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Some of these are kind of cool. Some of these are a little shocking. Some of them are gross. Some of them are straight-up weird. Post World War II America was a place of seemingly endless prosperity. How this attitude resulted with ads for putting Mayo on pears and putting chow mein in a can, we'll never know. The snapshot of the past is interesting enough, especially with some of the stuff here that never caught on.

Austin Pets Alive has recently gotten some attention on twitter for their unorthodox cat naming. We decided to root through their archives and see what we could find. We weren't disappointed. For a funny cat adoption fail, here's a sorely mistaken animal lover who thought they had found a stray cat.

In a world with well-known dumbass conspiracies like flat earth "theory" and the anti-vaxx movement, mention of conspiracies can be a bit stressful. Some of them are smaller, more specific, and personal. And while many are sort of silly, the more you think about them, the more believable they seem...

Sure, the animal names we have now might make "logical, cultural and taxonomic sense" but that shouldn't stop you from living in a world of trash pandas and freedom gliders. That's why we have proper animal names. So go forth with these new, and frankly superior names for all the world's creatures.

And no, he didn't strap an armchair to his Beetle and run the other kid off the road. Anyone who grew up watching Mr. Bean has always partly wished they could get away with some of the awesome stuff he did. It's awesome to learn someone pulled a Mr. Bean in real life, and it actually went well.

Here are some unnecessary witticisms for you to ponder over. You won't exactly learn anything but they're still fun thoughts that you probably have never had before.  So grab your loofa and dig deep into your brain folds. Check these out for more neuron-stimulating shower thoughts.

We're grateful for people who take their camera out at the site of a precariously balanced cake. These are photos taken at the perfect time of fail, coincidence, or peak artistic integrity. For more serendipity, check out these 23 lucky (and unlucky) photos taken at exactly the right time.

With all the anti-vaxxer morons running amok, this Imgur user shared a throwback story about a Whole Foods customer who had a terrible fear of lasers touching her food. That story inspired a quick Tumblr story about ANOTHER ridiculous Whole Foods customer, and how the team tasked with addressing their whiny request, managed to pull it off. 

My dude, how does the ice cream feel about this? That being said, you've gotta give the guy some props for leaving it all out there. Seems like he might love his job. 

Cats and their brimming curiosity, and wild unpredictability, and surprisingly gracefulness in moments of great duress, are what can truly light up social media with fun, wholesome laughs. They'll often look at us and our phone's camera like they know a whole lot more about what's going on than we do. 

These dads are just being the daddest dads ever. It's all jokes by dads and jokes about dads. So many jokes. So many dads. Just about the father-est stuff you ever saw. It's all lawn mowing and complaining about your kids. If you want to see some pure pun-tastic dad jokes then you can find some here.

We're not really sure who's in the right here. Jeff could just be a Yelp troll, but his complaint doesn't seem to be all that crazy. Vinny seems to be getting a little over-defensive for someone who's telling the truth, but either way it's a fun read. Is "fart guy baby" a popular insult somewhere?

If there's one thing we're always ready for around here, it is more of those ridiculous, intentionally picky, occasionally self-aware (or not at all) Amazon reviews. This particular lot gets 5-stars for keeping things particularly bizarre. 

Open your heart and let these dad-style jokes flow through you.

These Twitter moments capture the art of Dad jokes, and dads in general, hilariously struggling to navigate the ins and outs of the social media world. They're wholesome and ridiculous and hilariously confused. We hope you enjoy!