Unchecked insecurity can ruin relationships and transform otherwise rational people into jealous monsters. When redditor u/abarbiegirl2021 changed her phone's background and home screen wallpaper to an image of Willem Dafoe as Klaus Daimler from The Life Aquatic, she didn't expect her husband to feel strongly about it. On the contrary, he was pretty upset. When taking her story at face value, u/abarbiegirl2021's husband seems totally unreasonable, but let's be honest—don't most of us have the p…

Every couple has their mundane problems, but what does it say about your relationship when you start to suspect your partner of conspiring against you? Either some underlying trust issues have always been lurking just under the surface of your otherwise healthy relationship, or maybe you really have been living with a duplicitous psychopath all along. Redditor u/ThrowRAissuesRA turned to Reddit for advice after a series of seemingly harmless games with their husband took an unsettling turn.

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Redditors discuss how to deeply upset nerds

Horrible bosses are a dime a dozen, but in certain industries, hiring responsible managers is a matter of life and death. When u/Burnandmurder and their coworkers noticed that a couple of their bosses had a habit of getting wasted on the job, they knew they had to do something about it. In OP's line of work, being sober and attentive is of the utmost importance. At first, OP's coworkers didn't have a plan for how they were going to bust their bosses . They needed proof. But then one day, the bo…

"We're going to make the infraction worth the punishment"

Men address everything from anatomy to relationships

Many people turned to work-from-home jobs at the height of the pandemic when lockdowns made it impossible for business-as-usual to continue. Telecommuting became the new normal, and suddenly working for a company in another state was an option. Sounds like a win-win for everyone, right? Companies didn't have to pay for office space and remote workers had more free time and newfound flexibility in their schedules. It was all going great until employers started making their remote workers come in…

It'll bring a skilometer to your face

After redditor u/hi_can_i_get_uhh was ghosted by a guy she was dating , she accepted the situation and moved on like a mature adult. All she wanted from him was a ring she'd accidentally left at his apartment. Sounds pretty straightforward, right? Well OP's ghoster decided to hold her ring hostage for unknown reasons, and so she eventually gave up and bought a new one. But when she told her ghoster to forget about the whole thing, he totally freaked out. The audacity . Keep scrolling for the wh…

Game developers can get pretty creative with it

A naked, pot-headed, katana-wielding Elden Ring player has charmed the online gaming community with his dedication to defeating one of the game's most difficult bosses for other players in need. After completing Elden Ring, gamer Klein Tsuboi devoted countless hours to mastering Malenia, Blade of Miquela—a notoriously hard optional boss who heals every time she lands a hit on you (yes, even if you block). If a player attempting the feat does manage to dodge enough of her rapid hits and get Male…

Imagine getting egged on your way to work by a bunch of teenagers and then your boss scolds you for not having been prepared for such a highly unlikely and random incident. That's exactly what happened to redditor u/Master_Contendr. Not only did they have to sit through work covered in raw egg, but they got chewed out for it too. It's bad enough when your car breaks down or you miss the bus and your boss is like, “you should have left home earlier.” So you expect me to leave earlier than I have…

A formidable enemy

The imposter was ejected from the relationship