shit that looks like an onion article but isn't

more goodness from CNN ...

"Snacks on a plane"

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/online/site-information/lake-norman-high-school-yearbook-photo-story-corre/nPWGH/

wat

Ohshit yeah I read about that one on Popehat and I was so confused. The retraction sounds so backhanded. Also it implies no one ever even saw the photo in question and just ran with it anyway?

Ive seen the photo. It... really does look like a woman who flashed her bits. but by accident (slipped sideways gown) not on purpose. But its very hard to tell, as it could also be one of those bizarre illusory pics.

like, the one definite illusion is ppl saying she's "lifting her gown" - she isnt, she's holding a magazine in her lap.

bare genitals and private parts

sorry, that's BARE GENITALS AND PRIVATE PARTS

Yeah the level of detail is bizarre.

Player 'completes' Diablo III video game

"Just over a month after the release of Diablo III, a pro player has managed to complete the game on its hardest setting"

I am obviously reading different news sites, but that is an actual* news story. It's hardly Billy Mitchell, but still.

*I was going to say 'specialist', but then it sold 3.5 million on its first day..

http://menomoneefalls.patch.com/articles/woman-attacks-husband-for-having-the-shepherd-express-the-onion-in-his-car

The hell is with the comments on that article!?

strongly suspect that article is making appearances on 'men's rights' forums

yeah those are the kind of comments they make, I've seen a few on our papers website; this whole "ALL women only want you for money and will ruin you and dump you" bitterness, it is frightening

look i know a sub-ed is fucking around here but

http://cumming.patch.com/articles/these-salads-should-be-tossed-says-fda

speaking of which, before I clicked on the link I was having a hard time visualising what "for-having-the-shepherd-express-the-onion" might mean in that url

cnn does it again

Instagram down in mass power outage

Breakfasts everywhere went undocumented on social media Saturday morning because photo-sharing site Instagram is still down after a line of powerful storms caused mass power outages across the Midwest and Atlantic Seaboard on Friday night.

haha

i was at a very hipstery gathering yesterday and addressed the 3 or 4 girls i was with: "so let me ask you something..." and was promptly interrupted by one saying "was instagram down last night?? YES."

so then did you talk about what you had had for breakfast or is that news stale after 2 pm?

lol I read that earlier and thought about posting it here. hilarious.

more cnn

"Photos: Competing in the Hipster Olympics"

Not a perfect fit --- needs tweaking, but the sentiment expressed is pure Onion:

http://aminiatureclaypot.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/so-you-still-think-god-is-a-merciful-god/

FFS new york times!

According to a D.J. in Brooklyn who goes by the Twitter handle Lil Internet, he coined the term “seapunk” last June after having a surreal dream, which he tweeted about: “Seapunk leather jacket with barnacles where the studs used to be.” His friends added a hashtag to “seapunk,” and a trend was born, like Aphrodite from the foam.

“The surprising thing is that it really was cohesive,” Lil Internet said by iChat; he declined to use his legal name, saying he is now known solely by his Twitter handle. He also described seapunk’s vibe as “Venice Beach Acid Rave 1995,” and cited surf-wear logos, yin-yang symbols and round holographic sunglasses as part of its look.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/fashion/Seapunk-a-Web-Joke-With-Music-Has-Its-Moment.html

^^ all of the quotes are just ... no words

Great photo caption

ha that was the first thing i noticed

"no really, there's a good reason we took a picture of this guy"

The spacey electronic dance music borrows from Witch House, Chiptune, Drum & Bass and southern rap

As lol as that article is, I feel like I am finally starting to *get* the sensibility of the generation that has spawned chillwave, witchhouse, etc.

i haven't read that yet but finding out that lil internet wasn't just a funny anonymous twitter guy but is a real dude who directs Diplo videos and does a streaming "best week ever"-style show on some blog was really deflating and sad for me

Pop music these days: it all sounds the same, survey reveals

headline is prolly a nod to the Onion tbf

A couple of people have put together "seapunk" playlists on spotify. It's mostly two bands: Teams and Unicorn Kid. Hadn't heard either before but it's alright in that chillwave "I'm not actually sure if this is supposed to be good or not" sort of way.

“Seapunk leather jacket with barnacles where the studs used to be.”

it's like wu tang clan for the iGeneration

"yeah yeah my mom loves spongebob and finding nemo too"

"dude your mom is a seapunk MILF! awesome!"

i wonder if azaelia banks has seen the penis on the little mermaid dvd box

*get* the sensibility of the generation that has spawned chillwave, witchhouse, etc.

chillwave = rickrolled w/ the sound off

witchhouse = putting the webcam at odd angles in a dark room so boys can't see your body

new r&b = livejournal

new rap = blingee

this is actually a lot more pervasive than ringtones and hashtag lyrics

i'm sorry this has gone from jokes to capt obvious ideas for you

Are Daily Mail articles banned from this thread, well, for being the Daily Mail?

Was celebration of free health care in Opening Ceremony a coded message to the US? Americans are left confused
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180227/London-2012-Olympics-Some-Americans-left-baffled-tribute-NHS-Mary-Poppins-Opening-Ceremony.html

http://sportinglife.aol.co.uk/olympics/news/article/22891/7969529/italian-walker-tests-positive

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/11/devastated-by-my-sons-tattoo

this is probably a work of fiction imho but there are tons of killer lines in there so I'm sharing it with respect not derision

it's a quality article

I'm an accountant and I have a giant tattoo of topless woman riding a motorbike in to hell on my back. It's never burdened my career

She needs counselling.

she needs inversion therapy

this makes me more determined to get my robert musil tattoo.

and yes it will be him riding a motorcycle into hell.

have always fancied having "KANT" and "HUME" tattooed across my knuckles

the no regrets tattoo alternative is to get those nike running shoes customised, you can't have "cunt" tho which sort of ruins it.

Oh my god that woman needs help.That is the most fucked up self absorbed shit I have ever read, making it all about her being "redundant", acting like he was dead or something? Jesus christ.