Laughing Squid
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A Self-Destructive Roomba Caught in a Plastic Bag Throws Itself Off the Stairs To an Untimely Death
A seemingly self-destructive Roomba took a wild spin around the living room with a plastic bag draped over its sensor, running rampant from corner to…
Wolf Blitzer Moderates a Tense Family Thanksgiving Meal on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer moderates a tense family Thanksgiving meal in a sketch from The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Blitzer tries to keep people on topic…
Whimsical Playing Arts, A Minimalist Redesign of the Traditional Deck of 52 Playing Cards
A photo posted by Oksal Yesilok (@oksalyesilok) on Sep 29, 2016 at 9:25am PDT Istanbul designer and illustrator Oksal Yesilok has created Whimsical Playing Arts,…
The Tense War Between Retailers and Food Companies Over Grocery Store Shelf Space
A Vox report by Phil Edwards explores slotting fees and the tense war between retailers and food companies over grocery store shelf space. The video…
Gabe the Dog Barks a Festive Cover of ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’
Christian Gassner of Rapid Liquid has created a multitrack video of Gabe, Jesse Hamel’s cute little dog that’s a mix of American Eskimo and Pomeranian,…
Overzealous Shoppers Use VR Headsets to Play Out Violent Black Friday Shopping Scenarios
Black Friday goes virtual in a comedy sketch by Above Average that stars Annie Donley and Ken Beck as overzealous shoppers using VR headsets to…
Hannah Horvath Wants to Leave Her Mark on New York in a Teaser for the Final Season of Girls
Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) wants to leave her mark on New York City in a short teaser for the sixth and final season of the…
You Can Now See How Crowded a Store is in Real-Time Using Google’s ‘Popular Times’ Feature
Google has added real-time and department-specific results to its “Popular Times” feature to help users make plans in time for busy Black Friday shopping. Just…
ABC’s of Evil, Cute Children’s Book Style Illustrations of Pop Culture Monsters and Villains
Columbus, Ohio artist Jeremy Kalgreen of Amorphia Apparel has created the ABC’s of Evil, a series of cute children’s book style illustrations of pop culture…
How to Tell the Difference Between a Venomous Water Moccasin and a Banded Water Snake
Coyote Peterson captured a venomous water moccasin and a non-venomous banded water snake, comparing them side-by-side.