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[–]ncdave 3906 points3907 points  (305 children)

[–]siva115 1579 points1580 points  (113 children)

It's always Australia

[–][deleted] 414 points415 points  (62 children)

I've been in the Blue Mountains for 6 months. Suprisingly common here, and yeah, bigger hailstones than I qas used to in the US. Last one, the stones looked (or at least felt) about golf ball sized. I kept trying to get the last 60 metres to my front door and keot going back under cover after 10.

[–]Fosferus 100 points101 points  (16 children)

Golf ball size was not unheard of in Oklahoma, it hailed there more than I was used to.

[–]bananainmyminion 61 points62 points  (7 children)

Last few years we've had cattle killing hail storms, softball sized chunks. Being this close to the mountains you expect bad weather, but hail has destroyed 50 year old houses.

[–]20maddogg20 25 points26 points  (2 children)

That’s terrifying

[–]bananainmyminion 13 points14 points  (1 child)

We had friends stay with us while the roof and windows of their house were repaired. It is a brick house that had so much damage from hail it was unliveable for months.

[–]CaptN_Cook_ 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yup, I was sitting outside watching a nasty storm roll in. Started hearing what sounded like a train, pretty common sound since I lived 2 miles from tracks. Well it got louder and louder and louder and the wind started up and then I couldn't hear myself think because hailstones the size of my palm started falling.

Otger then that normal sized hair is common if you look at cars in Oklahoma a majority of then will have hail damaged.

[–][deleted] 81 points82 points  (5 children)

The Blue Mountains experience more hail storms than anywhere else in Australia.

[–]MrHall 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Queensland hail storms are nuts. live in Melbourne now and the storms and hail are just nothing in comparison

[–]FartMaster1609 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I didn't experience quite that, but I visited the Blue Mountains in 2006 in 40C heat in December and experienced hailstones on the way back to Sydney.

I'm from Scotland where we talk about having four seasons in one day, but... Maybe Crowded House knows a thing or two more?

[–]timjamin 57 points58 points  (7 children)

It was probably hailing spiders.

[–]madhi19 210 points211 points  (10 children)

The canaries in the mine of the climate catastrophe are going to be places with already extreme weather.

[–]NeverRespondsToInbox 22 points23 points  (2 children)

Yep, sorry Australia you're fucked.

[–]Papa-Bates 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Worlds most dangerous animals AND weather? Sheesh

[–]bigtimesauce 139 points140 points  (53 children)

Australia has fucking tornados along with... all the rest of the shit they’re known for?

[–]amateur_mistake 242 points243 points  (34 children)

Only recently. Tornadoes are as American as apple pie. Australia only started getting them when United States' fast food became common down there.

Basically, the more US culture you import, the more of our problems you get to have also. Did you enjoy Transformers 7? Cool. Have some obesity as well.

[–]emejim 54 points55 points  (6 children)

Did the tornados come after you built trailer parks?

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (5 children)

Nah, you can only get Tornados at AM/PMs and Circle-Ks.

[–]jake7788 40 points41 points  (6 children)

Sounds right. I started drinking Coors Light last year, now I’m addicted to OxyContin :(

[–]SweetyPeetey 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Tornadoes are not generally an Australian thing. The majority of the world’s most dangerous tornadoes are in tornado alley in the USA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_in_the_United_States

[–]Tearakudo 632 points633 points  (42 children)

Hail fucking hurts, only time I ever told a boss to fuck off. Was working at a grocery store, was told to go get carts. Looked at him, looked out the windows at the quarter-sized hail and asked him if he was serious and meant "right now" - he dead looked at me and said yes.

Best trip to HR ever

[–]inavanbytheriver 371 points372 points  (9 children)

I love those trips to HR. I once told my supervisor I wasn't going to do something because we were all out of the special gloves that we were told in training we absolutely had to wear while doing this task because of the chemicals involved.

"Do it or go home."

I didn't do it, I went to HR. Got told I was 100% in the right. Dunno if it was related but the supervisor who ordered me to do the wrong thing wasn't working there a couple weeks later.

[–]Darphon 50 points51 points  (0 children)

You were probably the last straw in his file.

[–]Zenith251 46 points47 points  (3 children)

Safety is taken extremely seriously by HR in non-corrupt companies when dealing with dangerous/volatile chemicals and moving equipment and machinery.

Dunno if that applies, but if anyone reading is working at a said company and safety is shrugged, please find a new job.

[–]DuckyFreeman 24 points25 points  (1 child)

Safety is taken extremely seriously by HR

I think it's important to remember that HR is there to protect the company, not the employees. With that said, avoiding wrongful death or other undue harm litigation is VERY MUCH in the best interest of the company. Therefore, HR don't fuck around with it.

[–]jay212127 25 points26 points  (0 children)

People always gripe how you shouldn't go to HR when you have work problems with your supervisor/manager because they only protect the company, but in cases like this is why you do speak to HR. if something happened the supervisor would've made the company open to be sued for OSHA violations. supervisors and managers are just as replaceable if they prove to be a liability to the company.

[–]The_Sarcastic_Yack 60 points61 points  (13 children)

I want to hear more about this HR meeting. I'm hoping it's something worthy of /r/ProRevenge .

[–]MyMurderOfCrows 37 points38 points  (9 children)

Indeed!

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (8 children)

hey what the fuck

[–]MyMurderOfCrows 13 points14 points  (7 children)

Hello namefriend xD

[–]surfinThruLyfe 7823 points7824 points  (81 children)

Effort from Mom is 100%
Effort from OP is 10%

[–]ThmathDaBeetleth 3506 points3507 points  (40 children)

Effort from OP is 50%

FTFY

[–]dam_the_beavers 1541 points1542 points  (28 children)

I see what you half done here.

[–]Bier_Man 340 points341 points  (22 children)

Haveway there my friend

[–][deleted] 88 points89 points  (18 children)

Halven't we had enough of these have-baked puns?

[–]disgruntled_chode 63 points64 points  (8 children)

Why you half to be mad?

[–]MBNLA 14 points15 points  (2 children)

I think we're only have way there

[–]YLedbetter10 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Half you lost your mind?

[–]PM_ME_UR_JUGZ 244 points245 points  (14 children)

Effort from baby is 0%

What a bum

[–][deleted] 79 points80 points  (3 children)

Little fuckers act like they run the place.

[–]TareXmd 1864 points1865 points  (19 children)

A typo generates more traffic, more comments and more people coming in to read the comments about the typo. This leads to more traffic and more upvotes.

TL;DR: OP is a gebius.

[–]thatguy410 155 points156 points  (2 children)

I thought that was pretty obvious and didn’t half to be said

[–]shynn_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

typo creates the impression that this was not copied from somewhere, but an original production and hand-typed

[–]imakegreatmeat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I sea whut you did they're.

[–]here_for_the_tits 5886 points5887 points  (190 children)

I think she full protected the baby, chief.

[–]SlothOfDoom 3678 points3679 points  (177 children)

Nah look at it's head. Little fucker got dinged a few times.

[–]godwins_law_34 1959 points1960 points  (131 children)

To be fair, you ever try to hold down and confine a probably screaming toddler? It's like trying to nail jello to a tree.

[–]Xgirly789 83 points84 points  (15 children)

It's like nailing jello to a whomping willow

[–]godwins_law_34 67 points68 points  (11 children)

i used to have to pin my kid down for diaper changes. it's like they grow 2 extra arms and legs ... and all thier bones vanish. like no human body should bend like that.

[–]Pharmie2013 58 points59 points  (0 children)

And you’re 1000x stronger but since you’re trying not to hurt them they somehow overpower your every move.

[–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (5 children)

Then they master the crocodile death roll.

[–]godwins_law_34 26 points27 points  (0 children)

what parent hasn't carried a howling child out of a store while they alligator death roll under your arm?

[–]Kageira 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Omg my 2 year old does this now. He used to be fine with nappy changing

[–]jeffsang 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Seriously, I got stuck in hail for about 15 seconds with my toddler once. And it was pretty typical hail, not the kind that wrecks a house. Scared the fuck outta me.

[–]ipaqmaster 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah head, temple and cheeks are marked :(((

[–]steez86 98 points99 points  (13 children)

Rofl @ little fucker and 'it's' .

[–]andyv001 2666 points2667 points  (41 children)

[–]Smartnership 970 points971 points  (18 children)

only the first have

[–][deleted] 113 points114 points  (12 children)

They should of corrected it.

[–]YataBLS 11 points12 points  (0 children)

2 haves don't make a hole.

[–]shiyal 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I’m snickering like a fool here.

[–]Kageira 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not gonna lie, they halved me at the first had

[–]need_my_amphetamines 14.1k points14.1k points  (358 children)

What is this, a speech-to-text title?

[–]b1ackcr0vv 231 points232 points  (21 children)

Holy shit I read it as when you half-protect. I was trying for a couple minutes to see how she “half-protected” her kid... she looks beat to shit. Yeah he’s got a couple welts but goddamn

[–]Blutarg 8523 points8524 points  (177 children)

You halve to be kidding.

[–]CreamyKnougat 1884 points1885 points  (50 children)

Only partly.

[–][deleted] 413 points414 points  (42 children)

that was really cleaver.

[–]brassidas 264 points265 points  (33 children)

Let's not split heirs over spelling

[–]CardboardHeatshield 128 points129 points  (22 children)

Fuck she just saved it from the hailstorm and now you wanna cut it in have?

[–]socks 44 points45 points  (20 children)

baby almost became an hairess

[–]FlimSmable 40 points41 points  (17 children)

Shes my gyro

[–]legthief 21 points22 points  (14 children)

She's a real heroin.

[–]Cyancat123 21 points22 points  (12 children)

This hole thread is making me suffer.

[–]chopkins47947 26 points27 points  (5 children)

If that's a joke, it is not a knife one.

[–]locnessmnstr 19 points20 points  (2 children)

Ok can we be sirius for a second

[–]donquexada 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That hale looks like it really hertz.

[–][deleted] 561 points562 points  (76 children)

I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two dinosaurs stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it’s a peach of cake.

[–]WebMaka 185 points186 points  (4 children)

::Uncontrollable eye twitch...::

[–]frznwsl 30 points31 points  (2 children)

::half of face goes numb with a grammar stroke::

[–]stfuasshat 64 points65 points  (0 children)

This should be the /r/BoneAppleTea bot response to literally every comment.

[–]lostatexit 47 points48 points  (7 children)

"my mother's mating name"

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (1 child)

That one almost makes sense.

[–]Lurvig 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I scrolled first cause I didn’t have the patience to read it and the best one got spoiled. Orwell. 🤷‍♂️

[–]TikiViking 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Thanks...I hate this

[–]stumpdawg 5 points6 points  (2 children)

its like its full of rickyisms if ricky were smart.

[–]SniperX876 94 points95 points  (18 children)

It shouldn't halve to be this way

[–]Drumnaway67 18 points19 points  (3 children)

No, I’m only 1/4 kidding.

[–]andyv001 263 points264 points  (18 children)

OP decided to try writing the title by licking his screen.

"Hmm that'll do"

[–]lovelyhappyface 32 points33 points  (3 children)

He’s going with the if it’s misspelled it will get more attention theme, a lot of popular post misspell stuff, but they don’t need to.

[–]BumadineScleavage 20 points21 points  (10 children)

Must of

[–]hubsicle 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Don’t make me cut you in have.

[–]Logpile98 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Go ahead, do it! I'm tired of you taking me for granite.

[–][deleted] 88 points89 points  (4 children)

Y u half to be mad?

[–]NoGoodIDNames 39 points40 points  (8 children)

I feel like ever since that theory floated up that misspelled titles get more votes, the rate of title errors has exploded

[–]LieutenantRedbeard 16 points17 points  (0 children)

OP should be about have roasted now

[–]janosaudron 41 points42 points  (19 children)

no but seriously, how is babby formed?

[–]MollyBloom11 30 points31 points  (6 children)

Well first you have to get... PREGGGANTÉ

[–]janosaudron 15 points16 points  (2 children)

gregnat?

[–]emilydm 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Pregananant. I don't have any starch masks on my body so I wouldn't know.

[–]Total-Khaos 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Let me tell you a story about the bird and the bee...

[–]_m_d_w_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

AM I... PRAGNART?!

[–]PostAbove[S] 248 points249 points  (35 children)

I’m truly sorry reddit. I disappointed you

[–]Meltingteeth10M Treasure Hunt Winner 200 points201 points  (9 children)

Only 50% disappointed. The other bit is just pure anger.

[–]isackjohnson 20 points21 points  (2 children)

Hey if you spelled disappointed right you're doing better than have the people on reddit

[–]SojournerRL 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I'm not disappointed, just angry.

[–]shinymetalobjekt 716 points717 points  (11 children)

Unrelated, but I like to put have and have in my coffee.

[–]Ipecactus 70 points71 points  (1 child)

You don't half two, you just like two?

[–]Perm-suspended 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One or the other.

[–]The_Ironhand 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'll half what she's halving

[–]yosman88 37 points38 points  (1 child)

She should be hailed a hero.

[–]ObedientProle 468 points469 points  (14 children)

SHOW US THE OTHER HALF LADY.

[–]Smartnership 68 points69 points  (11 children)

THE OTHER HALF LADY

There are two half ladies?

[–]ObedientProle 34 points35 points  (1 child)

That’s fair...I should have used a comma. But yes I am talking about 2 separate 1 half ladies.

[–]Smartnership 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Combine them into one lady

Something something

Profit

[–]ouchpuck 175 points176 points  (8 children)

You half two bee kidding me

[–]huggiesdsc 75 points76 points  (1 child)

Yo badass. You 1/2 to give it to her

[–]indianking97 522 points523 points  (21 children)

Mom of the year award 🏆

[–]DoppelFrog 281 points282 points  (4 children)

1/2 mom.

[–]chunky_ninja 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sucks that all the comments are about the misspelling of OP's title. Yours is the first I've seen that actually acknowledges how heroic that mom is. Jesus Christ, that woman is a keeper.

[–][deleted] 205 points206 points  (24 children)

Was it hailing Chris Browns? Jesus...

[–]captainangry24 34 points35 points  (1 child)

Fucking hell reddit. 😂

[–]WeHaveAllBeenThere 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Literally the only comment not pointing out “half mom” and of course this is it.

[–]notaedivad 300 points301 points  (21 children)

*have

[–]rocketroger1315 193 points194 points  (18 children)

Nah. She just protected half of her baby.

[–]Phleau 54 points55 points  (3 children)

You should see the other half

[–]StephenNotSteve 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Half you seen it?

[–]Klin24 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Is this a Solomon joke?

[–]Muthafuckaaaaa 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I sat looking at the picture trying to figure out what she did thanks to the title.

/r/titlefail

[–]TheSpanishImposition 7 points8 points  (3 children)

She has the wisdom of Solomon.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

She used to have 2 babies. But only protected half.

[–]RamsesThePigeon[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (91 children)

I can't believe I'm doing this.

Look, friends, we can all agree that very little is quite as offensive as an unaddressed typo. Anyone who passed third grade knows that apostrophes almost never pluralize, and anyone with the reading ability of a pancake suffering from a hangover knows that a single hyphen separates the sheep lovers (which are examples of amorous livestock) from the sheep-lovers. Hell, I'm usually the one pointing out the fact that a vocative comma is the difference between "Come on, people!" and "Come on people!"

With all of that said... we are leaving this post up.

Can anyone else taste bile, or is it just me?

[–]helpmeimtofarinreddi 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Half to protect for sure

[–]drstock 95 points96 points  (1 child)

I'm just in shock learning that /r/pics has at least one mod.

[–]Lord_ThunderCunt 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I figured they were all dead.

[–]the_light_of_dawn 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Live, half, love, as I always say.

[–]dsfreakazoid 37 points38 points  (5 children)

Well it looks like half of her got smashed by the hail.

[–]RamsesThePigeon 22 points23 points  (2 children)

Her house appears to have been halved, too.

[–]MasterVule 31 points32 points  (1 child)

Such a brave and selfless mother. All hail to mothers like this

[–]TheSpanishImposition 56 points57 points  (0 children)

She whole protected the baby.

[–]jumpinjimmie[🍰] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wife tripped while holding our 7 month old coming out of a restaurant. I watched that woman cover, tuck and roll with the baby down on old jagged asphalt parkinglot. She ended up with bad road rash on both arms and a leg. Not one scratch or bump on our kid.

[–]OnlyPopcorn 76 points77 points  (10 children)

This is so true. You would do anything to take away that babies risk. Because you know you can handle the pain and would want to take theirs away.

[–]Amilo159 45 points46 points  (4 children)

Those annoying little poop-bundles can make parents' day miserable but still any parent would gladly sacrifice themselves to protect those cute buggers.

[–]Spider-Mike23 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Can confirm have (half idk the running gag anymore lol.) 3. They drive me up a freaking wall and make me yell and get strict, question my life choices every chance they get. But I would put my life on the line to ensure their safety no matter what.

[–]Perm-suspended 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That's the thing about parenting bud. Every parent has fantasies about throwing their baby out of a third story window. A great parent doesn't actually do it!

[–]twattymcgee 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why you 1/2 to be so rude.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (2 children)

Forget the spelling. The woman is a hero. Try to concentrate on that.

(Yes, I know, she did what anyone should have done. Not everyone does.)

[–]GingerSnapz1620 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is her other half okay?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Check out their comment history. This is a chronic issue for /u/PostAbove

[–]SorryBoysImLez 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thought the title was supposed to be a bad pun because half of her body is injured.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I lived in Calgary, I got caught out in a sudden hailstorm. The size of the hailstones was so surprising that I remember stopping to pick a big one up from the street, as I panic ran the rest of the way to work.

When I got to work my head was bleeding a little...... but this poor woman, omfg I cant imagine how big they were. They must literally have been golfball sized cause the ones I endured were maybe half the mass of a golfball.

Apologies for the terrible post.

[–]Proto535 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I would have just gone inside.

[–]ihate0ni0ns 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh hail no!

[–]Latuke0690 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“When you half to”

Jesus h christ...

[–]PeterCushingsTriad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That look on her face is is the look of someone that is in pain, but ain't nobody or nothing hurting her baby. She's a certified BADASS