Some people say the parents are to blame for what happened in Stranger Things because they didn't keep a closer eye on their kids, but the weird events in Hawkins would have happened no matter how strict their parents had been.
And you can't blame single mother of two Joyce Byers for what happened to Will- she just gave him the freedom every kid wants, and she did help save him from the Upside Down after all.
That being said Joyce Byers probably won't be teaching a class on parenting anytime soon, but if some adult school were foolish enough to let her teach her class would probably look something like this Nerdist parody- only with less students.
There has never been a better time to join a political movement and work with your fellow citizens to make positive changes happen in your world, and when faced with tyranny and injustice there has never been a better time to resist. But resistance isn't a Republican or Democrat issue, it isn't a liberal or conservative issue, and it's not just a black and white issue- it's a people issue, done by the people for the good of all the world's citizens. Because when the powers that be take our rights for granted and try to take control of our lives out of our hands it's our responsibility to resist and show them that we won't accept their despotism without a fight.
Get geared up for the political revolution at hand with this Resist t-shirt by Flaming Imp, it's a great way to show your fellow citizens that you're willing to fight for your rights and bring about positive change for good!
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Do you ever feel like your life is some strange reality TV show that you have no control over? Did you think this way before you saw The Truman Show?
If not then you're probably just suffering frum Truman Show syndrome, which makes you question everything you see and hear because it might be part of some elaborate stage show starring you.
But, as this Hot Paper Comics strip shows, if you start to see strange stuff in the skies, like glitches in your perception of reality, and you've never seen The Truman Show then you may be the unwilling participant in a strange experiment...enjoy the rest of your weird life!
In the beginning the depth of an archaeologist's research was limited by how far they could dig, but 20th century technology, such as carbon dating and ground penetrating radar, helped advance the field to new lows.
And now light detection and ranging scanning (lidar) technology has led to an exciting discovery in western Mexico- an ancient "lost" city with as many buildings as Manhattan, built by the Aztec's rivals the Purépecha:
“To think that this massive city existed in the heartland of Mexico for all this time and nobody knew it was there is kind of amazing,” said Chris Fisher, an archaeologist at Colorado State University who is presenting the latest findings from the study at the conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Austin, Texas, this week.
While less well known than the Aztecs, the Purépecha were a major civilisation in central Mexico in the early 16th century, before Europeans arrived and wreaked havoc through war and disease. Purépecha cities included an imperial capital called Tzintzuntzan that lies on the edge of Lake Pátzcuaro in western Mexico, an area in which modern Purépecha communities still live.
Using lidar, researchers have found that the recently-discovered city, known as Angamuco, was more than double the size of Tzintzuntzan – although probably not as densely populated – extending over 26 km2 of ground that was covered by a lava flow thousands of years ago.
“That is a huge area with a lot of people and a lot of architectural foundations that are represented,” said Fisher. “If you do the maths, all of a sudden you are talking about 40,000 building foundations up there, which is [about] the same number of building foundations that are on the island of Manhattan.”
First found by researchers in 2007, archeologists initially attempted to explore Angamuco using a traditional “boots on the ground” approach, resulting in the discovery of about 1,500 architectural features over each square kilometre surveyed. But the team soon realised the rugged terrain meant it would take at least a decade to map the whole area.
Instead, since 2011 the lidar technique has been used to map a 35km2 area, revealing an astonishing array of features at high resolution, from pyramids and temples to road systems, garden areas for growing food and even ball courts.
So far more than 7,000 architectural features over a 4km2 area seen using lidar have been verified by the team on the ground, with excavations undertaken at seven locations to shed further light on the site.
Most Emo kids are misunderstood by their parents, who see Emo as nothing but a moody phase they're going through, but Emo Dad feels their angst and totally gets what they're going through- because he's going through the same thing himself.
His approach to parenting is clearly "if you can't cheer them up then join them in their sulk", but for some strange reason his Emo son doesn't dig having an Emo Dad to share his guyliner with- go figure!
Japanese capsule hotels have such a specific interior layout that it's really hard to do anything with them when they go out of business, plus these days the hotel business is all about luxury and comfort, which makes capsule hotels an even harder sell.
Many owners choose to renovate the property rather than sell, and when hotel company Nine Hours decided to renovate their outdated capsule hotel they hired Jo Nagasaka's Schemata Architects, who transformed it into a warm, wooden oasis.
Since capsule hotels are stereotypically known for having saunas Schemata felt like including these beautiful wooden saunas on two of the eight floors would give the Do-C (or ℃) a classic feel while giving them the luxurious amenities they're looking for.
And since the capsules themselves had to stay Schemata used their original color scheme as inspiration for the entire place, going with a clean, natural wood feel throughout:
“The color of the existing capsules—an old-fashioned beige reminiscent of the retro design period—was rather difficult to handle,” the firm writes. “But we intentionally used it as a base color for the interior to eradicate the impression of the existing capsules.”
To complement the capsules, Schemata Architects filled the eight-story hotel with subtle finishes that bring out the warmth of the space. This meant installing plywood cabinetry and shelving, dark concrete floors, and clear FPR (fiber reinforced plastic) in specific areas of the hotel interior. The result is woodsy, yet industrial, providing visitors with a mix of clean lines and retro finishes.
Unless your history teacher was a real history buff or they had an affinity for the dark side of life your high school and college history courses probably left out most of the creepy bits.
If sharks could talk they'd probably have lots to say about the humans who keep invading their waters, and even though some of them would say hateful things just as many would have nothing but good things to say about humanity. Of course, their compliments could be taken two ways- either they mean they like people figuratively, as in they enjoy the company of humans, or they could mean it literally, as in they enjoy the taste of our succulent flesh! Okay, so maybe we're better off not knowing what's on a shark's mind...
Add some aquatic fun to your geeky wardrobe with this JAAAWWWS t-shirt by AnishaCreations, it's a hilarious way to show love for your favorite sea creature and show the world how much they want to love us back!
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There's a feeling you get when you're staring into the maw of a giant creature that wants to devour you whole, and it's the same feeling that makes your gut churn when you have to jump a chasm or avoid a deadly trap with an 18 and above on a d20- the "oh s#$t" feeling. It's the feeling of knowing your character's virtual life may be going to hell and it all depends on the roll of the dice- and they love to crit fail at the most inopportune times. So maybe you'd better invest in some adult diapers before your next D&D session!
Show the world how RPGs make you feel like a kid again with this Blowout t-shirt by Dungeon Crate, it's sure to make your fellow gamers pee their pants with laughter!
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Foxes and whales are two creatures that are extremely unlikely to ever meet, but foxes do love to eat fish so they might go wandering down to the shore to satisfy their curiosity and search for an easy meal.
Since foxes are used to life in the forest this oceanside environment might throw them for a loop, but in the end it's the fox's curiosity that got him into trouble and it's his curiosity that will save him.
Fox And The Whale is a slow moving but beautiful "independently produced and self-financed Animated short film" by Robin Joseph and Kim Leow from Patch Of Orange studio, an animated tribute to curiosity and nature's magical ways.
Superheroes often have bizarre and mysterious origin stories that involve freak accidents, alien rays or latent mutated genes that allow the character to manifest super powers.
These origin stories can take a single issue or an entire story arc to explain, but the crafty artists as Pop Chart Lab were able to reduce the origin story of 36 Marvel superheroes to just a few minimalist panels each.
Marvel Origins: A Sequential Compendium is an infographic like none you've seen before, and while it's wordless save for the name of each character there's plenty of POW! BANG! ZOOM! in each powerful panel!
I constantly run into two problems when I discover a new animated series I like- the series is hard to find online, much less on disc or streaming service, and the series was inevitably cancelled after a season or two.
Flapjack lived for three seasons but had to die so Adventure Time could live, Sym-Bionic Titan was cancelled after one season and only two episodes of Mission Hill aired before the WB cut it from their lineup.
These shows were all criminally underrated but didn't make it onto WatchMojo's list of Top 10 Underrated Cartoon Series, but Duckman was number 1 on their list and that was one of the greatest cartoon shows ever made!
The characters who star in Disney movies tend to look nothing alike unless they're siblings like Elsa and Anna in Frozen, and the diversity of the cast is a big part of what makes Disney movies so visually appealing.
So considering how different Belle and the Beast, Merida and the mama bear and Aladdin and Abu look it's surprising how well their faces go together in these two-faced mashups by Instagrammer dada16808.
Dada16808 is really good at adding detail to her character portraits without dramatically altering their original Disney look, and the split face effect looks cool no matter which two characters she puts together.
There is no restaurant too small, too fancy or too franchise-y to receive a review on Yelp, yet most of the reviews related to the big fast food chains are posted by people who act like they've never been to a fast food restaurant.
That's because most Yelpers take themselves a bit too seriously, critiquing places like McDonald's as if they're serious food critics slumming at a fast food joint, and their reviews are completely unhelpful.
But when someone writes a review that is both hilarious and helpful they deserve to be upgraded to platinum level Yelper status, along with the folks who manage to tear down Mickey D's in a funny way without lowering their star status.
The truth is Yelpers suck unless they're either being funny or putting their ego aside and sharing helpful information, and even though I rarely go by Yelper reviews unless the restaurant has a low rating I always have room for another funny review!
Sitcoms are formulaic by design, and even though the cast, types of characters and settings change the situations that lead to the funny bits stay the same.
Situations like main character falls in love with other main character, main characters have a housing crisis on their hands or main character feuds with neighbor are all commonly found in sitcoms- and so are crazy situations like kids crashing cars into houses.
This sort of thing hardly ever happens in real life, but for some reason virtually every sitcom ever made has an episode where a character (usually an unlicensed kid) crashes a car into a house.
This situation wouldn't be funny in real life, but do you know who are funny in real life yet rarely seen outside of a zoo but can be found in a ton of sitcoms too?
Chimpanzees, that's who, and it's no wonder writers include chimps in so many sitcoms even though nobody ever gets to hang out with them in real life- because the on-screen moments are priceless.
