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We can finally retire this list: The most hilariously effective signs supporting gay marriage.
"THAT'S BLASPHEMY! MARY ONLY HAD SEX WITH GOD OUTSIDE OF HER MARRIAGE!"
We can't prove these hilarious protest signs didn't directly lead to the Supreme Court striking down DOMA, and neither can you. Read, laugh, love, then send this list to your friends and family to celebrate the rights of everyone to enjoy the misery of married life.
Let's just gloss over the fact that the mawage being referenced was more of a kidnapping.
If everyone else was pledging their love and devotion and getting married, would you?
Sadly, several dozen lemmings were scared off a cliff by the blinding fabulousness.
"Ba-boom! Thank you, I'll be protesting here all week."
Q: What do lesbians bring on a second date? A: A sign about U-Hauls and equality.
Conservatives: you are now further behind than last year's memes.
He lived for 116 years and he still never got to see gay marriage become legal.
Ah ha! Proof! Proof! Proof that all lesbians watch Rachel Maddow!
We can't stop them, but we can create a stigma against letting them marry nice people.
Being on the other side of something from Sasha Fierce is always a bad idea.
© Carina C. Zona
© Carina C. Zona
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Japan is going crazy over this handsome gorilla.
"I'm not into gorillas, but I'm just saying that he's kind of hot. For a gorilla, of course."
They're genetically similar to humans, so it's not weird. Right? (via Daily Mail)
Do you ever see a gorilla and think, "Damn, that's one sexy monkey!" Well regardless of your stance on anthropomorphizing animals, that's what the world is saying about Shabani, a gorilla at the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya. After being noticed by some zoo-goers this past week, he quickly became an Internet sensation, wooing the hearts of fans from all over the globe. The zoo also reported that "Shabani has increased the number of young women visiting." Get it, Shabani.
"How long do I have to hold this position?" (via @utamarukosa)
"My beauty secret? Grass." (via CNN/Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens)
Shabani is, by and large, your average western lowland gorilla—he likes to wake up, do some foraging, take a nap, forage some more, you know, gorilla stuff. But he never lets that get in the way of him striking a pose for zoogoers as they come by to get their sexy animal fix.
"People think I'm handsome, but do they know the real me?" (via RocketNews24)
Shabani's appeal lies with his well-sculpted, human-like face, in addition to his penchant for spontaneously striking model-esque poses. That monkey man sure knows how to work it.
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Final paragraph of the Supreme Court's marriage decision is a powerful defense of love.
Get ready to feel like supporting all marriage, regardless of your sexuality.
One Supreme Court Justice who believes in a thing called love.(via Getty)
Today, SCOTUS ruled in favor of marriage. Not gay marriage. Just marriage.
OK. They also ruled 5-4 in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage for every state in America. But the final paragraph in the official ruling left me thinking of the so-called "sanctity of marriage" and how my gay friends are more excited to be a part of that institution than some my straight friends. The Supreme Court not only legally validated marriages for same-sex couples, but took a moment to validate those human beings who have seen their efforts to love each other belittled by the government for far too long.
Here is the final paragraph of the Opinion of the Court, penned by Justice Anthony Kennedy:
Whew! Who's needs a hug?
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YouTube made a supercut of people coming out to celebrate marriage equality.
It's a momentous day, and if you haven't momentously cried at your desk yet, here's a video for you to watch.
YouTube made a video in honor of pride month and this morning's SCOTUS ruling for marriage equality. It's a compilation of clips from coming out videos, gay weddings, and other notable moments that have been featured on YouTube at some point in the past. The #ProudToLove description explains:
Over the last 10 years, everyone from moms to presidents have uploaded videos in support of LGBT awareness, to stand up against bullying and discrimination, and to say together, as a community, that marriage equality matters.
And obviously, it's really moving and will make you cry. But I feel like today it would really be more unprofessional to not cry at work, considering the circumstances.
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We're very pleased to invite you to this wedding.
15 years is a long engagement.
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A 91-year-old man is running across America and you can support him.
He puts all of us to shame.
You can't run 2,500+ miles without a swag rainbow headband. (via Coast2CoastRuns)
You know your annoying friend who is always e-mailing about their latest charity run? Well, Ernie Andrus is the opposite of that. In fact, you should give him a donation right now. You should then feel bad about yourself for not giving a big enough donation and donate even more. You should then realize that money is a shallow means of expressing your admiration and just go ahead and bow down before his glory. The 91-year-old grocery store manager is running across the United States. Oh, and did I mention, he's also a World War II veteran?
Andrus started on the West Coast, dipping his hand the Pacific ocean to signify the start of his journey. He plans to finish it in Brunswick, Georgia, where he will dip his hand in the Atlantic ocean to mark its close. He's currently in the Waco, Texas area, having started the run over a year and a half ago in California. He sold his Arizona home and bought an RV for camping between runs. He hopes to finish before his 93rd birthday on August 19th, 2016. You can follow his progress on his Facebook page, which he frequently updates (he had stop using his personal account and switch to a fan page since he maxed out his friends counter).
According to Ernie's website, he's running to raise money for the USS LST-325, a tank landing ship that was used by the U.S. Navy during the Invasion of Normandy. The LST-325 is the last operational ship of its kind. It was sent to Greece in the 60's, where it remained until 2000, when Andrus and a group of veterans (known as USS LST Memorial, Inc.) raised the funds to bring it back to the United States. Ernie is now trying to raise funds with the company once more, this time in order to sponsor the ship's journey back to Normandy. He wants it to be part of the D-Day 75th anniversary celebrations. Ernie is truly a testament to the spirit of human determination. He makes me want to, dare I say, exercise.
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We're very pleased to invite you to this wedding.
15 years is a long engagement.
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President Obama congratulates the real heroes in marriage equality: you.
President who promised change says every American can be proud of change made today.
President Obama took time today to congratulate us all on the great work we've done to force five old people in robes to finally do what most of the country supports: agree to legalize same-sex marriage.
I seem to remember President Obama being wishy-washy on the subject in the past, until Joe Biden outed him as a supporter of same-sex couples getting married. Now that the Supreme Court made the decision for same-sex marriages to be legal everywhere in the United States, President Obama spoke as if he'd supported it all along.
I get it. A few years ago, he was in the middle of trying to give us all Health Care. You have to stay focused to get anything done in Washington. I'm happy he gave credit where credit was due by thanking the millions of people who stood up, came out, and stayed proud of who they were. Progressive presidents and justices aside, that's who makes an actual difference.
If I haven't rained on the parade too much, here are my favorite quotes from the President's comments (that we know he believed all along):
"If we're truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well."
"No matter how and who you love, America is a place where you can write your own destiny."
"Love is love."
Stay proud, everyone.
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Caitlyn Jenner's new show accomplishes more in a commercial than all Kardashian seasons combined.
Caitlyn Jenner's new E! show—I mean docu-series, sorry, docu-series!—has a new commercial. No, I mean clip!
I maintain my stance that even though I Am Cait is a reality show, it looks like it could actually be really interesting and progressive. Rarely do TV shows get as nuanced about gender identity, pressures on women, and personal growth as this show does in its commercials. In the new video, Jenner again questions expectations based on gender.
We're going to do a lot of fun things for the first time. We're going to go shopping for the first time. Maybe even some 'boy stuff' like ride a motorcycle, because girls do that, too. It's going to be quite a journey. We're going to do some good.
I'm so excited about this show that I'm going to let myself ignore the part of the clip when Jenner sits in an armchair reading a book that says "Chapter Two."
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New smartphone app lets you pay $25 a month to access 7 toilets in New York City.
Ooey, gooey poo-y? Try Looie! ... Phooey.
The very first Looie location in Mulberry & Vine, a restaurant so expensive,
it has a subscription toilet inside.(via Looie.co)
If you've ever been to New York City—or any other theme park in the United States—you know how hard it is to find a bathroom when you need one. I have developed my own particular techniques for scoring a private place to pee when the Starbucks restrooms get too disgusting to enter. Bars are easy to duck in and out of without being noticed. There are lots of great places along 6th Avenue below 23rd street as well.
But now, you may never need to calculate the location of the closest can again with Looie, a smartphone app that gives you access to a network of clean toilets. According to DNAinfo, restaurants join the service and hand over one of their bathrooms:
When a restaurant or cafe signs on, Al-Qaysi's company takes over the cleaning responsibilities and Looie customers get a special key that gets them access to the restroom. Looie users don't have to buy anything from the restaurant to use the bathroom, while customers of the eatery continue to have normal access to the restrooms.
One important question to ask whenever anyone mentions a "clean" bathroom: How clean is "clean?" Bed Bath and Beyond clean? Whole Foods Union Square clean? How about cleaner than your hippie-dippie-yet-OCD Brooklyn girlfriend's bathroom:
What you get in a “Looie" bathroom is a promise of cleanliness, with organic, natural cleaners. The restroom is cleaned seven to 10 times a day — and you'll find little extras like plants, a changing table for babies and natural air fresheners.
It's so clean the cleaners are cleaner than other cleaners! What a dream. And little extras, too, which I assume are for me to steal and take back to my treasure horde of stolen toiletries. My collection of Ace unbreakable combs is the envy of all kleptomaniacs.
A sample advertisement mock-up done on spec for this essential service.
Looie is a subscription-based service launching next month. Currently, users will only have access to 7 locations in TriBeCa. So, if you live in one of the most affluent residential neighborhoods on this dying planet, you now can literally shit money away on subscribing to less toilets than you probably own.
As for the rest of us looking to use a bathroom on the streets of New York, I recommend walking into the closest half-empty Thai place and ordering some chicken satay skewers to go.
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Texas comic book store has the best possible "Closed—Come Back Later" sign.
Store will reopen again when the world is a fairer place.
WELL, DON'T KEEP ME IN SUSPENSE? WHAT HAPPENED? (via reddit)
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:
Here's just part of the line. #SCOTUSMarriagepic.twitter.com/AFGZepjwlm
— Charlie Scudder (@cscudder) June 26, 2015
UPDATE:
It's OFFICIAL!!! Thank you all for the sweet and kind words. We certainly feel the love. #LoveWinspic.twitter.com/aI5tSelfSx
— Red Pegasus (@RedPegasusGames) June 26, 2015
This delightful tale told in two photos comes from the Red Pegasus Games & Comics store in Dallas, TX today (and from the Dallas courthouse). Thank goodness this ruling didn't come down on a Wednesday, or a lot of nerds would have missed out on new comics. Which is the only way I can think of that same-sex marriage would have hurt anyone. Congrats on America being a little closer to the ideals of justice for which so many superheroes have fought and died (and been brought back for reboots).
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Amazonian man-toothed fish found among other freaks of nature in New Jersey.
This fish is the new Jersey Devil except it's real.
A species of fish native to the Amazon was found in a lake in New Jersey this week by a father-and-son team of fishermen. It looked like an enormous Piranha until they opened the fish's mouth to discover it had a healthier-looking smile than most of the state's human residents.
The fish is called a Pacu, and no one is sure how it ended up in the lake. One guess is that someone had kept it as a pet, and set it free when it became too big for its tank. Another guess is that a regular fish heard Hoagie Haven was so dope, he grew human teeth in hopes of trying a sandwich there.
Whatever the case, the news team reporting on the story wants to make one thing perfectly clear: although the Pacu is able to eat hard objects that fall in the water surrounding it, the fish will not bite your balls off. That's the most important part of this news story, bros. Your nuts are safe from this toothy fish. If you keep wearing Ed Hardy shirts all the time, however, there's a chance no one will ever be interested in your genitals anyway.
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Wendy's newest concoction will melt your mind (and arteries).
All hail Baconator, destroyer of worlds.
What have they done? (via Wendy's)
American fast food companies are visionaries when it comes to combining old fast foods to make new ones. They've put a hot dog in pizza crust, a burrito in a quesadilla, a sandwich in fried chicken, pizza in a cinnamon bun, and bacon in a milkshake, just to name a few. This time around, Wendy's has decided to go down the remix route, spicing up an old classic with a new twist. And just like when Hollywood takes an old franchise and adapts it for a new audience, we're gonna pretend to hate it, but deep down, we're intrigued.
This image implies that a circular hot dog exists. (via Pizza Hut)
Wendy's has taken their famous Baconator—a bacon cheeseburger—and thrown it on some french fries. The product officially launches on June 29th and will stay in stores for a limited time. Don't worry, though; if you buy one now it will probably keep until 2097.
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Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are paying couples to test out new condoms.
"Getting paid for sex" sounds like the definition of prostitution, but it can also mean something else!
Bill and Melinda Gates at CondomFest '08. (via Getty)
Despite what Trojan commercials might make you think, there are a lot of problems with condoms. According to The Guardian, only 5% of men wear condoms worldwide, which is very bad for disease rates and unexpected pregnancies. Similar to what they've done for malaria, underfunded schools, or a multitude of other human rights issues, Bill and Melinda Gates are using their buttloads of cash to change things.
They held a condom design contest and gave $100,000 to 11 winners in order to allow them to further develop their products. The winners of the next round will then be awarded $1 million to go even further with their inventions. Among some of the designs that received money are a "shrink-to-fit" condom, an "Origami condom," and a condom made out of recycled beef. Reading about the designs, it sounds like Sharper Image is opening up a condom store.
Of course, the inventors need test subjects, so couples from all over get paid to try them out. It might sound fun at first, but they also have to adhere to a strict sex schedule in order to ensure the most accurate test results. Regardless, it sounds way more fun than giving blood.
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Jack and George waited 54 years, but their reward was Dallas' first same-sex marriage.
Jack Evans, 85, and George Harris, 82. "We've been together for 54 years, so we thought we'd make it legal."
Dang it. I'm tearing up already.
Make sure you have a tissue nearby if you have any kind of human empathy, because you are gonna need it. Dallas' first same-sex marriage was performed today for Jack Evans and George Harris, a couple whose commitment to each other was matched by their faith that one day their home state of Texas would let them marry.
This couple in their 80s just arrived to the Records Bldg in #Dallas. They're here 2 get a marriage license. #Scotuspic.twitter.com/6syxFucght
— Stella M. Chávez (@stellamchavez) June 26, 2015
"We waited for Texas," said George, "a lot of our friends have gone to other states to marry, and to Canada, but we wanted to hold out for Texas." Added Jack, "You couldn't have imagined this 10 years ago. It wasn't even in the realm of possibilities."
Jack and George had previously been featured in a D magazine article about their long wait for marriage. They were featured again today, of course, but for a much better reason. And in honor of just how long they've been waiting, they were able to receive their marriage on the same day as their license, and were pushed to the front of the line.
Dallas County Clerk will personally issue the first marriage license to Jack and George.
— Chris Williams (@amboy00) June 26, 2015
Theirs wasn't the only heartwarming story, of course. They also appear in this video, alongside many couples from Dallas whose love was legalized today.
"It's probably the highlight of our lives," said the 82-year-old George. That's saying a lot.
Hate if you want, but I feel really, really sorry for you if you do.
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Also, the President of the United States sang 'Amazing Grace' at Rev. Pickney's funeral today.
Today has been a pretty news-filled day, so maybe you missed this.
President Obama delivered a eulogy today at the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pickney, senior pastor at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston and a South Carolina state senator. That eulogy included the most powerful man in the world singing 'Amazing Grace.'
Rev. Pickney was also one of the nine victims in the horrific shootings that took place at his church. Watch Obama's full eulogy here:
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The single most important wedding announcement in the wake of the gay marriage rulings.
We originally made this graphic two years ago to the day 2013 (I gave it a quick, dirty update)...the engagement lasted longer than expected.
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