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Redditor u/acringeymotorcycle asked the infamous r/AmITheA**hole subreddit if he should acquiesce to his formerly estranged father’s request, and got nearly 5,000 upvotes and 600 comments for his trouble. In the post, he says that he was 14 when his mother died in childbirth 20 years ago. Though his little sister, Elise, was only a baby, their father blamed her for killing his wife. He became an excessive drinker, and the original poster (OP) stepped in to take care of his three siblings with the help of his aunt and some family friends....

Redditor Not_A_Mouse_Today shared a post to the subreddit r/antiwork on December 31, which is titled, “My raise was 1.75 [percent], so I quit today.” They claimed they hadn’t gotten a raise for two years straight, and that they were “promised” a 15 percent raise. However, the promise was a verbal one, and nothing was in writing. “I tried talking to my boss about it, but he kept blowing me off,” the Redditor explained about the situation....

In a Reddit post titled, “Manager backpedals after I quit,” Redditor u/BeThereNever explained how a customer complaint led to them quitting their job and evading their manager’s attempts to stop them from leaving. Published in Reddit’s popular r/antiwork forum, the viral post has received 12,000 votes (99 percent upvotes) in the last day. Describing their former place of employment as a “pretty busy place,” u/BeThereNever said the restaurant’s staff is great, but expressed their disdain for its manager....

In the popular Reddit forum “Am I The Ahole,” user u/throwawaypigsty asked: “AITA [Am I the ahole] for choosing to work at home when my Zoom meetings annoy my husband?” The post has received nearly 19,000 votes and over 4,000 comments. At the beginning of the post, the Redditor explained that her employer gave all employees the option to work from home. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, she said she felt safer going remote....

The 27-year-old posted a picture of the fashion-forward look to his Instagram on Saturday and it didn’t take long for the internet to react. MORE: Biggest needs for each team in the 2017 NFL Draft A post shared by Cam Newton (@cameron1newton) on Apr 15, 2017 at 1:51pm PDT First, people couldn’t decide if Newton was wearing a romper. Then the jokes started.

Natural Remedies Researched To date, few studies have examined the use of alternative treatments for interstitial cystitis. However, preliminary findings suggest that these alternative treatments might be of some benefit for people with interstitial cystitis: Melatonin Melatonin, an antioxidant substance available in supplement form, was found to protect the bladder lining from irritants in a 2003 study on rats. According to the study’s authors, this finding suggests that melatonin holds promise as an alternative treatment for interstitial cystitis....

Margolis: You are best known for films grounded in a specific social or political context. What drew you to such an intimate story, about the aftermath of a love affair? Babenco: I don’t really believe that I am a political movie director. My strongest impulse has always been to flee from definitions, flags and ideologies. I felt this was a story no one had told before, about what happens after an amicable separation and how latent love lingers on....

Death2Divinity will run for fifteen episodes, each one taking place on Jude’s Twitch channel, MermaidRoyal. Jude will be part of the cast of PCs as Adrielle, while Katie Mae will be the GM. However, they both worked together to bring this project to life. In an interview with Game Rant, Jude and Katie Mae discussed the process of creating Death2Divinity, the impact they hope it has on the Dungeons and Dragons space, and some tips on how to craft a broadcast TTRPG and keep players safe while doing so....

One of the most attractive features so far has been their exemplary TV production, which is being headed by vice president of broadcasting Paul Crane. Joining Crane for commentary duties in the final leg of Season 2 was former NBA champion Joe Courtney. Courtney has had a long career in basketball, winning the 1993 NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls. He also played for 6 other NBA clubs in addition to appearing for numerous other teams abroad in Spain, Venezuela, Slovenia, France and Japan....

Joachim Fischer Nielsen is one of the most expressive characters in badminton. An animated and emotional figure, he is a stark contrast to many of the other subdued personalities in the sport. As a mixed doubles player (with Christinna Pedersen), Fischer is one of the most accomplished players in the world. Bronze medals at the World Championships and Olympics are among many titles the pair has won over the years....

Kansas Athletics shared some photos of the team’s new digs on their Instagram on Wednesday. Among the upgrades was a tribute to Wilt Chamberlain (pictured above) and the addition of illuminated light boxes above each Jayhawks player’s locker (below). (Photo via Kansas Athletics) The program originally renovated the locker room facility five years ago, but in this recruiting day and age, that’s pretty much eons ago. Bill Self and Kansas brought in a local design and fabrication company to spruce up the team’s shared space....

On New Year’s Eve, the search committee interviewed its final candidate. Jeremiah Wright Jr. was a young pastor enrolled at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Wright belonged to a group of black intellectuals who embraced “black liberation theology,” the idea that blacks shouldn’t have to choose between “Malcolm and Martin,” as the theologians put it. They could be Christian and black; they could be black and proud. When Barack Obama responded to the altar call at Trinity United Church of Christ in 1988, he was responding, in part, to that message....

Yet the Sounders did not get off to the strongest of starts. While a 1-2-3 stretch is far from a disaster, those results were beneath the talent of this Seattle team. Jordan Morris up top with Dempsey and Nicolas Lodeiro underneath? That’s a group of players expected to produce. Giovinco, Dempsey lead Team of the Week So coach Brian Schmetzer took a page out of the Sounders’ MLS Cup-winning playbook....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex told the world a family member had expressed concern about how dark their unborn son’s skin might be. And Meghan told Oprah she was left suicidal by negative press coverage, only to be told going to an institution to recover would make the monarchy look bad. Biography Battle of Brothers, serialized in U.K. newspaper The Times, described how the palace went into crisis mode in the aftermath—but Queen Elizabeth II made the media wait an extra day to ensure she got her response right....

The Washington Capitals held a photo shoot for the calendar on Monday. The adorable calendar features Capitals players with their dogs and homeless puppies from a local animal rescue. The calendar shoot is organized each year by the players’ wives and girlfriends. The proceeds from the calendar benefit the Homeward Trails Animal Rescue. From NHL.com: Calendars will be available for purchase at the team stores at Capital One Arena and Kettler Capitals Iceplex....

The German took his head-to-head record against the 20-time grand slam champion to 4-3 with a display of immense quality and huge character. Federer, winner of the title in 2014 and 2017, frequently showed his displeasure and repeatedly argued with the umpire, even landing a point penalty after hitting the ball into the crowd in anger. But his unrest was largely down to the brilliance of Zverev, who defiantly overcame the setback of missing out on five match-point openings in the second set....

If you use Instagram regularly, chances are that your Instagram feed is probably filled with your friends ‘top 9’ photos of the year. For those who aren’t familiar with the concept of ‘Instagram Best Nine’, these are nothing but user’s top 9 most-liked Instagram posts of the year. It’s like creating an annual collage that allows people to reflect on the posts that were liked by their friends throughout the year....

The newest feature, “Take A Break” alerts users when they have been active on the app for a certain amount of time allotted, and is now available for app users in the U.S., United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and Australia. Instagram will send out notifications to users about the new tool and how to set up the timers and reminders. Instagram announced the new feature today with a post on their website from Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram....

The outburst Many people expressed their anger and disappointment on Twitter. A user wrote, “@instagram what is going on? My account literally got suspended for no reason I did not violate any community guidelines, and when I try to verify the code it’s just giving me a loading error. Is anybody else having this problem? #instagramdown #instagram.” Suggested read: 7 Tried and Tested Methods to Fix Instagram Music Not Working...