Marisa Humphrey

@okaypompeii Small acts of kindness can mean everything in moments like that. You never forget who showed up, even in the simplest way.

when my friend found out she was getting divorced she drove to a Dunkin Donuts parking lot to cry. after, she went inside to get a coffee and the employee asked what was wrong, so she said she was divorcing. the employee went "here, hold on" and gave her a box of 40 munchkins lol

@MrPitbull07 Routine does more than we think. Kids feel safer and calmer when their evenings are predictable.

Your children don't NEED melatonin. They need a bath, a good meal, and a bedtime routine.

@Softnessa_ Sometimes your body knows before anyone else does. Never ignore serious symptoms and trust your instincts.

I will never forget when I was a teen, I felt deathly sick and I asked my mother to take me to the hospital. She told me to go lay down. I knew I was very ill so I called for an ambulance. The ambulance pulled up and my mom said “why is there an ambulance at my house”.. I said “I told you I needed to go to the hospital”.. My temp was 104°, I had a UTI that had progressed to a kidney infection and I was severely sick. Moral of the story, sometimes it is that serious.

@KeruboSk Sometimes people see what they expect before they see reality. Small misunderstandings can be surprisingly hilarious.

I was on a flight, excited to help a woman with her baby. Before I even spoke, a flight attendant came up: “Miss, can you come to the back with me?” My heart dropped. Thought I was in trouble. Turns out… They thought I was the mother.

@souljaboy The plan can wait. What matters is the commitment to keep going, even when the path isn’t perfect.

You don’t need a perfect plan, just a decision to not quit.

@MrPitbull07 All those years of ups and downs, and she never left. That’s the kind of loyalty and love that most people only read about.

She was 15 years old and she used her cousin's ID to get through the door. Suzette Gargiulo had no idea who was playing that night at the Long Island club. She had heard there was a girl band. She walked in and found something completely different — a loud, chaotic, completely unknown hard rock band with almost no money and almost no following, playing to a small crowd in a dive bar. The frontman saw her immediately. His name was Dee Snider. He was 21. He later said he saw her and flipped. She was this Italian beauty he had never seen before, and the moment the show was over he found a way to introduce himself. Then he told her something that should have sounded absurd coming from a struggling singer in an unknown band playing a tiny club on Long Island. He told her he was going to be famous one day. She believed him. That was 1976. What followed was not a simple love story. It was a working partnership that most people have never fully understood, because the history of Twisted Sister is usually told as the story of one person, and it was always the story of two. Suzette Gargiulo became Suzette Snider. She also became the person who designed the band's logo, did their makeup, and made Dee's costumes. The visual identity that made Twisted Sister impossible to look away from — the outrageous glam-metal look, the war paint, the theatrical excess that would dominate MTV in the early 1980s — that came from her hands. Dee told The Sydney Morning Herald in 2019 that she was "a costume designer who came up with the band's logo, did our make-up, and made my costumes." Yahoo! Their son Shane later said on a podcast that it would be safe to call his mother one of the masterminds behind Twisted Sister. She never stood onstage. She never took a bow. The image the world recognised belonged, in significant part, to someone the world never saw. The years before fame were real in the way that struggling years always are. They married in 1981. Their first child was born in 1982. The band had not yet broken through. There was no guarantee they ever would. Most bands that work as hard as Twisted Sister worked in the late 1970s and early 1980s never make it. They kept going anyway. Then 1984 arrived. We're Not Gonna Take It. I Wanna Rock. The entire world suddenly knew who Twisted Sister was. And that is when things almost fell apart. Dee Snider has been honest about this in interviews. Success went to his head. By his own account, he became a megalomaniac. The man who had once told a 15-year-old girl he would be famous was now famous and had lost the ability to see clearly. They went to counselling. The marriage came very close to ending. It did not end. Then came the 1990s. The hits stopped. The spotlight moved on. They went through what Dee has described as double bankruptcy. He was riding a bicycle to a desk job, answering phones, married with three children, the money gone and the fame gone. He said later: "People need to hear those stories and know they're not alone." Newsweek And through all of it, Suzette stayed. Dee wrote publicly: "When I had nothing Suzette was there. When I made it big in the 80s she was there. When I lost it all in the 90s she was there — and I never thought for a second she might leave me. And today she is still with me. To the end." Bored Panda They have four children. They have grandchildren. They are still married. In 2018, Suzette marked the anniversary of the night they met with a post that said she met the man of her dreams in a bar 42 years earlier. That she was grateful for everything he had brought to her life. That she loved him forever and forever. Most people who know the name Twisted Sister know the songs. Most people who know the face know the makeup and the costumes and the logo. Very few people know who designed them, and who kept the man behind them standing upright when he was not capable of doing it himself.

@datingbyblaine Rejection isn’t wasted effort. Each interaction teaches you something about people and preferences.

Matchmaking client, 46, 6’2, exited tech founder, is looking for someone super specific. Complex national search. My team grinds 100+ hours to get me on the phone with one potential match. We’re chatting, and… She’s perfect. I start describing him, and she’s interested!!! Then I send his photo. “Oh, we went on a date 2 years ago. He’s sweet, but not for me. Have any other clients?” ☹️☹️☹️

@orangebook You don’t need luxury to enjoy life, but having space and security to show up for the people and moments you love that’s priceless.

The best things in life are free, but it does take money to be in a position to be mentally and emotionally present enough to appreciate them:

@sweatystartup High costs don’t always equal high value. It’s important to know what you actually need before spending.

AI about to get 20x expensive. These $200 / month claude subscriptions are burning $5,000 worth of credits. The bubble is going to pop and it will pop soon.

@drmarkhyman People want advanced strategies without doing the simple things first. That’s where most go wrong.

Before you biohack... -Clean up your diet -Regulate your sleep -Balance your blood sugar -Calm your nervous system -Move daily -Build relationships You can’t out-hack the fundamentals.

@jimcramer This is pretty normal for stocks like this. Big run, quick pullback, then things settle again.

It is not unusual for a stock like Micron to have a blow off top only to come back a few weeks later.. it is not worth freaking out about...

@Mr_Husky1 Sometimes what looks like aggression is actually protection. You just have to look a little closer to understand it.

I’m an animal control officer. We got a call about an aggressive dog in an alley. When I got there, I saw a huge German Shepherd mix. He was barking his head off at a group of kids. But something was off. He wasn't lungeing. He was standing in front of a dumpster. I cleared the kids out. I cautiously approached him. He stopped barking and just started whining, looking back at the dumpster. I went around him. Behind the dumpster was a tiny, emaciated tabby cat, terrified. The dog wasn't trying to attack the kids; he was protecting the cat from them. They were both homeless, both hungry, but they had each other. I didn't separate them. They both came back to the shelter in my truck. They got adopted together by a family who needed a pair of heroes. Anonymous

@AlexHormozi Not everyone deserves a permanent place in your life. Knowing when to walk away is a form of self-respect.

When you're on your deathbed, you won't regret cutting shitty people out of your life. You'll regret keeping them in it.

@Markmanson Letting go gets easier when you remember that what feels huge to you is often invisible to others.

Your embarrassing moment is someone else's background noise. ㅤ What haunts you for years is an instantly forgotten detail to them.

@fesshole Some truths really do belong to the past. Protecting someone’s feelings can sometimes be the kindest choice.

My then gf's pet rat died; she didn't have a garden so asked to bury it in mine. I told her where was a good spot, left a spade out, and she did it while I was at work. Unfortunately it wasn't very deep so my cat dug it up and ate it. We're now married and she must never know.

Over the past year, I’ve been building LifeWeaver, a way to automatically turn the digital fragments of your life, like photos, text messages, e-mails, calendars, and notes, into stories your family can actually read. Grateful for the chance to share that vision at RootsTech.

@eurofounder Don’t measure success only by money. Your well-being, relationships, and peace are priceless and should come first.

My friend moved to San Francisco to work as a Staff Engineer at OpenAI His salary? $30,000 a month A lot of money right? Well, the reality was different: $12,000 - rent, studio with no windows $7,000 - tip for the landlord $5,000 - subscription to gay sauna $4,000 - rehab after fentanyl addiction $2,000 - Asian prostitutes $1,000 - Tesla lease payment Soon he found himself in immense debt and nearly took his own life Please, think twice before chasing the “American Dream”

@drgurner The energy you spend on negativity is wasted. Witnessing genuine care reminds you what matters most.

Hang out with men & women in genuinely happy marriages... Hear how they talk about each other, see how they support each other, and cheer each other on... You'll realize that the slop online throwing hate is so wasteful & that life can be oh so grand.

@Mr_Husky1 Sometimes all it takes is one calm person to remind you you’re not failing. That kind of patience is priceless.

I was flying alone with my 4-month-old son. It was a nightmare. Our flight was delayed three hours. We were stuck on the tarmac. The AC wasn't working well. My baby was screaming. That high-pitched, ear-piercing scream that makes everyone hate you. I was bouncing him, shushing him, feeding him. Nothing worked. I could feel the glares. I heard someone behind me huff, 'Can't she shut him up?' I started to cry. I was exhausted, covered in spit-up, and felt like the world’s worst mother. Then, the man in the aisle seat next to me—a businessman in a sharp suit working on a laptop—closed his computer. I braced myself for a lecture. 'Ma'am,' he said. 'I’m trying,' I sobbed. 'I’m so sorry.' 'Hand him here,' he said gently. 'What?' 'I have four kids. My youngest is in college now. I miss this.' He reached out his hands. I was so desperate, I handed my screaming baby to a stranger. The man laid my son against his expensive suit jacket. He started humming a low, rumbly tune and patting his back with a rhythm only a veteran dad knows. Within two minutes, the screaming stopped. Within five, my son was asleep. The man looked at me. 'Close your eyes, Mom. I got him. I promise I won’t wake you unless the plane is on fire.' I slept for two hours. When I woke up as we were landing, my son was still sleeping in his arms, and the man was just smiling out the window. He saved my sanity that day. Dads, never underestimate the power of your calm Anonymous

@noahkagan Truth is simple: the effort you put in quietly matters more than the hype you make.

50% of the people here are LYING about how they use AI and the other 50% aren't talking about it.