Don't Ineptly Hit on Your Seatmate if You're Married and She's on Twitter
Max Read · 06/07/12 05:11PM
Meet Brian Presley, actor, and Melissa Stetten, model. Brian sat next to Melissa on a recent flight and thought he'd make a connection with his seat mate. Even though he's been married for ten years and has a kid. Melissa wasn't really feeling it. So she live-Tweeted the entire encounter. Enjoy the storify below. [via Ohno-Polio]
What Counts as a Legitimate Threat on Twitter?
Max Read · 06/07/12 04:51PM
On Tuesday night, millions of people on Twitter were talking about the recall election in Wisconsin, in which Republican Governor Scott Walker beat his Democratic challenger Tom Barrett. Some were gleeful; some were despondent. And some were violent: "KILL SCOTT WALKER KILL SCOTT WALKER KILL SCOTT WALKER KILL SCOTT WALKER KILL SCOTT WALKER KILL SCOTT WALKER! Ole Bitch Ass Pig Ass Nigga!!!!" tweeted a fellow named @__SupaMcNASTY__.
Male Hook-Up App Grindr Has Nothing To Do With Gay Pride, Everything To Do With Actual Pride
Rich Juzwiak · 06/07/12 04:15PMMan on Trial for Assault Tells Friend on Facebook He's 'Getting Away With It'; Does Not
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/12 03:54PMToday's Song: Prince & the New Power Generation 'Gett Off (Live at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards)'
Rich Juzwiak · 06/07/12 03:44PMToday, Prince turns 54 and his air-lick of a single "Gett Off," turns 21. It was on his 33rd birthday that he delivered this song to clubs, launching his Diamonds & Pearls album, which either marked the end of the second act of his career (megastardom) or the beginning of the third (tapering off). I can't really decide which. I do know that this is the song that converted me into a disciple, and I still adore "Gett Off" as much as I did in sixth grade. I admire its impossible sleaze (23 positions is so many to fit into a one-night stand) and ability to be utterly sexual and uptempo. Prince has portrayed a lot of different kinds of sex atop a lot of different kinds of music, but his best sex is rigorous. "Gett Off" is the best of the best.
Police Say Potent Line of 'Bath Salts' Responsible for Turning People into 'Zombies'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/12 03:05PME-Mails Show Wall Street Journal Iraq Reporter Was Sleeping With Obama's Nominee for Ambassador to Iraq
John Cook · 06/07/12 02:59PM
"You can't fuck the elephants while you're covering the circus" is an old journalistic maxim—often attributed to the Washington Post's Ben Bradlee the New York Times' Abe Rosenthal—delineating the boundaries of appropriate reporter-source relationships. Sleep with whomever you want, in other words, with the exception of the people you write about. If recently released email exchanges between the Wall Street Journal's Gina Chon and a former National Security Council official turn out to be as real as they seem, then it looks like Chon fucked a big ol' elephant.
Most People Are Eating the Wrong Kind of Greek Yogurt
Hamilton Nolan · 06/07/12 01:56PM
I've never been to Greece, or to one of those "fancy" grocery stores, but that doesn't stop me from being an expert on Greek yogurt, excluding the kinds actually made in Greece and the kinds sold in "fancy" grocery stores. Real American Greek yogurt, is what I'm talking about. And if there's one thing I know besides Real American Greek yogurt, it's that Americans do not know what kind of Greek yogurt they should be eating.
Students at Elite New York High School Bare Skin for 'Slutty Wednesday' in Dress Code Protest
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/12 01:17PMViral Video of Shell Oil Party Disaster Is Fake, Unfortunately
Adrian Chen · 06/07/12 01:15PMIf this video of a PR disaster at a private party hosted by Shell Oil atop of Seattle's Space Needle last night seems too good to be true, that's because it is. The video is a hoax, but a very good one!
PBS and Internet DJ Make Beautiful Mister Rogers Music Together
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/12 12:45PMThe Return of the Montauk Grifter
John Cook · 06/07/12 12:22PM
Dan Kaufman—also known, variously, as Dan Kay, Dan Katze, and the Montauk Grifter—is currently awaiting trial in Manhattan on grand larceny charges for allegedly conning a tech company out of $20,000. He also faces hearings later this month in Brooklyn for probation violations relating to a prior grand larceny conviction for stealing credit card numbers. Both cases stem from his decade-long career as one of New York's most prolific and obsessive con-men—a career on which he routinely relied on online dating services to troll for victims. But his current legal troubles haven't stopped him from taking to OkCupid to dupe more unsuspecting women with extravagant lies. Look out ladies. He's back.
No, Chris Brown Didn't Threaten to Beat Up Cher
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/12 12:22PMHere's the First Trailer for Robert Zemeckis' Triumphant Return to Live-Action Filmmaking, Flight
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/12 11:25AMRobert Zemeckis hasn't made a single live-action film since 2000's acclaimed survival drama Cast Away.
Test gallery Q&A
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Summer Camp Chicks Are Totally Waxed These Days
Hamilton Nolan · 06/07/12 11:17AM
Allow us to remind the "good people" (bad people) at the New York Times Style section that they already published the ne plus ultra of enraging Rich People Summer Camp trend stories last year, with their classic "Rich people are sending their kids to expensive summer camps on private jets" piece. No double-dipping in the Most Enraging Rich People Summer Camp Stories pool, NYT. I see you trying.
Teen 'Proves' Manhood By Shooting Self in the Head After Challenge from Web Chat Instigator
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/12 11:05AMTeen Sentenced to Year in Prison for Motor Vehicle Homicide Caused by Texting While Driving
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/12 10:20AMMitt Romney Is a Narc
Max Read · 06/07/12 09:39AM
What's it like to be Mitt Romney's neighbor? Pretty shitty, according to a Times article about the candidate's $12 million, three-bedroom house (once occupied by Richard Gere) in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla. For one thing, he is trying to "quadruple the size" of the house, which is annoying to everyone. And for another thing, he is a dick about people smoking pot on the beach:







