You’ve always suspected that continued employment in your current office will eventually kill you. Well, this infographic proves that theory correct, in the literal flat line, 6 feet under sense.
The human body is actually designed to withstand stress, say, from a hungry sabertooth tiger or a stampeding woolly mammoth. Since our modern stresses only involve getting rushing work for deadlines or presenting reports, the regular response works against us. As the infographic shows, stress elevates heart rate and if you’re stressed 40 hours a week, then your body’s been reacting like you’re swimming away from Jaws 8 hours a day.
Anyway, the good news is, you can take steps to de-stress. Like take up yoga or other stress relieving activities. If you want to see the infographic in its full glory, then just click the via link below. Enjoy!
At least once in your life, you’ve shared living quarters with somebody else – most probably back in college. If you have and switched roommates while you were at it, then you’re probably well acquainted with the different monsters that lurk in college dormitories.
One good example is the Ghost. You never see your roommate, but you feel his/her presence in the form of sheets on the other bed magically changing when you’re not looking or you running out of milk and cereals at a rate that suggests that another person is eating breakfast other than yourself. You’re quite sure you have a roommate… or don’t you?
CollegeHumor educates us on the other types of roommates you may or may not have lived with in this video. Check it out:
First off, let’s make things clear: Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday, May 8, just in case you’ve forgotten. And in the unfortunate event that you have forgotten and you’re now scrambling for a present or a small token of appreciation for the woman who went through hours of labor to birth you, here’s a video entitled “What A Mom Wants.” HelloGiggles, a joint project of Zooey Deschanel, Sophia Rossi, and Molly McAleer, has partnered with Teleflora to bring us the said video, where mothers recount the most hilarious gifts they’ve received on Mother’s Day.
So there, let’s hope you don’t make the same mistakes. Take note of your mom’s dress size, remember that a baby is not supposed to be allowed to choose the gifts, and read the label of the “beauty product” you plan to give.
With the royal wedding coming up, we’ve seen a lot of royal wedding-related souvenirs and memorabilia cropping up – including mugs, sick bags, refrigerators, toilet seat covers, and other more disconcerting items. As it turns out, there exist tacky and downright strange souvenirs from around the world and featuring odd themes. Souvenirs are basically what you’d buy to remember a certain event or a certain place; these souvenirs go the extra mile and make sure you never, ever forget.
This is a shot glass hoof, yes.
Did you think we were kidding when we said there are Royal Wedding Sick Bags available?
Pope John Paul II, who is about to be beatified, appears on a bottle opener.
Our fantasy fare in recent memory has included major epics (Lord of the Rings trilogy), fun adventures (Chronicles of Narnia), and those that have taken themselves too seriously (*cough* Eragon *cough*), among other movies. If you find that a little repetitive for your tastes, then you’re in for a treat next year with Your Highness.
Your Highness tells the tale of two brothers, Thadeus (Danny McBride), the arrogant and lazy prince and Fabious (James Franco), the fairy tale prince who is both dashing and heroic. The evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux) kidnaps Belladona (Zooey Deschanel), Fabious’ bride to be and the king orders the princes (yes, both of them) on a quest to recover her. On their quest, they meet the warrior princess Isabel (Natalie Portman) and thus the zany quest is made crazier and far more interesting for the males in the audience – a fact you’ll agree with once you see the trailer.
And yeah, the makers of the movie have had to cover Natalie Portman’s behind to get the trailer (and the movie) approved.
Anyway, Your Highness is slated to hit the screens in April 8 next year. In the meantime, click play on the embed below and enjoy!
Unless you’re Ebenezer Scrooge, the Grinch, Herod, or Mr. Burns, you should have at least participated in one Secret Santa in all your years in existence. The rules are pretty simple, you write down the names of classmates, co-workers or family members and draw lots. You then endeavor to keep the name of the person you got and buy him/her a gift for Christmas. College Humor has recently released a pretty comprehensive list of all the rules of giving for Secret Santa, including:
The price of your gift cannot exceed 20 dollars.
Your gift should not be dead.
You cannot be your own Secret Santa.
The rest of the list is hilarious, so if you want to see how people can poke fun at this innocent Christmas tradition, click the link below.
The holidays are fast approaching , and the folks at the Taiwan-based Next Media Animation have released a carol in the spirit of the season. As the title suggests, the carol involves the TSA’s (Transportation Security Administration) new policies that veers dangerously close to, uhm, groping. The video and the song isn’t one for the kiddies, folks (and is bound cause some of the PC police to blow a few whistles). Check out the chorus:
TSA, TSA,
groping all the way
Oh what fun it is to fly,
But first we’ll get our way.
Oh, TSA, TSA
groping all the way
we’re happy to touch you anywhere
whether you’re straight or gay.
You have to admit though that it is catchy. Anyway, those who’ve experienced the TSA pat down will probably sing along, and you will too if you’re planning to do any flying this Christmas.
I’m sure not many office pranks involve stripping your vacationing officemate’s cubicle and turning it into a level from a video game. Apparently, this is not common unless you work at Sega. Enter Aaron. He just got back from vacation and was warmly welcomed by his co-workers who had thoughtfully converted his cube into the Green Hill Zone of Sega’s popular game series, Sonic the Hedgehog.
Your cube? Oh sorry man, we totally needed somewhere to place this very detailed game level replica and your cube practically offered.
I’m torn, really. This type of pranking looks like a lot of fun, but would you really like co-workers who a. obviously have a lot of time on their hands, b. are willing to make use of that time to plan and pull a very elaborate prank on you, and c. completely stripped your cube and gave your stuff away?
Am I a ghost or a vampire? Have I turned invisible?
That’s what you’d think too if this particular prank was played on you. The basic concept was to disguise a regular glass in a rest room as a mirror and to see just how regular people would respond to having no reflection on the mirror. To make the prank successful, they had a plant or an accomplice stand in front of the mirror while her identical twin stood behind the regular mirror. This created the illusion that the plant had a reflection on the glass. When people came in to wash their hands and look at their likeness in the mirror, they were stunned to find that they had no reflection. Aside from the usual shock and astonishment, some people actually believed they turned invisible! Watch the clip below:
Another good and simple prank uses a stick and a fake skunk to play a joke on unsuspecting people hanging out in the park. While the target sits on one of the park benches, the prankster uses the fake skunk connected to a stick to nudge the person’s feet. Just look at the people’s reactions to the skunk:
There are several reasons why people work, the most popular of which would probably be the all important Salary. Of course, in the course of a career, people’s priorities change and the reasons for keeping one’s employment evolve (and maybe even devolve).
The folks down at MadAtoms have put together a pie chart indicating the reasons why we work, including the low quality daytime TV shows, free coffee (among other stuff), happy hour, and nagging parents. The reasons that took the biggest parts of the pie are hot interns and happy hour. The biggest chunk went to everybody’s desire to eventually stop working, i.e. Retire. Priorities, right?
