Do PR People Deserve Our Sympathy?

Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/14 10:05AM

We often make it a point to mock the very worst public relations people and pitches that we see, on the principle that mocking PR is an honorable and useful activity. But are we all being too hard on the poor PR peons themselves?

Tom Scocca · 06/12/14 09:30AM

See a Game of Thrones Scene That Was Cut From Season One

Jay Hathaway · 06/12/14 08:55AM

Not every scene from George R.R. Martin's immense A Song of Ice and Fire series can be filmed for Game of Thrones. Something has to be cut, even if it's something Martin himself really likes.

Zombie Bees Terrorize Bushwick

Allie Jones · 06/12/14 08:18AM

According to a Bushwick resident, "Bees from Roberta's rooftop hives are escaping and terrorizing [the] street nightly."

Rick Perry, a Moron, Says Homosexuality Is Like Alcoholism

Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/14 08:10AM

Blow-dried idiot and Texas Governor Rick "See My Glasses?" Perry has done some thinking, about these homos. Rick Perry is now prepared to answer your homosexual questions, in a hilariously poor fashion.

10-Year-Old Genius Graduates From High School

Aleksander Chan · 06/11/14 10:48PM

Tanishq Abraham, a 10-year-old prodigy who was admitted to Mensa at age four and is better than you, graduated from high school this past weekend with a 4.0 GPA. "It wasn't, like, easy, but it was not that hard either," he told KXTV.

Bill Murray Crashed This Couple's Engagement Photos

Aleksander Chan · 06/11/14 09:29PM

Bill Murray, renowned Ghostbuster and funny guy who just kind of shows up and says shit to the delight of everyone around him, decided he'd be cool with being in Erik Rogers and Ashley Donald's engagement photos. They're quite the trio.

Watch 1,000 People Cry Eating Ghost Peppers

Aleksander Chan · 06/11/14 08:44PM

The Bhut Jolokia, or "ghost pepper" was, for a time, the hottest pepper on the planet, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. It is definitely hotter than Tabasco sauce. One thousand people in Copenhagen downed one simultaneously as part of a spicy stunt put on by pepper enthusiast Claus Pilgaard. There were tears.

Busy Douchebag Tries to Text 32 Tinder Matches at Once

Aleksander Chan · 06/11/14 06:31PM

Tinder, the dating app that has shrewdly transposed "hot or not" into a gratifying thumb swipe experience, has also apparently inspired a "Joshua" to text 32 of his matches at once. Apparently, Joshua does not have time to be courting these women one at a time or text them individually.

Crumbling Cliff to Send Giant Lake House to Watery Grave

Aleksander Chan · 06/11/14 05:42PM

A 7,000-square-foot house overlooking Texas' Lake Whitney had to be abandoned by its owners after its foundation began to crumble off, taking a chunk of the house with it as it fell 75 feet and into the water. The couple that owns the house was forced to move out two weeks ago, after it had been condemned.

Adam Weinstein · 06/11/14 04:38PM

Emily Brontë: literary legend. Also, savage dog abuser.