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Brad Dickson

Editor, Writer, and Content Producer with a mixed upbringing in the grand ol' Pacific Northwest and New Zealand—of all places. Managing Editor of Cheezburger and long-time contributor to Fail Blog. After studying internet culture and memes while distracted from university lectures, I joined Cheezburger, first running Geek Universe and then Memebase before finally setting on Fail Blog. Other than a keen interest in internet culture I have an interest in and approximate knowledge of many things but have a particular love for nature and the outdoors… which is great for getting outside touching grass after spending most of the week online. I have a near-obsessive appreciation of progressive rock and the melodic and progressive genres of House and Techno, and I produce music when I'm not writing about the internet. My favorite author is, and remains, JRR Tolkien—unoriginally and unapologetically.
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'Didn't she cross the line first by ditching me in a foreign country?': 30-year-old friend kicks 29-year-old woman out of the car during road trip and continues without her, woman cancels friend's flight home that she paid for

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Med student reports his study partner to the academic honesty office for copying his notes and taking credit for them: 'I confronted him, he brushed it off and said, “It’s just notes, chill.” So I reported it to the academic honesty office'

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Boyfriend refuses to honor pregnant girlfriend's wishes and ban his "vanlife" friend from staying with them who leaves messes she has to clean up every time he visits: '[My boyfriend] a very awkward and weird thing to ask his friend'

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Brother asks for $100,000 to help with his custody battle despite his lawyer's insistence that he not: 'He also said there is no way he could pay it back'

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16-year-old tells 14-year-old half-sister she's not allowed to spend time with her father when he visits after she insists on tagging along on their outings: 'My dad isn't her dad and that she's got her own'

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17-year-old puts Stepmother in her place after she upstages her mother's memorial and makes it about herself: 'Whenever mom got mentioned by anyone she tried to change conversation'

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Couple confesses that they're unwilling to let their friends and family live with them in their 4200 sq ft home after letting a friend stay who refused to leave: 'A few weeks ended up being 6 months before we kicked her out'

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32-year-old stepmother sets 15-year-old straight after teen tells her she's a “gold digger with a uterus”: 'I never tried to replace her mom, but I’ve been a consistent, caring adult in her life'

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Neighbor reports woman's mom's shed to the city, woman gets neighbor's new $40k pool filled in: '$40,000 down the drain. Literally'

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29-year-old stepmother confronted by having to watch her husband's 11, 7, and 6-year-old children so that he can attend his friend's bachelor party: 'I told him that I can’t because I have to go to the gym [...] and honestly, I just don’t want to'