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  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 11:48

    The “eldest daughter syndrome” is now officially a scientifically proven phenomenon, as a new study showed a correlation between early maturity in first-born daughters and maternal stress during pregnancy.

    Oldest sibling and author of the book Paris, My Love, Yael Wolfe, often felt the lines between her role and her mother’s role were blurred.

    She told HuffPost: “By the time my youngest brother was born when I was almost 11, I was overwhelmed with feelings of responsibility for his welfare.

    “I used to sit by his crib and watch him sleep just to make sure he was safe.”

    “Eldest daughter syndrome” was validated by a new study linking early maturity in first-born daughters to maternal stress

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    “It wasn’t that I thought my mother wasn’t competent, but more that I felt we were both responsible for the family by that point in my life.

    “As if I was literally [the] ‘other mom,’ rather than big sister.”

    The “eldest daughter syndrome,” which, despite not being listed as an official diagnosis in the DSM-V, has become somewhat of a pop psychology term often discussed on social media.

    “If you are the oldest sibling and also a girl you may be entitled to financial compensation,” a woman joked on X (formerly known as Twitter).

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    Nevertheless, a University of California, Los Angeles-led research team found that, in certain instances, first-born daughters tend to mature earlier, enabling them to help their mother rear younger siblings.

    Moreover, the researchers found a correlation between early signs of adrenal puberty in first-born daughters and their mothers having experienced high levels of prenatal stress.

    Adrenal puberty refers to a phase of development during which hormonal changes occur, primarily involving the adrenal glands, and the age of when this phase occurs matters because it is during this phase that skin, body hair, and the brain develop.

    Additionally, adrenal puberty processes are reportedly believed to foster social and cognitive changes. As a result, the study showed that superficial physical changes correlated with emotional maturity.

    The study revealed that first-born daughters often mature earlier, with early signs of adrenal puberty

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    According to Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, one of the co-authors of the study and an assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Merced, when times are tough and mothers are stressed during pregnancy, it’s in the mother’s best interest for their daughter to socially mature at a quicker pace.

    The psychology expert said: “It gives mom a ‘helper-at-the-nest’ sooner, aiding the women in keeping the latter offspring alive in difficult environments.”

    The study posited that girls became mentally mature enough to care for their younger siblings while not being physically capable of having their own children.

    Meanwhile, older brothers were seemingly off the hook when it came to this kind of parentification, as the researchers did not find the same result in boys or daughters who were not firstborn.

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    Jennifer said: “One reason that we didn’t find this effect in first-born children who are sons could be that male children help less often with direct childcare than female children do, so mothers have less of an adaptive incentive to speed their social pubertal development.”

    The results of this study, published in the February issue of Psychoneuroendocrinology, involved 15-year-old research on various families, from the pregnancy stage to the babies’ teen years.

    On average, the women chosen for the study were 30 years of age and pregnant with one child, not twins. Approximately half of the women were undergoing their first pregnancy.

    At five different stages of pregnancy, the women’s stress, depression, and anxiety levels were measured and then measured cumulatively, as per HuffPuff.

    In challenging times, maternal stress during pregnancy prompts daughters to mature faster, serving as an early “helper-at-the-nest”

    @katimorton The 8 signs you have eldest daughter syndrome… #eldestdaughter #siblings #siblingcheck ♬ original sound – Kati Morton, LMFT

    The depression assessment reportedly asked the women to rate the truth of statements such as “I felt lonely,” while the anxiety question asked how often they felt particular symptoms, like jitters.

    Of the children born to these mothers, 48% were female and 52% were male. Results showed that the eldest girls matured the fastest when their mothers experienced high levels of prenatal stress. 

    The findings echoed author Yael, who said: “I’m not at all surprised by what the study found.

    “My story is slightly different, I went through true puberty, not just adrenal puberty, at 12, though I suspect I experienced an early cognitive maturation.” 

    “Being parentified as a child takes away from your own childhood,” a reader commented

    The post “Eldest Daughter Syndrome” Was Scientifically Proven, Based On High Levels Of Prenatal Stress first appeared on Bored Panda.
  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 10:44

    In a world that glorifies toned bodies, some people are willing to do whatever it takes to feel more confident when they look in the mirror. 

    Naturally, the pressure to be slim can feel especially urgent for those in the spotlight.

    Ozempic—the commercial name for semaglutide—provides an alternative route to weight loss. The drug is actually an anti-diabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and hasn’t received FDA approval for external purposes.

    Still, stars have been injecting themselves with it—or the similar anti-diabetic drug, Mounjaro—raving about its rapid changes or warning their fans about its negative side effects.

    Below, Bored Panda presents a list of 17 celebrities who have admitted to using the medication in the past.

    #1 Sharon Osbourne

    The English TV personality had to stop taking Ozempic after losing much more weight than she intended to.

    The process of watching the number go down on the scale as the months progressed became addictive to Sharon. "I couldn't stop losing weight, and I can't afford to lose anymore," the mother said.

    The former "X-Factor" judge says she lost over 45 lbs (20 kilos) on the medication, and her weight fell down to 97 lbs (43 kilos).

    Sharon recently told The Guardian that she stopped injecting herself with the drug and has "finally become more accepting" of her body. 

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    #2 Oprah Winfrey

    The iconic television host lost more than 40 lbs (18 kg) over recent months.

    After vowing she'd never use Ozempic because it was the "easy way out," Oprah revealed during a December 2023 interview with People that she has since changed her mind about anti-diabetic medications. Now, she sees them "as a tool to manage not yo-yoing."

    "The fact that there's a medically-approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for," she said.

    The 70-year-old has also changed her lifestyle, starting by "clearing out" her fridge. Another healthy habit she implemented is drinking a gallon of water each day.

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    #3 Elon Musk

    Tesla’s CEO revealed that he lost over 20 pounds (9 kilos) while taking the drug. 

    When someone inquired about the secret behind his physical transformation in October 2022, Elon responded, "Fasting + Ozempic/Wegovy."

    "Does it give you those nasty burps? Taste like rotten eggs lol ugh," someone asked the 52-year-old on his platform, X (formerly known as Twitter).

    "Yeah, next-level," the billionaire responded.

    Unlike Ozempic, Wegovy—another brand name for semaglutide— has received FDA approval for weight loss.

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    #4 Chelsea Handler

    The 49-year-old comedian was unaware that she had been prescribed Ozempic.

    Once she realized what she had been taking, she decided to stop using it.

    "'So, my anti-aging doctor just hands it out to anybody," Chelsea explained while on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast in January 2023.

    "I didn't even know I was on it. If you ever want to drop five pounds, this is good."

    The stand-up comedian discovered she had been on Ozempic while chatting with one of her friends, who told her that she had been feeling nauseous due to the drug. 

    When Chelsea revealed that she had been feeling the same way after injecting herself with semaglutide, her friend exclaimed, "That's Ozempic!"

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    #5 Robbie Williams

    "Babe, I'm on Ozempic," Robbie told The Times in October 2023. "Well, something like Ozempic."

    The British singer-songwriter lost 25 pounds (over 11 kilos), a change he referred to as a "Christmas miracle."

    The singer-songwriter disclosed that he struggles with body dysmorphia.

    According to the NHS, body dysmorphic disorder is a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance. These flaws are often unnoticeable to others.

    "I need it, medically. I've been diagnosed with type 2 self-loathing," the 50-year-old "Angels" singer said.

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    #6 Amy Schumer

    During an interview on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" in June 2023, Amy confirmed that she did try Ozempic but gave it up due to its negative side effects.

    "I was one of those people that felt so sick and couldn't play with my son. I was so skinny," the comedian said.

    “And you're like, ‘OK, this isn't livable for me.’”

    Additionally, Amy revealed that she underwent liposuction, a type of surgery that uses suction to remove fat from specific areas of the body. 

    “I just wanted to say that because if anybody sees me in pictures or anything and they're like, ‘She looks thinner, and whatever’: It's because I had a surgery.”

    Image credits: The View

    #7 Kelly Osbourne

    The daughter of Ozzy and Sharon sparked controversy after praising Ozempic as "amazing" and saying those who criticized it are "pissed off" they can’t bear the cost of getting the medication.

    "There are a million ways to lose weight — why not do it through something that isn't as boring as working out?" Kelly said while speaking to E! Online in February.

    "People hate on it because they want to do it," she added. "And the people who hate on it the most are the people who are secretly doing it or pissed off that they can't afford it."

    The TV personality shared that losing weight was "miserable" and "a lot of work," but ultimately, she became "really happy with the results."

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    #8 Boy George

    "I have struggled with my weight most of my life, and being under public and media scrutiny doesn't help," the British singer wrote in his memoir, "Karma: My Autobiography."

    The Culture Club star admitted to taking Ozempic before switching to Mounjaro, a similar drug with a main active ingredient of tirzepatide.

    "I love food, and I can't control my appetite, but I think I have finally got it under control," the musician, who previously underwent an abdominoplasty surgery, wrote.

    "Well, I'm on Mounjaro. Isn't everyone? Trust me, anyone who was fat last year and is not skinny is on the wonder drug."

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    #9 Tracy Morgan

    Tracy revealed that taking Ozempic "cut [his] appetite in half."

    During an appearance on the "Today Show" in August 2023, the stand-up comedian said he injected himself with the drug once a week to aid with weight loss.

    When the "30 Rock" actor was complimented on the show for working out and looking healthy, he said, "No, that's Ozempic."

    "That's how this weight got lost. I went and got a prescription, and I got Ozempic. And I ain't letting it go!"

    "It cuts my appetite in half. Now I only eat half a bag of Doritos."

    The side effects of Ozempic include severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and gastroparesis (a disorder that slows or stops the movement of food from your stomach to your small intestine), according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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    #10 Golnesa "Gg" Gharachedaghi

    "Shahs of Sunset" alum Golnesa Gharachedaghi didn't mention the name "Ozempic," but she said she had been using a generic version of semaglutide to help with weight loss. 

    "I did what all the people are doing and lying about. I'm on the weight-loss shots, honey, okay?" GG said in a video shared on Instagram.

    "I'm just not gonna lie about it because I always keep it real about what is fake."

    In June 2023, the 42-year-old shared a concerning health update in which she announced that she would be "cutting back" on the drug. 

    "When I started semaglutide shots, I was 138 lbs [62 kilos]. Now, I'm about 110 lbs [almost 50 kilos]. As you can see, I've lost a little more weight than I was anticipating to lose."

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    #11 Remi Bader

    Remi explained that after she stopped using the drug, she gained back twice the weight that she had lost.

    "I was like, 'I bet the second I go off I'm going to get starving again,'" she told the "Not Skinny But Not Fat" podcast in January.

    "And I did. My binging got so much worse, so then I kind of blame Ozempic. I gained double the weight back after.

    "I saw a doctor, and they were like, 'It's 100% because you went on Ozempic.'"

    The TikTok star and plus-size model was prescribed the drug when she was diagnosed with prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.

    Image credits: Remi Jo

    #12 Patti Stanger

    Patti's Ozempic journey was short-lived, lasting only three weeks. The reality TV star decided to quit its use due to the drug's challenging side effects.

    "I got the worst acid reflux. And I was not feeling good," the CEO of the professional matchmaking service "Millionaire's Club International" explained on the "Behind the Velvet Rope" podcast in February 2023.

    Hoping for a change, Patti then switched to Mounjaro, a drug that many of her friends had raved about. She didn't experience the same side effects while taking this medication.

    Image credits: The Real Daytime

    #13 Gracie Mcgraw

    The 26-year-old daughter of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill revealed on social media that she jumped on the Ozempic craze last year.

    Now, she's on a "low dose" of Mounjaro.

    Gracie takes the medication for her polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This hormonal disorder can lead to irregular periods, abnormal hair growth, weight gain, oily skin or acne, thinning hair, and infertility. 

    "I did use Ozempic last year, yes. I am now on a low dose of Mounjaro for my PCOS, as well as working out. No need to accuse when I have been open about it," Gracie wrote on Instagram.

    Image credits: Gracie McGraw

    #14 Heather Gay

    Heather didn't notice a significant body transformation after taking Ozempic.

    "I've been on it for a long time, but hadn't really seen much results," the "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star told People last November.

    She also mentioned that people have been treating her differently since her weight loss.

    "You lose five pounds, people are nicer to you," the 49-year-old said. 

    "I don't know why. It's just the way the world works, and that makes me sad for women."

    "But I'm happy that I'm down five."

    Image credits: E! News

    #15 Dolores Catania

    The "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star explained that she began taking Ozempic because she didn't want to look "bigger" than her castmates.

    "I wasn't going to come to the reunion looking any bigger than anyone else, so I got on the bandwagon," Dolores told Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live" in June 2023.

    After dropping 20 pounds (9 kilos), she quit the injectable medication because it was too expensive. 

    "But being healthy and living a healthy lifestyle is cheap — it's free!" she told The U.S Sun

    "I work out regularly. There is no easy fix for weight loss, and I have to watch what I eat."

    Image credits: Dolo Catania

    #16 Emily Simpson

    Emily started taking the medication last December after a doctor suggested she may be prediabetic. 

    The "Real Housewives of Orange County" star said Ozempic helped her kick unhealthy habits like "grazing" and "not really paying attention" to her nutrition.

    Eventually, she quit the medication because it drained her energy. 

    "I didn't like the way it made me feel lethargic, and it made me just not have a lot of energy, which was hard with three little kids, but it does make you feel full," she said.

    Image credits: Emily Simpson

    #17 Lauren Manzo

    Lauren started struggling with weight loss fluctuation in her twenties.

    "You guys have seen me struggle with [my weight] since [I was] 20 years old, and it's been really hard for me," the 35-year-old said in May 2023 while appearing on Page Six's "Virtual Reali-Tea" podcast.

    "I've lost a lot of weight from being on that whole Ozempic thing."

    The daughter of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Caroline Manzo also revealed she lost 30 pounds (13 kilos) on Mounjaro.

    Image credits: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 10:35
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  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 08:50

    Few things are more aggravating than people not respecting things that ought to be respected, like mother nature, sites of great significance, or stop signs, for that matter. And unfortunately, many of them are often disrespected by entitled tourists, who tend to feel like the world is their playground.

    If you haven’t encountered any of them yet, first and foremost, consider yourself lucky, and secondly, brace yourself for some vexing images. We have found pictures of some of the most entitled and ignorant tourists out there, and put them on this list, which could be considered a manual on what not to do when traveling. Scroll down to find them below, but do it at your own risk, as you might get quite annoyed before even reaching the end of the list.

    #1 All Of The Tourists Who, Collectively, Have Not Preserved Mount Everest The Way They Should. We Need To Do Better

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    #2 In A Very Working Class Neighborhood That Has Been Especially Hard Hit By The Typhoon. How You Have The Nerve To Beg For Money To Fund Your Travels Around Asia Is Completely Beyond Me

    Begging for money in a wet market as people around you try to rebuild their shops and lives. I've always hated begpackers, but this is especially infuriating.

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    #3 Bamboo That Grew Up During The Pandemic Without The Effect Of Tourists' Touch

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    #4 Tourist Climbed On Ancient Egyptian Antiquities

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    #5 There Are Several Reasons To Visit The Former Auschwitz Concentration Camp, But Goofing Off Really Shouldn't Be One Of Them

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    #6 Taking Selfies With Filters On Outside Auschwitz

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    #7 How On Earth Can You Smile In That Place?

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    #8 Signs Are Not For Me

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    #9 "Please Do Not Climb"

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    #10 Tourists In Rome Using The Famous Fountain As A Pool And Then Complain When Police Fine Them

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    #11 What Rules. I'm Special

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    #12 Everyone Is Standing In A Semicircle Because Everyone Can Enjoy The Piece Unobstructed? No, They Are Just Making Space For Me

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    #13 Tourist Unleashed A Confetti Gun Onto The Ephemeral Pools And Petrified Lands Of Snow Canyon State Park

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    #14 People Who Break Stalactites To Use It As A Souvenir

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    #15 How To Suck At Being A Tourist In Thailand

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    #16 Putting Your Child Next To Fragile LEGO Buildings Despite Numerous Signs Saying Not To

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    #17 Do Not Cross The Line

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    #18 These Wonderful Tourists In Canyonlands National Park

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    #19 This Beautiful Flower Field Got Trampled By Tourist

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    #20 It's Ridiculous That Someone In Another Country Would Not Learn My Language

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    #21 The Employee Knew English And Was Trying His Best To Get His Message Across

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    #22 Found This Review For My Local Laundromat In A Beach Town, Looks Like The Owner Has Had Enough Of The Entitled Tourists

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    #23 Tourists Disrespect Wild Sea Lion And Invade Its Space. Even When It Tries To Scare Them Off, They Laugh

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    #24 Tourists Have Started Putting "Love Locks" On The Shoes On The Danube, A Memorial To 3,500 People Who Were Executed In WW2 After Being Told To Remove Their Shoes

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    #25 Tourist Told To Stop Being Disrespectful To The Queen's Guard By Armed Police

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    #26 Greek And Roman Tourists Left Their Names And Bad Reviews Inside This Egyptian Tomb

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    #27 People On Top Of The Sand Dunes When There Are Multiple Signs Saying Not To Climb On Them. These People Are Pointlessly Destroying Nature

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    #28 All Of These Pool Chairs That Are "Claimed" But Have Been Empty For The Past Hour While Everyone Else Has To Sit On The Floor

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    #29 Tourists Trampling The Garden For The Perfect Selfie

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    #30 Jam-Packed Heathrow Airport During Christmas Time. It Gets Worse When You Realize That It’s Disability Priority Seating

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    #31 Tourists Climbing And Destroying Cataract Falls Just To Take Selfies Despite All The Signs Saying To Stay Off Of It

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    #32 These Kinds Of People

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    #33 3 People, 12 Seats

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    #34 Come On, Mr. Tourist

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    #35 Tripadvisor Review Of A Maui Beach

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    #36 Went To The Beach At Margate And Wish I Hadn't. Is It Because The Council Is Not Putting Bins On The Beach, Or Is It The Visitors' Fault? Either Way, It's A Shame

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    #37 Day 1 Visiting Iceland And I'm Shocked At The Disrespect I Saw From Tourists

    Every landscape has been incredible, but I don't know how we kept running into very disrespectful tourists. First, we ran into a lady who kept going over the ropes and stepping on the grass that was clearly marked off-limits to take pictures of... dandelions?! Do you not have dandelions back home? Another was just urinating in a parking lot; there were bathrooms available about 200 feet away. But the most disturbing of all was this one, who just decided to jump the ropes to get a better shot at a GEYSER THAT IS BOILING. I was recording to try and get a picture of when it erupted, and I saw this guy walking across. What’s going on with the world?

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    #38 It Angers Me To No End When You Come To A Beautiful Place And Other Tourists Feel The Need To Leave Their Deliberate Mark On The Local Beauty

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    #39 Naples, FL. Major Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Site. Memorial Day Vacationers Left Their Trash On The Beach For The Turtles To Crawl Through

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    #40 These Tourists Thought It Would Be A Good Time To Chase Native Wildlife

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    #41 Tourists Drove Rented Maserati To The Beach

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    #42 Tourist Stealing From A Fountain Where The Money Goes To Upkeep Of The Place And Charity

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    #43 Tourists Accessing Restricted Areas In An Ancient Temple Near Angkor Wat

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    #44 Tourist Season On

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    #45 Is Getting The Photo Really That Important

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    #46 Karen Vacations In Another Country, Doesn't Like That People Take Their Dogs Everywhere With Them, And Speaks To The Manager

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    #47 Tourist Engraves The Name Of His Girlfriend With Keys On The Colosseum, Rome. He Faces A Fine Of 18,000 Euros. As A Roman, I Wish They Would Ban Him From Rome Forever

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    #48 I Live In A Beautiful Place. Or At Least I Did Until My Little Farm Town Became A Tourist Destination. Sure Do Love All The New Campers

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    #49 Entitled Tourists

    They had a picnic in front of a geological outcropping, refused to move for geology students trying to survey the region, let their kid deface the cliff, swam on a red flag beach (where swimming is banned), and left their food wrappers and plastic plates on the beach.

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    #50 No Matter How Many Languages They Use To Warn People Away, Some Will Still Do Whatever They Want

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    #51 When Tourists Can't Follow Instructions Near The DMZ

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    #52 Begpackers Spotted In Hoi An

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    #53 I Want To Speak To The Manager Of France

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    #54 A Transportation History Museum With Carefully Preserved Cars Is Not Your Instagram Photo Stage

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    #55 Karen Goes To A Plantation But Doesn't Want To Learn About Slavery

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    #56 To The Tourist That Feed Seagulls On The Beach Like They’re Pets. Stop

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    #57 This Is So Disrespectful. Don’t Mess With My Mexican People

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    #58 What Is This Lady Thinking?

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    #59 Tourist Vandalism On The Microbial Mats Of The Grand Prismatic Spring In Yellowstone Yesterday

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    #60 Someone Stole Stalactites From This Forest Attraction In Portugal

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    #61 When Influencers Completely Ignore Signs In Nature And Proudly Share It With Hundreds Of Followers

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    #62 The Most Disgusting Tourist. Please Show Respect

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    #63 I Love That Tourists Visit This City, But I Hate That They Can’t Abide By Clearly Marked Signs

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    #64 Who Could Think This Is Okay To Do?

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    #65 Tourists At Syri I Kaltër, Albania

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    #66 Why Locals Hate Tourists

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    #67 Entitled Tourist (Vlogger) Whining About The Ways Poor People Earn Their Daily Bread, In The Same Country He's Making Content Off

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    #68 Tourists Walking On The Frozen Lake In Central Park Just To Take Selfies Despite Warnings

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    #69 Can't Tell If This Is A Karen Or She Just Can't Read

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    #70 Visitor Impact Surveys Down At Weano Gorge. Tourists Have Left Their Own Handprints On The Hanging Rock Faces. Damaging The Fragile History Of The Traditional Owners

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    #71 The Amount Of Tourists Who Have Carved Their Names Into The Top Of The Great Pyramid Of Giza

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    #72 When Tourists Fail To Comply With The Most Basic Guidelines

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    #73 No Wonder Everybody Hates Tourists

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    #74 Tourist Party At West Thumb Geyser Basin

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    #75 Tourists In Orlando Complaining About Being Stuck Inside While A Hurricane Has Destroyed Homes, Flooded Roads

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    #76 Tourists Posing Beyond Boundaries

    When I shifted my eyes down from the bamboo canopy, I was greeted with this sight. All this was captured at the fringes of the Nonomiya shrine. There's a very good reason why a simple barricade fenced the path from the forest. I don't think trampling through the forest and bending over a bamboo cane just for a snapshot is a considerate thing to indulge in.

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  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 08:38

    Oftentimes, we think of people from the past as stuffy, stiff, and nowhere near as fun as us. After all, at best, we might have a few old letters and maybe some dusty photographs. But don’t let this fool you, humans over a hundred years ago were just as capable of looking fly. 

    New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin shared his discovery that people in mugshots from over a hundred years ago look absolutely awesome. Bored Panda reached out to Jason via email and will update the article when he gets back to us. 

    More info: TikTok

    A man on TikTok shared his discovery that folks in 1920s mugshots looked incredibly cool

    @jasonkpargin #rizz ♬ Quirky Suspenseful Indie-Comedy(1115050) - Kenji Ueda

    We’ve gathered some of the best examples online below

    #1 Herbert Ellis 1920

    Ellis is found in numerous police records of the 1910s, 20s and 30s. He is variously listed as a housebreaker, a shop breaker, a safe breaker, a receiver and a suspected person

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    #2 Edith Florence Ashton, 29 August 1929

    Edith Ashton was a backyard abortionist who also dabbled in theft and fencing stolen goods

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #3 ‘Ah Num’ And ‘Ah Tom’, Ca 1930

    The ‘D’ prefix on the serial number indicates that the photograph was taken on behalf of the Drug Bureau

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    The term mugshot is somewhat comical, as the word “mug” is a pretty lowly slang word for a face. How it ended up being part of the official label is anyone’s guess. Regardless of the “how,” the term mugshot has been used since the late 18th century, although, as these images demonstrate, the form and standards have changed over time. 

    The real question is, why were all these convicts of the past so darn attractive? Is there some correlation between doing crime and physical charisma? Unfortunately, for better or worse, that seems statistically unlikely. Instead, these images simply stood out from the no doubt hundreds of others. 

    #4 De Gracy And Edward Dalton, 1920

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #5 Sydney Skukerman, Or Skukarman. 1924

    Obtains goods from warehousemen by falsely representing that he is in business.

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #6 William Stanley Moore 1926

    Opium dealer./ Operates with large quantities of faked opium and cocaine./ A wharf labourer; associates with water front thieves and drug traders

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    The fact that they were allowed to pose and even retain their own clothes does mean that this was a sort of “golden age” of mugshots. There is something appealing about the modern iteration, of just a face and side profile, but, as these images demonstrate, certain looks are just no longer possible. 

    #7 “Mrs Osbourne” Circa 1919

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #8 Elsie Hall, Dulcie Morgan, Jean Taylor C. 1920

    The names inscribed here do not appear in police records for 1920-21, and it is likely the women were photographed simply because they were found in the company of known criminals

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #9 Alfred Ladewig Circa 1920s

    Alfred Ladewig, alias Wallace, John Walker, Atkins; charged on provisional warrant with stealing by trick the sum of 204AUD, at Brisbane, the property of Alfred Walter Thomlinson

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    So all in all, take this as an opportunity to explore the criminals and fashion of the past. While it might be a bit strange to take fashion advice from a hundred-year-old image of a convict, one can’t deny that many of them do look downright cool. If you overlook the criminal-elephant in the room. 

    #10 Ah Chong, 11 July 1928

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #11 Guiseppe Fiori, Alias Permontto. 1924

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #12 ‘Hayes’, Early 1920s

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #13 Alfred Fitch, 18 August 1924

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #14 Nancy Cowman, 21 February 1924

    Nancy Cowman, 19, and Vera Crichton, 23, are listed in the NSW Police Gazette 24 March 1924 as charged, along with three others, with “conspiring together to procure a miscarriage” on a third woman

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #15 Frederick Edward Davies. 1921

    The handwritten inscription on this unnumbered Special Photograph reads ‘Frederick Edward Davies stealing in picture shows and theatres Dets Surridge Clark and Breen Central 14-7-21’

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #16 Fay Watson, 24 March 1928

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #17 Harris Hunter, 17 September 1924

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #18 Philomena Mary Best, 15 March 1927

    Philomena Best stole silk and other goods valued at over 36 pounds (about $2000 today) from a Bourke shopkeeper

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #19 Leslie Louis Bernstein, 29 November 1929

    Bernstein (under the alias “L Berman”) was the subject of a warrant issued in early 1929 charged with obtaining a diamond ring value 14 pounds by false pretences from an Oxford Street jeweller

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #20 Doris Winifred Poole, 31 July 1924

    Doris Poole appeared before the Newtown Police Court charged with stealing jewellery and clothing

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #21 Thomas Sutherland Jones And William Smith, 15 July 1921

    Smith and Jones are listed in the NSW Police Gazette as charged with stealing seven packages of twine (value 14 pounds). Jones was further charged with stealing thirty horse rugs (value 15 pounds) and two bales of kapok (value 20 pounds)

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #22 William Cahill 1923

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #23 Walter Smith. 1924

    Charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward Mulligan and stealing blinds with a value 20 pounds

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #24 Hampton Hirscham, Cornellius Joseph Keevil, William Thomas O’brien & James O’brien. 1921

    The quartet pictured were arrested over a robbery at the home of bookmaker Reginald Catton, of Todman avenue, Kensington, on 21 April 1921. The Crown did not proceed against Thomas O’Brien but the other three were convicted and received sentences of fifteen months each

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #25 Eugenia Falleni, Alias Harry Crawford. 1920

    Eugenia Falleni spent most of her life masquerading as a man. In 1913 Falleni married a widow, Annie Birkett, whom she later murdered

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #26 John Walter Ford, Oswald Clive Nash. 1921

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #27 Albert Sing, 31 March 1922

    On 1 May 1922, a month after this photograph was taken, Albert Sing was sentenced to 18 months hard labour on three counts of receiving stolen goods, including fountain pens, cutlery and clothing

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #28 “Silent Tom” Richards And T Ross. 1920

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #29 Gilbert Burleigh And Joseph Delaney. 1920

    Gilbert Burleigh on the left is identified as a ‘hotel barber’, and Delaney‘s picture is labelled ‘false pretences & conspiracy’

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #30 Emma Rolfe (Aka May Mulholland, Sybil White, Jean Harris And Eileen Mulholland), 1 April 1920

    Emma Rolfe better known as May Mulholland (also as Sybil White, Jean Harris and Eileen Mulholland) had numerous convictions in the period 1919-1920 for theft of jewellery and clothing (all quality items: silk blouses, kimonos and scarves, antique bric a brac etc) from various houses around Kensington and Randwick, and from city shops

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #31 Group Of Criminals, Central 1921

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #32 Greta Massey, 26 January 1923

    Greta Massey was an energetic impostor, forger and ‘hotel barber’ whose aliases included the surnames Gordon, Spencer, Crawford, Robins and Simpson as well as ‘Nurse Campbell’ and ‘Nurse Nicholas’

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #33 Sidney Langby, 9 December 1924

    Sidney Langby, 18, was one of a group of seven young men convicted in early 1925 of a series of break and enters in Sydney

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #34 Thomas Craig, Raymond Neil (Aka “Gaffney The Gunman”), William Thompson And Fw Wilson. 1928

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #35 Ah Low. May 31, 1928

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #36 Sidney “Pretty Sid” Grant. 1921

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #37 Sidney Kelly. 1924

    Sidney Kelly was arrested many times and much written about in newspapers during the 1920s, 30s and 40s. He was charged with numerous offences including shooting, and assault, and in the 1940s was a pioneer of illegal baccarat gaming in Sydney

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #38 Thomas Maria, Arthur Wyatt, And Patrick Dangar (Alias Brosnan), C. 1920

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #39 Albert Stewart Warnkin And Adolf Gustave Beutler. 1920

    Albert Stewart Warnkin is listed in the NSW Police Gazette of 10 November 1920, as charged with attempting to carnally know a girl eight years old. No entry is found for Beutler

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #40 B. Smith, Gertrude Thompson And Vera Mcdonald 25 January 1928

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #41 Norman Wallace, 29 May 1923

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #42 Spencer Cornford, 9 December 1924

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #43 Ack Samuels (Obscured), Howard Fletcher And Michael Patrick Ryan, 1 August 1930

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #44 Hazel Mcguinness, 26 July 1929

    Hazel McGuinness was charged along with her mother Ada McGuiness with having cocaine (in substantial quantities) illegally in her possession. Police described a raid on the McGuinnesses’ Darlinghurst house during which the mother Ada threw a hand bag containing packets of cocaine to her daughter, shouting, ‘Run Hazel!’

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #45 Valerie Lowe, 15 February 1922

    Valerie Lowe and Joseph Messenger were arrested in 1921 for breaking into an army warehouse and stealing boots and overcoats to the value of 29 pounds 3 shillings

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #46 Ronald Frederick Schmidt, 13 June 1921

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #47 May Smith, 8 April 1929

    May Smith, alias ‘Botany May’, was an infamous drug dealer

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #48 Emily Gertrude Hemsworth, 14 May 1925

    Emily Hemsworth killed her three-week-old son but could not remember any details of the murder. She was found not guilty due to insanity

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #49 Dorothy Mort, 18 April 1921

    Convicted of murder. Mrs Dorothy Mort was having an affair with dashing young doctor Claude Tozer. On 21 December 1920 Tozer visited her home with the intention of breaking off the relationship. Mort shot him dead before attempting to commit suicide

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #50 Alfred John (Or Francis) West. 1922

    West is mentioned in the NSW Criminal Register as a ‘pickpocket and spieler’

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #51 Walter Keogh. 1922

    Identified as a pickpocket, and later in 1928 (26 December, Group 4 p. 15) as a ‘suspected person and bogus land salesman’

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #52 Ernest James Montague. 1927

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #53 Frank Murray Alias Harry Williams. 1929

    Harry Williams was sentenced to 12 months of hard labour in March 1929 for breaking, entering and stealing. He ‘disposes of stolen property to patrons of hotel bars or to persons in the street … professing to be a second-hand dealer

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #54 Joseph Messenger. 1922

    Joseph Messenger and Valerie Lowe were arrested in 1921 for breaking into an army warehouse and stealing boots and overcoats to the value of 29 pounds 3 shillings

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #55 Jessie Longford, 22 July 1926

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #56 Masterman Thomas Scoringe. 1922

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #57 Isabella Higgs, 21 February 1924

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #58 Ernest Joseph Coffey. 1922

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #59 May Blake, 1 September 1930

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

    #60 George Whitehall. 1922

    George Whitehall, carpenter, handed himself into Newtown police after hacking to death his common-law wife, Ida Parker on Thursday afternoon 21 February 1922, at their home in Pleasant Avenue, Erskineville

    Image credits: The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 08:26
    In this day and age, it can be difficult to even define what’s considered weird anymore. Societal norms change all the time, and new technology makes things that would have seemed crazy a decade or two ago appear perfectly normal today. But if you’re interested in some photos that might make you say, “Huh, that’s weird,” then you’ve come to the right place.

    We took a trip to the Weird subreddit and gathered some of our favorite out of the ordinary pics below. From strange drawings to concerning technological glitches, enjoy scrolling through these pics, and be sure to upvote the ones that you find particularly bizarre!

    #1 Staircase To Nowhere In The Middle Of The Woods

    Image credits: human-potato_hybrid

    #2 Children Living In Siberia Getting UV Light Exposure During The Long Dark Winter Months

    Image credits: TheOddityCollector

    #3 Human-Shaped Grass Patch Where Everything Else Dried Out

    Image credits: Foghorn_Gyula

    If you spend a lot of time online, there’s no question that you’ve come across some bizarre things. The best part about the internet is that you can find anything there, and the worst part about the internet is probably that you can find anything there. And the Weird subreddit is definitely one place that holds plenty of strange treasures (but in a good way!).

    This online community, which has amassed an impressive 1.3 million members and is one of the largest subreddits on the platform, is dedicated to “the weird, strange, odd and bizarre.” Here, you’ll find photos that can’t be explained, learn interesting facts that you would have never imagined were true, and find some oddly entertaining images that you’ve likely never seen before. 

    #4 Not Panicked At All

    Image credits: reddit.com

    #5 Netflix Subtitles Glitch, Constantly Says "There's No Point In Living" Even Though Nobody Said The Line

    Image credits: ask-a-physicist

    #6 Woke Up To See This In My Kitchen, I Live In The Middle Of The Mountains Like 500 Km From The Nearest Beach

    Image credits: andres1003

    We’re big fans of the Weird subreddit here at Bored Panda, so this actually isn’t the first time that we’ve covered the group. Last summer, we published a list featuring some of our favorite r/Weird posts, and we were lucky enough to get in touch with the group’s moderator team to interview them about what it’s like to run a page like this.  

    “Maintaining the subreddit is an important task," the moderators shared. "While r/Weird embraces the unconventional and the bizarre, there are still certain guidelines and rules in place to ensure a positive and respectful environment for everyone."

    #7 Actual Purple Rain In NYC Right Now

    Image credits: AxmxZ

    #8 I Fired Up An Old 3D Printer For The First Time In 10 Years And This Is What It Printed

    Image credits: Meebert

    #9 I’m A Teacher. My District Provides Healthy Snacks For Students. This Was Our Snack Today

    Image credits: Frequent_Job5862

    The moderators also broke down some of the most common issues that they encounter in r/Weird that require intervention. “Spam: Removing repetitive or irrelevant posts and comments that are purely self-promotional or aim to manipulate the subreddit for personal gain,” they noted.

    “Inappropriate content: Addressing posts or comments that contain explicit or offensive material, including hate speech, personal attacks, or explicit imagery,” the moderators added.

    #10 This Used To Be A Thing Apparently

    Image credits: Whoever_Mesa

    #11 This Birthday Card My Daughter Made For Me

    Image credits: magic_fun_guy

    #12 Things My Fiancé Says In His Sleep That I Started Documenting

    Image credits: Concertcat24

    The mods also shared that off-topic posts will be removed from the group. "Keeping the subreddit focused on weird and unusual content by removing posts that do not align with the subreddit's theme” is important to them.

    And low-quality posts won’t fly in r/Weird either. The mods say they work on “encouraging users to share content that sparks curiosity and discussion, and removing low-effort or low-quality posts that don't contribute to the overall experience.”

    #13 There Were Only Ten Other People At The Carnival On Opening Night

    Image credits: dark_wolf1994

    #14 My Parents Found A Feather With A Telephone Number On It

    Image credits: led_seppelin

    #15 Serious Question: Can Someone Explain These Perfect Squares I Noticed While Flying?

    Image credits: wrong_opinion222

    And as you might expect, r/Weird is full of a wide variety of content. "The community of r/weird is diverse and passionate about exploring the unconventional and the peculiar," the mod team previously told Bored Panda. "Members are often intrigued by the strange, the unexplained, and the outlandish."

    #16 Glitch In The Matrix. I Only Had One Of Each Until This Morning

    Image credits: p98sp

    #17 What Am I Witnessing

    Image credits: banned6th

    #18 So, Hear Me Out. We Were Reading The Coffee Grounds And This Showed Out In My Cup... Can Anyone See The Lizard With The Superman Costume Or I'm Just Crazy?

    Image credits: GMORGNN

    Defining weird isn’t always easy, especially when you have over a million group members who might have slightly different ideas of what’s considered strange. “While there is a general understanding of what qualifies as 'weird,' interpretations may vary among individuals," the mods said.

    But having different opinions can actually be a great thing. "This diversity of perspectives adds to the richness of the community, as members often share their own unique findings, experiences, and opinions, expanding the boundaries of what is considered weird,” the moderators added.

    #19 My Throat Hurt

    My throat hurt all day. I just coughed this up... it is green, metallic, hard, and brittle. Its weird as fu ck. It was originally one peice but i broke it trying to figure what the fuck it was.. I have never had anything even close to this as a food option. It is weird as fuck. I have it now in a baggy as I don't know what to do with it...

    Image credits: krzykttn

    #20 This Dog

    Image credits: JoeSolo070

    #21 A Teenager From Madhya Pradesh, India Has An Ultra Rare Condition Called 'Werewolf Syndrome' (Hypertrichosis). This Uncurable Condition Is So Rare That It Is Believed That Only 50 People Have Had It Since The Middle Ages

    Image credits: silvercatbob

    When it comes to what posts perform particularly well in r/Weird, the mods shared a few different types that members tend to love. The first being unusual or supernatural experiences: “Stories and accounts of paranormal encounters, strange coincidences, or other inexplicable phenomena often attract attention and spark discussions among members."

    Rare and bizarre discoveries are popular as well. “Unearthed artifacts, odd historical facts, or peculiar occurrences that are not widely known tend to generate interest, as they offer new and intriguing information,” the mods explained. 

    #22 This Thing Came Out Of My Printer And No One Who Has Access To The Printer Says They Printer It

    Image credits: Sosophia_

    #23 My Mom’s Fingers When She Gets Cold

    Image credits: DrinkyCr0w666

    #24 Glasses Given To People At The Zoo

    Image credits: Mrbumboleh

    Unique art and creativity can be exciting for members to find in r/Weird as well. “Original artworks, sculptures, music, or other creative endeavors that embrace the weird and unconventional can garner appreciation and inspire conversations within the community," the moderators told Bored Panda.

    And finally, scientific and historical oddities capture members’ interest too. “Scientific discoveries or phenomena that defy conventional explanations or challenge existing knowledge often capture the interest of r/weird members who enjoy exploring the boundaries of what is considered normal,” the mods previously shared.

    #25 Daughter Taking Pictures On My Phone. Was Normal Until The Last One…

    Image credits: Itsmiamiaa

    #26 Found In The Attic Of My New House, Should We Find A New House?

    Image credits: orangeslices991

    #27 Trillion-Ton Rectangular Iceberg Floating By Around Antartica

    Image credits: Phlogistoned

    Are you feeling weird after scrolling through these pics, pandas? We hope you’re enjoying embracing the bizarre side of life for a few minutes. Keep upvoting the pics that you find particularly strange, and then let us know in the comments what the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen was. And if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article discussing odd behavior, look no further than right here!

    #28 Whatever This Is In My House Only Shows Up Under UV Light

    Image credits: ForgetfulMasturbator

    #29 There Was A Zit On My Neck And When It Popped This Pearl-Like Thing Came Out Of It

    Image credits: sleepinqzzz

    #30 Why Is My Shadow Yellow?

    Image credits: MacaronSpecialist

    #31 This Spam Text Message I Received Today

    Image credits: MemeStocksYolo69-420

    #32 My Phone Says I Have Had 10 Plus Hours Of ‘X’ (Twitter) Usage Today, I’ve Never Had Twitter Or A Twitter Account

    Image credits: ja3palmer

    #33 I Keep Getting These Wounds Which Are Always 2 Spots In This Pattern When I Wake Up, Usually Get It Down My Legs But Today I Got It On My Arm Now

    Image credits: drifterig

    #34 Tf Is Going Here?? Oo’

    Image credits: 1Hate17Here

    #35 This Guy Keeps Staring Into My Window/Camera At Random Times/Days

    Image credits: Deefaroni

    #36 Found In A House Listed On The Market, Would You Buy This House?

    Image credits: khalkani

    #37 My Kids (6 And 4) Painted This. Not Sure If I Should Be Amazed Or Call The Priest

    Image credits: Severe_Cranberry5657

    #38 Can Someone Explain How This Was Allowed To Happen?

    Image credits: Gorilla1969

    #39 I Found A Load Of Unopened Water Bottles In A Bush Outside A Shopping Centre. I Took A Photo And A Security Guard Immediately Came Out And Told Me To Delete It

    Image credits: aidenburr

    #40 Polaroid Found On My Car’s Windshield

    I was out for dinner and when I returned to my car parked on the street, this picture was tucked under the windshield wiper with today’s date in the bottom corner. Have no clue what the stuff in the picture is, and no other cars nearby had this on their car.

    Image credits: heartychili

    #41 Why?

    Image credits: topcritter88

    #42 Why Do Doctors Wash And Reuse Surgical Gloves? I Thought That They Used Them For One Time

    Image credits: karomamir

    #43 I Let An Old Coworker Stay With Me When He Went Homeless. Ended Up Being Extremely Strange And Disappeared 3 Years Ago W/O His Stuff. I Just Cleared Out The Trunk He Left And Found 5 Disposable Cameras, 18 Full Rolls Of Film, And A Ton Of Condoms

    Image credits: Unusual-Feeling7527

    #44 Just Got This Note At My Work. Can Anybody Translate For Me?

    Image credits: Heyaaaaaaaaaaa1

    #45 My Bracelet Had A Chip In It

    Image credits: Hot-Ad2761

    #46 Weird ‘Egg’ Out Of My Head

    For a couple of months I had a little bump on my forehead. After these months I was tired of it because it looked like a pimple, so I squeezed it really hard like a pimple and this popped out. My doctor said it’s just a hair follicle that is infected and it wouldnt come back. Now after some months passed by I thought I had a pimple but it’s the exact same thing. Does anyone know what this is, because I dont really believe my doctor anymore..

    Image credits: Expert-Maybe-9189

    #47 Someone Came Into My Store Wearing This A Few Years Ago

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    #48 This Roommate Flyer Posted On My Campus

    Image credits: Krillsipa

    #49 Something Is Growing Inside The Bubbles Of My Dish Soap

    Image credits: OhMyLordScat

    #50 Strange Things Found In The Basement Ceiling Of New Acquired Home

    Image credits: Unusual-Fisherman318

    #51 Why Is This The Second Post About This Stew That I’ve Seen In A Week Lol

    Image credits: ch0mpipe

    #52 Received This Creepy Package In The Mail From An Unknown Sender. What Does It Mean?

    I received this in the mail a few days after Valentines Day. It was addressed to me with no return address. The lid was sealed shut, and although I probably shouldn't have, I pried it open with a butter knife (hope I'm not cursed lol) Wooden box with an anatomically correct wooden heart inside. You can buy similar things on Etsy and other online stores. Do I have an admirer with really poor taste or is this something more sinister? Definitely buggin out over this.

    Image credits: SharkBait85

    #53 I Was Exploring An Old Abandonned School & I Found This Blocked Room. I Really Wanna Know The Translation !

    Image credits: Toasted_504

    #54 Very Few Mornings, I Wake Up With This Exact Hexagonal Pattern Of Bites/Marks In The Same Place On My Chest

    Image credits: Dog-Semen-Enjoyer

    #55 Keep Waking Up With Shower Drain Cover Removed

    Is an animal coming in through the drain at night? I first thought my super must have come in the day before without my permission to work on a leak and he for some reason ended up doing it. But this is the second time it’s happened and no one was inside as I was alone here all night.

    Image credits: overrnightoat

    #56 On A Forest Walk I Saw A Hole Off The Path, I Looked Inside And Found A Weird Statue With A Bell On It

    Image credits: darbsllim

    #57 Cinder Blocks And Cement-Filled Buckets With Ropes Tied To Them Found At The Bottom Of A Dried Up Dam

    Image credits: silvercatbob

    #58 I Woke Up Friday Morning And This Photo Was On My Phone. The Time Stamp Is From Before I Was Awake

    Image credits: aegri_mentis

    #59 Bracelet I Found At Work Today, No Clue What It's Made Out Of, Or The Strange Symbols All Over It? Looks Old Though

    Image credits: ExpensiveDisplay7408

    #60 Bong I Made With Real Teeth And A Prosthetic Eye

    Image credits: thatsvile13

    #61 Found This Fake Nail On My Bathroom Floor. I Live Alone

    Image credits: mahboilo999

    #62 My Dad Has These Scratches On His Leg But Has Zero Idea What They Could Be From. Any Idea?

    Image credits: Pillmo

    #63 I Just Bought And Opened A Box Of Candy And Found This In The Box. Truly Bizarre

    Image credits: PurpleHawk222

    #64 My Kid Keeps Disappearing From Her School Picture

    Image credits: MeowCow55

    #65 Is It Weird To Drink Jello Without Letting It Set? I Like To Mix The Packet In A Bottle With Hot Water And Enjoy It Like That

    Image credits: MiLady_Saiyan

    #66 Uh Oh- But Fr Can Someone Identify What That Is?

    Image credits: user45724

    #67 I Ate Fried Onion Rings With A Roasted Chicken Which According To My Friends Looks Like A Dog?!

    Image credits: Cigarettes_at_beach

    #68 I Got This Message From My Mom, I’m Afraid To Leave My Room

    Image credits: LossfulCodex

    #69 This Is Weird Right?

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    #70 I Drive Past This Every Morning When I Go To Work And I Wonder If It Means Anything

    Image credits: Emi-Bo-Bemi

    #71 Found On A Beach Near Tokyo

    Found this skull on a beach last week, in Chiba near Tokyo. This thing was quite big - as you can see on 2nd pic.

    Image credits: sthg79

    #72 Interesting Use Of $20,000

    Image credits: Coffee-Mug

    #73 Found Near The Gate In A Cemetery. 9 Moldy Chunks Of Something With Pennies Stuck In Them And A Candle. Smelled Like Rotting Meat

    Image credits: Rav1oli_R

    #74 I Keep Finding These Items In The Changing Rooms At My Job. Always The Same, Even The Color Of The Pen

    Image credits: beansballs

    #75 Is It Standard To Drug Test A 4 Year Old In An E.r. Visit? ?

    Image credits: DrinkyCr0w666

    #76 Found On The Beach

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    #77 Does This Mean Anything?? Drawn On My Dirty Car Window

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    #78 So This Random Uncut Key Appeared On My Porch This Morning

    Image credits: Mrbumb

    #79 At Least Once A Week There's A Bunch Of These On The Same Spot

    Image credits: IbuprofeNope

    #80 I Took An Impression Of My Belly Button!

    Image credits: haleycontagious

    #81 Sand Appearing In My Room Every Day

    For a year, I have had sand appear in my room out of nowhere, and today look what I discovered. WHAT THE F*** IS THAT????

    Image credits: AbbreviationsHairy26

    #82 A Scam Text I Got Today

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    #83 These Tiny Fibers Coat Every Surface In My Apartment And No Matter How Much I Clean They Come Back In Full Force

    Image credits: etapisciumm

    #84 I Always See These At The ATM. What's Going On Here?

    Image credits: TriggerHippie77

    #85 Japanese Prank Where Schoolkids Poke Each Other In The Butt

    Apparently there is this weird prank called “Kancho” in Japan where schoolkids clasp their hands together in the shape of an imaginary gun and attempt to poke an unsuspecting victim in the butt

    Image credits: huggybrand

    #86 My Local Corner Store Has A Blacklight Installed In Their Public Restroom

    Image credits: Best_Poetry_5722

    #87 Something Strange Is Happening Online Right Now

    I noticed Instagram was down, but according to Down Detector, MANY other sites/platforms are down as well. Gmail, Google, Snapchat, Insta, Facebook, TikTok, AWS, Verizon, WhatsApp, Twitter (x), threads, YouTube, t mobile, messenger, and likely MANY more.. Anyone have any ideas?? What the hell is going on here?

    Image credits: PM-me-your-tatas---

    #88 What Is The White Stuff Inside Of My Deodorant?

    Image credits: Hatescrosby

    #89 Weird Bumps That Have Appeared On My Arm, Maybe Bug Bites? Not Sure

    Image credits: Thegerman_gerbil

    #90 Idk How This Is Even Possible

    Image credits: thedarkknight_13_

    #91 Found This Gummy In The Bag, Looks Nothing Like The Rest. Could Anyone Explain?

    Image credits: Specialist_Diet9835

    #92 The Pad Of My Middle Finger Is Suddenly Huge And I Didn't Do Anything To It

    Image credits: gourdhorder

    #93 Wtf Are These Random Piles Of White Powder Under My Table??

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    #94 Googling This Simple Math Equation Sends You To Suicide Hotline Info

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  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 08:24

    In this day and age where most things are normalized, one would think that we are close to breaking free from the harmful stereotypes that restrict men and women every day. Unfortunately, we are still far from it, with gender roles still deeply rooted in our culture and reinforced by role models and the media.

    Redditor Much_Description690 was especially interested in the things gals get wrong about guys, further feeding into false judgments that negatively affect them. To know more about such a matter, they started a discussion online asking, “Women of Reddit, what lie did you believe to be true about men that you discovered was false?”

    In response, many females shared misconceptions about males they thought were true for a long time but turned out to be a complete myth. Scroll down to find the most eye-opening and wholesome ones, which might change the way you see the so-called stronger sex.

    #1

    That all men would be against me learning “guy things” like fixing my own vehicles, or working a blue collar job. Turns out, my favorite teachers and biggest cheerleaders in any “guy thing” I want to try are men.

    So thank you, to the amazing, kind, supportive, wonderful men who share their knowledge and encourage women to learn important life skills.

    Image credits: Moona_Death_Trap

    #2

    That women talk a lot but men don’t. Like, have you met a man? They just don’t shut up!

    Image credits: No-Annual-223

    #3

    That if a guy broke up with a girl he was “just scared of his feelings”. I swear chicks told each other this all the time. Like no girl he’s just not into you?

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    #4

    They don’t need foreplay. They absolutely do, they aren’t boner machines. They’re only human.

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    #5

    "if they're mean to you, it's be cause they really like you."

    What a load of b******t. Very damaging thing to say to a young girl also.

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    #6

    A lot of these answers are simply women registering with shock and surprise when they realize that men too are human beings, often with complicates internal lives.

    You can live in this culture indefinitely without being exposed to that idea.

    #7

    My wife was surprised that men could be organized when she moved in with me and my place was very tidy.

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    #8

    My dad has the knack. Something not right about your house/car/computer/ appliance/dog? You don't have to explain, he's already fixed it. I genuinely thought this was inherent to men, because my dad makes everything look so easy.

    Image credits: daintyladyfingers

    #9

    Men don't have emotions.

    B******t. Men are very emotional creatures. They just aren't 'allowed' to express most of their emotions which leads to health issues, both mental and physical.

    Image credits: SeriousAsPie

    #10

    Men don’t gossip.

    Men are the bigggggest gossips. I love it.

    #11

    I know this may sound dumb but I didn’t think men could feel insecure. Every guy I know has an insane amount of confidence, I’ve never seen any male figures in my life show anything close to insecurity. I guess they’re just really good at masking it.

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    #12

    Men don't like flowers. They often do but have never had a need to develop preferences towards them.

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    #13

    “ the bigger the better “

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    #14

    For a long time I was given the impression that a majority of men viewed sex as a degrading act upon a woman, even if they were the ones having sex with that woman - rather than seeing it as an act of intimacy or an expression of love. Turns out an *extremely vocal* minority like to paint it that way while claiming that all other men feel the same.

    Image credits: thefreneticferret

    #15

    That *all* men prefer thin women.


    False. I've met countless men who have genuinely no attraction to thin women. In fact, plenty of men prefer women who are slightly to moderately larger than average, and some men prefer women who are much, much larger than average. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder.

    Edit: *Thank you* everyone who got the point. To everyone else, y'all are... never mind.?

    Image credits: CranberryBauce

    #16

    I grew up in a household where men didn't find things cute. Was very suprised in high school when guy friends would say things were cute and actually mean it not sarcastically. Still think about men finding things cute to this day ?

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    #17

    That there's a sure fire way of pleasing a man, in every regard. Some sort of formula a woman must follow to be liked by men. It shouldn't be surprising to realize men are individual people, with their own likes and dislikes. Sure some things please more men, and some things bother many, but no 2 men are the same. Shocking!

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    #18

    I thought women were dramatic. Turns out men are so f*****g dramatic for no reason??

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    #19

    I've been told men get boners when they run. Since I don't know many men, my only family is my mother and all my friends are female, I fully believed it and never even questioned it. spoke to a guy a few years later and mentioned this, apparently men do not get boners when they run and I got absolutely bullshitted.

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    #20

    That if a guy was raised by a single mom automatically becomes compassionate and soft hearted person especially towards woman so not true .

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    #21

    My wife was really blown away when I knew how to cook. Matter of fact I do all our cooking, she never has to do anything other than occasionally air fry some chicken nuggets or a corn dog for our daughter.

    I’ve realized as I’ve gotten older, most guys I know don’t cook. Which blows my mind.

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    #22

    The amount of women I've read on Reddit that believe if a man gets a boner it means he's sexually aroused is astonishing.

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    #23

    Not me but a coworker of mine was raised to believe that men shouldn’t show emotions. She wouldn’t let her son to cry as a child or teenager and said she basically bullied him into manning up. She moved away from where she grew up and realized how f****d up that was. She said she really regrets treating him like that

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    #24

    That women can't be platonic friends with men or that men will always develop romantic feelings. most of my friends are men and i've literally never had that issue

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    #25

    That men fundamentally don’t care about romance and only desire sex in their relationships with women. Super cynical, pretty misandrist take but being on social media a decent amount of the day and seeing degrading posts or comments about women from some of the guys on there definitely makes you believe men just hate women.

    But no, my boyfriend (recent development) is so f*****g awesome. He’s such a hopeless romantic like me and I am so lucky to have such a lovable idiot in my life ??

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    #26

    That some men prefer peeing sitting down. My bf has never, not once, left the toilet seat up, because he didn't raise it in the first place ?

    #27

    That they are always thinking about sex and always in the mood. 

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    #28

    12 yo me thought a blow job was 'you blow on it like birthday candles

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    #29

    I was told men had a ring of balls around their penis. Turns out that was a lie.

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    #30

    Concerning how many of these comments consist of women thinking these absolutely f*****g bonkers things about men, and only turning around because the guy they started dating, turned out to be a regular human

    #31

    I was always told that to defend myself from a guy to hit his nuts. Hubby informed me (veteran army mp) that while it will hurt a guy, only a percentage will drop. It's just as likely to p**s him off and make him want to attack you worse. There are better places to attack for a smaller person like me.

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    #32

    Men are all the same.

    (No one is.)

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    #33

    I grew up believing that men weren’t capable of love. Like I actually thought all men who were in a relationship could not possibly love the person they were with.

    I met my husband in high school and he completely changed that belief! He showed so much love for me and was able to express that love in such a wholesome way that truly made me realize that I was so wrong.

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    #34

    That their sex drives are higher ?‍?

    #35

    That men are boring. sassiest creatures alive.

    #36

    My Ex-GF really thought that men dont have emotions, Like sadness or any sad feelings. It really took her long to believe me that we have emotions. Wasnt really the best relationship I had.

    #37

    As a trans woman, I always assumed all guys wanted to be girls. Turns out it was just me

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    #38

    I grew up thinking all men around me and in my life will be evil and only want to hurt me. It messed up my view on the opposite gender so much I could barely stand alone in a room with a man without a panic attack, I’m now in love with a wonderful boy who who wouldn’t hurt a bug<3

    #39

    That they are logical and can separate logic and emotions easily. Especially when it came to sex.

    #40

    Men know everything. Turns out, they're just VERY confident

    #41

    That men only show they like you by having sex with you

    #42

    When I was a kid my mom worked days and my dad worked evenings/nights so my dad was the “stay-at-home” dad that cooked and cleaned and played with us kids or took us to do stuff and it absolutely blew my mind to learn it was traditionally the “woman’s job”

    #43

    That men can voluntarily move their d**k… Watched a guy sitting down flip it up on his stomach from it being in a downward position. May have made him do it a few times lol. Don’t know why I thought a guy couldn’t do that. Guess I thought they always needed a hand or momentum to move it around.

    #44

    They don’t form emotional attachments with women
  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 08:11

    There are sometimes complicated moments in a relationship when things get overwhelming, and we might consider hitting the pause button. For some couples, taking time apart can be beneficial, encouraging them to reflect on their relationship and further develop it.

    However, redditor Realistic-Gas7711 wasn’t even aware that he and his fiancée needed a break. To his surprise, she announced it after he dropped her off at the airport, just moments before she left for her 6-week trip to Europe. Confused and hurt, he canceled their wedding and refused to take her back.

    Sometimes, when things get overwhelming, we might consider hitting the pause button in a relationship

    Image credits: LightFieldStudios (not the actual image)

    However, this fiancé wasn’t aware that his relationship needed it in the first place

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    Taking some time off from your partner means intentionally creating space for reflection and clarity

    Admittedly, taking a break in a relationship is a much bigger deal than taking a coffee break. But what does that actually mean? Does this signal the end of a relationship? Are you free to date other people? Are you now single? Or are you still committed to your significant other?

    Technically, taking some time off from your partner means intentionally creating space for reflection and clarity. Relationship therapist Jaime Bronstein told Brides.com that the terms of the agreement vary depending on each person. They are the ones who decide if they will communicate from time to time or cut off all contact during it.

    Additionally, both people need to respect each other’s needs and establish acceptable ground rules throughout this time. This includes discussing questions like whether it’s okay to date other people and if it means that you’re single.

    Relationship expert Kathryn Ford explains that these ground rules are there to protect the relationship as well as both partners. “It will be important during the break, as during the relationship, to find ways to take care of yourself, while also behaving well toward the other person.” Whatever decision they come to, it’s crucial that both people are on the same page so there aren’t any surprises.

    Taking a break doesn’t necessarily mean that the couple has broken up. The former is a temporary pause in a relationship, while the latter tends to be permanent. By spending a short amount of time apart, the goal is to return to the partnership as a stronger pairing. Bronstein shares, “Sometimes, a break can strengthen a couple, and when they come back together, they are more grateful for each other. It can work if both people are willing to make the relationship work.”

    Some couples may decide to hit the pause button because of frequent disagreements

    There is a multitude of reasons why some partnerships need space. One of them is when a person requires time away to better understand their own needs. There may be times when we want to be more in touch with ourselves. Especially when considering changes in a relationship or even ending it. Having time alone gives you space to gain some perspective and think about what you individually want as well as together as a unit.

    Some couples decide to hit the pause button because of frequent disagreements. Perhaps the two of them still care for each other very much, but they can’t reach a resolution. Taking a step back to evaluate the situation with a calmer mind may help to find a better way to approach such problems.

    Another reason for taking a break may be due to external causes that require being physically separated, like relocating for work. While the couple might be open to maintaining a long-term relationship, it doesn’t always work, so they may choose to spend some time away. Ford, however, emphasizes, “Discuss this openly and be clear about expectations, especially as regards other romantic/sexual connections.”

    All in all, taking a break from a relationship can work. We have to remind ourselves that every individual is different, and for some couples, it may be normal for the relationship to be on and off. And assuming that no serious emotional damage was done, the couple can rest assured that their partnership will resume smoothly—that is if they put in the necessary work while they were apart.

    Commenters couldn’t believe the fiancée’s audacity

    The post Woman Announces To Fiancé That They’re On A Break Right Before Leaving For A 6-Week Trip first appeared on Bored Panda.
  • Friday 15 March 2024 - 05:35
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    Lectures : Une société de mensonges

    Productivisme

    En lisant ce simplissime et magnifique texte de Bruno Leyval décrivant la condition ouvrière, je ne peux m’empêcher d’avoir « Tranche de vie » de François Béranger en tête. Et de prendre pleinement conscience à quel point le fonctionnement en pause des usines est inhumain.

    Le travail de nuit est nécessaire pour plein de raisons : la santé, la sécurité, l’aide aux personnes. Ou bien dans l’agriculture, dans le soin de tout ce qui est vivant, des plantes aux animaux. Mais que dire du fait qu’on force des humains à travailler de nuit et se détruire irrémédiablement la santé pour fabriquer des bagnoles ou empaqueter des petits pois dont personne ne voudrait s’il n’y avait pas ce matraquage incessant du marketing ? Qui est ce « on » qui force ? Les patrons ? Les politiciens ? Ou nous-mêmes, les consommateurs ?

    Surveillance généralisée

    Les caméras de surveillance partout, ça ne peut pas faire de tort, hein ? Y compris dans les distributeurs automatiques. Et puis voilà qu’à cause d’un bug, la population étudiante d’une université canadienne découvre que les vendeurs automatiques de chocolats font de la reconnaissance faciale. Le visage de chaque client est scanné, à son insu, et des statistiques sur l’âge, le genre et potentiellement plein d’autres choses sont envoyées au département marketing. Afin de nous vendre les merdes produites par les travailleurs passant leurs nuits sur des chaînes de production.

    La question qui se pose : mais qui a accès à ces millions de données qui sont capturées autour de nous en permanence, que ce soit par notre montre, notre voiture, une caméra de surveillance ou un distributeur de boissons ?

    Aram Sinnreich et Jesse Gilbert ont trouvé la réponse. Elle est simple : tout le monde. Il suffit de payer et ce n’est vraiment pas très cher.

    Et même si vous n’avez aucun engin connecté, que vous faites très attention, aux États-Unis il est possible d’acheter les données concernant toutes les personnes se rendant à une adresse. Votre maison par exemple. Et savoir d’où elles viennent. Quel est leur niveau de vie.

    Mais, dans ce cas-ci, le fabriquant du distributeur tente de rassurer : la machine respecte les lois, y compris le RGPD européen.

    En fait, non. Le RGPD ne permet pas le scan de visage sans consentement. Mais si l’entreprise dit respecter le RGPD, qui ira vérifier ? Et comment vérifier ?

    En utilisant le RGPD, j’ai fait effacer plus de 300 comptes en ligne à mon nom (ça m’a pris trois ans). Après plusieurs années, certains comptes soi-disant effacés ont recommencé à m’envoyer des « newsletters ». Donc, en fait, rien n’était effacé du tout. Mention spéciale au restaurant de sushis qui avait remplacé mon login "ploum" par "deleted_ploum" et prétendait que tout était effacé alors que j’avais encore accès au compte via le cookie de mon ordinateur. Ou le site d’immobilier qui a soudainement commencé à m’envoyer journalièrement les résultats d’une recherche que j’avais enregistrée… il y a 10 ans ! (et je ne pouvais pas me désinscrire vu que j’avais officiellement effacé mon compte depuis plus de deux ans).

    Le marketing est, par définition, du mensonge. Les gens travaillant dans le marketing sont des menteurs. Dans les écoles de marketing, on apprend à mentir, le plus outrageusement possible. Tout ce qu’ils disent doit être considéré comme un mensonge. Nous sommes entourés d’un nuage de mensonges. Toute notre société est construite sur le rejet de toute forme de vérité.

    Lorsqu’un menteur est pris en flagrant délit, ce n’est pas le mensonge détecté le problème. C’est, au contraire de réaliser tous les autres mensonges que nous n’avons jamais détectés.

    Les hallucinations de Turing

    Le test de Turing dit qu’une intelligence artificielle est véritablement intelligente si on ne peut pas distinguer ce qu’elle écrit de ce qu’écrirait un humain. Turing n’avait pas envisagé que l’immense majorité des écrits humains seraient des piles de mensonges produits par des départements marketing. Dans tout ce débat, ce qui m’impressionne n’est pas tellement l’intelligence de nos ordinateurs, mais la bêtise humaine…

    Ce n’est même pas caché. Quand un journaliste de The Verge fait un article pour dire qu’une imprimante fonctionne bien (parce qu’elle imprime et pis c’est tout, ce qui est un truc de dingue dans le monde moderne), il est obligé de rajouter, de son propre aveu, du bullshit généré par ChatGPT afin que l’article paraisse sérieux aux yeux de Google. Lui, il le reconnait et préviens de ne pas lire. Mais pour un article comme cela, combien ne le disent pas ?

    Les modèles de langage larges (LLM) sont condamnés à « halluciner », le terme politiquement correct pour « raconter absolument n’importe quoi ». Exactement comme les départements marketing. Ou comme les religions ou n’importe quelle superstition. L’être humain a une propension à aimer le grand n’importe quoi et à y trouver un sens arbitraire (c’est le phénomène de paréidolie, qui permet notamment de voir des formes dans les nuages).

    Donc, ma question : vous espériez quoi, très sincèrement, des intelligences artificielles ?

    Les mensonges que nous nous racontons

    Et vous espérez quoi de l’humanité ? Non seulement nous passons notre temps à nous mentir, mais à « débattre » nos propres actions qui ne devraient même pas être discutables.

    Allez, je vous donne un exemple de comportement que nous trouvons « normal » simplement parce que nous sommes trop crétins pour dire aux marketeux qu’ils sont de dangereux menteurs psychopathes et que donc, on se dit qu’ils ne doivent pas avoir toujours complètement tort.

    Oui, je veux sauver la planète ! Chaque jour, je prends sur mon salaire pour faire un don de dix ou vingt euros à une énorme organisation multinationale qui fait travailler les enfants dans des conditions horribles et qui est responsable de près de 1% de toutes les émissions de CO2 de la planète. Sans compter les polluants : je participe chaque jour à l’une des plus importantes sources de pollution des nappes phréatiques et des océans.

    C’est pour ça que je les soutiens chaque jour. Ça me coûte cher, mais je continue ! Et en les soutenant, je participe à tuer 8 millions de personnes chaque année, à causer 50x plus de cancers en France que n’importe quelle autre pollution et je participe activement à empirer toutes les maladies respiratoires dans mon entourage, surtout les plus jeunes.

    Bref, je fume.

    En plus, je pue. Je dérange tout le monde, mais personne n’ose me le dire, car c’est « ma liberté ». Les non-fumeurs sont tellement bien élevés, ils n’osent pas me dire que, si, ça les dérange que je m’en grille un. Alors, j’emmerde les non-fumeurs, j’emmerde les asthmatiques, j’emmerde la planète, car fumer, c’est ma liberté. Donner mon argent à l’une des entreprises les plus polluantes du monde, c’est ma liberté. Rendre asthmatiques mes enfants, c’est ma liberté. D’ailleurs, je vais manifester pour le climat en m’en grillant une !

    Le tabac est un exemple très symptomatique : il est hyper dangereux, hyper polluant, hyper nocif y compris pour les non-fumeurs et n’a aucune justification pratique. Aucune, zéro, nada. L’interdiction de la vente de tabac aux jeunes ne devrait même pas être discutable. L’interdiction de fumer à moins de cent mètres d’un mineur devrait vous paraître une évidence.

    Ce n’est pas le cas. Et beaucoup trouvent que simplement dire à un fumeur « tu pues, tu m’empestes » c’est « pas très respectueux », mais que se taper une crise d’asthme ou un cancer de tabagisme passif, c’est « normal ». Socialement, je ne comprends pas comment on ne considère pas un type qui allume une clope en public comme quelqu’un qui enlève son pantalon et se met à déféquer au milieu de la rue : comme un gros dégueulasse qui n’a aucune éducation et qui empeste son environnement (avec la différence que la merde n’est pas cancérigène).

    Pour mettre en rapport, le tabac c’est trois crises du COVID chaque année. Rien que les morts annuels du tabagisme passif sont au même niveau que les victimes du COVID. Mais, contrairement au COVID, on ne prend aucune mesure alors que celles-ci sont faciles et évidentes. Pire, on encourage activement notre jeunesse à fumer !

    Il faut en déduire que tant qu’on tolère la vente et la fumée dans l’espace public, c’est qu’on n’a pas envie de sauver la planète ni la vie des humains. Voilà, au moins les choses sont claires. Ce n’est pas qu’on ne peut pas. On ne veut pas. Point. C’est bon ? On peut arrêter de faire semblant et détacher les capuchons des bouteilles en plastique ?

    Ingénieur et écrivain, j’explore l’impact des technologies sur l’humain, tant par écrit que dans mes conférences.

    Recevez directement par mail mes écrits en français et en anglais. Votre adresse ne sera jamais partagée. Vous pouvez également utiliser mon flux RSS francophone ou le flux RSS complet.

    Pour me soutenir, achetez mes livres (si possible chez votre libraire) ! Je viens justement de publier un recueil de nouvelles qui devrait vous faire rire et réfléchir. Je fais également partie du coffret libre et éthique « SF en VF ».

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    These days, it feels like more and more things either have memberships or subscriptions. However, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Some of these signups are genuinely great—but it takes a keen eye to know what’s worth its weight in gold and what’s fluff that’s draining your budget.

    Inspired by redditor u/CamHalf, the members of the r/AskReddit online community revealed the top memberships that they personally feel are “100% worth every penny.” Of course, that’s a bold claim. However, many of the internet users were happy to elaborate. Scroll down to see what they had to share!

    Bored Panda reached out to the author of the viral thread, redditor u/CamHalf, aka Cameron, who together with Tyler co-hosts the 'Lagers and Loudmouths' podcast. The OP was happy to share his thoughts with us about the types of memberships that are good to embrace and which ones it is best to avoid. Read on for our interview with him!

    #1

    Public library.

    u/Lemonbear63:
    Some libraries offer tool rentals and others offer culture passes that allow two people to attend attractions. Absolutely worth the price of free.

    u/SlippidySlappity:
    We got all sorts of cool stuff. Trail cam, bird watching kit, telescope, tools, Roku with subscriptions, Nintendo switch, toys, yard games, night vision goggles, and more on the way! Libraries are the best!

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    We were curious to get Cameron's, aka u/CamHalf's, opinion on memberships, so we asked him which ones he personally values the most. "Outside of the standard streaming services that many people have, the memberships I feel my family gets the most bang for our buck is the public library. It’s free, you can’t beat free!" the co-host of the 'Lagers and Loudmouths' podcast shared with Bored Panda.

    "We pay for an annual kid’s science museum membership for my almost 6-year-old son. We also pay for a yearly membership for my wife and son at Dollywood Theme Park. But after reading the thousands of responses to my question, I feel like I need a Costco membership! Unfortunately, our nearest Costco store is over an hour away. But perhaps that’s still worth it. The people of Reddit seem to think so," he said.

    #2

    YMCA - I pay $70 a month for a family of four and it includes use of the pool, gym, and sauna and up to four hours of childcare a day. I go nearly everyday and have lost 60 pounds over the last six months. It’s also my only childcare as a stay at home mom so it keeps me sane.

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    #3

    AAA or equivalent roadside service club in your respective country. A single tow costs more than your membership and it quickly pays for itself. Plus all the other discounts and affiliated services they offer, it is absolutely worth the money.

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    The reality is that many people these days are looking to cut costs to save more money. We wanted to get the OP’s take on how someone might go about evaluating whether or not a membership or subscription is worth keeping if their budget’s in trouble.

    From his perspective, this is a relatively simple thing to do. "Are you using it consistently enough to justify the cost? It’s just a matter of sitting down and doing the math to see if the numbers are in your favor. If you use something once or twice a year, it’s not likely worth the membership price. But if you use it weekly or evenly monthly, one might be able to justify the cost."

    #4

    Pet insurance. Love my fluffball and don’t want cost to get in the way if something big happens.

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    #5

    My union! They're out there fighting to get me better wages and working conditions and will back me with lawyers if the company tries to pull any shenanigans. Totally worth a few hundred bucks a year!

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    #6

    The Great Courses. It’s now under the umbrella of Wondrium (and they have a bunch of other stuff, but I look for the GC stuff) They have hundreds of courses. Each one has roughly 26-40 lectures. They’re the best professors in the world - the ones that students report as their favorite teachers.

    My boyfriend and I always have four on Thursdays: a science, an art, a philosophy (or wild card) and a history. We’ve done classes like: botany, the analects of Confucius, The Medici’s, the physics of time, early humans and the history of food.

    I’ve got a good deal with them at $10/month all I can stream. Great for lifelong learners.

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    According to Cameron, probably few people expect their posts to go as viral as they do. However, he said that he can “certainly see” why the topic got so much attention.

    "So, I think people are always trying to get the most bang for their buck, and memberships are often one of the best places to get that bang. They usually have a higher initial cost, but they pay out in dividends as long as you consistently utilize them."

    Feel free to check out Cameron and his co-host Tyler's podcast 'Lagers and Loudmouths,' where they address various debatable questions. "We like to do one more serious topic and one fun topic. For example, our last episode that dropped discussed the pros and cons of legalizing psychedelics as the serious topic and ‘who are your top 3 TV dads?’ as the fun topic,” he shared with us.

    #7

    I live on an island in Alaska with limited healthcare. An emergency flight to a more capable hospital will cost $50000. For $100 a year I save $49900 if I ever need their services. That $100 covers everyone living under my roof. There is no limit on the number of flights. And seniors pay $75. Of course, the flight isn't a guarantee. Bad weather or the donated jet needing repairs can, and does, prevent you from being flown out.

    Image credits: Ksan_of_Tongass

    #8

    A gym membership you actually use.


     


    u/pm_me_ur_bidets:
    Worth paying extra to join a gym you go to than save money on a gym you dont visit

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    #9

    As a parent, the local children's/science museums. Got more than my money's worth on bad weather days.


     


    u/PinkMonorail:
    When my kid was little we had Disney and LEGOLAND passes. Can’t afford Disney anymore and at 29 they’re too old for LEGOLAND.

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    From our perspective, there are two broad types of memberships. There are the ones that help you save money and ensure brand loyalty. Then, there are the ones that gobble up your cash in exchange for a (theoretically) useful or entertaining service.

    The former would be something like a grocery or retail store membership where you get discounts, collect points, and get all sorts of promotions. Meanwhile, the latter are things like annual memberships to cultural and recreational events and activities, as well as monthly gym memberships or streaming service subscriptions.

    In our experience, the memberships and subscriptions that are usually most worth it have two aspects to keep in mind. First of all, they’re ones that you use constantly. Look, many of us have had moments where we imagine the type of person that we want to be. We put in the effort and resources to set up the groundwork.

    #10

    When my ex and I had first moved to New York we bought family memberships to the MET and the Natural History museum during the first week. Seriously, the best decision ever. They have ALL kinds of year-round events and things to do that you can bring family and friends.


    The MET has a members only rooftop bar and mezzanine, members only music events like we watched the philharmonic play Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" in the Temple of Dendur. Members only gallery viewings, curator talks, talks by archaeologists and various things you could volunteer for. It was like having an "In" into the city.


    The Natural History museum had a monthly "Jazz under the stars" night with free food, drinks and music under the planetarium. I met Bill Nye and Neil Degrasse Tyson (when he was working there) and a bunch of other minor celebrities.


    These are not expensive memberships either.

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    #11

    Spotify Premium.

    u/Breakfast_1796:
    I've had Spotify premium since 2011 and I listen to it all day every day. Best value subscription.

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    #12

    I hate to admit it but Amazon Prime. When working on a project it's just so handy to have next day delivery. Damn you Bezos!

    For instance, you might buy lots of art supplies and sign up for digital lessons, get a gym subscription, or sign up for tango lessons. However, we might not have the energy, willpower, or passion to follow through with that commitment. So that membership or subscription becomes a money sink. It’s a relic of our (lukewarm) desire to be someone else.

    So, if an activity isn’t an integral part of your life, cut it out. You’ll save money. But the bigger victory here might be something else entirely: it’s being honest with yourself about who you are and who you’re not. Maybe it turns out that you like the idea of being an artist more than the hard work it requires to become a pro. Or you might want to take some pressure off your shoulders and simply draw or paint for fun. 

    Similarly, you might realize that gyms aren’t for you. You might not enjoy the crowded social space as much as other people do. Instead, you might prefer jogging, hiking, swimming, tennis, playing team sports, or some other way of moving. 

    #13

    For ADHDers - ChatGPT, the amount of learning random s**t has increased exponentially since.


    I ask it to explain complex subjects to me as if I were a child and once I have the concept I confirm with it by asking it if what I theorize is correct, it'll let you know if it is or isn't and will proceed to explain why it did/didn't.

    In my case, the one I stuck with the most was Computer Networking. I struggle with learning and require a little more help. Once it explained what "network", "subnet", "LAN", among other bespoke terminology were, I started to, mentally, build a network from the ground up, checking every step of the way to ensure I was fully grasping the concepts.

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    #14

    YouTube Premium. Use it everyday.

    u/Mallay:
    It's jarring for me when someone else uses YouTube around me and I see an ad play.

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    #15

    The US National Park Senior Pass. The BEST bargain in the nation.

    u/BramStroker47:
    I got my national park pass for free and all I had to do was give twenty years of my life to the military.

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    The second aspect that you want to consider when evaluating any membership is to look at how it impacts your life. To put it simply, if the service is something that makes you happy and gives at least some meaning or purpose, keep it. The activity should more or less align with your values and lifestyle.

    That might involve signing up for memberships in local heritage foundations, volunteering efforts, or national park organizations, depending on what you value the most!

    #16

    Costco… For the chicken and food court alone it is worth it.

    u/SibylUnrest:
    Also the over the counter medications. It's wild how much cheaper my allergy meds are there compared to someplace like CVS.

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    #17

    About 10 years ago, I was member of the nudist resort that was near me. For giggles, I brought in my college ID. About 160 a year for 24 hour access to the resort and grounds.

    For me it was my country club. Pool, big hot tub, gym, sauna. By my math at the time, all I had to do was visit 5 times a year to pay for it. I was there 2 to 5 times a week. Since it was a very rural area and not much to do, going there saved me money as anything decently worth doing was an hour or more away.

    Also since it was a nudist resort, most of the people that annoyed me were not apt to bother me. Perfect privacy to detach from the world.

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    #18

    I’m a scuba diver. For $75/year I get extra insurance in case I have an accident while diving. They pay for medical evacuation, they have a dive doctor speak to the ER doctor if they don’t know how to treat me, and they help coordinate getting me into a decompression chamber if I need it. My health insurance won’t cover any of that.

    Plus I can call them anytime with medical scuba questions.

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    Alternatively, if you're pressed for money but get a lot of use out of your (possibly expensive) memberships, you can always cut costs elsewhere. However, that requires a thorough analysis of your income and expenses. The first step is to come up with a realistic budget. The second is to cut back on your expenses. While the optional third step is to increase your income.

    In terms of expenses, you can dial back on dining out and cook more at home. Buying groceries on sale and in bulk can also help you save more than just a few pennies. And you may even want to consider going meatless one or more days a week. Quality red meat is expensive. However, there are plenty of good protein sources out there that are cheaper.

    #19

    The Calm app. $70 per year, so less than 20 cents per day. I use the “Baby Shhh” Soundscape every night as my “sleep music.” My brain has now learned that, when it hears that rhythmic sound, it’s time for sleep. There are other Soundscapes, depending on what you’re looking for, as well as Sleep Stories(read by the likes of Cillian Murphy, Harry Styles, Matthew McConaughey, and LeVar Burton(!!).) Meditations and a Daily Move designed to target a body part or stress or fatigue or whatever. I love it! 

    #20

    Parents know this one trick: zoo memberships. Got the one for all NYC zoos, including guest passes and free parking (for us AND guests). Sounds pricey up front, but we would go at least once a month through spring and summer for a day out, bringing grandparents, friends and cousins.

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    #21

    My university makerspace.

    3D printing, 3d scanners, laser cutting, sewing machines, cricut machines, vacuum molding, you name it.

    It doesn't have to be for uni related work.

    And it's completely free*

    *95% of the time, the materials are supplied for you. If you want to use your own material, you can (for example, they only supply 3mm plywood for the laser cutter. If you want 5mm, you need to source it yourself).

    Similarly, going out for coffee less often isn't going to magically solve all of your financial worries, but those small savings quickly add up. If you think you've cut back on everything realistic, you may want to consider your options for earning more cash, too.

    For instance, it might be time to talk to your boss about that raise you deserve. Or you may want to pick up more hours, get a second job, or start a side hustle. Alternatively, if paying the bills, putting food on the table, and enjoying life is getting next to impossible, it may be time to search for a better-paying (and hopefully more meaningful) job.

    What memberships or subscriptions have you personally found are worth every penny, dear Pandas? On the flip side, which ones did you find to be overhyped and not as useful as you thought? Share your experiences in the comments.

    #22

    This is maybe not a “membership” but it’s a recurring monthly charge to a service at least.

    We pay just shy of $100/month for a guy and his wife to come clean all the dog poop out of our yard twice a week. We have 2 big dogs and 3 little kids. This service is SO incredibly worth it, it’s not even funny. We’d give up the fiber internet package before we gave up “the poop man”.

    #23

    AARP.
    Most people don't know that you only have to be 18, and the discount I can get at most restaurants is better than the discount I get for being a vet, usually.
    Let me say again, you only have to be 18!

    #24

    TSA Precheck.


     


    u/Puzzleheaded_Key6211:
    I have global entry. For a few dollars more it’s definitely more beneficial if you go internationally often

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    #25

    AMC Alist - I pay $26 a month for 3 movies a week. At my preferred theatre tickets for that are already $22, so each movie I seen in a month after the first is essentially free. Probably not worth it some months, but in the summer when I see 5-7 movies a month it's fantastic.

    #26

    Massage and Costco.

    Monthly massage (or facial, but I'm all about the massage) is some of the best money I've ever spent.

    Costco is worth it for gas alone, with the bonus of basically everything else I get there as well.

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    #27

    I have a subscription for air filters for the home (FilterEasy). It's one of those things you always forget to replace, then when you see them at the store, you forget what size you need. With the subscription, the correct ones come in the mail, every 3 months, like clockwork.

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    #28

    I’m a paramedic, please heed this information. If you live outside of a major city, hell, even if your city’s hospital isn’t the best, seriously consider purchasing a membership to your closest air medical helicopter company. The cost isn’t outrageous and it saves you if you ever need to use it. Helicopter bills are expensive and insurance will leave you out to dry on them. It’s in your best interest to inquire about purchasing memberships if they’re offered.

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    #29

    Peloton app. 13 bucks a month, all the exercise classes you could want, no bike or tread needed. Strength, yoga, pilates, Barre, Cardio, stretching, meditation, even outdoor running/walking. Again, no bike or addl subscription needed. It's shocking how few people know about it.

    #30

    My wife has several restaurant memberships that she signed up for years ago.

    She got into them during promotional periods that refunded the membership cost as introductory periods. She paid $25 initially, and they discounted that from the meal. When she signed up.

    They never actually turned on the "charging" aspect, and she gets a lot of free meals given to her throughout the year.

    They are mostly boutique restaurants, and she gets various perks like priority seating (no wait) and special attendance by management along with the meals being comped.

    #31

    PBS Passport. Local TV shows, award winning documentaries, NOVA, and foreign TV for $5 and NO ads! All other streaming services get more expensive each year and the content is usually crappy reality TV or lame romantic comedies.

    If you live in the UK, PBS is kind of like our version of the BBC without the licensing fees and we get British imported TV shows.

    #32

    Regal Unlimited is awesome, unlimited movies whenever I want is definitely worth it for me. I go to around 4+ every month now.

    #33

    Audible. I pay for the plan with the 1 monthly credit and always find books that take at least that long to listen to on my commute and that cost at LEAST as much as the membership.

    #34

    As someone who's in college and writes a s**t ton of essays, Grammerly has been worth every penny. The suggestions and corrections it makes are insanely helpful for writing clear essays.

    #35

    REI - not sure how common it is nation wide but as an outdoors person it's great. One-time sign-up fee for $30. I get 10%back on all of my purchases. I believe my first purchase was a new snowboard and new bindings, and the 10% I made back on it already surpassed the $30 I spent once on my membership.

    #36

    Gamepass is worth it if you play more than one game every couple months ($19/m vs $50-$100 for a game).

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    #37

    Cook's Illustrated website. I pay for full access to the CI recipes and America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country. Their recipes are outstanding and definitely better than 90% of the stuff you can find for free.
  • Thursday 14 March 2024 - 08:18

    Being a bus driver is a tougher job than you might think. Long hours spent in the driver’s seat. Having to constantly focus so you don’t crash. Keeping to your strict schedules. And ensuring that the passengers are behaving themselves. These employees deserve a lot more thanks than they get.

    Unfortunately, some folks don’t understand the meaning of basic manners. Redditor u/Unthanked_Bus_Driver shared how they dealt with a verbally abusive passenger to teach them a lesson they’ll never forget. Scroll down for the full story. Bored Panda has reached out to the author of the story for comment via Reddit, and we’ll update the article as soon as we hear back from them.

    Bus drivers deserve to be treated with politeness and respect. Unfortunately, some people can’t do even that

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    One driver shared how they got back at a particularly abusive and rude passenger they encountered a while back

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    Being in close proximity with other people means that sooner or later you’ll have to face some rudeness and entitlement

    For many of us, basic politeness and kindness are no-brainers. It’s common sense to treat others with at least some respect. Many of us understand that we should treat others as we ourselves would like to be treated.

    Unfortunately, common sense isn’t all that common. And for some folks, rudeness—not courtesy—is their modus operandi.

    The fact is that if you work a job where you have to connect with other people, you will, at some point in time, have to deal with rude, entitled, and problematic individuals. In rarer cases, the issues are even more serious, and you may have to tangle with verbally or even physically abusive individuals.

    Let’s be clear—nobody, absolutely nobody, deserves to be abused for doing their jobs. Anyone throwing insults at bus drivers (or anyone else for that matter) needs to take a good, long look at their lives. Clearly, they need to rethink how they interact with people.

    How someone treats the people who provide a service for them tells a lot about them as individuals and their values.

    Drivers should do their best to stay as calm and professional as possible, no matter what happens

    For bus drivers, their main priorities are their own safety as well as that of their passengers. So when they face unruly or abusive individuals, they should try to avoid direct confrontation as much as possible.

    That means that de-escalation is usually the best approach. It requires staying cool, calm, and collected even under extreme pressure. The key is to avoid being provoked (even if the passenger is clearly in the wrong). Be polite, stay professional, and offer them some sort of solution to their problem.

    That’s why a driver’s top skills aren’t just navigation, punctuality, and operating a massive vehicle for long stretches of time. They should also be good communicators and know how to resolve conflicts.

    However, in some cases, diplomacy and politeness aren’t enough. If someone continues to be unreasonable, the drivers should follow whatever protocols their company has in place. In some cases, they might need to call their colleagues for advice or the authorities for help.

    Hopefully, the companies the drivers work for cover their medical insurance and provide the ability to seek professional help after particularly disturbing experiences. A good therapist can assist with a different perspective on being the victim of abusive behavior and moving forward after that.

    What would you have done if you were in the OP’s position, dear Pandas? Do you think they handled the situation the right way? What would you have done in the face of a verbally abusive passenger? How do you treat the public transport employees you meet on your commute? Share your thoughts in the comment section if you happen to have a spare moment.

    The author of the post was happy to chat with some of their readers

    Other internet users shared their take on what happened while others revealed similar experiences of their own

    The post Violent Passenger Orders Bus Driver Around, Gets A Taste Of Malicious Compliance first appeared on Bored Panda.
  • Thursday 14 March 2024 - 08:06

    Science can be fascinating and fun. We love to learn new facts about our planet and beyond, like the fact that hippos sweat sunscreen. But it can also be pretty scary at times. I, personally, try not to think about the effect microplastics have on our health or how many times BP has spilled oil into our oceans. There's nothing fun about these kinds of facts.

    Perhaps a similar thought brought about the curiosity of this Redditor. Instead of fishing for some fun science facts, the user u/DogeStonks69 asked others, "What's the scariest science fact that the public knows nothing about?" And boy, did the commenters deliver. Be prepared to possibly face some existential dread after going through these entries.

    #1

    Scientists were trying to study the effects that microplastics have on the human body and brain but were unable to draw any reasonable conclusions because they **could not find a control group.**.

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    #2

    For two days in September of 1859 a massive solar flare (coronal mass ejection) powerful enough to make hanging telegraph lines burst into flames from the induced current washed over the Earth. Another massive burst in 2012 only just missed Earth, but it's not going to be pretty when our luck runs out on this.

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    #3

    The greatest chemical contributor to IQ loss and violent behaviour is Lead and it's still in millions of people's piping.

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    Let's dissect some of these scary facts. Like the microplastic one. Why are there no control groups to test its effects on? The problem with microplastics is that they're everywhere: in the water, in the earth, and in the air. But what's more concerning is that it is in living tissues, too. 

    The fact that there are nano and microplastics in our blood, placenta, heart, liver, and bowels alone is enough to scare us. But that's also the reason why scientists can't properly study its effects – there is no place (even in the human body) where they are not present, so we can no longer make comparisons.

    What are the potential dangers of having microplastics in our organs? It's possible they make us more susceptible to cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, and Alzheimer's disease, and they might even affect our fertility. There is a study where researchers found that microplastics in the brain might correlate with autism-like traits in mice.

    #4

    Brain aneurysms can happen at any time, to anyone. No matter what age you are, or even how healthy you are, if you are currently alive, you have a chance of getting a brain aneurysm. When you do get one, there's a 50 % chance you'll just die immediately. Like, you'd be alive one minute, and then lying on the floor unconscious the next minute. Are the chances of actually getting a brain aneurysm at any random moment low? Yes, but it's still not 0.

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    #5

    Scientific litterature conclusion on alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases in general is that the diseases start decades before the first obvious symptoms and that we need to treat them at this stage. When you exhibit obvious symptoms, it's too late, your brain is already mush.


    If you get diagnosed with alzheimer's at 65, you had the disease since your early 40's at least. And you experienced very mild symptoms but didn't notice it. And your brain fought like hell to compensate the deficit. When you get diagnose, your brain is already very severely damaged and will never recover from the deficit.

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    #6

    We know that there is a string connection between pregnant mother's having viruses such as the flu during pregnancy and schizophrenia. It will be interesting what we see in 15 years post COVID.

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    Declining insect population rates are also bad news for us. We often think of insects as nuisances: annoying flies, bloodsuckering mosquitoes, and disgusting roaches. But the reality is that insects, no matter how gross, are extremely important to ecosystems.

    Reuters reports that a 2020 study found how Earth has lost 5% to 10% of its insect populations in the last 150 years. That's between 250,000 and 500,000 species total. Another study found that we're losing insect populations at a rate of 1% to 2% per year.

    Which species are the most affected? Out of the gross ones, only the beetles, including dung beetles. The insects that have the worst numbers are bees, moths and butterflies, aquatic insects, and those insects that eat other insects, like certain species of ladybugs and ants.

    #7

    Take an Astronomy 101 course at your local community college. People have no idea the amount of and variety of things that exist in space, that can and do happen, that would send us back to the Stone Age, or outright annihilate life on Earth. I’m not talking asteroids, comets, and solar flares, everyone knows those, I’m talking supernovas, gamma ray bursts, wandering planets, wandering back holes, and more. And none of it do we have any ounce of control over. The good thing is the galaxy and universe are unbelievably large, so our chances of being affected by these things are, quite literally, astronomically low, but it ain’t zero.

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    #8

    Swimming in freshwater could expose you to Naegleria fowleri — a brain eating amoeba** that is fatal 97% of the time, and is almost impossible to treat effectively.

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    #9

    Insect population depletion.

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    So, what's causing the poor guys to become extinct? Besides the abundance of pesticides, climate change is a big factor. It causes temperature changes and alters seasonal timing.

    As temperatures rise, insects may no longer have cooler environments to migrate to. Droughts reduce food availability, and heavy rainfall might even drown them. Extreme weather events might be dangerous directly or destroy their habitats.

    #10

    Our bodies have no way of knowing that we're breathing oxygen. If I could snap my fingers and replace all the oxygen in you room with another inert gas you wouldn't notice. You wouldn't start to choke or struggle. You'd just get sleepier and sleepier until you die. That's why carbon monoxide is so dangerous. If you have any sort of gas appliance in your building, invest in a detector. 

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    #11

    Your poor posture could lead to incurable chronic pain

    sit up straight.

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    #12

    In Yellowknife, NT Canada, there was a gold mine operating for 54 years, and a byproduct of that mining process was arsenic trioxide... 237,000 tonnes of it, enough to give a death sentece to everything on the planet. They figured the best thing to do was to bury it in permafrost. The problem is, it's starting to get warmer, so they have to figure out what to do with it. It's not a secret. Just no one is talking about it.

    What exactly would happen in a world without insects? Environmental writer Oliver Milman told Boston public radio WBUR that it might be worse than we think. "It would be an extremely dire place to live in – and certainly not something we should ever aim for."

    "You would certainly have mass starvation [and] societal unrest… It'd be a place where there would be rotting feces and corpses everywhere because dung beetles and other insects that break down those materials would be gone."

    #13

    An Extinction Level asteroid could hit Earth with only a few days notice. Asteroids can appear very quickly from what appears to be nowhere. There is nothing we could do to prevent it from hitting.

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    #14

    Last time i had to go under the knife i mentioned to the anesthesiologist "i read online that no one knows how anesthesia even works" and he kinda just said "yeah....".

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    #15

    Alcohol increases the permeability of the blood brain barrier by unpredictable factors, which is why people die from overdose on their normal d**g dosages.

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    Pollinators would be perhaps the biggest loss. Pollinating crops by hand is an enormously labor-intensive operation, as China's Sichuan province has already learned. Their project to hand-pollinate orchards only yielded short-term results, prompting the discussion that we need to protect our pollinators even further. 

    #16

    Europa even though smaller than earth has more water than all water bodies in the world combined.

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    #17

    By the time AIDS was first discovered in the United States in 1981, 250,000 Americans were already infected with HIV.

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    #18

    There’s this concept called the False Vacuum Decay.

    Basically, ya know how an electron can orbit an atom (just roll with it)? And how it can orbit at a high state sometimes, then releases energy and drops to a low state? That low state is called the vacuum state. It’s the lowest state that a thing can be in, it’s the “default”. But there are some examples of a “false vacuum”. Basically, imagine a ball rolling down a hill. The false vacuum is a little valley it gets caught it. But it could still go lower.

    Long story short: for various reasons we are afraid one or more fields in our universe might be in a false vacuum state.

    If that false vacuum were to collapse, which could happen randomly via quantum tunneling, or if we pump enough energy in an area, or through a dozen other theoretical mechanisms, then the universe as we know it goes bye-bye. Everything we know ceases to exist from that point into a bubble which expands at the speed of light. And within that bubble nothing we know can ever exist again. It’s not destruction, it’s erasure and change. Within the bubble, the laws of physics will be different. Chemistry might not exist. Biological life might not be possible.

    And we’ve done some experiments. Here are the results.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Higgs_FalseVacuum2018.jpg

    The circles are indications of how certain we are. We’re positive our universe exists in the bigger circle. We’re fairly sure in the smaller circles etc etc.

    The yellow means we’re in a false vacuum. Green means we’re good. Red means “you f****d up the experiment.”

    So long short: we’re fairly sure that we’re in said false vscuum.

    #19

    I'm sure there are plenty of people who know this, but personally I find it terrifying af.

    If the vacuum of space didn't block sound from reaching us, the sun would be as loud as a jackhammer *everywhere* on Earth. Everywhere, at all times. And because sound travels slower than light, if the sun were to go out it would take eight minutes for the light to stop but 13 years for the sound to stop. So life on a cold, dead Earth for 13 years and still hearing the jackhammer scream of our dead sun.

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    #20

    Antibiotics. We've literally exhausted all possible antibiotic treatment. There are bacteria that are already multi d**g resistant to Colisitin and Tigecycline which are like our salvage antibiotics at present. And there aren't new antibiotics that are approved or developed fast enough to deal with these. So a time will come in the near future where we can't treat infections anymore, especially in the hospital setting like ICUs etc.

    #21

    Viruses stay with you forever and a lot flair up later in life to f**k you up.

    No one knows if COVID will come back in already infected people as something worse.

    #22

    Here's something different: Gödel's incompleteness theorem. Mathematics, the very science that we use to build bridges, fly airplanes and operate nuclear power plants, is inherently broken and there's no way it can be fixed.

    Gödel himself lost his mind over this.

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    #23

    Gamma Ray Bursts.

    If ever one happens to be close enough and aimed exactly at Earth, we're basically all dead.

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    #24

    The End-Permian mass extinction was the worst in Earth's history. 70-80% of species died. It was caused by volcanic activity in Siberia spewing magma for thousands of years, releasing CO2 and igniting fossil fuel deposits as it bubbled up for good measure, leading to a runaway greenhouse effect and acidifying the oceans. Species had a better chance of surviving the asteroid that k***ed the dinosaurs. Today, the global climate is heating up 10x faster than it did at the end of the Permian.

    #25

    We all get cancer. But most are so little and small they can’t and won’t hurt us.

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    #26

    The scariest ones are the ones NOT in this thread... because the public doesn't know about them.

    #27

    I'll let the others have the easy ones.

    The inevitable displacement of Mexico City due to the abuse and lack of fresh water. It will be an international incident by their own making, displacing roughly 20 million people. Half of their utilities infrastructure is faulty and the current leadership has no viable way to repair and maintain their current system. It's not a matter of if, but when the system collapses. Normal groundwater reserve use is ten percent for any major city and only under dire circumstances should it be used at all. Mexico City uses almost half of their supply from groundwater reserves annually. Current projections show a complete collapse within 15 years.

    #28

    Earth’s magnetic field started shifting at an accelerated rate in 2000. The earth is long overdue for a magnetic pole swap.

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    #29

    There are millions and billions of dollars in research into how to make people buy c**p. The missus took a year of psychology and what they got the most research on is how to manipulate you and me into buying c**p we don't need. Mental illness we know a little about. Making you want the new c**p that you don't need? We know a helluva lot about how that works.

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    #30

    CO2 levels are causing the pH levels in the ocean to move towards an acidic level. No not like burn yourself acid, but just enough that it's causing an already noticeable impact to microorganisms at the bottom of the food chain. This may eventually lead to a ecological collapse. It seems to be impacting phytoplankton which is responsible for producing a good chunk of the air you breath as well. If the oceans go anaerobic the atmosphere would become toxic. A similar event has occurred during one or two of the past mass extinction events.

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    #31

    It is estimated that by 2050, more than 10 million people will die due to antimicrobial resistance. Many people know, but nothing is done and it is terrifying. Scary as f**k.

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    #32

    The first contraceptive pill was never tested on women. They tested it on men instead.

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    #33

    There is about a 1 million year gap in which we know almost nothing about with almost no fossil evidence for that era. That’s enough time for beings to evolve, advance, and eventually die out.

    #34

    We are currently in the sixth major extinction event, where our flora and fauna are being destroyed by human activity at a fast rate. It cannot be completely stopped anymore, only mitigated, and, let’s be real… we as humans have little interest as a whole to do so.

    #35

    Soil vitamins going bye bye and antibiotics not working anymore.

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    #36

    If you start showing any signs of rabies, you are going to die. Or at least in 99% of cases that happens.

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    #37

    **Prions.**

    I do not recommend researching. There is nothing to be done if you have prion disease.

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    #38

    Only my grandma and I know how handsome I am.

    #39

    Tetraethyl lead raised worldwide lead levels so significantly they had to drill into arctic ice to find an uncontaminated sample.

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    #40

    Geiger counters used to be incredibly easy to make, but now it is extremely hard to find non-irradiated materials to use as a reference point to count off of. 

    Image credits: hysys_whisperer

    #41

    There is a volcano about the size of texas under yellowstone and when it goes off it will wipe out most life on earth. It's overdue. By about 30 thousand years.

    #42

    People don’t talk enough about the melting permafrost and the associated positive feedback loops that only accelerate what’s already started.

    #43

    Context: Scientist who went on a date with a specialist nurse.

    Mucormycosis is caused by mold you find on bread that's been left out, and often kills you.

    I went on a date with a senior nurse in emergent infectious health, who scared the s**t out of me by saying that sometimes this mold will take hold of your bodily functions and kill you. It happens rarely, and often in immunocompromised people, but it can randomly happen to regular people as well. It's typically caught really late because it ls rare, meaning that it is often deadly.

    Imagine having a slice of bread that's got a tiny amount of mold and then getting a death sentence because it was caught too late.

    #44

    If an electrical line is damaged and is in contact with the floor, even walking away from it with big steps can cause a huge electrical potential difference between your feet and end you.

    Image credits: Fflow27

    #45

    The world can end by weaponized, self-replicating nanotechnology.

    > Gray goo (also spelled as grey goo) is a hypothetical global catastrophic scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating machines consume all biomass (and perhaps also everything else) on Earth while building many more of themselves, a scenario that has been called ecophagy (the literal consumption of the ecosystem).

    #46

    The actual amount of crude oil that's been pumped directly into the ocean. BP had High Definition 4K live footage of the pipe that ruptured and chose to censor it. And it's not just BP that's had an incident like that.

    Image credits: Cock_-n-_BallTorture

    #47

    Traveling to the nearest star is never going to be possible in a human lifetime.

    #48

    The worlds soil is running out of nitrogen pretty rapidly, and most farmland is essentially “zombie” farmland where it would be completely unusable without fertiliser, and if we ever run out of the minerals needed for fertiliser then we are rather screwed, and on top of that the nutritional value of most fruit and veg isn’t in a great state either there’s so much crop inbreeding, I mean one bad virus in the US could tank production of certain crops.

    Image credits: metropitan

    #49

    For me, it’s the perma frost scenario. The perma frost holds so much c02 (edit*** methane) that when it thaws it will just skyrocket our levels and there will be nothing we can do about it.

    #50

    That about 226g of Botulin toxin is enough to wipe out Humanity.
  • Thursday 14 March 2024 - 07:35
  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 17:48

    Many artists dream of winning a prestigious award for their work–or even a nomination– since their first day on the set of a movie or TV show or setting foot in a recording studio.

    However, those who managed to make a name for themselves in the entertainment industry sometimes have a different concept of what these forms of recognition represent.

    Some are just unwilling to accept an award from an institution they deem corrupt, while others believe artists shouldn't be pitted against each other or have their talent measured in the form of a statuette.

    Oh, and others are simply too humble to think they’re worthy of such honors.

    Bored Panda presents 14 moments where celebrities declined prestigious awards and honors.

    #1 Nick Cave

    The Aussie musician turned down the MTV Video Music Award when they nominated him for Best Male Artist, citing his refusal to participate in an event that pitted musicians against each other.

    He asked for the nomination to be withdrawn and given to somebody who felt "more comfortable with the competitive nature of these awards ceremonies."

    In a letter he sent to MTV, the rock singer wrote: “I have always been of the opinion that my music is unique and individual and exists beyond the realms inhabited by those who would reduce things to mere measuring. I am in competition with no one.”

    “My relationship with my muse is a delicate one at the best of times, and I feel that it is my duty to protect her from influences that may offend her fragile nature.”

    He continued: “My muse is not a horse, and I am in no horse race, and if indeed she was, still, I would not harness her to this tumbrel.”

    Image credits: Nick Cave

    #2 Dolly Parton

    In 2022, the country music legend declined an invitation to be included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don't feel that I have earned that right,” Dolly tweeted. 

    “I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out. I do hope that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will understand and be willing to consider me again — if I'm ever worthy. 

    “This has, however, inspired me to put out a hopefully great rock 'n' roll album at some point in the future, which I have always wanted to do!”

    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame wasn’t going to let Dolly get away with her humble words, so they confirmed that she would remain a nominee, citing that rock and roll has had deep roots in country music since its inception and that the Jolene singer “impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists.”

    Dolly has also turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice during the Trump administration, saying, “I feel like if I take it, I'll be doing politics, so I'm not sure.”

    Image credits: Dolly Parton

    #3 Julie Andrews

    The talented actress turned down a 1996 Tony nomination for her starring performance in Victor/Victoria to protest the snubbing of the rest of the show's creative team.

    Julie addressed what she felt was an unfair situation during a curtain call, saying, "I have searched my conscience and my heart and find that I cannot accept this nomination, and prefer instead to stand with the egregiously overlooked."

    Despite her comments, the Sound of Music star was still included on the ballot for Best Actress in a Musical and is listed as a nominee on the Tony Awards website.

    Donna Murphy ultimately won for her performance in The King and I.

    Image credits: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

    #4 George C. Scott

    George “disagreed, on principle, with a competition that pitted actors against each other,” which is why he became the first actor to decline an Academy Award in 1971 when he turned down an accolade for his role as General George S. Patton in Patton.

    The actor described the ceremony as "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons."

    George had warned months in advance that he wouldn't accept the award. Consequently, many read the Academy’s decision to give it to him as an attempt to legitimize the awards and make the public respect them more.

    "They took the Oscar to George C. Scott as an opportunity to say, ‘Well, no one buys these awards, sometimes, people don’t even want them; we’ll give it to George C. Scott because we just simply thought he was the best,'" Film Studies academic Dennis Bingham said.

    Image credits: CBS

    #5 Sinéad O'connor

    Sinéad wrote a letter to the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences after she was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1991, stating her intentions not to accept any potential award she might receive during the ceremony.

    “As artists I believe our function is to express the feelings of the human race — to always speak the truth and never keep it hidden,” the Irish singer wrote.

    In contrast, the music industry possesses "false and destructive materialistic values," "acknowledge[s] mostly the commercial side of art," and "respect[s] mostly material gain, since that is the main reason for their existence."

    Award shows “honor” artists when they achieve commercial success and “ignore” them when they don’t, Sinéad wrote.

    Despite her criticism of the music industry, Sinéad still won Best Alternative Music Performance for I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, and she is listed as the winner on the official Grammys website.

    Image credits: Sinéad O&#039;Connor

    #6 David Bowie

    In 2000, Queen Elizabeth II wanted to honor the English singer with the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He said no.

    The Queen was a hardcore fan of Bowie’s music, so she asked again in 2003 with a sweeter deal: a knighthood. David refused again.

    Royal titles didn’t appeal much to him. In fact, he was clueless as to what purpose they serve.

    “I would never have any intention of accepting anything like that. I seriously don't know what it's for. It's not what I spent my life working for,” the rockstar explained when asked about Mick Jagger being given his knighthood.

    “It's not my place to make a judgment on Jagger; it's his decision. But it's just not for me.”

    Image credits: David Bowie

    #7 John Lennon

    The English musician accepted, along with his bandmates, an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) medal, but he returned it in 1969 “in protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against ‘Cold Turkey’ slipping down the charts.”

    The “Nigeria-Biafra thing” he mentioned in the letters he sent to Queen Elizabeth, the Prime Minister, and Central Chancery refers to the Nigerian Civil War. 

    Meanwhile, “Cold Turkey” is a song that John wrote in 1969, released as a single by the Plastic Ono Band, the group he formed with his wife, Yoko Ono.

    Later on, the singer-songwriter explained why he had initially accepted the honor.

    "Before you get an MBE, the Palace writes to you to ask if you’re going to accept it because you’re not supposed to reject it publicly, and they sound you out first. 

    “I chucked the letter in with all the fan-mail, until Brian [Epstein, the Beatles’ manager] asked me if I had it. He and a few other people persuaded me that it was in our interests to take it, and it was hypocritical of me to accept it.”

    Image credits: The Tomorrow Show

    #8 Bansky

    Banky’s documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop” was one of the five pictures nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary category in 2011.

    While the mysterious artist didn’t actually win, he refused to attend the ceremony.

    As it turns out, the Academy didn’t want him to show up wearing a disguise, like the monkey mask he’s rumored to wear in public to conceal his identity. 

    “The fun but disquieting scenario is that if the film wins and five guys in monkey masks come to the stage all saying, ‘I’m Banksy,’ who the hell do we give it to?” the Academy’s executive director, Bruce Davis, said, as per ET.

    Image credits: Bansky

    #9 Woody Allen

    "I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing,” the actor and filmmaker once said of the Academy Awards.

    He was nominated a total of 24 times, and accepted none of his wins.

    Woody only attended the show once, after the September 11th attacks. On that occasion, he took the stage to introduce a group of films that had been made in his home state, New York.

    “When you see who wins those things — or who doesn't win them — you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is…,” the director further said.

    “I know it sounds terrible, but winning that Oscar for 'Annie Hall' didn't mean anything to me.”

    Image credits: United Artists

    #10 Tom Cruise

    In 2021, the Top Gun actor returned all three of the Golden Globes he'd been awarded throughout his career to protest against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

    Tom won Golden Globes for his performances in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), and Magnolia (1999).

    His decision came amid renewed criticism of the HFPA's "utter lack of diversity" among its membership, according to Entertainment Weekly.

    NBC decided not to air the 2022 ceremony, citing in a statement that the HFPA needed more time to enact "meaningful reform."

    Image credits: Paramount Pictures

    #11 Marlon Brando

    From playing Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire to portraying Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando had already gained worldwide recognition before becoming The Godfather in 1972. Still, it was the film adaptation of Mario Puzzo’s crime novel that earned him the most critically acclaimed performance of his career and the Best Actor Oscar he turned down.

    Marlon wasn’t there to refuse the award himself and sent a Native American actress and activist named Sacheen Littlefeather to do it in his place.

    According to Sacheen, the Hollywood star decided to decline the "very generous award" because of the "treatment of American Indians today by the film industry." 

    The woman, who sparked divided opinions, ranging from loud boos to applause, said of her speech: “I didn’t use my fist. I didn’t use swear words. I didn’t raise my voice. But I prayed that my ancestors would help me.

    “I went up there like a warrior woman. I went up there with the grace and the beauty and the courage and the humility of my people. I spoke from my heart.”

    Image credits: Academy Awards

    #12 Elizabeth Taylor

    At the time, Elizabeth was married to Richard Burton, who had often been snubbed by the Academy. Attending the 1996 award show would’ve exposed her husband to a fifth loss.

    Despite both of them being nominated, Richard booked a couples trip to Paris and convinced Elizabeth to ditch the ceremony and join him.

    Ultimately, the actress didn’t accept her Oscar for her role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

    Image credits: CBS

    #13 Eminem

    In 2003, the rapper didn’t attend the 2003 Academy Awards despite being nominated in the Best Original Song category for “Lose Yourself” from his movie “8 Mile."

    In fact, he didn’t even watch the ceremony, and fell asleep at home when his name was announced.

    "Back then, I never even thought that I had a chance to win, and we had just performed 'Lose Yourself' on the Grammys with the Roots a couple of weeks before the Oscars, so we didn’t think it was a good idea.

    “And also, back at that time, the younger me didn't really feel like a show like that would understand me," the musician told Variety.

    Image credits: Eminem

    #14 Drake

    Drake’s album Certified Lover Boy was up for Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammys, and he was nominated for Best Rap Performance for "Way 2 Sexy."

    The Canadian rapper decided to withdraw both nominations.

    While the motive remains unclear, the Hotline Bling rapper told Variety he had a “long and at times contentious relationship” with the awards.

    A statement he wrote in 2020 following The Weekend’s snub may shed light on his decision, though.

    “I think we should stop allowing ourselves to be shocked every year by the disconnect between impactful music and these awards,” he shared.

    Furthermore, he stated that people “just accept that what once was the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to the artists that exist now.”

    Image credits: Drake

  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 17:47

    On the 16th of January, almost a month left until the official release of “Dune: Part 2“, Denis Villeneuve’s assistant had an urgent flight to the palliative care facility located about 130 miles north of Quebec City with a very special mission. A terminally ill man made an unusual wish before his last breath: to see the long-awaited sequel to 2021’s “Dune: Part 1”.

    Official worldwide release of “Dune: Part 2” was scheduled on 1st of March, 2024

    Image credits: Warner Bros Pictures

    It all started with Josée Gagnon and her Canadian charity L’Avant, which focuses on helping people at the end of their lives realize their dreams. “There was a man my age at the end of his life in palliative care home,” said Gagnon. “This man, a filmmaker, had said that before he died, he would have liked to see the movie Dune 2,” she added.

    The whole idea didn’t seem very realistic at the beginning. Gagnon had doubts about getting Villeneuve’s attention. “It’s an American movie worth 120 million, so it was impossible to get him to listen, of course. But my friend said to me, ‘Josée, you can do everything yourself. Since when has anything stopped you? Write to Denis Villeneuve.’ I told myself… He was so right. Why not? What have I got to lose?”

    Canadian charity L’Avant founder Josée Gagnon shared the urgent message on the social media

    Image credits: Facebook

    The patient had just few weeks left when Gagnon came up with an idea to share the message on L’Avant’s Facebook page: “I would like to pull a magic trick for someone at the end of their life. Would anyone be able to put me in contact with filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (director of Dune) by chance???? I know it’s ambitious, but I’ve always succeeded in my crazy ideas, so I’m dark with naivety and hope. <…> The person in question has a few weeks left, so there’s no time to waste.”

    Villeneuve and his wife, Tanya Lapointe, who happens to be one of the producers of “Dune: Part 2“, were extremely touched by Gagnon message and this man’s dying will. They tried to arrange for the patient to fly to Montreal or Los Angeles, but he was too weak.

    Villeneuve initially tried to arrange for the patient to fly to Montreal or Los Angeles, but patient was too weak

    Image credits: CineFix

    The situation was “a race against the clock.” Therefore, on the 16th of January, Villeneuve gave his own laptop to his assistant with a complete version of the movie and asked them to fly out to the patient.

    “We gave up our cell phones, signed a discharge, closed the curtains, then, the late man got to watch Dune 2 alone with a house maid.”

    Villeneuve sent his own laptop so the man could see the film

    Image credits: dunemovie.net

    “The man was so weak we thought he might pass away listening to the movie. He didn’t have the strength to listen through it all,” Gagnon shares about the moment. The patient watched the film with French subtitles. He was in such a bad shape and in so much pain that he wasn’t able to view the full 2 hours and 46 minutes of the film. Yet it wasn’t the most important part here – what was truly touching – was that complete strangers gave it their all to make this man’s last wish come true.

    Dune: Part 2 had a special early screening for a terminally-ill fan

    Image credits: dunenewsnet.com

    Sadly, just a few days later, after watching the movie, the patient bid farewell to the world. Gagnon hopes this story will inspire people to fight for their dreams no matter what difficulty life puts in their path: “People have to continue to believe that everything is possible when it is done with heart.” “I smile like an idiot thinking about this beautiful story,” she said. “Thinking of him.”

    Gagnon didn’t watch the movie yet, though always smiles whenever she hears about it

    Image credits: dunemovie.net

    People from all around the world were touched by this heartfelt gesture

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  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 17:15

    At the 2024 Oscars, he was most definitely a “10.” Ryan Gosling’s performance of I’m Just Ken at the 96th Academy Awards, alongside Mark Ronson and other famous Kens, wowed audiences, made co-stars laugh, and got other A-list celebrities to join in.

    After triumphing in his Ken role in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Ryan went ahead to perform the popular song on the stage at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday (March 10).

    Mark and company managed to get the 43-year-old actor and all the other Kens (including Simu Liu) from the film to perform on the Oscars stage, leaving the crowd and viewers in awe.

    Seated behind Margot Robbie in the audience, who couldn’t contain her laughter, Ryan proceeded to make his way to the stage, accompanied by Mark on guitar and a group of backup dancers.

    Ryan Gosling’s stellar performance of I’m Just Ken at the 2024 Oscars stole the show

    Image credits: Rich Polk/Variety

    Even legendary Guns and Roses guitarist Slash partook in the grandiose show.

    At one point, the Barbie star made his way back into the audience and held the microphone up to his Barbie cast and crew, including Greta, Margot, and America Ferrera, who were all singing along with him.

    Ryan also got his La La Land co-star Emma Stone to sing along with him.

    I’m Just Ken was one of two songs from Barbie that earned a nomination for best original song. Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For? was the other, ultimately winning the Oscar for the category.

    Image credits: Deadline Hollywood

    Meanwhile, Ryan’s wife and the mother to their two daughters took to her Instagram page to express her love for him, writing “Always by my man,” in a video post of her standing next to Ryan’s Oscars dressing room sign.

    In another photo post, Eva shared a snapshot of herself in a pink-studded blazer, black cowboy hat, and sunglasses, and she wrote in the caption: “You took Ken all the way to the Oscar’s, RG. Now come home, we need to put the kids to bed.”

    The nominees and winners of some of the 96th Academy Awards categories:

    Best Picture:

    Winner: Oppenheimer

    American Fiction

    Anatomy of a Fall

    Barbie

    The Holdovers

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Maestro

    Past Lives

    Poor Things

    The Zone of Interest

    Legendary Guns and Roses guitarist Slash partook in the grandiose show

    Image credits: Deadline Hollywood

    Best Actress:

    Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things

    Annette Bening – Nyad

    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall

    Carey Mulligan – Maestro

    Image credits: Deadline Hollywood

    Best Actor:

    Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

    Bradley Cooper – Maestro

    Colman Domingo – Rustin

    Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

    Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

    Ryan performed with all the other Kens (including Simu Liu) from the film to perform on the Oscars stage

    Image credits: Deadline Hollywood

    Best Supporting Actress:

    Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

    Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

    Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple

    America Ferrera – Barbie

    Jodie Foster – Nyad

    Best Supporting Actor:

    Winner: Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer

    Sterling K Brown – American Fiction

    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Ryan Gosling – Barbie

    Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

    You can watch Ryan’s performance below:

    Image credits: Le Parisien

    Best Director:

    Winner: Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan

    Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet

    Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese

    Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos

    The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

    Best Original Song:

    What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)

    The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)

    I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)

    It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)

    Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)”

    Ryan’s I’m Just Ken performance continued to receive praise online from viewers

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  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 17:01
  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 17:00

    Kate McKinnon humorously discovered, along with the rest of the world, that she’d accidentally been sending “tasteful nudes” to cinematic legend Steven Spielberg during the 96th Academy Awards.

    At Sunday’s Academy Awards, comedian Kate had everyone laughing as she and her Barbie co-star, America Ferrera, presented together and included a playful banter about Jurassic Park in their Oscars bit.

    The duo was presenting the awards for Best Documentary Short and Best Documentary Feature when Kate’s perfect comedic timing came out.

    “These awards honor the best in documentary filmmaking. Films that give us real stories about real life with past winners like Woodstock, Free Solo, and Inconvenient Truth,” America said before Kate chimed in and continued with: “Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Jurassic World Dominion.”

    “Kate, no … those aren’t documentaries,” America quickly corrected Kate, leaving her in dismay. “… The dinosaurs weren’t real.”

    “Oh, America, not you too!” Kate joked.

    Kate McKinnon shook up the Oscars with some laughts, dinosaurs and other unexpected reveals

    Image credits: Kevin Winter / Getty Images

    “I know the dinosaurs were real, but in the movie, they were CGI. There was a documentary about it,” America said as Kate clearly needed a moment to digest what she just heard.

    A baffled Kate then turned to the audience, in the middle of which was Jurassic Park’s maker, Steven.

    “Is this true?” Kate asked him.

    Steven nodded as he played along, prompting the audience to erupt in laughter.

    “Wow,” Kate said with slight disbelief. “But Jeff Goldblum is real, right?”

    “No,” America responded.

    “Then to whom have I been sending my tasteful nudes?” the ‘SNL’ alum asked.

    The camera then captured a traumatized-looking Steven, who pointed towards himself and nodded.

    Following their hilarious bit, the two announced that the winner of Best Documentary Short for the 2024 Oscars was The Last Repair Shop.

    Watch the funny Oscar gag with Kate McKinnon and co-star America Ferrera below

    Fans online absolutely loved the playful banter onstage between Kate and America, with some calling Steven’s expression the best part of the night.

    “I DIED when it cut back to Spielberg,” one said on YouTube, while another added, “Spielberg’s facial expression is the best thing that happened this entire night I swear to god.”

    “I really loved how this year they turned to elegant sort of ‘classy’ non-offensive humor. The Spielberg bit is just insanely funny. It really raised back the prestige of the event to have this kind of humor back. Bravo!” read a third comment.

    Another comment said, “I really loved the show this year. It was entertaining, the right people won and I loved the way the awards were presented.

    Some thought Steven Spielberg’s expression was the best part of the night

    Image credits: ABC News

    The nominees and winners of some of the 96th Academy Awards categories:

    Best Picture:
    Winner: Oppenheimer
    American Fiction
    Anatomy of a Fall
    Barbie
    The Holdovers
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Maestro
    Past Lives
    Poor Things
    The Zone of Interest

    Best Actress:
    Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
    Annette Bening – Nyad
    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
    Carey Mulligan – Maestro

    Best Actor:
    Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
    Bradley Cooper – Maestro
    Colman Domingo – Rustin
    Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
    Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

    Best Supporting Actress:
    Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
    Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
    Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
    America Ferrera – Barbie
    Jodie Foster – Nyad

    Best Supporting Actor:
    Winner: Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
    Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Ryan Gosling – Barbie
    Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

    Best Director:
    Winner: Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
    Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
    Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
    Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
    The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

    Best Original Song:
    What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)
    The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
    I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
    It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
    Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

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  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 16:36
  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 16:23

    Not so “politically correct.” Madonna mistakenly scolded a fan for not standing at one of her concerts, only to realize that the person was in a wheelchair, sparking outrage online.

    The 65-year-old Queen of Pop wasn’t too happy after seeing that amongst the cheering crowd during her show on Thursday (March 7) in Los Angeles, USA, a person wasn’t standing up before understanding that the concert-goer was wheelchair-bound.

    Madonna reportedly performed at the Kia Forum as part of her Celebration Tour when she made the now-viral remark.

    “What are you doing sitting down over there? What are you getting sitting down?” Madonna asked before walking to the edge of the stage to get a closer listen to the fan, The New York Post reported.

    Madonna mistakenly scolded a seated fan at her LA concert before realizing they were in a wheelchair

    Image credits: Kevin Mazur/Getty Image

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    The songstress quickly realized that she had made an embarrassing mistake, explaining: “Oh, OK. Politically incorrect. Sorry about that. I’m glad you are here.”

    Various clips of the mortifying moment spread across social media, with people commenting on TikTok: “That is a sad apology! What the heck. Refund them their ticket!!”

    Another person wrote: “She did not apologize enough.”

    After realizing her error, Madonna apologized for the embarrassing mistake

    Image credits: PopCrave

    Image credits: PopCrave

    A separate individual chimed in: “Maam, there are 100 reasons why someone might sit- and all of them are valid.”

    The 1980s music icon has scheduled 80 concerts as part of her Celebration Tour, planned to take place in cities across North America and Europe, beginning in October 2023 and concluding on April 26 in Mexico City.

    The clumsy remark marked Madonna’s most recent blunder during her tour, which commemorates four decades of her musical achievements.

    You can watch Madonna’s blunder below:

    In February, the Like A Virgin singer fell off stage while performing at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, USA, as per The Post.

    A video showed Madonna falling backward in her chair during the show at the time. And before her tour was scheduled to start, Madonna had reportedly spent several days in the ICU because of a severe bacterial infection, forcing her to postpone shows planned for North America.

    “It’s a miracle that I’m alive,” she said during her Brooklyn stop at Barclays Center in December 2023, per USA Today. “I feel like I’m one of the lucky ones… Let’s take a moment to be grateful.”

    “She needs to be humbled,” a reader commented

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  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 16:01

    Ryan Gosling may be Hollywood’s favorite real-life Ken doll, but at home, he’s got a to-do list that comes with his role of being a loving husband to Eva Mendes and a doting father to his two daughters.

    On Sunday’s 96th annual Academy Awards, Ryan took to the stage and delivered an electrifying performance of “I’m Just Ken,” the hit track that was nominated for Best Original Song along with seven other nominations for the Barbie movie.

    Ryan left the audience in awe as he belted the song in a sparkly pink suit and sunglasses. Mark Ronson and fellow Kens Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, and Ncuti Gatwa were also alongside him on stage during the stellar performance.

    Ryan Gosling left fans in awe after his performance of “I’m Just Ken” at the 2024 Oscars

    Image credits: Mike Coppola / Getty Images

    At the end of the night, Ryan was summoned to return back home by Eva Mendes, the actor’s partner of many years and mother to their two daughters, Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 7.

    Eva took to Instagram with a playful yet poignant reminder of the real-world responsibilities that even Ken cannot escape. With her donning a pink blazer and a black cowboy hat, Eva’s post appeared to be a loving nudge to Ryan with the caption, “You took Ken all the way to the Oscar’s, RG. Now come home, we need to put the kids to bed.”

    Fans were delighted to see the endearing moment on Instagram.

    “You two are the COOLEST…truly,” one fan said, while another added, “You’re the biggest winner of the night tbh!”

    “Now come home, we need to put the kids to bed,” Eva Mendes wrote on Instagram

    Image credits: Eva Mendes

    “Yep that’s right girl, Family first,” another wrote.

    Eva’s post was flooded with comments praising Ryan for his thrilling performance of “I’m just Ken.”

    One fan gushed, “He killed it! you can feel the kenergy thru the tv screen.”

    “His musical performance was the highlight of the show,” said another comment.

    A third said, “Absolutely brought the house down! Love your love.”

    For all the Kenergy Ryan brought onscreen in the Barbie film, he was nominated for the role of Best Supporting Actor at the 2024 Oscars. But the award went to Robert Downey Jr. for his widely acclaimed performance in Oppenheimer.

    Eva also posted the below reel on the day of the 2024 Oscars award show, saying, “Always by my man.”

     

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    The nominees and winners of some of the 96th Academy Awards categories:

    Best Picture:
    Winner: Oppenheimer
    American Fiction
    Anatomy of a Fall
    Barbie
    The Holdovers
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Maestro
    Past Lives
    Poor Things
    The Zone of Interest

    Best Actress:
    Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
    Annette Bening – Nyad
    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
    Carey Mulligan – Maestro

    Best Actor:
    Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
    Bradley Cooper – Maestro
    Colman Domingo – Rustin
    Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
    Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

    Best Supporting Actress:
    Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
    Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
    Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
    America Ferrera – Barbie
    Jodie Foster – Nyad

    Best Supporting Actor:
    Winner: Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
    Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Ryan Gosling – Barbie
    Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

    Best Director:
    Winner: Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
    Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
    Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
    Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
    The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

    Best Original Song:
    What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)
    The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
    I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
    It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
    Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

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  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 14:53

    Hollywood’s glitziest night delivered its usual cocktail of shimmering gowns, tearful speeches, and, of course, unexpected faux pas moments when least expected.

    One particular faux pas moment took place as Emma Stone experienced a wardrobe malfunction just before accepting her Best Actress Oscar.

    “My dress is broken,” Emma told the world as she bagged the award for Best Actress for her role in ‘Poor Things.’

    Emma, who wore a Louis Vuitton gown to the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, was seen walking on stage with what appeared to be a broken zipper or seam at the back of her dress.

    “Hoo boy, my dress is broken,” Emma Stone said as she took center stage at the Oscars 2024

    Image credits: ABC News / Twitter

    “Hoo boy, my dress is broken. I think it happened during ‘I’m Just Ken.’ I’m pretty sure,'” Emma said, humorously referring to Ryan Gosling’s performance of his song from the Barbie movie.

    The win gave Emma her second golden statuette in the Best Actress category, seven years after she won in 2017 for her role in La La Land.

    “Oh, boy, this is really, this is really overwhelming. Sorry. My voice is also a little gone … ” the actress said in her acceptance speech before she went on to mention Yorgos Lanthimos, the director of Poor Things.

    The actress humorously blamed Ryan Gosling’s performance of “I’m Just Ken” for the wardrobe malfunction

    “Yorgos said to me, ‘Please take yourself out of it,’ and he was right because it’s not about me. It’s about a team that came together to make something greater than the sum of its parts. And that is the best part about making movies, is all of us together. And I am so deeply honored to share this with every cast member, with every crew member, with every single person who poured their love and their care and their brilliance into the making of this film,” Emma continued.

    “And Yorgos, thank you for the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter. I am forever thankful for you. Thank you for inviting all of us to be members of this team. Thank you,” she added.

    Emma Stone made a special mention of her daughter in the emotional acceptance speech

    Image credits: Kevin Winter / Getty Images

    The star went on to thank her family and especially mentioned her daughter, who “turned [their] lives technicolor.”

    “I know I have to wrap up, but I really just want to thank my family, my mum, my brother Spencer, my dad, my husband Dave [McCary]. I love you so much. And most importantly, my daughter, who’s gonna be three in three days and has turned our lives technicolor. I love you bigger than the whole sky, my girl. So thank you so much,” she said in her emotional speech.

    “Don’t look at the back of my dress. Thank you,” the actress humorously concluded before walking off stage.

    While she was backstage, she spoke to reporters about how Ryan’s performance had her “going for it.”

    “I was so amazed by Ryan and what he was doing, and that number just blew my mind,” she said.

    “They sewed me back in, which was wonderful,” she added.

    The nominees and winners of some of the 96th Academy Awards categories:

    Best Picture:
    Winner: Oppenheimer
    American Fiction
    Anatomy of a Fall
    Barbie
    The Holdovers
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Maestro
    Past Lives
    Poor Things
    The Zone of Interest

    Best Actress:
    Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
    Annette Bening – Nyad
    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
    Carey Mulligan – Maestro

    Best Actor:
    Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
    Bradley Cooper – Maestro
    Colman Domingo – Rustin
    Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
    Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

    Best Supporting Actress:
    Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
    Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
    Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
    America Ferrera – Barbie
    Jodie Foster – Nyad

    Best Supporting Actor:
    Winner: Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
    Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Ryan Gosling – Barbie
    Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

    Best Director:
    Winner: Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
    Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
    Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
    Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
    The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

    Best Original Song:
    What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)
    The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
    I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
    It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
    Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

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  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 13:59

    Margot Robbie surprised Barbie fans by wearing an all-black Versace dress to the Oscars 2024.

    Fans speculated that her choice of attire might have been a silent protest against her snub for the Best Actress Oscar nomination.

    The 33-year-old Australian actress played the iconic Barbie doll in Greta Gerwig’s hit 2023 movie, and since the release, she has stepped on the red carpet with gorgeous doll-inspired looks on different occasions. For instance, Margot’s outfit at the Golden Globes this year was a replica of the 1977 Superstar Barbie.

    Margot Robbie has worn different Barbie-inspired looks since the hit movie’s release

    Many fans anticipated Margot gracing the Oscars red carpet in an ensemble that would serve as the ultimate wink at Barbie. Alas, it was not to be. As the curtains rose on the 96th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, Margot dazzled in a black sequined Versace gown—undeniably breathtaking, yet, to some, a pivot from the Barbie aesthetic.

    Fans online came up with a theory of her outfit being a “protest dress” in response to her being snubbed for a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars this year. Director Greta also did not find her name among the nominees in the Best Director category.

    Her black Versace gown was called a “protest dress” over her Oscar snub for the Best Actress nomination

    Image credits: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images

    “Black because she was snubbed. Take a stand girlllll! Don’t give them what they want!” one person wrote on social media.

    Another wrote, “I think this is dress is a protest againts the Academy … all black, no accesories, hair and make up very neutral.”

    “Barbie is in grief for her non-nomination,” another said.

    “She’s always beautiful. but is this a protest dress for not getting the best actress nomination?” read a fourth comment.

    Some fans said the Oscars night signaled the “end of an era” for Margot’s run as Barbie

    Barbie was nominated for eight awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Song (with both ‘I’m Just Ken’ and ‘What Was I Made For?’ receiving nominations).

    Co-stars Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera were nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, for their roles of Ken and Gloria in the Barbie movie.

    Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell received the Oscar for Best Original Song for their Barbie blockbuster ballad ‘What Was I Made For?’

    The win made Billie and her brother the youngest people to pick up the prized golden statuettes in Academy Awards history.

    The nominees and winners of some of the 96th Academy Awards categories:

    Best picture:
    Winner: Oppenheimer
    American Fiction
    Anatomy of a Fall
    Barbie
    The Holdovers
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Maestro
    Past Lives
    Poor Things
    The Zone of Interest

    Best actress:
    Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
    Annette Bening – Nyad
    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
    Carey Mulligan – Maestro

    Best actor:
    Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
    Bradley Cooper – Maestro
    Colman Domingo – Rustin
    Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
    Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

    Best supporting actress:
    Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
    Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
    Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
    America Ferrera – Barbie
    Jodie Foster – Nyad

    Best supporting actor:
    Winner: Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
    Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Ryan Gosling – Barbie
    Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

    Best director:
    Winner: Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
    Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
    Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
    Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
    The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

    Best original song:
    What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)
    The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
    I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
    It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
    Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

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  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 13:33

    It’s giving. . . method acting. Ariana Grande recently addressed her evolving ‘persona’ amidst confusion over her elocution and accusations that she spoke with a “transatlantic” accent during the Oscars, revealing her transformation for her role in Wicked.

    Ariana hosted a segment at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday (March 10) alongside her Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo.

    The duo portrays Glinda and Elphaba in the eagerly awaited film adaptation of the beloved musical.

    But upon announcing that Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell had won the Best Original Song Oscar for Barbie’s What Was I Made For?, many fans were left confused by Ariana’s apparent new accent.

    Ariana Grande’s Oscars appearance sparked controversy over her accent

    Image credits: Glambot Official

    Image credits: Deadline Hollywood

    Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), a person wrote: “Wtf happened to Ariana Grande??? 

    “I really thought everyone was exaggerating about her constantly changing personas. 

    “THE VOICE OMG THAT IS NOT ARIANA GRANDE.”

    Ariana previously addressed her evolving “persona” and gave insights into her transformation for her role in Wicked

    Image credits: Deadline Hollywood

    Image credits: Deadline Hollywood

    Another X user commented: “Ariana Grande really got rid of her previous accent in favor of a 60s transatlantic accent.”

    The transatlantic accent is a cultivated way of speaking that was popular among American and British elites, particularly in the early to mid-20th century, characterized by a blend of American and British pronunciation and intonation patterns.

    Nevertheless, prior to her Oscars appearance, Grande openly discussed the transformations she had been undergoing.

    You can watch clips of Ariana at the 2024 Oscars below:

    @_feedia Ariana Grande at OSCARS 2024 #arianagrande #oscars2024 #oscars #ariana #fyp ♬ original sound – 🪄musichanges

    Speaking on the Zach Sang Show on February 26, the 30-year-old singer-actress said the following about preparing for her role of Glinda: “I tried to use that to take lessons every single day while I was doing The Voice and get ready for these auditions.”

    Ariana continued: “I trained every day with Nancy [Banks] and with Eric [Vetro] to transform my voice, even, like, my singing voice, everything about me. I had to deconstruct to prove to them I could handle taking on this other person.”

    Nancy and Eric are vocal coaches who specialize in training singers and actors to improve their vocal techniques, including breathing, projection, tone, and diction.

    The Thank U Next singer added that she had to “completely erase popstar Ari.”

    “It’s even harder to believe someone as someone else when you’re so branded as one thing,” She explained.

    Ariana further recalled: “I had to go all the way to strip that down, come into my callback with no makeup, my hair down. I looked like I was 11 years old.”

    Ariana previously reflected on the challenges of shedding her popstar image

    During the online talk show hosted by podcaster Zach Sang, the songstress also suggested that she had been unfairly targeted by the media.

    “The thing is, we know this about the tabloids and about the media. Am I crazy? Don’t we know this?” she began. “We selectively remember that this is what the tabloids do to people, especially women, based on whether or not we like the person.”

    When asked whether there was anything she wished people knew about her after the events of last year, Ariana replied, “Plenty.”

    Last year, Ariana found herself in the headlines due to her seemingly problematic romance with her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater.

    Their at-the-time rumored romance raised some eyebrows, as both the singer and Ethan were married when the filming for Wicked began.

    Ariana Grande’s alleged new accent continued to fuel different opinions

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  • Monday 11 March 2024 - 12:18

    The Princess of Wales just acknowledged altering a photo of herself and her children for Mother’s Day, offering a personal apology for any misunderstanding following allegations of digital manipulation.

    Something has definitely been amiss with the British royal family, especially since Kate Middleton completely vanished from the public eye in January. The princess’ alleged disappearance was fueled by new controversy surrounding a recent photo released by Kensington Palace. The scrutinized image went on to prompt reputable news agencies to retract it due to suspicions of manipulation, intensifying conspiracy theories.

    On Sunday (March 10), the palace, where Prince William and Kate have resided since 2017, released a photo for Mother’s Day in the UK that featured the Princess of Wales seemingly sitting in a chair while smiling at the camera as her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis stood around her.

    The photo was allegedly taken by “The Prince of Wales” at the family’s home in Windsor, according to the palace, as per the family’s official social media pages, including Instagram.

    It didn’t take long before people voiced concerns regarding potential editing or AI-generated alterations to the picture.

    Controversy surrounds the British royal family as the Princess of Wales admits to altering a Mother’s Day

    Image credits: princeandprincessofwales

    In fact, the controversial picture prompted news agencies globally, such as the Associated Press (AP), Getty Images, Reuters, and the Agence France-Presse (AFP), to withdraw the image from their archives due to concerns about photo manipulation.

    The AP issued a “kill notification” for anyone using the photo, writing in an alert to journalists that after “closer inspection, it appear[ed] that the source [had] manipulated the image. No replacement photo will be sent,” as per an X post (formerly known as Twitter), shared by TV NEWS Royal Editor Chris Ship.

    A kill notification is a term used in journalism to indicate the withdrawal or cancellation of a news item or media content, often due to concerns regarding accuracy, ethics, or legal issues.

    Moreover, an AP spokesperson released a statement to The Telegraph, saying: “The photo shows an inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand.”

    Others have also noted inconsistencies in the alignment of the sweater pattern on Prince Louis’ shoulder, as well as a jagged white line in the background near his knee, People reported.

    “No comment from Kensington Palace tonight after at least 3 international picture agencies refuse to distribute this morning’s photo of Kate and her children,” Chris wrote on X.

    The controversy surrounding the Mother’s Day photo coincides with inquiries into Princess Kate’s withdrawal from public view following her scheduled abdominal surgery due to an undisclosed medical condition in January.

    The 42-year-old mother-of-three was subsequently hospitalized at The London Clinic, which resulted in the postponement of several of her public engagements.

    Royal commentator Peter Hunt told Metro: “This is damaging for the royals.

    “They knew there would be intense interest in any picture they released of Kate.

    “Their challenge is that people will now question whether they can be trusted and believed when they next issue a health update.”

    The uproar over the Mother’s Day photo aligns with scrutiny over Princess Kate’s absence since January due to undisclosed medical issues

    Image credits: princeandprincessofwales

    For Daniela Relph, a royal correspondent for the BBC, the palace’s bid to hush speculation about Kate’s wellbeing with the doctored photo has backfired.

    She said that the “overzealous editing of the picture to get it ready for publication has actually cast doubt on its authenticity.”

    Daniela continued: “The implication here is not that the entire photo is a fake or that the Princess of Wales is more unwell than she appears in the image.

    “That seems unlikely and would be a very high-risk strategy from the Kensington Palace team.”

    Upon calling Kensington Palace’s press office to inquire about the picture, Bored Panda was redirected to an email address.

    Image credits: Emily Miller

    On Monday (March 11), in a rare personal post on X, signed “C” to denote it was from Catherine (Kate), the princess admitted: “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing.

    “I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused.

    “I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C”

    Meanwhile, a palace source told The Mirror: “The Princess has shared a statement on social media.

    “This was an amateur family photograph taken by the Prince of Wales.

    “Their Royal Highnesses wanted to offer an informal picture of the family together for Mother’s Day.

    “The Princess made minor adjustments as she shared in her statement on social media. The Wales family spent Mother’s Day together and had a wonderful day.”

    “The plot thickens,” a reader commented

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    Lectures : petite écologie de l’éducation et de l’informatique

    De l’importance de l’écriture manuelle

    L’écriture à la main, que ce soit avec un stylo, un crayon, un marqueur ou ce que vous voulez est une étape primordiale dans le développement du cerveau et dans la compréhension future de la langue écrite.

    La littérature à ce sujet semble unanime, mais l’étude suscitée va encore plus loin en mesurant l’activité neuronale lors de l’écriture à la main ou avec un clavier. Il n’y a pas photo : l’apprentissage de l’écriture se fait donc d’abord, et c’est essentiel, en écrivant à la main et en déchiffrant différentes écritures.

    Ensuite, si l’outil informatique vous intéresse, je conseille très fortement d’apprendre la dactylographie. Cela ne demande que quelques semaines d’efforts et cela change complètement l’interaction avec un ordinateur. Pour rappel, la dactylographie sur un clavier se base sur deux principes fondamentaux :

    Premièrement, chaque touche correspond à un doigt particulier. On n’utilise pas les doigts au hasard.

    Deuxièmement, la dactylographie doit impérativement s’apprendre à l’aveugle. Il ne s’agit pas de connaître par cœur la disposition du clavier ou de la visualiser. Il s’agit de créer un réflexe musculaire, un mouvement d’un doigt particulier pour chaque lettre.

    C’est comme ça que j’ai appris à taper en Bépo et c’est, je pense, le meilleur investissement en temps que j’aie jamais fait de toute ma vie. Le fait de taper à l’aveugle et au rythme de ma pensée a transformé l’écriture en une véritable extension de mon cerveau. Je n’écris pas ce à quoi je réfléchis, mes pensées se contentent d’apparaitre sur l’écran.

    Je tape tout en Bépo dans Vim car Vim me permet d’étendre les automatismes dactylographiques aux actions sur le texte lui-même : se déplacer, supprimer, remplacer, copier-coller. Mes enfants sont peut-être encore jeunes pour se mettre à Vim, mais si jamais une envie de Vim (une envim quoi) vous titille, je vous conseille le court manuel de Vincent Jousse.

    Digitalisation de l’éducation

    La « digitalisation » à l’aveugle des salles de classe est une hérésie absolue. Surtout que l’immense majorité des professeurs sont complètement incompétents en informatique et ne comprennent pas eux-mêmes ce qu’est un ordinateur (ce qui est normal et attendu, ils n’ont jamais été formés à cela).

    Dans l’école primaire de mes enfants, ils sont tout fiers de proposer des séances d’explications… de PowerPoint !

    Alors, deux petits rappels importants :

    Premièrement, apprendre à utiliser des logiciels commerciaux, ce n’est pas de l’informatique. C’est de l’utilisation d’un outil commercial qui n’est pas généralisable et donc foncièrement inutile sur le long terme. Les enfants ont appris à cliquer sur deux boutons ? À la prochaine version, les boutons seront ailleurs et les enfants n’auront aucune connaissance intuitive de leur outil. Et c’est sans doute parce que le professeur n’en a aucune lui-même, mais c’était le prof de l’école qui « aime bien l’informatique », qui clique sur des .exe sans transpirer à grosses gouttes, du coup on lui confie ce rôle.

    En deuxième lieu, si vous voulez qu’un enfant se débrouille avec n’importe quel logiciel, il y a une solution très simple : laissez-le faire. Sérieusement, laissez-le chipoter, essayer, faire n’importe quoi. Dans le cas du PowerPoint, je suis certain que si on laisse une classe une heure avec le logiciel, elle en saura plus que l’adulte qui peine. Mettez-leur en main des ordinateurs où ils ont le droit de « tout casser ».

    Après, il y’a un énorme problème avec la génération actuelle à qui on fourgue une tablette dès la couveuse : ils n’ont jamais chipoté. Ils sont nés avec des appareils avec des grosses icônes sur lesquelles il suffit de cliquer pour acheter des applications. Des appareils qui sont conçus à dessein pour empêcher de comprendre comment ils fonctionnent et qui ne peuvent pas être « cassés ». Les outils propriétaires sont, par essence, des boîtes noires qui se veulent arbitraires et incompréhensibles.

    Ce n’est pas de l’informatique. Ce n’est pas une connaissance utile. Ce n’est pas le rôle de l’école de s’occuper de cela.

    Je réfléchis beaucoup à une méthode d’enseignement de l’informatique. Et j’en suis arrivé à une conclusion : apprendre les bases de l’informatique doit se faire sans ordinateur. Il y a tant de choses amusantes à faire sur un tableau noir : compter en binaire, écrire des petits algorithmes, créer des groupes d’enfants appliquant chacun un algorithme et voir ce qui se passe si on se passe des « données » dans un ordre plutôt qu’un autre…

    Le concept de boîte noire

    L’ingénieur tente d’utiliser une boîte noire avec laquelle il a appris à interagir grâce au scientifique. Le scientifique, lui, cherche à comprendre comment fonctionne l’intérieur de la boîte noire (qui contient elle-même d’autres boîtes noires).

    Méfiez-vous des gens qui vous vendent des boîtes noires, mais sont étonnés à l’idée que vous demandiez ce qu’il y a à l’intérieur.

    Réseaux sociaux

    Outre comprendre l’informatique, il est vrai que les nouvelles générations doivent apprendre à vivre dans un monde de réseaux sociaux. Mais, une fois encore, la plupart des adultes ne comprennent rien et tentent d’imposer leur vision étriquée de ce qu’ils n’ont pas compris.

    J’écrivais qu’un véritable réseau social ne peut pas être un succès. Tout le monde ne peut pas être dessus, sinon ce n’est plus vraiment un réseau social.

    Winter traduit très bien ce sentiment avec ses mots : sur chaque plateforme, nous avons une identité différente, une créativité qui s’accompagne parfois d’une grande pudeur.

    Après tout, lorsque j’ai créé ce blog, j’ai évité consciencieusement toute référence à mon nom officiel pour pouvoir m’exprimer sans crainte d’être jugé par mes proches. Ce n’est que petit à petit que j’ai pu prendre l’assurance de lier l’identité de Ploum avec celle de Lionel Dricot. J’ai tenu deux autres sites web, aujourd’hui disparus, dont un qui était un blog avant la lettre, sous des identités qui n’ont jamais été liées à moi. Dans son livre « Mémoires Vives », Edward Snowden insiste sur cet aspect multi-identitaire fondamental à sa vocation. Aaron Swartz a également utilisé ces outils pour contribuer à définir la norme RSS en cachant qu’il était encore adolescent.

    Cet apprentissage, ces libertés et ces explorations de ses propres identités sont malheureusement complètement perdus dans la vocation des réseaux sociaux centralisateurs qui imposent une et une seule identité.

    La seule chose que les jeunes peuvent faire désormais, c’est de créer un compte sous un faux nom "réaliste", ce qui les incite à se faire passer pour un camarade et, de ce fait, à se porter préjudice l’un à l’autre, au grand dam des établissements scolaires et des parents qui doivent prendre des mesures énergiques pour dire que « Ça ne se fait pas d’usurper l’identité d’un autre ».

    Non, ça ne se fait pas. Mais ça se fait de s’inventer des identités. De se créer des univers différents, qui interagissent dans des communautés différentes.

    Et nous avons revendu cette liberté contre la possibilité d’être fliqué par la publicité avec l’obligation d’avoir notre vrai nom partout parce que « c’était plus facile ».

    Bloat JavaScript

    Et même sur le côté « plus facile », nous nous sommes fait avoir par le côté « boîte noire sans cesse changeante ».

    Niki, blogueur sur tonsky.me, s’est amusé à calculer la quantité de JavaScript que chargent les sites principaux… par défaut ! Sur le « minimaliste » Medium, c’est 3Mo. Sur LinkedIn, c’est 31Mo.

    Pour rappel, il y a zéro JavaScript sur ploum.net. En fait, pour un rendu relativement similaire (du texte aligné au milieu d’un écran), vous devriez télécharger 1000 fois plus de données pour lire un de mes billets sur Medium et 10.000 fois plus de données pour lire un de mes billets sur LinkedIn.

    En plus du temps de téléchargement, le processeur de votre appareil serait mis à rude épreuve pendant quelques dixièmes de secondes voire des secondes tout court, augmentant la consommation d’électricité (de manière significative) et vous donnant une légère impression de lenteur ou de difficulté lors de l’affichage. Si vous avez un appareil un peu ancien ou une connexion un peu mauvaise, ces difficultés sont multipliées exponentiellement.

    Ah oui. En plus de tout, sur Medium et LinkedIn, vous êtes complètement pistés et les données de votre lecture vont grossir les milliers de bases de données marketing.

    Il y a même des chances que, pour lire l’article sur Medium ou LinkedIn, vous utilisiez le mode « lecture » de votre navigateur ou d’un logiciel quelconque. Mode qui après avoir tout téléchargé et tout calculé va tenter d’extraire le contenu de l’article pour l’afficher dans un style similaire à ploum.net.

    Tous ces allers et retours alors qu’il est tellement simple, en temps que webmaster, d’offrir le texte directement, sans fioriture. De simplifier la vie de tout le monde…

    Gaspillage et sécurité

    Ces systèmes sont donc plus lourds, plus énergivores, beaucoup plus compliqués à produire. Pourquoi les produit-on ?

    Mais ce n’est pas tout ! Leur complexité augmente la surface d’attaque potentielle et donc le nombre de failles de sécurité. Une joie pour les script-kiddies. Sauf que plus besoin des script-kiddies, les intelligences artificielles peuvent désormais automatiquement exploiter les failles de sécurité.

    On va donc avoir, d’une part, des sites de spam/SEO générés automatiquement et, d’autre part, des sites légitimes qui se sont fait pirater et sur lesquels a été injecté du contenu spam/SEO.

    Voilà, voilà, ne me dites pas que je ne vous avais pas prévenu.

    Écologie

    Le plus difficile, dans tout cela, c’est certainement la pression sociale. Si on aime vivre en ermite comme moi, c’est simple de refuser Whatsapp, Google. Mais lorsqu’on est ado, on se fout de ces principes. On veut faire partie du groupe. Avoir un iPhone. Être sur Tiktok. Jouer au dernier jeu à la mode en parlant du dernier Youtubeur sponsorisé par une marque d’alcool ou de tabac. Porter des fringues de marque produit par des enfants dans des caves en Thaïlande.

    Pour l’adolescence, les préceptes moraux et les interdictions sont là pour être contournés (et c’est une bonne chose). Tout ce que nous pouvons offrir, c’est l’éducation. La compréhension des enjeux et des conséquences des actes posés dans leur univers de vie.

    Bref, dans l’informatique comme dans tout autre domaine, nous devons enseigner l’écologie.

    Mais encore faut-il que nous la comprenions nous-mêmes.

    Nous vivons dans un monde où l’eau de pluie est désormais contaminée par des polluants dangereux… partout sur la planète ! Il n’existe plus une goutte d’eau de pluie qui soit considérée comme potable.

    Alors, peut-être que nous devons accepter n’avoir pas de leçons écologiques à donner à nos enfants…

    Ingénieur et écrivain, j’explore l’impact des technologies sur l’humain, tant par écrit que dans mes conférences.

    Recevez directement par mail mes écrits en français et en anglais. Votre adresse ne sera jamais partagée. Vous pouvez également utiliser mon flux RSS francophone ou le flux RSS complet.

    Pour me soutenir, achetez mes livres (si possible chez votre libraire) ! Je viens justement de publier un recueil de nouvelles qui devrait vous faire rire et réfléchir. Je fais également partie du coffret libre et éthique « SF en VF ».

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  • Saturday 02 March 2024 - 05:05

    It’s interesting to think that work is a necessity in life and it’s all kinds of annoying and dreadful. Now, food, on the other hand, is also a necessity, but definitely in the top 5 of the best things that life has to offer. Until either reality or the internet hits.

    Yes, Reddit has recently been ruining food (but only a little bit) with folks sharing how much of something consumed is lethal. We’re talking about actual foods that, if consumed in excess, would be a lethal dose. Some of these are physically impossible to achieve (no, don’t accept this challenge), but others—let’s just say it’s good to know these things if you really like eating.

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    To overdose on Weed you'd have to smoke a telephone pole sized joint in 45 minutes

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    I find it mind blowing that one grape can be enough to kill a dog. What kind of animal can eat s**t but not grapes

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    Not kill you but if you eat too many bananas (like 40) you won’t be able to come to my place of work because you will set off the radiation monitors. 

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    So, Redditors have recently been weighing in with their favorite “this much of this will kill you” facts in a now viral AskReddit thread. Folks were listing mostly edible things and very ordinary foods, but there was the occasional activity of sorts, like sleeping, driving and even breathing.

    Anywho, the post garnered 6,200 upvotes and generated a discussion that included 3,600 comments.

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    6 liters of water within in 3 hours will kill you. That's why the kid who could suck up a water bottle in an instant said he could only do it 2 or 3 times a day.

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    A few years back a person got hospitalized because they ate 412 chicken nuggets in one sitting, and of course the top comments were all to the effect of "so 411 is the limit"

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    When you drive on a highway and there's oncoming trafic in the other lane, you're always just one tiny hand motion (yours or the other driver) away from death.

    When you think about it, it's insane that we trust each other to drive fast in opposite directions separated by just a few feet.

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    So, throughout your lifetime, you will consume a lot of things. And that’s not just eating—it’s also things like breathing and absorbing (say, via the skin), among other things. There’s multiple ways things enter your body, is what I’m saying.

    And there are a lot of different faculties in your body to process all of it—the good, the bad and the ugly. While you might think eating a banana is healthy and great, it does include a certain amount of toxins that the body should be able to take on as well.

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    You’ll die faster without sleep than without food

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    Two things you learn quickly in electrical engineering related to death and one not related to Human death.

    The first is the right hand rule. When we you are touching electronic components that may be charged use your right hand as it is further from your heart vs the left so it’s less likely to kill you if something were to go wrong. The Human body is more or less a giant bag of salt water after all.

    The Second is to always touch with the back of your hand first. If you use your palm/fingers you risk the current causing your muscles to tense and then grab and hold the circuit and you’ll be unable to let go until long after you’re dead or someone breaks you off the circuit.

    Finally, if you release the magic smoke the electronics are dead completely and totally. While refill kits exist they are hard to find and ever harder to use and capturing magic smoke is incredibly difficult.

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    Oleander plant is just poisonous all the way through. A single leaf will kill a human adult. Very pretty though!

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    So, the traditional and most known detoxifying faculties in the body are the kidneys and liver, which filter out toxins from the blood and direct into your bladder to be expelled (the kidneys) and change the chemical nature of toxins altogether (the liver).

    But there’s also the lesser known detox centers like the lungs, which have a capacity to remove certain gasses, the skin, which keeps water-borne nonsense at bay, and the digestive system, which is capable of eliminating toxic foods through vomit and the runs.

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    An ounce of polar bear liver contains enough Vitamin A to kill you.

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    Alcohol.

    In 5 seconds, if you're standing or walking or driving in the wrong place and someone else is driving after drinking, you can die.

    In 5 hours, if you drink too much, you can die.

    In 5 years, if you binge drink, you can die.

    Or you can drink for five decades and watch every relationship in your life wither until the only one left is with the alcohol.

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    Milk contain small amounts of alcohol. If you quickly drink 13 litres, you can blow positive in a breathalyser test (about 0.1 promille). You will have burst your stomach before that though, and probably drowned your brain.

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    If not for these faculties, we’d all be sick all the time. But they are no superheroes either. There is a certain limit of toxicity that they can manage and any more than that could lead to a slew of problems depending on the circumstances. And even if you’re not consuming any toxins since you live in a clean environment, your body could be creating its own toxins—after all, it’s all a game of breaking down chemical compounds, and sometimes they can break down into toxins, despite not being such in the first place. And toxins in excess essentially weaken the body, and thus cause things like illness and speed up aging.

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    Consuming just six teaspoons of cinnamon powder in one sitting can potentially lead to death by cinnamon challenge gone horribly wrong

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    Botulism (cause by exposure to botulinum toxins) is super lethal. It takes about 1 billionth of a gram per pound of body weight to kill a person. So if you weigh 200 pounds, just 0.00000002th of a gram can kill you.

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    Salt. Two tablespoons full of salt will kill. There was a case some years ago where a kid mixed up salt and sugar in a desert and the mother made them eat the whole thing as punishment. The kid died, mum got off easy because the judge believed her that she really didn't know.

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    And if we’re not putting toxins into our body, we’re maybe simply overeating—and that’s just as bad.

    The obvious effect of overeating is gaining excess weight in the form of fat. Whenever you overeat, the body converts those extra calories into fat for later use. And if you like hoarding fat and never really using it, then obesity will be right around the corner, and that will put a strain on your body (e.g. the cardiovascular system).

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    Nutmeg in large-but-not-nearly-as-large-as-you-might-think doses is a potent psychoactive that will basically make you go insane. Infamous addict William S. Burroughs wrote that the only people he ever met whom he thought were truly beyond redemption were the nutmeg addicts.

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    Death is quite lethal. Just a single dose is enough to kill a person.

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    Brazil nuts and selenium poisoning, don't eat em every day, or in consistent large quantities. 

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    Overeating might also disrupt the way hunger is regulated in your body. Long story short, constant overeating might cause a chain of events that would eventually lead to training your body to give you dopamine to encourage you to overeat. This in turn creates a vicious cycle when hunger is no longer in the equation. But portioning your food more reasonably might help avoid this.

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    You would die from smoke inhalation before you could overdose on THC from smoking pot.

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    Amanita phalloides, also known as the Death Cap mushroom. 0.1mg/kg of body weight of it's toxins is all it takes to be lethal. One mushroom typically contains about 15mg. The biggest danger is these look like mushrooms that are also perfectly edible.    


    Another set of lookalike mushrooms are Galerina marginata and Pholiotina rugosa which are often mistaken for "magic mushrooms" (Psilocybe)

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    If you drink two liters of soy sauce you will die.

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    The two other direct implications of overeating are nausea and indigestion as well as excessive gas and bloating.

    In the first case, your stomach is put under pressure to process a huge amount of food, and so it might have to eject some of it or to rush through digesting something just to get sweet relief. With the latter, there are certain foods that are more prone to be broken down into gasses. And so if you eat more of it, hence there will be more gasses to expel. Nobody wants that. Not you, not those around you.

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    One of my favorite trombone fun facts is that within a human lifetime, you’ll eat about a trombone’s worth of Zinc and Copper (the metals that make brass). I had a kid once ask me “so if I eat a trombone right now, will I never have to eat zinc or copper again?” And the answer was yes, because you would die. Edit: okay I checked a source for how many minerals we actually need in a human lifetime, and turns out my original source was way wrong. We apparently eat 950 lbs of copper and 502 lbs of zinc in a lifetime, so considering that a large trombone of 6 lbs provides roughly 4 lbs of copper and 2 lbs of zinc, that works out to around 250 large trombones or 500 small trombones eaten in a human lifetime. But you would still die if you ate an entire trombone in one sitting. 

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    I remember a news story a couple of years ago where some guy died because he would eat 2 bags of black licorice every day. 

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    It only takes 7mL of hydrofluoric acid to absorb all the free calcium in the body of an adult human.

    Source - I work with HF and we have very extensive safety training and routine tabletop drills to cover what to do in case of an exposure. Calcium gluconate can save lives.

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    One of the lesser known facts is that overeating might hinder brain functionality. Studies have determined that overweight people are more inclined to develop memory problems compared to those within the weight norm. Now, considering that the brain is mostly fat, eating healthy fats, like avocados, fish, and nut butters might help with that.

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    You can go and buy a bottle of Tylenol at damn-near any grocery store, gas station, or pharmacy with 500mg capsules/tablets.

    It is entirely possible to irreparably damage your liver and kidneys with as little as 7500mg... so 15 pills in a single day. Sure, this number generally requires other comorbidities to be present - chronic alcoholism, poor nutrition, etc - but losing track of how many you've taken is reasonably common (all things considered, especially for individuals in mental decline), making acute acetaminophen poisoning one of the leading causes of acute liver failure leading to death.

    It is really not a fun way to go, either...

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    Ointments with methyl salicylate like IcyHot and Tiger Balm can harm you if you use it over 40% of your body.

    A teen died some years back after using a few types of muscle balms and adhesive pads at the same time.

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    Dread Pirate Roberts: "What you do not smell is called Iocane powder. It is odorless, tasteless, dissolves instantly in liquid, and is among the more deadly poisons known to man."

    Lastly, you might have noticed this one, but overeating might cause you to become suddenly sleepy.

    It’s speculated that once a bigger meal is consumed, blood sugar might drop shortly and that would ultimately lead to sleepiness, sluggishness, headaches and the like. There’s also excess insulin production. And while that sounds like not a big deal, remember, that puts pressure on your body and if you’re, say, driving, drowsiness doesn’t help navigate roads.

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    breathing in a 100% oxygenated atmosphere can and will cause more damage than good

    The air you normally breathe consists of 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen

    You can breathe comfortably with 20%

    Nitrogen acts as a noble gas atleast if you only consider noble gasses as gasses that you can breathe without too much risk

    Oxygen on the other hand is pretty volatile and can actually literally kill you if you breathe it in too much

    If you have 100% oxygen it means you can literally poison yourself with the thing you need to live with which lowers your life expectancy

    Breathing in pure oxygen is not a bad thing as long as you don't do it 24/7 unless you have to (mechanical ventilators LTIC dont actually give you pure oxygen it just makes you breathe if you cant control your diaphragm)

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    #29

    Potassium chloride, the stuff they use to stop your heart during an execution, is also the same stuff they use as salt-substitute in low sodium salt products. Too much of that salt substitute can definitely kill you and there's even a tiny warning on the label if you look for it. If you search you can find several cases of death attributed specifically to this product. 

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    #30

    Because bananas are ever so slightly radioactive, if you eat 50,000 of them in a short time frame you'll die from radiation.

    The downside is your stomach would explode and kill you long before you got anywhere close to 50,000.

    So, what are your thoughts on all of this? Have any other consumable dangers in mind that are worth sharing? Spill the beans in the comment section below! Or check out some of the other dangers that seem perfectly fine.

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    You can die from alcohol poisoning by drinking vanilla extract.

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    #32

    Carfentanil is 100 times more potent than fentanyl. The amount it takes to kill a grown man is the size of a grain of salt.

    #33

    Too much stress will kill you

    #34

    A poison dart frog's skin is so poisonous that it can kill 20 men from simply touching the frog. This has to do with what wild frogs eat

    #35

    You can technically slap a human into being cooked alive, if slapped enough times, or slapped hard enough.

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    #36

    Just a couple bottle of blue juice valve oil for brass instruments can easily kill you. I learned this in drum corps after my buddy went to the ER because it slowly worked its way out of his valves and up his lead pipe and back out his mouthpiece.

    #37

    There used to be a website where you enter your height and weight, and it would tell you how many cans of Mountain Dew it would take to kill you. I don't think that site is still around.

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    #38

    Neutrinos are subatomic particles that barely interact with normal matter, and yet [if you were close enough to a supernova] and somehow survived everything else, there would be *so many* neutrinos that you would nonetheless receive a lethal radiation dose.

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    #39

    40 cups of coffee is lethal

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    A cigar is supposed to have enough nicotine for up to 8 fatal doses. You would probably have to extract the nicotine and administer it orally for this because smoking destroys a lot of it.

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    #41

    Not kill you, but it would take 40 Nonalcoholic Beers to get the average person drunk.

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    #42

    if you take Airborne three times a day like the instructions say, you will ingest 300% your daily value of vitamin A. that is the maximum amount of vitamin A you can eat before it starts doing liver damage, so hopefully you don't have any other vitamin A sources in your diet.

    #43

    There was a trace amount of pesticide used in Ben in jerry ice cream that's toxic when ingested. However the amount used is so minute that you'd have to ingest 30or40 thousand pints of the ice cream to ingest the amount of the pesticide needed for a lethal dose.
    The sucrose in the ice cream however would kill you in 30 pints.

    #44

    4 or 5 uncooked kidney beans are toxic and will make you sick. Not sure how many it would take to kill you.

    #45

    Conium maculatum seeds. I often wonder what Socrates’ dose was.

    #46

    When I worked as a carpenter there was another carpenter who would always assure us a person can eat a pound of shellac and not die. However I can not confirm this to be true.

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    #47

    Just learned that THREE Starfruits is enough to induce kidney failure due to a neurotoxin they have.

    #48

    One bullet is enough to kill you.

    #49

    Skiing. If you hit a tree going anything over 30 km/h, you could potentially die depending on the circumstances

    #50

    Too much love will kill you.
  • Saturday 02 March 2024 - 05:05

    While it’s easy to overlook a digital image, in these trying times, a good meme is, in many ways, worth more than its weight in gold. So if you are in need of a good laugh, you’ve come to the right place. 

    The Recovering Problem Child” Instagram page is dedicated to amusing, random, and just silly memes to entertain any viewer. We got in touch with Sam Grannis, the creator and admin of the page to learn more. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and share your thoughts in the comments section below. 

    More info: Instagram

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    Bored Panda got in touch with Sam Grannis, the creator and admin of the page and he was kind enough to share some more. Firstly, we were curious to learn more about how the page was created in the first place. 

    “I always loved memes, I was constantly posting on Facebook and was always told “I post the best memes” and that I should make an Instagram account dedicated to just memes. On top of that, I had followed a few meme accounts on Instagram at the time and noticed that some accounts were making money. I thought “The memes I post are better, I could do this”. And so I created my account in 2017,” he shared. 

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    Naturally, given the literal hundreds of thousands of followers, we also wanted to hear Sam’s opinion on what made the page so popular. “I have a knack for identifying what people will find funny/relate to, on top of that I also go out and do my way to post content that hasn’t been shared by 100 other accounts before I post it. So my followers know they’re gonna get hot new content on my page.”

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    We wanted to explore this idea of what makes one meme better than another, as they have been around for quite a bit. So we asked Sam to give his best shot at breaking it down. “A good meme contains a funny image/video with a super relatable/funny caption,” he shared with Bored Panda. 

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    “The image/video is the most important component of a meme, you can have an average caption but if the content you’re using is really good, it will carry the meme and still be really funny. If you’re able to write a caption that hasn’t been overused and is still relatable/funny and the image/video you’re using is great in itself, that’s the recipe for a viral meme.” Interestingly, the caption might be one of the oldest indicators of a meme, that separates it from a generic “funny image.”

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    At the same time, managing a page that posts memes might be harder than it seems. The internet is changing with content rules morphing year to year, often without warning. “Running a meme account has become harder and harder as time goes on, unfortunately. The TOS (terms of service) gets stricter every day.”

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    “Every piece of content I post is heavily vetted by me, I have gained a very strong understanding of what’s allowed and what’s not throughout the years. Stuff that you wouldn’t even think would be removed gets removed. Any big account that’s been doing this for a long time and is active works really hard to keep its page afloat.”

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    “I’ll just put it this way,” Sam shared, “If I were to hand my account to a random person, I don’t think the account would remain longer than a week. It takes a very strong understanding of the TOS to carry on. What sucks about that is the quality of content suffers but it’s what must be done to maintain your account.”

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  • Saturday 02 March 2024 - 05:04

    When discussing health, we often focus on the physical aspects, but we shouldn't overlook the mental ones either. For instance, did you know that depression increases the risk for many long-lasting conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke?

    Mental health encompasses our emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing how we think, feel, and act. It also plays a crucial role in our ability to handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices.

    As mental health is important at every stage of life, we wanted to share an Instagram account called 'How Mental' with you. They regularly post memes that serve as reminders to prioritize understanding our minds and living our best lives!

    More info: Instagram

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  • Saturday 02 March 2024 - 05:00

    Admit it, once Google Earth was rolled out, you absolutely took a disproportionate amount of time checking out all the localities and areas on it to see if you can find something nostalgic, cool, or flat-out bizarre. And then Google Street View appeared and it was a game changer. Needless to say, you like maps. We’re all nerds like that.

    And, well, there’s more to maps than just that. Check out these interesting takes on the US as seen from a top-down perspective, but instead of seeing vast landscapes and the occasional architectural screw-up, you see fun facts and information that might just make you smarter. I mean, it will if it’s not something you already know.

    Scroll on.

    #1 Tree Cover Map Of The US

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    #2 Topography Of USA

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    #3 Map Showing The Loudest And Quietest Areas In The US

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    It goes without saying that the United States is a pretty big country. And, as such, there's ample opportunity to spot differences and variation on a slew of variables across the entire map.

    Like, you probably never really needed to know how thick light pollution is across the US, but, hey, now you know that it’s the eastern part that’s very intense, and the western part is more or less not as polluted.

    #4 Abandoned And Out-Of-Service Railroad Lines

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    #5 States With A Smaller Population Than Los Angeles County

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    #6 More People Live Inside The Red Area Than The Grey Area

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    And there is definitely a small contingent of people who benefit from this information—researchers, people who want to move states—it’s also there to make you look cool at parties with all that trivia you now know

    All jokes aside, it’s useful to know where you’re going to live: what’s the crime rate there, how natural is the landscape, how populated it is—all of these factors are nice to know since you are deciding on moving there permanently.

    #7 Light Pollution In The United States

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    #8 Countries With Bases In The USA

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    #9 US States Scaled Proportionally To Population Density

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    But if that example is too specific, then maybe consider this: if you own a car, it’s likely that you use navigation on the regular. Apps like Google Maps and Waze have made it possible for people to have a bit more comfort in the car as at least you know where you’re going and why it’s taking you an extra 14 minutes to get there (darned traffic jams).

    #10 If US Land Were Divided Like Us Wealth

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    #11 US States By Violent Crime Rate

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    #12 Map Of The United States' 8 Million Miles Of Roads, Streets And Highways

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    But seeing that arrow in your navigation is one thing. There’s an entire surrounding everywhere you go—knowing what’s around us brings us comfort and safety. And you never know when a beautiful lake will be sitting right next to where you keep passing by, but never look beyond that patch of trees that disguise it, making you think it’s just more forest there. Maybe taking a bicycle might help fix that problem. But check your map first!

    #13 Red And Orange Areas Have Equal Populations

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    #14 Most Oddly Named Town In Each US State

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    #15 The Most Efficient Route Between Every Springfield In The United States

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    Another argument for the importance of maps is the idea of seeing where you’re going, where you are, and where you’ve been. It doesn’t really have to be a literal geographical map at this point, but a literal one might work too—just think of Google Maps Timeline.

    If you’re unaware, Google Maps Timeline is a monthly service by Google that sends you recaps of where you’ve been over the past month, showing how many countries, cities and places you’ve visited in retrospect.

    #16 Here’s A US Map Showing Where Horror Movies Took Place (By Andrew Brick)

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    #17 US Racial/Ethnic Diversity Map

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    #18 Average Color Of US State Based On Satellite Imaging

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    Outside their practicality, maps also ground us in reality. That can be either a good or bad thing depending on a number of factors, but there’s the idea that maps remind us we all live on the same planet. Sure, there's a great divide among nations and countries in terms of social, economic and climate factors. But we’re all in this together—we’re all citizens of this world. And that’s what folks ought to focus on.

    #19 Most Popular Dog By US State

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    #20 Purchased Territories Of The USA

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    Some might argue that maps help us stay curious. Just like a change of scenery can help us gain some perspective and learn something about ourselves and others, i.e. travel, the idea of looking at a map and plotting your next adventure might just inspire an extra bit of curiosity and make you think “hey, I’ve never heard of this place.”

    #21 Most Spoken Languages In The US Beside English/Spanish

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    #22 Most Expensive Toll Roads In The US

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    #23 The Most Dangerous Cities In The US

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    #24 United States Population Lines

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    #25 The Safest Cities In The US

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    Lastly, maps are an integral part of how we function as human beings. There’s a geographical map (of which there are many types), a building evacuation map, a website map, a mind map, process maps, network maps, story maps, treasure maps, and, to some degree, flowcharts. Needless to say, we need all of these. Especially treasure maps.

    #26 US State Mottos

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    #27 How America Utilizes Its Land

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    #28 Usage Of 'Dang' In The United States

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    #29 Which Coffee Shops Has The Most Locations Per State

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    #30 US Counties With GDP Over $100b

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    So, what are your thoughts on any of this? Have some maps that you were blown away by? Share them, or anything map related, really, in the comment section below!

    And if you need more maps, we’ve got tons. No, that’s not an overstatement. Yep, it keeps on going. OK, that’s enough.

    #31 US States By Human Development Index

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    #32 Most Popular US Female Baby Names 2022

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    #33 US Territories

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    #34 Seat Belt Laws In The US

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    #35 US Obesity Map

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    #36 Highway Signs For Each US State And Territory

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    #37 Illegality Of Women Going Topless In Public In The US

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    #38 Average Money Spent On Weddings In US States

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    #39 Air Traffic Control Zones In The USA

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    #40 US States By Wikipedia Article Length

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    #41 Origin Of US State Names

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    #42 US Pronunciation Of Pecan

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    #43 US Housing Shortage

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    #44 The Most Popular Unisex Baby Names By US State (2020)

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    #45 Regions Of The U.S. That Don't Officially Celebrate Christopher Columbus Day

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  • Saturday 02 March 2024 - 05:00

    Battling addiction is a very serious challenge. So, the support of your social circle can be invaluable. Having said that, there are practical limits. For example, it would be slightly unfair to demand that everyone you ever meet overhaul their entire lives just to make you less likely to relapse. The world usually doesn’t work that way.

    One anonymous woman opened up about how she and her roommate got into a massive argument. The OP’s roommate, who is a huge people-pleaser and a “relationship chameleon,” suddenly demanded that they ban all alcohol at home. This happened because she got into a relationship with a man who was a recovering alcoholic. Read on for the full story and an important update, as well as the advice the AITA online community shared with the author.

    The reality is that some people completely change their character when they date someone new. This can be hard for their friends to handle

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    One woman opened up about how her roommate tried to ban drinking alcohol at home because she got into a relationship with a sober man

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    The author later had a short update for her readers

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    The roommate made it seem as though the author of the story had no choice but to listen to her demands

    Unfortunately, the author’s Reddit account was suspended for unknown reasons, so we were unable to reach out to her. Let’s get to grips with a few simple things right off the bat. It is absolutely lovely that the OP’s roommate decided to stop drinking in order to stand in solidarity with her new boyfriend, who is a recovering alcoholic. Setting some other questions aside for a moment, it’s a very nice thing to do.

    It also would have been kind if the author of the post had done the same. However, the key here is that it is her choice to stop drinking entirely or to enjoy a glass of wine from time to time. The fact that her roommate tried to force her to make the lifestyle change is the main issue.

    Having to overhaul your lifestyle because your roommate recently started dating someone with a serious issue is unfair. Let’s also not forget the fact that the OP owned the property in which she and her roommate were living. So, her opinion on whether or not she can drink wine on weekends is perfectly valid. And, frankly, her’s is the deciding vote.

    Another thing to consider is that if the roommate’s new boyfriend genuinely has a problem being around any and all alcohol, he should make the decision to spend his time elsewhere. Not at home! For example, if the OP is enjoying a glass of wine with her dinner on a Saturday night, the roommate and her boyfriend could go out on a date. Or they could go back to his place.

    It feels like the roommate got insulted on her boyfriend’s behalf. Meanwhile, for all we know, he might not have seen the situation as a problem at all. Otherwise, he probably would have spoken up. The odds are that he realized he has no right bossing someone else around in their own home.

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    People-pleasers tend to hide their authentic selves because they want to leave a positive impression on others

    One problem that the OP noted is that her roommate is a “relationship chameleon.” In short, she’s referring to a tendency that people have to change their values and beliefs in order to better match the person that they’re now dating.

    When we get into a relationship, it does mean that we have to make some sort of compromises. However, if we’re changing fundamental things about ourselves (our entire diets, our religious beliefs, our attitude toward certain behaviors, etc.), it indicates that there might be some underlying issues with confidence and self-esteem.

    To put it simply, you should not have to change yourself to a massive degree just to date someone. If they cannot like you for you, then you should move on. Having to put on a metaphorical mask just to be accepted is unhealthy.

    Not to mention that it’s unfair to the person you’re dating because they see an inauthentic, massively ‘edited’ version of you, not who you really are.

    As Forbes writes, excessive people-pleasing can jeopardize relationships. This is because the person compromises their core values just to be accepted by others.

    On the flip side, if you’re honest about what your core values are, you’re building the relationship on a foundation of authenticity and truth.

    Lots of people wanted to share their take on the situation. The author of the post shared some additional context in the comments, too

    Some readers even shared similar stories of their own

    The post Woman Demands Roommate Adhere To ‘No Alcohol’ Rule, Loses Her Place To Live Instead first appeared on Bored Panda.