r/BoomersBeingFools - ✨Unhinged Parents & Karens✨

[@TheClick]

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[@EastStampy]

Kisses from the dutch mango :3

[@trafficracer124]

Another dutchie here :3 ​@@EastStampy

[@aRealAndHumanManThing]

There goes my pub money :3

[@Meowssero]

Yippee

[@youraveragelamb]

yesssss

[@YourWaywardDestiny]

That 13 year old who "beat" NES Tetris didn't just beat a world record, he did something people didn't think was something within human capability. That news anchor was being condescending about a kid LITERALLY BREAKING WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS PHYSICALY HUMANLY POSSIBLE. How many times has her kid redefined the limits of human capabilities?

[@SaintShion]

Also, he did it in memory of his father, who had passed away. That kid's amazing, and I genuinely dislike parents/adults who neg kids.

[@joiedevivre2005]

I was so excited for this kid.

[@sad_doggo2504]

I also think she failed to realize that those skills can EASILY transfer over into other areas. Which is peak "video games are a waste of time" boomer

[@rosenrot234]

Then she went on to praise some kid throwing darts or some shit

[@fishkid1177]

@@SaintShioni was just going to comment this lol

[@hmnhntr]

Being raised by Boomers to be kind, understanding, and patient, only to have Boomers use those qualities to abuse us, take advantage of us, and label us as "weak" or "ridiculous" has to be the most frustrating experience of my adult life.

[@Sarika38]

Right?!

[@derrickfoster644]

The ones handing out participation trophies being the same ones telling us we were spoiled because "everyone got a trophy"

[@phoenixflamegames1]

It is THE most frustrating thing, especially if it’s nitpicky.

[@ofnir123]

@@derrickfoster644 ESPECIALLY when it's absolutely clear that getting a participation trophy was more of a humiliation than not getting anything at all

[@helenafarkas4534]

@@derrickfoster644 and the only reason partipationn trophies even exist is that boomer parents freaked out that "their special angel" didn't get a trophy

[@mariii__881]

Losing 4 million dollars at a casino is INSANE, and she was acting like it was just a normal Tuesday 😭

[@TheGabeTree]

it's over 1,000 dollars a day! (I think, if that's wrong, sorry - I suck at counting)

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry 😮

[@4.1132]

1.565,55773 dollars per day to be exact (not accounting for leap years)

[@juliaboskamp9666]

What blows my mind is that it was my boomer grandparents that learnd me to safe money the difference in the same generation is so wild (it probably because my boomer grandparents are from Europa and were raised during a time when their parents were cleaning up the ruines of that continent but still)

[@AIHumanEquality]

That's what addiction looks like. Honestly if someone gave me 4 million I wouldn't even know what to do with it. I have no desires worth that much money.

[@MaidMirawyn]

The worst part about the girl whose father who cut her off for dating a different race? That was her prom picture. She was, at most, 18 years old. She’s probably 16 or 17. And he is cutting off her phone, cancelling her insurance, and refusing to contribute to college.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

Hopefully she was only 16 or 17, she'd have _so_ much evidence to sue the shit out of her POS father.

[@Chuckakhan]

The good news is her father still needs to pay child support and she can shame him by releasing screenshots of the conversations

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

​@Chuckakhan lol she's not a child he doesn't need to pay shit

[@Chuckakhan]

@@mahfoudseraf5995 she’s 17. She’s not at the age of majority, besides do you find what the daughter did to be objectionable? That says more about you pal

[@Chuck_EL]

​@@mahfoudseraf5995 found the incel

[@prefertoremainanonymous-vp2gp]

"Beating Tetris is not a life goal" Neither is using the news to shit on a child

[@miaomiaochan]

Worse, she dismissed an achievement that held a deep personal significance to the boy beyond being something to brag about. She practically insulted his father, too.

[@calvinsmith6681]

Sky News. The Fox News of the UK and Australia. Not surprised honestly.

[@be3p]

ah yes being a news anchor, the greatest life goal

[@vellathewench]

@@be3pRight? Oh I wear make up and read the news that someone else put all the work into finding for me. Much wow.

[@hyenacub]

Right? That scornful, smug smirk, damn. Let the kid be a kid!

[@nicoler1183]

The patient "stressed out by pronouns" is surely old enough to remember when prenatal ultrasounds were rare and nearly all babies were "gender surprises" before birth, no?

[@juliaboskamp9666]

My boomer grandma was pregnant with twin when ultrasounds were still brand new (she was one of the first people to get an ultrasound in my country) and they didn't know they had daughters until they came into the world My grandpa didn't get why the doctors held up two fingers up, he thought it was a peace sign and my grandma had to tell him it were two babies (both her mom and her bio dad were identical twins)

[@GizmoOnyett]

And using 'they' when referring to a single person is still grammatically correct.

[@Gio98art]

​@@GizmoOnyettyeah I love how people that failed English/languages in school suddenly know better; "tHeY iSn'T a SiNgUlAr PrOnOuN" Gee I didn't know you studied English Karen

[@NotTheLastSoL]

Remember, these are the people who just assumed their child was going to be born the gender they wanted them to be and would use those pronouns for 9 months or until proven wrong.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

​@@NotTheLastSoL Plus, the ultrasounds werent really reliable until the late 90s, early 00's. They thought I was going to be a boy in 86 and were 60/40 on my niece in 2000. My parents referred to me as a boy until I popped out, conspicuously missing a bit of anatomy 😂 They were so sure I was a boy, they had to pick my name out of a baby book that day

[@DaveCM]

I had a scam call last year. It sounded like an Indian woman. I asked her, "is this a scam?" She didn't say anything for a moment. She then said, "Yes. I am very sorry" and hung up. I was actually shocked someone admitted to it.

[@jessicataylor7174]

Thank you for this...I literally just laughed out loud! 😂

[@chere100]

It's possible she didn't want to be a scammer either. I heard some people were forced to be scammers. Like, human trafficking style.

[@DaveCM]

@chere100 Yep. I saw a report on it recently. They lure them in, take their documents and force them to work there. It is crazy to think that people can get away with it.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

@@chere100 She may literally have been beaten and denied a meal for saying that.

[@allisoncastle]

@@chere100 Jesus we can’t even hate the scammers now because they might actually be victims themselves 😭😭

[@jessicataylor7174]

I don't even understand how parents in the US can take out loans in their CHILD's name...like, how can a minor be responsible for bills or take out a loan? A child paying bills or taking a loan is obvious exploitation and should be treated as fraud imo.

[@crimsonrose4648]

oh it is illegal, but no companies fact check because education on that is nonexistent and people in those situations tend to pay more than they should for those loans and are far more pliable to the predatory tactics they like using so they are financially incentifised to look the other way.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Pretty sure it is literal fraud.

[@thaloblue]

It is illegal.

[@tanyastacy-haws993]

It is fraud, but it’s hard to get them charged and the debt disputed, it’s a long difficult process for the victim

[@robinarkell7221]

It is fraud, and in most cases if you can prove that it wasn't you (especially if you were underage at the time) you can get the debt dismissed. But that takes time and effort, if they send you a court summons and you don't go then you're liable to pay for it anyway, and sometimes (especially if you were an adult, which parents can and do sometimes do since SSNs don't change) then you might need to prove you reported it as fraud. A lot of people aren't willing to risk their parents going to jail over something like that, or spend thousands they don't have in court fees.

[@LadyNikitaShark]

I go to the hospital as some people go to the club. Yesterday a boober lady saw my cane told me i was faking it bc young people dont need it. I pointed her to the pediatric wing and told her "guess that all those kids and babies dying over there are also faking it to miss school". I'm a patient with no patience.

[@kimberly_erin]

🙌

[@MouthwashTyphoon]

Boober

[@allisoncastle]

What did she say to that?! 😳😂

[@Framokamc]

I would have loved to see her face thinking what a dumb sh*t she just said 😂😂😂

[@CLJlovesmal]

I'm with you there. Friend: "Kids can't get arthritis" when they saw my AJAO bag that says "Kids get arthritis too!" "Would you like to tell that to the 600 kids I just met/spent a weekend with? Or their parents?" Assistant Principal: "You're too young for arthritis." "Obviously I'm not." I now tell people that one of my first arthritis campmates died in that first year I went upon being diagnosed. It seems to be a good way to shut them up and realise how serious arthritis *is*. Also telling them Lupus isn't the only seriously bad autoimmune condition. I'm done being nice. Done being a patient patient, to any of them. Good for you.

[@fancydeer]

"aren't you gonna run out of money??" ".... no 🙃" God I wish I could be as out of touch as her.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Does she have a rich husband or something? I'm a little flabbergasted how she can spend so much and like just not care. Even people with gambling addictions get distressed at losing lots of money despite not being able to help themselves.

[@itsthealaskanbullworm]

Nah she's on it. All gamblers stop before they win big. Keep gambling 💯

[@BrynGill-b7y]

​@itsthealaskanbullworm PLEASE tell me you're being sarcastic, I cannot tell and I am concerned about you.

[@solosynapse]

​@@itsthealaskanbullwormlol no. The house always wins.

[@irrelevant_noob]

Well TBF if she knows how much she can afford to lose, and manages to stop before running out, then she's right. ^^

[@ZukiTanuki]

That woman trying to shame a kid for breaking a world record is absurd and rude. Her name will not be in the history books for anything significant. That kid will.

[@Kartoffelkamm]

Or we could make her a modern-day Ea Nasir, and have her be remembered for only this one thing.

[@loganroy24]

She tried to tell that kid to touch grass, I'm very certain he did after this feat. As for her, I bet she will be outside and getting fresh air, FOR THE REST OF HER PATHETIC LIFE!!!

[@Framokamc]

​@@Kartoffelkamm the lady from the news will be remembered as the person that said " get a life" to a 13 year old that broke a record in a game just because is a game, this kid is going to be remembered to gamers for years

[@yuklimka7251]

SKY is a Murdoch enterprise. Nuff said.

[@andistansbury4366]

​@@KartoffelkammThe guy that sold shitty copper?

[@_CrowDivine]

To talk about the 13 y/o who beat Tetris: He was literally being sponsored for months after the fact, he earns money from tournaments, and was even featured in the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame That smug news reporter surely ate her words

[@Bloomyroses]

Hell yeah-

[@brodericksiz625]

The silent generation going "you scare me because you might be a homosexual" makes me think about my grand-grandmother, who passed away when I was about 9-10 years old. My grandmother recently told me a story of how there were two young gay men in her apartment building (early 20s, I think); they weren't a couple, they lived in different apartments and had very different personalities and life styles. The first one apparently habitually hosted the male dancers of the local ballet crew. The second was a shy guy, but he opened up with my grand-grand and she became a confidant for him, something of a mother figure to him. This was the '40s/'50s. Not only that, this was ITALY in the '40s/'50s. In a really bigoted Catholic country during a really bigoted Catholic time my grand-grand was a decent human being to a young gay man. My grandma told me this story when I told her I was dating a transgender girl: she's quite reserved and not very good at big displays of emotions, I'm pretty sure her telling me that story when she did was just to tell me she supported my relationship. My grandma is currently 97 years old. The point I'm making is that there is no excuse for bigotry, even for old people. Italy is still currently behind the curve for lgbtq+ rights, let alone back when my grandmother was young and her mother was the confidant of a sweet and shy gay man. Being from a different time is not a "get out of jail free" card against being called a bigot when displaying bigoted views

[@jlessien3826]

Your grandmother sounds like a very wholesome lady.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

Please give her some extra love from us internet strangers. She deserves an extra hug ❤

[@brodericksiz625]

@@UnicornsPoopRainbows Later today I'm helping her with groceries. She categorically refuses to stay home and let my sister and I do them for her, so I accompany her weekly

[@bruzzunathtuch]

Dude, I want to clean and cook for your grandma... she sounds the best!

[@brodericksiz625]

@@bruzzunathtuch We have a nice Moroccan lady help her and my much less nice grandpa whenever we're not around, but each of us goes to their house at least twice a week

[@Mewse1203]

"I hate that kids wear headphones." "I hate boomers who are rude for no reason."

[@AIHumanEquality]

I wear them cause music helps me fuel my energy and helps me focus. Little thing called science, maybe they've heard of it.

[@ZenoSsj4Hero]

@@AIHumanEquality same. I need music to focus

[@4ngels444]

@@AIHumanEquality no they haven't. they probably still believe that evolution isn't real.

[@LilChuunosuke]

I wear them so boomers dont come up to me in the grocery store to rant about how much they hate black people. 😭

[@W81HotPotLickin2nd]

youd hate me more if i was using a bt speaker 😂

[@misfits9294]

"When I was your age I made $20 an hour and had my own apartment" I don't even get paid $20, the median income is $15. It is physically impossible to do what you did.

[@NOHTenma]

Ughhh it took an entire afternoon, but my grandmother used to boast about making 3.50 at the post office back in her day. Because i understood inflation i get that for a woman of color at that time she was Ballin. When i told her i was making 24 per hour and still couldn't make ends meet, her mind was absolutely blown. She kept asking how, and why i wasn't buying a house. A mansion, even. I didn't bother explaining inflation. I asked her if 50 dollars pays for her current medication ($50 would be what she would bring home each week in the 50s). She said, "Goodness, no! My insurance tells me it costs them 10s of thousands (i think at one point it was totalling 23k)!" I asked how much was rent. She said her first apartment was 60 per month! Then i told her, imagine rent being 300 a month when she only brought home 200. She said she didn't care she would have burned the landlords property to the ground if he wanted to charge that much! So i told her now just think of rent being 2 or 3 grand. She sat there for a full minute before bursting into friggin tears! Shes like "I always thought you were just trying to be funny when you told me (about your past struggles)" i usually recall them with a joking manner to make her laugh. I told her no, it was and is a struggle. She looked at me like a detonation device ready to go off any second. "That's why your grandfather and i became alcoholics." ........ma'am😂😂😂 RIP Nana and Pop-pop🖤🖤🖤

[@alexisbloodwood5587]

Older folks and young teenagers always have the best zingers, though mine only happen if my braincell hits the corner of my brain at the right moment

[@danielomar9712]

What a based grandma you have , immediately going to burning the landlords grounds if they dared increased the rent 😂😂

[@NOHTenma]

@danielomar9712 it was a different time, indeed! She said she had to move all 9 kids at one point because rent went from 40 to 50 dollars and my soft spoken grandfather lost his ever loving shit. Kids never went hungry but rent was hardly paid lol So she literally moved to another apartment one block away, no long winded contract, no background checks, no security deposits... When the landlord threatened to boot her and the kids she said she would burn his property down and then report him for fraud. Scorched earth kinda woman! She moved anyway once she had enough to pay for another place 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@NOHTenma]

@danielomar9712 it was a different time, indeed! She said she had to move all 9 kids at one point because rent went from 40 to 50 dollars and my soft spoken grandfather lost his ever loving shit. Kids never went hungry but rent was hardly paid lol So she literally moved to another apartment one block away, no long winded contract, no background checks, no security deposits... When the landlord threatened to boot her and the kids she said she would burn his property down and then report him for fraud. Scorched earth kinda woman! She moved anyway once she had enough to pay for another place 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@hifty7779]

For the Tetris game, Blue Scuti's score was around 6,850,560, not 999999 because Tetris can’t display that score… He crashed the game on level 157, when ~around level 27 is when you get 999999 score. He played an amazing game, for a bit over an hour of straight Tetris. Insane achievement, absolutely phenomenal!!

[@hifty7779]

The current record is 8,952,432 by pixelandy, if anyone cares

[@MangoPrism]

@@hifty7779is it not the 16M+ from Alex Thatch?

[@tobiasnexus4391]

I think the next greatest world record for it should be just how high you can get it before the program fails entirely. I doubt its really got any truly set limiters

[@hifty7779]

@@MangoPrism ur right, I forgor

[@hifty7779]

@@tobiasnexus4391 well that’s actually not possible, because after ~300 levels the game resets to level 1 without anything stopping the player to do the same thing again. So crash is the only way to “win”

[@KeylahJooste-gj8rs]

Once, a boomer lady called a past friend a "sl#t" because she was dressed in gothic clothing, and where I'm from, it 's heavily s3xualized to dress that way. My friend turned to her and called her "Mommy" and said she liked being called that

[@De_Selby]

Power move.

[@COOLERthenU]

​@@De_Selby power bottom move lmao

[@vattmann1387]

@@COOLERthenU Power Bottom would be such a cool name for a DJ at an alt/ BDSM club :0 DJ Power-Bottom @ the Meat Market featuring DJ Thunder Kunt for the internal orgy rave :)

[@De_Selby]

@@COOLERthenU lmao

[@Lucien86]

Yes for true goths 'slut' is an aspiration. 🧛

[@justozzy5559]

I had a scammer wake me up from a dead sleep and start asking me questions. I was told it was the police and there was a warrant for my arrest. They then asked for my SSN. That's when I woke up fully. I told them no. They said if I didn't give it to them I would be arrested. I reminded him that the police would have my address and they could come find me. And then hung up. To this day, I've never been arrested.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Yeah police are never going to phone you before arresting you. Can you imagine if police had to prewarn every criminal they were going to come arrest them. That's ridiculous. If they had a warrant for your arrest they'd show up at your door with no warning.

[@fallenking578]

I hit them with. "I'll just go down and as chief why he's doing that? Doubt the others will be upset I woke them up to ask " make it vague enough you sound like you are an officer (,but never claim to be one because that's illegal) and watch them panic. I live in walking distance of my local fire and police departments so they would just walk to my house if I really was a suspect

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

​@@AIHumanEquality Most people dont even know they have a warrent out for them until a lawyer contacts them or they get pulled over in traffic. Unless you periodically search for warrants out of paranoia. The police are never going to contact you and usually won't show up to your house for a warrent unless it is for a violent charge or felony

[@dragonfliesnh4204]

That is a common scam in some areas. There is a similar one that is used to prey on older adults. The scammer will call late at night claiming to be a distant grandchild that they haven't spoken to in decades who was arrested and needed bail money. They know calling in the middle of the night, the older adult won't be thinking very clearly may get all worked up and believe them. This is especially true if the person is starting to get dementia, as nighttime can be a bad time for them.

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@fallenking578 Whenever I get texts or messages from scammers I always give a copy pasted automated sounding message that says I'm tracking their messages and location to send to their local police. I just enjoy freaking out scammers. Also makes future scammers terrified to message cause you get blacklisted as a contact for the scammer community.

[@tealkerberus748]

The problem with humans eating horse oats is that unless it's marked as "organic" the grain prepared for livestock is usually treated with an insecticide - and horses are not a high priority for the organic industry. The insecticide stops weevils destroying the grain in storage, and for animals that rarely live past their early twenties the long-term effects of ingesting small amounts of insecticide with their grain aren't going to affect the horses' health before they've died of old age anyway. Humans are supposed to live a lot longer than into our early twenties. We have a lot of time for small amounts of toxins to accumulate in our bodies and cause all sorts of very nasty health consequences in our forties or even later. DO NOT EAT THE HORSE OATS.

[@discordiacreates6669]

Horse oats have pesticides in them? Well that's a shame because I looked at that price and didn't think for a split second human food, I thought that's a great price for bulk food for my small pets that'll last for at least a year! No way I'm feeding them poison, my spiders are precious gems so thanks for the warning

[@tanyastacy-haws993]

Also, horses are much bigger and have a larger liver. We are very small and easy to poison ☠️

[@mastermarkus5307]

@discordiacreates6669 For a hot second I thought you were saying that you fed your spiders oats, but I assume you feed feeder insects oats? I'm not familiar with any herbivorous pet spiders.

[@discordiacreates6669]

@@mastermarkus5307 yeah my mealworm colony I've had for three or four years eat primarily oats, though I do give them bits of veggies as well on occasion for water and some vitamins. Afaik there's only one spider species that eats plants, I don't think it's strictly herbivorous but omnivorous, can't remember the name, and afaik there are no captive bred specimens atm, though I'd give whatever I could to get ahold of one, that seems like they'd be an interesting one to work with, though again, there's none captive bred that ik of so yeah, only the feeders get oats ^^'. Sorry for the moment of confusion, I do sometimes mince my words up a bit lol

[@noellelavenza494]

Also, a lot of organically produced foods have more dangerous pesticides that are less selective! "Organic" is not synonymous with "pesticide-free"!

[@_ksm0922]

I remember mentioning my knee problems (I have severe hyper mobility and am more susceptible to serious injury, so I ended up with severe injury to each). Am older coworker told me “you’re way too young to be complaining about joint pain. Young people just want more shit to whine about.” Like honey please. You don’t have to be teetering on the edge of your grave to have a disability. Sit down 😂

[@MichelleHarris-zf6wn]

Relatable! I have same condition and get told daily I'm too young to be disabled by my boomer nieghbours 🙄 they sometimes brag that they've never needed mobility aids (I'm a wheelchair user) 😂 good for you Karen!

[@antheas511]

Old doctors are the worst. I have heard the "you're way too young for having..." so often and it does not help with the chronic disability I've had since I was 5. But it led to me always questioning every other illness or pain I have and not going to the doctor as often as I should. I nearly died of appendicitis because I thought I was just imagining or exaggerating the stomach pain. Funnily enough I got that lovely sentence recently from a new doctor I visited, at age 25. I really wonder when I will be deemed old enough for my disability.

[@Shaytan.666]

You should've done something to traumatize them back and post it on that subreddit 😂

[@wolvie1618]

Disability doesn't care about age. And to accuse someone of faking just because they're young is such a shitty thing to do

[@_ksm0922]

@@Shaytan.666 I’ve done something similar with my shoulder 😂 some Karen in a waiting room at a doctor asked why I was there. Told her it was because I had shoulder pain and when she said there’s no way (I was like 16 at the time, mom was at the desk still), I pulled the other out of socket so easily 😂 freaked her right the hell out. Only downside was that now they both were hurting 💀

[@Milky_way_galaxy115]

Earlier today one of my friends said "homelessness is a choice, just get a job" I then lectured them for ten minutes about minimum wage and rising rent. They gave up.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Blind? Have you tried just seeing? No legs? Have you tried just walking?

[@feuerling]

​@@AIHumanEquality drowning? Just breathe!

[@Shaytan.666]

@@AIHumanEquality Depressed? HaVe YoU tRiEd sMiLiNg 🤡

[@De_Selby]

Depressed? Simply stop being sad.

[@fallenking578]

I've been trying to get a job since 2017, so has my father. If my father, who has 2 BAs and 2 Associates can't get a job, how can a homeless person, who has even less get one? COVID made many more homeless due to illness and jobs firing people for taking time off to recover. Its horrifying how many people are still homeless

[@NeoIsrafil]

Ya know what's funny about your job Click? You're, quite literally, a professional bard. You're a storyteller bard. Its... great honestly, and "Storyteller" has been a legitimate job for basically every single group of humans in every part of the world since humans ended up on this rock.

[@sashadoom]

"While the storyteller speaks / A door within the fire creaks" "His job is to shed light / Not to master it" (excerpts from "Terrapin Station" by Robert Hunter/Grateful Dead)

[@abigailr.9601]

I really hope Click sees/saw this comment, because I have a feeling it would make him very happy xD

[@JustARoamer]

Boostibg this comment

[@poseidons_child.]

It’s hard to be the bard

[@discordiacreates6669]

Click DMs a DnD group with his friends, or at least did at some point, he better see this comment because it's right, it's brilliant and it's so fitting

[@zuWangToo]

The veteran thing works way better than I ever expected. I was in the handicapped seat (with my cane BTW) when a boomer grumbled intentionally loudly enough for me to hear. He was pissed about "young people faking disabilities" when old people need those seats. My answer, "does this annoy you? Yeah, getting hit in Iraq really annoyed me, too." The color that guy turned!!!

[@Amethystar]

"I don't know how to drive a manual" = "My parents didn't own a manual and I never had the opportunity to learn." Most people aren't going to spontaneously drop money on something they don't know how to drive, and not everyone has friends that would let them practice on their vehicle.

[@wartgin]

Even 40 years ago, I managed to impress people by being able to drive a manual. It's a useful skill (especially if planning to drive in Europe) but not usually necessary.

[@bellablue5285]

Honestly I can drive one, kinda, preferably at low speeds and in 4 high. Or an atv. But I'm still going to tell folks I can't drive stick because I am not road driving capable in one, and no longer have access to one to try to build up the practice.

[@thepinkestpigglet7529]

My parents own a manual and never taught me because they said it's not necessary

[@caranook]

Yeah, and it totally depends where you live too! Here in Ireland pretty much all cars are manual, with the main exception of electric cars. It’s not an old fashioned skill here to be able to drive stick, since brand new cars are usually manual! It just shows how silly it is to argue over it.

[@SilvrRazorFeather]

My boomer parents specifically told me not to get a manual and I didn't need to know how to drive one cuz they were being phased out.

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

Unintentional Pun: “The gay pride plushies *are now out!”* (Okay, it would’ve been better if he’d said “have come out” but still…)

[@misscornicat]

omg right!!! Thanks for pointing it out

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

@@misscornicat my pleasure :3

[@dolson27]

Don't keep them in the closet

[@tzisorey]

Guy who got scammed twice for his "millions": Apparently there's a stage of dementia where you're suffering from it, but it's still 'mild' enough that you can hide it from people - even close family and friends - because they can play it off as simple forgetfulness. I sometimes wonder if the people falling for these scams repeatedly, are in that stage of dementia.

[@kellyosullivan990]

I had the same thought about that guy.

[@snorpenbass4196]

My dad got him and mom into debt by forgetting his pin for the debit card, and used the credit card to pay for gas for years. It's gonna take them a while to get out of the hole, and they're both 80+. And yeah, it started like that with him - he's now fully in there, sometimes don't remember our names even. We had to get power of attorney and such, and we've made it so he can't access his own accounts, or he'll mess up again.

[@feuerling]

Would a dementia diagnosis get him off the hook for the debt, or would it just make everything worse?

[@rolfs2165]

Either way, the family should make sure he can't open a new account again and is cut off from any of the family accounts. I feel sorry for his wife.

[@turgid_member8717]

He fell victim to what's called a pig butchering scam. John Oliver did a segment about it, I recommend looking it up.

[@melinacat5958]

Who would've thought that getting visibly very angry, loud at airplane staff and acting in an unpredictable manner ON AN AIRPLANE would get the cops called on you, huh?

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Acting like you haven't had your rabies shots, no less.

[@Miciggy24]

I used to work at a grocery store in the summer of 2021. I had an older woman and her granddaughter come through my lane and included in their groceries was alcohol. I turned to the grandmother and asked to see some I.D. so I can scan it at my register and continue ringing everything up. The lady scoffed at me and said she hadn't carried an I.D. on her in 40 years. I still needed to see an I.D. so I turned to the granddaughter. Thankfully, she had her I.D. on her and was over 21. Got everything else scanned, they paid, and left. Also, to the reporter who tried to downplay the kid breaking the world record for Tertris, if breaking a world record in a videogame isn't an impressive accomplishment, then why are you reporting on it?

[@AIHumanEquality]

Hold up. I haven't carried an ID in 40 years? Did she just admit to never carrying her driver license with her for 40 years?

[@Miciggy24]

@@AIHumanEquality idk, it felt like a bs excuse. That was probably the one day she left her house without her I.D. and when I asked her to show it to me, she got defensive and tried to spin it that she never needed it before.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@AIHumanEquality She might not have one though I'm not sure what sort of proof it provides, mine is aaa piece of pink paper with my name and an address that was last used 34 years ago., same for my husband. Certainly not proof of ID though my landlord ahs offered to get me fake licence with my photo on it. Licences didn't have photos back in the 1980s when we passed our tests.

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou Um you're supposed to get license renewals and fake licenses are illegal. Your driver license isn't something you get once than lasts forever. There's an expiry date on them. In America it's usually every 8 years. In Canada it's every 5.

[@infinitedragonbellyx.x]

I currently work at a grocery store. One of my employees last week, got cussed and yelled at for asking an older lady, for her ID. It's protocol, deal with it

[@sydneys207]

The "how else can I piss you off today" shirt is emblematic of exactly the real reason they act the way they do. They want to piss people off. They don't want to get their way -- they want to make people angry.

[@miaomiaochan]

Yep. It gives them a feeling of being in control.

[@somersetcace1]

I'm incredibly grateful that my 83 year old mother asked me to take over control of her finances after my stepdad died. In 4 years, I have intercepted 3 scammers that had her so panicked she would have sent them every dime she had. One of them had her convinced that she would lose her house if she didn't immediately send them $10k. It wouldn't have been as bad as it was, but she was hysterical by that point. Obviously they didn't get a penny, but the impact on her was heart wrenching.

[@morganablackwater2017]

Its terrible that she needs to go through that stress... But good for her to know shes not fit to care for her finances and passing them to you...

[@janemiettinen5176]

Im in control of my 92yo grandma’s banking, have been for years and I recently understood why. Scammers arent my problem, but vulturey family is instead.. I dont know who I grew up with anymore, it’s disgusting.

[@andromidius]

My mum is only 63 and has almost fell for scams too - only she asked me first what I thought. Which is good, though it does make me worried what would happen if I wasn't around. Rule of thumb: if its not in writing, you can safely ignore it most of the time. Yes you might upset someone potentially or give someone more work to do (aka, sending it in writing) - but if its legit you'll get that letter in a few days. Anyone demanding immediate action via the phone or internet needs to be treated with immediately suspicion.

[@kaitlynmorgan4613]

@@janemiettinen5176 scammers and scummy family are the fcking worst. we dont talk to 2/3 of my dads brothers because they stole SO much from him and are in general so goddamn idiotic with life decisions and any money they manage to get their grubby hands on

[@thethoughtsofourlife]

You sound like a great person to have as a child /gen

[@AlysiaTribeca]

I heard my old supervisor say "no one wants to work anymore" because their turnover rate was so high and I was like "huh....weird. so do you guys still schedule part time people for 39 hours 3 weeks of the month and then 24 hours the 4th week so they don't get benefits?" all he said was they don't do that but sir, you do cause I still know people that work there 😂

[@Nikk-ou3tg]

As someone who has a young toddler... toddler fits are usually completely reasonable, given the child's ability to think and communicate is very new. Racist poo coming from an old fart is completely unreasonable.

[@H00DEDCR0W]

"Who in the world gets angry when you try to take away their fears?" People who rely on those fears to justify their violence.

[@miaomiaochan]

Bingo.

[@dannililiac]

Extra info on that mom getting scammed and losing 25k: its the second time that happened. Ppl in the comments were mad he let her have control over the money when she has proven to not be reliable and how would they know that if they donate money it wouldnt be scammed away a thrid time

[@tiffinylawrie]

😳😳😳

[@yuzuchi5381]

At that point if you want to save your mom / dad etc. you need to get "custody" over them and all their stuff so they cant do poo alone Might be hard .. they might resist .. but either that or they are going to land on the streets

[@shannonp1656]

​@@yuzuchi5381Someone I know has a strained relationship with her mother for this reason. The children and even the bank manager cannot convince her she is being scammed.

[@pancakes8670]

​@@shannonp1656When I worked in Customer Service, we were shown training videos explaining basic Prepaid Card scams and that if we encountered one, to politiely explain to the customer that what is occurring is a scam and to not sell them anymore prepaid cards. However, you can't f*cking do that because if you inform people they're being scammed, they just get mad and blow up at you. You just have to stop these people. In the case of the Customer service, just don't sell them anything. People ask for explanations then get mad when they get it.

[@LauraFunFunFloweries]

I was wondering that, too like, son might need to be her, POA & not give her access to cards/checks/account info

[@user-jm4mv2ob4k]

I remember when I started working a retail job and had a hijab wearing co-worker. She and I were really good friends and had no problems. But one day an entitled boomer came in and I checked them out while my co-worker went behind the counter to get something and the boomer said “Wow! I didn’t know you hired terrorists!” I was so shocked at their behavior.

[@alexmcd378]

Getting mad over a fear being removed must be a thing. Once at a cookout a friend started choking. Everyone else panicked, so I did the heimlich on him and he was fine. Later I find out some people were mad at me for not panicking too, accusing me of being heartless and not being a real friend. Wtf?

[@Veestar88]

It’s funny, I’ve lived with anxiety my whole life but when I’m in an actual scary situation (car accident, medical emergency, etc) I’m calm and collected, probably bc I’ve been training for it every time I have to make a phone call.

[@alexmcd378]

@@Veestar88 that's me. If I panic, it's after the emergency. It's a great talent. But it confuses people. "Why are you crying now?!" Because I was too busy earlier 😂

[@AIHumanEquality]

Not hating just warning you that the heimlich maneuver is not an actual medical approved thing to do despite many people thinking it's normal.

[@DrachenGothik666]

@@AIHumanEquality It's literally part of first aid courses & was invented by a doctor. Those courses are put together by EMTs & actual doctors. It's a medically approved thing to do. If you do it wrong, or too strenuously, you can break the small bone on the end of the sternum (the xyphoid process) or break a rib, but that's it. Backslaps are still recommended for infants & chest compressions for unconscious adults. Spreading misinformation is really lame.

[@John_Weiss]

@@DrachenGothik666 I believe that the recommendations on doing the Heimlich manoeuvre have changed in the past decades. The current recommendations are to first ask the person to try and cough, then proceed to 5 swift slaps on the back, and only _then_ perform the Heimlich manoeuvre, due to the risk of breaking the xyphoid process. I believe this may be what @LGBTQLegend was thinking.

[@jamie.h5850]

"I'm gonna save that one for later" -The click (slowly adding it to the hundreds of tabs on his computer/laptop)

[@feuerling]

Emotional support browser tabs

[@silvacado]

@@feuerling real

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Right Click Save?

[@Lucien86]

Tabs and stacks of thousands of tabs in saved bookmarks. All in neatly labelled and dated folders ready to never be looked at again.

[@harleyjune]

The kardashians have a lot to answer for but the "nobody wants to work anymore" phrase is the one that pushes me over the edge. I get a frickin stress headache every time I hear it because: 1) it's so completely out of touch 2) it's unbelievably hypocritical 3) half of the people using it unironically probably don't know where it cones from and wouldn't use it if they did. I refuse to believe a 70 year old misogynistic boomer male would be quoting that bs if he knew it came from a rich millennial nepo baby. She's the embodiment of everything they hate

[@alexanderleonardi3625]

everyone who uses it knows exactly where it comes from. they see it as "the difference between us is i'm right"

[@ItRemindMeOfHome]

The Kardashians didn't come up with it. "Nobody wants to work anymore" has been the go-to insult towards poor people for over a century. I can't link in the comment, but google "Nobody wants to work 1894", you'll get a list of newspapers going back to 1894 saying it

[@Maerahn]

Yup! "Nobody wants to work FOR PRACTICALLY FREE anymore." Fixed it for ya', Boomers!

[@MonaLyssa33]

Yeah, I'd love to see some boomers have to work my regular full-time job and also work the extra 20-30 hours I do with my second job.

[@macdeus2601]

Yeah, it's a very old trope. People start complaining about the conditions at their jobs for whatever reason, and their bosses respond with "Well they're just lazy; they don't want to work hard." I mean, you can probably find records of ancient Roman slave owners saying this about their slaves. Kim Kardashian saying it is funny because she probably heard it from some old person, not vice versa.

[@kairazor9703]

Last story, I don't think the family were mad because they heard it was a hoax, they were mad because they didn't get to kill anyone and claim self defence because murderous hoards killing rich people

[@efulmer8675]

As uncharitable as that is, I think that's exactly right.

[@galaxychill9578]

eat the rich

[@bizarrestars]

Re: the person talking about having to ask boomers for id. Once I worked for a call center (all call in, no calling out or sales at all) that gave warranty parts for faucets, for free. The number of people who would get *incandescently* angry that we asked them for their address was mind-blowing. They called us. And we're mailing them parts for free. How can I do that for you if I don't know your address, Debbie.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

I used to work at Radio Shack and someone wanted their new battery from the warranty service but was too busy to give me her address, she wanted it NOW and we didnt have that battery in stock. She huffed and said she'd go to another store. K, no problem. A few months later, she called in my last day complaining that her battery had never arrived. She started complaining to me about "the other girl that works there" because she was so unhelpful. I was the ONLY employee at the store and my manager was a guy. So she's complaining about me to me and I remembered who she was. I became the nicest most unhelpful employee possible. I told her that it was indeed me who attempted to help her, but she didnt want to give me her address. How could we possibly send her the battery without an address to send it to? She insisted she did, I looked it up and nope, no record if it in the system. Maybe she went to the other store and claimed her battery? Nope, she never did. Just our store. Well, here is the phone number to call to claim your battery. I can't do it over the phone, I can't verify it is you. You wouldnt want someone else to claim your battery, right? If you come in, I can verify your information and get it sent directly to you. She was so mad but by far, my favorite call. She picked a really bad day to call, I was tired of RS's terrible management. There's a reason they went bankrupt

[@esmee6308]

I work in insurance, we are legally required to verify the client (who calls us) and it's policy to also check their 'reachability' (e-mail, telephonenumber) and depending on the insurance license plate or adres is vital as well. If you're smart you mix verification and reachability, because I do get its frustrating, however you also don't want to take the risk and have someone commit insurance fraud in your name. Even if we call someone (upon their request) we have to verify the client, regardless whether we spoke to them before and are 100% certain it's the same voice. We (the company) can get fines well into the 20k if we don't and it's without a warning. Genuinely don't see the issue, worst is when people know a verification is coming so they beat you to it, however we have to ask one random question. It's all for their protection and, again, required by law...

[@GeekGamer666]

@@UnicornsPoopRainbows I got called creepily polite by a co-worker when a lady got asshole-y and the irony is if she'd tried to complain to the manager, I'd have directed her down a few feet to the manager who was in earshot. Fortunately, creepily polite (or as I call it 'I have to be polite to you so I'm gonna be perfectly polite but nobody said I had to be your friend') worked for me every time.

[@GeekGamer666]

@@esmee6308 It was the same when I had to sell lottery products here in NZ (only the instant win ones) and I'd have to ask for ID. There was the occasional one that would get really mad, or try to pretend it wasn't for the 16 y/o birthday present you JUST told me it was for... Lady there's a $10,000 personal fine and a $50,000 store fine, I don't have 10 grand and I don't want to be fired. Ironically, if I got it a bit off and asked someone a bit older than 25 (if we think someone looks under 25 we're supposed to ask) they'd happily show me their ID and I had a 40 y/o lady tell me I'd made her day.

[@vanesag.9863]

😅 I usually have the opposite answer. Today I asked the name of a client and he sprouted to me his name, surname, ID number and I had to cut him because I only wanted his name and phone number to tell him when he is going to recive his replacement. I don't know if this is because in USA and UK don't use ID but in my country you are your ID for everything: library, doctors, shops... If you don't have your ID with you and the police ask for it for whatever reason they would send you to the police station to verify your identity.

[@CraigUntlNytTym]

The unprompted "I wasn't even leaning on it"... Self aware and lying about it.

[@minestar2247]

They ain't self aware

[@CraigUntlNytTym]

@@minestar2247 I meant more that they know it was themself that knocked it over, that other people would suspect it was them and they are trying to cover own arse... Maybe self aware isn't the correct phrase for that, but that's what I was referring to.

[@kimberly_erin]

In my dreams the store sues her for damages

[@roundhouse2616]

"Oh we're almost out of coo-" "I DEFINITELY DIDN'T TAKE A COOKIE FROM THE COOKIE JAR GUYS TRUST ME"

[@Kartoffelkamm]

It's also possible that she thought "leaning on it" means that she puts her weight against it, so that if it moved, it would move away from her. Like how you lean against a wall, for example.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Boomers come in 2 main varieties. The kind with questionable integrity and bad takes and the wholesome sweet supportive kind.

[@roowyrm9576]

I hope I'm one of the helpful, supportive ones (I know I am, mostly - with occasional off days).

[@AIHumanEquality]

​@@roowyrm9576 The fact you even worry about it is proof you're one of the good ones. 💜

[@takeofoxsama6198]

You’re not wrong 😭. They sometimes say the most out of pocket things to a complete stranger.

[@shannonp1656]

I hope I am supportive and tolerant. I will say hard work doesn't get you as far as it once did, college or university degrees are overrated, and how anyone identifies is not my business.

[@AIHumanEquality]

​@@takeofoxsama6198Nice pfp. 👌

[@mafty_]

53:35 Dude my mom does the “you don’t care about my feelings” shit over politics it’s so dumb. Every week it’s “did you see that thing you need to know about the thing” “Yeah it’s not true though” “why do you hate me”

[@zephie531]

The amount of older people who don’t believe I’m disabled, one wouldn’t let me sit in the free seat next to her that was reserved for people less able to stand because her friend was getting on the bus later. Another time I fainted on a tube train because no one gave me a seat, and even once I recovered the only people who moved were standing (so I could let me lean against something). I’m young and look relatively healthy if I’m not in my wheelchair, and my knee braces aren’t enough to convince people I need a seat. It’s so stressful.

[@CLJlovesmal]

I have many invisible illnesses and worry about getting yelled at by the elderly but the bus drivers know I'm disabled and sometimes being in the front seat is what I need. I have a wheelchair and canes for my bad days but sometimes a good day turns into a bad one unexpectedly. Like I went to the ER for chest pain, had an episode (stress response that looks like a seizure) I needed a wheelchair suddenly and was twitching off and on for 10 hours in the waiting room(it took thatlong to be seen). I'm sorry people don't care to be kind, especially when you have a visual indicator like braces.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

Its not the same situation but I suffer from bad PTSD, depression and anxiety from my time in the military. I'm an OIF veteran. My draft dodging boomer dad who ran to Canada during Vietnam doesn't believe in mental health issues. He thinks I'm just a malingering loser when I avoid stressful situations. Most guys his generation think it's all BS and I'm just weak. That entire generation is toxic.

[@girl1213]

These are the same people who don't want to believe polio existed in their time and it was crime to be unhealthy

[@rynhart4174]

Some context for the Tetris vid. The kid actually missed the game crash he was aiming for on level 156, I believe, and was desperately trying to make the game crash before he lost. That’s why he was freaking out like that. He messed up and managed to recover. The skill needed to get as far as he did is amazing. There are tons of glitches that occur after level 29. If anyone is interested in the history of Tetris and the world records, SummoningSalt did an excellent video explaining it.

[@NaNa_W4NT5_F3MNM5]

Level 155 not 156, but everything else correct. He also dedicated the feat to his dad, which is just wholesome.

[@bambino05]

The tetris kid got into it after his father passed away as a way of coping, I suppose. So not only was his achievement really impressive but it was also probably the best thing he experienced in that specific portion of his life. That news woman really needs to grow up, she's talking down to a literal child who has achieved something literally no one else ever has.

[@Charara999]

As someone else commented on this video, that lady was torn apart within MINUTES of this getting out.

[@Shaytan.666]

She must be so miserable and I hope that she'll be forever miserable

[@alexanderleonardi3625]

@@Charara999 i hope you mean this literally.

[@Charara999]

@@alexanderleonardi3625 sadly, only metaphorically.

[@miaomiaochan]

Some older adults are unable or unwilling to appreciate when younger generations achieve impressive feats or surpass the accomplishments of their elders. It's pathetic how some people can't bring themselves to be happy for others.

[@morganqorishchi8181]

32:42 People like this make me so sad. They want to be the oppressed main character everyone's mad at when in reality they're the unpleasant NPC everyone either forgets or thinks of as moderately interesting for 5 to 10 seconds one time at most. Imagine living out the last years of your life desperately going, "I'm making you angry! Debate me! Argue with me! Pay attention to meeee!"

[@nebulan]

I had a boomer coworker who refused to use an umbrella because men aren't supposed to use them? I offered to get him a really manly umbrella, like camo maybe. But nope. He has to get wet. It just didn't seem like something worth restricting yourself on.

[@juliaboskamp9666]

So it's straight to get wet by the rain and get sick because of it

[@Romanticoutlaw]

literally admitting that misery is inherent to being cishet

[@arizonaexplorations4013]

My uncle won’t wear a coat. My dad got tickets to a Falcons playoff game with an air temp of close to freezing. He showed up in a dress shirt and blazer. He sat in the toilet from the second quarter to the end of the game since that was the warmest spot and dad refused to leave. We won. Though we lost the super bowl.

[@nebulan]

@Romanticoutlaw tbf i think it's specifically a cishet male thing. We women are allowed to break out of our stereotypes. We both worked in software, after all. He was literally denying himself a lunchtime walk for no reason.

[@AIHumanEquality]

That boomer coworker is gonna have a mindmeld when they find out in Japan it's standard for everyone to use an umbrella. It's actually standard. Schools there even have umbrella holders in them.

[@VegaNorth]

On one level I feel so bad about these folks who are clearly affected by lead poisoning, but on the other hand, these same folks are deliberately choosing to target the disabled, women, and LGBT+ communities-and they are often one mistake away from becoming disabled themselves.

[@Bing_Challing]

For the girl who said Tetris wasn’t a life goal, it actually is, if you’re good enough at it you can win literal millions by Nintendo

[@AIHumanEquality]

Maybe Nintendo should be spending millions to GIVE US AN ONLINE SERVER THAT ACTUALLY WORKS WELL.

[@Bing_Challing]

@@AIHumanEquality Fr

[@JadeJuno]

_I don't think it's Nintendo who gives rewards for Tetris-_

[@hoodiesticks]

I'd heard about the Tetris newscaster footage, but I've never seen it until now. "Beating Tetris is not a life goal" Woman, beating Tetris is the epitome of a life goal.

[@theoriginalnik]

I once got a scam call where they tried to tell me I had a warrant out for my arrest from the county I lived in and (since this was the nth time they had called me) I responded with “that’s weird I don’t remember issuing a warrant for myself, I think I would remember since I’m the person who issues felony warrants for that county 😊” They stopped calling.

[@fredskull1618]

The Venn diagram between boomers, unhinged mothers and Karens is a big old infinite sided square.

[@strangevol5264]

So a circle?

[@solosynapse]

​@@strangevol5264yes, that's the joke

[@Ramsey276one]

Meow! (This box is FULL!)

[@Moho_braccatus_]

And conversely, truck dads and gravy SEALs for the men!

[@commandercorl1544]

It's not exactly a square if it has more than 4 equal sides...

[@desireelovell8440]

As a Boomer I can say the 13 year old is an absolute hero for getting a world record. Our goal was to get records on the arcade machines. We worked hard and worshiped those who succeeded. Those we didn't worship were people sitting around reading teleprompters for a living, and belittling others achievments.

[@rynther]

I remember the news report announcing the invention of pong (basically the first commercial video game) and the newspeople scoffing at the comment made by the developer who said "this will change the world" some 45 or so years later, I can only hope they cringe thinking back to that.

[@girl1213]

@@rynther Pong is what got my dad interested in computers and he's been in IT ever since.

[@3dTales]

I work in a pharmacy and have worked in them for over 20 years. That behavior is so normal. People yell, scream, and threaten all the time.

[@historianKelly]

When I was working my way through grad school about 30 years ago, one of my jobs was at a Shoney's restaurant for a few months. During my time there, one of the waitresses turned 62 (she was a retired widow and worked to be less lonely). I was in my late 20s at the time, and asked her for some words of wisdom on the occasion of her birthday. One of the things she told me was this: "Cranky old people were cranky young people. Aging doesn't change your personality." Now that I'm in my late 50s. I know how right she was. You might have less patience for bs, but generally, aging *should* make you more understanding the more you have lived, seen, and experienced in life. But in my head I feel like I'm the same person I was when I was 15, only smarter & wiser, and my friends agree they feel the same way. So, if people are jerks when they're older, it's because they were always jerks (barring head injuries and dementia, that is, which can change a personality).

[@waffles3629]

Yep. I'm in my 20s and that makes complete sense.

[@MirandolinaAmaldin]

It absolutely does make sense. At the same time, I'd like to say that pain can very much make people get crankier than they would be if they weren't in pain and some conditions that come with age can bring chronic pain so I think it absolutely can become more extreme with age.

[@PrincessFidelma]

Oh wow. I guess I kind of knew that, but reading it really slapped me around the face. Realising that the irritable old people I know are the same really irritable 30's-40's year olds I knew when I was a child. 😮.

[@NaNa_W4NT5_F3MNM5]

For anyone interested, Bluescuti, the Tetris Crash Kid is playing in the Classic Tetris World Championships in a few days. So, if you want to cheer him on you can tune in.

[@WiseSageBum]

Everyone else gonna hear boss music

[@Palafertiil]

We rented from my grandparents, and we would have to split the rent payments each month. I had a full-time job at a casino, so I was making just above minimum wage. My grandparents got frustrated that we needed to do another split rent payment, so my grandfather had us come over to "go over our finances". The Pikachu face on both of their faces when they realized we weren't squandering our money, we literally just didn't have it after bills, was (admittedly) satisfying.

[@thaloblue]

Me and my godparents lol. I told them that by myself HEALTHY groceries cost me about $500 a month. They were like “Huh??” One excel spreadsheet later and they are googling the costs of eggs and cereals just totally dumbfounded. But they are never mean or harsh to me about it. I am also a bit disabled so they know it is harder for me.

[@YewNayVerse]

37:17 interestingly under US law this can be considered kidnapping. She is actively confessing to this crime while putting herself in danger 😅. Don't try to prevent someone from leaving, there are some exceptions like the famous citizen's arrest, but you need to know you have a solid case, the requirements are different by state and it'd need to be a *criminal* issue. In this case, a civil matter, the driver isn't liable for the issue, Amazon is. So she's just randomly holding a man against his will.

[@sashakononova8968]

Shaming people for not knowing how to drive manuals when people are leaning towards not driving at all (instead using public transit, biking, walking) is so wild. Especially since in places like the US you'll never need to drive a manual even if you do drive.

[@aduckofsomesort]

Manual cars are just out of date anyways, and I’m saying that as someone who knows how to drive stick.

[@khaleesireyna731]

Been driving/had my license for well over 10 years now... still don't know how to drive stick.

[@tealkerberus748]

Manuals just wreck your knees for the fun of it. They were valid when auto gearboxes weren't very good yet. There's no reason to mess yourself up with them now.

[@SofieAndMe]

No reason to drive a manual if you don't want to, but this is absolute nonsense. Thanks for making me laugh out loud tho!

[@bloodrainicorn6193]

Manuals really are just for street racing these days.

[@duskzehedgie3840]

Omg, guys, please go no contact if someone has been awful to you. Way too many people stay in touch with parents who've literally absued/stole from them. omg. GO NO CONTACT. They are literally insane, there's no reasoning with them, and it will always bite you in the ass.

[@sarah_757]

"But they're faaaaaaaaaamily!" is such manipulation. Don't fall for it!

[@JaseekaRawr]

I'm 37 & finally went No Contact last year! Wish I'd done it so much earlier 🥺 The best perk to going NC is that the enmeshment & trauma bonds goes away! The longer I'm NC the clearer their abuse becomes to me. The catalyst was me having a baby. It forced me to confront my traumatic childhood, so as not to repeat it. He'll never be exposed to them 🙏🏼But now that I'm a parent their treatment of me makes even less sense, bc not in a million years would I ever do anything like that to my son. I'm in my anger phase & embracing it! It's valid & actually important to your healing to work through the anger stage. So yes, going NC is 10/10. Do it sooner rather than later!!

[@rynther]

Yep, some people have the capacity for change, and others just don't. If they can't even genuinely apologize, it's better to just cut them off, I got a lot of pressure to interact with my mom over the years from the rest of my family, but really, I spent far too much time trying to reason with her, she's just toxic. She left scars that will last a lifetime, but at least I don't have to listen to her go on about how good a parent she is. Look lady, the cops don't take your kid away because you were a good parent. Some people just suck, don't put up with it.

[@booksargram]

i’m immunocompromised. i went to the blood test lab for a test and i saw a lady whose outfit was so totally matched and so i hyped her up about it. like yes you boomer queen. i was so nice. what did i get from her? “do you always wear a mask?” i said, “yes, i’m immunocompromised and have chronic illnesses and don’t want covid again.” and she said, “so you’ve had covid but did you almost die? i’m immunocompromised and i almost died!” and you’re sitting there….judging me about my mask when you almost died after i gave you a compliment. what a weird flex. but yeah, i didn’t almost die but it wasn’t sunshine and rainbows and i’d rather protect myself than get sick again.

[@misscornicat]

The way I would take my compliment back so fast!! Also I’m so sorry you had to go through that, I’m incredibly proud of you

[@booksargram]

aw thank you 🥹 that’s so sweet of you

[@isabelmcgaugh711]

…what? People will die on the weirdest hills. Sorry you got such a strange and rude response from a compliment.

[@booksargram]

thank you! it was so weird and i was just flabbergasted.

[@-Therian-friends]

52:35 it’s not just a world record. It’s the only person that has ever beaten the original Tetris

[@caitlinsessom161]

the karen who cut the wires to the consruction crane was charged with (I think) destruction of property and got some jail time, also the woman under the truck got a fridge delivered and the driver wouldn't install it so she's trying to force him to do it

[@girl1213]

Since she was caught on video, she lost effectiveness on Karen denial card to the court

[@AIHumanEquality]

What is this thing called the consequences of my actions?

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

I remember the UPS one. There is another one that is similar. He delivered it to her porch but wouldnt bring it inside because that's literally not his job or even safe. It is a good lesson to buy your appliances from a local store and arrange for installation from them. Amazon isn't going to help past getting it to your door

[@girl1213]

@@UnicornsPoopRainbows Yeah, I never understood why people think Amazon would do instillation. It really says on the receipt that installation isn't included.

[@WarpigA23]

Like a delivery driver has the time to install an appliance? How fu**ing stupid or entitled- or both!- do you have to be to think that?

[@Zookiethecrimecookie]

My bank will never contact me to request to use my bank card to sign in somewhere. The bank never contacts you .

[@elaexplorer]

And if they do it's a message telling you there's a message waiting in the banking app. And there will be NO links.

[@LoraLoibu]

@@elaexplorer yeah banks usually contact via physical paper mail or SMS text messages ...Do banks ever use e-mail or is that also another Scammer Alert?

[@Glacial_floofs]

​​@@LoraLoibu a bank I use, does use emails to avoid scams, it posts part of your postcode address in the email (which I think a scammer could also do if they tried hard enough to find it)

[@QueenOfCavies]

This. Where I work all the contact is automated via push notifications or emails. Usually it's the customer who needs to contact their bank, not the other way round.

[@dianamerchant1026]

The only emails I receive are to let me know my monthly statement is ready. They only contact important things to respond to by mail. Same with the IRS.

[@Gooseberry224]

Worst part about the Tetris kid is he did it in honor of his father who passed away. He did it because they bonded over the game

[@JenniferLeeTacy]

my parents in particular my mom stole money from my siblings and i and then when we got older, it moved to my nieces and nephews and taking it out of their piggy banks. it's pretty despicable.

[@teono6057]

he even used "subhumans"...wtf is wrong with him?!

[@AIHumanEquality]

Welcome to conservative racism.

[@madalice5134]

Conservatives are generally horrible people.

[@golwenlothlindel]

A lot of things. It seems like mom had already basically taken the trash out, but probably this dude fought really hard in custody hearings. So now he's regretting that😂. He only mentioned her phone and car insurance, and her nonchalant attitude would all suggest he's not living with her. Her reaction would have been very different if she was going to go home to him being like that. But like remember, if she's going to prom she's like 15-19. So it's not like she can pay for her own car insurance, so she will probably lose the car. She could probably get a part-time job to handle the phone bill. That's a lot to drop on a teenager out of the blue though, and especially for something like going to one dance with someone of a different race (from what she said it's not even clear they were formally dating, they might just be friends who paired up because they both didn't want to be bothered by others).

[@randomtinypotatocried]

Only person I know who uses that is my brother, but it's one of many reasons he's not allow near my kid

[@Sr_ECO]

The 1800's forgot to take him

[@jooleebilly]

28:40 I'm really sorry Millennials were told things would be better. As a member of GenX, we were specifically told - in high school, no less - that our lives were the first ones to be *worse* than the generation before us. We also had multiple jobs, and do you know what our nickname was? "Slackers." Because we were *so lazy, and we had those gross tattoos and piercings.* That's also when college got too expensive, and we had to take out Stafford "Subsidized" student loans at 8.5% interest. Go to university full time, and still work, etcetera. We did a lot with a little, but we got free things like: A friend worked at the Brewery/Restaurant, so we got free beer and appetizers. We knew someone who worked at the Indie movie theater, so we got in for free, free margaritas at Chili's and such. In return, I gave them free espressos and croissants and such. Basically we did it by stealing - before *everything* had to go through computers, making it harder to slide someone a free thing. And of course that didn't pay the rent. I'm really sorry they lied to you. I'm here to tell you that unless you come from an upper-middle class or higher background (aka trust fund kid) it DOESN'T always get better - except that the target of Boomers' anger will be the next youngest group instead of you. It's moving over to Gen Z now. P.S. imo a Boomer is as a Boomer does - it's not the age, it's the shitty attitude. There were/are plenty of shitty GenX-ers out there. See January 6 for an example. Like, I KNOW people in their 20s, 30s, 40s are working their asses off for very, very little reward. I really love the "quiet quitting" attitude. Because that's not what it is. It's "work to rule" which is perfectly valid. Not getting paid? I'm out! I wish I'd done that but I often got bullied into going out to work "Parties" at restaurants where they didn't even pay for the dinner. Fuckem. You're doing the right thing. Keep it up!

[@John_Weiss]

Also a Gen-Xer. Also agree with everything you've said. Our generation _watched_ the Baby-Boomers pull the ladder up behind them. We not only knew that _we_ were screwed, but that every generation following us is, too. And yes, there are Gen-Xers who act like Boomers. I call them the "wannabe Boomers" - they want what they Boomers took, and think that if they parrot the Boomers and adopt their attitude, the Boomers will share. I have a great deal of contempt for that ilk.

[@thomasdjonesn]

Hell yeah.

[@fimbulvarg1213]

Allegedly, the "our youth is sooo lazy" argument has been around since ancient egypt. We'll see if we can raise a generation that sees through the fallacy some day. I don't think the "last generation" does so already, too pissed off being born into the decline - and rightly so.

[@John_Weiss]

@@fimbulvarg1213 So far, from what I see from my fellow Gen-Xers, we feel really worried about what's happening to everyone following us (since the kids of Gen-X are by and large Gen-Z) and feel Guilty about our own failures to fix anything or even slightly improve things.

[@fimbulvarg1213]

As cynic as it may sound, we're past improving the future. We're way into damage control. (Large) Societies adapt slowly, even if the change is rather sudden. And being in a kind of a comfort zone makes us even slower. A german politician called out the "late ancient roman decadence" in our system some years ago, ruffled some feathers in the media here. But the comparison was and is not entirely uncalled for.

[@Hacksaw115]

You could definitely sue the landlord for threatening to increase rent for “using to much water and electricity” as a violation of the lease agreement possibly extortion attempted intimidation and if you framed it right you might even be able to get him for discrimination and or racism

[@John_Weiss]

That, sadly, only works if you have the finances to hire a lawyer. Or if you have a lawyer in your family or as a friend of the family.

[@humphrke]

Some lawyers take cases pro bono or only take payment after winning. Not always, but some​@@John_Weiss

[@efulmer8675]

You could potentially get a lawyer if you offered a large fraction of the settlement and/or let them also sue for their own lawyer's fees. Your odds of this working aren't great but they're obviously better than getting a lawyer to work for free.

[@StephenMatrese]

30:45 "Mom's day off" may not intend harm, but calling it "babysitting" likely doesn't intent harm either, I wish I would have thought of the aneurysm retort FYI- You CANNOT "babysit' your own kid

[@Just1Nora]

That break dancing old vet was the best! So many older vets get crapped on and judged on their looks because people expect them to be intolerant, inflexible jerks, but so many are just sweet old grandpas with ptsd. American men were drafted for WWII and Vietnam. They literally had no choice if their number was chosen. That guy is cool as hell. I'd love to get lunch and spend the day with him. I lost my biological grandparents in my early teens, and my bff's grandparents, who called me their bonus granddaughter, we lost in our 20s. My picture was on Pop Pop's photo wall in his final care home, and I sat with the family at the funerals. My memories of time spent with them are priceless. Go out of your way to make time for your elders, even unrelated ones. Chances are that they are much cooler than you realize!

[@kaelmartin9870]

I almost got caught in a scam claiming to be an agent from a department investigating drugs, and they claimed my name was connected to it. Gave me a badge number and everything. We got disconnected so i called the police again(because they spoofed the ACTUAL number, i checked it) and told them about it and they were like "yeah no, theres no one by that name with that badge number."

[@golwenlothlindel]

I admit I almost got scammed and had to change my email because of it. They claimed my computer had ransomware, and yeah... I totally bought it until someone pointed out that I hadn't tried to click off of the alert message. I clicked off the alert message, and my computer was fine. They had my email by that point though 😳

[@fallenking578]

My father had someone try that too. They claimed a property he never owned was tied to drugs and that he was being investigated. He wrote down the badge number they gave and the number they called from before reporting it as a scam. Good rule of them, cops won't call or text you if you are really being investigated. They will just show up to your house

[@John_Weiss]

@@fallenking578 I once told a scammer, "Oh, I live a mile away from the police station! I can walk there right now, shall I meet you?" He hung up _real fast_ at that point.

[@kaelmartin9870]

@@fallenking578 yeah my roommate and I were kinda like "wouldn't they just come get me?" But I thought I'd call the police department juuuuust in case. At that time I hadn't heard anything like that happening before.

[@janel.8921]

I was doing a search on the internet when I got a message from Homeland Security that I entered a CP website. They locked my computer and said I was being investigated. I got very upset, wondering how I wandered into CP website. Then I read the complete message. They offered to unlock my computer for $50.00, using my credit card. I then got very mad. If I were being investigated, Homeland Security wouldn’t tip me off. Also, they wouldn’t be asking for money.

[@thedemolitionmuniciple]

That story with the guy in a veterans cap immediately jumping to homophobia is a good example of the reasoning behind my need to respond to anyone that claims "I/they fought for your rights" by asking if they actually did. If they actually fought for my right to live as who I am, for my right for complete control over my own body, for my right to marry anyone whom I fall in love with, or if they even fought for my right to be treated with basic human decency. Veterans and cops wonder why someone like me doesn't treat them with the most respect. Then I mention who I am and I'm treated as subhuman. Edit: I swear I remember seeing a video of someone cutting the lines in a manlift (the "crane") (except they were actually using bolt cutters and not a tree clippers), only for the video to pan up and show that someone was working inside it.

[@hmnhntr]

They're not fighting for your rights, they're fighting for their own nationalism.

[@AIHumanEquality]

As one of them. Real veterans don't seek praise. The vast majority of us who saw real combat feel shame and guilt about the death we participated in. This idea being in the military is some glorious heroic thing is an illusion. Most of us also don't care if you're LGBTQ or not. So please don't think all veterans are phobic old people who are entitled.

[@pancakes8670]

​​@@AIHumanEqualityI have a feeling that often times, Veterans that OP is describing are either a minority, or they're not actually Veterans. Cops and Soldiers tend to be different kinds of people.

[@AIHumanEquality]

​@@pancakes8670Cops in America are often untrained or undertrained which is why you get so many horrible incidents with them. I have also seen "troop supporters" who are very heavily right wing and try to vocalize things about soldiers that the military isn't even about so what you said is definitely true.

[@LilChuunosuke]

Also just because theyre a vet doesn't mean they fought at all. My grandfather was a part of the silent generation, retired CPL who served during the korean war. He was a quiet, humble man. Regularly got mad at his children for disclosing his veteran's status on veteran's day to get a few bucks off dinner when my family could comfortably afford a fancy meal without worry. He never saw the front lines. He was stationed in Hawaii, enjoying a tropical paradise with his buddies. They were only there to protect the public and escort them to shelters in case any attacks were launched on the islands. So just because someone is a veteran, doesn't mean they did any fighting. They could've been like my grandfather, enjoying a working vacation overseas, doing minimal work and partying with their army buddies.

[@artistdudebro]

My mother raised me to be a good son, not a functional person. I hate the way these people treat their kids.

[@MiaAngridere]

My mom got taken by a banking scam recently. $20k. She's a smart woman, but older, and apparently it really sounded like her bank, down to the caller ID. She called me as soon as she hung up. "Did I just get scammed?" I told her to call the bank. She did. They said not to worry, they froze her accounts while they investigated. They didn't. Told her they pinpointed the account the funds were transferred to. Then didn't do anything for 5 days. The money was gone, they aren't helping, and local law enforcement isn't helping either.

[@sashadoom]

That sucks. Mine got realllly close to falling for the "refund scam", where they (short version) con the victim into believing the scammer accidentally credited too much money into their bank account and get the victim to send it back but it was never there to begin with, & typically the scammer will require the money to be returned in the form of gift cards. So I get a call from my dad while my mom is on the phone with the scammer (thankfully, his alarm bells went off) just as she is about to go purchase gift cards, and I told him to have her give the phone to me and put a stop to it. Her account info had been compromised but she was able to get ahold of the bank before anything happened and got a new account. Shout-out to scam-baiters who are doing a great public service by spreading awareness and exposing these despicable thieves by posting videos of them f**king with scammers/call centers - my mom would have likely been a victim if I hadn't been binge-watching Kitboga's vids!

[@kimberly_erin]

The bank as well as your cell phones home have a record that you made a phone call to them. There should also be notes about your phone call. If your bank has a national phone number I would call that number and tell them what the branch did and that they let the fraudulent transaction go through even though you alerted them to the fraud before hand

[@MiaAngridere]

@bradleybrown8428 It's Wells Fargo.

[@Framokamc]

I'm really sorry about that, clearly this person didn't care a bit, I worked for a fraud department, I would have done my best to help her

[@dakota9821]

Can't be that smart if she got scammed.

[@ShanRenxin]

I felt that "ask a boomer for their ID" one in my soul, y'all. Slightly different, but I used to work in a call center handling personal loans and the number of times that someone would get angry that they couldn't just access their "spouse's" account was mind boggling. By these peoples' own logic, I should be able to waltz on into their banks, say I'm a spouse/relative, and be able to completely clean out their savings with no questions asked. Logic never stopped them, either.

[@kenirainseeker539]

I wonder how many were financially abusing their spouses

[@ShanRenxin]

I knew of at least one for sure. Husband called in to report fraud and told me that his gambling addicted wife had taken the loan out in his name (she had applied online and knew his SSN) because she had destroyed her own credit. He also said that he was divorcing her and we’d be hearing from the lawyer soon to get evidence of her misdeeds. This is the only one that I know absolutely was financial abuse/fraud, but in that line of work you develop a kind of “radar” for things like that.

[@RothAnim]

There have been only two times people have given me grief over "unprofessional" photos on social media. One was a Christian production company who said they wouldn't work with our animation studio after a picture of us at the pub on or blog. We weren't too broken up about it.. The other was a boss upset that my image showed me "smoking a crack pipe". It was an image of me eating a S'more while camping.

[@TheDonutMan3000]

47:23 What a wild concept. "Abusing your child has the same effect on them as child abuse"

[@tylerlangston7538]

UPS driver here. That video with the UPS guy and the lady under his truck was likely a case of having an intercept package on his truck. Basically, it means that the package, for whatever reason, was selected either by the shipper or receiver to be taken to another location. Once the intercept has gone through and we see it in our system, we are unable to deliver the package, even if the receiver is right in front of us.

[@Lesalledebains]

That would make a lot of sense, but someone else said she ordered a fridge and the person wouldn't help take it in/install or something. I read a lot of comments so I might've gotten it mixed up.

[@tylerlangston7538]

@@Lesalledebains Where I work, we’re not allowed to use package weight as an excuse to not deliver. I’m pretty sure the rules change a bit depending on the division you work for and which country you’re operating in though, so I could easily just be wrong.

[@Lesalledebains]

@@tylerlangston7538 you don't need to be an ass. I'm not a delivery driver. I'm telling you what other comments said.

[@Lesalledebains]

@@tylerlangston7538 oh I'm sorry I thought it said you as in me specifically

[@PetThePeeves]

I actually always wondered about that…I live in a remote area and it happens to me all the time. I mean my reaction is pretty much “Well, I did move to the middle of nowhere” and shrug, but it’s annoying. I’m POSITIVE FedEx has skipped my address way more than UPS and I don’t see “delayed transit”, it’s on the truck, but they have a deadline to meet and I’m an hour from ANY distribution center of theirs…I mean I get it. I always assumed it was something like that, but now I know.

[@TheBre1491]

There is no official language in the United States. So telling someone to “speak the language” in the US, doesn’t make any sense.

[@miaomiaochan]

We have no official religion or language, but some people have been trying to change that, and they've been sneaking their way into power for decades.

[@andistansbury4366]

​@@miaomiaochan"Sneaking"

[@cathycat4989]

My response to being told to speak English is "freedom of speech." Also, an official language means government documents and what's used in schools. It doesn't ban other languages from being used.

[@ChaffyExpert]

​@@miaomiaochanonly according to far left propaganda with no basis in reality.

[@ChaffyExpert]

​@@cathycat4989English is very obviously the language spoken here even if the official language if you come here and don't learn English, IE you expect everyone to learn your language, your a selfish Karen. Also that's not what freedom of speech means per say, it has nothing to do with language spoken, and it only applies to the government, unless you want to say Steam Twitter Reddit etc. can't moderate their forums- it has no bearing outside actions by the government.

[@thomasrdiehl]

52:15 I want her to host the olympics. Everytime somebody wins, she'll just go "okay, great, but really, running really fast is not really a life goal. Go outside the stadium and get some sun, kid! Take that guy who throws a stick with you!"

[@Amethystar]

She'd probably judge luge and be like, "You've had your little fun on the slide, but it's time to get a job like a real adult," as she refuses to admit that it looks like fun and she wishes she could try it even though it's actually dangerous.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Unironically someone needs to make voice lines from a VA acting like a Karen and dub them over athletic competition commentary. I would watch that type of comedy.

[@miaomiaochan]

I can imagine her saying something like, "That's very nice, Simone, but winning a gold medal in gymnastics isn't a life goal. Why don't you get outside the Olympics stadium and go get some sun? Pick some cotton or something?"

[@ahnik_videos2607]

18:48 Anybody else grow up with “they” being both singular AND plural? 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@AIHumanEquality]

Very few things in this world make me more angry than scammers who prey on old people and animals. I'm so glad my country constantly puts out PSAs about scammers so it almost never happens but to prey on the vulnerable is a sin beyond forgiveness.

[@geokai_]

0:11 didn't expect that 😅

[@TheMutantCreeper]

The reason you don’t eat *pet food* is because it isn’t held up to the same standard as human food safety. Animals can handle less quality food safety because some of their digestive systems can literally handle raw decaying flesh. We cannot. We can get food-borne illnesses easily. Horse feed will definitely not be good quality for humans. I know it was satire but I would just like to explain.

[@rolfs2165]

With horses I wouldn't be quite as sure about that, but the oats are probably allowed a larger amount of dirt than those in the supermarket.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Well in America neither pet food nor human food is held that high in safety. John Oliver has an entire segment on food safety in the US and just how bad it is.

[@varpu3706]

@@rolfs2165yeah… horses do have quite delicate digestive system…

[@randomtinypotatocried]

It reminds me of one of my English teachers would actually snack on dog treats (more than a decade ago). It now makes me question if low salaries for teachers was the cause of her resourcing to eating dog treats

[@Y2KNW]

It's not grocery-quality but that didn't stop people at one place I worked at from tasting the stuff after they bought a bag. One lady bought milled flax both for her horses and to make muffins and we had one guy buy a bag of wheat, barley, and corn normally for chickens to make moonshine with. Rednecks gonna redneck, eh.

[@vichtenchoo5956]

2:53 I've lived in the South-Eastern US my entire life. Mostly in Alabama, but 5 years of my life have been spent in Texas. I can tell you, as a bisexual Communist Trump-hating Atheist liberal, that this man represents almost every white Alabamian that has ever existed. I say almost because I'm a white Alabamian dude, and I love my black friends.

[@AiyetoroFeligrus]

Gen Z: Has ID ready in hand before even walking into the bank (or checkout for alcohol etc) to make transactions as quick as possible Boomer: Refuses to give ID like you should just KNOW 💀

[@CLJlovesmal]

Thereby making it a longer excursion for them. I never understood my patients fighting me for details. I've been going to the hospital all my life, always gave my info. These people would yell at me that they are here 3 times a week and nothing's changed. Our system changed. Our policy changed. I'm making sure your insurances are in the system, in the right order. I'm making sure I'm signing in Jane Doe, not Jan Doe. No joke, a coworker accidentally signed in two patients with almost identical details. I know because the second person came to my desk. We check ID to make sure YOU are receiving the services. It's to protect you the customer, patron, patient. I will say this: my parents are younger Boomers, they count as good patients. I swear the fighters would have been done in under a minute if they didn't fight me and just answered the questions and had ID/cards ready. Our last system timed us on sign ins.

[@mistress_of_the_dark380]

The amount of times I was bitched at by an older person because "can't I tell how old they are" was absolutely insane

[@MxMe-su1ch]

Xennial: just has to show ATM card at the bank, wonders why people have their IDs out like it is the 1990s again.

[@yuki97kira]

Ah yes how could i forget, the karen-ness, miss karen entitledson...your meds are here

[@garrett2439]

You're assuming the boomer truly wants the interaction to go as fast as possible. I think it's probably the opposite. People that age are often lonely and will draw out interactions with store employees as much as they possibly can.

[@missm0ka]

51:01 what's even more insensitive about this news report is it ignores the fact that the kid was trying to beat the record in honor of his dead father. I remember when this happened I was just shocked

[@namenotfound2456]

She did it on purpose

[@TwiggyHetfield27]

That news anchor... She's just mad because in the 80s she walked into the arcade every weekend & never beat the centipede high score.

[@Octoberdoomster1]

I hated working at a gas station. Older customers would get annoyed or mad when asked for identification for smokes or beer. I’d just smile and say, it’s store policy, I don’t make the rules. Some left and didn’t come back for a long time. I hate customer service now, I hate being told to smile and take everyone’s shit. I just want to be left alone in my non team working job.

[@idyllwildchild]

When I was in high-school my parents hated that I was dating a Mexican, they created multiple stressful situations to try to get me to break up with him. 2 years later my parents cornered me in the stairwell and intimidated and manipulated me to try to get me to break up with the black guy I just started seeing.

[@frostflake8461]

yaaaaaaay closet racism tell me more :3

[@Framokamc]

Huh, this is nothing bro! My mom threatened me to mess with my bf if I didn't went to church with my dad, then my dad threatened to call the police on him even though I was 19, you know what's worse? 😂 They treated my bf like sh*t but my first bil was perfect to their eyes, what's the difference? He's french with blue eyes and 2 meters tall, my bf is from the exact same city we live in he's 1.75, so I don't know... 💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️ It's been 7 years since then, and every time my dad asked how was his " favorite sil" I would answer, I don't know ask my sister, is very shitty when our parents can't respect our partners, im sorry about that

[@TheTrueMr.Chicken]

You know it's gonna be a funny video when there's blatant racism in the thumbnail (Click doesn't clickbait)

[@Arcane_Archer]

Click without the bait!

[@ATMEIDAREYAIDOUBLEDAREYA]

@@Arcane_ArcherNo baiting? 🤨

[@NyJoanzy]

​@@ATMEIDAREYAIDOUBLEDAREYA master or otherwise

[@AIHumanEquality]

​@@Arcane_Archer Sounds like he'd be a terrible fisherman.

[@NeilAumaster]

@@AIHumanEquality you know who else is a bad fisherman?

[@katascendant]

i used to work 80 hour weeks, making $5 above minimum wage, and i still wasn’t making enough to afford a 1 room apartment. after car payment, phone bill, insurance, gas, monthly payments on an emergency medical bill, setting aside a bit every week for an emergency fund, and all the other necessities i had just about enough money left over to eat instant ramen for every meal. if my grandparents weren’t the saints that they are giving me a room to live in i would have been homeless despite working every single day for 10 hours minimum. anyone saying my generation (gen z, im 23) doesn’t wanna work is brain dead. i wanted to work and i was punished for it, i kept getting sick from the overworking and the stress, i kept getting more medical bills, and all the driving meant more car repairs, so i was working more but also had more and more bills every week until i cut my losses, dropped to a part time job for minimum wage, and slowly paid off all those bills over the past two years. if im gonna barely scrape by, i may as well not kill myself in the process

[@Walawalacookie]

Dancing grandpa made my whole day. Glad to see a wholesome one in here :)

[@cheezarose]

In the EU,you can't take loans in somebody else's name. Especially not a minor. They will ask for you to be physically present to sign papers in your name,for ID and for your national identification number (this is what we have in place of the social security number).

[@AIHumanEquality]

That's standard just about everywhere.

[@Inachis]

Not necessarily anymore. Big loans sure, but smaller ones or credit cards you can get via online banking easily enough, as long as you're employed and don't have too much existing debt.

[@aduckofsomesort]

As long as you have someone’s Social Security number, which most parents have for their children, you can take a small loan or her credit card out in their name.

[@Inachis]

@@aduckofsomesort Not everywhere.

[@hayleydanler6683]

About the old guy that gave away his account details multiple times, this is PAINFULLY common. I work in data entry/customer support and I can't stress enough that we will never ever need them to tell us their 2-factor information because we can literally see it on our end, yet I've had multiple customers read out their codes and passwords to me without a second thought.

[@hayleydanler6683]

Once a man that sounded 200 years old couldn't get into his account no matter how much I walked him through it before we realized he was repeatedly reading out his 2-factor code to me instead of typing it in. Like reading out the password and then just sitting there staring at the passcode screen waiting for something to happen. 🤦

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

The prom couple racist dad one just seems especially sad because she had him listed in her phone as "Daddy❤"

[@hmnhntr]

The most depressing thing about racists/sexists/homophobes is how *normal* they are until you cross whatever their line is. You hang out with someone for years, bond with them, then gay people/women/immigrants come up and suddenly they reveal themselves to be a ghoul of a human being. And worse yet, they always assume you agree with them, and make you out to be the a**hole if you don't. Poor girl probably had no idea what kind of person her father really was.