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Tuesday 31 March 2015
An ESPN Reporter Smacked Down A Football Fan On Live TV For Making An Anti-Gay Comment
Gabriela Moreira said the press cannot be “a vehicle for any kind of prejudice”.
Last week Gabriela Moreira, a Brazilian ESPN presenter, was interviewing a Palmeiras fan on live television.
The interviewee, Felipe, 25, was being interviewed ahead of the team's game against Sao Paulo in front of the Palestra Italia stadium.
When asked what he thought his team's chances were, he replied that he expected them to "beat the fags".
Whereupon Moreira pulled this face...
...and said to him: "Boy, I don't know if you will win – but no to homophobia."
She continued: "How old are you? 25? Please...let's try to...modernize this thought."
And then she got back to interviewing him about the team – but at the interview she said she wanted to "reinforce" her message: "no to homophobia".
This Theory Might Be The Answer To The Secret Krabby Patty Recipe
Please don’t read if your name is Plankton.
Reddit user Schiavello recently commented on a thread discussing the origins of the Krabby Patty secret recipe. Their theory was intense, and also quite possible.
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Schiavello's hypothesis is that the secret ingredient in the krabby patty recipe is, well... fish.
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They then go on to make some pretty good points; Where are they gonna get ground beef on the bottom of the ocean? Why would Mr Krabs be so insistent on no one knowing the secret recipe? Simple: the burgers are made with fish.
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Some countered Schiavello's theory, contesting it by bringing to mind the episode Friend or Foe in which Krabs and Plankton work together to make the Krabby Patty recipe.
The pair end up fighting and split the recipe in half - with Plankton walking away with the half that says "and a pinch of chum" (hence the Chum Bucket) and Krabs the rest.
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23 Times Golden Retriever Puppies Were The Biggest Dorks On Earth
Doesn’t really get doofier than this.
When this dude thought the dishwasher was his chair.
And when this little girl forgot which way to take a selfie.
When this fluff was the most bashful pup around.
A New Facebook App Wants To Test Your DNA
Scientists developed the app to help recruit people for a massive genetic study. The project, which could draw scrutiny from ethicists and federal regulators, has the potential to go viral with Facebook’s help.
Genes for Good / Via Facebook: genesforgood
A medical research study launched Tuesday aims to screen the genes of at least 20,000 people. Part of a surging tide of genetic research, this project would be unremarkable if not for the place it's recruiting and communicating with volunteers: Facebook.
The scientists behind the project, Genes for Good, hope that Facebook users will send a tube of their spit to a laboratory at the University of Michigan and use a free Facebook app to fill out periodic surveys about their health, habits, and moods.
The scientists will screen the volunteers' DNA to try to discover new links between certain genetic variants, health, and disease. To rigorously establish these links, the researchers will need to enlist tens of thousands of volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds.
"We're really hoping that the main reason people will join is to say, 'Hey, my health and genetic information is valuable. I would like to share it and put it to good use,'" Gonçalo Abecasis, professor of biostatistics at the University of Michigan and one of the leaders of the project, told BuzzFeed News. "Hopefully that will be the major motivator."
Abecasis and his colleagues stress that the Facebook app is a digital portal, and that Facebook will not have access to volunteers' personal information. From the scientists' perspective, Facebook is simply a communication service: a smart way to recruit the massive number of volunteers needed to carry out complex genetic studies. "The standard ways of collecting information on people don't really scale," Abecasis said.
Genes for Good could go viral if it taps into the public's altruistic streak — as did Facebook's organ donation status field, get out the vote campaigns, and the Ice Bucket Challenge.
On the other hand, some people are growing wary of Facebook's reach into seemingly every aspect of life, and all of the privacy and security concerns that come with that. What's more, the new app comes at a time when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is beginning to crack down on genetic tests of all sorts.
"Some people are going to freak out about this," Michelle Meyer, an assistant professor at the Union Graduate College-Mt. Sinai Bioethics Program, told BuzzFeed News. "DNA and Facebook are two words that most people do not want to hear in the same sentence."
Genes for Good / Via Facebook: genesforgood
They will be able to track how their answers to surveys — such as the age that they smoked their first cigarette, what time they went to sleep the night before, and how extroverted they are — compare to other volunteers.
They'll also get some insight into their genomes. The researchers will extract DNA from each saliva sample and screen it for about half a million genetic markers. Some of these give clues about ancestry, which the researchers will interpret for volunteers. For example, the Facebook app creates a pie chart showing the proportion of the volunteer's ancestors who came from Europe, Africa, East Asia, and other areas of the world.
The researchers are keenly interested in markers with medical relevance, and will begin by taking a close look at about 100 genes. Certain genetic variants in the APOE gene, for example, increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
For now, following recommendations of the project's ethical review board, the researchers aren't going to tell study volunteers anything about their genetic risk of disease. Participants will be able to download an encrypted file with all of their raw genetic data, however, and those who are savvy about genetics could dig into their health-related DNA markers.
"There are rogue websites out there" — such as SNPedia — "where you can upload genetic data and get some kind of interpretation back about disease risks," Scott Vrieze, an assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and co-leader of the new app, told BuzzFeed News.
21 Things Only People Who Are Socially Anxious Will Understand
Shut up, brain. It’s time to finally talk to people.
First of all, you’re not a big fan of social gatherings.
More often than not you’d rather stay home.
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But you also most likely have a deep fear of missing out on things.
What if your friends are having fun without you right now? You'll be out of the loop again.
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Your mind is constantly busy coming up with scenarios that could happen if you finally plucked up the courage to interact with people.
Will you make a fool of yourself if you say this or that? What if they laugh at you? A constant stream of questions.
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Or it's preoccupied with things that actually did happen and replays them all in a never-ending search for major fuck-ups.
"Oh, God. Why did I do that?"
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Let's All Take A Moment To Appreciate Maisie Williams' Badass Handbag Game
Game of Clutches.
On Game Of Thrones she's a wayward tomboy with her sword as her main choice of accessory.
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She's the queen of cool on red carpets, whether it's a bright clutch.
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To, of course, match her colour popping shoes.
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21 Questions Gay People Have For Straight People
Are your parents comfortable with your lifestyle?
When did you know that you were straight?
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Are your parents comfortable with your lifestyle?
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Which one of you thought the saying "It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" was cute? Be honest.
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Do you ever get upset when someone refers to you as their straight best friend?
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Dating Advice You Wish You Could Give Your Younger Self
19 BuzzFeed employees answered with some pretty great tips.
You ARE dateable.
"I went through the majority of my high school years being self-conscious and thinking I wasn't really 'worthy' of a relationship. So because of that, I would never put myself out there."
David Bertozzi / BuzzFeed
Fall in love with yourself first.
"Don't worry about rushing to find a partner to 'complete' you. Discover how to make yourself feel whole intellectually, emotionally, and physically, first and foremost. Then, when you do meet someone, ask yourself, 'Can this person bring me the same level of happiness that I bring myself?'"
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Don't pretend to like certain movies or music just because he does!
"I would buy songs from bands the guy I was dating liked, even though I didn't like them. I'd make myself listen to them so I'd have something to talk about with him. It was completely stupid, and didn't make me feel like me. Plus, I'd pretend to enjoy certain movies, simply because they were his favorites. I was afraid of judgment if I didn't share in his interests. Honestly, it should have been a red flag to me."
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Only sleep with people you actually like.
"It's definitely awesome that you're meeting new people and figuring out what you like sexually, but just because your answer's not 'no,' you don't always have to say 'yes.' You don't have to wake up every Sunday in someone else's bed. Sleep with people because they're kind or cool or funny or sexy — not because they're right there. Sleep with people you actually like. You'll save loads of money on cab fare."
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Which Hogwarts House Do These Celebrities Belong In?
Would Zayn Malik Slyther-in, would Channing Tatum open your Gryffin-door, or would Oprah Huffle-your-puff?
Celebrities, like all of us, are secret witches and wizards who need to be sorted into the four houses of Hogwarts.
Remember the words of the Sorting Hat to guide you in your decisions:
Gryffindor House is for courageous souls: "Where dwell the brave at heart, their daring, nerve and chivalry set Gryffindors apart."
Slytherin House is for the cunning and ambitious: "Those cunning folks use any means to achieve their ends."
Ravenclaw is a house for the clever, wise, creative, and sometimes strange: "Where those of wit and learning will always find their kind."
Hufflepuff is for those who are kind, loyal, and trustworthy: "Where they are just and loyal, those patient Hufflepuffs are true, and unafraid of toil."
Grandparents Are Taking It All Off For This Nursing Home's Charity Calendar
The calendar made by residents from Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living in Ohio is going viral.
A group of residents at an assisted living facility in Ohio are going viral after they stripped down for a calendar to raise money for a local charity.
Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living
The residents, who are all in their 80s and 90s, had the idea after seeing another calendar made by a group of seniors in Florida, Matt Morris from Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living told BuzzFeed News.
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Morris said the residents "were all totally on board, very excited," even the ones who didn't pose for the calendar. "They were just laughing and having a great time doing it," he said.
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Morris said the participants told him it was a way for them to feel young again.
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'90s Cartoons Reimagined As Live Action
Arthur?… Is that you?
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Rocko's Modern Life would have involved less speaking...at least in human sounds.
Thinkstock / Nickelodeon / Loryn Brantz / BuzzFeed
Arthur could have been very confusing.
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I mean, really.
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Here's Just How Damn Important Eyebrows Actually Are
As illustrated by celebrities with and without their eyebrows. Obviously.
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15 Times Nugget The Corgi Totally Won You Over
You can’t deny a face like Nugget’s!
"Dare ya not to smile!"
"Hold on, I got waylaid by a nap."
"Uh oh, too many treats means too many toots."
"Don't be mad! I'm just trying to be closer to nature."
Google's New Chromebit Computer Is Ridiculously Small
An inch or two longer than the typical USB drive.
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Google's newest computer is about the size of an inhaler and could easily be mistaken for one were it not for its Chrome branding. It's called the Chromebit and it will be one of the smallest computers on the market when it ships this summer.
Manufactured by ASUS in partnership with Google, Chromebit is essentially a miniaturized Chromebook freed of its laptop trappings. It doesn't have a display. Or a keyboard. Or a battery. But plug it into a monitor via DisplayPort or USB, and pair it with a keyboard and it will give you the full Chrome OS experience.
It's hard to overstate just how tiny the Chromebit is. Just an inch or so longer than your average USB drive, it's hard to believe it's a functional computer. But with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a Rockchip 3288 processor, and support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, it is — albeit a new breed of one, for which mobility and portability are key selling points.
Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed
For Google, which is looking to make Chrome OS ubiquitous, the Chromebit presents a compelling value proposition to consumers looking for a cheap, portable computing solution that doesn't involve a laptop or tablet. Designed to work anywhere there's already a screen and a keyboard, the device has use cases that encompass everything from internet cafes to grandparents-in-need-of-a-modern-operating-system to hotel receptionists. And with a price point expected to come in below $100, Chromebit will likely be appeal to an education market already enamored with its Chromebook sibling. Certainly it seems an inexpensive way for cash-strapped schools to upgrade antiquated computer labs.
But is it a worthwhile one? Perhaps — assuming the device delivers on Google's promise of the full Chrome OS experience and doesn't undermine it with performance limitations associated with its diminutive form factor. We'll find out, when Chromebit arrives at market this summer.
17 Things People With Chronic Pain Are Tired Of Hearing
Yep, it’s real. And nope, sorry, you can’t buy my drugs!
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Almost seven years ago, a work injury left me with a nasty disability called "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy," aka R.S.D. The short version is that all the nerves from the shoulder to the fingertips of my (once) dominant hand and arm now misinterpret everything as pain.
Pain is a constant in my life; it's just a question of how bad it will be on any given day. There are some things that I know will make it worse, such as being touched, the weather, abrupt temperature changes, and stress, but there are also times where it flares up for no reason. There's no preventing it, no real control of it, no cure for it.
One thing I didn't count on, however, is how often I have to field insensitive comments from people who probably mean well, but just don't understand the nature of my illness.
Here are a few things I really wish I never had to hear again:
"Is it contagious?"
Nope, it's not a cold!
"What do you mean you can't work? You could do something."
Not many employers are eager to hire someone that is completely unreliable, may or may not show up for work on any given day, and may end up leaving at any point during the shift, due to pain flares that make functioning impossible.
"Smoking Doesn't Kill" And Other Great Old Op-Eds From Mike Pence
The Indiana governor who is at the center of the debate surrounding the recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act in his state wrote some interesting op-eds 15 years ago.
"Time for a quick reality check. Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn't kill."
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Pence explains why Titanic was a popular movie, calling it a "metaphor before our eyes."
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On climate change, Pence says CO2 from burning fuels can't be the cause of increased global temperatures because it "is a naturally occurring phenomenon in nature..." not an unnatural one. He also mixes up India and Indonesia.
Via web.archive.org
Pence says George Washington was a Republican: "Republicans, from George Washington to George W. Bush just have better ideas." Washington didn't belong to any political party and famously warned against them in his farewell address.
Via web.archive.org
29 Awesome Books With Strong Female Protagonists
Celebrate National Women’s History Month with these 29 great books.
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah, Ifemelu is a Nigerian woman who has spent the last 15 years in the United States, achieving academic success and writing a successful blog about racism in America. When her fellowship at Princeton ends, she returns to the newly democratic Nigeria and encounters her first love, Obinze. An epic saga of love and identity, Americanah is an examination of race in American and Nigerian life.
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Dealing With Dragons (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles series) by Patricia C. Wrede
Dealing With Dragons's Princess Cimorene is everything her father doesn't want her to be: independent, stubborn, and a tomboy. When Cimorene gives up on the lackluster, proper life she is meant to live, she runs away and finds a dragon named Kazul.
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Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
In Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones, 14-year-old Esch discovers she is pregnant in the midst of Hurricane Katrina threatening her family's coastal Mississippi town. Despite the chaos and scarcity of food, Esch struggles to protect her family during the storm in this powerful story of strength and hope against all odds.
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