Reid McCarter

11/22/22

Tumblr wills fake 1973 Martin Scorsese movie called <i>Goncharov</i> into existence

Tumblr wills fake 1973 Martin Scorsese movie called Goncharov into existence

A knock-off boot label has spiralled into a fan community devoted to a Scorsese movie that never existed

11/22/22

It's time to reckon with Loving Bear Puffy, a giant teddy bear with human hands

The horrible chimera is, theoretically, meant to provide back, neck, knee, and emotional support

11/21/22

For a brief, glorious time, you could watch <i>Hackers</i> in 49 two-minute clips on Twitter

For a brief, glorious time, you could watch Hackers in 49 two-minute clips on Twitter

Before being suspended, a number of accounts uploaded full movies, from Hackers to The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo…

11/16/22

An owl named Winky is breaking into and trashing fancy houses

The town of Oak Bay, British Columbia is under attack by a squinting burglar owl

11/15/22

The house from <i>A Christmas Story</i> is too big to put under the tree, but you can buy it now anyway

The house from A Christmas Story is too big to put under the tree, but you can buy it now anyway

The Cleveland house, which now makes up part of a larger A Christmas Story museum, is up for sale

11/14/22

After nine years of dutiful tweeting, SimpsonsQOTD has pulled the plug

The creator of SimpsonsQOTD, a Simpsons fan account started in 2013, has decided to stop tweeting

11/14/22

Scientific process reveals important new fact: Rats know how to dance

Scientists from the University Of Tokyo have found that rats, like humans, move their bodies to music

11/10/22

Well, the new Twitter verification system seems to be working out great

Mario giving the finger, Rudy Giuliani announcing bowel movements, and other signs that paid verification is working…

11/7/22

Man who ate 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days: "I just felt like I was doing this for a very important reason"

The world has rallied around Alexander Tominsky, a man who decided to eat a chicken a day for more than a month

11/3/22

New York county achieves high voter turnout by giving people a nasty little spider sticker

Ulster County, New York voters are eager to get their hands on a contest-winning sticker

10/28/22

A look back at the discolored poops, antisemitism scandal, and commercial power of monster cereal

YouTube channel Toy Galaxy looked at the history of monster cereals like Franken Berry, Count Chocula, and Boo Berry

10/28/22

It's time to dig up the origin story of Home Depot's 12-foot Giant Skeleton

Vice looked into the birth of everyone's favorite oversized Halloween lawn ornament

10/28/22

Ranking <i>Resident Evil</i>: The lows and highs of gaming's greatest horror franchise

Ranking Resident Evil: The lows and highs of gaming's greatest horror franchise

Which zombie-slaying masterpiece will reign supreme in our decades-long tour of the Resident Evil franchise?

10/27/22

Guy achieves dream of playing a corpse on TV after playing a corpse on TikTok for a year

Josh Nalley landed a role as a corpse in CSI: Vegas after uploading nearly 200 videos of him playing dead on TikTok

10/27/22

Spirit Halloween wants you to know it doesn't actually sell those fake social media costumes

Unfortunately, you will still have to make your own "Pinhead In JNCOs" costume this year

10/25/22

Casket company takes full, appropriately ghoulish advantage of appearing in a Taylor Swift video

The video for "Anti-Hero" shows Taylor Swift emerging from a casket made by a very proud company

10/24/22

Allow an architect to explain what makes some of film's most famous haunted houses look scary

Architect Michael Wyetzner looks at houses from Psycho, Get Out, Beetlejuice, and more

10/21/22

Sink your teeth into a history of everyone's least favorite Halloween candies

A look at how candy corn, black licorice, and circus peanuts came to be

10/21/22

Let's check in on what Nick Lutsko's been up to this October

The King Of Halloween has been busy providing a spooky soundtrack to the month, even without Spirit Halloween's…

10/20/22

The freshly resigned Liz Truss' run as prime minister wasn't able to outlast a head of lettuce

The Daily Star livestreamed a head of lettuce to see if it would wilt before Truss stepped down

Reid McCarter's posts

Tumblr wills fake 1973 Martin Scorsese movie called Goncharov into existence

It's time to reckon with Loving Bear Puffy, a giant teddy bear with human hands

For a brief, glorious time, you could watch Hackers in 49 two-minute clips on Twitter

An owl named Winky is breaking into and trashing fancy houses

The house from A Christmas Story is too big to put under the tree, but you can buy it now anyway

After nine years of dutiful tweeting, SimpsonsQOTD has pulled the plug

Scientific process reveals important new fact: Rats know how to dance

Well, the new Twitter verification system seems to be working out great

Man who ate 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days: "I just felt like I was doing this for a very important reason"

New York county achieves high voter turnout by giving people a nasty little spider sticker

A look back at the discolored poops, antisemitism scandal, and commercial power of monster cereal

It's time to dig up the origin story of Home Depot's 12-foot Giant Skeleton

Ranking Resident Evil: The lows and highs of gaming's greatest horror franchise

Guy achieves dream of playing a corpse on TV after playing a corpse on TikTok for a year

Spirit Halloween wants you to know it doesn't actually sell those fake social media costumes

Casket company takes full, appropriately ghoulish advantage of appearing in a Taylor Swift video

Allow an architect to explain what makes some of film's most famous haunted houses look scary

Sink your teeth into a history of everyone's least favorite Halloween candies

Let's check in on what Nick Lutsko's been up to this October

The freshly resigned Liz Truss' run as prime minister wasn't able to outlast a head of lettuce