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The Party’s Over: As Social Media Companies Test Paid Subscription Models, Free Users Can Expect a Worse User Experience
The early days of the internet feel like a fever dream now: open access to as much information as you could get your hands on with no paywalls or subscriptions in sight.
By cathybara
Featured 2 years ago in Facepalm

The World’s Worst Liquor Store Employee Somehow Has Incredible Job Security
Though liquor store employees may spend their work day surrounded by some of the strongest alcohol money can buy, getting into the merchandise is not a part of the job description, a lesson one hammered worker recently found out the hard way.
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

Sorry Incels, Caroline Ellison Is Getting More Play Than Any of Us
Caroline Ellison, the disgraced former CEO of Alameda Research headed to court to testify against her FTX co-founder and ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman Fried this week, getting candid about their tumultuous business dealings.
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

'What Did You Do?': Dublin Woman Shockingly Calm After Motorcycle Slams Through Her Front Door
A wiley motorcyclist took the term "barging in" to terrifying new heights, accidentally slamming his bike through the door of a surprisingly nonchalant Dublin homeowner.
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

'Slap Was a Cover?': Conspiracy Theorists Convinced Jada Pinkett Smith Killed Tupac, Used Alopecia As a Coverup
Jada Pinkett Smith — actress, August entangler, the face that launched one (1) Academy Awards slap, and the mastermind behind Tupac Shakur’s death?
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

Family Shatters Glass Door to Their Airbnb After Locking Themselves Out
It seems like every week there’s another horror story about someone’s horrific experience staying at an Airbnb, from controlling hosts surveilling guests remotely to expecting people to clean the entire place before they leave but also pay a cleaning fee.
By cathybara
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

Cross At Your Own Risk: The Most Dangerous Crosswalk in the World
Being a pedestrian can be terrifying in the best of times.
By cathybara
Featured 2 years ago in Facepalm

Everything We Know About the Hardened 77-Year-Old Facing Jail Time For Serving As Erectile Dysfunction Pill Black Market Kingpin
A 77-year-old Floridian is facing some very, very hard time after single-handedly launching a black market for erectile dysfunction medication for horny retirees looking to spend their sunset years getting it on.
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

After Serving a 20-Year Prison Sentence for a School Shooting in 2004, Jon Romano Is Now a TikTok Influencer
A school shooter has recently found fame on TikTok, sparking discussions about the ethics of giving seemingly reformed school shooters major platforms, particularly on an app heavily used by children and teenagers.
By cathybara
Featured 2 years ago in Facepalm

'I Have A Systematic Plan To Infect Paris With Bed Bugs': French Anon Claims To Be Single-Handedly Responsible For France’s Bedbug Outbreak
Though Paris’ bedbug infestation may have left locals itching, the Metro crawling with bugs, and the fashion community touting bites as a Fashion Week souvenir, not everyone is peeved at the invasion — namely, the angry blogger who has been actively plott
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

‘These Babies Are Living the Truman Show’: Influencer Slammed for Vlogging 5-Hour-Old Newborn
With the recent arrest of family vlogger Ruby Franke on six felony counts of child abuse, many people are starting to more closely scrutinize family vloggers/parent influencers as a group, as well as think more critically about their role as consumers of
By cathybara
Featured 2 years ago in Facepalm

Wiley Woman Destroys Liquor Shelf In Grocery Store Rampage
Though a dozen bottles of booze may be enough to tranquilize anyone except for possibly Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson or Andre the Giant, they’re evidently no match for a seething Canadian curmudgeon, who sent several flasks falling to the floor during a supe
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Facepalm

'That Whole Backyard and He Fires It Over The Wires': Dad-To-Be Nearly Sets Yard On Fire During Gender Reveal Gone Wrong
A very unlucky dad-to-be proved that paternal instincts do not come with an innate understanding of fire safety after nearly setting his backyard ablaze in a gender reveal gone wrong.
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Facepalm