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Muslims turned Donald Trump's ridiculous Islamophobia answer into satire.

At the second presidential debate on Oct. 9, 2016, a Muslim woman asked both candidates a question about Islamophobia.

"There are 3.3 million Muslims in the United States and I'm one of them," she began. "You've mentioned working with Muslim nations, but with Islamophobia on the rise, how will you help people like me deal with the consequences of being labeled as a threat to the country after the election is over?"

The woman, who identified herself only as one of America's 3.3 million Muslims. Photo via PBS Newshour.

Trump went first, and his answer contained a rather ... unique suggestion for the Muslim community: that Muslims around the United States need to "report the problems when they see them."

Simple! Making the world a better place means everyone participating. We're all in this together, right? Right?

The Muslim community, excited about its new assignment, took to Twitter to begin reporting all the problems around them using the hashtag #MuslimsReportStuff.

Turns out, there were many problems to be reported.

From the concerning lack of personal space between candidates:

To the more mundane struggles of laundry day:

Comedian Kumail Nanjiani wanted to report an underappreciated gem from the annals of film history:

And author Reza Aslan reported that the world probably can't handle the truth about hummus:

Actually ... there were a lot of food issues that needed to be reported:

More to The Donald's point, however, a couple of truly heinous confessions came to light:

But no one, especially Muslims, could ignore reporting the biggest problem they saw that night:

While many were quick to make light of Trump's proposal, let's be clear: Islamophobia is on the rise and uninformed rhetoric like his is partially to blame.

In fact, ever since Donald Trump first proposed banning Muslims from entering the United States in December 2015, there's been a significant spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes.

Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images.

Trump's now infamous "Muslim ban" was proposed to combat the supposed threat of terrorism committed by refugees, despite the fact that refugees go through a lengthy and detailed (one might even say "extreme") approval process to enter the country.

Trump also suggested that the San Bernardino shooters' neighbor failed to report suspicious activity in their apartment, a claim that has been debunked over and over again.

Asking Muslims to report and stop acts of terror in order to combat Islamophobia is not only a simplistic solution, it reinforces the idea that the Muslim community as a whole is responsible for the acts of extremists.

That idea has been shown to be harmful and dangerous, time and time again. If you want to stop Islamophobia, or hate for any group of people, it's usually good to start by not painting that group with a single brush.

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Jimmy Fallon had people share their worst car stories and they are hilariously relatable

Whatever gets us from A to B, right?

That first car is a rite of passage into adulthood. Specifically, the hard-earned lesson of expectations versus reality. Though some of us are blessed with Teslas at 17, most teenagers receive a car that’s been … let’s say previously loved. And that’s probably a good thing, considering nearly half of first-year drivers end up in wrecks. Might as well get the dings on the lemon, right?

Of course, wrecks aside, buying a used car might end up costing more in the long run after needing repairs, breaking down and just a general slew of unexpected surprises. But hey, at least we can all look back and laugh.

My first car, for example, was a hand-me-down Toyota of some sort from my mother. I don’t recall the specific model, but I definitely remember getting into a fender bender within the first week of having it. She had forgotten to get the brakes fixed … isn’t that a fun story?

Jimmy Fallon recently asked his “Tonight Show” audience on Twitter to share their own worst car experiences. Some of them make my brake fiasco look like cakewalk (or cakedrive, in this case). Either way, these responses might make us all feel a little less alone. Or at the very least, give us a chuckle.

Here are 22 responses with the most horsepower:

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5-year-old Italian piano prodigy rocks Mozart at international competition and holy cow

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Alberto Cartuccia Cingolani wows audiences with his amazing musical talents.

Mozart was known for his musical talent at a young age, playing the harpsichord at age 4 and writing original compositions at age 5. So perhaps it's fitting that a video of 5-year-old piano prodigy Alberto Cartuccia Cingolani playing Mozart has gone viral as people marvel at his musical abilities.

Alberto's legs can't even reach the pedals, but that doesn't stop his little hands from flying expertly over the keys as incredible music pours out of the piano at the 10th International Musical Competition "Città di Penne" in Italy. Even if you've seen young musicians play impressively, it's hard not to have your jaw drop at this one. Sometimes a kid comes along who just clearly has a gift.

Of course, that gift has been helped along by two professional musician parents. But no amount of teaching can create an ability like this.

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Dad's TikTok for son showing what his 80s childhood was like is total Gen X nostalgia

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TikTok about '80s childhood is a total Gen X flashback.

As a Gen X parent, it's weird to try to describe my childhood to my kids. We're the generation that didn't grow up with the internet or cell phones, yet are raising kids who have never known a world without them. That difference alone is enough to make our 1980s childhoods feel like a completely different planet, but there are other differences too that often get overlooked.

How do you explain the transition from the brown and orange aesthetic of the '70s to the dusty rose and forest green carpeting of the '80s if you didn't experience it? When I tell my kids there were smoking sections in restaurants and airplanes and ashtrays everywhere, they look horrified (and rightfully so—what were we thinking?!). The fact that we went places with our friends with no quick way to get ahold of our parents? Unbelievable.

One day I described the process of listening to the radio, waiting for my favorite song to come on so I could record it on my tape recorder, and how mad I would get when the deejay talked through the intro of the song until the lyrics started. My Spotify-spoiled kids didn't even understand half of the words I said.

And '80s hair? With the feathered bangs and the terrible perms and the crunchy hair spray? What, why and how?

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