Eric Spring lives in New York City. He has poor vision and cooks a good egg. Most of his money is spent on live music and produce. He usually wears plain, solid color sweatshirts without hoods because he assumes loud patterns make people expect something big. Typically, he'll bypass a handshake and go straight for the hug.
During his latest weekly message to parishioners, a Catholic priest in Indiana called anti-racism protesters “maggots and parasites,” according to the Indianapolis Star. Father Theodore Rothrock of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Carmel, Indiana compared the group to animals during a longer written denunciation of the ongoing protests across the United States. The anti-racism […] More
Over the weekend, a St. Louis couple drew national attention after they were captured on video pointing guns at anti-racist protesters marching past their house in the Missouri city’s affluent Central West End neighborhood. Mark McCloskey, who was armed with an assault rifle in the now-viral video, recently sat down with NBC News affiliate KSDK […] More
A mother of two recently took her kids to explore the great outdoors at a nearby park. It was a long, disastrous outing. We’re talking extreme physical exertion, the fear of death, full blown nudity, and the watchful, judging eyes only middle schoolers possess. The mom, known on Reddit as buckshill08, recounted the entire ordeal […] More
The anti-racism protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd have pushed several communities in the U.S. to remove longstanding Confederate symbols that have held a central – and triggering – place in public life for years. Several statues of Confederate leaders have already been torn down. The Senate has debated renaming military bases which […] More
The pandemic ground the United States economy to a halt. As of June 18, over 45 million people have filed for unemployment since the virus hit U.S. soil and began to spread rapidly in mid March. And Van Halen guitarist Sammy Hagar is livid about it. He’s so upset, in fact, that during a recent […] More
A recent Black Lives Matter protest in Branson, Missouri was met with a 50-person crowd of Confederate flag waving counter-demonstrators. One participant captured video of a heated moment. The clip showed a woman sitting in the back of pickup truck. She wore a camouflage “Make America Great Again” hat and waved a Confederate flag as […] More
When one teacher discovered a student’s non-cisgender identity, offering support and creating a safe space seemed a simple, non-negotiable task. And at first, it was. But as time wore on the teacher struggled to be so unconditional. In fact, the teacher’s patience grew thin. The teacher, a Redditor who goes by the name TouchMyRustySpoon, apparently […] More
Two years after the incident itself, one man turned to Reddit to process a wild experience in a Japanese bath house. A backpacker traveling through the country at the time, the language barrier and some spot-on paranoia all combined to create a deeply uncomfortable sauna outing. kawaicafe, as he’s known on Reddit, relived the whole […] More
When he glimpsed the seating chart for his sister’s upcoming wedding, one man saw a grim future on the horizon. In fact, he saw himself assigned to dine just a few feet away from an old friend-turned-bully that abused him years ago. Feeling on the outs from everyone, Redditor neonapples2000 turned to the internet for […] More
When his teenage niece came out to her about her sexuality, one man found himself carrying information not every family member had access to. Even if the weight of the secret stopped there, it would be a lot to carry. But when he realized his niece’s homosexuality could alienate a very wealthy—and intolerant—relative, the stakes […] More
Prolonged amounts of time at home during the pandemic have exposed some stress points in relationships. It’s hardly a surprise. Whole families, often with adult-age children, suddenly found themselves under the same roof for most of every day. That went on for multiple months and continues even now. For one 20-year-old Redditor, the tension with […] More
A woman’s recent couple of Reddit posts documented the entire arc of her husband’s closest friendship. What began as an exciting bromance suddenly became a tragic loss that stressed a marriage. And still later, through the grieving process, a homoerotic reckoning took place. AITAlostwife, as she named herself on the site, first posted on the “Am […] More
