Meet the inventive Uber driver that gives his passengers a menu of different ride types

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Uber rides can go a lot of different ways. George the Uber driver is giving you options. 

George Ure is quickly becoming the internet’s favorite Uber driver. Ure, in an attempt to make his passengers laugh, The Seattle-based driver made a menu of “ride types.” The now-viral list consists of The Stand Up, The Silent Ride, The Therapy Ride, The Creepy Ride, and The Rude Ride. Each ride offers a different experience for the rider.

Every Uber should have a menu, honestly.

Every Uber should have a menu, honestly.

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During some downtime after a busy week, Ure printed 20 menus to hand out during his rides. Originally, Ure had been asking riders what kind of ride they wanted to have — a stand up ride where he tells jokes or a silent ride where he remains quiet — and decided to make something that people could read themselves.  Read more…

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The ‘who gon’ check me, boo?’ meme is a modern masterpiece

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Nothing like a fresh meme to revive the senses and inspire some genuine chuckles.

This week, a new meme went viral on Twitter, inspiring some very important tweets. The format is simple and allows for a myriad of possibilities, as any hearty format should. It goes like this: Twitter users come up with a protagonist to ask, “who gon’ check me, boo?” along with a villain to answer, made up by a face of emojis, depending on the answer. 

fourteenth century europeans: who gon check me boo?

rats:

🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀
🐀👁 👁🐀
🐀 👃🏻 🐀
🐀👄 🐀
🐀

— jordan (@GordanJiles) February 7, 2019

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A cat named ‘Peepee’ runs his own Twitter account, and it’s even cuter than you’d think

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With the rise and fall of the cat meme economy, we look to online cat personalities to fill the cuteness void in our hearts. But one talkative feline has gone beyond just looking adorable to steal our attention.  

Giving an inside look at the daily thoughts of a house cat, Twitter account @peepeeplayhouse shows the life of Peepee. And yes, that is his real name. 

iave been Cote again . my dade said “Peepee You Nevre Wake Up Excapt Fore Treat’s”. i saide No thatse not true .then My dad toke fotage bahind my Back’ of me sleaping thru a cackafony and then Wakeing up excited fore treat’spic.twitter.com/XbebHHcKJI

— peepee the cat (@peepeeplayhouse) January 25, 2019 Read more…

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Blindfolded Bird Box Challenger crashes car

Remember, way back on January 2 when Netflix issued a warning to its customers over the viral Bird Box challenge meme to “PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE?” That warning wasn’t heard or followed by at least one 17-year-old in Utah who decided to give the challenge — which involves a blindfold — […]

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The incredible saga of the barefoot runner, a local Facebook group, and some acorns

Local Facebook really is something else. Here’s the saga of the barefoot runner and “I Love NE Minneapolis.” You might want to sit down for this. 
An irate “competitive barefoot runner” took to his neighborhood Facebook group to complain about t…

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8 pre-internet political moments that would have spawned huge memes

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Believe it or not, there’s a storied history of presidential blunders that stretch back years and years, all the way to before they could become instant memes — because there was no internet.  

Shocking, but true.

These moments were “viral” in that they were everywhere — TV, radio, newspapers — but there was no widespread internet to give them a second life as pure meme bliss, like just about everything that happens in the Trump White House these days.

So what moments would go super viral, saturating our culture to the point you can’t get away, if they happened today? You know, like the “Dean scream” or when Dick Cheney shot a friend in the faceRead more…

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‘Plaid shirt guy’ wins the internet with silly faces during a Trump rally

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Going viral and becoming a meme is pretty easy in the age of Trump: Just stand behind The Orange One at his rallies and — this part’s key — make silly faces during his speech.

Doing so will turn all eyeballs from The Donald to you. It’ll also get your removed from the rally courtesy of the Secret Service. But, worth it!

This is exactly what happened when Tyler Linfesty attended a Trump rally in Montana on Sept. 6. He quickly became immortalized on the internet as “Plaid Shirt Guy” after he was spotted visibly reacting to the president’s words just behind his right shoulder. Read more…

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This hand swap optical illusion is wildly confusing the internet

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There are some things that you either get straight away, or you don’t get at all.

The viral video below, in which Twitter user @kay_dera demonstrates a slightly mind-boggling hand swap trick, is the perfect example of this.

Pay close attention:

Did you get it?

Well, some people had it instantly.

got it! pic.twitter.com/ONEnSwTpbj

— rio (@sidoniebyr) August 22, 2018

First try pic.twitter.com/1IJqfv9KV8

— Ameel (@sy4meel) August 23, 2018

pic.twitter.com/bLdU7z9URV

— MAR$🏳️‍🌈 (@MarsReese) August 22, 2018

Others, meanwhile, were less sure. Read more…

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