Category: Society & Culture

‘Still laughing’: Panthers player names alma mater as ‘Hogwarts’ [Vine, pic]

http://twitter.com/#!/scotprincess/status/409870573368377345

Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers had one of the more unique personal introductions we’ve seen in a while. Hardy introduced himself as “Kraken” and named his college alma mater as “Hogwarts.”

http://twitter.com/#!/CarPanthersNews/status/409866674477993984

Below is a Vine and a YouTube video:

http://twitter.com/#!/oQuarterback/status/409866842061017089

http://twitter.com/#!/madamemorgan/status/409873852911456256

Hardy chose football over another sport even more popular at Hogwarts:

http://twitter.com/#!/Bonnette_32/status/409866043516280833

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/08/still-laughing-carolina-panthers-player-names-alma-mater-as-hogwarts-vine-pic/

Panic as Twinkie-pocalypse approaches

http://twitter.com/#!/lisa1219/status/269243796557021185

As a bakers’ strike threatens to kill off the legendary snack-cake manufacturer Hostess, consumers on Twitter are pausing for a moment of reflection. With the company threatening to liquidate if workers don’t return by tonight, this could be the end of the company.

Thanks for the calorie-laden memories, Hostess:

TWINKIES 1ST, THEN AMERICA: Union GREED May Kill Off The Twinkie breitbart.com/Big-Government… #tcot

— slone (@slone) November 16, 2012

Stocking up now on weapons and water for the post-Twinkie apocalypse. #peaktwinkie

— Sid Acker (@siddharma) November 16, 2012

@slone .. TWINKIES. . .That REALLY makes me MAD..!!…

— Mike Beacham (@ma_beacham) November 16, 2012

MY LIFE IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RT @ayestalker: The Twinkie’s are going bankrupt #nomore

— Natalie Gomez (@nataliesteeez) November 16, 2012

Twinkie’s may never be made again. Fear not, America. We still have the Chocolate Fountain at Golden Coral.

— Enraged Asshole (@maulingmueller) November 15, 2012

And let us not forget that Twinkie lovers are not the only ones grieving.

If hostess rly has a fall out and they don’t have Hohos anymore idk what I will do

— Linda rizek (@LindaRizek) November 16, 2012

Hey Don’t Take Away Me Hostess Them Snow Balls & Zingers & Bread Will Never Be The Same This Just Can’t Happen C’mon #STICKAROUNDKINGOFBREAD

— BRUCE TODD WAFER (@BTW633) November 16, 2012

@flavarsity Wonder Bread might cease to be a wonder as well!

— Ryan Keith (@Coach_Keith10) November 16, 2012

Some, like St. Louis news reporter Rebecca Roberts, are scrambling to make things right while they still have the chance.

Momentous occasion: trying my first-ever Twinkie, on the day Hostess could decide to liquidate.@ KTVI/KPLR instagr.am/p/SEOGJIvlnQ/

— Rebecca Roberts (@RRobertsTV) November 15, 2012

#Hostess factory employee: “you can eat as much as you want, you just can’t any home.” OMG I’d be so fat. #HostessStrike #RIPTwinkies

— Rebecca Roberts (@RRobertsTV) November 16, 2012

Of course, some people had to ruin the nostalgic moment by reminding us how capitalism works.

Relax, Twinkie lovers. If Hostess goes under, some other commercial bakery will buy the name & disgusting recipe in bankruptcy court.

— George (@GeorgeScumbag) November 16, 2012

That’s probably true, but it’s still sad to see an overzealous union take down a good American company (If indeed that happens). But even if Hostess goes the way of the dinosaur, we can be assured of one thing. Someday, long after the demise of our civilization, an archaeologist will find a perfectly preserved Twinkie in its little plastic bag. While our society may have disappeared, our buildings crumbled, and our culture vanished, that Twinkie will still be as edible as the day it rolled out of the factory.

Hostess may go down, but the Twinkie is forevah.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/11/15/panic-as-twinkie-pocalypse-approaches/

Lefties tickled pink over sick ‘satirical’ article about Rick Santorum

http://twitter.com/#!/tyleroakley/status/220238269055639552

Webster’s Dictionary defines “satire” as … not this. Desperate The Onion-wannabe The Daily Currant posted an article today claiming that former presidential candidate Rick Santorum has a gay dating app on his phone.

The 51 year old former senator from the state of Pennsylvania was caught Friday when during an interview with a reporter he took out his iPhone to answer an emergency call from his wife.

During the 10 second interval it took for Santorum to figure out how to answer the call, the reporter noticed the distinctive icon for Grindr – “the world’s biggest mobile network of guys” – on the conservative, catholic father of seven’s home screen.

“Is that – is that – Grindr Mr. Santorum?” the young reporter can be heard saying on videotape of the incident.” America’s number one gay dating app?”

“Grindr? What’s no? The yellow one? Oh right. OK. Grindr.  Like coffee grinds. Yeah that’s something I downloaded for coffee  It finds the nearest Starbucks.”

Get it? Rick Santorum believes homosexuality is wrong, so he must secretly be a homosexual. A promiscuous one, at that. That’s funny, right? Plenty of Twitterers thought so.

Rick Santorum is a fucking closet case. You thought Grindr was for coffee??! YEAH THE FUCK RIGHT BITCH

— CHARLEISHA (@diormafioso) July 3, 2012

Apparently, in addition to being perverse, said Twitterers are also illiterate. Had they taken ten seconds to, you know, actually look at the site, they would’ve figured out that The Daily Currant bears no resemblance to even a third-rate news source.

But such an idea never occurred to them, and their carelessness resulted in gems like these:

What? 🙂 Coffee is my code word for hot, steamy.. Santorum Claims He Thought Grindr Was a Coffee App http://t.co/N8ZI8Tc6 #lgbt #gay #p2

— Rick Santorum * (@RickSantorumUSA) July 3, 2012

lol can this rick santorum has the grindr app because he thought it was for coffee plz lead to him having a larry craig moment in starbucks

— amanda (@zachparises) July 3, 2012

HAHAHAHAHA RICK SANTORUM GOT CAUGHT WITH THE GRINDR APP ON HIS PHONE

— SAVE BANDIT (@BohoJojo) July 3, 2012

@alibee @dpmendenhall Santorum is very likely the closet case every one of these raving homophobes turns out to be. http://t.co/MKF7JYNs

— C J Silverio (@ceejbot) July 3, 2012

Because the loudest homophobes are NEVER gay, right? http://t.co/gVJetOCR #tedhaggard #sencraig #rentboy #boballen

— Suebob (@suebob) July 3, 2012

HAHA RICK SANTORUM HAS GRINDR

— lucas (@lucasinfurs) July 3, 2012

https://twitter.com/DannyScoobs/status/220255852534304768

http://t.co/vtin8TR8 You can't be serious?! ROTFLMFAO. Really dude?? Grindr? Looking for a tall double shot? #NOTstarbucks

— Jay (@TheonlyJGrant) July 3, 2012

https://twitter.com/TheFameCannibal/status/220255509834502145

Santorum thought Grindr was a coffee app. And I thought Penthouse was a real estate magazine.#justsayin

— Brad (@Bam2) July 3, 2012

Couldn't find Starbucks but he got a long black… Santorum Claims He Thought Grindr Was a Coffee App http://t.co/cRzDzWjH

— Sassy Lang (@SassyLang) July 3, 2012

I had a feeling there was plenty of Santorum on Grindr if you catch my drift.

— Lauren Utter (@LaurenUtter) July 3, 2012

Rick Santorum thought Grindr was a coffee app? I call bullshit

— Tinaaaa (@Christinughh) July 3, 2012

Good call. Because that’s exactly what it is.

Even serial bully Dan Savage, no fan of Santorum by any stretch of the imagination, tweeted that enough was enough, already.

To everyone who has sent me the story about a reporter spotting Grindr app on Rick Santorum's iPhone: It's a joke site, people. Not real.

— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) July 3, 2012

The next person who tweets at me about Rick Santorum getting caught on Grindr gets slapped.

— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) July 3, 2012

When you’ve lost Dan Savage …

That Santorum/Grindr story wasn't even good satire.

— Adam Smith (@asmith83) July 3, 2012

No. No it wasn’t.

We know satire, The Daily Currant. And that is no satire.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/07/03/lefties-tickled-pink-over-sick-satirical-article-about-rick-santorum/