This is a pretty classic prank to play on your adult brother or something, but this post brought people out of the woodwork who this prank actually happened to. Evidently when this happens to people as kids they tend to stay pretty salty about it. At least he had other real presents for them? For a safer prank, here's kids who texted their dads saying they'd pt olive oil in their car.
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This customer decided to intervene on an entitled woman's irritating quest to lock down a sticker (for a free coffee journal) by ultimately doubling back and taking the sticker she'd originally turned down. The only way she could've rubbed it in the entitled customer's face more would've been to eat the sticker in front of her. Sheesh.
This parent asked the people of Reddit whether or not they were being a jerk for regifting the iPads to their kids, after having already taken them away. The consensus on this one is pretty divided. Some people think it's a bad idea, and a cheap way to get out of gift-giving. While others think it's totally fine, and that the kids will be absolutely stoked to get their iPads back.
This dad asked the people of Reddit whether or not he was in the wrong for cutting his mother-in-law out of Christmas, after he hit his breaking point with her. It sounds like she's a toxic drama-stirring, upstaging mess. Might be best for the kids to not have that kind of person around, come the holidays? Or is he overstepping?
Nowadays, the holidays are a time for family gatherings, drinking (or hating) egg nog, and considerably less murder-by-bears. Apparently before we had the now classic Santa-in-the-red-suit business, people had dancing frogs and turnip-aristocrats. For other surprising old-timey stuff, there's also some cool vintage life-hacks from forever ago.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And when life gives you a card that says "happy birthday," throw a "Jesus" on there to make it about Christmas. Whether it was grandmas with extra cards, or people who just couldn't find a "hope your deviated scrotum heals" card, here's people making do. Sometimes people's wordsmithing doesn't work out as well as this in the case of really not good signs and designs.
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Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob) explains that the inspiration for his character came about about after he overheard a frustrated little person in an elf costume venting over their career prospects. Wild times. Who knew the voice that so many children grew to love and so many parents grew to tolerate had such strange origins.
When you're just a kid, you just kind of assume everyone lives the same way as you, so you don't think too much of it. Then maybe you go to a friends house and realize that it's just a little bigger, or cleaner, or they seem to have a lot more food. Then it hits you. "Oh, man, what is it my mom does for a living?" For some other interesting and somewhat frustrating stories of relative wealth, here are people's craziest encounters with rich kid syndrome.
The shockwaves of emotion that must've gripped this family's room after they opened their gifts....although DNA testing kits can seem like innocent presents, there are some family secrets that don't want to be uncovered. This TIFU story surprisingly turned out not so bad. Phew.
