First impressions can be a tricky thing. I have gotten poor first impressions from some of the best people in my life, and I thank heavens every day that I did not wholly dismiss them after one questionable meeting . At the same time, there have been several times when I have gotten a bad vibe from someone after first meeting them and gave them a chance, only to find out later that they were a pretty rotten person. Most of the time, first meetings won't give you the complete picture of your fut…

Listen, everyone has a dream. Lucky people have passions. But not everyone is lucky enough to do what they love, or even pursue it professionally. So we're stuck doing jobs like writing for a content mill or working as the manager of a f ast food restaurant. The latter happens to be the case for an especially insane redditor, who took to the site (in a now-deleted post) to ask for help from avgeeks and pilots with a very p eculiar relationship problem. The redditor explains that while he works…

Smdh.

Yikes.

Yikes.

Some people wear a sexy outfit to get attention or be memorable in social situations. Others bring a special drink to share, a party game, or some of their "famous" 7-layer dip. How the hell is every 7-layer dip "famous"?? Anyway. Those methods are all well and good, but if you really want to make an impression, sharing disturbing, unsettling , or weird facts is the ultimate tactic. Learning those facts and really honing their delivery isn't hard. Especially when you have these Skeletor Facts a…

When I was a middle schooler , and if I'm being honest, a high schooler, I thought I was deep AF. The pain that coursed through my little hormonal veins was so potent. My LiveJournal was filled with Radiohead lyrics that not-so-subtly were directed at my ex-boyfriend, and stupid pictures with sad filters and contrived poetry. I scrawled the same lyrics on my ripped jeans and walked miles with my Discman with tears in my heavily lined eyes thinking about how hard my life was. While I grew out of…

We've all been through it- something so deeply cringey that it prevents you from sleeping at night every time you think about it, and it's just constantly floating through your mind. It's the absolute worst, but at least we've all suffered from some cringey moments. Earlier this week, writer Caroline Moss asked Twitter to share moments of their lives that seemed more like a bad movie than something IRL. She offered up a tale of being broken up for "not being Jewish enough" while at a National c…

We've all been stuck in an impossibly cringeworthy situation before, whether it's of your own doing or someone else's. Maybe, when you look back, you realize that super cool outfit from middle school actually looked horrible, or you uncover footage from your aspiring comedy career that reveals you weren't ever all that funny to begin with. If you're feeling down on yourself or like life has dealt you a raw deal, take comfort in the fact that you're not one of these horribly cringe-worthy indivi…

Shame.

But they were too late

Dating is hard. And now that things are dying down a little, Covid-wise, we expect the scene is going to get a whole lot crazier. While it's great that those romantic Zoom meetups are (mostly) a thing of the past, there were some perks to getting acquainted to a Tinder or Bumble date ahead of meeting them in person. Namely, being able to get a feel for the suitor's idiosyncrasies before having to get stuck on a date with them in real life. It's a lot easier to close the laptop on a doomed tryst…

If you've never heard of the @SheRatesDogs Twitter account, you're in for a treat. It's basically a hub of those creepy , unhinged DMs that we hate to receive but love to mock on the internet. Most of the messages are what you'd expect: butthurt communications from men who can't handle warranted rejections. And, of course, a whole lot of incels . That said, every now and then they publish a series of direct messages that are uniquely cringey and deplorable. And yesterday was one of those days.

The horror!

Get off that high horse, y'all.

Sometimes the Amazon delivery people screw up, and that's okay - they're human after all and life goes on. And if you're a decent person, you'll handle the situation with grace. That means not turning into a Karen on a phone call with someone in India, and not knocking on every one of your neighbors doors convinced that they stole it. While they can undoubtedly be a pain in the a$$, sometimes these screw-ups lend themselves to, shall we say, less-savory happenstances? Like that time my downstai…