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There’s a real joy in sitting down in the cinema or on your sofa and allowing yourself to be transported to a new world, indulging fully in genuine escapist pleasure… until you’re rudely bumped back into reality by witnessing something that you know to be utterly incorrect. They’ve been chatting about this on the AskReddit […]
Elmo from Sesame Street is one of the most pure creatures on earth, so it was particularly dispiriting when his account got hacked this weekend. The posts escalated from crazy to deranged to hateful to racist and antisemetic in a matter of minutes. Most of the posts are too vile to post here – “Release […]
It’s hard growing up and trying to learn all the things that make us (allegedly) capable adults, and we’re bound to make some silly mistakes along the way. But what about the times when we do something so monumentally foolish that it is imprinted on our brains forever, and our families never let us live […]
Spare a thought for Chelsea football club, who triumphed in the inaugural Club World Cup in the US only for everyone to end up talking about Donald Trump instead. Specifically, how Trump refused to leave the stage before the team raised the trophy in triumph, meaning the president ended up in all the team photos […]
The unprecedented number of heatwaves has forced water companies across the country to impose hosepipe bans as low river flow threatens the daily discharge of human excrement that is absolutely vital to the ability of shareholders to buy shiny new stuff.
Former prime minister for 15 minutes Liz Truss is so good at this politics lark that she didn’t even manage to hold on to her seat in the House of Commons, and yet it doesn’t stop Lettuce Liz wanging on as if she was in any way still relevant. And she was at it again […]
The English language is basically a chaotic mess of stolen words, bad translations and people making stuff up on the spot. From ancient dice games to cow-based medicine, here are 59 everyday words with bizarre, brilliant and occasionally completely bonkers origins. You’ll certainly not feel the same way the next time you step into a […]
With Pride parades taking place across the summer of 2022, Cards Against Humanity offered a Pride add-on pack, with a glitter option. When Facebook user, Kait Johnson, tried to order the glitter version, it was unavailable, so she asked Cards Against Humanity for a favour. With admirable attention to customer service, they sent this reply. […]
London commuter Simon Williams has finally reached his goal weight after travelling between Oxford Circus and Liverpool Street on the Central Line. Williams, 37, has wanted to get down to twelve and a half stone for nearly five years, after claiming he would get back to his ‘university weight’ in time for summer 2020. However, after a
Astonishingly, it’s 40 years since the Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia played to a global audience of almost two billion, with a dazzling array of star performers. On Saturday night, BBC2 broadcast the concert again. Dear @BBC To whoever decided to broadcast seven hours of a concert from 1985. Thank you from me […]
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