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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Digital copies of games should be far cheaper than physical copies.\n#####\nThe company is avoiding the following costs by selling digitally:\n\nSourcing materials\n\nManufacturing\n\nShipping\n\nShelf space\n\nEmployee wages\n\nYET IT STILL costs the same price as a digital copy. Anyone who buys digital is absolutely being scammed." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Instead of writing sequels or prequels to books, I feel like more authors should write \"equals\" to their books where the same story, same events happen, but it's told from a different perspective of a different character.\n#####\nI've always thought the idea of \"equals\" for a novel would be incredibly interesting. To read the exact same story, but from a different perspective. I imagine this would be great for the Harry Potter books, as there was so much depth shown in certain characters that it's a shame we only got to read it from Harry's perspective. This idea of \"equals\" would also allow readers to see depth and traits in a character they may not have seen before just by reading the main character's perspective.\n\n\n\nEdit: I'm blown away by the amount of upvotes and awards on this! Thank you guys so much." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Salt and Vinegar chips are better than both sour cream & onion and barbecue chips.\n#####\nThat's right. Salt and vinegar are the superior chip. Sour cream & onion chips just have an overly sweet yet salty taste that is just overwhelmingly disgusting. Barbecue chips leave your mouth feeling dry and bitter because of the awful taste. Salt and vinegar are just a perfect combination of flavors that is just overall better than other chips.\nEDIT: generic edit thanking redditors for upvotes and awards\nEDIT 2: oh lord I believe I've started a war" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If you have been mostly quarantining since March, you are my hero and I, along with my fellow healthcare workers, appreciate you.\n#####\nYou, yes you, are my hero. I don’t know you, but you have helped to keep my family safe. I am physician resident this year, aka my intern year. Much of the news focuses on those not wearing masks, not social distancing, and the political leaders and individuals behind the spread of this disease. So I need to get this off my chest, not enough is said about the countless number of people who have sacrificed towards trying to slow the spread. \n\n\nI appreciate every sacrifice, every missed opportunity, every missed dream, every canceled vacation, every lonely holiday and birthday, every missed school event, every moment of insanity from social isolation, and every moment of self-restraint you have shown. Social isolation via solitary confinement is considered one of the cruelest forms of punishment you can put on someone. Although not entirely the same, many of you have chosen to face isolation to protect healthcare workers, family members, the elderly, and strangers you have never met. Many of you go to work (or work from home), and then turn down social opportunities for this cause. Only you know the depth and extent of your sacrifice, and to you I tip my hat. It makes the fear of going to work every day and knowing that I could accidentally bring something home that could kill my family much more bearable. Thank you for wearing masks, following guidelines and being a great example to others. \n\n\nI know you are discouraged at the recent surges despite your best efforts. I know you feel cheated as you see others not willing to make the same sacrifice. You are the “helpers” that Mr. Rogers spoke of to look for during times of tragedy. The times “person of the year” may be directed towards essential workers, but I want you to know that I consider you part of these essential workers. You are the type of people that would sacrifice their life for a higher cause. You are the ones that have helped the pandemic become less worse than it would have been. Thank you. Please reach out and stay connected with others. Please get help for your mental health if it has taken a toll on you to make such a sacrifice. \n\n\nTL/DR: I'm tired of all the focus on those not helping the cause. \nThose who have been quarantining since March are my personal heroes and you may never know how much it has meant to me and my family.\n\nEdit: Thanks for the awards but you are the heroes that deserve them :) Also, I do understand people have to work and should work. I am grateful for people who go to work as well (100%) and who are also trying to minimize exposure outside of work. \n\nI also agree that mental health is very important. Please find ways to get out and into nature, find ways to connect with people socially, and seek help for your mental health (via tele- services etc.)." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/changemyview." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CMV: Statistics is much more valuable than Trigonometry and should be the focus in schools\n#####\nI've been out of school for quite a while, so perhaps some things have changed. My understanding is that most high school curriculums cover algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and for advanced students, pre-calculus or calculus. I'm not aware of a national standard that requires statistics.\n\nFor most people, algebra - geometry - trigonometry are rarely if ever used after they leave school. I believe that most students don't even see how they might use these skills, and often mock their value.\n\nBasic statistics can be used almost immediately and would help most students understand their world far better than the A-G-T skills. Simply knowing concepts like Standard Deviation can help most people intuitively understand the odds that something will happen. Just the rule of thumb that the range defined by average minus one standard deviation to the average plus one standard deviation tends to cover 2/3's of the occurrences for normally distributed sets is far more valuable than memorizing SOH-CAH-TOA.\n\nI want to know if there are good reasons for the A-G-T method that make it superior to a focus on basic statistics. Help me change my view.\n\nEdit:\n\nFirst off, thank everyone for bringing up lots of great points. It seems that the primary thinking is falling into three categories:\n\nA. This is a good path for STEM majors - I agree, though I don't think a STEM path is the most common for most students. I'm not saying that the A-G-T path should be eliminated, but that the default should replace stats for trig.\n\nB. You cannot learn statistics before you learn advanced math. I'm not sure I understand this one well enough as I didn't see a lot of examples that support this assertion.\n\nC. Education isn't about teaching useful skills, but about teaching students how to think. - I don't disagree, but I also don't think I understand how trig fulfills that goal better than stats.\n\nThis isn't a complete list, but it does seem to contain the most common points. I'm still trying to get through all of the comments (as of now 343 in two hours), so if your main point isn't included, please be patient, I'm drinking from a fire hose on this one ¯\\\\\\_(ツ)\\_/¯\n\nEdit #2 with Analysis and Deltas:\n\nFirst off, thank everyone for your great responses and thoughtful comments!\n\nI read every topline comment - though by the time I got to the end there were 12 more, so I'm sure by the time I write this there will still be some I didn't get to read. The responses tended to fall into six general categories. There were comments that didn't fall into these, but I didn't find them compelling enough to create a category. Here is what I found:\n\nSTEM / Trades / Engineering (39%)\n\n16% said that you need A-G-T to prepare you for STEM in college - This was point A above and I still don't think this is the most common use case\n\n14% said that tradespeople use Trig all the time - I understand the assertion, but I'm not sure I saw enough evidence that says that all students should take Trig for this reason alone\n\n10% included the saying \"I'm an engineer\" - As an engineer and someone that works with lots of engineers I just found this funny. No offense intended, it just struck me as a very engineering thing to say.\n\nThe difficulty of Statistics training (24%)\n\n15% said that Statistics is very hard to teach, requires advanced math to understand, and some even said it's not a high school level course.\n\n9% said that Statistics is too easy to bother having a full course dedicated to that topic\n\nTaken together, I think this suggests that basic statistics instruction tends to be intuitive, but the progression to truly understanding statistics increases in difficulty extremely fast. To me, that suggests that although we may need more statistics in high school, the line for where that ends may be difficult to define. I will award a delta to the first top commenter in each category for this reason.\n\nEducation-Based Responses (14%)\n\n5% said we already do this, or we already do this well enough that it doesn't need to change\n\n3% discussed how the A-G-T model fits into a larger epistemological framework including inductive and deductive thinking - I did award a delta for this.\n\n3% said that teaching stats poorly would actually harm students understanding of statistics and cause more problems than it would solve\n\n1% said that if we teach statistics, too many students would simply hate it like they currently hate Trig - I did award a delta for this\n\n1% said that Statistics should be considered a science course and not a math course - I did award a delta for this point as I do think it has merit.\n\nMy Bad Wording (10%)\n\n10% of the arguments thought that I was suggesting that Algebra was unnecessary. This was my fault for sloppy wording, but to be very clear, I believe Algebra and Geometry are far too valuable to drop for any reason.\n\nDo Both (8%)\n\n8% said that we should just do both. I don't agree with this at all for most students. I've worked with far too many students that struggle with math and raising the bar any higher for them would simply cause more to struggle and fail. It would certainly benefit people to know both, but it may not be a practical goal.\n\nOther Countries (6%)\n\n5% said they live in countries outside of the US and their programs look more like what I'm suggesting where they are from.\n\n1% said they live in countries outside of the US and don't agree that this is a good path." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/rant." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Youtube is un-fucking-watchable now without adblocker on.\n#####\nI know people have been saying that the ads are getting bad, but for the last few days it feels like they've taken it to a whole new level and its driving me nuts when wanting to watch on my PS4. THERES SO MANY FUCKING ADS IN THESE VIDEOS AND THE MIDROLLS ARE GETTING WORSE." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "[1 Year UPDATE] My girlfriend (F 20) cheated on Me(M 21) with her bestfriend..\n#####\nAn year ago I posted on his subreddit. \\[Link below\\][https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/d78jqe/my\\_girlfriend\\_f\\_20\\_cheated\\_on\\_mem\\_21\\_with\\_her/](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/d78jqe/my_girlfriend_f_20_cheated_on_mem_21_with_her/)\n\nSo I wanted to provide an update and thank my fellow redditors. I took the advice and broke up and realised that the relationship was really sucking the life out of me and was the worst thing in my life at the moment. Since then I have met someone who understands me and cares for me, theres no drama (Well I once ate the last pizza slice and she got pretty angry but yeah thats the level of the drama). We support each other and she makes me a better human all around.\n\nBecause of my ex i wasn't able to focus on my studies and the breakup combined with the Covid Pandemic gave me ample time for studying and I landed an internship at a big Bulge Bracket company and also Im working on a few personal projects that I love spending time on. The pandemic also gave me time to realise that I was with the wrong person and I love many others who love me be it my family, friends,etc. I feel really liberated.\n\nToday I was looking back at what used to be and I remembered that this subreddit for the trigger point for the change in my life. SO THANK YOU AND YOU ALL ARE AWESOME. Its because of you Ive gone from Crying nights to Happy days.\n\nEdit 1: Some edits based on comments.\n\nEdit 2: HOLY SMOKES! I didnt expect such a reaction. Thanks Guys.\n\nEdit 3: Such Wholesome Comments, Thanks Guys.\n\nTL;DR! - Took the advice of fellow redditors and broke up with my ex and spent probably the best year of my life." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "$600?!?\n#####\n$600? Is this supposed to be a fucking joke? Our government refuses to send financial help for months, and then when they do, they only give us $600? The average person who was protected from getting evicted is in debt by $5,000 and is about to lose their protection, and the government is going to give them $600.? There are people lining up at 4 am and standing in the freezing cold for almost 12 hours 3-4 times a week to get BASIC NECESSITIES from food pantries so they can feed their children, and they get $600? There are people who used to have good paying jobs who are living on the streets right now. There are single mothers starving themselves just to give their kids something to eat. There are people who’ve lost their primary bread winner because of COVID, and they’re all getting $600??\n\nChrist, what the hell has our country come to? The government can invest billions into weaponizing space but can only give us all $600 to survive a global pandemic that’s caused record job loss." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Automakers should stop replacing buttons with massive touchscreens.\n#####\nYeah sure, it’s futuristic and all, but a lot of them are just becoming a hassle and a hazard. I shouldn’t have to spam tap a screen to change the climate controls, whereas a dial would be so much simpler and easy to use. The screens are basically impossible to use with gloves on if you live in a colder place. And frankly, most automakers just suck at making them. They are super laggy and hard to use. Cars can still look modern with a clean button and dial interior setup, and perhaps a smaller screen to display information. The infotainment system should not have to constantly take the drivers attention off the road.\n\nEdit: thanks for the awards, unaware that this was previously posted on r/cars though, my apologies" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/AskReddit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What if Earth is like one of those uncontacted tribes in South America, like the whole Galaxy knows we're here but they've agreed not to contact us until we figure it out for ourselves?\n#####\n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/AskReddit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "With Christmas 364 days away, people who already have their decorations up, why?\n#####\n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Five guys burgers are good an all, but 2 burgers, small fry, and small drink shouldn’t cost Thirty fucking dollars.\n#####\nPrices for burgers getting too damn high!! \n\nThat is all. Thank you" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/scarystories." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Don’t Google yourself (horror story)\n#####\nDon’t Google yourself. Why? Because you may not like what you find…\n\n One day, I was bored and decided to search for my own name on Google. I have quite a rare name, so I didn’t expect to find many results. Imagine how surprised I was when I came across a website that had my full name in the domain.\n\n www.(my name).com\n\n When I clicked the link, it brought me to a message board. I looked at the profile of the website owner and found out that the person was the same age as me and had the same hobbies and interests. There weren’t any posts on the message board, but I was intrigued, so I saved it in my favorites.\n\n It was about a month later, when I went back to the website. This time, it had more content. There were some diary entries, mostly random things like “The weather was nice today” or “I’m so bored in work”. Things of that nature.\n\n However, as time went on, I began to notice more and more coincidences. The person lived in the same city as I did. It struck me as rather strange that two people with the exact same rare name would be living in the same city at the same time.\n\n At one point, I noticed that the contents of the diary were quite similar to my own life.\n\n One day, I went to a baseball game and when I checked the website that evening, I found that the owner of the site had gone to the same ball game. At first, I didn’t think much of it. After all, tens of thousands of people in the city supported the same baseball team.\n\n It began to seem like much more than a simple coincidence. Whenever I checked the website, I would notice little biographical details that seemed too close for comfort.\n\n For example, the owner mentioned their pet dog and the dog’s name was the same as the dog I had when I was a child. The website owner posted a picture of their car. It was the same model of car I had been driving when I was in college. They talked about eating at a certain restaurant. It was the same restaurant I had gone to all the time when I was working at my previous job.\n\n One day, when I looked at the message board, people had written messages to the owner saying “Happy Birthday!”\n\n That day, it was my birthday as well.\n\n I decided to write on the message board for the first time, just out of curiosity. I was going to wish the owner a happy birthday and tell them we had the same name.\n\n However, when I tried to write something, I realized that there was nowhere to type your message. It wasn’t a message board at all, just a static page.\n\n “That’s odd”, I thought to myself.\n\n In other words, whoever owned the website had gone to a lot of trouble to make it seem as if it was an interactive site… as if there were other people posting on it… when in actual fact, all the content must have been created by the owner.\n\n “Why on earth would someone do that?” I wondered.\n\n I decided to send an e-mail to the owner.\n\n It read: “Hi there. Believe it or not, we both share the same name. Nice to meet you!”\n\n It was just a friendly e-mail.\n\n The next day, when I tried to look at the website, I discovered that it was gone. It seemed like it had been deleted.\n\n Then, I opened my mailbox.\n\n There was one reply. When I looked at it, a chill ran down my spine.\n\n It just read: “FOUND YOU!”" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/politics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Megathread: President Trump Pressures Georgia Secretary of State to Recalculate the Vote in His Favor in Leaked Phone Call\n#####\nPresident Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to \"find\" enough votes to overturn his defeat in an one-hour phone call Saturday.\n\n---\n\n##Submissions that may interest you\n\nSUBMISSION \| DOMAIN\n---\|----\n[Washington Post: In call, Trump demands Georgia officials 'find' votes to tilt election](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/donald-trump-brad-raffensperger-call-washington-post/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[Trump pressures Georgia top election official to 'find' votes and overturn Biden victory in phone call](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/03/trump-pressures-georgia-top-election-official-to-find-votes-and-overturn-biden-victory-.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard) \| cnbc.com\n[Trump Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Enough Votes to Overturn Election](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia.html) \| nytimes.com\n['I just want 11,780 votes': Trump pressed Georgia to overturn Biden win](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/03/trump-georgia-raffensperger-call-biden-washington-post) \| theguardian.com\n[‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/d45acb92-4dc4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.htm) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Trump Called the Georgia Secretary of State and Pressured Him to Find More Nonexistent Votes - “Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong.”](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/trump-called-the-georgia-secretary-of-state-and-pressured-him-to-find-more-nonexistent-votes/) \| motherjones.com\n[Trump begs Georgia secretary of state to overturn election results in remarkable, hourlong phone call](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1252692) \| nbcnews.com\n[Trump Urges Georgia Secretary Of State To ‘Find’ Votes In Recorded Phone Call. The president told the state’s top election official, a fellow Republican, that there’s “nothing wrong” with saying the final vote count has been “recalculated.”](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-georgia-secretary-of-state-pressure_n_5ff20848c5b6fd33110ebd7d) \| huffpost.com\n['I just want to find 11,780 votes': In a newly-released phone recording, Trump pleads with Georgia secretary of state for additional votes to win the state](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-brad-raffensperger-phone-call-georgia-votes-presidential-election-2021-01) \| businessinsider.com\n[Trump asks Georgia election officials to 'find' votes during call with Sec. of State](https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/trump-tweets-about-fulton-county-brad-raffensperger-brian-kemp/85-a503efec-df8a-42ee-a92f-70271eac840f) \| 11alive.com\n[Trump demands Georgia elections official overturn his defeat in hourlong call](https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/trump-demands-georgia-elections-official-overturn-his-defeat-in-hourlong-call/6MRGK445JNAGHBL2HXLZ3FIVZU/) \| ajc.com\n[Trump demanded Georgia’s secretary of state ‘find’ him votes to overturn election](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-live-election-results-biden-b1781669.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Trump asked Georgia secretary of state to 'find' 11.6k ballots, 'recalculate' election result](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/532433-trump-asked-georgia-secretary-of-state-to-find-116k-ballots) \| thehill.com\n[Trump demanded Georgia’s secretary of state ‘find’ him votes to overturn election result in hour-long harangue, report claims](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-georgia-votes-election-call-b1781754.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1609699267) \| independent.co.uk\n[‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/d45acb92-4dc4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n['I just want to find 11,780 votes': Trump attacks Georgia officials as crucial runoffs approach](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-georgia-runoffs-190320492.html) \| news.yahoo.com\n[Trump begs Georgia secretary of state to overturn election results in remarkable, hourlong phone call](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-begs-georgia-secretary-state-overturn-election-results-remarkable-hourlong-n1252692) \| nbcnews.com\n[In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia election official to change results - Washington Post](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKBN2980MG) \| reuters.com\n[Georgia’s GOP secretary of state to Trump: ‘What you’re saying is not true'](https://wtop.com/presidential-election/2021/01/georgias-gop-secretary-of-state-to-trump-what-youre-saying-is-not-true/) \| wtop.com\n[Audio: Trump berates Ga. secretary of state, urges him to ‘find’ votes](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/audio-trump-berates-ga-secretary-of-state-urges-him-to-find-votes/2021/01/03/aba64f5f-8c3c-490f-af34-618ccea732d7_video.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Georgia's GOP secretary of state to Trump: 'What you're saying is not true'](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/georgia-election-brad-raffensperger-donald-trump/index.html) \| cnn.com\n['I just want to find 11,780 votes': Trump attacks Georgia officials as crucial runoffs approach](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-georgia-runoffs-190320492.html) \| yahoo.com\n['This Was A Scam': In Recorded Call, Trump Pushed Official To Overturn Georgia Vote](https://www.npr.org/2021/01/03/953012128/this-was-a-scam-in-recorded-call-trump-pushed-official-to-overturn-georgia-vote) \| npr.org\n[Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to 'find' Trump votes](https://apnews.com/article/a7b4aa4d8ce3bf52301ddbe620c6bff6) \| apnews.com\n[WaPo: Trump urged Georgia's secretary of state to \"find\" votes to overturn Biden win](https://www.axios.com/trump-2020-election-georgia-votes-cc44c12b-e8e9-47b7-80ca-44c7b0e7ed2b.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic) \| axios.com\n[In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia’s SOS to recalculate November votes](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-recorded-call-trump-pressures-georgias-sos-to-recalculate-november-votes/?utm_source=marketingcloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BNA_010321201631+Trump+pressured+Georgia’s+SOS+to+recalculate+November+votes_1_3_2021&utm_term=Active%20subscriber) \| seattletimes.com\n[In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia election official to change results - Washington Post](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/in-recorded-call-trump-pressures-georgia-election-official-to-change-results-washington-post-idUSKBN2980MG) \| reuters.com\n[Trump’s call to Georgia SOS - Full audio](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/audio-trumps-full-jan-2-call-with-ga-secretary-of-state/2021/01/03/3f9426f4-7937-4718-8a8e-9d6052001991_video.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Trump urges Georgia official to overturn vote in leaked call](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/3/trump-urges-georgia-official-to-overturn-vote-in-leaked-call) \| aljazeera.com\n[Trump reportedly urges Raffensperger to 'find' 11,000 votes to give him Georgia](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-raffensperger-secretary-state-georgia-votes) \| washingtonexaminer.com\n[The Post has published Trump’s full phone call with Georgia election officials. Listen to the audio and read the transcript.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-transcript-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/2768e0cc-4ddd-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Carl Bernstein: This is the ultimate smoking gun tape](https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/03/trump-georgia-votes-raffensperger-call-tapes-bernstein-sot-vpx.cnn) \| edition.cnn.com\n[Trump urges Georgia election officials to ‘find’ votes](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/03/trump-georgia-election-454122) \| politico.com\n[Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to 'find' Trump votes](https://whyy.org/articles/trump-on-tape-presses-ga-official-to-find-trump-votes) \| whyy.org\n[BBC News - US election: Trump tells Georgia election official to 'find' votes to overturn Biden win](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55524838) \| bbc.co.uk\n[‘The truth’s on tape.’ Reactions to leaked Trump call seeking to overturn Georgia vote](https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article248246235.html) \| newsobserver.com\n[In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor.](https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/trump-pressures-georgia-secretary-election-votes-20210103.html) \| inquirer.com\n[Washington Post releases full audio of Trump phone call with Georgia secretary of state](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/532446-washington-post-releases-full-audio-of-trump-phone-call-with-georgia) \| thehill.com\n[Trump Pressuring Georgia Election Official to Overturn Election Results Is His Most Flagrant Act Yet](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a35113325/trump-georgia-call-brad-raffensperger/) \| esquire.com\n[Georgia Democratic lawmaker to seek censure of Trump over Raffensperger call](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/532454-georgia-dem-lawmaker-to-seek-censure-of-trump-over-raffensperger-call) \| thehill.com\n[Trump's less-than-perfect call to Georgia officials could also be a crime](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-lessthanperfect-call-to-georgia-officials-could-also-be-a-crime-221455096.html) \| yahoo.com\n[Ocasio-Cortez says Trump's Georgia call is an impeachable offense](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/532455-ocasio-cortez-calls-trumps-georgia-call-an-impeachable-offense) \| thehill.com\n[Franklin Graham calls for “God’s Army” to intervene in Georgia to save Republicans](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/01/franklin-graham-calls-gods-army-intervene-georgia-save-republicans/) \| lgbtqnation.com\n[Trump presses Georgia Secretary of State to ‘find’ votes to overturn election defeat](https://globalnews.ca/news/7552693/trump-georgia-votes/) \| globalnews.ca\n[Harris: Trump Georgia phone call shows a 'voice of desperation'](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/532459-harris-trump-georgia-phone-call-shows-a-voice-of-desperation) \| thehill.com\n[Trump’s phone call with Georgia elections chief is impeachable by Democrats’ standards - Analysis: Outgoing president’s phone call shows he did not learn single lesson from impeachment, writes US political correspondent Griffin Connolly](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-phone-call-georgia-brad-raffensperger-impeachment-b1781804.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Trump turns up heat on Georgia Republican in fight to overturn election loss](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-georgia-raffensperger/trump-turns-up-heat-on-georgia-republican-in-fight-to-overturn-election-loss-idUSKBN2980R5) \| reuters.com\n[Trump, on tape, presses Georgia official to 'find' Trump votes](https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/america-votes/2021/1/3/1_5251952.html) \| beta.ctvnews.ca\n[Trump heard on tape urging Georgia officials to \"find\" enough votes to overturn presidential results](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-phone-call-georgia-secretary-of-state-raffensperger-find-votes/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=108372870&fbclid=IwAR2MKmiPMGNjBXXo11rGEesNag10wpP80VZ5RLc1fmAl4MzY0sU5ACLzAvo) \| cbsnews.com\n[FULL AUDIO: Call between President Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on election](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/politics/full-audio-call-between-president-trump-georgia-secretary-state-brad-raffensperger-election/6F7PDHDFDVCNTD3E76V7PIZWII/) \| wsbtv.com\n[Trump may have violated state and federal law in votes call to Georgia secretary of state - The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-georgia-call-votes-law-b1781805.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Trump Call to Georgia Official Might Violate State and Federal Law](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/trump-call-georgia.html?referringSource=articleShare) \| nytimes.com\n[Trump makes false Detroit turnout claim during call with Georgia officials](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/03/trump-makes-false-detroit-turnout-claim-call-georgia-officials/4122125001/) \| detroitnews.com\n[DC watchdog group calls for Trump to be impeached, again, over efforts to tamper with Georgia election](https://www.businessinsider.com/dc-watchdog-group-calls-for-trump-to-be-impeached-again-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Parler users defend Trump threatening Georgia official to \"find 11,780 votes\"](https://www.newsweek.com/parler-users-defend-trump-threatening-georgia-official-find-11780-votes-1558600) \| newsweek.com\n[Harris lambasts Trump call with Georgia officials as 'bold abuse of power'](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/kamala-harris-trump-georgia/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[Campaigning in Georgia, Kamala Harris calls Trump’s call with Raffensperger a ‘bold abuse of power’](https://sports.yahoo.com/campaigning-in-georgia-kamala-harris-calls-trumps-call-with-raffensperger-a-bold-abuse-of-power-005426912.html) \| sports.yahoo.com\n[Read the full transcript of Trump's audio call with Georgia secretary of state](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/trump-brad-raffensperger-phone-call-transcript/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[After Trump call, Republican Kinzinger says no member of Congress can object to election with a ‘clean conscience’ - Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., calls for a Trump criminal probe after audio surfaces of the president muscling the Georgia secretary of state to overturn the election in that state.](https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/3/22212370/trump-geogia-call-adam-kinzinger-illinois-congress-election-clean-conscience-durbin-criminal-probe) \| chicago.suntimes.com\n[Congressman Bobby Scott calls for criminal investigation into Trump after he presses Georgia election official to 'find' Trump votes](https://www.wtkr.com/news/congressman-bobby-scott-calls-for-criminal-investigation-into-trump-after-pressing-georgia-election-official-to-find-trump-votes) \| wtkr.com\n[Fox Panelist Gets Laughed At For Defending Trump’s Phone Call to Raffensperger](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-panelist-gayle-trotter-gets-laughed-at-for-defending-trumps-phone-call-to-raffensperger) \| thedailybeast.com\n[Trump Repeats Debunked Election Claims in Call With Georgia Official](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/trump-georgia-call-fact-check.html) \| nytimes.com\n['Impeachable Offence': AOC Wants to Sanction Trump Over Phone Call With Raffensperger](https://www.newsweek.com/impeachable-offence-aoc-wants-sanction-trump-over-phone-call-raffensperger-1558619) \| newsweek.com\n[Trump's 'less-than-perfect' call to Georgia officials could also be a crime](https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-lessthanperfect-call-to-georgia-officials-could-also-be-a-crime-221455096.html) \| news.yahoo.com\n[Kamala Harris blasts Trump's call to Raffensberger in return to Georgia to help clinch Senate runoff races](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/03/kamala-harris-returns-georgia-help-clinch-senate-runoff-races/4107424001/) \| usatoday.com\n[Georgia elections board member calls for probe into Trump’s call seeking to pressure Raffensperger](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/03/investigation-law-trump-georgia-phone-call/) \| washingtonpost.com\n[AOC says Donald Trump should be impeached for Georgia votes phone call](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/aoc-trump-georgia-call-impeachment-b1781819.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Listen to the full audio of Trump's phone call with the Georgia secretary of state](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/listen-full-audio-trump-s-phone-call-georgia-secretary-state-n1252696) \| nbcnews.com\n[Harris lambasts Trump call with Georgia officials as 'bold abuse of power'](https://www.weny.com/story/43121369/harris-lambasts-trump-call-with-georgia-officials-as-bold-abuse-of-power) \| weny.com\n[Donald Trump's Georgia call sparks demands for second impeachment](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-georgia-call-second-impeachment-1558639) \| newsweek.com\n[Trump phone call an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government](https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-phone-call-an-attempt-to-overthrow-the-u-s-government/) \| peoplesworld.org\n[Trump's call to Georgia election officials highlights White House bunker mentality](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-call-georgia-election-officials-highlights-white-house-bunker-ncna1252697) \| nbcnews.com\n[Trump Accused of 'Criminal Extortion' After Asking Georgia Officials to 'Find' 11,000 Votes for Him](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/03/trump-accused-criminal-extortion-after-asking-georgia-officials-find-11000-votes-him) \| commondreams.org\n[Obama's solicitor general said Trump talked 'like a mafia boss, and not a particularly smart mafia boss' one in his call with Georgia's elections chief](https://www.businessinsider.com/obama-solicitor-general-trump-talked-like-mafia-boss-audio-georgia-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[5 Wildest Moments From Trump’s Call With Georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-georgia-5-wildest-moments_n_5ff29ff6c5b6e7974fd45089) \| huffpost.com\n[Carl Bernstein says Trump's call asking a Georgia official to help him overturn Biden's win is 'worse than Watergate'](https://www.businessinsider.com/carl-bernstein-trump-call-with-georgia-official-worse-than-watergate-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Georgia elections board member calls for probe into Trump’s call seeking to change results](https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/donald-trump-georgia-election-phone-call-find-votes-change-result-investigation-20210104.html) \| inquirer.com\n[In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia official to 'find' votes to overturn election](https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-trump/in-recorded-call-trump-pressures-georgia-official-to-find-votes-to-overturn-election-idUKKBN2980ME) \| uk.reuters.com\n[Georgia Elections Board Member Demands Probe Into Trump’s Phone Call](https://www.thedailybeast.com/david-worley-georgia-elections-board-member-demands-probe-into-trumps-phone-call?ref=home) \| thedailybeast.com\n[Former Mueller prosecutor says the Trump call asking a Georgia official to change the election results shows 'criminal intent'](https://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-prosecutor-andrew-weissmann-trump-georgia-call-shows-criminal-intent-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[The backstory of Trump’s Georgia call](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/01/04/the-backstory-of-trumps-georgia-call-491268?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=00000150-c8dd-d96e-a5f3-faddd3510001&nlid=630318) \| politico.com\n[Did Trump's Call To Georgia's Secretary Of State Break Election Laws?](https://www.npr.org/2021/01/04/953146828/did-trumps-call-to-georgias-secretary-of-state-break-election-laws) \| npr.org\n[Democratic lawmakers call for Trump to be impeached for pressuring Georgia's Secretary of State to 'find' enough votes to overturn the election](https://news.yahoo.com/democratic-lawmakers-call-trump-impeached-120409351.html) \| news.yahoo.com\n[George Conway: Georgia call shows Trump is delusional, desperate](https://thehill.com/homenews/532480-george-conway-georgia-call-shows-trump-is-delusional-desperate) \| thehill.com\n[Democratic lawmakers call for Trump to be impeached for pressuring Georgia's Secretary of State to 'find' enough votes to overturn the election](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-impeachment-calls-trump-recorded-pressuring-georgia-to-overturn-defeat-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Audio: Unhinged Trump Tries to Bully Georgia Officials into Finding More Votes for Him](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/audio-trump-call-georgia-election-officials-1109242/) \| rollingstone.com\n[Did Trump break the law in his call to Georgia’s secretary of state? Some lawyers say yes.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/04/law-trump-call-georgia-vote/) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Georgia GOP lieutenant governor says Trump call with secretary of state 'inappropriate'](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/politics/geoff-duncan-trump-raffensperger-call-cnntv/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[Analysis of President Trump's phone call to Georgia's secretary of state](https://www.cbsnews.com/video/analysis-of-president-trumps-phone-call-to-georgias-secretary-of-state/) \| cbsnews.com" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If exposing yourself to someone without consent is a crime, sudden porn pop-up ads should be illegal\n#####\nWhen browsing on some shady websites that aren't centered around pornography, I'm sure we've all had porn ads with either partial or full nudity pop up out of nowhere or on the sidebar. Just because you're on a website that requires 18 plus does not mean that it should be perfectly fine to show porn without the consent of the viewer.\nFor example on Spotify I don't listen to any sexual content or sexual podcasts, however I get recommended a show called \"hentai with senpai,\" and I have to deal with an extraordinarily sexualized hentai face on my home screen. I'm not even the only person who deals with that specific show showing up on their home screen unsolicited. So to reiterate, if exposing yourself to someone without their consent, even if they're 18 years old or up, is a crime, then it should also be a crime to show nude or sexual contents to people in pop up ads without their consent." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UPDATE: I (30F) caught my husband (31M) in an affair and I don’t know how to move forward.\n#####\nOriginal Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/i7wkqu/i_30f_caught_my_husband_31m_in_an_affair_and_i/\n\nFirst of all, I just want to thank everyone here for the support I received following my first post back in August. At the time, it truly felt like my world was ending. It was important to me to make this update because I need to tell anyone who’s currently going through the same thing—IT GETS BETTER. You will get so much better. \n\nI had one conversation with my husband since everything happened—by his choice. It lasted maybe five minutes and was like talking to a robot. I know from others that he cries to people about how he ruined his life, but I have never once gotten an apology or the same show of regret. At this point, I don’t care. I know him and the other woman are still seeing each other and frankly, they deserve each other. Good for them. \n\nWhile I still feel angry occasionally, I no longer mourn what I once had. Instead, I’m so excited for the life I now get to live. I moved to a small walkable city and gave myself my dream apartment. It makes me so happy to see how I’ve decorated it and to just live in a cozy place instead of our old dreary house. I was the breadwinner in our marriage, and he would make me feel awful about wanting to pay for nice meals or do fun things. Since moving here, I’ve done a ton of foodie fun stuff and don’t feel guilty. It’s so refreshing. \n\nI have dipped my toe into the dating pool again and had plenty of mediocre dates from dating apps. Recently, I found someone who I’ve really clicked with and am enjoying how appreciated and desired he’s made me feel. It’s definitely early and we’re moving slow, but overall, dating has made me realize that I’m a catch who doesn’t have to settle. \n\nTherapy has done wonders and I’m so happy I immediately dove into it. My therapist is proud of me. I’m proud of me. I’ve stopped looking at being divorced as a failure. He failed—not me. I’m genuinely happy and excited to wake up each morning and no longer feel like this terrible weight is sitting on my chest. The holidays were surprisingly easy and I found myself so happy to spend time with my family without having to compromise anything. \n\nSo all in all, life is good and there’s so much of it ahead. Looking back, I can’t believe I wasted so much time thinking about how I could get him to come home. I’ve made my own home and my own happiness and that is worth so so much more. \n\nTLDR; Husband left me for another woman. He sucks, but things get better." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/AskReddit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How would you feel about a \"if you accidentally scroll to the top, you can go back to where you were,\" button for Reddit?\n#####\n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/politics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Megathread: Twitter Permanently Suspends @realDonaldTrump\n#####\nTwitter has announced a permanent suspension of President Donald Trump’s account, citing \"the risk of further incitement of violence\" after conducting a review of recent activity.\n\nTwitter issued a temporary suspension earlier this week following the events taking place at the US Capitol and required the removal of three specific tweets before the account would be eligible for reinstatement. Prior to this, President Trump used Twitter to announce policy positions and campaign decisions.\n\nSee the announcement from Twitter’s Safety Team [here](https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1347684877634838528?s=20).\n\n---\n\n##Submissions that may interest you\n\nSUBMISSION \| DOMAIN\n---\|----\n[Twitter Permanently Suspends Trump For ‘Incitement of Violence’](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-01-08/twitter-permanently-suspends-trump-for-incitement-of-violence) \| usnews.com\n[Twitter Says It Permanently Banned Trump](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/twitter-says-it-permanently-banned-trump.html) \| nymag.com\n[President Trump deletes tweets after Twitter, Facebook and Instagram lock down accounts for 'violations'](https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/6574242002) \| amp.usatoday.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55597840) \| bbc.co.uk\n[Twitter bans President Trump permanently](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/tech/trump-twitter-ban/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/08/twitter-trump-dorsey/) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Twitter Permanently Bans Trump](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/donald-trump-twitter-banned) \| talkingpointsmemo.com\n[Twitter Bans President Trump, Citing 'Risk Of Further Incitement Of Violence'](https://www.npr.org/2021/01/08/954760928/twitter-bans-president-trump-citing-risk-of-further-incitement-of-violence) \| npr.org\n[Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/news/twitter-permanently-suspends-president-donald-232500236.html) \| yahoo.com\n[Trump permanently banned from Twitter](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-trump-banned-twitter-20210108-zxmwkyuq4ndbhilve3f2fiy4k4-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/news/) \| nydailynews.com\n[Twitter has permanently banned President Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/08/twitter-permanently-bans-president-trump/6603578002/) \| usatoday.com\n[President Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-55597840?__twitter_impression=true) \| bbc.co.uk\n[Twitter Permanently Bans Trump After Years Of Aggressive, Violent Rhetoric On Platform](https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ff733bbc5b61a92a8c08b8c) \| m.huffpost.com\n[About 350 Twitter employees wrote a letter to CEO Jack Dorsey demanding that President Trump be permanently suspended from the platform](https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-employees-dorsey-suspend-trump-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Twitter permanently bans Trump](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/twitter-bans-trump-permanently/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=108750667) \| cbsnews.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29D355) \| reuters.com\n[Twitter Has Permanently Banned Donald Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/twitter-trump-suspended.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes) \| nytimes.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-permanently-bans-president-donald-trump-n1253588) \| nbcnews.com\n[Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-media-michael-flynn-social-media-f41b11060d7703e3a3136ddb5eefa055?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP) \| apnews.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump’s account](https://fox8.com/news/twitter-permanently-suspends-president-donald-trumps-account/?anvplayer-autoplay=0) \| fox8.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/twitter-suspends-trump-account-456730) \| politico.com\n[Twitter suspends @realDonaldTrump account permanently](https://www.foxnews.com/us/twitter-suspends-realdonaldtrump-account-permanently) \| foxnews.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/twitter-permanently-suspends-trumps-account.html) \| cnbc.com\n[Twitter has permanently banned President Trump](https://amp.tennessean.com/amp/6603578002#click=https://t.co/ewc01KKvV7) \| amp.tennessean.com\n[Twitter bans Trump allies Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell in QAnon purge](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/twitter-flynn-powell-qanon-purge-b1784718.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Trump is banned from Twitter. Good.](https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/trump-permanently-suspended-from-twitter-after-capitol-siege/) \| nypost.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump's account](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/twitter-permanently-suspends-donald-trumps-account/story?id=75143546&__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR2cJQPSB25rwVCIWrgMeVfozjlctRmQutiXpqlgVebve22Gh1Ep1SRVKvw) \| abcnews.go.com\n[Twitter permanently bans President Trump](https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/trump-banned-from-twitter/) \| techcrunch.com\n[Twitter Permanently Bans President Donald Trump’s Account](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/twitter-permanently-suspends-donald-trump-from-social-network) \| bloomberg.com\n[Trump Is Permanently Suspended From Twitter](https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdq7y/trump-is-permanently-suspended-from-twitter) \| vice.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account for 'risk of further incitement of violence'](https://abc7ny.com/politics/twitter-permanently-suspends-trumps-account/9476538/) \| abc7ny.com\n[Twitter Permanently suspends Trump’s Twitter account](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-permanently-suspends-trumps-account-232505240.html) \| finance.yahoo.com\n[Trump permanently banned from Twitter](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/facebook-bans-trump-through-biden-inauguration-maybe-longer/2659262/) \| nbcphiladelphia.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account](https://www.reuters.com/article/BigStory12/idUSKBN29D355) \| reuters.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump's account](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/twitter-permanently-suspends-donald-trumps-account/story?id=75143546&cmd) \| abcnews.go.com\n[Twitter bans President Trump's account - CNN](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/08/tech/trump-twitter-ban/index.html?__twitter_impression=true) \| amp.cnn.com\n[Twitter permanently bans Trump](http://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/1/8/22218753/twitter-bans-trump-permanently-realdonaldtrump) \| theverge.com\n[Twitter Permanently Suspends President Donald Trump](https://news.yahoo.com/twitter-permanently-suspends-president-donald-232500236.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca) \| news.yahoo.com\n[Twitter permanently bans Trump](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/twitter-bans-trump-permanently/?__twitter_impression=true&s=09&) \| cbsnews.com\n[Twitter Has Permanently Banned President Donald Trump](https://buzzfeed.com/scottlucas/twitter-bans-trump) \| buzzfeed.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-twitter/twitter-permanently-suspends-trumps-account-idUSKBN29D355?feedType=mktg&feedName=topNews&WT.mc_id=Partner-Google) \| reuters.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account for 'risk of further incitement of violence'](https://abc7chicago.com/trump-twitter-bans-banned-from-realdonaldtrump/9476538) \| abc7chicago.com\n[Twitter bans Trump, citing ‘risk of further incitement of violence’](https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/twitter-bans-trump-citing-risk-of-further-incitement-of-violence/) \| ktla.com\n[Trump Twitter account permanently suspended](https://www.local10.com/news/national/2021/01/08/trump-twitter-account-permanently-suspended/) \| local10.com\n[Twitter permanently bans Trump](https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/8/22218753/twitter-bans-trump-permanently-realdonaldtrump) \| theverge.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump](https://wkow.com/2021/01/08/twitter-permanently-bans-trumps-personal-account/) \| wkow.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump’s account after petition from hundreds of employees](https://www.inquirer.com/business/technology/donald-trump-twitter-jack-dorsey-20210108.html) \| inquirer.com\n[Donald Trump Permanently Suspended On Twitter [AP]](https://apnews.com/article/f41b11060d7703e3a3136ddb5eefa055) \| apnews.com\n[Donald Trump has been kicked off of Twitter](https://www.engadget.com/donald-trump-banned-from-twitter-232502274.html) \| engadget.com\n[Twitter permanently removes Trump's account because of 'risk of further incitement of violence'](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-09/us-politics-live-updates-donald-trump-nuclear-codes/13043904) \| abc.net.au\n[Twitter permanently bans Trump](https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/8/22218753/twitter-bans-trump-permanently-realdonaldtrumpn) \| theverge.com\n[Donald Trump permanently banned from Twitter](https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/donald-trump-permanently-banned-from-twitter-20210109-p56suo.html) \| smh.com.au\n[Twitter bans President Trump permanently](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/tech/trump-twitter-ban/) \| cnn.com\n[Donald Trump’s Twitter account suspended permanently](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/8/22221558/donald-trump-twitter-suspend) \| chicago.suntimes.com\n[Twitter Suspends Donald Trump's Account](https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/twitter-just-permanently-suspended-donald-trump/) \| lawandcrime.com\n[Trump permanently suspended from Twitter after Capitol siege](https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/trump-permanently-suspended-from-twitter-after-capitol-siege/amp/?__twitter_impression=true) \| nypost.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump's account](https://www.wqad.com/article/news/nation-world/twitter-permanently-suspends-president-donald-trumps-account/507-826f990e-4255-4ffd-84b1-06fa803f9b6d?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot) \| wqad.com\n[Twitter permanently bans Trump](https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/01/08/breaking-news/the-latest-biden-says-2nd-trump-impeachment-up-to-congress/) \| staradvertiser.com\n[Twitter Permanently Bans Trump After Years Of Aggressive, Violent Rhetoric On Platform](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-twitter-ban_n_5ff733bbc5b61a92a8c08b8c) \| huffpost.com\n[Donald Trump permanently suspended from Twitter over 'risk of further incitement of violence'](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-permanently-suspended-from-twitter-over-risk-of-further-incitement-of-violence-12182928) \| news.sky.com\n[Trump Is Permanently Booted From Twitter After Capitol Riot](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-permanently-booted-from-twitter-after-capitol-riot) \| thedailybeast.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account](https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-permanently-suspends-trumps-account/) \| cnet.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/533439-twitter-permanently-suspends-trump) \| thehill.com\n[Donald Trump has finally earned a permaban from Twitter](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/twitter-permanently-bans-donald-trumps-account-from-the-platform/) \| arstechnica.com\n[Twitter suspended President Donald Trump's account permanently](https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suspended-president-donald-trumps-account-permanently-2021-1?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=referral) \| businessinsider.com\n[Twitter Permanently Bans Donald Trump](https://variety.com/2021/politics/news/twitter-bans-donald-trump-1234881689/) \| variety.com\n[House Democrat probing any 'inside' support from police amid Capitol riot](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533438-house-democrat-probing-any-inside-support-from-police-amid-capitol-riots) \| thehill.com\n[This Is a Jefferson Davis Charge the Democrats Have Leveled Against Donald Trump](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35166726/house-democrats-impeach-trump-incitement-to-insurrection/) \| esquire.com\n[Twitter Says It Permanently Banned Trump](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2021/01/twitter-says-it-permanently-banned-trump.html#click=https://t.co/6sbNEYZn2y) \| nymag.com\n[Twitter Has Banned President Donald Trump](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/scottlucas/twitter-has-banned-president-donald-trump) \| buzzfeednews.com\n[Reddit bans forum dedicated to supporting Trump, and Twitter permanently suspends his allies who spread conspiracy theories.](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/reddit-bans-forum-dedicated-to-supporting-trump-and-twitter-permanently-suspends-his-allies-who-spread-conspiracy-theories.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Twitter 'Permanently' Suspends Donald Trump's Account to Prevent 'Further Incitement of Violence'](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/twitter-permanently-suspends-donald-trump-account-prevent-further-incitement-violence-1112096/) \| rollingstone.com\n[Trump’s twitter permanently suspended](https://www.wric.com/news/politics/trumps-twitter-permanently-suspended/) \| wric.com\n[Twitter Bans President Donald Trump](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/scottlucas/twitter-bans-trump?ref=bfnsplash) \| buzzfeednews.com\n[Trump's Twitter Permanently Suspended](https://www.10tv.com/amp/article/news/nation-world/twitter-permanently-suspends-president-donald-trumps-account/507-826f990e-4255-4ffd-84b1-06fa803f9b6d) \| 10tv.com\n[Twitter Permanently Bans President Donald Trump](https://www.kusi.com/twitter-permanently-bans-president-donald-trump/) \| kusi.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump from platform](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/twitter-bans-trump-permanently-1.5867020) \| cbc.ca\n[Twitter permanently bans Trump, citing ‘risk of further incitement of violence’](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-twitter-permanently-suspends-trump-from-its-platform-citing-risk-of/) \| theglobeandmail.com\n[Twitter bans President Trump](https://www.axios.com/twitter-ban-trump-4242dbe6-f456-46fd-8bfe-d43b94ef9f07.html) \| axios.com\n[Trump Twitter Suspended](http://washingtonpost.com) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Trump’s Twitter account suspended indefinitely amidst accusations of inciting a riot and insurrection](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/business/dealbook/trump-facebook-twitter-deplatforming.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Twitter Permanently Bans Donald Trump](https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-bans-donald-trump-1234881689/) \| variety.com\n[Donald Trump permanently banned from Twitter](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-twitter-ban-permanent-b1784743.html#Echobox=1610148624) \| independent.co.uk\n[President Donald Trump permanently suspended from Twitter after ‘repeated and severe violations’ of policy](https://www.masslive.com/news/2021/01/president-donald-trump-permanently-suspended-from-twitter-after-repeated-and-severe-violations-of-policy.html) \| masslive.com\n[Twitter just suspended Donald Trump permanently](https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2021/01/twitter-suspended-donald-trump-permanently-incitement-violence/) \| motherjones.com\n[Twitter has permanently suspended Trump’s account](https://www.vox.com/recode/22221543/twitter-suspended-trump-account) \| vox.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account to prevent 'further incitement of violence'](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/08/donald-trump-twitter-ban-suspended) \| theguardian.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/01/08/Twitter-permanently-suspends-Trumps-account/9501610150202/) \| upi.com\n[Lawmakers Celebrate The Demise Of Trump’s Twitter Presence](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawmakers-celebrate-trump-twitter-ban_n_5ff8eca7c5b691806c4916cd) \| huffpost.com\n[Now that Trump's twitter account is banned, may we never forget his greatest argument #FuckFaceVonClownStick (video in article, too)](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-donald-trump-twitter-war_n_5819a04fe4b0f96eba96e507) \| huffpost.com\n[Joy Reid: Twitter is shutting Trump ‘the hell up’ with permanent suspension](https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/joy-reid-twitter-is-shutting-trump-the-hell-up-with-permanent-suspension-99174469676) \| msnbc.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account for 'risk of further incitement of violence](https://abc7chicago.com/trump-twitter-bans-banned-from-realdonaldtrump/9476538/) \| abc7chicago.com\n[Democrats push to impeach Trump as Twitter permanently suspends his account](https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/01/08/democrats-push-to-impeach-trump-as-twitter-permanently-suspends-his-account/amp/) \| bostonherald.com\n[Trump tried tweeting from the official POTUS account despite Twitter's ban, but the tweets were immediately removed](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tweets-from-potus-account-after-suspension-they-got-deleted-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Trump suggests building own platform after Twitter ban](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/533455-trump-suggests-building-own-platform-after-twitter-ban) \| thehill.com\n[Democrats plan impeachment and Twitter deletes Trump's account after Capitol chaos](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/democrats-plan-impeachment-and-twitter-deletes-trumps-account-after-capitol-chaos-idUSKBN29D1J8) \| reuters.com\n[Twitter deletes new Trump tweets from official account after banning him](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-statement/trump-says-he-will-look-at-creating-his-own-platform-after-twitter-ban-idUSKBN29E029) \| reuters.com\n[Trump Says He Will Look at Creating His Own Platform After Twitter Ban](https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2021-01-08/trump-says-he-will-look-at-creating-his-own-platform-after-twitter-ban) \| usnews.com\n[President Trump responds to Twitter account ban in tweet storm from @POTUS account](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-responds-twitter-account-015555288.html) \| finance.yahoo.com\n[Twitter boots prominent Trump allies in QAnon crackdown](https://www.reuters.com/article/BigStory12/idUSKBN29D30A) \| reuters.com\n[Trump Takes to POTUS Account After Twitter Ban, Gets Removed](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-uses-official-potus-account-to-rail-against-twitter-and-radical-left-after-ban) \| thedailybeast.com\n[Rep. Barr 'outraged' by President Trump's Twitter ban](https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/rep-barr-outraged-by-president-trumps-twitter-ban) \| lex18.com\n[‘Orwell’s 1984’: Trump allies slam Twitter over president's suspension](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/trump-twitter-suspension-allies-456750) \| politico.com\n[In post about why it banned Trump, Twitter warned that it has seen discussion of 'secondary attack' on the US Capitol on January 17](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tweets-understood-as-encouragement-to-commit-violence-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Donald Trump subverts Twitter ban via @POTUS account and gets deleted again](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-subverts-twitter-ban-via-potus-account-gets-deleted-again-1560197) \| newsweek.com\n[Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account @TeamTrump for violating its rules](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-twitter-campaign/twitter-suspends-trumps-campaign-account-teamtrump-for-violating-its-rules-idUSKBN29E04T) \| reuters.com\n[Lindsey Graham: Banning Trump from Twitter was a ‘serious mistake’](https://www.wavy.com/news/politics/lindsey-graham-banning-trump-from-twitter-was-a-serious-mistake/) \| wavy.com\n[Trump went 'ballistic' after being tossed off Twitter](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/trump-reacts-to-twitter-ban-456785) \| politico.com\n[Can Donald Trump Survive Without Twitter?](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/trump-twitter-ban.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage) \| nytimes.com\n[ACLU raises concerns amid Twitter's ban of Trump](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/8/aclu-raises-concerns-amid-trump-twitter-ban/) \| washingtontimes.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends president as impeachment articles drawn up – follow live](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-latest-twitter-ban-election-riots-b1784284.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[President Trump responds to Twitter account ban in tweet storm from @POTUS account](https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/president-trump-responds-to-twitter-account-ban-in-tweet-storm-from-potus-account/) \| techcrunch.com\n[Trump tries to tweet from @POTUS account after suspension, Twitter hits delete](https://www.nj.com/news/2021/01/trump-tries-to-tweet-from-potus-account-twitter-hits-delete.html) \| nj.com\n[Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account @TeamTrump for violating its rules](https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-trump-twitter-campaign/twitter-suspends-trumps-campaign-account-teamtrump-for-violating-its-rules-idUSFWN2JJ13O) \| reuters.com\n[Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account @TeamTrump for violating its rules](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-twitter-campaign-idUSKBN29E04T) \| reuters.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account, cites 'incitement of violence' risk](https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-trump-twitter-int/twitter-permanently-suspends-trumps-account-cites-incitement-of-violence-risk-idUSKBN29D357) \| reuters.com\n[Daines demands Twitter reinstate Trump's account](https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-news/daines-demands-twitter-reinstate-trumps-account) \| ktvq.com\n[Squad member compares Trump Twitter ban to capture of Saddam Hussein](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/squad-bowman-trump-saddam-hussein) \| foxnews.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account, cites 'incitement of violence' risk](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-twitter/twitter-permanently-suspends-trumps-account-cites-incitement-of-violence-risk-idUSKBN29D355?il=0) \| reuters.com\n[After Inciting Deadly Invasion of US Capitol, Twitter Permanently Suspends @realDonaldTrump - After years of resisting suspension demands, the social media company said that the move was \"due to the risk of further incitement of violence.\"](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/08/after-inciting-deadly-invasion-us-capitol-twitter-permanently-suspends) \| commondreams.org\n[People Memed Twitter's Donald Trump Ban Into Oblivion](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/twitter-donald-trump-ban-reaction-memes) \| buzzfeednews.com\n[Twitter deletes new Trump tweets on @POTUS, suspends campaign account](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29E02H?il=0) \| reuters.com\n[Rush Limbaugh deactivates his Twitter account after President Trump permanently banned](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/08/rush-limbaugh-leaves-twitter-following-trump-ban/6605864002/) \| usatoday.com\n[Twitter bans Donald Trump, permanently](https://www.vox.com/recode/22221543/twitter-suspended-trump-account-permanent-ban) \| vox.com\n[Twitter Suspends Trump’s Digital Director for Allowing Him to Use His Account](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/twitter-suspends-trump-digital-director-044456645.html) \| yahoo.com\n[Not Easy, Not Unreasonable, Not Censorship: The Decision To Ban Trump From Twitter](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210108/17022646023/not-easy-not-unreasonable-not-censorship-decision-to-ban-trump-twitter.shtml) \| techdirt.com\n[An isolated Trump, cut off from Twitter, faces a new drive for impeachment](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/an-isolated-trump-cut-off-from-twitter-faces-a-new-drive-for-impeachment-idUSKBN29E0AF) \| reuters.com\n[Trump is banned from Twitter](https://www.newsmax.com/t/finance/article/1004753?section=streettalk&keywords=facebook-twitter-google-ban&year=2021&month=01&date=08&id=1004753&oref=www.google.com) \| newsmax.com\n[Twitter permanently bans President Trump..](https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/trump-banned-from-twitter) \| techcrunch.com\n[Trump has lost Twitter, his biggest political megaphone. Now what? Trump’s banishment is likely to further enrage an already volatile president, but many hailed the move as a long overdue milestone](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/08/trump-has-lost-twitter-his-biggest-political-megaphone-now-what) \| theguardian.com\n[Rudy Giuliani Self-Owns With A Question After Donald Trump’s Twitter Ban](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-question_n_5ff96b9dc5b691806c4949b7) \| huffpost.com\n[Twitter Permanently Banning Donald Trump Is 'Absolute Authoritarian Lunacy'](https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/01/08/twitter-bans-trump-n2582848) \| townhall.com\n[Trump went 'ballistic' and 'scrambled' to figure out what to do next after having his Twitter account banned, senior administration official says](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-went-ballistic-after-having-his-twitter-suspended-report-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Trump Twitter ban: Sacha Baron Cohen calls it ‘most important moment in history of social media’ ‘The entire world thanks you,’ overjoyed Borat star said](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/trump-twitter-ban-sacha-baron-cohen-b1784808.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Trump’s existential threat: How to keep GOP in line without Twitter](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/donald-trump-twitter-existential-gop-456792) \| politico.com\n[Conservatives flee to Parler following Twitter's permanent suspension of Trump](https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-join-parler-twitter-trump-ban) \| foxnews.com\n[Trump Tweets from POTUS Account amid Permanent Suspension, Twitter Quickly Deletes Messages](https://people.com/politics/trump-tweets-from-potus-account-amid-permanent-suspension-twitter-quickly-deletes-messages/) \| people.com\n[Twitter suspends French MP for impersonating Donald Trump](https://www.politico.eu/article/twitter-suspends-french-mp-for-impersonating-donald-trump/) \| politico.eu\n[Nov. 8 Highlights: Pelosi calls for Trump's resignation or face impeachment, Twitter bans him](https://www.yahoo.com/news/nov-8-highlights-pelosi-calls-135817281.html) \| yahoo.com\n[Why ban of @realDonaldTrump proves Twitter not ‘just a platform’. Some of Trump’s tweets were untrue and incendiary, but so are the Ayatollah Khamenei’s. His account is still up. The difference is Twitter is run by American liberals, who only really police one type of person](https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/why-ban-of-realdonaldtrump-proves-twitter-not-just-a-platform/) \| nypost.com\n[Rangers' Tony DeAngelo throws tantrum after Twitter bans Donald Trump](https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/rangers-tony-de-angelo-throws-tantrum-after-twitter-bans-donald-trump-013126739.html) \| ca.sports.yahoo.com\n[Twitter takes Trump's special power away as his isolation grows](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/politics/donald-trump-loses-twitter-special-power/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[Twitter warns of new violence to come, brewing again on social media, as reason for Trump ban](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/trump-twitter-protests) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Trump goes “ballistic” after Twitter ban, says he’s looking at creating own platform.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/trump-ballistic-twitter-ban-creating-own-platform.html) \| slate.com\n[Report: Trump ‘Ballistic’ After Twitter Permanently Suspends Him](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/report-trump-ballistic-after-twitter-permanently-suspends-him) \| talkingpointsmemo.com\n[Twitter bans accounts for Trump campaign, digital director](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/533479-twitter-bans-accounts-for-trump-campaign-digital-director) \| thehill.com\n[Trump May Have Encouraged 'Violent Acts' at Biden's Inauguration, Warns Twitter](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-may-have-encouraged-violent-acts-biden-inauguration-1560242) \| newsweek.com\n[Hillary Clinton dunks on Trump with checkmark tweet after president's Twitter ban](https://www.foxnews.com/media/hillary-clinton-dunks-on-trump-following-twitter-ban.amp) \| foxnews.com\n[Twitter defends blocking Trump tweets but not Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei](https://nypost.com/2020/07/29/twitter-defends-blocking-trump-tweets-but-not-irans-ayatollah-khamenei/?utm_source=url_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons) \| nypost.com\n[Trump supporters ditch Twitter en masse after president's suspension](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fans-ditch-twitter-en-masse-after-presidents-suspension) \| foxnews.com\n[Trump fans ditch Twitter en masse after president’s suspension](https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/trump-fans-leave-twitter-after-presidents-suspension/) \| nypost.com\n[Hey, Twitter, Are You Sure About This? -- Trump’s ban from the platform is the latest battle in a 50-year war over media filters.](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/09/trump-twitter-are-you-sure-456794) \| politico.com\n['Hang Mike Pence' trends on Twitter after platform suspends Trump for risk of 'incitement of violence'](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitter-trending-hang-mike-pence) \| foxnews.com\n[Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account](https://news.yahoo.com/twitter-suspends-donald-trumps-account-234321450.html) \| news.yahoo.com\n[Donald Trump is trying (and failing) to get around Twitter's ban](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-banned-from-twitter-again-024724093.html) \| finance.yahoo.com\n[Twitter allows ‘Hang Mike Pence’ to trend hours after Trump banned for inciting violence.](https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/twitter-allows-hang-mike-pence-to-trend-hours-after-trump-ban/) \| nypost.com\n[Twitter warns of new violence to come, brewing again on social media, as reason for Trump ban](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/trump-twitter-protests/?outputType=amp) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Hillary Clinton Trolls Donald Trump Over Twitter Ban With A Single Emoji](https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ff959fcc5b63642b6fbebb2) \| m.huffpost.com\n[WRAPUP 2-Banished by Twitter, an isolated Trump faces looming impeachment threat](https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump/wrapup-2-banished-by-twitter-an-isolated-trump-faces-looming-impeachment-threat-idUSL1N2JK0CJ) \| reuters.com\n[Pompeo, Cruz and other Trump allies condemn Twitter's ban on president](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/533486-pompeo-cruz-and-other-trump-allies-condemn-twitters-ban-on-president) \| thehill.com\n['Hang Mike Pence' trends on Twitter after platform suspends Trump for risk of 'incitement of violence'](https://www.fox5dc.com/news/hang-mike-pence-trends-on-twitter-after-platform-suspends-trump-for-risk-of-incitement-of-violence) \| fox5dc.com\n[Trump news – live: Twitter ban sees Republicans rage as furious Pence ‘not speaking’ with president](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-twitter-ban-latest-impeachment-republicans-nuclear-b1784823.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[In Pulling Trump’s Megaphone, Twitter Shows Where Power Now Lies](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/technology/trump-twitter-ban.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Donald Trump Jr. says 'the world is laughing at America' as he rails against his dad's Twitter ban, saying 'free speech is dead'](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-jr-free-speech-is-dead-controlled-by-leftist-overlords-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Brit Hume: Twitter's reasons for banning Trump are 'pure editorial judgments'](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/brit-hume-twitters-reasons-for-banning-trump-are-pure-editorial-judgments) \| foxnews.com\n[Trump joins short list of banned Twitter accounts, including Nazis, terrorists and former advisers](https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/trump-joins-short-list-of-banned-twitter-accounts-including-nazis-terrorists-and-former-advisers-1.5260039) \| ctvnews.ca\n[Lindsey Graham calls Twitter's Trump ban a mistake: 'Ayatollah can tweet, but Trump can’t'](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lindsey-graham-twitters-trump-ban-ayatollah) \| foxnews.com\n[Parler jumps to No. 1 on App Store after Facebook and Twitter ban Trump](https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/09/parler-jumps-to-no-1-on-app-store-after-facebook-and-twitter-bans/amp/) \| techcrunch.com\n[Parler jumps to No. 1 on App Store after Facebook and Twitter ban Trump](https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/09/parler-jumps-to-no-1-on-app-store-after-facebook-and-twitter-bans/) \| techcrunch.com\n[Trump Twitter: Republicans and Democrats split over freedom of speech](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/09/trump-twitter-republicans-democrats) \| theguardian.com\n[Can Twitter Legally Bar Trump? The First Amendment Says Yes](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/first-amendment-free-speech.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage) \| nytimes.com\n[Trump goes ‘ballistic’ over Twitter ban as it emerges president wanted to march to Capitol with supporters](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-twitter-ban-jared-kushner-capitol-riots-b1784959.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1610233382) \| independent.co.uk\n[Twitter engages in game of whack-a-mole as Donald Trump tries to tweet from other accounts after ban](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/twitter-engages-in-game-of-whack-a-mole-as-donald-trump-tries-to-tweet-from-other-accounts-after-ban) \| sbs.com.au" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/LetsNotMeet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I Met a Potential Serial Killer in His Home for Work\n#####\nTL;DR: I met who I believed to be a POTENTIAL serial killer in his home while working when I lived in VA, and the only reason I’m sure he didn’t kill me was because I lied and told him my boss knew my exact location when truthfully, my boss would not have noticed I was missing for 24 hours. Posted this in another sub, and I’m making appropriate edits over here.\n\nThis is a long one, bear with me. Two years ago, I was working for a company as a person who measures houses. Most people haven’t heard of it. It’s where you essentially have an iPad and you go to people’s homes and draw up floor plans and measure rooms for carpet/hardwood flooring projects. Anyone can request one. I was 25f at the time, one of the few females that work this position. I was actually really good at the job, so they gave me A LOT of work and I usually hit between 10-14 houses a day driving all over multiple towns. \n\nThis house was my last house of the day, in the middle of nowhere, and I was exhausted. When I got there, I was incredibly annoyed because the customer wasn’t home and was late for his appointment. Ten minutes later, he pulls up next to my car. He was a middle aged man, balding, wearing a normal office job attire with a tie and everything. He seemed a bit awkward, but was apologetic and let me into his home. Upon entering, the house was unbelievably spotless and organized. Minimal furniture, and smelled like cleaning supplies. It didn’t strike me as odd at first. He had two cats lounging in the living room. \n\nHe first started acting weird as I was directed to the first bedroom. He mentioned, “Wow, my cats love you! They don’t take to strangers like this usually.” But his cats literally didn’t move or come near me the whole time. I just nodded and smiled while I got to work scaling out the master bedroom on my iPad. He started inquiring about the electronics I was using. \n\n“Do they keep track of where you are on that thing?” Immediate red flag. \n\n“Yes! And my boss knows how long each job should take based on the scope of work. It’s incredible technology!” I lied without missing a beat. He agreed it was “amazing.” \n\n“Be careful! Don’t touch the gun on the nightstand. It might go off!” He chuckled. Talk about immediate spine chill. I looked up from my iPad and sure enough, there was a handgun on the nightstand. I knew instantly that I needed to behave like NOTHING that was happening was triggering alarms for me. He directed me to the second bedroom, and he said the exact same thing. Warning me of a gun on the nightstand, that indeed was there. This was the moment I knew I was in danger. At first I thought it was just my anxiety around guns, but at this point the tension building between us was undeniable. \n\nThere were only two bedrooms on the scope of work. I hastily met up with him I’m the kitchen and began running down the next steps. But he interrupted me, “Could you measure the basement stairs? I forgot to add them to the list, and I think I might want to carpet them in the future.” My heart dropped, but my stupid customer service conditioned brain could not figure out how to get away with saying no. He led me to the basement door, and, you guys, there is NO WAY he was planning on doing anything with these stairs. They were plank wooden stairs, L shaped going down leading to an unfinished basement. \n\nUnfortunately, in order to get an accurate measure, I had to walk all the way down them to the basement. Meanwhile, he stood blocking the doorway with a smile on his face, mentioning AGAIN about whether or not my boss knew where I was to which I shortly replied yes. Once I got to the basement, I scanned the room quickly. There was not one, but SEVEN deep freezers lining the walls. In the middle of the room was a lit low hanging ceiling light, revealing an old television set, VHS tapes scattered on the floor, and an old recliner facing the tv. Behind the set, two white shelves full of VHS tapes. \n\nIn this moment, I knew one of two things was going to happen. He was either going to let me go, or he was going to push me down the fucking stairs. I held my breath, put a smile on my face in an attempt to act my way out of this situation, and began to climb the stairs. All I could hear was my heartbeat in my ears. He was still blocking the door, no smile this time. As I got to about the fifth stair from the top, I felt him hesitate, which made me hesitate as well. You could cut the tension with a KNIFE and I finally understood that expression. To my absolute shock and relief, after 4 seconds, he stepped aside. \n\nI made a b-line towards the front door, not saying a word when he stopped me AGAIN saying, “Oh before you go, won’t you give my cats a treat? They loved you so much!” He was holding a bag of cat treats. I quickly gave his cats a treat, thanked him, and practically ran out of the house, and definitely ran to my car. The second I got out of his driveway, I had the most intense panic attack and cried. I tried to call my boss, but I was in a dead zone. \n\nThe truth of the matter, is that my boss would not have noticed I was missing for at least 24 hours when I didn’t route my day the next workday. Yes, he would have eventually been caught as it was my last known location, but I would’ve been long dead. I suffered PTSD over this experience, I couldn’t sleep for a week. I was petrified to work my job, but had no choice. This day still haunts me. \n\nThe worst part, I was so fucked up, jumbled, and in denial over the experience, I forgot to write down his address.\n\nEDIT: Okay so I thought this was a sub for true accounts? I’m not sure why a lot of people are doubting the story. Here are some additional facts about that day to answer the most common questions I’m getting tired of repeatedly answering in the comments. \n\nOnce I finally did get a hold of my boss, she mostly laughed off the situation as him being “some weirdo.” Nonetheless, she did tell me she would “flag” him so that I specifically would not be resent out to his house if there was a need for a re-measure. At the time, I felt like that was all there was to be done so I didn’t write down the address before it disappeared on my iPad because I felt I didn’t need to/did not really think to. A couple months later, I did try to find the information because I started feeling like maybe I should inform the police, but no matter who I called, since I was not sure of the exact day, I could not get the info. Additionally, I was working 40 hours a week hitting 10-14 houses a day. No way could I look in my Waze history to find the address after a couple months. For what it’s worth, once I was out of the dead zone I also called my bf and immediately went to his house for comfort. He witnessed the immediate aftermath. All my friends have known this experience, and I was encouraged to write it here after a recent conversation about it. Thanks for reading, and thank you to everyone with the kind words of encouragement, I wish I could respond to all of you!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The night before a day off work is way better then the actual day off.\n#####\nStaying up late feeling like you got all the time in the world the night before a day off is 10x better than the actual day off where you need to be asleep by a certain time to get up for work the next day" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "My husband believes running pizza under water to cool it down is acceptable\n#####\nPretty much what the title says. Not my opinion, but my husband’s. In college my husband and I would make oven pizzas and he would run his slices under the water fountain to cool it down faster. He says it didn’t change the taste and was still good.\n\nEdit: I’ve gotten a lot of accusations that this is fake/karma whoring. My brother that lives with us took a video on Snapchat at dinner tonight, so you may all feast your eyes on water pizza. \n[water pizza](https://imgur.com/a/MH9McIw)" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/progun." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Indisputable American gun violence evidence\n#####\nI want to make sure every has this info.\n\n\n\nThe ACTUAL facts about gun violence in America:\n\nThere are about 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, this number is not disputed. (1)\n\nU.S. population 328 million as of January 2018. (2)\n\nDo the math: 0.00915% of the population dies from gun related actions each year.\n\nStatistically speaking, this is insignificant. It's not even a rounding error.\n\nWhat is not insignificant, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths:\n\n• 22,938 (76%) are by suicide which can't be prevented by gun laws (3)\n\n• 987 (3%) are by law enforcement, thus not relevant to Gun Control discussion. (4)\n\n• 489 (2%) are accidental (5)\n\nSo no, \"gun violence\" isn't 30,000 annually, but rather 5,577... 0.0017% of the population.\n\nStill too many? Let's look at location:\n\n298 (5%) - St Louis, MO (6)\n\n327 (6%) - Detroit, MI (6)\n\n328 (6%) - Baltimore, MD (6)\n\n764 (14%) - Chicago, IL (6)\n\nThat's over 30% of all gun crime. In just 4 cities.\n\nThis leaves 3,856 for for everywhere else in America... about 77 deaths per state. Obviously some States have higher rates than others\n\nYes, 5,577 is absolutely horrific, but let's think for a minute...\n\nBut what about other deaths each year?\n\n70,000+ die from a drug overdose (7)\n\n49,000 people die per year from the flu (8)\n\n37,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities (9)\n\nNow it gets interesting:\n\n250,000+ people die each year from preventable medical errors. (10)\n\nYou are safer in Chicago than when you are in a hospital!\n\n610,000 people die per year from heart disease (11)\n\nEven a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save about twice the number of lives annually of all gun-related deaths (including suicide, law enforcement, etc.).\n\nA 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides.\n\nSimple, easily preventable, 10% reductions!\n\nWe don't have a gun problem... We have a political agenda and media sensationalism problem.\n\nHere are some statistics about defensive gun use in the U.S. as well.\n\nhttps://www.nap.edu/read/18319/chapter/3#14\n\nPage 15:\n\nAlmost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million (Kleck, 2001a), in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008 (BJS, 2010).\n\nThat's a minimum 500,000 incidents/assaults deterred, if you were to play devil's advocate and say that only 10% of that low end number is accurate, then that is still more than the number of deaths, even including the suicides.\n\nOlder study, 1995:\n\nhttps://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6853&context=jclc\n\nPage 164\n\nThe most technically sound estimates presented in Table 2 are those based on the shorter one-year recall period that rely on Rs' first-hand accounts of their own experiences (person-based estimates). These estimates appear in the first two columns. They indicate that each year in the U.S. there are about 2.2 to 2.5 million DGUs of all types by civilians against humans, with about 1.5 to 1.9 million of the incidents involving use of handguns.\n\nr/dgu is a great sub to pay attention to, when you want to know whether or not someone is defensively using a gun\n\n——sources——\n\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf\n\nhttps://everytownresearch.org/firearm-suicide/\n\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhamcs/web_tables/2015_ed_web_tables.pdf\n\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/?tid=a_inl_manual\n\nhttps://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-accidental-gun-deaths-20180101-story.html\n\nhttps://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/11/13/cities-with-the-most-gun-violence/ (stats halved as reported statistics cover 2 years, single year statistics not found)\n\nhttps://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates\n\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/faq.htm\n\nhttps://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812603\n\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html\n\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/politics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Megathread: House Votes to Impeach President Donald J. Trump for Incitement of Insurrection\n#####\nThe U.S. House of Representatives voted today to impeach President Donald J. Trump for Incitement of Insurrection. The vote saw 10 Republican members of Congress vote in favor of impeachment, along with all 222 Democrats. \n\nThis is the first time that a US President has been impeached twice during their presidency. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has stated that he does not plan on reconvening the Senate prior to January 19th, making it likely that the impeachment trial will take place during the beginning of President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s administration.\n\n---\n\n##Submissions that may interest you\n\nSUBMISSION \| DOMAIN\n---\|----\n[A House majority, including several Republicans, votes to impeach Trump for “incitement of insurrection”](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/us/trump-impeachment-vote-house.html) \| nytimes.com\n[House reaches threshold to impeach Trump for second time after he incited Capitol riot](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/house-vote-impeachment/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[Majority of House votes to impeach Trump for inciting deadly Capitol riot](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/13/house-to-impeach-trump-for-inciting-capitol-riot.html) \| cnbc.com\n[House records enough votes to impeach Trump for 2nd time](https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2021/01/13/trump-on-verge-of-2nd-impeachment-after-capitol-siege/) \| local10.com\n[Congressman Meijer will vote to impeach Trump for inciting Capitol riots](https://www.mlive.com/politics/2021/01/congressman-meijer-will-vote-to-impeach-trump-for-inciting-capitol-riots.html?utm_campaign=mlivedotcom_sf&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social) \| mlive.com\n[U.S. House poised to impeach Trump for second time; McConnell spurns immediate trial](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/u-s-house-charges-toward-trump-impeachment-as-some-republicans-join-effort-idUSKBN29I190?edition-redirect=ca) \| reuters.com\n['Fascist-Enabling Coward': McConnell Declines to Reconvene Senate for Trial as House Moves to Impeach Trump](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/13/fascist-enabling-coward-mcconnell-declines-reconvene-senate-trial-house-moves) \| commondreams.org\n[House votes to impeach President Donald Trump for second time following Capitol riot](https://www.boston25news.com/news/house-votes-impeach-president-donald-trump-second-time-following-capitol-riot/U74WTH44BFED7LFQACD33DQBJA/) \| boston25news.com\n[Majority in US House has voted to impeach President Trump for incitement of insurrection; voting still underway](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/majority-in-us-house-has-voted-to-impeach-president-trump-for-incitement-of-insurrection-voting-still-underway/2021/01/13/d4e5d92a-55e5-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[House votes to impeach, Trump becomes only president impeached](https://apnews.com/article/trump-impeachment-vote-capitol-siege-0a6f2a348a6e43f27d5e1dc486027860) \| apnews.com\n[LIVE COVERAGE: House votes to impeach Trump after Capitol insurrection](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533981-live-coverage-house-to-vote-to-impeach-trump-after-capitol-insurrection?amp) \| thehill.com\n[Majority of U.S. House members vote to impeach Trump a second time](https://fortune.com/2021/01/13/trump-impeached-second-time-first-in-history-house-vote-gop-democrats-senate-trial/) \| fortune.com\n[Majority of House votes to impeach Trump after U.S. Capitol siege](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/majority-of-house-votes-to-impeach-trump-after-u-s-capitol-siege-idUSKBN29I2DB) \| reuters.com\n[House Democrats vote to impeach Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection](https://www.salon.com/2021/01/13/house-democrats-vote-to-impeach-donald-trump-for-inciting-an-insurrection/) \| salon.com\n[House votes to impeach Donald Trump; 1st president ever impeached twice](https://wqow.com/2021/01/13/house-votes-to-impeach-donald-trump-1st-president-ever-impeached-twice/) \| wqow.com\n[GOP Rep. Peter Meijer: \"I will vote to impeach\"](https://www.fox17online.com/news/politics/gop-rep-peter-meijer-will-vote-to-impeach-trump) \| fox17online.com\n[Majority of House votes to impeach Trump after U.S. Capitol siege](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/house-impeaches-trump-after-u-s-capitol-siege-his-fate-in-senate-hands-idUSKBN29I2DB) \| reuters.com\n[Here are the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump](https://www.axios.com/trump-impeachment-house-republicans-capitol-d092bce6-79f7-415c-a4f1-cbf5b8e86108.html) \| axios.com\n[See historic moment House reaches enough votes to impeach Donald Trump - CNN Video](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/13/house-impeachment-trump-217-votes-capitol-riot-vpx.cnn) \| cnn.com\n[These 10 House Republicans voted to impeach Trump on Wednesday](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/house-republicans-vote-yes-impeachment/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55656385) \| bbc.com\n[Here are the House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534126-here-are-the-house-republicans-who-voted-for-impeachment) \| thehill.com\n[Trump impeached after US Capitol riot; historic second charge](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/america-votes/trump-impeached-after-u-s-capitol-riot-historic-second-charge-1.5264610) \| ctvnews.ca\n[Trump's been impeached again. What's next?](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/senate-impeachment-process-next-steps/index.html?utm_content=2021-01-13T22%3A01%3A07&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social) \| cnn.com\n[House impeaches Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/house-impeachment-trump-458589) \| politico.com\n[The House just made Trump the first president to be impeached twice](https://www.vox.com/2021/1/13/22227519/house-second-impeachment-trump-incitement-insurrection) \| vox.com\n[House impeaches Trump again](https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-impeaches-trump-again-213653397.html) \| yahoo.com\n[Donald Trump Impeached a Second Time in Historic House Vote](https://time.com/5928988/donald-trump-impeached-second-time/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=politics_&linkId=109078784) \| time.com\n[The 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-capitol-attack-214351907.html) \| yahoo.com\n[Trump Smashes Record for Most Presidential Impeachments](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-first-president-impeached-twice-1114139/) \| rollingstone.com\n[Donald Trump impeached for the second time](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-13/us-politics-updates-live-blog-donald-trump-impeachment-vote/13055530) \| abc.net.au\n[Trump impeached for a second time with days left in office; 1st in U.S. history](https://www.pix11.com/news/national-news/trump-impeached-for-a-second-time-with-days-left-in-office-1st-in-u-s-history) \| pix11.com\n[Donald Trump becomes first president to get impeached twice, losing stranglehold on GOP](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-becomes-first-president-get-impeached-twice-losing-stranglehold-gop-1561211) \| newsweek.com\n[Trump Just Got Impeached for Inciting Insurrection](https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5b8wy/trump-just-got-impeached-for-inciting-insurrection?utm_source=vicenewsfacebook&fbclid=IwAR2TvC2TtXRbWKgLuvg2GjfeSBBZ6DPHiqdNoQE_fhQpNBwFLCdOS2hf5ak) \| vice.com\n[House impeaches Trump a second time a week after capitol riots.](https://nypost.com/2021/01/13/house-impeaches-trump-a-second-time-a-week-after-capitol-riots/) \| nypost.com\n[Trump Has Become The First President Ever To Be Impeached Twice, This Time For Inciting A Deadly Insurrection](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/house-votes-impeach-trump-twice-capitol-insurrection) \| buzzfeednews.com\n[Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/13/us/politics/live-stream-house-trump-impeachment.html) \| nytimes.com\n[House impeaches Trump for second time](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-poised-impeach-trump-second-time-incitement-insurrection-n1254051?cid=sm_in) \| nbcnews.com\n[These are the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump](http://www.wspa.com/news/top-stories/these-are-the-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump/) \| wspa.com\n[The Second Impeachment: ‘President Trump Betrayed His Country’](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/opinion/letters/trump-impeachment.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Trump's second impeachment is the most bipartisan in US history](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-second-impeachment-most-bipartisan-in-us-history-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[These Are the Republicans Who Supported Impeaching Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/article/republicans-impeaching-donald-trump.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage) \| nytimes.com\n[Trump impeached for 2nd time for House of Representatives](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN29I2DB) \| reuters.com\n[Trump Becomes First President to Be Impeached Twice](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/trump-becomes-first-president-to-be-impeached-twice.html) \| nymag.com\n[President Trump impeached by bipartisan vote for 'incitement of insurrection' in Capitol siege](https://www.nwitimes.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/president-trump-impeached-by-bipartisan-vote-for-incitement-of-insurrection-in-capitol-siege/article_1e08147b-d325-57ff-bd7d-192f65896a40.html#tracking-source=home-just-in) \| nwitimes.com\n[Trump Officially the First President to Be Impeached Twice](https://lawandcrime.com/impeachment/trump-officially-the-first-president-in-u-s-history-to-be-impeached-twice-this-time-for-inciting-an-insurrection/) \| lawandcrime.com\n[House impeaches Trump again](https://news.yahoo.com/house-impeaches-trump-again-213653397.html) \| news.yahoo.com\n[Trump impeached by House over Capitol riots, becomes first president to face rebuke twice](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-impeaches-president-trump-second-time) \| foxnews.com\n[In Historic House Vote, Only 10 Republicans Join Democrats to Impeach Trump for Inciting Insurrection. \"If Congress had a shred of decency, this impeachment would be unanimous.\"](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/13/historic-house-vote-only-10-republicans-join-democrats-impeach-trump-inciting) \| commondreams.org\n[Led by Cheney, 10 House Republicans back Trump impeachment](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-biden-inauguration-donald-trump-capitol-siege-constitutions-3dba23d0d4306fdefffd2e05bd057148) \| apnews.com\n[These 8 lawmakers voted against Trump's impeachment in 2019, but charged him after Capitol riot](https://www.newsweek.com/these-8-lawmakers-voted-against-trumps-impeachment-2019-charged-him-after-capitol-riot-1561228) \| newsweek.com\n[Trump Impeached for Historic Second Time One Week After Capitol Riot](https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-13/trump-impeached-for-historic-second-time-one-week-after-capitol-riot) \| usnews.com\n[House impeaches Trump for the second time, focus shifts to Senate trial](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-13/house-begins-final-push-to-make-trump-the-only-president-to-be-impeached-twice) \| latimes.com\n[Donald Trump becomes 1st U.S. president to be impeached for a 2nd time](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/house-trump-impeachment-wednesday-1.5871116) \| cbc.ca\n[House impeaches Donald Trump for inciting a bloody insurrection at the US Capitol](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-house-vote-capitol-b1786894.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[The House Has Impeached Donald Trump—Again](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/the-house-has-impeached-donald-trump-again/) \| motherjones.com\n[Donald Trump Impeached for ‘Incitement of Insurrection’ at the Capitol — and 10 Republicans Vote Yes](https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-impeached-a-second-time/) \| people.com\n[President Trump receives most bipartisan impeachment in U.S. history](https://fortune.com/2021/01/13/trump-impeachment-bipartisan-republican-votes/) \| fortune.com\n[House impeaches Trump with 10 Republicans joining, but Senate plans unclear](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-impeachment-trump/2021/01/13/05fe731c-55c5-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Impeachment Results: How Democrats and Republicans Voted](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/13/us/politics/trump-second-impeachment-vote.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Trump becomes first president to be impeached twice](https://www.axios.com/trump-impeached-house-vote-riots-capitol-81212270-23ad-4701-8ed1-1c6ddfe80437.html) \| axios.com\n[Donald Trump becomes first US President to be impeached twice after inciting violence on the Capitol](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/donald-trump-becomes-first-us-president-to-be-impeached-twice-after-inciting-violence-on-the-capitol) \| sbs.com.au\n[Trump has been impeached. What happens now?](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/trump-has-been-impeached-what-happens-now) \| aljazeera.com\n[Here are all of the House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-republicans-voted-impeach-donald-trump/story?id=75235094) \| abcnews.go.com\n[Trump Becomes 1st U.S. President To Be Impeached Twice](https://www.wvik.org/post/trump-becomes-1st-us-president-be-impeached-twice#stream/0) \| wvik.org\n[House Impeaches Trump A 2nd Time, Citing Insurrection At U.S. Capitol](https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/13/956449072/house-impeaches-trump-a-2nd-time-citing-insurrection-at-u-s-capitol?origin=NOTIFY) \| npr.org\n[Donald Trump impeached a second time over mob attack on US Capitol](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/trump-impeached-again-president-history-capitol-attack) \| theguardian.com\n[U.S. House impeaches President Donald Trump for second time](https://www.al.com/news/2021/01/us-house-impeaches-president-donald-trump-for-second-time.html) \| al.com\n[Trump impeached for second time, after Capitol siege](https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/trump-impeachment-vote-house-congress-1.50117846) \| newsday.com\n[Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots.](https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-55656385) \| bbc.com\n[Donald Trump impeached for the 2nd time](https://globalnews.ca/news/7574257/donald-trump-impeached-again/) \| globalnews.ca\n[“A Clear and Present Danger”: Donald Trump Has Been Impeached — Again](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/a-clear-and-present-danger-donald-trump-has-been-impeached-again) \| vanityfair.com\n[The House Impeaches Trump Again, but Most Republicans Stick with Him](https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-house-impeaches-trump-again-but-most-republicans-stick-with-him) \| newyorker.com\n[These are the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump](https://fox8.com/news/these-are-the-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump/) \| fox8.com\n[Trump releases video after being impeached again](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-video-twitter-impeachment-b1786997.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Donald Trump impeached for historic second time over deadly riots at US Capitol](http://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-impeached-for-historic-second-time-over-deadly-riots-at-us-capitol-12186948) \| news.sky.com\n[Donald Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ US Capitol riot](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/donald-trump-impeached-for-inciting-us-capitol-riot) \| aljazeera.com\n[Trump impeached again, but he’s not the only threat to democracy](https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-impeached-again-but-hes-not-the-only-threat-to-democracy/) \| peoplesworld.org\n[Anti-LGBTQ republican says Trump \"will remain in office\" & that's why democrats want to impeach him](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/01/anti-lgbtq-republican-says-trump-will-remain-office-thats-democrats-want-impeach/) \| lgbtqnation.com\n[Donald Trump impeached for ‘incitement’ of mob attack on US Capitol](https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/13/impeachment-live-updates-house-vote-gop-rift-trump-grows/6644827002/) \| freep.com\n[Ten Republicans back Trump impeachment after storming of U.S. Capitol](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-republicans-impeachment-fac/factbox-ten-republicans-back-trump-impeachment-after-storming-of-us-capitol-idUSKBN29I19H) \| reuters.com\n[Impeached — again.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/01/13/trump-impeached-house-after-us-capitol-riot-wednesdays-news/4144863001/) \| usatoday.com\n[Queens man impeached — again](https://queenseagle.com/all/queens-man-impeached-again) \| queenseagle.com\n[Trump is impeached yet again. But most GOP members shrug at sedition.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/13/trump-is-impeached-yet-again-most-gop-members-shrug-sedition/) \| washingtonpost.com\n[These are the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-who-voted-trumps-impeachment) \| foxnews.com\n[Here Are All the Republicans Who Just Voted to Impeach Trump](https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7vqqk/here-are-all-the-republicans-who-just-voted-to-impeach-trump) \| vice.com\n[Mitch McConnell, Senate Ghoul, Will Let Trump Finish His Full Term After Being Impeached Twice](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-impeachment-trial) \| vanityfair.com\n[The House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump and the Senators who might join them](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/house-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-b1786963.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Trump denounces insurrection, after getting impeached over it](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/trump-denounces-capitol-attack-459074) \| politico.com\n[Pelosi signs impeachment articles against Trump for 'incitement of insurrection,' making Trump the first president to be impeached twice](https://www.businessinsider.com/pelosi-signs-article-of-impeachment-against-trump-for-inciting-insurrection-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[McConnell Urged to 'Finish the Job' and Reconvene Senate to Put Twice-Impeached Trump on Trial](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/13/mcconnell-urged-finish-job-and-reconvene-senate-put-twice-impeached-trump-trial) \| commondreams.org\n[U.S. House impeaches Trump for a second time; 10 Republicans vote yes](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/u-s-house-impeaches-trump-for-a-second-time-10-republicans-vote-yes-idUSKBN29I2DB) \| reuters.com\n[5 takeaways as the House impeaches Trump for second time](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/13/takeaways-president-donald-trump-impeachment-house-vote-after-capitol-riot/6655961002/) \| usatoday.com\n[Trump is isolated and angry at aides for failing to defend him as he is impeached again](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-isolated-impeachment/2021/01/13/0595675a-55b6-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[10 House Republicans Explain Why They Voted To Impeach Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-why-impeach-trump_n_5fff8459c5b63642b701a96f) \| huffpost.com\n[As House votes to impeach him, Trump's focus shifts to brand rehabilitation](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/house-votes-impeach-him-trump-s-focus-shifts-brand-rehabilitation-n1254192) \| nbcnews.com\n[PolitiFact - The House impeached Donald Trump over his speech before the Capitol attack. Here’s what happens next](https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/13/house-impeached-donald-trump-over-speech-capitol-a/) \| politifact.com\n[[Local] - Hawaii Reps Impeach Trump While Vowing To Not ‘Live In Fear’ - Honolulu Civil Beat](https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/01/hawaii-reps-impeach-trump-while-vowing-to-not-live-in-fear/) \| civilbeat.org\n[Donald Trump impeached, Again](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/us/politics/impeachment-briefing-trump-is-impeached-again.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Trump impeachment: SC Republican explains his vote to impeach the president](https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2021/01/13/trump-impeachment-not-all-sc-republicans-voted-against-impeachment/4145200001/) \| greenvilleonline.com\n[US House votes to impeach Trump again. One SC Republican crossed party lines](https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article248473665.html) \| thestate.com\n[10 Republicans voted to impeach Trump, 1 is from California](https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Here-are-the-House-Republicans-who-voted-to-15868241.php) \| sfgate.com\n[Opinion - I Want Trump to Face Justice. But the House Shouldn’t Impeach Him.](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/trump-impeachment-tom-reed.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Capitol assault only one reason Trump impeached](https://www.axios.com/trump-impeachment-capitol-riot-a83a4d7c-1f09-4b04-b375-fd30271227f0.html) \| axios.com\n[Rice explains his surprise vote to impeach: 'This utter failure is inexcusable'](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534152-rice-explains-his-surprise-vote-to-impeach-this-utter-failure-is-inexcusable) \| thehill.com\n[Trump Has Been Impeached with a Week to go, What Happens Now](https://www.salon.com/2021/01/13/trump-has-been-impeached-with-a-week-to-go-what-the-hell-happens-now/) \| salon.com\n[Lindsey Graham Frets That Impeaching Trump Could Lead to George Washington’s Zombie Running in 2024 Election Unless Impeached](https://www.thedailybeast.com/lindsey-graham-frets-that-impeaching-trump-could-lead-to-george-washingtons-impeachment) \| thedailybeast.com\n[Trump has told staff not to pay Rudy Giuliani over irritation at being impeached again](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-legal-fees-white-house/) \| cnn.com\n[Trump has told staff not to pay Rudy Giuliani over irritation at being impeached again](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-legal-fees-white-house/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[Did Donald Trump Jr. Tweet That Being Impeached Was 'Deplorable'?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-jr-impeached-deplorable/) \| snopes.com\n[Breaking news and live updates: Mother, three young children found dead at Melbourne home; Man critical after Perth shark attack; House votes to impeach Trump for second time](https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-breaking-news-live-coronavirus-updates-headlines-january-14-2021-trump-impeachment-coronavirus-queensland-hotel-quarantine/22424592-ec07-4539-b20f-2c778596c982) \| 9news.com.au\n[U.S. House impeaches Trump for a second time; 10 Republicans vote yes](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29I2DB) \| reuters.com\n[Trump has told staff not to pay Rudy Giuliani over irritation at being impeached again](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/13/politics/donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-legal-fees-white-house/index.html?__twitter_impression=true) \| amp.cnn.com\n[These Are The 10 Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Trump](https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/956621191/these-are-the-10-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump) \| npr.org\n[The 10 Republicans with a spine who voted to impeach Donald Trump - US news](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/republicans-donald-trump-impeached-house) \| theguardian.com\n[Trump moped alone in 'self-pity mode' at the White House residence as he was impeached for the 2nd time, reports say](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-moped-alone-self-pity-second-impeachment-reports-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[State Republican Parties Blast Members Of GOP Who Voted To Impeach Trump](https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/956714241/state-republican-parties-blast-members-of-gop-who-voted-to-impeach-trump?ft=nprml&f=1001) \| npr.org\n[Trump is impeached, again, with the country even more at war over his presidency](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-is-impeached-again-with-the-country-even-more-at-war-over-his-presidency/2021/01/13/a3ab1526-55e2-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[‘Queens man impeached ― again’: People are enjoying coverage of Trump woes in his hometown paper](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-queens-daily-eagle-b1787233.html) \| independent.co.uk" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Not learning (or worse, not teaching your kids) to swim is one of the absolute stupidest things you could do\n#####\nSwimming is like walking, but for water. It's part of the few basic means of movement we, humans, have at our disposal, along with running, crawling and climbing. Not knowing how to swim puts you at a HUGE disadvantage, as you pretty much can't avoid water. Any mildly interesting / fun activity might turn into a potentially lethal one, should you not know how to swim. Going fishing? Better not fall into the water... It's like permadeath for video games: instead of ending up wet, and maybe slightly (or very) cold, you just friggin' die if you fall into deep water. I know, swimmers can drown too, but if you can't swim, you're guaranteed to have to be rescued.\n\nOn another note, it's so weird to see healthy people being incapable of performing the most basic human activities: I've seen grown men injure themselves trying to climb over a 3 feet fence (not drunk), women twisting their ankles and tearing tendons when running towards a bus stop, etc. Now, I'm not saying that everybody needs to be a world-class climber like Adam Ondra or swimmer, like Michael Phelps. But learning how to... I don't know, not die when navigating anything but flat terrain seems like it should be part of being a grown human.\n\nEdit: Jesus Christ this blew up... Most of the negative responses are about not having access to swimming facilities (either due to lack of money / lack of said facilities or both). I'm obviously not suggesting someone shouldn't eat for 3 months to pay for swimming lessons or move to an area just to learn. \n\nBut \"I'm scared of water / I've had a bad experience\" are not valid excuses, all the more, they're reasons to push your boundaries and defeat said fear. It's like saying \"I've had my heart broken in high school, I will NEVER date again\". Sure, you can avoid both water and dating, but is it worth it? If you end up falling in water / love unexpectedly, you'll just panic more because of the unfamiliarity of the situation." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/changemyview." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CMV: Democrats and Republicans live in completely different realities and it is destroying our country.\n#####\nI would guess that a typical Democrat gets their news from CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, NYT, etc. And the average conservative gets his news from Fox News, Talk Radio, OAN, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, YouTubers like Stephen Crowder and Ben Shapiro, etc. If you go more into the fringes of the right they probably get their news from QAnon and other conspiracy Facebook groups.\n\nThis disparity in where both sides of the political aisle gets their news from is what I believe is causing the massive division and polarization we see. We can't agree on basic facts of reality like whether the 2020 election was fair.\n\nI think one clear measure we can take is enforcing anti-trust laws on broadcast and media companies. The fact that the conservative leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group covers 40% of American households, disproportionately in rural areas, is what is leading to the [brainwashing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHfgU8oMSo&ab_channel=Deadspin) of these rural conservatives.\n\nAnother thing we can do is stop with this \"both sides\" meme. Both sides aren't just as bad when it comes to sensational media and disinformation. There is no left equivalent in terms of disinformation to QAnon. Like, we literally have QAnon supporters as congress people (i.e. Marjorie Taylor Greene). MSNBC or CNN never engaged in sensationalism on the level of the [birther movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories) that Fox News engaged in. Sure, MSNBC, CNN, Washington Post do attack Trump a lot, but they do it on issues that Trump should be attacked on. In contrast, remember when Fox News had a whole media cycle dedicated to [Obama ordering a burger with Dijon mustard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-WnoZbjdh4&ab_channel=TheDailyShowwithTrevorNoah)?\n\nAt the end of the day, I think it's safe to say that most Americans want less division, less polarization, some agreement and compromise so we can get things done (fixing poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, healthcare reform, immigration reform, etc.). But we can't accomplish any of that if we don't fix the vast disparity in our media and news consumption." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/offmychest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "My 12 year old daughter beat brain cancer!!!!!!!!!\n#####\nAggressive Medulloblastoma, golf ball sized. After Almost 1 year of surgeries, radiation, chemo, therapy. MRI was cancer free for the first time. I had to tell someone, everyone, she’s amazing, and for a while we weren’t sure of anything. Two weeks before diagnosis we were in Disney with our three daughters, normal fun vacation. Hug your kids, you never know." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/changemyview." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CMV: A minimum wage that is directly linked to the cost of living/living wage for an area would solve many issues that come with minimum wage increases\n#####\nSo, the main thing I see when the topic of a living wage comes up is that companies will just jack up the prices to compensate for the lost revenue, which then negates any increase in wages.\n\nHowever, a minimum wage that is directly linked to what the living wage is for the area that the business is located would make it so if companies drive the prices up, then the cost of living goes up, then the living wage goes up and so will what the workers are paid. This way companies can't just jack up the prices, because doing so will mean that they need to pay their workers even more. Keeping prices lower will be in their best interest\n\nEdit: Reddit is being weird and not letting me see all comments, and not letting me reply so I'll get to the replies when I can!\n\nEdit 2: I see a lot of \"what about small businesses\" comments. If a business needs to exploit its workers in order to survive, then it should not survive.\n\nEdit 3: Reddit is still being weird and won't let me see the majority of the comments so if I don't reply, I apologize!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/rant." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The over-sexualization of anime girls is fucking creepy and weird.\n#####\nI do not mean every single anime girl, but the ones who literally are designed to look like children to appear “cute”. So many of them have the facial features of young girls, the voices of children, and often are wearing the outfits of school girls. They often are given bubbly and overly happy and expressive personalities that are displayed most often in children. So many highschool based animes sexualize teenage girls while openly stating they are 15-16 years old. This isn’t even getting into the existence of lolis, this is just the general depiction of girls in anime. Its super fucking weird to me that people can find a character that looks like a child with tits hot. It creeps me the fuck out that it is so normalized." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I fucking hate \"polyamory\"\n#####\nMy partner polybombed me about 4 months ago and a day later I walk in on them fucking someone else. They didn't even care enough to realise I had left the house until I called them from a mile up the road and then it was all \"oh I'm so sorry I hurt you I would never do it deliberately I love you it won't happen again.\" \n\nThen barely a few weeks later I walk in on them making out with a mutual friend. They were still making out with them when our roommate called an ambulance after I cut myself too deep. \n\nThey didn't even care about changing how they approach polyamory until I threatened to leave and then I'm hit with this massive lovebomb of \"oh I can change I'll make it up to you I never wanted to hurt you\"\n\nThey don't fucking care enough to change their behaviour because \"poly is so complicated, I'm sorry if you got hurt when I was figuring it out!\" \n\nPolyamory is too often used as a bullshit excuse for selfish, immature people to have their cake and eat it and if I never have to hear the stupid term again in my life I'll be happy." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "You don’t need to love your career. You just need to be able to tolerate it so you can finance doing what you love.\n#####\nDon’t find fulfillment in your career. Find fulfillment in the hobbies you have, adventures you go on, and people you help because you have the financial freedom to do so. If you love your job that’s awesome, but this isn’t realistic for many people." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/scarystories." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "House rules I follow\n#####\n1. No shoes upstairs\n2. No yelling in the house\n3. No stealing\n4. No staying up Past 12:00\n5. All screens and electronics go off at 8:00\n6. You must stay in your bed once you get in\n7. Do not get up unless you need the bathroom\n8. Ignore any footsteps\n9. When turning off lights never look back\n10. Go down the stairs as fast as possible\n11. Do not answer the phone after 9:00\n12. If you get up after 12:00 do not open your eyes\n13. If something is at the door after 12:00 DO NOT OPEN IT\n14. If you feel like something is following you, Get back to bed immediately\n15. If you are sleeping in the guest room you must keep a bible by your side\n16. If you hear anyone tell you anything after 11:00, Ignore it and shut your eyes tight\n17. If stuff is being knocked around, you must stay still and wait for it to pass\n18. Don't look out any windows after 1:00\n19. If you see something in the hall, RUN\n20. If the paintings on the walls start moving get out of the house and leave the premises\n21. Don't. Look. Back." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "My Father Just Retired - What He Said to Me Scared the Shit Out of Me\n#####\nI had a brief conversation with my father this past weekend. He wanted to let me know that he is officially retiring. I was happy for him. The old man has been working for the last 50 years nonstop since he was a teenager.\n\nHe then said, \"Yeah, I will find part-time work to keep me busy. I can finally do something I like doing.\"\n\nThis shook me. 50 years of hard work. Crawled his way up the corporate ladder to a Director-level position making well over six figures. After all that, he is just now doing something he likes doing? It has messed with my head the last few days. I am now questioning why I am working the job I work in corporate America. I don't want to wake up 30 years down the road when I finally retire and say the same thing.\n\nEdit: Wow! I wrote this before bed to literally get it off my chest (pun intended) as my options for venting about are limited. Thank you all for the thoughtful and funny responses! Much love!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/politics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Megathread: Joseph R. Biden Sworn in as the 46th President of the United States\n#####\nJoe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that \"democracy has prevailed.\" He swore the oath of office to take the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.\n\n---\n\n##Submissions that may interest you\n\nSUBMISSION \| DOMAIN\n---\|----\n[LIVE UPDATES: Joseph Biden sworn in as 46th President of the United States](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/live-updates-inauguration-1-20-21) \| foxnews.com\n[Watch the moment Joe Biden was sworn in](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/20/joe-biden-swearing-in-president-inauguration-vpx.cnn) \| cnn.com\n[Biden plans to block drilling in ANWR among his first acts as president](https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2021/01/20/biden-plans-to-block-drilling-in-arctic-refuge-shortly-after-taking-office/) \| adn.com\n[Our new president Joe Biden Has just been inaugurated](https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-inauguration-news-0a49b6d8b3c9904d88d5bccfd854ab25) \| apnews.com\n[Joe Biden sworn in as nation's 46th president: 'Democracy has prevailed'](https://www.nola.com/news/politics/national_politics/article_deeb34dc-5b40-11eb-8500-a7c6c7aa8493.html) \| nola.com\n[Hear Lady Gaga sing the National Anthem at Joe Biden's inauguration - CNN Video](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/20/lady-gaga-national-anthem-inauguration-vpx.cnn) \| cnn.com\n[Joe Biden Officially Sworn in as 46th President of the United States](https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-officially-sworn-46th-president-united-states-1563119) \| newsweek.com\n['This is America's day': Biden inaugurated as 46th president, Harris sworn in as vice president](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/20/biden-inauguration-marks-shift-politics-after-four-years-trump/4218321001/) \| usatoday.com\n[No Large Protests In D.C., On Morning Of Biden's Inauguration](https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958739876/no-large-protests-in-d-c-on-morning-of-bidens-inauguration) \| npr.org\n[President Joe Biden vows to be “a president for all Americans”](https://www.axios.com/biden-inauguration-speech-25c2c307-1585-481c-81e8-bfa02de25785.html) \| axios.com\n[Biden and Harris sworn in during historic inauguration](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/joe-biden-presidential-inauguration/index.html?utm_content=2021-01-20T17%3A03%3A07&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2Wd8brggLum2K9Sjd3v_QD0Qoe7he8DX8O9gkVwahEFTynFFaxQNGf-78) \| cnn.com\n[Biden sworn in as president of the United States](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/joe-biden-sworn-in-as-president-inaugural-address-460750) \| politico.com\n[Joe Biden is sworn in as president: 'Democracy has prevailed'](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/joe-biden-sworn-in-46th-president-united-states.html) \| cnbc.com\n[Joe Biden The President](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-biden/) \| whitehouse.gov\n[Joe Biden takes control of @POTUS Twitter account after being sworn in as 46th president](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/20/biden-twitter-president-potus-account-transferred-from-trump/4168321001/) \| usatoday.com\n[Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States](https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-inauguration-a01d1ffa7862661914cb92b22e359854) \| apnews.com\n[Biden sworn in as nation's 46th president](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535018-biden-sworn-in-as-nations-46th-president) \| thehill.com\n[Joseph R. Biden is officially sworn in as the 46th president of the United States of America](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-20/biden-sworn-in-to-lead-nation-burdened-with-historic-challenges) \| bloomberg.com\n[Klobuchar: Biden’s inauguration is the day ‘our democracy picks itself up’](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/klobuchar-speech-biden-inauguration-democracy-460709) \| politico.com\n[Readers write to Joe Biden ahead of the inauguration](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/national/inauguration-letters/biden/) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Biden's inauguration is a promise for a better, more normal America](https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-inauguration-trump-departure-are-needed-change-america-us-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Joe Biden sworn in as the 46th President of the United States](https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/joe-biden-sworn-in-as-the-46th-president-of-the-united-states-99731525899) \| msnbc.com\n[Joe Biden sworn in as president of the United States](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/20/nation/facing-crush-crises-joe-biden-will-take-helm-president/) \| bostonglobe.com\n[Joe Biden sworn in as president and is addressing nation](https://news.sky.com/story/biden-inauguration-news-live-trump-set-to-hand-out-pardons-on-his-last-day-in-the-white-house-12192362) \| news.sky.com\n[Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of The United States](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/20/us/politics/live-stream-inauguration.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Joseph R. Biden Jr. is officially the President of the United States.](https://apnews.com/hub/joe-biden) \| apnews.com\n[Biden sworn in as U.S. president](https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/biden-sworn-in-as-u-s-president) \| nationalpost.com\n[Joe Biden Sworn In As 46th President Of The United States](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-sworn-in-president_n_60082391c5b6df63a91b83d5?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067) \| huffpost.com\n[Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States](https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-sworn-in-5c44aa88-78d3-4749-b4bd-cb49fcac4414.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100) \| axios.com\n[Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, pleads for unity in inaugural address to a divided nation](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-sworn-in/2021/01/20/13465c90-5a7c-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Empty streets, thousands of troops in Washington as Biden becomes U.S. president](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29P129?il=0) \| reuters.com\n[Biden sworn in as U.S. president](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration-oath-idUSKBN29P2A3) \| reuters.com\n[Joe Biden is officially president. Here’s what he wants to do in office.](https://www.vox.com/22237275/joe-biden-inauguration-policy-build-back-better) \| vox.com\n[Inauguration 2021: Joe Biden sworn in as president, Donald Trump leaves D.C. early (live updates)](https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2021/01/inauguration-2021-joe-biden-to-be-sworn-in-as-president-while-donald-trump-leaves-dc-live-updates.html) \| oregonlive.com\n[Biden sworn in as 46th president of United States](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-president-inauguration-speech-sworn-in-trump-b1790127.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Photos: The inauguration of Joe Biden](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/gallery/joe-biden-inauguration-photos/index.html) \| cnn.com\n[President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet picks, top-level appointees: Full list](https://abc7ny.com/biden-administration-cabinet-choices-picks-list-science-team-stimulus-package/9811612) \| abc7ny.com\n[Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/20/joe-biden-sworn-in-46th-president-inauguration) \| theguardian.com\n[Biden Inaugurated as the 46th President Amid a Cascade of Crises](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/biden-president.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article) \| nytimes.com\n[Joe Biden Sworn In As President Of The United States](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/joe-biden-46th-president-inauguration) \| buzzfeednews.com\n[Joe Biden to be sworn in as 46th president of the United States](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-president-biden-inauguration-day-1.5879929) \| cbc.ca\n[Donald Trump leaves letter for Joe Biden ahead of inauguration](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/20/donald-trump-leaves-letter-joe-biden-inauguration-day/4228139001/) \| usatoday.com\n[The real reason Trump doesn't want to attend Biden's inauguration](https://www.macleans.ca/news/biden-inauguration-trump-height/) \| macleans.ca\n[Biden sworn in as president, calls on Americans to 'end this uncivil war' of political division](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-harris-inauguration-amid-covid-pandemic-d-c-lockdown-n1254732) \| nbcnews.com\n[Biden sworn in on family Bible his son Beau used](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535021-biden-sworn-in-on-family-bible-his-son-beau-used) \| thehill.com\n[President Biden's inaugural address: Watch speech video, read transcript from Inauguration Day 2021](https://abc11.com/joe-biden-inaugural-address-inauguration-speech-video-2021-watch/9694215) \| abc11.com\n[President Biden Posts First Tweet as @POTUS: 'No Time to Waste'](https://variety.com/2021/politics/news/president-biden-first-potus-tweet-twitter-1234888755/) \| variety.com\n[Hall of Presidents closed for refurbishment; Biden figure to be added - Orlando Sentinel](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-et-disney-hall-of-presidents-closed-refurbishment-biden-trump-20210120-6wj6u5q2hrafriwqw2laljgasm-story.html) \| orlandosentinel.com\n[Conservative Garth Brooks Fans Are Angry He's Playing Biden's Inauguration. They Don't Know Garth. Right wing fans are calling for a boycott of the country singer. They're willfully ignoring his history with politics.](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a35265088/garth-brooks-fans-angry-biden-inauguration-performance-politics-democrat-republican/) \| esquire.com\n[Biden’s inauguration was enough to make Trump furious](https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/biden-inauguration-trump-pence-bernie-sanders-b1790229.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Must-see moments of the inauguration of Joe Biden](https://www.cnn.com/specials/app-style-section/inauguration-of-joe-biden) \| cnn.com\n[Joe Biden Directly Appeals to Trump Supporters, Pledges to Be President for All Americans](https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-directly-appeals-trump-supporters-pledges-president-all-americans-1563128) \| newsweek.com\n[Watch President Joe Biden's full inauguration speech](https://www.foxla.com/video/892017) \| foxla.com\n[QAnon believers are realizing their entire conspiracy was a hoax as Biden is sworn in](https://theweek.com/speedreads/962130/qanon-believers-are-realizing-entire-conspiracy-hoax-biden-sworn) \| theweek.com\n[World leaders congratulate Biden on becoming president](https://thehill.com/policy/international/535039-world-leaders-congratulate-biden-on-becoming-president) \| thehill.com\n[Trudeau, party leaders extend congratulations to new U.S. President Joe Biden](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-pm-political-reaction-biden-inauguration-1.5880177) \| cbc.ca\n[Biden inauguration: 'A step forward' after 'bumpy period' - Johnson](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55738183) \| bbc.com\n[Here's The Whole Poem 22-Year-Old Amanda Gorman Read At Biden's Inauguration](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-poem) \| buzzfeednews.com\n[Amanda Gorman stole the show at Biden's inauguration: Meet the 22-year-old poet laureate who gave a historic 5-minute speech that's gone viral](https://www.businessinsider.com/amanda-gorman-poem-the-hill-we-climb-joe-biden-inauguration-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[U.S. President Joe Biden expected to revoke Keystone pipeline permit today](https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/01/20/incoming-us-president-joe-biden-will-revoke-keystone-permit-wednesday.html) \| thestar.com\n[How world leaders are reacting to Joe Biden's inauguration](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-world-quotes-idUSKBN29P1IL) \| reuters.com\n[28 Photos That Show The Differences Between Trump And Biden's Inaugurations](https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/biden-trump-inauguration-photos) \| buzzfeed.com\n[GOP senators praise Biden's inauguration speech](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535058-gop-senators-praise-bidens-inauguration-speech) \| thehill.com\n[Goodbye Trump, Hello Biden: America welcomes a new president](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/morning-briefing/goodbye-trump-hello-biden-america-welcomes-new-president-n1254861) \| nbcnews.com\n[Donald Trump leaves letter for Joe Biden ahead of inauguration](https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4228139001) \| amp.usatoday.com\n[Bill Clinton appears to fall asleep during Joe Biden’s inauguration speech](https://nypost.com/2021/01/20/bill-clinton-appears-to-fall-asleep-during-bidens-inaugural/amp/) \| nypost.com\n[President Joe Biden’s Plea for America: ‘End This Uncivil War’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-joe-bidens-plea-for-america-end-this-uncivil-war?ref=home) \| thedailybeast.com\n[China sanctions Pompeo, O'Brien, Azar and other Trump administration officials after Biden inauguration](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/china-sanctions-pompeo-obrien-azar-and-other-trump-administration-officials.html) \| cnbc.com\n[Bill Clinton appears to fall asleep during Joe Biden’s inauguration speech](https://nypost.com/2021/01/20/bill-clinton-appears-to-fall-asleep-during-bidens-inaugural/) \| nypost.com\n[President Biden Will Extend Student Loan Payment Freeze Through September 30](https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958845207/president-biden-will-extend-student-loan-payment-freeze-through-september-30?ref=upstract.com&curator=upstract.com&utm_source=upstract.com) \| npr.org\n[Trump leaves White House hours before Biden's inauguration: 'Have a good life'](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/donald-trump-leaves-white-house-hours-bidens-inauguration/story?id=75351992) \| abcnews.go.com\n[As Joe Biden is inaugurated, a uniformed man kneels silently at the grave of his son Beau](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/20/joe-biden-inaugurated-while-uniformed-man-kneels-beau-bidens-grave/4233673001/) \| usatoday.com\n[Joe Biden’s unique Inauguration Day, in photos](https://www.vox.com/22240601/joe-biden-president-inauguration-day-in-photos) \| vox.com\n[Good luck, President Biden](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/19/editorial-good-luck-president-biden/) \| washingtontimes.com\n[Biden begins term with a bold immigration bill and big plans to dismantle Trump's legacy - President Joe Biden to issue 17 executive actions on COVID, immigration, climate change, racial justice and more](https://www.salon.com/2021/01/20/biden-begins-term-with-a-bold-immigration-bill-and-big-plans-to-dismantle-trumps-legacy/) \| salon.com\n[‘It’s Over’: Devastated QAnon Believers Grapple With President Joe Biden’s Inauguration](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/qanon-believers-react-to-joe-biden-inauguration_n_60087eebc5b6efae62fe3d10) \| huffpost.com\n[How ultra-right news channels OANN and Newsmax covered Biden’s inauguration - The channel’s anchors and guests repeatedly told viewers that Mr Trump had lost unfairly](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/newsmax-oan-trump-biden-b1790272.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[‘Trumplicans’ greet Donald Trump in South Florida after snub of Joe Biden inauguration](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article248572675.html) \| miamiherald.com\n[These climate activists expect a lot from President Biden and aren't afraid to make that clear](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-activists-president-biden/) \| cbsnews.com\n[Biden's inauguration was a Frederick Douglass dream made real. We should be proud.](https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-harris-inauguration-frederick-douglass-dream-pluralist-multiracial-society-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[Amazon offers to help U.S. with vaccine in letter to President Biden](https://www.reuters.com/article/amazoncom-vaccine-idUSL1N2JV294) \| reuters.com\n[Syria sends first message to President Biden: Withdraw troops, stop stealing oil](https://www.newsweek.com/syria-first-message-biden-withdraw-troops-stop-stealing-oil-1563165) \| newsweek.com\n[For immigrants in Chicago, a sign of ‘relief’ as Joe Biden is sworn in as president](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/20/22240594/immigration-inauguration-joe-biden-kamala-harris-deportation-refugee-rights) \| chicago.suntimes.com\n[Joe Biden is the first US president to call out white supremacy in inaugural address](https://qz.com/1960452/bidens-remark-about-white-supremacy-made-inauguration-history/) \| qz.com\n[Full text: Joe Biden inauguration speech transcript](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/joe-biden-inauguration-speech-transcript-full-text-460813) \| politico.com\n[Immigration reforms proposed by President Joe Biden stand to benefit over 200,000 Massachusetts residents, families](https://www.masslive.com/politics/2021/01/immigration-reforms-proposed-by-president-joe-biden-stands-to-benefit-over-200000-massachusetts-residents-families.html) \| masslive.com\n[What President Biden Inherits](https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/what-president-biden-inherits/) \| factcheck.org\n[Just Some Very Funny And Good Tweets About Biden's Inauguration](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/funny-and-good-tweets-about-bidens-inauguration) \| buzzfeednews.com\n[Inaugural Address by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/01/20/inaugural-address-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr/) \| whitehouse.gov\n[Clyburn says ex-President George W. Bush told him he's 'the savior' for endorsing Biden](https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/clyburn-says-ex-president-george-w-bush-told-him-hes-the-savior-for-endorsing-biden/article_f212a6c0-5b5a-11eb-bdd2-8b84ac5aaa6f.html) \| postandcourier.com\n[Sen. Ted Cruz brought back his 'Come and Take It' mask for Biden's inauguration](https://www.chron.com/politics/article/Ted-Cruz-mask-inauguration-come-and-take-it-15884597.php) \| chron.com\n[QAnon followers struggle to explain Biden inauguration](https://thehill.com/homenews/news/535083-qanon-followers-struggle-to-explain-biden-inauguration) \| thehill.com\n[Warnock and Ossoff sworn in to Senate to give Biden and Democrats a majority](https://www.vox.com/2021/1/20/22239456/warnock-ossoff-harris-senate-democrats) \| vox.com\n[A locked-down capital celebrates Biden’s inauguration and Trump’s departure](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-celebrates-biden-harris-inauguration/2021/01/20/91ca444c-5aad-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics) \| washingtonpost.com\n[President Biden says Trump wrote him a very generous letter](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29P2TM) \| reuters.com\n[President Biden rejoins the Paris Climate Agreement](https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/biden-paris-agreement-rejoin-executive-order-b1789555.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[‘It’s Over’: Devastated QAnon Believers Grapple With President Joe Biden’s Inauguration](https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60087eebc5b6efae62fe3d10) \| m.huffpost.com\n[President Biden says Trump wrote him a very generous letter](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration-letter-idUSKBN29P2TM) \| reuters.com\n[US President Joe Biden signs series of orders, including rejoining of Paris climate accord](https://p.dw.com/p/3oCxW?maca=en-reddit-sharing) \| p.dw.com\n[President Joe Biden rejoins the Paris climate accord in first move to tackle global warming](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/biden-inauguration-us-rejoins-paris-climate-accord.html) \| cnbc.com\n[New Radicals to Reunite for First Time in 22 Years for Biden Inauguration Parade](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/new-radicals-you-get-what-you-give-inauguration-1116957/) \| rollingstone.com\n[President Biden says Trump wrote him a very generous letter](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration-letter/president-biden-says-trump-wrote-him-a-very-generous-letter-idUSKBN29P2TM) \| reuters.com\n[President Biden’s international restoration project has begun](https://www.vox.com/2021/1/20/22238609/biden-inauguration-paris-climate-deal-world-health-organization) \| vox.com\n[Biden returns US to Paris climate accord hours after becoming president - Biden administration rolls out a flurry of executive orders aimed at tackling climate crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/20/paris-climate-accord-joe-biden-returns-us?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1611182489) \| theguardian.com\n[Stock market scores trifecta of record high closes as Biden becomes 46th U.S. president](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-market-scores-trifecta-of-record-high-closes-as-biden-becomes-46th-us-president-2021-01-20) \| marketwatch.com\n[Biden extends a hand to the world on first day as president by rejoining Paris climate accord and WHO, while revoking Trump's travel ban](https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-rejoins-paris-climate-accord-and-who-revokes-muslim-ban-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n['No Plan, No Q, Nothing': QAnon Followers Reel as Biden Inaugurated](https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2021-01-20/no-plan-no-q-nothing-qanon-followers-reel-as-biden-inaugurated) \| usnews.com\n[Stocks Close On Record Highs After Biden Inauguration](https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958962355/stocks-close-on-record-highs-after-biden-inauguration) \| npr.org\n[Clyburn: Former President Bush called him a ‘savior’ for boosting Biden](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/01/20/clyburn-former-president-bush-called-him-a-savior-for-boosting-biden/) \| dallasnews.com\n[President Biden rejoins the Paris climate change agreement. Biden signed an executive order to rejoin the Paris agreement. What happens next?](https://www.vox.com/22241348/president-biden-climate-change-paris-agreement-executive-order-keystone-pipeline) \| vox.com\n[Ted Cruz gets demolished for posting videos gushing over celebrities from Biden inauguration - Texas senator heavily criticised after his role in opposing president’s win just weeks earlier](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cruz-biden-inauguration-videos-celebrities-b1790382.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Biden Bets on Unity - The new president called for comity. Can the country heed it?](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/opinion/biden-president.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Biden revokes presidential permit for Keystone XL pipeline expansion on 1st day](https://globalnews.ca/news/7588853/biden-cancels-keystone-xl/) \| globalnews.ca\n[Joe Biden Is Finally, Indisputably, President Now](https://www.gq.com/story/joe-biden-is-finally-indisputably-president-now) \| gq.com\n[Biden became president at noon despite taking oath early, constitutional experts say](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/20/biden-constitutional-noon-sworn-in/) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Biden inauguration marks shift in scattered COVID-19 response](https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535131-biden-inauguration-marks-shift-in-scattered-covid-19-response) \| thehill.com\n[QAnon believers are in disarray after Biden is inaugurated](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/20/tech/qanon-believers-inauguration-reaction/index.html) \| edition.cnn.com\n[Chief Acevedo says now-President Biden secretly visited HPD officer after 2019 shooting](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/01/21/chief-acevedo-says-now-president-biden-secretly-visited-hpd-officer-after-2019-shooting/) \| click2houston.com\n['No plan, no Q, nothing': QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-qanon/no-plan-no-q-nothing-qanon-followers-reel-as-biden-inaugurated-idUSKBN29P2VO) \| reuters.com\n[Amanda Gorman recited powerful poem The Hill We Climb at Joe Biden's inauguration, here's the full transcript](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-21/amanda-gorman-poet-at-joe-biden-inauguration-the-hill-we-climb/13076882) \| abc.net.au\n[Rep. Clyburn reveals what George Bush said about Donald Trump and Joe Biden at inauguration](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/20/george-w-bush-biden-inauguration-clyburn-vpx-new.wis) \| cnn.com\n['A new day in America': Arizona's politicians react to Biden-Harris inauguration](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/01/20/arizona-politicians-react-biden-harris-inauguration/4238383001/) \| azcentral.com\n[Budowsky: Democracy won, Trump lost, President Biden inaugurated](https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/535134-budowsky-democracy-won-trump-lost-president-biden-inaugurated) \| thehill.com\n[‘Virus’, ‘Riotous’, ‘Folks’: The historic words in Biden’s inauguration speech](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/20/unique-words-biden-inauguration-speech/) \| washingtonpost.com\n[As Biden urges unity, Newsmax host calls Inauguration speech very dark and divisive](https://www.newsweek.com/biden-urges-unity-newsmax-host-calls-inauguration-speech-very-dark-divisive-1563216) \| newsweek.com\n[President Joe Biden Announces Acting Federal Agency Leadership](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/president-joe-biden-announces-acting-federal-agency-leadership/) \| whitehouse.gov\n[President Joe Biden's inauguration speech in full: 'We will write an American story of hope'](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/21/joe-biden-inauguration-speech-full-transcript-2021-president/) \| telegraph.co.uk\n[Biden’s new presidential license plates make subtle call for DC statehood](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-license-plates-dc-statehood) \| foxnews.com\n[Video: Trump supporter has meltdown after Biden inauguration — 'President Trump, if you see this, please save us.'](https://www.dailydot.com/irl/trump-supporter-meltdown-inauguration/) \| dailydot.com\n['No plan, no Q, nothing': QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated](https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN29P2VO) \| mobile.reuters.com\n[Amazon offers to help U.S. with vaccine efforts in letter to President Biden](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-vaccine-idUSKBN29P2KO) \| reuters.com\n[Stock market posts best Inauguration Day rise in 36 years as Biden takes office](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-market-logs-best-inauguration-day-rise-in-36-years-as-biden-takes-office-11611177633?mod=home-page) \| marketwatch.com\n[Bush, Clinton and Obama reflect on what Biden's inauguration meant to them](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/bush-clinton-and-obama-reflect-on-what-bidens-inauguration-meant-to-them/2021/01/20/185f3a76-722a-4aa9-86a2-20a6ddba5c8f_video.html) \| washingtonpost.com\n[New Hampshire boy who Biden helped with stutter recites JFK speech in inauguration special](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-new-hampshire-biden-boy-stutter-jfk-speech-inauguration-20210121-fatyect6r5drtdiimkar5gddti-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/news/) \| nydailynews.com\n[President Biden Swore In Hundreds Of Appointees On A Zoom Call With A Big Warning](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/biden-swears-in-appointees-zoom-call) \| buzzfeednews.com\n[What's inside President Biden's Oval Office?](https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/whats-inside-president-bidens-oval-office/) \| abc4.com\n[Clinton, Bush, Obama reflect on peaceful transition of power on Biden's Inauguration Day](https://thehill.com/homenews/news/535158-clinton-bush-obama-reflect-on-peaceful-transition-of-power-on-bidens) \| thehill.com\n[Teen who bonded with Biden over stutter is featured in inauguration special](https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/01/20/brayden-harrington-inauguration-special) \| boston.com\n[A tale of two inaugurals: Comparing Biden and Trump's first presidential speeches](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/america-votes/a-tale-of-two-inaugurals-comparing-biden-and-trump-s-first-presidential-speeches-1.5275023) \| ctvnews.ca\n[Hours After Biden Inauguration, Federal Agents Use Tear Gas in Portland](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html) \| nytimes.com\n[Here are the customary things Trump did not do leading up to Biden's inauguration](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/20/biden-inauguration-traditions-trumps-didnt-do/4223098001/) \| usatoday.com\n['No plan, no Q, nothing': QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated](https://www.reuters.com/article/BigStory12/idUSKBN29P2VO) \| reuters.com\n['No plan, no Q, nothing': QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-qanon-idUSKBN29P2VO) \| reuters.com\n[\"Dignity is back\": What Europe's media said about Joe Biden inauguration](https://www.newsweek.com/europe-newspapers-biden-inauguration-trump-decency-1563275?piano_t=1) \| newsweek.com\n[US: President Joe Biden signs order to end Trump's Muslim travel ban from Seven Islamic nation](https://www.dawn.com/news/1602722/as-promised-biden-lifts-muslim-ban-on-his-first-day-in-office) \| dawn.com\n[Video shows contractors blowing up mountains in Arizona for Trump's border wall after Biden became president. They have 7 days to stop.](https://www.businessinsider.com/video-trump-border-wall-blasting-before-biden-order-to-stop-2021-1) \| businessinsider.com\n[How President Biden Handles a Divided America Will Define His Legacy](https://time.com/5932022/joe-biden-divided-america/) \| time.com\n['F*** Joe Biden': Portland Protesters Vandalize Democrat HQ After Inauguration](https://www.newsweek.com/portland-protesters-vandalize-democrat-hq-1563278) \| newsweek.com\n[Adios AUMF? Democrats press Biden for help in revoking old war powers - Democrats called on the new president to work with Congress to kill the 2002 authorization for the Iraq War and hone the 2001 powers for the war on terrorism.](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/democrats-biden-war-powers-aumf-460915) \| politico.com\n[President Joe Biden offers us reasons for hope, at last — but hope can be hazardous](https://www.salon.com/2021/01/21/president-joe-biden-offers-us-reasons-for-hope-at-last--but-hope-can-be-hazardous/) \| salon.com\n[900,000 filed for jobless claims last week, a historically high level as Biden inherits worst job market of any modern president](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/21/900000-filed-jobless-claims-last-week-historically-high-level-biden-inherits-worst-job-market-any-modern-president/) \| washingtonpost.com\n[Newspapers around the world react to Biden's inauguration](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/21/media/biden-inauguration-global-front-pages-scli-intl/index.html) \| edition.cnn.com\n[Biden revamps the Oval Office: President adds bust of Cesar Chavez and removes controversial portrait - The White House facilities were revamped in a span of hours during the Inauguration](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-redecorate-white-house-inauguration-b1790465.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[President Biden to Canada: Drop dead](https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/01/21/president-biden-to-canada-drop-dead/amp/) \| bostonherald.com\n[Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says Biden is ‘calling us racist’ after inauguration speech](https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article248658995.html) \| kentucky.com\n[Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to President Biden: I'll see you in court, frequently](https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/20/president-joe-biden-agenda-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-oppose-challenge/4235907001/) \| statesman.com\n[Read: President Joe Biden's schedule for his first full day in office](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/biden-first-full-day-schedule/index.html?utm_content=2021-01-21T15%3A30%3A09&utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link) \| cnn.com\n[Unknown man in uniform seen keeping vigil at Beau Biden's grave during inauguration](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/535177-unknown-man-in-uniform-seen-keeping-vigil-at-beau-bidens-grave) \| thehill.com\n[How President Biden Handles a Divided America Will Define His Legacy](https://time.com/magazine/us/) \| time.com\n[Joe Biden’s Been President for an Afternoon. Here’s What He’s Done So Far.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/biden-executive-actions-coronavirus-immigration-climate-who-daca-keystone.html) \| slate.com\n[Biden inauguration leaves QAnon believers in disarray](https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-55746304) \| bbc.com\n[That Will Be ‘Mr. President’ for the Next Four Years What a Contrast: Biden Calls for Unity, Truth … No ‘American Carnage’](https://www.dcreport.org/2021/01/21/that-will-be-president-joe-biden-for-the-next-four-years/) \| dcreport.org\n[NJ GOP's posture toward Biden's call for unity at inauguration? 'It rings hollow' - Stile](https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/columnists/charles-stile/2021/01/21/joe-biden-unity-plea-inauguration-fails-move-nj-gop/4234033001/) \| northjersey.com\n[QAnon believers are in disarray after Biden is inaugurated](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/20/tech/qanon-believers-inauguration-reaction/) \| edition.cnn.com\n[Tara Reade: Biden's inauguration makes 'difficult day for survivors of sexual violence'](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/20/tara-reade-bidens-inauguration-makes-difficult-day/) \| washingtontimes.com\n[Mexican president hails Biden agenda, celebrates migration plan](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-us-immigration/mexican-president-hails-biden-agenda-celebrates-migration-plan-idUSKBN29Q1U6) \| reuters.com\n[Joe Biden has been president for 24 hours. Here is everything he’s done so far.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-biden-first-day-white-house-executive-orders-actions-b1790809.html) \| independent.co.uk\n[Joe Biden says he'll review Bears Ears - The new president also will examine the Trump administration's downsizing of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument](https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/joe-biden-says-he-ll-review-bears-ears-rwEVABNdOEuoJPVZUaeStw) \| indiancountrytoday.com\n[Antifa Signs Declare \"We dont want Biden, We want Revenge\" and \"We are ungovernable\" on same day as Biden's Inauguration.](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/portland-protest.html) \| nytimes.com\n['Affirmation of Complete Incompetence': Biden Team Says Trump Vaccine Distribution Plan Nonexistent - \"There is nothing for us to rework,\" said one of President Biden's Covid advisers. \"We are going to have to build everything from scratch.\"](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/21/affirmation-complete-incompetence-biden-team-says-trump-vaccine-distribution-plan) \| commondreams.org" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I'm fucking sick and tired of seeing US politics all over Reddit.\n#####\n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/gunpolitics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Petition to stop gun manufacturers, ammo manufacturers, and armor manufacturers from selling to government agencies in states that would subvert the US constitution through state legislation or to states whos federal representatives who try to do the same on the federal level; to include batf, fbi\n#####\nHit it, share it\n\nhttp://chng.it/MLBVk6vc6y" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Update to the pettiest question ever\n#####\nUpdate to this petty thing: [https://old.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3hi08p/stupidest\\_question\\_ever\\_is\\_there\\_any\\_polite\\_way/](https://old.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3hi08p/stupidest_question_ever_is_there_any_polite_way/)\n\nIt took 5 years and a marriage and he curled his eyelashes last week. He found my eyelash curler and asked what it was for and I told him how to test it on himself. He said he didn't notice any difference but his eyes sparkled for the first time.\n\nHe's not going to keep doing it but at least I know what his pupils look like now lol\n\nTL;DR: I didn't ask him, he asked me." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/changemyview." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CMV: If the people at r/wallstreetbets can manipulate the GameStop stock for a meme, then hedge funds that control portfolios worth billions of dollars have been doing it for decades\n#####\nThe good people of r/wallstreetbets are, at the best of times, a group of people colluding to invest their money in ways that maximize profits to everyone in the group. In other words, they’re a hedge fund. Between them, they realized that they have control of enough assets to make a meaningful change in a stock price, and they used that to artificially raise the stock price for GameStop, costing people who bought put options billions of dollars. What they did is almost comically simple.\n\nNow something tells me that, throughout all of stock market history, this scheme wasn’t thought of for the first time in the past few months. If a bunch of disorganized Reddit accounts can manipulate GameStop’s stock and make money in the process because they think it’s a funny meme, then certainly hedge funds (which are essentially more organized versions of r/wallstreetbets) have been doing it for years." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "stop letting 23 year olds on the internet convince you to end your marriage\n#####\nI mean that’s pretty much it but if you post about your problem in your marriage or with substance abuse or difficult parents for the love of GOD get a second opinion from an actual professional - who will tell you that, fun fact, your husband not making you a sandwich is not spousal abuse.\n\n\nEDIT: thank you for all the awards! I really appreciate all the feedback too. A ton of people have pointed out that professional help is expensive and hard to come by and I 100% agree - if anyone’s interested, I use these videos to check myself before I wreck myself when I can’t physically go see my therapist in person. \nhttps://youtube.com/c/TheBartonBlueprintforEmotionalIntelligence\n\n Also, I see a lot of people are offended over the fact that I said 23 years olds in the title - this is because I am literally 23. I for some reason assumed most people on those threads are around my age, but the truth is I have no idea how old the average Redditor is.\n\nEDIT 2: I am not the husband who didn’t want to make my wife the sandwich. \n1) I am a woman \n2) I am not married, and thus have no wife to feed. \n3) I would never not make a sandwich. Making someone else a sandwich means I get to make myself a sandwich, and my sandwiches are a goddamn delight." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/rant." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "It pisses me off that people saying \"Never Again\" about the Holocaust because today is an anniversary. While they ignore the fact multiple concentration camps CURRENTLY exist.\n#####\nThere is a fuck ton of active concentration camps just as bad as the ones that were around during the holocaust. Yet no one wants to do anything about it. Especially not the ones in China, because that would start a war. \n\nIt seems like such a hypocritical and cop out phrase." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/AskReddit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How would you feel about Reddit adding 3 NSFW filters to distinguish between porn, gore, and repetitive posts asking how you would feel about Reddit adding 2 NSFW filters to distinguish between porn and gore?\n#####\n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/gunpolitics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "WE LIKE THE GUNS\n#####\nThe wsb boys are on to something. Its so simple. \n\nOur reasons for ownership are irrelevant. We dont owe detractors or state enforcers an answer. We dont need to justify our reasons or rights. \n\nWE LIKE THE GUNS\n\n\"why do you need an AR-15?\" \n\nWE LIKE THE GUNS \n\n\"why should anyone own an aRsEnAL?\" \n\nWE LIKE THE GUNS \n\n\"you do know you're more likely to hurt yourself or your family\"\n\nWE LIKE THE GUNS \n\nWE OWN THE GUNS, WE LIKE THE GUNS. \n\nWE WILL BUY MORE GUNS BECAUSE WE LIKE THEM \n\ngrabbers dont care about reasons. They'll debate emotional drivvel at you in bad faith no matter how reasoned your answer to their rehtorical question is. \n\nThe gun control debate is over. There's half a billion guns between a hundred million owners now. 3D printing was checkmate. There is no more debate. \n\nWE LIKE THE GUNS \n\nWhenever a grabber speaks, tell them WE LIKE THE GUNS. \n\nWhenever they try to grab, you say it even louder. \n\n#WE LIKE THE GUNS\n\nTheres nothing else to be said. \n\nWE LIKE THE GUNS, END OF DISCUSSION." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "To those of you who won’t wear a mask, I hate you\n#####\nThis has been annoying me for the past year and I’m sure I’m not the first person to write about this but here we go. I work at a resturant and the amount of people who walk in without a goddamn mask is appalling. You would never guess we were in a FUCKING PANDEMIC with the amount of maskless people who walk in. \n\nWhen I politely ask them to put a mask on, I will get people who comply, but then I get people like “I can’t wear one I have a condition” when I see them smoking outside the resturant. Or I’ll get someone saying “but I’m going to eat”. \n\nThe worst part about all of this is wearing a mask is LITERALLY THE BEAR FUCKING MINIMUM AND PEOPLE STILL REFUSE TO LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS. THERE IS A SIGN ON THE DOOR. IF YOU CANT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, DONT GO OUTSIDE. IF YOU DONT WANT TO WEAR A MASK, DONT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "It should be illegal for a company to list an entry level job as requiring 3-5 years experience, the very definition of an entry level job is no experience needed\n#####\nGraduates and school leavers already have an extremely hard time finding work in todays economy, most of which are forced to do jobs that had nothing to do with their fields because companies are too lazy to train and too cheap to offer training, they always want some other company to train them. Also if you require 3-5 years experience then the salary of those jobs should be considerably higher and NOT the basic entry level salary, they just want more for less. So long as your qualifications meet the required job they should be considered. \n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk is not a humble billionaire on our side.\n#####\nEveryone likes to talk shit on Jeff Bazos and Mark Zuckerberg for being shitty CEOs who only care about their stock value, yet Elon Musk and Tesla are somehow different? Everyone who believes this is being fooled by his marketing of himself. He’s not “one of us who made it” he’s another billionaire who doesn’t give a fuck about you or your family.\n\nThis shits really annoying on reddit too, “eLoN mUsK is BeTtInG 100 MillIon To LoWeR cArBon EmmIsons.”, yet he hasn’t given his employees a 401(k) option in three years but now suddenly has 1 billion dollars to invest in bitcoin? “but eLON mUsK SmOked A JoInt On Joe RoGan!!!”. Cool now tell me why that’s important when Tesla is trying to remove your right to repair on your car. Or what about that time he said a stimulus check is not in the “best interest” of the people. Like if he ever had to scrape by enough money to barely afford food.\n\nAnother note, when reddit does call out Elon Musk on something shitty he did, they don’t call him out, they call out his company and never him directly.\n\nedit: for people defending Tesla about giving employees stock options instead of a 401(k), please read this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/lfz0io/elon_musk_is_not_a_humble_billionaire_on_our_side/gmpslkr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "When I’m old and unable to care for myself, I want to be taken care of by professionals, not burden my children who will have their own families to care for.\n#####\nWhy on earth would ANY adult want to have their ass wiped by their children? I can think of nothing more humiliating or dehumanizing. \n\nI never understood why nursing homes (pre pandemic) were always such an awful thing. \n\nMy bfs grandma would get up an wander around the neighborhood and forget where she was. She would trash the house. She would need to be bathed and fed by others because she couldn’t function. His aunt had to quit her job to look after her, all while having kids of her own. What mother would want that for their children?? What person would want their own health and safety in the hands of someone who is trying to juggle their own lives and children and work instead of a person who takes care of others as their chosen career? \n\nThere is a HUGE difference between changing a 6 month old’s diaper and an 80 year old’s. And imo there is a HUGE difference between having a medical professional see you naked and clean you than your grown kids seeing you naked and cleaning you. \n\nI would not want my children to remember me as an invalid who needed shit wiped away from their vagina because of diapers. \n\nAs soon as a person is unable to function alone, they should be put in professional care and NOT be shamed for that decision." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Fuck you if you record yourself giving things to homeless people\n#####\nYou see it all over the internet these days, people recording themselves giving food or money or whatever to homeless people. All it is for these people is a personal boost, a way to get views on the internet and make themselves feel important. I think these actions should be shot down not praised and receive 10 million video views. If you’re really this good person you claim to be you would give to the homeless, give to shelters, help people and not tell anyone else about it, it’s that simple.\n\nEdit: I don’t think people should stop giving to the homeless all together, just stop recording it, in my eyes it’s just another thing that proves how shitty people are, instead of giving because they care about their fellow human they’re giving strictly for the image" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "It's been a year, if you still refuse to wear a mask you're just plain fucking stupid.\n#####\nEdit 3: Okay now, so some people literally sent me texts saying i should kill myself and stuff for saying what i think about a certain group of people? I swear to god you all NEED to grow up and stop making everything political ffs! This is a subreddit for speaking about what we want isn't it? No matter how different it is from your opinion, you all should be ashamed of yourselves seriously to think you have the right to harass people just because they don't agree to your agenda!! I'm not even American I don't give a shit about your politics okay?? What I said is about public health, get it? You people from r/NoNewNormal need to get mental help, it's not okay to threaten people just because you think you're right. Like wtf people? What does wearing a mask have to do with freedom huh? You just like to be against common sense, and call everyone a \"sheep\" and stuff, i know you think your government sucks, idk much about it as I'M NOT AMERICAN. But this is not that okay? If you think what I said offended you for god knows why reason just downvote it and scroll by! Or is that taking away your freedom too? Ffs\n\nPeople have to go out, there is work there is things to be bought, etc.. in my case because school is shut down we go to teachers in public centers for this kind of stuff (not all of them went online)\nSo here i am, wearing my mask and trying to stay away from people, forced to sit in a room with 20+ people close to each other and only 4 are wearing masks! And thats the case everywhere! I rarely see one now and it just.. angers me. I can't imagine catching this shit because of some entitled idiot that i have no idea how are they even in school if they're that stupid, and the only time i've seen a teacher talk about this he literally said \"i don't care whether you wear a mask or not\" like dude.. i seriously hope you get it because you just encouraged all the idiots in front of you to risk their health and everyone around them.\nAnd because this year will decide what college i'll go to and it's too late now to change teachers because they're all ahead of this idiot and i'll miss a lot so i have to continue.. honestly this pandemic made it VERY clear on who has a working brain and who barely has 2 brain cells.\n\nEdit:\nWow, you guys seriously surprised me i didn't think many of you were here on this sub lol, i made my statement clear, and i made it even clearer in my replies down there, i won't reply to any of you again because it's pointless, you call science while you follow conspiracy theories and shit and you literally have zero concerns for anyone's health around you, you just care to stay entitled enough.\n\nEdit 2: I had no idea so many people would get triggered lmao, keep going fellas, sure we're the sheep and everything." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "\"Y'all\" is a brilliant use of the English language and i refuse to be told otherwise\n#####\nI'm British, from a small town in the middle of England, nobody EVER says \"Y'all\" here and i don't get why.\n\nWhen i first heard the word i thought it was stupid, but the older i get the more and more i realise how much i would easily use \"Y'all\" in every day life.\n\nI'm a manager in my office so i often have to refer to multiple people at a time, \"You all\" or \"You lot\" or \"All of you\" is fine for now but can come off quite harsh, i've now rotated \"Y'all\" into the mix and it just FITS so well. Its soft, comes out friendly. Everyone knows what i mean, it rolls off the tongue nicely and i get to put that sweet southern accent on when i say it.\n\nI think we should all adapt to it because honestly, it works.\n\nEDIT: Jesus christ, this was a quick 5 minute post... how on earth did it boom this big?!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/progun." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Are you liberal, left-leaning, a Democrat, etc. - just lurking this page to see what people around here talk about? Welcome friend. Thanks for your time :) Here is why you, personally, should protect your 2nd amendment rights...\n#####\nFellow pro-gunners, please upvote this so it can rise to the top. I think that the anti-gun people need to see it.\n\n\\-----------\n\nA lot of people I know who are pro gun control have never actually viewed the text of the 2nd Amendment. Here it is:\n\n\"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.\"\n\n[A militia is defined as:](https://www.wordnik.com/words/militia)\n\n* n. An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.\n* n. A military force that is not part of a regular army and is subject to call for service in an emergency.\n* n. The whole body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.\n\n\\------------\n\nTo the left/\"liberal\"/Democratic people who are exuberant that the Biden administration is trying to remove \"weapons of war\" from the streets.\n\nWe love you. And we're glad that you're a real human with real feelings. You watch the news and see when unreasonable people take justice into their own hands and commit terrible crimes with weapons, and then you come away with the strong opinion that since things like that happen, \"weapons of war\" shouldn't be available to the public. I get it. This is my attempt to appeal to your individuality to help you understand why we all think it is so important that you have the freedom to arm yourself (not me, or anybody else - you, yourself). Hopefully after reading this, you will go out and buy a cheap gun if you don't already have one.\n\n*Disclaimer: Please don't misunderstand me - the crimes committed by the unstable are really horrible, and I do not make excuses for them.\n\nDo you remember how scared you were under the Trump administration? What were you worried about? I've lurked on a lot of left-leaning subreddits, and I think I have it narrowed down to this: It is terrifying to look at US history for the past hundred years or so and imagine that a bunch of white supremacists, or Christians, or conservatives - or whoever - could use the government to structurally and systemically oppress, repress, punish, torture, and subjugate you just for being yourself. It scared you to death to imagine that a super powerful demagogue could potentially seize control of the government and circumvent objective journalism to conspire behind closed doors with his \"buddies\" and absolutely ruin your life* due to the qualities that you can't (and wouldn't want to) change.\n\nThis may surprise you, but most pro-gun people have been afraid of that for centuries, and history is filled to the brim with examples of leaders who did exactly that.\n\nLet me use an easy example. Hitler. Let's assume that you are LGBTQ+, Black, Asian, Jewish, or anything else that. And let's imagine that Trump really was Hitler, and that the US really did turn into Nazi Germany. What would prevent an armed, powerful, national government from being able to recruit nationalists to round you up for being <quality> and isolate you into ghettos, kill you, castrate you, etc.? I think you know where I'm going with this. If you are armed to the teeth, body armor and all, and so are all of your fellow liberty-lovers, then you can band together with hundreds of thousands of people who believe you have the right to be treated equally, and you can say - \"NO.\" If the government decided to round up people who are <quality> and ruin your lives, then hundreds thousands of people, armed with \"weapons of war\", have the freedom to say - \"NO. This is not constitutional and you cannot take my right to life, liberty, and happiness based on racism, bigotry, or hate.\"\n\nOne of my good friends is a Democratic Socialist who has almost no common political ground with most gun owners I know, but he does recognize that any government that has \"all\" of the power is, or will soon be, a fascist government. It does not matter who is \"in control\" of it. If the government cannot be held accountable, and the people as a collective mass no longer have the right to say \"NO\", then fascism is sure to follow.\n\nIf you're LGBTQ+, Black, Mexican, Asian, Spanish, White, Christian, Muslim, or anything else - most people in this subreddit want to ensure that the government never oppresses you for being that way. And that's why the 2nd Amendment is so important. It's the people's way of telling our governments and every other government that if they try to hurt people for just being themselves, even if they would win the conflict, it would be extremely costly and probably not worth the effort. When citizens are heavily armed, there will not be a conflict because our politicians will not see it as being worth the possibility of conflict.\n\nIt's \"Mutually Assured Destruction\" at its finest.\n\nWhen the government takes steps to take away your ability to tell them NO, they are laying the foundation for some terrible, terrible person - years or decades in the future - to oppress people like you or me when and if it is politically or economically expedient. Just think about some of the terrible things that have happened within the last couple hundred years.\n\nSure, Biden may be a nice guy who is generally doing the right thing. But what if somebody terrible gets in office and decides to ruin your life?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/changemyview." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CMV: Tipping should not be expected for takeout orders\n#####\nThis is inspired from an argument over tipping on pizza takeout orders, but I feel like it applies to all restaurants offering takeout. My points are below.\n\nI tip for services that are provided where I feel the employee/worker generally has to go out of there way to complete that service. Examples are waiters, delivery drivers, hair stylists - people who respond to customer requests and often do additional work. \n\nI believe takeout orders are a product, not a service. Yes, someone is making the food is the bare minimum work that must be done to create the product that the customer wants. Takeout orders are pre-ordered and usually cannot be altered once put in. Whatever comes through on the ticket is what gets made. The customer comes to the restaurant and picks up the food, requiring no additional work from the staff than what would be required for any other transaction at a business. CMV.\n\nSome points I’ll address that I think may be a counter: \n\n1. I don’t think packaging the food to go is any additional work. The food would have to be plated if served in house - putting it into takeaway containers is arguably easier.\n\nEdit: this does not apply to pandemic stipulations, I understand the desire/need to tip when indoor dining is shut down.\n\nEdit2: So far I think the best argument is that takeout orders may lead to dissatisfaction with in-house dining, thus leading to lower tips. However I think this is ultimately forcing one customer to make up for another customer (who is requiring more time/attention/service) that understanding tipping to be “a reward” for a good job as opposed to compensation for their service.\n\nEdit3: Clearly plenty of people disagree, but I don’t think tips are expected anymore after reading hundreds of your comments. Let the hate pile on, it is clear many of you are angry at the way society is structured and would like to lay blame and fault at my feet.\n\nEdit4: To all those who continue to comment insults, strawman arguments, and just generally off the mark comments, I suggest you write to your local representatives to advocate for the change you wish to see. Directing your vitriol at a singular man for the woes of society is pathetic and asinine, but many of you have no desire other than to secure your supposed moral high ground while doing nothing to effect real change." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "As a firefighter who responds to all sorts of incidents can I just say, At an accident either help, or get out of the way, don't just stand there filming with your phone , that person is going through the worst day of their life, have some respect.\n#####\n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If I catch a baseball at a Major League game and you send your kid over, you're the ass hole, not me.\n#####\nI've been going to baseball games my entire life. I have well over 1,000 games attended. One of my life long dreams is to catch a baseball in the stands. To me that is a chosen from the baseball gods moment. Lately I've been seeing more and more when someone catches the ball a parent will send a kid over to collect their prize. Everyone boos the person who caught the ball for not giving it to the kid. The person who caught the ball has likely been waiting since they were that kid's age to catch one and now they have an entire section if not stadium bullying them to give it to some little kid that will have 0 appreciation for it because they just did what their parents told them and went and asked for it. \n\nObviously if I ever catch a ball I will break it to the kid that inevitably gets sent over gently that no, I will not give them the ball AND I will take my boos. But to the parents who send their sex trophy over to collect something that they aren't entitled to, you are horrible parents/people and I don't feel bad that your kid is sad now, it's your fault." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/rant." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I owe my Trump-supporting friends an apology.\n#####\n I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency these last four years and am still exhausted from the experience.\n\nBut to be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad, other than when he incited an insurrection against the government, mismanaged a pandemic that killed nearly half a million Americans, separated children from their families, lost those children in the bureaucracy, tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church, tried to block all Muslims from entering the country, got impeached, got impeached again, had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history, pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden, fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia, bragged about firing the FBI director on TV, took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community, diverted military funding to build his wall, caused the longest government shutdown in US history, called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate,” lied nearly 30,000 times, banned transgender people from serving in the military, ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions, vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers, refused to release his tax returns, increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion, had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history, called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers, coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist, refused to concede the 2020 election, hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House, walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl, called neo-Nazis “very fine people,” suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID, abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey, pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans, incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic, withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords, withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal, withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances, insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter, pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op, failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies, called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries, called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation,” claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere, forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader, believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe, suggested the US should buy Greenland, colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges, repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people,” claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases, violated the emoluments clause, thought that Nambia was a country, told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public, called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p---y” for following the Constitution, nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet, nominated a corrupt head of the EPA, nominated a corrupt head of HHS, nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department, nominated a corrupt head of the USDA, praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies, refused to allow the presidential transition to begin, insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death, spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president, falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote, called the Muslim mayor of London a “stone cold loser,” falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year, considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions, mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID, locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones, used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus,” hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser, pardoned several of his shady associates, gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories, got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!), had a Secretary of State who called him a moron, forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history, botched the COVID vaccine rollout, tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him, charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties, constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate, claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear, called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas,” used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivanka’s merchandise, opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling, got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers, claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US, ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings, blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining, redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle, got played by Kim Jung Un and his “love letters,” threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution, botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them, pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to “find” him votes, thought that the Virgin islands had a President, drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane, allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing, rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos, pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID, rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers, held blatant campaign rallies at the White House, tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was named for a Black man, refused to attend his successors’ inauguration, nominated the worst Education Secretary in history, threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted, attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn’t), allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues, struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble, called an African-American Congresswoman “low IQ,” threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders, went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic, claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were “witch hunts,” seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution, demanded “total loyalty” from the FBI director, praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles, completely gutted the Voice of America, placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service, claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower, suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country, suggested that COVID wasn’t that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public, overturned energy conservation standards that even industry supported, reduced the number of refugees the US accepts, insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames, gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address, named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old who’d previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties, eliminated the White House office of pandemic response, used soldiers as campaign props, fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him, demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military parade, hired a shit ton of white nationalists, politicized the civil service, did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the U.S. government, falsely said the Boy Scouts called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts, claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if Biden won, insulted reporters of color, insulted women reporters, insulted women reporters of color, suggested he was fine with China’s oppression of the Uighurs, attacked the Supreme Court when it ruled against him, summoned Pennsylvania state legislative leaders to the White House to pressure them to overturn the election, spent countless hours every day watching Fox News, refused to allow his administration to comply with Congressional subpoenas, hired Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer, tried to punish Amazon because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him, acted as if the Attorney General of the United States was his personal attorney, attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a libel lawsuit from a women who accused him of sexual assault, held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present, didn’t disclose his private meetings with Vladimir Putin so that the US had to find out via Russian media, stopped holding press briefings for months at a time, “ordered” US companies to leave China even though he has no such power, led a political party that couldn’t even be bothered to draft a policy platform, claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers, tried to pressure the U.K. to hold the British Open at his golf course, suggested that the government nuke hurricanes, suggested that wind turbines cause cancer, said that he had a special aptitude for science, fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure, blurted out classified information to Russian officials, tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in Florida, fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban, hired Stephen Miller, openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them, interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel, abandoned Iraqi refugees who’d helped the U.S. during the war, tried to get Russia back into the G7, held a COVID super spreader event in the Rose Garden, seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive, lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated, falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they weren’t, shamelessly exploited terror attacks in Europe to justify his anti-immigrant policies, still hasn’t come up with a healthcare plan, still hasn’t come up with an infrastructure plan despite repeated “Infrastructure Weeks,” forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID, told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by,” fucked up the Census, withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic, did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings,” allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the Hatch Act, seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, stood before sacred CIA wall of heroes and bragged about his election win, constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president which presumably includes four that were assassinated and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named Donald Trump, claimed Andrew Jackson could’ve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened, said that any opinion poll showing him behind was fake, claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him, claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President, created a commission to whitewash American history, retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain, claimed ludicrously that the Pulse nightclub shooting wouldn’t have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there, hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent Bowling Green Massacre as a reason to ban Muslims, had a press secretary who claimed that Nazi Germany never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others, bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at Trump properties, apparently sold pardons on his way out of the White House, stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians, falsely claimed Biden wanted to defund the police, said that the head of the CDC didn’t know what he was talking about, tried to rescind protection from DREAMers, gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic, tried to start a boycott of Goodyear tires due to an Internet hoax, said U.S. rates of COVID would be lower if you didn’t count blue states, deported U.S. veterans who served their country but were undocumented, claimed he did more for African Americans than any president since Lincoln, touted a “super-duper” secret “hydrosonic” missile which may or may not be a new “hypersonic” missile or may not exist at all, retweeted a gif calling Biden a pedophile, forced through security clearances for his family, suggested that police officers should rough up suspects, suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs, tried to stop transgender students from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender, suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a cruise ship because it would make US numbers look higher, nominated a climate change sceptic to chair the committee advising the White House on environmental policy, retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called “Fuck tha Police” at a campaign event, hugged a disturbingly large number of U.S. flags, accused Democrats of “treason” for not applauding his State of the Union address, claimed that the FBI failed to capture the Parkland school shooter because they were “spending too much time” on Russia, mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, obsessed over low-flow toilets, ordered the rerelease of more COVID vaccines when there weren’t any to release, called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statutes of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek), hijacked Washington’s July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech, took advice from the MyPillow guy, claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists, said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure, never seemed to heed the advice of his wife’s “Be Best” campaign, falsely claimed that mail-in voting is fraudulent, announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his defense secretary to resign in protest, insulted the leader of Canada, insulted the leader of France, insulted the leader of Britain, insulted the leader of Germany, insulted the leader of Sweden (Sweden!!), falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues, blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually, continued lying about spending lots of time at Ground Zero with 9/11 responders, said that the Japanese would sit back and watch their “Sony televisions” if the US were ever attacked, left a NATO summit early in a huff, stared directly into an eclipse even though everyone over the age of 5 knows not to do that, called himself a very stable genius despite significant evidence to the contrary, refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise, and a whole bunch of other things I can’t remember at the moment.\n\nBut other than that. . ." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UPDATE My best friend [22F] is giving up a full-ride scholarship to be with her boyfriend of >3 months\n#####\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/7awaf0/my_best_friend_22f_is_giving_up_a_fullride/\n\nJust found this throwaway account and thought I should give an update! My friend and I are now 25, and we’re still close. She did transfer schools and lose her scholarship. She also graduated late because of the transfer. In all, it cost her more than $30k in student loans, which she regrets.\n\nThings did not work out between her and her boyfriend. He really wanted to live a party boy lifestyle with her at home to cook and clean up after him. They broke up one year after she transferred. She still had a semester left, which was really difficult and lonely because she had no friends aside from him and his social circle.\n\nAfter graduation, she got a job as a teacher in her hometown. So she does have a way to pay back the loans! She’s pretty happy. She’s now engaged to a different guy she started dating ~2 years ago. They got together right after she moved home. Yes, it’s fast, but they live together with no issues. They aren’t going to start planning a wedding until COVID eases up. She’s less gullible now and more skeptical of her mom’s advice. Her experience really opened her eyes to the consequences of her choices.\n\nTL;DR My friend learned an expensive lesson, but her life turned out okay. She ended up where she probably would have if she didn’t transfer, but $30k in a hole. She’ll be the first to tell you to prioritize your future over a short-term relationship!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UPDATE: I (24m) cannot stand my boyfriend’s roommate’s (26f) dog and I’m trying to understand why and get past it\n#####\n[Here is the original post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/kfhw2j/i_24m_cannot_stand_my_boyfriends_roommates_26f/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)\n\nMy first post didn’t get the most attention, but there was been a major recent event that made me think it was time to post an update. \n\nHis roommate went away for the weekend (Valentine’s Day weekend!) and it fell on us to take care of the dog. I, obviously, was not too excited to be having to schedule my Valentine’s Day weekend around this dog’s needs, but was willing to do so to have a weekend alone with my boyfriend.\n\nWell, much to my surprise, the dog is a total sweetheart! When her owner is not around, she barely raises her voice, sleeps most of the day, and is extremely easy to care for! It would appear that it is really stuff like the incessant baby talking that actually bothers me, not the dog itself.\n\nThrough observation, as well, I’ve realized that the dog only barks and whines because she knows she’ll get attention or food from her owner whenever she wants. My boyfriend has very cleverly trained the dog to know that that doesn’t work on anyone else. So no begging from us!\n\nSo now I ignore the roommate’s dealings with the dog, love the dog herself, and let my boyfriend’s roommate deal with the worst parts of owning an old dog and just enjoy a buddy to watch tv with when shes not around.\n\nWin win! Thank you everyone for all the great advice.\n\nTL/DR: Dog doesn’t suck! Roommate still sucks at raising the dog but its much easier to ignore now because the dog is so great!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/offmychest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Fuck the assholes who convinced the world that the 5 day 40 hr work week is necessary.\n#####\nFuck them and fuck every single piece of shit human who still fights to make this normal. Yall are straight trash with your shitty miserable capitalist outlook on life. But good job brainwashing half the fuckin country to make us think that that's the only way that society can run and the only way that people deserve benefits and health insurance. Its honestly impressive how most people hate work and realize it's ridiculous to dedicate 5 days a week to your job, leaving yourself 2 days a week to care for yourself or do what you want. From the bottom of my heart and with passion, go fuck yourselves." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "(5 year update) Me [44 M] with my sister [50 F], 44 years duration, got a painful message from her regarding my professional behavior as a substitute k-12 teacher and don't know how to respond (long)\n#####\nThe front page r/askreddit thread inspired me to follow up here. [Here's my original post from five years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3fnzui/me_35_m_with_my_sister_42_f_siblings_for_35_years/).\n\nThe discussion was really helpful, and at one point I had my therapist read that thread. Thanks to everyone who chimed in. \n\nSince that post, I have not been in contact with my sister, except for incidentally at a few family events, where we had minimal interaction. My other family is conflicted, but they seem to understand that neither of us wants to be in each others' lives any more, despite them wanting us both in theirs.\n\nI've worked on this issue specifically in therapy, which has helped me develop some insight into those messages. Next year I will be as old as my sister was when she wrote me those abusive messages (there were a few followup messages I didn't include in the original post.)\n\nI don't regret cutting her out. I do regret having had a toxic person for a sibling. Looking back I recognized that her over the top email was part of a few lifelong behavioral patterns. I realized that basically, despite our biological similarities and having been raised in the same household, we are simply not compatible people.\n\nI hope one day she will develop her own insight, recognize her abusive behavior patterns, and reach out to try to repair or reestablish a relationship with me. But I'm not holding my breath for this to happen, and I'm not interested in reaching out to ask her if she'll consider trying to improve things. Not having her in my life in the years since has actually improved the quality of my life: there's been a lot of unnecessary drama and hard feelings that I'd been used to having to handle that I simply don't with her gone.\n\nAt this point I anticipate only seeing her at a few more funerals. Would have been nice to have a good relationship with a sibling, but I do not have that with her and I don't believe I ever will.\n\ntl;dr: Cut abusive person out and life has improved\n\nEDIT: I am humbled by your responses. Your support has moved me to grateful tears. Your perspectives, today and years ago, have really helped me to power through a pretty difficult experience. Thank you very much." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/DisturbingMovies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I'm getting kind of sick of this iceberg shit\n#####\nI am by no means trying to gatekeep this genre of filmmaking, I think that a lot of this stuff deserves more attention than it gets and, in addition, a lot of this stuff is worth more than just an endurance test. I'm happy to see more activity in this sub, truly. BUT\n\nMy issue is that a lot of young people found this community through that chart that treats all of these films as exactly that - and endurance test. And what results is a bunch of younger folks flocking to this sub and others like it asking about where they can watch literal child p\\*rn and snuff because someone on youtube told them it's the \"most disturbing film of all time\". You guys do realize that's really heavy shit that you shouldn't be looking for it let alone speaking of so lightly, right?. Regardless of you arguing whether or not it's illegal to possess such material I think it's pretty common knowledge that watching something like that is bound to be very heavy to process when watching. \n\nThis is the same shit that happened a few months ago with that stupid Meghan is Missing shit on tiktok. It really rubbed me the wrong way when I'd see a video from some 14 year old girl listing \"disturbing movies\" and throwing something like Melancholie der Engel in between mother! and Midsommar because she read about it on some article and, without even knowing what it entails, broadcasts it to all of her equally young fans. It's just very inconsiderate and kind of immature to me idk.\n\nI'm not saying young people aren't allowed to be into this stuff either, but there's a difference when you pace yourself and research things on your own rather than someone online just saying \"hey this is fucked up and if you can't handle it you're not as cool as me\" pressuring you into diving head first into more extreme content that you may not be ready for. \n\nJust please, to all of the newcomers here, take your time when getting into this stuff. There is nothing wrong with thinking something sounds too extreme for you right now. You've got all the time in the world to build up a tolerance before you start watching more extreme stuff in this genre, you aren't going to be judged because you feel like something is too much for you right now, and if anyone does then they're a dick idk what else to say.\n\nAlso can you guys please follow the rules here and stop asking about snuff and cp????" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/IndiaInvestments." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Zerodha Charges Fact check\n#####\nHere are the zerodha charges and other gotchas that I have come across so far.\n\nHidden Charges\n\n1. 10.62 Being payment gateway charges (every time you transfer money)\n\nDeclared charges\n\n1. 20 or 0.03% (whichever is lower) per executed order on intraday trades\n\nHidden charges - Hidden because they are hidden or buried somewhere in the fine print and not declared openly in their frontpage advertisement, promotions, dashboard etc.,\n\nDeclared charges - openly visible in the advertisement, dashboards, promotions etc.,\n\n\n\nEDIT: I still feel that zerodha is still worth staying at but their lack of complete honestly before sign up is a down side to me. Declaring additional charges under a foot note with tiny font is called being sneaky and deceptive, not being honest. \nIt seems moderators (I cannot of course prove it) are getting influenced to lock threads which are not showing the best of zerodha, I cannot respond to any of the comments. So those who look at this post will only see all the positive comments with likes highlighting them but not my response since they have locked it." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UPDATE: Me [36 M] married to my Wife [36 F] 11 years, and I can't stop thinking about a girl I dated for 1 month 16 years ago.\n#####\nOriginal Post \nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/lqpshq/me_36_m_married_to_my_wife_36_f_11_years_and_i/\n\nSo I mentioned to my wife vaguely that I was having a bit of a midlife crisis and ruminating on my past a bit too much. That I miss how I was physically at my peak in college. \n\nShe said she is also having a bit of a crisis, worried about longterm health and missing the shape she was in before kids. \n\nWe made a commitment to each other to get into shape and have changed our eating habits and bought a treadmill. I have been working out daily and my rumination issues have really dwindled. We also planned a nice vacation, and a few get togethers with frends in the next few months. \n\n\n\n---\ntl;dr: Told wife I was having a crisis without much detail. We are making strides to better ourselves and each other." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Got called insecure for breaking up with a girl that I found has an Onlyfans. If I’m the insecure one, why would you hide it for months?\n#####\nAnyways, I hope you have an amazing career and life. I really do. But I’m never dating a sex worker, online sex worker, onlyfans or any of that. It’s just a personal decision and hope you can respect that and realize it’s not because I hate you.\n\nEdit: Wow... didn’t expect this many responses. Thank you all for your input." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/rant." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sarah Everard.\n#####\nThis is a case that I'm sure most people in the UK have heard of over the last week. The case of the girl who was not only abducted from the streets of London whilst walking home, but abducted by a serving Met Police officer who's job description was to protect girls like her.\n\nI'm fucking furious about it. I'm a 27 year old female who lives less than a mile from where this happened. The whole area is, of course, shaken. We're angry, naturally. But what I'm most angry about is the response I've seen on social media.\n\nI'm angry that women are being told not to go out at night. That we're being told to stay vigilent and stay inside if it's dark. Why? Why the fuck are WOMEN being told to change our routine? Why are WE being advised to follow a curfew? Why do we constantly have to live in fucking FEAR of shit like this happening when we literally just want to WALK?\n\nI've been in tears over this and I know that some people will find it dramatic, but I'm so, so frustrated. The comments on the Facebook news posts of men saying that she shouldn't have been walking; that she should have used common sense and gotten a cab. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you.\n\nI've been in that position. Back in 2016, I made the decision to walk home from work because I didn't have money for a cab. I calculated the route. I had to weigh up the dangers of one route compared to the other. I took the route that I deemed to be safest and yet some fucking asshole decided to attack me anyway. Ran up behind me, grabbed me and pulled me into a bush. The safest route. The well lit route, and it still happened.\n\nWomen are so fucking tired. We hate that we have to change OUR routines. We walk with keys between our fingers. We don't listen to music. We don't go jogging after dark. I'm not scared, because I refuse to be. I refuse to live in fear of men, but I am so fucking angry.\n\nAnd the fucking hashtag. The fact that #notallmen is trending higher than #saraheverard. This is the same crowd that scream 'All Lives Matter' in respond to the BLM movement. FUCK OFF. FUCK OFF. FUCK OFF.\n\nJust leave us the fuck alone. Let us live our damn lives. We are TIRED of living in fear. We are TIRED of being told what we can and can't do. We're so fucking TIRED.\n\nRest in peace, Sarah. I didn't know you, but we're hurting. You were failed by the very people who were there to protect and we're going to fight for you, and every woman like you.\n\nFuck all of this." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UPDATE - My (27F) boyfriend (28M) is obsessed with my ex (27M).\n#####\n[Original post](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/k9c84u/my_27f_boyfriend_28m_is_obsessed_with_my_ex_27m/)\n\nAfter my last post, I tried to take the advice in the comments and suggested couples counselling and I asked my boyfriend to cut off my ex, but he got angry at me again. He claimed I was the one who needed therapy because I had jealousy issues, and that my ex was one of his good buddies and I couldn’t dictate who he was friends with. \n\nThen a week later he had another hangout with my ex and his friends where he proceeded to very loudly tell them how I was so insecure, and I was trying to tell him who he could speak to. My ex and Luke had to tell him to stop which he didn’t like at all. I should’ve just broken up with him at this point, but I was stupid and still clinging to the hope of my boyfriend going back to how he was. After this happened, my boyfriend was constantly making jabs at my ex and Luke but then he would still contact them and pretend to be friends with them. \n\nThen, he became super interested in what my sex life was like with my ex. He was constantly asking me who was better between the two of them and he would ask me if I had done this or that with my ex. I kept telling him I didn’t want to talk about it and to stop asking me. I then find out from my ex and Luke that he had been asking my ex directly the same questions and that he had been bragging about our sex life to his friends. My ex said he was telling me because my boyfriend made a comment about loaning me to my ex if he ever felt like recreating old times. That was the final straw for me, and I broke up with him and moved out. \n\nMy now ex-boyfriend didn’t take the breakup well and he went on a smear campaign. He even contacted my family and my ex’s family to tell them we were apparently having an affair and that he had no choice but to break up with me. It’s been almost a month since we broke up and he keeps getting new numbers to text and call me.\n\nDeep down I think I knew this would be how things ended. I’m sad about the relationship I thought we had ending but now that I’ve had space away from my ex-boyfriend, I feel much better and it's like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders.\n\nTL;DR – My boyfriend wasn’t willing to work on the relationship and he kept doing things to embarrass/upset me so I finally broke up with him." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/AmItheAsshole." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Update: AITA for not wanting to hide that my moms are gay to my girlfriend’s parents?\n#####\nOriginal post:\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/m2zhf5/aita_for_not_wanting_to_hide_that_my_moms_are_gay/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf\n\nSo we broke up. Yesterday since it had already been days of us not talking. I listened to ur comments and decided to ask how would she feel if I told her only one of her parents could go cause my moms are uncomfortable around heterosexual couples. \n\nShe basically laughed and said it’s not the same thing because that’s a “normal couple”. That kinda got me and I asked what’s not normal about my moms. Think that’s when she saw she fucked up with what she said. She said she didn’t mean it like that and just knows it would be awkward and weird because her parents don’t like that.\n\nThen I asked her if she would feel like that too. And she didn’t say anything. We talked for a while and she still wasn’t getting how this would hurt my moms asking them to hide who they are. Then it got to where she admitted it would also be embarrassing for her parents would know I have two moms.\n\nAnd yeah I wasn’t gonna take that and told her we’re done. Not gonna be w someone who’s embarrassed about my moms or doesn’t want others to know. That was it. \n\nMy friends haven’t said anything to me yet but think I’m just gonna block them out cause I don’t wanna deal with their shit rn.\n\n\nI know I said in my comments I was thinking abut asking my moms for advice but since we’re broke up I’m not gonna tell them why. I only told my moms it wasn’t working out with her so we’re done. \n\nThey dont need to why cause I don’t want them to feel is their fault and they really liked my girlfriend. This would hurt their feelings knowing she was feeling that way. \n\nIts not my first break up but it still really sucks and I’m feeling sad. It is what it is though. Thanks for everyone’s help and for telling me ur own experiences." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/AskTeenGirls." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "do you think the next generation will romanticize the pandemic? like “omg quarantine aesthetic!!1!?” or “i wish i was alive in the 20’s so i could do online school & wear masks, born in the wrong generation?”\n#####\ni saw a post talking ab this on tiktok a couple months ago, and i honestly think some people might say shit like this someday LMAO idk tho" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/LetsNotMeet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nurse said it was \"my own fault\" that he hurt me\n#####\nThis happened to me when I was 21 after an OD suicide attempt. I woke up in the hospital in the middle of the night to a nurse saying he needed to replace my IV. He jabs me 2 or 3 times but doesn’t hit a vein, so I ask if he could get someone else to try. He says no and keeps going. As he is doing this, he is pushing and wiggling the needles around under my skin saying he is trying to get the vein. \n\nBy the 7th or 8th needle, it registers that he is intentionally trying to hurt me. I ask him, \"why are you doing this?\" he just says, \"it's your own fault you're here.\" \n\nI was too weak to fight back and it was the middle of the night, there was no one else around I could call out to. I have no idea how many times he ended up puncturing me in the end.\n\nThe next day a different nurse was taking out my IV. She was horrified because she said it was the biggest needle she'd ever seen used on a \"living\" patient (not sure why you would use needles on a dead patient, but that's what she said). \n\nA lot of people shrug this off when I tell them about it, but it was so terrifying being alone, helpless, and knowing that the person who was supposed to care for you hated you and wanted to cause you pain. So yeah, night nurse who loves huge needles and hates mentally ill girls, let's not meet again.\n\nEdit: Thanks everyone for your kind words and support, you don’t know what it means to me. For those wondering, I am doing much much better now. This happened 7 yrs ago & I didn’t report it. Very small town, I was scared that people I worked with would find out about my suicide attempt if I pursued it, plus I was just focused on survival. You all have encouraged me, though, and I’m going to do my best to track this guy down and and report it to someone. Sending my love to all those who shared their own stories of medical abuse and trauma in the comments" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/LetsNotMeet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Why I no longer go Camping (and why I really love my dog)\n#####\nTo understand my story, you sort of have to know a tiny bit about tresspassing laws in our country; in that we don't have any so long as you're respectful and nondestructive. You can walk over any hills you like and in my case, camp on any beach of your choosing so long as once you leave the area is how you found it.\n\nI used to love camping when I was little. Our family would go multiple times a year with a large group of my parents' friends and their kids. On average there were maybe ten of us at a time, which was a bit of logistical challenge since we always headed out to this one really remote beach on the coast.\n\nActually we weren't the only ones. There always yachts bobbing just off the short with people in them and other campers lining up and down the beach. Most of them also had children or teenagers, so it wasn't a wild party scene. It was very much an informal family holiday spot. There was even a small building with toilets and showers installed nearby even though this was the middle of no where. I guess the local council must have figured it out and got sick of people peeing behind bushes.\n\nWe took a trip up in Spring 2011. I'm really bad with time but I know this because I got my dog in Winter 2010, after picking her out that November from the shelter as a birthday gift from me to me, as I paid her adoption fee. Reddit, I know you love dogs and she will be very important to the story later on so let me tell you a little bit about Parmesan.\n\nParmesan came to me as a six month old puppy who had been rescued from a dog fighting situation. We're not entirely sure what breed she is exactly but my best guess is a lurcher/staffie mix. She is a wonderfully well tempered dog with people and most dogs but you absolutely do not threaten her; she'll have you.\n\nSo by the time of this camping trip I'd had Parmesan for a few months. She'd never come camping with us before but far as my family are concerned dogs go on camping trips, so when we all piled into the car she came too. Unusually though none of the family freinds could make it, so it was only me, my sister, my dad and my mum. I didn't mind, I wasn't that attatched to the other kids, I'd rather play with my dog and I'd still have my sister.\n\nThe drive took the best part of six hours and because we'd left a bit later (although I don't remember why we'd left later than normal) we arrived at sunset. Not a good time to be building a tent but we'd expected to arrive to other campers already set up and the beach illuminated in campfires. The beach was empty.\n\nIn spite of this my parents started taking stuff out and trying to build the tent. They asked us to fetch some of the lighter bags from the boot of the car while they sat pointing a flashlight at the sand to see properly. I rolled down the window of the car for Parmesan before getting out, it was pretty hot for that time of year and I wanted her to have air. Always gotta be looking out for my furry little homie.\n\nAs we're fumbling about in the dark, on a beach, in the middle of no where it's pretty spooky. The one road that led to this beach was circular and had a bridge over the water, meaning you could basically circle around the beach like a big 0 shape if you felt like it. I wasn't really paying any attention to the road, I was complaining I was tired as kids are want to do but my mum was.\n\nAfter maybe fifteen minutes of my dad trying to nail the tent into the sand, my mum's asking him had he \"seen that car drive round? It's been a few times\". My dad kinda shrugged her off, he's sort of like that. I don't know if he said anything back to her but after a few more minutes a car pulled up next to ours on the road and someone got out.\n\nIt was maybe fifteen or twenty feet from the cars to where we were and the light was pretty low, except for the torches. We weren't expecting to see anyone else out here at this point and I think my mum said it must \"be the security\". I don't know why a random beach would have security? I think what she meant was the wildlife trust or something, as they do occasionally come down to do their nosey.\n\nThe guy was walking pretty unevenly. He must have been drunk or high because he had that stagger to him, there was absolutely no way this guy was sober. Cool. A junkie. Not an unusual find but it's rare to see them in the wild. As he walked into flashlight range we realized he was carrying a large knife, maybe fifteen inches? Although I was small at the time so maybe my sense of scale was off.\n\nI don't like my dad but credit to him once he saw this he got up immediately, holding onto the camping mallet and put us all behind him. The man began to shout wildly at us that we can't camp here and he was just 'letting us know'. My dad tried to initally be a bit lowkey with the guy and told him that was fine, we'd leave but this didn't work. He kept coming closer to us, so my dad started shouting and the man kept shouting back.\n\nMy sister and I were crying. I remember shaking, I was utterly terrified as I'm sure sure anyone would be in that situation. It really did seem like this guy and my dad were going to fight and I'm going to be honest; I didn't fancy my dad's chances. While it's grim to consider, I'm absolutely convinced he would have killed my dad and possibly us as well once he was done as I don't think my mother would have had the common sense to run with us. I love her but she's always put dad and her relationship with him above us.\n\nThis isn't how it went down. A bolt from the black like a wolf descending on its prey took us all by surprise, most of all the man with the knife. In that moment, Parmesan was the apex predator large canines represent in nature. She got him good by the arm and clamped down hard, ripping his jacket and shredding the skin underneath.\n\nHe dropped the knife as it had been in the arm she had got him by. He kicked her, he punched her and eventually got her off. He grabbed the knife from the sand and ran back to his car and drove off. Parmesan didn't follow him. She stayed with us, muzzle covered in blood.\n\nQuickly as we could we gathered our things and all got back in the car, all pretty shook up by the incident. I looked Parmy over, she was okay, but the car's window was much more open than I'd left it. We think what happened was when the shouting started she must have put her paws up on the gap I'd left for her. As it was an old car and had the rolly down windows and not an electric button, we think she must have been able to hit it with her paws to force it down enough to squeeze out.\n\nThis is not the end of my story. We were all pretty scared and since we had the dog with us, we couldn't book into a hotel for the night. My parents decided just to drive home so we could all feel safe but first had to drive into the nearest town for petrol as they were kind of low. I spent the time trying to clean Parmesan up a little. I'd always loved dogs but what she'd just done for me blew my mind.\n\nAs we drove into town we came across a petrol station but it looked closed. My dad drove up closer to get a better look and stuck his head out the window to get a better look at the sign. My mum asked him what on earth he was doing and he told her he was trying to see when it opens.\n\n\"Never.\"\n\nMy heart fucking sank. Parked in the corner, behind a van so we hadn't seem him at first, was the man with the knife. He was sitting on the bonnt of his car, using some tissue paper to clean up his arm. It looked pretty bad. Without stopping to refuel or look anywhere else in town, my dad drove right out of there!\n\nHe decided to go to the next town over but this was remove. The next town over was sixty miles away. He didn't have that much petrol, we realized, as we began driving. We were going to break down. That's fine, dad said, we had AA cover. They'd come tow us home or at least to somewhere acceptable for the night. Better than staying in the last town.\n\nAfter driving for maybe five minutes, lights flash us from behind. Another car. The same car the man had been driving. It was him, following us. He must have realized we were low on petrol!\n\nThe next half hour was one of the worst half hours of my life. I had a complete and utter breakdown, as did everyone really. I could tell my parents were trying to keep it underwraps so it wouldn't upset us but we weren't really little kids, we were both double digits, we knew how dangerous this situation was.\n\nDad turned off the radio to conserve petrol and the man followed us for fifty five miles before he peeled away onto another road. Our fuel meter was on the big red E for empty for the last ten miles, we were driving on fumes. I don't really believe in God but if he does exist that was definitely one of his miracles.\n\nOnce we got there, we drove into a petrol station and refilled to a full tank before driving the rest of the way home. Sister and I slept in the car after that. I only woke up once we made it all the way home, just grateful nothing worse had happened than that.\n\nAfter getting some sleep, my mum phoned the non-emergency line for the police and reported what had happened. They never got back to her after that but apparently the woman she spoke to said they may wish to in the future, as he matched the description given of a suspect wanted in relation to a murder charge. No idea if he actually was that guy or just a random psycho, as I said, they never got back to her.\n\nSo what's the takeaway then? Other than crazy man on the beach, let's not meet! Well, for me it's that I love Parmesan. She's still with us now, old as the hills and twice as grizzled as one of my mum's friends likes to joke. I don't know why she did what she did that day, I couldn't tell you what her thought process was.\n\nWhat I do know is that this poor puppy was born into an enviroment where they abused and neglected her, only to be rescued and taken to a shelter where her mother and siblings all found homes before her. Despite how badly people had treated her, when I took her home she forgave but never forgot. I think the saying is I never trust a person who doesn't like a dog but I always trust a dog when they don't like a person? They have a very good understanding of human body language and I think she must have understood how much danger we were in.\n\nIf you're able to, please adopt. You might find yourself in a situation like mine one day. I promise you if you're willing to save a four legged friend's life they will pay you back tenfold if they're able to, without a thought for their own safety. I paid £78 for Parmesan's adoption fee which is a lot when you're a kid but it chills me to my bones knowing if I hadn't been so instant on a dog I might be dead.\n\nEDIT; My god, I was not expecting this to get this sort of reaction at all. Especially not in so little time. I've spent most of my night off going through comments, clarifying stuff in replies, ect, ect, ect. I'm going too answer a few frequently asked questions quickly and then turn notifications off as I need to get on with my uni work!\n\nI live in Scotland and this happened in the Highlands, fairly remotely. The drive took so long because we always used this one really specific beach and the car was loaded down with camping supplies, two small children and a dog. So the car was heavier than normal and pee breaks were frequent (you've all peed on the side of the motorway, don't at me).\n\nWe didn't phone the police while being followed because we had no signal or so my mum said but I suspect the genuine reason was that there was weed in the car, my parents used to smoke/deal. I didn't include this in the original story because it didn't affect my experience of this story, I was a little kid and I was telling it from my perspective as I remember it as per subreddit rules. Thank you all for the awards and saying so many sweet things about Parmy! \n\n\n*EDIT no2;* Yes, you can narrate this story for Youtube. That's fine, no need to message me. Secondly please stop trying to use my story as a political tool to advocate for gun ownership. You're entitled to your opinion but please respect me by not perverting the message of this story to suit your agenda. Why try and start a political issue in a scary story subreddit? " } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/LetsNotMeet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I Accidentally Discovered an Online Shrine\n#####\nI recently received a friend request that reminded me of this story, so I’m going to share it here.\n\nThis happened after I went to university, so I was eighteen. I made an effort to make friends after I moved onto campus, and ended up with a few groups to hang out with, including a new girlfriend, and plenty of people from my classes that I liked well enough. There was one class before lunch where it was traditional for people to go to the cafeteria afterwards to eat in pairs or threes. I wasn’t very discerning about who I’d have lunch with, because I got on fine with most people from the class, and we were all trying to make an effort to be social. So when one girl, Lily, asked if I wanted to eat lunch together after that class, I didn’t have any reason not to go.\n\nWe talked about school and that kind of thing. Nothing noteworthy, but she did ask me to get lunch with her again the next week. It became a pattern, and there wasn’t exactly a way to start saying ‘no’ suddenly. It was fine, but it did mean I lost the chance to eat lunch with anyone else on those days. In hindsight, I suppose that was the point.\n\nOne day in class, I asked someone if I could add them on social media. This happened in front of Lily. I saw her face jerk towards me from a couple of seats over. It was such a sharp reaction that it was hard to ignore, and I still remember it. By the time I got home later that day, Lily had sent me a friend request. No friends in common. Don’t know how she knew my last name. I was a bit surprised, but I guessed she’d just dug through the university’s social media pages and found me through there. It gave me a bad feeling, but surely it was fine?\n\nShe ended up messaging me a lot, and commenting on anything I posted. I told myself that she was just awkward, and we became friends, if not close. I’d known worse people. She still always got me to go eat lunch with her after our one shared class. Other than that, we rarely spent time together in person. I saw her around sometimes, but I never went out of my way to hang out with her. So, it was mostly online messaging and seeing each other in group settings.\n\nCoincidentally, my girlfriend was also called Lily. This was something that clearly bothered Lily (not my girlfriend, who couldn’t have found it less interesting. It’s a common name). She occasionally hinted that she wanted my girlfriend to ‘pick a different name’, or joked about her not suiting it. She clearly didn’t like my girlfriend at all, and I had an idea of why. It was hard to ignore by this point.\n\nLily was starting to unsubtly hint that she had a crush on me. I tried not to address it, because what was I going to say? I’ve never known what to do when a friend makes a pass at me. I was also not interested in the least. Even ignoring the weird stuff she pulled, Lily was not my type at all. She tended to dress and act in a way somewhere between a fifties housewife and one of those adults who is still obsessed with Disney princesses. If you can picture that.\n\nThings took an uncomfortable turn on the day of our last shared class of the year. Instead of asking me to lunch like she usually did, Lily asked if I’d go for a walk with her. Again, I didn’t exactly know how to refuse, so I said all right. Our campus was bordered by a large patch of woodland. Lily led me into the woods and the sounds of our fellow students slowly faded away. She sat down on a log and I joined her. She started talking about how she was going to miss me over the summer. I tried placating her, but I didn’t want to be there. Especially because she seemed almost on the verge of tears. I think I tried to make an excuse about having plans with my girlfriend, but before I could leave, Lily chose to kiss me without warning. It was uncomfortable to say the least. I got out of there and was happy to think I wouldn't see her for a while.\n\nI came back to university after the summer, moving into a house with my friends. Without going off topic, there were some serious issues in my friend group. A lot of petty arguing, and worse. I broke up with my girlfriend around the start of that school year as well, and basically the whole mess made me recontextualise things with Lily because it suddenly didn’t seem as bad. That said, I didn’t want to be alone with her. We mostly talked online. She was still constantly messaging me, after all.\n\nOne upside of everything was that I started dating a boy. Lily was not pleased to hear that news. I think she hoped to sneak in after I broke up with my girlfriend, but as I said before, that was never going to happen. There wasn’t a big gap between my break up and this new relationship, so she must have thought she ‘missed her chance’ to be with me.\n\nThis is where the story gets bad.\n\nAt this time, I was fairly active on Tumblr. I occasionally talked about my life, and mostly reblogged photos and stuff. I was on there one day when something odd happened. One of the blogs I followed had received an ask with some phrases I recognised. It took a second to register that it was taken from my about page. That made me freeze. I read the message properly. Someone was asking this completely random person to analyse a section of text from my page, asking for their opinion on the type of person who would write it. I cannot stress how messed up it was to see people talking about me like I was a character in a book they were trying to study. The reply was basically ‘I don’t know, sorry’, but the important thing was that the question hadn’t been anonymous. It linked to someone’s blog. Obviously, I wanted to know who had taken such a bizarre interest in me. As far as I knew, no-one in real life, other than my boyfriend, knew about my page. Well, no prizes for guessing who was behind it.\n\nWhat I found was like a shrine.\n\nShe was using a fake name, but I recognised Lily all over that thing. It was this cutesy, pink and red page. There were a few posts about her interests, but most of the content was focused on her primary interest. Me. Most of the posts were about me. There were accounts of things I’d done recently (he told me about such and such, he went to a nightclub recently, etc), as well as references to things from as far back as I’d known her. It was clear she'd been keeping tabs on me, both online and offline. Gathering up every scrap of information she could about my life and hoarding it here in her collection.\n\nShe talked about us eating lunch together and how special our ‘dates’ had been to her, as if it was anything more than acquaintances getting food after class. She talked about the time she had forcibly kissed me in the woods, but she wrote it as if it had been mutual. She quoted lyrics from my favourite song and talked about how she’d always be there for me, no matter who else came into my life. Lots of references to loving me ‘just the way he is’. Which answered another mystery about an anonymous love letter I’d received earlier that year with the same wording.\n\nIt got worse. There were a lot of posts about my boyfriend, as well. These weren’t so nice. They got vicious, talking about how he didn’t deserve me. He didn’t know what he had. If she was with me, she’d be jealous of anyone else who came near me, so my boyfriend not being a jealous person meant he didn’t love me. It was angry and hateful. I didn't like to think about the sort of person who could write so obsessively being fixated on me.\n\nOne thing that didn’t make sense at first was that the blog also made plenty of references to Lily’s ‘best friend’ Steven. She had never mentioned this person to me. Her posts talked a lot about Steven and how great a friend he was, and how much fun they had together, how he looked out for her, etc. I was trying to work out whether this was an online friend, when one specific post made it all click. She had posted a photo and captioned it with ‘Steven sent this to me! He knew I would like it and I love it’ or something like that. The problem was, the photo was taken from my own page. I hadn’t sent it to her. She took it from my page and then claimed this fictional best friend of hers shared it with her, because in her head, she’d split me into two people. In her messed up fantasy life, I was both the perfect best friend who was always looking out for her, and her soulmate who was bound to end up with her when I finally got over my (sweet, kind) boyfriend and all the other ‘easy’ girls I hung out with that she made dozens of posts complaining about.\n\nWho was she complaining to? Oh, Lily had an audience. She asked open questions about me and her ‘relationship’ with me and got messages back from her followers. People who took what she said at face value. I saw a bunch of random people agreeing with this stalker that my boyfriend didn’t deserve me, and we were bound to break up soon so I could be with Lily. The person I was clearly supposed to be with. She had this fake, fanfiction version of my life up for anyone to share their opinion on, and she’d made herself out to be the hero of it all. I went maybe a month back into this page’s history. I did not look at everything that was there. It was too much. So, I’m not sure how long this had been going on.\n\nI sent Lily a message confronting her about the blog. She said nothing, and I cannot stress how weird it was to have found pages and pages dedicated to me, with her talking about how she was in love with me and would make sure we ended up together, slamming my boyfriend, and building a fantasy life with two different versions of me in it that she clearly believed to be real... then acting like it hadn't happened. She said nothing. She didn’t address it, she just changed the subject, even after I pushed, and it was like she hadn’t even registered what I said. I’ve never seen anything else like it.\n\nShe deleted the page, of course, or at least changed the name and hid it so I never found it again. It wasn’t the end, though. I wasn’t going to hang out with her anymore, but we were still shoved together in classes and she had started to actually scare me with what she might do next. I’m kind of a paranoid person. Knowing someone was obsessively keeping track of me for who knows how long freaked. Me. Out.\n\nThe next thing she pulled was trying to seduce my boyfriend. It was an absolutely useless attempt that only made him uncomfortable. He told me about it right away. What was her plan there, did she hope to tell me he cheated and wait for me to break up with him? Why would I want her after that? When that didn’t work out for her, she tried hitting on three of my other friends. None of them took the bait. She ended up dating one of my former housemates for a while, but made sure to send me messages while they were together letting me know she’d rather be with me. No thanks.\n\nLily made sure to stay in my life the whole time I was at university. There was a time when I tried to pull away from her, and she ended up starting rumours about me and damaging a career opportunity I'd put a lot of work into. I don’t know what else she did behind my back, but it made me realise it was safer to let her think she was part of my life while ignoring her, rather than doing something that would cause her to get angry.\n\nAfter I graduated, Lily still wanted to spend time together, but I knew I didn’t have to now. I made excuses about work and barely talked to her after that point. I almost entirely stopped posting on social media that I knew she knew about. Of course, she didn’t give up that easily. She tried to start conversations. Asked me to meet up with her. Attempts I usually ignored. I didn’t like to think she was still tracking me online, but she probably was. I don’t know how, but she’d occasionally reference things I mentioned online somewhere, somewhere she shouldn’t have known about.\n\nThe last time we had a real conversation, she sent me a message out of nowhere. We hadn’t spoken at all in months, and we hadn’t talked about anything serious in much longer than that. Thinking about that conversation still makes my skin crawl, but I’ll summarise what happened.\n\nAt first she asked me some questions about how long had I known I was queer. I told her some basic stuff, the kind of thing I’d tell anyone who asked. Then, she changed the subject. She started talking about how would I feel about her if she was a boy. About wanting to be a boy for me. The messages quickly became fetishistic. She went into plenty of detail about fantasies she had of the two of us. Again, we were not friends at this point. We’d never been especially close, at least not from my perspective, and we had barely spoken for years. I can’t imagine sending messages like that to even a close friend, let alone someone who barely knows you.\n\nI tried telling her not to pull this crap with me, but she decided to change tactics. She sent photos of herself, followed by a bunch of messages (maybe four or five a minute, way too fast for me to reply before the next one arrived) basically quoting back what I’d told her about myself and my past earlier. She was telling me these things as if they had happened to her. She was roleplaying as me. The worst part was that she seemed to believe it was real, that those things actually had happened to her, even when she was quoting me word for word. Things I’d told her only hours before were now her life. It was like she was trying to absorb my history, to take it over. To make my life part of her.\n\nYeah, I didn’t talk to her again after that. I ignored future attempts she made to talk to me, and I eventually silently deleted her from the inactive social media which was her only real way of contacting me. I really thought she might finally move on.\n\nA few days ago, she sent me a friend request. It’s sitting there unanswered, because I know if I delete it, she’ll only send another one. Lily and I met nearly twelve years ago. This story is just the highlights, and even then, it’s only the stuff I know about for sure. A lot happened behind my back. I know it did.\n\nSo, girl who’s spent twelve years obsessing over me, fetishizing me, stalking me, and harassing me – let’s not meet again. The fantasy life you built for the two of us in your head is the only place you’ll be seeing me anytime soon." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/changemyview." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CMV: \"Folks\" is a reasonably inclusive, gender neutral term, and spelling it as \"folx\" is purely virtue signaling\n#####\nI just want to start by saying this might be the only instance of something that I would actually, unironically call \"virtue signaling\" -- a term I usually disdain and find dismissive of social progress. But in this case, that's exactly what I think it is. \n\n\"Folks\" is an inclusive word. It means \"people.\" It is inherently gender neutral. It is perhaps one of the few English words to address a group of people that is totally inclusive and innocuous. In a time when we are critically evaluating the inclusiveness of language, one would think we're lucky to have a word as neutral and applicable as \"folks.\" \n\nBut apparently, people are intent on spelling it \"folx,\" with the \"x\" indicating inclusiveness. But adding a trendy letter to a word doesn't make the word more inclusive if the word was already inclusive. \"Folks\" didn't exclude people who were non-binary (for instance), because it inherently means \"people\" -- so unless you think non-binary folx aren't people, then they were already included and accepted in that term.\n\nI understand there is value in making sure that language is obviously inclusive when speaking to people who may otherwise feel excluded. So, I understand there may be some value in taking a word that is potentially vague in its inclusiveness, and tweaking it in a way that is more inclusive. As an example, I understand the intent and value in the term \"latinx\" (which could be its own discussion, but I'm just citing it as a contrary example here). Regardless of someone's feelings on \"latinos/latinas,\" \"latinx\" is a substantive change that would, in theory, have more inclusiveness for those who might feel othered by the gendered terms. \n\nBut \"folx\" doesn't add or change anything on a substantive level. It is purely a spelling change in a situation where the original spelling was not problematic or exclusive. It uses the letter \"x\" as a reference to the fact that \"x\" has become a signifier of inclusiveness, thereby showing that the user supports inclusiveness. But if people wouldn't have felt excluded otherwise, then signifying this is purely for the user's own ego -- to say, \"Look at what type of person I am; you should feel accepted by me.\" Signaling that you're a good person in a way that doesn't change anything else or help your audience (since there wasn't a problem to begin with) is, by definition, virtue signaling. \n\nThe only conceivable reason I see for the rally behind \"folx\" is the historical usage of \"volk\" in Germany, when Nazi Germany referred to \"the people\" as part of their nationalist identity. But 1) that's a different word in a different language which carries none of that baggage in English-speaking cultures; 2) it's a such a common, generally applicable word that its inclusion within political rhetoric shouldn't forever change the world itself, especially given its common and unproblematic usage for decades since then; and 3) this feels like a shoe-horned, insincere argument that someone might raise as a way to retroactively inject purpose into what is, in actuality, their virtue signaling. And if you were previously unfamiliar with this argument from German history, then that underscores my point about how inconsequential it is to Western English-speaking society. \n\nPeople who spell it as \"folx\" are not mitigating any harm by doing so, and are therefore doing it purely for their own sense of virtue. CMV.\n___\nAddendum: I'm not arguing for anyone to stop using this word. I'm not saying this word is harmful. I'm not trying to police anyone's language. I'm saying the word's spelling is self-serving and unhelpful relative to other attempts at inclusive language. \n\nAddendums: By far the most common response is an acknowledgement that \"folks\" is inclusive, but also that \"folx\" is a way to signal that the user is an accepting person. I don't see how this isn't, by definition, virtue signaling.\n\nAddendum 3: I'm not making a claim of how widespread this is, nor a value judgment of how widespread it should be, but I promise this is a term that is used among some people. Stating that you've never seen this used doesn't contribute to the discussion, and claiming that I'm making this up is obnoxious.\n\nAddendum Resurrection: Read the sidebar rules. Top level comments are to challenge the view and engage in honest discussion. If you're just dropping in from the front page to leave a snarky comment about how you hate liberals, you're getting reported 2 times over. Thanx.\n\nAddendum vs. Editor: Read my first few sentences. I used the term \"virtue signaling\" very purposefully. If you want to rant about everything you perceive to be virtue signaling, or tell me that you didn't read this post because it says virtue signaling, your viewpoint is too extreme/reductionist.\n\nAddendum vs. Editor, Requiem: The mods must hate me for the amount of rule 1 & 3 reports I've submitted." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Most guys who are in the \"friend zone\" aren't even in the \"friend zone,\" they're in the \"Oh god, not this fucker again\" zone\n#####\n\nMen, it can hurt when romantic desire is unrequited. You’ll feel your pride take a bashing, wonder what’s wrong with you. Understandable. But you do at least still have your dignity. Embrace it and try your best to move on. Remember it’s not personal, that attraction can’t be forced and that they’re not right for you anyway. If you think you’ll struggle remaining friends, explain and back off – politely, in a noble manner that doesn’t burn bridges – until things are clearer and you’re ready to accept it. This is how a gentleman behaves." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Even if schools taught you how to do taxes or other life skills, not many of you would pay attention\n#####\nLet’s be honest, most of you barely pay attention on geometry. How many of you will honestly say you’ll pay attention while they teach how to do your taxes or explain to you how to cook or sew? How many of you will pay attention while they explain to you how to change oil or how to do quick fixes around the home until you can get a professional? Not many of you, and thus would make the classes null and void. \n\nAlso, how many of you would actually sign up for these classes if they were offered? Because a lot of my classmates wanted Japanese and German as a foreign language classes instead of the standard Spanish and French. And of those 50 students that petitioned for the classes only 3 signed up." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/ethtrader." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The day ETH breaks $20,000 I will buy everyone on here a cheeseburger.\n#####\n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UPDATE: My (24F) boyfriend (26M) has a long time female friend who's clearly into him and I don't know what I should do.\n#####\n[https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/mnltmh/my\\_24f\\_boyfriend\\_26m\\_has\\_a\\_long\\_time\\_female/](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/mnltmh/my_24f_boyfriend_26m_has_a_long_time_female/)\n\nAfter reading the comments I decided to just bring it up with him without telling him what I want him to do, to avoid sounding controlling.\n\nI sat him down and told him that some of the stuff that she says really makes me uncomfortable. I told him that I feel like she's undermining our relationship. I gave him a few examples of the stuff she said and done that I didn't appreciate. He still doesn't think she's into him. He's convinced that she's acting this way because she probably feels like they're drifting apart as friends because he's in a serious relationship now. Which frustrated me a little tbh because its clear to me that she wants him but being subtle about it.\n\nHe said that regardless of her intentions, if her actions are making me uncomfortable. He'll have a talk with her about it. I was really happy he said that, because I was really nervous and anxious to see how he'll react. I was afraid he'll take her side.\n\nHe can be a dummy sometimes so I was worried that he'd bring it up with her in the wrong way. Like saying \"my girlfriend doesnt want us talking anymore\" and stuff like that but he nailed it. He told her in a text \"Dude, I noticed some of the stuff you've been saying in front of my girlfriend lately and I've been wanting to talk to you about it. It's mad disrespectful and uncomfortable. We're cool, but just stop that s\\\\t\". Naturally, she acted all innocent and confused. She was like \"what? you know I'd never do anything that would upset you\" \"I think you're misunderstanding\" and stuff like that. He doubled down on it though.\n\nI could tell he felt somewhat guilty telling her off like that and I don't know if he's convinced that she's trying to undermine our relationship or not, but I'm so glad that he had my back in this. I'm honestly kind of glad this whole thing happened. It gave me a better idea of what kind of man he really is. He even said he'll stop hanging out with her alone if it makes me feel uncomfortable. He was also, lowkey mad at me for waiting this long to tell him I was uncomfortable around her.\n\nSafe to say that the best possible outcome happened. He really put her in her place and ngl it made me feel real good. All I could think of was \"I WON!!!\" lmao. Thanks to everyone for encouraging me to tell him because even though I knew that's what I should have done I was still scared to do it for some reason. I even thought about potentially just avoiding her for good. Which sounds ridiculous now that I think about it, because I shouldn't have to hide from her. I guess I'm just not good at confrontations.\n\nThanks for the helpful advice everyone.\n\nTLDR: I told my boyfriend that his friend's actions were making me uncomfortable because she's clearly into him and she's undermining our relationship. He let her know that she has to stop and totally had my back during the whole thing. All and all everything turned out pretty great. Thanks to everyone for the great advice." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Playing online games as a woman is exhausting\n#####\nMen treat women like we aren’t even human beings, and even worse on the internet.\n\nThey scream at the top of their lungs “gamer girl” whenever they hear a female voice. Aren’t you embarrassed? You should be ashamed. \n\nIt’s not fun to play a lot of games as a woman where it’s required to speak because men ruin the fun by being pieces of shit. What goes through a male’s head thinking it’s okay to treat others like that. “Not all men” well guess what, it’s a massive amount of them. \n\nEven speaking and simply saying hi can change the way you get treated once they find out you’re a girl/woman. Then you get called slurs and stupid shit. Go outside and take a class on how to talk to people. \n\nA man invited me to his party in a game and was being friendly to me but the rest of his group was calling him a “simp” for showing me basic human decency.\n\nIf you get offended by reading this post, then you’re part of the problem. Showing basic decency is the bare minimum and we don’t even get that on the internet. \n\nA lot of men need to grow the fuck up and stop being rude assholes." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UPDATE: My Girlfriend wants to take a stressful job and I foolishly set an ultimatum against it\n#####\n [Original post](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/mrah04/my_girlfriend_wants_to_take_a_stressful_job_and_i/)\n\nI (27M) would like to thank everyone who took time to give me valuable advice, it helped me realize I was going about it the wrong way and possibly ruined a relationship of 7 years . Yesterday, we sat down and had a proper conversation. I apologized to her for lashing out with an ultimatum, I explained how scared I was of things sliding back. She (28F) was able to understand it and she also pointed out how hurtful me setting down and ultimatum was. I talked about mapping out a plan so that we don't slid into the mess we had created.\n\nI think me being open to the idea of her working allowed her to be vulnerable and reveal why she wanted to chase money. She wants to put down roots in the city and buy a house here. she grow up in pretty unstable circumstance and moved around a lot. She is adamant that we own a house before we get married/have kids and the home market here is booming. She also thought that it was a bit embarrassing to be so fixated on owning a house and wanted to take the whole burden on herself. I really love this woman. I know that her actions in the past has not been great but even after that I trust her to be kind.\n\nI think, this perspective is not something I could have ever thought of , I come from a more privileged background and even though my parents raised us to be independent but we always knew that if things got ugly, we had a safety net. She never had that and I understand her need to create one. After we stopped crying and talking. we went through the budget and talked about areas where we could cut expenses.\n\nShe really doesn't want to change jobs, so we are planning on her asking for a raise and I think I will start looking for a new job. I am pretty indifferent about my workplace and I don't mind jumping ship to increase my salary. She is happy and would have disliked to move to another company.\n\nI have to really thank the people here for helping us talk this out. I am planning on bringing up counselling on a later date. we have a lingering issue on communication that we need to sort out.\n\nTl;DR: we talked it out and I found out what she wanted and she was worried about money. We made a plan to fix it." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/IndianGaming." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "My friend pirates games a lot, what should i tell him?\n#####\nSo my friend pirates games a lot and i hate pirates, he's hurting the industry and proving the sentiment that gaming in india is mainly pirating.What should i tell him?\n\nBoth him and me are going to 11th standard and usually at our age since we dont work, we cant use our own money to buy games and parents dont allow us to spend money on games or atleast that is my case. But his parents do allow him to spend money on games, OBSCENE amounts. Hes spent 20,000 rupees on fortnite alone and his rig costs 1.5 lakhs. I dont really care that much but after he spends so much money on microtransactions and games he goes and pirates games that actually need financial support like witcher 3 and cyberpunk. I know its kinda selfish but it sucks when i dont get to spend any money on videogames and i still dont pirate due to my morality and then he spends 30 k on microtransactions alone and still pirates games." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/confession." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I lied to a blind neighbor and told him I moved away\n#####\nMany years ago, I was standing on one of my balconies when a taxi driver was obnoxiously blowing his horn out front and yelling for a blind man to \"walk toward my voice\" from his own townhouse. That direction was toward traffic. My roommate and I went down and helped him to the taxi and scolded the driver for being so rude. I made the mistake of giving the blind neighbor my phone number so that I could give him a ride in the future.\n\nThen the phone calls came... and never stopped. And when I gave him a ride, he would ask for various detours. I'm very calculated by nature, if he had told me beforehand where he wanted to go, it would be cool, but no... we'd be driving along and he'd throw in 2 - 3 extra places on each ride. And it came to be every day that he wanted rides... and he'd even call me to remind me to give him a ride, not that was ever late or backed out.\n\nFinally I had enough, so I gauged how blind he was. His response was that he was \"blind as a bat\". A week or two after he said that, I told him I had a job interview in the next city. A week after that, I told him I got the job and was moving away in a month. After I \"moved away\" It was strange as hell walking by him in silence as he stood on the sidewalk." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If your kids have contraceptives, do NOT take it from them.\n#####\nI am a mother to a 17 year old, he graduates this year, college in the fall. He’s been dating a girl for 2 years. I found condoms in his room. We’re an \n American family. Sex at a young age is frowned upon. I’ve always felt if you can’t wait til marriage, at least wait til out of your teens (20) I took his condoms, took his card so he couldn’t buy more, and took his car thinking that would stop them from having sex........\n\nHe will be a daddy in 8 months and I will be a grandmother at 42. \n\nLesson learned, although lesson learned too late. \n\nParents aren’t perfect, especially those of us from such traditional backgrounds. But I realize now where I went wrong. I have a younger daughter and I now know to be better when she is around my son’s age. Looking back, I do wish I would have just been glad he was practicing safe sex instead of trying to punish him because teenagers will find a way. He is nearly an adult, and I reacted as if he was 13. But parenting doesn’t come with any instructions. It is hard to accept your babies grow up. \n\nSo I admit my mistake. \n\nWe live, and we learn.\n\nNote: Redemption and forgiveness should be encouraged when someone admits a wrong, not bashful shaming. Humans mess up. It’s what makes us, human." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/changemyview." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CMV: Most Americans who oppose a national healthcare system would quickly change their tune once they benefited from it.\n#####\nI used to think I was against a national healthcare system until after I got out of the army. Granted the VA isn't always great necessarily, but it feels fantastic to walk out of the hospital after an appointment without ever seeing a cash register when it would have cost me potentially thousands of dollars otherwise. It's something that I don't think just veterans should be able to experience. \n\nBoth [Canada](https://www.healthcare-now.org/blog/new-poll-shows-canadians-overwhelmingly-support-public-health-care/) and [the UK](https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/07/591128836/u-k-hospitals-are-overburdened-but-the-british-love-their-universal-health-care) seem to overwhelmingly love their public healthcare. I dated a Canadian woman for two years who was probably more on the conservative side for Canada, and she could absolutely not understand how Americans allow ourselves to go broke paying for treatment. \n\nThe more wealthy opponents might continue to oppose it, because they can afford healthcare out of pocket if they need to. However, I'm referring to the middle class and under who simply cannot afford huge medical bills and yet continue to oppose a public system.\n\n*Edit: This took off very quickly and I'll reply as I can and eventually (likely) start awarding deltas. The comments are flying in SO fast though lol. Please be patient.*" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Climate Change being considered a Politics topic instead of a Science topiç is part of the problem and helps sabotage any discussions on it\n#####\nReddit is just as big of offender of this as the news and other platforms. Multiple \"no politics\" subreddits block any discussion of it even if it is otherwise relevant to the sub.\n\nWe need to stop with this \"who do you believe\" takes. Science is there to be understood, not believed. The whole point of it is to be discussed and to be okay with any hypothesis to be wrong.being wrong in Science is still a valid reportable result. On the other hand in Politics people get entrenched and refuse to even contemplate that they are wrong.\n\nBy assigning politics label to the issue we automatically create \"sides\"." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/AskReddit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "People who have Only fans, what is stopping you from upgrading to an air conditioner?\n#####\n" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I(17f) told dad about mom's affair to save him from a terrible marriage, now he wants a paternity test and I don't know what to do.\n#####\nWhen I was about 9 years old, I realized my mom was having an affair for years on my military dad. I did not say anything as I was really worried what would happen if I said anything. When I was about 12 years old, I found my dad looking at pictures of our family and tearing up and I couldn't take it and I told him about moms affair. Fastforward 5 years and I live full time with dad and his new wife and step sister and our lives have improved so much since leaving mom. \n\nWell grandpa on dad's side has been pressuring my dad to get a paternity test as he wants to make sure that \"I am his grand daughter\". This is getting really intense as grandpa may pass away soon and he says he doesn't know if he should leave us anything if he doesn't even know...\n\nWell my dad has resisted this for years and saying it doesn't matter. But now things have changed as I have half sibling on the way. I am totally happy and fine with this, but for some reason my dad has started to change his mind about the paternity dna test thing. He says he is worried that I won't receive help with my college or anything, but im worried he is wondering if he should care about me or just my new sibling.\n\nI am not sure how much money my grandpa has, but he does have a big house and a lot of property so I guess it's important. I would rather just continue with our relationship how it is... but I don't know what to do now and i haven't been able to sleep over this.\n\nWhat do you think I should do?\n\nTlDR: dad says we should get paternity test for me, but im worried he won't love me if it goes wrong." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/ethtrader." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "When Ethereum hits $20,000 I will walk down the main Street of Brisbane, Australia with a hotdog in my ass. ( Made - 4th May 2021 )\n#####\nSaving this for later. Will wear a go-pro." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/CryptoCurrency." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "You hear about the kid who put in $500 into a memecoin and made 100k, but you don't hear about the hundreds who put $1000 and are left with $0.1\n#####\nYou hear about the kid who put in $500 into a memecoin and made 100k, but you don't hear about the hundreds who put $1000 and are left with $0.1\n\nYou also don't hear about the guys who put $10,000 but cant cash out because these memecoins have no liquidity.\n\nDon't beat yourself up for missing out.\n\nSurvivorship bias is a dangerous thing." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I can't believe I got downvoted for explaining my Asian culture.\n#####\nSo I posted a thread about my annoying brother, and someone asked me why he and I (who are both adults) still live with our family. I explained that it works that way in Asia. It is pretty common for us to stay until we're in the late 20s for various reasons like our parents would get lonely, cost of living is insanely high for an insanely low minimum wage, and so on. But simply put, it is a cultural thing.\n\nAaaand I suddenly got downvoted, with some of them calling me immature for refusing to get out of my parents' home? What the fuck? I haven't even graduated in college, and in my country, even degree holders struggle to secure a job at McDonalds (which by the way don't even pay enough to pay rent), and yet you think it is immaturity not to leave your parents' home at 18? Because of what? Your sense of entitlement and sheer ignorance on other culture?\n\nBring your Western culture out of it. Unless you live in Asia, shut up." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/scarystories." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Person Never Existed\n#####\n It begins with a google search. One of those dumb websites that Zack told you about, one of those things someone mentions in passing that you forget about until you have nothing better to do. Homework’s done, dinner’s done, your little sister’s using the TV downstairs - Adventure Time is blaring at full volume. So your options are sleep or browse, and browse sounds more appealing. \n\n“thispersondoesnotexist.com.” Some crazy algorithm. Infinite, AI-generated faces of nonexistent people. It opens on an old woman with silver hair, wrinkles, and emerald eyes obscured by glasses. You refresh the page and now it’s some middle aged man with 5 o'clock shadow that looks just a bit overgrown. Refresh. Asian. Refresh. Black. Refresh. White. Refresh, refresh, re-\n\nWait. Don’t you recognize that person? \n\nScraggly hair, acne - he sits in the back of your Spanish class, no? Hides his phone in his hoodie, never pays attention. You’re not friends, but you’ve talked before. What was his name again? \n\n\nDyla-\n\nDyl….\n\nD…\n\nNo, that’s not right. None of this is right. You don’t even take Spanish. You switched to Mandarin in the ninth grade. And hoodies are against the dress code.\n\nYou look at the face again. It’s obviously fake, on a closer look. You can practically see the pixels - looks like Zack was overhyping the algorithm. \n\nWhat was that all about...except, what was what all about? It feels like something strange happened, but you can’t place your finger on it. Oh well. The feeling’s gone now, whatever it was. Why have you been staring at this random, imaginary face for so long? You should really refresh the page.\n\nYou refresh. The strange face vanishes forever, replaced by some random white dude with thin hair and an overbite. Then it’s a younger face, vaguely female, with freckles and big, bushy eyebrows. Then it’s-\n\nZack. That’s Zack’s face. You recognize every detail - wavy black hair, tan skin, that sly smile. You can see the tooth that’s been chipped since he fell down the stairs at your house back in elementary school.\n\nAlright, that’s it. This is a joke. Zack’s always been into web development. He probably made this site himself. After all, he told you about this whole thing in the first-\n\nNo he didn’t. You looked up this website after hearing about it in a Reddit thread. You’ve been mindlessly scrolling through your computer for some two hours by now. You’ve got nothing better to do. You would call up a friend, if you had any, but you’ve always been a loner. You stumble through school, through life.\n\nYou’re always sitting in the back of class, hiding your phone-\n\nStop. That isn’t right. It isn’t right, right? You know something’s up, even if you can’t quite place your finger on it. You should really....\n\nYou should really….\n\nYou should really refresh the page. Why have you been staring at this random, imaginary face for so long? You refresh. Again. Again. You’re not even looking at the website long enough to see the faces it generates. Everytime it reloads, you refresh. Faster and faster. Why are you doing this? What are you looking for?\n\nThere. That’s your sister. You know that’s your fucking sister. You know it’s her because you know those eyes, you know that birthmark on her cheek. You can hear the goddamn TV blaring downstairs! You - \n\nYou... \n\n...You can’t hear anything. It’s too late at night to use the TV - you’d wake your parents up. That’s why you’ve been on your computer for so long now, some 2 hours. It’s either sleep or browse, and browse sounds more appealing. You might’ve called a friend, earlier, if you had any. You’ve always been a loner. Sometimes you wish your parents had had a second child, because then at least you’d have someone to talk to. But that’s...not important...right now.\n\nYou’ve been on this website for a while now. You looked it up after hearing about it on a Reddit thread. You’ve always been into web development, and you wanted to study this algorithm. Infinite, AI-Generated faces, of non-existent people - it’s incredible, really. \n\nSpeaking of, why are you telling yourself what you already know? And why have you been looking at this random face for so long? It’s just some non-existent little girl with a weird birthmark. \n\nYou should really refresh the page.\n\nYou move your hand up the keyboard, hover over F5. What are you waiting for? It’s just a button.\n\nSo why do you feel like something horrible is going to happen after you press it down?\n\nClick. The website refreshes. Loading, loading, loading…\n\n...\n\nYou know that face, because you’ve seen it every day of your life. You can see it right now, in the reflection from your computer screen. Scraggly hair and acne. A chipped tooth from when you fell down the stairs back in elementary school. The birthmark on your cheek.\n\nYou know everything about it, everything about the person behind it, down to the most intimate detail. \n\nSo why can’t you remember their name?\n\nWhere are you, anyway? The couple who lives in this house never had kids. They decided it would have been too much of an expense, and they were right. Are you breaking and entering right now? \n\nYou turn to leave, except…\n\nWhere’s the door? \n\nWhere’s the house?\n\nWhere’s your computer? \n\n\nWhere’s your body?\n\nWhere’s your…\n\nYour…\n\nYou…\n\nYou should really refresh the page." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "When I was a teenager, whenever my friends died in accidents, and I cried, my mother told me to grow up or she'd drive me to a mental hospital. Now, as an adult, if my mom expresses sadness over her friends or relatives dying, I do not offer her any emotional support and intentionally act cold.\n#####\nShe could be crying and I'll just say to her ''well, you better suck it up, crying won't bring them back.'' or ''Oh, that sucks.'' or ''why not get a new friend?'' in the most monotone, emotionless voice, and then try and change the subject.\n\nI had a friend die from drowning and another friend who died from a diabetic attack that made him fall head-first down a flight of stairs, which killed him. As you can imagine, a 16-year old learning their friend just died from drowning or a 19-year old finding out their best friend died from falling down the stairs won't be subtle.\n\nedit - i posted this in more detail on confessions, its the 'im a mutant and despise humans' one this post made me feel like opening up more abt my family" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/ethtrader." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Am I the only one who hopes Elon stays the hell away from ETH?\n#####\nElon is an egotistical asshole who is worshiped by a horde of lunatics who obey his every utterance. I hope he spends time pumping and dumping other crap and not focus on ETH as the ravings of a power mad billionaire are hardly a strong foundation for long term success.\n\nOne of the attractions of crypto was that it was supposedly going to empower the weak and instead it’s turned into another plaything for the rich and super rich." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We don't need free college, we need to acknowledge the fact that the majority of jobs asking for a degree right now don't actually require one to do the job effectively.\n#####\nEvery developer and programmer I know says they learned far more in one summer programming an app themselves than in college. I have a mechanical engineering degree but I make 6 figures doing nothing that was taught to me in school. Most jobs, even office jobs of a technical nature, are specific enough that you learn what you need in a training period on-site. It stupid how we demand everyone get a college degree unless they want to do labor or vocational work. It just isn't necessary! If you want to be an aerospace engineer or neurosurgeon yeah you need a degree but you sure as hell don't need one to work technical support at Salesforce or to play with spreadsheets.\n\nEdit: wow this blew up faster than student loan debt" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/ethtrader." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If this is your first >30% dip and you still HODLed, then congrats and welcome to the diamond hands club!\n#####\nYou stood strong against panic sellers and FUD. My cheers to you??" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/nosleep." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "When we turn 18, we get the name of our soulmate.\n#####\n[Part I](https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/nmax25/when_we_turn_18_we_get_the_name_of_our_soulmate/) \|\| [Part II](https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/nqtu23/when_we_turn_18_we_get_the_name_of_our_soulmate/) \|\| [Final](https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/nvzhya/when_we_turn_18_we_get_the_name_of_our_soulmate/)\n\nI was young when I realized that the place I lived was special.\n\nI didn’t realize it at first, since I had lived there my whole life. I thought it was normal for a city to not allow pets. I grew up never hearing the sounds of barking dogs, or hissing cats. No one that lived inside the city border was allowed to have them.\n\nI thought it was normal for cities to have mandatory blood testing every week, with no explanation or seemingly any reason.\n\nI thought it was normal for cities to not have any jails.\n\nI thought it was normal for cities to give their citizens soulmates.\n\nI never really understood how it worked. All that we were told was that there were the Matchmakers, who were responsible for making the matches, and sending out the tiny slips of paper that determined each citizen’s love life, and future. No one ever saw the Matchmakers. No one knew how they were recruited, no one knew how they worked. All anyone knew was that it worked.\n\nWhere I lived, there has never been a filing for divorce. The Matchmakers are never wrong.\n\nEach citizen received their paper on their 18th birthday. Inside the piece of paper, there was nothing except a name. The name of your supposed soulmate. There was no telling how you would come across this person, no when or how. All anyone knew was that it would eventually happen. We were allowed to tell other people, allowed to ask around, try and seek out people that had the same name as the one on the paper, but it didn’t matter. It couldn’t be forced.\n\nOf course, literal eternal love and happiness does not come without rules. Every citizen had to follow the Rules. They weren’t too strange, and seemed like a small price to pay for what you were getting in return. Most of the rules were simple. To name a few, there was no going outside, under any circumstances, after 2am. No pets, blood tests, etc. There were also rules that we weren’t allowed to know until we were older.\n\nWe got the new rules on our 18th birthday, the same day we got our Matchmaker paper. We called them Slips.\n\nAs I got older, I realized that our city was special, and that other cities didn’t have what we had, but I didn't care. Life was good, life seemed simple. Our city was like a little paradise. It was happy. It was without issue.\n\n\|\|\n\nIt was the night before my 18th birthday, and I couldn’t sleep. This was to be expected, since knowing that the next morning, you would know the name of your literal soulmate was enough to keep anyone up late.\n\nUsually, I wouldn’t have believed in such things like soulmates, especially as I got older, but it was hard to argue with evidence. My parents had gotten married in their late 20s, and have stayed happily married ever since, both of their names matching what was on their Slips. My older sister Katlin got her Slip last year, and though she’s been through her fair share of failed relationships, she’s currently in a happy one with some guy named Roger. I don’t think I need to tell you the name that was on her Slip.\n\nI wished Katlin still lived with us. We used to share a room, but ever since she moved out, it feels empty with just me in it. By some miracle, I eventually fell asleep, my brain finally exhausted after hours of wondering what tomorrow was going to bring.\n\nI woke up the next morning, my arm groping for my alarm to turn it off, just like any other day. It wasn’t until I sleepily sat up that I realised that today wasn’t like any other day.\n\nI swung my legs out of bed, my heart pounding in my chest as I tried to compose myself. I wanted to pull on a shirt and shorts as fast as possible, rush to the kitchen to get the envelope I knew would be addressed to me, but I didn’t. I didn’t want to be one of those people who’s entire lives suddenly revolved around trying to find their soulmate. I needed to be calm.\n\nTaking a few even breaths, I slowly put on a shirt and some basketball shorts, before opening my door. Chatter, and the smell of waffles hit my senses instantly as I stepped out of my room. Turning the corner, I stopped, grinning.\n\n“Katlin!” I said, unable to contain my excitement at seeing her. Reaching her in a few short steps, I wrapped my arms around her in a hug, to which she enthusiastically returned. “What are you doing here?” I said, pulling myself away to look at her.\n\n“Aw, you seriously thought I would miss your birthday? Get real.” She said, matching my grin as she looked at me. “Damn you got tall.” She said, looking at me. “He got it from his old man.” My dad chimed in, and Katlin rolled her eyes. Besides my height, I got a lot from my dad. I got his warm brown eyes, and I got his wavy, dirty blonde hair that I had always kept medium-length. I looked so much like my dad that my mom always chimed in saying how I got her nose and smile.\n\n“Happy birthday hon.” My mom said from the counter, giving me a soft smile. “These are almost done, and we’ll go out for your birthday dinner later tonight.” She said, gesturing at the waffles, and I smiled. “Birthday waffles for the birthday boy.” My dad chimed in, putting an arm around my mom, and the simple movement made me remember something I forgot in the midst of the excitement. “Is it- is it here?” I asked them, trying to keep my voice even.\n\nMy sister nodded, understanding what I was talking about. “On the front table.” My legs felt like rubber as I walked the few steps into the hallway, instantly seeing the stark white envelope on the table. I picked it up.\n\n\| Deliver to: Theodore Shillings \|\n\nI walked back to the kitchen, all eyes on me as I turned the envelope over, trying to act calm, act normal.\n\nI opened the envelope, pulling out two pieces of paper. One of them, I knew would be the new rules. The other one, was my Slip. I looked at the bigger paper first.\n\nTo people(s) registered as 18 years as older, the following rules will come into effect.\n\n1. Under no circumstances is anyone 18 years or older permitted in city waters. This includes all local rivers within city limits.\n2. Under no circumstances will anyone 18 years or older be allowed to watch the television on the 14th of every month.\n3. Under no circumstances is anyone 18 years or older permitted to use faucets after 12am. This includes sinks, bathtubs, and showers.\n4. Under no circumstances is anyone 18 years or older permitted to use any kind of elevator after 9pm.\n5. Under no circumstances is anyone 18 years or older permitted to share their rules with people(s) under the age of 18.\n\nAnd that was it. I honestly expected more, but was relieved there wasn’t too many that I would have to memorize. They were weird, sure, but nothing that I wouldn’t be able to do. After re- reading the new Rules, I put the paper down, heart hammering as I took my slip. Wanting to get it over with, I opened it, to which a single name was printed.\n\nAvery\n\nI read, and re-read the name several times. Avery. Avery. Avery.\n\nI racked my brain for people I knew named Avery. There was a girl in my history class, and maybe one who I had pre calc with a few years ago? Before I could wonder further, Katlin’s voice cut me off. “What’s the name?” She said, to which I handed it to her. It passed from her, to my mother, then my father. “Avery. Nice name.” My dad said, handing my Slip back to me. Chatter resumed between my parents and Katlin, while my mind was whirring.\n\nSome things made more sense now, like why I never saw adults kayaking in the river like I saw them do in other cities. I had told myself for a long time that once I got my Slip, that I wouldn’t focus too much on it, but my mind kept coming back to the name that was burned into my mind. Avery.\n\nI still had to go to school, and got ready while Katlin went out to reconnect with some high school friends. I ignored my texts asking what the name on my Slip was, preferring to have that conversation in person.\n\nMy friends were waiting for me at the bus stop eagerly. There was Jennifer, who was usually pretty quiet, and who I’d known since preschool. There was Joseph, who was a bit of a daredevil and a jock who I’d met during my freshman year. Lastly, there was Charles and Sophia, twins who were never separated, and who I’d bonded with sophomore year over our love for horror movies. Looking at us as a group looked weird, but we worked, and had fun with each other.\n\nI was bombarded with the same question as I got close to them.\n\n“Who’s name did you get?”\n\n“Avery.” I said, the first time I had actually said the name. It sounded nice, coming out of my mouth, It sounded right. My friends nodded, followed by a moment of silence that meant that they were all trying to think of Avery’s that we knew.\n\n“Isn’t there a chick in your history class named Avery?” Joseph offered, and I nodded. “Yeah. I’m trying not to think about it too much, I don’t wanna become one of those people who become obsessed with it.” I said, although the name was really all I could think about.\n\nMy friends dropped it after that, all except Joseph. He would chime in every few minutes, rattling off girls that he knew, all with the name Avery. He was still talking about it as the bus came, and as we walked up to the school. He really didn’t have an “off” button, which meant that I was left to try and tune him out, nodding my head in agreement every few minutes.\n\nAs the school day went on, I couldn’t help but wonder if each Avery I came across was my soulmate. Somehow though, none of the girls I came across felt right.\n\nEverything else aside, the school day went pretty smoothly. People wished me happy birthday in the halls, occasionally asking who I got on my Slip.\n\nAfter school, I still had time before I had to head home and start working on homework, so as usual, I met outside the school with my friends. The day had gotten progressively hotter as it went on, and by the time school was let out, it had reached the point of uncomfort. Most of my friends were already waiting for me, and as I got closer they were already in conversation.\n\n“-balls hot man, we should go claim a spot by the river before it gets too crowded.” Joseph was saying, to which my other friends nodded in agreement. The river he was referring to was the biggest in the city, almost cutting it in half. It was a popular hangout spot, and my friends and I had been going there for ages. But now, my throat felt tight. None of my friends had turned 18 yet, since I had an extra year of preschool when I was a kid. They didn’t know the new rules.\n\nOne of the rules said I wasn’t allowed to tell them. Did that mean I also couldn’t hint at it?\n\n“Er, I’m not sure if I’m feeling the river today.” I said, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible.\n\n“Are you crazy? It’s like, 90 degrees out here.” Jennifer said, raising her eyebrows. Not wanting to act suspicious, I decided that I would go, but I wouldn't go in. Under any circumstances.\n\n“Alright let’s go, but I can’t stay long, I have my birthday dinner with Katlin and my parents.” I said, to which Joseph pumped his fist.\n\nRelieved that none of them seemed to suspect anything, we set off towards the river.\n\nThere were a couple other families there, with kids playing in the shallow water and the parents sitting safely on the edge.\n\nI took a few, even breaths to remind myself that I was fine, and that I would stay on the shore. Jennifer and Joseph were the first to the river, instantly pulling up their jeans and taking off their socks and shoes as they dipped them into the river, sighing with the relief that the cool water provided from the hot weather.\n\nI desperately wanted to be there with them, swimming in the river and enjoying the nice weather, but the rules were very clear. I sighed, sitting down a few feet away from the water, my legs out in front of me, watching as my friends splashed each other with the water. I just had to hold out until they had their birthdays, and then I wouldn’t have to make excuses. I could handle a few more months. “Oi! Come on birthday boy, get in the water!” Charles yelled, splashing water in my direction as he was ankle deep in it, a few feet away from where it dropped off into deeper waters. I smiled, shaking my head as I adjusted my legs to make myself more comfortable. “Nah, I’ll be the one to drive you guys to the hospital when you get hypothermia.” I yelled back, to which I could see his eyes roll from here.\n\n“Aw, we can’t have that!” Joseph called, wading back to where I was. “I command the birthday boy to get hypothermia with the rest of us!” Joseph said, smirking as he approached me. I felt a trickle of unease as he approached me. I stood up to move away, but just then he swooped down and picked me up over his shoulder. Joseph played for the football team, and I always admired his strength, but this was the first time I was afraid of it. “Joseph, stop! Put me down!” I yelled, panic rising in my voice, struggling to escape his arms as he was carrying me to the water.\n\nMy heart pounded wildly in my chest, as a rising fear crept up my throat. He outmatched me in size and strength, and my struggles were fruitless. “I’m serious Joseph, put me the fuck down!” I yelled, to which he gave a little laugh. “You’re always so serious Theo, loosen up! Live a little!” He replied, and I could see he was in the water now, wading further in. I looked at my friends, wide eyed, but they were giggling like it was a joke.\n\nThey had no idea.\n\nAs he got closer to the drop off, I struggled harder, hitting him on the shoulders. I wasn't weak by any standards, but Joseph was built like an ox, almost all muscle. Fear closed my throat so tightly, I couldn't breathe. “ Come on, everyone in the water!\" He said, motioning with his head to my friends, who obliged, standing on the edge of the drop. \"Alright on three, we’ll all jump in together.” He put his hands on my waist, and I knew what was coming. “One…. two…..” He started, rocking back and forth. “Joseph, stop! STOP!” I yelled, punching him harder, but it didn’t make any difference.\n\n“Three!”\n\nI heard the splashes of my friends jumping in, just as I was launched a few feet into the air.\n\nI didn't know what to expect.\n\nI shut my eyes tightly as images rapidly flashed through my mind. I saw myself at my ninth birthday party, saw myself applauding at Kaitlin's graduation. Rapid images throughout my life flashed before me.\n\nWas my life flashing before my eyes?\n\nIt felt like an eternity before I hit the water.\n\nNothing could have prepared me for what happened next.\n\nI hit the water hard, the cold water stinging every part of my body. The wind knocked out of me, but since nothing else happened immediately, I thought, fleetingly, that I was fine.\n\nI was wrong.\n\nIt felt like a giant vacuum was at the bottom of the river, sucking me towards it. I thrashed in the water, desperately trying anything to prevent myself from getting sucked deeper. I had been swimming in the deep part of the river before, and one summer my friends and I actually measured how deep it was, and I knew well enough that I was being pulled far beyond that. I was running out of air, and my panicked state wasn't helping the situation.\n\nWhatever was down there started to pull me faster, as if whatever it was could sense my desperation. My chest felt tight, as I could no longer hold my breath. My body started to go limp when suddenly- I was falling.\n\nI was no longer in water, and I took a gasp of breath, sputtering out the water that had managed to get in my mouth from my surprise. I was so relieved to be breathing again, that it took me a minute to realize I was falling rapidly through the air. Darkness surrounded me, and through my confused, dazed state I couldn't make out what was around me. A few seconds later, for the second time during the day, my body hit water again, hard.\n\nOnce again, I had the wind knocked out of me, and I could feel myself sinking. I couldn't move, I couldn't breathe.\n\nI didn't have the energy to panic. My eyes closed. I didn't know what I was supposed to think about. I didn't want my last thoughts before death to be wasted.\n\nIt was during these last thoughts that suddenly, something pulled me away from them.\n\nLiterally.\n\nI could feel something grabbing the back of my shirt, pulling me upwards, towards the surface. Confusion swept me as a moment later, I felt myself being heaved out of the water, and being roughly set down, on something hard, something solid. I gasped, coughing and sputtering as water dripped off of me.\n\nI shakily pushed myself onto my hands and knees, trying to get my breathing under control, my thoughts moving at the speed of light. I felt oddly light-headed, my body drained and exhausted. I wanted to look around for my savior, but I couldn't. My vision had started to go black, as my exhausted body finally collapsed.\n\n\|\|\n\nSomeone was shaking me awake. My first, fleeting thought that it was my mom, telling me I was going to be late for school. Then I remembered. It was just a dream. I told myself. Just a dream. You'll open your eyes and mom is going to wish you a happy birthday, tell you you're going to be late for school-\n\nSomeone shook me harder. I opened my eyes. It was not my mom.\n\nIt was a boy, who looked around my age with dark, messy hair and who was looking at me with two dark blue concerned eyes, who looked relieved as I opened my eyes. \"Good. You're awake. Come on, we need to move.\" He said quickly, looking behind him. Confusion clouded my mind. \"Who- who are you? And where am I?\" I said, trying to keep the fear out of my voice. The boy looked back at me. \"My name is Avery. I can explain everything later, but we really have to go.\"\n\nMy breath caught in my throat. Avery. Avery. Avery.\n\nOh, shit." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/LetsNotMeet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Stalked in the woods\n#####\n I posted this in missing411 and in my planning of my upcoming camping trips felt the urge to post it here. Mostly a copy and paste with an update on one of the family members.\n\nThis may be a ramble of thoughts but after recently stumbling on this sub I finally felt a place I could offer something that my family and I experienced a few years ago that to this day gives me a shiver. I have been camping, solo backpacking and hunting my whole life in Oregon, and felt comfortable in the woods and have a deep respect for nature. A few years ago my wife, daughter and two German Shepherds went camping north of Mt. Jefferson Oregon. I have included the coordinates of our camp site which we found to be the perfect setup for us and our two dogs who need the privacy since they are intimidating to other dog owners and can be loud when spooked. It was not an established camp site, just a nice horse shoe off a USFS road that had flat ground full trees, and a fire pit.\n\nThe first night my daughter wanted to sleep by herself in a 2 man tent right next to ours, it was maybe 2 feet away from me & my wife's tent. We made the male German Shepherd sleep (Guts is his name) with her in the tent. That whole first night neither my wife and I could sleep, we both heard footsteps and they where heavy not like typical forest critters scampering around the night. I was well armed because I was paranoid from reading recently before departing about a dad in California who was shot and killed in a tent next to his two infant daughters. Needless to say both my wife and I had two pistols and my rifle with me. The dogs are great at detection and that is why I felt my daughter could sleep alone because Guts is completely fearless and nothing would lay a hand on her without a battle to the death. All in all nothing but bad vibes and loud footsteps occurred that night which I ultimately decided was deer or maybe some Elk.\n\nDay 2. Morning\n\nWe go for a walk down the road and maybe 300 feet away see the circle area in the photo, I see an abandoned road where a rusted gate post (gate was missing) was covered in vegetation. Something of blue color caught my eye and Guts immediately takes off running down this abandoned road, my heart begins to race because I think its another family camping like us and he is going to get himself shot or scare some innocent people to death so I chase after him as fast as I can and the rest follow. He stops after 20ft into the road and me yelling his name but I have covered just enough distance to see that there is nobody there and something is off about the site. I yell \"hello is anyone there, sorry about the dog!\" I got no response. My curiosity gets the best of me and I have to see what the site conditions where. As I get closer I know something is wrong, it had all the necessities for a campsite including a cooler, propane burner, tent, blankets, folding table but every single item had been completely destroyed, smashed and torn from what appeared to be claw marks. We all walked around in circles puzzled why anyone would leave all their camping gear behind including an expensive REI tent. I figured well someone left in a hurry and animals got to the rest as the only logical explanation. Still a propane tank and cooler where flattened by something and it certainly wasn't snow pack with tree coverage in that spot.\n\nAs the afternoon rolls in me and my daughter are playing Bocce ball at the campsite and my wife goes walking maybe 70ft north to do her business. I do not have direct line of sight on her but all of a sudden I see Gut's make a mad dash straight towards her. Normally he would always be with me unless he is called over and she didn't call for him. His speed and focus caught my attention and I knew something weird was happening, so I ran over there and my wife starts jogging at me and I immediately draw my pistol. Guts has completely continued running into the forest another 100ft before I call him and he stopped. My other dog Leah who never misses the opportunity to be the pack leader is not taking point. I have had her for now 7 years and this was the first time in her life she refused to leave my daughters side, she was full hair raised and attached to us at the hip. Again anytime we hike or play Leah is up front bossing everything in her path and pauses to look to see where we are and continues. I asked my wife what happened and she said \"I was trying to pee and all of a sudden I felt all my hairs raise I know someone was watching me, and then I saw Guts running towards me and I just got up to move towards you.\" We spent 10 minutes looking for signs of anything and saw no trails, broken branches nothing to point to what and where something went.\n\nWe decide we are spending one more night since it's too late to pack up and drive but we will all be in the big tent together. Before we go to bed I put a rope with a makeshift coin alarm around the perimeter of our campsite. I used a mint can and some coins and keys from our truck and zip tied it so anything hitting the rope gave a little jingle. Very unsophisticated but it put my wife at ease. As I go to tie my last corner off at a tree near our tent our third mystery item unveils itself. It looks like someone has done the same exact thing I have done with a rope that was so old and brown I didn't see it at first. It was broken and only a few pieces remained but sure enough it was tied at roughly the same height \\~8-10in off the ground and even had a few rusted washers on it. I immediately felt someone has stayed here before and put the same make shift warning system on the same tree I am maybe 10-15 years ago based on the condition of the rope. Perhaps my paranoia has now reached a new height but I had to make sure the girls felt we are safe and at the time the only thing I could think of was when the evening came around I made them sit in the truck and I fired a clip of my .45 into the dirt as a signal to whatever was out there that we are armed. I reassured the girls that anybody listening to that now knows we have two wolves and are armed and we are too risky of a target so we can sleep safely.\n\nThat night we heard no footsteps and the dogs never perked up and barked, we left early the next morning. Fast forward to today and I watched the Amazon Missing 411 hunted documentary and I notice the cluster smack dab close to where we camped that weekend and a flood of dread rushes me as I think of that mysterious abandoned campsite with the ripped tent and smashed cooler and cook-top. We have been camping since and have enjoyed the beauty of the NW but there was something there at that place that possibly took or harmed someone else less than 300ft away from where we camped and we all thank our lucky stars Guts was doing his thing so well that afternoon.\n\n[Location Map](https://i.imgur.com/His9zIW.png)\n\n[Leah & Guts](https://i.imgur.com/2Wq59Q7.jpg)\n\nUpdate from original posting. Guts is no longer with us, he has journeyed into the next phase and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about him and how he saved us. He was a warrior and his new brother Geronimo has his spirit." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/scarystories." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "\"Daddy's Never Gonna Hurt You Again\"\n#####\n I was my dad's only child. Being a daughter, you'd assume a father would be protective. I'd get beat regularly, and much worse. When you're six, you'll do what you have to in order to survive, because running away is not an option. I suppose I knew it was coming. It was Friday night, and once night had fallen and it was only my mother and I, the dreaded routine of beatings and grasping at the straws of futility would only be a matter of time.\n\n“Go, Lily. Go sit in the closet and wait for me\". My mother was a Cuban immigrant with nothing but courage flowing through her veins. Still, I never understood at the time what a restraining order was, nor why it could so easily be broken. When the rumbling engine rang out and potent exhaust fumes began to flow through the vents, I could only recoil, because evasion was my only defense.\n\nPredicting the the level of his rage depended on the force of the car door slamming, so when it audibly shattered the driver's side window, I knew it was worse than ever. As a child, my anxiety would render me unable to move. A spider flash-lit. I couldn't make split decisions. So when the door is kicked down and I hear “HELENA! HELENA, YOU BITCH! THAT DOOR BETTER BE UNLOCKED!”, I likely was staying put, even if running was the best choice.\n\nBy this point I'd dissociated from my body by focusing on two ants on the floor carrying piles of potato chip crumbs when the thud of my mother's body hit the kitchen floor. I could unwittingly escape the horrors inevitable to come by staring at a spot on the wall, and imagining myself watching from the other side of the room to cope until it ended, every single time. As for mother, this night, no words were uttered. She never got a chance.\n\n“Lily, baby…daddy's home! Come out and daddy won't be mad!!!!”. Muscles tensed agonizingly tight, I was frozen once again. Tears streaming down my cheeks, I'd learned to cry silently. The stumbling, uneven footsteps on the first floor told me he was more inebriated than usual, and also it told me that mom was really hurt. Usually she'd fight him with every fiber of her being on his way to the staircase, despite it always resulting in bloodshed.\n\nAnd then, one….two….three… the footsteps creaked up the steps. ”Lily, here I come! Better be special for me tonight! Be a good girl and come out!”. Mom always instructed me to hide in different places, but never thought to tell me to just leave. The internal force of my inability to react and the external evil of my impending death had me feeling acceptance. At only six years old, I was already prepared to die, and die horribly. \n\nFour….five….almost up the steps. I'm a spider under a flashlight, wanting so terribly to make the decision to run to the bathroom and hide behind the curtain, but too frightened to act on it. “Mommy, if ghosts exist, then please do something!”. Then, that inevitable cracking of the broken top step. He's here. Dad was at the top of the steps. “The bathroom. The shower curtain. Hide in plain sight! Do it, Lily! It's your only chance! The first place he'll look is the closet!!!”\n\nI was screaming inside. Then I heard the bathroom door slowly creak opened, steps moving inside, and the shower curtain…metal against metal, he'd ripped it off the hinges. “No Lily THERE! WHERE COULD SHE BE? Where did mommy hide you this time???”. Sweating, heart racing, fingers running up and down the delicate skin of my belly, and brush over the soft skin of my arms, overtop of the already — existing scars. How much worse will it get? How much more blood would I lose once again?\n\nDad was just outside the bedroom, and then the footsteps halted, right outside the door. By the sound of the metal against the hollow door, I knew tonight he had a bat. Broke my legs with it once. I began to grip and pull at my clothes, and then, I couldn't stop it. I began crying profusely, and in an effort to hopefully live, even if it meant disfigurement, I stood up, and got ready to step out into the shadow of the six foot tall, brooding figure bearing down on me. Ready to take the whipping, beating, or worse, that thing which would awaken me in sweat from my nightly terrors.\n\n“If baby girl's in the closet, come out, come out wherever YOU ARE!”. I'd accepted my fate. And then a dull, loud “tack\" noise, and vibration of the floor from a loud slam. Dad was so drunk, he'd fallen over. Maybe now I could run, but I couldn't get my legs to move. And then, the visual of my mom's bloody corpse flashed in my mind, and miraculously, something imperceptible caused me to jump up and run. I pushed out of the closet and ran to the door, prepared to jump over dad's hopefully unconscious body and leave out the back door…\n\n…and as I approached the door, I was stopped in my tracks. Standing in the hallway was my mother, unharmed and untouched. And at her feet, dad's lifeless body with an axe in his back. I gazed up at my mother with watery eyes in wonder and astonishment, and when her eyes met mine, she said the sweetest thing to ever fall upon my ears…\n\n….”momma found a good hiding spot, baby. Daddy's never gonna hurt you again\"." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I'm eating pizza and crepes by myself on my birthday and I've come to realize I'm not as important to my friends as they are to me\n#####\n(I'm sorry if this seems like a pity party considering what's going on in the world)\n\n\n\nPeople wished me a happy birthday (the standard \"happy birthday text/Facebook wall post, and I'm grateful for that) but no one came to hang with me to just eat (multiple people were invited). I don't expect gifts, I'm too old to throw a fit but it's difficult not to feel the goddamn void of people when I'm just eating alone in my apartment, especially after two days ago we just celebrated another friend's birthday, with a surprise birthday party(we're all vaccinated), gifts and drinking. Its been like this for 3 years now. \n\nMaybe I'm that friend that people just tolerate but don't really like. \n\nThe pizza and crepes are good though. I'm grateful for that. \n\nNext year I'm just gonna travel by myself to another country.\n\nEdit: signed back on to having the post blow up. \nI’m sad that so many of you know exactly how it feels and I’m sorry you’ve had this happen. Next year let’s all have a better birthday! Thank you all for the birthday wishes.\n\nEdit 2: \nI can’t respond to everyone so thank you for all the wishes and empathy and advice. I felt very alone today and you’ve all made me feel better. I appreciate you and wish all of you better birthdays" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/TrueOffMyChest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Forcing People Back into Offices to “Preserve Work Culture” is Ridiculous\n#####\nSo many companies are putting out PR to set the stage for forcing employees back into the office. Why? \n\nPreviously, businesses said full time remote work would ruin productivity and the cost to put the infrastructure in place was too high. Well, covid forced the infrastructure to be put in place and drops in productivity didn’t happen. Now business and government are saying they want to preserve company and work culture. And they’re making all these veiled threats about losing out on promotions and being converted to contract employees. Wtf?\n\nI have never been more productive or happy since I started working from home. A small minority of people want to go back to the office. My company has the surveys to prove it. Why force people to do something they don’t want to do, that actually makes them LESS productive, exhausted, and sucks up their free time? Commuting is terrible for the environment, and for employees’ wallets. Why force us back into the office so a vocal minority can have their social hour back at lunch?\n\nI don’t give a shit about company culture. I like having extra money in my pocket. I like not having to spend an extra two hours of my day sitting in traffic. Fuck these CEOs and managers that are forcing employees back into offices because of “culture.”" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Update: I (28M) messed up by asking my girlfriend (26F) to stop talking about her late boyfriend\n#####\n [Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/n9q8k4/i_28m_messed_up_by_asking_my_girlfriend_26f_to/)\n\n \nAll the comments here helped me understand that we needed to talk about the issue but she was still a bit mad at me. I thought I should just give her space for a few days. I think a day or two after It was announced that I was being promoted. Some of my colleagues hosted a little after work dinner for me as I would be moving divisions and not working with them anymore. It was nice and It really touched me and it also made me understand how fucked our relationship had become. I got what the comments meant but I guess actually having a nice dinner celebrating my success felt great and made me truly understand how unhappy I felt. \n\nwe had the talk a few days later. I told her that I felt unhappy and unappreciated. That I felt like I needed some time away from her. She almost seemed like she was waiting for this. she didn't seem particularly upset over it. She said she understood and she would move back to her parents as soon as possible. I know it is ugly but some part of me wanted her to be upset. some proof that she cared for me? I don't know. I feel like she didn't love me at all. I feel like I wasted years being in love with her. \n\nShe moved out two weeks ago and I miss her a lot. Home feels really lonely without her but at the same time I feel better. Not a lot but I feel a bit better about myself. It is strange. \n\nShe is not a bad person. she is a wonderful person and that is why I fell in love with her but the closer we got the less happy our relationship made me. I know a lot of it was my fault and I need to work on communication skills. \n\n\n TL;DR : I realized how profoundly unhappy our relationship made me and broke up with her." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/scarystories." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "My Mother Thinks She's Dead\n#####\n \n\nMy Mother has been acting strange lately. She's no longer been her bright cheery self. She sits in her chair crouched in a fetal position. If she's ever walking, she's pacing slowly and shifting her weight from side to side. My Dad, my sister, and I have been trying to help her get better, but nothing seems to help. We've been trying to get her to talk about what she's feeling, and all she says is she’s dead. She never means dead inside, but literally dead. She’s asking us how we don’t know that. We keep telling her that she isn’t dead and that she’s right here. She keeps denying this.\n\nMother has been making weird demands. That we find her body. Give her a funeral. Let her go. That kind of thing. She says she sees her skin decomposing and smells her decaying body in the forest. I keep asking her what she’s talking about. She’s referring to a night she came home late after having meeting friends. She came home around 11pm, and we assumed she lost track of time. The strange thing was that her car is nowhere to be found. We asked her if she walked home, and all she tells us she died in a wreck. According to her, she slid off road and her car tipped over. The impact killed her; she says. We’ve been trying to convince her that she’s alive. Nothing is helping.\n\nThen, I got a call from the police. The officer on the line said that a car was found on the side of the road, tipped over. The person inside, who had been dead for days, fits my mother’s description. They wanted someone to come to the morgue and identify the body. I was frozen with uncertainty after hanging up. My mother walked up to me, and I felt a cold draft wafting through my body.\n\n“See you at the funeral,” was the last thing she said before she evaporated in the thin cold air." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I’d much rather let a 13 year old play Doom or Resident Evil then them to have social media apps and actively engaging with strangers\n#####\nI hope this doesn’t come off as an “I don’t understand this new social media thing, so I hate it and I think it is going to rot my kid’s brain.”\n\nIf my kid wants to play single-player games, even if they have gores, horrors, sex scenes. I don’t mind letting them play these games because I trust my ability to guide them and to point out and explain any potentially problematic areas.\n\nBut with social media, things are totally different. While Instagram and Facebook, Snapchat still let you just engage with your friends, many others just open up to the public and anyone can engage. Things like Discord, Twitter, and pretty much everything comments section under an online video and online game voice lobbies. Knowing that behind those aren’t codes and pixels but real \n human beings make me uncomfortable. \n\nNot to say that we should just ban social media, but that anything that just opens up to the public should have a 17+ tag on it.\n\nedit: for those of you who agree with this take, please know that I took it from a very good-looking enlightened apolitical chad named Vaush. Go check him out for more awesome takes like this. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4zIXK9K91Q\nhttps://www.twitch.tv/vaushvidya\nhttps://twitter.com/VaushV\nhttps://www.patreon.com/vaush" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/unpopularopinion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I always eat dessert before dinner at a restaurant\n#####\nWhen at a restaurant, waiting staff always find it weird when I order the dessert before the appetizer and the main course. They ask “oh, is that all that you’re having?”. I’m like “no… I just want my cheesecake first, please”. I have to convince them that I’m just a dessert first kinda guy. I feel like the main course is much more enjoyable when your dopamine levels are boosted." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a thread for r/relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Update : I (32F) snooped on my husband's (33M) phone and found out he is bi\n#####\n[Original post](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/nnlyha/i_32f_snooped_on_my_husbands_33m_phone_and_found/)\n\nI did not expect so many responses and I was a bit confused on what to do but I guess most people in the community was telling me to give him space to process it himself and come out on his own terms. I took the advice to be generally supportive of the lGBTQA community without being obvious about it. I also spend some time reading about bisexuality. \n\nI did post a story on June 1 but the best thing that happened was that his friend came out as bi herself. We follow each other on Instagram and she had made a post about it. I made a comment congratulating her and wishing her well. She did text me about a dinner and while we were \n chatting she thanked me for my support and this wonderful woman gave me an another opportunity to express my support and do it in more personal way than a comment. \n\nHe came out to me about a week ago. He was very nervous and still scared and all I wanted to do was tell me that I knew but from what I have read letting people do it on their own terms were really important. He told me, nothing would change. He just wanted me to know and he didn't want to hide a part of himself. It was okay. I told him nothing had to change. He was the perfect man for me and I loved him no matter what. \n\nHe did ask me later if I knew and I came clean. I told him I saw. Apologized for it and cried a lot. He was upset but understanding. He even apologized for suddenly changing his behavior which is bullshit as I should have dealt with it a lot more maturely. it just hit just right spot of insecurity for me.\n\nThings are fine. He is happier and we are getting back to our old routines. \n\n TL;DR: He came out. I confessed to snooping and things are okay." } ]

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