Some objects are supposed to look normal, but there are some cases where people can see them quite differently. For Japanese Twitter user Reira, their egg toast looks like less of a tasty treat and more of an occult object. I can’t blame Reira for being slightly scared, when their toast reminds me of the eye from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Scary!
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We’re lucky if our parents don’t chide us for playing games during the quarantine. Hell, we’re lucky if our game save files aren’t deleted without our consent when our parents get mad. It’s also a good amount of luck if we have older relatives who understand our passion for video games. Well this seven-year old kid is lucky to have an understanding aunt/uncle. In a reddit post by MinisterofCute, they shared that when their seven-year-old nephew who plays Animal Crossing: New Horizons was sad that their favorite villager moved out of his island, they made a postcard like the ones that were sent by your villagers in game, as if it was from Bangle, their nephew’s favorite villager.
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If you’ve seen the Animal Crossing: New Horizons hype train on any social media platform, then you’ve probably seen the undying fervor towards one villager in particular: Raymond. Raymond is a ‘smug cat villager’, who players can invite to live on their island either by spending a lot of time and effort looking for him in the game, or through the dark depths of a discord server. The enthusiasm for getting Raymond on the players’ island got to the point of something darker. PokéNinja felt that the fervor around the villager was wrong, so he hatched a plan to give Raymond to anyone who asks for him, as Polygon detailed:
“When you’re a father and you see certain things happening,” PokéNinja told Polygon in a private Twitter message, “It hits a little differently sometimes.”
While New Horizons has broken into the mainstream, it also holds a unique appeal to children, who love its cast of bright and quirky animal friends. And with a growing economy where virtual items are being sold for actual tender, the temptation to buy whatever you covet is a constant one — especially when the alternative is spending dozens of hours grinding Mystery Island visits for a tiny chance of getting the villager you want.
“I kind of envision these kids begging their parents for the most popular villager in the game, and I know there are many parents (especially now) that simply can’t afford to do that,” PokéNinja mused.
And so the content creator hatched a plan. Using a save editor running a hacked version of the game, PokéNinja decided to just ... materialize as many Raymonds as he could. While it’s not possible to import the feline via the use of amiibo, there are no such restrictions in a save editor, which allows you to generate anything that’s in the game. He then put out a call on social media, letting people know that if they wanted Raymond, they could have him.
No catch. No need to follow or share the message announcing the giveaway. No bells or Nook Miles Ticket required. If you expressed interest and had an empty lot for him, Raymond could be yours.
He’s a real hero! I wonder if he still gives away Raymond? I haven’t found Raymond in my mystery island visits in the game.
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A giant insect has been found in Utah. Don’t worry, because this insect isn’t alive. Paleontologists have discovered a 151-million-year-old fossil of a giant bug called Morrisonnepa Jurassica. The bug is related to “giant water bugs”, as Yahoo News details:
"The insect fossil consists of most of the abdomen, two elements of the forewing, and possibly the head and is only the second insect body fossil ever discovered from the Morrison Formation,' the DNR wrote.
According to the Utah DNR, the insect was first discovered in 2017 and appears to be related to "giant water bugs," which are known for their extremely painful bites.
"The new fossil insect appears to be a relatively large predator whose modern relatives are known to attack and eat not just other invertebrates like snails and crustaceans but also vertebrate prey such as fish, amphibians, and snakes," the department wrote in its post.
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This situation is like something out of a horror movie. A 72-year-old man was fatally stabbed by his son while he was on a Zoom video chat with about twenty people. Several people saw the father, Dwight Powers being attacked by his son, Thomas Scully-Powers. The police were able to catch Powers’ son, as The New York Times detailed:
Some participants in the meeting may have witnessed part of the attack, the spokesman said, adding that the police had been given a description of the son by people who were on the Zoom call.
The spokesman declined to comment on the type of meeting that was being held.
Newsday reported that there had been about 20 other people on the video call, which the police confirmed later Thursday night.
“They just noticed him fall off the screen and then they heard heavy breathing,” Detective Lt. Kevin Beyrer of the Suffolk County police homicide squad told Newsday. “It was horrible that they had to witness this.”
Several participants in the Zoom video conference called 911, and the police found and arrested Mr. Scully-Powers in less than an hour, the authorities said. The police spokesman said it had taken officers longer to locate Mr. Scully-Powers because people in the meeting did not know where Mr. Powers lived.
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Another trailer will be released for Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated thriller Tenet. The catch? Some of his fans will have to download Fortnite to see the new trailer. Fortnite delivered the shocking news on their Twitter account, saying that the trailer will debut inside the game’s new Party Royale mode. If you’re unfamiliar with how Fortnite works, here’s Uproxx with more details:
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the online shooter, Party Royale is a recently added feature that essentially allows players a safe area to just hang out and goof around with friends. The area has already been used to host concerts from Deadmau5 and Steve Aoki, and now the giant theater screen will be used to debut a trailer for a major motion picture for the very first time. As for how Nolan feels about his prestige film being promoted in a video game… that will surely be a hot discussion for cinema buffs.
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The Sploosh Kaboom minigame from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the hardest minigame in Zelda’s History. The minigame was so hard to beat that people had to reverse engineer Wind Waker to find a way to beat it. Watch as Linkus7 explains how the solution was created.
Spoiler alert: it isn’t “Z”. The alphabet wasn’t created in the order we sing the alphabet song. Ironically, we can say that the alphabet wasn’t created alphabetically. The last letter added was not “Z”, but “J.” Reader’s Digest has more details:
In the Roman alphabet, the English alphabet’s father, “J” wasn’t a letter. It was just a fancier way of writing the letter “I” called a swash. When lowercase “i”s were used as numerals, the lowercase “j” marked the end of a series of ones, like “XIIJ” or “xiij” for 13. Both letters were used interchangeably to write the vowel sound /i/ (like the “i” in igloo) and the consonant sound /j/ (like the “y” in yes).
Then along came Gian Giorgio Trissino, a grammarian who wanted to reform Italian linguistics. In 1524, he wrote an essay that identified “I” and “J” as two separate letters. “I” distinguished the aforementioned vowel, and “J” became a consonant that probably sounded more like the “j” in Beijing. Others later adopted his use of “J,” but Romance languages altered its pronunciation to the “j” we’re familiar with (as in jam).
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Peter Gordon placed a love poem under his wife Alison’s pillow every day for twenty-five years. The actor wrote a whopping 8,500 poems for his wife. Now that’s devotion, effort, and love. Even after Alison’s death, Gordon continued to write about the life and love he shared with Alison, as BBC details:
It's hard to think of a gesture that could be both as grand and as sweetly personal.
The poems form a remarkable chronicle of domestic devotion, passion and bliss. If Peter's not the most romantic bloke alive, they suggest he's been one of the luckiest.
Peter started writing the poems in the 1980s, but they became a daily fixture in 1990, and remained so until her death from lung cancer in 2016.
"She was very touched and used to look forward to it," he recalls.
"It started off as little notes and then little poems. I would put them under her pillow, she would come to bed, look under the pillow, give it to me, and I would read it to her.
"Then I'd give it to her and she would read it silently and then fold it up and put it back under the pillow."
Around 340 of his vast archive of poems have now been put online by their daughters Cassie, a charity content creator, and Anna, a writer who has worked on Succession and Killing Eve.
Some of the poems are recited in accompanying videos by actors like Julie Hesmondhalgh and Pearl Mackie.
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Did you know that we can record audio using a cup? Well, it’s a little more than a cup, as dusttodigital shared a video of their setup on Instagram. The cup serves as the microphone that takes in the sound one wishes to record. Head over to their post to see the full setup!
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Our animal companions are smarter than we think. Our furry friends would miss us if we were away for a long time. This is proven by Ismael Fernández’s reunion with his pet donkey. Fernández thought Baldomera (his pet donkey) would not remember him after he went away to be under quarantine. But his beloved pet gave him a touching reunion.
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Here’s a good dose of cuteness: three good doggos waiting for their sticky bun, Watch as the adorable dogs excitedly wait for the lady to hand them the tasty treat. Oh, and make sure to watch until the end for a little cute surprise!
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Well, it’s about time Google. Even though it’s late to the party, the Google search app finally has a light-on-dark option. All those late night Google searches under the mercy of the light background of the app will finally cease, as Engadget details:
Dark mode starts rolling out today and will come to more and more phones throughout the week, so if you don’t see it now, you may have to wait a few days. The feature has been part of the beta version of the app for a few months, but now it’s ready for a wider release.
When you get the update, you shouldn’t have to take any action to enable dark mode -- the app will detect a device’s display settings and follow suit -- at least if it’s running Android 10 or iOS 13. (iOS 12 users may have to turn the feature on manually.) You can turn off dark mode from within the app if it’s not to your taste. The darker interface should help create a more unified look across your smartphone’s apps, and could also be a way to ease some eye strain.
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Even though Minecraft was released eleven years ago, its popularity hasn’t dwindled. Minecraft has reached 200 million sales, with 126 million people playing the game monthly. The interest in the iconic game surged due to the pandemic, as The Verge detailed:
Minecraft saw a 25 percent increase in new players last month and a 40 percent spike in multiplayer sessions.
Minecraft sales previously topped 100 million back in 2016, and the game hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. A surge in interest from YouTubers and nostalgia-induced playing saw Minecraft remain king of YouTube viewership stats last year.
Microsoft acquired Minecraft maker Mojang nearly six years ago for $2.5 billion, and at the time, it had sold more than 50 million copies across PC, Xbox 360, PS3, and other platforms. It was a smart purchase by Microsoft, and the incredible sales growth and momentum ever since has kept players returning to the game for years.
Minecraft started off life as a bedroom project, distributed initially as a Java applet on a web forum. The game quickly captured the imagination of thousands of gamers who loved the indie game’s concept of allowing players to shape an environment by crafting and building constructions out of blocks. It has spawned a giant community that creates replica objects and YouTube tips on how to play Minecraft that are regularly shared with millions of viewers.
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The contestants on Netflix’s new show The Big Flower Fight are introducing themselves on their respective Instagrams, showing their talents and capabilities as the show airs on the streaming service. The Netflix show introduces floral decoration as a competition, as ten teams of skilled floral artists fight for a chance to display their sculpture at London’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
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