Sticking your tongue in a Venus flytrap is in no way a good idea, but if you enjoy watching people do stupid stuff that may scar them for life then you'll appreciate MrNakedLandscaper's sacrifice.
I must be one of those sickos who enjoys watching others do painfully dumb stuff, because seeing a fly trap chomp down on that crazy guy's tongue really cracked me up!
However, the lobe chomping follow up was a bit of a let down:
-Via FAILBlog
Playing a video game in public may cause people to become curious about what you're playing, and before you know it the onlookers have begun to gawk and crane.
These vicarious thrill-seekers keep their thoughts to themselves until you walk away, which is when they realize their life is incomplete without that blush boy tactics fighting game in their collection.
Julia Lepetit sketched out the starers and the screen jockey in this little scenario for Dorkly, but it just as easily could've happened to you or someone you know in real life, so beware the stare...
-Via Dorkly
Michael Jackson's chimpanzee Bubbles was undeniably overshadowed by his famous human, but some people feel Bubbles should be allowed to shine and tell his side of the MJ story.
Well Bubbles superfans you're about to sleep better at night knowing Dan Harmon/ Dino Stamatopoulos joint Starburns Industries is on the job, bringing us the story of Bubbles in glorious stop motion style:
A baby chimp is adopted by pop star Michael Jackson. Narrating his own story, Bubbles the Chimp details his life within The King of Pop’s inner circle through the scandals that later rocked Jackson’s life and eventually led to Bubbles’ release.
The script was written by Isaac Adamson and topped the 2015 Hollywood script Black List, but it has yet to be approved by Bubbles, who could not be reached at the Center for Great Apes in Florida for comment.
-Via Flavorwire
Have you ever seen a response posted to social media that everyone else on the thread felt was a burn even though it barely had enough heat to warm your hands?
That's because people love to overuse terms like “burn” or “troll” or “acute paranoia”, but when you read a real life changing burn you just know it raised a few eyebrows and caused some uncontrollable snickering.
Burns are a way for friends and family to help keep your ego in check, a way to slam you for posting your ridiculous pics and opinions on Facebook, and a way to permanently keep you out of the gene pool.
See 15 Facebook Burns Too Good To Not Give A Like here (NSFW due to language)
Asha Rani earned her nickname “The Iron Queen” the hard way- by pulling off stunts that prove she's more than equal to any physical task.
But when it came to setting a world record Asha wanted to go above and beyond, so she decided to prove her might by pulling a double-decker bus with 32 people on board.
This feat earned her a Guinness world record for heaviest vehicle pulled by hair (female), and it also most likely made her hair a foot longer!
-Via Sploid
The interwebs are all abuzz about a Danish woman who seems to disappear right before our viewing eyes during a live news broadcast, and people are understandably concerned.
Where did the woman disappear to, and does it have anything to do with the return of the X-Files?
Was it all a hoax or a trick done with some sort of real time video editing software? And why does no one seem to care that she's vanished into thin air?
There's bound to be a reasonable explanation for this "sudden disappearance", but don't spoil the fun with truth bombs just yet because the solutions people have thought up are starting to get good...
-Via Daily Mail
When you go to a Bruce Springsteen concert you stay until the Boss is done doing his thing, and these days that can last three or four hours easy, which could spell trouble for any elementary school students in the audience.
A young man named Xabi attended a Springsteen concert with his superfan dad Scott Glovsky at L.A. Memorial Sports Arena on a Tuesday night, and when the concert didn't end until 11:40 Xabi thought he might be in trouble.
Luckily he'd held up a sign during the concert that said “Bruce, I will be late to school tomorrow, please sign my note”, and the Boss proved he's still the Boss by actually writing the kid a note.
Bruce invited Xabi and his dad backstage and wrote him a note that read ““Dear Ms. Jackson, Xabi has been out very late rocking + rolling. Please excuse him if he is tardy!”
And that's how a new generation of Bruce Springsteen fans are born.
-Via Flavorwire
Winnie the Pooh is one of those cute and cuddly characters that should make you feel all warm and fuzzy every time you see him, no matter the incarnation or re-imagining.
But a new line of officially licensed Winnie the Pooh 'relaxation masks' are making people pooh their pants in terror, since they look like something a serial killer would wear while they slay.
Both the Winnie and Eeyore masks make the wearer feel like they're having a waking heffalump and woozle dream, but they're face isn't melting- it's just the look of a licensed product gone horribly wrong!
Posting pictures of yourself wearing the frightful mask of Pooh has become a Twitter trend in Japan, where people don't mind putting a little Pooh on their face for the sake of social media comedy.
-Via design you trust
In Soviet era Russia crimes were punished far more severely than they are today, and soldiers who questioned authority could be shot or sent to work in a Gulag camp for their insubordination.
But Russian soldiers no longer have to fear their lives will be taken by a cruel government, because today's Russian military punishes you with comedy.
Punished soldiers are forced to carry large wooden props shaped like their crimes- rifles for those who show up without their weapons and iPhones complete with an “official” Apple logo for those caught on their phone.
These comic props make the punished an object of ridicule and add weight to the soldier's load, forcing them to sweat for their sins. Yakov Smirnoff would have been proud.
See more pics of Russian Army Punishments here
-Via Boing Boing
I used to think the gritty and grimy depiction of New York in the 1970s and 80s seen in movies like The Warriors and Maniac, and TV shows like Night Court and The Equalizer was an exaggeration, but it turns out they weren't that far off.
The city streets were crackling with an electric energy during those dark days, and overall New York City was a much more dangerous place, but artists also took license with the city's dark side for dramatic effect.
However, photographer Steven Siegel didn't need to exaggerate or manipulate the truth to make the NYC streets he shot during the 80s look like an apocalyptic wasteland, he just removed the lens cap and documented what he saw.
Steven spoke to Gothamist about the difference between NYC then and now:
New York in the 1980s differed in two fundamental ways from the New York of today. First, 1980s-era New York was an edgier, riskier, dirtier, tenser, more dangerous and chaotic place. I think that fairly comes through in my images. Second, 1980s-era New York had a sense of wide-openness and freedom that was lost following 9/11... and likely never will be regained.
Notice how these two fundamental changes overlap in a number of important ways. A safer city, to some extent, comes at the price of a loss of freedom and openness. Conversely, the edginess and riskiness of the 1980s came at an appalling human and social cost. My photos of South Bronx and Bushwick are—if I might say so—a testament to that. Those who might be nostalgic for the edginess and riskiness of the 1980s were surely not the people who were growing up in the South Bronx and Bushwick in the era.
The trade-off between openness and security is reflected in a very literal way in some of my 1980s photos.
See 21 Incredible Photos Of 1980s NYC As An Apocalyptic Wasteland here
America may be unified as one country, but each state is more like it's own mini nation, with its own sense of style, favorite foods and, of course, its own set of urban legends.
Miss C lives in Kentucky, which is home to Sleepy Hollow Road, where people claim to have heard phantom infant cries near Cry Baby Bridge.
There are also reports of people being tailgated by a driverless black hearse, and Satanic rituals were supposedly held near Devil's Point in the 70s and 80s, so people claim to hear disembodied voices chanting in the area.
John Farrier lives in Texas, home of the Galveston ghost face, a spectral visage that appears on the side of the UT Medical School building in Galveston that just won't go away.
Jill Harness and I live in California, where the mysterious "Alien Blood" incident rocked Riverside General Hospital back in 1984:
Over two dozen emergency room staff were KOed after a woman named Gloria Ramirez had her blood drawn in the ER. The very second her blood began being sampled, a foul odor filled the entire area and Ramirez’s skin began taking on an oily sheen.
Suddenly, multiple medical support staff began to pass out and / or lose control of their limbs. The entire Emergency room was evacuated, safe for a skeleton crew of doctors still trying to save Ramirez’s life. They failed, and she died forty minutes after being admitted.
And Neatorama founder Alex Santoso recently moved to Oregon, where he may pay a visit to Crater Lake, the subject of strange stories and the site of several unexplained disappearances.
On second thought, maybe you'd better avoid Crater Lake altogether Alex!
Read Here Is The Scariest Urban Legend From Every State here
The motion picture industry has ironically had a very negative impact on the movie theaters that show their films, and as a result ticket prices keep going up and fewer people are going out to the movies.
In an effort to "fix" this problem some Hollywood filmmakers are backing the Screening Room, a home viewing service which would allow people to watch a movie at home the same day it comes out in theaters.
Viewers would have to buy a set-top box for their home (which costs around $150) that would make new movies available to rent for 48 hours through the anti-piracy equipped box for $50 per flick.
Many big name directors are backing this "bold new vision" of a home based Hollywood movie experience dreamed up by Napster founder Sean Parker, with Peter Jackson being the most vocal in support of the service so far.
But Screening Room is truly dividing audiences and talent alike, and just as many directors, actors and movie fans have come out against the service, saying it will cause even more theaters to close even though theaters will get a cut of the profits.
Read more about how the Screening Room will work here
-Via Gizmodo
Tell a new mother they do nothing but lay around and babysit and it will understandably make them mad, because they feel like they're being belittled for staying home with their baby instead of going to work.
But rather than getting angry about these snide remarks Moscow mom Skorobogatova Yuliya took up a selfie stick and started documenting her day, showing that she really doesn't have much downtime while "babysitting".
Her selfie stick shots are intimate and revealing, and also one of the coolest baby photo projects ever thanks to the unique angles attained with the selfie stick.
And for those who wonder what's so hard about being a stay-at-home mom, imagine having a little imp following you around all day, leaving you without a moment's peace even when you're in the shower.
See more from I Documented What It's Like To Be A Mom With A Selfie Stick here
When an actor really nails a role, making us believe the character they're playing truly exists, audiences don't really think about how the actor prepared for the role, they just enjoy the show.
But even great actors need a little help now and again to get really in touch with the role, and for some method acting means they're actually drunk as a skunk while playing the role.
It makes sense to drink up before playing a character like Tyler Durden in Fight Club or Willie Stokes in Bad Santa, but it's surprising to find out Daniel Radcliffe struggled with alcoholism while playing Harry Potter.
I bet the booze made everything seem that much more "magical" during filming!
But Daniel is in good company, because some of the most iconic performances of all time were delivered by drunk actors.
Martin Sheen got nice and saucy before "acting" out during the opening scene of Apocalypse Now, and his drunken fit was so compelling to watch Coppola kept the cameras rolling even after Sheen sliced open his hand when he punched the mirror.
Read 13 Times Actors Were Drunk On The Job And Delivered Iconic Performances here
When you work retail you encounter a large cross section of the general public, from the people who give you hope for humanity to the absolute dregs, and you really get to see how diverse people can be.
But bad customers tend to be pretty similar, easily broken down into, say, twelve different archetypes. Hey, whaddya know!
Jacob Andrews of For Lack Of A Better Comic fame has created an illustrated guide to the 12 Terrible Customers At Every Retail Job for CollegeHumor, how convenient!
Now those lucky folks who've never had a retail job can see why the retail workers they know are always complaining about customers. Because we're all "The one normal person you'll see all day" type, right? *wink*
