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This car dealership's sexist joke signs are sparking Internet outrage, because they're sexist.

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Mellish Motors in Prince Edward Island, Canada is attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. The dealership, which has posted humorous signs in the past, has perhaps gone a little far with its most recent gags.

According to BuzzFeed News, Chelsea Ling noticed this sign a week ago.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156323620165386&set=a.10150769594915386.731591.775705385&type=3&theater

"Women are like snowflakes / they can't drive," it reads. "It doesn’t make sense and it’s just a pot shot at women," Ling said of the sign.

"It is just a stupid and harmful joke. Very stupid," Becka Viau commented on Facebook. Andy Roberts wrote, "I'm not 'outraged,' but frankly, it's not funny, and brushing this kind of sexism off as a joke is what's potentially more worrying, because you're basically implying it's ok. It would be funny if it were a true observation, but it isn't."

After the picture gained some attention, the dealership's sign changed but retained its sexist quality.

https://twitter.com/PaperCakes/status/688825595338342404

"Sensitive women don't read this sign / you know who you are!"

But wait, there's more. The dealership put up one last message that has people guffawing.

https://twitter.com/KrystalleTR/status/689149946264743937

"Attention drama queens / auditions for today have been cancelled!"

The owner of the dealership, John Mellish, has shown little remorse for his signs, which he told CBC are "in good humour." He's not the only one who thinks so.

https://www.facebook.com/karen.m.sullivan.33/posts/10153863204020070

"Some people take it the right way and I love that," he said. Other people love that the tide is growing against Mellish and his comedic ways.


Zac Efron posted the stupidest message for MLK Day and the Internet ripped him to shreds.

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Zac Efron was a child actor who grew into a handsome adult actor who currently has 10 million followers on Instagram. We know this, because he tweeted about reaching this milestone on Monday, which was also Martin Luther King Day. Efron decided to connect his social media platform accomplishment to his remembrance of Dr. King, and the comparison was jarring. Is this what diverse emojis were invented for?:

https://twitter.com/ZacEfron/status/689283451241889792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Does it even need to be said that accruing 10 million fans who enjoy shirtless pics is not on the same level as being blessed with a charismatic civil rights leader who led the country toward desegregation? Apparently so, because the Internet really took Efron to task:

https://twitter.com/loudersoft/status/689329962843688960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/ecareyo/status/689309218025934849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/anthny/status/689304987550130176https://twitter.com/DieRobinsonDie/status/689303513386602497https://twitter.com/JamesSantelli/status/689323736277843968https://twitter.com/JamesSantelli/status/689324397337923584https://twitter.com/geeequinn/status/689309740564807680https://twitter.com/eggzactlyy/status/689342765449261056https://twitter.com/AaronTheH/status/689322332569993216https://twitter.com/HarrietFL/status/689395439875923968

The number of people criticizing Efron's tweet, however, shrunk to insignificance next to the number of people who are mad that he didn't show up for the High School Musical reunion airing Wednesday:

https://twitter.com/shadyboyband/status/689284001908002816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Artist/dad uses Snapchat to transform his baby into beloved pop culture characters.

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Lukas Costeur is a Belgian graphic designer and new dad who uses his professional skills to make Snapsterpieces of his son. Every night as he falls asleep in his arms, Costeur transforms his son Felix into pop culture characters, creating baby pictures that the youngster will realize are super cool when he's older. The cool dad has started compiling his art into a Tumblr, calling himself "Snapdad," and he updates it every night (Belgian time). Here are some highlights of this artistic example of father-son bonding:

1. Willy Wonka

Pure imagination.

2. Mr. Monopoly

Snapdad should be able to collect $200 for this.

3. Captain America

The Winter Pooper.

4. Popeye

He'll have his spinach as soon as he's ready for solid foods.

5. Walter White

He IS the danger.

6. Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Force will be with you. Always.

7. Pinocchio

He's a real boy.

8. Russell from Up

He's looking at a "Squirrel!"

9. Minion

He probably sounds like a Minion, too.

10. David Bowie

Time may change him.

11. Hercules

He can go the distance.

12. King Tut

How'd he get so funky?

13. Jack Sparrow

Aye aye, Captain.

14. Indiana Jones

He looks like he just saw a snake.

15. Neo

The blue milk or the red milk?

16. Ash Ketchum

The very best, like no one ever was.

Beyoncé's attempt to disguise herself at USC fails spectacularly because she's still Beyoncé.

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On Monday, Beyoncé attempted to go unnoticed at the University of Southern California, sporting leggings, sneakers, and a hooded jacket, but of course Beyoncé couldn't go unnoticed even if she were invisible and/or dressed like a potted plant. Students spotted her coming out of the school's athletic center, where she was rumored to have been rehearsing for her upcoming Super Bowl performance. And oddly enough, people got very excited. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAspsLSNQCG/https://twitter.com/dmckin513/status/689210263602507777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BAsoP6AOcea/

People were inconvenienced, but didn't seem to mind too much.

https://twitter.com/laurenmaurerr/status/689186354656227329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/sully_kc/status/689221168016928768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/Joynas/status/689208174688120833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

She might want to invest in some better disguises for Blue Ivy.

If you feel a phantom buzz from your phone, don't worry. You're not crazy.

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Have you ever felt your phone buzz in your pocket, only to realize your phone's not even in your pocket (cue Twilight Zone music)? The good news is you're not hallucinating, and it's not a tumor. You're simply suffering from Phantom Vibration Syndrome. Which sounds like a fake disease you made up to get out of watching one of the Star Wars movies, but it's not.

One way to make phantom vibrations more exciting.

A recent study conducted by Dr. Michelle Drouin of Indiana University-Purdue University found that 89 percent of college undergrads suffer from the phantom buzz. Finally, you have something in common with a 19-year-old!

If you've experience this sensation, you may have wondered why. The answer is lamer than a Michael Bolton cover band. Basically, if your phone frequently vibrates in your pocket, you may have just gotten used to having a vibrating sensation in that area of your body.​ "Our cellphones are such an extension of our body that through force of habit, we're accustomed to it," Dr. Robert Rosenberger of the Georgia Institute of Technology told Today

"This is happening to a surprising amount of people," Rosenberger said. "But people are not really that bothered by it." Really "phoning" it in over at the science lab, there buddy.

Related: If listening to people chew drives you bananas, relax: you're probably a genius.

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Women are putting these herb balls up their vaginas. Do not make that mistake.

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There are a lot of homeopathic cures in the world, many of which work better than others (like all medicinal treatments). One method that falls into the "not so great" category is the Herbal Womb Detox Pearl that Embrace Pangaea is selling. The "pearls," which start at $15 a pop, are packets of herbs intended to "cleanse the womb and return it to a balance state."

Looks comfortable.

"The womb is the sixth elimination organ for women," the product description reads. "The womb is not only a vessel for bringing in souls to the physical plane, but also a vessel that can hold on to emotional, physical, and spiritual trauma and pain."

The site offers a variety of herb concoctions that offer properties like "toning" the womb and "tightening the vagina."

Alas, shoving herbs up your vagina is not as great as it sounds (which is not very). Dr. Jen Gunter, a gynecologist licensed in both the US and Canada, has written a lengthy explanation of why these pearls are a bad idea. "Your uterus isn’t tired or depressed or dirty and your vagina has not misplaced its chakra," she writes. "The vagina is a self-cleaning oven."

https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter/status/686930846310395904

As proof that the pearls are working, the Embrace Pangaea site features photos of discharge (look at your own discretion). Gunter says these photos are only evidence that the pearls are no good. "The vagina makes excess discharge when there is A) irritation B) infection C) an absence of good bacteria," she said. "This discharge isn’t some toxic swill that the vagina was hiding that only the “pearls” could release, it’s a sign that these 'pearls' are damaging."

In lieu of shoving some herbs up your vagina, Dr. Gunter offers this wisdom: "Here’s my vaginal pearl – leave it alone, it’s not exactly sentient but it can cope very well without any meddling." Sounds good.

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Blogger writes hilarious tribute to all the imperfect moms other moms love to criticize.

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On Saturday, an Australian mom and blogger named Constance Hall posted a message that's going viral because of its explicit honesty about how hard it is to be a mom with young children. It doesn't call out anyone in particular, but you can tell it's sprung out of all the sanctimonious criticism of moms who are just trying to get through the day.

https://www.facebook.com/1019711431407015/photos/a.1028239657220859.1073741829.1019711431407015/1068231326555025/?type=3&theater

Hall writes:

To the woman at the park, looking at her phone, ignoring her children,
I salute you.
For not giving into the public perception that you should be switched on, 24 hours a day.
For giving no fucks about what "constable mother's group" thinks.

To the woman with piles of dishes and washing who walks straight out the door for a coffee at her friends,
I salute you.
Being a good mum or wife or human does NOT mean spending eternity cleaning your house. If you leave them for long enough your friends will start doing them. Trust me.

To the woman at the doctors surgery, waiting patiently to request some antidepressants,
I salute you.
Post natal depression is a rude little cunt. You are still coping, do not confuse depression for not coping, you've taken action, you look like a coping queen to me.
Too often strength and weakness are confused, strength is asking for help.
You are so strong.
So many women are going through the exact same thing, they just don't talk about it.

To the woman who didn't loose all of that baby weight,
I salute you.
A brand new 24 hour job that doesn't pay and won't end for around 20 years is NOT a good time to give up cake. Eat the cake, eat the whole fucking cake and fuck off anyone who dares to say anything. Your post baby body is not all the sudden free for public commentary.

Lots of love,

A fellow mum, who's days are full of mammoth fails and micro victories, yet who's heart still manages to repeatedly explode for the mini army of Love all day.

Con

Hall's post has been shared over 124,000 times in three days. It's possible Hall was reacting to this perpetually shared blog post from 2012 titled "Dear Mom On The iPhone." This also isn't the first time Hall has gone viral. She wrote a very frank essay about how hard it is to find time for sex when you're a parent–and that it's worth it.

Hall has won this Mommy Battle, but who will win this damned Mommy War?

SpaceX tried to land another rocket at sea. So close, yet so explode-y.

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SpaceX, the private spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, came closer than ever to having a Falcon 9 rocket successfully re-enter the atmosphere from orbit and land on a drone ship at sea. By normal space standards, the flight was a success—the rocket put the ocean-monitoring Jason 3 satellite into orbit without problems.

The mission also came extremely close to a safe landing, but apparently one of the rocket's four landing legs failed to lock correctly (perhaps due to ice that formed when the rocket took off in foggy conditions), causing the rocket to tip over... and go boom.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAqirNbwEc0/

The company made history in November when it successfully landed a rocket at Cape Canaveral, FL after putting 11 communications satellites into orbit. The drone ship landing program is crucial to further development, however, because having a moving platform on the oceans means a bigger target area, allowing for much higher-speed re-entries—and any rocket launching a mission to the Moon or beyond would be moving much faster than a rocket going to low earth orbit. Here's what the drone ship looks like:

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/688577089679708160

Check out some of SpaceX's previous attempts at a sea landing to see how much closer the company has gotten each time—or check out Musk's rival Jeff Bezos land a suborbital rocket in the desert.

Will Ferrell and Mike O'Brien share an improbably cringeworthy kiss in '7 Minutes in Heaven.'

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Former SNL writer and cast member Mike O'Brien hosts a hilariously weird web series for Above Average called 7 Minutes in Heaven, and the latest episode brings him face-to-face and lip-to-lip with SNL alum and much-more-famous actor Will Ferrell. True to the title, it takes place in a closet and ends with a hard-to-watch smooch doled out by the always goofy O'Brien to the frequently horrified guest. It's also worth watching the video for Ferrell and O'Brien literally acting their way out of a paper bag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ1HOBzK644

The segment focuses a disproportionate amount on Ferrell's presumably* small role in Drowning Mona, a 2000 film starring Danny DeVito and Bette Midler. It's not clear why he did the part, since he was already five years into SNL, but it sure seems like O'Brien's a fan.

*No one has actually seen the film (in the Someecards office), so it's literally impossible to say.

The Internet is going crazy trying to spot the animal hidden in this optical illusion.

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Russian artist Ilja Klemencov created an optical illusion titled "They Can Disappear" that is currently driving the Internet completely bonkers. There's a panda hidden somewhere in these black and white zig-zag lines (but sadly not a Twin Peakspanda speaking backwards), and if you can't find it, try stepping back from your computer, crossing your eyes, or turning it to an almost 90 degree angle. This is, oddly, the second spot-the-panda image to go viral in under a month.

Spot the panda or puke trying. 

The image is actually about three years old, but it's enjoyed a recent resurgence in popularity after being posted to Reddit. They Can Disappear is reportedly part of a panda conservation campaign by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WFF)—and the panda itself is the WWF's logo. Pandas are still listed as "endangered" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but a 2014 census found that there were 1,864 alive in the wild, about a thousand more than in the late 1970s (and several thousand less than seems safe).

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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth might be living together or they might just be trolling everyone.

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TMZ is reporting that Miley Cyrus moved back into the Malibu home of her ex-fiancé (or current fiancé?) actor Liam Hemsworth last week. This news—coming as it does so soon after Cyrus was spotted maybe wearing her old engagement ring, and definitely at least hanging out with Hemsworth—may very well mean that the pair have rebuilt their union after the singer came in like a wrecking ball.

Of course, Cyrus might just be trolling America with cute, engagement ring-tastic shots like this one on her Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAr1FHXQzL2/?taken-by=mileycyrus

 

Her most recent Instagram post, by the way, is of a woman holding up a sign saying "I'm evil," so maybe that's a sign that she's just messing with everybody. Or maybe it doesn't mean anything at all! 

MLK burns Mississippi in lost speech that was just rediscovered.

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A newly discovered recording has surfaced of a speech made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On December 7, 1964. Just days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on the state of civil rights and segregation in the United States. The speech was recorded by the European correspondent for Pacifica Radio, and was recently discovered in that network's archives.

In the speech, King admitted that the United States still had many issues that required better solutions, while acknowledging that some progress had been made:

And I try to incorporate or develop what I consider a realistic position, by admitting on the one hand that we have made many significant strides over the last few years in the struggle for racial justice, but by admitting that before the problem is solved we still have numerous things to do and many challenges to meet. And it is this realistic position that I would like to use as a basis for our thinking together tonight as we think about the problem in the United States. We have come a long, long way, but we have a long, long way to go before the problem is solved.

King also pointed out annoying characteristics of the American legal system during the passage of The Civil Rights Act of 1964. These frustrations are still very much present today:

Unfortunately, after many months of battle, and for a period we got a little tired of that—you know, there are some men in our country who like to talk a lot. Maybe you read about the filibuster. And you know they get bogged down in the paralysis of analysis, and they will just go on and on and on. And they wanted to talk that bill to death.

Finally, there was some levity in the speech, as he noted that The Civil Rights of 1964 was actually being implemented in southern states:

And so, in America now, we have a civil rights bill. And I’m happy to report to you that, by and large, that bill is being implemented in communities all across the South. We have seen some surprising levels of compliance, even in some communities in the state of Mississippi. And whenever you can find anything right in Mississippi, things are getting better.

Full audio and a transcript of the speech are available on the Democracy Now! website.


A newspaper accused this Instagram model of encouraging pedophiles, so she's taking a stand.

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Eileen Kelly is a 20-year-old Instagram model, which is a job title we all need to come to terms with. You can make a lot of money on Instagram if you have as many followers as Kelly does. It's often a combination of being very beautiful and presenting a lifestyle for people to aspire to–kind of like running your own personal magazine, but with videos. Kelly posts under the handle Killerandasweetthing, and she has a strong understanding of her brand:

https://www.instagram.com/p/97t40Lxjz2/

On Thursday, The New York Post shared an interview with Kelly, and they definitely picked the most salacious angle they possibly could. The article is titled,"I fuel fantasies of men who want sex with young girls, and I’m fine with it," which probably got more than a few clicks. Many people were pretty disgusted by the way The Post talked about the Instagram generation:

https://twitter.com/kasia__kay/status/688455036049862656

The Post, however, goes out of its way to make Kelly seem like she pouring gasoline on the flames of pedophilia with her lingerie photos.

https://www.instagram.com/p/9hvq4Yxj-9/?taken-by=killerandasweetthanghttps://www.instagram.com/p/_hneYixj40/?taken-by=killerandasweetthang

They even quote an adolescent psychologist named Michelle Borba, who explained how adult women on social media are affecting the photo choices of teenage girls:

The photos are becoming more perfectly cropped, more concerned about appearances as opposed to what [the girls are] doing with [their] friends...As authenticity starts to go down, we find that the girl becomes more concerned about how many likes [she’s] getting and what people think about [her] as opposed to what kind of person [she is].

As someone who controls her own image, Kelly of course also has a blog. That's where she posted a response to The Post and specifically the author of the article, Dana Schuster:

I recently did an interview with the New York Post. Being approached by the Post as a 20 year old blogger in New York, I jumped at the opportunity to have a space to talk about my blog and who I am as a person... Ultimately I am the one at fault for trusting, even when I asked Dana what her take was with this article, that she would be honest. And for a moment when it launched and I read how awful and cringeworthy it was, I took offense and was upset...

The truth is, is that Dana is a middle aged woman who is writing click bait articles about someone she should be setting an example for. And by hurting me, she’s essentially trying to hurt every young woman out there on the internet...

This article was hyper sexist. Yes I take photos of my body. Yes! Some of those photos are provocative. You think I don’t know that? But like I said, posting photos of myself because I’m confident with my body and promote self love and body positivity has zero correlation to my sex life...

So NO, I do not promote pedophilia, my Instagram is NOT about arousing gross, old men. It’s about self love, being a 20 year old!! Being young and having fun. And showing people that hey this is me, mistakes and all. Take it or leave it.

You can read the full response here, but the gist is that Kelly is going to keep doing her, and creepy guys be creepy no matter what. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAGUIz4xj8a/?taken-by=killerandasweetthang

Mrs. Trudeau sang an original song at Ottawa's MLK Day ceremony, and Canada is cringing.

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Because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, Canada holds a ceremony on Martin Luther King Day to honour (it's Canada, so there's a "u" in it) the iconic American civil rights leader. And at the ceremony, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, beautiful wife of beautiful Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, broke into an impromptu, a cappella rendition of a song she wrote for their daughter. While entertaining, it has very little to do with MLK, and the whole thing reeks of awkwardness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbMXYgYxRaY

Canadian Twitter didn't hold back, and accused Trudeau of trying to steal MLK's thunder:

https://twitter.com/politicsinmemes/status/689459293771333633https://twitter.com/TeddyVegasCohn/status/689197775242833922https://twitter.com/xarelto82/status/689313015989075968https://twitter.com/leaswitzerca/status/689318426523766784

But for the fans of the First Lady's original composition, there's already a remix that turns it into the ultimate smooth jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zittQc_tXT8

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After the groom walked out, a bride donated her wedding reception to Seattle's homeless.

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Just six weeks before the wedding she and her mother spent almost a year planning, Dana Olsen's fiancé suddenly called off the engagement, but Dana made her own silver lining by helping the needy. Olsen, a California resident originally from Seattle, was understandably devastated—not only was she not getting married, she knew that her family had already paid for most of the reception and wouldn't be able to get their money back. The thought of all the money spent on the venue, food, flowers, and live music going to waste made her even sadder, so she decided to turn a bad situation into a good one (or at least less bad) by donating her wedding reception to the homeless. 

Olsen lives in California but planned to wed in her hometown. Her mother Karen Olsen still lives in Seattle, and had done a great deal of the preparation and planning for the wedding. Together, they decided to donate the reception to the approximately 150 women and children staying at Mary's Place Shelter in Seattle. When people heard about the Olsens' kind gesture, they jumped in to help—Lauren Grinnell of Lala's Cuts salon in Queen Anne, WA, arranged for 42 of the women to get their hair and makeup done. Others donated jewelry and clothing. During a Skype interview with Seattle's King 5 News, Olsen summed up her feelings: "If we can't have a good night, I hope they have a great time." 

Tracy Morgan tells Jimmy Fallon he misses being in a coma, then gets covered in puppies.

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After a near-fatal car accident, Tracy Morgan was in a coma for two weeks, but has been making an incredible recovery. America, on the other hand, isn't doing so great. Since learning that David Letterman retired and Donald Trump leading is now leading in the polls, Morgan can't help but want to go back, and who could blame him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gll0iSxGH3s

Another thing he also missed while in a coma was the opportunity to be covered in Golden Retriever puppies. The Tonight Show team put together a game of Pup Quiz to make up for lost time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ASkcsz5bQ
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