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Post by X the Anonymous Zeus or Odin on Jul 3, 2015 18:51:41 GMT -5
I actually had to look that one up—it was a Fast Company article, which surprised me because I don’t normally think of them as being quite at the clickbait-trash level. It was about the social dynamic of bathrooms while the author was going from high-end women’s magazine to high-end women’s magazine—I actually kind of enjoyed it because the author struck me as very much a female Costanza. Plus there was a sidebar at how to improve your workplace’s bathroom. That is, that was the article unless there are two “How The Most Successful People Poop At Work” articles out there. Also, this thread has resulted in me reading more clickbait than any of those links ever did. So this thread is literally making your life worse. I both fear and respect this thread.
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Jul 3, 2015 19:26:55 GMT -5
I was waiting for this one to come around again in the little boxes at the bottom, insultingly labelled "YOU MAY LIKE". The headline? How The Most Successful People Poop At WorkAre these people who are successful at work, or simply successful at pooping? Is the answer "In the executive washroom, duh-doy!" or something even more basic like "Out of their butts."? Do successful people simply have a colostomy so they can free up all that pooping time for high endeavors? Like the bizarre gardening accident that claimed John "Stumpy" Pepys, I consider these mysteries best left unsolved. Damn it, I clicked on this thread to post it but you beat me!
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Post by Pastafarian on Jul 8, 2015 11:03:03 GMT -5
HuffPo, naturally:
Here's What Happens When You Put Canned Ravioli In 2,000-Degree Lava
also:
Here's What Happens When You Turn Classic Movie Couples Queer (Spoiler: It's Awesome!)
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Jul 8, 2015 23:05:48 GMT -5
Here's What Happens When You Turn Classic Movie Couples Queer (Spoiler: It's Awesome!) Oh my god the smug self-congratulation is killing me. You just know that was written by a straight white twentysomething college sophomore who's very impressed with herself right now.
Not only was there apparently a thinkpiece about why Sad in Inside Out was fat-shaming, it warranted a response. The sign of a truly great piece of clickbait is that it makes you want to stop being alive.
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Post by Pastafarian on Jul 9, 2015 9:25:29 GMT -5
Not only was there apparently a thinkpiece about why Sad in Inside Out was fat-shaming, it warranted a response. The sign of a truly great piece of clickbait is that it makes you want to stop being alive. That might be the hardest I'll laugh all day. So thanks for that, jerk! its all downhill from here!
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Jul 9, 2015 13:39:07 GMT -5
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Post by X the Anonymous Zeus or Odin on Jul 9, 2015 19:14:19 GMT -5
Not only was there apparently a thinkpiece about why Sad in Inside Out was fat-shaming, it warranted a response. The sign of a truly great piece of clickbait is that it makes you want to stop being alive. Sat linked the fat shaming article in the Terrifyingly Ignorant People thread. SPOILERS! She never watched the movie and then ranted about it. In fact I hope that entire rebuttal is just "You never even watched the goddamn movie so what the hell would you know about it?"
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Jul 11, 2015 14:15:59 GMT -5
From the Washington Post: "I tried to escape my privilege with low-wage work. Instead I came face to face with it."
I didn't realize the subject of Pulp's "Common People" wrote thinkpieces.
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Post by Trurl on Jul 11, 2015 20:18:07 GMT -5
I've always been interested in terms that mean the opposite of what they're supposed to mean. Not "oxymorons" - those are combinations of terms with conflicting meanings. I mean words like "swanky", which is supposed to mean things like "high class", "elegant" and "tasteful" but actually suggests the opposite. "Think piece" is another term like this.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Jul 14, 2015 9:21:33 GMT -5
From the Washington Post: "I tried to escape my privilege with low-wage work. Instead I came face to face with it." I didn't realize the subject of Pulp's "Common People" wrote thinkpieces. I can't wait for Shatner's cover version of that article.
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Post by Pastafarian on Jul 19, 2015 8:22:38 GMT -5
From HuffPo again:
J.K. Rowling Sets Record Straight About Hogwarts Tuition
I'm immune to most clickbait, however this one seems scientifically engineered to inspire disinterest/apathy in me.
And another:
Margaret Thatcher Used 'Electrical Baths' To Stay Youthful
That's bizarre enough that I almost want to click, then I realized I really don't give a shit.
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Post by lackofname on Jul 20, 2015 1:18:23 GMT -5
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Post by King Charles’s Butterfly on Jul 21, 2015 15:30:44 GMT -5
I found this one odd: One on the right is, obviously, pure gold for the Eurosceptics among you. The one on the left, though, is actually a link to a peer-reviewed article, which I don’t expect from clickbait.
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Jul 22, 2015 14:36:59 GMT -5
I recently got "20 Celebrities Who Married Black People" and it made me really angry.
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Post by Gamblin' Telly on Jul 23, 2015 5:32:52 GMT -5
Good to know there's important advice for women on the net these days, provided by Women's Health Line
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Post by Pastafarian on Jul 23, 2015 21:27:12 GMT -5
30 Symmetrical Photos So Good They'd Make Wes Anderson Weep
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Post by Nudeviking on Jul 23, 2015 21:47:10 GMT -5
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Jul 23, 2015 22:02:04 GMT -5
30 Symmetrical Photos So Good They'd Make Wes Anderson Weep Uh... I actually like that one.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 22:08:07 GMT -5
Good to know there's important advice for women on the net these days, provided by Women's Health Line
Ugh, I just liked that and now I feel bad. But it's not your fault!
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Post by Pastafarian on Jul 23, 2015 23:48:52 GMT -5
30 Symmetrical Photos So Good They'd Make Wes Anderson Weep Uh... I actually like that one. I find it too cute by half. But, to each his own.
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Jul 24, 2015 7:34:30 GMT -5
Uh... I actually like that one. I find it too cute by half. But, to each his own. I find some (but not all) Wes Anderson movies too cute by half, so, indeed, to each his own.
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Post by Gamblin' Telly on Jul 28, 2015 9:03:28 GMT -5
I got my first German ad on AVC:
(translated) "Why you should scratch when your skin itches. Answer here."
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
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Post by X the Anonymous Zeus or Odin on Jul 28, 2015 9:05:58 GMT -5
I got my first German ad on AVC: (translated) "Why you should scratch when your skin itches. Answer here." I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Why would you want to have lived here in the first place when wanting to live in motherfucking space is an option! I mean, not an option you can take, but you can always want to live there.
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Jul 28, 2015 11:30:32 GMT -5
I have to imagine that this image must have originated as a parody of the "Trainers HATE Him!" ads that are ubiquitous throughout the Internet, but today I actually saw a clickbait ad which read " Banks Hate Him! See how he made $10,000 in one afternoon with one simple trick," and an image of a man robbing a bank at gunpoint. This image. But it was presented just like any other scammy "[Insert members of profession here] hate him/her! Learn their one simple trick to [accomplish some absurd goal]" clickbait, so it just came across as absurdly stupid even by the standards of such clickbait. Oh my god, I've seen that around on Weird Twitter, thought it was photoshopped.
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Post by Nudeviking on Aug 2, 2015 22:23:02 GMT -5
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Post by Gamblin' Telly on Aug 3, 2015 2:08:45 GMT -5
I got my first German ad on AVC: (translated) "Why you should scratch when your skin itches. Answer here." I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Why would you want to have lived here in the first place when wanting to live in motherfucking space is an option! I mean, not an option you can take, but you can always want to live there. I'm thinking more in the opposite direction. Whatever is down there, Morlocks, Molemen or Nazis on Dinosaurs, it seems like worth a try.
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Aug 3, 2015 4:50:51 GMT -5
Women, the internet would like to tell you about the 15 famous gay men you married.
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Post by lackofname on Aug 3, 2015 18:49:09 GMT -5
Nope, the only thing keeping us from being overwhelmed by Alligators has been fences. And guns. And our ability to live in a variety of environments that alligators can't. But mainly fences.
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Post by Floyd D Barber on Aug 3, 2015 20:26:56 GMT -5
I'm not giving up until they develop opposeable thumbs.
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Post by Pastafarian on Aug 7, 2015 9:06:31 GMT -5
From Salon
Kim, Kanye and Hillary Clinton snap a selfie: Ultimate #squadgoals or sign of the apocalypse? (Is it too early to christen this duo Killary?)
There are so many things I hate about this headline that it is kinda impressive. Also what in the living fuck is #squadgoals? Actually, don't tell me. I honestly don't want to know.
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