I despair at just how many times a day I have to point relatives/friends to Snopes in response to some infuriating viral post, but lately I have really started to worry. The number of debunks cluttering up the Snopes feed that are due to "originated from a fake news/satire site" is really, really depressing. Not to mention the noticeable amount of ( Read more... )

Wow… New Bottom-Feeder Award winner, VDM Publishing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDM_Publishing). They've taken the Ancestry.com business course and chosen to take free content (written by us), bind it up in print form without even editing it, and charge insane amounts of ( Read more... )

What the flipping flappen HELL? It's Christmas you bastards. Augh!!!

Soooo… Why, exactly, is the US one of the last places on Earth to get the Avengers? I thought this was a Hollywood produced film. That is seriously annoying.

OMG, I think I understand now... It's hypnotic! It's addictive! You think you're having fun and then suddenly there is blood everywhere and the cops are shooting at you!!! I'm watching Wil Wheaton's lost Kindle drama unfold live on Twitter and it's an internet trainwreck nightmare in the making. I AM POWERLESS TO STOP IT! JUMP WIL! ( Read more... )

Wow... That's just... Wow.

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I never thought I'd see the day I wished the internet was never invented.

The cheap mp3 player I bought to "hold me over" is already rendering itself useless and in the process of checking out Walmart's return policies I notice this item on the returnable items list:

FUNERAL PRODUCTS
Caskets, Urns and Memorial Jewelry: Funeral products cannot be returned to a store. We will only refund or replace funeral items due to ( Read more... )

When you buy a puzzle at a thrift store, you *expect* a few missing pieces... But THIS?!?


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In all seriousness, this scares me more than nuclear annihilation, or revolution, or global warming...

All Free Library of Philadelphia Branch, Regional and Central Libraries Closed - Effective Close of Business October 2, 2009 I can only hope that this is something of a scare-tactic move on the part of the library and some sort of functionality ( Read more... )

You have *got* to be kidding me...


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