Sex is an integral part of life. Even if you spend most of your living days single, you still need to find a little one on one human contact. It feeds the soul. But as imperative as sex is, you have to choose wisely. We compromise too much of ourselves when the sexy time is... just that good. Don't be blinded, pay attention.
Even serial killers can be good in bed, it doesn't mean we need to lay next to them.
Redditor u/ya7ta wanted everyone to share about a life weakness that binds us all together by asking... What is the biggest red flag you had overlooked because the sex was good?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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***WARNING. THINGS MAY GET A LITTLE HOT HERE. SO 17 and UP!!***
<p><em>Sex can blind you to the people aren't willing to do the work. They know what's going on, they are cognizent of their actions and they don't care, it's about them. That is always a BURNING red flag. Burning like fire. </em></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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White Noise
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Liar Liar pants on Fire...
<p>Pathological Liar on the streets, Demon in the sheets. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gnefb09?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">omegakingauldron</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gnefb09?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>You just described my last Ex.</p><p>Amazing in bed, but practically everything she said was a lie. I finally left when I realized she'd lied about her age, and I finally wasn't even sure she was honest about her last name.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Before you ask, just typical lies about how everything I liked was her favorite too, she was the same age as me, swore she even went to the same first concert as me 'Oh, my god, why couldn't we have met back then?!'</p><p>Then she'd have breakdowns and complain that she feels like she can't be herself and needs to constantly stroke my ego, which I beg her to stop doing and just be honest.</p><p>Then she'd lie about a whole separate set of things.</p>
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<p>She even lied and said she knew how to play guitar. So, I brought a few guitars and practice amps over, thinking we could hammer out a song or just jam together. She literally got to the point where we were sitting together, holding guitars, and I suggest a simple I,IV,V Blues progression to warm up over, and I play the first 12 bars, and she sort of pretends to strum along, and finally, FINALLY, breaks down crying and admits she doesn't know how to play guitar.</p><p>It was that absurd. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gnguhpx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">User1539</a></p>
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the focus...
<p>Even after being married to my husband for almost 20 years my husband still gets annoyed with me over it. Back in the day they called it "inability to focus" as per my learning disabilities teachers paperwork. Now it's called ADHD. I try to make my husband understand that I'm not trying to be rude or spiteful. </p><p>It's just how my mind works. I'd love to change it, it would make my life easier if I could. It's hard to make someone who has never dealt with this issue understand.</p><p>I'm not saying for a fact that this is his exact problem, but it sounds similar to my own husband's complaints about me. Just thought I'd offer some possible perspective. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gnfniw6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RedBirdRockNRoll</a><span></span></p>
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<p><em data-redactor-tag="em">Crazy is crazy, or at the very least... "off kilter." If you sense they may take the extreme action of giving into delusional behavior, there is no shame in booking a one-way ticket out of dodge. Don't let the carnal make you feel like you're the crazy one. </em></p>
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JUMP!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY0NzcwNi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MDQxNTI3Mn0.u-EPYcDuF4IdkWrk2iOxI8U2-UcywpT5V8n0udqWFqI/img.gif?width=980" id="92959" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a80c9f4f0903a4880b6c004f7190bf6f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="360" data-height="206" />ouch jump GIF by America's Funniest Home VideosGiphy<p>Jumped out of a moving car because she didn't like a restaurant in the direction we were headed. Most adventurous sex I ever had. Crazy in the head crazy in the bed. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gney243?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Patchesmatches</a><span></span></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Ok X?
<p>My ex got mad at me because she "always" chose where we ate. I said let's go to X, she said she didn't like X. I said how about Y? No, Y either. Same with Z, so I asked where she wanted to eat then since she didn't like any of my choices and we went there.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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For Me?
<p>He constantly wanted to do everything with me/for me. Don't go to the post office by yourself, I'll drive you! Don't get yourself dinner, I'll take you and we'll go together! Don't do X, I'll do it!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gneyn5p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>And then he'd get upset when I had already gone/didn't wait for his butt to wake up (he worked nights and often slept through a million calls)/had done whatever by myself or with friends, and claimed that he was worried about me.</p><p>He found a new squeeze and dumped me a month or so into this, but in hindsight he was really, really controlling and that was quite likely the start of something not-so-great. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/himit/" target="_blank">himit</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Paranoia...
<p>Everyone told me she was paranoid but she was a ballerina and her body was perfect. Her paranoia was strange in that she thought everyone was talking about her behind her back and lo and behold everyone was talking about her behind her back. Everyone was talking about how paranoid she was. In my defense I told everyone that she technically wasn't paranoid if what she thought was happening was actually happening. Then she became paranoid of me sleeping around on her. Had to roll. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gneyyic?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BeemerBaby004</a></p><p><em>Some red flags are just so obvious and statement making that you there is no need to explain. When you see them... run. Run and never look back. And if you do... don't be shocked down the road. </em></p>
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Leave Sober
<p>She was insanely jealous and we'd fight all the time, but the sex was amazing.</p><p>I managed to break up with her, met her to get some things back. She asked to get a drinks, few hours later and the most intense sex ever, I ended up with her for another year.</p><p>I did finally end it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gnfb41z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">godca_grema</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Pearl Clutch
<ol><li>owns a house with her ex-husband that she's still "friendly" with. Also I was never invited over.</li><li>Nieces & nephews live with her, but brother doesn't regularly.</li><li>Wanted to get a job with her ex.</li></ol><p>Yeah, she got that job and is back with him. Shocked, I tell you. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljmil5/what_is_the_biggest_red_flag_you_had_overlooked/gnewse3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TywinShitsGold</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Mic Drop!
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<p><em>The lesson we've learned? Sex is great. Sex isn't everything though. Great sex is difficult to find, but we can go without until it comes with love or without strings. Like, after you're done and it's post-coutal, you shouldn't be concerned about waking up the next morning. And you shouldn't be stuck years later just because.... you named it. </em></p>
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People Explain Which Historical Figures Seemed Crazy Until They Were Proven Right All Along
February 10 | 2021
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Paul Revere, Jesus Christ, our parents... Anthony Fauci. Why is it humans always choose to ignore signs and try to discredit the truth tellers? Are we truly that arrogant? Now that I'm an adult I feel like I should always be on an apology tour to my elders who always warned me about growing up; they were right, youth is wasted on the young.
Thank goodness there always seems to be a handful of people who are willing to risk everything to expose what needs to told. And those people are never travelling an easy road. They are often ridiculed and lambasted. But thankfully, most of the time, they do get their "I told you so" moments.
Redditor u/MeargleSchmeargle wanted to discuss some of the people who tried to warn everyone and blow the whistles on so many things, though it often all landed on deaf ears; they asked... Who was crazy until they were right all along?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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Ludwig Knows
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Ernie's Concern...
<p>Hemingway, before he took his life he became extremely paranoid the FBI was following him. His wife and people around him just thought he was mentally ill and grew deeply concerned. Hemingway went as far as getting electrotherapy at a psychiatric hospital to try and help with the perceived delusions. Turns out the FBI had been following and bugging him for years according to declassified files. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glpnjxa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">WhoIsTurdFerguson</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No One Would Listen
<p>Harry Markopolos spent ten years trying to convince everyone (investors, journalists, regulatory agencies, etc.) that Bernie Madoff was a fraud, based on forensic accounting. Madoff was one of the most respected names on Wall Street and despite the overwhelming evidence, no one was willing to entertain the thought he might be running a Ponzi scheme. Harry's book, <em>No One Would Listen</em> is a pretty great account of financial detective work and just the abject frustration of being absolutely certain you're right but no one believes you.</p><p><strong><em>EDIT: </em></strong>If you want to see Congressman Ackerman absolutely destroy the SEC right after Markopolous's testimony, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-11Cq0QME" target="_blank">here you go</a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glq7cvq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Inri137</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Drifter...
<p><em>In 1912 the meteorologist Alfred Wegener described what he called continental drift, an idea that culminated fifty years later in the modern theory of plate tectonics.[40]</em></p><p><em>Wegener expanded his theory in his 1915 book The Origin of Continents and Oceans.[41] Starting from the idea (also expressed by his forerunners) that the present continents once formed a single land mass (later called Pangea), Wegener suggested that these separated and drifted apart, likening them to "icebergs" of low density granite floating on a sea of denser basalt.</em></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><em>[42] Supporting evidence for the idea came from the dove-tailing outlines of South America's east coast and Africa's west coast, and from the matching of the rock formations along these edges. Confirmation of their previous contiguous nature also came from the fossil plants Glossopteris and Gangamopteris, and the therapsid or mammal-like reptile Lystrosaurus, all widely distributed over South America, Africa, Antarctica, India, and Australia. The evidence for such an erstwhile joining of these continents was patent to field geologists working in the southern hemisphere. The South African Alex du Toit put together a mass of such information in his 1937 publication Our Wandering Continents, and went further than Wegener in recognising the strong links between the Gondwana fragments.</em></p>
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<p><em>Wegener's work was initially not widely accepted, in part due to a lack of detailed evidence. The Earth might have a solid crust and mantle and a liquid core, but there seemed to be no way that portions of the crust could move around. Distinguished scientists, such as Harold Jeffreys and Charles Schuchert, were outspoken critics of continental drift. </em></p><p><em></em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glpnkwy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scrolling2Oblivian </a></p>
<p>So many have pleaded with us through science and fact. More often than not science can sound like fiction but reality is far stranger than fiction. It may seem odd that a plague is coming, or that certain aspects of the human body cause breakdowns and pain, because we don't initially understand the specifics. Sure, some truths feel too simple and others too vague, but rest assured plenty of people have known. </p>
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Dr. Fauci?
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The Death
<p>Semmelweis supposedly suffered a nervous breakdown and was committed to an asylum by his colleagues. He died 14 days later after being beaten by the guards, from a gangrenous wound on his right hand which might have been caused by the beating. Semmelweis's practice earned widespread acceptance only years after his death, when Louis Pasteur confirmed the germ theory.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqnvoo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dannycolaco14</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Super Barry
<p>For a very long time the medical community thought that stomach ulcers were caused by stress.</p><p>A doctor in Australia called Barry Marshall claimed they were wrong and that they were caused by an excess of certain bacteria, and the cure was simple antibiotics. The medical community ridiculed him and nearly ended his career. He eventually decided the only way to prove he was right was to infect himself, develop the ulcers and cure himself.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>In curing himself he was proved right and won the Nobel prize for his efforts, and now stomach ulcers are very easily treatable (they previously affected 1 in 10 people).</p><p><a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/the-doctor-who-drank-infectious-broth-gave-himself-an-ulcer-and-solved-a-medical-mystery." target="_blank">full story here</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glq7qo7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">graeuk</a></p>
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"The Great Missoula Flood"
<p>J Harlan Bretz</p><p>He was a geologist that in the 1920s came up with a theory about why the Dry Falls and surrounding scablands of Eastern Washington state were so sharp and abrupt, instead of smooth as should be with the general understanding of erosion. Especially since the falls have no real river to speak of to create erosion.</p><p>His theory was that a giant flood, created by an even more massive lake, ripped through the region millions of years ago, reshaping the landscape in a matter of days. He was laughed at and discredited in the geology community for almost 50 years. Until someone discovered evidence in the 1950s of an ancient and massive lake that started just north of Montana that stretched all the way to southern Utah.</p>
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<p>The lake was believed to have been created by glacial dams (ice walls) during the last ice age. It would fill up over thousands of years and then hit a point where a glacial dam broke and the lake water would fire out the break like a water cannon, drain the lake, and reshape an entire region over several days as the water flowed toward the ocean. This happened several times.</p>
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<p>Since the flood that carved the Dry Falls likely started from the Lake Missoula area in modern day Montana, it was named the "The Great Missoula Flood". Bretz was given an award in 1979 for his contribution to geology when he was 96 years old. He joked "All my enemies are dead, so I have no one to gloat over." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glq4rwn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Arrow_to_the_knee1</a></p>
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<p><em>Never underestimate the people who seem like they're just spreading gossip. Within every lie, there is truth. And gossip has to be born from somewhere, it's sort of a parody of truth. And don't negate facts that seem so outlandish they can only be a masterwork of creativity. The wildest tales are never made up. </em></p>
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Drunk Martha
<p>Martha Mitchell, she was the wife of Nixon's AG, John Mitchell. She was outspoken in the extreme and was one of the first to talk openly about what really happened re:Watergate. Since she was also known to love her martinis, she was widely written off as a drunk, crazy woman. Behind the scenes, a White House doctor began heavily sedating her and her husband locked her away from the press. No one believed her until Nixon resigned and the story came out. To this day, most people only remember her as that loud-mouth, Martha Mitchell. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqead5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> feliciates</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sherman's Truth
<p>When the Civil War broke out, everyone on both sides thought it would be a quick victory. However Sherman kept saying it would be a bloodbath that would drag on for years. His superiors decided he was insane and sent him out west to fight Native Americans just to get rid of him.</p><p>After it all came true and they needed some better generals, they said "Maybe we should bring back that Sherman guy." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqai0f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">RealisticDelusions77</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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John Knows
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTYyOTY1Ny9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NTYzNjkxNX0.NPVqRY8-kVmXeY5RDNI7Ttx5U0SiwGwG4-4WCqtVgow/img.gif?width=980" id="b3f37" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ac2f38b5e654a6e2b595a2291959bcb1" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="225" />game of thrones winter GIF by got50Giphy<p>John Snow (yes, that's his name) was laughed at for believing that the multiple cholera outbreaks could be traced back to a specific source and that it was due to contaminated water. Essentially, making him one of the fathers of epidemiology. He has a fascinating life that went beyond that as well! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glr45ey?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CaptainHedgehog</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Mother's Know
<p>The "dingo ate my baby!" lady. Got made fun of constantly, most notably in Seinfeld and I believe went to jail because nobody believed her. Turns out a dingo ate her baby. She is still made fun of. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqh64p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Threash78</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Phil Knows
<p>There was a sci-fi writer Philip K Dick who was convinced the FBI was monitoring him so he kept sending demand letters that they release his file.</p><p>His daughter was interviewed years after he passed (extras on Scanner Darkly dvd iirc):</p><p>"I heard you've actually seen your father's FBI file and it is quite large"</p><p>"Yes it's rather large, but the only thing in there are copies of his demand letters". </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqbwd0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">RealisticDelusions77</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Radium
<p>The Radium Girls.</p><p>When Radium had just come to the US and was being marketed on dials for war and watches, girls used their lips to fix the paintbrushes to make their numbers and dials perfect. Eventually they started suffering horrible, painful experiences due to the radium. <span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_19" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>These girls fought for YEARS to figure out A) what was wrong with them, B) who was responsible, and C) how they were going to pay their bills/support their families.</p><p>It's a horrible injustice. These girls needed support and validation that they weren't crazy, that it WAS radium; and it took far too long and too many deaths for it to happen. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqgz1i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thr0wAway4M3sh3ll</a></p>
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Hey Ladies...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY1NDQzMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMzM4NzIwNX0.gFQ3qxozVm50601KXU9QixzB46Rbnp5dlkJ_Dim8aAE/img.gif?width=980" id="80659" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8cc5c27c944404df4330f56fc1a3f317" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Hey Girl Ladies GIF by Amanda Cee MediaGiphy<p>When I was in Boy Scout camp we had this counselor named Don. He was kind of odd, he knew everything about trees and only really talked about trees.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>We had just gotten back from a hike that Don was on with us and we were just sitting around talking and he suddenly goes "You know, they're gonna let girls into Boy Scouts soon". We were all like, "yeah okay Don". But sure enough less than 3 years later, they did it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqd1o4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trainkid9</a></p>
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Mr. Burry gets it...
<p>Michael Burry. The first guy to predict the 2008 housing market crash. He was a hedge fund manager for Scion Capital at the time and basically bet his entire funds liquidity (all the money the fund had) that there would be a crash.</p><p>No one believed him except a few other people who also bet against the market. Several of his clients sued him for tying their money up in what they considered to be a foolish bet all to have him be right in the end. He made his fund something like $1.3 billion and the value increased about 489%.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_23" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>The movie the Big Short is about him and the few other people who were wise enough to bet against the market at the time. I've watched the movie like 5 times in order to try to understand exactly what happened but still don't fully get it. I recommend it to anyone who's interested</p><p>Fun fact: Michael Burry was also ahead of the curve* in the recent GameStop surge. I think he had something like 1.2 million shares of GameStop months before the price shot up (might need to fact check myself). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glpf61w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SirGrayHat</a></p>
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Rotted to the Core
<p>Johnny Rotten said in an interview that he knew Jimmy Savile was into all kinds of "seediness". People dismissed it as typical Johnny Rotten anti establishment talk (for which he is famous). As it turned out, he was right.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4OzI9GYag0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Yeah, I know, Piers Morgan...</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqmrsv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">zerbey</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_25" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Pity Me Partyboy...
<p>Me. About my (now disowned) cousin.</p><p>He kept stealing things from me which my family felt was no big deal. But it escalated. It went from stealing candy, to my things, to cash, and after that I asked them how much longer they would support him and call me "selfish" for "not sharing." The line was finally crossed when he stole our grandmothers credit cards and her car.</p><p>She finally wrote him off.</p><p>This was AFTER he had stolen all of her jewelry, including the last present (anniversary ring) my grandfather was ever to give her.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_26" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Oh, but he tried to say that our family kicked him out because he's gay. No. None of us cared about that, it was because he's a thief.</p><p>His "friends" have bailed him out of jail and then dropped him when he steals from them.</p><p>But he claims the world is "just unfair" to him.</p><p>Now he tells his pity story and milks the "my family disowned me because I'm gay" to everyone he begs from. I learned this when he tried to do it to one of my friends. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqa5ht?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spazztastic85</a></p>
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You're Sane
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Th Wardens
<p>The people who discovered prions. All the other biologists thought they were crazy to suggest one protein could be an infectious agent. Nope those biologists were wrong and Nobel prizes were awarded. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glqmnj3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thatonewhitejamaican</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_29" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Tortured
<p>The people who were tortured as a part of MK Ultra. Imagine trying to convince the people around you that the government is trying to make you crazy with mind control, only years later to find out that not only was it true, but you wouldn't get compensation for it. And you were subject to illegal human experimentation. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lapmwa/who_was_crazy_until_they_were_right_all_along/glr53vb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">heathert7900</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_30" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Don't Tell Me
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<p><em>It just seems like eternal human error to constantly repeat bad patterns and already lived through cycles -which is the definition of insanity by the way- so that lessons are never learned. When will believe those that are trying to warn us for our greater good, the first few hundred times they tell us? Wash your hands, wear your mask and prepare to combat climate change. You've been warned... A LOT!!</em></p>
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I love movies. The cinema has long been a savior of mine and has given me some of my greatest inspirations. But being an avid film watcher has also made me quite the critic. I can always tell when a movie is worth the money to see in theaters or wait until it's on basic cable with commercials. The signs of mediocrity abound, and sometimes they aren't that difficult to spot.
Redditor u/fjv08kl wanted to know what is obvious about mediocre cinema by asking.... What are some subtle 'red flags' that tell you a movie is not worth watching?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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5 Star Crap
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Good Phrases
<p>If the trailer has blurbs from reviews, check to see who wrote each review. On bad movies, they will often put multiple blurbs from the same review. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giufjra?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tricky4279</a><span></span></p><p>And quote phrases that can easily be taken out of context. That "...laugh out loud" in the trailer was actually taken from the quote "This movie was so painfully unfunny that I didn't laugh out loud even once." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giwozee?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">bearlybreeding</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Merits...
<p>Them desperately pointing out the director/producers/writers/studios better movies and productions that barely relate to the movie's themes in an attempt to lure in fans. To me it always meant the movie doesn't stand out enough to stand on its own. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giukhjg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Illier1</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Illier1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sing Out
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQ1MDI4Ny9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2ODc3Mjg3NX0.PqLcrCbJQWjnOq2qjDYgljgKTS1tNiemieiJknAY5BA/img.gif?width=980" id="e7fa0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b001b797c886eca75f7c3fe4df87f809" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="245" data-height="245" />pitch perfect singing GIFGiphy<p>A movie has a popular song with different lyrics. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giu7bw0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Da_Budster</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Bad Blitz....
<p>They push the ads way too hard on TV and reddit. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giu5eto?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LasVegasLoner147</a></p><p>If a studio knows a movie is bad they will use an ad blitz to get as many people to go opening weekend as possible before the word of mouth has a chance to sink them. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giw5ee3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">jwc905</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giw5ee3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Can't prove this empirically, but to me the logic has always been:</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<ol><li>Larger the advertisement budget, the larger the revenue it needs to pull in to justify the cost</li><li>The larger the "revenue requirement" the more the movie will cater to wider ranges of audiences (more people = more tickets = more revenue)</li><li>The more people that a movie must appeal to, means it must dumb things down or take less risks because you will be catering to a lower denominator overall</li></ol><p>So yeah, that's kind of my thinking on it. If you don't have a target demographic or a specific genre you're really tying to nail, you instead just water the whole product down and get a typical "blockbuster" formula movie instead. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/gix3jy2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Willster328</a></p>
Too Much too Soon
<p>When you feel the preview showed basically the whole movie. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giu58fh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dklein15</a></p><p>This. And also when it's obvious that the dialogue in the preview was put into the movie for the sole purpose of making the preview interesting. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giunkmd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pokey1984</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Raves...
<p>If in the commercial the people who are "raving" about it aren't anyone reputable. Susan on Twitter said it was the best movie she saw in 2020. Susan didn't have many options in 2020, her standards were lower. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giuaovx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sea_Somewhere2297</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giuaovx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>This applies to games way too often too.</p><p>"Game of the year award!" <em>randomasswebsite.com.... </em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giunv4b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">_Bob_A_Feet_</a></em></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Star
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'Tis the Season....
<p>Release date. The only movies that go into wide release in January or February are:</p><ul><li>Oscar bait that got limited releases in December in NY/LA to qualify for the Oscars</li><li>A romance or two the Friday before Valentine's Day</li><li>Crap that the distributors are assuming will bomb that they dump onto the screens in midwinter.</li></ul><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Hollywood insiders even refer to the first two months of the year as "Dumpuary." Every so often a Dumpuary release will succeed (Get Out and Deadpool are recent examples), but by and large it's garbage they're hoping to squeeze something/anything out of.</p>
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<p>Late March/early April and August/September also tend to be weaker fare. If it was really good, the studios would save them for summer blockbuster season (May-July) or award-giving season (October to mid-December). There are exceptions, but again, they're exceptions. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuud2s/what_are_some_subtle_red_flags_that_tell_you_a/giusvr2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RayAnselmo</a></p>
"O"
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Couples Therapists Explain Which Relationships Instantly Set Off Red Flags For Them
January 08 | 2021
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Yes, love is a splendid thing... until it's not. Sometimes forever is just not in the cards. And often the story should've never begun. We have to learn to recognize when our "love" story has turned toxic. Couples go through ups and downs sure, that's why it's always a good idea to visit a third party, not sexually, but visiting a therapist is always healthy.
Sometimes an outside ear can bring it all together. And they can also let you know when it's time to run. They know the signs.Redditor u/Gnerdy was hoping some therapists out there would share with us about the times when they knew they were treating couples that may be beyond help by asking.... Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are some relationships that instantly set off red flags, and do you try and get them to work out?
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Options
<p>I'm not a therapist, but my therapist straight face told me that "there are worse options than divorce".</p><p>Got divorced and it was the best thing that happened to me. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/gidevbz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">pconwell</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Choose for Us
<p>One partner says they're seeking your services to help them determine if they want to stay together; the other partner says they're seeking your services to make it so they stay together.</p><p>Then it's about highlighting the points and allowing the person who is on the fence decide what they want, since the other person knows.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><strong><em>Edit:</em> </strong>I am sorry to be reading about how many people experienced being the person who wanted to stay together when their partner was unsure. I hope that, whatever happened, you have found or are finding happiness again. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/gidbrk0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ChickenSoup4theRoll</a></p>
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The Cousel
<p>I saw a couple that was doing "retaliatory" cheating (and telling each other about it). When they got through their anger, they decided to call a truce and made peace. With their level of emotional maturity, I doubt it lasted. I don't know if I helped them or prolonged their suffering. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>It was their decision to come to counselling, so I think it was the help they wanted.</p><p>Other clients realize what they really want is "divorce counselling". What's the best way to behave civilly and minimize damage to the kids while we go our separate ways? </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/gid97vd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightspeeed</a></p>
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They're Wrong
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTI2NjMzNi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NzcyNDIxN30.Hsqcl2j6TCRmkS47sVFsDtcPPe554vsBW-TNvj1lb2U/img.gif?width=980" id="dda59" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="591039a5d8c365d83577116376bbac6b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="278" />Argue Sesame Street GIFGiphy<p>People who approach therapy with the idea that they must convince the therapist that they're right and their partner is wrong. Almost like they're complaining to a parent or boss to have them sort out the problems. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/gid770t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hyujikol</a><span></span></p>Remember When....
<p>Relationship therapist here.</p><p>One of the biggest red flags I see when working with a new couple is when they've totally forgotten the good. Part of relationship therapy is reconnecting a couple with what they like about each other, what initially attracted them to each other, and what the positives are between them.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>When people come in and they've been so unhappy for so long that they actually can't remember what it was like to be in love, or to even like each other, they're just about hopeless.</p><p>You don't have to be happy for therapy to work--but if you can't even reminisce about the good times, then the good times are probably over.</p>
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<p><em><strong>EDIT - </strong></em>This is clearly resonating with some folks, so I'd like to recommend a book. If you find yourself in this situation, check out "Hold Me Tight" by Dr. Sue Johnson. She gives some solid explanations of how people get into this cycle, as well as some suggestions on how to try and navigate it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/giddztw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TiredMold</a></p>
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See One Another
<p>When I see a couple in which one or both of the members are seeking to change something fundamental about the other person. We process where the need for the change comes from and the person with the issue evaluates whether it's a dealbreaker for them or not. We work on acceptance and tolerance of others. I also recommend my couples are also in individual therapy on their own.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/gid7uub?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ladyledylidy</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Pleading the 5th....
<p>I was in couples therapy. At the end of the first session, the therapist asked us to say one nice thing about each other. I went first, said something nice about him. Therapist asked him to say something, and he replied "My mother always told me if you can't say something nice, say nothing. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>So I'll say nothing".</p><p>Felt so sorry for the therapist.</p><p>And yes, that's when I started planning my exit. I am now very happy in a new relationship and my "revenge" is to be living my beet life. Very happy now. :). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/gidtrnh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chrisom</a></p>
Lost Peace
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTI2NjM0MS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMDU1MTAyMn0.OeMngXR0tLEGpA998OlYYBBBm0hsmU8lukDNs3zNR1U/img.gif?width=980" id="bd80f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="745801e16b4a814ea25d033196739dd5" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="400" />mad rainn wilson GIF by T-MobileGiphy<p>Contempt. When I experience true contempt from one in the relationship I know it is usually over. Look towards a peaceful ending at that point if possible. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/gid3sen?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">threerottenbranches</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Fiancè
<p>Not my client, but I had to watch as my own roommate dealt with her fiancè.</p><p>He was: A. controlling her (physically/activities/financials). </p><p>B. continuously dismissing her feelings/assessments/opinions (fiancè would revert to baby talk, speaking to roommate like she was an uneducated child, "daddy knows best" type of gaslighting garbage). </p><p>C. <em>trying</em> to hide his narcissistic tendencies behind his "good church boy" exterior.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>This was all happening in my condo while she was waiting to move out and marry him. I usually tried to stay out of their issues, but one afternoon I softly encouraged her-- saying I agreed with her re: an argument I'd witnessed earlier in the day-- she came back that night after the fiancè <em>convinced</em> her that." I was jealous and was trying to break them up so I could have him..."</p><p>She barely talked to me again until she moved out. Sadly they did get married, have 2 kids, and she's a completely isolated stay at home mom. I don't even want to imagine what it's like for her at home. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/krym7q/couples_therapists_without_breaking/gidp1fp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LurkersEmerge</a></p>
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Mean It...
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Hiring Managers Share The Biggest Red Flags They've Ever Seen During An Applicant's Interview
December 09 | 2020
Interviews are a vital part of the hiring process.
Not only do they give you a chance to learn what the office environment is like, it gives the office time to get to know if you're a good fit. That's a huge part of a hiring managers job.
<p>One Reddit user asked: </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/" target="_blank">Hiring managers of Reddit, what are some red flags you've gotten during an interview/on a resume?</a></p><p>So I've bombed some interviews, but I have never ever in my life pulled any of this. The dog licking guy ... just ... what?!</p><p><br></p>
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Lick Every Last Drop Of Sweat
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDk0MTQzNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MzY3Mzc0OH0.JCx-mX7QRn7aeGTG5s9lhTfqnp8Civ4AtGRTX1x_Mrs/img.gif?width=980" id="ec7b0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="298ad7b23fcd1ab91a4694a5ea5fafe1" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="320" />dog licking GIF by Badass BKGiphy<p>We interviewed a guy once for an engineering position. We Asked the typical, " what do you like to do in your free time?" He said he really enjoyed taking his dog with him on a long run to decompress (so far so good)</p><p>—then he went into excruciating detail of how his dog likes to lick every last drop of sweat off his body as he undresses for the shower. It was cringey!</p><p>We figured if he didn't have the innate judgement to keep that Info to himself in an interview, that he likely wouldn't exercise good judgment with our customers.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gew6ui4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Speakinmymind96</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory
<p>I was hiring for a field technician position and brought three equally qualified candidates in for interviews. They all had sufficient experience with other contractors so all I really cared about was how they presented themselves and how they spoke to someone in a position of authority.</p><p>First two candidates were excellent. I figured it was going to be a super tough choice between the two of them at least. Then the third candidate completely blows away the other two in how he presents himself. He's clearly very gifted and is super ambitious and I'm about ten seconds away from telling him he'll receive and offer before the end of the week.</p><p>He starts telling me he's excited for this opportunity because he feels his current employer is going under because of some poor business decisions over the last year. Signing contracts that they can't complete and things like that. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I ask an open ended question like "how would you do it better?" And this fella tells me something to the effect of:</p><p>"Well, I don't know much about business but one time I was working on interac (credit card) machines and found a way to add my personal bank account information to the machine. So I did that to help boost my personal income because I figured it wouldn't be easy to trace. But don't worry I cleared it all up with the cops and had to pay all the money back. Oh and that's what the company should have done - find a way to generate passive income until something more profitable came along."</p><p>I was floored. I just stared at him. I couldn't even respond. He just confessed to a felony and flat out told me he believed companies should do the same thing. </p><p>He asked me straight up how that story would affect his chances. I told him I had other candidates that probably fit the role a little better but would keep him in consideration for future opportunities.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gewim0m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">anonymat</a></p>
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School Days
<p>Had a guy come in wearing his HS wrestling medals. I don't recall exactly how old he was, but minimum age for the job was 21 so he was at least that.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gew75lx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">boogboi89</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gew75lx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>I did similar. Had an interview for a mobile phone shop and brought in my rowing trophies from university. I was 22 and still cringe at that.</p><p>My defense is I'd been applying for loads of different jobs and not getting anywhere so thought I'd go more visual.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gexdm3r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MooMorris</a></p><p>There is a local lawyer that has a commercial about how he was good at football so that's why he should be on your "team". How does being good at football translate to being a great legal mind? And no its not in Texas.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gey18th?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">fied1k</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"I Hate The Truth"
<p>I was interviewing a candidate for a technical position ( electronic design )</p><p>I handed them a dry erase marker and asked them to draw ( this particular easy circuit) on the white board and explain how it works.</p><p>The candidate stood in front of the white board looking uncomfortable and I heard them say under their breath "I hate the truth"</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gew5z12?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">mdscentist61</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"Is It A Flesh Colored T-shirt?"
<p>My boss had a zoom interview with a dude who didn't bother to put on a shirt. He didn't get the job.</p><p>It was for a job as a baker in Ontario. Apparently he looked like he just rolled out of bed. No shirt. My boss barely remembered his interview answers because she spent the whole time thinking "why isn't he wearing a shirt? is it a flesh coloured t-shirt. Nope."</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gew0s9g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Rawrbekka</a></p>Punching Proficiency
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDk0MTQyMC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxODk3MDAxNH0.ORQlpzI4h75BHMHPjEBPnbYerzeufyP5OZZU-xjRapM/img.gif?width=980" id="a4402" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="80e5b46638cbd98d2c512b2b08d76960" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="450" data-height="304" />fight you chuck norris GIF by GritTVGiphy<p>This one kid was very proud of the fact that he got so mad one time, he punched a couple windows on a bus and broke them. Somehow he thought this was a good story to tell us in the interview.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gewi63a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ChrisBerman410</a></p><p>Maybe that's why I've struggled with getting interviews previously... I have failed to list my punching proficiency on my resume.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gexp8lr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">followthedarkrabbit</a></p><p>Yes, anger management and destruction of proper is exactly what we look for in an employee.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gewzyjp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">echogecko795</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Having A Meeting About Not Hiring Them EVER
<p>The building was key card access, so everyone else had to sign in with security. Because we work with special needs populations, certain things are simply not allowed in the building. All of this is explained when they get the interview. </p><p>Security asks me to come talk to this guy because he has a chain wallet, a key ring with a pill holder and a pepper spray bottle - all of which is banned. He is refusing to leave at security to come in for his interview. I tell him those are the rules. </p><p>Interview goes acceptably until I ask how he would handle a client offering him money or favors in return for privileges or contraband. He laughed and asked how cute they were. </p><p>The job he was applying for would have had him on a ward with teenagers. I literally had a meeting about how we were not hiring this person EVER later that day with others just in case he tried to interview again with another manager.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gewqvz1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PolyFuckery</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Wardrobe Change
<p>Some years ago (my early 20s) when I was first promoted to a supervisory position, my manager was demonstrating interview techniques. He asked me to collect the lady coming in from reception so I could get a first impression. </p><p>She was smartly dressed in a trouser suit and carrying quite a large bag, I would guess age around 50. She asked who would be doing the interview so I gave the job title and she asked to clarify if it was male or female, so I confirmed it was male. This was when it got weird. </p><p>She asked to use the bathroom on the way to the interview meeting room, so I showed her where it was and waited outside for her. </p><p>10 minutes later (and now late for the interview)she came out, total change of outfit. Now it was mini skirt, very low top, high heels and hair down. We carried on to the meeting room for the interview and I sat and watched my managers interview technique dissipate. </p><p>She was constantly crossing and uncrossing legs, leaning forwards and playing with her hair. The interview lasted 15 minutes and I ended up showing her out. She didn't get the job but it gave us a helluva laugh.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gew5i58?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">betaraybee</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Media Matters
<p>I was managing a sushi restaurant owned by an Asian family who are actually Chinese not Japanese, this will be an important fact in a moment. </p><p>We were hiring and a guy came in to hand in his resume. He had a full length leather jacket on and slicked back long black hair. </p><p>He handed me his resume and told me he was fluent in Japanese from watching anime. Safe to say, this was not an important skill at a restaurant owned by a Chinese family in a mainly white town. I did not call him for an interview.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gewc6pa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Rule34FF</a></p><p>We had someone claim to be bilingual in English and Spanish (a requirement for the position). When the Spanish speaking manager began asking questions, the applicant revealed she only knew what she had picked up from watching telenovelas.</p><p>That was just one portion of her highly entertaining interview. Another highlight was when she tried to hide her grocery bags in our lobby plants while she was waiting.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gewgdne?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">KellyAnn3106</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Trying To Hide My Expression
<p>I wasn't the manager, but was part of the hiring process.</p><p>My boss would walk over with the interviewee, who was supposed to sit with me so I could show them about a half hour of "a day in the life". I was also the laid back part of the interview to see if they said something incredibly stupid.</p><p>This time, when I looked up, I very quickly had to hide my expression. It was someone that I had worked with previously, and had absolutely hated. </p><p>Not only would she have been a bad fit personality wise, but her work ethic was god awful. The interviewee automatically assumed she had it in the bag, and dropped her veneer of professionalism.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>She sat back, leaned back in the chair, and told me that I didn't need to show her anything, she was sure she would get the hang of the job "sooner or later" and since I was there, I would absolutely get her in.</p><p>My boss came back to get her, and I walked into her boss' office and sat down. When my boss walked back in, she asked what the look on my face was for when she brought the interviewee over. She knew something was up, but couldn't tell what.</p><p>I explained what it was like working with her before (unprofessional, uncoachable, played by whatever rules she decided she wanted to follow), and then what she had done in this interview.</p><p>My boss and her boss then called the agency and said that they needed new candidates.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k82qza/hiring_managers_of_reddit_what_are_some_red_flags/gewj74p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Schroedingersnewcat</a></p>
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