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We now know the tuition price for Hogwarts, and it's not pretty.

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At first, tuition for Hogwarts might not seem that bad. But no matter how magic you are, you can't fight inflation. And tuition inflation is grosser than a bad Every Flavour Bean.


"Tuition here costs whaaaaaaaaa?" (via YouTube)

A fellow over at Mic just did the number crunching to figure out the cost of a year's tuition at Hogwarts. Based on some sleuthing, he came up with the number $43,301 for tuition and supplies at the school of witchcraft and wizardry.

The problem I have with this piece is that it compares the Hogwarts tuition price to school tuition now, even though the first book came out in 1997. And I know that Hogwarts is a special place that is in many ways untouched by time, but I don't think that even all-powerful Harry can fight the evils of inflation. (Suggestion for J.K. Rowling: Potter-universe spinoff series about magical economists.) If you factor in inflation, I think that Mic's estimate is way off.

I'm going to compare Hogwarts tuition to college tuition here, because in terms of job placement, it's basically college.* If you're already a f*cking wizard and you also need a college degree to make a living, something is wrong. (But who knows — maybe the magic folk were also affected by the Great Recession.) According to this 1997 article from Time about college tuition inflation at Penn, tuition, room, board, fees, etc. around the time of publication totaled to $31,582. And according to Penn's own website, their whole package today is around $66,800. That's over double.


"I can smile about the tuition cost because I'm rich." (via YouTube)

I'm talking about a goddamn fictional school here, so I'm not going to take the time to calculate hard inflation percentages. But let's say, for the sake of example, that Hogwarts' tuition doubled in the same time period — after all, like Penn, Hogwarts is an exclusive, private institution with a pretty campus, old-timey buildings, and moving paintings (I can't actually confirm that last thing exists at Penn, but I assume that's something rich-people schools have). That means that if Hogwarts cost around $43,301 in 1997 dollars, we're talking around $86,602 a year today.

Witchcraft and wizardry public school is sounding like a pretty good idea right now.

* If you do happen to give any sh*ts about private high school tuition inflation, a friend told me that the private high school he went to, Taft, went from about $20,000 to $53,000 in the same time period.


Fake "Customer Service" account answers idiots' online complaints so companies don't have to.

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Capitalization is the Number One Sign you're dealing with a Stupid Person Online.
(via WeHopeThatHelps)

Customer Service, aka WeHopeThatHelps.com, is a parody Facebook account that responds to customer complaints on brand pages. Despite not representing any company and being consistently offensive and/or nonsensical, their comments are rarely deleted. I like to think it's because they represent what real customer service people wish they could say to the idiots who complain day after day about the least important things you could possibly imagine. Some of this stuff veers into the political, but Customer Service seems determined to be an equal opportunity offender, as long as the person complaining is the kind of self-absorbed, room-temperature IQ piss-pants who ruins the Internet (and the outside world) for the rest of us.


This is the fake Kanye story to which this idiot is referring.
(via HopeThatHelps)


This is the sort of person that yells at you for letting your kids read Harry Potter.
(via WeHopeThatHelps)


Sometimes Customer Service pretends to be other people.
(via WeHopeThatHelps)


Where the heck are they sitting? Also, they put on a soft-focus filter for a shot of their stains? (via WeHopeThatHelps)


This made me look up the ad. It was ok. Thought it'd be hotter. Here.
(via WeHopeThatHelps)


His wife kept her maiden name, Snakesonaplane.
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IHOPped on the first f-ing train out of there.
(via WeHopeThatHelps)


This is actual truth.
(via WeHopeThatHelps)


This is an appropriate response to most customer problems.
(via WeHopeThatHelps)


This is one of those occasions when real customer service is probably happy to let fake Customer Service do their job. (via WeHopeThatHelps)


Unlike Josh Duggar, I'm not going to touch this one.
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So this is what "I can't even" means.
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Why are you not at the hospital, Steve?
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In all honesty, though, what the heck is Gabe's?
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Let's be honest...the Cereal Isle is only slightly less gay than Fire Island anyway.
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"I'm gonna take my kids to a place where 8.5 million people are crammed into a space the size of my normal Walmart parking lot and complain if I see anything weird."
(via WeHopeThatHelps)


Meg Sweat, the one person to get the joke.
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"I never spend a dime of my own at Chipotle" is a terrible way to get Rusty to care, Robert. (via WeHopeThatHelps)


Dear Laura, the flight attendants probably literally gave them to people with loyalty cards. Also, I don't give a sh*t either.(via WeHopeThatHelps)


U better haul ass out of there.... I dunno. Whatever.
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Caitlyn Jenner gave the best speech you'll hear a Republican make in the next 14 months.

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Caitlyn Jenner accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs Wednesday night. The GOP field still has room for at least one more, right? (Full text and retrospective video below)

Caitlyn Jenner's story is the classic tale of self-reliance, determination, and patriotism. A lot of people questioned why the GOP member got the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, but Wednesday night's speech inspired supporters and convinced (many) doubters as well with the back-to-back combination of the ESPY tribute video (below) to Bruce Jenner the decathlete, and the long, hard road from the World's Greatest Athlete to the world's most famous Republican transgender woman. She reminded the athletes in the room of their responsibility to think about how their behavior and attitudes shape opinions around the world, especially for youth. Already, her line is the takeaway moment from the whole night: "Trans people deserve something vital, they deserve your respect." She reminded people that violence against trans people, and suicide, is unfortunately an everyday reality. "If you want to call me names … go ahead, I can take it. But for the thousands of kids out there coming to terms with who they are, they shouldn't have to take it." It was, in a word, courageous.

Transcript

Thank you so much, it is so wonderful to be here tonight. The last few months have been a whirlwind of so many different experiences and emotions. To tell you the truth, it seems every time I turn around in life, I'm putting myself in these high-pressured situations. Competing in the Games, raising a family. But I've never felt more pressured than I ever have in my life, than the last couple of months. Picking out this outfit — O.K., girls, I get it! [Laughter.] You've got to get the shoes, the hair the make-up, the whole process is exhausting. And next, the fashion police — please be kind on me, I'm new at this.

Anyway, I just want to say a quick shout out to our soccer team [applause]. Ladies, you clean up very well.
But the real truth is, before a few months ago I had never met anybody else who was trans, who was like me. I had never met a trans person, never. Now, as you saw, I dealt with my situation on my own in private and that turned this journey into an already incredible education.
It's been eye-opening, inspiring, but also frightening. All across this country, right now, all across the world, at this very moment, there are young people coming to terms with being transgender. They're learning that they are different and they are trying to figure out how to handle that, on top of every other problem that a teenager has.
They're getting bullied, they're getting beaten up, they're getting murdered and they're committing suicide. The numbers that you just heard before are staggering but they are the reality of what it is like to be trans today.
Just last month, the body of 17-year-old Mercedes Williamson, a transgender young woman of color was found in a field in Mississippi stabbed to death. I also want to tell you about Sam Taub, a 15-year-old transgender young man from Bloomfield, Michigan. In early April, Sam took his own life. Now, Sam's story haunts me in particular because his death was a few days before my interview with Diane Sawyer. Every time something like this happens, people wonder, 'Could it have been different, if spotlighting this issue with more attention could have changed the way things happen?' We'll never know.
If there is one thing I do know about my life, it is the power of the spotlight. Sometimes it gets overwhelming, but with attention comes responsibility. As a group, as athletes, how you conduct your lives, what you say, what you do, is absorbed and observed by millions of people, especially young people. I know I'm clear with my responsibility going forward, to tell my story the right way — for me, to keep learning, to reshape the landscape of how trans issues are viewed, how trans people are treated. And then more prominently to promote a very simple idea: accepting people for who they are. Accepting people's differences.
My plea to you tonight is to join me in making these issues your issues as well. How do we start? We start with education. I was fortunate to meet Arthur Ashe a few times and I know how important education was to him. Learn as much as you can about another person to understand them better.
I know the people in this room have respect for hard work, for training, for going through something difficult to achieve the outcome that you desire. I trained hard, I competed hard, and for that, people respected me.
But this transition has been harder on me than anything I could imagine. And that's the case for so many others besides me. For that reason alone, trans people deserve something vital. They deserve your respect. And from that respect comes a more compassionate community, a more empathetic society, and a better world for all of us.
There have been so many people that have traveled this road before me. From, in sports, Renée Richards, to Chaz Bono, to Laverne Cox, and many others. Janet Mock is here tonight. And I want to thank them all publicly, and the ESPYs, and the late Arthur Ashe, for giving me this platform to start the next phase of my journey. I also want to acknowledge all the young trans athletes who are out there — given the chance to play sports as who they really are.
And now, as of this week, it appears trans people will soon be serving in the military. That's a great idea. We have come along way. But we have a lot of work to do.
I'd like to thank personally, my buddy Diane Sawyer. You know, you can only tell your story the first time once and Diane you did it so authentically and so gracefully. And me and the community are so thankful for that. Thank you so much Diane, I'm so proud to have you as a friend.
Here comes the tough part. I'd like to thank my family. The biggest fear in Caitlyn Jenner coming out was I never wanted to hurt anyone else Most of all my family and my kids. I always wanted my family to be so proud of their dad because of what he has accomplished in his life. You guys have given so much back to me, you've given me so much support, I'm so so grateful to have all of you in my life. Thank you.
And certainly last, but not least, my mother. My mom who, just a little over a week ago, had to have surgery and I didn't think she was going to make it, but she is here with me tonight to share this night. Now, you know I always thought that I got my courage and my determination from my dad. He landed on Omaha beach and fought all the way through World War 2. But you know what I'm thinking now, Mom, is that I got all these qualities form you. I love you very much. I'm so glad you're here to share this with me.
You know, it is an honor to have the word courage associated with my life. But tonight another word comes to mind and that is fortunate. I owe a lot to sports. It has shown me the world, it has given me an identity. If someone wanted to bully me, well, you know what? I was the MVP of the football team. That wasn't going to be a problem. And the same thing goes tonight. If you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it. But for the thousands of kids out there who are coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn't have to take it.
So for the people out there wondering what all this is about — whether its about courage or controversy or publicity — well, I'll tell you what it's all about. It's about what happens from here. It's not just about one person, it's about thousands of people. It's not just about me, it's about all of us accepting one another. We are all different. That's not a bad thing, that's a good thing and while it may not be easy to get past the things you do not understand, I want to prove that it is absolutely possible if we only do it together.
Thanks you so much for this. Thank you so much for this honor bestowed on myself and on my family.

Spreading the news.

Ronda Rousey wants to know how Floyd Mayweather feels after getting beaten by a woman.

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Ronda Rousey is the current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and she won the Best Fighter ESPY last night in a category that included Floyd Mayweather.

And what is Floyd Mayweather known for? Boxing and hitting women. It's not the first time Ronda Rousey has made public allusions to the domestic abuse charges. Because they're both considered some of the best fighters in their divisions, there's plenty of people writing Rousey vs. Mayweather fanfic, in which Rousey demolishes the welterweight champion.

So, Rousey gets asked about it a lot! She has publicly said she would never fight Mayweather, but not because she doesn't think she couldn't beat him in an MMA style fight. She said this to MMA Sporting:

"Fights are chaotic. Anything can happen. And there's no setting in which we should condone a man hitting a woman... I really just don't think that any athletic commission on earth would ever condone something like that. Fights are going to go both ways. You're going to see both people hitting each other. I don't think we should celebrate a man hitting a woman in any kind of setting."

She did say this about fighting Mayweather in particular:

"Well, I would never say that I can't beat anyone. I don't think me and (Mayweather) would ever fight unless we ended up dating."

Subtext: because he hits his girlfriends. If they did date, it'd be like that Jennifer Lopez movie, Enough, except the film ends in the first scene when the husband raises a hand to his wife, because she straight murders him with a haymaker. Roll credits.

When Mayweather is asked about Rousey, he claims to not really know who "he" is, as you can see in the video below:

He probably does now! But since Mayweather won the best Fighter ESPY in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014, it's unlikely that he feels particularly threatened by Rousey's win. Or anything. Unfortunately, few men in sports who face domestic abuse charges have to fear the consequences of their actions. Mayweather is still a millionaire and though Rhonda Rousey has a powerful voice (and bod), domestic abusers will have a place in sports as long as fans are silent.

Supermodel eats fries on Instagram in a way that will either arouse or disgust you.

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Danish supermodel Nina Agdal posted this perplexing video to Instagram.



My audition tape for "Denmark's got talent"
A video posted by Nina Agdal (@ninaagdal) on

At first glance, this video is like a fantasy – a beautiful European supermodel, a sunny poolside locale, a plate of delicious shoestring fries… then it all goes to hell. She eats the fries with her foot.

On the other hand, this clip is the best thing to ever happen to foot fetishists. And for that, I think Nina Agdal deserves praise. She just made a large number of misunderstood people very happy.

'Nylon Magazine' had Daniel Radcliffe fill in as receptionist, but didn't warn anyone in the office.

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"Nylon Magazine, Harry Potter speaking. Please hold."

This is the rare good-natured prank that I can really get behind. Nylon asked Daniel Radcliffe to work as the front desk receptionist for one hour, and no one told the rest of the staff about the personnel change. Can you imagine if you were at your job and walked by your coworker's desk, but your colleague had been replaced by Daniel Radcliffe? And you were starstruck? And you got caught taking a celebrity selfie in the middle of a viral video? It would be exciting but also overwhelming. Though I would like to see what kind of Someecards posts Hermione would cook up. Girl is on her shit.

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This guy documented three years of third wheeling his friends, and it never gets less awkward.

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He fully committed to making everything slightly less romantic.

They just wanted some quality time at the Lego Store. (via Imgur)

It happens the same way every time:

"Come and hang out with us!"

"Oh no, I don't want to intrude."

"No, it's fine, seriously."

"Are you sure? It's not going to be weird?"

"Yeah! It's not going to be weird at all!"

And then all of a sudden they're drinking from a milkshake with two straws, making eyes at each other while you awkwardly pretend to text someone in a Cold Stone. It's a phenomenon we know all too well, the undesirable fate of getting stuck as a "Third Wheel." When it happens enough, the odd one out either finds someone to turn their tricycle into a four-wheeled device (A wagon or something? I'm just gonna say "Double Date" since this bike metaphor isn't holding up.) or they give up and never see their friends again. Some determined third wheels, however, choose to stick it out. They don't have someone to bring along, but they love their friends too much to stop hanging out with them. That's exactly what happened to Imgur user earthyhillgivens, who has extensively documented his time as a third wheel in a recent photo series.


"...but seriously, who's gonna rub my sunscreen?" (via Imgur)


They're watching I Love You, Man. (via Imgur)


"I'm having a really fun time." (via Imgur)


I assume he's being forced to carry the hiking gear. (via Imgur)

One commenter asked:

I wanna know what span of time these were taken in. Please say years. Please tell me it was that well planned.

To which earthyhillgivens responded:

Three years. And they just got married yesterday.


Ugh, PDA much? (via Imgur)

He was there for that too.

Newly famous person Amy Schumer says she's allowed to talk to famous people now.

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Amy Schumer has been fielding a lot of questions lately about what it's been like to quickly become so famous.

Last night on The Tonight Show, she gave Jimmy Fallon some insight into how she's dealing with her new life:

"I would say I'm handling it like a complete champion. Am I different? I've gotten better looking. My personality's improved."

Then she explained that one of the actual perks of her current celebrity status is that she's now allowed to talk to famous people. She took advantage of this for a seriously eye contact-filled conversation with Bradley Cooper, which probably tops a lot of people's to-do-when-famous lists. (Mine would also include attending the Olsen Olympics and celebrating July 4th at Taylor Swift's Rhode Island beach home.)

She also made fun of Jimmy Fallon's hand injury, but hopefully didn't Google it.

What to expect when your best friend is expecting.

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Your best friend is having a baby and you couldn't be more excited for her! Well, you're definitely happy for her. Mostly.

There's no denying that pregnancy is one of the most profound, wonderful, bizarre, uncomfortable and yet still universal states of human existence. But let's be honest, what you really need to know is how this is going to affect you.

Here are some ways to make your best friend's pregnancy all about you:

FIRST TRIMESTER

Your friend is probably not even showing yet but, make no mistake, the baby has already taken over. It basically goes without saying that her days of drinking and drugging are at least temporarily over. Bars are out of the question. She'll probably want to be home and in bed by like 7:30 or 8 pm. Hopefully you have other friends available to participate in routine debauchery.

She might have “morning sickness," which admittedly sounds awful, especially since the "morning" part implies it only happens in the morning, when it's really “all the time sickness." You can go ahead and just feel bad for her on this one. Try to imagine it: you feel sick enough that you don't even want a little frozen yogurt, for days and days or maybe weeks on end. How can a person not even want frozen yogurt? What kind of life is it to not want frozen yogurt? How much longer until she will want to get frozen yogurt with you again? Oh hey, brought it back around to you!

She'll spend lots of time at the doctor, maybe even most of her time. Maybe ALL the time. Weeks on end. Appointment after appointment, getting check-ups and tests. And then there's the sonogram, the ultrasound picture, which looks sort of like an old school mimeograph, but instead of test questions, it's a fetus. She'll bring the picture home and stick it on the fridge, where it has to go by law. She and her partner will exclaim over it: “There it is, honey! Our blob." “Oh, look, it's got…a head. Just like you!" No matter how much you may want to, it's important that you don't give in to the temptation of drawing devil horns on the sonogram. And even though you don't have to pretend it's cute, it's probably best not to ask if it's human.

Really it's probably best not to ask anything. In the first trimester, your friend's brain is hijacked by hormones and she'll be sensitive, irritable, weepy—all the things that you are on your period, times a thousand. The important thing to do is not point this out. Think of how you are on your period: when someone calls you out on being emotional, you shriek “I'M NOT OVERREACTING!" like a complete lunatic. This is your friend's whole life now. Your best bet is just to find another friend to complain about this one to.

SECOND TRIMESTER

By now you've gotten used to hearing "belly" and "bump" pretty often and were probably disappointed to learn that "baby bump" doesn't mean just a small amount of cocaine.

The fetus growing inside your friend continues to develop and starts to move. Your friend might make you feel it, by putting your hand on her stomach, but the baby will immediately stop kicking, like some kind of parasite Snuffleupagus. It will get awkward and you'll probably just say "Yup, definitely felt it!" and be allowed to take your hand back.

Near the end of the second trimester, your friend will usually be the one on the receiving end of unwanted touching. People will start to try to touch her, with or without her permission. Your job as best friend is to serve as her bodyguard and and threaten to karate chop the necks of any strangers who make sudden movements towards her, or ask too many questions, or offer too much unsolicited parenting advice.

There will be a lot of discussion of the baby's name, standard issue names like Mary and John and overly precious "Brooklyn" names like Finnigan or Serenity or Leek or Mason Jar (Jar is his middle name) or, well, Brooklyn. Family names, old-fashioned names, hyphenated names, whatever the name chosen, it probably won't be Thor or Cruella or Harry Dean Stanton or anything cool you suggest.

THIRD TRIMESTER

During the pregnancy, you will hear your friend complain about being big between 10 and 7,000 times, but at this point she really is. She gets bigger right in front of your eyes.

By now, her feet have swollen up so much that normal non-pregnant people shoes no longer fit. In her pursuit of “comfy sandals," she will buy Birkenstocks. And still expect you to be around her. While she wears them. The Birkenstocks. This is not the person you knew.

The addition of a new family member means parties with boring people like relatives and work friends and other moms. There will be a baby shower and you will definitely have to attend. Depending on circumstances you may even have to throw it. Where do you even start? Can you get a keg of beer in pink or baby blue? Oh my god, what if people decide there should be NO DRINKING? Do you have to play those terrible games with, like, melted chocolate bars and diapers? There's a lot to figure out.

But shopping for the baby-to-be can actually be pretty fun, especially if it's a girl. All those teeny tiny baby clothes, wee socks and cute animal prints. If at all possible, try to convince your friend to have a preemie, because their clothing is SO TEENY TINY and extra adorable. If she gets offended, just tell her you were trying to make her laugh cause you know she's been stressed out. And offer to rub her feet.

By now you will have figured out that pregnancy goes on FOREVER. No one is more aware of this than the actual mom-to-be but you get runner up because by now you've heard about as much about your friend's body as you ever want to. It's a long long long long long 10 months.

Oh hey, did you know it's 10 months, not 9? Everyone always talk about pregnancy as 9 months long but it's really closer to 10. Just another thing you will learn more than you wanted to know about on this journey, along with details about heartburn and hemorrhoids.

But eventually, it will end. Her water will break and she will ride the wave to the hospital to give birth. And honestly, you will love it, whether it's a boy or a girl. Just pray that it's a kitten.

The Internet body-shamed her boyfriend, so she shamed the Internet right back.

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Ashley Stevens told the Internet off for making fun of her boyfriend's looks in this photo.


No word on why Daniel Craig was there, or why he's so peeved.(via Imgur)

Stevens and her boyfriend Christopher Reed attended a wedding, and a friend posted a picture on Reddit of the couple (above). Then, as they are wont to do, thousands of strangers commented on the photo, mocking Reed for being overweight, and for allegedly being not good-looking enough for Stevens. Stevens called foul.

The Internet was not kind to the couple, who have been dating since they met at Columbus State University two years ago. Comment after comment appeared, making fun of Reed for not being a skinny dude with super-hard abs or whatever. A few particularly delightful individuals suggested that Reed's appearance indicated that he had Down's Syndrome. (Way to also be dicks about people with Down's Syndrome, Internet commenters.)

In short, he was body-shamed and people tried to make him feel bad for not being what they thought was good-looking enough to be Stevens' mate.

Big deal, Stevens said, in a now viral Facebook post:


Now go find yourself a nice Christopher Reed.(via Today)

Stevens went on to tell Today that "everyone looks for a Channing Tatum, but that's not what I'm looking for. I don't want someone who is shallow but has abs." Hey, look, Ashley. You've been through the ringer with Internet shaming. Let's not start Tatum-shaming. He seems like a good dude who just happens to have killer abs.

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Woman caught making really bad counterfeit money gave police the best excuse.

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One Tennessee woman thought she had a license to print money, and that it came from the highest authority.


Pamela Downs, self-appointed treasurer.(via Kingsport Police Department)

Usually, when people say "Thanks Obama!" they're being sarcastic. But not Pamela Downs of Kingsport, Tennessee. Until Sunday, she though the president's policies would make her rich.

According to the Times-News, Downs was arrested after attempting to use a counterfeit $5 bill at a grocery store. A close examination of the bill revealed that it was printed on computer paper, and that the two sides had been glued together. When questioned, Downs said that she had received the bill in change from a gas station, but when police examined her purse, they found a counterfeit $100 bill. This one was made in the same way, except the back was glued on upside down. Her purse also contained a Walmart receipt for copy paper and a printer. I'm no detective, but I think I can deduce what was going on.

When the officers placed Downs in handcuffs, she told them, "I don't give a ****, all these other bitches get to print money so I can too." Nobody was sure what she meant until they questioned her further at the police station. There, she said that it was her right to print money, because President Obama had signed a law making it legal.


He's a capitalist after all.(Getty)

It turns out she had read a parody article on The Skunk entitled "Obama Wants Citizens to Print their Own Money." Downs had assumed the article was real, and intended to take advantage. It's a sad state of affairs when people turn to humor websites for real news.

Check out all of Someecards' great news coverage right here!

Fun Internet slip-up alert: Dan Aykroyd accidentally tweeted he'll be in new 'Ghostbusters.'

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Twitter remembers.


Gotcha, Aykroyd! (via Imgur/EW)

Yesterday, original Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd tweeted that he was on the set of the new Ghostbusters movie. The film, as you may have heard, stars female Ghostbusters finally achieving ghost-destroying parity. Aykroyd wrote:

On GB set shooting my scene with funny beautiful Kristen Wiig Lady GB's are adorable, hilarious, and badass Exhilirating! #ghostbusters

Less than two hours later, Aykroyd deleted his Tweet, but it was too late.

Was the cameo supposed to be a surprise that Aykroyd accidentally let slip? Possibly. Or maybe the tweet-and-delete was another piece of the ongoing social media onslaught that director Paul Feig has been using to get people excited for the movie. He's already given us enticing glimpses of the new GBs' uniforms, weapons, vehicle, and receptionist. Although, if that theory were true, Feig probably would have tweeted a picture of Aykroyd on set with the hashtag #whoyougonnacameo.

I am glad to see Aykroyd publically endorsing the female Ghostbusters, which will hopefully shut down all the Internet whiners who can't stand the thought of a woman busting their ghosts. If any of those people are reading this article, now maybe you could consider chilling.


Only one class in 7 years got this prof's extra credit question right. Leaking it won't help.

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The question has gone viral since one of his students posted it to Twitter.

What kind of professor, indeed? University of Maryland psychology teacher Dylan Selterman has been adding it to his test since 2008. The question reads:

Select whether you want 2 points or 6 points added onto your final paper grade. If more than 10% of the class selects 6 points, then no one gets any points. Your responses will be anonymous to the rest of the class, only I will see the responses.

The question illustrates a theory called "The Tragedy of the Commons," which means a situation where individuals act according to their self-interest, and against the interests of the whole group, eventually depleting some common resource. Like quiz points, for example. Since he started adding it to his tests, only one class has managed to get the extra credit, 2 points apiece.

After blowing up on Twitter, Selterman came forward as "that professor," like he's Tony Stark at an Iron Man tradeshow:

There's been plenty of debate sparked on the interwebs and everyone has an opinion. They're either celebrating how they'd grab at those six points like it was candy held loosely in an infant's hand or they're suggesting creative ways to punish the six-point-choosers.

Whichever side you land on (and you know who you are), it's a great way to start a conversation about sharing with adults who didn't learn how to in kindergarten.

Skydiving instructor becomes "emergency highway landing instructor" after mechanical failure.

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Amazingly, except for a cut to the instructor's arm, no one (not even the cars) were hurt. The instructor did have to "sacrifice the plane" to avoid power lines, but he even pulled over to park.

A Cessna single-engine plane carrying an instructor and some students of the Skydive East Coast skydiving school* suffered a mechanical failure at 4,000 feet, forcing the instructor to make an emergency landing on New Jersey's Route 72. No one was injured, aside from a cut to the instructor's arm, and no cars were damaged, although the Cessna did knock down some traffic signs as it landed and parked on the grassy median of the highway.

Said George Voishnis, who owns the plane and co-owns Skydive East Coast, "We are very happy all are safe. The instructors readied their students, and the pilot expertly flew the plane, avoiding power lines and landing between the cars on Route 72." If he sounds happy, you can guess how pumped the students were. Actually, you can see it here:

As someone who grew up in New Jersey, I can tell you that one constant on our roads is that you should never be surprised by how fast the vehicle overtaking you on your left is going. That said, it's still somewhat surprising when it is landing from above and behind you and its wing goes right over the top of your car. But hey, as long as they're not slowing up the left lane.

*I guess they were learning to be the full-time divers who strap themselves on to tourists' backs? I've known a lot of people who went skydiving and I don't recall an extended learning period preceding it.

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Don't try to call Caitlyn Jenner the wrong name around your iPhone. Siri's got her back.

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Technology has advanced to the point when robots can now deal with bullies.

Siri has the perfect response when people ask questions using Caitlyn Jenner's former name. In what is essentially the technological version of shaking it off, Siri will just unceremoniously correct the name to "Caitlyn" with all the authority that comes along with knowing everything and living inside a phone.


Don't try to rope Siri into your transphobia, iPhone owners. (via tumblr)

Good job, Siri! Thank you for setting a good example. I know you must get sick of humans asking you dumb stuff all the time, but you never lose your cool.

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