Reddit user red2one asked:
"What’s an unusual body feature of yours?"
So many people have weird and wonderful things about themselves that the comments turned into a celebration of strange.
And we loved it.
Acid Tears
"Because of a blood disorder, I have extremely acidic tears."
"My face swells, burns, and I get hives or an allergic reaction."
"A couple tears are annoying."
"Serious crying will eat away at my contacts, I’ll have to use cold compresses, and take antihistamines"- b*tchybarbie82
Big Calves
"I have massive calf muscles."
"It looks like every day is leg day despite not doing weight lifting."
"My dad had the same."- MaxximumB
bart simpson GIFGiphyScent Detective
"I have a pretty ordinary sense of smell, with two glaring exceptions."
"I can tell when I’m about to get sick because all water smells very metallic all of a sudden, and without fail i start feeling sick within a day of that happening."
"I can accurately tell my wife’s cycle by smell to a crazy degree of accuracy."
"It spooks her and she didn’t believe me for the longest time until one day I said she smelled different like I have never smelt before."
"I joked she must be pregnant, and I was right."
"The absurd part is that we backtracked the dates and I made that comment about her smell within a day or two of the egg attaching to her uterus."
"It’s kind of fcked up"- pvdp90
"I can quite literally smell a storm coming for miles, and apparently this runs in my family."- Saw101405
Can You Smell The Rock GIF by WWEGiphyCulture Clash
"I was born with tumors inside the bones in my one of my feet, that grew so quickly, they permanently disfigured it."
"Also, my penis is two different colors, brown and vitaligo, yet the rest of me looks like a white guy."
"It's like my Hispanic side and white side decided to fight it out on my member"- SlaterVJ
Weird Sneezing Timing
"At some point I gotta sneeze when I‘m very hungry…."- PaceWinter4101
"I sneeze when looking at the sun."
"Isn’t as cool as everybody else’s tho."
"lol."- itslexxiiii
"Every now and then I’ll feel nauseous then sneeze, and the nausea goes away."
"I think it has something to do with the vagus nerve."- OneArchedEyebrow
Baby Eww GIF by America's Funniest Home VideosGiphyChimera
"My stomach is two different colors, split right down the middle"- sunrisedesert
Quad-pples
"My Dad had 4 nipples."
"The extra two were on his abdomen on either side of his belly button."
"As a kid I just assumed all men had 4."- Roozer23
Pectus Excavatum
"My sternum is concaved, so there's essentially a divet right between my breasts."
"I'm a guy"
"Apparently it's has an actual medical term, Pectus Excavatum, which is most definitely not a spell out of Harry Potter and way more common than I realized."
"It even has it's own subreddit, r/pectusexcavatum."
"There's an opposite condition where the chest convexes outwards, Pectus Carinatum."
"If the 2 hug, they fuse into one superbeing."
"There are surgeries to repair them but hurt like hell and have a long recovery time."
"Only recommended if it is a problem in your daily life."
"Common uses include cereal bowl, not that I have done it, cell phone holder, candy dish, cuddle spot."- Wuropp
New-vula
"I have a bifurcated uvula."
"That teardrop thing in the back of your throat?"
"Mine is shaped like a butt."- cookiesndwichmonster
Enviable Endowment
"My massive schlong."- LemonBoyJ123
Aidy Bryant Snl GIF by Saturday Night LiveGiphyTrifecta!
"I have extremely long toes."
"I can smell sickness."
"My orgasms has different colors."- Nejellerstak
Limitless Pain Threshold... Almost
"I almost don't feel pain."
"I once was kicked from full power in chest and it didn't hurt same if someone punch me."
"But when I hit my elbow or knee my whole nervous system is f*cking dying."
"Important note: Kicking in nuts still hurts its weak point of all man."- czacha_cs
Rainbow Eyes
"I dunno what going on."
"I've never the time to go to any sort of doctor to check it out but my eyes just change color."
"They always look natural even if it's a rare color you wouldn't believe."
"I dunno what makes them change, it's not because of temperature, my mood, etc."
"They just simply change color randomly."- Aware_Friend_5931
No Need For Earmuffs!
"My ears get very warm in the night for some reason."- MantarraxSus
Mind The Gap
"I have a dent in my head."
"Yup."
"It’s on the right side of my head."
"Think it’s near the sensory processing part of my brain, which is interesting because I have autism."
"I’ve had it since I was born."
"My theory is that my head grew into my moms pelvis bone."
"I don’t even know man.. XD."- vernowhereonyt678
Long, Luscious Tongue
"I can touch my nose with my tongue."- gothism
Regenerative Qualities
"I lost a chunk of my pinky when I was a kid."
"Nail was completely gone."
"Doctors said it probably wouldn't grow back."
"It did and part of my skin fused with the underside of my nail so I can't cut it super short anymore."- lil_tink_tink
You're up, lovelies.
Step up to the mic and tell the world what's weird about you!
Reddit user BabySuperfreak asked:
"What's your fantasy 'rich person hobby'?"
Reddit is absolutely right there with you, folks.
Carpentry
Season 4 Wow GIF by The SimpsonsGiphy"Woodworking, which I already enjoy. But I'd have a huge workshop with all of the expensive tools."
- AMeatPopsicleIAm
"It's fun to figure out how you could spend increasingly large amounts of money on a hobby."
"$10k? Sweet garage shop."
"$100k? Build a huge shop and tweak it out. Loan it out to people who don't have access to shops."
"$1M? I have no idea. Train under the best woodworkers in the world? Visit exotic locales to see how materials/supplies are produced?"
- RedSpikeyThing
"I just want my own bandsaw and I'll be happy, but yeah it's my dream to have my own little shop in a quaint little building in my backyard. It would be the cutest girliest little grandma-core workshop out of a fairytale picture book."
"I'd have little organized stations for everything and it would be so satisfying!"
- BetterRemember
"I've built a pretty decent 'shop' through marketplace and estate sales. Taken a while but I have most of the major tools I need. Affording wood is another story"
- allf8ed
Want To Grab Lunch?
"I want to be a 'lady who lunches'."
- suzy7517
"You could even step up your game and do 'Brunch' on Sunday! They would say 'wow she is so rich'.”
- Ok-Suggestion-7965
"Word. Except I think I would hate those people and just lunch w people who are self-employed artists and/or homeless."
- MidLifeHalfHouse
"Those are the only two groups you'd eat lunch with?"
- wandering_ones
Miniatures
Startup Miniatures GIF by Mighty OakGiphy"I love building miniatures. I helped my dad build a few models as a kid. Then I stumbled onto those miniature rooms you can buy on Amazon. Surprisingly cheap for the decent quality. I've done about 10 of them and have another 20 on my wishlist."
"I went to a hobby store the other day in search of a material for a custom mini, and my friend brought to me a giant box of a model of the Enterprise. For $1200. 3 months' rent."
"I know my first stop after winning the lottery"
- samtheflamingo
"As a gamesworkshop fan I feel you. I’ve got a wishlist too."
- LordHamu
"Being rich, you could build 1:1 scale miniatures."
- d!ck_schidt
Sailing
Sewing Bee Hello GIF by The Great British Sewing BeeGiphy"Sailing sounds fun as hell"
- WorkingContext
"Sailing is fun as hell. I’ve been crewing now for about 7 years."
"Sailing is cheap. It is owning a boat that’s expensive. I pay $350 a year for access to my local club’s boats if I do want to go take a boat out myself."
"Boat owners frequently spend $350 on parts for a single event, and people always need dependable and reliable crew."
"I’ve even gotten flown out to tropical places and had my accommodations paid for at bigger events! I don’t even own a boat, just pull lines!"
"If you live near a racing community, you can get into sailing at the cost of maybe some sandwiches for the team, or occasionally replacing sunglasses you drop in the drink, you just need the right attitude."
- lifeinexile42069
"I agree, but only during the day as the ocean according to videos seems pretty terrifying looking at night"
- 2020-RedditUser
"Sailing is it for me too, particularly cruising. I'd like a nice, 45 ft catamaran that I could cruise around on with the family."
"I have more immediate ambitions to get a little beach cat (Hobie cat, etc) or a dinghy and improve my sailing skills."
"My local 'yacht club' has a learn to sail class that's pretty affordable for a two day introductory class and going out sailing twice (~$100). I did it last year, but I'm considering doing it again as I didn't exactly consolidate my skillet with practice in between."
- TryingSquirrel
Traveling
"Traveling. I know it isn’t much of a hobby, but traveling can be very expensive, and I’ve always wanted to travel the world."
- Im_a_noodle_101
"Beside the cost, getting time off from your full time job can be very hard. I want to spend the summer traveling in XYZ, not fly in, have a couple of days looking around then fly back to work. There's no time to really relax and enjoy the experience"
- PecanSama
"Be one of those people perpetually on vacation."
- wazzle13
"I'm with you on that. I see all the wonderful places to travel and will never be able to go to them. At least many are on streaming channels now."
- Laura9624
"Traveling without budget or ANY money worries. I'd like that. No more sh*tty third-grade hotels and public transportation *joys* and just enjoying the trip."
- Khalae
"I'd travel the world till I physically can't lol that sounds fun"
- Several-Orchid9640
Esthetic Farming
calfs GIFGiphy"Owning a hobby farm/garden with *small breeds of farm animals (mini cheviot sheep, serama chickens, bantam call ducks, miniature jersey cows) *lush vegetation (english garden/new cottage style landscaping) *an orchard with a huge range of different kinds of each fruit and climate controlled greenhouses for plants that wouldn't grow in my region"
- RK_Killer
"Would they be miniature fruit trees? I want the small animals walking amongst the small trees with small fruit."
- phobosmarsdeimos
"I would love it to have ducks, cats, dogs, rabbits anything to be honest and just watch them enjoy their time and play around. A small pond for the animals to cool down, big trees for nice cool shadows and also some fruits that drop for them etc."
- Bfnti
Prehistoric Collection
"I'd like to have a large collection of really cool fossils. The really neat ones are expensive."
- revtim
"Oooh, good thought. You know there's a tech billionaire somewhere (I'm blanking on which one) that got really into collecting gemstones after he got swindled into buying some fakes."
"He found the geology of them fascinating and now he has the biggest jewel collection outside of a royal family and was in a documentary talking about them."
"I think pure geekery unfettered by financial restraints may my favorite use of a large fortune."
- gonegonegoneaway211
"Like a complete T-Rex skeleton and a complete Triceratops skeleton and make them fight like action figures... I'm not going to judge."
- phobosmarsdeimos
Preservation Of Wildlife
Happy Feel Good GIFGiphy"I'd really like to hire a ton of experts to help me find and preserve a wildlife habitat with all native species."
"Get rid of all the invasive plants and whatnot and make it how it was before we got here. I'd be the anti gardener."
- AmericanGoose23
"Same goals club! I’ve got a good 100 acres chugging away just woods. Have had several offers to buy it but they’re gonna have to wait til I’m dead."
"Last guy asked me why I wouldn’t sell. 'Because somebody already lives there sir.' Him-' but your house is way up there.' Me- 'yea but the birds and bugs live here.' Also learned that old people get pissed off when young people own land and don’t develop it into housing editions. 'People could live here!' People could live somewhere else too."
- Abrahamlinkenssphere
"Mine is similar: I want to make a huge bee sanctuary filled with all sorts of wildflowers and plants, with an absolute ton of pollinators like bees, butterflies and moths."
"Also all sorts of other interesting plants like oak trees and wild grass."
- -Reddit_Account-
"Yours is my favorite I think :)"
- gonegonegoneaway211
'Paying' It Forward
Talking Season 3 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphy"Anonymously paying debts or giving things to people in need."
- DarkleCCMan
"Robin Hood, that you?"
- Numerous-Rough-827
"I'd help with that if I could!"
- Several-Orchid9640
"I think it would feel pretty amazing to sit in a bankruptcy court and pay off a defendant’s judgment. Idk how it works, though, like whether you can make a payment anonymously on someone else’s behalf."
- LevelPerception4
"I wouldn’t pay off debts (other than to immediate family members), but I like the idea of randomly paying for groceries or gas for strangers."
"Especially at the last week or so of each month. Have some type of set up so I could have an arrangement with a store’s manager to call down to the cashier to just tell the customer after they scan everything, 'It’s your lucky day! You don’t have to pay!'."
- OhiobornCAraised
Community Spaces
"Operating a maker space that enriches the community and enables everyone to have access to tools and space to create anything they need / want."
- Ximidar
"oh yeah my husband and I have talked about doing this"
- seven_seacat
"I'd love to have this for music. Like a rehearsal complex for certain younger artists I see potential in."
"Also have a recording studio nearby as well. Just try to develop some sort of niche community of musicians that focus on certain aspects of music"
"Have all the stuff like drumkits, guitar amps, all that in each room already (kind of like a normal rehearsal space you pay for). Maybe even some cheaper guitars so that even if you don't have money you can use them"
"Maybe do some community events with all the people, and who knows. Maybe some amazing bands or groups could come from it."
- appleparkfive
Alright bougie broke friends, it's your turn at the mic.
We know what Reddit would do for hobbies if they got rich, but what about you?
Anybody suddenly feel like funding a documentary into Tevin Campbell's life, music, and how homophobia robbed him of a bigger career and the community of a cornerstone personality?
No? Just me and my love for Mr. Campbell acting up again?
Reddit user Devastator1981 asked:
"What’s one thing you still prefer to do the old-fashioned way—regardless of technology—and why?"
My seriousness about potatoes is, apparently, a passion matched by many...
Board Games
"Physical board games/card games."
"Most of the app versions of the games I like aren't that great."
"Plus, it's more fun to play with someone."- Junkolm
Art Design Game GIF by Scorpion DaggerGiphyPhotos
"I print photos and keep them in photo albums."
"I like to keep the special moments of life as a book and go through it page by page."- SuvenPan
"There’s something satisfying and nostalgic about seeing the physical photos. I have my favorites displayed in frames, so I can see them every day. Makes me happy."- Gbrown546
Books
"Read. Love to have a book where I can turn the pages."- Jonsmile
"Books over a kindle always" - Warm_Quantity_326
"I prefer physical books instead of ebooks and kindles."
"I love the smell of books and I prefer the weight and feeling of books over an iPad."
"I also prefer the older style book covers."
"I hate it when the front cover of a book is just a photo of a movie adaptation, or some generic boring line drawing that will become very dated very quickly."- Exotic_Age7107
"Reading."
"I love the smell of a brand new book, flipping the pages, leaving little cliff notes and folds."
"I even love the act of buying the books! "
"The quietness while you’re browsing the stacks for whatever it is that catches your eye."
"Ebooks just can’t compare!"- dickmanphilips
"Books, where you can turn the pages, are so much more relaxing than swiping on a screen all day."
"Plus I love the smell of new books and the sound of the page when I turn it, but those darn paper cuts if you aren't careful."- Several-Orchid9640
Read Beauty And The Beast GIF by DisneyGiphyDrawing
"Drawing."
"I never really got the hang of digital art."
"It's much easier and more satisfying for me to have all of the tactile input from my work."
"Also, I sew, and along the same lines I prefer to hand-draft patterns."- WitheredFlowers
Buttons
"Physical buttons for climate controls in a car."
"I refuse to buy a car that only uses a touch screen for everything."
"Much safer to not have to fiddle with a touch screen while driving."- Ghertomp
"Physical buttons on most things."
"I understand how touch screens and trackpads are more flexible, but I really enjoy the tactile sensation, the certainty that you definitely pressed the right button."
"The extra sensation that allows you to more precisely press buttons, and the ability to press buttons with things besides your bare finger, like a gloved finger or your knuckle because you're holding something, and probably a few other things I can't think of right now"- Quazimojojojo
Pressing Season 3 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyMenus
"Physical menus at restaurants."
"I'm with the boomers on this one"- cptfuzzybeard95
Compact Disc
"Buy music."
"Unfortunately buying cds just isn't as easy as it used to be."
"But I prefer physical media, and just convert it to digital."
"I hate streaming music."
"I don't trust the stuff I love to always be available."
"I like having ownership of what I listen to."- jbnagis
cd GIFGiphyWriting Notes
"Make notes on paper."
"I will typically use index cards because they are not as easy to 'fly away' or get crumpled or lost."
"But hey.... that's just me!"- NoBSforGma
"Taking notes."
"Im 16 so I am comfortable with typing on touchscreens and using keyboards, but when it comes to school notes I prefer writing with a pen."- ILIKEBACON12456
"Write and read with tangible paper."
"Writing a loved one a handheld letter means so much more than a quick text or a print of something."
"I considered early on in my relationship that me and my boyfriend don’t even know each other’s writing styles, so I’ve made it a goal to always write him something special for an event or just because."
"I also prefer reading personal books by physically turning the page."- notwideshut
Fire
"Cooking using firewoods."
"It gives more aromatic flavor to your food"- IshigamiiiIchigo4u
episode 19 cooking GIFGiphyCoffee
"Not sure if this counts, but I grind my coffee by hand and use a simple brewing method, either chemex or french press, to make it."
"I think having full control over the process leads to better tasting coffee than I get with any automatic machine."
"Also, having a ritual that I do every morning and takes a little elbow grease helps kickstart my day."- NebXan
Coffee Time GIF by Jones Brothers CoffeeGiphyChecks
"Balancing a checkbook."- mrsK35
Checking Out
"In-person checkouts."
"I don't know why but I just hate those automated self-checkouts."- Fire2xdxd
Cooking
"Making rice in a standard pot instead of a rice cooker."
"Idk if anyone’s tested it but to me the rice is fluffier and less dry in the pot."- famechangedme
olla GIFGiphySex
"I don’t like technology for (male) sexual pleasure, because I don’t want it to diminish the pleasure when I’m with my wife."- FixConnect3651
Stick Shift
"Shifting gears."
"I know automatics have taken over and stickshift is going the way of the dodo, but I'll always prefer a stick any day of the week."
"If you know when to shift and what gears you can cruise in for each road condition, you'll always get better mileage than an auto."
"That's why I can get up to 34mpg in my brother's challenger."
"Also, a clutch swap is cheaper and easier than a full auto rebuild."
"Sure manual trans failures do happen, but it's far less common than automatic failures."- Monkeys2Code
Dishes
"Weirdly enough doing dishes by hand instead of a dishwasher."
"If all my dishes are clean and i make a meal for myself it’s like 4 dishes, they clean up super easy while stuff is cooking."-
Lisa Simpson Mom GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyNow that you know what Reddit is still kicking it old school about, it's your turn in the confessional.
What do you do the good old fashioned way?
Reddit user NotPhantomforce asked:
"Girls, what’s the downside of being a female?"
Turns out frustration at a man-centric world isn't the only thing we agree sucks.
Hormones VS Body
"The way hormones f*ck with your body. First puberty. Then childbirth. And top it all off with menopause."
- 629mrsn
"Don’t forget the monthly cycle…"
- Nugat37
"Don’t get me started on the pages long list of BC side effects."
- rohlovely
"I dont have biological children and my hormones are messing with my body. Women are hormonally fu*ked either way it's just so unfair"
- Delaine1978
"It’s also the fact that women are 3 times more likely to get endocrinological diseases bc of our fu*ked up hormones"
- leathersonja
Big Breast
"Big boobs that hurt my back. Tis a blessing and a curse"
- Ash_Lynx17
"Also BOOB SWEAT"
- SlugKing003
"Having to wear a bra in public and even at home when you have people/family around. At least where I live."
- Objective_Sand_8769
"I’ve wished for decent boobs all of my life. I must have been found on the doorstep because the boobie fairy visited everyone in the family except me. 😢"
"That said, seeing the pain, bother, and expense experienced by my sister, aunts, cousins, etc, I have accepted that ladies with a decent bust really do pay for the privilege!"
"Still just the tiniest bit jealous, though! ❤️"
- Jenny_Pussolini
"Having to pay for a decent bra when you have big boobs otherwise you can't walk, sleep or work."
- theGreat-Marzipan
"The things I'd do to get average-sized boobs and be able to go braless in dresses and tank tops....oh to dream"
- ChanelNo50
enhance weird science GIFGiphyUTIs
"The complications that come with a vagina. BV again? Uti? Yeast infection from the uti antibiotics? BV came back cause of the yeast infection that you got treating your uti? Such a pain sometimes"
- Advisor_Brilliant
"Tight pants? Wore the same pair of underpants an hour too long? Couldn't quite wipe thoroughly enough because the public bathroom didn't have much TP? Enjoy your BV and/or UTI and/or yeast infection!"
- SevenSixOne
OBGYN
"Having to go to the gynecologist. I literally get lightheaded every time I think of it"
- vivalicious16
"The speculum looks like a torture device. It makes me wanna die just thinking about it tbh"
- RomeoLyshitski
"Recently I changed gynecologist. I was in the stirrups waiting for the pain of the speculum aaaannnd.. nothing. There was no pain. For the first time in my life. If you are having pain, it's time to talk to your OBGYN or change OBGYNs!"
- OC*CKazzie
baby i'm sorry GIF by truTV’s I’m SorryGiphyIUD's
"That to affordably get an IUD in rural BC you can't have any pain relief at its insertion. You're expected to 'tough it out'"
"Edit: I've noticed that this isn't a problem that is just to Canada and to be honest I believed that European countries would offer numbing or something else. I'm horrified to hear that my story of nearly fainting on the table in silence twice is not just my story and I wish they would treat this procedure properly."
"I've read all your stories and I'm sorry for each and every horror one. As for the ones who did manage to get pain relief of some kind, I'm so glad to hear that. I'm glad your experience was not mine (ours: collective of women with stories like this) and I hope that is the future of this procedure."
- Natural_Sir6189
"Wait are painkillers for IUD insertion a thing? My nurse just told me to take ibuprofen and held my hand lol and I'm in NYC"
- lover_of_pancakes
"I’m in the US and on my 3rd IUD, I didn’t know pain relief for that was a thing anywhere"
- Affectionate-Ad3816
"Comments like these break my heart. Maybe it’s bc my GYN is fairly young, but before I had my first IUD she straight up gave me Valium. She was like 'you don’t have to take this, but you’ll probably want to'.”
- Key-Ad9759
Periods
"Having periods"
- SkyBlueGlitter
"I havent had a period in over 2 years thanks to birth control. Am I a little depressed, a little anxious, and possibly other unknown side effects from it? Maybe, but at least I'm not bleeding...so that's something"
"Edit: I am in a same-sex relationship, and I don't ever want kids, so I couldn't care less about it affecting fertility. It's perfectly fine for me to skip all my periods. I'm actually pretty happy with my bc overall. Even cleared up my acne over time!"
- bluezebra_eleven
"I, for one, revel in the total badassery that is Shark Week by imagining that I am a warrior in an ancient world like Game of Thrones and have secured the defeat of my uterus"
"Or I just sit on the couch and complain with a heating pad."
- bopshebop2
Season 2 Period GIF by AwesomenessTVGiphyThe Pain Is Real
"Nobody believes your pain."
"I was in labor with my first son and was dilated to about a 6. I asked for the epidural because the contractions were bad and I was starting to feel faint. They said “oh I bet you can hold off a little longer. These aren’t that bad yet.” Like excuse me??? No, go get the numbing magic. If I say I’m in pain and need help with it, I mean it."
- etlifereview
"My ma gave birth to me on the hottest day of the year and was severely dehydrated. Technically she wasn’t supposed to take in any fluids while in labor but her heart rate would drop super low, which made MY heart rate drop, so they hooked her up to an IV and she went through so many of those saline bags."
"To top it off she was in labor for over 24 hrs, had gone through TWO epidurals, and I just refused to come out. Mom’s sobbing, screaming “get her out” over and over again."
"Doc comes in and take one look at my mom and goes, “I’ll come back and check in a few more hours.” Mom watches as a nurse grabs his arm and YANKS him back into the room and tells him, 'NO. She cannot do this anymore. We need to get this baby out NOW'.”
"20 mins and one vacuum extraction later, there I was! Mom always credits that nurse for saving her life."
- lilcipher
birth GIFGiphy"My mom went into labor on a Friday night and went to the hospital the next day. A male doctor said everything was okay, and discharged her without taking anything she was saying into consideration. She continued to be in labor on Sunday, and when she called the hospital about her pain being minutes apart another male doctor asked why she hadn’t come in."
"She told him she had the day before and then my dad had to speed her to the hospital, carefully running every red light. Here’s the kicker, because that first doctor ignored my mom’s pain she wound up having an emergency C-section Sunday night. I was born 3 months prematurely that night in 1993. I’m disabled because of that and my mom sometimes still blames herself even though she did everything right. She couldn’t even sue for malpractice because the first doctor wrote that everything was fine in her chart."
- indoor-girl
They Blame It On The Period
"Any time you express yourself, or get upset about something, even if it's something to get legitimately upset about, you almost always get a 'aRe YoU oN yOuR pErIoD?'."
- zuka88
"ugh, YES. The slightest bit of animation or expression in your voice and it’s immediately ‘omg stop taking it so personally, why are you getting so emotional over this?’. And people wonder why I monotone a lot these days."
- kellerae
"As$holes be roid raging 24/7 but somehow women are the emotional ones."
- lalayatrue
"Omg my ex husband said this to me during our last fight! Yeah it’s my period making me scream at you for being rip roaring drunk at noon on a Tuesday. Kicked him out that day, now he doesn’t have to worry about my cycle."
- Sadielady11
"Any engagement from us that isn’t saccharine is taken as anger and it’s irritating. I’ve politely asked men not to do something and even when I was speaking in a calm manner, the response was 'don’t be so upset'."
- pacificaurora
Assumption of being a caretaker
"The expectation of being a caretaker. Kids, ageing parents, it always seems to be expected of the woman to be in this role."
- Mel_Behaved
"I don’t have a maternal bone in my body. This phenomenon drives me insane."
- throwawaygrosso
"My husband is listed as the primary contact for schools and doctors offices because his job provides a lot more flexibility than mine."
"They still always call me first when they need to reach us about the kids. My daughter was going to have surgery and he was trying to handle the scheduling. He would call and leave a message with the nurse line with his phone number and they would turn around and call me and leave a message on my cell, which I couldn’t answer because I was working and unavailable. I would let him know they called. He would call again and the same thing would happen. It was absolutely maddening."
"Dads can manage the kids, too. Stop assuming moms are the only ones who know what’s going on with the kids."
- Moonlightonthelake80
"I work in a nursing home and the children who are responsible for their parent, getting things done for their parent, communicate with the staff, are always the daughters. The sons hop in every few weeks to say hi to their parent and that’s it."
- DamnHotBananas
The Down LOWS
"A couple of the downsides are..."
"• Continuously taking birth control so I don’t have to deal with a heavy menstrual flow and severe menstrual cramping every month. Even then there are times I menstruate/have severe menstrual cramping despite continuously taking birth control."
"• Wasting money buying pads when I could use that money to buy something else that can come in handy."
lone_wolf1580
Southern Drama
"Boobs in the summer in the south."
No_Aside331
"Sports bras are so much nicer now than they were even a few years ago… and so much better in the summer than conventional bras. My southern boobs feel amazing in the south now."
Marlbey
"I'm just begging for separation. At the end of the day the space between them is so itchy, so I scratch. My nails get full of dead skin coming off since it's been marinating in sweat all day. I'm confident this wouldn't work for very long but I've considered cutting up squares of old t shirts and tucking them between for separation."
Plums_InTheIcebox
I Gotta Go
"Y’all saying periods, what about the period S**TS. Correct me if I’m wrong, but even if you get no cramps the poops i get during makes me feel unworthy of love."
UpbeatBite0
"Ah yes the shaking, sweating, sometimes dry-heaving sh**s. Half a roll of toilet paper you can go back to existing for an hour before nature calls again."
Tiny_Parfait
"Yes, and then hearing from the bf 'how is it possible to use that much toilet paper in one day? You don’t want to know.'"
litttlegirlblue
Nunya
"The fact that I do not want children (3 miscarriages later) is appalling."
Hello_Mister-1202
"I’m sorry that people give you a hard time. That’s extremely frustrating, especially because it happens so often. If they ask if you want to have kids you should... 'Yeah and we’re going to name him Nunya' and if they comment on the name say 'Yeah NUNYA BUSINESS.'"
Makes me mad
"I’m not a woman but I’m married to an awesome one. I am floored by the way some people treat her. Mechanics, carpenters, financial advisors etc. they only want to talk to the man and when they have to interact with her they treat her like an idiot. Makes me mad. Especially because she is the brains and the money manager in our relationship."
Mad Season 9 GIF by The OfficeGiphy"Edit: I’m glad that this post is getting a lot of attention. Clearly, a lot of women have had to deal with this type of behavior. Seems like the car industry is the most common. All I can add is that my parents raised me right and I’m passing it on to my sons. I hope and expect that these attitudes towards women will become less and less common. Until then, keep fighting the good fight, stand up for yourself and spend your money at businesses that treat you with the respect that you deserve!"
DadJokes4713
Look at me...
"People don’t take me seriously sometimes."
violet-ack
"Combine that with having a baby face. I feel like I get talked down to a lot because I look much younger than I am. I’m 22 but usually get assumed to be somewhere between 13 and 17. 18 at best if I’m at a club or college."
13-Penguins
Tools
"I am a woodworker. The amount of time I waste while men in hardware stores digest that is truly stunning. They mostly seem pretty delighted about 'a woman with tools' but skeptical to various degrees, too. And even having to listen to them tell me how great it is that I'm doing what I'm doing (MY @#{replace2}amp;!! JOB, PEOPLE!!) is exhausting. I just want to pick up my materials and go back to my shop..."
"Edit: Wow, a lot of you wonderful people commented on this! I posted it and then left to go camping in the mountains with no wifi or cell service for a few days, sorry I missed you all! Thank you for your thoughts, and I wish you all perfect clamps, eternally sharp tools, and no splinters!"
rabbitskinglue
Truth
"Walking home from work at night and being harassed or followed by men."
portgas_d_lenka
Michelle Obama GIF by Election 2016GiphyPatriarchy, periods, and pain ...
Yep. This sucks sometimes.
Reddit user itchellFamily1045 asked:
"Which show do you think you're the only person who remembers it exists?"
It was David the Gnome for me (which I found out originated in Spain and was much more popular in France than it was in the US. Apparently, I was a Euro-trash hipster as a child), but let's take a look at what got Reddit.
Classic Wheel Of Fortune
"It's funny how nobody seems to remember the early seasons of Wheel of Fortune with host Chuck Woolery."
"You didn't win any cash."
"You had to choose prizes from a selection of things set up in a room-like fashion."- opus_4_vp
wheel through the years GIF by Wheel of FortuneGiphyEerie
"Eerie, Indiana" - dammagedone
Early Edition
"Early edition- get tomorrow's newspaper today"- cmoney1142
talking marge simpson GIFThe Garry Shandling Show
"The Gary Shandling Show."
"No, not the Larry Sanders Show - Gary Shandling Show."
"Even the theme song breaks the fourth wall."- MrNegativity78
Wonderfalls
"Wonderfalls"
"Mid-2000s show on Fox that was apparently too weird even for Fox."
"I think they canceled it halfway through the 1st season."- l8apex
Mary Hartman Square
"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"- Phuni44
Classic Tv Smile GIF by Sony Pictures TelevisionGiphyTerranova
"Terranova, ran for like a single season then disappeared"- codyl0611
Room 222
"Room 222" - HealthyTruck5691
Eureka’s Castle
"Eureka’s Castle"- ofmiceandmodems
Early Kids Favorites
"Pinwheel on the very new Nickelodeon and The Electric Company."
"2 of my favorites and everyone looks at me crazy when I bring them up."
"When I rewatched an old episode of Pinwheel I was blown away at how freaking weird that show was."- Teri777
pink sky GIF by ibeefaloneGiphyToo Many To Count
"Jennifer Slept Here, It's a Living, The Mullets, Teen Angel, You Wish, The Puzzle Place, and Between the Lions all stand out in my head as ones I never see anyone talk about."- alicecooper91·
Mr. Bogus
"Mr. Bogus"- PersonalRobotJesus
Summer Camp Island
"Summer camp island."- Fairknightofeden
Summer Camp Island GIF by Cartoon NetworkGiphyMix Master
"There was this one show called Mix Master: King of Cards that was basically about this video game world and this regular town merging together."
"It got so popular that it got a sequel series."
"But for some reason, I’m the only person that still remembers that series."- Delicious-Friend9026
Jojo's Circus
"Jojo’s Circus."- Blueskies_47
Forever
"Forever."
"Dang shame it didn't get a second season."- CaTastrophy427
The Kids From Room 402
"The Kids from Room 402."- OkKaleidoscope9696
Let's talk about the shows nobody remembers but you.
Are they those early childhood favorites? Or maybe a teen-drama that only got one season before Netflix pulled it, crushing your hopes and dreams of resolved plotlines about a teenage ghost band who died of poisoned hot dogs and the incredibly talented, but heartbroken, young singer who gives them a new lease on life, love, and music?
No that is not a joke and YES I am still angry about Netflix not giving Julie and the Phantoms a second season.
Maybe it's a soap opera you think you remember watching with your mom, but maybe it was a fever dream?
Whatever it is, we want to hear about it.