Sometimes I feel like we were transported to a different universe right after Avengers: Endgame . It's like Tony Stark died, Then we had a global pandemic, then civil unrest, several wars, Betty White Died and mumble rap lives on, but it also seems like we accidentally stepped into a universe where Marvel forgot how to run a cinematic universe. Remember the time when Marvel could do no wrong? When every single movie they produced broke box office records and got both the fans and the critics ex…

Sometimes I think about all those young Star Wars fans back in 1978, sitting at home in front of their 12-inch TV screens, waiting with bated breath for the Star Wars Holiday Special to come on. Just put yourself in their shoes for a second—the only Star Wars they have ever known is the actual "Star Wars" movie they went to see again and again in the cinema because home video isn't even a thing yet. And now they get the promise of an all-new Star Wars adventure. Will it be a continuation of the…

Zoinks!

Let the ring bearer decide

You want to know how long Lord of the Rings memes have been popular? Well, you might think they started with the rise of social media, when people began posting and sharing memes on their timelines, but it actually began much earlier. We're talking while the movies were still in theaters. Return of the King came out in December 2003, and by January 2004, we already had our first big meme template that had caught the attention of most internet users—"One does not simply." This was quickly follow…

"Everyday I'm Buffering"

A Notice: We have noticed that some of the readers noted that in the previous " Sign fails " listicle, there were notably signs that were not, in fact, "Fails." This has been noted, and a notice has been sent to the creators of the last listicle, and they have received their final notice. Thank you for noticing this notice! A Note about the Previous Notice: Now that we have read the previous notice, we noticed that the words "Notice" and "Noted" have appeared noticeably too many times , and we…

I’ve lost count of the number of nature documentaries I’ve seen in my life, and somehow, they’re always amazing. Every time I sit down to learn something new about the animals that inhabit this planet, I’m blown away by the beauty, ingenuity, and pure weirdness of nature. For instance, did you know there are snakes that live underwater and hunt small fish? Or that there’s a species of worm covered in golden hair? And I mean proper golden hair—not yellow. Gold. In this listicle, lovingly curated…

** the late 1990's

How much coffee is too much coffee? This question has been bothering me ever since I bought my new coffee machine, and I have been, let's say, misusing it. Well, I’ve asked Google several times, "How much coffee is too much coffee?" and as it turns out—it’s a lot! Like, really a lot. You’d probably die from drinking too many fluids before you'd die from the caffeine. To give you another indication of my obsession with coffee: I once worked at a coffee shop, and during my shifts, I would munch o…

Memes to Celebrate Our Beautifully Distracted Minds

We just bought a new car, and I’m still riding that new car high. Everything about it is fresh and exciting. There’s even still a faint trace of that new car smell, and I’m constantly looking for excuses to take it out for a spin ("Oh look, the milk carton is almost halfway empty—better go to the store to get another one"). Our old car, in contrast, had reached the “I’m annoyed with everything about this piece of junk” phase. Don’t get me wrong—there was absolutely nothing wrong with the car, o…

Geronimo!

It's easy to forget just how beautiful our planet really is, especially when you are a human being, living his/her life in a city, spending too much time in front of excel sheets and web browsers. “You need to touch grass” is what my kid says every time i complain about all the chores i need to do around the clock to keep the house running. And he isn't wrong - we all need a little more nature in our lives. But sometimes all you really need is just a fresh perspective to re-appreciate how absol…

I would have made a wonderful scientist if I could only do math, understand complex ideas, concentrate for several hours and, in general, just be smarter. This might sound like a joke but I really believe that. I feel like I have a real passion for science, but I lack the actual tools a person needs to be a scientist. It's all nice and well to retain your natural curiosity into your adulthood, which is absolutely one of the requirements for being a scientist, but it's nothing if you cant sit do…

We know, we know—you hate AI-generated images . Well, we aren't huge fans either, but it looks like they're here to stay, so we might as well have some fun with them before they make it impossible to tell what's real and what isn't. You have to admit, it's kind of wild that AI has reached a point where you can just type "design a toy that lets kids play Jenga with hotdogs," and it just does it. I get that computers are better than us at math and can calculate almost anything at lightning speed,…