15 memes for when you’re feeling sad as hell

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Words aren’t always sufficient when you’re feeling low. Sometimes, humor can be the best medicine for a case of The Sads. 

We’re all well aware of the internet’s potential to be a little dumpster fire-adjacent at times. But at this point we can’t just click away — many of us frequently use our social media spheres as tools for coping with everything from mental health struggles to the never-ending nonsense that is the political news cycle.

But even the most well-intentioned use of internet culture for mood lifting can be fraught with bad vibes. While there are tons of self-deprecating and depression-related memes circulating the net, we think you deserve something a bit more uplifting. Read more…

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The 9 biggest questions about Google’s Stadia game streaming service

Google’s Stadia is an impressive piece of engineering to be sure: Delivering high definition, high framerate, low latency video to devices like tablets and phones is an accomplishment in itself. But the game streaming services faces serious challenges if it wants to compete with the likes of Xbox and PlayStation, or even plain old PCs and smartphones. Here are our 9 biggest questions about the new platform.

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Lessons from ‘Chopped’ with Ted Allen: The 15 most rage-inducing mistakes in the TV kitchen

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Food Network’s Chopped invokes a certain kind of screaming-at-your-TV-screen carnal energy — the baskets! the knife injuries! the leaving an ingredient off the plate when it’s sitting RIGHT THERE! 

After 10 years and 40 seasons on the air, Chopped still delivers some of the most whiplash-inducing twists on television. Like say when host Ted Allen reads out a seemingly cohesive basket, only to have the last ingredient be something like pickle-flavored cupcakes

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10 hilarious celebrity statue fails

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Why must we unlock the dreaded uncanny valley every time we create the likeness of a famous person? 

Making someone’s face out of clay or bronze is not an easy feat — but that clearly hasn’t stopped some artists from showing off their questionable direction to millions of people worldwide. 

We can’t help but laugh at some of these cringe-worthy attempts to immortalize someone’s legacy. Here are our picks for celebrity statue fails that will make you think “has this artist ever even seen what this person looks like before?”  Read more…

1. Cristiano Ronaldo 

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A definitive list of all the actual crimes in ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’ and their severity

Now that we’ve had some time to process Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we couldn’t help wondering: What about the crimes? We’ve talked about theories and canon and the promise/peril of franchise, but this movie is about literal crimes. …

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9 one-season wonders you can start and finish this holiday weekend

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Bingeing TV is a full-time job (we speak from experience here). There’s far too many shows, seasons, episodes, platforms – you get it. 

But on a long holiday weekend, we count our bingeable TV blessings. Some people feel guilty spending a long weekend on a couch, but we find a real sense of pride and accomplishment from crawling into work on Tuesday having finished an entire show.

To help with this simple goal, here are some TV gems that only made it to one season – which means you can start and finish them this weekend.

The Get Down

The Get Down is one of Netflix’s short-lived treasures; a true well of lost potential in its brevity. The Baz Luhrmann-created (and partially directed) musical epic chronicled the last days of disco and the rise of rap through the lives of several teenagers growing up in the Bronx at the end of the ’70s, and the costumes, music, and casting were clearly too good for this world to support. There are only 11 episodes and they’re all a blast (the first one is peak Baz Luhrmann). Read more…

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27 meaningful tattoos for introverts

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Tattoos not only make a style statement — they can also reflect someone’s personality. 

While extroverts may gravitate toward large, colorful tattoos, introverts may find that a small, delicate tattoo can make a quieter statement more reflective of their personality.

If you’re an introvert looking for a gorgeous but simple tattoo, consider some of these ideas for meaningful tattoos.

1. “Timshel”

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“Timshel” is a famous quote from John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden. The word itself means “thou mayest.” As a subtle tattoo, it is meant to remind people that they always have a choice. Read more…

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Accio, wand! The 10 most popular ‘Harry Potter’ spells revealed

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Everyone who’s read Harry Potter will have fond memories of practicing their wand twirling action in front of the mirror, muttering “Expelliarmus” over and over again in the vague but undying hope that something will actually happen and that magic is indeed real.

Even though our Hogwarts letters may have never arrived, though, we’ll always have the memories. And the spells.

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Harry Potter readers recently voted on their favourite spells as part of a world-wide survey by Bloomsbury Children’s Books — you can probably guess which Harry Potter spell got the top vote, but there are still a few surprises in here… Read more…

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20 adoptable senior dogs in need of a new best friend

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Forget Shark Week, it’s Bark Week on Mashable. Join us as we celebrate all the good dogs, which we humans do not deserve.

“Ask not what you can do for a senior dog, but what a senior dog can do for you,” JFK (not really, but the sentiment is true).

Senior dogs are adopted at a rate lower rate than dogs of all other ages combined, according to a study from the ASPCA. But older dogs make for loyal and calm companions for anyone who wants to skip the energetic, messy puppy stage.   

Shirley Braha, the human who adopted Instagram-famous Marnie the Dog as a senior pup explains why you should consider older dogs when looking to adopt: “Senior dogs are usually pretty chill and just grateful to have a safe place to call home and a human to give them lots of love,” Braha says in an email.  Read more…

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