Saw a bathroom for wizards at Narita airport. via Looks safe. via Pubic byway via Saw this at Motor City Comic Con this year by DisParodyArt. Title: Deuce Wayne via Stop feeding my turtle! via Someone should tell them… via Found these at an auction. Apparently from the Scooby-Doo estate. via Frodo’s Late Night Reading. […] The post Funny Pictures – June 4, 2023 first appeared on Odd Stuff Magazine.
Squirrel be like “Nobody cares that I’m dead over here?”. This funny little guy pokes his head up to see if anyone is buying it. The post Squirrel fakes injury & plays dead first appeared on Odd Stuff Magazine.
When one man's parents cut him off at 18 but spoiled his siblings, he felt like he'd been treated unfairly, but 16 years later those feelings came rising to the surface. The post Parents Demand 18-Year-Old Son Start Acting Like An Adult, He Goes No-Contact And Offers To Sell Parents His Forgiveness 16 Years Later first appeared on Bored Panda.
There's a wicked Instagram account called 'Cursed Images' with the sole purpose of testing our limits. It shares random pictures, provides no context for them, and leaves us puzzled just because. The post 50 Cursed Images To Provide You Your Daily Dose Of Disturbing first appeared on Bored Panda.
Show me a person who says they love every aspect of their job and I'll show you a butt kisser. The post 50 Painfully Funny Work Memes That Anyone Who Has Worked At Least Once Might Relate To, As Shared On This Facebook Page (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
One internet user wanted to know about the simple and generally avoidable risks people have subjected themselves to, often with lethal results. The post 38 Silly And Careless Mistakes That Have Cost People Their Lives first appeared on Bored Panda.
An internet user shared a clever bit of mass malicious compliance from their school days. The post "Students Could Smell The Eventual Disaster From A Mile Away": All Students Follow School's "Dumb" Rule, Cause A Massive Stench first appeared on Bored Panda.
Never mess with your older brother... The post Boy Is Sick And Tired Of Brother Constantly Jump Scaring Him, Takes Petty Revenge So Devious, It Makes Him Cry first appeared on Bored Panda.
We humans are social creatures, and our lives are heavily dependent on the connections we form with one another. Out of those, arguably the most important one is with our mothers. However, not everyone has one. The post 96 ‘Moms For A Minute’ Chip In To Help Anyone In Need Of A Loving Mother Figure first appeared on Bored Panda.
If you struggle to get through each day at work, you might want to embark on one of these careers instead! The post “People That Don’t Hate Their Jobs And Make A Decent Wage, What Do You Do?” (60 Answers) first appeared on Bored Panda.
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28% of women admit to pleasuring themselves in the shower according to research. No doubt it’s a fun and easy place for some self-love, the downside is the amount of water wasted in the process, which equates to 121 Olympic-sized swimming pools each year. The sex toy brand ‘Love Not War’ is trying to inspire […] The post Love Not War Advert: Break Up With Your Showerhead first appeared on Odd Stuff Magazine.
Nothing is 100% certain in science, but we're 99% sure science enthusiasts will love these pics! The post These 50 Science Memes Unite Brains With Chuckles And Result In A Good Time For All first appeared on Bored Panda.
If you've got a green thumb and a funny bone, these pics are perfect for you! The post 30 Hilarious Memes That Might Hit Too Close To Home For People Who Can't Just Go Past A Plant first appeared on Bored Panda.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD—In a sternly worded condemnation that took the 14-year-old to task for violating the rules to obtain an unfair advantage, the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Dev Shah was disqualified Friday when it was confirmed he had received in advance all 26 letters needed to spell the words.…Read more...
SINGAPORE—Insisting that he didn’t know how they had made such a simple mistake, an embarrassed U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reportedly excused himself from the Shangri-La Dialogue Asian defense summit Friday after realizing America was not in Asia. “Oh God, sorry about that, we’re not even in the right…Read more...
A new report revealed that the Denver Nuggets mascot, Rocky the Mountain Lion, is the NBA’s highest-paid mascot, taking home $625,000 a year, almost 10 times that of the average $60,000 salary for a league mascot. What do you think?Read more...
MINNEAPOLIS—Responding to conservative backlash over a large selection of offerings for the month of June, Target announced Friday that they would scale back their gay pride section to a single t-shirt, saying they’d do a threesome with a girl for their boyfriend’s birthday. “It’s a one-night-only thing, and we’ll…Read more...
ATLANTA—The heavily anticipated fight between the former U.S. president and the YouTube personality ended in a TKO Thursday night as Jimmy Carter won his debut boxing match against Jake Paul. The cruiserweight match, first announced in early April, pitted the 6-foot-1, 191-pound Paul against the 5-foot-10, 190-pound…Read more...
SAN JOSE, CA—Cheering with open arms and smiling faces tilted upward, the world reportedly rejoiced Friday as a new batch of billionaires descended from the sky. “Joyous day! A new batch of elite billionaires comes from on high to bless us with their presence!” said local woman Patty Boyle, speaking on behalf of the…Read more...
NEW YORK—Showcasing what it touted as “the cutting edge of pork” to an audience of industry bigwigs and assorted VIPs, deli meat supplier Boar’s Head held an exhibition Friday to show off its new chrome-plated concept ham. “This visionary ham of the future gives you a conceptual understanding of where we’re headed,…Read more...
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PASADENA, CA—Noting that his initial booking didn’t say anything about the additional charge, local man Patrick Reyes told reporters Friday he was annoyed when his Airbnb bill included a survival fee. “What the hell, they just charged me $129.99 out of nowhere and said that unless I paid, I wouldn’t be allowed to…Read more...
BETHESDA, MD—Adjusting revenue expectations in light of resilient demand for massacring those who just want to live their lives, defense contractor Lockheed Martin boosted its earnings outlook in a conference call with investors Friday, citing billions of innocent people still left to kill. “Given that the total…Read more...
JERUSALEM—Shedding new light on the religious leader’s personal life, historians announced the discovery of new evidence Friday that suggests Jesus Christ made an annoying smacking sound after every sip of wine. “We’ve recovered a portion of a previously unexamined ancient text that details Jesus of Nazareth blessing…Read more...
Though it is not FDA-approved for weight loss, Ozempic, an injectable drug used to treat diabetes, has helped users shit and puke away the pounds. These are things that you should never say to someone taking Ozempic.Read more...
It’s like riding a bike, you never forget how to skip. Well this guy proclaims “Absolutely know how to skip!” and proceeds to turn into a horse and gallop. The post Dad can’t remember how to skip first appeared on Odd Stuff Magazine.
Five Points Festival, the East Coast home of Designer Toys and Alternative culture is back for 2023! The antidote to the average con, Five Points Fest brings tastemakers, misfits, and rebels together with the new, retro, and infamous in a curated one-of-a-kind marketplace.
Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present Erasing Time, a solo exhibition by San Francisco-based artist Sean Newport. Each work is comprised of hand cut and painted wood shapes that create dimensional tessellations that explore color, form and light. Newport's latest body of work utilizes countless layers of paint on his signature wooden pixels that are meticulously sanded to reveal the layers and time beneath.
Nino Mier Gallery is pleased to present Le pique-nique, an exhibition of paintings by German artist Falk Gernegroß. The artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, Le pique-nique features fifteen new works, offering a panoramic view of the artist’s approach to painting – from sultry absurdism to irreverent eroticism, renaissance figuration to Playboy pin-ups, close-cropped anatomy to full-scale genre scenes. The exhibition opens on May 26th and will remain on view through July 20, 2023.
DENVER—Asked for his comments on playing in his first NBA Finals, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic told reporters Thursday night that he found basketball boring. “I do not find this sport very interesting at all,” said Jokic, adding that he was actually disappointed that the Nuggets reached the Finals, because there…Read more...
Sentrock’s Two Birds, One Stone fills Thinkspace Projects’ Gallery III, opening June 3, 2023. In a collection of paintings and drawings, Sentrock reflects his mental perspective at this time in his career and stage in life. Two Birds, One Stone highlights the dichotomy of who he is as an artist and who he is as a person, bringing to light the relatable internal struggle of simultaneously being more than just one thing.
It's been a short week, but we got another A Portfolio to share today, this time looking at Broklyn-based Augustina Wang. Augustina recently showed in her debut solo show at Sow & Tailor in LA.
NEW YORK—Amid reports that Kim Cattrall’s beloved character would appear in season two of And Just Like That…, fans were reportedly divided Thursday after it was confirmed that Samantha Jones would return to the Sex And The City franchise as a cybernetic assassin. “Samantha has always been my favorite character, so…Read more...
BOSTON—Following a meltdown in the Eastern Conference Finals that saw his team lose the crucial Game 7 by 19 points to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat, local Boston Celtics fan Tim Atkinson told reporters Thursday that he didn’t have the slurs to describe his disappointment. “Watching how badly Jaylen [Brown] and Jayson…Read more...
ATLANTA—Urging customers to eat the book cover to cover, a new diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative introduced Thursday by fast food chain Chick-fil-A replaced all chicken with copies of How To Be An Anti-Racist. “In an effort to elevate historically marginalized voices in our country, we have swapped out our…Read more...
CHARLESTON, SC—Opening up on the campaign trail about his personal experiences of overcoming adversity, an emotional Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) told supporters Thursday about a time he was followed through the aisles of a Walgreens just for being Republican. “As soon as I walked in the door, the employees looked me up and…Read more...
Scientists and tech industry execs are sounding the alarm about artificial intelligence, writing in a new public statement that fast-evolving AI technology could create as high a risk of killing off humankind as nuclear war and Covid-19-like pandemics. What do you think?Read more...
BEVERLY HILLS, CA—Following reports that the 83-year-old actor was expecting a child with his girlfriend, Al Pacino told reporters Thursday that he was excited to spend his life watching his baby grow up to be a toddler. “I’m going to be there for all of it, from the first smile and laugh, all the way to the first…Read more...
Gay pride marches and parades will be held this weekend across the United States as LGBT Pride Month draws to a close. Here are some local gay pride celebrations throughout the country.Read more...
June is Pride Month, and with it comes a variety of essays, meditations, and musings on the month’s meaning, as well as on LGBTQ+ history in America writ large. The Onion sifts through the many essays published by lesser news organizations to find the smartest and most worthwhile reflections on Pride Month.Read more...
The Onion asked men—the world’s foremost experts on asking permission, listening, and respecting boundaries—what the word consent means, and this is what they said.Read more...
“I want to play a game” – This poor cat sneezed into a bowl of flour and now looks like the creepy doll from the SAW films. The post Cat sneezed into a bowl of flour first appeared on Odd Stuff Magazine.
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CHICAGO—Following a widely shared post that sparked debate and confusion among online factions of every stripe, the internet was reportedly divided Thursday over a video that documented a Black cop shooting a white cop for choking out a racist white woman who had just called the police on some Black teenagers. “This…Read more...
SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at being a person, told reporters Thursday that he saw huge potential in AI. “While it’s still in its early phase, artificial…Read more...
A beluga whale that turned up in Norway wearing a harness in 2019, prompting speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian navy, has reappeared off Sweden’s coast. What do you think?Read more...
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SANFORD, ME—Explaining that society’s stance on human morals had varied greatly even over his own lifetime, local man Greg Handley, 46, reportedly asked, “Who knows what future generations might judge us for?” Thursday as he abducted another child to strangle in his basement. “You just can’t drive yourself crazy…Read more...
Back when we first reported it in 2013, Florentijn Hofman had created the world's largest rubber ducks to be floated in Hong Kong's Victoria harbor. Well, thanks to AllRightsReserved, they are back, as a pair of giant rubber ducks were spotted unexpectedly in Hong Kong this morning, swimming back and forth in the waters near Tsing Yi.
Since he came into the contemporary art consciousness in the midst of the pandemic in 2020, Julian Pace has been playing with form. Not just how a body looks, but also what the memory does to form. When he paints his large-scale canvases, he bases them on the smallest of Moleskine drawings. And the large-scale works are just that; larger than life, proportioned to be larger than the viewer, and thus, thrusting the icon, whether it be pop-cultural or historic, into an almost intimidating and aud
Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles is pleased to announce Overtime, an exhibition of new paintings by Kansas City, Missouri-based artist Mikey Yates. This marks the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery and his first in Los Angeles.
Thinkspace Projects is pleased to present past Juxtapoz cover artist Charlie Immer’s Glow Up and Down in their Gallery II. His spectacular and surprisingly inviting world of candy-coloured-gross-out-flavored mayhem offers truly wondrous visual feasts for those who are unperturbed by oodles of goo, slime, blood and the occasional severed head.
Harman Projects is pleased to present Fresh Eyes, a two-person exhibition by artist duo KEFE, aka Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock. This will be the artists' first solo exhibition with Harman Projects.
Congress is debating an 11th-hour compromise plan on the nation’s debt ceiling that would stave off a U.S. default. The Onion looks back at the history and crises of one of America’s most sacred institutions.Read more...
Russia’s Interior Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after he praised U.S. military aid to Ukraine as “the best money we’ve ever spent.” What do you think?Read more...
The artificially intelligent chatbot ChatGPT has recently taken the internet by storm, with both praise and concern for its capability to mimic human writing. The Onion tells you everything you need to know about ChatGPT.Read more...
THE HEAVENS—Following an incident in which the Lord fanned His tongue and yelled ‘Ow, ow, ow!’ after being a little too hasty to partake of the molten rock, heavenly sources reported Wednesday that God Almighty had burned His mouth upon taking a big swig of volcano. “Obviously, if I’d had a small sip of it first, I…Read more...
NEW YORK—In a decision that shields the former owners of Purdue Pharma from personal liability for America’s opioid crisis, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that members of the Sackler family could still go to heaven. “It is our determination that the Sacklers should receive immunity from…Read more...
Asked my wife, mother to my children, to write my name on the bottle I bring to the gym. via Found Florida Man in his natural habitat today. via Sold as “Sheets with rose pattern” in the catalog, looks like this on the bed… via Dude must be a giant. via I like the cat […] The post Funny Pictures – May 31, 2023 first appeared on Odd Stuff Magazine.
HIGH POINT, FL—A new report released Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that more hospitals were requiring patients to put a body part down as collateral before receiving services. “It can be anything from a pinky toe to a vital organ, but we need something to ensure that the patient’s…Read more...
WASHINGTON—Calling the epithet a deeply painful way of talking about another human being, former President Barack Obama reportedly killed himself Wednesday after learning about the “President Obummer” nickname. “My Lord, have people really been calling me this the entire time?” said the former commander in chief, who…Read more...
A Kentucky man is facing criminal charges after police say he shot his roommate for eating the last Hot Pocket. What do you think?Read more...
MARIETTA, GA—Admitting that a grave miscalculation had been made about the suspect’s age, the Marietta Police Department confirmed it put an officer on leave Wednesday after he shot a 9-year-old boy who he thought was actually a 10-year-old boy. “At approximately 8 a.m., an officer opened fire on a young boy who he…Read more...
The Onion asked several of the smartest, richest, and most powerful business leaders on planet Earth how they felt being accused of “greedflation,” and this is what they said.Read more...
WASHINGTON—Recommending that U.S. citizens exercise extreme caution if they plan to make the trip, the State Department issued a travel warning Wednesday for every American visiting Chili’s. “The travel advisory for the family restaurant specializing in American and Tex-Mex-inspired cuisine has been raised to level 3…Read more...
The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a seditious conspiracy to disrupt the electoral count, the stiffest punishment to date to stem from the violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. What do you think?Read more...
As LGBTQ+ rights continue to be eroded across the country, many transgender students have found themselves forbidden from attending their own high school proms. The Onion asked parents to explain why they support banning trans kids from school dances, and this is what they said.Read more...
WASHINGTON—Noting that neural networks have been trained on trillions of images of liquids and spoons, experts testified before Congress Tuesday to warn that AI could one day be smart enough to eat soup. “With the technology’s exponentially growing capabilities, it appears likely that our machine learning algorithms…Read more...
BRYAN, TX—As soon as she reported Tuesday to the federal prison camp where she is to be incarcerated, former biotech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes is said to have immediately defrauded the biggest, toughest inmate she could find in an effort to gain the respect of her fellow prisoners. “You’re getting in on the ground…Read more...
NEW YORK—Saying the initial projectiles often irreversibly shift the dynamic between driver and officer, a study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that the first bullets fired by the police during a traffic stop consistently dictate how the rest of the interaction will go.…Read more...
KYIV, UKRAINE—Gazing wistfully at an old framed photo of the 53-year-old American, Ukrainian officials admitted Tuesday that the country had been in shambles ever since Hunter Biden left. “We don’t want your Abrams tanks or your Javelin missiles or your billions of dollars in aid—we just want Hunter back,” said…Read more...
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From the 17th through the 19th centuries, a genre of Japanese art called ukiyo-e—translating to “pictures of the floating world”—centered on colorful depictions of landscapes, performers and sumo wrestlers, and scenes from folklore and history in vivid woodblock prints. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), one of the most renowned artists in the tradition—and one of the last—was famous for his chromatic vistas depicting recognizable features like blossoming cherry trees and the omnipresen
For millennia, Spain has been leading producer of olives thanks to the Mediterranean climate’s long, hot summers and mild winter temperatures. Harvested and cured in brine or ground up to extract the natural oils, the fruits are grown on trees planted in vast groves that stretch for miles over the undulating landscape. The region of Andalusia in particular boasts a time-honored tradition of olive cultivation, producing and exporting more than any other part of the country. More Do stories
A new advertisement for the United Nations Global Compact, the largest corporate sustainability program in the world, recalls the nearly 40-year-old speeches of the prescient American scientist and cosmologist Carl Sagan. Famously testifying to Congress in 1985 to alert of the dangers of a warming environment, Sagan was an unflinching advocate for transitioning the world away from fossil fuels and protecting the planet for generations to come. In “Carl Sagan’s Message,” the
In June 2020, a clip of the then-11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu dancing in a rain-soaked courtyard made the internet rounds. The video shows the young student gracefully performing on wet concrete, presumably demonstrating what he’s learned from Leap of Dance Academy. Located in Ajangbadi, Ojo, a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria, the ballet school garnered global attention after that viral moment, including from prestigious organizations like the American Ballet Theater and New York City Ball
“Evil is when we don’t want to be together… This is what we do: we banish it so that we can all be together, all equal,” says one of the subjects of Killian Lassablière’s short documentary “Kukeri,” a movingly atmospheric portrait of a centuries-old Bulgarian ritual. Part of The New Yorker Documentary series, the film highlights the cultural practice from the perspective of its participants, known as Kukers, who describe the roots of faith, community, and fam
Amidst his signature verdant backdrops, Kehinde Wiley (previously) situates his subjects in the center of the composition, chins tilted up with regal gazes, enveloped in the grandeur of colorful patterns. The artist is known for monumental portraits in oil that reframe European painting traditions, especially referencing court portraiture in which royal or noble families—almost exclusively white—were portrayed in extravagant dress symbolizing wealth and power. Wiley flips the narrative by posit
Ready to take your practice and creativity to new heights? SVACE has the resources and expertise to help you go to the next level. With a diverse range of more than 200 courses and ten artist residencies, you’ll find everything you need to achieve your goals and actualize your potential. Whether you’re looking to advance your career, explore new artistic avenues, or simply deepen your practice, our experienced faculty will provide the guidance and support you need to grow. More Do s
Working in vivid washes of ink and oil paint, artist Max Naylor renders impressionistic dreamscapes that emerge from nostalgic recollections and imagined spaces. Focusing on natural textures like gilled mushrooms scaling a tree trunk or the soft ripples of water, Naylor creates what he calls a “parallel universe, a microcosm that is similar to our world but free from the shackles of reality.” The scenes often veer toward the unnatural, favoring otherworldly color palettes and unlik
In vivid pinks, reds, greens, and blues, Oakland-based artist Malisa Suchanya renders the expressive contours of hands immersed in florals and ornamental motifs. Interested in painting the human figure, she started to focus on the appendages specifically during the pandemic, sharing that she “found a deep love and satisfaction in trying to convey emotion and reflect relationships all through the different arrangements, compositions, and entanglement.” She then participated in Var Ga
In the 7th or 8th century, Chinese artisans devised a way to combine feldspar and kaolin and fire it at a very high temperature to produce the first porcelain, which was traded globally and highly sought-after for its elegant surfaces and ornate designs. The precise process wasn’t easy to replicate: not until the early 18th century did makers in Germany first achieve the right mix of materials and methods to produce the ceramic in Europe. Around the world, the bright, white surfaces of di