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A Simple Way to Reduce Suicides
EVERY year about a million Americans attempt suicide. More than 38,000 succeed. In addition, each year there are around 33,000 unintentional deaths by poisonings. Taken together, that’s more than twice the number of people who die annually in car accidents.
'Will you stay with me?': The No One Dies Alone program
ANYONE WHO'S BEEN A NURSE for any length of time has known the feeling of being left with an an unpleasant, lingering memory from a patient case.
Popular internet memes based on the Pokemon character Slowpoke.
About
Slowpoke is a Pokemon-themed reaction image response popularized on 4chan as a way to troll other users. The accompanying text often uses the line “Hey guys, did you hear…” before presenting a piece of old or oversaturated information.
THE MASKED AVENGERS
Anyone can join Anonymous simply by claiming affiliation. An anthropologist says that participants “remain subordinate to a focus on the epic win—and, especially, the lulz.”
Paper Sculpture by Jeff Nishinaka / Photograph by Scott Dunbar
In the mid-nineteen-seventies, when Christopher Doyon was a child in rural Maine, he spent hours chatting with strangers on CB radio. His handle was Big Red, for his hair.
Top 10 Tax Dodgers
"Most of us" being the operative term — a few delinquents try to fool the tax collector, but it usually only works for so long. Here are 10 of the biggest (and most famous) tax dodgers.
How Yao Ming appeased the Chinese appetite for shark fin soup
Yao Ming has become a hero for both basketball fans and animal lovers alike.
Driver pays 1 million RMB for 'lucky' 88888 license plate, gets pulled over 8 times in one day
After spending just 30,000 RMB ($4,370) on his new vehicle, a driver surnamed Liu decided to splurge on his license plate, spending 1 million RMB ($145,705) on one with 5 lucky number 8s, hoping it would keep him out of trouble on the road. It totally backfired on him.
One Meme Will Make You Love J.K. Rowling Even More Than You Already Do
By now, J.K. Rowling's rags-to-riches story is famous. The woman who is now rumored to be worth more than the Queen of England began Harry Potter as a single mother living on welfare.
'Kung Fu Panda' Hits A Sore Spot in China
Why a Quintessentially Chinese Movie Was Made in Hollywood
4chan wants Taylor Swift to perform at a school for the deaf
For the second time in the last two weeks, users of the 4chan imageboard have gamed a public online vote for the lulz.