“Condescending Corporate Brand Page” Reminds You Why Brands on Facebook Are...
We make fun of Facebook Likes and Twitter Favorites and Hearts and Stars and Horseshoes, but it’s positive reinforcement and our stupid human brains are wired to gobble that shit up. We like this...
View ArticleDouble Decker Bus Tour Guy With Really Bad Road Rage
On your right you’ll see the Wrigley Building, known for its FUCKING MOVE YOU STUPID ASSHOLE. On your left, you’ll see a building with beautiful gothic architecture [hears honking below] WHAT THE FUCK...
View ArticleThe Guy Version of Engagement Excitement
When a lady tells another lady she’s engaged, there’s that squeal. And then the questions: ”Eeeee I’m so happy for you! How’d he do it? Where’d he do it? Tell me everything!” We know this trope. We...
View ArticleUnbaby.me’s baby-detecting keywords list is amazing
I just installed unbaby.me, the browser extension for replacing Facebook baby photos with photos of other, more interesting things. After you set it up in Chrome, it drops you on the configuration...
View ArticleThe Best Public Transit Routing Apps for iOS 6 (And How We Don’t Know Them)
This looks like it would be about the best public transit apps for the iPhone after the iOS6 update, but it’s not. We have no Maps replacements for public transit directions. They’re probably in...
View ArticleNathan Barnatt’s new dance video is goofy as ever, features an Obama mask
I hope you’re familiar with Nathan Barnatt. He enjoys dancing and classic video games. We’ve posted about him a few times on the Slacktory Tumblr; his dance videos are so fun and well-edited they make...
View ArticleConference Call Team, Assemble!
Somewhere in corporate America there exists a team of conference call all-stars. These heroes have the bravery, the panache to have loud call-in meetings all the time, no matter what’s going on around...
View ArticleReddit’s no-masturbation support group takes not fapping very seriously
The other day I was reading Nick’s post about probable masturbation euphemisms on the goal-tracking app Lift. The gist of the post is that some folks on the no-masturbation subreddit r/nofap created a...
View ArticleHow to unclog a toilet
plunge. oh fuck, that’s not working pour some bleach down the drain. that’s a thing, right? fuck that did not help google “toilet clogged bleach fix” and discover that using bleach probably isn’t a...
View ArticleBreakups and email
That last time you meet up with an ex so she can give you all your stuff back is like when you unsubscribe from a mailing list and then they send you that one final “you’ve been successfully...
View ArticleInside the Italian seismologists’ report: “Earthquakes are done”
Italian seismologists set the country’s official Earthquake Forecast to “Never” and advised everyone to just hang out, reveals the report at the center of seven manslaughter convictions over the 2009...
View ArticleGlenn Beck is selling USA-made patriot jeans because of course he is (also,...
Remember when Glenn Beck had a TV show? He was crying all the time, and telling old people to put gold in mattresses, and just being a big ol’ right-wing goofball. Golly, I wonder what that fear...
View ArticleThe weirdest spam email wants love and commitment, not boners
If there’s one thing we all know about spam emails, it’s this: Spam robots want to talk about your wiener. They want to sell pills for your wiener, or they want to touch your wiener and you should...
View ArticleWhat our editor-in-chief is probably up to during the NYC power outage
Slacktory’s editor-in-chief Nick lives in New York City. With Hurricane Sandy having left millions of people on the East Coast without power, we were a little worried. Fortunately, Nick let us know...
View ArticleWhy I’m glad Skyfall isn’t all about the gadgets
The new James Bond film, Skyfall, hits theaters tonight! It’s got a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes right now, which should be enough to pique your interest. I caught a sneak preview a couple nights ago, and...
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