Nobody warns you as a kid that adulthood is mostly just meetings and pretending to look busy. The one thing that makes work bearable is knowing everyone else is going through the exact same nonsense and tweeting about it.

Someone always manages to turn a genuinely miserable Tuesday into something funny enough to save for the weekend. That’s the real coping mechanism nobody talks about.

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The server posted the photo, and the comments did what comments do: piled on the customer and backed the server. Stiffing your server is bad enough. Inventing a tip that goes the other direction is a new one.

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He crossed the gap eight times as if on a leisurely stroll. Meanwhile, I can’t even walk across my living room without stubbing a toe.

Twitter today required a lot less bravery but still showed us plenty to laugh at. Here are the funniest tweets from Friday, August 7, 2026.

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Twitter clearly agrees, because the timeline is packed with people who feel the exact same way. These food tweets are the appetizer to a good laugh, and a little bit of self-recognition too.

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These posts start out looking exactly like that kind of easy, disposable cringe, and then somewhere in the middle they take a turn nobody really sees coming until it’s already too late to laugh. What started as a chuckle ends up sitting with you a lot longer than expected.

Scroll through carefully because some of these hit a lot harder than the headline lets on.

1. “People Who Still Didn’t Believe In Masks And Covid”

2. “Tell Me You’re Insecure Without Telling Me You’re Insecure”

3. “Anon On Passport Bros”

4. “Joe Rogan Podcast Is Just The Epstein Client List”

5. “They Aborted His Girlfriend”

6. “Cool Guy In A Cybertruck”

7. “Dumped By AI Boyfriend”

8. “Man Is Upset His AI Girlfriend Is A Feminist, Gets Dumped By The AI”

9. “Rip This Person’s Social Life After This…”

10. “Dude Pays $10k For Onlyahug”

11. “From An An Ad For A New $10,000 Alpha Male Bootcamp”

12. People Really Do Lack Empathy

13. Buying An Ad To Wish Yourself Happy Birthday

14. “A Naughty Husband”

15. “Twitter User Sends Date His Outfit, Date Cancels”

16. “This Sub Is A Goldmine”

17. “Boomers Falling For AI”

18. Big Ouchie

19. “They Have To Pay People To Attend The Melania Screenings”

20. “A Photo Taken At Drake’s Concert In Australia , Fans With Signs Up Begging Drake For Favours”

21. “I Can’t Tell If This Is More Sad Or Cringe”

22. “This Is Just Really Sad, Man”

23. “Thank You For Your Service”

24. What The Actual Hell Is This, I Got No Words

25. “Soulja Boy Streaming On Twitch To Only 124 Viewers After Showing Support For President. His Latest Concert Tickets Were Only $30 And Didn’t Sell Many”

26. “…for Deep Research”

27. “Yeesh”

28. “Why Would Anyone Post It”

29. “Peepeepoopoo”

30. “Racist Makes 100k In Go Fund Me”

31. “Whole Foods Women Must Be Stopped”

32. Its So Ridiculous That Its Funny

33. *with Quivering Anime Voice*

34. That Took A Dark Turn :l

35. Guy Makes Romantic AI Image Of Himself With A Stranger

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I realize it’s a minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of things, and I’m aware of that, which is more than I can say for the culprit. I’m nice though, so I didn’t say anything or do anything about it. I just bottled it up and decided to write about it here instead.

That’s basically what a “main character moment” is, entitlement so loud it becomes impossible to ignore. These people were caught in the middle of their own, fully convinced the world revolves around them, one way or another.

1. Geez, Some People Are Extremely Entitled

2. Thinks The World Stops For Him Because He Spent Too Much On His Truck

3. She Wanted To Copy My Essay

4. Central Park, NYC

5. Customer Is Upset That A Mattress Store Won’t… Help Them Move…?

6. Car Dealership Blocking The Sidewalk With Their Cars

7. Attention Seeking Final Boss

8. Military Discount At A Swimwear Store

9. The Grown Women Who Kick Young Girls Off Public Pickleball Court

My daughter and her friend were playing pickleball when these Karens showed up and kicked them off because they had an “appointment”. This is a public city park court btw and you can’t make reservations. My daughter begged me not to say anything.

10. Lady Covers Seat With “Seat Bag” – Tray Table Cannot Be Opened…

11. Some Truly Grinch Behavior

12. Woman Taking Up Four Space

13. Imagine Being So Entitled That You Make Everyone Drive 20mph Because That’s What You Want

14. This House Keeps Their Basketball Hoop In The Middle Of The Side Walk

15. I’m Busy

16. The Entitled Person Who Put Their Mattress In The Dumpster

First of all they do this on a Sunday. (The garbage man picks up the trash on Friday) so pretty much anyone else who wants to use the dumpster is affected. Mind you, this dumpster is shared by several complexes. And the worst part? It’s possible that the garbage man can refuse to take the dumpster since it has the mattress in it. So not are they only everyone else over, but their entitlement is possibly them over too. JUST TAKE YOUR STUFF TO THE DUMP LIKE THE REST OF US YOU LAZY FOLKS.

17. Group Of Tourists Singing “Mamma Mia” Loudly On The Streets During Quiet Hours

18. How Dare You Not Have The Most Top Quality Food And Beverage For Me, For Free?

19. I Can’t Believe How Entitled Some People Can Be

20. When You Being Your Own Hose To Wash Your Car At Cemetery

21. We Didn’t Get 50% Off And Came In 20 Minutes From Closing, This Place Sucks

22. The Driver Parked Horizontally Across Two Separate Handicap Parking Spots

23. Saw A Post Here Recently With This Same Problem So I Decided To Share My Own Experience

24. Lent Someone Money 3 Years Ago. Got Paid Back Today

25. Wants A Model With Amazing Aesthetics And Should Film Multiple Videos, All Unpaid And Doesn’t Have The Decency To Offer The Jewelry As A Gift Either

26. Getting Insulted After Politely Refusing A Ride At 6:30 Am To Someone I Haven’t Spoken To In Months

27. Lady Wanting Preteen To Watch Kids For $50/Week

28. Starbucks “Loosing” A Loyal Customer Because They Got His Name Wrong

29. My Neighbours’ Shoes In The Hall

30. “$400 For A Whole Week” Of Hard Work? Ridiculous!

31. This Guy’s Response To A Girl Saying That She Got Engaged

32. This Is A Road To A Relatively Popular Hiking Spot. The Street Is Very Narrow And Parking Is Often Limited. This Person Decided That Parking Within The Lines Didn’t Apply To Them.

33. Is This Mildly Or Extremely? I Could Go Either Way

34. Neighbor Put This How To Discipline Kids Book In My Mailbox

My neighbor in her early 80s who likes to throw water on kids’ chalk art put this book in my mailbox. We keep to ourselves and my kids are very respectful. They hate everyone around us and do things like this to everyone. She’s married (somehow) and her husband doesn’t do anything. She’s petty af. Is this harassment? Isn’t it a federal offense to put things like this in others’ mailboxes?

35. After Hours

36. Local Real Estate “Investor” Is Mad That I Told Him I Didn’t Have Time To Speak When He Showed Up Unannounced

37. Bringing Your Kindle To The Movie Theater

38. Neighbour Thinks I Should Be Ashamed And Embarassed Of Myself For Parking On The Street In Front Of Their Home

39. A Neighbor Keeps Asking For More, With Better Name Blurring!

40. Mc Sneaks Into A Soup Kitchen At Night And Makes A Mess Spilling Their Spices On The Floor & Table

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The businesses below earned their praise from people online by thinking a little differently and putting customers first in ways that actually matter.

From restaurants and grocery stores to hotels and neighborhood shops, these clever business ideas had people rushing online to share them with everyone else.

Fair warning: after scrolling through these, you may find yourself silently judging every business that doesn’t do these things.

1. “The Owner Of Last Video Rental Store In Pocatello Saves Portion Of Collection For ‘Christina’s Corner’ Which For Christina Who Has Down Syndrome And Is Mostly Nonverbal And Renting A Movie Has Been Vital To Her Routine For At Least The Last 15 Years”

2. “In South Korea, Some Stores Package Their Bananas Together In Various Ripeness Stages So You Can Eat Them Over Several Days Without Them Going Brown. They Call Them ‘One-A-Day’ Bananas”

3. “Online Shoe Retailer Begins Selling Single Shoes, And Allows Consumer To ‘Build A Pair’ Of Different Sized Shoes”

4. “Some Drugstores In The Czech Republic Introduced Shampoo And Shower Gel Filling Machines. Customers Can Refill Their Empty Bottles With Various Products So They Don’t Have To Buy A New One Everytime”

5. “This Grocery Store In France Has The Store Layout On The Shopping Cart”

6. “This Store Lets Customers Choose Whether They Want To Be Bothered By The Staff”

7. “This Baby Store Has Different Surfaces To ‘Road Test’ The Strollers”

8. “Please Every Restaurant Everywhere Implement These. It’s So Nice”

9. “This Movie Theater Has Screens In The Bathrooms So You Don’t Miss Any Of The Action !”

10. “This Work Clothing Store In Ottawa Has A Sub-Zero ‘Winter Simulator’ That Allows You To Test The Clothes You’re Buying In Sub-Zero Temps And High Winds”

11. “My Grocery Store Started Selling Overripe Bananas For Cheap With A Recipe For Banana Bread On The Bag”

12. “My Uber Driver Offered A Conversation ‘Menu’ For His Ride”

13. “Crayola Started A ‘Choose Your Own Crayon Box’ Station In This Office Supply Store”

14. “Fair Exposition Of Yoga Pants At Local Nike Store”

15. “Burger King France Now Use Washable Dishes, As A New Laws Force All Restaurants To Do So”

16. “This Irish Supermarket Has Quiet Evenings For Sensitive People”

17. “My Local Publix Grocery Store Offers A Free Healthy Snack For Kids While Their Parents Shop”

18. “This Airport Has A Bathroom For Service Animals”

19. “I Got A Warning For Leaving My Laptop Unattended In The Library”

20. “This Clothing Store Is Undergoing Construction, So They Dressed Their Mannequins Appropriately”

21. “This Luggage Store Has An Airplane Set Up For Customers To Test Their Carry Ons And Underseater Bags”

22. “This Dutch Grocery Store Offers Samples Of All Their Toilet Paper In Their Restrooms”

23. “My Local Store Puts Out ‘Warning, Product Got Smaller!’ Labels”

24. “Entrance To A Furniture Store My Dad And Stepmom Checked Out Today”

25. “This Sports Store Has A Mini Obstacle Course So You Can Test Your Hiking Shoes”

26. “Local Bookshop Sells Mystery Books. The Wrapping Describes The Themes Only”

27. “This Store Allows You To Build Your Own Pens”

28. “The Knife In This Swiss Restaurant Is Made To Show Off The Many Peaks Of The Swiss Alps”

29. “New York LEGO Store Knows What They’re Doing”

30. “Cigarette Ballot Bins Customized To Reduce Cigarette Litter”

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Twitter didn’t care about either one today, just kept doing what it does, being funny about absolutely everything else instead. These are the funniest tweets from Thursday, August 6, 2026.

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When people over 40 on Reddit were asked to share their biggest regrets, the responses were refreshingly honest. Some wish they’d taken better care of their health, others regret staying in bad relationships or not taking more risks, and plenty admitted they spent far too much time worrying about what other people thought.

Some of the answers are difficult to read, but they’re also incredibly relatable. If nothing else, these responses offer a chance to learn from someone else’s experience before making the same mistake yourself.

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It’s a good reminder that everything you’ve ever put online has the potential to resurface eventually, whether that’s next week or five years from now, whenever it’s least convenient.

The internet has an incredibly long memory and an even longer appetite for catching people in it. The screenshots of these comebacks expose the quiet realization that there’s no way out of this one.

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These aren’t jump scare horror movie stills or anything staged for effect, they’re just regular, ordinary pics that somehow ended up deeply, inexplicably unsettling. Nobody can fully explain why creepy pics work the way they do. They just do.

I’m sorry in advance for the spine-chills about to happen.

1. “Looks like you took a xenomorph chest bursted and deep fried it”

2. “I don’t know whether I should be impressed or scared”

3. “Pop tartare”

4. “Ribbit”

5. “A fungus that grows on some spiders”

6. “Went in the attic of a house we were looking at aannd….”

7. “The Meatcube has gained sentience.”

8. “In my apartment dumpster.”

9. “Withered Wendy”

10. “Dr. Seuss legs”

11. “I’m a contractor. Bought an abandoned/foreclosed home to renovate. This was in the basement bathroom. What. The…”

12. “Sometimes the best things should not be combined”

13. “I understand how urgent this is”

14. “Neighbors trash a few months back”

15. “She has such…wonderful things…to show you”

16. “This is making me itchy ugh”

17. “That chair has seen some things.”

18. “His friends come over and throw loose change on the floor to fuck with him.”

19. “Bee Movie (directed by David Cronenberg).”

20. “Early stages of the Resident Evil 7 house”

21. “Guess the weather is a bit heavy huh”

22. “If you don’t sleep at night he will catch you…”

23. “Brine”

24. “Why can I taste this?”

25. “I don’t know what it is, or why anyone would make such a monstrosity, but I see its face, and it has Gilbert Gottfried’s voice.”

26. “You are my hands for I can not physically interact with this world yet”

27. “Reminds me of an episode from My Strange Addiction”

28. “Reminds me of an episode from My Strange Addiction”

29. “Started work this morning, put my headset on, felt something furry in my ear, looked and there is a bat in my headset.”

30. “This is actually an amazing prank if you’ve got an old pair of shoes and some spray paint”

31. “New wrestling move just dropped”

32. “Key to Heaven”

33. “Cursed bath”

34. “A Suburban Ceremony”

35. “Moldy Keyboard”

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Seeing tweets like these helps me feel a little less self-conscious about it, apparently I’m far from the only one losing complete control the second warm weather hits.

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These profiles and photos they left up are a strange little time capsule of the original social media. Even now-famous people were once just as weird and random as everyone else scrolling through their own cringe right now.

Here are celebrity Myspace pics worth a good laugh.

1. Kim Kardashian

“Princess Kimberly,” Kim Kardashian, 25 — Kim went full pink princess mode before “Kim Kardashian” was a household name. Between the glitter background, the relationship status announcement, and a level of pageantry usually reserved for actual royalty, this profile makes it clear she’d already mastered branding herself, just with significantly more Comic Sans and significantly fewer reality show cameras involved.

2. Tom Hardy

Long before the blockbusters, Tom Hardy’s Myspace page was mostly just photos like this one, camera flash included. He apparently listed “serious relationships” as one of his reasons for being on the site, which is a little funny given how chaotic the rest of his bio reportedly was. A different kind of profile than what you’d expect from him now.

3. Kendall Jenner

“Kendall,” mood: hyper, Kendall Jenner — Before international runways, there was a thermal filtered profile photo and a URL that has nothing to do with high fashion whatsoever. A very different chapter than the one she’s known for now.

4. Taylor Swift

Yellow t-shirt, “Spelling Bee Champion,” Taylor Swift — Before the stadium tours, Taylor was just another teenager perfecting the classic Myspace angle and apparently leaving elaborate, medieval-flavored comments on her friends’ pages. A completely different kind of songwriting, but the same commitment to a bit.

5. Kesha

This isn’t a bio, it’s a hostage note with better branding. Somewhere between the all caps and the dollar signs, punctuation gave up entirely. 2008 Kesha wasn’t writing a Myspace profile, she was declaring war on subtlety.

6. Nicki Minaj

The pink obsession was already fully formed here, though the outfits featured throughout the page have not aged nearly as well as the music did.

7. Katy Perry

Before the pop stardom, Katy was out here spelling Beverly Hills with a “z” and casually mentioning she plays both acoustic and electric guitar without wanting to seem like a snob about it. A very specific kind of humble brag, executed to perfection.

8. Ariana Grande

Pairing a full ball gown with an accordion is a bold styling choice, even by early 2000s standards.

9. Lana Del Rey

Before the persona rebrand, there was just a girl named Lizzy Grant listing poison, motorcycles, and morphine among her interests. This checks out completely with everything that came later.

10. The Jonas Brothers

The baggy jeans, the armbands, the hair that clearly took real effort, this photo is a whole era of boy band fashion captured in one frame. They’ve all come a long way since.

11. Jeffree Star

The neon and pink obsession was already locked in early, no notes there. The eyebrow game, however, clearly still had some work to do.

12. Harry Styles

This one’s about as wholesome as it gets, a young Harry, no pop star polish yet, just genuine and a little goofy in a way that’s hard not to smile at.

13. Aubrey Plaza

Even back then, Aubrey Plaza’s Myspace bio was already doing exactly what her whole career would eventually run on, deadpan, a little dark, fully unbothered. Some people just arrive fully formed.

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With so much at stake – from a steady paycheck to a chance to advance your career – it’s no wonder that many people find job interviews to be a challenging and intimidating process.

In this recent Reddit post, a work totally flubbed a job interview, but managed to get their redemption years later.

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Nothing specific went wrong today. I just ran out of steam somewhere around lunch and never really got it back. Twitter was a saving grace though. Still funny about everything happening in the world, which might be the most impressive part of the whole day.

I pulled the funniest tweets that actually made me stop scrolling and laugh instead of just hitting like out of habit.

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No adult could deliver a line that creepy and mean it that innocently. These parents have all lived through exactly that moment, the one where their kid says something so oddly precise it makes the whole room go quiet.

Here’s the full list of the creepiest things kids have actually said.

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So, the next time you’re behind someone at the grocery store who is trying to write a check just scroll the wholesome boomer Twitter page and remember they’ll probably try and use emojis later.

Follow Wholesome Boomer Content: Twitter

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A Redditor on r/AntiWork made the commute for what they were told was an in-person interview. What they got was a pre-interview questionnaire and a half-hour wait, after which the hiring manager showed up to explain it wasn’t a real interview at all — just a “matching the face to the resume” check that lasted about three minutes.

They withdrew their application, and honestly, that was the correct read: any interview process that wastes your time before you’re hired is telling you how they’ll treat it after. Add it to the pile of job interview red flags.

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Some of these people actually dated a future celebrity themselves. Others just happened to know someone who did, a family member with a story about a famous person from long before the fame ever showed up.

Some of these celebrity dating stories are sweet. Some are a little brutal in hindsight. All of them are worth reading.

1. Harrison Ford

“My friend’s sister-in-law was out jogging when some other random dude came up and jogged with her and talked with her about random stuff like the movie being filmed nearby at the time for a bit. After a bit of that, he said, “Oh, by the way, I hope you like the movie.” They were filming The Force Awakens and she only realized later that it was Harrison Ford.”

From Redditor u/s-exorcism

“My aunt was at a small airport when someone told her to watch the little plane landing to see who got out of it. Out pops Ford. He walks up to the terminal and my aunt is just gobsmacked and blurts out, “Oh my god. It’s Harrison Ford!” He comes to a dead stop and excitedly looks around, ” WHERE?” Proceeds to melt her on the spot with that patented smile and walks off. Good bloke.”

From Redditor u/Freon424

2. Weird Al Yankovic

“Not me, but my aunt dated Weird Al Yankovic when she was in her mid 20s. I wasn’t alive back then, but my family tells me he was a genuinely funny person in a way you wouldn’t very much expect. One of my much older cousins actually has a signed guitar that Al played with in a live show. My aunt and Al met from my dad being a radio DJ as a teenager.

The station my dad worked at threw Weird Al a birthday party, and my aunt just happened to be there, and they ended up together for a decent amount of time. Every once in a while, Al will come into town to say hi to her. Even though they aren’t together they are still friends. One of these days, I might end up meeting him, which I think would be pretty cool.”

From Redditor u/Mtgknucklehead

3. Van Morrison

“My aunt was engaged to Van Morrison briefly. Here they are together on this album artwork. No interesting stories that I could remember. They were in love, but… he was always gone along with the challenges that come with fame. Plus, having his personality quirks documented in many places, and my aunt’s young age at the time (20), it didn’t work out. I was told that he would play guitar for the family [at] Christmas get-togethers.”

From Redditor u/hiiamrob:

“This is the first post I’ve been able to figure out who’s behind the magic door. Your aunt was married to him during his most epic phase, so she’s not unknown to fans of a certain age. Thank you for sharing!”

From Redditor u/SneedyK

4. Keanu Reeves

“My mom dated Keanu Reeves back in high school. She broke up with him because he was too focused on his band with his friends at the time.”

From Redditor u/takedownhisshield

“Your dad could’ve been Keanu. D*mn.”

From Redditor u/aavellana27

5. André The Giant

“My mom was really good friends with André the Giant (André René Roussimoff) because he used to frequent her place of work. According to her he was the sweetest, most gentle man she ever met in her life. From my mom: ‘He is [a] very kind person. He would give you the shirt off his back. He was a very calm person especially when talking with people. I was able to sit with him [and] talk for at least an hour on my lunch breaks when he came to visit.'”

From Redditor u/miraculousoffical

“I miss him, and I never met him. After hearing some stories, I honestly just want to give him a hug.”

From Redditor u/ophelieasfire:

6. Matthew McConaughey

“Not me, but my aunt dated Matthew McConaughey before he was famous. He ended up getting invited to her wedding to my “normal” uncle, and proceeded to pass out drunk in the back of my family’s car. He refused to leave, and now my dad refuses to watch his movies!”

From Redditor u/schining_knight

“All right, all right, all right.”

From Redditor u/seymour1

7. Daniel Radcliffe

“I have a family friend who dated Daniel Radcliffe. I was 7 at the time they dated, and a huge Harry Potter fan. I don’t remember much aside from the fact that he was a really sweet guy. On my 8th birthday, my family friend told Daniel it was my birthday and he texted my parents a personal happy birthday message for me despite never having met me. Absolutely made it the best birthday ever.”

From Redditor u/eveisannoying

“I got to meet Daniel while he was performing on Broadway; the show was How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Back then, I looked very similar to Harry Potter, and we had a good laugh together about me being his new body double for paparazzi. Such a sweet guy, and so genuinely thankful for his success.”

From Redditor u/EricUdy

8. Brad Pitt

“Friend of mine dated Brad Pitt in college. Two or three dates if I remember correctly. I went to a different school, but remember meeting him when I went to visit my friend.”

From a Redditor

“One of my dad’s friends is a plumber and got called to do a job for Doug Pitt, Brad’s brother. Brad just happened to be visiting when he showed up. The plumber introduced himself to Doug (who is kind of a hometown “celebrity,” philanthropist, etc.), then looked at Brad, and jokingly said, “Ah, you must be Doug’s brother!” Brad didn’t find that too funny.”

From Redditor u/BIGDIP88

9. George Clooney

“My mom had a dinner date with George Clooney in the ’90s. She didn’t really say much apart from the fact that he’s an interesting and charismatic guy, but she honestly didn’t think he was going to become famous.”

From Redditor u/NardClump

“My best friend’s mom worked with him years ago, their early 20s or college age. He was a shoe salesman; she was security. Said he talked about wanting to act and get famous and everyone doubted him, but he was always nice to everyone and a likable guy.”

From Redditor u/xyz513

10. Mark Hamill

“I had an English teacher that went on a date with Mark Hamill just after filming Star Wars in the ’70s. She said he was a nice guy and was very humble; he said he was a small-time actor and said he had just finished a new movie that he thought might be successful. They only went out once and she never heard from him again. Saw him in Star Wars a few months later and had her mind blown.”

From Redditor u/crispycrunch93

“I’ve heard nothing but great things about the guy. Thing is, your story really emphasizes how humble he is. An actor who just finished a movie would probably be more likely to talk about it (and himself) nonstop. Instead he “thought” it might be successful? Didn’t ramble on and on about the story and how he is the star?”

From Redditor u/Jintess

11. Leonardo DiCaprio

“Not a romantic date in the least, but I had dinner once at a Japanese restaurant (in a group setting) with Leonardo DiCaprio while he was in Louisiana filming Django Unchained. He wanted to know what college was like and was asking us all about our lives. He also let me try his udon. It was my first-ever Instagram post! He really is such a nice guy in the limelight and in real life – it felt like we were hanging out with our friend.”

From Redditor u/Swolecranon

12. Jimmy Buffett

“My aunt went on a date with Jimmy Buffett. She said he picked her up, stopped at a gas station, bought a jar of pickles, and then drove to the beach. They ate pickles and he took her home.”

From Redditor u/RFEngineer

“Little did she know he went on many dates like this, slowly eating each of the components of a cheeseburger on each subsequent date.”

From Redditor u/dbelzberg

13. Gerard Butler

“My friend’s aunt went on a blind date with Gerard Butler, circa the movie 300. There was a big miscommunication, because he was looking for a hookup and she’s a kindly French Canadian woman in her 50s, but they both had a laugh about it and enjoyed supper with each other. She said he was very kind, and very muscular.”

From Redditor u/hercarmstrong

“Before or around the time 300 came out, Gerard Butler was a pretty normal guy that you could see hanging around the gyms, etc., in LA. He might still be a normal guy, but I only know of him from around that time. He’d give out his phone number to people and say hello, come meet up at places, and was just a regular, normal dude.”

From Redditor u/ReasonableScorpion

14. Pink

“Not me, but my uncle dated the singer Pink in high school for a little while. They went to Central Bucks in Pennsylvania. Pretty neat fun fact, but it always feels a little awkward when someone brings it up at gatherings because he is happily married now. Apparently, she was super chill and down to earth.”

From Redditor u/JaggedL

“My parents and most of our family friends still live in Doylestown [in Pennsylvania], and apparently she still comes around sometimes; our family friend ran into her at one of the bars there a few years back and she was totally cool.”

From Redditor u/succubamf

15. Fabio

“A few years ago I was getting on a flight back to San Diego after my cousin’s wedding. I was very hungover and judging people as I walked to my gate. I see this long-haired man stride by me in a purple button-down and think, “Who’s this guy?” As he walks by I realize… holy sh*t, that’s Fabio!

A bit later, after getting a snack, my brazen and probably still drunk self saw him sitting at his gate and just sat down next to him. I look away, then right at him and say, ‘You’re Fabio,’ and he says so cooly, ‘Yes I am,’ and shakes my hand. We proceeded to talk for 30 minutes until he had to leave. He was so intelligent! Discussed cancer therapies in depth, and I recall thinking, ‘Just nod and smile. Fabio is way smarter than you, just nod and smile.’ Before leaving, he asked for my number and texted me the next day for a date. Nothing ever came of it, but I still have his number in my phone. My dad followed up for weeks to make sure I wasn’t dating ‘the man on every romance novel cover.'”

From Redditor u/DIGITALCITIZENSD

16. Samantha Fox

“Not a date, per se, but I had a nice quiet dinner with Samantha Fox in her hotel room in Toronto in the ’80s. She was in town for a show and I was attached to her security detail. She asked me to eat with her because she didn’t want to go out but hated eating alone. I do remember we talked about her growing up in the UK and being still amazed at her success. I do remember she said she looked forward to seeing the world on tour, but apparently the world all looked like the same hotel room. She never got to just explore and play tourist.”

From Redditor u/Morbido

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