If you're alive in the world right now, you know there are a serious amount of things that it's difficult to believe people just sit back and accept.
Some of those things are so outrageous that people are actively seeking to make change on them.
u/blackangelcl asked:
What is the weirdest thing that society just accepts?
Here were some of the answers.
Call Awnel
In my opinion weirdest thing accepted by society is "The pronunciation of colonel".
Exploitation
Funeral prices. 15k to bury a body? These people are really just going to put that burden on the freshly mourning families?? Ridiculous.
The Planet Is Dying
The insane amount of packaging on everything. With one phone charging cable I've got a box, 2-3 pieces of moulded plastic, 2 twist ties, and instructions. We know our garbage is an epidemic problem but we don't bat an eye at the crazy packaging.
Ah Those Outdated Values
TV censoring, at least i the US. Brutal murder of a sex worker? The blood and violence is fine, but she has a boob out, censor the nipple.
*Uncomfortably Shifts*
Stagnation of leadership. There's a tendency for societies to find a style of leadership and say 'this is the perfect way to lead and cannot go wrong. Other people should all adopt this too.' And then wonder why corruption happens. Every societal structure succumbs to it eventually.
Lock 'Em Up
That the blatant lies almost all companies use to sell products isn't considered false advertising...at least no one ever gets in trouble for it in the states
Smart Vs Hard
Working yourself to death. The whole concept of "hard work" is wrong. It ain't about hard work. It's about smart work.
Work smarter, optimize your time, resources, skills, everything.
Staying inside a cubicle for 8-10 hours just because you're "working hard" is not productive. It's weird how normal how people tend to see this.
I understand if an athlete, musician or perfecting your craft, you have to put in the work. After that, work smarter, not harder.
Hmmm......
We rub paper between our butt checks until we can't see poo anymore and say "that's clean enough". Nowhere else on our body would this be okay.
What Is The Law Here
Food taboos are weird.
We eat the unfertilized egg of a chicken and that's fine. Drinking milk from a cow's teat is also fine, except in Asia.
Eating an insect is gross and disturbing, except in some parts of the world where it's normal.
We eat babies and call it high cuisine (veal, lamb).
Horse is fine in France, but taboo in the USA. The same with dogs and cats in China.
Then there's religious restrictions on top of all that.
About the only thing that's universal is that we don't eat other people. And even that wasn't universal until very, very recently.
Stock Photography Models Describe The Most Unexpected Place They've Seen Their Photos Used
January 13 | 2021
As someone who creates online content daily, and has worked in social media for the last decade or so, I've seen a LOT of stock photography.
I work with it every day - and honestly I've wondered more than once how the model would react to knowing how their picture was being used.
<p>One Reddit user asked:</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/" target="_blank">Stock Photography Models: What is the Strangest/Most Unexpected Place You've Seen Your Photos Used?</a></p><p>Stock photography models kind of know their images are out there for whatever, but sometimes that "whatever" gets really interesting. </p><p>R.I.P. to the college brochure guy's social life. It's going to take him decades to live it down. </p>
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But Can I Get Hired?
<p>I ended up finding myself on one of those "Now Hiring" posts on Facebook... for a company I was trying to get hired at. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibfl60?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Pandrome</a></p><p>You should tell them that means they have to hire you, or it's false advertising.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gichpgs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">StewartTheHuman</a></p><p>"Have you previously worked as an employee for [company]?"</p><p>"Well, it's complicated..."</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gid6zm1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TheRealMandelbrotSet</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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Also Used
<p>One of my friends did a shoot for a university showing him sitting with an advisor looking confused/concerned. </p><p>It was to be used for the financial/debt advice brochure - and it <em>was</em> used there. But it was <em>also</em> used in the sexual health brochure! </p><p>It's a good one to roll out on special occasions!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibc7cc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">djaw1</a></p><p>Similar thing happened to a guy I worked with. </p><p>He was an older, very put together attorney. One day I was watching TV and saw him sitting with his head in his hands looking terribly distraught. </p><p>It was a commercial for ED medication.</p><p> I asked him about it the next morning and he said he had done some stock video shots for commercials years back and often pops up in all kinds of ads.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gid1rcz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thepeanutbutterman</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I'm A Painting
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<p>When I was 17 a friend of mine asked me if I could help him model in some pictures he was working on for a project for college. We used our other friend's attic and he took a couple of pictures of me in a suit in front of a typewriter. </p><p>He really liked one of the pictures and he ended up asking me if I would be okay with him having it be part of a small gallery show he was doing at the local coffee shop.</p><p>They often had a small show and then put up the work to decorate the place and if people were interested they could buy them. I told him that I didn't mind and it was cool seeing my picture up at a place we went to so often. </p><p>Well, my picture ended up actually being bought ... which we did not expect at all. </p><p>So, there is someone out there that has a framed picture of me possibly decorating their wall or mantle, which is strange for me to think about.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gib26c2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">-eDgAr-</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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In Every Wal-Mart
<p>Not me but my best friend: He did a photo shoot in some construction-worker garb and a hard hat. </p><p>We live in North Carolina USA. I'm on a business trip in Chicago, and I stop by a Walmart for some supplies. </p><p>I'm in the men's work clothes isle and there's my buddy prominently on the wrapping of 50ish packages of work shirts. </p><p>It was a weird "wait, where am I?" moment. I knew he did some modeling, but not specifics.</p><p>I sent him a pic, he had no idea it had been used. The guy is in every Walmart in the country and had no idea.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibj7j8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">stubbssammarium</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Homeless Youth
<p>Not me, but a friend of mine.</p><p>Her boyfriend was a photographer, and he took several pictures of her standing against a wall wearing a blue windbreaker. I should mention, this woman was in her late 20s/early 30s, but she could easily pass as a teenager. </p><p>One of her boyfriend's pictures of her ended up on a billboard in Russia somewhere advertising a charity for homeless youth.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibowdr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SimonCallahan</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Keep The Contract
<p>This question reminds me of the guy who sat for a picture, and then forgot about it. </p><p>Years later, he recognized his picture on a jar of freeze dried coffee, which was not in the terms of use for the picture. </p><p>He ended up suing after the company tried to lowball him and winning a crazy amount of money.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibnj49?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">bombaderogato</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibnj49?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>Holy sh*t! I looked it up! That's a lot of money. And f*ck nestle for trying to lowball him!</p><p><em>"A legal dispute with Nestle USA ensued, during which Christoff, 58, declined the company's $100,000 settlement offer, and Nestle USA turned down his offer to settle for $8.5 million. "I never gave my consent," he said to Chen. "We had a contract that spelled out the terms of the agreement, but there was just no follow-up on it. "I filed it away, and the contract sat there for 18, 19 years and -- I save things, which I guess is obvious. And no. They never had the permission." Last week, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury ordered Nestle USA to pay Christoff $15.6 million for using his likeness without his permission and profiting from it. The award includes 5 percent of the Glendale-based company's profit from Taster's Choice sales from 1997 to 2003."</em></p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/giciz60?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BrownEggs93</a></p>A Smoky Eye
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQ0ODIwNS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTAxNTc5MX0.rHuTroOGiD_1YRZWTxW-0toBvS2p5hUkcvHt9Yfc4xU/img.gif?width=980" id="75469" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bb09a8e1c0e82cc5a2867964a72424f6" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />fashion makeup GIFGiphy<p>I had a girlfriend who modelled part time. </p><p>Most of her work was for specific things and I only seen it because she showed me. But she did have a few model release generic headshots so when I was travelling Asia I saw a few makeup ads with her face on it. </p><p>It was just a picture of her with smokey eyes and I seen it before so I had a pretty big wtf moment seeing an at least 6 year old photo of my girlfriend on makeup ads on the other side of the world</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/giblhon?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CharlieTuna_</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Had They Contacted Me In The First Place
<p>Not a stock photo (as I didn't upload it to my account, only on my website) but years ago a shot I took of my nails ended up being lifted off my site and used in a manicure brochure from China. I'm still wondering why... it was professionally shot and edited, but the nail art was hardly that!</p><p>Another time, a model I shot for a girly site (think suicide girls but more on the burlesque side) found our photo on a designer t-shirt, sold in stores internationally... we both sued separately, myself for the image rights and herself for personal damage due to what was written on the shirt. Don't know about her but I ended up getting a decent amount -definitely more than I would have asked if they had contacted me in the first place.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibo42d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">analucylle</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Action!
<p>A coworker of mine was a firefighter in his earlier life (I worked with him after he was retired). </p><p>At one point the station he worked at did a photoshoot for something (he doesn't remember what, I've always hoped it was a calendar but can't find proof). Years later a friend of his was in a toy store and found his photo on the packaging of a firefighter toy.</p><p>He posed for a photo shoot, and years later ended up being an action figure!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibr8m4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dbdew</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Slack Party!
<p>Not the same, but as a remote teacher (long before quarantines), all of our teaching material includes stock photos. </p><p>One teacher pointed out that the same girl appears in many of the stock photos. Here she's a scientist. Here she's at the beach. Here she's riding a bike in a park. </p><p>It became a game to find her in our materials and we'd have a little celebration on Slack every time she was discovered.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gicv8dl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">anon00000anon</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Parents Break Down The Creepiest Thing Their Kids Have Ever Said To Them
January 13 | 2021
What is it about creepy kids?
There's just something about those high pitched voices uttering the darkest ideas and unexplained happenings.
<p>In a recent Reddit thread, parents took a moment to discuss the scariest things their young children have ever said.</p><p>Usually occurring when their child awakes these parents in the dead of night, these anecdotes call to mind a slew of classic horror movie tropes. </p><p>Unfortunately, these all come from real life. </p><p>ExperimentalGeoff asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Parents of Reddit - what's the creepiest thing your kid has ever come out with that has given you the heebies?"</a></p>
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Deep Insight
<p>"Stayed with a family member for a few months while we were moving houses. My daughter was a little under two, and would always look at this one spot on the stairs that you could see from the living room (the stairs would go one direction, had a landing and go in another direction at a 90 degree angle)."</p><p>"She would watch it and smile, or point at it. Anywhere I picked her up, she would be fixated on this one spot."</p><p>"My family member mentioned one day it was the favorite napping place of her beloved cat that died happily and peacefully of old age."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitt3ig?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">allupinspace</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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So Nonchalant
<p>"When my youngest daughter was 4 we were watching TV and something about aliens came on and there was a drawing of a Grey."</p><p>"She looked at the screen and announced 'He looks like the man who sees me in the night.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitmbfz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dorkingwed</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Shadow Man
<p>"Not a parent, but I was babysitting this kid across the street about a year ago. It was about 10 pm. The kid was in bed and I was watching some TV show when I saw something out of the corner of my eye."</p><p>"I looked and it was the kid just kinda staring at me. I asked if he was ok and all he said was"</p><p>"'The shadow man won't leave us alone.'"</p><p>"Needless to say I damn near sh@t bricks"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitd4wf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TMZombies</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Who's Doing the Tickling?
<p>"My daughter laughing in her bed... then asking if I tickled her feet"</p><p>"It's been years and it still makes me shiver"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitykh2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">UPnorthCamping</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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From the Time Before
<p>"My 5 year old daughter asked my and my wife why we couldn't hear her scream when she was in mommy's tummy." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giu6ljh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tball_524</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Why did you make me imagine that" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giukxz6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">kidneywastaken</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I'm not sleeping good tonight" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giuldiz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">mex_taco</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Fever Dreams and Fever Nightmares
<p>"My then-3 year old was asleep next to me in bed running a nasty fever. At some point he woke up, staring wide-eyed at a corner of the ceiling, slowly raised a shaking hand and pointed at it saying 'monster there.'"</p><p>"The sheer terror in his voice is what nearly made me crap myself."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giu53xv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lackaface</a></p>Sometimes No Words are Needed
<p>"It wasn't something he came out with. But about a year ago, my then 2.5 year old son and I were playing. Sitting on the bed, laughing, him facing me. All of a sudden he looked behind me and his smile fades to a look of horror, like he was about to cry but couldn't move or make a sound."</p><p>"I whipped around ready to fight and there was nothing there. I looked back at him and asked him what he was looking at, and he just ignored me and started playing again."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giu5i42?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">rehilda</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Stop Doing That!
<p>"So this isn't something my kids ever 'came out with' but the creepiest thing they ever did was come into our room in the middle of the night and just stand there??!!!"</p><p>"You wake up because you just get the feeling that someone is looking at you or you can 'feel' something in the room and there they are, just standing there in the damn dark not saying a word staring at you inches away from your face!!!!!"</p><p>"Why??!!! Who the hell does that?? They didn't want anything, just seeing if we were awake. First time I ever felt like hurting my kids just because I was so scared lol."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitpgns?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ab***forfun</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Nope Nope Nope
<p>"My daughter's not quite 18 months yet, so she's still got lots of time to freak me out in the future, but so far?"</p><p>"It was the time a few weeks ago when she stopped dead in the hallway, started crying, and said, 'Night, hurt! Night! Dark!' It was the middle of the day with all the lights on."</p><p>"We went for a drive just to get the heck out of the house for a bit. Mama don't play with no Dark Hurt."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giu5w1a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AlwaysWantsIceCream</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Bathroom Man
<p>"Not a parent but my mother works at a child nursery (daycare i think they are called in America) and its in England so this building is 150+ years old and a lot of the children all <5 years old have asked about an old man, no men work there or have worked there in the last 10 years."</p><p>"One kid refuses to go to the bathroom alone cuz the old man is in the bathroom and one asked why an old man was sat in the corner of the main play room."</p><p>"I have been in at night to help tidy up and stuff and every time I would be there the radio would just stop working at 11pm it would be working fine all day then just turns off and doesn't come back on."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitbu6m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SirObalobus</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Share Their Best 'I Don't Tell People Where I Work So They Don't Ask For Help' Experiences
January 13 | 2021
Sometimes your job can be a point of pride in your life, something you happily discuss with people either because you're proud of what you do or because you want people to know what kind of impact you make in others' lives.
However, there are those who prefer to keep what they do on the down-low.
Speaking about what you do could lead to complications, and who has time for that?
<p>Reddit user, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/UltrawaveYT/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">u/UltrawaveYT</a>, wanted to hear how you keep it quiet when they asked:</p><p><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/" target="_blank">What is your "I don't tell people where I work so They don't ask for help" story ?</a></em></p>
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Way To Bring Down The Party, Dude
<p>I'm a social worker. I avoid telling people in real life because it usually goes down one of two ways.</p><ol><li>they hate social workers as evil agents of the state stealing children for no good reason and invading family privacy and tearing families apart.</li><li>they idolise social workers as perfect guardian angels who do no harm ever and are constantly saving children from evil.</li></ol><p>Neither are accurate. It makes for boring conversation in social situations, who wants to talk about child abuse at a party? (hint: not me).</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giuyv1n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">InterestingCloud9</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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"I Click On Every Tab That's Opened, Why?"
<p>I don't tell people that I work in IT because I don't want to spend the next weekend fixing up their 8 year old laptop that has seen every "Hot chicks in your area" being opened.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giuwjgz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Optidalfprime</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No Vacancy
<p>It's pretty normal that when new friends find out I work at a hotel they try to get free stays at other locations in our brand portfolio.</p><p>There's only one friend I've actually given a free week to. I offered a free room to another friend who had recently become homeless but he declined. Otherwise when people ask I refuse.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giukji0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">mxmnull</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I Have Things I Like To Do In My Down Time, Too
<p>I'm a 3D animator and people tend to ask for free animation for games or a home made movie... yeah no, i don't have the time, I enjoy my free time off of work.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giur8lp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Lunamcfly</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sad, Sad, Sad
<p>I don't tell people I'm rich because they all suddenly have a sad life story and financial ruin.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giuk912?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">__Rainforest__</a></p><p>I didn't have a job when I was 3. Money?</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giukk72?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">UltrawaveYT</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Don't Tell Them Everything
<p>I've done my bachelor's in Computer Science. Which apparently makes me "Tech Support" for my whole Family and Extended-Family.</p><p>The thing I <em>haven't</em> told them is, I also write professionally, or else, they'll be on my throat, asking me to help their kids with their assignments and essays!</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giuxrqa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">GodDarnBatman</a></p>You're A Tool
<p>I buy and sell large amounts of Milwaukee cordless power tools, and tune race cars as a hobby.</p><p>Everyone wants free tools.</p><p>Everyone wants car advice.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giura97?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">ThiccA--CrackHead</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Can't Be Done Anecdotally
<p>I worked for a long time as a behavioral therapist and people would ask if their kids had autism or how to fix them.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giuki59?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">DoctorMittensPHD</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not What I'm About
<p>some people thinks software engineer means I can hack others Facebook ID.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giuqqna?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">AYKadence_Kristian</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Hey! I'm Off The Clock.
<p>Can I fix your computer? Yes!</p><p>Will I fix your computer? No.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giumns7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Complete_Entry</a></p><p>I went to a wedding for a colleague. At some point in the evening we were chatting with the parents of the bride and when they found out I worked with him they started to explain a computer problem and asked what I thought. I told them I thought they had a brand new son-in-law that could fix that right up for them lol.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giuof8h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">diiejso</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Strange How That Works Out, Isn't It?
<p>Up until a couple years ago, I worked in radio. Specifically, country radio.<br></p><p>I can tell you without hesitation that George Strait probably causes cancer. It's the only possible explanation for the fact that whenever he had an upcoming concert in our town, we were inundated with listeners who said that their mother (or grandmother, or aunt, or best friend) was dying of cancer and their last wish was to see George Strait in concert before they died, so they needed that pair of tickets we were giving away.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>When he wasn't on tour? Cancer rates were low. When he was? Everyone's mom had cancer. Terminal cancer. With oddly specific death dates. If George was coming to town at the end of August, then mom was projected to die no later than September 1st.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuwuur/what_is_your_i_dont_tell_people_where_i_work_so/giunf86?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer">gogojack</a></p><p><em>Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </em></p>
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Anonymous People Divulge Secrets That They'll Take To Their Death Bed
January 13 | 2021
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Everyone has their secrets. Some secrets are so deeply personal, however, that those who harbor them don't tell a soul. Why? Is it out of fear? Judgment? An intense desire for privacy? The need to feel like they're one of those people in the movies who don't communicate even though communication would save us an extra 90 minutes of "plot"? Suffice it to say it's complicated.
After Redditor poutinerie asked the online community, "What's a secret that will probably die with you?" people––thanks to being under the guise of anonymity––decided to share their stories.
Warning: Some sensitive material ahead.
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"I caught my mom and dad..."
<p>I caught my mom and dad cheating on each other on different occasions when I younger and they don't know about it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthois/serious_whats_a_secret_that_you_have_that_will/gim2m2r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Deus7007</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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"I remember going across town..."
<p>My father cheated on my mother and they had a kid. I remember going across town to meet her and when we came back he kept repeating, "And remember you can't tell your mother about this." And I never said anything. Until now. So somewhere out there is a half-sister that I've never met and I probably will never meet because she would be around 2000 miles south. So yeah that's that.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthois/serious_whats_a_secret_that_you_have_that_will/gimu4uo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">xxKUKULKANXx</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>My Mom got pregnant with me to trap my Dad. He was much older than her.</p><p>When I was in my teens, he got cancer.</p><p>She took care of him for a while but over time she got very callous.</p><p>I went home from college one time and he was watching static on his TV, by himself in his room. I asked him why and he said he didn't want to bother her.</p><p>We went out of state because she just had to go to this convention that happens every year. It was hard to be away from my girlfriend, Maria (who eventually became my wife - we were obviously and very much in love), but I went with my parents. Dad had a new tumor develop on the convention trip, and I said we should go home to get him to the doctor. Mom refused. By this time we kind of had an idea of where things were headed with his health and it wasn't good.</p><p>When she got out of the car at a store I told him I should just drive him home and get him to the doctor. He said if I did that we'd never see her again, and I can't do that.</p>
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<p>I told him, "When this is all over, I'm never going to speak to her again."</p><p>I've never seen him desperate before. He had tears in his eyes and he said, "You can't. You can't do that. She's my Maria and I love her and you can't leave her all alone. Promise me."</p><p>So I swore to him that I would keep in contact.</p><p>I call her once every month or every couple of months and talk to her. I visit her every other year (in non-pandemic times). I play the role, but I'm not talking to my mother. I'm talking to his Maria.</p><p><span>If I do this right, she will never know. Because I promised him.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthois/serious_whats_a_secret_that_you_have_that_will/gimveo9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Deradius</a></p>
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"When I was younger..."
<p>When I was younger I used to have nightmares for several years that I was getting tickled aggressively by a demon in the dark. Honestly, not planning on telling anyone in case they think I was bewitched or something.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthois/serious_whats_a_secret_that_you_have_that_will/gimp3l5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">depressedbis05</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"I told everyone..."
<p>My 3 1/2 year old son put my 18 year old cat in the washer and closed the door... I found her the next morning. I told everyone she died peacefully in her sleep... she didn't and it kills me every day.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthois/serious_whats_a_secret_that_you_have_that_will/gimbnp8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ChevvyDrea</a></p>"Sometimes..."
<p>Sometimes I have a super offensive internal monologue. It's not what I'm actually thinking or saying, the things that the voice says are awful.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthois/serious_whats_a_secret_that_you_have_that_will/gimg633?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">throwaway184</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"When I was younger..."
<p>When I was younger my grandmother gave me a thousand dollars after coming over to her house and doing some chores for her. My parents never knew about it because they told me I would be paid in food and a bed to sleep in. After coming home I hid the money under my mattress, until they went to work the next day. I put the money in medicine bottle and buried it in the backyard, which is still there to this day. Been taking that dirt nap for about 15 years now (I'm 30 now)</p><p>After a while I kinda just forgot about it, until I watched a YouTube video about time capsules, which somehow reminded of that old money I buried. Should a rainy day ever come, I'll be sure to dig it up.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthois/serious_whats_a_secret_that_you_have_that_will/gin4o7d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ideadi</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"The police called..."
<p>I'm not sure if any of you remember The Railroad Killer. Around the time before his capture, he had reportedly come through our area. I was in my early 20s. A few friends and I were hiking in some woods that were bordered by train tracks. We had been discussing the serial killer during our hike. One of my friends picked up a rock by the tracks that had some red color on it. I jokingly asked, "Oh no, is that blood?" Another friend joked, "Maybe it's from the Railroad Killer!" We all chuckled about the stupid joke and carried on our hike.</p><p>That night, one of the friends was in his apartment. He had been drinking. Then he heard someone trying to break in through his front door, which was locked. He yelled several times for the person to identify themselves. Being under the influence and frightened, he got his pistol and shot the person through the door. It killed them instantly.</p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
<p><br>Later, my friend told the police that he was remembering our previous conversation about the serial killer. Being drunk, he thought that's who was trying to break into his apartment. Turns out it was just another resident of the building. He had also been drinking and mistakenly thought he was unlocking the door to HIS own apartment.</p><p>The police called me at work the next day to question me. They were trying to justify my friend's mindset at the time of the shooting. I've never told anyone else because I feel responsible for that person's untimely death.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthois/serious_whats_a_secret_that_you_have_that_will/gimwjxg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">thefrozenfew</a></p>
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