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Flirting ain't really easy, and men aren't always great at picking up hints. But almost everyone has their own little way of trying to show a person that they're interested. Redditor u/SignificantEmotion87 took to r/AskReddit to see what the female equivalent of the classic "yawn to arm over the shoulder" move we're all familiar with. Ladies stepped up to the plate in droves, and while their answers were a mix of predictable and smart, the biggest takeaway is that men really have no idea when they're being flirted with. 

It's fairly common and perfectly normal to dream about past relationships once in a while. But what about someone who uses their lucid dreaming abilities to be in a full-blown relationship with an ex in their sleep? That's exactly what one guy did for years. Redditor u/intrepidreporter9 sought advice from r/relationships after confessing to his wife that he'd been living a double life in his dreams. Those replying in the thread had nothing encouraging to say—most couldn't blame his wife for wanting a divorce because he was guilty of emotional cheating. Have a look at the thread and judge for yourself. If you cheat in your dreams, do you cheat in real life?

How does YouTube know what we want to see? What even is the stock market? How is there no absolute position in space? Effing magnets—how do they work? We all have questions like these in the back of our minds—not urgent enough to google, but not mundane enough to forget. Well u/lliorca336 gave redditors a chance to open up about the various things in life they genuinely don't understand, and the responses are pretty interesting. Keep scrolling to see what people wonder about all day.

It's easy to feel smug when looking at the past mistakes and blunders of others from the comfort of hindsight, but we've all said or done foolish things that come to bite us in the ass later. Making bold statements on the internet is pretty risky these days—one should always assume that for every public post, there's always some screenshot-happy lurker ready to immortalize all the bad takes and opinions that won't age well. We can't really complain about these internet archivists—without them, we wouldn't have gems like r/AgedLikeMilk. Keep scrolling for some poorly-aged posts that made us go 'oof.'

Ever see a meme or tweet that while cursed or coy, was actually 100% true? If not, we're happy to introduce you to r/technicallythetruth. The subreddit is jam-packed with clever, smug, and sometimes unintentional sentiments that can't be argued with. While they may not be revolutionary, and some of the memes might be dumb, they're pretty damn entertaining. We've put together some of their latest and greatest arguably true tidbits for your perusal.

Paging all edge lords and dark humor enthusiasts! If you've been craving some criminally dark humor, you've come to the right place. These spicy and utterly cursed comments are not for the faint of heart. While scrolling through this gallery you'll find that no joke is too crass, and no innocent YouTube video is safe from the evil-minded wordsmiths of the internet. Though these jokes may be in poor taste, they're definitely an impressive display of quick wit. We're probably going to hell anyway.  May as well enjoy some dangerously dark humor while we're at it.

Ever look at at meme, tweet, or photograph and feel the urge to pour bleach in your eyes or invent a memory eraser to zap the poison from your brain? Yeah, us too. Turns out the internet is absolutely brimming with this kind of content. And while we can definitely call them disturbing or unsavory, the fact is that cursed images are, at the very least, far from boring. These memes and tweets are wonderful examples of content that makes you say "Thanks, I hate it." If they don't make you feel a little more alive, try sending them to your friends. It's always fun to pull people down with you. 

'For sale: baby shoes, never worn.' This is perhaps the most famous bit of micro-fiction, allegedly written by Ernest Hemingway. What's remarkable about stories like these isn't necessarily the brevity of them, but rather the possibilities created by what's left unsaid. The most successful micro-fiction gives the reader just enough to stimulate the imagination, but nothing more. Subreddit r/TwoSentenceHorror is a thrilling repository for lovers of spooky short fiction. We've collected some of our favorites from our sub that are almost impossible to read without letting the mind go wild. 

Everyday we're bombarded with so much information, our poor brains our bound to get overwhelmed and only process the necessary data, so to speak. It's a shame we can't retain all the interesting stuff we discover throughout our lives, but thanks to the internet and subreddits like r/todayilearned, we can revisit fascinating facts and historical tidbits we might have forgotten—or better yet, learn something new. If you're always the one at the party starting conversations with 'did you know...' then keep scrolling, because we've got a ton of interesting facts for your mind museum. 

Some people are just natural-born word wizards who can craft amusing witticisms in their sleep. Thanks to Twitter, Tumblr and subreddits like r/brandnewsentence, funny gems from low-key internet poets are preserved and immortalized in screenshots that get passed around like any other meme. We've collected a handful of these 'brand new sentences' for anyone who's into quirky posts. 

Everyone loves genuinely nice guys who respect boundaries and show compassion towards others. But Nice Guys™ are a whole other breed of dude. Cringey Nice Guys will become friends with a woman with the assumption that the friendship will lead to sex. Nice Guys think that performing basic social expectations means they are entitled to sex. Nice Guys are anything but nice. We've got a handful of cringey Nice Guy moments that were immortalized in screenshots forever.

While we try to use Reddit for good (find you amusing and wholesome content), sometimes we have to face the facts. The facts are that Reddit can be just as cringey as terrible as it can be educational and uplifting. Twitter account @AwfulReddit is a wonderful (and horrifying) archive of some of the most brutally tasteless, offensive and unfunny content that the site has to offer. And because we're a little sadistic? We're sharing them with you.

Edgelords can be pretty annoying when they put zero creativity into their provocative facade, but sometimes you catch a cleverly written edgy response in the comments that is as entertaining as it is disturbing. We've got a mix of cursed comments featuring wrong answers and dark, spicy humor from people who aren't afraid to go there. 

Do you ever get hit with one of those random deep thoughts in times of rest or waiting? Ironically, it seems like the wisest and strangest ideas come when the brain idling. These are what we call 'shower thoughts,' and there's a whole subreddit dedicated to these little gems. We've collected some of our favorite recent shower thoughts that people thankfully shared on the sub for the rest of us to enjoy. 

Ever see someone drop some complicated stats in a post that make you wonder if the math checks out? Well some nerds out there will literally do the math to prove a point, calculate the internal physics of a meme, or just for the hell of it. Let's be real, most of us plebs hate math, but it sure is entertaining to catch someone else dropping some mathematical knowledge on the rest of us. We've got some amusing examples of brainiacs in the wild that did the math.  

TGIF, meme lovers! We've returned (after a short hiatus) with another installment of The Dank Dop, our weekly gallery of the best memes Reddit has to offer. Some of them are spicy. Some of them are relatable. This week, a lot of them use the trending Trade Offer format. But as usual, it's mostly a variety of fresh, dank memes that we think will add a little spice to your boring life. And who can say no to that?