Some of us didn’t choose to become doctors for a reason. Because not everyone enjoys staring at organs in jars, or flipping through coroners’ reports. Medicine, after all, deals with the real human body. And the real human body isn’t always pretty. Some injuries, conditions, and treatments can look like they come straight out of … Read more
Life is unpredictable. One day, you’re promising to spend the rest of your future with someone, and the next, the two of you are signing papers to get away from each other. However, if the marriage is truly unsalvageable, probably the best thing you can do is end it and focus on what lies ahead. … Read more
Secret Santa is humanity’s solution to the age-old problem of divvying up gift giving. After all, in any moderately sized family or group of friends, it’s not entirely possible to give everyone something, so it’s a great way to make sure everyone still gets a nice surprise. But things don’t always go to plan. So … Read more
When you look at how awfully irresponsible some parents act, it just makes you wonder why they had kids in the first place. After all, the little ones didn’t ask to be born; rather, the adults made a conscious decision to have them, right? Speaking of such parents, this woman was really bad at being … Read more
The truth is that nobody can be a “perfect” partner because we are human and naturally flawed. However, some people are pretty strange, as they say they care about a person, but their actions suggest otherwise. Forget perfect; such folks even act inhumane at times. Just look at this guy who was weirded out when … Read more
There’s always a fine line to walk when you work in a multicultural environment. Different people, from different backgrounds, all eating different kinds of food in a shared space — the microwave area can get quite…pungent. Especially if fish is involved. And yes, I heat up fish in the microwave, and I’ll continue to do … Read more
Remote working sounds like the dream. No commute, no dress code from the waist down, no colleague who heats up fish in the microwave at 9am. Just you, your laptop, your carefully curated home office setup, and the quiet, dignified peace of a professional life conducted entirely on your own terms. Beautiful. Serene. And, if … Read more
Most people around me who do have step-parents don’t actually consider them their real parents. They often call them by their first names and maintain a polite, yet somewhat distant, relationship with them. Of course, this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, blended families become very close, especially when the children are still young when the … Read more
What you may not know is that for over thirty years now, there has been a satirical virtual ‘Darwin Award,’ which recognizes persons who have supposedly ‘contributed to human evolution’ by selecting themselves out of the gene pool by passing away by their own stupid actions. Well, the hero of our story today is alive … Read more
Not every hurtful action deserves jail time. Sometimes, a bad deed is pretty trivial and could even be forgotten. However, we humans are petty and vindictive creatures, so we improvise. We devise detailed plans of vengeance, and when everything is done, we even post stories of the petty revenge ideas we’ve carried out online. We … Read more