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‘How could anyone want to hurt innocent animals’: Man...

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2025/04/27

As a pet owner, your greatest fear is more than likely losing your pet or seeing them get hurt. Therefore, you do everything in your power to prevent that, from frequent vet check-ups, vitamins, and just a basic level of care. So when someone tries to hurt your furry family member, no one will judge you for doing what needs to be done (just ask John Wick.)However, not everyone feels that way toward pets. While 66% of American households own a pet, with the most popular being a dog, some folks

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Woman goes to doctor for meds. Then she’s told she...

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2025/04/27

A woman’s experience at the doctor’s office had her leaving in tears, asking TikTokers what she should do next. TikToker @omgletsbuyshoes11 shared a harrowing experience of her latest trip to the doctor’s office. Her clip, which was posted on April 19, has earned 1.5 million views as of April 27. In it, she delineates how exactly a routine trip to get her prescription filled ended with her being shamed. What happened at the doctor’s office? In her video, @omgletsbuyshoes11 says she went to

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You can rate bad Uber drivers. But did you know they...

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2025/04/27

Many of us–especially millennials and Gen Z–tend to want to be the “perfect” customer. Tipping appropriately, saying your please and thanks yous to retail workers, and being polite to service workers. Is it a need to crave approval? Or is it because we know what it’s like to be treated wrongly in these spaces? Regardless of the reason, many have joked about wanting to “get an A” as a customer–and it seems now they can. Uber ratings and you It’s safe to say an Uber driver’s earnings directly

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Man takes Tinder date out for dinner. Then he sends...

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2025/04/27

The “the worse they can say is no” group will have a hard time shooting their shot after this Tinder date went sideways. One man who had a nice time with his date thought nothing of it when he sent a Venmo request after the fact. But was the hate he received warranted? What happened on this Tinder date? A Redditor shared his experience in the r/NiceGirls subreddit, where it received more than 4,000 upvotes as of Sunday. In it, he describes a pleasant enough evening with a woman he matched with

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‘God forbid a kid stays hydrated’: 15-year-old high...

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2025/04/27

How strict is too strict? That’s the question on TikTok viewers’ minds after a mother publicly slammed her son’s high school principal. In a viral TikTok, Cass (@cassdamm) claims she received an unwelcome surprise in her inbox from her son’s principal. Something her son did, which would be considered mundane to others, irked the principal so much that the she sent the mother a strongly worded five-paragraph email. What was in the email? Attached were nine screenshots, complete with the time

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Woman’s dog passes away. Is she wrong for saying she...

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2025/04/27

A woman on Reddit has asked if she’s in the wrong for backing out of her sister’s wedding amid what is apparently known in her family as the dog incident. It’s part of the popular AITA forum, wherein people put their life decisions before a jury of strangers. It’s an acronym for “Am I the [you-know-what]?” The most viral of these divides readers, and this one topped Reddit’s home page over the weekend. Wrote the woman, who asked the internet if she’s wrong for refusing to be in her sister’s

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‘I’ve been waiting for someone to ask me’: Woman...

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2025/04/27

A Florida woman at a gas station spotted a Dodge truck with a JBL logo painted on the tailgate. She decided to approach the man with hopes of recreating a popular social media trend. “You know that TikTok trend with the JBL speakers? Where it’s playing Fetty Wap?” user @angel.lyssy asked the apparent stranger. “Will you do it?” “I’ll gladly do it. I’ve been waiting for somebody to ask me,” he replied. Then he plays her the Fetty Wap classic “Mine Again” loud enough for her to hear it. “I

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Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Meme Team’ took a movie trope and...

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2025/04/27

Rob McElhenny and Ryan Reynolds teamed up to purchase Wales-based soccer team Wrexham A.F.C. for a fairy tale purpose. As AP puts it, the entertainment duo's plan for the "long-suffering club" was to get them into the Premier league. And now, with a commanding 3-0 performance over Charlton Athletic on Saturday, it looks like that dream is coming closer to becoming a reality. Fans are largely attributing this Mighty Ducks-esque turn of events for the team's success to a clutch goal scored by Sam

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Liquor store manager reaches for blue bottle. Then he...

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2025/04/27

They say a picture’s worth 1,000 words. That might explain this viral post. An anonymous liquor store owner says they reached for a bottle and then noticed someone left behind a sobriety token on the shelf from Alcoholics Anonymous. To viewers, it’s an obvious resignation. The photo was posted to the r/mildlyinteresting forum over the weekend. By Saturday it topped the Reddit home page. Why was the AA chip post so popular on Reddit? Reddit is such a massive platform that’s seen such a

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Meme History: Tariff memes

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2025/04/27

Show me a meme genre thathas the internet all at once shouting about egg prices, penguins, and world history, and I’ll show you a moment ofeconomic panicthat has some people out of work, others dumping their entire life savings, and still others making a killing off a moment where they were able to buy low. The Tariffs In the spring of 2025, Donald Trump enacted tariffs that led to some of the most dramatically volatile days for the stock market, and the economy writ large, in modern

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‘Someone was too excited for that Cajun crunch’: Man...

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2025/04/20

A Wendy's customer recorded a recent trip through one of the franchise's locations that caught him off guard. Walker (@thewalkergray) uploaded the video to TikTok, where it accrued a whopping 13.5 million views as of Sunday.Smashed speaker Walker's video begins with him at the beginning of a Wendy's drive-thru. A handwritten paper note is attached to the preliminary menu sign, which advertises the brand's "New Cajun Crunch" sandwich. As for the handwritten note, it reads: "Speaker still

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‘In all of my years…’: Home inspector checks out new...

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2025/04/20

A Tennessee-based home inspector is going viral on TikTok after exposing a baffling bathroom blunder in a brand-new house. AJ (@inspector_aj), a content creator and professional home inspector, told his followers he’s used to seeing “a lot of [expletive]” on the job—but this one, he said, takes the cake. “In all of my years inspecting homes, I’ve seen a lot of [expletive],” AJ said in the now-viral clip. “But this is pretty up there.” In the now-viral video, which has racked up over 62,000

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‘You can go to Walmart and get cheaper’: Woman buys...

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2025/04/20

A Toyota Camry driver says she was shocked by the price of a repair not covered under her two-year warranty. In a video with over 253,000 views, TikToker Queen Tay (@queentayshops) reveals that she woke up to find one of her tires with a gash in it. Tay has previously gone viral for showcasing the realistic cost of owning a 2025 Toyota Camry, which she paid for in full in November. But when she took the car to the dealership, she was shocked to learn that replacing the tire would cost

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‘This is the only loophole that may work’: Woman uses...

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2025/04/20

A Costco shopper says a worker called her out for using her brother's membership when his photo popped up. Her response left the worker speechless. In a video with over 3.2 million views, TikToker Mads (@bluecrabdaddy) admits to doing something "[expletive] up" at Costco after trying to scan her brother's card at the entrance. "I know you're not supposed to do that. But I figured, it's my brother. It's family. It'll be no big deal," she says. However, the card wouldn't scan at the membership

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Meme History: The 5 best Minecraft memes

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2025/04/20

In early April 2025, A Minecraft Movie overtook Greta Gerwig’s Barbie in terms of opening weekend box office sales. By some estimates, the popular game has over 200 million active players worldwide. Here are our top 5 Minecraft memes of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ-4gFfh3II&ab_channel=TheDailyDot Parkour Civilization On October 5th 2023, a Minecraft Youtuber posted a video entitled, “Minecraft but I join PARKOUR CIVILIZATION.” The idea is that you play as

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‘Mounjaro has made me practically bald’: Expert says...

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2025/04/20

Pharmaceutical ads oftentimes blur the lines between scripted comedy and reality. Onscreen, you'll see images of people looking uncomfortable and anxious in certain situations. Then, cut to a clip of them speaking with a doctor, accompanied by an off-camera narration proposing a potential remedy to their ailment. Afterward, the imagery presented in the commercial spot is light, airy. The actors are all smiles and engaging in a litany of different activities with their loved ones. As the

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Kia Telluride driver takes car to auto body shop...

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2025/04/20

After crashing her car, it seemed like things couldn't possibly get worse for this Kia Telluride driver. Yet, somehow, it did. In a viral clip that has amassed 339,800 views, Andrea (@killinthemomthing) began by explaining how her car had crashed. This led to her car being taken to Joe Hudson Auto Repair—and here's when things started to get messy. While Andrea claims that her car showed signs of mechanical issues, the shop claimed that there weren't any. Instead, they spent $8,000 on cosmetic

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Woman pays plumber $1,266 for faucet replacement....

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2025/04/20

This person learned the hard way to do your own research and that you can't always trust your plumber. Did she get ripped off? Chloe (@talkingtotequila) tells TikTok viewers about a procedure she just had done on a leaking faucet in their basement. "I just had this replaced...this faucet here," she says, pointing out the faucet in the video. Then Chloe shows the invoice that her plumber charged her. "It was $1,266," she shares. "And I just looked on Amazon and that faucet the same brand

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‘I don’t think we were supposed to be given this’:...

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2025/04/20

If your Chick-fil-A server is in a rush when you go through the drive-thru, you might get lucky and snag one of these. 'Is this normal?' Chick-fil-A customer @gabsolutelynotsorry snagged a real fancy cupholder, but is it some kind of special treatment, or was it a mistake? "Is this normal? I don't think were supposed to be given this," she begins in her TikTok. "We didn't stral this I promise. I just want to know if we were supposed to have this or not." She shows two drinks from

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Mechanic tries to lift BMW on a jack. Then he hears a...

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2025/04/19

Every single auto manufacturer engineers its vehicles with their own little quirks. Some sell cars that don't come with full-size spare tires. Others pack them with "donuts," and then there are those that don't come with any at all. Also, depending on the type of car you drive, you may have to press an in-dash button to pop open the gas cap. Some vehicles don't require this at all. These are just some basic examples of these disparities. However, there are some car basics virtually all

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