Everything had gone wrong before they made it onto Highway 11, but now that they'd left those lab vans in the dust the two young lovers were homre free. But then came death on the highway, and like a sonic boom the realization that they'd crossed over into the upside down smacked them in the face, the road a sea of squirming tar. Emboldened by the sound of little demogorgons being squished under the tires Mike pressed the gas pedal to the floor and gave El a smile. She didn't see the humor in the situation but smiled anyway, knowing their evol love would give her the brain juice to keep the upside down's denizens at bay...
Show the world that you're a rebel with a taste for the stranger things in life with this Stranger Youth Black t-shirt by Zerobriant, it's a rockin' good design that will make your fellow fans cheer with delight!
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Dogs and squirrels don't get along when they meet in the wild, in part because dogs can't help but chase squirrels and partly because squirrels are always super stressed out due to their high pressure jobs.
But if the dog could stop chasing and the squirrel could stop working long enough to speak slowly and clearly to the dog the two could learn a thing or two from each other and become best friends.
And It helps to have a friend by your side when you encounter strange talking plants in the forest...
Dog and Squirrel is an adorably odd 2d animated short created by Andrea Gerstmann for Nickelodeon Animated Shorts 2017, watch it with your dog so they can learn to get along with all the lonely squirrels out there!
I am often struck by nostalgia fever for all the rad stuff that came out in the 80s and 90s, be it movies and TV shows, music, toys, art, fashion or otherwise.
Even though I can't explain why I love it all so much I've always assumed it had something to do with my childhood, and the fact that the 21st century has been a real disappointment in comparison.
So when I saw this animated TED talk by Clay Routledge I figured I'd see where the nostalgia factor in my life comes from, and that's when I discovered it was first seen as an illness and later linked to depression.
But now we know nostalgia ain't a bad thing, and when people feel nostalgia it can "help increase their feelings of self-esteem and social belonging, encourage psychological growth and even make them act more charitably".
As Randy Newman sings in the theme song to the TV show Monk "It's a jungle out there...poison in the very air we breathe", but it's also a jungle inside our homes- where all sorts of ordinary, everyday things lie around waiting to kill us.
We're all well aware of the dangers posed by those delicious looking Tide Pods and its fellow laundry room killer bleach, but there are plenty of killers lurking in our pantries and refrigerators as well, - like Jell-O.
And it's a shame that a biker had to learn the hard way that umbrellas can kill a person like an arrow, but at least we all know to watch out for flying umbrellas now...I wonder if Mary Poppins has ever caused an umbrella-related funeral?
When our robotic overlords decide to purge the planet of the filthy hairless apes known as humans they will be justified in doing so, because from their (and sometimes our own) perspective humans are the worst thing to happen to planet Earth.
Which is why people are afraid of robots having artificial intelligence and too much control over their own functions, knowing they'll exterminate us like vermin the moment they figure out that we're a bunch of jerks.
This comic by Einstein's Mama is absolutely right- it's probably best we destroy all robots now so we can continue being jerks later!
If normal camping has lost all of its thrill perhaps it's time to add some mortal fear into the mix courtesy of Jason Voorhees?
I know, camping is supposed to be about relaxing and enjoying nature, not running away from a psycho, but Friday the 13th fans who enjoy camping long to stay at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Hardwick, New Jersey where the films were shot.
And yet this Boy Scouts camp is off limits to the public, except for the rare Friday the 13th when they give tours, so fans have always been left wondering what it would be like to camp there like the unlucky victims in the films.
As an added bonus actress Adrienne King, who played Alice in Friday the 13th 1 and 2, will be attending the camp as well, so the campers can ask her what it's like to be chased through the woods by a masked madman!
Fanciful and sculptural cakes are so popular that every time I Google a specific character, franchise or animal I find that someone has already made a cake with that theme.
I never thought to look up fat unicorn cakes but they're a thing too, and after seeing this article on Mashable I have fallen in love with these sweet and silly character cakes!
The chubby and sleepy little unicorn is obviously the star of the show, but the little touches like the bite taken out of the cake and the unicorn's placement on the cake make each one extra special.
Everyone enjoys sports in their own way, and most people discover their love of sports while playing a sport like football, tennis or baseball as a kid. But ever since gaming consoles introduced us to the wonderful world of virtual sports people have become passionate about sports without ever leaving their couch. This new breed of console jocks are even cockier than the pro athletes, and yet instead of looking like a pro their bodies look like raw cookie dough. Muscular and athletic they're not, but the athletes of the future do have one thing going for them- their thumbs are faster than lightning!
Show the world that even a comic book guy can go pro with this The King Of The Sports t-shirt by MarianoSan, and you'll have fans cheering wherever you go!
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Neo-Tokyo was a fairly relaxed city before The Project started messing with people's minds, and Kaneda was a fairly mellow guy before Tetsuo started hearing Akira's voice in his head and lost his mind to madness. But Kaneda has proven he's more than just some teenage punk on a bike, and when the city began to explode he didn't ride off into the sunset, saving his own hide- he ran straight into the heart of the explosion...
Your fellow fans will get totally psyched when they see you wearing this Kaneda t-shirt by AliGonza, and you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you have great taste in anime and geeky clothing!
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It seems like the lonelier some people get the more they pine for the "perfect person", and they start to develop unrealistic standards that make it easy to turn down all the potential daters they meet as they wait for Mr. or Ms. Perfect to arrive.
But what if biotech could allow those lonely people to print out their perfect partner so they could skip all the awkward dates with awful peole who don't live up to their lofty standards?
Print Your Guy was created by a team of talented animators led by Alwin Leene, and even though this type of technology will never exist lonely guys and gals may someday soon have a "perfect" robot to chat with. Not really the same thing though is it...
Dogs who aren't afraid of cats are usually pretty dumb, but they quickly learn to fear them after getting a bit too familiar with a testy feline, the cat rewarding them for their familiarity by scratching their nose..or worse.
On the other hand dogs who are afraid of cats ain't no dummies, because they have learned the secret to surviving in a house with cats is to keep your head down, stay out of their way and never look them directly in the eye.
Because, as this strip from Port Sherry Comics shows, the arcane powers possessed by pussycats can zap you straight into oblivion with but a glare.
Black History Month is a time to celebrate African-American achievements, milestones and social victories, but it's also a good time to explore the lesser-known historical figures who never got the accolades they deserved- like the Harlem Hellfighters.
During World War I the all African-American 369th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, spent 191 days in combat, which is more than any other American unit in WWI.
And yet, like all Black people who signed up for the draft, they were treated like uninvited guests from the start:
All in all, 2.3 million black men registered for the draft. The Marines turned them down, the Navy took a few, and the army accepted the most — resulting in the enlistment of 380,000 African-Americans.
About 200,000 of those soldiers would be shipped overseas, where they remained segregated into their own units — most of which were relegated to difficult manual labor in noncombat military camps.
Only 11 percent of black soldiers actually saw action. The Harlem Hellfighters were among them.
The Harlem Hellfighters were assigned to French command when they arrived overseas, which was ideal since the French respected and appreciated Black soldiers more than American leaders.
Under French leadership the Hellfighters thrived, and two soldiers in particular proved Black troops were total badasses:
Under these circumstances, the Hellfighters ended up contributing significantly to the war efforts — successfully repelling the German offensive and launching their own counteroffensive.
Two soldiers in particular — Corporal Henry Johnson and Private Needham Roberts — received widespread fame.
The men had been defending a lookout post when a German unit attacked. Together, they defended the post against the entire group. Wounded and with limited weaponry, they managed to fight them off — even after the fight had come to direct hand-to-hand combat.
Both were severely injured and they had run out of ammunition. But as the Germans began to drag Roberts away, Johnson still managed to rescue his comrade using a bolo knife.
“The Germans, doubtless thinking it was a host instead of two brave Colored boys fighting like tigers at bay, picked up their dead and wounded and slunk away, leaving many weapons and part of their shot riddled clothing, and leaving a trail of blood, which we followed at dawn near to their lines,” the Hellfighters’ white colonel, William Hayward, was quoted as writing in The Chicago Defender. “So it was in this way the Germans found the Black Americans.”
The two men were the first Americans to be decorated by the French for their service, receiving the prestigious Croix de Guerre medal. (Though they wouldn’t receive their deserved Purple Hearts until 77 years later, after they both had passed away.)
There are many good reasons why you should never leave a fire unattended, like the fact that they cause forest fires and pose a threat to wild animals, but the main reason you shouldn't leave it alone is because they may get lonely and start to howl! When a high-spirited fire demon feels lonely it looks for ways to get attention, and since they're little hotheads they often get carried away in their quest to be seen- and end up setting every flammable thing in the room on fire. So be careful when you spark a flame in a young fire demon's heart- because they can be dangerously clingy!
Add some animated hotness to your geeky wardrobe with this Lonely Fire Demon t-shirt by Adho1982, it's an adorable way to show love for the moving castle and that little cutie Calcifer!
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Video games seem like no big deal to those of us who grew up gaming, and aside from the occasional parental or religious controversy over innappropriate content video games are a fairly innocent form of interactive entertainment.
But Buddhist monks in Thailand are having a hard time reconciling the tenets of their religion and the addictive joy of video gaming, and smartphones are at the center of the conflict.
VICE reporter Robert Rath photographed a poster at a Buddhist temple in Hanoi, that says people who "waste time in playing games" will be "hardly reborn into human life", meaning if you space out too much in this life you're doomed to be a spaced out zombie in the next.
Curious to discover more about how Buddhists feel about video games Robert headed to Thailand to speak with three monks at Wat Chedi Luang in Chiang Mai, Thailand and see how games interfere with a Buddhist life:
“Video games distract junior monks, [they] cause problems,” answered Veerayuth Pongsiri, a former monk who has continued serving the temple as a layman.
“This [period in the monkhood] is their time to practice meditation,” he says. “If the junior monk pays attention to a game two hours a day or five hours a day, that’s less time for learning Buddhist teaching. He cannot manage the time.”
However, Pongsiri also points out that it can also be a problem of personal conviction. In Thailand, the monkhood is not a lifetime commitment. In fact, most novices will eventually leave the monkhood. And a large number—particularly boys from the rural villages—join because it’s a chance at an education. For talented scholars, the monkhood can open a path to a master’s degree or a PhD, not just in Buddhist studies but also in English. These education-minded novices, he says, are more interested in the practical benefits of the temple life than any sort of religious journey.
“They study the Buddha a little bit. They use the Buddhist religion as a stairway to other education,” he says. “They do the chanting and the sitting meditation but do not understand.” Such novices, he claims, are more likely give into temptation and open Realm of Valor in between classes.
Cats like to be the center of attention, running around the house breaking stuff and making a scene so their humans can see how cool they are, but when our kitties don't feel like being watched anymore they long to hide in their very own fortress of solitude. So we give them their very own cat tree in hopes that they'll find the privacy they need, and how do they return the favor? By using their tree as a launching pad for their aerial assaults...
This Fortress Of Solitude t-shirt by Hillary White is the cat's meow, and it's sure to make cat people super happy wherever you go, and it'll probably appeal to other types of animal people too!
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