Being someone you’re not takes a lot to pull off. Even if it is for a job, i.e. acting (as opposed to lying, feigning, avoiding situations or responsibilities, etc.). It’s even more so impressive when an actor who’s historically predominantly been typecast to fill a particular kind of role breaks free from the shackles of … Read more

If you’ve seen the movies Warcraft or Moon, for example, you probably know that they were directed by Duncan Jones. The son of the legendary British rock musician David Bowie. And perhaps you didn’t know that at birth, dad gave the boy the name Zowie. Yes, that’s right, Zowie Bowie. When the boy grew up, … Read more

According to a YouGov survey, 53% of Americans believe that they would enjoy being famous. But being in the public eye certainly isn’t for everyone, and it’s not conducive to every career path either. If you have big dreams of being a nurse or firefighter, there’s no need to have a huge following on social … Read more

No matter how tough we might think we are, some comments hurt us far more deeply than we’d care to admit. There’s a time for subtlety. There’s a time directness. But when someone mixes up the timing of the two, it can lead to a lot of hurt feelings—on all sides. Even when everyone has … Read more

Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Stephen Hawking are just a few of the hundreds of names unveiled in the enormous documents that have just been unsealed from a lawsuit connected to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. With the documents having been made public on Wednesday (January 3), the world woke up on Thursday to … Read more

The holiday season typically brings out the good in people, but some individuals find it difficult to shake off their entitled ways even then. This redditorrecently shared a story about an entitled woman demanding that her grieving neighbor decorate his house for Christmas. The latter’s home would typically look like Santa Claus central, but with … Read more

There are many Christmas stories, and while the holiday itself is largely about how warm magic and kindness overcome darkness, some holiday stories, unfortunately, do not seem entirely joyful. More precisely, the general happy mood is sometimes overshadowed by some ‘fly in the ointment.’ For example, the user u/Kfcdeliveryguy12234, the author of this story in … Read more

Christmas is a magical time when everyone who celebrates exchanges presents and spends an amazing time with each other. Well, of course, if they’re lucky to have nice people in their life. Because sometimes even a person you’ve spent 10 years in marriage with can just simply not get you a present due to some … Read more

Some restaurant customers are a nightmare for everyone around them, be it the waitstaff, other people wanting to enjoy a meal in peace, or poor passersby who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. And no matter what aggravating behavior they engage in, arguably more times than not they don’t really … Read more

Some days end up being very different than you might have initially thought they would be. For example, you might be employed at the start of the day, but not so much by the end of it. And Christmas is not an exception to such drastic changes. Today’s story is the perfect example of that … Read more