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Uncle Martian is the knockoff apparel brand we've been waiting for
Friday was a big day in the knockoff world. A Chinese apparel company copying the wildly successful Baltimore-based Under Armour made its debut in a high-profile event. Its name? Uncle Martian.Knowing...
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Amy Schumer shows us why we should stop being jerks to celebrities
Over the last year, Amy Schumer has taught us that fame is hard—and not in that "Lucky" by Britney Spears type of way. She's faced criticism over her film Trainwreck not being feminist enough, been...
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The unexpected realness of the #TractorSelfie hashtag
Let's talk about selfies. If you've been hiding under a Mennonite rock and shunning cameras since the advent of smartphones, here's a primer: A selfie is a just a picture of yourself that you took....
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Old Navy posted an ad featuring an interracial family—and racist trolls are...
Old Navy is getting racial backlash from some of its followers after a recent ad featured an interracial family.On Friday, the clothing store tweeted out a link to its Thank You Event, which offered 30...
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Remix of Carly Fiorina's nightmare lullaby is somehow even more terrifying
Everyone was surprised when GOP presidential candidate and human man Ted Cruz made the unusual move of announcing a running mate before the end of the primary elections. They were more surprised when...
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Someone found this incredible Game Boy mailbox in Japan
No one likes to go to the mailbox to find more bills, but they might be a little easier to stomach if they were housed in, say, a giant Game Boy.Japanese Twitter user Hirauchi Kota posted a photo of...
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Internet mourns beloved actor Bob Hoskins, who actually died 2 years ago
Bob Hoskins was a great and prolific actor. He appeared in over 50 feature films, playing everything from a band manager in Pink Floyd — The Wall, to J. Edgar Hoover inNixon. He won a Golden Globe for...
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Who is 'dat boi,' the unicycle-riding frog?
As April rolled over to May, Twitter users were confused—as usual. But this time, it wasn't about politics, celebrities, or a fantasy TV show.It was about something else entirely.The frog in question,...
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Berating women online isn't a sport
“I hope your boyfriend beats you.” “I hope you get raped again.”These tweets were sent to sports journalists Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro simply for doing their job. Now these and many other disgusting...
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RIP Orlando Bloom's Tamagotchi, dead of neglect at the Met Gala
Katy Perry's elfin consort Orlando Bloom arrived at the Met Gala with an unusual lapel pin: a Tamagotchi, the combination virtual pet and pedometer that delighted and then annoyed kids in the '90s....
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Twitter just added a new feature to its app, and here's how to use it
Today, Twitter is making it easier for you to find people to follow, and providing reasons why.The company rolled out Connect on Tuesday, a new tab on its mobile apps that serves up suggestions for...
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I killed your meme, and I don't care
Earlier this week, I came across a dank meme. It was amusing. It was mutable. It was causing quite the reaction. It was everything you would want from ephemeral digital culture—and exploding in...
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Man who went viral for discovering hockey has even more fun at live game
Two weeks ago, @soIoucity had never seen a hockey game. But after watching an exhilarating NHL playoff contest between the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks late last month, he took to Twitter to...
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Colleges launch investigation after anonymous student tweets rape allegations
On May 2, an anonymous student began posting on Twitter using the handle @RapedAtSpelman. The student then described going to a party and being raped in the bathroom by four Morehouse students. The...
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Twitter and Tor in talks to let users access social network anonymously
Following the highly successful “unlikely alliance” between Facebook and Tor, privacy advocates at the Tor Project are now engaged in discussions to improve working relations with Twitter, a...
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Chuck Tingle counter-trolls the Gamergaters who nominated his erotica for a...
Chuck Tingle is the Internet's most beloved author of bizarre niche erotica, perhaps best known for his masterwork Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt. The Hugo Awards are a formerly prestigious sci-fi...
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After recruit decommits from Texas A&M, coach goes on costly Twitter rant
Texas A&M wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead heard the news that one of his team's prized recruiting possessions had decided he no longer would attend the school, and apparently, he couldn't help...
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#IfTwitterWereAMan sounds like a nightmare
What would Twitter be like if it were a man? That’s the hypothetical question being posed in a trending hashtag this morning, and it’s resulting in, well, a lot of jokes at men’s expense. It’s OK, they...
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Wave goodbye to Ted Cruz with one last good meme: #WhereIsLyinTed
Alleged Zodiac KillerTed Cruz's presidential campaign has been marked by meme after mocking meme. There's a video of him eating a booger in slow motion, the time he was a high school mime, his hundred...
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Cute baby beaver tries to climb little boy's leg
Most people who encounter a critter on public transportation aren’t too enthused—unless it’s a rat eating pizza. But DCist reported an exceptionally adorable encounter on Thursday.Jonathan Murray, a...
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