Laughter is medicine for the soul

It always brings a smile to my face and a warmth in my heart when a parent stands up for their kid rather than taking the side of an unreasonable school administrator. I wasn't a troublemaker in elementary school, but I wasn't exactly… normal either. Luckily, I had pretty accepting parents. Whenever my mom got a phone call from a teacher complaining that I was pretending to be a dinosaur again, my mom responded the same way every time. “Good,” she'd say, “kids are supposed to be kids.” One redd…

Philip K. Dick, eat your heart out

As an American who recently moved to the United Kingdom, a lot of the funny observations in this amusing Reddit thread about uniquely American things really resonated with me. For example, when someone asks me where I'm from, my first instinct is to say, “well I grew up in California, but I just moved from New York.” Whereas a European might simply respond with what country they're from. And I never realized that to many people outside the United States, certain Americans (especially New Yorker…

In a famous story from Douglas Adams' book So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish , the protagonist Arthur recounts a time he sat down at a table to enjoy a coffee, newspaper, and packet of biscuits he'd recently purchased at a shop. To his horror, a man sitting across from him grabbed the packet of biscuits, tore it open, and started eating them. Instead of saying anything, Arthur passive-aggressively reached into the packet and took what was rightfully his, hoping the man would get the message.…

Are animals secretly listening to everything we say? Studies have shown that dogs can identify different human emotions through reading the facial expressions of their owners. Some scientists believe that dolphins, whose own spoken language is highly advanced, have the capacity to learn human languages and possibly even speak English. Of course, if a squirrel gives you an offended look after you make fun of him, it's likely just a funny coincidence. But this hilarious thread of animals seemingl…

America is a big, beautiful mess. Each state has its own unique identity, some so distinct that many Americans can easily recognize a state based on a few key characteristics. Redditor u/Thomas_The_Llama recently prompted the people of r/AskReddit to describe their states without revealing any names, and the resulting thread is very entertaining (unless, of course, you're not American , in which case you might be a little confused).

Oddly wholesome

Oh hell no

Typical Twitter

Well, he's not wrong.

Genius.

Positively batty.