Memes that make Gen Y feel old pt. I

I'm in my 30s and already I feel old when I look at the youth of today. I honestly can't relate to the younger people of today or even people my own age. Here are some hilarious memes that put a little comedy in to not being able to relate to the youth of today

By the way, I might end up putting something on the ones I can relate to.

1. Feeling like a Grinch...

-Everyone knows the story of How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. Like the song says, he has all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile. As we age and get older, some people's view of Christmas tends to change...

2. Low tech classroom

-Back in the day, most kids knew what was going on when they seen the TV on a cart. Movie time!! Or when they saw the overhead projector, time to take notes! Kids nowadays are getting Chromebooks and laptops to use in class to do their school work. They have it made while kids from back then, in the 1990s and older, not so much.

-Oh, do I remember these. I was born and raised in the 1990s and definitely remember getting excited at the first one and annoyed by the second one.

3. What Zoom meetings remind me of...

-Zoom meetings have become every day nature since the outbreak of COVID-19. Even now, people are still working at home either on a full time basis or a hybrid basis, where they work in the office and at home. If you're old enough to remember a variety show with The Muppets, this will remind you of what Zoom meetings are like, only more fun with The Muppets. And there will probably be those one or two people who heckle everyone like Statler and Waldorf

-This is definitely before my time, at least The Muppets part. If I do meetings at work, I have to use Microsoft Teams and, now that I think about it, this picture looks all too much like what it looks like when we have multiple offices on the meeting too...It's going to be hard not to bust out laughing the next time I have a Teams meeting; this will be the first thing I think of

4. Modern music

-Nowadays, you can stream music straight to your phone and access online radio stations through companies like Sirius XM, Spotify and more. You can even listen through wireless earbuds that give you a slight Star Trek look. You can even use these earbuds to perform conversations with others. Stereos have changed radically in years past.

-Kids today don't know what a record or CD is. They don't know the heartbreak of putting a tape in a boombox radio and pulling it out along with the tape and basically surrendering to the fact the tape is no longer playable. You don't even have to put a CD into a CD player in a car, a personal CD player or a stereo to hear music. You can just access the internet to hear music

5. Finding that birth date...

-Anytime you have to fill out an online form asking for your birthdate, if you're any older than the last 5 years, you have to scroll down to find your year.

-Yup, that's me. I have to scroll down to find "1990".

6. Beat the clock

-In the days before Netflix and the ability to pause live TV, you had to play Beat the Clock. This means in the first few seconds of a commercial, getting whatever you needed and hightailing your back end back into the living room before the show returned. You basically become an Olympic sprinter or pole vaulter to get in the room in record time. Nowadays, with streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Roku and Amazon Prime, which all allow you to watch TV episodes, and DVRs, which allow you to record TV episodes on TV, you can pause it at commercials.

-Guilty on this one. I've missed a few minutes of TV show episodes thinking I could win Beat the Clock at either getting something to eat / drink or using a bathroom during a commercial. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose. But, the episodes I miss will be on in re-run later on. So I still luck out.

7. Prepared to write

-Nowadays, kids want the latest iPhone. Good luck, since it costs close to $1000 and any parent in their right mind would NOT shell out that kind of $$$ for an expensive phone for a kid. Nowadays, kids want everything from their parents, at least until they're old enough that their parents tell them to get a job and then pay for it. Parents always instill that "if you work hard and buy it yourself, you'll appreciate it better" mantra in all of us kids. And you know, they're right. But it's also important to teach them to value items. If I was a kid now, and asked my mother or stepfather for an iPhone, they'd laugh themselves sick, thinking it was a joke.

-I still want this. And I'm 32!

8. One sure fire piece of evidence of your age

-One thing that usually proves you're 18 is a driver's license. If you have no driver's license yet, a state ID works just the same. Some people also had credit cards or store-related cards to places like Movie Gallery or Blockbuster, which some kids today are clueless about. Both places rented movies and video games and provided all the delicious junk food you needed for a good movie night, including cups and buckets to put popcorn in. Those businesses went out business with the creation of streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Roku and more.

-I've only been carded at the liquor store. I suppose, in some ways, I do look young. But, my driver's license states 1990 as my year of birth. That should tell someone that I'm over 21

9. Best of both worlds

-There always seems to be a war going on between Millennials, Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers. The Gen X crowd is overlooked because they understand the new technology better than Milennials and Baby Boomers. But the Gen X-ers also like complaining about the new technology like generations before

-I'm about 50/50 when it comes to technology. If I play around with it, I can usually figure it out. If I can't, I don't give up; I just stop thinking about it for a while and then I have an epiphany about it and then it works.

10. Old fashioned fun never goes out of style

-Today, all toys seem to have some sort of technology in it. Sadly, when I grew up in the 1990s, the big toy to have was LeapFrog, which was an educational toy. My parents never bought it because it was quite expensive, we never asked for it and they both worked at banks which, ironically, they didn't make much on salary. Nowadays, all kids play with toys that have a high percentage of technology. They don't use their imagination and find old toys without technology boring.

-I still enjoy the older toys. I love the little handheld games like 20 Questions. I love trying to see if it can read my mind. There are days when I miss my old Gameboy Advanced, where I could hook in Yoshi's Island, Galaxian / Galaga and more. Now, there's the Nintendo Switch, which is just a modernized Gameboy only with the arrow buttons and X, O, △, 𞸀

11. Dial Up / Low Speed Internet

-One commonly heard phrase throughout many homes in the past was "Get off the internet! I'm trying to use the phone!" That was a common phrase in my house when I was growing up. Internet back then was not as advanced as today. There was dial up internet, where you could hear the various noises of it trying to boot up on the phone and there was low speed internet because it was affordable and a lot couldn't afford high speed internet. Once upon a time, it could take hours to download images or music.

-While I've never downloaded music back then, I can understand the frustration of waiting for a song to download. There was a Windows computer program I forget the name of where it took quite a bit of time to download music

12. Retro computer games

-Back then, almost every computer came already pre-loaded with your basic computer games, such as Minesweeper, Solitaire, 3-D Space Pinball and Paint under Accessories. Kids could spend many hours playing these games.

-I never played Minesweeper much because I always lost. Me and my sister, however, could while away hours playing on Nickelodeon.com, where there was the SpongeBob Feeding Frenzy, where you had to feed hungry anchovies and the SpongeBob Boating Test, where you had to navigate obstacles to get SpongeBob his boating license. But I grew up with this starter pack

13. Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals

-This is a line from a movie commonly shown in Home Alone. It's almost tradition for every kid in the 1990s to watch Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York around the Christmas holidays. Every kid probably created their own battle plan should robbers decide to make a move at your house. Everyone was amazed at how this little eight year old boy could outsmart two adult thieves.

-Almost every year around the holidays since I was a kid, I watched Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Also, me and my family also watched The Muppets A Christmas Carol and the Christmas episode of Mr. Bean, where he goes to Harrods and starts messing around with the nativity scene. Me and my sister last all of two seconds when putting up the nativity scene in our house before one of us starts recreating that episode. Our mom can't yell at us for it because she's too busy laughing.

14. You are about to be educated

-Being young and trying to explain older technology to those who were around to actually use it is really asking for an education to be handed to you from an adult. That adult is probably fighting the urge to tell you their mind. Isn't it funny how things from back then are making a comeback in a slightly different way. Bellbottoms are now called flare jeans. Peddle pushers are now called capris. Toys, gadgets, hairstyles and more are coming to popularity.

-I've had to show people how to use digital cameras when getting a photo with someone because all they know how to do is use their phone's camera. And these people I'm showing are older than me and don't know how to use a simple digital camera?!?!? [mind blown]

15. The classic computer speakers

-Back then, most if not all computers came with a set of off-white speakers. To turn them on, you had to turn the volume dial to the right. And you had to insert the headphones into the correct hole on the speakers. And for them to work, they had to be hooked into the back of your computer.

-In fact, the home computer I have still has one. It's the only way to hear music on the internet if I want to hear how a song sounds or watch an episode of TV on YouTube.

16. What year is it?

-Sometimes we all have little moments when our brain refuses to work. Time marches on, but your brain continues not getting the memo.

-My brain pretty much refuses to work properly for the first half of each day. I chalk that up to trying to wake up. And if I'm particularly busy at work, trying to do too many things at once, my brain turns to mush.

17. TVs have changed

-Back in the day, TVs didn't have remote controls. Oh wait, yes they did. They was called kids. You had kids flip through stations by turning a dial on the TV. They came in big, medium and small. Older TVs were also heavier and if, God forbid, you dropped it, it broke. They also had their quirks that people managed to work around.

-While I didn't have to put it on any specific channel growing up to play video games, another TV I played games on you DID have to put it on channel 3. Although the TV me and my sister used in later years had it listed as "Input 3".

18. That's all, folks

-Anyone who grew up watching the old Looney Tunes cartoons know this is the phrase uttered by the stuttering pig Porky Pig. He would often say this in the last few seconds after the famous tune played in the end credits. The best time to watch TV was Saturday morning. Every kid with a TV would be found parked on the floor in front of the TV with their bowl of cereal, waiting for the good cartoons to come on.

-I still watch the old Looney Tunes when they are on. I don't like the modernized version of Looney Tunes. Just not the same. I will admit I never watched the Wonderful World of Disney because, depending on what time it came on, as a kid me and my sister had to be in bed at 8:30 until we got older and then it was 9:00

19. My age is starting to show...

-Some days, we all feel old. Whether it's a new ache or pain or it's something from our past that is coming up, who knows. The 1990s were a great time for educational TV for kids. Thomas the Tank Engine, where years later, people found out it was Ringo Starr, the drummer from The Beatles, who did the narration. Or Teletubbies, where the sun had a baby's face in it.

-I looked at a newspaper that my mom and dad kept from the week I was born. I looked at it and suddenly I feel old. It mentioned George Harrison and immediately I felt old because he died when I was 11.

20. Another century gone

-It's shocking to realize that kids born in the early 2000s are now adults. While those born in the 1990s and earlier are older. The person who wrote this Tweet suddenly felt older

-I still get ID'ed when I buy liquor. That's why, no matter where I buy liquor, automatic habit has me pulling out my driver's license to prove I'm 21

21. Anyone know physics?

-It's a well known fact that buying a property now is much harder than it was back in the older days, like when our parents bought property. Back then, parents could afford a two story home or a split-level home with a pool out back and garden surrounding it on a single salary while the other person stayed at home to take care of the kids. Now, you can barely survive on a multi person salary. Property is far more expensive. The nice houses and apartments cost two arms, two legs, pretty much your whole body while the more affordable places are in the worst parts of cities, places where you feel like a gang war is going to break out any moment, there's going to be a shooting any moment or just a generally unsafe feeling, like you could robbed any moment.

-I would love to be able to find my own place. But, unfortunately, when I was in school, the Home Economics class didn't teach kids on how to find / apply for a mortgage or rental agreement, how to balance a checkbook, how to do basic but highly essential skills for life. They probably figured it was the responsibility of the parents to do that. All the home ec class taught was keep your legs together to avoid getting pregnant and what to do should you find yourself pregnant. To this day, I still don't know how to apply for a mortgage / rental agreement, I had to learn to cook at home since home ec barely taught it; I was always stuck doing dishes while the other students learned.

22. Hungry?

-Some baby boomers seem to think the millennials don't want the same level of comfort and security as them. If these millennials were raised by baby boomers, then these new generations are going to learn the values from their parents in treating everything as respectfully as possible. Back then, things cost less. A one person salary could get you a lot of food at the grocery. Nowadays, depending on how many groceries you buy, especially for one person, the cost can soar close to $100.

-I get paid okay, but I find myself baffled when I go to the store and spend almost $100+ on groceries. This is both food for lunch at work and other items I need, such as cleaning supplies, vitamins, etc. It's all down to inflation. Prices are going up while salaries are not. Salaries are going up just a small amount while inflation is making things more expensive

23. Heavy TVs

-Back in the day, TVs were ridiculously big and heavy. You practically had to be a weightlifter to move them. Now they are so thin they are like looking at a piece of paper from the side and practically feather light. But that doesn't mean you want to knock them over. They are still slightly expensive, but compared to back then, far cheaper. Prices for TVs have gone down in years past. And there are still those heavy TVs

-That kind of looks like the TV I had growing up. The one I had was heavy, with a large frame that you had to sit in front of it it a certain way to get a clear image because it had a curved screen. If you sat on the sides, the image was distorted

24. It can't get any better than this

-Video games have come a long way since the 1970s. When you see advertisements for games now, you have to do a double check to make sure it's for a video game because the graphics are so real you think you're looking at real people. It's mind blowing. Even in the 1990s, when video games were still popular, the graphics, compared to today, seem primitive, but were still good for the time period. The kids who grew up in the 1990s thought they had it made with the simplicity of video games and lack of technology. Kids today only know things like AirPods, TikTok, Instagram and doing EVERYTHING on their smart phones at age 10 or up.

-Even though I'm a 1990s kid through and through, and I've played games from the early 2000s and more, this is still pretty impressive for 90s-era technology. The graphics remind me a little of the Die Hard game, where you could choose which film you wanted to do missions in.

25. You know you're getting old when...

-Every now and then, we see or do something that reminds us of our age. Even though things are waterproof now, we still panic when liquids get anywhere near electronics. We still listen to CD players or MP3 players or streaming on to our phones.

-I still listen to my MP3 player and CDs. I don't do streaming to my phone because I refuse to be one of those phone zombies who do EVERYTHING on their phone. Anymore, people are so glued to their phone that they cause wrecks when driving, they run into you without looking and give you dirty looks as if YOU are the one who ran into them. It's because of so many people being on their phone while driving that there is a new state law here in Ohio in effect that if you are caught by the police being on your phone and driving, the first time you get a ticket and the next time jail time. It's all in the name of protecting drivers because innocent drivers have been killed by the recklessness / carelessness of people shopping on their phone, watching Netflix or other streaming services or texting, all while driving

26. Our heritage, our culture

-For some reason unknown to most of us, but known to some, Gen Z kids think they invented cool things. Trends start somewhere, and they most definitely didn't start with new kids. Old trends come back as something different. Bellbottoms are now flare jeans. Peddle pushers are now capris.

-I used to have my hair cut in such a way that I had bangs. But, I grew out of it as it looked like something a child would do. I simply started having my hair cut and styled in such a way that I have my hair parted on both sides of my face. Not much to style, but it works for me because it's simple and I can ponytail it in a flash

27. Things have changed...

-We all know things have changed since then. Everything has gone up in price due to inflation. Fashion trends have changed. Movie stars went from dressing in beautifully designed dresses and nicely cut suits to looking like something out of a sci-fi movie and calling that "high fashion". Movies have way more gore and sex in them, etc. Things have radically changed, some say for the better, some say for the worse

-I've only been to Chuck E. Cheese once when I was a kid. I didn't understand the concept of it costing a lot of $$$ from my parents to go there. Me and my sister were kids. We didn't understand that fun costs money. When we both started working and earning our own money, it dawned on us why our mom and stepdad didn't want to spend too much. I'm thankful me and my sister didn't ask for too much then at Chuck E. Cheese

28. Who you calling a Boomer?

-There is supposed to be a fine line between Baby Boomer and Millennial. But that line keeps getting blurred with each year that passes. But the new generations are taking over technology and making technology the fore front of everything, including toys. Toys now have technology included, turning these new kids into brainless tech zombies before the age of 10

-There are some days when I really want to tell these new teenagers how things rolled when I was growing up. I'm a 1990s kid; I didn't have all the technology that kids have today. I didn't throw a tantrum if I didn't get the latest iPhone or AirPods. In fact, I didn't know there was such a thing as iPhones in the 1990s. I thought I had the height of technology when I had a small portable radio that could play cassettes. Nowadays, most kids will never know who this character in the picture is. I know it's Samwise Gamgee because I've seen the Lord of the Rings films. Most kids now think stuff like that, Harry Potter, Dungeons & Dragons, etc., is all nerdy, that only losers like that stuff. Well, hate to break it to these new teens, but there's a whole lot more of us millennials, baby boomers and generations before that than there ever will be of you!!

29. Want to elaborate?

-With Gen Z and millennials, both think they're right. While there are perks to both generations, the humor from one generation is far different than the humor of other generations

-I can't say that I belong to any of the humor mentioned here. In terms of actual humor, give me The Carol Burnett Show, WKRP in Cincinnati anyday. Those TV shows are hilarious. I like that kind of silly humor. Also included there in silly humor is Monty Python and The Holy Grail. The kids nowadays think the most offensive stuff is funny; they think things like The Hangover, which is about a bunch of overly drunk guys, is funny or Pineapple Express, about drug use, is funny.

30. Boomer bosses

-Speaking with your boss has its challenges. First and foremost, you don't want to get written up or worse, fired. It can be overwhelming and sometimes intimidating speaking with management because you feel like you did something wrong, even though you wrack your brain trying to remember what you did.

-I've had management tell me things like "Cheer up" after bad news. A great example. Around 2015, I was working for US Bank. I worked in their tower in downtown Cincinnati. Upper management from the head offices in Minneapolis had been in town. Me and my coworkers all had our guard up; something fishy was on the horizon. Sure enough, we all had to be taken into a meeting, 1 or 2 at a time, to find out that they were shutting down the Cincinnati office. In other words, we were getting laid off. I had never been in that situation before, so naturally, I broke down. Of course, upper management said, with a smile, "Cheer up, you'll find something".

-And of course, HR was there to tell us about some sort of bridge payment thing that would cover you with pay until you find something and that if you found another position within the company in six months, you'd retain your seniority. Of course, on everyone's last day, she took people out to lunch and when it came time for me to leave (she told me on a Wednesday and my last day was that Friday of the same week), she took me to a restaurant across the street. I ordered food, but didn't feel like eating. When it came time to go back. I had not thought to bring bags to put my possessions in. As soon as she left me in the lobby of the tower, I walked to Dunkin' Donuts, got my coffee and threw away my food because I was afraid if I ate more, I'd be sick to my stomach. So I had to manage a fully loaded work bag and multiple bags of possessions including my DD coffee on the bus. Thankfully, I did find something three weeks later in US Bank, only to work there six months and find out the department was closing

31. Save me

-Almost every program on the computer represents the action Save by a floppy disc. It looks like a small vending machine with a drink at the bottom. Now if you look at it and think about this, you can never unsee it. You'll think of this every time. When computer designers designed their programs, they took real life features and make the icons for actions in programs based on those.

-Now I'm going to have to investigate this. I have MS Excel on my computer at work. Now I'll never unsee this. It's going to blow my mind

32. The American Dream

-It sounds almost like a fairy tale. "Once upon a time, there was a time when you could buy a lot of things for a little money...". But, in a lot of ways, it's true. Back in the older days, you could afford to work an average pay job, feed a family of four and retire comfortably on the salary you earned. And nowadays, unless you're a doctor, lawyer or in some other high paying career, the American Dream is not possible anymore.

-My "American Dream" is nothing more than paying off my car. I know I can do that. It just takes time. I don't dream of being a millionaire, and even if I did have tons of $$$, I'd invest it or take a little of it and do something with it. I would take my sister and me to Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida so she can have her face-to-beak encounter with flamingos. This experience allows you to feed flamingos and get up close with them.

33. Sorry!

-Some baby boomers blame millennials for everything. It also seems baby boomers are the actual ones to blame for a lot of things

-I still shop at department stores and I'm a 1990s kid. I just can't afford a lot of the stuff there unless it's on sale. Yeah, I know. I probably sound like an older person. But, in today's day age, money don't grow on trees. You have to save where you can. And if sales are the best way of getting good clothing, especially for work, you bet I'm saving some $$$ by buying on sale. The only department stores I go to are Kohl's and Macy's, and of course, the Clearance racks are where about 80% of my work clothing comes from.

When Your Gut Instinct Proves to Be Accurate

It's been said that you should always trust your gut instinct. If something feels "off", "not right", then it probably is. Here are some times when people were saying prayers of thanks that the "off" and "not right" feelings they had were warranted. One very incredible example is centered around 9/11. Some people who worked in the World Trade Center were big football fans and were watching football the night before and were up late. They called in the next day, to say they were tired and couldn't make it into work. That saved their lives as the hijacked planes crashed into both towers, killing all on impact and thus, destroying the towers and taking some who worked in the towers who couldn't get out with them

1. Always Keep a Sharp Eye

-You can be mugged at any opportunity. It can be any one who does this. They do it for a quick buck because they think you have something to steal. This situation is more observation and less gut instinct. One person noted "I walked into a house party and got a really bad gut feeling. Most of my friends and I left. The people who didn't leave got mugged. It was pretty scary."

2. Almost supernatural

-Kids are very intuitive. They can often sense things far quicker than adults. This includes supernatural occurrences. Kids are far more sensitive to supernatural phenomena, such as ghosts / spirits and adults find their kids talking to seemingly no one, but in that child's mind, they are talking to the spirit of a loved one. With kids, sometimes crying and throwing a tantrum is not their way of getting attention; they just have a bad feeling. One person noted "I was like 5 or 6 when my mum and sisters wanted to go for a drive out of town. I cried because I just didn't want to go with them for some reason, and decided to go with my other sister in her car. Turns out, my mum and other sisters ended up crashing...Luckily my fam was okay though...But I sure did feel really cool after that."

3. The Stereotypical White Van

-This unmarked van is almost stereotypically associated with bad people. Child molesters prowling neighborhoods crawling with kids looking for new victims. Rapists looking for new victims. The unmarked white van or unmarked van is almost always associated with suspicious activity, including its slow prowl up streets. Kids might be naive and trustworthy, but they're also very intuitive, have no filter and speak the truth very frequently and tend to be more observant than most adults. They tend to notice when something feels "off" a little quicker. One person noted "In elementary school when we had a recess. It was pretty average and we left at the normal time but it just felt very off to me, but because I was 8 and didn't have common sense yet, I brushed the feeling off. Turns out that there was literally a guy that had been scoping out the playground for kids to lure to him in a stereotypical white van."

4. Avoid the haunted house

-Two things happened here. One person was laughing at the concept that the house was haunted and felt some sort of entity was warning them to stay away. The other person ignored this entity and bought the house anyway. One person noted "While house hunting, we came across a seemingly perfect home. But a nagging feeling made us pass on it... Months later, the house suffered a major electrical fire, confirming our intuition and saving us from potential harm...Always trust your gut."

5. "Ice, Ice, Baby"

-Sounds like the Vanilla Ice song ripping off "Under Pressure" by David Bowie and Queen. Any one can tell you that driving on ice is not only dangerous, but can be life threatening. Especially because of impatient / careless drivers trying to get somewhere yesterday and they're not paying attention and they slide or crash right into you! It's often worse with bigger cars, trucks and even semis. Semis, also known as tractor trailers, are often the worst drivers in icy weather. If they hit you the right way, that's your death sentence because they are like flying missiles. If you've been driving long enough, you know what feels right and what feels wrong on your car and you know enough to drive carefully in inclement weather. This person had good instincts on their side and a strong knowledge of their car. One person noted "Pulling over before engine seized on icy road, we were in a s---box and I knew the engine was going out so the wheels would've stopped sending us into a tree."

6. Be a hero

-Anytime you see kids near the road, it's important to exercise extreme caution. When kids play near the road, there's that chance that the ball they play with might go out into the road and, as kids do, they chase after it. It's incredibly important to be a careful driver when kids are around. They know to look both ways, but sometimes they forget that. And even adults don't look both ways. Then there are those adults that, as someone is LITERALLY INSIDE A CROSSWALK, will keep edging closer and closer to going as the person gets to the other side. They don't want to wait the time for the green light. One person said "I was walking out of a grocery store when I saw this kid about to cross the road. Something came over me and I yanked him back onto the sidewalk. Not even a second later a truck came flying past. He was probably around 7 or 8ish."

7. Nature is talking

-While not a "gut reaction", it's still good to know what it represents. If you're walking through a lush forest that is usually loud with the buzzing of insects, chirping and calling of birds and noises of animals and suddenly goes dead silent, be on the alert! That means that those insects and animals have detected the presence of a large, dangerous animal. Time to get out! One person said "During my solo trip in the Amazon, I had a remarkable experience. I felt a strange discomfort and opened my eyes to find an unsettling silence. I returned to the safety of the nearby jungle lodge and shared my experience with the guide, who said that such silence often indicates the presence of a dangerous predator. It was a surreal moment that deepened my appreciation for the enigmatic nature of the Amazon."

8. Never forget to wear your seatbelt

-Police will always tell you this and now they are ticketing drivers who fail to wear their seatbelt. Cars nowadays are even coming with alerts that will keep going off until you click that safety belt. Some people think seatbelts are a waste of time; tell them that when they get in to a crash and end up in the hospital or dead. The person who gave this story admits to not wearing a seatbelt and now is a fully fledged supporter of wearing one. "I used to neglect wearing my seatbelt until one day, a gut feeling prompted me to buckle up. Shortly after, we were hit by a car going 60 mph. The police confirmed that without my seat belt, I would have been ejected through the windshield. Now I always wear my seatbelt without question."

9. Granddad to the rescue!

-Dad's "gut instinct" can be just as powerful as Mom's "intuition". Even grandfathers can have those gut feelings. And this here is a prime example of why it's incredibly important to check fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Over 400 people can die each year from carbon monoxide poisoning and doctors treat over 50,000 patients who suffer from this. They are easily identified by their cherry-red skin, which is a symptom of poisoning by carbon monoxide. One person in England had this to say. "My grandfather had a sudden gut feeling that something was wrong at my house. Trusting his intuition, he rushed to our house to find everyone unconscious due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Acting heroically, he single-handedly carried or dragged each family member to safety."

10. Another tragedy related to the Titanic

-Recently, the news has been playing stories of a submersible going down into the North Atlantic, to explore the ruins of the sunken RMS Titanic. The submersible excursion ended in disaster; it imploded due to the incredibly high pressure and killed all onboard. In a strange turn of events, a Portuguese business man and CEO named Mario Ferreria, the CEO of Mystic Cruises, had a chance to go on board the ill-fated submersible.  He said "My friend who was on the submarine told me that my place was [still] free and that I could go with him. We had been together on Friday, and he left on the private plane to go on board. I didn't want to go. We met in the Blue Origin astronaut group. And he challenged me to a mission to the Titanic. I thought I shouldn't go, and I didn't go. Glad I didn't go."

11. The kindness of a stranger

-When we have those moments where we couldn't get lower, pep talks from the ones we know and love don't always work. It seems that complete strangers sometimes get through to us better and quicker than family and friends. One person said "While walking my dog in the park, I encountered a crying teenaged girl. Trusting my instincts, I approached her and discovered she was feeling suicidal. We had a heartfelt conversation, and I provided support. Although I've moved away, we still keep in touch."

12. Job of dreams

-While this may not be a gut instinct, it's still powerful to know when to act on a bad feeling. One person said "I turned down a dream job with a significant salary increase in a different city based on my gut feeling. Two months later, the division was sold, and everyone in that department lost their jobs..."

13. A prime example of "Look both ways"

-Whenever you see no cars at the stop light and you have the right of way to use the crosswalk, it's always good to look around to make sure no cars are coming. There's always that off chance that someone is going to run the red light and hit someone, despite their having the right of way and being safely in the crosswalk. One person notes "I was waiting for at a traffic light crossing for the signal to say it's safe to go. When it did switch to green, I had a feeling not to move, so I didn't. After about 6 seconds of staring at the green pedestrian crossing light wondering to myself why I wasn't moving, a car ran the light." 

14. Big sister is here

-Kids near pools are the biggest fear for any parent. If they know their child can swim, that's one thing. But if the child is too young to learn how to swim (when is too young to learn how to swim?), then that's a whole near fear setting in. Nothing is scarier than a child drowning in a pool. One sibling notes "I was at a party when I was about 5, and I saw my little brother go into the pool area, my gut told me to follow him and he thought the cover was a step, he fell in the pool, I grabbed his arm and called for help and he still lives to this day."

15. Fateful Titanic Escape

-Everyone knows the story of the Titanic. It thought it had narrowly escaped an iceberg, but what wasn't realized is that while icebergs may seem small on top, their massive body is hidden underneath the water. Plus, with a fire occurring in the hull of the ship prior to it's maiden voyage, there was no time to fix the weakened steel because captains and crew wanted to sail on time. That weakened steel only helped the iceberg scrape the ship, sending it to its icy grave at the bottom of the Atlantic. One person's family was affected by it. Their great great grandmother had good instinct and stayed behind. "There's a family legend about my great great grandmother. She was 22 and her rich boyfriend got them tickets for the Titanic. She suspected he would propose on the ship. But one of her brother's friends had a bad feeling and convinced her not to go. She trusted him and stayed behind. Her boyfriend didn't make it, but she ended up marrying the friend who saved her."

16. Listen to the wife

-Two valuable lessons to always follow: never leave valuables in your car and listen to your wife. Sure, a wife can be wrong, but it's better to play it safe. It takes less effort to get your valuables out of the car than it does to argue with the one you promised you'd love and cherish until death do you part. One person noted "One night in college, my husband and I arrived home exhausted after a long day. He wanted to leave his backpack and computer in the car...But for some reason I urged him otherwise. the next morning his car had been broken into..."

17. Keep sharp eyes out

-It's always important to stay vigilant when in unfamiliar territory. A father was going to take his son to court with him to show him what dad did "at the office". But, with a sudden change in heart, that saved the child's life. "My dad had to attend court for a long-overdue payment issue at work. He planned to take me along to expose me to the adult world. But he had a sudden change of heart. As fate would have it, he got T-boned on the passenger side of the car. The car was completely wrecked, and I would have been seriously injured if I had been there."

18. Mom to the rescue!

-It's common thought that once a woman has kids, she becomes a superhero, a psychic / clairvoyant all in one. She can save lives, read minds and practically predict what's going to happen next before it even happens. It's a known fact that each year, over 350 children drown to death in pools, usually in backyards, where there is no supervision. One person noted "My mom's intuition pulled my brother out of a dangerous daycare. she left, but a nagging feeling prompted her to return. She arrived to find the daycare provider asleep while the children played unsupervised near a pool. She swiftly removed him from that daycare, preventing any potential harm."

19. Saved by the phone

-Phones can do a lot of good. They allow us to talk or text our loved ones. They allow us access to emergency personnel. They can also do a lot of bad, especially in the case of bullying. But in this instance, it did a lot of good. One person said "My dad, who usually dislikes my aunt, called her out of the blue one night. It turned out she was holding pills with plans to end her life. His instinct saved her, and now she's grateful to be alive..."

20. #misbehaviorforthewin

-Putting your child in the front seat is fine if they are old enough and tall enough. If they are too small and too young, it's the backseat for them! No ifs, no buts, no coconuts about it!! It's simply too dangerous for them to be in the front seat. Things can go wrong in a split second. One person noted "As a kid, I had a sudden urge to move from the front seat to the back seat while stopped at a red light. My mom scolded me...Moments later, another car crashed into the passenger side...Had I remained in the front seat, the outcome could have been fatal."

21. Intuition to the rescue

-Everyone has intuition or gut instincts. They are what keep us safe. That little voice in your head questioning whether something feels right or wrong. Also called your conscience. One person noted "I used to be a person who did things that are let's say...illegal. I learned to trust my gut feelings during these times. I almost rode with a friend once on the back of his bike...I had rode with him before, but this time I knew not to. I tried warning him, but he didn't listen to me. We found out the next day he had died of a head on collision with a tree."

22. Very creepy

-For those who are unaware, the BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) Killer was a man named Dennis Rader. He terrorized the US from 1974-1991 with ten horrified victims left behind. Like most serial killers, he taunted the police and media as a way of saying they couldn't catch him. One person almost became his next victim. One person said "Mom was a realtor. Met up one day with a home inspector about a house. Both of us had this gut feeling that something seemed off about the guy. I would usually hang out inside/around the homes while my mom did her stuff. This time she had me stay in the car, doors unlocked, and her cellphone on. Found out a few weeks later that the home inspector was BTK

23. Superhero Moms

-Back to the very true concept of mothers having super powers. Mothers are not only superheroes, they are psychics / clairvoyants because they can predict what others are going to say / do before it happens. They are also doctors, fixing injuries and surgeons, fixing toys. Some families are close and talk constantly. Some go for a month or two without talking. One person said "My mom called me late one night after we hadn't spoken in about a month. We chatted for a few minutes before I told her I'd just taken a bunch of pills with the intent to kill myself just before she called. She phoned an ambulance and, you know, I'm still here."

24. Your gut instinct never leads you astray

-It's been said time and time again. Trust your gut. If you have a feeling that something is "off", "doesn't feel right" or you just have a "bad feeling" about something, it's probably accurate. Normally, one would stop and offer help to two people lying on the side of the road, thinking car trouble is the number one culprit. But the person who donated this story instead called the police. "I was driving and I saw a car in the middle of the road with two people lying on the ground. My gut feeling was that something is suspicious here and I decided to act on it by driving past it. I stop to call the police and I look in my rearview mirror to see the two people lying on the road stand up with five other people coming out of the bushes."

25. When offered this ride, just say no

-Women often have a strong sense of instinct called intuition. Women can sense when something is not right. When a man started off acting friendly and polite to her, her defenses went up. The important characteristic was revealed when he offered a ride to her young daughter. This made the mother's defenses go on full high alert. "Had a feeling that a guy I had met - was NOT OK. He was friendly and mannerly and interesting, BUT my gut told me there was something else...He had offered my daughter (age 11 or so) a ride somewhere and I told her NOT to take a ride with him. We found out he later killed his girlfriend and her mother."

26. Avoiding the unknown

-Our gut instinct / intuition can act as a silent, invisible guardian against unknown dangers, even though there's no evidence to support danger. It's always important to listen to your gut instinct; it hardly ever leads you astray. If something just feels "off" about a person or situation, it's probably safe to say it's not worth the risk. One woman found herself in a dilemma when her boyfriend became insistent upon attending a party at one individual's home. "I had a boyfriend who was a lot older than me, who was immature and drank a lot. We used to tour around these parties out of farms a long way from town etc. He kept asking me to go party at this one guy's place. I don't know why but my gut said no...Turned out the guy is a suspected serial killer who was active around that time."

27. Good luck on parking

-With apartment complexes, condo complexes, there are certain designated spots or stalls that the residents have to park in. They sometimes even have driveways to park in. Despite fatigue, people still listen to their conscience and gut instinct. One night, fatigued after delivering pizzas, one delivery driver listened to her gut. "Returning home after delivering pizzas late at night, a strong sense of unease compelled me to park in the driveway instead of the parking area. My husband questioned my decision, but I couldn't explain the feeling. The following morning, we discovered a fallen tree had demolished the car of the upstairs neighbor. If I had parked there, my car would have been damaged too."

28. Stranger Danger

-This is what parents usually say to refer to strangers. "Never talk to strangers" or "stranger danger", are two terms used to describe the concept of never talking to those you don't know. Some kids are easily fooled by strangers because these strangers know just how trusting and naive children are. They know candy and animals often attract a child's attention. One person said "At age 5 I was almost abducted by strangers at the park who had a bunch of toys on a blanket and tried to lure me into their motor home. I got a "tummy ache" when one of them tried to coax me by reaching for my arm to lead me away, and I screamed and ran like h--- back to my dad. Years later I found out those same people had abducted other kids who weren't so lucky."

29. Safety on the road

-A lot of people don't understand the concept of riding a motorcycle. There's nothing between you and the road should you crash. The only thing that is protected is your head provided you're wearing a helmet, which unfortunately, a lot of motorcycle riders often are not wearing. But then those who are riding a motorcycle say there's something exciting about the feeling of wind on your face or skin on the open road as you cruise down the road. And as long as you are operating the motorcycle safely or are with someone who knows how to operate a motorcycle safely, you and your companion will be good to go. One person noted "Was riding my motorcycle with a friend on the back. We were going down a country road behind a truck hauling a bunch of old car tires when all of a sudden I decided we shouldn't be there, so I slowed way down to let the truck go ahead of us. Just as I did one of the tires fell off the truck and landed right where we would have been."

30. Not much of a party

-It's been said that there are two types of people in this world: the trusting types and the suspicious types. The suspicious types tend to question when something feels "funny" and the trusting types don't question it at all. Unfortunately, the suspicious types are less likely to find trouble because they trusted their gut. Sometimes it pays off to be the trusting type because you can have fun while it also pays to be the suspicious type so you can avoid trouble. One person said "Had a friend who said we should go to this party. We ended up driving out to it, we noticed the neighborhood was not too pleasant. The house had some lights on in the backyard but kind of quiet for a party. I decided that we should not go since something felt really off. One of our classmates got robbed when they got there. It was a fake party."

31. It's important to stick together

-Sticking together when you're with multiple people is important. Even if it's only you and one other person, you must keep an eye out for each other. When you feel something is "off", trust your gut. One person noted "Was in Pennsylvania for Memorial Day weekend camping. Everyone wants to go to get a few things left out. I felt like something was off so I stayed back in my hammock. I was the only one who stayed, and a drunk driver ended up hitting the car all my friends were in."

32. Giving us the run around

-Relationships are hard to find and sometimes hard to maintain. It's you and another person. Two different personalities coming together and hopefully finding love in the chaos of getting to know each other better. Some people meet their perfect one, their "soulmate" in high school. Some meet their soulmate later on down the road. How do you know you've found THE ONE? Trust your gut. One person said "My ex-gf...I dated her while she was separated and going through a divorce (she had 2 kids, not mine). We broke up, she dated another guy, got married and pregnant within 6 months. They are now going through a divorce...while she is dating a new guy. Bullet dodged."

33. I wouldn't if I were you

-Your conscience is there to aid you in the right and wrong of life. If your conscience is telling you "I wouldn't if I were you", it's a good idea to trust your conscience and your gut instinct. This can also be used when travelling abroad to a place one has never been. Always trust your gut. If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. It's easy to get lost because you don't know the area; it's always easier to ask the locals how to get somewhere so that at least you have a better chance of getting correct information. One person notes "Not me but when my mum was a teenager on 18th November 1987, she was going to London to visit a friend. She decided she was going to take a taxi instead of going by tube because it didn't feel right  (King's Cross tube station). Ten minutes later the whole station caught on fire and 30 out of the 40 people passed away."

34. Mind blowing

-Anyone who hears about a child with a gun automatically starts worrying. But, how do you know that that child doesn't know what he or she is doing? If they have a parent who teaches them responsible gun ownership, and teaches them how to assemble / disassemble a gun, clean it, load / unload it and teaches the child about the gun, inside and out, check for errors then that is more than incredible. That is responsible gun ownership. It's important to teach about gun safety around children. This also extends to putting guns in a locked safe or cabinet unloaded and keeping the ammunition separate from the guns. It's always good to follow your gut instinct about guns. If you feel something is not right, it's probably accurate; something is not right. One person noted, while at a gun range "At a gun range, I had a feeling something was wrong before firing another round from my dad's S&W 9mm. Upon inspection, I found a lodged round halfway down the barrel. Avoiding a potential explosion, I disassembled the gun..." Frankly, the father of this child had taught them well about responsible gun ownership. 12 years old is early enough to start learning how to use a gun responsibly

35. Moms know best

-Once again, the "moms have superpowers" concept. No matter how many times it's said, it's true! Mothers are superheroes, surgeons, psychics / clairvoyants all wrapped in one package. One mother's instincts helped save her family. One of those family members said "During a family trip to the South of Sri Lanka, my mother had a strong feeling not to go to the planned coastal destination. We changed our plans and later discovered that the hotel we initially booked was destroyed by the tsunami..."

36. Something seems off...

-When camping in the woods, it's always good and safe to go with your gut instinct. If it suddenly becomes dead quiet, that means there is a predator lurking in the vicinity. And sometimes blue sky and sunshine days can morph into tornado and thunderstorm black cloud and lightning days. Nature is unpredictable. But as long as you follow your gut instinct when something feels "off", then you'll be safe. "I was going to go camping in Western Maine. I was on a small mountain and the weather just felt off. I had just pitched my tent to but I had a feeling I wasn't going to enjoy the night so I packed up and went home. Next day I find out a tornado ripped through the area I was in. Next week I go out to find the path of destruction it left went right through where my campsite was."

37. Maternal instincts

-Prior to their babies being born, mothers know. Being a parent is a learn-as-you-go job. There is no book on perfect parenting. You go with what works, learn new methods and disregard and abandon what doesn't work. Mothers seem to know about their children before they're even born. One woman stated "The day I had my son. I was 34 weeks and was feeling great but something felt different. I ended up going to the ER and having an emergency C-section. I was told that if I hadn't listened to my gut, my son most likely wouldn't have survived and I probably wouldn't have either. But here we are, happy and healthy!"

-I can also provide an example from my life. My mother had a cousin named Tony who was a breech baby (baby in the opposite position of a normal baby; it's normally supposed to be head first, feet last. With breech babies it's feet first, head last.) Because of this, the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, cutting off vital oxygen to the brain and causing him to have cerebral palsy. Not bad enough to put him in a wheelchair, but bad enough that he has violent changes in mood and a slight speech impediment. My maternal grandmother warned my mother about being pregnant with my sister. She said that my mother should get checked for a breech baby. Sure enough, my sister was a breech baby. The doctor had managed to turn her around somehow, but my sister reversed and went back to the initial position.

-When it came time to give birth, my maternal grandmother insisted my mother have a C-section to save my sister's life. Luckily, my mother listened to both her mother and gut instinct. Because initially my mother didn't want another child. But she kept seeing all these religious commercials and looked up and said "OK, I get the message." My mom went through with the C-section and it ended up successful; turned out the umbilical cord would have wrapped around my sister's neck if my mother had given birth naturally and she would have had any number of conditions, including cerebral palsy. My grandmother told my mother that she had better have a C-section otherwise my sister would end up like my mother's cousin Tony. Today, my sister is a happy, healthy, goofy, country-music loving, squirrel and flamingo-loving person and is also engaged to a guy she met on Facebook through friends from high school

38. CraigsList can't be trusted

-This is not a trustworthy site. You can buy nearly anything on that site and I mean NEARLY ANYTHING! You can even get dates on that site. How weird?!? This is one platform often used for scams. Luckily, one person who went on CraigsList avoided a robbery. "After receiving an email from a potential buyer on CraigsList, offering $140 for a used bike I initially bought for $160, I was thrilled. But a strange feeling prompted me to Google his name, revealing a criminal history of home burglary and robbery. I obviously didn't go through with the sale."

39. Madness in the barbershop

-Most people regard a barbershop as a sort of meeting place to hang out and talk. Sounding like a mystery novel or movie, a man walking down the street has a sudden feeling of impending doom and decides to wait a bit before doing his errand. Not waiting would have resulted in his murder. "I walk walking to the barbershop, and for some reason, everything just felt off. Every step I took made me feel like something wasn't right, so I decided to go home. I saw police cars and ambulances driving to around where I was before, it turns out there was a murder. Now I always listen to my gut."

40. Pregnancy intuition

-It's been said, time and time again, that when a woman becomes a mother, whether during pregnancy or after childbirth, she develops psychic / clairvoyant powers, superheroes and her instincts are strengthened by 100x. She can sense when something isn't right, which is good because it could affect not only her health, but the health of the baby she's bringing into this world. One woman said she was so in touch with her child that she could sense danger before it even presented itself. "At 41 weeks pregnant, despite the doctor's reassurances, I insisted on an earlier appointment. It turns out my baby was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, but she was quickly released without critical harm. Luckily I listened to my instincts."

41. Kudos to you

-Stealing isn't right. If you're a religious person, you should know it's one of the Ten Commandments; "Thou shalt not steal". Those who do are going to answer for it later, whether you're caught or not. In this case, all a thief managed to get from a woman's purse was a pack of pills and a juice box. "I had a gut feeling I should pull my wallet and phone out of my purse. Not even 20 seconds later, I get mugged. The man dragged me across the sidewalk and stole my purse BUT all he ended up getting was a juice box and my birth control."

42. Superhero Moms

-There are tons of stories proving mothers are superheroes. It's really quite frightening how they can predict what their kids or spouses will say or do before it's even done. You almost find yourself dumbstruck, thinking "how did she know?" And the answer when you ask the question is "a mother always knows". One woman states "While picking up my son from school, I was compelled to engage in conversation with the receptionist. Little did I know that I would suddenly have a seizure and lose consciousness. Had I not stayed, I would have experienced a seizure while driving on the interstate with my son in the car..."

43. Trust your spouse

-Not only do mothers have good intuition, so do dads and husbands. And even boyfriends. So it's pretty much agreed that men and women have good senses of intuition. It's been said the longer a couple is together, the more compatible and "in sync" they are with each other, almost to the point of mind reading. It's easy to see why there are so many stories of husbands and wives saving each other from the brink of disaster. "Anticipating potential icy road conditions, I debated with my husband about the safest route to work. He warned me about the dangers of the express lane due to barriers and ice. I considered taking that route, but I changed my mind. It turned out there was a massive 150-car pileup with fatalities on the express road due to ice."

44. #managersforthewin

-We all like to stick it to authority every great now and again, but there are the times when management is right. One manager managed to have their employee's life saved by an argument over the cost of a Red Bull. "One ordinary work day, I planned to go to the dollar store for a Red Bull. My boss initially declined my offer to split the cost but suddenly changed his mind without explanation. Annoyed, I pushed the door open only to hear a shattering sound. An SUV had crashed into the store. My boss' irritating delay ended up saving my life."

45. An eerie silence

-This is never good. When it's too eerily silent, something just feels off. When you're out and about in nature, like camping, dead silence usually signals the approach or presence of some sort of predator. One person said "I was building a fort in the woods near my house as a kid. Got this eerie feeling that something was wrong so I packed my stuff and made my way home. Next day, on my way to school on the bus, my friend mentioned a cougar his family saw running across the road that was within a couple hundred feet of where I was."

46. Is it hot here or is it just me?

-Another case of your conscience ringing the bells of alarm. If you sit down somewhere and it's warm, look around. It's probably the stoop of a house that's been sitting in the sun for a while. Or, in the case of this person, sitting on an electrical box that was close to sparking and igniting, possibly taking the person with it in the fire due to start. "Sitting on an electrical box during a blackout, I noticed flickering electricity in my house. Realizing the box could be the source, I quickly stood up and moved away. Within seconds, it exploded, shooting a towering pillar of flame. I narrowly avoided a dangerous and potentially fatal situation."

47. Superhero brother

-Just like moms, siblings can also sense when something is off with their loved ones. The man who gave this story drove all the way home just to take his sister to the hospital. "While visiting friends in Phoenix, my boyfriend has a strong urge to leave. Without hesitation, I followed his lead. We drove straight to his parents' rural house in San Antonio. Just moments before our arrival, his sister had a severe accident, and we were there to assist."

48. Some fear is good

-Going on rollercoasters can be scary. You don't know what to expect. But once you're on, there's no going back until the ride is over. When over, your heart is racing and you want to immediately do it again because it was so much fun. The fact that these rides are often strongly inspected it s a good thing. No one wants to ride on a ride and have an important component come off. I've been line for two coasters at the local theme park, Kings Island, for two steel coasters called Diamondback and Banshee, and have been told those rides were shut down due to maintenance issues. While maintenance fixed the rides and declared the green light go on them, everyone was happy. One thing to always worry about is that lap bar coming off and you flying off. There have been stories about people getting injured and even killed on roller coasters over the years. That is why there are attendants nowadays who come by and check that everything is in good operational order. They make sure the over the shoulder braces and head supports are working on rides that will jerk you from side to side or doing pretzel loops, corkscrew turns or barrel rolls. They make sure the lap bar keeps you in the car on steel coasters or wood coasters. One person said their gut instinct proved right with rollercoasters. "Despite my fear of roller coasters, I rode one in the dark and surprisingly enjoyed it. When my friends wanted one final ride before closure, my gut feeling urged me not to join. I waited with the bags as they returned, pale-faced. During the ride, my friend's safety bar had risen up, causing a terrible accident. It was horrifying."

49. It's always good to trust your gut

-Your gut instinct is hardly ever wrong. Some people just take longer to realize something is off than others do. It's incredibly important to trust your gut instinct and intuition. One person said "My mother's intuition saved my grandfather's life we he had a stroke in their living room. While we were out walking, she decided to check on him, and I witnessed his critical condition. She called 911 twice, ensuring timely help. Over a decade later, he is still alive and well."

50. Somebody's watching me...

-Like that 80s song "Somebody's Watching Me" by that singer Rockwell, we all get that hair-raising-on-the-back-of-our-neck feeling that we're being watched. We all get that tingling feeling that someone or something is watching us from the shadows where we can't see them, but they can definitely see us. One person got that eerie feeling walking on a nature trail. "I was walking on a hiking trail, and got that being watched feeling. This was in the woods, no one was around. I turned around and walked back out to the trailhead and went home. On the news that night I saw a mountain lion had been hunting there and attempted to attack another hiker that day."

51. Some people just ooze bad vibes

-You can generally get a feeling about people from talking to them. Some people you feel you can trust after talking to them and getting a feel for them. Some people just give you bad vibes immediately. Some people you feel bad vibes just by looking at them. But the phrase to keep in mind here is "Don't judge a book by its cover". Sometimes the most well put together people can give off the worst vibes while the more run down or normal looking people have the best intentions. "I was learning violin when I was about 10. I got the weirdest feeling from the teacher even though he didn't do anything. After 4 lessons I told my parents that I had a terrible feeling about him and never wanted to go back. They listened and didn't make me go to him ever again. A few years later, he was arrested for molesting multiple students. I have no idea how I knew something was off."

52. Poor animal

-Whenever someone hears a story about animals and something bad happening, a lot of sympathy goes towards the animals. The animals are the victims in those cases. People bringing in exotic animals just to sell for cash. People bringing in dogs from other countries just to breed in puppy mills and selling for quick bucks because they're pure bred dogs. People bringing in exotic breeds of dog just to sell for quick money. You definitely feel your heartstrings getting yanked every time you see a story about this on the news. One person was incredibly angry that her dog had been left out in the cold by an inconsiderate, rude roommate. "I woke up from a deep sleep at like 2am during a winter storm, something wasn't right...I immediately went looking for my senior dog and couldn't find her anywhere in the house. My roommates had a tendency to let her out for a walk and forget about her, closing the door. I ran to the front of the house and found her laying on the welcome mat, she was hardly breathing and covered in snow...she had been outside alone for at the very least 5 hours. I moved out shortly after."

53. Final Destination

-This is the name of a series of movies where people try, unsuccessfully, to cheat Death, but Death eventually gets them in the end. In the case of this story, it was safer to get OUT of the car than stay in it on a narrow mountain pass. "While on a rainy road trip through mountains with my dad, I felt an unsettling sensation and urged him to leave the car for safety. Moments later, a massive boulder crushed our vehicle. Since then, "Final Destination" became my least favorite movie."

54. Risks with online dating

-This is incredibly true. With online dating, you don't know who you're talking to. People can lie and scam people. You think you might be talking to one person when it's really another. That's how child pedophiles can lure so many victims to them. Kids get online and get into chat rooms and think they are talking to another kid when it's really an adult. With online dating, it's good to go with your gut instinct. Sometimes the people you speak with are who they say they are and sometimes they're not. If your gut is telling you something is off about that person, trust the feelings. Your gut instinct will hardly ever be wrong. "After connecting with a guy in Instagram, I planned to meet him in my city. However, my gut feeling strongly warned me against it. Trusting my instincts, I canceled the meeting, which angered him. Later, I discovered he had attempted to kidnap a girl from his college campus."

55. Are guardian angels real?

-A lot of people don't believe in the concept of guardian angels. They think that it's a matter of good luck, coincidence, gut instinct or intuition and good reflexes that keep us out of trouble. Sometimes when something feels off, it's either out instincts coming to the rescue or someone looking out for you. "A few years ago, my brother and I were set to take a train on Saturday to visit our granduncle. But a weird feeling led me to book the tickets for Friday instead. We later discovered that the Saturday train we were supposed to take had crashed, resulting in fatalities and injuries. It was a very strange experience..."

56. A miracle patient

-Grandmothers are often one of the more special people on the planet. Some people are incredibly lucky and blessed to have grandmothers who love their grandkids and teach them various things while some have grandmothers who are not so nice. It's never too late to show them gratitude, despite only appreciating them when they leave. "After my father's funeral, I returned home and noticed my grandma acting strangely. Despite reassurances that she was just grieving, I trusted my instincts and called for a wellness check. It turned out she had dangerously low potassium levels. Always trust your instincts!"