If you ask me how many homes I lived in, I honestly couldn’t tell you. Was it twelve? Fifteen? More? After a while, they all blur together. Each one was supposed to be a “fresh start,” but when you’re a kid in foster care, that phrase loses meaning real quick. Fresh starts just mean more garbage bags to cram your life into. And that’s how it is, by the way—your whole childhood, your entire sense of safety and stability, reduced to a few battered trash bags and whatever you can grab when it’s time to go.
How to Raise a Child Who Trusts Their Voice
There’s a moment in every parent’s journey when they realize something essential: they don’t just want their child to behave. They want their child to know themselves, to feel worthy, and to trust their inner voice—even when the world tells them not to.
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Would You Want Your Kid to Have the Same Relationship You Do?
Let’s cut to the heart of it.
If your child grew up and landed in a relationship just like yours—same tone, same conflict style, same emotional connection, same dynamic—would you be proud? Or would something inside you twist a little?
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Linkage
The Scheme That Broke the Texas Lottery – New Yorker
Feed Your Brain With These 15 Fascinating Facts – Ned Hardy
One of the best ways to store your knives in the kitchen. It is very easy to install and has a VERY strong magnet. 10/10 – Amazon\
CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs – WSJ
Cheating husband gets caught red handed (video) – Reddit
Meet Dr. Emily Grace, your AI Therapist who will compassionately guide you through your life’s problem – ChatGPT
10 Brutal Facts about Traveling West in a Covered Wagon – Listverse
50 Best Science Fiction TV Shows of All Time – Rolling Stone
What multilevel marketing schemes are really selling – VOX
Where Does One U.S. Tax Dollar Go? – Visual Capitalist
A Damn Fine Collection of Fascinating Photos – NedHardy
There’s no better technique for rapidly washing and drying greens, and it also works for berries and other fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, and anything else you want to dry rapidly – Amazon
What to Do If You Get a Sudden Financial Windfall – Art of Manliness
25 Small, Simple Ways To Be A Better Partner Right Now – Fatherly
Do These 5 Emotionally Intelligent Things Within 5 Minutes Of Meeting Someone – Fast Co
12 Remarkable Survival Stories, and What We Should Learn From Them – Outdoor Life
The 15 Richest Neighborhoods in America on Google Street View – Linkiest
The Dumping Grounds
“Does anyone else get demotivated seeing 30-year-olds with $500k+ net worths?”
Does anyone else feel totally demoralized when scrolling through Reddit or FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) forums and seeing 30-year-olds with $500k+ net worths? It’s like everywhere I look, someone my age (or younger!) is either a high-earning software engineer or a genius investor who bought Amazon at $3 and has been maxing out every retirement account since birth. Meanwhile, I’m here just trying to make sure I don’t accidentally pay my electric bill late again.
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What It’s Really Like Having a Giant Penis
People always want to know, “So… what’s it like?” As if there’s some secret club or mysterious world that opens up when you’re packing a lot more than the average guy. And I get it. It’s not a topic people discuss over lunch. But honestly, after living with it for years, it’s just part of my everyday reality—one that’s both hilarious and a little complicated.
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Why Going into Debt for an Electric Car Rarely Adds Up
There’s a familiar pattern in personal finance: we justify a big, flashy purchase by pointing to long-term savings. It sounds responsible, even noble. Buy a $45,000 electric vehicle, and over the years, you’ll save hundreds—maybe thousands—on gas. No more oil changes. Fewer moving parts. Lower emissions. It all feels like a smart, forward-thinking decision.
But here’s the thing: the math doesn’t care how good your intentions are.
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How to Deal with People Who Piss You Off
We’ve all been there. Someone says or does something that just gets under your skin and pisses you off. Your blood starts to boil, and your first instinct is to lash out, to fight back, to make them feel as bad as they’re making you feel.
Imagine Being This Weak
There’s a very specific flavor of modern absurdity in watching David Sinclair, a man so obsessed with longevity he makes vampires look reckless, publicly admit defeat to a snack bar. Not a bottle of whiskey, not a Big Mac at 2am, not even an ill-advised gas station burrito. Just… a granola brick with delusions of health, consumed before bed.