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Research has shown that first dates are often awkward, uncomfortable and full of nauseatingly-forced conversation. Well, thanks to recent breakthroughs there’s now a scientific guide to to the perfect first date. So, you’ll be cruising down the Hot Love Highway in no time!
We’re now entering the ninth day of the government shutdown. America continues to be held hostage by extremist neanderthal Congressional asshats, who refuse to back down until their ridiculous demands are met. Here’s a recap of where we’re at now: Day 9 Republicans are still bitching about entitlements…And Fox News continues its massive trolling campaign…
Using scenes from PS3’s Beyond: Two Souls actual gameplay, Kotaku created this fake trailer for a simulation video game where you control America’s sweetheart, Ellen Page. It’s like Being John Malkovich meets The Sims. You can dress her up, make her play with dolls, and have her first kiss. Nothing creepy about that!
Sure, our chicken is full of salmonella and kids with cancer are being turned away from hospitals. But at least someone’s keeping an eye on those nuclear power plants during this government shutdown. Right? Starting tomorrow as many as 3,600 employees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be furloughed. That’s 90% of the agency’s staff.…
Pat Robertson, theologian and age-defying protein shake drinker, delivered a rousing sermon to his 700 Club of shut-ins, warning them against gluten-free and carb-free diets. He argues that these fads will send you straight to the fiery gates of hell! Personally, I’d rather be skinny in hell, than fat in heaven.
Here are 32 quotes from the “peak years” of The Simpsons. It’s sorta like March Madness, with four divisions: a Homer division, the rest of the Simpson Family bracket, a Ralph Wiggum division and a final group bracket for all the other loquacious Springfield residents. Enjoy!
Entitled idiots all over the U.S. are proudly defying orders not to trespass in the areas of our National Parks that have been closed due to the government shutdown. These infantile whiners have called upon their fellow countrymen to “Occupy America” by disregarding any and all orders by the remaining park officers who aren’t currently…
Matthew Peterson, a fraternity brother at Douche Kappa Tau has put together a “How to Get All Rapey With Chicks Guide” for his fellow frat bros. As far as misogynistic manifestos go, this one’s pretty gross.
As every dog owner/lover/friend knows, dogs are extremely intelligent and insanely lovable bundles of fur. Now, science has proven just how smart and aware our four-legged friends really are. Recent canine brain scans prove that dogs “experience consciousness and emotions at a level comparable to humans.”
It’s been five days since the most powerful country in the world was brought to its knees by a minority of demented extremists. Like their primate evolutionary kin, these Congressional asshats continue to punish the entire country by throwing poop at us. Here’s all the clusterfuck coverage thus far. Day 5 There seems to be…
There’s no doubt about it, 2001’s The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was gorgeous. It was also one of the most universally-hated video games of that year. With the release of the game’s HD Wii U remake, here’s a look back at the epic bitch-fest stirred up by one of the most beautiful video games…
Four days and the most powerful country in the world is still frozen with no end in sight. Your representatives in DC keep slinging turds at each other, but nobody seems to be doing anything to solve the situation manufactured by some demented Republicans. Here’s all our coverage of the ongoing clusterfuck so far. Day…
The Black Plague killed about 30 million people in five years, 16,427 per day. The Global Flu Pandemic killed 82,137 per day. But that’s nothing compared to the damage humans inflicted upon other humans: 70,000 people were killed in five seconds on August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan. Here’s the horrible ranking of deaths per…
Yesterday Sinéad O’Connor told Miley Cyrus to stop behaving like a dumb prostitute, but in a motherly way. Cyrus replied making fun of her past mental health issues. Now O’Connor threatens to sue the devil child, which has prompted Cyrus to reply with the twattest of tweets: Sinead. I don’t have time to write you…
Watch this video. In a few years—when humans are being hunted down in some war by completely autonomous quadruped robotic beasts that can run faster than the fastest human on Earth—you will remember the day when you watched the video. The day it all started. I’m not talking about some Terminator scenario, a dystopian future…
The White House and the Capitol were locked down yesterday as a car chase ended with the dead of the pursued driver—Miram Carey, from Stamford, Connecticut—shot down by Secret Service agents. Her 1-year-old daughter was in the car. Here’s the complete timeline. [Updated Friday, Oct 4 8:33am] Latest update Friday, Oct 4 8:33am. The woman…
At last, this Halloween you can be Prostitute America, Iron-Slut, Spider-Streetwalker and Miley Cyrus! Or any of these other ridiculous new Halloween costumes for 2013.
io9 has selected 11 fearsome warrior races that would be ridiculously easy to defeat—but we all know that this is the case only because our storytelling is, understandably, too anthropocentric. If there are real aggressive species out there, they will probably annihilate us before we could even realize how silly they are.
If you just got out of college and have started a new job, you must read this guide on how to create your first budget in the real world. It will save you a lot of angst and headaches down the line. Image by ShutterStock
Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón told Wired that, while he loved every second of it, he will never do a space movie again. The four-year process was so complicated that it’s a miracle that it worked at all. Reading about how they did it is truly incredible. Consider this: They first had to make the entire…
