This happened yesterday at my local Costco, and I’m still confused by how aggressively triggered this guy got over a sample.

They were giving out those pineapple teriyaki meatballs. I don’t actually buy them because they're not great for you, but I’ll always grab a sample when they’re out. The employee had just put out a fresh tray and there was zero line—literally just me and one other guy who grabbed one. I went up, took two, scarfed them down, and started walking down the aisle.

As I’m walking, I notice a guy parked with his cart in the middle of the aisle, staring dead ahead. Every few seconds he’d glance sideways at me, then quickly snap his eyes back straight ahead. I figured he was just waiting on someone, so I didn't think much of it.

Right as I walk past him, he shakes his head, scoffs, and says: "One at a time, bro… one at a time."
I was totally thrown off, trying to process if he was actually talking to me. When it clicked, I said, "They’re unlimited… I took two. What’s your issue?"
He instantly starts yapping nonsense and gesturing, saying "Come on, let’s go get some tacos" in a tone that made it pretty clear he wanted to fight. At that point, I just walked away.

He wasn't even waiting in line for a sample, there was no crowd around, and taking two samples is completely normal anyway.

Just an utterly bizarre interaction. Has anyone else ever encountered a self-appointed Costco sample monitor?

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Hi, I’m M 20 and sorry if this is annoying to ask. Growing up I used to be friends with this girl from my school, we were friends for a very long time, and I started to catch feelings for her. I think there were times where she thought the same, but she was always after other guys and I always felt like the 2nd option.

Anyways, stuff happened and we had a couple of fights, tried to make up, but in the end I stopped talking to her in late 2024, and I’ve been trying to move on ever since. I’m the type of guy that doesn’t like to hate anyone, no matter the things that happened between us. So last year for Christmas, I sent a message saying sorry for everything that happened between us, just want to say merry Christmas….. she never answered lol.

I don’t really go out with girls a lot, as I’m not into the hookup culture that this generation does a lot of. And most of the time I forget about her, but today I had a dream that I wish was reality and she’s back in my mind again after 2 years bro.

How can I just let this go, I don’t wanna be thinking about her because I know if it was meant to be she would’ve been with me right now.

Hola. Sé que aquí hay muchas historias y que quizá esta publicación pase desapercibida, pero quería contarles algo que de verdad me importa.
En nuestra comunidad escolar en Choloma (Escuela Bilingüe Sunny Path), se han creado cuentas anónimas en Instagram y TikTok bajo la excusa de "libertad de expresión". A través de la aplicación NGL y mensajes anónimos, estas cuentas comenzaron publicando insultos vulgares, difamaciones y actitudes denigrantes hacia estudiantes menores de edad. Ahora, tras el descontento provocado, borraron todo el contenido anterior sobre los alumnos, pero han comenzado a atacar, denigrar, insultar y difundir mentiras sobre una institución familiar. Aunque se han hecho denuncias formales, las plataformas suelen desestimar los reportes individuales con respuestas automáticas, permitiendo que esta difamación y ciberacoso continúen impunemente. 
Lo que más me preocupa es el impacto en la seguridad de los menores, el daño moral y la reputación de las familias e instituciones afectadas. Ninguna persona ni empresa familiar debería ser víctima de este tipo de humillación, acoso sistemático y difamación digital. Quienes administran estas páginas se esconden cobardemente en el anonimato para violar las normas comunitarias, los reglamentos escolares y la tranquilidad de nuestra comunidad.
Lo que me gustaría conseguir es darle la máxima visibilidad a esta situación para lograr el cierre y la eliminación definitiva de estas cuentas de Instagram y TikTok, demostrando que la difamación y el acoso no serán tolerados en redes sociales.
Si esta historia les parece importante, agradecería mucho que nos ayuden reportando de forma masiva ambas cuentas directamente desde las aplicaciones de Instagram y TikTok (seleccionando las opciones de Acoso, Bullying o Difamación), o que compartan esta publicación para que más personas se sumen. Entre más reportes coordinados se envíen, más rápido las plataformas suspenderán estos perfiles. Y si tienen preguntas, con gusto puedo explicar más.
Gracias por tomarse el tiempo de leerme.

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I’m a 21 year old who lives with mom dad and 4 sisters. I feel like being the only man in the family with a Dad who is old and isn’t very emotionally intelligent has taken such a toll on my mind that I can’t deal or micro manage peoples moods swings or tantrums and irrational behavior anymore.

I feel as a result of me being a laid back level headed person in a house full of crazy characters they’ve taken my kindness for weakness. And I haven’t been in the best financial spot. i’ve had to take an extra year of college and pay my tuition and was jobless prior this year.

I feel the mix of my kindness, Me not having enough money to contribute to bills of the house, me accepting money from my family to aid my broke self in college which is a blessing but as a result i feel like the dynamic has become i’m someone who is thought less of in my own house. Someone who can be talked to any sort of way

It was a “straw that broke the camels back” scenario where within the span of a week my mother cussed me out insanely hard over leaving chicken in an air fryer, i was yelled at by my sister for not taking the cats litter out, when i had done it the day prior, first thing in the morning. and my other sis blows up simply cus i asked to use her charger

My other sis ignored me cause i haven’t told her about what classes ive signed up for this semester after i told her about my tuition issues. And my little sis just doesn’t speak to me unless i speak to her

So i’ve ignored them in the house for the past month. I don’t ignore them per say, i answer when i’m called or spoken to or they need something but i just don’t say hey or strike up convos anymore

They’ve tried to ask what’s wrong and apologize to me if they did something but I’m exhausted with them as people and i realized i can’t change them. What im describing is very anti climatic but the abundance and all of it happening at once triggered me to distance myself.

EDIT: i just got into another argument with my mom because i didn’t know what type of bugs she was talking about in the back yard i stg.
I genuinely told her mom i dont know what you’re saying can u calm down and she’s upset. jesus

This guy found one of y’alls last one.

So I recently became single after finding someone who I thought was the love of life... so im not looking for now but the mother of the eldest child was taken off her by Social Services (CPS), I was then forced to choose between my daughter and son with 24 hours notice. I spent months fighting for my son and then his mother moved up the road, which made contact with my son difficult, I then spiralled and lost the woman I love and probably always will, but I know that I won't have time to date when I get my own place and have my son, Im starting to feel like my sons mum has won and Im gonna die alone. My ex has told me she still loves me but can not cope with my son..... I cannot believe that anyone will accept him either as he is Neurodiverse and potentially has PTSD.

Home gym shopping can turn into an endless comparison of brands, dimensions, accessories, and small differences that might not matter much in actual use.

I'm curious which purchase you eventually stopped researching and just went with. Was it a bench, a rack, adjustable dumbbells, or some accessory you kept debating?

Looking back, did the choice work out, or did you realize that the details you spent so much time comparing barely affected your training?

I'd love to hear what people would tell someone who is stuck researching instead of actually building their setup.

Since childhood, I've heard my mom and dad talking about nothing but my sister, she's like their ideal child. The moment she was born, I was non-existent and just kept around as a babysitter for her. She makes a mistake, I would get yelled at, she hurts herself, it's my fault somehow. All the sympathy they have goes towards her, the moment something happens to me, it disappears.

They taught her to treat me how they do it, I hear my mom laughing with my sister as they wish I was never born, I used to get so embarrassed that I'd sit in the bathroom for hours and cry until now one was home.

The moment I get yelled at, or even lightly scolded, I can't stop my tears and the worst part is that I can't just forget about the situation, it stays in my head for hours. It really makes me anxious, I try my best not to cry but I really just can't stop myself. I'm really not crying on purpose, I really just need some help stopping this. It's embarassing to cry in front of others, it feels like I'm seeking attention but I really just can't do anything. I can't afford therapy, I've tried everything I can at home but nothing has worked for me.

It makes me lose hope everytime it happens, I've started isolating myself because of this and I doubt anyone would even care about it. I don't wanna miss things out in life, even if there's no one close to me anymore, I just wanna live normally without feeling like a victim everytime, without overthinking about my past and future.

i care about my wife, daughter, mom, dad, sister, fam, friends

i send love to all beings and wish for peace on earth

beyond that though i don’t care much about much right now

like i have very little ambition and it feels good

just existing, or almost feeling like i don’t exist a lot of the time

my need to be special seems to be dying

who cares?

don’t give a shit about impressing anyone

don’t care about money

don’t care about status

i just do me

and i like being me

it’s chill

i let the world take care of itself

The only disability in life is a bad attitude. Am I wrong?

It bothers me that people feel they can talk to you anyways they want including family. I get sick of being tactful when saying how I feel (which I don't usually do) but other people are just brutally honest and don't care how they deliver what they want to say. For some reason, I have always felt I always need to be nice and kind. I sometimes or most of the time hold things in because I fear conflict , even as a middle aged man.

Sometimes, having nothing to do feels more exhausting than having too much to do. You want to start something, make progress, or create something meaningful, but your own thoughts seem to get in the way.

So you keep yourself busy, hoping that staying occupied will make everything feel a little lighter.

Have you ever felt this way? What do you usually do when silence becomes uncomfortable?

Long post. This is a very specific and bizarre issue and I honestly have no idea what the best sub to post something like this would be, so I apologize in advance if this doesn't fit here and would appreciate recommendations for a better sub to post this in. Long story short, I grew up very socially awkward, excluded, and bullied, with parents who also taught me weird rules for socializing. I felt like I lacked the innate social skills other kids had and always had trouble making friends and fitting in. Things took a huge turn in high school when I made friends who gave me a huge confidence boost, and my social skills completely transformed. Pretty much ever since and now at 22, I've been completely socially competent, make friends very easily, feel like overall I'm well-liked, and am completely comfortable with silences during conversations (something I used to struggle with a lot that made me act very awkward).

However, I noticed that I have this recurring issue every once in a while that I call "flare-ups" lasting a few weeks to months. Out of nowhere, either triggered by a minor awkward interaction or literally NO reason at all, my brain will randomly and suddenly start doubting my social skills, and then I inevitably continue to doubt myself, lose confidence and become anxious, become hyper-aware of silences in conversations (and am constantly feeling anxious to fill them, completely unlike how I normally am), and I end up acting stiff and awkward in front of people. I'm not able to talk to people and make jokes and just relax like I normally can and know I'm capable of, and this completely takes away my ability to be myself and chat and make friends.

It's infuriating because logically, I know 100% that it's all in my head and this fear has zero rhyme or reason whatsoever. It literally makes no sense: I can literally just continue being who I am and it would be fine, but instead it's like a double-whammy where I not only become anxious and unconfident in my social skills (again, for absolutely no good reason), but also become this super awkward and inauthentic version of myself and end up just having awkward hangouts. It's so frustrating trying to make friends during these flare-ups because I know I could easily talk to them otherwise, but I keep shooting myself in the foot against my will. Eventually these flare-ups resolve on their own and I'm fine for a while, but it doesn't matter how well I'm doing because another one can strike out of nowhere and it takes so little to crumble my confidence. I'm sure this is at least somewhat from childhood exclusion, bullying, other scars, and a weak sense of self-worth, but regardless it's an ongoing issue. What is going on, how can I stop letting it impact me, is this constant cycling something I'll have to live with forever, and can therapy or anything else significantly help? If I'm not in a position to be able to easily afford therapy right now, does anyone have advice on what I can do?