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9 celebrity couples who played the break up/make up game like pros.

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In an example of how stars really are like us, some celebrities, just like regular humans, have a hard time letting go of their past loves. Or they just love drama. See? Definitely like us. These nine couples have broken up and gotten back together so many times it's hard to keep track. One of them probably just had amazing make up sex while another yelled "ROT IN YELL!" and slammed a door just in the time it took to write this.

1. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth

Will they or won't they make it to the altar? Would it even last if they did?

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth met in 2009, making the movie The Last Song. Rumors they were dating were confirmed when the pair hit the red carpet together in March 2010, but in August they broke up, reportedly because Miley was "super focused on her work" but also because Miley was, hi, 17 years old. By September they were on again, but then in November, off again. According to E!, they were "hanging out" again in March 2011, and in December that year, they attended the CNN Heroes Gala together. In June 2012, they got engaged, and things seemed great for a while. And then in August 2013, Cyrus gave her infamous performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, which supposedly "embarrassed" Hemsworth, so in September 2013, they called off their engagement. Done. Goodbye forever.

Wait, only goodbye for a while, because then they spent 2015 New Year's together in Australia (where Hemsworth's from, mate) and Cyrus put on that old engagement ring again. And even though there is all sorts of speculation of problems in their newly-rekindled relationship, they remain, as of now, together.

This on/off stuff might seem familiar to Miley, since her parents Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus had a similar dynamic. They got married in 1993, but filed for divorce in 2010. But they called off the divorce, only to file for divorce again in 2013. But after some couples therapy, they called of the divorce (again) and they are, as of now, still together.

2. Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon

Ugh, THIS GUY.

Pamela Anderson married and divorced Rick Salomon twice (in 2007 and 2014) and neither time lasted even a year. This is the same gross guy who married Shannen Doherty (again, for less than a year) and who made that sex tape with Paris Hilton.

3. Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee

Yikes. Hair.

Pamela Anderson is a repeat offender—not only did she marry Rick Salomon twice, she had a classic on again/off again relationship with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee (she's also a repeat offender in the getting married in a bikini department). She married Lee in February 1995, after knowing him for about four days. The wedding was spur of the moment (surprise!)—they wed on a beach, with Anderson in a bikini, and eight guests in attendance. The marriage lasted three years and they had two sons together, Brandon Thomas Lee and Dylan Jagger Lee.

But their story doesn't end there. Although they divorced in 1998, they got back together briefly after Lee got out of prison, where he served four months for assaulting Anderson while she was holding one of their kids. But they eventually split again in 2001. Third time's the charm? Nope. They reconciled and split again in 2008. She still calls him the love of her life, though.

4. Katy Perry and John Mayer

Is her body a Wonderland, John?

Katy Perry and John Mayer started dating in June 2012, then broke up in August. But they got back together in September, and things seemed pretty good until March 2013, when they broke up for a few months and then got back together in June. They even wrote and sang a song together called "Who You Love," complete with romantic video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSRCpertZn8

Rumors began to swirl of a possible engagement, because Perry was seen a few times wearing a ring on her ring finger. Then, uh-oh, they broke up in February 2014. But they continued to occasionally hang out together all through 2015, each time leading to rumors they were back together, but then they ended it (again) in July. In September, they were seen holding hands at their friend Alison Williams' wedding, but they swore they weren't together-together. Then in December 2015, they were spotted out dancing together until the wee morning hours. So who the hell knows, honestly.

5. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor

A romance for the ages—or a tale of caution and woe.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton met filming Cleopatra in 1963, and apparently their first kiss lasted so long, director Joseph L. Mankiewicz had to ask them if it was OK to call cut. And they just kept on kissing. As Taylor said, "Richard and I had an incredible chemistry together. We couldn't get enough of each other." One slight problem was that they were both already married to other people (in fact, Taylor was already on her fourth husband). Even the Vatican condemned their affair, calling it "erotic vagrancy" (which could be your new band name).

Taylor and Burton got married in 1964, but after 10 years of fighting and alcoholism, they split up, after Burton cheated on Taylor with a younger co-star (ouch). In the summer of 1975, they met up ostensibly to discuss their financial affairs, but they "ended up weeping in each other’s arms" (and probably not about their finances). So in August, they declared that they were in love again, and they remarried in October. But almost immediately they fell back into the familiar pattern of fighting and making up. They divorced for the second (and final) time in July 1976, and both soon remarried (Burton just three weeks after the split). In 1983, the pair did a play together, and announced that they were going to try to give their relationship another shot. But reviews for the play were so bad that Taylor simply didn't show up one night, making Burton so mad he married his assistant. How mad do you have to be to get revenge by marrying someone else? Very, very mad. And he died a year later, making the chances of them getting back together very, very slim.

6. Jude Law and Sienna Miller

When will these men learn not to sleep with the nanny? Not anytime soon.

Jude Law and Sienna Miller started dating in 2003, after meeting on the set of the remake of Alfie. The got engaged in 2004, but in 2005, Law thought it might be a good idea to have affair with the nanny of his kids from his previous wife, Sadie Frost. Still, they tried to work things out, but in November 2006 they split up. However, they rekindled their romance in December of 2009, only to break up for good in February 2011.

7. Minka Kelly and Chris Evans

Their friends hated their relationship.

Minka Kelly and Chris Evans dated briefly in 2007. They started dating again in September 2012, but that ended a little more than a year later, in October 2013. At that point, Kelly's friends reportedly didn't like Chris, because they thought he was "playing" her, while Evans' friends didn't like Kelly, because she'd allegedly hurt him too much in their first breakup in 2007. Sounds healthy! It looked like they were giving it another chance in September 2015, after they spent Labor Day together, and they got back together for real in January 2016. No word on if they're still together now.

8. Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson

These people made the awesomeness that is Dakota Johnson.

Melanie Griffith met Don Johnson on the set of the 1973 movie, The Harrad Experiment. She was an extra, but her mother, Tippi Hedren, was Johnson's co-star. Griffith was 14 and Johnson was 22. She moved in with him (yes, at the age of 14) and they lived together until she was 18, in 1976, when they got married. And then they got divorced six months later.

Both Griffith and Johnson struggled with substance abuse and addiction issues. In 1988, Griffith went into rehab, and upon getting out, she and Johnson got back together. In 1989, she got pregnant (with their daughter Dakota) and she and Johnson remarried. But they separated (again) in 1994, briefly reconciled, but split for good in 1995, when she filed for divorce. And that was the end of that. She married Antonio Banderas in 1996, but they divorced in 2014. They reunited in 2015, to see their daughter Dakota host SNL. Maybe it's time to give ol' Don a try again.

https://www.instagram.com/p/ysQyPSAE2A/

9. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez

Ah, young love. And young heartbreak. And more young love.

OK, get ready, pull up a chair. Here we go.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez met in 2009, held hands at a breakfast in December 2010, and were spotted kissing on a yacht in January 2011. They made their relationship official in February 2011, when they attended the annual Vanity Fair Oscars party together. They had some rocky patches, including him being named in a paternity lawsuit, but they lasted until November 2012, when they split due to their hectic schedules, according to a "source." They spent New Years together on vacation, but in January 2013, they were definitely broken up. Then in April, she flew to Norway to see him, and he posted an Instagram of them together. And in May, she was spotted kissing him (but on the cheek only) backstage at the Billboard Music Awards. They spent the Fourth of July together, but later that month, Selena told Ryan Seacrest she was single. Hmmm.

In January 2014, Justin posted another cryptic Instagram of them together, and in March, Bieber posted some Instagram videos (now deleted) of them dirty dancing together. By June they were definitely, for sure on again. But they broke up a little while later in Paris. In November, Gomez released a song and video that was definitely about Bieber. Two weeks later, she released two more. But in December she stated they were definitely not together. In January 2015 Gomez got a new boyfriend, but she also got dinner with Justin. In November 2015, they seemed sort of back on? They asked to sit together at the AMAs but it didn't happen. He released his fourth album, Purpose, and told Ellen DeGeneres that three of the songs were about Selena, and that he'd never stop loving Selena. And that was the end of that.

OR WAS IT? Whew. Good god, it better be, because this shit is exhausting, even for people not in the relationship.


Gap apologizes for ad with Ellen DeGeneres that people thought was racist (not because of Ellen).

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The Gap issued an apology this week for an advertising campaign featuring Ellen DeGeneres that some Internet critics decried as racist for its "tokenizing" use of a young black girl. They've also offered no apologies for convincing the world that Adam Driver is attractive, but what can you do? The controversy doesn't have much to do with DeGeneres herself, but specifically originates in this photo from the campaign, of an older white girl using a young black girl as an armrest:

Wrote Kirsten West Savali at The Root:

While all of the girls are adorable, and indeed, all of them should grow up to be and do anything, it becomes problematic when the black child is positioned to be a white child’s prop. And this isn’t the first time a similarly dehumanizing editorial choice was made. In 2014, online magazine Buro 247 published a story about Dasha Zhukova, the editor-in-chief of Garage magazine. Its feature image was of Zhukova sitting regally in a mannequin chair in the form of a half-naked black woman.

Of course, it could be argued that these images are vastly different, but the intense feelings they both evoke are not—the feeling that our black bodies are undervalued and positioned to serve as props upon which white bodies can be better appreciated and admired. If anything, the Gap ad shows how early that positioning begins.

Plenty of other people have argued that the post is not necessarily racist, and in fact The Gap has used a similar pose with the races reversed before:

https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/716753585552302080

But The Gap still apologized for the image and took down one of the tweets containing the photo (another tweet containing the photo is still up, at the time of this article's publication). Said a spokeswoman from The Gap to WWD:

As a brand with a proud 46-year history of championing diversity and inclusivity, we appreciate the conversation that has taken place and are sorry to anyone we’ve offended. This GapKids campaign highlights true stories of talented girls who are celebrating creative self-expression and sharing their messages of empowerment. We are replacing the image with a different shot from the campaign, which encourages girls (and boys) everywhere to be themselves and feel pride in what makes them unique.

But even after the image was removed, some people took issue with the commercial featuring DeGeneres, in which the black girl doesn't speak like the other girls featured in the ad:

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

"Not one word out of the little girl in pink," one YouTube commenter said. "And yet, so many people don't see the problem with this. The kid is literally the 'token' minority for this ad." 

Like with everything, though, it's even more complicated than that. According to the mother of said "token," the young girl was feeling shy that day, and that's why she didn't speak. What's more: in a twist ending, the white girl who is leaning on the younger black girl the younger girl's sister.

https://twitter.com/Iam_BrookeSmith/status/716653597430120448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/Iam_BrookeSmith/status/717882870795100161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean the image isn't problematic, but who even knows anymore, outrage is difficult in this nuanced era!

Jesse Eisenberg struggles to explain Lex Luthor's nonsensical plans in 'Batman v. Superman.'

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In a recent interview with IGN, Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman, tried to explain what he saw as his character's motivations in the film. Warning: the next paragraph will contain spoilers, so if you're planning to see the film and haven't, don't read on! (Haha, of course no one who's planning on seeing it hasn't already seen it.) Just admire the awkward twitchy handsomeness of Jesse Eisenberg.

Remember when Eisenberg compared Comic Con to genocide?

In the film, Luthor tries to set up Superman to look bad, and then blackmails him into trying to kill Batman (why?). When that plan doesn't work, he just goes ahead and releases Doomsday on Earth. What gives, Lex? Here's Eisenberg's take on the whole thing:

I think Lex becomes increasingly unhinged throughout the movie. I also think he’s a guy who has 40 back-up plans and so when one thing doesn’t work out he has another and if that doesn’t work out he has another, which is why I think he never feels that threatened by Superman and Batman because he knows he always has the leverage and his final act, in my opinion; and this is now thinking back a year-and-a-half—was this kind of like last-ditch effort to leave it all on the table.

Oh, okay, so Lex Luthor is just crazy? All righty then, mystery solved.

25 times people met their significant others' parents and lived to tell the horrifying tale.

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Meeting the parents is a big step in a relationship that, over the years, has been heavily lampooned in media—for a reason. A lot can go wrong when you're meeting a significant other's parents for the first time, whether the meeting was planned or completely accidental.

One can inadvertently toss out insults, clog a toilet, or witness death—a few examples of what happened in these 25 stories shared on Twitter and a number of differentRedditthreads. The tales cover pretty much all the bases of embarrassing and terrible situations that could arise during an initial meeting. 

1. The first lesson for meeting a parent is to never make assumptions, like this poor person did

I met his mom and said "oh this must be your grandmother"

2. It's nice that Zavarakatranemi's ex's mom could be happy for her son.

I was at my ex's house while his mother was away (we were both 20) and we were having sex quite happily and loudly. After we both finished, and I was laying half-on top of him, the door opened and his mother stared at us from outside his room.

She had this cold smirk on her lips, turned to her son, simply said "Hey X, congratulations, but keep it down, will ya?" and walked away. I was so embarassed, I got dressed in record time, trying to sneak out as fast and quietly as possible, and I didn't even put on my underwear to save time.

She was waiting for me at the kitchen, looking way too amused by the situation. As I passed by, she coughed to get my attention and said "You must be Z. Let's have a chat, shall we?" as she patted a chair for me to sit.

I had no choice but to sit down, panties and bra in hand, and talk to her for the first time.

TL;DR My ex's mom caught us having sex, then forced me in a convo with her while I was still holding my underwear

3. When things are looking up, there's always a period just around the corner to ruin the day, as @izzydan knows.

https://twitter.com/izzydann/status/649686923817189376

4. Ang1885 made the mistake of not ensuring the toilet flushed properly.

I went to Virginia to meet my husband's mom for the first time and we stayed at her house. She showed us around and I excused myself to use the bathroom. I flushed the toilet and it made a weird sound but I thought it wasn't a big deal. They were talking about some pictures in the hallway not to far away and after a minute or two I notice water is coming from under the door of the bathroom. I just stood there thinking about how horrible this was going to be when his mom noticed and ran in. The toilet overflowed and my poop was on the floor. She said don't worry about it, go in the living room. I sat in the living room horrified and wondered how this could happen the first hour of our week long stay. When I went to check on things it was like it never happened. She cleaned everything up including my poop and we've never talked about it in the last eight years. 

TL;DR My future mother in law cleaned my poop off the floor.

5. Fortunately Martyn Littlewood didn't partake in this very awkward scene. He only observed. 

https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686204523375898624https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686204898799710208https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686205148759232512https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686206010743242752https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686207056194453504https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686209019300700160https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686210143214788608https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686210803758940160https://twitter.com/InTheLittleWood/status/686211439338590208

6. The family of seinsmignon's ex came off a little strongly. 

My worst meet the parents situation was several years ago. I walk into his house and notice framed photos on the wall. All of them were stills from when they were on the show "Wife Swap". That in and of itself is no big deal, until I saw the episode, but then father approached me and I stuck out my hand to shake and he just looks me up and down, turns to his son and says, "Is she a subscriber to "The Way.'" Later on we are all having dinner and his sister is telling the parents how she heard I was a whore and they attempt to evangelize me.

7. Hats off to CobraCommanderp for salvaging this meeting.

I'm Mexican. My wife is white. I met her family for the first time when we started to date at her Aunt's annual Halloween party.

My wife's parents didn't know I was going to be there. They were dressed up as Mexicans. As in full-on colorful sarapes, sombreros, dark wigs and her dad has the thickest fake mustache. They walk in, my wife is speechless. Her parents look at me and the whole house gets quiet.

I look at them for a second, pause, then ask: "Mom, Dad, what are you doing here?". Everyone started laughing. The rest of the night was a blast and they're the coolest inlaws ever.

8. @Joolsd encountered the type of dad every dude hopes his girlfriend doesn't have.

https://twitter.com/joolsd/status/649683686040973313

9. Pattiaa brought her boyfriend home and depending on how cool he was, this either went over really well or very poorly.

Brought my first college boyfriend home for Thanksgiving - we were greeted by my parents in full Star Trek uniforms, dad was wearing spock ears, both giving the "live long and prosper" salute. They ordered pizza and the delivery guy asks my dad why he didn't just have the pizza beamed over. 

10. Maybe @rubbishgatsby picked up a new word or two from this meeting?

https://twitter.com/rubbishgatsby/status/649684787406499840

11. Wanderso24's ex girlfriend had very, verrrry overprotective parents. 

This happened with my first girl friend back in high school. So I went to her house for dinner to meet her parents for the first time. There was still a little while before dinner was ready, and it was a beautiful night, so we decided to take a walk through the park by her house. She forgot her cell phone at her house, and her parents tried calling her for dinner. They freaked out and assumed I kidnapped her. They called the cops. We walked back a few minutes later as the cops showed up. Pretty awkward. I stayed for dinner so as not to be rude and nobody said a word the whole time.

12. Sneakystratus had a rather uncomfortable and naked time with her ex's disapproving mother.

My ex boyfriend wanted me to meet his parents, and he told me they wanted to meet me too. We decided to drive up to their place in the bay area (we lived in Orange County at the time) for Thanksgiving.

I'm white, and he (and thus his parents) are Chinese. I normally wouldn't mention this, but apparently my whiteness made them not approve of me, and therefore not actually want to meet me. I didn't know they didn't want to meet me, otherwise I wouldn't have driven six hours and showed up at their house.

When we knocked on their door, his mother answered, looked at me and said (in Cantonese) "I told you not to bring the white girl here". More was said in Cantonese (I understood none of it).

To save money, his parents did not have the boiler on, nor did they have heat in the house. Not having a boiler meant not having hot water, and therefore not having showers. To remedy this, they had a membership at 24 hour fitness, where they went every night to have a shower.

They insisted that we go to 24 hour fitness for a shower, literally 15 minutes after showing up at their house. 24 hour fitness has communal showering. I'm absolutely terrified of communal showering.

I had to get naked with my boyfriend's mother, 15 minutes after meeting her. At that point, she had never spoken a word to me in English. The first actual communication she showed me was to thrust a hairdryer in my hands.

Anyway, the next few days were excruciatingly uncomfortable. Next to nothing was said in English at all, and I felt like everybody hated me. I spent several days just being as quiet, submissive, and polite as possbile. I was sent to his mother's garden to pull weeds in the sun for a few hours, and after that she apparently began liking me.

Later in the week she decided I needed a checkup at the doctor (for what reason, I don't know). Turns out she scheduled me for a vaginal exam, conducted by a man. A man who I don't know. A man who spoke in really broken English.

I explained to her that I was not comfortable with any of this. It was horrible and embarrassing.

TL;DR I got naked with my boyfriend's mom 15 minutes after meeting her. She hated me. Later she scheduled me for a fucking pelvic exam, and didn't bother explaining to me what was happening until we were there.

13. Good for MadLintElf for making the right decision in this creepy scenario.

She only had her mother, her father passed away when she was young.

I go to her house to wait for her to get home and meet her mom, she has a bottle of dewars on the table. Her mom was pleasant (not drunk at the time) and she offers me a drink. I normally don't drink the hard stuff, but I decided to be polite and take it.

Her mother gets a phone call, apparently my new GF is going to be about 2 hours late. The mother sits down next to me on the couch and tells me.

Then the unthinkable happens, her mom (not very attractive by the way) puts her hand on my upper thigh. She says we have 2 hours if I'm interested and smiles.

Now at the time I was only 18, but I had enough common sense to GTFO real quick.

Meet up with my GF later on that night and don't even bring up what happened (what good could it do right?).

2 days later my GF shows up at my house and is wide eyed, her breath is labored (she ran to my house). She tells me that one of her best friends just told her that he slept with her mom. I ask when it happened, and she said 2 nights ago.

So made the right choice!

14. That must've been a long night for extracreddit1.

I met my girlfriend's parents at their summer house the summer after my sophomore year in college. Though their daughter spoke highly of me, I was intimidated by their strict demeanor. They arrived at the house late at night with my girlfriend's sister and brother, and because it was late, I introduced myself to them and everyone went to sleep. I shared a room with my girlfriend's younger brother. Around 2AM, I began sleepwalking over to her brother's bed. The brother's room was laid out similar to my room at home, so I thought I was in my bedroom at home. I panicked when I felt someone's warm face in the other bed. I could not find the light switch so I began to attack the "intruder" (her brother) while screaming and swearing at him. I punched her brother in the face multiple times, even as he begged me to stop (note: I had never thrown a punch before). Her parents rushed into the bedroom, fully dressed, with their Great Dane on his leash, barking and lunging aggressively. When the lights turned on, her parents saw me in my boxers with my fists raised over their son. Her brother and I laid wide awake, silently, for the rest of the night.

TL;DR I suckerpunched my girlfriend's younger brother while sleepwalking.

15. Wren42's story isn't exactly about parents, but it's close enough and very bad.

  • Taking shower at girlfriends house while she's not there.
  • Hear the cats knocking shit over in the next room.
  • Run into kitchen naked screaming "CUT IT OUT!"
  • It's her 85 year old grandma stopping by to pick up some mason jars.
  • Stand there dripping naked having just screamed at an old woman.
  • Die.

16. At least coldsandovercoats's ex's mom isn't always like that, right?

I went to stay with my ex's family one weekend, as we met at school and our families both lived a few hours away. His mom had just had facial surgery and was more than a bit doped up from pain medications. My ex and I were standing in the kitchen with his mom and brother when she decided to tell us that we needed to wait until after dinner to have sex. She also decided to show me that she owned a Shake Weight, and asked if I needed to use it to improve my handjobs. She then asked her son if I needed to work on that while trying to press he Shake Weight into my hands.

Yep, that was weird.

17. Mister_Dink's grandfather sounds like a fun guy.

When my father finally met my mothers parents, the first thing Grandpa did was pants my father in public. Grandpa is not a mature man.

18. Quiteright made a good impression on the dogs, and only the dogs.

My girlfriend had me over for dinner at her parent house for the first time. Steak dinner with all of the fixins'. I take my first bite, swallow, immediately start choking. I'm so scared that I'm going to make a bad impression, so I took a drink of water to try to wash it down. Didn't work, so after about fifteen seconds without a single breath my face turns red, so I start freaking out an point at my throat. So my girlfriends mom does the Heimlich maneuver and I throw up all over the floor. Her two miniature schnauzers start licking up the aftermath, girlfriend's dad puts his napkin down and leaves the room.

19. Ohsnapitsdevin's story is is about bonding.

My ex and I started out as a casual relationship. One day after having sex, I went from his room to his bathroom to clean up, and because no one was home I didn't cover myself up. I'm halfway down the hallway and his mom comes around the corner (she had JUST come home) and laughed at me saying, "oh hey! It's good to know you're a true redhead too!"

I wanted to die.

20. Bold power play by the mom of c_is_4_cookie's girlfriend.

We had driven up to Chicago where my girlfriend's parents lived to visit for a weekend. Her mom said to her just before we took off, "just swing by the office (her parents are dentists) so you can get a cleaning while you are here. I will also schedule a chair for c_is_4_cookie as well."

So my first meeting with her parents involved her mom cleaning my teeth while asking me questions. I have to admit, it was an impressive coup.

21. This story comes from a good place, which doesn't make it any less awkward.

His mom asked us if we were "dipping winkies" (please bear in mind I'm a female) and said if he ever needed condoms for us to tell her we're "hungry for Hardee's" and she'd know what we meant and wouldn't have to explain further, and that she would either give us money for or go out and buy us condoms. I was fourteen at the time. Found out years later that she became pregnant and had an abortion at thirteen, she didn't want us to have to make that decision, so she really was just trying to be helpful. But it was a little much the very first time meeting her.

22. Without a doubt, FetusChrist has the worst meeting the parents story. The worst. Warning: this gets very dark.

Dated a girl for just a bit, no plans at all to meet her parents at this point. We had just finished having sex for the first time when she got a call from her mom, apparently they had a little much to drink and needed a sober ride home. She asked if I minded and I didn't so we headed to the bar to get them. They were kind enough to be outside waiting for us when we got there. They were both leaning back on a railing above some concrete steps leading to an outside basement entrance. She waves at them and they wave back. Her dad lost his balance and went backwards over the railing. Her mom looked over and just started wailing. Made her stay in the car and call 911 while I went to see what happened. He landed just right on the corner of one of the stairs and split his skull wide open, dead before I ever said a word to him.

That relationship didn't last very long.

23. On a lighter note, professor_doom is not a well-regarded driver.

I was running late to meet her family for the first time and only a few miles from my destination, the car ahead of me was creeping along at 35mph in a 45mph zone. I'm impatient, so I rode their ass pretty hard. They slowed down even more to spite me, so when I finally had a chance to pass them, I got a good look at the stink faces looking back at me as sailed by. I wanted to see what these assholes looked like! Turns out they looked exactly like my girlfriend's parents. I pulled into her house and a minute later, they did too.

After exchanging icy pleasantries, I explained how I had been running late and nervous and excited to meet them and that I don't normally drive like that. Fortunately, they seemed to believe me and let it go.

I went on to date my girlfriend for many years afterward and the only evidence that it ever happened was her father good-naturedly calling me "Speedy Gonzalez" from time to time. Oh and he never let me drive when we went out together.

24. @Unfortunatalie hopefully finished off that sentence with a massive compliment. 

https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie/status/649685847168651264

25. Camerontylek has a way with words.

I met my high school girlfriends parents during Sunday dinner and her father and I really hit it off. During dinner her mother, whom is named Donna, kept asking me a lot of questions to which her father joked that she had diarrhea of the mouth. I then joked that they should call her Donna-rrhea. Everyone laughed, except her mom, she hated me.

At least only one parent was insulted.

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Dad plays with his toddler's train tracks only to be punished by an infuriating optical illusion.

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The dress.

The jacket.

The red dot.

The Internet never fails to find a way to melt your brain.

The latest visual that's gotten the people confused is brought to you by kids' train tracks. Marc Blank-Settle was cleaning up his toddler's toys when he was startled by the train track's sudden change of size.

https://twitter.com/MarcSettle/status/717812888740761600

The video, featuring music as epic as the illusion, was retweeted over 1500 times. 

https://twitter.com/MarcSettle/status/717814361864146945

Blank-Settle soon learned from his followers that this discrepancy was a product of the Jastrow Illusion, a phenomenon of perception discovered by psychologist Joseph Jastrow.

https://twitter.com/MarcSettle/status/717823772317888512

The rule states although the two tracks are the same size, the angle of their placement makes it look like the bottom one is longer. The tracks are curved—the top arches are longer than the bottom ones—and the top of the lower track seems even longer since it's aligned with the top one on an angle.

https://twitter.com/MarcSettle/status/717821762898100224
Mind blown.
You go, Jastrow.

The 16 best tweets about the new 'Rogue One' trailer. The future of 'Star Wars' is female!

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AHHH nerds! Congratulations! There's a teaser trailer out for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and it kicks ass. Set in a time after the prequel movies but before the original trilogy (and long before The Force Awakens), Rogue One tells the story of the men and women who stole the plans for the Death Star, helping Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo save the day in Episode IV. Anyway, if you haven't seen the trailer yet, be warned, it's a little too f*cking amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wji-BZ0oCwg

Obviously, Twitter is going crazy. Some geeks, of course, were annoyed that this is the second film in a row in the Star Wars universe starring a woman (Felicity Jones) instead of a normal person (the only normal people are straight white guys with short haircuts and round rock-hard muscles; everyone else is a freak). But most people loved it, because if women have had to identify with male action heroes for decades, male Star Wars fans can deal with having the Hologame tables turned for a little bit. Here are the best reactions:

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https://twitter.com/FrankConniff/status/718110360126021633

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https://twitter.com/ThatRebecca/status/718118418575175680

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https://twitter.com/GLucasTalkShow/status/718100810815639552

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https://twitter.com/annetdonahue/status/718091273442344964

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https://twitter.com/johnfreiler/status/718109650428669952

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https://twitter.com/annev6/status/718103413100257283

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https://twitter.com/JohnnyMcNulty/status/718103232917143552

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https://twitter.com/nedostup/status/693868426683662336

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https://twitter.com/JesseElderV/status/718087254909050880

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https://twitter.com/sonicdork/status/718124728024752128

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https://twitter.com/FattMernandez/status/718104563941818368

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https://twitter.com/HireMeImFunny/status/718097837234515969

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https://twitter.com/TheCrystalBeth/status/718105156890599425

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https://twitter.com/dantelfer/status/718130462762205184

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https://twitter.com/DeeGoots/status/718124844655751168

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https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/718111668052463616

Ballsy kid answers teacher's dumb algebra question with appropriately simple answer.

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Redditor Nhjufy chanced upon a test answer from a kid who is too clever for their own good (or a test question from a teacher who needs to be more clear about what they want). In the photo since dubbed "Future Programmer," the student (in middle school? When do kids learn algebra these days?) displays the useful ability to answer a question without any frills. 

"Come up with an equation that is true when x=7," the question reads. The parenthetical note tells the students to "Be creative, you can make the equation as simple or as complex as you want."

Following the teacher's instructions, this kid wrote "x=7." Which is technically correct. Well, not just correct. "It is the best answer possible," JonSnow7 wrote on Reddit. This teacher didn't see it the same way, writing "Really?" is threateningly pink letters.

If there's any lesson here, it's that the teacher should be more explicit in their wording, i.e. request an equation of multiple steps.

Seeing all the gorgeous hat fashions of the last 100 years will make your head feel naked.

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Hats! The skull-clothes that have hid our dandruff and bald spots since the dawn of humans having heads. Mode explores how our headwear has evolved over the past century in a time-lapse of two models posing with the above-the-neck styles that ruled each decade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqdTxWbtra4

The attention to detail on display here, from the makeup to the facial hair of each era, is incredible. They even had the models pose shirtless, since no one has worn a shirt since before 1910. It's a true testament to their artistry.

What style of hat do you like best?

Guy entertains people-watchers on the subway by 'reading' filthy and hilarious fake books.

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Because public transport is an utterly mundane space, people-watching is a popular sport on trains and the like—a known fact that The Chortle banked on with their video"Taking Fake Book Covers on the Subway." The video does just as it promises: a dude takes fake book covers on the subway. The titles he "reads" are much more uncomfortable for public consumption than 50 Shades of Grey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFxu9dOO4zk

OK, someone must've come up to him and asked when Gone Girl 2: Even Goner comes out. Aside from that title, all the others were attention-grabbing in the worst way possible. It's a bit surprising no one came up to him and started screaming in his face—dude's on the subway in New York, after all. 

Which book would you least want to be caught reading in public?

Read on if you'd like to know when Jennifer Lawrence gets her period.

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Actress Jennifer Lawrence is really down-to-earth, you guys. And so honest, you know?

How honest is she? In a recent interview with Harper's Bazaar, she gave readers enough information to figure out her menstrual cycle. 

Jennifer Lawrence after falling down while walking up to accept her Oscar, or possibly just doubled over from cramps.

Said Lawrence, about the red dress she wore to the Golden Globes in January:

That was my plan-B dress. Plan A was a dress that I couldn't wear because awards season is synced with my menstrual cycle, and it has been for years. [I went with the red dress because] it was loose at the front. And I didn't have to worry about sucking anything in. The other dress was really tight, and I'm not going to suck in my uterus. I don't have to do that.

If Jennifer Lawrence's menstrual cycle is like most women's, she's probably getting her period again right now! Isn't that interesting to know? Now you can try to time your birth control pills to sync up with her cycle, you obsessive J-Law fan you!

These classic movie bloopers prove that even your grandparents' favorite stars had filthy mouths.

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For as long as there have been actors, there have been actors flubbing lines. You know there was some dude rehearsing a Greek tragedy way back in ancient Athens who totally screwed up and said whatever the ancient-Greek version of "sh*t balls!" was, and everybody laughed. But according to these things called "scientists" and "historians," there's no footage of ancient Greek bloopers. There is, however, footage from erudite actors from the golden age of film messing up, as YouTube user Via Margutta 51 has compiled for your pleasure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOR2f0EA8Co

The "laugh" section around 6:45 will be especially enjoyable for anyone who enjoyed Jimmy Fallon's work on SNL.

RELATED: This supercut of 2015's best news bloopers is so funny, you'll almost wish you still watched the news.

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Anne Hathaway has a new baby and that baby has a weirdly normal name.

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According to People, Anne Hathaway, 33, and husband Adam Shulman, 34, are now the proud parents of a baby boy—Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman, born on March 24 (and you're just now finding out about it? Great job, media). This is the first child for the couple, married in 2012. Congratulations all around!

The last time Bump was seen before becoming Jonathan.

Now that it's over, here's a look back at Anne's time with Bump. Memories!

September 27, 2015: Rumors about a possible pregnancy began when Hathaway showed up at the London premiere of her movie The Intern, looking a just a wee bit bigger than she usually did.

There's a fetus secretly hiding in there, but not yet really full Bump.

November 27, 2015: E! reports that Hathaway is indeed with child. There's a picture, and Bump is fully visible. Gossip, you were right!

January 4, 2016: Ah, who can forget the pregnant bikini picture? Bump's first beach day. It was an exciting time.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAGwCeiF0FZ/

January 27, 2016: Bump's red carpet debut.

Bump was not camera-shy.

 

February 28, 2016: Oscar Day! Sadly, Bump was not nominated for anything, but that didn't stop Anne from gloating about her own Oscar from Les Miserables right in front of the poor thing.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCWO5o7l0Gh/

Later, at the Vanity Fair Oscars party (picture at the top of the article). That's the last time Bump was seen, and now he's on the outside. Great job, Anne, and great job, little Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman, if that it is your real name, which it definitely is. Welcome to life.

Kim Kardashian tells fans she's 'praying for Armenia.' Azerbaijan ambassador is like, 'Excuse me?'

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While the Kardashians are the 21st-century embodiment of the American dream, the OG children are ethnically Armenian thanks to their dad Robert—and the kids paid their respects to their native homeland over social media in recent days. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDzUoR-pWUP/https://www.instagram.com/p/BDy53T5OSwJ/https://twitter.com/khloekardashian/status/717048976478842880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/kourtneykardash/status/717049069269483520

The Kardashians' social media messages refer to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, specifically over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is in Azerbaijan but has a majority Armenian populace, according to Foreign Policy. After fighting increased in the area in the past week, the Kardashian kids threw out their prayers. To which Azerbaijan's ambassador to the U.S. said, "Bitch, please." More or less.

Honestly, Kim likely knows more about the conflict than most Americans. Which should make you want to read a newspaper more than anything else.

Elin Suleymanov's exact words were, “She’s very famous and beloved by her fans, but matters of war and peace are a little too serious for a reality-TV star." Suleymanov addressed Kim's involvement during a chat with Foreign Policy. Dude totally isn't on Twitter or Instagram because he failed to realize that Kim's three siblings are praying for Armenia, too.

This may not be the best time to reminiscence about when the siblings were all BFFs.

After dissing Kim, Suleymanov added, "I personally would be a very bad reality-TV star, so I try not to cross into areas I’m not familiar." Yeah, agreed.

“I’m not sure Ms. Kardashian is a military or political analyst," he said, "so maybe we should all do what we do best." And Kim sure knows how to do reality TV.

Suleymanov, who is just barely keeping up with the Kardashians.

Ironically, for all Suleymanov's negativity, Kim and her family have probably gotten more people learning about Armenia-Azerbaijan relations than ever before. Someone should tell Suleymanov that any PR Kim does for the Armenians is balanced out by the number of people who hate her and therefore think Azerbaijan makes some good points. 

Maisie Williams is a feminist, but doesn't like calling herself a feminist. But for a feminist reason.

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In an interview withEntertainment Weekly, Maisie Williams, who plays the badass Arya Stark onGame of Thrones, laid out her personal views on feminism and the harsh treatment of women in Westeros.

Arya Stark will kill you regardless of gender.

She recalls first learning what feminism was and how she felt about it at 12-years-old when the media would ask—during her first interviews for the show—whether Arya was feminist.

I didn’t even know what a feminist was.

And then someone explained it to me. And I remember thinking, “Isn’t that just like everyone?” And then I realized everyone is not a feminist, unfortunately. But I also feel like we should stop calling feminists “feminists” and just start calling people who aren’t feminist “sexist” – and then everyone else is just a human. You are either a normal person or a sexist. People get a label when they’re bad.

Williams went on to explain her holistic view of feminism in relation to Thrones' general torture of everyone and everything in Westeros, regardless of gender.

[Feminism] works the other way, as well. A lot of men have it hard too. On the show specifically, it’s always been a constant debate because women are treated badly on the show, and they’re treated well on the show. But it’s the same as the boys and the girls and the men and the animals. The themes are very dark.

"Dark" is putting it lightly. Every season there's new fan outrage over some horrific scene of violence that's somehow worse than the last. Williams feels she needs to tread lightly in addressing public anger while maintaining her convictions.

I get it that people don’t want to watch scenes like that. I understand, and you shouldn’t have to.

But that’s the show that we’ve made, and I have no control over what’s written. I think it’s upsetting that so many people have found it upsetting. But I find a lot of things upsetting to watch. I get upset when animals get slaughtered. And lots of people are like, “But this is worse than that" – and I never understood that. I think everybody’s allowed to be upset about what they’re upset by.

And once people are angry about something, you start worrying about saying the right thing instead of just saying what you mean. It’s very easy to have an opinion. Everyone’s got one. But it’s very difficult to speak up about difficult subjects when people are angry with you. People say: “Why don’t you speak up!” [and I’m thinking], “Because you all got pitchforks and you’re ready to kill us!” It’s scary if you say something wrong.

But if the Hound doesn't stop Arya Stark from speaking up, none of you pissed off fantasy nerds will either.

Maybe I just have to get a backbone. I’m going to say this in this interview, but I wouldn’t say it with anyone else: I sometimes really worry about speaking up about feminist subjects out of fear of being bashed by women on social media. And there’s something not right there. Yeah, sometimes it’s men too. But there are women who are just nasty. I’m trying to do the best I can. I got a voice. I believe in equality and I know I have more power than the average person to reach people.

Game of Thrones returns later this month, the trailer for which you can watch below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuH3tJPiP-U

Sparks fly when Colbert has meet-cutes with Mindy Kaling, Tituss Burgess and Ken Burns.

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Oh, the magic of the meet-cute—two people stumble upon each other on this planet of billions and magically connect. Stephen Colbert paid tribute to this romantic phenomenon when he met his guests at the Late Show craft services table, finding love when he was really looking for celery. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q05pU1NnpD0

It's way more romantic than that last season of The Mindy Projectand Ken Burns' Civil War, of course. 

Boyfriends put on their girlfriends’ thongs to literally get in their pants.

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The series of tubes called the Internet dropped another gem for the underwear-curious, and it's called "Boyfriends Try Their Girlfriends' Underwear." So for any men who were curious whether a lady's thong would gently caress their bits or cause a flesh armageddon, wonder no longer! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vt8eSZP_Lk

The answer is: flesh armageddon. Skin hanging everywhere.

The look of an actor willing to do whatever it takes.

If you can believe it, this is not actually the first time men have worn women's underwear for the pleasure of the Internet. BuzzFeed's latest is really just a sequel to their 2014 indulgence, "Guys Try On Ladies' Underwear For The First Time // Try Guys."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwFNSmO9pbg

Don't know what the "// Try Guys" part is about, but it adds a sort of je ne sais quoi missing from the otherwise impeccable latest version.

Of course, in the realm of viral videos that capitalize on some sort of person-meets-object construction, you've also seen: 

Lesbians Touch Penis For The First Time! 

Straight Men Touch Another Penis For The First Time!

Lesbians Try Penis For The First Time! 

Gay Men Touch Vagina For The First Time!

What series should be next?

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