Monday, November 23, 2015

Study of The Day: Pew Research Shows 40 Percent of Millennials Would Censor Offensive Speech


Study of The Day: Pew Research Shows 40 Percent of Millennials Would Censor Offensive Speech

America: Land of the free and home of censorship?

A new study by Pew Research shows that American Millennials are far more likely to support the government banning offensive speech about minority groups than other generations.

Of those aged 18-34, 40 percent support censoring offensive speech.

"We asked whether people believe that citizens should be able to make public statements that are offensive to minority groups, or whether the government should be able to prevent people from saying these things. Four-in-ten Millennials say the government should be able to prevent people publicly making statements that are offensive to minority groups, while 58% said such speech is OK."

Although this statistic might be shocking to some free speech advocates, it really should be taken with a large grain of salt.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans still say "offensive speech" should be allowed. And out of 38 other nations polled, the median was 35 percent.

There's also a difference in education levels and support for limiting speech. Those with a high school degree or less are 9-percentage-points more likely to support censorship.

You can draw your own conclusions with that last statistic.

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When You Live in Australia, You've Got to Tase Yourself to Pass the Time


Imagine you hail from down under; your life is already full of danger. Since you've got poisonous creatures lurking everywhere you turn and crocodiles waiting to give you the ol' death roll, you probably just don't feel alive anymore casually sitting at a bar having a drink. So what do you do? Why, tase yourself, of course!

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Tagged: taser , wtf , australia , Video

Fail of The Day: The Hottest New Toy Will Wreck Your Kid's Hair


Fail of The Day: The Hottest New Toy Will Wreck Your Kid's Hair

If you want your kid to hate you forever, this is what you should get them for Christmas.

Bunchems, this year's trendy toy for kids, is causing some major problems for children with long hair. Mainly, the tiny pieces used to create 3D artwork are ripping out all of their luscious locks.

The toy is supposed to make things like this...

But parents on Amazon are saying the pieces of the toy are a nightmare if caught in hair.

The Bunchems website does have a video tutorial on how to get them out of hair, and there are warnings on the box.

But...is it really worth it?

We'll stick with Gak.

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Tagged: hair , ouch , FAIL , toys

This Swim Instructor is Fantastic at Nearly Drowning Kids


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Only The Internet Has the Power to Turn the Lockdown in Belgium into a Time to Tweet Cat Pictures


On Sunday night, as a major anti-terror police operation was under way in Brussels, authorities asked the public to not report officers' movements online.

The Twitter hashtag #BrusselsLockdown had been the term of choice for people discussing the raids, without discussing the raids wink

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A Pregnancy Announcement Just Took a Turn For The Worse


A Pregnancy Announcement Just Took a Turn For The Worse

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Coffee Lovers Everywhere Are Going to Want To Back This Aptly Named 'Best Morning Mug Ever'


Tony Hawk Builds and Skates Through a Horizontal Loop to Promote a New Action Camera


This Cat Recognized Her Owner on the Screen


cute cats image This Cat Recognized Her Owner on the Screen

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Tagged: cute , Cats , image

This Poor Battle Bot Didn't Stand a Chance Against...Itself


Do you ever have one of those days where you just hit yourself with your own saw?

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Tagged: battle bot , FAIL , robots , Video

One Direction Threw It Back To Their X-Factor Cover and Sang Natalie Imbruglia's Torn


Watch Adele Surprise a Group of Unsuspecting Adele Impersonators


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Tagged: adele , surprise , celeb

What Do Navy Geeks Do in Their Down time? Remake an Incredible Star Wars: The Force Awaken Trailer


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Recipes of The Day: Here's How You Can Make an Entire Cannabis Thanksgiving Meal


It's almost Thanksgiving, bruh. And you know what that means...

Turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce—and lighting up a joint with your weird cousin you only see once a year so you can avoid the rest of the family.

The folks over at Cut Video have got you covered with enough weed recipes to make any Thanksgiving a VERY chill event.

These recipes will make your Thanksgiving meal taste just like grandma's, if your grandma just happens to smoke a lot of ganja.

Happy Danksgiving!

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Which Is Harder?


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