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🚨 JUST IN: SIMI VALLEY INFERNO UNLEASHES HORROR – FAMILIES FLEE AS FIRE MONSTER DEVOURS HOMES! 🚨

EERIE SKIES GLOW ORANGE AS 100-FOOT FLAMES RAGE – RESIDENTS LEFT WITH NOTHING BUT ASH!

DEVASTATION IN REAL-TIME: A RAGING WALL OF FIRE TEARS THROUGH SIMI VALLEY TONIGHT, FORCING MASS EVACUATIONS! WITNESSES SAY THE HELLSTORM MOVED FASTER THAN A FREIGHT TRAIN – ONE MOM TOLD US SHE GRABBED HER KIDS AND RAN AS THE FLAMES LEAPED OVER THE HILLS LIKE A DEMON POSSESSED!

🚨 LOCAL MAN DECLARES “STATE OF EMERGENCY” AFTER MOUNTAIN DEW WHITE OUT VANISHES FROM SHELVES

“This is what happens when you let woke executives run a soda company,” fumes Gary Hendricks, 47, in a now-viral Facebook rant from the Oakwood Community Connection group. “I’ve been drinking White Out since 2010. It’s the only Dew with common sense flavor — citrus, not some cotton candy unicorn nonsense. Now they replaced it with ‘Major Melon’ like we’re all 12-year-old girls at a vape shop.”

🚨 LOCAL MUM BLOWS A GASKET OVER “OBSCENE” RING – “THAT’S TWO HOUSE DEPOSITS ON ONE FINGER!” 💍🔥

Just saw the Lainey Wilson engagement ring photos. Am I the only one here who’s lost their mind? Our property taxes just went up, groceries cost a kidney, and this gal is walking around with what looks like a carat-heavy ice cube that could pay off my neighbour’s mortgage.

Call me old-fashioned, but that rock looks bigger than her actual sense. You’ve got young families in this town struggling to put gas in the tank, and we’re celebrating a ring that probably costs more than my entire street’s annual income. Where’s the common sense?

🚨 LOCAL RESIDENT SPOTS ‘COMMON SENSE’ GAP DURING SOLAR ECLIPSE—‘THEY SOLD OUT OF GLASSES BUT NOT BRAIN CELLS!’

Oakwood Community Facebook Group

Brenda T., lifelong Oakwood resident: “Alright, who’s the genius that bought six pairs of eclipse glasses for their cat? I saw Doris from 3B trying to put goggles on her golden retriever during the partial phase. This is basic common sense, people. The dog doesn’t care. It’s an eclipse, not a veterinary emergency.

🚨 SHOCKER: Thom Tillis Says “Common Sense” Is His Secret Weapon – Locals Aren’t Buying It

In a since-deleted Facebook rant, local resident Karen “Not My Senator” Johnson from Gastonia had some choice words after Sen. Thom Tillis appeared on a podcast claiming his “North Carolina common sense” is what’s needed to fix Washington.

“Common sense?? The man voted to let insurance companies deny breast pump coverage but thinks we need ‘fiscal responsibility’ on FEMA disaster aid? I’ve got a bridge to sell him,” she wrote in the “Gastonia Moms & Dads” group, which quickly went viral with 2.3K shares.

🚨 VIRAL SENSATION: Your “Shadow Self” Is About to Be Revealed – Here’s Why You’re Crying During the Eclipse

In a twist that has psychologists and astrologers buzzing, millions of people are reporting uncontrollable weeping and sudden, intense clarity during this week’s solar eclipse. Life coach and emotional breakthrough expert, Dr. Anya Vance, says the phenomenon is not celestial magic—it’s a biological and psychological reset button being slammed.

“The eclipse creates a literal ‘shadow’ over our waking light. For the first time in months, your brain stops chasing dopamine and scrolling. You pause. And in that vacuum, all the grief, anxiety, and truth you’ve been ignoring rises up to meet you,” Vance warns.

🚨 VIRAL SNIPPET: “Pete Hegseth’s Kentucky Campaign Stunt Costs You $47 a Year?” 🚨

LEXINGTON, KY – Fox News star and Army vet Pete Hegseth is barnstorming Kentucky this week, but consumer advocates say his “patriotism tour” could actually be a backdoor tax on your wallet.

Hegseth is backing a state measure that would force Kentucky schools to stock “emergency rations” in every classroom—funded by a new 9% sales tax on Amazon purchases. The pitch? “Keep our kids safe.” The reality? Every Kentucky household would pay roughly $47 more per year for things like diapers, books, and electronics, just to pay for crackers and bottled water.

5 Things You Need to Know About Steven Tyler’s Shocking Legal Settlement

• The $500,000 Fine – Steven Tyler has agreed to a massive $500,000 settlement with the family of an underage fan from the 1970s, avoiding a criminal trial on charges of sexual assault and enticement. The sum, paid to a victim trust, is one of the highest of its kind in rock history.
• Confession in His Own Memoir – Prosecutors used Tyler’s 2011 autobiography, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, as key evidence. In it, he details grooming and having a legal guardian sign off on his relationship with the then-16-year-old, later admitting it “could have landed me in prison.”
• The “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” Irony – The settlement came just days after Aerosmith’s final tour announcement. Fans are now re-examining lyrics like “I don’t want to miss a thing” in light of decades of allegations Tyler has faced since the 1970s.
• Statute of Limitations Loophole – The victim’s suit exploited a 2019 California law that temporarily revived old abuse claims. Tyler’s legal team argued the case was “ancient history,” but the court ruled the window applied, forcing the rocker to settle.
• Silence on Stage – Tyler has not spoken publicly since the settlement. During Aerosmith’s last show at Madison Square Garden, he dedicated “Dream On” to “all the lovers,” prompting a mixed reaction from fans aware of the case—a viral moment that split the internet.

AITA for getting legitimately pissed off at my neighbor’s poorly timed “Solar Eclipse Rave” that blocked my view of the once-in-a-decade apocalypse?

So, my dude (M32) and I (F31) spent months prepping for the Great American Eclipse 2024. Got the fancy glasses, drove to the path of totality, set up a nice picnic blanket in a field. Perfect.

THE MOMENT.
We’re staring up, glasses on, feeling the cosmic vibes. Totality hits—it’s dark, the temperature drops, crickets go wild. I’m having a spiritual awakening, right? Then MY NEIGHBOR (M54) FROM THREE TRAILERS DOWN FIRES UP A GENERATOR AND BLASTS “TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART” BY BONNIE TYLER AT 110 DECIBELS.

AITA for laughing my ass off at Luke Benward’s “serious actor” era on that new Netflix show?

Okay, I know we all remember him as the wholesome, smiley kid from Mostly Ghostly or that hair-flip champion from Good Luck Charlie. But now he’s out here in his new show, stroking his chin like he’s about to solve a Rubik’s cube trapped in a wax museum. He’s got this permanent “I just smelled a bad fart and am contemplating the meaning of life” face. Every scene is just him doing Angry Stare Number 4.

AITA for telling my neighbor to stop pretending the aurora borealis was a sign from God?

Look, I get it. The geomagnetic storm this week was fire. Literally. The Northern Lights were visible as far south as Alabama, which is basically the universe’s way of saying “congrats, you finally got a view that isn’t a Waffle House parking lot.”

But my boomer neighbor, Karen (yes, actually named Karen), posted a 15-slide Instagram gallery captioned “God’s promise written in the sky” with a bunch of flame emojis and a link to her church’s donation page. Meanwhile, the actual science is: CME (coronal mass ejection) + magnetosphere = pretty sky. Not a divine fax machine.

AITA for thinking Calvin Klein’s new “quiet luxury” campaign is just a $1,200 ad for a plain white t-shirt that my grandpa owns three of?

So I’m doom-scrolling, right, and I see CK’s latest drop: a photo of some guy who looks like he just got evicted from a WeWork, staring into the middle distance while wearing a t-shirt that’s literally just… a t-shirt. No logo. No flair. Just 100% cotton and existential dread. Price tag? $1,200.

AITA for thinking Luigi Mangione is just a guy who realized the scam and dipped?

Okay so, hear me out. Luigi Mangione. The dude who allegedly scammed a bunch of hedge fund bros out of like, $10k each for some “quantum finance” seminar, then ghosted them at a Bennigan’s in Newark.

Like, yeah, in a vacuum, stealing from people is bad. But these are finance dudes. They spend their days shorting companies and destroying lives. They probably call their own moms “liquidity events.” Luigi walked in, gave a PowerPoint that was just 47 slides of the word “synergy,” took their cash for the “premium blockchain networking pass,” and then dipped out the kitchen exit.

AITA for thinking Mountain Dew White Out is just a metaphor for my serotonin levels after 2020?

So PepsiCo literally announced they’re killing White Out for good. Like, they’re pulling the plug on a soda that tastes like if a lemon-lime battery and a can of Monster had a chemically engineered baby.

TL;DR: My favorite artificially-flavored depression fuel is being discontinued, and I’m supposed to be sad about it? Bruh, I’ve been drinking this since high school back when it was the “edgy” Dew flavor. It was the official drink of “I’m not okay, but at least this tastes like radioactive snow.”

AITA for thinking Steven Tyler’s new crypto NFT collection is the most on-brand rockstar midlife crisis I’ve ever seen?

Okay, so apparently Aerosmith frontman and human leather handbag Steven Tyler has launched “Dream On DAO,” a blockchain-based NFT collection of… wait for it… digital scarves he’s worn on stage since 1987. Each scarf comes with a 0.0001% royalty on his future “emotional outbursts” and a screaming JPEG of his mouth. TL;DR: Man who looks like he smells of whiskey and regret is trying to sell you an image of a sweat-stained rag for 4 ETH. AITA for thinking this is the funniest thing since he broke his hip falling off a stage? Bro, just retire. We already got the walk this way memes.