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“My granddaughter made me aware of how I default to he/him pronouns when I don’t know the sex of something, like a baby, an animal, or a plush creature. She defaults to she/her. This led me to be more aware of sexism in the English language. Something that really stuck with me not long after that was Betty White pointing out that it makes no sense to say that someone tough…
The Choco Taco Is Back (Kind Of), And I Tried It To Find Out If It Lives Up To The Hype
October 8, 2025
Taco Bell-Salt & Straw Tacolate: Taste Test & Review
In 2022, I was in mourning. That’s because I had lost a great friend of mine: the Choco Taco. The ice cream confection was discontinued after 40 years because, according to Unilever, it was…
6.
“‘This is your last night, bitch.’ This was the last of many messages my stalker left that day. I was living a nightmare of being stalked by a man I went out with for a little while and broke up with. He was obsessed with me and didn’t take it…
3.
“I don’t know what I would have done if I had lost you.” My now-husband said that to me in the middle of our third date at a baseball game. (We had been talking for a few months). I was on my way when I was in a massive car accident. I called him and told him…
18 Actors Whose Real Lives And Personal Requests Actually Influenced Their Characters
September 21, 2025
When Actors’ Real Lives Shape Their Characters
Sometimes, actors have to go completely outside their lived experience to transform into their characters, but other times, their lived experience is what gets into the character. Here are some actors…
I have seen this movie before, and not only in health care. A corporate team spent months crafting a return-to-office plan without talking to the managers who would enforce it or the employees who would rebuild their lives around it. On Day 1, it collapsed. No one was sure…
People Reveal Gut-Wrenching Stories Of Lives Destroyed By One Terrible Decision
August 31, 2025
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“The pilot who allowed his children to play around with the cockpit, and it crashed in just three minutes, killing all 75 passengers onboard Aeroflot flight 593.”
—R_122
“Also, Aeroflot flight 6502, where the pilot bet the copilot that he could…
