A TikTok user, @lauraannmoore, posted a video discussing her frustration with men who do not ask questions on dates. She said she is no longer having fun on dates. The video was posted on Oct. 4 and received 176,500 views, 21,700 likes and 413 comments. The video started with the TikTok user saying…
A father tried to send a brief update to his children as their mom was at the hospital, but two words in the message briefly left them worried. One of his children, u/SquirrelNamedRex, shared the story on Reddit’s r/CasualConversation. The OP also provided additional context: their mother had…
A poster said they already cover their parents' apartment, loan, and credit card. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post A Man’s Mother Keeps Asking for Money to Send to Relatives Before a Major Festival appeared first…
In a Reddit post shared on Oct. 6, a discussion about the saddest episode in an otherwise funny TV show began. The post, shared in r/AskReddit, received 1,700 views and was titled, “What is the saddest/most gut-wrenching episode in an otherwise funny/light hearted TV Show?” The first show mentioned…
A post in the r/AskReddit community on Oct. 6 asked educators what happened to the brightest student they had ever taught. Within nine hours, it had received 3,300 upvotes, as teachers and other commenters contributed accounts of students who had taken very different paths from what their academic…
A child psychotherapist listed six rules, including ending phone punishments for teenagers. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post Child Psychotherapist Shares Six Rules for Parents of Teenagers, Including Ending Phone…
A woman shared a post on Reddit about how her husband treated their autistic child and their 14-year-old daughter after their autistic child wandered into a neighbor’s swimming pool. The post, titled “AITAH for being disgusted with my partner after he refused to go into a neighbor’s pool to…
A woman, Riley Madison (@rileymadison00), posted a list on TikTok on July 8, that she said her ex-husband sent her when they were going through a divorce. But after hearing what’s on the list, viewers are wondering if they had actually been sacrifices or ordinary parts of being in a relationship.…
A TikTok user has triggered a rather intense discussion around a question that at first glance seems straightforward: if you don’t wear your shoes inside your house, then where exactly do you keep them? Hilary Combs, who goes by @heyhilarycombs, posted a TikTok on September 25 last year, which has…
A poster asks whether cutting off a half-sister makes them wrong. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post Woman Says Her Mom Won’t Stop Trying to Force a Relationship With Her Half-Sister: “It Takes Two People” appeared…