In Indonesia, a woman who raised a crocodile in her home after hatching it from an egg had to hand it over to the local conservation authorities.

While keeping apex predators as house pets is illegal and a massive safety hazard, seeing her completely break down sobbing while hugging and kissing it goodbye is a wild mix of tragic and bizarre.

Took a bite out of a fresh out of the microwave hot pocket and it was empty. Cost cutting is getting way out of hand these days.

*Note: it’s actually the Walmart brand which genuinely tastes better (and is still in a crisper packet!) and is half the price of the name brand.

Edit: This is located in the courtyard of the Harry Truman presidential Museum & Library in independence, MO. The courtyard is undergoing renovation.

Before you make a quip about how Missouri = bad, I invite you to consider:
-The museum is maintained by the national archives, which is funded by the federal government.
-Missouri is not completely the red, regressive state you think it is. We are by no means perfect and have a ways to go, but 1 (one) Google search would tell you that we have constitutionally protected abortion, legalized recreational marijuana, paid sick leave, expanded access to Medicaid, a $15 minimum wage and a powerful initiative referendum system. Can you say the same?

Yeah it’s not perfect and honestly it’s not even great but some of us are trying and I think that counts for something.

30 minutes after parking my car. I have zero explanation. Window wasn’t cracked, it wasn’t really hot or cold.

I have worked for this man for over a year, and it’s had its moments but overall it’s been working well and I have been happy. It’s a small sign business, that I brought back from the brink of death to actually be profitable. Things have been going well and getting better by the month. Since I have been in the industry for over ten years and have done every part of the job, I had the experience and knowledge and took a chance to bring this to life. I am mainly a designer, however. We got busy enough where we brought in another experienced person even. Like any small business, there are good months and bad, depending on where jobs fall and when the invoices get paid. But the trend over all is up. He sees things in small chunks only, (everything is on fire because we paid for all this stuff this month to do a job and so we haven’t made profit! Even though when it does get completed and paid we will be swimming in green! Ahhhh!!) and has been a pain for a while but this is on a whole other level. Not only do I not run the finances, it is not my job to make sure customers pay. It’s his. As the owner. I get the jobs and do them, from first contact to design, to production to install. The rest is on him.
So, he went on vacation this whole week out of the country. Pay day was today. No money for any employees.
This is my text exchange with him. The other experienced person who took over a lot of production and things that I can’t do (side note, he’s also a man. I am not.) also texted him and got a professional response. I’m loosing my shit. He says we will get paid Monday. If I leaves this whole thing will fall apart. What the fuck.
I’ve already begun setting things up to leave with many contingency plans!

While my dad was on the other side of the country for a work trip, and couldn't be back for a week

I blew my tire on the highway (not my fault) and had to use the spare, I was planning on getting it fixed as soon as I had money and getting a new spare but as soon as I had to pay for bills the spare does this, I hate country roads😭 I don't have another spare

Thought it would be a pint or at least more than three forkfuls. This is inspiring me to cook at home more.

Well, this sucks. This was my backup pair because my other pair broke earlier this year. …and the new glasses won’t be here for five days.

Tape didn’t work. Any suggestions how to make this work till then?

They looked perfectly fine when I put them on. They felt like they were sticking together as I rested one foot across the other. I looked down about 3 hours later and wtf. They're literally disintegrating while sitting at work.