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Delta uses Internet videos we can't stop watching to bribe us to watch its safety video.

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Delta knows how to get at your attention: by reshowing you a bunch of things that previously got your attention.


Such reusing memes. (via Delta)

Oh, airline safety videos. When was the last time you paid attention to one? I'm guessing it wasn't recently, because I'm a high-anxiety worrier, and I don't think I've watched one since 2002.

That is... until today!

Delta Airlines made a very Internetty safety video pandering to Internet people (i.e., almost everyone), and I let myself be pandered to like the panderee I am. But I kinda couldn't help it. They gave me a cat on a Roomba in high def. What more can I ask for from The Internets?


I would pay $100 more for a plane ticket if this was on my flight. (via Delta)

Here it is, people. Enjoy this trip down Internet memory lane, and hey — you might even learn a thing or two.


Rained out.

This guy went to hilarious extremes to avoid marrying his girlfriend.

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This dude interrupts one of the holiest traditions of a wedding: catching the bouquet.

Yowza. I mean, it's funny, of course. It could really have gone either way, you know?

The couple, Angie Schu and Daniel Bickerdike, were at Angie's cousin's wedding when this crisis came up. Angie was actually just practicing her bouquet catching skills for the main event and I guess Daniel was too! Apparently, it's a running joke in their relationship to tease each other about marriage. Angie is five years older than Daniel and, because we live in a society that reduces women's value to their age, Angie was shy about admitting she was even into Daniel at first. A lot of her friends have also gotten married before her and now her cousin. Things can get awkward.


That's the expression of someone realizing they don't WANT to catch the bouquet.(screenshot via Daily Mail)

They laughed about it when they saw the footage, but this is one of those moments that will either be a very funny story at their wedding or a really sad one at their break-up.

Watch ten huge celebrities insult David Letterman for his last "Top Ten" list.

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For his last list ever, Letterman brought out ten people who have meant a lot to him over his career.

After 33 years in late night, David Letterman aired his last episode of The Late Show last night. As per Letterman's style, the show was classy, irreverent, and self-deprecating, but not overly sentimental. It was a perfect sendoff, and made many people realize just how much they'll miss seeing Dave on TV.

The show, which featured classic clips as well as new material, had no interview segment. No guests were announced ahead of time. In fact, none appeared during the show, except during one part: the final Top Ten list. And for that, Dave pulled out all the stops. The list, entitled "Top Ten Things I've Always Wanted to Say to Dave," featured ten celebrities and former guests who have made a personal connection with Letterman over the years.

The lineup was amazing: Alec Baldwin, Barbara Walters, Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Peyton Manning, Tina Fey, and of course, Bill Murray. Each came out in turn, most of them finding their mark, to give David Letterman one last sick burn.

The best part was how much Dave loved it. It's exactly how he would want to go out: as the butt of the joke.

Weekend

A complete list of what's coming and going from Netflix in June.

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If you didn't watch "Amadeus," yet, what's your deal?

It's time to say goodbye. You served us well, Snatch. We'll always have a soft spot for you, Ever After. We watched the first ten minutes of you, Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away. But you should go. We need you to leave to make room for our new friends. Dane Cook may be banned from the Laugh Factory, but he's welcome in our living rooms in Employee of the Month. Antarctica: A Year on Ice sounds like a nice break from rising temperatures (unless it turns out it's about rising temperatures). And On the Road is the perfect film for a stormy June afternoon when you aren't feeling grateful enough for everything you have.

Here's everything coming and going from Netflix in June:

Departures

June 1

Bram Stoker's Dracula

City of Ghosts

Dance with Me

Deep Blue Sea

DeRay Davis: Power Play

Dream Lover

Drugs, Inc.: Season 2­3

Ever After: A Cinderella Story

Frankie and Johnny

G.I. Jane

Garfield and Friends: Vol. 1­2

Hatchet II

I Escaped A Cult

Ink Master: Season 1

Inside Combat Rescue: Season 1

Last Action Hero

Picture Perfect

Platoon Leader

Rain Man

Reign Over Me

Silence of the Lambs

Snatch

Soul Survivors

Swept Away

Syriana

Tank Girl

The Great Queen Seondeok

The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story

The Phantom of the Opera: Special Edition

The Rocketeer

The Triplets of Belleville

Waking Life


June 6

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Crash


June 15

The River Why

Tin Man


June 17

Dummy


June 20

Amadeus

Collateral Damage

Lonesome Dove

Practical Magic

The Guilt Trip


June 22

Madonna: The MDNA Tour

Stand Up Guys


June 28

Biutiful


June 29

Iron Man: Armored Adventures: Season 1­2

Texas Chainsaw


June 30

Donnie Brasco

Godzilla

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Jack Reacher

National Security

Steel Magnolias

Taxi Driver

The Baby­Sitters Club: Season 1


Arrivals

June 1

Employee of the Month

Hidden Kingdoms

La Dictadura Perfecta

R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly

R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It

Sex Ed

Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live From Atlanta

Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Las Vegas

Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Orlando

The Aviator

The High and the Mighty

The Magdalene Sisters

The Perfect Dictatorship


June 3

Best of Me

Hector and the Search for Happiness


June 5

Sense8


June 6

On the Road


June 7

Words and Pictures


June 8

Grace of Monaco


June 9

Free the Nipple

It's Tough Being Loved by Jerks


June 10

Nightcrawler

Pretty Little Liars: Season 5

Rosewater


June 11

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 2

The Legend

The Legend 2


June 12

Champs

Life of Crime

Orange Is the New Black: Season 3

The Cobbler


June 13

Antarctica: A Year on Ice

Scandal: Season 4

Transformers: Age of Extinction


June 15

Bindi's Bootcamp: Season 1

Danger Mouse: Seasons 1­10

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

Really Me: Season 1­2

Rodney Carrington: Laughters Good

Team Toon: Season 1

Wizards vs. Aliens: Season 1­3


June 16

Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of

Curious George

Lee Daniels' The Butler

Two Days, One Night


June 17

Heartland: Season 6

Point and Shoot


June 19

A Most Wanted Man

Some Assembly Required


June 20

Cake


June 23

Advantageous


June 24

Beyond the Lights


June 25

Ballet 422


June 26

Dragons: Race to the Edge: Season 1

Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Young & Hungry: Season 2


June 27

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

This mom was horrified by the dress code for girls on a 6th grade pool party invitation.

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Indiana mom Jennifer Smith fought back against the administration when this permission slip was sent home with very specific instructions about appropriate swimwear.

Cover up all those 12-year-old good citizens from head to toe! (via Babble)

Jennifer Smith got this invitation from her son's elementary school and was pretty surprised to read this, under the proclamation that the students of Rhoades Elementary were being rewarded for hard work and good citizenship:

All girls must wear a non-white t-shirt over their swimsuit.

What. The. Hell. Smith has a son, but she was unwilling to support the message that girls should cover their bodies at the damn pool. She took her concerns to the school, first contacting the principal. They gave her these explanations:

“Due to the varying sizes of students at this age, [making T-shirts mandatory] takes away the ability of kiddos making fun of others for wearing a shirt [since] everyone is required to wear one."

Yeah. Everyone. Except boys. The Huffington Post got this response from a district spokesperson:

"We know that for many of our families, buying an extra [one-piece] swimsuit for their children would be a luxury they cannot afford. To address the issue of appropriate dress for the swim party, we believed asking the girls to wear T-shirts over their swimsuits was the solution that addressed the issue most sensitively."

Then why did you specify the t-shirts not be white? Isn't it possible a boy might not have a swimsuit, either? Why even go to the pool, if we're worried about what people have the clothes to participate in?

Never mind, these are all bullsh*t excuses. Most pools do not even allow people to swim in t-shirts! And before the school even started with, "Think of the fat and poor kids," line, they told Smith in an email that in the past girls had worn "very inappropriate swimsuits and covering up takes care of that issue." The issue of a woman's body being so sexualized that a 12-year-old can't wear a SWIMSUIT to the POOL.

Look how inappropriately clothed these human bodies are! Don't they know they have breasts that school officials can't stop thinking about? (via Thinkstock)

Is America actually going backwards and getting MORE puritanical? I very distinctly remember being in the sixth grade at a pool party. Some girls and boys wore t-shirts. I didn't. And it was the first time I ever caught a boy staring at my pubic hair, since I was too innocent to have heard of a bikini wax. An awkward lesson, but one I learned without being body-policed by the administration.

Yes, the note says "no Speedos" which can be assumed to be for boys, but again, they never specify anything gender-wise for the male students to wear. Lord knows, middle school boys love speedos, so maybe these double standards are actually really fair and balanced? Smith suggested that they make t-shirts mandatory for both boys and girls, if all their reasonings behind the policy were valid. She wrote to them:

I am not sure if you are aware of the emotional hardship that is caused by [telling] young girls their bodies are inappropriate and must be covered...Setting one standard for half of the student body only promotes the idea that girls bodies are naturally shameful, and helps to send a very damaging message.

The school changed their policy. Jennifer Smith made a difference in how young girls are treated and that is amazing. T-shirts were optional for the trip and according to Smith's son, no one wore one. Hope nobody was too offended by kids frolicking in the sun with their shoulders and bellies exposed!

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This man was angry about his overbooked flight, so he found the most logical way to protest.

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Scroll down for the NSFW (butt) images.

There's nothing more frustrating than when your flight is overbooked, except perhaps for the chafing of a constrictive set of clothes. One man traveling through Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Wednesday morning found a way to relieve both of those burdens at once. Tragically, however, it ended with him in handcuffs.

Sherry Ketchie was also in Charlotte airport on Wednesday when she heard a commotion. Moving over to investigate, she discovered the man angrily yelling at some airline employees. His flight to Jamaica had been overbooked, and he was becoming increasingly agitated. Ketchie told WBTV:

"I seen some people running and I was wondering what they was running from and people were standing there snickering, so I walked over and [an airport employee] told me the man was angry over the Jamaican flight… He had his clothes on, at that point, and then he started standing there with his arms crossed and hollering at the lady at the desk. He stood there for a moment and then started taking off his clothes. I ain't never seen nothing [like that] in my life."

Ketchie reported that the man became silent as he started removing his clothes, and then stood naked in the concourse for about an hour before he was removed by police. I'm not sure why it took the police an hour to deal with him – maybe they were stuck in line at Cinnabon or something. During that abundance of time, Ketchie took out her phone and started snapping pictures.


Who wouldn't want to show off such a majestic shorts tan?(via Sherry Ketchie)

These images really tell a story. In the first one, his stance is proud and defiant. In the second, his posture is slightly less erect, as he begins to see the consequences of his actions. In the last, he is a broken man. He docilely lets himself to be led away by police, his head bowed and his paunch sticking out over his defeated penis (not pictured). This wild stallion has been tamed.

Police report that the man was taken in for medical evaluation and treatment, but will not be charged with a crime. Personally, I hope he made it to Jamaica. If there's one place a maverick like him would be accepted, it's there.

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This clip of a young Vin Diesel breakdancing is the perfect #TBT.

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He's popping and locking and about 100 pounds skinnier.

This clip started circulating about a year ago after it was uncovered on Live with Kelly and Michael. He told them then that he used to perform all around New York before he became an actor. For some reason the clip is really making the rounds this week. Maybe because it's the perfect thing to watch on Throwback Thursday?

I looked up the interview, too, so it's a double throwback if you want to spend even more time with Vin. His reaction to seeing himself is hilarious:

And he's still friends with his old breakdancing partner, Dave! It's unclear if Dave was there because they knew about this clip, but it looks like he's just rolling with Vin Diesel's posse and doing some light camera work. Men who dance together, stay together.

Just a reminder that Michelle Obama is more likely to get cast in an action movie than you.

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As a way to encourage all of us to be healthier, First Lady Michelle Obama posted a video of her daily exercise regimen.


I did an ab curl once. It was the worst five minutes of my life. (Via YouTube)

We all know that First Lady Michelle Obama is crazy healthy. She started the Let's Move! program to get kids to exercise and eat vegetables, helped improve school lunches, and totally does not look 51. Now we get to see what it takes to maintain that good health.

Last week, President Barack Obama introduced the #GimmeFive hashtag on Twitter, asking Americans to tweet at the First Lady a list of five things they'd do to get healthier. Mrs. Obama posted her own #GimmeFive in the form of a workout video.

Her five moves: jumping rope, ab crunches with a ball, jump squats (which are like regular squats, but way harder), doing some reps with 70 pounds of free weights, and boxing. Then she drinks a bunch of water, because that's important after exercise and also to prove that she's human.


5 Things You Should At Least Pretend To Know Today - May 21, 2015

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1. Letterman's Ultimate Top Ten List Is The Ultimate Letterman Top Ten List

David Letterman ended his 33-year run as a late night talk show host last night with a moving 80-minute episode that featured one final top ten list. The collection of "Top Ten Things I've Always Wanted To Say To Dave" was read by a collection of A-list celebrities who were regulars on Letterman's show, including Tina Fey, Chris Rock, Bill Murray and Jerry Seinfeld. Jay Leno was not involved for reasons that were never explained.



2. Pipeline Ruptures, Spreading 105K Gallons Of Nutritious Crude Oil To California Ocean Life For Free

Clean-up crews are currently working along the California coast line to undo as much damage as possible from a 105,000 gallon crude oil leak that erupted from an underground pipeline in the Pacific Ocean and spread out over a nine mile radius. The Plains All American Pipeline company has decided not to charge the area wildlife for the oil they consume.


3. Ancient City In Danger Of Ruin As ISIS Continues Status As World Worst Tourist Group

The ancient city of Palmyra, located in modern day Syria, has been seized by ISIS militants. Many fear the religious fundamentalist group will destroy ancient artifacts of unmeasurable historical significance, as they have in other locations of which they took control. "Mesopotamia, Iraq, Syria, this is the wellspring of global civilization," historian Tom Holland told CNN. "It really couldn't be higher stakes in terms of conservation." Well, I hear these guys are kind of conservative, so maybe they're take that into consideration.


4. 'Girls Gone Wild' Creator Has Gone Fugitive

Joe Francis—the man who popularized calypso music through his popular Girls Gone Wild beach resort videos—is currently hiding out in Mexico after a federal judge issued an arrest warrant for him on Tuesday, due to his failure to turn over two luxury cars as payment for legal fees. Why is the world always trying to tear down powerful men?


5. Pandas Stubbornly Continue To Exist In Defiance Of Science And Reason

Despite the fact that giant pandas have been eating bamboo exclusively for approximately 2 million years, their digestive tracts are only capable of processing about 17 percent of what they consume, meaning that more than four-fifths of everything they eat goes to waste, according to new research from China. "Unlike other plant-eating animals that have successfully evolved anatomically specialized digestive systems to effectively deconstruct fibrous plant matter, the giant panda still retains a gastrointestinal tract typical of carnivores," the lead researcher explained. The prevaling theory about their existence is that God got super drunk one day.

Goofballs' car-aoke video on a selfie stick has a very scary ending.

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Just singing "Baby Come Back" with a selfie stick while driving on the highway, no biggie.

I've really been hoping selfie sticks would go out of style, but people are too busy taking selfies to notice how stupid they are. In this video, we get to see a selfie stick bringing people together and also finding a new way to make using a phone dangerous in the car. It's really dangerous, guys! Do not text while driving.

Or film sing-a-longs. In fairness, their accident has nothing to do with the selfie-stick and we wouldn't have this funny video with a background track of Baby Come Back.

We also get to see those dudes' faces go from this:


To this:

The tire blows out, and they come to a halt. A voice asks, "Is everyone okay?" and then the second thing they say is, "All right, we're not posting that video."

Famous last words.

An entire airplane sh*t on this girl's sweet 16.

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Every cloud has a silver lining. You'd better just hope that silver lining isn't actually a plane about to drop human shit on your birthday party.


FOX 29 News Philadelphia | WTXF-TV

A plane flying over Levittown, PA dropped human waste on a girl's sweet 16 birthday party. The girl's mother said they had "just got done with cake, thank God. We took the cake back in." Whatever cake-loving god she prays to found it in His mercy to make all of the crap fall on a tent in the yard, rather than on the party goers.

Moreover, He provided the perfect metaphor for adult life: if you stop to smell the flowers, people busier than you will shit all over you and keep on moving like nothing happened. My only question is whether this deity heard about the sweet 16 of Reginae Carter (Lil Wayne's daughter) at which she received both the BMW she wanted and the Ferrari she wanted.

I guess that's a lesson for me that the gods don't shit on the super rich.


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This camera lets your dog photograph things that make it happy.

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Nikon turns your dog into an urb-ex photoblogger with its new heartbeat sensor.

Humans love photos of dogs because dogs are the best. They look like they are always enjoying themselves, they don't talk too much, and they do lots of silly things. But what if your dog could take photos of other dogs for you? Now, there's Heartography.

Nikon has created a device that you strap to the front of your dog. When your pooch sees something that makes them happy (usually food or other dogs), Heartography snaps a photo. In the promotional video, we see a border collie named Grizzler running around off leash, getting excited and taking photos as he narrates his journey to becoming a "phodographer."

Come to think of it, I don't think that's really Grizzler's voice.

Learn all about Heartography on Nikon's website.

Is powdered alcohol dangerous? An expert tried it, and his results are surprising.

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One tech writer bravely drank, ate, and snorted homemade powdered alcohol in order to dispel some common fears.

You made have heard about Palcohol, the powdered alcohol product coming soon to a frat party near you. Since being approved by the FDA a year ago, the idea of dry, discreet alcohol in easily-smuggled packets has struck fear into the hearts of parents and legislators across the country. Various states have already banned it, and it doesn't even go on sale until this summer.

The fears about powdered alcohol are simple: that it will lead to increased binge-drinking, that it will be used to spike drinks, and that it will be snorted. Palcohol's inventors actually advertised snortability as a selling point on their original website before they wisely decided to tone it down.

To address these fears, tech writer Brent Rose and a team from Wired Magazine teamed up to test powdered alcohol on their own. They had to make their own, using a formula suggested by Popular Science. Then Rose tested it on himself. The results, as you can see, are gross.


Dude, you've got something on your nose.(via Wired)

First of all, it's a very inefficient way to get drunk. Like many people, I had foolishly assumed that powdered alcohol would be more concentrated than the liquid form, which makes no sense. In reality, it takes a lot of powdered alcohol to get even a little drunk. Granted, the powder they came up with was not as strong as what Palcohol advertises. They were able to get a drink's worth of booze into 50.5 grams of powder, instead of Palcohol's 29 grams. But still, that's a lot.

Rose demonstrates how difficult it is to mix into a drink, and how disgusting the finished product is. He instantly dispels the myth that it could be used to easily spike a drink or that it could be used to have fun in any way. Then he moves onto the big one: snorting. This is where it gets sad. You don't think about how much powder 50 grams is until you're looking at it laid out on a mirror.


Who's up for a party? A really sad party.(via Wired)

Can you imagine snorting all of that and still not even getting buzzed? Not to mention that snorting alcohol causes searing pain. I'll stick to good old-fashioned cocaine, thank you.

After watching this video, it really doesn't seem necessary to ban powdered alcohol. It's hard to imagine anyone buying it more than once, but any idiots who do aren't going to put themselves in danger with it. They'll have to find another way to consume alcohol irresponsibly. I think they'll manage.

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Airport forced to call in riot police after passengers freak out over delays.

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Flight delays caused by rains create a storm of fury.


Shout out to whoever hurled that wheelchair. That's not an easy throw.(via thenanfang.com)

Heavy rains fell in southern China, causing crippling delays at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. If you have ever had a flight delayed due to the weather, been stuck waiting in line to reschedule a flight, or even had a flight cancelled as you sat near the gate, you know how frustrating air travel can be. You get so upset with the wasted time you want to trash the place, hoping they'll put you on a plane just so you will be as far away from them as possible. Well, that's exactly what happened.


Like waiting in line for a ride at Disneyland, except the ride is a delayed airline flight.
(via thenanfang.com)

Over 100 flights were affected by weather, upsetting the travel plans of over 1,000 people. The next day, May 16th, the airport was filled with people with nowhere to go. Airlines were not giving out guaranteed compensation for the cancelled flights, and passengers were getting hungry and restless.


Even after a food fight, there's more waiting. (via thenanfang.com)

A passenger named Wang describes how 20 to 30 men encircled the Southern China Airlines counter and began berating the staff.

At that time, everybody was asking for compensation, something that is guaranteed by airline regulations. However, no one from the airline staff would take care of that. Instead, other people started complaining about other things: someone said they were hungry and wanted to eat, while another wanted accommodation. It started to get really crazy.

Airlines distributed take-out boxed meals, bottled water, and instant noodles to the stranded passengers, but by this time it was too late. The customers hurled the food back at the staff.


I've got a great idea for a Mad Max sequel.(via thenanfang.com)

Then it escalated. Equipment was smashed in a fight. Riot police rushed in to form a human barricade between the tired masses and the surrounded airline staff.


Big deal. Call me when you have to fly out of Newark on Christmas. (via thenanfang.com)

Eventually, the customers were rebooked on flights, some leaving in the early hours. Wang's flight left at 4:00 AM, and Southern China Airlines compensated each passenger with roughly 32 bucks.


"Then he told me he was going to store his checked bag inside my seat,
so I laid him out for talking mess."
(via thenanfang.com)

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