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- Visiting Disney World is the Modern Version of Making a Medieval Pilgrimage
- Ridiculously Fancy Restaurant In San Francisco Now Serving Food On iPads
- New Year Countdown 2017
- What Would Happen If The U.S. Embraced Isolationism?
- The Tiger Khan Do It - Shere Megalomania
- The Dogs of 2016
- R.I.P. William Christopher
- Trading One Year for Another
- This Bunny Sees the Benefit In Arcade Games
- If You Break Up, Who Gets the Engagement Ring?
- Ring in 2017 With the New Year's Dog
- Family Buys Cadaver Bride For Dead Son, But The Bride Is Still Alive
- Laying Bricks Like Dominoes
- Can You Tell Which Drugs Someone Is On By Looking At Their Eyes?
| Visiting Disney World is the Modern Version of Making a Medieval Pilgrimage Posted: 01 Jan 2017 03:59 AM PST The religious pilgrimage, whether a medieval hike to a site of a miracle, service in the Crusades, or a required journey to Mecca, is a life-changing, transformative experience. The trouble and expense of such a journey makes it a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many. Does this sound a bit familiar? People say that every family should take their kids to Walt Disney World in Orlando at least once, even if you must save for years to do it. Scholarly studies have been done in 1980 and again in 1989 about how WDW resembles medieval pilgrimage sites, whether that was planned or not.
That's just getting there. Read about other features of the park that correspond to religious pilgrimage sites at Atlas Obscura. I've been to Walt Disney World three times, but the one trip with two young children was both transformative and something I never need to do again.  | ||||||||
| Ridiculously Fancy Restaurant In San Francisco Now Serving Food On iPads Posted: 01 Jan 2017 01:59 AM PST There are plenty of fancy restaurants serving up expensive meals that are delicious and filling, but it seems the more pretentious restaurants have lost sight of the fact that they're supposed to serve good food, not gimmicks. Head to Quince restaurant in San Francisco and you'll find one of the most ridiculous and pretentious concepts in fine dining ever conceived- frog legs and white truffle croquettes served on an iPad. The croquettes plate is called A Dog In Search Of Gold, and it's served on an iPad showing a video of dogs hunting for truffles, part of a $220 fixed-price supper that otherwise sounds quite delicious. The Michelin-starred restaurant also recently served up frog legs on an iPad showing a video of frogs leaping around a pond, just to remind diners where their meal actually came from. -Via Metro | ||||||||
| Posted: 31 Dec 2016 11:59 PM PST It's a movie mashup to welcome in 2017 from Darth Blender! We have the countdown, the fireworks, the kisses, and even the 1812 Overture. Happy New Year, everyone! -via Tastefully Offensive | ||||||||
| What Would Happen If The U.S. Embraced Isolationism? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 09:59 PM PST Prior to World War II the United States had begun to take an isolationist stance towards global politics, which was a response to the loss of life in WWI and the devastating economic disaster known as the Great Depression. This isolationist stance was bolstered by the fact that many Americans believed the U.S. was going to war solely for the financial benefit of bankers and arms manufacturers. Nearly a hundred years later the argument for American isolationism has begun again, but what are the pros and cons of the U.S. adopting an isolationist policy? It's clear that we'd save tons of money on our defense budget, which would give us the chance to handle many domestic issues which we never seem to have the budget for. But at the same time we'd be more vulnerable to attacks due to a lack of international cooperation, and even though this policy would help us avoid war with China it could also lead to a Russian invasion of the Baltics if the U.S. withdrew from NATO. There's simply not enough room to discuss this issue in full here, so you'll just have to read 10 Things That Would Happen If The US Became Isolationist at TopTenz and discover more pros and cons of this hot-button issue. | ||||||||
| The Tiger Khan Do It - Shere Megalomania Posted: 31 Dec 2016 07:59 PM PST The Tiger Khan Do It by Prime Premne When it comes to hunting down man-cubs you need to find a guy who can get the job done quietly and discreetly, someone who will make sure that man-cub is put down for good. That's why the Man-Cub Hunting & Elimination Committee has elected Shere Khan for president, because if anyone can get rid of that pest Mowgli it's the tiger who can eat him all up in one bite! There have been rumors going around the jungle that Shere Khan is actually just a figurehead, and that he lets slithering creeps do all the dirty work for him, but check the books and see for yourself- Shere Khan was born to be a killer of man-cubs, and his bloody track record speaks for itself... Help campaign to stop man-cubs from invading the jungle with this The Tiger Khan Do It t-shirt by Prime Premne, it's the stylish way to show support for those critters trying to keep their jungle human free! Visit Prime Premne's Facebook fan page and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more bloody good designs:
Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama! | ||||||||
| Posted: 31 Dec 2016 07:59 PM PST In 2016, as in every other year, dogs were ready to bring us joy. The folks at We Rate Dogs put together a compilation of the most adorable dog videos of the year. Those are good dogs. The song is "Center of Gravity" by Brazen Youth. -via Tastefully Offensive | ||||||||
| Posted: 31 Dec 2016 07:14 PM PST 2016 isn't done yet. Actor William Christopher, best known for playing the character of Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy on the TV series M*A*S*H, died today at his home in Pasadena.
Christopher had been suffering from cancer. He was 84. | ||||||||
| Posted: 31 Dec 2016 05:59 PM PST While we may be glad to say goodbye to the old and hello to the new, keep in mind that the new is a complete unknown that might be even worse. But hey, any new year is a new opportunity. The year 2017 will be what we make of it. And you can eventually toilet train a baby. This is the latest comic from John McNamee at Pie Comic. | ||||||||
| This Bunny Sees the Benefit In Arcade Games Posted: 31 Dec 2016 03:59 PM PST If you can teach a dog to drive a car or fly a plane, is it really that ambitious to teach a bunny to operate an arcade game? Bini the Bunny's owner thought to fill up an arcade game with healthy snacks and let Bini test his skills on the machine -and the bunny took to it pretty quickly. As long as he gets his treats, Bini is content. | ||||||||
| If You Break Up, Who Gets the Engagement Ring? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 01:59 PM PST If an engagement to marry falls apart, who gets custody of the diamond ring? The original Dear Abby or Emily Post would have a definite protocol, but in the modern world where the principles disagree and the ring cost $26,000, you go to court. State laws vary, and some do not address this specific issue. It comes down to the purpose of an engagement ring. Does the ring signify an implied contract, or is it a gift, given freely without condition?
In the Virginia case of McGrath v. Dockendorf, the man bought the ring, and also broke off the engagement. The court considered the ring an implied contract, which she countered by accusing him of breach of contract. Read how that case was decided at Verdict Justia. Your mileage may vary. The best advice is to not spend $26,000 on an engagement ring. You could buy a car, or make a good down payment on a house with that. Houses and cars come with written contracts. -via Fark | ||||||||
| Ring in 2017 With the New Year's Dog Posted: 31 Dec 2016 11:59 AM PST Are you counting the minutes or even seconds until the clock strikes midnight? Then you won't want to miss this adorable human-armed pup celebrating the turn of th new year. He enjoys sparklers, counting down on the clock and drinking champagne, so it's a pretty traditional NYE celebration -other than the fact that he's a man-dog and all. | ||||||||
| Family Buys Cadaver Bride For Dead Son, But The Bride Is Still Alive Posted: 31 Dec 2016 09:59 AM PST There's a strange funereal practice that was outlawed by Chairman Mao back in 1949 but is starting to make a comeback in China- the practice of buying a cadaver bride to be buried with a family's unmarried son. This "ghost marriage" is thought to prevent the unmarried son from going through the afterlife alone, and as grim as this practice may seem many Chinese people see ghost marriages as no big deal. Unfortunately, they also don't see anything wrong with paying grave robbers to dig up women for their sons, and this cadaver black market has led to murder for profit, since the freshly dead are far more valuable. Recently a family in China paid about $3500 for the cadaver of a young girl, but as they were burying the coffin containing the girl and their son they heard noises coming from inside- and discovered the girl was still alive. She had fallen victim to human traffickers who were kidnapping women from a shelter they ran for disabled people, sedating them and selling them as cadavers for ghost marriages. Six men involved in the human trafficking ring were arrested, and the authorities were able to save five other women from a similar fate. Read Family Buys Cadaver Bride For Dead Son, Turns Out Cadaver Is Still Alive here | ||||||||
| Posted: 31 Dec 2016 07:59 AM PST Bricklayers in Teralba, New South Wales, Australia, capped a wall with perfectly-laid bricks, using a domino fall. I understand the first fall, although I couldn't understand why they did it. Then the second fall comes back around, and whoa! How did they do that? On Twitter, @neconocc gave us a graphic that helps to make it clear.
It's pretty darn cool to watch, but I don't see any advantage over laying bricks the old-fashioned way. Still, if the purpose was to make a viral video, they did well. -via Metafilter | ||||||||
| Can You Tell Which Drugs Someone Is On By Looking At Their Eyes? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 05:59 AM PST Most cops are trained to spot drug users and visually identify what they're on based on how they act, identifying signssuch as track marks and burns, and the look of their face and skin. But nothing gives a drug user away like their eyes, because drugs tend to do funny things to a user's pupils. Amphetamines, cocaine and marijuana enlarge the pupils, and smoking pot also tends to make your eyes bloodshot red, while opioids like heroin constrict the pupils. But can you actually tell which drugs someone is on simply by looking at the size of their pupils? Vice visited a bunch of nightclubs in Berlin and snapped pics of people's eyes so they could see if the pupil test is a myth or the ultimate identifier of a drug user. Their photos show you really can't tell what will happen to a user's pupils once they've taken drugs, because other factors like epilepsy, cataracts and sensitivity to light can affect the pupils as well. Which is why medical professionals from the Charité Hospital in Berlin say the bottom line on the pupil theor is this:
-Via Vice |
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