Parents! Do you have a devil of a time putting your children to bed every night? Then take a tip from this Japanese TV show that employs a DEMON to make sure some noisy, energetic kids get the sleep they need. Or, perhaps never sleep again.
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Blogtown’s “Adopt This Terrifying Dog” Program
Here at Blogtown, we want every dog to have a home—including the terrifying ones. Here’s a dog that might be a little oversized for your home, and he might fight with your other dogs… but he is enthusiastic, and he loves chips. And he’s, you know, terrifying.
Posted inSex
The Sexiest (and Most Festive) Funeral Parlor in Guatemala!
Damn you, Guatemala! Once again you’ve cornered the market on funeral parlors that feature sexy Santas playing dead in coffins. WAITASECOND. What exactly are these people selling?!?
Posted inVideo
Robot Apocalypse Update: Lamps and Swords
If you think our future rulers will take us down swiftly, maybe with some kind of massive mind-control system or death ray, you’re wrong. This guy is trying to make it so they enact their terrible mechanical reign using SWORDS. Unlike salad robot and noodle robot, there are no commercial applications to robots who fight […]
Posted inPolitics
Ezra Klein on Guns, Mass Shootings, and Facts
On a day when broad statements (some entirely correct) are being tossed about, the Washington Post‘s Ezra Klein lays out “Eleven facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States.” Here are two of them: 8. More guns tend to mean more homicide.The Harvard Injury Control Research Center assessed the literature on guns and […]
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Can We Not Make Horrific News Any Worse Than It Already Is?
The actual and true updates on this morning’s school shooting are all bad enough. So bad I feel like I’ve spent the past hour or so just dazedly looking at updates on my computer screen. But here’s something to think about media colleagues: Don’t make this shit any worse than it needs to be. Make […]
Posted inPolitics
White House Says “Today Is Not The Day” to Debate Gun Control
As news filtered in Friday from the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said “today is not the day,” to engage in a policy debate over gun control. The shooting at an elementary school killed 27, the Associated Press reported Friday afternoon. Bullshit. Today is exactly the day to discuss […]
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If You Survive the Big One, Here’s Where You Should Go
It’s only a matter of time before a massive, long-overdue, catastrophic earthquake stomps all over Portland’s skyscrapers, highways, and bridges. But let’s say you make out okay, and your house or apartment is one of the lucky ones that doesn’t buckle or collapse. Would you know where to go for food? For water? Medical care? […]
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BREAKING: Mother Duck and Ducklings Crossing a Busy Highway
First of all… EVERYBODY’S OKAY. Secondly, that information will not make you feel even the slightest bit better as you watch this footage of a mother duck and her ducklings crossing a very busy highway—FILLED WITH CARS THAT NEED TO SLOW THE FUCK DOWN. Clear your throat first, because your heart will be leaping into […]
Posted inTV
Today in Horrifying Elevator Pranks
Check out this clip from the Brazilian variety show Programa Silvio Santos, in which unsuspecting elevator riders pick up an absolutely terrifying hitchhiker along the way. (Pro Tip: Hey Brazilians! If you hate children so much… STOP HAVING THEM.) via
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What’s a Good Time of Day to Die?
Huffington Post says: Genetic “switches” determine much about our bodies, including hair color, blood type, and susceptibility to certain diseases. Now, researchers believe they have found a gene that regulates something far more eerie: the time of day a person is likely to die. In an study published in the November 2012 issue of the […]
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Monday Cancer Read: “The Lying Disease”
Like many of us, I spent Thanksgiving with some of the cancer survivors in my family—which is why Cienna Madrid’s excellent piece in The Stranger about “Munchausen Syndrome by internet,” a disorder characterized by faking illnesses on the intenet, was particularly difficult to read this morning. But while it’s disturbing and angering to read about […]