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This Robotic Planter Will Follow You Around to Remind You to Water It

If you’re a busy parent, there are some every day tasks you just can’t get out of – your kid has to be clothed (often more than once), fed, napped, watered, and you know… kept alive to the end of the day.

Which is perhaps why our plants’ well-being often falls by the wayside.

But no more, my friends, because you can purchase the HEXA plant to take care of your green friends for you.

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It’s a walkable planter that searches for sunlight on behalf of your plants (and seeks shade when the plant has had enough). So far, sounds like a wonderful, genius idea, right? Like maybe you’ll buy one and take advantage of all the air freshening and toxin-reducing goodness plants bring into your home?

Wait.

If you forget to water the plant, the HEXA basically throws a temper tantrum until you give it a drink. Like a foot-stomping toddler, though admittedly it’s probably not quite as hard to turn off (or assuage in any way).

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The idea came to founder Sun Tianqi after he glimpsed a dead sunflower and couldn’t stop thinking about how its life could have been saved.

“In 2014, I went to see a sunflower exhibition and found myself focused on a dead sunflower near a ground of blooms. The dead flower sat in a place that was always in a shadow. I had no idea how it ended up there or why it died – whether it was because of the lack of sunshine or water – but it was just there, and it was dead. I thought, if it could move a little bit, take a 30-feet walk out of the shadow to where the other sunflowers were, it would have lived healthily.”

And so the walking flowerpot was born and improved (if you call stomping its feet until it gets water an improvement). One can be yours for a mere $949.

Yeah. Well, happy plants don’t come cheap.

I have to say, I’m intrigued. But no way am I letting this thing boss me around until my kids are out of diapers

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10 Life Lessons Gained by Wasting Your Childhood Playing “The Sims”

If you’re like me, you could have been a millionaire if you spent as much time learning about finance as you did playing “The Sims” growing up.

I guess we’re all not millionaires then, yeah? Anybody?

But we did learn some completely useless things about life, so here they are…

Your life isn’t complete until Drew Carey crashes your party…

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House look like hot garbage? Who cares… as long as that bed is hot AF!

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You’re so lazy that you’ll just pee on the floor.

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How many personality traits do you really need? Five. Just five.

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Newspapers just take up WAY too much space…

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Nobody knows what to do when fire breaks out.

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Friendship is hard.

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Life has no maybes. It’s now or never.

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Remember that kid you had who started getting bad grades and then they were shipped off to a military school, never to be seen again? Yeah, me neither…

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Clowns can just randomly move in to your house and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.

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Okay, now go study some finance and get rich. Enough Sims already!

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Hilarious Twitter Thread Proves “Game of Thrones” Is Just a Live-Action “Shrek”

Oh Twitter, you know how to ruin everybody’s day.

@ohytargaryen somehow figured out that the real-life, flesh-and-blood characters in Game of Thrones somehow insanely resemble the animated folk in Shrek.

Yeah, it’s a thing.

Sansa and Tyrion’s wedding anybody?

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Oh look! Jaime Lannister!

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Oh look! Cersei and Jaime!

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The Hound is Shrek in ogre form…

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And Podrick is Shrek in human form!?

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Oh. My. God.

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Bran? Is that you?!?

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Drogon… dat u?

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The Mountain… guess who?

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And just for good measure…

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Okay, the whole show is ruined for me now!

Thanks internet!

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Apparently, “Texas” Means “Crazy” In Norway

The stars at night may be big and bright deep in the heart of Texas, but the Lone Star state is apparently famous for something very different across the pond – people in Norway are now using the word ‘Texas’ as an adjective to describe an atmosphere that’s unpredictable, chaotic, exhilarating, or even scary.

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To be clear, they don’t use it to describe a person (yet), but rather a place or situation or a thing.

I mean, I’ve lived in Texas, so I have to say, I think it could also work for people.

Example: Det var helt texas (It (a party?) was completely texas).

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According to Texas Monthly, Norwegians have used the slang word for several decades; it’s basically a throwback to Texas’ rough-and-tumble history and all of the associations that go along with the Wild West. There are news articles that use the term to describe everything from truck drivers tackling dangerous routes to a raucous soccer match or a swordfish snagged in a fjord.

I’m really not even sure what my response to this should be, though I would love to know exactly how the expression came to be and evolved in popular use.

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And why I’m only hearing about it now.

At least I’ve passed it on to y’all, and that’s what matters. Now, keep it going!

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The Legendary Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (and 6 People Who Died From It)

King Tut, or Tutankhamun, was a boy king of Egypt, reigning from 1332 until 1323 BC. He was only 10 years old when he became Pharaoh. His young age and short reign are notable enough, but he is most famous for his tomb, which was opened in 1922 and found filled with gold and extraordinary Egyptian artifacts.

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When archeologist Howard Carter and his team opened the tomb of King Tut in 1922, those fascinated with Egyptology knew of the legends of curses and so watched for King Tut’s curse to extend its undead hands. The tomb had been left alone about for over 3,000 years – certainly, it was consecrated and should remain undisturbed.

And terrible events threatened those who dared to enter.

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For the next 10 years, the dying didn’t stop.

Carter’s team was financed by a wealthy man named George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. After receiving a cable from Carter announcing that after six years of exploration he had found the tomb of King Tut, Lord Carnarvon rushed to the area in Egypt known as the Valley of the Kings. He had dreamed of this moment for years and was a witness when Carter finally broke the seals and opened the door to the Pharaoh’s final resting place.

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When Carter pulled the door back, Carnarvon asked, ” Can you see anything?” Carter answered, “Yes. Wonderful things. Wonderful things!”

A few weeks later, as he was shaving, Carnarvon cut his face where a mosquito had bitten him. He consequently died of blood poisoning. Supposedly, the lights in his home back in England went out at his last breath, and a gash on the cheek of the king’s mummy matched the cut on Herbert’s.

The second ‘manifestation’ of the curse wasn’t a death, but it was terribly unlucky just the same. Carter sent a mummy’s hand paperweight to his friend, Sir Bruce Ingham, with a scarab bracelet inscribed with a warning: “Cursed be he who moves my body. To him shall come fire, water and pestilence.”

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Carter, who scoffed at the notion of any curse, meant the gift as a macabre joke. But soon after receiving the mummy hand, Sir Ingham’s house burned to the ground, then flooded.

Ingham didn’t rebuild.

American financier and railroad executive George Jay Gould visited the tomb in 1923. He contracted pneumonia a few days later and never recovered, dying within the year.

George Jay Gould
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The curse also extended itself to people who never even went to the tomb. Carnarvon’s half-brother, Colonel The Honorable Aubrey Herbert went blind, had all this teeth pulled (he though it might cure his blindness) and died of sepsis – five months after Carnarvon.

Effigy of Colonel The Honorable Aubrey Herbert 
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Hugh Evelyn-White was one of the archeologists who helped excavate the tomb. It was rumored he was so spooked by the thought of a curse taking the lives of others associated with the project that he hanged himself. His suicide note, written in blood on a wall said, “I have succumbed to a curse which forces me to disappear.”

Also present at the opening of the tomb were American Egyptologist Aaron Ember and his wife, both of whom perished in a fire in their home after giving a dinner party. Though they initially escaped the flames, Ember and wife ran back in. She wanted to save their son. He wanted his manuscript–The Egyptian Book of the Dead.

In truth, out of the 58 people who were present when Carter opened the sealed tomb doors and discovered the riches within, eight died within 12 years. Carter himself lived to be 64 before dying of lymphoma.

So, which is it? Curse or coincidence?

Historians may be able to explain away the deaths and disasters due to the times and other circumstances. But the idea that there was a curse of King Tut’s tomb has been a boon to both tourism in Egypt and to Hollywood horror movie-making.

Curses are just more fun.

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Scientists Discovered a Way to Treat Burns Using Fish Skin

Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: a team of Brazilian scientists has figured out how to treat burns using fish skin. This is absolutely insane, and more than a little creepy and also… who in the world even comes up with an idea like that?!?

Ok, in all seriousness, it’s actually a really cool invention!

Researchers at the Federal University of Cearà in Brazil came up with this innovation. They use tilapia skin, which is high in collagen (a healing protein) and moisture. It reportedly speeds up healing and reduces the need for pain medication.

In modern medicine, burns are often treated with grafts of human or pig skin, both of which transfer collagen to burn victims’ healing skin. The alternative is to use burn creams and gauze strips that have to be changed out frequently, which involves a lot of pain for victims.

But in Brazil, it’s not easy to get human or pig skin for grafts. Thus, the foray into fish skin. Fish skin works similarly to other tissues — and it may even be MORE effective.

“We got a great surprise when we saw that the amount of collagen proteins, types 1 and 3, which are very important for scarring, exist in large quantities in tilapia skin, even more than in human skin and other skins,” said Dr. Edmar Maciel, a burn specialist at the José Frota Institute.

Even better, tilapia is a cheap, abundant fish. It costs 75% less than the burn cream used in Brazil. While it’s still under study and has yet to catch on mainstream, it has been used experimentally in the US on bears.

And yes, it does look really bizarre. But the tilapia skins are sterilized first, so it’s totally safe.

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14 Firefighter Memes That Will Spark Up Your Laughter

If you save lives for a living, you have to be able to laugh at yourself and your profession.

Yeah, firefighters have that covered, no problem! These memes prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt!

Here are 12 that will spark some smiles!

1. It’s true. 3 days on and 4 days off is no joke!

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2. Yes. Agreed. 100%

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3. Is there a fire? Okay, be there in a minute. Just gonna eat something first…

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4. Sick burn!

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5. Classic.

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6. She’s a goner. She’s also a mannequin.

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7. Behind you!

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8. Those helmets are good for something!

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9. Well, maybe 20 minutes after…

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10. Oh snap!

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11. **wink**

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12. lol… don’t toy with me!

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13. I mustache you a question!

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14. Answer: maybe?

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Make sure to share these tasty memes with your firefighting friends!

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17 of the Toughest “Would You Rather” Questions Ever (with Answers)

This Ask Reddit roundup is going to be slightly different…

How? The Humans of Tumblr staff is actually going to answer ALL of these questions to give you some insight into our twisted minds.

The following answers are still anonymous. I may have answered some of these myself, but you’ll never know which.

Let’s get to it!

1. Would you rather have to sprint every time you use your legs no matter the distance, or have to yell anytime you want to say something?

Sprint every time.

I’d be in amazing shape and people would get used to it.

Nobody would ever get used to me yelling constantly.

2. Would you rather be a strawberry with human thoughts or a human with strawberry thoughts?

Both sound adorable! Who thought of this one?

But… human with strawberry thoughts.

I like being a human and I’d like to know what strawberries think. I don’t think being a strawberry with human thoughts would be that fun. And you wouldn’t be around for very long.

Idk, I’m probably overthinking it?

3. Speak every language fluently or play every instrument perfectly?

I would speak the shit out of those languages!

Tbh, I could care less if I can play any instrument if I can talk with anybody in the world! That would be amazing!

Sign me up!

4. Would you rather fight Mike Tyson once or talk like Mike Tyson for the rest of your life?

Hahaha, wtf? I guess fight him once?

I mean, I’d probably get royally fucked up, but I don’t want to have that lisp for the rest of my life. That’s worth getting pounded on for thirty minutes.

5. Always oral or never oral?

Never oral.

First and obvious reason.. I couldn’t have kids! And, tbh, in my experience… oral is overrated. But maybe that’s just been because of the people I’ve been with?

Idk… are we supposed to be answering questions like this at work? Is this allowed? lol

6. Cat with a human face or dog with human hands?

Wait, I’m confused. Is this me? Or my pet?

I guess if it were a pet… a cat with a human face because a dog with human hands would be trouble.

But if it were me, I’d want those hands. And dogs are cooler to be than cats. I want to be let outside to shit.

7. Cum every time you fart or fart every time you cum?

Cum every time I fart.

I mean, don’t fart that much, but having those feel amazing wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.

And that’s a second secret I’d have if I let a silent, but deadly one loose.

Boom!

8. Would you rather give up access to the internet or give up access to motor vehicles?

So this is all access to all motor vehicles yeah?

Because if that’s the case, I’d still give them up. I can still ride a bike or a skateboard. It’d take me longer, but I’d be in better shape.

I for sure wouldn’t want to give up access to all of the world’s knowledge.

9. Get stuck at all red lights in traffic, or have incredibly slow internet (dial up slow) after dark?

Pfft, red lights for sure.

So what I have to wait another 30 seconds or so? Yeah, it might be frustrating, but there’s no way I’d want to have the internet by slow.

FUCK that.

10. Would you rather be on death row for a crime you didn’t commit, and the most important person in your life is free but they committed the crime… or be free, but the most important person in your life is on death row for a crime you committed?

Easy. I’d roam free.

Because if I’m enough of a psychopath to commit a crime like that, my conscience wouldn’t bother me if somebody else took the fall for it.

11. Kind of a spin-off but my friend once said “If you had to fuck 2 people and their combined age was 28, how old would each one be?”

14 and 14. Super gross, but the least horrible age to pick.

You know what’s just as weird? 14 is the minimum age to get married in 33 states in the United States with parental consent. Yeah….

12. Would you rather have hiccups for the rest of your life or constantly feel like you have to sneeze?

Feel like I have to sneeze.

I feel like I could get used to that, but if I was constantly hiccuping, that’s literally a loop the body goes through and it would drive me insane.

13. Would you rather have tastebuds on your fingertips or smell with your perineum?

No, I’m not going to smell everything with my taint.

Tastebuds on fingertips.

Next!

14. All songs exist but they are all performed by Pitbull, or only one Pitbull song exists but it’s performed by every artist with their own cover interpretation?

I happen to actually like Pitbull, so no judging! But I’d rather have one Pitbull song performed by everybody else. Lots of different ways that could go.

Variety is the spice of life, after all!

15. Would you rather know how you’re going to die or when you’re going to die?

When I’m gonna die.

That way I’d make the most of the time I had left and I’d be able to not worry about dying randomly.

16. Would you rather have everyone twice your age and older talk like an adult from Charlie Brown or everyone half your age and younger talk like a minion?

Kids talk like minions.

First, I don’t need to listen to kids that much. Second, I could get used to the minions language eventually.

17. Would you rather be ugly but smell amazing or be handsome/beautiful but stink?

Ugly but smell amazing.

There’s plenty of “ugly” people who live amazing lives.

And beauty is in the eye of beholder, right? RIGHT?!?!

Thank you staff! Those were certainly enlightening answers!

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12 Startling Confessions From Dine-And-Dashers

Have you ever dined and dashed? If so, shame on you. Because you do know that what your food cost comes out of the wait staff’s paycheck, right? Yeah, that’s a thing. At least in some cases.

So why do people do it? These 12 people did the deed and some reveal why…

1. Hope your girl didn’t like it too much…

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2. Just go up and ask!

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3. Oh, there’s a bad part? Poor baby…

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4. If somebody is seriously not waiting on you, I can see this…

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5. Don’t do it again!

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6. Good!

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7. Well DUH!

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8. Not a good excuse.

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9. Get to it!

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10. I can’t be angry at foster kids for doing this…

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11. Hmmm… something tells me you’re gonna get caught.

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12. Haha, ya think? Because you’re a thief? Crazy!

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So, have you ever done this? How’d it go? Did you feel guilty AF?

Hope so…

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Doctor Explains Why You Should NOT Put Garlic in Your Vagina

This really doesn’t seem like the kind of thing that should actually REQUIRE explanation, but in 2019 the whole world is upside-down and nothing makes sense anymore. This is not a bandwagon you want to jump on, ladies.

Apparently, women have started putting garlic in their vaginas because there’s some misinformation floating around that it’s a good home remedy for yeast infections. So Dr. Jennifer Gunter, who is both an OBGYN and a health columnist for the New York Times, put out a Twitter thread explaining all the reasons why you should never, ever do it.

Are you listening? Pay attention to the good doctor, because she’s about to drop some (for some reason much needed) wisdom on all of us.

Are you listening? Because Dr. Gunter isn’t done yet.

And then Dr. Gunter concluded her argument.

So what’s the lesson to be learned to be here? Stick to proven, over-the-counter treatments and consult your doctor before you stick anything anywhere, yeasty or not. And be sure to get your hands on a copy of Dr. Gunter’s upcoming book, The Vagina Bible.

Well, I think that old wives’ tale has now been put to bed…

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