How to pronounce Joaquin Phoenix and all those other foreign words you have trouble with.
Who knew that Bird was pronounced “beeeeeeeaaaaaaarrd.” That Croissant was pronounced “corsage-ne-te” or Adidas was “duh-de-da”
There’s tons of amusing explanations via Pronunciation Manual. It had me laughing, hope it does the same with you.
-baierman
Your “sad, depressing unless you’re a millionaire” video of the day.
How equal is the USA? Is it really 99% vs 1%? Actually, it’s more like 99.99% vs. .01%. This video from The Guardian’s datablog breaks down the numbers of rich vs poor. Like:
-the super rich - the top 0.01% of the population - own more of the national wealth now than at any time since 1929, just before the Great Depression. And the richest 1% of the US population? They own a third of US net worth.
- 1 in 6 Americans have no health insurance - 50 million people, a population twice the size of Texas (27m people). Of every 17 Americans, at least one will be earning below the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
- 14.5% of Americans households are defined as “food insecure”. That means for every seven households, one will have trouble putting enough food on the table
- If you earn between $100,000 and $200,000 you will be paying up to 25% effective tax rate - and that’s before payroll taxes kick in. The 400 richest tax returns surveyed by the IRS paid just 18.1% in 2008.
Yup, the numbers aren’t pretty. So, grab your anti-depressants (unless you’re in Rich category) and press play. Happy Thursday!
-baierman
What happens when you give a squirrel a lightsaber? Lawn mayhem.
Enjoy Jedi Squirrel via our good friend Miss C
Quidditch World Cup. (That’s right, Quidditch)
There is nothing sexually suggestive or hilarious about grown men and women playing Quidditch. Nothing.
This fictional game invented by JK Rowling for her wizards in Harry Potter, is being played by real people. Despite the fact that we, humans, can’t fly on broomsticks hasn’t stopped loads of people from trying to emulate Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. In fact, the 2011 Quidditch World Cup was played in NYC this past weekend.
“About 96 teams and hundreds of athletes from across the globe competed at Randall’s Island in New York City during two days worth of games.” (No lie.) According to reports, it was a very competitive tournament. Judging from the photos, it was quite aggressive.
Safely, sexually suggestive.
Stealing Hitler’s Wallet
Here’s the Desonesto ethical question of the day courtesy of Quora. Read the above question and decide for yourself if you’d steal Adolf’s wallet?
I’m not ethically obligated but I could have sure used 40 Reichsmarks in 1933. I wish Dave were still here to give us his answer.
Local McDonald’s needs boy toys
Sorry adults, you can’t pick up your tricks at this McDonald’s in Windsor, Ontario Canada. It’s all out of boy toys. Try the Burger King down the road.
In the words of 2009 - Fail!
via Pat’s Papers
Synchronized sword dance plus switch blade knife. Well, that’s how I’ll describe it.
Doesn’t matter, just press play and groove to it. Grandma is. The pooch is a nice plus, too. Okay DJ, cue the house music .
Who knows, this video could have been ripped from the set of Napoleon Dynamite 2.
Halloween or Hipster?
Sure, you’re familiar with the hipster “movement.” But in Williamsburg, Brooklyn the hipster kids take their fashion to a new level.
It makes sense, but only to hipsters. Now Halloween brings out the crazy outfits all over, but the rest of the year it’s a little hard to tell in that part of Brooklyn.
See if you can guess which is which - Halloween or Hipster at this tumblr site.
Visit: Halloween or Hipster
Happy All Hallows!
Captain Hook, or Baierman
