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If you’re gonna try to roast the Spelling Bee for being soft, the worst sin you can commit is bringing that weak shit (noun: substandard effort or soft response, e.g. “Kevin liked the Warriors, but they lost because they brought that weak shit.”). Uh oh, good thing the Spelling Bee account was too busy tweeting…
GIF Blizzard’s take on the class-based-shooter is so vibrant and full of personality, that each individual character has inspired its own army/fandom. And yet, some heroes are still better than others. Here is our definitive ranking of Overwatch heroes, ranked from worst to best. Soldier 76 Bastion Torbjorn Genji Hanzo Zenyatta Junkrat Roadhog Widowmaker McCree…
Illustration: Jim Cooke, Photo: Getty Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has generated an unceasing torrent of press attention that some estimate to be worth roughly $2 billion. Yet the central mystery at the very core of his persona—his inscrutable hairdo—has somehow, impossibly, remained unsolved. Until, perhaps, now. A tipster who claimed knowledge of Trump’s…
“Kadyrov being upset about his lost cat is not good,” Oliver said. “This is a man whose security forces have been accused of kidnappings and torture, and whose Wikipedia page has an entire section dedicated to ‘Accusations of human rights abuses.’ And the mere existence of that [section] is pretty damning…. You don’t even need…
She’s Chew-back-a! The Chewbacca Mom‘s infectious laughter led a video of herself to rack up more than 140 million views in three days. Now Candace Payne is joining the carpool lane. On Monday’s episode of “The Late Late Show,” James Corden recruited Payne to drive him to work. Normally, Corden would break out some karaoke…
/end .figure THE ANIMATOR: …So we were thinking, why not center it on the Warner brothers and their sister, Dot? EXEC #1: Who’s we? EXEC #2: The Warner Brothers had a sister? THE ANIMATOR: My fellow toonsmiths and I. And not like, the historical Warner Brothers. We’re talking about cartoon characters created by the…
Say hello to Ramzan Kadyrov. He’s currently notable for two things: 1) He’s what some describe as the despotic leader of Chechnya, a region in Russia, and 2) He has lost his cat. Instagram: @kadyrov_95 Here’s a translated version of Kadyrov’s lamentation posted last week, minus the emojis, provided by The Guardian. We have completely lost…
Looking for a little inspiration this afternoon, but don’t actually want to be uplifted? Well, then get a boost from the solemn Teutonic prose of legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog via the genius Tumblr project Herzog Inspirationals. Take comfort and advice from the man for whom getting shot in the gut was NBD as you learn…
New York City vs. San Francisco: Part Deux — The Cooper Review — Medium. Source: New York City vs. San Francisco: Part Deux — The Cooper Review — Medium
/end .figure For Ted, it was a predictable morning at the local fair trade coffee shop. Co-eds filled the place, desperate for their caffeine fix, using high voices to order Starbucks sizes that weren’t even applicable there. Ted shook his head as yet another pierced the air with her dismay, “So, nothing is pumpkin?” It…