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‘Why Shouldn’t We Pave the Atlantic?’: Twitter User’s Proposal to Fill in the Atlantic Ocean Is Manifest Destiny in Its Purest Form
If you’re old, you might remember a Usenet group called “alt.pave.the.earth.” The fantasy of this group was simple — cover the world in asphalt.
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

The Era of the Soyface Has Ended – According to YouTube Mogul MrBeast
If you’ve spent any time on the internet in the past few years, you’ve probably seen MrBeast, or more specifically, a photo of him smiling with his mouth wide open, an expression known in some online circles as soyface/soyboy face.
By cathybara
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Even Elephants Are Stealing Now, and You Can’t Do Anything About It
It’s time we talk about the elephant in the room: elephant criminality.
By cathybara
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'I Love Cream Cakes': Ryanair Boss Announces His Love For Cream Pies After Climate Protester Shoves One In His Face
Climate activists in Brussels pied Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary in the face. The Irish airline boss was conducting a one-man press conference against the EU air traffic control strikes.
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

‘Pig Is Very Sensitive’: Amazon Driver Instructed That Ignoring Pig Will Result in Her Being ‘Self-Conscious and Depressed’
Everybody knows that delivery drivers have to put up with a lot, including particularly demanding customer requests. In the case of one Amazon driver, though, the customer request was simple: Say hello to my pig.
By cathybara
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

‘Bro Is Showing Out’: Behold the Swagger of a Whip Enthusiast's Meetup
Once relegated to cowboys and Old West gangsters, the humble whip has become a performance piece for 10-gallon hat enthusiasts around the world. There are whip-cracking competitions, people who crack whips to songs and a whole online community of people w
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17 Times Politicians Decided to Stop Talking and Start Throwing Hands
In theory, our elected officials should be some of society’s most intelligent, reasonable, and mature people. Unfortunately, self-interest, corruption, and our own stupidity as voters means that they are usually anything but.
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Amateur Cryptid Photographer Captures ‘Most Exciting Surface Pictures’ of the Loch Ness Monster
Though the world’s biggest hunt for Scotland’s Loch Ness monster may have ended in a series of mysterious underwater “gloops” that oh-so-coincidentally evaded Cryptid-enthusiasts’ audio recorders, there still may be hope that Nessie swims among us.
By Carly Tennes
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Wives Just Don’t Understand What’s With Men and Their Sticks
Dudes love sticks. Walking through the woods and find a good stick? You know that’s getting picked up, maybe even swung around like a sword. A great stick? A perfect walking companion? Heck, that might even get brought home.
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

No One Throws a Party Like a Small Town Getting Their First T.J. Maxx
What’s the best party you’ve ever been to? New Year’s Eve 2018, where your buddy did a backflip off the roof into an ice-cold swimming pool? Last year’s St. Patricks’ Day, where you drank a fifth of vodka then did that thing all your friends agreed to nev
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