With great knowledge comes great wisdom, with great vision comes great foresight, with great power comes greater responsibility, and with a great many number of things to watch this wizard ends up watching porn.
Eh, sounds about right. (Comic by Slack Wyrm Comics)
-Via Geeks Are Sexy
Netflix has become a powerhouse in the entertainment industry, and the original shows and movies they're making nowadays are so beloved people have forgotten Netflix started out as a small DVD by mail service.
But in their quest to grow more powerful by creating original content that will crush the competition they released some serious flops- like when they gave Ashton Kutcher his own sitcom called The Ranch.
With overly predictable storylines and stereotypical country characters The Ranch is an homage to the classic American sitcom that fell flat with both viewers and critics alike, and yet Netflix still hasn't cancelled the show for some reason. Maybe they think the third season's the charm?
This WatchMojo compilation focuses on the failures of streaming media powerhouse Netflix, showing us that even giants stumble once in a while but Netflix doesn't look like it's going to fall flat anytime soon!
New York City played host to many bourgeoning music scenes in the 1970s, from Glam to Disco to Hip Hop, but the Punk scene definitely rocked NYC the hardest- and made the biggest impact on the city.
Punks like Ramones, Billy Idol, Blondie, New York Dolls and Richard Hell were all trendsetters in both music and fashion, and unlike the politically charged UK scene the NYC punk scene was equal parts artsy fartsy and party party party.
These rare candid shots shared by photographer Julia Gorton on her Instagram feed give us an intimate look at a young NYC punk scene, showing what it was like for her to hang at CBGB's in the 70s as a young transplant from Delaware:
Gorton saved up her money and bought the best Polaroid camera she could afford; after relocating to the city, shed used no other camera for that first year, she capturing the likes of Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, and David Byrne. “When you had a large unusual camera that made instant prints, it was easy to approach people,” she said, though she admits she was quite shy at first. “It was very dark at CBGBs. Sometimes the photos didn’t come out the first time. Since the film was expensive, I only shot a few frames of each subject.”
In recent years, Gorton began looking through her archive of prints, and realized she could use more modern technologies to find the hidden figures in the darker images. “One print I kept was an underexposed shot of Tom Verlaine, almost completely black, with just the slightest shadow of him visible. With Photoshop, I was able to scan and finally pull him out of the shadows of decades past,” she said, musing that the image is reminiscent of an Edward Steichen portrait.
See A 70s Photographer Unveils The Ultimate New York PUnk Archive On Instagram at GARAGE
The pirates of olde were from all different countries, social classes and walks of life, but the ones we see in popular media tend to be either British, Spanish or Dutch thanks to books like Treasure Island and Captain Blood.
But despite their lack of representation in popular media the pirates who hailed from Germany were among the most dastardly and deadly buccaneers on the high seas.
Germany's most famous pirate was Kapitän Klaus Störtebeker, who was dubbed Störtebeker because he could down four litres of beer in one gulp. But drinking beer wasn't Klaus' only skill:
Born in Wismar in 1360, Kapitän Störtebeker was originally a legitimate privateer, engaging in daring exploits as commander of a privateer group known as the Victual brothers, or “Vitalienbrüder.” Following the removal of the Victual Brothers from the Island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea where their base was located in the port town of Visby, Störtebeker and several other prominent privateers went rogue, capturing and plundering Hanseatic ships of trade and defense plying the Baltic and North Sea willy-nilly.
Inflicting great damage to shipping and embedding himself as legend, the rogue captor of ships was himself captured after a standoff gone wrong with a Hamburgian Fleet under the command of Simon of Utrecht, a German privateer and Hamburg city council member. Sentenced to death in Hamburg, Kapitän Störtebeker was executed by sword in 1401 (as depicted above). According to legend, his headless corpse walked past some of the bodies of his men after making a deal that any of his men whom his corpse could pass while walking after decapitation would themselves be spared. His life and accomplishments are now immortalized through a statue placed in Hamburg, the city where he was executed. In modern times, a statue of Störtebeker stands in Hamburg, the city of his demise, to commemorate the pirate and his exploits as a key interest point in German culture and history.
Where Klaus was seen as a rather heroic figure his 14th century contemporary Hennig Wichmans was seen as a real brutal and savage bastard, the type of guy that made people live in fear of pirates:
A brutal sea raider, German Pirate Hennig Wichmann was known for having survivors thrown overboard amongst his exploits in North Sea shipping raids and Baltic Sea attacks in the late 1300s. Originally a privateer serving the Dukes of Mecklenberg as part of the Victual Brothers privateer group tasked with interrupting enemy shipping runs by the Danish, Wichmann and other remaining crew members formed the illegitimate organization of pirates known as the “Likedeelers,” a word meaning “equal sharers.”
Equally they may have shared, but their treatment of crew captured was less than reasonable in the majority of cases. Set on plundering the ships of the Hanseatic league in the North and Baltic seas long after an end to official hostilities, Wichmann was focused on the plunder of vulnerable ships, ignoring official policy, states of hostility or peace, and the well-being of those captured. Hated in his time for having gone rogue, little mercy remained for Wichmann once he was captured by the authorities at hand. Along with 73 members of his crew, he was executed in Hamburg in 1402, showing that those who live by the sword indeed may die by the sword.
It's important for everyone to learn some life saving techniques such as CPR, first aid and the Heimlich maneuver so they can be of service to a someone in need and hopefully save their life.
But able-bodied individuals may be called upon to do more in an emergency situation- like carrying a wounded person to safety.
This may seem like a tall order, especially if you're not very strong or physically fit, but as former Army Ranger Wil Willis shows us in this video picking up a person and carrying them to safety is fairly easy once you've mastered the Ranger Roll.
-Via Laughing Squid
As a general rule comics that become really big and really famous refrain from including material that would be considered controversial, offensive or too adult to be enjoyed by a wide audience.
And the bigger the title the less challenging the material, so Mickey Mouse comic strips and the action packed panels of Wonder Woman are the last place you'd expect to find controversy.
But back in the day both comics included material that is seen as controversial these days but was always seen as totally bonkers- like hide inside a dead elephant bonkers.
When Wonder Woman learns that the elephants at a circus keep dropping like flies she suspects foul play is afoot, so she hides inside a taxidermied baby elephant to find out what's up and foil the bad guy's evil plan. And that's when things get really weird:
Ed King talks with Wonder Woman and Steve and expresses his fears that the dying elephants will ruin his show. Wonder Woman and Etta Candy dress up as a baby elephant to try to find out who is poisoning the elephants. They find themselves in the midst of a Burmese worship ritual, in which the Burmese say that they will use the elephants to trample the "foreign devils." Suddenly a large elephant appears and inadvertently blows Wonder Woman and Etta's cover. The Burmese take them prisoner and plan to sacrifice them to the Elephant Gods.
Meanwhile, the thugs return and take two of the Burmese men hostage. Steve Trevor follows them. Back at the circus, Dom Carney meets up with Elva, but Uncle Ed King also appears and fires Dom from the show under suspicion of being the person poisoning the elephants. An elephant, following orders from some of the other Burmese men, snatches Elva and makes off with her. Ed and Dom chase after them on horseback.
Elva is brought to the same Elephant Temple that the Burmese have brought Wonder Woman and Etta to. The three of them are to be sacrificed for the Elephant Spirits. San Yan admits that his people have been killing the elephants to set their spirits free. Wonder Woman notices that San Yan speaks with a Japanese accent, so she breaks free of her bonds. Steve, Ed, and Dom all arrive, and as a group they defeat the Burmese men who are actually Japanese spies. Now free of suspicions, Dom gets Ed's permission to be with Elva.
On the other hand the controversy found in the pages of the old Mickey Mouse comic strip can be summed up by these three panels:
Mickey kicking a character in the kiester who is clearly gay wasn't seen as that big of a deal when the strip came out in the 1930s, but Disney knew the part where he calls the character a "cream puff" was wrong- so they edited that bit to make it more PC:
See 5 Famous Comics That Got Totally Insane Out Of The Blue at Cracked (NSFW language)
Mutant Babies by Harebrained Design
When you're an odd looking, anthropomorphic and orphaned animal you get used to humans treating you like an outcast, and when you start to develop mutant powers at an early age you expect humans to be less than friendly to you when you try to live peacefully among them. But Professor Nanny taught the Mutant Babies tolerance instead of prejudice, happiness instead of fear, and she showed them how the power of cute can be used like a psychic power on unsuspecting humans, making them putty in your little furry hands!
Add some fleecy mashup fun to your geeky wardrobe with this Mutant Babies t-shirt by Harebrained Design, it's the mup-tastic way to show love for the mutants of X and those cute little puppet kids too!
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Whether you live deep in the urban jungle, amidst the suburban lawns or way out in the country you know life can get a bit hairy at times, and you need smarts and the proper gear to survive in this wild world of ours.
But there's one survival trick that people don't value highly enough- the eye dazzle. Whether you want to wear a shirt that allows you to blend in, sport something visually appealing that captures the eye or don a design that blows people's minds the NeatoShop's got the shirt you need to survive in the wilds of human society and beyond!
There are all kinds of savage beasties out there disguised as ordinary people
Ven-Ommm by Harebrained Design
And killer critters just waiting to gobble us up
So if you want to survive you've gotta learn to fit in
Straight Outta Locash by PennyTees
And if you can't beat 'em join 'em!
Some people have very strict rules about the people they're willing to date, which limits the pool of daters available to them, but for the Girls it's as simple as getting on board that friendship train. Those dynamic divas have guys lining up to ask them out on a date, but they don't want no scrubs, scary weirdos or scumbags- they want someone who places importance on friendship and has something to offer besides the old wham bam thank you baby. Dating someone with spice is like taking a multiple choice test, only the answer is always D) all of the above!
Add retro girl group flavor to your geeky wardrobe with this Spice Test t-shirt by AsyramDesign, it's a fun way to weed out all the rotten daters out there who wanna waste your time.
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The "Corpse Flower" is one of the most unusual and beautiful plants in the world, and even though you've heard the name you've probably never seen one in person.
This tropical plant with the gross yet familiar name is known for both its rare beauty and its disgusting smell, but there's a whole lot more to the rare Titan Arum plant than a bad stench and a beautiful appearance.
And, as you'll see in this episode of the KQED series "Deep Look" the Corpse Flower isn't a flower at all, and it uses both its bad stench and flowery appearance to help it survive:
A corpse flower’s whole survival strategy is based on deception. It’s not a flower and it’s not a rotting dead animal, but it mimics both. Pollination remains out of sight, deep within the plant. KQED’s Deep Look staff was able to film inside a corpse flower, revealing the rarely-seen moment when the plant’s male flowers release glistening strings of pollen.
-Via Laughing Squid
Movies typically stay in theaters anywhere from one to two months, and even bad movies last two or three weeks in theaters to try and recoup as much of the budget as possible.
But some movies are so horrendously awful it's a wonder they ever got made at all, much less made it into theaters, and they are pulled so fast most people aren't even aware of their existence.
Johnny Depp has been in some massive blockbusters, but his campy comedy Mordecai was so epically bad it was pulled from 90% of theaters carrying it during its third week, the third biggest theater drop of all time.
On the flipside there's Max Steel, a movie based on a toy line and cartoon that had no big names, zero audience reception and a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Oh, and it came nowhere near recouping its $10 million budget.
This WatchMojo compilation counts down some of Hollywood's biggest flops, from the aforementioned Mordecai to the less-than-super Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth.
Wild animals don't think of their fellow critters as much more than noisy neighbors, predators or prey, but to humans who adore animals these wonderful creatures are seen as superstars.
We love looking at pictures of them, view videos of them doing their thing in the wild with wonder, and we see them as some of the most beautiful residents of planet Earth.
So when former landscape photographer Joachim Munter decided to start shooting the critters that inhabited each natural scene instead of the scene as a whole he felt it only right to shoot them like you'd shoot a super model.
Joachim's fabulous portraits of the critters who live in the forests around Helsinki, Finland almost seem staged, but that's because Joachim takes the time to make his wild models feel comfortable around him:
Upon first glance, these animals look like they were trained. From a curious fox to a hungry squirrel, Munter builds such a strong bond with the creatures, they look perfectly comfortable while in front of his lens. "Wildlife photography is all about gaining the trust of the animals," Munter said. "The most important thing - in my opinion - is not to chase the animals. You just need time and patience; let the animal become comfortable around you."
India is a big country, and yet when it comes to food, fashion, music and movies the entire country gets lumped together as one.
But there's actually two Indias, North and South, Hindu and Muslim, and the two regions have very different tastes in food, music and fashion, although they both enjoy Bollywood films.
But the focus of this film by Jovita George is on fashion, bridal makeup to be exact, and Jovita shows us the difference between Hindu and Muslim bridal makeup in a really cool way- by applying the styles to each side of her face and becoming a living side-by-side comparison.
-Via Boing Boing
Iconic movie quotes don't need to be translated because no matter what language a movie lover speaks, and no matter what language an iconic film has been translated into, the quote is always best known in its original form.
Ever fascinated by the power of Google Translate those mythical video guys Rhett & Link of Good Mythical Morning fed famous movie quotes into Google Translate over and over again until they got weird.
Then they had their friend, famous actor Jimmi Simpson, join them in acting out the terrible translations, which really showcased his acting skills!
-Via Geeks Are Sexy
Sometimes a cup of hot tea seems to warm both your heart and soul, as the relaxing wave of warmth soothes your spirit and calms you from within.
Those who find comfort in a cup of tea tend to stick with their favorite varieties and flavors as they're a reliable source of comfort and a familiar taste.
But if they would just step out of their comfort zone a bit they would find a world of amazing hot teas out there to try- like Royal Milk Tea, which is made with Ceylon, Assam and Darjeeling, milk and sugar.
You may have heard the name Yerba Mate and wondered what the buzz is all about. Well, according to one site it has the “strength of coffee, the health benefits of tea, and the euphoria of chocolate" all in one beverage.
This South American staple has been taking the tea drinking world by storm, and even though the process of drinking Yerba Mate is a bit odd don't worry! It's a wonderful experience for tea drinkers, as long as you can handle a caffeine kick:
This slightly bitter drink is made by pouring hot water over dried leaves and twigs from the yerba mate plant. The tea is typically brewed in a gourd or gourd-shaped container and drunk through a metal straw called a bombilla. If you’re invited to drink yerba mate in Argentina or Uruguay, it’s polite to drink it as is, but if you’re brewing your own at home, it’s fine to add a little honey or sugar.
See 8 Varieties Of Hot Tea Everyone Should Try at Mental Floss
