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Bizarre video shows herd of news reporters rifling through San Bernadino shooters' apartment.
In a truly strange and unsettling spectacle, dozens of TV news reporters, their crews, and random gawkers flooded into the apartment of alleged San Bernardino shooters Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik today, filming the couple's personal effects and bumping into each other in the process. The incident occurred after the FBI had concluded its investigation, removing all evidence and dangerous material from the residence. At that point, they nailed a large piece of plywood over the door and turned the apartment back over to the landlord.
That same landlord later removed the plywood, allowing everyone who felt like it to walk around and touch everything like it was a grotesque open house. Whether of not he explicitly gave reporters permission to enter is still unclear. It was a very bizarre scene, with multiple reporters describing how unseemly it was while simultaneously taking part in the carnage. And of course, the whole thing was caught on camera from every conceivable angle. Mashable edited the footage into a concise compilation.
The irony is that everyone there knew there was nothing significant to be learned from the contents of the home, because the FBI had already gone over it with a fine-toothed comb. But that didn't stop them from piling on the least exclusive scoop in TV news history, bragging about which phone bill, post-it note, or baby book they saw before anyone else on the scene.
Several media outlets later apologized for showing the live images, blurring out personal documents like IDs for rebroadcast. Reports also claim that the landlord may be facing criminal charges for opening the apartment, even though it was no longer an active crime scene.
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Why does your dog stare at you while he poops? Experts finally have answers.
It's the same thing every day. You take your dog outside, there's some sniffing, circling, squatting, and then you feel it… your dog's eyes boring straight into your soul, for the entire duration of his poop. As much as you love your furry friend, the impromptu staring contest is a little intense. So why do they do it? Here are a few explanations from the dog experts at The Dodo.
1. Thinks you're Mom:
A 2009 study on eye contact between humans and their dogs found that the mutual gaze produces a physiological response very similar to that between mothers and infants. So it's not just the constant baby talk then.
2. Wants a reward.
Like a junkie, your dog just wants his next fix. He hasn't forgotten his puppy days when he was getting crazy praise for doing his business outside. Dog behavior expert and trainer Madeline Friedman said, "I think the dog remembers the reinforcement and hopes for more."
3. Wants your permission.
That intense stare could just be looking for approval that she's pooping in the right spot. She hasn't forgotten being punished for taking a dump on the rug that one time.
4. Wolf pack instinct.
"The feeling of being vulnerable is left over from their wild ancestor, the wolf, who still has to fend for himself in the wild. I think dogs are making sure we have their backs while they're in that vulnerable position for an extended period of time," Friedman told The Dodo.
5. Maybe it's us?
Vet, Dr. Sonja Olson brought up a good point: "Maybe it's you that's initiating and holding the eye contact." Oh yeah, it could be possible that we're the ones staring at them, anxiously awaiting to scoop that sh*t up as soon as it hits the grass, and they are just looking back at us like WTF.
And that's why they return the favor when we're in the bathroom.
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Single guy mocks his twin sister's Instagram by recreating all her baby photos with a cat.
It seems like Gordy Yates is a little jealous of his twin sister's life of motherhood and yoga, yet enjoys his world traveling lifestyle. He's also never gotten her a present for their mutual birthday in their entire shared life! He writes on his blog:
My twin sister Meredith is so great and I am so bad. Every year on my birthday, she gets me something cool: a t-shirt, a funny book, something she wanted to get rid of but chose to give to me instead, and so much more. And no matter where I’ve lived, she’s always either sent the gift in a package or saved it to give to me later.
And I’m the worst brother because I never get her anything for her birthday. Generally, I don’t get someone a birthday present if they live far away, so I usually don’t get her ANYTHING even though she always gets me something.
Back door brag much? Maybe it's you who lives far away from her, dude. Anyway, Gordy decided to go all out for their 28th and give her the gift that keeps on giving: mockery. He recreated 28 of her Instagram posts from the last year, but since he doesn't have any of his own infants, he borrowed a neighbor's cat for the project. They're very funny with just the right dash of sad:
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Science says people who post inspirational quotes on Facebook are stupider than people who don't.
A new study from the University of Waterloo in Canada suggests that people who post inspirational quotes on Facebook are, well, uh, kinda stupid. More specifically, the study found "a link between low intelligence and being impressed by seemingly profound quotes." Their method for discovering this? Trolling.
The researchers took a bunch of quotes from www.sebpearce.com, a website that generates "random statements meant to sound profound." It'll give you stupid stuff like this:
They presented study participants with these b/s quotes alongside regular quotes, and asked them to rate their profundity on a scale of one to five. Here's what researchers found out:
Those who were unable to detect the bullshit and rated the pseudo-profound as actually profound were determined to be lower in intelligence, less likely to engage in reflective thinking, and more likely to hold conspiratorial or paranormal beliefs.
So next time, think before you try to convince everyone that "this life is nothing short of a condensing osmosis of divine conscious living," or some other bullsh*t.
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This video of a 4-year-old driving a truck is a lot cooler and less irresponsible than it sounds.
In order to display the SHEER POWER of one of its heavy duty trucks, Volvo decided to perform the very dangerous-sounding stunt of letting a 4-year-old drive it. The kid, thankfully, wasn't inside the truck, but was remote-controlling it from a distance. Or maybe they just filmed a 4-year-old mashing the buttons of a controller and edited it with footage of a heavy-duty truck crashing around. Either way, this video is a little like watching Criss Angel: you'll enjoy it more if you don't think too hard and just believe the magic is real.
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World's cutest old couple recreates their wedding photo 70 years later.
A 98-year-old couple from southwest China recently celebrated their anniversary by recreating their wedding day photos from 70 years ago. Cao Yuehua and Wang Devi returned to Chongqing's Northern Hot Springs Park on Nov. 24, where they first wed in 1945. After so many years of marriage, you have to be creative with anniversaries, just like the couple that recreated Up for their 60th anniversary. Their son explained why they wanted to do something special for their 70th:
They have been together for so long, going through the war, the political turmoil and diseases, and can still stay with each other and love each other. We want to help them to commemorate their love.
Wang and Cao met in 1943 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, at a ball which was organized by staff and students of China's most prestigious universities, who luckily evacuated from enemy-occupied areas during World War II. They met at a dance! That's how you landed a boo back in the day. And before text messages with emojis, you had to write love poems by hand:
Nowadays, they can barely remember many things in their life, but they can recite the love poems they wrote to each other during the wartime.
If anyone who recently got married tries to recreate their wedding photos in 70 years, they're going to have a tough time getting their nearly 100-year-old bridesmaids to simultaneously jump in the air. Hopefully after that many years, brides realize it's also not cool to ask your friends to spend hundreds of dollars on a matching dress they'll only wear once.
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Cat goes into stealth mode just to karate chop an old guy on a recliner.
Observe as the Felis catus stalks its prey. It utilizes the space beneath the chair to ensure its movements go undetected. It then takes a moment to collect itself before locking onto its target and making a move.
IT POUNCES! BOOOOOOOM! IN THE FACE!
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Bartenders revealed their craziest customer stories. They'll remind you why you drink at home.
It's Bartender Appreciation Day! To thank the heroes who help us put booze into our booze-holes, here are the some of the most insane stories from Bartenders posted on Reddit.If these don't make you want to tip your bartender, nothing will.
1. "Luckily their kid wasn't cool at all."
2. So busted!
3. No shirt, no shoes, no service. Didn't say anything about pants though!
4. That's impressive aim.
5. Hello, is it me you're kicking out?
6. Wait, every day?
7. Chex yourself before you wreck yourself.
8. We'll always have tequila…
9. Extreme Bar Makeover.
10. Where everybody knows your name, and your fetishes.
11. The customer is not always right.
12. Senior moments.
13. The old switch-a-roo.
14. Some like it hot.![]()
15. Self service.
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Justin Theroux nearly died on his honeymoon, almost made Jennifer Aniston single again.
Justin Theroux revealed he had a brush with death on his honeymoon with Jennifer Aniston. The couple wed earlier this year in a super-secret ceremony, which curiously excluded a few Friends cast members as guests and at last broke the gypsy curse keeping Aniston single for so many years. Theroux described the close call while scuba diving trip on Live with Kelly and Michael, when his tank malfunctioned and his instructor didn't seem to think it was a big deal. Everyone has had the experience of a skilled instructor blowing you off when your instincts tell you something is wrong, perhaps with a trainer of yoga instructor. But having that experience under water is a nightmare:
We're going really deep and I look at [the tank] and it's on red. I swim over and show it [to the instructor] and he [hand signals] to keep swimming.
Theroux managed to get the attention of a friend, who assisted him with oxygen until they could safely return to the surface. Now that he has a new lease on life, he can focus on the things that matter most, like his new Instagram account.
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Watch a mashup of Adele's 'Hello' using movie quotes and violate every copyright law.
Someone recreated Adele's "Hello" using only movie quotes, adding to the ever-expanding universe of using "Hello" for entertainment purposes beyond simply listening to it. There's the guy singing it in the style of 25 different artists, a marching band covering the song, and a perfect mashup with Lionel Richie. And now we have the lyrics delivered by famous movie characters, with appearances from Star Wars, Scarface, Anchorman, and more than one from 1997's Batman & Robin for some reason:
The masterful editor behind this mashup included Bruce Lee and even a quick clip from Coming to America. If you're not familiar with most of those clips, grab your friend that's a movie nerd and they'll get you squared away on what you need to watch this weekend.
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Kim and Kanye welcome their new baby boy to help watch the throne.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have welcomed a baby boy, their second child together. Kim posted the news "KANYE AND I WELCOME OUR BABY BOY!" on her website and app. There's no word on a name yet, though everyone is wondering if it will be a cardinal direction like his big sis North. The rumored name leaked a few months ago was "Easton." Whatever the name, fans can look forward to watching him grow up on social media. Just yesterday Kim joked that she was ready for the baby's arrival on Instagram:
Congrats to Kim and Kanye, and hopefully their son will be a pro at handling life surrounded by cameras, just like North. Looks like lil' Yeezus arrived a few weeks short of a Christmas Day birthday.
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Family continues tradition of making intentionally and perfectly awkward holiday cards.
For the last twelve years the Bergeron family has been dressing up in awkward outfits for intentionally awkward holiday card pictures. What a refreshing take on a very tired tradition that we experience annually when mailboxes get jammed with everyone talking about their kids' accomplishments. Many times, family photos are hilarious on accident. But the Bergerons are doing it on purpose, and they're doing it very well.
The tradition begins with the early 80s.
Dreaming of a white trash Christmas.
Looking as nerdy as possible.
Looking as ugly as possible.
Getting all American Gothic.
Making fun of Kare Krishnas for some reason.
Making fun of Hispanics for some reason.
Back to making fun of white people, now with a baby!
Even the baby gets a unibrow.
Getting all American goth.
Revealing way too much.
Switching things up.
Can't wait to see what they have in store for 2015. They've set a high bar with lowbrow humor, which is never easy. If only all holiday cards were this great.
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Santa school teaches helpers how to actually determine which kids are nice at the mall.
Best Santas in Denver, Colorado, teaches its aspiring students how to be the best Kris Kringle or Mrs. Claus they can be for the Christmas season. It's too bad Santa is older, because I bet plenty of guys would enjoy getting paid to gorge themselves on cookies while growing out their beards. Hopefully these Santa students don't look anything like some kids' drawings of Santa that are accidentally naughty looking.
Jim Coleman, the school owner, talked about what makes a perfect Santa:
The perfect Santa is authentic looking. Our biggest priority is that they are safe, love children and are passionate about bringing that magic. It's more than a suit and making sure your beard is right. It's about using elements to create fun stories instead of just sitting around and just taking pictures. We teach our Santas to interact with the children and that’s what makes us so special.
These Santas better be special, because their rate is $195/hour. Perhaps these Santas are the best because they train in the Rocky Mountain region of Denver. Like all pros, peak performance is achieved after training at higher altitudes.
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First-ival of lights.
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Ryan Gosling croons a Canadian Christmas carol with help from Mike Myers.
Hey girl. Beloved immigrant Ryan Gosling is the reminder America needs that diversity is good for the country. Gosling, an international sex symbol who makes people feel plenty of things down south, is actually from the Great White North and is almost as hot as the Prime Minister. While Gosling took the stage seeming like a jaded New Yorker, Ontario's own Mike Myers returned to Studio 8H to help Gosling get in the Canadian, Christmas, and comedy spirits:
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Ryan Gosling does his best Bobby Moynihan impression to deliver the secondhand news on 'Weekend Update.'
The Gos hosted Saturday Night Live on Saturday night, doing impressions of himself, Ray Bolger's Scarecrow, and one of Bobby Moynihan's best characters, Anthony Crispino, the "Secondhand News Correspondent." Swooping in as the "thirdhand news" guy, Gosling reported on the big news that Charlie Sheen has HBO, and the "dude, you're a Dell" guy wrote a song for Bill Cosby called "Jello from the other side."
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All scarecrows matter on SNL as Ryan Gosling gets lost in Oz and ends up on 'The Wiz Live.'
It's always fun to see NBC being made fun of on NBC (we miss you, 30 Rock). This week, Saturday Night Live took on The Wiz Live!, which was a fun production, except for the times it acted like your dad wanted to prove he knew about young cool things like "the iPad" and "the nae-nae." The show's host, Ryan Gosling, somersaulted in as the Scarecrow from the White Wiz, also knows as The Wizard of Oz. Doing a stellar Ray Bolger, Gosling sang, danced, and uncovered interesting testimonies about the nature of race relations in Oz.
Have a brain and watch the whole thing:
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Kate McKinnon makes her SNL castmates break while describing her pantsless alien abduction.
Although it's not great if Saturday Night Live cast members can never keep a straight face, it's always great when one of them forces everyone else to start laughing by being simply too hilarious. It's a talent Chris Farley had (indeed, he often made it his goal to get everyone in the sketch to crack up), and it's one Kate McKinnon displays here in this sketch about alien abductions that could have been just average if she wasn't so damn convincing as a down-on-her-luck abductee talking about "going Porky Pig style" on her visit to an alien spaceship. Even (and especially) veteran actor Ryan Gosling is unable to keep from laughing during her explanation of how the aliens lined up "real respecftul" to do "knocker stuff" to her.
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