Before you get a tattoo, you need to remember this: While tattoos are no longer considered permanent, it’s expensive and physically painful to have one removed. Copious amounts of alcoholic beverages and bad relationship decisions are the usual culprits, and people end up with tattoos they’d regret at some point in their lives. Here are some examples of said ill-advised and ill-conceived tattoos.
Connect the Dots
Unless you want to make yourself a walking activity book, then this tattoo may not be for you. Sharpie not included.
Eyes at the Back of Your Head, Literally
It’s all right if you’re trying to scare little children and small forest animals, but adults may find this funny – or just plain creepy.
Face or Name of Current Object of Affection
We’ll go out on a limb here and say that it’s probably okay to get a beloved family member’s portrait or name to drawn indelibly to your skin since they aren’t likely to break up with you.
To see more ill-conceived and ill-advised tattoos, check out the link below.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d know about one Jack the Ripper, the serial killer who terrorized London in 1888. He was never found. Another serial killer that “got away with it” is the Zodiac Killer. He terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. On the other hand, D. B. Cooper, who hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971, was never found. All three’s real identities were never discovered as well.
Well, if you like a good mystery, check out today’s Who Knew video for a quick look at some fast facts about some of the world’s unsolved mysteries.
Yes folks, proof that the Gaydar does exist has been found in a recent study. Dutch researchers studied homosexuals’ built in radar or “sixth sense” that enables them to spot other gay people in a room.
The researchers tested a group of 42 men and women, checking whether there are differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals in terms of where they focus their attention when faced with a crisis. The group was shown a variety of pictures – outlines of rectangles and squares with smaller shapes inside.
We’re wired to take in the bigger picture so it can be a little confusing when looking at a rectangle filled with squares. When asked about the smaller shapes, most people are apparently easily fooled into answering rectangles instead of squares. During the study, the heterosexuals were quicker to answer but were not very accurate, while the homosexuals were slower to answer but were more accurate. This result suggests that homosexuals can see both the big picture and the little details.
“This is the first time that scientific proof has been found for the existence of a gaydar mechanism amongst homosexuals. This perceptual skill allows homosexuals to recognise other gay people faster and we think it’s because they are much more analytic than heterosexuals,” said researcher Dr. Lorenza Colzato from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
According to the study, this perceptual style was adopted to make it easier for homosexuals to find like-minded friends and partners.
Ever wondered where that popular line came from? If you’re guessing it’s from a century-old piece of poetry, then you’re right. In fact, the line “Liar, liar, pants on fire!” comes from a poem written way back in 1810 by William Blake, aptly titled “The Liar”. Blake was an English poet and painter who was widely known for his poetry and visual arts in the Romantic Period. Despite being seen as a mad man by other contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, Blake was later celebrated for his unique creativity and ideals highly influenced by philosophers Jakob Böhme and Emanuel Swedenborg.
The line “liar, liar, pants on fire” is a paraphrase of the first two lines of the poem, ‘Deceiver, dissembler / Your trousers are alight’. So the next time someone mentions it, you might want to be Mr. Smartpants by reciting the William Blake poem where the line originated.
With previous internet successes such as ICanHasCheezburger.com, Failblog.org, Failbook.com and EngrishFunny.com, The Cheezburger Network has once again prove that when one has too much time in his or her hands, creativity can actually spark to create a plethora of ideas that could actually make sense. GraphJam is a great website for those who are looking to get a few laughs from graphs.
Take into consideration this simple pie graph that almost anyone can come it with MS Excel. It’s a graphic representation of everyone who has ever done a piece of art way back in grade school. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
On a more serious note, this graphical representation of irony may not be too close to reality, but makes for a funny realization anyway.
If you’re into Facebook, you know that this much is true.
For more funny graphs about life, American Idol, Ke$ha’s stupid songs, Justin Bieber’s popularity, computers and what not, head on to GraphJam and feed your mind.
The much-awaited sophomore season of one of today’s most popular primetime series is back and it’s going to be another pop-filled season with hits from Madonna. Over the last few months, the cast of the award-winning show has worked hard to produce a season that will surpass the show’s debut, which garnered much success after being partnered with another FOX hit, American Idol.
The Glee kids are back, also debuting on the cover of Rolling Stones’ latest issue, which garnered mixed reactions from the magazine’s more hardcore rock fans. Nonetheless Gleeks all around the world will be happy to grab a copy, which will hit magazine stands soon. Check out some great behind the scenes clips of the second season of Glee below, and an awesome cover of All American Rejects’ “Gives You Hell”.
It seems as though the Idol producers have come up with more ways to disappoint their viewers after enlisting Miley Cyrus as mentor for the Top 11’s Billboard #1 Hits-themed week. The FOX reality talent search show, which has produced pop music biggies Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Daughtry has began to taste like spoilt cake to viewers who, week by week, have been waiting for the season to get interesting. Instead, groans of disappointment rang throughout the Idol fandom after most of the contestants brought weak performances to the lackluster 9th season of the Simon Fuller-produced show.
This week, another shocking and bothersome announcement was made via EW.com–Adam Lambert, runner up to season 8’s winner Kris Allen, is set to mentor on next week’s show. Idol fans from across the globe reacted violently, questioning Lambert’s musical credibility as a mentor. Sure, he’s amazing on stage, but at the end of the day, he has not reached the heights of what Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and David Cook have achieved–platinum records, sold out concerts and chart-topping hits.
Some fans expressed their disappointment on Twitter, saying that the privilege of being the first Idol alum mentor on the show should have gone to a previous Idol winner (cough, Clarkson? Underwood? Cook?), and not someone fresh off the show without a title to boast off. As of now, there has been no word about the theme for next week, but it will surely surface in the next couple of days. Prepare for more screeching action when Lambert makes his way back to the Idol stage to perform his latest single, “Whataya Want From Me” on Wednesday’s eliminations night.
In the state of New Jersey, graffiti has taken a new and unusual form—knitting! West Cape May is now home to what they call “midnight knitters”, individuals who stalk into the night to knit on trees. Mayor Pam Kaithern has already admitted to not knowing who these oddly creative individuals are, except that they do have a website—SaltyKnits.com.
Despite the odd graffiti, many people are enjoying the colorful sights of knitted trees along Wilbraham Park, whose hues have gone rather stale due to the winter season. The trees are now adorned with bright knitted art colored several shades of blue, pink, yellow, red, green and purple.
Local artist Diane Flanegan, who is one of the organizers of the annual Strawberry Festival, is hoping that the midnight knitters reveal themselves during the festival, as to give recognition to the oddly talented group.
“It’s typical West Cape May art. It’s so quirky. It’s like the green magnetic fish at the Flying Fish studio,” Flanegan said. “I think they’re actually going out and knitting in the middle of the night. That’s weird and that’s why people like it.”
Mayor Kaithern on the other hand, doesn’t mind their identity being kept secret. She says that it is a fun mystery that should be kept that way. Nonetheless, visitors to Atlantic City’s West Cape May will definitely have different views on this odd but amusing type of graffiti.
For music geeks and fans alike, collaborations of various artists are usually what we call eargasm—a perfect description for the ingenuity two or more artists come up with together. But with today’s blurry lines between what’s pop, what’s rock and what’s R&B, more and more artists are collaborating with people from different sides of the musical spectrum.
Take for example Chris Cornell, former vocalist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. In 2007, Cornell launched a solo career and since then has released two records, Carry On (2007) and Scream (2009), in which he worked with Grammy award-winning record producer, singer and rapper Timbaland. While the record was largely criticized by his rocker fans and followers, Cornell insisted that the record was something he worked on with Timbaland, and not something he was forced to do. The record received a two-star review from RollingStone.com, citing that the record “feels like it belongs in a time capsule, a strange mutation that could only have been born this decade.”
Scream debuted at #10 on the Billboard charts, but dropped to #65 a week later, spending a total of only 10 weeks on the Billboard 200. Check out the carrier single from Scream, titled “Part of Me,” a music video that incorporates Cornell’s sexy howling with his rock swagger that’s oddly at home in the bar setting.
Global warming, gigantic asteroids, nuclear war, the Octomom having eight of Justine Bieber’s babies at the same time… these are some of the possible causes of the collapse of civilization as we know it.
That is, if giant bubbles as big as houses and filled with methane gas from 21 million gallons of decomposing cow manure, don’t kill all of us first.
Cows, pigs and other livestock produce a lot of poop that create methane as it rots. While methane is worse than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas, it can also be a renewable source of energy.
Unfortunately, it’s too late for these crap bubbles. Methane gas had built up underneath the liner placed in pits to prevent the cow poop from seeping into the ground and contaminating ground water.
They can be quite powerful if they burst. A pig farmer in Minnesota was thrown 40 feet into the air by an exploding crap bubble on his farm. He also sustained burns and singed hair.
