Why is it that so many people find opossums so relatable? Is it the fact that they're a sometimes adorable reminder of an ugly world? Maybe it's that in a sense we all feel like we're trashborne. Maybe it's the anachronistic reality of being an ancient, fuzzy, rat-tailed non-racoon with a mouth full of horrible teeth and the reputation of a coward? Who knows, but there's just something about them that says "us."
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Listen, no one is saying that a tattoo of Bobby Hill as Sailor Moon is inherently a bad thing. In fact, it can be done incredibly well. The real question people have is "why?" With enough artistic follow-through, any bad or weird idea can become a skillful creation of absurd taste. The world needs its hamburger dune buggies and armchairs with literal arms. They're impressive. They're also impressive creations of dubious taste.
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We knew kids were weird and stupid already, but for a decent amount of time they're also ugly too. It's true that none of us would look too great if we had soft heads that just got pushed through a human being like a play-dough fun factory, but it's kind of a toss-up how different people take it. They're not supposed to look great when they're fresh anyway. Life is weird like that. You're born into this world and it's just a matter of time before you start realizing all the illogical things your parents do.
Craftsmanship and taste are two different things, and sometimes one gets the better of the other. Sure, you can make high quality shoes out of teeth, but you should also be asking yourself if anyone wants to look at them. It's very possible to make a thing that's impressive but also of highly questionable taste.
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The appreciation for Koalas has absolutely plummeted in the last decade, from news about how they have dumb smooth brains that don't work good, they're covered in diseases, and how they totally lack empathy. Throw this noise on top of the pile. Do they have any redeeming koalaties?
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You can't exactly blame people for trying new things, but you can if it's obviously a design fail. Every day people push the boundaries with wildly tacky shirts, deliberate stains, poor building planning, and misguided but persistent creativity. At least it seems like for most of these someone was trying something new. On the other side there are straight up stupid design fails that someone thought were fine.
A virtual tour of this house reveals some weird and amazing stuff. And for $159,000 could this even be real? It looks like they have a main area that's some kind of Gothic, space inspired medieval man cave, with extra rooms becoming a space theme, island theme, and what is that, a lab facility? It's nothing at all like this listing for the gaudiest house you've ever seen.
Like buying a car or anything else you're expecting to be stuck with for a while, tattoos are one of those things that it helps to think a little harder about, and go to the right artist. Oh, and double check any tattoos you get in languages you don't understand, because they end up as tattoo translation fails. On the other side, here are some cool tattoos that turned scars into art.
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Casting can get too brutal when they're looking for a particular type. You've gotta be confident in yourself to have a role people would describe as "tired lady giving birth" or "slack-jawed psychopath 2." For the majority of us who aren't ridiculously photogenic, this would be our reality in Hollywood too.
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Jacob Kittilstad asks viewers to send in ugly mugs for the show. So here's a lot of ugly mugs, really fast.
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Companies and institutions around us like to impose inconvenient rules for dumb reasons. Companies will make you wear uncomfortable hats. Colleges will make you comply with unfair printing fees. It's a minor, but meaningful success when you can get revenge within the rules and beat them at their own game.
Who sells these? Like, we would be completely surprised if any of these worked at all. At the same time, we mostly feel bad for all the models who got roped into this venture. You can see the bewilderment and disappointment in their eyes. But hey, there are worse gigs out there. For more terrible products that are otherwise useless or misleading, here are 25 awful products designed by monsters
Behold, what was once an obstructive pipe is now a saxophone! Here's public graffiti that either made a statement or just cleverly tried to make the best out of a less-than-pretty concrete landscape. For more art finding its way into everyday life, here are some brilliantly vandalized school textbooks.
We can all just be lucky that people aren't like this all the time. Here are some human beings acting at their most selfish, stupid and ridiculous. So sit back in the dumpster and let the garbage sink into your soul. Check this out for more trashy wtf behavior.
