23 Upper-Middle-Class "Problems" People Are Almost Too Embarrassed To Share

This week, Erik and Lyle Menendez went before a California judge to seek parole, almost 30 years after being convicted of killing their parents. After an initial trial resulted in a mistrialthe brothers were convicted in 1996 for the 1989 murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. While prosecutors argued they killed…

On the final day in Belize, I visited a Belizean family of Yucatec descent who invited me into their home to learn of their Mayan heritage and ways of farm living. Here, Jose, Hilda, and their daughter shared their family history and taught us how to make corn tortillas (on a stove made of ash!)…

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The family of a missing Texas woman found living with a lost “African” tribe in the Scottish Highlands fear she has been manipulated by the “king and queen” and are growing concerned over her well-being. Kaura Taylor, who now goes by Asnat, Lady Safi, of Atehene, has been living in the Kingdom of Kubala, a…

Naturally, the internet has a lot to say about all this: Comments were included from Reddit threadshere, here, hereand here. Editor’s Note: While we can’t endorse what X has become, we can bring you the worthwhile moments that still exist there, curated and free of the surrounding chaos.