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When a baby elephant collapsed in the road, the herd came together to do something remarkable.

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This video from Kruger National Park in South Africa has gone viral.

Elephants are among the most lovable animals. They're sensitive and smart – they're like people if people were better. That's why it's so touching to see video proof of their love and commitment to one another.

In this video, a herd of elephants is seen crossing a road in South Africa's Kruger National Park. When one baby collapses from exhaustion, you might expect the others to leave it behind. That's often the case in the animal kingdom. But if you thought that's what was going to happen, you don't know 'phants! The others, old and young alike, come together to gently kick the baby until it rises to its feet once more.

I realize that kicking is not the most heroic thing, but what else could they do? They don't have hands to pick it up, and their trunks aren't that strong. Sometimes, that's what love is: a swift kick in the ribs. Their prodding probably saved that calf's life. Now somebody get it into a bathub so it can recuperate. Baby elephants love baths.


Let this dog named Cinnamon with a permanent smile brighten your day.

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Cinnamon is an 11-year-old Shiba Inu who lives in New York and is always smiling.







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Cinnamon lives with her parents Ashley and Andrew, who told DailyMail that even though Cinnamon has Glaucoma and Cushing's disease, she still has a wonderful attitude, even at the vet. Cinnamon loves her owners, belly rubs, and meeting strangers on the street who admire her gorgeous grin. Those are all my favorite things, too!

Look at some of these inspiring portraits of canine happiness, she's like a self-help book on all fours.

Here's Cinnamon being a good dog for her doctor's visit:







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She's smiling even as she dozes off into doggie dreams of squirrels and unlimited belly rubs.







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And, of course, here's Cinnamon riding in a car.


This article would not be complete without including this doggie face-smush, which is exactly what I would like to do to Cinnamon when I see her!







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Check out more pictures of Cinnamon and her human owners here.

This study says we're lying jerks who steal our friends' stories to sound cool.

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Either stop telling your friends your cool stories because they're just going to steal them, or start telling them lies.


"So I was holding the baby, and Terry Crews said to me, 'I'm strong, man, but you — you have strength.'" (via Thinkstock)

You know that awkward moment when you're in a conversation with someone, they're telling a story, and it's a story that you had previously told them? Turns out that's more common than you might think. Southern Methodist University psychology professor Alan S. Brown recently surveyed college students about stealing stories, and according to the summation in NY Mag:

53 percent of participants have heard someone else telling a story that had been stolen from them.

46 percent admitted hearing someone's story and later passing it off as their own.

32 percent have spiced up their own anecdotes with details stolen from someone else.

The reasons the students gave for stealing the stories were varied, including that they had heard the story so many times that they thought it was theirs. If someone told me one story over and over, I'd start retelling it as my own not because I thought it was mine, but to get revenge on the original storyteller for so many damn repeats. Others story-stealers were trying to impress people. I assume that this was on first dates, which is great because a solid relationship is built on a soft bed of falsehoods. And still others just thought the story would be better in the first person. I can't argue with that one, but maybe you should just try to live more interesting lives, dudes?


"So I said 'Of course I'll hold your place in line while you use the bathroom, The Pope.'"
(via Thinkstock)

If you'd like to go the route of just telling your story-stealing friends lies, here are some story ideas:

  • I found a mouse in my purse when I was on vacation in Los Angeles, and Gilbert Gottfried helped me get it out. Then he choked it to death, yelling, "Who's scaring who now?!"
  • When they were redoing my basement they found a box in the wall that contained an unpublished autobiography of Abraham Lincoln, who secretly kept living after he was shot at the theater. It was titled Well, I'm Never Wearing That Hat Again.
  • One time I accidentally went into the kitchen instead of the bathroom at Olive Garden, and I saw that they were using child labor. The smallest child looked me in the eyes and whispered, "When you're here, you're family."

German man creates beer geyser while at the ATM.

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This move is also called the Party Foul Fountain.

Take a moment to thank your lucky stars that you live in the future, where you can see moments like this loop on forever. It is a perfect moment of human existence. It's a flawless comedy gem.

This Muslim senior's yearbook quote burned Islamophobes with an awesome 'Harry Potter' reference.

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Fatima Abdel-Gwad is the latest high school senior to go viral with a sarcastic yearbook quote.

http://kabobkween.tumblr.com/post/119495733267/had-to-keep-it-real-with-my-senior-quote

Two weeks ago, we reported on Rafika Alami, a Muslim high school senior who used her yearbook quote to explain why she wears a headscarf in a hilarious way. Fatima Abdel-Gwad knows that pain too well, so she did the same thing with her quote, explaining her choice to wear a hajib with a sweet reference to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. If you haven't read that book, spoiler alert: somebody has Voldemort's face on the back of their head.

Abdel-Gwad posted the image to her Tumblr with the caption: "had to keep it real with my senior quote....." That implies that she really does have Voldemort's face on the back of her head, so I hope she's not keeping it too real. That would be a bummer.

Yearbook quotes have been going viral all over the place recently. Click here for more.

North Korea releases new photos of Kim Jong-Un in a jaunty summer hat, cause he's all about fun in the sun.

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Who's sassy, flashy, and doesn't have the resources to give his people 24-hour electricity? North Korea's Kim Jong-Un, your new summertime friend!


It's shorts weather!Wait, I mean "shortage weather." (via Mashable/KCNA)

Earlier this week, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released photos of Kim Jong-Un visiting North Korea's Farm No. 1116, and he was looking ready for summer fun in his white shirt, straw hat, and coy smile that said, "Nuclear program? I'll never tell!" According to the KCNA, Kim Jong-Un was taking in lots of traditional summertime sights:

Feasting his eyes on crops doing well in the fields of standardized shapes, cozy public buildings and dwelling houses, he said with great satisfaction that they look nice as they present fantastic scenery of the socialist rural area of the country.

Supes fun! In fact, the Jong-un-ster looks like he's having so much fun that he's not just focused on battling the forces of capitalism; he also wants to have some warm-weather good times with buds. Take a look!


"Boys! That is so funny! You will also enjoy using those buckets to move rocks at the labor camp I am sending you to."


"Now that we are on top of this mountain, I would like to tell you my deepest secret: sometimes, I wish North Korea had a Pizza Hut."


"What is that you're drinking? 'Orange juice'? How do you make juice out of a color?"


"In North Korea, we also use the word 's'more!' But it just means 'everything' because we need s'more of everything. Ha!"


"Guards! This boy is swinging out over the Yalu River to escape to China! Arrest him! ...hahaha! I am just kidding, child! Hahaha! But also, just kidding to that just kidding. We are arresting you."

(stock photos via Thinkstock)

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Young mom arrested for having great (or at least noisy) sex.

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Gemma Wale might've gotten sent to jail for being a terrible, loud neighbor, but at least she had some badass sex first.


Gemma Wale, haver of loud sex. (via Facebook)

Gemma Wale is a 23-year-old mother of two who lives in Small Heath, Birmingham, in the United Kingdom. Recently, she was sentenced to two weeks in jail for, among other things, "loud sex noises" that distressed her downstairs neighbors. Of course, the 10-minute high-decibel lovemaking session wasn't the only reason why her neighbors were complaining. Reportedly, Wale also hosted loud parties until 5 a.m., slammed doors, shouted, played loud music, and swore at her boyfriend (known only as "Wayne"), among other things.

Two things here:

1. This woman was obviously a terrible neighbor.

2. This woman probably had better sex than you or I have ever had.

Of course, I can't be 100% sure about this, but let's break it down. People typically yell during sex because the sex feels great, right? So unless Wale was yelling things like "Use your dick better!" the sex was probably great sex.

Then the question becomes: was the 10-minute bout of sex great enough to justify a two-week jail sentence and everything else associated with it? Because it's not just the jail time. It's also having to explain the reason for the jail time to your friends, family, and employer. If you call your mom and say, "I'm going to jail because my sex yells were too fierce," her response probably isn't going to be to hang up the phone, get in the car, and drive until she reaches your door to give you a big ol' high-five.

So I hope it was worth it, Gemma. Also, just a tip: you should probably move into a house next so you aren't sharing walls with anyone.


This hamster monster movie is better than any action film in the theaters right now.

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This small movie of a TINY HAMSTER destroying a BIG CITY deserves an OSCAR. Or at least a GOLDEN GLOBE.

Dear HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MAKERS,

Please watch the attached "MINIATURE-MOVIE." It is by Hello Denizen and serves as an example of HOW AN ACTION MOVIE SHOULD BE MADE. Including:

  • LENGTH: Avengers: Age of Ultron was 2 hours and 21 minutes long! This small movie is 1 minute and 55 seconds long. MR. JOSS WHEDON, this small movie is much easier to watch! Do you perhaps have a BRAIN PROBLEM that makes you confuse MINUTES AND HOURS? Was Age of Ultron was supposed to be 2 minutes and 21 seconds long, but you were TOO EMBARRASSED to fix your mistake? IT IS OK. JUST DO NOT DO IT AGAIN.
  • ROMANCE: Too many action movies have a ROMANTIC PLOT LINE shoved in them because apparently HOLLYWOOD PEOPLE think that WOMEN ARE HOLLOW-BRAINED and will only see a movie with ROMANCE. The only ROMANCE in this small movie is A HAMSTER'S ROMANCE WITH DESTRUCTION, and that is all that my POOR WOMAN BRAIN needs.
  • PRACTICAL EFFECTS: "Jurassic World"? More like JURASSIC LIVING INSIDE A COMPUTER WORLD. If you can't even sell people on CG dinosaurs in the TRAILER, how do you expect to SUSTAIN AN ENTIRE FILM? Does Chris Pratt constantly yell, "HEY AUDIENCE, CLOSE YOUR EYES IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE BAD CG!"? This small hamster movie uses NO COMPUTER GRAPHICS and the hamster DOES ITS OWN STUNTS.

Hollywood, please FIX ALL OF THE ABOVE.

SINCERELY,

Meg Favreau
FILM CRITIC AS OF JUNE 2015

This Week in GOOP: Gwyneth wants you to pay this much money for cutoffs.

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Welcome to This Week in GOOP, where Gwyneth Paltrow proves she's not one of us by actually getting along with her ex.

We start with an article called Why Fermented Foods Matter. I was hoping this would reveal why I should drink wine with breakfast, lunch and dinner (or rather, why wine should be breakfast, lunch and dinner) but alas, it's just a very long piece discussing the virtues of eating things like kimchi and sauerkraut.

There are some interesting tidbits here, but my primary takeaway was learning “clean-eating coach" is a real job someone really has.

What does this person do? I'm picturing her following me around and blowing a whistle every time I have a Slurpee and yelling QUINOA, MAGGOT! DO YOU EAT IT? Which sounds super stressful. Now I need a "relaxation coach." (This is another term for "bartender.")

Next, Gwynnie highlights the website Fatherly.com. Given her description – “it speaks to the legions of dads out there who are interested in obsessing online about their little ones" – I was prepared for the male version of those ultra-annoying mommyblogs, but I was totally wrong.

This is actually a pretty badass site that runs the gamut from the lighthearted to the funny to the touching and profound.

The site is dad-focused but certainly not dad-centric, and while it does lean upper-class, there's a lot of great stuff here for smart parents just trying to raise smart kids. Definitely check it out.

Now that we've visited that little island of sanity, let's leave it behind and move on to The Summer Beach Guide, a collection of seasonal clothes, shoes and accessories. Surprisingly, there are lots of things here mere mortals can afford from places like H&M, Victoria's Secret and Land's End.

And then … well, things get downright GOOPy. Take, for example, this asymmetrical one-piece ($338) with a gold belt, fit for any 1960s-era Bond Girl.

Having done a ton of product copywriting, I know it can sometimes be hard to creatively describe things, but this says the suit “suggests the sophistication of a mermaid princess who knows exactly the label of Sauv Blanc she'll have in hand at sunset" and “the wine's golden color will match the gleaming accent belt." And that? That's some primo bullshit right there.

On a scale of one to five thesauruses, I give it a strong 5/5. Would read again.

We close with the What's New page, which this week includes an assortment of $300 bikinis, a $240 romper (unless you're in the fourth grade, stop it with the rompers already) and some $400 kicks.

If that seems expensive, maybe trade in one of the shoes for this $180 pair of shorts from Le Cut Off.

I can hear my dad's voice in my head: Le Cut Off? More like Le Rip Off! Especially since you can get a whole pair of Le High jeans for just $30 more. Le High? More like Le High Price! (This is why my dad is a pilot and not a comedian.)

As always, Gwynnie, we're not worthy.

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Having a hard time at work? Ask HR to get a cat library in your office.

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Can you even imagine how happy you'd be if there was a room full of animals at your office?


"What's an office job? We just look adorable and sleep etc." (via Imgur)

Do you ever feel sad, alone, or overwhelmed at work? Do you ever feel the need to cry in the breastfeeding room because too many people have heard you crying in the bathroom? Do you crave the touch of another living being? There's a solution to all these problems: a magical location where you can borrow a cat to sooth your inner turmoil, aka a Cat Library.

Redditor Loocylooo posted the photo above with the caption, "My work has a "cat library". You can "check out" a cat to take back to your desk for an hour. The kitties are the newest additions to the "library"!" Loocylooo went into more detail about the cutest library in the world:

“I work for a county government. They work closely with the county animal shelter, and some kittens and cats are sent to us because we get so much traffic from the public, hopefully someone will see a kitty and adopt! In the meantime, they can socialize with the employees to get used to humans. So far over 100 cats have been adopted."

We all need to approach HR immediately and get some version of an animal library in offices across the country.

This fashion ad was just banned because the model looks too thin.

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An Yves Saint Laurent ad was banned after someone complained that the model looked unhealthily thin.

The picture appeared in Elle magazine in the UK to advertise women's clothing for formal occasions when you're nonchalantly lying on the floor and just reflecting on life. But it won't be allowed to appear again.

Apparently in England you can just be like, "Hey, this ad is not cool" and the people in charge will listen to you. The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the model does appear "unhealthily underweight" because the pose and lighting draw attention to her visible rib cage and narrow legs.

It's nice that now that this one ad is banned, women won't be pressured to conform to demanding beauty standards anymore. My morning routine is going to be way shorter!

Next step: people of all shapes and sizes relaxing on the plush floor of an ambassador's residence.

Here's the first promo for Caitlyn Jenner's new docu-series, because obviously she's too good for a reality show.

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Caitlyn Jenner has a new docu-series and E! just released the first promo.


Reality shows have taken a lot of flak over the years for being superficial and toxic. Yet here we are in 2015, and a reality show (or excuse me, so sorry, "docu-series"), is tackling issues of gender identity, self-acceptance, and "the pressure that women are under all the time about their appearance." And that's just in the one-minute commercial!

A commercial for a reality show is one of the most progressive things I've seen on TV in many years. If we could go back in time and tell Joe Millionaire, do you think he would believe us?

News team reporting on restaurant that's like "Hooters for women" seems to be missing something.

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Yeah...I guess women could go there.

Well ladies, just like men have Hooters, now women have "Tallywackers." The restaurant that hires attractive men and serves comfort food just opened in Dallas, TX.

Posted by KTVL CBS 10 News, Medford on Monday, June 1, 2015

Women enjoy the male form, if they're interested in men. Men also enjoy the male form, if they're interested in men. Between these two demographics, who is more likely to pay extra for the mediocre chicken wings that accompany the privilege of ogling short-short squeezed testes? Tallywackers, a Hooters inspired restaurant featuring pretty young men in tight pants and tanks, asks that question.

KTVL News seems dedicated to the idea that the answer is, firmly: WOMEN. In a way, I admire that conviction. I've been to a strip club where the men were dancers and the audience was ladies only. It got absolutely insane, really quick, because women do want to blow off steam and enjoy the gross leering side of their sexuality now and then. However, that level of bacchanal is fueled by far more alcohol than the bar at Tallywackers is equipped to distribute. In my opinion, when it comes to the casual diner vs. vodka-crazed bachelorettes, men are far more likely to be comfortable with sexually objectifying their waiter than women. So, KTVL, Tallywackers is definitely designed for gentlemen.

There is some hint that the newscasters understand this when the ladies ask their male co-host if he'd consider working there. No jovial jokes from him about how he wouldn't mind being tipped by pretty ladies. Just a firm and horrified, "No." Well, maybe you should go down and check it out in person before you dismiss it, sir. You're absolutely welcome at Tallywackers, any time.


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This video of a boy and his devoted duck made me want to kiss birds. Is that so wrong?

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Jonny's pet duck Daisy passed away soon after having Nibbles, but Nibbles loves his mom's old friend.

Halp, I just died from cuteness. Tell my mother I love her and pray I'm resurrected in duck heaven. Nibbles the duck (that name!!!) is in love with his little boy Jonny. In the video above you can see Nibbles go from zero to a hundred when his buddy comes into sight. I had to know more about these two, so I went through Jamie Toschi's YouTube channel to find some more favs. Enjoy!

Playing tag:

Yes to more kisses, no to tickling:

G'night, Nibs.

Here's a little more info on Nibbles and Jonny's unusual connection and also what happens with all the duck poop:

Nibbles is a full-blooded Rouen (utility type) drake. Nibbles mother "Daisy" was Jonnys Best friend. She had a condition which caused her to have seizures. She laid about 10 eggs which I incubated. She passed away one month after Nibbles hatched. He was the last to be born. Jonny got to hold the egg while Nibbles hatched out. Jonny was the first person Nibbles saw. Nibbles imprinted on Jonny. Jonny was devastated when Daisy died and he held on to Nibbles and never let go. Nibbles wears a ducky diaper if you were wondering how pooping was controlled. Nibbles just turned 11 months old.

I hope Nibbles makes it to one year, I want to see a duck birthday party. I think we know who he'll give the first cake slice to.

Confession

WARNING: This list of best office pranks ever pulled may make you even more paranoid at work.

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The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world they should work in an office.

When I'm bored at work, I like to look at what other people do to fight boredom at their jobs. The answer? Pranks. According to my extensive study on the subject, all you have to do to make a great office prank is be a dick and have spare time. Here are the best office pranks on the Internet:

1. The air horn chair.

Sure, it requires some patience. But the payoff is, well, loud.

2. The Internet-Explorer-Is-Your-Only-Option.


(via Imgur)

This is just cruel. Shudder.

3. The escaped spider.

(via imworld)

Even spiders feel like they gotta get out of this place.

4. The Post-It car.


(via reddit)

If your coworker goes on vacation, like Jim did, they're basically asking for it.

5. The broken mouse.


(via Imgur)

Yeah, sure, a "friend." A friend who just improved your day by having their morning ruined.

6. The women's bathroom fakeout.


(via lolpranks)

This isn't an HR violation, but it may lead to one.

7. The hidden 'Grudge' girl.


(via cheezburger)

In case you weren't aware, The Grudge girl is the ghost from a horror film—the only person you don't want staring over your shoulder at work even more than your boss.


Eek. (via Wikipedia)

8. The fake sneeze.

The best way to nail your hypochondriac coworker is to fake an over-the-cubicle sneeze with some cleaning product. Even better? Hide his Purell first.

9. The yearbook photo.


(via Imgur)

Step 1: Find a coworker's 8th grade yearbook photo. Step 2: Make photocopies. Step 3: New wallpaper for his cubicle. It's like middle school all over again.


We should never have had to see this.

10. The voice-activated coffee machine.


(via Imgur)

A new coffee machine is an opportunity to get everyone in your office talking. It took three hours before people realized this was a prank, and the guy who did it got about 25 people at his LA pharmaceutical firm to say their drink orders out loud. They were convinced it was broken.

11. The Bieberification.


David Thorne, an Australian comedian, pranked a coworker by photoshopping Bieber's face onto every single one of the stock photos he had in a folder on his computer. When the guy complained, Thorne replied, "You can still use them. Justin Bieber is very popular." (This whole prank might be fake, but it's still a good idea.)

12. Finally: the best office prank of all... Getting rid of someone's office entirely:

As the video shows, it's surprisingly easy to make your coworker's office disappear. You just need a visit to the hardware store and a lot of time on your hands. Turns out this guy was getting the retaliation he deserved for a prank the week before...which is a risk you have to be willing to take.

Cameron Crowe apologized for casting Emma Stone in his new movie.

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The Internet is criticizing Crowe for casting Stone as a mixed-race character in his movie 'Aloha.'


"How could I not have noticed she's white?!"(Getty)

Cameron Crowe's new movie Aloha has brought him nothing but trouble. With terrible reviews and a dismal $10 million opening weekend, the movie would be an embarrassment even without a controversy over Emma Stone's role. Unfortunately, there's also a controversy over Emma Stone's role.

Stone plays a mixed-race character named Allison Ng, who is a quarter Chinese and a quarter Hawaiian. Given that Stone is one of the whitest people in Hollywood, a lot of diversity advocates were upset. Now, the director has broken his silence to apologize for his decision to cast her in the role, while also standing by her as an actress. He explained his reasons on his blog:

"As far back as 2007, Captain Allison Ng was written to be a super-proud ¼ Hawaiian who was frustrated that, by all outward appearances, she looked nothing like one. A half-Chinese father was meant to show the surprising mix of cultures often prevalent in Hawaii. Extremely proud of her unlikely heritage, she feels personally compelled to over-explain every chance she gets. The character was based on a real-life, red-headed local who did just that."

He went on to add:

"We were extremely proud to present the island, the locals and the film community with many jobs for over four months. Emma Stone was chief among those who did tireless research, and if any part of her fine characterization has caused consternation and controversy, I am the one to blame.
I am grateful for the dialogue. And from the many voices, loud and small, I have learned something very inspiring. So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help tell those stories in the future."

The fact that the character's white appearance is a plot point makes Crowe's decision seem more reasonable, but he still should have seen the backlash coming. He's been making movies long enough to know better. Maybe he wanted to cast a star to make the movie a bigger draw, but if so, it obviously didn't work. If he had cast a mixed-race unknown, the movie would probably still be a flop, but at least no one would be angry at him about it. Except the studio.

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