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Thrift store hack: This woman unravels Goodwill...

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2025/10/19

TikTok creator Emilee, @ourshieldmaiden, is getting attention for unraveling thrift store sweaters to repurpose the yarn. The needlework and yarn enthusiast shared a video on Aug. 26, 2025, that showed how a thrifted sweater can go from a rack at Goodwill to a ball of yarn ready for reuse. After purchasing the 100% cotton sweater for $5.99, Emilee demonstrated how to “unsweater” a sweater by pulling a length of yarn from the garment and winding it into a ball with a hand-cranked yarn ball

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“I’d be so ripped if I had this”: Man 3D-prints a...

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2025/10/19

A content creator may have finally found a physical solution to the modern problem of phone addiction: make the phone too heavy to hold. Logan Ivey, who runs the Instagram account @matterneuroscience, designed and 3D-printed a six-pound stainless steel case that he says cut his daily screen time by more than half. Ivey shared an Instagram reel about the six-pound phone case on Oct. 13, 2025. The post has over 280,000 likes, and plenty of comments from social media users who, like Ivey, are

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“I was having a ball”: Jack Black explains what it...

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2025/10/19

Jack Black breaks down shooting the famous chicken jockey scene from A Minecraft Movie that turned movie theaters into pure chaos. A Minecraft Movie is currently the third-highest-grossing film of 2025, and it featured some incredibly meme-able moments. One of the most popular scenes is the fight sequence featuring Jason Momoa's Garrett going up against a chicken jockey, a rare appearance in the Minecraft game that sees a baby zombie riding a chicken. Jack Black's Steve, reacting to the fight

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“Wait, that’s not washer fluid leakage?”: Subaru...

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2025/10/19

Subaru owners driving around with dirty backup cams might not know about this useful winter weather trick. Attention off-roaders, or on-roaders driving newer model Subarus on salty streets this winter: @youngsubaruogden revealed a feature some Subaru owners didn’t even know existed. The TikTok creator and car dealer shared that the car comes with a solution for your dirty backup camera. Manufacturers of newer Outback, Ascent, Forester, and Crosstrek Subaru models included a nozzle above the

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“Itchy hands and feet”: 15 times people Googled their...

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2025/10/18

Google-educated "doctors" are flocking to a recent thread asking for stories of successful self-diagnoses that impressed real medical staff. Though few responses came from actual doctors and nurses, as the post requested, there are hundreds of Redditors who have experienced this phenomenon as the patient. Unfortunately, many of them had to fight through real doctors and nurses who initially dismissed them for googling their symptoms. Jaded by many incorrect self-diagnoses from past patients,

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Finally, the “This is Fine” meme is now a video game

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2025/10/18

Most social media users have either used or encountered the This is Fine meme, featuring a dog sitting at a table as fire engulfs its surroundings. Now, there's an entire video game based on the viral meme. "This is Fine" meme gets gamified After a Kickstarter campaign sought out funding for the meme-based metroidvania-style video game, This is Fine: Maximum Cope, released a teaser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIsRNqkvDHs In the teaser, the anxious dog, dubbed Question Hound,

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“He’s a doughtivational speaker”: Papa John’s worker...

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2025/10/18

A Papa John’s employee has defended his job to commenters who questioned why he was “wasting his talent” working there. Joe (@d0ughjoe), who has gained recognition on TikTok for his impressive dough handling and spinning skills, defended working for the pizza chain, explaining that they have helped to support him through college. Commenters flocked in with messages of support, with many praising Joe’s hardworking attitude, while others asked if he was being paid extra by Papa John’s for

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“It’s so annoying”: Walmart is now locking up fake...

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2025/10/18

When Stephanie Curry tried to buy press-on nails at a Walmart Supercenter in Auburn, Maine, she was surprised to find the product locked behind glass. After unlocking the case, an employee placed the product inside a handheld plastic lock box to be removed by a Walmart cashier at the time of purchase. Curry shared her thoughts about the punitive shopping experience in a TikTok video recorded in the store and posted on Oct. 14, 2025. Walmart shoppers reacting to the clip revealed that, while

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“I caved”: Ella Purnell is documenting her attempts...

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2025/10/18

Yellowjackets actress Ella Purnell has been delighting fans with footage of a fox that keeps showing up in her backyard. She has posted multiple Instagram Stories showing the creature sniffing around her sliding glass door and rejecting the food she offered. This is the best Purnell content since that caterpillar infestation. Ella Purnell and the backyard fox Purnell, who lives in London when she's not busy filming the next season of Fallout, has been befriending a local fox over the past

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From skinny jeans to DVDs: 16 “cringe but correct”...

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2025/10/18

As millennials creep into their 40s, they're hitting that stage where they start to defend their generation's customs with venom. They're choosing their hills to die on, and you can pry those hills from their cold, dead hands. Cry-laughing emoji. It reached the point that it recently became the subject of a popular thread on the r/Millennials sub on Reddit. u/dasisglucklich via Reddit "What's the SILLIEST 'Cringe but Correct' Millennial Hill You're Still Ready to Die On?" asked

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“Pure fad, pure novelty”: Hank Green gives a bleak...

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2025/10/11

Science communicator Hank Green rants about Sora 2 AI-generated videos on "SlopTok," warning viewers about the implications of the new tool.What did Hank Green say about Sora 2 SlopTok? Green shares his dismay after scrolling SlopTok, a bizarre corner of TikTok where users post Sora 2-generated videos of Martin Luther King Jr. using Gen Z slang or an old woman arguing with police over feeding her pet bear. "This is what they're spending their money on? Their time on?" he laments in a video

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“She tried to blackmail us”: Bakery owner calls out...

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2025/10/11

A French bakery in Arizona became the unexpected center of an online drama after its owner, Jenna Leurquin (@jlpatisserie), called out an influencer who allegedly demanded free pastries in exchange for a positive review. In a now-viral TikTok, Jenna said she refused to give in to what she described as "bullying," and instead decided to explain her side to her followers. @jlpatisserie/TikTok Her video, which has earned more than 7.9 million views, showed Jenna walking through her bakery,

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“Trust her instinct”: Dog refuses to go near...

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2025/10/11

A video of Rebecca Joens’ dog, Georgia, barking at a 100-year-old painting she purchased from Etsy has gone viral with over 2.3 million views on TikTok. In the clip, shared on Aug. 18, 2025, the hound dog is seen barking at a portrait of a woman hung on a wall across the room. In a follow-up video, Joens revealed that she “doubled down” and purchased the portrait of the woman’s husband after the Etsy seller contacted her about the haunted portrait's companion. Joens mused that Georgia barked

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“Will you split a Costco pie with me?” Craigslist ad...

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2025/10/11

A lighthearted Craigslist post about sharing a 4.5-pound Costco pie has turned into an unexpected economic think piece. After resurfacing on TikTok, the ad, where one Costco shopper sought strangers to help split a massive dessert in a scorching parking lot, started conversations about what @dare_market calls a “goods-splitting economy.” Their solution led to speculation on a future goods-splitting trend that could reduce both grocery bills and loneliness. "Will you split a Costco pie with

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Are USPS mail carriers consistently lured with cash...

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2025/10/11

A woman on TikTok believes she uncovered something strange about the United States Postal Service: managers allegedly leave cash along delivery routes to see if mail carriers will pick it up. In her video, which now has over 667,600 views, TikTok creator Tessa tries to make sense of what she heard—and asks others to weigh in. However, there's no proof that such a test exists. "I’m gonna need someone to explain it to me" “Hold on,” she says at the start of the video. “Did you know that post

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“Jealousy is an ugly thing”: Pregnant influencer’s...

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2025/10/11

A gender reveal party took an awkward turn when Instagram model and TikTok creator Gianna Wulf found herself upstaged by her own mother. In a now-viral TikTok video, you can see the confusion and disappointment on the mother-to-be's face when the confetti comes out both pink and blue, and then here comes her mom with the real reveal. This is just one in a long line of future grandmas to steal the spotlight like this, and people are sick of it. "Pov: your mom had to make your gender reveal

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“Ballin’ on a McBudget”: DIY bride claims she clipped...

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2025/10/10

Wedding floral arrangements can be surprisingly pricey, even when trying to lower costs by picking less-expensive blooms. One bride on TikTok took matters into her own hands (and gardening shears) by clipping hydrangeas from a bush in a McDonald's parking lot. Olivia Schlottach (@oliviaschlottach) recently shared a video that allegedly showed her collecting flowers for her wedding from a McDonald’s parking lot. That being said, none of the clips actually showed her taking flowers from the bush

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People are hanging off crosswalk signs to take part...

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2025/10/10

A new trend features people “just hangin around” to the tune of a 2008 banger that references a strain synonymous with tropical paradise. The recent TikTok phenomenon features content creators dangling from street signs at intersections in US cities as they lip-sync along with an audio clip of “Maui Wowie” by Kid Cudi. The song from the rapper’s 2008 mixtape, “A Kid Named Cudi,” shares its name with “Maui Wowie,” a strain of cannabis originally cultivated in Hawaii that’s known for its

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“Just got free small fries!”: McDonald’s MONOPOLY is...

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2025/10/10

As the McDonald's MONOPOLY game kicks off for 2025, one TikToker laid out the steps for playing without having to spend a dime. Because U.S. law forbids requiring customers to purchase anything to participate in a giveaway, companies must provide a way to play without paying. They do their best to hide the free way, but the internet will always reveal the path. How to play McDonald's MONOPOLY for free daily Everybody knows about the annual MONOPOLY giveaway at McDonald's. It's been going on

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“People need to get a life”: Jake Paul responds to...

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2025/10/10

Jake Paul has finally commented about the influx of AI-generated deepfake videos featuring his likeness, telling people to “get a life” and threatening lawsuits. In a video posted to TikTok on Oct. 9, 2025, Jake Paul explained that the videos, which often depict him as gay or feminine, were impacting his relationships and business. Commenters mocked him for not being able to take a joke, however others have questioned whether the videos and reactions are homophobic—and why it is that AI

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