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California Police Issue Real Warning About Satirical Internet Creation Pedobear

by James Plafke | 2:24 pm, September 13th

In case you’ve been living in an Internet-free cave, Pedobear is a character made popular by the 4chan image forums that is frequently displayed or referenced when someone is being a little too weird about children on the Internet and basically amounts to one big Internet in-joke, in no way supportive of pedophilia. Despite this, California’s San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department issued a “public safety information bulletin” describing the dangers of Pedobear.

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Vital Information for Your Everyday Life

Bear Grylls’ Survival Tips

by James Plafke | 2:16 pm, September 10th

Widely known for his extreme survivalist antics, Bear Grylls, host of the Discovery Channel’s Man vs. Wild, is an adventurer, soldier, occasional exaggerator, television writer and host, and now, an Internet-based vehicle for entertainment. Presenting: Bear Grylls’ survival tips.

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Vital Information for Your Everyday Life

Bros Icing Bros: Site Spreads What Could Be the Greatest, Worst Drinking Game Ever

by Jon Bershad | 3:00 pm, May 26th

Have you been iced? No, this has nothing to do with the mafia. It actually has to do with that other evil scourge that has infiltrated the underside of American culture: Smirnoff Ice.

Fortune has posted an article about the website BrosIcingBros.com. A site dedicated to posting pictures of unfortunate bro victims who have been “iced.” What is Icing, you’re now asking? It’s only the greatest ~~stupidest~~ drinking game ever!

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The title pretty much says it all

5 Things That Resemble Hoverball Cat

by Susana Polo | 4:59 pm, March 20th

Hoverball cat can also make vertical landings. Hoverball cat is operational. Hoverball cat is not equipped with sheilds? Well then… buckle up!

Here are some other things that Hovercat reminds us of.

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The Unintentional Hilarity of Twitter Spam Bots

Back Alley Internet is a recurring column in which we explore some of the weirder corners of the Internet and see what we can drudge up for your amusement and education. This week: We study the legions of Twitter bots that trawl the trending topics and spit out some unintentionally hilarious tweets.

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Eric Limer You have to tew two tutus?! I have to tew two tutus too!
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Max The Pizza and Pasta Foundation supports the federal SAUCE act. Ask your congressman to put some SAUCE on it!
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Eric Limer I like how if you make a mistake typing a popular URL, invariably the site you find is all "YOU'RE WINNER!" It's uplifting for a second.
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Max Spam for work involves a false teeth supplier and someone looking to buy magnetic plates.
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Eric Limer So that improv show was definitely a good idea. Ben Schwartz, Zach Woods, Justin Long, AND Adam Scott. #EverythingWentBetterThanExpected
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Max Got a lot crossed off my to-do list tonight, and I'm starting to feel significantly less freaked about about, well, life.
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Eric Limer I need trephination like I need a hole in the head.
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Max AIM CHAT: I like you, too. *belushis*
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Eric Limer Listening to Call Me Maybe and cropping screengrabs of Twitter bots. It's times like this that I really love my job.
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James Plafke Popular rapper Ladies Love Removed Eyes.
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Eric Limer I am genuinely enjoying using So.cl to make weird picture mash-ups. I just made a collage of becks. http://t.co/ulGbDbwn
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Eric Limer This Facebook IPO coverage needs to stop cuz I'm seriously sick of seeing Zuckerberg staring creepily at me from the top of every story.
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Max Put on your poodle skirts and choose your favorite syrup because we're gonna have a sock-hop at the iHop.
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James Plafke I just threatened my mom to email me something by telling her I'd discuss with her all the lady celebrities I'd have sex with.
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Max New Hallmark Card: "I held an extended conversation with you without being able to remember your name" Inside: "I'm sorry."
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Eric Limer To any of you bros who might like to ice me, I encourage you to act on that urge, bro.
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Eric Limer If anyone is looking for some totally garbled, nigh-incomprehensible ad copy, I'm your man.
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Eric Limer What? None of my Facebook friends are on So.cl? How can this be?!
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Eric Limer "Does this mustache look creepy? Experts are blind; can't tell."
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Rollin Bishop Lin Beifong is suddenly one of the best things about Legend of Korra.
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