If your workplace enforces a rule that seems completely pointless, you have two options—fight it or follow it to the letter to prove a point. This Redditor chose the latter. As a security guard, he was instructed to keep employees from using the main entrance and direct them elsewhere. No exceptions. So, he did exactly … Read more
In a way, you can rate a travel destination by how much you thought about moving there. I call it the “Accommodation Refund to Zillow” scale. I admit, the title needs work, but you get the idea: if you keep wondering whether you’d be reimbursed some of your money for preemptively vacating your booking, the … Read more
When I was a teenager, I kept countless secrets from my parents. I concocted elaborate stories about where I was and who I was with to conceal the truth many times, and it’s probably best that they never find out what I was actually up to. Nowadays, however, I feel like I can share almost … Read more
It’s one thing to learn about a continent or geographical area by reading books or online articles; it’s another thing entirely to witness different cultures and ways of living with your own eyes. That’s why travel is so powerful: it opens your mind to the reality that the world is incredibly wide and varied. Some … Read more
Everyone has their own idea of what pleasing home aesthetics look like. These may involve marble countertops, vessel sinks, or porcelain tile floors, many of which you can find in interior design magazines. However, these supposed visual enhancements may have significant drawbacks. Fortunately, we have these people on Threads who, based on their personal experience … Read more
Just like outer space, the ocean is a vast expanse that humans likely won’t be able to explore in its entirety. There is a lot we don’t know, and for some people, that can be both fascinating and terrifying. So far, all we have are these photos to give us an idea of how much … Read more
Every new day is a chance to learn something new. It’s probably impossible to see and experience everything that the world has to offer, but the internet can really help us to get to know our planet and its inhabitants better. The Instagram page “Mind blowing facts” is like a treasure trove of interesting tidbits … Read more
While it might seem almost ridiculous to compare, say, the grand canyon or the surface of the moon to an old door-handle, in many ways the way it looks is the result of the same forces, namely, time and just constant, frequent contact with something. The result, in all of the aforementioned cases, is often … Read more
Aimee Lou Wood was not impressed by Saturday Night Live’s parody of her in a recent sketch. The April 12 episode of the long-running comedy show featured a sketch called White Potus, a satirical sketch parodying HBO’s The White Lotus by reimagining it with prominent political figures. Scarlett Johansson also made a cameo in the … Read more
There is something very special about old photos, a reminder that the past isn’t just the contents of your history books, but was populated by very real people. While we might tend to think of stuffy old portraits and photographs, the truth is that our ancestors were also at times unhinged, human and often quite … Read more