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31 Dec 2009 16:05

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Offbeat: Marijuana Pepsi: It’s not a soft drink. It’s a poor woman’s name.

  • I want to know, what was it about me that made her go, ‘You just look like a Marijuana Pepsi.’
  • College counselor Marijuana Pepsi • On her mother choosing to name her perhaps the most bizarre name ever. This is worse than “Pilot Inspektor,” guys. She also noted that her mom wouldn’t let her teachers give her a nickname – she had to be called “Marijuana.” The best part of the story? It mentions that outside of her office, there’s a sign that says, “If You’re Waiting for Marijuana, Sit Here.” source
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31 Dec 2009 11:40

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Offbeat: High schoolers don’t see humor in U. of Chicago’s great joke

  • Dear University of Chicago, It fills me up with that gooey sap you feel late at night when I think about things that are really special to me about you. Tell me, was I just one in a line of many? Was I just another supple ‘applicant’ to you, looking for a place to live, looking for someone to teach me the ways of the world?
  • A University of Chicago sample entrance essay • Which, in our estimation, is the most amazing thing ever. It was sent to high school students last week in an attempt to inspire them to come up with killer application essays ahead of the January 2 deadline. Somehow, though, some people don’t see the humor in this amazingly well-crafted essay and are criticizing its sexual overtones. Others are freaking out big time, afraid that their essays are really similar. WTF?! Enjoy it for what it is, guys! source
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30 Dec 2009 09:34

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Tech: The Mac/PC debate works better when children explain it

  • “We’re different brands of computers.” “And we #)&)@&) hate each other.” Ah, the never-ending Mac/PC debate. Somehow it never gets old, especially in the hands of these 4-year-old Asian girls, who come to blows trying to explain why their computer is better. Hilarious, cute, and a bunch of other amusing things.
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28 Dec 2009 22:21

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Offbeat: A cheeky Santa obesity study fooled a ton of major news outlets

The best part about this story is that it’s a hilarious example of how something gets published everywhere quickly. Even better? We didn’t post it. Hooray! source
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27 Dec 2009 21:14

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Offbeat: Clever bastards invert the Nigerian 419 scam, actually pay out

  • Because there always must be exceptions to the rule, these guys decided it’d be funny/awesome to write an e-mail like a spam, and offer $10,000, only to pay out as a devilishly amusing Christmas present, presented by the court of awesome. And boy, was the guy shocked when he found out they were actually going to give it to him. He didn’t want it, so they gave it to a Nigerian charity instead. And the cycle begins anew …
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20 Dec 2009 22:24

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Offbeat: Protip: Don’t bring a gun to a snowball fight, Detective Hard@$$

  • awesome A bunch of people decided to organize an impromptu snowball fight in D.C. via Twitter yesterday. It looks like a load of fun.
  • laughable A cop pulls through in his Hummer (above) and pulls out a (#^!#(& gun to show how awesome and manly he is, apparently. source
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20 Dec 2009 10:08

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Culture: The plot twist to end all plot twists. It’s BEYOND laughably bad.

  • On The CW’s stalwart “One Tree Hill,” a major plot point involves a major organ. We won’t reveal anything else other than to say you need to watch the video. source
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19 Dec 2009 20:40

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Music: ShortFormBlog Saturday Mixtape: Most inventive videos of 2009


  • High-Speed Nudity In Matt & Kim’s simple, clever video for “Lessons Learned,” they run through Times Square stripping all along. Best part? The cops that tackle them totally weren’t planned, but make the video ten times better.

  • Carl Sagan, Remixed When we posted about this a few months ago, we were shocked at how well this remix worked. Beyond being a good video, it’s a good song – way better than most video mashups turn out being.

  • Oddity with a budgetDan Deacon’s been on the winning end of the viral video game before, but he’s clearly never had a budget as big as the one for “Padding Ghost,” which is way more palatable than those videos, but just as fun.
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19 Dec 2009 13:29

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Offbeat: This girl falls on a bouncy ball, and you laugh. We promise.

  • You know, seeing people fall is one of those things that should get old, but never really does. Especially when it’s on a ball. Especially when nobody really gets hurt. She didn’t get hurt, right?
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18 Dec 2009 16:00

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Music: Bob Dylan is The Ghost of Tom Petty’s Christmas Future


  • Tom Petty, 1985 Until today, we were sure that this was the creepiest good music video ever made. This “Alice in Wonderland” riff made Petty – before now somewhat of a standard-issue trad-rocker – into something vaguely sinister. Which is why it rules.

  • Bob Dylan, 2009 Same mad hatter pose, more Christmas. More scary. Less Alice getting cut up into little pieces for the band to eat. Same hat and haircut. More beard that makes Bob look like a weird guy.  We’re curious who Tom Petty’s Ghost of Christmas Past is.
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