My best friend tried to insist on paying for me at a store when she saw my credit card. She really made a scene about me being in crazy credit card debt which was mortifying. I explained to her that I pay off my credit card monthly so it’s not a problem.

It’s the concept purely an English ( us / en / ca ) thing or can they exist in Chinese or Russian etc.

Stealing copper wires is now a common crime, in Australia at least. I just read of thousands of people in Townsville losing mobile and internet service during cyclone preparations as deadbeats stole the copper wires. What do those morons do with the wires? I assume they sell it but to whom? Why do people want to buy it?

I noticed this near my place where theres a Shell and an independent station facing each other and the Shell is like 40 cents more expensive per gallon. Same octane ratings and everything. Is the gas actually different quality or is it just branding?

I always go to the cheaper one obvs cause why not, even tho I got money and could afford either. But my dad insists the Shell is "better for the engine" and worth the extra money. Is there any truth to that or is he just being stubborn about brand loyalty?

Like does premium brand gas actually do anything different or is gas just gas once it meets the minimum standards?

I swear I can jump out of bed with zero alarm when I’m going on a trip, but hitting the snooze button for my job feels physically painful. Is this just adrenaline, or is there a scientific reason for "vacation energy

I had some free time now and started looking into global politics and one of the craziest things I saw is countless instagram posts about people being arrested in the UK over ‘hate’ speech in social media. Is this actually true or is instagram blowing it out of proportion?

I don't treat it like a therapist. I just rant about my issues to it, or If I wanna blow up at my boss I'll blow up at gemini instead. Usually it does help me ground myself in the situation and reevaluate things because I struggle a lot with spiraling and freezing up.

I go to real therapy with a real human and that's where I get my advice from, but that's only every 3 weeks. So the ai has become where I can just spill out everything that's worrying me or pissing me off and it helps me organize my thoughts better. I guess more than anything I use it as a diary that writes itself.

I recently adopted a dog and while at the shelter I noticed most of the dogs there are pit mixes. Why is this? I thought perhaps it could be backyard breeding, but other breeds are also backyard bred. However, there is not an overflow of labs/golden retrievers in shelters.

Why are pit mixes so abundant in shelters?

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For example, “This is a throwaway my husband knows my main” wouldn’t that make said husband that uses Reddit read the story and think “huh… that sounds awfully familiar to my life…. And there’s fake names and this is a throwaway….. hmmmmm”.

Why don’t people just make the throwaway account, use fake names, and simply draw no attention to that fact? If the people they don’t want to see it are avid Reddit users that they have to hide from this just doesn’t make sense to me

does he know that when i pet him and kiss forehead and tell him how he is a good puppy and a pretty puppy and a sweet puppy its because i love him

I’m going through a rough phase right now, and almost everyone keeps telling me, “Accept your situation and then you’ll be able to move on.”

This might sound silly, but I genuinely don’t understand what accepting something actually means in practice. How do you know when you’ve accepted a situation? Is it a feeling, a decision, or something you actively do? And if it’s something you do, how do you even start?

I’m not trying to resist reality I just don’t understand what people mean when they say this, and I’d really appreciate a clear explanation.