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We’ve featured no end of posts about idiotic and frankly hilarious mansplainers on these pages over the years and this is one of the all-time great instances of this sort of thing. It’s from back in the day and was shared again by @ask_aubry who said: ‘Of course’ and it’s a proper classic of the […]

The cultural differences between the UK and basically the rest of the world is a never ending source of fascinating (and, let’s face it, content) on these pages and this is one of the best. It was a question posed by TIGHazard for the good people of ‘AskReddit’. ‘Non-British people of Reddit, what about Britain […]

With Father’s Day just round the corner (15 June, since you ask) what better time than to enjoy one of our all-time favourite funny dad moments. It’s a one-star review from this particular parents who, it’s fair to say, didn’t get to the end – or possibly, even the start – of the instruction manual. […]

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If you’ve struggled financially at any point in your life, you’ll be well aware that buying things can come with a myriad of difficult feelings like stress, worry and anxiety. But, if you’ve managed to escape from money trouble, the act of going to the shops or cracking out the debit card online can feel […]

Working environments can be stressful places, where the slightest error could see you polishing your LinkedIn profile if you’re not careful. Then again, that isn’t always the case. There are always strange instances where even the most catastrophic of screw ups are somehow brushed off. To give you a taste of the weird ways of […]

A parody based on the ‘That’s not my’ series of books to celebrate Father’s Day… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. READ MORE How women wore (and applied) make up in the ’90s – A comprehensive guide The post That’s not my dad… A parody based on the ‘That’s not my’ series of books […]

In the immediate aftermath of the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade and taking away hard-won abortion rights back in 2022, a funny tribute account to Lake Superior posted something a bit more serious than usual. This lake vehemently stands with women having the right to choose. — Lake Superior (@LakeSuperior) June 24, 2022 […]

To the Times now, where one particular writer has been complaining that they don’t earn enough to save any money despite being on a six-figure salary (£120k, since you ask). Not only that, their husband earns £95k and yet they still don’t rake in enough to put some aside each monty (total monthly income: £215k). […]

The r/SharksAreSmooth subreddit is the go-to forum for people who have examples of social media posts that were clearly created with the sole purpose of fishing for pedants. The unusual name came about from one of the greatest pedant-fishing expeditions of all time. Branson Reese posted this wonderful cartoon. And he reeled in all those […]