Stuff I saw on the internet last week: "Kermit caused 9/11"
Happy Monday! I’m writing this while walking on the treadmill I’ve put underneath my desk. I honestly thought typing would be harder, but I’ve gotten the hang of it pretty quickly! Here’s to tricking my ADHD brain into thinking I’m not really exercising. Onto internet things!
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This story is probably fake, but I’m still obsessed anyway:
Last month, OS approached my little sister and made an offer to buy her third of the lake house. She accepted, and was paid. I found this out a couple weeks later when OS came to me to make the same offer and I initially declined. But when she told me she had already paid LS, I had to tell her that our sister owned no part of it, and that I had 100% ownership. At first she didn't believe me. My parents never got around to making a will (if you're reading this, please make a will), so she knew it hadn't been left to me. We were at my house, so I just pulled the paperwork out of the safe and she went ballistic.
Wow, some real crackerjack parenting here:
in the middle of a final battle in the game he was playing, and he got really frustrated and threw it up against the wall. Now it doesn't turn on at all.
Here's the thing though. Layne has anger management troubles, we have a diagnosis and all. I think that sometimes he really cannot help getting so upset he does things like that sometimes. I know he didn't think he was going to break the switch, and he's been feeling down. Now, Lana used to play her switch a lot back when "Animal Crossing" was new, but she kind of lost interest and doesn't touch it much anymore. So I decided that since she rarely plays with it, I would give it to Layne in the meantime until he gets a new one, which will be his birthday in October. So for two months I am asking Lana to share with her brother.
Awww, sweetie. You must pay rent:
I am (19f). For the time being, I have decided not to attend college and have instead decided to stay home for awhile. At the moment, I am living with my Dad (46m) and my two younger brothers (17m and 15m).
Instead of accepting my choice to stay home, my Dad told me that if wasn't gonna enroll in any college courses that he wanted me to get a job. Not because he wants me to get more independent, but because he wants fifty dollars a week for my rent.
I don't think that he has a right to ask me for rent.
This thread about fan theories people accept as true is a few months old, but the top response is SOMETHING:
Kermit caused 9/11, not really much of a fan theory though since it's unintentionally canon
Edit: Realized this should be explained, in the 2002 TV film "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie", there's a part where an angel shows Kermit an alternate reality where he was never born. For whatever reason, the editors didn't really think about it, and continued to use footage with the twin towers still standing for this scene, however they aren't there in his original universe. Therefore, something that Kermit did in his life, did in fact cause 9/11 in Muppet lore.
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TIKTOK!
It’s the perfectly cut “MEO—” in this that made me watch it, like, ten times.
BUY HER THE DORITOS.
The ultimate squirrel playground.
Kids will remember everything you say and repeat it back to you later.
Pot Roast and her mom are my favourite TikTok pet/human account.
Prepare yourself for some real nightmare cosplay.
So glad that I’m not the only one who does this.
A real banger with an important message.
What a great foster mom.
I continue to love this account’s bizarre sketch comedy.
ARTICLES!
NY Times Lawyers Accidentally Send Private Strategy Memo to Staff Union, Daily Beast
Don’t Piss Off Trisha Paytas, BuzzFeed News
What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind, The Atlantic
"Jeopardy!" is naming this man you never heard of as host – apparently the job was always his, Salon
The Dean Of Students Clarifies The University’s COVID Guidelines For The Upcoming Semester, McSweeney’s
That’s all for me today, gorgeous! Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat