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If Error Messages Had a Sense of Humor

Most of us probably read more words written in error messages than we do from members of our family. That's almost certainly true for your parents, both because you're an ungrateful good-for-nothing, and because your parents are probably terrible at computers. We asked you to give some common error messages a little personality.

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If Everyday Life Had an In-Game Display

There's more to love about First Person Shooters than just legal murder. A gallery of images depicting what every day life might look like if we could transport the in-game displays from First Person Shooters with us when we walked out the door.

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How Five-Year-Olds Would Fix the World's Problems

There are certain jobs where it helps to think like a five year old. As the movie Big taught us, being an 8 year old trapped in a toy designer's body give you an unfair advantage, and as every Robin Williams movie taught us, being a kid trapped in a gorilla's body makes you the best dad ever.

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If Online Ads Actually Told the Truth

Most online ads seem to be designed by con-men from the 1920s. They assume such profound gullibility on the part of the people they're trying to lure in, that you have to wonder how these hypothetical customers found out about the internet in the first place.

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If They Made Ads for the Worst Things Ever

Advertisers have been able to sell some pretty terrible stuff. Emphasizing the positives, and downplaying the fact that it kills you goes a long way. We asked you to show us what it might look like if they had to sell stuff that sucks so hard, even the most cynical corporations haven't thought of tricking you into buying it.

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19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture

The elderly spent their better days fighting for our freedom, only to have the rug pulled out from under them by the rapid advance of technology. We have nothing but sympathy for them, but all their complaining does make you wonder just what it is they think we're up to with our damned gadgetry, and new-fangled hip-bop music.

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18 Famous Pictures (Before They Were Cropped)

When you're cropping the naked human pyramid out of a picture you're about to post to Facebook, do you ever wonder if maybe this sort of addition by subtraction has been going on for years? We asked you to show us the context we've been missing outside the borders of famous pictures from history.

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