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“I love the cleaning stuff there”: Are Home Depot...

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2025/10/26

A woman decides to check out Home Depot's cleaning supplies to score a deal. Then she realizes the hardware store sells them for cheaper than the discount retailer Dollar Tree.Are Home Depot cleaning supplies cheaper than Dollar Tree? In a video with over 12,000 views, TikToker Lashauna (@lashaunaspeaks) walks into Home Depot after she heard that it sells cleaning supplies for less than Dollar Tree. She shows several name-brand cleaning supplies, such as Comet bleach and Arm and Hammer

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“You just ran the light!”: Passenger films her Waymo...

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2025/10/26

Producer and actress Mikayla Petrilla posted footage of her Waymo ride running a red light last week. The self-driving car approached a light that turned yellow, then crossed the intersection as it turned red, and its passengers yelled in alarm. Luckily, Waymo didn't injure anyone this time. However, this kind of behavior from the automated vehicles seems to represent part of an ongoing pattern. Yellow doesn't mean drive faster, Waymo In a seven-second TikTok video, Petrilla (@heyitsmikayy)

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15 “unexpectedly wholesome” moments that brightened...

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2025/10/26

The world can be a pretty overwhelming place, but sometimes it's small, unexpectedly wholesome moments in your day that make everything just a little bit better. A recent post in r/AskReddit encouraged redditors to share "the most unexpectedly wholesome that that's happened to you recently." The original poster, u/Pleasant_Mechanic007, went first, sharing an anecdote about a difficult shopping trip. "Yesterday, I was struggling to carry groceries and my phone at the same time, and this elderly

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Does it matter who you park next to? Man says he...

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2025/10/26

A TikToker’s parking rule has reignited a familiar debate among car enthusiasts: does it matter who you park next to? Car guy Jay (@turbochargejay) said he refuses to park beside “crappy” or visibly neglected vehicles to avoid door dings and scratches in a video posted on Oct. 21, 2025. Many CarTok users agreed, arguing that people who don’t take care of their cars probably won’t take care around others’. Others, especially those driving older models, joked that they’ll keep parking

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“They know”: Left-wing TikTok adapts the “extinction...

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2025/10/26

The "extinction burst" theory is spreading on left-wing TikTok as an explanation for the increase in violent rhetoric and acts from the right. In psychology, this term describes the temporary rise in the frequency and intensity of a behavior when the typical reward for said behavior stops coming. This "burst" in activity is often accompanied by anger, outrage, and even full-on tantrums. So, is MAGA going through an extinction burst? Over the past several months, liberals and leftists on

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Woman shocked to learn the cost of diapers in 2025:...

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2025/10/25

A childless woman trying to pitch in during the government shutdown found out how much diapers cost. TikTok creator and comedian Al, @wowaliceduffy, shared that she purchased a six-pack of diapers at a local pharmacy for a whopping $11. Al intended to donate the diapers to a food bank that will resource the community in the event that the government shutdown continues, resulting in delayed or missed EBT payouts. Having no children of her own, she was shocked by the price, especially once she

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“Zero, that’s why I’m by myself”: Husbands asked how...

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2025/10/25

Breaking news: a supercut of men shopping at Costco revealed that husbands do not enjoy shopping with their wives. About a dozen men polled answered, “zero” when asked, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you love coming to Costco with your wife?” One outlier said “9 or 10.” Another replied, “Without her? 10.” The video, shared by comedy account @amundstokke on Oct. 22, 2025, went viral with 7.5 million views and over 13,000 comments. Reactions to the video were divided between people who

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“I thought everyone’s parents did that”: 18 small...

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2025/10/25

Redditors who had healthy childhoods (they do exist!) are sharing the little things their families did that allowed that health to flourish. For these kids, getting daily encouragement and unconditional support was so normal that they often had no idea until they were adults that not everyone gets it. Dysfunctional households, emotionally immature parents, and even abuse are unfortunately common enough that sometimes psychological health seems like a rarity. It's bad enough that someone made an

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“Backbone of the establishment”: College football...

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2025/10/25

Fans of college football, cats, and especially both are in love with Pudge, the exotic shorthair who tours with the Bowling Green Falcons. The flat-faced feline belongs to starting long-snapper George Carlson and has been dubbed their official mascot since rising to online stardom in August 2025. Pudge now has his own security detail and is getting care packages from top pet food brands. He even appeared in a popular video game. Meet Pudge the Cat, emotional support mascot Carlson first met

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“He traded his dream for my freedom”: Dad sells...

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2025/10/25

A conflicted Redditor confessed in a viral post that their dad paid off his student loans by selling his "retirement ride"—a restored Harley-Davidson motorcycle. This is one of those stories that is both touching and heartbreaking, as it underlines the sacrifices people make just so they and their kids can get a decent education without drowning in debt. Now this dad's kid doesn't know whether to say "thank you" or "I'm sorry." Selling a Harley-Davidson to pay for student loans A Reddit post

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Thrift store hack: This woman unravels Goodwill...

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2025/10/19

TikTok creator Emilee, @ourshieldmaiden, is getting attention for unraveling thrift store sweaters to repurpose the yarn. The needlework and yarn enthusiast shared a video on Aug. 26, 2025, that showed how a thrifted sweater can go from a rack at Goodwill to a ball of yarn ready for reuse. After purchasing the 100% cotton sweater for $5.99, Emilee demonstrated how to “unsweater” a sweater by pulling a length of yarn from the garment and winding it into a ball with a hand-cranked yarn ball

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“I’d be so ripped if I had this”: Man 3D-prints a...

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2025/10/19

A content creator may have finally found a physical solution to the modern problem of phone addiction: make the phone too heavy to hold. Logan Ivey, who runs the Instagram account @matterneuroscience, designed and 3D-printed a six-pound stainless steel case that he says cut his daily screen time by more than half. Ivey shared an Instagram reel about the six-pound phone case on Oct. 13, 2025. The post has over 280,000 likes, and plenty of comments from social media users who, like Ivey, are

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“I was having a ball”: Jack Black explains what it...

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2025/10/19

Jack Black breaks down shooting the famous chicken jockey scene from A Minecraft Movie that turned movie theaters into pure chaos. A Minecraft Movie is currently the third-highest-grossing film of 2025, and it featured some incredibly meme-able moments. One of the most popular scenes is the fight sequence featuring Jason Momoa's Garrett going up against a chicken jockey, a rare appearance in the Minecraft game that sees a baby zombie riding a chicken. Jack Black's Steve, reacting to the fight

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“Wait, that’s not washer fluid leakage?”: Subaru...

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2025/10/19

Subaru owners driving around with dirty backup cams might not know about this useful winter weather trick. Attention off-roaders, or on-roaders driving newer model Subarus on salty streets this winter: @youngsubaruogden revealed a feature some Subaru owners didn’t even know existed. The TikTok creator and car dealer shared that the car comes with a solution for your dirty backup camera. Manufacturers of newer Outback, Ascent, Forester, and Crosstrek Subaru models included a nozzle above the

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“Itchy hands and feet”: 15 times people Googled their...

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2025/10/18

Google-educated "doctors" are flocking to a recent thread asking for stories of successful self-diagnoses that impressed real medical staff. Though few responses came from actual doctors and nurses, as the post requested, there are hundreds of Redditors who have experienced this phenomenon as the patient. Unfortunately, many of them had to fight through real doctors and nurses who initially dismissed them for googling their symptoms. Jaded by many incorrect self-diagnoses from past patients,

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Finally, the “This is Fine” meme is now a video game

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2025/10/18

Most social media users have either used or encountered the This is Fine meme, featuring a dog sitting at a table as fire engulfs its surroundings. Now, there's an entire video game based on the viral meme. "This is Fine" meme gets gamified After a Kickstarter campaign sought out funding for the meme-based metroidvania-style video game, This is Fine: Maximum Cope, released a teaser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIsRNqkvDHs In the teaser, the anxious dog, dubbed Question Hound,

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“He’s a doughtivational speaker”: Papa John’s worker...

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2025/10/18

A Papa John’s employee has defended his job to commenters who questioned why he was “wasting his talent” working there. Joe (@d0ughjoe), who has gained recognition on TikTok for his impressive dough handling and spinning skills, defended working for the pizza chain, explaining that they have helped to support him through college. Commenters flocked in with messages of support, with many praising Joe’s hardworking attitude, while others asked if he was being paid extra by Papa John’s for

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“It’s so annoying”: Walmart is now locking up fake...

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2025/10/18

When Stephanie Curry tried to buy press-on nails at a Walmart Supercenter in Auburn, Maine, she was surprised to find the product locked behind glass. After unlocking the case, an employee placed the product inside a handheld plastic lock box to be removed by a Walmart cashier at the time of purchase. Curry shared her thoughts about the punitive shopping experience in a TikTok video recorded in the store and posted on Oct. 14, 2025. Walmart shoppers reacting to the clip revealed that, while

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“I caved”: Ella Purnell is documenting her attempts...

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2025/10/18

Yellowjackets actress Ella Purnell has been delighting fans with footage of a fox that keeps showing up in her backyard. She has posted multiple Instagram Stories showing the creature sniffing around her sliding glass door and rejecting the food she offered. This is the best Purnell content since that caterpillar infestation. Ella Purnell and the backyard fox Purnell, who lives in London when she's not busy filming the next season of Fallout, has been befriending a local fox over the past

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From skinny jeans to DVDs: 16 “cringe but correct”...

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2025/10/18

As millennials creep into their 40s, they're hitting that stage where they start to defend their generation's customs with venom. They're choosing their hills to die on, and you can pry those hills from their cold, dead hands. Cry-laughing emoji. It reached the point that it recently became the subject of a popular thread on the r/Millennials sub on Reddit. u/dasisglucklich via Reddit "What's the SILLIEST 'Cringe but Correct' Millennial Hill You're Still Ready to Die On?" asked

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