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See the Other Things Facebook Changed on Your Profile
Earlier this week, Facebook changed all the default email addresses on its users’ profiles to a brand new address, @facebook.com. Sneaky yes, but was it really that big of a deal? Probably not since very few people are ever going to navigate through a Facebook profile to get an email address when it’s so much easier and more reliable to use Facebook’s internal messaging system.
However, the folks at Thank for You for Not Laughing have found other recent tweaks Facebook has made that are far more dubious.
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Michael Jackson’s Tiger ‘Thriller’ Has Passed Away
One of Michael Jackson‘s many idiosyncrasies was his love for exotic animals. And since the late music legend was sort of the rich madman type, he kept a menagerie of giraffes, flamingos, orangutans, elephants and tigers on his notorious Neverland Ranch.
Sadly, one of the tigers — who Jackson had named ‘Thriller’ after his seminal 1982 album — has passed away.
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‘Miami Cannibal’ Was High on Pot, Not Bath Salts
“Miami Cannibal” Rudy Eugene may have been having a psychotic episode when he stripped naked and started chewing on the face of homeless man Ronald Poppo. But the 31-year-old’s behavior wasn’t triggered by the drug known as “bath salts,” as many have suggested.
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New KFC Cheese-Topped Chicken Burger Leaves Us More Confused Than Hungry
Sure there is the odd cheese-hater out there, but for the most part we can all agree that a slice of the dairy product is only going to make a burger better.
Yet the folks at KFC have managed to screw that up. The ad pictured here — which is the embodiment of “you’re doing it wrong” — features a new chicken sandwich being offered at the fast food chain’s locations in the Philippines.
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Are Men Happier When They Do Their Share of Housework?
Men might occasionally groan when asked to do household chores, but, if you can believe it, doing their part around the house might actually make men happier.
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What Do You Hate Most About Your Workplace? – Survey of the Day
Not everybody hates their job, but you’d be hard pressed to find someone who likes all aspects of their workplace. Citrix recently conducted a survey of 1,013 office workers in which they asked what they dislike about their 9-to-5 jobs.
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Red Cars Attract More Bird Poop
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Louis C.K. and Jay Leno Trade Hilarious Insults
On ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,’ comedian Louis C.K. was riffing on how straight men have to go out of their way to make sure everybody is aware that they are straight. This led Leno to comment that the slovenly ensemble Louis was currently wearing was “the most heterosexual outfit” he’d ever seen.
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Judge Punishes Teen By Having Her Ponytail Chopped Off – Is It Fair?
You’ve certainly heard of “an eye for an eye,” but what about a ponytail for a ponytail?
In a strange criminal trial that was recently adjudicated in Utah, 13-year-old Kaytlen Lopan stood accused of the confusing crime of befriending a 3-year-old she met at a McDonald’s and then cutting off her ponytail right then and there.
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You’ll Never Guess How Much Energy Toddlers Exert – It’ll Exhaust You
When a toddler takes his or her afternoon nap, the rest is well-deserved. That’s because the daily activities of a 1- to 3-year-old is equivalent to an adult completing a whooping 83 rounds of boxing. Now that’s a workout.
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Facebook Just Gave You a Facebook Email Address – Here’s How to Change It
You probably don’t check out the “about” section of your Facebook page a whole lot, being that you already know everything there is to know about yourself. But if you happened to do so today, you would have noticed something different — your listed email address has been changed to one with your Facebook profile name and then @facebook.com. Yes, Facebook gave you a Facebook email address without your permission.
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And the 2012 World’s Ugliest Dog Is… Mugly!
An 8-year-old hairless Chinese Crested named Mugly has been crowned the World’s Ugliest Dog for the second time in his career.