Looks like somebody’s been reading “Are You Freaky Enough to Try These Sauce Combinations?” And they decided to buck all conventional wisdom and try one of the most unholy food combinations you can imagine.
Ramen with RANCH DRESSING. Talk about a hork fest.
One minute you’re chatting like a functioning adult, and the next you’re mentally pricing out cabins in the middle of nowhere with zero cell service. Congratulations, your “social battery” just flatlined.
The electrolyte and energy drink brand Zipfizz polled 2,000 Americans and looked at the little everyday annoyances that can completely zap your “social battery.” You know, the stuff that pushes you from “I got this” to “I need to live alone in the woods.”
Here are the top 10 culprits you might encounter today:
So if you’ve ever felt socially fried for seemingly no reason, now you know you’re not alone. It’s not that you hate people. It’s just that people can be a lot.
If you think your neighbor’s a pain, meet 72-year-old Samuel Thomas from Florida. He’s setting the bar sky-high for neighborhood drama.
Thomas was arrested after making a wild (and false) call to 911 claiming someone was firing an AR-15 in the street. When police arrived, there was no gunfire, just a chill family barbecue with kids playing nearby. Several other neighbors confirmed there hadn’t been a single shot fired.
As it turns out, this wasn’t a one-time call. Thomas has allegedly dialed 911 a jaw-dropping 3,400 times in just the past year. And 647 of them were about that same neighbor’s house.
The neighbor at the center of most of his complaints says he routinely yells obscenities at her family and has made a laundry list of unfounded accusations, including drug dealing and weapons violations. Despite ALL the nuisance calls, Thomas had somehow never been officially busted for abusing 911 services… until now.
He was charged with stalking, filing a false report, and resisting arrest, after allegedly putting up a fight when officers tried to cuff him.
Thomas has prior convictions for battery, DUI, marijuana possession, disorderly intoxication, passing bad checks, violating probation, and even failing to return rented merchandise.
So far, it’s unclear whether authorities can legally cut off his 911 privileges, but we’re guessing a lot of neighbors are hoping someone finds a way to block his number.
Celebrities love their pets. They also love to get showy with their pets. And that includes adopting WEIRD animals. Here are 10 examples::
She’s basically living out Twilight in reverse. Props for her passion, but owning part-wolf animals is definitely not for the faint of heart, or faint of neighborly patience. She had to go to court against a guy who didn’t like her choice of pet, but she’s not doing anything illegal.
That’s not a pet collection, that’s a small forest exhibit. At least her lemur obsession stemmed from conservation work—not just a quirky impulse.
Naming her owl after her husband’s luxury brand group (Kering) is peak glamorous-weird. The mental image of her casually walking around with an owl on her head? Pure gothic fashion goals.
They’re super cute, super unpredictable, and very much not meant for your Beverly Hills bedroom. The name “Baby Luv” is so Paris—until Baby Luv bites, and Paris needs a tetanus shot.
Of course Leo picked an eco-friendly, slow-living companion. Low-maintenance, long-living, and practically immortal—kind of like Leo’s career.
Illegal tiger ownership feels very on-brand for a rapper trying to flex. The tiger’s name? Not known. The ending? Predictable: animal shelter.
A shark tank in a home studio screams “villain lair.” Sadly, it’s no longer there. But the idea of Ice-T laying down tracks next to circling predators is pretty metal.
$400K for an octopus named Bwyadette? That is art. Morgan said the octopus helps him write jokes. Now we kind of need to see its Netflix special.
This guy didn’t just own exotic pets—he curated a full-on apocalypse starter pack. The bulletproof glass cobra setup sounds less like a home and more like a Bond villain’s den.
He had a wallaroo. Of course he did. And of course it got too big for his house. That’s the most ‘90s rapper sentence ever.
Fox 11 helicopter reporter Stu Mendel used his livestream chat like a personal therapy session this weekend while covering the protests in L.A., describing some of the “debacles” he’s had with his personal life. “”I just had a bunch of debacles with my personal life. “Do I get lonely? Of course! But I got cats.” Thanks for (over)sharing, Stu! 👀
He also channeled Ron Burgundy with this line: “I love bourbon. I do. I do love the bourbon. Love the whiskey, love the bourbon, love the gin. Do love the gin.”
Here’s the full livestream:
Think that gum you swallowed in 2018 is still rattling around your insides? Good news: it’s not. Despite what you may have heard, gum does not take seven years to digest. In fact, like other indigestible things (think corn kernels or seeds), it simply passes through your system in a matter of hours.
That age-old myth is just one of many floating around in the public consciousness—some persistent, some downright ridiculous. A Reddit thread asked users to name the dumbest myths people still believe, and the responses are both enlightening and entertaining. Here are some of the most widely believed—and wildly inaccurate—claims that came up:
As for that gum? It might not dissolve in your stomach, but your body’s digestive system is more than capable of moving it along just like any other fiber-rich food. So relax: your 2018 gum is long gone.
Do you remember the first time you saw “Jaws” as a kid? If you did, probably one of two things happened: You either had an instant fear of the ocean and swimming pools OR you fell in love with sharks (just me?).
Well, either way Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece has been doing it for five decades. “Jaws” turns the Big 5-0 on June 20th. So to celebrate the genre, SlashFilm ranked the 15 Best Shark Movies of All Time:
1. “Jaws” (1975)
2. “The Shallows” (2016)
3. “Open Water” (2003)
4. “The Reef” (2010)
5. “Under Paris” (2024)
6. “Deep Blue Sea” (1999)
7. “47 Meters Down: Uncaged” (2019)
8. “Bait” (2012)
9. “47 Meters Down” (2017)
10. “Jaws 2” (1978)
11. “Sharksploitation” (2024)
12. “Shark Night 3D” (2011)
13. “Tintorera… Tiger Shark” (1977)
14. “The Meg” (2018)
15. “Shark Attack 3: Megalodon” (2002)
(Sorry “Sharknado” and “Santa Jaws” fans.)
If you’ve ever gotten a silent nod, a half-smile, or the ever-reliable thumbs up from your dad, congratulations: you speak Dad. Or at least, you’re fluent in “Dad Speak,” the understated emotional language many fathers abide by.
A new poll dropped just after the emotional rollercoaster of Father’s Day, and it highlights just how much dads say without really saying anything.
And honestly? That checks out.
Nearly half of respondents (49%) say their dad would probably describe himself as “not good at emotional stuff.” Unsurprisingly, women were more likely than men to hear “I love you” from their fathers. But the love is there… it’s just usually wrapped in acts of service or sarcastic jokes about thermostat settings.
That’s where “Dad Speak” comes in. It’s not about what he says… it’s what he does.
So next time Dad sends you a text that just says “ok” or forwards you an article about car maintenance “for no reason,” know this: he probably loves you a lot. He’s just saying it in his own language.
And if he adds a thumbs up emoji? That’s basically a sonnet.
If you like ketchup on eggs, there’s a 1000% chance you’ve been shamed for it at some point in your life (Maybe many points.) But now Heinz wants you to start owning it and help them make “breakfast ketchup” a thing.
In a bold new move, Heinz is stepping in to defend ketchup lovers everywhere with a campaign that basically says: “Yeah, we do that. And shut up, it’s delicious.”
They teamed up with 100 Waffle House locations around the country to debut new “Breakfast Ketchup” labels. Their new line? “Ketchup at breakfast should be the norm, not the exception.”
Around 50 diners across the U.S. are also getting limited-edition bottles shaped like maple syrup containers. Because if syrup gets to sit on every breakfast table like royalty, why shouldn’t ketchup get a little shine too?
Answer: Nothing. (It still works on hot dogs.)
The ketchup itself hasn’t changed. It’s just a clever marketing gimmick. Heinz is simply hoping to extend their main offering to that all-important first meal of the day… because 🤑.
If they really wanted to push the envelope, they could have gone with some sort of ketchup/syrup hybrid. But does ketchup and syrup on eggs somehow seem even grosser?
According to Heinz, one in four people already reach for the ketchup bottle at breakfast. So in their eyes, this is already a thing. They’re just trying to normalize it.
Is it possible? Yes. But only because hash browns exist.
Eliminate potatoes from the equation, and I’d posit the real number of breakfast ketchup indulgers is closer to 1 in 20. There’s just no way a quarter of the country is putting ketchup on their eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, granola, or cereal on a semi-regular basis. (If you’re putting it on your Froot Loops, bravo. You’re a true original.)
This isn’t the first time Heinz has tried to convince us that their signature product belongs on more than burgers, dogs, and fries. Just months earlier, they tried to convince America that dipping potato chips in ketchup was a thing that should happen.
Obviously encouraging people to use your product in more areas of their life is a solid marketing strategy. (Waiting for them to tell me it’s a great moisturizer too!) But will all the ad dollars actually make more people believe ketchup on eggs is a good idea? Or did they just see the hot-sauce-at-breakfast trend take off, and decide it was an in?
Either way, the fact that the largest ketchup brand in the world has your back is no small thing. So if you’ve ever been side-eyed for putting ketchup on your eggs (or bacon, or anything else on your plate), you’ve now got Heinz in your corner the next time you hear it from breakfast ketchup haters.
Just don’t start putting it on Cheerios, or I’m out!
1. Trump announced he was running for president, and everyone chuckled. He descended his golden escalator, formally entering the fray on June 16th, 2015, and no one thought he had a chance. Hillary Clinton had announced her candidacy two months earlier that April.
2. The Rachel Dolezal scandal broke. The former president of Spokane’s NAACP chapter resigned after it was revealed she was extremely caucasian. She made headlines again in 2024 when her OnlyFans page got her fired from a teaching job in Arizona.
3. “Jurassic World” had the biggest opening weekend ever – $208.8 million. But the record only stood for six months. “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” opened to the tune of $248 million that December.
4. Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig’s made-for-TV movie premiered on Lifetime. “A Deadly Adoption” was a typical Lifetime drama. The only comedy that existed was the fact that Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig decided to do a typical Lifetime drama.
5. A-Rod got his 3,000th hit, and the fan wouldn’t give him the ball. His 3,000th hit was a homer snagged by pro ballhawk Zack Hample. Two weeks later, Hample finally traded the ball for some signed swag, free All-Star tickets, and a $150k donation to the charity Pitch in for Baseball.
6. Brian Williams got banished to MSNBC for his B.S. helicopter story. He’d been suspended by NBC News earlier in the year after claiming he was on a helicopter that got hit by an RPG in Iraq.
7. Sean Penn and Charlize Theron broke up. Yeah, they dated for a minute – or more like 18 months between 2013 and 2015. Their 15-year age gap may have been an issue, and also the fact that he’s known to be… difficult.
8. A divorced guy literally split everything down the middle. A woman in Germany left her husband of 12 years. He went viral after doing the only mature thing and sawing their possessions in half.
9. Even Michael Jackson’s son thought the name “Blanket” was dumb. News broke that he’d started going by Bigi at school because he was sick of being bullied. (It was just a nickname anyway. Bigi was born Prince Michael Jackson II. MJ introduced him in 2002 by dangling him off a balcony with a towel on his head. Normal dad stuff.)
10. Utah Valley University invented cellphone friendly stairs. Three separate lanes for walking, running, and texting. It’s been a decade… how has this design not become ubiquitous?
