Five tips to avoid being "that" neighbor

Today we have rules for interacting with the people you live next to, ways to get the kids you live with out into the world, and instead of a story from Reddit, we have the story of Reddit.

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Greg Sullivan
September 09, 2025

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“Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.”
 ― Mae West

When “the least you can do” is also the most you're willing to.

Rules are great because they give you two things at once: a guide for being decent, and a scoreboard for judging others. Inspired by a painfully relatable Miss Manners column about a neighbor who won’t stop texting for groceries, Mark Wales put together the “bare-minimum” behaviors that keep the peace without becoming the block captain.

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“Sharing space is hard, and tensions will likely arise at some point.”

Megan McConnel, Licensed Therapist

Whether you’re dodging driveway drama or surviving a 3 a.m. bass drop from Apartment 2B, this list won’t make you neighbor of the year—but it might keep your face off a neighborhood Facebook rant. From watching your noise levels to knowing when to lend a hand (or a can of beans), these five habits are small lifts with big returns.

HR is lonely. It doesn’t have to be.

The best HR advice comes from people who’ve been in the trenches.

That’s what this newsletter delivers.

I Hate it Here is your insider’s guide to surviving and thriving in HR, from someone who’s been there. It’s not about theory or buzzwords — it’s about practical, real-world advice for navigating everything from tricky managers to messy policies.

Every newsletter is written by Hebba Youssef — a Chief People Officer who’s seen it all and is here to share what actually works (and what doesn’t). We’re talking real talk, real strategies, and real support — all with a side of humor to keep you sane.

Because HR shouldn’t feel like a thankless job. And you shouldn’t feel alone in it.

This is not a time for reverse psychology.

My son doesn’t read this newsletter, so I can confess something to you: I wouldn’t get off the couch either if they’d had video games like his when I was a kid. Still, healthy kids need to be active, and hypocrisy or not, I need him up and moving now and then.

Science says the secret is a bit of the ol’ monkey see, monkey do. If parents are active, kids will be too. In this story by Mark Wales, researchers break down how much influence your Netflix binges, snack runs, and gym streaks really have on your kids’ long-term health. Spoiler: way more than your lectures do.

Since kids have a bad habit of doing as you do, not as you say, use it against them! For their own good, of course. See that science that says it’s OK.

How active were your parents when you were a kid?

Parenting has changed a lot.

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And what did we learn?

Yesterday we asked which movie was so bad it went round the horn to wind up back at good. Tommy Wiseau took the win by a fair margin!

  • The Room - Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece. (30.8%)

  • Troll 2 - Goblins, bad acting, and zero trolls. (23.1%)

  • Cats (2019) - Just... Cats. Terrifying CG cats. (15.4%)

  • Battlefield Earth - John Travolta’s infamous flop. (7.7%)

Honestly, how long did it take you to clock that Reddit came from “read it”?

Ever ragequit so hard it changed the internet? That’s basically what Alexis Ohanian did in 2005. He sat down for the LSAT, noped out after 20 minutes, and wandered into a Waffle House to rethink his entire life.

With his college roommate Steve Huffman, Ohanian skipped Cancun, crashed a Harvard startup lecture, and pitched Paul Graham on a forum where the internet could endlessly argue, meme, and karma-clout chase. Graham bit. Funding dropped. Reddit was born. Classic r/Entrepreneur origin story.

In Erik Barnes’ piece, we learn how one epic walkout spawned one of the biggest communities on the planet—and why maybe the real degree was the friends (and co-founders) we made along the way.

💬 From the group text…

I swear this kid is all of us! Where were you when you found out?

Until tomorrow, may your neighbors wave kindly as you jog past with your kids.