Business Insider reports Facebook conducted a study in which they studied posts and comments in the last week of May. The most popular way of laughing online was: “Haha.” “LOL” was used by just 2% of users, and saw highest… Read More ›
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Study: Retirement Is Good For Your Health… Unless You Retire While Driving In A NASCAR Race
Yahoo Finance reports that a recent scientific study proves that retiring is good for your health, although the effects may not be noticeable for a few years. 3 Times We Suspect Retirement May Be Bad For Your Health 1. Retiring right… Read More ›
We Try To Guess Who Twitter’s Two Million New Users Are
Yahoo Finance reports that Twitter announced today that it’s monthly active users rose from 302 million to 304 million. Who are these new users? Here are three guesses. 1. Writers trying to get Twitter followers by following other writers back…. Read More ›
Time To Write A Book In A Really Large Font
Yahoo Finance reports that Amazon is planning to pay self-published authors by the number of pages of their books that Amazon customers read. 3 Observations About This Story 1. We suspect you’ll earn more writing 250 one-page books than one… Read More ›
You Should Have Got Kittens To Destroy That Gold Apple Watch in Your YouTube Video
Fortune reports that a famous YouTube user has destroyed a $10,000 Apple Gold Watch with magnets… because people often like to view that kind of thing, which translates to money for popular YouTube “content” producers. Specifically, Fortune estimates that the… Read More ›
Thank You For Visiting This One-In-A-Billion Web Site
Yahoo News Digest reports that the number of web sites in the world surpassed one billion yesterday. And you still came to this non-stop humor-based-on-real news web party, so thank you. And as the number of web sites grows, .gov,… Read More ›
Pop-Up Ad Inventor Apologizes In Atlantic… Instead Of In Pop-Up Ads Which Would Have Been Funnier
CNN reports that the person who created pop-up ads on the internet has said “I’m sorry” for his creation. Citing an interview with the Atlantic, the ads were originally created with good intentions. Specifically, a car maker did not want its… Read More ›
3 Reasons Not To Marry A Hipster: A List-Poem
Recently blogger MikkiAaron nominated us for the “Very Inspiring Blogger Award.” Which we totally deserve because we used subliminal messages to inspire her to do that! As readers of this blog, or its FAQ know, we always decline these award nominations,… Read More ›
Harvard Students Solve Problem Of Not Being Able To Make 60 Second Cake
CNN reports that a group of Harvard students have invented a cake that can be sprayed from a can and baked in 60 seconds. 3 Other Things We’d Like To See Made in 60 Seconds 1. This blog entry. Since it’s… Read More ›
Swedish Employee’s Pay Docked For Six Years For Using Facebook For Like Five Minutes (Yes This Is Hyperbole)
The Local (Sweden’s News In English) reports that an employee of an insurance agency called “Försäkringskassan” has been docked 15 days’ pay for spending over 40 hours of company time using social media. Multiple employees were docked pay for allegedly visiting… Read More ›
