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Watch these monkeys accidentally 'kill' and then mourn a dead robot monkey. It's super sad.

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So there's this BBC show called Spy in the Wild, and it's 100 percent Monkey Westworld. If you watch Westworld, that's it. You get it. It's the monkey version of Westworld. Just skip down to the clip.

For those of you who need more context, here: Spy in the Wild follows a fake monkey with camera eyes as it infiltrates a crew of Langur monkeys.

In the following, insane excerpt, a really careless monkey drops the monkey camera and then they all think it's dead. Then they gather around and have a little wake for their fallen robo comrade.

The commentary makes it clear that scientists never really knew that Langur monkeys were capable of these kinds of emotions.

Also, it's super sad. As one commenter wrote on YouTube: "BBC running around the world traumatising monkeys wtf mate."

But the monkeys don't know how lucky they are. That robot was this close to gaining consciousness and trying to overthrow Anthony Hopkins.


Billie Lourd posts a sweet throwback to her bunny days with her mom, Carrie Fisher.

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Bille Lourd posted an adorable and moving Throwback Thursday pic with her late mom Carrie Fisher. As the world mourns a princess and an icon, Lourd mourns her mom (well, Momby, as she was called, because Fisher said "mom" was too unoriginal).

"If my life weren't funny then it would just be true and that is unacceptable," Lourd writes, a quote from Fisher's Wishful Drinking, and a key facet of her philosophy.

"Finding the funny might take a while but I learned from the best and her voice will forever be in my head and in my heart," she adds.

Last week, she posted an equally adorable photo with both her mom and grandma Debbie Reynolds along with her first statement after they both passed away.

While we'll always miss Carrie, her legacy lives on in her movies, books, and her daughter's awesomeness.

Ed Sheeran crooning the 'Fresh Prince' theme is the smoothest thing you've ever heard.

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Ed Sheeran, England's very own Red Folk Rocker, appeared on Wednesday's episode of the Capital Evening Show on the U.K.'s Capital FM. During his segment, a caller asked if she would make her 90s baby dream come true by performing Will Smith's classic theme from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. And because Sheeran is a true English gentleman, he was more than happy to oblige. What followed was a piece of smooth-as-silk, nostalgia-soaked viral magic.

The clip cuts off there, but this is what I imagine happened next: DJ Jazzy Jeff kicked down the door, ran in carrying his turntables, and tried to start scratching along. They all shouted, "No, Jeff! This is an acoustic version!" But Jeff was lost in the rhythm and wouldn't hear it. And you know what happened next.

No one is happier about the snow in Portland than these zoo animals.

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Hey, snow in Portland! In case you're not aware, snow in the Pacific Northwest is a rare occurrence. But now, thanks to climate change, everyone can enjoy the fun of frolicking in fresh snow, before all the ice on earth melts and we are consumed by water and eventually wiped off the earth altogether.

And clearly no one is enjoying Portland's recent snowfall more than the animals at the Portland Zoo. A zoo employee filmed the animals having what has to be one of the best days of their lives, especially the species who hail from cold climes, like the polar bear and seals.

Aww, look at that! So goddamn cute! Look at the otter's little "i haz a shrimp" hands!

"What, no cocktail sauce? The service in this place sucks."

It makes you want to fall in love with the world all over again, which is too bad, since we've basically destroyed it beyond repair. But hey, buck up, Gloomy Gus, because according to the White House, global warming isn't real! If the world were heating up, there wouldn't be snow in Portland, right? Screw you, science!

BuzzFeed's selling their very own 'failing pile of garbage' and the 'reviews' are perfect.

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After BuzzFeed published an unverified dossier on the "compromising personal and financial information" Russia has on Donald Trump, the President-elect lavished praise on the website.

BuzzFeed, he said, is a "failing pile of garbage."

Since BuzzFeed, like Trump, understands the internet, they quickly started monetizing the phrase. The very same day, you could buy their very own "Limited Edition BuzzFeed Garbage Can."

The product's accompanied by a few five-star "reviews," pretty clearly written by someone at BuzzFeed to mimic the President-elect's extremely presidential way of speaking. Here's a couple:

From Your Racist Uncle: BRING OUR JOBS BACK

This trash can, it's the best can. We're seeing the other cans, they're so much better than our trash cans - you wouldn't believe. And they're all laughing at us. We can't even have our trash in a can, people, okay? We've got to do something about this. And this can is what we're gonna do. It's the highest quality can, higher quality than any other can you've seen - and we'll have more details on that later. The picture here is fake - the can is HUGE, not some measely little thing like they show on the news. Nothing tiny about it, I can assure you that. We're going to make America trash again, okay?

From Third Person Donald: THE BEST.

This really is the best trash can I've ever seen. It's really great. I've had many people call my office to tell me how unbelievably incredible it is. It opens, it shuts, it REALLY is gonna make trash cans great again.

Woman's employer says her pride flag screensaver is NSFW.

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When you think of things that are considered "NSFW," your mind probably doesn't go to the gay pride flag. And yet, here we are.

Michelle Hurn, a registered dietician at Boulder Community Health in Colorado and out lesbian, told local ABC affiliate KMGH that her employer told her to take down her pride flag screen saver after a co-worker complained about it. She said her boss told her to delete the image or she would be fired from her job. Uh. Say what now?

"I'm certainly not looking for special treatment or preferential treatment, but to say that a symbol of equality is offensive — I have a real problem with that," Hurn told KMGH.

Hurn said that she met with hospital administrators several times to speak of the issue, but they failed to be supportive of her position.

“I was very surprised that HR, my boss, the director of our department, they all told me they like me, they think I'm a good dietitian, they think I do great work, but if I'm going to put the symbol back up, then they're going to start the discipline process and that I was going to be fired," she said.

Hurn has since decided to quit her job.

After Hurn's story broke, president and CEO of Boulder Community Health, Rob Vissers, released a statement in response to the allegations that the company wasn't "supportive of the LGBTQI community and its allies." He said:

BCH unequivocally supports the right of all employees to be part of a welcoming and safe workplace. We are proud to be a community owned and operated health system that reflects the deeply held values of tolerance and inclusiveness that define Boulder.

Vissers also said in his statement that Hurn was never "threatened with termination" and that she was "offered to have formal or informal mediation with her coworker but declined that option and chose to resign."

Either way, I think we can all agree that the image of a pride flag on your screen saver is indeed SFW.

Tomi Lahren is proud of herself for having black friends.

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Twitter is trolling millennial talking head Tomi Lahren for her newfound hobby of taking photos with black people and saying she's not racist, even though she's famous for comparing Black Lives Matter to the KKK and writing off people who speak out about systemic inequality as"snowflakes" (oooh, burn!).

Today, Lahren posted a photo of herself on Instagram standing next to a black man with the caption "Yeah I have black friends. Get over it." No surprisingly, people are responding with one big facepalm.

Yeah, she's getting dragged.

Tomi Lahren's black friend is Maj Toure, leader of a group called Black Guns Matter, which holds workshops on using firearms. Seems like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Millennials just want a trophy for everything.

Donald Trump couldn't get Bruce Springsteen to perform at his inauguration, so he settled for the next best thing.

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Well, it looks like Donald Trump has finally booked an act for his inauguration, but it's not quite the A-list entertainer the President-elect was hoping for. According to the event's invitation, Trump managed to snag a Bruce Springsteen cover band to play the event on January 20th.

No, not him.

The Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street cover band, cleverly named the B-Street Band, will be playing the ball, because if you can't get the real thing, you get the knock off. Looks like cover bands are not only for block parties and bar mitzvahs anymore!

The invitation for the event is as follows:

"Be prepared for a spectacular evening as we capture the fun and romance of the Jersey Shore with dancing in the Presidential Ballroom to the B-Street Band, the #1 Springsteen tribute band, serve hot and hearty nostalgic delights at our ‘Boardwalk Cafe Buffet,' offer you an open bar and entertain you with Jersey Shore boardwalk amusement games in the ‘Fun Zone' to the tune of Jersey's music legends from Frank Sinatra to the Four Seasons to Lauryn Hill."

Hopefully they will play all the hits to the future President's liking, like "Born in the USA but Made in China," "Highway Patrolman loves to Stop and Frisk" and "Born to Run this Country into the Ground."

The Bruce Springsteen cover band joins Trump's other big act, America's Got Talent runner-up Jackie Evancho, as live entertainment for the evening. Oh the irony that the President with the biggest connection to Hollywood can't get one famous person to perform for him. It's not for lack of trying, though. So far, Elton John, Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Church, Rebecca Ferguson, Moby, Ice T, The Dixie Chicks and The Beach Boys have all declined offers to perform. After failing to book an A-list act, Trump claimed that he didn't want celebrities to perform at the inauguration anyway (he did).

Bruce Springsteen (the real one) has been vocal with his disdain for the President-elect, describing the reality star turned politician as a "flagrant, toxic narcissist" and "danger to democracy."


Black student asked to give up his seat by white kids, proceeds to troll them into oblivion.

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A Georgia State University student named Drew is blowing up Twitter with the extended 38-tweet saga of how he was asked to give up his seat in class, and his response. (He wasn't cool with it.) Now, his story is generating heated controversy. Some say he overreacted, while others say, "LOLOLOL!" Read it and decide for yourself.

Drew's tweets immediately went viral. But not everybody sees things his way. Dissenters started lecturing him on Twitter about how he should have handled the situation. And he was happy to respond to them—as we've all learned, this is not a man who backs down.

Drew's friends, of course, know him too well for that.

And now that he's a Twitter sensation, Drew knows that the public expects more. He teased a possible conclusion to the tale.

We'll keep you posted.

YouTube prankster relentlessly trolls bro with acoustic guitar.

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Ah, nothing quite like the a college-age bro whipping out his acoustic guitar and launching into some tunes, usually something by Dave Matthews or Bob Marley. Green Day's "Good Riddance" is another standard, as the prankster in this video is well-aware. Watch as his buddy tries unsuccessfully to get through a song, any song, without him yelling out the opening lyrics to "Good Riddance."

The video was made by YouTuber Chris Melberger, who gained internet fame via the now-defunct Vine. His victim is his friend (roommate?) and acoustic guitar fan, Snake Rogers. Melberger told The Daily Dot that the non-stop pranking stemmed from a private joke between the two guys, explaining, "The concept for the video occurred when my friend would start jamming on his guitar and I would randomly sing the wrong song. Green Day's just felt right for some reason because it felt like it could go with any song no matter how random the artist was."

And you know what, he's right.

Khloé Kardashian eats an eyeball to avoid answering an OJ Simpson question from James Corden.

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In what is without a doubt the nastiest game in late night, James Corden subjected Khloé Kardashian to a game of "Spill Your Guts or Fill You Guts," Truth or Dare with the highest of stakes.

Faced with a beautiful menu with a tapas plate of cod sperm, chicken feet, fish eyes, and bird saliva, Kardashian chose to take a cheat day from her Revenge Body(tm) diet instead of answering a question about her real dadO.J. Simpson.

Asking Kardashian to answer on O.J. is like asking her to choose between her parents: as everyone knows from the show, her dad Robert Kardashian was on his defense team and her mother was Nicole Brown's best friend.

But, come on, everyone knows he did it.

Relieve the moment again and again.

As Johnnie Cochran might say, "If you don't want to lie, you must eat the fish eye."

Charlie Sheen won't let go of his three-year-old feud with Rihanna.

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Apparently Charlie Sheen is not someone who lets go of a grudge easily.

Sheen was on Watch What Happens Live Wednesday night, and received a question from a viewer asking if he ever mended things with Rihanna after their Twitter feud three years ago.

His response? "Oh, that bitch."

Charming.

The feud started after Rihanna allegedly refused to meet Sheen's then-fiancée Scottine Sheen (formerly known as Brett Rossi) at a restaurant three years ago.

In Rihanna's defense, perhaps she didn't want to say hi to Charlie Sheen and subsequently his fiancée because his first response to hearing a woman he doesn't get along with's name is "Oh, that bitch."

Just a thought.

Sorry you may be losing the Obamacare insurance you can't remotely afford.

If you're going to announce your split, do it with a picture with Liz Taylor and Michael Jackson.

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Breakups are hard, but not everyone cries when their relationship falls apart. According to Page Six, Orange is the New Black star Lea DeLaria and fashion editor Chelsea Fairless announced that they are breaking off their engagement and ending their four year relationship. The two were due to wed this coming Sunday, but announced their amicable split on Wednesday in the most hilarious way.

Apparently this was an eerily prophetic choice of engagement photo as our relationship has since gone the way of David and Liza, with one small exception: our split is amicable. Please exclude us from the tragic and basic celebrity breakup narrative. We were happy together for four years and will remain in each other's lives. In fact, we look forward to finding new ways to torture each other. We would like to thank our incredible friends and families for their love and support ❤ xoxo Lea & @female_trouble

Note the very appropriate use of the 1987 Roxette song "It Must Have Been Love" playing in the background.

Orange is not the new wedding white.

Both parties shared the uncoupling announcement on their respective Instagrams. Beats crying into a pint of ice cream while wearing your wedding dress!

Prepare to be confused about your sexuality while watching hot chef Saltbae erotically prepare meat.

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By now you've probably seen or at least heard of "Saltbae" (real name Nusret Gökçe), the hot-looking chef with a very distinct manner of salting food, sprinkling it from far above with a strange flick of the wrist. In addition to being an internet sensation, Nusret Gökçe is the owner of a chain of steakhouses in Turkey called Nusr-et. Well, here's another oddly erotic video of Saltbae handling some meat. It's technically SFW, but it might make you feel…something not entirely appropriate (about both him and the meat he's cutting).

Ottoman steak 🔪

A video posted by nusr_et (@nusr_et) on

It's like the meat is performing a strip tease for the chef, as he peels off the skin like it's clothing. Oops, and there's that confusing feeling again. Oh yeah, smack that meat, baby.


Twitter busts Trump for fake folders and fake fans at press conference about 'fake news.'

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Donald Trump's first press conference as President-elect (and first since July) was on January 11th, and it was a bizarre spectacle. The theater of the absurd was complete with a terrifying verbal accosting of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, an intermission with a lawyer who had to explain things for Trump, and full prop table.

The PEOTUS called the press conference to address the conflicts of interest inherent with assuming office while keeping his businesses, and it turns out, he isn't really going to.

Having said that the proof was in the folders, people were naturally intrigued to find out what was inside.

And it looks like...nothing at all.

He literally had people go to Staples or unload all the printers in Trump Tower. He thought this would work.

The apparent stunt seems strange and misguided to begin with.

And there's more! According to Politico, Trump also apparently brought in a fake audience to applaud as he blasted the media!

It's like when your friend is in a sh*tty play they make you go and applaud to make them seem popular and try to get others to do the same.

He also lied about a whole bunch of things, like the unemployment rate, his "lack of" dealings in Russia, and the Carrier deal.

While he will soon sit in the Oval Office, his real seat is on a throne of lies.

Guy goes to extreme, trashy lengths to prove to his girlfriend he wasn't cheating.

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Sometimes love is messy. Just ask this guy who spent two hours searching through a loaded garbage bin just to prove he isn't cheating on his girlfriend.

His girlfriend suspected him of cheating when she found a tiny piece of foil in his pocket. So he went to extreme, disgusting, greasy lengths to prove it was not a condom wrapper, but a ramen packet.

Oh, to be young and in love!

"Fellas, I just spent 2 whole hours arguing and searching the dustbin to prove to my girl that this missing piece is not from a condom," he wrote.

What a champ! Or a chump. Depending on your angle. A lot of people on Twitter think he needs to get out of this relationship, stat.

But others saw this and thought "aww, how romantic!"

This guy just wanted answers:

Will this couple make it? Let's be honest, probably not. But even if their love doesn't last forever, they'll always have this viral tweet to remember it by. Isn't that beautiful?

Happy Throwback Thursday to someone who has inexplicably not run out of pictures of themselves as a child.

Parents share six-year-old's math problem that stumped them. Now the whole world is stumped.

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When first grader Penn Holderness brought home his math homework recently, his parents had to take a second look at it. Then they looked again. They're still looking. That's because the last question was so hard, they couldn't even begin to figure it out. And this was for six-year-olds! They were so baffled, they felt compelled to share it on their family Facebook page.

Internet friends: solve this 1st grade math homework. #showyourwork #mybrainhurts

Posted by The Holderness Family on Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Here it is in a closeup, as though that will help.

Schwaaaaa?

If you figured it out, good for you. Stop bragging. But if you were stumped, you're not alone. The Holdernesses' 800,000 Facebook fans agree: this is some black magic right here.

But as the Holdernesses explained, they didn't intend to share the problem as a criticism of the school or the state's curriculum—they just wanted to bond with strangers over being old and dumb (at math). They even went out of their way to point out that this question was not representative of the rest of the assignment.

So after all that, do you want to know the answer? Me too. If you figure it out, let me know.

#SaveACA: Repealing the Affordable Care Act and what it means for you.

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It's looking like one of the first orders of business for Senate Republicans once President-Elect Donald Trump takes office is likely going to be giving the Affordable Care Act the ax.

Last night, in a 51 to 48 vote, Republicans took the first big step towards repealing the components of the Affordable Care Act through budget reconciliation -- which allows a way to get around a Democratic filibuster by changing the elements of spending and revenue. During the roll call Democrats rose to voice their objections with senators like Maria Cantwell of Washington calling it"stealing from Americans."

Currently the Affordable Care Act ushered in by President Obama provides 20 million Americans with healthcare. Here's what repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) means for you.

When this could happen. Even if its repeal is approved that doesn't mean that it's going to vanish overnight. Like all things in government, stuff takes time. "We're going to have to grandfather current plans in for probably two years," Rep. Chris Collins told CNBC. "There's a lag time between when an insurance company can introduce a plan into a state, get it approved and roll it out." This means that current healthcare provided under Obamacare will likely still be honored until January of 2019.

What parts of Obamacare will be affected? If The Affordable Care Act is repealed it's likely these components will go with it.

  • Employer-sponsored insurance - Companies with at least 50 employees will no longer be required to provide affordable insurance to their employees who work more than 30 hours a week.
  • Medicare - Higher premiums, deductibles and cost sharing for senior citizens and the disabled. It's estimated that repealing Obamacare would increase Medicare spending by $802 billion over 10 years. Currently, those enrolled in Medicare receive free preventative benefits, such as screenings for breast cancer or heart disease, but these would go away under a full repeal.
  • Medicade - The health reform opened up Medicade -- which had previously been mostly low income families, the disabled and elderly -- for states to offer it for single low-income adults who were at or below 133 percent of the poverty level. If this aspect is repealed millions of the poor in 31 states will be left without health coverage.

What will take its place? Republicans have said that repealing Obamacare fully is the best way to fix it, though Trump has expressed views in keeping some parts. This includes: Allowing children to stay on their parent's policies until the age of 26 and coverage for pre-existing conditions. The original Republican proposed plan called "A Better Way," focused on pushing insurance companies to compete for citizen's business with better and affordable healthcare options. The tax penalty on those without health insurance would also be lifted.

The issue is being voiced with strong opinions on both political sides weighing in via Twitter and the hashtag #SaveACA.

Currently, the next step in the repeal legislation is set to happen January 27.

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