From hospitals and classrooms to worksites and frontlines, the futuristic technology once only known as a ubiquitous trope in science fiction is quickly manifesting itself at the peripheries of our everyday lives.
Augmented Reality
Americans Attempt to Figure Out Finnish Baseball
Finns have a game called baseball, but the only similarities between it and American baseball seem to be the ball, the bat, and the bases. Americans watching the game are utterly confounded, but still interested in watching the fun game.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The DMCA is a two-headed coin: on one hand, it makes all kinds of hacking, pirating, and jailbreaking illegal. On the other hand, it provides a safe harbor for sites like YouTube, Tumblr, and and Twitter, freeing them from liability in return for the promise to take down copyrighted content if anyone has a problem. Some copyright holders abuse this privilege, but a recent legal victory may change the way the dreaded “DMCA Takedown Notice” is issued.
Six Police Tackle Teenager for Jaywalking
This video showing police officers subduing a teenager for resisting arrest has been widely circulating online, causing outrage claiming the authorities used unnecessary force to handle a jaywalking offense.
Grahpic Design Is My Passion
Behold the undeniable beauty of clip art frogs and the Papyrus typeface.
PIg Escapes, Terroizes Town, Craps in Cop Car
Unbelievable Amount of Unfortunate Puns During Match
This fight is between two men, one named Salmon, and one named Mainus, but the commentary for Mainus clearly steals the show.
Calvin and Hobbes
This comic strip by cartoonist Bill Waterson, featuring a mischievous young boy and his sardonic stuffed tiger, has been widely syndicated around the world in over 2,400 newspapers during the height of its popularity.
Dad, You DO NOT Understand Wedding AT ALL
In this adorable home movie, JoJo, a four-year-old who has been asked to be a flowergirl at a family wedding, takes all of the precautionary measures to make sure her dad doesn’t embarrass her during the ceremony.
Adulting
Adulting is hard, but everyone of a certain age has to face it. Fortunately, we can complain online as much as we want.
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8-Bit Cinema: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
CineFix presents an 8-bit reimagination of John Hughes’ 1986 classic slacker comedy film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
2channel Founder Acquires 4chan
After nearly 12 years of ownership, 4chan founder Chris Poole announced this morning that the site was recently acquired by Hirouki Nishimura, the founder of the Japanese text board community 2channel.
Killer Clown Pranksters Terrorize Gas Station
The DMPranksPRoductions YouTube channel is back with another killer clown prank video in which they scare the living s**t about of several random customers at a gas station.
"You Gotta"
This series of mock conversations on Tumblr feature people ordering themselves to perform bizarre or irrational behaviors.
Naruto: The Netflix Edition
Real Life Emoji Keyboard Looks Insane(ly Fun)
Tinkerer Tom Scott built this keyboard, which takes up an entire long table and is made of 14 separate standard keyboards, to represent one key for each emoji in unicode – before the most recent update.
A Brief History of 2channel
If you’re familiar with the story behind the creation of 4chan, you’ve probably heard of 2channel once or twice. Now that the most notorious online community in the English-speaking world has been acquired by the founder of its older Japanese cousin site, help us document the legacies of 2channel since its launch in 1999.
Bernie Sanders Rates Nicolas Cage Films
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders tackles the issue that voters really care about: Nic Cage films.
Everybody Loves Pizza in New York City
Even the rats take slices home to share.