Posts by Matt Gilligan

Most of us are used to seeing a landscape that’s blanketed with wind turbines that look like this: Those futuristic-looking giants generate electricity and have become the industry norm, but a startup company in Spain called Vortex Bladeless Wind Energy has come up with a new design that gets rid of the familiar turbine blades. Because...

This is something you don’t see every day. A man looking to grab a Citi Bike in New York City stumbled upon a bicycle that was covered in barnacles and silt and had obviously spent a significant amount of time underwater. Filmmaker Ted Geoghegan, known for directing such movies as Mohawk and We Are Still Here, was...

I’m willing to bet that Alexander J.A. Cortes doesn’t open his mouth again like this on social media. The self-proclaimed “trainer”, “writer”, and speaker recently took to Twitter and laid out his 12 rules for “How to be a Beautiful Woman.” Cortes has a history of tweeting out misogynistic views so this was really nothing...

Are you looking for #relationship goals? Trying your hardest to impress your S.O.? Then you might want to pay attention to what these fellas are up to…because they are killing the relationship game: 1. You did the right thing 2. Honey… 3. Helping you out 4. Hahaha 5. He tried, though 6. That’s love 7....

Yeesh… we are getting OLD. My bones are creakin’ more in the morning, and all these young whippersnappers make me feel like I need to start checking out nursing sooner rather than later. These tweets aren’t helping matters much – I have a feeling they’re gonna affect you the same way they affected me: they’ll make you...

Just how many Tinder profiles can one person possibly create? And does this guy maybe have too much time on his hands? The answers are 1). More than you can imagine, and 2). Probably. But that’s good news for us who need a good laugh! This fella Jake made more than 30 profiles on the...

You a Chili’s person? What about Wendy’s? Maybe you’re obsessed with Starbucks? If you were born between 1969 and 2009, this list lays out the chain restaurant that opened the year you were born. If you’re older than 50, I apologize, but you didn’t make the cut this time… 1969 Wendy’s 1970 Olga’s Kitchen 1971 Starbucks...

Steve Irwin, the Australian conservationist known as “The Crocodile Hunter”, died tragically in 2006 and is remembered for his tireless advocacy for animals. On what would have been Irwin’s 57th birthday on February 22, Google honored him with a Google doodle on its homepage. Most people on Twitter were moved by the tribute. And then PETA...

You never really know what you’re getting yourself into when you book an Airbnb. It could be a total dump, despite the photos on the website, or it could be a hidden gem. OR, you could have a great surprise in store and end up with a new furry friend that you didn’t expect. Which...

If someone works as a contractor, they get to meet all kinds of people on the job. It turns out it’s not only human beings that they have to deal with every day, but also the dogs they befriend in the houses they work on. Fred of the Josephson Hardwood Floor Company in New Jersey...

A lot of us picture librarians as meek and timid, people who sit silently behind a big desk and occasionally “shush” patrons who get a little too loud. Well, that stereotype is now broken forever, thanks to these witty librarians who are making fun of all the customers who annoy them and sharing it online...

A lot of people probably don’t realize it, but street gangs are as American as apple pie. In other words, they’ve been around for a loooooooong time. If you’ve ever seen Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, you know talking about. The Dead Rabbits were prominently featured in that film (which is an awesome name) but that’s...

Let me tell you something: I’m from Kansas and I can confirm that we produce some pretty damn funny people out there among the endless sunflower fields. Sure, we have Paul Rudd and Rob Riggle to name a couple, but the everyday folks are hilarious in their own right. Even the police departments. The Twitter...

New York vs. Los Angeles. This seems to be a topic of never-ending debate among folks who have some skin in the game about which city is superior. People on both sides of the aisle get all fired up over these discussions, which is a lot of fun for people who have no skin in...

You would think that this would be common sense, but as my Dad likes to say, “common sense isn’t very common.” Despite what we’ve been told we all started driving vehicles (and those handy signs in the ground), people still continue to park in front of fire hydrants. And if you do, it can end one...