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Etai Eshet

Hey! I’m Etai, an editor at Cheezburger, and like a lot of 90s kids, my parents were secondary caretakers to a child who was raised by the internet. I have a background in philosophy, music, media, and fashion. For me, these aren’t just academic and professional background, I’m obsessed with all of them, and their connection to internet culture, which means I’m always geeking out over the weird ways culture travels online. Memes are no less than a passion of mine, and I never get tired of finding underlying philosophical concepts in day-to-day stories. I hold an M.A. in Philosophy, Science, and Digital Culture, so when I’m not writing about internet memes, I’m writing about the philosophical implications of media, technology, and the internet itself.
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Manager tries to get employee to work during PTO, giving her personal number to a contractor and listing her as on-call for tasks she was never hired to do: ‘I said “absolutely not!” I am taking a paid vacation and will not be coming in’

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60-year-old woman discovers her husband lost all their retirement savings and starts planning to move to her mother’s house in a different state: ‘We are at retirement age, and the floor has completely fallen out from under us’

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Woman refuses to sign away her legal inheritance of a family camp after her aunts and uncles decide to sell it in a meeting they did not invite her to

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Man refuses to defend his brother’s bad business decisions at their dad’s formal hearing after years of cleaning up every overpromise he made: ‘I am not going in there to help him turn his choices into bad luck’

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Divorced homeowner discovers her retired neighbor is introducing himself to her contractors as a co-owner and making decisions about her house renovation, then acts insulted when she finally tells him to stop

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Boss pretends employee isn’t getting fired, hands them a “motivational” disciplinary letter, and then asks them to train their own replacement: ‘Task #1 - find a new job’

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Med student discovers her 79-year-old retired finance-exec dad took $130k student loans to pay his bills in her name, then played dumb when she confronted him: ‘My mom has no idea’

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Mom lets 2 fully grown, employed children move back in rent-free, expects her husband to cover everyone's bills, pushing him to accept a permanent out-of-town work contract and move out

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Son tries to make parents sign away 150K retirement savings to fund struggling “startup,” but his older brother exposes him and saves their financial future

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12 Tons of Kitkat Were Stolen in Europe and the Internet Reacts with Tons of Memes