Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I accidentally scraped a car in the parking lot. My boss came sprinting out of the building, screaming, “Who hit my car?!” Embarrassed, I admitted it was me and said I’d cover the repairs. Instead of calming down, he launched into a full-blown lecture about responsibility. That’s when my coworker walked by and said, “Boss,…

Following his unconditional pardon from President Biden, Hunter Biden is now facing allegations of owing over $300,000 in unpaid rent to former landlords. Shaun Maguire, a partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia, reacted to news of the pardon on social media, claiming that the president’s son has accumulated substantial unpaid rent debts amounting to…

My boyfriend proposed to me. I was over the moon and said yes. The next day, he approached me and said, “Sorry, I think I’ve made a hasty decision. I’m not ready for marriage yet.” He also asked me to give him back the ring. I was floored. I returned the ring without a word,…

A federal appeals court said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can keep using a Seattle airport for chartered deportation flights, which is positive news for the incoming Trump administration. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a 2019 local executive order that tried to go against President Trump’s immigration policies. The court…

I lost my 7-year-old son in the mall. I was crying, and a blonde woman approached to console me. Hours later, he was discovered. Ten years later, I was relating the incident to a friend and recounted the kind stranger who assisted me. My son instantly turned pale. He looked at me and remarked, ’’…

Holidays bring families closer together, but for Olivia, this Thanksgiving took a heartbreaking turn. Hoping to create a sweet moment for her grandchildren, she invited her son’s first wife to dinner. However, her decision enraged his new wife, leading to surprising conflict that spiraled into a holiday nightmare. Olivia’s letter: I live at my son’s…

Former President Obama is terrified for his legacy after Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris got crushed in a landslide victory by President-elect Donald Trump. That is the word from his biographer, who slammed the former president for “talking down” to voters in “tone-deaf and clueless” preaching before the election, The Daily Mail reported. Trump’s victory,…

Today was nothing short of magical. It’s my 70th birthday and my 47th wedding anniversary—two milestones I never imagined would intertwine in such a beautiful way. My husband, always the creative soul, has spent decades finding unique ways to show his love, but this year, he went above and beyond. For weeks, I’d noticed him…

Brilliant Wife! (Funny Story) A wife finds a note from her husband on the fridge one morning: Husband’s Note “My dear wife, You will surely understand that I have certain needs that you, being 57 years old, can no longer satisfy. I am very happy with you and value you as a good wife. Therefore,…

While some surrogates for Vice President Kamala Harris blame her historic loss to now-President-elect Donald Trump on President Joe Biden’s late exit from the race, a bevy of former campaign staffers say that thinking is “detached from reality.” Former San Francisco Democrat Mayor Willie Brown, who dated Harris in the 1990s, says her campaign lost…