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If you find yourself spending too much in groceries but don’t want to be hungry, don’t eat $1 menus every day. You will not give anything up or lower the quality of your food if you follow these rules. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-lower-your-food-budget-without-giving-anything-1077105045
Some scientists think our reality may be a computer simulation programmed by aliens. After you watch X Rebirth—a beautiful universe simulator set in a faraway future in which interstellar travel is possible—you’ll think the theory may not be that crazy. This is so ridiculously amazing that it may end up being as addictive as crack.…
At left, you see Michael J. Fox’s aged character from the 1980s movie Back to the Future. At right, you see the actual Michael J. Fox as he really appears in 2013. How did the movie makers do with young M.J.’s old makeup? Not so bad, but rich actors can afford to age better than…
You know those poison darts in Raiders of the Lost Ark and other exciting adventures that use indigenous tribal people as scary bogeyman? The darts used by the Emberá people in the Colombian rain forest are made with the very, very toxic secretions from this frog, cleverly named the golden poison frog. https://amnh.kinja.com/discovering-the-golden-poison-frog-1042858760
Imagine pointlessly wandering around your own boring home, day after day. You might encounter strange beings such as your own spouse and children. What’s going on here, anyway? Nothing that anyone can figure out. This is the game you’ve spent your whole life playing. Now it’ll be available on PC. https://kotaku.com/a-game-about-what-really-matters-in-life-1065975282
Director Neill Blomkamp is about to release Elysium, his futuristic version of Occupy Wall Street starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. He got incredible artists, including Syd Mead—the guy who designed Blade Runner—and the company behind the Lord of the Rings. Here’s an exclusive look into their creative process. https://gizmodo.com/designing-elysium-all-the-secrets-of-neill-blomkamps-1069787673
What’s causing the current problems with women trying to be “sexy and cute,” like some kind of horrible baby troll doll that is also “sexy” to some subset of humanity? One expert with a Ph.D says the blame can be squarely laid at the large feet of cartoon character Mickey Mouse, popular during the Great…
Elon Musk—the man who invented the dreadful PayPal and then went to make electric cars and space rockets—will unveil his crazy new plan on Monday: The Hyperloop will take people from LA to San Francisco in 30 minutes using a completely new and magical technology. Here’s a graphic explaining all the details so far. https://jalopnik.com/all-that-we-know-about-musks-hyperoop-the-infographic-1066973247
George Lucas worked for a long time on his various early versions of The Star Wars, and the movie that was eventually released in 1977 had a lot of crucial help from his film editor wife and producer pals and director friends. But now his old drafts are being turned into a pricey comic book.…
Internet crush Nate Silver was pushed out of the stuffy old New York Times because everybody enjoys reading Nate Silver. Everybody except for New York Times staffers, apparently, because they were all, “Fine, leave, goodbye.” So his new ESPN website will be more fun because of less politics. BUT: lots of sports. https://deadspin.com/what-is-nate-silvers-new-espn-site-going-to-look-like-1068195363
It probably seemed like a good idea, 10 years ago, for new moms struggling to balance career and family and time: Why not just quit the stupid rat race and stay at home and raise your kids? It’s already kind of how we’re set up, as mammals. Dads go kill saber-toothed tigers for dinner and…
For unknown reasons, young males in America enjoy “burning out,” which does not refer to smoking pot but to intentionally driving very badly so that you melt a lot of your tires onto the road surface. Like the jackass in the pickup truck in the video here, drivers often find themselves crashing and burning. https://jalopnik.com/the-ten-biggest-burnout-fails-on-video-1066174305
The Rose House—the most important modernist building in the Chicago area, featured in John Hughes’ movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off—is back on sale for just $1.5 million. That’s three times in three years! Is this house haunted or just a mess to maintain? This dream home and its separated glass pavilion—which housed the Ferrari owned…
How do our young people turn a few hours of sitting on the couch playing video games into an opportunity to have sex with each other? There’s always the old standby of “hormones and marijuana,” but sometimes you need a special video game to get the skin-to-skin. Try this Spin the Bottle game for the…
Breath fresh air, help others, practice smiling… science has demonstrated that, if you follow these ten simple advices, you will be happier. As happy as George Takei, who seems like a pretty happy person to us! Unlike William Shatner, who never listens to science. https://lifehacker.com/ten-things-you-can-do-to-be-happier-backed-by-science-1065356587
Delightful actress person Aubrey Plaza had a rich online life before she was plucked from the intern pool to become a television and movie star. Prior to her current life of riding in town cars from talk show to talk show to explain masturbation, she starred in Teen Hag, which is still on YouTube! http://gawker.com/aubrey-plaza-had-no-choice-but-to-masturbate-on-camera-894337598…
It seems impossible, but everyone involved in this horrible bike crash in Russia survived. In fact, nobody was seriously injured. Watch it from three different angles. It’s unbelievable. https://jalopnik.com/terrifying-russian-motorcycle-crash-caught-on-three-das-1065442520
The Intempo skyscraper in Benidorm—a disgusting vacation spot in the Spanish east coast—is a horrible symbol of Spain’s real estate bubble and greed. It’s also a perfect example of the country’s disgraceful lack of planning: it doesn’t have elevators for half of it. As an Spaniard, I look at this and I can only feel…
Fifteen idiots (15!) paid $100 (plus tax) for this Golden Jay. It’s nothing else but a simple drawing of a marijuana joint that you can paste over your photos using rapper Snoop Dogg’s iPhone app Snoopify. Even the people who made the app are amazed: “I was shocked—but hey, this is a new world.” I’m…
Celibacy is the new “having sex,” trendwatchers say. All Americans are very interested in sex, winning the lotto, eating hamburgers, and not having sex, apparently. Can’t people just not have sex without other people on the Internet writing about this phenomenon? Think about it—and by “it” we mean “not having sex.” [Photo via Shutterstock.] https://jezebel.com/whats-the-big-fucking-deal-about-celibacy-1058334334
