BuzzFeed Editor Caught Lifting Text From Yahoo! Answers

J.K. Trotter · 07/24/14 01:16PM

Yahoo! Answers, one of the great artifacts of Internet history, is intently studied at viral news website BuzzFeed, where its trove of half-literate questions (and even less literate answers) has supplied material for at least fifty different posts and listicles. One BuzzFeed editor, however, has streamlined this aggregation process to its vanishing point: Simply copying text from Yahoo! Answers and pasting it, without attribution, into his own work.

Hamilton Nolan · 07/24/14 12:59PM

"Confronted with reports villages near Uranium Corp. of India Ltd.'s mines have unusually high numbers of physically deformed people, Chairman Diwakar Acharya said: 'I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of those guys are imported from elsewhere, ok?'"

Thatz Not Okay: Should You Blow-Dry Your Pubes at the Gym?

Caity Weaver · 07/24/14 12:00PM

I was in the locker room at my gym today and I saw a woman blow-drying her pubic hair with the communal hair dryers. She was trying to be surreptitious about it, but I totally saw her and I was totally grossed out. In the end I didn't say anything to her, but I'm wondering if I should have. Blow-drying your pubes with a communal hair dryer: Is that okay?

For Your Consideration: Conan O'Brien's Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda Scene

Jay Hathaway · 07/24/14 11:30AM

Conan O'Brien may be the biggest human star in Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda, but he doesn't get a ton of screen time in his cameo as a slightly more dickish version of himself. Perhaps the producers were concerned that, if cast in a longer role, he would compete with Sharktopus for the spotlight and overshadow poor Pteracuda completely.

Barack Obama's Gangster "Drive-By" on Innocent Pregnant American Woman

Hamilton Nolan · 07/24/14 11:21AM

Does duly elected US president Barack Obama care about "issues" such as "helping people?" Or was his motivation for seeking power simply to be able to exercise his power over innocent people while cackling evilly? You be the judge, based on the following shocking facts.

Coolio's Latest Music Video Is a Commercial for PornHub

Jay Hathaway · 07/24/14 10:50AM

As Coolio walked through the valley of the shadow of death (which is what he likes to call the San Fernando Valley, maybe) he took a look at his life and realized he had nothing left—except an offer to collaborate with PornHub, a popular website people visit while they masturbate.

Fired Editor Sues for His Religious Freedom to Write About "Gaystapo"

Adam Weinstein · 07/24/14 09:58AM

Back in May, the Newton Daily News of Iowa fired its editor-in-chief for comments he'd made on his personal blog. This week, the editor filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming he was fired for his sincere religious beliefs, which compel him to fight "the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo" to the last.

The First Full Fifty Shades of Grey Trailer Is Here

Jay Hathaway · 07/24/14 09:15AM

As prophesied by Beyoncé's Instagram, here's the first trailer for the film adaptation of E.L. James's insanely popular erotic Twilight fanfiction novel Fifty Shades of Grey. The movie stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and Once Upon a Time's Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey's abs.