Remembering 14 of man's greatest triumphs on #InternationalMensDay
According to Twitter, today is #InternationalMensDay. As a budding young meninist, I planned on celebrating by cat-calling a couple women on the street and anonymously threatening prominent feminist...
View ArticleKhloe Kardashian goes on an epic Twitter rant about Lamar Odom
Look out, Kardashian stans. It's been a rough few weeks for reality star Khloe Kardashian. First, her estranged husband Lamar Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel last month and she put their...
View ArticleYour guide to dabbing, a 'new' dance craze that already peaked
Dabbing is the latest dance craze sweeping the Internet. And like its predecessor, the Nae Nae, it was dragged from the hip-hop community into the traffic-baiting morning news circuit, shifting from...
View ArticleBaseball MVP can't pronounce 'meme,' therefore becomes a meme
Washington Nationals outfield Bryce Harper had a fantastic 2015 season, hitting .330, with a league-leading 1.109 OPS, blasting 42 home runs, and recording 99 RBIs and 118 runs scored. But all of that...
View ArticleTwitter: Anonymous's lists of alleged ISIS accounts are 'wildly inaccurate'
Anonymous’s online battle with the Islamic State is starting to look like much ado about nothing. The hacktivist group, which functions primarily online and has thousands of supporters around the...
View ArticleFor boxers, the business of social media jabs is booming
When Paulie Malignaggi began his pro boxing career in 2001, Facebook was three years away from its introduction. Myspace hadn't been invented either, and not even Friendster existed. No Twitter and no...
View ArticleBelgians help police anti-terror raids by tweeting photos of cats
As Brussels remains on its highest terror alert, nearly two dozen police raids took place in the city on Sunday, causing an flurry of activity on social media.When #BrusselsLockdown trended worldwide,...
View ArticleMan's list of things that make his wife cry is infinitely relatable
Comedian Aaron Gillies is married, and, all the typical perks of connubial existence aside, he must contend with his beauty blogger wife Lex’s near-constant weeping. She cries so often, he said, that...
View Article'Your KaZaA Library' lets you relive the glory days of music piracy
Let's take a trip deep down into the mislabeled and misguided world of KaZaA, the P2P site of years gone by that made you aware of that stupid "Gin and Juice" cover while also turning more computers...
View Article14 hilarious people on Twitter we're extra thankful for this year
Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the things you’re grateful for while unfortunately reinforcing a white supremacist narrative of American history. Because on the DL, the holiday more or less...
View ArticleOn Twitter, your positive tweets are actually contagious
If you're happy and you know it, compose a tweet. Once you hit "send," your followers may spread that joy. Emotions are contagious on Twitter, and those ideas, thoughts, and feelings we put out into...
View ArticlePeople made fun of this 'Jeopardy!' winner's uptalk—but the joke's on them
Joining Ken Jennings, Julia Collins, and Jeff in the Jeopardy!hall of fame is Georgia attorney Laura Ashby. But while she has reigned supreme for more than just a couple of episodes this past month,...
View ArticleCowboys owner Jerry Jones gets roasted during Twitter Q&A
The Dallas Cowboys have had major problems this year. They lost starting quarterback Tony Romo for seven games, and as a result, the team is 3-7 and almost certainly won't make the playoffs. They're...
View ArticleToday, I'm thankful for the Internet
There are times when even writers run out of words to say.I was stunned into silence recently—overwhelmed by an outpouring of support from hundreds of strangers and friends across the Internet. In...
View ArticleWashington Redskins torn apart for annual Thanksgiving tweet
America's favorite racist football team, the Washington Redskins, wants to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Twitter wants to let the Washington Redskins realize how completely tone-deaf their greeting...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling's thoughts on Snape cause Harry Potter fandom meltdown
Take the most controversial character in the entire Harry Potter universe. Add one of the series' most widely ridiculed moments. Toss in Twitter commentary from the beloved but outspoken creator and a...
View ArticleDuchess Kate snaps adorable shots of 6-month-old Princess Charlotte
The royal births of Prince George and Princess Charlotte were an international celebration, and after a quiet few months, new photos of the Princess are returning us to that collective frenzy all over...
View ArticleTaylor Swift meets young Australian fan who's about to lose her hearing
Australian fan Jorja Hope, who wanted to meet her idolTaylor Swift before a degenerative disease took her hearing, got to live dream thanks to social media.Jorja was diagnosed with a condition that...
View ArticleWoman on the London Tube handed disturbing, fat-shaming note
In the course of a city commute you may expect to maybe get sneezed on, but you certainly don’t expect a random stranger to drop a fat-shaming card in your lap and scurry away.A young woman named Kara...
View ArticleWhat's up with Vaseline's thirsty Twitter presence?
The worst thing to happen to Twitter is brands seeing the social-media platform as an opportunity to engage with potential customers. Look no further than the beef of the summer between Drake and Meek...
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