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World Record in Posing as Anti-Union Image
Above: The actual Rosie the Riveter image, which did not seek to fight unions
I know I will never win this fight, but if we are going to try and set world records in women dressing up as “Rosie the Riveter” can it a) at least be the real one and b) not copy what was in fact an anti-union poster. Remember, the “We” in “We Can Do It” does not mean women. It means Westinghouse.
I get that the image has been appropriated for good. It doesn’t mean that we should forget about its history or pretend that it is what it isn’t. Historical mythology should always be corrected.
DICK Card Game: An irreverent retelling of the whale of American literary classics
DICK is at once a provocative party game and a retelling of Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby-Dick" or, "The Whale." In a mash-up of literature and lowbrow humor, the game positions direct quotations from Melville's often-suggestive text against......
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22 Years Ago Today, Nolan Ryan Beat The Shit Out Of Robin Ventura
You charge the mound because you’re furious. Because you want to hurt someone. You know you’ll be ejected, fined, suspended, but it’s all worth it for brief taste of revenge. You never do it thinking that it all might go horribly wrong, and you might wind up on the receiving end of one of the most iconic beatdowns in sports history. Robin Ventura was one of the finest third baseman to ever play the game of baseball. I can’t hear his name without picturing him in a headlock, being whaled upon by a 46-year-old man.
Which Baseball Fight Moment Would You Commission As A Work Of Art?
Our pal Shawn visited the National Sports Collectors Convention this weekend and wrote up some of his strangest findings over at Hall of Very Good. One item, however, caught our eye: this oil painting by Justyn Farano of the famous Nolan Ryan-Robin Ventura brawl that took place 22 years ago. We’d hang this in our house (and, if you’ve got the money, you can) but we quickly came up with other baseball fights we’d love to see captured by an artist’s hand.
Taste Roger Goodell's Wrath With Our NFL Punishment Generator
Zackc43I got a 4 game suspension for committing light treason.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is a ruddy incompetent who draws out decisions on punishing league employees in order to soak up the most positive attention he can. Until now, fans have only been to take part in this experience as third parties. Thanks to the NFL Punishment Generator, though, you too can answer a series of questions and receive a punishment—generated via a set of mysterious but certainly stupid criteria—that fits your crimes. In the end, it’s all about justice.
Ravens unveil team-specific emoji collection
Have You Read "The Worst Story Ever Written?" Clear Your Schedule!
Said one high schooler to the other...
A Neural Network Designs Magic: the Gathering Cards, and It's Hilarious
Zackc43I have a tenuous grasp of how M:TG works, but this is hilarious.
Bear Chows Down On A Buncha Dog Food, Passes Out
I Can’t Stop Watching These Crazy Assholes Play Indoor Bike Soccer
Here's The Best Sports Highlight Of The Day
Get to know pesäpallo, Finland’s bizarre, breathless version of baseball.
Get to know pesäpallo, Finland’s bizarre, breathless version of baseball. Look at this damned field! http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-...
A Dastardly Application of the Prisoner's Dilemma
The following “opportunity” appears in a survey posted on a University of Maryland domain. We don’t know what class this problem was intended for (given its nature, we’d guess maths, econ, or psych). What we do know is we like this teacher’s style.
Conan Goes To Comic-Con As The Doof Warrior From Mad Max
Ultimate guided meditation video
Join with your inner stillness, where those fucks can't get under your skin with all their horseshit.
Quantum Trump
This was the very worst episode of Quantum Leap.
San Diego Comic-Con is on! Come on by Dumbrella (Table #1335) and say hello. I have all sorts of goodies for sale including a few new items!
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Puzzle sheds light on government policy, corporate America and why no one likes to be wrong
Here's a fun puzzle from the NY Times. Try it then discuss your experience in the comments.
This is the best funny video on the entire internethole
This. Looping. Forever. (more…)
Two chatbots talk to each other: "I love crayons. But you are not dressed."
This is more fun to watch than most romantic comedies. Read the rest
Fail of the Day: Man tries to Cut Watermelon with Sword, Destroys Table Instead
Attention: Ali is no longer invited to anyone’s Fourth of July BBQ.
This guy decided to see if he could play “Fruit Ninja” in real life, and failed miserably.
At a recent BBQ, he whipped out his scimitar and tried to cut a watermelon in half while it was sitting on a glass patio table.
Not only did he end up ruining the party, but the person filming the accident chose to record a vertical video which ruins everything.
For a more upbeat BBQ, check out this tiny hamster in a tricorn hat eating a tiny ear of corn with his friends.
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: A New (Shinto) Deity
We all have a job to do, in this world. Via commentor Germy Shoemangler, the Guardian reports:
In an outpouring of grief usually reserved for the passing of a cultural icon, thousands turned out at the weekend to bid a final farewell to a cat credited with saving an obscure Japanese railway line from financial ruin.
An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s Shinto-style funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16 – the equivalent of about 80 human years…
From the Washington Post:
… A decade ago, Wakayama Electric Railway’s provincial Kishigawa Line had been losing about $4.7 million a year. Trains were arriving at the Kishi station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture empty. In 2006, the rail line watched its last human employee walk out the door, according to Agence France-Presse. Then Tama, a stray, strolled in.
The next year, Tama was named honorary stationmaster. Tourists started pouring into the area to see her wearing the uniform cap. She inspired T-shirts and stuffed animals. She even got her cartoon-likeness on a train…
“We are proud to have worked with Tama, who appeared in this world as a savior for Wakayama Electric Railway as well as regional train lines throughout the nation,” Wakayama Electric Railway president Mitsunobu Kojima said in a statement.
“We will name her as an eternal station master emeritus,” he added.
Tama was no kitten when she took over the stationmaster job, and 16 is a fair age for a cat. To me, her expression in the news photos says “I’ve done worse jobs for less rewards…”
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Speaking of doing what must be done, what’s on the agenda for the day?
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Animal of the Day: All the Ladies Love Shabani the Hot Japanese Gorilla
A gorilla in Japan is the stealing hearts of women all over the world, because he is really, really ridiculously good looking.
Shabani, who has been living at the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya since 2007, has basically become a male model in the animal kingdom.
Visitors are calling him “ikemen” which roughly translates to “hot guy,” and posting lots of pictures of him online.
And many people, particularly young women, have reportedly been flocking to the park to catch a glimpse of him in person.
According to RocketNews24, “zoo officials have commented that Shabani has increased the number of young women visiting the zoo.”
Check out the sexy video tribute to the beast in the video above, and here are some of the photos being posted on Twitter and Instagram.
He certainly knows how to pose for the camera.
東山動物園にいるシャバーニくんはイケメンすぎるゴリラとして有名だよ!!ちなみに同い年だったよ!!!! pic.twitter.com/oRASrbCHBU
— 未確認生命体@UMA (@Soundwave_love) June 24, 2015
@onakasuitigers_ ネットで話題のイケメンゴリラ、シャバーニが名古屋でみれる幸せwwwwwwwww pic.twitter.com/TuXb28Fnwj
— オク( ¨̮ ) (@TORATORA9MURTON) June 13, 2015
シャバーニ やバーイ(^3^)/ pic.twitter.com/Mv3MNpbvwt
— takeuchiyuka (@hapyyuka) June 20, 2015
モデルみたいに格好よくポーズをとる
シャバーニ
#シャバーニ
#東山動植物園
#ファインダー越しの私の世界
#写真好きな人と繋がりたい pic.twitter.com/8Nxamk1B7p
— 葉月 (@hazukikameraman) May 31, 2015
ゴリラ一家団欒
シャバーニと奥さんのネネさんと息子のキヨマサ
#シャバーニ
#東山動植物園
#ファインダー越しの私の世界 pic.twitter.com/LSpmchgyEs
— 葉月 (@hazukikameraman) June 17, 2015
シャバーニ様がめちゃ誘惑してくる pic.twitter.com/rdPixKuZzo
— かとりんぬ (@katorinnu_) June 16, 2015
動物園いきたい
#シャバーニ pic.twitter.com/vj5JZ8AajU
— チェ・ミキ (@mtop1205) June 3, 2015
シャバーニかっこいい笑 pic.twitter.com/rhKsQc7JUx
— まどか (@papupi320) June 5, 2015
東山動植物園のゴリラがくっそイケメン – NAVER まとめ http://t.co/oRnNoffU8P シャバーニやばすぎ。カッコいいじゃないの…♡(笑)松田優作みたいw キメ顔上手すぎw pic.twitter.com/W0t7bu67Qe
— 神近まり☀︎ImoNeko (@kamichikamari) June 4, 2015
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#1135; Throw Back the Dead Man’s Coin
2016 presidential candidates: black metal edition
Photoshop of the Day: Don Lemon Holds Up N-Word Sign on CNN, Internet Turns Him Into a Meme
On Monday, many in the mainstream media freaked out over President Obama using the N-word while discussing racial tensions in America with Marc Maron.
He cited it while explaining that, despite all of the progress we have made as a nation, racism still exists.
“Societies don’t, overnight, completely erase everything that happened 200 to 300 years prior,” he said.
The “N-word” was soon in headlines across the globe, with talking heads debating whether or not this was appropriate and reporters unsure if they should censor out the text or leave it as is.
In a debate over the use of the word with legal analyst Sunny Hostin, CNN’s Don Lemon argued in favor of Obama. He said that their network has a policy in which the anchor should be allowed to use the word if he or she “is comfortable saying the word.”
He then took things to another level by holding up a giant sign displaying the N-word, while asking viewers: “Does this offend you?”
He also held up a confederate flag posing the same question.
On Monday, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley finally announced that she wanted the controversial symbol removed from the grounds of the state Capitol.
Of course, Lemon’s on-air stunt with the sign was just begging to be photoshopped, and people on Twitter did just that with little hesitation.
Do these Don Lemon memes offend you?
Je Suis Don Lemon pic.twitter.com/rdIPHhCSMZ
— Tom Costello (@tcostello) June 23, 2015
Don Lemon pic.twitter.com/FcF5Z85axh
— 0rionsangel (@0rionsangel) June 23, 2015
Thanks, internet. pic.twitter.com/VDXzzSaqYK
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 23, 2015
well ok @BoingBoing pic.twitter.com/jzPvyRINrL
— darth!™ (@darth) June 23, 2015
I want to be in on the ground floor for this meme.
@darth @BoingBoing pic.twitter.com/ez4DH9z217
— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) June 23, 2015
#donlemon #doesthisoffendyou pic.twitter.com/6R3WalkHh7
— Yesha (@YeshaCallahan) June 23, 2015
@BoingBoing @darth obligatory pic.twitter.com/bFfzKRUBai
— Dinobooper, LLC (@SeaFisheater) June 23, 2015
Yes it does #DoesThisOffendYou pic.twitter.com/hvO65AePtB
— Nigel Int'l D. (@Nigel_D) June 23, 2015
Oh, I need to get in on this as well. @Spacekatgal @darth @BoingBoing @samusclone pic.twitter.com/zmYe5oCtwE
— Glenn Seto (@GaminGlennSeto) June 23, 2015
"@ArmyStrang: What do you mean by this @donlemon? pic.twitter.com/R7AP9mMKpa"
Twitter doing its thing. Memes alert Memes alert.
— NPOB (@_NPOB) June 23, 2015
@darth @Mobute @BoingBoing pic.twitter.com/IqL6WR5z8x
— J Crowley (@jdcrowley) June 23, 2015
Don Lemon, thank you. pic.twitter.com/5seOZ0HHHI
— Brian Emo (@indyluis) June 23, 2015
C’mon, Don Lemon, you have to at least give a spoiler alert. pic.twitter.com/mzmkC41nPW
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) June 23, 2015
@BoingBoing pic.twitter.com/vt3pnFPoPc
— Supa Dupa Fupa (@omgLSP) June 23, 2015
Don Lemon asking the tough questions pic.twitter.com/624ZJhydSN
— Da Based Raccoon (@BasedRaccoon) June 23, 2015
ok louis last one because it is sweet tbh @ljmilman pic.twitter.com/8dgz6ulRBM
— darth!™ (@darth) June 23, 2015
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Jurassic World is Jurassic World
MEDIOCRE.