Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Bad Stock Photos of People's Jobs are Terrifically Inaccurate


People on Twitter share inaccurate stock photos of what their jobs look like.

If being a brain surgeon was as easy as putting a stethoscope up to someone's disembodied brain, then sign us up for a nuerosurgery position. As it turns out, trying to depict someone's entire profession in a single stock image is really hard to do. Or it would be, if it ever seemed like these people were trying. Sometimes they're not just inaccurate, sometimes stock images are really weird

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Twitter Thread On Fonts Is Actually Fascinating


Twitter thread on fonts and the history of typing, as well as modern application of that language.

We're as surprised as you are. You wouldn't think a topic as dry as typesetting and fonts would actually be interesting, but since using some sort of a keyboard is something almost all of us do every single day, the history and language behind it is actually really interesting. The internet is host to many intriguing discussions on language, like this tumblr post about figures of speech, or this thread on translation. Or for some straight up language wins and fails, here are some uses and misuses of the english language.

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The Best Of Ken M Trolling People To Oblivion


A collection of times that Ken M trolled people hard on social media.

Ken M has a true gift for trolling people online. He makes it look like an art form. The world is clearly a better, more frustrated place thanks to Ken M and his incessant, hilarious trolls. 

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Witty Pickup Lines From The World Of Tinder


A collection of witty Tinder pickup lines.

Tinder is the source of the best and worst of pickup lines. Every now and again a Tinderer will break out the kind of wit that might make their match not regret the right-swipe. Other times though, not so lucky. There's one thing that's for sure, and that is that people on Tinder never cease to amaze us with their acts of utter shamelessness. 

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Choosy Cheapskates Who Wanted People's Hard Earned Cheddar


Cheap people who tried taking advantage of others.

Asking for help when you need it is one thing. It's a completely different thing when you ask for free stuff you can easily afford, try taking advantage of people's goodwill, demand frivolous free crap, and become extra unreasonable when you don't get it. Choosing beggars come from all walks of life, and they try to walk all over everyone else's.

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Weird Things Housekeepers and Hotel Guests Walked In On


Stories of strange things hotel and casino workers and guests have seen.

You expect a certain amount of courtesy from hotel staff, and the staff expects some level of decorum from you. That said, it seems that over time, people who work in hotels tend to expect less and less from their customers. These people who worked in hotels and casinos have seen some interesting things. For a darker side, here are some of the saddest things casino workers saw on the job.

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Petty Revenges From The Pettiest People


A collection of petty revenge cases from Redditors.

Petty revenges bring people a terribly large amount of satisfaction. It just feels too right giving in to that burning impulse to go out of your way to get back at the person who did you wrong. These particular cases of petty revenge are the living, breathing, definition of petty. Buckle up. 

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Work Memes For Those Of Us Who Can't Stand Our Jobs


Funny, relatable and sad work memes about jobs.

We've all had really rough jobs, and while ruminating on your annoying job can suck, some well placed work memes can be cathartic. Whether it's some customer service role where we have to deal with Karens having freak-outs, incompetent bosses or straight up boring jobs where you have nothing to do. The grind can lead to a sort of existential dread and a cycle that never seems to end. But don't worry, there are other jobs out there, and more often then not, the total BS you have to deal with will lead you to bigger and better things. Anyway, here's some work memes for the grind.

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Scammer Pretends To Be U.S. Soldier, Tries To Get Google Play Gift Card


Scammer pretends to be a U.S. soldier to try and get a Google Play gift card.

This scammer decided they'd try and play "soldier" to get in the good graces of a person they matched with on Grindr. I'd be genuinely impressed if someone actually fell for this. 

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Airbnb Turns Into House of Stinky Nightmares


Guy rents an airbnb and the plumbing backs up horribly, forcing everyone to leave.

What was going to be a fun Airbnb weekend turned into what basically ended up as a stay in a haunted house except all the ghosts are shit. We've had underwhelming vacations but few of them culminated in an evacuation over the great Pississippi. Sounds bad. And in classic timeline-style recounting! For more gross stuff, here's twitter's reaction to a bull semen explosion.

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Extremely Spooky Two-Sentence Horror Stories


A collection of very spooky two-sentence horror stories.

Two-sentence horror stories get right to the point with their concise spookiness. These will chill you to the bone. With Halloween around the corner it's time to start getting scared. 

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Moments That Go to Show How Kids Are Weird and Dumb


Stories and images of children being stupid.

Kids are stupid people. We're not saying children's stupidity is their fault. Their brains just don't work too good. We've seen it in ourselves when we we kids, and we see it in them every day. They give us a lot of evidence and moments of failure that articulate exactly how poorly a young mind works. They learn though. Well, most of them anyway.

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Clever Comebacks That Absolutely Nailed It


A collection of clever comebacks that nailed it.

Sometimes people clap back with the kind of comeback that just silences the room. With stupidity and lies and general BS running rampant across the web, it's nice to see some people still busy honoring the art of a finely crafted comeback. It's our favorite kind of witty savagery. 

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Guy Pranks Girlfriend By Pretending To Be Twin Brother, Finds Out She Cheated


Guy pranks his girlfriend by pretending to be his twin brother, and finds out she cheated on him with his brother.

This guy thought he'd play an innocent little prank on his girlfriend by pretending to be his twin brother, and ended up stumbling upon a heartbreaking realization. It turns out his twin brother had been seeing his girlfriend on and off for months behind his back. What a terrible mess. His brother and ex-girlfriend are terrible people. Plain and simple. 

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Spooky Signs That are Doing Too Good a Job of Being Scary


Warning signs that are very scary.

Your typical sign might have some directive information, and maybe a small diagram or two. These spooky signswent above and beyond, be it their detailed depiction of how bad a threat is, the sad peculiarity of said threat, or just the spookiness of their vague ominousness. There are a lot of signs out there that are scarier than they had to be.

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Funny Donation Train Trolls Twitch Streamer


It starts with a user mentioning that he got hit by a car on his bike that morning. Another viewer claims that he saw the thing happen, and the ball just keeps on rolling.

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