Scissors: your greatest friend and worst enemy.
I need a change...
(But not a BIG change.)
I know what I should do!
I'll cut bangs!
The 27 Stages Of Cutting Your Own Bangs
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The Roger Bucklesby Bench Plaque Is Real, Sort Of
There really is a plaque in London that says “In memory of Roger Bucklesby. Who hated this park, and everyone in it.” But there never was a Roger Bucklesby.
The image got thousands of retweets, millions of views on Imgur, over half a million likes on Facebook. The trouble was, nobody was sure where the bench was, or if the plaque was real. Was it Photoshopped? Was it a real-life hoax? Was there ever a person called Roger Bucklesby?
Here's the answer:
The plaque is real, and you can find it on a bench in London — but it's also a hoax of sorts. Roger himself never actually existed.
Tom Phillips/BuzzFeed
The man behind Roger Bucklesby is author Jamie Maslin. He installed the plaque just two weeks ago — the day before leaving the country to emigrate to Australia.
Jamie Maslin
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26 Products You Can't Believe Don't Exist Yet
Apparently, the human race still has a long way to go.
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A Guy Vined The Exact Moment His Girlfriend Broke Up With Him
Apparently, she was mad that he was liking another girl’s picture on Instagram.
The video started making the rounds after being posted on Reddit, and @Khoaliti jumped on to explain why exactly his girlfriend was so angry.
Via reddit.com
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9 Questions About Britain You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask
Teju Cole tweets a critique of this Washington Post explainer , turning the debate over intervention in Syria on its head.
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Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About Street Fighter In One Video
I Am Street Fighter celebrates 25 years of the iconic fighting game.
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25 Defining Traits Of Your South Asian Parents
Because chai is thicker than water.
You have their "Where are you going? Who are you going with? When will you be back? What will you eat? Who's driving?" speech memorized.
The phrase "hook up" means something totally different to them than it does to you.
"The Sharmas' daughter is in town. You should hook up with her, make her feel welcome!" Mmmmmk, mom.
If they're on an international phone call, they speak 100 decibels louder than usual. Nobody knows why.
PathDoc / Via Shutterstock
They speak fondly of their first car, a Maruti 800.
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What It's Like Being The Oldest BuzzFeed Employee
I am so, so lost, every workday.
My official corporate BuzzFeed ID Photo.
My name is Mark Duffy. I am a 53-year-old married New Yorker.
Before coming to BuzzFeed, I worked as an advertising copywriter for 25 years.
Before that, I was a pre-computer age journalist for 8 years (including college).
I carried around one of these (that exact model, actually).
Now, I am the resident cranky advertising reviewer/ranter, and have been for a year and a half. I write under the name "copyranter."
WTF is a cranky ad critic doing working at OMG LOL BuzzFeed?
It's still pretty much an ongoing unsolved mystery as to what the Hell I am doing here.
I am old enough to be the father of nearly every other editorial employee.
And, these whiz-kids completely baffle me, daily.
I am in a constant state of bafflement at BF HQ.
IN fact, I've never been more confused, day-in and day-out, in my life.
I am not being hyperbolic, for once.
This place is quite "high tech." We have the best IT, DEV, and OPS (Is that how you write it?) people around.
I, on the very far away other hand, am very afraid of technology.
I didn't start, fully, using a computer for work until I was about 40 years old.
Example:
I was told by my bosses to download Chrome 17 months ago.
I still haven't done it.
I am going to do it. Really soon.
I often send inappropriate, angry emails without thinking to 100+ people in my department.
And this is me every time IT emails an update to our CMS (Imagine there's a funny GIF here — which I have no idea how to make)
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The 19 Most WTF Moments From "Full House"
Because everything seems totally normal when you’re a child.
When Michelle made hundreds of dollars from her lemonade stand and bought a donkey.
Season 8, episode 6: “You Pet It, You Bought It”
ABC / Via mattmajewski.net
When Mickey Rooney owned a joke store and held Michelle and Jesse captive because he didn’t want to spend Christmas alone.
Season 8, episode 11: “Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
ABC / Via snakkle.com
When D.J. was in eighth grade and unknowingly got married to a Greek boy because she walked around the kitchen table with him.
Season 4, episode 1: “Greek Week”
ABC / Via fullhousereviewed.com
When Joey was arrested for buying D.J. a stolen car, but everyone convinced the cop that he's a fool and didn't know better, so she let him go.
Season 6, episode 20: “Grand Gift Auto”
ABC / Via fullhousereviewed.com
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Soldiers' Backlash To Uniformed Facebook Protesters: "Stop Being A Pussy And Serve Your Nation"
The war on social media.
Members of the American armed services are taking to social media to voice their opinions in the debate over American intervention in Syria.
This is a photo of one of the first uniformed dissenters. It was posted on the Angel Clark Show Facebook page on Aug. 31.
The photo of the anonymous Naval officer went viral, getting shared over 20,000 times this weekend.
Many war foes praised the man for being brave by hypothetically refusing to follow orders.
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16 Libraries You Have To See Before You Die
These 16 amazing libraries are full of beautiful interiors — and books — to check out.
Wiblingen Monastery Library in Ulm, Germany
Via telos.tv
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in New Haven, United States
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Ganon's Castle Is Worth Over 50 Million Dollars In Real Life
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14 Brilliant Movies With Worse Reviews Than "Sharknado"
Sharknado received a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, so, um, yeah…
You guys remember Sharknado, right? The life-changing film where a tornado of sharks emerges, and they fall from the sky and attack everyone...
SyFy / Via cookiesandsangria.wordpress.com
Well, it received surprisingly good reviews.
And scored a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, surpassing dozens of other brilliant movies.
Like Inception
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Tiny Eggs Can Exist Inside Other Eggs
Eggception is real. Here’s how it happens.
Perfectly boiled.
rumperpumper83 / reddit.com
Earlier this week a Reddit user boiled an egg, only to slice it open and find something truly "eggceptional": A COMPLETE TINY EGG embedded in the white.
This egg-inside-an-egg situation is not unheard of: A British man cracked open an egg in January and an entire second egg fell out. Some eggsperts (sorry) have discovered scholarly mentions of "eggs within eggs" dating as far back as 1250 AD. But it is highly unusual, as Gregoy Bedecarrats, an editor for the journal Poultry Science and associate professor in animal and poultry science at Canada's University of Guelph, told BuzzFeed. "To see that tiny egg inside a bigger is really rare. I've never seen it personally, but it is possible."
"There's an EGG, inside the egg."
Sean Wilson / telegraph.co.uk
In normal egg production, he says, "Once the chicken ovulates, that develops the yolk, and as the yolk passes through the oviduct, it gets covered by membranes and albumen. Normally after that it enter uterus, where actual shell gets deposited, and then it gets laid. As the egg goes through the entire reproductive sytem, there are contractions that push it through towards the opening."
For one egg to end up inside another, the first egg's odyssey down the pathway has to be reversed after its white and shell have formed. "Sometimes, if you have another ovulation before the first egg is laid, you have a 'counter-peristalsis contraction,' which means the oviduct will contract upward, and the first egg will be moved back up. When you see a tiny egg incorporated [in a larger one], it means the egg was still present in the shell gland, and got sucked back up the oviduct to where the other egg was having its white deposited."
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35 Vintage Cats At Sea
Cats and sailors go way back.
Seaman with a cat and kitten, ca. 1910.
Photograph by Sam Hood. Source: Australian National Maritime Museum.
A large cat sitting on the pilot wheel in the interior of the pilot house of an unidentified boat
Source: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
A cat sitting in the fairlead of the barque PAMIR, 1947
Photograph by Sam Hood. Source: Australian National Maritime Museum.
The cats of the USS Mississippi climb ladders to enter their hammock, ca. 1925
Source: U.S. Naval Institute.
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5 Tips On How To Gain Instagram Glory From @MrPimpGoodGame
Selfie sensation Benny Winfield Jr. offers his pro tips on how to become Instagram famous.
Benny Winfield, 37, of Houston, Texas chatted with BuzzFeed about how all it takes is an idea, a winning smile, and a little help from a slightly creeped-out magazine editor to conquer the Instagram game.
Be Different
"When I first looked at Instagram I didn't see anything original. Everyone was just trying to be like celebrities. Doing what they're doing doesn't separate or distinguish you. So I thought what if I just do this, just put out pictures of myself. You don't see that regularly on Instagram."
Always Be Entertaining
"Pictures of yourself are entertaining. And I always smile. The smile in every photo is a planned thing."
Interact With Your Fans
"I always respond to my fans and tell them I appreciate the love. And if you're getting rude comments or good comments, it's a good thing. That's what you want, people to talk about you. The negative comments don't ever bother me."
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This Is What Happens When You Try To Hold Up A Liquor Store With A Veteran Behind The Counter
Well, that’s embarrassing…
According to The News Reader, 54-year-old Jon Alexander was behind the counter of a Beer 30 in Marionville, Mo. when a would-be robber came in.
When the robber pulled out his gun he quickly discovered that Alexander — an Iraq War veteran with four tours of duty and 30 years of service in the U.S. military — had a firearm of his own.
(Alexander was also former prison guard, private investigator, and professional extraditor of federal prisoners, so basically, not a guy you want to try and rob.)
The surveillance footage shows the robber demanding that Alexander give him all the money in his register — that is until Alexander smoothly pulls a Walther PPX 9 mm handgun.
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23 Life Lessons You've Learned From "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"
With the ninth season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiering this week, here are some of the lessons the gang has taught you over the years.
Defense wins championships
Butts are for shaking
There's no time for whiners
Dance like nobody is watching
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"Game Of Hearts" Turns "Game Of Thrones" Into A Romantic Comedy
Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister are made for each other… they just don’t know it yet. Proof positive that movie trailers can be deceiving.
youtube.com / Via themarysue.com
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14 Adorable Ways To Decorate Your Clothing Hangers
Your clothes will no longer be the prettiest thing in your closet.
Washi Tape Hangers
Heather from The Lovely Cupboard created this sweet and simple washi-wrapped clothing hangers. You can easily make a bunch to spruce up your closet.
Materials: plastic clothing hangers, washi craft tape in a variety of colors/patterns.
1. Wipe the hanger surface free of any dust.
2. Starting at the base fo the hook, wrap the washi tape around the hanger, overlapping the tape with each wrap.
3. Every couple of inches, use your hands to press and secure the tape in place.
4. Continue wrapping around the entire hanger, angling the tape in the same direction. Wrap the whole hanger or make fun patterns with the tape, allowing some of the hanger to show through.
And you're done!
Thread-Wrapped Hangers
These elegant clothing hangers were created by Becca at Lady Face Blog. They're like friendship bracelet-clothing hanger hybrids.
Supplies: a hanger with a bar (preferably a wooden one), four colors of embroidery floss or thin yarn, and scissors.
1. Cut a piece of embroidery floss about 36” long, and then cut a piece of each of the remaining colors of embroidery floss to the same length.
2. Tie the bundle of embroidery floss around the bottom rung of the hanger and knot it in place. Be sure to leave about 1” of embroidery floss at the end of the knot so you’ll be able to hide the ends.
3. Select your first color of embroidery floss. With the bar of the hanger vertical and the hook of the hanger to your right, hold the remaining pieces of embroidery floss and the ends from the knot flush with the hanger bar. Then, take the selected piece of embroidery floss, bring it to the left, and then over the hanger bar, forming what looks like a “4”. Next, bring the end of the embroidery floss around the back of the hanger, and through the “4” shape. Pull tight to make your first knot.
4. Continue the above step with your first color until you have a section of color the length of your liking. When you are ready to switch to the next color, simply bring the color you were working with back to flush with the hanger bar, select the next color of embroidery floss, and repeat the above step with that color. Continue these steps, alternating colors to your liking, until you reach the end of the hanger bar.
5. As you work, you will need to add additional lengths of embroidery floss to the existing ones. To do so, simply cut another 36” of that color and tie the new length of embroidery floss to the older one, and then trim the ends to about 1/2". Be sure to think ahead, so you can hide the knot under the other colors of embroidery floss as you work.
6. When you reach the end of the hanger bar, tie a tight knot around it, and trim the ends.
Voila! A hanger worthy of one of your favorite garments.
Color Block Yarn Hanger
Kat at We Can Re-do It created this tutorial for cozy color-blocked yarn hangers. Bonus: not only do these hangers look pretty, the yarn creates traction that will keep clothes from slipping.
Materials: a hanger, scissors, yarn in various colors (3-4 arm lengths of each color).ous colors (3 to 4 arm lengths for each color)
1. Start by getting organized: cut a small rectangle of card board and snip a slit at the center. Put one of the cut ends into the slit to hold it place and then wrap the rest around the piece of cardboard. Create one of these for each color of yarn you are using.
2. Tie the first strand of yarn onto the hanger with a double knot leaving a 1-2” tail.
3. Create a loop over top of the hanger by draping the yarn so that it looks like a backwards “P”. Insert the loose end of the yarn under the hanger and up through the loop.
4. Begin to tighten the loop around the hanger, making sure that it is also tightening around the tail.
5. Slide the loop up the double knot. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until that color has reached the length you like it.
6. When you’re ready to add a new color, begin again at step 2 and repeat through step 5. In addition to covering the tail, you will also be tightening the loop around the yarn color that you are not currently using. This is the process every time you want to add on a new strand of yarn.
7. Once all of the strand are added you can pick up any strand you want and begin knotting anytime you’re ready to change up the color. Don’t be afraid to try making sections of varying lengths. There’s no wrong way to do this and variety will add a lot to the finish!
8. As you near the end of the hanger, go ahead and cut off any strands that you know you will definitely not be using.
9. Finish by covering any last tails. Double knot very tightly on the back and snip the excess with scissors. If you have any worries about the knot slipping, secure with a small dot of glue.
You've done it!
Ombre Hanger
Kat also created this ombre version of the above. Follow the same directions, but use 4 colors and follow this color order: darkest, 2nd darkest, 2nd lightest, lightest (weave the lightest all the way around the corners and bottom of the hanger), 2nd lightest, 2nd darkest, darkest.
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