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AskReddit is a popular subreddit on Reddit that allows any user to post interesting questions for anyone to answer, often generating funny discussion threads. These are their stories. 

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Students describe their best "forgot to turn off the mic" moments while on Zoom calls | daemare 23h 2 Awards had defend my thesis over Zoom and many professors came into call watch. My thesis about immune response fish parasites. One professor joined late and forgot mute her mic and got treated this little gem Shhhh. Mommy is learning about fish parasites, which is get if don't stop peeing koi pond.

Best "Forgot To Turn Off The Mic" Stories From Students On Zoom

A collection of insults that sound like compliments | CaptainShitHead1 4h 6 Awards on top bell curve Reply 9.3k

Deceptive Insults That Sound Like Compliments

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People describe the best comebacks to insults that they've ever heard | Back2Bach 2d 3 3 Awards "Easy, now don't let brains go head Reply 12.6k

Best Comebacks To Insults People Have Heard

People describe the movies that they would delete from reality | wretchedholiday 4h 4 Awards live action avatar last air bender Reply 10.0k

AskReddit Thread: Movies People Would Delete From Reality

A collection of harmless pranks that people can play on their friends | jephistopheles my friend's 30th birthday updated autocorrect option on her home laptop whenever she typed her name corrected Old Lady.

Harmless Pranks To Play On Friends

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People describe the food combos that sound gross but are delicious | snapdragon_23•4d Fried potatoes and maple syrup Reply 401

Gross Food Combos That Are Actually Delicious

People describe the most cringeworthy types of tattoos that they've seen | Gingeraffe25 1d Couple tattoos like portraits or names. Mostly they proudly tell s because they've been together 5 months and just know they stay together forever. Reply 11.0k

Most Cringeworthy Types Of Tattoos

People describe simple life hacks to get a leg up on life | Primarch459 9h 1 Award Eat Cheetos with chopsticks. Reply 5.9k

Simple Life Hacks Everyone Should Know

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An AskReddit thread about the weirdest habits in the U.S | Master-Manipulation 4d According my parents people giving them thumbs up their country origin, thumbs up middle finger US. So they kept jumping thinking they were being flipped off by random people. Took years them get used and understand no one trying insult them. Reply 1 5.2k

AskReddit Thread: Weirdest Habits In The U.S.

Scams that many people don't realize are scams | peezoki 2d 1 Award Verizon $1 scam. Verizon tacked on 1 fee onto 8 their customer's bills each month so over course year, they did every customer, about 150,000,000. Their rationale 50% wouldn't notice and just pay charge or would notice and wouldn't spend anytime fighting 1 charge. 50% would notice charge and call have removed those, 35% would get frustrated while on call and give up. This added approximately $120,000,000 bottom line each year (3

Scams That Many People Overlook

The dumbest reasons that kids told on their classmates | morales52904 1d Apparently rolled my eyes at someone kindergarten across room kid so fact they caught looking at ceiling and made about them astonished. On top couldn't even defend myself because had no clue rolling one's eyes even meant or implied. Reply 95

Silliest Reasons Kids Told On Classmates

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Travelers describe the places they'll never return to | convextech 2y Disney World with my grandkids practically grew up there but hadn't been over 20 years had no idea would be nothing but huge traffic jam strollers and screaming children. 3.5k

The Places Travelers Will Never Return To

Window cleaners share stories from their time on the job | maytswizzle 5d worked retail and once month window cleaner lady would come and clean store windows. She told one time she cleaning windows inside Apple store and man walks by and licks outside part window she cleaning. She upset since she had already cleaned and would have clean again, but responded by telling man Good thing haven't cleaned side man got upset and went look manager. Reply 2.8k

Strangest Things Window Cleaners Witnessed

Truck stop employees describe their most bizarre experiences while working | Neeraja_Kalrapindhi 9h 1 Award Not an employee, but frequent cross-country traveler. Weirdest pulling up truckstop fill up southeastern South Dakota during height mayfly hatch, millions bugs all over started filling up and getting ready clean my windshield and happened look over across way and there some dude driving big box truck diesel fueling area. He scraping them off front his truck and eating them by handfuls. Ah

Truck Stop Employees' Most Bizarre Stories

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Bits of common sense that people seemed to learn late in life | seniorTemper 6h feel so dumb but didn't know lamb baby sheep. Reply 581

Bits Of Common Sense People Learned Late In Life

People's craziest stunts during test drives | Black_Cat_5 5y Friend's story customer took Mazda sedan test drive and midway pulled over and asked swap with salesman experience car passenger seat. Just as they were about drive off again he says he feels sick and can't go on, and thanks his time. Turns out he just wanted lift into town. 4.8k

Craziest Stunts Customers Pulled During Test Drives