Month: August 2023
50 Of The Most Hilarious Parenting Tweets This Month
August 7, 2023
If you’re a parent who feels guilty about not waking up at the crack of dawn every day to prepare pancakes, bacon and eggs for your little ones, first of all, don’t. And second of all, you’re not alone! We’re back with a new edition of the most hilarious parenting tweets of the month down below. So enjoy scrolling through while you hide in the bathroom from your toddler, and keep reading to find a conversation with CJ Kelsey, aka That Mom Tho!
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No one has ever said being a parent is easy. Essentially all of your free time (and disposable income) is now dedicated to taking care of your little ones, and there’s no compensation or appreciation involved. Being a mom or dad never stops being challenging, no matter how much people want to tell you “it gets better after the terrible twos!” It’s messy and exciting and exhausting and rewarding. It’s all worth it to have a mini-me who loves you more than anything in the world and who you get to watch grow into an amazing person that you’re proud of.
But one essential trait parents need to ensure they can get through the day without ripping out their hair or dying from embarrassment is a great sense of humor. You can’t sweat the small stuff, and you have to be able to admit that you’re never going to be perfect. (Anyone who says they are is lying!) And it’s much better to laugh through the pain and exhaustion than to try to keep it all together. A great parent is just someone who’s doing their best.
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To learn more about what it’s like to be a fabulous parent who’s open online about the joys and struggles of having kids, we reached out to CJ Kelsey, also known as That Mom Tho on Twitter and Instagram. CJ is a mom of two who works in the healthcare industry and has been able to grow a following online through sharing her hilarious experiences. She was also kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda about the importance of being able to laugh as a parent.
“A sense of humor definitely helps because parenting can be hilarious!” CJ shared. “Children are naturally honest and curious– these two traits combined lead to a great deal of funny situations.”
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We were also curious about how CJ got started sharing hilarious parenting stories and experiences online. “I started my Twitter account as a place to make jokes anonymously and never expected it to lead to anything,” the mom shared. Today, however, she has over 47k followers on Twitter, nearly 18k on Instagram, and 13k followers on Facebook!
And as far as what she loves most about her online presence, CJ says, “My favorite response to anything I write is when someone tells me they thought they were alone in their experience and happy to read I am going through the same thing.”
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CJ also shared some wise words for all the parents out there who might be worried about trying to be perfect. “I wanted to be the perfect parent when expecting my first and quickly discovered there’s no such thing,” she told Bored Panda. “My advice is to be kinder to yourself. Understand that it is a constant learning experience and that children mostly just want to know they are loved.”
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“Being a mom has changed my perspective on life and the world for the better,” CJ shared. “My curiosity for the future lies in how I will parent a daughter who appears to be developing the same attitude I had. I would gladly accept a handbook for the teenage years!”
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We all know there’s no such thing as a perfect anything, let alone a perfect parent. But that doesn’t stop countless mommy bloggers and family vloggers from trying to portray their lives as effortless and flawless. 6 out of 10 parents say they feel pressure from social media to be perfect moms and dads, and 40% of moms admit they compare themselves to the curated lives of parents they see online.
We teach our children how harmful social media is and that comparison is the thief of joy, but why is it so hard to practice what we preach? Part of the reason we love sharing these “parenting tweets of the month” articles (aside from the fact that they’re hilarious) is because we want to remind you panda parents that you’re not alone! Doing your best is enough.
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When it comes to some of the “mistakes” every parent makes, Steven John at Insider says there are 30 extremely common ones that no mom or dad will be able to avoid. (And that’s okay!) These include letting our kids fall or get hurt, packing our children’s schedules too full, giving our little ones too many choices to make, forgetting important items when going to school or soccer practice, praising them too much, and trying to talk above them. “Kids catch onto more than you think, despite the diction enabled by your sagacity, and can end up hearing things little ears shouldn’t,” John writes.
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No matter how many “mistakes” we make with our little ones, we shouldn’t beat ourselves up. As long as they know that they’re safe, loved, taken care of and able to express themselves, you’re doing an amazing job. And if you need to vent or share some hilarious stories online, feel free to hop onto Twitter. You’ll quickly realize that you’re not alone, and you’re a great parent. Plus, we’d love to have a laugh at your experiences and feature them in next month’s edition of this list!
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If you’re an exhausted parent who can’t wait for your children to be back in school full time in a few weeks, you don’t need to feel bad about that. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and you’ll finally be able to keep your kitchen clean for more than three hours when your kids aren’t eating three meals a day plus snacks in there. Keep upvoting the tweets that hit home for you or make you chuckle, and let us know in the comments if you’ve recently had any hilarious parenting experiences. Then, if you’re interested in checking out Bored Panda’s last parenting tweets of the month post, you can find it right here!
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The Fear Of Submerged Man-Made Objects: 93 New Pics That Might Make You Want To Stay On The Shore
August 2, 2023
Submechanophobia is the fear of man-made objects submerged partially or fully underwater.
For those with the condition, snorkeling expeditions and trips to the local pool can become dreadful even after noticing as little as a ball beneath the surface.
And while this example can sound a little silly to the rest of us, let’s check out a few from the subreddit ‘Submechanophobia’ that are much more, let’s say, reasonable.
This place is full of sunken ships, flooded mine shafts, and other spooky things that give you the creeps or at the very least look like they have an interesting story behind them.
#1 A Ladder In A Flooded Quarry
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#2 I Thought This Belonged Here. The First Ever Underwater Photo, Taken In 1899 By Louis Boutan:
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#3 Submerged Park Bench
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#4 Museum Of Underwater Art In Australia
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#5 Shipwreck In Australia
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#6 Jet Star Roller Coaster Once Sat On Casino Pier In Seaside Hights, Nj. Until It Was Swept Out Into The Atlantic In 2012 By Hurricane Sandy
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#7 Here Lies Submerged A Whole Village. Visible Remains Only The Tower’s Roof Of The Submerged Church
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#8 Remnants Of A Mine That Shut Down 136 Years Ago. Silver Islet, Ontario
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#9 Set The Anchor
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#10 A Chucky Doll, Discovered At The Bottom Of A Lake By A Police Diving Team
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#11 A Cabin On Board The Aachen, A 19th-Century Steamship Hit By A Torpedo In July 1915. Now Located At The Bottom Of The Baltic Sea
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#12 Titanic. So Scary And Beautiful At The Same Time
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#13 Naval Mines Are Terrifying
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#14 Old Submerged Small Town In Brazil
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#15 Staircase In Hell
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#16 Submerged Dock
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#17 Bregenz Festival, Held Annually. Their ‘Floating Stages’ Always Give Me The Creeps
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#18 Abandoned Mine Shaft
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#19 Out Of The Blue, The Ghost Appears
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#20 A Human Compared To A Ship Propeller
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#21 Wreck At 80-100m
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#22 Sunken Ww2 Bomber
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#23 Plane Crashed Into The Beach (Pilot And Passenger Survived)
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#24 Fluch Des Pharao – Water Ride In Germany
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#25 Us Air Force Ship Big Dawg Sunk Off The Coast Of Florida In 2021 As Artificial Reef
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#26 A Fishing Net Spread Across The Waters
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#27 Found A Sunken Ship On Google Maps While Exploring The North Sentinel Island, Home To A Tribe Who Hasn’t Had Contact With Modern Civilisation
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#28 Britannic. Titanic’s Sister. My Breathing Stops And My Throat Dries, I Have A Headache When I See This Photo
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#29 A Photo With An Aerial View Of An Old School House Foundation Visible On The Bottom Of Dale Hollow Lake.. It Shows The Only Remaining Remnant Of The Town Of Willow Grove, Known As The “Town That Drowned,” Which Can Be Seen Through The Pristine Water When The Lake Elevation Is Low
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#30 Researchers Recently Discovered The Wreck Of A Medieval Ship At A Depth Of About 1,350 Feet (411 Meters), Spotting It With Sonar Imagery, In Norway’s Deepest Lake. The Team Aims To Return In 2023 With A Remotely Operated Vehicle To Capture Site Footage
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#31 Abandoned Mineshaft
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#32 Bell Rock Lighthouse
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#33 A Typhoon Class Submarine Passing Close By A Beach In Russia
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#34 The Ms Estonia’s Front Door Being Lifted Out Of The Baltic Sea
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#35 Swimming Next To A Submarine
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#36 Sail Of K-278, A Soviet Nuclear Submarine Sunken In 1989 And Still Radioactive Today
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#37 A Pump Drain In A Local Park Just Off The Shoreline
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#38 Remnants Of Ww2
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#39 Saddam Hussein’s Yacht
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#40 An Old Prop-Plane
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#41 Inside An Abandoned Power Plant I Photographed Last Year
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#42 Found This In My Local Country Park…
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#43 Panzer Submerged In Meuse River, 1940, From “Panzer Of The Lake” Meme
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#44 Divers Pose Outside The Aquarius Reef Base, An Underwater Training Center Run By Nasa Off The Coast Of Florida
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#45 Typhoon-Class Submarine With Russians For Scale
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#46 Today At Work I Learned About An Aircraft Carrier Which The Us Intentionally Sank Off The Florida Coast In 2006, To Create An Artificial Reef. The Reef Project Was Quite Successful! But God, The Photos Make Me Quiver
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#47 B17 Bomber 72m Underwater
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#48 16 Stories Beneath Manhattan, NYC
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#49 Troll-A, Over 1500 Feet Tall, Being Taken Out To Sea Before It’s Legs Are Sunk Down To The Ocean Floor
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#50 Equine Hydrotherapy. Good For Horsies, Bad For My Nerves
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#51 Titanic Stern. Looks Terrifying Especially Considering Its Size
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#52 Floating Bridge Anchor Cables!
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#53 Only Seen At Low Tide
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#54 A Yacht With Its Undersea Light Activated
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#55 The Wreck Of The Schooner Blue Dolphin Lurks Just Below The Surface Of The Detroit River
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#56 Divers Approaching Uss North Carolina (Ssn-777)
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#57 This Dock At Night
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#58 Masts Of The Ss Richard Montgomery
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#59 Nasa’s Aquarius Research Station In Florida (Currently Active), Where Astronauts Train For The Physical And Psychological Extremes Of Space
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#60 The Wreck Of The Ss Edmund Fitzgerald, Which Sunk In Lake Superior On November 10th, 1975. The Cold Water Preserves The Bodies Of The Fallen Crew Members
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#61 Scary Bucket
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#62 A Fish Observatory In Guam. There Are Stairs Inside That Descend Into The Second Part Of The Structure Underwater
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#63 Train Left In Flooded Mine
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#64 Offshore Natural Gas Platform
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#65 Submerged Pickup Truck
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#66 This Is A More Updated Photo Of The Ozarka Splash At Six Flags New Orleans
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#67 Old Naval Base In Philadelphia Has An Abandoned Warehouse With A Flooded Basement Filled With Goldfish
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#68 Brickley, Made Completely Out Of Legos, At Disney Springs
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#69 Bellagio Hotel Fountain Maintenance, Las Vegas
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#70 Took Some Photos At A Marina That I Thought U Guys Would Like
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#71 Container Ship Anil That Capsized Today In Asaluyeh Port, Iran
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#72 Penstock Intake Chamber At Hydroelectric Station
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#73 A Collection Of Sunken Planes
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#74 Machinery Found Deep Inside A Flooded Mine In Germany
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#75 Reading Project Hail Mary By Andy Weir At The Moment And It Mentions Nasa’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab. Take A Look
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#76 Two Crocodile Heads At Six Flags Over Texas
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#77 The Record Of The Deepest Shipwreck Ever Found Belongs To The U.s.s Samuel B. Roberts. Found 22,621 Ft Deep In The Western Pacific Ocean
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#78 A Lake In El Paso, Texas
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#79 Legoland Billund’s ‘Pirate Boats’ Ride
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#80 Research Reactor At The University Of Missouri. The Glow Is Caused By Cherenkov Radiation
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#81 Gorillaz Set Bts
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#82 Pools Like These Scare The Sh** Out Of Me
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#83 Inside An Old Boat House
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#84 Wave Pool Pressure Chamber
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#85 Partially Submerged Boat Trapped In The Ice, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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#86 One Of My Neighbours Sold Their Boat House And Figured They’d Move Their Boat Somewhere Else. Technically, That’s What They Did, But They Didn’t Get Very Far
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#87 Towed This Out Of A Marsh
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#88 The Twisted Skeleton Of An Offshore Warehouse Rots In The Hudson River Next To Manhattan’s Former 60th Street Railyard. (Photo By Michael Minn, 2008)
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#89 Sunken Sailboat
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#90 Ship Wreck From 1900s
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#91 Bow Of The Uss Johnston, Sank While Fighting The Japanese Navy In 1944
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#92 Half Filled Pool… That Exposed Slope Is Distressing
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#93 Hitting Rock Bottom In Edenton, Nc
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