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afternoonsnoozebutton: See if that was my wedding, I’d be the one with those shoes. Haha thats pretty awesome.

afternoonsnoozebutton:

See if that was my wedding, I’d be the one with those shoes.

Haha thats pretty awesome.

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thedailywhat: Beautiful Perspective of the Day: Infographic on drug-related deaths vs. proportion of users vs. media coverage in the UK, prepared by David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful for a Guardian blog article on the subject. Note on cannabis-related deaths: The cannabis deaths figure is a bit dubious in my opinion. Firstly, how can you die from cannabis? It’s extremely non-toxic. There has never been a single documented case of fatal cannabis overdose. Also, the government’s own figures don’t tally. While drug figures from the Office Of National Statistics register 19 cannabis related deaths, the mortality stats from the same office log only 1 death. You can view the raw data used to compile this inforgraphic here. [via.]

thedailywhat:

Beautiful Perspective of the Day: Infographic on drug-related deaths vs. proportion of users vs. media coverage in the UK, prepared by David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful for a Guardian blog article on the subject.

Note on cannabis-related deaths:

The cannabis deaths figure is a bit dubious in my opinion. Firstly, how can you die from cannabis? It’s extremely non-toxic. There has never been a single documented case of fatal cannabis overdose. Also, the government’s own figures don’t tally. While drug figures from the Office Of National Statistics register 19 cannabis related deaths, the mortality stats from the same office log only 1 death.

You can view the raw data used to compile this inforgraphic here.

[via.]

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“Sexual behaviors” kill 20x more people in the US per year than swine flu.

afternoonsnoozebutton:

Dear People Who Are Paranoid About Swine Flu,

This just popped up in Google news: “Eco Worldly: Swine Flu: First Case of Pet Cat Contracting H1N1”

Oh no holy crap a cat might die (note: tons of cats get run over by cars and die of starvation every day. Why do we care about this one more than the rest?)

It’s just like normal flu, with an animal’s name attached to the front of it. Why does that freak out out so much?

73% of all flu cases this year are swine flu, meaning that it’s pretty much this year’s seasonal flu strain. You’re not going to die from it, unless you take really bad care of yourself, have some underlying conditions, don’t get medical help, or are under six months. (If you’re under six months, you’re not reading this blog , meaning that you, dear readers, are probably not going to die from the swine flu.)

As of last week, we’ve had 1000 people die of the swine flu in the US. Yes, that’s kind of a lot, but consider this:

So, how dangerous is swine flu? Not very. Everybody, chill the fuck out.

A chill pill: the swine flu cure that America needs most.

Awesomely Bad TV Show “AH! WHAT WAS THAT?” “WAIT.. WHAT WAS THAT? WHO’S THERE? WHATS THAT?” Destination Truth. 5 minutes of “Truth” seeking, 55 minutes of watching other people on vacation; with a mix of product placement and crossovers for other SyFy shows. They had their “Mid-Season Finale” the other day, what does that mean anyway? Then there are the things they look for like the Loch Ness Monster and mutant Chinchillas, and their expeditions to radioactive Chernobyl followed up by trying to die in the Bermuda Triangle. Josh Gates, the host and star of the show, gets paid to travel around the world and shout at the natives that don’t speak English, because you know… shouting at someone really increases the level of understanding. With all this douchebaggery its still more interesting and produces more content than Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International and Ghost Hunters Academy… Put together. And don’t get me started on Ghost Adventures and Ghost Lab ~ The Chef P.S. WTF is up with the scarf obsession?

Awesomely Bad TV Show

“AH! WHAT WAS THAT?”

“WAIT.. WHAT WAS THAT? WHO’S THERE? WHATS THAT?”

Destination Truth. 5 minutes of “Truth” seeking, 55 minutes of watching other people on vacation; with a mix of product placement and crossovers for other SyFy shows. They had their “Mid-Season Finale” the other day, what does that mean anyway? Then there are the things they look for like the Loch Ness Monster and mutant Chinchillas, and their expeditions to radioactive Chernobyl followed up by trying to die in the Bermuda Triangle. Josh Gates, the host and star of the show, gets paid to travel around the world and shout at the natives that don’t speak English, because you know… shouting at someone really increases the level of understanding. With all this douchebaggery its still more interesting and produces more content than Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International and Ghost Hunters Academy… Put together. And don’t get me started on Ghost Adventures and Ghost Lab

~ The Chef

P.S. WTF is up with the scarf obsession?

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Awesomely Bad Bad Guys This Gangster/Murder Looks like Lord Voldemort. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/prosecutors-ayache-gang-2638051-one-party Thanks to http://totallylookslike.com/ for the inspration!

Awesomely Bad Bad Guys

This Gangster/Murder Looks like Lord Voldemort.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/prosecutors-ayache-gang-2638051-one-party

Thanks to http://totallylookslike.com/ for the inspration!

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pics of Soviets launching a drunk piglet out of a cannon
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michreplies: AW SO CUTE

michreplies:

AW SO CUTE

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Another Awesomely Bad Mother in Law Moment

My mother in law speaks with a Mayan accent. A thick one. I wish you could hear it, someday you will and I promise you that you will die of laughter.  This is all relevant in the case of the “Holland Cheese.”

So one day while shopping at Sam’s Club, my mother in law had bought a round piece of cheese wrapped in red packaging that apparently was the best cheese she had ever had, but she could not remember what the name of the cheese was, other than the fact that on the package it had the word Holland on it.

She called the Sam’s Club where she bought the cheese and in her very thick accent proceeded to ask the clerk on the phone if they “had the halland chese” the clerk did not understand. Of course.

Again.

MIL:”Do you have the halland chese?!”

Clerk:”What”

MIL: “HALLAND CHESE!”

Clerk: “Ma’am I don’t know what you are asking for.”

MIL: “HALLAND CHESE! HALLAND CHESE! HALLAND CHESE!!!!

Clerk hangs up.

My mother in law proceeds to call the store back and scream into the phone “HALLAND CHEESE!”  slam down the phone several times and hang up.

I then had to help by calling the store for her and asking if they had Gouda cheese. The clerk said yes, its $6.99. My mother in law calmly said thank you and acted like nothing had happened. I did the same. But I will never forget the incident of the “HALLAND CHESE.”

~The Nihilist

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Murphys Law: Awesome at the Worst Possible Moment

So I have been working ever since I was old enough to, and trying to go to college all while keeping a roof over my head. Its been the usual amount of challenging. This past June I married the Conscientious Objector and the two of us have been trying to get our priorities straight. With the economy in the gutter and both of us being laid off, it gave us both time to think long and hard about the next move in this chess game called life, my move is to stop working and finally complete my degree, which takes a ton of dedication being that I am perusing Biological Sciences. I put my foot down and said “No matter how broke we are, I am not looking for a job and next semester I will go back to school full time with a vengeance!” Less than a month after I made that statement, I get news that the perfect job is pretty much being handed to me, should I choose to accept it.

Damn it! I am sticking to my guns! Long term gain over short term happiness!

~The Nihilist

Update: Awesomely Bad Food Run

So after consuming not one serving of cake and ice cream drizzled in baileys mint Irish cream…. i had another. I did indeed have french toast for breakfast and now I feel like I am going to go into a diabetic coma. Whats the solution? Coke! downing one right now! Okay, its diet so it doesn’t have real sugar in it, I’m only in it for the caffeine. Lets see how I make it through this weekend, with 2/3 of a cake left 1/2 a gallon of ice cream and birthday festivities lined up until Sunday, I foresee a stomach pumping in my future. Wish me luck!

~The Nihilist