The 22 Most ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Cats Of All Time
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18 Graphs That Show What The New York Times Talks About
This cool new tool graphs what words the paper’s been talking about since 1851.
The New York Times just launched a cool data tool called Chronicle that graphs mentions of words and phrases over time. It's a fascinating look at what the paper and the country cared about since 1851. Try it out! It's awesome.
Here's a few we checked out:
Cat vs. Dog
1875 was apparently a banner year for cat news. Today, dogs rule.
Billionaire vs. Millionaire
You know what was cool in 1900? A million dollars. You know what was cool in 2000? A bilion dollars. You know what was cool in 2010? This joke.
Kale vs. Avocado vs. Quinoa
I suspect the early popularity of "kale" may be because it used to be a man's name.
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Rifle-Toting Carjacker Leads Colorado Police On Wild Manhunt, Stops Freeway Drivers At Gunpoint
The man tried stopping several cars by standing in their lane and aiming his rifle at drivers. Earlier, he crashed an SUV through a garage door.
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This Stray Pit Bull Saved This Chihuahua And Now They're Best Friends
Jonie the pit bull and Chachi the Chihuahua will make you feel feelings.
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department / Via Facebook: SCMPD
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department / Via Facebook: SCMPD
The pit bull, in fact, was walking around carrying her Chihuahua friend in her mouth, occasionally stopping to lick the Chihuahua's badly infected eye.
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department / Via Facebook: SCMPD
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37 Things You Will See At Every Quinceañera
So. Many. Dances.
The Quinceañera wearing a bright, large, and spectacular dress.
But extremely uncomfortable.
Flickr: cmichel67 / Creative Commons
El sonidero who keeps interrupting his own music by mumbling some random DJ stuff into a microphone every 10 seconds.
::music plays:: –Estamos celebrando– ::music plays:: –el cumpleanos– ::music plays:: –de la– ::music plays:: –Quinceañera– ::music plays:: FML!!!
RIDICULOUSLY LOUD MUSIC PLAYING WHILE YOU EAT.
Totally sucks for the people eating right next to the speakers.
Fog machines.
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Garden State Equality Names Andrea Bowen As New Executive Director
Bowen is one of the first out transgender individuals to lead a statewide LGBT rights group.
Andy Bowen
Courtesy Garden State Equality
Garden State Equality, a New Jersey LGBT rights group, has appointed transgender activist and social worker Andrea "Andy" Bowen as executive director, BuzzFeed has learned.
Bowen will begin work at the organization Aug. 1, and will be one of the first out transgender individual to serve as executive director of a statewide LGBT rights group in the United States.
"I look forward to making sure that we have a really personal connection with New Jersey's LGBT residents," she said in an interview Wednesday. "I also look forward to making sure that we have a really strong group of volunteers across the state. We want to be focused on empowerment of the community, and do solid organizing work."
At the helm of Garden State Equality, Bowen said she plans to ensure that existing LGBT rights policies and protections are correctly implemented and followed as well as filling in gaps in the state's policies, such as establishing transgender-inclusive healthcare across New Jersey.
"I've always focused on working in places that have gaps in policy and enforcement of what's already there," she said. "For example, we maintain working relationships with students and school officials to make sure the state's anti-bullying law is being implemented correctly. I'd also like to work on ensuring that LGBT seniors are being taken care of."
In addition to the anti-bullying law, New Jersey has seen recent advances in LGBT rights, such as a law prohibiting licensed medical providers from practicing conversion therapy, or efforts to turn a gay person straight, on minors that Gov. Chris Christie signed into law in August 2013. Same-sex couples are also able to legally marry in the state.
"I think of a few things: What's best for the state and making sure we're advancing the movement," she said. "We can lead the way in New Jersey and show others how to do it right elsewhere. That's the state's history and Garden State Equality's history."
Previously, Bowen worked for years as an organizer in the Iron Workers Union and advocated for transgender rights and policy in Washington D.C., recently serving as a policy assistant at the National Center for Transgender Equality and as a social policy organizer at the D.C. Trans Coalition. Last summer, she led the push for the District's comprehensive birth certificate and name change bill, which makes it easier for transgender people to obtain a birth certificate reflecting their gender identity.
Bowen again emphasized her focus on making sure existing LGBT policies and protections are carried out and enforced in the state.
"Our movement is very good at getting good policies in place," she said. "I want to make sure the policies are actually being followed and the only way to know that's being done is by having really good personal relationships with people on the ground — that the policies are being followed through on and that people are living good happy lives."
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20 Questions People Without A Driver's License Are Tired Of Hearing
I’ve got 99 problems but a license ain’t one.
"How do you get anywhere?"
What you want to say: There are literally many other forms of transportation that are not a car, do you even live in this world?!
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"Don't you get tired of taking public transportation?"
What you want to say: Sometimes but anything is better than spending 20 minutes looking for parking.
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"How did you not have Driver's Ed in high school?"
What you want to say: Please direct all questions to the principal.
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"Weren't you bored all the time in high school?"
What you want to say: There is more to life than driving around and paying way too much money for gas.
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50 Thoughts That Everyone Has When Shopping At Ikea
I really only came for one thing, how did I spend so much?!
Creative Commons / Via Flickr: gerardstolk
1. This place is huge.
2. MMMM, that IKEA smell. I have arrived.
3. I wanna be in and out in 30 minutes.
4. OK gotta get a game plan, I'm ONLY here for a coffee table.
5. Jesus, why are there so many children here? THIS ISN'T A PLAYGROUND.
6. I wish every Ikea had a monkey with a fur coat.
7. Why is it so impossible to just pick up one thing at IKEA? Why must I go through the maze?
8. Where even are the coffee tables?
9. I could just go straight to the marketplace.
10. * looks towards showroom * But that room setup is siiiiick.
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11. OK, I'll walk around.
12. I should probably grab one of those big ass bags, just in case.
13. Ewwwww, not the bag on top. Looks a little past its prime.
14. REMINDER: I am only here for a coffee table.
15. Shit. This living room layout is AMAZE.
16. I feel like I could do that with my place.
17. * looks at price tag * LOL JK
18. OMG those pillows and they're only $4.99! Score, buying.
19. Maybe I should get a rug, too.
20. I wonder how much that rug is.
21. There's a dude wearing a yellow shirt, does he work here?
22. Of course he doesn't. I feel stupid.
23. WHY WAS HE WEARING A YELLOW SHIRT THOUGH? Basically only 25% my fault.
24. There's the coffee table!! OK, gotta write this name down.
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Alan Tudyk Was A Truly Adorable High Schooler
What a cute little leaf on the wind.
You probably know Alan Tudyk as the charismatic actor who plays everyone's favorite character in everything he does.
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Like Wash in Firefly.
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And Wat in A Knight's Tale.
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Or Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball.
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17 Of Your Favorite American Movies That Were Actually Made In Canada
Your life = one complete Canadian lie.
Good Will Hunting — known for its Boston setting, a lot actually filmed in Toronto.
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Why Moving Back In With Your Parents Isn't Actually The Worst
Yeah, the struggle is real, but it’s also not really that much of a struggle.
oLiving at home after you graduate college can seem like a bit of a bummer. You'll quickly learn how to maneuver the embarrassing conversation that follows, "Oh, where do you live?"
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Or getting massive FOMO when your friends who don't live at home do fun things in their apartments.
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Your parents, bless them, will judge you when you're hungover.
"Don't you think I feel bad enough already, mom?"
*barfs*
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Dating is...harder when you're living in your childhood room under mom and dad's roof.
Yeah no. This is not a turn-on.
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Iggy Azalea, "Shuffle Culture" And Why Genres Bend But Don't Break
Questlove explains the blurring lines of America’s musical tastes.
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The Roots drummer, DJ, producer, and The Tonight Show bandleader Questlove (Ahmir Thompson) has been an avid music mixer and tastemaker since the late '80s. His latest venture is the Vh1 television show Soundclash, in which he brings together three different artists to perform on their own terms, and then has them collaborate on a single song. The show's genre-bending premise, coupled with Questlove's keenly observed column on "How Hip Hop Failed America" for New York magazine earlier this year (not to mention his autobiographical book from last summer Mo Meta Blues), are evidence that the tireless DJ's mind is even more restless than his hands are. We asked him about the idea behind Soundclash and what happens when music genres bleed into one another.
Questlove: If I were born in 2001 or 2011, what would a 5-year-old me want to see now? I wanted to develop [Soundclash] kind of like The Midnight Special where it's three different acts, and it wasn't often when they did this, but occasionally they would have a different twist or a challenge.
There was one episode in which The Commodores hosted and they were the band for Franki Valli and Nicolette Larson, or something like that. They all played "Grease" and I thought that was so cool, them all doing a funk cover of "Grease." There was an episode where Sly & The Family Stone and Tom Jones did "Everyday People." The collaborations are the things I remember. That's what I want to do.
The future and options [for music] are limitless. There's a term my circle kind of came up with. It's called shuffle culture. Which is pretty much the idea of the way music is digested now. You now have the power to carry your entire record collection inside of a small mp3 player. All you have to do is press a button and go from Aaliyah to ZZ Top. Actually, with all my talk about how long play records are the thing and people don't absorb music the way that they should and ADD, I myself am always pressing skip, skip, skip — "Oh I like that song" — skip skip skip — "What's that song." It's fun to do that. Several cultures have always been there in the culture.
[Shuffle culture] wasn't marketed as such back then, but all the shows that I grew up on, even though they weren't a fair and equal playground, had a mixture of different acts on different shows. There was a time I watched Live Aid and Run DMC and Madonna, "dance acts" were next to "prestige acts" like Led Zeppelin and Genesis. For the show it's about giving it balance. There are 13-year-old Latin kids who I want to see this particular artist or white kids who need to see this particular artist.
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34 Habesha Memes That Will Make You Laugh, Cry, And Cringe
Habesha memes are just as corny but lovable as you’d imagine.
On your "cousins":
On the perfect Habesha girl trap:
On the things your parents say when they have guests over:
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Tornado Tears Through Virginia Campground, Killing Two People And Injuring 36 Others
Two people were killed and dozens more were injured early Thursday when a tornado hit a campground on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, state police say.
Virginia State Police say two people were killed and 36 others were injured Thursday morning when a tornado hit a campground on the Eastern Shore.
A tractor trailer truck lies on its side in the median of U.S. Route 13 in Cheriton, Va., while a fire engine responds to a nearby campground after a severe storm passed through the area.
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Video shows large hail and possibly a tornado rip through Cherrystone Campground.
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49 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Melbourne
Marvellous Melbourne is MAGNIFICENT.
1. Under local by-laws, it is an offence to drive a goat or dog harnessed or attached to a vehicle in a public place.
2. It is also illegal to sing an obscene song, tune or ballad within earshot of another person, so easy on the gangsta rap.
3. For at least 40,000 years before the arrival of the British, the area around Port Phillip Bay was the home of the Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung and Wathaurong clans, known as the Kulin people.
4. World-famous "Aussie" beer Fosters was first brewed in Melbourne in 1888 – by brothers from the USA, William and Ralph Foster.
5. Until 1966, all pubs in Melbourne closed at 6:00pm.
Victorian Heritage Database / Via Flickr: pellethepoet / Creative Commons
6. Vegemite was invented in Melbourne in 1922 after months of laboratory tests by food technologist Dr. Cyril P Callister.
7. Australia's iconic spread is still only manufactured at the Vegemite factory in Fisherman's Bend, Port Melbourne.
8. MacRobertson's Steam Confectionery Works invented famous chocolate products like the Cherry Ripe (1924), Crunchie (1929) and Freddo Frog (1930). Founded in 1880, the company was based for over 100 years in Fitzroy. It was sold to Cadbury in 1967.
9. Melbourne is home to Toto's, Australia's first pizza restaurant, which opened in 1961 in Little Italy, Lygon Street, Carlton.
10. Melbourne's famous tramway system is the largest outside Europe and the fourth largest in the world.
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Alabama Man Sues Hospital For Mistakenly Amputating His Penis
An Alabama man claims he went to the hospital for a circumcision procedure, but awoke to find his penis had been removed.
Johnny Lee Banks Jr., 56, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, for amputating his penis in June after he went in for a circumcision.
In the lawsuit, Banks says he was never warned that the procedure might result in an amputation, and he never gave his consent for an amputation.
"My client is devastated," said Banks' attorney John Graves.
Banks, who does not work due to a disability, is seeking an unspecified amount of damages. His wife, Zelda Banks, is also suing for loss of consortium due to the operation.
The lawsuit names in particular Urology Centers of Alabama and Dr. Vincent Michael Bivins, who works at the Baptist Health Center, as well as the Simon-Williamson Clinic and Dr. Alan C. Aikens, who works at that clinic.
Bivins was treating Banks for conditions that led to the circumcision, the suit says, and Aikens was scheduled to perform the procedure.
A statement released by Baptist Health System spokeswoman Kate Darden said the allegations were without merit.
"We intend to defend all counts aggressively," Kate DeWitt Darden said.
In 2011, a Kentucky man filed a similar lawsuit. In that case, the urologist only cut off the tip of the penis, after finding a potentially deadly cancer during the circumcision. In the end, the jury sided with the doctors, saying they exercised precaution.
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23 Brushes With Death That Will Make You Want To Stay Home For A While
NOPE.
When this stray golf ball came within 12 ounces of his skull.
When this SUV casually switched lanes.
Yep, that's a shark.
That time America's pastime nearly sent this bro into a coma.
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Decorated War Veterans Visit Capitol Hill, Sit, Stay
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15 Things An American Learns About Sweden After Moving There
After falling in love with a Swedish girl, Greg Poehler uprooted his life in New York and moved to Sweden. Here’s what he learned through the culture shock, which he’s now retelling on his NBC sitcom Welcome to Sweden .
Greg Poehler doesn't play himself on Welcome to Sweden, but the series — which ran its first season to high ratings in Sweden and is now airing on NBC — is heavily based on his personal experiences. Poehler plays Bruce Evans, a celebrity accountant who relocates to Sweden after falling in love with Emma Wiik (Josephine Bornebusch). The series explores the cultural differences Bruce faces when he meets Emma's parents, Viveka (Lena Olin) and Birger (Claes Månsson), and tries to adjust to Swedish culture.
Poehler, who moved to Sweden from New York in 2006, talked to BuzzFeed about his actual experiences as an American in a foreign country, and how they've informed his sitcom.
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The language is REALLY hard to learn.
"It's still hard," Poehler admitted. "I speak Swedish at, like, a 7-year-old level. My 6-year-old son's friends think I'm cool, and my 8-year-old son's friends think I'm a moron, a total fucking moron. So 7 is the cutoff where I start to lose my audience." Swedish is a very different sounding language, Poehler noted. It also doesn't help that most Swedes speak English and would rather do that than try to converse in broken Swedish: "If I start speaking Swedish to someone and then they find out I'm American, they're offended that we're having this horribly difficult conversation when we could have just been speaking English."
Everyone is beautiful. Everyone.
Sorry, no exceptions. "In the back of your head, you’re thinking, Well, how beautiful can they be? And it turns out, really fucking beautiful," Poehler said. "It’s weird. It’s almost like a new planet of hot people." According to Poehler, a Swedish 5 is an American 12.
And nudity is no big deal.
That's why you'll see it on Welcome to Sweden — er, the Swedish version, at least. "Nudity’s not a thing for them. I mean, it is a thing, but it’s a thing that’s constantly around," Poehler said. His kids swim naked all summer and then have to deal with their own culture shock when they come to the U.S. and have to cover up. But Poehler believes the nudity is actually a good thing: "Even at a young age, you can just see how accepting they are of nudity and their bodies."
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17 Of The Greatest Responses To An Ex Text Of All Time
“I really miss you.” Get in line.
This person who got straight to the POINT.
Via dailydawdle.com
This person who laughed until they cried.
This person pretending to be an error message.
Via imgur.com
This person who believes that honesty is the best policy.
Via smartphowned.com
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