Nov 152013
- 30 Non-Americans on the American Norms They Find Weird: I’m highly amused by the common themes, such as our too-sweet bread, loud talking, gaps in the doors of toilets, and flags everywhere. Heh.
- I Noticed This Tiny Thing On Google Maps. When I Zoomed In… Well, Nothing Could Prepare Me: Wow.
- 33 hilarious counseling statements to and from Army superiors: “Captain Crigger. If you ever put those fairy handlebar decorations on my Harley Davidson again, I will personally sew them to the sides of your head so you look like Pippy Fucking Longstocking.”
- Mouse Successfully Steals Enormous Cookie in a Most Epic Triumph: The lesson is “Be persistent, but try something different!”
- How to Compliment a Lady, 1663: I’m quite sure that “Her breasts are soft and tender as the Pelican’s” wouldn’t work on me. But hey, whatever floats your boat, ladies!
- From Rapunzel to The Little Red Riding Hood, Beloved Children’s Classics as Minimalist Posters: Try to guess the tale before you scroll down to see the title!
- Obesity vs fast food availability: Is fast food responsible for increasing obesity rates? Dr. Mike Eades shows why even the correlation fails.
- The Myth of Americans’ Poor Life Expectancy: Check out the differences in the five year survival rates for some cancers… it’s striking.
- SMBC: The top 6 reasons this infographic is just wrong enough to sound convincing: I’m thoroughly convinced by this infographic that all infographics are bullshit.
- Hey Jimmy Kimmel, I don’t lie to my kids for entertainment purposes!: What would Jenn Casey’s kid Ryan think if his parents told him that they’d eaten all his Halloween candy: “I’m so angry, and I’d better rebel before this gets out of hand.” That made me laugh, but this discussion of the “practical joke” with her three kids shows them to be far more morally astute than any of the parents who played this mean trick on their kids at the behest of Jimmy Kimmel.
