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People Explain Which 'Small Luxuries' They Can't Live Without
Jul 02, 2025
Many of us have committed to being fairly financially frugal and not overspending on silly, unnecessary things.
That is to say, sometimes, it's fun to splurge on something one time to see what it's like to experience that small luxury.
But sometimes, we'll find a small luxury that's totally worth spending the money on, and there's no going back.
Curious, Redditor ykywme asked:
"What's a 'small luxury' in your life that you didn't know you needed until you had it, and now you can't live without it?"
A Nice Patio Arrangement
"A patio with NICE furniture. And other things that make me enjoy being out there."
- -grilled-cheesus-
"Probably massive overkill, but I bought two quality wood Adirondack chairs for my front porch."
"In the summer months, I'd say it's probably the nicest thing/area about my house, lol."
- spencrU
A Full Deck Experience
"My parents bought a house with a small deck that was under the roofline in the corner of the house. My Dad had some friends from work build a basic deck structure, and he and I filled in the rest that ran along the back of the house. We thought that would be where we spent a lot of time. We were wrong."
"The original deck in the corner of the house we boxed in with two-by-fours and attached rolls of screening. We laid down outdoor carpet and put up a ceiling fan, then ran wires from our entertainment center and added boat speakers."
"This was a game changer and turned out to be the best place for entertaining. I wouldn't want to consider living in a house without a screened-in porch or a place for a gazebo. To mix being around nature with technology and no bugs is pretty nice."
- Mo_jack
Cooling Seats! Heated Steering Wheels!
"Unexpectedly, my latest car comes with cooling seats and wow.. It’s even better than AC because it cools exactly where you need it."
- 90marshmallows
"Other end of this, but my partner has a heated steering wheel and it’s the greatest thing ever. I get such cold hands and I love it."
- megan99katie
"Combined with heated seats and a heated windscreen (and all-season tyres) and I never look at my frosted-over car with dread. It’s a very pleasant place to be when it’s dark and well below freezing."
- anotherblog
"Cooling seats really do hit differently, especially in the summer. It is one of those features you never think about until you have it, then suddenly you wonder how you ever sat through heat without it."
- General1993
Long Charging Cords
"Six-foot phone charging cord. Bought it by mistake and thought it was kind of needlessly long. But I didn't care enough to return it. I'll never buy a cord shorter than six-foot again. Sounds dumb, but it's a game changer."
- TufftedSquirrel
"I bought 10-foot charging cord when delivering my baby, and it's been a game changer at home as well. We are slowly changing most of our charger cords to 10ft ones when they start getting frayed, lost, etc."
- theSabbs
A Quality Shower Experience
"A good shower head."
"You can get a detachable shower head with three settings for like 50 bucks, and it literally improves your life to a significant degree."
- Conscious_Raisin_436
"A double shower head! I got a matte black one, and it does feel so fancy. It was only about $40, too. There’s a mist setting that makes you feel all tropical and s**t."
- New_Schedule8886
Quality Plumbing, Just Sayin'!
"Not sure if it's exactly the place for this, but if you do any plumbing stuff on your house, buy the better quality silicone thread tape. It's like four dollars instead of one, but it will save you a LOT of time under the sink/behind the toilet."
- gaettisrevenge
Noise-canceling Headphones
"Noise-cancelling headphones. Such bliss."
- Southern_Fly2179
"I've switched to earbuds. Even better for me. Wearing over-ear headphones causes me pain after a while. Won't ever fly on a plane without them again."
- ScrewAttackThis
A Better Restroom Experience
"Bidet attachment for my toilet. I'm never going back to the peasantry I lived in before I had the bidet."
- SeGodSatanico
"I will just say that if someone reads this comment and thinks, should I get one too? YES. DO IT. It’s completely life-changing. Stop living in the dark ages and get that booty hole clean, y’all!"
- JDM713
A Cordless Vacuum
"I impulse-bought a Dyson V15 a few weeks ago. Have a Dyson V3 from like 13 years ago, and we have a robot vacuum that’s about six years old."
"The v15 literally sucks the sweat of the laborers who built my home from the foundation through the carpet. I love it."
"Knight Sir James Dyson twice."
- Misaiato
Pod Coffee For The Win
"As a blind person, a pod coffee maker, traditional coffee makers were just a huge pain in the a**, but this is so significantly easier, and I love coffee."
- TXblindman
"As a sighted person, I wholeheartedly agree. Nespresso is my link to life each morning. 30 seconds and we're off!"
- GreyPilgim1873
A Car Backup Camera
"Ours does a view as if it is 15 ft above the car, which shows where all the parking lot lines are. It's very nice. You can also engage it with the push of a button, so you don't have to be in reverse to get the cameras."
- Organic-Anteater8998
A Washer And Dryer
"A washing machine and a dryer!!"
- NoseyyRoseyy
"Oh yes, you don’t realize the luxury of having these until you do! No more late-night laundry-mat runs!"
- Putrid-Ant-556
An Air Fryer
"Air fryer. I’m disabled and often find cooking very difficult. My friend recommended an air fryer, and I held off for so long because I thought it was just a small oven, so what’s the point? There’s a point. Get the air fryer."
- happyhippie05
"I agree with every word and reason you just wrote. Next, buy a good rice cooker. You’ll have double the gratitude."
- FlippsAhoy
Good Quality Sleeping
"Nice pajamas, I feel so good going to bed feeling like a princess. Best sleep ever!"
- marriedtomayonnaise
"This is what I normally do, but I got some onesies from MeUndies last year to wear in the winter so I don't have to heat my room as much. It was worth it for me!"
- Fixes_Computers
Money And Effort To Start, But...
"A small garden."
- four__beasts
"I could never have imagined the joy my garden and houseplants would bring me."
"Highly, highly recommend."
- nineeighteen83
"It's my haven. A small space of my own making, I can sit in whenever I want. It's full of ferns, palms, and every conceivable herb. It's got a dry sunny corner and dark, shady, wetter spots too. We've apples, tomatoes, and chillies. There are mirrors, benches, and sun beds. Wood, brick, and gravel. In the cit,y it feels like a true oasis."
- squirrelbus
Each of these items sounded wonderful and totally worth the expense. While some of these might already be found in our home if we have the privilege, like having a washer and dryer, there are others that might be worth trying out!
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People Who've Experienced Grief Share The Most Tone-Deaf Things They've Heard
Jul 02, 2025
Grief, loss, trauma are all part of life. But for most people, the emotions and reactions that go with them are difficult to witness.
So they rely on platitudes to fill any holes in conversation. That's rarely a good idea.
Sometimes just listening is best. And it'll always be better than these examples.
Reddit user freyday18 asked:
"People who have experienced grief or trauma—what’s the most tone-deaf, ‘well-meaning’ thing someone said to you?"
It Could Be Better, Too
"It could be worse."
~ cebogs
"Yeah that one hits a nerve. Like cool, it could be worse, but it still sucks right now. Let people feel things for f*ck's sake."
~ Tianeona
"You are only allowed to say this to yourself, never to another person."
~ Barfignugen
Don't Make Assumptions
"When I was going through divorce, after just 2 years of marriage, the most insensitive comment I heard was: 'At least you don't have children'."
"Welp, the irony was that the reason for our divorce was because of a miscarriage and subsequent inability to have children."
"I really wish I'd put so many people in their place for those bullsh*t comments."
~ IAmA_Wolf
I'm Strong Enough, Thanks
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
"No, what doesn’t kill you seriously dysregulates your nerves, destroys your sense of safety and belonging in community, potentially devastates your emotional awareness, and makes you wary."
~ MirSydney
"To quote Bring Me the Horizon: 'What doesn’t kill you, makes you wish you were dead'."
~ thr0wwwwawayyy
Tick, Tock
"It’s been 2 weeks. Don’t you think that’s enough time?"
~ sprIxAlwareArnd6327
"100% my mum—'it’s been enough time you need to move on'. Heartbreak doesn’t have a timeline, unfortunately."
"This might be my own anxiety, but when someone tells me to 'move on,' I just hear 'we are bored of your being a Debbie downer can you fake being happy a bit harder'."
~ owlinpeagreenboat
Not The Time
"Some guy trying to hit on me while I was crying on the beach, and I told him I lost my friend that day."
"He said, 'That’s so sad.. are you single though?'."
~ brilliantbabe222
"I had a friend with benefits try to 'take my mind off things' by trying to initiate phone sex when my kid was going through a billion diagnostic tests."
~ ohdearitsrichardiii
Reasons And Plans
"'Everything happens for a reason'. I hate that phrase."
~ StartThisWay
"I DESPISE that phrase. Or equivalent 'God has a plan'."
"My mother said it to me once after my boyfriend—who she thought was my best friend since I was closeted—took his life."
"I yelled at her, saying I don't think there was any reason he should die and I shouldn't. I was almost successful in my own attempt, but for a last-minute intervention by a stranger."
"Or all manner of horrid things that happen to people. I don't give a f*ck what the plan or reason was, it's cruel and sick."
"Or it's random. Frankly, which is much more comforting to me than to know some cruel god has a reason to slaughter innocents."
~ treylathe
Thoughts & Prayers
"My dad was given weeks to live. A neighbor tried to console me—at the time, I was a 9-year-old kid—by telling me if I prayed hard enough, God would cure my dad's terminal cancer. I tried. He didn't."
~ Silly_Accident3137
"My baby sister died of leukemia when she was 18 months old. Our priest told my father and I quote: 'If you were a better Catholic, she would have lived'."
"My dad actually threatened bodily harm on the on the priest. From that day forward, I hated the Catholic church. Left the minute I turned 18."
~ Elegant-Opinion-9595
Young = All Better
"After losing a child/pregnancy: 'You're young, you can have another baby'."
"WTF‽‽ Really? People just suck."
~ Elegant-Opinion-9595
"Lucky for her, the nurse that said this to me was pushing a sedative in my IV line at the time."
~ Wild_Pineapple3848
God Given
"'God will never give you more than you can handle'."
"He has actually. More than once. And I haven’t been the same since."
"Thanks, but keep that sh*t to yourself please."
~ _Trinith_
"I’m Christian and come from a very fundamentalist family. I HATE this phrase so much, along with 'His Will will not leave you where His Grace cannot keep you'—they seem to think 'you haven’t killed yourself = it’s the grace of God/it’s bearable'."
"Like that bar is bloody low for an omnipotent being."
~ owlinpeagreenboat
'Til Death Us Do Part
"My dad dropped dead at work, and within the same month, my mom's co-workers were giving her sh*t about still wearing her wedding band. They were married over forty years."
"I told her she could do whatever she wanted to with it, just like she could when he was still alive. I get that it's until death do you part so that's the end of the legal contract, but love doesn't have an expiration date."
~ Particular-Crew5978
Thanks...
"'Life goes on'. People say this when I'm struggling with severe depression and somehow fail to realise it sounds to me in that state like they're cursing me with prolonged suffering."
"If someone in your life is in that bad a spot, just like, make cups of tea, watch their favourite shows with them. Actions that show you care because words are useless at that point."
~ ESLavall
Trio Of Bad Choices
"After my husband died. Literally right after, within the week:"
"• we are praying for you to meet someone new. (Just f*ck off already)"
"• at least he died quickly instead of suffering (he had cancer and wanted as many days as he could get)"
"• I know exactly how you feel. My girlfriend had a dog she loved that died (what the actual f*ck)"
~ Infamous_Cranberry66
God, Again?
"A relative said something along the lines of 'let go, let God' or 'God's plan' stuff to me when my mom died, and it enraged me, but I bit my tongue because I knew they meant well and taking my grief out on them wouldn't ease my grief any."
"Some years later, that relative lost a child to overdose. I'm not religious, so I would never have said 'God has a plan' to them, but the look of anguish in their eyes made me suspect that they now understood why that was such an unhelpful thing to say."
"Like, if God has a plan, and his plan included inflicting that kind of pain on so many people, then why should I be a fan of his? Can't you just give me space to feel the pain of the loss? Do I have to ask for permission?"
"Sometimes I think people say that kind of stupid, trite sh*t because they're just that uncomfortable with death, and having to sit with the bereaved in their grief for even one goddamn moment is too much for them.
"So they fill the silence with bullsh*t, rather than acknowledging their own discomfort. Then they can walk away patting themselves on the back for having been supportive."
"You want to help? Just be present in the moment, and be open to whatever the moment requires. Let the silence be."
~ iolarah
Whole Man Disposal Service
"My ex saying, 'It's just the two of us here now, do you want to have sex?'."
"After my daughter had died, hence why there was just two of us in the middle of the day."
"That was the day I stopped needing absolutely anything from him."
~ uggo23
Better Options
"As a hospice nurse, I've heard them all. I've even been guilty of saying some stupid stuff early on in my career."
"What I say now is, 'this really sucks, I'm so sorry you're going through this and I'm here to walk with you'."
~ IllustriousEffort520
"I just say, 'I'm so sorry this happened. I'm here if you need anything or just want someone to listen."
~ MohawMais
What's the worst thing you've heard someone say after a tragedy or trauma?
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Trump Demands 'Boss Of AT&T' Fix Equipment After Failed Conference Call In Bizarre Meltdown
Jul 02, 2025
When most of us have technical difficulties, we contact tech support or customer service.
But if you're President of the United States, just ranting on social media—then having your White House Press Secretary post a screenshot of your post on a social media platform people actually use—is apparently the answer.
MAGA Republican President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to rant about his technical difficulties during a teleconference with his Christian nationalist backers.
He wrote:
"I’m doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly. This is the second time it’s happened. If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved — It would be good. There are tens of thousands of people on the line!"
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
Trump added:
"I apologize for the long wait on the Faith Leaders Conference Call. AT&T ought to get its act together. Please pass along the word to the tens of thousands of people who are there. We may have to reschedule the call, but we’ll use another carrier the next time. AT&T obviously doesn’t know what they’re doing!"
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
The Trump administration's current White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, shared an uncaptioned screenshot of Trump's first rant on X, where someone outside Trump's MAGA minions might see it.
AT&T did see it on X and responded accordingly.
"We've reached out to the White House and are working to quickly understand and assess the situation."
But it turns out it was what tech support calls a PICNIC error: Problem In Chair, Not In Carrier.
Usually that last C is for Computer, but the acronym still works. It wasn't an AT&T problem, it was a Trump problem.
AT&T shared:
"Following up—Our initial analysis indicates the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call platform, not our network. Unfortunately, this caused the delay, and we are working diligently to better understand the issue so we can prevent disruptions in the future."
People were less than sympathetic to Trump's struggles.
@TimmyFiveTimes/X
And some wondered if this wasn't a way to launch Trump Mobile for all future White House conference calls.
AT&T shares temporarily went down on high volume after Trump's post got noticed—after Leavitt amplified it.
Trump's teleconference tantrum about AT&T fell two weeks after Eric and Donald Trump Jr.—on behalf of the Trump Organization—unveiled Trump Mobile, a licensed deal for a mobile phone service that also sells a $499 Gold Trump branded T1 smartphone.
Coincidence?
Considering the source and his business fraud history, manipulating the market from the White House isn't an unrealistic scenario.
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Lauren Boebert Casts Doubt On Moon Landing During Wild Interview With Conspiracy Theorist
Jul 02, 2025
Colorado Republican Representative Lauren Boebert was criticized after she seemingly agreed with the conspiracy theory that the moon landing was faked in a wide-ranging interview with conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Stein.
The segment began with the duo casting doubt on nuclear weapons—Boebert even joked about needing "tin foil"—and moved into weirder territory when Stein praised Boebert for "vibing" with him on the topic of the moon landing. Conspiracy theorists have long alleged the moon landing was fabricated by NASA in what they claim was an elaborate hoax.
You can hear what they said in the video below.
The two brought up the Van Allen radiation belt, which conspiracy theorists believe would have killed astronauts who had to pass through this region of particles trapped by our planet's magnetic field.
Spacecraft designed to reach the Moon had to pass through the belt, but their flight paths were carefully planned to minimize time spent in the most intense regions, and the spacecraft were equipped with shielding to protect astronauts from harmful radiation.
Boebert interjected to point out that the International Space Station (ISS) is still "within it," prompting Stein to clarify that the ISS orbits only about "200 miles from the surface of Earth," whereas the Moon is about "257,000 miles away" — "a thousand times the distance," he added, albeit with some uncertainty about the math.
He continued:
“This isn’t a financial seminar. My point is, we were able to go to the moon 1,000 times farther in 1969, but the current technology that we have, we cannot go past low-Earth orbit. Even Barack Obama said that, and that is the International Space Station."
"And half the time, we can’t even go to the damn International Space Station because Joe Biden doesn’t want to do auto-pay and give him, you know, an evacuation right out of there. So I think the moon landing’s provably false. Am I smoking too much Delta-9, Congresswoman?"
Boebert responded to Stein by suggesting, “maybe we can have a classified briefing at some point,” which Stein welcomed. Boebert went on to say she enjoys exploring “all the different things,” and referenced Tucker Carlson, noting he once took the 9/11 terror attacks at face value but now admits he was “a part of the propaganda” that led to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
She added:
"So, you know, I mean, things change, facts change."
"That’s why I love Jesus, I love the Bible, because that is truth and that is everlasting, and that’s something that will never change. God is not a liar, but you know, there is a father of lies, and the Bible talks all about him. And unfortunately, we’ve seen time and time again where politicians are in office and deceive the American public."
"And so I don’t know, have we been beyond the Van Allen radiation belt? Maybe?"
"If so, I would like to know why it’s taken so long to get back through it again. But, you know, here we are, and we’ll see what Artemis and the Orion spacecraft have to do when they try to take a crewed spaceship back out there in just a year or two."
Many have mocked Boebert in response.
Boebert and Stein’s exchange came as NASA’s Artemis II mission marked a major milestone, with RS-25 engine tests at Kennedy Space Center completed successfully.
The tests are part of the engineering prep for the Space Launch System ahead of the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. The roughly 10-day journey will send four astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—around the moon aboard the Orion spacecraft.
Final assembly, including Orion’s integration with the rocket stack, is set for later this year, with launch targeted for no later than April 2026.
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Rosie O'Donnell Calls Out Oprah For Attending Jeff Bezos' Wedding In Scathing Poem
Jul 02, 2025
Among the various celebrity hangers-on who attended Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's Venice wedding, the one that seemed to generate the most controversy was Oprah Winfrey.
After all, a woman known for her progressive politics whose entire ethos is about teaching people how to be their best selves, attending the wedding of man who directly funded a fascist regime dismantling our country before our eyes doesn't exactly add up.
Unless, of course, it really is true that becoming a billionaire is the quickest, easiest way to divorce a person from their moral clarity. Then it makes complete sense.
And Rosie O'Donnell is among those who can't help but see the nauseating disconnect.
In a recent Substack post, the actor and comedian shared a scathing takedown of Winfrey and others in a poem called, "Jeff's Wedding" in which she named Winfrey as one of the "devil's conquests."
In the poem, O'Donnell described how it "turned my stomach" to see which celebrities decided to attend the wedding of the man who helped fund, for example, the unconstitutional and extrajudicial kidnapping of immigrants and their internment in concentration camps.
That's the kind of thing that would put the leader of any other nation on trial at The Hague for atrocities.
Bezos is also the man who forbade the Washington Post, which he owns, from endorsing a presidential candidate in 2024 to protect Trump from criticism, then proudly sat front row and center at the president's inauguration.
That Winfrey chose to not only attend but to be gleefully photographed arriving as if it was the Oscars is pretty shocking.
And, like much of the internet, she more than anyone seems to be the attendee that made O'Donnell's head spin.
In her poem, she wrote:
"Is Oprah friends with Jeff Bezos
Really - how is that possible
He treats his employees with disdain
By any metric he is not a nice man"
"Sold his soul
Is what it looks like from here
The devil is smiling
At all his conquests"
On social media, O'Donnell's poem definitely resonated with those who shared her dismay.
One day we'll finally be ready to have a conversation about how Winfrey is one of the worst judges of character America has ever known, and how, when push came to shove, her truest solidarity was with the ultra-wealthy. We're probably not there yet, but Bezos' wedding sure seems to have shoved us closer.
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