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Chris Colfer Offers Hilarious Mic Drop Response After He's Asked To Confirm If Lea Michele Can Read
Oct 14, 2025
If you've been anywhere near the internet the last few years you've surely heard the rumor that controversial Glee alum and Broadway star Lea Michele can't read.
Well, her Glee costar Chris Colfer has finally weighed in on the topic, and his response was one for the ages.
Colfer was speaking at the University of California, Berkeley about his experiences in the entertainment industry and as an author when an audience member asked the question everyone was thinking about.
"Can you confirm or deny if Lea Michele is literate?" As ever, Colfer was instantly ready with a perfect one-liner.
Amid laughter in the audience, Colfer deadpanned:
"Well as a literacy advocate, it's never too late."
Nailed it.
Colfer then went on to joke about his own dyslexia, saying he actually "can't read for sh*t." But, he noted, he doesn't get the blowback about it on social media that Michele does.
He then confirmed that Michele is in fact "very literate" and that she was "reading all the time" on set. Of course whether he meant "reading" literally or in the LGBTQ+ slang sense is anyone's guess.
Colfer has rarely shied away from giving a hot take on Michele, especially whenever the allegations about her bullying of costars and racist behavior on the Glee set come up.
And on social media people were loving Colfer's pithy response to the question about Michele.
Colfer also dug deep into his own experiences on the Glee set, talking about what a relief it was to play an out-of-the-closet teen on TV.
He said:
“It was terrifying … Being openly gay in high school was not safe..." (It was) one of the best experiences of my life, being a queer person on television."
"It was interesting because sometimes (Kurt) would face more than me and sometimes I would advance more than him."
Colfer's book series The Land of Stories was recently acquired by Warner Bros. for a film adaptation. No word on whether Michele has read them, however.
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5th Grade Teacher's Homework Packet About Charlie Kirk Has Parents Outraged
Oct 14, 2025
The continued deification—extreme form of veneration or idolization—of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk has reached 5th grade classrooms, or so it seems if a recent TikTok video is to be believed.
TikTok user @neeltheillest shared what they claimed was a child's homework assignment from an unnamed teacher at an unnamed elementary school in the Los Angeles area according to a hashtag on the post.
The video doesn’t make it clear if the child is his son, another family member, an unrelated household member, or a neighbor, but many assumed they were father and son.
Whether the homework assignment is authentic or not, it certainly garnered attention with over 6 million views and 43k comments.
The clip was captioned:
"The homework theyre giving 5th grade kids in elementary school. 'The Life Of Charlie Kirk'"
@neeltheillest The homework theyre giving 5th grade kids in elementary school. 'The Life Of Charlie Kirk' #Charliekirk #emotional #losangeles #school #homework
An unseen man, assumed to be Neeltheillest, flips through a packet of papers about Kirk. As he does, he asks the child how the teacher acted when handing out the assignment.
The child replies:
"She was sad."
The six-page leaflet, which included a biography, asks students questions about Kirk’s ideology, the importance of religion to him, and to describe his legacy.
People had strong reactions to the possibility this was a real school assignment.
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No further video has been posted on the subject by Neeltheillest, nor has any school or teacher been identified, leading some to conclude the video was a hoax posted to garner attention.
Whatever the case, after the exploitation of Kirk’s death by the Trump administration to distract from his Jeffrey Epstein issues and his MAGA minions latching onto Kirk as the MAGA martyr, the assignment seemed completely plausible to many online.
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Viral Photo Of Trump With Golden Sconce Behind Him Gives Fittingly Devilish Optical Illusion
Oct 14, 2025
President Donald Trump is perhaps the most polarizing man in the world, loved intensely by his core base and sympathizers, and downright unpopular and even hated by those who see him as a threat to democracy at home and abroad.
Trump is also perhaps the most photographed man on Planet Earth and a picture by Getty Images photographer Jim Watson captured the president in a Cabinet meeting on Thursday with a golden wall sconce perfectly placed behind his head to give him devil horns.
Yes, you read that correctly.
It's rather fitting for a man whose fiercest critics, religious or not, have likened him to the Antichrist.
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It was a devilish optical illusion—and people certainly had thoughts.
During the Cabinet meeting, Trump announced his administration would begin cutting programs supported by Democrats as the government shutdown entered its ninth day. He said "we’re only cutting Democrat programs, I hate to tell you, but we are cutting Democrat programs."
Trump highlighted the efforts of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought—a Project 2025 author—and said the administration would make permanent cuts to government programs he considers Democratic priorities but did not provide specifics.
Earlier this month, Vought issued a memo outlining how the the administration plans to use a government shutdown to implement long-term cuts in federal spending and staffing. Trump himself told reporters "we [can] get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want, and they’d be Democrat things."
Despite controlling all three branches of governments, the Republicans in power have followed Trump's lead and blamed Democrats for the ongoing shutdown.
Notably, the Trump administration came under fire earlier this month after Trump ordered federal agencies to send out emails to furloughed workers blaming Democrats for the shutdown—a move that's been called out for violating ethics guidelines.
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Women Break Down The Things Men Do That They Don't Realize Make Women Feel Safe Or Unsafe
Oct 14, 2025
Listen up gents, the ladies are speaking.
It's really easy to be a good guy and not scare women.
It's deceptively simple in fact.
Don't be disrespectful and creepy.
Listen when they speak.
No means no.
Go away means go away.
In 2025, why is that still an issue?
Many of you may believe it's not an issue or that you're never the problem... you would be wrong.
Take out your notepads and pens, time for a lesson.
Redditor Lopsided-Rub-79 wanted the ladies out there to discuss and share their thoughts on their personal security around men, so they asked:
"Women, what's something men do that they don't realize makes women feel safe or unsafe?"
Move Aside
"Walking down the sidewalk alongside a stranger, and he shifted over so he was between me and the agitated-looking person we were approaching. Neither of us acknowledged it, but it definitely made me feel safer."
- NeedANaptism
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The Big Tree
"The car left the road and ended up in a ditch 20 feet down, tires sitting on either side of a very large root coming out from a tree that was an inch outside the passenger door. The tree was huge."
"Two truckers saw the flying car path and pulled over. They were there to help if needed."
"I was extremely lucky (long drive had dozed off) and assured them I was alright, but definitely unable to move the car. I would wait for morning, it was 3 or 4 am, and walk to get help. I am a 20-year-old 100 100-pound girl."
"Neither driver would leave; they stayed until morning and called a wrecker to come get me. They stayed until I and the car were on the road."
"Neither driver trusted the other to leave me alone."
"I was too naive to understand the sacrifice or even the safety that they provided."
- Sileni
In Transit
"I used to live in a city where a good chunk of people, myself included, got around via walking and public transit. I went on a lunch date, and the guy kept insisting on walking me home. I get that maybe he thought that was the chivalrous thing to do, but that would mean this dude, whom I had only met once, who was insisting on overriding my 'no thank you,' would know where I lived."
"I tried to say no thank you and leave, and he just... followed me, repeatedly asking me where I lived. Even if you think what you're doing is romantic or chivalrous or for her safety, if you ignore her expressed no, that's going to feel unsafe."
"My solution was to pretend I was taking the subway home and have him walk me to the subway station. Then I went down to the platform, waited a bit, and carefully popped my head back above ground once I thought the coast would be clear."
"The bus driver, who was eating his lunch by the station when I went down, saw me come back up, did a double take, then looked all around before yelling, 'You're good girl, he's gone.' THAT guy made me feel safe."
- Corvusenca
The walk back...
"I had a stranger follow me into a gas station after i was done pumping gas. This middle age man overheard our conversation of me telling the man no multiple times. The stranger was trying to ask me out and the middle aged man pretended to be my uncle. He walked me back to my car after I had paid for my energy drinks, and i couldn't thank him enough. Walking women back to their cars is a very kind gesture."
- ladybird6969
The Backside
"Being cognisant of how an unknown man can be in the middle of the night."
"I was walking home at 2am - backpack, dress and earphones (with nothing playing - that way I can hear what’s going on around but it’s a convenient excuse if someone tried to get my attention)."
"Suddenly I feel a hand on my arm. Jump back a meter and turn around."
"This guy also jumps back and raises his arms in 'I’m not going to hurt you kind of way.'"
"And then he apologizes for bothering me and tells me that my dress has ridden up behind my bag and I was completely exposed."
"Poor guy was so nervous about scaring me but wanted to make sure I was safe!"
- JustHereToRedditAway
BLOCKED
"I freak out if someone intentionally blocks my way out. Like, that's when full panic kicks in."
"So, if that's your last pathethic attempt to get my phone number or flirt with me. No. You blocked my flight, now I have to fight you, and it will make us both uncomfortable."
- ChaoticMornings
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A True Gent
"I was on closing shift after a wedding. Usually we were there til 1am but the guy I was on with wanted to go out to town after we finished so him and I worked super hard to finish early."
"Got out about 12:10, and drove home. About half way, in the middle of nowhere, my car lost power. I had pulled over to the side of the road and had my blinkers on. I was standing at the roadside in the pitch black, calling roadside assistance when a car slowed down and parked a bit away from me. I was nervous, didn't know who I was gonna encounter on the road at that time of night."
"A guy started walking up to me... turns out it was the guy with whom I had closed, on his way to town to meet his friends. He waited til I made plans with roadside assist, then took me all the way home. About 45 minutes of his time. I'll never forget that. He was only young, early 20s. He could've driven past and pretended he didn't see me, but he was a true gent."
- sophakorn
Neighbors
"One night I got off the bus at a not-common stop behind a male passenger, and we both started walking in the same direction. After a minute, he suddenly turned to me and told me the street address where he was going so that I wouldn't think he was following me. I was very touched that he thought to do that. (Turns out we were neighbors :-) I don't expect most people to have that sort of awareness, but it was very thoughtful and reassuring."
- Reasonable2aPoint
Oliver...
"I had a fantastic interaction with a Domino's delivery driver recently. I usually step out on my porch when I know something's about to be delivered so my dogs don't lose their minds. When the driver saw me he said very loudly, 'Hi, this is Oliver approaching with a delivery from Domino's!'"
" And he kept up a loud conversation, kind of narrating every move he made before he did it. It made me feel like he was aware that I could be uncomfortable with a man walking towards me in the dark, and he took steps to make sure that I knew he was there and that he wasn't trying to sneak up on me. That all made me feel pretty safe."
- magpies4vega
Move Aside
"I really really hate it when men physically block me or corner me to force me to listen to whatever they are trying to tell me. It happens to me at work a lot and feels like a huge power imbalance."
- barmitzvahmoney
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CREEP
"Once, I had an Uber driver, it was a shared ride, and the two back seats were occupied, so I had to sit up front. The driver’s demeanor was so off, and he looked so aggravated… yelling at traffic. When one of the passengers got out, I said I would head to the back, and he said 'Why? I’m not a creepy guy.'"
"Guys, when you say 'you’re not a creepy guy' even with the correct intentions, you come off as a creepy guy and girls immediately have their guard up."
- Molasses_bratt
The Dude
"When I was 20, I was on a cross-country flight on my own and had the middle seat… because last-minute trips are fun! I had iced out the middle-aged dude on my right by putting headphones in and reading a book on my Kindle. As we were descending the sun started to come in through the window just right to make it impossible to see. The guy in his late teens on my left just casually sat forward until his head cast a shadow over my screen. I glanced over, he gave a little half smile, and we both went back to what we were doing. Dude had a good chunk of social skills for a teenager."
- BresciaE
Twins
"This guy from my class once saw me walking to class on the side of the road and offered a ride when it was pouring rain out. He started out casual, but got increasingly upset that I would rather walk a mile in the pouring rain instead of just getting in the car."
"Turns out, he was offering the ride to my twin sister, who had never met him."
- tinyevilsponges
Good Advice
"Unsafe: Stand way too close, like I have literally had dudes stand so close to the point where their shoulders are touching mine, and this isn't in a crowded space, this is just... out in the street."
"Safe: Just... Not being weird about women. It's cliche advice, but just treat women like people. I don't know how exactly to describe it, but with some guys, you just immediately get that vibe that he doesn't see women as people, so for a guy to NOT be like that, it makes him feel like a safe person."
- Popular-Style509
Davey-Mode
"I once told an old boss he was being aggressive because he was standing over me and yelling. He proceeded to go 'I’m not being aggressive, I’m in Davey-mode.'"
"If someone tells you you’re making them uncomfortable you should probably stop and ask what you’re doing that’s making them uncomfortable. I never trusted that man ever again with anything."
- AssassinStoryTeller
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Well, all of that was succinct and to the point.
Nothing too difficult to understand.
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People Share Bombshells Their Therapist Dropped That Totally Changed Their Perspective
Oct 13, 2025
I love therapy.
If only I could afford it regularly.
When I was consistent with my sessions, I learned so much.
I learned about life as a whole and myself as an identity.
Therapists have done so much good for so many.
Therapists who are accredited and learned, that is.
Not the armchair loonies on TikTok.
If you're seeking help, find the right doctor... a real one.
The results can be astounding.
Redditor pottipenguin wanted to discuss everyone's most life-changing therapy sessions, so they asked:
"What’s a small bombshell your therapist dropped during a session that completely shifted your perspective?"
Happiness
"Your brain is there to keep you alive, not happy. You need to do things that make you happy, not just expect it from your intellect."
"Well, this comment got a lot more attention than expected. Thanks everyone, I hope it helps someone!"
- Misfit_somewhere
Grateful...
"The night my dad died, we were at his hospital bedside... I'd banned my abusive boyfriend at the time from coming as I didn't want him there, and my family didn't like him... he kept ringing my mum as I switched my phone off... I beat myself up for years and said to my therapist that the last thing my dad heard was me arguing with my ex."
"My therapist said, 'How about your dad heard you standing up to him and telling him no? 'I am so grateful she said this, and I tell her that often, as it completely shifted that shame... I totally believe that my dad would have been so proud of me for telling my ex no."
- beaky1994
Strife...
"I described what another person must have been thinking/feeling when they did X. My therapist described an alternative version of what they may have been thinking/feeling, which was immediately completely plausible, and was a much kinder interpretation than mine."
"It was then that I realized my interpretation of reality could (potentially) be really flawed and cause me unnecessary strife."
"It made me realize that I should be much slower to judge actions/words, and that, especially in the case of people whom I had reason to trust, I should actually seek clarification before I jumped to emotional conclusions."
- whynotthebest
A Bag of Bricks
"When discussing why I felt like I couldn't leave my abusive relationship, when I said that it wasn't some pattern of behavior for me, and that id never found myself in a situation like this before.'
"She told me that this relationship mimicked the cycle of abuse I had been dealing with since I was a child, with my mother. The abuse. The stonewalling. Silent treatment. Blaming me for her behavior. Discard/disown. The re-emergence with no accountability. The denial of any wrongdoing. Over and over for decades. It was exactly, exactly the same."
"I'd never found myself in this situation romantically out of pure luck, I'd just never had any abusive partners before. But my response to abuse was to revert almost exactly the way I did as a child and young adult with my mother."
"Make myself small. Prioritize the relationship over my well-being. Have no boundaries. Forgive everything. Walk on eggshells. Do everything I can (including therapy) to fix myself, and figure out how to solve the situation, all on my own. Revert into myself. Build walls emotionally. Disassociate.'
"Hit me like a bag of bricks."
- PureOpportunity6427
Astonishing...
"I've always had a rough time remembering things. Being on time. Losing focus etc. At my request my GP sent me to a psychologist for an ADHD assessment when I was 37 years old. I had been reading up on it and it sounded just like me, but also I had imposter syndrome bad and as soon as the appointment was made I started doubting myself."
"I get to my first appointment an hour early, with all my paperwork ready to go. I just knew he was going to say I was fine and send me on my way just based on that. But no, not only did I have the wrong day, It was the wrong month."
"The second session, he sat me down and said, 'The fact that you have gone this long without a diagnosis or any help is frankly astonishing. I have to ask, with no disrespect, how have you held down a job?'"
"Everything changed after that. Hearing confirmation that something was off and it wasn't just me being lazy totally shifted my perspective. I got on medication, I started researching how to help myself that would work with how I perceived life. It was honestly life changing in the best way."
"I still have my moments but now that I understand why I do things the way I do, I can counter them or even prevent them."
- Ezada
Bad Fit
“'Well, that’s what I would want in any relationship. Why wouldn’t you want that too?'”
"Made me realize my long-term therapist wasn’t a good fit for me. I realized they had been projecting their own relationship and issues into my sessions."
- FickleCharge882
Psycho
"The angriest person looks the craziest. Doesn't matter if you're right, you look like a psycho."
"I have anger issues and could not understand why people couldn't see why. It's because my actions and levels of anger made people think I was crazy."
"Edit: thank you all for your replies!! I wanted to add that I had a horrible childhood, marriage, and other relationships. My go to reaction has always been to be pissed off. Especially when I saw or heard someone doing something wrong. I would explode, making myself look psychotic while the person doing bad shit stayed calm and therefore made onlookers believe I was in the wrong. It took me many years to lock that anger up (and I still have to work on it daily) so that I could prove that I am not actually psychotic."
- jokersmile27
Kindness
"That I was deserving of the same kindness I showed other humans and animals."
"He asked what I liked most about myself. After a long pause, I said I was kind. He asked for examples. I told him about cooking for ill friends, staying sober purely to trip sit some crazy parties, being vegan solely for ethical reasons, working with disabled and sometimes violent kids for minimum wage, picking up stranded friends, volunteering for animal charities, being the house that everyone came to when they had a problem. "
"He nodded thoughtfully. Then asked, but are you kind to yourself? Just the idea that I was worthy of my own kindness completely blew my depressed little brain."
- shiftyemu
ALL THE TIME
"I'm someone who beats themselves up ALL THE TIME for have feelings, partially the eldest child curse but also an abusive father who would punish me for things that weren't my fault and past exes who made me feel like my feelings were inconvenient or annoying to them... its' wired me to stay silent when upset and not ask for things I need from people because if I do, l'm afraid I might hurt their feelings and they won't choose me."
"When approaching hard conversations or issues with others, I am so absorbed in worrying about them that I second-guess if its ok to feel what I feel and if it's fair to even be upset, so I struggle with trying to set boundaries for myself. When talking with my therapist about whether its fair to ask for this or that from someone and whether or not something is a 'big enough deal to bring up' he looks at me and says:"
“'It doesn't matter what they think, it's a big deal to you. That’s enough.'”
"Made me SOB haha."
- blue_tiny_teacup
STUNNED
"When I was 22 or so and just starting to go to therapy and realize how terrible my childhood was- a doctor told my best friend's sister who was like 20 at the time, 'As children you're a victim, as adults we're volunteers' and we were STUNNED - like WTF is this duck talking about?!? And now I really see what he meant. My psychiatrist said once when I was complaining about being such a people pleaser- 'Were they ever PLeasEd?" No, no they were not.'"
- ResponsibleSail5802
Let it Flow...
"Don’t fight the pain, let it pass through."
- AppleVenusVol1
The End
"She refused to continue treating me if my goal was to stay with my husband because she wouldn't enable his abuse. If I wanted help leaving, she would provide resources and support, but otherwise, there was nothing more she could do."
"Probably not the most orthodox method of ending treatment, but it shocked me out of my denial and excuses. It took another month or so to wrap my head around it, but once my eyes were opened I couldn't ignore it anymore."
- filthyantagonist
No-Contact
"That a 'friend' I did volunteer work for - and who treated me like s**t - was pretty much the same guy as my father (temper, behaviour). That was mind-blowing, because while I was no contact with my father already, as I saw the issues there, I completely ignored it with that dude. I am now no-contact with both. :-D"
- trullaDE
DAY 1
"That I'm just mimicking learned behaviors (both good and bad) from people in my life and I needed to figure out who I was, what I actually liked, what my genuine reactions were to things. That caused me to pause more often and say, 'Is this me or my mother/father/grandparents?' She changed my perspective on day 1."
- ssejoya
That is a lot of released pain.
That is a lot of success.
Everyone is walking around with unresolved issues.
Things can get better.
And sometimes the answer is shockingly simplistic.
We just need the right person to help us unlock the answers.
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