Some time in late March, four young women got in a cab in Edmonton. Some or all of thema claimed to bystanders that the driver had tried to rape them. The case was cleared up quickly, because the driver had a camera in his cab that recorded the entire ride and the not rape that happened. Cue internet maelstrom demanding the women’s heads.
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National treasure Grimes wins Webby for good music, internet savvy, all-around wonderfulness
Grimes aka Claire Boucher won the Webby artist of the year award for her “deep understanding of the Internet as not only a distribution platform for her music and art, but as a social tool to connect with fans through candid, meaningful dialogue.”
Tyler, the Creator’s new video is even weirder than you expected
Odd Future’s Tyler, the Creator released the video for the song “IFHY” off his new album Wolf yesterday, and if you know anything about Odd Future or Tyler, the Creator you know you’re in for some shit you didn’t know you were in for.
Calm down, fashion people: technology doesn’t have to ruin everything
As long as technology has been affecting various industries, there have been pearl-clutching stories about how innovation X is going to be the downfall of industry Y, and oh my god, the world will never be the same again!
‘Extra Wet Naps 3.50:’ fake Guy Fieri menu the best thing about Guy Fieri
Guy Fieri is the kind of person who doesn’t know enough to register his terrible new restaurant’s domain. In 2013 this is a fatal character flaw, one that is often exploited by others for comedic purposes. That is exactly what has happened here.
‘Lil Lil Bub’ new cutest thing in the world
A new, amazingly cute video of everyone’s favourite cat as a kitten.
This exists: A Facebook app that lets you ‘Bang With Friends’
Horny college kids, steeped in their frenetic hookup culture, have stopped attending rainbow parties just long enough to find a new way to feed their sex addictions: Facebook.
A video valentine from the Overly Attached Girlfriend
Here’s a chilling valentine from Laina Walker, the 21-year-old who became the face of the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme.
Breitbart writer wants conservatives to watch ‘Girls,’ was ‘surprised’ Romney lost election
According to Kurt Schlichter (ew), conservatives who aren’t leaving their comfort zones to participate in the Front Lines of the Culture Wars are doing the world a disservice. It’s HBO’s acclaimed and controversial series Girls that has Schlichter clutching his pearls so desperately.
Conservatives Only dating site expands into Canada. Socialists, marxists and feminazis need not apply
ConservativesOnly.com, an American dating site that brings together people on the right of the political spectrum, has just expanded into Canada, Australia and the U.K.
US national treasure James Franco covers Canadian national treasure Justin Bieber
Last night America’s greatest director, actor, writer and perma-stoned heartthrob James Franco uploaded a groundbreaking video of himself and girlfriend Ashley Benson covering Justin Bieber’s 2012 single “Boyfriend.” Franco has adorned himself with a straight-haired wig, baseball cap and hoodie to look like early-2012 Bieber, in his halcyon days before the haircut that signalled his [...]
Things we should all stop doing on the internet in 2013
2013 is the year of the snake, which symbolizes intelligence and grace, two things sorely lacking from our online lives. Here’s a list of things that people should stop doing on the internet because they only contribute to our collective stupidity.
There’s no way to watch American Netflix in Canada, so everyone just stop talking about it already, jeez
Nope, no way to do it. Seriously, we’re all stuck with Canadian Netflix. To even claim that there are people circumventing Netflix’s restrictions and watching the full American catalogue is preposterous. Move along, nothing to see here.
Canadians don’t know how to twerk, and other embarrassing revelations
On a global level, this year’s Google searches were fairly predictable: Gangnam Style, Diablo 3 and Kate Middleton’s boobs. The Canadian search trends, however, had hidden within them a shameful national secret: we don’t know how to twerk.
The history of the GIF told in — what else? — a series of GIFs
The Graphics Interchange Format has been around since the late ’80s and, for a while, rendered entire swaths of the internet unnavigable (MySpace, Angelfire, et al.) but the GIF is making a comeback.