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Posted inTech

Hurricane Sandy: Too Soon

From a friend of mine on Facebook, in regards to Facebook: Hey idiots/empathy-deficient facebook zombie-people: there is such a thing as “too soon” and just plain “garbage-person behavior”. If you are currently in a safe/non-disaster-zone city making “ironic” humorous posts about New York and the other eastern seaboard cities being affected by the storm RIGHT […]

Posted inFood and Drink

Jack MacBrayer and Triumph vs. Chicago’s “Weiner Circle”: ON WHOM DO YOU WAGER?!?

Conan is in Chicago this week, so he sent the “nicest guy in America” (30 Rock‘s Jack MacBrayer) to the meanest, most insulting restaurant in Chi-town, the Weiner Circle. The employees give it to him pretty good—but luckily Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on hand to exact some hilarious, foul-mouthed, and ultimately nonsensical revenge. […]

Posted inPANIC!

Popchips Panics; Yanks Down Terrible, Racist Ashton Kutcher Video

As I was irritated about yesterday, Popchips produced some viral marketing videos featuring a fictional dating service and Ashton Kutcher playing a variety of characters, including an absolutely TERRIBLE brown-face impersonation of an Indian man. The internet let Popchips know in no uncertain terms how they felt about it, and the company has pulled the […]

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