@WallStreetApes@JeannieGiering That’s what happens when you only pay the minimum payment or interest only payments. Why don’t people understand that you need to pay down the principal or you will be paying forever
American logs into her federal student aid account so we can see her actual loans and payments
- She took out a $49,548.74 loan
- She’s made 120 payments, paying $25,558.36
- Her current balance is $50,121.33
So after paying $25,558.36, she now owes more than she took out
“It's all such a scam”
Imagine walking too close to a pool table full of guys in a match, getting accidentally bumped, the guy immediately saying “I’m sorry,” then uploading the video to score victim points and make him look like the bad guy.
I seriously need some help here. My neighbor just put up this massive metal fence right along our property line and I’m honestly pretty upset about it. It completely changed the whole feel of my driveway and now it looks like I’m pulling into some kind of industrial corridor. I had no idea this was even happening until the thing was already built. It feels like my space just got boxed in overnight. What on earth can I do in a situation like this???
@MrPitbull07 So basically, the mother declined to purchase a seat for her child and opted to hold it on her lap. She then expected a person who paid for a seat for her own comfort and comfort to fellow passengers to allow her child to use that seat for free. The mother is an entitled a**hole
A flight turned tense after a disagreement between two passengers over an extra seat.
According to the account shared online, a plus-size traveler had intentionally purchased two seats for the flight. She explained that she wanted enough space to sit comfortably and avoid making other passengers uncomfortable during the journey.
But during boarding, the situation quickly changed.
A mother traveling with a toddler approached the woman and asked if the child could use the empty seat next to her. The traveler declined, explaining that she had paid for the seat specifically for extra space.
The conversation escalated.
The mother reportedly complained to a flight attendant, arguing that the seat could be used by her child instead. The passenger then showed both of her boarding passes, proving she had purchased and reserved the extra seat.
In the end, the airline allowed the woman to keep the seat she paid for.
The toddler was expected to sit on the parent’s lap, which is a common arrangement permitted for very young children on flights.
Despite the resolution, the woman later said she felt uncomfortable for the rest of the flight, claiming she received disapproving looks and passive-aggressive comments from other passengers.
When the story spread online, it sparked debate.
Some people argued that since she paid for the seat, she had every right to keep it.
Others believed she should have given it up for the child.
The moment turned into another viral discussion about airline etiquette, personal space, and whether paying for something automatically settles the debate.
@TonyLaneNV If she has that severe of an allergy why in the world wouldn’t she have made sure it was taken care of way before her flight? She should have emailed the airline previously to make sure she could be accommodated. Sounds like she’s the one who is not prepared
THIS IS WILD…
Passenger says United denied a simple request that could literally save their life.
Severe peanut allergy.
One exposure = possible fatal reaction.
All they asked for?
A small buffer zone on the plane.
Instead… they were told to basically deal with it and “email the company.”
On a packed flight where people are eating inches away…
That’s not a minor issue.
That’s life or death.
Do airlines have a responsibility here… or is this asking too much? ⬇️ 🇺🇸
This mom gets the estimate for her teenage son's braces and her reaction is pure, relatable shock.
She sits there staring at the paper: over $6,000 for full top-and-bottom braces. "What? Like who can afford over $6,000 for braces?" she says, voice cracking with disbelief.
Her son needs them for an overbite and just one or two crooked teeth—"his teeth aren't even that crooked"—but it's still full treatment. She thought maybe it was $1,900 or something (perhaps a down payment), but nope, the numbers are real.
He's got two insurances (one through mom, one through dad), yet the estimate only factors in dad's. She hopes hers kicks in more, especially since her daughter only needed top braces before. But even so, she's floored: "Oh my god, this can't be real. This can't be real. Parents, is this real?"
This is the everyday reality hitting so many families right now. A basic need like fixing your kid's teeth turns into a massive financial gut punch—thousands out of pocket, even with insurance, while you're already dealing with life’s other curveballs.
Kids shouldn't have to go without straight teeth and confidence because orthodontics costs more than a used car. Parents shouldn't have to choose between braces and bills.
Who's been hit with a braces quote that made you do a double-take? Or is this just what we Americans have to deal with in 2026?
@WyoWagyu This state government won’t be happy until they control every last thing. I’m 57 years old and I was born and raised here. I don’t even recognize what’s happening to my home anymore. It’s sad I can’t wait to get out of here
What if the government told your family ranch you owed $3.7 million… for a pond your cattle have been drinking from for decades?
That’s exactly what’s happening to a fourth-generation ranch family in Washington State.
Wade and Teresa King have been running cattle on their land for generations. Like thousands of ranchers across the West, they built small stock ponds so their cattle have water in dry country.
Now the Washington State Department of Ecology says those ponds aren’t ponds.
They say they’re illegal wetlands.
The state has already issued the ranch a $267,540 fine and claims the family may have to spend over $3.7 million restoring the land.
On top of that, the Washington Department of Natural Resources terminated grazing leases the ranch had held for around 60 years, removing nearly 15,000 acres of grazing land their operation depended on.
The King family says these are man-made cattle ponds, something ranchers across the West have built and maintained for generations.
The state says they damaged rare wetlands.
Now the fight isn’t just about ponds.
It’s about property rights, agriculture, and whether ranchers have the right to defend themselves in front of a jury instead of a government administrative court.
If the state wins, this case could affect thousands of ranches across the western United States that rely on stock ponds to water cattle.
This isn’t just one ranch’s fight.
It could shape the future of American ranching.
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Anonymous confession:
I’m 53 and planning to marry a woman I’ve dated for three years.I have retirement savings I worked for my whole life.Recently,she asked me to withdraw the money and invest it in a business she wants to start with her brother before we get married.
I’m worried about risking my retirement,but she says if I refuse,it means I don’t believe in her and she might reconsider the marriage.
At my age,I’m scared of losing everything.Should I risk my savings for love or protect my future?
Before Jason Statham was one of the biggest action stars in the world, he appeared in a 1993 music video wearing cheetah-print briefs, covered in baby oil, dancing behind a British electronic band called The Shamen.
The song was “Comin’ On.” Statham was 25. He was a background dancer. The clip is still online and it is exactly as glorious as it sounds.
But what most people don’t know is that before even that, Statham was a competitive diver. He spent 12 years on Great Britain’s National Diving Squad and represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, a major international multi-sport event, in three separate events. He tried out for the Olympics twice and never made the team. He later said it remains one of his few regrets. “It’s a bit of a sore point that I never got to the Olympics. I started too late. It probably wasn’t my thing.”
After diving didn’t work out, he sold perfume and jewellery on street corners to pay the bills. Then he was spotted by a modelling agency and became a face for French Connection and Levi’s. Then director Guy Ritchie heard about his background as a street seller, cast him in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998, and the rest is history.
When asked on The Graham Norton Show about the dancing clips, Statham shrugged and said, “You do what you have to do to pay the rent.”
@gothburz I’m really shocked that you would think that using “community ambassadors” for free labor is okay when you and the others involved are getting extremely high salaries for working on this project. The fact that you don’t see what’s wrong is deeply troubling
I'm the CEO of the Obama Foundation.
The Obama Presidential Center is an $850 million project in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago.
It will be the most expensive presidential center in American history.
We are building it with unpaid volunteers.
I need to explain what community engagement means.
Community engagement means the community provides the labor.
The volunteer program launched in March.
Seventy-five to one hundred "Community Ambassadors."
They lead tours. They organize events. They train other volunteers. They do not receive compensation.
My salary is $740,000.
The architects earned $60 million.
The general contractor earned over $200 million.
The Community Ambassadors gain experience in building community.
That is the phrase in the recruitment materials.
I approved the recruitment materials.
The median household income in the surrounding census tracts is $31,000.
The volunteers come from these tracts.
They commute to an $850 million building to work for free while the person who approved the volunteer program earns $740,000.
I am the person who approved the volunteer program.
We held a volunteer appreciation event.
The catering company was paid. The event planner was paid. The photographer was paid.
The volunteers were thanked. Thanked is not a form of compensation.
Thanked is what you receive when you are not receiving compensation.
That is community engagement.
LMAO! Everyone is mocking and laughing at the TDS patient, Ben Stiller, after the Hollywood actor made an appearance at the supermarket displaying his new soda brand, ‘Stiller’ and everyone seemingly was ignoring and not paying attention to him.
@WOKE_Futurito@KeruboSk Not a boomer…just a person that has common sense. Anyone that books a vacation without approval of time off is an idiot. She said that the other 2 people already had their vacation time planned therefore she is out of luck. She sounds like an entitled brat
@MichelleDBackus@KeruboSk The amount of boot licking boomers in this thread 💀 PTO isn’t a request it’s a notice I can not stress that enough any job denying that have fun finding new employees also have fun with your discrimination lawsuit and every other lawsuit including negligence so there’s that
Anonymous:
My manager just denied my PTO for my son’s Spring Break because she is going on a cruise that week and she “can’t find anyone else to work” because another coworker is also taking off for their child’s break … I gave a months notice and already booked the vacation. My son is very excited to spend time with us during those few days.
What’s the next move?
Who is right?
A hotel worker sees a woman enter through the front door to eat the free complimentary breakfast for guests. The worker asks if she’s a guest, and they go back and forth. Have you ever been asked if you’re a guest? The woman could have just answered with her room number, and it wouldn’t have escalated.
A mulher salvou a vida do marido ao ter a percepção de que algo não estava certo.
Incrível como nem todos tem a capacidade de, nesses momentos, perceber que estão diante de uma situação de extrema gravidade.
@kellysuegruber@GregorioSh64773 Oh my gosh, I’ve had children and when I had a kidney stone it was so much worse. It’s like something sharp is tearing you apart on the inside and the burning of the stone is off the charts. That doctor is cruel
@GregorioSh64773 I was told 3 weeks post giving birth when I had kidney stones : " you just gave birth so I'm sure you can handle the pain'. My hand to God the Dr. Said that to me.
This will make you mad! 😡
Nurse Ratchet is deliberately withholding pain medication from a patient in pain because she thinks she needs to calm down. The patient is in the hospital for help, but the nurse is telling her she’s being hysterical and needs to focus despite her pain.
I’m sorry, what? There are some truly evil and sadistic people in this world.
Watch👇🏼
@LASHYBILLS That child shouldn’t have been playing out front on that busy street. Obviously he wasn’t being supervised. Look how much time passes before he goes into the street after the ball.
A 6-year-old boy died yesterday after being hit by a speeding car while chasing his basketball into the street.
The Driver Kenyunte W. Goss was arrested for driving on a suspended/revoked license and no insurance.