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Video: This Is Why You Don’t Touch Power Lines
Someone start filling out the Darwin Award application.
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Image: There’s A Reason This iPad Was So Cheap
Turned out to be an iPlank! When someone in a McDonald's parking lot offers you a great deal on an iPad, you might want to check and make sure you're not paying $180 for a piece of wood with the Apple logo painted on the back. Read the full story at The Daily Mail. (via dailymail.co.uk)
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#Greenfieldism
Culture Buzz Baroness Susan Greenfield is a UK neuroscientist known for her evidence-free predictions about how the Internet is going to turn us all into a bunch of mental and social cripples. Defending some of her views in an interview with The Guardian she said, “I point to the increase in autism and I point to internet use. That's all.” This ridiculous statement (with the help of science writer Carl Zimmer) has started a new hashtag trend: #greenfieldism. Here are some of the best.
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Link: Daily Facepalm: Careless Montana Teen Texts Sheriff for Pot
http://www.switched.com/2010/09/07/daily-facepalm-careles...
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We're not sure exactly how high you have to be to text the local sheriff to score some weed, but we figure it's somewhere in the range of “really” to “inspiringly.”
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Link: The Blaze Glenn Beck
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=the+blaze+glenn+...
Glenn Beck has launched a new website to rival the Huffington Post. It's called The Blaze because “The image of a flame is powerful.” Funny, because I assumed it meant they were supporting Prop 19.
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23 Dudes With Tramp Stamps
Culture Buzz Tramp stamps aren't just for the ladies. They're for people with questionable judgment and poor taste (except for #9 and #14, and even you guys are pushing it).
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Video: Jessi Slaughter’s Boyfriend?
YouTube user Kenneth14132 wants his haters to know that Carrie Mashall is a bitch, and also (at 1:30) that he uses a leopard print hair dryer to achieve his perfectly coiffed look. He also doesn't quite understand how “hatin'” works as all the “hatin'” comments on the video are his own, posted under his own user name.
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Video: Valley Girl Contest (1982)
Gag me with a spoon. I'd rather go to a KKK rally than to one of these things.
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Image: Conservatives Fooled by 3 Year Old Onion Article
A video published by The Onion in 2007 has recently resurfaced under the guise of real news. Really, this is just further proof that people are idiots. Click here for high-res image.
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Image: Failbooking: The Onion is not Real News
One of my Facebook friends is a Tea Partier who posts stupid shit all the time. This one takes the cake.
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Video: Don't You Hate It When People Block Your View of Hate Parades?
According to this irony-free video, it is unfair for peaceful protesters to block one family's view of a hate parade, but it is totally fair to support an organization that thinks certain people should not be allowed to marry the people they love. Via Queerty.
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30 People With Stupid “Secrets”
Culture Buzz Postsecret started it all, but lately it seems like every fandom, subculture, and trend these days has a “secrets” blog. Here's a collection of some of dumbest secrets I could find.
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Image: I’m probably going to hell for this…
Probably? PROBABLY? Most definitely going to hell after this one.
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Video: “Tik Tok” and “California Gurls” Are the Same Song
They were both written and produced by the same guy, so I guess that makes it okay?
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Glenn Beck University
Politics Buzz Sure, I just graduated and have a sweet job at BuzzFeed, but maybe Glenn's right. It's time to go back to school. I'm gonna major in Hope. What about you?
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Image: Christian Science Textbook Leaves Out More than Evolution
Apparently the publishers at Bob Jones University never heard of Ben Franklin and his kite flying experiments?
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Link: Couple Tried to Sell Baby at Walmart
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_f...
A California couple faces child endangerment charges after police say they tried to sell their 6-month-old baby for $25 outside a Walmart store.
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Link: Jesus will return by 2050, say 40% of Americans
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/78476...
More than 40% of Americans believe Jesus Christ will return to Earth by 2050, according to a poll. By mid-century, 71% believe cancer will be cured, 66% say artificial limbs will work better than real ones and 81% believe computers will be able to converse like humans.
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