Today in the New York Times: One guy’s embarrassing Facebook ad saga hits the front page
Meet Nick Bergus. He’s a pretty cool guy who once linked to an odd product on Facebook as a bit of a joke — a 55-gallon barrel of lube from Amazon.com. Ha ha, funny, right? But the joke was on him, as Facebook’s algorithms started featuring his smiling face in personalized ads featuring the giant barrel of lube. From there, his story spread — first to his personal blog, then to Gawker, with an amazing headline. Now, Bergus’ somewhat embarrassing (but admittedly kind of awesome) tale is on the front page of the New York Times. All because he once linked to a giant barrel of lube. (photo by Stephen Mally/NYT)
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“This is exactly what happened in Nazi Germany. The Stormtroopers were used to attack the opponents of the regime of Hitler. In this way the constitution was thrown out and the law of the land was dictated by Hitler and his Stormtroopers.” — Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota compares Zuma and the ANC’s actions over Brett Murray’s ‘The Spear’ to Hitler and his Stormtroopers in Parliament today
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Replacing Movie Quotes with YOLO
YOLO is a hip/terrible new acronym all the kids are using. It means “You Only Live Once,” so let’s put it in movies for no reason whatsoever.
Mitt Romney’s new iPhone app, misspelling America. (via @thischoi)
Demand for America’s hottest new export — sperm! — has surged by as much as 40 percent in the last five years. Why are other countries clamoring for genetic material with the “Made in America” label?
“In the last three years, we have shipped to about 60 countries,” said Scott Brown, a spokesman for California Cryobank, the largest sperm bank in the world with $23 million in sales last year.
The rapid rise in foreign demand is a result of more liberal attitudes toward marriage and family taking root around the globe, according to Brown.
“It’s driven by the social changes — single women and lesbian couples being recognized around the world as people that should be able to have children and raise families,” he said. “That’s something that in the U.S. we’re really ahead of the curve on.”
BBC uses “Halo” videogame logo for United Nations Security Council symbol
Today in awesome: A Brazilian company called Guitar Pee has created a musical urinal that turns your stream into a solo. When your flow hits the tabs in the urinal, prerecorded, solo guitar sounds play. New meaning to the word Guitar Wiz
Today in things you can’t make up.
TGMC is trying to make courts the new hot spot for advertisers
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The DC Comics character revealed to be gay? The Green Lantern — at least that’s what (Washington) DC’s Metro Weekly says.
Elaine: Wait up!
Jerry: You see? Never be late for a plane with a girl. ‘Cuz a girl runs like a girl— with the little steps and the arms flailing out… You wanna make this plane, you’ve gotta run like a man! Get your knees up!(via The Airport)