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Topshop under fire for using a symbol of Palestinian resistance as a romper design.

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Topshop has pulled a "festival-ready" romper from its site after facing serious backlash for co-opting the pattern of the keffiyeh scarf, a well-known symbol of Palestinian nationalism. The traditional black-and-white head scarves have been worn by many political parties and religions in Palestine, but gained particular popularity as a sign of resistance in the 1960s, Mashablereports. It's maybe not the type of thing you should turn into a romper.

Per Teen Vogue, the original description for the item (which can no longer be found) read: "Get festival-ready with this cute playsuit in monochrome scarf print with knot tie neck detail. Team with sliders for perfect summer-cool." Yes, cultural appropriation goes great with some freakin' sliders! Very "summer-cool" as they say.

This is what a bad idea looks like.

Sometimes I wonder if the people who design clothing for fast fashion brands all periodically get hit in the head and lose their memories, because these problematic items and cycles of outrage happen so frequently. It is the only solution I can come up with for this ridiculous trend. What's even crazier about the keffiyeh controversy is that Urban Outfitters sold the scarves as "anti-war woven" accessories in 2007, and faced a whole backlash over them back then, according to Mashable. And here we are, a decade later, making the same mistakes. In fact, we made the mistake even worse by turning the scarf into an ugly-ass romper. Like, this is not even a cute romper. And imagine trying to get that situation off your body to pee.

Well, at the very least that's one less offensive item of clothing for girls to wear to Coachella this year. But Topshop apparently will supply plenty of other ways to culturally appropriate for festival season this year. This trainwreck was found inside a Topshop just a few days ago:

Will corporations ever learn? (No, the answer is no.)


Trump just authorized missile strikes against Syria from his Mar-A-Lago resort.

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President Trump announced on Thursday night that he had authorized an airstrike of more than 50 missiles in Syria. This attack was in response to the Syrian government's chemical weapons attack that killed 80 civilians earlier this week, The New York Times reports. To make matters worse, Trump announced all of this from his golf club at Mar-a-Lago.

Let that sink in. This administration's first military attack was done from a sprawling beach-front resort in Florida. It's almost so insane that it's not shocking. Like, of course this is how this would happen. Because at this point, Trump feels like more caricature than person. Well, the on-the-nose execution wasn't missed by anybody. Here's what they're saying about this absurd situation.

Jimmy Kimmel breaks into tears while remembering Don Rickles, and now you're crying.

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Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to his friend Don Rickles with a moving 12-minute homage to the legendary insult comic on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday. Rickles passed away on April 6th at the age of 90,

Jimmy apologized to his audience before launching into the heartbreaking monologue, and it didn't take long for the late night host to dissolve into tears. Jimmy Kimmel cried, you're going to cry, and Don Rickles is probably laughing his ass off at us from the great beyond.

“I’ll tell you right up front that I’m going to cry, probably a lot, which is embarrassing,” said Kimmel, his voice already starting to break. “But I’m not good with this sort of thing and I’m sorry, especially to those of you who came here to see the show in person because that’s probably not what you came for, but we lost someone that we and I love very much today.”

Kimmel then aired this hilarious montage of clips of Don Rickles appearing on his show over the years.

But Jimmy Kimmel wasn't the only late night host who paid homage to the legend.

This is how Stephen Colbert eulogized "Mr. Warmth."

Seth Meyers also took a moment to remember Don Rickles.

RIP Don Rickles. If heaven exists, we know you are there roasting all the angels.

Scarlett Johansson speaks out about 'cowardly' Ivanka Trump and doesn't hold back.

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Actor Scarlett Johansson is not holding back when it comes to her feelings about Ivanka Trump. On Thursday, during a Q&A with Arianna Huffington at the Women in the World Summit in New York City, Scarlett Johansson said of Trump, “If you take a job as a public advocate, then you must advocate publicly. You can’t have it both ways.”

Johansson, who recently portrayed Ivanka Trump in a parody commercial for "Complicit perfume" on SNL, was referring to Trump's interview with Gayle King on Wednesday. She called that interview "disappointing," and said she found Trump's political stance "baffling." During that interview, Ivanka Trump claimed that she would be “advocating for the economic empowerment of women,” but that her work would mostly be behind-the-scenes. Trump explained, “I think most of the impact I have over time most people will not actually know about."

That didn't make a whole lot of sense to Johansson, who joked, "Well, that's empowering," before saying, “It’s such an old-fashioned concept. Powerful women often get concerned with this idea that they’re going to be seen in this unforgiving light. Screw that. It’s so old-fashioned…it’s so uninspired and actually I think really cowardly."

The computer that designs cookbook recipes surprised its creator with a hilarious cocktail.

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When Janelle Shane taught a computer to come up with its own recipe ideas, she probably expected them to be a little odd. After all, she had previously used the neural network (a learning program like in Terminator) to have it come up with names for Pokémon, and the results were delightfully baffling.

She wasn't disappointed The neural network came up with fan favorites like "Cream Cheese Soup" and "Beef Soup With Swamp Peef And Cheese."

What Janelle Shane didn't expect, however, was for the neural network to come up with cocktail ideas. Luckily, it turned out to be something of an alcoholic.

Now you're ready for the weekend with the delicious-sounding "Kodks. or Sugar Layer With Stock In Con Mublentchs" cocktail. If you want to make it at home, you'll need "alcohol, cajun, dudes."

Seems like a solid start.

The internet is creeped out by Harry Styles' stunt double wearing a mask of his face.

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Harry Styles is releasing his new single "Sign of the Times" today, but the upcoming debut of the song is being overshadowed by none other than Styles' stunt double.

While filming the music video for the new single, the stunt man was captured on film donning a mask of Harry Styles' face that will definitely give you nightmares, and the internet simply can't cope.

This is Styles, dangling from a helicopter, filming the video.

This is his stunt double, wearing Harry Styles' face, doing the same.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Of course, the internet couldn't help but make the comparison between this stunt double and Michael Myers from Halloween.

While others were just thoroughly creeped out by it.

Good luck sleeping tonight.

Hillary Clinton compares herself to 'Typhoid Mary' in candid talk about sexism in politics.

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Speaking with New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof at the Women in the World Summit, Hillary Clinton touched on a broad range of issues in her first interview since the November election.

She left little question about her stance on Russian hacking and the role it played in her loss, on Syria and her regret that the United States didn't do more during the Obama administration, and on Donald Trump and misogyny (and the confluence of the two).

She noted that Vladimir Putin didn't like her, "although he did shake hands with me." She left it at that, although the shot at Donald Trump's interaction with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel was lost on nobody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aI0iLIwfa2w

Hillary Clinton then elaborated on how misogyny and sexism affected her long, tortured run for president in 2016. Kristof asked her "about the research that some social scientists have pointed to that women can be perceived as either as likable or as competent leaders, but not as both."

Here's Clinton's response, via the Huffington Post:

We really need you, and we need more young people and we particularly need more young women. However, having said that, probably one of the first things I would say to them: Yeah, be ready. It is a not a new phenomenon but it feels new and painful every time it happens to you.

Many academics have written about it. It’s a pretty simple but unfortunate phenomenon. With men, success and ambition are correlated with likability, so the more successful a man is, the more likable he becomes! With a woman, guess what? It’s the exact opposite. So the more successful and therefore ambitious a woman is, the less likable she becomes. That’s the inverse correlation that lies at the heart of a lot of the attacks and the misogyny.

Clinton's explanation for why her success as Secretary of State didn't suffer from the same dynamic was equally depressing: "It was a job I was asked to do by a man."

Hillary Clinton then got creative explaining the issue, invoking Typhoid Mary—a 19th century woman who was quarantined against her will and experimented on for her suspected disease, becoming a pariah.

"What happened?! Oh my gosh, by the time they were finished with me I was Typhoid Mary. And poor Mary. I mean, she didn't deserve it either, when you go back and look at the history. It really did verify that research."

Lucky guy gets brought on vacation with strangers thanks to his name.

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While every friend is special, not every name is unique. A group of friends in England had planned a big (free!) weekend vacation in Mallorca, Spain, but when their bro named Joe McGrath had to dropped out, they took to Facebook find another average Joe.

A new friend with the same name is just as sweet.

"Although I had my doubt if the offer was legit, I decided to take the plunge as my legendary boss gave me the time off work," this Joe McGrath wrote on Facebook, "I drove down to Bristol on Saturday night and had a mad three days with complete strangers that I think I can all my good friends."

While the lucky Joe ended up having the time of his life on this surprise vacation, he had no idea what he was in for.

"What a mega group of people! I loved every minute of it," Joe wrote.

Because it sounds too good to be true, people on Twitter were skeptical. Joe McGrath tweeted out a screenshot of his boarding pass to verify the vacation.

Because of the risky nature of taking off with strangers, this Joe McGrath told his "mum" that he knew these guys before the vacation.

"I want to apologise to my mum who thought I knew these people all along," he wrote on Facebook.

If anyone happens to have a friend named Orli Matlow who can't make the big trip, reach out to me because I'm game. Especially if the trip is to Spain.


Twitter is coming together to help this guy win a year's supply of Wendy's chicken nuggets.

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In this world, you need to make your own luck. One man realized that no one was going to just hand him a lifetime supply of Wendy's chicken nuggets, so he decided to take matters into his own hands.

On Wednesday, Twitter user Carter Williams reached out to Wendy's and asked how many retweets he'd need in order to win a year's supply of chicken nuggets.

Wendy's (which has a notoriously savage Twitter account) gave him a pretty high number: 18 million retweets. Not one to back down from a challenge, Carter accepted.

Carter then tweeted out a screen shot of his interaction with Wendy's and pleaded with Twitter to help him win his chicken nuggets. In his words, "A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS."

The good people of the internet quickly began retweeting Carter. So far, it's racked up over 950,000 retweets. Twitter takes care of its own.

Though he's still pretty far off from his goal of 18 million, Carter's quest for chicken nuggets managed to get far more attention than Wendy's ever expected it would.

Will Carter Williams ever get his year's supply of nuggs? Stay tuned.

Trump supporter makes Airbnb’s decision to ban her extremely simple after racist tirade.

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A law student from Southern California, Dyne Suh, booked an Airbnb so her fiancé and two friends could enjoy a ski trip in her rare time off from studying.

But as the crew made their way through heavy rain on their drive up to the mountains, their would-be host abruptly reneged on her agreement to lodge them. Her reason was anything but ambiguous: "I wouldn't rent it to u if u were the last person on earth," she texted Suh. "One word says it all. Asian."

Suh shared the racist text exchange on Facebook at the time of the incident, with the caption: "Just had an Airbnb cancel on me spewing racism."


Dyne Suh, 23, also shared her reaction in an emotional video from the night of the incident with LA-based journalist Steve Kuzj. Now it's going viral for the sheer, shocking racism it exposes.

"It stings. It stings that after living in the US for 23 years, this is what happens."

Trump Supporter Cancels Asian Woman's Airbnb Stay

This was tough to watch. An Asian woman and her three friends were on their way to an Airbnb house they booked for a weekend in Big Bear, California. Right before they arrived, the host abruptly cancelled; citing President Trump for the reason, and telling the woman "One word says it all. Asian."

Posted by Steve Kuzj on Wednesday, April 5, 2017

"She said that to me. I'm an American citizen. This is my home."

According to NBC LA, Airbnb banned the racist host, who claimed the election of Donald Trump gave her the right to discriminate. Airbnb rightfully called her abhorrent and unacceptable behavior "abhorrent and unacceptable."

"We have worked to provide the guest with our full support and in line with our non discrimination policy, this host has been permanently removed from the Airbnb platform," said a spokesperson.

The Trump-supporting host, meanwhile, had "no comment."

Twitter destroys resentful guy who's been texting his ex every day for 3 years.

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Relationships can be hard to get over, and some people have more trouble moving on than others. But this guy has really gone above and beyond, by making a point of texting his ex every single morning to tell her how much he hates her. He even has an alarm set to remind him. Okay, okay, some of us can definitely relate to that. But he's been doing it every day for three years.

Twitter user @thelameinyoset tweeted about his ongoing daily hate message on April 1, including a picture of the alarm he has set for 7:45 a.m. each day, which is titled "Tell Your Ex You Hate Her. She Ain't Shit." (Side note: he also has an alarm for 4:20, but no word on what exactly that alarm is for.)

His tweet also shows a bit of the ongoing text conversation, which is just him texting "I hate you" over and over and over and over and over. Judging from the screengrab of the texts, his beleaguered ex (who is in his phone as "Smh," lol) is mostly ignoring him, but she did respond at one point, "Can you not text me this every day. It's been three fucking years."

Apparently dude is proud of his daily hate reminder text, since it's his pinned tweet. But now Twitter users are raking him over the coals, because come on, man, at some point you gotta move on.

Even WikiHow responded to his tweet, with a link about how to get over a breakup.

But here's something else to consider…is he even really texting her every day, or is this fake? Because, as another Twitter user pointed out, the texts should have the date above them. Maybe he's doing this all for attention on social media?

Either way, it's seriously time, bro. Let go of the hatred and turn off that alarm.

Brilliantly immature student pulls NSFW prank on the school library's encyclopedia.

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When it comes to pranks, true innovation doesn't come out of any Ivy League university or fancy schmancy think tank—it happens in high school. Imgur user WreckedTangled, a high school student, proved that with a photo of a brilliantly simple, and yet extremely impressive, prank committed by a classmate. Noticing that the bindings on the volumes of the World Book Encyclopedia spelled out its title, this young Edison immediately saw the potential for greatness. Check it out.

LOL

Oh, to be 16 again. Back then, nobody judged me for laughing at stuff like this.

This 7-year-old may be bald, but she still had the coolest look for "crazy hair day."

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This is Gianessa Wride, a 7-year-old who lives in Salem, Utah.

According to Allure, Gianessa's mother Daniella Vinanti Wride noticed that her daughter's hair was falling out in clumps back in January. Within three weeks, Gianessa had almost lost all of her hair, eyelashes and eyebrows, and a dermatologist diagnosed her with alopecia areata.

But when "crazy hair day" rolled around at school, Gianessa didn't let the autoimmune disease keep her from participating. Instead, she got creative and adorned her noggin with gemstone stickers, and we have to say, it looks AWESOME.

In the end, Gianessa's school decided to change the name of "crazy hair day" to "crazy head day."

Wride told Allure that Gianessa usually opts to wear beanies and scarves on her head, and found that wigs are too itchy for her. Given her diagnosis, it is unlikely that she will ever be able to grow her hair back, but we must say, bald is beautiful and Gianessa is rocking it.

I'm offended our office is open on National Beer Day.

Mom makes tiny versions of family's meals for the dog every night. Internet dies of cuteness.

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Anyone who has a dog knows that they're just as much a part of the family as the humans are. (You guys know, you love your dogs.) So when your family gathers around the dinner table, it only makes sense that your loyal pupper joins you, right? At least that seems to be what Twitter user @ashtonbaileyyy's mom thinks.

Earlier this week, @ashtonbaileyyy shared multiple photos of the mini dinner plates her mom makes for her dog every night. Whatever the humans eat, the dog gets a tiny version.

I mean, look at that face. How could you NOT make that dog a tiny ravioli plate?

Naturally, people on Twitter loved it.

Others weren't so sure that their moms would do the same.

But apparently, @ashtonbaileyy's mom isn't the only one who makes sure her canine companion is well-fed.

I sincerely hope this has inspired you to cook your dog tiny meals (and then post pictures on the internet for all of us to enjoy).


Teen uses towels to brilliantly troll dude who won't stop asking for nudes.

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Jacquie Ross, a 16-year-old in North Carolina, was talking to her friend Michael when he asked to see her outfit, which really means asking to see what's under her outfit. Teens these days.

Michael is on the prom committee, Jacquie Ross told BuzzFeed, and they were discussing outfits. The view of the shoulders in the selfie got Michael a lil' excited, and then things got bonkers.

Michael wouldn't quit, and kept asking for a nude. Jacquie Ross had a plan—and an impressive amount of towels.

Michael was creepily insistent. But Ross was ready.

But now Michael wanted to see under the robe...

Ross posted the convo on Tumblr with the caption "They don’t give up so easily nowadays," and it went super viral.

The post got over 67,000, and the reactions have been wild.

"I think it's funny how everyone's creeped out by 'I'm gonna get what I want'," Ross told BuzzFeed. "I also like when people are like 'I'm gonna use this for future reference!'"

"My all time favorite thing is how officially, more people hate him than there are in my entire county," she added.

A super successful troll—and an efficient way to dry off.

Confused about the situation in Syria? Let this video break it down for you.

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Now more than ever, it can be difficult and overwhelming to keep up with the news. Although it feels like we are continually being hit with tidal waves of information and opinions from a million different news sources, it is important to stay updated and informed.

Yesterday, President Donald Trump authorized an air strike in Syria, but how exactly did we get to this point in the first place? This video from Vox traces the Syrian conflict back to its beginning in 2011, and follows it to present day. Most importantly, it breaks down the complex situation in a way that is easy to understand.

Check it out.

Sorry I started applying hand sanitizer while shaking your hand.

Dumb but determined thief accidentally texts plan to his victim, tries to just play it off.

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Even the world's greatest criminal masterminds aren't immune to the disastrous effects of a single missent text. One would-be thief in Scotland is learning that the hard way, after his scheme to beat a stranger up and take his golf club was foiled by his own clumsy fingers. But then, like a truly industrious crook, he tried to keep his con going. The potential victim, Gregor Ford, was so delighted by this display that he shared a screenshot on Twitter, where it's gone massively viral.

This guy is so dumb, some commenters on Twitter were convinced the whole conversation was fake. But Ford assured them that the exchange (and his putter) were real.

No disrespect intended to the honorable people of East Kilbride. Except one of them, who is a f**king moron.

Ryan Seacrest shares #tbt pic to embarrass ‘American Idol’ judges. It backfires spectacularly.

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Human toothpaste commercial Ryan Seacrest thought he was pulling a hilarious prank on American Idol judges Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell when he shared a Throwback Thursday photo of the three of them from the early American Idol years. But it looks like the person he ended up pranking was himself.

"They're gonna kill me for posting this," he wrote, joking that Cowell and Jackson would be mad at him for embarrassing them. Lolz!

But the American Idol host may have miscalculated who exactly would be most "embarrassed" by this photo. Because the internet quickly turned their attention to Seacrest—specifically, whatever in God's name is happening on top of his head.

People can't stop roasting him for those sweet, sweet frosted tips.

To be fair, people are making fun of Simon Cowell and his intense suntan situation, too.

But let's be real, most people are going to look at this photo and just imagine Ryan Seacrest walking into a barber shop like "frost the tips, please!"

Good one, Ryan! LOLZ! You really got 'em bad this time!

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