s Gift To Me For Making It Through The Senior Year

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#72 Months Ago My Teacher Knitted Me A Whale Shark. Today, She Handed Me A 3D-Printed Narwhal

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#73 My Agriculture Teacher Brings His Dog To School And Lets Him Walk Around

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#74 My Art Teacher Sent Out A Survey A While Ago And Asked If We Had Colored Pencils At Home. I Said No And Today She Dropped Some Off At My Front Door

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#75 The Purest Message I Received Today From One Of My Favorite Professors (He Is The Sweetest Old Man)

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#76 So I Got Back This Test From My English Teacher, And Everyone Told Me To Post This Because It's Wholesome

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#77 Just A Generic Jedi. I Dressed Up For Halloween Even Though We're Still Teaching Online. My Students Enjoyed It

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#78 My Favorite Professor Turned This Gatekeeping Mug Into An Encouraging Mug

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#79 College Professor's Advice

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#80 That's Compassion

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#81 A Teacher In My School District

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#82 I Teased My Wife, A Middle School Teacher, After She Bought The “Lady’s” Tool Kit, But She Put It To Good Use Today Fixing A Student’s Bike

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#83 It Was Our Last English Class Of The Year, And We Gave Our Old English Teacher Some Gifts. She Started Crying And Couldn't Speak Anymore, So She Just Wrote This And Left

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#84 This Is The Kind Of Teachers We Need

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#85 I Wasn’t Able To Log Into My Final Exam So I Reached Out To My Professor For Help On What I Should Do To Be Able To Retake It. Here’s His Response

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#86 My Teacher Sent Me This Note After I Was In The Hospital For A Week

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#87 A Former History Teacher Of Mine Wrote Me On Instagram After I Cried In Class That Day

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#88 My Fifth-Grade Teacher Had Us Write Letters That She Would Send Us After 10 Years. I Totally Forgot About It And Got This In The Mail Today

I'm starting to apply to law schools this fall, graduating college as a first-generation student in the spring, and I'm engaged to my childhood crush. 12-year-old me would be proud.

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#89 Our Teacher Brought Her Dog To Class

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#90 Our Teacher Brought Personalized Notes For All Of His Students In His Five Classes

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#91 A Professor Of One Of My Classes In Grad School Brings Food For The Students Every Session

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#92 When It's The End Of The Year And Your Teachers Let You Play Nintendo Games In Class

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#93 I'm Really Happy With My Mario-Themed Class Rules

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#94 I Like To Draw On The Homework Board To Have Some Fun With My Students. Baby Yoda Was A Hit Today

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#95 I Just Wanted To Extend A Thank You To Professors Who Write Notes Like These On Assignments

I've been working hard on self-improvement after discovering I have ADHD as an adult, and this means the world to me after almost 2 years in my master's program.

The note says: "Very thorough. Your writing has improved a lot. Better organized & clearer. Well justified".

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#96 My Teacher Made The Periodic Table, I Ate Bohrium, And It Was Good

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#97 My Professor Knows I Have Anxiety And Graded My Final By Hand So I Could Get It A Day Earlier

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#98 I’m A High School Senior With Cerebral Palsy. As A Track Athlete I Ran All 4 Years And Never Scored A Point, Not Even On JV. Despite This, My Coach Still Gave Me A Varsity Letter For Track

It might not seem like much to most, but it meant more to me than I can put into words. Thank you, Coach Harrell.

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#99 My Physics Teacher Was Quarantined After Recently Flying Out To Italy And Has Not Been At School For The Past Few Days. He Just Posted This On Google Classroom

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#100 Waking Up To This Response From My Professor The Morning After The Last Day Of Classes Was More Than Affirming

I put off graduate school because I didn’t feel smart enough to successfully complete it. Six months ago, my life fell apart. I lost everything and applied 3 weeks before the deadline because I needed a win.

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#101 I Talked To My Gamer Teacher Yesterday About Gaming Events In School. I Walked By This Today

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#102 A Teacher Sends A Suggestion To The School Principal On Projects For Students While They Are Out Of School

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#103 My English Teacher Is Amazing

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#104 The Comments My Professor Left For Me On My Creative Writing Short Story. I Will Definitely Keep Writing! I Feel Like I’m Walking On Clouds

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#105 This Awesome Drawing My Teacher Worked On For 3 Weeks

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#106 My Amazing Teacher Put This On Our "Getting To Know You" Form

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#107 My Screenwriting Professor Wrote This On My Assignment And Spent Time In Class Today Reading My Script Aloud And Talking About How Much He Loved It

 I feel like I'm finally where I'm supposed to be.

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#108 I Just Started As A Teacher And I Was Pretty Proud Of This Design

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#109 My Geometry Teacher Just Gave Me This Award, And I Couldn't Be Any More Proud

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#110 I Emailed One Of My Professors Asking For Help With A Book, And He Actually Responded

For additional context, in previous schools, I went through "not-nice stuff," which led to me seeing teachers as those scary authority figures. To paint a proper picture, when one finally treated me like a person who can have problems and not a weirdo, I could barely speak from shock. This e-mail is like a physical reminder that things really got better for me. I don't need to be scared anymore. I am very happy and simply wanted to share it with someone.

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#111 Professor Takes The Time To Personally Email All Of His Students After Grades Have Been Posted

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It’s impossible to be in a great mood 100% of the time. If you’re hungry, exhausted or had a stressful day at work, it might be a bit more challenging to put on a happy face and be patient with your loved ones. But these bad days should be rare occurrences, not the norm.

To try to minimize the damage that occurs during his wife’s bad days, one dad decided to start sending out warnings to his kids when their mom wasn’t feeling her best. But she was not impressed when she found out what was going on behind her back. Below, you’ll find the full story that this dad recently posted on Reddit, as well as a conversation with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, founder of Growing Self Counseling and Coaching.

This father decided that it would be wise to start warning his kids when their mother was in a bad mood

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Later, the dad clarified how often his wife has bad days

Being unable to manage frustrations in a healthy way is a clear sign that a person could benefit from professional help

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To learn more about whether it’s normal for us to be more irritable during bad days, we reached out to Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, founder of Growing Self Counseling and Coaching. Dr. Bobby was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and share her thoughts on this situation.

“We all feel irritable sometimes, but if you can’t manage your frustrations in a healthy way, without damaging your relationships with the most important people in your life — your partner and your children — that is a clear signal that you could benefit from support,” the expert says.

“I can’t tell you how often is too often to snap at your family members or otherwise take out your bad day on them, but when it becomes a pattern, something needs to change,” she added. “This mother’s irritability is clearly a pattern. It’s so predictable that they’ve developed a system for managing it!”

“When you’re walking on eggshells, you’re unable or unwilling to express your true thoughts and feelings”

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We were also curious what kind of an impact it can have on a family to have to tiptoe around a spouse or parent. “Walking on eggshells is destructive to relationships, and it models unhealthy patterns that the kids are likely to carry forward with them into their adult relationships. Not good!” Dr. Bobby shared.

“When you’re walking on eggshells, you’re unable or unwilling to express your true thoughts and feelings because you’re afraid of the reaction you’ll get from your partner,” she explained. “It’s the opposite of vulnerability, authenticity, and emotional intimacy — it’s working hard to control the situation in an attempt to manage your partner’s moods for them. In the process, you’re abandoning yourself and disregarding your own feelings.”

The expert also noted that, although this dad means well, he’s sending the wrong message to his children. “They’re learning that they’re responsible for how their mother feels, and worse, for their mother’s abusive behavior,” Dr. Bobby says. “It’s teaching them to set their own feelings and needs aside to pander to an adult’s moods.”

“If they carry these lessons forward into their adult relationships, they may have trouble setting boundaries, they may struggle with codependent tendencies, and they may even tolerate emotional abuse,” she added.

“Getting to the root of what’s really going on is important”

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Dr. Bobby also shared some wise words for this couple. “The dad needs to address this directly with the mom, and lovingly let her know that she is behaving in ways that are unacceptable and emotionally unsafe for the kids, and that it’s time to get some help and stop this,” the expert says. “As a couple, I think they’d also benefit from some counseling. It’s clear that they’ve developed some unhealthy ways of managing conflict that will take some work to unpack.”

The expert also recommends that the mother start seeing a therapist. “I would hope that learning about her family’s efforts to accommodate her bad moods would motivate her to get support. A good counselor could help her explore the roots of her anger and find healthier ways to manage her feelings,” she explained.

Dr. Bobby also noted that there can be a number of reasons why people experience intense irritability (such as anxiety, depression, and even things like perimenopause) that are treatable. “Getting to the root of what’s really going on is important, so mom can feel better and her family can feel emotionally safe in their relationship with her,” she told Bored Panda.

Most readers agreed that both spouses should be acting more maturely, with some suggesting they seek professional help

However, some readers sympathized with the dad and shared advice for him

And others thought that the father was definitely in the wrong

Costs of living are soaring all over the planet, and it seems like every year, things that were once basic necessities or little treats are turning into luxuries reserved only for the rich. Redditors have recently been discussing some of these things that have become unattainable for most of us, so we’ve gathered some of their thoughts below.

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To find out how this conversation started in the first place, we reached out to Reddit user Dash_Weh_Dat, who posed the question, "What was affordable 50 years ago that now only the rich can buy?” They were kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and share what inspired them to start this thread. 

"Well, I was having a discussion with some millennial and Gen Z friends at a housewarming party (it's a rental by the way)," the OP said. "A friend showed us pictures she took while she was on vacation in California with her parents at her grandparent's country home. We noticed that they were extremely well off."

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"Someone asked her if her family had always been wealthy. She said her grandfather worked as a factory manager, and his grandmother was a housewife," Dash_Weh_Dat continued. "They managed to save up for a house and a vacation home 5 hours away. Eventually they moved to the country home and sold their first house for six figures."

"One income managed to get them all that. While we are struggling to make ends meet, we have to sometimes take out loans. 50 years ago, it seemed you only needed a regular job, save up for 2-5 years and pay for a house in cash. Try doing that today even on a manager's salary," they told Bored Panda.

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We were also curious what the OP has noticed has become unattainable today. "Owning a home or an apartment seems like something only wealthy people can purchase, unless it's an inheritance," they shared. "Buying a car is quite expensive nowadays, the maintenance, insurance, taxes that come with it as well."

"Food such as vegetables, meat, dairy and fruits that used to be cheap back in the day and abundant are now quite expensive. I see why people opt for junk food to save money," they added.

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Sadly, Dash_Weh_Dat doesn't expect any of these things to become affordable again in the future. And as far as the responses to their post, they said the replies were "on the nose."

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For those celebrating Easter, it is typically a joyous occasion, filled with quality time with their loved ones and, of course, delicious food. And while the delicacies on the table during the holiday can differ from country to country—from family to family, even—many households try to present them in as festive a way as possible.

If you’re looking for ideas on how to present certain dishes or inspiration on what to make in the first place, you’re in the right place. On the list below you will find some of the most adorable Easter foods, from desserts to savory snacks, and beyond. So wait no longer, scroll down to find them, and get ready to prepare one cute-looking feast.

#1 Aren't These Cute? We Have Used Our Favorite Dough To Make These Cuddly Easter Bunnies

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#2 Homemade Peekaboo Carrot Cake For Easter

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#3 These Delicious Crescent Rolls Filled With An Herb Vegetable Cream Cheese, And Topped With Parsley For Easter Brunch

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Creating something not only delicious but visually appealing, too, typically requires loads of work, patience, and time. Surely, it all depends on what exactly one is making, but some dishes or decorations can take ages to make, yet only seconds to devour.

While cooking is not equally enjoyed by all, to some it’s a passion, which makes them happy to spend countless hours in the kitchen. Statistics show that roughly one third of Americans say they enjoy cooking (5% admit they hate it), and roughly three-in-ten of them do it at home on a daily basis.

#4 Italian Easter Pie

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#5 Easter Macarons Chicks

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It’s safe to say that even if you enjoy cooking or do it on a daily basis—whether you like it or not—preparing an entire Easter-themed feast is not an easy task. Cooking the food alone can take hours, not to mention shaping the cake to resemble a bunny or making the deviled eggs look like tiny chickens.

That’s what makes the items on this list even more special—the amount of time and love the cook arguably put into them make them look too good to be eaten. (Though, I believe that would be no problem for some hungry guests.)

#6 Homemade Steamed Bunny Buns

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#7 I Baked Another Easter Lamb

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#8 Scrambled Eggs In Puff Pastry Bunnies

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Despite the ultimate patience test that is shaping said cake into a bunny or working on other intricate and delicious details, many people seem to enjoy baking. Quite a few of them likely discovered a passion for it—or at least tried their hand at it—during the pandemic, as statistics show a steep increase in sales of baking products in 2020.

Needless to say, reaching the level of people responsible for the adorable munchies on this list might take quite a few (unsuccessful) attempts, but enjoying baked goods right from the oven knowing you made them yourself makes it all worth the effort.

#9 Easter Is Almost Here, So I Made A Rabbit Fruit Platter

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#10 Hope You’re All Having A Wonderful Easter Weekend! I Loved Making This Easter-Themed Set With Little Bunnies And Bunny Tails

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#11 Deviled Eggs, But Let’s Make Them Adorable

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For those who enjoy baking, Easter can be a great time to treat their loved ones to something special, as certain specialties, such as hot cross buns, for instance, are typically made for this particular occasion. Marked with a cross on top, hot cross buns traditionally signify the end of the Christian season of Lent.

#12 Hoppy Easter Everyone! I Went With A Beatrix Potter-Inspired Bunny Dude

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#13 My Easter Chicks Have Gotten An Elvis Presley Hairstyle This Time

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Those with a sweet tooth might also be familiar with simnel Cake, a fruitcake popular in England and Ireland, which is made around Easter and decorated with eleven balls of marzipan to represent eleven of Jesus's disciples.

Another sweet treat that’s often enjoyed on Easter is a carrot cake, which, even if without a deeply-rooted tradition, is a great addition to any dessert table, if you ask me. However, according to a survey carried out by Mashed, carrot cake doesn't fall within the top three of people’s favorite cakes (as it comprises chocolate cake, red velvet cake, and lemon cake respectively).

#15 Easter Egg Cookies

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#16 Try Out A Classic Easter Decoration On Your Macaron Shells

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#17 I Made A 2 Layer 8 Inch Carrot Cake For Easter

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With or without baking a cake, for many people, hosting an Easter dinner seems to be quite stressful. A poll of adults in the US who celebrate Easter found that nearly four-in-five of them find hosting such an event in their homes stressful, while three-in-four believe that Easter itself is an anxiety-inducing celebration.

Some of the main stressors when planning a large dinner are reportedly worrying about how much food to make, how clean the home is, how much time it will take to prepare the food, and whether or not the guests will like it.

#18 Spruce Up Your Side Dish Game With Grilled Carrots Finished With An Orange-Maple Glaze

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#19 Homemade Cherry And Blueberry Bunny Pie

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#20 My Wife Baked An Apple Pie For Easter

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If you don’t find hosting an Easter dinner to be stress-inducing and are looking for more inspiration on what to cook or how to decorate for the occasion, feel free to continue to Bored Panda’s list of ways to decorate for Easter next or browse these beautiful Easter egg designs for ideas.

#21 I Was Craving Brownies So I Made One With Easter Chocolates

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#22 Have Champagne Saucers? How About Serving Little Salads In Them For A Beautiful, Easter Table Detail

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#23 Easter Breakfast. It Doesn't Get Much Simpler Than This One, But It's Still Soooo Cute

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#24 This Easter Pie, Known As Torta Pasqualina, It's A Traditional Dish From Italy's Liguria Region Made With Thirty-Three Layers Of Thin Pastry - One For Every Year Of Jesus' Life

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#25 I Was Tired Of Regular Easter Eggs, So I Made A 3 Lb Chocolate Dragon Egg (Complete With Sleeping Marshmallow Dragon)

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#26 Easter Weekend Buttermilk Pancakes

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#27 I Made Lemon Flavored Donuts For Easter, That Look Like Little Chicks

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#28 Practicing Easter Cake Design. Vanilla Bean Cake On The Inside

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#29 My Mother Made An Easter Basket Out Of Bread

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#31 How Fun Is This For Easter And Spring

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#32 Little Sugar Cookie Birdhouses For Easter Centerpieces

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#33 Easter Cupcakes For The Family Picnic

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#34 So Happy With My Easter Set This Year

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#35 I Made An Easter Tart

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#36 I’m Proud Of My Easter Cookies

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#37 My Wife’s Easter Cake

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#38 Cheese And Crackers For Easter

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#39 Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

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#40 Spring Meadow Cake. I’ve Never Tried A Floral Design And Had Limited Tools For Easter Decorations, So This Is What I Came Up With

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#41 My Daughter Made Homemade Vegan Cupcakes For Easter

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#42 A Colorful Easter Bunny Cake

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#43 Bunny Is Made From Cucumber, Melon, Carrot, Apple, Banana, And Sesame Seeds

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#44 I Tried To Make These Marshmallows For Easter. They Turned Out To Be Cute. I've Been Making Them All Day. My Back Said, Bye

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#45 Veggie Flowers. Perfect For Easter Or Any Springtime Gathering

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#46 Striped Easter Cake

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#47 I Baked Bunny Sugar Cookies For Easter

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#48 Delivered These Bento Cakes To The Neighbors For Easter. White Almond With Brown Butter Buttercream

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#49 It's A Good Day For Easter Pancakes

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#50 Traditional Polish Soup In A Bowl Made Of Bread. It Is Usually Eaten On Easter

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#52 Here's My Easter Set From This Year

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#53 Deer Family And Easter Egg House

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#55 I Am Stupidly Proud Of My Easter Deep Dish Quiche Lorraine

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#56 Homemade Pane Di Pasqua (Italian Easter Bread)

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#57 I Had A Little Time To Experiment And Make Something Of My Complete Liking Inspired By Spring/Easter

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#58 Easy Easter Snack Idea For Your Kids

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#59 Homemade Easter Egg Nests

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#63 Yeasted Dough Carrots With An Egg Filling

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#64 My Mother-In-Law Made Me Vegan Sugar Cookies For Easter

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#65 Easter Eggs, White Chocolate Mousse, Apricot And Passion Fruit Yolks In Milk Chocolate Shells

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#66 Made A Crown Of Lamb Stuffed With Red Skin Mashed Potatoes And Honey Glazed Carrots For Easter Dinner

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#68 My Niece Made A Cake For Easter. She Has Had 16 Years Of Catholic Education

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#69 I Made Hand-Painted Easter Macarons

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#70 I Made Carrot And Bunny Butt Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cupcakes

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#71 Watercolor Geometric Easter Egg Sugar Cookies. These Took A Steady Hand

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#72 Mini Egg Easter Cake With Alternating Chocolate And Vanilla Layers, Topped With Vanilla Buttercream And Mini Egg Pieces

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#73 Easter Nest Cake

Chocolate sponge cake underneath all that, wanted to try a full-size bird nest idea. No idea how to cut it yet! And after my last cake picture, I made sure to take this one in daylight! 

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#74 Easter Brunch

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#75 Cheesecake Easter Eggs

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#76 Homemade Decorative Easter Eggs

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#77 I Made An Easter Wreath Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting This Year

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#78 We Had Egg Pizza For Dinner. Kids Love Decorating Them

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#79 Happy Easter! I Went With Carrot Cake And Cream Cheese Frosting This Year. What Did You Bake?