As a good riddance to 2023 *spits for dramatic effect, hits pant leg*, this is a 32-minute compilation of news bloopers from the year. There are some goodies in there. There are also some not-so-goodies. Still, it’s a great way to waste 30 minutes at the office like I just
2022 — what a year, am I right? It was certainly a lot of days. Most of which I probably should have just stayed in bed. 2023 — totally going to be my year though, I can feel it. Feels like an upset stomach. This is a compilation of news
Because what better way to pay than with nostalgia, this is the Blockbuster Membership Card skin for sale by Etsy seller OdocoCustoms for $8. Available in four styles (chip cutout only, name and # cutout, chip and name cutout, and no cutout at all), you’ll be the envy of everyone
Remember payphones? Feels like a hundred years ago, doesn’t it? Well it was, it was actually a hundred years ago when AT&T tore the last payphone off an outside wall at a 7-11, its phonebook stolen long before by hoodlums who burnt it in an alleyway. My God we’re old.
This is a 3D visualization comparing the size of the largest living versus extinct animals of the same species, with a human standing there for reference/to keep the predators’ attention. In almost all cases, there was a larger species that has since gone extinct. I mean, if you believe the
Have you ever wondered what the dial-up modem handshake sound LOOKS like? Just how high were you? Edibles? Maybe next time wait an hour before eating the rest. This is the dial-up modem sound presented in spectrogram form. Sure brings back memories, doesn’t it? MOM! MOM HANG UP THE PHONE.
This is a video of an old Parrish & Heimbecker grain elevator being sent to meet its maker by an excavator in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, after outliving its purpose. And speaking of outliving its purpose *lowers voice, looks around* my roommate. Honestly, I’m not convinced he ever had a purpose to
The last Blockbuster store, located in Bend, Oregon, is letting residents of Deschutes County the chance to have an AirBnB sleepover in the store for three nights in September for just $4 a night (a cent more than the cost of a movie rental). So, yeah, just to be clear