People on Twitter are sharing various tidbits of advice that they'd offer to their 18-year-old selves. It's amazing how much one's perspective changes through the passing of time, and how things once thought crucial, end up being looked upon as utterly absurd.
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Assigning silly identities and voices to those various thought streams that might pop up as invasive, and with a dark tone around them, can be helpful in riding out the process back toward peace. If you're able to step outside the thought when it pops up, recognize it as that, and not identify with the thought, it can almost end up being a game of sorts. Is the conspiracy theorist with the panicked strain piping up again from the back corridors of your mind? Maybe.
Staying in a relationship that neither person wants to be in can do more harm than good. Here are some suggestions for signs that it's good to consider calling it off and finding someone more compatible. For more relationship stuff, here are lines crossed by men's exes and red flags women saw on dating apps.
Someone on AskReddit asked for people to describe the various things that they do when they're stressed out or annoyed. Whether it's stepping outside to grab some fresh air right before you shout a storm of curse words into the sky, or maybe something more chill, like diving into your favorite video game; we all have our preferred coping mechanism.
Twitter users share some of their best tips for how to lose a job, in four words. Well, not every one of these dishes out the lose-your-job advice in four words, but still. Maybe you're fed up with your gig, and looking for something new, and weren't sure how to make the most glorious of exits. Maybe you'll find yourself trying out one of these.
If it didn't seem obvious before why kids need to be taught not to screw around with animals, this thread goes into a lot of detail as to why nobody wins when a kid angers a pet. A dog can't exactly say "quit poking me in the eye" without seeing a bit threatening. For some lighter stuff, here are professional dogs who take their work seriously as well as sleeping dogs in silly positions.
Believing that the elite college your daddy got you into makes you better than the people are around you is some rude BS. If you are the type of person who likes to namedrop their college, other people are laughing at you behind your back. This Tumblr user has a graceful strategy to keep jackasses from casually mentioning their fancy schooling. For some college themed entitlement, here's a college slacker who demanded a classmate's notes and got denied. And here's just some fun gems from Tumblr.
Someone on AskReddit asked for people to describe those tidbits of advice that they received from parents that ended up being total BS. While the advice from some of these parents might have been crafted with good (but deceptive...) intentions, the kids definitely went on to grow up into adults that saw it for what it was. Just a load of BS!
In a noble move, this guy's pregnant wife wants to name their child after her grandfather. The problem is, that kid's name would end up being John Doe. The internet found that burdening your kid with the name they give to unidentified bodies sounds like a bad idea. Here are some other horrible names people have encountered.
Here's some sound financial advice as well as various tips to make you seem like less of an idiot. We'll probably forget a lot of these and be back on our bullshit in no time, but it's nice to review. For a blast from the past, check out these wild old-timey life hacks from forever ago or for some bad advice, these straight up hilariously bad life hacks.
Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share those glorified career paths that are actually total nightmares. Take these people's advice and hard-earned life lessons about careers, so that you don't have to find yourself in the middle of a job that you utterly despise.
These parents asked the people of Reddit whether they were in the wrong for faking a trip to the hospital, to try and teach a bully a lesson. Some folks are saying that they weren't in the wrong at all, while others suggest that everyone in the situation kind of sucks. Can't everyone just be nice to each other.
