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Above is the video from Diane von Furstenberg’s runway show during New York Fashion Week, created with Google’s Google Glass glasses (goggles?). Shot entirely by amateurs – the amateur cinematographers being models, makeup artists, and Diane von Furstenberg herself wearing Google Glass and going about their business, the DVF video gives us the first look at Google Glass in action. Continue reading
It turns out that Facebook isn’t just a vast wasteland of cat photos and status updates about going to the gym. It can also be used for useful shit, like taking pictures of stoned people when they pass out at the annual Faygo-and-bath-salts party known as the Gathering of the Juggalos.
This post is slightly NSFW… because really people, these are Juggalos we’re talking about. Continue reading
Charmin toilet paper has recently ramped up their advertising in an attempt to either sell more toilet paper or completely freak out the public. Charmin has a history of unusual advertising. Their most famous ad campaign featured people who stalked grocery stores to furtively squeeze toilet paper.
Advertising toilet paper is a tricky business. You want people to be aware of your product without thinking too much about it. They should associate your product with cleanliness. You don’t want them concentrating too much on why they need toilet paper. This will only lead to unpleasant images associating with the product. Continue reading
Yesterday Nurse Wretched asked a very good question: what is your earliest childhood memory, and how old were you?
Her question was prompted by having read this article by Bill Briggs.
The earliest memory that stuck with you likely came when you were “…3 1/2 years old, according to numerous past studies. At that age, the hippocampus, a portion of the brain used to store memories, has adequately matured to handle that task, experts say.” Continue reading
A recent discussion of eBay in the open thread had me revisit the site I tend to forget exists. Admittedly, the times I’ve used eBay have mostly been to purchase Caran D’ache metal pens, which are priced on average $8 to $10 cheaper than the suggested Canadian retail price.
The thought of bidding on a gift card had never crossed my mind until one of the rotating welcoming screens suggested it as a viable option. For some smart bidders, as shown below, you can walk away with over $80 in savings. Continue reading
Oh, technology. There’s so much of it to go around. Our smartphones are practically on their way to being able to launch missiles. (No one tell us if smartphones can already launch missiles.) So why can’t we use them to launch an impromptu date? Well, you certainly can, silly. You can order up a date much like a pizza. Didn’t know that did you? Well, now you do. Mobile dating. The first step in securing a random hookup based on such aesthetics as appearance and liking the same coffee house — or in short — an “orchestrated serendipitous but not really meeting.” Yay? Continue reading
So by now you have heard about Representative Todd Akin’s (R-MO) remarks over the weekend about “legitimate” rape” and have probably followed the firestorm his remarks set off. Maybe you even decided to hear Akin’s own explanation in the video above. Continue reading
In today’s WTF, I read an article on HuffPo about a sexual fetish I’ve never heard of previously: balloon fetish. “Looners” as those who have this fetish are called, come in two categories, poppers and non-poppers.
Poppers get their latex love on with the anticipation of the pop as they blow their ‘life force’ into the balloon. They liken the pop of the balloon to an orgasm. Um, okay. National Geographic has a series called “Taboo” and Elle is showcased there as a popper. A dominatrix from Denver, she loves the bang she gets from the balloon popping. Continue reading
One of the biggest douchebags I know is constantly posting douchey shit on my Facebook feed. Now, some of the aforementioned douchey shit consists of status updates from his own douchey life, but he’s also extremely fond of posting idiotic image macros from a group page called I Hate Douchebags.
So one day I thought to myself, “Personally I hate douchebags. Why don’t I check out I Hate Douchebags and see what all the excitement is about?” IHD has almost 700,000 followers and it turns out that the people who most hate douchebags bear a striking resemblance to douchebags themselves.
Let’s take a tour. Continue reading
By now you’ve probably heard about the tumblr Rich Kids of Instagram which has got to be the equivalent to some sort of pictorial depiction of the biggest ocean of douche we’ve ever encountered. Like literally, it’s a grazing farm of assholes who’ve decided that you should see them all engaging in first hand assholery in a way that should probably never, ever be explored. Continue reading