Reports of Facebook's teen exodus have been greatly exaggerated
Facebook has a teen problem, or so we're told. A parade of recent reports warns kids are leaving behind the world's biggest social network for shinier, sexier things like Tumblr and Snapchat and...
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The Morning GIF: Spring has sprung
Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or...
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The Morning GIF: Luke Skywalker's "Hurt"
Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or...
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T. Rex Trying team moves on to Persevering Penguins in new comic
The artistic duo who showed the world how difficult it is for the Tyrannosaurus rex to perform simple tasks like making snow angels has embraced the plight of the penguin. The new comic series...
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TEDxSummerisle sounds real but isn't
In its 29-year history, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) has shared “ideas worth spreading” through two annual conferences, a robust online archive of TED Talks, and a series of independently...
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This "Mad Men" and "Mean Girls" mashup is so fetch
In the 1998 film You've Got Mail, Tom Hanks' lovestruck character famously calls The Godfather the "I ching," the movie which captures the essence of the human spirit and by which all of life's...
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Webcomic artist gives superheroines fully dressed redesigns
Supergirl may be a woman of steel, but is a red, blue, and gold cheerleader uniform really the most practical outfit for fighting crime? While many superhero costumes can be a little beyond the pale...
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Tumblr and Rhizome offer grants for Internet artists
The Moving the Still art exhibition was a pivotal moment for Tumblr's GIF community, a chance for eight GIF artists to have their artwork displayed at Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the most...
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A guide to Portal to Hell, the craziest meta-meme on the Internet
One moment you're taking a flying leap off a swing. The next, you're landing in the middle of hell, face to face with Satan, and he's pissed about the leak in his roof. That's the premise behind the...
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Reasons My Son Is Crying takes kid-shaming to a new level
The milk was in the wrong cup. Mom bit his chunk of cheese in half. The yogurt was bad. The milk wasn't juice. His grandmother wouldn't let him throw a big cup of ice in her face at a restaurant....
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Meet the man who wants to become a disposable Kotex maxi pad
.teaser img { display: none; } It's never easy to realize your dream, especially when that dream is to become the first human disposable sanitary napkin.via DeviantArt"Pad Gardner," as he calls...
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Watercolor profile pictures add whimsy to gay app Grindr
The selfie has officially become fine art. In the past, gay social networking app Grindr has inspired an unofficial guide and a weird fetish where users take photographs of themselves at a Holocaust...
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If Tumblr's Storyboard was such a success, why was it axed?
If you want to know why Tumblr has decided to shut down its editorial project, Storyboard, the short answer is: We don’t know. The Tumblr staff announcement, released on Tuesday, was written in...
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Gay cannibal fiction divides "Hannibal" fans
According to some Hannibal fans, it's OK to love and empathize with a cannibalistic madman—but it's not OK to make him gay. The show has been on the air for only a week, but already it's taken a bite...
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Hey, Retta, this Tumblr is teaching you all about hockey
You may know Retta from her role as Donna in NBC's Parks and Recreation. But it's her role as a TV fan, not a character, that's turned the comedian into the Web's most desirable critic—for everything...
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Step aside, Link! Zelda becomes the hero in artist's concept
Brooklyn-based cartoonist Aaron Diaz is getting a lot of attention on Tumblr for his drawings of The Legend of Zelda’s damsel in distress taking on the hero’s role.“For a long time I've been conscious...
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The Morning GIF: Paint with all the colors of the Web
Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or...
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Slow down and appreciate these Disney princesses as sloths
.teaser img { display: none; } Disney princesses have been mashed up with everything from the Avengers to Star Wars, but now the royal women have received an entire species change thanks to one artist...
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Man exposes laptop thief's "plump" porn habits
A laptop thief and chronic masturbator with a penchant for "chubby" porn has "f**ked with the wrong nerd." The fap-man, a bald bloke with thick eyebrows and a shady grin, stole a laptop and set of...
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How to rescue your Posterous blog before it's too late
Posterous, the blogging platform that was once hyped as Tumblr’s biggest competitor, is shutting down on April 30, but it's not too late to save all your posts. Eleven months after Posterous was...
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