IKEA is as much an immersive experience as it is a furniture store. A playground for couples to play house before getting into arguments, and where kids can get Swedish meatballs and get lost.

With kids as addicted to screens as adults these days, IKEA Singapore's April Fools prank hit a little too close to home, and parents freaked the F out.

"Welcome to the new Småland, now updated for the kids of today," IKEA joked on Facebook, with a photoshoot of the "new" iPad-based playroom.

The new Småland includes the toy every kid loves most: WiFi.

It's a full "Digital Journey."

If IKEA's kitchens and bedrooms reflect what it would look like at home, so should the playroom.

Now gullible parents are rightfully pissed at IKEA giving in to the epidemic of childhood laziness.

IKEA hilariously stayed committed to the bit.

Parents who caught on to the prank applauded IKEA for its A+ premise and masterful execution.

"Good job Ikea! You managed to gain parents attention," one fan said, "Sometimes we cannot see our own mistakes (in allowing too much screen time to them)."

By also teaching parents a lesson, this April Fools prank might be the satire of the year.

A subway car in Mexico City recently installed a "Male Only" subway seat. But there was a catch: you'd have to be comfortable—sorry there is no gentle way to say this—sitting on a penis. Not an actual penis—can you imagine? (I live in NYC, so yes, I can.) But a mold of a penis and male torso that looked like this:

This might seem like a cute prank by an art school graduate with too much free time on their hands, but it's not. The mold of a penis was put there by the United Nations as part of a campaign to raise awareness about sexual violence against women on public transportation, the UN revealed yesterday.

Under the seat is this explanation: "It is uncomfortable to sit here, but that is nothing compared to the sexual violence that women suffer on their daily journeys."

A video of subway riders' horrified reactions to the penis-seat is going viral on YouTube:

According to UN Women, nine out of ten women in the Mexican capital have been subjected to some form of sexual harassment or abuse while riding the subway. NINE OUT OF TEN. That's horrifying but also, as a New Yorker, does not surprise me at all.

Almost every woman I know who lives in a major city has a subway horror story involving a stranger exposing himself or harassing or fondling her on public transportation. It needs to stop. And if molds of penises on the subway will help—or at least force a few men to consider the discomfort many women go through on a daily basis—then I'm on board.

If you've looked at Twitter today, you might have noticed that the egg, which was the default avatar for anyone who didn't choose a user picture, is gone. Instead of the egg there's now a sort of silhouette of a person with a free-floating head, kind of approximating a human. According to their blog, Twitter changed the avatar to encourage people to pick photos, presumably in an attempt to cut down on random strangers who harass other Twitter users. They wrote,

We’ve noticed patterns of behavior with accounts that are created only to harass others – often they don’t take the time to personalize their accounts. This has created an association between the default egg profile photo and negative behavior, which isn’t fair to people who are still new to Twitter and haven’t yet personalized their profile photo.

However, this change doesn't address the abusive behavior of the human behind the profile. And of course Twitter users pointed that out.

Other Twitter users just straight up missed their egg avatars.

So now people can get harrassed by gray decapitated humanoids instead of eggs. Wonderful! PROBLEM SOLVED!

I am constantly in awe of Australians for their lack of fear towards the insane wildlife they share their backyards with, but sometimes nature just gets a little too close for comfort. Take for example this family whose poisonous, slithery neighbor recently photobombed their toddler.

A woman named Bianca Dickinson was recently playing with her kids at the end of her driveway in Victoria when she snapped this photo of her two-year-old daughter, Molly. Cute right?

If you look just a little bit closer at Molly's feet, you might notice that there is a giant venomous snake slithering right next to her.

"I was looking through my camera lens and was looking at my daughter. I saw something move in the corner of my eye and actually thought it was bark coming off the tree — yesterday in Victoria it was quite windy — I then looked up to see where the bark had gone," Dickinson told ABC.

It was only when Dickinson looked up that she realized the "bark" was in fact a venomous snake.

Luckily, Molly was completely oblivious to the snake, as she was just excited to see her siblings get off the school bus. She stayed still, and the snake slithered right past her.

Later, when Dickinson checked her phone, she realized she'd snapped a photo of the snake dangerously close to Molly's feet. (Talk about the scariest photobomb ever.)

ABC says that it's unknown whether the snake was an eastern brown or a king brown snake, but both are very venomous.

Luckily, Molly remains totally oblivious to her close call with the snake.

Her mom told ABC, "She didn't realize the snake was there and still doesn't understand what happened, which is good, and maybe in years to come she'll have a look at it and see how lucky she was to escape."

Phew. Close call.

Rex Tillerson, America's top diplomat tasked with maintaining and restoring the world order through powers of statesmanship, is not a friendly dude. Or at least, is as friendly as the T-Rex for whom he's named.

A new profile in The Washington Postchronicles how much he has alienated himself from the majority of the State Department, so much so he won't let most people look directly into his eyeballs.

Twitter had fun with this factoid, which is so brazenly like a cartoon villain, you wouldn't expect anything less from Donald Trump's main ambassador to the world.

The only reasonable theory as to why Rex Tillerson bans eye contact is if it would turn the gazers into stone, a la Medusa.

Here's hoping you can make peace while looking at your feet.

It's almost prom season, which means it's "promposal" season. Promposals seem to bring out the best, and the worst, in teens. And this horrifying promposal photo that went viral on Twitter is the worst of the absolute worst:

"You may be picking cotton but we’re picking you to go to prom with us," says the sign, held by two white girls and a black girl. The caption of the Instagram post, which has since been deleted, reads: "She said yes."

She might have said "yes" but everyone else is saying "noooooooooooooooo!" Not only is this racist "cotton picking" joke insanely offensive, but it doesn't even make sense! This is just so many levels of wrong.

Turns out, the teens who made the signs are currently students at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, Florida (ugh, Florida, why does it always have to be you?? Why???), Yahoo confirmed. Jon Aro, an alumni of the school, spotted the pic on Instagram and shared it on Twitter. "It is two thousand and fucking seventeen," he wrote.

His tweet has been retweeted more than 8,000 times, and people are sharing their horrified reactions:

A lot of reactions are referencing the movie Get Out—which everyone should go see immediately if you haven't already, but especially the girls who made this sign:

A few people are asking why the black girl in the photo "allowed" this to happen.

And here are a few possible explanations:

Aro, 18, and currently a student at Palm Beach State College, told Yahoohe has no regrets about sharing the now-viral photo. "I decided to post it on Twitter because it is 2017 and stuff like this is completely revolting," he said. "I had thought we had been past the plight of racism. Apparently we hadn’t."

A receptionist at Monarch High School confirmed to Yahoo that the teens are currently students there, and said the principal is "aware" the racist promposal photo exists. Stay tuned for updates.

YouTube inventor Colin Furze is famous for building insanely fun and extremely dangerous contraptions with his own hands, then testing them on video with very few safety precautions. Needless to say, he's a treasure. (His thermite launcher is especially cool.) But this time, he's truly outdone himself. The BBC's Top Gear challenged him to build the world's fastest bumper car, which he accomplished with the help of a repurposed racing bike engine. The result was a 100-mph monster that will be the envy of anyone who never got over their childhood rage. Seriously, imagine ramming this bad boy into the back of your big brother's car over and over. That'd show him.

I need to start saving so I can buy this thing. With enough left over for bail.

We still don't know exactly what is going on between Pamela Anderson and Julian Assange. But whatever it is, it's definitely "sensual." In an epic post published on her blog yesterday, the former Baywatch star said her "relationship" with the WikiLeaks founder was "no secret" and described him as "one of my favourite people." So like, they're a thing, right?

It was reported last month that Anderson had been visiting the Wikileaks founder at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London (where he has lived for the past four years since he was granted asylum by Ecuador), sparking rumors that they're an "item." She also frequently posts photos of him on her Instagram account.

Then yesterday Anderson added fuel to the bizarre-yet-believable rumor with a very long and poetic blog post (ICYMI Pamela Anderson is a writer now) titled "Skavlan, Sweden," in which she touches on a range of topics including Sweden, H&M, the book she's writing, PETA, female empowerment, sensuality, which she calls "a sexy kindness," and—most juicily—her relationship with Julian Assange.

The whole thing, which is written like a poem in a teen's diary, is worth a read. Here are some highlights:

I am getting more involved with
The
Courage foundation
Who helps to defend whistleblowers ...
like
Edward Snowden,
Chelsea Manning
and Julian Assange -

My relationship
with Julian -

It's no secret,

He is one of my favorite people-
and
He might be the most famous, most politicized refugee
of our time.
Famous for being persecuted.
Famous for being persecuted is not a position of power but a position of vulnerability.

If they are, in fact, romantically involved, it sounds pretty complicated. Which makes sense, since Assange is currently at risk of losing his asylum in Ecuador and could face major criminal charges in the US (I can't wait for the movie: Julez and Pam On the Lam).

But Anderson seems smitten, writing:

Julian is a human being who is extremely empathetic and cares deeply about the world.
And -
because of his work .
He has made some powerful enemies in a few countries- America especially
by exposing them.

Julian is trying to
Free the world by educating it.
It is a romantic struggle—
I love him for this-

He is the strongest person
I know-
but,
living as he is,
is very unhealthy,
demeaning
and inhumane

She also talks about veganism and Russia a lot, as you do. And ends with this plea on behalf of Julez:

It is only fair that
Julian is set free and compensated -
and live the life he deserves -
as the UN ruling suggests.

He's a good person who cares about the world.
Everyone can see what has been done to him is wrong.

He is a kind and deeply empathetic person.
Uncompromising on principle.
Something that is born out of his
disposition to curiosity.
Often the public image projects
a harshness that Is not at all what he is like in a relaxed and trusting environment-

He’s the good guy… and I admire him greatly-

Find someone who loves you the way Pamela Anderson loves Julian Assange, Russia, and a dairy-and-egg-free diet.

Any fan of George Takei knows he's a politically outspoken man, and his rallying cry has only gotten louder with President Trump in office. The Star Trek legend is especially vocal on two issues near and dear to his heart: LGBT rights (he married his husband Brad in 2008) and resistance to xenophobia against immigrant minority groups (he and his family were held in a Japanese internment camp during World War II).

So when it looked like he was officially running for congress in 2018, people were understandably thrilled. That he was specifically planning to unseat Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who's currently leading an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election but widely accused of pro-Trump bias—just seemed like icing on the cake. Even Mark Ruffalo and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) were pumped. Eventually, #Takei18 trended on Twitter.

Sadly, it was all an April Fools' Day joke, and we are heartbroken, though Takei used the stunt to draw support for a special election in Georgia on April 18.

Oh, my. That hurts. And some people want him to make the prank a reality.

As Takei himself put it, the cat's out of the bag now. No turning back, sir.

Throughout his campaign, and well into the first awful months of his administration, President Trump has made a point of giving people he doesn't like unflattering nicknames. There was Little Marco and Lyin' Ted, of course, and, most famously, Crooked Hillary—all monikers that seemed to stick.

But today, Trump's traditional angry Saturday morning tweet fell back on probably his weakest slam. He wanted to attack Meet the Press host Chuck Todd for talking about his troubling connections to Russia and claiming on MSNBC Friday that Trump was on the verge of a "temporary lame duck presidency." So he called him... "Sleepy Eyes"?

That's just weird. It kinda sounds like something you'd call your kid when they don't want to get up for school in the morning? But also vaguely romantic? Like he's got a crush? And the weird thing is, Trump has been using this dig for years.

This time out, however, people really began to wonder about the nickname...

Todd, for his part, had probably the best reply.

Stay woke out there, everybody.

I don't know if you checked out the cookie aisle at the supermarket lately, but Oreo keeps churning out crazier and crazier variants on the classic cookie-and-creme formula. And this latest product seems too ridiculous to be true.

OK, OK, nobody really thinks "All Stuf" Oreos are real. But now that April Fools' Day and Photoshop have opened up the possibility, we're wondering if they should be. Isn't the creme everybody's favorite part anyway?

Not everyone was on board, though. In fact, Oreo creme is shockingly divisive.

Does any other cookie inspire this much debate? You never see people go in like this about Milanos. Anyway, probably the only thing keeping the Oreo inventors from doing this for real is the lack of structural integrity in an all-creme cookie, and they'd probably all stick together in the sleeve. Though for the true creme-heads among us, that could be a selling point.

Not that you needed another reason to hate conservative talking head Bill O'Reilly—or deduce that Fox News is a horrible workplace for women—but it seems both the man and the company are worse than you thought.

A searing New York Times investigation published on Saturday revealed that Fox News has spent a whopping $13 million over many years to five women who have accused the network's anchor of inappropriate, lewd, and abusive behavior. That includes three women who have been identified since the paper last reported on such settlements in January. Some disturbing details from the new piece:

Two settlements came after the network’s former chairman, Roger Ailes, was dismissed last summer in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal, when the company said it did not tolerate behavior that “disrespects women or contributes to an uncomfortable work environment.”

The women who made allegations against Mr. O’Reilly either worked for him or appeared on his show. They have complained about a wide range of behavior, including verbal abuse, lewd comments, unwanted advances and phone calls in which it sounded as if Mr. O’Reilly was masturbating, according to documents and interviews.

The reporting suggests a pattern: As an influential figure in the newsroom, Mr. O’Reilly would create a bond with some women by offering advice and promising to help them professionally. He then would pursue sexual relationships with them, causing some to fear that if they rebuffed him, their careers would stall.

His critics predictably laid into him over the allegations.

Why does Fox keep paying to (unsuccessfully) keep these stories quiet? Probably because O'Reilly has been the channel's top draw for nearly 20 years and pulled in billions in revenue over that time. And people keep watching him. Guess the only thing we can really do at this point is destroy the entire network.

Resident nice guy you'd want to bring home to meet your mom, Justin Trudeau, is trying on a bad boy aesthetic. And honestly, I'm not mad at it. After Matthew Perry revealed on Jimmy Kimmel that he beat up the Canadian Prime Minister in 5th grade, Trudeau decided that it was finally time to stand up to his bully (albeit like 35+ years after the fact).

"I've been giving it some thought," Trudeau says, as to the bitter injustice he was put through during his elementary school days, which has clearly haunted him for decades. "And you know what, who hasn't wanted to punch Chandler?"

He's got a point! (Though perhaps Perry would argue that one must separate that actor from the character, but...that would only make us want to punch him more.)

Sure, it's probably an out-of-character April Fool's Prank (as Trudeau desperately tries to convince us he's a fun guy) but I'm not going to let that stop me from enjoying what a weird little gem this is. Because while Canada's Prime Minister is having a cutesy back-and-forth with a sitcom star, our terrifying leader is tweeting about Chuck Todd's eyes (creepy). I would take a cute, probably boring, but very nice man attempting a rude boy joke over however the hell you'd describe our current situation any day.