Sometimes you just got to get rid of your bed because it is haunted and trying to scare you to death.
At least that’s what one Craigslist user in Mentone, AL is claiming.
The unidentified person posted a listing in the “free stuff” section of the Birmingham Craigslist under the title of “Free (paranormal) bed”.
It only gets better from there.
The scary bed in question. Photo Credit: Craigslist user upload.
Here is the full listing:
“I’m giving away this bed to whoever wants to come pick it up. My home is over 200 years old and is believed to have originally had a servants’ wing, located to the right angle of my home which later converted to slave quarters. The structure still standing is said to have been housing for the slaves on the property. This bed still remains inside the original structure. I do not know the history of this bed but it has not been removed from the quarters. It moves and shakes violently on its own. There have been sounds of cries and singing from the actual bed. It often shifts positions and there is a strange uneasy feeling when I try to move it. I just want it off my property for good”
Yeah we are with you on that.
THE BED ACTUALLY EMITS SOUNDS OF CRIES AND SINGING!
I can barely handle it if my memory foam is slightly forgetful from the night before. This shit would put me over the edge.
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Mentone is a small town of just over 300 people in the far northeastern corner of the state. It sits on the popular tourist trap known as Lookout Mountain. So I guess we won’t be going there anytime soon.
But if you do actually decide to take this person up on their offer, then please let us know how it goes for you. Or don’t. That’s cool too.
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FIU Students Plan Massive Walk Out To Protest Trump
Students at the largely hispanic Florida International University are planning to walk out of class Wednesday afternoon to protest the election of Donald Trump.
The action is in conjunction with a national movement that wants college campuses to declare themselves a #SanctuaryCampus in order to fight against Trump’s promises to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
The protest will start at 3 PM and run until 6 PM according to the Facebook page that has been set up to organize it.
After walking out of class, students are planning at meeting at a free speech zone located at the GC Lawns outside of Einstein Bagels on the FIU main campus.
Here’s more from the organizers:
“On November 16th, we are calling on all students to join the movement to declare their campuses a #SanctuaryCampus and commit to putting our bodies between Trump and undocumented students.
We are already seeing students rise up on our own– but we must create national solidarity to create a massive resistance against Donald Trump and to demand permanent protection, dignity, and respect for all immigrants.
It’s time that we unite to protect our most vulnerable people– including undocumented immigrants, Black people, Muslims, Queer people, and all people of color.
We must amplify each other and rise up together in the face of Trump.”
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The Magic City Hippies Are Ready For Prime Time
By Tyler Cianciulli
The Magic City Hippies are a Miami-based indie-funk band that has experienced a well deserved recent surge in popularity.
The band has been steadily gaining notoriety for a few years, and now it seems like the opportunities are rolling in.
Robby Hunter, Pat Howard, and John Coughlin are the three men behind the band.
They credit the Miami music scene for their development over time.
Since the Magic City Hippies’ epicenter is right here in our backyard, they are looking forward to branching out and incorporating some of the wild and interesting elements of South Florida culture.
I spoke to the band, and asked them a few questions about what we can expect to see from them in the future.
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RISE NEWS: Are you working on anything right now?
Magic City Hippies: “Right now, we’re focused on working on our new album. It is going to be a mix of new songs and old songs. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we are really excited about what is to come. We’ve been working on incorporating a more distinct salsa vibe, with an emphasis on high energy funk. Before our album drops, we plan on releasing two singles.”
RISE NEWS: Tell me about your last performance.
Hippies: “We actually played the Heat game recently. We were on the court, and on national television. They had us play before Game 1 of the Playoffs – and at halftime.”
RISE: How did the Miami music scene influence your music?
Hippies: “Performing in Miami has provided so many opportunities. There really aren’t too many spots better for emerging talent. We’ve tried to embrace our environment by incorporating a more tropical, Spanish vibe. We want to make music people want to dance to.”
RISE: What do you do when you’re not on stage?
Hippies: “Well, right now we are in the process of organizing our band as a business. This is often tough for indie artists because we aren’t connected to a major label. This means that we have to provide the money and the resources that a record agency would provide. We actually have a bunch of people on our payroll now. We are teachers, graphic designers, capitalists, and most importantly, musicians.”
RISE: Tell me a funny story from your recent tour.
Hippies: “We were about two hours outside of Flagler, Colorado, when we got stuck in a huge blizzard. We were on the way back home from a string of concerts and the last thing we wanted was a delay. The roads were so bad we were actually stranded for a while. It was actually John’s first time ever seeing snow.”
RISE: Do you have any advice for hopeful musicians?
Hippies: “Fake it till you make it.”
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I actually saw the Magic City Hippies at the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance.
Their live performances are unrivaled, their music is trendy, and their image of a Florida born-and-raised band resonates with their listeners.
It seems as if the Magic City Hippies are starting to corner a genre that they are simultaneously pioneering.
I am excited to hear the band’s planned singles and working album.
The Magic City Hippies are currently on a tour of South Miami. You can learn more by visiting their website: magiccityhippies.com
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Does Tinder Prove That “True Love” Is A Myth?
Online dating can be a minefield.
Fake accounts, bad intentioned users and conversations that can only be classified as cringeworthy.
But for those using apps like Tinder, finding a legitimate connection with someone can be hindered by a factor you don’t always think about; your location.
What happens if your search range on the app is 25 miles, but your “true love” is 26 miles away?
Sure, that may be overthinking it, but just like in real life, it’s a real possibility that you could be passing by your potential significant other simply because they’re located slightly outside your search distance.
There are 1.4 billion swipes and 26 million matches per day on Tinder.
One of those matches lead to Arianna Johnson meeting her husband Ben.
Arianna said she wasn’t expecting to meet her future husband through Tinder.
Photo Credit: @markheybo/ Flickr (CC By 2.0)
She had been using the app for a year on and off, going on a few dates, with three turning into what she considers actual relationships.
At the time, Arianna had her search distance maxed out to 100 miles.
“I did it because it allows for potential matches,” Arianna said.
Arianna recalls Ben being around 20 to 30 miles away from her when the two originally matched.
For Arianna, distance wasn’t going to be the biggest hurdle in meeting someone, but talking to a stranger might have been.
“When you go to a coffee shop…you don’t know if a person is single or taken,” Arianna said. “It’s ‘hard to talk to a total stranger…If I saw my husband in public without Tinder, I probably would have never gone up to talk to him.”
Unfortunately for the rest of us, cases like Arianna and Ben’s serve as an outlier to overall online dating statistics.
According to Pew Research, only 5% of Americans who are married or are in committed relationships say they met their significant other online.
The good news is, Pew Research also indicates that online dating has lost much of its negative stigma, with only 23% of American adults believing people who use online dating sites are desperate, and 59% now say that Online dating is a good way to meet people.
So now we can swipe away without the majority of people giving us the stare down.
Small victories right?
Arianna Johnson met her husband Ben on Tinder.
You should be worrying about the truly important things when using online dating.
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Things like coming up with a witty pick-up line they’ve never heard of before, or making sure your pictures and bio page describe you as the perfect match, straying away from the hyperbolic nonsense that would lead your date to realize you are way lamer than they initially thought.
In all seriousness, the biggest obstacle preventing you from meeting that special someone might still be starting that initial conversation.
Stressing about missing your “true love” because you didn’t set your search distance high enough is superfluous.
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Cover Photo Credit: Connie Ma/ Flickr (CC By 2.0)
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