(Re-sending) Stuff I saw on the internet last week: "your music made me feel like i could fight god"
Happy Tuesday! Apparently I sent this week’s internet roundup only to paid subscribers yesterday, whoops. So here it is again, but now everyone gets it!
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The State Birds Are Garbage
I found out about this video through Ryan Broderick’s Garbage Day newsletter (which is excellent) — you might not think state birds are interesting, and as a Canadian, I especially wouldn’t have thought so, but this is a very funny, thoughtful, and educational video. And his proposed system for determining state birds is a good one!
TWEETS!
REDDIT!
This person is not overreacting, the husband’s a liar who abandoned their baby:
At 2pm. I got a call from my older cousin who I consider a sister to me. telling my husband dropped our daughter off at the dental practice my cousin works in at 10am to go see his friends and hasn't got back. She told me to either call him to come get her or I needed to come myself. Since she was too busy with work. I was livid. I called him but he didn't answer I immediately called my mom to go pick my daughter up because I couldn't leave the hospital.
My husband didn't return my calls. Only texted me saying he was at home all day with our daughter. Til he found out our daughter was at my mom's place. I argued with him on the phone and he then brought her home.
This is actually scary and I hope this person stay safe:
I put a pregnancy announcement on my social media and then she put up an announcement saying they were expecting twins “the non-traditional way” and how blessed she was. I was irritated but I kept my mouth shut. Then she threw a gender reveal party and posted it on social media. I wasn’t even invited. She also announced that she’s having a baby shower. I commented on her posts and told her to stop treating me like a surrogate, that the kids weren’t hers, and that Joe didn’t have any claim or custody of the kids until they are born.
Some good hobby drama about the Cricut:
A little under a month ago Cricut made the announcement that it was going to be limiting its users to 20 uploads a month unless they are part of the $10 a month subscription plan. This means that a crafter can at most cut 20 designs out every month if they are making the designs themselves. To make this even worse, the software doesn't always work well, so one design often has to be uploaded multiple times in order to get it to a cuttable version. Since the software is cloud based and Cricut has sued third party software creators before, there doesn't seem to be a hack to get around this. Unless, of course, the crafter is willing to pay an additional $120 a year ($96 dollars a year if paid annually) to have unlimited use of a machine they already shelled out at least $180 for.
To put this in comparison, this is as if a printer that you already purchased and was in your house was suddenly only allowed to print 20 pages a month unless you paid the printer company a monthly usage fee.
A lot of downplaying and trickle-truthing in this post and I really feel bad for that little girl:
The problem is that I feel like she isn't making any progress. She has meds (that apparently "aren't working anymore") and she's been hospitalized twice. I feel like she isn't implementing any of the skills and coping mechanisms she's learned. She says that she's trying but it's "harder than I think it is". I've been through my own issues before and I do realize that it's not easy, but I feel like it's been long enough. So, I made the decision to send her to her aunt's house for a few weeks. I think she will be able to have a more rigid schedule and support system over there. I told her about it last night and she freaked out. Told me that I didn't love her and that I was just sick of dealing with her and her issues. And when I stuck my ground she told me that she "didn't feel safe at her aunt's house" and she'd go "anywhere but there" which I think are just excuses.
Here’s the thing: engineering classes are hard. Like, really hard. Calculus and shit. I don’t have time to cook and clean around the apartment. My girlfriend (f33) on the other hand works from home. She’s a full time PhD student, works part time as a research assistant, and is working full time, but she does all of this from home. She has time on her hands, yet she keeps insisting on me helping her cook and clean around our apartment. I tell her I don’t have time and that I don’t care for her to cook for me all the time.
TUMBLR!
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TIKTOKS!
I think the video turned out better this way.
Not the smartest cat, but still very cute.
Embracing cultural diversity.
“Would you believe me if I told you these two jars hold the same amount of water?”
Bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, pancake!
“I’m a snaaaaaake.”
This is silly and very cool.
This reminds me of Craig and our cat, Moe.
Every guy who’s ever commented on a satire website.
“I GOT VACCINATED!!! 🙌🙏💯”
ARTICLES!
Ray Fisher Opens Up About 'Justice League,' Joss Whedon and Warners: "I Don't Believe Some of These People Are Fit for Leadership,"Hollywood Reporter
RIP Yahoo Answers: It Died As It Lived, Needlessly And Stupidly, BuzzFeed News
After Working at Google, I’ll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again, New York Times
I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget, Wired
New York plans to erect Empire State Building-sized Penn 15 skyscraper, The Guardian
Jordan Peterson Is Shocked to Discover His Resemblance to Nazi Supervillain the Red Skull, Slate
"Everyone Just Knows He's an Absolute Monster": Scott Rudin's Ex-Staffers Speak Out on Abusive Behavior, Hollywood Reporter
I’m a Person of Color and Everyone Is Suddenly Interested in Me—Something Bad Must Have Happened, New Yorker
An Interview With the Man Who Keeps Uploading My Feet to WikiFeet, The Cut
An Interview With the Guy Who Yells “Mortal Kombat” in the Theme for Mortal Kombat, Slate
That’s all for me today, gorgeous! Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat
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