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The 5 Stupidest Ways People Try to Avoid Embarrassment
There are certain scenarios that are so uncomfortably awkward that I go to bizarre lengths just to avoid them. Maybe you do, too.
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- By Gladstone
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4 Reasons We've Stopped Trusting the Media
OR: 4 Reasons You're Not Going To Believe Any Of These 4 Reasons
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- By Chris Bucholz
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3 Bizarrely Specific Job Trends in Movies
Unfortunately, the world will never get to see my bowel cleanser movie, or my camp counselor TV show, or my shoe salesman musical, because Hollywood is very specific about what careers they will focus on.
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- By Daniel O'Brien
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The 7 Most Overused Words on the Internet
These words tell us everything we need to know about the commenter and let us skip the post, safe in the knowledge that we're proving our childhood lessons wrong and getting smarter by not reading something.
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- By Luke McKinney
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5 Badass Photos of People Walking Through Insane Situations
All were saying is that these guys' every step inspires no less than six bitchin' guitar solos and one training montage wherein a starry-eyed young lad learns karate.
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- By Robert Brockway
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3 Guides That Do the Exact Opposite of What They Claim
Bad advice is the world's freest and most renewable resource. Still, there is an entire self help industry devoted to selling it to us.
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- By Seanbaby
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4 Yelp Reviews for Places That Actually Need Them
Wouldn't you want to know how many stars 'Your Girlfriend's Parents' House' got from her ex-boyfriend?
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- By Soren Bowie
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5 Tips for Fixing America's Schools (From a Former Teacher)
The only person more qualified to talk about the state of American education is ol' John Dewey himself. Ha ha, that's an educator joke. Here are five super legit ways to fix America's schools.
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- By Kristi Harrison
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The 5 Most Ridiculously Unnecessary Modern Inventions
People invent awful stuff all the time, and while there were a lot of really kitschy patents around the turn of the last century, you'd think that the dumb idea bank would be getting full up in modern times.
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- By Ian Fortey
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5 Works of Art So Good, They Ruined Their Whole Genre
Sometimes an artist creates a work of art so masterful, it simultaneously defines a style while shutting the door on others who would follow. Sure, people still try, but rarely can they succeed without their attempts being compared, unfavorably, to the masterpieces.
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- By Gladstone
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3 Reasons We Need to Reexamine How We Elect Presidents
With election season upon us, I'd like to take this time to let us all know that we're doing things completely wrong.
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- By Daniel O'Brien
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12 Interchangeable Celebrities You Probably Get Confused
Hollywood has a clone factory, and occasionally they screw up and let multiple clones out at the same time.
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- By Robert Brockway
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4 Disturbing Sleep Conditions No One Talks About
Regardless of social class, everyone wakes up like a curbside hobo.
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- By Ian Fortey
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The 4 Stupidest Ways Credit Cards 'Reward' You for Spending
At some point banks figured out that as much as people like low interest rates, no annual fees and an online payment system, what we really go berserk for are prizes.
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- By Soren Bowie
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4 Things People Mistakenly Think Are Automatically Hilarious
I am not saying these things are never funny. I am saying these are things that some people think are an 'easy' button they can push to automatically be funny. It is like trying to bake chocolate chip cookies with only the chocolate chips.
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- By Christina H
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