I'm all for 'edgy' and 'dark' humor and I can appreciate a tasteful racist joke, I think we all can. But what's been driving me crazy is all the "Do not redeem" and scammer jokes. Sure, they're a stereotype and a lot of scamming centers are known for being Indian. But I genuinely just think they're so lame and boring!

I'm not of indian descent so they don't affect me at all. But I can't be the only one over these jokes?

Hey everyone, I’m in my first year of community college and let me tell you guys! I fucking hate every bit of it. I don’t think I can do this anymore and I genuinely just want to quit all together I have always hated school just decided to do this because it felt like the correct route. I think if I could be in university I’d be more motivated to do well but to be honest I just fucking hate every second of this

All my time I was forced by duckass gen x parents to be nice, to people please, to put others first over my discomfort and the results is every fucking one takes advantage of me be it coworkers, friends, relatives.

I was the kid who never got into trouble, the one who they never had to worry about and that shit is exhausting because nobody checks on a strong person.

All this good girl conditioning fed to me in order to make them good ideal parents. I fucking hate my stupid parents for making me a slave to other people.

Nobody taught me how to stand up for myself and protect myself! One of the many incidents- when I got SA I was worried about “ruining my abuser’s life” and thats what they instilled in me.

I don’t wanna be their “badge of honour” that they can flex infront of society at the cost of my mental and physical health.

I wanna be a ”BAD” girl, fuck the good girl!

Someone said “just saw cannibal holocaust for the first time” and they basically said they were traumatized. All I said was “I liked the movie overall but I fucking hate how they actually killed a real tortoise”

THATS. IT.

Rule 1 is not to swear in a hateful way. Guess the mods really love animals getting killed on camera 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ever since 7th grade Ive been insanely insecure of my jaw. It’s so recessed, underdeveloped and weak. Same with my chin and I fucking hate it. Im about to graduate high school now so I’ll finally be able to make an orthodontist appointment and drive myself. In 2023, I was a freshman in high school and my parents wanted to see if braces would be covered by insurance and when they took photos and evaluated it they told me the point were off and I didn’t qualify. The man talking to my dad and I about it told us that as an alternative, he recommended jaw surgery. My dad said no before he even explained anything and I never found out more details about it. Im really hoping this is a sign that I medically qualify for surgery and will have insurance cover it. I just cant stress my hatred for my jaw enough. My eyes are beautiful, my brow bone is strong, my nose is prominent, all but my lip and jaw. I look odd and uneven. Im a girl and this is my dream. I genuinely believe this is the only reason nobody will pursue me romantically. People befriend me very easily but nothing more. I’m a bit afraid of what people will think when they see me with a new facial structure but for the most part I’m so excited nobody will ever understand. I get really sad when Im around everyone else and notice how perfect proportionate their jaw is to the upper half of their face. Even if their features are off, they look normal. I dont. And I absolutely hate it so I hope this all works out in my favor. If anyone has ever had similar experiences, thoughts or gotten surgery let me know your experience!

I was Thinking and unsupervised, Always a interesting combination.

If you have made it this far I promise I'm trying to get to the point. I was talking to a guy in Alabama trying to help him feel out starting an on-site welding company. He was showing me a sway bar he was thinking about trying to fix had torn loose. If you don't know what is required to do that safely without the right equipment it's a lot. After i raddle off a laundry list on what might be required to fix it.

It occurred to me that I don't have a clue why the south isn't into solar or wind energy. But more importantly farmers and ranchers were adverse to alternative energy. I mean that salt of the earth folks that apparently just realized the Sun is real. But I really was thinking about the problems everyone is facing with fuel and feed costs. I started wondering if the reason they object to Solar and Wind sites on their land. It's not designed to be functional for farming, it's Big city ideas that don't make any sense in the country. The way it's presented.

I think it was China that figured it out, they installed thousands of acres of desert and mountains with Solar panels. They were mounted maybe 10-15' off the ground and they discovered that life started blooming in the desert where nothing has grown in hundreds of years. The shade and tilt created an environment suitable enough to restart life. Enough life to support sheep and other small farm life. In the middle of nowhere while they are making energy enough to support city's.

There might be a test later.

There's also a similar theory called ago-voltaics using solar panels for shading agro culture. Beans, tomatoes, peppers leeks and a long list of other foods. By using the path of the shade they could protect the plants, make energy and reduce water consumption in a baren area. The plants topping under the panels would draw some of the heat away making them more efficient.

Which brings me back to Alabama and the guy I was talking with was trying to figure out how to fix what's broken and make some money in his area. I was trying to think with all the different ways I've seen to make electricity. All the homemade windtubines, solar porches and water conservation ideas I've seen in 40 something years. I'm a bit of a fabricator and have an ability to see the way something works. Then manage to put something together with a couple of sticks, a bit of string and a rubber band.

So, as I said, thinking why can't the ideas mesh into something that would actually help farms work better. I've long had the belief that if every single building could support it's own needs at least in part. That would take tons of stress off the grid lowering the residual energy price. So I've been playing with the designs, buildings and needs and I think I have parts of a solution. I've seen in some parts of cattle country rest stops in the middle of fields a quarter mile from anything.

So the idea starts with a pole barn of almost any size. If you extend the roof like a porch using Solar panels on the East, South and West sides about 10-15' . It would allow the inner shaded areas another couple degrees cooler. Then if you installed a wind turbine sized to the building or a couple motionless turbines . Could you then also catch the footprint of the building to catch rain in gutters. Saving cleaning and oxygenating it for the animals. With underground maybe or on the north side. From that underground would be a fantastic place for a battery bank to collect the energy.

In theroy a design similar could collect energy and water year round and have a charge station at every building. Provide a rest stop for animals to get out of the summer sun and weather protection reducing water loss helping get and keep weight up for cattle. It could be a small workshop or charging area assuming we can figure out how to build electric harvesters. H I'mow to keep it charged is solved.

I think if we could be open source plans like that, you could get everyone that doesn't understand. It's technically a new industry with lots of potential for cross training with older skills. It would take a degree of stress off the ranchers and cattle. By keeping them covered safe and watered. But most importantly be a blueprint for real sustainable housing that's self sufficient.

But I think part of what brought me to all of this is, I understand the space saving design of rooftop solar. But frankly it's an imbecilic design flaw to put Heat sensitive equipment on a surface that depending on the type can become 60% hotter than the air temperature. That's really bugged me for a while, I don't think you would need half the surface area of panels if they were just more efficient.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

I miss him so much, day 3 without having contact w him :( his repost are soo herstbreaking, img can we just go back tgt 🫩🫩🫩💔💔🥀🥀

im just gonna start off with context from my highschool life. i was an absolute loner, i had more fingers on one hand than friends and i never got along with people in my class or outside of class. i was in a class full off “popular” and attractive people, they were all ganged up and close with one another, they also often looked down on either unattractive people or people who didnt have friends, which were people like me. going through all this, i continued the rest of my high school days as a rude nobody.
there were times where when i sat on one of their seats for a set class, the popular guy who owned that seat would look at the chair like it had gone through 10 pandemics, im pretty sure he swapped his chair after.. maybe they didnt like me because i was considered unattractive? fat? or was it because i gave them looks? i cant even tell if i was considered to be bullied by them or not. but i cant lie, i absolutely understood why they hated me. i was depressed, lonely and on top of that i was rude, i did things like giving them stares, or just making the “tsk” sound near them whenever smt they did annoyed me.
now, i am in college, i feel like a brand new person. i actually have friends, im more happier than i used to be, no longer sulking all day and talking to no one. now i actually dare to shout in public or just be goofy around anyone. the thing is, most of the “popular” gang goes to the same college so i see them on and off. i remember all the times they either treated me like i was nothing and walked past me with their heads up or when they started laughing and whispering to each other after they saw me. whenever i walk past them its like i get a wave of anxiety, i always look down or away whenever they walk past. i get a sense of dejavu and just get completely quiet. mind you im walking past a friend group of the avengers, theres like 10+ of them and its not even the entire gang.
i hate the fact that they still think im my same old self, the once rude and lonely person i was. i want them to know ive grown out of it and completely changed but i cant. theyll always remember me as that person.
i want to get into the things pretty girls do. ive tried doing things with my looks, ive gotten into wearing makeup and i absolutely enjoyed it, but i cant tell if i enjoy it because of the slight confidence i get or because im finally fitting in. ive been told that im attractive even without makeup but those compliments are by friends so i consider them biased opinions. im not overweight but i consider myself fat, i cant bring myself to wear sleeveless clothes because im insecure that my arms may look fat. i want to start going to clubs but im scared ill see one of them and theyll recognise me and make fun of me with the gang and im also scared of getting sexually assaulted.
i have 2 extremely attractive friends, one constantly gets guy attention where its guy after guy, the other one constantly gets looks from guys as we walk past. usually whenever my pretty friend and i talk to another pretty girl or a guy, the other person is always more focused on them. i kid you not, theyre looking at them not even a single glance at me, its almost as if im not even there. it feels like theyre only talking to me because the attractive one is there, or they feel bad so they try asking me questions to make it seem not as bad. i just want to be like them, being approachable and attractive, but i just feel like i could never get any of that. is it because i dont wear makeup? they usually wear full face of makeup everyday, should i be doing that too? this is going to sound hella attention seeking but i just cant help but feel this way. like all guys look for are pretty girls with full faces of makeup. if i were to go clubbing with them, id be insecure of myself, theyre so much prettier than i am, they fit in so much where the pretty girls can all group up, i could never.
i honestly just dont know how to be considered attractive to people. i want to be. i want to be approached, not only by guys but by girls too (as friends) i feel like ill never be good enough.

FOR FUCK FKING SAKE. IF U WANNA BE IN A SITUATIONSHIP OR BE A RABOUND W ME. ACT LIKE IT. YALL BE WASTING MY DAMN TIME. OMFG, NOW IM HELLA BORED. YALL CANT EVEN REPLY DAMN. DON'T EVER DM ME POS.

I've been in a relationship with my boyfriend for 2 and a half years now and I think that I'm starting to lose feelings. It makes me feel guilty and like I'm a bad person.

Everything he does has started to irritate me. Just the thought of having him over annoys and exhausts me. I don't really want to spend time with him anymore because it feels like there's just nothing left to do and it just either feels forced, like a chore or like a waste of time. I'd so much rather hang out with all my friends or just stay alone at home instead of spending time with him. I get annoyed when he texts me and I procrastinate texting him back.

I've just grown so distant to him and it makes me feel so bad. These feelings have been there for a few months now and I almost broke up with him a while ago. But we ended up not breaking up and talking it out because we still love eachother too much and the feelings are too strong to let go. He's fully aware of how I've been feeling tho.

The worst thing is that he doesn't feel the same way as me. He wants to hang out, he wants to call and text, he wants to actively spend time with me but I just CAN'T. As I already said it's just so exhausting and feels like a chore. Everytime we hang out we end up sitting on our phones because there's just nothing left to do for us. We've tried to come up with solutions, tried to go on dates, tried to do new things but it just doesn't help or our differences catch up with us and we can't agree on anything, even if it's the stupidest thing like playing a video game together.

I just feel like a bad girlfriend and the way i feel makes me feel so guilty and I really don't wanna hurt him but i genuinely feel like we've gotten to a point where simply loving eachother just isn't enough anymore.

A daiquiri is literally a whiskey sour with lime and white rum and yet if I order one in the wrong place, they treat me like I think I’m the fucking Queen of England. I swear, unless a place has someone who’s a real mixologist, all a bar can do for you is pour highballs and beers these days and they’ll treat you like an asshole for ordering something they aren’t familiar with. THEN I have to pay 2026 prices and a tip for something I didn’t really want.

This is after trying to order a daiquiri, getting denied and instead getting the worst whiskey sour I’ve ever had.

Sorry for my bad grammar. So I am 18 years old and I have a boyfriend. I can't really call him my boyfriend yet but I do love him and he loves me. Okay so at college our interactions are limited since dating is apparently a sin in my country or whatsoever. At college we'd only talk during lunch breaks, that too sitting on different benches. Only a few times, like 4-5 times did he come to my bench and we sat together but other couples in my class did it all the time. And when we say together we've held hands like once or twice. That was all. We do talk a lot during that time. I'm a yapper and so is he. After college we sit and talk for like 5 minutes before the bus leaves. That is all. But the faculty at my college are talking ill about my relationship. One of our staff complained about us to the department saying that we are dating. Soon. It spread to the entire department, and they're now talking about us like we did something wrong. They're assuming things about us. They're assuming we held hands during a workshop while we were sitting on two different corners. They assumed that I wanted to run away when I just wanted to spend time with my friends (he was at home and I was at college and they assumed that I wanted to run away with him)

One time we took leave from college on the same day, that too I asked permission to my parents. And many other people took leave too. But they put the blame entirely on us two as if we were doing something wrong. Now I am afraid that they're going to target us about this. They might view me as a bad person. If anyone reads this, do reply I don't know what to do.

like, the product says it comes in size S to 3xl or whatever but it's not letting me pick a size. I've already ordered multiple from this store and they were all S when I need a XL, so I'm running into the same problem and I just want to pick what size I get. it says it's out of stock at the store I want but in stock online (the store it said it was at last week isn't even a store I like going to, so that's fine I don't mind ordering online rn if it means I don't have to go across town)

I'm just complaining, but man am I at a wit's end here

You read that right, I posted on that sub for the first time, made the mistake of breaking 1 rule, moderator sent me a message saying how I've been on Reddit for 3 years and didn't bother to read all his precious rules, I just responded with a 😂 and got permanently banned LOL

Let's be real, you shouldn't be able to permaban from a sub without like 2 or 3 warnings/temp bans, but apparently their feelings are more important lol

Good day y'all!

I kinda think its weird how i hear bp talk about white dudes. Not to defend them but like, Isnt the whole Disliking someone because of their skin color the exact problem we are supposed to have with them? Like if thats the moral issue how tf are you morally superior by doing the same shit? And Shouldnt that only apply to the ones that ACTUALLY dislike us because of our skin color? 🤔 Idk, and then i get in arguments with my family members BW, cuz theyll say some dumb shit like, “I went to the ER and they didnt help me but if i was a white woman…” and im like “Have you opened instagram and not seen the plethora of white women on the internet complaining about how doctors routinely misdiagnose and ignore their medical needs?” Or Ill hear from My people about how there is absolutely 0 Opportunity for us because of our skin color, Then i ask What about all the poor white people scattered throughout the midwest “White trash”? 🤔 or do you just think an elite subset equals the entirety of a demographic of people? Then Im fucking crazy for asking these simple ass questions. Equality of opportunity can NEVER exist, people in general have biases For EVERYTHING, if its not skin color, its political alliance, if it aint that its Height, Hair texture, Military background, sexual orientation, Fuck ive seen people not get hired for their shoes being dirty. Honestly I think racism is real and does exist, But i also think shit is getting blown way the fuck out of proportion by both sides, and some of the opinions im hearing are more rooted in sensationalism than reality. Feedback?

I’m kinda upset but don’t know how to approach my situation rn…I’m a 23 year old tattoo artist so OBVIOUSLY I have tattoos,I met my partner with tattoos but recently got a sleeve and he’s not t shabby about it…I mentioned about wanting my legs done and he’s been trying to talk me out of it including his mother “she wastes all her money on tattoos you’ll never get anywhere in life with her” like he met me this way we have been together for FOUR YEARS!!! Why is it a problem all the sudden…I have a strong passion for art and doing tattoo makes me happy as getting them….my mother and father have been acting out about my sleeve as well MIND YOU they ALSO have tattoos….,my sleeve is owls flowers and my dog…I don’t get the issue rn

I'm am at my wits end with Li restricting my account.

I just got restricted again after 1 year and now its demanding i show my gov id and shit.

I had to make 3 accounts in 4 years because of the same problem

I'm a recruiter so this is an essential platform for me to operate in and now I'm just sick of it

And wtf is suspicious about purchasing sales navigator that it warrants a ban? Fucking hell

I made a post talking about how my wife and I were going to be one and done parents. In the post I talked about how we get shamed a lot because that's not necessarily the norm. In the post, which was honestly quite long, I had one small paragraph where I used an example about a friend couple of ours who at one point were financially struggling, and then they decided to have a second kid. I never said that they shouldn't of had another kid or stated that they made a bad decision. I simply asked why, in general, people in bad financial situations have more kids. We have been nothing but supportive of our friends and just because they made a decision we wouldn't have, doesn't mean we were shaming them. Out of the whole post people picked those few sentences out and called me toxic and said I was shaming them for their decision and then I was promptly banned from the sub for a month on the reason of not being kind to others. I always tend to forget that even if there is zero malicious intent behind reddit posts, people will interpret things however they want and assume the worst about you.

My parents just brought train tickets to london (idk how much but there's 6 of us going so probably quite a lot) and brought gold (actual gold) bracelets for my mom and aunt.

But when I asked if they'd order online a gift for my friend's birthday (at the end of this month) they said no. I'm a minor, can't order myself and I have no money rn.

I'd asked before nearly a month early. They agreed and it only costs £6.50. But they won't buy it. Told me to just give things in the house. This friend was the first friend to buy me something for my birthday ever. She brought me so much, and even stuff for my mom and sister too. She literally got me a necklace, two handmade bracelets, a candle for my mom, a toy for my sister, a card, and other stuff I can't remember clearly.

I can't just give something that's "around the house". The thing I planned to order was something I knew she'd want and I was promised I'd be allowed to order it.

Money is not a problem. My dad co-owns 2 businesses which he says is doing well. He earns nearly £5,000 a month. He can afford a £6.50 purchase but he's adamant on not doing it?

Plus, he's ordered many thing before but this he just won't. I don't know what to do because we don't even have anything at home my friend would like. I already told her I'd ordered her something she'd like (and hinted that it was the thing I was gonna order).

I don't know what to do. I literally had £15 before (got it for a religious celebration) which I gave to my mom because she forgot her money while grocery shopping and she hasn't paid me back.

Gosh, I feel so bad. I got my friend's hopes up for nothing.

I'm a very sensitive sleeper, and in honor of a sleepless night due to some loud noises, here's a ranking from most hated to most acceptable:

1. People talking: the rambling and mumbling noise is just the worst; no earplugs or noise-canceling headphones can help in this case. Why are you talking at 4 am with your door wide open on a weeknight?
2. Lawn-mower: why on a Saturday at 6 am? At any other time, I'm not fussy about it.
3. Saw: Again, why on a weekend day at 6 IN THE MORNING? (not applicable for construction workers)
4. Revving engine: just pretentious and annoying at any time of the day; just do it once; why rev it many times?
5. Vacuuming: Why do you feel the need to clean the house at midnight?
6. Fireworks: I guess it's a special event, and fireworks can only be done at night, but it's so loud.

7. Trash trucks: I think 1 in the afternoon would be the best time, but they choose to pick up trash at a wonderful hour of 4am.

8. People fucking really loudly at 3am: go off ig?

I'm welcoming new inputs to add to this list.

Before anything, I don't know much about CoD despite playing the mobile version when I was a kid, but I do know that my bf plays really good and would never condone cheating/using third party tools. Recently he's been playing a lot of mw3 and would often stream his games to me while I draw or eat, and when he's not playing he would show me this content creator (I wont name names) who plays the game often. Bf has been a fan of this guy for a while and was also in his discord server. Now, because my bf plays really well, he often gets cheating accusations so it's not new to him, but yesterday he was playing with some people from that discord server. Long story short, he came to me saying he got banned from the server because people thought he used something called "unlock"?? But when he tried to show proof, the mods denied it and banned him anyway.. We ended up telling a friend about it and when they joined the discord server asking what's going on, they got bombarded with his fans quite literally bullying them. When I was reading through it, it felt like highschool level bullying which is kinda sad. Anyway, we tried talking to a mod and even showed multiple proof of my bf's innocence yet they claimed they have screenshots of him using a gun that was cheated but won't show us the screenshots.. I'm just a bit mad and confused. Why would they do that?

TW cals
There’s no way my brother who sits on his ass all day long needs 3000 calories a day, that’s how much a non-active teenage boy needs (or that’s at least what the cals calculator gave me)
But I who is considered moderately to extremely active only needs 1200 calories a days, I’m so fucking hungry but I’m trying to lose weight and this is what the cal calculator gave me
(I’m not asking for advice. I’m honestly just pissed and hungry)

I lost a lot of interest in the daily joys of life. I’m 23 and I know I have a lot of life to live and so much left to experience but it’s kind of hard to want to. I used to like taking pictures of things. So much so that someone asked me if I was a photographer or someone who documents their life through pictures, and I didn’t even realize how much joy it brought me to do that until someone pointed it out. It’s been a few years since then and I haven’t taken much pictures of anything. Sometimes I take pictures of my dog. I had an instagram where I posted all of those things and I deleted it earlier this year, but even before I deleted it, it went about a year with no posts before I completely gave it up. I also deleted my personal instagram, I had it for years since I was maybe a freshman in high school. All of those pictures are gone now. I even vlogged with some of my friends, and now I’m too insecure to be in any kind of video at all. I painted a lot throughout my life, I drew so many pictures and made pottery sometimes. Now all of that stuff sits in a bag in my closet and I can’t bring myself to pick it up. I sang a lot, it was something that I found a real passion for in college with a friend. We aren’t friends anymore, and I vape now so it just doesn’t really seem worth it anymore. I argue with my girlfriend over nothing sometimes and I think it’s just because I need some kind of stimulation in my life. It’s really not fair to her. I’m really good at my job, but it’s hard to get there on most days. It’s the only thing that I’m holding onto right now that makes me feel good about myself. It’s 12:30am right now and I should be asleep but I’ve just been mindlessly playing games on my phone and now my eyes hurt. I don’t want to sleep because I have pretty bad dreams. I know it’s so easy to say go to therapy but I just tried and accidentally quit before starting? I’ve tried before and quit because I couldn’t afford it, but now my new job offers free sessions. I scheduled and on my first one I was on my way home and they told me they weren’t allowed to talk while I was driving. I respected that and they rescheduled me for the next morning. I didn’t realize I had something planned, so I tried to cancel and they charged be $65 for cancelling. I emailed and said I couldn’t afford it, and it doesn’t make sense that there is a 24hr rule I didn’t know about and I scheduled less than 24hrs ago, so since I can’t afford it I can’t schedule anymore sessions. They agreed it wasn’t right, waived the fee but also said that we can’t schedule anymore sessions anymore. So now I’m kind of stuck. I’m just really tired and lonely and I know it should be as simple as doing the things I used to do again, but none of it feels right. I should try to go to bed, but even that feels wrong. When is the fun life in your 20s supposed to start?

TW: s3xual c0ercion

My best friend, whom I'll refer to as B, and I have been very close friends for a couple of years. We know each other's deep, dark secrets, have witnessed each other's weird phases, called every day, and told each other everything. She literally CRASHED my car, and there's a scratch on my car because of it, but I still loved her (my fault for letting other people drive my car lol).

Recently, she met this guy on a dating app, and there is so much to him that screams red flag, but just to summarize, he has no job, doesn't go to school, and has taken advantage of her body during dates (before they were officially gf/bf) to the point where she had to confront him about being more respectful of her body and her boundaries. He would also cry when she refused to give him head. And then he pressures her to have sex even when she tells him that she's about to go to work. This was within the first 2 months of them dating, by the way. She also skipped classes to spend time with him, called off work to spend time with him, and used her FAFSA money (basically money given from the government to fund college, for those who don't know) on him, and also pays for all their dates (because he doesn't have a job). He's also unhealthily clingy. When we went on a hangout dinner with friends, he was waiting INSIDE her car parked outside the restaurant we were eating at. There are so many wrong things he has done, but then this post would be too long.

And, as someone who wants the best for B, I didn't like him. But it's also her life, so she can date whoever she wants. I never told her until B asked me what my opinion was on her boyfriend. I said I didn't like him, and she cried. She told me she didn't understand why. She said he didn't do anything wrong and that I was a bad friend because, out of everyone in her life, I should be supportive of her and her relationship.

I understand that, when people are in love, they tend not to see the flaws of their partner and "ignore the red flags," but I'm just sad and baffled that me not liking her boyfriend was the big thing that officially ended our friendship.

My mom tells me it's a good thing because I'm "outgrowing" our friendship? I mean, she vapes, does drugs, had D's and F's in high school, and failed her first 2 semesters of college, while I'm essentially on a full-ride scholarship to college as a low-income student at a prestigious college, with a goal of getting a master's degree. I graduated as valedictorian in high school and have 4.0 GPAs in HS and college. I also have never done drugs or vaped. I'm not saying this to, like, brag, but I'm just saying this to explain why my mom thinks this. My mom said that we are going on 2 different paths in life and that us parting as friends was inevitable.

I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts.