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Nonononono Cat

Sounds like a grandmother being forced to watch Human Centipede.

The perils of becoming a noun

NPR’s Robert Krulwich and Adam Cole have made a very clever argument for and against having your name eponymized. It’s a pretty catchy argument too!                                  

As far as I know, you can only say that someone is “pulling an Alexander” when they’ve invaded and conquered numerous territories to build an empire, only to have their own troops revolt against them. Not a bad legacy!

Heartbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking.

American Juggalo

Perhaps the most disturbing fandom documentary ever, American Juggalo was filmed at the 2011 Gathering of the Juggalos and consists exclusively of interviews with the most effed-up people in America. 

Juggalos are cultish fans of Insane Clown Posse who wear clown make-up, drink Faygo, do whip-its, and pass out perpetually on the margins of society. I swear, there is nothing that would scare me more than being dropped off blindfolded at one of these Juggalo events. They would smell ambition on me and devour me on site.

Ultimately, the documentary itself is excellent and the fact that it was so harrowing is a testament to its naturalistic reporting. 

     

American Juggalo from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

via @veryshortlist

Of course I found out about this right after getting back from purchasing a coffee. Still, something tells me my Indian coffee cart is not one of the participating locations.

thedailywhat:

Freebies of the Day: Happy International Coffee Day AKA National Coffee Day AKA Coffee Day AKA Every Day!

Seriously though, today is September 29th, which was officially designated International Coffee Day by someone. What does this mean? Free coffee! And lots of it.

The semi-official National Coffee Day has compiled a list of (nearly) all participating businesses (they missed Caribou, which is offering BOGO all day long).

Sadly, despite rumors of a discount, it seems Dunkin’ Donuts is not participating this year. Neither are Starbucks and Tim Hortons.

Asking me to pay for coffee on day dedicated to free coffee that I just found out about? Well, I guess we know who hates America.

[ncd.]

Tentative.ly, bookmarking events easi.ly

I’m constantly finding events on the web that I might like to go to, depending on what else is going on, but saving those events to your calendar app or Google calendar can be such a hassle. Tentative.ly simplifies the “penciling it in” process immeasurably by letting you bookmark events across the web. You’ll then get a reminder email of all the events you saved, so you can decide later if you want to go. Also, you can follow people in your town who may know more of the city’s events, and then, well, you may as well be a social butterfly by association. I can’t share the intro video here unfortunately, but the site explains it all.

  

“Save a pretzel for the gas jets.”

Amen, Perry! Bad Lip Reading dubs Rick Perry’s oft-tongue-tied speeches, and their renditions are far more believable than the real thing. Perry, you should actually consider BLR as your speechwriters. Who needs sense when you’ve got publicity?

“I’m bored by famine. I cannot wait for a medieval cookie, a Cinnabon, a hot yellow Kool-Aid.” 

And while we’re on hilarious closed-captioning of videos, the Nipple Song from India is also solid comedy gold.

Weeeeeeeeeee!! Wait, I mean, AGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

    Yep. This is why I had an armchair installed in my bathtub. 

Nutella Pudding

     

Now this is pudding! It looks super easy to make, with minimal ingredients and preparation, but it sounds maximally delicious. You just say the word and I will whip this up for us in a second……

Just. Say. It. (OK IT’S READY!!!)

From the exceptional food blog, Food 52.

peachfuzz:

Finally, MSNBC covers what the internet has been broadcasting all week.

(via thedailywhat)

thedailywhat:

“Bird Brain of the Day: A Dutch man acting suspiciously at Rochambeau airport in Cayenne, French Guiana was caught with over a dozen live hummingbirds stuffed down his pants.

The smuggler sewed special compartments for the birds, which were individually wrapped and taped. Airport officials say they were not sedated.

The man, who is known to authorities, has a prior conviction for the same crime.

[dailymail.]”

Talk about your Angry Birds.

Seems like an awfully sensitive body part to have so many pointy beaks secured next to. I’m imagining the point of sale at the hummingbird shop where the vendor says “We don’t deliver to The Netherlands, buuut we can throw in a special hummingbird pouch that buttons into your pants, right next to your genitals.”  SOLD!

Also, Rochambeau airport?? Big Rock-Paper-Scissors fans in Cayenne?

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