Not all trends are good ideas.
30 years down the line from the 90s, we can probably all agree that the relentless onslaught of colors that didn't match, bucket hats, and baggy clothes are probably stuff lost to the past that we are better off without.
20 years down the line from the web becoming a part of our everyday lives as citizens, we can probably agree some of the trends from our time with the internet probably weren't all winners.
u/I_wish_I_was_a_girl asked Reddit:
What is an internet trend you're happy died out?
Here were some of those answers.
Nobody Ever Needs A Chain Letter
Chain-letter style USENET posts.
eg. "If you don't post this to five other newsgroups, your family will die in a horrible car crash. My friend didn't pass the message on, and now her parents are dead."
I remember my mom repeatedly sending these "chains". I asked her to please stop sending them. She kept on. Next day, she sent a prayer chain that NEEDED to be forwarded 15 times. I sent it to her 15 times and got my screamed at, but she never sent me one again. Good times.
Actually A Like Doesn't Do Anything
"1 like = 1 prayer" captions of sick kids with something about how the kid need over 10k prayers for god to heal them as well as something guilty trippy about how you're letting the kid die if you keep scrolling without liking the post.
It was common on Facebook when I first signed up, but I haven't seen those kinds of posts in a while.
As We Can See--Not All Winners
Ice and salt challenge
Knife game song
Kylie jenner lip thing
ice cream licking in the store
Sucker punching random people
Planking in Public
Do I need to continue?
Lest We Forget The Clowns
On I have a story about a killer clown sighting.
So I used to work in an after school program. I worked there for about 6 months or so when this lady, let's call her Beatrice, gets hired. She's a real kind young lady but not quite all there. A few weeks later, she was in charge of a group of kids ages 7-9, no more than 10 kids. They were outside playing some games in our fields along with a couple of other groups of kids. Our fields aren't very big but they back into the elementary school fields on one side and the sidewalk to the park on the other side.
I was inside working the counter calling for kids when parents come in to pick them up. All of a sudden, the back doors swing open and a bunch of kids come running in. Some are sprinting and hiding in the corners while others have broken down crying. Others are hyped up and laughing, jumping up and down and yelling between each other. I attend to the kids while my boss runs outside to figure out what is going on.
The kids tell me that there is a killer clown outside and that it was coming to get them. I started dispersing the kids into different rooms with other staff members and calmed down the kids that were frightened beyond belief.
Turns out the 'killer clown' was just an old lady with short curly white hair, a plain red sweatshirt and mom jeans. Beatrice noticed her and screamed at the top of her lungs "RUN! KILLER CLOWN, RUN!".
My boss and I had to talk to many parents that day to apologize for the lack of professionalism that Beatrice portrayed. Oh, and Beatrice was fired.
There's A Reason I Don't Remember This
Ate My Balls.
Was all over the Internet in the late 90's and was basically along the lines of Star Trek Ate My Balls, X-Files Ate My Balls, Clinton Ate My Balls etc. and was nothing more than pictures of them with badly drawn balls on with speech bubbles saying how much they liked eating balls.
Bots Still Exist, But They Just Attack Democracy Now
Reply Girls.
Back in the early days of Youtube, views are what mattered the most. There was also a feature where you can reply directly to videos. So in come replay girls. They would find the top trending videos and make their reply to it. They'd title them Re:(Video title). In the video, they would reiterate what happened, or some nonsensical rant. They would be sure to wear low cut shirts and push-up bras then made that the predominate thing showing in the thumbnail. They raked in thousands in ad revenue, as the average user clicked the video watched for a few seconds then clicked off, but at the same time making the view count shoot up. When Youtube switched to watch time, it pretty much killed reply girls on the platform.
Boomers Still Blame Millennials
Parents trying to do the craziest gender reveals
Boomers blaming everything on millennials
Boomers thinking gen z are millennials
YouTube beauty community drama
Pretension, To More Than One Dimension
The hating on Minecraft, all it takes is a high profile Youtuber like Pewdiepie to start playing it to get people to stop jumping on the hate train against it, because at the end of the day what is the point of hating on a game as simple and fun as Minecraft?
Remember Facebook Walls?
The "post the 5th picture from your camera roll" idk if this one has completely died out.
Also LMS(Like my status) on facebook where you like the status and then the OP comments one thing they like about you on your facebook wall😂
KEYWORD
AOL. Back in the day a lot of people used AOL to get on-line and thought it was the Internet. AOL was it's own community and it had its own vast ecosystem. I can remember commercials on TV and business would say look us up on AOL Keyword blahblahblah or www.blahblahblah.com.
It's rather sad to think that the majority of men in this world still let even the tiniest things threaten their masculinity.
As a result, countless (mainly heterosexual) men won't wear certain clothes, eat certain foods, or partake in certain activities.
All owing to the fact that they might not appear "manly" in front of present company.
On the flip side, many other men will go out of their way to do things to prove their masculinity.
Needless to say, all of these fears and stigmas are ludicrous, to say the least.
"What is the dumbest thing men associate their masculinity with?"
Nothing Screams "Manly" Like A Sunburn...
"Not wearing sunscreen."
"I can’t count the number of times people seem shocked I’m wearing it."- ImperialCapybara
Real Men Don't Need To Hear What You're Saying...
"My grandpa was nervous about his hearing aids being 'too feminine'.”- professionalDrTalker
In With The Wrong Crowd...
"I said I’m gonna get some drinks and got called 'gay' because saying drinks instead of a drink wasn’t masculine enough."- Breakfastbaconat0r
Happy Hour Dancing GIF by New GirlGiphy"I'm A Man, I Know When I'm Sick!"
"Not Going to a doctor when something seems wrong."- icomefromjupiter
Unless You're Superman, Even So...
"Not protecting yourself from easily-mitigated hazards."
"Silicosis risk?"
"Dustmask."
"Driving?'"
"Seatbelt."
"Skin cancer?"
"Sunscreen."
"Imagine thinking you’re tougher than the f*cking sun."- Ludwigofthepotatoppl
Season 4 Hospital GIF by NBCGiphyUm...
"I recall a tourist local once fighting a crocodile for a girl's number."
"He lost, but the girl still agreed to a date."- Ok-Seaworthidssw
No Grip Needs To Be That Firm!
"Trying to crush someone’s hand when handshaking.''
"There is a difference between greeting and assault."- SuvenPan
Have They Never Seen A James Bond Movie?
"Lacking hygiene."
"I've encountered guys who bragged about never washing their hands."
"I specifically remember seeing some opinion piece shared on Facebook about how women tend to prefer men who take care of their skin."
"First comment was some boomer posting a selfie saying, 'I've never used moisturizer, this is what a rEaL MaN looks like!'"
"Setting aside that this dude predictably looked like a sunburnt dipsh*t, it was such a pathetic thing to be proud of."-R1DER_of_R0HAN
Hungry Henry Danger GIF by NickelodeonGiphyNothing Says Grown Up Like Playing Video Games All Night...
"Getting proper sleep."
"I often have issues going to sleep and some days I just stare at the ceiling for 5 hours rather then sleep."
"I tell people if I seem a bit off I didn't get any sleep."
"A lot of the times I have a guy call me a p*ssy because he purposely stayed up late to play video games or hitting the town."
"I'm sorry I like to feel well rested."- Vexonte
Some Role Model...
"Being an incompetent father."
"You have four kids and you've never changed a diaper?"
"That's not a brag, dude."- doghorsecatbaby
Unless He Actually Likes Being Wet...
"My dad will claim he doesn't need an umbrella because 'real men' don't need them."
"Ok dad."- spidergirl79
Raining Weather Report GIFGiphyBeige On The Inside And The Outside
"Wearing certain colors."- Tubie123
We Hear You!
"Being loud."
"Men think adding volume to their voices helps their masculinity and dominance."
"But there's nothing more threatening looking than my 5'7 male boss walking in Stealth Mode with a crow bar to go get something unstuck from a machine."
"He's more intimidating in those moments than any man who has ever yelled in my presence."
"It's fine to be naturally loud by default."
"I'm that way."
"It's when men will try to use loudness as an intimidation tactic against others."- DarkInkPixie
loud noises anchor man GIF by FirstAndMondayGiphyIt's sad to think men will and won't do so many things for fear of being judged.
Particularly as any real "man" knows that, as long as they are treating others with kindness, other people's opinions are meaningless.
Sharing a home with a roommate is always a delicate situation.
Whether it's one of your closest friends, or someone you only met through newspaper ads or referrals, maintaining a harmonious living situation can be challenging.
As long as all residents do their share of the chores, keep common living spaces clean, and are respectful of noise, it's not so hard to get along.
In some cases, however, people find themselves running to a studio apartment, possibly smaller than their bedroom, owing to how truly unbearable their roommates are to live with.
"What is your worst roommate stories?"
"Roger, That..."
"In my last two years of school, I rented a house split between 5 guys, one of whom was a last-minute addition that I begged them not to let live with us."
"I even offered to pay the rent on his room while I looked for a new one."
"But I got outvoted, and so we had this guy, who I'll call Roger because he looked like Roger from American Dad."
"Roger did not seem physically able to walk without stamping his feet. Multiple guests commented on how f*cking loud he was."
"Oh, and he wore his winter boots inside."
"Roger said our wifi was too slow, he wanted to play Xbox live while watching Netflix."
"So he ran an ethernet cable from our kitchen, through the front hall and up the stairs into his bedroom."
"He didn't tape it down nearly either, it hung low in several spots giving our house the appearance of a spaceship in disrepair."
"He loudly proclaimed how brilliant he was an how much faster the internet was now, not realizing someone had already cut the ethernet cable."
"Roger frequently fell asleep with loud music or tv playing on his tower speakers, and would not turn if off unless his favorite roommate asked him to."
"Yes, he would tell the other three of us to f*ck off and then act all apologetic if Juan would tell him to be quiet."
"One night it came to a head."
"He fell asleep during exams with some loud music playing and it woke the whole house up."
"All of us (his mancrush Juan included) knocked on his door for almost an hour trying to get him to turn it down."
"When he wouldn't answer, we decided to jimmy his lock and turn it down ourselves."
'He was fast asleep with noise cancelling headphones on."
"All this time he was falling asleep to music and tv, it was just to antagonize us."- eatmereddit
gamer GIF by TotorialGiphyHere's Hoping He Got The Help He Needed
"Right after college, I lived in a house that rented out rooms on an individual basis."
"Most people were completely fine but you'd get the occasional sh*t roommate."
"Then there was Doug."
"Doug was about our age, unemployed, and an alcoholic who would drink himself to blackout almost every day."
"He was also a total slob and would make huge messes in the kitchen before going back to his room to drink some more and blast loud music."
"The next day, he wouldn't remember anything, see the big mess in the kitchen, and whine about 'people being gross'."
"Of course when any of us pointed out that it was his mess, he'd always say he didn't remember doing it and that it couldn't be his mess."
"Yeah Doug, I can't imagine why you don't remember."
"I'm sure the handle of vodka you drank last night had nothing to do with that."
"He was eventually kicked out because his parents refused to pay his rent anymore."
"I genuinely hope he got some help because the amount he drank every day would kill an elephant."- apocalypticradish
Keep Your Dirty Laundry To Yourself...
"My first college roommate never did laundry."
"For dates, he'd 'borrow' my clean underwear (even though I clearly told him to leave my junk alone) and return them dirty (unwashed) afterwards."- Back2Bach
Clothes Mess GIF by Big Brother AustraliaGiphyA Thief And A Liar!
"Senior year of boarding school my roommate stole my prescription Adderall, Oxys from getting my wisdom teeth out, and alcohol I had hidden in a chest under my bed while I was away for the weekend."
"She ended up overdosing and then told the school I gave it all to her."
"I got suspended, lost my scholarship for the remainder of the semester, and almost had my college acceptances rescinded."- Additional-Force-795
Bad Decisions Have A Way Of Catching Up To You...
"Freshman year of college I had a roommate who would get high with her bf and come back to our dorm room and bone while I was also in the dorm room."
"She also listened to Basshunter non stop, and had up close pictures of her own eyeballs all over the room."- futhisplace
Latter Day Pervert...
"Horny Mormon."
"He'd be up until 3 AM perving on women on Facebook going 'she's go hot, oh my gosh' and sweating, and he'd stand too close to girls and try and grab their shoulders and sh*t."
"Genuinely concerned he was going to assault someone someday."
"I brought my girlfriend over there one time, and he'd keep hitting on her and trying to take selfies with her, and he stole her phone and installed the Mormon scriptures app onto it."
"Also, he had some kind of foot fungus and smelled like f*cking sh*t."- AdamBombKelley
south park hello GIF by The Book of Mormon (Musical)GiphyGot What He Deserved
"In college I rented a room in a house from a slumlord, roommates were addicts (and twin brothers) who would constantly steal my food."
"I baked a batch of brownies with a whole pack of ex-lax in em, figuring they'd take one or two, get the squirts, and I'd tell them not to f*ck with my shit anymore."
"One ate the WHOLE PAN."
"Overnight, I heard puking, followed by dry heaving."
"It went on for a while."
"He told me the next day he had food poisoning, and everything came out another end."
"I never told him."- bigleafychode
Worse Than A Lifetime Movie...
"Moved into a house with my three friends."
"One was my best friend, and he was cool."
"The other was his girlfriend and our mutual friend, who was also another girl."
"We were the luckiest people alive because we were renting a 3 bedroom house for 500 a month."
"My buddy grew up poor, and I was homeless for a year."
"We both knew how lucky we were."
"We fought hard for everything we had, but the two girls we lived with were spoiled."
"They f*cked everything up for us."
"They would do everything from invite strangers over to party without asking us on work nights to skipping the rent."
"They would steal our food and never go grocery shopping."
"They would turn the AC down to 63° in the middle of 100° heatwaves, causing our utility bill to be higher than our rent."
"They'd break sh*t in the house and start arguments with each other."
"The one girl even brought in two friends to live in her bedroom with her for six months without even asking us."
"I worked a seriously demanding job at the time."
"I woke up at 4am every morning and got to work by 5am."
"I wouldn't be home until anywhere from 8pm to 1am most nights."
"It was incredibly stressful."
"This was very difficult when the girls kept inviting anywhere from ten to thirty people to party at our house EVERY f*cking night."
"I even came home at 1am once to find a stranger passed out in my bed covered in vomit."
"They also played music so loud every night that it would shake my bedroom wall."
"The girls didn't give a f*ck because they just called out constantly and eventually quit their jobs."
"Did I also mention that half these strangers were teenagers who were illegally drinking at our house and then driving home?"
"One night, my friends girlfriend got drunk and started stabbing the bedroom door with a knife."
"This isn't even our property!"
"My buddy went to stop her, and she stabbed him three times."
"I had to go pin her against the wall and have some random stranger come grab the knife from her friend."
"It was f*cking insane.'
"I had to beg the landlord not to kick us out and replaced the door."
"One time, somebody in the house ripped the shower head off in the shower during one of their parties."
"The threads were ruined, and I had to replace the entire pipe."
"They also raided our fridge and went through my month's worth of food I had just bought in a single night."
"This was a reoccurring event."
"I eventually bought a mini fridge and a lock for my door."
"That worked for a while until someone drunkenly fell through my door in the middle of the night while I was sleeping."
"One of the girls friends f*cking hated me because I'd always come out and kick people out."
"See, my roommate was a small girl who would tell me she'd stop doing this sh*t, but then do it the next day anyways."
"She ended up befriending this huge girl who would sh*t talk me constantly in my own house for her."
"They would constantly disrespect me in front of people and tell them to keep partying."
"She didn't even f*cking live there."
"She just came over to talk sh*t, get drunk.
"One time, they had so many people in the house that a floor joist broke."
"My buddy and I had to fix it to keep us all from getting kicked out."
"It cost us a ton of money and an entire weekend that I should have spent relaxing."
"It's just another thing to add to the list I had to fix there."
"I fixed lights and windows that were shattered, punched drywall, toilets, holes in the yard from cars parking in the yard, outlets that were ripped out, paint that was scratched or drawn on, our mailbox after being hit by a drunken teen, counter tops that had been burned by thousands of cigarettes, busted water pipes from idiots crawling under the sink."
"I could go on all day."
"I spent thousands on this house to avoid losing the only place I could afford to rent."
"One day I came home from work to a complete nightmare."
"They broke half the drywall in the living room."
"Somebody had scratched up the hard wood floor so bad that half of it would need to be replaced."
"The curtain rods on two of the windows had been ripped off the wall."
"The kitchen sink had been pulled off the wall and had leaked into the floor all night."
"Our refrigerator had been turned over entirely."
"This was when the table I bought was snapped in two."
"There was vomit all over the house."
"People were passed out on the ground everywhere."
"My bookshelf had been knocked over, and half of them were burnt in the yard from what I heard my buddy tell me."
"I just quit that day."
"I recorded it all, met up with the landlord, and showed them the video later that day."
"She was understandably furious."
"I admitted to her that I had been repairing things for about a year now to hide it from her."
"She wasn't even angry at me, surprisingly."
"She was just happy one of her tenants was being honest."
"I sent her all the video evidence and told her that the people were all still there when I left, just passed out on the floor."
"I told her I had found another living arrangement and had to leave."
"She thanked me, and I left."
"I had packed all my stuff that night and left without saying a word."
"About the time I got done talking to the landlord, my roommate was messaging me how she needed help cleaning and fixing the house."
"I just ignored her and took all my stuff to my girlfriend's house."
"She later messaged me, saying the cops were there."
"She had an entire court case about it and was evicted."
"She had to pay the last month's rent and utilities alone, as well as all the damages."
"I haven't talked to her since then."
"Ash, if you're reading this, f**k you, b*tch!"- ModsGayandMad
Heidi Klum Wow GIF by LifetimeGiphyYou Can't Make This Sh*t Up...
"Was in college living in a suite style apartment."
"4 bedrooms with private bath, shared living and shared kitchen."
"My friend rented a room, I had a room and we got two randos assigned to us."
"After a few months our places started to increasingly smell worse and we couldn't figure out what was going on."
"We deep cleaned, bleached everything, but could not find the source."
"Only thing we didn't do was go through the 2 randos' rooms."
"One day one of the random's went home for the weekend."
"My buddy and I broke into his room and discovered the source."
"This dude was sh*tting in plastic bin and keeping it under his bed."
"After a big WTF moment we disposed of it and confronted him."
"He of course denied it all and claimed he never did such a thing."
"After several days the smell went away and never came back."
"Poopbucket is now a cop."- popsicle425
Violet Reaction GIF by Murdoch MysteriesGiphyRoommates are something of a right of passage that everyone has to deal with at one point or another.
Sometimes resulting in lasting friendships.
Other times forming mortal enemies...
Staying on top of your finances is extremely important, no matter what your yearly income is.
Not only so you don't find yourself worrying about money, but also for your mental health and well-being.
This is why it's important to not only keep good track of your bills and expenses but also look for ways to cut corners and save money when possible.
Allowing you to go to bed each night not having to worry about whether or not you'll be able to afford groceries this week.
"What is your best financial life hack?
Resisting Food Trucks And Take Out
"Bringing packed lunch, or always have a snack in my bag."- sunnyjooooy
"Uninstall GrubHub and DoorDash from your phone."- Joker8pie
Kenan Thompson Breakfast GIF by NBCGiphyIncrease Your Lowest Decimal...
"Adjust what you think your zero is."
"Everyone has that 'oh sh*t I'm broke' number."
"I just inflated mine so I think I'm broke when I'm not."
"If I have $1000 in my bank account, I treat it like $0."
"$1050 is treated like I have only $50."
"It's weird, but it's been working so far."- Clandestinechic
"Set a new zero."
'My checking account has $531."
'$500 is my 0, so I only have 31 to spend/save as I please."- HeyImBroccoli-
Animation Typography GIFGiphyCut Out Sugar, Cigarettes, And Alcohol
"Just drink water."- Meowsommar
"I don't smoke or drink."
"Saves me a lot of money."- ChessGuy90
"If you smoke cigarettes... QUIT!"- yalaket111
No Smoking Animation GIF by MashedGiphyPlain And Simple
"Make an actual budget and stick to it."- radicallefter
Save For Later, Not For Now
"Think of your future self as a different person you need to help."
"Every time you’re able to save back even $1 it helps your future self out."- jollytoes
Save! Save! Save!
"Automate your savings to pay yourself first."- Nervous_Pie4233
Save Credit Card GIF by MillionsGiphySpend Like You Have Less Than You Really Do
"Act like you always broke."- LVL100Stoner
"Live below your means."- DrteethDDS
Never Stray From Your Shopping List
"Eat before you go to the store and always make a list and stick with it."- Mac_nocheeze
Stressed Animation GIF by Holler StudiosGiphyWhen At A Loss, Eat Chicken
"Rotisserie chickens from the grocery store are usually a really good deal & make for a good middle ground between eating out & cooking dinner."- Reasonable-While-101
People Tend To Forget, It's Free...
Use the library for books, CDs, DVDs, and audiobooks."- SuvenPan
Money has a way of disappearing faster than you think.
Which is why it's always a good idea to keep a closer eye on it and spend less of it than you might normally like to.
No matter how tempting that second round of drinks always is.
CW: Murder, death, and kidnapping.
It's truly shocking when you think you know someone inside out, only to discover something about them which truly throws you for a loop.
Even friends you've known for your entire life might be harboring a shocking secret you would never expect they were capable of.
Up to and including, murder.
Needless to say, learning you were friends with a killer is enough to make you reevaluate your entire friendship, and wonder if you missed the obvious signs all along.
"Friends of killers what were your first thoughts after finding out/Did you think they seemed off before?"
The Silence Was Telling
"I knew something had happened, WAYYY quieter than he usually was."
"He kept zoning out/ staring into space."
"For context it was an accident but he was scared and covered it up, not very well though because the cops found the body."
"He was suspiciously invested in the case, I was actually with him watching TV when the news announced they had found the body, he started sobbing and I was like 'dude did u know her' 'no it’s just really sad that family lost their grandma', I chalked it up to him losing his own grandma a mo. or two prior."
"It didn’t even occur to me that it happened like 2mi from his house."
"He was doing a bad job at work and kept getting distracted."
"When the police showed up at our work, they came over to him and said they had some questions to ask him and they didn’t even get another word out before he collapsed, started bawling and spilled everything out that happened."
"He confessed everything right there on the shop floor."
"It would later come out that he’d written a 2 part apology letter and put it in a ziplock bag and gone back to leave it with the body."
"They asked the front office for a document with his handwriting on it and it was a perfect match."
"There was damage to the front of his pickup along with DNA in the bumper."
"The family understood it was an accident and did feel sorry for him."
"He got off with a couple years in prison, which he only served half."
"When he got out the first thing he did was have his pickup destroyed at a junkyard."
"He said he couldn’t bare to look at anything from that night."
"He wasn’t a bad guy, it was just an accident."- DecentCupid96
Spiraling Downwards
"Not my friend but my older sister's closest friend through childhood and high school, so she was like a second sister to me."
"Both developed major drug problems starting their mid-teens."
"My sister eventually decided she couldn't have her in her life anymore for the sake of her recovery."
"Years go by and she suddenly gets arrested for killing an old lady she was shoveling snow for."
"Apparently the woman confronted her about having stolen her credit card and she beat her to death."
"There was never anything off about her."
"Just a normal teenage girl."
"Honor student, multiple sport athlete, well liked, and unlike my sister never got in trouble at school."- Iztac_xocoatl
Stages Of Processing
"He wasn’t a friend of mine, but I hung out a few times with Robert Long, who set fire to Palace Backpackers in Childers, Queensland, Australia, when we both stayed/ worked out of there."
"Fifteen people died in the fire he set.'
"I moved on in my travels two days before he set the place on fire."
"First thoughts were obviously 'Holy F*cking Sh*t!'"
"Then you fear for the people you knew and had made friends with, scared for their safety."
"Then reality hits and you realize how close you yourself were to possible death."
"Then disbelief hits, as names of those murdered start being released and you realize you knew many of them, and had worked alongside them."
"Then it gets personal."
"You follow the news nightly as he goes on the run."
"You will the police to find him."
"You hope they kill the son of a b*tch as he attempts to flee."
"And when they finally catch him and throw him in jail for the rest of his life, you say good, I hope you rot in there."
"And then you forget about it all, because you were lucky and neither you or any of your friends died."
"And then, years later, when you have kids of your own, it all comes back to you occasionally."
"Like when your kid starts talking about traveling one day and staying in backpacker hostels."- scarajones
Not Just The Fellow Outsider...
"Went to school with a dumba** we’ll call Jeff."
"Wasn’t a killer, but was always creepy af."
"He would also always say and do dumb sh*t to get a ruse out of people."
"I wouldn’t really say he was a friend, but being both kinda loser kids we hung around the same circles."
"One day, he said 'huh huh I got a lady locked in my basement huh huh'."
"It being Jeff, everyone just shrugged it off or called him a dumba**, thinking he was just being an idiot."
"1 yr later."
"News story breaks."
"Turns out him and his uncle had a lady living at their house against her will."
"No sh*t."- KFDM_guest
A Victim Of Circumstance
"Friends older brother was a loose cannon (huge understatement)."
"I'd heard how much abuse his mum, younger brother (my friend) and himself were given frequently by his mums partner (she was vulnerable mentally and physically handicapped)."
"One day his brother and mum were beaten by said partner and he snapped."
"To this day I don't feel like he is a bad person for what he done, just a young man who was failed by everything that was supposed to protect him and who felt it necessary to protect his mum and brother."
"I was sad for my friend because his brother was the only constant he really had and now he's in prison."- Tygrimus
More Troubled Than They Thought
"I was in a state-run psych ward while awaiting trial."
"I befriended a schizophrenic guy and we hung out daily."
"When he wasn't responding to the voices in his head (usually by cracking up laughing until teary eyed), he was smart, charismatic, friendly and pretty funny."
"Long story short, he got a weekend pass to spend the weekend with his family and murdered them all with a hammer."
"He also murdered the Chinese exchange student staying with them."- Panderino83
She Lived Up To Sad Expectations
"I went to school with a girl who killed someone in a car accident."
"She ran a red light and was drunk."
"Couple years later she gets out of jail and gets in a high speed chase and derails off the interstate and crashes into a dealership killing someone in her vehicle."
"I think the other passengers also passed or were seriously injured, she on the other hand was fine!"
"She was always a troubled kid back in school."
"I recently remembered her after rewatching my quinceañera video and seen her in it."- Popular_Composer_204
One Bad Decision
"My friend's younger brother (teenager at the time) got so high he thought he was invincible."
"He decided he had to test it, so he got in his car and drove into oncoming traffic."
"Hit a minivan head-on and killed a whole family."
"He always seemed like a normal kid."
"Now he's in jail for a long, long time."- Veritas3333
Still Processing
"We had a family friend that I knew."
"He was more my dad's friend but helped out our family with things."
"I also knew his stepson since we had been in school since elementary together though we didn't talk to each other much."
"About 7 years ago my dad told me he had some bad news and that the family friend had strangled his wife to death with a cell phone charging cord."
"After that I kind of just didn't interact with the guy or the step son."
"The step son was in ranger school at the time and last I knew refused to move back to Iowa as he was worried he might kill the man who took his mother's life away."
"It felt and still kind of feels weird."
"I technically knew the victim as well."
"She was pretty nice and I liked chatting with her and how her son and I acted in elementary."
"I think that's what makes it so weird is knowing both of them."- Kain9wolfy·
People have a way of surprising you.
Sadly, not always in a good way.