Why did the Nazis hate Jewish people to the point of committing genocide?

The Jewish Holocaust didn’t exactly happen because of “hate.” That would imply that the Nazis acted out of some emotional frenzy. It is more accurate to say that the Nazis came to exterminate the Jews because they accepted an outlandish philosophy that the Jews were a “disease” that made Germany “sick” and therefore there was a rational, scientific obligation to wipe them out just as a society would want to wipe out a harmful bacterium.

The genocide of the Jews was the end result of a gradual process that began with a desire to make Germany a place for only those of German bloodline, and ended with extermination because of a mindset that in order for Germany to live, the Jews must die. It’s a long story but it can be summarized in this way:

The Germans had a long history of feeling that the Jews were “different” from them (partly because of the writings of Martin Luther; partly because Jews had traditionally been confined to ghettos and therefore were in fact “different” because of their lack of interaction with Germans). Along with this was the concept that the Jews caused “bad luck” (“The Jews are our misfortune” was a Nazi slogan). Hitler, with his obsession with German “racial purity” (which didn’t actually exist because there is no “pure” German race), believed that the presence of Jews diluted and weakened “German blood” (especially in the case of Jewish-German marriages). Hitler also blamed the Jews for Germany’s loss of World War I: he believed (wrongly) that German Jews did not support Germany’s war effort.

Jews were also “over-represented” in Germany’s cultural and professional life: the percentage of Jewish doctors, lawyers, musicians and actors was much higher than their percentage in the population, because Jews tend to excel in these fields. But under the Nazis, this over-representation was seen as threatening.

Once Hitler took power, he strove to “separate” Jews from Germany’s business and social life: this led to outlawing Jews from holding civil service jobs and jobs in journalism, teaching and the arts. Boycotts of Jewish-owned businesses were encouraged by the Nazis. Big corporations were pressured to expel Jews from management positions; the Nazis forced some Jewish-owned businesses, like newspapers, to sell out to the Nazis for pennies on the dollar.

“German unity” was an obsessive theme in the early period of Nazi rule. The loss of WWI was a traumatic event for Germans, and the French occupation, the loss of German colonies, and the severe economic depression that followed was equally traumatic.

The Nazis emphasized to the German people that in order for them to “unify,” one of the things they needed to do was to get rid of the unwanted elements of German society: Communists, anti-social types (vagrants, drunks, the mentally ill), and especially Jews. Why “especially” the Jews? Because the Germans believed that the Jews had an almost supernatural power to undermine society. While this sounds crazy, the average German believed it.

As the Jews became socially isolated, the Nazis sought to deport them so that Germany would be “just us,” a term the Nazis used a lot. But deporting Germany’s 300,000 Jews was not easy; very few countries were willing to take any Jews, and those that did, like the USA, would not accept many.

While most Germans agreed generally that the Jews were a “problem,” every German knew at least one Jew who was an “exception,” and the Nazis were inundated with requests from “loyal” Nazis to leave their favorite Jew alone. Josef Goebbels complained about this in his diary, which was found after the war.

There were also certain Jews who had some limited degree of protection, particularly those who were married to Germans, and decorated veterans from the first World War. However, even the veterans were eventually shipped to concentration camps (during WWII), and Jews in “privileged marriages” lost their protection if their German spouse died or divorced them.

The Nazi government was not sure how much persecution of the Jews the German public would accept, so the Nazis took gradual steps. In each case, the German people surprised the Nazis by how willing they were to turn on their former friends and neighbors who were Jewish. And this willingness encouraged the Nazis to take further steps.

09 November 1938 was a turning point. On 07 November 1938, a Jewish teenager living in Paris shot a German diplomat as revenge against the German government for deporting his parents from Hanover, Germany into Poland. The diplomat died two days later. Josef Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, seized on the opportunity to whip up the German people into a violent collective punishment against German Jews. A long night of murder, arson, and the destruction of Jewish businesses, homes and synagogues ensued, and became known as “Kristallnacht” (“night of broken glass”). The Nazis forbade policemen to protect Jews and their property.

Although many Germans were offended by this night of wild vandalism and arson, they curiously felt that the Jews had brought it on themselves; that they deserved it. And when Hitler and his top cronies saw that neither the German people nor the Western nations would do anything about it, this emboldened them to step up their persecution of the Jews.

But it was not until after the Germans started WWII in September 1939 that Hitler saw new options in regard to the Jews. After Poland was quickly defeated, that country was used as a “dumping ground” for most of Germany’s remaining Jews (those who had not left voluntarily or been previously deported). “Dumping” the Jews into Poland also meant isolating them into ghettos where not enough food would be permitted to keep all the Jews alive. Still, throughout 1940, murders of Jews by Nazis were not part of a grand scheme.

It was only when Germany invaded Russia in June 1941 that the concept of mass extermination of the Jews developed into government policy. The war, with its mass killing of Russians and “partisans” (civilians fighting against the Nazis), provided extra “cover” for mass killings of Jews. The Nazis “sold” the idea of killing Jewish civilians to the Army on the grounds that Jews were a “security risk.”

Extermination of entire villages full of Jews began with the adult men. The Nazis were concerned about how their own soldiers would react. It took some adjusting on their part. But once they ‘got used to it,’ Jewish women and children were included as well. The Nazis went from one Polish, Ukrainian and Russian village to the next, rounded up the Jews, and shot them.

Killing millions of people is much more difficult than the Nazis initially believed. Many German soldiers suffered physical and mental problems caused by killing unarmed civilians, especially children. So ways were sought to reduce the exposure of German soldiers to the Jews they were killing.

“Gas vans” were invented that fed the exhaust into the back of the van. Jews were loaded into the vans and were driven around until they died from suffocation. But the vans held only about 30 people at a time — not an efficient way to kill millions.

Eventually the idea came up to build large, stationary gas chambers, and bring the Jews to them. A chemical disinfectant marketed as Zyklon B — crystallized prussic acid — also known as cyanide — was put into use at Auschwitz. Other killing centers such as Treblinka used the exhaust from diesel engines.

The general German public knew that the Jews had been taken from their midst, but they didn’t know exactly what happened to them. Rumors, however, were all over the place. German soldiers wrote letters home, and some even sent photos, about the massacres of the Jews. Most Germans, however, preferred not to think about it. They themselves were suffering from Allied bombings of their homes and places of work.

Contrary to popular belief, many Germans had mixed feelings about the deportation and killing of the Jews. Many felt that the destruction of German cities by Allied bombs was the revenge of the Jews; others felt that had the Jews not been deported, the Allies would not have bombed German cities for fear of killing the Jews; still others felt that the Jews should have been kept as “hostages” to protect German cities from being bombed.

On the other hand, German police battalions and killing squads (the “Einsatzgruppen”) assigned to murder Jewish villagers actually believed that every Jew, down to the infants, was part of a “world wide Jewish conspiracy” against Germany and that the babies were as dangerous (and guilty) as adults. This was the result of Nazi propaganda.

So this is how the Holocaust happened: gradually, in phases, beginning with the sense that Germany would be a happier, healthier place if it belonged exclusively to Germans, and if the Jews, who caused bad luck, were someplace else.

What is happening culturally in China that can account for their poor reputation as tourists or immigrants elsewhere in the world?

I am from Hong Kong and this is most Hong Konger’s explaination of why China’s tourist has poor reputation. I will try to give my list of somewhat history and concise summary of what happened to China since 1920s and how it made China’s tourist receive such terrible reputation.

1) During the Chinese Culutral Revolution that began in 1966 Chairman Mao called for a mass revolution of not only culture and tradition, but also morals and principles. Intellectuals were put in “reforming” prisions. Books were burned, especially Lao Zi and Confucius. Children were encouraged and sometimes forced to report their own parents who disagreed with the government, who were intellectuals, who were hiding wealth from the government. Mao also standardized all salary, resulting in nation-wide unwillingness to work and compete because there is no reason and motivation to compete anymore. IMO Every single thing that Mao did destroyed China’s thousand’s of years of tradition, culture, history, and values.

2) Since the Glorious Revolution, China suffered immense proverty due to rationing, lack of innovation, and lack of a competitive market. Mao encouraged people to grow farms and food and then in return take away the food and ration it. During the Revolution there were numerous droughts and famine and an estimated 30 million or more died. People were eating bark from trees, grass, dirt, sawdust just to fill their stomach.

3) When you grow up in such a impoverished environment you become very selfish and disregard other people’s values and perspective of you. But the problem is, it wasn’t just one generation of children growing up during the Revolution and Famine, it was 2, 3 generations living under it. This caused all principles to be abandoned. Parents teach their children how to survive, when you have to survive you don’t care about anyone.

4) After Mao’s Death and the advent of Deng Xiao Ping, things changed. Deng opened up China’s market, allowed some more freedom, allowed political and reforming prisoners to leave, encouraged intellectuals to study. Many historians and Hong Kongers regard Chairman Deng as the most important changing force that led to China raise to superpower during the 21st century as he led China’s economic reform. During Deng’s era, China saw an large growth in economics and production.

5) After Deng, China’s economics sped forward like a stallion. Though still communism, each Chairman continued to reform China’s infrastruction, economic ties, and technological advancement. Most would say that this is currently China’s Economic Golden Age. People became wealthy really quickly. There were many investments into textiles, metal, technology. But a such rapid economic and industrial growth had a down-side: the government and regulations simply couldn’t keep up, hence, all the polluted rivers and air, and pesticide, herbicide, toxic heavy metal poisoning. These things are all side effects of rapid growth. In addition, without ethics and principles, many factories begin to cheat people out of money buy creating fake baby powder, fake eggs. Many food in China are fake and is toxic buy can be produced at a cheap price. That is also a side-effect of growth, Corruption.

6) With all these economic growth. The Poor became rich really quickly. Not just rich, but WEALTHY. What happens when you have a massive about of poor people with nothing, no culture, little morals and ethics, and suddenly had an unlimited about of money? They splurged and hoarded daily necessities because they still have their mentality of survival, however, they didn’t realize the whole environment has changed. They did everything on impulse to survive or simply because they never had such luxury. So they binge drink, binge eat, buying out all the expensive liquor. Honestly, it human instinct. if you never had anything, and suddenly you can have anything, Yea, most people would just go and try and buy all sorts of luxurious items.

7) This leads to my explaination why so many people do not like Chinese tourist. Because of Mainland Chinese’s sudden bloom of economic wealth, they begin to travel to places like Francis, Hong Kong and enjoy the luxuries. But a main problem is they were never taught the proper etiquette of being wealthy. Unlike Poor areas of China, other countries that were well developed have civil codes, culture, etiqutte, which Mao has erased from most Chinese. So when mainland Chinese travel to act like total foreigners, and just try and buy expensive things, not understand its underlying history, culture, and meaning.

8) The mass influx of Chinese new blue bloods, also caused massive fluctuations in local markets. Mainland Chinese start hoarding and buying out luxuries such as vintage wines, dried albalone, shark fin, etc. Sometimes they even buyout baby powder and food because China’s food is heavily polluted. This caused massive changes in local economies world-wide, suddenly there is a HUGE demand with no supply. What should originally be $80 HKD, became $180 HKD. What should be a luxury, dried albalone/ shark fin that middle-class can enjoy once or twice a year for $5,000/$10,000HKD (respectively) became $10,000/$28,000 HKD (respectively). You see what is happening – the residual effects of Mao’s revolution can be seen today because people were not educated about ethics, principles, respect for other, etc. This is reflected on mainland CHinese’s behaviors and reflected upon China’s reputation across the world.

9) This are some of the most inherent societal problems that resulted in China’s infamous tourism reputation. But it can all be changed with time and education.

10) Keep in mind, I only stated some factors that contributed to China’s poor reputation and some of these factors are from my opinions and speculations through reading and observation. There are many other factors. It may seem I am critical on mainland Chinese because I am, at times, ashamed to call myself Chinese as I would have to associated myself with such reputation. Which is another reason why most people from Hong Kong calls themselves “Hong Kongers” and not “Chinese”.

TlDR – Mao’s Revolution transformed China and brought about the erasing and abandoning of almost all Chinese cutlural, morals, ethics, and values. Famine and poverty caused people to further abandon these civil codes and created a generation of surviver. Deng Xiao Peng came and brought about economic reform – CHina’s economy and industry grew very rapidly; poor people became very rich. The poor who have been deprived of luxury suddenly had a taste, human instinct took over leading to relentless binging affect local economies and creating resentment. In addition to lack of education and lost of cultural heritage and values, Chinese acquired their infamous reputation as terrible tourist.

Who were the Khmer Rouge and what did they do?

The Khmer Rouge was a communist revolutionary government in Cambodia in the mid/late 70’s. It was founded by a group of largely western-educated Cambodians who entirely rejected concepts of the free market and individual liberties. Instead, they attempted to construct an entirely self-sustaining nation through a rigid regime of top-down social engineering. This included the abolishment of banking, finance, currency, and some religions. People living in urban areas were (often forcibly) moved to the rural areas of the country to work in agriculture (again, often against their will). It was a bold and frankly inhuman stab at what could conceivably be called a “classless” society. In all, an estimated 1 to 3 million people (out of a population of slightly over 8 million) perished as a result of the policies of his four-year premiership

The genocide came in a number of forms, which included but were not limited to:

• Famine. The urban workers relocated to the fields knew nothing about agriculture, so land was not nearly cultivated to its full potential, resulting in mass famine almost immediately after the regime took control.

• Disease. The Khmer Rouge believed that the country should be autonomous in all respects, including medicine. If the country did not have the resources to produce a certain drug, that drug was entirely unavailable (at least to the non-ruling class). As a result, thousands died to common and preventable diseases.

• Execution and reeducation. Violations of the regime’s anti-capitalist tenets were generally punishable by death. If you hoarded food, you could be executed. If you harvested wild crops, you could be executed. If you traded for a profit, you could be executed. Naturally, if you ever spoke out (publicly or privately) against the regime or its principles, you could be executed. Needless to say, corporal punishment was doled out without judicial process. Additionally, torture and execution were doled out on those suspected of being an enemy of the regime. This included anyone with material ties to the former government, many people with college-level educations, individuals of other ethnic backgrounds (including Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai), virtually any practicing religious person, anyone unable to grow their assigned crops (at quotas well in excess of those achievable before the regime took power), almost anyone who spoke English or French, and even people who simply wore glasses.

In short, it was an attempt to reboot civilization (sans capitalism) and establish a society without wealth or class. As explained above, the Khmer Rouge did not tolerate non-believers well.

Brother No 2 : A shocking interview with one of Cambodia’s most high-profile killer

What happened to the documentary stations (History, Discovery, TLC, Nat Geo) that caused them to focus on reality TV in lieu of documentaries?

Many cable channels are created to fulfill a specific programming niche, and their name is Exactly What It Says ]— the Golf Channel shows golf, the Game Show Network shows Game Shows, and so on.

Some channels, however, are not as wedded to their original concept as others. Meddling executives look at the demographics to whom their channel appeals and decide that, hey, since the people watching their Speculative Fiction channel are mostly 18-31 males, and Professional Wrestling is hot among that demographic, surely no one would mind if they started showing pro-wrestling!

The fans of the original programming will mind, of course, but the channel tends to keep going regardless. This may show up with only a couple of odd programs in the schedule, but far too often, given enough time, a channel will have pretty much abandoned its original concept. Whether or not the former invariably leads to the latter is a subject for debate.

Since the network is strongly impacted by the ratings, and the highest ratings go to generally the same few demographics, this tends to lead to networks becoming more and more like each other, either in similar programming or outright airing the same shows.

Some changes can be chalked up to the changing landscape of TV. As the number of channels goes up, networks re-align themselves to try and hold some of their market. That, or the parent companies who might own seven or more cable channels each shuffle stuff for “synergy” or to reduce redundancy. Competition with new media is prevalent as well — classic reruns give way to DVD box sets (and the real killer, Netflix and similar streaming services), music-video channels give way to YouTube and iPods, and info-dumping all-text channels give way to the data display in a digital cable box, smartphone apps (once again, the real killer) or some new-fangled webernet site. Other times, it’s just shifting to whatever the network feels will attract the biggest audience — and the audience that lets them charge the most for ads (especially the lucrative young adult demographic, needless to say).

Depending on the network and how the decay is carried out, changing concepts can be either good or bad for the channel. If the Network Decay works out, it may expose the channel to thousands, if not millions of new viewers, who would normally never watch the network in the first place. Or perhaps the earlier direction just was not working out and the network made changes in order to get better and more profitable programming. Furthermore, there are several good shows floating around in Development Hell that wouldn’t stand a chance of getting picked up unless a network decides to spread its wings. If the decay doesn’t work out, however, then it can create a Broken Base among the channel’s viewers, and can throw the network into a Dark Age. Even if the decay works, the expanded viewership would come for naught for the various programs now squeezed out of the network’s scheduling – once again, pointing out that good and bad can come of it, depending on the viewer.

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Jose Aldo shows his class after losing to Max Holloway:

To any fans of Jose Aldo/MMA. After his loss, I waited in the fighters’ hotel afterwards without much expectation knowing he must be devastated. When he saw me, he hugged & embraced me, thanked me, talked and stood for pictures. 1 of the greatest fighters ever,an even greater man

Post-fight interaction between Holloway/Aldo

Crazy picture from a main even exchange

Conor McGregor makes fun of the main event winner…."I miss those sunglasses."

McGregor’s Left Hand

UFC fighter Diego Sanchez helped make a fan’s dream come true

Former Boxing Champ Zab Judah Working as a Nursing Assistant

“Judah — a 4x boxing champ — is working at an adult day care facility during the day, and helping teach a nurses assistant class by night … all the while still training as a pro fighter.

Teberah Alexander — the director at Excelling Nursing Academy who also runs the day care facility — tells TMZ Sports that Judah recently graduated the nurses assistant class (he’s now CPR certified, and First-Aid trained) … and now actually helps teach a class of students studying to get certified.

Alexander says Zab primarily works with people with dementia and Alzheimer’s … and has developed a bond with the elderly patients.

Boxers after fighting Manny Pacquiao

Steph Curry inspires a new generation

Insane!

Steph Curry’s nasty ankle injury

Poor Bills Fan

NFL referee in the wrong place at the wrong time 

Ryan Shazier down on the field. His legs haven’t moved and he was grasping at his lower back. Appears to be a neck/spinal injury. Being taken out on stretcher

Peters throws flag into stands

James Harrison playing beast volleyball with a medicine ball

Who gets your vote?

Messi’s new contract in numbers

One year after losing 19 of its players in a plane crash, Brazilian club Chapecoense clinched qualification to the Copa Libertadores—the South American Champions League

The captain of the Swedish team Norrköping contribution to Fallon d’Floor

2018 Russia FIFA world cup group draw 

Katherine Switzer was attacked for running the Boston Marathon in 1967. She ran it again, 50 years later

New School vs Old School who wins?

71 Year Old Bodybuilder

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It all started with a meatball. Arthur, a stray dog from Ecuador, caught sight of the adventure racing Team Peak Performance during their race through the Ecuadorian jungle at the Adventure Racing World Championships. After receiving a meatball, he never left them again.

Arthur followed the team through deep mud, in kayaks through rivers, and all the way across the finish line in the world championship. He ate, he slept, and he fought like a regular team member. A team that started as four, was suddenly now five.

The Adventure (AR) World Series is a gruelling 430-mile (692 km) endurance race through the Amazonian rain forest. Athletes must hike, kayak and bike their way to the finish over a span of six non stop days. The team first encountered Arthur on a muddy trek during the second last stage.

According to the Team Peak Performance blog:

They tried to send him off a few times but he always showed up beside the team again as they made their way through the trekking. In the beginning it went well, but when it became muddy he was having problem and the team had to help Arthur through some of the deepest mud.
 
Arthur followed the team all the way to TA9 and waited with the team. But then he suddenly got very worried and stressed as he realized the team would get out on the water. The organization gave the advice not to bring dog Arthur out on the last leg – a dog in the kayak didn’t seem like a great idea – and the team was going to follow this advice.
 
Mike, Simon, Staffan and Karen put their kayaks down in the water and set off, but Arthur refused to be left and started swimming. This was too heartbreaking for the team, and Mikael helped Arthur up in the kayak. This led to standing ovations from everyone on the shore, seeing the five (!) team mates set off. And yes, Dog Arthur was with the team all the way across the finish line. He took a few swims along the way of the paddling, but there was no doubt about him returning to the team.

Team captain Mikael Lindnord shares a moment with Arthur

Arthur takes a nap.

Adventure racer Mikael Lindnord rests with Arthur

Mikael Lindnord offers a bite to eat to Arthur

Mikael Lindnord and Arthur take time for cat naps

Arthur swims alongside his group during the kayaking portion of the 430-mile Adventure Racing World Championship. Arthur was brought out of the water and onto a kayak for his own safety, when it was clear he wouldn’t leave the team’s side, according to captain Mikael Lindnord, of Sweden.

Team Peak Performance ended the Adventure Racing World Championship race in 12th place, but crossed the line with a loyal companion, Arthur.

At the end, Lindnord, of Sweden, began taking the necessary steps to adopt him.

In the waiting room of a veterinarian’s office in Quito, Ecuador, Arthur shakes hands with a new acquaintance. With him are Team Peak Performance members.

Arthur tolerated his medical examinations stoically. Getting checked out at by veterinarians was a first step in arranging his adoption.

A complete veterinary exam was necessary to get Arthur ready to be adopted and taken to Sweden.

With veterinary exams completed and a protective cone ensuring that he does not damage his dressings, Arthur waits while Mikael Lindnord gets equipment to transport the dog to Sweden.

Mikael Lindnord thanks a staffer at Lord Guau, a pet shop in Quito, Ecuador. The store helped arrange Arthur’s travel with the team back to Sweden.

With the logistics out of the way, Mikael Lindnord shares a moment with Arthur at the airport in Quito, Ecuador, before being put in a crate for travel to his new home in Sweden.

Arthur takes a rest at the airport in Quito, Ecuador before his flight to Sweden.

With the story of Arthur’s participation in the Adventure Racing World Championship known outside Ecuador, the dog landed in Sweden, his new home, already a star.

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First Person To Run A Marathon Without Talking About It

North Korean escapees try American BBQ

Men used fake ambulances to smuggle £1.6bn of cocaine and heroin into UK

French special forces destroying a suicide vehicle using a Javelin missile

Why You Should Tell Coworkers Your Salary

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How to Craft Your Life’s Purpose and Stop Wasting Your Precious Time Here on Earth – Life Hacker

The 18 Things Women Love Most About Sex – Maxim

Disturbing Signs Your Child Might Be A True Psychopath – Graveyard Shift

The 10 Greatest Living Scientists in the World Today – Big Think

Great mental stimulation toy for your dog while your away – Kong

Top 27 Productivity Hacks of 2018 – INC

How IKEA tricks your brain into buying more – The Next Web

Corey Feldman’s 1993 audio files naming alleged sexual predators found by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office – Fox News

The Silence Breakers are Times person of the year – TIME

Do you stand for our national anthem? This video is for you – HSI 

Katrina Bowden Bikini Butt Shot  – Drunken Stepfather

40 Hard Things You Need to Hear – Marc And Angel

The Daily Picdump – Leenks

Terry Crews Sues WME Agent Adam Venit for Sexual Assault – Variety

2017: The Year in Photos, January-April – The Atlantic

Jayden Michele Will Dominate Your Nights – Yes Bitch

Porn star August Ames dead at 23; friends suspect she committed suicide – NY Daily News

Men, Ditch this Habit to Improve Your Fertility – Burst Daily

Loyal Dog Runs Through Traffic To Find Help For Injured Owner – The Dodo

Here’s the latest on WWE’s reported plans for Daniel Bryan – Fan Buzz

Why The FCC’s Free-Market Argument For Repealing Net Neutrality Doesn’t Hold Up – Fast Company

With Humps This Good, We Declare Hump Day an Official Holiday! (44 Photos) – Radass

The 7 Greatest Last Stands in Military History – Grumpy Sloth

Shameless Pets That Stole Owner’s Partner And Didn’t Even Feel Sorry – Sad And Useless

40 Deep Questions To Ask If You Really Want To Get To Know Someone – Thought Catalog

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Instagram

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When the dead guy at a funeral didn’t tell anyone he had a twin and everyone sees his twin for the first time

When I see my friend leave with the girl I introduced him to

When I am clean after a single wipe

Bidets when you’re always clean on your first wipe. This glory can be yours every time

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When I’m researching Net Neutrality and my internet slows down and lags

When its 5 minutes to close and a party of 10 walks through the door

When I can’t move my neck, but I’m watching an intense ping-pong match

When it’s a tug-of-war between my niece and nephew for the last piece of red licorice

When the interviewer is talking to me about the work experience which I lied about

When I fart in the shower and have to just wait it out

When I’m a grower, not a show-er

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Dating 3 Months vs Married 3 Years

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You can’t give up something you really believe in for financial reasons.

If you die by the roadside – so be it.

But at least you know you’ve tried.

Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.

– Robert Plant

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Ella & Pitr 

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August Ames, 23, who starred in more than 270 films and twice won at the Adult Video News Awards, was found dead Tuesday in California after hanging herself, authorities said.

The Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday confirmed the cause of death as asphyxia due to hanging after notifying family members.

Ames was earlier this week branded a “homophobe” after revealing she had pulled out of an adult film after finding out her co-star was a “crossover” (men who had also appeared in gay pornography)

After posting her statements on Twitter, Ames was hit with a barrage of comments accusing her of anti-gay prejudice. She defended herself, pointing out that she liked women, and said she was merely making a decision about who she has sex with, noting it is “my body, my choice.”

The tweet drew the ire of many of her colleagues, with both male and female actors weighing in. “It’s extremely unfair to be black listed because a ridiculous naive stigmatism created by unethical homophobes,” Eli Hunter tweeted.

“I have been doing films for over 8 years and have never contracted anything because my health and safety comes first. So yes, offence taken.”

Nick Capra said she “may be the stupidest woman I’ve come across in 15 years of this industry”. “Next time use your brain when openly being a c*** on Twitter,” he said.

Sinn Sage described safety concerns as “bulls***”. “Before your shoot [with] said performer, for a [big] shoot, he would have to get tested, by the same testing companies we all use,” she tweeted.

“When the results are clear, you are clear to f*** him. AND you can ask to use a condom if you want. So there is literally no reason to discriminate.”

Jaxton Wheeler said the “world is awaiting your apology or for you to swallow a cyanide pill”. “Either or we’ll take it,” he tweeted.

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1. I’ve been in a strictly sexual relationship with a first cousin for the last five years. We only ever saw each other once or twice a year growing up before she moved to the other side of the country and then never really saw or interacted with each other again until 5 years ago when she moved back. What started as us meeting up one in awhile has become a regular thing in the last few months. It’s escalated to the point where we’re now sexting each other.I’m scared to death of what might happen if anyone in our family finds out but I don’t want to stop what’s happening either.

Here’s the story: It all started out very slow before it escalated into full on sex. I was informed by another cousin of ours and asked to help her move since I was free at the time. We started hanging out throughout that summer and then one afternoon we had brunch and then went back to chill at her apartment. It was a super hot day so we thought let’s just go indoors and relax and watch some TV or a movie. I can’t remember what we were watching but we were chatting the whole time too, just talking about our relatives and what we were looking to do with our lives and careers. After awhile she kind of just leaned on me and got comfortable and I threw my arm around her (almost instinctively) and were just hanging out like that for a bit. Eventually she gave me a lingering look that was kind of asking “what’s happening here?” and we both went in for a kiss. We were both shocked that it happened but we got over it fast and started making out and running our hands all over each other until my hand was up her skirt touching her thru her panties and then I realized what we were doing and stopped it from going any further. We both came to our senses and stopped before anything went any further. We decided to forget it happened and move past it but every time we met up after that we’d make out and push our boundaries until we eventually ended up having sex. Afterwards, we were meeting up regularly until we both got really busy with work and only met up on occasion. We completely stopped when each of us had a significant other but would start hooking up again every so often when we are single. As mentioned before, now it’s become a regular occurrence where we hook up multiple times a week and we’ve been sexting with each other now.

2. Some guy convinced naive 15 year old me to send nudes and then used it against me for 6 months. He found me on Facebook and threatened to send them to my friends list if I didn’t do whatever he asked me too. He would make me get online whenever he asked and have me masturbate for him. He even tried to get me to meet up with him in person. I got really lucky when his profiles just disappeared one day and I took that opportunity to delete every social media account I had. I haven’t gone back since and I never will. It really fucked me up for a while but I don’t really have anyone to blame but myself. It’s been 6 years since and I still haven’t told anyone I know this story.

3. I get paid a six figure salary for a standard 40 hour a week corporate job for a massive well known company. In a given week I do maybe an hour of actual work, the rest of the time I am on social media or youtube slacking off. I thought when I got this job that eventually someone would figure out I don’t do anything all day but here I am 14 years later still doing fuck all and getting paid a lot for it.

4. I once helped out my a female friend’s family by taking care of their cat for a week. Every day for a week, I would go over there and snoop around their house. I found my friend’s diary, and proceeded to read the entire thing. I used this information to get her to like me, and she is currently my wife.

5. Cousin died when we were both seventeen. There was a reception at his house just after the funeral. I went into his room and stole all the money that was there, took some other valuables that his parents wouldn’t realize were gone. No one knows that I did it, they just assumed he didn’t have any money in his room, only loose change. I don’t regret it, but I will never admit I did it.

6. I run a cake business. I charge people hundreds for wedding cakes… Every last one is made using Pilsbury cake mix I buy for $1 a box at Walmart. I suck at baking. Every time I’ve ever tried to make a cake from scratch it sucked. But baking is like.. My whole deal. My friends all call me the cake girl. It’s like my whole life is a lie. People compliment my cakes all the time. Telling me how delicious they are. Telling me it’s so much better than box mix cake. Telling me they could never bake a cake so delicious. Well guess what? For $1, they too can make a cake just as delicious. Just add oil, eggs and water. In my defense, I love cake decorating. I make all of the frostings and fondant from scratch. I just hate baking fucking cakes!! I base my prices mostly on the decoration of the cakes and not of the cake itself of that makes sense. Still… No one knows about this except my husband. Even my best friends think I fucking slave over the oven mixing and baking these damn cakes. I have been doing this for YEARS. If anyone knew my business and reputation would be in the toilet for sure. :/ I keep telling myself I have to learn how to make the damn cakes without the box mixes, but I never do it. I feel like such a sham sometimes.

7. I am basically living a lie. I told my entire family I was able to transfer out of community college and into a university, but I never finished up the requirements. So since I live at home, every day instead of going to school I go to the local library and bs. My lies are so extensive, I even go to the campus and meet my girlfriend for lunch sometimes. I’ve made fake transcripts to show my family, and to make it look like I’m actually studying I go to MIT opencourseware to look up facts that I “learned in class” that day. I have become a remarkable liar. I hope to be transferring in the fall and then I look forward to living a normal life. Coming clean is not an option at this point.

8. Ok, so this is a secret I’ve kept for nearly 20 years.

During the summers when I was growing up, my parents would often leave my brother and I(I’m male) with our aunt and uncle who lived out in the country. It was great as they had 4 sons of ages close to ours so we had a lot of fun doing kids stuff.

One summer when I was 8, the oldest cousin was maybe 16. We somehow got talking and he asked me if I wanted to sleep in his room that night. He has the nicest room and bed so I was all for it. Got into bed and he asked if he could touch my penis. I was 8 and just thought it was ok so I let him. He rubs it for a bit and then asks me to do the same to him. So I do. This progresses and eventually I’m sucking his cock. I think I knew this was wrong so I said I didn’t want to carry on. We stop and I goto sleep quite confused.

I wake up and he hands me some money and tells me never to tell anyone about what happened. Next night he tries to do the same thing.. But now all I care about is the money. So I do it. This carried on for 2 summers.

Eventually I got old enough to realize it was quite wrong regardless of the money and stopped.

I’ve not told anyone this. He’s now married with 2 kids. I’m also married and we see them sometimes at family events. I don’t have the balls to even try and talk to him about it.. Hell I’m not even sure what I’d say.

9. I came very, very close to committing a school shooting

I was picked on A LOT in high school. I think it was because I tried so hard to be cool and everyone saw right through it. There were these 4 cowboy jock types that gave it to me the worst. After being publicly humiliated and beaten in front of a girl I liked (as she laughed/cheered), I decided that none of it was worth it anymore. I had no support at home being an only child and having parents that worked constantly, and cutting and burning myself didn’t make me feel better anymore. So I got my dad’s handgun out of the gun-safe (he uses the same combo for everything, the idiot) and brought it to school with me the next day.

I can’t adequately describe to you guys how ready I was to kill these four. I had absolutely no fear or doubt in my mind. I wanted nothing more than to show everyone what happens when you push someone over the edge like they did. I had the gun tucked in my waistline. I was wearing this baggy pair of cargo shorts that i wore a couple times a week that day. I remember walking towards the cowboy’s table, so goddamn ready for it to be over, when the gun fell out of my waistline, down my left short leg and made the loudest fucking sound as it hit the cafeteria floor. I tried my best to grab the gun real quick, but people saw what it was and screamed, and one of the instructors tackled me to the ground.

They eventually concluded that I had brought the gun to school to impress people with badassery, and had no intention of using it. I was expelled and sent to live at a youth ranch in Idaho until I was 18. I did have the intention of using it though. I was going to kill all of them. I’m 24 now, and I still think about it all the time. I have not recovered from high school. I’m still terrified of people in general, and avoid having relationships because of what I fear I’m capable of.

10. A while back, I was cheating on my wife with a coworker. It went on for months, and I never really cared for the woman I was cheating with. She was super hot, though. After a while my coworker started getting really crazy and threatening to tell my wife (whom I had a child with and a baby on the way) about everything. Obviously, I kept trying to cut things off because I realized I was making a mistake. She lost it one night and was freaking out and texting me telling me she was going to come to my house, and a drunk driver hit her. She died instantly. No one knows I was having an affair, and my family went to her funeral.

11. I had a baby with sperm donated from a man who advertised on craigslist. If my very religious family found out it wasn’t an “accident” I would be completely shunned and disowned.

I am a female who is ugly. NO, that’s not the secret. But.. I AM ugly because I have a facial deformity that I was born with. I’ve never had a long term partner and only had sex a few times in my life. My biological clock was ticking LOUDLY and I desperately wanted a child – there wasn’t going to be time enough to meet someone and my odds were none existent as a middle-aged, ugly female. I own my home, have a career – but I didn’t want to lose all my savings to pay to have it done through a clinic and sperm donation, etc. It would have been at least $15K per try. My chances of adopting were also almost none existent as any women looking to adopt her baby out isn’t going to pick the ugly, middle aged lady to adopt their baby, plus is crazy freaking expensive. I wanted the money I had in savings, etc.. to toward raising the child.

So I turned to Craigslist and got it for free.

My child is a preschooler now and I’ve never been happier or more fulfilled! I pinch myself every day because my child is in my life and I feel so fucking lucky. Every day is a dream come true and I savor each and every moment. I try to be the best mom I can be in every way. Parenting really makes you take a long, hard look at yourself and how you show up in the world. I parent from my heart.

I regularly send pictures and updates to the generous and selfless man who trusted me on a hand shake.

12. On the outside, I am a happily married 30-something, about to buy a house, in sync with my wife on most things like religion, kids, that things will get better for us, etc.

In reality, I am a deeply depressed, secret alcoholic (which I fear is already adversely affecting my health, but I can’t stop), don’t believe in any higher power anymore and derive little or no pleasure or satisfaction from anything.

Most of this started with a sudden and untimely death of my mom, and some other family drama that happened around the same time while I was in university. I powered my way through there because I was encouraged to by those around me, even though I wanted so badly to drop out. This is also about the time I started abusing alcohol, I barely drank at all before.

My family is rather scattered now, living in different states. My wife and I are close, but I have been unwilling (unable?) to find or make new, meaningful friends as an adult in the city I moved to for a job.

I am so stressed: I feel pins and needles in my brain/head and tongue constantly, and drink heavily (5-10 drinks/units per day most of the time, sometimes more, I can hold off if I am traveling or around family (or in a situation where I can’t drink at all). I don’t even get really that drunk visibly anymore, which is why (I think) I hide it well from my wife. There is usually an empty vodka bottle hidden in my briefcase by the time she gets back from work, and I have usually poured my “first glass of wine” by then to mask that I have already been drinking (I get home from work earlier than she).

She thinks I am as happy and fulfilled as she and excited and ready to have kids and start a family, etc. etc. In truth I am just numb to this world. I try to love her, I think I do, and expend all of my energy keeping up the facade and affection for her. But apart from that I have zero energy or desire for anything. I used to be athletic, and still look decent, but my physical shape is fading fast. I don’t have or enjoy any hobbies. I just wake up, go to work, drink when I can, and mark off the days as I get older and closer to eventually dying.

I don’t know what to do. Tried therapy back in the day, and meds, didn’t seem to help. I just am trying to make life ok for the people around me who I don’t want to see be like me inside, mostly my wife. But beyond that I feel like I have totally missed the boat and am past satisfaction or having any meaningful place in the world.

13. My whole professional life is built on a lie and it’s about ready to come down.

When I was 22 I was in a bad way — halfway through my bachelor’s degree, but with a building addiction to opiates and some mental health issues.

Summer of that year I was in a bad car accident — in addition to broken bones throughout my body, my head went through the window and my face received severe lacerations that required hundreds of stitches to close and left me looking very rough. As tough as that was to deal with, I also now know that I sustained a traumatic brain injury that left me very confused, angry, and overwhelmed by life in general.

I wanted to keep up appearances, so after taking three months off to recover I tried to go back to school. Within the first week I knew I couldn’t handle it. Too many questions about what happened, too much anxiety, and I had lost pretty much all my coping skills. When I got overwhelmed (which happened often), I would feel sick and scared and literally forget where I was and what I was doing. It was frightening and embarrassing, especially for someone like me who had always had high expectations placed on my shoulders by those around me.

I had lost pretty much all my friends at this point, and in my mental state, I thought that those who remained would abandon me if they knew how much I was struggling.

So, I told everyone that it was going great. Every day I would I leave the house for six hours and drive. Sometimes I would stop in a parking lot, sometimes I would just keep driving all day. I would find cheap used textbooks at college bookstores so that I could bring them home and “study.” I created elaborate lies about my classes and my professors in order to have stories to tell when people asked how it was going.

I kept telling myself that I was just doing this until my brain worked again, and that next quarter I would go back for real when I could actually handle it. Problem is, things just kept getting worse, and as time went on I became less able to get back on track.

This went on for 2.5 years, until I was supposed to be graduating. So, I lied about that too. I forged transcripts and came up with stories of why I didn’t want to work in the field of my degree and hoped to move past it. I got a labor job and slowly found things working themselves out as my brain chemistry improved and steady work kept me from completely destroying myself.

Eventually I had to move. For the first time in over a decade, I was finally free of my opiate addiction and starting to feel part of the world again, but I was still carrying the lie of my college degree. I volunteered in some places related to that field and they really liked me.

They liked me so much, in fact that they hired me on an emergency basis (no transcripts required) and I’ve worked there ever since. Now, three years into my sobriety and seemingly a lifetime removed from the pain of those years, they want to promote me to a career-level job that I would absolutely love.

I’m so good at what I do and it brings me so much joy, but this promotion would come with scrutiny and background checks that I know I can’t stand up to.

When I was so depressed, I honestly didn’t think I’d even live this long, so while I knew that my lies could create this situation, I never prepared for it. Worse than losing this job would be having everyone around me find out what happened, so I am at a point now where I have to quit what I love because they like me too much.

I plan to go back to school for real and I think I’ll do well, but the shame and regret of this situation is something I don’t think I’ll ever shake.

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Crazy environmentalists mourn dead trees

Phony Sign Language Interpreter Delivered Gibberish In Florida Press Conference!

DOCS: The Woman With 7 Personalities

Gang Member Goes To His Dead Rival’s Funeral & Smacks Him In His Casket!

And for those who haven’t seen it yet…The best-worst movie ever…The Room

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7 Ways To Be The Man She Needs You To Be – Average2Alpha

No Afterlife? No Problem! How to Face Oblivion Like a Pro – Big Think

Iggy Azalea’s Latest Twerking Video Proves She Has ‘Mo Bounce’ Than Ever – Maxim

The Best Movies of 2017 – NY Times

Mushrooms Are the Safest Drug You Can Take – Tonic

A Little Girl Was Locked In A Basement By Her Own Parents For More Than A Decade – Ranker

11 Early Signs Of Alzheimers You Don’t Want To Ignore – Trendy Tribune

Sorry Every Other TV’s Gonna Suck After You See This One – Amazon

Why Deadlifts Are Worth the Hype, and How to Do Them Safely – Life Hacker

Sommer Ray in Sexy Cheetah Costume – Yes Bitch

17 Toxic Habits that are Holding You Back from True Happiness – Knowledge For Men

Bella Throne Got them Titty Tats – Drunken Stepfather

The 50 Best Songs Of 2017 – Thrillist

Why Asian Men Are Wimps – Return Of Kings

A Damn Fine Collection Of Bewbs, Awesomeness And Everything In Between – Leenks

The 25 Richest NBA Players & the Women Behind Them – Burst Daily

Russia Is Aiding North Korea With Oil Imports, Ignoring U.S. Efforts To Isolate Kim Jong Un: Report – Yahoo

9 Technology Mega Trends That Will Change The World In 2018 – Forbes

Fake news and botnets: how Russia weaponised the web – The Guardian

4 tips for talking to people you disagree with – Ideas

These hotties are generous with the cleavage – Radass

PF Chang’s to open in China as an “American bistro” – The Hustle

Leonardo da Vinci and Nikola Tesla Allegedly Followed the Uberman Sleep Cycle – Daily Curiousity

Jamie Leigh and Kinsey Wolanski’s Appetizing Thong Bikini Photos – G-Celeb

7 Famous People Who Went Crazy – Grumpy Sloth

The Haunting Photography of a Serial Killer – Bizarrepedia

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Read books by people you disagree with. Listen to others who think differently from you. Watch programming you normally wouldn’t watch. Expand your mind and views of the world. As right as you think you are about your own beliefs and experiences, others feel the same way about their own. You’ll learn more than you ever imagined if you see the world through beliefs rather than right and wrong.

– Emily Maroutian

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A young man’s friendship with an 80-year-old woman is touching the hearts of many after he shared the story of how they met on Twitter.

Last week, Spencer Sleyon tweeted about a friendship that originated over a year ago, when he and Rosalind “Roz” Guttman began playing Words with Friends with each other. A Scrabble-like gaming app, players can be matched up with either pre-existing friends or strangers, and Guttman and Sleyon—then strangers—were paired up. After that, they went on to play over 300 more games together.

Sleyon is a 22-year-old rapper who lives in New York, while Guttman is an 81-year-old retiree who lives in Florida. Yet the two became unlikely friends as they continued to play Words with Friends matches against one another.

“Sometimes we’d speak about personal things, but nothing extra personal,” Sleyon told The Root. “Politics, the election, hurricanes.”

He was living in Maryland when the games started, but logged off the app five months later because his life had become “too hectic.”

Sleyon lost touch with his Words with Friends opponent after he moved to New York three months ago, until Pastor Amy Butler, the mother of a high school friend, reconnected them. He’d told Butler about Guttman, whom he called his “best friend.”

He was apparently impressed with Guttman played the word “phat” in an early game, while the retiree was impressed with the “masterful alliteration” in Sleyon’s username, “FUCKFACEFILTH,”

Butler was impressed that a game could help cross a divide of both culture and age, and vowed to bring Sleyon and Guttman together. Sleyon told Washington, D.C. TV station WTTG that Butler came to him a few weeks later and asked if he would like to fly to Florida to meet Guttman.

Sleyon was game. On Thursday, he and Butler traveled from New York to West Palm Beach so that he could finally have words with his friend. 

They had lunch on Friday and Guttman showed Sleyon and Butler around her neighborhood.

Here’s to Sleyon, Guttman and great friendships—and all of the unlikely places from which they spring.

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Owner reunites with dog that was missing for 12 days

She packed the puppy for school 

Copycat…er…Copydog

Little girl sees train for the first time

Deaf grandmother teaching 9 weeks old deaf baby sign language

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Man’s best friend 

Boy runs into neighbor’s garage to hug dog 

A fan for life

This is how Robert Downey Jr went from inmate to Iron Man

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