Books > people.
Books introduce you to completely different worlds.
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And they provide a perfect form of escapism.
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31 Confessions Any Book Lover Will Understand
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Guys And Girls Explain The Best Parts Of Being The Opposite Sex
Gotta hear both sides.
We asked girls to explain the best parts of being a guy...
And then we asked guys to explain the best parts of being a girl.
There was some jealousy on both sides, both of certain inborn physical advantages...
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24 Things People Who Cry All The Time Know All Too Well
Brb, crying myself a river.
Goodbyes are the hardest. Even if your loved one is going away for just a few days.
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But you cry when you welcome them home too.
Tears of love and relief.
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In fact, airports in general can make you misty just because of all the hellos/goodbyes surrounding you.
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There's the awkward part of explaining your highly emotional tendencies to others.
Well, OK, not "no reason." Wait, does that sound better or worse?
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Pinterest Is Now More Valuable Than These 10 Companies
Investors are looking for the future of e-commerce, and they think Pinterest is worth $5 billion . The company just raised $200 million.
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Pinterest said today that it raised $200 million in a round that values the company at $5 billion.
That hefty valuation isn't entirely surprising, given that the company is seen by investors as best-positioned to build out a tool for discovering content on the Web that is better than anything on the market right now. Pinterest recently unveiled a new search engine designed for just such a thing, which also has dramatic implications for the future of commerce on the Web.
A little more surprising, however, is how many companies Pinterest is now worth more than without even being a publicly traded company — including some other technology companies that used to be hotly anticipated impending IPOs much like Pinterest. Here's just a few of them based on data from Yahoo Finance (h/t @tomgara):
Domino's Pizza
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Domino's was valued at $4 billion at market close, according to Yahoo Finance.
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49 TV Shows That "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" Has Lasted Longer Than
This show, like the Energizer Bunny, just keeps going and going.
Keeping up with The Kardashians has been on TV for many years.
As the show which got a 2.8 IMDB rating enters its 9th year on the air, it continues to outlive shows around it. Here are a few that couldn't handle the heat.
Flight of the Conchords
Number of seasons: 2
Awards/Nominations: 4 Emmy Nominations
IMDB rating: 8.8
Arrested Development
Number of seasons: 4 seasons.
Awards/Nominations: 7 Emmy nominations. (5 wins) 4 Golden Globe Nominations. (1) win.
IMDB rating: 9.2
The West Wing
Number of seasons: 7 seasons
Awards/Nominations: 26 Emmys, 3 Golden Globe Wins.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
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Sarah Millican's Awesome Response To Twitter Trolls Who Mocked Her Appearance
All hail the comedy queen.
This is comedian Sarah Millican walking the red carpet at last year's BAFTAs ceremony.
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But while she looked lovely, she was faced with a barrage of online abuse about her outfit.
I had a few awkward photos taken by the wall of the paparazzi. Awkward as I'm not a model (I'm a comedian), have never learnt to pose on a red carpet (I'm a comedian) and I have pretty low self-esteem.
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9 Rap-Themed Shirts That Every White Person Needs
“Fund tha police!”
Are you white? Would you like to participate in hip-hop culture but find yourself not about that particular life for cultural and historical reasons?
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Do you ever wish there were some cool, rappity rap hippety hop slogans that spoke to your set of circumstances?
You're in luck! #RapShirtsForWhitePeople is sure to get you "outchea" with the rest of us.
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This Couple Made An Adorable Pregnancy Time Lapse Video Complete With Costumes
Be sure to take some notes on their nursery style.
Dan Tran and his wife decided to make this super cute video chronicling her pregnancy. In the video you can see the passage of time through holidays. So fun!
Yay! These two humans made another human.
In the beginning of the video, we see that it's Halloween.
She grows a little more and before long it's Christmas!
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72 Facts That Will Teach You A Damn Thing For Once In Your Life
Whaaaaaaaat?
1. Chocolate milk was invented in Ireland.
2. You can't breathe and swallow at the same time.
3. The girlfriend of the guy who founded Match.com left him for a man she met on Match.com.
4. This is what it looks like when a star meets a black hole:
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5. Ketchup used to be sold as medicine.
6. The oldest person on Earth was born closer to the signing of the United States Constitution than to now.
7. Also, when the oldest person on Earth was born, there was a completely different set of people on the planet.
8. Coconuts kill more people than sharks every year. So do cows.
9. German is the second most spoken language in North Dakota.
10. Norway once knighted a penguin.
(The penguin’s full name is Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav.)
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A Photographer Took A GoPro Into Jellyfish Lake And The Video Is Mesmerizing
How long can you make it into this video before feeling all tingly inside?
Nana Trongratanawong captured this beautiful and somewhat terrifying footage during a freedive at Jellyfish Lake, a marine lake located on Eil Malk island in Palau.
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And if you're wondering how Nana didn't get stung to death my jellyfish, the lake's tourism website explains that, "over time, the resident jellyfish have completely lost their sting because they have not had to fight off predators."
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15 Rousing Irish Drinking Songs For Your Next Pub Crawl
Sláinte! (That means ‘Cheers!’)
Are you ready?
Let's go!
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"The Wild Rover," Luke Kelly
I've been a wild rover for many's a year/I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer!
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"Whiskey-Bailey's-Guinness," Barleyjuice
Oh, vodka's in the bottle and rum is in the flask/I've got a shot of brandy, and tequila in my glass/imported wines from off the vines will sometimes serve the task/but whiskey-Bailey's-Guinness will knock me on my ass!
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"7 Drunken Nights," The Dubliners
Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool.
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Nigeria's "Bring Back Our Girls" Movement Marks One Month Anniversary Of Schoolgirl Kidnapping
Leaders promise to march next to President Goodluck Jonathan .
A nighttime vigil in Abuja late Wednesday marked the 30th day in captivity of the 276 girls held by Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group that kidnapped them from their dormitory in Chibok, a village in northeastern Nigeria.
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More than 250 people, many of whom have been attending daily rallies for two weeks, came out for the vigil in Abuja.
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Other Nigerian cities have also held rallies, and they have been replicated in cities like Los Angeles, New York, Kingston, Jamaica, and even in Afghanistan, leader Oby Ezekwesili told the crowd.
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"The global advocacy for the girls of Chibok started from local advocacy for the girls of Chibok," Ezekwesili said. "The advocacy started online, and moved offline."
She told the crowd that the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, which organizers have used to unite the movement and catalyze international attention, has been tweeted or retweeted more than 3 million times.
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FYI, Benedict Cumberbatch Looks Exactly Like Butt-Head From "Beavis And Butt-Head"
BOOM.
Warning: You will never be able to unsee this if you scroll down.
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SERIOUSLY. THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
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19 #TBT Photos You May Have Missed This Week
This week the Kardashians were attacked by a terrifying Big Bird, while Solange went on damage control.
After a rocky week for the Knowles-Carter family, Solange posted this childhood photo of herself with big sister Bey.
Even as a kid, Anderson Cooper knew the power of a smize.
Mariah Carey shared this rather timeless photo of her and Stevie Wonder.
Diplo looked adorable in his high school senior portrait.
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Elizabeth Banks: "Pitch Perfect 2" Hits Theaters In Less Than 365 Days
Excitement.
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Can You Guess Who The Celebrity Is Based On Their High School Yearbook Photo?
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9 Struggles Only Drummers Will Understand, According To The Black Keys
Rock star Patrick Carney opens up about his experience with The Black Keys .
“I never really chose drumming, I was just the only one of my friends who couldn't play guitar,” Patrick Carney told BuzzFeed in a phone interview, celebrating the release of his band's new album, Turn Blue. Below, Carney explains why drumming is even harder than it looks, even after all these years.
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Drummers are huge nerds.
"Drummers are usually the nerdiest dude in the band, and drummers definitely get made fun of the most. No one respects the drummer. It's way more impressive to play guitar and be a frontman. I can’t talk into a microphone; I have a fear of that, so maybe that's actually a plus."
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It's basically impossible to find a place to practice.
"Drums are an instrument you can’t really practice. After band practice, you can’t sit around your bedroom playing the drums," he said. "Occasionally, we’ll demo stuff but 95% of the time we’ll go to the studio and just start fucking around."
It's hard to interact with crowds while sitting on your ass.
"Sitting down in front of audiences? It's an unflattering thing you have to do. It's like trying to exercise while sitting down," he said.
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This Time Lapse Of The 9/11 Memorial Being Built Over A 10 Year Period Is Pretty Amazing
Ten years and over a million images later, it’s finally here.
Within days after the national tragedy, EarthCam installed a camera to webcast the rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero. Now, after 4,617 and counting, we have this incredible footage to view the transformation.
Wow.
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30 Reasons "Ghostbusters" Is The Greatest Movie Ever
June 8 marks the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of Ghostbusters . From Bill Murray’s flawless strut to the cameo by Random ConEd Guy, it’s the best movie in the history of everything. Warning : This thorough celebration of awesomeness contains pretty much every spoiler.
It's the ultimate buddy movie.
Ghostbusters works, not because of its paranormal laser light show, but because of the personal interactions behind them. And most of those exchanges take the form of a giant Slor friendship.
It's not as if Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) just invented some neon vacuum cleaners for the hell of it. They lost their jobs, so they went into business together. They didn't have the capital to pull it off, so Ray generously agreed to a third mortgage. When business boomed, they called upon Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson), who became an integral part of the team. When Pete's client and crush, Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) turned into a literal dog, they risked their lives to save her, the city and the world in one fell swoop.
The Ghostbusters actually like each other. I mean, check out Ray's face after Peter rewards Egon with a candy bar. Even when they're arguing, they sound like (Marx) brothers, rather than the Four Stooges.
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Ecto-1 is the most gorgeous scrapheap imaginable.
You can have your DeLorean. Give me the Ectomobile any day.
Bill Murray's Peter Venkman is perfection.
Saying that Bill Freakin' Murray is good in a movie doesn't really mean anything; that's often a given, even if the movie itself isn't a winner. But his Peter Venkman is everything we like about Murray: fearless, hilarious, impulsive, incorrigible, irreverent and charming as hell.
Murray's Ghostbusters performance isn't just amusing; it's a comedy tutorial. That's how you deliver a joke. That's how you eye-roll. That's how you deadpan. That's how you support other characters in a scene. That's how you commit to a moment, a premise and an entire movie.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association agreed to an extent, rewarding Murray with a Golden Globe nomination for his performance.
Sure, there are other ways to do comedy, but there's a reason subsequent actors and comedians consider Murray a major inspiration. If you don't enjoy him in Ghostbusters, I'm not convinced joy is an experience for you.
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If normal movie quotability were the size of a Twinkie, this one would be a Twinkie 35 feet long, weighing approximately 600 pounds.
Before Mean Girls, Anchorman or Wayne's World, Ghostbusters was the go-to for one-liner gold, and it might have the best staying power of the bunch.
One of the reasons the script is so tight: every line pushes the plot forward, makes the audience laugh, or achieves both agendas. There are no wasted words, and most of those words are hilarious.
Say them with me now:
•"I collect spores, molds and fungus."
•"He slimed me."
•"Nice shootin', Tex!"
•"We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!"
•"There is no Dana, only Zuul."
•"Yes, it's true; this man has no dick."
•"Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!"
•"When someone asks you if you're a god, you say, 'Yes!'"
And that's just the tip of the giant Twinkie.
Rule of thumb: Is it a line from Ghostbusters? It's probably quotable.
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10 Lessons On Being A Boss At Work From Nicki Minaj
You’re smart, capable, pushy, and make mistakes. Because you’re the boss.
From this week's unexpected firing of the New York Times' executive editorJill Abramson, to articles on the "confidence gap," and campaigns to #BanBossy and be a #GirlBoss, the past year has been filled with conversations regarding how women are perceived in the workplace. But women looking for a guide on how to survive at the office should look no further than these pearls of wisdom from Nicki Minaj, who knows you don't have to choose between being bossy and respected.
Recognize the double standards that assertive women face.
When a woman speaks her mind, asks for a raise, fires someone, or disagrees with higher-ups, she's "pushy." When a guy does all the same things he's confident and upstanding. To break down barriers you have to acknowledge the subtle double standards that exist in front of you. Minaj summed this up in a segment from her MTV documentary in which she complains about the difference between how she and Lil Wayne are treated. "Is that wrong? Wanting more for myself and wanting people to treat me with respect?" she says. No Nicki, not wrong at all.
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