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6 incredibly stupid cons that actually worked You are being hunted by polish priests and need to pay the CIA $160k to protect you. These are the cons that make Nigerian 419 scammers look like Ocean's Eleven.
Some cons are so assed-out lame, they prove that it isn’t stupidity that makes someone fall victim to a scam. It can’t be. If it were stupidity, the victims in the following scams would be literally dumber than rocks. After all, if you approach a rock and say, “give me your money,” or “let me examine your lady business,” the rock won’t budge. Here are six successful cons that make Nigerian 419 scammers look like Ocean’s Eleven. 1. “Your Computer Has Been Infected by Polish Priests Attempting to Take Over the US Government.” How Much Did This Lie Make? Authorities believe twenty million dollars. That’s almost 1/10 as much as…
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How close did we actually come to Fallout’s nuclear future? Nuclear cars, robots, mutants, the atom-bomb apocalypse... where did Fallout’s grim retro-futurism come from, and how close did we come to a Fallout future?
Before you even had the first Fallout game out of its jewel case, the game hit you square in the face with its vision of the nuclear future. On page three of the manual – styled as the Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide – you found this image, and immediately understood just what this world you were about to visit was like. Unlike the fantasy RPGs that defined the genre at the time, this was a game about the future-that-wasn’t: a 1950s sci-fi imagining of the Cold War, complete with mushroom clouds, underground cities and grinning, all-American propaganda. Fallout‘s ruins of post-war America were a love letter to the golden age…
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How one man blew a 500k settlement on booze and prostitutes The story of how I got hit by a Dodge minivan and pissed away 500k on booze, whores, and designer furniture in an epic adventure.
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From Bach to 50s weirdness: Everything you need to know about classical music An 8-step cheat sheet to classical music that will make you cultured in one reading.
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? I read a survey that measured something weird: What is the genre of music that, when an opposite-sex love interest likes it, turns one on the most? Answer: Women said they liked guys who were into metal. Men said they liked women who were into classical music. Whether you’re a guy who’s found the lady with the preferred taste, or the lady who liked classical music, and now wants to get into it, here’s a cheat…
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Silicon Valley douches are drinking untreated pond water for “health benefits” And paying a fortune for it.
The joker brokers: a tale so stupid it can’t be a lie We all have financially retarded relatives, but this story from a /biz/ thread takes the fucking cake.
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10 worst things about being an adult "Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists"—Kurt Vonnegut
Most youngsters look forward to becoming an adult and building their own independent life. And when they do, they invariably discover that the ability to buy infinite candy and deciding your own bed time isn’t quite the nirvana it seemed to be. In fact, understanding that nothing is ever what it’s cracked up to be is just one of the many bitter pills you’ll have to swallow as you age through life at an exponentially rapid pace. You’re no longer invincible It’s a scientific fact that no matter what kind of horrible mangley accident you get into as a kid, you bounce right back up and suffer nothing worse than…
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The greatest bank heists in history The greatest bank robberies in history often involve complex plans and organization, and sometimes a good dose of sheer dumb luck.
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Just what is astrology any way? Whether people are checking their horoscopes in magazines or seeing if their star sign matches with their crush, astrology is here to stay. So what is it based on?
Astrology seems to be more popular than ever. Whether people are checking their horoscopes in magazines or seeing if their star sign matches with their crush, astrology is here to stay, and the ancient practice is more than reading whether you are predicted to have a good week and blaming your character flaws on your star sign. Here’s a brief introduction to astrology. The different signs Most of us are familiar with the 12 astrology signs based on when we were born. These can be split into water signs (Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces), fire signs (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius), earth signs (Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn) and air signs (Gemini, Libra…
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Man brings ancient Greek music to life and the result is amazingly avant garde Discoveries and breakthroughs de-mystify the actual sound of ancient Greek music.
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From ballet to nylon: The strangest things to cause riots Some riots will be leaving historians scratching their heads forevermore.
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The many surprising ways education is changing in the 21st century Technology gets all the glory, but what's currently happening in education goes way beyond gadgets.
Education is constantly changing to meet the needs of students and the work opportunities that are available to individuals when they leave school or college. The most recent changes that have altered the face of education in the 21st century are mostly focused on the development of technology and the types of jobs that teachers are preparing students for. This article covers some of the main trends that education is currently following. Increased importance of graduate schemes Although in previous years simply gaining a bachelor’s degree was enough to secure a successful career for many students, more and more people are now deciding to take up graduate schemes at different…
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How I survived a year of SHTF in 90s Bosnia No electricity, no food, no running water, no law. In a now legendary forum thread, a user named Selco tells preppers about his experiences and what he and his family did to stay alive.
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10 spectacular Darwin Awards of the medieval age The Darwin Awards are annual and don't concern themselves with historical (ig)noble sacrifices. Let's correct that injustice.
The Darwin Awards were created in the 1980s to honor those individuals who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect humanity’s gene pool. That is, they died in such an extraordinarily idiotic manner that their deaths actually significantly raised the quality of the DNA passed on to the next generation – as per Charles Darwin’s theories on natural selection. But the Darwin Awards are annual, only concerning themselves with candidates who have expired within the last year. This leaves a vast array of figures throughout history who have gone unrecognized for their (ig)noble sacrifice. This hardly seems fair. Of course, there’s a lot of history to cover, so in the interests…
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Why pediatric medicine is turning to telemedicine and what that means for your education Coronavirus only hastened the existing trend.
When a parent needs their child to be seen by a pediatric medicine expert as part a preventative health plan, a rigid set of steps are generally followed. After filling out questionnaires, presenting insurance information, and submitting a financial affidavit, a parent can finally get to the point of selecting a date and time for their child to be seen. In normal circumstances, this is often the most challenging part of the entire process. Parents have to consider how far they must travel, make arrangements to get off of work, and many times, have their child miss school. And depending on the popularity of that medical expert, there might only…
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Bob Marley’s weird legacy Followers of his religion are "physical immortalists" and their bible is a rambling psychedelic dog's breakfast titled the "Royal Parchment Scroll of Black Supremacy."
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YouTube’s 15 most insane science projects The age of the lone inventor tinkering away in his own backyard is far from over—but this stuff is barely legal.
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. But don’t think the age of the lone inventor working away in his own backyard is over completely. To find proof of this, you need look no further than YouTube. There are all sorts of creations on there that are imaginative, ingenious, and complex. And very, very dangerous. While you might stare open mouthed in…
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7 scandals PornHub doesn’t want you to know about PornHub believes itself above all laws—including those against child pornography. No wonder 946k people have signed to shut it down.
With approximately 120 million daily visitors, Pornhub has enjoyed its status as the world’s most popular destination for pornography online, 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 that one of the site’s top “performers,” Ellesclub, was underage. Her content was fully monetized by Pornhub. In the last few months, Pornhub has been hit by several shocking cases of sex trafficking and underage content, prompting activists like Laila Mickelwait to establish the Traffickinghub campaign to hold the site and its executives accountable for…
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