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Early Addition: "Hipster Beards" Aren't Cool If Every Hipster Has One, Says Science
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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 16, 2014
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- John Oliver has a complicated relationship with NYC: "There's something about living here that is inherently ridiculous because it costs too much, it's not clean, it's not pleasant and you just get addicted to it. Eight million people have made a bad choice. And I'm one of those 8 million. I don't think New Yorkers are angry with each other as they are so much angry with themselves."
- Google is looking to buy much, much, much more office space in Manhattan.
- Courtney Love apparently hates saxophones, doesn't appreciate Bruce Springteen.
- Have we reached "peak beard"? Is this the end of hipster beards? Also, what the hell is a hipster beard?
- Learn how a middle aged IT guy from Illinois got a job on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
- Really weird phobia of the day: "Just hearing the sound of the Kardashians' nasal voices or catching a glimpse of them on screen makes me feel nauseous and shaky."
- Here are the best conspiracy theories from New Jersey’s 55th annual UFO Conference.
- If you didn't want to get arrested, then you shouldn't have licked that cops' eyeball.
- And finally, if only mud brought us this much joy:
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