Falling into or being placed into a coma is scary stuff. Hovering between life and death isn't something that anyone would undergo out of choice, but it's still a fascinating concept for people to comprehend. Obviously one can never know what it's like unless they've experienced it themselves, but unfortunately plenty of people have been there. A Reddit thread asking people to describe their experiences of being in a coma has shed some light on the scary realities of being in such a vulnerable position. Here are some of the responses.
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Time is a funny thing; one minute it's 1995 and you're rocking big velvet scrunchies and listening to The Spice Girls and the next minute you're getting annoyed at teenagers who play their music too loud on the bus. Welcome to your 30s, where the 90s are over 20 years old. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?! It seems like it's not just us; a Twitter thread asking people in their 30s to reveal unexpected things about being their age has revealed that old age has apparently come early. Welcome to the age where people half your age are dressing the way you did 30 years ago, only now it's vintage.
The joys of having kids are endless. For all the painful months of pregnancy, the long nights of no sleep, and clearing up all their mess, it's still a beautiful and miraculous experience to watch them grow into their own little independent people. And hopefully, you feel the sacrifices you made are worth it for all the love you feel. But it's also normal to miss the life you left behind before they came along, and the Instagram account Got Toddlered shows just how true that is for some people. By putting before and after having kids pictures side by side, they really capture how drastically life changes once kids come along.
We all know someone who lives in their own little world; the person who thinks that the universe revolves around them and their needs. You know the type. They're pretty annoying and difficult to be around. Whether they are super rich with no concept of the value of money, or they think they can behave however they like towards others, some people are seriously out of touch with reality. People on Reddit are sharing the most severe cases of this as seen in other people the responses are pretty shocking. How do some people get off?! Read on and be amazed!
Instagram, and social media in general, is an illusion of perfection. The flawless models, the beautiful lighting, and the seemingly perfect lives conveyed in the pictures are all fake. And if you ever wondered how influencers get their pictures looking so immaculately perfect, American photographer Geo Leon posts behind the scenes of how he achieves these perfect photos. He shows the camera work, the poses, the props, the models, and the editing that goes into one picture, to show how not everything is as it seems. Check out some of his incredible work below.
Sometimes we order things from the internet and what we receive in the post is exactly the same as we saw advertised online. Other times, it's really really not. These pictures of the expectation vs reality of online shopping prove that you shouldn't believe everything you see online.
It might shock you to learn that Hollywood has set unrealistic expectations for many of life's events, including, as it turns out, what it's like to be put under anesthetic before surgery. One guy's hilarious tweet about his experience of being sedated has gone viral and hundreds of people commended with their own encounters with anesthetists. Check out some of the best responses below and then read some of the funny things people have said under anesthesia.
Some people suggest that these historical "facts" are not facts at all, and instead exaggerations on the truth. We haven't researched them ourselves, so we can't confirm or deny whether they're true or not. That being said, we appreciate this Tumblr thread making "history" fun to read about.
Marriage is a beautiful thing, especially at the beginning when you're all loved up. But once the honeymoon phase is over, real life happens and the standard arguments over what to order in a restaurant and whose turn it is to wash up become pretty common. All couples go through some rough patches, it's part of life. But the key to weathering the tough times and having a happy and successful marriage is to find the humor in your daily lives together and make fun of your idiosyncrasies. Here are some all too relatable tweets showing us how couples get through their every-day spats, proving that married life isn't always all it's cracked up to be.
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Storyboard artist Jeff Hong considers himself privileged to have worked on animated classics such as Hercules, Mulan, and The Emperor's New Groove. Though a rabid Disney fan, Hong has gained some notoriety for his dark series Unhappily Ever After, which superimposes Disney characters into some depressing and sobering situations. It's a good reminder that reality doesn't involve a happy fairy tale ending. And that we can still do things to make the future just a little bit brighter.
Pretty much everyone is aware that not everything you see on Instagram is real, but sometimes it's hard to remember when you're constantly bombarded with photos of gorgeous models sipping cucumber water while on vacation in Bora Bora.
German Instagrammer Geraldine West photographs herself in those hilariously stereotypical shots that you see all the time on Instagram, next to more realistic pics of her doing the same thing. They serve as a good reminder that people aren't as perfect as they might seem on social media!
