Monday, March 16, 2020

Pokémon Voice Actor Explains How Cartoon Dubbing Works


Don't even need to watch Pokémon to appreciate how cool this process is. 

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Jerk Idiot Stuck with 18,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer He Tried to Flip


Matt Colvin thought it would be a good idea to get the jump on everyone's fears surrounding coronavirus by cornering the local market on cleaning products and flip them at an increased price. Since that's basically illegal, he'll luckily probably end up giving it away. Watch those gears in his head grind to a halt when the reporter tries to coax an apology out of him.

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Dutch Bro Reports From Toilet Paper Warehouse


Look at those brilliant, glowing mountains of TP. It looks like this particular warehouse is in no short supply. How about that Dutch laughter? The icing on the cake really. 

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Shopper Gets Petty Revenge on Toilet Paper Hoarding Karen


Shopper gets petty revenge on toilet paper hoarding karen by pretending to buy all the wipes.

With a quickly growing concern over the spread of coronavirus, shoppers everywhere turned to what seemed like a good idea at the time; panic buying. Most notably, people decided to hoard toilet paper when they probably didn't even buy enough food to merit their purchasing of so many shit tickets. With stores and businesses being the preferred prowling ground for entitled Karens, a moment of petty revenge like this was just bound to happen.

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Woman Gets Stuck On Fire Escape, Profound Embarrassment Ensues


Woman gets locked out on fire escape after using sauna, and embarrassment ensues.

A big thanks to Anbara Salam for the comedic relief during these troubling times. She provides an account of what was the most embarrassing moment of her life. It sounds like the original plan to enjoy a nice therapeutic sauna ended up giving way to being locked out in the cold, utterly naked. 

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Tumblr Comedy Gems To Keep The Day Moving


A collection of funny moments from people on Tumblr.

Tumblr and its wealth of creative minds never fails to bring the laughs. People in the Tumblr community are always ready to lead us down all kinds of strange unexpected rabbit holes. They'll obsess and pick apart the most absurd things. It's amazing. 

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Stuff Movies Get Wrong and Don't Care to Correct


Things movies keep getting wrong.

We get that movies are all about getting as much plot and action across in as little time as possible, but that leads us to some interesting and totally unrealistic scenes that can make movies seem laughably unbelievable. We get it, they're movies, but dude, there's tons of stuff in movies that are just not like that in real life.

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Moments of Classic Facepalm to To Get that Stupid Fix


Stupid fails and moments of facepalm

As long as there are people, there will be people who act and say things without thinking. Some of these moments are human and understandable. Others are in their own league of disappointing facepalm. Since people will never not be dumb, all we can do is take the laughs when we can get them and watch attempts hit the ground with the sound of failure.

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Entitled People and Their Irrational Demands


Entitled cheapskates and choosing beggars making irrational rude demands.

The world has its fair share of entitled people who need to pack up their rotten attitudes. Being in need is one thing, but being straight up abusive because you want a stranger to deliver a camera to your house for 5 dollars is some completely irrational behavior. People of all stripes need to recognize and and quit it with their unreasonable demands.

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People's Absurd Journal Entries From Self-Quarantine


People share their journal entries from self-quarantine on Twitter.

People are taking to Twitter to share their "journal entries" amidst this self-quarantined time. The resulting insights reflect the wide range of emotions that encircle self-isolation. It can be a strange time. Maybe one of self reflection, and where you are almost forced to slow everything down to such a point where you can find yourself evaluating how you got to where you are; and ultimately, maybe identify what is important to you. 

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Classy Ladies Who Can Do It Both


Photos of women looking pretty and then not looking pretty.

Through the extensive use of camera angles and creative faces, these classy ladies can transform before your very eyes. It can be a lot. For more interesting camera work, here are double-take inducing photos of intriguing perspectiveas well as perfectly timed photos.

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Twitter Thread: Italy's Coronavirus Experience


Twitter thread breaks down the progression of Italy's Coronavirus experience.

Twitter user @JasonYanowitz shared a Twitter thread that details the progression of Coronavirus over in Italy, and what's been seen of how it's impacted the area, and the people living there. 

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The Worst Compliments People Have Received


People describe the worst compliments they've received.

Someone on AskReddit asked for people to describe the worst compliments they've ever received. It turns out people can come up with some absolutely awful compliments. These are all wonderful examples of word vomit, in action. 

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Twitter Thread: Computational/System Biologist Shares Thoughts On COVID-19


Computational biologist breaks down how he sees the Coronavirus shaking out.

Twitter user @BallouxFrancois works as a computational/system biologist, who additionally spent 5 years modeling world class pandemic responses. He proceeds to break down all the things that he (doesn't) know. Just a little bit terrifying. 

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Most Interesting Things Previous Occupants Have Left Behind


People share the most interesting things that they've seen previous tenants leave behind | Lockshala 15h As kid, my parents moved into former Minnesota Vikings lineman's house and he left PS1 with bunch games. Great dude, imo

Someone on AskReddit asked for people to discuss the most interesting things that they've left behind. As it turns out, some people leave behind some real gems. There's that, and then more sinister things that you'd probably wish you never crossed paths with in the first place. 

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Misfortune Monday: Strange and Specific Mishaps


Funny, wtf and weird chaos, misfortune and fails | trash bin overflowing with unbaked raw dough | car stuck in a big road pothole with its back end sticking in the air

Unfortunate things happen all the time, but they usually fall under the category of "typical crap that happens to everybody." Here are some unfortunate moments of failure and chaos that you don't really expect, like 10,000 cracked eggs or a Frisbee in your windshield.

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