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Places That Are on the Cutting Edge of Bathroom Innovation
When I was a young kid visiting my grandparents, there was a little macrame picture hanging on the wall.
It featured a kind of skinny little building on a hill, and beneath that, a short poem I’ll never forget:
“On a cold dark night
In a sleepy haze
Be glad these ain’t
The good ol’ days”
I stared at that thing every time I was in there, completely lost as to its meaning. I don’t know why I never just asked my grandparents what it meant, other than the fact that I felt like there was a joke in there, and I hate admitting that I don’t get a joke.
It wasn’t until I was maybe 15 or so, visiting again for some holiday, that the penny dropped. It was an outhouse. The kind my grandparents had actually grown up using. The poem was about being grateful nobody has to go poop outside anymore. What a time to be alive.
But bathroom innovation didn’t end with, yanno, the bathroom. Check out these Reddit posts about the cutting edge in poopoo peepee tech.
15. I’m blue
Well that’s…bleak.
All of the toilet lights in my town have been changed to fluorescent blue, in an attempt to prevent heroin users from being able to find a vein to use. from mildlyinteresting
14. Backup plan
Way to go, bar.
This brewery has a sign in the bathroom that offers a backup plan incase your date isn’t going so well from mildlyinteresting
13. Can’t handle it
That seems a lot more sanitary, actually.
My school’s bathrooms have pedals instead of handles from mildlyinteresting
12. The fresh stuff
Well well well, look at fancy office Maria over here!
The toilet at my work has a wall of strong scented wood to replace an air refresher (it works surprisingly well!) from mildlyinteresting
11. Going down
You might call it a sink sink.
These kids toilets in a London museum whose sinks slope to cater for progressively shorter children. from mildlyinteresting
10. Visibility
I’m totally on board for this. But also my neck hurts from reading it sideways.
This disabled bathroom has a sign to say it’s OK for anyone of any disability to use it. from mildlyinteresting
9. Safety first
Just don’t mix it up with the soap.
This zoo has a complimentary sunscreen dispenser in the bathroom. from mildlyinteresting
8. Date protection
Seriously, this should be widespread.
7. White noise
Japan is so far ahead of us with toilet stuff.
Japanese toilets often have a button that plays white noise/water sounds so you can poop without other people hearing your business. from mildlyinteresting
6. Code red
Clever and discreet.
The bathroom at my doctor’s office has a discreet way for victims of abuse, violence, or human trafficking to get help. from mildlyinteresting
5. Kid seat
For the tiny butts among us.
Public toilet at shopping centre has a extra smaller toilet seat for little humans. from mildlyinteresting
4. Free means free
As it ought to be.
My office flipped all the women’s restroom vending machines to be free. from mildlyinteresting
3. Gender neutral
The way of the future.
I have a Gender neutral bathroom at my High school from mildlyinteresting
2. Cool glasses
For when you gotta temporarily hang up your style.
This toilet lock that doubles as a tray so you can’t leave without taking your stuff. from mildlyinteresting
1. Pet stop
Puppers need poopers too.
The future of 1 and 2 look bright.
If you were redesigning your bathroom any way you want, what would you do with it?
Tell us in the comments.
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Photos From People Who Are Doing Weddings the Right Way
Ah, the wedding day. A magical time for you and your spouse, the day you’ll never forget.
No matter how hard you might try.
It is a day frequently immortalized by photographs, often very expensive ones, but some caught off-the-cuff. Of the endless supply that’s out there, though, only a few rise to the top to become internet legends that get spread far and wide to the rest of us.
Here are some of those, thanks to Imgur/Reddit.
15. Best in the world
I’d rather have a bottle in front’a me than a frontal lobotomy.
14. You’re outta here
“At our wedding an usher had a rude girlfriend who wanted to be in the middle of pictures (dressed in white!) I got upset but my photographer said ‘I’ll fix it later don’t worry!’”
13. Potato, potato
Ironically this had to cost way more than just a normal invite.
My best friend finally mailed me an invitation to his wedding.
12. The summoning circle
Um. You good, kid?
11. What happens in Vegas
Will haunt you forever.
My uncle’s wedding in Las Vegas, streamed live on the internet. from trashy
10. Loving gift
This reminds me of when televangelists offer terrible gifts in exchange for “love offerings” to get around taxing their stupid merchandise.
I was told this wedding invitation should be under trashy. from trashy
9. Carry me home
When they talk about the threshold, I’m not sure that’s what they mean.
Every girls dream is to be carried on her wedding night. from trashy
8. Here comes the somebody
This is like the one unforgivable sin of wedding attire, how do people keep doing this?
That woman on the left is not the bride… from weddingshaming
7. Keep it classy
I mean, I’ll give ’em this, it’s a brilliant cost-saving measure.
Wasn’t expecting to see a wedding when I stopped at Wal*Mart this weekend… from trashy
6. Hiding in plain sight
Look, to each their own, but there’s something that hits me weird about hiding from would-be assassins as a form of romance.
Has anyone seen the bride? I can’t find her. from weddingshaming
5. So stinking happy
I see what you did there.
4. Once again
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING, JUST STOP.
You’re probably wondering why this is shame worthy. Well how do you feel now that you know she was ***NOT*** the bride from weddingshaming
3. MRPA?
It doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.
The Russian equivalent of the MAGA wedding from weddingshaming
2. How cute
But how am I gonna look good for a photo if I’m preventing a plague? Priorities, man.
When the toppers on your toilet paper cake have masks, but none of your guests do. from weddingshaming
1. Caught him
I’m not here to kinkshame, but maybe keep this in the bedroom. And yes, that’s motherf**king Carole Baskin.
I can only hope my big day is half as classy.
What’s the weirdest wedding you’ve ever experienced?
Tell us about it in the comments.
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People Share Their Beautifully Awkward Photos of Yesteryear
Growing up can be really hard. And our various stages of development are just – let’s face it – super awkward and weird.
But you never really get a true appreciation of that until you’re looking at it all in hindsight. It’s not until you’ve had a little distance between you and the thing that you can pick up the photos and other perfect records of the past and say “Wait…what was going on with me?”
The good news is that this is a more or less universal experience and thus there’s no sense getting all shy about it. Instead, celebrate your strange past, and even spread it around the internet, if you wish, like these denizens of Reddit did.
10. Many talents
Do you think the person creating that page layout knew what was up?
I was so proud when I made the yearbook. When I got home and showed my mom she said I would regret that later in life. from blunderyears
9. Super cool
Smoking kills, kids. Don’t do it.
My super cool 15 year old self skipping school to smoke on a playground.. year must be 2010 i think from blunderyears
8. Blow that horn
I’m not sure why, but I can just hear the cicadas in the background of this photo.
14 or so self circa 1995 playing an outdoor concert for family. I could really toot my own horn… from blunderyears
7. She bangs, she bangs
Hey, better than adult me could do. Good job.
6. A historic moment
If you actually ate that entire thing I am really proud of you, kid.
Bless my Dad for capturing this historic moment. from blunderyears
5. Christian Granny Goth
Do you have a moment to have some tea and talk about our lord and savior Nosferatu?
I call this look “Christian Granny Goth” and it was pretty bold for a 12 year old in 1995 from blunderyears
4. Look out
Eh, you’ll grow into ’em.
Hi my name is Jacob and when I was a kid, I didn’t have to look both ways before crossing the street. from blunderyears
3. All the way done
This kid is about to go write some VERY intense and also illegible things in her diary.
I was 100% done with life at the age of 4. from blunderyears
2. Signs of things to come
Well that’s just downright weird.
My now husband and me circa 2004, a year or two before we would meet. from blunderyears
1. Spiral perms and shoulder pads
I don’t know why it was a thing for a while for women to have pretend broad shoulders, but it was.
And it’ll probably come back, because, fashion.
The year was 1990. Spiral perms and shoulder pads. from blunderyears
Ah. Good times.
What were your awkward years like?
Tell us in the comments.
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Wonderfully Awkward Photos, Shared Without Regret
Photography – the process by which light is filtered through a lens onto some photosensitive element and subsequently turned into a still record of whatever it captured – didn’t come about until the 1800’s. And at first it was exceedingly difficult to pull off, and certainly not available to most people.
It’s only been with us for about two centuries. Which of course means there’s no one alive today who was born before it, but also that in terms of humanity, it’s way brand new. Humans have been around for at least 100,000 years, and until very recently, none of us had any means of looking back on these perfect snapshots of our candid past.
It makes me wonder – did people before photography idealize their childhood selves? Did they assume they’d always looked pretty cool?
Because we certainly don’t have that luxury, as these people of Reddit will attest.
10. Traumatised
Wasn’t that a movie with Steve Carell?
I just got traumatised when looking for a picture on my fathers facebook page. No, was not a 40 year old librarian, I was just an 11 year old boy. from blunderyears
9. Not a phase!
Lol RAWR XD
8. Shave and a haircut
But you look like you’re totally owning it here and that’s what counts.
At 15, I thought if I shaved my eyebrows off it would be easier to make them symmetrical. For this heinous act, I am sorry. from blunderyears
7. No regrets
As well there shouldn’t be.
This is how my (now wife) and I went to prom. No regrets, 2008 from blunderyears
6. The turtleneck combo
You were one of a kind and you were happy, good on you.
1995, age 10. I loved that dress and turtleneck combo and wore it everywhere. My mom cut my hair with a Flowbee at home. from blunderyears
5. Turn up the volume
This is as big as it gets.
I could never replicate the volume my hair had after 7th grade gym class and a chi straightener from blunderyears
4. High school vibes
There’s just so much being communicated by that face.
3. Jimmy Neutron
Can’t wait for your Nickelodeon show!
Not terrible, but I spent 4th grade cosplaying as Jimmy Neutron with that helmet of hair. I’m a girl btw. from blunderyears
2. Vans and vans
Mom looks pretty down for it herself.
Me and friends before a Disturbed concert in 2006. We’re so cool posing in front of Mom and the van.
from blunderyears
1. Following directions
They didn’t say what to do with my teeth, though.
Photographer said shoulders back, head forward, and I delivered. from blunderyears
God bless our past selves. Without them, we wouldn’t be here today.
What was your awkward phase like?
Tell us about it in the comments.
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This Son Photoshops His Dad Into Movies and the Results Are Very Funny
I wish I had a better knowledge of Photoshop.
There are so many cool things you can do with it–like digitally insert your dad into culturally relevant moments across both history and cinema
That being said, Instagram user the_dadvent does this rather well.
1. “Hey, Eddie. Is that a rabbit in your pocket…
…or are ya’ glad to see me?”
2. “They can take our land…
…but they’ll never take our…sweater vests?”
3. Dad: We’re not getting a dog?
Dads when they get the dog.
4. The gas mileage on this thing is what!?
“I’m not chipping in. It’s not my fault you missed the exit.”
5. Hey, Point Break.
“Ya’ keep telling me you’re worthy, so how about a haircut and a job? No, no. Don’t give me that God of Thunder nonsense.”
6. Listen up, McFly.
“When this banjo hit 55 miles an hour, you’re going to hear some serious sh*t.”
7. I am unsinkable.
His embrace melts the North Atlantic iceberg of my heart.
8. Junior!
“There’s a fire.”
9. Ayyy, so we singin’?
“I feel like we didn’t have to sing in the rain… And we dance now? In the puddles? Do always wear taps shoes out?”
10. I don’t know what was in that red pill.
“Are you guys seeing all these 1’s and 0’s. I’m maybe not okay with this. Where’s the guy with the pills?”
11. Yippe ki yay.
“Young man, where are your shoes?”
12. Holy local jurisdiction, Batman
“The police just let you do this?”
Have you ever used photoshop to manipulate photos like this? Ever had the urge to let Leo hold you on the bow of the Titanic? Ever taken the time to do it?
Share it with us in the comments so we can legitimize your claim to Leo’s love and ensure you’re not just one of his French girls.
Au revoir.
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People Share Photos From Their Very Awkward Pasts
For a generation that’s as nostalgic as mine is, we rarely actually wanna look at what we were like back in the day.
Because the past, by and large, is not pretty. Though it is frequently hilarious.
Enter a fascinating rabbit hole on Reddit called r/blunderyears, where people voluntarily post relics of their own cringey past that they may be mourned and celebrated communally.
Let us enter the zone now, and try to survive.
13. Guess who?
I’ll tell ya who still probably didn’t know: that boy.
12. Choice
Look,, we all make choices.
15yo me, I thought this outfit was choice. from blunderyears
11. Done
“I’m just old for my age, you wouldn’t understand.”
I was 100% done with life at the age of 4. from blunderyears
10. Phase out
Got some serious rawr XD energy going on here.
9. Bang bang
Nevermind that, the rest of your hair is trying to escape.
8. What a performance!
Who doesn’t love the utility of a good fanny pack?
7. Beat that
If that kid wasn’t drowning in ladies I’d be shocked.
Every year my mom would photoshop my Valentine’s Day cards for me to hand out in school. (Circa 2006) from blunderyears
6. Sticking together
Ah yes, I remember these.
Duct tape prom, why did I think this was a good idea from blunderyears
5. Danger zone!
It’s hardly fair, there’s one of me, and yet only four of me.
4. Taste the difference
Why does he look like he just caught those drums from horseback?
The days when I was a performing Pepsi can. from blunderyears
3. Blunderbuss
Hanson in a very alternate reality.
My three brothers. Three times the blunder. from blunderyears
2. Eye see you
“Nice try God, I’ll take it from here.”
At 15, I thought if I shaved my eyebrows off it would be easier to make them symmetrical. For this heinous act, I am sorry. from blunderyears
1. Oh brother
I…kind of need to hear this immediately.
Found this at a friends house. Her little brothers made a rap album when they were younger from blunderyears
If heartwarming cringe could be converted to electricity, this page could power a city.
What were your blunder years like? What did you wear? What did you do for fun?
Tell us all about them in the comments.
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Hilarious Times People Shared Their Favorite (and Most Embarrassing) Photos With Celebs
I guess you can’t always blame celebrities for occasionally being rude to random people out in public who want their photo with them.
It would probably get old, right?
But that’s not gonna keep folks from hounding them for a pic, because, let’s be honest, how often do you really see famous people?
People shared some funny and awkward pics with celebs.
Let’s take a look!
1. Gruesome twosome.
Not bad!
— Malcolm Torz (@MalcolmTorz) April 4, 2020
2. Gimme two!
There you go!
legend
pic.twitter.com/4GX7Z8N1Ol
— Nico
(@NicoKatyCat) April 5, 2020
3. Not once, but twice.
Nailed it.
Lana in 2012 and CRJ in 2014! pic.twitter.com/tOyddBivmP
— pasquale antonio (@pas3p3) April 5, 2020
4. Keep an eye out.
There she is!
gotta keep an eye out for selenur https://t.co/diO5FEHamq pic.twitter.com/nqX0W21EdQ
— christy (@christyklocki) April 5, 2020
5. From a million years ago.
Do you believe in love?
From a million years ago pic.twitter.com/gbgp7lvhje
— KiKi Martini
(@MrPrettyMess) April 4, 2020
6. A big flex.
And you got a hug!
my biggest flex ever https://t.co/QXGvrsLGId pic.twitter.com/mhXmXEO1lD
— nesta // genya (@sweetviIIains) April 7, 2020
7. Pretty cool.
Gettin’ down and dirty.
never gonna stop posting this one https://t.co/izKHo7AQGw pic.twitter.com/Z1vT5etmpv
— mia hughes (@AAAAAAAGGGHHHHH) April 7, 2020
8. A little blurry.
Can’t recapture that one…
Both bullet points apply here lol I look waaaay too shook (cause I was)
pic.twitter.com/SeMdY2XrIw
— ⟭⟬ Corey | Ferox⁷ ⟬⟭ (@MakeCoreyStop) April 4, 2020
9. You get around!
Always ummmm…
anyways UM
https://t.co/Q9KFQpOURY pic.twitter.com/w06IAH2jtf
— leeza #FREEBRITNEY (@leeztranada) April 7, 2020
10. My two moms.
I think you’re lying to us.
both of my moms
https://t.co/VXDZnzFkDm pic.twitter.com/CwzphePn4w
— chase (@cfree94) April 6, 2020
11. That’s called winning!
Who has the better hair?
i win https://t.co/IxAMCF9w0N pic.twitter.com/lFiaeAFltE
— Harry
(@harryjonesxx) April 5, 2020
Okay, now we want to hear from YOU.
In the comments, share some of your own pics with celebs if you have them.
We can’t wait to see them. Thanks!
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These People Went to Great Lengths to Get the Perfect Shot
I’ve worked on film sets and I know probably better than most people that every cool image you see had a lot of work put into making it happen.
Often that work is not at all glamorous. Sometimes it’s downright weird, or even demeaning. Occasionally it’s dangerous. You very much enter a mindset of “hey, whatever gets the job done” and you just start grabbing anything you can that might be helpful.
If you’re working without budget (and without permission) things can get especially strange. And that’s never more evident than in the world of amatuer photogs trying to bolster their social media presence.
10. Look at these two
That’s a public street, yo.
9. Leaf me alone
I’m actually very curious to see how that shot turned out.
8. Sidewalk saunter
Nobody’s gonna be looking, right?
7. Swing and a miss
Or, hit, as the case may be.
6. Honest Abe
Not really the place, honey.
5. Irony alert
Everybody huddle together now, we don’t want to miss catching this.
4. Seize your opening
“Sir you’re really supposed to wear a shirt in here.”
3. A bridge too far
This is gonna be quite a story for the memorial service.
2. Winds of change
When nature just won’t do her part.
1. Through the roof
Meanwhile I’m getting tickets for rolling to a stop at the sign.
I understand the need to get the shot, but for the love of God, be careful, and be considerate.
What’s the greatest length you’ve gone to in order to snap a picture?
Tell us in the comments.
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