There really is such a thing as a grammar Nazi
Here’s good news for anyone suffering proximity to the sort of language pedant who identifies, without irony, as a “grammar Nazi”: Real Nazis just swore allegiance to their all-important cause. In a...
View ArticleThe Secret Service wants a Twitter sarcasm detector
The Secret Service put out an odd work order for software yesterday, as the Washington Post reported. The government agency is on the market for new analytics software. This alone isn’t odd, since the...
View ArticleA brief interview with a daredevil sitting on a high wire over Times Square
Perhaps the most amazing part of daredevil Bello Nock’s dizzying high-wire feat above Times Square today—eight hours balancing on a chair, with no safety net, and just one bathroom break so far—is...
View ArticleBrad Paisley mocks the Westboro Baptist Church with a perfect selfie
The Westboro Baptist Church, you may be surprised to learn, has a problem with country music. Why else would it picket the recent Kansas concert of singer-songwriter Brad Paisley? Well, the star...
View ArticleStripper's racist meltdown will absolutely ruin your day
“Racism is alive and well,” the New York man who captured the appalling video below sadly concludes after trading words with a woman who called him a “nasty fucking n****r.” The parking lot exchange...
View ArticleWhat we learned from a 7-year tour of @everyword
Early on the morning of Friday, June 7, the Twitter account @everyword—where a different (English) word has been posted every 30 minutes since November 2007, in alphabetical order—will breathe its...
View Article'League of Legends' team owner fined for 'disgraceful' behavior
A team owner for one of the most successful League of Legends teams in North America has been fined $1,000 for an expletive-filled rant. On May 27 in the Twitch chat for a popular League of Legends...
View ArticleThe world we live in now requires 'social media prenups'
How are your eyes feeling today? Fit? Good, because you’re about to give them a workout with the Eye Roll to End All Eye Rolls. ABC News is reporting that couples are signing “social media prenups”...
View ArticleTwitter picks its favorite historical hotties
In honor of everyone’s favorite weekly social media holiday, BuzzFeed took to Twitter to champion the hashtag #historicalbang. You know, old-timey hotties, or crush objects from decades past. it's...
View ArticleFree speech means learning when to shut up
BY NATHAN PENSKY When I was a kid I had a friend whose parents wouldn’t let him say “shut up.” Saying this in their family was like saying a bad word. I’ve since lost contact with my friend, but I’ve...
View ArticleTeens are blaming everything in the universe on 'The Fault in Our Stars'
Even as the film adaptation of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars roars into theaters for what’s sure to be a lucrative couple of months, the teen cancer romance novel has come in for some harsh...
View ArticleCIA joins Twitter, promises lots of #TBT photos
What could be more reassuring than the CIA having a public Twitter feed? They’re just like the rest of us! Just a bunch of fun normals who make dumb workplace jokes on a Friday afternoon! Definitely...
View ArticleMen: Do not send unsolicited d**k pics to women on Twitter
Hey guys, listen up. It’s OK to be proud of your penis. But do not, under any circumstances, send photos of your flabby naked body to women who never asked for them. I am warning all of you that this...
View ArticleTeen carries little brother 40 miles to raise awareness for cerebral palsy
On Saturday morning, 14 year old Hunter Gandee started a journey from Bedford Junior High in Temperance, Mich., to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It’s a 40-mile walk, and he was attempting...
View ArticleOn Twitter, fake friends can have real benefits
BY GILAD LOTAN Buying your way to status on social networks has become standard practice. From Instagram likes to Twitter followers, there’s a growing number of services that promise to bump up your...
View ArticleThe Robin Hood of weed is here, and he's on Twitter
The social media Robin Hood of cash is hanging up his feathered cap and green cloak for a beanie and a Bob Marley t-shirt. In Vancouver, Canada, a good samaritan has been hiding stashes of weed around...
View ArticleGeorge R.R. Martin is already killing off his Twitter
After years of primarily sticking to his LiveJournal blog, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin is giving another social network a try. He quietly joined Twitter Monday without the usual...
View ArticleFake Donald Trump tweet manages to trump Trump
Donald Trump is so far beyond the realm of self-parody that we need new terminology just to describe him. He is nigh unmockable. But by god, we will try anyway. If you follow Trump’s mesmerizingly...
View ArticleWhat we won't learn from the Las Vegas shooters' social media history
BY ABBY JOHNSTONJerad and Amanda Miller, the married couple that allegedly went on a shooting spree in a Las Vegas Sunday before killing themselves, were named by officials on Monday, one day after...
View ArticleTweetDeck hack renders your feed very NSFW
TweetDeck, an extremely popular application for using Twitter, is sending people messages that read "yo," "penis," and other silly phrases due to a security vulnerability in the app. It also caused...
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