So what exactly is a para-social relationship? Urban Dictionary might describe it as a sex move that involves an entire parachute. But really it has to do with convincing yourself that you actually have a personal relationship with a celebrity or bit of mass media that has no idea you exist. Sort of like this interaction right now, but not really. Because that would imply that you actually like us, which is not a terrifically solid claim. Where this might apply here is that when we read other p…

It's a seemingly relatable scenario: “Oh, my girlfriend/boyfriend never wants to order their own food and always takes bites of my own.” But this time it's different. This girlfriend seems to have a perverse and unyielding interest in the first bite of everything. Honestly this sounds like something only lions or wolves do, but she is absolutely obsessed with the first bite. It's to the point where if there's already a bite in there, she loses interest. And not only that, if he brings it up, sh…

It's hard to explain the rise in popularity that manga and anime have seen in the last 20 years. What could be described as “big headed, doe-eyed high schoolers fighting monsters” is not necessarily inaccurate and could be used to describe a pretty fair chunk of a lot of the medium. But hey man, people like it, and if a lot of people like something that usually means there's some value in it. Except for Ska. There's no reason that ska should exist. Just listen to surf rock and call it a day. Ma…

She received an alert saying a device not registered to her has been following her for hours.

We all (mostly) try to be good hosts when we have guests, but sometimes our hospitality can be taken advantage of by guests who seem to forget that they aren't at their own house. This led u/ Mr_Yus_uwu to ask the question: "What was the worst thing your guest did when they took "Make yourself at home" very literally? The results were as surprising as they were unsurprising. That means to say, people can be pretty terrible houseguests in wildly unpredictable ways. It's not unheard of to have a…

Petty revenge served on a platter

Retail goodness, and evil

A while back, an editing genius by the name of eli_handle_b․wav made a very fine send up of Austin Powers In Mass Effect. It made us feel good to watch in more ways than one. Maybe it's our age. Maybe it's the quality. Whatever it is there's more of it now and it makes us want to do horrible things with a tennis racket in a tent while a disgusted henchman watches our shadows.

Is it immoral to swipe a home from a struggling household or is it just business?

Workplace humor, what is that

On today's episode of horrible employers

Classic and hilarious

Family drama

This is a true leader.

"Don't mind if I do!"

The waitress just needed to take a cold shower.