People love to teach their pets how to do tricks, and some pets love to perform tricks because they get extra treats and extra attention from their humans.

Dogs are (arguably) the easiest pets to teach, because tricks such as the army crawl, speaking and fetching just click with them on an instinctual level.

But just because they have the ability to do these tricks within them doesn't mean those tricks come easy to them!

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Watching tiny Gracie struggle to fetch a Sunday edition-sized newspaper is truly inspirational, although something tells me she's going to be just fine with the death of the printed page.

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San Diego is about to be drowing in con-goers as one of the biggest fandom conventions in the world brings five days of fun to America's Finest City.

SDCC is just the beginning, or the end depending on which cons you go to, and there are fandom conventions all year round so you never have to stop being an attendee.

But if you're gonna start hitting those fandom conventions you'd better get geared up first- with a geeky new shirt from the NeatoShop, where fans are guaranteed to find their new favorite shirt!

Fandom conventions are places where like-minded geeks get together and nerd out

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A yearly event where every kind of geek under the rainbow can be seen

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Including the freaky ones who are in to totally strange stuff!

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Road rage incidents are rarely forgivable, especially when the rager inflicts bodily harm on a fellow motorist just because they couldn't contain their anger.

And yet it seems getting away with flipping out and punching someone in the face while road raging isn't that hard, provided you have a ridiculous excuse for your behavior.

A rageaholic by the name of Amanda McCabe was recently hauled into Dundee Sheriff court after tailing a fellow driver then dragging the woman out of her car and punching her in the face.

She told the judge her tailing the victim was a coincidence, since she was an expert knitter headed to a specialist wool shop in the same direction when the slow driver got in her way:

On hearing that, Sheriff Rafferty laid down a challenge – one that he said could be the difference between liberty and prison.

He told McCabe she would return to court on December 14 with “multiple knitted items” capable of being sold in a charity shop and raising money for good causes.

Put on the spot, she claimed she could knit a jumper in two-to-three-days at a cost of £6 to £7.

Knitting jumpers to avoid jail time- how's that for an unlikely yarn?!

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Life can start to feel a bit monotonous when you don't have a hobby, and there's nothing like finding, and engaging in, an activity you enjoy to help pull you out of a rut.

But don't overlook the things you're already really, really good at, such as eating while laying down, keeping track of the TV remote and wearing the same clothes for three days in a row.

Because according to CollegeHumor comic artist AC Stuart aka Noob the Loser these are all valid options so long as they make you happy. Hobby problem solved!

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Dadding ain't easy but it's necessary, so entry level dads who want to work towards father of the year rather than becoming a glorified babysitter have to start learning the tricks of the trade.

And that's why the dad from How To Dad started making videos and such- so he can show newbie dads how to dad it up like a pro.

In this installment How To Dad shows us the "This Dad" and "That Dad" method for installing a baby car seat.

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You may still feel like "That Dad" after watching the video, but at least you know you're not alone.

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Have you ever seen those coma inducing Lincoln Motor Company commercials, featuring Matthew McConaughey speaking cryptically about how long he's been driving Lincolns and how you "have to go back to move forward"?

It turns out they're way more fun to watch when you replace McConaughey with a little girl and replace the Lincoln hybrid with a bright pink Barbie car.

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Filmmaker Eric Moyer created this fun commercial spoof starring his daughter Michelle to showcase her laid back attitude and Barbie girl swagger, the qualities which will make her a star someday. Mattel meet Michelle, the face of your new ad campaign!

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Some fans take their celebrity worship too far when they find themselves face-to-face with the object of their affection, and this creates awkwardness between fan and idol.

But the awkward feeling isn't always the fan's fault, because some celebs hate dealing with fans so much they turn an already tense moment into sheer social torture.

Even worse- the celebs who use social media to ridicule their fans, talking trash about the people who help pay for their decadent lifestyles and acting like they're "over it" when it comes to having a fanbase.

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Screen Rant presents a list of 10 Famous Actors Who Are Terrible To Their Fans, including some stuff about Christian Bale (angry) and Shia LaBeouf (batty), and the time Jesse Eisenberg hated the fans at Comic-Con so much he compared it to a genocide.

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My son got mad at me yesterday and opened all the bananas in the house. What type of passive aggressive monster... pic.twitter.com/4p2Ucqh9NF

— Victor Pope Jr (@VictorPopeJr) March 9, 2016

Twitter isn't good for much more than expressing random thoughts or sharing links, but it has proven to be an excellent source of candid comedy thanks to the proud parents who tweet about the odd stuff their kids do and say.

4-year-old: Why do you go to work?

Me: They pay me a salary.

4-year-old:

Me:

4-year-old: I don’t even like celery.

— Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) February 28, 2015

Finally kids who aren't old enough to be on Twitter can have a voice in this digital age of social media socialization and tweety talk, and we can get a good laugh at the adorably crazy stuff kids come up with.

My 2yo said she is a grown up. I told her she isn't, that she is a toddler. She replied, "No, I'm a grown up. I'm going to touch knives."

— Jess (@jessokfine) June 29, 2015

Parents- enjoy your kiddos while they're too young to know the power of teenage hatred, and keep sharing those tweets about your kids so we can live and laugh vicariously through you.

The 7 yo's got a flair for the dramatic. pic.twitter.com/dxmmJEJX1x

— Melissa (@meliperr) April 10, 2016

Read 25 Things Kids Have Said That Will Actually Make You Laugh here

It's hard to believe the Woodstock Music & Art Fair happened nearly 50 years ago considering its influence can still be seen at outdoor music festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella and Lollapalooza.

Woodstock showed the live music loving world that hundreds of thousands of people could gather at an outdoor music festival without food, water or proper bathroom facilities and survive to tell the tale.

But it also taught concert promoters what not to do, and even though Woodstock 1999 was a total disaster it would have been far worse without the lessons taught by Woodstock '69.

These rarely seen photos taken by LIFE photographer John Dominis reveal those three days of madness in glorious color, shedding some light on all the other stuff that was going on while the flower children danced on sunshine.

See 40 Rare And Unseen Color Photos Of The Woodstock Music & Art Fair here

I'm not sure whether kids are still forced to climb ropes in gym class these days but back when I was a youngster the rope climb was one of the most dreaded activities in the gymnasium.

There were always a couple of cocky kids who could climb the rope like nobody's business while the rest of us struggled to get off the ground.

Turns out we just needed to learn a few tricks involving our feet and we would have been able to climb that rope like a champ too!

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Parkour master Ryan Ford demonstrates the easiest way to climb a rope (the leg-wrap technique) as well as a more advanced technique (fast rope) and a few exercises to get your upper body in shape for the climb.

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Every geek who has watched an episode from the Dragon Ball franchise wonders what it would be like to find a dragon ball and unleash our inner Saiyan.

Sadly, dragon balls don't really exist, so if we want to devour the power of a dragon ball we must make our own, preferably out of Jell-O!

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Aggressive Comix shared the full easy to make recipe for orange Jell-O Dragon Balls with cherry stars here, now if you'll excuse me I'm off to buy some ice spheres!

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Attend a bird of prey show and you expect to see magnificent animals stretching out their wings and snatching up prey for the sake of human amusement.

Spectators might even get hit in the face with a wing, or get a scare when a bird comes flying towards their head, but nobody expects to see a bird trying to take off with one of their kids.

But that's what happened at the Alice Springs Desert Park in Central Australia- a wedge-tailed eagle swooped down and sunk his claws into the head of a boy wearing a green hoodie, acting like he wanted to carry the kid off.

The eagle looked a bit confused about the situation as well afterwards, and witnesses say the boy was playing with his zipper during the show, which may have initiated the attack.

-Via Metro

"Stringless" and "Yo-Yo" are two words you don't expect to see together because a Yo-Yo without a string is just a giant plastic spool cast in flashy colors.

But Yo-Yo wizard Ben Conde can do some amazing aerial tricks with his "stringless" Yo-Yo, proving the string doesn't need to be attached for a Yo-Yo to function in spectacular fashion.

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This enlightening video by Veritasium reveals the secret behind the incredible tricks you can do with a stringless Yo-Yo- friction!

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Leonardo DiCaprio may have only recently become an Oscar winner, but he has been one of the coolest characters on the Hollywood scene since he started acting as a kid.

He's always emitting this air of confidence and lighthearted ease, with a bratty smirk on his face and eyes that refuse to look away no matter what sort of horror they're exposed to.

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It's like Leo was born without any f%@ks to give because he doesn't care about unimportant things like celebrity competition, photos posted on social media or high fashion.

We can learn a lot from Leo about living a carefree life, and you don't have to be rich to live like Mr. DiCaprio- you just have to make sure no man, woman or sinking ship stands in the way of you and your cookies.

Read The Leonardo DiCaprio Guide To Getting Away With Everything here

The penny-pinching mastermind behind Lowcost Cosplay is back with more amazing costumes made from stuff he found lying around his house, now with a new format and a quality logo!

If this is your first encounter with Lowcost Cosplay let me introduce you- his name is Anucha "Cha" Saengchart, he hails from Thailand, and he constantly improves his costuming skills without spending a dime.

Well, he might spend a little pocket change on a bag of chips here and there...

In the most brilliant marketing move ever "Cha" has added a fuzzy little extra to his photo shoots, allowing him to broaden the range of roles available to him.

Plus, cats were born wearing costumes, so his kitten partner doesn't inflate his budget!

See more from Cheap Cosplay Guy Strikes Again here