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Working at a restaurant is kind of bad for your health. I've seen both front of house and back of house people succumb to alcoholism, drug addiction, burnout and dark depression. I've experienced some of these ails as well. Unfortunately, working a high-paced and high-stress job kind of goes along with those pitfalls. But for all the glaring problems with restaurant work , the industry can help people develop much-needed empathy and compassion. Servers, bartenders, and even broke line cooks are…

I just absolutely love waking up each day, wondering how the hell Elon Musk will manage to screw Twitter up more than he already has. And by screw it up, we kind of mean make it better. Because while some people may think they're tired, the parody accounts are simply killing it lately. And by killing it, we kind of (definitely) mean causing predatory companies to lose a f*ck ton of money. Anyway. We know that not everyone enjoys watching annoying people freak out about the inevitable demise of…

If you've ever felt like you're lying to the world about your abilities, and that you're undeserving of praise, you may be struggling with a little thing called “Impostor Syndrome." According to Psychology Today, “People who struggle with imposter syndrome believe that they are undeserving of their achievements and the high esteem in which they are, in fact, generally held. They feel that they aren’t as competent or intelligent as others might think—and that soon enough, people will discover th…

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Millennials . When we're not busy ruining the economy with our decadent avocado toast and otherwise utilitarian consumer behavior, we're tending to our 5k-follower shitpost accounts, wondering where we went wrong in life. Is this really all there is? The millennial thinks to herself as she stands in line at the local overpriced café. She consults her bank app as if it were a crystal ball, providing guidance on whether or not to go for that extra pastry. Then she goes off to her second freelance…

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I've known for over twenty years that Leonardo DiCaprio 's birthday is November 11th. As an aging millennial , he was the heartthrob for me. Sure, Jonathan Taylor Thomas had his moment, but Leo was a serious actor. He may be a little thiccer than when I daydreamed about our eventual (in my mind, inevitable) marriage, but the dude has got star power. And now, at the ripe old age of 48, he's also got a whole lot of meme power. Leonard DiCaprio has been a mainstay of the memeosphere for as long as…

I don't know about you guys, but I'm literally addicted to being a normal person. Every day (and it does happen that often), I get described as a bonafide normie. It is music to my ears. I can't get enough of it! Being normal is so socially rewarded , and I'm always ready to receive that participation trophy. Most of us are in denial about being normal, and that's okay! We like to believe that when we fall on the bell curve, we fall all the way to the right, but that's not true. We are probably…

Time travel media often portrays every choice you make as intrinsically connected to how your future life will go down. Every day, you make a million little choices, and if you don't make one in a particular way, your future self is irrevocably changed. I feel like this is true for very few minor choices you could make, like the first time you hang out with your future best friend or the time you decide not to jaywalk and save yourself from becoming the victim of vehicular manslaughter. I doubt…

The dangers of compulsive procrastination are just one of the many sad realities of being a 21st-century person with excruciating first-world problems, no matter how much you try to fight them. Although the majority of us can admit to being unhappy almost every day, it's considered rude to whine about your troubles when, in comparison, you're actually pretty damn fortunate. Unfortunately, we are unable to help you permanently overcome the urge to completely disregard the obligations and tasks t…

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Great. We've officially reached the time of the year that makes it entirely too difficult to get out of bed. After some unseasonably warm weather, we here in the northeast are feeling the transition pretty hard. All I want to do is make soup (last night it was avgolemono, a delightfully lemony Greek chicken soup) and curl up with a good movie or two. The other option we enjoy as an alternative to getting out of bed and being productive is just staying under the covers and mindlessly scrolling t…

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