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And Yet, I Don't Want To Hug You Back
FailBlog - 5 hours 23 min ago
Submitted by: Unknown
Tagged: snuggie , 80s , rainbow bright , classic , funny , poorly dressed , g rated Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
Anchorman 2 Teaser Trailer Delivers Snake Venom to Fat Faces Everywhere - TheHDRoom
Entertainment Wire - 5 hours 31 min ago
TheHDRoomAnchorman 2 Teaser Trailer Delivers Snake Venom to Fat Faces Everywhere
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Anchorman 2 Teaser Trailer Delivers Snake Venom to Fat Faces Everywhere Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), Paul Rudd (Brian Fantana), Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) and Champ Kind (David Koechner) have reunited to deliver us "fat faces" a new one-minute ...
Hey, Fat Face! The New 'Anchorman 2' Trailer is Here — TEASER Hollywood.com
'Anchorman 2' new trailer released: The great ones always return Examiner.com
The Anchorman 2 Trailer DROPS! Watch As The Legend Continues HERE! PerezHilton.com
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Categories: Entertainment
Paul McCartney kicks off "Out There" tour in US
Entertainment Wire - 5 hours 57 min ago
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando.
Categories: Entertainment
What the 6 Common Dude Selfie Poses Say About You
FailBlog - 6 hours 23 min ago
Submitted by: ichc.chrispeeler
Tagged: dudes , bros , mirror , selfie , funny , dating Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
Jeffrey Dahmer Was Such A Sensitive Boy
FailBlog - 7 hours 23 min ago
Submitted by: Unknown (via LOLDamn)
Tagged: threats , notes , funny , g rated , parenting Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes
Entertainment Wire - 7 hours 39 min ago
CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:
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At Least It'll Erase Itself
FailBlog - 8 hours 23 min ago
Submitted by: Unknown
Tagged: bad , tattoos , tetris , funny , g rated , Ugliest Tattoos Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
The History of Whiskey... IS AWESOME
FailBlog - 8 hours 53 min ago
Submitted by: Unknown
Tagged: history , whiskey , documentary , funny , after 12 , g rated Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
Insults Just Seem Classier This Way
FailBlog - 9 hours 23 min ago
Submitted by: Unknown (via kymethra)
Tagged: shut yo face , Music , twitter , James Rhodes , insults , notes , funny , g rated Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
Everyone Forgets To Bring Swimsuits To Coworker’s Party
The Onion News - 9 hours 23 min ago
ARLINGTON, TX—While gathered for a party at a coworker’s backyard pool Saturday, out-of-shape colleagues at Shuster, Layne & Associates were struck by the coincidence that they had somehow each forgotten to bring bathing apparel to the fes...
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Which Direction is This Train Going?
FailBlog - 10 hours 23 min ago
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Tagged: gif , animation , mind blown , illusion , funny , g rated , win Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
Danica Patrick Takes Last Place In Preakness Stakes
The Onion News - 10 hours 23 min ago
Danica Patrick Takes Last Place In Preakness Stakes
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Entertainment Wire - 10 hours 35 min ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
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This Police Chase is Interrupted in the Cutest Way Possible
FailBlog - 11 hours 23 min ago
Submitted by: Unknown
Tagged: pursuit , ducks , Video , police , funny , fail nation , g rated Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
One of the Best Cagings We've Seen
FailBlog - 12 hours 23 min ago
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Tagged: cagings , caged , office pranks , nicolas cage , cubicle pranks , monday thru friday , g rated Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
Why Not Add the Fear of Death to Your Next Sliding Trip?
FailBlog - 13 hours 23 min ago
Submitted by: Unknown
Tagged: crazy , gif , water slide , BAMF , funny , g rated , win Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
He's a Genius
FailBlog - 14 hours 23 min ago
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Tagged: class , kid , genius , xbox 360 , funny , School of FAIL Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
How to Not Woo a Woman
FailBlog - 15 hours 23 min ago
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It's Thomas Midgeley day
Seth's Blog - 15 hours 36 min ago
Today would be his 124th birthday. A fine occasion to think about the effects of industrialization, and what happens when short-term profit-taking meets marketing.
Midgeley is responsible for millions of deaths. Not directly, of course, but by, "just doing his job," and then pushing hard to market ideas he knew weren't true—so he and his bosses could turn a profit.
His first mistake began when he figured out that adding lead to gasoline appeared to make cars perform better. At the time, two things were widely known by chemists: 1. Adding grain alcohol to gasoline dramatically increases octane and performance, and 2. Ingesting or sniffing lead can lead to serious injury, brain damage and death.
The problem for those that wanted to be in the gasoline business was that grain alcohol wasn't cheap, and the idea couldn't be patented. As a result, the search was on for a process that could be protected, that was cheaper and that could open the door for market dominance. If you own the patent on the cheap and easy way to make cars run quieter (and no one notices the brain damage and the deaths) then you can corner the market in a fast-growing profitable industry...
As soon as the lead started being used, people began dying. Factory workers would drop dead, right there in the plant. Even Thomas himself contracted lead poisoning. Later, at a press conference where he tried to demonstrate the safety of the gasoline, he washed his hands in it and sniffed it... even though he knew it was already killing people. That brief exposure was sufficient to require six months off the job for him to recover his health.
Does this sound familiar? An entrenched industry needs the public and its governments to ignore what they're doing so they can defend their status quo and extract the maximum value from their assets. They sow seeds of doubt, and remind themselves (and us) of the profts made and the money saved.
And we give them a pass. Because it's their job, or because it's our job, or because our culture has created a dividing line between individuals who create negative impacts and organizations that do.
People who just might, in other circumstances, stand up and speak up, decide to quietly stand by, or worse, actively lie as they engage in PR campaigns aimed at belittling or undermining those that are brave enough to point out just how damaging the status quo is.
It took sixty years for leaded gas to be banned in my country, and worse, it's still used in many places that can ill afford to deal with its effects.
After leaded gasoline, Midgeley did it again, this time with CFCs, responsible for a gaping hole in the ozone layer. He probably didn't know the effects in advance this time, but yes, the industry fought hard to maintain the status quo for years once the damage was widely known. It's going to take at least a millenium to clean that up.
We might consider erecting a statue of him in every lobbyist's office, a reminder to all of us that we're ultimately responsible for what we make, that spinning to defend the status quo hurts all of us, and most of all, that we have to balance the undeniable benefits of progress, innovation and industry with the costs to all concerned. Scaling has impact, so let's scale the things that work. No, nothing is perfect, but yes, some things are better than others.
I can't imagine a better person as the symbol a day that's not about honoring or celebrating, but could be about vigilance, candor and outspokenness instead.
[Previously: No such thing as business ethics.]
Categories: Business
You Got Me This Time, Dog
FailBlog - Sat, 05/18/2013 - 00:00
Submitted by: Unknown
Tagged: supermarket , pets , cars , funny , g rated , AutocoWrecks Share on FacebookCategories: Entertainment, failblog
