Posts by Matt Gilligan

Man, this is really annoying. Like, infuriating. The nerve of some people is enough to make your blood boil. For some reason, there’s a trend in Asian countries of Western backpackers asking the locals for money to help finance their travels. There’s nothing like asking someone who has to go to work every day to...

The “crazy cat lady” stereotype has been around FOREVER. You know the deal: women who own a lot of cats are single, weird, reclusive, and reliant on their feline friends for companionship. I mean, this goes all the way back to the days when people thought reclusive ladies were witches and cats their familiars. Well,...

It took people this long to start celebrating Sean Astin’s career? Being a child of the 1980s, I’ve been a fan of his since I was a little kid. Let’s run down the hits, shall we? The Goonies, White Water Summer, Toy Soldiers, Rudy, and the cinematic masterpiece known as Encino Man. All of those films were staples of my...

It’s hard to imagine a time when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) didn’t exist in the United States, but it actually wasn’t until 1970 that President Richard Nixon signed the order to create the agency. From 1971 until 1977, the EPA hired freelance photographers to document just how bad the environmental problem was in the...

There’s no doubt about it: the Investigation Discovery channel is at the top of the mountain when it comes to true crime television programming. If you’re even somewhat interested in crime, investigation, missing persons, and all things creepy, the ID channel likely has something for you to dive into and enjoy. Here are 10 ID...

You’ve heard this story before. And you’ve seen it a million times. “Adults” who are failing at “adulting” and might be better off regarded as still being children. Hey, not everyone can be a full-blown adult. And if that’s you, don’t beat yourself up about it too much, okay? Do any of these look familiar?...

As a man, I can confidently say that we’re not too smart, we can be incredibly childish, and, on occasion, we can be pretty funny. Even if it’s not on purpose. Here are 15 tweets that should look familiar to you (maybe painfully familiar) if you have, or have ever had, a male companion. 1....

Depending on who you’re talking to, some folks look at you like you are an alien from another galaxy if you tell them you don’t have children or don’t plan on having children. For me, I love kids and I have a great time with the little ones who belong to my family and friends....

Ice-T is a true Renaissance man. Rapper, actor, reality TV star, and now, film reviewer. That’s right, the man himself offers simple, honest, to-the-point film reviews on Twitter and you should probably get on this train. I’ve been a fan of Ice-T’s since my older brother gave me a copy of his album Power when I...

Do you have some favorite comedy flicks that you think are completely overlooked? I know I have a few: Let it Ride, The Toxic Avenger, and many more. Sometimes, movies just seem to slip through the cracks. Folks from the Buzzfeed Community weighed in with their choices, and you might want to add some of these to...

If you’ve logged on to any kind of social media over the past couple weeks, even for a second, there’s no doubt you’ve seen an endless stream of “back to school” photos from all your friends who have kids. And, hey, they’re pretty adorable! By now, it’s a time-honored tradition to post a pic of...

Just like any other industry, food trends come and go. Some are good, some are bad…and some are really bad. Cringeworthy, even. Folks in the Buzzfeed Community shared their thoughts on what food trends they think will make us look back on with ultimate cringy-ness in a few years. 1. “Plateless” foods https://www.instagram.com/p/jVaajPCYbn/?utm_source=ig_embed “I hate...

What else can you really say, except…Woah… It’s been 20 years since the world was introduced to the mind-bending universe of The Matrix. It’s hard to believe the original film came out in 1999, followed by The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both released in 2003. That means 16 years have passed since the franchise last whet...

For me, it’s utterly terrifying to think of what would happen if there was a major computer-related disaster and the entire world’s records were wiped out in one second. I guess we never really know what dangers lurk out there in the world of cybercrime, hacking, etc., but it’s scary to think about it, considering...

You’ve been in this situation before: you get a text from a friend or family member and there’s an abbreviation in there that you’ve never seen before. You panic because you don’t want to look clueless or uncool and you act like you know what they’re talking about. Then the conversation takes a strange turn...