There seems to be an unspoken competition between fashion brands to create the most difficult to pronounce, pretentious brand names in the industry. We’ve all admired the iconic styles that originated from these brands, but nobody is on board about how to articulate their ridiculous names. A lot of these names borrow unique elements of […]
So you’ve got a new love in your life, and this person is interested in classical music. Are you into it? Yeah, I can get a lot of homework done with this on-style? Or for real? You should at least make an effort, right? There is a gulf of compromise between a full on study of […]
Most innovation these days is conducted by large teams of scientists and engineers in well-funded labs, but it pays to remember that many of the inventions that make modern life possible started out in much humbler circumstances — from the Wright brothers’ bicycle workshop to the kitchen stovetop where Charles Goodyear first made vulcanized rubber. […]
With approximately 120 million daily visitors, PornHub has enjoyed its status as the world’s most popular online destination for pornbrains, but a barrage of recent scandals threatens to draw the eyes of lawmakers to clamp down on the site’s ability (or rather, inability) to moderate its content for illegality. The latest scandal stems from reports […]
For many students, the pressure to excel academically can be overwhelming, and falling short of expectations can be demotivating. But as these stories show, academic struggles in school do not necessarily define one’s future success. From entrepreneurs and artists to athletes and actors, these individuals found their passions and used them as fuel to achieve […]
Even with fractional-reserve banking, banks still house millions upon millions in their vaults so they can credibly create credit and grant loans. Thieves, of course, dream of getting even just a fraction of those piles of money. Bank robbers lacking in creativity simply point a gun at the bank teller and demand money, but that […]
What do you get if you mix hypebeasts with consoomers? You get awful licensed merchandise. Licensed merchandise has always been around, but it’s exploded over the last decade with your favorite TV shows, movies, and video games plastered over every single product imaginable. But do we really need licensed shoes as well? Most licensed shoes […]
People tend to think of ancient civilizations and their technologies as primitive, but while certainly not as impressive as our technology trends, it’s still incredible what they were able to do with the limited tools and resources available to them. Incredible artifact discoveries have shown that some of these cultures were way ahead of their […]
In their attempts to make their brands noticeable in the market, companies sometimes push out products that end up becoming legendary. And sometimes, not in a good way at all. Here are some of the worst products people with corporate salaries thought were a good idea — and that literally anyone could have told them […]
Serial killers are hunted by the finest detectives and law enforcement agencies in the world, and it’s only a matter of time until a tiny error or oversight leads to the capture. But those errors — seen in hindsight or not — are sometimes pretty damn stupid. Dennis “the BTK killer” Rader Between the years […]
It’s not easy to look like a model in photos. There’s always something off about your face — your nose is too big, there’s blemishes on parts of your forehead you didn’t know existed. Are you frowning or do you just have a resting bitch face? That’s not a good look. Maybe you’re just not […]
Alright, we need to cover more internet stuff on this blog. You have definitely seen some variation of this meme passing through your feed: What you may not know is that what the meme stems from a belief system called the dogpill, around which there exists entire communities of fanatic but hard done by activists […]
Enter the dominion of The Beast. Before Dos Equis gave us “the most interesting man in the world,” there was occultist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947). Described by some as “the wickedest man in the world,” a Satanist, dangerous, and subversive, Aleister Crowley led quite the colorful life. Crowley’s mythic persona influenced pop culture giants like rock […]
Everyone deals with stress. While nobody is immune to it, some people certainly are able to handle it better than others — either by the nature of their personality or through a great deal of practice. That’s not very fair at all, because untreated stress can cause depression, anxiety, stroke, heart attack, irritability, vomiting, and […]
Update (September 24): new response from Richard M. Stallman, and Eric S. Raymond (ESR) says the license revocation “threat has teeth.” We don’t normally post current event and news, but this story is important and as of yet not covered by other outlets. Because the operating system Linux powers the internet, the Android in your […]
On a warm August night in 1950, just months into the Korean War, Ivy Cogdon, a 50-year-old single mother, watched in absolute horror as a small band of North Korean soldiers broke down her front door with the obvious intent of inflicting harm. Reflexively, Cogdon picked up an axe and began swinging it wildly at […]
We all have that braggadocios, dick-swinging, knucklehead of a friend who thinks his penis is really that much more special than everyone else’s situation. The reality, as you’re about to find out, is that their penis really isn’t anything to brag about. Here are the men who actually set world records in the field of penis and […]
You think you’re still 40 years away from retirement? Think again: your clothes, your habits, your driving style, even the fact that you bought a sophisticated dishwasher might all be good signs that you’re almost there already. Look, in the event you find yourself in any one of the situations below, there is still hope. […]
After a beef with the Hawaiian government, Howard Taylor allowed 13 hippies to move into his beachfront property to live rent free—and they built a tree house paradise. Taylor Camp Residents If there’s one thing that captures the alternative culture of the 1960s and 1970s, it’s communal living. Unfortunately, many communal living situations started as […]
