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Dad cracks Zelda game, turns daughter into hero
When Mike Hoye set out to make the game Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker more gender-friendly for his 3-year-old daughter (she pronounces it gender “fwee”), he was doing it primarily out of parental...
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Through Harry Potter Alliance, even Muggles can do magic
To Andrew Slack, the legalization of marriage equality in Maine isn’t just one of numerous reasons to celebrate the election or queer rights. It’s a reason to celebrate Harry Potter.“It’s been a...
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Dronestagram: Instagramming towns targeted by drone strikes
Designer James Bridle has married unmanned drone strike information from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism with Google Earth images to create a series of photos of some of the towns where U.S....
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Dad forced to get cat for son after viral Facebook post
When 7-year-old Remi kept asking for cat, his father Dan Urbano thought of a plan to avoid getting a pet. He told his son that the family would get one only if a picture of Remi and his 1-year-old...
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Twitter advice from @InvisibleObama and @PaulRyanGosling
Great comedy is all about timing. The wrong cadence or length of pause can kill good jokes faster than a cut-off microphone. When it comes to Twitter parody accounts, it’s all about being quick to the...
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Nick Offerman's Movember message: "It gets fuller"
At a time when disgruntled Movember participators might be staring at their sparse mustaches thinking they’ve made a huge mistake, spokesman Nick Offerman has come forth with a message: it gets...
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Solving Reddit's mundane mysteries
"There was this movie that came out sometime in the ‘90s. It had Chevy Chase, John Candy, and I think Demi Moore in it and they were all in an old house surrounded by a junkyard filled with traps. Why...
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OKCupid user pretends to be hot girl with extremely unappealing personality...
The fact that some men are desperate for female companionship is not exactly groundbreaking. But just how desperate are these desperate men? One man went to find out. Inspired by a friend's attempt at...
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#WeirdWednesday: Big Data Borat
Careful targeting and data analysis played a key role in Barack Obama’s successful reelection. His campaign placed a strong focus on big data, collections of all kinds of socioeconomic and demographic...
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Today I F*cked Up: A subreddit where f*ckups are winners
I sent a text to the wrong person. I accidentally hit the car next to me in the parking lot at the grocery store. I threw a baseball through my neighbor’s window. In short, today I fucked up. As far...
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My family vacation [NSFW]
Hooking up in an American theme park is almost disappointingly easy if you are gay, and the reason for that is Grindr. That is this story's fuel, Grindr. You now have the gist of it: Push buttons and...
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6 important questions to ask yourself for National UnFriend Day
I have a lot of insufferable friends constantly filling my Facebook news feed with annoying baby pictures, engagement humblebrags, and BuzzFeed listicles. It’s unavoidable and exhausting—a flood of...
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Crossdressing grandpa is China's greatest gift to the Internet
Liu Xianping, 72, is the greatest crossdressing grandfather any down-on-her-luck Chinese online retailer could hope for. Thanks to his slender, long legs and model-perfect stare, he’s become an...
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7 ways John McAfee is killing time on the run
Wanted for murder and out on the lam, embattled antivirus software legend John McAfee has remained committed to updating his fans, followers, and freedom fighters. He’s using Who Is McAfee—alternately...
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Guardian crowdsources map of missile strikes in Gaza
The blossoming of violence between the state of Israel and Gaza-based Hamas militants began in earnest last week with Israel’s targeted assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed al-Jabari. Since then both...
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The 5 songs Taylor Swift will write about One Direction fandom
If the rumors are true, Taylor Swift and One Direction’s Harry Styles are in a relationship. We’re torn about this at the Daily Dot. On the one hand, this might be the wake up call that finally gets...
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Facebook releases statistics from 2012 "I'm Voting" app
Facebook’s “I’m Voting” app was credited in a study with convincing 340,000 Americans to vote in 2010, and the social network brought it back for 2012’s national elections. Although we don’t yet know...
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Should this woman have her life ruined because she posted a stupid photo on...
While visiting Arlington National Cemetery last month, Lindsey Stone thought it would be amusing to snap a photo of herself "disrespecting" the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by flipping it off and...
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Taking down Twitter parodies? "New York Times" is on it
GUYS, people make fun of trend stories in newspapers and The New York Times is ON IT. The Grey Lady is fine with you making fun of it, as long as you don’t use its distinctive “T” logo in your avatar....
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Meet Facebook's tireless crusader for marriage equality
Murray Lipp doesn’t have the power of President Barack Obama, the swagger of Brad Pitt, or the name recognition of Madonna, but he’s arguably on the short list of social influencers leading the march...
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