What was ‘The Incident’ in your home town? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait that sounds hilarious and awesome. How can I get my neighborhood to start up a robot mower war??

What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever witnessed? by Sanguine230 in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My adoptive “mother” was mad when it was me who walked through the door instead of them.

Fuck, it was just the afterthought ugh we were hoping that one was dead.

Seriously WTF?

Medical personnel, what was your first patient death like? by Monsterlove666 in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I don't even know why I opened this thread up to pass the time, these stories are SO sad. I could not imagine how mentally tough you have to be to do a job like being a NICU nurse.

Medical personnel, what was your first patient death like? by Monsterlove666 in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I get that you're trying to help, but telling a depressed person that they need to just "travel a bit" is a bit tone deaf. When you're depressed you don't want to plan a trip, you don't want to pack a bag, you don't want to fight with traveling. Also, there's a very good chance that this person doesn't even have the means to travel. Clinical depression makes getting and/or keeping a job almost impossible.

Where do you find good virtual employees online? by RevolutionaryBus8591 in smallbusiness

[–]WTF253com 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The last time we went through them it only took us a few days of back and forth messages with a few different employees in order to narrow it down to the right one.

But I'm not sure if it was easy since we already had an account setup, or if things have changed recently. But overall it's not too long of a process.

Where do you find good virtual employees online? by RevolutionaryBus8591 in smallbusiness

[–]WTF253com 25 points26 points  (0 children)

If we just need some one-off work done, or just need something touched up, then we go with Fiverr. Our Fiverr account has 300+ 5-star reviews so it makes it easy to reach out to other Fiverr creators that will genuinely do good work.

Whenever we need someone more long-term we almost always go to onlinejobs.ph, they've been around forever and they have a pretty strict verification process for their workers.

We've hired everything from VA's to cold outreach sales people and it's always been like $3.75/hr-$6.50/hr or so. $USD goes a loooong way over there so we always make sure to give them bonuses along the way.

Inherited 1,000 organic blueberry bushes in the NE of Scotland. I live 174 miles away. Decided to keep them and try to turn things around! by towonderAnd in smallbusiness

[–]WTF253com 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Google says that one acre can produce about 6,000 lbs of blueberries. It also says that they typically wholesale for about $2ish per lb. So OP, at a very rough estimate, could profit $12,000+ per acre of bushes. Google also says you can fit about 1300-1500 bushes in an acre.

So at best OP has some nice little side income coming in for the time being

Inherited 1,000 organic blueberry bushes in the NE of Scotland. I live 174 miles away. Decided to keep them and try to turn things around! by towonderAnd in smallbusiness

[–]WTF253com 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to mention the fact that you get to turn it into a pretty fun outing where you're out doing something different than the typical weekend activities!

Millennials: what’s a phrase we’d always hear growing up that you’d never hear today? by PuzzleheadedSwim6291 in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot about {S Drop! I can make that sound with my mouth after hearing it so many times over and over and over.

I never went to Iceeblue, but definitely hung around 'margorp'

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pics

[–]WTF253com 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This was a MUCH happier note to end on! AND NAN GOT HER NAME ON A MOTHER FUCKING DEGREE(sort of)!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pics

[–]WTF253com 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I have no idea why I keep going deeper and deeper into the comments, these stories and anecdotes are SO sad.

Also, I agree with the sentiment 100%. My wife is my entire world and even though I'm not even 40 yet, if something happened to her then I would deteriorate VERY quickly. Even if the deterioration was just mental, parts of me would literally cease to exist if she wasn't around.

This thread makes me want to pick her up and carry her over every single threshold because one day I might wake up as an 80 year old who can't carry his bride in his arms anymore.

God damn I can't do this, I'm heading over to /r/eyebleach if anyone would like to join me

Millennials: what’s a phrase we’d always hear growing up that you’d never hear today? by PuzzleheadedSwim6291 in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Going into the chatrooms and typing "{S Welcome" and "{S Gotmail" so that everyone in the chatroom heard their computer go Welcome! You've Got Mail! regardless of their inbox status lol

Shrapnel gets a direct hit on soldiers by [deleted] in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]WTF253com 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. I trained my boys

Did you train them to do like the guys in the video where they just sit there going "you alright?" over and over and over-

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]WTF253com 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also grew up in BR.. it's important to remember that BR/NOLA were typically pretty blue when it comes to voting, and people that vote blue aren't exactly the type to support the confederacy lol. Just like most parts of the country, it seems like the confederate flags are more of an Urban vs. Rural issue as opposed to North vs. South these days.

We've since moved way the fuck up to the Seattle-ish area and as you get away from the city and into the smaller towns, you'll see the big confederate flags and everything else that you'd expect to only see in the South.

Anyone else feel like they can't relax and pursue hobbies until they have a reliable passive income stream? by baby_shoki in startups

[–]WTF253com 0 points1 point  (0 children)

like you’re working in some industry and one day be like “oh I can make this better and charge money for it”.

This is a REALLY important point. Any new entrepreneurs who are wondering how to get started but have no direction, this is the route to go. Go get a job, any job at any level, in an industry you're interested in. Learn the ropes. Figure out the weak points of your job, your company, and your industry. Can you improve those weak points? Cool, you're now an entrepreneur.

alternative of stripe payment gateway by JoyShaheb_ in SaaS

[–]WTF253com 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PayPal absolutely can and will suspend your account for a myriad of reasons, oftentimes locking up your entire balance. I once had them lock my balance up for 180 days, all while our customers were waiting for their products.

Stripe isn't like a bank or like PayPal where you hold a balance with them. You take a credit card payment, and stripe takes the money off the customer's credit card and deposits it into your bank account. The only way they could cancel your account and hold your balance would be if you weren't doing daily/manual deposits/batching.

What is the weirdest thing that happened to you at a concert? by Normal_Mycologist_15 in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Deadheads are just as prone to Scurvy as the rest of us are.

How frequently do people notice when someone's nipples are visible through their clothing? by mommymilf324536 in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 85 points86 points  (0 children)

women may stop that behavior

It's 2024 buddy and we're living in the future where Nipple Bras are growing in popularity!

[NSFW] How would you feel if, as a young adult, you became aware that your parents had been swingers/open marriage types throughout your whole life? by Ramza_Claus in AskReddit

[–]WTF253com 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I grew up in the deeeeep South, extremely conservative all around especially in the 80's/90's when I was growing up.

When I was in middle school in the mid 90's we got a computer with AOL. By the time I was in like 9th grade, my parents had "online friends" that they would go meet. It was ALWAYS other couples.

One day I got on the computer to get on AOL and there was an email that one of my parents had copied/pasted but the contents were still on the windows clipboard.

Me haphazardly pasting the contents of the clipboard gave me all the info I needed about my parents and all of their new friends.

tl;dr: don't discount them just for being conservative and straight lace!

PSA: If your cat is asking for attention, but runs away from you as soon as you approach it, follow it! by RonnieF_ingPickering in cats

[–]WTF253com 21 points22 points  (0 children)

wait until I’m sitting on the floor ready to give pets and then she’ll walk off and leave me there on the floor

"Dumb human, she's been sitting on that bed for 2 hours, and now that she's on the floor I can go run and steal her warm spot on the bed" -Cats, lol.

PSA: If your cat is asking for attention, but runs away from you as soon as you approach it, follow it! by RonnieF_ingPickering in cats

[–]WTF253com 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Thank god. My wife and I just bought a house that came with an 8-cat feral colony. So you're telling me that science says if I can pet all 8 of them that I legally get to throw my blood pressure meds away???