Culture Buzz Rate your partner using one of these official charts from 1939 and leave their score in the comments. Then we will be able to judge who is happiest.
In one day, enough information is consumed by Internet traffic to fill 168 million DVDs, and apparently the average fapping session lasts for 12 minutes. Infographic by MBAOnline.com
TV Buzz Gearing up for season 5, which returns Sunday March 25th on AMC, this chart will help you catch up on who slept with whom.
This very scientific chart compares the type of game vs. time commitment needed.
TV Buzz A few weeks ago, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics first reported that the unemployment rate had dropped to 8.6 percent in November (the lowest rate in more than 2 years), a Fox News graphic rounded up to 9 percent.
A highly statistical and methodically researched analysis of your Thanksgiving—complete with festive colors.
Movie Buzz Self-professed geeky blogger Kyle Vanhove analysed the correlation between the number of explosions in Michael Bay films and US box office revenues. Unfortunately, in the Bay universe, more explosions = substantially more wonga.
Wonder what all this “Occupy” hubbub is really all about? Here's a quick guide. For even more in-depth analysis, check out Henry Blodget's post at BI.com.
TV Buzz This graph quite nicely summarizes my relationship with Jersey Shore. I love you Snooki, and someday I will scratch your eyes out. (via gtvdesign.com)
Vampires are all the rage these days, with zombie and werewolves hot at their heels. We broke down a carefully chosen set of onscreen vampires to see just where some of our more recent and classic favorites fall. (via hollywood.com)
Check out this cool visualization of the history of Graffiti and Street Art. A lot going on here, but it rewards a close look. (Via Official Hype)
Memes: It's as if the dumb in-jokes your group of friends told in middle school were saved for posterity and recycled every year or so to annoy you. But we love them anyway. Right? Don't we? Yikes. (From, via)
According to your musical taste. Music-themed dating site Tastebuds polled users about how far they're willing to go on a first date, then cross-referenced the data with their musical tastes. These are the results, you slutty, slutty Nirvana fans.
Hans Rosling takes a massive amount of data on the correlation between income and lifespan over 200 years and manages to make it come to life in a way that is way more interesting than that description sounds. (Via, weirdly, my parents. So, take that, Geoffrey “This is too highbrow for BuzzFeed” Shepherd.)
No matter how complex, three charts will tell any tale. This should save you a lot of time watching movies you don't need to see from here on out.
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How bad is Obama's post-election dip in approval ratings, really? Talking Points Memo has done some useful analysis.
By designer Kamel Makhloufi. Each pixel represents a casualty. “U.S. soldiers blue, Iraqi troops green, enemies grey, and civilians orange.” (From, via.)
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This map of non-monogamy makes me understand why so many people subscribe to monogamy … its way less complicated.
So, how are we feeling today? I think this pretty much covers all the most important emotions.
A lovely graphic display of age disparity in sexual relationships. Plus offensive nicknames.
Allow me to summarize all you really need to know: they're deliciousness in your mouf. For all those other details, check this easy reference guide.
Just in case you weren't sure which Chris Nolan movie you were watching, here's a handy flowchart to help you through. And no, it does not make Inception theories any clearer.
http://www.getdrunknotfat.com/
Find the drinks with the highest alcohol content and the fewest calories! Or vice versa, depending on your life goals.
This chart is foolproof for helping you hack a computer under high-stress action movie scenarios. And if you can't find the floppy disk, it's in the place where I put that thing that time.
Tech Buzz Developer Matt McKeon created this nifty interactive chart that visualizes the devolution of privacy on Facebook since 2005. All your data are belong to us. (via)